1 00:00:12,687 --> 00:00:15,687 -[horns beeping] -[siren blaring] 2 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:25,562 Don't be filming this for one of those causal introductory shots, please. 3 00:00:25,646 --> 00:00:26,854 This shit's demeaning. 4 00:00:27,687 --> 00:00:30,896 So, what is it you guys wanna talk about? What's this for? 5 00:00:30,979 --> 00:00:34,896 [director] It's a look back over the year. We're reliving the events of 2020. 6 00:00:36,104 --> 00:00:38,104 Why in the fuck would you wanna do that? 7 00:00:39,187 --> 00:00:42,854 [narrator] 2020, a year so momentous they named it twice. 8 00:00:42,937 --> 00:00:47,812 A year whose story couldn't be told until now because it was still happening. 9 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,979 With unprecedented access to experts… 10 00:00:51,062 --> 00:00:54,271 If I keep my little assistants down here, that's alright? Good. 11 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:55,521 …Politicos… 12 00:00:55,604 --> 00:00:57,521 You know you look ridiculous, right? 13 00:00:57,604 --> 00:00:58,854 …Powerbrokers… 14 00:00:58,937 --> 00:01:01,812 -[director] We are ready now. -Just a second. 15 00:01:01,896 --> 00:01:04,104 -…Monarchs… -Mind the chandelier. 16 00:01:04,187 --> 00:01:05,896 [chandelier crashes down] 17 00:01:05,979 --> 00:01:06,979 Christ. 18 00:01:07,062 --> 00:01:08,812 -…Scientists… -Wait, wait, wait. 19 00:01:08,896 --> 00:01:10,854 Let me just ingest some H20. 20 00:01:11,771 --> 00:01:14,062 -…Psychologists… -I'm gonna smoke. 21 00:01:14,146 --> 00:01:15,812 Y'all got on masks, so what do you care? 22 00:01:16,437 --> 00:01:18,479 …and average citizens. 23 00:01:18,562 --> 00:01:20,521 So, will this be on Quibi? 24 00:01:20,604 --> 00:01:24,896 This is the definitive story of the most historic year in history 25 00:01:24,979 --> 00:01:27,771 through the eyes and minds of those who lived it. 26 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:31,021 This… is 2020. 27 00:01:32,271 --> 00:01:33,979 I mean really, why? 28 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:37,562 [dramatic drumming] 29 00:01:38,729 --> 00:01:42,979 [dramatic music playing] 30 00:01:53,604 --> 00:01:57,187 [dramatic music crescendos] 31 00:02:04,604 --> 00:02:08,187 [narrator] It's January 1st, and on the day it is born 32 00:02:08,271 --> 00:02:11,104 2020 seems like any other year. 33 00:02:12,187 --> 00:02:15,146 Well, January started out as usual. 34 00:02:15,229 --> 00:02:18,937 The planet was floating in space like it normally does. 35 00:02:19,021 --> 00:02:23,271 But as it began to revolve and loom closer, 36 00:02:23,354 --> 00:02:26,604 you could see there was this immense natural disaster 37 00:02:26,687 --> 00:02:28,479 happening on its backside. 38 00:02:29,062 --> 00:02:31,979 [narrator] Fire, a radicalized, angry form of air 39 00:02:32,062 --> 00:02:34,104 and one of mankind's oldest foes, 40 00:02:34,187 --> 00:02:35,437 is raging out of control, 41 00:02:35,521 --> 00:02:39,896 subjecting the Australian landscape to an extreme carbon makeover. 42 00:02:39,979 --> 00:02:41,812 The scenes were appalling. 43 00:02:41,896 --> 00:02:46,104 I mean it left these areas utterly inhospitable, even to Australians. 44 00:02:47,104 --> 00:02:51,479 [narrator] While Australia burns, in the snowy hell that is Switzerland, 45 00:02:51,562 --> 00:02:54,521 an assortment of the world's most powerful people and bastards 46 00:02:54,604 --> 00:02:56,562 arrive at the Davos summit. 47 00:02:56,646 --> 00:02:59,021 Davos is basically Coachella for billionaires. 48 00:02:59,104 --> 00:03:04,021 And this year, pretending to care about climate change was top of the agenda, 49 00:03:04,104 --> 00:03:06,896 so they had Greta Thunberg headlining. 50 00:03:06,979 --> 00:03:09,354 She's this teenage girl who'd become famous 51 00:03:09,437 --> 00:03:11,687 even though everything she says is depressing. 52 00:03:11,771 --> 00:03:13,437 Kind of like Billie Eilish. 53 00:03:14,021 --> 00:03:17,062 Our house is still on fire. 54 00:03:18,229 --> 00:03:22,354 Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour. 55 00:03:22,854 --> 00:03:25,021 [narrator] While the junior harbinger speaks, 56 00:03:25,104 --> 00:03:29,646 amongst her audience of powerbrokers is billionaire tech mogul Bark Multiverse. 57 00:03:29,729 --> 00:03:31,979 We are telling you to act 58 00:03:32,062 --> 00:03:35,771 as if you loved your children above all else. 59 00:03:35,854 --> 00:03:36,854 Thank you. 60 00:03:37,521 --> 00:03:38,896 [Bark Multiverse] It was powerful. 61 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:41,687 Usually when a child is shouting for help, 62 00:03:41,771 --> 00:03:44,146 it's best to ignore them in case it's a trap. 63 00:03:44,229 --> 00:03:46,979 No less a man than Jeffrey Epstein told me that. 64 00:03:47,479 --> 00:03:50,437 But this little lady's words hit home. 65 00:03:51,104 --> 00:03:55,104 I realized our whole world could collapse into chaos and disaster, 66 00:03:55,187 --> 00:03:58,396 and here's me, one of the richest people on the planet, 67 00:03:58,479 --> 00:04:01,771 in a position to actually do something about it. 68 00:04:02,354 --> 00:04:03,937 As soon as she finished speaking, 69 00:04:04,021 --> 00:04:06,604 I hit the phone, got my people to buy a mountain in New Zealand, 70 00:04:06,687 --> 00:04:09,146 had it hollowed out, and here we are. 71 00:04:09,229 --> 00:04:11,146 In my survival bunker. 72 00:04:12,312 --> 00:04:15,896 -[director] Don't people call you selfish? -I don't know. It's soundproof. 73 00:04:17,021 --> 00:04:18,646 [narrator] Meanwhile in America, 74 00:04:18,729 --> 00:04:21,354 President and experimental pig-man Donald Trump 75 00:04:21,437 --> 00:04:25,937 faces the 407th most historic crisis of his presidency. 76 00:04:26,021 --> 00:04:28,562 The US President, you may have heard of him, 77 00:04:28,646 --> 00:04:30,937 he's quite the character, Mr. Trump, 78 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:35,771 was facing an impeachment trial, which is a traditional ceremony 79 00:04:35,854 --> 00:04:39,687 that Americans perform to work out whether their president has gone off. 80 00:04:40,354 --> 00:04:43,854 Trump was in trouble. What he needed was a distraction, 81 00:04:43,937 --> 00:04:47,021 either something big like a goose flying in through the window, 82 00:04:47,104 --> 00:04:49,729 or something small like World War Three. 83 00:04:49,812 --> 00:04:54,604 Luckily, our military had located this Iranian general, Soleimani, 84 00:04:54,687 --> 00:04:56,396 real military superstar, 85 00:04:56,479 --> 00:04:59,146 the Beyoncé of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. 86 00:04:59,229 --> 00:05:01,437 [male reporter] The aftermath shows an attack 87 00:05:01,521 --> 00:05:03,646 that was deliberate and sustained. 88 00:05:03,729 --> 00:05:06,687 [Bracket] So, then Trump walks out to announce the hit. 89 00:05:06,771 --> 00:05:09,771 And for fun, he does it in the style of a children's poet 90 00:05:09,854 --> 00:05:11,312 recovering from a brain trauma. 91 00:05:11,896 --> 00:05:15,271 He's been called a monster, and he was a monster. 92 00:05:15,354 --> 00:05:18,229 And he's no longer a monster, he's dead. 93 00:05:18,312 --> 00:05:21,729 Well, of course, the Iranians would have preferred their chap, on the whole, 94 00:05:21,812 --> 00:05:23,604 not to explode. 95 00:05:23,687 --> 00:05:26,604 [chanting in Persian] 96 00:05:26,687 --> 00:05:29,396 This almost started World War Three. 97 00:05:29,479 --> 00:05:31,729 And it's only fucking January. 98 00:05:31,812 --> 00:05:32,812 [Big Ben chimes] 99 00:05:32,896 --> 00:05:37,937 [narrator] In the UK, everyday citizens celebrate the countdown to Brexit-cide 100 00:05:38,021 --> 00:05:39,521 and the recent installation 101 00:05:39,604 --> 00:05:43,812 of newly-elected Prime Ministerial scarecrow, Boris Johnson. 102 00:05:45,062 --> 00:05:47,812 But others have little to celebrate. 103 00:05:48,604 --> 00:05:50,979 [imitating Queen's accent] My name is Her Royal Highness, 104 00:05:51,062 --> 00:05:53,062 Queen Elizabeth The First part two. 105 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:58,687 For the purposes of this recording, you may address me as "Your Majesty." 106 00:05:59,687 --> 00:06:03,646 [director] So, can you remember where you were when you first heard the news… 107 00:06:07,021 --> 00:06:08,104 Your Majesty? 108 00:06:08,771 --> 00:06:11,812 Here in Buckingham Palace, 109 00:06:11,896 --> 00:06:14,146 posing for a banknote portrait. 110 00:06:14,229 --> 00:06:16,354 It was proving tedious, 111 00:06:16,437 --> 00:06:20,521 so I turned to my portable telephone machine for some light relief. 112 00:06:21,354 --> 00:06:25,937 And there on Meghan's Instagram was the announcement. 113 00:06:27,604 --> 00:06:30,812 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced that they are carving out 114 00:06:30,896 --> 00:06:33,437 what they call "a new role" for themselves. 115 00:06:33,521 --> 00:06:35,646 In a statement released in the last few minutes, 116 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:40,437 they say they intend to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. 117 00:06:41,062 --> 00:06:43,104 [director] That must have come as quite a shock. 118 00:06:43,187 --> 00:06:44,396 Well, of course. 119 00:06:45,146 --> 00:06:48,521 And I think that's reflected in the banknote portrait. 120 00:06:48,604 --> 00:06:52,771 Sadly, I believe they felt there is a degree of prejudice in Britain. 121 00:06:53,271 --> 00:06:55,437 Which is why they moved to America, 122 00:06:55,521 --> 00:06:58,104 where race has never been an issue at all. 123 00:06:58,687 --> 00:07:02,521 [narrator] But the year is about to be dominated by an infinitely bigger story 124 00:07:02,604 --> 00:07:04,979 emerging on the other side of the world. 125 00:07:05,062 --> 00:07:09,229 Residents in Wuhan, China, are succumbing to a mysterious illness, 126 00:07:09,312 --> 00:07:13,687 which at first baffles doctors, then doubles down by killing them. 127 00:07:13,771 --> 00:07:18,771 Scientists in the West can only watch from afar or on television, 128 00:07:18,854 --> 00:07:20,437 both of which are safer. 129 00:07:21,646 --> 00:07:26,229 I have studied viruses for 15 years and consider many of them close friends. 130 00:07:26,312 --> 00:07:28,771 But I have to say, this was the most recent. 131 00:07:28,854 --> 00:07:31,896 The virus itself is an interesting specimen. 132 00:07:31,979 --> 00:07:33,354 On close inspection, 133 00:07:33,437 --> 00:07:39,021 it resembles a revolving alien basketball rendered on a PlayStation 2. 134 00:07:39,604 --> 00:07:41,729 Which is biologically unusual. 135 00:07:42,729 --> 00:07:46,521 As to where it came from, there is a theory it originated in bats, 136 00:07:46,604 --> 00:07:50,896 although how it passed to humans isn't clear and the bats aren't talking. 137 00:07:50,979 --> 00:07:54,562 Except in ultrasonic tones we cannot detect. 138 00:07:55,312 --> 00:07:58,646 The hypothesis is a man had intercourse with a bat 139 00:07:58,729 --> 00:08:02,687 and got bat juice in his pee-pee hole, which festered and took hold. 140 00:08:03,521 --> 00:08:06,229 We have tried replicating this in the laboratory, 141 00:08:06,312 --> 00:08:08,437 but with limited success because… 142 00:08:09,396 --> 00:08:11,062 the bat keeps flying away. 143 00:08:12,604 --> 00:08:14,021 [narrator] As the outbreak worsens, 144 00:08:14,104 --> 00:08:17,062 Chinese authorities quickly swing into cover-up. 145 00:08:17,146 --> 00:08:20,771 Some doctors caught the virus early on and tried to raise the alarm. 146 00:08:20,854 --> 00:08:23,396 But blowing the whistle while you're on a ventilator? 147 00:08:23,479 --> 00:08:25,062 Ah… that's a big ask. 148 00:08:25,646 --> 00:08:28,104 [narrator] Meanwhile, the virus has seeped out of China, 149 00:08:28,187 --> 00:08:31,229 turning surrounding areas of the map the color of disease 150 00:08:31,312 --> 00:08:33,521 and ruining a perfectly good atlas. 151 00:08:33,604 --> 00:08:37,146 A full-scale medical emergency is underway. 152 00:08:37,229 --> 00:08:38,896 Nonetheless, in the West, 153 00:08:38,979 --> 00:08:41,979 the average citizen is largely unconcerned. 154 00:08:42,521 --> 00:08:45,354 Yeah, I can't say I was fussed about any of that. 155 00:08:45,437 --> 00:08:46,896 Was that this year? 156 00:08:47,562 --> 00:08:49,479 [director] The pandemic? Yeah. 157 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:53,437 -How come you're talking to me about this? -[director] You provide human color. 158 00:08:53,521 --> 00:08:56,771 Alright, even I know that's racist and I've not done an awareness course. 159 00:08:56,854 --> 00:08:58,354 [director] No, you're an average person. 160 00:08:58,437 --> 00:08:59,479 We ran a computer search, 161 00:08:59,562 --> 00:09:02,521 and you're one of the five most average people in the world. 162 00:09:03,021 --> 00:09:04,021 Oh. 163 00:09:04,937 --> 00:09:05,937 Thanks. 164 00:09:06,771 --> 00:09:10,062 [narrator] With the pandemic firmly at the back of Western minds, 165 00:09:10,146 --> 00:09:12,979 the front of Western minds is free to focus on important matters 166 00:09:13,062 --> 00:09:18,354 like the Oscars, which traditionally celebrates Caucasian filmmakers. 167 00:09:18,437 --> 00:09:21,646 This year promises to be different, but isn't. 168 00:09:21,729 --> 00:09:25,854 Yeah, those Best Picture nominees, real rainbow coalition. 169 00:09:25,937 --> 00:09:30,312 You got Marriage Story, two mopey white people trapped in an affluent marriage. 