Mom
She needs you to stay alive.
Mom
She knows that’s the only way she can protect her young.
Mom
Without you, she’s vulnerable. She’s weak.
Mom
She knows that if you die, we’ll quickly eliminate her and the rest of the cluster.
Danny
She shifted. I can breathe.
Danny
Were you…were you TELLING her to keep me alive there?
Mom
I told you, I have a plan.
Mom
She has a human mother’s need to protect.
Mom
A lioness’s ferocity.
Mom
A queen bee’s control.
Mom
A black widow’s cunning.
Mom
My career achievement.
Danny
For fuck’s sake, Mom.
Danny
This is a hell of a way to smash the patriarchy.
Mom
We were so careful — only one percent of the mutated spiders were capable of breeding.
Mom
But that one percent surpassed our greatest expectations.
Mom
We had to stop the program.
Mom
Maybe you could sip some water.
Danny
I’m not thirsty for water.
Danny
What is happening to me?
Mom
Don’t worry about that now.
Mom
I have a plan, Danny.
Danny
Does it involve Bryan?
Mom
NO! I told you, don’t answer his texts.
Danny
He sent me one just now.
Danny
Says he’s on the way to our house.
Susan
Stay away from my son!
Bryan
I just want to check on the poor, sick kid.
Bryan
Being a good coworker and all.
Susan
Enough already, Bryan.
Susan
You’ve done enough!
Bryan
Should I stop for some chicken soup?
Bryan
Or is he slurping up something else these days?
Susan
I knew you were sick. Knew you were corrupt.
Susan
You’d do anything to get ahead.
Bryan
That’s what sets the winners apart from the losers.
Susan
You’re so stupid, Bryan!
Susan
I told Corporate that you were unstable.
Susan
Told them I thought you could be compromised.
Susan
And here you go, proving my case.
Bryan
You think you’re so smart — that maternal instincts trump brute strength.
Bryan
Your instincts were a bit off here, huh?
Susan
Your best shot is to run, Bryan.
Susan
Leave Corporate. Leave the country.
Susan
LEAVE MY SON ALONE.
Susan
There’s another thing you don’t know.
Susan
After Project Arachnid is destroyed, Corporate is going to announce my promotion.
Susan
Needless to say, you’ll be fired.
Bryan
Nah. I’m going to stick around.
Bryan
Corporate will see that I’m the one for the job when I stop the spider apocalypse.
Susan
So that’s what this is about?
Susan
So you can pull some Save the Day scheme?
Susan
With my son caught in the middle?
Bryan
Sacrifices must be made.
Bryan
Isn’t that what you always say?
Bryan
How’s little Danny doing?
Susan
He’s going to be fine.
Susan
I’m going to save him.
Bryan
I’m the only one who can do that.
Bryan
I’m your white knight, sweetheart.
Bryan
Remember our little failsafe?
Bryan
The “natural defense” YOU insisted we program into the spiderlings?
Susan
Why do you think I’m not home right now, Bryan?
Susan
I’m looking for the code.
Susan
Once I unlock the vault, I’ll stop this horrible mess you’ve created.
Bryan
Mess? I see it more as a tangled web.
Bryan
And you’re still in the parking lot at the lab.
Bryan
You have to stay close enough to hack into the wifi, I assume.
Susan
Are you tracking me?
Bryan
I guess we all have our little secrets.
Susan
Once I have the cure, all I need to do is get close enough to Mama.
Susan
And then all of this will be over.
Bryan
You’re never going to find the code.
Bryan
Because I erased it this morning.
Bryan
I guess you need me after all.
Susan
I’ll figure out another way.
Bryan
Have they molted a second time?
Bryan
It won’t be long before they need to feed again.
Bryan
Until they turn on Danny.
Susan
Mama won’t turn on Danny.
Bryan
But the experiment never got to play out, did it?
Susan
You’ve already put my family in enough jeopardy.
Bryan
And let you get all the glory?
Bryan
Of course, now that I think about it, this won’t work out so well for you.
Bryan
After all, you were careless enough to bring home a mama spider — an assassin — on your sneaker.
Bryan
Like I said, for all your ramblings about maternal instincts…
Bryan
They sure haven’t helped you, huh?
Susan
Corporate will see that YOU did this, Bryan.
Bryan
I think the best-case scenario is that you rot in jail.
Bryan
Worst case, your family is destroyed.
Bryan
Sacrifices must be made.
Susan
I’m going to tell you one more time:
Susan
STAY AWAY FROM MY SON
Mom
I’m right here, Danny.
Danny
It’s too late! Something’s happening!
Danny
They all scattered.
Danny
My heart is hammering so fast. Can’t breathe!
