All language subtitles for Lou Grant s05e20 Unthinkable

Hello, I'm calling from the trip.

I'd like to confirm a quote. We'll get
it right around the two hours. How much

money was involved?

It was over a thousand dollars.

I've been away in my beautiful,
beautiful country.

should have come in first. Yeah, I know.

Hey, can I use your comp? Yeah.

Give it to me, Judy.

Are you joining fire again?

I don't know, but it makes it nasty.

Oh, no!

Oh, my message was in San Francisco next
year. We could go to San Francisco

together. That'd be great. That'd be
terrific.

Yeah!

and Newhall and several injuries. You
better get out there. Any ideas how? The

freeways will be jammed. Paul Driscoll
at the cop house. Find out what hospital

they're taking the victims to and meet
them there. Okay.

What do you got? First picture's out of
Kular.

Where is that anyway?

Must be British Arabia.

Where was that?

The Persian Gulf.

That Kular.

Let me see.

This is the funeral of the king.

More like a riot.

French photographer's doing a good job,
of course. It's amazing he's able to get

these shots, let alone get them out of
the country.

How come they didn't throw out the
French along with the Americans? You get

attention by throwing out Americans.

Phil, what's the feeling on the foreign
desk about Kular?

Don't drink the water.

Or the oil.

Which way do you think it'll go?

Well, until the government stabilizes,
what we've got is a vacuum. With Russia,

America, and Islam all rushing to fill
it. Just let me know if I'm going to

on gas lines again.

Yeah, well, we do import a lot of oil
from Kular. If they ever shut off our

supply completely... Why didn't I buy a
diesel?

Charlie? Your sister or three from San
Diego.

Excuse me a second.

Hello, Claire. How are you?

We have the guest room all set up.

Why can't you stay over?

Will Jim pick you up in the morning in
Baltimore?

Okay.

Call me when you get home.

Can I have another day on this cable TV
thing? I just got a call about the

licensing change. I have to run it down.

We wanted it for tomorrow.

Yeah, but I don't think we'll have time
to get down there and think of my story

in a shape.

Don't worry, we'll edit it.

That's what I was afraid of.

And that's why we felt there was no need
for a break with the previous

administration on that matter.

Mr. Moffat, is it true that you're the
fellow in the Defense Department that we

all have to thank for keeping our Red
Devil missile system in the competition?

Well, Southern California's always been
the heart of the aerospace industry, so

we think it only makes sense to stay
with the winner.

As leaders of the business community, I
know you can appreciate that. He's

telling these people what they want to
hear. Not exactly a controversial lunch.

Well, it's a free country, Mr. Grant.
Ask a question.

Mr. Moffat, can we expect a change in
policy in Kular?

As you know, they are undergoing a
revolution.

What will we do if the Marxists try to
grab that oil?

I don't think Kular wants communism.

It is a volatile situation, and we're
watching it very carefully.

Gee,

I'm sorry. They tell me... I have to go
or I'll miss the plane.

My time's not my own, as you can see.

Thank you very much for inviting me.
Thank you. I enjoyed it.

I'm certainly glad we were able to catch
Mr.

Moffat while he was on the coast.

And now the subject of next month's...

Luncheon discussion.

Something's up.

How can you tell?

Newsman's instinct. He didn't finish his
chocolate cake.

know what it means either. We got a
strange wire report from Washington.

Really? What?

Well, the president was on his way to
Camp David. His helicopter took off,

hovered for a few minutes, and then came
right back down. President Quifty had

had a wonderful trip. He was glad to be
home.

Looks like he was called back to the
White House about the same time Marva

called out of here.

Well, we'll get on it.

Donovan. Moffat was supposed to go back
to Washington on a commercial flight,

but they took him to the Long Beach
Naval Air Station instead, and he caught

military plane from there.

Hallmark Air Force Base. That's an air
attack installation.

Find out if they're on alert.

I can't get through to our D .C. Bureau.
What's Cozell doing? Talking to his

girlfriend?

All the Washington circuits are busy.
You think that means anything?

Yeah, everybody knows something's put
up.

Ah, there I am.

This is Joe. Let me speak with Gozel.

Doctor, help Sarah. Sarah Baldwin.

We're taking care of her now.

Could I see her, please?

