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[eerie music]

[lava roaring]

[dramatic music]

[bird chirping]

[woman moaning]

[dog barking]

What is going
on with that dog?

What dog?

Jonas never barks like that.

I don't hear any barking.

[barking loudly]

[dog whimpering]

[sighs] Probably just a raccoon.

He'll be quite in a minute.

Come on!

He never barks like that.

Let's make sure he's OK.

It'll only take a second.

All right.

Twist my arm.

Yes, yes, I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Go!

Jonas!

Always got to be the
center 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?

[dog growling]

Crazy mutt!

All right, let me see what's
got you all worked up.

[splashes]

Nothing to worry about.

[whimpers]

Now listen, dog, I'm
going back up to my wife.

And if I hear another noise out
of you, I'll neuter you again.

I'll find a way.

[low rumbling]

[dog barking]

[dramatic music]

[screams]

[birds chirping]

What about "sacrificed?"

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

I'm thinking "castrated."

Ooh!

Or "flogged," flogging
is coming back this year.

- Really?
- Mm-hm.

Oh.

What are you
two talking about?

The sign we ignored back
there, the one that said,

no trespassing.

DECKER: 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!"

Whoo!

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

Well, you gave them to us.

[beeping]

Oh!

Look at this.

Dioxin?

Out here?

Whoa, look at the CO2 levels.

Yeah, and they're
getting higher all day.

And you were right.
Something's going on.

Well, they better stop, or
we're not going to be able to--

--breathe.

We should check the water.

[eerie music]

Aw, look.

OK, I'm officially
getting freaked out.

Wow.

DECKER: 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.

DECKER: Shot.

What?

Violators will be shot.

I'll take care of this.

Yeah.

Uh, hey, I'm from Washington
State University, and--

MAN: You're trespassing,
college boy.

[dramatic music]

Let's get them!

[gunshot]

They're shooting!

Whoa!

Let's get out of here!

Come on!
Keep moving!

Let's go!

[panting]

Damn you, low-carb diet!

Looks like we lost them.

(GASPING) I think I
left my lungs back there.

Come on, we've
got bigger problems.

Let's go.

OK.

I'm too out of shape
for field work.

[waterfall gushing]

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.

[beeping]

[rumbling]

[lava roaring]

Run.

Run!

Run!

BLACK: I don't know, Jake,
that looked like a pretty

robust lava flow to me!

We've got to get to the lab.

[engine roaring]

[tires screeching]

[beeping]

Here, give me the
[inaudible] figures.

What do they say?

Uh, 9.3, 9.5--

Yeah, 10.5, 11.3?

Yeah, how did you know?

Jake, what's happening?

The hazard zones are shifting.

[lava rumbling]

[cars honking]

Yeah, I'm just on
my way down there.

[rumbling]

Oh!

WOMAN: Oh, my god!

[steam hissing]

[screaming and chaos]

[dramatic music]

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, 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 it 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.

WOMAN (ON TV): 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 five,

but the devastating power of--
- Palmer--

WOMAN (ON TV): --this
unpredicted quake

is visible across the region.

-- I got here as
fast as I could.

WOMAN (ON TV):
Preliminary reports

indicate that the quake had a--

Marsha Crawford's here from
the NSA, with General Fielding.

And you know they're going
to try and stick this on us.

Stick what on us?

Earthquakes?

Yeah.

That's a little
paranoid, don't you think?

WOMAN (ON TV): --producing
the [inaudible]

of [inaudible] mountain ranges.

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 lithospheric 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!

No, this has nothing
to do with us.

Crawford's 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.

OK, I'm not
ignoring the facts!

I'm trying to look at
the bigger picture.

No, that is the
bigger picture!

WOMAN (ON TV):
Emergency services

also request that only
those with urgent need

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, OK?

[door opens]

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.

And these fish are
really acting weird.

It's got to be electromagnetic
pulses from the inner core.

Or the oregano I
fed them yesterday.

We are out of fish food again.

Look, just lay off
the fish, will you?

Get over here and help
me dig out these flies.

OK, what are they labeled?

Project DEEP, Deep
Earth Energy Probe.

Well, that's under
M. Yeah, here they are.

JAKE ROLLINS: 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.

Uh, speaking of
hot, who is this?

DECKER: Who is she, Jake?

JAKE ROLLINS: Just
an old friend.

[knock on door]

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.

Uh, just Dr.
Rollins, gentlemen.

Sorry.

No, 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.

[dramatic music]

These are 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 flexure.

