The Colony (2009–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - A Test of Faith - full transcript

We're on the edge of a global catastrophic disaster.

Human conflict.

[indistinct shouting]

Nuclear bombs.

Natural disasters.

Chemical and biological warfare.

Without warning,

the world as we know it can come to an end.

Narrator:
31 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 start with no electricity...

No water...

- Nothin'

and no communication with the outside world.

Michael: They're not broadcasting.

Narrator: As part of the experiment,

an outside gang of looters and thugs

challenge the colonists' resources and security.



So far the rebuilding process

has been a success.

-Wow!
- Whoa!

Narrator: And all outside threats have been repelled.

- Joey: You're going out!
- Allison: Get him out!

George?
- George?!

Narrator: but when Dr. George disappeared

on a search party...

George?!

Narrator:
...their sense of stability was shattered.

- We left a man behind.

Narrator: Now...

Man: Prepare to meet God.

Judgement's coming.

Narrator: A test of faith.
- Just a little bit of water, man.

Please, just a little bit of water.

We made a decision and uh...

Allison: Exactly, it's done.

Narrator: And, a fight against hunger.

Allison: John V. has a rat.

on the ground.

We're going to end up eating the rats.

Joey: S.O.S., S.O.S., S.O.S.

Colony in search of government institution,

subject to attacks and kidnappings.

Need food, water, protection,
meds and info.

X-mitting daily on 900 kilohertz A.M.

Listening at 800 kilohertz A.M.

immediately after.

Morgan: I miss George so much.

I just want him to come home.

Unfortunately, we haven't heard Morse code.

And we haven't heard a voice transmission back.

It would be nice to hear from someone else.

I think our morale is pretty low.

It's one of ...

It's probably the lowest point it's been

I'm not sleeping.
I'm not sleeping three or four

hours a night.

After over a month of participating,

in a large scale experiment,

especially one where the volunteers have

physically, mentally and emotionally

broken down.

The constructed world of the experiment,

will become real to those in it.

John V.: We've been attacked,

robbed,

sleep deprived,

starved.

It's left some people kinda jaded, kinda really irritated.

and just fed up.

I’m sick of this warehouse.
I'm sick of the lack of food.

I’m sick of the scum bags harassing us.

I'm sick of...

I'm sick of everyone.
I can...I can just

barely keep my mouth shut and tolerate other people.

Narrator: the dramatic events
of the past month and a half,

have taken a toll on more than just moral.

The volunteers' nerves are

frayed and they're dropping the ball

on managing their resources.

- Is it really?
- Mm hmm

- Yeah.

Survivors of a major Catastrophe,

will certainly be challenged by emotional situations.

But they can't let themselves get distracted.

Survival must always be their

number one priority.

Have we like crossed some threshold?

where all of the sudden

our reserves are gone or

something like that.
'Cause...I never

felt not eating

until like this week.

- And we're working hard.
No one really stops, so...

this is affecting us in like, so

many different ways. Emotionally, physically...

Narrator: food isn't the colonists only depleted

Resource, as John V. makes an alarming discovery.

I checked our propane reserves,

And that we do no longer have any propane.

So were gonna have to
find some kind of alternate way to cook.

Narrator: the colonists use
Solar power and a generator to

run lights and tools,

But they depend on a propane stove for cooking

and to make river water safe to drink.

Purifying water is a two-step process.

Filtration and boiling.

They can still filter using

their charcoal system.

But without propane,

they need another way to sterilize the water.

Morgan: I don't know if you guys
foresaw the day when we would be

out of propane, but this is it.

Narrator: of course, there is an obvious solution.

Michael: Fire. We've got fire, kids

John V.: Yeah, we'll use that.

We might have to screw around
more with cooking actually on the barrel right here.

That's perfect.

Narrator: But, computer engineer
John C. Isn't a fan of that plan.

John C.: We can cook on that,
but we've got to come up with a

more direct way to boil.

