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What is going on with that dog?

What dog?

Jonas never barks like that.

Probably just a raccoon.

He'll be quiet in a minute.

Come on.

He never barks like that.

Just sure make he's okay.

It will only take a second.

All right. Twist my arm.

Yes, yes. I'm coming.

Go.

Jonas!

Always got to be the centre of attention, huh?

You know, if it wasn't for you right now, I'd be--

All right. What you got, boy?

Something in the well?

Crazy mutt.

All right.

Let me see what's got you all worked up.

Nothing to worry about.

Now, listen dog.

I'm going back up to my wife.

If I hear another noise out of you,

I'll neuter you again.

I'll find a way.

What about sacrificed?

No, no, it's got to be worse than that.

I'm thinking castrated.

Oh or flog.

Flogging is coming back this year.

-Really? -Yes.

-Oh. -What are you

two talking about?

The sign we ignored back there.

The one that said no trespassing.

Yeah, the punishment was scratched out.

Hey, what if it's a good thing,

you know, like prize money.

You don't see that, huh?

"Trespassers will be rewarded."

You know, how you two ever got PhDs is beyond me.

Well, you gave them to us.

Look at this.

Dioxin, out here?

Look at the CO2 levels.

Yeah. They're getting higher all day.

And you're right. Something is going on.

They'd better stop

or we're not going to be able to--

Breathe.

We should check the water.

Oh, look.

Okay, I'm officially

getting freaked out.

Wow.

Oh, no. He's amazed.

That's never good.

I feel an epiphany coming on.

Osmium nitrate.

In the water? That's impossible.

No. You finding a woman; that is impossible.

Finding one of the rarest minerals on earth

floating in this lake water:

highly unlikely.

Shot.

What?

Violators will be shot.

I'll take care of this.

Yeah.

Hey, I'm from Washington

State University.

You're trespassing,

college boy.

All right.

Let's get him.

They're shooting.

Let's get out of here.

-Come on. Keep moving. -Let's go.

Damn you, low carb diet.

It looks like we lost them.

I think I left my lungs back there.

Come on. We've got bigger problems. Let's go.

Okay.

I'm too out of shape for fieldwork.

Osmium nitrate? I thought that was only found

in lava deposits.

It is. You know, this area

isn't exactly known for its robust lava flow.

Run. Run.

Run!

I don't know, Jake. That looked like a pretty robust

lava flow to me.

We better get to the lab.

Here, give me the ZTS figures.

What do they say?

9.3, 9.5.

Yeah, 10.5, 11.3?

Yeah. How do you know?

Jake, what's happening?

The hazard zones are shifting.

Yeah.

I'm just on my way there now.

We just got an update on the casualty report.

It's rising by the hundreds.

Is the White House going to issue a statement?

Just the basics. We want some hard facts

before we go public with anything.

Well, the analysis has confirmed

that it is the result of deep seismic disruptions

below the earth's crust.

Whose analysis?

Dr. Drake.

Palmer Drake and deep seismic disruptions:

tell me that's a coincidence.

Like I said, the information

is still trickling in.

Yeah, well, I'd appreciate if it

would trickle a little faster.

I have to brief the president in one hour.

We have to brief the president

and you're getting it as fast as I am.

Let's not jump to any conclusions.

Hey, no one's pointing fingers at Project Deep.

Yet.

Is Drake in there?

He's waiting on us.

As we can see,

some areas of the suburbs have suffered damage

nearly as extensive as downtown.

Hundreds of homes are damaged,

and the search will go on for hours

to determine if anyone remains

trapped in the collapsed structures.

So far, the greatest number of casualties

and the greatest damage reported

has been from the structural failure

of several sections of Highway 5,

but the devastating power of the unpredicted quake

is visible across the region.

I got here as fast as I could.

Preliminary reports indicate that the quake...

Marsha Crawford is here

from the NSA with General Fielding.

You know they're going to try to stick this on us?

Stick what on us: earthquakes?

-Yeah. -That's a little paranoid,

don't you think?

The epicenters are not of surface origin.

They're coming from 25 miles underground.

Tell me that's a coincidence.

Yeah, but most probably it's due to lithosphere flexure,

but you try and tell that to someone

when you've got a nuclear device drilling in the area.

We charted the routes and double-checked

the drill zones for stability.

Do you think we could have made a mistake?

No. All this has nothing to do with us.

Crawford is just looking to make a name for herself.

Lord knows, she's never been a fan of this project.

I don't care what's on Crawford's agenda.

We were down there. We can't ignore the fact

that these two incidents may be related.

Yeah, I'm not ignoring the facts.

I am trying to look at the bigger picture.

No, that is the bigger picture.

Emergency Services also request

that only those with urgent needs use the roads,

keeping them free for ambulances and fire trucks.

-Jake was right. -Don't start.

-Have you called him? -No.

And I'm not going to.

That's a huge mistake.

