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[General Curtleigh] We cannot divulge
specifics, but what we can tell you

is that we are preparing
for a massive catastrophe

that could cause an extinction-level event
for humanity

in the very near, very real future.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

Listen, I know this all
sounds pretty far-fetched.

But you know when it
won't seem far-fetched?

In less than a decade, when a tsunami

plunges the entire eastern seaboard
of the United States underwater.

Marsha, you wanna come in here?

Xavier's gonna take me on a little walk.

[Xavier Collins] The minute Versailles
is called, you record the speech,

we're escorted down, wait for confirmation

of the safest route
to Joint Base Andrews, then we're out.

Collins, I think it's time you put
your foot down with your wife.

Trips to Atlanta are not as risk-free
as they used to be.

My wife hasn't listened to me
for 20 years, sir.

I guess we'll just have
to go pick her up from there.

Don't go.

I love you, baby.

See you in 10 days.

Your wife is alive out there, Xavier.

And if you stop all this nonsense...

I can help you find her.

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[radio stations changing quickly]

[announcer] And now, Bill Roberts
reporting from the United Nations.

[Bill Roberts] The curtain goes up
in what is hoped to be the final act

of the nearly two-week-long drama
that is the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Today, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson

addressed the United Nations
Security Council.

[Adlai Stevenson] This resolution calls
as an interim measure

under Article 40 of the charter
for the immediate dismantling

and withdrawal from Cuba of all missile
and other offensive weapons.

[Bill] Leaders around the world
rejoiced as a peaceful solution...

[radio clicking off]

I didn't know you'd come home.

We got intelligence an hour ago.

The Soviet sub that was loaded with nukes
was out of contact with Moscow.

The one that turned around?

Apparently, its last orders
were to launch all missiles if cornered.

The captain made the decision not to,
on his own.

Jesus.

[sighs]

It's gonna happen again, Miriam.
It's goddamn inevitable.

[♪ slow, patriotic music playing]

What if the wrong person's
at the controls next time?

What if the wrong person
decides not to turn around?

[Miriam]
You're tired.

Come to bed.

You can't save the world tonight.

[softly] Okay. Okay.

♪

[sets glass down]

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[light switch clicking]

[light switch continues clicking]

Didn't you hear what I said?

- Your wife is alive.
- Bullshit.

I'm not playing your games.

- It's not bullshit, Agent Collins.
- Everything was destroyed.

It's a nuclear winter out there.

Which is exactly
what we thought, initially.

The expedition,
the four that didn't return.

They didn't die
because of the environment.

They died because they were bringing
a survivor back to the bunker.

Which I ordered them
not to do, by the way.

And it was gonna open
a whole can of worms,

and so I had to take care of them.

My God, could I sound
any more like a Bond villain?

I swear I'm not a monster.

Interesting how people who swear
they aren't monsters usually are.

[Sinatra clears throat]

The expedition set up
shortwave transmitters

so that we could communicate
while they were outside.

Transmitters are still active,
and I've been listening.

- [recording beeps]
- My name is Cameron Middleton

of Zanesville, Ohio.

If Carla or Joseph Middleton
are listening,

please tell them I'm headed
for the Colorado Bunker Com--

- [radio static]
- [beeping]

[survivor] [on recording]
Looking for safe passages to Colorado.

- Western Kansas is irradiated.
- [static]

[survivor 2]
Forming a community south of Paso Robles.

If you're listening, several members
plan to set up camp there.

[device turning off]

[Sinatra] People are alive.

And they're looking for us,
and I believe your wife is one of them.

Don't... Don't you fucking dare.

She was in Atlanta, it was a direct hit.
It was unsurvivable.

The president did something that day,
Agent Collins.

- Something you don't know about.
- Not true, I was with him.

I was with him that whole
fucking horrible day.

- You don't know everything that happened.
- I was there!

I was there.

[Bob Woodruff] [on TV] This is our
continuing coverage of the situation

that started in Antarctica
and is causing unprecedented destruction

and chaos around the globe.

Here's what we do know right now.
Just over three hours ago,

what scientists are calling
a massive mega-caldera,

or super volcano,
erupted under the Antarctic ice sheet,

expelling millions of tons of ash
into the atmosphere.

The force of the explosion
shattered large portions

of the ice shelf, instantly melting
trillions of gallons of water

and triggering a tsunami
that is hurdling northward

at nearly 600 miles an hour.

- Most disturbingly, some reports...
- [program glitching]

...indicate the wave
may be as high as 300 feet.

In an unprecedented move,

the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration

has put all coastal areas
of the United States on a tsunami watch

with estimated landfall
at Key West in two hours,

and the nation's capital in five.

- [Marsha Grouse] Xavier?
- [Bob] [on TV] Adding to the chaos

and the confusion
is a stock market in freefall...

Xavier, did you hear that?
D.C. in five hours.

[Bob] Nationwide cell phone
and internet outages...

- Xavier.
- Hm?

- [Bob] ...as networks are overrun...
- [line ringing]

- Are you guys here because of this?
- [Teri's voicemail plays]

Why are you two stationed
outside the cabinet room door?

