Previously onSalvation...My fellow Americans,
the unthinkable... [gunshot]
...has become reality.
ALYCIA: Darius Tanz
is president.
We control one remaining ICBM
carrying 13 warheads.
You're trying to shoot down RE/SYST's nukes
with the rail gun?
If you make any attempt to disable those nukes,
RE/SYST will retaliate.
Arrest this man; he's just confessed
to being an enemy of the United States of America.
Losing Mr. Cole is a blow to the solar sail project.
What about Raul Aguirre?
He's the one with the nanotechnology we need.
I will meet with you,
but there are certain conditions.
Release Liam Cole,
and I will get RE/SYST to call off the nukes.
You had no authority to speak with her!
Jillian, what truth did you accept today?
This is the only place I feel safe.
[whimpers]
Who the hell do you work for? I don't know.
People lie, Fiona,
but that chip in your neck can't.
Mr. President, we need to...
Sir, we've lost eyes.GRACE: What are you saying?
The president of the United States
just snuck out of the White House.
[phones ringing]
WOMAN: West Wing.
I'm sorry, the president is unavailable.
MAN: West Wing.
I'm sorry.
[phones continue ringing]
Can I take a message?
WOMAN: I'm sorry.
MAN: He's in a meeting.
[indistinct chatter]
All right, listen up.
Nothing I'm about to say leaves this room.
You are not to discuss this with anyone.
Not your staff, your spouse, or your shrink,
under penalty of treason.
The president is missing,
and only the people in this room are aware.
Director Davis, what does the FBI know thus far?
The Secret Service had eyes on the president
at 2100 hours in the Oval.
They withdrew to their posts outside.
At 2300, they discovered that the office was empty.
Now, we believe that he accessed
the hidden Reagan staircase to the evacuation tunnels
beneath the Oval Office.
We have been reviewing hours of security cam footage,
and as of yet... nothing.
Anything from the D.C. Police?
We've tripled the number of patrols inside
the Beltway and put out a description of the president.
Obviously, we can't tell them exactly who they're looking for
if we wish to maintain this level of secrecy.
What about foul play? Could someone have abducted him?
Secret Service reports that
their agents never left their posts.
No one got past them.
No one except the president, you mean?
Okay, we, we don't have time to place blame, Roland.
Given the recent assassinations of President Mackenzie
and Monroe Bennett, we need to explore all possibilities.
Darius... the president is out there with no protection.
All right, his life may be in danger.
In the meantime, Mr. Secretary, we have less
than 24 hours before that rail gun test,
which will lead to a nuclear confrontation with RE/SYST.
What are we doing about it?
STENDAHL: Nothing.
There's nothing I can do.
There must be something, Dr. Stendahl.
President Tanz is the only one with the legal authority
to stop the rail gun tests.
The project is under his supervision, and
short of him giving me a direct order...
What if he's not available to give you that order?
What exactly is going on, Ms. Barrows?
What the...?
You lied!
Good morning to you.
You told Darius RE/SYST would disarm those nukes
if he released me, but they are still active, every single one.
Got you out, didn't I?
You made a deal, and you went back on your word.
Darius is never, ever gonna trust us again.
Trust us?
He's the one who put us in this untenable position,
threw you in jail.
Liam, he's gone off the deep end.
You can't deny that his behavior is reckless.
Reckless is dropping a bomb on New York City.
He's the one threatening to use that rail gun
to disarm our nukes.
We're just trying to save the planet
with the solar sail project.
Yes, yes, a project which has hit a dead end
because we wouldn't collaborate with Darius.
It's happening again.His terms were unacceptable.
And we don't need Darius Tanz.
Raul Aguirre is coming.
CROFT: Mm-hmm, and so is Santa Claus.
What's that supposed to mean, Croft?
It means the man hasn't been seen in years.
Rumor is he never leaves Argentina.
In fact, some people say he never leaves the house.
And other people say he's dead.
Well, he sent us that message that he's on the way.
Mm-hmm, and still there's no sign of him, hmm?
All I'm saying
is, waiting for the Easter Bunny is not the answer, kids.
The solar sail is not working as is.
In ten days, if that thing is
not on its way to the gravity tractor,
everything we've done
is a waste.
What do you mean?I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker,
but the president is currently unavailable.
