Disconnect. Reconnect. (2013) - full transcript
Mark Van Der Poole, his wife, and two teenagers all understand what being "connected" is all about: Twitter,Facebook, Cell Phones, iPads, GPS - their frantic lives are bound to gadgets too numerous to count! This noisy backdrop turns suddenly into awkward silence when a mysterious glitch brings the entire communications grid to a sudden halt! Sudden with drawl from gadget-driven addictions force the Van Der Poole family together against their will, to face the best - and worst - in each other as they explore old fashioned fun, family, and faith. In the process, they rediscover the real connectedness they haven't even realized they had lost.
- MY NAME IS GERALD SIMMONS,
AND THIS IS THE
STORY OF A FAMILY,
A MODERN FAMILY,
A VERY VERY MODERN FAMILY.
AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN
THINGS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT
YOU NEVER EVER EXPECTED.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- HEY MOM, YOU'RE NOT
GONNA BELIEVE THIS!
HEY, MOM!
MOM?
HEY, KATELYN, WHERE'S MOM?
- LAUNDRY.
YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE
YOUR BOARD THERE.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
- WHAT?
OH, NO YOU DON'T.
- CONNER, IS THAT YOU?
- MOM, GUESS WHAT?
- CARRY THIS UPSTAIRS FOR
ME, AND THEN I'LL GUESS.
CONNER.
- WHAT?
OH, SORRY, MOM.
OKAY.
SO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
BELIEVE THIS, BUT I MADE IT.
- YOUR BED?
- FAT CHANCE.
- NO MOM, THE
GOD'S EYE PROJECT.
SO IT'S THIS
SOFTWARE PROJECT.
THEY'RE LIKE MAPPING THE SKY,
AND I JUST GOT
NOTIFICATION AND I'M IN.
- AND THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT?
- YEAH, THAT'S GREAT!
THEY ONLY ACCEPT REALLY
GOOD PROGRAMMERS.
- IT'S A BIG DEAL, MOM.
- WHAT?
OH, SORRY.
I WAS GONNA CLEAN IT UP.
- THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
- WAIT, MOM.
THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM.
- I SEE MORE THAN ONE.
- NO, IT'S THE
GOD'S EYE PROJECT.
I NEED A TELESCOPE.
- WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE ONE YOU HAVE?
- MOM, THAT THING?
I'LL GET COMPLETELY
LAUGHED OFF THE PROJECT.
THERE'S NO WAY.
- YOU'RE NOT DIPPING
INTO YOUR COLLEGE FUND.
- WELL, I WAS KIND OF HOPING
YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE
HELP ME OUT A LITTLE.
- HOW MUCH DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THAT COST?
LISTEN, CHECK ONLINE, GIVE
ME SOME EXACT FIGURES.
- REALLY?
THANKS, MOM.
- YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE
TO CONVINCE YOUR FATHER.
- LOOK, I KEPT STEWART
JACKSON OFF THE
COM 20 PROJECT FOR A REASON.
YOU DID NOT GIVE HIM MY
CELL NUMBER, DID YOU?
I DON'T NEED PROGRAMMER
TYPES CALLING ME AT HOME,
ESPECIALLY HIM.
I MEAN YOU GIVE HIM A
BLUEPRINT FOR A BRICK HOUSE
AND HE'LL TRY TO TURN
IT INTO A MANSION.
THEN HE'LL FORGET TO
ADD THE FRONT DOOR.
THAT'S PROGRAMMERS.
AND JACKSON'S THE WORST.
I'M DEFINITELY
GONNA FIRE THAT GUY.
WOE!
I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT
AT THE BIG ROLL OUT.
YEAH, OKAY. BYE.
- BIG ROLL OUT?
- YEAH.
WE'VE GOT A MEETING TONIGHT.
- OH.
- IT'S A PROJECT I'M
HEADING UP, SO--
- WELL, I'D LOVE TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
- WELL, SIMMONS,
IF I TOLD YOU,
I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU.
WELL, I SHOULD PROBABLY--
- CERTAINLY, MARK.
I'LL ASK THE LORD TO
BLESS YOUR MEETING.
- OH, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
- IT'S A PLEASURE, MY BOY.
IT'S ALWAYS A DELIGHT TO
CALL ON THE LORD IN PRAYER.
- OKAY.
- I SEE YOUR
BOY'S GETTING TALL.
HOW OLD IS HE NOW?
- 18.
- OH, YOU MUST
BE SO VERY PROUD.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
EVERY CHILD IS A
GIFT FROM THE LORD.
- YES, THEY ARE.
- NOW YOUR YOUNGER
ONE, SHE MUST BE 13?
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY SHOULD GO.
- OF COURSE, MARK.
TELL YOUR WIFE I SAID HELLO.
- THIS SHOPPING CART
WAS DESIGNED BY CHIMPS.
THEIR CODE IS A TOTAL MESS.
- WHY IS THIS THING EVEN ON?
- LOOKING FOR THIS?
- CHIMPS.
- AND WHY DOES OUR STATE OF
THE ART SATELLITE CONNECTED
FLIPPER NOT WORK?
- ASK THE GUY WHO DESIGNED IT.
- DAD WASN'T
ON THAT PROJECT.
HE SAYS THE PROGRAMMERS TOOK
IT OVER AND WRECKED IT.
- REALLY?
- THAT'S STUPID.
- HE SAYS THEY BUILD MANSIONS
AND FORGET TO ADD
A FRONT DOOR.
- IT'S THEIR DESIGN
NOT BAD PROGRAMMERS.
- KATELYN, HAVE
YOU SEEN MY PHONE?
- WANT ME TO CALL IT?
- NO, IT'S PROBABLY
JUST ON MY DESK.
CONNER, WHY ARE YOU
JUST SITTING THERE?
- YOU TOLD ME TO
LOOK UP THE TELESCOPE.
I'M ALMOST DONE.
IF THIS STUPID
INTERNET WOULD WORK.
- I'M SORRY, CONNER,
EVEN LEGAL ADULTS HAVE TO
HELP OUT AROUND HERE.
- COME ON!
- CONNER MICHAEL?
- WHAT?
- THE DISHES.
- IT'S KATELYN'S NIGHT.
- KATELYN?
I WANT YOUR PHONE.
- WHY?
- BECAUSE I SAID SO.
- DAD CHECKED MY MINUTES.
- WELL, WE'LL JUST TALK TO
YOUR FATHER ABOUT IT THEN.
- CONNER.
- YEAH, DAD?
- COULD YOU COME
HERE, PLEASE.
- WHAT?
- WHAT IS THIS
DOING IN THE FOYER?
- SORRY, DAD.
- WHY AREN'T YOU DRESSED?
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- I NEED YOU TO
BE READY TO GO.
- MARK? THE MEETING ISN'T
FOR TWO HOURS.
- LOOK, I JUST WANT
EVERYBODY TO BE READY.
- DO WE HAVE TO GO?
- YES.
- BUT IT'S GONNA BE BORING!
- IT WILL DO YOU GOOD.
- THIS STUPID THINGS GOT
ME IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
- INTERNET'S NOT
WORKING EITHER.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- WHAT?
- I CAN'T GO!
NATALIE BERMAN'S
GONNA BE THERE!
- I THOUGHT YOU
GUYS WERE FRIENDS.
- YEAH, ONLINE.
YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
- DID YOU MAP IT?
- YOU ARE NERVOUS.
- THE ONLY THING I'M NERVOUS
ABOUT IS STEWART JACKSON
MEDDLING WITH MY PROJECT.
- STEWART JACKSON?
- IT WAS ALL I COULD DO
TO KEEP HIM OFF THE
COM 16 PROJECT, AND NOW HE'S
TRYING TO MUSCLE HIS WAY
INTO THIS ONE TOO.
- I'M SURE HE MEANS WELL.
- IF I HAVE ANYTHING
TO SAY ABOUT IT,
HE'S GONNA GET FIRED.
TV Anchor: BREAKING NEWS,
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
CONFIRMED REPORTS THAT A
SERIOUS COMPUTER MALFUNCTION
HAS RESULTED IN DISRUPTION OF
KEY SERVICES IN A NUMBER
OF METROPOLITAN AREAS.
TOM KRAMER HAS THE STORY.
- THAT'S RIGHT, GAYLE.
IT'S BEING CALLED THE BIGGEST
THREAT TO COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE THE Y2K
SCARE OVER A DECADE AGO.
A SCENARIO THAT POTENTIALLY
PUT SATELLITE, CELLULAR,
EVEN LEGACY TELEPHONE
COMMUNICATIONS AND THE
ELECTRICAL GRID AT RISK.
- WHAT WOULD I
NOT UNDERSTAND?
- SHE HAS AN AVATAR.
- A WHAT?
- A LITTLE QUIET, GUYS!
I'M TRYING TO HEAR.
- THE DATA GEN COM 16 IS
JUST SUCH A TECHNOLOGY.
- THE COM 16 PROJECT?
THAT'S MY PROJECT!
MY BABY.
- THIS CATASTROPHE MAY
BE THE RESULT OF A
SIMPLE PROGRAMMING BUG.
- STEWART JACKSON!
- WHO STOOD POISED TO ANNOUNCE
THE LAUNCH OF THE COM 20--
- SHE HAS A VIRTUAL
PERSONALITY ONLINE.
- SHUT UP, CONNER!
- IT REMAINS AN
OPEN QUESTION.
- QUIET! I GOTTA HEAR THIS!
- WILL WEATHER THIS
POLITICAL FIRESTORM
WHICH HAS PROMPTED OUTCRIES
FOR INVESTIGATION INTO A
CRITICAL FAILURE MARKER
KNOWN AS THE--
- THE WHAT?
THE FAILURE MARKER
KNOWN AS WHAT?
COME ON!
I GOTTA CALL THE OFFICE AND
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
- MARK? WHO IS THAT?
- STEWART JACKSON.
- WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE, JACKSON?
- MR. VANDERPOOL, WE HAVE
A SENSITIVE SITUATION.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
WE WERE ON THE NEWS.
- WELL, IT'S
THIS DARN COM 16.
THE INTERNET, THE
CELLULAR GRID,
EVERYTHING THAT DEPENDS ON
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS FAILING.
- STEWART JACKSON?
- HE'S THE PROGRAMMER
DAD COMPLAINS ABOUT.
- DAD COMPLAINS
ABOUT ALL PROGRAMMERS.
- MY COM 16?
- WHICH IS OPERATIONAL IN
THOUSANDS OF INSTALLATIONS.
- THAT'S CRITICAL
TO THE WORLD--
- TO THE ENTIRE WORLD'S
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
- IT'S FAILING?
- I KNOW. TOUGH BREAK.
AND ALL BECAUSE OF A
LOUSY PROGRAMMING GLITCH.
I CAN'T HELP WONDERING MAYBE
IF I HAD BEEN JUST A LITTLE
MORE INVOLVED, WE COULD
HAVE AVOIDED ALL OF THIS,
ESPECIALLY WITH THAT BIG
COM 20 LAUNCH TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S
BEEN CANCELED.
- LOOK JACKSON,
THIS WAS MY PROJECT.
THIS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY.
- THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
- WHAT?
- WELL, THIS NEEDS TO BE
HANDLED DISCREETLY OR THE
ENTIRE COMPANY'S FUTURE
COULD BE IN JEOPARDY.
AS YOU SAY, THE COM
16 HAS YOUR NAME
WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
I WAS SENT TO TELL
YOU TO LAY LOW.
I'LL BE SPEARHEADING
THE PROBE.
- YOU?
- I KNOW WE HAVEN'T
ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE,
BUT THIS COMPANY'S FUTURE
MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME TOO.
I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.
THINK OF THIS AS
A FORCED VACATION.
ENJOY THE TIME TO CONNECT
WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I'M SURE THIS WILL ALL BE
RESOLVED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
I'LL CHECK IN WITH
YOU FROM TIME TO TIME,
KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE.
- WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO
THAT MEETING TONIGHT.
- OH, YEAH!
- SO DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE
GONNA GET THE INTERNET BACK?
- THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
- I WAS THINKING, WE
SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CONNECT.
SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
ENJOY LIFE AS A FAMILY.
- THIS IS REALLY
WHAT FAMILIES DO?
- HAVE WE CONNECTED YET?
- WE'RE CONNECTING.
I FEEL A CONNECTION.
- MARK, THERE'S NO
REASON TO GET SNIPPY.
- HEY, I HAVE AN
IDEA FOR A GAME.
- LET'S HEAR IT.
- OKAY, WELL, WE'LL GET
PAPER AND WE'LL LIKE
WRITE EACH OTHER NOTES,
LIKE TEXTING.
- KATELYN,
THAT'S NOT A GAME.
- WELL MARK, IT'S
LIKE A GAME, IN A WAY.
- IN A DEMENTED WAY.
- KATELYN, HOW
IS THAT A GAME?
- IT'S A GAME, ALL RIGHT?
COME ON, KATELYN.
I'LL PLAY WITH YOU.
- FORGET IT.
- KATELYN.
HONEY, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
- SO HOW LONG DID HE
SAY YOU HAVE TO HIDE?
- I'M NOT HIDING.
I'M JUST--
I'M NOT HIDING.
- CAN YOU GO OUTSIDE?
GET A PAPER? ANYTHING?
- IT'S NOT LIKE
WE'RE ON HOUSE ARREST.
- IT KIND OF
FEELS LIKE JAIL.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT!
CONNER?
- WHAT?
- WE'RE GONNA GO
CLEAN YOUR ROOM.
- I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- OKAY CONNER, WE HAVE TO
TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF THE
CLOSET OVER THERE AND
PILE IT UP OVER HERE.
- WHY?
- BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO GUT YOUR CLOSET.
- YEAH, BUT THAT
MAKES EVERYTHING
WAY MORE CONFUSING.
- DO YOU THINK
THAT'S POSSIBLE?
- DAD.
- LOOK, SON, I KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF.
- YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE IF I ALREADY
KNOW WHERE STUFF GOES.
- EVERYTHING OKAY?
- CONNER, THIS DOESN'T
HAVE TO MAKE SENSE TO YOU.
IT'S NOT A COMPUTER PROGRAM.
- WELL, MOM'S RIGHT HERE,
SO WHY DON'T YOU ASK HER?
- ASK ME WHAT?
- I WAS JUST TRYING TO TELL
YOUR SON THAT WE NEED TO PUT
EVERYTHING IN A PILE SO
WE CAN GUT THE CLOSET.
- THAT SOUNDS FINE.
UNLESS HE KNOWS WHERE
HE WANTS TO PUT STUFF.
- THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
- I THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT.
- I'LL STAY OUT OF IT.
- CONNER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING?
- YEAH, YOU'RE A
PROJECT MANAGER.
- THAT'S RIGHT. MANAGER.
THAT MEANS THAT I SEE TO
IT THAT THINGS GET DONE.
YOU DON'T SECOND
GUESS THE MANAGER.
THEN IF THINGS GO WRONG,
I'M THE ONE RESPONSIBLE,
AND I'M THE ONE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
- YEAH. I GET IT, DAD.
- DO YOU?
- YEAH.
ISN'T THAT WHY YOU'RE
LOCKED DOWN AT HOME?
- COME ON. WE'VE
GOT WORK TO DO.
- THIS MIGHT TAKE A WHILE.
- ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET
THESE BOOKS OUT OF THE WAY.
- WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM?
- UH...
USE YOUR
BEST JUDGMENT.
- WHY'D YOU PUT
THEM RIGHT THERE?
