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00:00:00 [ Music ]
00:00:25 >> BJ, this is Captain Vogel.
00:00:26 You read me?
00:00:27 Over.
00:00:27 >> Loud and clear, Captain.
00:00:32 Over.
00:00:32 >> BJ, start initiating your ascent.
00:00:34 That typhoon that's been developing
00:00:36 off the northwestern Pacific Basin is picking up speed.
00:00:39 Our return time has increased by three hours.
00:00:41 We need to get you up top.
00:00:42 Over.
00:00:43 >> Aye, aye, Captain, but I haven't finished securing the
00:00:46 warhead.
00:00:46 I am on the last panel.
00:00:47 >> I know, and I've made the call.
00:00:49 We'll finish it tomorrow.
00:00:51 >> Yes, but this will delay our schedule.
00:00:56 >> BJ, this area was a testing zone during World War II.
00:00:58 Until those fishermen found that dead marine life,
00:01:01 this area was just fine for 75 years.
00:01:04 Over.
00:01:04 >> Yes, Captain, but we should at least chain it, you know,
00:01:07 just in case.
00:01:08 I mean, you said yourself, the typhoon.
00:01:10 >> Okay, BJ, you have five minutes to chain it,
00:01:13 and then you have to start making your ascent.
00:01:15 That is an order.
00:01:17 Copy?
00:01:18 >> Copy that, Captain.
00:01:20 >> All right.
00:01:21 >> Uh, Captain, I almost lost the drill head.
00:01:40 This rock formation here is different in this area.
00:01:43 I don't know.
00:01:45 It's softer or weaker.
00:01:48 I cannot continue to work on this
00:01:50 with the equipment I currently have.
00:01:51 I'm going to start the ascent.
00:01:52 Over.
00:01:52 >> Understood.
00:01:54 Start the ascent.
00:01:55 Over.
00:01:56 >> Captain, there is a rip current developing.
00:02:07 I am fighting to control the sub.
00:02:09 There is a lot of movement on the ocean floor.
00:02:13 My visibility is zero, and my monitors are cutting in and out.
00:02:17 >> Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:02:18 What do you mean, movement?
00:02:19 >> BJ, you are in extremely close proximity
00:02:22 to a potentially live nuclear explosive.
00:02:25 >> Look, I can be revived, but I need
00:02:28 to know exactly what's going on down there.
00:02:30 >> I have regained visibility,
00:02:37 and I am continuing the ascent.
00:02:38 Over.
00:02:40 [ Explosion ]
00:02:49 >> BJ. BJ. BJ.
00:02:53 BJ, come in.
00:02:56 Coast Guard, do you copy?
00:03:02 >> This is Vogel from Ocean Clean at the Mariana Trench.
00:03:06 We have a problem in the Challenger Deep.
00:03:08 I say again, we have a problem in the Challenger Deep.
00:03:11 Over.
00:03:11 >> Coast Guard, mayday.
00:03:16 Mayday. Mayday.
00:03:17 [ Explosion ]
00:03:25 [ Music ]
00:03:33 >> Millie.
00:03:34 >> Hey, have you seen what's going on?
00:03:36 >> Hey, sorry.
00:03:37 Peter, Sophie's about to land.
00:03:39 I'm trying to plan this whole end
00:03:40 of the school year celebration.
00:03:41 >> Okay, but there's something happening.
00:03:42 See what's happening.
00:03:43 >> Okay, I'm not going to be back before the end of the day.
00:03:47 So if you could just send out the reports,
00:03:49 make sure the data goes out, gets backed up.
00:03:50 I know you've done this all before,
00:03:51 but just keep me posted, okay?
00:03:53 >> Millie, there's something happening.
00:03:54 There's more.
00:03:54 >> Wait, what is that?
00:03:57 Why are we spiking in the Philippines?
00:04:00 >> We initially saw movement at the fault line
00:04:02 at the Mariana Point here, PC.
00:04:04 >> Wait, no, this doesn't make any sense.
00:04:06 How is the first recorded reading so large?
00:04:08 We haven't picked up any foreshocks
00:04:09 that would indicate an earthquake of this size is coming.
00:04:11 >> Nothing leading up to this.
00:04:12 >> What was the magnitude when it first hit?
00:04:15 >> Initially, it hit a 3.4 in the Richter,
00:04:18 nothing out of the ordinary.
00:04:19 Then it dropped and we had some smaller activities.
00:04:21 Then it picked up a 6.1, then a 7.3, and then an 8.
00:04:25 If this creeps increasing --
00:04:27 >> An 8?
00:04:27 >> Yes.
00:04:28 >> Are you sure these are accurate?
00:04:31 >> Yeah.
00:04:31 >> We got to go.
00:04:33 >> Yeah, we got to go.
00:04:35 >> Yeah, we triple checked for any and all anomalies.
00:04:38 >> Once it hit a 7.3, it started jumping around again.
00:04:41 I haven't figured out a pattern yet,
00:04:43 but the readings are steadily climbing.
00:04:44 We're lucky it didn't hit near land.
00:04:46 Guam and the Mariana Islands are on tsunami watch now.
00:04:49 >> Peter, the largest recorded earthquake is a 9.5,
00:04:52 and you're saying this started at an 8 and is still climbing.
00:04:55 I mean, in theory, we could pass a 9.5, but not in our lifetime.
00:05:01 The fault lines don't shift that fast.
00:05:03 At least they shouldn't.
00:05:04 >> I know, I know.
00:05:05 Also, the DHS and FEMA have been both requesting minute
00:05:08 to minute projections on evacuation contingencies.
00:05:10 >> One second.
00:05:11 This just happened.
00:05:11 How are the quakes all along the Ring of Fire already so large?
00:05:14 >> I'm not sure that that's why we need you.
00:05:16 >> You picked up only one initial amplitude.
00:05:21 How did one earthquake hit all of these places?
00:05:24 They're 2,000 miles apart.
00:05:26 Now, this is too big to be an earthquake.
00:05:29 This is more like an explosion.
00:05:31 >> Yeah, that's what the news is saying.
00:05:32 At first, they thought an oil rig exploded
00:05:33 and caused chain reaction.
00:05:35 Now, they're saying it's something bigger.
00:05:37 A firm hired to clean up nuclear weapons somehow started
00:05:40 these earthquakes.
00:05:40 >> Nuclear weapons.
00:05:42 >> Old nuclear, like World War II and the Challenger Deep.
00:05:45 Their operation disturbed the Pacific, the Philippines,
00:05:48 and the Australian plate lines and triggered a massive
00:05:51 earthquake.
00:05:51 The motion from the convergent plates caused the waste
00:05:55 to go directly up into Earth's upper mantle.
00:05:57 This explosion caused these quakes.
00:06:00 >> The Bikini Atoll test.
00:06:03 [ Phone Ringing ]
00:06:06 >> Hi, sweetheart.
00:06:07 I'm just calling.
00:06:08 >> Josh, listen.
00:06:08 We picked up very large, regular readings,
00:06:11 and there are earthquakes all along the Ring of Fire.
00:06:13 [ Explosion ]
00:06:18 >> Go, go, go!
00:06:20 [ Explosion ]
00:06:33 >> Millie? Millie?
00:06:34 You okay?
00:06:34 >> Yeah, yeah. I'm here.
00:06:35 >> What is it?
00:06:36 What's going on?
00:06:36 >> I'm not sure yet.
00:06:37 It's caught us completely off guard.
00:06:38 There's large plate movement in Asia,
00:06:39 and all along the Ring of Fire.
00:06:40 We need to figure out an interval time, and we need to get
00:06:42 in contact with Sophie.
00:06:43 >> Just keep doing what you're doing, and I'll call her.
00:06:44 I think her flight's still in the air.
00:06:45 I'll let you know the second I have an update.
00:06:46 I love you.
00:06:46 >> I love you, too.
00:06:47 >> Thank you.
00:06:47 >> Peter, do you have the projection board?
00:06:49 >> I do.
00:06:49 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:06:50 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:06:50 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:06:51 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:16 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:17 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:18 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:19 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:20 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:21 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:22 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:23 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:24 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:25 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:26 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:27 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:28 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:29 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:30 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:31 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:32 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:33 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:34 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:35 >> I'm going to call you back.
00:07:36 >> In 72 hours, the eastern side of the Pacific plate will have the same tectonic shift.
00:07:41 >> The entire west coast of the U.S. and the knock-on effect would include Central America,
00:07:46 all experiencing earthquakes turning in at 8.0.
00:07:50 >> It's working its way around the Pacific Rim towards us.
00:07:53 When it gets here, the destruction would be...
00:07:57 >> Unfathomable.
00:07:59 [ Cellphone ringing ]
00:08:00 >> All right.
00:08:01 Peter, I have to take this.
00:08:02 Call Gail at FEMA.
00:08:03 Make sure she's up to speed on everything and make sure they have the latest projections.
00:08:07 [ Cellphone ringing ]
00:08:09 [ Engine revving ]
00:08:12 >> Mom?
00:08:13 >> Sweetheart.
00:08:14 >> Forget about baggage claim.
00:08:15 >> Mom, we're still in the air.
00:08:17 We're being diverted to another airport, but it hasn't been allocated yet.
00:08:21 >> What did the crew say?