I'm her best friend.

Well, I don't think she'll be able to
see anybody for a couple of days.

But when she's better, I'll let you
know.

Okay?

What happened to Sarah Baldwin?

She's the girl you saw brought in by
helicopter.

She was trapped in a bus.

How is she? Well, she suffered third
-degree burns over 70 % of her body.

She went into respiratory arrest. We had
to perform a tracheostomy.

Now she's stabilized.

She's lucky to be brought here.

Why is that?

Well, we think we have one of the best,
if not the best, burn centers in the

country. I've spent most of the last 12
years developing many of the techniques

we use, and with the team concept.

Makes everything work. Now I remember
that race car driver was flown here from

Riverside. Well, that's why we have the
helicopter pad on the roof.

Now, when Sarah's parents arrive here
tonight from Marietta, our team social

worker and I will meet them, arrange for
a motel, and explain what they're in

for. You see, burns are so traumatic and
painful, so completely disruptive and

long -term, the families need all the
support they can get.

Have you had lunch?

Had her back, no.

Well, I'm not asking you to lunch.

I just want to make sure you don't get
sick.

The patient comes in here twice a day
for silver nitrate baths.

The dressings come off underwater, and
the patient's encouraged to wash his own

wounds, to participate as much as
possible in his own treatment.

Wouldn't he be unconscious?

Most of them are alert.

You see, we can't medicate them
effectively for pain.

The nerve endings are exposed.

In Burns, the pain is constant.

You and I can't imagine what it's like.

Oh, maybe a tooth being drilled.

It's about the worst I can think of.
Well, it's even worse than that.

And it's all over the body.

They go to the hyperbaric oxygen chamber
twice a day, rest on special air beds

under heat shields, because, of course,
we can't put blankets on them.

And we have a team of specialists,
including burn pediatricians.

But you know the only thing that makes
the patients better is the nursing care.

It takes enormous love and around -the
-clock nursing.

Sometimes for months, and even then we
lose them.

What are Sarah's chances for healing?

Well, her prognosis is not good.

But she's young, and we're going to do
everything we can.

This is the most advanced technology for
burn treatments in the world.

So there's reason for hope.

Have you gotten through to Walkerman?
We're trying.

Did Rossi turn in his cable TV story?

He got a new lead, but when he came
back, I put him on that story about

The FCC is announcing a licensing change
in the morning. I need that story,

Donovan. I need a vacation.

Okay, I'll pull Rossi off. All right,
have him get something in his shade by

tonight, and I'll work it up.

Finally got through to Washington. We
got it. You're damn right something was

going on there this afternoon. One of
our planes was shot down over Kular

airspace. They think it was by a Russian
-made jet.

President! It's got to address the
nation.

Nice going, Lou.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

Oil shipments from Kular to the U .S.
have been halted, and there is no

indication of when they will be resumed.

Listen, Marv, I say we should nuke them
just like we should have nuked Iran.

And to summarize what the government
spokesman said in his announcement, new

developments in the Persian Gulf
skirmish this afternoon have been

An American jet was shot down over Kular
airspace, but in the brief exchange of

air -to -air missiles, American aircraft
also destroyed a Kular -8 jet, believed

to be a Russian -made MiG.

developments better today.

American citizens have been urged to
leave Kular.

The first to arrive in West Germany
tonight report that fighting in the

between army units loyal to the late
king and religious extremists has

for the time being.

Sources in Washington have confirmed
that all diplomatic efforts to alleviate

tensions... Hey,

Lou, you're still awake, huh?

Oh, hi, Charlie.

Yeah, I'm awake.

Listen, why don't you go home? Nothing
more is going to happen tonight.

I'm working on Rossi's story.

I sure hate to waste this caffeine high.

Radio and TV have been giving Kular a
lot of play, but it's mostly repetitive.

I haven't heard anything new in two
hours.

You're probably right.

Come to think of it, I'm starting to
crash.

See you tomorrow.

Forget about it, Lou.

No way is that story Metro.

What story?

Kular.

It's foreign and national, so don't try
to bulldog your way in.

Oh, me?

Animal.

I've got an angle on this Kalar thing.

What does the average guy think about
what's happening down there?

Let's do men on the street interviews.

Nice local, don't you think?

Good morning, Charlie.

