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[turbulence]

[Makayla] I can't breathe, I can't breathe!

[John] Honey, we're almost there, try and relax.

[Lacey] Sir, she has to take a seat...

[John] I know. I'm so sorry, she's afraid of flying.

[Lacey] I understand, but we've already started our descent,

I need you both to sit down...

[Makayla] Don't touch me!

- [John] Makayla... - [Makayla] Dad!

- [Lacey] Sir... - [John] Honey, she's just trying to help...

- [Makayla] No, stay away... - [Lacey] Miss, please calm down.

- [Makayla] It's on fire... - [Lacey] Oh, my God!

- [beeping] - [plane droning]

[crash]

[NTSB rep] What we know for sure,

the pilot sent a distress code at 5:48 a.m.

Just as the plane was beginning to descent.

They managed to divert here for an emergency landing,

but they came in too low.

The casualty count is...

it's significant.

God. Do we know what caused this?

Off the pilot comms,

we think there was some kind of electrical malfunction on board.

Shit. Press.

Get to our media contacts, no names to be released

until the families have been notified.

We should prep a statement as soon as possible.

Don't worry. Already got my guys on that.

Daniel, uh, I can handle this...

I know, but you've been up for hours. Take a break, okay?

Let me deal with this mess. You just take care of your people.

Great work.

All right, let's go.

[indistinct chattering]

I mean, it sounds supportive, so why do I feel like I'm getting fucked?

'Cause fuckery's the only language guys like Daniel speak.

[sighs]

You know that video from Nigeria of the electricity?

Were there any teen girls on this plane?

The survivors were taken to U-Dub. Let's find out.

[helicopter whirring]

[gentle music]

[music builds up]

[inhales, exhales]

[car door opens, closes]

[cellphone vibrates]

Hello?

Tunde, this is Vin Sena from CNN.

CNN? Wait, sorry... Did you just say CNN?

Yeah. We've seen your footage of the electric girls.

Look, we'll buy what you have and I'll put you on a contract for more.

[stammers]

I don't know what to say, it's...

[Vin] Tunde?

I'm so sorry, I think you have the wrong number.

- [Vin] Tun... - You have a business exam coming up when?

- Three weeks. - [Eniola, sarcastic] Only in three weeks?

You have plenty of time, abi?

- No. - Your age mates are facing their books

and instead, you're gallivanting around town filming rubbish.

And the poor girl... forced to go to the village.

- People are saying she's a witch. - [sighs]

Oh. [laughs]

You're puffing up your chest at me?

Awon big boy, big guy in town, abi?

You want to end up like your uncle Deji?

Philandering his way into an early grave?

It is high time that you faced front.

That journalist thing, forget it.

Tunde.

Leave Ndudi and her family in peace.

You have brought enough shame.

["Being in Love" by Wet Leg playing]

♪ I lost my appetite I cannot sleep at night ♪

♪ I cannot concentrate I do not feel too great ♪

♪ The world is caving in And I'm kinda struggling ♪

♪ But I kinda like it 'Cause it feels like being in love ♪

♪ Being in love ♪

- ♪ Being in love ♪ - [driver] Not today.

- [music stops] - [driver] Not today.

What?

No girls.

Your parents should have gotten a text.

Sorry.

What the fuck are you doing?

- [Ryan] Hey! - What the fuck?

- So he didn't let you on the bus? - No.

He said all girls get off.

Her elbows were sparking like chainsaws, man.

- Elbows? - [indistinct chattering]

- I'll catch up with you later. - Okay.

- [Yuki] Jos, hey. - Hey.

You hanging out with Cat again?

Like, you know she has it.

- Does she? - [boys laughing]

Did you see the one where the girl sneezes it out?

- You're lying. - Oh, my God, it's lit!

Uh, what are you doing later?

I'm hanging out with Cat but maybe I'll see you Friday?

Sure.

- Hey. You good? - Hey.

I would've gotten out the bus earlier but I didn't know what was happening.

No, that guy was crazy.

And so, I was thinking,

what are you doing later? Wanna hang out tonight?

I actually have plans with Cat tonight. Sorry.

Friday?

Sure. Yeah.

Did you see the one where she sneezes it out?

- No way. - It's fucking lit.

