Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Page #2

Yeah. He was teaching a seminar

on botanical pharmacology.

Soon as I finished my dissertation,

he hired me.

Well, that's one way to get a leg-up.

What's that supposed to mean?

I had a professor

who wanted to hire me.

Of course, he wanted me

to be his secretary.

Look, if I've done something

to offend you...

No. No, dear, not at all.

Actually, I admire you.

Took me 10 years to get where I am.

Clearly, your generation

has it figured out.

Man, this is good.

Where'd you learn to cook like this?

- Little recipe I picked up in Sri Lanka.

- What were you doing there?

Doctors Without Borders.

It's my day job.

You guys expect to need a doctor?

Can't get the expedition

bonded without one.

Well, you just think of me

as a charming insurance policy.

Hey!

You've had your dinner.

Get out of here.

What'd I say?

There's not that much...

I'm not sleeping up there.

I ain't sleeping on the floor.

I ain't sleeping on no damn...

- Oh, sh*t. What was that?

- What the hell was that?

- Something's getting eaten.

- By what?

Everything gets eaten out here.

It's the jungle.

Kong.

Hey. You guys seen Kong?

No. Not since last night.

Where are you?

Kong?

We need those results by next month

if we want the FDA off our backs.

Hello? Sh*t!

I can't hear you!

Can you hear me now?

How about now?

Can you hear me now?

- Can you hear me now?

- We can!

Can you hear me now?

- Gail! Oh, my God.

- Sh*t.

Stop the boat!

- I'll go.

- All right.

Hey, Gail! Can you hear me now?!

Oh, I'm gonna kill you!

Stroke, Gail, stroke. Come on.

- Watch your back.

- Hey, Gail! How's the water?

Drop the phone.

It's probably holding you back.

- All right.

- Stay calm.

- Stay calm.

- Use your phone for flotation.

All right, come on, Gail.

- You're almost there.

- It's just like a phone.

I got it.

- Holy sh*t!

- Holy sh*t!

Come on! Come on!

- Get out!

- Hurry up!

Hurry up! Hurry up!

- Come on! Come on!

- Gail, grab it.

- Look out!

- Watch out!

Oh, my God.

Get him, Bill! Get him, Bill!

Get him in the eye, man!

Bill?

Where'd he go?

- Where'd he go?!

- Bill!

I don't see him.

- Where's he gone?

- Oh, my God.

Oh, sh*t, you won.

- You're okay?

- I lost my phone.

Sorry to hear it.

That was either the bravest

or the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

It's a fine line.

- Good as new.

- Thanks.

To Gail...

...who knows it's better to eat

than be eaten.

- To Gail.

- Yeah, yeah, baby.

Almost eaten just to find a flower.

- Hardly seems worth it.

- Oh, it's worth it.

I mean, think about it.

A pill that you take every day

for the rest of your life.

Now, even if we charge,

say, a dollar a pop...

...we're billionaires.

- Yeah.

- That's what I'm talking about, baby.

- At $100 a bottle...

...I'll dive in that river

and fight that croc myself.

So how many flowers does it take

to save the world?

Figure 50 orchids will yield

about an ounce of chemical.

You could have a football field

full of those orchids...

...still doesn't mean you can get it

through human trials.

She doesn't even believe in you.

Comes with the territory.

In research,

you've got to go out on a limb.

And there's always someone

waiting to chop it off.

Where the hell have you been?

- Damn that thing!

- Where you been, boy?

Calm down. Calm down.

- Poor guy.

- It's okay. It's all right.

Looks like he's seen a ghost.

It's all right. It's all right.

It's all right.

What if Gail's right?

I mean, cells in a petri dish

are one thing.

- Human trials are another.

- She's wrong.

And when it goes to product...

...and you and I can cash in

our stock options...

...we'll rub her face in it.

- Stock options.

I spoke to Mitchell.

We're each giving you half a point.

I don't know what to say.

Don't say anything.

You deserve it.

All this...

...wouldn't be possible

without your work.

Jack.

Thought we decided against that.

Yeah. Yeah.

You're right.

It would be fun, though.

I mean, here we are,

traveling upriver...

...to the greatest discovery

of our careers.

Now, if this orchid thing

works out, then...

...who knows?

Is that why I'm here?

So you can give us one more try?

You're here because

you're the best researcher I've got.

Am I interrupting something?

No. No, I was...

- I was just going to bed.

- Yeah.

Well, before you do that,

we need to talk.

We got a problem.

See the water level?

In high water,

the Mendranang gets rough.

We could turn around,

try to find another course.

- But that would take at least two days.

- We don't have the time.

If the river becomes impassable,

it'll take a lot longer.

And if we turn back,

then we're definitely screwed.

We're gonna have to risk it.

What if I don't wanna risk it?

Do you have any idea

what this flower means?

We're talking about the biggest

medical discovery in history.

That does sound great, Jack.

But I was never any good at history.

You want me to risk

the Mendranang...

...it'll cost you

an extra 50 thousand.

Done.

Done?

You gotta ask the boss lady

or something?

I'll pay it myself.

All right.

You got yourself a deal.

But if we hit trouble...

...your people do what I say,

you got that?

You're the captain.

Research proposals?

Yeah. Research proposals.

You're not the only company

we're in bed with.

We're the prettiest

and most popular.

Like sleeping with

the head cheerleader.

Not quite.

Come on, you know you love us.

I love your cash.

Then let me

get a look at that file.

After this orchid thing goes bust,

you'll be finished at Wexell-Hall.

Unless you got

something else lined up.

You really wanna see us fail,

don't you?

No.

I just think that you will.

I am a scientist, you know.

Scientist.

What're you doing at Wexell-Hall?

I like science.

I just like money better.

I'll drink to that.

River's flooded.

We can't see the banks.

Miss our turnoff?

It's just ahead.

What the hell was that?

- Rudder's jammed.

- What?

Watch out.

Sh*t!

Get up! Everybody up!

Hey.

What's going on?

Goddamn it.

Sh*t! We've blown the head gasket.

Are we all right?

Hey, what's going on?

- What is it?

- We got problems.

- What's wrong, man?

- Bill, wait.

What are you talking about?

What problems?

Son of a b*tch.

The current's too strong.

- We missed our turnoff.

- I know. Come on, baby.

Come on, man.

- What is it?

- What is it?

What do you see?

Come on.

You got this. Come on, girl.

- Everybody! Hang on!

- Hang on to what?!

Come on!

Oh, sh*t!

Holy sh*t.

It's sinking, it's sinking!

- Where's Cole?

- Swim to the rocks, this way.

Keep going.

- Come on, get to the rocks.

- Get to the rocks.

- Where's Cole? Cole!

- Over there.

Over there! Over there!

Come on, man. Give me your hand!

Come on.

You got it, Sam. Come on.

Give me your hand.

I've got you, I've got you.

Give me your hand,

give me your hand.

Okay, I got her.

You almost got us killed!

You almost got us killed!

You think I wanted this?

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