Ask who it is first.

Who is it?

It's your sister.

What are you doing here? I was sitting
out at the airport waiting to make my

connection. And I was going to call you.

But then I just figured, what the hell?
This is just too damn important. What?

What is it? Good to see you. Oh, Marion.

Well, I just spent two days at a
symposium of concerned doctors.

Talking about the medical repercussions
of nuclear war.

Well, here we are, suddenly faced with
it. Come on, Claire.

Everyone's a little tense with things
heating up in Kular, but don't get

melodramatic. Have you read the research
I sent you?

Which research? You send me stuff every
week.

Any of it.

Not yet, but I will.

By the time you get around to it, it'll
be too late.

Look, Claire, I'll read it tonight.

How was the symposium?

Incredible.

You know, the first one we ever held in
Baltimore, we had maybe 100.

This time in San Diego, there were 2
,000.

Doctors, nurses, technicians.

Doctors are really responding to this,
aren't they? Yes. They realized that a

nuclear war would be the last epidemic.

One bomb dropped on L .A. would
immediately kill close to 2 million and

injure a million more.

It's the injuries that we were talking
about at the symposium.

I mean, never before in the history of
the world have a million people been

injured in one place.

It's a medical impossibility.

If you have to think about it for three
days like we did, you'd go a little

nuts.

How about a drink, Claire, or something
to eat? You must be starved. No, thanks,

I can't.

You know that there was a... A Dr.

Buchanan from Phoenix led a discussion
as to whether we, as doctors, should

murder our patients.

When they're in pain and asked to be
killed because there's no medication.

Diseases that we now control, like
encephalitis and hepatitis and polio,

become epidemic.

Did you cover the convention?

We had a string around it. Charlie, you
should have sent six reporters down

there. Your medical and science guys,
too. Where were they?

Claire, you don't understand how we do
things.

When are you going to get off the dime
on this, Charlie? For the most part, the

media has not been getting this story
out.

My own brother has his head in the sand.
It's just infuriating.

Claire, it's 2 a .m.

Can't we go to bed and talk about it in
the morning when we're all fresh?

Have you ever had a gun pointed right at
you? I mean, literally?

No. Well, we've got a gun pointed at us
right now.

Charlie, there are 50 ,000 nuclear
warheads in the world today. We've got

,000. The Russians have 20 ,000.

Every city in the United States with a
population as small as 25 ,000 could be

targeted. Los Angeles alone may have a
dozen bombs aimed at it right now. Each

one 70 times the explosive power of
Hiroshima.

At any given moment, we're a half hour
away from annihilation.

I want to thank you in advance for the
wonderful night's sleep I'm going to

have.

I don't see my TV cable story lose third
day in a row.

Sorry, Rossi. If you want to make the
paper, tell the Russians not to mask

troops on the Kalar border.

Huh. Is this just a confrontation, or
should I be nervous about this?

Only about as nervous as you were during
the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Are you kidding? I was in high school,
hiding under the desk. I was sure it was

going to happen.

We'll go a certain distance, show a
little muscle. That's all.

They'll flex a little, we'll flex a
little.

Yeah, what if somebody throws a punch?

That's why I think we should have good,
strong, conventional forces.

Then we don't have to go... Oh, Greece.

Why didn't I think of the Greek islands?

What about them? My vacation's coming
up. This sounds really nice.

A chartered yacht sailing the Blue
Aegean. A whitewashed shack on the

Spetsi. That's good, Donovan. Think
about your vacation.

You say conventional weapons.

What if they start talking nuclear?

I think all the nuclear talk is just a
matter of deterrent.

That reminds me of my mom.

She always used to say, what are those
nuclear detergents they're always

about? They sure get your shirt whiter
than white.

The Department of Defense has asked us
to clear some beds in case there are

casualties in the Middle East thing.

You mean if they were fighting, they
would fly our soldiers halfway around

world for treatment?

Well, you can't treat severe burns in
the field.

How many cases could you take?

Oh, we could free up maybe ten of our
beds.

Ten?

Well, hospitals all over the country are
part of the project. Now, they don't

expect anything to happen.

They're just putting us on standby.

How about Sarah?

Are you going to start skin grafts?

We're going to wait a few days. Get her
caloric intake increased.

