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What is going on with that dog?

What dog?

Jonas never barks like that.

You'll be quiet in a minute.

Come on.

He never barks like that. Make sure he's okay.

It'll only take a second.

All right.

got to be the center of attention, huh?

You know, if it wasn't for you right now, I'd be...

All right.

What you got, boy? Something in the well?

Crazy mutt.

All right.

Let me see what's got you all worked up.

Nothing to worry about.

Now listen, dog.

I'm going back up to my wife.

If I hear another noise out of you, I'll neuter you again.

I'll find a way.

No, no, it's got to be worse than that. Um, I'm thinking castrated.

Ooh,

or flogged. Flogging is coming back this year. Really? Mm -hmm. Oh.

What are you two talking about?

The sign we ignored back there, the one that said no trespassing. Yeah, the

punishment was scratched out. Hey, what if it's a good thing, you know, like

prize money? You don't see that, huh?

Trespassers will be rewarded.

Ooh. You know, how you two ever got PhDs is beyond me.

Well, you gave them to us.

Oh.

Look at that.

Dioxin out here? Oh, look at the CO2 levels.

Yeah, they're getting higher all day.

And you're right, something's going on. Well, they better stop or we're not

going to be able to breathe.

We should check the water.

Oh, look.

Okay, I'm officially getting freaked out.

What?

Oh, no, he's a maze. It's never good.

I feel an epiphany coming on.

Osmium nitrate.

In the water? That's impossible.

No, you finding a woman, that is impossible.

Finding one of the rarest minerals on Earth floating in this lake water?

Highly unlikely.

Shot. What?

Violators will be shot.

I'll take care of this. Yeah.

Hey, I'm from Washington State University and... You're trespassing,

boy.

Let's get him.

We're shooting!

Look!

Damn you, low -carb diet.

Looks like we lost them.

I think I left my lungs back there.

Come on, we got bigger problems. Let's go. Okay.

I'm too out of shape for field work.

Oxygen nitrate? I thought that was only found in lava deposits.

You know this area isn't exactly known for its robust lava flow.

I don't know, Jake. That looks like a pretty robust lava pool to me.

We've got to get to the lab.

Jake, do you have any DPS figures? What do they say?

9 .3, 9 .5. Yeah, 10 .5, 11 .3. Yeah, how'd you know? Jake, what's happening?

The hazard zone's shifting.

I'm just on my way there.

We just got an update on the Cassidy report.

It's rising by the hundreds.

Is the White House going to issue a statement?

Just the basics. We want some hard facts before we go public with anything.

Well, analysis has confirmed that it is the result of deep seismic disruptions

below the Earth's crust.

Whose analysis?

Dr. Drake.

Palmer, Drake, and deep seismic disruptions.

Tell me that's a coincidence. Like I said, the information's still trickling

Yeah, well, I'd appreciate it if it would trickle a little faster. I have to

brief the president in one hour.

We have to brief the president, and you're getting it as fast as I am.

Let's not jump to any conclusions.

Hey, no one's pointing fingers at Project Deep.

Yet.

Is Drake in there?

He's waiting on us.

As we can see, some areas of the suburbs have suffered damage nearly as

extensive as downtown.

Hundreds of homes are damaged.

and the search will go on for hours to determine if anyone remains trapped in

the collapsed structures.

So far, the greatest number of casualties and the greatest damage

been from the structural failure of several sections of Highway 5.

But the devastating power of this unpredictable quake is visible across

region. Got here as fast as I could.

Marcia Crawford here from the NSA with General Fielding. You know they're going

to try and stick this on us?

Stick what on?

Earthquakes? It's a little paranoid, don't you think?

The epicenters are not of surface origin. They're coming from 25 miles

underground.

Tell me that's a coincidence.

Yeah, well, most probably it's due to lithospheric flexure, but you try and

that to someone when you've got a nuclear device drilling in the area.

We charted the routes and double -checked the drill zones for stability.

Do you think we could have made a mistake?

No. Well, this has nothing to do with us.

Crawford's just looking to make a name for herself.

Lord knows she's never been a fan of this project.

I don't care what's on Crawford's agenda.

We were down there. We can't ignore the fact that these two incidents may be

related. I'm not ignoring the facts.

I am trying to look at the bigger picture. No, that is the bigger picture.

Take what's right.

Don't start.

Have you called him? No.

And I'm not going to.

What a huge mistake.

Yeah, well, you didn't fire him. I did. Jake is not part of this anymore.

Okay?

General Fielding.

Dr. Drake.

Marsha Crawford.

Well, Doctor, I'm sure you have a long -winded and self -flattering explanation

for all of this. Let's hear it.

You know, some animals can sense seismic disturbances, and these fish are really

acting weird.

It's got to be electromagnetic pulses from the inner core.

Or the oregano I fed them yesterday.