170 00:09:30,896 --> 00:09:33,562 Ford v Ferrari, that's white guys on wheels. 171 00:09:33,646 --> 00:09:37,604 Little Women, four white girls standing on the cusp of Karenhood. 172 00:09:37,687 --> 00:09:40,437 And Joker, whose lead actor performs in whiteface, 173 00:09:40,521 --> 00:09:43,021 thereby appropriating his own cultural identity 174 00:09:43,104 --> 00:09:46,229 while denying a role to a genuine clown. 175 00:09:46,812 --> 00:09:49,896 Oh, and 1917, which was the year the movie was set, 176 00:09:49,979 --> 00:09:52,104 and the number of white people in it. 177 00:09:52,187 --> 00:09:55,854 [narrator] Oscar night, disaster strikes for the 10,000 white hopefuls, 178 00:09:55,937 --> 00:09:58,687 as a South Korean entry makes movie history. 179 00:09:59,312 --> 00:10:01,396 And the Oscar goes to… 180 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:05,854 Parasite. 181 00:10:05,937 --> 00:10:07,562 [cheers and applause] 182 00:10:08,896 --> 00:10:10,229 Parasite? 183 00:10:10,312 --> 00:10:12,271 That's not even an English word. 184 00:10:12,354 --> 00:10:13,687 [director] Actually, it is. 185 00:10:13,771 --> 00:10:14,771 What? 186 00:10:14,854 --> 00:10:16,521 [director] Parasite is an English word. 187 00:10:19,146 --> 00:10:21,062 Only when you say it in English. 188 00:10:23,812 --> 00:10:27,021 [narrator] Away from tinsel town, Washington DC has been consumed 189 00:10:27,104 --> 00:10:30,062 by real drama, Trump's impeachment trial. 190 00:10:30,146 --> 00:10:33,187 The President stands accused of pressuring a foreign power 191 00:10:33,271 --> 00:10:37,396 into investigating Hunter Biden, son of prehistoric concierge Joe Biden, 192 00:10:37,479 --> 00:10:40,771 who has a chance of challenging Trump in the November elections. 193 00:10:40,854 --> 00:10:43,521 But not everyone believes the charges have merit. 194 00:10:44,104 --> 00:10:46,979 The whole impeachment thing was baseless, OK? 195 00:10:47,062 --> 00:10:50,979 So, the Democrats claim that Trump pressured Ukraine 196 00:10:51,062 --> 00:10:53,562 into digging up dirt on the Biden family, 197 00:10:53,646 --> 00:10:57,937 and their only real "evidence" of that is a transcript of him doing it. 198 00:10:59,021 --> 00:11:00,812 [director] What did he say on the transcript? 199 00:11:00,896 --> 00:11:01,854 What transcript? 200 00:11:02,854 --> 00:11:04,896 [director] You just mentioned a transcript. 201 00:11:05,937 --> 00:11:07,854 Check your tape, I said no such thing. 202 00:11:08,771 --> 00:11:11,104 [director] You said, uh… the only real evidence was 203 00:11:11,187 --> 00:11:13,021 a transcript of Trump pressuring Ukraine… 204 00:11:13,104 --> 00:11:14,854 There's no such place as Ukraine. 205 00:11:16,479 --> 00:11:18,146 [director] Yes, there… Yes, there is. 206 00:11:18,229 --> 00:11:20,187 I choose to believe there is not. 207 00:11:22,312 --> 00:11:25,729 [narrator] The Republican-controlled Senate votes along partisan lines. 208 00:11:25,812 --> 00:11:29,187 Trump is declared not guilty and fabulous. 209 00:11:29,771 --> 00:11:31,854 But this is what the end result is. 210 00:11:31,937 --> 00:11:35,146 [loud applause and cheers] 211 00:11:35,229 --> 00:11:38,604 [narrator] While Republicans cheer the President for holding a newspaper, 212 00:11:38,687 --> 00:11:40,437 in another political universe 213 00:11:40,521 --> 00:11:43,979 the Democrats are deciding who will take on Trump in November. 214 00:11:44,062 --> 00:11:48,312 The race has narrowed to a face-off between Civil War hero Joe Biden 215 00:11:48,396 --> 00:11:50,979 and anarchist grandpa Bernie Sanders. 216 00:11:51,062 --> 00:11:53,771 As you may have noticed lately, 217 00:11:54,604 --> 00:11:57,937 the establishment's getting a little bit nervous. 218 00:11:58,979 --> 00:12:01,479 Well, as Super Tuesday arrives, 219 00:12:01,562 --> 00:12:04,146 despite his huge early gains, 220 00:12:04,229 --> 00:12:06,646 Mr. Sanders's support was shriveling, 221 00:12:07,229 --> 00:12:10,771 whereas Biden appeared to have come back from the dead. 222 00:12:10,854 --> 00:12:13,771 I mean, literally, he resembled a butler's ghost. 223 00:12:13,854 --> 00:12:15,812 [shouting] We are very much alive! 224 00:12:15,896 --> 00:12:17,479 [loud cheers] 225 00:12:17,562 --> 00:12:20,521 [Bracket] This was a choice between two guys in their late seventies. 226 00:12:20,604 --> 00:12:25,312 It was like being stuck on the character selection screen in geriatric Tekken. 227 00:12:25,396 --> 00:12:27,312 Bernie offered radical change, 228 00:12:27,396 --> 00:12:30,771 whereas Biden reminded folks of a more easygoing era 229 00:12:30,854 --> 00:12:33,979 when you could sniff a woman's hair without being called creepy. 230 00:12:34,812 --> 00:12:38,479 I think to many Americans, Biden is Uncle Joe. 231 00:12:38,562 --> 00:12:40,812 He's been a part of their lives for centuries. 232 00:12:40,896 --> 00:12:44,271 As familiar as an old armchair and nearly as sharp-witted. 233 00:12:44,937 --> 00:12:46,854 We're gonna do this, folks! 234 00:12:46,937 --> 00:12:49,937 [narrator] Amiable phantom Joe Biden seizes victory, 235 00:12:50,021 --> 00:12:52,646 officially starting the 2020 election campaign. 236 00:12:52,729 --> 00:12:53,812 Yeah! 237 00:12:53,896 --> 00:12:57,187 [narrator] The stage is set for an electoral showdown 238 00:12:57,271 --> 00:12:59,146 between two very different Americas. 239 00:12:59,229 --> 00:13:01,521 -[man shouting] Fuck you! -I don't smoke. 240 00:13:01,604 --> 00:13:04,771 Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! 241 00:13:04,854 --> 00:13:08,229 [narrator] And the animus between the two sides is greater than ever. 242 00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:13,146 Polarization is the problem of our age. 243 00:13:13,229 --> 00:13:16,271 And not just in America, in the actual world too. 244 00:13:16,354 --> 00:13:21,771 Whether the debate is over Trump or Brexit or science or gender, God help us, 245 00:13:21,854 --> 00:13:24,271 or reality itself, 246 00:13:24,354 --> 00:13:26,646 no two factions can agree, 247 00:13:26,729 --> 00:13:28,271 or agree to disagree, 248 00:13:28,354 --> 00:13:32,271 or even agree that their disagreement might be disagreeable. 249 00:13:32,354 --> 00:13:35,854 -[director] I'm not sure I totally agree. -Well, then why don't you fuck off? 250 00:13:38,021 --> 00:13:41,979 -[lighthearted, cheerful music playing] -[birds chirping] 251 00:13:42,062 --> 00:13:45,437 I would say that I'm just a regular soccer mom, you know? 252 00:13:45,521 --> 00:13:47,771 I've got the husband and the kids, 253 00:13:47,854 --> 00:13:52,229 and a cat and a dog, and just the whole darn show. 254 00:13:52,729 --> 00:13:56,396 [chuckles] Uh, no, I wouldn't describe myself as a big internet person, no. 255 00:13:56,479 --> 00:13:58,979 I mean, I only use Facebook and WhatsApp. 256 00:13:59,062 --> 00:14:00,354 [chuckles] 257 00:14:00,437 --> 00:14:02,729 And Instagram and Twitter and YouTube. 258 00:14:02,812 --> 00:14:05,146 Oh, and Google. 259 00:14:05,229 --> 00:14:08,854 In fact, that's how I discovered the Ivory Fist message board. 260 00:14:10,354 --> 00:14:13,271 [woman 1] Look, things wasn't always this way. 261 00:14:13,354 --> 00:14:17,062 I've studied human behavior long enough to get sick of it. 262 00:14:17,562 --> 00:14:21,229 You gotta remember, most folks are still neighborly, Ned Flanders. 263 00:14:21,312 --> 00:14:22,687 Unfuckably nice. 264 00:14:22,771 --> 00:14:25,687 But right now, the edges are rougher than ever. 265 00:14:25,771 --> 00:14:31,104 On the right, you got shit-nose extremists wondering aloud whether Hitler was all bad 266 00:14:31,187 --> 00:14:33,562 and inventing their own clown-house reality. 267 00:14:33,646 --> 00:14:38,021 And on the left, you got fucking whiney woke-lords 268 00:14:38,104 --> 00:14:39,812 cancelling the shit out of anyone 269 00:14:39,896 --> 00:14:42,854 who dares to take a dump at the wrong time of the day. 270 00:14:42,937 --> 00:14:44,729 And both sides, 271 00:14:44,812 --> 00:14:48,437 both sides look so unhappy it makes you wanna puke. 272 00:14:49,437 --> 00:14:50,687 But the way it's going, 273 00:14:50,771 --> 00:14:52,937 you know we gonna end up on one side or the other. 274 00:14:53,021 --> 00:14:55,979 So, pick your fucking team and hunker the fuck down. 275 00:14:56,479 --> 00:15:00,229 [narrator] Throughout 2020, the gods of Silicon Valley stand accused 276 00:15:00,312 --> 00:15:04,771 of allowing their products to split the world into two warring factions. 277 00:15:04,854 --> 00:15:08,104 Uh… actually, it's more like four warring factions. 278 00:15:08,771 --> 00:15:12,521 We prefer to call it a hate spectrum. That's the official term. 279 00:15:13,021 --> 00:15:15,854 [director] Right now, it takes about six months' exposure to social media 280 00:15:15,937 --> 00:15:18,437 for the average person to become hopelessly radicalized. 281 00:15:18,521 --> 00:15:19,354 I know, right. 282 00:15:19,437 --> 00:15:21,271 We're hoping to get that down to five minutes. 283 00:15:21,771 --> 00:15:23,021 Mmm. 284 00:15:23,104 --> 00:15:25,854 Now, of course, all this division, 285 00:15:25,937 --> 00:15:28,271 all this intractable conflict, 286 00:15:28,354 --> 00:15:32,562 was tearing humankind asunder at the worst possible time. 287 00:15:32,646 --> 00:15:34,937 Because, of course, at the very moment 288 00:15:35,021 --> 00:15:37,312 that we were preoccupied with fighting each other, 289 00:15:37,396 --> 00:15:40,771 the coronavirus was steadily bearing down upon us. 290 00:15:41,937 --> 00:15:45,437 Now, those who've closely studied the history books, 291 00:15:45,521 --> 00:15:47,229 such as myself, 292 00:15:47,312 --> 00:15:50,646 knew that this was strongly reminiscent of the time the White Walkers 293 00:15:50,729 --> 00:15:54,812 led their "army of the dead" towards the warring factions of Westeros. 294 00:15:54,896 --> 00:15:57,354 [director] So, you mean like in Game of Thrones? 295 00:15:57,437 --> 00:16:00,312 No, no. I am discussing history. 296 00:16:00,396 --> 00:16:03,187 I'm pretty sure that was Game of Thrones. 297 00:16:03,271 --> 00:16:06,271 Well, I'm pretty sure that I am the historian here. 298 00:16:07,729 --> 00:16:09,396 Cut to a map or something. 299 00:16:09,979 --> 00:16:11,896 [narrator] As this map we've cut to makes clear, 300 00:16:11,979 --> 00:16:14,854 the coronavirus is indeed spreading at an alarming pace. 301 00:16:14,937 --> 00:16:19,896 Yet even as it inches towards them, millions persist in everyday activities. 302 00:16:21,021 --> 00:16:22,229 [Dr. Gravel] We saw the news. 303 00:16:22,312 --> 00:16:25,437 They made it clear that the virus was coming and it was gonna be bad. 304 00:16:25,521 --> 00:16:27,187 But a lot of us didn't wanna know. 305 00:16:27,271 --> 00:16:29,229 [director] And why do you think that is? 306 00:16:29,312 --> 00:16:31,896 I don't know, denial, disbelief. 307 00:16:31,979 --> 00:16:36,521 Or because, in my professional opinion, we're fucking imbeciles. 308 00:16:37,396 --> 00:16:39,646 That's the title of my next book by the way. 309 00:16:39,729 --> 00:16:41,521 [narrator] In a desperate bid for attention, 310 00:16:41,604 --> 00:16:44,062 the virus infects beloved Hollywood everyman 311 00:16:44,146 --> 00:16:47,604 and occasional CGI Cowboy, Tom Hanks, 312 00:16:47,687 --> 00:16:51,104 providing news networks with an irresistible celebrity angle 313 00:16:51,187 --> 00:16:53,854 to the otherwise boring deadly pandemic. 314 00:16:53,937 --> 00:16:57,312 [female reporter] We think of Tom Hanks as a positive kind of guy, 315 00:16:57,396 --> 00:16:59,604 not a guy who tests positive. 316 00:16:59,687 --> 00:17:02,979 He was battling the virus for two whole weeks. 317 00:17:03,562 --> 00:17:06,854 Ah, being a leading man, he won in the end, of course. 318 00:17:06,937 --> 00:17:09,729 I rather doubt that he'd have accepted the role if he hadn't. 319 00:17:10,604 --> 00:17:14,479 [Flask] It showed the virus could also pass from humans to icons, 320 00:17:14,562 --> 00:17:18,354 which raised the possibility that it might one day infect God. 321 00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:21,104 And God is older than the universe, 322 00:17:21,187 --> 00:17:23,854 which puts him in a high-risk category. 323 00:17:24,354 --> 00:17:26,812 [narrator] Fear rocks Wall Street 324 00:17:26,896 --> 00:17:31,146 with the stock market shitting ten billion coins out of its economic anus. 325 00:17:31,729 --> 00:17:35,271 [shouting] On the bell, on the bell! FIS on the bell! 326 00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:39,312 [narrator] As cold reality sets in, there's a run on the supermarkets. 327 00:17:39,396 --> 00:17:41,812 Around the world, panic-buyers empty shelves 328 00:17:41,896 --> 00:17:44,396 faster than panic-stockers can refill them. 329 00:17:44,479 --> 00:17:46,062 It is a full-blown crisis. 330 00:17:46,979 --> 00:17:49,604 Government buildings wonder how to respond. 331 00:17:51,146 --> 00:17:54,229 With cases surging, Italy introduces a lockdown. 332 00:17:54,312 --> 00:17:56,979 Other European governments contemplate following suit. 333 00:17:57,062 --> 00:17:59,521 And yet, around the same time in London, 334 00:17:59,604 --> 00:18:01,979 Prime Minister and haystack Boris Johnson 335 00:18:02,062 --> 00:18:05,437 decides that since Britain is no longer part of Europe, 336 00:18:05,521 --> 00:18:07,396 it can safely ignore the warnings. 337 00:18:07,479 --> 00:18:09,729 He encourages those who haven't already died 338 00:18:09,812 --> 00:18:14,229 to go about their business as usual, but with a greater emphasis on hygiene. 