Salvation (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 13 - The Plot Against America - full transcript
Harris, Grace and Darius must topple the illegitimate government, and Darius makes final plans for the ark.
- Previously on "Salvation"...
- Where are we with the 160?
Jillian's curating all the data.
TANZ: My personal selections.
I want them put through all the
genetic testing and analysis.
Tess. She's being attacked.
This is RE/SYST.
They've been in our system since
we launched the gravity tractor.
Once shut down,
this is the only move we have.
Are you with him? Darius?
You never mentioned you were in love.
GRACE: No. Harris and I, we're over.
That's not who I'm talking about.
Darius, what happened in Moscow...
Needs to stay in Moscow. I know.
We're facing an extinction-level event.
Think through the consequences
of publishing
this story, Amanda.
There would be global panic.
I'm afraid the cat's out of the bag
with our reporter friend.
CLAIRE: Take the necessary action.
(alarm blaring)
(silenced gunshot)
TANZ: Initially, we thought
Samson was made of porous rock,
but it has an iron core.
So, the government's plan to smash
the asteroid into pieces
with a gravity tractor
won't do a damn thing.
Except destroy the gravity tractor.
Get the medic.
Turn those cameras off now!
I, Monroe Bennett, do solemnly swear...
HARRIS: This is a coup, orchestrated
at the highest levels,
which I am trying to stop.
(weakly) Welcome, Mr. Secretary.
The only way to regain control
of the gravity tractor
is to regain control of the country.
By any means necessary. Are you in?
Well, let's take these bastards down.
(beeps)
TANZ: My friends.
If you're listening to this,
I'm afraid it's because the human race
has gotten itself into,
well, a bit of a pickle.
(phone vibrating)
(gasps)
(alarm sounding)
General Higgins.
What the hell happened?
Digging through the wreckage
will take time, but...
- But what?
- Bring it up on screen two.
There were three Russian subs
within torpedo range of the Pike
when it blew up.
GRACE: At 06:00 hours
Eastern Standard Time, an explosion
of unknown origin struck the USS Pike
600 kilometers off the coast of Florida.
The extent of the casualties
is currently unknown.
- Yes, Russ.
- Grace, any news about survivors?
- None as of yet.
- Ms. Barrows.
Ms. Barrows...
Ms. Barrows, when is the president
going to make a statement?
The president is being briefed
as we speak.
Updates will be given
when we have more information.
- Thank you.
- (reporters clamoring)
Do we know who's responsible?
Ms. Barrows...
Millie, get me Amanda Neel
at Capitol Eyes.
LIAM: I've never seen
a level of encryption like this.
I mean, the RE/SYST ghost key spread
through Tess like a cancer.
I have no idea how to assess the damage.
If only we could ask Tess.
The fastest computer in the
world, and we can't boot her up.
'Cause they'd have full access
to her capabilities.
Well, Darius.
Looks like they used Tess
to launch a brute force attack
on another system
before we shut her down.
I don't recognize it.
I do.
Oh...
(typing)
It's the U.S. military.
RE/SYST used Tess to attack
a U.S. military target.
Right now, we're the only
ones who know about this.
I need you to track down RE/SYST.
But their last headquarters
was blown up, it was raided.
They have to be out there somewhere.
Find them.
(line ringing)
(computer chimes)
(intercom beeps)
Millie, did you get Ms. Neel?
MILLIE: Grace, there was a fire
at Capitol Eyes last night.
What?
The place burnt down.
(phone ringing)
Darius.
You need to get me in
to see Bennett and Harris now.
Sir, the Pike's a total loss.
No survivors.
The Pike had control
of the gravity tractor.
Not anymore. Someone's locked us out.
"Someone"?
I think it's quite clear
who did this, Mr. Secretary.
Mr. President.
I've spoken with my Russian counterpart
Defense Minister Toporov.
- They've denied responsibility...
- CLAIRE: Of course they have.
Because there's no upside to owning it.
We have clear justification
for retaliation,
valid provocation
in the eyes of the world...
- and our allies.
- Any military action
will trigger an even greater
response from Russia.
Have you forgotten how this all began?
In Chelyabinsk, when
the Russians and the Chinese
colluded to take out
our defense systems.
They will not stop
until we're eliminated.
They are the existential threat.
And our only hope is to stop them.
TANZ: First rule of war:
know thine enemy.
And in this case, that enemy
isn't Russia, it's RE/SYST.
Who the hell let him in here?
Mr. Tanz, your clearance was revoked.
Well, I have clearance, and I brought
Darius down here for a reason.
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary,
you need to hear this.
If you'll have your technicians
review these computer logs,
they'll see that RE/SYST
used my supercomputer
to hack into the Pike.
Russia had nothing to do with it.
Well, according to my generals,
this was the work of a torpedo
launched by a Russian submarine.
All due respect, sir,
your, uh, generals are wrong.
Can this supercomputer of yours
get me my gravity tractor back?
I've had to shut her down
to avoid further catastrophe.
So, in other words, once again,
your recklessness
has compromised all of us.
No, Ms. Rayburn,
your recklessness
has compromised all of us.
Darius had a solution to save us all.
He built an EmDrive.
He got the gravity tractor up there.
And now you want to use it to
smash the asteroid into pieces
and destroy the Eastern Hemisphere.
That strategy is not only
immoral, it's nonsense.
The iron core
of the asteroid will destroy
our gravity tractor and, along with it,
any chance of our survival.
This administration's refusal
to embrace the scientific facts
is literally the difference
between life and death.
Ms. Barrows, are you finished?
No. Mr. President.
Let us prove to you that RE/SYST
is behind this attack
before you launch a missile
that you can't take back.
(exhales)
You have 24 hours.
That may not be enough time, sir.
That's all the time you have,
Ms. Barrows.
I know. You think I've lost it.
Actually, I think you've found it.
HARRIS: 24 hours.
Not a lot of time.
TANZ: To prove RE/SYST is the culprit?
No.
To reinstall President Mackenzie.
(sirens wailing)
(indistinct chatter)
LIAM: Hey, excuse me?
I'm looking for a friend of mine;
she's a reporter here.
Amanda Neel... did she get out okay?
We don't have any names or IDs yet.
You've got to stay
behind the tape, please, son.
(indistinct radio transmission)
(ringing)
Come on, Amanda, pick up.
Come on, pick up.
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
MACKENZIE: (weakly) Mr. Secretary.
Well...
Ms. Barrows.
Mr. Tanz.
My list of allies grows.
GRACE: Madam President,
it's so good to see you.
How do we install an
illegally deposed president
that everyone thinks is dead?
