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I can't believe they signed that guy.

Seven million bucks.

You know how many utility players

you can pick up for that price?

I mean, the guy's a six-time all-star,

four-time MVP, and he's won

three rings with two different teams.

He's got nothing left to prove.

I think he's just going through the motions here.

Saving money to buy a yacht and a beach house in Tahiti.

What do you think, chief?

I think if I have to spend one more minute

listening to you talk about stupid baseball contracts...

I'm gonna make sure you don't make it out of here alive.

Well, we gotta check these pipes.

There were reports of erratic

fluctuations back at the station.

So, what do you think, boss? Sewer gas?

Sure stinks down here.

Probably 'cause they had that extension

for the Metro Silver Line.

Those fools are blowing the hell out of that tunnel.

Maybe something got knocked loose in here.

Hey, how come we never get to blow stuff up?

You think I'm gonna let you anywhere near some explosives?

Forget it.

Speaking of explosives, remember that story

from a few years ago?

Guy's sittin' on his toilet, boom!

The whole apartment blew up.

Sewer gas is no joke.

Damn, it's hot down here.

How's it possible it's hotter down here

than out on the street?

Murph, do you ever...

stop complaining?

Well, that can't be right.

Well, do you think it's sewer gas?

I think we gotta get the hell outta here. Go, man! Go!

Boss!

Hey, little brother.

Thought you had some big studio meeting or something.

Yeah, yeah, I'm early, I thought it'd look

more important if I was on a call.

You know, look busy.

And you're nervously pacing around outside.

Yeah.

No.

Liar.

Anyway, did you feel that big quake?

Yeah, but it wasn't that big.

That's what you always say.

You know, for someone who writes disaster movies,

you're kind of a wimp.

Hey, easy, sis, I'm nervous.

This is a big meeting.

I know, just think of it as a good omen.

This is the first of many big studio meetings.

Just try not to mess it up.

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

All right, I-I'll buzz you later.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No, no. Uh, no, I-I'll-I'll call you.

Hey, Josh, come on in, have a seat.

Hi.

You all right, Josh?

You look pale.

Earthquakes freak me out.

You wrote an earthquake movie.

Yeah, still not a fan.

Yeah, this was nothing.

My first was Northridge, back in '94.

I was hookin' up with this sorority cutie

at my dorm room when she started...

A-all right, l-let's stay on track though here, huh?

Look, as I'm sure your agent filled you in,

we're in a world of hurt here.

We need a page one rewrite on Earth's Crisis.

Now, your last movie had great numbers,

and it's in the similar wheelhouse to what we have here,

so, uh, you up for it?

- Uh, rewrite? - Yeah.

What, did you think you're the first writer on this project?

I love this kid.

Uh, how many writers are we up to now?

- Six, I think? - Seven.

There was that one guy, forget his name,

but he always wore that weird hat.

- Oh, yeah. - You said seven including me?

- Okay, eight. - Yeah.

But you're in this for the long haul, kid, I promise.

'Cause after you, we can't afford any more writers.

We're tapped out.

Do you have any scripts I could take a look at?

Forget about those.

We are starting fresh.

Have you heard of Dr. Irwin?

Seismologist-turned-novelist.

- Yeah, he's brilliant. - Was brilliant.

I read his books when I was researching Lava Angeles.

Yeah, that's why you're here.

And, uh, I hear awesome things

about that movie, by the way.

Oh, you, you didn't see it?

I don't watch movies.

Dr. Irwin.

We've arranged for you to meet with him today.

He's been a freelance consultant

on disaster movies for a while now.

We thought you could get inside his head.

Pick his brain for the movie.

We want our main character

to be loosely based on him

back in his prime.

And when we say prime,

we mean not crazy.

Right. Come in.

Thank you.

Ah, speak of the devil.

Your meeting with Dr. Irwin

has been pushed up.

- To when? - Right now.

If you're gonna meet with a seismologist,

why not do it after an earthquake, huh?

Even if it is a little baby one.

Stephanie, can we get a car to take Josh

over to the helipad, please?

Yes, Mr. Stern, right away.

Thank you.

Did we mention that Kat Rivers is set to star?

Kat Rivers, as in Kat Rivers?

Yeah.

Yeah, she's extremely talented.

I know, right?

Do a good job and you

might even get to meet her.

You're in the big leagues now, kid.

After this movie comes out,

you'll be the first writer we replace.

Oh, almost forgot.

Do us a favor and don't mention to Irwin

that the hero in our movie is based on him.

Wait, you don't have the rights to his story?

Well, it's complicated, but you let us worry about that.

You just have fun.

All right?

All right.

That is one wet fish.

Casualties?

Four confirmed dead.

One missing, presumed dead and three

in critical condition at St. Jones.

The Metro crew?

Did the explosion impact the tunnel extension?

I mean, is it salvageable?

That's your concern?

Excuse me, that's one of my concerns, okay?

We're four months behind schedule

and three million dollars over budget,

so please forgive me.

I'm sorry.

Just seemed like a nothing earthquake.

I don't, I don't get it.

It was nothing.

Only magnitude four and five

on the Newport-Inglewood fault line. I...

The Newport-Inglewood what?

It's a fault line, like San Andreas.

Yeah, no, I get that, I've just never heard of it.

Well, I have a field team from Dr. Robson's boys

investigating the tunnel as we speak.

Great. Keep me updated when intel comes in.

You do mean on the workers, right?

Yes, of course.

Oh, my God.

This is worse than I thought.

Seeing anything yet, Sawyer?

The heat is intense, I can barely see

three feet in front of my hands.

Hey, I'm not gonna find any new bodies down here.

Because that feels like a bump in pay grade.

They already evaced the tunnel team.

It's just you.

Great.

It looks like the whole tunnel caved.

Man, all of a sudden, it got at least ten degrees hotter.

Burnin' up down here.

Ten degrees, really?

You're determined to get that

bump in pay, aren't you?

Sawyer, get out of there.

Whoa!

Oh, God!

Everyone out! Leave the area immediately.

- You're good... - Uh-huh.

Okay, yeah.

What's up, baby bro? How's it goin'?

Wow, you sound spent.