339 00:18:14,812 --> 00:18:17,937 The single most useful thing that we can all do 340 00:18:18,021 --> 00:18:22,229 to stop the spread of coronavirus is to wash our hands. 341 00:18:22,312 --> 00:18:25,271 [Nerrick] That was weird. One minute he was doing a soap ad about 342 00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:27,812 how important it was to keep your hands clean 343 00:18:27,896 --> 00:18:31,604 and the next he was boasting about how he didn't care what he did with them. 344 00:18:31,687 --> 00:18:33,354 I was at a hospital the other night 345 00:18:33,437 --> 00:18:36,604 where I think there were actually a few coronavirus patients, 346 00:18:36,687 --> 00:18:38,354 and I shook hands with everybody. 347 00:18:38,437 --> 00:18:40,562 Totally put me off using hands whatsoever. 348 00:18:40,646 --> 00:18:44,521 So, I started doing absolutely everything with my elbows instead. 349 00:18:45,562 --> 00:18:48,354 And it was shortly after that my boyfriend left. 350 00:18:49,271 --> 00:18:51,146 [sirens wailing] 351 00:18:51,229 --> 00:18:53,729 [narrator] America also seems underprepared. 352 00:18:53,812 --> 00:18:56,646 New York is hit hard. 353 00:18:56,729 --> 00:18:58,187 At a series of daily briefings, 354 00:18:58,271 --> 00:19:01,229 Governor Andrew Cuomo desperately pleads for medical supplies. 355 00:19:01,312 --> 00:19:03,646 Where are the ventilators? 356 00:19:03,729 --> 00:19:08,021 Where are the gowns, where's the PPEs, where are the masks, where are they? 357 00:19:08,812 --> 00:19:12,396 [narrator] Sadly, he has failed to notice they are piled up behind him. 358 00:19:13,104 --> 00:19:17,229 Across the USA, supplies of masks, which, unlike guns, 359 00:19:17,312 --> 00:19:20,104 cannot be cheaply and easily manufactured, run low, 360 00:19:20,187 --> 00:19:23,646 while critics describe the lack of ventilators as "breathtaking." 361 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:27,937 It felt like the government wasn't taking the coronavirus seriously. 362 00:19:28,021 --> 00:19:31,812 Maybe because there were still folks out there comparing it to the flu, 363 00:19:31,896 --> 00:19:35,062 which is like comparing Uruguay to a banana. 364 00:19:35,146 --> 00:19:38,979 And one of those folks was the President. 365 00:19:40,104 --> 00:19:42,854 [Foss] Trump seemed to feel that the virus was one of those things 366 00:19:42,937 --> 00:19:46,937 that goes away if you ignore it, like a wasp or a wife. 367 00:19:47,021 --> 00:19:49,854 We're prepared, we're doing a great job with it. 368 00:19:49,937 --> 00:19:51,562 It will go away, just stay calm. 369 00:19:51,646 --> 00:19:55,312 [director] In March, the President said the pandemic would simply "go away." 370 00:19:55,396 --> 00:19:58,187 OK, see… [sighs] This is what the media does. 371 00:19:58,271 --> 00:20:00,854 You lie, fabricate, fantasize. 372 00:20:00,937 --> 00:20:02,437 The president never said that. 373 00:20:03,021 --> 00:20:06,479 [Trump] It will go away. Stay calm. We want to protect our shipping industry. 374 00:20:06,562 --> 00:20:10,187 OK, I know this doesn't fit with your agenda, but this never happened. 375 00:20:10,687 --> 00:20:13,604 [narrator] But the pandemic does the opposite of going away, 376 00:20:13,687 --> 00:20:15,396 as do the negative headlines. 377 00:20:15,479 --> 00:20:17,396 Trump needs to reassure the public. 378 00:20:17,479 --> 00:20:21,562 He hits the airwaves, huddled tightly with close advisors. 379 00:20:21,646 --> 00:20:26,771 So, I'm glad to see that you're practicing social distancing, that looks very nice. 380 00:20:26,854 --> 00:20:28,146 [narrator] By the end of March, 381 00:20:28,229 --> 00:20:30,729 lockdowns have been rolled out right across the planet, 382 00:20:30,812 --> 00:20:34,187 making them the most successful global franchise 383 00:20:34,271 --> 00:20:36,396 since the Marvel cinematic universe. 384 00:20:36,896 --> 00:20:40,271 In major cities, with clubs, bars, and restaurants shuttered, 385 00:20:40,354 --> 00:20:43,062 everyday communal life comes to a screeching halt. 386 00:20:43,146 --> 00:20:45,229 Human beings are social animals, 387 00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:48,562 so shutting down social interactions goes against our instinct. 388 00:20:48,646 --> 00:20:50,562 I mean for most folks, not me! 389 00:20:50,646 --> 00:20:52,604 I fucking hate people. 390 00:20:52,687 --> 00:20:54,521 My God, it was bliss. 391 00:20:54,604 --> 00:20:56,979 [wind blowing] 392 00:20:57,062 --> 00:20:58,937 [slow suspenseful music playing] 393 00:20:59,021 --> 00:21:01,896 [Foss] Well, the lockdown was absolutely transformative. 394 00:21:02,396 --> 00:21:03,854 It was as though 395 00:21:04,937 --> 00:21:06,271 time itself 396 00:21:07,271 --> 00:21:08,646 stood still. 397 00:21:08,729 --> 00:21:13,062 Life suddenly suspended in amber. 398 00:21:13,896 --> 00:21:17,187 Birds frozen in place in midair. 399 00:21:17,271 --> 00:21:21,812 The planet quite literally stopped revolving. 400 00:21:21,896 --> 00:21:26,479 -[pigeons cooing] -[Nerrick] It was so quiet 401 00:21:26,562 --> 00:21:29,771 you could actually hear yourself think. 402 00:21:31,729 --> 00:21:33,021 I expect. 403 00:21:33,521 --> 00:21:37,271 [narrator] Workplaces and everyday businesses are forced to close. 404 00:21:37,354 --> 00:21:40,729 Particularly hard hit, workers in the gig economy, 405 00:21:40,812 --> 00:21:44,271 millennials who often work more than one job at a time. 406 00:21:44,354 --> 00:21:48,146 I can put my legs up and stuff, that's OK if I have my feet up? 407 00:21:48,229 --> 00:21:50,271 I don't want my feet to fall, so… 408 00:21:50,354 --> 00:21:51,979 Yeah, my name's Duke Goolies. 409 00:21:52,062 --> 00:21:53,854 I'm a content provider. 410 00:21:53,937 --> 00:21:55,771 And I'm a barman slash mixologist. 411 00:21:56,479 --> 00:22:00,104 Yeah, it's definitely been challenging. Uh… 412 00:22:01,062 --> 00:22:03,104 Listen, I don't want to be Mr. Mansplain, 413 00:22:03,187 --> 00:22:06,896 but I kind of saw this coming because I was following coronavirus 414 00:22:06,979 --> 00:22:08,479 back before… 415 00:22:08,562 --> 00:22:13,146 you know, pre-Wuhan days when it was still inside of bats. 416 00:22:13,229 --> 00:22:14,562 I work a lot of jobs. 417 00:22:14,646 --> 00:22:18,354 In the lockdown, I've had to reposition them to work on Zoom, you know. 418 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:22,229 Like, I DJ at gender-neutral gender-reveal parties. 419 00:22:22,312 --> 00:22:23,312 Really important. 420 00:22:23,396 --> 00:22:26,771 [electronic music playing] 421 00:22:26,854 --> 00:22:28,146 Um… 422 00:22:28,229 --> 00:22:29,687 I work as a life coach. 423 00:22:30,437 --> 00:22:34,229 Amy, you can. OK, A…? 424 00:22:34,312 --> 00:22:37,604 Amy! Believe in yourself, OK? You can! 425 00:22:37,687 --> 00:22:38,937 Just shut up! 426 00:22:40,604 --> 00:22:45,604 The other area of growth for me has been providing online content-tainment. 427 00:22:45,687 --> 00:22:50,562 The theaters are shut, so you can't see your James Bonds or your Trolls 2. 428 00:22:50,646 --> 00:22:52,979 And the only film that did come out 429 00:22:53,062 --> 00:22:56,437 was about time being an endless loop, which we all know now anyways. 430 00:22:56,521 --> 00:23:00,229 So, my YouTube channel's gone total fuckbusters. 431 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:03,437 Especially with the reaction videos where I react to 2020. 432 00:23:03,521 --> 00:23:06,604 Guys, this literally looks like Armageddon, we're living through it. 433 00:23:06,687 --> 00:23:10,104 Awesome, oh my gosh, maybe like the bad version of awesome. 434 00:23:10,187 --> 00:23:14,312 Shittifying, fuckawfulicious. I don't know! 435 00:23:14,396 --> 00:23:17,646 Oh, my God. Don't forget to like and subscribe. 436 00:23:18,396 --> 00:23:20,021 They do crazy numbers. 437 00:23:20,104 --> 00:23:22,521 I mean, yeah, there's so much material all year. 438 00:23:22,604 --> 00:23:24,312 Look at this man! 439 00:23:24,812 --> 00:23:27,854 He looks like a heap of balls! 440 00:23:27,937 --> 00:23:29,354 Never-ending. 441 00:23:29,437 --> 00:23:31,229 That's a big blast. Whoa. 442 00:23:31,312 --> 00:23:33,479 Whoa! Oh! 443 00:23:34,271 --> 00:23:36,896 I learned there's a lot of money in creating streaming content. 444 00:23:37,771 --> 00:23:39,521 [director] How much did you make this year? 445 00:23:41,021 --> 00:23:43,062 I wanna say… 446 00:23:44,396 --> 00:23:46,479 like 16 million dollars. 447 00:23:47,437 --> 00:23:48,312 [Big Ben chimes] 448 00:23:48,396 --> 00:23:51,812 [narrator] Meanwhile, in Britain, in a bid to raise the country's spirits, 449 00:23:51,896 --> 00:23:55,479 the Queen prepares to deliver a unifying speech. 450 00:23:55,562 --> 00:23:58,729 The monarch only addresses the nation on special occasions, 451 00:23:58,812 --> 00:24:02,312 such as Christmas or the end of the world, so this was a huge moment. 452 00:24:03,979 --> 00:24:06,021 [The Queen] Good evening, people of Earth. 453 00:24:06,604 --> 00:24:10,437 I speak to you at a time of grave national crisis. 454 00:24:10,521 --> 00:24:14,312 Her Majesty rather successfully, I thought, evoked the spirit of the Blitz, 455 00:24:14,396 --> 00:24:17,521 when Nazi bombs rained down nightly, 456 00:24:17,604 --> 00:24:20,729 obliterating streets and homes and families on the ground. 457 00:24:20,812 --> 00:24:24,146 The kind of patriotic imagery that we find so comforting. 458 00:24:24,729 --> 00:24:28,729 Defeating this enemy requires us to bravely cower indoors. 459 00:24:28,812 --> 00:24:30,771 In addition to television, 460 00:24:30,854 --> 00:24:32,396 this was the first time 461 00:24:32,479 --> 00:24:36,354 one of one's speeches was carried live on YouTube. 462 00:24:36,437 --> 00:24:39,229 [director] And did that affect the content at all? 463 00:24:39,312 --> 00:24:40,437 Of course not. 464 00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:42,937 We will meet again. 465 00:24:44,146 --> 00:24:47,062 Now, smash that "Like" button and don't forget to subscribe. 466 00:24:47,146 --> 00:24:51,312 Also, click here to check out my official regal merch. 467 00:24:51,396 --> 00:24:54,896 [narrator] But moments after her Majesty delivers these stirring words, 468 00:24:54,979 --> 00:24:57,396 -the mood darkens. -[BBC News theme tune] 469 00:24:57,479 --> 00:25:01,771 Tonight at ten, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken to intensive care 470 00:25:01,854 --> 00:25:04,562 as he suffers the effects of coronavirus. 471 00:25:05,312 --> 00:25:07,354 [narrator] With the Brexit PM in a critical condition, 472 00:25:07,437 --> 00:25:10,312 52% of the nation holds its breath. 473 00:25:10,396 --> 00:25:14,604 There was a real fear that at a time of national crisis 474 00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:16,687 the Prime Minister might have to be replaced 475 00:25:16,771 --> 00:25:19,229 by someone less qualified than him. 476 00:25:19,312 --> 00:25:20,854 Which would be impossible. 477 00:25:21,562 --> 00:25:23,771 Unless they were drawing up plans to replace him 478 00:25:23,854 --> 00:25:26,479 with a sock or a balloon or something. 479 00:25:26,562 --> 00:25:29,729 [narrator] Just as the Prime Minister might exit the realm of the living, 480 00:25:29,812 --> 00:25:31,729 a process known as Prexit, 481 00:25:31,812 --> 00:25:33,812 hospital staff nurse him back to health, 482 00:25:33,896 --> 00:25:36,979 and weeks later he's back on the job. 483 00:25:37,062 --> 00:25:41,479 Incredibly, the virus didn't seem to have affected his abilities in any way. 484 00:25:41,562 --> 00:25:42,937 He still didn't have any. 485 00:25:43,021 --> 00:25:45,646 [narrator] News of Johnson's illness proves that world leaders 486 00:25:45,729 --> 00:25:47,312 aren't naturally immune, 487 00:25:47,396 --> 00:25:50,104 yet some seem unwilling to take precautions. 488 00:25:50,187 --> 00:25:53,521 [Bracket] Trump refused to wear a mask for a long time. 489 00:25:53,604 --> 00:25:56,479 If someone told him white hoods protected against the virus, 490 00:25:56,562 --> 00:25:58,229 maybe he'd have felt differently. 491 00:25:58,312 --> 00:26:02,229 [narrator] Egged on by the President, some citizens also refuse to toe the line. 492 00:26:02,312 --> 00:26:04,937 Whoa! I thought I heard a voice. 493 00:26:05,021 --> 00:26:07,146 I thought I heard some Americans! 494 00:26:07,812 --> 00:26:10,896 [narrator] In several states, protestors take to the streets, 495 00:26:10,979 --> 00:26:14,354 demanding their constitutional right to spread the deadly virus. 496 00:26:14,437 --> 00:26:17,146 The online rumor mill is working overtime. 497 00:26:18,354 --> 00:26:21,062 When this whole thing started, um, 498 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:25,896 there were so many wild rumors flying around. 499 00:26:25,979 --> 00:26:28,771 So, I would watch Dr. Fauci to get an anchor 500 00:26:28,854 --> 00:26:31,854 on what was actually happening, you know? 501 00:26:31,937 --> 00:26:37,812 And, um… even though it was so scary, I found it really reassuring 502 00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:42,521 um, to watch someone who is so accomplished 503 00:26:42,604 --> 00:26:46,229 calmly laying out the science. 504 00:26:46,312 --> 00:26:50,437 Um… but that was before I knew he was an actor. Yeah. 505 00:26:51,271 --> 00:26:55,146 [director] And… how did you come to learn that? 506 00:26:55,229 --> 00:26:59,396 Well, someone from my PTA WhatsApp group shared a link to a documentary 507 00:26:59,479 --> 00:27:03,771 which proves that George Soros created the virus in a Chinese lab 508 00:27:03,854 --> 00:27:06,896 so that Bill Gates could make a vaccine out of microchips 509 00:27:06,979 --> 00:27:08,729 and control us all like we're in a videogame. 