The Colony (2009–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - A Stranger Among Us - full transcript
We are on the edge of a global
catastrophic disaster.
Human conflict.
Nuclear bombs.
Natural disasters.
Chemical and biological warfare.
Without warning,
the world as we know it
can come to an end.
22 days ago,
a group of volunteers
entered a 10-week experiment
to see if they
can survive and rebuild
after a simulated viral outbreak
leaves los angeles and the rest
of the planet devastated.
Their new home...
a cordoned-off,
80,000-square-foot warehouse
near downtown los angeles.
They started
with no electricity...
no water...
and no communication
with the outside world.
They're not broadcasting.
They're just transmitting.
As part of the experiment,
an outside gang
of looters and thugs
challenge the colonists'
resources and security.
So far, the volunteers
have built the survival basics.
There you go.
And after an attack
to steal their resources...
they assembled
an arsenal of weapons
whoa!
Now...
I'm looking at five.
...a quest
for solar energy...
and a fight for survival.
No!
Don't touch me!
As day 23 begins, the colonists
are still struggling
to make a normal life
for themselves.
I am not happy
in this warehouse.
In the end,
our team has one main goal,
and that is
to get the hell out of here.
Acquiring food and supplies
after a disaster
can be difficult.
Eventually, you'll want to
leave the city
and go to a place that has
more sustainable resources.
With their supplies diminishing,
the volunteers
have set their sights
on leaving the bleak,
urban environment of the colony
by fixing a broken-down
flatbed truck.
As part of the experiment,
the volunteers must survive
and rebuild,
using the limited resources
on hand.
But later in the experiment,
they'll be given details
of a possible escape route.
Last week,
they took their first step
toward life beyond the colony
by getting the truck's engine
up and running.
It runs!
Purrs like a kitten.
Now the colonists
need to figure out
the rest of the plan
for their escape vehicle.
What do we need on this
to really get out of here?
Think of this
as our exodus vehicle, right?
It's got to look scary,
and it's got to be able
to take somebody out
if you really need to.
What kind of weaponry
can we have?
I mean, one thought
i had is...
an air cannon
and/or a flamethrower.
Yeah, what you got, Leilani?
Even if we had something
protruding out,
kind of like spears,
like, on a pole.
Along here, we all
got to be able to sit.
Like, we could go several miles
without running into people.
So i was just looking
at simple wooden benches
that open up,
like on a sailboat.
We can store all of our food
on them.
We have to watch
our clearance on this.
We're dealing with
a 13-foot truck,
so I'm thinking
taking that shell off
and then working
the plankings.
Sounds good.
The idea is, if we pull this,
the weight of this thing
is gonna pull it down
and snap it off,
and we'll be free and clear
of this back.
Oh!
It took out the gir...
yeah!
There we go.
Ah ho ho!
Good. Done.
With the back removed,
it's time to clear
the busted planks from the deck,
which means it's time
to crank up their new generator.
Four days ago,
the colonists bartered for it
and 5 gallons of gasoline
from a band of traders.
The new genny should put out
four times the juice
of their old one...
a jury-rigged model Mike made
from a pressure-washer engine
and two car alternators.
With the new generator,
the colonists should finally
be able to crank up
their arc welder...
a necessity for working on
the escape vehicle.
Back to the genny.
Damn it.
In the shop,
Mike tries to figure out
what's wrong
with the new generator.
I had current through there.
That meter shows that we have
some electricity flowing
but not enough...
not the right one.
It's not...
it's not doing it right.
It should be steady,
and it's not steady.
It's jumping up and down.
Something is seriously wrong.
Right now, this is a dead deal.
Joe the trader screwed us.
We gave him two good machines
for a junk machine.
In a catastrophe,
small generators and batteries
are a temporary solution
for power.
But, eventually,
you'll need something
more sustainable
for the long term.
Until they can fix
the new generator,
it's back to the old one,
but that means no welding.
It's not a genny.
It's a car alternator.
It was only meant
to charge a battery.
It'll get us power.
Won't get us welding power.
I would give my left
"you know what"
for a couple
of solar panels.
I'm so sick of this.
I think i mentioned
that i saw solar panels.
Where?
Joey remembers seeing
solar panels in two places...
on the roof of a nearby
abandoned building
and on his walk to the colony
22 days ago.
I'm looking at five.
Where, where, where, where,
where, where, where?
About 1:00.
Those have to be solar
panels. They're worth a look.
To duplicate the generator,
we're gonna need
about eight panels,
just to keep
the batteries charged up
so we can use power tools
here and there.
Maybe if you
want to go check
what we saw on the roof
with binoculars,
with a few people,
i'll take a few people to where
i think i remember seeing them.
Let's organize our little
raiding parties and get going.
Go, go.
Michael is really
getting everyone involved,
and everyone recognizes
the importance
of having an alternative
source of energy.
And us being situated
here in los angeles,
there's no better place
to tap into
the seemingly never-ending
energy from the sun.
All right, lock up.
The colonists have
encountered thugs and thieves
on the streets
outside the colony.
Not knowing what lies ahead,
they proceed with caution.
The building
where Mike saw the panels
and the freight yard
from day one
have both been cordoned off
as part of the experiment.
Joey will lead his team
to the yard...
...while Mike takes a crew
to break into the building.
Think anyone lives here?
I don't know.
Steel-frame door.
See if i still
got the skills.
Yeah!
There we go.
That was it?
That was it?
Hang on.
I think i got it.
Yeah!
There.
Whoo!
Anything spooky up there?
Solar panels?
Those are the ones?
Wow.
Solar panels are used
to power warning lights
on railways and highways.
They don't need to be attached
to the electricity grid,
and they last for years.
That's exactly what we need
on the bottom.
We need to take
this whole thing, okay?
Let's roll out of here fast.
Come on.
Wait.
You good?
Meanwhile,
Mike and his team
have the more difficult task
of disassembling
a permanent installation
on the roof.
Now i got to put
all the screws back in here.
I unscrewed my end
over here.
After a disaster,
scavenging and stealing
may actually
become a way of life.
And the people who would
ordinarily never steal
are out there taking things.
The panels weigh
about 20 pounds each,
and these colonists
have netted 14 of them.
John v. Scavenges materials
for a makeshift litter
that will carry the load.
We got solar panels
and, you know,
all the energy we can use,
pretty much, during the daytime.
But now we just got to
set it up.
There.
Push it down now.
You guys, open up!
Come on in.
Look what we got.
Keep on pushing it now.
There we go.
Way to go, guys.
How many did we get?
14.
Oh, damn!
What are those, 75s?
75, so do the math.
Four 75s over there.
So we got
2 kilowatts almost.
All told,
the colonists net
1875-watt solar panels...
enough to keep their batteries
charged indefinitely.
Come on, guys.
Come on, come on, come on.
First of all, let me tell you
what a solar panel does
and how it's made.
These are very fragile.
The toughest part
is the glass.
You can't scratch it,
but you can break it.
Let's say this solar panel
had two of these cells missing.
It would put out maybe 10 watts
instead of 75.
It's that sensitive.
So, we have
our battery bank.
We have our inverter,
and our inverter
gives us a.c.
The solar panels
are all gonna be lined up.
The most important thing
to do
is to set these panels up
on a stand outside.
Mike's plan calls for building
a solar-panel structure
in three stages.
First, they'll weld together
three frames,
each holding six panels.