Yeah, well, you didn't fire him.

I did. Jake is not part of this anymore.

Okay?

- General Fielding. -Dr. Drake.

Marsha Crawford.

Well, doctor...

I'm sure you have a long winded

and self-flattering explanation

for all of this. Let's hear it.

You know, some animals can sense seismic disturbances,

but these fish are really acting weird.

It's got to be electro-magnetic pulses

from the inner core.

Or the oregano I fed them yesterday.

We were out of fish food again.

Look, just lay off the fish, will you?

Get over here and help me dig out these files.

Okay. What are they labeled?

"Project Deep. Deep Earth Energy Probe."

Well, that's under "M."

Yeah, here they are.

Here it is.

The data we collected this morning was the same

as the simulation I ran four years ago,

which showed a huge tear in the lithosphere.

Wow. That would explain where the lava came from.

Speaking of hot, who's this?

Where is she, Jake?

Just an old friend.

Dr. Jake Rollins?

Yes.

Excuse me for the interruption, sir,

but you'll need to come with us.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. By whose orders?

The President of the United States.

Please, sir, right away.

I understand.

Just Dr. Rollins, gentlemen.

-Sorry. -No, wait a second.

These guys work with me. Now, they may not look

like geniuses, but believe me, they are.

If you need me, you're going to need them.

Here's the latest ETS results

from the White House.

Flexure?

Yes.

We've lost half of Seattle,

and I'm going to go to the president with flexures.

It's an extreme example, I know,

but it's not unprecedented.

Palmer's been the point man on this operation

since its inception,

and he knows what he's talking he's talking about.

Yeah, well, that's just great

but I'm still going to recommend

that we shut down Project Deep indefinitely.

And I'm going to recommend that we don't.

It would be inappropriate to make such a hasty decision

without more information.

He's right. We're at a critical point

in this operation. We can't just turn tail

-without all the facts. -Facts?

That's what you're going to get.

This is a memo Dr. Jake Rollins

submitted when the project was in its developmental stage.

In it, he warns

of possible side effects

of your deep energy drilling.

Side effects, by the way,

eerily similar to exactly what's going on right now.

Yeah. Dr. Rollins is a wild card.

He'll say anything to get attention.

Well, he's got my attention.

Dr. Rollins, nice to see you again.

Ms. Crawford.

And this is General Fielding.

I think you know everybody else.

Oh, yeah. We go way back.

I'm assuming you've been brought up to speed

on the latest Intel?

Yeah.

And what's your take on the situation?

Well, you know, I'm not a religious man, but I think

this is what the Bible thumpers all Armageddon.

You know, this is crazy. I'm not going to stand for this.

Where are you going, Palmer? Seattle?

That's enough.

Yeah, you know what? It is enough, okay?

Let's just stop the dog and pony show right here.

Project Deep, it's operational, isn't it?

You know how I know that? I've got osmium nitrate

floating around in ponds like it's algae.

I spent the morning being chased by a river of lava.

What the hell did you people--

This has nothing to do with Project Deep, Jake.

Oh, and let me guess.

He dazzled you with his eloquent little theory

on flexure?

God, I can't believe you did it.

We were meticulous every step along the way.

We took every precaution, calculated and recalculated.

Well, somebody forgot to carry the one.

Jake, Jake, you're wrong.

This is an unrelated,

unforeseeable act of nature, period.

-No. -No. You are angry because

Project Deep is a success.

know, we have a tap into enough

energy to power North America

for 100 years, Jake.

North America is not going to be here in 100 years.

You don't know what you're talking about!

In your blind quest for energy you have done something

that's going to split the planet in half.

What are you talking about split?

That's an exaggeration, right?

Not much, thanks to his ego.

Hey, you know what that is?

Oh, don't tell me.

Spartan GP Super Computer.

What did I just say?

I wonder where they're taking it.

Let's find out.

Lock and load.

From everything I've seen,

these subduction zones here,

all along the Pacific Rim,

all the way up to the Aleutian Trench

have somehow moved.

Jake, what are you getting at?

You guys drilled into a pocket of underground gas.

You know what? You don't know that.

It's the only possible explanation

for what's going on, Palmer.

Not necessarily.

There is another possible explanation.

Yeah, like what, Karen?

A natural band in the lithosphere?

I don't think so.

You know that's not what's going on here.

English, please.

The subduction zone.

When the gas in the pocket

they breached escaped,

the plates above started collapsing

towards the core where they melt,

and that creates more liquid magnum.

More magnum, more pressure behind it,

looking for a place to get out.

That's how you get volcanic eruptions.

It's like...

it's like this jelly doughnut, okay.

Jelly inside: that's the magma.

Now, as the plates continue to collapse and melt,

the jelly has got to go somewhere.

So this is going to get a lot worse?

A lot of jelly down there.

General.

Well, Jake, it's good to see

you haven't changed a bit.

Still preaching the doom and the gloom, huh?