- YOU SAID USE
MY BEST JUDGMENT.
- BEST JUDGMENT
MEANING COMMON SENSE.
JUST GET THEM OUT IN
THE HALL FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO CONNER, TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR TELESCOPE.
- OH, HAVE YOU HEARD OF
THE GOD'S EYE PROJECT?
- NO.
- OKAY, IT'S LIKE A
THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP
OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
- SO IT'S COOL.
- WAY COOL!
THEY ONLY LET LIKE REALLY
GOOD PROGRAMMERS IN
AND THEY WANT ME.
- BUT YOU STILL HAVEN'T
EXPLAINED THE TELESCOPE.
- RIGHT.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT
TELESCOPE TO TAKE YOUR PART
OF THE SKY THAT YOU'RE
LIKE STUDYING OR WHATEVER.
- ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THIS KIND OF TELESCOPE?
- WELL, NO.
BUT IT MAKES IT
LIKE WAY EASIER.
AND PLUS THEN YOU CAN HAVE--
- OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. I GET IT.
NOW DO YOU GET PAID
FOR ANY OF THE TIME
YOU'LL BE SPENDING
ON THIS PROJECT?
- WELL, NO.
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY
WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
- CONNER, LOOK, I KNOW HOW
MUCH YOU'RE INTO ASTRONOMY
AND PROGRAMMING, BUT
IT'S ALSO TIME TO
THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.
- WELL DAD, I AM BECAUSE
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
- CONNER, LET ME
PUT IT THIS WAY.
PROGRAMMERS ARE LIKE--
I MEAN, I DEAL WITH
THEM ALL THE TIME
AT WORK, YOU KNOW?
AND LET ME TELL
YOU, IT IS A PAIN.
I MEAN, YOU GIVE THEM A
BLUEPRINT FOR A BRICK HOUSE--
- BLUEPRINT FOR A BRICK
HOUSE AND THEY TRY TO
BUILD YOU A MANSION AND
FORGET THE FRONT DOOR.
DAD, I KNOW WHAT CHIMPY
PROGRAMMING IS
AND THAT'S NOT ME.
- LOOK CONNER, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.
IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR
HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS.
- I GET IT, DAD.
- I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO AIM A
LITTLE HIGHER, THAT'S ALL.
CONNER!
- EVERYTHING IS
VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW,
LIKE ALL MY SPLENDID
PLANET FRIENDS.
- WHAT IS SPLENDID PLANET?
- THERE'S ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, AND WE SHOULD ALL
LIKE BE FRIENDS
OR WHATEVER, RIGHT?
- I'LL GO WITH
THAT FOR THE MOMENT.
- IT'S JUST LIKE A
PLACE TO CONNECT ONLINE.
- LOOK AT THAT ONE.
- AND, LIKE, YOU CAN CONNECT
WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR
OWN TOWN OR WHATEVER.
- KATE, DID YOU EVER TALK
TO YOUR DAD ABOUT THIS?
- WHY?
- WELL, WHEN
YOU'RE CONNECTING,
YOU DON'T REALLY
KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER
END OF THAT CONNECTION.
- MOM, IT'S SERIOUSLY
LIKE NO BIG DEAL.
- SO ARE YOU GIVING
OUT YOUR NAME?
- WELL, NO. IT'S LIKE, SAFE.
EVERYBODY HAS A MADE UP NAME.
- AND YOUR MADE UP NAME IS?
- KITTY CAT.
- CUTE.
- AND, LIKE, SOME PEOPLE
HAVE LIKE DESCRIPTIVE
NAMES OR WHATEVER.
- SUCH AS?
- WELL, THIS ONE FRIEND
IS CALLED SWEET CHICK.
- THAT'S DESCRIPTIVE?
- IF YOU SAW THIS GIRL--
- SO SHE'S PRETTY.
- SERIOUSLY, YEAH.
- SO YOU'RE POSTING
PICTURES OF YOURSELF TOO?
- SORT OF.
- OKAY, KIDDO. YOU LOST ME.
HOW DO YOU "SORT OF" POST
PICTURES OF YOURSELF?
- IT'S JUST A
PROFILE PICTURE.
- WHAT PICTURE?
- IT'S LIKE MY AVATAR.
- YOUR AVATAR IS
A PICTURE OF WHO?
- JUST A PICTURE, MOM.
LIKE, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
- WHAT ABOUT THESE
VIRTUAL SO-CALLED FRIENDS?
LIKE SWEET CHICK.
- WHAT ABOUT HER?
- HOW DO YOU EVEN
KNOW SHE'S A GIRL?
OR THAT SHE'S YOUR AGE?
- MOM, LIKE YOU
CAN JUST TELL.
IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE
HAS EVER ASKED ME FOR
ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.
- OKAY.
BUT IF IT'S JUST FAKE AND NO
ONE REALLY GETS PERSONAL,
HOW CAN YOU CALL
THEM FRIENDS?
- CAN WE JUST DROP THIS?
- WE'LL DROP IT FOR NOW.
[STRUGGLING]
- MR. SIMMONS?
ARE YOU OKAY?
- WHAT?
OH.
- SORRY, MR. SIMMONS.
- CONNER. YOU SCARED ME SILLY.
- SORRY, MR. SIMMONS.
WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU
COULD USE SOME HELP.
- YES, IT'S QUITE A LITTLE
CHALLENGE WITH THIS FUNKY BOX
INTO THE GARAGE.
I THINK I BIT OFF MORE THAN
I CAN CHEW, I'M AFRAID.
I'M NOT AS YOUNG
AS I USED TO BE.
- I CAN HELP.
- WOULD YOU?
I THINK IF YOU COULD TAKE
THAT END RIGHT THERE.
BE CAREFUL.
IT'S BREAKABLE GLASS.
- HERE, HERE, I'LL TAKE IT.
- DO BE CAREFUL.
OKAY, I'VE GOT THIS.
- OKAY.
- OKAY, I'VE GOT THIS END.
DEAR...
JUST SET IT DOWN.
RIGHT THERE.
- OKAY.
- THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE.
OH, MY.
OH, DEAR.
- MR. SIMMONS.
- YES?
- I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
- THIS IS VERY
KIND OF YOU, CONNER.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT WILL DO.
THERE WE ARE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE WORKER
IS WORTH HIS WAGES.
WHAT DO I OWE YOU FOR
YOUR TROUBLE, SON?
- MR. SIMMONS, I
CAN'T TAKE YOUR MONEY.
- WELL THEN FOLLOW ME.
THAT'S AN ORDER.
- AT LEAST LET
ME GET YOU A SODA.
- MR. SIMMONS,
I'M GOOD. REALLY.
SODA'S FINE, MR. SIMMONS.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- HERE YOU ARE.
- HEY, MR. SIMMONS.
THANK YOU.
THESE BOOKS...
- ARE YOU AN ASTRONOMY MAN?
- YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S
WHAT I WANT TO DO.
THE GOD'S EYE PROJECT?
- YOU'VE HEARD OF IT?
- YEAH, I JUST GOT ACCEPTED.
- WHY, ARE YOU
PYTHON MAN 92?
- YEAH, I AM.
- YES, YES, YES.
WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH
YOUR PROGRAMMING SAMPLES.
- YEAH, BUT I CAN'T DO IT.
- REALLY?
WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TROUBLE?
- MARK, I'M SURE EVERYTHING
WILL BE FINE TOMORROW.
- I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING
I'VE EVER DEALT WITH BEFORE.
- IF I KNOW YOU, YOU'LL
FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
- FAT CHANCE AFTER
ALL THAT'S HAPPENED.
- MARK, IT WILL BE FINE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO STOP
FOCUSING ON WHO'S THE BOSS
AND THINK ABOUT HOW
MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.
- LOVE HIM?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
- WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
- THE END OF LIFE
AS WE KNOW IT.
- OH.
- MY JOB.
- WELL, I WAS TALKING
ABOUT YOUR SON.
- OH, YEAH.
YOU THINK I SHOULD
GO AFTER HIM?
- HE'S PROBABLY AT GAVIN'S.
- YEAH, I SUPPOSE.
- I'M SURE YOUR FATHER
MEANS WELL, CONNER.
I MUST SAY, IT'S DIFFICULT
TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS
WITH NO INTERNET.
- YEAH. YOU CAN BLAME
THAT ON MY DAD TOO.
- HUH?
WELL, NO MATTER.
IF YOU LOOK AT MY LIBRARY,
YOU'LL FIND THAT MOST OF
THESE TITLES PREDATE
THE INTERNET AS DO
MOST GREAT DISCOVERIES.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING?
- WHAT?
- HOW ASTRONOMY TESTIFIES
TO GOD'S CREATION.
- HOW?
- IT'S A FAIR
QUESTION, CONNER.
HERE WE ARE.
DO YOU REALIZE WHEN
YOU LOOK AT A STAR,
YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT
STAR AS IT LOOKS TODAY.
- RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE
SEEING IT IN THE PAST.
- YES.
IF A STAR IS A THOUSAND
LIGHT YEARS AWAY,
YOU SEE THE STAR
AS IT APPEARED
A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
- BECAUSE IT TOOK
A THOUSAND YEARS FOR THE
LIGHT TO REACH US.
- YET THE STARS THAT APPEAR
TO BE THE FURTHEST AWAY ALSO
APPEAR TO BE YOUNGER
THAN THE CLOSER STARS.
CONNER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT THAT MEANS?
- THEY ALL APPEARED
AT THE SAME TIME.
- INDEED.
ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
UNIVERSE CAME INTO BEING AT
ONE SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME.
- YOU MEAN IT WAS CREATED.
- BY THE GLORIOUS HAND
OF ALMIGHTY GOD HIMSELF.
- WOE.
- IT'S EXCITING
WORK WE'RE DOING.
- YEAH. BUT YOU NEED
A GOOD TELESCOPE AND MINE SUCKS.
- FOLLOW ME, SON.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
A CELESTRON NEXSTAR 8?
THAT'S WHAT WE
WERE CARRYING IN?
- YOU WANT TO
HELP ME SET IT UP?
- YES!
♪ MUSIC
♪ SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU'VE
GOT TO CLOSE YOUR EYES...
♪ AND IMAGINE WHAT
YOU'LL GET TO SEE...
♪ YOU JUST MIGHT FIND IT'S
QUITE A SURPRISE...
♪ SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU
THOUGHT IT COULD BE...
♪ CARRY THE WEIGHT...
♪ BUT REMEMBER YOU JUST MIGHT
FALL DOWN SOMETIMES...
♪ IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE...
♪ THERE'S A FRIEND WHO
CAN TURN IT AROUND...
♪ HE CAN TURN IT AROUND...
♪ THIS IS YOUR TIME...
♪ GONNA FIND IT'S A RACE
YOU WERE BOUND TO WIN...
♪ STAND ON THE LINE...
♪ YOUR MOMENT'S
ABOUT TO BEGIN...
♪ NEVER REALLY THOUGHT
THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN...
♪ A WONDER YOU CAN'T DEFINE...
♪ STAND UP, LOOK
TO THE STARS...
♪ THIS IS YOUR TIME!
- WOW, THIS IS SO COOL!
- THIS HAS BEEN
JUST TREMENDOUS.
- THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR. SIMMONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- OH, MY.
- WHAT? WHAT TIME IS IT?
- IT'S 2:00 A.M.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- I'M SORRY.
YOU REALLY MUST
BE GETTING HOME.
- MARK.
MARK.
- WHAT? WHAT?
- SOMEONE'S IN THE HOUSE.
- YOU IMAGINED IT.
- GO CHECK IT OUT.
- GOT IT.
- WOULD YOU HURRY UP?
- I GOT IT. I GOT IT.
- OH!
DAD, LISTEN, I CAN EXPLAIN.
- I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT.
- NO, I REALLY CAN.
- CONNER, FOR
HEAVEN'S SAKES,
IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING!
- IT'S ONLY 2:00.
- WHATEVER!
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- GO BACK TO BED, KATELYN.
- WHAT DID I DO?
- DAD, I'M REALLY SORRY.
- NOT ANOTHER WORD!
- DAD, JUST LISTEN!
- DROP IT!
- BUT DAD.
- ENOUGH!
MARK, I'M SURE THERE'S
A PERFECTLY
GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT
IN THE MORNING.
CONNER, TO BED.
- WHAT ARE WE GONNA
DO WITH THAT KID?
- MARK, HE'S NOT A KID.
- KATELYN, ARE YOU EATING?
- I THINK I'LL WAIT.
- WELL?
- I SAID I WAS SORRY, DAD.
I WAS JUST OVER AT
MR. SIMMONS HOUSE AND WE JUST
LOST TRACK OF TIME.
- SIMMONS?
WHY IN THE WORLD WERE
YOU BOTHERING HIM?
- I WASN'T.
- THEN WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
- MARK...
LET CONNER EXPLAIN.
- MR. SIMMONS
WAS TRYING TO UNLOAD A
TELESCOPE FROM HIS CAR.
- A TELESCOPE?
- MARK.
- I JUST HELPED HIM.
- CONNER, GO AHEAD.
- DO YOU REMEMBER THE GOD'S
EYE PROJECT I TOLD YOU ABOUT?
- YOU DIDN'T TELL ME.
- WELL, I TRIED TO
TELL YOU YESTERDAY.
- GO ON, CONNER.
- OKAY, SO MR. SIMMONS IS
KIND OF LIKE IN CHARGE OF IT.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
- HONEY, IT STILL DOESN'T
EXPLAIN WHY YOU WERE AT
MR. SIMMONS HOUSE SO LATE.
- WELL, WE WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT STUFF.
LIKE DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THAT
GOD CREATED THE STARS
AT THE SAME TIME?
- ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS?
OUR SON IS HAVING HIS HEAD
FILLED WITH RELIGIOUS
MUMBO JUMBO BY SOME CRACKPOT.
- MR. SIMMONS IS A
COOL GUY IF YOU'D JUST
GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
- HE'S CREEPY.
- HE'S NOT CREEPY.
HE'S JUST WEIRD.
- WE JUST LOST
TRACK OF TIME.
- CAN WE JUST DROP IT?
- YAY.
- KATELYN.
- SORRY.
- CONNER, HAVE YOU CHANGED
YOUR CLOTHES SINCE YESTERDAY?
- THEY'RE NOT DIRTY.
- YOU THINK I'LL HEAR
FROM STUART TODAY?
- NOW THAT GUY IS CREEPY.
- AT LEAST WE
STILL HAVE POWER.
- OH, GREAT.
[KNOCK AT THE DOOR]
- KATELYN, CAN YOU GET THAT?
- SO NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
- HEY, MR. SIMMONS.
- HI KATELYN, JUST THE
GIRL I WANTED TO SEE.
KATELYN, THIS IS MY
GREAT NIECE ANGELA.
HER PARENTS DROPPED BY, AND
WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
ENJOY A VISITOR.
- HI.
- HI.
- EXCUSE ME, KATELYN.
MR. SIMMONS?
- OH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE ABOUT
THAT TERRIBLE
OVERSIGHT LAST NIGHT.
- YOU THINK?
- MR. SIMMONS?
- LAURIE, HELLO.
I WAS JUST TELLING MARK HOW
SORRY I WAS I KEPT YOUR
BOY OUT LATE.
- THAT'S OKAY, MR. SIMMONS.
NO HARM DONE.
KATELYN, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
ANGELA TO THE BACKYARD?
- OKAY.
- I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SHE HASN'T MUCH
INTEREST IN ASTRONOMY.