00:08:23 >> The captain made an announcement about some earthquake in Seattle
00:08:27 and then that we were waiting for an alternate runway.
00:08:30 What's going on?
00:08:32 >> Sophie, there was an earthquake, and the runways are most likely damaged or full of grounded planes.
00:08:38 >> Stay calm and just do what they tell you, okay?
00:08:42 >> Excuse me, miss.
00:08:43 We ask that you refrain from using mobile devices while we're circling.
00:08:46 Thank you.
00:08:47 >> Sorry.
00:08:48 I'm on the phone with my mom.
00:08:49 >> Just tell your mom that you love her and be off by the time I come back around.
00:08:53 >> No, but I --
00:08:54 >> Hey, just listen to what the crew says.
00:08:56 Please call us as soon as you've landed, and your dad will come and pick you up.
00:09:01 You need to have as much battery power as you can, and if you see any water bottles, put them in your bag, okay?
00:09:07 >> Okay, Mom.
00:09:09 I love you.
00:09:10 >> I love you, too.
00:09:12 [ Music ]
00:09:23 >> Call for hydraulics.
00:09:25 [ Music ]
00:09:52 >> Major Anderson, leave TCB and head up the aircraft SAR.
00:09:55 Over.
00:09:56 >> Copy that, sir.
00:09:57 I'll let my team know.
00:09:58 Sergeant.
00:09:59 >> Sir.
00:10:00 >> I've asked to head up the search and rescue teams for the downed aircraft.
00:10:02 They've given me the go-ahead.
00:10:03 >> Understood, sir.
00:10:04 >> I'm going to call air traffic control, find out where those airplanes are hitting the concrete.
00:10:07 >> Roger that, sir.
00:10:10 [ Phone ringing ]
00:10:11 >> I got it.
00:10:12 I got it.
00:10:13 Yeah, this is --
00:10:14 [ Phone ringing ]
00:10:17 Yeah, hold.
00:10:21 This is the White House for you.
00:10:28 >> Hello, this is Dr. Anderson at the NEIC.
00:10:31 >> Dr. Anderson, I'm General West, director of the National Security Agency.
00:10:35 >> Yes, General, I know who you are.
00:10:37 >> Okay, good.
00:10:38 I'm sure your office is at threat level red.
00:10:40 That's why I'm calling.
00:10:42 I know your brother, Dresden Anderson.
00:10:44 I need his help, but I no longer have his contact info.
00:10:48 >> Neither do I.
00:10:50 >> General --
00:10:51 >> But he quit.
00:10:52 He went off the grid.
00:10:53 I need you to find him immediately.
00:10:55 >> You're the NSA.
00:10:57 Why do you need my help?
00:10:59 >> Doctor, is this line secure?
00:11:01 >> No.
00:11:02 >> You have three days to get him to contact me.
00:11:05 >> And what should I say?
00:11:07 >> Mention "Star Wars."
00:11:11 >> "Star Wars."
00:11:14 >> "Star Wars" like the movie?
00:11:16 >> No, Peter.
00:11:19 "Star Wars" was a weapons initiative started in the '80s.
00:11:26 >> So your brother worked for the government?
00:11:28 >> He was a scientist and then became a weapons technician.
00:11:33 They revisited the project a few years ago, and then he got fired.
00:11:38 And then he just sort of disappeared.
00:11:43 >> And then what happened?
00:11:45 >> Musk was really his only passion, and it kind of broke him.
00:11:49 He never recovered.
00:11:51 He started to isolate, cut off ties from people.
00:11:56 I tried to get him to explain what happened, but he wouldn't.
00:12:01 >> But when you -- when you're talking about your brother --
00:12:03 >> Peter, just stop.
00:12:08 >> Einstein was trapped in the paranoia of Ted Kaczynski with the ego of Elon Musk.
00:12:15 Yeah, that's my brother.
00:12:17 I still miss him.
00:12:19 I still love him.
00:12:21 And he's brilliant.
00:12:24 >> Leave a message.
00:12:25 Maybe I'll call you back.
00:12:29 >> Dresden, it's Millie, your ex-boss, I guess, just called.
00:12:36 Look, I don't know what you did this time, but everyone's looking for you.
00:12:41 All right, you don't have to call me back, but if you could call back the general.
00:12:45 He said to mention Star Wars and that you have three days.
00:12:59 >> Ladies and gentlemen, we were allocated a runway, but the volume of planes extended the clearing process,
00:13:04 and it's cost us a lot of fuel.
00:13:07 We have to make an emergency landing on the closest and safest stretch of land.
00:13:14 Remain seated with your seatbelts fastened.
00:13:16 Flight crew, take your seats and prepare for an emergency landing.
00:13:25 >> If we follow the same patterns as Japan and Australia, the quakes will continue to grow.
00:13:30 We can't keep up.
00:13:31 We won't have time to get everyone out, especially with the runways already damaged.
00:13:35 The knock on effect, we can't fully measure, like island arc volcano subduction zone plates.
00:13:41 What if we try and divert some of the energy along the plate lines?
00:13:44 >> It would cause a bigger problem.
00:13:46 Look up the coast.
00:13:48 The neighboring plates contain the Cascadia subduction zone.
00:13:51 The Pacific Northwest has been due a magnitude of nine for over 75 years.
00:13:57 It's only a matter of time.
00:14:03 >> Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to make contact.
00:14:05 Get into the brace position now.
00:14:08 [ Explosion ]
00:14:25 [ Indistinct conversations ]
00:14:54 >> This is 7.1.
00:14:56 The first was 6.3.
00:14:58 The plates are moving so fast, it's not giving off the usual warning signs, so we're not picking up readings until it's too late.
00:15:04 >> Clearly you haven't been analyzing the information correctly.
00:15:07 >> Dresden, how did you get in?
00:15:12 >> That's your first question.
00:15:14 No wonder you haven't figured this out.
00:15:18 I'm going to need to see everything you guys got.
00:15:20 >> Dresden, hi.
00:15:22 >> Dresden, it's nice to meet you.
00:15:24 I just want you to buy it.
00:15:28 >> So I just called.
00:15:30 I didn't expect you to show up.
00:15:33 >> You think I needed a phone call?
00:15:35 You know that you needed my help?
00:15:37 I knew you were in over your head.
00:15:39 The moment those quakes started, I was on my way.
00:15:42 So let's get to work.
00:15:46 >> Everybody, please remain calm.
00:15:48 If you are able to move, please slowly make your way to our member of cabin staff in the emergency exit area.
00:15:54 >> If you are able to move, please make your way slowly to the back of the plane.
00:15:58 If you are injured, stay put, and I'm going to come around with a first aid kit.
00:16:03 Are you okay, sir?
00:16:08 >> Sophie?
00:16:10 Sophie, are you all right?
00:16:11 >> I'm alive.
00:16:12 I'm still in the plane, but we crashed.
00:16:14 >> Sweetie, you're alive, and that's all that matters.
00:16:17 >> Listen to me.
00:16:18 You need to get off that plane as soon as possible.
00:16:21 You're not safe.
00:16:23 Where are you?
00:16:24 >> Um, I think we're in discovery park.
00:16:28 I think I see the fort lot and chapel.
00:16:30 I'll send you my location.
00:16:39 >> What was that?
00:16:40 >> I don't know.
00:16:41 It feels like we're on the edge of a cliff or something.
00:16:44 >> Come on!
00:16:47 Get to the back of the plane!
00:16:50 Help!
00:16:51 >> Sophie?
00:16:52 Sophie, your dad is coming for you.
00:16:54 Sophie!
00:16:59 >> Josh?
00:17:01 Joshua?
00:17:02 >> I'm on my way.
00:17:03 I have the coordinates for the plane.
00:17:05 They landed in discovery park.
00:17:06 >> And they landed.
00:17:07 And she's still alive.
00:17:09 But they are sitting ducks until the next quake hits.
00:17:12 >> I'll find her.
00:17:13 >> Speak to her soon.
00:17:22 >> Josh?
00:17:24 Joshua?
00:17:25 >> The lines are down.
00:17:27 Cell towers can't take the frequencies of these quakes.
00:17:30 How much time do we have?
00:17:32 >> 70 hours to get back to west coast and central America before it's swallowed.
00:17:41 >> Come on, open the doors.
00:17:43 >> The front door, it's jammed.
00:17:44 I can't open it.
00:17:45 >> Do you think if I smash one of these windows that we can fit through it?
00:17:49 >> Maybe you can fit through, but we're going to need about 5,000 pounds of force to break it open.
00:17:55 >> All right, next option.
00:17:57 >> Oh, my god!
00:18:02 >> Hold on, it's another one!
00:18:04 >> Captain, you need to leave the radio and get out now!
00:18:07 The ground is opening!
00:18:08 >> I need to try every frequency.
00:18:10 >> You don't have time!
00:18:11 The plane is about to separate!
00:18:19 >> It's settling.
00:18:22 >> Are you all right?
00:18:24 >> I'll be fine.
00:18:26 I think I broke my arm.
00:18:29 >> Are you okay?
00:18:30 Are you hurt?
00:18:31 I think I'm doing okay.
00:18:32 Good.
00:18:33 Are you willing and able to help me?
00:18:37 >> Sure.
00:18:38 >> I took a few courses of first aid and CPR in high school.
