- Three years ago, Hapna,
the painkiller that everybody said
would free humanity from suffering,
first hit the shelves.
But for me and my friends
it served an entirely different purpose.
We started using Hapna as a substitute for drugs.
We put it in our drinks...
it gave us a boost... and got us a little high.
It was perfect for when you were feeling down,
everybody was using it.
Adults were scratching their heads,
"Why are kids drinking nothing but soda all the time?"
Hapna became a phenomenon, it was available everywhere.
And on top of that, it was really cheap.
Nobody could ever imagine...
that in just three years,
it would become the terror that would kill us all.
I mean... I sure didn't.
♪
[ Theme music plays ]
♪
[ Metal clanking ] - [ Grunts ]
- Just so you know,
It is impossible to take off.
We are also tracking your location at all times,
so there's no point in trying to escape.
- Oh, I see how it is...
Looks like you've assembled a team of bad apples, huh?
- I need a favor from you all.
Of course, I'm talking about finding Dr. Skinner
faster than anyone else does.
Think about it.
You can choose to stay on the run as a fugitive,
or find Dr. Skinner and earn your freedom.
Which is more appealing?
- [ Grunts ]
- Huh? [ Metal clanks ]
[ Gasps ] [ Gun clicks ]
[ Sighs ]
- Huh? - Hey!
- I see your threat and raise you another.
Now get this thing off my wrist, would'ja?
- Hersch... Hello?
- I'm not falling for that trick again.
[ Electricity zaps ] - Aah!
[ Gun clatters ]
- If you try to remove it,
the wristband will get so hot
that it will burn your hand off.
And just so you're aware...
You all will suffer the same consequences
if anything bad happens to me.
- All right, fine...
I've always wanted to meet this Skinner guy, anyway.
- That's great. Now everyone's on board.
♪
[ Sirens wailing in distance ]
-Can you explain why the FDA approved a drug like this?
-Like I said-- It's unprecedented for a drug
to mutate into something else after three years...
-Are you saying the FDA didn't see this coming?
-That's not going to cut it! [ Crowd shouting ]
-Are you planning to resign?
- We're here live with one of Dr. Skinner's gardeners.
Who is going to shed some light
on his secrets. [ Camera shutter clicks ]
Sir, was there ever a time he looked suspicious to you...
or anything you can remember?
- Like I said earlier...
I'm just a gardener who tended to his plants...
- Or maybe you got the impression he was out of touch
with regular people?
- Well, now that you mention it...
- Please, go on.
- We did bury a cat in the garden once.
What?! You buried dead cat?!
- Her name was Moppet.
She was such a cutie-patootie.
[ Chuckles ]
She lived a full life, that one!
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
- So, Ms. Lisa...
I know that your newest album,
"See You Later Alligator,"
is finally going to be released next month,
but it's been overshadowed by all the doomsday news.
Chances are that literally
no one will listen to it by the time it comes out!
[ Audience groans ]
- [ Sighs ] You may be right, but then...
that means nobody's going to be watching
this ridiculous show, either!
[ Audience laughs ]
- After a while, crocodile!
[ Audience laughs ]
- So, what's the plan? Say that we find Skinner.
There are a bunch of ways that we can leverage it in our favor.
- Leverage? - You know...
like keeping the vaccine all to ourselves.
Or selling it for a ton of money.
- I like the sound of that! - Don't even start.
Listen up, everyone...
This team wasn't formed for personal gain or profit.
- Okay then, what's it for?
- Well...
We're here to save the world.
- Oh? So basically, we're superheroes.
- That's cool.
We're like the Avengers or something.
- Huh? - In any case,
Finding Skinner is the only thing that matters now.
- Okay... I just need to know one thing.
Now don't be shy...
Has anybody here used Hapna?
[ Purring ]
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
- For the time being, this will be our base of operations.
And just so we're clear, I was against you joining us.
- Now why would you do that?
- People like you who run around showboating
are nothing but a burden to the team.
- Boo...
I gotta say,
don't cha think this place a bit too rundown
for us world-saving superheroes?