- SHE'S WELCOME TO STAY
AS LONG AS SHE LIKES.
- WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S A REAL BLESSING.
- DID YOU HAPPEN TO LOSE
POWER JUST A MINUTE AGO?
- I'M AFRAID SO.
MOST UNSETTLING.
MARK, I WANTED TO MENTION HOW
IMPRESSED I WAS
WITH YOUR BOY.
HE WAS A GREAT MEN
TO ME LAST NIGHT.
I MUST SAY HE HAS A KEEN
INTELLECT, VERY BRIGHT.
TAKES AFTER HIS
FATHER I THINK.
I MEAN IT, MARK.
YOU AND LAURIE HAVE DONE VERY
WELL WITH THIS YOUNG MAN.
YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD.
- THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR. SIMMONS.
- I SUPPOSE I
SHOULD GET BACK.
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL MORNING.
- SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT GUY JUST BUGS ME.
- OH, MARK, HOW COULD YOU
POSSIBLY NOT LIKE
THAT SWEET MAN?
- THAT'S A SWEET TOP.
- THANKS, I GOT IT ONLINE AT
THIS PLACE SOMEONE TOLD ME
- OH, YEAH, I'M
ON THERE, TOO!
- YEAH, WHO ISN'T?
- YEAH, SOMETIMES IT'S
KIND OF FAKE, THOUGH.
- FOR SURE.
LIKE I KNEW THAT ONE GIRL
WHO MADE UP A WHOLE
FAKE IDENTITY.
- FOR REAL?
- YEAH, SHE WAS LIKE USING
IT TO GET OLDER GUYS.
- SERIOUS?
- I KNOW, FOR REAL.
- I MEAN, I CAN
KIND OF SEE IT.
LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO PUT
YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD,
YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, BUT TRYING
TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE?
- THAT'S LOW.
- BUT I CAN SEE LIKE YOU
DON'T WANT TO TELL PEOPLE
WHERE YOU LIVE OR WHATEVER.
- RIGHT, LIKE I DON'T REALLY
THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG
WITH PRESENTING YOUR
BEST SIDE, YOU KNOW.
- RIGHT, YOU COULD HAVE
LIKE AN AVATAR FOR A WHILE.
- EXACTLY, I EVEN DO THAT.
- OH, YEAH, ME TOO FOR SURE.
- AND YOU CAN MAKE THESE
OBVIOUSLY STUPID
ONLINE NAMES.
- YEAH, MINE'S LIKE
THE DUMBEST EVER.
- NO WAY IS IT
STUPIDER THAN MINE.
- NO WAY, MINE'S...
[BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY]
SWEET CHICK, KITTY CAT.
YOU'RE SWEET
CHICK, KITTY CAT?
- YOU'RE SUCH A FAKE.
- ME? WHAT ABOUT YOU?
YOU'RE NOT EVEN USING
YOUR OWN PICTURE.
- NEITHER ARE YOU.
YOU'RE PLAYING LIKE YOU'RE
SOME SUPER MODEL GOT
IT GOING ON.
- OH, I GOT IT GOING ON.
- GIRLS?
IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
- YEAH, MOM,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- NEVER MIND.
- I GUESS I DID OVEREACT.
- IT'S COOL, I'M TOTALLY GUILTY.
- NO, IT WAS WAY
WORSE, SERIOUSLY.
- YEAH, YOU'RE WORSE.
- HEY!
- I'M KIDDING TOTALLY.
- ANGELA, IT'S
TIME TO GO, COME ON.
- JUST A LITTLE LONGER?
- NO, KIDDO,
IT'S TIME TO GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TEXT YOU WHEN
I'M COMING BACK.
- WAIT, YOU CAN'T.
- WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
I GOTTA GO.
- WELL, I'LL FIND YOU ON
WOUNDED PLANET AS SOON
AS IT COMES BACK ON.
- BYE.
- SEE YOU.
- YOU KNOW, MR. SIMMONS
REALLY DOES SEEM
FOND OF CONNER.
- YEAH, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU
EXPECT FROM SOMEONE
WHO'S TRYING TO
INDOCTRINATE OUR SON?
- INDOCTRINATE?
DAD, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
- THAT MIGHT BE
A LITTLE STRONG.
- LOOK, CONNER.
MR. SIMMONS, HE'S
A NICE MAN KIND OF.
- WHY ARE YOU SO JUDGMENTAL?
- WELL, YOU CALL
IT JUDGMENTAL.
I CALL IT WISDOM.
MATURITY.
EXPERIENCE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
- AT LEAST MR. SIMMONS CARES
ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT MATTER TO ME.
- WE ARE YOUR
PARENTS, CONNER.
WE CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT...
- WHAT IN THE WORLD?
- I'M WITH KATELYN.
WE NEED TO GET OFF THIS AND
GO DO SOMETHING WE CAN ALL
ENJOY AS A FAMILY.
- WHAT EXACTLY
DO YOU SUGGEST?
- WE HAVE A BIG YARD.
WE PUT THAT FIRE PIT IN, AND
WE'VE NEVER EVEN USED IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET OUT OF
THIS HOUSE AND GO CAMPING.
- SO, HOW THEY DOING?
- THEY SEEM TO
BE HAVING FUN.
SO FAR.
- I THINK I'LL GO
GIVE THEM A HAND.
- YOU THINK?
THEY SEEM TO BE DOING
PRETTY WELL ON THEIR OWN.
- YOU FORGET WHO
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER,
THAT'S WHAT I DO.
- SO...
READY TO GET THE
OLD FIRE GOING?
- WELL, WE WERE
GOING TO DO THAT NEXT.
- I'LL SHOW YOU HOW
THE EAGLE SCOUTS DO IT.
- UM, THAT'S OKAY, DAD.
- JUST NEED A LITTLE
KINDLING TO MAKE A TEE PEE.
YOU GUYS KNOW THE
TEE PEE TECHNIQUE?
- WELL, DAD...
- COME ON, LET'S GO.
COME ON, CONNER, HELP ME OUT.
- COME ON.
KIDS, YOU CARRY ON.
- OKAY.
- OKAY, WE DON'T MIND.
- IT SURE IS NICE OUT.
- WELL, NOW, YOU DIDN'T
BRING ME OUT HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE WEATHER.
- UH, I WAS JUST
THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS.
- WHAT ABOUT THEM?
- THEY'RE JUST
GROWING UP SO FAST.
CONNER IS A MAN.
- YEAH?
YOU THINK THEY'LL
GET THE TENT UP?
- YEAH, I DO.
- SO WHAT DID YOU REALLY
WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
- MARK...
THEY DON'T NEED A
PROJECT MANAGER.
THEY JUST NEED A DAD.
- LISTEN, I'M THE BRAINS,
AND YOU'RE THE BRAWN, OKAY?
- I'M THE BRAINS
AND THE BRAWN.
- IT GOES ACROSS.
- YEAH.
- STEP TWO.
- REMEMBER THE
THINGS IN THE CORNER.
- OKAY.
- HEY, ARE YOU GOING
TO HELP AT ALL OR WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- BEING THE BRAINS, DUH.
- YOU HAVE TO
HAVE IT THIS WAY.
- OKAY.
[LAUGHING]
- HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO HOLD THIS?
- DON'T!
- OKAY.
- YEP.
- YEAH!
- WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
- I DON'T KNOW WHY SIMMONS
GETS UNDER MY SKIN.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD.
I MEAN, PARENTING
IS A BIG JOB.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, YOU KNOW?
- I DON'T KNOW.
- LISTEN, IF YOU CAN'T
CONNECT WITH CONNER ON
ASTRONOMY, HAVING MR. SIMMONS
NEXT DOOR IS A BLESSING.
- BLESSING?
NOW YOU'RE STARTING
TO SOUND LIKE HIM.
- ALL I'M SAYING
IS WHAT'S THE HARM?
- A LOT, A LOT OF HARM.
I DON'T WANT SOME CRACK POT
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FILLING
PEOPLE'S MINDS WITH
GOD KNOWS WHAT.
- OKAY, NOW THAT'S FUNNY.
- WHAT?
- GOD KNOWS WHAT?
- WELL, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
- YEAH, I KNOW
WHAT YOU MEAN.
BUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW
IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
- LOOK, ALL I KNOW IS WHEN
PEOPLE GET MORE RELIGIOUS,
THEY GET JUDGMENTAL.
- IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE
YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE
JUDGMENTAL YOURSELF.
- WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
- ALL I'M SAYING IS JUST
BECAUSE MR. SIMMONS IS
RELIGIOUS IS NO REASON
TO PUNISH CONNER.
LET'S JUST START OVER.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- IT'S A FORCED
VACATION, RIGHT?
LET'S JUST LOOK ON
THE BRIGHT SIDE.
GET ALONG, AND REALLY TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY
TIME WITH THE KIDS.
KEY WORD THERE BEING "ENJOY".
- GOTCHA.
- HEY, SLOW DOWN!
WHO'S THE MANIAC?
- WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
- STUART, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M GLAD I FOUND YOU.
- WHAT'S THE WORD?
- COMMUNICATIONS
ARE COMPLETELY DOWN.
AND NOW THE ELECTRICAL
GRID'S FAILING.
- WE NOTICED.
- THE MEDIA IS ALL OVER
THIS LIKE A HOT POTATO.
- YEAH, BUT...
- THE BRASS DOES NOT
WANT YOU INVOLVED.
- IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE.
- JUST SIT TIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE ORDERS.
- OKAY, STUART.
KEEP ME POSTED.
- I WILL.
LOOK, I NEED TO GET GOING.
- THIS SUCKS.
- DAD SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT MAKING A TEE PEE.
- I THINK I KNOW
WHAT HE MEANS.
LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
ANGELA CERTAINLY ENJOYED
THE TIME SHE SPENT
WITH YOU EARLIER.
- YEAH, SHE'S COOL.
- HEY, MR. SIMMONS?
- YES, CONNER.
- CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT STUFF
YOU WERE SAYING YESTERDAY
ABOUT GOD AND STUFF?
- IT'S QUITE SIMPLE, REALLY.
THE FIRST QUESTION EVERYBODY
MUST ASK THEMSELVES IS IF
THEY REALLY BELIEVE HE IS.
IN THE BIBLE, JESUS REFERS
TO HIMSELF AS "I AM".
IT APPEARS THAT THE FIRST
STEP IN FINDING GOD IS...
TO SIMPLY AGREE THAT
HE REALLY MUST EXIST.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I NEED A LIGHTER.
- KATELYN, GO GET A LIGHTER.
- NO, I WANT TO
LISTEN TO THIS.
- YOU KNOW IT'S JUST
OCCURRED TO ME, KATELYN,
ANGELA COMES TO OUR CHURCH'S
YOUTH GROUP MEETING EVERY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
PERHAPS YOU COULD
COME TOMORROW.
- THAT WOULD BE COOL.
- WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
THE WHOLE FAMILY.
- WHERE ARE WE GOING?
- OH, MARK, LAURIE, I WAS
JUST TELLING THE CHILDREN
ABOUT OUR CHURCH'S
YOUTH GROUP.
- OH, I SEE.
- ANGELA'S GOING
TO BE THERE.
- OH, I THINK THAT
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
- YEAH, MAYBE.
- MR. SIMMONS, I'M SURE WE'D
LOVE TO VISIT
YOUR CHURCH TOMORROW.
- WONDERFUL.
YOU KNOW IT'S AN ASTOUNDING
THING THE SOLAR
FLARES HAVE CAUSED.
- THE WHAT?
- SOLAR FLARES.
THE EXPLOSIONS ON THE SUN.
THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN BEFUDDLE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES.
- MR. SIMMONS, IT WAS MY
COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED
THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, AND
IT WAS MY PROJECT.
- OH, YES, I THINK I KNEW
THAT, BUT I HAD FORGOTTEN.
- IT'S JUST A
TEMPORARY GLITCH.
- OH, MY GOODNESS,
THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
IT'S BEEN QUITE DISRUPTIVE.
- WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON IT.
- OH, THAT'S
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING.
SO YOU MUST BE VERY
ACTIVELY INVOLVED?
SO MARK, YOU DON'T ATTRIBUTE
THIS TO SOLAR FLARES AT ALL?
VERY ODD.
- MR. SIMMONS, I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
- OBVIOUSLY.
- WELL, YOU SEE, THE RECENT
ACTIVITY ON THE SUN'S
SURFACE IS SIMILAR TO AN
EVENT IN 1859.
TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WERE
DISRUPTED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
- ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS?
- AND RECENT SOLAR
ACTIVITIES HAVE SIMILARLY
BEEN ELEVATED.
- SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS
THE TECHNOLOGY GLITCH HAS
BEEN AMPLIFIED
BY SOLAR FLARES?
- PRECISELY.
- I'M SORRY, THIS
IS RIDICULOUS.
- WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT, DAD?
MR. SIMMONS IS LIKE AN
EXPERT ON THIS STUFF.
- SOLAR FLARES?
THIS IS SILLY.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
IS NOT DISRUPTED...
- I'M AFRAID IT IS, MARK.
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES...
- NO, NO, NO!
THIS IS A LITTLE BITTY
PROBLEM CAUSED BY A LITTLE
BITTY GLITCH, AND YOU,
SIR, ARE LOONEY, CUCKOO!
- IT'S LATE.
I SHOULD BE GOING.
- YEAH, I'M GOING
TO GO INSIDE.
- CONNER I DIDN'T MEAN TO...
- ME, TOO.
- COME ON, GUYS.
- LAURIE?
I WAS --I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
- MARK?
COME ON INSIDE.
THE KIDS HAVE GONE TO BED.
IS IT WORTH ALL THIS?
MR. SIMMONS WAS NICE
ENOUGH TO INVITE US.
THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS GIVE
THIS CHURCH THING A TRY.
FOR THE KIDS.
- LAURIE, YOU
CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
- WHY NOT?
- LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GONNA
GET ME TO THAT CHURCH
IN THE MORNING.
- MARK, I'M
DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING.
- HEY, THERE'S ANGELA.
CAN I GO TALK TO HER?
- SURE, HONEY, GO AHEAD.
- MARK, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
TO OUR PASTOR, PASTOR SCOTT.
PASTOR, COME AND
MEET MY NEIGHBORS.
THESE ARE THE VANDERPOOLS.
- THANK YOU FOR VISITING.
- THANK YOU.
- ANY FRIEND OF GERALD'S
IS A FRIEND OF OURS.
- MARK IS WITH THE
DATA GEN CORPORATION.
- EXCELLENT.
- EXCELLENT INDEED, PASTOR.
MARK HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
THE EFFORT TO GET
THE POWER BACK.
- IT'S REALLY NOTHING.
- WE APPRECIATE EVERY
EFFORT YOU'RE MAKING.
- WELL, IT'S A LIVING.
- WELL, I HOPE YOU
ENJOY THE SERVICE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT TODAY
WITHOUT THE POWER.
PERHAPS WE'LL GET A CHANCE
TO VISIT AFTER THE SERVICE.
- IS IT OKAY IF I GO SIT
WITH ANGELA AND BRITTANY?
- YEAH, HONEY, THAT'S OKAY.
- GOOD MORNING.
- GOOD MORNING.
- GOD BE WITH YOU.
- AND ALSO WITH YOU.
- IF YOU'RE EXPECTING TO
HEAR THE SERMON THAT WAS
LISTED IN THE BULLETIN THIS
MORNING, I'M AFRAID I'M GOING
TO DISAPPOINT YOU.
- AWWW.