00:18:41 >> Great, that's great.
00:18:42 Then you can help me with the rest of the passengers then.
00:18:44 >> Okay.
00:18:46 >> We need to get off this plane before another earthquake swallows us.
00:18:49 There's a ladder in the rear.
00:18:51 We can use that, okay?
00:18:53 >> Are there no other flight attendants?
00:18:54 I don't know.
00:18:55 >> It's a small plane.
00:18:57 >> Hey, everyone, we are going to be performing an emergency aircraft evacuation.
00:19:02 I need your complete and utter cooperation and listen to me, okay?
00:19:07 I'm going to leave you in the hands of --
00:19:10 >> Sophie.
00:19:11 >> Sophie.
00:19:12 She is going to help you while I gather the emergency equipment.
00:19:16 We need to organize ourselves so that the injured passengers get off the plane first.
00:19:21 If we stay calm, we can get through this quickly and safely together.
00:19:24 Thank you.
00:19:29 >> Okay, everyone.
00:19:32 What would you do, mom?
00:19:34 >> Ladies and gentlemen, if we want to live, we need to start listening, okay?
00:19:39 We need to get off of this plane before another earthquake hits,
00:19:42 and the only way we do that is if we work together.
00:19:45 We're going to throw a roof ladder at the back exit and get off the plane.
00:19:48 No rushing.
00:19:49 Please and thank you.
00:19:51 [Rumbling]
00:20:10 >> The quakes have reached South America and are heading our way.
00:20:12 How can we slow the tectonic plates?
00:20:15 >> Let me show you, okay?
00:20:19 Okay, listen up.
00:20:23 Just imagine this is a plate.
00:20:26 When the plate starts to move with so much force, the neighboring plates have to move.
00:20:33 And then the momentum is so great, they won't stop.
00:20:36 They can't stop on their own.
00:20:38 So what we need is a force so strong that it will counteract it.
00:20:43 Simple enough?
00:20:45 >> Yes, a plate shift in the opposite direction.
00:20:48 >> Let's have the tracking software generate the precise impact location for the energy surge
00:20:52 that will neutralize the plate's momentum.
00:20:56 >> Okay, I've never used a program to such a degree, but in theory I suppose it could work.
00:21:01 I mean, I'd have to input some--
00:21:03 >> Are you still in school?
00:21:06 Just do it and save those coordinates.
00:21:08 >> Dresden, come with me now.
00:21:20 We all know how smart you are, and we are oh so very grateful that the mighty Dresden has graced us--
00:21:27 >> You don't seem to understand.
00:21:29 >> No, for once, you don't understand.
00:21:31 This is what we do here, day in and day out.
00:21:34 And it might not run the way that you like it to, but this is the way I run things.
00:21:39 This is my world, just the way you have yours.
00:21:41 >> Millie, it's not about that.
00:21:43 >> No.
00:21:45 You might not understand this, but I actually like and care about the people I work with.
00:21:51 I'm pretty sure they feel the same way about me.
00:21:54 And that kid in there, he might be a nobody to you,
00:21:59 but he has chosen to stay here and help us in the best way he can.
00:22:03 Even though he has friends and family back home that need him.
00:22:06 And he knows in the back of his head there is a very good chance he will never see them again.
00:22:15 Is any of this getting through to you?
00:22:20 Good.
00:22:21 So let's try this again.
00:22:28 >> Now.
00:22:29 >> I'm actually still curious about the Star Wars reference.
00:22:35 >> Well, that you are, Peter.
00:22:39 So the Star Wars project, a.k.a. Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative,
00:22:45 Cold War tech that would generate an outer space base shield that would render nuclear missiles obsolete.
00:22:53 The project was dismantled four years later in '87.
00:22:56 At least that's what they told the public.
00:22:59 But in fact, the missiles, the lasers, the particle beam weapons still exist.
00:23:04 They've been up there the whole time.
00:23:06 Just adding to the ever increasing list of space junk.
00:23:11 >> I'm confused.
00:23:12 How does this help?
00:23:13 >> Four years ago, the last administration signed the National Defense Authorization Act
00:23:19 where they started to carry out maintenance and making it operational.
00:23:24 If we focus the laser on the plate's eastern edge, it actually might be enough to halt it.
00:23:34 >> Then let's do it.
00:23:37 >> We can't.
00:23:38 If our enemies knew that Star Wars exists, they could use it to destroy the world.
00:23:46 >> Justin, the world is going to end regardless.
00:23:50 If Star Wars is the only way to stop the plate, then so be it.
00:23:55 >> There's got to be a better way.
00:23:57 >> We don't have time.
00:23:58 Every minute we are wasting millions, billions of lives around the line.
00:24:02 >> I don't think we have any better ideas.
00:24:04 >> Nobody asked you.
00:24:07 >> Then do you have any better ideas?
00:24:10 One single better idea that we can implement in time?
00:24:15 >> No, I don't.
00:24:17 >> You know what?
00:24:20 Let's implement Star Wars.
00:24:22 >> Thank you.
00:24:24 >> Don't thank me yet.
00:24:29 >> I don't get why the phone lines are still down.
00:24:31 The backup satellite should have kicked in by now.
00:24:34 We need a way to contact Washington.
00:24:37 >> We could just sit around and wait.
00:24:39 >> You're on thin ice right now.
00:24:42 Do you have any better ideas?
00:24:44 >> Yes.
00:24:45 I have a friend that works for the NSC.
00:24:47 Her office is close by.
00:24:49 She went to college with her.
00:24:51 She worked on the project the first time around.
00:24:53 She'll have a working line for Washington.
00:24:56 >> We're not going to drive all the way across town.
00:25:07 >> The parking lot is this way.
00:25:25 >> Think I parked in there?
00:25:34 >> Come on, let's go.
00:25:41 Yep.
00:25:42 This is it.
00:25:49 Come on.
00:25:51 It always does this.
00:25:53 Just give it a second.
00:25:55 Come on.
00:25:56 Come on.
00:25:57 There we go.
00:25:58 I told you.
00:25:59 >> Hey.
00:26:01 >> Let's get out of here.
00:26:04 >> Let's go.
00:26:19 >> So this friend at the NSC.
00:26:22 >> Dr. Diane Wright.
00:26:24 >> Do you think she'll still be there?
00:26:26 >> We're still working, aren't we?
00:26:28 >> She'll be there.
00:26:30 It's her life.
00:26:32 She puts everything into her work.
00:26:36 >> Only if the government would have actually listened to her.
00:26:51 >> Sir, I've loaded the coordinates.
00:26:53 It's basically a straight shot from there.
00:26:55 >> All units, let's move to closed column.
00:26:57 Keep the speed under 25 and a unit gap of no more than 50 meters.
00:27:00 Over.
00:27:18 >> There's no way around that.
00:27:19 We're completely blocked.
00:27:21 >> How far are we from the plane?
00:27:23 >> Not far.
00:27:24 15, 20 minutes tops.
00:27:26 >> One foot will be over an hour.
00:27:28 >> We don't have that kind of time.
00:27:29 >> We're out of other options, sir.
00:27:31 >> No, we can't get out of the vehicle.
00:27:33 These people need food and water.
00:27:34 We can't carry all the supplies, let alone the medical equipment.
00:27:36 There's got to be another way.
00:27:39 >> What about the long way around?
00:27:41 Wait, isn't there a cemetery?
00:27:45 >> Yes.
00:27:46 Right behind these buildings.
00:27:48 You're right.
00:27:50 >> All right, listen, there was a gate about a half a mile back.
00:27:53 If we get enough speed, we can probably break right through it.
00:27:56 We can avoid all this rubble.
00:27:59 >> Copy, sergeant.
00:28:04 >> Please be there, Sophie.
00:28:23 >> It's already so bad.
00:28:25 It's only going to get worse if we don't get it together.
00:28:50 >> Of course we have a dedicated uplink.
00:28:53 >> It was safe to say I never expected to utilize the SDI.
00:28:58 From what you're saying, it seems that this is our only choice.
00:29:05 General West, this is Dr. Diane Wright at the Seattle coms.
00:29:09 >> I know who you are, doctor.
00:29:11 Now, if I'm speaking to you, I'm assuming that Dresden is --
00:29:13 >> Yeah, I'm here.
00:29:15 Not very happy, though.
00:29:17 But you can thank my sister, Millie.
00:29:20 I'm sure your sister told you why I needed to speak with you.
00:29:23 >> Yeah, you need my help.
00:29:25 >> Before you say anything else, I want you to know that I'm willing to forget the past.
00:29:29 If you help us now, we make it through.
00:29:31 There will be no ramifications.
00:29:33 >> What did he do?
00:29:35 >> Walked out with the access and the firing codes to the weapon that he's decided to use now.
00:29:40 No country should have that much power.
00:29:43 >> Dresden, that's confidential.
00:29:45 >> I had to to save the world.
00:29:47 >> Well, that's what we're about to do now.
00:29:49 >> Exactly.
00:29:50 Which is why we need you to bring it online.
00:29:53 Our current engineering team can barely navigate the archaic operating system,
00:29:57 not to mention the firewalls you put in.
00:30:00 Now, Dr. Wright, I understand you're familiar with this system.
00:30:04 >> More or less, sir.
00:30:05 Although I was never made aware that the weapons that Dresden and I were working on were ever being made operational.