Then, they'll construct
a base for the frames
to fit into and rotate on.
The third and final step
will be mounting
a motorized swivel
that follows the sun
as it moves across the sky.
So, imagine our genny running
eight hours a day with no noise.
And no fuel.
We've got the power
that we need right now
to do whatever the hell
we want.
This is a big job.
Everyone's got to be involved.
This takes precedence
over everything.
The colonists have
a great scheme for making power,
but they need their new
generator to implement it.
I cannot weld up
the solar system.
We need the big genny up
to weld.
Everything's on hold until
tomorrow morning.
When there's light,
i can jump on that genny
and try to figure out
why the hell it's not working.
Coming up...
that is freakin' amazing.
...the quest for solar
continues...
whoo!
No, no!
...and the colonists face
a threat to their very survival.
All you want to do
is steal!
Get the out!
We need to start
rationing a little bit.
I think we're on
our last bag of coffee.
We're done with peanut butter.
Currently,
they have 11 days of food,
9 days of water,
and only 4 gallons of gas
for the generator.
I'm going to immediately
jump on the genny.
Let me work
on the genny alone,
because two heads in one toilet
doesn't work, okay?
Okay, just let me know
if you need help.
I like welding
and making lots of strong stuff,
so i need to get this genny
working one way or another.
If you're going to
try large-scale construction,
you need an arc welder.
It's a kind of tool
that allows you to fuse metal
into whatever shape you need.
But it requires a good deal
of power... about 3,000 watts.
After four hours,
Mike is still baffled.
The converter's all hooked up.
How's this going?
It's going rough, man.
It's going rough.
Can you start it
and let me see if i can...
we'll start it, but you measure
it and you'll get nothing.
Mike,
it's running too slow.
Its rpms are too low.
With John c.'s help,
Mike reaLizes his mistake.
I lowered the rpms,
thinking that we'd save fuel.
Lowering the rpms...
pbht!
Wouldn't engage.
Just didn't kick in.
It kicked in,
but it didn't kick in enough.
This thing is meant to run
at 1,800 to 3,000 rpm.
Let's put the damn thing
together, and we can weld.
With the genny finally cranking,
the solar build
can officially begin.
In the side room, Mike and Joey
find plenty of scaffolding pipe
for the solar-panel frames.
If we have
one piece of pipe...
we need one pipe
to go inside
or outside of one
of these pipes.
And how loose can it be?
It doesn't have to be perfect.
It can be a little loose.
All this stuff's
the same.
What's that?
Let's cut this off
and see what we got.
Like "buttah."
Do it! Do it!
Yeah!
That's what
I'm talking about.
There's our swivel.
All right.
Whew!
Aah.
Got me again.
Got me a couple times.
With the frames in place,
Mike moves on to stage 2
of the build...
the supporting base.
We're basically
gonna have a pole here.
It's gonna be drilled
into here for a base.
And then we put
our big "h" unit on top of that
to hold the solar panel.
There we are.
Whew.
Morning... noon...
afternoon.
In the main warehouse space,
computer engineer John c.
Is working on the final stage
of the build...
a motorized
solar tracking system.
This is actually the gear motor
that we're gonna use.
So, these are little
photoresistors
from these little
electronic kits over here.
Now, if the sun
were coming in like this...
...if it saw this one
more than the other one,
that motor would start
turning clockwise.
And then,
as soon as they got even,
it would stop,
which is what you want.
If it were to overshoot
or it were to be night,
it would back up
until it got even again.
So both of those things
need to be in the full light,
and then it'll stop.
And it's working,
which is pretty darn cool.
I love it.
I love it.
That's just
freakin' amazing.
That is freakin' amazing.
That is brilliant.
The components are complete.
It's time to assemble them
in the yard.
Now, what we need
is a cross gusset this way
and another cross gusset
that way
to keep the shear
from doing this.
We already have this
taken care of.
You guys want to raise that one
up as much as we need it?
Right, raise that one up
as high as you can get it.
Tilt, tilt, tilt.
I got it.
Watch your hand.
Manhandled.
All righty.
All right, back over.
Watch your fingers.
Are you clear?
This is where
we test our welds.
So, if they're gonna break,
they're gonna break now
and not with the panels on.
So...
they ain't breakin'.
That works.
Yay!
Engineering is about
inventing cool stuff,
and there's no better motivation
than survival
to invent your way
into a better existence
or keep yourself in existence.
Rather than drill
screws into the delicate panels,
the colonists mount them at the
edges with bolts and washers.
And, Joey, this is
the worst time to ever miss.
I gotcha.
This would be the worst time
to ever miss a screw.
I don't miss.
By the end of the day,
the colonists have mounted
all 18 panels.
The dream of unlimited
electrical power
awaits only John c.'s
sun-tracking system.
Coming up on "the colony"...
we have to coexist.
...two more volunteers arrive.
I find their behavior
to be sketchy.
And the colonists'
world turns upside down.
Hyah!
Dawn breaks on the colony.
John c. And Mike
still have a day's work
to finish the solar project,
and John v. Has a scheme
to solve a long-standing gripe.
I was thinking of doing
that washing machine.
My idea was just a simple bucket
tilted on its side.
Until this point,
the colonists have done
their wash by hand in tubs,
using corrugated steel
as a washboard.
You put your laundry in here...
your dirty clothes
right in there.
And it spins around,
propelled by...
you guessed it...
a bicycle.
So, that's it.
Will it make my clothes
more beige?
And your browns
more radiant.
So, what i have planned here
was to get these drive wheels.
Then, this whole assembly
being tilted like this.
When this spins on the rollers,
it'll spin on these rollers.
And to drain it,
drop down to drain.
Basically, what I'm gonna do
is get this freewheel gear
off the bicycle.
It'll be almost like riding
a normal bike.
It should just line up
to the barrel,
sit right on top of this wheel,
and roll out the barrel.
It'll spin with it.
It doesn't run.
It's freewheel.
Whack the damn thing.
The last component
of the solar power system
is John c.'s tracking device.
This arm is gonna
connect on here
and move them all side-to-side
to follow the sun.
Let's see if this thing works,
michael.
Click it on.
Let's try.
Motor's going.
It's moving.
It's tracking.
I want to see if the tracker's
gonna actually see it.
That's looking good.
The earth receives more
energy from the sun in just one hour
than the entire planet uses
in a year.
If harnessed properly,
solar energy could take you
completely off the grid
and eliminate your reliance
on fossil fuels.
As you can see, we've got
our gear motor here.
And this little
tracking system that i designed
basically has one photocell
right here, with some shade.
When the sun is out,
it will track
till the sun is actually shining
on that cell.
Then it'll stop this motor.
When the sun advances, the thing
will advance along with it.
At the end of the day, there's
another photocell at the top
shuts the whole thing down.
We're getting
free power from the sun,
no generator,
no gasifier.
Batteries getting charged
by total solar power,
thanks to these guys.
Everybody, guys.
Awesome!
We're completely
running on solar.
The whole system
is working perfectly.
The arrays are moving
as they're supposed to.
They're generating
the right power.
The tracker is working.
I couldn't be happier.
So, it's all hooked up.
But the best
is actually in here.
Okay.
I patched it in.
Made a little voltmeter here,
actually,
to measure the voltage.
It's about 14 volts,
which is great.
The inverters are telling me
that these things are full.
This means welding.
This means fabricating.
This means
getting the truck running.