We show she's alive and able.
Mr. Secretary, this is all
happening too quickly.
She needs more time to recover.
I'm sorry, but we can't afford
to slow down.
We need to present
the cabinet and the joint chiefs
with an official letter
of competence and fitness.
From you.
MACKENZIE: Mr. Secretary.
Even with a letter to the cabinet
and my reappearance...
...Bennett will never
agree to step aside.
Or give up those launch codes.
True, but...
Bennett can't protest
if he's not there.
What are you suggesting?
That we kidnap the president
of the United States.
Now.
(elevator bell chimes)
I'm gonna have to change my cell phone
if I have any hope of
finishing a golf game.
GRACE: Hey, Dad.
Thanks for coming.
So, kidnapping the president.
Whose crazy idea was that?
(Jillian sighs)
Do you think Amanda's really dead?
I don't know.
They haven't released the
names of the deceased yet.
Have you told him yet?
I've got bigger problems right now.
Darius has to be told
he didn't pass the genetic test.
He's expedited the 160,
and I've contacted everyone.
I think he's planning
on using the Ark hangar
as a bunker in case the, um...
What, in case the Russians
bomb the hell out of us?
It's not gonna come to that.
You don't know that.
I'm not gonna let it come
to that and neither is Darius.
He's not a superhero, Liam,
and neither are you.
Jillian.
You know, I understand
that you are too busy
to have emotions right now,
but I am not and I am scared.
So am I.
But we cannot be paralyzed by fear.
We have to be energized by it.
(sighs)
(computer beeps)
LIAM: This is it.
Yes, this is definitely it.
All right, it's gonna be okay.
I promise.
Okay.
Section 1 of the 25th Amendment
deals with presidential succession
in the event of incapacitation or death.
Mackenzie was declared dead.
Clearly that's not the case.
An incapacitated president
can reclaim power
once they're again fit for the job.
So, if Mackenzie can convince
the joint chiefs and the cabinet
that she's of sound mind...
They'll have grounds to reinstate her,
which brings us back
to our original question:
how do we get Bennett out of
the White House undetected?
There's a series of emergency tunnels
that run under the White
House, built after 9/11.
If we can create some pretext
to usher Bennett into these tunnels,
we can get him out of the White
House without anyone knowing.
- We can do this.
- HARRIS: We can.
But can Mackenzie?
(phone chimes)
While you're out handling
the apocalypse of today,
I'll handle the apocalypse of tomorrow.
I'm gonna get the gravity tractor
back from RE/SYST.
- Good luck.
- To all of us.
HUGH: We have about six hours
to pull this off.
The whole place was torched.
Arson, apparently.
I'm amazed the damn thing still works.
These things were built
to survive a nuclear holocaust.
I imagine the cockroaches
will be playing a lot of
Candy Crush after doomsday.
So, there's this special,
encrypted connection.
This must be the direct line to RE/SYST.
Perfect. We're sending a message.
A text?
No, video.
Ready for my close-up.
Hello, RE/SYST, I know
what you did last summer,
and I'm not happy.
It's time we meet face-to-face.
I can be your friend
or your worst enemy.
You have ten seconds to decide.
Nine now.
- It's ballsy.
- (phone chimes)
Those are coordinates.
Looks like we have a date.
Where have you been?
I wasn't aware the secretary of defense
had to clear his schedule with you.
The president is going
to address the nation
from the Oval, explain why these
latest actions by Russia...
Have left us no choice
but to destroy our enemies
before they destroy us.
So, that, uh,
24 hours we promised Darius and Grace?
The president thinks
it's a waste of time.
You object?
Of course not, but he
needs to prerecord this.
- He can't deliver this speech live.
- Why is that?
So, by the time we launch,
he'll already be in the safety
of the contingency shelter.
And his exact location will be unknown.
The president's safety is the priority.
I recommend we clear the West Wing
of all but essential personnel.
We can't afford interference
of any kind on the eve
of military action.
I'll take care of it.
Good.
We'll get through this...
together.
Yeah.
(tires screech)
(gulls squawking)
(ship horn blows)
Well, they do have
a flare for the dramatic.
(distorted voice) Hello, Liam.
Darius.
LIAM: Augmented reality.
I didn't know that kind of tech
was on the market.
It's not yet.
This is my design.
It never went into production.
Too many headaches,
literal and figurative, right, Darius?
(chuckles)
You seem to know a lot about me.
Now, this isn't what I had in mind
when I asked for a face-to-face,
talking to an avatar.
You didn't think I was in D.C., did you?
Or am I?
Are you? Aren't you?
You took something from me.
I want it back.
Everyone has a number.
What's yours?
Tess.
I want Tess.
Or her source code, to be more specific.
RE/SYST is responsible for
the USS Pike, aren't you?
You don't answer, you get nothing.
Yes, we blew up the Pike.
Why?
They killed us, we killed them.
That leads to nothing good.
It's a vicious cycle.
Now, I'm trying to de-escalate things,
and I need that probe back
for reasons you probably already know.
You give me Tess's source code
and I'll relinquish control
of the gravity tractor.
That's the deal I'm willing to cut.
You have one hour.
- The reporter from Capitol Eyes?
- Mm-hmm.
- How did she get ahold of my speech?
- I don't know,
but she decoded it
and wrote this article.
- Has this been released yet?
- Not yet.
(whispering) Oh, God.
I'm afraid she lost her life
trying to get the truth out there.
Uh... maybe it's time to deliver this.
Grace, the world is on a precipice.
This speech... (laughs)
...this speech could
send us over the edge.
Or it could pull us back
from the brink, unite us all.
People have died because of this secret
and-and millions more may
follow. Madam President,
I urge you, no more secrets.
(phone chimes and vibrates)
Madam President, it's time.
"This Russian aggression will not stand.
"We will endure.
"We're built to survive.
We are the United States of America.
God bless."
Mr. President, HomeSec has
identified a credible threat
against the White House.
We need to get you to safety.
- Now.
- Okay, clear the room.
Sir, we'll move you
to the Presidential
Emergency Operation Center
- underneath the West Wing.
- Hold on.
He comes or I go nowhere.
HARRIS: Of course. Come with us, Major.
Watch your step, sir.
BENNETT: How far to the Op Center?
HARRIS: Not too much further.
HUGH: Mr. President.
Though I suspect not for long.
What the hell is going on here?
You took the government by force,
now we're taking it back.
HARRIS: Cuff him.
(grunts)
You'll live to regret this, Harris.
I'm the president of the United States.
Illegitimate president.
Pauline Mackenzie isn't dead.
What?
