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Tell me again why we're sitting on top of this giant rock called Trollsvatn.

Why couldn't I get the job in Hawaii?

At least there's action there.

This volcano's been dormant for how long?

Give it a rest, Jeff.

All you two do is argue.

There's nothing better to do on this mountain.

It keeps me from yawning to death.

Well, you could save your energy and try not to talk.

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Oh, yeah.

So would I.

Fine.

This whole mountain is gonna blow.

Ryan and Fred, they're still up at the top collecting samples.

Get them on the radio, now!

We got to clear out!

Ryan, this is Basecamp.

Copy.

Ryan, this is Basecamp.

Get down here, now!

Nothing.

These things were working earlier.

You can't go up there.

Lisa's coming with me.

You won't make it.

I'm not leaving them.

Call the helicopter evac team and then pack up all our equipment.

We'll be back before you're finished.

Hurry.

Iceland Transport.

Copy.

Iceland Transport.

Requesting emergency evac.

Copy.

This is Iceland Transport.

Repeat request.

This is US Geo Survey Team Trollsbotten.

Requesting immediate transport.

Copy.

On our way.

ETA.

Five minutes.

Emergency evac gives you two minutes load time, then we're out of there.

Copy that, Iceland Transport.

We'll be ready.

Ryan!

Let's pack it up!

I can't get through...

Jeff.

Jeff!

Where's the evac team?

The copter's on its way.

Get down here, now!

Let's get out of here!

Just like that.

In the span of a heartbeat.

We see the Earth go from her most serene and bucolic...

to her most violent and destructive.

Our planet was forged out of this primordial struggle of the elements.

Earth, air, fire and water.

And so, volcanic activity today, while less frequent...

tells us that the battle continues.

Mr. Taylor, welcome back.

Welcome back.

These images were recorded in Hualalai in 2000.

They are spectacular.

Beautiful.

But proof, at the same time, of how...

unpredictable and unmerciful nature can be.

All of these events remind us that our survival as a species...

is dependent upon our ability to understand and adapt...

to the planet's ongoing evolution.

Hence, volcanology...

despite Mr. Taylor's earlier assertion to the contrary...

has nothing to do with Mr. Spock or the Starship Enterprise.

But rather, is the study of the Earth's blood pressure.

Its life force carries us from our distant past...

right up to the present...

and tells us much about our future.

I know I went over, but I did want to give you guys...

a sneak preview of what you have to look forward to next semester.

Remember to put your term papers on the desk on your way out.

As always, I look forward to being shocked and awed by your brilliance.

Dr. Shepherd?

Sorry, do you have a sec?

As of two minutes ago, I've got a whole week's worth of them.

What can I do for you, miss?

Brianna Chapman.

I was in your thermodynamics lab last semester.

You're one of my grad students?

I was, but then I...

sort of shifted gears.

Is that so?

To what?

Geochemistry, actually.

Well, glad to hear it.

We can use all the help we can get in that field.

That is exactly who I wanted to talk to.

I heard about your expedition that you're taking to Iceland over the break.

I don't suppose you heard about that trip from my illustrious TA, did you?

Christopher?

Did he tell you about me?

No, but, uh, you're definitely his type.

I want to come with you.

Sorry, I've already filled my quota of student volunteers.

Oh, well, I happen to know that your chemist dropped out last minute.

Do me a favor.

When you see your friend Christopher, tell him I'm going to wring his neck.

I can do this job.

It's not going to be some clean, controlled environment, you know?

We're going to be taking samples, doing field analysis on the fly.

And I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty.

And I've spent time at volcanoes.

My family had a reunion in Hawaii last year, and I spent the whole entire time at

Mauna Kea, and my aunt Grace was not very happy about that.

I'm sorry, I never get a pass at trustees.

Oh, but I'm not looking for recommendation or credit.

I just really want to get some more field experience under my belt.

Nobody can fault you for a lack of enthusiasm.

Look, if I were to agree, there would have to be conditions.

Such as?

No recommendations or credit.

I'd expect your very best at all times.

You'd have to buy your own plane ticket.

Okay, you win.

Thank you!

Oh, you will not regret this.

I could hug you right now.

And when I publish my first book, you are so getting a shout-out in the

forward.

Can I give you a tip?

Don't hug you?

Bring warm clothes, because it's very cold.

And be on time, because we're leaving first thing in the morning.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Thank you.

I'm telling you, this girl's amazing.

She's smart, she's funny, she's cool.

She's a hottie mcnaughtie.

What?

That's what you said.

You know, by the way, why don't you try consulting with me next time before using

your job as an excuse to pick up girls?

That's unfair.

I honestly thought that she'd be a valuable member of the team.

Meaning what?

She already shot you down once?

Well, I kinda had a thing for her, and then I kinda had a thing for her

roommate.

It's complicated.

Yeah, with you it usually is.

But you're not upset, right?

No, no.

I do have a few things I'd like you to take a look at during the break.

Tough but fair.

I'm gonna go check in with the pilot.

Good to see you're still doing your part in putting the T&A back in being a T.A.

Look, I know you're upset about our little boys' club getting busted up, but I'm

telling you, even you will like this girl.

She's really smart.

Well, given that she's apparently managed to resist, you're doing your part.

She's got some serious charms.

I'd rather like her already.

Damn, Phil.

You weren't kidding.

No, Phil.

I wasn't.

Hi.

Jacque?

Kai?

This is Brianna.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Kai.

Bri.

Can I give you a hand with that?

Sure.

This way.

Okay.

No way she goes to Raven.

