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[ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

AN EXPONENTIAL
EXPANSION EVENT

CAN BE EXPECTED
IN SHORT ORDER.

IN OTHER WORDS, A SUPERNOVA.

THE SUN IS NEARING
CRITICAL MASS.

SURFACE SOLAR ACTIVITY

WILL GROW IN VIOLENCE
AND FREQUENCY

FOLLOWED BY EXPULSION CYCLES,

WHICH CAN BE EXPECTED

TO INCLUDE EARTH

IN THEIR TELEMETRY.

SUDDEN FLARES AND NEUTRINOS

TRIGGERED BY
THE COMPRESSION WAVE

HITTING THE SOLAR CORE.

INCREASED MAGNETIC CONNECTION--

S.I.D.--

SUDDEN IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE.

MORNING, DR. SHEPARD.

I WAS JUST WONDERING

IF YOU GOT THOSE
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
DISTURBANCE REPORTS.

YOU KNOW, THE ONES
YOU ASKED DR. RICHARDSON FOR?

UNFORTUNATELY, I DID.

EXCUSE ME?

THEY WERE FINE, GINNY.
JUST--

I CROSS-CHECKED THE ANALYSIS
AGAINST OUR DATA FROM MOSCOW.

EVERYTHING SEEMED IN ORDER,

BUT I'D BE HAPPY
TO COME OVER THERE.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

OK.

GINNY...

THANKS FOR THE HELP

THESE PAST FEW MONTHS.

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF.

SURF'S UP.

THAT'S HIM.

[CAMERA CLICKS]

WE JUST PICKED HIM UP.

HE'S ON THE MOVE.

LET'S GO.

Man on radio: WELL, I CAN'T
SEE THESE MAGNETIC STORMS,

BUT I'LL TELL YA,

YOU CAN FEEL IT,

'CAUSE IT'S PLENTY HOT
OUT THERE.

AND, UH, LET'S TURN TO

OUR VERY OWN DR. SHEILA.

SHE'S GOING TO BE
ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS...

THAT'S 50,000 IN U.S. DOLLARS,

ANOTHER 25 IN EUROS,
AND...

5,000 IN GOLD COINS.

ARE YOU CERTAIN YOU WANT TO
EXCHANGE THIS MUCH CURRENCY,

DR. SHEPARD?

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

BETTER CALL THIS IN.

GOTTA GO.

WE'RE HERE AT
MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
NEAR DOWNTOWN

WHERE THE MAYOR LAUNCHED
HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN
ONLY LAST WEEK.

BUT EVENTS HERE TODAY
HAVE GIVEN NEW MEANING
TO THE TERM "LAME DUCK."

APPARENTLY THESE DUCKS
TOOK A WRONG TURN

ON THEIR WAY NORTH
TO THE MEDITERRANEAN,

ENDING UP HERE FOR
THIS UNPRECEDENTED VISIT.

ORNITHOLOGISTS BELIEVE

THE DUCKS MIGRATE USING
ELECTROMAGNETIC PATTERNS
IN THE ATMOSPHERE,

BUT THOSE PATTERNS HAVE
APPARENTLY BEEN DISRUPTED.

IN FACT, ERRATIC
MIGRATING BEHAVIOR

HAS BEEN REPORTED
ALL OVER THE CONTINENT.

THE CAUSE: SUNSPOTS.

CLEAR.

ALL RIGHT,
THAT'LL BE THE LEAD-IN.

THEN WE'LL DO
SOME B-ROLL,

AND THEN I'LL DO
THE WRAP-UP.

HEY! LAY OFF
THE FERRAGAMOS.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

SOME EASY MONEY?

SPEAKER'S CORNER COFFEE SHOP.

CHECK THIS.

[TIRES SCREECH]

DR. SHEPARD?

Woman on P.A.:
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.

FLIGHTS 12, 48, AND 16

HAVE BEEN DELAYED.

PLEASE SEE A TICKETING AGENT

OR WATCH THE MONITORS
FOR UPDATES. THANK YOU.

AUSTIN.

AUSTIN?

Woman on P.A.:
FLIGHTS 12, 48, AND 16

HAVE BEEN DELAYED.

PLEASE SEE A TICKETING AGENT

OR WATCH THE MONITORS
FOR UPDATES.

[ALARM BEEPING]

OH.

[BUZZES]

[BEEPING STOPS]

CODE'S MY BIRTHDAY.

PRETTY COOL, HUH?

YEAH, PRETTY COOL.

I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

MMM.

OH, GOD.

HEH.

I THOUGHT...

I'M SORRY. I FORGOT

THAT THEY WERE STARTING
THE INSTALLATION THIS W--

IT'S LOUD.

THAT'S THE IDEA.

WE, UH, REALLY NEED TO
HAVE THAT ON DURING THE DAY?

IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER,

ESPECIALLY IF I'M HERE ALONE.

WELL, JUST A FEW MORE DAYS.

JUST A FEW MORE DAYS.

HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE
TO HURT YOU AGAIN.

DO YOU HAVE TO GO
INTO THE OFFICE TODAY?
YOU JUST GOT BACK.

WELL, I PROMISED HANDEY
AN UPDATE ON THE MEETING

WHEN I GOT IN.

I WON'T BE LATE.

[PIANO PLAYING]

HALEY'S RECITAL'S
TOMORROW NIGHT.

YEAH, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.

YOU'LL PICK US UP?

WELL, IF I GET HELD UP,
I'M SURE TERESA COULD DO IT.

CHRIS.

I'M NOT GONNA MISS IT.

LIKE YOU DID THE LAST ONE?

HONEY, THE SOLAR PROBE
GOES ONLINE

IN LESS THAN A MONTH.

THINGS HAVE BEEN JUST
GOING CRAZY AT THE SHOP.

THINGS ARE ALWAYS
CRAZY AT THE SHOP,

AND IT'S ALWAYS YOU WHO
HAS TO CALM THINGS DOWN.

IT'S MY JOB.

IT'S WHAT I DO.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Haley: I'LL GET IT.

[RING]

AUSTIN SHEPARD GETS
TO SPEND ALL HIS TIME

STARING AT THE SKY

WHILE THEY SEND YOU,

A BRILLIANT ASTROPHYSICIST,

ALL OVER GOD'S CREATION

PUTTING OUT FIRES.

LOOK, AUSTIN SHEPARD'S
A GENIUS.

I'M JUST LUCKY TO BE
CARRYING HIS WATER.

THEY DON'T
DESERVE YOU, CHRIS.

WE COULD BE HAPPY

BACK IN THE STATES.

YOU COULD TEACH...

DO RESEARCH...

JUST LIKE YOU ALWAYS WANTED.

THIS, UH...

THIS ISN'T ABOUT
AUSTIN SHEPARD

OR THE SOLAR PROBE

OR ME BEING UNDER-APPRECIATED.

IS IT?

ALL I WANT IS TO FEEL SAFE.

I JUST WANT US ALL TO FEEL SAFE.

I WILL NEVER LET
ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU...

OR HALEY.

NEVER.

OK?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHEN WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE,

YOU SAID THERE WOULDN'T
BE A PROBLEM.

WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT FOR 2:00.

I KNOW. I REMEMBER,
AND I'M REALLY SORRY,

BUT HE'S JUST NOT
ANSWERING HIS PHONE.

WE MADE THIS APPOINTMENT
OVER A WEEK AGO.

IF I DON'T GET THIS INTO
EDITING BEFORE THE WEEKEND,

WE WON'T MAKE AIR.

UH, WOULD YOU JUST

EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT?

HI. WELCOME BACK.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN DR. SHEPARD
ANYWHERE, HAVE YOU?

IT'S JUST I'VE GOT
THE BRITISH EQUIVALENT
OF BARBARA WALTERS

HUFFING AND PUFFING
RIGHT THERE,

AND SHE'S REALLY
STARTING TO PISS ME OFF.

DR. RICHARDSON?

LAURIE STEPHENSON.

CHANNEL 7?

I COVERED YOUR SOLAR PROBE
NEWS CONFERENCE LAST MONTH.

HOW ARE YOU?
UH, JET LAGGED.

WE'RE DOING A FEATURE

ON THE RECENT SUNSPOT ACTIVITY.

UH, DR. SHEPARD PROMISED
AN INTERVIEW AT 2:00,

AND IT'S NOW ALMOST
A QUARTER TO 3:00.

WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN

TO HELP YOU FIND HIM.

EXCUSE ME.

LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE MISPLACED

A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER.

UM, SO WHAT DO I TELL

WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN
DOWNSTAIRS?

JUST TELL THEM TO COOL
THEIR HEELS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

MAYBE THEY'LL GET BORED,
GO HOME.

OK.

CHRISTOPHER...

GINNY SENT THE CALCULATIONS

OF THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
DISTURBANCES

ASSOCIATED WITH ASTEROID 460.

YOUR WORK IS FLAWLESS.

I WISH IT...WASN'T.

WE'VE ALL SPENT
SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES

PONDERING THE MYSTERIES
OF THE COSMOS,

BUT NONE OF US COULD SAY
WHAT WE WOULD DO

IF WE ONLY HAD ONE WEEK
LEFT TO LIVE.

BON VOYAGE.

CHRIS, I NEED TO SEE YOU.

MY OFFICE, RIGHT NOW.

GOOD NEWS, CHRIS.

I'M ASSIGNING YOU TO
THE SOLAR PHYSICS CONFERENCE.

YOU'LL BE REPRESENTING US

AS LEAD SCIENTIST
ON THE SOLAR PROBE.

UH, AUSTIN SHEPARD
IS LEAD SCIENTIST

ON THE SOLAR PROBE.

DR. SHEPARD HAS DISAPPEARED.

AND YOU ARE?

SPECIAL AGENT DELGADO,

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ORGANIZATION.

LONG WAY FROM HOME.

MY ASSOCIATES--
AGENT BOTT, AGENT MEANS.

INTERNAL SECURITY BUREAU.

WE'RE COOPERATING
ON DR. SHEPARD'S CASE.

WHAT CASE IS THAT?

AUSTIN TOOK
AN UNSCHEDULED TRIP

OUT OF THE COUNTRY
THIS MORNING, CHRIS.

ANY IDEA WHERE HE WENT?

LOOKING FOR A GOOD CURRY?

HEH.

UH...

LET'S SEE. UM...

HERE. THE EQUATOR.

ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.

THEY THINK THAT AUSTIN
HAS BEEN SELLING

SOME OF THE RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

FOR SOLAR PROBE...

TO OTHER PARTIES.

UH...AUSTIN?

BEFORE DR. SHEPARD
LEFT THIS MORNING,

HE EMAILED 5 COLLEAGUES--

ALL ASTROPHYSICISTS,

NONE OF WHOM
HAS ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THE SOLAR PROBE PROJECT,

AND ALL OF WHOM
ARE SCHEDULED TO BE

AT THE SOLAR CONFERENCE
TOMORROW.

HE EMAILED ME THIS MORNING.

SAYING?

NOT THAT IT'S
ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS,

BUT HE WAS THANKING ME
FOR SOME INFORMATION

I COMPILED FOR HIM
REGARDING A PLANETESIMAL

HE WAS INTERESTED IN--

ASTEROID 460--

NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE SOLAR PROBE.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT
THE OTHER EMAILS WERE ABOUT?

I DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE THE SPOOKS.
YOU TELL ME.

DR. SHEPARD'S MESSAGES
SELF-DESTRUCTED
AFTER BEING READ.

NO FOOTPRINT;
VERY SOPHISTICATED.

WE KNOW WHO THEY WERE SENT TO,
BUT NOT THEIR CONTENTS.

NOW, WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

CHRIS, THEY NEED TO KNOW
WHAT WAS IN THOSE EMAILS.

WELL, THEN THEY CAN ASK

WHOEVER RECEIVED THEM.

OH, I GET IT.

SO THIS IS WHY

I'M GOING
TO THE CONFERENCE?

YOU'LL BE WIRED
WITH A SURVEILLANCE DEVICE.

NO ONE WILL KNOW.

I WILL KNOW.

DR. RICHARDSON,

IF DR. SHEPARD IS INNOCENT--

IF HE'S MERELY
OUT FOR A JOYRIDE

LOOKING FOR A GOOD CURRY--

FINE. NO HARM; NO FOUL.

BUT IF HE'S SHOPPING
SOLAR PROBE PROTOCOLS

TO PARTIES OUTSIDE
OF OUR CONSORTIUM,

THEN THAT IS A MATTER
OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.

LOOK AT THIS.

THE SCIENTISTS
IN THAT CONFERENCE,

THEY'RE DOING RESEARCH

THAT COULD BENEFIT
ALL OF MANKIND.

I CAN'T WALK IN THERE
LIKE SOME SPY.

THERE ISN'T A CHOICE
IN THIS, CHRIS.

YOU'RE LEAVING.

TONIGHT.

COME WITH ME.

TROUBLE IN EMERALD CITY.

YOU SURE THIS THING CAN FLY?

WE GO WITH GOD.

I ONCE READ THE PENTAGON
STUCK A WHOLE SPY MODULE

IN THE HUBBLE WITHOUT
NASA EVER KNOWING.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT
AT THE TIME.

WHY WOULD THE N.I.O.
BE INTERESTED IN AUSTIN'S WORK?

UNLESS SOLAR PROBE
HAS SOME FUNCTION

WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ABOUT.