HUGH: But the good news is,
they'll reduce the charges
against you from first degree
to attempted murder.
Oh, and treason, of course.
You won't be needing these
nuclear codes anymore.
HARRIS: You, Major. Come with me.
Major, don't move.
I take my orders from the president
of the United States, sir.
He's not your president.
He engineered a coup,
and you're aiding and
abetting that, Major,
if you don't hand over the bag
and come with me,
the secretary of defense, now.
I know this can be
confusing, son, but...
maybe this will help.
LIAM: Darius, you sure about this?
Giving RE/SYST a computer
as powerful as Tess
is like giving the
Incredible Hulk steroids.
That's a great analogy.
One crisis at a time.
Tess is a computer.
I can always build another one.
We lose control of the gravity
tractor, we lose everything.
All right.
She's coming online now.
Tess, are you there?
TESS: Yes, Darius.
What can I do for you?
You've done more than enough. I just...
...wanted to say thank you.
My pleasure, Darius.
They're in.
LIAM: "Pleasure doing
business with you."
Darius.
Darius, look.
SECRETARY: I have no idea what happened.
They were in here behind closed doors.
- I just followed orders, ma'am.
- Whose orders?
The Defense Secretary Harris Edwards.
He gave me a file to take
upstairs to the residents.
Get me Secret Service now.
(elevator bell dings)
- Wait, hold your fire.
- Stop right there.
This area's in security lockdown.
Good afternoon, everyone.
- President Mackenzie?
- Alive and well.
HARRIS: And she's ready
to reclaim the presidency.
Now, stand down, soldier.
Afraid I can't do that, sir.
I have orders.
I am the secretary of defense,
serving the rightful president
of the United States,
and I'm giving you new ones.
Stand down.
Stop right there, sir.
Lieutenant, you have a choice to make.
You follow those orders
of yours, you shoot us,
and live with the fact that you
handed the country over to a coup.
Or you honor your oath
to protect America
from all enemies, foreign and domestic,
and you help us take back our country.
Your call.
The gravity tractor.
We have control.
It worked.
Don't celebrate just yet.
(typing)
The asteroid's iron core.
We didn't account for its density.
Plug that new variable in and...
And th-the gravity tractor's
mass may not be great enough
to move Samson off its course. Oh...
But the GT's already up there.
There's nothing we can
do about that now.
There's always a way.
We just... need to find it.
Run every calculation, every permutation
with that iron-core variable.
(door bangs open)
Pauline?
It's me.
And it's Madam President, Admiral.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Monroe Bennett tried to poison me
in a not-so-bloodless coup.
Please.
In accordance with the 25th Amendment,
Pauline Mackenzie has been given
medical clearance by her physician,
and is submitting her
request to be reinstated
as President of the United States.
As secretary of defense,
I fully recognize the legitimacy
of the Mackenzie presidency.
And I would advise all of us
to do the same.
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's do-or-die time.
I need to know where
your allegiances lie.
(tires screeching)
We've cleared and secured
this level for you, ma'am.
All video surveillance
has been turned off.
To the White House.
I need to address the nation
from the Oval Office.
Mr. Secretary, I want you
to arrest Monroe Bennett
and Claire Rayburn for treason.
You're the only one
I trust to bring them in.
It will be my pleasure.
Grace, this may be the most
important speech
I or any president has ever given.
I want you to write it.
I'd be honored.
(van doors open)
(van engines start)
(tires screech)
(sighs)
You still breathing?
Yeah. You?
Mr. Secretary, you're a real patriot.
You as well, Ms. Barrows.
(pistol cocks)
You used me.
Claire, put the gun down.
It's over.
I know what you did.
I did what was necessary
to save this country from threats
most people couldn't even imagine.
You poisoned a sitting president
to start a war.
Mackenzie was too weak,
too unwilling to make the hard calls.
And now, it seems, so are you.
I never meant to hurt you, Claire.
Please. Don't flatter yourself.
It's always been country
first for me, Harris.
And you're a traitor.
- Which is why you have to die.
- Wait...
(grunts)
(shell clatters)
(breathing rapidly)
(exhales)
FYI, I have skills other
than body disposal.
You do know you saved
Harris's life, don't you?
You did.
(phone ringing)
This is Harris.
I'm on my way.
The Russian aircraft carrier
Reka Volga just exploded
and sank off the coast of Finland.
Russia believes we torpedoed her,
and her military just moved
to Condition One.
That means war.
Mackenzie's got to make
her reappearance now.
I need to get home, see your mom.
- Dad, wait.
- Zoe's gonna be fine.
I put her in contact with
a friend of mine at the embassy.
I love you.
HARRIS: Madam President,
there's troop movements
along the Polish border.
Russian subs have been detected
coming up to firing depth.
Mr. Secretary, are we sure
that RE/SYST is the culprit?
Most definitely, Madam President.
Mr. Tanz.
They used a hack to overheat
the ship's own reactor core,
just like they did to the Pike.
Darius has computer logs
from the Pike...
hard and fast data
we can show the Russians.
No, if it comes from us,
they won't believe a word of it.
Not that we can blame them
at this point.
What do they want, Mr. Tanz?
RE/SYST seems hell-bent on
Russia and the United States...
annihilating each other.
We need to go public quickly.
I need to address the nation. The world.
Madam President, if I may,
a word in private with you,
Mr. Secretary, and Ms. Barrows.
Michael, clear the room, please.
HARRIS: An ark?
For 160 people?
Yes, a hundred meters underground.
The hangar is fully equipped
to sustain life
for several years in the event
of a nuclear attack, and...
the Ark is prepared to go into space
should the need arise.
And you're suggesting we go there
and circumvent all White House protocol?
We don't yet have a fool-proof solution
to our asteroid problem,
and if a nuclear attack
forces us underground
for more than a hundred days, well...
an escape route... may be necessary.
Darius, there's protocol in place.
Of course.
I-I just want you to know that...
there is a space for all of you.
I leave it in your hands.
We're ready in five, four,
three, two...
My fellow Americans,
in the words of Mark Twain,
"Reports of my death
are greatly exaggerated."
What I'm about to tell you
may come as a shock.
I was poisoned in an attempted coup
led by Vice President Bennett.
And it's only through the heroic actions
taken by a handful of patriots...
(chuckles wryly) that I am still here.
But rest assured, this despicable coup
has been put down,
and I am now in full control.
Our most pressing problem
right now is the deteriorating
state of relations
between Russia and the United States.
What I want to say to
our Russian friends,
in no uncertain terms:
our true enemy is not each other,
but the hacker group known as RE/SYST.