[PA dings]

[announcer over PA] This is South Seattle High.

First period is suspended.

All students report to your home rooms.

[Mrs. Elms] Quick as you can, please. That's great. Okay.

Let's get seated. Get yourself seated.

We're leaving this open.

- Okay, settle down now. - [students chattering]

Uh, we have a directive from the Governor's office,

to address the rumours that are circulating regarding an issue,

that some of the girls in the school may be experiencing.

It's related to...

"sudden and unpredictable discharges of electricity".

This isn't about anyone getting into trouble,

this is about the safety of all our staff and students.

[tense music]

So, if you have it...

please, could I ask you to identify yourself?

How about you raise your hand if you know someone who has it?

Mr. Ellis, come on, man.

Let's just get this done.

- [clangs] - [girl screams]

[Jonny] Taylor White has it.

That's bullshit.

To the front please, Taylor.

Get out here.

We broke up last week and now... are you serious?

I can do it.

[Mrs. Elms] Ashley, thank you.

[Claire] Brie Diaz can do it.

- Angel says she can do it. - She's just pissed at me.

This is bullshit.

- I can do it. - Out.

Cat Cole and Jos Cleary-Lopez both have it.

Let's go, ladies.

[Mr. Ellis] Leave your bags.

[Cat] Snitch.

- [Mr. Ellis] Anyone else? - Mr. El... That's absurd.

You can't do this.

[ominous music]

[indistinct]

[guard] Stop her! Don't let her leave!

[Mr. Ellis] Eyes front.

Come on, nothing to see.

Keep coming.

[Cat] This is fucked up.

[Mr. Ellis] Come on, hustle. Move, move. Come on!

Forty-six passengers, one flight attendant.

That's how many people survived this crash.

- [John] You can't keep her from me. - [hospital admin] I understand...

[John] No, you don't understand a damn thing.

My kid is 12, you're holding her without cause.

I wanna see her now!

Mr. Kelly, please calm down.

The hell are the Feds doing here?

I wanna know where Makayla is right now.

We assure you, your daughter is fine.

She's being treated in the building,

and she'll be released once we determine there's no ongoing threat.

[John] Threat of what?

A couple of other passengers ID'd your daughter

as part of the incident on board.

She is a 12-year-old kid, not a god damn terrorist!

Is everything okay over here?

This is FBI business, ma'am.

I'm Margot Cleary-Lopez, the mayor.

Uh, I thought crashes were NTSB domain.

Unless I'm missing something and it was criminal activity on board.

[announcer over PA] Dr. Sheldon operating room three.

Dr. Sheldon OR three.

[Margot] Where were you stationed?

Uh, Afghanistan.

Thank you for your service, mister...

Kelly. John Kelly.

Wanna take a seat?

- [sighs] How's the arm? - It's fine.

I'm fine.

I wanna see my daughter, and these arseholes...

Her name's Makayla?

She's probably terrified right now.

Yeah. I mean, I get that. I've got three myself.

Look, she didn't do anything wrong.

I mean, she didn't mean...

I don't even actually know happened...

She's afraid of flying and she panicked.

But she's a good kid. She wouldn't hurt anyone.

Listen, I'm gonna find out what's going on.

But in the meantime can you do me a favor?

If you deck one of those agents,

I'm pretty sure you're not gonna see your daughter today,

so sit tight 'til you hear from me?

Yeah, I can do that.

Yeah? Okay.

Helen, I need to get in to see Makayla Kelly.

[sighs] These Feds won't let her own father in to see her.

[sighs deeply] Okay. So we'll go around them.

[line ringing]

[Rob] Hey, is everything okay?

Yeah. Do you know anyone at U-Dub Northwest who works in isolation?

I have some Feds blocking access to a crash survivor I need to talk to.

Yeah, yeah. I do. Let me put you in touch with Tash.

Tash, your ex?

Uh, sure. That'll be great.

[birds squawking]

[winds chimes dinging]

[female voice] Lazarus has risen.

[exhales]

Praise be.

It's okay, girl. No one is gonna hurt you here.

[munches]

Where am I?

This is the Sisters of Christ Convent. I am Sister Maria.

What's your name?

Eve.

[The Voice] Ooh... Good choice.