And getting out of here.
That would be awesome.
Let's go use some of it.
Yeah, let's go use some power.
I want to
light this place up
like it was a christmas tree.
As day 25 ends,
Mike's in the mood to celebrate.
Light 'em up.
Yeah, baby!
Let there be light.
Whoo! Yeah, baby!
Lights, baby!
And a lot more to come.
John v.
Is ready to finish off
the pedal-powered
clothes washer.
Okay, now we're
gonna take this bike
and mount it
into the brackets.
We've got to cut down
a couple more pieces of wood
to shim it up.
I'm literally
a couple screws away.
Okay. Why don't you
put the drum on there?
We didn't have
any shorter ones?
Nope.
That's all we have.
Whoo-hoo!
We're washin' laundry,
man.
It will be
a lot of water.
That works, man!
Look at that!
Oh, my god!
That's brilliant!
I'm happy.
This is the gentle cycle.
My clothes
weren't that dirty.
Look at all that dirt.
Whoa, your clothes
weren't dirty, my
look at this.
Looks like river mud.
For 30 seconds
of pedaling,
that's some
pretty dirty water.
We so do not suck.
It's very important
that we maybe take a break,
sit down, get off our feet,
rest, relax.
This is it.
In this phase of the experiment,
two outsiders will stake a claim
to the colony itself.
Up to this point,
outsiders sent to the compound
have clearly been outsiders.
The last thing
the colonists expect
is someone walking in
with their own key.
The thing about
a disaster on a major scale
is that laws and normal
property rights may be ignored.
People will squat
in houses, buildings,
pretty much wherever they can.
We saw this after katrina.
Yo!
Hey. Guys?
Hey!
Somebody's in here.
Somebody's in here.
Who the hell
are you guys?
Hey! Everybody!
We got company!
Everybody in!
Now!
What's up, man?
Stay there.
I don't have to stay there.
You're in my house.
No, this is my house.
I left here...
you left here?
...six weeks ago,
and now what is all this?
What?
The two new arrivals
have been briefed
on the colonists' activities
over the past five weeks.
It's called our home,
baby.
Who brought this truck
in here?
It was outside.
We brought it in.
When a guy that's 6'5"
and 260 pounds walks in your door,
you're not actually
gonna tackle the guy
and pin him to the ground.
What about my cash
that was in a safe?
We got the cash.
You got my vodka?
Unfortunately,
the vodka's gone.
Andre.
Andre, I'm Joey.
Andre, I'm Mike.
Hey, Andre.
Everybody, introduce yourself.
Let's get them some water.
Just out of curiosity, because
we have been having some problems,
did you guys
just walk right in?
Yeah, i have a key
to that door.
It's his place,
obviously.
We were wondering
who was here before us,
and we didn't reaLize
that they would be coming back.
You guys made a lot
of changes, huh?
We did more
than you think.
What's up
with the truck?
That truck
is gonna run.
You think you're
gonna start that truck up?
We started that truck up.
That truck runs.
And we're gonna get
other things running.
We got gennies.
We got power.
We got solar panels.
We got everything.
Are we still stocked
with food in the pantry?
We got some food.
The one thing that gets me,
right off from the bat,
is you did have a key.
But we haven't seen anybody else
except for you two right now,
as far as people
that we want to run into.
I know this is your place.
You have to understand, this
has kind of become our place.
Joey, please speak
to where we can all hear you,
'cause you're representing
all of us.
Thank you.
When Andre
and ELizabeth arrived,
my intuition
was just throwing red flags.
Joey is in charge of security,
but as soon as we have two
new people walk into our home,
within five minutes,
he's willing to show them
all of our secrets.
Right now,
Mike has been staying in here.
Okay?
We've been
running electrical.
This bathroom,
we've been using.
We're basically just flushing
everything with gray water.
Oh, great.
You guys got
a workout room, huh?
Who put this up?
Leilani did.
She's our martial-arts expert.
That's nice.
We got to work out sometime.
We got to spar.
We have a sparring guy.
We can spar.
So, what we've been doing
is locking up at night,
putting this board
in between it.
Simply trying to just make
a little normandy out here.
As you can see, i opened up the
wall a little bit right there.
Remember, you had
that room right there?
I made a catwalk
attaching that
so i can have a lookout post
also up there.
After a disaster,
resources are limited.
And if you have
a functioning shelter going,
you have to decide
under which conditions, if any,
that you're gonna accept
new people.
By not discussing it, the issue
will force itself on you,
because there are always
more people who need help.
You put yourself
in his shoes.
He left this place,
trying to get out.
And he couldn't get out,
and he came back
and he found us.
Yeah, but still, i mean,
having a key,
you welcome him, embrace him,
welcome him with open arms,
tell him everything...
where all the food is?
After putting all the cards
above the table,
that wasn't wise.
We're in a survival... we're in
a really tense situation,
and i just don't feel like
that was the best move.
Chickens.
Uh-huh. Are you the leader
of these guys?
It's been happening, but we
don't try to claim it that way.
This guy was obviously
here before.
I don't trust him, but i don't
not trust him, either.
I know the others
think I'm stupid for that,
but, uh, it'd be different
if these people just showed up
off of the street.
That wasn't the case.
This guy had a key.
He knew what was in the place.
So, if i were to, uh,
if i wanted to go back out
and look for survivors,
you seem like
a pretty strong...
we'll talk.
Whatever we have to do.
Yes, ma'am?
Let's not take it upon
yourself to discuss...
let's all discuss this,
talk.
Absolutely, Allison.
No need for you
to take control right now.
This is
the way he's acting.
"Here's the food.
Here's the water."
How to receive newcomers
is often a point of friction
within a group.
Some are quick
to welcome outsiders.
Others are far less trusting.
The two people that are
against bringing people in
are you and Joey,
and you guys are just like,
"here."
Well, he walked in
with the key.
But, like,
in a survival situation,
there's no...
like, finders keepers.
The one thing i would say
is that we just be attentive.
We cannot be attentive
by saying, guess what,
"hi, welcome, there's our food.
There's our other food.
There's our food. Here's how
to shoot the gun towards me."
Let's make this
a group effort
and not a "Joey showing them
where everything is" effort.
I'm stepping back.
Please do.
I'm done.
Absolutely.
Right now, i just can only
relate it to the four of us
when we walked in
and how grateful
and appreciative we were
to have a place to stay
off the streets.
And they don't have
that same approach,
so, uh, it's odd.
It's very odd.
Despite their misgivings,
the colonists sit down
to their first dinner
with the new arrivals.
So, eat, and welcome.
And, hopefully, this is maybe
the beginning of something good.
And please relax
while you're here.
So, what are we eating?
Basically,
just some beef and rice
and a few noodles
put together.
So, how many servings
can i have?
Like, can i get
three, four?
Every day,
we're eating canned foods.
We're consuming these things
that we're not replacing,
that will not last forever.
It's incredibly stressful
to be in a situation
where we don't have food
past two, three weeks.
I don't know
if i want to stay here,
but, uh, you know,
i feel like this place is
just as much mine as yours.
I'll stay
as long as i want.
We're a community,
and we have rules
that we have to live by
for our survival.
The consequences are severe.
You guys were out there.
'Cause all of our lives
are at risk.
It's not okay to just go
and crack open
our community's food
and eat when you're hungry.
It's not okay to urinate
in whatever stall you want to
and waste water.