It's an extreme
example, I know,

but it is not unprecedented.

Palmer's been the point
man on this operation

since its inception, and he
knows what 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.

GENERAL FIELDING: 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.

Yeah, well, he's
got my attention.

[door opens]

Dr. Rollins, nice
to see you again.

JAKE ROLLINS: Mrs Crawford.

This is General Fielding.

I think you know everybody else.

Oh, yeah, we go way back.

GENERAL FIELDING: I'm assuming
you've been brought up

to speed on the latest intel.

Yeah.

MARSHA CRAWFORD: 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

call "Armageddon."

You know what, 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, OK?

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 got-- I 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 drill--

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.

KAREN WEST: We were meticulous
every step of 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--

PALMER DRAKE: No, you
are angry because Project

DEEP is a success.

You know, we have a tap into
enough energy to power North

America for 100 years, Jake!

North America, it's 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 GT supercomputer!

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 bend

in the lithosphere?

I don't think so.

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

English, please.

[sighs] The subduction zone,
when the gas in the pocket they

breached escaped, the plates
above started collapsing toward

the core, where they melt. And
that creates more liquid magma.

More magma, 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 donut, OK?

Jelly inside, that's the magma.

Now, as the plates continue
to collapse and melt,

jelly's got to go somewhere.

So this is going
to get a lot worse.

A lot of jelly down there.

[dramatic music]

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.

Now it's all of our funerals
if we don't find a solution.

That's right.

So the sooner you
get with the program,

the better we'll all be, OK?

What's the program, huh,
you drilling a big hole

in the world, so that--

Just 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.

Now, you scare these people
into closing us down,

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

I'm suspending
Project DEEP, effective

immediately, until the
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?

Well, 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?

Look, do this my way, Marsha.

We could all come out of
this looking like heroes.

We need to make
sure the human race

comes out of this, General.

OK, Jake, you saw this
coming down the pipe.

Any ideas how to fix it?

I 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

that counts.

OK, 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.

[rumbling]

MAN (ON TV): [inaudible]
caused by downed

power lines in the
outlying areas are

keeping emergency crews busy--

JAKE ROLLINS: 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 magma.

So once we determine
the exact amount of energy

that moved the plates--

JAKE ROLLINS: Well, then we use
the exact same amount of energy

to shift them back.

So where do you
propose we do this?

Ficus!

Hey, guys--

What the hell!

[inaudible] got here.

Now, guess what this is.

A Spartan GT supercomputer.

(EXASPERATEDLY)
Again with the--

the Spartan GT supercomputer
has 15 Protech microprocessors,

all humming along
at 7.5 gigahertz,

with a total combined
drive capacity

of over three terabytes.

Well done.

Yeah, we thought it
might come in handy.

Where did you get this?

Oh, we know a guy.

Yeah, it's going to
take us a few minutes

to get it warmed up, though.

Good, because I
could use some air.

[music playing]

You OK?

Yeah, we'll figure it out.

You know, 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.

You let it get personal.

That's what scientists don't do.

I'm 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 at what we're dealing with.

That's not what
I'm talking about.

Oh!

You know what I mean.

Yeah, don't flatter
yourself, all right?

We were over a long time ago.

Yeah, we were.

BLACK: Hey, Jake, Spartan's
online, and Palmer's running

the first blast calculations.

Exactly what kind of
explosion are we talking about?

PALMER DRAKE:
Initial calculations

indicate something about 4,000
times the Hiroshima bomb.

Oh, for the love of
God, this is insane.

This is the Ring of Fire,
chain of active volcanoes

that surrounds the Pacific.

Next couple of days, as the
magma levels start to rise,

these things are going
to start exploding.

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, you concur?

Definitely.

We think so, yes.

And this is the only way.

Yes, it is.

Can you get them
that kind of firepower?

If that's what it takes,
then that's what we'll deliver.

JAKE ROLLINS: Now, we
just need to calculate

where to place our blast.

Print that.

Look at this.

KAREN WEST: From
our calculations,

it looks like this.

This is the exact
seismic force that

struck the tectonic plates.

Decker--

DECKER: Yo.

Give me this.

This pinpoints
the exact location

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

Actually, Spartan's
asking for two blasts.

Two-- guys, I need
everything over here.

Come on!

It should be coming out.

[printer whirring]

OK, all right, look, these
are the subduction areas, right?

Now, with the magma 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.

[dramatic music]

PALMER DRAKE: If the
Cascades are waking up,

we're running out of time.