[Sister Maria] Those are fresh. We grow most of our food here.

And we make soap, with seaweed, to pay for anything else we need.

Which is more and more. Since we've started taking you all in.

We get more girls like you every day.

Girls like me? What kind of girl is that?

Girls with no place else to go.

You're gonna meet them soon enough They're in the dormitory.

We... found this in your bag.

You went through my stuff?

I have to.

We don't allow drugs, alcohol, weapons...

Are you a believer?

I talk to God every day.

[The Voice] Do you now?

And He talks back?

She. She does. All the time.

How lucky. To have such faith.

Eve. I am glad to meet you.

It was no accident I found you on that road.

So rest as long as you like. Please.

[door opens, closes]

["Tihilele" by Les Filles de Illighadad playing]

[chickens clucking]

[indistinct chatter]

[Gordy] You're just gonna stare at her like that?

Sister Veronica!

- [Gordy] Hey! - [Sima] Sister Veronica!

[Gordy] What, you never seen a girl fit before?

[indistinct chatter]

[Tom] No evidence that the footage was doctored...

Some even believe it's an ad.

[Kristen] For Taters. It looked like Taters to me.

[Tom] Or could this be another issue caused by video gaming?

[Kristen] Uh-huh.

[Tom] Later today, we'll be hearing your thoughts

together with expert analysis,

on the Internet phenomenon, "The Electric Girl" hoax.

What?

- [Jade] Yo move. - [Tom] And so, as adults catch up

with what the kids have apparently been watching for weeks,

we have the latest footage from around the globe.

[Kristen] Mm-hmm.

Is this a hoax? You decide.

Some viewers may find the following scenes distressing.

[Kristen] Watch out.

[laughs]

Holy crap. Holy crap.

[gasps]

[giggles]

Prick! [laughs]

- [man] Hey! - Run!

[speaking in Igbo] [gasps] [in English] Okay, okay. Okay.

[Tom] Nobody's looking at the rise of violent crime.

Hey, yo! Can you move?

[Tom] The US Police force has a breaking point.

And suggesting that this might be a good thing we got going on.

That's dumb.

You got this thing?

We all do. Well, most of us.

- That's why we're here. - [ominous music]

So everyone has it now?

Everyone's special.

[The Voice] None of these girls can do what you can, baby.

[door closes]

- We got a clothes donation. - Okay.

[girls clamoring]

[indistinct arguing]

[Sister Veronica] Girls, outside now! Family meeting!

It has come to our attention that the recent issues

that some of you have reported regarding your fingers

and, uh, sparks, has been spreading across America, possibly further,

and it would seem that this mutation is incredibly dangerous.

I think the unfortunate business with the chicken,

- which I won't get into again... - [snickers]

...has shown us just what we are dealing with.

This is about all our safety. It's my word and you'll be out of here.

No Electricity! Now get to work!

- Go! - [girls chatting indistinctly]

[girls singing "Blow Eliza, Blow"]

[Margot] Is this necessary?

It's just a precaution until we know for sure what we're dealing with.

There are a lot of rumours floating around and not a lot of answers.

[Margot] Right.

So you and Rob met at Doctors without Borders?

Yeah, yeah. Six months in Cambodia right out of med school.

Hmm. He says that trip changed his life, his whole outlook on medicine.

Yeah, mine too. It really put things in perspective.

Okay. The agents have been doing checks every 20 minutes, so just watch your time.

- Thank you again. - You're welcome.

[suspenseful music]

[door closes]

Makayla?

Hi.

I'm Margot. I'm the mayor here, of Seattle.

I want my dad.

I actually just spoke to your dad. He's right upstairs.

Why won't they let me see him? [stutters] Am I in trouble?

No. No, no one is in trouble.

No, I'm just here to find out what happened.

I already told them. I didn't... do anything.

I just...

hate when the plane shakes, I feel like I'm gonna die.

My daughter Jos used to be terrified of flying, too.

You remember anything about what happened?

Might help me clear things up and get you home.

My hands.

They started hurting a few days ago.

You know, like when you touch laundry in a dryer and you get a shock?

I was really nervous for the flight,

so my dad gave me a Benadryl to help me sleep.

Then the plane was shaking,

I woke up, I was so scared and it was so hard to breathe.