But there's going to be a problem.
There's not a whole lot of skin left to

graft.

She's got a fight ahead of her.

How did you first get involved in this?

Well, my practice is mostly children,
and I started comparing notes with my

colleagues about children's fantasy.

We found out that children all over the
world are starting to dream about

nuclear war. They see voids, they see
blackness falling into dark holes.

I've talked to teenagers who just don't
think they'll live long enough to have

families. Write that down for me, will
you, along with those other sources.

Our children are already grieving the
death of the planet.

So we've got to go.

They'll tell you that the whole idea of
nuclear warfare is goofy.

Goofy? Can you think of a better word?

I'm going to read all that stuff you
gave me. And if you have more, you send

Come on.

It's a Japanese custom that the person
who folds a thousand cranes will have

wish come true.

But since Sarah can't fold them herself,
we're doing it for her.

My grandmother says it don't count.

Requires doing this?

Require, though. I think it's cool.

Have you seen Saria?

No, I haven't.

They won't let us inside.

I guess we're not sterile enough.

Are you waiting to see Dr. Lawrence?

Yes.

Oh, my.

I want to ask if she can read letters or
not.

Where is Dr.

Lawrence? They said he had a phone call
from Washington.

Hey, want me to show you how to make
them?

Yes.

My sister got us out of bed to talk
about this stuff, but you made a point.

We've been neglecting this in our
coverage.

Had a turn on Channel 6. They're doing
an instant replay of something you've

to see. The senator has just emerged
from a subcommittee... I hope it's

Skyhook on the top of the scene.
...passed the press. He forced his way

Can you give us a few minutes? Can you
talk to the people? Ladies and

I have something very urgent to say to
you. No, no, I've got to talk to all

these people. Let him talk! Come on! Get
in the car for the baby! What's going

on in there? All the people have got to
know.

They're in there talking about the Big
Bang.

Everyone that you have ever loved is
going to be gone.

finished. Over. And I'm not just talking
about our sudden white flash. No, no,

no, no. Millions and millions of people
are going to suffer unimaginable pain.

It's the world's suicide.

It's massive.

No, please, I've got to tell the
president to go.

Get the car. Get the car. Follow him.
One more question. One more question,

please. The senator is being driven to
an undisclosed location. That is a

on videotape of a U .S. senator wigging
out.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment.

Here on A &E.

How do you feel about waiting in gas
lines again?

See that guy with three cars ahead?

Just cut in.

If you'd have tried that on me, I would
have killed him.

Still might.

Hey, Phil.

What about this revolution in Kular?
What does it mean?

Is it Marxist, religious, or what?

Well, I think we should wait on a deep
analysis and cover what's happening now,

the struggle for oil. You know the gas
lines out there are murder, worse than

74. Could Kular go Marxist? Sure it
could. It could go either way.

Are there contingency plans for that?

Yeah, well, I think the only plan is to
keep control of the flow of oil at all

costs. What's all costs?

Well, you heard what the Pentagon guy
said. We will not rule out military

intervention. Meaning send in the
Marines?

Well, they're talking short -range
nuclear weapons, aren't they? But

really thinking of using them. If it
came down to it, we'd have no choice.

Why not?

We couldn't fight a land war 9 ,000 air
miles away. Besides, our conventional

mobile forces aren't ready. We've
emphasized nuclear.

Still, every administration, Republican
and Democratic, has said it's

unthinkable to really actually consider
pushing the button. I'm not hearing that

anymore. Are you? Is anybody?

We may have to use nuclear weapons in a
limited way to show them that we mean

business. From what I've been reading,
there's no such thing as a limited

nuclear exchange.

Once one goes off anywhere in the world,
that's it. Not necessarily. I am

speaking of tactical nuclear weapons.
One battlefield limited to a particular

place. You mean just one little bomb
like the one that flattened Hiroshima?

We should interview that guy. What's his
name? The one that's supposed to be so

bright. The consultant on civil defense.

George Dvorak. Good idea. But that's
national.

Dvorak's in L .A. this week.

See, well, I guess that makes Dvorak our
metro store.

We're out fighting in the capital
between Marines and Kilari soldiers.

American Marines?

We went in to protect our embassy and
civilian people who were ambushed by

hundreds of soldiers.