Narrator: Although fire is fine for cooking,

it's not an efficient way to boil
the 20 gallons of water they use every day.

John C.: 'cause right now we have to boil probably

five to six of those buckets a day,

and that would take somebody all day.

Narrator: Not only would
it be a colonist's full-time job,

but it would take an estimated

110 pounds of their dwindling

supply of wood every day

to keep the fire going hot and long

enough to boil 20 gallons.

With this equation, they would
run out of wood in just two weeks.

John C.: That's just not going to work.

No matter what ends up getting fixed,

something else goes wrong.

That gets fixed, and then

something else is wrong with it.

and it's just...

...it's chaos.

Narrator: John C. is determined to find a way

to purify water without propane or wood.

While he puts his mind to
fixing the purification problem,

Mike puts his muscle into
making a more efficient cook-top.

Why can't we just cook right on that then?

- It's too rough.

- I'll get a spatula...
- Oh, you want to actually cook on...

- Yes, we're going to cook on it.

To be very honest, my -

I haven't eaten in such a long time.

My brain isn't working.

Which is kind of interesting.

I keep losing stuff, I'm not thinking straight.

This is really the second day where I've realized

I'm not working as
effectively because of...our diet.

Narrator: John C. Finally comes up with a solution.

I wandered into a conversation,

as I was kind of in one of those...

you know, thoughtful moments,
like, 'what could I do'?

I walked over there, Amy and
Leilani were talking about

water purification.
Ya know, I'm thinking about one thing,

and she starts asking me about, how do we purify water.

Could we use the solar, etc.

and all of a sudden, this giant kind of, you know...

light-bulb moment happens.

I can make ozone.

And ozone is the chemical that many water -

many municipalities use to purify their water.

Ozone is a highly reactive, unstable form of oxygen,

that can be used to kill bacteria,

and other microbes in water.

Ozone molecules can
form in several different ways.

One of which is, when high voltage
electrical discharge passes through the air.

Like lightning.

Ozone.

...And it s the smell you
get after a lightning storm.

You walk outside, and that great fresh smell.

Well, a little of it makes it smell fresh,

a lot of it is actually very, very active.

Narrator: to purify water,
John C. Will build what he calls

an ozonator.

The ozonator will be comprised of two basic parts,

the tesla coil, which creates ozone
by emitting high voltage electricity.

in the form of electrical arcs,

and a container that will capture the ozone and

pump it into a bucket of water,

killing off any harmful microbes.

It should be better than chlorinating it.

And we should be able to get
Away from having to boil it at

John C. has been amazing me
every single day with his little innovations

that he comes up with.

Narrator: but purification
Isn't their only water problem.

Allison: We all agreed that
we wouldn't get below 60...

we are now down at 20.

Um, we're going to really need to go for a water run.

Morgan: Okay, alright...

so, John, Joey, and Allison,

you guys can go ahead and stay.

Allison: Everybody ready?
- All ready.

- Alright buddy.
- Be careful.

Allison: If you cut anything down, be careful.

Please be careful.

Amy: Every time we go to the river,

we normally have some sort of altercation.

And it seems like we're always anticipating marauders,

and, we're never quite relaxed.
We re never quite comfortable.

Joey: Okay, so, side door's locked.
Back door's locked, right?

Morgan: It's wet and way too cold.

Joey: The others are full?

Vladimir: John?

What do you see?

John V.: People.

- Hey guys?
- One...two...three...

- Hey guys?
- four...five...

or more
- Look up river.

- Get out of the river.

- ...go, go, get in the front.

two, four, six...

seven
- Are you ready?!

for the judgment of God on America.

Man: Prepare to meet god!

Judgment's coming!

- Let's pull...
let's pull. Here...

Many people will view a major catastrophic event

as a sign that apocalyptic times have arrived.

And they'll look to their faith for comfort.

But as they spread their views, they may come into contact
with other survivors that simply don't share their beliefs.