- It's a "vintage style" disguise.
- Really now?
[ Horn beeps ]
[ Grunts ] - Uh!
[ Electricity zaps ]
- Rowr!
[ Meowing ]
- [ Inhales sharply ]
So, uh...
- Hold out your hand,
it'll scan your vein pattern to unlock.
[ Beeping ]
[ Doors whir open ]
[ Metal clunks ]
- Wow, I've already been registered...
- We did it while you were sleeping.
- [ Sighs ]
- This is Deniz Skinner, Born in Istanbul.
Assuming he's still alive, he would be 56 years old.
Lost both parents to local unrest at the age of 12.
He's remained alone ever since.
No wife, no kids.
- All alone in the world, literally.
- He enrolled at ETH Zurich when he was 16,
got into Cambridge at 20,
and while there made many significant accomplishments.
People were starting to call him the next Einstein...
- Question!
Shouldn't we be focused on other stuff,
like his personality or whatever else
can give us insight into his motives?
Good point.
- Skinner was awarded the Nobel Prize three times,
but donated the money to charity.
He lived a very humble life...
Even going as far as to abandon the patents on the drugs
that he developed.
- Whoa.
- He was a passionate activist
who took part in protests advocating for peace
and ending economic disparity.
He was also a strong proponent for climate change.
He attended many environmental summits
and the United Nations General Assembly,
where he would press countries to do more.
This speech here
was one of the most famous he gave at the UN.
- I am simply here as a scientist who is stating the facts.
According to my calculations, Precisely 3 years from now...
The ice in the North Pole will melt and be lost forever!
And that's only the beginning!
We must take action now or things will get out of control
and the environment will collapse!
A thriving economy isn't going to help anyone
when Earth becomes uninhabitable!
[ Indistinct chatter, footsteps receding ]
- Despite his efforts,
the speech ended with multiple countries of the UN
withdrawing from the assembly.
[ Footsteps receding ]
Not long after that...
he vanished without a trace.
- Sounds like a pretty decent guy.
- Sounds too good to be true.
Maybe he was doing some really evil stuff.
Any eyewitness accounts of him online?
- Right. Nothing recent, but I did find a few things here.
He was seen giving his seat to an elderly woman on the train,
and helping out a homeless person...
And there was this time he tried to eat a sandwich,
but then a stray dog took it away from him.
- Are you serious?
- He seems like an all around good person.
- The guy's practically a saint.
- Why would a respected man like this want to destroy the world?
- Regardless...
There has been no information on him
since his disappearance three years ago.
It seems nobody has been able to locate him anywhere.
- So you want us to believe
he's been cooped up in some hideout this whole time?
- Maybe he's already dead.
- Or he could be wearing some kind of disguise.
- Or he might have assumed someone else's identity.
- Excuse me...
- Huh? - Hm?
- I think I've found a lead on him.
[ Up-tempo jazzy music plays ]
[ Electronic beeping ] - Rowr!
[ Metal clanking ]
[ Doors whir open ]
[ Engine rumbling ]
[ Engine revs, tires squeal ]
[ Tires screeching ]
[ Mechanical whirring, metal clanking ]
[ Engine rumbling ]
[ Engine revs, tires squeal ]
- Like I said,
you gotta quit it with the reckless driving!
- Sorry, officer...
[ Engine revs, horn honks ]
[ Tires screech ] - Huh!
[ Vehicle crashes ] Argh!
♪
- A company that sells survival shelters?
- Yes.
There's a record of Skinner
buying one from them eight years ago.
- Makes sense.
He definitely could spend years in a bunker
without having any contact with the outside world.
- The only problem is that company
isn't currently reachable by phone or email...
- Axel and Chris will go check out the shelter.
Doug and Leland, you two pay a visit to the their offices.
Elaina, access as many surveillance cameras
around the world as you can
and then run facial recognition for Dr. Skinner.
- Sure thing.
[ Electronic humming ]
- If he changed his appearance somehow,
this won't work.
But this is the only chance we have.
♪
- So, hey, you were doing time in the slammer, right?