00:30:11 >> They haven't. That's why I'm talking to you.
00:30:13 I need the original engineering team.
00:30:16 So far, our calculations have been all hypothetical.
00:30:20 There has been no way to test the system and no room for error.
00:30:24 >> Sir, have you seen the latest plate projections?
00:30:26 Do you want me to run over the data one more time?
00:30:28 >> Doctor, I respect your expertise, but my job is to make the hard decisions.
00:30:34 Now, Dr. Wright, how quickly can you get the system up and running?
00:30:38 >> It's actually up and running.
00:30:39 It's a little clunky, though.
00:30:40 I think your engineers kind of screwed this thing up.
00:30:44 >> I need you to sign in to the weapons interface.
00:30:47 Validate initiation with your SWP code.
00:30:51 >> Entered.
00:30:53 >> Wait, who has the coordinate?
00:30:55 >> I have them.
00:30:56 >> And once the general enters his SWP code and activates initiation,
00:30:59 I can plug him in with server ID and we can gain access to him.
00:31:02 >> Okay. >> Good.
00:31:04 [ Music ]
00:31:18 >> Captain?
00:31:20 Arthur, can you hear me?
00:31:22 [ Music ]
00:31:28 >> Be careful.
00:31:30 [ Music ]
00:31:37 >> Okay, guys, there are three points we need to target,
00:31:40 each at least 300 miles off the coast, way out past the continental shelf.
00:31:45 Okay, the northernmost point is in the Gulf of Alaska.
00:31:48 We have 51, 43, 33 north, 138, 114 west.
00:31:54 The second point halfway down the plate is 522, 21 north.
00:31:59 We have 116, 48, 42 west, and the third perpendicular to South America is 22, 24 south, 114, 925 west.
00:32:09 >> And you need to set your angle of entry.
00:32:11 >> Right, give me a second to calculate that.
00:32:13 >> Aim all the lasers so each target will hit it with an equal force at an angle of 42.7 degrees.
00:32:21 If not, we won't generate enough power,
00:32:24 we're going to send these plates moving in different directions altogether.
00:32:29 >> Yeah.
00:32:30 >> Okay, well, if I have the go-ahead.
00:32:37 >> See you on the other side.
00:32:40 Fire.
00:32:42 >> Fire.
00:32:44 [ Beeping ]
00:32:54 >> Come on, come on.
00:32:55 >> Oh, please.
00:32:57 [ Music ]
00:33:04 >> No, no, only two hit.
00:33:05 Something's wrong.
00:33:06 One of the lasers died.
00:33:07 It's not firing.
00:33:08 >> That's interesting.
00:33:09 It barely made a scratch.
00:33:11 >> It doesn't have enough power.
00:33:18 >> The quake is working its way up the west coast.
00:33:20 Mexico just got hit.
00:33:22 >> Just fire again.
00:33:23 >> No, no, I can't.
00:33:24 >> What do you mean you can't?
00:33:25 >> They're overheating and shutting down.
00:33:27 I need to run diagnostics to find out why.
00:33:29 >> This was a long shot to begin with.
00:33:31 There was always a chance it wasn't going to work.
00:33:33 Let's cut our losses and ramp up the evacuations.
00:33:37 >> So that's it?
00:33:38 That was just an exercise for the U.S. government?
00:33:41 >> No.
00:33:42 Wait, what's the angle of entry?
00:33:44 >> I set it to 42.7 degrees.
00:33:46 Like you said, the trajectory must be off.
00:33:49 >> No, the trajectory is not off.
00:33:53 Now, wait a minute.
00:33:55 The software wasn't able to fully account for the axis shift.
00:34:00 >> Axis shift?
00:34:03 >> That sounds right, sir.
00:34:05 >> Over the past decade, we've pumped so much groundwater that it's actually altered the axis of the earth.
00:34:10 One or two inches a year, which might not seem like a lot, but the way these algorithms calculate the projection,
00:34:17 the slightest discrepancy can throw the results into a spin.
00:34:21 >> Can't we just recalculate and fire again?
00:34:23 >> No, but we can use the functional lasers and modify the angle of entry to compensate.
00:34:30 >> The angle of entry is proportional to the power at the target.
00:34:34 So we lost one-third of power, so we're going to need to reduce the angle of entry to 30 degrees to make up for the loss.
00:34:43 >> Okay, let's adjust and try again.
00:34:48 >> Okay, I am adjusting now.
00:34:52 >> Oh, no.
00:34:54 >> It's down.
00:34:55 It's down.
00:34:56 Down on it.
00:34:57 Down on it.
00:35:03 >> Come on.
00:35:05 >> Go, go!
00:35:09 >> There's a military bunker.
00:35:10 It's not far from here.
00:35:12 That's where everyone from this building was sent.
00:35:15 It wouldn't be on any map.
00:35:17 You wouldn't know about it, but it's there.
00:35:19 They have a secure connection.
00:35:22 You have the coordinates, right, Peter?
00:35:24 >> Yeah.
00:35:25 >> Okay, that's your best bet.
00:35:26 You guys have to move.
00:35:27 Move before this building crumbles, okay?
00:35:29 >> Hey, you're not coming with us?
00:35:30 >> No.
00:35:32 No, this is where we part ways.
00:35:33 I have to be with my family.
00:35:35 You don't need another body.
00:35:38 Let's be honest.
00:35:39 You're smart enough for two of us.
00:35:40 We both know it.
00:35:43 Look, I'm sorry.
00:35:45 I'm sorry I didn't do more to help you out when you were let go, Dresden.
00:35:48 I put my job and my work over our friendship, and I'd be lying to say if it hadn't bothered me every day since you disappeared.
00:36:00 [sniffles]
00:36:03 Thank you, Diane.
00:36:06 You really get to know a lot about people by their actions.
00:36:12 And your actions have been very clear.
00:36:15 And for your own peace of mind, I'm gonna let you give me your I.D. with access.
00:36:22 And then what do you say?
00:36:24 Call it even?
00:36:26 [sighs]
00:36:30 Thank you.
00:36:32 It's my pleasure.
00:36:34 Stay safe.
00:36:37 Okay.
00:36:39 How long do we have before these earthquakes wipe us out?
00:36:43 65 hours.
00:36:45 65 hours?
00:36:48 Good luck.
00:36:50 [♪♪♪]
00:37:00 [♪♪♪]
00:37:10 [explosion]
00:37:12 Hang on! Hang on!
00:37:14 [explosion]
00:37:16 [explosion]
00:37:26 Sophie, are you okay?
00:37:28 I'm here. I'm alive.
00:37:31 Okay. Get down as fast as you can.
00:37:33 The plane can fall at any moment.
00:37:36 Come on. Around. Away from the plane.
00:37:40 That's it. Hurry.
00:37:43 Come on. Away from the plane.
00:37:46 [explosion]
00:37:58 Your daughter is gonna be okay.
00:38:01 Your niece?
00:38:03 Yeah.
00:38:06 I don't think we can drive any further.
00:38:09 [♪♪♪]
00:38:17 The grid is down and the Bunkers are only hoped to get back online.
00:38:20 So this is where we walk.
00:38:23 We're still a few miles out.
00:38:26 This is the only road to the Bunker.
00:38:28 You know, we can't turn around.
00:38:30 And the more we sit here and discuss it,
00:38:32 we're just getting closer to the next quake.
00:38:35 Agreed. So let's go.
00:38:37 Peter, grab everything we need out of the van.
00:38:39 We're not coming back.
00:38:41 [♪♪♪]
00:38:54 Got it. Uh, this way.
00:38:57 [♪♪♪]
00:39:05 This way.
00:39:07 [♪♪♪]
00:39:13 Gotta make sure the angle of entry is correct.
00:39:15 This needs to work next time.
00:39:17 Those two aren't gonna figure this out.
00:39:19 Hurry up.
00:39:21 Come on. What are you doing?
00:39:23 I gotta use the bathroom.
00:39:27 You can go anywhere.
00:39:30 Certain things I don't do.
00:39:34 You gotta be kidding me.
00:39:37 [♪♪♪]
00:39:43 You guys wait here. I'm gonna go over there.
00:39:47 [♪♪♪]
00:39:52 He's so strange.
00:39:55 [♪♪♪]
00:40:00 [♪♪♪]
00:40:06 Dresden!
00:40:08 [♪♪♪]
00:40:14 Dresden!
00:40:16 Dresden!
00:40:18 You got it? Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:20 [♪♪♪]
00:40:24 Dresden!
00:40:26 Dresden!
00:40:28 [♪♪♪]
00:40:44 Can we go?
00:40:46 Oh, my God!
00:40:48 Don't ever do that again!
00:40:51 [♪♪♪]
00:40:53 Come on. What can I do?
00:40:55 [♪♪♪]
00:41:02 Better than dealing with the roads, huh?
00:41:04 Yeah. We lost some time, but not too much.
00:41:06 We should be up on the edge of the park soon.
00:41:08 Once we get past the bank up here,
00:41:10 we should be at the outside perimeter.
00:41:12 The plane's on the other side of those trees.
00:41:14 There's a fence over there, but we can figure it out.
00:41:16 That's great. We're coming in further south.
00:41:18 We're gonna have to drive a little bit northeast of the plane.
