Station Eleven (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript

I remember damage.

And escape.

Then...

adrift in a stranger's galaxy
for a long time.

But I'm safe now.

I found it again.

My home.

Why are we meeting today?

You called me.

I applied online.

You called and said
I can come interview.



Right.

What is your strongest quality?

Listening.

Uh, organizing.

I remember everything.

I remember you now.

Miranda.

- From Kankakee, yes?
- Yes.

I see a lot of skills,

but I don't see many... jobs.

Tell me about Eirene Services.

My father's company.

He scrubbed hulls
in St. Croix.

I did the books.



And your family came
to Kankakee in 1990.

Yes.

Do you know the meaning
of logistics?

The path things take.

Not the path.

The right path.

Watch me now.

Point of origin.

End point. Okay?

Logistics is not time or space.

It flows.

The shortest path
is six inches,

but the right path

starts at your point of origin,

goes around your head, and
travels to Des Moines, Iowa,

before hitting this end point.

Des Moines, Iowa,
is hypothetical.

Oh. I understand.

Where do you see yourself
in 20 years?

Working for you.

Or we'll all be dead.

That is funny.
Straight-faced, everything.

Good.

I like you.

We'll all be dead.

*STATION ELEVEN
Season 01 Episode 03

Episode Title: "Hurricane"
Aired on: December 16, 2021.

You have to go Malaysia.

I just got back to Chicago.

I was gonna come
to the office later...

Don't.

Jim Felps has somehow

landed a pitch with Sinotec.

You need to be there
to run the pitch.

I can't tell you
how important this is.

Okay.

I'll head back to O'Hare.

I just have one thing
I have to do.

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

I thought that I was never
gonna see you again.

Why are you here?

I finished.

Who's that?

He's the asshole
that ruined my life.

How did you two meet?

Hi.

Hi.

We know each other.

I don't think so.

Aren't you an actress?

No.

Ah.

Ah, yeah.
No, I'm sorry.

I thought...

I love Chicago.

It's very mellow.

No, it's kind of easy.

And... there's no paparazzi.

Listen.

I have to buy your work.

Y-you have to buy what?

You're an artist, no?

I'm in logistics.

Oh, cool.

You...
My friend is down the street,

and he's having
a birthday party,

and I didn't
bring him anything.

Haven't seen him in ages.
He thinks I'm a flake.

I-I'm not a flake.

So I need to
bring him something.

You know, a nice present.

I don't know, like...
Like that.

That space map.

No, I-I'll buy it.

I'll pay you $1,000.

It's not for sale.

But you do look familiar.

Right?

Hey.

Hey.
What if I...

If I give you an interpretation
of the meaning of your work?

No, thank you.

You know,
my father is a poet.

And whenever he has to publish
something in a magazine,

he gets the editor to give him
an interpretation,

you know, to see if he gets it.

And that way... that way,
they take care of it.

You haven't even
seen my work.

No.

No, no, but it doesn't matter,

because I've got
good instincts.

Can I try?

Okay.

The subject of your work is...

A person.

Not a spaceman.

He's alone.

Not unhappy.

Adrift.

A bit exhausted.

But his heart is warmer

and lighter

than they realize...

because he wears a suit...

for protection.

Oh, th... that's a banana.

You can have it.

What's your name?

Miranda.

I'm Arthur.

Arthur!

You're late.
What the fuck?

Get inside already.

You embossed carbuncle!

That's my friend.

We know each other

We did a play together.
A long time ago.

Do you want to come in?

I got to get home.

Okay.

Okay.

It was nice to meet you,
Miranda.

Thank you for the gift.

Miranda.

Air and sea unite.

We got more power
than the Battle of Midway.

Efficiency of a moth.

Great diversity.

- Don't.
- Gotcha. No.

I'm just glad our companies
found a way to work together.

Your company bought
our company, Jim.

Yeah, right. Let me... got it?
Okay.

We want Bodhisattva.

What is a Bodhisattva?

I think that's Huang.

No,
they wouldn't close a deal

without hearing from us first.