We're out of fish food again.

Look, just lay off the fish, will you? Get over here and help me dig out these

files. Okay. What are they labeled?

Project Deep.

Deep Earth Energy Probe.

Thunder M.

Here it is.

The data we collected this morning was the same as the simulation I ran four

years ago, which showed a huge tear in the lithosphere.

Wow. That would explain where the lava came from.

Uh, speaking of hot, who is this?

Who is she, Jake?

Just an old friend.

Dr. Jake Rollins?

Yes. Excuse me for the interruption, sir, but you'll need to come with us.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

By whose orders?

The President of the United States.

Please, sir, right away.

I understand.

Just Dr.

Rollins, gentlemen.

Sorry. No, no, wait a second.

You guys work with me. Now, they may not look like geniuses, but believe me,

they are. If you need me, you're going to need none.

Here's latest ETS results from the White House.

Flexture. Yes.

We've lost half of Seattle, and I'm going to go to the president with

It's an extreme example, I know, but it is not unprecedented.

Palmer's been the point man on this operation since its inception, and he

what he's talking about. Yeah, well, that's just great.

But I'm still going to recommend that we shut down Project Deep indefinitely.

And I'm going to recommend that we don't. It would be inappropriate to make

a hasty decision without more information.

He's right.

We're at a critical point in this operation.

We can't just turn tail without all the facts. Facts?

That's what you're going to get.

This is a memo Dr.

Jake Rollins submitted when the project was in its developmental stage. In it,

he warns of possible side effects of your deep energy drilling. Side effects,

the way, eerily similar to exactly what's going on right now. Dr. Rollins

wild card.

He'll say anything to get attention.

Yeah, well, you've got my attention.

Dr. Rollins, nice to see you again.

Mrs. Crawford.

Mr. General Fielding. I think you know everybody else.

Oh, yeah. We go way back.

I'm assuming you've been brought up to speed on the latest intel.

Yeah. And what's your take on the situation?

Well, you know, I'm not a religious man, but I think this is what the Bible

pumpers call Armageddon. You know what? This is crazy. I'm not going to stamp

it. Where are you going, Palmer? Seattle?

That's enough.

Yeah, you know what? It is enough, okay? Let's just stop the dog and pony show

right here.

Project Deep. It's operational, isn't it? You know how I know that?

I got osmium nitrate floating around in ponds like it's algae. I spent the

morning being chased by a river of lava. What the hell did you people drill in?

This has nothing to do with Project Deep, Jake.

Oh, and let me guess, he dazzled you with his eloquent little theory on

God, I can't believe you did it. We were meticulous every step of the way. We

took every precaution, calculated and recalculated. Well, somebody forgot to

carry the wand.

Jake, Jake, you're wrong. This is an unrelated, unforeseeable act of nature,

period. No. No, you are angry because Project Deep is a success. You know, we

have tapped into enough energy to power North America for 100 years, Jake.

North America? It's not going to be here in a hundred years. You don't know what

you're talking about! In your blind quest for energy, you have done

split the planet in half.

What are you talking about? That's an exaggeration, right?

Not much.

Thanks to his ego.

Hey, you know what that is?

Oh, don't tell me.

Spartan GT supercomputer.

What did I just say?

I wonder where they're taking it.

to find out.

Nothing there.

From everything I've seen, these subduction zones here, all along the

Rim, all the way up to the Aleutian Trench, have somehow moved.

Jake, what are you getting at?

You guys drilled into a pocket of underground gas.

You know what? You don't know that.

It's the only possible explanation for what's going on, Palmer. Not

There is another possible explanation.

Like what, Karen? A natural bend in the lithosphere? I don't think so.

You know that's not what's going on here.

English, please.

The subduction zone.

When the gas in the pocket debris escaped, the plates above started

toward the core, where they melt, and that creates more liquid magma. More

magma, more pressure behind it, looking for a place to get out as they give

volcanic eruptions.

It's like, it's like this jelly donut, okay?

Jelly inside, that's the magma.

Now, as the plates continue to collapse and melt, jelly's got to go somewhere.

So this is going to get a lot worse.

A lot of jelly down there.

General.

Well, Jake, it's good to see you haven't changed a bit. Still preaching the doom

and the gloom, huh? Well, it's your funeral, Palmer. I'm just glad I got

invited. No, it's all of our funerals if we don't find a solution.

That's right. So the sooner you get with the program, the better we'll all be,

okay? What's the program, huh? You drilling a big hole in the world for...

it, both of you!

All right, if there's one thing I know, it's that whatever it was that happened

down there is going to need to be fixed down there.

All right, you scare these people into closing us down and we're never going to

be able to crack this mess.

I'm suspending Project Deep Effective immediately until the situation gets

control. This is my project. You don't have the authority for that. Like hell I

don't. Not without my consent.