00:41:21 Good job, Richmond.
00:41:23 Thank you, sir.
00:41:25 [♪♪♪]
00:41:27 Okay.
00:41:29 All right.
00:41:31 [♪♪♪]
00:41:33 Come on.
00:41:35 [♪♪♪]
00:41:41 [♪♪♪]
00:41:50 Hi. How you doing?
00:41:53 I'm Dresden Anderson.
00:41:55 I'm with the National Security Council, Disaster Division.
00:41:59 I got orders from General West. D.C.?
00:42:02 [♪♪♪]
00:42:06 This is my sister, Dr. Millie Anderson,
00:42:09 and her colleague, Peter.
00:42:12 They're seismologists from NEIC.
00:42:16 Look, we just need to get through.
00:42:20 We lost their central control tower.
00:42:23 We need a secure Internet connection.
00:42:25 We need to log back in to the NSA server.
00:42:28 Please, just let us through.
00:42:31 [♪♪♪]
00:42:33 Look, I know how this sounds,
00:42:36 but we're part of a weapons operation
00:42:39 to stop plate movement, to avoid global devastation.
00:42:44 So maybe you could talk to a superior,
00:42:46 or maybe give someone our names,
00:42:49 or something you can do.
00:42:53 [♪♪♪]
00:42:58 It's okay. We got hit, too.
00:43:00 We're moving to a secure location.
00:43:02 You can jump in one of the vans out back.
00:43:04 Thank you. I guess our reputation besieges us.
00:43:08 Let's go.
00:43:10 [♪♪♪]
00:43:14 Solo service.
00:43:16 [♪♪♪]
00:43:18 There's no way I could have gotten everyone off that plane without you.
00:43:21 Thank you.
00:43:23 I grew up with my father in the military, and my mother the genius,
00:43:26 so a little bit of that's orient.
00:43:29 Speaking of, my dad is supposed to be coming,
00:43:33 but I don't see anybody getting to us here.
00:43:35 They're coming, okay?
00:43:37 We just got to hang tight a little longer.
00:43:39 And wait for another earthquake, or for the Earth to open up again.
00:43:43 We might not get so lucky next time, okay?
00:43:45 We need to be realistic.
00:43:48 We need to find a safe place to stay tonight.
00:43:51 We're already running out of food.
00:43:53 And water.
00:43:55 My mom's in the NEIC.
00:44:00 She kind of specializes in this kind of stuff.
00:44:03 But we can't leave him.
00:44:07 I have to stay here with the injured.
00:44:09 Everyone, everyone listen.
00:44:16 We've made it this far, but we need food and water.
00:44:19 And the safest thing we can do is stay here and shelter
00:44:22 while Sophie here goes to get help.
00:44:25 Okay.
00:44:27 I'm going to find a way to charge my phone
00:44:29 and call for a rescue team to come and bring supplies, okay?
00:44:32 Good luck.
00:44:34 And thank you.
00:44:40 Be careful out there.
00:44:57 Yeah.
00:44:59 Peter, are the lasers up and running?
00:45:01 We're running out of time for it to be functional.
00:45:03 I ran the agnostics, but I can't tell what's wrong.
00:45:05 I just need a little more time.
00:45:07 Can you get us on the USGS server?
00:45:09 Yeah, I can get us in here.
00:45:11 We need to focus on where the crust is weaker.
00:45:14 The plate will have been loosened already.
00:45:16 Let's keep that as a backup
00:45:18 if we can't get the lasers up and functional.
00:45:21 Okay.
00:45:25 Okay, this will need dressing.
00:45:27 Good to see you, man.
00:45:29 Who's in charge here?
00:45:30 That would be me.
00:45:32 After we landed, we were hit badly by the earthquakes.
00:45:34 We lost the pilot and some passengers.
00:45:36 Okay, we have food and water.
00:45:38 Is this everyone on Flight 384?
00:45:40 Yes.
00:45:42 My daughter was on this flight.
00:45:43 Is it Sophie?
00:45:44 Yes. Where is she?
00:45:46 She's alive, but she left.
00:45:48 She said you might be coming,
00:45:50 but wasn't sure how long you'd be with all the chaos.
00:45:52 Where is she? I need to find her.
00:45:54 She went in that direction.
00:45:56 Okay. My men are going to help you.
00:45:58 We're bringing in more vehicles to come get you.
00:46:00 Thank you.
00:46:01 In the meantime, help everybody you can, all right?
00:46:03 All right. Thank you so much.
00:46:05 Richards.
00:46:09 Yes, sir.
00:46:10 Sophie's not here, but I have a good idea where she went.
00:46:12 I have to go find her.
00:46:13 I understand, sir.
00:46:15 Jacobs and I will unpack everything.
00:46:17 Find your daughter. Take care of the rest.
00:46:19 Appreciate you.
00:46:20 Call base. Get some more men brought up here, okay?
00:46:23 Yes, sir.
00:46:24 Okay. I've got the USGS site up.
00:46:31 Any new updates, or at least anything new since we lost service?
00:46:34 Oh, it looks like our data was correct.
00:46:36 The earthquakes are already devastating, and they're only getting bigger.
00:46:39 Even the Iceland, Greenland, West Coast, the Bureau,
00:46:41 are taking earthquake damage now.
00:46:43 Okay. We need to work faster.
00:46:45 Peter, get into the NSA servers and initiate the program.
00:46:49 We don't have time to troubleshoot the offline weapons.
00:46:51 Log into the USGS and start pinpointing the weaker areas of the Earth's crust.
00:46:55 You sure this is going to work with only a few operating lasers?
00:47:00 It might. I mean, it's a calculated risk, but I mean,
00:47:03 I think we are working a little on the fly here.
00:47:07 We have no other choice.
00:47:10 Okay. The oceanic, basaltic areas are going to be our best bet because they're thinner.
00:47:15 We could try the East Pacific Rise.
00:47:18 Smart. New crust is continually being formed as magma rises.
00:47:24 Okay. Get the coordinates for specific rock formations along the ridge.
00:47:29 It's a mid-ocean ridge system.
00:47:32 The Earth's crust is younger and more fragile here.
00:47:34 It's on the eastern side of the plate, not far from the original coordinates.
00:47:38 Okay. Let's do it.
00:47:40 Okay.
00:47:44 [radio chatter]
00:47:49 Sophie!
00:47:51 Sophie!
00:47:54 Sophie!
00:47:57 Sophie!
00:48:07 Sophie!
00:48:12 Where are you?
00:48:14 Peter, watch the temperature and the seismic activity like a hawk when we fire.
00:48:23 As soon as you see dispersion activity from the east side of the plate, pull it back.
00:48:28 Yes, you got it.
00:48:29 And we need the plate movement to slow to the point where it can find its own rhythm again.
00:48:34 It will settle back into the tectonic energy pattern.
00:48:38 I mean, if we create too much heat, we risk giving it opposite energy and end up sending it back.
00:48:44 Which would put us back by the wayside.
00:48:47 Yes.
00:48:48 Of course. The plate boundaries are already so volatile.
00:48:51 If we push back with this much force, the damage would be tenfold.
00:48:57 No, but you're going to do fine.
00:49:01 Yeah. He has to. We don't have a choice.
00:49:04 Thank you, Justin.
00:49:05 Okay. Let's do this.
00:49:07 All right. Initiating lasers. Stand by.
00:49:10 What's going on?
00:49:19 I don't know. I lost connection.
00:49:20 The lasers are not responding.
00:49:21 The software knows I'm operating from a different IP connection and the internal GPS system won't allow them to fire on US territory.
00:49:28 I need to reset the parameters.
00:49:30 Okay. How long is this going to take?
00:49:32 I don't know. They run on very old tech.
00:49:33 Frankenstein and together, our connection is tenuous. I'm trying to overload the system.
00:49:37 Justin, you might need to start preparing for the worst.
00:49:41 We need to override the onboard GPS.
00:49:44 But how?
00:49:46 If I reroute power and send the modules into recovery mode, I may be able to adjust the targeting system manually.
00:49:53 Here comes another one.
00:49:57 Get down.
00:49:58 No, not yet.
00:49:59 Come on.
00:50:01 Okay. Just give me a second.
00:50:03 All right. Lasers are online and locked in. Let's hope this works.
00:50:09 Ready to fire in three, two, one.
00:50:12 The monitor is blank, but the power is still on.
00:50:19 Is it still operational?
00:50:20 Fire it. Fire it now.
00:50:22 Come on. Come on.
00:50:26 [Laser sounds]
00:50:28 It's dropping.
00:50:34 Okay.
00:50:41 Not opened the champagne yet.
00:50:44 Wait, what is it? We lost connection again?
00:50:49 No, we're hitting the target.
00:50:51 It's still not enough heat.
00:50:54 What do you mean by not enough heat?
00:50:56 I don't know why, but the reading suggests that the plate is generating so much of its own movement.
00:51:00 I don't think we can stop it.
00:51:02 Are the rock formations heating up?
00:51:04 Massively, but just not enough to slow the plate significantly.
00:51:09 And you're sure this is at maximum intensity?
00:51:13 Yeah, of course.
00:51:14 Commodore, interval time.
00:51:18 The monitoring software doesn't know how to read multiple earthquakes with multiple magnitudes at once in areas where they normally wouldn't exist together.
