Deep Impact

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 2 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,965 1.567 makes it eight degrees north. 3 00:01:30,509 --> 00:01:33,677 Altair, Alpha Centauri and Sirius. 4 00:01:33,845 --> 00:01:35,387 Matt Shepherd? 5 00:01:36,014 --> 00:01:38,182 It's just a party, and he asked me. 6 00:01:38,266 --> 00:01:40,893 - He's really nice. - Yeah, to you, maybe. 7 00:01:40,977 --> 00:01:42,812 You guys getting some good work done over here? 8 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:44,063 - Yeah. - Yeah. 9 00:01:44,147 --> 00:01:46,232 Yeah, yeah. Sounds like it. 10 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:48,275 What's the bright one? 11 00:01:49,027 --> 00:01:51,195 Mizar. It's a double star. 12 00:01:51,363 --> 00:01:53,364 Good. The one next to it? 13 00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:56,367 - Alcor. - Good, Biederman. 14 00:01:56,451 --> 00:01:58,452 And the one next to that? 15 00:02:01,706 --> 00:02:03,749 - I don't know. - It's Megrez. 16 00:02:03,834 --> 00:02:06,752 - I don't think so. - Well, you just said you didn't know. 17 00:02:06,837 --> 00:02:09,672 Well, it's not Megrez. It's something else. 18 00:02:10,257 --> 00:02:11,382 Look. 19 00:02:13,301 --> 00:02:15,511 It's south, about 10 degrees. 20 00:02:19,224 --> 00:02:21,267 It's probably a satellite. 21 00:02:21,351 --> 00:02:23,727 Let's take another picture. We'll send it to Dr. Wolf. 22 00:02:23,854 --> 00:02:25,104 Yes, sir. 23 00:02:26,106 --> 00:02:28,023 - It's Megrez. - It's not Megrez. 24 00:02:28,108 --> 00:02:30,317 - It is. - It's not. 25 00:02:34,656 --> 00:02:35,823 It is. 26 00:04:16,508 --> 00:04:18,842 Well, hello there, little fella. 27 00:04:19,219 --> 00:04:20,719 Do I know you? 28 00:04:22,681 --> 00:04:25,224 Where are you going in such a hurry? 29 00:04:29,187 --> 00:04:30,521 And there. 30 00:05:10,895 --> 00:05:12,146 Come on. 31 00:05:12,397 --> 00:05:13,647 Damn it. 32 00:05:27,202 --> 00:05:28,536 Biederman. 33 00:05:50,267 --> 00:05:52,810 Come on, you miserable piece of crap. 34 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:16,793 Come on, come on. 35 00:06:28,263 --> 00:06:31,682 You have reached the Department of Planetary Sciences. 36 00:06:33,185 --> 00:06:36,771 If you know the extension of the person you're calling... 37 00:06:37,940 --> 00:06:39,107 Jesus! 38 00:06:39,483 --> 00:06:40,691 Damn it! 39 00:07:01,338 --> 00:07:04,674 News relating to the recall of American troops from abroad. 40 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:07,093 Tragedy struck today as a charter aircraft 41 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:10,763 carrying an Army unit returning from duty in Japan crashed this morning... 42 00:07:11,682 --> 00:07:14,851 The White House press office says Secretary of the Treasury Rittenhouse 43 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:17,270 is resigning because his wife is sick. 44 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:18,354 Sick, my ass. 45 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:20,273 So, who passed Rittenhouse the hemlock? 46 00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:23,693 AFL-CIO wanted him off the Council of Economic Advisers 47 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:25,278 for not supporting the pension bill, 48 00:07:25,362 --> 00:07:27,405 and the President's going to need Labor next fall. 49 00:07:27,489 --> 00:07:30,825 And State's still fuming about the Trade Office screw-up at the G8. 50 00:07:30,909 --> 00:07:33,494 Pentagon is unhappy with his readiness reduction proposals. 51 00:07:33,579 --> 00:07:37,498 - Greenspan dislikes him. - Christ! Who didn't this guy piss off? 52 00:07:37,583 --> 00:07:41,294 - No wonder the wife's sick. - She's not sick. She's a drunk. 53 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,632 How do you know that? 54 00:07:46,717 --> 00:07:49,051 Mike Woodward over at Treasury. 55 00:07:52,389 --> 00:07:54,807 Mrs. Rittenhouse started drinking a couple of years ago 56 00:07:54,892 --> 00:07:56,893 when her husband had a series of affairs. 57 00:07:56,977 --> 00:08:00,688 Stepped it up last summer after their son died of leukemia. 58 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:03,232 You wanna do something on "the price that wives pay"? 59 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:04,984 - What else? - Mike Woodward? 60 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,653 - Wife, three kids? - He's been after me for months, 61 00:08:07,738 --> 00:08:11,407 so I threw him a breakfast and hit him up about Rittenhouse. 62 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:12,950 Bob Campbell's leaving. 63 00:08:13,035 --> 00:08:15,495 So at midnight Saturday, anchor shift's opening up. 64 00:08:15,579 --> 00:08:17,997 Why would I wanna give up the White House for a graveyard weekend? 65 00:08:18,081 --> 00:08:20,416 No, no, no. Not for you. For me. 66 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:22,001 - No. - Beth. 67 00:08:22,586 --> 00:08:24,504 We'll talk about this later. Very calm. 68 00:08:24,588 --> 00:08:26,797 The President will be back from Camp David tomorrow. 69 00:08:26,882 --> 00:08:28,466 - Business news, Ira? - Beth. 70 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,968 You know what? Just keep working on Rittenhouse. 71 00:08:31,053 --> 00:08:33,221 Maybe Mike's available for dinner. 72 00:08:33,305 --> 00:08:36,849 You know, do the usual research, background information. 73 00:08:36,934 --> 00:08:40,520 - I'll talk to you about it after lunch. - Okay. That's it! 74 00:08:42,481 --> 00:08:43,898 Beth, wait. 75 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:47,944 - Listen, Beth, what if it wasn't... - God, Jenny. 76 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:50,404 - ... permanent? - Look, honey, this is how it works. 77 00:08:50,489 --> 00:08:53,741 You've done two years of research. Now do three as a segment producer, 78 00:08:53,825 --> 00:08:55,868 five on-air doing domestic features, 79 00:08:55,953 --> 00:08:58,871 another two in some cholera-ridden hellhole, 80 00:08:58,956 --> 00:09:00,206 and then, you know what? 81 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:02,542 I'll quit if they don't give you a weekend anchor shot. 82 00:09:02,626 --> 00:09:04,585 Hello, Caitlin, there you are. 83 00:09:04,670 --> 00:09:07,338 Are you protecting me orjust holding me back? 84 00:09:07,422 --> 00:09:08,798 - Yes. - Okay. 85 00:09:08,924 --> 00:09:12,301 Rittenhouse tape and text on my desk by 4:00 tomorrow. 86 00:09:12,386 --> 00:09:13,844 - Yes. - Then we'll drop in the reverses 87 00:09:13,929 --> 00:09:15,680 - for the five. - Okay. 88 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:19,684 So at this moment right now... 89 00:09:19,768 --> 00:09:22,687 Thank you. The pretty little girls are walking down the aisle. 90 00:09:22,771 --> 00:09:24,063 They're spreading flowers. 91 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:26,148 - The twins, what are their names? - Emma and Susanna. 92 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,776 They're walking down the aisles and they're dropping rose petals, 93 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:31,362 - and everyone's smiling at them. - Mother, is this really such a good idea? 94 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:33,030 - Now she's walking down the aisle. Yes. - Okay. 95 00:09:33,115 --> 00:09:37,285 And she stands beside him. And the priest says, "Dearly beloved... " 96 00:09:37,369 --> 00:09:39,579 - Judge. - And the judge says... 97 00:09:40,289 --> 00:09:43,874 ...sickness and health... "Do you, Jason Lerner, take... " 98 00:09:45,085 --> 00:09:46,961 "... Chlorine Whatchamacallit?" 99 00:09:47,045 --> 00:09:48,462 - Mom! - What? 100 00:09:48,547 --> 00:09:50,339 - Chloe. - What did I say? 101 00:09:50,424 --> 00:09:53,759 You said... You said, "Chlorine. " Her name's Chloe. 102 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:59,390 - Well, it's still a terrible name. - Yeah. 103 00:09:59,850 --> 00:10:03,769 And Jason says, "Lie, lie, lie, lie, till death do us part. " 104 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:06,063 And she says, "Yes," and he says, "Yes," 105 00:10:06,148 --> 00:10:09,317 and it's kissy, kissy, kissy and congratulations. 106 00:10:15,157 --> 00:10:19,535 Jenny, you now have a new stepmother who is two years older than you. 107 00:10:22,331 --> 00:10:23,497 Check. 108 00:10:23,999 --> 00:10:27,960 Well, anyway, as much as I would like to stay here and get silly with you, Mom, 109 00:10:28,045 --> 00:10:31,047 - I can't. I gotta go. - I know, I know, I know. 110 00:10:34,009 --> 00:10:35,801 I'm sorry about this. 111 00:10:36,470 --> 00:10:38,721 We'll get over it. I love you. 112 00:10:40,724 --> 00:10:42,266 I love you, too. 113 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:46,729 Be good. 114 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:56,364 I was with the secretary since he's been governor of Connecticut. 115 00:10:56,448 --> 00:10:58,574 Came to Washington with him. 116 00:10:58,742 --> 00:11:01,994 I moved here because I was dedicated to his career. 117 00:11:02,079 --> 00:11:03,746 I trusted the man. 118 00:11:04,581 --> 00:11:06,457 And then he fucked me. 119 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:09,126 - He what? - No, I didn't have sex with him. 120 00:11:09,211 --> 00:11:13,172 I should say, I didn't have sex with him, but somebody sure did. 121 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:16,133 It was about to come out, so he resigned. 122 00:11:16,218 --> 00:11:19,679 But because I was hired from outside the government pool, 123 00:11:19,763 --> 00:11:23,766 I don't get conveyed to the next secretary, so now I'm out a job. 124 00:11:24,685 --> 00:11:27,603 Because he couldn't keep his hands off women. 125 00:11:29,564 --> 00:11:32,983 - Do you have proof? - He thinks he was being so clever. 126 00:11:33,652 --> 00:11:36,529 He had a private phone line installed in his office. 127 00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,531 Nobody else could answer it. 128 00:11:38,615 --> 00:11:42,284 I picked it up once, said hello, and it's nobody home. 129 00:11:43,286 --> 00:11:46,580 It rings, he shuts the door. Why not hang a sign? 130 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:49,625 Do you have a name? 131 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:52,753 This is what I get for talking to the press. 132 00:11:52,838 --> 00:11:57,299 I'm selling my soul right now. I can feel it. I can feel it. 133 00:11:58,593 --> 00:12:00,553 I name a name and get someone into trouble. 134 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:02,221 So you do have a name. 135 00:12:02,305 --> 00:12:05,599 Just a first name. Oh, my God, I'm going to say it. 136 00:12:05,976 --> 00:12:07,143 Ellie. 137 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:10,146 Ellie? Nothing else? 138 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:13,482 I think the President knows about it, too. 139 00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:16,736 Overheard the secretary talking to him about her. 140 00:12:17,154 --> 00:12:18,988 Isn't Washington sick? 141 00:12:59,654 --> 00:13:00,696 Hi. 142 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:03,199 How you doing? 143 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:05,034 Can I help you? 144 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:08,704 Well, actually, we're looking for your mom. Is she around? 145 00:13:08,872 --> 00:13:11,123 My mom's sick. She's not here. 146 00:13:12,334 --> 00:13:15,252 Gosh, I love boats. Are you going on a trip? 147 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:16,712 Yeah. 148 00:13:17,214 --> 00:13:19,590 That's exciting. Looks like a... 149 00:13:19,925 --> 00:13:21,967 Like a long trip, huh? 150 00:13:23,553 --> 00:13:25,470 So listen, do you know where you're going? 151 00:13:25,554 --> 00:13:27,764 She's going back to the house. 152 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:29,891 Hey. You wanna stop that? 153 00:13:30,392 --> 00:13:31,893 Lily, please? 154 00:13:32,186 --> 00:13:34,270 Lily, that's a pretty name. 155 00:13:35,064 --> 00:13:37,190 Lily, do as I say. 156 00:13:37,691 --> 00:13:38,817 Go on. I'll be right there. 157 00:13:38,901 --> 00:13:41,152 If we could just get a minute of your time. 158 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:42,779 What do you want from me? 159 00:13:42,863 --> 00:13:45,323 Well, we'd like to talk about your resignation. 160 00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:47,742 My wife is sick. She's in the hospital. 161 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,328 That's why I resigned. Everybody knows this. 162 00:13:50,412 --> 00:13:54,415 We could talk about your wife, or we could just talk about Ellie. 