And I'm not giving it until I have concrete evidence.

Concrete evidence?

What the hell have you been listening to for the last 20 minutes?

Well, Jake made some convincing arguments.

But Palmer's been the brain behind deep from the very start. I'm not about to

cast him aside. No one's talking about casting anyone aside.

I'm talking about finding a solution.

Think about the repercussions of what we're talking about. The political

could destroy this administration.

Not to mention that career of yours along with it.

You seriously think I'm worried about my career right now?

Look, do this my way, Marcia.

We could all come out of this looking like heroes.

We need to make sure the human race comes out of this.

General.

Okay, Jake.

You saw this coming down the pipe.

Any ideas how to fix it?

I got a couple.

But I... Karen did most of the drilling. I'm going to need her input.

Sir, what...

I'll do respect no one knows more about deep than I do.

You know, textbook educations are fine for the classroom, Jake, but in my line

of work, it's hands -on experience that counts.

Okay, we've got our team then.

Dr. Rollins, you're going to join Dr.

Drake and Dr.

West here to try and figure out our next step. You guys have 48 hours.

But it's not an offer.

It's an order.

I suggest you start working on your proposal.

caused by downed power lines in the outlying areas are keeping emergency

busy. As destructive as earthquakes are, they are not the real problem. We have

to stop the plates collecting.

Which brings us back to the subducting zone. Yeah.

We've got to find a way to reset them. Otherwise, they keep melting, make more

magma. So once we determine the exact amount of energy to move the plates...

Well, then we use the exact same amount of energy to shift them back.

So where do you propose we do this?

Bye, kids.

Hey, guys. What the hell have you got here?

Now, guess what this is. A Spartan GT supercomputer.

Again with the... The Spartan GT supercomputer has 15 ProTech

all humming along at 7 .5 gigahertz with a total combined drive capacity of over

3 terabytes.

Well, then. Yeah, we thought it might come in handy. Where did you get this?

Uh, we know a guy.

Yeah, it's gonna take us a few minutes to get her warmed up, though.

Good. Guess I could use some air.

Yeah, we'll figure it out.

I can't believe you have anything to do with this. Don't start.

You know what could happen. I'm not going to let you do this to me right

After all this time, I still don't understand.

Jake, they gave me unlimited resources to build exactly what I've always

of building.

You know what? I did it.

That's what scientists do.

You've got to get personal.

That's what scientists don't do.

I'm so tired of doing this dance with you.

I'm not the same woman who looked up at you with those puppy dog eyes all those

years ago.

You're just mad because I made a choice that didn't involve following your lead.

You know what? Choice is irrelevant.

No, the choice itself is different.

Why are you so angry?

How can you ask me that? What are we dealing with?

That's not what I'm talking about.

You know what I mean.

Yeah. Don't flatter yourself, all right? We were over a long time ago.

Yeah, we were.

Hey, Jake, Spartan's online and Palmer's running the first blast calculations.

Exactly what kind of explosion are we talking about?

Initial calculations indicate something about 4 ,000 times the Hiroshima bomb.

For the love of God, this is insane.

This is the ring of fire.

A chain of active volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific.

Next couple days, as the magma levels start to rise...

These things are going to start exploding.

The ensuing ash cloud will be unlike anything this planet has ever seen.

That is insane.

Make no mistake, we're talking about an extinction -level event.

Palmer? Karen?

Do you concur?

Definitely.

And this is the only way.

Yes, it is.

Can you get them that kind of firepower?

If that's what it takes, then that's what we'll deliver.

Now we just need to calculate where to place our blast.

Print that.

Look at this. This is the exact seismic force that struck the tectonic plane.

Decker.

This can point to the exact location of where we're going to have to put the

manufactured blast.

Actually, Spartan's asking for two blasts.

Two blasts? Guys, I need everything over here. Come on. It should be coming out.

Okay.

All right, look, these are the subduction areas, right? And with the

that we're expecting in the next 72 hours, I... Is this right?

To the last decimal point.

What? What is it?

It's about to get a lot worse.

Spartan says we have to place the charges 25 miles below the surface.

Then we blast.

If the Cascades are waking up, we're running out of time.

We can take the mining route to here after that winter off. That leaves us

another 10 miles to go.

And you're sure that we can get deeper? It's 25 miles.

What do you see what she's created, Jake?

The most amazing machine I've ever seen.

Money's kept us busy at 15 miles. We haven't had a need to go deeper, but the

mall, it's unstoppable.

We'll go where I take it.

Lucky for us, this area was pretty active at one point.

These lava tubes were cut out for time. I could figure out a way to map them all

together. That way we'll be blessed.

solid rock the whole way. Solid rock isn't an obstacle.

Solid rock isn't an obstacle.

We're entirely run by geothermal energy, the entire facility. We've been able to

use that energy to support our mining operations for the last two years. But

eight months ago, the real discovery came. Liquid tritium.