Don't ask me, ma'am.
This is my third day here.

- [line continues ringing]
- Uh, is this not normal, sir?

Marsha, we're just doing what we're told.
I have no additional information.

- [staffer] That's Melbourne?
- [Bob] The death toll

-is expected to be in the hundreds...
- Nancy's family lives there.

- [Marsha sighs]
- [on phone] Ashbridge Preparatory.

Can you give me 20 seconds?

Hi, Denise, this is Xavier Collins again.
I'm just calling to reiterate--

- [Denise] We're a little busy, Xavier.
- No, I know. I know.

But how important it is that James
and Presley stay near Jeremy Bradford.

- [Denise] You told me this before.
- I know. I'm sorry.

But someone will be coming to get them.

You know, actually, if you could just
give them their phones so I could talk.

- Calls keep dropping.
- [Denise] Goodbye, Mr. Collins.

Fuck!

[reporter] [on TV]
And what is especially alarming...

- Xavier, talk to me.
- Hm.

What do you know?
The cabinet gathered

like there's some kind of plan in motion,
and I heard the word "Versailles."

Marsha, I swear I would tell you.

I mean, do I need to pick
Edward up from daycare?

- [sighs]
- He's got health issues.

Talk to him.

The-- the president, I have been
with him since his Senate campaign.

- Edward can't be left alone, okay?
- I will talk to him.

I will tell you everything
that I find out.

Out of the way. VP coming through.

- [grunting]
- [Marsha gasps]

- Classified!
- Sorry, sir.

Mr. Vice President,
I need a moment with the president

- if you don't--
- You're kidding me.

[speaker]
...communication with our--

Russia's gone dark. Completely dark.

Thank you, Henry, we know.
Why don't you have a seat?

Take a breather, and maybe a Valium.

Joint Chiefs were just
walking us through it.

- General Curtleigh.
- Yes, sir.

As the vice president noted,
Russia isn't picking up the red line.

We're still trying to confirm

if the Svoboda Group coup d'etat
was successful.

- Indications are that it was.
- CIA can confirm that.

We also have confirmations
of troop mobilization

to the Chinese border
along the Argun and Amur Rivers

and Western Mongolia.

It feels like they're setting up
for a land grab, sir.

And since we don't know all the players
except for the Svoboda Group leader--

Cherkin. Unpredictable.

- Ruthless.
- Which I was about to say.

It is the recommendation
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

that we move to DEFCON 3.

This will set the Air Force
readiness envelope to 15 minutes.

Christ. Okay, anything else?

The UN Security Council
is convening in two hours.

NATO countries have been reaching out.

Two hours. We lose Florida in two hours!

I've said that before,
but it was about the electoral college.

Okay.

I mean, how bad is it?

I wanna know. I mean, I know it's bad.

But honestly, is this it? Is it?

Half the world leaders we're talking to

say it's the end of the world,
the others don't.

The Tories in England
say the volcano's too far away

for them to be affected by it,
and they live on a fucking island.

It will most certainly affect them, sir.

This appears to be it, Mr. President.
It's what we've been preparing for.

[Henry Baines] What about Australia?
Anyone on the horn with Melbourne?

I can't get anything.

Melbourne is gone. Sorry, Henry.

Nancy's entire family.

As is Sydney. All coastal cities.

New Zealand, gone.

Argentina, apart from
the mountain regions, effectively gone.

Chile, South Africa. Need I go on?

[♪ tense music playing]

- We need to make the call.
- Okay, where are my nerds?

Scientists, come on, step to.
[snapping fingers]

You said we'd have warning!

Days or weeks, if this was the real thing.

What the fuck happened?

Mr. President,
we thought we'd have warning,

but this happened faster
than the worst-case scenario

- in all of our modeling.
- [Cal Bradford] Bunch of bullshit.

- Come on.
- We calculated that there'd be 10 days

from first seismic activity to eruption,

- but we had minutes.
- [sighs deeply]

- [defense secretary] Sir!
- We are not making the wrong call here.

[♪ tense music continues]

Move us to DEFCON 3.

Around the horn,
go or no go for Versailles.

- [Chief of Staff] Joint Chiefs.
- [Curtleigh] Go.

- [Chief of Staff] Homeland Security.
- [Homeland] Go.

Jesus Christ, we know our fucking titles,
just give me your answers.

- [cabinet] Go.
- [all members voting "Go"]

[♪ slow, dramatic music playing]

Okay.

I'm calling Versailles.

So, right now, a-- a large wave
is-- is approaching Ind-Indonesia.

Soon, it'll head
to the southern coast of India.

So, Dr. Louge,
when do you think this will stop?

When it's done.

After rolling up to the North Pole
and echoing back down to Antarctica,

maybe a dozen more times.

Anything under 300 feet above sea level

- will be inundated.
- [phone chiming]

- You're not thinking about this correctly.
- Oh, my God.

- [Dr. Louge] [on TV] It's not a wave.
- [door opens]

- The Antarctic ice sheet accounts...
- [Cal] Marsha.

My family's gonna be calling,
make sure you put them through.