Believe me, I'd have noticed.

Maybe if you spent more time outside and less time in your room pirating porn DVDs.

Hey, bro.

That's cool ain't cheap.

Guy's gotta make a living.

All right.

We're all here.

Let's get the show on the road.

So I don't understand.

Why Iceland?

Yeah, man.

All I know about Iceland is that it's all, well, ice.

It's Greenland, Phil, you jackass.

We're going to Iceland because it's been estimated that a third of all the lava

that's ever flowed upon the Earth has come from there.

And there was a team of geologists exploring a crater there that have gone

missing.

Well, that sounds more like a job for the Icelandic Search and Rescue, Phil.

Except seismic reports show that apparently there was a sudden eruption

when they disappeared.

And the professor has a theory that the volcano that we're visiting is actually a

few million years older than the experts say it is.

The government gave him a grant to prove it.

So what if it proved it?

It's not like we went in a car or something.

Science is about the search for truth, not glory.

I didn't say they had to name a national holiday after my ass.

All I'm saying is if I'm going to be spending my break freezing my butt off,

I'm going to have to do it.

I don't want to be surfing the S-end of nowhere instead of living it up in Miami

or Kabul.

I at least want to see some real action, you know?

Well, it is the most volcanically active country on the planet.

Maybe you'll get your chance.

I thought I read somewhere that Grimsvotn hasn't blown its top in like 700 years.

She hasn't?

And we are a go for geothermal and seismic, Phil.

Looks like she's sleeping like a baby.

Copy that, Phil.

Dr. Shepherd, this is amazing!

Dr. Shepherd, this is amazing!

We're in another world or something!

You and Jules Verne voyaged to the center of the Earth.

This was their point of origin.

You couldn't ask for a more pure, active example of Earth's ongoing

evolution.

And on that note, should we get back to work?

Unless, of course, any of you fancy spending the entire afternoon basking in

the stench of rotten eggs.

All right, Kai, you want to hold down the fort?

We're going to be taking some samples.

Yeah, and try not to eat all the food.

Yeah, copy that.

So let me ask you something.

What is the deal with you and Kai and the Phil-Phil thing?

It's just a thing.

Oh, is it like a girl thing, or...

you just haven't been in a group long enough, right?

Easy, Ms. Insecurity.

Now, uh, I dated this PT major last year.

And for some weird reason, she didn't like Kai.

So...

whenever he called the apartment, he called himself Phil.

So then I started calling him Phil all the time, and he started calling me Phil all

the time.

And I just sort of stuck.

Jacques.

Check it out.

Looks like an ammonite.

Which would place this site at the Mesozoic, at least, if not the Devonian,

which means...

Bravo, Professor.

So what is the deal with Dr. Shepard?

What do you mean?

I don't know.

He's just kind of...

He's married.

Oh, he's married?

Separated.

I guess she got tired of chasing him into smoldering holes in the ground.

That definitely felt like a tremor.

Kai, talk to me.

Was that us?

No, I got a spike, but I don't know where it came from.

Wake Mr. George.

The sensor's off.

There's definitely some activity going on.

What happened to the 700 years?

I don't know.

I guess there's hope for Jacques yet.

Kai, I can't get it.

Kai, contact the chopper.

I know it's the same thing that got up, but I want to wait around and find out.

CJ, freeze!

Way ahead of you, Doc.

Not again.

Mayday, mayday.

This is Exodus Expedition.

Go ahead, Exodus.

What is your emergency?

The volcano's become active.

We need immediate extraction.

Do you copy?

Copy, Exodus.

Emergency evac is on its way.

Wait a minute, sir.

You gotta know when to walk away.

Let's go!

It isn't worth it.

Now come on, move!

I can get it!

Let's go!

I can get it!

Team

Exodus.

Team Exodus, this is Iceland Transport.

Do you copy?

Copy, Iceland Transport.

Rescue chopper is en route.

ETA, five minutes.

Copy that, Iceland Transport.

Kai, the ETA on that chopper is getting kind of hot down here.

Guys say we're looking at another five minutes.

Wind's been picking up big time.

Keep going, we're right behind you!

Come on, let's go!

The heat waves are melting the glacier sand.

That means...

If it collapses, you and I are a permanent part of the landscape, so keep climbing.

We'll never make it.

Yes, we will.

Now come on!

Come on, let's go!

Come on, Jock, it's just a little further.

Come on.

We're coming.

We're coming.

We're coming.

We're coming.

We've got to get out of here!

There's two more people down there!

If we don't get off this rock now, we'll never make it out alive!

All right, guys, let's go!

We can do it.

That's it.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Let's just show the world what we're made of.

You're the one looking for some action.

Might I suggest that the next time you go inside the volcano, I'll stay at the top

with the equipment.

Hey, man, if it had been my fat ass down in that crater, it would have been a

deep-fried pork crime right now.

We should be so lucky.

I've never seen anything like it!

Nobody ever has.

And the fact that it went off today definitely supports Balayan's exodus

theory.

Volcanic activity has subsided for now, and choked with smoke and ash and fallout

has been experienced as far away as Sweden.

With the death toll now at an estimated 3,400, this eruption in Iceland is being

called the worst volcano-related disaster since the eruption of Mount Pinatubu in

1991.

Meanwhile, scientists believe they have traced the source of the activity,

centered mainly on Iceland's western peninsula, to the apparent accidental

rupturing of several natural gas vents by an offshore drilling operation in the

North Atlantic late last week.

This is the first time Yes, she is.

Is that your wife?