00:51:24 It's unprecedented. An impossible scenario until now.
00:51:28 We need to move on. The lasers failed.
00:51:47 Then I guess we really have no other options.
00:51:50 Nothing made at this scale can keep up with the forces of nature.
00:51:55 So what if it's not man-made?
00:51:59 If we can't affect the speed of the plate by doing something to it, perhaps we can slow it down by having it do something to itself.
00:52:11 I don't follow. What do you mean?
00:52:14 Think about the plane crash earlier. How did it reduce its speed?
00:52:19 They have thrust reversers.
00:52:21 That's after it landed.
00:52:22 Okay, and in the air they used drag flaps, spoilers, speed brakes.
00:52:26 Well, then I suppose they could try and drop the weight. They could affect the momentum.
00:52:30 But they can only reduce it within gravity's allowance.
00:52:33 But it still has an effect. They offload everything they can.
00:52:37 So, if we apply it to our model and offload weight, we might not be able to stop the disaster, but we could potentially introduce a slowdown?
00:52:44 Correct. We need to get rid of the weight that's giving the Earth's crust this extra momentum.
00:52:50 No, it's not really a buildup of weight.
00:52:53 It is more of a buildup of pressure at the Earth's core.
00:52:59 Yes, exactly.
00:53:02 Peter, remember the reporter earlier who thought there was an explosion in the sea?
00:53:08 What if we could somehow use those oil rigs off the Pacific to slow down this continental drift?
00:53:16 By offloading gas, pressure, we can buy the world an awesome time.
00:53:21 It would have to happen in multiple locations to have any effect on the entire plate's movement.
00:53:26 Yes, but there are multiple oil rigs all around the Pacific.
00:53:30 And they're already set up and near the fault line.
00:53:33 We could use the oil rigs like volcanoes.
00:53:38 Yes, exactly, and we can actually control them.
00:53:41 Along with the geodestructive bath.
00:53:43 Right. I am thinking more about the gases in the Earth's core.
00:53:47 Like helium 3.
00:53:49 Yes. It'll rise and disperse into the atmosphere. A harmless gas.
00:53:53 We vent pressure from the plate through the well boards on the Pacific plate oil rigs.
00:53:56 Wow. I thought I was the only genius in this family.
00:54:01 The helium 3 is attracted to the heat under the crust.
00:54:07 If we change the pressure and start venting, that gas is going to move with a giant amount of force.
00:54:14 Right. Speed is our friend right now.
00:54:17 Don't we have pumps on those platforms?
00:54:19 I believe so, yes. I'll start researching.
00:54:22 So we use the pumps on the rig that they use for oil as a way of slowing down the helium. Controlling it.
00:54:28 And if that pressure gets too high or when we've offloaded enough?
00:54:32 I don't think these pumps are strong enough on their own.
00:54:34 We need to find a way of slowing it or cooling it down some way.
00:54:37 Hello? Hello?
00:54:49 Miss! Please stop! This is a restricted area!
00:54:53 I'm looking for my father! He's a US Army major. Anderson?
00:54:56 We haven't seen any armed services! Do you need help?
00:55:00 Where can I find power to charge my phone?
00:55:02 There's a school over there! It's the only building still standing with power! But you should wait here! We can go!
00:55:09 There's no time! I've got to go!
00:55:12 Multiple collapsed buildings in traffic. Individuals.
00:55:15 This is Max. Communicator Rescue 2.
00:55:19 Alright. I think the stairway is in the same area. That's where we should focus.
00:55:24 We must be careful. There's a few residents in the building.
00:55:28 Hello?
00:55:41 Hello?
00:55:43 Hello?
00:55:47 Is anybody in there? Hello?
00:55:50 Peter, get into the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
00:56:06 Locate all the Pacific Ocean oil rigs and pull up the inventory supplies list from the last round of inspections.
00:56:13 I'll have their inventories here.
00:56:16 There it is. Find the chemical directory and filter it by the largest quantities.
00:56:20 Copy.
00:56:22 Most of these rigs have large liquid nitrogen reserves. Imagine that's to handle emergencies.
00:56:27 Yeah, that's perfect.
00:56:29 If we pump the nitrogen down the well bore, it will cool the helium on contact and stop it in its tracks.
00:56:34 Then we can pump it back to regular pressure and seal it.
00:56:37 Let's find the rigs closest to the plate boundaries. That's where the helium release will have the most effect.
00:56:42 Yeah, we just have to slow it down enough to stop its momentum. Not too much or we'll be in trouble.
00:56:48 It's risky, but it just might work.
00:56:52 If we can gain some time, it's worth it.
00:56:54 Right. We need to coordinate with multiple rigs. They all need to vent simultaneously.
00:56:58 We want maximum impact. Same goes for when we start slowing down the gas.
00:57:03 It has to be uniform.
00:57:05 And we can use the government satellite's network to coordinate the timing.
00:57:09 I mean, as long as these rigs still have connections,
00:57:14 and with as much as I hate to say it, we're going to need approval and cooperation.
00:57:21 Peter, patch the satellite phone to General West.
00:57:25 This is General West.
00:57:32 General West, this is Dr. Millie Anderson. I have my brother still with me.
00:57:37 We need your help again.
00:57:39 The only option we have left to stop plate movement is to release pressure, and we've calculated a way.
00:57:45 We can vent the built-up plate pressure from the divergent boundaries
00:57:49 using specific oil rigs and the liquid nitrogen on board.
00:57:53 It sounds like a one-in-a-million chance, Doctor.
00:57:56 Well, at the very least, it can slow down the plate's movement and prevent more catastrophic quakes for at least a few more days.
00:58:04 It's the only option we have left.
00:58:06 We need you to sign off on our access to the satellite network and mandate for a master control of the rigs.
00:58:12 We need to reset the schedules for the pump timers and then for the nitrogen release.
00:58:17 Okay, Doctor. I'll get you your clearances. But the rigs have to be in state water, not federal.
00:58:23 I can't get clearance for federal water.
00:58:25 Peter.
00:58:27 Uh, yes, sir?
00:58:29 I'll get you an emergency security clearance, and I'll set you up with the engineering profile in the database.
00:58:34 Then you can get in and do what you need to.
00:58:36 Copy that.
00:58:37 Thank you, General.
00:58:38 Thank you, sir.
00:58:41 [♪♪♪]
00:58:45 [♪♪♪]
00:59:13 [♪♪♪]
00:59:16 Come on, baby. We gotta go.
00:59:23 All right. I've managed to reset the pump systems and synchronize the whale-bear cycles on three rigs off the Washington coast.
00:59:34 How long until we can start extracting the helium-3?
00:59:36 I'm trying to override the wood-with-nitrogen safety protocols, but I'm totally rocked out.
00:59:42 How so?
00:59:43 Putting liquid nitrogen into the whale-bore is usually the last resort.
00:59:46 It's a safety measure if a rig is about to explode or the pipelines are sputtering.
00:59:50 It stops a catastrophic spill and protects the oceanic ecosystem around the rig.
00:59:54 It's not something that's controlled by the oil rigs themselves,
00:59:57 but by the time this protocol will ever come into play, their internal computer systems are completely shut down.
01:00:02 This command has to be sent from an independent signal outside the oil rig's central computer.
01:00:08 Yeah, it's like a government data center.
01:00:10 Usually from a control center positioned along the coast,
01:00:13 so they have a clear communication path and can send a clean frequency.
01:00:16 It needs to be able to send a signal in all directions across the Pacific in real time.
01:00:21 You're right. That's how we're going to have to do it if we want all four rigs to act together and identically.
01:00:27 It's starting to sound like it's not gonna happen.
01:00:30 I've been sending a test frequency to the coastline beacon for platform, Ellen.
01:00:34 It's not responding.
01:00:36 Is there another beacon?
01:00:38 There is another one farther down the coast.
01:00:41 Like I said, this is not common protocol, and this software-only rig was not engineered with earthquakes in mind.
01:00:47 There's a satellite phone here. We could send a frequency with that.
01:00:51 Thank you.
01:00:55 Yes, but we're too low, and we need to be out on the water for a signal path.
01:00:59 I mean, it's risky, but we might not have any other options left.
01:01:03 I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier.
01:01:06 Can you pull up all personnel tracker for active military vehicles in a 50-mile radius?
01:01:12 This isn't all of them, just vehicles that have a satellite phone on board.
01:01:16 All right, perfect.
01:01:19 Zoom in near where Sophie's plane went down.
01:01:21 There's nothing out there. You're just wasting your time.
01:01:24 Check closer to the ocean.
01:01:26 Okay.
01:01:27 I knew it. Call that vehicle.
01:01:30 Call the satellite phone.
01:01:32 Oh my God, it's ringing.
01:01:34 I thought I'd be so happy to hear this sound.
01:01:37 Come on, Josh. Come on, pick up.
01:01:40 Hello?
01:01:51 Sophie!
01:01:52 Mom?
01:01:53 I'm so glad you answered.
01:01:55 Millie!
01:01:57 How did you...
01:01:59 I love you.
01:02:02 Sophie's with me. She's perfectly fine.
01:02:05 Mom, you're alive!
01:02:06 That's really, really good news. I'm so happy to hear your voice.
01:02:10 Where are you? We're going to come to you.
