Z Nation

Previously on Z Nation...

Where are you going?

To start a new world.

You're with me now.

I'll never be with you.

I've been a one man Apocalypse all my life.

I don't die. I kill.

No one disrespects me and lives.

I saw Escorpion's tattoo.

We're exactly the same.

In that one second I saw every horrible thing I ever did.

And I wanted to die right there and then.

But I had to survive and make up for all the things that I did.

Maybe this is how I do it.

Thank you.

I'm not that man anymore. That man is dead.

Looks like something I would do.

Damn. It's been a long time since something shocked me.

So what do you make of this?

Territory thing?

Someone's trying to send a message.

Someone who doesn't want to be misunderstood.

Heads up!

Yeah, I could have told you this was a sketchy neighborhood.

Could tell by all that damn graffiti on the wall.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Hands when we can see them!

Easy now.

Admiring your work?

Come back to finish us off?

You got it wrong, brother.

You and every one of the Red Hand are gonna die for what you did here.

Hey, we had nothing to do with these killings.

We were cutting down our friends to bury them.

Yeah, well you dropped them right on us man!

Let me see your hands!

The backs of your hands! Now!

Look! We don't want any trouble!

Their hands are clean.

What are you doing here then? What do you want?

Look, we were just passing through here

when we came upon this.

What happened?

Red Hand.

Two days ago everyone was alive.

Now look at this.

We're gonna bury our friends, and then we're going hunting.

We're gonna kill every last one of the Red Hand.

And their scumbag leader, Escorpion.

Been here a couple of months. Good water supply.

Pretty good weather. Not a lot of Zs.

Not a lot of trouble.

Then Red Hand came through like a storm. Killed everyone.

Tortured them all first.

The Red Hand?

Vigilantes.

A gang of psychopaths, really. I'd heard about them.

But I thought it was an Apocalypse story.

Like Ant People or The Murphy.

But they're real, all right.

And after they've had their fun,

they paint their victims with the red hand.

They left him alive as a warning.

Might as well be dead.

They're all cult crazy sons of bitches, now.

Taking orders from Escorpion.

How do you know it's Escorpion?

Tell him about the tattoo.

He's got some kid on his arm.

We're going to get justice.

Then we're gonna watch him turn.

Red Hand!

Take cover!

No matter where you run, they will always find you.

Looks like we have some Murphy-seeking squatters out in the cheap seats.

Just finished repairing that section of fence.

Would you like to show me where to put the compost pile?

Yes.

I'll check out the zombie moat while I'm at it.

Well, the zombie moat seems to be working nicely.

Thank you. I followed your specs exactly.

It's a little thin on the Z side.

Get some more zombies in here?

I'm on it.

Who built this thing? Hunchbacks?

Fix that.

I will.

Murphy.

The Murphy.

No, no, no. Let him come.

Mr. Murphy, come, please. We need your help.

I think she's dying.

Please, save her.

Bite her like you did the others.

I'm sorry, but I can't. I'm too weak.

They've been taking my blood to make the vaccine. I'm sorry.

I can't. I can't bite all of you. I'm sorry.

But a cure is coming!

The Apocalypse as my witness, we are developing a cure.

Trust me.

I dunno, I'm just dragging, you know.

I don't have any, you know, pep.

Maybe I have low T.

You need to keep up your calorie intake.

I'm going to need a lot of blood.

Define a lot.

Sometimes I feel myself slipping away.

Like I'm not there anymore.

Like I'm becoming

one of them.

We need to stop this process somehow.

This is a booster shot.

Original vaccine.

Oh no. No, no, no, no. Doc. I've had that stuff, remember?

I am not in the mood to have my head explode today.

Your head is not going to explode.

This is a booster with a micro-dose of the test vaccine you were given.

It should make you feel better.

You mean more human?

I mean less dead.

Can you cure me?

I'm working on it.

Now that I have your blood,

I can mix your Z virus antibodies

with the original vaccine.

When we inject the vaccine with your antibodies into humans,

it creates a zombie/human blend.

A blend that I control?

Correct. In the meantime, these boosters

with the original vaccine

arrests the effects of your deterioration.

Without periodic boosters,

you'll eventually end up like Patient Zero back in Colorado.

Some of the refugees won't take no for an answer.

I just saw two of them inside the fence.

The natives are getting restless.

We need that vaccine now.

It should be ready within 48 hours.

And you're making sufficient quantities?

As you instructed. 10,000 doses.

But I need to do more testing before we use it on humans.

- I don't know if it's safe yet. - Blah, blah, blah.

The Apocalypse is one giant human trial.

The future is here. My people need that vaccine now.

THIEVES

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Wait.

Doc and Addy?

They went the other way.

So not funny.

She alive?

Try not to move.

The Red Hand.

Who are you with?

You Red Hand?

Are you with Escorpion?

You are surrounded by a hundred Red Hand.

And they will feed your heart to Escorpion.

Easy, easy.

Is she hit?

I dunno.

No, it's my tooth.

I'll be okay.

Choose your weapon. Whoopee cushion.

Exploding pen.

Chattering teeth.

Rubber chicken.

Hey, Addy.

Looks pretty bad.

That tooth is most definitely infected.

And spreading.

It will kill her.

You're gonna have to let us pull the tooth, sweetie.

Guys, start losing teeth and it's over.

Not gonna happen.

Hey. How are you doing?

Can you sit up?

Come on.

What happened?

You stabbed me.

You were under Murphy's control. The bite on your neck.

What?

I gave you a dose of the original HZN1 vaccine.

It counters his bite and frees us from Murphy's control.

I've been taking it too.

I need your help.

Murphy wants to save humanity

by turning them into human-zombie blends.

What are we gonna do?

We need to destroy the vaccine.

These injectors are our boosters.

Without them, we will slowly slip back under his control.

When do we take them next?

You'll know when.

Just don't wait too long.

And be careful.

We're immune to Murphy's control,

but not to the zombies anymore.

And the Zs know it. Go get a vehicle.

I will meet you out front after I destroy the batch.