Well, it's your funeral, Palmer.

I'm just glad I got invited.

No, it's all our funerals

if we don't find a solution.

That's right, so the sooner you get with

the program, the better we'll be, okay?

What's the program?

You drilling a big hole in the world--

You stop it, both of you.

All right, if there's one thing I know,

it's this. Whatever it was that happened

down there is going to need to be fixed down there.

You scare these people into closing us down,

we're never going to be able to correct this mess.

I'm suspending Project Deep,

effective immediately until this situation

gets under control.

This is my project.

You don't have the authority for that.

Like hell, I don't.

Not without my consent,

and I'm not giving it until I have concrete evidence.

Concrete evidence?

What the hell have you been listening to

for the last 20 minutes?

Jake made some convincing arguments

but Palmer's been the brain behind Deep from the very start.

I'm not about to cast him aside.

No one's talking about casting anyone aside.

I'm talking about finding a solution.

Think about the repercussions

of what we're talking about.

The political fallout could destroy this administration,

not to mention that

career of yours along with it.

You seriously think I'm worried

about my career right now?

Do this my way, Marsha,

and we could all come out of this looking like heroes.

We need to make sure the human race

comes out of this of this,

General.

Okay, Jake,

you saw this coming down the pipe.

Any ideas how to fix it?

I've got a couple. But I...

Karen did most of the drilling.

I'm going to need her input.

Sir, with all due respect,

no one knows more about Deep than I do.

You know, textbook educations

are fine for the classroom, Jake,

but in my line of work,

it's hands-on experience experience that counts.

Okay. We've got our team then.

Dr. Rollins, you're going to join Dr. Drake and Dr. West

here to try and figure out our next step.

You guys have 48 hours.

-But... -It's not an offer.

It's an order.

I suggest you start working on your proposal.

Bush fires caused by downed

power lines in the outlying

areas are keeping emergency

crews busy...

As destructive as earthquakes are,

they are not the real problem.

We have to stop the plates collapsing.

Which brings us back to the subducting zones.

Yes. We've got to find a way to reset them,

otherwise they keep melting, make more magna.

So once we determine the exact amount of energy

that moved the plates.

Well, then we use the exact

same amount of energy to shift the back.

So where do you propose we do this?

Focus!

-Hey, guys. We got gear. -What the hell?

Now, guess what this is?

A Spartan GC Super Computer.

Again with the--

The Spartan GC Super Computer

has 15 protec microprocessors

all humming along at 7.5 GHz,

with a total combined drive capacity

of over 3 terabytes.

Well then.

Yeah, we thought it might come in handy.

Where did you get this?

Oh, we knew a guy.

It's going to take us a few minutes

to get her warmed up, though.

Good, because I could use some air.

You okay?

Yeah. We'll figure it out.

I can't believe you have anything to do with this.

Don't start.

You know what could happen?

I'm not going to let you do this to me right now.

You know, after all this time, I still don't understand.

Jake, they gave me unlimited resources

to build exactly what I've always dreamed of building.

You know what? I did it.

That's what scientists do.

Not to get personal;

that's what scientists don't do.

I am so tired of doing this dance with you.

I'm not the same woman who looked up at you with those

puppy dog eyes all those years ago.

You're just mad because I made a choice that didn't

involve following your lead.

You know what? Choice is irrelevant.

No, the choice itself is everything.

Why are you so angry?

How can you ask me that? Look what we're dealing with.

That's not what I'm talking about.

You know what I mean.

Yeah. Don't flatter yourself, all right?

We were over a long time ago.

Yeah, we were.

Hey, Jake, Spartan is online,

and Palmer is running the first blast calculations.

Exactly what kind of explosion are we talking about?

Initial calculations indicate

something about 4,000 times

the Hiroshima bomb.

Love of god, this is insane.

This is the Ring of Fire,

the chain of active volcanoes

that surrounds the Pacific.

The next couple of days, as the magma levels

start to rise,

these things are going to start exploding

and the ensuing ash cloud will be

unlike anything this planet has ever seen.

That is insane.

Make no mistake; we're talking about an extinction level event.

Palmer, Karen,

do you concur?

-I'm afraid so, yes. -Evidently.

Now, this is the only way?

Yes, it is.

Can you get them that kind of fire power?

If that's what it takes,

then that's what we'll will deliver.

Now we just need to calculate

where to place our blast.

Print that.

Look at this.

This is the exact seismic force

destructive tectonic plate.

-Decker. -Yeah?

Here, give me this.

This pinpoints the exact location

where we're going to have to put the manufactured blast.

Actually, Spartan is asking for two blasts.

Two? Guys, I need everything over here. Come on.

It should be coming out.

Okay. All right, look.

These are the subduction areas, right?

and with the magna yield that we're expecting in

the next 72 hours, I--

Is this right?

To the last decimal point.

God.

What? What is it?

This is about to get a lot worse.

