Station Eleven (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

Ay, every inch a king.

When I do stare,
see how the subject quakes.

I pardon that man's life.

What was thy cause?

Adultery?

Thou shalt not die.

For Gloucester's bastard son
was kinder to his father

than my daughters got.

To 't, luxury, pell-mell,
for I lack soldiers.

Behold yond simpering dame,

whose face between
her forks presages snow,



that minces...

Ah.

The fitchew, nor... nor the...

He's having a heart attack.

He's acting.

No, look.

- Dost thou know me?
- Ah...

What are you doing?
Jeevan, sit down.

Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry.

- Jeevan.
- Sorry.

Sir?

Sir?

Sir!

Arthur.



Are you a doctor?

Is there... is there a doctor?
Is there a doctor?

Can you...
Is there a doctor?

Can...
Can someone stop the snow?

Bob!

I... I can't do this.

- I don't know how to...
- Bob?

How is there not a doctor?

Get out of the way.
Please, get out of the way.

I need a defibrillator.

- Quickly!
- I got it!

Unpack it.

Someone please turn off
the fucking snow!

Stay with me, sir.
Stay with me.

Clear!

Charging again.

One more time.
One more time.

Hold on.
So you don't know CPR?

Uh, no.

But you ran on stage anyway.

Yeah.

Did you know the victim?

No.

Uh, no, I was just
in the audience.

Sorry, excuse me.

Hey, weren't you in the play?

What's your name?

Kirsten.

Where is your mom or dad?

Who looks after you
when you're here?

Tanya.

The wrangler.

Like your cows?

They call the person
who looks after the kids

- the wrangler.
- Oh.

All right, come on, let's...

Let's go find your wrangler.

Hey, excuse me, sir.

- Do you know where Tanya...
- No.

The wrangler...

- Yeah. Uh-huh.
- That's what I said.

Tanya?

Hey, excuse me.
Do you know a Tanya?

She's the wrangler for the...
For the...

Do you think Arthur's dead?

If he is...

he was doing what he loved most
in the world when he died.

So that's cool, right?

Acting is what
I love most in the world, too.

Okay, well.
It's... it's... it's good

that you have something.

Honey. Oh, my God.
Are you okay?

- Mm-hmm.
- Okay. Let's go.

- Thank you.
- All right.

Bye.

Fuck!

All I can tell you
is, tonight,

Arthur Leander fainted

- due to dehydration.
- Oh, come on.

You saw him.
That's not dehydration.

- Do you have any questions?
- Does this have anything

to do with his weight?

Hi.

Hi.

What happened to Tanya
the Wrangler?

Oh, she's in there
with Arthur.

So how do you usually
get home?

I take the L with Tanya.

Okay, come on.
I'll walk you to the L.

But I can't go
with a stranger unless Tanya

and my parents say it's okay.

Okay.

Hello, I'm Jeevan Chaudhary.

And you're Kirsten...

- Raymonde.
- Raymonde, okay.

So now we're not strangers.

Come on.

♪ There is someone ♪

♪ Walking behind you ♪

♪ Turn around ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ There is someone ♪

♪ Watching your footsteps ♪

♪ Turn around ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ There is someone ♪

You know they gave me
a Shakespeare coach?

Yeah, when movie stars
decide to do Shakespeare,

they make you take a test.

I'll bet.

You know, until yesterday,
I thought that...

I thought that I was never
gonna see you again.

Why are you here?

I finished.

I wanted you to have one.

♪ Turn around, look at me ♪

She's Kiki.

She's in the play with us.

Hi.

Hi.

♪ Look at someone ♪

♪ Who really loves you ♪

♪ Turn around ♪

Who's that?

♪ Look at me ♪

He's the asshole
that ruined my life.

Hi, Laura. It's me again.

I'm gonna be a bit later
'cause I have...

I have to drop something off.

But I... I wish you hadn't left.

But I... I hope
you're feeling better.

All right, bye.

You should save your battery.
You're in the red.

What happens if it dies

before you plug it in again,
do you die too?

Next to Metra,

South Shore Line
Millennium Station.

Who's Laura?

Laura is my girlfriend.

You gonna get married?

Probably, yeah.
I think so.

What kind of job do you have?

I'm a... I'm a reporter.

Like a reporter or, uh,
a cultural critic, slash...

I... I had a website.

I create content...
I don't have a job.

I thought you were a doctor.