For now.

Sorry, Christopher told me.

Is there anything he hasn't told you?

Do you want to talk about it?

About what?

My TA's astounding ability to share the intimate details of my personal life with

others?

No.

I meant your wife.

He told me that you guys are separated.

I don't know, maybe I could help.

Yeah.

You doubt it.

Well, have you tried calling and apologizing?

I did actually try a couple of times, but I just couldn't get past listening to

her voice on the answering machine part.

So try again?

Yeah.

No, I know.

You're right.

Hey, can I ask you something?

Sure.

Two dormant volcanoes, I mean, completely dormant, erupt violently within

days of each other.

Coincidence?

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

Hey,

Melanie, is he here?

He's inside.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

How are you?

Good.

How's Natalie?

She's fine.

Yes, she's fine.

I hear she's fine.

Actually, you'd have to call and ask her yourself.

Maybe then she'd pick up the phone.

It's like I told you, you can't spend the rest of your life going down in those

holes without screwing everything up.

You're one to talk.

I don't exactly see you slowing down.

I lost some mobility.

You lost the marriage.

Big difference.

Some would argue that marriage is a loss of mobility, but I'm not saying that.

Anyway, how are things at USGS?

Is Kincaid still a jerk?

Yeah.

He was a jerk when you two were my students.

And he was a bigger jerk when I told him where he could stop it.

So, yeah, he's still a jerk.

You what?

I quit.

Are you kidding me?

You remember what that place is like.

You get to be my age, you run out of patience for politics.

It's a young man's game now.

And I could never get used to the idea that he's now my boss.

Well, I had no idea.

When did all this happen?

Four months ago.

And you would have known if you'd pick up the damn phone once in a while.

Me?

You know, his phone was disconnected.

Oh, that?

Yeah, that.

What's with the sheets?

Are you going somewhere?

Yeah, we're flying to Hangzhou on Wednesday.

Wednesday, yes.

Wednesday.

When are you going to stay a while?

As long as necessary.

Hmm.

Well, with that in mind, take a look at this.

Quite a mess, though, I hear.

It is.

I was there.

And the word is you took along a team of ragrats.

They're great scientists, Oscar.

I'm sure they are.

You always could pick them.

What is this?

You tell me.

Cataigua, Ecuador.

And 48 hours later, five near-simultaneous eruptions in Iceland, four of which hadn't

made a peep in years.

It's everything you've always talked about.

You were right about Exodus, and this is the start of it.

No, it's not.

What do you mean, no, it's not?

If these aren't the initial indications of Exodus, I'd love to know what the hell it

is.

The first eruption happened here, five weeks ago, off the coast of Spain.

Then here, two days later.

Rarotonga, the South Pacific.

Then nothing.

Nothing for weeks.

To the point where I began to think that everyone else was right, and I was just

grabbing at straws.

Then earthquakes.

Here, here, and here.

Of course, I hadn't counted on Iceland until sometime next week, and Cataigua was

a surprise.

So?

So this cannot be the start of Exodus, because Exodus already started.

You gotta do something with it.

Just take it to Kincaid.

Kincaid said the USGS doesn't have the time or the resources to prove some old

crackpot hypothesis.

I'm done trying to prove anything to people who don't want to listen.

Isn't that what you're going to Mount Fuji for?

To get proof?

Unless you're secretly hoping that the myth of the Fountain of Youth isn't a

myth.

You already said it, Peter.

This was my life's work and no one cares.

You went to hell with Kincaid.

Go over his head.

Take it to the hill.

It's the same game everywhere.

You of all people should know that.

I understand if you don't want to do it, but at least give me a shot.

You know what's at stake here.

Take it.

Take all of it.

You and I both know where I'm going and why.

I don't want to end my life in some hospital room.

I'm going back to the front line.

I'm going back to the front line.

Goodbye, Peter.

CJ, I need you to look up a number for me.

Steven Dougherty at the Bureau of Disaster Relief and Awareness.

Call me back as soon as you can.

Dr.

Shepherd, are you saying that you can accurately predict where and when these

eruptions will occur?

Given the proper resources, yes.

Right now, all we're looking at are generalities.

Probabilities.

What some may see as a coincidence, I think is the Earth trying to tell us

something.

And in my experience, when that happens, it's usually a good idea to listen.

My apologies, gentlemen.

Peter, I believe you know William Kincaid from the U.S.

Geological Survey.

Our paths have crossed, yes.

Would you like me to recap?

Thanks, but I'm sure I'll be able to catch up.

Please, continue.

Basically, we're seeing a massive increase in activity on a worldwide scale.

Now, I don't believe that these are a succession of random volcanic events.

I think they're part of a pattern, which, if ignored, could have serious

consequences to the future of life on this planet.

Peter, tell me you're not here to sell us this Exodus crap again.

What's Exodus?

It's a half-baked theory first put forth by Dr. Shepherd's mentor, Oscar Lillian.

Yeah, it's anything but half-baked.

What Dr. Shepherd is suggesting runs contrary to theories the global scientific

community has unanimously subscribed to for nearly half a century.

Volcanoes don't just erupt.

There are warning signs weeks, sometimes months in advance.

The global scientific community unanimously subscribed to the Flat Earth

theory, too.

I understand that this sounds far-fetched, but in order to understand Exodus,

you have to see the bigger picture.

Something has happened at the Earth's core causing it to expand.

The tremendous pressure that has been displaced is now working its way through

the Earth, manifesting itself in these areas.

Accelerated eruptions.

The traditional warning signs no longer apply.

