Zombie Outbreak: The Stadium Ep. 1: No Further Admissions (Day 0) — Transcript

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1. 0:00You have worked at the stadium for 6
2. 0:02years.
3. 0:03>> [music]
4. 0:05>> You have never watched a match from a
5. 0:07seat. Today is supposed to be your day
6. 0:09off. Sam talked you into covering a
7. 0:12shift. He said it would be quiet.
8. 0:18Now he has sent a photograph of two
9. 0:20coffees. Yours has a finger pointing at
10. 0:22it. "Getting cold." The message says.
11. 0:25You tell him you are on your way. You
12. 0:27are still looking for your other shoe.
13. 0:30The bus stops three streets from the
14. 0:31stadium. An ambulance stands across both
15. 0:34lanes. Two paramedics are bent over
16. 0:36someone on the pavement. You send Sam a
17. 0:39picture through the window. He replies
18. 0:41with another photograph. Your coffee is
19. 0:43beside an empty cup now. The person on
20. 0:45the pavement sits up. One paramedic
21. 0:48falls backwards. The other tries to pull
22. 0:50them away. A figure runs between the
23. 0:52parked cars, blocking your view. The
24. 0:54driver tells everybody to stay seated.
25. 0:57He steps into the road. You see him
26. 0:59hurry towards the ambulance. He does not
27. 1:01come back. The woman in the green coat
28. 1:03stands first. Nobody stops her at the
29. 1:06door. You pick up your bag and follow
30. 1:08the others out, keeping to the opposite
31. 1:10pavement. From here, you can walk to
32. 1:12work. The guard looks through the
33. 1:14window. "You know you're late?" You tell
34. 1:16him about the ambulance. He glances at
35. 1:18his radio, then draws back the inside
36. 1:20bolt. Sam is waiting with your coffee.
37. 1:23He has written late on the lid. You ask
38. 1:26what happened to quiet. "Give it an
39. 1:28hour. They'll send us home." You take a
40. 1:30sip. It's his. Two sugars. He swaps the
41. 1:33cups before you can complain. Your
42. 1:35supervisor meets you at the concourse
43. 1:37doors. She needs the entrance kept
44. 1:39clear. Outside, a family is waiting
45. 1:41where the ticket queue should be. There
46. 1:43is no match today.
47. 1:47The first arrivals have coats on over
48. 1:49their night clothes. Police woke them at
49. 1:516:00. Their street has been closed. A
50. 1:54man carries a little girl with one bare
51. 1:56foot. You move a barrier so he can get
52. 1:58her through. He asks whether there is
53. 2:00somewhere she can sit. You point to the
54. 2:02bench beside the pillar. He thanks you
55. 2:05as though you have done more than move
56. 2:06something.
57. 2:07A volunteer starts writing names. Two
58. 2:10families become six while she finds
59. 2:12another sheet. Sam's phone rings. His
60. 2:15mom wants to know whether he is coming
61. 2:16home. "Soon," he says. "I'm at work."
62. 2:19She asks whether he has remembered her
63. 2:21appointment tomorrow. He says yes, then
64. 2:24mouths what time at you. You hold up
65. 2:26nine fingers. He repeats it back to her.
66. 2:29When he hangs up, the queue is past the
67. 2:31windows. Your supervisor sends you both
68. 2:33outside. Security needs a clear route
69. 2:35from the fence to the doors.
70. 2:39The chain-link fence runs across the
71. 2:41front of the stadium. People are pressed
72. 2:43against its outside. Security is letting
73. 2:46them through a narrow gate in groups.
74. 2:48You and Sam are on the stadium side,
75. 2:50moving the barriers back from the doors.
76. 2:52A woman asks which entrance takes
77. 2:54children. A guard tells her to stay in
78. 2:56the queue.
79. 2:58Farther along, a man is gripping the
80. 2:59mesh. "My daughter's in there. Please,
81. 3:02just let me look."
82. 3:04He holds up his phone. A photograph of
83. 3:06himself with a teenage girl.
84. 3:08The guard beside him tells him to step
85. 3:10back.
86. 3:11The man looks past the uniform and
87. 3:12straight at Sam.
88. 3:14"You work here. Tell them."
89. 3:16Sam lowers his end of the barrier.
90. 3:18Before he can answer, the queue moves
91. 3:20sideways. Someone at the back is
92. 3:22shouting to run. The fence bows towards
93. 3:24you. The guard reaches for his weapon.
94. 3:27The man with the photograph is still
95. 3:28holding the wire.
96. 3:31The guard fires. The man drops out of
97. 3:33sight. His phone hits the pavement. For
98. 3:36a moment, nobody near him moves. Then,
99. 3:39people start screaming. Someone pulls at
100. 3:41the admission gate. The people already
101. 3:43coming through [screaming] keep running
102. 3:44towards the building. Sam catches the
103. 3:46back of your bag. "Inside." You go with
104. 3:49the crowd through the public doors.
105. 3:50[screaming]
106. 3:53The people nearest the doors push
107. 3:55backwards into the concourse. A barrier
108. 3:57goes over. The little girl's father
109. 3:59disappears behind it. She is standing
110. 4:02alone beside the bench. You reach for
111. 4:04her just as someone hits your shoulder.
112. 4:06Sam pulls you both behind the concrete
113. 4:08pillar. You keep hold of the girl's
114. 4:10hand.
115. 4:11Her father crawls out from under the
116. 4:12barrier. You pass her back. He holds her
117. 4:15against his chest without standing up.
118. 4:18Through the glass, guards are closing
119. 4:20the outer gate. People are still against
120. 4:22the fence.
121. 4:23>> Please move away from the entrance. Keep
122. 4:25the central passage clear.