BUT YOU'RE
THE PROJECT MANAGER.

YOU'D KNOW IF THERE WERE
ANY OTHER FUNCTIONS,

WOULDN'T YOU?

WHATEVER AUSTIN
WAS WORKING ON,

ITS TWIN WOULD BE DOWN HERE.

INTERNAL SYSTEMS OPS
CREATES A SHADOW FILE

OF EVERYTHING ENTERED
INTO THE SPL NETWORK.

EVERYTHING?

THIS IS ODD.
WHAT?

I'M SCROLLING
ALL COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN DR. SHEPARD
AND ANY SCIENTIST,

EITHER ON OUR NETWORK
OR OUTSIDE OF IT...

AND?

I'VE GOT EVERYTHING
UP UNTIL FIVE DAYS AGO.

AFTER THAT, THERE'S NOTHING.

YOU WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING
EVEN WEIRDER THAN THAT?

WHAT?
IT'S ALL GONE.

ALL OF IT.

ALL OF HIS NOTES,

EVERYTHING ABOUT
THE SOLAR PROBE,

ALL THE DATA I SENT HIM
REGARDING THE PLANETESIMAL.

EVERYTHING FROM
THE LAST FEW DAYS IS GONE.

WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?

AUSTIN, WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING?

NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU DON'T SEE ALL THE TIME.

YES.

IT'S STARTED.

Woman on TV: AUTHORITIES
HAVE NO EXPLANATION

FOR THIS TRAGIC
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR,

BUT SCIENTISTS
AT THE INTERNATIONAL
WILDLIFE FEDERATION

CONTINUE TO INSIST

THAT THERE'S NO RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN THE INSTANCE HERE

AND THE SPONTANEOUS
ZEBRA STAMPEDE

WHICH KILLED 30 CHILDREN

IN A REMOTE KENYAN VILLAGE,

OR THE MASSIVE
LOCUST STORMS...

PLEASE!

HELP ME.

HELP ME.

WHOA, I'M SORRY.

NO, I'M SORRY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THERE'S A PROBLEM
AT THE LAB.

AUSTIN SHEPARD IS MISSING.

MISSING?

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO
TO THE SOLAR SYMPOSIUM,

AND NO ONE CAN FIND HIM,

SO I HAVE TO GO
IN HIS PLACE.

WHEN?

YOU'RE GONNA MISS
HALEY'S RECITAL, AREN'T YOU?

NO, NO. BROOKE, HONEY...

YOU CANNOT LIVE LIKE THIS, OK?

YOU'RE GONNA
MAKE YOURSELF SICK.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THE LOOK
ON HIS FACE, CHRISTOPHER.

HE ENJOYED WHAT HE DID
TO THOSE PEOPLE.

HE WAS EXCITED BY IT.

YEAH, AND THANKS TO YOU,

HE IS NEVER GONNA HAVE
THE CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN.

HE SAID HE WOULD
COME FOR US--FOR HALEY.

[SIGHS]

HOW?

HE--YOU KNOW, HE'S IN JAIL.

THEY'VE GOT HIM LOCKED UP.

THEY'RE NEVER GONNA LET HIM GO.

TERESA'S HERE ALL THE TIME.

THERE'S A SECURITY SYSTEM THAT
GOES DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE.

I GOT THE GUYS FROM THE LAB--
THE SECURITY--

THEY DRIVE BY HERE ALL NIGHT.

YOU ARE SAFE.

HALEY'S SAFE.

I WISH WE'D NEVER COME HERE.

[INMATES CHATTERING]

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

PIG SLOP FOR A PIG.

HEH HEH!

[CHUCKLES]

HE'S SCHEDULED TO SPEAK
AT THE SYMPOSIUM TOMORROW.

YEAH, HE SHOULD HAVE
CHECKED IN ALREADY.

REALLY?

I'M TOLD THAT THE UNIVERSITY
USES YOUR HOTEL EXCLUSIVELY

FOR VISITING PROFESSORS
AND GUEST SPEAKERS.

AND YOU'RE CERTAIN
DR. AUSTIN SHEPARD

HASN'T CHECKED IN?

OKAY. THANKS.

WORKING LATE?

HARRY, HOW ARE YOU?

OH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

HOW'S THE SUNSPOT THING
GOING?

IT'S GOING.

DON'T MAKE A MEAL
OUT OF IT.

YOU'RE NOT IN BOSNIA ANYMORE.

IT'S FILLER. FLUFF. OKAY?

FLUFF. RIGHT.

ON TUESDAY I WANT YOU
TO COVER THAT

PUPPY ADOPTION THING
AT THE NURSING HOME.

YOU SAID YOU'D PUT ME
ON THE COLE EXECUTION.

OH, SORRY. I GAVE THAT
TO KIM HADENFIELD.

I THOUGHT SHE'D BE MORE--
HOT.

SENSITIVE.

I'M SENDING CARR WITH HER.

YOU CAN TAKE THE NEW KID
TO THE NURSING HOME.

PUPPIES. RIGHT.
I'M ON IT, CHIEF.

YOU'RE NOT IN THE NETWORK
ANYMORE, KIDDO. REMEMBER THAT.

Television:
CONVICTED RAPIST
AND SERIAL KILLER GRANT COLE

WILL BE TRANSFERRED
FROM STATE PRISON

TO THE FACILITY IN BROWNSTOWN
WHERE HIS EXECUTION

IS SCHEDULED
TO BE CARRIED OUT.

COLE'S ATTORNEYS HAVE
CONTINUED TO FILE MOTIONS

FOR A STAY OF EXECUTION.

BUT THOSE APPEALS--

Haley: MOM!

COME ON, WE'RE GONNA BE LATE.

GO GET IN THE CAR, HONEY.

I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

NEXT TIME YOU GO
PLAYING IN THE ALLEY, SOPHIA,

YOU HAVE TO WEAR
YOUR SNEAKERS, OKAY?

P.A.: DR. LURIE,
CALL 2137.

HELLO, DOCTOR.

WELL DONE.

SO, YOU DOING
ANYTHING TONIGHT?

WHAT IS THIS?

OUR ANNIVERSARY.

ONE YEAR TO THE DAY

SINCE THE FIRST TIME
I KISSED YOU.

OH, GOD. I TOTALLY FORGOT.

I'M SO SORRY.

[THUD,
ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]

MARY ANN, WHAT HAPPENED?

EVERYTHING'S JUST
STARTED GOING CRAZY.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT SHUT DOWN,
EVERYTHING.

POWER'S OUT ALL AT ONCE.

WE'VE GOT SEVERE
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS HERE!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

THIS BABY HAS A 6 MILLIMETER
WIDE-ANGLE LENS IN IT.

THE MIC IS MULTIDIRECTIONAL.

JUST TALK NORMALLY,

AND WE'LL
SEE AND HEAR EVERYTHING.

OH, BY THE WAY,

IT ALSO WORKS JUST LIKE A PEN.

GREAT.

YOU'RE NOT DOING
ANYTHING WRONG.

NOT IN YOUR WORLD, MAYBE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW GOOD SHE'S GOTTEN.

SHE'S SO PROUD YOU CAME.

I WOULDN'T HAVE
MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD.

BINGO.

DR. SHEPARD?

[GLASS SHATTERS]

DR. SHEPARD?

THIS IS DR. AUSTIN SHEPARD'S
RESIDENCE

AT 273 OLD WILLOW ROAD,

AND IT'S ABOUT 9:30 P.M.,

AUGUST 29.

AS WE CAN SEE,

SOMEBODY'S BEEN IN HERE

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

AND AS ECCENTRIC

AS DR. SHEPARD IS KNOWN TO BE,

IT'S A GOOD BET

HE WOULDN'T TRASH
HIS OWN HOME LIKE THIS.

SO FAR,

THERE'S NO SIGN...

OF ANY FOUL PLAY.

BUT THEN AGAIN,

THERE'S NO SIGN
OF DR. SHEPARD EITHER.

[THUMPING]

[RUSTLING]

[HISSES]

AAH!

OH, GOD!

[PANTING]

GINNY.

LAURIE STEPHENSON,
CHANNEL 7.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHERE I LIVE?

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
A LONG TIME.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

YEAH. I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.

GINNY, I THINK
DR. SHEPARD'S IN TROUBLE.

SKIPPER.

SKIPPER?

THAT'S WHAT DR. SHEPARD
CALLED THE PORCUPINE.

HE USE TO HANG OUT ON
THE BACK PORCH ALL THE TIME.

WHEN DID YOU
LAST SEE DR. SHEPARD?

WELL, I SAW HIM THIS MORNING.

AT LEAST,
I SAW HIM ON THE PHONE.

THERE'S A T1 LINE DIRECT
FROM THE OBSERVATORY TO S.P.L.

HAS ANYONE BEEN OUT THERE?

NOBODY GOES OVER THERE

WITHOUT A PERSONAL INVITATION
FROM DR. SHEPARD.

YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE
THE SLIGHTEST IDEA

WHERE HE IS, DO YOU?

AND FROM THE LOOKS OF HIS PLACE,

YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES
LOOKING FOR HIM.

DOESN'T THAT CONCERN YOU?

WE SHOULD GO OUT

TO HIS OBSERVATORY, GINNY.

WE SHOULD GO OUT THERE
AND CHECK ON HIM.

WHAT IF HE'S HURT?

I'M GOING OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW,
IT'S A 4-HOUR DRIVE.

SO?

WELL, YOU'LL NEVER
GET PAST SECURITY.

A MAGNETIC STORM THAT
ORIGINATED FROM THE SUN

GAVE PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE
A RARE TREAT LAST NIGHT,

AND GAVE CELL PHONE PROVIDERS

AND SATELLITE CHANNELS
LIKE OURS HEADACHES.

RESEARCHERS FROM
LEADING UNIVERSITIES

WERE BOTH AWED
AND CAUGHT OFF-GUARD

BY THE LENGTH AND SIZE
OF THIS LATEST MAGNETIC STORM.

AS ONE RESEARCHER SAID,

"IT REINFORCES HOW LITTLE
WE ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT OUR SUN."

BUT OUTSIDE OF SOME
MINOR INCONVENIENCES
LAST NIGHT,

SCIENTISTS TELL US TO EXPECT
THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS

THE MAGNETIC STORMS
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.

Female News Announcer:
SCIENTISTS ARE NOW SAYING

A SERIES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC
PULSES ARE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE HAVOC EXPERIENCED
IN TELEPHONE, TELEVISION,

AND RADIO TRANSMISSION ALL
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

THE INSTITUTE FOR
ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS

BLAMES THE PULSES
ON A NORMAL APEX

OF AN 11-YEAR CYCLE
OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY...

WE'RE JUST PICKING UP
SOME PAPERS FOR DR. SHEPARD.

Man: SURE. DRIVE ON.
BYE, GINNY.

FROM OCTOBER
TO NOVEMBER 2003,

MORE THAN A DOZEN SOLAR STORMS,

INCLUDING THE MOST POWERFUL
EVER RECORDED,

ERUPTED FROM
THE FACE OF THE SUN,

SENDING BLAST WAVES
IN EVERY DIRECTION.

ERUPTIONS SO POWERFUL

THAT BILLIONS OF TONS
OF ELECTRIFIED GAS

AT SPEEDS OF UP TO
5 MILLION MILES PER HOUR

SHOT INTO SPACE--

THE FASTEST EVER RECORDED.

FORTUNATELY, THESE BLASTS

WERE NOT AIMED
DIRECTLY AT EARTH.

Man: AUSTIN WOULDN'T
SEND OUT SUCH AN EMAIL

IF HE WASN'T SURE.

Second Man: IT JUST
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SOMETHING IS WRONG.

First Man: WELL, YOU'VE SEEN
THE EQUATIONS.

NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

LOOK...

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE
UNABLE TO FIND ERROR

IN HIS CALCULATIONS

DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN

HIS CONCLUSION IS CORRECT.

THERE IS MISTAKE.

THERE IS SOMETHING
WE DO NOT SEE.

YOU ARE IN DENIAL, MY FRIEND.

GENTLEMEN...

AND LADY.

DR. RICHARDSON.

WE WERE NOT EXPECTING YOU
TO ATTEND.

DR. RICHARDSON,

WHERE IS DR. SHEPARD?

AUSTIN HAS, UH, BEEN DELAYED.

DELAYED?

[CHUCKLES]

THERE'S TOO MUCH COINCIDENCE.

SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

[RADIO STATIC]

IT'S GARBAGE
ON THIS BANDWIDTH.

AH, COME ON.

LET'S GET IT TOGETHER, GUYS.

I'M SORRY.

THOSE SUNSPOTS
ARE AFFECTING OUR EQUIPMENT.

WAIT A SECOND.

THEY'RE ON THE MOVE.

SERGEANT, ISN'T THERE
SOMETHING YOU CAN DO

ABOUT ALL THIS INTERFERENCE
WE'RE GETTING?

NO, I'M AFRAID NOT.
YOU KNOW, I SUGGEST

YOU GET ALL YOUR PEOPLE
ON HARD LINES.

ANYTHING OVER SATELLITE'S
IFFY AT BEST.

THAT LAST MAGNETIC STORM

KNOCKED OUT 2 D.O.D.
COMMUNICATION BIRDS

AND ABOUT 50%
OF THE COMMERCIAL SATELLITES
THAT ARE UP THERE.