Twelve miles down, tapped into it like a natural spring. Enough to fuel our

rapid fusion reactors for the next 100 years.

Thanks, Dad. We're going to hang out at the food court.

It's like being reunited with the lost loved one, isn't it, Jake?

Don't worry, I don't expect compliments.

Deep does exactly what I said I would do.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not discounting your help, but... I

Is it bittersweet?

Seeing your vision realized by someone else when it so easily could have been

you?

Palmer, you've used it to bring the world closer to destruction than it's

been.

That's not bittersweet.

Just bitter.

Dr. Drake.

General.

Major McEwen.

Dr. Drake.

Congratulations, sir.

Major McEwen's department's been commissioned to explore the potential

Project Deep's energy.

For the military.

For America, Dr. Rollins. And we're fortunate to have what he's come up

You basically shrunk down your rapid fusion reactors, added blasting caps to

activate the cores, and... Made it a bomb.

The blast is equal to a 4 ,000 megaton nuclear bomb with limited radioactive

fallout.

Don't look so surprised, Dr. Drake.

This is a logical adaptation of your technology.

And using it to push those tectonic plates back may prevent a global

catastrophe.

Now, the Major here and Captain Hayward will be joining you on your trip. And

only they will have the activation codes to the fusion reactors.

Is that clear?

Good. Is there anything else?

No. No, as long as the fallout's only limited.

Fine. We've got one hour before launch.

Let's go.

The reawakening of Mount Adams from dormancy and its release of gases and

into a massive Plinian eruption cloud hints at a dangerous shift in magma

pressure, say geologists.

Events now happening in Long Valley, California seem to confirm this theory.

Although an active geological zone, you were seeing the first surface event

there in over 500 years.

This is the first lava geyser in the continental U .S. in recorded history.

Wow.

Wow.

Incredible.

It's asleep now. Wait till it wakes up.

Then you'll see.

Karen.

Incredible.

Thank you.

The name sucks, though.

What?

The name.

I'm sure it's an awesome machine, but come on.

The mole?

Yeah, well, it travels underground.

Yeah, like a mole. We get that.

But, I mean, you spent, like, how many years building this thing? And, like,

and a half minutes thinking of the name. You might as well have called it the

hamster. Give it a rest, will you?

Go. Leave.

Now, Apollo, that was a name. Word to that.

T -minus 45 minutes to launch.

Well, I guess we should get suited up.

Yes.

Understood.

When did you turn this into a weapons program?

You think we'd pay for all this just to cut back on gas?

This was never even brought up to me.

I don't need your authorization nor your blessings for that matter.

Everything you build, find or discover is property of the U .S. government.

You're still getting everything you ever wanted.

You're changing the world.

Hey.

What happened here?

I haven't seen that before.

Did you fall down the stairs or poop in the shower?

Very funny. No, actually, I was out running the bulls in Pamplona. No, not

of them, evidently.

No, not all.

When did you start running with the bulls?

I don't know.

Probably about the time you started wearing your hair short.

T minus 20 minutes to launch.

Gentlemen, I can't overstate the importance of this mission. Thank you,

You're the best we've got.

You're welcome. Thank you, sir.

General, what orders did you just give those two Marines?

I told them to follow strict military protocol.

Which is?

Those aren't Fourth of July fireworks I'm sending them away with.

If anything should go wrong, they've been given orders to take whatever

necessary to secure the mission.

And their mission is the same as our mission, correct?

You know, I don't like the feeling of being kept in the dark.

Neither does the president.

I've served under three presidents before this one, and not once has my

of service ever been called into question.

Well, if it has anything to do with this mission whatsoever, I want to know

about it before it happens.

Is that clear?

T -minus five minutes for launch.

Highly recommended, Captain.

Did I have the details? Yes,

sir.

The details you think I should know about?

You spend a lot of time in Africa, don't you, Major?

That scar on your left hand looks like a bite from a Kenya puff adder.

Your calluses on your fingertips, long thumbnail.

You play guitar?

12th string?

You clear your throat a lot.

Probably an in -your -ear virus.

You might want to get that checked out. Yes, thank you, Captain.

You're welcome, sir.

You know, I gotta say, this is amazing.

Look at that, all these gauges, colored readouts.

If this sucker had a satellite dish, he'd really be cooking.

But he's navigating?

Yes, I'm navigating.

Suck it up, Palmer.

Don't make me bring up that road trip to Joshua Tree.

Okay, Palmer, just drop it, okay? We were kids.

Five hours driving through the desert till he ran out of gas?

Typical stubborn Jake Romans move.

Yeah, well, you know what? I didn't have one of these back then. Now we're in

good hands. And you still owe me 500 bucks from the tow truck?

Boy, enough, all right?

On your cue, Palmer.