Spartan says we have to place

the charges 25 miles below the surface.

So we blast?

If the cascades are waking up

we're running out of time.

We can take the mining route until here.

After that, we'll just splinter off.

That leaves us another 10 miles to go.

And you're sure that we can get deeper?

That's 25 miles.

Wait until you see what she's created, Jake,

the Mole is the most amazing machine I've ever seen.

Mining has kept us busy at 15 miles.

We haven't had the need to go deeper but the Mole,

it's unstoppable.

It will go where I take it.

Lucky for us, this area was

pretty active at one point.

These lava tubes will cut out some time.

I could figure out a way

to map them all together.

That way, we wouldn't be blasting

through solid rock the whole way.

Solid rock isn't an obstacle.

Solid rock isn't an obstacle?

We're entirely run by geothermal energy,

the entire facility.

We've been able to use that energy to support our

mining operations for the last two years,

but about eight months ago,

the real discovery came:

liquid tritium.

Twelve miles down we tapped into it like a natural spring.

It's enough to fuel our rapid fusion reactors

for the next 100 years.

Thanks, Dad. We're going to hang out at the food court.

It's like being reunited

with a lost loved one, isn't it, Jake?

Don't worry. I don't expect compliments.

Deep does exactly what I said it would do.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not discounting your help, but...

I wonder...

is it bittersweet?

Seeing your vision realized by someone else

else it when it so easily could have been you?

Palmer, you've used it to bring the world closer to

destruction than it's ever been.

That's not bittersweet.

Just bitter.

Dr. Drake.

General.

Major McEwan. Dr. Drake.

Congratulations, sir.

Major McEwan's department has been commissioned to explore

the potential uses of Project Deep's energy.

For the military.

For America, Dr. Rollins,

and we're fortunate to have what he's come up with.

It basically shrunk down your rapid fusion reactors...

Added blasting caps to activate the cores and--

Made it a bomb.

The blast is equal to a 4,000 megaton nuclear bomb

with limited radioactive fallout.

Don't look so surprised, Dr. Drake.

This is a logical adaptation of your technology,

and using it to push those tectonic plates back

may prevent a global catastrophe.

Now the major here and Captain Hayward

will be joining you on your trip

and only they will have

the activation codes to the fusion reactors.

Is that clear?

Good. Is there anything else?

No, no. As long as the fallout is only limited.

Fine. You've got one hour launch.

Let's go.

The re-awakening of Mount Adams

from dormancy and its release of gases

and ash into a massive plinian eruption cloud

hints at a dangerous shift in

magna pressure say geologists.

Events now happening in Long Valley, California

seem to confirm this theory.

Although an active geological zone,

you are seeing the first surface

event there in over 500 years.

This is the first lava geyser

in the continental U.S.

in recorded history.

Wow.

Wow.

Incredible.

It's asleep now. Wait until it wakes up.

Then you'll see.

Karen, it's incredible.

Thank you.

The name sucks, though.

What?

The name.

I'm sure it's an awesome machine,

but come on:

"The Mole?"

Yeah, well, it travels underground.

Yeah, like a mole. We get that.

But, I mean, you spent, how many years building

this thing and two and a half minutes thinking of

the name. You might as well have called it the hamster.

Give it a rest, will you?

Go, leave.

Now, Apollo. That was a name.

Word to that.

Team, minus 45 minutes to launch.

Well, I guess we should get suited up.

Yes, Understood.

I see.

When did you turn this into a weapons program?

You'd think we would pay for all this

just to cut back on gas?

This was never even brought up to me.

I don't need your authorization

nor your blessings,

for that matter.

Everything you build, find or discover is property

of the U.S. government.

You're still getting everything you ever wanted.

You're changing the world.

-Hey. -Hey.

What happened here?

I haven't seen that before.

Did you fall down the stairs

or slipped in the shower?

Very funny. No, actually.

I was out running the bulls in Pamplona.

Oh. Not all of them, evidently.

No, not all.

When did you start running with the bulls?

I don't know.

Probably about the time you started

wearing your hair short.

Team, minus 20 minutes to launch.

Gentlemen, I can't overstate

the importance of this mission.

Thank you, sir.

You are the best we've got.

-You're welcome. -Thank you, sir.

Sir.

General.

What orders did you just give those two marines?

I told them to follow strict military protocol.

Which is?

Those aren't 4th of July fireworks

I'm sending them away with.

If anything should go wrong,

they've been given orders

to take whatever measures necessary

to secure the mission.

And their mission is the same

as our mission; correct?

You know, I don't like the feeling

of being kept in the dark.

Neither does the president.

I've served under three presidents before this one,

and not once has my quality of service

ever been called into question.

Well, if it has anything to

do with this mission whatsoever,

I want to know about it before it happens.

Is that clear?

Team, 5 minutes to launch.

You come highly recommended, captain.

Captain. A good eye for detail, or so they tell me.

Yes, sir.