Well, gentlemen, I think we have a new
page one.

Mr. Rossi?

Somehow, when I called to get your ideas
about civil defense, I didn't expect to

meet you at a surf shop.

Well, my son very carefully told me that
this is the primo surf shop in L .A.

His birthday is tomorrow.

I'm sure he doesn't expect me to come
back from the coast empty -handed.

Geez,

where do I start?

What do you want to buy him, a surfboard
or a T -shirt?

I've been gone two weeks. I guess it
better be a surfboard.

Mr. Dvorak, are you alarmed at the
situation in Kular?

I'm very concerned, yes.

If it came down to a military
confrontation with the Russians, would

nuclear weapons?

I can't answer that officially.

How about unofficially? Would you
speculate?

Well, we wouldn't rule it out.

You wouldn't rule out nuclear weapons?

If we used them, wouldn't that start
World War III?

Oh, not necessarily. Our aim would be a
limited engagement.

What if it can't be limited?

The United States could be attacked.

Well, we would just have to survive.

Is that possible?

Well, if we were prepared.

Yes. I've read that no matter how much
we were prepared, over 90 % of Americans

would die within 30 days in the event of
an all -out attack.

Well, that depends on where you get your
figures.

We've calculated that 80 % of the
population could be saved.

How would that take?

Well, we'd have to commit to building
shelters, making plans to evacuate the

civilian population.

Evacuate L .A.?

Took me over an hour to get here from my
paper just because of a little traffic

snarl on the freeway.

Would you like to put this in the back
for me?

Would you like to take a little walk?

No nuclear weapons are here, Joe. I
don't like them any better than you do.

My kids mean everything to me.

I hate the fact that they were born into
a world that can destroy itself.

And I do the work that I do to help
guarantee their future.

To me, it's naive to say that we
shouldn't have civil defense.

History has told us there will always be
wars.

And treaties will be broken.

We don't really have a civil defense
program, do we? No, that's right.

We've been running in place for years
while the Russians have been building.

And if we don't have that deterrent, if
we cannot convince them that we are as

prepared for war as they are, I could
very seriously threaten world peace.

But no matter what civil defense we had,
wouldn't the long -term effects of a

nuclear explosion be absolutely
devastating?

Joe, look at cities like Dresden and
Berlin, Hiroshima.

They came back, didn't they?

I grant you, a nuclear bomb is a very
big explosion.

But that's all it is.

And every time that there is an advance
in weaponry, people always say it's the

end of the world.

But if we don't despair, we will
survive.

Even if we lost 20 % of our population,
we can make it through.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Even using your figures, 20 % is still
40 million people.

You find that acceptable?

No. I find that horrifying.

Well, let me understand something.
You're pessimistic about people's

the international level to work
together, solve problems, and be

enough to avoid war.

That's right. But at the same time, you
are saying that your plan for survival

totally depends on the unprecedented
cooperation and order of 200 million

at a time of acute panic?

Never underestimate the American people,
Joe.

When you told me we were invited to
lunch, I thought it was a restaurant at

top of the building.

Where are we supposed to go?

Maybe it's a wine cellar.

Hello, I'm Cynthia Termick, professor of
physics at LAU.

We want to welcome you all to your
friendly neighborhood bomb shelter.

Most of you have probably never been
inside one of these, or haven't even

it much thought in the last 20 years,
right?

So we thought that this would make our
presentation more graphic.

For those of you on your lunch hour,
there are protein wafers, canned water,

other nuclear snacks.

We are going to pretend that a single...

A 20 -megaton bomb has exploded 16 ,000
feet above us.

There are two effects of fission -fusion
bombs, blast and heat.

Within a 10 -mile radius, 1 .8 million
people would be killed instantly by the

blast.

The heat released is enormous.

In one millionth of a second, the
temperature rises to 20 ,000 times that

sun.

Steel would evaporate.

Cars would melt.

And this basement, which we have taken
shelter in, would become a crematorium.

If you were to glance at the blast, even
from a distance of 14 miles, you would

be blinded instantly.

Now, the heat would also create
firestorms in the dry Los Angeles basin,

would consume most of the oxygen. So
that in the event that you had not been

killed by the blast or the thermal
effect, you would die of asphyxiation.