510 00:27:08,812 --> 00:27:10,687 And I know, I know that sounds crazy, 511 00:27:10,771 --> 00:27:14,146 but the thing is, we've seen him do this before. 512 00:27:14,729 --> 00:27:17,896 Right? Like when he crossed a human with a paperclip 513 00:27:17,979 --> 00:27:21,854 and made that poor tormented monster that haunted Windows 98. 514 00:27:21,937 --> 00:27:26,187 Of course, it wasn't surprising that some folk were confused 515 00:27:26,271 --> 00:27:29,937 about the biology of this whole thing, given the President seemed to be saying 516 00:27:30,021 --> 00:27:34,812 it could be cured with a kind of sunlight-and-bleach wonder diet. 517 00:27:34,896 --> 00:27:37,521 Right, and then I see the disinfectant, 518 00:27:37,604 --> 00:27:40,729 where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute, 519 00:27:40,812 --> 00:27:43,521 and is there a way we can do something like that? 520 00:27:43,604 --> 00:27:46,896 [narrator] The remarks confuse the President's own medical advisors, 521 00:27:46,979 --> 00:27:50,354 who visibly try to clamber deep within their own souls to die. 522 00:27:50,437 --> 00:27:54,646 I guess if you could collapse the past three and a half years of madness 523 00:27:54,729 --> 00:27:56,812 -into one clip-- -That would be it. 524 00:27:58,021 --> 00:28:01,604 [narrator] As May draws to a close, for the first time in months, 525 00:28:01,687 --> 00:28:04,437 the coronavirus pandemic is knocked from the headlines 526 00:28:04,521 --> 00:28:08,187 of every news network by a different story altogether, 527 00:28:08,271 --> 00:28:10,646 one that also makes for grim viewing. 528 00:28:10,729 --> 00:28:13,396 The FBI is looking into the death of a Black man 529 00:28:13,479 --> 00:28:16,062 after he was stopped by police in Minneapolis. 530 00:28:16,146 --> 00:28:17,896 The incident was caught on camera. 531 00:28:17,979 --> 00:28:20,104 George Floyd died in police custody 532 00:28:20,187 --> 00:28:24,604 after an officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for at least seven minutes. 533 00:28:24,687 --> 00:28:26,771 Some people, including the Minneapolis mayor, 534 00:28:26,854 --> 00:28:29,062 are already saying the police used excessive force. 535 00:28:29,146 --> 00:28:32,187 [male reporter 1] Today, the mayor called it "wrong at every level." 536 00:28:32,271 --> 00:28:34,687 What we saw was horrible. 537 00:28:34,771 --> 00:28:37,979 Fact is, those officers 538 00:28:38,062 --> 00:28:41,479 didn't see George Floyd as a human being, 539 00:28:41,562 --> 00:28:44,187 but the world did. 540 00:28:44,271 --> 00:28:47,271 [male reporter 2] Tonight the outrage in Minneapolis is mounting, 541 00:28:47,354 --> 00:28:49,354 even after four officers were fired. 542 00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:52,021 Was it enough for you that the officers were fired? 543 00:28:52,104 --> 00:28:54,604 That is not enough. That is not enough. 544 00:28:54,687 --> 00:28:56,771 The police have interesting priorities. 545 00:28:56,854 --> 00:28:59,354 When George Floyd, one black guy, 546 00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:03,896 tried, allegedly, to pass one fake $20 bill in a liquor store, 547 00:29:03,979 --> 00:29:06,979 he had four cops on his ass within minutes. 548 00:29:07,062 --> 00:29:08,479 And they killed him. 549 00:29:08,562 --> 00:29:11,312 Know how long it took the same police department 550 00:29:11,396 --> 00:29:13,979 to arrest the prime suspects in that case? 551 00:29:14,646 --> 00:29:16,312 Four days. 552 00:29:16,396 --> 00:29:18,479 And they had that shit on tape! 553 00:29:18,562 --> 00:29:20,937 Did they think that was counterfeit too? 554 00:29:21,021 --> 00:29:23,646 [narrator] The George Floyd tragedy is merely the latest 555 00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:26,521 in a long series of police killings of Black people, 556 00:29:26,604 --> 00:29:28,437 and it comes as a final straw. 557 00:29:28,521 --> 00:29:30,021 In increasing numbers, 558 00:29:30,104 --> 00:29:33,479 protestors take to the streets to give voice to their anger. 559 00:29:33,562 --> 00:29:36,604 People said, "It's dangerous to gather in crowds like that. 560 00:29:36,687 --> 00:29:38,604 What about the pandemic?" 561 00:29:38,687 --> 00:29:43,937 But, you know, in some ways I prefer the coronavirus to the police. 562 00:29:44,021 --> 00:29:47,896 And don't get me wrong, I fucking hate the virus, 563 00:29:47,979 --> 00:29:50,396 but at least it doesn't pretend it's here to help. 564 00:29:50,479 --> 00:29:52,354 It doesn't drive around the neighborhood 565 00:29:52,437 --> 00:29:55,937 with "Protect and Serve" painted on its side before it kills you. 566 00:29:57,146 --> 00:30:00,146 [Dr. Gravel] What happened with George Floyd disgusted everybody. 567 00:30:01,271 --> 00:30:03,562 But it didn't surprise Black people. 568 00:30:03,646 --> 00:30:06,229 We've always known what cops are capable of. 569 00:30:06,812 --> 00:30:09,062 But today, bystanders got a camera on their phones 570 00:30:09,146 --> 00:30:11,312 so now everybody gets to see it. 571 00:30:11,396 --> 00:30:12,729 And honestly? 572 00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:15,896 That ought to be the number one sales feature for the iPhone. 573 00:30:15,979 --> 00:30:18,271 Fuck your "Megapixel Display." 574 00:30:18,354 --> 00:30:22,229 How about put "Exposes Police Brutality" on the box? 575 00:30:23,229 --> 00:30:25,021 [narrator] Over the following days 576 00:30:25,104 --> 00:30:28,521 as tensions escalate and police and protestors face off, 577 00:30:28,604 --> 00:30:30,562 some of the demonstrations turn violent. 578 00:30:30,646 --> 00:30:33,687 The President skillfully placates the situation 579 00:30:33,771 --> 00:30:36,396 with some soothing incendiary comments. 580 00:30:36,479 --> 00:30:39,604 And in Washington, he orders peaceful demonstrators 581 00:30:39,687 --> 00:30:43,771 to be gently dispersed with some courteous state violence. 582 00:30:43,854 --> 00:30:49,062 -[protestors shouting] -[tear gas grenades explode] 583 00:30:49,146 --> 00:30:51,104 [Dr. Gravel] Trump got riot police 584 00:30:51,187 --> 00:30:54,812 with tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the protesters 585 00:30:54,896 --> 00:30:59,604 so he could pose for a photo in front of St. John's Church. 586 00:30:59,687 --> 00:31:01,437 Because, you know, when you live in a city, 587 00:31:01,521 --> 00:31:04,646 you never get to appreciate it and do the touristy things. 588 00:31:05,854 --> 00:31:08,729 [narrator] Trump's gracious, Christ-like diplomacy fails 589 00:31:08,812 --> 00:31:11,187 and violence continues to flare up. 590 00:31:12,271 --> 00:31:16,521 [Flowers] There was so much anger expressed 591 00:31:16,604 --> 00:31:19,271 and emotions were running super high, 592 00:31:19,354 --> 00:31:21,271 so of course there was gonna be trouble. 593 00:31:21,937 --> 00:31:25,312 But… the sensible thing to do 594 00:31:25,396 --> 00:31:27,771 would have been to wait at home 595 00:31:27,854 --> 00:31:34,729 um… until everyone had just calmed down and the whole thing had blown over, 596 00:31:34,812 --> 00:31:40,562 and then you go out and protest in a, um… calm and orderly manner. 597 00:31:41,146 --> 00:31:43,562 Um… I would have been the first to support that, 598 00:31:43,646 --> 00:31:46,396 unless it was on a Tuesday because that's my Peloton class. 599 00:31:47,396 --> 00:31:51,146 But instead what was happening just looked like 600 00:31:52,021 --> 00:31:54,479 all-out anarchy to me. 601 00:31:54,562 --> 00:32:00,396 Um… and believe me, I, uh… I know criminal behavior when I see it. 602 00:32:00,479 --> 00:32:05,562 Whether it's someone breaking a window or a Black man sitting in a car. 603 00:32:05,646 --> 00:32:07,396 [director] Wasn't there a video of you 604 00:32:07,479 --> 00:32:10,854 haranguing a Black man sitting in a car that went viral this year? 605 00:32:12,937 --> 00:32:16,062 [man] And I'm telling you this is my car. 606 00:32:16,146 --> 00:32:19,312 Well, then I'm sure you'll prove that with some ID. Yeah. 607 00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:23,646 First of all, I… [chuckles] I wasn't haranguing. 608 00:32:23,729 --> 00:32:27,312 I was politely enquiring, for less than an hour. 609 00:32:27,896 --> 00:32:30,812 [director] So, that was the only time you did something like that this year? 610 00:32:32,146 --> 00:32:34,937 Um… there was an incident at a pool. 611 00:32:35,937 --> 00:32:37,771 -[woman] Give it back! -Do you have a receipt? 612 00:32:37,854 --> 00:32:39,187 I need to see a receipt. 613 00:32:39,271 --> 00:32:42,146 Uh… there was an incident up in the hills. 614 00:32:43,021 --> 00:32:44,646 [man] I'm painting a watercolor! 615 00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:47,937 The way that you're wielding that paintbrush is very unsettling to me. 616 00:32:48,021 --> 00:32:49,271 And at the hospital. 617 00:32:49,354 --> 00:32:52,771 Sweetie, are you absolutely sure that this is your dialysis machine? 618 00:32:52,854 --> 00:32:56,479 -[girl] Mommy, the crazy lady's back. -I was just asking. I'm allowed to ask. 619 00:32:56,562 --> 00:33:01,312 [voice breaking] I don't know why people are so quick to judge. 620 00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:02,812 [sniffles] 621 00:33:07,937 --> 00:33:09,312 [whispering] Is he with you? 622 00:33:11,146 --> 00:33:13,687 [director] That's Mike. He's been here all day. 623 00:33:17,729 --> 00:33:20,229 [narrator] By now, the protests have gone international, 624 00:33:20,312 --> 00:33:23,104 with a rallying cry reverberating across the globe. 625 00:33:23,604 --> 00:33:26,437 -Black Lives Matter! -Black Lives Matter! 626 00:33:26,521 --> 00:33:29,396 Black Lives Matter. 627 00:33:30,979 --> 00:33:34,771 Well… no reasonable person could disagree with that, 628 00:33:34,854 --> 00:33:38,687 but I would prefer to say, "All lives matter." 629 00:33:39,437 --> 00:33:42,896 [director] I think the point is they're currently treated like they don't matter. 630 00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:45,271 All lives? I don't think so. 631 00:33:45,354 --> 00:33:46,771 [director] No, black lives. 632 00:33:46,854 --> 00:33:48,604 Oh, those. 633 00:33:49,896 --> 00:33:51,562 I'm sorry, what about them? 634 00:33:52,521 --> 00:33:54,562 -[director] They matter. -More than all lives? 635 00:33:54,646 --> 00:33:57,146 -Now who's being a racist? -[director] I didn't call you a racist. 636 00:33:57,229 --> 00:33:58,062 You are. 637 00:33:58,146 --> 00:34:01,521 You are just about to label me a bigot, just like my daughter. 638 00:34:01,604 --> 00:34:05,104 And her friends, and my son, and his friends. 639 00:34:05,187 --> 00:34:06,646 And my wife. 640 00:34:07,229 --> 00:34:08,479 And her friends. 641 00:34:09,729 --> 00:34:11,312 And my friends. 642 00:34:12,354 --> 00:34:14,354 You can't say anything these days. 643 00:34:17,271 --> 00:34:20,979 [narrator] Next, the spotlight falls upon the relics of an intolerant past. 644 00:34:21,062 --> 00:34:25,729 In Bristol, England, protestors surround slave trader and statue Edward Colston 645 00:34:25,812 --> 00:34:28,604 and drag him from the safety of his plinth. 646 00:34:28,687 --> 00:34:30,021 [protesters shouting] 647 00:34:30,104 --> 00:34:32,937 Look, these people are trying to destroy history. 648 00:34:33,521 --> 00:34:35,729 [director] What if by tearing these statues down 649 00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:37,729 they're actually making history? 650 00:34:41,562 --> 00:34:43,771 Shut up and move on. 651 00:34:44,771 --> 00:34:46,187 [protesters shouting] 652 00:34:46,271 --> 00:34:48,687 [Nerrick] They threw him in the sea, which is cruel. 653 00:34:48,771 --> 00:34:50,354 They might have killed him. 654 00:34:50,437 --> 00:34:52,812 Can statues breathe underwater? 655 00:34:53,812 --> 00:34:55,437 No, they don't breathe at all. 656 00:34:55,937 --> 00:34:58,354 OK, so he probably swam to safety. 657 00:34:59,479 --> 00:35:02,062 [Bracket] You had corporations going woke too, 658 00:35:02,146 --> 00:35:05,437 asking themselves how can they support Black people 659 00:35:05,521 --> 00:35:07,187 without actually paying them. 660 00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:08,771 Demonstrating their sensitivity 661 00:35:08,854 --> 00:35:12,771 by rebranding Ku Klux Krunchies as Rosa Parks Puffs, 662 00:35:12,854 --> 00:35:13,937 and so on. 663 00:35:14,021 --> 00:35:18,396 I'm proud to say as a corporation we stepped up in several bold ways. 664 00:35:18,479 --> 00:35:21,396 We rolled out an update that replaced our virtual assistants 665 00:35:21,479 --> 00:35:23,479 with the personality of Malcolm X. 666 00:35:24,479 --> 00:35:26,979 [man] Malcolm, could you play the best of ZZ Top? 667 00:35:27,062 --> 00:35:30,271 [imitates Malcolm X] I will neither follow your orders nor recognize your authority. 668 00:35:30,354 --> 00:35:33,896 But perhaps our biggest gesture was the whole Boris Johnson thing. 