Man: This...is...the apocalypse.

- Vlad! Come on!

Narrator:
As part of the experiment, a group of missionaries

will introduce the subject of faith.

Man: Los Angeles is under the judgment of God.

Lailani: I m getting really nervous

- Love your neighbor.
We represent the kingdom of God to come.

Lailani: And then I realize they have no weapons...

They look in worse shape than we do.

Man: Are you going to
survive the judgment of God?

Faith in God...

is important.

Do you have faith in God?

- Amen.

Narrator: John V. Entered the
colony with a strong belief in God.

I think he leads people i a Certain direction,

and it's for a reason...uh...

Everybody has a purpose.

Narrator: but early on in the experiment,

his values were tested and compromised.

You know what? I need to check you out.

Allison: Oh my God.

That looks like stealing to me.

During the initial shock of
entering in an immersive experiment,

some participants may move away
from their core belief and values.

But if someone sinks deeper into

the survival mind-set,

their faith could be the
only thing keeping them together.

- I'm Bob, we preach on the river.

We're trying to survive, just like you.

We've got to stick together as human beings.

It was nice to see that

uh...people are still keeping hope.

and faith alive. I' glad I'm not the only one.

Vladimir: All right, guys, just...
just don't go any further.

Just stay right there.

Bob: Well, what about sharing?

Maybe a sharing time.

- We don't have the resources.
- We don't have the resources.

No
- Okay, well, then, what's the point of surviving

if your souls burn in hell

and you need to go to god and say

'God, help us, we need help.'

He asked, is there anymore to give?

and um...

And I said,
I ll give you my own water that I brought,

here's my own jug of water.

It's all, ya know...I have.

Bob: What a guy.
John V.: Here ya go.

- What a guy.
- I only have one tool.

Here's that.

- God bless you. God bless you.

- There's a little part of me in the back of my head

that's saying 'Give 'em your

your...utility-knife thing that you have.'

'Give it to 'em'

And sometimes i think god speaks

with you that way. 'Just give it to 'em'.

- Have a good journey.

Thank you.
-Bob: God be with ya.

Thank you. The end is coming, folks

The end is coming

and is on the horizon!

As they walk away, they say, 'God bless'

One of the ladies halfway down,
she turns around, comes around,

and gives me a can of food.

- Thank you.

- But to have that lady, um...

come to me and actually
give me that can of food was

was a sign a true giving
that you really can't describe

it overtook me.

Lailani:
John V.? Are you okay?

It kind of gave me a new,

like a whole new little battery charge

on faith and hope.

And I think my purpose is here right now.

with the family I have here right now, and

hopefully, uh...

put some faith and hope in

a lot of these people here that don't have that.

So I think that's my mission right now.

Joey: Hey, I think they're back.

Come on! Up front!

Guys, what took you so long?

Narrator: the river party

returns to the colony
with 220 gallons of water,

and news of their trip.

- Uh, we ran into some strangers.

nine or ten
- Missionaries.

Allison: They didn't to come back with you?

They didn't want anything,
they just wanted to talk?

- They asked for food,
and just spreading the gospel.

And, that was really about it.

And then they actually gave me a can of food.

so...

Narrator: with the water supply replenished,

John C. Gets back to work on his ozonator

First step, the Tesla coil

A Tesla coil consists of two coils of wire

One laid out in a flat spiral,

and one wrapped hundreds of times

the plastic pipe,

As current spirals around the flat primary coil,

its voltage increases.

As the current flows up the many windings of wire,

the voltage increases until it's
released from an electrode at the top.

There would be about a couple of
hundred thousand volts coming out from the top.

There would be a snakey
kind of cool looking discharge.

Narrator:
John starts by making the primary coil.

I'm going to make a flat coil

of wire all the way out here.

I'm good with the glue gun.

Narrator: with the primary coil complete,
John sets the secondary coil in the center.

- So this piece of pipe sits in the middle of this.