- [Marsha] Yes, Mr. President.
- Sir, can I have a minute?

It's a go for Versailles.

Ryan, on me.

[Dr. Louge] So, when it's done,
that's when it will end.

[reporter] [over tablet] Rumors of the
billionaire bunker complex in Colorado

- continue to rise...
- [curator] Priority list only.

[indistinct chatter]

Are they taking down paintings?

Boss, what the hell is Versailles?
Is there anything I need to do?

[Xavier] Your job as briefed.
I'm on Wildcat, you're on me.

- Mr. President.
- Gotta get this tie off me.

- It's too fucking cheerful.
- [line ringing]

- [voicemail] Hi, this is Dr. Teri--
- You know, I once read that neckties

date back to Serbian mercenaries
in the 1600s or some shit.

[assistant] Just do your job. Alright?
See if you can find...

Okay, let's go blue.
It's a little more calming.

[phone chimes]

Alright, steps, what's next?
Walk me through it.

You record the speech,
uh, we move down to PEOC.

And when it's time, board Marine One
to Joint Base Andrews.

- After that, I don't know.
- Are we going somewhere?

- Sir, if I may, I just need a word.
- Okay.

[breathes deeply]

- [indistinct chatter]
- [phones ringing]

[Bob] We now take it
to our colleague Rebecca

in Jakarta right now, where the wave
is due to hit at any moment.

- Is that correct?
- That is correct, Bob.

- [TV glitching]
- What you can't see is the water line,

which is just beyond the city lights,

has receded well over
three miles out to sea.

You think that's a safe place
for you to be?

We're on top of a 20-story building

on the north shore of the island,
so we should--

[intense sound wave]

- [Bob] Oh, my God.
- [Rebecca] Oh, wow.

- [Bob] You okay?
- [Rebecca] Oh!

I don't know if you can hear that.

We just got hit with a massive
high-pressure sound wave

that has been preceding the tsunami
and wreaking havoc with air traffic

- throughout the southern hemisphere.
- [loud sound wave]

[Rebecca groans]

- [car alarm blaring]
- It's quite painful, and...

What?

[speaker]
What's going on?

- [wave roaring]
- [Rebecca] What is that?

Oh, my God!
Get away from the edge!

- Get away from...
- [crowd screaming]

- [sound cutting out]
- [people gasping]

Did we just-- did we just lose her?

- [Cal] My God.
- [Bob] We lost Rebecca.

[phones ringing]

Can we get back to her?

- [phones continue ringing]
- Can we get back to her?

- What's happening?
- [Presley Collins] Daddy, what's going on?

They're moving a few of us
to another room.

I think the president's kid.

Good. Is James with you?

- [Presley] Yeah.
- Good.

He is not to leave your sight,
do you understand me?

- This is not a game.
- [Presley] Okay.

You do not let go of his hand,

and you do not lose sight
of Jeremy Bradford, promise me.

[Presley]
I promise. Where's Mom?

- I'm working on that.
- [Presley] Daddy, people are freaking out.

Mrs. Johnson fell in the stairs,
and I don't think she's okay.

Hey, listen to me. There's a plan.

You're gonna be fine,
they're gonna take you to an airport,

I'll see you there. So will Mom, okay?

- [phone disconnecting]
- Shit.

[Marsha] A plan?

What airport? What do you know?

- Have you talked to Cal?
- A little.

- More soon, okay? Ryan!
- Xavier.

Ryan!

- [Marsha] Xavier?
- Head in the game, man.

Guard the door.

[Bob] [on TV] The scale of this case
is much greater--

[Cal] "Remain calm,
'cause the tsunami moves fast,

but fear moves faster."

Okay.

I mean, isn't this a little optimistic?

It's important to keep the calm.

This reads like we're prepping people
for a goddamn snowstorm.

- When does this go out?
- Recording won't air

until after we evacuate to Andrews.

I'll lead the press corps
to believe it's broadcasting live

- when we play it back.
- Yeah, I don't know, guys.

It's important we keep to the plan.
Keep people calm.

Okay. [clearing throat]

Lose the "strength and resilience,"
repeat to the end.

- That pays off the whole structure.
- Riley, really? Today?

- Fine.
- Okay. Come on.

How fast can you turn
around the changes?

Did you see that fucking wave?

My family?

About to load up to Andrews as we speak.

Yeah. Okay.

Everyone!

- People!
- I'd like the room, please.

Sir, we're on a timetable.

I'll be ready to record in two.

Alright, folks, that's a real two minutes.

[indistinct chatter]

"Remain calm, top priority at this time,

"ensure public safety...
[whispers indistinctly]

[muttering indistinctly] Bullshit.

Shoes off, please.

- Sir.
- That's the first thing I ever said to you

when we met right here in this office,
and you did it.

It was so cute. [chuckles softly]

[Cal exhales] Drink?

It's like a reenactment of that day.

Sir, Teri is still in Atlanta.

- They had her on the first flight out...
- Jesus.

...but the FAA grounded everything,
which I just found out

because the cell phone towers are overrun.

Calls are dropping, not getting through,

so I didn't know
for like the last 10 minutes.