163 00:14:07,429 --> 00:14:09,264 Turn the camera off. 164 00:14:09,557 --> 00:14:11,933 If you wanna talk to me, turn it off. 165 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:13,226 Cut it. 166 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:17,814 - We know everything. - Nobody knows everything. 167 00:14:18,482 --> 00:14:21,526 Well, we know about the secret phone lines 168 00:14:21,610 --> 00:14:24,320 and the whispered calls to the President. 169 00:14:24,446 --> 00:14:27,866 And about a secretary of the Treasury who's kept his entire department 170 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:31,661 in the dark about what he's really doing, about a cover story 171 00:14:31,745 --> 00:14:33,538 about his resignation that just fell through. 172 00:14:33,622 --> 00:14:36,040 I mean, sir, you want me to go on? 173 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:38,960 And you're just gonna break it? 174 00:14:39,795 --> 00:14:41,880 Well, that's what we do for a living. 175 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:43,798 Well, congratulations. 176 00:14:44,675 --> 00:14:47,260 You now have the biggest story in history. 177 00:14:47,344 --> 00:14:48,970 Good luck to you. 178 00:14:49,138 --> 00:14:52,056 Personally, I think it's a mistake to run the story, 179 00:14:52,141 --> 00:14:54,100 but, hey, what the hell? 180 00:14:54,435 --> 00:14:55,643 Why not? 181 00:14:57,146 --> 00:14:59,981 What difference does anything make anymore? 182 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:06,821 Look. 183 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,158 I know you're just a reporter, 184 00:15:10,659 --> 00:15:13,328 but you used to be a person, right? 185 00:15:19,501 --> 00:15:21,711 I wanted to be with my family. 186 00:15:24,548 --> 00:15:26,507 Can you understand that? 187 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:50,907 Okay, Secretary of the Treasury Alan Rittenhouse resigns 188 00:15:50,991 --> 00:15:53,409 because of a mistress named Ellie. 189 00:15:53,702 --> 00:15:55,703 Biggest story in history? 190 00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:58,414 What an ego. 191 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,250 Now, if it was the President... 192 00:16:02,169 --> 00:16:05,088 Okay, the President has a mistress named Ellie, 193 00:16:05,172 --> 00:16:07,006 and Rittenhouse pretends that he's having the affair 194 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:11,886 and takes the fall and resigns, and the President buys him a yacht? 195 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,223 Son of a bitch! 196 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:24,357 Shit. Shit. 197 00:16:25,442 --> 00:16:27,276 What? Okay, okay! 198 00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:30,363 God. No, God. 199 00:16:51,927 --> 00:16:53,636 FBl. If you would please, ma'am? 200 00:16:53,721 --> 00:16:55,263 - What do I do with the car? - We'll take care of the car. 201 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:56,806 Just step back to my car. 202 00:16:56,890 --> 00:16:58,933 - Get her car here. - Got it. 203 00:17:05,816 --> 00:17:07,108 Let's go. 204 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:22,874 Would you come this way, please? 205 00:17:36,263 --> 00:17:38,431 Morton Entrekin, Ms. Lerner. 206 00:17:39,641 --> 00:17:42,310 I'm expected back at MSNBC at 6:00, 207 00:17:43,479 --> 00:17:45,188 and I think I should be there. 208 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:47,774 People knew about the Manhattan Project, you know, 209 00:17:47,858 --> 00:17:49,859 and they kept it a secret. 210 00:17:50,986 --> 00:17:53,863 That was just the creation of the atom bomb. 211 00:18:21,850 --> 00:18:23,810 Ms. Lerner? Tom Beck. 212 00:18:24,144 --> 00:18:26,521 I understand you've come into some information. 213 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:29,273 Ms. Lerner was just expressing her lack of enthusiasm 214 00:18:29,358 --> 00:18:34,195 for matters of national security where journalistic competitiveness is at stake. 215 00:18:35,197 --> 00:18:39,492 Mr. President, I'm not interested in using Ellie to further my career. 216 00:18:39,701 --> 00:18:41,953 What do you know about E.L.E.? 217 00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:48,209 I know you should have picked a better cover story than a sick wife. 218 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:50,211 See? What'd I tell you? 219 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:55,133 We'd always thought the deadline for going public 220 00:18:55,217 --> 00:18:56,801 was the publication of the budget, 221 00:18:56,885 --> 00:18:59,470 since we've spent more money than we can hide. 222 00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:02,140 But the budget comes out in two weeks. 223 00:19:02,224 --> 00:19:06,310 I don't suppose I could convince you to sit on this for two weeks. 224 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:10,356 No such thing as two weeks in the news business. 225 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,902 And I can't appeal to your sense of what's in the nation's best interest. 226 00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:19,198 Well, I always thought the truth was in the nation's best interest. 227 00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:23,578 You wanna hold her? 228 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:29,750 What if we go public in 48 hours? Now, that's doable, isn't it? 229 00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:32,128 That would be very difficult, Mr. President. 230 00:19:32,212 --> 00:19:33,254 Morton, 231 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:37,758 if she knows, how long can it be before CNN or The Post breaks the story? 232 00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:43,139 Now, this was never gonna be a secret as long as you wanted it to be. 233 00:19:44,641 --> 00:19:46,058 Give us two days, Ms. Lerner. 234 00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:49,562 You'll get second-row center at the White House press conference. 235 00:19:49,646 --> 00:19:51,814 Now, from what I know of your career, that's a promotion. 236 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:54,901 - I want exclusivity. - Now, listen, young lady, 237 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:58,112 this is a presidential favor. 238 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:01,365 I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache, 239 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:05,703 and I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. 240 00:20:06,121 --> 00:20:08,873 It might seem that we have each other over the same barrel, Ms. Lerner, 241 00:20:08,957 --> 00:20:11,125 but it just seems that way. 242 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,133 - I want the... - "Want"? 243 00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:23,262 May I? 244 00:20:24,139 --> 00:20:26,349 May I have the first question? 245 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:30,144 I'll see you Tuesday, Ms. Lerner. 246 00:20:53,293 --> 00:20:55,336 Come on. Come on, come on. 247 00:21:07,015 --> 00:21:09,350 E- L-E, E-L-E. 248 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:10,434 E. 249 00:21:17,192 --> 00:21:18,401 Paleontology. 250 00:21:18,485 --> 00:21:22,321 Paleontology. What does paleontology have to do with anything? 251 00:21:23,198 --> 00:21:24,197 Come on. Come on, come on. 252 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,262 - Hey! - Hey. 253 00:21:47,722 --> 00:21:49,431 - Look who's working late. - Yep. 254 00:21:49,515 --> 00:21:52,726 - How's Rittenhouse going? - No sign of the wife yet. 255 00:21:52,810 --> 00:21:55,353 - Is she missing? - No. We're still working on it. 256 00:21:55,438 --> 00:21:57,105 - We'll get there. - I know. It's a dull story. 257 00:21:57,189 --> 00:22:00,984 I promise you, next time we'll get you something more exciting. 258 00:22:01,068 --> 00:22:02,277 Great. 259 00:22:02,695 --> 00:22:04,195 - Are you okay? - Yeah. 260 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,491 - Wanna come to dinner with us? - I can't, I can't. I got... I have plans. 261 00:22:08,576 --> 00:22:11,077 Okay. Well, we'll see you tomorrow. 262 00:22:20,755 --> 00:22:22,881 - This is your table. - Thank you. 263 00:22:26,802 --> 00:22:28,261 Here she is. 264 00:22:29,096 --> 00:22:30,263 Jenny. 265 00:22:33,934 --> 00:22:35,018 Hi, Chloe. 266 00:22:35,102 --> 00:22:36,436 Would you like some champagne, miss? 267 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,104 Martini. Up. 268 00:22:38,522 --> 00:22:39,606 Big. 269 00:22:40,566 --> 00:22:41,649 Good. 270 00:22:42,902 --> 00:22:46,279 I missed you. I mean, we missed you yesterday. 271 00:22:47,948 --> 00:22:49,616 I must say, I'm... 272 00:22:50,659 --> 00:22:53,411 I'm disturbed that you didn't come to our wedding. 273 00:22:53,496 --> 00:22:56,414 - Jason, you promised. - I know I promised, 274 00:22:56,791 --> 00:22:59,417 but it was a beautiful event and I missed her. 275 00:22:59,502 --> 00:23:03,171 You should've been there. The twins, they were running around like mad 276 00:23:03,255 --> 00:23:06,174 and throwing flowers and... It was wonderful. 277 00:23:06,258 --> 00:23:08,051 Especially Emma. You know, the little one? 278 00:23:08,135 --> 00:23:09,511 She loves you. 279 00:23:09,595 --> 00:23:10,762 - She adores you. - It was beautiful. 280 00:23:10,846 --> 00:23:13,473 - Yes. She missed you, too. - All right. 281 00:23:15,142 --> 00:23:17,143 This is from us, for you. 282 00:23:22,108 --> 00:23:24,317 Are you not going to open it? 283 00:23:42,336 --> 00:23:44,170 I knew she wouldn't like... 284 00:23:44,255 --> 00:23:47,215 You can exchange them if you don't like them. 285 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:51,594 Jenny, I know this is hard. I just want you to be happy. 286 00:23:51,679 --> 00:23:52,846 Happy. 287 00:23:53,639 --> 00:23:57,809 Well, I would like to propose a toast to happiness 288 00:23:58,185 --> 00:23:59,477 and to... 289 00:24:11,782 --> 00:24:14,701 Well, are we going to have an evening or not? 290 00:24:14,785 --> 00:24:17,078 Jenny, I know that you hate me. 291 00:24:17,163 --> 00:24:20,957 I know that you have terrible things that you wanna say to me. 292 00:24:21,041 --> 00:24:23,835 You have to get over it. Life goes on. 293 00:24:24,962 --> 00:24:26,796 Life goes on, okay. 294 00:24:29,842 --> 00:24:31,426 What's so funny? 295 00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:32,719 Life... 296 00:24:36,056 --> 00:24:37,432 We'll see. 297 00:24:38,017 --> 00:24:40,602 What's so funny about "life goes on"? 298 00:24:41,604 --> 00:24:43,480 What? Life going on? 299 00:24:43,564 --> 00:24:45,648 I don't think it's so funny that life goes on. 300 00:24:45,733 --> 00:24:49,068 Dad, you need to get back together with Mom, 301 00:24:50,321 --> 00:24:54,657 because she's all alone in the world and she needs you right now, okay? 302 00:24:57,036 --> 00:24:58,244 Jenny, 303 00:24:58,704 --> 00:25:01,164 - I just got married. - I know, I know, and I'm sorry. 304 00:25:01,248 --> 00:25:03,666 Chloe, this has nothing to do with you. 305 00:25:03,751 --> 00:25:07,128 Well, it has to do something for me, for Christ's sake. 306 00:25:07,588 --> 00:25:09,005 This is insane. 307 00:25:09,089 --> 00:25:11,716 I have to apologize for my daughter. 308 00:25:11,842 --> 00:25:14,010 Listen, it's not your fault. 309 00:25:14,386 --> 00:25:16,346 All right, I have to go. 310 00:25:16,597 --> 00:25:19,224 I know you think I'm a bad person. I'm really not. 311 00:25:19,308 --> 00:25:20,892 And I don't hate you. 312 00:25:20,976 --> 00:25:23,436 I gotta... I just... I gotta go. 313 00:25:38,244 --> 00:25:40,787 - Hi, Jane. How are you? - How are you? 314 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,747 Yeah, I'm coming! 315 00:25:46,961 --> 00:25:49,379 She's done exactly what we want her to do. 316 00:25:49,463 --> 00:25:51,756 She signed the release, and so you have no problem. 317 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,634 Because for her, it does... Excuse me. 318 00:25:54,885 --> 00:25:57,220 - Jenny. - Hey! How are you? 319 00:25:57,304 --> 00:26:00,348 - What are you doing here? - Excuse me. Sorry. 320 00:26:00,432 --> 00:26:02,058 Did Stuart send you here without telling me? 321 00:26:02,142 --> 00:26:03,893 No, Beth. I was gonna talk to you... 322 00:26:03,978 --> 00:26:06,729 You know what, if Stuart thinks he can push me out of the White House... 323 00:26:06,814 --> 00:26:08,648 Ms. Lerner. Hi, Beth. 324 00:26:08,899 --> 00:26:11,818 Right this way. I've got you right down here. 325 00:26:18,325 --> 00:26:19,993 Excuse me, please. 