Unavailable? We are on the brink of nuclear conflict.
Where the hell is he?I'm still awaiting confirmation of his schedule.
I don't give a rat's ass about his schedule, young lady.
How-how did you get this job anyway?
How old are you?
I don't see how that's relevant?
Well, let me tell you what isrelevant.
Unless President Tanz wants a vote of impeachment,
he better make himself available to congressional leadership.
Immediately.
Uh... pesos?
What the hell's this? [whistles]
Old man?
GUARD: Whoa, whoa, sir.
[Aguirre speaking Spanish]
Sir, take it easy.
[Aguirre speaking Spanish]
All right, calm down.
[Aguirre speaking Spanish]
ALYCIA: Hey!
Stand down! Excuse me. Back off.
Raul Aguirre. He's here.
What did you tell Stendahl?
Nothing, of course. Harris, we don't know
whether Darius went on walkabout or if he's in danger,
and we don't have a lot of time to figure it out.
I'm aware of that. The entire governmental apparatus is
working the problem.Yes, but weneed to work the problem.
And I know where to start.
Harris, leave us alone for a minute.
It's time to chat woman to woman.
[door closes]
Get your hands off me.You're an enemy of the state.
You'll do exactly what we say,
or you'll get the shock of a lifetime.
Do you understand me?Screw you.
Without a deal on the table, I'm done talking.
[beep]
[buzzing]
[grunts loudly, pants]
That was just a taste. This isn't a game show.
There are no deals.
The president of the United States is missing,
and you're gonna help us find him. Now.
♪
FIONA: I already told you.
I have no idea what happened to Darius.
Perhaps your employer does.
I don't know who I work for. Right.
I think it's time to find out, hmm?
FIONA: Wait. What...? What are you doing with that?
Putting that chip back where we found it.
We're gonna smoke them out.
No. No, n-no, n-no. Please don't. Please don't. No!
[Fiona groans]
I hope you know what you're doing, Grace.
Dr. Aguirre, I'm so sorry. This is
not the welcome that we intended. I'm Alycia Vrettou.
Sir, I'm Liam Cole. I just wanted to say,
I've been following your work on nanomaterials
for the last decade. No me importa.
[speaking Spanish]
You speak Spanish, right?
He's looking for a kitchen.
Sir? This way.
Please.
NATE: Jillian, you can't
take what happened personally.
Everyone's on a short fuse right now.
Yeah, but not everyone gets chewed out
by the speaker of the house publicly, or has
a chair practically thrown at them
by the president of the United States.
Can you forget I said that? Please?
I just can't do this anymore.
So, as soon as the latest crisis is over,
and I can get a word in with my boss,
I'm going back to Boston.
You're quitting?
I never should have had this job in the first place.
Hey... don't do something you're gonna regret.
Come to the meeting tonight at COPE.
It'll make you feel better.
[crying]: Nate, right now, I just feel like being alone.
I'm sorry.
[hissing]
What the hell's he doing? Shh.
[Aguirre sighs]
[gulping]
Ah.
[sighs]
[speaks Spanish]
So, here's the problem.
We couldn't get enough of our original fabric
for the solar sail, so
we had to adapt to a thinner fabric, one that we could
acquire on our tight schedule.
Unfortunately, every time we model the unfolding of the sail,
it rips. The new fabric cannot handle the stress.
But if we use a thicker material to prevent tearing,
then the added weight makes the payload too heavy to launch.
But either way, we've got a sail that can't do its job.
LIAM: Yeah, and I was thinking maybe there was a way
to redesign the launch package,
maybe use a hexagonal design instead.
[snores]
LIAM: Dr. Aguirre?
[Aguirre snoring]
Doctor.
I need to think.
Did he just say "I-I need to think"?
Sounded like "I need to drink."
Dr. Aguirre.
[mumbles under breath]
[rolling Rs]: Aguirre.
Doctor... why did you come here?
Just to get drunk? Is this some kind of a game to you?
Because we're-we're trying to save
the human race from extinction.
What exactly are you trying to do?
I have come to repair...
what is torn.
You mean everything?
You're not much of a talker, huh?
I prefer pictures.
Oh, this is a... this is a formula for...
Self-repairing nanomaterials.
How long have you been working on this?
Years. Many, many, many years.