669 00:35:34,937 --> 00:35:36,896 We've had great ties with UK government 670 00:35:36,979 --> 00:35:38,854 since we delivered the Brexit vote for them. 671 00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:41,354 And they'd reached out looking for a gesture to show 672 00:35:41,437 --> 00:35:43,812 Britain had shrugged off its colonial past, 673 00:35:43,896 --> 00:35:47,187 which was a little "slave-trade-y." 674 00:35:47,271 --> 00:35:49,604 So, we had them trial our body swap tech. 675 00:35:49,687 --> 00:35:52,896 This is the first time the soul of a British Prime Minister 676 00:35:52,979 --> 00:35:55,979 has been transferred into the body of a Black man. 677 00:35:56,771 --> 00:35:58,271 And it worked. 678 00:35:58,854 --> 00:36:02,562 [imitating Boris Johnson] Today, I stand before you as a proud Black man, 679 00:36:02,646 --> 00:36:06,687 a thrusting, living symbol of vibrant modern Britain. 680 00:36:06,771 --> 00:36:08,812 I will now take questions. 681 00:36:08,896 --> 00:36:12,687 -Yes, the lady with her hand up? -You're not from round here, are you? 682 00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:14,604 [man 1] Have you got a receipt for that suit? 683 00:36:14,687 --> 00:36:17,562 -Well, not a receipt per se-- -[man 2] Officer, arrest this man! 684 00:36:18,104 --> 00:36:20,437 When I say worked, I mean temporarily, you know, 685 00:36:20,521 --> 00:36:23,812 We had to revert Johnson back into his natural form so he could continue ruling 686 00:36:23,896 --> 00:36:27,479 from a position of safe, familiar white incompetence. 687 00:36:27,562 --> 00:36:30,146 [narrator] Some white individuals begin to ask 688 00:36:30,229 --> 00:36:32,521 whether they're doing enough personally. 689 00:36:33,521 --> 00:36:35,437 Well, I consider myself an ally. 690 00:36:36,479 --> 00:36:39,521 You know, but I looked within, I felt I could make some changes. 691 00:36:39,604 --> 00:36:43,521 So, I started small, posting the black squares on Insta. 692 00:36:44,271 --> 00:36:47,937 I swapped to only using black emojis for texts. 693 00:36:48,437 --> 00:36:51,771 I sent a lot of friend requests to Black people. 694 00:36:51,854 --> 00:36:54,854 And I even learned how to pronounce their names. 695 00:36:54,937 --> 00:36:56,312 Even if it was difficult. 696 00:36:57,021 --> 00:37:00,479 A-de-fo-la-ke. 697 00:37:00,562 --> 00:37:01,937 A-de-fo-la-ke. 698 00:37:02,479 --> 00:37:03,854 Hmm, beautiful. 699 00:37:03,937 --> 00:37:07,396 And then I thought, listen, look. I know I care, 700 00:37:08,271 --> 00:37:11,729 but do enough other people know that I care? 701 00:37:12,979 --> 00:37:16,229 I realized I should up my game, so I posted a video about it. 702 00:37:17,437 --> 00:37:21,562 And so I guess in a way, I'm Black too, maybe… 703 00:37:21,646 --> 00:37:23,687 maybe more than anyone. 704 00:37:23,771 --> 00:37:26,146 That caught some likes, so we did a follow-up 705 00:37:26,229 --> 00:37:31,187 where I drove around a Black neighborhood to let them hear my support in person. 706 00:37:31,771 --> 00:37:35,771 Guys, I just want to say, right now, I'm with you. 707 00:37:35,854 --> 00:37:40,104 I hear you. I see you. I am you. 708 00:37:40,187 --> 00:37:44,562 And this wasn't just some quick little gesture, we kept it up till 2 a.m. 709 00:37:44,646 --> 00:37:46,021 That's how committed we were. 710 00:37:46,104 --> 00:37:51,146 Friends of color, I stand by you. I feel your pain. 711 00:37:51,229 --> 00:37:54,437 -[man] Go the fuck home! -Oh shit, drive. Drive. Go, go, go! 712 00:37:54,521 --> 00:37:55,812 [engine revving] 713 00:37:55,896 --> 00:37:58,187 There's just no pleasing some people. 714 00:37:59,187 --> 00:38:01,896 [narrator] All the while, the pandemic is raging out of control 715 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:04,146 and there is disagreement on how to respond. 716 00:38:04,229 --> 00:38:08,271 Some believe the only way out is to achieve herd immunity. 717 00:38:08,354 --> 00:38:10,062 [Flask] Herd immunity occurs 718 00:38:10,146 --> 00:38:13,062 when almost everybody has been exposed to something, 719 00:38:13,146 --> 00:38:15,562 but gotten over it, so it quickly dies out. 720 00:38:15,646 --> 00:38:17,937 Just like what happened with the Floss. 721 00:38:18,937 --> 00:38:20,646 [director] Sorry, the… the what? 722 00:38:20,729 --> 00:38:21,729 You know… 723 00:38:28,646 --> 00:38:31,396 [narrator] Others want to wait for a miracle cure, 724 00:38:31,479 --> 00:38:34,854 but any potential vaccine faces a lengthy uphill climb, 725 00:38:34,937 --> 00:38:37,354 a challenging maneuver for any liquid. 726 00:38:37,437 --> 00:38:40,396 Well, vaccines go through a lengthy approval process. 727 00:38:40,479 --> 00:38:44,771 They start with the preliminary trials using a limited number of volunteers 728 00:38:44,854 --> 00:38:49,604 in which we are monitoring the level of proteins known as antibodies generated. 729 00:38:49,687 --> 00:38:51,604 It is called a blind trial 730 00:38:51,687 --> 00:38:55,104 because around half the volunteers are given a placebo, which means… 731 00:38:55,187 --> 00:38:59,771 Sorry. Sorry, why are you showing footage of whatever that is? 732 00:38:59,854 --> 00:39:02,604 I'm still speaking. Is that relevant? 733 00:39:02,687 --> 00:39:06,604 Yeah, sorry. We're just trying to keep it visually interesting. Ignore us. Carry on. 734 00:39:07,687 --> 00:39:09,562 No, OK. No problem, OK. 735 00:39:09,646 --> 00:39:14,687 So, once the initial trial is complete, the second trial begins. 736 00:39:14,771 --> 00:39:18,687 This is less to do with efficacy because during the second trial 737 00:39:18,771 --> 00:39:21,562 there's a tricky balance you are trying to maintain 738 00:39:21,646 --> 00:39:25,187 between monitoring the serological response and how that… 739 00:39:25,271 --> 00:39:29,021 What's going on? That's got nothing to do with this. This… 740 00:39:29,104 --> 00:39:30,354 I'm talking here. 741 00:39:30,437 --> 00:39:33,229 [director] Just… just ignore it, OK. It's just texture. 742 00:39:34,146 --> 00:39:36,854 Are you guys actually interested in the science? 743 00:39:36,937 --> 00:39:40,271 [director] Um… to be honest… no. 744 00:39:42,771 --> 00:39:43,771 Oh. 745 00:39:44,396 --> 00:39:47,021 [narrator] With no cure for Covid in sight, 746 00:39:47,104 --> 00:39:50,312 life for millions has been reduced to a creepy new normal 747 00:39:50,396 --> 00:39:53,479 and a seemingly endless series of lockdowns. 748 00:39:53,562 --> 00:39:56,854 I live on my own and after a while I got so lonely 749 00:39:56,937 --> 00:40:00,271 I developed a multiple personality disorder on purpose 750 00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:02,271 so I could keep myself company. 751 00:40:02,354 --> 00:40:04,771 But then, of course, I had to try and keep 752 00:40:04,854 --> 00:40:07,729 two meters away from myself at all times. 753 00:40:08,229 --> 00:40:12,521 Don't know if you've ever tried doing that but it's a bloody nightmare. 754 00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:17,021 So, I started doing video calls to keep sociable. 755 00:40:17,104 --> 00:40:20,521 -Hiya, you alright? -[man on laptop] No, is what it is, innit? 756 00:40:20,604 --> 00:40:24,187 I did so many I sometimes glitch in real life now. 757 00:40:24,271 --> 00:40:26,354 Like, I just freeze now and then, like… 758 00:40:32,104 --> 00:40:33,687 Can you hear me your end? 759 00:40:34,604 --> 00:40:39,146 [narrator] Like defecating and sobbing, video calls become part of everyday life, 760 00:40:39,229 --> 00:40:41,729 which means for some, business is booming. 761 00:40:41,812 --> 00:40:43,646 [Multiverse] Early, we ran numbers and realized 762 00:40:43,729 --> 00:40:47,896 that around 20% of our customer base might die of the virus. 763 00:40:47,979 --> 00:40:51,771 But the surviving 80% would increase their reliance 764 00:40:51,854 --> 00:40:54,896 on our videoconferencing products 200 fold, 765 00:40:54,979 --> 00:40:57,687 so that was a huge win for us. 766 00:40:57,771 --> 00:41:00,187 A huge, but sad win. 767 00:41:00,687 --> 00:41:01,937 [narrator] In desperation, 768 00:41:02,021 --> 00:41:05,562 millions turn to award-winning streaming service Netflix 769 00:41:05,646 --> 00:41:07,104 for entertainment. 770 00:41:08,146 --> 00:41:11,354 One spent a lot of time at Windsor watching Netflix. 771 00:41:12,021 --> 00:41:16,021 [director] Do you find that you spend most of your time browsing the home page? 772 00:41:16,104 --> 00:41:18,979 No. No, my footman does that for me. 773 00:41:19,729 --> 00:41:21,729 [Dr. Gravel] I watched so much dumb shit. 774 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:25,104 You see Floor is Lava, fire and brimstone, the game show? 775 00:41:25,187 --> 00:41:27,271 -[presenter] Don't… -[woman] No! 776 00:41:27,354 --> 00:41:29,396 -…fall… -[man 1 groans] 777 00:41:29,479 --> 00:41:30,937 -…in… -[man 2 groans] 778 00:41:31,021 --> 00:41:32,771 -…the… -[man 3] Ah! 779 00:41:32,854 --> 00:41:33,896 …lava! 780 00:41:33,979 --> 00:41:36,312 You know they filmed that last year, because in 2020 781 00:41:36,396 --> 00:41:38,687 people wouldn't even be bothering to try to escape the lava. 782 00:41:38,771 --> 00:41:41,396 They'd be lining up to willingly throw themselves in, 783 00:41:41,479 --> 00:41:43,312 pausing only to kick their kids in first. 784 00:41:43,896 --> 00:41:45,604 Maybe that's season two. 785 00:41:46,312 --> 00:41:49,687 [The Queen] My favorite program has to be The Crown. 786 00:41:50,437 --> 00:41:53,229 It's refreshing to see a down-to-earth drama 787 00:41:53,312 --> 00:41:56,146 about everyday people living ordinary lives. 788 00:41:56,229 --> 00:41:59,646 It's the sort of thing that gives the little people hope. 789 00:41:59,729 --> 00:42:02,354 Some say The Crown is unrealistic, 790 00:42:02,437 --> 00:42:06,146 but it strikes me as a far more faithful depiction of the monarchy 791 00:42:06,229 --> 00:42:09,521 than their other regal drama, Tiger King. 792 00:42:09,604 --> 00:42:12,479 You can guaran-goddamn-tee I'm gonna put a cap in your ass 793 00:42:12,562 --> 00:42:15,104 the first time to make you squirm around on the ground. 794 00:42:15,187 --> 00:42:17,812 Then I'm gonna put a bullet between your fucking eyes. 795 00:42:17,896 --> 00:42:21,521 That man is from no royal line I recognize. 796 00:42:22,937 --> 00:42:24,604 [director] Harry and Meghan have a Netflix deal. 797 00:42:24,687 --> 00:42:25,812 Harry and who-an? 798 00:42:26,729 --> 00:42:28,937 -[director] Harry and Meghan. -Who-ey and who-an? 799 00:42:29,479 --> 00:42:33,396 [narrator] Back in the real world, with America facing crises on every front, 800 00:42:33,479 --> 00:42:36,146 criticism of the President is mounting. 801 00:42:37,437 --> 00:42:40,104 Also, there were questions about his fitness to govern, 802 00:42:40,187 --> 00:42:41,729 in part because of the way he had 803 00:42:41,812 --> 00:42:43,771 to drink a glass of water using both hands, 804 00:42:43,854 --> 00:42:45,812 but mainly because of everything else he did. 805 00:42:45,896 --> 00:42:49,479 [narrator] To boost support, Trump announces a series of rallies. 806 00:42:50,062 --> 00:42:54,562 We've had a tremendous run at rallies. I don't think there's been an empty seat. 807 00:42:54,646 --> 00:42:57,312 [narrator] But despite a surge in ticket requests, 808 00:42:57,396 --> 00:43:01,312 an event in Oklahoma is mainly attended by people who aren't there. 809 00:43:01,396 --> 00:43:03,187 As the media makes clear, 810 00:43:03,271 --> 00:43:06,937 heartless users of the social media platform TikTok are to blame. 811 00:43:07,521 --> 00:43:10,604 [female reporter] TikTokers said they intentionally sabotaged the event 812 00:43:10,687 --> 00:43:15,062 by registering en masse with no intention of showing up, 813 00:43:15,146 --> 00:43:17,021 and they spread the word via TikTok. 814 00:43:17,104 --> 00:43:19,396 [narrator] Republicans claim social media 815 00:43:19,479 --> 00:43:23,604 is actively trying to suppress an unreasonable conservative agenda. 816 00:43:24,604 --> 00:43:27,812 I'll cut to the chase, Big Tech is out to get conservatives. 817 00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:29,812 That's not a suspicion, that's not a hunch. 818 00:43:29,896 --> 00:43:30,896 That's a fact. 819 00:43:30,979 --> 00:43:33,979 The fact, which doesn't care about your feelings, 820 00:43:34,062 --> 00:43:36,354 is that online and in the media 821 00:43:36,437 --> 00:43:39,479 conservative voices are being silenced. 822 00:43:39,562 --> 00:43:42,479 I've said this before. I said it on my YouTube channel. 823 00:43:42,562 --> 00:43:44,562 Conservative voices are being silenced. 824 00:43:44,646 --> 00:43:45,979 I said it on Joe Rogan. 825 00:43:46,062 --> 00:43:47,937 Conservative voices are being silenced. 826 00:43:48,021 --> 00:43:50,146 On the Jordan Peterson Kayak podcast. 827 00:43:50,229 --> 00:43:52,479 Conservative voices are being silenced. 828 00:43:52,562 --> 00:43:54,271 I said it on Tucker Carlson. 829 00:43:54,354 --> 00:43:57,021 Tucker, we know conservative voices are being silenced. 830 00:43:57,104 --> 00:43:58,271 Twice actually. 831 00:43:58,354 --> 00:44:01,604 Like I said last time, Tucker, conservative voices are being silenced. 832 00:44:01,687 --> 00:44:03,021 That is exactly right. 833 00:44:03,104 --> 00:44:05,562 And I said it in my New York Times bestseller, 834 00:44:05,646 --> 00:44:08,187 Conservative Voices Are Being Silenced. 835 00:44:08,271 --> 00:44:10,854 It's a point I have to make over and over 836 00:44:10,937 --> 00:44:15,604 because conservative voices are being silenced. 837 00:44:15,687 --> 00:44:19,062 -In fact, you won't even use this footage. -Actually, we will. 838 00:44:19,146 --> 00:44:21,271 Bob, we both know that's not going to happen. 839 00:44:21,354 --> 00:44:23,812 -Yeah, my name is James. -Whatever, Bob. 840 00:44:24,979 --> 00:44:27,229 [narrator] On the opposite side of the political divide, 841 00:44:27,312 --> 00:44:30,146 the husk of Joe Biden is encountering setbacks. 