326 00:26:21,662 --> 00:26:22,745 Okay. 327 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:27,000 He'll find you for the first question. Then you're on your own. 328 00:26:27,710 --> 00:26:29,711 Hey. How are you? Yeah. 329 00:26:31,255 --> 00:26:32,755 Ladies and gentlemen. 330 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,008 Ladies and gentleman, please. 331 00:26:36,260 --> 00:26:39,137 The President will begin by addressing the nation. 332 00:26:39,221 --> 00:26:42,265 Please hold your questions until he's finished his remarks. 333 00:26:42,349 --> 00:26:45,893 Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. 334 00:26:49,648 --> 00:26:50,690 Hello, everybody. 335 00:26:50,774 --> 00:26:51,858 - Mr. President. - Mr. President. 336 00:26:51,942 --> 00:26:54,027 Ten seconds, Mr. President. 337 00:26:55,988 --> 00:26:57,447 Five, four... 338 00:27:00,534 --> 00:27:02,035 Good evening. 339 00:27:03,162 --> 00:27:06,247 A few minutes ago, the United States' ambassadors to every country 340 00:27:06,332 --> 00:27:08,124 in the world told the leaders of those nations 341 00:27:08,208 --> 00:27:10,376 what I am about to tell you. 342 00:27:10,711 --> 00:27:13,254 It's a bit complicated, so it will take some time. 343 00:27:13,339 --> 00:27:16,883 So I hope you will bear with me, hear what I have to say. 344 00:27:18,469 --> 00:27:20,511 A little over a year ago, 345 00:27:20,888 --> 00:27:24,807 two American astronomers, Marcus Wolf and Leo Biederman, 346 00:27:25,142 --> 00:27:27,769 working on a mountaintop in Arizona... 347 00:27:28,604 --> 00:27:29,812 Nobody say anything. 348 00:27:29,897 --> 00:27:33,149 ...saw something in the night sky that caused them great concern. 349 00:27:33,233 --> 00:27:34,442 A comet. 350 00:27:35,778 --> 00:27:38,738 But the comet was... Well, 351 00:27:39,323 --> 00:27:42,909 there was a remote possibility that the comet was on a path 352 00:27:42,993 --> 00:27:46,496 that could bring it into direct contact with the Earth. 353 00:27:48,957 --> 00:27:52,752 Now, we get hit all the time by rocks and meteors. 354 00:27:53,003 --> 00:27:56,339 Some of them the size of cars, some no bigger than your hand. 355 00:27:56,423 --> 00:27:59,717 But the comet we discovered is the size of New York City, 356 00:27:59,802 --> 00:28:03,096 from the north side of Central Park to the Battery. 357 00:28:03,597 --> 00:28:05,390 About 7 miles long. 358 00:28:06,225 --> 00:28:07,850 Put another way, 359 00:28:08,227 --> 00:28:10,978 this comet is larger than Mount Everest. 360 00:28:11,146 --> 00:28:14,857 It weighs 500 billion tons. 361 00:28:14,942 --> 00:28:17,110 Now, chances are that this thing will miss us... 362 00:28:17,194 --> 00:28:20,863 Astrophysicists, geologists and climatologists. 363 00:28:20,948 --> 00:28:22,740 Where the hell is Science? 364 00:28:22,825 --> 00:28:25,827 Paris, London, Tokyo, Tel Aviv. I want it everywhere. 365 00:28:25,911 --> 00:28:27,328 That guy at Berkeley, did Hale-Bopp stand-ups? 366 00:28:27,413 --> 00:28:29,622 And graphics? I need graphics! 367 00:28:29,873 --> 00:28:32,125 Comets begin far out in space. 368 00:28:32,376 --> 00:28:35,378 They're what's left over from the creation of the solar system 369 00:28:35,462 --> 00:28:38,506 after the planets were formed billions of years ago. 370 00:28:38,590 --> 00:28:40,383 Now, these chunks of space debris 371 00:28:40,467 --> 00:28:43,219 are in an elongated orbit around our sun. 372 00:28:43,512 --> 00:28:46,305 But every now and then, one of them gets bumped, 373 00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:51,269 sort of like a billiard ball on a pool table, and is knocked into a different orbit. 374 00:28:51,353 --> 00:28:54,731 Now, if this comet continues on its path around the sun 375 00:28:54,815 --> 00:28:56,774 and keeps its present course, 376 00:28:56,859 --> 00:28:59,902 sometime on August 16, roughly a year from now, 377 00:28:59,987 --> 00:29:02,822 there's a chance that we might have impact. 378 00:29:04,241 --> 00:29:07,410 So for the past eight months, the United States and Russia 379 00:29:07,494 --> 00:29:11,164 have been building the largest spaceship ever constructed. 380 00:29:11,665 --> 00:29:14,125 It's being built in orbit around the Earth, 381 00:29:14,209 --> 00:29:16,335 and we call it the Messiah. 382 00:29:17,045 --> 00:29:19,756 And right now, a team ofAmerican astronauts and one Russian 383 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,841 are at Cape Canaveral in Florida. 384 00:29:21,925 --> 00:29:23,425 In two months, 385 00:29:23,509 --> 00:29:27,345 they will leave on the shuttle Atlantis to board the Messiah. 386 00:29:27,513 --> 00:29:30,724 This is the crew that will stop the comet. 387 00:29:32,518 --> 00:29:34,686 I'd like the world to meet some extraordinary people. 388 00:29:34,771 --> 00:29:37,272 First is Mission Commander Oren Monash. 389 00:29:37,356 --> 00:29:40,108 Commander, would you introduce us to your team? 390 00:29:40,193 --> 00:29:42,194 I would be honored, sir. 391 00:29:42,737 --> 00:29:44,529 Pilot, Andrea Baker. 392 00:29:44,989 --> 00:29:47,324 Medical Officer Gus Partenza. 393 00:29:47,408 --> 00:29:51,828 From Russia, Nuclear Specialist Colonel Mikhail Tulchinsky. 394 00:29:52,580 --> 00:29:54,122 Navigator Mark Simon, 395 00:29:54,207 --> 00:29:56,833 and Rendezvous Pilot Spurgeon Tanner. 396 00:29:57,460 --> 00:29:59,795 - Hello, Mr. President. - Hello, Mr. President. 397 00:29:59,879 --> 00:30:03,215 Captain Tanner, you flew six shuttle missions. 398 00:30:03,466 --> 00:30:06,134 You were the last man to walk on the moon, weren't you, sir? 399 00:30:06,219 --> 00:30:07,385 Yes, sir, 400 00:30:07,470 --> 00:30:09,638 but Oren here will be doing most of the flying on this one. 401 00:30:09,722 --> 00:30:12,891 I'll just be taking us down to the comet surface. 402 00:30:13,226 --> 00:30:15,685 Well, it's good to know we're going to have your kind of experience 403 00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,479 - up there, Captain. - Thank you, sir. 404 00:30:17,563 --> 00:30:20,398 Godspeed to you all. We're counting on you. 405 00:30:20,942 --> 00:30:22,067 Thank you, sir. 406 00:30:22,151 --> 00:30:24,986 Got Beijing, Rome, S�o Paulo, Cairo, Berlin. 407 00:30:25,071 --> 00:30:27,656 Does anyone know how big the one was that killed all the dinosaurs? 408 00:30:27,740 --> 00:30:30,033 Something majestic, mysterious, with a fanfare for the intro 409 00:30:30,117 --> 00:30:32,160 and a theme to the longer promos. 410 00:30:32,245 --> 00:30:34,412 - It's hitting the goddamn Earth? - That's what he's saying. 411 00:30:34,497 --> 00:30:38,291 - Bring that up again. - He'll scare the shit out of everybody. 412 00:30:38,918 --> 00:30:41,419 Our society will continue as normal. 413 00:30:42,004 --> 00:30:43,630 Work will go on. 414 00:30:44,048 --> 00:30:46,049 You will pay your bills. 415 00:30:48,928 --> 00:30:50,971 There will be no hoarding. 416 00:30:51,514 --> 00:30:56,726 There will be no sudden profiteering. I'm freezing all wages, all prices. 417 00:30:57,770 --> 00:31:00,564 What a bottle of water cost you yesterday, 418 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,441 it will cost you tomorrow. 419 00:31:04,277 --> 00:31:06,486 Now I'll take a few questions. 420 00:31:07,572 --> 00:31:08,947 Ms. Lerner? 421 00:31:10,992 --> 00:31:12,951 Jenny Lerner, MSNBC. 422 00:31:13,035 --> 00:31:15,829 - Jenny Lerner? - Son of a bitch. 423 00:31:17,623 --> 00:31:19,040 Mr. President, 424 00:31:19,125 --> 00:31:21,835 why wasn't this announcement made sooner? 425 00:31:21,919 --> 00:31:24,296 Well, until we knew we could build the rocket 426 00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:26,590 and the comet could be intercepted, 427 00:31:26,674 --> 00:31:29,301 we saw no reason to alarm the planet. 428 00:31:31,846 --> 00:31:34,014 Do you have another question, Ms. Lerner? 429 00:31:34,098 --> 00:31:35,181 Yeah. 430 00:31:36,767 --> 00:31:39,102 Is there a connection between the comet 431 00:31:39,186 --> 00:31:42,230 and the recall of American troops from abroad? 432 00:31:42,315 --> 00:31:44,190 Our fighting men and women are coming home 433 00:31:44,275 --> 00:31:47,611 because we felt it prudent, in light of domestic security concerns, 434 00:31:47,695 --> 00:31:48,737 to have them available. 435 00:31:48,821 --> 00:31:51,031 Although I certainly hope we don't need to use them. 436 00:31:51,115 --> 00:31:52,198 Next question. 437 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,537 Actually, Mr. President, if... Just one final question, sir. 438 00:31:58,831 --> 00:32:02,959 MSNBC has learned that Secretary Rittenhouse 439 00:32:03,044 --> 00:32:06,796 did not leave for the reasons announced by your administration. 440 00:32:06,881 --> 00:32:09,299 In fact, isn't it true, sir, 441 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,969 that not everyone in your administration is convinced 442 00:32:13,054 --> 00:32:15,305 that the Messiah will save us? 443 00:32:23,898 --> 00:32:27,651 Secretary Rittenhouse served his country with full devotion. 444 00:32:28,152 --> 00:32:30,528 He resigned for personal reasons. 445 00:32:30,738 --> 00:32:34,032 Now, I can promise you this, Ms. Lerner, all of you, 446 00:32:34,408 --> 00:32:36,952 everyone in this room and everyone listening to my voice, 447 00:32:37,036 --> 00:32:39,913 that at some point over the next 10 months, 448 00:32:40,373 --> 00:32:44,250 all of us will entertain our worst fears and concerns. 449 00:32:45,544 --> 00:32:47,879 But I can also promise you this. 450 00:32:48,881 --> 00:32:50,465 Life will go on. 451 00:32:52,259 --> 00:32:53,885 We will prevail. 452 00:32:54,428 --> 00:32:55,971 Mr. President! Please! 453 00:32:56,055 --> 00:32:57,681 - Sally. - Sir! Sir. 454 00:32:57,765 --> 00:32:59,140 What is the comet's name? 455 00:32:59,225 --> 00:33:02,143 The two scientists who found the comet were killed in a car crash 456 00:33:02,228 --> 00:33:05,397 while racing from their observatory to alert the world. 457 00:33:05,481 --> 00:33:08,566 So we named it for them, Wolf-Biederman. 458 00:33:09,568 --> 00:33:12,028 Leo Biederman. They said it again. 459 00:33:12,113 --> 00:33:13,154 Leo, is he talking about you? 460 00:33:13,239 --> 00:33:14,823 - He is, isn't he? - I'm trying to listen. 461 00:33:14,907 --> 00:33:16,950 Why were the Russians brought into the construction phase... 462 00:33:17,034 --> 00:33:20,328 - Honey, can you get that, please? - Janie, get the door. 463 00:33:20,413 --> 00:33:23,456 Well, we have the technology to build the ship. 464 00:33:23,749 --> 00:33:26,251 They have the technology to make it go. 465 00:33:26,335 --> 00:33:29,087 There's someone at the door for you, Leo. 466 00:33:31,841 --> 00:33:34,843 You've been watching live coverage of President Tom Beck. 467 00:33:34,927 --> 00:33:39,180 - I can't believe this. This is so weird. - Dr. Wolf from Astronomy Club? 468 00:33:39,265 --> 00:33:41,891 - Yeah, I guess so. - I think it's really neat. 469 00:33:41,976 --> 00:33:44,686 Nobody on our block discovered the world was gonna end before. 470 00:33:44,770 --> 00:33:47,856 He's still very much alive. He's still alive, everyone! 471 00:33:47,940 --> 00:33:50,775 He's right here, and he's still alive. Okay? 472 00:33:51,610 --> 00:33:53,153 Hey, Leo, cool. 473 00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:56,823 As far as we know, what happened was that Dr. Wolf saw the comet 474 00:33:56,907 --> 00:34:00,285 in my photograph, so he shared the discovery with me. 475 00:34:00,703 --> 00:34:02,537 And then he was killed in that crash 476 00:34:02,621 --> 00:34:05,123 and everything got mixed up in Washington, 477 00:34:05,207 --> 00:34:07,208 so the President thought I was dead, too. 478 00:34:07,293 --> 00:34:09,961 - Leo! - Jasmine. 479 00:34:11,464 --> 00:34:14,174 How does it feel having your name on it? 480 00:34:15,134 --> 00:34:17,552 I don't want anyone to think that I'm trying to take something away 481 00:34:17,636 --> 00:34:20,305 from Dr. Wolf, because I'm not. 482 00:34:20,848 --> 00:34:22,724 But it's kind of cool. 483 00:34:24,143 --> 00:34:25,310 Jason. 484 00:34:27,104 --> 00:34:28,354 You know, 485 00:34:28,522 --> 00:34:32,650 you're gonna have sex a lot more now than anyone else in our class. 486 00:34:33,652 --> 00:34:35,445 Don't listen. Don't. 487 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:41,409 Really? 488 00:34:42,244 --> 00:34:46,289 Thank you for your sexual insight, Mr. Thurman. You can sit down now. 489 00:34:46,373 --> 00:34:48,875 Famous people always get sex, Mr. Perry. 490 00:34:48,959 --> 00:34:51,961 That's the main reason it's good to be famous. 491 00:35:00,054 --> 00:35:02,680 Fruit, reactor. Bottle, rocket. Okay? 492 00:35:03,015 --> 00:35:05,100 - A nuclear reactor in space? - Yes. 493 00:35:05,184 --> 00:35:06,518 - Isn't that dangerous? - No, no, no. 494 00:35:06,602 --> 00:35:08,978 This is all Russian design, Russian science. 495 00:35:09,063 --> 00:35:11,439 The same people who designed Chernobyl. 