You know, I hate to say

this is amazing. I mean, look at that,

all these gauges, colored read-outs.

If this sucker had a satellite dish,

you'd really be cooking.

He's navigating?

Yes, I'm navigating.

Suck it up, Palmer.

Don't make me bring up that road trip to Joshua Tree.

Okay, Palmer, just drop it, okay?

We were kids.

Five hours driving through the desert

until we ran out of gas?

Typical stubborn Jake Rollins move.

Well, you know what?

I didn't have one of these back then.

Now we're in good hands.

And you still owe me 500 bucks from the tow truck.

Boys.

Enough, all right?

On your cue, Palmer.

Guidance navigation.

Guidance navigator, go.

Drill blade activator.

Drill blade activator,

operational.

Fusion procedures.

Check, fusion procedures.

Network extensions.

Full extensions.

Cabin stabilizer.

That's a go.

Thermal incinerator.

Hundred percent.

Okay, run core diagnostic.

It's a go.

Hydro carbon systems.

Check, hydro carbon systems.

Engage full drive.

Engaged.

All systems are reading satisfactory, command.

I'd like to cut the cord.

Roger. Initiating final countdown.

All right, boys, let's buckle up.

Coordinates locked?

I'm in.

Upload complete.

Mole to Command.

We'd like to say our farewells

and plan to see you back here safely

in 22 hours and 7 minutes.

Can we have a go, no go for descent?

Roger, Mole, your go for descent.

Repeat. Your go for descent.

Let's do it.

Godspeed, brave souls.

The Seattle event is just the beginning,

as this morning's disaster

has spread fear and panic

throughout the entire North American continent.

Experts warn these plinian clouds

behind me are just a harbinger of things to come,

and with no one certain as to the exact extent

of the damage and volcanic activity

steadily on the rise,

one question is on the minds of all:

will this end or is this the end?

Stay tuned for further updates throughout the day.

I'm JC Kenny.

I've got to say,

the ride is smoother than I thought it would be.

Well, to put it simply,

I designed the cabin like an air bubble.

It will always float level.

Good. I don't want to spend

the next 24 hours mashed up

against that console.

Cut me some slack, will you?

Your slack is being cut, sir.

I am very impressed.

Yeah, well, this is just the opening act.

There's a headliner coming

and it's going to knock your socks off.

Command, this is Mole.

We've reached maximum depth

of mining excavations.

They're reaching the end of the mine shaft.

This should be good.

Drill blade activator.

Drill blade activator, go.

Command, we're bringing blades up to full rotation

for the next phase.

They're entering the lava tube.

Dr. West, may I stand, please?

Yeah. Be my guest, captain.

What do you use to cut through the rock,

frequency poles?

-T.i.m.i. -T.i.m.i?

Yeah, thermal ionic mass incinerators.

Thermal ionic mass incinerator.

Sounds pretty hot.

We use hydro carbon diamond lenses,

and if we ever find material

tougher than a diamond, we'll use that.

jack up the power, cut through the rock faster.

And cobalt matrix material has been great help to our

troops in the Gulf, Doctor.

With that kind of heat resistance,

they can look straight into an oil fire

and put it out. It's amazing gear.

We're looking for other uses as well.

The benefits to the military

are of absolutely no interest to me, Major.

I do not appreciate having my research diverted to

make weapons of mass destruction.

What's got Palmer so jumpy?

Too much junk food.

I'm good.

Hey, I had no idea they would hijack my work.

Palmer, you were being funded by the military.

What did you think was going to happen?

You had the luxury of being an armchair quarterback, Jake.

Yeah, well, you were just a coach

who was too stupid to realize you didn't own the team.

The eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in Japan,

following the powerful tremor

in Auckland, New Zealand

shows the pattern...

The Ring of Fire is heating up.

Just like Jake said.

Tonight's dramatic lava outburst

in Redoubt, Alaska

destructive power and growing frequency

geological events here in North America.

Explosive showers of lava set fire to vegetation

on the surrounding slopes and now a huge forest fire

is raging out of control,

but the devastation caused by this inferno

pales next to the unanswered questions:

how many more of these unprecedented lava outbreaks...

That's solid rock ahead.

Yeah.

It looks like that does it for the lava tubes.

It's just going to take me

a minute to get T.i.m.i. up to speed.

Major McEwan, you good?

Just waiting for the in-flight movie to start.

Mole to Command,

we'd like to activate T.i.m.i.

Stand by.

Mole to Command, come in.

What is it?

I don't know. We're getting

some kind of interference.

Karen, this is General Fielding.

We can't read you clearly.

Can you repeat that?

Mole to Command, come in.

What's wrong?

I don't know. We just lost communication.

What the hell was that?

The G-band readings.

The size of this field is off the chart.

Let's drop it.

What does that mean? What are you talking about?

Magnetics.

That lava flow has a magnetic field.

Stick to that thing like superglue.