Yeah, there was some sort of construction accident.

Quite a number of injuries.

Was that from the quake?

I don't know.

Well, that sure makes my news sound trivial.

No, no, I need trivial right now.

- How'd it go? - Well, I-I-I got the job.

- So, that's good. - Really?

Josh, I'm so proud of you.

Guess who I'm on my way to meet.

- Who? - Dr. Irwin.

Shut up.

He's like your idol.

I know, I-I-I'm freaking out.

Oh, my God.

Josh, mom and dad

would be really proud of you.

I think they'd be prouder of the surgeon.

But wait, hold on, it gets better.

Guess who's playing the female lead?

- Who? - Kat Rivers.

What did you, like, win the lotto?

I know, I can't think straight.

Oh, Josh, this so awesome.

But I know you, so please,

do me a favor,

don't creep these people out when you meet them.

Why do you always say that?

Paging Dr. Jessica.

Crap, I gotta go.

Um, yeah, go, go, talk later.

Uh, dinner tonight, I'm buying.

Oh, now there's two words I never thought I'd hear.

Not fair.

All right, heh, bye.

Angelinos woke up this morning

to quite the jolt.

It looks like a gas line was ruptured

in the Metro tunnels.

Expect traffic to be backed up

before your morning commune, as officials have said

normal service won't resume anytime soon.

It's a magnitude 6.1

centered in the LA basin near Echo Park.

It's not an aftershock, we have an earthquake swarm.

It's not an earthquake, it's volcanic.

What? I was just there.

- I didn't see any volcanic... - Trust me, Kent.

All right, look, our phones are gonna be

ringing off the hook in about ten seconds,

so we need to come up with some answers.

What did Sawyer find down there?

Sawyer didn't make it.

Wait, what?

The whole street just caved in.

We tried to get him out, but...

- Yeah. - Put me through to Dr. Robson.

It's looking worse than we thought.

Dr. Robson...

It's the mayor.

Um, okay, put him through to my office.

Government blames genetically engineered

prehistoric creatures for a worldwide...

Oh, prehistoric creatures.

Last month, it was space aliens.

You know, it's not totally impossible...

Um, hello?

Dr. Irwin?

- Who are you? - I'm Josh.

The screenwriter, they-they told me that...

- What took you so long? - Uh...

Uh, I-I got here as fast as I could.

I'm a big fan, as a disaster writer...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah.

Zip it, kid, we gotta move out.

I-I didn't realize I was late.

They, they told me that...

Du-du-du-duh.

Uh...

You always talk this much? Shh!

Try not to hurt him too much.

Kat. What are you doing here?

And let you have all the fun?

Who's this?

Says he's a writer.

What number is he?

E-eight. I'm-I'm number eight.

Are you gonna...

Miss Nova, you need phone

to keep in touch.

Fine.

Studio is unaware where Miss Rivers is.

Insurance purposes.

You keep this our little secret, da?

Da. Yes, yes. As... My lips are sealed.

Is good.

I would not want to rip those lips

off of your face.

Wait, so-so you're flying?

Yeah, I picked it up

while making that movie where I play

the sexy helicopter pilot.

Is that a problem?

No, no, of course not.

You've flown before, Number Eight?

No, I'm scared to death right now.

Good raw emotion!

Use that, channel it, go with it, you know?

It's better than drugs.

So, hiding out from the studios again?

You know I'd rather be here than anywhere else.

It's way more interesting than listening

to PR people to come up with brilliant ideas

on how to reinvent our brand.

You know, it sounds like you need a permanent

vacation from Tinsel town.

You can help me write my latest book.

It's all about... Oh, oh, better not say too much.

There's a dirty bird in the back with big ears.

I'm not hiding, I'm right here.

And birds don't have big ears.

Ha-ha, actually, they do.

They're just hidden under their feathers.

Hey, stick with us, kid.

We'll teach you a thing or two before the day is done.

Please don't tell me Number Eight's gonna hurl.

Hey, kid, you gonna hurl?

He's not gonna hurl.

So, what's got you all edgy today?

That tremblor this morning?

It's called a blind thrust quake.

It's when the shift happens underground

with no visible sign on the Earth's crust.

I've never seen one that small, though.

So, they're usually bigger?

Hey, Number Eight, are they usually bigger?

Uh, yeah, blind thrust quakes

are what they usually make movies about.

Uh, this could be worse than I imagined, though.

If my theory...

Hey, Number Eight, you've read my books, right?

- My name's Josh. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What's my theory?

- Which one? - "Wh-which one?"

The Newport-Inglewood Fault Subduction Zone.

The leakage, the jump.

Yeah, that, uh, that's what

I wrote about in Lava Angeles.

You-you?

You wrote that piece of crap?

Holy mother of pearl, they really scraped

the bottom of the bowl with you, didn't they?

I mean-I mean, you steal my research,

and then they hire you,

and they stick you with me, those shit...

Hey! It's not my fault how it turns out.

- I'm just the writer. - "I'm just the writer."

Sheesh!

What's all that noise?

It sounds like there's something going on down there.

- Where? - I can't tell.

Right there. What the hell is that?

Oh, no.

No.

- Another earthquake? - No.

No, it's not.

That's the first stage

of what's gonna be an eruption.

Damn it, I hate it when I'm correct!

They're gonna have to clear out the park.

They're gonna have to clear the whole damn city.

Hold on.

- What was that? - Hold on.

Is that an explosion?

I think it's an eruption.

Oh.

Hold on!

Hang tight!

- We're going down! - Ah!

- Come on, Kat. - Can't... pull...

- Come on! - ...up!

Yeah, yes.

Good work.

We're gonna have to set this thing down.

Yeah, well, not over there, we're not.

- Over there. - Yeah, yeah, go, go!

I-I want every report

from every office from here to San Francisco

on my desk, now.

All right, everybody, listen up.

A lot of eyes are gonna be on us today.

And our official line's that this is a,

a tectonic event, we're compiling data.

We do not jump to conclusions, we do not make assumptions

until we know what we're dealing with.

All right, let's go do our jobs.

A volcano? In Los Angeles?

Uh, no, not exactly.

Um, th-this is a tectonic event.

