The galaxy. It's there.
It's giant. It's full of darkness and mystery.
Ninety-five percent of it is unknown.
It's only when it shows itself to us that we get a sense of what it is.
Like we did when the universe came to Middelbo.
Middelbo. The most boring town in Denmark.
A rich town before the shipyard closed down.
Then when that happened, Middelbo was over.
But 17 years ago, when Hussein was closing his store…
a meteor struck the vegetable aisle.
That was a turning point for Middelbo.
They came from near and far to see the hole in Middelbo.
But Hussein was smart.
He made a bunch of souvenirs.
He made T-shirts, cups and caps, made jobs.
Middelbo became a tourist destination. And that's why we're here today.
From Middelbo to Meteorbo.
Great. Have a nice day. Thanks for coming.
Tell me more about the meteor.
There's not much more to say.
-You said nothing. -Ah.
You just talked about the T-shirts and Middelbo.
Well, you can go to the museum.
Why can't you tell me?
Yeah, I'd be more than happy to assist you.
-Is that it? -Yeah.
Can a rock make such a huge crater?
You can see the huge crater it created.
I don't know. It's not a real meteor.
And you're a meteor expert?
Any more questions?
You really don't know anything. So can I touch it?
Of course you can't touch it.
If you're so certain it's a real meteor, then it won't break. Why can't I touch it?
Because it says you're not allowed to touch.
That's because it's not a real meteor.
I know people like you.
You think you're smart 'cause you can just go and Google something.
But you're just a sad, little, dumb boy.
I'll tell my teacher you hit me.
Oh, my God, you're annoying.
You have two seconds.
Be careful! Oh!
It wasn't me.
You let him touch the rock?
I didn't know it could break.
It says, "Please, do not touch."
-I can fix it. I promise. -No, don't do a thing.
Stay far away from it.
Folks come from near and far to see that rock.
Not that many people.
Folks come from near and far to see that rock.
You know that's just a lie.
Sorry.
You're fired.
-What? -Get out now.
It's a signal.
What kind?
It's not from here. It's from outer space.
One more.
One more what?
One more signal.
It's not from space.
-Can you calibrate it? -I'll try.
It looks like a response to the first signal.
Yeah, I think it is. It's from here. From Earth.
From Denmark. Middelbo.
What's out there?
You're wasted!
-You really smashed it? -Does anyone have a lighter?
It wasn't me.
Yeah, I got one here.
It's weird meteors are made of glass.
What do you mean?
See here.
What is that?
It's-- it's part of the rock.
That's glass. A meteor isn't made of glass.
I don't know what meteors are made of.
Not glass anyways.
Nobody lies about a rock.
We all lie. My parents aren't at an inn. They're at a swingers club.
I need more.
Jonas.
-Hi, hon. -Hi.
You smell like puke.
Yeah, well, I just puked. But you know what? I can drink more.
I just talked to Zannie. She said the meteor is fake.
Get off me.
So, the meteor's fake?
Yeah, I think I'll call Hussein and tell him.
What if he cancels the fair?
Why would he cancel it?
If you tell him the meteor's fake, he might not feel like doing it.
If the meteor's fake, then he knows it.
Seriously, Emma. Can't you just be a little normal once in a while?
-Everybody thinks you're-- -They think I'm what?
They actually think you're really, really, really nice, Emma.
I actually think that as well.
Let's party.
You've reached Hussein. Leave a message
or send an email to bigboss@middelbomuseum.dk.
It's Emma. Can we talk about what happened?
Maybe the rock's not a meteor. It's glass.
That makes it fake, right?
I would like to discuss that with you.
Hey!
Good morning, honey.
Good morning. Sleep well?
Oh, I can't remember. I got out of bed early.
Cool.
I hear you were fired from the museum.
It really wasn't my fault.
No, of course not. It never is.
But how many jobs have you had in the last year?
I don't remember.
Five, Emma. Five jobs in a year.
This one is different.
Oh. How so?
Because it wasn't my fault.
And I'm the one getting fired when they're the ones who are lying.
How are they lying?
The meteor.
It was made of glass.
Did you talk to anyone?
No, I haven't said a word.
Okay. Good. Let it go.
-Bye now. -Bye, Mom.
There.
I'd like some more pills.
You have a fortnight's dose, as usual.
I think you should up my dose a bit.
Then I think I need to know a bit more about your current state of mind.
Can you tell me about it?
It's just this town.
It's like everyone is getting on my nerves.
Hmm.
How do you deal with them?