01:02:12 Are you somewhere safe? These earthquakes aren't letting up.
01:02:16 I know. We're at the NSA base safe.
01:02:19 Even my brother.
01:02:21 Dresden's with you? Why?
01:02:24 Yeah, it's a long story.
01:02:27 But for now, we need your help.
01:02:30 We started to slow down the tectonic plate movement that's causing all this,
01:02:33 but ran into a hiccup.
01:02:35 We need you to send a signal through to the satellite phone on your vehicle.
01:02:39 Wait, what?
01:02:40 Um, we have a specific frequency.
01:02:44 I can channel it through your device as long as you keep this line open.
01:02:47 It's for a synchronized liquid nitrogen dump on three Pacific Ocean line oil rigs.
01:02:52 The signal needs to be sent out by the ocean from a high elevation.
01:02:56 Can you do that?
01:02:57 Yeah, I actually know the perfect spot, but it's going to take about 30 minutes to get there.
01:03:00 Is that enough time?
01:03:01 No, we don't have a choice.
01:03:04 I thought...
01:03:06 Just get to the spot. I love you both.
01:03:10 I love you too.
01:03:11 I love you, Millie.
01:03:12 Call me on this number when you get to that spot.
01:03:15 T-minus 30 minutes, and I'm sending you the signal.
01:03:18 All right, let's get going.
01:03:25 Let's contact the rigs and make sure they're hands off,
01:03:28 so we can override their systems and start venting.
01:03:31 And contact the foreman at oil platform Ellen.
01:03:33 Have them prepped for our arrival.
01:03:35 Okay.
01:03:36 What?
01:03:37 I saw a helicopter on the way in.
01:03:39 We can use it. I'm going to go find the pilot.
01:03:42 Uh...
01:03:44 What, have you guys never been on a chopper?
01:03:47 Wait, wait, wait.
01:03:50 Someone needs to say to dump the nitrogen.
01:03:52 The signal has to be sent from the mainland.
01:03:54 I'll stay.
01:03:55 I'm getting too old to get on and off a helicopter anyway.
01:03:59 Are you sure?
01:04:01 I'm staying, and you won't be able to convince me.
01:04:04 Good job.
01:04:07 God, you're stubborn.
01:04:12 Well, I'm glad I was able to see you, at least...
01:04:20 one more time.
01:04:21 Hey, I am going to see you when you get back, okay?
01:04:26 Take care of yourself.
01:04:28 Stay safe.
01:04:31 This isn't exactly what I was imagining,
01:04:46 but at least I can say I saved the world
01:04:48 when people ask what I did over break.
01:04:50 Not yet, you can't.
01:04:52 All right, fine.
01:04:54 Maybe now is the right time to ask all those awkward questions.
01:04:58 You know, if this really could be the end.
01:05:01 Not the end. We're going to be fine.
01:05:04 We're still standing,
01:05:12 but we've been having these quakes all day.
01:05:15 No structural damage, thank God.
01:05:18 It's only you here?
01:05:20 There are a few others here, too.
01:05:22 Everyone not essential personnel was ordered to evacuate.
01:05:26 I received the protocol notifications,
01:05:28 and I shut our systems down.
01:05:30 Great.
01:05:31 It's set for manual overrides,
01:05:32 so you should be able to go in and take control.
01:05:36 Dresa, do you copy?
01:05:37 This is Peter.
01:05:38 RET platform, Ellen.
01:05:40 Do you read?
01:05:41 Loud and clear, kid.
01:05:43 Okay, good.
01:05:45 Great. We are ready to start, Melee.
01:05:47 Do you think Josh is in position?
01:05:49 He will be.
01:05:50 Thank you, Rick.
01:05:51 This is great.
01:05:52 We've already walked the other rigs through the procedure,
01:05:54 and we have control of the oil rigs.
01:05:56 I've never seen government intervention like this.
01:05:59 What are we talking?
01:06:00 Is Seattle going to be flattened?
01:06:02 Multiply that by 100.
01:06:05 Okay. I see.
01:06:09 So how long do we have?
01:06:11 We need to do this now.
01:06:12 Are you ready?
01:06:14 Doesn't sound like I have much of a choice.
01:06:17 I'm taking control now.
01:06:19 I've initiated a bending wellboard.
01:06:33 Looks good so far.
01:06:35 It's going to be bent for a while.
01:06:38 It's looking good.
01:06:42 The plates are starting to slope.
01:06:43 Great. Just keep it steady, Peter.
01:06:45 Copy.
01:06:46 Where's Josh and Sophie?
01:06:48 Talk to me, Peter. How are we looking?
01:06:54 Stable. The plates are slowing.
01:06:56 It's working. It's actually working.
01:06:59 Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
01:07:01 We're not out of the woods yet.
01:07:03 He's right.
01:07:05 Okay.
01:07:08 [rumbling]
01:07:10 It was just a matter of time before there was a force seismic activity.
01:07:17 We must have disturbed something with the pumps.
01:07:19 Maybe we moved the helium too quickly?
01:07:21 No. I ran the calculations myself.
01:07:24 Peter, turn on the pumps. Try and slow it down.
01:07:34 Okay.
01:07:35 Going to 50.
01:07:37 This is not good.
01:07:40 The seismic activity hasn't dropped.
01:07:42 Usually after an earthquake hits, we get a drop in plate activity before the next one.
01:07:45 But a break in pressure, but it's not dropping its rest.
01:07:50 [rumbling]
01:07:53 [rumbling]
01:08:21 Tsunami's hitting Josh and Sophie's location.
01:08:24 I'm gonna go check it out.
01:08:31 Sophie, grab the walkie.
01:08:48 [rumbling]
01:08:50 Josh, Sophie, are you in position?
01:08:55 Yeah, yeah, we're here, we're here.
01:08:57 Copy.
01:08:59 I'm glad you made it. Stand by for the signal.
01:09:01 These pressure gauges are through the roof.
01:09:04 I see that, and I've initiated the pump sequence.
01:09:06 Are they not engaged? Are you sure you manually unlocked them?
01:09:09 Yes, yes. I ran the procedures you specified before you arrived,
01:09:13 and nothing's changed since then.
01:09:15 Okay, it's rising across all rigs. We need to bring it down.
01:09:17 Right. Increase the pumps to 100% and drop the liquid nitrogen.
01:09:22 But the plate hasn't slowed enough. We'd be dumping too early.
01:09:25 Increasing pump pressure to 100%.
01:09:29 Okay, Sophie, stand by in three, two--
01:09:33 These gauges are about to explode!
01:09:35 No, no!
01:09:36 What was that?
01:09:41 Millie, did we just lose an oil rig?
01:09:44 Yes, we just lost one of the rigs.
01:09:47 Oh my God, we could lose another one! Get out of there!
01:09:50 Two? We lost two rigs? How?
01:09:59 Millie, I don't know, but we need to leave now or we're going to be in the next explosion.
01:10:03 Wait, let me think.
01:10:05 You're the only one left on the rig. You need to get out of there.
01:10:08 Wait, no, if it was going to blow, it would have.
01:10:12 The explosion actually relieved the pressure and it bought us some time.
01:10:15 But Dresden's right. How much time?
01:10:16 Millie, don't make me come out there.
01:10:19 Your numbers were off.
01:10:21 What? Impossible.
01:10:24 I'm sorry, but they're wrong.
01:10:27 I don't make mistakes.
01:10:29 Well, this time you did, and we don't have time to argue about it.
01:10:32 We're here now because of your mistake, so just let me fix this.
01:10:35 We need to finish what we started.
01:10:37 We're still here.
01:10:41 What's going on?
01:10:42 We're figuring it out, Rick.
01:10:43 Just keep an eye on those pressure gauges and let us know if they rise, okay?
01:10:47 The plates didn't slow.
01:10:54 I know.
01:10:55 No, I mean, it's moving faster. We lost so much pressure on these two rigs, it sent the plate on a biased trajectory.
01:11:00 What do you mean?
01:11:01 Okay, into a new movement cycle. It's almost like centrifugal force.
01:11:05 The Pacifica plate has even more momentum than it did before it's pivoted.
01:11:09 It's going to change the entire plate projection.
01:11:12 This is a planetary shift.
01:11:16 How long do we have?
01:11:20 Peter, what's the new calculation? Be specific.
01:11:27 Peter, how long do we have?
01:11:28 There's no data for this, all right? It's moving in a different trajectory now.
01:11:31 We have no data for this. We can only study this in real time.
01:11:34 Millie, there is no way to stop this now.
01:11:37 We need to accept that the world may end as we know it.
01:11:41 Josh, stay right where you are. I'll call you back soon, okay?
01:11:50 Copy that.
01:11:52 Wait, hold on.
01:11:58 What?
01:12:00 I can't believe I didn't think about this earlier.
01:12:04 What? I don't follow.
01:12:05 We need to do exactly what they did.
01:12:08 You want to drop a fission bomb?
01:12:11 No, not a nuclear bomb, but something large enough that acts like a nuclear explosion
01:12:16 when it mixes with the heat and metals at the Earth's core.
01:12:19 We need to call General West.
01:12:21 Talk to me.
01:12:27 We have three hours. The oil rigs didn't work.
01:12:29 Yeah, I know. We've been keeping an eye on it.