496 00:35:11,524 --> 00:35:14,400 - Chernobyl? - Chernobyl almost worked. 497 00:35:15,903 --> 00:35:18,363 So what happens after you plant the bomb? 498 00:35:18,447 --> 00:35:19,614 Well, we have seven hours. 499 00:35:19,698 --> 00:35:22,117 We're gonna put bombs inside the comet. Let me follow these two. 500 00:35:22,201 --> 00:35:24,911 - I don't trust that combination. - Okay. Right, after seven hours, 501 00:35:24,995 --> 00:35:28,456 the 14-hour rotational cycle of the comet, right, spins. 502 00:35:28,541 --> 00:35:31,459 We're gonna get married. God knows I want to marry you. 503 00:35:31,544 --> 00:35:34,546 But the day I get back, the last thing I'm gonna do is step inside of a church. 504 00:35:34,630 --> 00:35:35,839 I don't do churches well. 505 00:35:35,923 --> 00:35:37,632 'Cause there's only seven hours of darkness. 506 00:35:37,716 --> 00:35:39,968 Then the sun starts hitting the surface of the planet and it causes... 507 00:35:40,052 --> 00:35:41,427 These are your orders. 508 00:35:41,512 --> 00:35:44,597 Upon first entering Earth's atmosphere, 509 00:35:44,807 --> 00:35:48,852 proceed immediately up the exterior of the mother ship. 510 00:35:49,478 --> 00:35:50,854 When the sun hits the surface, 511 00:35:50,938 --> 00:35:53,731 there's gonna be explosive out-gassings that are very dangerous... 512 00:35:53,816 --> 00:35:55,900 - Gus, he's seven. - Brittany. 513 00:35:56,277 --> 00:35:59,904 You boys were, what, four and six when I went to the moon? 514 00:36:01,782 --> 00:36:05,160 Now, you saw me go into space seven times, didn't you? 515 00:36:05,244 --> 00:36:07,662 I came back every time, didn't I? 516 00:36:07,830 --> 00:36:08,913 Yeah. 517 00:36:10,541 --> 00:36:12,625 Your mother and I used to play a game when she was still alive. 518 00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:14,377 Now, the game was, 519 00:36:14,587 --> 00:36:17,463 if there was a chance I might not be coming back, 520 00:36:17,548 --> 00:36:20,341 she wouldn't say it and I wouldn't say it. 521 00:36:20,426 --> 00:36:21,467 Okay? 522 00:36:21,552 --> 00:36:22,844 - Yes, sir. - Yes, sir. 523 00:36:22,928 --> 00:36:24,179 - Hey, Fish. - Hey, Mitch. 524 00:36:24,263 --> 00:36:27,348 - How about a beer? - You remember my boys, don't you? 525 00:36:27,433 --> 00:36:29,350 - This is Steve and Dwight. - Of course I do. 526 00:36:29,435 --> 00:36:31,895 - Gentlemen, welcome to Houston. - Thank you. 527 00:36:31,979 --> 00:36:34,731 Let me steal your old man for a second. 528 00:36:34,857 --> 00:36:37,567 - Can I take your picture, please? - Okay. 529 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:39,736 Thank you. 530 00:36:41,864 --> 00:36:44,324 So, what do you think of the crew? 531 00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:48,912 Heroes all. That's the finest group I ever had the privilege of working with. 532 00:36:48,996 --> 00:36:51,289 Yeah, yeah. Off the record? 533 00:36:52,374 --> 00:36:55,376 Well, they've been trained in ways I'll never understand. 534 00:36:55,461 --> 00:36:58,379 They're smarter and in better shape than we ever were in the old days. 535 00:36:58,464 --> 00:37:02,342 Sober, serious. I guess I'd be a little happier about this whole thing 536 00:37:02,426 --> 00:37:05,803 if I thought that any of them were as scared as I am. 537 00:37:06,305 --> 00:37:08,056 Well, they're not scared of dying. 538 00:37:08,140 --> 00:37:10,934 They're just scared of looking bad on TV. 539 00:37:12,728 --> 00:37:14,729 Now, look, I wish I'd been to the moon. 540 00:37:14,813 --> 00:37:16,940 I got respect for everybody who's gone to the moon, 541 00:37:17,024 --> 00:37:18,650 but this mission ain't going to the moon. 542 00:37:18,734 --> 00:37:22,236 That's right. Frank Gifford, he was a great football player in his time, 543 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,112 but if he played now, he'd get his ass busted. 544 00:37:24,197 --> 00:37:25,656 That's right. 545 00:37:33,790 --> 00:37:39,628 All I'm saying is, the moon did not have a rotational cycle of 14 hours. 546 00:37:39,712 --> 00:37:43,048 I mean, this is... We only have seven hours of dark when the sun's not up 547 00:37:43,132 --> 00:37:45,968 to land on this thing. It was light when he landed. This is gonna be dark. 548 00:37:46,052 --> 00:37:49,221 - We're not gonna be able to see. - You can't see now, Gus. 549 00:37:49,305 --> 00:37:51,431 Don't worry, don't worry. 550 00:37:51,516 --> 00:37:53,392 - We what? - We can do it. 551 00:37:55,979 --> 00:37:57,646 No, no, stay down. 552 00:37:59,315 --> 00:38:04,319 I woke up this morning and I realized none of you want me here. 553 00:38:05,863 --> 00:38:08,282 You don't even really know who I am, which is okay. 554 00:38:08,366 --> 00:38:10,784 I walked on the moon, but I didn't belong to you. 555 00:38:10,868 --> 00:38:14,371 I belonged to your daddies. Now, if I ask you to ask your daddies 556 00:38:14,455 --> 00:38:17,666 what I meant to them, to explain to you what I'm doing here, 557 00:38:17,750 --> 00:38:20,585 that's only gonna make things worse. So... 558 00:38:21,546 --> 00:38:23,088 What do we do? 559 00:38:30,888 --> 00:38:33,557 You haven't trained for this mission. 560 00:38:33,641 --> 00:38:35,183 We respect you. 561 00:38:35,476 --> 00:38:38,103 - I appreciate that. - But you're here... 562 00:38:38,563 --> 00:38:40,355 You're here because the powers that be 563 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,191 think we need a familiar face on this trip. 564 00:38:43,276 --> 00:38:45,777 - You're here for public relations. - No, no. I'm here 565 00:38:45,862 --> 00:38:49,239 because the powers that be know that I'm the only person on this mission 566 00:38:49,324 --> 00:38:50,991 who's ever landed on the moon. 567 00:38:51,075 --> 00:38:53,076 And I have 500 landings on aircraft carriers. 568 00:38:53,161 --> 00:38:56,747 - We've trained on... - On a flight simulator. Right? 569 00:38:57,415 --> 00:39:01,585 And this... I mean, this is not a video game, son. It really isn't. 570 00:39:03,588 --> 00:39:05,505 It really isn't. No. 571 00:39:10,303 --> 00:39:11,845 We are a go for auto-sequence start. 572 00:39:13,556 --> 00:39:14,765 Atlantis' four onboard computers 573 00:39:14,849 --> 00:39:18,060 now have primary control of all the vehicle's critical functions. 574 00:39:18,144 --> 00:39:19,561 Okay, all flight controllers. 575 00:39:19,645 --> 00:39:22,314 We're at T-minus 30 seconds and counting. 576 00:39:22,398 --> 00:39:23,690 Let's take a close look. 577 00:39:23,775 --> 00:39:26,735 APUs look good, logs and LH2 are pressurized. 578 00:39:26,903 --> 00:39:29,821 - Ten, nine, eight... - Flight, we're go for auto-sequence. 579 00:39:29,906 --> 00:39:31,031 - Roger, Jerry. - ... seven, six... 580 00:39:31,115 --> 00:39:33,909 - Good luck and Godspeed, Atlantis. - Thanks, Mitch. 581 00:39:33,993 --> 00:39:36,578 ...three, two, one. 582 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,637 Propelled by 500,000 pounds of liquid fuel, 583 00:39:53,971 --> 00:39:57,015 the shuttle crew heads toward their initial destination. 584 00:39:57,100 --> 00:39:58,725 when the crew enters the Messiah, 585 00:39:58,810 --> 00:40:01,478 they will find a payload of eight nuclear devices 586 00:40:01,562 --> 00:40:04,231 that will eventually be used to blow up the comet. 587 00:40:04,315 --> 00:40:05,565 The Messiah itself will be powered 588 00:40:05,650 --> 00:40:08,193 by an experimental nuclear propulsion system 589 00:40:08,277 --> 00:40:10,904 that was originally created for a very different purpose. 590 00:40:12,198 --> 00:40:14,449 That program was called Orion. 591 00:40:15,451 --> 00:40:17,452 Now, with the help of Russian engineers, 592 00:40:18,329 --> 00:40:21,623 a technology designed to propel weapons of mass destruction 593 00:40:21,833 --> 00:40:24,209 will power the ship that will intercept the greatest threat 594 00:40:24,293 --> 00:40:26,336 our planet has ever faced. 595 00:40:35,888 --> 00:40:40,809 Orion burn in ten, nine, eight, 596 00:40:41,227 --> 00:40:43,895 seven, six, five, 597 00:40:44,147 --> 00:40:48,442 four, three, two, one, zero. 598 00:40:59,579 --> 00:41:03,415 Okay. Beth, White House reactions. Marianne, the whole world watching. 599 00:41:03,499 --> 00:41:05,625 - We have enough satellite space? - Seventy-eight uplinks. 600 00:41:05,710 --> 00:41:08,920 Tim, mission control in Houston. Ira, the science guys lined up? 601 00:41:09,005 --> 00:41:10,380 If they got a Ph. D., we own them. 602 00:41:10,465 --> 00:41:15,260 All right, this is the most important story of our lives. Let's not muck it up. 603 00:41:15,344 --> 00:41:17,971 - Stuart, what about me? - You're on the anchor desk. 604 00:41:18,055 --> 00:41:19,806 And you could have been there a lot sooner. 605 00:41:19,891 --> 00:41:22,017 - What are you talking about? - You know what I'm talking about. 606 00:41:22,101 --> 00:41:24,978 Don't ever hold back a story from me again. 607 00:41:37,283 --> 00:41:41,828 Messiah, Houston. Transfer trajectory is go. Cancel MCC 1. 608 00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:44,498 You're go to configure for coast. 609 00:41:45,666 --> 00:41:48,376 Roger, Houston, we're looking good here. 610 00:41:51,047 --> 00:41:52,756 Jesus, that's big. 611 00:41:53,466 --> 00:41:54,841 Holy shit. 612 00:42:00,056 --> 00:42:01,848 Sweet mother of God. 613 00:42:13,277 --> 00:42:16,279 All circuit breakers are open. Master arm is off. 614 00:42:16,364 --> 00:42:19,074 Roger. And the detonator system is safe. 615 00:42:38,177 --> 00:42:40,637 Messiah, Houston. Stand by for an uplink 616 00:42:40,721 --> 00:42:43,431 of the final MOLE coordinates. Confirm when complete. 617 00:42:43,516 --> 00:42:45,100 Wilco, Houston. 618 00:42:45,268 --> 00:42:47,060 Hey, how's it coming? 619 00:42:47,186 --> 00:42:49,145 Loading first nuke now. 620 00:43:17,675 --> 00:43:19,718 1,000 feet to standoff. 621 00:43:19,802 --> 00:43:23,221 Rdot 3, 5x, 2y. 622 00:43:27,101 --> 00:43:33,023 500 feet. Rdot. 3, 3x, 1.5y. 623 00:43:34,025 --> 00:43:35,900 Go for auto trajectory. 624 00:43:38,779 --> 00:43:39,863 We're there. 625 00:43:40,031 --> 00:43:42,490 - Residuals are nulled. - Disengage Orion. 626 00:43:43,909 --> 00:43:46,411 Orion disengaged. You're on bi-prop. 627 00:43:58,007 --> 00:44:02,886 This is a special presentation of MSNBC News with Jenny Lerner. 628 00:44:09,310 --> 00:44:10,810 Good evening. 629 00:44:10,895 --> 00:44:13,605 Sometime in the next hour, the Messiah mission 630 00:44:13,689 --> 00:44:15,523 will enter its most critical phase. 631 00:44:15,608 --> 00:44:19,527 The interception of Wolf-Biederman and the setting of the nuclear devices 632 00:44:19,612 --> 00:44:23,239 that will deflect it off its collision course with Earth. 633 00:44:23,574 --> 00:44:27,535 But first, Captain Spurgeon Tanner will have to guide the spacecraft 634 00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:32,123 through the blizzard of rocks, sand and ice that make up the comet's tail, 635 00:44:32,416 --> 00:44:33,625 or coma. 636 00:44:33,709 --> 00:44:36,836 The crew will have to complete its work before the sun rises. 637 00:44:36,921 --> 00:44:40,507 - Sublimator looks good, Mick. - Disengaging auto now. 638 00:44:40,883 --> 00:44:43,176 I'm eyeballs out from here on in. 639 00:44:43,260 --> 00:44:45,595 How come that doesn't make me feel any better? 640 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,138 I heard that. 641 00:44:47,264 --> 00:44:48,598 Lights on. 642 00:44:49,642 --> 00:44:50,892 Cameras on. 643 00:44:50,976 --> 00:44:52,936 On the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's time, 644 00:44:53,020 --> 00:44:56,690 there were riverboat pilots who only knew a few miles of the river. 645 00:44:56,774 --> 00:45:00,610 I mean, conditions changed so much you couldn't know the whole trip. 646 00:45:00,695 --> 00:45:02,946 Floods, sandbars, fallen logs. 647 00:45:03,447 --> 00:45:05,031 It was all a riverboat pilot could do, 648 00:45:05,116 --> 00:45:08,159 was to know his little piece of the puzzle. 649 00:45:09,412 --> 00:45:12,330 So, for the next few hours, this is my ship. 650 00:45:13,290 --> 00:45:15,166 We start our approach. 651 00:45:27,220 --> 00:45:31,390 ...are images from cameras mounted inside the cargo bay of the Messiah. 652 00:45:31,474 --> 00:45:34,810 Now, these images are delayed by approximately 20 seconds, 653 00:45:34,894 --> 00:45:37,062 due to the distance they must travel. 654 00:45:37,147 --> 00:45:40,357 Okay, you can see that the image is breaking up a bit. 655 00:45:40,442 --> 00:45:42,609 Houston is prepared for this. 656 00:45:42,694 --> 00:45:45,154 They've informed us that due to the uncertain makeup 657 00:45:45,238 --> 00:45:46,739 of the comet's coma, 658 00:45:46,823 --> 00:45:50,242 they're unsure whether or not transmission will be possible. 