Now, if by some fluke...

you did survive, you would be living in
a contaminated environment.

Genetic mutations for 10 ,000 years.

Not to mention the staggering psychic
shock of losing everyone that you ever

knew. And, of course, civilization in
chaos.

It is said that the living will envy the
dead.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

I've introduced you now the reason that
we're here today.

We are very fortunate to have with us,
from Washington, Brigadier General

Sutherland, United States Army, retired.

I guess it's up to me to be the comic
relief.

This guy's a general?

What's he doing here?

Is he the other side?

You see, he's kind of an interesting
character.

Now, we've been planning this lunch for
a long time.

Never dreaming that today's world events
were going to make it so dramatic.

Now, as you know, I'm a retired Army
man. I've been in the military all my

I'll fight with conventional force.

I'm apolitical.

I'm here today to talk against nuclear
weapons, mostly because we don't have

control of them anymore.

Okay.

You're the press.

Ask your questions.

What do we call for dinner reservations
at this place?

What do you mean when you say we don't
have control of the weapons?

The technology has exceeded our ability
to control it.

Now, aside from the blast and the heat
effects that you've already heard about,

thermonuclear explosions generate EMP.
That's electromagnetic pulse.

Now, that creates such a massive
disturbance that one bomb exploded over

right place in the United States would
completely destroy all communication.

General, I don't understand.

How? Telephone wires would melt. All
computer memory would be wiped out. And

also, nuclear reactors would melt down.

Also, EMP destroys communication between
the command control and the missiles

themselves. So the missiles would go off
target.

Self -destruct would...

Well, who knows what? And that's the
whole point, ladies and gentlemen.

knows. And that's why there is no such
thing as a limited nuclear war.

Well, then, General, why do some people
say nuclear war can be won?

In my view, the reasons are more
political than they are scientific.

But aren't those political reasons
important?

Doesn't our survival depend on a
convincing deterrent?

Wouldn't you say that being able to
destroy the Soviet Union 20 times over

convincing?

Let me make this very clear.

I'm not talking disarmament.

I'm talking nuclear reduction rather
than escalation. A freeze on building

additional warheads.

What are you going to tell us what
you've got in those boxes, General?

These are part of your press kits.

And this is a government handbook on how
to deal with nuclear attack.

I'm going to read at random just to give
you an idea of some of the wisdom

that's contained in here.

Here's one.

In case of shock, keep the victim warm.

And here's another one.

In case of burns, give water, apply
sterile gauze, and keep the wounds

You run those numbers by me again. In
five days, she'll need several liters of

plasma, a half dozen units of whole
blood, and 15, 20 units of additional IV

fluid. That's a tremendous amount.

Happens every day with burns.

Standard treatment.

We have to replace the enormous fluid
loss.

Had lunch?

I'm not sure. What are you going to show
me?

Please.

This is lunch.

This is lunch.

How are you able to cope with all of
this?

Well, I do a lot of cosmetic surgery
because it pays the bill.

But for me, this is what counts.

But it's difficult for all of us here.

We have mandatory group therapy sessions
once a week for the nurses.

But we're one of the few centers of this
kind, so we do it.

I'm curious.

How many acute burn beds are there?

In all of L .A.? Oh, maybe 75.

In the whole country?

1 ,200.

1 ,200?

That's all?

That's all.

Lou, I finally decided on the Greek
island.

Look at this.

I'll look at it later. We're right on
deadline.

What do you got?

I've got an evangelist who said the
world was going to end left.

He now claims he was a little off.

What else?

I just heard they're going to test the
civil defense sirens at 6.

Oh, that's great.

Tomorrow morning we'll be able to let
everyone know that the sirens that

the hell out of them were just a test.

Luke, I got the man on the suite set.
I'm still working on it. Here's some

at the supermarket.

Just a feeling out there.

Well, bottled water was out by 10 this
morning. But it's funny, people I talk

seem a little sheepish about stocking
up. I noticed a lot of people copping

their gas tanks today when I wasn't.

By the way, I heard on my car radio
they're going to test the air raid

6. We know.

I just didn't want you to wonder if you
heard it. Nobody's going to be diving

under their desks around here without
the Jermaine.

I just read Rosenthal's interview with
the wife of the captain of the American

tanker that's going to try to run the
Soviet blockade.