01:12:31 But you have one rig left, correct?
01:12:33 Yes, and we need to send an explosive into the well bore.
01:12:36 I don't see how that's going to help.
01:12:38 The collateral damage could be worse than the earthquake we're trying to prevent.
01:12:42 Millie, we can't control it, right? We can't measure it.
01:12:44 What if we send the plate in a completely different direction, like we did before?
01:12:47 I think it's time we accept--
01:12:49 If we don't succeed, the world as we know it will disappear.
01:12:53 We have to try, and we must succeed.
01:12:57 So what are you suggesting, Doc?
01:12:59 We send explosives down the middle of the well bore.
01:13:02 What? Uh, this rig?
01:13:05 We send it down deep enough away from humanity where there is no fallout.
01:13:10 Deep enough where it will push the volcanic magma to the surface, and then we cool it.
01:13:15 Yeah. With the liquid nitrogen that we didn't deploy,
01:13:18 it'll freeze and harden the magma along the plate line
01:13:20 and stop the movement from transferring from one plate to another.
01:13:23 That's genius.
01:13:24 Pull up the coordinates of the rig.
01:13:28 We're near enough to the plate boundary that with these coordinates
01:13:31 and the plate's current movement pattern,
01:13:33 we can get the chain reaction we need to trigger the explosion all the way down the plate.
01:13:37 But Millie, it's not 100% stable. The pressure on the pumps is still high.
01:13:40 Rick, gather some of your workers.
01:13:42 Have them unload all the missiles on the helicopter.
01:13:45 Doctor, I'm giving you one more chance.
01:13:47 Then we'll have no other option.
01:13:49 Prepare to start evacuations.
01:13:51 I understand, sir.
01:13:53 [♪♪♪]
01:13:57 Is the device ready to be sent down?
01:14:02 Yes, but the maintenance pods with the explosives,
01:14:05 they are not set up to handle this kind of weight.
01:14:08 We've never sent anything like this before.
01:14:11 Well, that's a risk we're going to have to take.
01:14:13 [♪♪♪]
01:14:17 [♪♪♪]
01:14:20 [♪♪♪]
01:14:23 How's it looking?
01:14:29 Pressure's good. Keep it steady, Peter.
01:14:32 Looking good on my end, too.
01:14:35 [♪♪♪]
01:14:38 [♪♪♪]
01:14:41 [♪♪♪]
01:14:43 What's going on?
01:14:44 They're slowing down.
01:14:46 It's only halfway to detonation depth.
01:14:48 The propeller's out.
01:14:50 The engine's gone into power save mode.
01:14:53 I'll have to reset it manually.
01:14:55 I'm going to bring it back up.
01:14:57 [♪♪♪]
01:15:00 How long?
01:15:02 It's not returning.
01:15:04 What do you mean?
01:15:05 It's too heavy.
01:15:06 The rear engines can't manage.
01:15:09 We normally bring it back and work on it.
01:15:11 Here, there's a second maintenance pod
01:15:14 with a suit and tether that the technicians used,
01:15:17 but they've all evacuated.
01:15:20 One of us can take it down.
01:15:22 It needs to be tested and prepped
01:15:24 before it's ready for another trip.
01:15:26 There's only enough room for one person
01:15:28 and a breathing apparatus,
01:15:29 and the oxygen tanks are only half full.
01:15:31 I don't think it would be smart--
01:15:32 I'll go.
01:15:34 [♪♪♪]
01:15:37 Maybe you didn't understand me.
01:15:41 There's a chance that you wouldn't make it back from this.
01:15:44 This is just suicide.
01:15:46 I heard.
01:15:48 I'll prep it.
01:15:52 Millie, you can't.
01:15:56 You're not the only stubborn sibling.
01:16:00 We don't have a choice.
01:16:03 Millie, I--
01:16:05 I can't have you guys breaking down on me right now.
01:16:09 And I'm planning on making it back.
01:16:14 All right. Let's do it.
01:16:17 [♪♪♪]
01:16:22 [♪♪♪]
01:16:27 [♪♪♪]
01:16:30 [♪♪♪]
01:16:52 [♪♪♪]
01:16:55 You're getting there, Millie.
01:16:59 Just keep your breathing slow and steady.
01:17:03 You're right where you need to be.
01:17:05 You're going to push the hatch release,
01:17:08 and we're going to lower you down onto the rear of the pod.
01:17:12 You're going to need to push the release button.
01:17:15 The floor is going to drop out,
01:17:17 and you should be right there by the manual reset.
01:17:22 Copy.
01:17:24 You're approaching the other pod.
01:17:30 We're slowing you down.
01:17:33 Millie, you need to breathe slower.
01:17:36 You're burning up what little oxygen you have.
01:17:39 This is what I was worried about.
01:17:41 She's not experiencing it.
01:17:44 [♪♪♪]
01:17:48 [♪♪♪]
01:17:51 Connecting to the second pod now.
01:17:54 Millie, what's going on?
01:17:59 You're breathing too much air. You need to slow down.
01:18:03 You're going to get lightheaded and pass out.
01:18:06 Stay with us.
01:18:08 Millie, your family is counting on you.
01:18:11 Stay with us.
01:18:14 [explosion]
01:18:16 I'm on top of the other pod.
01:18:18 Millie, you have the key.
01:18:20 Use your right hand to reach into your pocket and grab it.
01:18:25 You need to insert the manual reset key
01:18:33 and turn it one revolution.
01:18:36 Hold on, Millie. Just hold on.
01:18:44 [♪♪♪]
01:18:46 She needs oxygen.
01:18:48 Her body's going into a state similar to nitrogen narcosis.
01:18:52 She's going to get lightheaded, feel euphoric,
01:18:55 and her short-term memory's going to disappear.
01:18:58 [explosion]
01:19:02 We did it!
01:19:04 We did it.
01:19:06 It worked. We're back online.
01:19:11 Millie, we're bringing you up.
01:19:13 Keep your arms at your sides and stay with us.
01:19:17 [explosion]
01:19:19 Mom?
01:19:31 Hold on.
01:19:33 Okay.
01:19:35 The explosion worked. We need to cool now.
01:19:38 We're going to start the liquid.
01:19:40 Nitrogen in 3, 2, 1.
01:19:43 Sending signal.
01:19:45 [explosion]
01:19:49 Dad, what was that?
01:20:07 WD-2.
01:20:09 We'll use from the rig. Let's get out of here. Come on.
01:20:12 I don't know if she's still with us.
01:20:18 I'm using the emergency purge to bring her back up to us faster.
01:20:22 She's about to pass out.
01:20:24 Her oxygen levels are too low.
01:20:26 We have to get her to a hyperbaric chamber.
01:20:28 We do not have one on the rig, but I know where the nearest one is.
01:20:31 This is her only chance or she's not going to make it.
01:20:34 She's out of air.
01:20:37 [explosion]
01:20:39 Peter, I brought her up. I need you to meet me and help her get her to the chopper.
01:20:42 On my way.
01:20:44 Hold on, Billy. Just hold on.
01:20:46 Dr. Amelie. Agent Dr. Amelie.
01:21:00 Please report to the bomb area.
01:21:04 Hey.
01:21:06 Peter, Drez did...
01:21:08 Yes, Billy. We're here.
01:21:10 We're here. How do you feel?
01:21:12 Fine.
01:21:14 Good. I thought we lost you.
01:21:16 Don't scare me like that again, okay?
01:21:19 Okay.
01:21:21 Also, I checked those numbers again.
01:21:24 And how did you know the rig wouldn't...
01:21:29 Drez, sometimes you just know the answer.
01:21:33 You don't have to wait for the math to catch up.
01:21:35 [laughs]
01:21:37 Oh, let's not be looking back.
01:21:39 Dr. Anderson, you saved millions, billions of lives.
01:21:46 Thank you.
01:21:48 When you're feeling better, I'd like you to come to D.C.
01:21:51 and help us better prepare for something like this in the future.
01:21:55 Bring Peter.
01:21:57 Me? And your brother.
01:21:59 I'll think about it, but no promises.
01:22:03 Yes, sir. We'll be there.
01:22:06 Sophie! Josh!
01:22:11 Oh, my God.
01:22:13 Well, I guess that's our cue to head to the vending machines.
01:22:17 Thank you. Hey, Peter.
01:22:19 Uncle Drez, then?
01:22:21 Mom. Mom.
01:22:23 Come here.
01:22:25 I'm so glad you're okay.
01:22:28 General.
01:22:30 Major.
01:22:32 We're here.
01:22:37 We did it, Millie.
01:22:39 We all did it.
01:22:41 Well, I'm gonna give you guys some time alone
01:22:44 so long as it's gonna go down the hall, but I will be back.
01:22:47 And you're all gonna be seeing a lot more.
01:22:51 So, onward we go.
01:22:55 How did you know there'd be just enough oxygen to get back?
01:22:59 Justin told us what you did, Mom.
01:23:01 You were very crazy.
01:23:03 But he loved you.
01:23:05 Yeah, I didn't know.
01:23:07 But I couldn't let the world end with all of you still in it.
01:23:10 Marking the one-year anniversary of the Seattle Shake,
01:23:13 Space Needle reopens its doors to the public.
01:23:16 Our very own Dr. Millie Anderson will cut the ribbon.
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