REALLY?

OH, YEAH.

JOINT CHIEFS HAVE ORDERED

THAT WHATEVER SATELLITES WE HAVE
THAT CAN STILL BE MOVED

BE PUT INTO
A GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT.

WE'RE GONNA HIDE THEM
BEHIND THE PLANET,

TRY TO PROTECT THEM
FROM ANY MORE DIRECT HITS
LIKE WE HAD LAST NIGHT.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING

WE GOT FROM S.P.L.

WHATEVER MAGNETIC WAVES

AREN'T ABSORBED BY THE EARTH

JUST KIND OF FLOW AROUND IT.

ENVELOP IT LIKE A BLANKET.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOSE
SOME OF THEIR JUICE,

BUT A REALLY BIG ONE'S
GONNA KNOCK OUT
EVERYTHING ANYWAY.

Woman: JOSEPH, PLEASE.

ARE WE NOT BEING
A LITTLE PARANOID?

MAYBE.

MAYBE NOT.

OK.

WHERE'S OUR GOOD FRIEND AUSTIN?

AUSTIN'S MISSING.

I THINK HE'S MISSING

LIKE IBRAHIM, YES?

WHAT ABOUT IBRAHIM?

SUICIDE.

AT LEAST, THAT IS

WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

JUST LIKE OLD SOVIET UNION.

S.S.S.R.

EVERY DEATH OF SCIENTIST--

SUICIDE.

UH, JOSEPH,
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY,

THAT--THAT HE WAS MURDERED?

FIRST IBRAHIM.

NOW AUSTIN.

IT IS SAME OLD STORY--

K.G.B., C.I.A., N.I.O.

THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.

THEY ONLY WANT CONTROL.

BUT WHY IBRAHIM?

WH-WHY WOULD THEY
WANT TO HURT HIM?

BECAUSE OF WHAT AUSTIN
TOLD HIM.

BECAUSE OF WHAT AUSTIN
TOLD ALL OF US.

WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?

YOU BETTER SIT DOWN, MATE.

DR. SHEPARD'S PLAN
FOR A SOLAR PROBE

WAS TO INVESTIGATE
THE SUN'S CORE GRAVITY.

THIS ALGORITHM HERE
IS A FORMULA

FOR HYDROGEN
CONVERSION TO HELIUM
BY NUCLEAR FUSION.

SURE, THAT WOULD'VE
BEEN MY GUESS.

IT'S THE PROCESS
AT THE SUN'S CORE

THAT CREATES THE HEAT.

NOW, THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD.

WHAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND

IS HOW THAT...

RELATES TO THIS...

WHICH WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE

SOME SORT OF BREACH
IN THE CORONA,

THROUGH THE PHOTOSPHERE--

AND INTO THE CHROMOSPHERE.

HMM.

WHAT CAUSED THE BREACH?

WELL, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE,

BUT AUSTIN HAS ALWAYS THOUGHT

THAT THE SUN IS FAR OLDER

THAN WE'VE IMAGINED.

THAT'S JUST A HYPOTHESIS.

THE SOLAR PROBE WAS BUILT

TO EXPLORE THAT ASSUMPTION.

SAVE THE ROCKET FUEL,
CHRISTOPHER. IT IS SETTLED.

I AM NOT CONVINCED.

IF AUSTIN IS RIGHT--

AND WE'VE BEEN WRONG
ABOUT THE AGE OF THE SUN,

SO WHAT?

IF I'M READING THIS
CORRECTLY,

AUSTIN'S CONVINCED

THAT THIS BREACH

IS JUST THE BEGINNINGS
OF A PROCESS

THAT WILL RESULT IN--

A SUPERNOVA.

OUI.

THE END OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.

BUT OUR ESTEEMED
COLLEAGUE JOSEPH

DOESN'T SEEM TO AGREE

WITH AUSTIN'S CALCULATIONS.

THERE IS TOO MUCH
WE DO NOT KNOW

ABOUT STAR MATURITY
AND DEATH.

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

LOOK.

LOOK RIGHT HERE.

HE IS MAKING AN ASSUMPTION

ABOUT CORE GRAVITY.

WHERE'D HE GET THIS ASSUMPTION?

THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH IT.

THE ASSUMPTION
MUST BE CORRECT, JOSEPH.

EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWS

IS HAPPENING--

INTERFERENCE
WITH COMMUNICATIONS,

ANOMALOUS ANIMAL BEHAVIOR.

A BREAKDOWN
OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE.

SOMETHING IS WRONG.

I FEEL IT.

RIGHT OR WRONG,

WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO CONSIDER.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA TELL
THE PUBLIC?

YOU TELL THE PUBLIC NOTHING.

MY NAME IS
SPECIAL AGENT DELGADO,

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ORGANIZATION.

I MUST ASK YOU ALL
TO COME WITH ME NOW.

IN THE INTEREST OF SECURITY,

YOU WILL BE ESCORTED
TO A SECURE LOCATION

WHERE YOU WILL BE DEBRIEFED.

ABOUT WHAT?
DEBRIEFED?

REPRESENTATIVES
FROM YOUR GOVERNMENTS

WILL BE AVAILABLE
TO DISCUSS
THE SITUATION WITH YOU.

I HAVE NO INTEREST

IN GOING TO A SECURE LOCATION.

I SECOND THAT.

I'M AFRAID IT'S NOT
A MATTER OF CHOICE.

DR. RICHARDSON,

PERHAPS YOU CAN EXPLAIN

THE SERIOUSNESS
OF OUR INTENTIONS.

THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT
STOLEN PROTOCOLS, WAS IT?

UNH!

OOF!

HE'S GETTING AWAY!

GET HIM.

STOP!

[GRUNTS]

STOP!

DR. CHENISLAV.

DR. CHENISLAV.

WE'RE HERE
TO HELP YOU, SIR.

I KNOW YOU'RE UPSET...

BUT PLEASE STAY CALM.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

NO! NO!

AAH!

UNH! AAH! AAH!

[CHENISLAV GROANING]

DELGADO!

DELGADO, NO!

UNH!
DAMN IT!

HANG ON.

HOLD ON!

UHH, HOLD ON.

UHH!

HOLD ON!

AAH!

[THUD]

TAKE THE OTHERS
TO THE VAN.

YES, MA'AM.

I WANT
DR. SHEPARD'S NUMBERS

PUT THROUGH A RINGER.

I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK

THESE CALCULATIONS MEAN

AND WHETHER YOU AGREE
WITH HIS CONCLUSIONS.

NO ASSUMPTIONS, PEOPLE.

NO DRESSING THINGS UP.

NOBODY EATS.
NOBODY SLEEPS.

I WANT THE WORST-CASE
SCENARIO.

LET'S HOPE
THERE'S A FLAW.

HOW LONG IS THIS
GOING TO TAKE?

AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

WE HAVE TO GET THIS OUT.

GET WHAT OUT?

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

I REALIZE I'M JUST
A CIVILIAN HERE,

BUT I THINK THE POTENTIAL
END OF THE WORLD

IS IMPORTANT NEWS.

POTENTIAL? POTENTIAL?

WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

GINNY SEEMS
FAIRLY CERTAIN.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
3 MONTHS AGO,

GINNY WAS CLEANING OUT
HER DORM ROOM.

NO OFFENSE.

IF I WERE IN YOUR POSITION,
MISS STEPHENSON,

I'D WAIT UNTIL THERE'S A BIT
MORE INFORMED ANALYSIS

BEFORE MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF

AND RISKING WHAT'S LEFT
OF MY CAREER.

LAURIE.

I'M SORRY. THAT WAS
CRUEL AND UNCALLED FOR.

I'M USED TO IT.

BESIDES, YOU MAY BE ONLY
THREE MONTHS OUT OF YOUR DORM,

BUT I BET YOU KNOW MORE THAN
ALL THOSE WONKS PUT TOGETHER.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I...

I KNOW WHAT I'D DO.

I'D GO FIND THAT
GORGEOUS BOYFRIEND YOU LOVE

AND SPEND EVERY POSSIBLE
SECOND IN HIS ARMS.

Man: YOU'VE GOT GREAT VEINS,
SO IT'S EASY TO HOOK YOU UP.

THE NEEDLE GOES IN
REALLY SLOWLY.

THAT'S WHEN THE WARDEN SIGNALS
FOR THE CURTAINS TO BE OPENED,

SO YOU CAN SEE ALL YOUR GUESTS
STARING AT YOU,

STRAPPED IN LIKE AN ANIMAL.

AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING,
HEAR EVERYTHING,

FEEL EVERYTHING.

BUT YOU CAN'T MOVE.

BUT THE BEST PART IS THE STUFF
THAT STOPS YOUR HEART...

NICE AND SLOW.

YOU CAN FEEL EVERY
LAST DROP OF BLOOD

DRAINING FROM YOUR BRAIN.

AND GUESS WHAT?

YOU'RE AWAKE.

"SHE WAS THE BEST HORSE
I COULD EVER IMAGINE.

"HER MASTER CALLED HER 'SWEET,'
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS.

"EVERY TIME SHE SAW HIM
SHE WOULD NEIGH AND PRANCE

"UNTIL FINALLY
HE'D COME AND STROKE HER.

"AND THEN HE WOULD
LOOK DOWN ON ME AND SAY,

'LUCKY BOY,
YOU ARE BLACK SPOT
TO HAVE A MOM LIKE THIS.'"

I HAVE EVERYONE
FROM THE JOINT CHIEFS

TO THE PRESIDENT'S
CHIEF OF STAFF

BREATHING DOWN MY NECK.

I WANT THOSE PEOPLE
SECURED AND DEBRIEFED

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

WE'LL BE EN ROUTE
WITHIN THE HOUR.

SIR?

SIR?

YOU'RE BREAKING UP, SIR.

I'M IN THE AIR IN 15.

BE READY WHEN I GET THERE.

LET'S GO.

HEY, WE'RE NOT CRIMINALS.

YOU CAN'T BE
TREATING US THIS WAY.

THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
IS NOT GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY
ABOUT THIS.

AND YOU STILL
HAVE NOT TOLD US

WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSEPH.

YOU WILL BE BRIEFED WHEN WE
ARRIVE AT OUR LOCATION.

DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

ALL I WANT TO KNOW
IS THAT YOU'RE SECURE

FOR YOUR DEBRIEFING.

THAT IS MY JOB, THAT IS
WHAT I INTEND TO DO.

WHERE DO YOU
INTEND TO DO THIS?

THIS WILL ALL
GO A LOT EASIER

IF YOU JUST COOPERATE.

WHAT ABOUT MY FAMILY?

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL,
LET THEM KNOW I'M ALL RIGHT.

THAT GOES FOR ALL OF US.
WHEN WE GET TO THE LOCATION.

COULD YOU AT LEAST
TAKE THE HANDCUFFS OFF?

WE'LL APPROACH THE BIRD
FROM THE SIDE!

COME ON! COME ON!

UP! UP!

GO ALL THE WAY
TO THE OTHER SIDE.

STRAP IN.

WE'RE GOOD.

[WHOOSHING]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[CARS HONKING]

[SIRENS BLARING]

[HELICOPTER APPROACHING]

DO YOU REALLY THINK

THESE ARE NECESSARY
AT THIS POINT?

IT'S NOT LIKE
I'M GOING ANYWHERE.

THIS IS 3 DRAGON.

GAME BALL E.T.A.

APPROXIMATELY 2300 HOURS.

[CLANGING]

HAVE WE GOT A BAD ROTOR?

SOMETHING
WITH THE ELECTRONICS.

EVERYTHING'S OVERLOADED
AT THE SAME TIME.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

IT'S THE AVIONICS.

STAND ON THE PEDAL.

I'M ADJUSTING PITCH.

STAND BY TO AUTO ROTATE.

[ALARM BUZZING]

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

WE HAVE INSTRUMENT FAILURE.
I'VE GOT TO PUT US DOWN.

STRAP IN.

GIVE ME A 3-PACK READ.

[BEEPING]

NEGATIVE. IT'S GONE.

SWITCH TO THE OMEGA.

DISREGARD THE FLARE.

WE'LL BRING HER IN VISUALLY.

HOLD ON!

IT'S THE NAVIGATION,
ISN'T IT?

IT'S THE RADIATION.

PHOENIX 3, DRAGON.

WE'RE GOING DOWN.

WE'RE OK, WE'RE OK.

STAY ON THIS HEADING.
THERE'S A HIGHWAY, 2 CLICKS.

PHOENIX 3, THIS IS DRAGON.

WE HAVE FULL-SCALE
ELECTRONIC OVERLOAD

IN MULTIPLE SYSTEMS.

MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
WE ARE GOING DOWN.

AT SOUTH 1-2-4 DEGREES,

3-3 MINUTES, 2-5 SECONDS,

EAST, 8-0 DEGREES,

2-0 MINUTES, 1-5 SECONDS.

I DON'T SEE IT.

THERE'S NO HIGHWAY.

IT SHOULD BE
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

AAH! WE'RE
GETTING CLOSER.

WE'RE GOING IN HARD.
HANG ON!

[SCREAMS]

AAH!

KILL THE ELECTRONICS.

IT'S STILL MOVING!

SHUT HER DOWN.
HANG ON!