- THIS POWER OUTAGE CAUSED
ME TO CONSIDER ANOTHER
CONDITION THAT IS
ALL TOO PREVALENT.
YOU SEE THE DARKNESS THAT
WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW, WELL,
IT GOES BEYOND OUR STREETS
AND OUR HOMES AND WORKPLACES.
IT CAN BE FOUND
INSIDE EACH ONE OF US.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT
EVENTUALLY THIS
POWER OUTAGE WILL END.
THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON,
BUT ONE THING, ONE THING AND
ONE THING ONLY WILL ERASE
THE DARKNESS WITHIN US.
THAT IS THE LIGHT
OF JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS
THE POWER TO FLIP THE SWITCH
AND ERASE THE BLACKNESS OF
OUR GUILT, OUR REMORSE, OUR
SELFISHNESS AND REPLACE
IT WITH A LIGHT OF LOVE.
WE TRY TO FIND THAT LIGHT
ON OUR OWN BY PLACING OTHER
THINGS FIRST IN OUR LIFE; OUR
WORK, OUR TECHNOLOGY, OUR
QUEST FOR POPULARITY
AND AFFIRMATION.
YOU MIGHT SAY PASTOR SCOTT,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M
GOING THROUGH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT
I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.
JESUS IS OFFERING
YOU THAT LIGHT TODAY.
HE SAID I AM THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER BUT THROUGH ME.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
CHRIST IS CALLING US OUT OF
THE DARKNESS AND INTO
HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
YOU WERE ONCE NOT A PEOPLE,
BUT NOW YOU ARE
PEOPLE OF GOD.
IF YOU'RE READY HERE TODAY TO
CONFESS THE DARKNESS IN YOUR
LIFE AND TO ACCEPT THE LIGHT
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, I
INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE
ALTAR RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW
AND TO ACCEPT JESUS
INTO YOUR LIFE.
COME.
♪ EVEN THOUGH I FALL...
♪ TIME AND TIME AGAIN...
♪ REFUSE TO TAKE DIRECTION
AND FAIL TO BE A FRIEND...
♪ I JUST KEEP ON WALKING WHEN
I WANT TO TURN AROUND...
♪ WHEN I'M BEGGING
FOR MERCY...
♪ WHEN MY KNEES HAVE
HIT THE GROUND...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'VE GIVEN
UP ON LOVING...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ LOOKING AT THE OUTSIDE...
♪ EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT...
♪ BUT WITHIN ME...
♪ A BATTLE I MUST FIGHT...
♪ AND EVEN THOUGH
I'M HAUNTED...
- WE CAN ALL BE THANKFUL FOR
WHAT THE LORD IS
DOING HERE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
ARE YOU READY?
READY FOR A CLEAN SLATE?
A FRESH START?
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'VE GIVEN
UP ON LOVING...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ AS THE HOURS BECOME DAYS...
♪ AND THE DAYS BECOME LONG...
♪ WHEN THE LEAF
COLORS CHANGE...
♪ AND THE SUN IS GONE...
♪ I'LL BE THERE, PLEASE
WAIT FOR ME...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'VE GIVEN UP...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME WHEN
I'VE GIVEN UP ON LOVING...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M STUCK IN
THE DARKNESS...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
- WOW, THAT WAS
CERTAINLY SOMETHING.
THEY EVEN GAVE
ME MY OWN BIBLE.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
- I'D HAVE THOUGHT.
- HEY, DAD, CAN WE TALK?
- I'M A BIT BUSY RIGHT NOW.
- OH, RIGHT.
- IT'S OKAY, CONNER.
KATELYN AND I
WILL MAKE LUNCH.
- WHAT'S UP, KIDDO?
SORRY.
I'VE FORGOTTEN HOW
MUCH YOU'VE GROWN UP.
- UM, WELL...
- DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD.
WE'RE COOL.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR
DIFFERENCES, LATELY,
AND I AGREE WE COULD
BOTH DO BETTER.
- OKAY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I
COULD GO TALK TO MR. SIMMONS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
- YEAH.
GO TALK TO HIM.
- OKAY, THANKS, DAD.
- JACKSON, WHAT NOW?
- UM, WE MIGHT HAVE
A BIT OF A PROBLEM.
MAYBE WE SHOULD
TALK OUT HERE.
- ALL RIGHT, JACKSON,
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- OKAY, LOOK.
IT'S...
IT'S MY FAULT.
- WHAT'S YOUR FAULT?
- IT'S...
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY ACTUALLY.
[GIGGLING]
- SO WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO MAKE?
- THE GAS STILL
WORKS, BURGERS?
- WE BETTER MAKE
ENOUGH FOR STUART.
- LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU DELIBERATELY SABOTAGED
THE COM 16
CONTROL SYSTEM, WHY?
- WELL, SEE, THAT'S
THE IRONY, I FIGURED...
- LET ME GUESS.
YOU THOUGHT YOU'D REVERSE IT,
SAVE THE DAY AND BE A HERO?
- YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LOOK, I'VE TRIED AND TRIED,
BUT I CAN'T STOP IT.
I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT THIS
IS BIGGER THAN YOU OR ME.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
- THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
CHRIST IS CALLING US OUT OF
THE DARKNESS AND INTO
HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
YOU WERE ONCE NOT A PEOPLE,
BUT NOW YOU ARE A
PEOPLE OF GOD.
- UM, MARK?
- WE NEED TO ACCESS THE
CENTRAL COM 16
CONTROL SYSTEM.
- THIS LAP TOP HAS A SPECIAL
TRANSPONDER TO CONNECT
TO THE MAINFRAME.
I CAN GET YOU IN.
- FOLLOW ME.
- OH, STUART.
- HUH?
- WILL YOU BE
STAYING FOR LUNCH?
- WE HAVE A BIT
OF A SITUATION.
- RIGHT.
- THEY PROBABLY HAVE LIKE
AN HOUR TO SAVE THE WORLD.
- YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.
- OKAY, COM 16 IS A
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.
- RIGHT.
- THE CONTROL GRID IS
ACCESSED TO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS.
- YEAH, COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
- NOW, THEIR SYSTEM WILL BE
ONLINE EVEN WHEN
EVERYTHING ELSE IS DOWN.
- IT'S NOT LETTING ME IN.
- OH, SHOOT.
- WHAT?
- I HAD YOUR ACCESS REVOKED.
- GREAT, THANKS A LOT!
- WELL, I WAS GOING
TO FIRE YOU, REMEMBER?
- SO WHAT DO WE DO?
- WELL, WE HAVE TO HACK
INTO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS.
- THERE'S NO WAY!
- I KNOW WHO CAN HELP US.
- ONE THING STILL BUGS ME.
- WHAT'S THAT, HONEY?
- REMEMBER YESTERDAY STUART
TOLD YOU THAT EVERYTHING WAS
OUT, AND NO ELECTRICITY, NO
INTERNET, NO CABLE, NO TV.
- YEAH.
- AND THE MEDIA
WAS ALL OVER IT.
- I THINK DAD'S COMPANY
WANTS TO STAY FOCUSED ON
GETTING EVERYTHING FIXED.
- WELL, YEAH, BUT IF
EVERYTHING IS OUT, HOW WOULD
ANYONE GET THE STORY?
- HUH, NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
- THAT GUY'S DEFINITELY
GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE.
- WELL, LET'S NOT BE TOO
QUICK TO JUDGE UNTIL WE KNOW
THE WHOLE STORY.
- CONNER?
- HE'S OVER AT MR. SIMMONS
HOUSE, AND I NEED HIM
WHEN HE GETS BACK.
- ACTUALLY, I COULD
USE HIS HELP RIGHT NOW.
- WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
BE THAT IMPORTANT?
- UH, I KIND OF NEED HIM
TO HACK INTO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
- WHAT WAS THAT?
- SEE ME OVER HERE.
- YOU WANT OUR SON TO HACK
INTO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS?
- JUST ONE TIME.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- MARK!
- IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- OF COURSE IT'S A BIG DEAL.
I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON.
- STUART HERE HAS PUT THE
ENTIRE WORLD AT RISK FOR A
STUPID JOB PROMOTION.
- YEP, HE'S A WEASEL.
- HE WAS GOING TO FIRE ME!
- MARK IS THAT TRUE?
- CAN WE PLEASE JUST FOCUS
ON THE ENCROACHING GLOBAL
MELT DOWN RIGHT NOW?
- IT JUST SEEMS TO ME
THAT NOT CONSIDERING OTHER
PEOPLE'S FEELINGS IS A
RECURRING THEME AROUND HERE.
- FEELINGS?
FEELINGS?
THIS IS A JOB.
THERE ARE NO FEELINGS.
- UM, EXCUSE ME.
I HAVE FEELINGS.
- KATELYN, WILL YOU RUN OVER
TO MR. SIMMONS HOUSE AND
GET CONNER PLEASE?
OKAY, GUYS, IN ENGLISH,
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- OKAY, THE COM 16 DEVICE...
- THAT HE DESIGNED.
- THAT I DESIGNED,
BUT HE SABOTAGED.
- IT'S A KEY PART OF...
- PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE
SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE OF...
- LET ME GUESS,
THE WHOLE WORLD?
- LOOK, BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE
GOT TO GET INTO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT SYSTEM, TRACK DOWN
THE ANOMALY AND STOP IT FAST.
- DAD, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- CONNER, I NEED YOUR HELP.
NOW, BEFORE WE EVEN TRY TO
REVERSE STUART'S EXTREMELY
OBNOXIOUS ATTEMPT AT
SABOTAGE, WE HAVE TO GET INTO
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
COMPUTER SYSTEM.
- OKAY, YOU'RE IN.
- JUST LIKE THAT?
- NOT BAD.
- IT'S A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- WELL, THEIR
SECURITY IS CHIPPY.
IT'S NOT LIKE
GOOGLE OR SOMETHING.
- STUART CAN YOU NAVIGATE
TO THE COM 16 CODE BASE?
- I THINK SO.
THEY'VE CHANGED
THE NAVIGATION.
- HERE.
- COM 16 MONITOR
APPLICATION, WELCOME.
- THANKS.
- QUANTUM THRESHOLD?
THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.
- IT'S NOT.
IT MEANS IT'S ABOUT TO REACH
THE TIPPING POINT, AND IT
CAN'T BE REVERSED.
- OH, DEAR.
- HOW CAN YOU
POSSIBLY KNOW THAT?
- WELL, IT'S STUPID.
WHEN IT'S AT
YELLOW, IT'S GOOD.
BUT WHEN IT'S AT
RED, IT'S REALLY BAD.
- CAN YOU GET US IN SO WE
CAN LOOK AT THE SYSTEM CODE?
- I CAN TRY.
- REDDISH ORANGE?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- WELL, WHAT COMES BETWEEN
ORANGE AND RED, CORAL?
- IS THIS WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
- YEAH, THAT'S
THE CONTROL CODE.
- OKAY, NOW WHAT?
- STUART MODIFIED THE
CODE TO INDUCE A
FAILURE CONDITION.
- AND ALSO TO REVERSE IT,
SET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL.
- HE KIND OF SCREWED UP
THE BACK TO NORMAL PART.
- YEAH, OKAY GOTCHA.
I DON'T GET IT.
THIS LOOKS GOOD.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO
STRAIGHT TO THE CODE THAT
CONTROLS WHAT HAPPENS AT
THE QUANTUM THRESHOLD.
- YOU CAN TRY, BUT I
CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT.
- YEAH, WELL, YOU DIDN'T
HELP ME WITH THIS, EITHER.
- THIS IS QUITE CONFUSING.
- AFTER WE COMPLETED THE COM
16 DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM,
THE FAIL SAFE PROJECT
PASSED ONTO OUR
PROGRAMMING DIVISION.
- BUT MARK, I THOUGHT
THIS WAS YOUR PROJECT.
- WELL, YEAH, LIKE AN IDIOT
I THOUGHT NO ONE TEAM SHOULD
HAVE CONTROL OVER SUCH
CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY.
- THAT SEEMS
RATHER WISE TO ME.
- IT DOESN'T DO
US ANY GOOD NOW.
STUART, CAN WE BYPASS IT
AND SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE IT
REACHES QUANTUM...
- WARNING QUANTUM
THRESHOLD STATUS LEVEL RED.
- I THINK WE CAN
FIND THE BACK DOOR.
DAD?
- WHAT?
- THIS IS NOT SO CHIPPY.
I DON'T KNOW IF I
CAN GET IN IN TIME.
- JUST DO YOUR BEST.
- IT WON'T LET ME IN.
- WARNING, QUANTUM
THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
QUANTUM THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
- THIS STUPID THING!
DAD, I CAN'T GET IN!
- ARE YOU CRAZY?
- QUANTUM
THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
- IT WILL BE OKAY.
- QUANTUM
THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
[POWER COMES BACK]
- WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
- LOOKS LIKE
THEY GOT IT FIXED.
- I DON'T GET IT.
- PRAISE THE GOOD LORD.
- THE QUANTUM THRESHOLD?
IT WASN'T A SHUT DOWN.
IT WAS A REBOOT.
- HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?
- I DIDN'T.
- WHAT?
- AT LEAST NOT FOR SURE.
THE PROGRAMMERS HANDLED
THE COM 16 BACK UP PLAN.
I REALIZE THAT THOSE GUYS...
THEY'RE JUST
LIKE YOU, CONNER.
THEY TAKE A BRICK...
- OH, HERE WE GO.
- THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS
PRACTICAL, BUT THEY WANT TO
BUILD A MANSION BECAUSE
THEY'RE ARTISTS.
IT'S ONLY THE LOUSY ONES THAT
FORGET TO ADD A FRONT DOOR.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SEE
THINGS THE SAME WAY,
I KNOW THEY WANT TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
I JUST NEEDED TO
HAVE FAITH IN THEM.
SORRY I HAVEN'T SEEN IT
BEFORE, BUT I GET IT NOW.
- IS EVERYTHING
OKAY DOWN THERE?
- YEAH.
EVERYTHING'S JUST FINE.
- SO...
WHAT NOW?
- JACKSON...
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DESERVE?
- I KNOW!
PLEASE, MR. VANDERPOOL,
HAVE MERCY ON ME!
I'M BEGGING YOU!
- STUART, WOULD
YOU STOP GROVELING.
- YES, SIR.
- SHEESH, HAVE
A LITTLE DIGNITY.
- WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- STUART, LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, THIS
WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD
NEVER HAVE HAD
THEIR LIVES DISRUPTED.
I WOULD STILL BE ON THE
COME 20 PROJECT, AND I...
I NEVER WOULD HAVE
GONE TO CHURCH TODAY.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT
A CLASS ACT MR. SIMMONS IS,
OR WHAT AN OUTSTANDING
YOUNG MAN I HAVE FOR A SON.
I WOULDN'T HAVE REALIZED WHAT
I WAS MISSING OUT
ON, MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
- SO YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO FIRE ME?
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- OH, I THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DOING TIME.
- MR. VANDERPOOL?
- YES.
- GARBAGE COLLECTION, SIR.
- HE'S THIS WAY.
- BUT NO!
PLEASE, NO, I WAS FRAMED.
I DIDN'T DO IT, I'M
TELLING YOU, NO!
HELP, MY MOMMY
DIDN'T LOVE ME!
- WHAT WILL THEY DO TO HIM?
- THEY'LL JUST GIVE
HIM A GOOD SCARE.
I'LL HAVE HIM ASSIGNED
TO THE MAIL ROOM.