At least I don't think so.

The pitch meeting is canceled

and will have
to be rescheduled.

I need to get back
to Chicago.

We were told that every pitch...

I don't know.
Maybe they're germophobes?

What did she say?

She wished us luck.

Are you getting any signal?

No. Hotel Wi-Fi's still down.

Oh. Great.

Welcome to We're Fucked Island.

- It's a peninsula.
- What?

Malaysia.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Right.

Ah, I left my SAT phone
in Indie.

Do you have yours?

Are there less people here?

I don't... I don't know.

You know what, I'm gonna go see
the warehouse boys

in the Showroom, see if
they know what's going on.

You know those guys, right?

Hank and Rabbit? Nick?

Carroll?

Hey, Miranda.

You okay?

I'm good. I just, um...

I'm gonna go
grab my SAT phone.

Okay. Hey, hit me up
for coffee later.

No closing time
for the famous, apparently.

He's talked them

into staying open.

Here you go, my dear.

Thank you.

Ah.

I can't tell you
how many nights

I've had
that have ended like this.

Drinking with somebody
fascinating, like yourself,

who Arthur acquired
three bars previous,

while he talks to his fans.

Maybe I acquired him.

Arthur!

What's that?

Oh.

It's a feeling.

What's the feeling?

Cut and run.

When a squall
comes up so fast,

you got to cut the anchor
and just go.

My dad did it once.

Sliced the rope right in front
of us with a filet knife.

That feeling.

Well, now, I used to go
sailing with my grandfather.

The Mouth of the Shannon.

And the thought
of a sudden storm

used to terrify me.

I prefer the land.

Two feet on the ground.

- I'm sorry.
- Fuck's sake.

Sorry.

He's nice.
Another round?

- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.

Nice to meet you.

Which one of you
was Rosencrantz,

and which one was Guildenstern?

Oh, that's the joke.

They're interchangeable,
like Clark and I.

You can't tell?

It's probably not
the same anymore,

now that he's a movie star.

I'm still Rosencrantz.

I invented sandwiches.

You guys end up the same,
at least.

You both get killed by Hamlet.

Yeah, I like her.

Well, fair play, Miranda.

Come on, come on, come on.

- Miranda.
- Leon?

You have to get out
of Malaysia.

The flu mutated.

Okay.

The Chinese, uh,
canceled the pitch meeting.

Forget about the pitch!

I need you to listen to me.

You have six,
maybe seven hours

before Malaysia is on fire.

I'm not seeing anything
online.

You won't.

The Asian governments
are taking their lead

from the Chinese
and curating the internet.

You can't trust
what you are seeing

or what anyone tells you.

- How do I get out?
- By sea.

There's a tanker called
the "Robespierre"

moored ten miles offshore.

The captain owes me a favor.

First, you have to get
from the hotel

to the Masa Depan Docks.

Go downstairs,
go to the front desk,

and tell them your name.

I've arranged for a package
to be waiting with supplies

and information you'll need
to reach the "Robespierre."

Tell no one what you know,

and don't stop to consider
anyone's survival

but your own.

You are out in front of the
entire Malaysian population.

What about Jim Felps?

The captain was explicit.

He sees anyone but you,
it's shoot to kill.

Leon?

Leon.

You will know your end point
when you reach it.

In the early days,
before their home is broken,

they hardly notice me.

It was better
to not be noticed.

It is better
to not be noticed.

I think you have
a package for me?

Carroll, 526.

Merry Christmas.

Thank you.

What's the best way
to get to the Masa Depan Docks?

Hey, Miranda.

Excuse me.

All right, you probably heard
about the collapse

of civilization, right?

I'm gonna try to sneak in 18

before they realize the world
isn't actually ending.

What are you doing
this afternoon?

Are you going
to a Christmas party?

I'm escaping the flu

on a tanker called
the "Robespierre."

Okay.

Jim, what are you gonna do?

We're gonna travel together
as a team.

I'm gonna kill
with my clubs... the wedges.