RE/SYST was behind the attack
on the USS Pike
and now the Russian carrier Volga.
We don't need to fight each other.
We must unite to fight RE/SYST.
(elevator bell dings)
- Now, the illegal actions
- (gunshots)
of Vice President Bennett
have greatly compounded
an already dangerous situation.
But I want to urge people
all over this world to take a pause,
give us a chance
to talk, so that cooler heads
may prevail.
Because...
my fellow Americans,
the worst to befall us
has yet to come.
And that is why
I must tell you the truth.
In approximately 128 days, an...
- (electronic squeaking, static)
- What's happening?
What the hell is happening?
Are we still live?
COMPUTER VOICE: This message
is being disseminated
by the United States government.
At 3:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
NORAD detected
four long-range nuclear missiles
believed to be headed
for the Washington, D.C. area.
All residents within a 400-mile radius
of this area should evacuate.
TANZ: People, people, people, don't panic.
Calm down, calm down.
We need to usher as many of our
people down to the office as we can.
Now. Th-There's a safe place
for you here at Tanz.
- This way, down the back. Let's go...
- Move.
(overlapping chatter)
Mr. Secretary, I just got
off the phone with NORAD.
There is confirmation
of four intercontinental
ballistic missiles,
incoming, from three different sources.
Ladies and gentlemen...
we are under attack.
Madam President, we've launched
the GMD intercept missiles
as a defensive action to shoot
down as many inbound as we can.
But that's no guarantee
of total success.
Look, we can stay defensive...
- or we can launch our own.
- That's...
mutually assured destruction.
Madam President,
we need to make a decision.
Now.
(zipper opens)
(beeping)
This is General Vierling at NORAD.
Gold codes are verified.
What are your orders, ma'am?
Is there any chance
that this might be a mistake?
Or a move by RE/SYST to make
this look like a Russian attack?
No, ma'am, confidence is high.
AGENT: Madam President,
we have 27 minutes.
We need to get you all
to the command bunker, now.
All right, everyone. To the bunker.
Not you, Harris.
Or you, Ms. Barrows.
Excuse me?
Marine One is standing by
on the South Lawn,
to take the both of you to Tanz.
- To that ark.
- HARRIS: Madam President,
- you're not thinking this through.
- Oh, I am, Mr. Secretary.
I will safeguard this nation.
But you must safeguard humanity.
And that is an order.
We understand.
Yes, ma'am.
Good luck.
(door opens)
Madam President,
what are your orders?
JILLIAN: ...three, four.
Thank you. Hi.
You guys, keep going.
Six, eight, nine, ten.
Wait, hold, hold, hold, hold.
Elevator's full.
LIAM: Single file. Let's go, come on.
Keep moving, guys.
- How many down so far?
- Keep going, keep going.
104.
Darius, I need to talk to you.
There's no time.
Darius, there's no time left
to have this conversation.
I got to talk to you right now.
Darius.
- Darius, the genetic testing.
- Yeah, I didn't pass it.
Wait, you-you... you know.
Why did you...
Leadership is difficult.
It's about having
to make hard decisions.
When to hold information,
when to pass it on.
The burden, it won't... be easy.
You never planned on going on the Ark.
You'll be surrounded
by the finest scientists,
doctors, engineers.
In the meantime, I'll be working
on the iron core problem.
God willing, whatever hits the
East Coast won't destroy us all.
(sniffles)
Though not always a pleasure...
(chuckles)
...it's been a true honor, sir.
Likewise.
(helicopter approaching)
Holy crap.
- (chuckles softly)
- Darius, you don't disappoint.
TANZ: I have a former astronaut
who can pilot this
if it comes to that.
I'm sure he'll benefit
from your expertise.
We have less than ten minutes
to seal these doors.
With Tess off-line,
I'll have to do it manually
from inside Tanz.
Wait, you're not staying?
No.
You'll have everything you need.
For years to come.
I need some air.
(sighs)
Grace?
Grace?
Why?
I have a hereditary disease.
Huntington's.
I've been working with researchers
to find a way to
shut the gene off, but...
science hasn't caught up with me
as of yet.
Who gives a damn?
You're healthy now.
We need you in there, Darius,
you can't...
just abandon us like that.
- You don't need me in there.
- Well, then, I-I want you in there.
(softly) I want you.
(crying) I want to be with you.
I don't care where.
(♪♪♪)
Grace.
Those people need you in there.
He needs you.
What I said to you
that night at the embassy,
that you were extraordinary...
(laughs) In an ordinary way.
(both laugh)
I was wrong.
You're extraordinary, full stop.
A born leader.
It's time to lead.
(sighs)
We took it all for granted.
(sighs)
We did.
Go.
(quietly) Go.
TANZ: My friends...
if you're listening to this,
I'm afraid it's because the human race
has gotten itself into...
well, a bit of a pickle.
But if you look around you,
you will soon learn
that you are among the best
and the brightest.
You are surrounded by the best
of what makes us human:
art, literature,
music, history.
Because this hangar is air gapped,
you will have no contact with
the outside world for 30 days.
In the event that the planet
has become uninhabitable,
the Ark that stands behind you
can carry 160 people into orbit
with enough supplies
to last three years.
Darkness has descended upon us like...
a cloud.
But as a wise man once said...
"Even in darkness, there is light."
(people whispering indistinctly)
I can't change what happens, but...
(chuckles)
I can change the ambience.
(people muttering indistinctly)
("Fly Me to the Moon"
by Frank Sinatra playing)
♪ Fly me to the moon ♪
♪ Let me play among the stars ♪
♪ Let me see... ♪
What does he expect us to do?
♪ Jupiter and Mars... ♪
Dance.
♪ In other words ♪
♪ Hold my hand... ♪
He wants us to dance.
♪ In other words ♪
♪ Baby, kiss me ♪
♪ Fill my heart with song ♪
♪ And let me sing forevermore ♪
♪ You are all I long for ♪
♪ All I worship and adore ♪
♪ In other words... ♪
You're right.
Fear can't paralyze us.
It has to motivate us...
keep us together.
Like magnets.
Jillian.
Jillian, I need to tell
Darius something right now
before it's too late.
Wait, you can't leave.
You'll be locked out.
I'm sorry.
- No.
- I'm sorry. I got to go.
I love you so much. I love you so much.
(under breath) I got to go.
I got to go.
♪ Let me sing forevermore... ♪
Liam.
♪ You are all I long for ♪
♪ All I worship and adore ♪
♪ In other words ♪
♪ Please be true ♪
♪ In other words ♪
♪ In other words ♪
♪ I love ♪
♪ You ♪
LIAM: Hey! Darius!