123. 4:27>> Sam's coffee is on the floor. His hand
124. 4:30is shaking. He was asking for his
125. 4:32daughter. You look back towards the
126. 4:34doors. The guards are moving people away
127. 4:36from the windows.
128. 4:38A cleaner leaves to collect her
129. 4:39daughter. One of the electricians
130. 4:41follows.
131. 4:42Your supervisor crosses their names off
132. 4:44the sheet and gives their work to
133. 4:45whoever is left. You ask when your shift
134. 4:48ends. When the next lot gets here.
135. 4:50You look at the names she has crossed
136. 4:52out. Sam looks at you. Your picture from
137. 4:55the bus has still not delivered.
138. 4:59By evening, the father and girl have
139. 5:01settled beside the pillar. An older
140. 5:03woman has an orange blanket around her
141. 5:05shoulders.
142. 5:06Outside, the same fence is full of
143. 5:08people. The admission gate is chained
144. 5:10shut.
145. 5:11Sam has been trying his mum for 20
146. 5:13minutes. You tell him to try from the
147. 5:15loading bay. The reception is usually
148. 5:17better there.
149. 5:18He looks towards the public doors.
150. 5:20We should have left when they did.
151. 5:24At 9:40, every phone in the concourse
152. 5:26sounds at once.
153. 5:29You expect another weather warning. Your
154. 5:31thumb is already moving to dismiss it.
155. 5:34Stay inside. Lock your doors. Do not
156. 5:36help the injured.
157. 5:38You read the last line again.
158. 5:40Sam lowers his phone.
159. 5:41What about going home?
160. 5:43Across the concourse, the father is
161. 5:45reading the same message over his
162. 5:47sleeping daughter's head. You look
163. 5:49through the doors at the people beyond
164. 5:50the fence. Nobody is letting them in.
165. 5:53We'd better stay here.
166. 5:54Your supervisor sends Sam to the loading
167. 5:56bays. There is a delivery outside.
168. 5:59Blankets for the people on the floor. He
169. 6:01holds up his phone before he goes. I'll
170. 6:03try her from there.
171. 6:08You hear the crash through the concrete.
172. 6:10A worker comes back pushing a half-empty
173. 6:12trolley. You ask where Sam is. By the
174. 6:15van. I thought he'd come in. You call
175. 6:17him. No answer. Your supervisor says
176. 6:20security will deal with it. You ask
177. 6:22whether anyone has gone out. She turns
178. 6:24to somebody else. You leave before she
179. 6:26turns back.
180. 6:29The guard has his radio pressed against
181. 6:31one ear. You tell him Sam is outside.
182. 6:34Just the yard, you say. You will be back
183. 6:36in a minute. He looks past you before
184. 6:38drawing the bolt. Come back this way.
185. 6:41I'll be here.
186. 6:42Outside, blankets are scattered across
187. 6:44the concrete. The service road bends
188. 6:46behind the delivery bays. From the door,
189. 6:49you cannot see the van. You call Sam
190. 6:51again.
191. 6:53You stop walking.
192. 6:56There, beyond the last delivery bay.
193. 6:58You follow it past the lorry. A van sits
194. 7:01crooked against a barrier, its driver's
195. 7:03door hanging open.
196. 7:05A hand presses against the passenger
197. 7:07window. Sam. He unlocks the passenger
198. 7:10door. You pull it open. "Thought you'd
199. 7:12gone home," he says. You ask why he did
200. 7:15not call you. He shows you an unsent
201. 7:18message, your name above it. When he
202. 7:20tries to climb down, his leg gives way.
203. 7:23You catch him against the door. His boot
204. 7:25is twisted beneath him. "The lorry
205. 7:27struck the van," he says. "Someone
206. 7:29attacked the driver. Sam tried to get
207. 7:31clear and went over on his ankle. He
208. 7:33crawled back into the cab." You look
209. 7:35through the open driver's door. Nobody
210. 7:38is beside it now. "Can we go?" You put
211. 7:40his arm across your shoulders. Sam tries
212. 7:43to walk. His injured ankle gives way and
213. 7:46you catch him. You tell him to keep it
214. 7:47off the ground. At the corner of the
215. 7:49lorry, you stop so he can adjust his
216. 7:51grip.
217. 7:52Someone comes out between the parked
218. 7:54vehicles. One sleeve hangs loose.
219. 7:57They stand looking at the open van.
220. 7:59Sam pulls at your shoulder. You move
221. 8:02before they turn towards you. The staff
222. 8:04door is ahead. You know the guard is
223. 8:06behind it. You tell Sam you are nearly
224. 8:08there. He nods without looking up.
225. 8:13You turn the key back. Try again. The
226. 8:15outside lock opens. The bolt holds. You
227. 8:19knock. Sam has his head against the
228. 8:21wall. You keep a hand under his arm. The
229. 8:23guard sees you, then Sam. You explain
230. 8:26about the ankle. Tell him to get
231. 8:28somebody to help you bring him through.
232. 8:30His hand moves down towards the bolt.
233. 8:32>> No further admissions. That includes
234. 8:34staff.
235. 8:35>> The guard stops. He lifts his radio.
236. 8:38I've got two of ours at the service
237. 8:40store. One's injured. You point to Sam.
238. 8:42He can't walk. The guard looks over his
239. 8:44shoulder. Sam grips your sleeve. The
240. 8:47figure by the vehicles is facing you
241. 8:49now. It starts across the yard. Another
242. 8:51steps out behind it. You hit the door
243. 8:54with the flat of your hand. Open it,
244. 8:56please. The guard looks at Sam, then at
245. 8:58you.
246. 9:00He slides the shutter shut.