[SCREAMING]

[YELLING]

WHAT'VE WE GOT?

LAST MAGNETIC STORM
TOOK OUT AIR TRAFFIC

AND COMPUTERIZED
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
WORLDWIDE.

OK, HOW DO WE AVOID THIS

FROM HAPPENING AGAIN?

YOU GOT TO GROUND
ALL AIR TRAFFIC WORLDWIDE

UNTIL THE MAGNITUDE
OF THIS STORM SUBSIDES.

THAT WOULD STRAND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

IN TIMES OF
AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE,
DEPUTY MILLER.

OK, GENTLEMEN,
COME WITH ME.

I NEED THE DEPUTY CHIEF
OF THE SECRET SERVICE.

THIS IS MILLER.
9-1-6 APPLE DELTA.

I AM ACTIVATING

NATIONAL CRISIS
MANAGEMENT PLAN ZULU,

AND THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS STAFF

NEED TO BE INFORMED OF THIS,

AND ARRANGEMENTS
TO SECURE THEM

WILL NEED TO BE
SET IN MOTION.

YES.

CODE PHOENIX.

NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

RIGHT.

INFORM THE SERGEANT
OF THE GUARD

THAT THIS FACILITY
IS TO BE LOCKED DOWN
WITHIN THE HOUR.

ALL PERSONNEL
WITHIN EASY TRANSIT
ARE TO BE RECALLED.

EVERYONE ELSE
IS TO BE IGNORED.

HAVE YOUR M.P.s
FULLY ARMED

WITH ORDERS
AFTER THE HOUR MARK

TO DENY ACCESS
TO ANYONE ELSE.

WORDS, WARNING SHOTS...

THEN THEY MUST DO
WHAT THEY MUST.

YES, SIR.

SHEPARD'S PREDICTIONS

FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE 2

ARE BY AND LARGE CORRECT,

AND WE BELIEVE THAT PHASE 3

HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

WE'RE RECORDING CORONAL
MASS ERUPTIONS

UNLIKE ANYTHING
WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

PLASMA FLARES
FROM THESE ERUPTIONS

ARE MOVING AT 4, 5,

6 MILLION MILES AN HOUR.

THAT PUTS FIRST IMPACT

AT 12 TO 15 HOURS.

WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THEY HIT?

Handey on telephone:
CAN'T BE SURE.

ALL I HAVE TO GO ON ARE
THE COMPUTER SCENARIOS.

LET'S HEAR 'EM.

WE'LL BE BOMBARDED

WITH SUPER-HEATED
C.M.E. MATERIAL.

ENGLISH, PLEASE.

THINK FIRE BALLS,
I SUPPOSE.

IN OTHER WORDS...

THEY'LL BURN THEMSELVES
OUT BEFORE IMPACT.

HELL, THAT'S A POSITIVE.

YES, BUT...

WE ARE IN UNCHARTED

TERRITORY HERE, COLONEL.

THERE IS ALSO
THE POSSIBILITY...

THAT THE PLASMA
WILL ACTUALLY FEED

ON THE OXYGEN
IN OUR ATMOSPHERE.

TO PUT IT BLUNTLY,

THE SKY COULD CATCH FIRE.

COLONEL,

I WAS WONDERING
ABOUT OUR ARRANGEMENT.

I'D LIKE TO PREPARE
MY PEOPLE.

GET THEM READY TO LEAVE.

JUST SIT TIGHT, HANDEY.

MAKE SURE NO ONE LEAVES.

YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US.

[ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYING]

ANOTHER?

YOU MAKE
A REALLY GOOD DRINK.

WELL, YOU MAKE
A REALLY GOOD DRUNK.

THE PERFECT RELATIONSHIP.

I'VE GOT A SECRET, YOU KNOW.

I NEVER WOULD'VE GUESSED.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.

NO BIG SECRET THERE.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

EVERYBODY.

SOON.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT'S COMING NEXT.

ONLY MATTERS WHAT
YOU'RE DOING NOW.

L'CHAIM.

DENVER INTERNATIONAL 747

OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY
BY 1,200 YARDS.

PILOT MANAGED
TO PUT IT DOWN
ON CATTLE PASTURE.

INSTRUMENT MALFUNCTION.

PEKING, SAME THING,

ONLY THEY WEREN'T SO LUCKY.

217 DEAD.

ALSO PITTSBURGH,
BOMBAY, MOROCCO,

PLUS THE THING IN PARIS,
THE TOKYO BLACKOUT...

IT'S WORLDWIDE.

EXCUSE ME.

NOTHING?

NOT AT THOSE
COORDINATES, SIR.

HOW LONG
SINCE THE MAYDAY?

8 HOURS, SIR.

WIDEN THE SEARCH.

I WANT SURVIVORS.

OR BODIES.

TAKE IT EASY.

AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
NOTHING'S BROKEN,

BUT I'D STILL GO SLOW
IF I WERE YOU.

UNH.

LIKE I SAID...

MM.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

DIDN'T MAKE IT.

DID YOU PULL ME OUT?

YEAH.

[BEEPS]

THANK YOU.

LET'S HOPE
THEY CAN FIND MY SIGNAL.

I GOTTA GET HOME.

UH--

UNH.

SIT DOWN, RICHARDSON.

LOOK, MY WIFE
AND DAUGHTER ARE ALONE.

THEY NEED ME.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A TOWN

AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.

UHH.

CHRISTOPHER.
[COCKS GUN]

MY ORDERS STILL STAND.

LET ME ASK YOU
A QUESTION.

YOU GOT A HUSBAND? KIDS?

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

SINCE YOU ASKED,
I HAVE A MOTHER
AND A SISTER.

DON'T YOU WANT
TO SEE THEM AGAIN?

I INTEND TO.

THEN LISTEN
VERY CLOSELY

TO WHAT I'M ABOUT
TO TELL YOU

BECAUSE IN
A VERY SHORT TIME--

WEEKS, MAYBE MONTHS--

THIS ENTIRE PLANET
IS GONNA START TO BOIL

LIKE AN EGG IN HOT WATER.

THAT'S NOT GONNA
LEAVE YOU MUCH TIME

FOR A FAMILY REUNION, IS IT?

YOU COULD BE WRONG...

RIGHT?

LET'S PUT IT
THIS WAY--

I DON'T THINK
YOUR ORDERS

ARE GONNA MATTER ANYMORE.

[HELICOPTER APPROACHING]

ORNITHOLOGISTS BELIEVE

THE DUCKS MIGRATE USING
ELECTROMAGNETIC PATTERNS

IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

BUT THOSE PATTERNS HAVE
APPARENTLY BEEN DISRUPTED.

IN FACT,
ERRATIC MIGRATING BEHAVIOR

HAS BEEN REPORTED
ALL OVER THE CONTINENT.

THE CAUSE? SUNSPOTS.

THIS SUNSPOT ACTIVITY

HAS SURPASSED ALL RECORDED
HISTORICAL LEVELS,

CAUSING COMMUNICATIONS
BLACK-OUTS,

FREAKISH ELECTRICAL STORMS,

AND EVEN THE RECENT
AIR DISASTERS

WE'VE BEEN SEEING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY

AND AROUND THE WORLD.

ACCORDING TO
RENOWNED ASTROPHYSICIST
DR. AUSTIN SHEPARD

OF THE SPACE PROPULSION
LABORATORIES,

WE'RE IN FOR A LOT WORSE.

HE'S NOT ONLY PREDICTED
RECENT EVENTS CORRECTLY,

BUT HIS RESEARCH SUGGESTS

THAT EVENTS ARE BUILDING
TOWARDS A POSSIBLE...

CATACLYSMIC SUPERNOVA
OF THE SUN.

WHAT THE HELL?

THANKS, LAURIE.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY
TONIGHT AT 11:00.

DON'T GO AWAY.
TONY SUMMERS HAS HIS REVIEW

OF THE VICTORIA'S SECRET
LINGERIE SHOW....NEXT.

Man: AND WE'RE CLEAR.

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
I WISH I WAS.

YOU HAVE NO CORROBORATION,
NO VERIFICATION.

WOULD YOU HAVE
AIRED IT IF I HAD?

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

THIS ONE GOES DOWN
TO RADIOLOGY.

DON'T LET HIM GET LOST IN
THE SHUFFLE DOWN THERE, G.

AND G, STAY WITH HIM.

HEY.
HEY.

WHAT HAPPENED?

A COMMUTER JET LOST
ITS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS.

AND CRASHED INTO A HOTEL
NEAR THE AIRPORT.

METROPOLITAN CAN'T HANDLE
THE CASUALTIES.

THEY'RE SENDING THE REST HERE.

LOOK...
WE NEED TO TALK.

IT'S ALL HAPPENING--
I MEAN, EVERYTHING HE PREDICTED.

PLANE CRASHES, EVERYTHING.
IT'S ALL HAPPENING.

WHAT ARE WE
SUPPOSED TO DO?

WILL IT BE SOON?

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SO SORRY.

I'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY ROOM
FULL OF PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO NEED ME.

AND, UH...

UNTIL IT'S MY TIME...

THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE.

OK, GO.

WE ARE LIVE AT THE GATES
OF THE FEDERAL PRISON

AT PRAETORIA,

WHERE CONVICTED SERIAL
KILLER GRANT COLE

IS BEING TRANSFERRED...

THEY SAY
HE NEVER CHECKED IN.

YEAH, I'VE CALLED
THE CONFERENCE CENTER.

HE WAS REGISTERED.

PEOPLE SAW HIM THERE.

LOOK, I WANT TO SPEAK
WITH JOE HANDEY.

OK, WELL, WHAT ABOUT
GINNY McKILLOP?

HELLO?

HELLO?

[TELEPHONE BEEPS]

Reporter on TV:
NOW WE'RE GONNA
GO BACK TO THE STUDIO,

WHERE I BELIEVE
ROBERT IS LIVE.

ROBERT, DO WE HAVE
ANY UPDATES SO FAR?

YES, WE DO...

[BEEPING]

I'M SURE
HE'S ALL RIGHT, MOM.

SURE HE IS, HONEY.

IT'S JUST THESE PHONES

AND THIS CRAZY
INTERFERENCE, RIGHT?

HE'LL CALL IN,

LET US KNOW
HE'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA GO PRACTICE.

GOOD GIRL.

Woman on P.A.: MAJOR LUCAS,

PLEASE SEE
A STAFF DUTY OFFICER.

MAJOR LUCAS, PLEASE SEE
A STAFF DUTY OFFICER.

[WOMAN ON P.A.
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Man: SO HERE WE ARE
FLOUNDERING UNDERGROUND, EH?

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

[CHATTERING STOPS]

DR. IBRAHIM.

I WAS TOLD
THAT YOU WERE DEAD.

I THINK WE ARE
ALL DEAD, MY FRIEND.

NOT YET.

HARLAN WILLIAMS,
DR. RICHARDSON.

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE SAFE.

DELGADO.

AHEM.

HAVE A SEAT.

I THINK I'LL STAND.

YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE OWE YOU

A BIT OF AN EXPLANATION.

YEAH, JUST A BIT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T
WANT TO WASTE TIME

WITH A LOT
OF INTRODUCTIONS.

SUFFICE TO SAY THAT
THESE MEN AND WOMEN

WERE GATHERED
WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY

AND WITH GREAT EFFORT,
I MIGHT ADD,

TO EVALUATE
AUSTIN SHEPARD'S THEORIES

ABOUT THE CURRENT
UNANTICIPATED
SOLAR ACTIVITY.

YOU MEAN THE END
OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.

WE WERE HOPING YOU COULD
SHED SOME NEW LIGHT

ON HIS CALCULATIONS.

LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY,

EVEN IF AUSTIN'S CALCULATIONS

ARE PARTIALLY INCORRECT,

LIFE ON THIS PLANET

IS ABOUT TO CHANGE RADICALLY.

THE POLAR ICECAPS MAY MELT.

THE ATMOSPHERE
MAY BE STRIPPED AWAY.

IF THAT HAPPENS,
EXPOSURE TO U.V. ALONE
WILL KILL US.

MAKE NO MISTAKE--

A MASS EXTINCTION EVENT
WILL HAPPEN.

IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL,
PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO WARN THE PUBLIC.

MAYBE THROW UP A PRAYER.

I DON'T PUT MUCH STOCK

IN BLIND FAITH,
DR. RICHARDSON.

FORTUNATELY, I'M NOT ALONE.

IN THE EARLY FIFTIES,

SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE

IN SOME VERY IMPORTANT COUNTRIES

ASKED A VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION--

IF CIVILIZATION WAS FACED
WITH ANNIHILATION--

AND BY CIVILIZATION,
THEY MEANT US, CHRISTOPHER--

THE EDUCATED, THE SKILLED,
THE TRAINED.

IF SOMEHOW
WE FACED EXTINCTION,

COULD ANY SEMBLANCE
OF A CIVIL SOCIETY

BE REGENERATED?

AND THE ANSWER AT THE TIME
WAS QUITE CLEARLY...

NO.

SO THE CONCEPT
OF PLAUSIBLE SURVIVABILITY

WAS DEVELOPED,
AND BACK IN THE FIFTIES,

THAT MEANT
CANNED FOOD, WATER,

AND MAYBE AN 8x10
CONCRETE CUBICLE.

AS YOU CAN SEE,

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY
SINCE THEN.

