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1.567 makes it eight degrees north.

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Altair, Alpha Centauri and Sirius.

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Matt Shepherd?

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It's just a party, and he asked me.

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- He's really nice.
- Yeah, to you, maybe.

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You guys getting
some good work done over here?

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- Yeah.
- Yeah.

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Yeah, yeah. Sounds like it.

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What's the bright one?

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Mizar. It's a double star.

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Good. The one next to it?

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- Alcor.
- Good, Biederman.

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And the one next to that?

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- I don't know.
- It's Megrez.

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- I don't think so.
- Well, you just said you didn't know.

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Well, it's not Megrez.
It's something else.

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Look.

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It's south, about 10 degrees.

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It's probably a satellite.

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Let's take another picture.
We'll send it to Dr. Wolf.

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Yes, sir.

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- It's Megrez.
- It's not Megrez.

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- It is.
- It's not.

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It is.

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Well, hello there, little fella.

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Do I know you?

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Where are you going in such a hurry?

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And there.

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Come on.

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Damn it.

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Biederman.

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Come on, you miserable piece of crap.

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Come on, come on.

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You have reached
the Department of Planetary Sciences.

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If you know the extension
of the person you're calling...

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Jesus!

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Damn it!

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News relating to the recall
of American troops from abroad.

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Tragedy struck today
as a charter aircraft

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carrying an Army unit returning from
duty in Japan crashed this morning...

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The White House press office says
Secretary of the Treasury Rittenhouse

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is resigning because his wife is sick.

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Sick, my ass.

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So, who passed Rittenhouse
the hemlock?

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AFL-CIO wanted him off
the Council of Economic Advisers

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for not supporting the pension bill,

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and the President's
going to need Labor next fall.

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And State's still fuming about
the Trade Office screw-up at the G8.

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Pentagon is unhappy
with his readiness reduction proposals.

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- Greenspan dislikes him.
- Christ! Who didn't this guy piss off?

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- No wonder the wife's sick.
- She's not sick. She's a drunk.

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How do you know that?

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Mike Woodward over at Treasury.

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Mrs. Rittenhouse started drinking
a couple of years ago

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when her husband
had a series of affairs.

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Stepped it up last summer
after their son died of leukemia.

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You wanna do something
on "the price that wives pay"?

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- What else?
- Mike Woodward?

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- Wife, three kids?
- He's been after me for months,

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so I threw him a breakfast
and hit him up about Rittenhouse.

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Bob Campbell's leaving.

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So at midnight Saturday,
anchor shift's opening up.

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Why would I wanna give up the White
House for a graveyard weekend?

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No, no, no. Not for you. For me.

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- No.
- Beth.

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We'll talk about this later. Very calm.

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The President will be back
from Camp David tomorrow.

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- Business news, Ira?
- Beth.

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You know what?
Just keep working on Rittenhouse.

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Maybe Mike's available for dinner.

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You know, do the usual research,
background information.

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- I'll talk to you about it after lunch.
- Okay. That's it!

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Beth, wait.

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- Listen, Beth, what if it wasn't...
- God, Jenny.

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- ... permanent?
- Look, honey, this is how it works.

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You've done two years of research.
Now do three as a segment producer,

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five on-air doing domestic features,

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another two in some
cholera-ridden hellhole,

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and then, you know what?

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I'll quit if they don't give you
a weekend anchor shot.

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Hello, Caitlin, there you are.

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Are you protecting me
orjust holding me back?

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- Yes.
- Okay.

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Rittenhouse tape and text on my desk
by 4:00 tomorrow.

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- Yes.
- Then we'll drop in the reverses

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- for the five.
- Okay.

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So at this moment right now...

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Thank you. The pretty little girls
are walking down the aisle.

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They're spreading flowers.

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- The twins, what are their names?
- Emma and Susanna.

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They're walking down the aisles
and they're dropping rose petals,

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- and everyone's smiling at them.
- Mother, is this really such a good idea?

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- Now she's walking down the aisle. Yes.
- Okay.

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And she stands beside him.
And the priest says, "Dearly beloved..."

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- Judge.
- And the judge says...

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sickness and health...
"Do you, Jason Lerner, take..."

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"... Chlorine Whatchamacallit?"

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- Mom!
- What?

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- Chloe.
- What did I say?

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You said... You said, "Chlorine."
Her name's Chloe.

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- Well, it's still a terrible name.
- Yeah.

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And Jason says, "Lie, lie, lie, lie,
till death do us part."

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And she says, "Yes,"
and he says, "Yes,"

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and it's kissy, kissy, kissy
and congratulations.

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Jenny, you now have a new stepmother
who is two years older than you.

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Check.

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Well, anyway, as much as I would like
to stay here and get silly with you, Mom,

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- I can't. I gotta go.
- I know, I know, I know.

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I'm sorry about this.

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We'll get over it. I love you.

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I love you, too.

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Be good.

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I was with the secretary since
he's been governor of Connecticut.

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Came to Washington with him.

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I moved here because
I was dedicated to his career.

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I trusted the man.

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And then he fucked me.

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- He what?
- No, I didn't have sex with him.

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I should say, I didn't have sex with him,
but somebody sure did.

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It was about to come out,
so he resigned.

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But because I was hired
from outside the government pool,

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I don't get conveyed to the next
secretary, so now I'm out a job.

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Because he couldn't keep his hands
off women.

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- Do you have proof?
- He thinks he was being so clever.

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He had a private phone line
installed in his office.

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Nobody else could answer it.

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I picked it up once, said hello,
and it's nobody home.

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It rings, he shuts the door.
Why not hang a sign?

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Do you have a name?

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This is what I get
for talking to the press.

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I'm selling my soul right now.
I can feel it. I can feel it.

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I name a name
and get someone into trouble.

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So you do have a name.

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Just a first name.
Oh, my God, I'm going to say it.

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Ellie.

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Ellie? Nothing else?

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I think the President knows about it, too.

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Overheard the secretary
talking to him about her.

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Isn't Washington sick?

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Hi.

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How you doing?

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Can I help you?

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Well, actually, we're looking
for your mom. Is she around?

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My mom's sick. She's not here.

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Gosh, I love boats.
Are you going on a trip?

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Yeah.

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That's exciting. Looks like a...

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Like a long trip, huh?

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So listen,
do you know where you're going?

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She's going back to the house.

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Hey. You wanna stop that?

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Lily, please?

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Lily, that's a pretty name.

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Lily, do as I say.

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Go on. I'll be right there.

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If we could just get a minute
of your time.

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What do you want from me?

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Well, we'd like to talk
about your resignation.

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My wife is sick. She's in the hospital.

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That's why I resigned.
Everybody knows this.

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We could talk about your wife,
or we could just talk about Ellie.

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Turn the camera off.

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If you wanna talk to me, turn it off.

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Cut it.

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- We know everything.
- Nobody knows everything.

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Well, we know about
the secret phone lines

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and the whispered calls
to the President.

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And about a secretary of the Treasury
who's kept his entire department

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in the dark about what he's really doing,
about a cover story

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about his resignation
that just fell through.

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I mean, sir, you want me to go on?

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And you're just gonna break it?

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Well, that's what we do for a living.

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Well, congratulations.

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You now have the biggest story
in history.

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Good luck to you.

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Personally, I think it's a mistake
to run the story,

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but, hey, what the hell?

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Why not?

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What difference
does anything make anymore?

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Look.

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I know you're just a reporter,

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but you used to be a person, right?

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I wanted to be with my family.

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Can you understand that?

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Okay, Secretary of the Treasury
Alan Rittenhouse resigns

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because of a mistress named Ellie.

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Biggest story in history?

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What an ego.

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Now, if it was the President...

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Okay, the President
has a mistress named Ellie,

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and Rittenhouse pretends
that he's having the affair

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and takes the fall and resigns,
and the President buys him a yacht?

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Son of a bitch!

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Shit. Shit.

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What? Okay, okay!

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God. No, God.

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FBl. If you would please, ma'am?

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- What do I do with the car?
- We'll take care of the car.

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Just step back to my car.

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- Get her car here.
- Got it.

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00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:08,109
Let's go.

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00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:23,875
Would you come this way, please?

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Morton Entrekin, Ms. Lerner.

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I'm expected back at MSNBC at 6:00,

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and I think I should be there.

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00:17:46,273 --> 00:17:48,775
People knew about
the Manhattan Project, you know,

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and they kept it a secret.

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That was just the creation
of the atom bomb.

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Ms. Lerner? Tom Beck.

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I understand
you've come into some information.

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Ms. Lerner was just expressing
her lack of enthusiasm

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00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:35,196
for matters of national security where
journalistic competitiveness is at stake.

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Mr. President, I'm not interested
in using Ellie to further my career.

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00:18:40,702 --> 00:18:42,954
What do you know about E.L.E.?

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I know you should have picked
a better cover story than a sick wife.

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See? What'd I tell you?

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We'd always thought the deadline
for going public

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was the publication of the budget,

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since we've spent more money
than we can hide.

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But the budget comes out in two weeks.

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I don't suppose I could convince you
to sit on this for two weeks.

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00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:11,357
No such thing as two weeks
in the news business.

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And I can't appeal to your sense
of what's in the nation's best interest.

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Well, I always thought the truth
was in the nation's best interest.

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You wanna hold her?

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What if we go public in 48 hours?
Now, that's doable, isn't it?

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That would be very difficult,
Mr. President.

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Morton,

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if she knows, how long can it be before
CNN or The Post breaks the story?

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00:19:39,928 --> 00:19:44,140
Now, this was never gonna be a secret
as long as you wanted it to be.

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Give us two days, Ms. Lerner.

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You'll get second-row center
at the White House press conference.

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Now, from what I know of your career,
that's a promotion.

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- I want exclusivity.
- Now, listen, young lady,

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this is a presidential favor.

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I'm letting you go because
I don't want another headache,

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and I'm trusting you because I know
what this can do for your career.

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It might seem that we have each other
over the same barrel, Ms. Lerner,

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but it just seems that way.

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- I want the...
- "Want"?

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May I?

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May I have the first question?

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I'll see you Tuesday, Ms. Lerner.

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Come on. Come on, come on.

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E- L-E, E-L-E.

247
00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:11,435
E.

248
00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:19,402
Paleontology.

249
00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:23,322
Paleontology. What does paleontology
have to do with anything?

250
00:21:24,199 --> 00:21:25,239
Come on. Come on, come on.

251
00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:48,264
- Hey!
- Hey.

252
00:21:48,724 --> 00:21:50,433
- Look who's working late.
- Yep.

253
00:21:50,517 --> 00:21:53,728
- How's Rittenhouse going?
- No sign of the wife yet.

254
00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:56,355
- Is she missing?
- No. We're still working on it.

255
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,107
- We'll get there.
- I know. It's a dull story.

256
00:21:58,191 --> 00:22:01,986
I promise you, next time we'll get you
something more exciting.

257
00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:03,279
Great.

258
00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:05,197
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

259
00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:09,493
- Wanna come to dinner with us?
- I can't, I can't. I got... I have plans.

260
00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:12,079
Okay. Well, we'll see you tomorrow.

261
00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:23,883
- This is your table.
- Thank you.

262
00:22:27,804 --> 00:22:29,263
Here she is.

263
00:22:30,098 --> 00:22:31,265
Jenny.

264
00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:36,020
Hi, Chloe.

265
00:22:36,104 --> 00:22:37,504
Would you like
some champagne, miss?

266
00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,106
Martini. Up.

267
00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:40,608
Big.

268
00:22:41,568 --> 00:22:42,651
Good.

269
00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:47,281
I missed you.
I mean, we missed you yesterday.

270
00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:50,618
I must say, I'm...

271
00:22:51,661 --> 00:22:54,413
I'm disturbed
that you didn't come to our wedding.

272
00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:57,416
- Jason, you promised.
- I know I promised,

273
00:22:57,793 --> 00:23:00,419
but it was a beautiful event
and I missed her.

274
00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:04,173
You should've been there. The twins,
they were running around like mad

275
00:23:04,257 --> 00:23:07,176
and throwing flowers and...
It was wonderful.

276
00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:09,053
Especially Emma.
You know, the little one?

277
00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:10,513
She loves you.

278
00:23:10,597 --> 00:23:11,764
- She adores you.
- It was beautiful.

279
00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:14,475
- Yes. She missed you, too.
- All right.

280
00:23:16,144 --> 00:23:18,145
This is from us, for you.

281
00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:25,319
Are you not going to open it?

282
00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:45,172
I knew she wouldn't like...

283
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:48,217
You can exchange them
if you don't like them.

284
00:23:49,302 --> 00:23:52,596
Jenny, I know this is hard.
I just want you to be happy.

285
00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:53,848
Happy.

286
00:23:54,641 --> 00:23:58,811
Well, I would like to propose
a toast to happiness

287
00:23:59,187 --> 00:24:00,479
and to...