659 00:45:50,326 --> 00:45:53,954 Okay, now it appears we're losing reception here. 660 00:45:55,165 --> 00:45:59,710 Okay, we've lost picture now, but we will stay on the air. 661 00:45:59,794 --> 00:46:02,504 We'll stay with you through all of this. 662 00:46:06,009 --> 00:46:07,509 Prop, 96%. 663 00:46:08,386 --> 00:46:11,388 - DAP is in descent. - Roger, descent. 664 00:46:18,188 --> 00:46:21,899 Oh, my God. Look at these, they're the size of houses. 665 00:46:22,275 --> 00:46:24,359 Yeah, I know. I see. 666 00:46:38,708 --> 00:46:40,209 Jesus Christ. 667 00:46:40,668 --> 00:46:42,002 Prop, 88%. 668 00:46:43,004 --> 00:46:44,630 Cabin press, 5.7. 669 00:46:45,757 --> 00:46:47,758 Negative guidance errors. 670 00:47:12,492 --> 00:47:15,285 - Use primary thrusters. - Engage thrusters. 671 00:47:26,673 --> 00:47:30,092 - What's the descent rate? - Three feet per second. Two. 672 00:47:30,426 --> 00:47:32,886 - Fire tether pitons. - Pitons fired. 673 00:47:46,442 --> 00:47:48,151 She's leveling out. 674 00:48:15,013 --> 00:48:18,891 - Depressurizing bay. - Opening payload doors. 675 00:48:20,143 --> 00:48:24,187 Don't let that little bit of gravity down there go to your heads. 676 00:48:24,898 --> 00:48:25,981 Okay. 677 00:48:27,275 --> 00:48:28,901 Start the clock. 678 00:49:19,994 --> 00:49:24,122 If all is going according to schedule, the astronauts should now be placing 679 00:49:24,207 --> 00:49:26,291 the MOLEs on the comet surface. 680 00:49:26,376 --> 00:49:29,711 The MOLEs are... Well, they're what they sound like. 681 00:49:29,879 --> 00:49:34,549 They are drilling machines that burrow to a depth of 100 meters, 682 00:49:34,634 --> 00:49:36,802 where they wait to be detonated. 683 00:49:36,886 --> 00:49:40,597 Each one carries a 5,000 kiloton warhead. 684 00:49:57,448 --> 00:50:00,575 - How's our time? - It's getting tight. 1:36:30. 685 00:50:00,910 --> 00:50:02,744 It's taking too long. 686 00:50:03,579 --> 00:50:04,663 Yep. 687 00:50:11,170 --> 00:50:15,132 What happens if they do not get off the comet's surface in time? 688 00:50:15,341 --> 00:50:17,342 The sun striking the comet will cause the temperature 689 00:50:17,427 --> 00:50:20,554 to rise 350 degrees in just a few minutes, 690 00:50:20,763 --> 00:50:23,348 and activate the high-speed gas jets. 691 00:50:23,891 --> 00:50:28,103 Well, if that happens, it will be like trying to work in a minefield. 692 00:50:28,563 --> 00:50:32,691 - Mark, what's your MOLE 4 readout? - MOLE 4 running true at 75 feet. 693 00:50:37,321 --> 00:50:39,156 - Son of a bitch. - What? 694 00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:41,533 - It's stuck. - Try backing it up. 695 00:50:41,951 --> 00:50:44,411 - What's your depth? - Seventy-five feet. 696 00:50:44,495 --> 00:50:46,788 - Is that enough? - No, that'll just break pieces 697 00:50:46,873 --> 00:50:48,623 - off the surface. - That's not deep enough. 698 00:50:48,708 --> 00:50:51,501 Yeah, Fish, I know that's not deep enough. 699 00:50:52,545 --> 00:50:54,337 - I'm going in. - Oren, no. 700 00:50:54,422 --> 00:50:57,049 No, I'm gonna see if I can free it up. 701 00:50:57,675 --> 00:51:00,594 - Standby tether attached. - All right, I got you. 702 00:51:00,678 --> 00:51:03,180 Oren, suit pressure, 3.5. 703 00:51:15,276 --> 00:51:16,902 Come on, come on. 704 00:51:20,865 --> 00:51:23,283 - How's my time? -23:57. 705 00:51:23,367 --> 00:51:27,120 Another six minutes, they won't have time to get back to us. 706 00:51:27,955 --> 00:51:29,831 Blow the tethers. Let's go get them. 707 00:51:29,916 --> 00:51:32,334 If we go after them, we may not have enough fuel to get off the surface. 708 00:51:32,418 --> 00:51:33,960 Go on, blow the goddamn tethers! 709 00:51:35,505 --> 00:51:38,256 MOLE 3 at depth. We're heading your way, Oren. 710 00:51:38,341 --> 00:51:41,218 Calculate exactly how much prop we need to get off this rock. 711 00:51:41,302 --> 00:51:44,304 - We'll shut it down when we hit it. - Will do. 712 00:51:53,648 --> 00:51:57,818 It opens up into a cave down here. MOLE gotjammed against the side. 713 00:51:59,695 --> 00:52:03,281 Okay, Fish, team two at location four. Give me your hand. 714 00:52:06,035 --> 00:52:07,953 - What in the hell happened? - I don't know. I don't know. 715 00:52:08,037 --> 00:52:11,581 Everything was going great. We gotjammed up at 75 feet. 716 00:52:20,299 --> 00:52:21,800 Okay, hold up. 717 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:25,929 - All right, try backing it up. - Roger that. 718 00:52:42,655 --> 00:52:44,698 - That's it. - No, a little more, a little more. 719 00:52:44,782 --> 00:52:46,616 - Shut it down. - No, look, they always put extra 720 00:52:46,701 --> 00:52:49,244 - in these tanks. - Fish, shut it down. 721 00:52:51,330 --> 00:52:52,414 Okay. 722 00:52:58,254 --> 00:53:01,923 Come on, you bastard! Come on! Time. 723 00:53:02,258 --> 00:53:03,258 1:02. 724 00:53:03,342 --> 00:53:05,719 Figured we'd better pick you kids up after school. 725 00:53:05,803 --> 00:53:07,846 Check your six, 100 yards. 726 00:53:10,266 --> 00:53:12,601 I think we'd better hurry, boys. 727 00:53:20,442 --> 00:53:22,860 All right, it's going! It's going. 728 00:53:39,252 --> 00:53:41,128 MOLE's at 125 feet. 729 00:53:41,213 --> 00:53:43,589 The sun's rising behind you. It's coming up fast. 730 00:53:50,138 --> 00:53:51,597 Face shields down! 731 00:53:53,058 --> 00:53:54,308 Christ. 732 00:53:54,809 --> 00:53:56,852 Get the hell out of there! 733 00:54:08,531 --> 00:54:11,617 Oren, get your visor down! Get your visor down! 734 00:54:16,539 --> 00:54:17,790 My eyes! 735 00:54:21,711 --> 00:54:25,005 - All right, we got him. - Oh, God! My eyes! 736 00:55:06,589 --> 00:55:08,966 God, we're losing one. He's got escape velocity. 737 00:55:09,050 --> 00:55:11,218 1,000 feet and climbing. 738 00:55:14,347 --> 00:55:17,141 Mark, Mikhail, get the hell out of there! 739 00:55:37,996 --> 00:55:40,497 - Firing primary thrusters. - Payload doors still open. 740 00:55:40,582 --> 00:55:42,333 Close them as we go. 741 00:56:01,603 --> 00:56:05,606 Houston, all MOLEs are at depth. Nukes hot and ready. 742 00:56:07,150 --> 00:56:09,902 We lost Partenza to explosive out-gassing, 743 00:56:11,112 --> 00:56:12,988 and Monash is injured. 744 00:56:18,119 --> 00:56:20,746 - We have to go get Gus. - There's no time for that. 745 00:56:20,830 --> 00:56:24,375 - Re-pressurize the cargo bay. - He's going to die out there. 746 00:56:24,459 --> 00:56:25,709 We can still find him. He has a beacon. 747 00:56:25,794 --> 00:56:29,213 I don't have time to argue with you. Just sit down, be quiet. 748 00:56:29,297 --> 00:56:31,757 - Turn on the fucking locator! - We used most of our propellant 749 00:56:31,841 --> 00:56:33,801 - to get us out of the coma. - We can't just leave him. 750 00:56:33,885 --> 00:56:36,220 - We have to go back! - If we go back for Gus, we all die. 751 00:56:36,304 --> 00:56:38,722 We can't just leave him in space! 752 00:56:39,432 --> 00:56:42,476 Sit down, Mick. Sit down. It's okay. 753 00:56:54,781 --> 00:56:58,200 The Messiah has safely lifted off the comet, 754 00:56:58,284 --> 00:57:00,911 but, sadly, Gus Partenza has been lost. 755 00:57:01,746 --> 00:57:05,207 Gus Partenza, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 756 00:57:05,291 --> 00:57:08,127 and graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, 757 00:57:08,336 --> 00:57:10,087 joined the NASA space program 758 00:57:10,171 --> 00:57:14,174 shortly after completing his medical training at Duke University. 759 00:57:15,218 --> 00:57:18,429 Dr. Partenza was selected specifically for this mission 760 00:57:18,513 --> 00:57:22,933 not only for his medical expertise, but also for his dedication 761 00:57:23,017 --> 00:57:25,644 to the advancement of space technology. 762 00:57:28,982 --> 00:57:30,107 Yeah. 763 00:57:39,951 --> 00:57:43,787 With the loss of Dr. Gus Partenza and with Oren Monash injured, 764 00:57:43,872 --> 00:57:47,416 Captain Spurgeon Tanner is now in charge of the mission. 765 00:57:47,667 --> 00:57:51,462 The Messiah has successfully docked with the Orion-powered boosters 766 00:57:51,546 --> 00:57:55,716 and is now prepared to detonate the bombs planted on Wolf-Biederman. 767 00:57:56,092 --> 00:57:59,511 The Messiah's exterior-mounted camera will show us the detonation 768 00:57:59,596 --> 00:58:03,682 but not before being temporarily blocked out by the nuclear blast. 769 00:58:03,850 --> 00:58:07,269 Once again, let me remind you, there is a 20-second delay, 770 00:58:07,353 --> 00:58:09,938 so when the picture comes back to us, 771 00:58:10,106 --> 00:58:13,233 the comet should already have been knocked off its present course. 772 00:58:22,660 --> 00:58:25,204 Prepare to remove safeties and fire. 773 00:58:28,541 --> 00:58:30,167 Safeties removed. 774 00:58:38,301 --> 00:58:39,801 Weapons armed. 775 00:58:50,730 --> 00:58:52,439 Three, two, one. 776 00:58:52,774 --> 00:58:53,815 Now. 777 00:58:59,697 --> 00:59:03,158 So now we're just waiting for the picture to come back. 778 00:59:14,837 --> 00:59:16,880 Decompression in area six. 779 00:59:27,308 --> 00:59:29,309 Mick, I'll get the halon. 780 00:59:51,791 --> 00:59:53,542 Yes. I'm still here. 781 01:00:18,860 --> 01:00:22,195 ...even larger. We've lost contact with the Messiah. 782 01:00:32,498 --> 01:00:34,499 We're live in 10 seconds. 783 01:00:35,460 --> 01:00:37,127 Cue the President. 784 01:00:37,295 --> 01:00:40,839 Mr. President, five, four, three... 785 01:00:45,386 --> 01:00:46,928 Hello, America. 786 01:00:47,639 --> 01:00:51,892 It is my unhappy duty to report to you that the Messiah has failed. 787 01:00:52,268 --> 01:00:54,645 This computer-enhanced radar image from Houston 788 01:00:54,729 --> 01:00:59,441 shows how the detonation succeeded, however, did not destroy the comet. 789 01:00:59,901 --> 01:01:02,986 There are now two pieces, one 6 miles wide, 790 01:01:03,279 --> 01:01:05,364 the other a mile and a half. 791 01:01:05,448 --> 01:01:08,158 Both are still on a path towards Earth. 792 01:01:09,035 --> 01:01:11,536 We've lost communication with the Messiah spacecraft, 793 01:01:11,621 --> 01:01:14,456 although we continue to track it visually. 794 01:01:15,166 --> 01:01:19,126 We don't know how many are alive. We don't know their condition. 795 01:01:20,962 --> 01:01:23,881 Now we have to make some decisions together. 796 01:01:24,424 --> 01:01:30,304 What do we do? You have a choice. We have a choice right now. 797 01:01:32,182 --> 01:01:33,683 Ever since the comet was discovered, 798 01:01:33,767 --> 01:01:36,519 we've been hoping and working for the best, 799 01:01:36,603 --> 01:01:39,438 but we've also been planning for the worst. 800 01:01:39,690 --> 01:01:41,941 Our strategy has been twofold. 801 01:01:42,776 --> 01:01:44,985 First, our Strategic Missile Command 802 01:01:45,070 --> 01:01:46,696 is preparing to coordinate with the Russians 803 01:01:46,780 --> 01:01:50,491 a massive strike of Titan missiles to intercept the comets. 804 01:01:51,326 --> 01:01:53,953 If we can deflect these comets enough, 805 01:01:54,454 --> 01:01:57,456 they will bounce harmlessly off our atmosphere 806 01:01:58,291 --> 01:02:00,418 and head on out into space. 807 01:02:01,294 --> 01:02:04,255 Unfortunately, the Titans cannot be launched 808 01:02:04,339 --> 01:02:06,590 until the comets are only a few hours away. 809 01:02:06,675 --> 01:02:10,386 And while we are confident the missile attack will succeed, 810 01:02:10,762 --> 01:02:13,305 it is only prudent that we now take cautionary steps 811 01:02:13,390 --> 01:02:16,267 to ensure the continuation of our way of life, 812 01:02:16,351 --> 01:02:19,395 to guarantee that there will be enough of us left 813 01:02:19,479 --> 01:02:21,313 to rebuild a new world 814 01:02:21,481 --> 01:02:25,109 in the unlikely event that the comets do strike the Earth. 815 01:02:25,652 --> 01:02:28,988 So in the soft limestone of Missouri, 816 01:02:29,531 --> 01:02:32,533 we've been preparing a network of immense caves. 817 01:02:32,617 --> 01:02:34,368 And they're almost finished. 818 01:02:34,453 --> 01:02:37,163 And we can put a million people in them. 819 01:02:37,330 --> 01:02:41,542 And that million people can survive there, underground, for two years, 820 01:02:41,626 --> 01:02:44,670 until the air clears and the dust settles. 821 01:02:45,797 --> 01:02:49,800 Now, the cave is more than a dormitory. It is our new Noah's Ark. 822 01:02:50,469 --> 01:02:55,431 We're storing seeds and seedlings, plants, animals. Enough to start over. 823 01:02:56,433 --> 01:03:00,978 On August 10th, a computer will randomly select 800,000 Americans 824 01:03:01,563 --> 01:03:04,440 to join the 200,000 scientists, doctors, 825 01:03:04,524 --> 01:03:08,778 engineers, teachers, soldiers and artists who have already been chosen. 826 01:03:08,862 --> 01:03:12,281 Other countries are preparing similar caves along whatever lines they feel 827 01:03:12,365 --> 01:03:15,075 are best to preserve their way of life. 828 01:03:15,368 --> 01:03:16,827 This is ours. 829 01:03:17,662 --> 01:03:21,123 Beginning tonight and continuing until the crisis passes, 830 01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:23,834 I am declaring a state of martial law. 831 01:03:24,419 --> 01:03:26,253 The armed forces and the National Guard 832 01:03:26,338 --> 01:03:29,048 are working with local law enforcement. 