- Yeah. Sort of.
- How many years did you get?
Like, what'd you do?
- Let me see...
I think it's up to 888 years.
[ Tires screech ]
- [ Grunts ]
[ Gun clicks ] Huh?
- Get the hell out of here, you psycho!
- What? [ Grunts ]
- I'm not driving with freakin' Leatherface!
- Hold on! - That's not a sentence
you get for just killing, one person!
- Let me explain...
- How many people did you murder?
- Be cool...
Did'ja know that they double your sentence
every time you break out of prison?
- And?
- Well, I was originally got three years,
but I kept escaping so much that before I knew it,
my sentence had grown to some ridiculous number.
- Ah...
Why would you try to escape so many times?
- Let's just say...
it's a hobby of mine.
- You've gotta be kidding me.
Weirdo.
[ Jazzy music continues ]
- Hey, Doug, I noticed you've got
one of those things on your wrist...
What does Hersch have on you?
- Why do you wanna know?
- Just curious.
- You know, curiosity killed the cat.
- Did you really do something that bad?
- I'm just messing with you, Leland.
In my case I got roped into this for some lousy misdemeanor...
- Misdemeanor... really?
- Enough about me, now it's your turn...
- Honestly, there's nothing crazy about my story,
Just some small-time petty thefts.
- I would say you're pretty much minor-league.
- Ugh...
- On the other hand, Elaina is not minor-league.
- Really? Are you serious?
- She's a notorious hacker who's committed crimes
on a global scale.
- Wow.
She's always so quiet when I'm around her...
- She might just be the biggest wildcard on the team.
♪
[ Vehicle doors open ]
[ Vehicle doors close ]
- Are we really in the right place?
- Yeah, I think this should be it...
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
♪
- Look "B12." This must be the place.
I get the feeling there's not a soul around here.
Well, let's go...
♪
[ Metal clanks ]
[ Door squeaks open ]
[ Hollow thud ]
[ Gun rattling ]
[ Footsteps clopping ]
- The power generator is running.
- This place looks abandoned to me.
[ Guns rattling ]
♪
[ Glass crunching ]
- Hello? Hola?
Ni hao? Is anybody here?
♪
- Looks like these computers were working until recently.
[ Guns rattling ]
♪
- Huh? - Huh?
- Who's...?!
♪
- [ Sighs ]
[ Gun rattles ]
Ugh!
♪
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Gun rattles ] - [ Sighs ]
Is this Skinner...?
Or not.
- He could've got plastic surgery...
- Hey, pal, are you alive?
[ Gun rattles ] - Hm!
- Be careful now...
Drop your weapon... nice and slow.
- Sorry, Doug...
- Hm. [ Gun clatters ]
- It's nothing personal.
You know how business goes.
Now tell me where he is?
- Where who is?
- Just spill the beans...
Tell what I want to know and nobody gets hurt...
- Hold on. We don't know where he is.
- Go ahead and stand there and play dumb...
I know how to make you cooperate.
- [ Exhales shakily ]
- I'll let you pick.
Nose or ear? What's it gonna be?
- [ Yelling in Spanish ]
- Huh?
- [ Yelling in Russian ]
- What the hell?
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- Let's get out of here!
[ Glass shatters ] - Ugh!
Ding-dong! Anybody home?
You've got a visitor!
Alright! I wanna see Kobayashi right now!
Get out here, Kobayashi!
"Kobayashi"?
[ Rapid gunfire ] - [ Speaking Russian ]
- Ugh! [ Gunshot ]
Great, these guys are Russian!
- You can tell?
- [ Speaking Spanish ]
- And it sounds like there are Mexicans over there.
[ Gunfire stops, shell casing clatter ]
- Are you actually enjoying this?
- It's that obvious?
[ Metal clinks ] - What's that?
- A good luck charm.
This little angel here is always keeping me safe.
- What?!
- As long as I have this on me,
I feel invincible.
Woo-hoo! - No way!
[ Rapid gunfire ] What the hell...
He's totally out of his mind.
[ Uptempo rock music plays ]
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- I know you're here, Kobayashi!