How did you know how to do
all that EMT stuff with Arthur?

Yeah, I think I just...

I learned that watching "ER."

But you were the first one
in the theater to know.

Or just the first one
who stood up.

Must be hard not knowing
what you want to be.

- Takes a while.
- Yeah.

I'm eight.

Next to Metra,

South Shore Line
Millennium Station.

- Want a cashew?
- Uh, no, thanks.

You know your parent's
numbers by heart?

Yeah. In my phone.

I spy with my little eye
something blue and pink.

Do you know about this flu?

- What, that thing in Asia?
- Mostly Europe.

Hold on.

Fuck you!
You think I care at all, Sam?

Northwestern ER just sent
their overflow to us.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Okay. I wasn't supposed

to be at work today,
but I got called back

to the ER an hour ago.

A 16-year-old flew in
from Moscow last night.

Presented with flu symptoms
early...

- Ahh! Let's go!!
- Sorry, Siya. One sec.

We've never seen a flu
like this before.

It's fucking chaos.

Yeah. I don't know,
it sounds kind of bad.

I was gonna ask you
if you wanted to get a drink,

but I guess
you're working late tonight.

Laura and I are in a fight...

Ronny, where the fuck
is my...

'Cause I lost my job
at the flower shop.

Jeevan,
it's too late to run.

You need to get to Frank.

Don't believe a word
the news says.

The city's gonna be fucked.

People are walking around
already exposed

and they don't know it.

Avoid contact with anyone.

Just you, just Frank.

Okay, but this happens,
though, right?

I mean, this happens...

- Is this happening?
- Get to Frank.

Lock yourselves in,
build a barricade.

It's your best chance
of surviving.

- Surviving?
- Yes.

Jeevan, that is what
I'm trying to tell you.

Hold on.
I want this in the lobby.

Wherever they fit.
I don't care.

Yes! What part of "yes"
do you not fucking understand?

Send them here instead, then.

Yes! Yes, yes!

Whoo! Yes! Yes!

Text me when you get
to Frank's, okay?

Send a picture
on the Chaudhary chain.

Jeevan.

Hey, these kids
just came in.

Do you remember the time
you barfed

strawberry Yoo-Hoo
on Jenny Kemkin?

- Yeah.
- Everyone had chocolate,

but you found
that one strawberry

and you were like,
"What? I like strawberry."

And then you barfed on her
when we were playing, um...

- Sardines, yeah.
- Yeah, sardines.

And you were like,
"It was good."

Yeah, I remember.

I liked when we were kids.

Siya, why are you...

Get to Frank's.

No, no. Siya.
Siya, what about...

he next stop
is Chicago Avenue.

Jeevan.

Jeevan.

Jeevan!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

How far is your house?

It's pretty far.

We got off at the wrong stop.

It's this way.

Okay.

In the last few moments,
new guidance from the WHO,

the World Health Organization,

they're recommending
you drink plenty of water

and avoid contact

with those
who are displaying...

What happens
if your phone dies?

Do you die?

Can you slow down?

I have snow in my boots.

- No, come on.
- Hello, you've reached

Frank Chaudhary.
Please leave a message

and I'll get back to you
when I can.

This is the one time
you should

take my call, you hermit idiot.

I think Tanya and Arthur
were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Yeah.
If it's for Arthur,

I'd believe
anything about Tanya.

Do you think she loves him?

Definitely not.

This is it.

Bye, Jeevan.

I'll wait until you get
in the door.

Hi, you've reached Laura.

I can't answer
the phone right...

Don't you have a key?

- Tanya has it.
- Fucking Tanya.

Okay,
what about your neighbors?

My dad hates the neighbors.

What about those neighbors?

- They're really old.
- Okay.

Kirsten, please tell me
one person in the world

who cares about you and I
will take you to them, please.

Arthur.

I'm really cold.

Come on.

Come run an errand with me.

I can't leave you here.
Come on. Let's go.

All right, come on.

Miranda, is that you?
Miranda Carroll.

Clark?

How... how are you
calling this phone?

I wanted to tell you
this directly.

Um, Arthur has died.

I... I'm so sorry.
He... he... he... um,

he had a heart attack
on stage tonight, doing "Lear."

Um, I mean, I don't know

how much you've been
in touch lately or...

Miranda?

What did you say?

Miranda?

In the U.S., the FAA has not
set any travel restrictions

into or out of the country.