288
00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:15,703
Well, are we going to have
an evening or not?

289
00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:18,080
Jenny, I know that you hate me.

290
00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:21,959
I know that you have terrible things
that you wanna say to me.

291
00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:24,837
You have to get over it. Life goes on.

292
00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,798
Life goes on, okay.

293
00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:32,428
What's so funny?

294
00:24:32,512 --> 00:24:33,721
Life...

295
00:24:37,058 --> 00:24:38,434
We'll see.

296
00:24:39,019 --> 00:24:41,604
What's so funny about "life goes on"?

297
00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:44,482
What? Life going on?

298
00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:46,650
I don't think it's so funny
that life goes on.

299
00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:50,070
Dad, you need
to get back together with Mom,

300
00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:55,659
because she's all alone in the world
and she needs you right now, okay?

301
00:24:58,038 --> 00:24:59,246
Jenny,

302
00:24:59,706 --> 00:25:02,166
- I just got married.
- I know, I know, and I'm sorry.

303
00:25:02,250 --> 00:25:04,668
Chloe, this has nothing to do with you.

304
00:25:04,753 --> 00:25:08,130
Well, it has to do something for me,
for Christ's sake.

305
00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:10,007
This is insane.

306
00:25:10,091 --> 00:25:12,718
I have to apologize for my daughter.

307
00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:15,012
Listen, it's not your fault.

308
00:25:15,388 --> 00:25:17,348
All right, I have to go.

309
00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:20,226
I know you think I'm a bad person.
I'm really not.

310
00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:21,894
And I don't hate you.

311
00:25:21,978 --> 00:25:24,438
I gotta... I just... I gotta go.

312
00:25:39,246 --> 00:25:41,789
- Hi, Jane. How are you?
- How are you?

313
00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:43,749
Yeah, I'm coming!

314
00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:50,381
She's done exactly
what we want her to do.

315
00:25:50,465 --> 00:25:52,758
She signed the release,
and so you have no problem.

316
00:25:52,842 --> 00:25:55,636
Because for her, it does... Excuse me.

317
00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:58,222
- Jenny.
- Hey! How are you?

318
00:25:58,306 --> 00:26:01,350
- What are you doing here?
- Excuse me. Sorry.

319
00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:03,060
Did Stuart send you here
without telling me?

320
00:26:03,144 --> 00:26:04,895
No, Beth. I was gonna talk to you...

321
00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:07,731
You know what, if Stuart thinks he can
push me out of the White House...

322
00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:09,650
Ms. Lerner. Hi, Beth.

323
00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:12,820
Right this way.
I've got you right down here.

324
00:26:19,327 --> 00:26:20,995
Excuse me, please.

325
00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:23,747
Okay.

326
00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:28,002
He'll find you for the first question.
Then you're on your own.

327
00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:30,713
Hey. How are you? Yeah.

328
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:33,757
Ladies and gentlemen.

329
00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:36,010
Ladies and gentleman, please.

330
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,139
The President will begin
by addressing the nation.

331
00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:43,267
Please hold your questions
until he's finished his remarks.

332
00:26:43,351 --> 00:26:46,895
Ladies and gentlemen,
the President of the United States.

333
00:26:50,650 --> 00:26:51,692
Hello, everybody.

334
00:26:51,776 --> 00:26:52,860
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

335
00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:55,029
Ten seconds, Mr. President.

336
00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:58,449
Five, four...

337
00:27:01,536 --> 00:27:03,037
Good evening.

338
00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:07,249
A few minutes ago, the United States'
ambassadors to every country

339
00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:09,135
in the world
told the leaders of those nations

340
00:27:09,210 --> 00:27:11,378
what I am about to tell you.

341
00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:14,256
It's a bit complicated,
so it will take some time.

342
00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:17,885
So I hope you will bear with me,
hear what I have to say.

343
00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,513
A little over a year ago,

344
00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:25,809
two American astronomers,
Marcus Wolf and Leo Biederman,

345
00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,771
working on a mountaintop in Arizona...

346
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:30,814
Nobody say anything.

347
00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:34,151
Saw something in the night sky
that caused them great concern.

348
00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:35,444
A comet.

349
00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:39,740
But the comet was... Well,

350
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:43,911
there was a remote possibility
that the comet was on a path

351
00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:47,498
that could bring it into direct contact
with the Earth.

352
00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:53,754
Now, we get hit all the time
by rocks and meteors.

353
00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:57,341
Some of them the size of cars,
some no bigger than your hand.

354
00:27:57,425 --> 00:28:00,719
But the comet we discovered
is the size of New York City,

355
00:28:00,804 --> 00:28:04,098
from the north side of Central Park
to the Battery.

356
00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:06,392
About 7 miles long.

357
00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:08,852
Put another way,

358
00:28:09,229 --> 00:28:11,980
this comet is larger than Mount Everest.

359
00:28:12,148 --> 00:28:15,859
It weighs 500 billion tons.

360
00:28:15,944 --> 00:28:18,112
Now, chances are that this thing
will miss us...

361
00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:21,865
Astrophysicists, geologists
and climatologists.

362
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:23,742
Where the hell is Science?

363
00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:26,829
Paris, London, Tokyo, Tel Aviv.
I want it everywhere.

364
00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:28,330
That guy at Berkeley,
did Hale-Bopp stand-ups?

365
00:28:28,415 --> 00:28:30,624
And graphics? I need graphics!

366
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,127
Comets begin far out in space.

367
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:36,380
They're what's left over
from the creation of the solar system

368
00:28:36,464 --> 00:28:39,508
after the planets were formed
billions of years ago.

369
00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:41,385
Now, these chunks of space debris

370
00:28:41,469 --> 00:28:44,221
are in an elongated orbit
around our sun.

371
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:47,307
But every now and then,
one of them gets bumped,

372
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:52,271
sort of like a billiard ball on a pool table,
and is knocked into a different orbit.

373
00:28:52,355 --> 00:28:55,733
Now, if this comet
continues on its path around the sun

374
00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:57,776
and keeps its present course,

375
00:28:57,861 --> 00:29:00,904
sometime on August 16,
roughly a year from now,

376
00:29:00,989 --> 00:29:03,824
there's a chance
that we might have impact.

377
00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,412
So for the past eight months,
the United States and Russia

378
00:29:08,496 --> 00:29:12,166
have been building
the largest spaceship ever constructed.

379
00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:15,127
It's being built in orbit around the Earth,

380
00:29:15,211 --> 00:29:17,337
and we call it the Messiah.

381
00:29:18,047 --> 00:29:20,758
And right now, a team ofAmerican
astronauts and one Russian

382
00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:22,843
are at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

383
00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:24,428
In two months,

384
00:29:24,512 --> 00:29:28,348
they will leave on the shuttle Atlantis
to board the Messiah.

385
00:29:28,516 --> 00:29:31,727
This is the crew that will stop the comet.

386
00:29:33,521 --> 00:29:35,689
I'd like the world to meet
some extraordinary people.

387
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:38,275
First is Mission Commander
Oren Monash.

388
00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:41,111
Commander, would you introduce us
to your team?

389
00:29:41,196 --> 00:29:43,197
I would be honored, sir.

390
00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:45,532
Pilot, Andrea Baker.

391
00:29:45,992 --> 00:29:48,327
Medical Officer Gus Partenza.

392
00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:52,831
From Russia, Nuclear Specialist
Colonel Mikhail Tulchinsky.

393
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,125
Navigator Mark Simon,

394
00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:57,836
and Rendezvous Pilot Spurgeon Tanner.

395
00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,798
- Hello, Mr. President.
- Hello, Mr. President.

396
00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:04,218
Captain Tanner,
you flew six shuttle missions.

397
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:07,137
You were the last man to walk
on the moon, weren't you, sir?

398
00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:08,388
Yes, sir,

399
00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,641
but Oren here will be doing
most of the flying on this one.

400
00:30:10,725 --> 00:30:13,894
I'll just be taking us down
to the comet surface.

401
00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:16,688
Well, it's good to know we're going
to have your kind of experience

402
00:30:16,773 --> 00:30:18,482
- up there, Captain.
- Thank you, sir.

403
00:30:18,566 --> 00:30:21,401
Godspeed to you all.
We're counting on you.

404
00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:23,070
Thank you, sir.

405
00:30:23,154 --> 00:30:25,989
Got Beijing, Rome, São Paulo,
Cairo, Berlin.

406
00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:28,715
Does anyone know how big the one was
that killed all the dinosaurs?

407
00:30:28,743 --> 00:30:31,103
Something majestic, mysterious,
with a fanfare for the intro

408
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,163
and a theme to the longer promos.

409
00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:35,415
- It's hitting the goddamn Earth?
- That's what he's saying.

410
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:39,294
- Bring that up again.
- He'll scare the shit out of everybody.

411
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:42,422
Our society will continue as normal.

412
00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:44,633
Work will go on.

413
00:30:45,051 --> 00:30:47,052
You will pay your bills.

414
00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,974
There will be no hoarding.

415
00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:57,729
There will be no sudden profiteering.
I'm freezing all wages, all prices.

416
00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:01,567
What a bottle of water
cost you yesterday,

417
00:31:02,443 --> 00:31:04,444
it will cost you tomorrow.

418
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,489
Now I'll take a few questions.

419
00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:09,950
Ms. Lerner?

420
00:31:11,995 --> 00:31:13,954
Jenny Lerner, MSNBC.

421
00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:16,832
- Jenny Lerner?
- Son of a bitch.

422
00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:20,043
Mr. President,

423
00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:22,838
why wasn't this announcement
made sooner?

424
00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:25,299
Well, until we knew
we could build the rocket

425
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:27,593
and the comet could be intercepted,

426
00:31:27,677 --> 00:31:30,304
we saw no reason to alarm the planet.

427
00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:35,017
Do you have another question,
Ms. Lerner?

428
00:31:35,101 --> 00:31:36,184
Yeah.

429
00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:40,105
Is there a connection
between the comet

430
00:31:40,189 --> 00:31:43,233
and the recall
of American troops from abroad?

431
00:31:43,318 --> 00:31:45,193
Our fighting men and women
are coming home

432
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:48,614
because we felt it prudent,
in light of domestic security concerns,

433
00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:49,740
to have them available.

434
00:31:49,824 --> 00:31:52,034
Although I certainly hope
we don't need to use them.

435
00:31:52,118 --> 00:31:53,201
Next question.

436
00:31:54,203 --> 00:31:58,540
Actually, Mr. President, if...
Just one final question, sir.

437
00:31:59,834 --> 00:32:03,962
MSNBC has learned
that Secretary Rittenhouse

438
00:32:04,047 --> 00:32:07,799
did not leave for the reasons
announced by your administration.

439
00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:10,302
In fact, isn't it true, sir,

440
00:32:10,803 --> 00:32:13,972
that not everyone in your administration
is convinced

441
00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:16,308
that the Messiah will save us?

442
00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:28,654
Secretary Rittenhouse
served his country with full devotion.

443
00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:31,531
He resigned for personal reasons.

444
00:32:31,741 --> 00:32:35,035
Now, I can promise you this,
Ms. Lerner, all of you,

445
00:32:35,411 --> 00:32:37,955
everyone in this room
and everyone listening to my voice,

446
00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:40,916
that at some point
over the next 10 months,

447
00:32:41,376 --> 00:32:45,253
all of us will entertain our worst fears
and concerns.

448
00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:48,882
But I can also promise you this.

449
00:32:49,884 --> 00:32:51,468
Life will go on.

450
00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:54,888
We will prevail.

451
00:32:55,431 --> 00:32:56,974
Mr. President! Please!

452
00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:58,684
- Sally.
- Sir! Sir.

453
00:32:58,768 --> 00:33:00,143
What is the comet's name?

454
00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:03,146
The two scientists who found the comet
were killed in a car crash

455
00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:06,400
while racing from their observatory
to alert the world.

456
00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:09,569
So we named it for them,
Wolf-Biederman.

457
00:33:10,571 --> 00:33:13,031
Leo Biederman. They said it again.

458
00:33:13,116 --> 00:33:14,157
Leo, is he talking about you?

459
00:33:14,242 --> 00:33:15,882
- He is, isn't he?
- I'm trying to listen.

460
00:33:15,910 --> 00:33:17,953
Why were the Russians
brought into the construction phase...

461
00:33:18,037 --> 00:33:21,331
- Honey, can you get that, please?
- Janie, get the door.

462
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:24,459
Well, we have the technology
to build the ship.

463
00:33:24,752 --> 00:33:27,254
They have the technology to make it go.

464
00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:30,090
There's someone at the door for you,
Leo.

465
00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:35,846
You've been watching live coverage
of President Tom Beck.

466
00:33:35,930 --> 00:33:40,183
- I can't believe this. This is so weird.
- Dr. Wolf from Astronomy Club?

467
00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:42,894
- Yeah, I guess so.
- I think it's really neat.