Uh, it might be what we call a flat volcano.

Similar to what's in Yellowstone.

Or it just might be something we haven't seen before.

So, you're my special science advisor, what do we do?

We're putting together a plan now.

Should have it for you within the hour.

What are we, just leaving the copter?

With that rotor, we're not going anywhere.

Exactly. What we need is a phone.

No kidding, I need to get in touch with my sister.

I'm not getting any bars, though.

Please.

Already tried that.

Like I told Kat, "Put it away,

you'll just make the situation worse."

What?

There's a massive network overload.

You won't get through for a while anyway.

Well, it definitely won't happen if I don't try.

Good luck with that.

We need to find a phone.

I thought you said phones don't work.

Cell phones, no.

But if we're lucky, we'll find a landline

if the poles are still up.

Hello? We need to use your phone.

Shouldn't we be getting out of the city?

Yes, us and four million others.

Listen, I have to get a message through to the mayor

at City Hall before that bastard, Robson...

Hello! Hello?

Oh, screw it.

- Wh-what are you doing? - Sh!

Okay, you can't just break in.

We're not stealing anything.

We're just gonna use the phone.

What?

Ah.

Looks like someone left in a hurry.

Yes!

This is playing out just like my movie.

The eruption, the fault...

It's all in my script.

You wanna know the problem with Hollywood?

What?

It's all just a bunch of

kale-salad-eating, who's-dating-who

what-kind-of-car-you-drive,

smoke and mirrors bull crap.

There are real people out there,

really getting killed

and you just equate it with how

it reminds you of your movie.

Yeah.

It's just terrible.

Operator, operator,

put me through to the mayor

at City Hall, now, please.

All lines are busy, sir.

This is Dr. Irwin, advisor to the president.

President of the United States?

Yes, that president.

Of the U.S.?

Of the United States, yes.

L-listen, listen.

You do know there's a federal emergency

going on right now, do you?

- Mm... - Mm-hm, mm-hm.

So, do you wanna be responsible

for the death of thousands of people?

Please hold.

No, didn't think so.

Advisor to the president?

Really?

Well, I did see him speak

at some global warming conference once.

He's a smart man.

Hold on, hold on!

Get everything empty, every supply room

and closet in this building

and bring everything down to the ER.

All of you interns need to go

outside and get ready for triage.

We're gonna have a lot of people coming upon us at any minute

and we need to prioritize them.

Okay? Let's move.

It looks like the quake subsided.

- We should be good for a moment. - If you say so.

You know, you, you seem kinda relaxed

considering you're such a notorious man-eater.

I've lived through worse.

Oh, you mean that time you had to wait a whole 20 minutes

for your kale Caesar salad

at some fancy-pants restaurant?

Clearly, you don't know me at all.

Yeah, you're right, I don't.

So, tell me something about yourself.

How about you tell me something about you?

You're a fan boy for Dr. Irwin and his research, right?

No more than any other sci-fi geek

who's into fascinating disaster scenarios

that give Hollywood a run for its money.

You really think it's gonna get worse?

Much.

Why?

What's happening comes straight from Dr. Irwin's book,

the one I researched for my movie.

Lava Angeles?

Not my title.

Never is.

Now, who's Judgmental Judy?

Look...

what he wrote was that the entire

Los Angeles basin

is sitting right on top of a volcano.

Yes, hello?

Stop talking.

Yes, I'm still here.

Connecting you to the mayor's office now.

Well, it's about time!

Okay? Okay, please stay on the line.

Sir, I have a Dr. Irwin on line three.

It sounds important.

What? Dr. Irwin?

Great, now every kook that's ever written a book

or a conspiracy theory is gonna start calling me.

Tell him I'll call him back, I'm busy.

He says he's the advisor to the president.

The advisor to the president?

The only advice this man should be giving...

is to internet trolls on the conspiracy forums.

Not calling me.

Now just hang up the phone.

- Uh... - I said...

Is he on the line right now?

Oh, for all things holy, hang up the phone.

Hang up the phone. Call Dr. Robson.

No...

I've found scream therapy to be quite effective.

You should try it.

No thanks.

Chicken.

So, you need to amend

your previous statement.

It's not a volcano.

It's... magma tubes

straddling the fault line.

And people think the San Andreas Fault's the real problem.

- It's not? - Not according to him.

According to him, it's the lesser known

Newport-Inglewood Fault.

Never heard of it.

Most people haven't.

Doesn't have the same ring.

I've never heard of these magma tubes.

Yeah, why would I write it down?

So you could steal it?

Look, my, my lawyer

said that everything that you wrote was public knowledge.

Look, one thing I hate...

more than writers, it's lawyers!

How did it go with the mayor?

Is he sending a personal limo to pick us up?

Moron's hung up on me.

Come on, Josh.

Hi, this is Josh, I can't answer the phone

right now because I'm soaking up the rays

in sunny Hollywood...

All hospital personnel

report back to your stations.

Come on, we have to figure out

what's happening.

- Come on, Jess. - I already told you.

You're tellin' me to forget that my sister's out there?

If you wanna go, go.

I'm gonna stay here and try

and clean up this mess,

ergo supplanting the need

for anyone to leave.

You're what?

- That's crazy. - Now you're catching on.

I have to go, all right, like someone

fairly intelligent recently said,

"There are real people out there

and they're really dying."

Yes, yes, and they will continue

to die unless we do something about it.

We?

Continuing our breaking news coverage

of the eruption in Los Angeles,

new details emerging by the minute.

This massive explosion in MacArthur Park

was first thought to be some kind of terrorist attack.

This false information spread like wildfire

across social media.

It has whipped up a mass hysteria

amongst Angelinos.

However, we here at Your News Leader

have exclusive coverage that proves otherwise.

This calamity was, in fact,

an unprecedented volcanic explosion

that seems to be getting worse by the minute.

MacArthur Park has turned into something

out of a post-apocalyptic nightmare.

Where there once was water,

it has been replaced by

an ocean of lava

just beneath the surface.

And to add insult to injury,

it seems as if molten globs of rock

are being ejected with tremendous force

that rain down on our fair landscape like bombs.

We've been trying to reach the mayor's office for comment.