I have thousands of wires...

maybe - yeah, maybe a thousand winding.

And these are all wires I found from
pieces of old transformers in here.

Narrator:
to power the Tesla coil, John C. will use the same
power source from transmitter he built last week.

To test it, all he has to do is swap a wire.

John C.: Maybe a couple a hundred thousand volts.

Now, if I touch that spark coil,

I end up on the ground. It hurts.

Narrator:
if John can find a way to
capture the ozone created by the spark,

the colonists propane problem may be solved.

Lailani: It's been about six weeks now,

and, uh...we officially,

have a major rat problem.

Allison: You guys, there was a huge rat, like

like this big...
like, huge

white and black rat in our bathroom.

Lailani: Queen bee that.

Allison: John, you must stop what
you're making and go kill the rat.

Morgan: Some of us are just terrified of rats.

Um...I'm okay with it.

I mean, I'm squeamish if
they're going climb up my leg.

But, in general they don't really bother me.
They're just becoming kind of a pest.

Michael: I think we need to go hunting some vermin

So, it's open season on the rodents.

Michael: Get in front of 'em.

Vladimir: Get in front of what?

I get in front of 'em.

Michael: Get in front of 'em.

Narrator:
tonight's dinner is corn tortillas
singed over Michael's fire barrel.

But tortillas can't provide the
nutrition the colonists need to keep working.

Especially protein.

Protein is essential for survival.

When you can't get it by normal means

You may have to re-evaluate what you will, or will not eat.

Narrator: there are options.

Killing their egg laying chickens
would provide only one meal for the nine colonists.

and eating the goats would be

a psychological challenge for some.

It's difficult

because...

We've named 'em, Courtney and Junebug.

When it comes down to it,
you know, you're starving,

we have no protein

Yeah, we re gonna end up eating the rats.

Narrator:
So now it's time for Vlad to bag some rats.

Vladimir: Looking for protein.

That is my goal.

We gotta stay strong.

We got to get it from some good 'ol red meat.

It was a miss.

Narrator: coming up on "The Colony."

New arrivals...

...And a test to their unity.

- You give them your dinner,
and you can starve tonight.

Everything in the warehouse
is starting to drive us a little crazy.

John C.: Avoid the spinach.

Morgan: The dirt,

the bathrooms.
Something else I've started to notice...

The noise.

The working...

The yelling...

Michael: Run the genny!

I could have that bike now!

Allison: Do not yell between us.

...even the rats in the bedroom.

So I've decided to change that,

with some music.

I am building a phonograph.

Uh...we had two different set-ups possible

and after testing both of them,

I've decided to go with this set-up.

But I used this one's casing.

The phonograph's casing.

So, in theory i know how it works

Now I just have to test out my
Different theories about how to make it work again.

I'm so, past my era.

I never even saw one before.

I thought records were this big.

And they're coming out with little ones.

I grew up in a very digital age,
so this, even though it something simple, like music,

to me it's going to be a lot harder.

than any other project I've probably worked on.

So a phonograph works

by a needle in the groove of the record.

The music is gonna be picked up by the needle,
interpreted by the cartridge,

run through the wires to a prong,

and it creates a vibration,

which a cartridge picks up and converts

into an electrical signal,
which you can then amplify.

The needle's gone and the cartridge is busted.

And I can't even find the amplifier.

So, I'm going to have to fix it somehow.

There's a lot of dark moments here.

And hopefully it will bring

everyone else a little bit of happiness.

Cause music is important.
Entertainment is important.

In situations like this.

Michael: So...That's it.

Narrator:
John C. and E.R. Nurse Allison,
have been working on a solution.

Allison and I really wanted

to make soap.

'Cause It's a comfort, but we're running

very, very low on soap.

Oh look at that. It's hard.

Narrator: two weeks ago they

mixed together lard, lye, and water

added lavender and lemon.

Put it in a pan to set,

and now, they're going to see if it works.