- Xavier, calm down.
- And now, she's stuck there.

And, um, you said that you were
gonna get her a plane.

[Cal]
Agent Collins, calm down.

Where are your kids?

[Xavier]
At school. I think with your son.

Okay, then they're right
where they need to be.

They're gonna get picked up
with the other Versailles kids.

- You're gonna see 'em on the plane, okay?
- Okay.

- And Teri?
- [door opens]

[staffers chattering]

[Chief of Staff]
Alright, let's get this done!

[Cal sighs]

Just like magic.

Talk to General Curtleigh.
He'll get her here.

[Xavier] Thank you, sir.

[people murmuring]

Oh shit.

[Curtleigh]
...just picked up over Chinese airspace?

[Teri] [on voicemail]
Hi, this Dr. Teri Rogers-Collins--

- And that's smoke in the air, for sure?
- We're working on it.

- We need confirmation now.
- General Curtleigh, sir.

- A little busy.
- The president said I should talk to you.

- Make it fast.
- My wife was on a plane that was grounded.

The president said
that you could get her here,

- and I'm certainly hoping it's possible--
- Facts only. Where?

[sighs] Atlanta airport.

- She's on the list for Versailles?
- Yes, sir.

Dobbins ARB.

- Go with him.
- Yes, sir, thank you.

She needs to get
to Dobbins Air Reserve Base.

It's 25 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson.

- She have a car?
- I don't know.

- Her name?
- Teri Rogers-Collins.

- [typing]
- She'll have gate clearance.

The last transport is wheels-up,
one hour 15.

- Get her there.
- Thank you, sir.

I need you push
a clearance through at Dobbins.

[producer] Settle.

[Xavier] That's too long.

[sighs]

Have Tompkins cover me
at the Oval door, now.

- What do you need?
- You're on point, kid's on you.

POTUS is recording. I'm back in five.

[producer] And recording.

My fellow Americans,
as you are undoubtedly aware,

a catastrophe has befallen
the southern hemisphere.

And while the images from that part
of the world are unsettling,

it's important we remain calm,

because a tsunami moves fast,
but fear moves faster.

This will be a challenging moment.

We believe that the damage
from the weather event will be extensive.

[frantic chatter]

[speaker] Also suggesting
a bunker complex in the upper Alps.

- [reporter speaking French]
- [TikTok creator] This is crazy, man.

- Yeah, my sister got one last week...
- Garcia.

Can you believe this shit, X?

And why'd you pull Tompkins? I need her.

Give me the fastest route
to Dobbins Air Reserve Base

- from Hartsfield-Jackson.
- [Garcia] Fastest?

- The roads are a wreck.
- It's for Teri, it's her only way out.

On it.

[line ringing]

- [voicemail] Hi, this is Dr. Teri--
- [Garcia] Boss.

- What you got?
- Tell her to take Route 6

to Route 5 to Marietta,
stay off all freeways.

Should take 45 minutes.

- Good man.
- And send back Tompkins.

- She's coordinating the choppers.
- Yeah.

[Cal] The United States has weathered
many great challenges in the past

and has always come through stronger.

This will be no exception.

When the dust clears from this tragic day,

we will go forward, as Americans,

as a beacon of strength
in a sometimes dark world.

Thank you, and God bless you all.

[producer] Cut.

Get this shit off of me.

Alright, clear the room! Move it!

[indistinct chatter]

[defense secretary]
Sir, we have confirmation

of multiple interceptor clusters
laddering down

across the Russo-Chinese border.

Guys, I was an English Lit major.

Russia and China exchanged fire,

both air and ground
across multiple fronts.

Intelligence also indicates both sides
are prepping nuclear action.

This is not unexpected.

As briefed, governments will begin
securing resources for what comes next.

Okay.

Tide rises, the tide falls.

Yes, sir.
There have also been explosions

at two air bases in Denmark,

seemingly from inbound
conventional missiles.

- From who?
- We don't know.

But Denmark being NATO,
if they invoke Article 5...

[Curtleigh] We recommend
moving to DEFCON 2, sir.

[defense secretary]
And maybe speed up evac to Andrews.

[Mr. Markley] [on TV] They've been
expecting seismic activity down there

for well over two years.

[Dr. Louge]
Thanks to our continued carbon emission.

Oh, so now volcanoes are man-made too?

Rising global temperatures
lessened ice mass over the Antarctic.

We know from history,

our actions allowed the cork to pop.

So, yes, I would say
we played a fucking role.

[Bob] Alright, we can--
we can keep it clean.

We don't need that kinda language.

[Dr. Louge] Oh, we don't need
that kinda language, Bob?

- [sound on TV glitching]
- ...I'll wait for a real disaster

to say "fuck," or "shit," or "tits."

- You know, Mr. Markley...
- [phone ringing]

...your oil company checks
will be meaningless--

- [Xavier] Teri.
- [Teri] Thank God, I've been trying.

- Where are you?
- [Teri] Outside the airport.

- A bunch of us are walking.
- Listen to me, listen.

Um, you need to get
to Dobbins Air Reserve Base.

- [Teri] Okay, but I don't have--
- Just listen to me. Listen to me.

