Bats

I don't want to hear it.

Honestly, I'm sick of listening

to your lies.

Listen to what I'm saying.

I heard you. But Donna told me

everything you're saying and will say.

- Damn!

- What?

Something touched my hand.

- What are you doing, Quint?

- Hold on a second.

What the--?

You haven't listened to

a word I've said.

You know that crazy girl

means nothing to me.

Yeah, well...

You have to have

a little more faith in me.

I guess I do.

It's tight, but I'm getting through.

Better you than me.

Hey, I heard that.

So how's the ammonia levels, doc?

Point zero-nine-eight.

Pay dirt, partner.

Looks like a medium roost.

Antrozous pallidus, I think.

I'll try to get in.

If it gets too tight,

you need to turn around...

...because you do not wanna rely

on me getting your ass up here.

What happened to

sending in a camera?

Jimmy, you know I prefer

the hands-on approach, right?

- Would you do me a favor?

- What?

Remind me to lay off the cheesecake.

You're talking to a brother. I don't

mind extra weight in the right place.

About five meters.

Mostly mothers and young.

You might lose me in a minute.

Sheila, you know I hate

when that happens.

That's all right.

I got 911 programmed in on the cell.

Jimmy, if you hate bats and caves

so much, what are you doing with me?

For one, I won't lie.

You kind of cute.

And two, I like them,

but at a distance...

...a real distance,

like on Wild Kingdom.

That's why you're down there

and I'm up here. What the hell?!

There's some kind of--

What the hell is this?

All the dust!

Who are you?

Why are you landing that thing here?

I'm Dr. Tobe Hodge,

the CDC in Atlanta.

- Center for Disease Control?

- I never touched her.

Dr. Casper...

...we need your help immediately.

A plane's waiting to fly us to Texas.

Wait a second. Hold on a minute.

You're the best in your field,

so we came directly to you.

That's Dr. Alexander McCabe.

He'll be accompanying us.

I don't mean to pry,

but what's this about?

There's a biological emergency.

What kind of biological emergency?

Bats, Dr. Casper.

Bats.

- Sheriff Kimsey?

- Dr. Hodge.

Appreciate y'all coming.

We have some gear.

I can see that.

You must pack a lot of clout there.

The CDC considers this assignment

to be very important.

Good.

Well, hell, let's get to it then.

So, ma'am, you're a doctor

of what exactly?

Wildlife zoology with a speciality

in Chiroptera.

Bats, sheriff. I work with bats.

Bats.

So does that make you a bat-ologist?

It makes me a wildlife zoologist

with a speciality in Chiroptera.

To be honest with you, I've never

seen anything like this before.

We'll take over the forensic work,

if that's all right.

Hell, yes. Take over.

I never did care too much

for the sight of blood myself.

It's a damn shame.

Some folks think

kids might've done this.

Some satanic cult ritual

or some other such nonsense.

Starting with the male cadaver.

The incision below the

temporomandibular joint at the neck...

...extends in depth all the way

to the hypoglossus muscle.

I'm sure that jugular incision was

the initial point of contact.

They went for the lethal attack.

Jimmy, I'd imagine nobody'd mind

if you step outside...

...and keep Doc Swanbeck company.

That's a good idea, sheriff.

You guys just keep doing

what you're doing.

The external anterior jugulars

have been severed down to...

...the carotid on the right side

of the median.

Sheila, I'm gonna need

your confirmation now.

Looking at the neck wounds...

...l'd say we have a bite diameter

of four centimeters...

...and a circumference of,

say, 13 centimeters.

The Pteropodidae family.

This is impossible. These bats

only feed on fruit and nectar.

This can't be.

- Excuse me?

- This must be some sick hoax.

Unfortunately, we're certain

this is not a hoax.

Are you saying some bat did this?

I'm afraid so, sheriff.

There's something very wrong here.

This sort of thing is not

supposed to happen.

What's going on?

What is it you aren't telling me?

The number of attacks may be higher.

We've been able to confirm

these five for certain.

Yesterday was the first human

encounter that we know of.

I'd say it was a hell of a lot more

than just an encounter.

The attacks were similar and occurred

here in Texas, all in the past six days.

Impossible.

Dr. Casper?

Bats do not kill people. Period.

There must be an explanation.

One that has nothing to do

with bats, and therefore...

...nothing to do with me.

Miss Casper.

You're right.

But the bats that we're talking about,

they're very...

...special.

Special...

In what way?

Exactly what are we

talking about, doctor?

The two bats that escaped from my lab

were from lndonesia.

They're test subjects. The Pteropus

poliocephalus in question--

Hold on a minute!

We're talking about flying foxes?

Those are among the most endangered

species in the world.

And the ugliest and largest

bats you ever wanna meet.

Let me get this straight.

Are you saying you're responsible for

the death of those kids?

Dr. McCabe sought our assistance

as soon as the bats escaped.

We're here to stop them before

they kill or contaminate others.

Contaminate?

What were you guys experimenting with?

Well, let's just say it was...

...virus-based.

I really can't discuss it

any further. I'm sorry.

So we're here to help you find

your infected guinea pigs, is that it?

And destroy them, if need be.

You can count on that.

I'll help you find them,

but I'm not gonna destroy them.

I won't let you destroy them.

Don't worry.

It won't go that far, I assure you.

Bats can be anywhere in a 100-mile

radius. That's their range.

They could also be in a barn

or under a bridge or in a sewer.

That's just dandy.

But we gotta get started.

So if you had to pick one place

to look, where might that be?

Here.

The attack happened between

the town and national park.

This is the corridor

between its roost...

...and its food.

This is Kimsey.

Where?

This definitely won't look good

in the morning paper.

These killings weren't done

by a single bat, or even two.

Our bats must be infecting other bats

with the virus.

This is Dr. Sheila Casper.

This is Mayor Branson.

Emmett, tell me what in heaven's name

is going on, would you?

As far as we can tell, we think

this was done by some sort of...

...bats.

- Bats.

- Yes, ma'am.

I know it sounds crazy--

The bats we're referring to

are diseased.

They're infected with

some sort of virus.

We don't know much more yet,

but we hope to soon.

What am I supposed to tell

the families, the town?

We got rabid bats on the loose?

Whatever you say, Amanda, say it now.

Tell folks to stay inside at night

till this all blows over.

Deputy Munn will put calls out.

All right, Wesley?

What we need to avoid right now

is any sort of panic.

You can save that panicking stuff

for later.

You mean the TV, radio--

Whatever you gotta do, Wesley,

just do it. Get the word out.

And cancel that football game tonight.

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