So far, we haven't heard back.

Sir, I've been consulting with Dr. Robson.

And he agrees with us.

Agrees on what?

Do we even really...

Do we even really know what's going on here?

I mean, now you're asking me for a complete

blackout on the press, come on.

Yes, until we're ready.

We need to keep this as quiet as possible for now

and start putting together a plan

to expand the evacuation order.

How far? All the way to Westside?

All of it. The whole city.

The entire Los Angeles population.

That's over four and a half million people.

No way.

Where the hell are we going?

I need information, I need data.

I need both of you.

That's the closest you're gonna get to "Please."

What is this place?

It's a factory. They made things here once.

Now, like the rest of Los Angeles, it's pretty...

but ultimately, empty.

Whoa! Whoa!

Okay.

Here's the map from a week ago...

then, three days ago...

and, now, today.

And we didn't see this coming?

We had no idea?

Dr. Irwin knew.

Really, Kent?

You're gonna say that name in here, to me?

Uh... okay, getting back on track.

We didn't see it because we weren't looking.

But even if we were, they were fully camouflaged

in a solid mass of metamorphic and sedimentary layers.

But a subterranean meltdown started to happen

and here, the minerals in the tubes

are at their lowest melting point.

These tubes re-opened first

and that's where the lava's erupting out from.

Then, what's causing the meltdown?

Where's the pressure building from?

- We don't know. - Well, why don't we find out?

What the hell, man?

They used to be partners

till Irwin slept with his wife

and got super famous.

Now he hates him.

What was that?

Number Eight, illuminate.

- It's probably a lava bomb. - A lava what?

When a volcano ejects fragments of lava,

th-they cool down and solidify before they hit the ground.

How much worse can this get?

- Well... - What?

Well, there's a cow pie bomb.

It's essentially the same thing

except for it doesn't fully solidify.

So, when it hits the ground, it splatters all over the place.

Okay, okay, this way.

Why are we here?

We're here because the bozos at City Hall

are ultimately clueless.

By the time they come up with a plan,

half the city will be five feet under a sea of lava.

What kind of a plan are you gonna put together?

Can you just let me work?

And stop asking so many questions.

That's what a writer does, how am I supposed to...

You-you just can't help yourself, can you?

Right, now you two, grab one of these

and secure it around that support beam.

Ground penetrating radar. Wh-what are you...

Those support beams go all the way down to the bedrock.

Oh, you're tryin' to figure out what's goin' on beneath us.

Ooh, the kid did go to volcano school. Well done.

Now, start securin' that.

Is anyone else getting really hot?

Yeah.

We have a leg amputation in trauma four.

Have the anesthesiologist prep

the patient, I'll be right there.

- We're out of anesthesia. - What?

We're out of all the anesthetics and the painkillers.

Okay, grab some orderlies, have them

load up carts in the liquor store across the street.

- You have to be kidding me. - Not today, I'm not.

We just received word from the mayor's office.

They're calling in the National Guard.

We need to start evacuating people

via helicopter right away.

We have dozens of patients

up there on life support.

They're never gonna survive the trip.

What are we gonna do with them?

Okay, this is an emergency situation, people.

I need all hands on deck.

Okay, okay. So, the mean is gonna be here.

We need to get out of here.

Something's wrong.

Yeah, yeah, no kidding.

That is why we're here.

So, I just subtracted this, and I move that over there, then...

Josh is right, Dr. Irwin.

It's freaking steaming in here.

That's it.

What is?

The steam.

The Inglewood Fault.

As-as it got closer and closer to the mantle,

the water got trapped in the cracks of the bedrock

and converted into steam

causing huge amounts of pressure which had nowhere to go

until something came along and...

The tunnel explosion from this morning.

They were...

- What the hell? - What is wrong with your voice?

Hey, I sound funny, too.

Oh, my God.

Say something again. I like hearing him like that.

No, no, no, this is really serious.

This is really, really serious.

It means, it means we're running out of oxygen.

And if we're running out of oxygen, that is,

that is, that is bad.

That is really, really bad.

So, what do we do?

We try to contain the damage

and keep people safe until we...

Robson, we have a problem.

Oh... I have the latest satellite images.

You have to see this.

Hey, what's goin' on over there?

Sir, you need to get out.

You need to evacuate, now.

What, City Hall?

No, Downtown.

Everybody out. Come on, let's go. Everybody out!

- Let's go, let's go, now! - Go, go, go.

- Come on, come on. - Let's go.

- Come on, come on, come on. - Let's go, let's go, let's go.

We have to get to City Hall, fast.

Why?

Because there may be a way

to stop this completely.

But first, we have to convince them...

which is not gonna be easy

with Robson whispering in the mayor's ear.

Um, Dr. Irwin, I, I think we better...

Run.

Come on, go, go.

Go.

Dr. Irwin!

Go back.

Get out of here!

Just jump, we can catch you.

Come on, jump.

There's no use.

Leave me.

Stop talking, old man, and do what we say.

Get that to the, to the mayor and Robson.

Go, go!

We have breaking news.

It's been reported that just minutes ago,

the massive quakes that continue to rock the LA basin

have taken a heavy toll in the Downtown area.

Just as my producer was conferring

with a representative at City Hall,

the connection was severed.

It is believed that the whole swath of skyscrapers

in that area have completely crumbled.

No word yet if the mayor has survived this onslaught.

But the death toll for such an event would be catastrophic.

If you are in the Downtown area or near the Downtown area

then you need to get out immediately.

Rescue teams have been working around the clock

in conjunction with the mayor's office

to evacuate as many Angelinos as possible.

But has it been too little, too late?

I'm-I'm sorry.

- It's all right. - No, it's not.

- You've been burned. - Yeah, just a bit.

Come on, it's gonna be all right.

There's no, uh, no chance you picked up nursing

while you were doing some film to,

to be a sexy medical professional?

Uh, come on.

That's the best you got?

I thought you were a good actress.

Clearly not that good.

You need to go to a hospital.

Dr. Irwin...

No, we have to get this to the mayor.

I doubt City Hall is still even there.

Yeah, I don't feel so good. Um...

You know, my sister, she works at a hospital.

It's not too far.