842 00:44:30,229 --> 00:44:33,271 He is the oldest presidential candidate since records began, 843 00:44:33,354 --> 00:44:35,312 200 years after he was born, 844 00:44:35,396 --> 00:44:38,479 and questions are asked about his longevity. 845 00:44:38,562 --> 00:44:40,521 [woman] Biden is clearly diminished. 846 00:44:40,604 --> 00:44:44,687 All men and women were created by the… Go, you know the thing. 847 00:44:44,771 --> 00:44:46,521 He seemed kind of frail. 848 00:44:46,604 --> 00:44:48,062 Never mind the virus, 849 00:44:48,146 --> 00:44:51,896 there were times it looked like a stiff breeze might be too much for him. 850 00:44:51,979 --> 00:44:56,479 So, he stayed in his basement, running a virtual campaign. 851 00:44:56,562 --> 00:44:59,646 Which is like a real campaign that never really happens. 852 00:44:59,729 --> 00:45:06,021 So, welcome, everybody, to our first virtual happy hour. 853 00:45:06,604 --> 00:45:09,187 He might as well have been in witness protection. 854 00:45:09,271 --> 00:45:13,104 But there came a time he had to venture out. 855 00:45:13,187 --> 00:45:16,271 His team were clearly extremely cautious. 856 00:45:16,354 --> 00:45:19,604 Whenever he met the public, they made him sit some distance away 857 00:45:19,687 --> 00:45:22,896 so he couldn't face further allegations of inappropriate touching. 858 00:45:22,979 --> 00:45:24,812 And they prevented verbal gaffes 859 00:45:24,896 --> 00:45:27,521 by keeping him physically gagged at all times. 860 00:45:28,104 --> 00:45:32,104 [narrator] Biden also hosts COVID-safe drive-in rallies, 861 00:45:32,187 --> 00:45:34,771 attended by handfuls of enthusiastic cars, 862 00:45:34,854 --> 00:45:38,854 in which he channels the vibrant energy of an old man yelling at traffic. 863 00:45:38,937 --> 00:45:41,354 And we should have no tolerance 864 00:45:41,437 --> 00:45:45,354 for extremist white supremacist groups marching in our communities. 865 00:45:45,437 --> 00:45:51,896 [horns honking] 866 00:45:52,646 --> 00:45:56,729 [narrator] But his campaign gets a shot in the arm as he picks his running mate. 867 00:45:56,812 --> 00:46:00,562 Now let me introduce to you, for the first time, 868 00:46:00,646 --> 00:46:02,979 your next Vice President of the United States, 869 00:46:03,062 --> 00:46:04,979 Kamala Harris. 870 00:46:05,062 --> 00:46:07,146 Kamala, the floor is yours. 871 00:46:07,229 --> 00:46:10,937 [narrator] At 55, Harris is less than a quarter of Biden's age. 872 00:46:11,021 --> 00:46:12,521 She is the first African American 873 00:46:12,604 --> 00:46:15,729 and South Asian American vice presidential candidate, 874 00:46:15,812 --> 00:46:17,896 and, therefore, alongside Donald Trump 875 00:46:17,979 --> 00:46:21,354 is the second person of color on the 2020 ballot. 876 00:46:21,937 --> 00:46:23,396 We're all in this fight. 877 00:46:24,146 --> 00:46:28,479 You, me and Joe, together. 878 00:46:28,562 --> 00:46:32,104 Well, previously, Biden and Harris hadn't got on. 879 00:46:32,187 --> 00:46:34,646 She'd clashed with Biden at the primaries. 880 00:46:34,729 --> 00:46:40,062 Do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in America? 881 00:46:40,146 --> 00:46:44,937 And last year said that she believed the women who accused him of impropriety. 882 00:46:45,021 --> 00:46:47,062 Now, all that was forgiven. 883 00:46:47,146 --> 00:46:50,646 Although their relationship did appear a little standoffish. 884 00:46:50,729 --> 00:46:53,062 And, of course, if they won, 885 00:46:53,146 --> 00:46:55,979 she'd be president in the event of Biden's death. 886 00:46:56,062 --> 00:46:58,062 Assuming anyone noticed. 887 00:46:58,854 --> 00:47:01,354 [narrator] Biden's campaign is reenergized, 888 00:47:01,437 --> 00:47:05,187 but the American story is about to take an unexpected turn 889 00:47:05,271 --> 00:47:07,271 as the world looks on. 890 00:47:07,354 --> 00:47:11,104 [dog barking] 891 00:47:11,187 --> 00:47:13,687 [Nerrick] Having another lockdown was really annoying 892 00:47:13,771 --> 00:47:18,646 because I'd watched literally all of Netflix during the first lockdown. 893 00:47:18,729 --> 00:47:23,396 But then I got into this show called America, which was amazing. 894 00:47:23,479 --> 00:47:26,521 Have you seen it? It's on the news channel. 895 00:47:26,604 --> 00:47:28,812 It's totally mental. 896 00:47:28,896 --> 00:47:31,021 Just one twist after another. 897 00:47:31,104 --> 00:47:33,396 They had this sort of election fight happening 898 00:47:33,479 --> 00:47:36,687 between a bloke who looked like a ticket inspector on a ghost train 899 00:47:36,771 --> 00:47:41,271 and an inflatable orange maniac who didn't seem to be dealing with the plague. 900 00:47:41,354 --> 00:47:43,271 We have so much testing, 901 00:47:43,354 --> 00:47:46,021 I don't think you need that kind of testing or that much testing, 902 00:47:46,104 --> 00:47:50,271 but some people disagree with me and some people agree with me. 903 00:47:50,354 --> 00:47:55,271 [Nerrick] Everybody hated everybody else, and the whole country was on fire. 904 00:47:55,354 --> 00:47:58,812 Not just the forests but the towns and cities. 905 00:47:59,771 --> 00:48:02,437 The only thing that wasn't on fire was the fucking sea 906 00:48:02,521 --> 00:48:04,562 and that was probably thinking about it. 907 00:48:04,646 --> 00:48:06,604 As if all that wasn't enough, 908 00:48:06,687 --> 00:48:11,146 they dropped in an unexpected twist involving a beloved character. 909 00:48:12,854 --> 00:48:14,687 This is a Fox News alert. 910 00:48:14,771 --> 00:48:18,021 US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 911 00:48:18,104 --> 00:48:20,437 has died at the age of 87. 912 00:48:20,521 --> 00:48:24,396 [narrator] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a feminist icon and trailblazer 913 00:48:24,479 --> 00:48:26,771 who fought for abortion rights, 914 00:48:26,854 --> 00:48:31,479 gender equality, and a 600-mile gas pipeline through indigenous land. 915 00:48:31,562 --> 00:48:35,562 RBG's dying wish was that she wouldn't be replaced on the Supreme Court 916 00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:38,312 until the next president was sworn in. 917 00:48:38,396 --> 00:48:42,146 But that dying wish died with her. 918 00:48:42,229 --> 00:48:44,396 Breaking tonight, Fox News has confirmed 919 00:48:44,479 --> 00:48:47,562 President Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett 920 00:48:47,646 --> 00:48:49,479 as the next Supreme Court Justice. 921 00:48:50,062 --> 00:48:52,729 [narrator] As Fox News made bombastically clear, 922 00:48:52,812 --> 00:48:55,604 Trump selected Amy Coney Barrett, a devout Catholic 923 00:48:55,687 --> 00:48:59,521 who claims a legal career is "a means to an end of serving God." 924 00:49:00,479 --> 00:49:02,354 God was unavailable for comment. 925 00:49:02,854 --> 00:49:07,646 Amy Coney Barrett stands for everything RBG was against, everything! 926 00:49:07,729 --> 00:49:09,812 She's so pro-life, I got a theory. 927 00:49:09,896 --> 00:49:13,396 She's secretly bankrolled by the wire hanger industry. 928 00:49:13,979 --> 00:49:15,396 [narrator] September 26th, 929 00:49:15,479 --> 00:49:18,687 and The White House throws a ceremony in the Rose Garden, 930 00:49:18,771 --> 00:49:21,271 announcing Coney Barrett's nomination. 931 00:49:21,354 --> 00:49:25,729 It is a roll call of the great and good and soon to be infected. 932 00:49:26,229 --> 00:49:28,687 Most of the president's inner circle was there, 933 00:49:28,771 --> 00:49:32,854 although the most significant attendee was the novel coronavirus, 934 00:49:32,937 --> 00:49:35,271 silently mingling among the guests, 935 00:49:35,354 --> 00:49:38,354 particularly the ones who didn't believe in it yet. 936 00:49:39,437 --> 00:49:40,937 [narrator] But in the following days, 937 00:49:41,021 --> 00:49:43,229 the President is beset by other distractions. 938 00:49:43,312 --> 00:49:46,146 The New York Times uncovers his tax returns, 939 00:49:46,229 --> 00:49:50,271 revealing that, like all top businessmen, he has made no money in years. 940 00:49:51,396 --> 00:49:56,604 September 29th, and the first presidential debate makes for illuminating television. 941 00:49:56,687 --> 00:49:58,729 I'm Chris Wallace of Fox News, 942 00:49:58,812 --> 00:50:02,354 and I welcome you to the first of the 2020 presidential debates. 943 00:50:03,104 --> 00:50:05,979 [Dr. Gravel] Trump comes out just like regular Trump, grouchy, 944 00:50:06,062 --> 00:50:08,437 like something was eating him up on the inside. 945 00:50:08,521 --> 00:50:10,604 Which of course we now know it was. 946 00:50:10,687 --> 00:50:13,312 While Biden's just trying to look alive. 947 00:50:13,396 --> 00:50:14,937 And then the debate started 948 00:50:15,021 --> 00:50:18,312 and straightaway it was like a rap battle in a senior home. 949 00:50:18,396 --> 00:50:19,562 But worse. 950 00:50:19,646 --> 00:50:22,354 -[Biden] The question is… -[Trump] The new Supreme Court Justice… 951 00:50:22,437 --> 00:50:25,396 -…the radical left. -Will you shut up, man? 952 00:50:25,479 --> 00:50:27,354 I'd say it was a train wreck and a shitshow, 953 00:50:27,437 --> 00:50:30,104 but that would be unfair to trains and shit. 954 00:50:30,187 --> 00:50:31,604 Well, it's incredible, really. 955 00:50:31,687 --> 00:50:37,562 73 million Americans witnessing a debate as intellectually stimulating 956 00:50:37,646 --> 00:50:41,646 as watching two pigeons fight over a piece of bread in a car lot. 957 00:50:41,729 --> 00:50:44,021 [narrator] A key moment comes when Trump is asked 958 00:50:44,104 --> 00:50:47,229 to condemn white supremacists and fumbles the response. 959 00:50:47,312 --> 00:50:48,979 What do you wanna call them? 960 00:50:49,062 --> 00:50:52,271 -Who would you like me to condemn? -[Biden] The Proud Boys. 961 00:50:52,354 --> 00:50:55,396 Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. 962 00:50:55,479 --> 00:50:57,937 He told those guys to stand by. 963 00:50:58,479 --> 00:51:00,271 That's not disavowing. 964 00:51:00,771 --> 00:51:03,062 That's pumping a fucking shotgun. 965 00:51:03,687 --> 00:51:06,437 [narrator] Following the debate, the only positive news for Trump 966 00:51:06,521 --> 00:51:08,479 is his coronavirus test result, 967 00:51:08,562 --> 00:51:11,521 which prompts negative blanket coverage. 968 00:51:11,604 --> 00:51:13,521 [announcer] It starts with breaking news… 969 00:51:13,604 --> 00:51:18,271 Breaking news, President Trump has tested positive for coronavirus. 970 00:51:18,354 --> 00:51:21,687 [Brian Williams] It is extraordinary on many different levels. 971 00:51:21,771 --> 00:51:23,812 No one saw that coming. 972 00:51:23,896 --> 00:51:25,354 Oh, let me rephrase that. 973 00:51:26,271 --> 00:51:28,812 Everyone saw that coming. 974 00:51:28,896 --> 00:51:31,187 We just didn't believe it'd actually happen. 975 00:51:31,271 --> 00:51:34,521 Well then, of course, the people surrounding him all start falling ill. 976 00:51:34,604 --> 00:51:38,062 Even Melania, who'd been socially distancing from him 977 00:51:38,146 --> 00:51:40,146 for the past four years. 978 00:51:40,229 --> 00:51:42,771 [director] The President didn't exactly take precautions, did he? 979 00:51:42,854 --> 00:51:45,437 Sorry, are you saying this was his fault? 980 00:51:45,521 --> 00:51:47,354 [director] Well, he rarely wore a mask. 981 00:51:47,437 --> 00:51:49,062 Didn't wear a mask? 982 00:51:49,146 --> 00:51:53,312 Are you saying because of the way he was dressed he was asking for it? 983 00:51:53,396 --> 00:51:57,979 Because that, my friend, is victim blaming and you should hang your head in shame. 984 00:51:58,062 --> 00:52:01,771 [narrator] As an overweight 74-year-old male, Trump is at low risk 985 00:52:01,854 --> 00:52:05,104 of appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue. 986 00:52:05,187 --> 00:52:07,229 but at high-risk from coronavirus. 987 00:52:07,312 --> 00:52:08,812 As his condition worsens, 988 00:52:08,896 --> 00:52:10,896 he's transported to Walter Reed Hospital 989 00:52:10,979 --> 00:52:13,062 and the world holds its breath. 990 00:52:13,729 --> 00:52:17,979 It was actually a moment of national unity. 991 00:52:18,729 --> 00:52:22,771 Whatever their political alliance, everyone in America was praying that day. 992 00:52:22,854 --> 00:52:24,354 For different outcomes. 993 00:52:24,437 --> 00:52:27,437 [Nerrick] So, the President is in a military hospital 994 00:52:27,521 --> 00:52:31,312 getting injected with an experimental antibody treatment. 995 00:52:31,396 --> 00:52:35,146 By now, I'm thinking this storyline's far-fetched, 996 00:52:35,229 --> 00:52:38,646 but I'm well into this, I'm bingeing the shit out of it. 997 00:52:38,729 --> 00:52:41,646 [narrator] Well-wishers outside the hospital show their support 998 00:52:41,729 --> 00:52:45,396 and are rewarded when the President commandeers a Secret Service vehicle 999 00:52:45,479 --> 00:52:48,104 to perform the most dangerous drive-by 1000 00:52:48,187 --> 00:52:50,562 since the final moments of Tupac Shakur. 1001 00:52:50,646 --> 00:52:53,854 Then there was this mental bit where he flew back to the White House 1002 00:52:53,937 --> 00:52:55,979 and stood on the balcony and took his mask off 1003 00:52:56,062 --> 00:53:00,396 so we'd know it was actually him and not a beautiful woman in disguise. 1004 00:53:00,479 --> 00:53:03,646 Then he proved both his thumbs still worked. 