Science can fix everything,
except for human beings.
We must fix ourselves.
Hey. Look at this.
OP-371 just came back online.
You kidding me. Where?
Four miles from here.
Rock Creek Park.
Her implant goes dark for three days,
our S&R teams come up with nothing,
and now she just reappears?
BP's dropping.
Sat levels are way down.
We need an extraction team.
No time. She's crashing.
We got to deal with this ourselves
before we lose her.
[engine starts]
Okay, thanks for the update.
FBI is using facial rec software to check
CCTV cams from all over D.C.
ATMs, red light cameras, the whole drill.
No sign of him yet.
[sighs] We'll find him, Grace.
You don't know that.
Grace, I'm worried.
About you.
All this anger...
it's not like you.
You think you have the market cornered on anger?
My father's in prison for a crime I committed.
Alonzo's out there. Who knows what he'll do?
All because of my bad choices.
For which you blame me.
It's not about blame.
I just don't want to have any more regrets.
MAN: Target acquired.
HARRIS: Maintain your distance.
We don't want to tip them off.
Crap.
She's gone.
They took the bait. Move out.
[engine starts]
CROFT: Ooh, self-healing, hmm?
So this is the snake oil our friend is selling us.
A solar sail that magically heals itself
after a little spritz.
It's not magic, Croft, and it's not snake oil.
Oh. Okay?
It's a, uh, suspension that coats the material
in a layer of interconnecting molecules.
Now, if any connection is broken,
the molecules rearrange themselves to repair it.
Manipulating molecules at that level?
Nobody's cracked that.
How do we know it's going to work?
Yeah, how about some proof, Dr. Aguirre?
Other than your scrawlings on your vanilla latte.
Dr. Aguirre, pardon the rudeness of my colleague.
No, it's-it's okay. I-I understand.
My English is not so good, so, uh, bear with me.
Science is-is just humanity
in-in equations and-and theorems.
We-we are all broken in-in some way.
For the weak amongst us,
it-it causes us to collapse, but for-for the truly strong
we are... how you say in English?
Tejer. We-we knit. We knit
ourselves back together
to something greater than we were before.
Well, that's very poetic, but it's not proof.
Croft, let him finish. Stop shooting him down.
[all gasp, shout]
GUARD: What the hell are you doing?
CROFT: What, are you crazy?!
You could've killed us.Quiet.
Now we go to work.
That was... Amazing.
Ah! I have to admit, you were right
about Aguirre being the missing piece.
I'm sorry I doubted you.
Oh. Congratulations to both of us.
All of us, every single one.
We have to tell Nero.
Well, thanks to Aguirre,
the rest of the scientists
are committed to finishing the solar sail.
You know, we can finally disarm those nukes
and put an end to this conflict with Darius.
Liam.
If not now, then when?
Those nukes are the only thing that's keeping Darius
from launching a frontal assault and taking us all out.
We'd be foolish to take them off the table now.
But for the first time ever, we have a fully functioning plan
to save the world.
Let's not blow it up before we get the chance.
We've got greater aspirations when we take down the asteroid.
Look, if we truly want to change the world,
we need leverage.
There is no plan to give them up, is there?
We're the new superpower.
Everything that we've been fighting for-- free speech,
freedom of information, power to the people--
we can finally make it so.
And in the meantime, you're just gonna
drop a bomb on New York City.
You're not gonna lose an ounce of sleep.
Darius started that.And you're gonna finish it.
And you're gonna kill millions of people.
After this project's done, so are we. RE/SYST can go to hell.
Liam.
Hey.
And as the standoff continues
between RE/SYST and President Tanz,
the president has been strangely silent.
With the rail gun test scheduled to go off
just 12 hours from now,
New Yorkers are fleeing the city in droves.[doorbell rings]
Hi. Nate.
What are you doing here?
You seemed so down today,
I thought maybe I could cheer you up.
And I came bearing gifts.
Remember Bass Shepherd?
Hello, Jillian. Can we come in?
Uh...
Sure. Come.
[whispers]: What?
Let's go.MAN: Copy that.
We're in position.
Tech Con One, we've entered the warehouse.
MAN 2: Bravo Team, hold for Alpha.
Bravo Team, we're on the passenger. Weapons free.
MAN: Copy that, Alpha. Good hunting.