833 01:03:29,174 --> 01:03:31,675 A national curfew begins at midnight tonight. 834 01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:34,720 Now, wherever you are, go home. 835 01:03:35,722 --> 01:03:38,057 Stay off the roads after sunset. 836 01:03:38,475 --> 01:03:42,269 Crimes against persons or property will be dealt with swiftly 837 01:03:42,771 --> 01:03:44,188 and harshly. 838 01:03:44,940 --> 01:03:47,399 News stations around the nation are being faxed copies 839 01:03:47,484 --> 01:03:49,318 of the lottery procedure as we speak, 840 01:03:49,402 --> 01:03:53,405 and they'll be broadcasting the details to you in a few moments. 841 01:04:00,914 --> 01:04:02,206 I wish... 842 01:04:05,085 --> 01:04:06,126 No. 843 01:04:08,171 --> 01:04:09,839 Wishing is wrong. 844 01:04:10,590 --> 01:04:14,009 It's the wrong word right now. That's not what I mean. 845 01:04:15,762 --> 01:04:17,388 What I mean is... 846 01:04:19,391 --> 01:04:21,016 I believe in God. 847 01:04:22,269 --> 01:04:23,435 Relax. 848 01:04:23,979 --> 01:04:28,357 I know a lot of you don't, but I still want to offer a prayer 849 01:04:29,734 --> 01:04:31,360 for our survival, 850 01:04:32,946 --> 01:04:34,446 mine included. 851 01:04:35,448 --> 01:04:37,908 Because I believe that God, 852 01:04:38,577 --> 01:04:40,286 whomever you hold that to be, 853 01:04:40,871 --> 01:04:42,538 hears all prayers, 854 01:04:43,707 --> 01:04:46,208 even if sometimes the answer is no. 855 01:04:47,836 --> 01:04:49,879 So may the Lord bless you. 856 01:04:50,714 --> 01:04:52,590 May the Lord keep you. 857 01:04:53,300 --> 01:04:56,635 May the Lord lift up his divine countenance upon you 858 01:04:58,513 --> 01:05:00,264 and give you peace. 859 01:05:05,145 --> 01:05:09,523 And in five, four, three, two... 860 01:05:18,450 --> 01:05:21,619 We now have the details for the national lottery. 861 01:05:23,997 --> 01:05:25,915 Those of you who have been preselected 862 01:05:25,999 --> 01:05:28,918 will be notified within the next few minutes. 863 01:05:29,336 --> 01:05:34,298 For the rest, on the night of August 10th, those whose Social Security numbers 864 01:05:34,382 --> 01:05:38,302 have been randomly selected by computer will be notified. 865 01:05:38,678 --> 01:05:40,429 While some Americans 866 01:05:41,014 --> 01:05:44,600 over 50 years of age have been preselected for the Ark 867 01:05:44,684 --> 01:05:48,020 due to their expertise in a necessary field of study, 868 01:05:48,855 --> 01:05:52,024 no men and women over 50 in the general population 869 01:05:52,108 --> 01:05:54,443 will be included in the lottery. 870 01:06:02,494 --> 01:06:03,661 The... 871 01:06:04,204 --> 01:06:08,165 The... The evacuation of those who have been selected for the Ark 872 01:06:08,249 --> 01:06:12,002 will take no longer than two days, beginning on August 12th. 873 01:06:12,212 --> 01:06:16,423 During this two-day period, no unofficial travel will be permitted. 874 01:06:16,633 --> 01:06:19,093 Those selected will be taken by bus and train 875 01:06:19,177 --> 01:06:22,388 to the underground Ark site by military personnel. 876 01:06:23,223 --> 01:06:25,265 Civil defense teams have been formed 877 01:06:25,350 --> 01:06:28,602 in every town with a population over 5,000. 878 01:06:29,521 --> 01:06:32,648 They will distribute supplies and organize group shelters 879 01:06:32,732 --> 01:06:36,568 in underground parking facilities and other appropriate sites. 880 01:06:36,903 --> 01:06:41,448 Construction plans, equipment lists and locations 881 01:06:41,533 --> 01:06:44,451 - for securing the necessary provisions... - Hello? 882 01:06:44,536 --> 01:06:46,370 - ... along with information... - Yes, this is Ellen Biederman. 883 01:06:46,454 --> 01:06:50,332 ...on how to grow your own food underground and how to purify water 884 01:06:50,417 --> 01:06:53,043 are now available on the Internet at... 885 01:06:53,128 --> 01:06:58,966 - We've been preselected. - ... www. fcda. gov. 886 01:06:59,968 --> 01:07:02,428 Chuck, Chuck. Where are you going? 887 01:07:02,679 --> 01:07:06,140 - Our phone. They could be calling. - ... beginning on August 9th. 888 01:07:06,224 --> 01:07:11,103 The only phones that ring will be those of the people selected. 889 01:07:12,981 --> 01:07:14,314 That's it. 890 01:07:15,316 --> 01:07:17,109 That's all there is. 891 01:07:25,118 --> 01:07:27,786 The interior camera circuitry is shot. 892 01:07:28,038 --> 01:07:29,788 So, Andy, can we get back into the cargo bay 893 01:07:29,873 --> 01:07:31,790 to reroute the video functions? 894 01:07:31,875 --> 01:07:34,960 Starboard cargo porthole's blown. We could go in with the EVAs, 895 01:07:35,045 --> 01:07:37,296 but there's not much left in the life-support packs. 896 01:07:37,380 --> 01:07:41,633 We should be able to raise Houston on the low band once we get closer. 897 01:07:42,260 --> 01:07:43,719 And the Orion is still functioning? 898 01:07:43,803 --> 01:07:47,389 System check was okay, but I don't know about the radiation shielding. 899 01:07:47,474 --> 01:07:50,392 So if we fire it up, we beat the comet back to Earth, 900 01:07:50,477 --> 01:07:53,479 but we may end up glowing in the dark. 901 01:07:57,067 --> 01:07:58,776 Okay. So... 902 01:08:01,404 --> 01:08:02,654 Anybody? 903 01:08:11,790 --> 01:08:13,290 Let's go home. 904 01:08:19,672 --> 01:08:20,798 Okay. 905 01:08:30,809 --> 01:08:34,144 I have to say, it's liberating knowing that I'm not going to be called. 906 01:08:35,146 --> 01:08:39,108 I don't think I've ever been happier. I've even stopped smoking. 907 01:08:40,276 --> 01:08:43,862 What are you gonna do with all that extra money you save? 908 01:08:46,449 --> 01:08:48,909 Do you know the National Gallery is saving all of the art? 909 01:08:48,993 --> 01:08:51,286 They're shipping it to the caves. 910 01:08:51,371 --> 01:08:55,040 I've given them my beautiful 18th-century desk from New England 911 01:08:55,125 --> 01:08:57,251 and all the Sheraton silver. 912 01:08:57,335 --> 01:09:00,212 I really feel like I'd protected something 913 01:09:00,797 --> 01:09:02,464 when I gave them. 914 01:09:04,801 --> 01:09:08,053 You should see my apartment. There's nothing there. 915 01:09:08,346 --> 01:09:10,389 It's practically Japanese. 916 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,894 Seems kind of unfair that I got picked. 917 01:09:15,979 --> 01:09:18,771 You know, I'm not a doctor or a scientist. 918 01:09:20,816 --> 01:09:23,776 People need continuity. Everyone knows you, 919 01:09:24,862 --> 01:09:26,571 and they trust you. 920 01:09:27,614 --> 01:09:30,116 But I can't help you. 921 01:09:31,326 --> 01:09:33,119 Don't worry about me. 922 01:09:33,620 --> 01:09:37,415 I'm going to be happy as long as I know you're going to live. 923 01:09:57,060 --> 01:09:58,144 Mr. Hotchner? 924 01:09:58,228 --> 01:10:01,230 Who did I think I was gonna be when I bought that bike? 925 01:10:01,315 --> 01:10:04,150 Well, every kid on the block wants one now. 926 01:10:04,234 --> 01:10:06,277 Every parent on the block hates you for it. 927 01:10:06,361 --> 01:10:08,654 Well, thank you, Leo. That's the best news I've had in years. 928 01:10:08,739 --> 01:10:09,697 Sir? 929 01:10:09,781 --> 01:10:11,657 Can you give me a hand over here for a second? 930 01:10:11,742 --> 01:10:14,035 - Yes, sir. - I just wanna get these bars up. 931 01:10:14,119 --> 01:10:15,661 - Hello, Mrs. Hotchner. - Hi, Leo. 932 01:10:15,746 --> 01:10:18,915 A mob attacked and killed a Miami rental yard operator 933 01:10:18,999 --> 01:10:23,044 who was charging $5,000 an hour for backhoe and tractor rentals. 934 01:10:23,128 --> 01:10:26,839 Same old crap on the TV. I'm really sick of it, you know? 935 01:10:27,466 --> 01:10:29,133 - Mrs. Hotchner? - Sarah's on the hill. 936 01:10:29,218 --> 01:10:30,551 Thank you. 937 01:10:38,268 --> 01:10:40,061 Where were you today? 938 01:10:40,896 --> 01:10:43,439 I've been looking all over for you. 939 01:10:43,607 --> 01:10:47,235 - Why weren't you at school? - My dad said I didn't have to go. 940 01:10:47,319 --> 01:10:49,320 He said there's no point. 941 01:10:55,327 --> 01:10:56,702 I talked to civil defense. 942 01:10:56,787 --> 01:11:01,290 They said if you and I got married, we'd be family and I could get you in. 943 01:11:01,667 --> 01:11:04,961 Well, what about my parents? They're not your family. 944 01:11:05,045 --> 01:11:07,755 - I don't wanna go without my parents. - You don't have to. 945 01:11:07,839 --> 01:11:11,676 I'm the famous Leo Biederman, and I haven't used my fame for anything. 946 01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:14,595 But I got them to let your family go, too. 947 01:11:19,518 --> 01:11:20,601 You... 948 01:11:20,686 --> 01:11:23,187 This is your only chance to survive. 949 01:11:39,037 --> 01:11:43,457 Across the country, looters continue to set fire to abandoned stores. 950 01:11:43,625 --> 01:11:46,460 Fires have been left to burn, since many firefighters 951 01:11:46,545 --> 01:11:49,338 have been called to help prepare shelters. 952 01:11:49,673 --> 01:11:51,841 Throughout Latin America's major cities, 953 01:11:51,925 --> 01:11:55,469 business districts have been abandoned to looting gangs. 954 01:12:02,728 --> 01:12:06,230 Emergency airlifts have been ruled out as too dangerous. 955 01:12:07,357 --> 01:12:11,235 More street fighting in Moscow as food and fuel shortages continue... 956 01:12:24,207 --> 01:12:29,086 "... believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 957 01:12:31,173 --> 01:12:33,883 "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, 958 01:12:33,967 --> 01:12:37,428 "I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. 959 01:12:38,513 --> 01:12:42,016 "When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 960 01:12:43,268 --> 01:12:47,104 "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. 961 01:12:47,981 --> 01:12:52,485 "Now I know in part, then I shall understand fully, 962 01:12:52,569 --> 01:12:54,945 "even as I have been fully understood. " 963 01:13:05,749 --> 01:13:09,210 Do you, Leo, take Sarah to be your wife, 964 01:13:09,753 --> 01:13:12,713 to have and to hold from this day forward, 965 01:13:13,423 --> 01:13:17,134 for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, 966 01:13:17,844 --> 01:13:19,762 to love and to cherish? 967 01:13:28,313 --> 01:13:30,981 I now pronounce you husband and wife. 968 01:14:50,562 --> 01:14:53,606 Here. Let me help you. I'll get it. 969 01:14:56,943 --> 01:14:58,861 Yeah. How you feeling? 970 01:15:01,198 --> 01:15:03,407 - Fine. - I wanna tell you something. 971 01:15:03,492 --> 01:15:07,119 You children didn't bring any real books to read, did you know that? 972 01:15:07,204 --> 01:15:09,580 I brought Moby Dick and Huckleberry Finn, 973 01:15:09,664 --> 01:15:12,374 and Baker and Simon had never read them. 974 01:15:12,667 --> 01:15:17,463 Now, I'm afraid to ask you, have you ever read Melville or Twain? 975 01:15:20,091 --> 01:15:23,511 Hey, I'm a child of the movies, Fish. 976 01:15:23,845 --> 01:15:25,721 Okay, I see. 977 01:15:26,431 --> 01:15:27,556 So... 978 01:15:29,184 --> 01:15:32,019 You got a shitty deal, Oren, you know that? 979 01:15:32,312 --> 01:15:33,395 You truly did. 980 01:15:33,480 --> 01:15:35,606 - Don't worry about me. - Yeah. 981 01:15:36,733 --> 01:15:39,151 - I mean that, really. - Okay. 982 01:15:39,236 --> 01:15:41,362 - Don't worry about me. - Okay. 983 01:15:42,656 --> 01:15:44,406 My whole life, I... 984 01:15:47,577 --> 01:15:50,120 You know how it is for guys like us. 985 01:15:51,331 --> 01:15:53,958 You and... You and I, we're the same. 986 01:15:54,459 --> 01:15:56,460 How do you mean by that? 987 01:15:56,962 --> 01:16:00,631 - Gotta be the best. - I see. Okay. 988 01:16:00,799 --> 01:16:03,175 - Be the best. - Yeah. 989 01:16:15,981 --> 01:16:19,149 Sometimes I see flashes of light. 990 01:16:20,068 --> 01:16:22,570 You know, like colors. 991 01:16:26,074 --> 01:16:29,535 I fall asleep and I dream. 992 01:16:31,037 --> 01:16:33,998 But there's a part of me that's always awake, 993 01:16:34,332 --> 01:16:36,584 and I can see myself dreaming. 994 01:16:42,173 --> 01:16:45,050 I'm just... I'm seeing things differently, Fish. 995 01:16:45,135 --> 01:16:47,136 That's good. That's good. 996 01:16:48,346 --> 01:16:49,430 Fish. 997 01:16:52,392 --> 01:16:54,893 Why the hell do they call you Fish? 998 01:16:55,854 --> 01:16:59,815 Well, Spurgeon, sturgeon, Fish. 999 01:17:00,025 --> 01:17:03,569 I mean, it took about 15 minutes of my first day at the naval academy. 1000 01:17:03,653 --> 01:17:06,822 Yeah. Your kids go there? 1001 01:17:08,742 --> 01:17:10,743 Yeah, they did. They did. 1002 01:17:11,244 --> 01:17:13,454 And they're good men, both of them. 1003 01:17:13,538 --> 01:17:17,373 I don't see as much of them as I used to when Mary was alive. 