1005 00:53:03,729 --> 00:53:05,229 Thank God. 1006 00:53:05,312 --> 00:53:07,479 And he saluted a helicopter, 1007 00:53:07,562 --> 00:53:10,187 which couldn't see him because it was flying away. 1008 00:53:10,271 --> 00:53:13,396 The production values were through the roof. 1009 00:53:13,479 --> 00:53:16,562 It looked like the final shot in the season finale of America. 1010 00:53:16,646 --> 00:53:20,354 So, I was quite surprised when the country kept going after that. 1011 00:53:20,854 --> 00:53:22,437 [Foss] It was quite remarkable really, 1012 00:53:22,521 --> 00:53:25,604 one of the most iconic moments in history that any of us will live through, 1013 00:53:25,687 --> 00:53:28,937 but also deeply profoundly stupid. 1014 00:53:29,021 --> 00:53:32,812 The history books covering this period will have to be written in crayon. 1015 00:53:33,521 --> 00:53:34,896 By a dog. 1016 00:53:34,979 --> 00:53:37,604 I stood out front, I led. 1017 00:53:37,687 --> 00:53:41,687 Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did. 1018 00:53:41,771 --> 00:53:45,271 And I know there's a risk, there's a danger, but that's OK. 1019 00:53:45,354 --> 00:53:48,479 And now I'm better and maybe I'm immune, I don't know. 1020 00:53:48,562 --> 00:53:49,854 [narrator] Despite his ordeal, 1021 00:53:49,937 --> 00:53:52,646 Trump seems to have gained little sympathy from the US public 1022 00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:54,979 and is cratering in the polls. 1023 00:53:55,062 --> 00:53:59,062 Right about now, it looked like Trump needed some kind of October surprise 1024 00:53:59,146 --> 00:54:01,354 to wipe the smile off Biden's skull. 1025 00:54:01,437 --> 00:54:02,979 [narrator] In a bombshell report, 1026 00:54:03,062 --> 00:54:07,687 Hunter Biden is accused of introducing his father to a Ukrainian businessman. 1027 00:54:07,771 --> 00:54:09,479 [director] You said Ukraine didn't exist. 1028 00:54:09,562 --> 00:54:10,562 That's not relevant. 1029 00:54:10,646 --> 00:54:14,187 What is relevant is the total silence from the mainstream media. 1030 00:54:14,271 --> 00:54:16,729 No one was asking about Hunter Biden anywhere. 1031 00:54:16,812 --> 00:54:18,187 It's like I said on Joe Rogan. 1032 00:54:18,271 --> 00:54:19,771 What about Hunter Biden? 1033 00:54:19,854 --> 00:54:21,229 And on Tucker Carlson… 1034 00:54:21,312 --> 00:54:22,479 What about Hunter Biden? 1035 00:54:22,562 --> 00:54:23,521 More than once. 1036 00:54:23,604 --> 00:54:24,896 What about Hunter Biden? 1037 00:54:24,979 --> 00:54:27,146 Let's hope that evidence arrives in the mail. 1038 00:54:27,229 --> 00:54:28,437 That is exactly right. 1039 00:54:28,521 --> 00:54:32,479 And I said it in my New York Times bestseller, What About Hunter Biden? 1040 00:54:33,562 --> 00:54:36,604 -[director] What about Hunter Biden? -You don't even want to ask about it! 1041 00:54:37,104 --> 00:54:41,229 [narrator] As the crucial day nears, other factors make 2020's election 1042 00:54:41,312 --> 00:54:44,062 as unpredictable as an ape with a hockey stick. 1043 00:54:44,146 --> 00:54:47,437 The pandemic forces states to introduce widespread postal voting, 1044 00:54:47,521 --> 00:54:51,604 dragging the US electoral system into the 19th century. 1045 00:54:52,812 --> 00:54:55,562 [Bracket] Trump supporters were gonna vote in person on election day 1046 00:54:55,646 --> 00:54:57,854 because they weren't afraid of the virus. 1047 00:54:58,646 --> 00:54:59,979 Or fascism. 1048 00:55:00,062 --> 00:55:03,729 Covid-cautious Democrats were more likely to vote by post 1049 00:55:03,812 --> 00:55:06,646 from the comfort of their liberal elitist homes, 1050 00:55:06,729 --> 00:55:10,562 wearing a mask and swabbing the pencil down with bleach when they'd finished. 1051 00:55:10,646 --> 00:55:13,854 [narrator] Advance in-person voting also explodes. 1052 00:55:13,937 --> 00:55:17,812 Lines stretch for miles as Americans wait for a go on their democracy. 1053 00:55:17,896 --> 00:55:23,021 [Flowers] It was so inspiring to see so many Americans voting. Um… 1054 00:55:23,104 --> 00:55:26,437 Yeah, and there was a pretty big, uh… 1055 00:55:26,521 --> 00:55:30,687 Black vote too, which I think is so great! 1056 00:55:30,771 --> 00:55:33,937 And I mean, obviously, I have no problem with that 1057 00:55:34,021 --> 00:55:36,729 as long as everyone has proper ID with a current street address 1058 00:55:36,812 --> 00:55:38,521 and they keep their hands in the air. Yeah! 1059 00:55:41,979 --> 00:55:44,562 [male reporter] Good morning, America. Election day 2020. 1060 00:55:44,646 --> 00:55:46,687 [narrator] The big day arrives, 1061 00:55:46,771 --> 00:55:49,771 and as the media frantically promotes the last election in human history, 1062 00:55:49,854 --> 00:55:53,687 early fears of violent clashes at polling stations melt away 1063 00:55:53,771 --> 00:55:58,104 in the face of familiar tedious scenes of long lines and paperwork. 1064 00:55:59,312 --> 00:56:02,896 [male presenter] From MSNBC, Decision 2020. 1065 00:56:02,979 --> 00:56:05,729 [Nerrick] That was when the whole program suddenly turned 1066 00:56:05,812 --> 00:56:08,687 into a really complicated game show format. 1067 00:56:08,771 --> 00:56:10,437 Sort of based on an election. 1068 00:56:10,521 --> 00:56:13,229 Basically, they had this map of America 1069 00:56:13,312 --> 00:56:15,896 that's blue around the edges and red in the middle. 1070 00:56:15,979 --> 00:56:17,437 And to win the election, 1071 00:56:17,521 --> 00:56:20,729 the players have to flip the states over one by one 1072 00:56:20,812 --> 00:56:23,104 to see if they're a different color on the other side. 1073 00:56:23,187 --> 00:56:27,146 Election night doesn't begin until we flip a red state blue or a blue state red. 1074 00:56:27,229 --> 00:56:28,812 They're worth different amounts. 1075 00:56:28,896 --> 00:56:32,021 Like, Florida is worth 29 points 1076 00:56:32,104 --> 00:56:35,521 even though it's got fewer letters in its name than Tennessee. 1077 00:56:35,604 --> 00:56:39,979 It was so confusing, they kept explaining the rules over and over. 1078 00:56:40,062 --> 00:56:43,562 If he does not pull off a Hail Mary pass and win Wisconsin, 1079 00:56:43,646 --> 00:56:46,937 win Michigan or flip any of those Hilary Clinton states, 1080 00:56:47,021 --> 00:56:50,021 then he's gotta go five for five in these states. 1081 00:56:50,104 --> 00:56:53,729 The whole broadcast was literally days long 1082 00:56:53,812 --> 00:56:57,229 and they never seemed to get to the fun bit where contestants buzz in. 1083 00:56:57,896 --> 00:57:00,271 It's the most boring game show ever. 1084 00:57:01,396 --> 00:57:04,521 No wonder they only broadcast it once every four years. 1085 00:57:05,354 --> 00:57:08,271 [narrator] As election night ends without an official victor, 1086 00:57:08,354 --> 00:57:11,062 all eyes turn to the crucial state of Pennsylvania, 1087 00:57:11,146 --> 00:57:13,646 where Trump has been on a winning streak. 1088 00:57:13,729 --> 00:57:16,729 Until officials stubbornly insist on counting Biden's votes too. 1089 00:57:17,479 --> 00:57:18,937 Trump calls foul. 1090 00:57:19,021 --> 00:57:22,104 On live television, he attempts to beat Nixon's world record 1091 00:57:22,187 --> 00:57:23,979 for Presidential bullshit. 1092 00:57:24,729 --> 00:57:27,646 We were getting ready to win this election. 1093 00:57:27,729 --> 00:57:30,312 Frankly, we did win this election. 1094 00:57:30,396 --> 00:57:31,812 We did win this election. 1095 00:57:31,896 --> 00:57:33,437 [cheering] 1096 00:57:33,521 --> 00:57:35,396 [narrator] The President demands an end 1097 00:57:35,479 --> 00:57:38,437 to democracy and so do some of his followers. 1098 00:57:39,229 --> 00:57:40,229 Stop the count! 1099 00:57:40,312 --> 00:57:43,604 There appeared to be swathes of Trump supporters protesting. 1100 00:57:43,687 --> 00:57:47,104 But we don't know how many because they refused to let anyone count them. 1101 00:57:47,187 --> 00:57:50,062 Stop the count! Stop the count! 1102 00:57:50,146 --> 00:57:52,146 [narrator] With the counting lasting days, 1103 00:57:52,229 --> 00:57:54,937 the networks are reluctant to make an official call. 1104 00:57:55,021 --> 00:57:58,354 National fingernail supplies are chewed dangerously low. 1105 00:57:59,354 --> 00:58:02,146 This election was a done deal on night one. 1106 00:58:02,229 --> 00:58:05,854 But it didn't feel like it because of the way the count was happening. 1107 00:58:05,937 --> 00:58:10,271 Pennsylvania and Georgia were counting mail-in ballots last, 1108 00:58:10,354 --> 00:58:12,854 even though those had been the first to arrive. 1109 00:58:13,437 --> 00:58:17,187 So, the narrative that Biden was slowly inching to the finish line 1110 00:58:17,271 --> 00:58:20,271 was really just a story being told backwards. 1111 00:58:20,354 --> 00:58:22,021 When you watch Jaws backwards, 1112 00:58:22,104 --> 00:58:25,437 it's the story of a shark that spits panicking white people into the sea. 1113 00:58:25,521 --> 00:58:27,146 Different movie. 1114 00:58:27,229 --> 00:58:31,229 [narrator] Finally, as Trump's hunchbacked lab assistant Rudy Giuliani 1115 00:58:31,312 --> 00:58:33,896 addresses the media from the prestigious car lot 1116 00:58:33,979 --> 00:58:35,812 of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, 1117 00:58:36,479 --> 00:58:38,312 a call is made. 1118 00:58:38,396 --> 00:58:39,937 Who was it called by? 1119 00:58:40,771 --> 00:58:44,437 Oh… Oh, my goodness! All the networks! 1120 00:58:44,521 --> 00:58:45,937 Wow! 1121 00:58:47,021 --> 00:58:48,521 All the networks! 1122 00:58:51,646 --> 00:58:54,729 CNN projects Joseph R. Biden Junior 1123 00:58:54,812 --> 00:58:58,271 is elected the 46th President of the United States. 1124 00:58:58,354 --> 00:59:01,521 I'll never forget where I was when I heard Biden had won. 1125 00:59:01,604 --> 00:59:04,354 Staring at the news on a Saturday afternoon 1126 00:59:04,437 --> 00:59:06,521 or maybe a Sunday night. 1127 00:59:06,604 --> 00:59:08,646 I don't know. The whole week's a blur. 1128 00:59:08,729 --> 00:59:11,229 But, oh God, the sheer sense of relief 1129 00:59:11,312 --> 00:59:14,146 was like finally taking a dump after a long flight. 1130 00:59:14,229 --> 00:59:19,854 And I mean that in every sense because I actually had tears in my eyes. 1131 00:59:19,937 --> 00:59:21,271 [narrator] In major cities, 1132 00:59:21,354 --> 00:59:23,896 libtards and snowflakes mince into the streets 1133 00:59:23,979 --> 00:59:25,896 to celebrate Biden's victory 1134 00:59:25,979 --> 00:59:29,604 with an outpouring of hope, joy, and coronaviral droplets. 1135 00:59:29,687 --> 00:59:34,521 Well, the last time I witnessed a celebration on that scale was in 1983 1136 00:59:34,604 --> 00:59:37,937 on the forest moon of Endor, when the Empire was defeated. 1137 00:59:38,771 --> 00:59:41,729 [director] Yeah, that's Return of the Jedi. It's a movie. 1138 00:59:42,312 --> 00:59:43,854 A Star Wars, you know. 1139 00:59:44,687 --> 00:59:47,604 Well, excuse me, but I was there. 1140 00:59:47,687 --> 00:59:51,854 I was there. Me, and those dear little bear people. 1141 00:59:51,937 --> 00:59:53,479 And we had a lovely time. 1142 00:59:55,562 --> 01:00:00,146 [narrator] As night falls, President-Elect and keen jogger Joe Biden 1143 01:00:00,229 --> 01:00:01,646 delivers a victory speech. 1144 01:00:01,729 --> 01:00:05,104 After four years of Trump's inflammatory half sentences, 1145 01:00:05,187 --> 01:00:09,479 progressives draw comfort from Biden's dull but coherent message of hope. 1146 01:00:10,062 --> 01:00:12,271 I pledge to be a President 1147 01:00:12,354 --> 01:00:15,896 who seeks not to divide but unify. 1148 01:00:17,104 --> 01:00:19,229 [Bracket] Biden's message was that Americans have 1149 01:00:19,312 --> 01:00:21,604 more that unites us than divides us. 1150 01:00:21,687 --> 01:00:25,021 Even though we were still counting millions of pieces of paper 1151 01:00:25,104 --> 01:00:27,479 that proved we're completely different. 1152 01:00:27,562 --> 01:00:31,062 And we couldn't even agree on the outcome of that. 1153 01:00:32,521 --> 01:00:36,521 [Foss] Well, traditionally by now, the loser would congratulate the victor, 1154 01:00:36,604 --> 01:00:39,479 but Mr. Trump doesn't know the meaning of the word "concede," 1155 01:00:39,562 --> 01:00:41,812 and he was furious when they told him. 1156 01:00:41,896 --> 01:00:45,146 [narrator] The President is not alone in besmirching and be-shitting the result. 1157 01:00:45,229 --> 01:00:47,187 Having just been re-elected to the Senate, 1158 01:00:47,271 --> 01:00:51,687 leading Republicans insist the election that put them there was rigged. 1159 01:00:51,771 --> 01:00:54,271 There is a lot of shenanigans going on here. 1160 01:00:54,354 --> 01:00:57,396 If I were President Trump, I would take all this to court, 1161 01:00:57,479 --> 01:00:58,812 I'd fight back. 1162 01:00:58,896 --> 01:01:02,854 Stop the steal! Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 1163 01:01:02,937 --> 01:01:04,937 [Flowers] My God. There were so many discrepancies. 1164 01:01:05,021 --> 01:01:07,354 I mean, listen, according to the records 1165 01:01:07,437 --> 01:01:09,521 there were dead people who voted for Biden, 1166 01:01:09,604 --> 01:01:12,354 which is impossible because ghosts cannot hold pencils. 1167 01:01:12,437 --> 01:01:14,729 They said there were more mail ballots than ever. 1168 01:01:14,812 --> 01:01:17,354 What about female ballots? 1169 01:01:17,437 --> 01:01:21,229 The voting machines in Michigan were controlled by Hunter Biden's laptop. 1170 01:01:21,312 --> 01:01:22,812 Georgia's not even a real state. 1171 01:01:22,896 --> 01:01:25,854 There's no record of it existing before November. 