468
00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:45,689
Nobody on our block discovered
the world was gonna end before.

469
00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:48,859
He's still very much alive.
He's still alive, everyone!

470
00:33:48,943 --> 00:33:51,778
He's right here,
and he's still alive. Okay?

471
00:33:52,613 --> 00:33:54,156
Hey, Leo, cool.

472
00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:57,826
As far as we know, what happened
was that Dr. Wolf saw the comet

473
00:33:57,910 --> 00:34:01,288
in my photograph,
so he shared the discovery with me.

474
00:34:01,706 --> 00:34:03,540
And then he was killed in that crash

475
00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:06,126
and everything got mixed up
in Washington,

476
00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:08,211
so the President thought
I was dead, too.

477
00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:10,964
- Leo!
- Jasmine.

478
00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:15,177
How does it feel having your name on it?

479
00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:18,555
I don't want anyone to think
that I'm trying to take something away

480
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,308
from Dr. Wolf, because I'm not.

481
00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:23,727
But it's kind of cool.

482
00:34:25,146 --> 00:34:26,313
Jason.

483
00:34:28,107 --> 00:34:29,357
You know,

484
00:34:29,525 --> 00:34:33,653
you're gonna have sex a lot more now
than anyone else in our class.

485
00:34:34,655 --> 00:34:36,448
Don't listen. Don't.

486
00:34:41,162 --> 00:34:42,412
Really?

487
00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:47,292
Thank you for your sexual insight,
Mr. Thurman. You can sit down now.

488
00:34:47,376 --> 00:34:49,878
Famous people always get sex,
Mr. Perry.

489
00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:52,964
That's the main reason
it's good to be famous.

490
00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:03,683
Fruit, reactor. Bottle, rocket. Okay?

491
00:35:04,018 --> 00:35:06,103
- A nuclear reactor in space?
- Yes.

492
00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:07,521
- Isn't that dangerous?
- No, no, no.

493
00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:09,981
This is all Russian design,
Russian science.

494
00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:12,442
The same people
who designed Chernobyl.

495
00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:15,403
- Chernobyl?
- Chernobyl almost worked.

496
00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:19,366
So what happens
after you plant the bomb?

497
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:20,617
Well, we have seven hours.

498
00:35:20,701 --> 00:35:23,120
We're gonna put bombs inside
the comet. Let me follow these two.

499
00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:25,914
- I don't trust that combination.
- Okay. Right, after seven hours,

500
00:35:25,998 --> 00:35:29,459
the 14-hour rotational cycle
of the comet, right, spins.

501
00:35:29,544 --> 00:35:32,462
We're gonna get married.
God knows I want to marry you.

502
00:35:32,547 --> 00:35:35,549
But the day I get back, the last thing
I'm gonna do is step inside of a church.

503
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:36,842
I don't do churches well.

504
00:35:36,926 --> 00:35:38,646
'Cause there's only
seven hours of darkness.

505
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,971
Then the sun starts hitting the surface
of the planet and it causes...

506
00:35:41,055 --> 00:35:42,430
These are your orders.

507
00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:45,600
Upon first entering Earth's atmosphere,

508
00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:49,855
proceed immediately up the exterior
of the mother ship.

509
00:35:50,481 --> 00:35:51,857
When the sun hits the surface,

510
00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:54,734
there's gonna be explosive out-gassings
that are very dangerous...

511
00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,903
- Gus, he's seven.
- Brittany.

512
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,907
You boys were, what, four and six
when I went to the moon?

513
00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:06,163
Now, you saw me go into space
seven times, didn't you?

514
00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:08,665
I came back every time, didn't I?

515
00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:09,916
Yeah.

516
00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:13,628
Your mother and I used to play a game
when she was still alive.

517
00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:15,380
Now, the game was,

518
00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:18,466
if there was a chance
I might not be coming back,

519
00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:21,344
she wouldn't say it and I wouldn't say it.

520
00:36:21,429 --> 00:36:22,470
Okay?

521
00:36:22,555 --> 00:36:23,847
- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.

522
00:36:23,931 --> 00:36:25,182
- Hey, Fish.
- Hey, Mitch.

523
00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:28,351
- How about a beer?
- You remember my boys, don't you?

524
00:36:28,436 --> 00:36:30,353
- This is Steve and Dwight.
- Of course I do.

525
00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:32,898
- Gentlemen, welcome to Houston.
- Thank you.

526
00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:35,734
Let me steal your old man for a second.

527
00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:38,570
- Can I take your picture, please?
- Okay.

528
00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:40,739
Thank you.

529
00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:45,327
So, what do you think of the crew?

530
00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:49,915
Heroes all. That's the finest group
I ever had the privilege of working with.

531
00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:52,292
Yeah, yeah. Off the record?

532
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:56,379
Well, they've been trained in ways
I'll never understand.

533
00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:59,382
They're smarter and in better shape
than we ever were in the old days.

534
00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:03,345
Sober, serious. I guess I'd be
a little happier about this whole thing

535
00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:06,806
if I thought that any of them
were as scared as I am.

536
00:37:07,308 --> 00:37:09,059
Well, they're not scared of dying.

537
00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:11,937
They're just scared
of looking bad on TV.

538
00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:15,732
Now, look, I wish I'd been to the moon.

539
00:37:15,816 --> 00:37:17,943
I got respect for everybody
who's gone to the moon,

540
00:37:18,027 --> 00:37:19,667
but this mission ain't going to the moon.

541
00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:23,240
That's right. Frank Gifford, he was
a great football player in his time,

542
00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:25,125
but if he played now,
he'd get his ass busted.

543
00:37:25,201 --> 00:37:26,660
That's right.

544
00:37:34,794 --> 00:37:40,632
All I'm saying is, the moon did not have
a rotational cycle of 14 hours.

545
00:37:40,716 --> 00:37:44,052
I mean, this is... We only have seven
hours of dark when the sun's not up

546
00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:46,972
to land on this thing. It was light
when he landed. This is gonna be dark.

547
00:37:47,056 --> 00:37:50,225
- We're not gonna be able to see.
- You can't see now, Gus.

548
00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:52,435
Don't worry, don't worry.

549
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,396
- We what?
- We can do it.

550
00:37:56,983 --> 00:37:58,650
No, no, stay down.

551
00:38:00,319 --> 00:38:05,323
I woke up this morning
and I realized none of you want me here.

552
00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:09,286
You don't even really know who I am,
which is okay.

553
00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:11,788
I walked on the moon,
but I didn't belong to you.

554
00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:15,375
I belonged to your daddies.
Now, if I ask you to ask your daddies

555
00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:18,670
what I meant to them,
to explain to you what I'm doing here,

556
00:38:18,754 --> 00:38:21,589
that's only gonna
make things worse. So...

557
00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:24,092
What do we do?

558
00:38:31,892 --> 00:38:34,561
You haven't trained for this mission.

559
00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:36,187
We respect you.

560
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,107
- I appreciate that.
- But you're here...

561
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:41,359
You're here because the powers that be

562
00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:44,195
think we need a familiar face
on this trip.

563
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,781
- You're here for public relations.
- No, no. I'm here

564
00:38:46,866 --> 00:38:50,243
because the powers that be know
that I'm the only person on this mission

565
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:51,995
who's ever landed on the moon.

566
00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:54,080
And I have 500 landings
on aircraft carriers.

567
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:57,751
- We've trained on...
- On a flight simulator. Right?

568
00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:02,589
And this... I mean, this is not
a video game, son. It really isn't.

569
00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:06,509
It really isn't. No.

570
00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:12,849
We are a go for auto-sequence start.

571
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:15,840
Atlantis' four onboard computers

572
00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:19,064
now have primary control
of all the vehicle's critical functions.

573
00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:20,565
Okay, all flight controllers.

574
00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:23,318
We're at T-minus 30 seconds
and counting.

575
00:39:23,402 --> 00:39:24,694
Let's take a close look.

576
00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:27,739
APUs look good,
logs and LH2 are pressurized.

577
00:39:27,907 --> 00:39:30,825
- Ten, nine, eight...
- Flight, we're go for auto-sequence.

578
00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:32,035
- Roger, Jerry.
- ... seven, six...

579
00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:34,913
- Good luck and Godspeed, Atlantis.
- Thanks, Mitch.

580
00:39:34,997 --> 00:39:37,582
Three, two, one.

581
00:39:51,764 --> 00:39:54,641
Propelled by 500,000 pounds
of liquid fuel,

582
00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:58,019
the shuttle crew heads toward
their initial destination.

583
00:39:58,104 --> 00:39:59,729
When the crew enters the Messiah,

584
00:39:59,814 --> 00:40:02,482
they will find a payload
of eight nuclear devices

585
00:40:02,566 --> 00:40:05,235
that will eventually be used
to blow up the comet.

586
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:06,569
The Messiah itself will be powered

587
00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:09,197
by an experimental
nuclear propulsion system

588
00:40:09,281 --> 00:40:11,908
that was originally created
for a very different purpose.

589
00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:15,453
That program was called Orion.

590
00:40:16,455 --> 00:40:18,456
Now, with the help
of Russian engineers,

591
00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:22,627
a technology designed to propel
weapons of mass destruction

592
00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:25,213
will power the ship
that will intercept the greatest threat

593
00:40:25,297 --> 00:40:27,340
our planet has ever faced.

594
00:40:36,892 --> 00:40:41,813
Orion burn in ten, nine, eight,

595
00:40:42,231 --> 00:40:44,899
seven, six, five,

596
00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:49,446
four, three, two, one, zero.

597
00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:04,419
Okay. Beth, White House reactions.
Marianne, the whole world watching.

598
00:41:04,503 --> 00:41:06,629
- We have enough satellite space?
- Seventy-eight uplinks.

599
00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:09,924
Tim, mission control in Houston.
Ira, the science guys lined up?

600
00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:11,384
If they got a Ph. D., we own them.

601
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:16,264
All right, this is the most important story
of our lives. Let's not muck it up.

602
00:41:16,348 --> 00:41:18,975
- Stuart, what about me?
- You're on the anchor desk.

603
00:41:19,059 --> 00:41:20,810
And you could have been there
a lot sooner.

604
00:41:20,895 --> 00:41:23,021
- What are you talking about?
- You know what I'm talking about.

605
00:41:23,105 --> 00:41:25,982
Don't ever hold back a story
from me again.

606
00:41:38,287 --> 00:41:42,832
Messiah, Houston.
Transfer trajectory is go. Cancel MCC 1.

607
00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:45,502
You're go to configure for coast.

608
00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:49,380
Roger, Houston,
we're looking good here.

609
00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:53,760
Jesus, that's big.

610
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:55,845
Holy shit.

611
00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:02,852
Sweet mother of God.

612
00:42:14,281 --> 00:42:17,283
All circuit breakers are open.
Master arm is off.

613
00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:20,078
Roger.
And the detonator system is safe.

614
00:42:39,181 --> 00:42:41,641
Messiah, Houston.
Stand by for an uplink

615
00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:44,435
of the final MOLE coordinates.
Confirm when complete.

616
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,104
Wilco, Houston.

617
00:42:46,272 --> 00:42:48,064
Hey, how's it coming?

618
00:42:48,190 --> 00:42:50,149
Loading first nuke now.

619
00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:20,722
1,000 feet to standoff.

620
00:43:20,806 --> 00:43:24,225
Rdot 3, 5x, 2y.

621
00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:34,027
500 feet. Rdot. 3, 3x, 1.5y.

622
00:43:35,029 --> 00:43:36,904
Go for auto trajectory.

623
00:43:39,783 --> 00:43:40,867
We're there.

624
00:43:41,035 --> 00:43:43,494
- Residuals are nulled.
- Disengage Orion.

625
00:43:44,913 --> 00:43:47,415
Orion disengaged. You're on bi-prop.

626
00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:03,890
This is a special presentation
of MSNBC News with Jenny Lerner.

627
00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:11,814
Good evening.

628
00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:14,609
Sometime in the next hour,
the Messiah mission

629
00:44:14,693 --> 00:44:16,527
will enter its most critical phase.

630
00:44:16,612 --> 00:44:20,531
The interception of Wolf-Biederman
and the setting of the nuclear devices

631
00:44:20,616 --> 00:44:24,243
that will deflect it off
its collision course with Earth.

632
00:44:24,578 --> 00:44:28,539
But first, Captain Spurgeon Tanner
will have to guide the spacecraft

633
00:44:28,624 --> 00:44:33,127
through the blizzard of rocks, sand
and ice that make up the comet's tail,

634
00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:34,629
or coma.

635
00:44:34,713 --> 00:44:37,840
The crew will have to complete its work
before the sun rises.

636
00:44:37,925 --> 00:44:41,511
- Sublimator looks good, Mick.
- Disengaging auto now.

637
00:44:41,887 --> 00:44:44,180
I'm eyeballs out from here on in.