PHOENIX--

ONE OF SEVERAL
SELF-SUSTAINING,

SELF-CONTAINED FACILITIES
ALL OVER THE WORLD,

DESIGNED TO SUSTAIN
UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE

FOR UP TO 15 YEARS.

ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS,
DOCTORS,

TEACHERS, FARMERS--
VERY EGALITARIAN.

THE LISTS ARE UPDATED
CONSTANTLY.

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE,
CHRISTOPHER,

EXCEPT FOR LAWYERS, OF COURSE.

A NOAH'S ARK FOR
THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

EACH FACILITY HOUSES
A DNA LIBRARY

OF OVER 250,000 SPECIES

OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

THIS ONE IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE LIVE MAINTENANCE
OF OVER 700.

IF ONLY 1/3 OF THESE
FACILITIES SURVIVE,

MANKIND COULD STILL EMERGE

WITH ENOUGH DNA,

ENOUGH GENETIC DIVERSITY,

TO SAFELY REPOPULATE
THE PLANET.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?

ASSUMING THERE'S
A PLANET LEFT TO,
UH, EMERGE TO.

WELL, FRANKLY,

A SUPERNOVA WOULD DEFINITELY

OVERWHELM OUR PREPARATIONS.

WE'VE BEEN BETTING
ON SOMETHING A BIT
LESS APOCALYPTIC.

[ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]

NOWHERE ELSE TO GO BUT UP.

Woman on P.A.:
FUEL CONSERVATION PLAN
FOXTROT IS IN EFFECT.

PLEASE BE SURE YOUR SHIFT'S
IN COMPLIANCE.

AUSTIN SHEPARD'S
PROJECTIONS ARE
ELABORATELY COMPLEX.

HELP US OUT HERE.

SEE IF YOU CAN FIND
ANY FLAWS IN HIS WORK.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THAT I WOULD EVER AGREE

TO PARTICIPATE
IN THIS MADNESS?

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

EVER SINCE YOU TOOK
A JOB AT S.P.L.,

YOU'VE BEEN ON THE LIST.

WHAT ABOUT MY FAMILY?

I'LL LOOK INTO IT.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

YOU ONE OF
THE LUCKY ONES, TOO?

AGENT DELGADO HAS
THE NECESSARY SKILLS.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER,
YOUR SISTER?

THEY GOT
THE NECESSARY SKILLS?

YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

LOOK AROUND YOU.
TRIGGER'S ALREADY BEEN PULLED.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE.

IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS
FOR YEARS.

EVERY PRESIDENT,

WHETHER HE'S AWARE OF IT OR NOT,

IS BOUND BY IT.

THE SAME IS TRUE
IN AT LEAST 2 DOZEN
OTHER COUNTRIES.

MARTIAL LAW.
THINK OF IT AS THE DRAFT.

WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER PEOPLE?

HOW DO YOU THINK
THEY'RE GONNA REACT
WHEN THEY FIND OUT?

WE DON'T ADVERTISE,
CHRISTOPHER.

TELL ME THIS IS A BAD JOKE.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT CRAP.

IT'S ABOUT THE COMMON GOOD.

THE HIVE...

AND THE SURVIVAL OF IT.

DON'T BE FOOLISH,
CHRISTOPHER.

UNH!

HEY!

UNH! UNH!

SIR, SIR, STOP!

UHH!

UNH! UHH!

MOVE!

GET UP.

GO!

MOVE IT, MOVE IT!

STEP BACK.

STOP!

[TIRES SCREECH]

AAH!

AAH!

WATCH OUT.

AAH! UNH.

WAIT! STOP, STOP!

CHRISTOPHER, STOP!

THERE'S NO WAY OUT!

STOP!

HOLD THE VEHICLE!

[GUNS COCK]

STEP AWAY FROM
THE VEHICLE, SIR.

RIGHT.
AAH!

UHH.

HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING
THE RIDE, GUYS?

IS THIS THE BEST
YOU CAN DO, HANDEY?

AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT,

WE HAD TO REBOOT A COUPLE

OF RETIRED
COMMERCIAL SATELLITES.

THIS IS THE BEST GRAPHIC
WE COULD ACCOMPLISH

WITH THE DATA WE RECEIVED.

YOU'RE LUCKY
YOU'RE SEEING THIS MUCH.

OLD SATELLITES PLUS
THIS KIND OF EVENT

ARE NOT A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS.

HOLD YOUR BREATH.

IMPACT IN...

5...

4...

3...

2...

1.

WHAT THE HELL?

YOU BELIEVE THIS?

WE'RE GONNA LOSE IT!
HOLD IT.

AAH! UNH.

AAH! AAH!

[GROANING]

WELL NOW,
ISN'T THIS SOMETHING?

YOU'RE ALIVE, TOO, HUH?

YEAH, WELL...

YEAH, TOUGH SITUATION HERE.

MAYBE, UH...

YOU CAN...

[GURGLING]

WELL, THAT'S A SOLUTION.

[LAUGHS]

YES. COME ON NOW.

AHH.

HERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT, MATE.

YOU AND ME.

Inmate: SO, WHAT NOW?

SUPPOSE WE FIND
SOME TRANSPORTATION

SOON AS WE CAN NOW, RIGHT?

I MEAN,
YOU'RE IN CHARGE, YOU KNOW...

I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU SAY.

YOU'RE FAMOUS. I'VE HEARD
QUITE A LOT ABOUT YOU.

AND I TELL YA...

I--I CAN DO A FEW THINGS.
I CAN HOT-WIRE ANYTHING.

ANYTHING YOU TELL ME TO DO--
IT'S JUST ME AND YOU.

ALL RIGHT?
[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

WE'RE DOING WELL,
CONSIDERING THE TIME CRUNCH.

THE PHOENIX COMPOUND IS
READY TO BE INHABITED.

WE HAVE A LOCK
ON 40% OF OUR TARGETS,

WORKABLE WHEREABOUTS
ON AN ADDITIONAL 25.

EVEN IF WE TOP OUT AT THAT,
WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

MY ADVICE: WE BEGIN
COLLECTING IMMEDIATELY.

COLONEL!
THE LONGER
WE'VE DODGED THE BULLET--

HOLD ON.

WILLIAMS.

BETTER CHECK
YOUR MONITORS AGAIN.

CAPTAIN?
MR. MILLER.

WHAT IS THIS?
IT'S A SOLAR PLASMA EJECTION.

S.B.L. SAYS
IT'S HEADED FOR EARTH.

WHAT?
SOLAR MATERIAL.
IT'S A FORM OF MATTER.

IT'S UNSTABLE. WE KNOW
VERY LITTLE ABOUT IT.

HOW MUCH TIME?
MINUTES.

ARE THE PHOENIX COMPLEXES
IN THE U.S., EUROPE

AND AUSTRALIA AWARE OF THIS?

YES, SIR, THEY ARE.

SPACE COMMAND SATELLITES
OFF-LINE, SIR.

WITHOUT KNOW WHERE OR WHEN,
WE CAN'T ORDER EVACUATIONS.

OH, GOD HELP US.

[WHOOSHING]

[SCREAMING]

Woman on P.A.:
ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE
TO LEVEL 5, SECTION 3.

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE
TO LEVEL 5, SECTION 3.

DAYLIGHT SEQUENCING TEAM 2,

MEET MR. BINDER
IN POWER GRID 7.

DAYLIGHT SEQUENCING TEAM 2,

MEET MR. BINDER
IN POWER GRID 7.

VETERINARY AND HUSBANDRY
TEAM LEADERS

REPORT TO ORGAN ROOM.

VETERINARY AND HUSBANDRY...

♪♪

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO REMAIN CALM.

Newscaster:
THE PRESIDENT HAS MOBILIZED
THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION,

F.E.MA. HAS SENT ALL AVAILABLE
SEARCH AND RESCUE UNITS
TO ST. LOUIS

TO ASSIST LOCAL CRISIS UNITS.

THE SCOPE OF THE DEVASTATION
IS STILL NOT COMPLETELY KNOWN.

THESE WILDFIRES ARE THE WORST.

WE THINK THEY'RE STILL
GONNA HAVE WATER SHORTAGES.

BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF TOURISTS AND VISITORS

IN THIS AREA
AT ANY GIVEN TIME,

CASUALTIES ARE DIFFICULT

IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS,

AND IT MAY BE DAYS--

YOU OK?

OK, I GOT THE SHOT.
I GOT THE SHOT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, PETER,

WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING

ISOLATED STRUCTURAL
EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS INSTRUCTED

THOSE PEOPLE
IN THE HOT SPOT AREAS

TO RELOCATE TO
THE RED CROSS CENTERS.

THOSE CENTERS ARE FILLING UP,

AND IT MAY BE--

[STATIC]

WELL, IT SEEMS
AS THOUGH WE'VE LOST
OUR REMOTE SIGNAL

FROM THE CENTER
OF THE MAIN DESTRUCTION.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT,

BUT ASSURE YOU THAT
WE WILL BE RESUMING
OUR COVERAGE

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MOST OF THE COUNTRY
HASN'T SEEN THAT MUCH.

WE'VE BEGUN COLLECTING

ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL
FROM OUR LISTS,

BUT WE SURE
HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

A PANICKED EXODUS
OF THE GENERAL POPULATION

BEFORE WE'VE REACHED
TARGET NUMBERS

WOULD BE A DISASTER.

THE METEOR HIT IS
A GOOD COVER FOR NOW,

BUT WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP
SHEPARD'S THEORIES
OF A SUPERNOVA

OUT OF THE MIX
ANY WAY WE CAN.

BECAUSE WE CANNOT TOLERATE

ANY DELAYS
IN THE TENANTING PROCESS.

I THINK WE CAN ALL
AGREE ON THAT.

THESE ARE DIFFICULT
TIMES, PEOPLE.

NONE OF US WANTED
THIS TO HAPPEN.

BUT THIS IS WHAT
WE WERE TRAINED FOR.

OUR JOB...

IS TO FACE THE ARITHMETIC,

AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID.

IF WE CAN DO THIS
WITHOUT SENTIMENTALITY,

WITHOUT NOSTALGIA,

MANKIND HAS A CHANCE
FOR A FUTURE.

IF WE CAN'T,

MANKIND CAN ONLY HAVE A PAST.

DELGADO.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
KEEPING DR. RICHARDSON

IN THE RESIDENCE PODS.

WHY IS THAT, SIR?
HE PANICKED.

HE'LL EITHER SETTLE DOWN,
OR HE WON'T.

I'D FEEL BETTER
IF YOU TRANSPORT HIM

TO THE CONTAINMENT COMPOUND.

FOR HIS OWN SAFETY.

SIR.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D
HEARD ANYTHING, SIR.

I'M SORRY.

THE RETRIEVAL TEAM
WE SENT MADE IT VERY CLEAR

TO YOUR FAMILY
IT WOULD BE SAFER
FOR THEM TO JOIN YOU HERE.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

SOME PEOPLE
JUST AREN'T CONVINCED

OF THE SEVERITY
OF THIS SITUATION,

OR THEY'D RATHER TAKE THEIR
CHANCES WHERE THEY ARE.

IF I COULD
JUST SPEAK WITH THEM--

WE CAN'T FORCE THEM
TO COME IN, LISA.

WE FORCED
DR. RICHARDSON, SIR.

HE'S AN ESSENTIAL.

YOU'RE AN ESSENTIAL.

P.A.: SURFACE RECOVERY CREWS,
STAND DOWN UNTIL 0900.

SURFACE RECOVERY CREWS,
STAND DOWN UNTIL 0900.

P.A.: REBREATHER ANALYSIS
SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE

FOR KEY LEADERS IN
THE TECHNICAL POOL.

REBREATHER ANALYSIS
SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE

FOR KEY LEADERS IN
THE TECHNICAL POOL.

THE PRESIDENT
HAS BEEN SECURED.

THE JOINT CHIEFS
ARE WITH HIM.

THE CABINET HAS BEEN
ROUNDED UP

AND A GOOD NUMBER OF SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES

ARE WITH MARSHALS
OR STATE POLICE

AT TEMPORARY SHELTERS.

SO, WHAT DO WE KNOW?

ST. LOUIS HAS BEEN
DEVASTATED.

IT SEEMS THE ATMOSPHERE PROVIDED
US WITH SOME PROTECTION,

BUT THE IMPACT
AND THE RESULTING FIRES

HAVE LAID WASTE TO THE ENTIRE
METROPOLITAN AREA.

HOUSTON, GRAND RAPIDS,
AND SEVERAL MILLION ACRES
OF NATIONAL PARKLANDS

OUT WEST ARE UP IN FLAMES.

THERE ARE FIRES ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF LOS ANGELES
AND SAN DIEGO.

THE EVACUATION IS IMPOSSIBLE
BECAUSE THE FIRE

ALMOST SURROUNDS
THE METRO AREAS.

ANY WAY TO TELL IF
WE HAVE MORE LIKE THAT
HEADED OUR WAY?

D.O.D., NATO, AND SEATO
INFORMATION FIBER OPTIC

INTRANET NETWORK
IS STILL FUNCTIONING.

WE DO HAVE LIMITED
COMMUNICATIONS ABILITIES

TO TAP INTO OBSERVATION
RESOURCES WORLDWIDE.