- Let's go take a piece of
Here's another little piece.

Let's go see if it...if it lathers.

That's - that'll be the

That'll be the key.

Is it slippery?

Oh I feel it. I feel it.

- Oh it is slippery. Now my hands are slippery.
- I feel it.

I'm feeling like its getting clean though.

Lo...look at that. Look at that.

- Wow. I haven't seen my hands that...

- Yeah, that's true. And it did work.

Joey: This truck is our last bastion of hope.

'Cause this warehouse is not safe.

And I wanna make sure we get someplace safer.

Narrator: The volunteers that the warehouse,

is no place for long-term survival.

They've decided to turn a
broken-down flatbed truck into an escape vehicle.

So far they've gotten the engine running.

Michael: It runs!

Narrator: Now they need to armor it

for protection.

Michael: And, bring it up here...

Slide there. Now push it against the truck.

- Okay. Now you re good.

You know what? Just drill it

- I'm going to use this panel for
siding cladding armor to keep rocks off of our head.

Narrator: throughout the
Warehouse the colonists are hard at work.

But on the street outside,

Man: There's gotta be a door here somewhere.

Michael: Alright we hear you! Calm down!

Hey?
- Hey, what's up?

- Just want some water.

Narrator: in the next phase of the experiment,

two wandering nomads will beg
the colonists to to share their dwindling resources.

Tested will be colonists unity and sense of charity.

Joey: Man, keep on trucking.
- Please.

- Keep on trucking.
- Wait.

No, i didn't open up with a smile and a,

yeah, sure, coming right up Sir.

I told them to keep their [bleep] movin'.

We don't have water.
We're rationing like a [bleep],

Keep on trucking, brother.

- Sir, please, can I just talk
to you for like five seconds?

We re not trying to [bleep] with anybody, man.

Joey: The minute - look, i don't know if
they're a part of 25 people or 50 people,

well then, now they know we do have water.

now we're a truck stop.

Michael: We don t need a
committee to make a decision...
- Exactly

...to give out handouts.

I think the outside visitors,

tests the colonists

in our

democratic procedures.

Leilani: It's everyone's decision, so...
- I stated what I think.

What does everybody think?

If this would've happened last week,

I probably wouldn't have gave nothing

But seeing the believers

at the river...uh

really showed what time it was.

It was time to show compassion,
humanity for somebody else.

Allison: John V.?

Um...

John V.: I think god has a purpose for everybody.

Maybe this would be a situation is my purpose.

Allison: John V.?

I followed my heart and did what I needed to do.

- Oh My God!
- John? John?

Michael: No [bleep] way!
Joey: John?

Michael: No, listen John, that's way freaking too much
Vladimir: That's way too much water.

Joey: God bless you, and
I know where you're coming from.

You need to know where I'm coming from right now, too.

They could go to 50 to 100 other

[bleep] just like them and say
"If they're willing to do this...

if they're willing to do this,

It's a free-for-all.

Lailani: Quick, I need an answer.

Allison: I was very happy and proud

of John V. for standing up for what he believes in.

Standing up to someone like Joey,

He can be difficult, especially
when he s screaming and yelling

Joey: Allison, you're in agreement with him?

I'm going with John V.

I agree with John V. With the...
- Three people?

- Okay four. Anybody want to be a fourth?

- I want to give the vienna sausage.
- Okay, four.

Again, we have four against what, five?

Vladimir: No, vienna sausage and half water.

Narrator: the colonists put it to a vote,

and John V. Wins out.

They'll give water and vienna sausages

to the Nomads.

Michael: Welcome to the colony truck stop.

Free food and water. Come on down.

Man: Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

John V.: Good luck.
- Thank you.

God bless. Take care, okay.
- Thank you, brother.

Thank you, my brother. God bless.

John V.: I'm doing what god would have wanted

all of us to do, so I'm confident in the decision I made.

Man: Thank you!

Michael: Why don't you invite them to dinner.