Guidance navigation.

Guidance navigator, go.

Drill blade activator.

Drill blade activator, operation.

Fusion procedures.

Check fusion procedures.

Network extension.

Full extensions.

Cabin pressure stabilizer.

That's a go.

Thermal incinerator.

100%. Run core diagnostic.

That's a go.

Hydrocarbon systems.

Check hydrocarbon systems.

Engage full drive.

Engage.

all systems are reading satisfactory command i'd like to cut the cord roger

initiating final countdown all right boys let's buckle up

ordinance

locked i'm in upload complete

Mole to Command, we'd like to say our farewells and plan to see you back here

safely in 22 hours and 7 minutes.

Never go, no go for descent.

Roger, Mole, you are go for descent. Repeat, you are go for descent.

Let's do it.

Godspeed, brave souls.

Experts warn these Plinian clouds behind me are just a harbinger of things to

come. And with no one certain as to the exact extent of the damage and volcanic

activity steadily on the rise, one question is on the minds of all.

Will this end, or is this the end?

Stay tuned for further updates throughout the day. I'm J .C. Kenney.

I've got to say, the ride is smoother than I thought it would be.

To put it simply, I designed a cabin like an air bubble.

We'll always float level.

Good. I don't want to spend the next 24 hours mashed up against that console.

Cut me some slack, will you?

Hey, slack is being cut, sir. I am very impressed.

Yeah, well, this is just the opening act.

There's a headliner coming in that's going to knock your socks off.

The end Permian extinction, some 250 million years ago.

The Permian age came to an abrupt end. Over 95 % of all life on Earth was

destroyed. Recent geological studies suggest the cause of mass extinction to

a flood eruption of volcanic activity in Siberia, known as the Siberian Trap.

Scientists believe the eruptions were 10 ,000 times larger than man has ever

seen. How can we prepare for such a disastrous event?

How will your job be affected?

Stay tuned for all the latest updates and information right here.

I'm J .C. Kenney.

Oh, you've been in the Corps, Captain.

Two years.

Last ten months with Force Recon.

Force Recon?

Well, then I guess that must be adrenaline.

Because it sure as hell better not be fear.

No, sir.

Do you like to hunt, Captain?

Sometimes, Major.

Yeah, me too.

I was hunting one time up in Alaska.

Got separated from my group.

Night was coming on, temperature dropped down to 20 below.

I was shaking so bad my teeth were chapped. First it was cold, then from

fear.

Pharaoh was going to die.

And then I saw a big 16 -point buck standing right in front of me.

While I raised my rifle, I bang, shot him right in the head.

With the strength I had left, I crawled over and sliced him open, throat to

belly.

Crawled inside.

Can you believe it?

The thing kept me warm until my group shot up the next morning.

The very thing I went to hunt and kill ended up keeping me alive.

This is more we've reached maximum depth of mining excavations The reaching the

end of the mine shaft this should be good Drill blade activator

Drill blade activator go command. We're bringing blades up to full

rotation for the next phase You're entering the lava tube

Dr. West, may I stand, please?

Yeah, I guess, Captain.

What do you use to cut through the rock frequently, folks?

Timmy. Timmy.

Yeah. Thermal Ionic Mass Incinerator.

Thermal Ionic Mass Incinerator. Sounds pretty hot.

Hydrocarbon Diamond Lenses.

And if we ever find a material tougher than a diamond, we'll use that, jack up

the power, cut through the rock faster.

The cobalt matrix material has been a great help to our troops in the Gulf,

Doctor.

That kind of heat resistance, they can walk straight into an oil fire and put

out. It's amazing gear.

We're looking for other uses as well.

The benefits to the military are of absolutely no interest to me, Major.

I do not appreciate having my research diverted to make weapons of mass

destruction.

Whoa, it's got Palmer so jumpy.

Too much junk food.

Hmm? I'm good.

I had no idea they would hijack my work. Paul, you were being funded by the

military. What did you think was going to happen? You had the luxury of being

armchair quarterback, Jake.

Yeah, well, you were just a coach. It was too stupid to realize you didn't own

the team.

The eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in Japan following the powerful tremor

Auckland, New Zealand shows that the... The ring of fire is heating up.

Just like Jake's head. ...being repeated across the Pacific.

Tonight's dramatic lava outburst in Redoubt, Alaska shows the destructive

and growing frequency of geological events here in North America.

Explosive showers of lava set fire to vegetation on the surrounding slopes,

now a huge forest fire is raging out of control.

But the devastation caused by this inferno pales next to the unanswered

questions. How many more of these unprecedented lava outbreaks...

That's

solid rock.

Yeah, looks like that dug up the lava too.

It's just going to take me a minute to get Timmy up to speed.

Major McEwen.

Good. Just waiting for the in -flight movie to start.

Molotov Command, if you'd like to activate Timmy, stand by.