Liam?
The iron core... I know what to do.
There's still hope.
- Where are we with the 160?
Jillian's curating all the data.
TANZ: My personal selections.
I want them put through all the
genetic testing and analysis.
Tess. She's being attacked.
This is RE/SYST.
They've been in our system since
we launched the gravity tractor.
Once shut down,
this is the only move we have.
Are you with him? Darius?
You never mentioned you were in love.
GRACE: No. Harris and I, we're over.
That's not who I'm talking about.
Darius, what happened in Moscow...
Needs to stay in Moscow. I know.
We're facing an extinction-level event.
Think through the consequences
of publishing
this story, Amanda.
There would be global panic.
I'm afraid the cat's out of the bag
with our reporter friend.
CLAIRE: Take the necessary action.
(alarm blaring)
(silenced gunshot)
TANZ: Initially, we thought
Samson was made of porous rock,
but it has an iron core.
So, the government's plan to smash
the asteroid into pieces
with a gravity tractor
won't do a damn thing.
Except destroy the gravity tractor.
Get the medic.
Turn those cameras off now!
I, Monroe Bennett, do solemnly swear...
HARRIS: This is a coup, orchestrated
at the highest levels,
which I am trying to stop.
(weakly) Welcome, Mr. Secretary.
The only way to regain control
of the gravity tractor
is to regain control of the country.
By any means necessary. Are you in?
Well, let's take these bastards down.
(beeps)
TANZ: My friends.
If you're listening to this,
I'm afraid it's because the human race
has gotten itself into,
well, a bit of a pickle.
(phone vibrating)
(gasps)
(alarm sounding)
General Higgins.
What the hell happened?
Digging through the wreckage
will take time, but...
- But what?
- Bring it up on screen two.
There were three Russian subs
within torpedo range of the Pike
when it blew up.
GRACE: At 06:00 hours
Eastern Standard Time, an explosion
of unknown origin struck the USS Pike
600 kilometers off the coast of Florida.
The extent of the casualties
is currently unknown.
- Yes, Russ.
- Grace, any news about survivors?
- None as of yet.
- Ms. Barrows.
Ms. Barrows...
Ms. Barrows, when is the president
going to make a statement?
The president is being briefed
as we speak.
Updates will be given
when we have more information.
- Thank you.
- (reporters clamoring)
Do we know who's responsible?
Ms. Barrows...
Millie, get me Amanda Neel
at Capitol Eyes.
LIAM: I've never seen
a level of encryption like this.
I mean, the RE/SYST ghost key spread
through Tess like a cancer.
I have no idea how to assess the damage.
If only we could ask Tess.
The fastest computer in the
world, and we can't boot her up.
'Cause they'd have full access
to her capabilities.
Well, Darius.
Looks like they used Tess
to launch a brute force attack
on another system
before we shut her down.
I don't recognize it.
I do.
Oh...
(typing)
It's the U.S. military.
RE/SYST used Tess to attack
a U.S. military target.
Right now, we're the only
ones who know about this.
I need you to track down RE/SYST.
But their last headquarters
was blown up, it was raided.
They have to be out there somewhere.
Find them.
(line ringing)
(computer chimes)
(intercom beeps)
Millie, did you get Ms. Neel?
MILLIE: Grace, there was a fire
at Capitol Eyes last night.
What?
The place burnt down.
(phone ringing)
Darius.
You need to get me in
to see Bennett and Harris now.
Sir, the Pike's a total loss.
No survivors.
The Pike had control
of the gravity tractor.
Not anymore. Someone's locked us out.
"Someone"?
I think it's quite clear
who did this, Mr. Secretary.
Mr. President.
I've spoken with my Russian counterpart
Defense Minister Toporov.
- They've denied responsibility...
- CLAIRE: Of course they have.
Because there's no upside to owning it.
We have clear justification
for retaliation,
valid provocation
in the eyes of the world...
- and our allies.
- Any military action
will trigger an even greater
response from Russia.
Have you forgotten how this all began?
In Chelyabinsk, when
the Russians and the Chinese
colluded to take out
our defense systems.
They will not stop
until we're eliminated.
They are the existential threat.
And our only hope is to stop them.
TANZ: First rule of war:
know thine enemy.
And in this case, that enemy
isn't Russia, it's RE/SYST.
Who the hell let him in here?
Mr. Tanz, your clearance was revoked.
Well, I have clearance, and I brought
Darius down here for a reason.
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary,
you need to hear this.
If you'll have your technicians
review these computer logs,
they'll see that RE/SYST
used my supercomputer
to hack into the Pike.
Russia had nothing to do with it.
Well, according to my generals,
this was the work of a torpedo
launched by a Russian submarine.
All due respect, sir,
your, uh, generals are wrong.
Can this supercomputer of yours
get me my gravity tractor back?
I've had to shut her down
to avoid further catastrophe.
So, in other words, once again,
your recklessness
has compromised all of us.
No, Ms. Rayburn,
your recklessness
has compromised all of us.
Darius had a solution to save us all.
He built an EmDrive.
He got the gravity tractor up there.
And now you want to use it to
smash the asteroid into pieces
and destroy the Eastern Hemisphere.
That strategy is not only
immoral, it's nonsense.
The iron core
of the asteroid will destroy
our gravity tractor and, along with it,
any chance of our survival.
This administration's refusal
to embrace the scientific facts
is literally the difference
between life and death.
Ms. Barrows, are you finished?
No. Mr. President.
Let us prove to you that RE/SYST
is behind this attack
before you launch a missile
that you can't take back.
(exhales)
You have 24 hours.
That may not be enough time, sir.
That's all the time you have,
Ms. Barrows.
I know. You think I've lost it.
Actually, I think you've found it.
HARRIS: 24 hours.
Not a lot of time.
TANZ: To prove RE/SYST is the culprit?
No.
To reinstall President Mackenzie.
(sirens wailing)
(indistinct chatter)
LIAM: Hey, excuse me?
I'm looking for a friend of mine;
she's a reporter here.
Amanda Neel... did she get out okay?
We don't have any names or IDs yet.
You've got to stay
behind the tape, please, son.
(indistinct radio transmission)
(ringing)
Come on, Amanda, pick up.
Come on, pick up.
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
MACKENZIE: (weakly) Mr. Secretary.
Well...
Ms. Barrows.
Mr. Tanz.
My list of allies grows.
GRACE: Madam President,
it's so good to see you.
How do we install an
illegally deposed president
that everyone thinks is dead?
We show she's alive and able.
Mr. Secretary, this is all
happening too quickly.