I get that, but my question is,
for people who come in,
if there's death
outside the door,
are you gonna turn them away
if they don't follow your rules?
You're gonna play god
and say,
"you do this and stay here,
or you're out."
We play by the rules
because we need to protect
everyone in here
from the chaos outside.
And if you want to
come in,
to be protected
from the outside,
then what is your problem
to go according to our rules?
The problem is being told
that i must do something.
The rules abide
by not wasting water, not...
common-sense stuff.
We're not telling you, "you have
to sit there and do that
and go there and do that."
You know what, guys? I
can't take this anymore.
I'm gonna leave here
when i want to leave here.
It's not your decision.
Until then,
we have to coexist.
As part of the experiment,
these two people
have been sent in
to test the colonists' unity
and challenge complacency.
I'm just trying to know
where Andre is at all times.
I want to do my own thing
right now, you know,
and I'd like you guys
to, like, respect that
and just kind of back off.
I'm trying to talk to him
and get to know him.
I just find their behavior
to be sketchy.
As much as i want to
like them and trust them...
...part of me still worries
that they may not be
completely on the level
and that, you know,
the fact that Andre has a key
doesn't make him
necessarily a good guy.
I don't know what the right
thing to do is right now.
I'm not exactly sure,
so I'm just kind of
in the waiting period.
They haven't proved themselves
yet... not at all.
What is that sound?
Hey, is it cool
if i take a shower?
Absolutely.
The colonists ration
their water supply,
using only one minute
of hot water per shower.
But Liz is taking her time,
draining their reservoir
with a 30-minute soak.
Today, my mind has
a heightened sense of awareness,
let's say.
Just keeping an eye
on our new friends.
That
all the water that we brought
to the roof.
We give her a shower, and she
took all the water.
Guess what.
Let ELizabeth take a shower.
Drained everything
on the roof.
Not one single drop.
Why am i not surprised?
What are you guys doing?
I was gonna put down something
about, uh, us being here.
Um, that's Morgan,
and that's what she's doing
is to chronicle-ize
our stay here.
Did you work out today?
Uh, a little bit.
Feel like sparring,
get a little workout in?
Yeah.
I'm pretty sure
i can handle you.
See what you got.
All right.
All right.
Hyah!
Hyah, hyah!
Hyah!
Hyah!
That's nice.
That's nice.
Yeah?
That's all you got?
Hyah!
Whoo!
I told you, girl.
Liz?
Let's get out of here.
I feel like Andre
is testing me...
just to see...
just to figure it all out.
The colonists
call an emergency meeting
to discuss Andre and Liz.
Hey, Mike!
Let's all just have a sit-down.
Hardened tool steel...
my triple-threat nose picker.
You know, you can
pick your friends,
but you can never pick
your friend's nose, right?
That's right.
Okay.
Is everybody here?
My nose picker.
We have a number
of concerns.
This is a very serious
situation.
We welcomed these guys in,
okay?
We gave them the benefit
of the doubt.
We've offered them food.
We've offered them shelter.
We've offered them
to participate
and become a member
of our community.
What that takes
from their end
is a willingness
to contribute.
How much time
we're gonna give them...
that's gonna be
up for discussion.
They're trying out for the team.
So far, they haven't made it.
The most important
thing for a group
that's digging their way
out of a disaster
is a sense of stability.
That sense can only come
once the group members
are familiar and comfortable
with one another.
If an outsider or group
of outsiders suddenly appear,
it can upset
that fragile dynamic.
This isn't just a houseguest
that we have to turn away
and hurt some feelings.
If this doesn't work out,
this can be our survival.
The consequences
are severe.
They already got it.
No, this is
we're all sitting
around here talking
while they're taking
our
wake up!
It's not solar week anymore!
Andre? You want to have
a sit-down with us?
Oh, my god.
We've been
very hospitable.
He's not even respecting
what you're saying.
He's looking away.
Can't you see what he's doing?
If you think that you
intimidate me by your size,
i can put you down
with my thumb.
So, respect me,
look at me, and...
get out of my face
with that
what are you gonna do?
We'll talk later.
Andre, i've not
disrespected you once.
All right?
Neither has Joey,
neither has George,
neither has
the professor.
We are all
standing here.
Basically, what we're saying,
there are codes of conduct here.
All right? We have worked hard
to get water.
You don't know how hard
and how many times
we have risked our lives
to get water.
And you know water
is the basis of survival.
If you want to not be a part,
then don't be a part.
Don't use the water.
Don't use the shower.
Don't use anything
that we have worked hard for.
Andre and Liz
don't like the rules,
so the colonists are ready
to see them leave.
Talk, talk, talk,
talk, talk, talk.
Liz?
Let's go.
Let's get out of here.
Let's go upstairs
and get our
got it.
Could someone go and
grab a couple of cans for them
and some water, please?
Just... just something.
John c. Gathers up
some food to send them off.
But the newcomers make one more
grab at the colony's resources.
Excuse me, Liz.
What's up?
Wait.
Liz, what are you doing?
After weeks of isolation,
the volunteers begin to believe
that the world
of the experiment is real.
And therefore, any threat
to their food or supplies
becomes an actual threat
to what is keeping them alive.
In that case,
they'll defend their resources
almost as if
their very lives depend on it.
Hey, Liz,
what are you doing?
This stuff is ours
just as much as it is yours.
Andre and Liz
have been sent in
to test the colonists' unity
and complacency.
They've been instructed not to
physically harm the colonists,
but the colonists
don't know that.
And accidents can happen.
Get off of me, blondie!
Put the cans down!
Andre!
Get your hands
off of her!
Now!
We've taken
from you, man!
No! No!
Andre!
You've done enough!
Look over there.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa!
Hey, hey, hey!
Don't you
ever touch me!
How dare you?!
We let you in here!
We gave you water!
We gave you food!
And all you want to do
is steal!
Get the out! Give us a couple more cans.
We may have let you in,
but you asked, man.
Empty-handed!
Out!
Let's go.
Drop the cans!
No, let them have that
and some water.
Scared of your
get out!
Get out!
You emptied my bag?
Put my
back in my bag!
You can leave, but you're only
leaving empty-handed.
Are you going now?!
Get out of my bag!
Stop it! Stop it!
Stop. It's done.
Open that door!
Get out
and never come back,
'cause you're never
allowed back.
We'll be back.
Don't worry.
We'll be ready
for your
you be ready!
Be ready!
We kicked you out this time,
we'll kick you out again!
I'm okay.
You're alive.
That's good.
Hell, yeah, I'm alive.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm fine.
You teach me well.
I'm fine.
That door
that they came in...
it's okay.
I'm too mad right now.
Please don't.
It's okay.
Even Allison didn't
know she could get that angry.
I knew she could,
and she did it,
and that impressed me.
And i think she feels stronger
for being able to get,
you know,
violent when it was necessary,
and it was necessary.
It was almost beautiful
and poetic and magical
all at the same moment,
with all the craziness and
the yelling and the screaming,
to feel that unity finally
just snap into place
as if we all had
one common purpose,
and that was to get
these two threatening people
outside of our compound,
and we did.
"The colony's code of conduct.
"Our colony adheres to live
with respect
"towards all of the following
and to contribute
"towards the procurement
and security of each and all.
"If anyone cannot abide by
these guidelines of the colony,
"we will not be able
to welcome you amongst us,
"and the colony
must disassociate from you,
for we will not be able
to coexist."
catastrophic disaster.