And I ain't leaving until you pay back everything you owe us!
- Wait, what are you talking about?
You're not here for Skinner?
- Hey! Who the hell are you supposed to be?!
- I'm a debt collector!
- Oh yeah, well so am I!
[ Rapid gunfire ]
♪
- [ Grunts ] [ Gunfire continues ]
♪
- Aah! - [ Chuckles ]
- [ Man exclaiming in Spanish ]
- What the hell is going on?
[ Engines revving ]
- Ugh!
[ Gun rattles ]
[ Scuffling ]
♪
[ Engines revving ]
[ Tires screeching ]
[ Tires squealing ]
[ Footsteps clopping rapidly ]
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- [ Grunts ]
- You jackass!
We're supposed to be going after Skinner!
- Oh, that's right! I almost forgot!
[ Footsteps clopping rapidly ]
[ Gunshots ]
[ Kick thuds ]
[ Man thuds ] - [ Chuckles ]
[ Footsteps clopping rapidly ]
[ Guns rattling ]
- Freeze!
FBI! Drop your weapons, now!
- DEA! I need you to drop your weapons!
- Lazarus! Drop your weapons!
- Huh?
- What's Lazarus?
- Never heard of them.
- [ Groans frustratedly ]
We're superheroes!
- Mm. [ Switch clanks ]
[ Lights hum on ]
♪
- [ Moaning ]
[ Groans ]
Uh...
Huh?
Uh...
Oh, gosh...
I... I'm so sorry!
[ Crying ] Listen, I wasn't trying to run away!
I was gonna pay you back! I swear on my life!
Please don't kill me! Have mercy!
I beg you!
[ Sobs ] - Hold on, here...
You're not Skinner, are you?
- Huh?
Aah!
[ Whimpering ]
[ Electronic beeping ] - Huh?
- DNA test complete!
This guy is definitely not Skinner.
[ All sigh ]
- What?
So, that bastard Kobayashi
hasn't paid you fellas back, either?
- Nope, hadn't paid for noth'n,
even the concrete that we delivered last month.
- [ Groans ] It doesn't get worse than that.
- Right? The guy is a straight up jerkface.
- Hey, kid... my mistake.
I thought you worked for that deadbeat.
- Ah, no worries.
- You guys are looking for Kobayashi, too?
- So, it was a different guy?
- Yup. He was just hiding out in a bunker
that he built for one of his clients.
- The place is a freakin' circus.
The FBI and a bunch of other random guys came outta nowhere.
- You can't make this shit up. - All right.
- Hey, kid, you interested in working for me?
- Great... - Huh?
- Well, it seems...
this mission's going to be a lot harder
than any of us thought.
[ Laughter ] I'm just kidding, you guys!
- This kid's hilarious!
- [ Sighs ]
Looking back...
my entire life was nothing but a big gamble.
All I've ever wanted was to find the one lucky break
that would let me strike it rich.
But it never crossed my mind...
that I'd end up at rock bottom.
Which is why I took Hapna...
I thought I could hurry things up and get it all over with.
Except this stuff doesn't actually kill you that quickly.
[ Gasps ]
Maybe it's a sign...
It may be telling me to live a bit longer...
Yeah!
I should give it a fresh start!
Ah-ha!
Uh...
Oh, dammit.
I forgot the whole world's going to die in thirty days, anyway.
[ Electronic warbling ]
- I've found him! I found Dr. Skinner!
- Where is he?!
[ Electronic beeping ]
- It's definitely him, but...
it looks like there are thousands of him.
[ Electronic warbling ]
- What the hell?
[ Warbling continues ]
[ The Boo Radleys' "Lazarus" plays ]
♪
- ♪ I ♪
♪ I must be losing my mind ♪
♪ I keep on trying to find a way out ♪
♪ There's no need ♪
♪ You don't lock the door anymore ♪
♪
♪ I ♪
- ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- ♪ You know I never go out ♪
- ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- ♪ And you know that I start to forget things ♪
♪ It's okay they weren't essential anyway ♪
♪