638
00:44:44,264 --> 00:44:46,599
How come that doesn't
make me feel any better?

639
00:44:46,684 --> 00:44:48,142
I heard that.

640
00:44:48,268 --> 00:44:49,602
Lights on.

641
00:44:50,646 --> 00:44:51,896
Cameras on.

642
00:44:51,980 --> 00:44:53,940
On the Mississippi River
in Mark Twain's time,

643
00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:57,694
there were riverboat pilots
who only knew a few miles of the river.

644
00:44:57,778 --> 00:45:01,614
I mean, conditions changed so much
you couldn't know the whole trip.

645
00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:03,950
Floods, sandbars, fallen logs.

646
00:45:04,451 --> 00:45:06,035
It was all a riverboat pilot could do,

647
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,163
was to know his little piece
of the puzzle.

648
00:45:10,416 --> 00:45:13,334
So, for the next few hours,
this is my ship.

649
00:45:14,294 --> 00:45:16,170
We start our approach.

650
00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:32,395
Are images from cameras mounted
inside the cargo bay of the Messiah.

651
00:45:32,479 --> 00:45:35,815
Now, these images are delayed
by approximately 20 seconds,

652
00:45:35,899 --> 00:45:38,067
due to the distance they must travel.

653
00:45:38,152 --> 00:45:41,362
Okay, you can see that the image
is breaking up a bit.

654
00:45:41,447 --> 00:45:43,614
Houston is prepared for this.

655
00:45:43,699 --> 00:45:46,159
They've informed us
that due to the uncertain makeup

656
00:45:46,243 --> 00:45:47,744
of the comet's coma,

657
00:45:47,828 --> 00:45:51,247
they're unsure whether or not
transmission will be possible.

658
00:45:51,331 --> 00:45:54,959
Okay, now it appears
we're losing reception here.

659
00:45:56,170 --> 00:46:00,715
Okay, we've lost picture now,
but we will stay on the air.

660
00:46:00,799 --> 00:46:03,509
We'll stay with you through all of this.

661
00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:08,514
Prop, 96%.

662
00:46:09,391 --> 00:46:12,393
- DAP is in descent.
- Roger, descent.

663
00:46:19,193 --> 00:46:22,904
Oh, my God. Look at these,
they're the size of houses.

664
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,364
Yeah, I know. I see.

665
00:46:39,713 --> 00:46:41,214
Jesus Christ.

666
00:46:41,673 --> 00:46:43,007
Prop, 88%.

667
00:46:44,009 --> 00:46:45,635
Cabin press, 5.7.

668
00:46:46,762 --> 00:46:48,763
Negative guidance errors.

669
00:47:13,497 --> 00:47:16,290
- Use primary thrusters.
- Engage thrusters.

670
00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:31,097
- What's the descent rate?
- Three feet per second. Two.

671
00:47:31,431 --> 00:47:33,891
- Fire tether pitons.
- Pitons fired.

672
00:47:47,447 --> 00:47:49,156
She's leveling out.

673
00:48:16,018 --> 00:48:19,896
- Depressurizing bay.
- Opening payload doors.

674
00:48:21,148 --> 00:48:25,192
Don't let that little bit of gravity
down there go to your heads.

675
00:48:25,903 --> 00:48:26,986
Okay.

676
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:29,906
Start the clock.

677
00:49:20,999 --> 00:49:25,127
If all is going according to schedule,
the astronauts should now be placing

678
00:49:25,212 --> 00:49:27,296
the MOLEs on the comet surface.

679
00:49:27,381 --> 00:49:30,716
The MOLEs are...
Well, they're what they sound like.

680
00:49:30,884 --> 00:49:35,554
They are drilling machines
that burrow to a depth of 100 meters,

681
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:37,807
where they wait to be detonated.

682
00:49:37,891 --> 00:49:41,602
Each one carries
a 5,000 kiloton warhead.

683
00:49:58,453 --> 00:50:01,580
- How's our time?
- It's getting tight. 1:36:30.

684
00:50:01,915 --> 00:50:03,749
It's taking too long.

685
00:50:04,584 --> 00:50:05,668
Yep.

686
00:50:12,175 --> 00:50:16,137
What happens if they do not
get off the comet's surface in time?

687
00:50:16,346 --> 00:50:18,426
The sun striking the comet
will cause the temperature

688
00:50:18,432 --> 00:50:21,559
to rise 350 degrees
in just a few minutes,

689
00:50:21,768 --> 00:50:24,353
and activate the high-speed gas jets.

690
00:50:24,896 --> 00:50:29,108
Well, if that happens, it will be
like trying to work in a minefield.

691
00:50:29,568 --> 00:50:33,696
- Mark, what's your MOLE 4 readout?
- MOLE 4 running true at 75 feet.

692
00:50:38,326 --> 00:50:40,161
- Son of a bitch.
- What?

693
00:50:40,245 --> 00:50:42,538
- It's stuck.
- Try backing it up.

694
00:50:42,956 --> 00:50:45,416
- What's your depth?
- Seventy-five feet.

695
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:47,793
- Is that enough?
- No, that'll just break pieces

696
00:50:47,878 --> 00:50:49,628
- off the surface.
- That's not deep enough.

697
00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:52,506
Yeah, Fish,
I know that's not deep enough.

698
00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:55,342
- I'm going in.
- Oren, no.

699
00:50:55,427 --> 00:50:58,054
No, I'm gonna see if I can free it up.

700
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:01,599
- Standby tether attached.
- All right, I got you.

701
00:51:01,683 --> 00:51:04,185
Oren, suit pressure, 3.5.

702
00:51:16,281 --> 00:51:17,907
Come on, come on.

703
00:51:21,870 --> 00:51:24,288
- How's my time?
- 23:57.

704
00:51:24,372 --> 00:51:28,125
Another six minutes,
they won't have time to get back to us.

705
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:30,836
Blow the tethers. Let's go get them.

706
00:51:30,921 --> 00:51:33,339
If we go after them, we may not have
enough fuel to get off the surface.

707
00:51:33,423 --> 00:51:34,965
Go on, blow the goddamn tethers!

708
00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:39,261
MOLE 3 at depth.
We're heading your way, Oren.

709
00:51:39,346 --> 00:51:42,223
Calculate exactly how much prop
we need to get off this rock.

710
00:51:42,307 --> 00:51:45,309
- We'll shut it down when we hit it.
- Will do.

711
00:51:54,653 --> 00:51:58,823
It opens up into a cave down here.
MOLE gotjammed against the side.

712
00:52:00,700 --> 00:52:04,286
Okay, Fish, team two at location four.
Give me your hand.

713
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:08,958
- What in the hell happened?
- I don't know. I don't know.

714
00:52:09,042 --> 00:52:12,586
Everything was going great.
We gotjammed up at 75 feet.

715
00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:22,805
Okay, hold up.

716
00:52:23,765 --> 00:52:26,934
- All right, try backing it up.
- Roger that.

717
00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:45,703
- That's it.
- No, a little more, a little more.

718
00:52:45,787 --> 00:52:47,621
- Shut it down.
- No, look, they always put extra

719
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:50,249
- in these tanks.
- Fish, shut it down.

720
00:52:52,335 --> 00:52:53,419
Okay.

721
00:52:59,259 --> 00:53:02,928
Come on, you bastard! Come on! Time.

722
00:53:03,263 --> 00:53:04,263
1:02.

723
00:53:04,347 --> 00:53:06,724
Figured we'd better pick you kids up
after school.

724
00:53:06,808 --> 00:53:08,851
Check your six, 100 yards.

725
00:53:11,271 --> 00:53:13,606
I think we'd better hurry, boys.

726
00:53:21,448 --> 00:53:23,866
All right, it's going! It's going.

727
00:53:40,258 --> 00:53:42,134
MOLE's at 125 feet.

728
00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:44,595
The sun's rising behind you.
It's coming up fast.

729
00:53:51,144 --> 00:53:52,603
Face shields down!

730
00:53:54,064 --> 00:53:55,314
Christ.

731
00:53:55,815 --> 00:53:57,858
Get the hell out of there!

732
00:54:09,537 --> 00:54:12,623
Oren, get your visor down!
Get your visor down!

733
00:54:17,545 --> 00:54:18,796
My eyes!

734
00:54:22,717 --> 00:54:26,011
- All right, we got him.
- Oh, God! My eyes!

735
00:55:07,595 --> 00:55:09,972
God, we're losing one.
He's got escape velocity.

736
00:55:10,056 --> 00:55:12,224
1,000 feet and climbing.

737
00:55:15,353 --> 00:55:18,147
Mark, Mikhail, get the hell out of there!

738
00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:41,503
- Firing primary thrusters.
- Payload doors still open.

739
00:55:41,588 --> 00:55:43,339
Close them as we go.

740
00:56:02,609 --> 00:56:06,612
Houston, all MOLEs are at depth.
Nukes hot and ready.

741
00:56:08,156 --> 00:56:10,908
We lost Partenza
to explosive out-gassing,

742
00:56:12,118 --> 00:56:13,994
and Monash is injured.

743
00:56:19,125 --> 00:56:21,752
- We have to go get Gus.
- There's no time for that.

744
00:56:21,836 --> 00:56:25,381
- Re-pressurize the cargo bay.
- He's going to die out there.

745
00:56:25,465 --> 00:56:26,715
We can still find him. He has a beacon.

746
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:30,219
I don't have time to argue with you.
Just sit down, be quiet.

747
00:56:30,303 --> 00:56:32,783
- Turn on the fucking locator!
- We used most of our propellant

748
00:56:32,847 --> 00:56:34,807
- to get us out of the coma.
- We can't just leave him.

749
00:56:34,891 --> 00:56:37,226
- We have to go back!
- If we go back for Gus, we all die.

750
00:56:37,310 --> 00:56:39,728
We can't just leave him in space!

751
00:56:40,438 --> 00:56:43,482
Sit down, Mick. Sit down. It's okay.

752
00:56:55,787 --> 00:56:59,206
The Messiah has safely lifted
off the comet,

753
00:56:59,290 --> 00:57:01,917
but, sadly, Gus Partenza has been lost.

754
00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:06,213
Gus Partenza,
a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,

755
00:57:06,297 --> 00:57:09,133
and graduate
of Carnegie Mellon University,

756
00:57:09,342 --> 00:57:11,093
joined the NASA space program

757
00:57:11,177 --> 00:57:15,180
shortly after completing
his medical training at Duke University.

758
00:57:16,224 --> 00:57:19,435
Dr. Partenza was selected
specifically for this mission

759
00:57:19,519 --> 00:57:23,939
not only for his medical expertise,
but also for his dedication

760
00:57:24,023 --> 00:57:26,650
to the advancement
of space technology.

761
00:57:29,988 --> 00:57:31,113
Yeah.

762
00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:44,793
With the loss of Dr. Gus Partenza
and with Oren Monash injured,

763
00:57:44,878 --> 00:57:48,422
Captain Spurgeon Tanner
is now in charge of the mission.

764
00:57:48,673 --> 00:57:52,468
The Messiah has successfully docked
with the Orion-powered boosters

765
00:57:52,552 --> 00:57:56,722
and is now prepared to detonate
the bombs planted on Wolf-Biederman.

766
00:57:57,098 --> 00:58:00,517
The Messiah's exterior-mounted camera
will show us the detonation

767
00:58:00,602 --> 00:58:04,688
but not before being temporarily
blocked out by the nuclear blast.

768
00:58:04,856 --> 00:58:08,275
Once again, let me remind you,
there is a 20-second delay,

769
00:58:08,359 --> 00:58:10,944
so when the picture comes back to us,

770
00:58:11,112 --> 00:58:14,239
the comet should already have been
knocked off its present course.

771
00:58:23,666 --> 00:58:26,210
Prepare to remove safeties and fire.

772
00:58:29,547 --> 00:58:31,173
Safeties removed.

773
00:58:39,307 --> 00:58:40,807
Weapons armed.

774
00:58:51,736 --> 00:58:53,445
Three, two, one.

775
00:58:53,780 --> 00:58:54,821
Now.

776
00:59:00,703 --> 00:59:04,164
So now we're just waiting
for the picture to come back.

777
00:59:15,843 --> 00:59:17,886
Decompression in area six.

778
00:59:28,314 --> 00:59:30,315
Mick, I'll get the halon.

779
00:59:52,797 --> 00:59:54,548
Yes. I'm still here.

780
01:00:19,866 --> 01:00:23,201
Even larger.
We've lost contact with the Messiah.

781
01:00:33,504 --> 01:00:35,505
We're live in 10 seconds.

782
01:00:36,466 --> 01:00:38,133
Cue the President.

783
01:00:38,301 --> 01:00:41,845
Mr. President, five, four, three...

784
01:00:46,392 --> 01:00:47,934
Hello, America.

785
01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:52,898
It is my unhappy duty to report to you
that the Messiah has failed.