She needs more time to recover.
I'm sorry, but we can't afford
to slow down.
We need to present
the cabinet and the joint chiefs
with an official letter
of competence and fitness.
From you.
MACKENZIE: Mr. Secretary.
Even with a letter to the cabinet
and my reappearance...
...Bennett will never
agree to step aside.
Or give up those launch codes.
True, but...
Bennett can't protest
if he's not there.
What are you suggesting?
That we kidnap the president
of the United States.
Now.
(elevator bell chimes)
I'm gonna have to change my cell phone
if I have any hope of
finishing a golf game.
GRACE: Hey, Dad.
Thanks for coming.
So, kidnapping the president.
Whose crazy idea was that?
(Jillian sighs)
Do you think Amanda's really dead?
I don't know.
They haven't released the
names of the deceased yet.
Have you told him yet?
I've got bigger problems right now.
Darius has to be told
he didn't pass the genetic test.
He's expedited the 160,
and I've contacted everyone.
I think he's planning
on using the Ark hangar
as a bunker in case the, um...
What, in case the Russians
bomb the hell out of us?
It's not gonna come to that.
You don't know that.
I'm not gonna let it come
to that and neither is Darius.
He's not a superhero, Liam,
and neither are you.
Jillian.
You know, I understand
that you are too busy
to have emotions right now,
but I am not and I am scared.
So am I.
But we cannot be paralyzed by fear.
We have to be energized by it.
(sighs)
(computer beeps)
LIAM: This is it.
Yes, this is definitely it.
All right, it's gonna be okay.
I promise.
Okay.
Section 1 of the 25th Amendment
deals with presidential succession
in the event of incapacitation or death.
Mackenzie was declared dead.
Clearly that's not the case.
An incapacitated president
can reclaim power
once they're again fit for the job.
So, if Mackenzie can convince
the joint chiefs and the cabinet
that she's of sound mind...
They'll have grounds to reinstate her,
which brings us back
to our original question:
how do we get Bennett out of
the White House undetected?
There's a series of emergency tunnels
that run under the White
House, built after 9/11.
If we can create some pretext
to usher Bennett into these tunnels,
we can get him out of the White
House without anyone knowing.
- We can do this.
- HARRIS: We can.
But can Mackenzie?
(phone chimes)
While you're out handling
the apocalypse of today,
I'll handle the apocalypse of tomorrow.
I'm gonna get the gravity tractor
back from RE/SYST.
- Good luck.
- To all of us.
HUGH: We have about six hours
to pull this off.
The whole place was torched.
Arson, apparently.
I'm amazed the damn thing still works.
These things were built
to survive a nuclear holocaust.
I imagine the cockroaches
will be playing a lot of
Candy Crush after doomsday.
So, there's this special,
encrypted connection.
This must be the direct line to RE/SYST.
Perfect. We're sending a message.
A text?
No, video.
Ready for my close-up.
Hello, RE/SYST, I know
what you did last summer,
and I'm not happy.
It's time we meet face-to-face.
I can be your friend
or your worst enemy.
You have ten seconds to decide.
Nine now.
- It's ballsy.
- (phone chimes)
Those are coordinates.
Looks like we have a date.
Where have you been?
I wasn't aware the secretary of defense
had to clear his schedule with you.
The president is going
to address the nation
from the Oval, explain why these
latest actions by Russia...
Have left us no choice
but to destroy our enemies
before they destroy us.
So, that, uh,
24 hours we promised Darius and Grace?
The president thinks
it's a waste of time.
You object?
Of course not, but he
needs to prerecord this.
- He can't deliver this speech live.
- Why is that?
So, by the time we launch,
he'll already be in the safety
of the contingency shelter.
And his exact location will be unknown.
The president's safety is the priority.
I recommend we clear the West Wing
of all but essential personnel.
We can't afford interference
of any kind on the eve
of military action.
I'll take care of it.
Good.
We'll get through this...
together.
Yeah.
(tires screech)
(gulls squawking)
(ship horn blows)
Well, they do have
a flare for the dramatic.
(distorted voice) Hello, Liam.
Darius.
LIAM: Augmented reality.
I didn't know that kind of tech
was on the market.
It's not yet.
This is my design.
It never went into production.
Too many headaches,
literal and figurative, right, Darius?
(chuckles)
You seem to know a lot about me.
Now, this isn't what I had in mind
when I asked for a face-to-face,
talking to an avatar.
You didn't think I was in D.C., did you?
Or am I?
Are you? Aren't you?
You took something from me.
I want it back.
Everyone has a number.
What's yours?
Tess.
I want Tess.
Or her source code, to be more specific.
RE/SYST is responsible for
the USS Pike, aren't you?
You don't answer, you get nothing.
Yes, we blew up the Pike.
Why?
They killed us, we killed them.
That leads to nothing good.
It's a vicious cycle.
Now, I'm trying to de-escalate things,
and I need that probe back
for reasons you probably already know.
You give me Tess's source code
and I'll relinquish control
of the gravity tractor.
That's the deal I'm willing to cut.
You have one hour.
- The reporter from Capitol Eyes?
- Mm-hmm.
- How did she get ahold of my speech?
- I don't know,
but she decoded it
and wrote this article.
- Has this been released yet?
- Not yet.
(whispering) Oh, God.
I'm afraid she lost her life
trying to get the truth out there.
Uh... maybe it's time to deliver this.
Grace, the world is on a precipice.
This speech... (laughs)
...this speech could
send us over the edge.
Or it could pull us back
from the brink, unite us all.
People have died because of this secret
and-and millions more may
follow. Madam President,
I urge you, no more secrets.
(phone chimes and vibrates)
Madam President, it's time.
"This Russian aggression will not stand.
"We will endure.
"We're built to survive.
We are the United States of America.
God bless."
Mr. President, HomeSec has
identified a credible threat
against the White House.
We need to get you to safety.
- Now.
- Okay, clear the room.
Sir, we'll move you
to the Presidential
Emergency Operation Center
- underneath the West Wing.
- Hold on.
He comes or I go nowhere.
HARRIS: Of course. Come with us, Major.
Watch your step, sir.
BENNETT: How far to the Op Center?
HARRIS: Not too much further.
HUGH: Mr. President.
Though I suspect not for long.
What the hell is going on here?
You took the government by force,
now we're taking it back.
HARRIS: Cuff him.
(grunts)
You'll live to regret this, Harris.
I'm the president of the United States.
Illegitimate president.
Pauline Mackenzie isn't dead.
What?
HUGH: But the good news is,
they'll reduce the charges
against you from first degree
to attempted murder.