And then a lady started telling me to put on my belt.

The... the flight attendant?

And then my hands started hurting again.

And then she reached over to put on my belt.

And then suddenly the blanket was on fire and...

[choking up] everyone was screaming and everything went flying,

and then the plane just...

[cries] I swear, I didn't mean to hurt anybody.

- I don't know what I did. [sobs] - Hey.

It's okay. We're gonna figure this out.

- [sobbing] - It's okay. It's okay.

Tell the lady I'm sorry.

What lady? The flight attendant?

I think I hurt her.

[Lacey] I thought the kid just didn't want to put her belt on...

but then it looked like she was seizing.

So I grabbed her.

I just wanted to make sure she didn't hit her head or something...

And then? Did you see it? How the blanket caught on fire?

No, I didn't see anything... it was so fast...

She was trying to push me off, and her hands were here.

And then there was this, like, jolt.

And it hurt like hell, and then...

it didn't hurt at all.

It felt fucking amazing.

[suspense music plays]

[buzzing]

I can't explain it.

I think she gave it to me.

I think we both brought the plane down.

- [door opens] - [gasps]

Let's go, Mayor. You're done.

[phone ringing]

[Agent Warren] This room is strictly for approved personnel only.

Oh, my God, Rob. You're not gonna believe...

[Rob] It's Jos. We gotta get to her school right now.

- What? What? What's going on? - [tense music]

Thank you for getting here so quickly, Mrs. Cleary-Lopez,

I know you're very busy...

Jos?

Jocelyn Cleary-Lopez!

- [Rob] Jos! Jesus... - [murmuring]

- [Margot] Jos! - [Rob]...Christ.

Mom, I'm... I'm over here.

- [Rob] Oh, my God! - Jesus!

- [Margot] Are you okay, honey? - [Rob] What the hell is going on here?

- [Jos] Yeah, I'm fine. - Oh, my God!

What are you doing here?

I thought only dad was gonna come.

Well, we were both worried.

[girls laughing, chattering]

[Rob] What are you doing, Joe?

You've been to our house. We've served you dinner.

And you're gonna treat our kids like fucking criminals?

What's wrong with you, man? Are you sick?

- Have you lost your humanity? - They're gonna have to be taken care of.

Jesus fucking Christ.

Can you get those fucking things off her or I'm gonna wrap them around

your mother fucking neck?

- You hear me? You hear me? - Yeah.

If all of these girls aren't with their parents at home in the next hour,

you have a huge problem.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

- This will be fine, all right? - Okay.

[tense music]

I know some girls can, like, aim it or control it more.

It's like they know what they want to hit and how hard they want to hit it.

Okay.

But mine...

mine doesn't work like that.

Okay. How does yours work?

See?

- [yelps] - [Rob] Hey! Hey!

["Up All Night" by Sault plays]

♪ Up all night, dance on the weekend Rain don't shine ♪

♪ Praying that the music Will change my life ♪

♪ No time for sleeping, cure your mind Don't stop believing it ♪

♪ Take your time, dance on the weekend Rain don't shine ♪

♪ Praying that the music Will change my life ♪

♪ No time for sleeping, cure your mind Don't stop believing it ♪

♪ Pretty good times, expensive business Close your eyes ♪

[indistinct]

♪ It's too small with them apartments Fix your mind ♪

♪ Don't stop believing it ♪

[girls laughing]

- [Sister Veronica] This? - [Allie] Mm-hmm.

You know, this is some weird ass convent shit you got going on here.

You were in pretty bad shape, you almost died out there on the road.

Do you know that?

You need a doctor to check you over but... we have a storm coming Friday

so it'll have to be after that.

There'll be no one in or out for a while.

Can I leave?

Well, as long as you're out by this afternoon.

After that we have to lock the place down.

You need to stop by the office and fill out the identity forms.

All girls must be on record.

[The Voice] Uh-uh, girl. No paper trail.

As soon as I get my shoes, I'm gone.

That suits us just fine.

["Up All Night" by Sault playing]

You won't find much.

We take a vow of poverty.

Sister Monica, Patron Saint of Wayward Children.

Have a seat, Eve.

I don't want trouble. No police.

Just talk.

Sister Veronica can be a hard ass...

but I promise, she's a good woman.