I sent you the map.
You take Route 6 till it meets Route 5,

and take that to Marietta, right?
No freeways.

They'll have your name at the gate,
and they'll fly you here.

You have just over an hour.
It should be enough time.

- Repeat it back to me.
- [Teri sighs]

Route 6 to Route 5 to Marietta.
But-- but Xavier--

No, but no freeways.

- [Teri] I don't have a car.
- Steal one.

- [Teri] Xavier, how am I...
- [line disconnecting]

- Ter--
- [Bob] ...bring you some breaking news

- in Los Angeles, a record...
- [room gasps]

...and catastrophic
magnitude 8.9 earthquake

has hit the sprawling metropolis.

We are seeing some images
of destruction from the ground.

I'm being told the I-10 freeway
has collapsed...

What the fuck is going on?
It's like the world's coming apart.

- Back to the door.
- [Bob] ...ordered to evacuate

just hours ago, are now stranded.

Back to Garcia, thanks.

[Bob]
We'll-- we'll try to provide updates

- as this story develops.
- I need your help.

[Bob]
Dr. Louge, this is an unprecedented...

Please.
I know the president is helping you,

and I don't care about myself.

I need you to save Edward.

My sister is dropping him off
with his meds.

- Get him to safety.
- [Bob] Is there more to come?

[indistinct chatter]

- [Dr. Louge] The real issue...
- [Marsha] Promise me.

[Dr. Louge]
...millions of tons of volcanic ash,

still bursting into our stratosphere,
which will encircle the globe...

It's gonna be okay.

[Marsha sniffling]

[Dr. Louge] Now, that means no crops...
- [softly] Thank you.

[Dr. Louge] ...no food,

never-ending winter.

- [Bob] What happens then?
- I don't know.

Why don't you ask a fucking dinosaur?

♪

[phones chiming]

Are we on, Bob? Is-- is it just me here?

No, we're on. We're gonna remain on,

as the decision really has been made
by the, the brave women and men

in this newsroom to continue
our broadcast for as long as we can.

Clear a path.

[Bob] Dr. Louge, you have
been researching this...

- Agent Xavier Collins?
- Yes, ma'am.

Special Agent Robinson, in charge of evac.

I'm Agent Ryan Noble. I'm new.

Agent Collins, after you've escorted
the president to PEOC,

the others will come down in shifts.
You'll await my orders

- to move to Marine One, understood?
- [phone chimes]

- Agent Collins, am I boring you?
- No, ma'am.

Escort Wildcat to PEOC,
shifts, await orders. Understood.

Uh, and what about me?

- You'll stay here guarding the door.
- [Xavier] Mr. President.

This way.

Wait.

- Give me a second.
- Sir.

Sir, we need to move, now.

[Xavier] Ryan, Rainey, perimeter.

[whispering] Get him.

- Mr. President, I need to get you to PEOC.
- Excuse me.

It's Jeffrey, right?

Mr. President, you know my name?

Everyone knows your name.
You've been here for nine administrations.

[helicopter whirring]

Can I ask what you're doing?

Making my rounds as best I can.

People been leaving kind of a mess today.

I guess they're all distracted.

And you're not?

It looks bad,
but when you get to be my age...

[chuckles]
...you kind of seen it all before.

Been here for 9/11, war, pandemics.

- Things always go back to normal.
- Mr. President, I must insist.

I think you should call your family.

- It's different this time.
- [Jeffrey laughs]

With all respect, sir,
I've heard that before.

I'm seeing them
for my granddaughter's birthday tomorrow.

I'll talk to 'em then.

[Cal sighs]

Thank you, sir.

This is not right.

This isn't right.
We gotta go back to the Oval.

- That is not the plan.
- I don't give a shit about the plan.

I want you to put me
on TV right now, live.

What?

Non-essentials, stay here!

- Ryan, Rainey!
- Goddamn it!

Agent Janusz, you, hold your positions.

[Chief of Staff]
What do you plan to say, sir?

I'm gonna be honest with them.

Pre-recorded speech was horseshit,
and we are not airing it!

You understand me?

People deserve to know
what's really happening.

They need a chance to say goodbye.

Quick, we gotta go!

Is the equipment still up?

Yes, but please don't do this, sir.

We need to-- we need to stick to the plan.

We need to keep the calm.
Listen, sir. Cal!

Get your fucking hands off me
and put me on TV right now.

Shit! Erica, alert the networks.

Mr. President, you do not leave that room
until I get back, is that understood?

Sir, make sure all interior side doors
to the Oval are locked.

Ryan.

- Weapons ready, you're cleared hot.
- Sir?

Things might escalate.

Stay calm. I'll be right back.

[press secretary]
He's going live now.

- All of them. All of them.
- [Xavier] Rainey!

- You Versailles?
- I am.

- Assume you are too?
- Affirmative.

Come on, baby, pick up.

[voicemail]
Hi, this is Dr. Teri Rogers--

We got about five minutes
before the president starts talking.

[Rainey] You think this is
gonna turn into a frenzy?

It's already been a frenzy.
It's about to become a fucking riot.