Molotov Command, come in.

What is it?

I don't know. We're getting some kind of interference.

Karen, this is General Fielding.

We can't read you clearly. Can you repeat that?

What's wrong?

I don't know. We just lost communication.

What the hell was that?

The G -band readings.

The size of this field is off the chart.

Drop it.

What does that mean? What are you talking about?

Magnetics. That lava flow has a magnetic field.

Stick to that thing like superglue. Get the hell out of here!

Still waiting on Timmy to get a speed.

What are they doing?

Are they moving sideways?

How does that compare to running with the bullet?

It's right up there.

You don't say.

How did that little joyride affect our heading?

It moved us a little bit, but I'm putting in new coordinates now.

Let's see if you can get communication back, Palmer.

Okay.

Mulder Command, do you copy?

Command, Command, this is Maul.

cooking now.

Okay, let's see what we can do to reestablish contact. We need to know

hell's going on out there.

On it.

Boy, I'm sure glad they don't have us hooked up to those heart monitors.

Dude. What?

Get in there.

In where?

All right, we're working you like a cat's can, buddy. Get in there. Really?

Yeah. No.

This could be our last night on Earth.

Hi.

Hey.

So you live in D .C.? Mm -hmm.

Cool.

You party?

Yeah. Cool.

This is more serious than we thought.

Damn it, Angela, don't ask questions. There's no time to explain. Just trust

on this.

Get your things and start heading east.

It doesn't... Just listen to me.

It doesn't matter where you go. Just go.

I'll find you.

Do you think it's fair to give certain people a head start?

When were you planning to tell the other six billion loved ones of the

catastrophe heading their way?

Don't jump the gun.

Let's give our team a fighting chance.

Look, General...

The White House needs to be prepared with a response, not to mention a plan

action. If you are even thinking evacuation, we need to go public.

Great.

Let's break it to the networks.

That'll surely prevent a widespread panic.

Won't it?

Just how long do you plan to keep this a secret?

Don't forget who appointed you. We work for a government that protects its

people when they need it. All of them.

Our government has its hands full as it is.

If you're Dr.

Rollins and the crew of the mole are successful in their mission, then we

have done our job.

Then we agree.

Protecting yourself doesn't even make the list of priorities.

Right?

Is this the beginning of something worse?

From the satellite images I've just seen, it seems plausible that some kind

catastrophic environmental change will occur over the coming months if these

Plinian clouds continue to spread.

Normal everyday life across the planet will have to conform to a new way of

living. One would expect temperatures to drop as the heat from the sun is

blocked. But our team of researchers have suggested a more severe scenario.

Methane gas is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, and the amount of

methane being released from the current volcanic activity will soon result in a

global warming of several degrees each week.

By the end of a six -month period, the temperatures across the United States

will reach into the mid -100s.

Where are they now?

Back on track, about 20 miles down.

Project Deep, this is General Fielding. Come in.

Project Deep, are you there?

This is Project Deep. We had a minor incident, but we're moving again. Good

be back in communication.

What's your status?

We are shutting down Timmy after a successful burn, and we are almost at

first drop -off point.

About 50 meters up.

We have parking, free valet.

All right. I'll slow her down.

Here we go, guys.

Hamsters approaching first drop -off point.

You guys ready to do your thing?

Tell us where you want it. We'll set the activation.

I've uploaded the Spartan coordinates.

The placement has to be pretty precise.

You're not going out there, are you?

No, I need to stay here and run some diagnostics to make sure those magnets

didn't screw us up too bad.

Let's do it.

One small step for man.

It's amazing how much money we spent trying to get to other planets.

When you think about it, we still don't know anything about the one we live on.

You're right, Jake.

We're the first humans to stand 20 miles beneath the Earth's surface.

Okay, enough for the sightseeing, gentlemen. Let's set the first guard.

We have a bit of a problem.

What is it?

The reactor needs to be set down there.

We'll take it from here, Doctor.

That's what we're here for.

Okay.

This will give you the exact Spartan coordinates.

Be careful.

Ready, Captain?

Yes, sir.

What are you doing?

Is this what I think it is?

Osmium nitrate.

I found a vein of it.

Yeah. It's got a melting point of 5 ,000 degrees Celsius.

Tough stuff.

That's harder than diamond.

Much harder.

Start picking it up. Get as much as you can carry. Why?

For the lenses. I need this to increase the power.

Palmer, you caused enough damage with the power you've got. Enough!

It's never enough.

You are unbelievable.

Right here, Captain.

This is it.

Lock it down.

Captain, are you comfortable driving them all yet?

Sir, you have a keen eye for detail.

I think you're ready, don't you?

Not yet, sir.

It's pretty complicated.

Hayward, you better know by the time we cut that second reactor.

Something's coming!

Calm

down!

Everyone calm down!