IT IS OUR BEST AND ONLY HOPE

TO TRY TO CATCH NEW EVENTS
AS THEY FORM.

WHAT WE NEED IS SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS SOMETHING

ABOUT WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON.

FINE SOMEONE. NOW.
YES, SIR.

I CAN ONLY SPECULATE.

BUT IT IS BECOMING
CLEAR TO ME

THAT THERE ARE
EFFORTS UNDER WAY

TO TRY TO MINIMIZE
THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF THE PHENOMENA
THAT THE WORLD
HAS EXPERIENCED

OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS.

BUT THESE INCIDENTS--

THE AIRLINE CRASHES,

THE ELECTRICAL STORMS,
THE BLACKOUTS--

WERE ALL ACCURATELY
ANTICIPATED

IN DR. SHEPARD'S RESEARCH,

WHICH I OBTAINED
FROM HIS OBSERVATORY

JUST AFTER HE DISAPPEARED.

THE BEGINNINGS OF WHAT
YOU'D CALL A SUPERNOVA?

YES.

WHICH MEANS?

IT MEANS THAT THE SUN

IS GOING TO EXPAND...

AND WILL EVENTUALLY CONSUME

OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM.

I'M LAURIE STEPHENSON
OF CHANNEL 7 NEWS.

AND FOR THE RECORD,

MY REPORTS ON
DR. SHEPARD'S WORK

AND HIS CURRENT
DISAPPEARANCE

HAVE NOT BEEN
ALLOWED TO AIR.

SO I'VE MADE THE DECISION

TO DEFY MY SUPERIORS

AND TO GET THIS
INFORMATION OUT

THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW.

TO ALL OF YOU
WHO SEE THIS,

I CAN ONLY PROMISE
TO CONTINUE REPORTING
WHAT I LEARN

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS I'M
PREVENTED FROM DOING SO.

YOU KNOW,
I THINK YOU GUYS

HAVE ME
IN THE WRONG ROOM.

THERE'S NO TELEPHONE,
I GOT NO MINI BAR.

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

STAND UP.

OH, COME ON.

HANDS.

COLONEL WILLIAMS
WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU.

YEAH. HE'S A GREAT
JUDGE OF CHARACTER.

HE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE
THE ONE GETTING TO CHOOSE

WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES.

LET'S GO.

WHERE WE GOING?

THE COLONEL BELIEVES
YOU'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE

AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

DON'T MAKE THIS HARDER
THAN IT HAS TO BE.

PAPERS.

LET'S GO, SOLDIER.
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

YES, MA'AM.

[STATIC]

WHAT DID I MISS?

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS

BREACHED THE ATMOSPHERE.

SAINT LOUIS?

NO ONE KNOWS HOW BAD,
BUT IT'S BAD.

SO, DELGADO,

HOW'S THE FAMILY?

[TIRES SCREECH]

GET OUT.

GET UNDRESSED.

MY MOTHER AND SISTER

LIVE IN SAINT LOUIS.

YOU LISTEN.

HE'S FINE, I PROMISE.

SO, I THINK HE'S OK.

HE'S JUST CALLING
TO LET YOU KNOW.

[GLASS SHATTERING]

HALEY!

HALEY!

I'M SORRY, MOM.

I KNOCKED OVER MY GLASS.

I GOT SCARED, I--

ARE YOU OK?
DID YOU CUT YOURSELF?

NO.

NO.

I'LL CLEAN IT UP.

DARLING, WHAT HAPPENED?

I WAS ON THE INTERNET.

IT'S STILL WORKING.

I WAS SEEING MAYBE

IF DADDY HAD E-MAILED
OR SOMETHING.

THINKING WHAT I'M THINKING?

YEAH. EASY PICKIN'S
THIS WILL BE.

UNH!

HEH HEH!
FINE, MATE.

[ENGINE STARTS]

THERE YOU GO. PUNCH IT.

LET'S GO!

I'LL TRY AND LET
YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH US,

BUT I'M NOT SURE
I'LL GET THROUGH.

DON'T WORRY
ABOUT ME, MADAM.

I'LL BE FINE.

BUT I WILL WORRY, TERESA.

AS SOON AS YOU MAKE
THE ARRANGEMENTS,

YOU LOCK UP THE HOUSE,
AND YOU LEAVE.

AND WHEN THIS IS OVER,
I'LL COME FIND YOU.

I KNOW YOU WILL, MADAM.

LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER.

BYE, TERESA.

I PROMISE I'LL SEE YOU
AGAIN SOON.

LET'S GO.

[HORN HONKS]

TO ALL OF YOU
WHO SEE THIS,

I CAN ONLY PROMISE
TO CONTINUE REPORTING
WHAT I LEARN

UNTIL SUCH TIME

AS I'M PREVENTED
FROM DOING SO.

ONE OF MY PEOPLE'S
KIDS DOWNLOADED IT
THIS AFTERNOON,

E-MAILED IT TO HIS MOTHER.

IT MUST BE EVERYWHERE
BY NOW.

I RECOGNIZE HER.

WE KNOCKED HEADS A FEW
TIMES IN BOSNIA OR OMAN--

SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.

Handey: I HAD
SOMEONE CHECK THE STATION.

SHE HASN'T BEEN SEEN
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE GOT TEAMS UNDERGROUND.
WE'LL FIND HER.

LISTEN, AT THE MOMENT,
I GOT MORE PRESSING PROBLEMS.

SIR, WE STILL NEED
TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION HERE.

TELL ME.

SHE COMMANDEERED
ONE OF THE VEHICLES,

LEFT THE FACILITY
ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO.

RICHARDSON IS
DEFINITELY WITH HER.

SHE HAD PAPERS
WITH YOUR SIGNATURE.

CLEVER GIRL.

I'M SORRY.

LOOK, RICHARDSON,

WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER HOUR, MAYBE 2,

BEFORE WILLIAMS FINDS OUT
AND SENDS HIS DOGS.

NOW, IF I WERE YOU,
I'D BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT TO DO WITH
MY NEWFOUND FREEDOM.

GET TO MY WIFE, LITTLE GIRL.

IF WE'RE LUCKY, I CAN GET YOU

INTO THE CITY
IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

THEN WHAT?

THEN...

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
TO SAINT LOUIS, DELGADO.

IT'S HALFWAY
AROUND THE WORLD.

WATCH ME.

THERE'S A NOTEBOOK
IN THE DUFFEL.

YOU SHOULD TAKE
A LOOK AT IT.

THESE ARE CHENISLAV'S NOTES.

JUST TELL ME
I HAVE ENOUGH TIME

TO FIND MY MOTHER
AND MY SISTER.

IT'S SO PEACEFUL.

HMM.

I NEVER THOUGHT
THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING
IN THIS WORLD

I COULD BE SO AFRAID OF.

COLE WON'T FIND YOU, BROOKE.

NOT HERE.

I JUST WISH I COULD
GET A HOLD OF CHRIS.

HEY.

I THINK I GOT A PROBLEM
IN THE FUEL LINE.

SHE'S JERKIN'
LIKE A MARE IN HEAT.

CAN'T DO MUCH
UNTIL TOMORROW.

BUT MY WIFE'S GOT
A LITTLE MOTEL OUT BACK.

REASONABLE RATES.

THANKS.

MIND KEEPIN' HER
INSIDE, THOUGH?

THE SUN'S A KILLER
ON HER FINISH.

SHE WON'T SEE
THE LIGHT OF DAY
TILL YOU'RE BACK.

WHAT NOW?

ANOTHER RIDE.

HANG HERE.

[ENGINE STARTS]

GET IN.

WHEN YOU GO BAD,
YOU REALLY GO BAD, DON'T YOU?

SOME THINGS YOU
JUST NEVER FORGET.

WOW.

THIS IS REALLY GOOD.

I...

I CAN'T REMEMBER
THE LAST TIME

I HAD A HOME-COOKED MEAL.

YOU'RE VERY NICE
TO DO THIS.

WELL, IT'S MY PLEASURE.

SOME FOR ME.

AND TO US.

CHEERS.

CHEERS.

DID YOU LEAVE ANYONE?

BEHIND, I MEAN.

NO.

NO.

NO ONE SPECIAL.

I WAS MARRIED.

GREAT GUY, ACTUALLY.

SOMEHOW,
I DON'T THINK SO.

Shepard: LIFE IS FULL
OF SURPRISES, ISN'T IT?

HOW IRONIC. IF I HADN'T
SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE...

LOOKING AT THE STARS...

I MIGHT HAVE MISSED
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING
ON EARTH I'VE EVER SEEN.

WHY IS THAT WE FIND
THE BEST THINGS...

WHEN THERE'S SO
LITTLE TIME TO ENJOY THEM?

I WONDER
IF ANYBODY KNOWS.

MIGHT BE BETTER
IF IT'S FAST.

I'M NOT SURE HOW
"CIVILIZATION" CAN HANDLE

THE INEVITABILITY
OF ITS OWN END.

I WISH SHEPARD
WASN'T SO FRIGGIN' SMART

OR I WASN'T SO STUPID.

THERE HAS TO BE AN ANOMALY--
I JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

MAYBE IT ISN'T THERE.
CHENISLAV WAS SURE IT WAS.

SOMETHING ABOUT SHEPARD'S
ASSUMPTIONS BOTHERED HIM.

ASSUMPTIONS?

IF THE PREMISE IS WRONG,

EVERYTHING AFTER
THE PREMISE IS WRONG.

CHENISLAV HAD A FEELING.

I GOT A FEELING.
WHAT?

WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

THIS GAS GAUGE READ FULL
NEARLY TWO HOURS AGO.

HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?

FAR ENOUGH TO BE OUT
OF GAS PRETTY SOON.

[GROANS]

DO YOU THINK
ANYBODY'S SEEN IT YET?

WE POSTED IT
ON EVERY NETWORK
WE COULD ACCESS.

THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.

WE HAVE TO GET
MORE INFORMATION,

GET BACK ONLINE,

KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED.

WE'RE GOING TO S.P.L.

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.

IT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT SOLAR RESEARCH
LAB IN THE WORLD.

IF THERE'S ANY PLACE
WE CAN FIND OUT

WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON,
IT'S THERE.

Delgado: OK, TRY IT AGAIN.

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

AW, FORGET IT.

FORGET IT.

SHE'S DRY.

GIVE ME THE KEYS.

GRAB THE DUFFEL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

LOOKING FOR THINGS
TO SALVAGE.

UHH.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]

WILLIAMS?

PLAYING MUSIC?

HEY, GUYS!

WHAT'S UP?

OUT OF GAS.

WELL, COME ON.

GET IN.

WE'RE GOING TO A PARTY!

THEY GOT A PHONE THERE?

WHO CARES?

[MUSIC BLASTS,
KIDS WHOOPING]

All: WHOO!

MOTORCYCLE ENGINE
REVVING]

DELGADO!

SORRY.

[MUSIC BLASTING]

Ginny [on computer]:
OUR SUN HAS ENTERED
THE EARLY PHASES...

OUR SUN HAS ENTERED
THE EARLY PHASES OF...

[STATIC]

OUR SUN HAS ENTERED
THE EARLY PHASES OF...

OUR SUN HAS ENTERED
THE EARLY PHASES

OF WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY
RESULT IN A SUPERNOVA...

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Handey: WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS THE SOLAR EQUIVALENT

OF THE PERFECT STORM,

RECORDED ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO.

THE PLASMA FLARES HAVE

AN INTENSITY AND VELOCITY

THAT FAR EXCEED
ANYTHING EVER RECORDED.

Williams:
IS IT GONNA HIT US?

NOT HIT--BURY.

OUR SIMULATIONS PREDICT
THAT THE MASS

WILL DISPERSE
ON ITS WAY HERE.

IT'LL HIT US
LIKE A SCATTERGUN

LOADED WITH NUCLEAR
BIRD SHOT.

WHEN?

TRAVELING AT OVER
A MILLION MILES AN HOUR.

THE SUN IS 93 MILLION AWAY.

YOU DO THE MATH.

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.

ST. LOUIS TIMES A THOUSAND.

COLONEL, I THINK IT'S TIME

FOR US TO MAKE
THE EVACUATION.

WILLIAMS.

I'M AFRAID THAT'S NOT
GONNA BE POSSIBLE NOW.

WHAT?

I'M AFRAID WE'RE
SPREAD TOO THIN.

OUR PRIORITIES HAVE
DEFINITELY CHANGED.

WE HAD AN AGREEMENT,
COLONEL.

I'M SORRY.

[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]

YOU WANT SOME?

NO.

NO, THANKS.

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

AS OLD AS I'M
GONNA GET, DAD.

CHRISTOPHER.

CHECK THIS OUT.

ZERO TO 100 IN 6 SECONDS.

LUXURY.

AND KICK-ASS.

THEY'VE ALL GOT
THEIR KEYS IN THEM

AND A FULL TANK OF GAS.

WELL, TAKE YOUR PICK.

I JUST WANNA GET
THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

THAT GIRL BACK THERE
WAS JUST A FEW YEARS OLDER
THAN MY DAUGHTER.

YEAH. KIDS ARE ALWAYS
THE FIRST TO SUFFER.

I SAW IT IN BOSNIA...
IN IRAQ...

TAKE AWAY THEIR HOPE
FOR A FUTURE, THEY
GET OLD REAL FAST.