1172 01:01:25,937 --> 01:01:29,521 Jet fuel does not burn that hot. That was a controlled demolition. 1173 01:01:29,604 --> 01:01:32,104 Trump not winning is a statistical impossibility 1174 01:01:32,187 --> 01:01:34,646 like snow in winter or a duck that can't talk. 1175 01:01:34,729 --> 01:01:37,062 The lack of evidence proves there's been a cover-up! 1176 01:01:37,146 --> 01:01:40,104 And the whole election never even happened. 1177 01:01:40,187 --> 01:01:44,896 CNN made it look like it did using Deep State CGI. 1178 01:01:46,687 --> 01:01:47,979 It's all a lie. 1179 01:01:49,937 --> 01:01:54,521 And, um… if that's what democracy looks like, then count me out. 1180 01:01:54,604 --> 01:01:59,646 Actually, don't count me at all because that would be democracy again. 1181 01:01:59,729 --> 01:02:02,479 And I want no part of it. 1182 01:02:02,562 --> 01:02:05,896 This election is not over, far from it. 1183 01:02:05,979 --> 01:02:08,854 [narrator] In a blizzard of headlines, Trump launches court challenges 1184 01:02:08,937 --> 01:02:12,937 under the guidance of the legal world's village idiot, Rudy Giuliani, 1185 01:02:13,021 --> 01:02:15,646 whose efforts prove so hapless his hair starts crying. 1186 01:02:15,729 --> 01:02:19,104 …and the mail-in ballot process, in order to cheat. 1187 01:02:19,187 --> 01:02:21,021 [narrator] But the efforts come to nothing. 1188 01:02:21,521 --> 01:02:25,896 [Dr. Gravel] The one good thing about Trump refusing to concede 1189 01:02:25,979 --> 01:02:29,729 was that we got to watch him lose over and over. 1190 01:02:30,354 --> 01:02:32,271 All those doomed legal efforts? 1191 01:02:32,354 --> 01:02:36,271 It was like watching a man fall from a skyscraper 1192 01:02:36,354 --> 01:02:40,146 trying to sue the sidewalk out of existence before he hit the ground. 1193 01:02:40,229 --> 01:02:43,729 [Grace] The media will deny this, but Trump did not lose the election. 1194 01:02:43,812 --> 01:02:45,479 [director] Have you got any proof of that? 1195 01:02:45,562 --> 01:02:48,437 He won the popular vote by a margin of literally millions. 1196 01:02:48,521 --> 01:02:51,396 What more evidence do you need? He won fair and square. 1197 01:02:51,479 --> 01:02:54,396 Right, so you're claiming Trump won the popular vote? 1198 01:02:54,479 --> 01:02:58,604 No, Biden did. President-Elect Biden. The victor. [chuckles] 1199 01:02:58,687 --> 01:03:00,437 [director] Right. Don't you support Trump? 1200 01:03:00,521 --> 01:03:02,479 I have never supported Trump. 1201 01:03:02,562 --> 01:03:03,771 Check your tape, Bob. 1202 01:03:04,437 --> 01:03:06,937 [director] It's James, and you were part of Trump's campaign. 1203 01:03:07,021 --> 01:03:08,187 Who's Trump? 1204 01:03:08,687 --> 01:03:10,937 [narrator] Trump himself may have been voted out, 1205 01:03:11,021 --> 01:03:13,146 but the movement behind him persists. 1206 01:03:13,229 --> 01:03:17,812 America remains trapped in a loveless marriage with itself. 1207 01:03:17,896 --> 01:03:19,854 [Bracket] It is astounding 1208 01:03:19,937 --> 01:03:24,229 that despite everything he did over the past four years, 1209 01:03:24,312 --> 01:03:28,396 over 70 million Americans were absolutely rooting for Trump. 1210 01:03:28,479 --> 01:03:32,396 We will never give in, we will never give up, and we will never back down. 1211 01:03:32,479 --> 01:03:35,104 We will never ever surrender. 1212 01:03:35,187 --> 01:03:36,729 [cheering] 1213 01:03:36,812 --> 01:03:38,521 [Bracket] It's either terrifying 1214 01:03:39,271 --> 01:03:42,062 or the most inspiring love story of our age. 1215 01:03:44,479 --> 01:03:47,771 [Foss] People think of democracy as permanent and unchanging. 1216 01:03:48,354 --> 01:03:51,937 In truth, it's something you must perpetually nurture, 1217 01:03:52,021 --> 01:03:54,396 like a woman or a professional grudge. 1218 01:03:55,437 --> 01:03:58,187 American democracy has survived this challenge. 1219 01:03:58,271 --> 01:04:03,021 But what will happen in a few years' time when the next Trump comes along? 1220 01:04:03,104 --> 01:04:06,854 Perhaps a younger, more cunning, more ruthless Trump. 1221 01:04:06,937 --> 01:04:10,896 With faster reflexes and a titanium exoskeleton. 1222 01:04:10,979 --> 01:04:12,812 Venom sacs on his neck. 1223 01:04:12,896 --> 01:04:15,229 Maybe some kind of fearsome onyx claw. 1224 01:04:15,312 --> 01:04:16,729 What happens then? 1225 01:04:17,979 --> 01:04:20,521 [Goolies] The thing is once Trump finally leaves, 1226 01:04:20,604 --> 01:04:24,521 America will be back to being totally non-racist, overnight. 1227 01:04:24,604 --> 01:04:29,104 And we can just chill about that whole institutional, you know… whatever deal. 1228 01:04:29,979 --> 01:04:32,354 I shall be sad to see Mr. Trump go 1229 01:04:32,437 --> 01:04:36,104 because he brought such quiet dignity to his role. 1230 01:04:36,896 --> 01:04:38,604 But that said, 1231 01:04:38,687 --> 01:04:40,896 I do look forward to welcoming Mr. Biden 1232 01:04:40,979 --> 01:04:43,687 to Buckingham Palace at the earliest opportunity. 1233 01:04:44,187 --> 01:04:45,687 Indeed we have met before, 1234 01:04:45,771 --> 01:04:48,521 at my coronation in 1953, 1235 01:04:48,604 --> 01:04:50,521 which he attended as an old man. 1236 01:04:50,604 --> 01:04:54,771 [narrator] As America begins a new chapter and 2020 shudders to a close, 1237 01:04:54,854 --> 01:04:57,896 the global pandemic is sadly still in full swing. 1238 01:04:57,979 --> 01:05:00,812 Yet even as it tightens its grip once more, 1239 01:05:00,896 --> 01:05:03,437 glimmers of hope appear at last. 1240 01:05:04,437 --> 01:05:07,521 Good news at last on Covid-19, 1241 01:05:07,604 --> 01:05:10,312 a vaccine could be available by Christmas. 1242 01:05:11,271 --> 01:05:14,229 Well, this was a historic scientific achievement, 1243 01:05:14,312 --> 01:05:16,771 on a par with the moon landings. 1244 01:05:16,854 --> 01:05:21,437 But more difficult because the coronavirus is far smaller than the moon. 1245 01:05:21,521 --> 01:05:23,979 The vaccine breakthroughs are good news. 1246 01:05:24,062 --> 01:05:26,187 But there is still a lot of work to do. 1247 01:05:26,937 --> 01:05:28,562 Once approval has been met 1248 01:05:28,646 --> 01:05:30,729 and manufacture scaled up, 1249 01:05:30,812 --> 01:05:33,937 it must be distributed at sub-zero temperatures, 1250 01:05:34,021 --> 01:05:38,729 and the slightest transport setback could generate a huge amount of waste. 1251 01:05:39,562 --> 01:05:41,562 What is wrong with you people? 1252 01:05:42,062 --> 01:05:44,354 [narrator] Even with a miracle cure, 1253 01:05:44,437 --> 01:05:47,521 there's no guarantee everyone will embrace the vaccine. 1254 01:05:47,604 --> 01:05:51,937 No 5G vaccine for me, thank you very much. It's made in a laboratory. 1255 01:05:52,021 --> 01:05:55,479 And you shouldn't trust anything that's not natural. 1256 01:05:55,562 --> 01:05:57,521 I read about it on Facebook. 1257 01:05:57,604 --> 01:06:00,229 [director] Well, Facebook isn't exactly natural either. 1258 01:06:00,312 --> 01:06:03,979 Well, I don't inject Facebook into my veins. Yeah. [laughs] 1259 01:06:05,229 --> 01:06:07,979 [director] But you're happy to absorb it into your mind? 1260 01:06:10,229 --> 01:06:11,437 Get out of my house! 1261 01:06:11,521 --> 01:06:13,854 [narrator] Despite naysayers and refuseniks, 1262 01:06:13,937 --> 01:06:16,562 vaccines offer a chance of a more normal life 1263 01:06:16,646 --> 01:06:19,104 in 2021 and beyond. 1264 01:06:20,104 --> 01:06:23,146 It's exciting to think we could have our lives back soon. 1265 01:06:24,146 --> 01:06:26,437 You know, we could go to the pub. 1266 01:06:27,479 --> 01:06:30,729 Maybe meet someone and have a bit of a dance. 1267 01:06:31,812 --> 01:06:33,187 Bit of a fumble. 1268 01:06:34,104 --> 01:06:35,646 Move in together. 1269 01:06:37,771 --> 01:06:38,979 Drift apart. 1270 01:06:40,146 --> 01:06:42,979 Learn to hate the way they pick their teeth. 1271 01:06:45,396 --> 01:06:46,979 The sound of their voice. 1272 01:06:48,479 --> 01:06:49,979 Wish you'd never met. 1273 01:06:51,104 --> 01:06:53,354 Like, seriously rue the day. 1274 01:06:58,187 --> 01:06:59,937 Is the vaccine compulsory? 1275 01:07:00,771 --> 01:07:03,896 [narrator] 2020 challenged humanity on a scale like no other. 1276 01:07:03,979 --> 01:07:07,437 A year of tumult, upheaval, outrage, 1277 01:07:07,521 --> 01:07:10,479 insult, disaster, lava, and division. 1278 01:07:10,562 --> 01:07:13,521 It tested us, but maybe it taught us too. 1279 01:07:14,312 --> 01:07:16,354 [director] What did you learn in 2020? 1280 01:07:16,437 --> 01:07:17,604 What did I learn? 1281 01:07:18,187 --> 01:07:19,396 Huh. 1282 01:07:19,479 --> 01:07:23,812 Uh… how many steps there are between my couch and the refrigerator. 1283 01:07:23,896 --> 01:07:27,771 I learned the complete genomic sequence of the novel coronavirus. 1284 01:07:28,854 --> 01:07:30,271 And how to do the Floss. 1285 01:07:35,021 --> 01:07:37,354 I've learned a lot about myself. 1286 01:07:37,437 --> 01:07:41,646 That sometimes I'm too much of a giving person. 1287 01:07:41,729 --> 01:07:47,479 And, um… Oh, I've also learned how to correctly pronounce Sieg Heil! 1288 01:07:47,562 --> 01:07:52,729 Well, I would say, personally, 2020 was rather fun, looking back. 1289 01:07:52,812 --> 01:07:55,146 I got in touch with some old university chums 1290 01:07:55,229 --> 01:07:58,521 and we have started a Zoom barbershop quartet. 1291 01:07:59,729 --> 01:08:04,521 -Would you like to hear my Camptown Races? -[director] Um… I… No. No. 1292 01:08:07,729 --> 01:08:11,062 -[director] That was so good. Thank you. -Oh, thank you. 1293 01:08:11,146 --> 01:08:12,396 Great, awesome. 1294 01:08:12,479 --> 01:08:15,062 -Are we done, is that it? -[director] It was brilliant. Thank you. 1295 01:08:15,146 --> 01:08:18,604 Listen, uh, it looks like we might be doing one of these again next year 1296 01:08:18,687 --> 01:08:20,729 -for the end of 2021. -Mm-hmm. 1297 01:08:20,812 --> 01:08:21,854 Mm-hmm. 1298 01:08:21,937 --> 01:08:23,729 -Right. -Yeah. 1299 01:08:23,812 --> 01:08:26,854 [director] Is there any chance you could read some advance responses now 1300 01:08:26,937 --> 01:08:31,104 so we can cut them into the edit later? They're on that piece of paper. 1301 01:08:31,187 --> 01:08:32,354 Uh… 1302 01:08:32,437 --> 01:08:34,896 Yes. Yes, happy to oblige. 1303 01:08:36,104 --> 01:08:37,521 OK. 1304 01:08:37,604 --> 01:08:40,271 -Yeah, just this last page? -[director] Yeah. 1305 01:08:40,354 --> 01:08:42,771 "But no one could have foreseen 1306 01:08:42,854 --> 01:08:45,146 what the vaccine would do to us 1307 01:08:45,229 --> 01:08:47,979 or how we'd use our new powers." 1308 01:08:49,021 --> 01:08:51,646 But no one could have foreseen what the vaccine would do to us 1309 01:08:51,729 --> 01:08:53,812 or how we'd use our new powers. 1310 01:08:54,479 --> 01:08:57,312 But no one could have foreseen what the vaccine would do to us 1311 01:08:57,396 --> 01:08:59,271 or how we'd use our new powers. 1312 01:08:59,354 --> 01:09:02,854 And that, of course, is when President Harris unveiled her real agenda. 1313 01:09:02,937 --> 01:09:06,979 And that was when President Harris unveiled her real agenda. 1314 01:09:07,062 --> 01:09:11,521 And that was when President Harris unveiled her real agenda. 1315 01:09:11,604 --> 01:09:17,146 Of course, in the end, the Trump News Network came off air after just one month. 1316 01:09:17,229 --> 01:09:21,562 Of course, in the end, the Trump News Network came off air after just a month. 1317 01:09:21,646 --> 01:09:24,896 I've gotta say he was the last world leader you'd expect to see 1318 01:09:24,979 --> 01:09:29,562 pushing a hardboiled egg up his own ass on Italian television. 1319 01:09:29,646 --> 01:09:32,354 Gotta say he was the last world leader you'd expect to see 1320 01:09:32,437 --> 01:09:35,354 pushing a hardboiled egg up his own ass on Italian television. 1321 01:09:35,437 --> 01:09:38,687 Gotta say he was the last world leader you'd expect to see 1322 01:09:38,771 --> 01:09:42,521 pushing a hardboiled egg up his own ass on Italian television. 1323 01:09:42,604 --> 01:09:45,979 But then, at the last moment, we all woke up 1324 01:09:46,062 --> 01:09:48,062 and it had all been a horrible dream. 1325 01:09:48,146 --> 01:09:51,021 But then, at the last moment, we all woke up 1326 01:09:51,104 --> 01:09:54,521 and it had all been a horrible dream! 1327 01:09:54,604 --> 01:09:56,687 But then, at the last moment, we all woke up 1328 01:09:56,771 --> 01:09:59,062 and it was all a horrible dream. 1329 01:09:59,146 --> 01:10:00,271 Oh, I wish. 1330 01:10:00,354 --> 01:10:03,021 Is that enough, will that do? Terrific. 1331 01:10:03,646 --> 01:10:04,937 Great, thank you. 1332 01:10:05,687 --> 01:10:06,687 OK. 1333 01:10:06,771 --> 01:10:09,021 Well, guys, it has been great. 1334 01:10:09,687 --> 01:10:11,187 Anyway, I have a train, 1335 01:10:11,937 --> 01:10:16,937 and prior to train I am going to find myself a semi-louche bar 1336 01:10:17,021 --> 01:10:19,146 and a welcoming Negroni. 1337 01:10:20,062 --> 01:10:21,604 [Flowers] Um… is that enough? 1338 01:10:22,229 --> 01:10:26,312 OK, this was fun! I had fun. 1339 01:10:26,979 --> 01:10:28,437 Alright, we done here? 1340 01:10:28,521 --> 01:10:29,854 Mmm! 1341 01:10:29,937 --> 01:10:31,896 I'm done here, you? Huh? 1342 01:10:32,854 --> 01:10:34,104 You wanna have sex? 1343 01:10:35,271 --> 01:10:36,604 [director] Um… 1344 01:10:36,687 --> 01:10:40,521 Well… there's quite a strict social distancing policy on this production… 1345 01:10:40,604 --> 01:10:41,771 Suit yourself, man. 1346 01:10:41,854 --> 01:10:43,062 [director] Uh…