786
01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:55,651
This computer-enhanced radar image
from Houston

787
01:00:55,735 --> 01:01:00,447
shows how the detonation succeeded,
however, did not destroy the comet.

788
01:01:00,907 --> 01:01:03,992
There are now two pieces,
one 6 miles wide,

789
01:01:04,285 --> 01:01:06,370
the other a mile and a half.

790
01:01:06,454 --> 01:01:09,164
Both are still on a path towards Earth.

791
01:01:10,041 --> 01:01:12,542
We've lost communication
with the Messiah spacecraft,

792
01:01:12,627 --> 01:01:15,462
although we continue to track it visually.

793
01:01:16,172 --> 01:01:20,133
We don't know how many are alive.
We don't know their condition.

794
01:01:21,969 --> 01:01:24,888
Now we have to make
some decisions together.

795
01:01:25,431 --> 01:01:31,311
What do we do? You have a choice.
We have a choice right now.

796
01:01:33,189 --> 01:01:34,690
Ever since the comet was discovered,

797
01:01:34,774 --> 01:01:37,526
we've been hoping
and working for the best,

798
01:01:37,610 --> 01:01:40,445
but we've also been planning
for the worst.

799
01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:42,948
Our strategy has been twofold.

800
01:01:43,783 --> 01:01:45,992
First, our Strategic Missile Command

801
01:01:46,077 --> 01:01:47,703
is preparing to coordinate
with the Russians

802
01:01:47,787 --> 01:01:51,498
a massive strike of Titan missiles
to intercept the comets.

803
01:01:52,333 --> 01:01:54,960
If we can deflect these comets enough,

804
01:01:55,461 --> 01:01:58,463
they will bounce harmlessly
off our atmosphere

805
01:01:59,298 --> 01:02:01,425
and head on out into space.

806
01:02:02,301 --> 01:02:05,262
Unfortunately, the Titans
cannot be launched

807
01:02:05,346 --> 01:02:07,597
until the comets
are only a few hours away.

808
01:02:07,682 --> 01:02:11,393
And while we are confident
the missile attack will succeed,

809
01:02:11,769 --> 01:02:14,312
it is only prudent
that we now take cautionary steps

810
01:02:14,397 --> 01:02:17,274
to ensure the continuation
of our way of life,

811
01:02:17,358 --> 01:02:20,402
to guarantee
that there will be enough of us left

812
01:02:20,486 --> 01:02:22,320
to rebuild a new world

813
01:02:22,488 --> 01:02:26,116
in the unlikely event
that the comets do strike the Earth.

814
01:02:26,659 --> 01:02:29,995
So in the soft limestone of Missouri,

815
01:02:30,538 --> 01:02:33,540
we've been preparing a network
of immense caves.

816
01:02:33,624 --> 01:02:35,375
And they're almost finished.

817
01:02:35,460 --> 01:02:38,170
And we can put
a million people in them.

818
01:02:38,337 --> 01:02:42,549
And that million people can survive
there, underground, for two years,

819
01:02:42,633 --> 01:02:45,677
until the air clears and the dust settles.

820
01:02:46,804 --> 01:02:50,807
Now, the cave is more than a dormitory.
It is our new Noah's Ark.

821
01:02:51,476 --> 01:02:56,438
We're storing seeds and seedlings,
plants, animals. Enough to start over.

822
01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:01,985
On August 10th, a computer
will randomly select 800,000 Americans

823
01:03:02,570 --> 01:03:05,447
to join the 200,000 scientists, doctors,

824
01:03:05,531 --> 01:03:09,785
engineers, teachers, soldiers and artists
who have already been chosen.

825
01:03:09,869 --> 01:03:13,288
Other countries are preparing similar
caves along whatever lines they feel

826
01:03:13,372 --> 01:03:16,082
are best to preserve their way of life.

827
01:03:16,375 --> 01:03:17,834
This is ours.

828
01:03:18,669 --> 01:03:22,130
Beginning tonight
and continuing until the crisis passes,

829
01:03:22,215 --> 01:03:24,841
I am declaring a state of martial law.

830
01:03:25,426 --> 01:03:27,260
The armed forces
and the National Guard

831
01:03:27,345 --> 01:03:30,055
are working with local law enforcement.

832
01:03:30,181 --> 01:03:32,682
A national curfew begins
at midnight tonight.

833
01:03:32,767 --> 01:03:35,727
Now, wherever you are, go home.

834
01:03:36,729 --> 01:03:39,064
Stay off the roads after sunset.

835
01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:43,276
Crimes against persons or property
will be dealt with swiftly

836
01:03:43,778 --> 01:03:45,195
and harshly.

837
01:03:45,947 --> 01:03:48,406
News stations around the nation
are being faxed copies

838
01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:50,325
of the lottery procedure as we speak,

839
01:03:50,409 --> 01:03:54,412
and they'll be broadcasting the details
to you in a few moments.

840
01:04:01,921 --> 01:04:03,213
I wish...

841
01:04:06,092 --> 01:04:07,133
No.

842
01:04:09,178 --> 01:04:10,846
Wishing is wrong.

843
01:04:11,597 --> 01:04:15,016
It's the wrong word right now.
That's not what I mean.

844
01:04:16,769 --> 01:04:18,395
What I mean is...

845
01:04:20,398 --> 01:04:22,023
I believe in God.

846
01:04:23,276 --> 01:04:24,442
Relax.

847
01:04:24,986 --> 01:04:29,364
I know a lot of you don't,
but I still want to offer a prayer

848
01:04:30,741 --> 01:04:32,367
for our survival,

849
01:04:33,953 --> 01:04:35,453
mine included.

850
01:04:36,455 --> 01:04:38,915
Because I believe that God,

851
01:04:39,584 --> 01:04:41,293
whomever you hold that to be,

852
01:04:41,878 --> 01:04:43,545
hears all prayers,

853
01:04:44,714 --> 01:04:47,215
even if sometimes the answer is no.

854
01:04:48,843 --> 01:04:50,886
So may the Lord bless you.

855
01:04:51,721 --> 01:04:53,597
May the Lord keep you.

856
01:04:54,307 --> 01:04:57,642
May the Lord lift up
his divine countenance upon you

857
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:01,271
and give you peace.

858
01:05:06,152 --> 01:05:10,530
And in five, four, three, two...

859
01:05:19,457 --> 01:05:22,626
We now have the details
for the national lottery.

860
01:05:25,004 --> 01:05:26,922
Those of you
who have been preselected

861
01:05:27,006 --> 01:05:29,925
will be notified
within the next few minutes.

862
01:05:30,343 --> 01:05:35,305
For the rest, on the night of August 10th,
those whose Social Security numbers

863
01:05:35,389 --> 01:05:39,309
have been randomly selected
by computer will be notified.

864
01:05:39,685 --> 01:05:41,436
While some Americans

865
01:05:42,021 --> 01:05:45,607
over 50 years of age
have been preselected for the Ark

866
01:05:45,691 --> 01:05:49,027
due to their expertise
in a necessary field of study,

867
01:05:49,862 --> 01:05:53,031
no men and women over 50
in the general population

868
01:05:53,115 --> 01:05:55,450
will be included in the lottery.

869
01:06:03,501 --> 01:06:04,668
The...

870
01:06:05,211 --> 01:06:09,172
The... The evacuation of those
who have been selected for the Ark

871
01:06:09,256 --> 01:06:13,009
will take no longer than two days,
beginning on August 12th.

872
01:06:13,219 --> 01:06:17,430
During this two-day period,
no unofficial travel will be permitted.

873
01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:20,100
Those selected will be taken
by bus and train

874
01:06:20,184 --> 01:06:23,395
to the underground Ark site
by military personnel.

875
01:06:24,230 --> 01:06:26,272
Civil defense teams have been formed

876
01:06:26,357 --> 01:06:29,609
in every town with a population
over 5,000.

877
01:06:30,528 --> 01:06:33,655
They will distribute supplies
and organize group shelters

878
01:06:33,739 --> 01:06:37,575
in underground parking facilities
and other appropriate sites.

879
01:06:37,910 --> 01:06:42,455
Construction plans,
equipment lists and locations

880
01:06:42,540 --> 01:06:45,458
- for securing the necessary provisions...
- Hello?

881
01:06:45,543 --> 01:06:47,377
- ... along with information...
- Yes, this is Ellen Biederman.

882
01:06:47,461 --> 01:06:51,339
On how to grow your own food
underground and how to purify water

883
01:06:51,424 --> 01:06:54,050
are now available on the Internet at...

884
01:06:54,135 --> 01:06:59,973
- We've been preselected.
- ... www. fcda. gov.

885
01:07:00,975 --> 01:07:03,435
Chuck, Chuck. Where are you going?

886
01:07:03,686 --> 01:07:07,147
- Our phone. They could be calling.
- ... beginning on August 9th.

887
01:07:07,231 --> 01:07:12,110
The only phones that ring
will be those of the people selected.

888
01:07:13,988 --> 01:07:15,321
That's it.

889
01:07:16,323 --> 01:07:18,116
That's all there is.

890
01:07:26,125 --> 01:07:28,793
The interior camera circuitry is shot.

891
01:07:29,045 --> 01:07:30,795
So, Andy,
can we get back into the cargo bay

892
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:32,797
to reroute the video functions?

893
01:07:32,882 --> 01:07:35,967
Starboard cargo porthole's blown.
We could go in with the EVAs,

894
01:07:36,052 --> 01:07:38,303
but there's not much left
in the life-support packs.

895
01:07:38,387 --> 01:07:42,640
We should be able to raise Houston
on the low band once we get closer.

896
01:07:43,267 --> 01:07:44,726
And the Orion is still functioning?

897
01:07:44,810 --> 01:07:48,396
System check was okay, but I don't
know about the radiation shielding.

898
01:07:48,481 --> 01:07:51,399
So if we fire it up,
we beat the comet back to Earth,

899
01:07:51,484 --> 01:07:54,486
but we may end up glowing in the dark.

900
01:07:58,074 --> 01:07:59,783
Okay. So...

901
01:08:02,411 --> 01:08:03,661
Anybody?

902
01:08:12,797 --> 01:08:14,297
Let's go home.

903
01:08:20,679 --> 01:08:21,805
Okay.

904
01:08:31,816 --> 01:08:35,151
I have to say, it's liberating knowing
that I'm not going to be called.

905
01:08:36,153 --> 01:08:40,115
I don't think I've ever been happier.
I've even stopped smoking.

906
01:08:41,283 --> 01:08:44,869
What are you gonna do
with all that extra money you save?

907
01:08:47,456 --> 01:08:49,916
Do you know the National Gallery
is saving all of the art?

908
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,293
They're shipping it to the caves.

909
01:08:52,378 --> 01:08:56,047
I've given them my beautiful
18th-century desk from New England

910
01:08:56,132 --> 01:08:58,258
and all the Sheraton silver.

911
01:08:58,342 --> 01:09:01,219
I really feel like I'd protected something

912
01:09:01,804 --> 01:09:03,471
when I gave them.

913
01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:09,060
You should see my apartment.
There's nothing there.

914
01:09:09,353 --> 01:09:11,396
It's practically Japanese.

915
01:09:14,567 --> 01:09:16,901
Seems kind of unfair that I got picked.

916
01:09:16,986 --> 01:09:19,779
You know,
I'm not a doctor or a scientist.

917
01:09:21,824 --> 01:09:24,784
People need continuity.
Everyone knows you,

918
01:09:25,870 --> 01:09:27,579
and they trust you.

919
01:09:28,622 --> 01:09:31,124
But I can't help you.

920
01:09:32,334 --> 01:09:34,127
Don't worry about me.

921
01:09:34,628 --> 01:09:38,423
I'm going to be happy as long
as I know you're going to live.

922
01:09:58,068 --> 01:09:59,152
Mr. Hotchner?

923
01:09:59,236 --> 01:10:02,238
Who did I think I was gonna be
when I bought that bike?

924
01:10:02,323 --> 01:10:05,158
Well, every kid on the block
wants one now.

925
01:10:05,242 --> 01:10:07,285
Every parent on the block
hates you for it.

926
01:10:07,369 --> 01:10:09,662
Well, thank you, Leo.
That's the best news I've had in years.

927
01:10:09,747 --> 01:10:10,705
Sir?

928
01:10:10,789 --> 01:10:12,665
Can you give me a hand
over here for a second?

929
01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:15,043
- Yes, sir.
- I just wanna get these bars up.

930
01:10:15,127 --> 01:10:16,669
- Hello, Mrs. Hotchner.
- Hi, Leo.

931
01:10:16,754 --> 01:10:19,923
A mob attacked
and killed a Miami rental yard operator

932
01:10:20,007 --> 01:10:24,052
who was charging $5,000 an hour
for backhoe and tractor rentals.

933
01:10:24,136 --> 01:10:27,847
Same old crap on the TV.
I'm really sick of it, you know?