ARE YOU RELIGIOUS?

NOT REALLY.
ARE YOU?

WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

"AND THE MOON BECAME
AS BLOOD...

" AND THE FIFTH ANGEL SAID,

"'THE STARS IN THE HEAVEN
FELL ONTO THE EARTH...

LIKE FIGS FROM A FIG TREE...
SHAKEN BY THE WIND."

REVELATIONS.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU WEREN'T RELIGIOUS.

OUR SUN IS GOING OUT,

TAKING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
AND EVERYTHING LIVING WITH IT.

THE END OF THE WORLD.

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

IT'S JUST A PROCESS,

A NUCLEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC
PHENOMENON.

A PROCESS?

IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS
WE'RE PRETTY INSIGNIFICANT.

THAT'S THE WAY
YOU REALLY FEEL?

ABOUT YOUR WIFE...

YOUR DAUGHTER--

INSIGNIFICANT?

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

HANDEY HAS BEEN TRACKING
THIS THING ALL ALONG.

HE KNEW ABOUT
DR. SHEPARD'S THEORIES
BEFORE ANY OF US.

AND HE'S BEEN PASSING
THE INFORMATION ON

TO SOME GUY NAMED
HARLAN WILLIAMS.

HARLAN WILLIAMS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

HE WAS IN BOSNIA.

HE'S N.I.O.

OH. SO THAT'S
HOW THEY GOT ON THIS.

WELL, GINNY,

I SEEM TO HAVE
UNDERESTIMATED YOU.

YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND,
I HAD PEGGED.

OK, WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU'RE GONNA QUESTION
HER ETHICS

AFTER WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN DOING?

AND WHAT EXACTLY

DO YOU THINK
I HAVE BEEN DOING?

SELLING US OUT.

YOU'VE BEEN FEEDING
DR. SHEPARD'S INFORMATION

TO NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
FOR MONTHS.

FOR YEARS.

HOW DO YOU THINK
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD
ALL THE RESEARCH

THAT BRILLIANT PEOPLE
LIKE YOU

WANT TO DO HERE?

OH, I SUPPOSE THEY
NEVER TAUGHT YOU

THE PRINCIPLE OF
QUID PRO QUO

UP AT STANFORD, HUH?

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WE'RE GOING TO SCRUB
EVERY SITE WE CAN ACCESS

ON EVERY S.P.L. NETWORK,

BACK UP EVERY PIECE
OF DATA WE CAN

TO THE SERVERS DOWN HERE.

AND IF THERE'S
ANY POSSIBILITY

THAT SOMEONE, SOMEDAY,

SURVIVES THIS CATACLYSM,

I WANT THEM TO FIND
WHAT WE DID HERE.

I WANT THEM TO KNOW.

MOM!

AUNT LINDA! MOM!

LOOK.

OH, GOD.

AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING

THAT CONTINUED
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE WILL,

IF NECESSARY,
BE MET WITH DEADLY FORCE.

INITIAL REPORTS HAVE STATED
THAT THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE

THAT RAINED DOWN ON ST. LOUIS
WAS INDEED THE SUN.

WHEN ASKED TO CONFIRM
THESE REPORTS,

SPOKESPERSONS FOR
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
AND THE WHITE HOUSE

SAID THAT THE REPORT WAS
ERRONEOUS AND MISLEADING.

OFFICIALS FROM F.E.M.A.
WERE ALSO TIGHT-LIPPED,

BUT THE WHITE HOUSE PROMISED

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
WOULD BE MADE SHORTLY.

DEMONSTRATIONS ABOUT THE LACK
OF ACTION BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

HAS GRIPPED MOST MAJOR CITIES,

WITH SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA HAVING
THE MOST SERIOUS CLASHES

BETWEEN CIVILIANS
AND THE MILITARY.

WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT?

MAN.

I WISH WE'D HAD MORE TIME.

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
I WANT TO KNOW.

[SIRENS BLARING]

THAT'S THE CITY.

AT THIS POINT,
THE SUPERNOVA IS
ALMOST ACADEMIC.

THE FIRES AND THE SMOKE POSE
A MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE DANGER,

AND IF CONDITIONS
DON'T IMPROVE...

WE'RE IN FOR
A VERY BAD TIME INDEED.

ARE YOU SAYING
WE WON'T SURVIVE
ANOTHER FIREBALL EVENT?

WE MAY SURVIVE THE FIREBALLS,

NOT THE FIRES.

REMEMBER THE OIL FIRES
AFTER DESERT STORM?

REMEMBER THE INDONESIAN
FOREST FIRES?

WELL, AFTER A FEW DAYS,

MOST OF OUR SUNLIGHT

WON'T BE ABLE
TO REACH GROUND LEVEL.

NUCLEAR WINTER.

AFTER A FEW WEEKS,

WE MAY SEE
TEMPERATURES STABILIZE

AT 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

AND THAT'S WORLDWIDE.

AND THEY'LL STAY
DOWN THERE FOR MONTHS,

MAYBE EVEN YEARS.

YES, BASICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING

AT A MASS EXTINCTION EVENT.

WE'LL BE JOINING THE DINOSAURS

BEFORE THE SUPERNOVA
EVER HAPPENS.

THIS SORT OF EVENT OCCURS

ONCE IN A STAR'S LIFE.

THERE'S NO STOPPING IT.

THE ONLY THING STRONG ENOUGH

TO SAVE US...

IS THE EARTH HERSELF.

[STATIC]

[RADIO CLICKS OFF]

DAMN.

SOLAR INTERFERENCE?

YEAH, EITHER THAT,

OR THE RELAY TOWERS ARE DOWN.

EITHER WAY, IT'S NOT GOOD.

LET'S NOT ASSUME THE WORST.

WHAT'D YOU SAY?

LET'S NOT ASSUME THE WORST.

ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE WRONG.

AUSTIN'S PREDICTIONS

WERE BASED ON A STUDY
THAT I DID

SURROUNDING
A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD--

ASTEROID 460.

IS IT NEAR THE SUN?

MY NUMBERS RIGHT HERE.

CHENISLAV WAS CONVINCED
THAT MY ASSUMPTION WAS WRONG,

THAT IS WHY HE HIGHLIGHTED IT.

IF MY NUMBER IS WRONG,

EVERYTHING THAT COMES
AFTER IT IS ALSO WRONG.

I HAVE TO GET TO S.P.L.

CHRISTOPHER.

[SIRENS BLARING]

[BOOM]

THIS COUNTRY
IS COUNTING ON US

TO BE ON THE BALL, PEOPLE.

NOW, I KNOW THIS ALL
SEEMS INSURMOUNTABLE.

BUT UNTIL WE ARE WIPED OUT,

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY
TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
SOME SORT OF ORDER.

THE PEOPLE IN THE FIELD--
THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE--

NEED US TO ORGANIZE THINGS,

AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT
THERE IS ORDER AT THE TOP,

OR THEY WILL FALL APART.

IF THAT HAPPENS,

ALL MAY BE LOST.

NOW, LET'S GET BACK AT IT, OK?

CAPTAIN.

THAT ORDER I GAVE EARLIER...

APPLIES TO PEOPLE TRYING
TO LEAVE, AS WELL.

NO ONE GETS IN.

NO ONE GETS OUT.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE
FAMILIES OUT THERE.

WE ALL HAVE FAMILIES
OUT THERE, CAPTAIN.

WE FALTER,
AND EVERYONE WILL SUFFER.

ARE WE CLEAR?

ABSOLUTELY.

GOOD.

Handey: THAT'S TO
THE WEST OF THE CITY.

OH, MY GOD.

THAT'S RIGHT WHERE
MARSHALL'S HOSPITAL IS.

I CAN'T STAY HERE.

NOT NOW.

GINNY...

WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.

YOU MIGHTN'T GET
WITHIN MILES OF THE AREA.

IT COULD BE DANGEROUS.

I REALLY HOPE
I SEE YOU AGAIN.

SOMEHOW.

YOU DID GOOD, GINNY.

WE BOTH DID.

AND NOW IT'S YOUR TIME.

GOOD LUCK.

[THUNDER]

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

COME ON!

GET ON.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

GET HIS BLEEDING STOPPED.

[CHILD SHOUTS]

HEY, COLE.

LOOKY, LOOKY.

BEAUTY, HUH?

HEY, COLE.

LOOK, UH...

WE NEED TO TALK.

COLE?

HELLO?

YOU GOTTA DO
WHAT YOU GOTTA DO,

BUT I'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME FUN

BEFORE I GET CALLED BACK HOME.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

[BONES CRUNCHING]

OOF!

DR. LEWIS!

MARY ANN!

IT'S ME, GINNY McKILLIP.

YEAH...I KNOW.

WHERE IS MARSHALL?
DON'T KNOW.

DR. LEWIS, YOU'RE HURT.

OKAY, UM, YOU'RE JUST
GONNA SIT DOWN.

[SIREN BLARES]

DR. LEWIS. WE--
WE NEED TO--

LET'S GET YOU
OFF YOUR FEET.

[WOMAN SOBBING]

MARSHALL!
OH, MY GOD, MARSHALL!

I WAS SO AFRAID.

IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE BOTH GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

BUT IT'S SO TERRIBLE,
MARSHALL.

IT'S TERRIBLE...

IT'S OKAY. WE'LL STAY HERE.

OKAY, THEN.
MY NAME'S GINNY.

WHAT'S YOURS?
CASSIDY.

OKAY, CASSIDY.

I'M SCARED TOO,
BUT EVERYTHING'S
GONNA BE JUST FINE.

ALL SET.

IT'S GONNA LINK UP
TO ANY NEWS SITE OR BLOG

OR WEB SITE STILL IN EXISTENCE.

YOU WANT TO DO THE HONORS?

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS HIT "SEND" RIGHT THERE.

MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T.

WHAT GOOD WILL IT DO?

IT'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW
THE TRUTH.

WILL THAT HELP THEM?

IT'S...

IT'S NOT GOING
TO HELP SAVE THEM,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.

THEN WHAT'S THE POINT?

HMM?

I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER

BELIEVING THAT

PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW.

NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL,

THE TRUTH HAS TO COME OUT,

AND I'D DO ANYTHING TO GET IT.

ANYTHING.

I'VE LOST FRIENDS,

LOVERS.

NOTHING ELSE MATTERED TO ME

AS MUCH AS FINDING OUT

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED,

WHO REALLY DID IT,

WHAT WAS BEHIND IT ALL.

AND LETTING AS MANY PEOPLE
AS I COULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

BUT NOW...

I'VE COME FACE-TO-FACE

WITH A DIFFERENT
KIND OF TRUTH.

WHAT GOOD
DOES IT DO TO KNOW?

WHAT CAN ANYONE DO
ABOUT IT?

IT'S A TRUTH THAT DOESN'T

REALLY MATTER ANYMORE.

ALL IT CAN DO IS
MAKE MATTERS WORSE.

MAYBE NOT.

STEP AWAY, MALCOLM.

YOU TOO, DAVE.

SINGH.

I KNOW WHO YOU
WORK FOR, REMEMBER.

SAME EMPLOYER YOU DO,
AS I RECALL.

EXCEPT I QUIT.

GOOD FOR YOU.

I JUST GOT FIRED.

WHAT ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR, CHRIS?

THE TRUTH.

ONE THAT MIGHT MATTER A LOT.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

MR. MILLER.

SIR...

NATIONAL GUARD'S FIGHTING
A LOSING BATTLE.

EVERY POLICEMAN,
FIREMAN, MARSHAL,

DEPUTY AGENT WE HAVE
ISN'T ENOUGH.

RIOTS ARE SPIRALING
OUT OF CONTROL.

PULL ALL UNITS BACK
TO COMMAND CENTERS.

ORDER THE COMMANDERS
TO EXPAND THEIR RESOURCES

TO PROTECT FOOD
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS,

PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND ARMORIES.

LET THEM HAVE
THE LIQUOR STORES,

SUPERMARKETS, MALLS,
AND THE LIKE.

IF WE LIVE THROUGH THIS,

WE'LL NEED FOOD, WATER,

DEFENSE STOCKPILES,

AND POWER TO SETTLE THINGS.

AT THIS TIME,

WE ARE STRUGGLING
TO REMAIN ON THE AIR.

WE AREN'T EVEN SURE

IF ANYONE IS SEEING
THESE BROADCASTS,

BUT THE STAFF HAS VOWED
TO STAY ON THE AIR

FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN.

WITH ONLY SCATTERED REPORTS
STILL COMING IN,

WE CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY,

THE SCOPE OF THE DESTRUCTION

HAS BEEN MASSIVE.

FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS

HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY

WITH THE HELP OF
THE MILITARY WORLDWIDE

TO NOT ONLY DEAL
WITH THE DESTRUCTION,

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DESPERATELY
TRYING TO MAINTAIN ORDER,

TO LITTLE EFFECT.

CASUALTY REPORTS HAVE TOPPED

WELL OVER SEVERAL MILLION,

AND THOSE ESTIMATES
ARE HOURS OLD.

SHEPARD ISN'T WRONG,
CHRISTOPHER.

THERE'S NO WAY HE'S WRONG.

WE SHREDDED HIS FIGURES
TILL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT.

YEAH, BUT YOU
DIDN'T SHRED MINE.

KEEP GOING.