[PHONE BUZZES]
- LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S
WORKING AGAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK TONIGHT WE SHOULD
GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE ANOTHER
BONFIRE.
AND MAYBE TONIGHT, WE'LL ALL
JUST THINK GO GOD'S GIFTS
WHILE WE LOOK AT THE STARS.
[MUSIC]
AND THIS IS THE
STORY OF A FAMILY,
A MODERN FAMILY,
A VERY VERY MODERN FAMILY.
AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN
THINGS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT
YOU NEVER EVER EXPECTED.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- HEY MOM, YOU'RE NOT
GONNA BELIEVE THIS!
HEY, MOM!
MOM?
HEY, KATELYN, WHERE'S MOM?
- LAUNDRY.
YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE
YOUR BOARD THERE.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
- WHAT?
OH, NO YOU DON'T.
- CONNER, IS THAT YOU?
- MOM, GUESS WHAT?
- CARRY THIS UPSTAIRS FOR
ME, AND THEN I'LL GUESS.
CONNER.
- WHAT?
OH, SORRY, MOM.
OKAY.
SO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
BELIEVE THIS, BUT I MADE IT.
- YOUR BED?
- FAT CHANCE.
- NO MOM, THE
GOD'S EYE PROJECT.
SO IT'S THIS
SOFTWARE PROJECT.
THEY'RE LIKE MAPPING THE SKY,
AND I JUST GOT
NOTIFICATION AND I'M IN.
- AND THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT?
- YEAH, THAT'S GREAT!
THEY ONLY ACCEPT REALLY
GOOD PROGRAMMERS.
- IT'S A BIG DEAL, MOM.
- WHAT?
OH, SORRY.
I WAS GONNA CLEAN IT UP.
- THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
- WAIT, MOM.
THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM.
- I SEE MORE THAN ONE.
- NO, IT'S THE
GOD'S EYE PROJECT.
I NEED A TELESCOPE.
- WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE ONE YOU HAVE?
- MOM, THAT THING?
I'LL GET COMPLETELY
LAUGHED OFF THE PROJECT.
THERE'S NO WAY.
- YOU'RE NOT DIPPING
INTO YOUR COLLEGE FUND.
- WELL, I WAS KIND OF HOPING
YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE
HELP ME OUT A LITTLE.
- HOW MUCH DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THAT COST?
LISTEN, CHECK ONLINE, GIVE
ME SOME EXACT FIGURES.
- REALLY?
THANKS, MOM.
- YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE
TO CONVINCE YOUR FATHER.
- LOOK, I KEPT STEWART
JACKSON OFF THE
COM 20 PROJECT FOR A REASON.
YOU DID NOT GIVE HIM MY
CELL NUMBER, DID YOU?
I DON'T NEED PROGRAMMER
TYPES CALLING ME AT HOME,
ESPECIALLY HIM.
I MEAN YOU GIVE HIM A
BLUEPRINT FOR A BRICK HOUSE
AND HE'LL TRY TO TURN
IT INTO A MANSION.
THEN HE'LL FORGET TO
ADD THE FRONT DOOR.
THAT'S PROGRAMMERS.
AND JACKSON'S THE WORST.
I'M DEFINITELY
GONNA FIRE THAT GUY.
WOE!
I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT
AT THE BIG ROLL OUT.
YEAH, OKAY. BYE.
- BIG ROLL OUT?
- YEAH.
WE'VE GOT A MEETING TONIGHT.
- OH.
- IT'S A PROJECT I'M
HEADING UP, SO--
- WELL, I'D LOVE TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
- WELL, SIMMONS,
IF I TOLD YOU,
I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU.
WELL, I SHOULD PROBABLY--
- CERTAINLY, MARK.
I'LL ASK THE LORD TO
BLESS YOUR MEETING.
- OH, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
- IT'S A PLEASURE, MY BOY.
IT'S ALWAYS A DELIGHT TO
CALL ON THE LORD IN PRAYER.
- OKAY.
- I SEE YOUR
BOY'S GETTING TALL.
HOW OLD IS HE NOW?
- 18.
- OH, YOU MUST
BE SO VERY PROUD.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
EVERY CHILD IS A
GIFT FROM THE LORD.
- YES, THEY ARE.
- NOW YOUR YOUNGER
ONE, SHE MUST BE 13?
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY SHOULD GO.
- OF COURSE, MARK.
TELL YOUR WIFE I SAID HELLO.
- THIS SHOPPING CART
WAS DESIGNED BY CHIMPS.
THEIR CODE IS A TOTAL MESS.
- WHY IS THIS THING EVEN ON?
- LOOKING FOR THIS?
- CHIMPS.
- AND WHY DOES OUR STATE OF
THE ART SATELLITE CONNECTED
FLIPPER NOT WORK?
- ASK THE GUY WHO DESIGNED IT.
- DAD WASN'T
ON THAT PROJECT.
HE SAYS THE PROGRAMMERS TOOK
IT OVER AND WRECKED IT.
- REALLY?
- THAT'S STUPID.
- HE SAYS THEY BUILD MANSIONS
AND FORGET TO ADD
A FRONT DOOR.
- IT'S THEIR DESIGN
NOT BAD PROGRAMMERS.
- KATELYN, HAVE
YOU SEEN MY PHONE?
- WANT ME TO CALL IT?
- NO, IT'S PROBABLY
JUST ON MY DESK.
CONNER, WHY ARE YOU
JUST SITTING THERE?
- YOU TOLD ME TO
LOOK UP THE TELESCOPE.
I'M ALMOST DONE.
IF THIS STUPID
INTERNET WOULD WORK.
- I'M SORRY, CONNER,
EVEN LEGAL ADULTS HAVE TO
HELP OUT AROUND HERE.
- COME ON!
- CONNER MICHAEL?
- WHAT?
- THE DISHES.
- IT'S KATELYN'S NIGHT.
- KATELYN?
I WANT YOUR PHONE.
- WHY?
- BECAUSE I SAID SO.
- DAD CHECKED MY MINUTES.
- WELL, WE'LL JUST TALK TO
YOUR FATHER ABOUT IT THEN.
- CONNER.
- YEAH, DAD?
- COULD YOU COME
HERE, PLEASE.
- WHAT?
- WHAT IS THIS
DOING IN THE FOYER?
- SORRY, DAD.
- WHY AREN'T YOU DRESSED?
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- I NEED YOU TO
BE READY TO GO.
- MARK? THE MEETING ISN'T
FOR TWO HOURS.
- LOOK, I JUST WANT
EVERYBODY TO BE READY.
- DO WE HAVE TO GO?
- YES.
- BUT IT'S GONNA BE BORING!
- IT WILL DO YOU GOOD.
- THIS STUPID THINGS GOT
ME IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
- INTERNET'S NOT
WORKING EITHER.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- WHAT?
- I CAN'T GO!
NATALIE BERMAN'S
GONNA BE THERE!
- I THOUGHT YOU
GUYS WERE FRIENDS.
- YEAH, ONLINE.
YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
- DID YOU MAP IT?
- YOU ARE NERVOUS.
- THE ONLY THING I'M NERVOUS
ABOUT IS STEWART JACKSON
MEDDLING WITH MY PROJECT.
- STEWART JACKSON?
- IT WAS ALL I COULD DO
TO KEEP HIM OFF THE
COM 16 PROJECT, AND NOW HE'S
TRYING TO MUSCLE HIS WAY
INTO THIS ONE TOO.
- I'M SURE HE MEANS WELL.
- IF I HAVE ANYTHING
TO SAY ABOUT IT,
HE'S GONNA GET FIRED.
TV Anchor: BREAKING NEWS,
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
CONFIRMED REPORTS THAT A
SERIOUS COMPUTER MALFUNCTION
HAS RESULTED IN DISRUPTION OF
KEY SERVICES IN A NUMBER
OF METROPOLITAN AREAS.
TOM KRAMER HAS THE STORY.
- THAT'S RIGHT, GAYLE.
IT'S BEING CALLED THE BIGGEST
THREAT TO COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE THE Y2K
SCARE OVER A DECADE AGO.
A SCENARIO THAT POTENTIALLY
PUT SATELLITE, CELLULAR,
EVEN LEGACY TELEPHONE
COMMUNICATIONS AND THE
ELECTRICAL GRID AT RISK.
- WHAT WOULD I
NOT UNDERSTAND?
- SHE HAS AN AVATAR.
- A WHAT?
- A LITTLE QUIET, GUYS!
I'M TRYING TO HEAR.
- THE DATA GEN COM 16 IS
JUST SUCH A TECHNOLOGY.
- THE COM 16 PROJECT?
THAT'S MY PROJECT!
MY BABY.
- THIS CATASTROPHE MAY
BE THE RESULT OF A
SIMPLE PROGRAMMING BUG.
- STEWART JACKSON!
- WHO STOOD POISED TO ANNOUNCE
THE LAUNCH OF THE COM 20--
- SHE HAS A VIRTUAL
PERSONALITY ONLINE.
- SHUT UP, CONNER!
- IT REMAINS AN
OPEN QUESTION.
- QUIET! I GOTTA HEAR THIS!
- WILL WEATHER THIS
POLITICAL FIRESTORM
WHICH HAS PROMPTED OUTCRIES
FOR INVESTIGATION INTO A
CRITICAL FAILURE MARKER
KNOWN AS THE--
- THE WHAT?
THE FAILURE MARKER
KNOWN AS WHAT?
COME ON!
I GOTTA CALL THE OFFICE AND
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
- MARK? WHO IS THAT?
- STEWART JACKSON.
- WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE, JACKSON?
- MR. VANDERPOOL, WE HAVE
A SENSITIVE SITUATION.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
WE WERE ON THE NEWS.
- WELL, IT'S
THIS DARN COM 16.
THE INTERNET, THE
CELLULAR GRID,
EVERYTHING THAT DEPENDS ON
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS FAILING.
- STEWART JACKSON?
- HE'S THE PROGRAMMER
DAD COMPLAINS ABOUT.
- DAD COMPLAINS
ABOUT ALL PROGRAMMERS.
- MY COM 16?
- WHICH IS OPERATIONAL IN
THOUSANDS OF INSTALLATIONS.
- THAT'S CRITICAL
TO THE WORLD--
- TO THE ENTIRE WORLD'S
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
- IT'S FAILING?
- I KNOW. TOUGH BREAK.
AND ALL BECAUSE OF A
LOUSY PROGRAMMING GLITCH.
I CAN'T HELP WONDERING MAYBE
IF I HAD BEEN JUST A LITTLE
MORE INVOLVED, WE COULD
HAVE AVOIDED ALL OF THIS,
ESPECIALLY WITH THAT BIG
COM 20 LAUNCH TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S
BEEN CANCELED.
- LOOK JACKSON,
THIS WAS MY PROJECT.
THIS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY.
- THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
- WHAT?
- WELL, THIS NEEDS TO BE
HANDLED DISCREETLY OR THE
ENTIRE COMPANY'S FUTURE
COULD BE IN JEOPARDY.
AS YOU SAY, THE COM
16 HAS YOUR NAME
WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
I WAS SENT TO TELL
YOU TO LAY LOW.
I'LL BE SPEARHEADING
THE PROBE.
- YOU?
- I KNOW WE HAVEN'T
ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE,
BUT THIS COMPANY'S FUTURE
MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME TOO.
I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.
THINK OF THIS AS
A FORCED VACATION.
ENJOY THE TIME TO CONNECT
WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I'M SURE THIS WILL ALL BE
RESOLVED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
I'LL CHECK IN WITH
YOU FROM TIME TO TIME,
KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE.
- WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO
THAT MEETING TONIGHT.
- OH, YEAH!
- SO DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE
GONNA GET THE INTERNET BACK?
- THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
- I WAS THINKING, WE
SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CONNECT.
SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
ENJOY LIFE AS A FAMILY.
- THIS IS REALLY
WHAT FAMILIES DO?
- HAVE WE CONNECTED YET?
- WE'RE CONNECTING.
I FEEL A CONNECTION.
- MARK, THERE'S NO
REASON TO GET SNIPPY.
- HEY, I HAVE AN
IDEA FOR A GAME.
- LET'S HEAR IT.
- OKAY, WELL, WE'LL GET
PAPER AND WE'LL LIKE
WRITE EACH OTHER NOTES,
LIKE TEXTING.
- KATELYN,
THAT'S NOT A GAME.
- WELL MARK, IT'S
LIKE A GAME, IN A WAY.
- IN A DEMENTED WAY.
- KATELYN, HOW
IS THAT A GAME?
- IT'S A GAME, ALL RIGHT?
COME ON, KATELYN.
I'LL PLAY WITH YOU.
- FORGET IT.
- KATELYN.
HONEY, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
- SO HOW LONG DID HE
SAY YOU HAVE TO HIDE?
- I'M NOT HIDING.
I'M JUST--
I'M NOT HIDING.
- CAN YOU GO OUTSIDE?
GET A PAPER? ANYTHING?
- IT'S NOT LIKE
WE'RE ON HOUSE ARREST.
- IT KIND OF
FEELS LIKE JAIL.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT!
CONNER?
- WHAT?
- WE'RE GONNA GO
CLEAN YOUR ROOM.
- I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- OKAY CONNER, WE HAVE TO
TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF THE
CLOSET OVER THERE AND
PILE IT UP OVER HERE.
- WHY?
- BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO GUT YOUR CLOSET.
- YEAH, BUT THAT
MAKES EVERYTHING
WAY MORE CONFUSING.
- DO YOU THINK
THAT'S POSSIBLE?
- DAD.
- LOOK, SON, I KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF.
- YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE IF I ALREADY
KNOW WHERE STUFF GOES.
- EVERYTHING OKAY?
- CONNER, THIS DOESN'T
HAVE TO MAKE SENSE TO YOU.
IT'S NOT A COMPUTER PROGRAM.
- WELL, MOM'S RIGHT HERE,
SO WHY DON'T YOU ASK HER?
- ASK ME WHAT?
- I WAS JUST TRYING TO TELL
YOUR SON THAT WE NEED TO PUT
EVERYTHING IN A PILE SO
WE CAN GUT THE CLOSET.
- THAT SOUNDS FINE.
UNLESS HE KNOWS WHERE
HE WANTS TO PUT STUFF.
- THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
- I THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT.
- I'LL STAY OUT OF IT.
- CONNER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING?
- YEAH, YOU'RE A
PROJECT MANAGER.
- THAT'S RIGHT. MANAGER.
THAT MEANS THAT I SEE TO
IT THAT THINGS GET DONE.
YOU DON'T SECOND
GUESS THE MANAGER.
THEN IF THINGS GO WRONG,
I'M THE ONE RESPONSIBLE,
AND I'M THE ONE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
- YEAH. I GET IT, DAD.
- DO YOU?
- YEAH.
ISN'T THAT WHY YOU'RE
LOCKED DOWN AT HOME?
- COME ON. WE'VE
GOT WORK TO DO.
- THIS MIGHT TAKE A WHILE.
- ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET
THESE BOOKS OUT OF THE WAY.
- WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM?
- UH...
USE YOUR
BEST JUDGMENT.
- WHY'D YOU PUT
THEM RIGHT THERE?
- YOU SAID USE
MY BEST JUDGMENT.
- BEST JUDGMENT
MEANING COMMON SENSE.
JUST GET THEM OUT IN
THE HALL FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO CONNER, TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR TELESCOPE.
- OH, HAVE YOU HEARD OF
THE GOD'S EYE PROJECT?
- NO.
- OKAY, IT'S LIKE A
THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP
OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
- SO IT'S COOL.