I die, you eat me.

You die, I eat you.

Come on. Come on.

This is all gonna blow over
in, like, four hours,

and the conference
is gonna be back on.

I guarantee it.

In that case, Jim,
if we don't all die,

I don't think your half
of the pitch is there yet.

It's weak.

Okay.

I appreciate the honesty.
I'll work on it.

Arthur? It's me.

It's, um, 4:00 in the morning
there, I think.

You're my yesterday.

Hope the premiere went well.

I made a mistake.

Just keep yourself safe.

Stay wherever you are.
I'm coming to Chicago.

I'll find you.

Somehow.

To be loved is a calamity.

Love will try to see the words
before it's finished.

"What is your job?"
love will ask it.

And you will ask,

"What is my job?"

Where are we?

It's my grandmother's house.

I talked about myself.

- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, you were very funny.

Very charming.
You were telling everyone

about the meaning
behind your banana paintings.

I have to go.

No, no, no, no.
No, stay.

Stay. Let's eat something.

Come on, don't be uncivilized.

So the movie is called
"Alpha and Beta."

Like the alphabet.

- But it's "Alpha and Beta."
- Yeah.

"Alpha/Beta," with a slash,

'cause it's got...
You know, it's a two-hander.

Do you know what
a two-hander is?

I don't like movies.

Me neither.

Mm.
A two-hander is a story

where two people
have to solve the same problem.

What's their shared problem?

How to rob the Pentagon

and get all the plutonium
they can get.

I don't know,
it's the worst script

I've ever read in my life.

- Leon?
- Miranda.

What's your status?

I'm almost outside the docks.

The "Robespierre" says
she'll wait another hour,

but they're nervous.

Have you opened the package?

Uh...

doing it now.

What are you seeing?

A Le Creuset,

with a butterfly knife,
keys, and a picture in it.

That is the boat that will
get you from the docks

to the "Robespierre."

You will be at sea
for at least a year.

So both my parents are poets,

and they decided that it was
a very romantic idea

to go live on an island.

So we went to live on
this little island for a year,

called Holbox.

It's an island
that's right between

the Gulf of Mexico
and the Caribbean.

Yeah, I've been there.

My dad used to take us swimming
with the whale sharks.

He wasn't a poet,

but he cleaned boats
for tourists,

and we sailed with no plan

until I was eight years old.

And then Hurricane Hugo came
a couple years later.

I have to go.

Okay.

How close are you
to that person?

Is she within six feet?

Stop the bus.

Stop the bus!

I'm here.

Miranda? Is that you?

Miranda Carroll.

Clark?

How...
How are you calling this phone?

Listen, I wanted to tell you
this directly.

Arthur died.

He... I'm so sorry.

He had a heart attack
onstage tonight,

doing "Lear."

The... the publicist set up his
calls to come to me,

apparently.

Uh, M-Miranda, I don't know
how much you've been in touch.

I shouldn't have left.

Arthur.

I think you should come to
California and live with me.

No.

I really do have to go.

Well, we can live in
this house, then.

No.

Come on. Come back to bed.

Ten more minutes.

Miranda. Hi.

I, um, wanted to tell you

that I called those fucks
at "The Daily Mail,"

and I told them that we were
the ones having an affair.

What?

Oh.

You didn't see the article.

It's absurd.
I mean, he's...

He's not even my type.

I'm sorry.

I'm just dealing
with a supply chain crisis.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Okay, okay.

Um...

I just wanted to say
that I would never do that.

Hey.

Not so great.

I found your phone.

It was laying on the grass.
I left it there.

I'll come in for lunch.

You don't sleep?

No.

No.

Do you know how to sleep?

I'm okay.

Leon called.

He wants to send me to Perth.

My theory is that
Leon doesn't exist.

You've met him.

Yeah.

I met him.

You went away for four months
to make that movie.

But I came back.

But even when you're here,

you're not here.

You're always locked up
in that little room,

all by yourself,

working on things
that nobody is allowed to see.

No one can see because
I'm not...

I'm not done.