They could have 10 dozen [bleep]

Lailani: Mike, the vienna sausage
was from the group at the river.

I do care!

Vladimir: Okay, look, we made a decision...

...and uh
Allison: Exactly. It's done.

Michael: It's the wrong decision.

Allison: You guys, quit being so selfish.

Michael: You can deal with it.
It was your dinner, and you can starve tonight.

Joey: Hey Allison, it's not a selfish issue,

it's a safety issue.

No, it's a safety issue.

Leilani: We understand where you' were coming from.

Don't ever think that we're ever

be against you. You're a part of us.

Do you understand?

Narrator: the colonists get back to work.

John C. Has one more step to finish on his ozonator

before he can turn the 220 gallons of
filtered river water into drinking water.

I'm getting about 200,000 volts, is what I'm guessing.

And, uh...it's looking pretty good.

Or, maybe it's a little less than that voltage,

But I'm getting plenty of ozone.

Now my big challenge is can I capture that ozone,

and get it bubbling through water?

I'm just trying to figure out what kind of container

would hold our ozone best.

So I need to be able to get high voltage wires in there,

Need to get a ground in there.

And I need to get air in and air out.

And, it's all got to be airtight.

Narrator: The scientist
needs the help of a fabricator.

John C.: The last thing I need
for that ozone generator is...

a reaction vessel where I can
actually generate the ozone and blow the air over.

I really do like the Professor.

I really respect him.

He's a little, ya know..too...

meticulous and nitpicking.

if he can't make it, he comes to me,
and, in a snap, here's your answer, Professor.

Narrator: making new items out of junk

is Michael's speciality.

John C.:and you're holding...
Michael: I think I can

do it with a paint roller and this little

rubber gasket.
- Okay, awesome.

- That'll go on there...
- Oh I betcha I could

Betcha I could...
- This goes on...on the plastic.

He had his mechanical skills and

and mechanical fabricating skills.

He really envisions something
that I couldn't have probably come up with.

Michael: We're going to have the plastic tube,

and we're gonna plug the tube and we'll
have two electrodes in here arcing, making our ozone.

Yeah, I've never heard of
ozone filtering, but I don't know.

He knows, but I know how to make

Narrator: While handyman
Michael fabricates the air chamber,

John attaches a pump he scavenged from a
blood-pressure machine they took from the abandoned hospital.

Plugged it in, and sure enough, it's pumping.

well, it's not a lot of air,
but it's enough pressure for us to work.

- What do we call this? It's a...

It's uh...
- Oh-zonah-fier

- No, but this tube..I have no idea
- Reaction cell...ozone cell.

- There you go, the ozone cell.

- I like it.
- That's about it.

That's about it. Good enough.

Narrator: It's time to hook up the Tesla coil

to see if it works.

John C.: Okay...

Clear. Okay, ready?

[electricity buzzing]

Okay, it arcs. Good.

We got bubbles.

- Do we have bubbles.

- So that it, I think. We're generating ozone.

- Ozone into the water.
- Right.

That's it! Hey!
- Yeah!

- Thank you for that, man,
cause I was just stressing that.

Between me and the professor,
I don't think there's anything we couldn't figure out or build.

Narrator: There's no way for
John to test the water for microbes.

But, he trusts his science.

He's confident it will be clean.

after 30 minutes of ozonation.

John C.: I'll drink that. I'll drink it.

I'll be the Guinea pig, alright?
- Alright.

- Easy enough.

Narrator: coming up on "The Colony"

Allison: John V. has a rat!

Narrator: A fight against hunger.

Michael: Yeah, we re gonna
swallow our pride and our dignity and we're gonna eat rat.

Michael: That's really clear.

That's really clear.

- I'm gonna take the first taste.

- Right out of the barrel, baby.

- Alright.

Cheers.

- To ozone.
- To your health.

John C.: Is this where he turns into a monster?

- Actually, you can taste the ozone.