KAREN WEST: We can take
the mining route till here.

After that, we have
to splinter off.

That leaves us another
10 miles to go.

And you're sure that
we can get deeper?

That's 25 miles.

Wait till you see what
she's created, Jake.

The Mole's the most amazing
machine I've ever seen.

Mining's kept us
busy at 15 miles.

We haven't had a
need to go deeper.

But the Mole, it's--

it's unstoppable.

It'll go where I take it.

Lucky for us, this area was
pretty active at one point.

These lava [inaudible]
cut out some time,

I could figure out a way
to map them all together.

That way we won't be
blasting through solid rock

the whole way.

Solid rock isn't an obstacle.

Solid rock isn't the obstacle.

PALMER DRAKE: 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 it was about
eight months ago,

the real discovery
came, liquid tritium.

KAREN WEST: 12
miles down, tapped

into it like a natural spring.

PALMER DRAKE: It was enough to
fuel our rapid fusion reactors

for the next 100 years.

Thanks, dad, we're going to
hang out at the food court.

PALMER DRAKE: 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 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.

[dramatic music]

Major McEwan, Dr. Drake.

Congratulations, doctor.

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.

We've basically shrunk down
your rapid fusion reactors,

added blasting caps to
activate the cores, and--

--made it a bomb.

GENERAL FIELDING: 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's only limited.

Fine, we've got one
hour before launch.

(SOFTLY) Let's go.

MAN (ON TV): The reawakening
of Mount Adams from dormancy,

and its release of gases and ash
into a massive Plinian eruption

cloud, hints at a dangerous
shift in magma 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 US

in recorded history.

DECKER: Wow.

BLACK: Wow.

[whistles]

Incredible.

It's asleep now.

Wait till 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.

BLACK: Yeah, like a mole.

We get that.

But I mean, you spend like how
many years building this thing

and like two and a half
minutes thinking of the name.

You might as well have
called it "The Hamster."

JAKE ROLLINS: Give
it a rest, will you?

Go, leave.

Now, Apollo, that was a name.

Word to that.

WOMAN (OVER PA): T minus
45 minutes to launch.

Well, I guess we
should get suited up.

Yes, sir, understood.

[inaudible]

When did you turn this
into a weapons program?

You think we pay for all
this just to cut back on gas?

This-- 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 US 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 slip in the shower?

[laughs]

Very funny.

No, actually, I was out-running
the bulls in Pamplona.

Ah, not all of
them, evidently.

No, not all.

When did you start
running with bulls?

I don't know.

Probably about the
time you started

wearing your hair short.

[music playing]

WOMAN (OVER PA): T minus
20 minutes to launch.

[dramatic music]

GENERAL FIELDING:
Gentlemen, [inaudible]..

MAJOR MCEWAN: Thank you, sir.

GENERAL FIELDING:
Best of luck, captain.

[inaudible]

Thank you, sir.

Sir.

MARSHA CRAWFORD: 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?

[dramatic music]

WOMAN (OVER PA): T minus
5 minutes to launch.

You come highly recommended,
captain, good eye for detail,

or so they tell me.

Yes, sir.

Any details you think
I should know about?

You spend a lot of time
in Africa, don't you, major?

That scar on your left
hand looks like a bite

from a Kenya puff adder.

You have calluses on your
fingertips, long thumbnail,

you play guitar?

12-string?

[clears throat]

You clear your throat a lot.

Probably an inner ear virus.

You might want to
get that checked out.

It could get worse.

Yes, thank you, Captain.

You're welcome, sir.

You know, I--

I got to say.

This is amazing.

I mean, look at that.

All these gauges,
colored readouts,

feels like you're
at a satellite dish.

It'd really be cooking.

Oh, he's navigating?

Yes, I'm navigating.

Suck it up, Palmer.

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

OK, Palmer, just drop it, OK?

We were kids.

Five hours driving through the
desert till we ran out of gas?

Typical stubborn
Jake Rollins move.

Yeah, 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.

PALMER DRAKE (ON COMMS):
Drill blade activator?

KAREN WEST (ON COMMS): Drill
blade activator operational.

PALMER DRAKE (ON COMMS):
Fusion procedures?

KAREN WEST (ON COMMS):
Check, fusion procedures.

PALMER DRAKE (ON COMMS):
Network extensions?

KAREN WEST (ON COMMS):
Full extensions.

PALMER DRAKE: Cabin
pressure stabilizer?

Uh, it's a go.