Freeze! Nobody move!
[gunshots]Gun down, gun down!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot.
MAN: Area's secure, Mr. Secretary.
She's over here.
Clear.
Give her the shot. Now!
What's happening?
The atropine's not working.
What?
We waited too long.
No. Give her another injection.
She could stroke out.
She's gonna die.
Come on. Come on! Fiona!
[gasps loudly]
[Fiona coughs, wheezes]
You son of a bitch.
She was dead. What'd you do to her?TTX.
It's a paralytic agent found in blowfish poison.
Slows heart rate and inhibits motor function.
Now we get a question. Where's Darius Tanz?
The president?
If you know anything about his whereabouts...
I don't.
I'm not playing.
I don't know anything. I swear.
Then who do you work for?
You're an accessory to the assassination of Monroe Bennett.
You don't give us something, you're gonna be spending
the rest of your life
in a very unpleasant place.
Company policy regarding clients is on a "need to know" basis.
What company?
Maybe we'll put the word out
that you're cooperating with us.
How would your employer feel about that?
They have eyes everywhere.
HARRIS: Who?
Q-17.
GRACE: Harris?
Q-17.
GRACE: What's Q-17?
They're like a private CIA. Off the grid.
You want to hire them, you have to know somebody.
Otherwise, they're ghosts.
Well, someone did hire them.
To sabotage the Ark, blow up the Supreme Court,
and assassinate a couple of presidents.
Well, we still haven't tied them to Mackenzie's death.
But if each of those
is one of their operatives...
The scope of this thing is massive.
The question is, who's pulling their strings?
And is Darius next on their list?
Harris, we're running out of time.
JILLIAN: So...
what are you doing here?
Ah, when one of our members is in need, we come.
That is incredibly generous.
Well, you're special.
I've seen that since the first moment I met you.
Really? [chuckles]
You have wisdom beyond your years.
Why do you think the president chose you as his assistant
over all the other people out there?
I don't know,
but I'm assuming he regrets it right about now.
So the speaker of the House dressed you down.
Mm-hmm.The president got angry.
Those aren't reasons to quit.
They're lessons.
The universe has much to teach
if you listen.Oh, I am trying,
but can it speak up a little?
[laughs]
[soft music playing]
Can you accept that you have a purpose?
I can.
When a tree is strong, even a hurricane wind cannot uproot it.
You are strong.
You are wise.
Don't let other people blow you off your path.
[laughs softly]
And what's this?
Pisco. You drink.
I don't think so.
Drink, drink, it's good for the constitution.
Who cares?
You know, 'cause it's over.
Everything I-I've believed in,
every choice I have made has been wrong.
I tried to save the world and I actually made things worse.
[laughs softly]
And Darius was right about... RE/SYST,
about Alycia, all of it.
Every little thing.
What am I doing?
I mean, you probably can't even understand
half of what I'm saying.
[chuckles]
I understand.
More than you know.
[English accent]: Just because you're brilliant
doesn't mean you're always right.
You're still gonna need that rail gun
to help with the solar sail.
D-Darius?
[whispers]: Listen, we haven't got much time.
ALYCIA: Gentlemen? [clears throat]
Am I interrupting anything?
U-Un brindis por nuevos comienzos.
A toast to new beginnings.
I drink to this. Yes.
What the hell, Darius? What's going on?
Where's the real Dr. Aguirre?
Standing right in front of you.
What are you talking about?
[sighs] Ten years ago,
I created an alter ego, a nom de plume if you will.
Thus, Dr. Raul Aguirre was born.
But, uh, w-why?
I wanted to publish certain
controversial research
that was outside my area of expertise.
Nanomaterials.Yeah.
But the alias stuck, and-and over time,
the ruse grew more elaborate.
There was a great demand for the talents of Dr. Aguirre.
So I turned him into a recluse,
uh, an eccentric who never went anywhere.
Until now.Okay, so-so,
you're pretending to be Aguirre, but...
but why, is it to sneak in and sabotage the solar sail?
No, the solar sail is brilliant.
Combined with the rail gun, it may be
our only hope for survival.
Is this the part where you tell me that I was right?
Partially right.
You still needed Dr. Aguirre to solve
your materials problem.All right, it doesn't matter,
it doesn't matter. I want to know why
you went through all this to help RE/SYST.