Get us the hell out of here!

Still waiting on T.i.m.i. to get up to speed.

What are they doing?

Are they moving sideways?

Karen.

Come on.

Come on, Karen.

Hold on.

Come on.

That's solid rock ahead.

Solid rock, babe.

Just trust me on this one, all right?

Karen!

Hang on.

There you are.

How does that compare to with running with the bulls?

It's right up there.

You don't say.

How did that little joy ride effect our heading?

It moved just a little bit

but I'm putting in new coordinates now.

Let's see if you can get communication back, Palmer.

All right.

Mole to Command. Do you copy?

Command, Command, this is Mole.

Well, they're really cooking now.

Okay. Let's see what we can do

to reestablish contact. We need to know what the hell

is going on out there.

On it.

Boy,

I'm sure glad they don't have us

have us hooked up to those heart monitors.

Trust me on this.

Get your things and start heading east.

It doesn't--

Just listen to me.

It doesn't matter where you go, just go.

I'll find you.

You think it's fair to give certain people a head start?

When were you planning to tell

the other 6 billion loved ones

of the catastrophe heading their way?

Don't jump the gun.

Let's give our team a fighting chance.

Look, General,

the White House needs to be prepared with a response

not to mention a pan of action.

If you are even thinking evacuation,

we need to go public.

Great.

Let's break it to the networks.

That will surely prevent a widespread panic,

won't it?

Just how long do you plan to keep this a secret?

Don't forget who appointed you.

We work for a government that protects its people

when they need it, all of them.

Our government has its hands full as it is.

If your Dr. Rollins and the crew of the Mole

are successful in their mission,

then we will have done our job.

Then we agree.

Protecting yourself doesn't even make the list

of priorities, right?

Where are they now?

Back on track, about 20 miles down.

Project Deep, this is General Fielding. Come in.

Project Deep, are you there?

This is Project Deep.

We had a minor incident but we're moving again.

Good to be back in communication.

What's your status?

We are shutting down after a successful burn

and we are almost at our first drop-off point.

About 50 meters up.

They have parking, free valet.

All right, I'll slow her down.

Here we go, guys.

The hamster is approaching

the first drop-off point.

You guys ready to do your thing?

Tell us where you want it.

We'll set the activation.

I've uploaded the Spartan coordinates.

The placement has to be pretty precise.

You're not going out there, are you?

No. I need to stay here

and run some diagnostics,

make sure those magnets didn't screw up too bad.

Let's do it.

Wow.

One small step for man.

It's amazing how much money we spend

trying to get to other planets.

When you think about it, we still don't know anything

about the one we live on.

You're right, Jake.

We're the first humans to stand 20 miles beneath

the earth's surface.

Okay, enough with the sight-seeing, gentlemen.

Let's set the first charge.

We have a bit of a problem.

What is it?

The reactor needs to be set...

down there.

We'll take it from here, doctor.

That's what we're here for.

Okay.

This will give you the exact Spartan coordinates.

Be careful.

Ready, Captain?

Yes, sir.

Palmer, what are you doing?

Is this what I think it is?

Osmium nitrate.

I found a vein of it.

Yeah. It's got a melting point

of 5,000 degrees Celsius.

Tough stuff.

That's harder than diamond.

Much harder.

Start picking it up. Get as much as you can carry.

Why?

For the lenses. I need this to increase the power.

Palmer, you caused enough damage

damage with the power you got. Enough.

It's never enough.

You're unbelievable.

Right here, Captain.

This is it.

Lock it down.

Captain, are you comfortable

driving the Mole yet?

Sir?

You have a keen eye for detail.

I think you're ready, don't you?

Not yet, sir. It's pretty complicated.

Hayward, you'd better know by the time

we set that second reactor.

Yes, sir.

The bomb.

Hang on, Major!

Hang on, Major, I've got you!

Major, no!

Something's coming.

Earthquake!

Calm down. Everyone, calm down!

What the hell is going on down there?

Palmer!

Dr. Drake.

Captain tell me you set that bomb.

Yes, sir.

It's on the ledge, and it's activated.

Where's McEwan?

He didn't make it, sir.

Come on, Palmer.

Dr. Drake, come in.

Dr. West.

Dr. Rollins, come in.

Hey, guys, look.

The first bomb has been set.

Let's get him inside. This cavern is unstable.

Get the first aid! Get the first aid!

What happened out there?

Karen.

Get her going. We got to get out of here.

That last time knocked us around pretty bad.

I've got to re-check the second set of coordinates.

Where's McEwan?

He's gone. Get us out of here.

I'm starting the engines.

I got a pulse.

It's a weak one.

Hang in there, Dr. Drake.

Dr. West!

We've got a coolant leak, Jake.

Oh, god, that's hot!

We've got to seal it.

With what?

With the fire extinguisher.

Use it to freeze the tubes.

We're good?

For now.

Nice work.