What the hell's going on down there?

Homer!

the ledge, and it's activated.

Where's McEwen? He didn't make it, sir.

Come on, Palmer.

Dr. Drake, come in.

Dr. Wett.

Dr. Rollins, come in.

Hey, guys, look.

First bone's been cut.

Let's get him inside.

This cavern's unstable.

Get the first aid.

Get the first aid. What happened out there?

Karen, get her going. We got to get out of here.

That last tumbler knocked us around pretty bad. I got to recheck the second

coordinates.

Where's McEwen?

He's gone. Get us out of here.

I'm starting the engine.

Weak one.

Hang in there, though. Dr.

West!

We've got a coolant leak, Jake.

We're good?

Nice work.

The damage to Colville is extensive, and scientists say that the earthquake that

struck here will not be the last seismic event of a worldwide... The quakes are

getting bigger.

What size was the last one?

6 .4 inches just outside of Colville.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Well, I should start by saying that we're taking the most offensive measures

possible.

Um, Ms. Crawford. Not now, guys.

Um, there's a problem.

Hey.

We set the first reaction.

We're on our way to drop point number two.

Can I help?

Sure. Why don't you see if you can get the communication back up?

I wouldn't know where to begin.

I went to tank school for eight months in the Marines.

These controls look a lot more complicated.

Yeah, it's not that hard once you get going.

Throttle here, thruster here.

Of course, we don't get shot that much, so we're a little weak on the artillery

and that.

Sir.

What's the problem?

Well, he's conscious, barely.

We don't have the heart to tell him what's really going on.

Quake shifted our coordinates, and this nav computer doesn't have enough

processing power.

It's going to take me two days to reconfigure what the coordinates are of

thing. And that's two days we just don't have.

I need to talk to the base.

Captain, see what you can do.

Yes, ma 'am.

Mole to command.

Mole to command.

Old man, can you read us?

Old man, can you read us?

Nothing.

Subduction zone shifted with that last quake. Yeah, but we're shifting them

back, right? Yeah, but the placement of our blast was always under the

assumption everything would remain close to the way they were when we did our

targeting. Not to mention the size of the reactor's blast.

I know, it's all different.

Yeah.

Okay, we have to reach them.

I mean, they must realize something's wrong, right?

I mean, if they put the reactor in the wrong spot... We can make things worse.

What can we do?

First thing we have to do is to figure out exactly what the drop point's on. I

mean, it could be two feet away, it could be two days away.

I mean, and the second question is, are our reactors gonna work? I mean, is the

one we have too big? Is it not big enough?

This computer is worthless. It's not fast enough to answer the questions I'm

asking you.

Their radio communication's been knocked out.

We're going to have to do this the hard way.

Stand back, folks.

This is going to get ugly.

The mole is about to be hacked.

Black, I'm going to need a hot wire. I'm on it.

Sure you guys know what you're doing?

We never stopped this before.

Are you shutting Timmy down?

Yes, I am.

Why?

Because, Jake, we don't even know if we're going the right direction.

Yeah, but we can't stop.

What's the plan?

We can't recalculate the shifts. It's impossible.

Look, maybe we're not supposed to...

We losing power?

No.

Something else.

Yes!

My guys!

They're in the system.

We bet they are, and not a moment too soon.

Okay, he needs all the episodic tremors and slope from the last quake factored

into our old data.

Coming in.

Okay, good.

Now apply those figures to the location of the first drop point. Hang on, hang

on.

Uh -oh.

What?

Hmm.

That did not sound good.

Okay, we got a problem.

The charge in the reactor needs to be bigger.

Bigger, Jake? We only have one left.

The cores.

Use the cores in the mole.

Captain Howard?

I'm guessing you know a thing or two about those reactors?

Yes, sir.

Major McEwen said you used the same cores from deep.

That's correct, sir.

Can you transfer those cores to this reactor?

I'm trained in demolitions. I don't know if... Can you do it?

I can do my best.

Look, not to dampen spirits, but if we take power from the mole now, we might

not be able to get back.

Removing those cores could make our scent very difficult.

Maybe impossible.

We came down here to do this thing. I say we do it.

Amen.

Agreed.

Amen.

Okay.

Let's get to work.

We've shut down power to the grid.

It's cold.

Palmer, I need a little help here. A 12K megaton blast. How many of these things

is it going to take?

Three, but if you take one out, the entire chamber goes dark.

That means we lose half our power.

But we'll still have enough to get the job done.

Captain, you ready?

Yeah, it's gonna be tricky. We rupture one of these cylinders and that's it.

We're done for.

Well, ordinarily that would faze me, but not today.

Do what you gotta do.

What are you doing trying to make this exciting?

Trying to get it over with.

Slow down.

Take it easy.

One more we can put into position.

Tick, you might want to think twice about going out there with them.