I just... I don't think
you're gonna finish!

I don't want to live
the wrong life and then die!

Ah!

My father is
the exact same way.

You know,
flying first class...

He demands it.

And it's weird,

because he used to be a member
of the Communist Party.

- No!
- Yes! Right?

Tell them.

That's... that's the irony.

True artists get free passes.

- He is a nice man.
- Oh, well, he didn't...

You're not saying
he's not nice, right?

- He's not nice.
- Oh, he's not nice?

- No.
- Oh, no.

I mean, yes...

How's your project going,
Miranda?

When will it be finished?

Uh, soon.

I'm assuming you'll publish
when it's done?

No. No. Probably not.

What's the point of doing
all that work

if no one's going to see it?

It makes me happy.

It's peaceful,

spending hours working on it.

It doesn't really matter
if anyone...

Don't die
without seeing Fiji.

- See what?
- Oh.

We just went.
It was incredible.

We smoked, surfed, swam.

Stunning energies.

Everything changed.

Ah, sounds tremendous.

No, more.
It was a... rebirth.

Mm-hmm.
But, I mean...

you seem to get reborn almost
every time you leave the house.

Miranda,
does that happen to you?

Oh, I'm trying.

Was Fiji better than Prague?

Yes!

Everyone,
you all must visit Praha.

You know when
you speak English,

you're allowed
to call it Prague.

- Hey, Clark.
- Prague.

Be nice.

I apologize.

Who... who are you again?

I'm Clark.
I'm an old friend of Arthur's.

Clark is my friend, too.

Well, I once also aspired
to be an actor.

We were Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern together

back in the '90s.

But alas, I wasn't good enough
in the end.

- Nah, you were good.
- You say that now.

But, you know,

the kind thing is he...

He lets me visit.

Hey, babe, it's okay.

I used to say "Preg,"
like the tomato sauce.

He did.

It's Prego.

Oh. Oh, thank you. Prego.

Anytime.

I went. Um...

I took some art history classes
at UCLA,

and I just...
I wanted to, you know,

see the paintings
that I'd been reading about.

Being there was like...

I don't even know how to...

It was like...

being inside the paintings.

You know?

Which is a random fantasy
that I had as a kid.

Stupid.

I don't think
it's stupid at all.

Have you guys seen
Miranda's work?

I mean, I'm just an admirer,

but I told Art
I think you are a genius.

You told who?

Art.

Arthur.
Arthur. Your husband.

He, um... he took them to the
pool house and let me see it.

You guys, it is incredible.

It's about this spaceman.

Well, no, it's not about that.
It's about...

It's about someone
who survives a tragedy

and how they feel
so alienated

from, you know,
all the day-to-day stuff.

And it's... it's just
really profound.

Love will try to see the
words before it's finished.

I have a toast.

No. Miranda. No.

No.

I stood
looking over the damage,

trying to remember
the sweetness of life on Earth.

I was late.

Or you were early.

Either one. Same mission.

Burn every parasite
motherfucker alive.

Oh!

Is... is that a quote?

I wrote that.

You did?

Yeah.

I played two parts
in that movie. No?

I played Orion's soldier me
and, like, an alien me.

- Possessed by an alien you.
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, we used to run lines
together.

Remember, Clark?

We did, Arthur.

Sorry. Excuse me.

I think I died, like,
two times in that movie.

- Really?
- Yes. Yes.

Technically three.

I miss cocaine.

When did it start?

With Elizabeth?

I don't know.

He must have gotten scared.

That's usually what happens
when he falls in love.

Scared of what?

Fuck knows.

"Epsilon" didn't do
as well as "Delta."

He lost that part
to Mel Gibson.

It's just work.

It's the thing you do.
It's not life.

I think that book
ruined my life.

I thought you hadn't seen
any of my movies.

We don't have to talk.

You know, Elizabeth and I,
we've never...

I don't care who you fuck.

We both knew
this was temporary.

I didn't.

Pool house is on fire.

To be loved is a calamity
for someone with your job.