PALMER DRAKE (ON COMMS):
Thermal incinerator?

KAREN WEST (ON COMMS): 100%.

OK, run core diagnostic.

That's a go.

PALMER DRAKE (ON COMMS):
Hydrocarbon systems?

KAREN WEST (ON COMMS):
Check, hydrocarbon systems.

PALMER DRAKE (ON COMMS):
Engage full drive.

KAREN WEST (ON COMMS): Engaged.

All systems are reading
satisfactory, Command.

I'd like to cut the cord.

MARSHA CRAWFORD (ON
COMMS): Roger, Mole.

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 we

plan to see you back here safely
in 22 hours and seven minutes.

Can I have a go,
no-go for descent?

MARSHA CRAWFORD (ON
COMMS): Roger, Mole.

You are go for descent.

Repeat, you are 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 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.

We'll always float level.

Good, 'cause I don't want
to spend the next 24 hours

mashed up against that console.

Cut me some slack, will you?

Hey, slack is being cut, sir.

I am very impressed.

Yeah, well, this is
just the opening act.

There's a headliner coming in.

It's going to knock
your socks off.

The End-Permian Extinction--
some 250 million years ago,

Permian age came
to an abrupt end.

Over 95% of all life
on Earth was destroyed.

Recent geological
studies suggest

the cause of mass
extinction to be a flood

eruption of volcanic
activity in Siberia

known as the Siberian Traps.

Scientists believe the
eruptions were 10,000 times

larger than man has ever seen.

How can we prepare for
such a disastrous event?

How will your job be affected?

Stay tuned for all the latest
updates and information

right here.

I'm JC Kenny.

How long you been
in the corps, Captain?

Two years.

Last 10 months were
the force recon.

Force recon.

Well, then I guess
that must be adrenaline

because it sure as hell
better not be fear.

No, sir.

You like to hunt, Captain?

Sometimes, Major.

Yeah, me too.

I was hunting one
time up in Alaska,

got separated from my group.

Night was coming on.

Temperature dropped
down to 20 below.

I was shaking so
bad, my teeth were

chattering-- first with
cold and then from the fear,

fear I was gonna die.

And then I saw 'em--

a big, 16-point buck standing
right in front of me.

Quietly, I raised my rifle and--

bang.

Shot him right in the head.

What little strength I had
left, I crawled over and sliced

him open, throat to belly.

Crawled inside.

Can you believe it?

He kept me warm until my group
showed up the next morning.

The very thing I
went to hunt and kill

ended up keeping me alive.

KAREN WEST: Command,
this is Mole.

We've reached maximum depth
of mining excavations.

Ooh, they're reaching
the end of the mine shaft.

This should be good.

Drill blade activator?

Drill blade activator go.

Command, we are 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 pulse?

TIMI.

TIMI?

Yeah, Thermal Ionic
Mass Incinerators.

Thermal Ionic
Mass Incinerators.

Sounds pretty hot.

We use hydrocarbon
diamond lenses.

And if we ever find a material
tougher than a diamond,

we'll use that.

Jack up the power, cut
through the rock faster.

Your cobalt matrix
materials have

been a great help to our
troops in the Gulf, Doctor.

That kind of heat
resistance, they

can walk straight into an
oil fire and put it out.

It's amazing here.

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.

[monitor beeping]

Whoa, what's got
Palmer so jumpy?

Too much junk food.

Hm?

I'm good.

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

Paul, 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.

REPORTER (ON TV): The eruption
of the Sakurajima volcano

in Japan following
the powerful tremor

in Auckland, New Zealand,
shows that the pattern

of geologic heating--

The Ring of Fire
is heating up.

REPORTER (ON TV):
--faster witnessed

on the US West Coast--

Just like Jake said.

REPORTER (ON TV): --is now being
repeated across the Pacific.

Tonight's dramatic lava
outburst in Redoubt, Alaska,

shows the destructive
power and growing

frequency of 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.

Yeah, looks like that
does it for the lava tubes.

Just going to take me a minute
to get TIMI up to speed.

Major McEwan, we good?

Just waiting for the
in-flight movie to start.

Mole to Command, and
we'd like to activate TIMI.

Stand by.

Mole to Command, come in.

[distorted garbling]

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?

[distorted garbling]

Mole to Command, come in?

What's wrong?

KAREN WEST: 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.

Strap in.

What does that mean?

What are you talking about?

Magnetics-- that lava
flow has a magnetic field.

Stick to that thing
like super glue.