Oh, and treason, of course.
You won't be needing these
nuclear codes anymore.
HARRIS: You, Major. Come with me.
Major, don't move.
I take my orders from the president
of the United States, sir.
He's not your president.
He engineered a coup,
and you're aiding and
abetting that, Major,
if you don't hand over the bag
and come with me,
the secretary of defense, now.
I know this can be
confusing, son, but...
maybe this will help.
LIAM: Darius, you sure about this?
Giving RE/SYST a computer
as powerful as Tess
is like giving the
Incredible Hulk steroids.
That's a great analogy.
One crisis at a time.
Tess is a computer.
I can always build another one.
We lose control of the gravity
tractor, we lose everything.
All right.
She's coming online now.
Tess, are you there?
TESS: Yes, Darius.
What can I do for you?
You've done more than enough. I just...
...wanted to say thank you.
My pleasure, Darius.
They're in.
LIAM: "Pleasure doing
business with you."
Darius.
Darius, look.
SECRETARY: I have no idea what happened.
They were in here behind closed doors.
- I just followed orders, ma'am.
- Whose orders?
The Defense Secretary Harris Edwards.
He gave me a file to take
upstairs to the residents.
Get me Secret Service now.
(elevator bell dings)
- Wait, hold your fire.
- Stop right there.
This area's in security lockdown.
Good afternoon, everyone.
- President Mackenzie?
- Alive and well.
HARRIS: And she's ready
to reclaim the presidency.
Now, stand down, soldier.
Afraid I can't do that, sir.
I have orders.
I am the secretary of defense,
serving the rightful president
of the United States,
and I'm giving you new ones.
Stand down.
Stop right there, sir.
Lieutenant, you have a choice to make.
You follow those orders
of yours, you shoot us,
and live with the fact that you
handed the country over to a coup.
Or you honor your oath
to protect America
from all enemies, foreign and domestic,
and you help us take back our country.
Your call.
The gravity tractor.
We have control.
It worked.
Don't celebrate just yet.
(typing)
The asteroid's iron core.
We didn't account for its density.
Plug that new variable in and...
And th-the gravity tractor's
mass may not be great enough
to move Samson off its course. Oh...
But the GT's already up there.
There's nothing we can
do about that now.
There's always a way.
We just... need to find it.
Run every calculation, every permutation
with that iron-core variable.
(door bangs open)
Pauline?
It's me.
And it's Madam President, Admiral.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Monroe Bennett tried to poison me
in a not-so-bloodless coup.
Please.
In accordance with the 25th Amendment,
Pauline Mackenzie has been given
medical clearance by her physician,
and is submitting her
request to be reinstated
as President of the United States.
As secretary of defense,
I fully recognize the legitimacy
of the Mackenzie presidency.
And I would advise all of us
to do the same.
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's do-or-die time.
I need to know where
your allegiances lie.
(tires screeching)
We've cleared and secured
this level for you, ma'am.
All video surveillance
has been turned off.
To the White House.
I need to address the nation
from the Oval Office.
Mr. Secretary, I want you
to arrest Monroe Bennett
and Claire Rayburn for treason.
You're the only one
I trust to bring them in.
It will be my pleasure.
Grace, this may be the most
important speech
I or any president has ever given.
I want you to write it.
I'd be honored.
(van doors open)
(van engines start)
(tires screech)
(sighs)
You still breathing?
Yeah. You?
Mr. Secretary, you're a real patriot.
You as well, Ms. Barrows.
(pistol cocks)
You used me.
Claire, put the gun down.
It's over.
I know what you did.
I did what was necessary
to save this country from threats
most people couldn't even imagine.
You poisoned a sitting president
to start a war.
Mackenzie was too weak,
too unwilling to make the hard calls.
And now, it seems, so are you.
I never meant to hurt you, Claire.
Please. Don't flatter yourself.
It's always been country
first for me, Harris.
And you're a traitor.
- Which is why you have to die.
- Wait...
(grunts)
(shell clatters)
(breathing rapidly)
(exhales)
FYI, I have skills other
than body disposal.
You do know you saved
Harris's life, don't you?
You did.
(phone ringing)
This is Harris.
I'm on my way.
The Russian aircraft carrier
Reka Volga just exploded
and sank off the coast of Finland.
Russia believes we torpedoed her,
and her military just moved
to Condition One.
That means war.
Mackenzie's got to make
her reappearance now.
I need to get home, see your mom.
- Dad, wait.
- Zoe's gonna be fine.
I put her in contact with
a friend of mine at the embassy.
I love you.
HARRIS: Madam President,
there's troop movements
along the Polish border.
Russian subs have been detected
coming up to firing depth.
Mr. Secretary, are we sure
that RE/SYST is the culprit?
Most definitely, Madam President.
Mr. Tanz.
They used a hack to overheat
the ship's own reactor core,
just like they did to the Pike.
Darius has computer logs
from the Pike...
hard and fast data
we can show the Russians.
No, if it comes from us,
they won't believe a word of it.
Not that we can blame them
at this point.
What do they want, Mr. Tanz?
RE/SYST seems hell-bent on
Russia and the United States...
annihilating each other.
We need to go public quickly.
I need to address the nation. The world.
Madam President, if I may,
a word in private with you,
Mr. Secretary, and Ms. Barrows.
Michael, clear the room, please.
HARRIS: An ark?
For 160 people?
Yes, a hundred meters underground.
The hangar is fully equipped
to sustain life
for several years in the event
of a nuclear attack, and...
the Ark is prepared to go into space
should the need arise.
And you're suggesting we go there
and circumvent all White House protocol?
We don't yet have a fool-proof solution
to our asteroid problem,
and if a nuclear attack
forces us underground
for more than a hundred days, well...
an escape route... may be necessary.
Darius, there's protocol in place.
Of course.
I-I just want you to know that...
there is a space for all of you.
I leave it in your hands.
We're ready in five, four,
three, two...
My fellow Americans,
in the words of Mark Twain,
"Reports of my death
are greatly exaggerated."
What I'm about to tell you
may come as a shock.
I was poisoned in an attempted coup
led by Vice President Bennett.
And it's only through the heroic actions
taken by a handful of patriots...
(chuckles wryly) that I am still here.
But rest assured, this despicable coup
has been put down,
and I am now in full control.
Our most pressing problem
right now is the deteriorating
state of relations
between Russia and the United States.
What I want to say to
our Russian friends,
in no uncertain terms:
our true enemy is not each other,
but the hacker group known as RE/SYST.
RE/SYST was behind the attack
on the USS Pike
and now the Russian carrier Volga.
We don't need to fight each other.