Human conflict.
Nuclear bombs.
Natural disasters.
Chemical and biological warfare.
Without warning,
the world as we know it
can come to an end.
22 days ago,
a group of volunteers
entered a 10-week experiment
to see if they
can survive and rebuild
after a simulated viral outbreak
leaves los angeles and the rest
of the planet devastated.
Their new home...
a cordoned-off,
80,000-square-foot warehouse
near downtown los angeles.
They started
with no electricity...
no water...
and no communication
with the outside world.
They're not broadcasting.
They're just transmitting.
As part of the experiment,
an outside gang
of looters and thugs
challenge the colonists'
resources and security.
So far, the volunteers
have built the survival basics.
There you go.
And after an attack
to steal their resources...
they assembled
an arsenal of weapons
whoa!
Now...
I'm looking at five.
...a quest
for solar energy...
and a fight for survival.
No!
Don't touch me!
As day 23 begins, the colonists
are still struggling
to make a normal life
for themselves.
I am not happy
in this warehouse.
In the end,
our team has one main goal,
and that is
to get the hell out of here.
Acquiring food and supplies
after a disaster
can be difficult.
Eventually, you'll want to
leave the city
and go to a place that has
more sustainable resources.
With their supplies diminishing,
the volunteers
have set their sights
on leaving the bleak,
urban environment of the colony
by fixing a broken-down
flatbed truck.
As part of the experiment,
the volunteers must survive
and rebuild,
using the limited resources
on hand.
But later in the experiment,
they'll be given details
of a possible escape route.
Last week,
they took their first step
toward life beyond the colony
by getting the truck's engine
up and running.
It runs!
Purrs like a kitten.
Now the colonists
need to figure out
the rest of the plan
for their escape vehicle.
What do we need on this
to really get out of here?
Think of this
as our exodus vehicle, right?
It's got to look scary,
and it's got to be able
to take somebody out
if you really need to.
What kind of weaponry
can we have?
I mean, one thought
i had is...
an air cannon
and/or a flamethrower.
Yeah, what you got, Leilani?
Even if we had something
protruding out,
kind of like spears,
like, on a pole.
Along here, we all
got to be able to sit.
Like, we could go several miles
without running into people.
So i was just looking
at simple wooden benches
that open up,
like on a sailboat.
We can store all of our food
on them.
We have to watch
our clearance on this.
We're dealing with
a 13-foot truck,
so I'm thinking
taking that shell off
and then working
the plankings.
Sounds good.
The idea is, if we pull this,
the weight of this thing
is gonna pull it down
and snap it off,
and we'll be free and clear
of this back.
Oh!
It took out the gir...
yeah!
There we go.
Ah ho ho!
Good. Done.
With the back removed,
it's time to clear
the busted planks from the deck,
which means it's time
to crank up their new generator.
Four days ago,
the colonists bartered for it
and 5 gallons of gasoline
from a band of traders.
The new genny should put out
four times the juice
of their old one...
a jury-rigged model Mike made
from a pressure-washer engine
and two car alternators.
With the new generator,
the colonists should finally
be able to crank up
their arc welder...
a necessity for working on
the escape vehicle.
Back to the genny.
Damn it.
In the shop,
Mike tries to figure out
what's wrong
with the new generator.
I had current through there.
That meter shows that we have
some electricity flowing
but not enough...
not the right one.
It's not...
it's not doing it right.
It should be steady,
and it's not steady.
It's jumping up and down.
Something is seriously wrong.
Right now, this is a dead deal.
Joe the trader screwed us.
We gave him two good machines
for a junk machine.
In a catastrophe,
small generators and batteries
are a temporary solution
for power.
But, eventually,
you'll need something
more sustainable
for the long term.
Until they can fix
the new generator,
it's back to the old one,
but that means no welding.
It's not a genny.
It's a car alternator.
It was only meant
to charge a battery.
It'll get us power.
Won't get us welding power.
I would give my left
"you know what"
for a couple
of solar panels.
I'm so sick of this.
I think i mentioned
that i saw solar panels.
Where?
Joey remembers seeing
solar panels in two places...
on the roof of a nearby
abandoned building
and on his walk to the colony
22 days ago.
I'm looking at five.
Where, where, where, where,
where, where, where?
About 1:00.
Those have to be solar
panels. They're worth a look.
To duplicate the generator,
we're gonna need
about eight panels,
just to keep
the batteries charged up
so we can use power tools
here and there.
Maybe if you
want to go check
what we saw on the roof
with binoculars,
with a few people,
i'll take a few people to where
i think i remember seeing them.
Let's organize our little
raiding parties and get going.
Go, go.
Michael is really
getting everyone involved,
and everyone recognizes
the importance
of having an alternative
source of energy.
And us being situated
here in los angeles,
there's no better place
to tap into
the seemingly never-ending
energy from the sun.
All right, lock up.
The colonists have
encountered thugs and thieves
on the streets
outside the colony.
Not knowing what lies ahead,
they proceed with caution.
The building
where Mike saw the panels
and the freight yard
from day one
have both been cordoned off
as part of the experiment.
Joey will lead his team
to the yard...
...while Mike takes a crew
to break into the building.
Think anyone lives here?
I don't know.
Steel-frame door.
See if i still
got the skills.
Yeah!
There we go.
That was it?
That was it?
Hang on.
I think i got it.
Yeah!
There.
Whoo!
Anything spooky up there?
Solar panels?
Those are the ones?
Wow.
Solar panels are used
to power warning lights
on railways and highways.
They don't need to be attached
to the electricity grid,
and they last for years.
That's exactly what we need
on the bottom.
We need to take
this whole thing, okay?
Let's roll out of here fast.
Come on.
Wait.
You good?
Meanwhile,
Mike and his team
have the more difficult task
of disassembling
a permanent installation
on the roof.
Now i got to put
all the screws back in here.
I unscrewed my end
over here.
After a disaster,
scavenging and stealing
may actually
become a way of life.
And the people who would
ordinarily never steal
are out there taking things.
The panels weigh
about 20 pounds each,
and these colonists
have netted 14 of them.
John v. Scavenges materials
for a makeshift litter
that will carry the load.
We got solar panels
and, you know,
all the energy we can use,
pretty much, during the daytime.
But now we just got to
set it up.
There.
Push it down now.
You guys, open up!
Come on in.
Look what we got.
Keep on pushing it now.
There we go.
Way to go, guys.
How many did we get?
14.
Oh, damn!
What are those, 75s?
75, so do the math.
Four 75s over there.
So we got
2 kilowatts almost.
All told,
the colonists net
1875-watt solar panels...
enough to keep their batteries
charged indefinitely.
Come on, guys.
Come on, come on, come on.
First of all, let me tell you
what a solar panel does
and how it's made.
These are very fragile.
The toughest part
is the glass.
You can't scratch it,
but you can break it.
Let's say this solar panel
had two of these cells missing.
It would put out maybe 10 watts
instead of 75.
It's that sensitive.
So, we have
our battery bank.
We have our inverter,
and our inverter
gives us a.c.
The solar panels
are all gonna be lined up.
The most important thing
to do
is to set these panels up
on a stand outside.
Mike's plan calls for building
a solar-panel structure
in three stages.
First, they'll weld together
three frames,
each holding six panels.
Then, they'll construct
a base for the frames
to fit into and rotate on.
