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Season 1  "Night Zero"  1x1

Aired 10 years ago - Jul 13, 2014

When a plane lands in New York City with everyone on board dead, Dr. Ephraim 'Eph' Goodweather, head of the CDC’s Canary Project, and his team are called upon to investigate. What looks at first like a mysterious viral outbreak might be the beginning of something infinitely more sinister.

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what you want, not anymore.
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Does he drive a green Prius?
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I have like 12 different agency officials
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There've been 200 people sitting there silently for...
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It has no concept of time or geography.
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I can offer you maybe 25...
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Is there anything else I can do for you gentlemen this evening?
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It's in my jacket pocket.
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The Hazmat Cat's picking up high levels of ammonia.
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Just going to take a quick look.
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to do things.
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Comply? I'm not asking them.
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you're going to need to get to me.
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And what time's that refreshment cart swing by, uh?
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That was it, you gonna sleep for a week.
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If this is a threat
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Do you understand?
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You want answers
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Razor sharp, clean cut, no bruising, no trauma.
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Dr. Goodweather, my name is Abraham Setrakian.
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The bodies burned, destroyed!
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What?
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We need to stop all vehicles big enough to hold it.
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Step out of the vehicle, open the cargo area, sir.
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We just gotta find some place to start.
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Everything went as planned.
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cannot be broken down into a chemical process.
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