The damage to Colville is extensive,

and scientists say that the earthquake that struck here

here will not be the last seismic event.

The plates are getting bigger.

What was the size of the last one?

6.4 centre, just outside of Colville.

Yes?

Yes, sir.

Well, I should start by saying

that we're taking the most offensive measures possible.

-Ms. Crawford. -Not now, guys.

There's a problem.

Hey.

We set the first reactor.

We're on our way to drop point number two.

Can I help?

Sure. Why don't you see if you can

get the communication back up?

I wouldn't where to begin.

I went to tank school for eight months in the marines.

These controls look a lot more complicated.

Yeah, it's not that hard once you get going.

Throttle here, thruster here.

Of course, we don't get shot at much

so we're a little weak on the artillery side.

Sir.

How's Palmer?

Well, he's conscious, barely.

I didn't have the heart to tell him what's really going on.

The quake shifted our coordinates,

and this NAF computer

doesn't have enough processing power.

It's going to take me two days to reconfigure what

the coordinates are of this thing,

and that's two days we just don't have.

I need to talk to the base.

Captain, see what you can do.

Yes, ma'am.

Mole to Command.

Mole to Command.

Mole to Command, can you read us?

Mole to Command, can you read us?

Nothing.

The subduction zone shifted with that last quake.

Yeah, but we're shifting them back, right?

Yeah, but the placement of our blast was always

under the assumption everything would remain close

to the way they were when we did our targeting.

Not to mention the size of the reactor's blast.

And now it's all different?

Yeah.

Okay, we have to reach them.

I mean, they must realize something is wrong, right?

mean, if they put the reactor in the wrong spot.

We could make things worse.

What can we do?

The first thing we have to do

is to figure out exactly what the strong points are.

I mean, they could be two feet away.

They could be two days away.

And the second question is

are our reactors going to work?

I mean, is the one we have too big?

Is it not big enough?

This computer is worthless it's not fast enough to answer

the questions I'm asking it.

If their radio communications

been knocked out,

we're going to have to do this the hard way.

Stand back, folks.

This is going to get ugly.

The Mole is about to be hacked.

Black, I'm going to need a hotwire.

I'm on it.

Sure you guys know what you're doing?

It never stopped us before.

Are you shutting T.i.m.i. down?

Yes, I am.

Why?

Because, Jake, we don't even know

if we're going the right direction.

Yeah, but we can't stop.

What's the plan?

We can't recalculate the shifts. It's impossible.

Look, maybe we're not supposed to win this one.

We're losing power?

No. It's something else.

Yes!

My guys.

They're in the system?

You bet they are, and not a moment too soon.

Okay, he needs all the episodic trimmers

and slope from the last quake

factored into our old data.

I'm in.

Okay, good.

Now apply those figures

to the location of the first drop point.

Hang on. Hang on.

What?

That does not sound good.

Okay. We've got a problem.

The charge in the reactor

needs to be bigger.

Bigger? Jake, we only have one left.

The cores.

Use the cores in the Mole.

Captain Hayward.

I'm guessing you know a thing or two

about those reactors.

Yes, sir.

Major McEwan said you used the same cores from Deep?

That's correct, sir.

Can you transfer those cores to this reactor?

I'm trained at demolitions.

-I don't know if-- -Can you do it?

I can do my best.

Not to dampen spirits,

but we take power from the Mole now,

we might not be able to get back.

Removing those cores could make our assent very difficult.

Maybe impossible.

We came down here to do this thing. I...

I say we do it.

I'm in.

Agreed.

I'm in.

Okay.

Let's get to work.

We shut down power to the grids.

It's cold.

Palmer, I need a little help here.

A 12-K megaton blast.

How many of these things is it going to take?

Three, but if you take one out,

the entire chamber goes dark.

That means we lose half our power.

But we'll still have enough to get the job done?

Captain, you ready?

Yeah. It's going to be tricky.

We rupture one of these cylinders

and that's it. We're done for.

Well, ordinarily, that would phase me.

But not today.

Do what you've got to do.

What are you doing? Trying to make this exciting?

I'm trying to get it over with.

Slow down.

Take it easy.

One more and we can put it into position.

Jake,

you might want to think twice

about going out there with him.

You're not supposed to come back.

It looks like he's been training.

Dr. Rollins, it isn't the way it looks.

Let me explain, please.

Explain? What are you doing here?

-Take it easy. -Why did they send you?

They didn't send me. They sent Major McEwan.

Keep talking.

Major McEwan was told to make sure that if we made it back,

none of you would.

But when McEwan died,

so did the order.

I'm not an assassin.

He was.

He had a vial of sarin gas with him

when he went over that ledge, and it was meant for all of you.

But you were still taking notes after McEwan died.

Do you know how to drive this thing?

Do you?

Do you?

If anything happened to her, we would be stuck down here.

Now I want to get back.

I want to see my family again.

So let's just finish the mission

and get back out top.