I didn't come here to help.
I needed to get inside Tanz,
and-and Aguirre was my entry point.
I'm here to prevent a nuclear holocaust.
Well, I mean, you started all of this.
I shouldn't even be talking to you.
After what you did? I mean, you threw me in a jail.
You were talking to me like I was, I was a criminal.
You left me no choice.
Liam.
I did come here to repair what's been torn.
The two of us have the power to shut it down
and get back to what we do: science.
But I need your help.
This chip contains a virus that'll destroy Tess.
She's the one controlling those nukes.
[indistinct radio chatter]
[car door closes, engine starts]
DAVIS: Is this all of it?
Yeah, every last scrap of paper and digital file
from that warehouse.
Should give us a window into Q-17's
current operations.
My team will analyze the documents.
If there's anything of use, we'll find it.
Yeah.But meantime,
still no sign of the president.
We've come up empty, Mr. Secretary.
We've got eight hours until that rail gun fires, Harris.
We need to make some big moves, and nobody's gonna like them.
You know the plan: get into the server room.
If this doesn't work...
We're in the same position we're in right now,
with time running out and RE/SYST's finger
on the nuclear button.
[Aguirre accent]: We've got nothing to lose.
Liam?
What's going on? You said it was important.
Yeah. There's something you need to know about Dr. Aguirre.
Liam, no!
Are you insane? What are you...?
LIAM: There's a traitor in our midst.
Traitor? And you, Liam?
Darius?
LIAM: I'm sorry, Darius, but sometimes,
you can't repair what's torn.
[gasps]
[grumbles]
HARRIS: Dr. Stendahl,
that rail gun test cannot go forward as planned.
I'm under orders from the president of the United States.
He's the only one that can stop this test.
We know, Rosetta, but the president
is missing.
We have to stop this before it's too late.
In the absence
of the president, I am giving you
a direct order to stop this test...
Wait, after all that's gone on: civil war,
coups, how do I know that you're not the traitors?
How do I know that you're not
the ones responsible for his disappearance?
You're gonna have to trust us.
[groans]
I never thought physical violence was your style.
What were you expecting?
Harsh language?
You have no idea what's at stake here, do you?
Other than the blood of millions of innocent civilians
on your hands, I suppose no.
I'm not the one responsible.
You can make this go away.
All you have to do is hand over the rail gun.
Why don't you just steal it? You're so very good at that,
aren't you?I didn't steal anything.
I created Tess.
Ugh, again with that. Wecreated Tess.
And you tried to smuggle out her source code, but I caught you.
No, you destroyed
my reputation, Darius.
You ruined my career.
No.
You did that.
On your own.
I know where you came from, Alycia.
A father who treated you like nothing,
made you feel like nothing.
We had that in common.
It's what made us who we are.
Ruthless perfectionists.
But when you came to me that day at Tanz,
a disaffected college grad who snuck away from the tour
to show me her machine-learning algorithm,
I saw your brilliance, talent.
Your drive.
I nurtured you.
Believed in you.
But... somewhere along the way,
you lost your way.
And you have the chance right now
to come back from the darkness.
Take it before it's too late.
[computer dings]
You have 15 minutes to change your mind, Darius.
If that rail gun goes off,
Tess will automatically fire those missiles.
The blood's on your hands, not mine.
Alycia, you still need me.
Go to hell, Darius.
Wait. Just...
Liam.
What are you doing?
Croft.
Look, it's not what you think, Croft.
L-Look, we finally have hope.
I am not gonna let you sabotage it.
[elevator bell dings]
[indistinct chatter]
Don't be an idiot.[grunts]
You got Stockholm syndrome.
You're identifying with your captors.You're the idiot.
This is not the time to undermine RE/SYST.
We have Aguirre; he is gonna save the world.
Aguirre is Darius.
What?
MAN: All personnel, firing test begins in eight minutes.
Please clear the area.
[typing]
MAN: Security measures have been initiated.
All computer systems are now in lockdown mode.
What's going on?
Darius changed the codes.
I'm locked out.
He's the only one that can stop the test.
There's nothing I can do.
That rail gun is launching in seven minutes, Grace,
whether we like it or not.
Thank you, General. We've done all we can.
They've been evacuating the entire tristate area
for the last 24 hours to prevent loss of life.