I guess she's not worried. I've been to
space difficult tasks before.

When are they going to try to run it?
Maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week.

Next week, I'll be windsurfing off
Mykonos.

Drew Grant will continue in a moment
here on A &E.

If you thought there was going to be a
nuclear attack, would you leave the

Well, I try like crazy to get to my
husband and my kids.

You know, we have a contingency plan for
when the earthquake hits. We're all

going to meet at my sister's.

I have some sandbags left over from the
floods.

I guess I can put them around the house,
but I don't think that's going to work.

This reminds me of the Japanese attack
on Los Angeles.

Do you remember that?

Well, I'm not losing my marbles. I'm
perfectly well aware the Japanese never

attacked the mainland.

But February 25th, 1942,

four local newspapers reported that they
had some searchlights

spotted a stray plane or something or
other.

Our anti -aircraft opened fire.

And debris fell to the ground. People
were terrified.

Well, it turned out to be pieces of our
own shells.

But every newspaper in this city ran a
banner headline, Los Angeles attack.

That's what this reminds me of. Well,
we've been offered a couple hundred

thousand of these by an insurance
company as a public service in the event

nuclear emergency.

Maybe we should go with it.

I've talked to the people at a couple of
the other papers. They're considering

it. I'm against it.

It's bad enough Channel 6 is showing how
to build your own home shelter and

running first symptoms of radiation
sickness reports all week. So typical of

them. You know that thing General
Sutherland was talking about, the

electromagnetic pulse that knocks out
communications?

If it would knock out Channel 6, it
might almost be worth it.

Well, I'm inclined to go with Mr. Grant.

Let's hold off on this.

Sure is amazing down there.

I've kept this shelter up since 1954.

Changed the water, free plenty of
supplies.

Even had to replace all the toilet paper
once.

Started a lot on me.

I've been ready for this for almost 30
years.

Hey, you sound like you're almost
looking forward to it.

Well, it's nice to see your investment
pay off.

How about a shot from up here? Oh, no,
wait. I told you. I don't want any

likeness to me.

There are pictures of my house in the
newspapers.

I don't even want to be identified.

You can show the interior of the shelter
just fine, but I don't want my

neighbors to know I'm protected. There's
only room for one couple down there.

Just you and your wife?

If she watches her step.

How did we get to the point of standing
toe -to -toe, baring our teeth at the

Russians, General?

Well, from a military point of view,
there were lots of options, besides what

we've got now, which is nuclear
-equipped warships and standoffs.

There were other ways to solve this
problem.

They could have negotiated, kept
talking, at least kept the lines of

communication open.

So you think we could get through this
impasse with the Russians by

I'm not saying that the Russians are
nice guys.

I mean, experience has taught us that
they're not.

But our perception of each other as evil
has limited our options. In fact, it's

right up against the wall.

Given the difficulty of dealing with the
Soviet Union, what good, for instance,

would a treaty have done?

Well, I fully expect any treaty with the
Russians to be nearly impossible to

monitor, nearly impossible to hammer
out, and damn hard to get ratified.

Oh, the only way that it could really
happen would be for the U .S. and the

Soviet Union to realize that we do have
a common interest, global survival.

Can we act now to end the standoff?

Of course.

It's never too late.

We better call a meeting.

What for?

Florence says a bomb exploded in the
Couloir Parliament.

Whatever was left of the government is
gone and the leftists are now in

They've already executed at least two of
our Marines.

If we force our hand, we're going to
have to respond.

It sounds like the bells of St. Mary's
in here. Lou, this is Pinchon.

You better read this.

Turn on your television, Seth.

One of our oil tankers has been blown
up. I just saw it on the news.

I guess it just came over the words.

They think it may be a mine. They're not
sure. They're not even sure who did it.

But I'm afraid we'll find it necessary
to retaliate in kind.

Mr. Grant, we're on the brink of an
abyss. My God, how did we get ourselves

this?

Would you favor a preemptive nuclear
strike against the Soviet Union?

I suppose so.

I mean...

What are we supposed to do, wait until
they bomb us?

No, we can't do it.

Because it can't be done.

Don't tell me about my duty. I know what
my duty is.

That was Washington. They've been
telling me to expect burn victims from a

battlefield. They didn't say they were
talking about radiation burns.