...or ahead of it,
no one's certain.

But the holiday travel season
is likely to remain...

Looks like your flight's
safe.

Yeah.
You should sleep another hour.

We don't have
to leave until 7:00.

I'm not coming.

It's your friend's funeral.

I just can't take
two weeks off.

No, you're right.

It's my burden.

I can't share my weight
every time.

I accept this.

No fucking thank you.

This thing is a lot bigger

than the major governments
expected.

This is not
the boy cries wolf.

This is the wolf.

Do you have money?

Of course.

- You don't have a job.
- Okay, but I have money.

What's it like
having a brother?

It's annoying.

Why?

Because brothers and sisters
know you too well.

Was that your sister
on the phone?

Yeah.

What did she say?

Jeevan, what did she say?

Do you like Yoo-Hoo?

She talked for way
longer than that.

No, I mean the drink.

Come on.
Come on, it's the best.

Is that chocolate milk?

'Cause I'm not allowed
to have sugar.

Even on a sleepover,
I can't break the rule.

♪ Just you and I ♪

♪ Oh, my love ♪

Jeevan.

Jeevan.

Jeevan.

What?

Now is usually when I...

When I would have
a panic attack, but I...

I did that already back there.

It's kind of like
I planned it.

Okay. Come on. Let's go.

We need way
more stuff than this.

Uh, we don't take check.

Yeah, I mean, are people
really

paying for their groceries
with checks still?

When they're fake. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay.

Never any doubt.

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

Uh, hey, excuse me?

Is this because of that thing?

Uh, the flu?

Uh, should I go somewhere?

You should go home.

Is everyone still
feeling okay?

Yeah? Any coughing?
Any sore throats?

Anyone feeling hot?
No?

Okay, that's great.
That's great.

Now listen, all of your parents
are getting really,

really good treatment
right now.

Okay? You guys stay warm.

I'll see you.

Fuck.

♪ Hark! How the bells ♪

♪ Sweet silver bells ♪

♪ All seem to say
"Throw cares away" ♪

Tell them to keep their masks
on as much as they can.

Who did you call?

My ex-husband. You?

One of my brothers won
a Pulitzer when he was 23.

I picked the one
who owes me 18 grand

and eats cereal for dinner.

- Which one is that? Frank?
- Jeevan.

Mm.

Hey. Anyone heard
anything else from the CDC?

Our doors are not closing,
people!

They said the tamivir
shipment was sent

to the east tower.

Something about
a new shipping process.

What?

Hey, Terrence.
Who did you call?

Oh, I just tweeted, "Bye."

Dodson thought
tamivir would work.

- At least he died hopeful.
- Would you want to know

if tamivir
doesn't work if you were dying?

You want that hope.

Can someone help me?
Anyone?

Hey. I'm... I'm sorry
to bother you guys.

Where do I take her?

Come with me.
I'll be right back.

♪ From everywhere
filling the air ♪

♪ Oh, how they pound
raising the sound ♪

♪ O'er hill and dale ♪
telling their tale ♪

♪ Christmas is here ♪

♪ Merry, merry, merry,
merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry, merry, merry ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪

Why did you say that
to that man?

Jeevan?

Why did you
tell him to go home?

When are you gonna
take me home?

My parents don't know
where I am.

Look, Kirsten, I know...

I know this is
all a little scary, okay?

But they're saying
that there's a...

A health scare coming, okay,

and people are supposed
to get inside.

And the problem is we...

We can't reach anyone
who knows you even exist.

That's not fair!

If you want to go back
to your house,

you want to try and get in,
we'll call a cab.

We'll figure it out.

Or you... you can spend the night
at my brother's apartment.

I'm not allowed
to say you have to

'cause that's kidnapping,
I think.

And people should choose
for themselves what they want.

- I'm eight.
- I know, but...

You have to choose.

Okay.

I'll go home.

Okay.

You got enough money
for a cab?

Yeah.
It was nice to meet you.

Yeah.

Hey, Kirsten.

Uh, yeah, it's really weird.

Your...

Your parents
just messaged me.

I messaged them earlier.
I think they just got it.

Uh, yeah. Turns out their car
got stuck in Lake Forest.

So...

So, yeah, they want you
to come with me

and... and stay the night
at Frank's.

It turns out they know
Frank from... from work things,

so they're cool with it.

Also, I was wrong.

The world's not ending.