Not here, not to this.

And what exactly is this something that has caused the core's expansion?

Or does your theory not cover that?

It could be any number of different things.

What is causing the pattern is beside the point.

Look, we can figure that out later.

Right now we need to figure out how to stop it.

Dr. Shepherd, I'm afraid I just don't see the emergency.

How else can I put it?

There are 1,500 volcanoes on the surface of the Earth.

Some of them are active and some of them are dormant.

Over 150 of them are located in North America alone.

If they erupt, and I think they will, we are looking at cataclysmic devastation.

What's your worst case scenario?

Gentlemen, I think it's my duty to point out that none of Dr. Shepherd's so-called

theory has yet to be proven.

Dr. Kincaid.

He could be completely wrong.

Please allow Dr. Shepherd to answer the question.

Worst case scenario?

The extinction of everything living on the planet?

How long do we have?

Months.

Thank you, Dr. Shepherd.

I believe I've heard enough.

I want you and your team to go over his data and see if there's anything to it.

If there is, come up with a list of possible solutions.

I'd be glad to.

Thank you, gentlemen.

You're an alarmist, Peter.

Just like the old man.

Still, that was quite a presentation you made back there.

The extinction of every living thing on this planet.

Woo!

Compelling.

Oscar Verlian write that for you?

You're not even going to review my data, are you?

Oh, no, I'll review it.

I'll review it very carefully and prove that your little theory is complete crap.

And the amazing thing here is that by doing that, I'll be doing you a favor.

How's that?

Have you forgotten what tends to happen whenever you start jumping a gun?

Tengurahua, Sagurajima...

I was doing my job.

If those volcanoes had erupted, tens of thousands of people would have

died.

Yes, and instead, millions of dollars were lost.

And those same people were placed in a state of fear and panic for no reason.

I guess I'm missing your point.

My point is you have a long history of being wrong.

I'd imagine by now you'd be quite used to it.

There she is.

Just in time.

Morning, Harv.

Here you go.

There's a couple of Danish in here with your name on it.

Oh, Natalie, you know I shouldn't.

Yeah, I know you will.

I don't care what Lorraine says.

I like a man with a few extra pounds on him.

Hey, you missed all the excitement around here this morning.

It seems like old Faye will decide that she didn't like your name anymore.

What do you mean?

Not so much as a burp since yesterday afternoon.

So what are they gonna do?

You know a word?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Guess the government's decided to sit around with their thumbs up their butts.

They'll all kneel deep in lava before they decide to do something.

A little more eloquent explanation.

Thank you, Kai.

The government wants proof.

I guess we have to get it for them.

Look.

As you guys all know, Oscar Valien is the mind behind this theory, right?

Well guess what?

He thinks Mount Fuji's gonna erupt within the next three weeks.

I want you and Kanogi to go back to Tokyo.

Kanogi, there's a car waiting for you outside.

Yes, but I'm not finished with my work.

Just go.

Yes, ma'am.

I said both of you.

Oscar.

You're a young woman and you have your entire life ahead of you.

You've been my entire life for twelve years.

I'm not going to leave you now.

Melanie.

Don't say anything.

I'm staying.

And to that end, he's gone off to Honshu to gather data directly.

In the meantime, I'll be going to Ecuador.

If our theory is correct, then these recent volcanic events are like dominoes

in a long chain, each linked to a tectonic plate through a series of interconnecting

fault lines.

Our job would then be to ascertain not only why all of this is happening,

but which faults are being affected and which antennas are likely to go off next.

I'm not going to lie to you.

This is going to be dangerous.

So if any of you have any reservations, especially after what happened in Iceland,

believe me, I'll understand.

It's not even an issue.

Count me in.

Me too.

Well, seeing as it's the only chance we've got at proving any of this, we don't have

much of a choice, do we?

Uh, yeah.

If we're going to be working with you, does that mean we're exempt from

everything else?

Because I've got this major biochem paper due next Tuesday.

What?

I'm just asking.

But I'm totally in.

Good.

Hi.

Sorry, I guess you're out.

Or else you're standing there listening to this, waiting for me to hang up so you can

hit the lead.

Which I can only assume is what you've done the last three times.

Hey.

Hey.

You answered.

Right.

Uh, shouldn't you be climbing to some smoking hole in the ground?

Okay.

I forgot it.

I guess this is a bad idea.

I shouldn't have called.

Well, what did you expect this to be like, Peter?

Oh, I don't know.

I guess civil would have been too much to hope for.

Fine.

Let's start over.

How are you?

I've been better.

Why?

What's the matter?

I'm gonna run in with Bill Kincaid today.

Hmm.

Kincaid.

How's he?

Slimy as ever, but look, I didn't call to talk about him.

Then why did you call?

To hear your voice.

To see how you're doing.

Well, this is a little out of character, Peter.

Are you sure that's the reason?

Yeah.

Why?

So...

How you doing?

How's life at Yellowstone?

Well, apparently Mother Nature's decided to make my life a living hell with fire

season in the middle of winter, but other than that, everything's fine.

Peter, you sound weird.

Are you sure you're okay?

What?

Yes.

Just worrying about you.

Listen, I should really get going.

They have me supervising the Sunrise Trail walk three times a week, so...

Well, it was great talking to you.

Nice to hear you finally say something other than, Hello, this is Natalie.

Please leave a message after the beep.

Take care of yourself, Peter.

You too.

Good night.

Reach

the voicemail box, Beth.

That's Peter Shepard.

Peter,

I just want to give you your last message.

It's good to be on the front line again.