934
01:10:28,474 --> 01:10:30,141
- Mrs. Hotchner?
- Sarah's on the hill.

935
01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:31,559
Thank you.

936
01:10:39,276 --> 01:10:41,069
Where were you today?

937
01:10:41,904 --> 01:10:44,447
I've been looking all over for you.

938
01:10:44,615 --> 01:10:48,243
- Why weren't you at school?
- My dad said I didn't have to go.

939
01:10:48,327 --> 01:10:50,328
He said there's no point.

940
01:10:56,335 --> 01:10:57,710
I talked to civil defense.

941
01:10:57,795 --> 01:11:02,298
They said if you and I got married,
we'd be family and I could get you in.

942
01:11:02,675 --> 01:11:05,969
Well, what about my parents?
They're not your family.

943
01:11:06,053 --> 01:11:08,763
- I don't wanna go without my parents.
- You don't have to.

944
01:11:08,847 --> 01:11:12,684
I'm the famous Leo Biederman,
and I haven't used my fame for anything.

945
01:11:12,768 --> 01:11:15,603
But I got them to let your family go, too.

946
01:11:20,526 --> 01:11:21,609
You...

947
01:11:21,694 --> 01:11:24,195
This is your only chance to survive.

948
01:11:40,045 --> 01:11:44,465
Across the country, looters continue
to set fire to abandoned stores.

949
01:11:44,633 --> 01:11:47,468
Fires have been left to burn,
since many firefighters

950
01:11:47,553 --> 01:11:50,346
have been called
to help prepare shelters.

951
01:11:50,681 --> 01:11:52,849
Throughout Latin America's major cities,

952
01:11:52,933 --> 01:11:56,477
business districts have been abandoned
to looting gangs.

953
01:12:03,736 --> 01:12:07,238
Emergency airlifts have been ruled out
as too dangerous.

954
01:12:08,365 --> 01:12:12,243
More street fighting in Moscow
as food and fuel shortages continue...

955
01:12:25,215 --> 01:12:30,094
"... believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.

956
01:12:32,181 --> 01:12:34,891
"When I was a child, I spoke like a child,

957
01:12:34,975 --> 01:12:38,436
"I thought like a child,
I reasoned like a child.

958
01:12:39,521 --> 01:12:43,024
"When I became a man,
I gave up childish ways.

959
01:12:44,276 --> 01:12:48,112
"For now we see in a mirror dimly,
but then face to face.

960
01:12:48,989 --> 01:12:53,493
"Now I know in part,
then I shall understand fully,

961
01:12:53,577 --> 01:12:55,953
"even as I have been fully understood."

962
01:13:06,757 --> 01:13:10,218
Do you, Leo, take Sarah to be your wife,

963
01:13:10,761 --> 01:13:13,721
to have and to hold
from this day forward,

964
01:13:14,431 --> 01:13:18,142
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,

965
01:13:18,852 --> 01:13:20,770
to love and to cherish?

966
01:13:29,321 --> 01:13:31,989
I now pronounce you husband and wife.

967
01:14:51,570 --> 01:14:54,614
Here. Let me help you. I'll get it.

968
01:14:57,951 --> 01:14:59,869
Yeah. How you feeling?

969
01:15:02,206 --> 01:15:04,415
- Fine.
- I wanna tell you something.

970
01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:08,127
You children didn't bring any real books
to read, did you know that?

971
01:15:08,212 --> 01:15:10,588
I brought Moby Dick
and Huckleberry Finn,

972
01:15:10,672 --> 01:15:13,382
and Baker and Simon
had never read them.

973
01:15:13,675 --> 01:15:18,471
Now, I'm afraid to ask you,
have you ever read Melville or Twain?

974
01:15:21,099 --> 01:15:24,519
Hey, I'm a child of the movies, Fish.

975
01:15:24,853 --> 01:15:26,729
Okay, I see.

976
01:15:27,439 --> 01:15:28,564
So...

977
01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:33,027
You got a shitty deal, Oren,
you know that?

978
01:15:33,320 --> 01:15:34,403
You truly did.

979
01:15:34,488 --> 01:15:36,614
- Don't worry about me.
- Yeah.

980
01:15:37,741 --> 01:15:40,159
- I mean that, really.
- Okay.

981
01:15:40,244 --> 01:15:42,370
- Don't worry about me.
- Okay.

982
01:15:43,664 --> 01:15:45,414
My whole life, I...

983
01:15:48,585 --> 01:15:51,128
You know how it is for guys like us.

984
01:15:52,339 --> 01:15:54,966
You and... You and I, we're the same.

985
01:15:55,467 --> 01:15:57,468
How do you mean by that?

986
01:15:57,970 --> 01:16:01,639
- Gotta be the best.
- I see. Okay.

987
01:16:01,807 --> 01:16:04,183
- Be the best.
- Yeah.

988
01:16:16,989 --> 01:16:20,157
Sometimes I see flashes of light.

989
01:16:21,076 --> 01:16:23,578
You know, like colors.

990
01:16:27,082 --> 01:16:30,543
I fall asleep and I dream.

991
01:16:32,045 --> 01:16:35,006
But there's a part of me
that's always awake,

992
01:16:35,340 --> 01:16:37,592
and I can see myself dreaming.

993
01:16:43,181 --> 01:16:46,058
I'm just...
I'm seeing things differently, Fish.

994
01:16:46,143 --> 01:16:48,144
That's good. That's good.

995
01:16:49,354 --> 01:16:50,438
Fish.

996
01:16:53,400 --> 01:16:55,901
Why the hell do they call you Fish?

997
01:16:56,862 --> 01:17:00,823
Well, Spurgeon, sturgeon, Fish.

998
01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:04,577
I mean, it took about 15 minutes
of my first day at the naval academy.

999
01:17:04,661 --> 01:17:07,830
Yeah. Your kids go there?

1000
01:17:09,750 --> 01:17:11,751
Yeah, they did. They did.

1001
01:17:12,252 --> 01:17:14,462
And they're good men, both of them.

1002
01:17:14,546 --> 01:17:18,382
I don't see as much of them
as I used to when Mary was alive.

1003
01:17:19,426 --> 01:17:23,763
- You don't have to talk about it. It's okay.
- No, it's okay. It's okay.

1004
01:17:24,056 --> 01:17:25,473
You're a married man,
you know what it's like.

1005
01:17:25,557 --> 01:17:29,268
I mean, every marriage
has its good years and its bad years.

1006
01:17:29,686 --> 01:17:31,687
We ended on a great year.

1007
01:17:35,859 --> 01:17:36,942
Yeah.

1008
01:17:38,236 --> 01:17:40,279
Anyway, let's get started.

1009
01:17:42,449 --> 01:17:44,241
Moby Dick, Chapter 1.

1010
01:17:47,954 --> 01:17:49,205
"Call me Ishmael.

1011
01:17:49,289 --> 01:17:52,083
"Several years ago,
never mind how long precisely,

1012
01:17:52,167 --> 01:17:54,001
"having little or no money in my purse..."

1013
01:17:54,086 --> 01:17:56,837
"Whenever I find myself
growing grim about the mouth,

1014
01:17:56,922 --> 01:18:00,591
"whenever it is a damp,
drizzly November in my soul,

1015
01:18:01,301 --> 01:18:04,011
"whenever I find myself
knocking people's hats off,

1016
01:18:04,096 --> 01:18:10,184
"then I account it high time
to get to sea as soon as I can."

1017
01:18:26,284 --> 01:18:27,868
- Listen up.
- Hold it right there.

1018
01:18:27,953 --> 01:18:29,245
- Biederman.
- Yeah, that's us.

1019
01:18:29,329 --> 01:18:30,454
IDs, please.

1020
01:18:30,539 --> 01:18:31,831
Got them right here.

1021
01:18:31,915 --> 01:18:33,958
There's four of us. Lewis?

1022
01:18:34,918 --> 01:18:38,170
This is my wife, Sarah.
We have a marriage license.

1023
01:18:38,380 --> 01:18:40,172
I have it right here.

1024
01:18:46,805 --> 01:18:49,890
Okay. All right, let's go.
Let's move it out.

1025
01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:53,519
Mom. Wait.
Sir, my parents are coming, too.

1026
01:18:53,603 --> 01:18:55,521
Wait, wait,
the Hotchners are coming, too.

1027
01:18:55,605 --> 01:18:58,357
- H-O-T-C...
- H-N-E-R.

1028
01:18:59,651 --> 01:19:01,736
- No, it's not here.
- No, no. It has to be there.

1029
01:19:01,820 --> 01:19:03,487
They sent their names
to the White House.

1030
01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:06,282
- They're not there.
- Just check the goddamn list again.

1031
01:19:06,366 --> 01:19:07,742
- Leo, give me your bag.
- They must be there.

1032
01:19:07,826 --> 01:19:09,577
- Look closely.
- Ellen, give me your bag, sweetie.

1033
01:19:09,661 --> 01:19:10,786
No. They're not on the list.

1034
01:19:10,871 --> 01:19:12,663
- Wait, wait.
- I'm sorry. Let's go. We have to go.

1035
01:19:12,748 --> 01:19:14,915
- Sir, you don't understand.
- Leo, can you check it one more time?

1036
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,419
I put you on the list.
They said your names were on the list.

1037
01:19:18,503 --> 01:19:22,006
- Sarah, I put them on the list.
- We're not on the list.

1038
01:19:22,507 --> 01:19:24,759
I need the Biedermans on the bus now.

1039
01:19:24,843 --> 01:19:26,594
- Dad, I wanna stay with you.
- What?

1040
01:19:26,678 --> 01:19:29,263
- No, no, no. We have to go.
- Leo, let's get her on the bus.

1041
01:19:29,347 --> 01:19:32,141
- Yes, I need to stay with you.
- Sarah.

1042
01:19:32,517 --> 01:19:33,893
Sarah, you need to go.

1043
01:19:33,977 --> 01:19:35,144
No, I have to stay with you, Dad.

1044
01:19:35,228 --> 01:19:37,313
Listen, I'm not going anywhere
without you.

1045
01:19:37,397 --> 01:19:38,958
Sarah, you don't know
what you're doing.

1046
01:19:39,024 --> 01:19:40,608
Come or stay, young lady,
this bus is moving out.

1047
01:19:40,692 --> 01:19:43,819
Son, on the bus. Get on the bus!

1048
01:19:44,070 --> 01:19:45,279
Let's go.

1049
01:19:45,363 --> 01:19:48,199
Chuck, we'll work it out
when we get there.

1050
01:20:08,386 --> 01:20:12,264
- What's that, the crates?
- Jenny, there's a phone call for you.

1051
01:20:15,519 --> 01:20:17,728
Yes. This is she.

1052
01:20:19,231 --> 01:20:21,440
It's Robin Lerner. My mother.

1053
01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:30,741
When?

1054
01:20:35,789 --> 01:20:37,122
Sixty-one.

1055
01:20:39,501 --> 01:20:42,127
I'll come down there, then. Thank you.

1056
01:20:43,213 --> 01:20:44,964
Thank you very much.

1057
01:20:49,094 --> 01:20:51,679
Jenny, do you want me
to do something?

1058
01:21:55,410 --> 01:21:58,662
You're too late.
I already took care of everything.

1059
01:22:01,249 --> 01:22:04,793
Come, come. Inside the car.
You're getting sick. Please.

1060
01:22:05,003 --> 01:22:06,837
I want to talk to you.

1061
01:22:08,590 --> 01:22:10,049
Please, come.

1062
01:22:12,177 --> 01:22:15,429
I don't give a shit.
Go home and tell it to Chloe.

1063
01:22:15,513 --> 01:22:17,389
I can't. She left me.

1064
01:22:17,682 --> 01:22:20,559
She's with her mother.
They both got scared.

1065
01:22:21,019 --> 01:22:23,854
Come. I want to talk to you. I need you.

1066
01:22:25,565 --> 01:22:27,191
How does it feel?

1067
01:22:31,363 --> 01:22:33,197
I feel like an orphan.

1068
01:22:36,201 --> 01:22:38,243
Jenny. Jenny!

1069
01:22:41,957 --> 01:22:43,040
Stop.

1070
01:23:57,615 --> 01:24:00,909
Welcome to the Ark.
I'm section leader for Orange 254.

1071
01:24:00,994 --> 01:24:03,871
Remember that. It's where you'll be
calling home the next two years.

1072
01:24:03,955 --> 01:24:07,458
So gather your things and follow me
to the orientation gallery.

1073
01:24:09,461 --> 01:24:13,213
If you have been designated
as a civilian section officer,

1074
01:24:13,673 --> 01:24:17,509
report to section Red 116 upon entering.

1075
01:24:18,803 --> 01:24:23,599
Once again, if you have been
designated as a civilian section officer,

1076
01:24:23,683 --> 01:24:27,519
report to section Red 116 upon entering.

1077
01:24:29,314 --> 01:24:30,439
Leo.

