The Hot Zone
Wednesdays 9:00 PM on NatGeoThe Hot Zone Season 1 Episode 4: "Expendable" Quotes
I'd like to sit with him once last time. Watch Jeopardy.
Jaax
Jaax: Why'd you run?
Peter: I didn't run. I had to get out of there. I couldn't think for a second.
Don't get me wrong, Jerry. Nancy's one of the best to ever come through here, but she hitched herself to the wrong horse on this one.
General
I can't stress this enough. You are going into a hostile environment. We are facing an enemy that can devastate a city. And you're what's standing between it and the civilians outside those door.
Jaax
Jaax's dad: Did you save the world?
Jaax: Not really. Jerry took the wheel.
Gen. Dwyer: Any chance this has been transmitted to people?
Wade: We don't know yet but I've dealt with Zaire before. It's best to quarantine the workers to be safe.
Like it or not the virus is here. And we can't afford to be the people who stood by and did nothing because we were too scared to pull the trigger.
Jaax
The modern day Army has never contained an outbreak on U.S. soil like this before. There is no protocol.
Gen. Dwyer
Wade: You ready?
Jaax: I have no roadmap. No protocols. Out of all the agencies that are set up to protect us, why are we not more prepared?
Wade: It's never been at our back door before. There's only one reason people do anything in this world. Fear.
Did you ego get so big you're willing to kill a man for it?
Wade
General: That's a huge operation. You'd be putting our soldiers at risk.
Jaax: True, but the Army's better able to handle a Level 4 hot agent than most local hospitals which is where infected people will start showing up if we don't contain it. Are you prepared for an outbreak like this?