Oscar, we gotta go.

No.

Let's go, Oscar.

It's too late.

No.

It's good to be on the...

Try this instead.

Sorry about your friend.

Maybe he wasn't there.

Maybe he got out.

No.

He was there.

He knew what was gonna happen.

It's what he wanted.

To die?

He didn't have anything left to give.

He sacrificed everything.

Family.

Career.

For a theory that nobody would pay any attention to.

But they're paying attention now.

If it's not too late.

Is that your wedding ring?

Symbolic, huh?

Hanging in limbo.

It's an interesting concept.

Wedding ring purgatory.

I wanted to apologize for what I said the other day about your marriage.

It was none of my business.

There's this really serious genetic condition in my family called foot and

mouth disease.

You oughta get that looked at.

Sorry.

I was just trying to help.

It's not that I don't appreciate it.

It's just that...

I don't know if my failed marriage is really appropriate student-teacher

conversation.

Well, technically, we're not really supposed to be drinking beers together,

either.

But then again, I'm not your student this semester, so maybe we're in the clear.

Can I ask you what happened?

Basically, I spent the first two years of our relationship chasing after her.

And then I spent the first three years of our marriage chasing after volcanoes

dragging her with me.

It was all...

pretty much about my world.

And I guess she got fed up with that, took off to go find a life of her own.

I screwed up.

You really want her back.

Nothing makes very much sense without her, but I haven't figured out how to fix it.

Well, like I said before, you can try apologizing.

I have a hard time admitting when I'm wrong.

Although, as someone pointed out to me recently, I should be used to it by now.

You just admitted it to me.

I don't know.

Maybe if you give it some time and you admit it to her, you guys can have another

chance.

Maybe.

But can I give you a tip?

Don't hug you?

No.

The sudden eruption of Mount Fuji has not only destroyed much of the island,

but has triggered several tsunamis, the biggest in this part of the world

since 2004, placing an estimated 60% of the coast of China underwater.

The death toll is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands.

And breaking news from Africa.

The first major eruption of Mount Kilimanjaro since the last ice age.

Many fear the danger from these eruptions may be compounded by storm clouds creating

a highly concentrated form of acid rain.

He never said anything about Africa.

And he told us Fuji wouldn't go off for another month.

But he did say it would erupt.

He's grabbing at straws.

Well, maybe you should consider grabbing a handful or two for yourself.

There's definitely some major rocking and rolling going on down in the lithosphere,

but it ain't from this site.

He's right.

It looks like the epicenter's maybe a mile, mile and a half northwest of here.

That would place us somewhere in the vicinity of this area here.

According to this, there appears to be a series of mines, copper mostly.

Let's do it.

What is it?

It says, this site is closed until further notice per order of the Atacona Mining

Company.

Well, it works for me.

I guess we're leaving then.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

What did you say to him?

I said we're scientists that the company sent us.

For heaven's sake, tell him we're not trespassing!

Well, we sort of are, dude.

Ask him what happened.

He said that there were some men working at the mine a few weeks ago when the earth

began to bleed like fire.

Yeah, worse than fire.

It was like it was poison.

Oh, we're not going in.

Go ahead and set up, guy.

Hell, stay close.

So this is what hell is like.

Guys, this is definitely it.

I'm sure hot spots all over the place down here.

Well, which way do we go?

I'm not sure.

The map doesn't seem to show this particular juncture.

Heat's definitely stronger in this direction.

Anyone else feel like these walls are closing in?

Definitely getting tighter in here.

It's also getting hotter.

This is it.

Wow, it's a magma chamber.

Looks like it's rising pretty fast.

Yeah, a little too fast.

Let's get some rock and vapor samples and then get the hell out of here.

That's the best idea I've heard all day.

Do you think the radiation's coming from the magma?

We won't know until they run the core samples, but the levels are extremely

high.

It's no wonder they closed this place down.

Uh, guys?

Just as an FYI, I'm starting to pick up some major burps on the seismal.

Copy that, guy.

Bree and I are already making our way back to you.

Jock and CJ are wrapping it up.

Wait a moment, CJ.

What is it now?

You know, I'm not so certain it's time to go.

Our tunnel's supposed to be here.

Our location is nowhere to be found.

This just doesn't make sense.

According to this map, this tunnel simply does not exist.

Okay, Magellan, how do you explain the fact that we're standing in it?

I can't explain it.

Unless...

Unless what?

Well, I'm just beginning to wonder if this isn't a tunnel, but rather a...

This isn't a tunnel!

It's a lava tube!

Where's Zech?

He's gone!

He didn't make it, guy!

Doctor said that the burns are mainly superficial, except for on his leg.

They're gonna have to set it before we're skin grafted, but he's gonna be okay.

You can't blame yourself for what happened down there.

Jock and CJ knew the risks.

We all did.

Point is, I never should have put anybody at risk in the first place.

But that's the job.

Right?

Look, Kai is upstairs right now analyzing the samples we got.

We have a better handle on where and how magma flow is affecting the fault network.

He didn't die for nothing.

None of this is for nothing.

Oh my god.

Much of the historic city of Rome lies in ruins following the simultaneous

reawakenings of Mount Etna and Vesuvius.

The Pope has proclaimed that he believes this global devastation may be the

beginning of the end of days.

Well, it's all happening just like you said it would.

They wouldn't listen.

Yeah.

Matter of time.

Wait, where is this from?

Crater of San Sebastian.

That's from down in the mine.

Numbers threw me off the first two.

I mean, mad viscosity and crystallization levels.