- WAY COOL!
THEY ONLY LET LIKE REALLY
GOOD PROGRAMMERS IN
AND THEY WANT ME.
- BUT YOU STILL HAVEN'T
EXPLAINED THE TELESCOPE.
- RIGHT.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT
TELESCOPE TO TAKE YOUR PART
OF THE SKY THAT YOU'RE
LIKE STUDYING OR WHATEVER.
- ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THIS KIND OF TELESCOPE?
- WELL, NO.
BUT IT MAKES IT
LIKE WAY EASIER.
AND PLUS THEN YOU CAN HAVE--
- OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. I GET IT.
NOW DO YOU GET PAID
FOR ANY OF THE TIME
YOU'LL BE SPENDING
ON THIS PROJECT?
- WELL, NO.
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY
WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
- CONNER, LOOK, I KNOW HOW
MUCH YOU'RE INTO ASTRONOMY
AND PROGRAMMING, BUT
IT'S ALSO TIME TO
THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.
- WELL DAD, I AM BECAUSE
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
- CONNER, LET ME
PUT IT THIS WAY.
PROGRAMMERS ARE LIKE--
I MEAN, I DEAL WITH
THEM ALL THE TIME
AT WORK, YOU KNOW?
AND LET ME TELL
YOU, IT IS A PAIN.
I MEAN, YOU GIVE THEM A
BLUEPRINT FOR A BRICK HOUSE--
- BLUEPRINT FOR A BRICK
HOUSE AND THEY TRY TO
BUILD YOU A MANSION AND
FORGET THE FRONT DOOR.
DAD, I KNOW WHAT CHIMPY
PROGRAMMING IS
AND THAT'S NOT ME.
- LOOK CONNER, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.
IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR
HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS.
- I GET IT, DAD.
- I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO AIM A
LITTLE HIGHER, THAT'S ALL.
CONNER!
- EVERYTHING IS
VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW,
LIKE ALL MY SPLENDID
PLANET FRIENDS.
- WHAT IS SPLENDID PLANET?
- THERE'S ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, AND WE SHOULD ALL
LIKE BE FRIENDS
OR WHATEVER, RIGHT?
- I'LL GO WITH
THAT FOR THE MOMENT.
- IT'S JUST LIKE A
PLACE TO CONNECT ONLINE.
- LOOK AT THAT ONE.
- AND, LIKE, YOU CAN CONNECT
WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR
OWN TOWN OR WHATEVER.
- KATE, DID YOU EVER TALK
TO YOUR DAD ABOUT THIS?
- WHY?
- WELL, WHEN
YOU'RE CONNECTING,
YOU DON'T REALLY
KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER
END OF THAT CONNECTION.
- MOM, IT'S SERIOUSLY
LIKE NO BIG DEAL.
- SO ARE YOU GIVING
OUT YOUR NAME?
- WELL, NO. IT'S LIKE, SAFE.
EVERYBODY HAS A MADE UP NAME.
- AND YOUR MADE UP NAME IS?
- KITTY CAT.
- CUTE.
- AND, LIKE, SOME PEOPLE
HAVE LIKE DESCRIPTIVE
NAMES OR WHATEVER.
- SUCH AS?
- WELL, THIS ONE FRIEND
IS CALLED SWEET CHICK.
- THAT'S DESCRIPTIVE?
- IF YOU SAW THIS GIRL--
- SO SHE'S PRETTY.
- SERIOUSLY, YEAH.
- SO YOU'RE POSTING
PICTURES OF YOURSELF TOO?
- SORT OF.
- OKAY, KIDDO. YOU LOST ME.
HOW DO YOU "SORT OF" POST
PICTURES OF YOURSELF?
- IT'S JUST A
PROFILE PICTURE.
- WHAT PICTURE?
- IT'S LIKE MY AVATAR.
- YOUR AVATAR IS
A PICTURE OF WHO?
- JUST A PICTURE, MOM.
LIKE, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
- WHAT ABOUT THESE
VIRTUAL SO-CALLED FRIENDS?
LIKE SWEET CHICK.
- WHAT ABOUT HER?
- HOW DO YOU EVEN
KNOW SHE'S A GIRL?
OR THAT SHE'S YOUR AGE?
- MOM, LIKE YOU
CAN JUST TELL.
IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE
HAS EVER ASKED ME FOR
ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.
- OKAY.
BUT IF IT'S JUST FAKE AND NO
ONE REALLY GETS PERSONAL,
HOW CAN YOU CALL
THEM FRIENDS?
- CAN WE JUST DROP THIS?
- WE'LL DROP IT FOR NOW.
[STRUGGLING]
- MR. SIMMONS?
ARE YOU OKAY?
- WHAT?
OH.
- SORRY, MR. SIMMONS.
- CONNER. YOU SCARED ME SILLY.
- SORRY, MR. SIMMONS.
WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU
COULD USE SOME HELP.
- YES, IT'S QUITE A LITTLE
CHALLENGE WITH THIS FUNKY BOX
INTO THE GARAGE.
I THINK I BIT OFF MORE THAN
I CAN CHEW, I'M AFRAID.
I'M NOT AS YOUNG
AS I USED TO BE.
- I CAN HELP.
- WOULD YOU?
I THINK IF YOU COULD TAKE
THAT END RIGHT THERE.
BE CAREFUL.
IT'S BREAKABLE GLASS.
- HERE, HERE, I'LL TAKE IT.
- DO BE CAREFUL.
OKAY, I'VE GOT THIS.
- OKAY.
- OKAY, I'VE GOT THIS END.
DEAR...
JUST SET IT DOWN.
RIGHT THERE.
- OKAY.
- THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE.
OH, MY.
OH, DEAR.
- MR. SIMMONS.
- YES?
- I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
- THIS IS VERY
KIND OF YOU, CONNER.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT WILL DO.
THERE WE ARE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THE WORKER
IS WORTH HIS WAGES.
WHAT DO I OWE YOU FOR
YOUR TROUBLE, SON?
- MR. SIMMONS, I
CAN'T TAKE YOUR MONEY.
- WELL THEN FOLLOW ME.
THAT'S AN ORDER.
- AT LEAST LET
ME GET YOU A SODA.
- MR. SIMMONS,
I'M GOOD. REALLY.
SODA'S FINE, MR. SIMMONS.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- HERE YOU ARE.
- HEY, MR. SIMMONS.
THANK YOU.
THESE BOOKS...
- ARE YOU AN ASTRONOMY MAN?
- YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S
WHAT I WANT TO DO.
THE GOD'S EYE PROJECT?
- YOU'VE HEARD OF IT?
- YEAH, I JUST GOT ACCEPTED.
- WHY, ARE YOU
PYTHON MAN 92?
- YEAH, I AM.
- YES, YES, YES.
WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH
YOUR PROGRAMMING SAMPLES.
- YEAH, BUT I CAN'T DO IT.
- REALLY?
WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TROUBLE?
- MARK, I'M SURE EVERYTHING
WILL BE FINE TOMORROW.
- I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING
I'VE EVER DEALT WITH BEFORE.
- IF I KNOW YOU, YOU'LL
FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
- FAT CHANCE AFTER
ALL THAT'S HAPPENED.
- MARK, IT WILL BE FINE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO STOP
FOCUSING ON WHO'S THE BOSS
AND THINK ABOUT HOW
MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.
- LOVE HIM?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
- WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
- THE END OF LIFE
AS WE KNOW IT.
- OH.
- MY JOB.
- WELL, I WAS TALKING
ABOUT YOUR SON.
- OH, YEAH.
YOU THINK I SHOULD
GO AFTER HIM?
- HE'S PROBABLY AT GAVIN'S.
- YEAH, I SUPPOSE.
- I'M SURE YOUR FATHER
MEANS WELL, CONNER.
I MUST SAY, IT'S DIFFICULT
TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS
WITH NO INTERNET.
- YEAH. YOU CAN BLAME
THAT ON MY DAD TOO.
- HUH?
WELL, NO MATTER.
IF YOU LOOK AT MY LIBRARY,
YOU'LL FIND THAT MOST OF
THESE TITLES PREDATE
THE INTERNET AS DO
MOST GREAT DISCOVERIES.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING?
- WHAT?
- HOW ASTRONOMY TESTIFIES
TO GOD'S CREATION.
- HOW?
- IT'S A FAIR
QUESTION, CONNER.
HERE WE ARE.
DO YOU REALIZE WHEN
YOU LOOK AT A STAR,
YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT
STAR AS IT LOOKS TODAY.
- RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE
SEEING IT IN THE PAST.
- YES.
IF A STAR IS A THOUSAND
LIGHT YEARS AWAY,
YOU SEE THE STAR
AS IT APPEARED
A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
- BECAUSE IT TOOK
A THOUSAND YEARS FOR THE
LIGHT TO REACH US.
- YET THE STARS THAT APPEAR
TO BE THE FURTHEST AWAY ALSO
APPEAR TO BE YOUNGER
THAN THE CLOSER STARS.
CONNER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT THAT MEANS?
- THEY ALL APPEARED
AT THE SAME TIME.
- INDEED.
ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
UNIVERSE CAME INTO BEING AT
ONE SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME.
- YOU MEAN IT WAS CREATED.
- BY THE GLORIOUS HAND
OF ALMIGHTY GOD HIMSELF.
- WOE.
- IT'S EXCITING
WORK WE'RE DOING.
- YEAH. BUT YOU NEED
A GOOD TELESCOPE AND MINE SUCKS.
- FOLLOW ME, SON.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
A CELESTRON NEXSTAR 8?
THAT'S WHAT WE
WERE CARRYING IN?
- YOU WANT TO
HELP ME SET IT UP?
- YES!
♪ MUSIC
♪ SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU'VE
GOT TO CLOSE YOUR EYES...
♪ AND IMAGINE WHAT
YOU'LL GET TO SEE...
♪ YOU JUST MIGHT FIND IT'S
QUITE A SURPRISE...
♪ SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU
THOUGHT IT COULD BE...
♪ CARRY THE WEIGHT...
♪ BUT REMEMBER YOU JUST MIGHT
FALL DOWN SOMETIMES...
♪ IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE...
♪ THERE'S A FRIEND WHO
CAN TURN IT AROUND...
♪ HE CAN TURN IT AROUND...
♪ THIS IS YOUR TIME...
♪ GONNA FIND IT'S A RACE
YOU WERE BOUND TO WIN...
♪ STAND ON THE LINE...
♪ YOUR MOMENT'S
ABOUT TO BEGIN...
♪ NEVER REALLY THOUGHT
THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN...
♪ A WONDER YOU CAN'T DEFINE...
♪ STAND UP, LOOK
TO THE STARS...
♪ THIS IS YOUR TIME!
- WOW, THIS IS SO COOL!
- THIS HAS BEEN
JUST TREMENDOUS.
- THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR. SIMMONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- OH, MY.
- WHAT? WHAT TIME IS IT?
- IT'S 2:00 A.M.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- I'M SORRY.
YOU REALLY MUST
BE GETTING HOME.
- MARK.
MARK.
- WHAT? WHAT?
- SOMEONE'S IN THE HOUSE.
- YOU IMAGINED IT.
- GO CHECK IT OUT.
- GOT IT.
- WOULD YOU HURRY UP?
- I GOT IT. I GOT IT.
- OH!
DAD, LISTEN, I CAN EXPLAIN.
- I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT.
- NO, I REALLY CAN.
- CONNER, FOR
HEAVEN'S SAKES,
IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING!
- IT'S ONLY 2:00.
- WHATEVER!
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- GO BACK TO BED, KATELYN.
- WHAT DID I DO?
- DAD, I'M REALLY SORRY.
- NOT ANOTHER WORD!
- DAD, JUST LISTEN!
- DROP IT!
- BUT DAD.
- ENOUGH!
MARK, I'M SURE THERE'S
A PERFECTLY
GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT
IN THE MORNING.
CONNER, TO BED.
- WHAT ARE WE GONNA
DO WITH THAT KID?
- MARK, HE'S NOT A KID.
- KATELYN, ARE YOU EATING?
- I THINK I'LL WAIT.
- WELL?
- I SAID I WAS SORRY, DAD.
I WAS JUST OVER AT
MR. SIMMONS HOUSE AND WE JUST
LOST TRACK OF TIME.
- SIMMONS?
WHY IN THE WORLD WERE
YOU BOTHERING HIM?
- I WASN'T.
- THEN WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
- MARK...
LET CONNER EXPLAIN.
- MR. SIMMONS
WAS TRYING TO UNLOAD A
TELESCOPE FROM HIS CAR.
- A TELESCOPE?
- MARK.
- I JUST HELPED HIM.
- CONNER, GO AHEAD.
- DO YOU REMEMBER THE GOD'S
EYE PROJECT I TOLD YOU ABOUT?
- YOU DIDN'T TELL ME.
- WELL, I TRIED TO
TELL YOU YESTERDAY.
- GO ON, CONNER.
- OKAY, SO MR. SIMMONS IS
KIND OF LIKE IN CHARGE OF IT.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
- HONEY, IT STILL DOESN'T
EXPLAIN WHY YOU WERE AT
MR. SIMMONS HOUSE SO LATE.
- WELL, WE WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT STUFF.
LIKE DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THAT
GOD CREATED THE STARS
AT THE SAME TIME?
- ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS?
OUR SON IS HAVING HIS HEAD
FILLED WITH RELIGIOUS
MUMBO JUMBO BY SOME CRACKPOT.
- MR. SIMMONS IS A
COOL GUY IF YOU'D JUST
GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
- HE'S CREEPY.
- HE'S NOT CREEPY.
HE'S JUST WEIRD.
- WE JUST LOST
TRACK OF TIME.
- CAN WE JUST DROP IT?
- YAY.
- KATELYN.
- SORRY.
- CONNER, HAVE YOU CHANGED
YOUR CLOTHES SINCE YESTERDAY?
- THEY'RE NOT DIRTY.
- YOU THINK I'LL HEAR
FROM STUART TODAY?
- NOW THAT GUY IS CREEPY.
- AT LEAST WE
STILL HAVE POWER.
- OH, GREAT.
[KNOCK AT THE DOOR]
- KATELYN, CAN YOU GET THAT?
- SO NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
- HEY, MR. SIMMONS.
- HI KATELYN, JUST THE
GIRL I WANTED TO SEE.
KATELYN, THIS IS MY
GREAT NIECE ANGELA.
HER PARENTS DROPPED BY, AND
WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
ENJOY A VISITOR.
- HI.
- HI.
- EXCUSE ME, KATELYN.
MR. SIMMONS?
- OH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE ABOUT
THAT TERRIBLE
OVERSIGHT LAST NIGHT.
- YOU THINK?
- MR. SIMMONS?
- LAURIE, HELLO.
I WAS JUST TELLING MARK HOW
SORRY I WAS I KEPT YOUR
BOY OUT LATE.
- THAT'S OKAY, MR. SIMMONS.
NO HARM DONE.
KATELYN, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
ANGELA TO THE BACKYARD?
- OKAY.
- I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SHE HASN'T MUCH
INTEREST IN ASTRONOMY.
- SHE'S WELCOME TO STAY
AS LONG AS SHE LIKES.
- WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S A REAL BLESSING.
- DID YOU HAPPEN TO LOSE
POWER JUST A MINUTE AGO?
- I'M AFRAID SO.
MOST UNSETTLING.
MARK, I WANTED TO MENTION HOW
IMPRESSED I WAS
WITH YOUR BOY.
HE WAS A GREAT MEN
TO ME LAST NIGHT.