The third and final step
will be mounting
a motorized swivel
that follows the sun
as it moves across the sky.
So, imagine our genny running
eight hours a day with no noise.
And no fuel.
We've got the power
that we need right now
to do whatever the hell
we want.
This is a big job.
Everyone's got to be involved.
This takes precedence
over everything.
The colonists have
a great scheme for making power,
but they need their new
generator to implement it.
I cannot weld up
the solar system.
We need the big genny up
to weld.
Everything's on hold until
tomorrow morning.
When there's light,
i can jump on that genny
and try to figure out
why the hell it's not working.
Coming up...
that is freakin' amazing.
...the quest for solar
continues...
whoo!
No, no!
...and the colonists face
a threat to their very survival.
All you want to do
is steal!
Get the out!
We need to start
rationing a little bit.
I think we're on
our last bag of coffee.
We're done with peanut butter.
Currently,
they have 11 days of food,
9 days of water,
and only 4 gallons of gas
for the generator.
I'm going to immediately
jump on the genny.
Let me work
on the genny alone,
because two heads in one toilet
doesn't work, okay?
Okay, just let me know
if you need help.
I like welding
and making lots of strong stuff,
so i need to get this genny
working one way or another.
If you're going to
try large-scale construction,
you need an arc welder.
It's a kind of tool
that allows you to fuse metal
into whatever shape you need.
But it requires a good deal
of power... about 3,000 watts.
After four hours,
Mike is still baffled.
The converter's all hooked up.
How's this going?
It's going rough, man.
It's going rough.
Can you start it
and let me see if i can...
we'll start it, but you measure
it and you'll get nothing.
Mike,
it's running too slow.
Its rpms are too low.
With John c.'s help,
Mike reaLizes his mistake.
I lowered the rpms,
thinking that we'd save fuel.
Lowering the rpms...
pbht!
Wouldn't engage.
Just didn't kick in.
It kicked in,
but it didn't kick in enough.
This thing is meant to run
at 1,800 to 3,000 rpm.
Let's put the damn thing
together, and we can weld.
With the genny finally cranking,
the solar build
can officially begin.
In the side room, Mike and Joey
find plenty of scaffolding pipe
for the solar-panel frames.
If we have
one piece of pipe...
we need one pipe
to go inside
or outside of one
of these pipes.
And how loose can it be?
It doesn't have to be perfect.
It can be a little loose.
All this stuff's
the same.
What's that?
Let's cut this off
and see what we got.
Like "buttah."
Do it! Do it!
Yeah!
That's what
I'm talking about.
There's our swivel.
All right.
Whew!
Aah.
Got me again.
Got me a couple times.
With the frames in place,
Mike moves on to stage 2
of the build...
the supporting base.
We're basically
gonna have a pole here.
It's gonna be drilled
into here for a base.
And then we put
our big "h" unit on top of that
to hold the solar panel.
There we are.
Whew.
Morning... noon...
afternoon.
In the main warehouse space,
computer engineer John c.
Is working on the final stage
of the build...
a motorized
solar tracking system.
This is actually the gear motor
that we're gonna use.
So, these are little
photoresistors
from these little
electronic kits over here.
Now, if the sun
were coming in like this...
...if it saw this one
more than the other one,
that motor would start
turning clockwise.
And then,
as soon as they got even,
it would stop,
which is what you want.
If it were to overshoot
or it were to be night,
it would back up
until it got even again.
So both of those things
need to be in the full light,
and then it'll stop.
And it's working,
which is pretty darn cool.
I love it.
I love it.
That's just
freakin' amazing.
That is freakin' amazing.
That is brilliant.
The components are complete.
It's time to assemble them
in the yard.
Now, what we need
is a cross gusset this way
and another cross gusset
that way
to keep the shear
from doing this.
We already have this
taken care of.
You guys want to raise that one
up as much as we need it?
Right, raise that one up
as high as you can get it.
Tilt, tilt, tilt.
I got it.
Watch your hand.
Manhandled.
All righty.
All right, back over.
Watch your fingers.
Are you clear?
This is where
we test our welds.
So, if they're gonna break,
they're gonna break now
and not with the panels on.
So...
they ain't breakin'.
That works.
Yay!
Engineering is about
inventing cool stuff,
and there's no better motivation
than survival
to invent your way
into a better existence
or keep yourself in existence.
Rather than drill
screws into the delicate panels,
the colonists mount them at the
edges with bolts and washers.
And, Joey, this is
the worst time to ever miss.
I gotcha.
This would be the worst time
to ever miss a screw.
I don't miss.
By the end of the day,
the colonists have mounted
all 18 panels.
The dream of unlimited
electrical power
awaits only John c.'s
sun-tracking system.
Coming up on "the colony"...
we have to coexist.
...two more volunteers arrive.
I find their behavior
to be sketchy.
And the colonists'
world turns upside down.
Hyah!
Dawn breaks on the colony.
John c. And Mike
still have a day's work
to finish the solar project,
and John v. Has a scheme
to solve a long-standing gripe.
I was thinking of doing
that washing machine.
My idea was just a simple bucket
tilted on its side.
Until this point,
the colonists have done
their wash by hand in tubs,
using corrugated steel
as a washboard.
You put your laundry in here...
your dirty clothes
right in there.
And it spins around,
propelled by...
you guessed it...
a bicycle.
So, that's it.
Will it make my clothes
more beige?
And your browns
more radiant.
So, what i have planned here
was to get these drive wheels.
Then, this whole assembly
being tilted like this.
When this spins on the rollers,
it'll spin on these rollers.
And to drain it,
drop down to drain.
Basically, what I'm gonna do
is get this freewheel gear
off the bicycle.
It'll be almost like riding
a normal bike.
It should just line up
to the barrel,
sit right on top of this wheel,
and roll out the barrel.
It'll spin with it.
It doesn't run.
It's freewheel.
Whack the damn thing.
The last component
of the solar power system
is John c.'s tracking device.
This arm is gonna
connect on here
and move them all side-to-side
to follow the sun.
Let's see if this thing works,
michael.
Click it on.
Let's try.
Motor's going.
It's moving.
It's tracking.
I want to see if the tracker's
gonna actually see it.
That's looking good.
The earth receives more
energy from the sun in just one hour
than the entire planet uses
in a year.
If harnessed properly,
solar energy could take you
completely off the grid
and eliminate your reliance
on fossil fuels.
As you can see, we've got
our gear motor here.
And this little
tracking system that i designed
basically has one photocell
right here, with some shade.
When the sun is out,
it will track
till the sun is actually shining
on that cell.
Then it'll stop this motor.
When the sun advances, the thing
will advance along with it.
At the end of the day, there's
another photocell at the top
shuts the whole thing down.
We're getting
free power from the sun,
no generator,
no gasifier.
Batteries getting charged
by total solar power,
thanks to these guys.
Everybody, guys.
Awesome!
We're completely
running on solar.
The whole system
is working perfectly.
The arrays are moving
as they're supposed to.
They're generating
the right power.
The tracker is working.
I couldn't be happier.
So, it's all hooked up.
But the best
is actually in here.
Okay.
I patched it in.
Made a little voltmeter here,
actually,
to measure the voltage.
It's about 14 volts,
which is great.
The inverters are telling me
that these things are full.
This means welding.
This means fabricating.
This means
getting the truck running.
And getting out of here.
That would be awesome.