It'll be like chlorine. Yeah sure go ahead.

- Pass it around.

- You know, well, I gave it 30 minutes

just to be safe. It may not take that long.

or, of course, it could take much longer.

I think it's good though.
or, of course, it could take much longer.

- what are we drawing here, a lot of power or no?
I think it's good though.

- what are we drawing here, a lot of power or no?

- No, it's just running on car battery.

- You can taste the ozone in the water.

So it was fantastic

to actually see the whole process

done with just...

junk pieces that I couldn't have even imagined.

It was absolutely fantastic.
It was like being a kid watching

some amazing crazy scientist.

Allison: Great, now we can start drinking more water.

- And we don't have to boil it.
- That's right.

That's the good thing.
- And we don't have to boil it.
- That's right.

That's the good thing.

John C.: I guess I like being
presented with the problem.

I'm really enjoying inventing

for a purpose here.

And I hope it's making our
lives easier and our departure nearer.

Michael: Well, John C.'s ozonator is finally working,

but we're still starving.

But I've got a plan,

we found some rat traps,

we're gonna go hunting.

John V.: First it s trying to catch

them with our feet.
now we're getting a little smarter.

You have to put it all the way to
the back cause rats are really smart.

A lot of people take them for granted.
They're really smart animals.

Make sure these doors are shut.

And when he walks
all the way to the back for the treat...

We he can actually eat them.

But rats have a tendency to run along the walls.

And they can't see very well at night.

so their natural path's one wall

this way you can catch them
either coming this way or that way.

There we go.

Get you a little treat buddy.

Morgan: So going back to the phonograph,

after playing around with it for a while.

I realized that the cartridge is actually bad.

So basically we re just changing.

to piezoelectric electric disk out of the science kit.

The piezoelectric disk converts
the mechanical energy from the vibrations,

into electrical energy,
which we can then amplify for sound.

We just have to be very careful
because these piezoelectric disks,

are really, really fragile and they're very, very thin,

and if we put too much torque on it,

it'll break.

So the next step is
going to be to sharpen the needle,

attach it to the disk, and

and attach it to the
arms so that we can hear music.

It's been a really rough week at the colony.

Between having this whole
argument about who do we give to.

and who do we just turn away.

You know, all that stuff puts a lot of stress on us.

If we don't find a way to bring
Some humor and happiness into our lives,

it's just going to make us all depressed.

if you've got no happiness
in your life, why would you fight to live?

[ mid-tempo music playing ]

Whoa!

- Hey!

Vladimir: We've got the music.
Allison: May I have this dance, Sir?

- Yes you may.
Vladimir: We've got the music.
Allison: May I have this dance, Sir?

Allison: Oh my God, that's awesome.
- Yes you may.

Allison: Oh my God, that's awesome.

John, it's you and I, buddy.

- Okay, I'll lead this dance.
John, it's you and I, buddy.

- Okay, I'll lead this dance.

- Whoo!

[laughter]

Whoo!

Vladimir: Good job.
Allison: Whoo!

Allison: John V. has a rat.

Oh, wow.

John V.: Yeah, this is the one.

- Oh, my god, that's awesome.

- He's a big [bleep]

- Obviously they're the only ones that

thrive in the post-apocalyptic place.

Leilani: All the traps have rats,

And so we put them in this barrel.

- All cuddled all together.
- Yeah.

Vladimir: Well, we got meat.

We're not going to starve.

...and that I find absolutely...just, awful.

disgusting, unsanitary, unhygienic...

absolutely disgusting.

Morgan: If they didn't tell me
it was a rat and they chopped it up

into little tiny rat pieces and
they put it in my food without me knowing,

- Uhhh...
Sorry. [chuckles]

- Could you not...talk about rat pieces?

Everybody's talking eating those rats...so um...

We're gonna eat some rats.

Vladimir: Un rat a La Colone

I'm going to use rosemary.

- You gonna eat that tomorrow?

- Oh it smells very nice.