She has done amazing things.

Doesn't seem very Catholic-y.

It isn't. We're nuns in our hearts.

Sisters of Christ in our hearts.

But not in the church.

When I was younger, I decided to live my truth.

I told my family, this is who I am.

I am a woman.

Not the man that you believed me to be.

I was cast out, no family.

I lost my job.

I was on the streets.

And Veronica found me.

And she guide me.

But for her kindness...

she was excommunicated.

All of the women here, they have been cast out.

Standing up for justice.

Standing up for the weak.

If she stands up for people, why is she so against the electricity?

Veronica's a revolutionary.

But this power is a crisis of faith.

And she worries.

She knows that consequences come with change.

Have patience and stay.

[The Voice] Rebel nuns and wayward girls. See?

I told you there's a place where you belong.

[girl on TV] And then, in 2016...

[Rob] Is it impossible? Maybe...

[Margot] Maybe it's transferrable. Maybe she touched something.

Wait, you're talking about a virus here? What the hell?

The kids have been posting about it, everyone is calling it a hoax.

I mean, there's fires and outages... I warned Dandon about this.

I know you did.

[Margot, choking up] I can't believe this is happening to my baby!

- [TV volume rising] - [Rob] Shh! Shh!

I'm telling you. She's gonna be okay. She's gonna be fine.

No, she's not. That girl from the plane?

They had her locked up like E.T., running tests on her.

It is not okay with me that the world is gonna use our daughter

- as a lab rat. - Honey, honey.

I don't think it's headed that way.

- How do you know? - I mean, if there are 50 in a high school

- and you extrapolate from there... - Yeah?

...statistically, that's hundreds and thousands of girls going through this.

I think we need to get her some help

- and we need to do it quietly. - Okay.

Can you contact that therapist that Matty worked with last summer?

What was his name? Doctor...

And we need to tell Helen before this gets out.

Whoa, how would it get out?

Well, we can't keep something like this a secret forever, Rob.

It's gonna get political.

- Don't do that. Don't do that. - What?

Don't use that Mayor Seattle voice on me, okay?

- Because I'm not the enemy, okay? - Seriously?

You wanna argue about my tone of voice right now?

[indistinct TV chatter]

- Thank you! - Hey!

[narrator on TV] The electric eel is the only animal

that can produce a killing shock of electricity.

Oh, look, Jos, it's your long-lost family.

[narrator on TV] Despite the name eel...

Give it back I was watching that.

Poor Mom and Dad.

It's like their favourite kid got an STD from having sex with an eel.

What's an STD?

- Give it. Matty. - What are you doing?

Let go! [grunts]

[grunts, screams]

- [Matty screaming] - Matty, are you okay?

- Jos! Jos! What's happening? - I didn't mean to. It was an accident.

[cross talking]

[Rob] Come here.

- Let me see... Let me check. - [Matty grunts]

[Margot] Is he okay? What happened to his eye?

Margot, tell Frank to pull up front. We gotta get him to a hospital right away.

- It was an accident... accident. - [Matty groans]

[Rob] It's gonna be fine, champ, I'm telling you. Relax.

[cicadas chirping]

[gate squeaks]

[dogs barking from a distance]

[dramatic music playing]

Come on, Ndudi.

- What are you doing here? - Hey, hey. I just wanna talk...

- Just go. - Please.

Come on.

[door creaks open, closes]

You shouldn't be here.

If my grandmother sees us together, we are finished.

I know. I know, It's just...

Ndudi, I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. I, I just...

You just what?

I just... I had to see you.

Hey.

[chuckles]

I got a job offer from CNN.

- Wait, Ndudi... - I'm so mad at you.

Tunde, that was my story.

I found it!

- You didn't even want to come. - Shh.

You were messing around with Adunola.

Making up some nonsense about some business.

Then you put my face... all over the Internet for the whole world to see...

and now you come here asking me for advice?

- Because I'm a joke, abi? - No, no. Ndudi, listen...

Here's some advice.

Do something you believe in for once.

Be a man, Tunde.

Ndudi, I don't know what I want to do.

That's not my problem.

[dramatic music plays]

[door creaks open]

[Ndudi's grandmother] Ndudi.