Let's go use some of it.
Yeah, let's go use some power.
I want to
light this place up
like it was a christmas tree.
As day 25 ends,
Mike's in the mood to celebrate.
Light 'em up.
Yeah, baby!
Let there be light.
Whoo! Yeah, baby!
Lights, baby!
And a lot more to come.
John v.
Is ready to finish off
the pedal-powered
clothes washer.
Okay, now we're
gonna take this bike
and mount it
into the brackets.
We've got to cut down
a couple more pieces of wood
to shim it up.
I'm literally
a couple screws away.
Okay. Why don't you
put the drum on there?
We didn't have
any shorter ones?
Nope.
That's all we have.
Whoo-hoo!
We're washin' laundry,
man.
It will be
a lot of water.
That works, man!
Look at that!
Oh, my god!
That's brilliant!
I'm happy.
This is the gentle cycle.
My clothes
weren't that dirty.
Look at all that dirt.
Whoa, your clothes
weren't dirty, my
look at this.
Looks like river mud.
For 30 seconds
of pedaling,
that's some
pretty dirty water.
We so do not suck.
It's very important
that we maybe take a break,
sit down, get off our feet,
rest, relax.
This is it.
In this phase of the experiment,
two outsiders will stake a claim
to the colony itself.
Up to this point,
outsiders sent to the compound
have clearly been outsiders.
The last thing
the colonists expect
is someone walking in
with their own key.
The thing about
a disaster on a major scale
is that laws and normal
property rights may be ignored.
People will squat
in houses, buildings,
pretty much wherever they can.
We saw this after katrina.
Yo!
Hey. Guys?
Hey!
Somebody's in here.
Somebody's in here.
Who the hell
are you guys?
Hey! Everybody!
We got company!
Everybody in!
Now!
What's up, man?
Stay there.
I don't have to stay there.
You're in my house.
No, this is my house.
I left here...
you left here?
...six weeks ago,
and now what is all this?
What?
The two new arrivals
have been briefed
on the colonists' activities
over the past five weeks.
It's called our home,
baby.
Who brought this truck
in here?
It was outside.
We brought it in.
When a guy that's 6'5"
and 260 pounds walks in your door,
you're not actually
gonna tackle the guy
and pin him to the ground.
What about my cash
that was in a safe?
We got the cash.
You got my vodka?
Unfortunately,
the vodka's gone.
Andre.
Andre, I'm Joey.
Andre, I'm Mike.
Hey, Andre.
Everybody, introduce yourself.
Let's get them some water.
Just out of curiosity, because
we have been having some problems,
did you guys
just walk right in?
Yeah, i have a key
to that door.
It's his place,
obviously.
We were wondering
who was here before us,
and we didn't reaLize
that they would be coming back.
You guys made a lot
of changes, huh?
We did more
than you think.
What's up
with the truck?
That truck
is gonna run.
You think you're
gonna start that truck up?
We started that truck up.
That truck runs.
And we're gonna get
other things running.
We got gennies.
We got power.
We got solar panels.
We got everything.
Are we still stocked
with food in the pantry?
We got some food.
The one thing that gets me,
right off from the bat,
is you did have a key.
But we haven't seen anybody else
except for you two right now,
as far as people
that we want to run into.
I know this is your place.
You have to understand, this
has kind of become our place.
Joey, please speak
to where we can all hear you,
'cause you're representing
all of us.
Thank you.
When Andre
and ELizabeth arrived,
my intuition
was just throwing red flags.
Joey is in charge of security,
but as soon as we have two
new people walk into our home,
within five minutes,
he's willing to show them
all of our secrets.
Right now,
Mike has been staying in here.
Okay?
We've been
running electrical.
This bathroom,
we've been using.
We're basically just flushing
everything with gray water.
Oh, great.
You guys got
a workout room, huh?
Who put this up?
Leilani did.
She's our martial-arts expert.
That's nice.
We got to work out sometime.
We got to spar.
We have a sparring guy.
We can spar.
So, what we've been doing
is locking up at night,
putting this board
in between it.
Simply trying to just make
a little normandy out here.
As you can see, i opened up the
wall a little bit right there.
Remember, you had
that room right there?
I made a catwalk
attaching that
so i can have a lookout post
also up there.
After a disaster,
resources are limited.
And if you have
a functioning shelter going,
you have to decide
under which conditions, if any,
that you're gonna accept
new people.
By not discussing it, the issue
will force itself on you,
because there are always
more people who need help.
You put yourself
in his shoes.
He left this place,
trying to get out.
And he couldn't get out,
and he came back
and he found us.
Yeah, but still, i mean,
having a key,
you welcome him, embrace him,
welcome him with open arms,
tell him everything...
where all the food is?
After putting all the cards
above the table,
that wasn't wise.
We're in a survival... we're in
a really tense situation,
and i just don't feel like
that was the best move.
Chickens.
Uh-huh. Are you the leader
of these guys?
It's been happening, but we
don't try to claim it that way.
This guy was obviously
here before.
I don't trust him, but i don't
not trust him, either.
I know the others
think I'm stupid for that,
but, uh, it'd be different
if these people just showed up
off of the street.
That wasn't the case.
This guy had a key.
He knew what was in the place.
So, if i were to, uh,
if i wanted to go back out
and look for survivors,
you seem like
a pretty strong...
we'll talk.
Whatever we have to do.
Yes, ma'am?
Let's not take it upon
yourself to discuss...
let's all discuss this,
talk.
Absolutely, Allison.
No need for you
to take control right now.
This is
the way he's acting.
"Here's the food.
Here's the water."
How to receive newcomers
is often a point of friction
within a group.
Some are quick
to welcome outsiders.
Others are far less trusting.
The two people that are
against bringing people in
are you and Joey,
and you guys are just like,
"here."
Well, he walked in
with the key.
But, like,
in a survival situation,
there's no...
like, finders keepers.
The one thing i would say
is that we just be attentive.
We cannot be attentive
by saying, guess what,
"hi, welcome, there's our food.
There's our other food.
There's our food. Here's how
to shoot the gun towards me."
Let's make this
a group effort
and not a "Joey showing them
where everything is" effort.
I'm stepping back.
Please do.
I'm done.
Absolutely.
Right now, i just can only
relate it to the four of us
when we walked in
and how grateful
and appreciative we were
to have a place to stay
off the streets.
And they don't have
that same approach,
so, uh, it's odd.
It's very odd.
Despite their misgivings,
the colonists sit down
to their first dinner
with the new arrivals.
So, eat, and welcome.
And, hopefully, this is maybe
the beginning of something good.
And please relax
while you're here.
So, what are we eating?
Basically,
just some beef and rice
and a few noodles
put together.
So, how many servings
can i have?
Like, can i get
three, four?
Every day,
we're eating canned foods.
We're consuming these things
that we're not replacing,
that will not last forever.
It's incredibly stressful
to be in a situation
where we don't have food
past two, three weeks.
I don't know
if i want to stay here,
but, uh, you know,
i feel like this place is
just as much mine as yours.
I'll stay
as long as i want.
We're a community,
and we have rules
that we have to live by
for our survival.
The consequences are severe.
You guys were out there.
'Cause all of our lives
are at risk.
It's not okay to just go
and crack open
our community's food
and eat when you're hungry.
It's not okay to urinate
in whatever stall you want to
and waste water.