Let's finish the mission.

You know,

you and Jake...

make a good team.

Yeah.

The rock, it's different here. Smooth.

Yeah.

A river of magma flowed through here

probably about a million years ago.

And you know, if we don't do this right,

it's going to be flowing again.

X marks the spot.

Set it right there.

I'll lock you down.

Activate the timers.

Remember, we have to be precise.

This has to sink up with the other reactor.

Okay, we're receiving a seek signal

from device number one.

Good.

I'll sync up and program the activation codes.

- What? What's wrong?

Don't take it off!

Don't take your helmet off!

I'm burning!

You've got to help me, Jake.

You've got to help me!

I can't breathe!

Jake.

Hayward is dead.

It's worse than that.

He unset the reactor.

Jake, we don't have the activation codes.

I've got to go.

I've got to set that reactor.

No. How? We don't have the code.

-I'll figure something out. -Don't be crazy, Jake.

-You're not going out there! -This depends on two blasts!

-Palmer! -Palmer!

Palmer!

Palmer, what are you doing?

I can't have you stealing my thunder, Jake.

It's not the way I care to go out.

I'm going to fuse the cords myself.

I'm staying down here.

This is my fault.

I am the one that's going to fix it.

It's not supposed to end this way.

You still have plenty of time to screw it up, Jake.

You still have to make it out of here.

We're not leaving you down here, Palmer, no.

It's not an offer, Karen.

It's an order. Trust me.

It's better this way.

Dr. Rollins.

Dr. Drake.

Dr. West.

Let's get out of here.

How are we set for power?

Bad.

Coolant levels?

Worse.

Great. That's par for the course.

I'll do my best to reroute the power

but it's going to get hot in here.

Whatever happens, we're going to make it.

Come on, Palmer.

Sorry, kid. No time for sentiment.

They're on the move again.

What about the second reactor?

It's in position

but it hasn't been activated yet.

Did they do it?

It's not over yet, but as far as we can tell,

both charges are in place,

but the second one hasn't initiated.

Okay, let's sync up to reactor one.

Guys, it must have been a glitch.

The second device is synced and activated.

I think that's everything I can shut down without us

catching on fire.

This is worse than I thought.

If we're barely into the shaft,

it's too far.

Just think about cool places.

Remember when we went skiing in Park City?

Water.

I don't think you ever took me to the beach.

No, no. Do you have a contingency

for underwater evacuation?

Yeah, but we've never needed to use it.

You may need to use it now.

You know, if we...

alter our present course by 40 degrees,

it will bring us out right...

there,

at the bottom of the Straits of Wanda Fuca.

You know we...

we could float to the top.

We won't need any power.

I knew there was a reason why I loved you.

Yeah.

Let's do it.

They're coming up,

and T.i.m.i. is online.

Looks like they're taking a short cut to the surface.

Yeah, and their cooling level is in the red.

I want to know when and where they're coming up.

Guys...

can you do me a favor?

I need those coordinates as well.

Can you get them to me first?

Sure thing, Ms. Crawford.

Thanks.

This is the new surfacing point?

Yeah.

Thanks.

What was that?

I asked for the new coordinates.

So did I.

Hand it over.

I'm not going to ask you again.

Follow me gentlemen.

Let's go.

Let's look on the bright side.

At least now I'll get an answer to the question scientists have

pondered their entire lives.

What's next?

Hold on.

Step on it. Step on it. We have to hurry.

Drive, dude, drive!

What's the word, Jake?

I don't know. Give me a minute.

I'm commencing the injection sequence.

Give me a second.

It's working.

Look at that.

Look at that. I mean, the hot zone

is just starting to fall off.

The plates must have shifted.

It's working.

Now we just have to get home.

Come on, let's go. You drive like my grandmother.

All right, here we go.

Go through it. Glen, go through it.

Yeah, these are the coordinates.

Do you see them?

-I see them. -Yes!

Ms. Crawford, your office called.

-Do you have a story for me? -I certainly do.

People need to know the truth

about what caused these natural phenomenon,

the steps that were taken

to bring it under control.

Can we roll on this?

That's why I asked you here.

We're rolling.

Errors in judgment were made in the name of greed

and personal glory.

People died because of those mistakes.

The president wants to make it perfectly clear

that there is no place in this administration

for the betrayal of public trust.

Jake, what are you doing?

You know, stop.

We need to keep going.

I don't need to go ashore.

Everything I need...

is right here. Always has been.

I couldn't agree more.

-Do you see them? -Oh, yeah.

-What are they doing? -Nothing.

-Let me see. -No they're not doing anything.

Then you can let me see.

They're just talking.

They're making out, aren't they?

-No. -Yes, they are.

They're making out. Come on, it's my turn.

No, they're just talking.

-Where are you going? -What? Nowhere.

-Where are you going? -I'm not doing anything.

Deck!! It's my turn!

-Thank you. -You're welcome.