Ndudi! Come inside!

What do you think you're gonna do at this time of the night? Go!

[door closes]

[generator starting]

So you're just gonna leave?

Mom and Dad are going to lose their minds.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

CNN called me, they want me to do my style of reporting.

Reporting? Bro, you take video selfies.

I can speak to people other reporters can't.

And get into places other reporters are not allowed...

Dad is not going to allow you to come back to the house.

You're neglecting your school, your job...

Things he wants from me. What about what I want for myself?

Dami, Ndudi is right. I need to be my own man.

Ah, I'm wasting my life here.

Wasting my time with studies that don't interest me,

work I can't stand, girls I don't care about.

[gasps]

I understand most of what you are saying.

But the girls? [chuckles] They're not so bad.

[laughs] Dami, this power is spreading.

And it's going to change things.

Here in Nigeria, but all over the world, In ways we cannot imagine.

This is huge, Dami.

Allah is showing me my path.

This is my destiny.

[tense music]

[indistinct chatter in PA]

Look, Jos. Do you like my boobs?

[Rob and Margot talking indistinctly]

- [door closes] - [Rob] Honey. The doctor's got results.

Good news, his reflexes are strong.

His eyelid shut quickly, so the injury is limited to the skin.

Oh, thank God.

But... I hear a but.

His eye should be okay but you should consult with a plastic surgeon

for a second opinion.

There may be some scarring.

[Rob] Oh, man.

[Rob] All right. Thank you so much. Thank you.

- [Margot] Thank you. - [man on PA] Dr. Stevens to the ICU.

- [Margot sighs] - It's okay, it's gonna be fine.

It's gonna be fine.

Gonna be fine. There's so much they can do with skin graft these days.

You know?

Seriously, he's gonna get better.

Yeah.

Honey, hold on. I'll be right back.

Hey, Tash. How are you?

[Natasha] Oh, hi.

[Rob and Natasha chatting]

[soft choir music]

[Margot sighs deeply]

You didn't mean to.

- I know it was an accident... - Stop.

Stop what?

Stop pretending like we're so close and that you're super mom.

I'm not pretending anything.

Today's the most time we've spent together in over a year.

And it's only because I'm becoming a liability for your perfect life.

Jos, that is not true.

I love you.

And... sorry that I'm not around more.

I thought you didn't wanna spend time with me.

[scoffs]

What?

Oh, my God. Why is he talking about me?

Jos, come on, let's go get some answers.

[machine whirring]

Honey, she's okay. They do dozens of these a day.

- Come on. - [machine whirring]

[MRI Technician] Jos, I need you to stay as still as possible, okay?

[machine whirring loudly]

- [buzzing] - Mom.

- [Jos] Dad! - Get her out. Get her out now.

[buzzing]

[taps on glass]

- [Rob] Can you, can you play it again? - [Natasha] Yeah.

So is she okay?

[Natasha] Watch this.

What am I looking at?

See that? It's not coming from their hands.

It's coming from right there.

I heard from some colleagues from around the country,

but I hadn't seen it for myself.

We've had a few cases come through. Two girls with burn scars.

Okay, so Jos sparked when she went through the scan.

It blew the machine but it gave us this beautiful, clear picture.

[Rob] That striated muscle tissue,

it banded into cervical spinal nerves right here.

at these points, there and there.

Are those pacemaker cells?

- Like the sinoatrial node? - Yeah, which would explain the...

- electrical impulse. - Layperson terms, please.

[Margot clears throat]

- It's an organ. - It's a new organ.

One that generates electricity.

Well, that's...

- insane. - Well, not really.

The heart, the eye, the brain, they all generate electricity.

Yeah, but unlike those organs, that's all this one seems to do.

Well, where did it come from?

Well, I mean, if it was one girl, I'd say it was a random mutation?

And then nature throws us curve balls, I know that, but...

it's hundreds and thousands.

[Natasha] It could be some genetic switch

that flipped.

Something that was there, dormant, and it just... [snaps fingers]

But why would it do that?

Has got to be environmental, right? Don't you think?

Pollution, contaminated soil, stressors, or...

- Survival. - Yeah.

Oh, God damn it. So, wait, you're saying either...

we did this to these girls or...

they developed it out of necessity.