So that's cool.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Okay.

You're gonna steer, okay?
I'll push.

- Okay.
- You got it?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Frank's gonna be excited.

Hello, you've reached
Frank Chaudhary.

Please leave a message
and I'll get back to you.

Jeevan.

- Just wait here, okay?
- Okay.

Hello?

No. Don't open the door.

I'll call an ambulance for you.

I'll have an ambulance come.

Don't open it, man.

- I've got a kid with me.
- I have to get to the...

Okay, come on. Let's go.

- What was wrong with him?
- Don't look at him.

Let's just go.

We're going for that door.

Just watch out for the ice.

All right. It's to the left.

All right.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Okay, okay.

Hi. Uh, I'm the brother
of Frank Chaudhary

who lives on the 42nd floor,
I think.

And this is his niece.

Our niece. Both our niece.
Kirsten.

- I gotta call up.
- Yeah, that's fine.

I mean, he knows we're coming.

And we got some things for...
For his Christmas party.

Good evening, Mr. Chaudhary.
I've got a Jeevan down here.

Says he's your brother.
He's with your niece.

Want to come up.
They've got some items

- for your Christmas party.
- Hey, Frank.

Hi, Uncle Frank.

- Freight elevator's that way.
- All right, thank you.

Hold that, please!

Oh! Oh.
I'm so sorry.

This thing is huge.

Can I squeeze in with you guys?

It's really full.

Uh, I think if I just
kinda angle it,

- I can squeeze the thing...
- It's fuckin' full!

It was really full.

Frank, open the door, Frank.

- Hold on!
- Come on!

- Hold on!
- Open it!

Jeev.

Little white girl.

Okay, it's all coming in.
Back up.

Frank, this is Kirsten.
Kirsten, Frank.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Do you know what's happening?

No, what's happening?

Have you spoken to Siya?

No, I've been working.
What are you do...

- No. I don't need all this.
- Back up!

- I need to get it in.
- I don't need it!

- I got groceries.
- The world's ending, Frank!

Okay? It's actually ending.

Sorry. I... I lied.

It's... it's ending.

I spoke to Siya
at the hospital.

How... how do you
know my brother?

Now she's not answering
her phone.

We met at the play.

She told me that this thing,

this flu, it's...
It's... it's mutated.

I appreciate you
bringing me stuff.

- And that this...
- This is not

a storage facility.
You know my neighbors...

No one knows anything, Frank.

Just sit down.
Just calm down.

Just... just breathe. Breathe.

- Yeah, I think...
- It's the flu!

The flu?
The flu made you buy groceries?

- I did see.
- But then turn on the TV

for one minute, and... and maybe
you'll see that...

What is that?

I think it's that.

We have to go get Siya.

She told me to come get you.

And to build a barricade.

Hey.

I'm glad you guys
are together.

It's quiet here now.

I love you.

I love you. Miss you. Bye.

♪ Well, it ain't no use
to sit and wonder why, babe ♪

♪ If'n you don't know by now ♪

♪ And it ain't no use
to sit and wonder why, babe ♪

♪ It'll never do somehow ♪

♪ When your rooster crows
at the break of dawn ♪

♪ Look out your window
and I'll be gone ♪

♪ You're the reason
I'm a-traveling on ♪

♪ But don't think twice,
it's all right ♪

♪ And it ain't no use in
turning on your light, babe ♪

♪ The light I never knowed ♪

♪ And it ain't no use in
turning on your light, babe ♪

♪ I'm on the dark side
of the road ♪

♪ But I wish
there was something ♪

♪ You would do or say ♪

♪ To try and make me
change my mind and stay ♪

♪ But we never did
too much talking anyway ♪

♪ But don't think twice,
it's all right ♪

♪ So long, honey babe ♪

♪ Where I'm bound,
I can't tell ♪

♪ Goodbye's too good a word,
babe ♪

♪ So I'll just say,
"Fare thee well" ♪

♪ I ain't a-saying
you treated me unkind ♪

Let's get to the lake.

♪ You could've done better,
but I don't mind ♪

♪ You just kinda wasted
my precious time ♪

♪ But don't think twice,
it's all right ♪

Hello, I'm Jeevan Chaudhary.

And you're Kirsten...

- Raymonde.
- Raymonde...

Kirsten!

We're rehearsing again.

Okay.
I'll be there in a minute.

- See you over there.
- Okay.