1078
01:24:32,734 --> 01:24:34,276
I'm not coming.

1079
01:24:34,944 --> 01:24:37,196
Leo, come with us right now.

1080
01:24:37,530 --> 01:24:39,406
I have to go back for Sarah.

1081
01:24:39,491 --> 01:24:41,533
- Leo.
- Mom, I'm going.

1082
01:24:48,500 --> 01:24:50,334
- Don, what are you doing?
- I'm giving him something to trade.

1083
01:24:50,418 --> 01:24:52,294
That's what I'm doing.

1084
01:24:52,462 --> 01:24:55,464
- I want you to take this.
- Dad, that's enough.

1085
01:25:00,678 --> 01:25:02,054
God damn it.

1086
01:25:02,889 --> 01:25:05,224
You take care of yourself, okay?

1087
01:25:08,269 --> 01:25:09,937
I'm gonna make it.

1088
01:25:20,490 --> 01:25:21,782
What about Entrekin?

1089
01:25:21,866 --> 01:25:24,743
I don't know. He hasn't returned my call
in over two weeks.

1090
01:25:24,828 --> 01:25:26,370
- Excuse me, Jenny.
- Yeah?

1091
01:25:26,454 --> 01:25:28,205
Your father's here.

1092
01:25:33,378 --> 01:25:34,545
Hello.

1093
01:25:35,171 --> 01:25:36,171
Hello.

1094
01:25:36,256 --> 01:25:40,801
I can't stay long. I'm leaving the city,
but I wanted to show you something.

1095
01:25:40,885 --> 01:25:43,971
I wanted to show you
that you're not an orphan.

1096
01:25:47,892 --> 01:25:50,602
I have proof that you're not an orphan.

1097
01:25:50,937 --> 01:25:52,062
Here.

1098
01:25:55,608 --> 01:25:56,733
Look.

1099
01:26:06,369 --> 01:26:07,744
Where's Mom?

1100
01:26:08,872 --> 01:26:10,539
Behind the camera.

1101
01:26:11,916 --> 01:26:13,417
She took this?

1102
01:26:14,043 --> 01:26:15,711
And this one, too.

1103
01:26:17,255 --> 01:26:20,090
She was such an artist,
don't you think so?

1104
01:26:21,926 --> 01:26:23,886
You don't remember
when you take them?

1105
01:26:23,970 --> 01:26:26,972
I'm five years old.
How would I remember that?

1106
01:26:27,432 --> 01:26:31,393
Well, some people do remember
when they were five years old.

1107
01:26:34,272 --> 01:26:36,398
It was such a beautiful day.

1108
01:26:36,566 --> 01:26:38,442
All alone on the beach.

1109
01:26:40,737 --> 01:26:43,614
And of course
she would have been in the picture,

1110
01:26:43,698 --> 01:26:47,117
but there was no one else
to hold the camera,

1111
01:26:48,036 --> 01:26:50,704
and she insisted.

1112
01:26:51,664 --> 01:26:53,457
You know how she is.

1113
01:26:54,542 --> 01:26:55,959
How she was.

1114
01:26:57,837 --> 01:26:59,004
Jenny.

1115
01:27:04,385 --> 01:27:07,679
It was such a good day for all of us.

1116
01:27:08,932 --> 01:27:10,641
Don't you remember?

1117
01:27:17,607 --> 01:27:18,941
Keep them.

1118
01:27:22,320 --> 01:27:23,528
Goodbye.

1119
01:27:57,188 --> 01:28:00,190
We have now confirmed the launch
of all the Titan missiles

1120
01:28:00,275 --> 01:28:03,443
from their positions in North Dakota
and Wyoming.

1121
01:28:03,528 --> 01:28:06,238
The comets are now
approximately 14 hours

1122
01:28:06,322 --> 01:28:08,532
outside of Earth's atmosphere,

1123
01:28:08,825 --> 01:28:10,951
and we are told
it should take these missiles

1124
01:28:11,035 --> 01:28:13,870
less than 20 minutes
to reach their target.

1125
01:28:14,580 --> 01:28:16,707
Okay, here's what we're looking at.

1126
01:28:16,791 --> 01:28:19,167
All of the Titans have been launched.

1127
01:28:19,252 --> 01:28:22,462
We still won't know
if they've made a difference.

1128
01:28:22,547 --> 01:28:24,798
The comets have to travel for a while

1129
01:28:24,882 --> 01:28:28,093
before the radar tracking stations
can see if they've been pushed

1130
01:28:28,177 --> 01:28:30,971
to a safe course that'll bypass the Earth.

1131
01:28:31,347 --> 01:28:34,391
So one more time, we have to wait.

1132
01:28:54,746 --> 01:28:57,247
- Are we on?
- We're on, Mr. President.

1133
01:29:07,759 --> 01:29:09,760
Our missiles have failed.

1134
01:29:11,387 --> 01:29:14,014
The comets are still headed for Earth,

1135
01:29:16,893 --> 01:29:19,728
and there's nothing we can do
to stop them.

1136
01:29:22,607 --> 01:29:24,107
So this is it.

1137
01:29:25,443 --> 01:29:27,444
If the world does go on,

1138
01:29:28,237 --> 01:29:30,530
it will not go on for everyone.

1139
01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:35,952
We have now been able to calculate
the comets' final trajectories,

1140
01:29:36,037 --> 01:29:39,331
and we have determined
where they're going to strike.

1141
01:29:39,707 --> 01:29:43,168
The smaller of the two comets,
Biederman, will hit first

1142
01:29:43,252 --> 01:29:44,878
somewhere along the Atlantic seaboard,

1143
01:29:44,962 --> 01:29:48,048
probably in the waters
off the coast of Cape Hatteras,

1144
01:29:48,132 --> 01:29:51,802
in just under 12 hours,
at 4:35 p. m. Eastern Daylight Time.

1145
01:29:52,845 --> 01:29:55,555
The impact of the comet is going to be,

1146
01:29:56,641 --> 01:29:58,266
well, disastrous.

1147
01:29:59,394 --> 01:30:01,395
There will be a very large tidal wave

1148
01:30:01,479 --> 01:30:03,563
moving quickly
through the Atlantic Ocean.

1149
01:30:03,648 --> 01:30:07,734
It'll be 100 feet high,
traveling at 1,100 miles an hour.

1150
01:30:07,819 --> 01:30:10,487
That's faster than the speed of sound.

1151
01:30:10,822 --> 01:30:13,323
As the wave reaches shallow water
it's going to slow down,

1152
01:30:13,408 --> 01:30:17,744
but the wave height, depending
on the depth of the shelf off the coast,

1153
01:30:17,829 --> 01:30:21,748
will be anywhere from
1,000 to 3,500 feet high.

1154
01:30:23,876 --> 01:30:26,461
Where the land is flat,
the wave will wash inland

1155
01:30:26,546 --> 01:30:28,839
600 to 700 miles.

1156
01:30:30,258 --> 01:30:34,177
The wave will hit our nation's capital
40 minutes after impact.

1157
01:30:35,847 --> 01:30:40,559
New York City, Boston,
Atlanta, Philadelphia,

1158
01:30:42,353 --> 01:30:44,187
all will be destroyed.

1159
01:30:44,397 --> 01:30:48,233
If you have any means of getting
away from the path of this wave,

1160
01:30:48,317 --> 01:30:49,651
leave now.

1161
01:30:50,278 --> 01:30:52,529
The impact of the larger comet

1162
01:30:52,864 --> 01:30:56,158
will be nothing less
than an extinction-level event.

1163
01:30:56,701 --> 01:31:00,745
It will strike land in western Canada
three hours after Biederman.

1164
01:31:02,248 --> 01:31:05,083
Within a week, the skies
will be dark with dust from the impact,

1165
01:31:05,168 --> 01:31:07,794
and they will stay dark for two years.

1166
01:31:08,671 --> 01:31:11,256
All plant life will be dead within

1167
01:31:12,884 --> 01:31:14,217
four weeks.

1168
01:31:15,511 --> 01:31:17,304
Animal life within

1169
01:31:19,056 --> 01:31:20,515
a few months.

1170
01:31:24,020 --> 01:31:25,479
So that's it.

1171
01:31:26,939 --> 01:31:28,732
Good luck to us all.

1172
01:31:55,176 --> 01:31:59,596
Could I bother everyone for a minute?
Now, let's take a look at the big one.

1173
01:31:59,680 --> 01:32:03,141
Now, the out-gassing has created a vent
a half a mile wide

1174
01:32:03,226 --> 01:32:06,186
and at least 2 miles deep.
Comet gets closer to the sun,

1175
01:32:06,270 --> 01:32:10,065
sun melts ice, ice turns to steam,
we get a big hole. Okay?

1176
01:32:11,025 --> 01:32:14,986
So, how many nukes
we have left in the back?

1177
01:32:15,154 --> 01:32:16,279
Four.

1178
01:32:17,406 --> 01:32:21,826
Okay. If we can get
the remaining bombs in that vent,

1179
01:32:22,995 --> 01:32:26,206
there shouldn't be anything left
of that comet bigger than a suitcase.

1180
01:32:26,290 --> 01:32:29,334
Now, we can't do anything
about the little one,

1181
01:32:29,669 --> 01:32:32,796
but, you know,
it just might give them a chance.

1182
01:32:33,506 --> 01:32:35,173
Now, without the arming codes,
we're gonna have to wait

1183
01:32:35,258 --> 01:32:39,135
to set the bomb timers until
we get closer to Earth to raise Houston.

1184
01:32:39,220 --> 01:32:41,179
We may not have enough
life support left

1185
01:32:41,264 --> 01:32:44,182
to get back into the cargo bay
for the nukes,

1186
01:32:44,392 --> 01:32:46,309
much less to work down on the comet.

1187
01:32:46,394 --> 01:32:48,645
And we sure as hell don't have
enough propellant left in the Messiah

1188
01:32:48,729 --> 01:32:50,355
to maneuver with.

1189
01:32:51,899 --> 01:32:54,943
How are we supposed to get back
off the surface once we've...

1190
01:32:55,027 --> 01:32:57,153
Once we've gone down there?

1191
01:33:02,034 --> 01:33:03,326
We don't.

1192
01:33:12,169 --> 01:33:14,629
Well, you look at the bright side.

1193
01:33:15,381 --> 01:33:18,216
We'll all have high schools
named after us.

1194
01:33:39,697 --> 01:33:41,698
Houston, this is Messiah.

1195
01:33:42,867 --> 01:33:45,160
Houston, this is Messiah.

1196
01:33:58,132 --> 01:34:00,258
Nice of you to call, Messiah.

1197
01:34:00,343 --> 01:34:02,385
We were beginning to wonder
what the hell you were doing up there.

1198
01:34:02,470 --> 01:34:05,555
- Admiring the view, Houston.
- Fish, is that you?

1199
01:34:05,640 --> 01:34:08,308
Yep. We don't have time
to talk, Houston.

1200
01:34:08,392 --> 01:34:11,311
There's nothing we can do about
the smaller one, but we do have a plan.

1201
01:34:11,395 --> 01:34:13,897
We need the arming codes
for the last four nukes.

1202
01:34:13,981 --> 01:34:15,607
Arming codes? What the hell for?

1203
01:34:15,691 --> 01:34:18,693
Mitch, we can do or we can teach.
What's your pleasure?

1204
01:34:20,279 --> 01:34:22,822
Get the arming codes.
Get the goddamn codes!

1205
01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:25,492
We have one helicopter.
It holds seven people.

1206
01:34:25,576 --> 01:34:27,744
We can ferry six people
to high ground in West Virginia

1207
01:34:27,828 --> 01:34:30,747
and take Jenny to the Ark.
Short stick goes.

1208
01:34:31,749 --> 01:34:33,750
I always thought it was women
and children first.

1209
01:34:33,834 --> 01:34:37,128
If you get the short one,
you can give up your seat.

1210
01:34:38,631 --> 01:34:39,964
Thank God.

1211
01:34:48,015 --> 01:34:49,933
Well, that makes sense.

1212
01:34:52,061 --> 01:34:54,604
I got a stick. I got a stick.

1213
01:35:03,406 --> 01:35:06,324
- I'm sorry, Beth.
- Okay, honey, here we go.

1214
01:35:07,284 --> 01:35:08,743
Let's go now.

1215
01:35:10,579 --> 01:35:12,872
- Beth.
- There's always the road.

1216
01:35:12,957 --> 01:35:15,917
We'll be okay. Come on. That's my girl.

1217
01:35:18,838 --> 01:35:20,463
Okay, that's it.

1218
01:35:29,640 --> 01:35:30,807
Sarah!

1219
01:35:33,144 --> 01:35:34,310
Sarah!

1220
01:35:49,160 --> 01:35:51,202
Come on, where's that key?

1221
01:35:51,704 --> 01:35:53,329
Where's the key?