[dramatic music playing]

[line ringing]

[Dandon voicemail] Hi, you've reached Dan's private line.

Leave a message or try my assistant.

- [line ringing] - [exhales]

What the fuck, Margot?

Do you have any idea what time it is? This is harassment.

It's an organ. Girls are developing a new organ.

They're, they're evolving. That's what this is.

The electricity, all the fires, the plane crash.

And we did nothing to prevent this. We should've put more resources...

Okay, calm down, okay? Just take a breath.

Don't tell me to calm down.

This might be contagious.

How can it be contagious? You just said it's “evolution.”

Okay, that girl from the plane, Makayla Kelly,

she transferred it to a flight attendant.

And how would you know that?

Unless you interfered with an FBI investigation?

You motherfucker.

You know all this and you kept it from me, kept it from the public?

I don't have any obligation to share classified information.

Classified by whom?

There are a lot of people in Washington,

people much smarter than you and me putting plans into place.

No one wants to go off half-cocked and create a panic.

We wait until we have answers

No, you are in the middle of fundraising for your senate campaign

and this might fuck up your chances.

Well, Daniel, this is much bigger than any campaign.

We need to prepare parents.

We need to prepare our girls.

They need to know what's happening in their own bodies.

You know what they do to the messenger, right?

You remember what happened with Covid?

I'm not going to put my face out there as a target for an angry mob.

We wait until D.C. moves on this.

Until then, we try not to get hysterical and we keep a lid on our feelings.

You love to stand in front of the cameras when you can present yourself as a hero.

But when you could be a source of comfort,

when you could help people not feel so crazy and alone... you are a coward.

Don't fuck this up for me, Margot. I'm serious.

Yeah? Well, so am I.

[exhales]

It's nothing but a hoax.

It's a hoax.

It's fake news.

We're still gathering information on this, but we think it's a hoax.

Enough. Thank you.

[reporters clamoring]

[knocks on door]

Ready?

Are you?

[both chuckle]

I'm so sorry to put you through this.

After all your hard work.

It's what you promised.

When we started down this path together, you and me

in this fucked up world of politics.

We're gonna make a splash 'cause we're gonna do the right thing.

It's definitely fucked up.

Well, burn it all down. Shit.

I brought the good popcorn.

Okay.

[indistinct chattering]

[camera shutters clicking]

[exhales]

[dramatic music playing]

Good morning.

Well, it's been a very eventful and stressful week

in this beautiful city of ours.

I know many of you are worried about rumours flying around.

Things that have been happening in schools.

And it seems that people in positions of power have been telling us it's a hoax.

“Reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”

Well...

This is not a hoax.

[murmuring]

I'm here to talk to you as your mayor

but I'm also here to talk to you as a parent.

I have two beautiful girls at home,

and I don't know about you, but it's not okay with me

for politicians to make decisions

about what's happens in my children's bodies.

In the past, we've all seen what happens

when we don't give women information about what's happening in their own bodies.

We've all seen or felt that cycle of shame

and desperation.

Back alley abortions.

Teenage girls with no resources forced into giving birth.

Rape victims too afraid to come forward,

and postpartum moms suffering in silence.

Let us be done withholding.

Okay, this is everything we know so far...

the electrical condition that's been affecting adolescent girls

- is not a virus or a trick... - [Rob] Hey, did she tell you

she was gonna do this?

Doctors have discovered the presence of a new organ

along the collarbone of young women.

It emerges naturally in girls aged 12 to 19.

And the ability seems to be transferrable.

The organ appears to be mimicking some of the electrical impulses of the heart...

We don't know why it has developed...

We don't know the extent or purpose of its... power.

These are the questions we will all face together in the coming months.

The world as we know it may never be the same...

[reporter clamoring]

...producing electricity.

A rope like organ, composed of...

...hundreds and thousands of electrocytes: cells that can build up electricity

and then release it at once.

Which so far, has affected girls between the ages of 12 and 19 only.

Just girls, luckily.

It's an organ we have only seen before in electric fish.

Well, it's just... I mean, carry on.

It's vital that these girls are supported.

Locked up if necessary.

Capital punishment.

Tranquillizers.

Implementing martial law.

We need to act.

["Run to Your Mama" by GOAT playing]