I get that, but my question is,
for people who come in,
if there's death
outside the door,
are you gonna turn them away
if they don't follow your rules?
You're gonna play god
and say,
"you do this and stay here,
or you're out."
We play by the rules
because we need to protect
everyone in here
from the chaos outside.
And if you want to
come in,
to be protected
from the outside,
then what is your problem
to go according to our rules?
The problem is being told
that i must do something.
The rules abide
by not wasting water, not...
common-sense stuff.
We're not telling you, "you have
to sit there and do that
and go there and do that."
You know what, guys? I
can't take this anymore.
I'm gonna leave here
when i want to leave here.
It's not your decision.
Until then,
we have to coexist.
As part of the experiment,
these two people
have been sent in
to test the colonists' unity
and challenge complacency.
I'm just trying to know
where Andre is at all times.
I want to do my own thing
right now, you know,
and I'd like you guys
to, like, respect that
and just kind of back off.
I'm trying to talk to him
and get to know him.
I just find their behavior
to be sketchy.
As much as i want to
like them and trust them...
...part of me still worries
that they may not be
completely on the level
and that, you know,
the fact that Andre has a key
doesn't make him
necessarily a good guy.
I don't know what the right
thing to do is right now.
I'm not exactly sure,
so I'm just kind of
in the waiting period.
They haven't proved themselves
yet... not at all.
What is that sound?
Hey, is it cool
if i take a shower?
Absolutely.
The colonists ration
their water supply,
using only one minute
of hot water per shower.
But Liz is taking her time,
draining their reservoir
with a 30-minute soak.
Today, my mind has
a heightened sense of awareness,
let's say.
Just keeping an eye
on our new friends.
That
all the water that we brought
to the roof.
We give her a shower, and she
took all the water.
Guess what.
Let ELizabeth take a shower.
Drained everything
on the roof.
Not one single drop.
Why am i not surprised?
What are you guys doing?
I was gonna put down something
about, uh, us being here.
Um, that's Morgan,
and that's what she's doing
is to chronicle-ize
our stay here.
Did you work out today?
Uh, a little bit.
Feel like sparring,
get a little workout in?
Yeah.
I'm pretty sure
i can handle you.
See what you got.
All right.
All right.
Hyah!
Hyah, hyah!
Hyah!
Hyah!
That's nice.
That's nice.
Yeah?
That's all you got?
Hyah!
Whoo!
I told you, girl.
Liz?
Let's get out of here.
I feel like Andre
is testing me...
just to see...
just to figure it all out.
The colonists
call an emergency meeting
to discuss Andre and Liz.
Hey, Mike!
Let's all just have a sit-down.
Hardened tool steel...
my triple-threat nose picker.
You know, you can
pick your friends,
but you can never pick
your friend's nose, right?
That's right.
Okay.
Is everybody here?
My nose picker.
We have a number
of concerns.
This is a very serious
situation.
We welcomed these guys in,
okay?
We gave them the benefit
of the doubt.
We've offered them food.
We've offered them shelter.
We've offered them
to participate
and become a member
of our community.
What that takes
from their end
is a willingness
to contribute.
How much time
we're gonna give them...
that's gonna be
up for discussion.
They're trying out for the team.
So far, they haven't made it.
The most important
thing for a group
that's digging their way
out of a disaster
is a sense of stability.
That sense can only come
once the group members
are familiar and comfortable
with one another.
If an outsider or group
of outsiders suddenly appear,
it can upset
that fragile dynamic.
This isn't just a houseguest
that we have to turn away
and hurt some feelings.
If this doesn't work out,
this can be our survival.
The consequences
are severe.
They already got it.
No, this is
we're all sitting
around here talking
while they're taking
our
wake up!
It's not solar week anymore!
Andre? You want to have
a sit-down with us?
Oh, my god.
We've been
very hospitable.
He's not even respecting
what you're saying.
He's looking away.
Can't you see what he's doing?
If you think that you
intimidate me by your size,
i can put you down
with my thumb.
So, respect me,
look at me, and...
get out of my face
with that
what are you gonna do?
We'll talk later.
Andre, i've not
disrespected you once.
All right?
Neither has Joey,
neither has George,
neither has
the professor.
We are all
standing here.
Basically, what we're saying,
there are codes of conduct here.
All right? We have worked hard
to get water.
You don't know how hard
and how many times
we have risked our lives
to get water.
And you know water
is the basis of survival.
If you want to not be a part,
then don't be a part.
Don't use the water.
Don't use the shower.
Don't use anything
that we have worked hard for.
Andre and Liz
don't like the rules,
so the colonists are ready
to see them leave.
Talk, talk, talk,
talk, talk, talk.
Liz?
Let's go.
Let's get out of here.
Let's go upstairs
and get our
got it.
Could someone go and
grab a couple of cans for them
and some water, please?
Just... just something.
John c. Gathers up
some food to send them off.
But the newcomers make one more
grab at the colony's resources.
Excuse me, Liz.
What's up?
Wait.
Liz, what are you doing?
After weeks of isolation,
the volunteers begin to believe
that the world
of the experiment is real.
And therefore, any threat
to their food or supplies
becomes an actual threat
to what is keeping them alive.
In that case,
they'll defend their resources
almost as if
their very lives depend on it.
Hey, Liz,
what are you doing?
This stuff is ours
just as much as it is yours.
Andre and Liz
have been sent in
to test the colonists' unity
and complacency.
They've been instructed not to
physically harm the colonists,
but the colonists
don't know that.
And accidents can happen.
Get off of me, blondie!
Put the cans down!
Andre!
Get your hands
off of her!
Now!
We've taken
from you, man!
No! No!
Andre!
You've done enough!
Look over there.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa!
Hey, hey, hey!
Don't you
ever touch me!
How dare you?!
We let you in here!
We gave you water!
We gave you food!
And all you want to do
is steal!
Get the out! Give us a couple more cans.
We may have let you in,
but you asked, man.
Empty-handed!
Out!
Let's go.
Drop the cans!
No, let them have that
and some water.
Scared of your
get out!
Get out!
You emptied my bag?
Put my
back in my bag!
You can leave, but you're only
leaving empty-handed.
Are you going now?!
Get out of my bag!
Stop it! Stop it!
Stop. It's done.
Open that door!
Get out
and never come back,
'cause you're never
allowed back.
We'll be back.
Don't worry.
We'll be ready
for your
you be ready!
Be ready!
We kicked you out this time,
we'll kick you out again!
I'm okay.
You're alive.
That's good.
Hell, yeah, I'm alive.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm fine.
You teach me well.
I'm fine.
That door
that they came in...
it's okay.
I'm too mad right now.
Please don't.
It's okay.
Even Allison didn't
know she could get that angry.
I knew she could,
and she did it,
and that impressed me.
And i think she feels stronger
for being able to get,
you know,
violent when it was necessary,
and it was necessary.
It was almost beautiful
and poetic and magical
all at the same moment,
with all the craziness and
the yelling and the screaming,
to feel that unity finally
just snap into place
as if we all had
one common purpose,
and that was to get
these two threatening people
outside of our compound,
and we did.
"The colony's code of conduct.
"Our colony adheres to live
with respect
"towards all of the following
and to contribute
"towards the procurement
and security of each and all.
"If anyone cannot abide by
these guidelines of the colony,
"we will not be able
to welcome you amongst us,
"and the colony
must disassociate from you,
for we will not be able
to coexist."