I ran the test twice.

They're for real.

What's with this?

Trace levels of radioactive material 43.7, 48.4?

Those two?

Whole chemical compositions of both samples were out of whack.

I mean, it looks more like...

Like it would if it was taken directly from the Earth's core.

There's something else.

What do we know at the USGS?

Why?

What's happened?

When I went online to compare all this stuff to our databases from Raven,

I had problems getting into the server.

It looked like someone had hacked into our system.

I did some backhacking and they got copies of everything we had.

I don't know what happened.

While I can understand how you might feel somewhat angered by whatever injustice you

may feel has occurred...

You're damn right I'm angry.

You had no authority to do this.

I assure you it was done for the common good.

Look, there's still time.

If you just listen to me, I can help you.

Your help will no longer be necessary.

My people have compiled everything into a workable theory which we will be

presenting in Washington tomorrow.

So that's it.

Last week you didn't believe in Exodus.

Now you're stealing it.

Goodbye, Doctor.

So now what?

Listen, Doctor Shepard and Kai...

need you more than I do at this point.

Okay?

I know, I just...

I'll be fine.

Trust me.

Break.

We gotta go now.

Break.

It's that plane.

Okay.

Make sure you don't hook up with any hot clients.

Tell them I'm being nurses while I'm gone.

Yes, I'd like to speak with Steven Daugherty, please.

Based on what we have seen so far with regard to these eruptions, while indeed

the problem is dire, Mr. President, it is not insurmountable.

The key will be to relieve pressure from within those volcanoes that have yet to go

off.

Excuse me.

This is a closed meeting.

Steven.

This meeting's been going on for half an hour now.

Who are these people?

You first brought the Exodus theory to our attention.

Dr. Peter Shepard, sir.

And these are two of my research associates, Brianna Chapman and Kaisa

Akoya.

I was under the impression that Dr. Kincaid was the leading authority in all

this.

With all due respect, sir, Dr. Oscar Valiand is the leading authority on

Exodus.

He and I worked very closely together for many years.

I assure you, Dr. Shepard, the problem is in capable hands.

Now, may I suggest you take the science club field trip elsewhere?

Mr. President, Dr. Kincaid's evidence is incomplete.

I can prove that.

Ridiculous.

You stole it off our server in the first place, remember?

Kai.

Excuse me, Mr. President.

There have been some new developments.

Developments that Dr. Kincaid knows nothing about.

As a result, he's likely to draw the wrong conclusions.

And this is not a situation we can afford to make mistakes with.

All right.

We'll adjourn.

We'll meet back here in five minutes.

Thank you, sir.

Don't thank me yet.

I don't know what you've got.

But boy, it better be damn good.

Now, I don't know what the hell is going on here.

But I want to talk to the two of you.

Immediately.

There you are.

I thought we lost you for a sec.

Is everything okay?

Fine.

Okay, Kai, why don't you run ahead and get things set up for us.

We'll be right with you.

Sure thing.

You sure you're okay?

I don't know.

That depends.

Is it normal to throw out before you're about to present your theory on how the

world is going to end to the President of the United States?

I don't know.

It's the first time for me, too.

But I will say I made a point of steering clear of the chicken Florentine on the

flight up.

All right.

Ready to knock this one out of the park?

Yeah.

So, these layers surrounding the Earth's core serve as both filters and conductors

for the heat and radiation that are essentially the fuel that makes the planet

run.

And it's been running pretty well for a very long time, but there is one variable

that Earth hadn't counted on.

What?

Us.

By releasing toxins and radiation in ever-increasing quantities on the surface

of the Earth, man has sped up the internal processes of the planet, generating an

excessive heat at the core.

It's caused an expansion to take place.

It's pushing its way out into the molten outer core.

It's leading to these large-scale volcanic events.

Basically, it's like the Earth is trying to get rid of a really bad case of double

beryxia.

It's like a burrito indigestion.

Now, her explanation, I understand.

As fascinating as all this may be, Doctor, I'm afraid the purpose of this

meeting isn't to determine how this began, rather how and when it's going to end.

Sooner than you might think.

Oh, that's a pretty bold statement.

Considering we haven't seen anything remotely resembling what you've been

talking about, I mean, not here, not in this country.

I'm afraid that's about to change.

And not just in this country.

Here, you'll see fault lines radiating out from the Earth's core, coursing through

the planet, linking together with tectonic plates like veins and arteries.

These points indicate where eruptions have already occurred.

And you might notice that they've all taken place along a major fault line,

which puts pressure on the various plates, particularly the Pacific and the North

American.

What does that mean to us?

That we can expect increased eruption patterns in Hawaii within the next 24

hours, followed by both volcanic and seismic activity along the Rockies all the

way up into Alaska.

And that's just for starters.

This is a recent satellite image of the atmosphere.

Now, based on the current rate at which these eruptions are occurring,

here's a projection of how it will look in two days...

one week...

two weeks...

Are you trying to tell me that we could be looking at another Ice Age?

If these eruptions continue unabated, yes.

And how are we supposed to shut down every volcano on Earth?

Believe it or not, I actually have a plan.

We're all ears, Doctor.

The planet is going to continue to discharge this volcanic material.

The question is, where do you want it?

On the land or under the ocean?

And what are you suggesting, Doctor?

Rather than letting the planet decide where and when to erupt, we release the

pressure for her.

How?

We would need to develop a somewhat more sophisticated oceanographic floor plan.

We would pick strategic geological targets to detonate a series of charges along,

creating vents in the subaquatic lithosphere that would release the rock

and magma, reducing the pressure and allowing the plates to realign themselves.