No, no, please. I don't need any of that.

Or lighting, or equipment.

Just put me on air as quick as you can.

And a cup of coffee, please.

Sure could use a cup of coffee.

[scanner chirping and beeping]

Roger that. He's clear to enter.

- Back to you in two.
- Commander Hunter is Versailles too.

- Who?
- Guy with the football.

- What about Garcia?
- No idea.

[phone chimes]

Let's get moving.

It has been an honor
serving you, Mr. President.

The honor is mine, John.

- Best fucking hamburgers I've ever had.
- [chuckles]

[producer] Okay, we're 30 seconds out.

[reporter] We are less than a minute
from the president addressing the nation.

- We were alerted earlier...
- [Xavier] Excuse me.

[people gasping]

- [reporter] About 40 minutes from now...
- Is that for me?

No one gets in.

[reporter] Meanwhile,
sources are reporting that Marine One

and other helicopters are hovering
above the South Lawn...

- [door closes]
- [gun cocking]

[reporter] ...F22 Raptors are circling
the air space above the Capitol.

[producer] And we're live in three...

[Cal sighs]

My fellow Americans...

I know you're aware
of the situation we now face.

And I wanna tell you the truth.

Our modeling...

shows imminent worldwide disaster,
including here at home.

[staff gasping]

I'm telling you this
so that you can make decisions

based on where you want to be right now...

and who you want to be with.

This position that I have held...

I didn't always want it.

Most certainly didn't always like it.

But it has...

It's provided me access
to people all over this country.

And one thing has constantly
struck me as true.

That despite all
the ugliness in our world...

...despite our tendency to focus
on the grotesque,

and the conflict.

Despite all of that...

you...

you...

are inherently decent.

You love your families,
your parents, your children.

[indistinct chatter]

[agent]
Let's go. This way!

[jets zooming]

And I hope we can find that decency
and that love now.

[clears throat]

And if I may be so bold.

To all of you watching,

who have meant something
to me personally...

too many to name...

I just want to say I love you.

And, uh... [clears throat]

[sighs]

God bless you and good luck.

[sniffles]

[producer] We're out.

[Chief of Staff] Move it!

[Robinson] Here we go.

[Rainey] On me.

[Bob] Now, what hope does
humanity have to survive?

- Excuse us.
- Wait a minute.

I'm sorry, everyone.

Mr. President,
my sister is here with Edward.

They're at the gate,
so I'm gonna go get him.

- Marsha.
- [Bob] We have to do better.

I've been with you since the beginning.

You told me everything was gonna be okay.

I wish I could say something
that would make this better, but I can't.

I can't offer you safety.
You can stay here if you want,

but the truth is it's not gonna help.

Nothing is. Go home.

- And where are you going?
- [Rainey] Hey, hey, back off.

- [Marsha] How long did you know?
- People, this is the cold reality.

We need to ask for those willing
to keep the White House secure

- until we can all get out.
- [phone ringing]

- [overlapping chatter]
- Continue to evacuate everyone,

but right now, your duty
is to keep the president safe.

- Where are you?
- What about us, Todd?

- Huh? What about all of us?!
- [overlapping shouting]

- Back off!
- Calm down.

I need you to calm down, okay?
Let's move him now!

- [Robinson] Come on. Come on.
- [Xavier] Okay? Hey.

[Robinson]
Let's go. Down the hall! Come on!

You promised me.

Marsha...

The blood of my baby
is gonna be on your hands.

I couldn't do anything about it,
Marsha, understand that.

- You promised me.
- I'm really sorry.

[staffers clamoring]

[Xavier]
Hey. Hey. Don't!

[staffers shouting, gasping]

Don't.

Don't.

- [gunshots]
- [crowd screaming]

Move.

Come on, come on.

Shit.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

Forget the groups. Load in Wildcat.

[scanner chirps]

Inside. Come on. Come on.

[crowd clamoring]

Go to the next one.

- Cover them.
- Alright, let's go.

Stay where you are!

- Don't make me shoot.
- [gunshots]

[muffled gunshots and screaming]

- Thanks, Cal, I enjoyed that.
- Fuck you.

- It was the right thing to do.
- We're not out of this yet.

Marine One took hits, then peeled off.

- Hits from who?
- Don't know, sir.

People are surging onto the South Lawn.

There's a CAT Team waiting.

You will load into the first gunship,
then take off immediately.

I'll go back up for the others.
Do not wait for us.

[elevator doors opening]

Move!

Prepare for live fire. Go!

Ryan, hold this.

[Velcro tearing]

Mr. President, put this on.

Okay.

Hold.

Ready?

- Yeah.
- Open the door.

[crowd clamoring]

[gunshots]

[Xavier] Move!

[agent] Keep them back!

[gunshot]

Go! Go!

- The football!
- Shit.

[crowd continues shouting]

Here you go.

[dispatch] ...has been secured.
You're cleared for takeoff.

Whoa!

- No.
- No, no, no, there's room.

Your orders are to stay here.

No, I'm going where you're going.

You can't.

I'm going where you're going!

- Ryan.
- [gunshot]

What the fuck?! He wasn't gonna shoot me!