Let's go.

Next, please. Let's go, let's go now, come on.

We've been able to get the evacuation process started, sir.

Good job.

- You're bleeding. - It's nothing, come on.

What's goin' on here?

Well, the landlines and cell networks are all down.

But we have sat phones ready to go

and a video uplink with Dr. Robson on the main screen.

Okay, great.

When you get a chance, get me

on the line with the president and the governor.

What are you thinking, Arthur?

I'm gonna try to save as many people as I can.

Excuse me.

Excuse me. Can I get everyone's attention?

Please forgive me if I don't remember all your names.

This is bad.

And all the information we have

says it's only gonna get worse from here.

Now, this is the safest place you can be.

But I'm sure all of you have families

you'd like to get to safety.

So that being said,

if you wanna leave, leave now.

We're with you, sir.

We're with you.

Okay. Congratulations.

You've all been promoted to the committee

to save Los Angeles from complete destruction.

Now, if you haven't realized, this is gonna be

one of the hardest days of your lives.

We have two objectives.

This eruption of our city

and to coordinate the single largest

emergency evacuation in human history.

All right, let's get to work.

- Jessica. - What's up?

The helicopter evacs will be here in 30 minutes.

How much more time do we have on these generators?

It won't hold down much longer.

Not with the amount of power we're drawing.

We need to get as many people

out of here as fast as we can.

We're being evacuated

to an encampment just outside the city.

- Okay, let's move. - Okay.

This way. There's a car.

Did they leave the keys?

I got this.

Where'd you learn to hotwire a car?

Research for that movie where I played

the sexy car thief.

Never should have asked.

All right, a little less sexy, a little more thief.

- We gotta get out of here. - Damn it.

Everything is so much easier in the movies.

All right, I'm gettin' in.

Is it the red wire or the blue wire?

Oh, my God, just choose.

- Hurry! - I am!

We, uh, charting the progression of one of the magma tubes

to try and predict where it would breach and, um...

And what?

What is it?

One of the magma tubes,

it's headed towards Elkwood Canyon Natural Gas Reserve.

That doesn't sound promising.

So, what would this look like?

It, uh, it would be an explosion

in the range of 10 to 20 megatons.

A hydrogen bomb, Mr. Mayor, minus the radioactivity

but there'd barely be anyone left to get sick, anyway.

How much time do we have?

Four, maybe five hours.

If I divert all my resources to you,

can you come up with a plan, implement it in time?

No, sir, we're talking about magma tubes deep underground,

well beyond the range of-of any,

of any relief vents we could drill in the time we have.

We're working on scenarios now,

but the best I could hope for is to slow it down,

try to buy ourselves a few more hours.

Okay, we'll continue with the evacuation.

Keep me updated with any new information.

We'll be here till the walls crumble around us.

I know you will be.

It's like a war zone out here.

Come on.

- Let's go find your sister. - Yeah.

Those of you who can walk or are in wheelchairs

go to the buses, help each other.

There's only a couple more helicopters on the roof.

They'll be gone in ten minutes.

Once we get these people loaded on to the buses,

it's just the ones...

- Jess. - Josh?

- Oh, my God. - Ah!

What happened to you?

I'll tell you after you get something for the pain.

Oh, my God. Come here.

Under the mayor's direction,

the evacuation of Los Angeles

is getting under way.

With many of the major freeways

having collapsed including the 101, 405, 5

and the destruction of Downtown, LA.

Many Angelinos have headed west to the beaches.

Let's take you live now to the Southern California Coastline.

The mayor has instructed the Navy and the Coast Guard

to co-ordinate the evacuation there.

All private vessels as well as any cargo ships in the area

have also been recruited in the fight

to save as many people as possible.

These are dark times

but it's been amazing to see humanity coming together.

I need an update as soon as possible.

Mm.

Are you okay?

Yeah. You?

You knew we weren't going to be able to save everybody.

But we can try.

All right.

Right there.

Well, looks like you'll live.

Thanks.

My career as a back model's probably kaput though.

What's going on, is everyone being airlifted out?

The mayor has ordered us to evacuate.

How, if all of the phones were out?

Well, every hospital in LA

is required to have a satellite phone

in case of... well, this.

Where's that phone? Can we use it?

I would guess it's in the admin office.

We have to get in touch with the mayor.

There's some information that just...

It might save everyone.

- We hope. - Right.

I don't know what's in there,

but Dr. Irwin knows what he's talkin' about.

Well, I can get it if...

- Yes. - Yes.

Okay.

Just give me five minutes.

You guys seem really close.

She's all I have.

Our parents died when I was eight years old.

I'm sorry.

Our aunt took us in.

It was clear from the beginning she didn't want us there.

And, she was...

she was in her twenties.

She wanted to party.

But Jessica... she pretty much raised me on her own.

So, two of us against the world.

Why are you doin' this?

- Doing what? - This.

Here, with me.

You're you.

You could be anywhere doing anything right now.

Josh, my career is...

Once I turned 25, I might as well have been 60.

Hollywood loves to chew you up and spit you out.

You're forgotten about.

Unless you get back into the news with doing some

drunk shenanigans captured on tabloid TV.

That's not me.

Not anymore.

I get it.

I don't have a single friend or family member

who isn't trying to leech off of me in some way.

So, this has just been the peak

of a really bad couple of years for me.

But you know what?

As awful as all of this is...

you...

Dr. Irwin...

everything...

I finally feel like I'm doing something that matters.

Well...

Here's to doing something that matters.

Man, I haven't spoken this honestly

in a really long time.

I guess it's 'cause I feel comfortable with you.

Drones?

You want me to ask the president

to authorize a drone missile strike on the city?

In order to prevent an explosion that would make

Hiroshima look like a fire cracker

on the Fourth of July, yes.

Look, most of the target zones we're suggesting

have already been destroyed by the initial lava breaches

and land slides, so they've been evacuated.

The rest is government land.

Uninhabited hills and brushlands.

Collateral damage will be minimum.

If it works, the effect will be two-fold.

First, the collapsing bedrock will block the tunnels

preventing the magma flow from going forward.

This is all hypothetical.

Nothing remotely like this has ever been tried before.