And that would work?

It's just a theory, but...

And a rather poorly thought out one at that.

Look, I'm not saying it would be easy.

Even with precision detonations, there would be aftershocks, significant

wave activity.

The eruptions aren't just going to stop overnight.

The change would be gradual but steady.

But...

Given the depths of the thermally active regions I have in mind, I believe that the

after-effects would be minimal.

Especially when you consider the alternatives.

Wait a minute.

Dr. Shepard, are you seriously proposing the global launch of nuclear warheads to

stop a bunch of volcanic eruptions?

Which goes against everything I've ever believed in.

But when your back is against the wall, you have to fight fire with fire.

Mr. President, with all due respect, I strongly advise against...

Look, Professor Plagiarism, you had your chance.

Now, whether you want to admit it or not, we are running pretty damn low on options

and time.

So if you have a better idea, I'm sure we would all love to hear it.

Atlas has shrugged, gentlemen.

Now, what are we going to do about it?

Sorry about that.

I just couldn't help myself.

That guy is a first-class tool.

No, that's... Hey, I couldn't have said it better myself.

Do you want me to leave?

Yes.

Oh, God, Peter, and go where?

Look, if this is your way of convincing me to go back to New York...

Natalie, I just told you everything I've been through.

Look, I don't want to argue with you.

That's not why I called.

Nothing is going to happen here.

You don't know that.

There hasn't been a major eruption at Yellowstone in years.

It doesn't change the fact that it's sitting right on top of the largest fault

line in North America.

The same one that had been tracing volcanic activity over the last three

days.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Oscar's dead, Nat.

So is one of my students.

What?

Oscar was at Mount Fuji when it went off.

Jacques was with me.

Oh, my God, Peter.

I'm so sorry.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'd just feel a lot better if I knew that you were, too.

Peter, I don't know what you expect me to do.

You...

I don't know what to say.

Listen.

I'm sorry.

About everything.

I was wrong.

What happened between us was my fault.

I know that.

Peter.

Look, I don't know how you feel about me at this point.

I don't know if we have another chance.

I just need you to believe me about this, if nothing else.

Are you watching what's going on?

They're showing footage of Hualalai.

I almost don't recognize it anymore.

The governor has authorized the National Guard to begin mass evacuations following

the eruption of virtually all of the island chain's volcanoes.

It's gonna get worse, isn't it?

Yeah.

It is.

Dr. Shepard, there's an urgent call for you from a Steven Doherty.

Uh, yeah.

Tell him I'll be right there.

Just one second.

Natalie?

Yeah?

I'm sorry.

I gotta run.

I'll call you back as soon as I can, okay?

Help with Peter?

Yeah.

Just be careful.

Please.

Steven?

Peter, how long would it take you and your team to create your floor plan?

Uh, with the resources we have at the moment?

At least a week?

Naval Intelligence is expecting you within the hour.

They've been told they're working for you and you're to have full access to whatever

you need.

You have 24 hours.

So the president accepted the plan?

You're good to go, Peter.

Good luck.

Okay.

They'll be there.

So this is it, huh?

Now, unfortunately, we're not gonna be able to go with satellites today because

of the cloud cover.

So if we can get detailed maps of the island chain, we'll be able to do that.

The Atlantic and Pacific basins, that'd be great.

Okay.

That looks like the sea beam project the NOAA was working on.

It is.

Wasn't that scrapped in the late 80s because of security concerns?

It was, officially.

So, officially, you've never seen it.

If you take a look at this damn map, you'll get a feel for the problem we're

facing.

What do you envision setting these charges?

Well, I think the law is possible.

It's all basic.

If you leave concrete, you'll see.

If you don't, then you'll drown.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

That corresponds to this, which ties into that right there.

But I don't know how to go about making an exact determination until we get hold of

it.

It's very cross-examined.

I understand.

We should get initial data back in about the next 30 minutes.

I understand.

The time constraint support you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

Okay.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

All right.

Here's what we got.

All right.

This should be a good spot.

Yeah.

All right.

Let's go.

Okay.

Submarine fleets throughout the Pacific and Atlantic are being armed and moving

into position as we speak.

Okay, we're closing in on it.

We just want to make sure all the coordinates are 100% accurate.

And that's why you're going to be working hand-in-hand with the Navy throughout this

operation aboard two of its flagships.

The Hyperion and the Beprisal.

Wait a minute.

You want us to actually...

Transportation has already been arranged.

I'll let you decide who goes where.

All right.

You're going to be our go-between.

Kai and I will relay information back to you in the text to verify any potential

hotspots.

Got it.

Listen, if something goes wrong...

Dr. Shepard, no.

Yes.

I want you to give this to my wife.

Tell her I'm sorry.

And that I didn't have time and I couldn't figure out how to...

Just... tell her I'm sorry.

Okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

Is

this absolutely necessary?

It is if you want to reach the Hyperion inside of this week.

How long until we land?

We don't.

You're sure this is a good idea?

Yeah.

Captain Halloway?

Dr. Peter Shepard?

It's a pleasure.

You tell us where you want him, and we'll do our best to hit the target.

Yes, sir.

We've set you up over here.

Show me what you've got.

Well, this is definitely a work in progress, but...

...we've detected serious fumarole and vent activity in here, as well as along

this ridge.

So, according to our calculations, the explosions should start taking place

somewhere in this general area.

That's going to put us smack in the middle of the Marianas Trench.

I realize that, sir.

I hope you know what you're doing, Doctor.