Harris, none of this makes sense.
[sighs]And the way Darius disappeared.
I know it's crazy, but is it possible
this is all some elaborate "Darius" plan?
If it is, it better work, fast.
NEWSWOMAN: As the rail gun test
is set to launch imminently,
RE/SYST's nuclear threat hangs over our head.
And still no sign of our president.
All right, I need to address the group.
Where's Liam?
Is it true that Aguirre is Darius Tanz?
W-We deserve answers.
Yes.
I guess Liam beat me to the punch with the news.
But Darius will cooperate fully
and he will continue to help us with our project,
so there's no reason to be concerned.
Really?
Well, that's-that's good to know.
Yeah, that's good.
Thank you.
Where'd that come from?
Uh, this? Um...
[grunts]
No idea.
Hand it over.
Hand it over now or they will shoot.
[guns clicking]
Well, frankly...
...at this point,
I don't give a damn. Liam, catch!
[grunts]
[gasps]
No, Croft!
No. Stand down. I got this.
MAN: 20 seconds till firing sequence.
Clear the range. Repeat: clear the range.
[alarm blaring]
MAN: Six... five...
Liam!
MAN: ...four... three...
Liam! Don't.
[power whirring]
MAN: Fire.
You killed her.
She wasn't yours to kill!
Who? Tess?
She's lines of code.
[sobbing]: No.
You just executed a human being down there.
[sobbing]
Am I next?
Am I?
Too many casualties.
It's time to stop the war, Alycia.
[sobbing continues]
W-Wait a minute, you're saying...
the missiles didn't fire?
Mr. Secretary, look.[computer beeping]
The rail gun slug is tracking on course.
In five, four,
three...
Yeah!
[cheering, applause]
It's over. It's over.
RE/SYST's nukes are destroyed.
Oh, my God.
How...?
Darius.
It's him.
Breaking news into the station just now.
We are getting reports
that the ICBM-carrying RE/SYST nuclear warheads
have been destroyed.
Oh, my...
[applause]
It took you long enough.
I'm sorry.
I was disarming 13 nukes.
You can't rush something like that.
[Darius grunts]
There you go.
Welcome back.
[sighs]
Where's Alycia?
She packed her bags and fled.
Problem for another day.
You're not gonna believe this, but...
he died a hero.
These days...
I'll believe anything.
[sighs] Thank God you're back.
I have been holding everyone off,
but they want to see Darius.
Don't we all. Any word?
Nothing yet.
Speaker Barnes is waiting in the Cabinet Room
with the rest of Congressional leadership.
I guess it's time to face the music.
Thank you all for your patience.
As you know, President Tanz has been incredibly busy
managing this crisis.
We'll have more information shortly.
If you'll just return to your offices...
BARNES: Enough stalling.
Where the hell is the president
of the United States?
ROLAND: Mr. Secretary, Ms. Barrows, it's time.
As White House counsel, I'm afraid I have to inform you
of some troubling news.Roland.
I'm afraid President Tanz is...
DARIUS; Is right here.
Thank you for standing in,
Ms. Barrows. Mr. Secretary.
Everyone, I hear you've all been looking for me.
I was extremely busy disarming RE/SYST.
Those nukes were quite the nuisance,
weren't they?
So... what have you all been doing
for the last 24 hours?
Next time you pull a stunt like that, you could at least
have the decency to tell someone.
Anyone.You scared the hell out of us.
I'm sorry. Truly.
But it became impossible for me to get anything done here.
I-I had to follow my instincts.
The entire country
could have blown up.But it didn't.
And for one day, for one moment,
we're gonna take the victory.
[scoffs]Now, if you don't mind,
I-I'd like a word alone with my senior advisor.
Yes, Mr. President.
Uh...
♪ Without your love
[exhales] I should slap you.
I agree.
♪ Baby, baby, baby
♪ What would life be?
I have a bottle of champagne.
We should celebrate.
Wh-What are you doing?
Trusting my instincts.
♪ Without your kiss...
♪ Oh, baby
♪ Tell me, baby
♪ What would I feel?
♪ Oh...
♪ 'Cause without your love
[sighing]: Oh, Grace.
♪ Hey
♪ There could be no me
♪ Yeah
♪ There couldn't be no me
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