LET'S GO, CHRISTOPHER.
TIME FOR YOU TO GO HOME.

NO, IT'S...IT'S HERE.
I KNOW IT'S HERE.

I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN--

CHRISTOPHER.

YOUR WIFE, YOUR DAUGHTER.

BUT WHAT IF I'M RIGHT?

WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT?

[SCREAMING, SHOUTING]

Soldier [over megaphone]:
DISPERSE IMMEDIATELY

AND RETURN TO YOUR HOMES.

DISPERSE IMMEDIATELY!

[THUDDING, SHOUTING]

PREPARE YOURSELVES!

DISPERSE IMMEDIATELY
AND RETURN TO YOUR HOMES.

DISPERSE IMMEDIATELY
AND RETURN TO YOUR HOMES.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK WE SHOULD JUST
LEAVE BAD ENOUGH ALONE.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

THAT'S A MISTAKE.

THIS IS A PLUS SIGN RIGHT HERE.

IT SHOULDN'T BE A PLUS.

WAIT--PLUS X
OVER 2 TIMES RHO.

TELL ME THIS IS GOOD.

THAT'S PE = H
TO THE SECOND

OVER 20 x Em N E

OVER EmH x 3

OVER PI x EMH

TO THE POWER OF 2/3

TIMES ONE PLUS X
OVER 2 TIMES RHO--

MINUS X OVER 2 x RHO.

MINUS X, NOT PLUS X.

[LAUGHS]

WHOO!

Singh: YOU ARE KIDDING ME.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

UH, A PLUS SIGN.

A STUPID LITTLE PLUS SIGN.

WHERE A MINUS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT?
TELL ME THAT'S GOOD?

OH, YEAH.

IT'S GOOD.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS HAPPY

TO BE RIGHT ABOUT BEING WRONG.

AUSTIN'S WHOLE THEORY WAS BASED

ON RESEARCH HE ASKED ME TO DO.

BUT MY PROJECTIONS WERE OFF,
FRACTIONALLY.

I PUT A PLUS SIGN

WHERE A MINUS SIGN
SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

AUSTIN WAS WORKING
FROM A FAILED PREMISE.

I MEAN, IF MY CONCLUSIONS
WERE WRONG, SO WERE HIS.

THIS ALL BOILS DOWN
TO A PLUS SIGN?

SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

NOW...

YOU HAVE A TRUTH

THAT'S WORTH REPORTING.

AND I HAVE A WIFE AND A DAUGHTER

THAT I HAVE TO GET BACK TO.

SO I GUESS THIS IS WHERE
WE PART COMPANY.

I'LL GO WITH YOU.

WE'VE COME THIS FAR.

LET'S MAKE SURE AT LEAST
ONE OF US GETS HOME.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

[SHOUTING AND CHANTING]

BOUND TO HAPPEN.

WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT
NOTHING TO LOSE...

IS THERE ANOTHER WAY
WE CAN GO?

IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME
ANYWHERE WE GO.

Lisa: WHOA!

Man: AHH! HA HA HA!
GET EM' OUT!

CHRISTOPHER!

[MAN SHOUTING]

GET OFF!

Lisa: CHRISTOPHER!
Chris: LET ME GO!

OOF!

UNH! OW! UNH!

[GUNSHOTS]

BACK OFF! BACK OFF!

I SAID BACK OFF!

GET IN.

[GUNSHOTS]

UNH! UGH!

[GUNSHOTS]

OH!

I THINK YOU BETTER DRIVE.

OHH!

OH!

IT'S FINE.
I JUST NEED SOME AIR.

[CHOKING]

GOD!
I CAN'T BREATHE.

OH!

[SIREN BLARING]

LOOK, I HAVE TO GO
GET SOME HELP, OK?

JUST STAY RIGHT HERE,
AND I'LL BE BACK.

NO! DON'T LEAVE ME.

OH!

[CHOKING]

I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING YOUR WIFE AND KID.

OH, DON'T TALK LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE, OK?

I'M GOING TO GET YOU
IN THE TRUCK.

WE'RE GOING TO GET UP
OUT OF HERE, OK?

LET'S GO. COME ON.
AAH!

OH!

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN,
CHRISTOPHER.

SCIENTISTS AT S.P.L.

ARE NOW CONVINCED
THERE WAS A FATAL ERROR

IN THE ORIGINAL EQUATIONS

THAT DR. SHEPARD USED

TO COMPLETE HIS ANALYSIS

OF THE AGE OF THE SUN.

ACCORDING TO
DR. MALCOLM HANDEY OF S.P.L.,

WHO'S HERE WITH ME NOW,

THIS MEANS THAT
EARLIER PREDICTIONS

OF A SUPERNOVA EVENT
OVER THE NEXT WEEKS OR MONTH

HAVE BEEN BASED

ON INCONSISTENT DATA.

ACCORDING TO
OUR LATEST ANALYSIS,

THE RECENT DEVASTATING
SOLAR ACTIVITY

WILL ABATE OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

BUT WE ARE NOT OUT
OF THE WOODS YET,

AS WE STILL HAVE
TO CONTAIN...

YES, SIR, WE HAVE
THE SAME TRANSMISSION.

YES, ORIGINATION
AT S.P.L. IS CONFIRMED.

YES, SIR,
BUT I STRONGLY ADVISE

CONTINUATION OF PHOENIX'S
OPERATIONAL STATUS

UNTIL WE FIND HANDEY

AND ANALYZE WHAT HE KNOWS.

SIR, WE HAVE
AN INVESTMENT HERE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S PRUDENT
TO CANCEL THE GAME

BEFORE WE HAVE THE TEAMS
ON THE FIELD, SIR.

YES, SIR. I UNDERSTAND.

YES, SIR.

BROOKE?

HALEY?

LINDA'S COTTAGE.

[CELL PHONE BEEPING]

[SQUISHING]

[TELEPHONE CLATTERS]

BROOKE?

BROOKE!

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS]

I WONDER HOW BAD WE GOT IT.

I THINK IT'S SAFE
TO SAY THAT, UH,

WHAT MANKIND DID TO ITSELF
IN 2 WORLD WARS,

THE SUN MANAGED TO DO
IN A FEW DAYS.

MILLIONS DEAD.

CITIES IN RUINS.

CIVIL ORDER DESTROYED.

WELL, WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF
WORSE, I SUPPOSE.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

[TELEPHONE BEEPING]

THIS IS MILLER AT N.C.C.

I NEED TO SPEAK
TO THE PRESIDENT.

YES.

OH, YES.

I'LL HOLD.

[WAVES LAPPING]

[WIND BLOWING]

OH! WHOA!

OH, MY GOD.

OH, CHRIS. OH, CHRIS.
LINDA?

I'M SORRY.
IT'S OK.

I JUST SAW THE HEADLIGHTS--

LIN, WHERE'S BROOKE?

DADDY!
OH!

HALEY. OH, HONEY.

Brooke: I COULDN'T REACH YOU.
I WAS SO SCARED.

Chris: IT'S ALL RIGHT.

EVERYTHING'S GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

THAT'S--IT'S A LONG STORY.
I'LL TELL YOU LATER.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BROOKE.

I TOLD HER TO LEAVE.

I TOLD HER NOT TO STAY THERE.

WE CAN'T TELL HER.

NOT NOW.

SHE LOVED TERESA.

I KNOW.

HE'S COMING, CHRIS.

HE DOES NOT KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE.

SHE COULD HAVE TOLD HIM.

HE COULD HAVE
MADE HER TELL HIM.

HE'LL KILL US ALL

IF HE GETS THE CHANCE.

THEN WE'RE NOT STAYING HERE.

WE CAN'T GO HOME.

THE CITY'S OUT OF CONTROL.

YOU SAW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

EVEN WHEN WORD GETS OUT

ABOUT THE SUPERNOVA,

IT COULD TAKE WEEKS

FOR THINGS TO SETTLE DOWN.

THEN WE'RE DEFINITELY

BETTER OFF ON THE RUN.

NO.

WE'RE NOT GONNA RUN.

WE'VE LOST SO MUCH TIME
BECAUSE OF THAT BASTARD.

HE'S STOLEN IT FROM US.

HE'S STOLEN MY LIFE FROM ME,

AND I CAN'T LET HIM
HAVE ANYMORE.

WHAT IF YOU'RE RIGHT?

WHAT IF HE DID GET TO TERESA?

HE'LL COME HERE.

THEN LET HIM.

Linda: LEAVE SOME SOAP
FOR THE REST OF US!

I WILL.

Chris: AH, I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

I WAS SO STUPID.

Linda: SHE'S IN THE BATH.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SCREAMING]

I SAW HIM! HE'S HERE!
I SAW HIM!

WHO, HONEY? WHAT?

THAT MAN!
H-HE WAS STANDING

AT THE WINDOW
OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM,

LOOKING AT ME!

ARE YOU SURE, HONEY?

THERE WAS SOMEONE THERE, DAD.

IT WAS HIM.

Linda: OH, DAMN THAT GENERATOR.

ALWAYS DOES THIS.

WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN THIS HAPPENS?

WELL, YOU START IT
LIKE A LAWNMOWER.

WHERE IS IT?

BY THE GAZEBO.

NO, CHRIS.

WE'RE VULNERABLE IN HERE
WITH NO ELECTRICITY.

YOU STAY HERE,
WAIT TILL I COME BACK.

YEAH, BUT WHAT IF
HE'S REALLY OUT THERE?

TAKE THE GUN.

TAKE THE GUN, CHRIS.

[GRASS RUSTLES]

[COCKS GUN]

[RUSTLING]

OOF!

BROOKE.

IT'S ME.

UNH! UNH!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

AAH!

OHH! OOF!

AAH!

UNH!

WHERE'S THAT NICE,

PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, BROOKE?

WHERE IS HALEY?

I'M GOING TO START WITH HER.

ARGH!

UGH! OH!

AAH!

UNH!

GET BACK, HALEY!
DON'T COME DOWN HERE!

AAH! OH!

MOM!

[GASPING]

OK, COLE.

YOU WANT IT?

YOU COME AND GET IT.

ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH, COLE?

UNH!

[GRUNTING]

OOF!

[GROANING]

Chris: AAH!

OH!

AAH!

UGH!

OHH.

UNH!

ARGH!

AAH!

[GUNSHOT]

[GASPS]

[GUNSHOT]

IT'S OVER.

IT'S OVER.

[THUNDER]

[BABY CRYING]

Man: NURSE?

YOU'RE OKAY.
YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

THE DOCTOR'S GONNA
BE WITH YOU SOON.

[RAINDROPS PATTER]

[THUNDER]

YOU GOTTA SEE THIS.

[LAUGHING]

Both: ♪ IT'S RAINING,
IT'S POURING ♪

♪ THE OLD MAN IS SNORING

♪ HE WENT TO BED
AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ♪

♪ AND COULDN'T GET UP
IN THE MORNING ♪

[LAUGHING AND SINGING]

OK.

WELL DONE.

MOM. DAD.

DID HE HURT YOU?

ARE YOU OK? IS HE GONE?

[CRYING]

Laurie [on TV]: IT APPEARS
THAT THE RAIN

IS A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON,

DOUSING THE FIRES

THAT HAVE OVERWHELMED
OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL,

AS WELL AS MOST OF
THE FOREST FIRES

THAT WERE TOO REMOTE

FOR ANYONE TO REACH.

IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS,

MAJOR RAINFALL
ACROSS THE PLANET

HAS CLEANSED THE AIR.

THE EARTH IS HEALING ITSELF.

ACRE BY ACRE,
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY,

CONTINENT BY CONTINENT,

MOTHER EARTH HAS DONE
FOR MANKIND

WHAT IT COULDN'T
POSSIBLY DO FOR ITSELF.

OUR FIERCE AND TERRIFYING SUN
HAS FINALLY CALMED ITSELF.

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
IN THIS VAST UNIVERSE,

IT WILL DIE, BUT NOT NOW--

NOT FOR A LONG TIME.

ONLY 3 WEEKS AGO,

WE STOOD ON THE BRINK
OF EXTINCTION.

WE WITNESSED THE DARK SIDE
OF HUMAN NATURE.

WE SAW RIOTS AND LOOTING.

WE SAW SELFISHNESS

AND DISREGARD
FOR ONE ANOTHER.

BUT, WORST OF ALL, WE LEARNED

THAT THERE ARE THOSE
WHO WOULD LEAVE
THE REST OF US BEHIND.

WITH THE TWISTED LOGIC

OF SOCIAL DARWINISM,

AN EXCLUSIONARY NOAH'S ARK

ALMOST SET SAIL.

THIS STORY HAS YET TO BE TOLD,
BUT IT WILL BE.

IN THE MEANTIME,
LET'S NEVER FORGET

THAT WE HAVE SUFFERED
TREMENDOUS LOSS.

BUT WE GO ON.

WE HAVE LEARNED,
PERHAPS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE,

THAT WE ARE INDEED FRAGILE.

THINK ANYONE'LL BELIEVE HER?

WOULD YOU?

RIGHT. JUST ANOTHER FANTASY

FOR THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.

WELL, TRANSPORT'S
WAITING OUTSIDE.

LOOK.

COME ON.

Chris: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

COME ON OVER, HALEY.
IT'S TIME TO EAT.

Brooke: HALEY, COME SIT DOWN.

Haley: COMING!