1004 01:17:18,417 --> 01:17:22,754 - You don't have to talk about it. It's okay. - No, it's okay. It's okay. 1005 01:17:23,047 --> 01:17:24,464 You're a married man, you know what it's like. 1006 01:17:24,548 --> 01:17:28,259 I mean, every marriage has its good years and its bad years. 1007 01:17:28,677 --> 01:17:30,678 We ended on a great year. 1008 01:17:34,850 --> 01:17:35,933 Yeah. 1009 01:17:37,227 --> 01:17:39,270 Anyway, let's get started. 1010 01:17:41,440 --> 01:17:43,232 Moby Dick, Chapter 1. 1011 01:17:46,945 --> 01:17:48,196 "Call me Ishmael. 1012 01:17:48,280 --> 01:17:51,074 "Several years ago, never mind how long precisely, 1013 01:17:51,158 --> 01:17:52,992 "having little or no money in my purse... " 1014 01:17:53,077 --> 01:17:55,828 "Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth, 1015 01:17:55,913 --> 01:17:59,582 "whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul, 1016 01:18:00,292 --> 01:18:03,002 "whenever I find myself knocking people's hats off, 1017 01:18:03,087 --> 01:18:09,175 "then I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. " 1018 01:18:25,275 --> 01:18:26,859 - Listen up. - Hold it right there. 1019 01:18:26,944 --> 01:18:28,236 - Biederman. - Yeah, that's us. 1020 01:18:28,320 --> 01:18:29,445 IDs, please. 1021 01:18:29,530 --> 01:18:30,822 Got them right here. 1022 01:18:30,906 --> 01:18:32,949 There's four of us. Lewis? 1023 01:18:33,909 --> 01:18:37,161 This is my wife, Sarah. We have a marriage license. 1024 01:18:37,371 --> 01:18:39,163 I have it right here. 1025 01:18:45,796 --> 01:18:48,881 Okay. All right, let's go. Let's move it out. 1026 01:18:49,591 --> 01:18:52,510 Mom. Wait. Sir, my parents are coming, too. 1027 01:18:52,594 --> 01:18:54,512 Wait, wait, the Hotchners are coming, too. 1028 01:18:54,596 --> 01:18:57,348 - H-O-T-C... - H-N-E-R. 1029 01:18:58,642 --> 01:19:00,727 - No, it's not here. - No, no. It has to be there. 1030 01:19:00,811 --> 01:19:02,478 They sent their names to the White House. 1031 01:19:02,563 --> 01:19:05,273 - They're not there. - Just check the goddamn list again. 1032 01:19:05,357 --> 01:19:06,733 - Leo, give me your bag. - They must be there. 1033 01:19:06,817 --> 01:19:08,568 - Look closely. - Ellen, give me your bag, sweetie. 1034 01:19:08,652 --> 01:19:09,777 No. They're not on the list. 1035 01:19:09,862 --> 01:19:11,654 - Wait, wait. - I'm sorry. Let's go. We have to go. 1036 01:19:11,739 --> 01:19:13,906 - Sir, you don't understand. - Leo, can you check it one more time? 1037 01:19:13,991 --> 01:19:17,410 I put you on the list. They said your names were on the list. 1038 01:19:17,494 --> 01:19:20,997 - Sarah, I put them on the list. - We're not on the list. 1039 01:19:21,498 --> 01:19:23,750 I need the Biedermans on the bus now. 1040 01:19:23,834 --> 01:19:25,585 - Dad, I wanna stay with you. - What? 1041 01:19:25,669 --> 01:19:28,254 - No, no, no. We have to go. - Leo, let's get her on the bus. 1042 01:19:28,338 --> 01:19:31,132 - Yes, I need to stay with you. - Sarah. 1043 01:19:31,508 --> 01:19:32,884 Sarah, you need to go. 1044 01:19:32,968 --> 01:19:34,135 No, I have to stay with you, Dad. 1045 01:19:34,219 --> 01:19:36,304 Listen, I'm not going anywhere without you. 1046 01:19:36,388 --> 01:19:37,930 Sarah, you don't know what you're doing. 1047 01:19:38,015 --> 01:19:39,599 Come or stay, young lady, this bus is moving out. 1048 01:19:39,683 --> 01:19:42,810 Son, on the bus. Get on the bus! 1049 01:19:43,061 --> 01:19:44,270 Let's go. 1050 01:19:44,354 --> 01:19:47,190 Chuck, we'll work it out when we get there. 1051 01:20:07,377 --> 01:20:11,255 - What's that, the crates? - Jenny, there's a phone call for you. 1052 01:20:14,510 --> 01:20:16,719 Yes. This is she. 1053 01:20:18,222 --> 01:20:20,431 It's Robin Lerner. My mother. 1054 01:20:28,607 --> 01:20:29,732 When? 1055 01:20:34,780 --> 01:20:36,113 Sixty-one. 1056 01:20:38,492 --> 01:20:41,118 I'll come down there, then. Thank you. 1057 01:20:42,204 --> 01:20:43,955 Thank you very much. 1058 01:20:48,085 --> 01:20:50,670 Jenny, do you want me to do something? 1059 01:21:54,401 --> 01:21:57,653 You're too late. I already took care of everything. 1060 01:22:00,240 --> 01:22:03,784 Come, come. Inside the car. You're getting sick. Please. 1061 01:22:03,994 --> 01:22:05,828 I want to talk to you. 1062 01:22:07,581 --> 01:22:09,040 Please, come. 1063 01:22:11,168 --> 01:22:14,420 I don't give a shit. Go home and tell it to Chloe. 1064 01:22:14,504 --> 01:22:16,380 I can't. She left me. 1065 01:22:16,673 --> 01:22:19,550 She's with her mother. They both got scared. 1066 01:22:20,010 --> 01:22:22,845 Come. I want to talk to you. I need you. 1067 01:22:24,556 --> 01:22:26,182 How does it feel? 1068 01:22:30,354 --> 01:22:32,188 I feel like an orphan. 1069 01:22:35,192 --> 01:22:37,234 Jenny. Jenny! 1070 01:22:40,948 --> 01:22:42,031 Stop. 1071 01:23:56,606 --> 01:23:59,900 Welcome to the Ark. I'm section leader for Orange 254. 1072 01:23:59,985 --> 01:24:02,862 Remember that. It's where you'll be calling home the next two years. 1073 01:24:02,946 --> 01:24:06,449 So gather your things and follow me to the orientation gallery. 1074 01:24:08,452 --> 01:24:12,204 If you have been designated as a civilian section officer, 1075 01:24:12,664 --> 01:24:16,500 report to section Red 116 upon entering. 1076 01:24:17,794 --> 01:24:22,590 Once again, if you have been designated as a civilian section officer, 1077 01:24:22,674 --> 01:24:26,510 report to section Red 116 upon entering. 1078 01:24:28,305 --> 01:24:29,430 Leo. 1079 01:24:31,725 --> 01:24:33,267 I'm not coming. 1080 01:24:33,935 --> 01:24:36,187 Leo, come with us right now. 1081 01:24:36,521 --> 01:24:38,397 I have to go back for Sarah. 1082 01:24:38,482 --> 01:24:40,524 - Leo. - Mom, I'm going. 1083 01:24:47,491 --> 01:24:49,325 - Don, what are you doing? - I'm giving him something to trade. 1084 01:24:49,409 --> 01:24:51,285 That's what I'm doing. 1085 01:24:51,453 --> 01:24:54,455 - I want you to take this. - Dad, that's enough. 1086 01:24:59,669 --> 01:25:01,045 God damn it. 1087 01:25:01,880 --> 01:25:04,215 You take care of yourself, okay? 1088 01:25:07,260 --> 01:25:08,928 I'm gonna make it. 1089 01:25:19,480 --> 01:25:20,772 What about Entrekin? 1090 01:25:20,856 --> 01:25:23,733 I don't know. He hasn't returned my call in over two weeks. 1091 01:25:23,818 --> 01:25:25,360 - Excuse me, Jenny. - Yeah? 1092 01:25:25,444 --> 01:25:27,195 Your father's here. 1093 01:25:32,368 --> 01:25:33,535 Hello. 1094 01:25:34,161 --> 01:25:35,161 Hello. 1095 01:25:35,246 --> 01:25:39,791 I can't stay long. I'm leaving the city, but I wanted to show you something. 1096 01:25:39,875 --> 01:25:42,961 I wanted to show you that you're not an orphan. 1097 01:25:46,882 --> 01:25:49,592 I have proof that you're not an orphan. 1098 01:25:49,927 --> 01:25:51,052 Here. 1099 01:25:54,598 --> 01:25:55,723 Look. 1100 01:26:05,359 --> 01:26:06,734 Where's Mom? 1101 01:26:07,862 --> 01:26:09,529 Behind the camera. 1102 01:26:10,906 --> 01:26:12,407 She took this? 1103 01:26:13,033 --> 01:26:14,701 And this one, too. 1104 01:26:16,245 --> 01:26:19,080 She was such an artist, don't you think so? 1105 01:26:20,916 --> 01:26:22,876 You don't remember when you take them? 1106 01:26:22,960 --> 01:26:25,962 I'm five years old. How would I remember that? 1107 01:26:26,422 --> 01:26:30,383 Well, some people do remember when they were five years old. 1108 01:26:33,262 --> 01:26:35,388 It was such a beautiful day. 1109 01:26:35,556 --> 01:26:37,432 All alone on the beach. 1110 01:26:39,727 --> 01:26:42,604 And of course she would have been in the picture, 1111 01:26:42,688 --> 01:26:46,107 but there was no one else to hold the camera, 1112 01:26:47,026 --> 01:26:49,694 and she insisted. 1113 01:26:50,654 --> 01:26:52,447 You know how she is. 1114 01:26:53,532 --> 01:26:54,949 How she was. 1115 01:26:56,827 --> 01:26:57,994 Jenny. 1116 01:27:03,375 --> 01:27:06,669 It was such a good day for all of us. 1117 01:27:07,922 --> 01:27:09,631 Don't you remember? 1118 01:27:16,597 --> 01:27:17,931 Keep them. 1119 01:27:21,310 --> 01:27:22,518 Goodbye. 1120 01:27:56,178 --> 01:27:59,180 We have now confirmed the launch of all the Titan missiles 1121 01:27:59,265 --> 01:28:02,433 from their positions in North Dakota and Wyoming. 1122 01:28:02,518 --> 01:28:05,228 The comets are now approximately 14 hours 1123 01:28:05,312 --> 01:28:07,522 outside of Earth's atmosphere, 1124 01:28:07,815 --> 01:28:09,941 and we are told it should take these missiles 1125 01:28:10,025 --> 01:28:12,860 less than 20 minutes to reach their target. 1126 01:28:13,570 --> 01:28:15,697 Okay, here's what we're looking at. 1127 01:28:15,781 --> 01:28:18,157 All of the Titans have been launched. 1128 01:28:18,242 --> 01:28:21,452 We still won't know if they've made a difference. 1129 01:28:21,537 --> 01:28:23,788 The comets have to travel for a while 1130 01:28:23,872 --> 01:28:27,083 before the radar tracking stations can see if they've been pushed 1131 01:28:27,167 --> 01:28:29,961 to a safe course that'll bypass the Earth. 1132 01:28:30,337 --> 01:28:33,381 So one more time, we have to wait. 1133 01:28:53,736 --> 01:28:56,237 - Are we on? - We're on, Mr. President. 1134 01:29:06,749 --> 01:29:08,750 Our missiles have failed. 1135 01:29:10,377 --> 01:29:13,004 The comets are still headed for Earth, 1136 01:29:15,883 --> 01:29:18,718 and there's nothing we can do to stop them. 1137 01:29:21,597 --> 01:29:23,097 So this is it. 1138 01:29:24,433 --> 01:29:26,434 If the world does go on, 1139 01:29:27,227 --> 01:29:29,520 it will not go on for everyone. 1140 01:29:31,190 --> 01:29:34,942 We have now been able to calculate the comets' final trajectories, 1141 01:29:35,027 --> 01:29:38,321 and we have determined where they're going to strike. 1142 01:29:38,697 --> 01:29:42,158 The smaller of the two comets, Biederman, will hit first 1143 01:29:42,242 --> 01:29:43,868 somewhere along the Atlantic seaboard, 1144 01:29:43,952 --> 01:29:47,038 probably in the waters off the coast of Cape Hatteras, 1145 01:29:47,122 --> 01:29:50,792 in just under 12 hours, at 4:35 p. m. Eastern Daylight Time. 1146 01:29:51,835 --> 01:29:54,545 The impact of the comet is going to be, 1147 01:29:55,631 --> 01:29:57,256 well, disastrous. 1148 01:29:58,384 --> 01:30:00,385 There will be a very large tidal wave 1149 01:30:00,469 --> 01:30:02,553 moving quickly through the Atlantic Ocean. 1150 01:30:02,638 --> 01:30:06,724 It'll be 100 feet high, traveling at 1,100 miles an hour. 1151 01:30:06,809 --> 01:30:09,477 That's faster than the speed of sound. 1152 01:30:09,812 --> 01:30:12,313 As the wave reaches shallow water it's going to slow down, 1153 01:30:12,398 --> 01:30:16,734 but the wave height, depending on the depth of the shelf off the coast, 1154 01:30:16,819 --> 01:30:20,738 will be anywhere from 1,000 to 3,500 feet high. 1155 01:30:22,866 --> 01:30:25,451 Where the land is flat, the wave will wash inland 1156 01:30:25,536 --> 01:30:27,829 600 to 700 miles. 1157 01:30:29,248 --> 01:30:33,167 The wave will hit our nation's capital 40 minutes after impact. 1158 01:30:34,837 --> 01:30:39,549 New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, 1159 01:30:41,343 --> 01:30:43,177 all will be destroyed. 1160 01:30:43,387 --> 01:30:47,223 If you have any means of getting away from the path of this wave, 1161 01:30:47,307 --> 01:30:48,641 leave now. 1162 01:30:49,268 --> 01:30:51,519 The impact of the larger comet 1163 01:30:51,854 --> 01:30:55,148 will be nothing less than an extinction-level event. 1164 01:30:55,691 --> 01:30:59,735 It will strike land in western Canada three hours after Biederman. 1165 01:31:01,238 --> 01:31:04,073 Within a week, the skies will be dark with dust from the impact, 1166 01:31:04,158 --> 01:31:06,784 and they will stay dark for two years. 1167 01:31:07,661 --> 01:31:10,246 All plant life will be dead within 1168 01:31:11,874 --> 01:31:13,207 four weeks. 1169 01:31:14,501 --> 01:31:16,294 Animal life within 1170 01:31:18,046 --> 01:31:19,505 a few months. 1171 01:31:23,010 --> 01:31:24,469 So that's it. 1172 01:31:25,929 --> 01:31:27,722 Good luck to us all. 1173 01:31:54,166 --> 01:31:58,586 Could I bother everyone for a minute? Now, let's take a look at the big one. 1174 01:31:58,670 --> 01:32:02,131 Now, the out-gassing has created a vent a half a mile wide 1175 01:32:02,216 --> 01:32:05,176 and at least 2 miles deep. Comet gets closer to the sun, 1176 01:32:05,260 --> 01:32:09,055 sun melts ice, ice turns to steam, we get a big hole. Okay? 1177 01:32:10,015 --> 01:32:13,976 So, how many nukes we have left in the back? 1178 01:32:14,144 --> 01:32:15,269 Four. 1179 01:32:16,396 --> 01:32:20,816 Okay. If we can get the remaining bombs in that vent, 1180 01:32:21,985 --> 01:32:25,196 there shouldn't be anything left of that comet bigger than a suitcase. 1181 01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:28,324 Now, we can't do anything about the little one, 1182 01:32:28,659 --> 01:32:31,786 but, you know, it just might give them a chance. 