Deal with who?
Everyone, this whole town without going insane.
Yeah. First of all, I concentrate on myself.
You're a teenager, so you'll learn.
Will I?
Because when you're a teenager, you're neither a part of something
or opposed it, and you're opposed to it right now.
You will be fine, Emma.
Most of us are.
One a day.
-Thanks. Mm-hmm. -See you.
Emma!
Get in, please.
I'm not an idiot.
Hussein wants to talk to you.
Okay.
Just ride your bike there then.
MIDDELBO CRATER
Welcome.
Can I get my job back?
No.
Then why am I here?
Come on.
Did you know that when most meteors hit Earth,
the force is so huge that they disappear on impact?
They evaporate into tiny dust particles that blow away.
Poof. Gone.
So the rock is fake.
-It's a symbol. -A symbol of a lie.
It's not a lie.
It is if you made the rock.
You can't fire me for destroying a fake rock.
Drink coupons?
Go to the fair tonight. Enjoy.
You can drink for free all night and not just you. Your friends as well.
Seriously?
We're done talking about this. It didn't happen.
Come on.
Okay.
Hey, hon.
Hi. Where you going?
I'm going over to Nik's.
Are you going?
To what?
The fair. We're gonna getting wasted.
Cool. It's a good thing I have all these drink coupons then.
Where'd you get those?
Hussein tried to bribe me with them when I accused him of lying.
You talked to Hussein?
Yeah, he's a real jerk.
I thought I told you not to talk to him.
-Yeah, but it doesn't matter. -It totally matters.
There's one day a year in this town that's actually fun.
One day. So you'd better not ruin it.
I just don't think that people should lie.
I find that to be pretty obnoxious behavior.
Okay.
It's like, every time you think something is a lie, Emma,
the rest of us have to pay, and then we're not allowed to have fun.
Have you considered that the reason you just wanna have fun all the time
is you're scared shitless of looking inside yourself
and doing something with your life?
Do you remember when I said everyone said you were nice, Emma?
Big fat lie.
Everybody thinks you're a pain in the goddamn ass.
You can shove the fair straight up your ass.
Does that mean you're not coming then?
I love you!
-Ready? -No.
-Hey, it's gonna be fun. -I don't want to.
You should go anyway.
I don't want to.
But it's a tradition. We have to eat our candy apples
and laugh at drunk people like we usually do.
I can't.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, it's fine.
"I, Emma…"
No.
"… hereby grant my mom permission
to decide three things I have to go to each year until I move out."
"Love, Emma."
I was a kid.
It doesn't matter. You're still at home.
I'm using a mom veto.
See you in a minute.
Whoo!
I forgot I don't like these.
But that's part of the tradition.
-It's like biting red cement. -It's divine.
Oh, my God.
What are you doing?
Hi, hon. Thought you weren't coming.
So you thought you'd make out with Noreen?
I-I didn't think you'd find out.
That's a bad excuse.
And what about you?
Me?
Yeah. Why are you doing this?
-You're not even interested in him. -Stop!
Fuck you.
Emma! Emma!
Hey, hey, hey. Don't touch that.
Take these.
Did you know that Jonas and Noreen were making out over there?
It's all fake!
Yeah, Middelbo. Thank you for coming tonight.
It's a great honor for me to introduce the man
who's going to save us all.
Thomas Damborg, Middelbo's future.
Having a good time?
Thank you. It's a great honor to be here.
I represent Astraeus. We are an international hedge fund.
We have a lot of experience finding the diamond in the rough.
We believe that together
we can make Middelbo the shipping center of northern Europe.
We believe that this town has the identity, the cohesion,
the experience going back through generations of workers
since the beginning of the century.
In Middelbo, it's all possible. The town that was hit by the universe.
It created unity.
Hello! Hello!
Sorry.
Don't you understand that it's a fucking lie?
Sorry, what?
He's a con artist, that guy. The meteor is fake.
Thank you to the comedian.
Unless Middelbo's youth have drunken all the booze,
there are great prices at the bar.
Enjoy your evening. You can have all the drinks you want.
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL WHO IS THE WOBBLIEST OF THEM ALL?
What do you know, Emma?
Tell us what you know or else.
I'm so wasted.
Fuck! Ow.
Come inside.
Drink this.
What am I doing here?
You were sleeping on the road. It was freezing, so we helped you.
Or the vampire over there helped.
The vampire?
-Yeah, Marie is 99% vampire. -Yeah.
What's the last percent?
I don't drink blood.