Radiation burns are a whole different
ballgame.

The depth of tissue destruction is much
greater.

There's hardly any healthy tissue left.

Radiation destroys chromosomes, which
send the message to the cells to

reproduce. With chromosome damage, you
can't replace the protein in the cells.

Essentially, you bleed to death.

There is no way we could handle
thousands of radiation -burned victims

hospital. 30 or 40 would tax all our
resources.

And even then, we'd have to turn this
whole hospital into a burn ward.

So you told them no.

They don't know what they're dealing
with.

Dr. Lawrence?

Hi.

Hi, Judy.

We've got 644 cranes so far.

Would you tell Sarah she's going to have
her wish?

Yeah, I will.

Is she bleeding, Doctor?

What?

Oh, no. We just soaked the bandage in an
iodine solution.

How is she?

Her leg's infected. Dr. Quo. Dr. Quo.
Pseudonymous.

We always have to battle it in burns.

But when you see it, it's not a good
sign.

Can't you talk yet?

Yes, we removed the tracheostomy too.

Did she say anything?

Yeah.

She said everything hurts so bad she
wished she could just die.

She asked me to give her a shot that
would just let her die.

But of course I can't do that, nor can I
medicate her effectively for the pain.

She could go on like that for 30 days
with little relief.

Until the pseudonymous enters the
bloodstream, she becomes septic, and her

little heart gives out.

That's how you die of burns.

Look, I know you guys at the phone
company are having your problems, and I

sympathize. But we're dead in the water
here when the phones are screwed up.

I don't care if it's busier than
Mother's Day. You have to take care of

business customers first.

Donovan, you got some room for this?

The United States Postal Service, in the
event of a nuclear attack, will issue

emergency change of address cards.

Just what I want. To get my junk mail in
a mine shaft.

Neither rain nor sleek nor radioactive
fallout. How are we supposed to get

They drop the bomb and we'll all be
gone.

Not all according to this.

There will be a million of us who will
be alive and burned.

I got to tell you, if I see it coming,
I'm going to stand right under it. I'm

not even going to try.

Animal. Well, I figure if it's going to
get me, let it get me fast.

Are you still taking off for Greece
tomorrow?

If I can get to the airport, I hear it's
totally jammed. So are the freeways.

Well, if there is a nuclear holocaust,
will you save me a copy of the final

edition? It could be a collector's item.

Well, listen, guys.

Goodbye.

Aloha.

Uzo, whatever they say in Greece.

Bye. Have fun.

I can't believe we're having this
discussion.

It can't happen. It's unthinkable.

It can't. It can't happen. Oh, shut up,
Rosie. All you're doing is upsetting

people. You love to do that, don't you?
No, Billy, I don't. I really don't.

Well, I'm going.

Ted should be home by now.

Lou, good night.

Good night.

I know, Claire, the phone lines have
been tied up all day. Lots of people

calls.

Yeah, this is really something, isn't
it?

Listen, I just wanted to ask you, have
the Baltimore papers run a first aid

supplement?

One did, one didn't.

No, no, we waited went around it all day
finally decided hold off.

Oh Come on Claire, it's all gonna be
fine But I said New York Times read it

I would be worried

What

are you doing here we figured you might
need us

no I can always tell you back in a
minute

I just can't get up. We're hitting the
freeways.

You want to go down and get a bite of
them, Kenneth?

Yeah, go ahead. I'll catch up with you.

Not much happening, huh?

It's the clowns on Channel 6. Milkman,
for all it's worth, making a big deal

about somebody getting shot over
groceries in Hollywood.

Oh, what else? See you in a while.

is guarded but favorable.

Oh, that's great. She'll be pleased to
get this.

The kids have finally finished a
thousand cranes.

Oh, paper cranes.

Uh, she'll, uh, she'll know what that
means.

Well, that's, uh, great. Thank you.

I'll tell her.

Bye -bye.

Divorce, adoption, and spur -of -the
-moment weddings.

Well, they're all part of the
eccentricities of life in Hollywood.

Carrie Fisher gives us an insider's view
of life and love in Tinseltown Sunday

in the A &E special presentation, Carrie
Fisher, The Hollywood Family.

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can still do the job on Police Story,

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