I MUST SAY HE HAS A KEEN
INTELLECT, VERY BRIGHT.
TAKES AFTER HIS
FATHER I THINK.
I MEAN IT, MARK.
YOU AND LAURIE HAVE DONE VERY
WELL WITH THIS YOUNG MAN.
YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD.
- THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR. SIMMONS.
- I SUPPOSE I
SHOULD GET BACK.
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL MORNING.
- SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT GUY JUST BUGS ME.
- OH, MARK, HOW COULD YOU
POSSIBLY NOT LIKE
THAT SWEET MAN?
- THAT'S A SWEET TOP.
- THANKS, I GOT IT ONLINE AT
THIS PLACE SOMEONE TOLD ME
- OH, YEAH, I'M
ON THERE, TOO!
- YEAH, WHO ISN'T?
- YEAH, SOMETIMES IT'S
KIND OF FAKE, THOUGH.
- FOR SURE.
LIKE I KNEW THAT ONE GIRL
WHO MADE UP A WHOLE
FAKE IDENTITY.
- FOR REAL?
- YEAH, SHE WAS LIKE USING
IT TO GET OLDER GUYS.
- SERIOUS?
- I KNOW, FOR REAL.
- I MEAN, I CAN
KIND OF SEE IT.
LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO PUT
YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD,
YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, BUT TRYING
TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE?
- THAT'S LOW.
- BUT I CAN SEE LIKE YOU
DON'T WANT TO TELL PEOPLE
WHERE YOU LIVE OR WHATEVER.
- RIGHT, LIKE I DON'T REALLY
THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG
WITH PRESENTING YOUR
BEST SIDE, YOU KNOW.
- RIGHT, YOU COULD HAVE
LIKE AN AVATAR FOR A WHILE.
- EXACTLY, I EVEN DO THAT.
- OH, YEAH, ME TOO FOR SURE.
- AND YOU CAN MAKE THESE
OBVIOUSLY STUPID
ONLINE NAMES.
- YEAH, MINE'S LIKE
THE DUMBEST EVER.
- NO WAY IS IT
STUPIDER THAN MINE.
- NO WAY, MINE'S...
[BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY]
SWEET CHICK, KITTY CAT.
YOU'RE SWEET
CHICK, KITTY CAT?
- YOU'RE SUCH A FAKE.
- ME? WHAT ABOUT YOU?
YOU'RE NOT EVEN USING
YOUR OWN PICTURE.
- NEITHER ARE YOU.
YOU'RE PLAYING LIKE YOU'RE
SOME SUPER MODEL GOT
IT GOING ON.
- OH, I GOT IT GOING ON.
- GIRLS?
IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
- YEAH, MOM,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- NEVER MIND.
- I GUESS I DID OVEREACT.
- IT'S COOL, I'M TOTALLY GUILTY.
- NO, IT WAS WAY
WORSE, SERIOUSLY.
- YEAH, YOU'RE WORSE.
- HEY!
- I'M KIDDING TOTALLY.
- ANGELA, IT'S
TIME TO GO, COME ON.
- JUST A LITTLE LONGER?
- NO, KIDDO,
IT'S TIME TO GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TEXT YOU WHEN
I'M COMING BACK.
- WAIT, YOU CAN'T.
- WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
I GOTTA GO.
- WELL, I'LL FIND YOU ON
WOUNDED PLANET AS SOON
AS IT COMES BACK ON.
- BYE.
- SEE YOU.
- YOU KNOW, MR. SIMMONS
REALLY DOES SEEM
FOND OF CONNER.
- YEAH, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU
EXPECT FROM SOMEONE
WHO'S TRYING TO
INDOCTRINATE OUR SON?
- INDOCTRINATE?
DAD, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
- THAT MIGHT BE
A LITTLE STRONG.
- LOOK, CONNER.
MR. SIMMONS, HE'S
A NICE MAN KIND OF.
- WHY ARE YOU SO JUDGMENTAL?
- WELL, YOU CALL
IT JUDGMENTAL.
I CALL IT WISDOM.
MATURITY.
EXPERIENCE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
- AT LEAST MR. SIMMONS CARES
ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT MATTER TO ME.
- WE ARE YOUR
PARENTS, CONNER.
WE CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT...
- WHAT IN THE WORLD?
- I'M WITH KATELYN.
WE NEED TO GET OFF THIS AND
GO DO SOMETHING WE CAN ALL
ENJOY AS A FAMILY.
- WHAT EXACTLY
DO YOU SUGGEST?
- WE HAVE A BIG YARD.
WE PUT THAT FIRE PIT IN, AND
WE'VE NEVER EVEN USED IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET OUT OF
THIS HOUSE AND GO CAMPING.
- SO, HOW THEY DOING?
- THEY SEEM TO
BE HAVING FUN.
SO FAR.
- I THINK I'LL GO
GIVE THEM A HAND.
- YOU THINK?
THEY SEEM TO BE DOING
PRETTY WELL ON THEIR OWN.
- YOU FORGET WHO
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER,
THAT'S WHAT I DO.
- SO...
READY TO GET THE
OLD FIRE GOING?
- WELL, WE WERE
GOING TO DO THAT NEXT.
- I'LL SHOW YOU HOW
THE EAGLE SCOUTS DO IT.
- UM, THAT'S OKAY, DAD.
- JUST NEED A LITTLE
KINDLING TO MAKE A TEE PEE.
YOU GUYS KNOW THE
TEE PEE TECHNIQUE?
- WELL, DAD...
- COME ON, LET'S GO.
COME ON, CONNER, HELP ME OUT.
- COME ON.
KIDS, YOU CARRY ON.
- OKAY.
- OKAY, WE DON'T MIND.
- IT SURE IS NICE OUT.
- WELL, NOW, YOU DIDN'T
BRING ME OUT HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE WEATHER.
- UH, I WAS JUST
THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS.
- WHAT ABOUT THEM?
- THEY'RE JUST
GROWING UP SO FAST.
CONNER IS A MAN.
- YEAH?
YOU THINK THEY'LL
GET THE TENT UP?
- YEAH, I DO.
- SO WHAT DID YOU REALLY
WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
- MARK...
THEY DON'T NEED A
PROJECT MANAGER.
THEY JUST NEED A DAD.
- LISTEN, I'M THE BRAINS,
AND YOU'RE THE BRAWN, OKAY?
- I'M THE BRAINS
AND THE BRAWN.
- IT GOES ACROSS.
- YEAH.
- STEP TWO.
- REMEMBER THE
THINGS IN THE CORNER.
- OKAY.
- HEY, ARE YOU GOING
TO HELP AT ALL OR WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- BEING THE BRAINS, DUH.
- YOU HAVE TO
HAVE IT THIS WAY.
- OKAY.
[LAUGHING]
- HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO HOLD THIS?
- DON'T!
- OKAY.
- YEP.
- YEAH!
- WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
- I DON'T KNOW WHY SIMMONS
GETS UNDER MY SKIN.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD.
I MEAN, PARENTING
IS A BIG JOB.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, YOU KNOW?
- I DON'T KNOW.
- LISTEN, IF YOU CAN'T
CONNECT WITH CONNER ON
ASTRONOMY, HAVING MR. SIMMONS
NEXT DOOR IS A BLESSING.
- BLESSING?
NOW YOU'RE STARTING
TO SOUND LIKE HIM.
- ALL I'M SAYING
IS WHAT'S THE HARM?
- A LOT, A LOT OF HARM.
I DON'T WANT SOME CRACK POT
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FILLING
PEOPLE'S MINDS WITH
GOD KNOWS WHAT.
- OKAY, NOW THAT'S FUNNY.
- WHAT?
- GOD KNOWS WHAT?
- WELL, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
- YEAH, I KNOW
WHAT YOU MEAN.
BUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW
IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
- LOOK, ALL I KNOW IS WHEN
PEOPLE GET MORE RELIGIOUS,
THEY GET JUDGMENTAL.
- IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE
YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE
JUDGMENTAL YOURSELF.
- WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
- ALL I'M SAYING IS JUST
BECAUSE MR. SIMMONS IS
RELIGIOUS IS NO REASON
TO PUNISH CONNER.
LET'S JUST START OVER.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- IT'S A FORCED
VACATION, RIGHT?
LET'S JUST LOOK ON
THE BRIGHT SIDE.
GET ALONG, AND REALLY TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY
TIME WITH THE KIDS.
KEY WORD THERE BEING "ENJOY".
- GOTCHA.
- HEY, SLOW DOWN!
WHO'S THE MANIAC?
- WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
- STUART, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M GLAD I FOUND YOU.
- WHAT'S THE WORD?
- COMMUNICATIONS
ARE COMPLETELY DOWN.
AND NOW THE ELECTRICAL
GRID'S FAILING.
- WE NOTICED.
- THE MEDIA IS ALL OVER
THIS LIKE A HOT POTATO.
- YEAH, BUT...
- THE BRASS DOES NOT
WANT YOU INVOLVED.
- IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE.
- JUST SIT TIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE ORDERS.
- OKAY, STUART.
KEEP ME POSTED.
- I WILL.
LOOK, I NEED TO GET GOING.
- THIS SUCKS.
- DAD SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT MAKING A TEE PEE.
- I THINK I KNOW
WHAT HE MEANS.
LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
ANGELA CERTAINLY ENJOYED
THE TIME SHE SPENT
WITH YOU EARLIER.
- YEAH, SHE'S COOL.
- HEY, MR. SIMMONS?
- YES, CONNER.
- CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT STUFF
YOU WERE SAYING YESTERDAY
ABOUT GOD AND STUFF?
- IT'S QUITE SIMPLE, REALLY.
THE FIRST QUESTION EVERYBODY
MUST ASK THEMSELVES IS IF
THEY REALLY BELIEVE HE IS.
IN THE BIBLE, JESUS REFERS
TO HIMSELF AS "I AM".
IT APPEARS THAT THE FIRST
STEP IN FINDING GOD IS...
TO SIMPLY AGREE THAT
HE REALLY MUST EXIST.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I NEED A LIGHTER.
- KATELYN, GO GET A LIGHTER.
- NO, I WANT TO
LISTEN TO THIS.
- YOU KNOW IT'S JUST
OCCURRED TO ME, KATELYN,
ANGELA COMES TO OUR CHURCH'S
YOUTH GROUP MEETING EVERY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
PERHAPS YOU COULD
COME TOMORROW.
- THAT WOULD BE COOL.
- WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
THE WHOLE FAMILY.
- WHERE ARE WE GOING?
- OH, MARK, LAURIE, I WAS
JUST TELLING THE CHILDREN
ABOUT OUR CHURCH'S
YOUTH GROUP.
- OH, I SEE.
- ANGELA'S GOING
TO BE THERE.
- OH, I THINK THAT
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
- YEAH, MAYBE.
- MR. SIMMONS, I'M SURE WE'D
LOVE TO VISIT
YOUR CHURCH TOMORROW.
- WONDERFUL.
YOU KNOW IT'S AN ASTOUNDING
THING THE SOLAR
FLARES HAVE CAUSED.
- THE WHAT?
- SOLAR FLARES.
THE EXPLOSIONS ON THE SUN.
THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN BEFUDDLE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES.
- MR. SIMMONS, IT WAS MY
COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED
THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, AND
IT WAS MY PROJECT.
- OH, YES, I THINK I KNEW
THAT, BUT I HAD FORGOTTEN.
- IT'S JUST A
TEMPORARY GLITCH.
- OH, MY GOODNESS,
THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
IT'S BEEN QUITE DISRUPTIVE.
- WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON IT.
- OH, THAT'S
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING.
SO YOU MUST BE VERY
ACTIVELY INVOLVED?
SO MARK, YOU DON'T ATTRIBUTE
THIS TO SOLAR FLARES AT ALL?
VERY ODD.
- MR. SIMMONS, I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
- OBVIOUSLY.
- WELL, YOU SEE, THE RECENT
ACTIVITY ON THE SUN'S
SURFACE IS SIMILAR TO AN
EVENT IN 1859.
TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WERE
DISRUPTED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
- ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS?
- AND RECENT SOLAR
ACTIVITIES HAVE SIMILARLY
BEEN ELEVATED.
- SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS
THE TECHNOLOGY GLITCH HAS
BEEN AMPLIFIED
BY SOLAR FLARES?
- PRECISELY.
- I'M SORRY, THIS
IS RIDICULOUS.
- WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT, DAD?
MR. SIMMONS IS LIKE AN
EXPERT ON THIS STUFF.
- SOLAR FLARES?
THIS IS SILLY.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
IS NOT DISRUPTED...
- I'M AFRAID IT IS, MARK.
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES...
- NO, NO, NO!
THIS IS A LITTLE BITTY
PROBLEM CAUSED BY A LITTLE
BITTY GLITCH, AND YOU,
SIR, ARE LOONEY, CUCKOO!
- IT'S LATE.
I SHOULD BE GOING.
- YEAH, I'M GOING
TO GO INSIDE.
- CONNER I DIDN'T MEAN TO...
- ME, TOO.
- COME ON, GUYS.
- LAURIE?
I WAS --I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
- MARK?
COME ON INSIDE.
THE KIDS HAVE GONE TO BED.
IS IT WORTH ALL THIS?
MR. SIMMONS WAS NICE
ENOUGH TO INVITE US.
THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS GIVE
THIS CHURCH THING A TRY.
FOR THE KIDS.
- LAURIE, YOU
CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
- WHY NOT?
- LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GONNA
GET ME TO THAT CHURCH
IN THE MORNING.
- MARK, I'M
DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING.
- HEY, THERE'S ANGELA.
CAN I GO TALK TO HER?
- SURE, HONEY, GO AHEAD.
- MARK, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
TO OUR PASTOR, PASTOR SCOTT.
PASTOR, COME AND
MEET MY NEIGHBORS.
THESE ARE THE VANDERPOOLS.
- THANK YOU FOR VISITING.
- THANK YOU.
- ANY FRIEND OF GERALD'S
IS A FRIEND OF OURS.
- MARK IS WITH THE
DATA GEN CORPORATION.
- EXCELLENT.
- EXCELLENT INDEED, PASTOR.
MARK HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
THE EFFORT TO GET
THE POWER BACK.
- IT'S REALLY NOTHING.
- WE APPRECIATE EVERY
EFFORT YOU'RE MAKING.
- WELL, IT'S A LIVING.
- WELL, I HOPE YOU
ENJOY THE SERVICE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT TODAY
WITHOUT THE POWER.
PERHAPS WE'LL GET A CHANCE
TO VISIT AFTER THE SERVICE.
- IS IT OKAY IF I GO SIT
WITH ANGELA AND BRITTANY?
- YEAH, HONEY, THAT'S OKAY.
- GOOD MORNING.
- GOOD MORNING.
- GOD BE WITH YOU.
- AND ALSO WITH YOU.
- IF YOU'RE EXPECTING TO
HEAR THE SERMON THAT WAS
LISTED IN THE BULLETIN THIS
MORNING, I'M AFRAID I'M GOING
TO DISAPPOINT YOU.
- AWWW.
- THIS POWER OUTAGE CAUSED
ME TO CONSIDER ANOTHER
CONDITION THAT IS
ALL TOO PREVALENT.
YOU SEE THE DARKNESS THAT
WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW, WELL,
IT GOES BEYOND OUR STREETS
AND OUR HOMES AND WORKPLACES.
IT CAN BE FOUND
INSIDE EACH ONE OF US.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT
EVENTUALLY THIS
POWER OUTAGE WILL END.
THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON,
BUT ONE THING, ONE THING AND
ONE THING ONLY WILL ERASE
THE DARKNESS WITHIN US.
THAT IS THE LIGHT
OF JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS
THE POWER TO FLIP THE SWITCH
AND ERASE THE BLACKNESS OF
OUR GUILT, OUR REMORSE, OUR
SELFISHNESS AND REPLACE
IT WITH A LIGHT OF LOVE.
WE TRY TO FIND THAT LIGHT
ON OUR OWN BY PLACING OTHER
THINGS FIRST IN OUR LIFE; OUR
WORK, OUR TECHNOLOGY, OUR
QUEST FOR POPULARITY
AND AFFIRMATION.
YOU MIGHT SAY PASTOR SCOTT,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M
GOING THROUGH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT
I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.
JESUS IS OFFERING
YOU THAT LIGHT TODAY.
HE SAID I AM THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER BUT THROUGH ME.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
CHRIST IS CALLING US OUT OF
THE DARKNESS AND INTO
HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
YOU WERE ONCE NOT A PEOPLE,
BUT NOW YOU ARE
PEOPLE OF GOD.
IF YOU'RE READY HERE TODAY TO
CONFESS THE DARKNESS IN YOUR
LIFE AND TO ACCEPT THE LIGHT
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, I
INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE
ALTAR RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW
AND TO ACCEPT JESUS
INTO YOUR LIFE.
COME.
♪ EVEN THOUGH I FALL...
♪ TIME AND TIME AGAIN...
♪ REFUSE TO TAKE DIRECTION
AND FAIL TO BE A FRIEND...
♪ I JUST KEEP ON WALKING WHEN
I WANT TO TURN AROUND...
♪ WHEN I'M BEGGING
FOR MERCY...
♪ WHEN MY KNEES HAVE
HIT THE GROUND...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'VE GIVEN
UP ON LOVING...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ LOOKING AT THE OUTSIDE...
♪ EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT...
♪ BUT WITHIN ME...
♪ A BATTLE I MUST FIGHT...
♪ AND EVEN THOUGH
I'M HAUNTED...
- WE CAN ALL BE THANKFUL FOR
WHAT THE LORD IS
DOING HERE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
ARE YOU READY?
READY FOR A CLEAN SLATE?
A FRESH START?
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'VE GIVEN
UP ON LOVING...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ AS THE HOURS BECOME DAYS...
♪ AND THE DAYS BECOME LONG...
♪ WHEN THE LEAF
COLORS CHANGE...
♪ AND THE SUN IS GONE...
♪ I'LL BE THERE, PLEASE
WAIT FOR ME...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'VE GIVEN UP...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M FALLING
DOWN AND BROKEN...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME WHEN
I'VE GIVEN UP ON LOVING...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ WHEN I'M STUCK IN
THE DARKNESS...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON...
♪ LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME...
- WOW, THAT WAS
CERTAINLY SOMETHING.
THEY EVEN GAVE
ME MY OWN BIBLE.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
- I'D HAVE THOUGHT.
- HEY, DAD, CAN WE TALK?
- I'M A BIT BUSY RIGHT NOW.
- OH, RIGHT.
- IT'S OKAY, CONNER.
KATELYN AND I
WILL MAKE LUNCH.
- WHAT'S UP, KIDDO?
SORRY.
I'VE FORGOTTEN HOW
MUCH YOU'VE GROWN UP.
- UM, WELL...
- DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD.
WE'RE COOL.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR
DIFFERENCES, LATELY,
AND I AGREE WE COULD
BOTH DO BETTER.
- OKAY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I
COULD GO TALK TO MR. SIMMONS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
- YEAH.
GO TALK TO HIM.
- OKAY, THANKS, DAD.
- JACKSON, WHAT NOW?
- UM, WE MIGHT HAVE
A BIT OF A PROBLEM.
MAYBE WE SHOULD
TALK OUT HERE.
- ALL RIGHT, JACKSON,
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- OKAY, LOOK.
IT'S...
IT'S MY FAULT.
- WHAT'S YOUR FAULT?
- IT'S...
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY ACTUALLY.
[GIGGLING]
- SO WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO MAKE?
- THE GAS STILL
WORKS, BURGERS?
- WE BETTER MAKE
ENOUGH FOR STUART.
- LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU DELIBERATELY SABOTAGED
THE COM 16
CONTROL SYSTEM, WHY?
- WELL, SEE, THAT'S
THE IRONY, I FIGURED...
- LET ME GUESS.
YOU THOUGHT YOU'D REVERSE IT,
SAVE THE DAY AND BE A HERO?
- YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LOOK, I'VE TRIED AND TRIED,
BUT I CAN'T STOP IT.
I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT THIS
IS BIGGER THAN YOU OR ME.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
- THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
CHRIST IS CALLING US OUT OF
THE DARKNESS AND INTO
HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
YOU WERE ONCE NOT A PEOPLE,
BUT NOW YOU ARE A
PEOPLE OF GOD.
- UM, MARK?
- WE NEED TO ACCESS THE
CENTRAL COM 16
CONTROL SYSTEM.
- THIS LAP TOP HAS A SPECIAL
TRANSPONDER TO CONNECT
TO THE MAINFRAME.
I CAN GET YOU IN.
- FOLLOW ME.
- OH, STUART.
- HUH?
- WILL YOU BE
STAYING FOR LUNCH?
- WE HAVE A BIT
OF A SITUATION.
- RIGHT.
- THEY PROBABLY HAVE LIKE
AN HOUR TO SAVE THE WORLD.
- YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.
- OKAY, COM 16 IS A
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.
- RIGHT.
- THE CONTROL GRID IS
ACCESSED TO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS.
- YEAH, COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
- NOW, THEIR SYSTEM WILL BE
ONLINE EVEN WHEN
EVERYTHING ELSE IS DOWN.
- IT'S NOT LETTING ME IN.
- OH, SHOOT.
- WHAT?
- I HAD YOUR ACCESS REVOKED.
- GREAT, THANKS A LOT!
- WELL, I WAS GOING
TO FIRE YOU, REMEMBER?
- SO WHAT DO WE DO?
- WELL, WE HAVE TO HACK
INTO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS.
- THERE'S NO WAY!
- I KNOW WHO CAN HELP US.
- ONE THING STILL BUGS ME.
- WHAT'S THAT, HONEY?
- REMEMBER YESTERDAY STUART
TOLD YOU THAT EVERYTHING WAS
OUT, AND NO ELECTRICITY, NO
INTERNET, NO CABLE, NO TV.
- YEAH.
- AND THE MEDIA
WAS ALL OVER IT.
- I THINK DAD'S COMPANY
WANTS TO STAY FOCUSED ON
GETTING EVERYTHING FIXED.
- WELL, YEAH, BUT IF
EVERYTHING IS OUT, HOW WOULD
ANYONE GET THE STORY?
- HUH, NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
- THAT GUY'S DEFINITELY
GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE.
- WELL, LET'S NOT BE TOO
QUICK TO JUDGE UNTIL WE KNOW
THE WHOLE STORY.
- CONNER?
- HE'S OVER AT MR. SIMMONS
HOUSE, AND I NEED HIM
WHEN HE GETS BACK.
- ACTUALLY, I COULD
USE HIS HELP RIGHT NOW.
- WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
BE THAT IMPORTANT?
- UH, I KIND OF NEED HIM
TO HACK INTO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
- WHAT WAS THAT?
- SEE ME OVER HERE.
- YOU WANT OUR SON TO HACK
INTO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COMPUTERS?
- JUST ONE TIME.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- MARK!
- IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- OF COURSE IT'S A BIG DEAL.
I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON.
- STUART HERE HAS PUT THE
ENTIRE WORLD AT RISK FOR A
STUPID JOB PROMOTION.
- YEP, HE'S A WEASEL.
- HE WAS GOING TO FIRE ME!
- MARK IS THAT TRUE?
- CAN WE PLEASE JUST FOCUS
ON THE ENCROACHING GLOBAL
MELT DOWN RIGHT NOW?
- IT JUST SEEMS TO ME
THAT NOT CONSIDERING OTHER
PEOPLE'S FEELINGS IS A
RECURRING THEME AROUND HERE.
- FEELINGS?
FEELINGS?
THIS IS A JOB.
THERE ARE NO FEELINGS.
- UM, EXCUSE ME.
I HAVE FEELINGS.
- KATELYN, WILL YOU RUN OVER
TO MR. SIMMONS HOUSE AND
GET CONNER PLEASE?
OKAY, GUYS, IN ENGLISH,
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- OKAY, THE COM 16 DEVICE...
- THAT HE DESIGNED.
- THAT I DESIGNED,
BUT HE SABOTAGED.
- IT'S A KEY PART OF...
- PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE
SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE OF...
- LET ME GUESS,
THE WHOLE WORLD?
- LOOK, BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE
GOT TO GET INTO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT SYSTEM, TRACK DOWN
THE ANOMALY AND STOP IT FAST.
- DAD, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- CONNER, I NEED YOUR HELP.
NOW, BEFORE WE EVEN TRY TO
REVERSE STUART'S EXTREMELY
OBNOXIOUS ATTEMPT AT
SABOTAGE, WE HAVE TO GET INTO
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
COMPUTER SYSTEM.
- OKAY, YOU'RE IN.
- JUST LIKE THAT?
- NOT BAD.
- IT'S A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- WELL, THEIR
SECURITY IS CHIPPY.
IT'S NOT LIKE
GOOGLE OR SOMETHING.
- STUART CAN YOU NAVIGATE
TO THE COM 16 CODE BASE?
- I THINK SO.
THEY'VE CHANGED
THE NAVIGATION.
- HERE.
- COM 16 MONITOR
APPLICATION, WELCOME.
- THANKS.
- QUANTUM THRESHOLD?
THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.
- IT'S NOT.
IT MEANS IT'S ABOUT TO REACH
THE TIPPING POINT, AND IT
CAN'T BE REVERSED.
- OH, DEAR.
- HOW CAN YOU
POSSIBLY KNOW THAT?
- WELL, IT'S STUPID.
WHEN IT'S AT
YELLOW, IT'S GOOD.
BUT WHEN IT'S AT
RED, IT'S REALLY BAD.
- CAN YOU GET US IN SO WE
CAN LOOK AT THE SYSTEM CODE?
- I CAN TRY.
- REDDISH ORANGE?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- WELL, WHAT COMES BETWEEN
ORANGE AND RED, CORAL?
- IS THIS WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
- YEAH, THAT'S
THE CONTROL CODE.
- OKAY, NOW WHAT?
- STUART MODIFIED THE
CODE TO INDUCE A
FAILURE CONDITION.
- AND ALSO TO REVERSE IT,
SET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL.
- HE KIND OF SCREWED UP
THE BACK TO NORMAL PART.
- YEAH, OKAY GOTCHA.
I DON'T GET IT.
THIS LOOKS GOOD.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO
STRAIGHT TO THE CODE THAT
CONTROLS WHAT HAPPENS AT
THE QUANTUM THRESHOLD.
- YOU CAN TRY, BUT I
CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT.
- YEAH, WELL, YOU DIDN'T
HELP ME WITH THIS, EITHER.
- THIS IS QUITE CONFUSING.
- AFTER WE COMPLETED THE COM
16 DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM,
THE FAIL SAFE PROJECT
PASSED ONTO OUR
PROGRAMMING DIVISION.
- BUT MARK, I THOUGHT
THIS WAS YOUR PROJECT.
- WELL, YEAH, LIKE AN IDIOT
I THOUGHT NO ONE TEAM SHOULD
HAVE CONTROL OVER SUCH
CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY.
- THAT SEEMS
RATHER WISE TO ME.
- IT DOESN'T DO
US ANY GOOD NOW.
STUART, CAN WE BYPASS IT
AND SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE IT
REACHES QUANTUM...
- WARNING QUANTUM
THRESHOLD STATUS LEVEL RED.
- I THINK WE CAN
FIND THE BACK DOOR.
DAD?
- WHAT?
- THIS IS NOT SO CHIPPY.
I DON'T KNOW IF I
CAN GET IN IN TIME.
- JUST DO YOUR BEST.
- IT WON'T LET ME IN.
- WARNING, QUANTUM
THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
QUANTUM THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
- THIS STUPID THING!
DAD, I CAN'T GET IN!
- ARE YOU CRAZY?
- QUANTUM
THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
- IT WILL BE OKAY.
- QUANTUM
THRESHOLD IMMINENT.
[POWER COMES BACK]
- WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
- LOOKS LIKE
THEY GOT IT FIXED.
- I DON'T GET IT.
- PRAISE THE GOOD LORD.
- THE QUANTUM THRESHOLD?
IT WASN'T A SHUT DOWN.
IT WAS A REBOOT.
- HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?
- I DIDN'T.
- WHAT?
- AT LEAST NOT FOR SURE.
THE PROGRAMMERS HANDLED
THE COM 16 BACK UP PLAN.
I REALIZE THAT THOSE GUYS...
THEY'RE JUST
LIKE YOU, CONNER.
THEY TAKE A BRICK...
- OH, HERE WE GO.
- THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS
PRACTICAL, BUT THEY WANT TO
BUILD A MANSION BECAUSE
THEY'RE ARTISTS.
IT'S ONLY THE LOUSY ONES THAT
FORGET TO ADD A FRONT DOOR.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SEE
THINGS THE SAME WAY,
I KNOW THEY WANT TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
I JUST NEEDED TO
HAVE FAITH IN THEM.
SORRY I HAVEN'T SEEN IT
BEFORE, BUT I GET IT NOW.
- IS EVERYTHING
OKAY DOWN THERE?
- YEAH.
EVERYTHING'S JUST FINE.
- SO...
WHAT NOW?
- JACKSON...
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DESERVE?
- I KNOW!
PLEASE, MR. VANDERPOOL,
HAVE MERCY ON ME!
I'M BEGGING YOU!
- STUART, WOULD
YOU STOP GROVELING.
- YES, SIR.
- SHEESH, HAVE
A LITTLE DIGNITY.
- WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- STUART, LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, THIS
WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD
NEVER HAVE HAD
THEIR LIVES DISRUPTED.
I WOULD STILL BE ON THE
COME 20 PROJECT, AND I...
I NEVER WOULD HAVE
GONE TO CHURCH TODAY.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT
A CLASS ACT MR. SIMMONS IS,
OR WHAT AN OUTSTANDING
YOUNG MAN I HAVE FOR A SON.
I WOULDN'T HAVE REALIZED WHAT
I WAS MISSING OUT
ON, MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
- SO YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO FIRE ME?
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- OH, I THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DOING TIME.
- MR. VANDERPOOL?
- YES.
- GARBAGE COLLECTION, SIR.
- HE'S THIS WAY.
- BUT NO!
PLEASE, NO, I WAS FRAMED.
I DIDN'T DO IT, I'M
TELLING YOU, NO!
HELP, MY MOMMY
DIDN'T LOVE ME!
- WHAT WILL THEY DO TO HIM?
- THEY'LL JUST GIVE
HIM A GOOD SCARE.
I'LL HAVE HIM ASSIGNED
TO THE MAIL ROOM.
[PHONE BUZZES]
- LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S
WORKING AGAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK TONIGHT WE SHOULD
GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE ANOTHER
BONFIRE.
AND MAYBE TONIGHT, WE'LL ALL
JUST THINK GO GOD'S GIFTS
WHILE WE LOOK AT THE STARS.
[MUSIC]