Do your fucking job, Agent!

Go! Go! Let the other choppers land!

Up! Up! Hoist up that chopper, let's go!

[crowd continues shouting]

[helicopter whirring]

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[master sergeant] Freebird One, say again,
Congress, Justices, Freebird Two,

Cabinet, Joint Chiefs,
others, Freebird One.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[soldier] Let's go! Let's go!

Move! Let's go!

[Cal] Agent Collins!

[phone beeps]

Xavier!

I have to get her somehow.

[Cal] Come on, man, your kids are onboard.
Let's go.

She's alone.

I don't know where she is.
I don't know who she's with.

It's an impossible situation.

I'm sorry.

I can't get on that plane without her.

Xavier, look at me.

Your kids need you. I need you.

Let's go.

When did you know
she wasn't gonna make it?

When you told me she was still in Atlanta.

She was there because
she didn't know what was coming.

- Why didn't you tell me what was coming?
- I tried.

- No. You hinted!
- I did, I tried.

Right? You danced around.
There was no urgency.

We didn't know how fast
it was gonna escalate.

- Right, but I see your family is here.
- No.

Careful.

I would have kept her close!

I would have prepared.
People would have prepared.

But instead, you played this game.

- I did my best.
- Your best?

- Yes, in an impossible situation.
- Oh, you think you're brave

because you told everybody that the world

- was ending 10 minutes ago.
- There were no easy options, Xavier.

- Listen to me.
- You should have told us all

- 10 years ago.
- The world is falling apart!

- Look at what's happening.
- This is not my fault.

Look at what you let happen!

That's enough!

If you don't want a seat on that plane,
there's roughly eight billion people

on this planet who will fucking take it.

Your wife is gone, and I'm sorry,

but you need to process that.

And go be with your children,
because they just lost their mother.

[Rainey] Sir.

Sir, we have to go.

- Are you coming or not?
- I don't know what to do.

Yeah, you do.

[birds squawking]

[attendant] Each of you have been
given a packet of information

and a wrist device
that is paired specifically to you.

We'll be taking off
for Colorado momentarily.

[sniffling]

[Xavier] Hey.

- Daddy.
- Daddy.

I thought you didn't make it.

[Xavier] No, no, I'm here.

- Stand up.
- [James Collins] Where's Mommy?

[Presley] Is she okay?

[James]
Where's Mommy? Where's Mom?

[plane engine roaring]

[captain] Ladies and gentlemen,
brace yourselves.

We're about to encounter
the high-pressure sound waves.

Alright, man, go get in the seat.
Put on your seatbelt.

- [loud sound wave]
- [passenger] Oh, my God.

Hold on, stay right here. Hold on.

[James] Daddy, I'm scared.

- [loud sound wave]
- [passenger] Oh, my God.

[Presley] Dad, what's going on?

It's okay.

- [plane rumbling]
- Okay. [exhales]

- [Presley] We gonna make it?
- [Xavier] I got you.

- [James] What was that?
- [Presley] What's happening?

One of the planes went down.

I'm sorry.

[clearing throat] I've been told this...

might break through to a cellphone.

You can use the liaison office.

[aide] Sir, you're needed upstairs.
It's the Joint Chiefs.

Mr. President, Freebird Two
went down with the pressure wave.

That's the Justices, Congress, Todd.

[Cal] General, what do you have?

[Curtleigh] Sir, as predicted,
several nuclear devices

have just launched,
one headed towards India,

and another targeting what we believe
will be Denver, Colorado.

Are they aiming for us?

- [Curtleigh] We don't know.
- You don't know?

[Curtleigh] Our intelligence networks
are breaking down, sir.

All we know is it's headed your way.

There have also been
two nuclear detonations

around the Mongolian border.
It's starting, sir.

That's why it's the consensus
of the Joint Chiefs

that we fire our arsenal.

Christ, at who?

[Curtleigh]
All nuclear powers, full-scale attack.

We must prevent any attack
on the bunker location at all costs.

It's our only chance for survival.

For those of us on this call.

What about everyone else out there?

[Curtleigh] Sir, we're not saying this
to spare ourselves.

Our plane isn't going
to make it to the bunker.

We took severe damage
from the pressure wave.

We're putting down outside St. Louis.

[army general] Mr. President,
we do not come to this lightly.

That eruption is going to destroy
supply chains and crop production.

Every nation on the planet
with a military understands this.

And they will act to protect themselves
against possible incursions,

knowing that we will do the same.

[Curtleigh]
Mr. President, you must launch.

Once the ash cloud covers our skies,
we cannot guarantee launch capabilities.

Enter the code, sir, and we are a go.

Understood.

Good luck, gentlemen.
I'm taking a second in my office.

[door closes]

[door opens and closes]

When the team ran our scenario
through thousands of models,

it always told us the same thing.

Yeah, what was that?

The eruption of the
Antarctic super volcano

would lead to nuclear war.

[sighs]

[Cal] Lovely.

You know, when I became president,

the first thing I asked about,
hand to God, was the secrets.

Aliens, who killed JFK, Bigfoot--
and there was nothing.