Michael: Any protein you get is important.

So, yeah...we're gonna swollow our pride.

and our dignity and we're gonna eat rat.

Narrator: while Vladimir cooks,

John C. picks up a project

he's been thinking about for weeks.

an old 16-millimeter film projector.

I bet I could fix this.

I just hope we got all the pieces.

Doesn't have a lamp, so that’s gonna be

the big...uh

challenge.

What could I use...what could I use?

Narrator: John needs a powerful light to project the film.

The halogen lamp from a car headlight might do the job.

I think it may not be as bright as the
lamp that was in there, but it'll still probably work.

So if I can figure out how to take this car headlight,

put it in there, we'll be in business.

this is the bracket that
used to hold the old lamp socket.

...And what I'm gonna do is cut out this piece,

and I think that will give me
the mounting surface that I need.

John C.: Okay, so here goes nothing.

Got power...

I got a light...

...sort of.

[film projector clicking ]

There...there, we got it.

Allison: Everyone go to the table. It's dinner time.

- Hell yeah.

John V.: How's you prepare the rat, Chef Vlad?

Vladimir: uh...we marinated it in...

oil, salt, rosemary..uh...

a little bit of garlic...

and that's it.

The rat freaks me out, and
there's no way in Hell I'm eating a rat.

John C.: I just want a tiny, tiny taste.

John V.: You're gonna get a tiny taste.

- Too big.
- Too big?

Joey: I'll take whatever you don't eat.
- Too big.
- Too big?

Joey: I'll take whatever you don't eat.

- 33 years of being a vegetarian,

I'm gonna fall off the wagon for a piece of rat.

So here goes nothing.
- That's a piece.

- That's a piece.
- That is a very small piece

- How is it?

- Good. Taste like rat.

Tastes like bald eagle.

[laughing]

At some point I'm gonna have to address

weather I try to be a...
ya know...maintain the vegetarian stuff,

I might be actually malfunctioning myself.

So it's something I'm thinking a lot about.

- That is dang good...It's the best rat I've ever had.

- You made rat taste good.

[laughs]

Narrator: After dinner, John C. tests his latest project

with a few reels of film found

in the warehouse.

John C.: Hey you guys...

I got the movie working.

Uh...we've got a couple of them.
I have no idea what they are...

but...let's take a look, okay?

I think when we've had a busy
week like this and accomplished a lot,

that it's important that we sit back,

like any family and..kinda kick our feet up a little bit

and look around at what we've done,

because, tomorrow we've got to start up again.

[ film projector clicking ]

- Here we go.

- Somebody's home movies.
- Oh, this is...

- I think that's where...
- Is it a home movie?

- Oh, food.

- Oh, Ice cream!
- Ice cream!

- My God.

Where is this, you guys?

- Santa Monica beach.

- Reminds me of my home movies.
Those were in the 70's

with my parents home movies.

- These were obviously family movies

that also kind of, you know,
I think struck a chord with everyone.

everybody was in that kind of

bittersweet place.

And I think it was fun watching the movies, but...

you know, we just started spontaneously

talking about what we miss.

Leilani: I miss...Kids laughing.

That's what's so weird about this place.

not hearing a child's laughter.

Michael: I miss the beach.

I want my beach back.

I want my Santa Monica back.

Joey: Seeing the Santa Monica pier...just...

I miss the city the way it was.

And the freedom to go anywhere in it.
- Yeah!

John V.: Even the people here
with the most toughest exterior...

be it Joey or Mike...

they have a little sweet spot in 'em.

that they show every now and then.

Vladimir: one of the only good
thing about it all is that we found each other.

Allison: Yeah.
- That is really something.

John C.: You know watching those movies

tonight, the way that this city once was,

and the way that life was. Kinda carefree.

Um...It's very clear, we've gotta

go on to some greener pastures, and

I think everybody was in that mindset tonight.

Let's get this truck done, and let's get outta here.