You have work to do.

Work.

Love will try to see the words
before it's finished.

Love makes work impossible.

Survival is insufficient.

I don't want to live
the wrong life and then die.

I am at my best
when I'm escaping.

You started over.

Tyler would love this.

My son.

With Elizabeth.

Yeah.

Send him that one.

I have more.

Really good to see you.

W-where is the bar?

Hey, Carroll.
How was that Christmas party?

There wasn't one.

Well, you can get ready
to call me Santa Claus, then,

because our pitch is back on.

The Chinese are in play.

I heard Huang tried to get out
on a hydrofoil, but it broke.

The, um...

I don't know, the...
The foil part, I guess.

Anyway, the Bodhisattva Room
is a packed house,

and they are ready
to make a deal.

Everything like it was.

Everything exactly like it was.

So...

let's go land this.

Okay.

Yeah,
we're up in six minutes.

Could I get a Boilermaker,
please?

Make it two.

Air and sea unite.

You all seem to know that
the world is coming to an end.

So...

it's a good reminder

that nothing we have done

or do matters at all.

But it does.

It does.

The man I loved...

died last night,

and...

The man I loved

died last night,
and I went to work.

The man I loved
died last night,

and I went to work instead.

And I'm here with you
and you and...

You don't matter at all,
Mr. Huang.

Your company is falling
into the sea.

So I have to ask...

Why wasn't I at that play?

Why I wasn't I with my love
when he died?

Jim.

When mankind first looked up
to the stars, mankind thought:

Nonlinear delivery options...

What are those things?

That was some intense stuff
in there, Carroll.

We're all gonna die, huh?

I think so, Jim.

I'm sorry.

I don't even know
if you have family back home.

I do not.

I do not. Do not.
Not. Not. I do not.

I don't either.

You know,
it makes me want to unpack

some of my self-esteem baggage
big-time before we...

I went golfing
because I thought

that's what a person would do.

I know.

I'm so scared.

I'm scared, too, Jim.

Really?

Yeah.

I heard they're giving out
complimentary room-sealing kits

- at the front desk.
- Yeah, we should go get some.

Yeah.

Probably going like hotcakes.

Leon?

Hey. It's me.

Sorry it took so long
to call you back.

- Did you get there?
- Yeah.

I'm on board
the "Robespierre."

I knew you were a survivor.

You got me here.

Okay. Okay.

Okay.

I'm safe.

Really good to see you.

Stay.

Huh?

Let's have dinner.

♪ Something told me
it was over ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

There's this
Italian restaurant

that's across the street.

I know the guy.
He's very... he's very funny.

Arthur, I'd miss my flight.

Okay.

♪ Something deep down ♪

♪ In my soul
said, "Cry, girl" ♪

♪ Cry, cry ♪

But I...

I can come back.

Yes.

♪ I would rather ♪

♪ I would rather go blind ♪

♪ Than to see you walk away
from me, child ♪

Bye.

♪ So you see,
I love you so much ♪

♪ That I don't wanna watch you
leave me, baby ♪

♪ Most of all,
I just don't... ♪

I have a job to do.

I still have a job to do.

I have found you
nine times before,

maybe ten,

and I'll find you again.

♪ Sitting and thinking ♪

There is no rescue mission.

We are safe.

♪ When the reflection
in the glass that I held ♪

♪ To my lips, now, baby ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Revealed the tears
that was on my face, yeah, ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ And, baby, baby ♪

♪ I'd rather,
I'd rather be blind, boy ♪

♪ Than to see you walk away ♪

♪ See you walk away
from me, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ So, you see,
I love you so much ♪

♪ That I don't wanna watch you
leave me, babe ♪

♪ Most of all, I just don't ♪

♪ I just don't wanna
be free, no ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ And, baby, baby,
I'd rather ♪

♪ I'd rather be blind, boy ♪

♪ Than to see you walk away ♪

♪ See you walk away
from me, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ I'd rather be blind ♪

♪ Than to see you walk away ♪

♪ See you walk away
from me, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