In fact, Dr. Irwin suggests the opposite might happen.

You know, I'm really sick of hearing that name.

Mayor, this is what we've got.

If there's even the slightest chance it could work,

isn't it worth a try?

The president did say we could get anything

we needed to stop this.

Well, Mayor, it's your call.

Let's blow the damn tubes.

The last of the helicopters are on the roof.

- Should I tell them to wait? - Yes.

We have two more to send up.

Two?

What about you both? Where'll you be evacuated?

We won't.

Somebody has to stay with the patients who can't be removed.

What if something happens?

What if lava hits the hospital and you can't get out in time?

You need to contact the mayor and get over there.

If you really can stop this thing, then you need to.

Why can't you come with us?

My place is here.

I can't leave people behind.

I can't lose you too.

How many people have already lost everyone

and everything today?

You have a chance to get out

and I'm telling you, you have to take it.

Please... for me.

Come on, come on. We gotta get you guys out of here.

There's no time. Let's go.

They'll be there in five minutes.

I'm usually not a praying man,

but by all things holy, I hope this works.

The president has declared all of Los Angeles

to be in a state of emergency.

And he's given full support to the mayor

to do what needs to be done in this time of crisis.

What does that mean?

What now?

They're gonna stop it by plugging it up, I guess.

As you can see, this is the latest

from the President of the United States.

Which confirms the reports we've been giving all along

that it looks like the mayor has implemented

a "Hail Mary" type plan.

We don't know the whole story,

but our sources have stated that

drones carrying hellfire missiles

are planning two controlled explosions

in the Los Angeles area.

Supposedly, these areas are bereft of life.

But with the chaos of our circumstances,

it's difficult to tell if that's truly the case.

In any event, the missiles are poised to strike

deep below the surface

and essentially cap the magma tubes...

Wait, what?

No, no, no!

What?

Were those the drones?

Yes.

I think we should get back inside.

Whoa! Oh! All right, all right.

Whoa!

Come on, up!

- Hurry! - Come on. Go, go, go!

We can't make it.

- Move, move, move. Move, move. - Whoa, let's go. Be careful.

Kat! Here!

Hey, what's goin' on? Where's Robson?

Get that feed back up, right away.

Working on it.

The link to the mayor's down.

Dr. Robson, the magma tube that was heading to the gas fields...

it's moving faster.

- How much gas is in that plant? - What?

Find out exactly how many metric tons of gas is stored there.

I thought they're supposed to be fixing it,

not making it worse.

The drones... they're tryin' to

blow up the magma tubes by collapsing them.

That's exactly what Dr. Irwin said not to do.

We have to contact them.

If they're planning any more strikes,

we have to get them to call it off.

Sir, Dr. Robson is back on the monitor.

We didn't anticipate it, we couldn't.

The impact of the collapsing grounds from the missile strike

sent out a-a-a shock wave of reverberating energy which...

Robson, please, I really don't care

about things I don't understand anyway.

You screwed up, okay?

We screwed up, and it's bad.

Yeah. Yeah, we screwed up.

All right, chin up, now, what's the B plan?

Well, I'm working on something.

My best advice is for you and your staff

to continue the evacuation as long as possible.

- Okay. - Mr. Mayor, the news is on.

Our coverage continues now

with the aftermath of the mayor's

"Hail Mary" attempt to stop the volcanic destruction

from running rampant through all of the Los Angeles basin.

From our initial reports, it looks like the situation

was only made worse.

In fact, a source from the USGS has confirmed

that the reason for this "Hail Mary" in the first place

was the extremely dangerous direction of this lava flow.

It's a south-westerly direction

towards the infrastructure in Long Beach,

which of course includes

many of Southern California's power plants,

and refinery centers.

If just one of those plants explodes,

it would be the end of life

here in the South Bay as we know it.

I know this is gonna sound insane,

but I think we need to hasten the magma flow to the gas plant.

Didn't you just say something like

"Hiroshima'd look like a fire cracker on the Fourth of July?"

Yes, I did, but closing the tubes made it worse.

Now the-the magma underneath, it's like a pressure cooker

ready to take out half the West coast.

We need to relieve that pressure.

The only way we can do that...

Whoa!

We need to evacuate!

Okay, everybody out.

Take your vehicles and go.

You two, with me, we'll rendezvous with the mayor.

No. No, wait!

Shouldn't we bring the drives with all the data

we've compiled so far?

You know, it's decades worth of work.

No, we gotta get out of here, now!

It might be our only chance to figure out another plan.

Well, you guys could still make it.

Run!

Hi, Mom, it's me, Ava.

Um... call me on the official line, okay?

Look, if I don't get a chance to speak to you,

I love you and dad.

And I hope that I made you proud.

Just know that.

Okay?

Hello?

Okay, I'm getting him now.

Sir!

I have a phone call,

I think you should take it.

Repeat everything you just said

before the mayor.

Who?

Hello?

Mr. Mayor?

I'm a friend of Doctor Irwin's.

I was with him when he died.

- He's dead? - Yes.

But he told us of a way that we could save the city.

I'd love to know what that is right about now.

Well...

We're gonna need a bomb.

A really big one.

Right this way, ma'am.

- Over there. - Thank you.

Next, please. Keep moving.

Hold on, some of my patients from the hospital are in there,

I need to go tend to them.

I'm just glad you're okay.

Me too.

Take care of my baby brother for me.

I will.

Go write us a happy ending.

This is Doctor Irwin's personal information

which I've been reading.

Now it's all in here.

He knew that by collapsing the lava tubes,

it'd made things much worse.

That's what Doctor Robson said

before he disappeared.

In his eyes, we were sitting on top of some...

some kind of pressure cooker ready to explode.

It is exploding.

Now, before Doctor Irwin died,

we were taking readings

of the Newport-Inglewood Fault.

Something very strange happened.

- You mean that voice thing? - Yeah.

It's like we were sucking on helium balloons.

What?

According to Dr. Irwin,

helium leakage is very unusual at a fault

because that means the fissure must go so deep

that it goes through the lower crust

and then to the mantle of the Earth's core.

I have no idea what he's talking about.

- Just... - Sorry.

All right, look here.