1222
01:36:55,768 --> 01:36:57,894
Come on, hurry up. Come on.

1223
01:36:58,229 --> 01:37:00,438
- No, wait.
- What are you doing?

1224
01:37:02,274 --> 01:37:04,484
Come on, Jenny, we have to go now.
We have to go now.

1225
01:37:04,568 --> 01:37:06,194
Come on. Come on!

1226
01:37:11,992 --> 01:37:13,576
- Beth. Beth, what are you doing?
- Jenny, we have to go!

1227
01:37:13,661 --> 01:37:16,246
The road was so crowded, it was
obvious we weren't gonna make it,

1228
01:37:16,330 --> 01:37:19,332
so I thought, well, if the wave
does come, that we should be here

1229
01:37:19,416 --> 01:37:23,378
because she likes it here and...
I mean, we're on the 15th floor,

1230
01:37:23,462 --> 01:37:25,505
- so maybe we'll be okay.
- Come on, honey.

1231
01:37:25,589 --> 01:37:27,669
- Say goodbye to Jenny.
- Jenny, we got no time left.

1232
01:37:27,675 --> 01:37:30,718
- Jenny, what are you doing? Caitlin!
- Move! Come on!

1233
01:37:30,803 --> 01:37:35,098
- Oh, my God, Caitlin! Caitlin! Caitlin!
- Let's go!

1234
01:37:39,019 --> 01:37:41,813
Come on, come on.
Faster, faster. Come on!

1235
01:37:42,398 --> 01:37:43,439
No!

1236
01:37:45,234 --> 01:37:48,528
Come on, come on! Let's go, let's go!
Hang on. There's no room for this.

1237
01:37:48,612 --> 01:37:50,989
- You're taking her? Please!
- She's going with you!

1238
01:37:51,073 --> 01:37:52,490
- What?
- You're taking my seat!

1239
01:37:52,575 --> 01:37:55,410
- Let's go! Come on!
- Go, go.

1240
01:37:55,494 --> 01:37:57,370
- Jenny, thank you.
- Let's go. Come on. Go!

1241
01:37:57,454 --> 01:37:59,706
- Get her in. Get her in there.
- Wait, that's too many.

1242
01:37:59,790 --> 01:38:01,749
- I'm not going.
- What do you mean, you're not going?

1243
01:38:01,834 --> 01:38:04,752
I'm not going, Eric. Go!

1244
01:38:12,011 --> 01:38:13,386
Oh, my God.

1245
01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:03,186
Shove it, buddy!

1246
01:39:08,067 --> 01:39:09,275
Sarah!

1247
01:39:10,653 --> 01:39:11,819
Sarah!

1248
01:39:30,422 --> 01:39:32,215
You're so full of it!

1249
01:39:33,050 --> 01:39:34,717
- Sarah, look!
- Leo!

1250
01:39:40,766 --> 01:39:41,849
Leo!

1251
01:39:42,226 --> 01:39:43,643
Leo Biederman! Leo!

1252
01:39:47,022 --> 01:39:48,064
Leo!

1253
01:39:55,864 --> 01:39:57,448
- Leo!
- Thank God.

1254
01:39:59,451 --> 01:40:01,369
You don't have any time.
You have to go now.

1255
01:40:01,453 --> 01:40:02,662
- Dad. No, no, no.
- Put this on, put this on.

1256
01:40:02,746 --> 01:40:05,164
Daddy. Daddy, what are you doing?

1257
01:40:05,624 --> 01:40:08,459
- I want you to take the baby.
- Why? No, no, no, no, no, Mom.

1258
01:40:08,544 --> 01:40:11,671
- Yes. No arguments, Sarah. Please!
- No, no, no, no, no. I don't wanna go!

1259
01:40:11,755 --> 01:40:14,465
- I don't wanna go!
- Grab his foot, honey.

1260
01:40:20,097 --> 01:40:21,889
- Mom, Mom.
- Come on. No, listen to me.

1261
01:40:21,974 --> 01:40:24,559
Sweetheart, listen to me.
Let go. Put this on!

1262
01:40:24,643 --> 01:40:26,436
- I love you.
- I love you, too.

1263
01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:29,063
- I've always loved you.
- I love you.

1264
01:40:31,150 --> 01:40:32,859
- Take care, honey.
- I'll see you soon.

1265
01:40:32,943 --> 01:40:36,404
- Put this on.
- I'll see you soon. I'll see you soon.

1266
01:40:36,613 --> 01:40:37,780
- Yes, you will.
- Get out of here, Leo.

1267
01:40:37,865 --> 01:40:39,741
Go. Go to high ground.

1268
01:41:56,110 --> 01:41:59,529
When I was 11,
I took $32 from your wallet.

1269
01:42:04,868 --> 01:42:06,661
When you were a baby,

1270
01:42:07,788 --> 01:42:10,289
I once dropped you on your head.

1271
01:42:17,923 --> 01:42:21,134
When you came to the studio
and you brought those pictures,

1272
01:42:21,218 --> 01:42:23,845
I lied when I said I didn't remember.

1273
01:42:25,180 --> 01:42:27,056
I remember everything.

1274
01:42:27,516 --> 01:42:30,184
I remember
that we were right over there

1275
01:42:30,269 --> 01:42:33,479
and that's when Mom
got that picture of the house.

1276
01:42:36,400 --> 01:42:38,985
It was a perfect, happy day.

1277
01:42:42,239 --> 01:42:44,866
I came down here to let you know that.

1278
01:42:45,242 --> 01:42:46,576
Thank you.

1279
01:42:52,124 --> 01:42:54,250
I've missed you since then.

1280
01:43:02,718 --> 01:43:04,385
I missed you, too.

1281
01:43:34,166 --> 01:43:35,499
Biederman.

1282
01:44:38,021 --> 01:44:39,230
Daddy.

1283
01:45:25,444 --> 01:45:26,694
Hold on.

1284
01:46:21,291 --> 01:46:24,210
This is Messiah.
We're ready to begin our run.

1285
01:46:24,294 --> 01:46:27,755
- Are our families there yet?
- They're on their way, Messiah.

1286
01:46:31,635 --> 01:46:33,427
Disengage auto path.

1287
01:46:35,180 --> 01:46:36,555
Here we go.

1288
01:46:40,310 --> 01:46:44,063
We're at perigee. Wolf contact
in four minutes, 45 seconds.

1289
01:46:45,190 --> 01:46:48,484
We'll never be closer to home
than we are right now.

1290
01:47:07,170 --> 01:47:08,254
Come on.

1291
01:47:08,338 --> 01:47:12,007
Messiah, we've got some people here
that wanna talk to you.

1292
01:47:12,843 --> 01:47:14,343
Wendy, honey.

1293
01:47:15,846 --> 01:47:19,056
You promise me
you keep doing your church thing,

1294
01:47:20,517 --> 01:47:23,310
and I'll be there, right next to you,

1295
01:47:24,813 --> 01:47:26,272
haunting you.

1296
01:47:28,150 --> 01:47:30,568
You better come back and haunt me.

1297
01:47:31,194 --> 01:47:32,570
I love you.

1298
01:47:35,031 --> 01:47:37,241
There's Mommy. Hello, Mommy.

1299
01:47:38,535 --> 01:47:41,579
Hey, you'll take care
of Daddy for me, okay?

1300
01:47:41,663 --> 01:47:44,957
She will. She does a good job.
She misses Mommy.

1301
01:47:45,041 --> 01:47:48,043
- I miss you.
- I love you, Mommy.

1302
01:47:48,879 --> 01:47:51,380
I love you very, very much.

1303
01:47:53,884 --> 01:47:55,134
David.

1304
01:47:58,472 --> 01:48:00,514
You know what I wanna say.

1305
01:48:00,640 --> 01:48:01,849
I know.

1306
01:48:12,027 --> 01:48:13,235
Come on!

1307
01:48:13,570 --> 01:48:16,280
Wolf contact
in two minutes, 30 seconds.

1308
01:48:17,908 --> 01:48:21,619
Oren, Mariette's at your folks' place
up in Utah.

1309
01:48:21,703 --> 01:48:24,413
We sent a plane for her,
but she isn't here yet.

1310
01:48:24,498 --> 01:48:27,041
Fish, your sons are both on active duty.

1311
01:48:27,125 --> 01:48:31,003
We tried to get them back,
but we couldn't get them here on time.

1312
01:48:31,087 --> 01:48:32,421
I'm sorry.

1313
01:48:34,257 --> 01:48:38,135
Well, Mitch,
I wanna say goodbye to Mary.

1314
01:48:39,679 --> 01:48:41,555
I wanna tell her I love her,

1315
01:48:41,640 --> 01:48:45,726
and that ever since we've been apart,
every day I think about her.

1316
01:48:48,146 --> 01:48:50,022
Mary, I'm coming home.

1317
01:48:51,608 --> 01:48:54,193
Coming up on target, 625 miles.

1318
01:48:57,239 --> 01:48:58,864
Range, 600 miles.

1319
01:49:01,701 --> 01:49:04,078
Wait. Oh, God, wait!

1320
01:49:06,957 --> 01:49:09,416
Wait! I'm coming.

1321
01:49:12,921 --> 01:49:14,296
Oren!

1322
01:49:14,381 --> 01:49:15,965
Oren, are you there?

1323
01:49:16,591 --> 01:49:19,552
Mariette? I'm here. I can hear you.

1324
01:49:20,387 --> 01:49:21,804
Hi, sweetie.

1325
01:49:21,930 --> 01:49:24,515
- Mariette?
- Baby, this is your father.

1326
01:49:26,017 --> 01:49:28,727
His name is Oren.
I named him after you.

1327
01:49:28,812 --> 01:49:30,229
Hello, Oren.

1328
01:49:31,064 --> 01:49:33,941
- Show him what you brought him.
- What happened?

1329
01:49:34,317 --> 01:49:36,652
He's holding up a little rocket.

1330
01:49:38,113 --> 01:49:40,948
That's a mighty powerful rocket
you got there.

1331
01:49:41,032 --> 01:49:42,533
He's laughing.

1332
01:49:43,493 --> 01:49:45,411
I can hear him. I know.

1333
01:49:45,787 --> 01:49:49,498
Mariette, I'm hugging you both right now.

1334
01:49:50,542 --> 01:49:52,167
I'm holding you.

1335
01:49:53,545 --> 01:49:56,422
- Twenty-five seconds.
- Prepare to synchronize the nukes.

1336
01:49:56,506 --> 01:50:01,343
Twenty-three, 22, 21,

1337
01:50:02,846 --> 01:50:07,433
20, 19, 18,

1338
01:50:08,810 --> 01:50:12,896
17, 16, 15...

1339
01:50:15,191 --> 01:50:18,360
It's been a pleasure serving
with you, Commander.

1340
01:50:19,613 --> 01:50:21,697
The honor's all mine, Andy.

1341
01:50:27,120 --> 01:50:29,246
Be good, Oren.

1342
01:50:32,542 --> 01:50:33,792
Be good.

1343
01:51:44,948 --> 01:51:47,908
We watched as the bombs
shattered the second comet

1344
01:51:47,992 --> 01:51:49,910
into a million pieces of ice and rock

1345
01:51:49,994 --> 01:51:52,329
that burned harmlessly
in our atmosphere

1346
01:51:52,414 --> 01:51:54,707
and lit up the sky for an hour.

1347
01:51:56,084 --> 01:51:59,503
Still, we were left
with the devastation of the first.

1348
01:52:00,213 --> 01:52:04,341
The waters reached as far inland
as the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.

1349
01:52:05,135 --> 01:52:07,886
It washed away farms and towns,

1350
01:52:08,513 --> 01:52:10,973
forests and skyscrapers.

1351
01:52:12,475 --> 01:52:16,145
But the water receded.

1352
01:52:17,981 --> 01:52:20,524
The wave hit Europe and Africa, too.

1353
01:52:21,067 --> 01:52:22,818
Millions were lost,

1354
01:52:24,529 --> 01:52:26,739
countless more left homeless.

1355
01:52:29,159 --> 01:52:31,869
But the waters receded.

1356
01:52:34,581 --> 01:52:36,206
Cities fall,

1357
01:52:38,168 --> 01:52:40,002
but they are rebuilt.

1358
01:52:40,712 --> 01:52:42,254
And heroes die,

1359
01:52:43,548 --> 01:52:45,674
but they are remembered.

1360
01:52:47,135 --> 01:52:49,762
We honor them with every brick we lay,

1361
01:52:50,305 --> 01:52:52,264
with every field we sow,

1362
01:52:53,308 --> 01:52:57,102
with every child we comfort
and then teach to rejoice

1363
01:52:57,187 --> 01:52:59,396
in what we have been re-given.

1364
01:53:02,025 --> 01:53:03,400
Our planet.

1365
01:53:06,029 --> 01:53:07,279
Our home.

1366
01:53:10,533 --> 01:53:13,577
So now, let us begin.