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I just kissed a zombie. "

You know what, Alice?

I've seen people turn into zombies.

Up in the hills, they have the dust

blown into their face, the whole thing.

That's not what's wrong with me.

I have something different.

I have someone messing with my mind.

Wesley. Wesley...

Please...

Rats.

Mmm.

Hmm.

Aah.

Yaah!

Hi.

Yaah!

Alice!

Alice!

Matthew?

Get my bag out of my desk.

Oh, my God. This can't be happening.

She's coming out of it.

She's having some kind of a seizure.

Breathe in, out.

- In... Out.

- Did anybody else hear the drums?

Drums?

Then I just had the most

horrifyingly real dream of my life.

I really gotta learn to relax.

I gotta chill out.

- Hold her head.

- What's wrong?

We've gotta get her to a doctor.

Try and support her.

- Watch your step.

- Thank you.

I got the test results.

It's a virus like HTLV-I, but different.

It's a retrovirus...

RNA converting into DNA,

but it's been altered.

I have never seen anything like it.

Stick me and run a test.

For what?

Same virus.

How's it hanging?

That's one trip too many to Miami.

Listen, this is

gonna sound a little weird...

...but it's on my mind.

I was fine, you know,

with everything else...

...but this girl, this doctor...

Alice... She's a good person

and she has nothing to do with...

- Remember...

- You know what I mean?

- The deal closes in three days.

- I know. God knows...

We don't want anything to get

in the way of all that money, do we?

If I can just tell her what she has...

...or at least, you know...

...nudge her in the right direction...

It's a little late

to be getting self-righteous.

I'm not being self-righteous...

...but even a bastard like myself...

who has a total disregard

for morality...

...has to draw the line somewhere.

Hello? Dr. Shaba.

Sure, just a second.

It's for you.

For me?

- Yes?

- Hello, it's Matthew.

Hi.

I hope you're feeling better.

I'm waiting for the results.

Listen, I might have a thought or two

about the nature of the problem...

- The problem you're concerned about.

- Really?

It's just a hunch,

but it's worth checking out.

Just taking a little blood sample.

...to help somebody who needs

to understand what's happening to her.

Come in.

I'm in the back.

Alice, got something

really interesting to show you.

You got here a whole lot quicker

than I thought you...

Oh, what are you doing here?

In two days me going to be rich.

Me don't want anything going wrong.

Listen, superintendent,

I have a piece of the action too...

...and I need the money

just as badly as you do.

But like I told Paul,

this young girl can't do us any harm.

Why do any more damage

than we have to?...

Well?

Positive, same as you and Jackson...

- You heard about Jackson?

- No. What about Jackson?

He was shot and killed.

Matthew.

- Matthew?

- Alice, quick!

He's dead.

Oh!

What are the police doing here?

Paul's worried about safety

after the murders.

Maybe he's worried about what'll happen.

when everybody finds out

they're out of a home and job.

What? Why would people

lose their home and job?

That woman that was killed,

the real estate broker...

...told me that he was selling the estate...

...that the deal was about to close.

Paul?

Are you out of your f***in' mind?

What do you mean the deal

is just about to close?

Never mind you'd have the respect

or decency to ask my opinion...

- Wesley.

... But you also forgot that I own...

- Could you please just calm?...

- I have no intention of selling!

F*** you!

Wes, I have nothing but respect,

if not complete admiration, for you.

I always have. You know that. But your

sickness has brought to the family...

My sickness has nothing to do with this.

Why would we sell this place?

Not to mention our responsibility.

...to the people that have lived

and worked here the past 30-odd years.

We are not responsible

for these people's lives!

Agriculture is no longer profitable.

We can't continue...

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you.

That's OK, Violette. Could you?...

I thought you might be thirsty.

While you're at it, Violette...

- Get the f*** off my property!

- What?

- Wesley!

- I was trying to make him understand.

what he's about to do

to people who are like family.

- Could you please leave us?

- It's OK, it's OK.

- Violette, please leave now!

- Don't yell at her!

- You calm down!

- It's all right. I'm leaving.

I am not gonna let you

get away with this, Paul.

- I will not sign off.

- I don't need you to sign off!

I've gotten power of attorney.

You're no longer fit to make decisions

regarding your own welfare.

What the f***?

Wesley, you better calm down.

You're a sick man.

You can very easily end up dead.

- Are you threatening me?

- No.

I'm just reminding you

of your delicate medical condition.

You really could end up dead.

Violette?

Violette, it's Alice Dodgson.

Violette?

Oh! Oh!

Violette, I'm sorry to bother you.

I wanted to...

...see if I could get your help.

It's about Wesley.

- No.

- Please, it's important.

I really need your help.

I can't.

Please. Please don't say no.

So do a lot of people

in Jamaica believe in obeah?

You know, they say

Haiti is 95 percent Catholic.

...and 100 percent voodoo.

I suppose the same thing applies

to Jamaica where obeah is concerned.

People don't like to talk about it.

I'm not sure if Julian

is going to agree to help.

...because he's also very afraid.

Tell him that his son is also sick...

...and the only way we can help his son.

...is if we can figure out

who is infecting these people.

Now, Julian told me that there's

a bigger man, an obeah man...

...that is presumably

more powerful than he is?

Julian, he does white magic.

He heals people.

But...

This bigger man...

...he take Wesley's soul.

He take poor Wesley's soul.

Can you tell me who is it

that took Wesley's soul?

No. I don't know, I don't know.

I don't know anybody who would

do something like that to Wesley.

He's such a good person.

When he got sick,

he thought he was going to die...

...and he wrote his will.

And he left all his money

to the people who live here.

Everybody.

Do you know anybody so good?

Alice.

This is for if your man leave you

and you want him back.

And this is for...

What about powder, dust,

that you use to make zombies?

- Does that really exist?

- I do not make zombies.

But if you wanted to, could you?

To make someone into a zombie.

...you would need a lot of hate

in your heart, anger.

I understand it's illegal

and I won't tell anybody...

...but, technically,

do you know how it's done?

He could make a zombie

if he wanted to, but he wouldn't.

But there is a way.

The powder...

...it is like poison.

Like they use in the Gulf War...

...like biochemical poison.

It will not kill.

It will only take away

the humanity of the man...

...the soul.

It take your will.

It's like you're there

but you're not there.

Is this permanent,

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