-You don't drink blood? -Not yet.
Aren't you, like, zero percent vampire?
I'm gonna go home.
We want to talk first.
Listen, I talked to your dad. I know I have to keep my mouth shut.
But you shouldn't keep your mouth shut. You have to tell us what you know.
I don't know anything you don't know.
-No, tell us. -How'd you know about the meteor?
It just broke. I don't know anything.
-I told you. -Told who?
I told them it was a coincidence.
What was?
Elvis thought you knew something. It doesn't matter. Show her out, Marie.
-Yeah. -You can go home.
-I knew she didn't know who did it. -It was worth a shot.
What's going on?
Never mind. Just go home.
No way.
Just relax. She's cool.
You don't know that.
Just don't tell anyone, okay?
Or else she'll bite me?
We know everything. Everything about you too.
We keep an eye on people.
We're the only ones trying to figure out what's wrong in Middelbo.
This town has secrets. We wanna find them.
There are people who were there years ago.
We know they were in the area when the so-called meteor hit.
They must have seen it, but they never told anyone.
How do you know they were there?
We investigated.
All the people we're watching were within a 500-yard radius.
But they've kept it a secret.
But why?
The truth is dangerous.
They know it wasn't a meteor that crashed back then.
Okay. Then what was it?
A spaceship.
A what?
-That's not the right term. An extrater-- -A spaceship.
Okay, see ya. Gotta go.
Seriously?
You can't avoid it.
-Why not? -It's the truth.
How much do you live inside a fantasy
if you actually believe some sort of spaceship was here 17 years ago?
What if I told you that three days ago a rumor started spreading
that there's been a signal from outer space
and that Middelbo has answered?
Yeah, so what?
What if I told you that Astraeus didn't exist a month ago?
How can they grow so big, so fast?
Something is really weird,
and I actually think it's worth investigating.
There you are.
I called you.
Ten times, Mom?
Come inside, Humpty Dumpty.
-Ha ha. -Happy birthday.
Thanks.
-Did you forget? -Yeah, I did.
I wasn't sure if you were going for a kid's birthday or a hangover cure,
so I have cake and chips.
Yummy.
Seventeen.
I remember it--
-Like it was yesterday. I know. Mm-hmm. -Yes, exactly.
Your dad says happy birthday, as well.
My dad who doesn't know I exist.
I'm sure he knows deep down somehow.
Mm-hmm.
What happened?
You were there.
I left early, but a lot of people didn't.
I got a bit drunk.
Didn't I tell you to let it go?
Yeah, it was stupid of me.
Yeah, it was.
Everyone has their beliefs.
What if they believe a lie?
Then they do.
You don't need to worry about that. You just figure out what makes you happy.
Yeah. it's not worth arguing with everybody.
No, it's not worth it.
No.
Let it go.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, I'm gonna let it go.
-Promise? -Yeah.
MIDDELBO SHIPYARD
Aren't you that girl from the fair?
Sorry.
What was it? Something about the meteor?
It was nothing. Just something I thought I found.
Every time we make a new discovery,
it turns out that what we thought we knew yesterday is wrong today.
And now you're here.
Yeah.
Want a tour?
Okay.
I'm looking for a job.
The you've come to the right place.
What kind of jobs do you have?
Are you picky?
No, but I'm a difficult person.
We can always fire you.
That's happened.
What do you do here?
We build. It's a shipyard.
Middelbo deserves to return to its heyday.
And you've only been here for a month?
It's what I heard.
Look us up online.
Hmm.
We've almost disappeared a few times.
But we're still here. Since 1875.
Yeah, got it.
Hi.
What's up?
I just applied for a job.
Come.
Where to?
You'll see. Come.
Okay.
It's here.
But that's my doctor. What's up with her?
We're keeping an eye on her.
Want a cracker?
Yeah.
Happy birthday.
What?
Isn't it your birthday?
Thanks.
What do you think she knows?
Susan was there 17 years ago.
Maybe she'll reveal something to us.
What could Susan reveal? She's just a boring doctor.
If you really want to hide something,
wouldn't you wanna appear as boring as possible?
Like you?
Yeah.
Why are we watching her?
Because she has secrets.
Mads and Elvis are obsessed with this conspiracy.
But I'm just not.
I just like watching people.
And then I realize that everybody is as fucked up as I am.
And that actually makes me feel a little bit better.
What's going on?
Over there.
That's my biology teacher Hans.
You're goddamn right it is.
Is she sleeping around?
Hey.