You're not supposed to come back.

Looks like he's been training.

Dr. Rollins, it isn't the way it looked.

Let me explain, please. What are you doing down here? Why did they send you?

They didn't send me. They sent Major McEwen.

Keep talking.

Major McEwen was told to make sure that if we made it back, none of you would.

But when McEwen died, so did the Order.

I'm not an assassin.

He was.

He had a vial of sarin gas with him when he went over that ledge, and it was

meant for all of you.

But you were still taking notes after McEwen died.

Do you know how to drive this thing?

Do you?

Do you?

If anything happened to her, we would be stuck down here.

Now I want to get back.

I want to see my family again.

So let's just finish the mission and get back out top.

Let's finish the mission.

You know, you and Jake,

you make a good team.

Yeah.

The rock, it's different here. Smooth.

Yeah.

River of magma flowed through here probably about a million years ago. You

if we don't do this right, it's going to be flowing again.

That's the spot.

Set it right there.

I'll lock you down.

Activate the timer.

Remember, we have to be precise.

We have to sync up with the other reactors.

Okay. We're receiving a sync signal from device number one.

Good. I'll sync up and program the activation code.

It's worse than that. He's gonna set the reactor.

Nick, we don't have the activation codes.

I gotta go. I gotta set that reactor. No, how? We don't have the codes. I'll

figure something out. Don't be crazy, Jake.

have you stealing my thunder, Jake.

That's not the way I care to go out.

I'm gonna fuse the cores myself.

I'm staying down here.

This is my fault.

I'm the one that's gonna fix it.

It's not supposed to end this way.

I still have plenty of time to screw it up, Jake. You still have to make it out

of here.

We're not leaving you down here, Palmer. No.

That's not an offer, Karen.

That's an order.

Trust me.

It's better this way.

Dr. Rawlinson.

Dr. Drake.

Dr. West.

Get out of here

How

we

set the power That

coolant level

What? Great.

It's par for the course.

I'll do my best to reroute the power, but it's going to get hot in here.

Whatever happens, we're going to make it.

They're on the move again what about the second reactor

It's in position, but it hasn't been activated yet.

Did they do it?

It's not over yet, but as far as we can tell, both charges are in place, but the

second one hasn't initiated.

Guys, it must have been a glitch. The second device was synced and activated.

I think that's everything I can shut down without us catching on fire.

This is worse than I thought.

We're barely into the shaft. It's too far.

Just think about cool places.

Remember when we went skiing in Park City?

Water.

I don't think you ever took me to the beach.

No, no. Do you have a contingency for underwater evacuation?

Yeah. But we've never needed to use it.

You may need to use it now. You know, if we alter our present course by 40

degrees, it'll bring us out right there.

At the bottom of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. You know, we could float to the

top. We won't need any power.

I knew there was a reason why I loved you Let's do it

They're coming up, and Timmy is online.

Looks like they've taken a shortcut to the surface.

Yeah, and their coolant level's in the red.

I want to know where and when they're coming up.

Guys?

Can you do me a favor?

I need those coordinates as well.

Can you get them to me first?

Sure thing, Ms. Cronkite.

This is an interesting point.

Yeah.

I knew it.

What was that?

I asked for the new coordinates. So did I.

Hand it over.

I'm not going to ask you again.

Follow me, John.

Let's look on the bright side.

At least now I'll get an answer to the questions scientists have pondered their

entire lives.

What's next?

Step on it, step on it. We have to hurry.

Drive, you drive!

What's the word, Jake?

I don't know. Give me a minute.

I'm commencing the injection sequence.

Give me a second.

Hey, it's working.

Look at that.

Look at that. I mean, the hot zones are starting to fall off.

The plates must have shifted.

It's working.

Now we just have to get home.

Come on, let's go. You're trying to like my grandmother.

All right, here we go.

Go through. Go ahead. Go through.

Yeah, these are the coordinates.

You see them?

I see them. Yeah!

Miss Crawford, your office called. You have a story for me? I certainly do.

People need to know the truth about what caused these natural phenomenon steps

that were taken to bring it under control.

Can we roll on that? That's why I asked you here.

We're rolling.

Errors and judgment were made in the name of greed and personal glory.

People died because of those mistakes.

The president wants to make it perfectly clear that there is no place in this

administration for the betrayal of public trust.

Jake, what are you doing?

You know, stop.

We need to keep going.

I don't need to go ashore.

Everything I need is right here.

Always has been.

I couldn't agree more.

You see them? Oh, yeah.

What are they doing? Nothing.

Let me see.

No, they're not doing anything.

Well, then you can let me see.

They're just talking.

They're making out, aren't they?

No. Yes, they are. They're making out. Come on, it's my turn. No, but they're

just talking.

Where are you going? What? Nowhere. Where are you going? I'm not doing

Dick! Dick!

Thank you.