That makes two of us.

Natalie, you there?

Go ahead, Harf.

You want to explain to me why I'm getting reports from all over the place that

you're telling people to evacuate the campground?

Because I am.

Listen, I'm up here at Old Faithful with some guys from the university.

They tell me we have some ground declination, but I don't think that's

interesting.

Any reason to panic?

No, it's deformation, Harf, which means there's magma moving beneath the earth,

and we do have reason to panic.

Natalie, why don't we just wait and see?

Trust me on this one, Harf.

I'm headed over to Kepler Campgrounds.

I sent a couple families there yesterday.

Get everyone as far away from the geyser as possible.

I'll be in touch.

Approaching a large hydrothermal field now.

160 by North 20.

Chimneys out there?

Take a look.

Have your pick.

Black or white?

Iron saturation levels whisk me off the charts.

Definitely closing in on it.

Dr. Shepherd.

Someone on the comm line for you.

You can patch in right here, sir.

Thank you.

Hello?

Hey, Doc.

How are things in the Pacific Rim?

Cold and dark, but it looks like that's starting to change.

How are things on your end?

Like I'm playing self-commander in the world's biggest bathtub, man.

You should have seen the look on the captain's face when he realized he'd be

entrusting the navigation of $6 billion worth of Navy equipment to a joker.

Remember, we've got the Russians and the UK waiting in the wings.

So as soon as you sync up with Bree and finalize your coordinates, I want you to

forward them all around, all right?

Aye, aye, sir.

Always wanted to say that.

Okay, Kai.

Target coordinates are good on one and two, waiting for confirmation on three.

Copy that.

Standing by.

What's the minimum safe distance from these kind of detonations?

Two nautical miles.

Hope you make it.

This is either the smartest plan in the history of mankind, or the dumbest.

Well, if it's the latter, we won't be around long enough to regret it.

What the hell was that?

Sir, we've got multiple thermal spikes popping up all over the trench.

Looks like they want to beat us to the punch, huh?

Load specials in tube one and two.

Flood in standby.

Load specials in tubes one and two.

Flood in standby.

Aye.

We're gonna need a hell of an overhaul when we put into port, Captain.

I wouldn't advise that we stay in the trench much longer.

Noted, XO.

Maintain course and speed.

Maintain course and speed.

Aye.

Open tubes one and two.

Stand by for launch.

Okay, go.

Hyperion has her tube doors open.

She's ready to fire.

Torpedo status, Mr. Cartwright.

Torpedoes armed and ready.

Tubes one and two are flooded.

Tube doors are open.

Ready to fire on your command, sir.

Fire torpedo one and two.

Torpedoes away.

What was that?

Torpedo two went off track, sir.

Number two torpedo has impacted with the trench wall.

Now what?

Now we hope the first one penetrated deep enough to get the job done and that the

next ones don't miss.

Load specials tubes three and four.

Torpedo one on track, sir.

Time to target.

T minus three.

Two.

One.

Signatures are weakening, sir.

Seawater's already cooling off the magma.

Looks like our plan is actually working.

Let's not pat ourselves on the back just yet.

We've still got our two biggest targets coming up.

Here, Kai.

Read your load and clear.

I just wanted to let you know Operation Heal the Earth has officially commenced

here in the Atlantic.

I hope they got a crap load of champagne ready on ice back in D.C.

The good stuff.

Torpedoes three and four are away.

Kai.

Kai.

Transmitting S.O.S.

on all frequencies.

This is the United States Nuclear Submarine Reprisal to S.I.M.

Grand Fleet HQ.

Maintain port side clearance.

Full right rudder.

Captain, I've lost all contact.

I've lost contact with my man on the reprisal.

It's gonna have to wait.

Fire tubes three and four.

Fire tubes three and four.

Aye.

My fellow Americans.

As you are well aware, for the past several weeks, our planet has been

besieged by a series of unusual volcanic eruptions.

These geological events have caused untold damage and loss of life all across the

globe.

The world's top scientists have concluded that the Earth will continue to release

magma at an increased startling rate.

However, there is hope.

A possibility to bring an end to the devastation and destruction of our planet.

Earlier this morning, acting with the full cooperation of the United Nations,

I authorized a plan of action intended to counter the effects of these eruptions.

At

this very moment, several American submarines in the Atlantic and the Pacific

are working in conjunction with submarine fleets from other nations.

Twenty-two countries coordinating efforts to launch forty-four nuclear-tipped

torpedoes at various targets beneath the world's oceans.

Today, the Earth is the only place in the whole world that can have such a

possibility.

If we are successful in our joint mission, and I have every confidence that we will

be, our way of life will be preserved for future generations.

However, planet Earth as we know it, will be forever changed.

I ask you, regardless of your faith, to join me in a prayer for our families,

for our friends, for our heroes, and most of all, for our future.

Will we survive?

I believe we are destined to do so.

May God bless us all.

Hey, I didn't hear you come in.

I just got back.

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm really glad you're here.

Me too.

Are you having second thoughts about USGS?

I don't want Kincaid's job.

I'm a teacher, not an administrator.

I only want to be with you.

As scientists, we study recent past events.

We study volcanic activity in the hopes of better understanding the way our world

functions.

And to prevent the loss of life by eventually being able to predict these

eruptions.

Shared knowledge among the nations of the world will prevent future loss of life.

Today we are capable of learning more about Earth than ever before.

But without our humanity, our scientific progress helps no one.

The next time nature rebels, will mankind be ready?

Have we learned from our past in order to protect our future?