The Inglewood Fault ends

directly south of Long Beach

at the hydroelectric facility.

A controlled explosion directed inward

might magnify enough and blast open a sea wall

and flood the entire magma tunnel network.

Which puts Los Angeles under five feet of water.

Thank God you're alive, Dr. Robson.

Thank you, Mayor.

Look, I don't know who you are and what your relationship

to Irwin is, but that theory was disproved a long time ago.

You're wasting time that we don't have.

This would make matters much worse.

These fissures do not go down that far into the Earth's core.

There's definitely helium present

and look, uh, we're not gonna flood all of Los Angeles.

I-I-It'll come in straight through the magma...

Hey, we're running out of time

so I'm done discussing geology with you.

It's time for you and your little Hollywood friend

to leave.

- Guard! - Yes, sir.

Escort these two out, please.

Mayor, please.

I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse us.

You're joking, right?

There's something I wanna show you.

This is one of the...

- Yeah. - If the evac happens...

Let's face it, Kat.

Dr. Irwin got stuck

with the two most useless people

in the universe to help him.

What are we even doing here?

We're doing what we need to do.

I mean, we certainly didn't ask for this,

but now that it's been given to us,

we can't just look the other way.

I think I have an idea, you still have that sat phone?

Yeah, it's right here.

I have a certain Russian friend

who can get us to where we need to go.

All right, Dr. Robson.

What do you need from us

to help get this done?

We need to get the magma to the gas reserve ASAP

and then blow the whole thing with explosives.

Yes, it will destroy the entire area,

but better a small contained zone than the entire West Coast.

That is millions of dollars worth of infrastructure,

not to mention all the lives lost.

Look, everyone there will already have been

killed or evacuated at this point.

Mayor, we need to load a chopper with explosives

and get a team out there to do this job.

Okay.

Preevyet, Kationic.

Took you long enough.

My apologies, princess.

I had to kick the backside of a volcano just to get here, huh.

What do you need from me?

I need you to help me steal a copter

and rig a bomb to explode a power plant.

This one...

I knew he's trouble.

What kind of crazy ideas you put in my Kat's brain, huh?

He's bad for business.

He didn't put anything in my brain.

It's because of him we might be

able to save Los Angeles from this volcano.

This true?

Huh?

You can help save LA?

I have family there.

Yeah.

I believe so.

Don't.

Okay, we best get moving, huh?

Come on.

How do I get into these messes with you?

I think the helicopter's over there.

Yeah, it is.

Ugh, flying.

I hate flying, she knows... You know I hate flying.

Shh.

Come on, this has gotta be quick.

Hey, boys.

Whoa, it's Kat Rivers.

We appreciate everything

you've been doing for the cause, so, um...

I came out here to do a little USO type show for you.

About time.

It's beautiful dance.

Come on, screenwriter boy.

How did you know there were explosives in these boxes?

- There was a time... - Yeah.

The time that you played

a sexy bomb technician

in some movie about stuff blowing up?

No. I was gonna say the time I spent on base.

My dad was a helicopter pilot for the army.

Oh.

I can't believe we're gettin' away with this so easily.

Well, there is a disaster happening.

People are a little busy trying to survive.

What?

Someone just stole the helicopter

we were preparing for Dr. Robson's mission.

- What? - Who?

They were saying it's Kat Rivers.

Is that that girl that was just here?

Yeah, that little young Hollywood actress.

Oh, my God.

They're gonna try to implement

Irwin's ridiculous plan.

What was he talking about blowing up again?

Oh, there, here, here, the, the hydroelectric plant.

We need to get in touch with whoever's there.

I'm on it.

It looks like there's more soldiers down there.

What are we gonna do about 'em?

I think we got a bogey.

This hydroelectric plant, what do we know about it?

In times of crisis like this,

the National Guard takes control of all power stations.

- Great, let's contact them. - We can't.

They're under a full communications blackout.

Oh, great, what are we supposed to do?

With any luck, they'll shoot 'em down.

- What's up there? - Huh?

National Guardsman, huh?

Weekend warriors.

Be surprised if they even have weapons.

You know, it sounds a lot like they're firing at us.

Okay, so they have weapons.

Yes, they do.

What the hell are they thinking?

You know, a strange military helicopter's

heading straight toward the facility

in the middle of a crisis,

I might have cause for concern as well.

I highly doubt that they can even hit

broadside the port, only if they were

standing five feet in front of us.

We're like sitting ducks up here.

Now what?

Okay, so few of them aren't so bad.

I'm gonna set her straight down in the middle

kamikaze style.

God, I hate flying.

You and me both.

Get your butts over here.

Now that we've landed,

they aren't going to just shoot us

in cold blood, are they?

I say 50-50 chance.

All right, come over here.

Now.

Do you not understand that

this is a restricted airspace?

You're lucky to be alive right now.

So, I'm gonna need you to explain to me

what the hell is going on here.

All right, sir, we are about 20 minutes away

from an explosion the world hasn't seen

since Mt. Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii.

What?

You know, back in ancient times, when a bunch of people

were vaporized in the blink of an eye?

That's what's gonna happen

to the entire city.

Uh, yeah, call me crazy,

but I'm not buying your story.

All right, listen.

I know this is gonna sound crazy

but we gotta blow up this entire power plant

so the seawater can come rushing in...

You need to what-what-what?

Uh-unh, I've heard enough.

Henning, zip-tie these three

until we figure out what to do with them.

No, listen, we have a sat phone,

give the mayor a call.

He can tell you what we're doing here.

Oh, oh, so you a close and personal friend

of the Mayor of Los Angeles.

Of course not.

But he can tell you why we're here.

Genius, Los Angeles is falling apart.

And you, big boy,

no sudden moves or else.

Thank you.

I'm a really big fan of yours.

Thank you.

I'm gonna need another IV bag over here.

Is the shaking ever gonna stop?

Let's go, let's go!

Hey, we've been feelin' those all day.

We're dozens of miles away from the disaster zone.

- It ain't coming here. - That's just not true.

As of right now, the lava's heading straight toward

the natural gas reserve just south of us.

When it hits, it's gonna be like an atomic bomb.

Everything will be vaporized.