We must unite to fight RE/SYST.
(elevator bell dings)
- Now, the illegal actions
- (gunshots)
of Vice President Bennett
have greatly compounded
an already dangerous situation.
But I want to urge people
all over this world to take a pause,
give us a chance
to talk, so that cooler heads
may prevail.
Because...
my fellow Americans,
the worst to befall us
has yet to come.
And that is why
I must tell you the truth.
In approximately 128 days, an...
- (electronic squeaking, static)
- What's happening?
What the hell is happening?
Are we still live?
COMPUTER VOICE: This message
is being disseminated
by the United States government.
At 3:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
NORAD detected
four long-range nuclear missiles
believed to be headed
for the Washington, D.C. area.
All residents within a 400-mile radius
of this area should evacuate.
TANZ: People, people, people, don't panic.
Calm down, calm down.
We need to usher as many of our
people down to the office as we can.
Now. Th-There's a safe place
for you here at Tanz.
- This way, down the back. Let's go...
- Move.
(overlapping chatter)
Mr. Secretary, I just got
off the phone with NORAD.
There is confirmation
of four intercontinental
ballistic missiles,
incoming, from three different sources.
Ladies and gentlemen...
we are under attack.
Madam President, we've launched
the GMD intercept missiles
as a defensive action to shoot
down as many inbound as we can.
But that's no guarantee
of total success.
Look, we can stay defensive...
- or we can launch our own.
- That's...
mutually assured destruction.
Madam President,
we need to make a decision.
Now.
(zipper opens)
(beeping)
This is General Vierling at NORAD.
Gold codes are verified.
What are your orders, ma'am?
Is there any chance
that this might be a mistake?
Or a move by RE/SYST to make
this look like a Russian attack?
No, ma'am, confidence is high.
AGENT: Madam President,
we have 27 minutes.
We need to get you all
to the command bunker, now.
All right, everyone. To the bunker.
Not you, Harris.
Or you, Ms. Barrows.
Excuse me?
Marine One is standing by
on the South Lawn,
to take the both of you to Tanz.
- To that ark.
- HARRIS: Madam President,
- you're not thinking this through.
- Oh, I am, Mr. Secretary.
I will safeguard this nation.
But you must safeguard humanity.
And that is an order.
We understand.
Yes, ma'am.
Good luck.
(door opens)
Madam President,
what are your orders?
JILLIAN: ...three, four.
Thank you. Hi.
You guys, keep going.
Six, eight, nine, ten.
Wait, hold, hold, hold, hold.
Elevator's full.
LIAM: Single file. Let's go, come on.
Keep moving, guys.
- How many down so far?
- Keep going, keep going.
104.
Darius, I need to talk to you.
There's no time.
Darius, there's no time left
to have this conversation.
I got to talk to you right now.
Darius.
- Darius, the genetic testing.
- Yeah, I didn't pass it.
Wait, you-you... you know.
Why did you...
Leadership is difficult.
It's about having
to make hard decisions.
When to hold information,
when to pass it on.
The burden, it won't... be easy.
You never planned on going on the Ark.
You'll be surrounded
by the finest scientists,
doctors, engineers.
In the meantime, I'll be working
on the iron core problem.
God willing, whatever hits the
East Coast won't destroy us all.
(sniffles)
Though not always a pleasure...
(chuckles)
...it's been a true honor, sir.
Likewise.
(helicopter approaching)
Holy crap.
- (chuckles softly)
- Darius, you don't disappoint.
TANZ: I have a former astronaut
who can pilot this
if it comes to that.
I'm sure he'll benefit
from your expertise.
We have less than ten minutes
to seal these doors.
With Tess off-line,
I'll have to do it manually
from inside Tanz.
Wait, you're not staying?
No.
You'll have everything you need.
For years to come.
I need some air.
(sighs)
Grace?
Grace?
Why?
I have a hereditary disease.
Huntington's.
I've been working with researchers
to find a way to
shut the gene off, but...
science hasn't caught up with me
as of yet.
Who gives a damn?
You're healthy now.
We need you in there, Darius,
you can't...
just abandon us like that.
- You don't need me in there.
- Well, then, I-I want you in there.
(softly) I want you.
(crying) I want to be with you.
I don't care where.
(♪♪♪)
Grace.
Those people need you in there.
He needs you.
What I said to you
that night at the embassy,
that you were extraordinary...
(laughs) In an ordinary way.
(both laugh)
I was wrong.
You're extraordinary, full stop.
A born leader.
It's time to lead.
(sighs)
We took it all for granted.
(sighs)
We did.
Go.
(quietly) Go.
TANZ: My friends...
if you're listening to this,
I'm afraid it's because the human race
has gotten itself into...
well, a bit of a pickle.
But if you look around you,
you will soon learn
that you are among the best
and the brightest.
You are surrounded by the best
of what makes us human:
art, literature,
music, history.
Because this hangar is air gapped,
you will have no contact with
the outside world for 30 days.
In the event that the planet
has become uninhabitable,
the Ark that stands behind you
can carry 160 people into orbit
with enough supplies
to last three years.
Darkness has descended upon us like...
a cloud.
But as a wise man once said...
"Even in darkness, there is light."
(people whispering indistinctly)
I can't change what happens, but...
(chuckles)
I can change the ambience.
(people muttering indistinctly)
("Fly Me to the Moon"
by Frank Sinatra playing)
♪ Fly me to the moon ♪
♪ Let me play among the stars ♪
♪ Let me see... ♪
What does he expect us to do?
♪ Jupiter and Mars... ♪
Dance.
♪ In other words ♪
♪ Hold my hand... ♪
He wants us to dance.
♪ In other words ♪
♪ Baby, kiss me ♪
♪ Fill my heart with song ♪
♪ And let me sing forevermore ♪
♪ You are all I long for ♪
♪ All I worship and adore ♪
♪ In other words... ♪
You're right.
Fear can't paralyze us.
It has to motivate us...
keep us together.
Like magnets.
Jillian.
Jillian, I need to tell
Darius something right now
before it's too late.
Wait, you can't leave.
You'll be locked out.
I'm sorry.
- No.
- I'm sorry. I got to go.
I love you so much. I love you so much.
(under breath) I got to go.
I got to go.
♪ Let me sing forevermore... ♪
Liam.
♪ You are all I long for ♪
♪ All I worship and adore ♪
♪ In other words ♪
♪ Please be true ♪
♪ In other words ♪
♪ In other words ♪
♪ I love ♪
♪ You ♪
LIAM: Hey! Darius!
Liam?
The iron core... I know what to do.
There's still hope.