Get us the hell out of here!

Still waiting on TIMI
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.

It's solid rock, babe!

Just trust me on
this one, all right?

Karen!

Hang on!

There you are.

Oh, oh.

Woo!

How does it compare to
running with the bulls?

It's right up there.

You don't say?

How did that little joy
ride affect 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 on.

All right.

PALMER DRAKE: Mole to
Command, do you copy?

Come in, Command.

This is Mole.

Well, they're
really cooking now.

OK, let's see what we can
do to reestablish contact.

We need to know what the
hell's going on out there.

On it.

Boy, I'm sure glad
they don't have us hooked

up to those heart monitors.

Dude.

What?

Get in there.

In where?

Her eyes were working
you like a CAT scan, buddy.

Get in there!
- Really?

Yeah.

No.

This could be our
last night on Earth.

Hi.

Hey.

So you, uh, you live in DC?

Mhm.

Cool.

You, uh, you party?

You know, clubs.

Cool.

This is more serious
than we thought.

Damn it, Andrew.

Don't ask questions.

There's no time to explain.

Just 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 plan of action.

If you are even
thinking evacuation,

we need to go public.

Great, but let's break
it to the networks.

That'll 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?

Is this the beginning
of something worse?

From the satellite
images I've just seen,

it seems plausible
that some kind

of catastrophic
environmental change

will occur over
the coming months

if these Plinian clouds
continue to spread.

Normal everyday life
across the planet

will have to conform
to a new way of living.

One would expect temperatures
to drop as the heat from the sun

is blocked.

But our team of
researchers have suggested

a more severe scenario.

Methane gas is one of the
most potent greenhouse gases,

and the amount of
methane being released

from the current
volcanic activity

will soon result in a global
warming of several degrees

each week.

By the end of a
six-month period,

the temperatures across
the United States

will reach into the mid-100s.

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, uh, 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 TIMI
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.

Hamster's 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 upload 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 us up too bad.

Let's do it.

Wow, one small step for man.

It's amazing how much
money you spend trying

to get to another planet.

When you think about it,
we still know anything

about the one we live on.

You're right, Jack.

We're the first humans
to stand 20 miles

beneath the Earth's surface.

OK, enough of the
sightseeing, gentlemen.

Let's set the first charge.

[sighing]

We have a bit of a problem.

What is it?

Reactor needs to
be set down there.

We'll take it
from here, Doctor.

It's what we're here for.

OK, 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

with the power you've got.

Enough.

It's never enough.

You are unbelievable.

Right here, Captain.

This is it.

Lock it down.

Captain, are you comfortable
driving them all 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.

[beeping]

Hang on, Major!

Hang on, Major.

I've got you!

[screaming]

Major, no!

[rock slamming onto drake]

Something's coming.

WOMAN: Earthquake!

MAN: Calm down, everyone.

Everyone, calm down!

What the hell's
going on down there?

Palmer!

Doctor 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's been set.

Let's get him inside.

This cavern's 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 tunnel knocked
us around pretty bad.

I got to recheck the
second site 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.

[beeping]

Dr. West!

We've got a
coolant leak, Jake.

Oh, god, that's hot!

We've got to seal it.

With what?

KAREN WEST: With the
fire extinguisher.

Use it to freeze the tubes.

We good?

For now.

Nice work.

REPORTER (ON TV): The damage
to Coleville is extensive,

and scientists say that the
earthquake that struck here

will not be the last seismic
event of the worldwide--

Quakes are getting bigger.

What's the size
of the last one?

6.4, centered just
outside of Coleville.

[phone ringing]

Yes.

Yes, sir.

Well, I should start by saying
that we're taking the most

offensive measures possible.

Um, Miss Crawford--

Not now, guys.

Um, there's a problem.

Hey, we set the first reactor.

We're on our way to
drop point number 2.

Can I help?

Sure, why don't
you see if we can

get the communication back up?

I wouldn't know
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 don't have the heart to tell
him what's really going on.

Quake shifted our coordinates,
and this nav computer doesn't

have enough processing power.

It's going to take me
two days to reconfigure

what the coordinates
are with 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.

Subduction zones 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.

OK, we have to reach them.

I mean, they must realize
something's wrong, right?

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

We can make things worse.

What can we do?

First thing we have to do
is to figure out exactly

what the strong points are.

I mean, it could
be two feet away.

They could be two days away.

I mean, 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.

BLACK: If their
radio communication's

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?

Never stopped us before.

Are you shutting TIMI 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.