Okay, I'm getting confused.

You need to-to start

an explosion to stop an explosion.

Basically.

Look, it only takes a second

to make a phone call.

Please.

Fine.

I'm supposed to be guarding this facility,

not blowing it up.

Let me ask you something.

Is there still enough kinetic energy

with the gas reserve explosion

to dissipate this so-called pressure cooker?

It would have been nice to have the extra help,

but yes, I do believe it'll be enough.

Well, I guess we'll find out if you're right

sooner rather than later.

Oh, is that that little punk?

- I believe it is. - Right, give me that.

Okay, I don't know who the hell you think...

Uh, no.

Uh, no, this isn't Mayor Jones,

Lieutenant Talbot, this is...

this is Dr. Robson of the USGS,

personally appointed by the mayor

to head the task force for this disaster.

Oh, is that right?

You have him in custody?

Well, please continue to keep them there.

He stole that helicopter

and the explosives onboard.

Is that even the mayor? Let me talk to him.

Don't worry, I'll keep him confined

until we're all relieved of duty.

Ask him about the gas reserve.

Oh, yeah, one last thing.

This gas reserve that he keeps mentioning,

is this something that we should be concerned about?

The gas reserves.

Wait, the hydro plant is only 25 miles away.

- We need to warn them. - Give me that phone.

Lieutenant Talbot it is?

Yes, it's the mayor.

No, no, no. Listen to me.

You need to evacuate immediately.

How much time?

Half hour.

I know.

Godspeed and good luck.

You better be right.

Yeah.

- Who flew that copter? - That would be me.

I need you to get us out of here ASAP.

Listen up, soldier.

If you wanna get out of here,

you're gonna do as I tell you.

We only have 30 minutes.

Yeah, that's not enough time to escape

unless I fly your butt out of here.

We're gonna do as you tell us, and that is?

You're gonna help us blow the crap

out of this power plant.

What's the difference?

It's gonna get destroyed anyway.

Fine.

We help take this place out

and then we get the hell out of here.

Now we blow something up.

I have a good idea where we need to plant the explosive.

Basically, this plant generate energy

by taking in seawater

which spin turbine and along with magnets

create electricity.

When finished, seawater gets pushed back to ocean.

What we have to do...

is overload the turbines.

This should create enough implosion

that will send the seawater along fault

straight to lava.

All right, now how do I find this turbine?

That's easy.

It should be right under those big giant ball-looking things.

Be very careful.

All you have to do is push this red button

and you're good to go.

Easy, da?

Yeah.

Good.

Remember...

once you push the red button,

there's no un-pushing.

Good luck.

Okay, great. You got what you need.

Now, you and the Russian can go do whatever

and Miss Hollywood Helicopter Pilot here

can stay with us, as insurance.

No, no, no, no, this is not going to happen.

Where she goes, I go.

Fine.

You can stay with us as well.

I guess that means

you're on your own, buddy boy.

Oh, come on, guys.

We pop in, drop the bomb,

pop out all together like.

I'm not risking my neck t...

Go!

Come on, let's go.

Sir, should we go after them?

No, we don't, we wait here for kids

then we all fly out together.

Wait by the helicopter.

Yes, you're right.

I guess this is it.

Yeah.

Gotta get lower.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on!

What was that for?

Luck.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God. - Hold on!

No one can survive that.

- Can you find that copter? - Nyet.

Dude, what the hell are we gonna do then?

Look out!

We gotta do something

to save all of us!

- It's coming down!. - Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Run!

Whoa, whoa, hold, please, please.

Hold on.

All right.

Come on.

Hang on, ride it out.

You okay?

Please, Josh, please.

I guess this is it.

Josh. Josh, are you okay?

That's not the word I would use.

What now?

I guess we place this bomb and get the hell out of here.

There's a door over here.

Okay.

Here goes nothing.

Five minutes.

That's not very long.

You've got to be kidding me.

It's a key card.

Can you turn the bomb off?

Serge said once it's going, there's...

there's no stopping it.

Well, I guess if I'm gonna spend my last

few minutes with someone,

you're not so bad.

You're not so bad yourself.

I just hope my sister's gonna be okay.

She's far enough from here to be safe.

I'm sure of it.

Yeah.

Whoo!

That was one tough door.

Good thing I'm tougher.

Oh, easy, Kationic.

I'm tough, but... I'm a little fragile.

This place is fallin' apart, we gotta go.

- How? - Back up the stairs.

Because obviously, these elevators don't work.

Okay, okay, we can talk some more

or we can get the hell out of here.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Come on.

Whoa.

This had better work.

It will.

I have faith.

How much time do we have?

We got no time, pretty boy.

Yeah, go, go, go. Go.

Come on, Kenyatta. Let's go.

Come on, fly, Kat, fly.

Let's go.

Okay, let's go.

Oh!

Explosion at the power plant.

Did it work?

Oh, dear God, tell me it worked.

Dr. Irwin was right.

The water's going deep into the earth.

Yes, yes!

Mayor Jones has announced that

the imminent threat has passed.

- Yes. - Whoo!

Los Angles is safe.

That's my boy.

- You did it. - Yes!

- We did it. - Yes.

Nice job.

Great job, you guys.

Damn that son of a bitch, huh.

Thank you. We did it!

Yeah, we did it, buddy.

We did it, yes, yes!

Yes, yes, yes.

Saved LA!

Did we just do it?

We're still here, aren't we?

Hey, isn't this the same ending as your movie Lava Angeles?

Wait, you actually saw that?

Oh, I love crappy movies.

The crappier, the better.

Hey, whoa, hold on.

It wasn't that crappy, was it?

I mean, I tried to give

the characters some dimension.

The worst...

and the best at the same time.

Hey, we should make a movie about this,

what just happened.

And if you're extra nice to me,

I might let you write it.

Ha, if you're extra nice to me,

I'll let you play the sexy, uh...

You know what, you're playing a monster.

You've played sexy way too much.

What? She's the monster?

I actually might watch that.

Okay, after I toss this bozo out of the copter,

I'm getting dibs on the movie rights.

So let me remind you, Number Eight,

you still need my sexy star power.

Yes.

Yes, I do.

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