I mean, little things, but really nothing.

I was so disappointed. But then...

I was briefed on this little guy.

The nuclear football.

The device that allows
the commander-in-chief

to unilaterally launch
America's entire nuclear arsenal.

No two-person system.

Just me and the red codes.

I enter this, and we are off to the races.

But basically everybody
knows about the football.

What nobody, except the president knows,
is what else it can do...

if I enter the blue code.

Turns out, after the Cuban Missile Crisis,
some colonel had an idea

to create a switch, an ultimate fail-safe.

A linked array of global EMPs...

in satellites, submarines,
missiles, you name it...

that would fry every
electronic circuit on Earth.

Microwaves, computers.

Even its own satellites.

But it would also disable the nukes,

maybe even in midair.

It's a switch that would
shut off the world.

Unfortunately, it would also
take the planet back 500 years.

But that was better
than the alternative...

because it would give people a chance.

You can't be considering this.

[intercom chimes]

- [captain] Flight deck.
- [Cal] How long till we land?

- [captain] Twenty minutes, Mr. President.
- Thank you.

Well, that should be
more than enough time.

It takes a while to shut down
the whole world.

With any luck,
we'll be in the mountain by then.

All those people will die anyway.

It's more humane to let it happen
in a bright flash

than to let them all starve
over the course of a year.

They need a chance.

We need a chance.

The bunker relies on outside sensors
for communication,

for the safety of the city,
so that we know when it's safe out there.

We will be blind. We will be vulnerable.

Samantha, I ain't launching the missiles.

But I am gonna do this.

[Sinatra] Stop. Stop, stop! Please.

We are humanity's last hope.

Well, maybe the thing won't work.

That'll be all.

Agent Rainey.

If she doesn't move, shoot her.

[phone beeping]

[line ringing]

- [Teri] Hello?
- Teri, it's me.

- [connection cutting in and out]
- Oh, my God. Where are you?

Where are you?

[Teri] Couldn't make it. I'm so sorry.

I tried, baby, I-- I even stole a car.

It's okay.

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[sighs]

[Teri] The kids, are they safe?

They're safe. We're safe.
Uh, they're taking us somewhere safe.

- [Teri] Where?
- [breathes deeply] Um...

Colorado.

Somewhere-- somewhere in Colorado.

[beeping]

[switch clicking]

[Teri] Baby, listen to me,
this might cut out.

- Hm?
- Tell them it's okay to be happy, okay?

That Mommy loves them,
whether I'm there or not.

I will, baby. I will. [sniffling]

[beeping]

[Teri] Are you still there? Xavier?

Hey, I'm here. I'm here.

[loud explosion]

[Teri] Xavier.

[beeping continues]

- [connection cutting out]
- Xavier, can you hear me?

- Yeah, baby.
- [Teri] I'm scared, baby.

No. No, no, no, I'm with you.

Yeah. You feel me?
I'm-- I'm holding you right now.

[sniffling] I'm protecting you, baby.

- I got you.
- [sobbing] Okay. Okay.

I got you. [sniffling]

[♪ slow, dramatic music playing]

Teri, can you hear me?

- [Teri] I loved every minute.
- Hey, Ter?

- [Teri] Promise me something.
- I love you, baby.

- [Teri] I love you too.
- I love you more than anything

on this planet, I love you so much, Teri.
I love you.

- [Teri] Me too, baby.
- I love you.

[♪ slow, dramatic music playing]

[Teri]
Be a good father. Be a good father.

Be a good father to them.

[phone line disconnecting, dial tone]

I guess it worked.

Nuclear holocaust
was at least partially avoided.

And no missiles hit Atlanta.

You can't know that for sure.

People are rebuilding,
finding ways to communicate.

[survivor 1] ...for a secondary route
to Denver, Colorado.

[survivor 2]
...large area outside of Atlanta.

[Teri] I'm looking for
my husband, Xavier Collins.

My children, Presley and James.

They were heading
for a complex in Colorado.

Once again, my name
is Teri Rogers-Collins.

I'm here with other survivors
searching for our loved ones.

If you know the whereabouts
of Xavier Collins,

tell him I love him.

[recorder stops]

Where is she? How do I find her?

- [gunshot]
- [Xavier breathing heavily]

Let me just make one quick call,

then you can shoot me
to your heart's content.

[line ringing]

[speaker] [on phone]
Tavern.

[Sinatra] You might want to
check on your daughter.

Hey, Mark.

It's Xavier. Put Presley on the line.

[Mark] She's not here.

What'd you say?

[Mark] She's not here, man.
I don't know what happened.

I just checked the back room
and she's just gone.

[phone thuds]

The DNA from Cal's murder...

didn't match anyone in the bunker.

It appears our killer
came from the outside.

What did you do to my daughter?

You will release my people.

You will return my arsenal of weapons,

and you will find out
who murdered the president,

and you will return this place
to fucking normal

if you ever wanna see
your daughter or your wife again.

[scoffs]

Maybe I am a monster.

♪

[♪ slow, dramatic music playing]

♪

[♪ music fades out]

[♪ fanfare playing]