[beeping]

We're losing power?

No, that's something else.

Yes, my guys!

They're in the system.

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

OK, he needs all the
episodic tremors and slope

from the last quake
factored into our old data.

I'm in.

OK, good.

Now, apply those
figures to the location

of the first drop point.

Hang on.

Hang on.

Uh-oh.

What?

Hm.

It does not sound good.

OK, we've got a problem.

The charge and the reactor
needs to be bigger.

Bigger?

Jake, we only have one left.

The cores-- use the
cores in the Mole.

Captain Howard, I'm
guessing you know a thing

or two about those reactors.

Yes, sir.

Major McEwan said to use
the same cores from DEEP.

That's correct, sir.

Can you transfer those
cores to this reactor?

I'm trained in demolitions.

I don't know if--

Can you do it?

I can do my best.

Not to dampen spirits, but
if we take power from the Mole

now, we might not
be able to get back.

Removing those cores
could make our ascent 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.

OK, let's get to work.

Shut down power to the grids.

It's cold.

Palmer, I need a
little help here.

12K omega-ton blast.

How many of these things
is it going to take?

Uh, three, but if you take
one out, the entire chamber

goes dark.

That means we
lose half our power.

But we 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 faze me, but not today.

Do what you got to do.

What are you doing?

Trying to make this exciting.

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 them.

You're not supposed
to come back.

Looks like he's been training.

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

Let me explain, please.
- Explain?

What are you doing down here?
- Take it easy--

Why did they 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 vile of Sarin gas with
him when he wrote that ledger.

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?

Huh, 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--

and Jake, you make a good team.

Yeah.

The rock, it's
different here, smooth.

Yeah, river of magma
flowed through here probably

about a million years ago.

You know, if we
don't do this right,

it's going to be flowing again.

X marks the spot.

Set her right there.

I'll lock it down.

Activate the timers.

Remember, we
have to be precise.

This has to sync up
with the other reactor.

OK, we're receiving a seek
signal from device number 1.

Good.

I'll sync up and program
the activation codes.

[grunting]

What?

What's wrong?

Don't take it off.

Don't take your helmet off!

[screaming]

Help me!

You got to help me, Jake!

You got to help me!

Damn it!

Oh, shit!

[screaming]

I can't breathe!

[frantic breathing]

[door opening]

Jake!

Hayward's dead.

It's worse than that.

He-- he didn't set the reactor.

Jake, we don't have
the activation codes.

I got to go.

I got to set that reactor.
- No, how?

How?
We don't have the codes.

Well, I'll figure
something out.

No, no, don't get crazy, Jake!

You're not going out there!

This whole thing
depends on two blasts!

Palmer!

Palmer!

Palmer!

Palmer!

Palmer!

Palmer!

Palmer, what are you doing?

Can't have you stealing
my thunder, Jake.

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

I'm going to fuse
the cores myself.

I'm staying down here.

This is my fault. I'm 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!

That's not an offer, Karen.

That's an order.

Trust me.

It's better this way.

Dr. Rollins.

Dr. Drake.

Dr. West.

[difficult breathing]

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.

[difficult breathing]

Come on, Palmer.

Sorry, kid.

No time for sentiment.

[mole driving]

[mole driving]

MAN: 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.

OK, let's sync
up to reactor 1.

DECKER: Guys, it must
have been a glitch.

The second device is
synced and activated.

I think that's everything.

I can shut it down without
us catching on fire.

This is worse than I thought.

We're barely into the shaft.

It's-- 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, 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'll bring us out right
there, at the bottom

of the Straits of Juan de 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.

Let's do it.

They're coming up,
and TIMI is online.

Looks like they're taking
a shortcut to the surface.

DECKER: Yeah, and their
coolant level's in the red.

I want to know where and
when 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, Miss Crawford.

Thanks.

[coughing]

This is the new
servicing 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, Jordan.

Let's go.

[beeping]

[difficult breathing]

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.
- Come on.

Drive, dude, drive!

What's the word, Jake?

I don't know.

Give me a minute.

I'm commencing the
ejection sequence.

Give me a second.

It's working.

Look at that.

Look at that.

I mean, the hot zones
are 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.

[beeping]

Yeah, these are
the coordinates.

You see them?

I see them.

Yes!

Miss Crawford,
your office called.

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.

MAN: 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.

You see him?

- 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 any--

Deck, Deck-- it's my turn!

No-- no--

[biting and screaming]

Thank you.

You're welcome.