1183 01:32:32,496 --> 01:32:34,163 Now, without the arming codes, we're gonna have to wait 1184 01:32:34,248 --> 01:32:38,125 to set the bomb timers until we get closer to Earth to raise Houston. 1185 01:32:38,210 --> 01:32:40,169 We may not have enough life support left 1186 01:32:40,254 --> 01:32:43,172 to get back into the cargo bay for the nukes, 1187 01:32:43,382 --> 01:32:45,299 much less to work down on the comet. 1188 01:32:45,384 --> 01:32:47,635 And we sure as hell don't have enough propellant left in the Messiah 1189 01:32:47,719 --> 01:32:49,345 to maneuver with. 1190 01:32:50,889 --> 01:32:53,933 How are we supposed to get back off the surface once we've... 1191 01:32:54,017 --> 01:32:56,143 Once we've gone down there? 1192 01:33:01,024 --> 01:33:02,316 We don't. 1193 01:33:11,159 --> 01:33:13,618 Well, you look at the bright side. 1194 01:33:14,370 --> 01:33:17,205 We'll all have high schools named after us. 1195 01:33:38,686 --> 01:33:40,687 Houston, this is Messiah. 1196 01:33:41,856 --> 01:33:44,149 Houston, this is Messiah. 1197 01:33:57,121 --> 01:33:59,247 Nice of you to call, Messiah. 1198 01:33:59,332 --> 01:34:01,374 We were beginning to wonder what the hell you were doing up there. 1199 01:34:01,459 --> 01:34:04,544 - Admiring the view, Houston. - Fish, is that you? 1200 01:34:04,629 --> 01:34:07,297 Yep. We don't have time to talk, Houston. 1201 01:34:07,381 --> 01:34:10,300 There's nothing we can do about the smaller one, but we do have a plan. 1202 01:34:10,384 --> 01:34:12,886 We need the arming codes for the last four nukes. 1203 01:34:12,970 --> 01:34:14,596 Arming codes? What the hell for? 1204 01:34:14,680 --> 01:34:17,682 Mitch, we can do or we can teach. What's your pleasure? 1205 01:34:19,268 --> 01:34:21,811 Get the arming codes. Get the goddamn codes! 1206 01:34:22,146 --> 01:34:24,481 We have one helicopter. It holds seven people. 1207 01:34:24,565 --> 01:34:26,733 We can ferry six people to high ground in West Virginia 1208 01:34:26,817 --> 01:34:29,736 and take Jenny to the Ark. Short stick goes. 1209 01:34:30,738 --> 01:34:32,739 I always thought it was women and children first. 1210 01:34:32,823 --> 01:34:36,117 If you get the short one, you can give up your seat. 1211 01:34:37,620 --> 01:34:38,953 Thank God. 1212 01:34:47,004 --> 01:34:48,922 Well, that makes sense. 1213 01:34:51,050 --> 01:34:53,593 I got a stick. I got a stick. 1214 01:35:02,395 --> 01:35:05,313 - I'm sorry, Beth. - Okay, honey, here we go. 1215 01:35:06,273 --> 01:35:07,732 Let's go now. 1216 01:35:09,568 --> 01:35:11,861 - Beth. - There's always the road. 1217 01:35:11,946 --> 01:35:14,906 We'll be okay. Come on. That's my girl. 1218 01:35:17,827 --> 01:35:19,452 Okay, that's it. 1219 01:35:28,629 --> 01:35:29,796 Sarah! 1220 01:35:32,133 --> 01:35:33,299 Sarah! 1221 01:35:48,149 --> 01:35:50,191 Come on, where's that key? 1222 01:35:50,693 --> 01:35:52,318 Where's the key? 1223 01:36:54,757 --> 01:36:56,883 Come on, hurry up. Come on. 1224 01:36:57,218 --> 01:36:59,427 - No, wait. - What are you doing? 1225 01:37:01,263 --> 01:37:03,473 Come on, Jenny, we have to go now. We have to go now. 1226 01:37:03,557 --> 01:37:05,183 Come on. Come on! 1227 01:37:10,981 --> 01:37:12,565 - Beth. Beth, what are you doing? - Jenny, we have to go! 1228 01:37:12,650 --> 01:37:15,235 The road was so crowded, it was obvious we weren't gonna make it, 1229 01:37:15,319 --> 01:37:18,321 so I thought, well, if the wave does come, that we should be here 1230 01:37:18,405 --> 01:37:22,367 because she likes it here and... I mean, we're on the 15th floor, 1231 01:37:22,451 --> 01:37:24,494 - so maybe we'll be okay. - Come on, honey. 1232 01:37:24,578 --> 01:37:26,579 - Say goodbye to Jenny. - Jenny, we got no time left. 1233 01:37:26,664 --> 01:37:29,707 - Jenny, what are you doing? Caitlin! - Move! Come on! 1234 01:37:29,792 --> 01:37:34,087 - Oh, my God, Caitlin! Caitlin! Caitlin! - Let's go! 1235 01:37:38,008 --> 01:37:40,802 Come on, come on. Faster, faster. Come on! 1236 01:37:41,387 --> 01:37:42,428 No! 1237 01:37:44,223 --> 01:37:47,517 Come on, come on! Let's go, let's go! Hang on. There's no room for this. 1238 01:37:47,601 --> 01:37:49,978 - You're taking her? Please! - She's going with you! 1239 01:37:50,062 --> 01:37:51,479 - What? - You're taking my seat! 1240 01:37:51,564 --> 01:37:54,399 - Let's go! Come on! - Go, go. 1241 01:37:54,483 --> 01:37:56,359 - Jenny, thank you. - Let's go. Come on. Go! 1242 01:37:56,443 --> 01:37:58,695 - Get her in. Get her in there. - Wait, that's too many. 1243 01:37:58,779 --> 01:38:00,738 - I'm not going. - What do you mean, you're not going? 1244 01:38:00,823 --> 01:38:03,741 I'm not going, Eric. Go! 1245 01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:12,375 Oh, my God. 1246 01:39:00,549 --> 01:39:02,175 Shove it, buddy! 1247 01:39:07,056 --> 01:39:08,264 Sarah! 1248 01:39:09,642 --> 01:39:10,808 Sarah! 1249 01:39:29,411 --> 01:39:31,204 You're so full of it! 1250 01:39:32,039 --> 01:39:33,706 - Sarah, look! - Leo! 1251 01:39:39,755 --> 01:39:40,838 Leo! 1252 01:39:41,215 --> 01:39:42,632 Leo Biederman! Leo! 1253 01:39:46,011 --> 01:39:47,053 Leo! 1254 01:39:54,853 --> 01:39:56,437 - Leo! - Thank God. 1255 01:39:58,440 --> 01:40:00,358 You don't have any time. You have to go now. 1256 01:40:00,442 --> 01:40:01,651 - Dad. No, no, no. - Put this on, put this on. 1257 01:40:01,735 --> 01:40:04,153 Daddy. Daddy, what are you doing? 1258 01:40:04,613 --> 01:40:07,448 - I want you to take the baby. - Why? No, no, no, no, no, Mom. 1259 01:40:07,533 --> 01:40:10,660 - Yes. No arguments, Sarah. Please! - No, no, no, no, no. I don't wanna go! 1260 01:40:10,744 --> 01:40:13,454 - I don't wanna go! - Grab his foot, honey. 1261 01:40:19,086 --> 01:40:20,878 - Mom, Mom. - Come on. No, listen to me. 1262 01:40:20,963 --> 01:40:23,548 Sweetheart, listen to me. Let go. Put this on! 1263 01:40:23,632 --> 01:40:25,425 - I love you. - I love you, too. 1264 01:40:25,509 --> 01:40:28,052 - I've always loved you. - I love you. 1265 01:40:30,139 --> 01:40:31,848 - Take care, honey. - I'll see you soon. 1266 01:40:31,932 --> 01:40:35,393 - Put this on. - I'll see you soon. I'll see you soon. 1267 01:40:35,602 --> 01:40:36,769 - Yes, you will. - Get out of here, Leo. 1268 01:40:36,854 --> 01:40:38,730 Go. Go to high ground. 1269 01:41:55,098 --> 01:41:58,517 When I was 11, I took $32 from your wallet. 1270 01:42:03,856 --> 01:42:05,649 When you were a baby, 1271 01:42:06,776 --> 01:42:09,277 I once dropped you on your head. 1272 01:42:16,911 --> 01:42:20,122 When you came to the studio and you brought those pictures, 1273 01:42:20,206 --> 01:42:22,833 I lied when I said I didn't remember. 1274 01:42:24,168 --> 01:42:26,044 I remember everything. 1275 01:42:26,504 --> 01:42:29,172 I remember that we were right over there 1276 01:42:29,257 --> 01:42:32,467 and that's when Mom got that picture of the house. 1277 01:42:35,388 --> 01:42:37,973 It was a perfect, happy day. 1278 01:42:41,227 --> 01:42:43,854 I came down here to let you know that. 1279 01:42:44,230 --> 01:42:45,564 Thank you. 1280 01:42:51,112 --> 01:42:53,238 I've missed you since then. 1281 01:43:01,706 --> 01:43:03,373 I missed you, too. 1282 01:43:33,154 --> 01:43:34,487 Biederman. 1283 01:44:37,009 --> 01:44:38,218 Daddy. 1284 01:45:24,432 --> 01:45:25,682 Hold on. 1285 01:46:20,279 --> 01:46:23,198 This is Messiah. We're ready to begin our run. 1286 01:46:23,282 --> 01:46:26,743 - Are our families there yet? - They're on their way, Messiah. 1287 01:46:30,623 --> 01:46:32,415 Disengage auto path. 1288 01:46:34,168 --> 01:46:35,543 Here we go. 1289 01:46:39,298 --> 01:46:43,051 We're at perigee. Wolf contact in four minutes, 45 seconds. 1290 01:46:44,178 --> 01:46:47,472 We'll never be closer to home than we are right now. 1291 01:47:06,158 --> 01:47:07,242 Come on. 1292 01:47:07,326 --> 01:47:10,995 Messiah, we've got some people here that wanna talk to you. 1293 01:47:11,831 --> 01:47:13,331 Wendy, honey. 1294 01:47:14,834 --> 01:47:18,044 You promise me you keep doing your church thing, 1295 01:47:19,505 --> 01:47:22,298 and I'll be there, right next to you, 1296 01:47:23,801 --> 01:47:25,260 haunting you. 1297 01:47:27,138 --> 01:47:29,556 You better come back and haunt me. 1298 01:47:30,182 --> 01:47:31,558 I love you. 1299 01:47:34,019 --> 01:47:36,229 There's Mommy. Hello, Mommy. 1300 01:47:37,523 --> 01:47:40,567 Hey, you'll take care of Daddy for me, okay? 1301 01:47:40,651 --> 01:47:43,945 She will. She does a good job. She misses Mommy. 1302 01:47:44,029 --> 01:47:47,031 - I miss you. - I love you, Mommy. 1303 01:47:47,867 --> 01:47:50,368 I love you very, very much. 1304 01:47:52,872 --> 01:47:54,122 David. 1305 01:47:57,460 --> 01:47:59,502 You know what I wanna say. 1306 01:47:59,628 --> 01:48:00,837 I know. 1307 01:48:11,015 --> 01:48:12,223 Come on! 1308 01:48:12,558 --> 01:48:15,268 Wolf contact in two minutes, 30 seconds. 1309 01:48:16,896 --> 01:48:20,607 Oren, Mariette's at your folks' place up in Utah. 1310 01:48:20,691 --> 01:48:23,401 We sent a plane for her, but she isn't here yet. 1311 01:48:23,486 --> 01:48:26,029 Fish, your sons are both on active duty. 1312 01:48:26,113 --> 01:48:29,991 We tried to get them back, but we couldn't get them here on time. 1313 01:48:30,075 --> 01:48:31,409 I'm sorry. 1314 01:48:33,245 --> 01:48:37,123 Well, Mitch, I wanna say goodbye to Mary. 1315 01:48:38,667 --> 01:48:40,543 I wanna tell her I love her, 1316 01:48:40,628 --> 01:48:44,714 and that ever since we've been apart, every day I think about her. 1317 01:48:47,134 --> 01:48:49,010 Mary, I'm coming home. 1318 01:48:50,596 --> 01:48:53,181 Coming up on target, 625 miles. 1319 01:48:56,227 --> 01:48:57,852 Range, 600 miles. 1320 01:49:00,689 --> 01:49:03,066 Wait. Oh, God, wait! 1321 01:49:05,945 --> 01:49:08,404 Wait! I'm coming. 1322 01:49:11,908 --> 01:49:13,283 Oren! 1323 01:49:13,368 --> 01:49:14,952 Oren, are you there? 1324 01:49:15,578 --> 01:49:18,539 Mariette? I'm here. I can hear you. 1325 01:49:19,374 --> 01:49:20,791 Hi, sweetie. 1326 01:49:20,917 --> 01:49:23,502 - Mariette? - Baby, this is your father. 1327 01:49:25,004 --> 01:49:27,714 His name is Oren. I named him after you. 1328 01:49:27,799 --> 01:49:29,216 Hello, Oren. 1329 01:49:30,051 --> 01:49:32,928 - Show him what you brought him. - What happened? 1330 01:49:33,304 --> 01:49:35,639 He's holding up a little rocket. 1331 01:49:37,100 --> 01:49:39,935 That's a mighty powerful rocket you got there. 1332 01:49:40,019 --> 01:49:41,520 He's laughing. 1333 01:49:42,480 --> 01:49:44,398 I can hear him. I know. 1334 01:49:44,774 --> 01:49:48,485 Mariette, I'm hugging you both right now. 1335 01:49:49,529 --> 01:49:51,154 I'm holding you. 1336 01:49:52,532 --> 01:49:55,409 - Twenty-five seconds. - Prepare to synchronize the nukes. 1337 01:49:55,493 --> 01:50:00,330 Twenty-three, 22, 21, 1338 01:50:01,833 --> 01:50:06,420 20, 19, 18, 1339 01:50:07,797 --> 01:50:11,883 17, 16, 15... 1340 01:50:14,178 --> 01:50:17,347 It's been a pleasure serving with you, Commander. 1341 01:50:18,600 --> 01:50:20,684 The honor's all mine, Andy. 1342 01:50:26,107 --> 01:50:28,233 Be good, Oren. 1343 01:50:31,529 --> 01:50:32,779 Be good. 1344 01:51:43,935 --> 01:51:46,895 We watched as the bombs shattered the second comet 1345 01:51:46,979 --> 01:51:48,897 into a million pieces of ice and rock 1346 01:51:48,981 --> 01:51:51,316 that burned harmlessly in our atmosphere 1347 01:51:51,401 --> 01:51:53,694 and lit up the sky for an hour. 1348 01:51:55,071 --> 01:51:58,490 Still, we were left with the devastation of the first. 1349 01:51:59,200 --> 01:52:03,328 The waters reached as far inland as the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. 1350 01:52:04,122 --> 01:52:06,873 It washed away farms and towns, 1351 01:52:07,500 --> 01:52:09,960 forests and skyscrapers. 1352 01:52:11,462 --> 01:52:15,132 But the water receded. 1353 01:52:16,968 --> 01:52:19,511 The wave hit Europe and Africa, too. 1354 01:52:20,054 --> 01:52:21,805 Millions were lost, 1355 01:52:23,516 --> 01:52:25,726 countless more left homeless. 1356 01:52:28,146 --> 01:52:30,856 But the waters receded. 1357 01:52:33,568 --> 01:52:35,193 Cities fall, 1358 01:52:37,155 --> 01:52:38,989 but they are rebuilt. 1359 01:52:39,699 --> 01:52:41,241 And heroes die, 1360 01:52:42,535 --> 01:52:44,661 but they are remembered. 1361 01:52:46,122 --> 01:52:48,749 We honor them with every brick we lay, 1362 01:52:49,292 --> 01:52:51,251 with every field we sow, 1363 01:52:52,295 --> 01:52:56,089 with every child we comfort and then teach to rejoice 1364 01:52:56,174 --> 01:52:58,383 in what we have been re-given. 1365 01:53:01,012 --> 01:53:02,387 Our planet. 1366 01:53:05,016 --> 01:53:06,266 Our home. 1367 01:53:09,520 --> 01:53:12,564 So now, let us begin. 1368 01:53:13,305 --> 01:54:13,556 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm