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(Fine Young Cannibals’ "She Drives Me Crazy")

♪ ♪

SINGER: ♪ I can’t stop ♪

Boba gets a bad rap because it basically has

no nutritional value, but most people

just don’t appreciate the fact that it’s fun to drink.

I mean, yeah, the tapioca’s sort of like blobs of snot,

but, uh, it’s delicious blobs of snot.

♪ ♪

What?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou filibustered a solid six minutes on boba.

(chuckles)

Before that it was Billie Eilish,

the Cowboys’ running game, and how underrated

was.

Well, Brad is magic

even as a baby, so...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHow long are you going to avoid talking about it, TK?

What?

The elephant in the juice bar.

(music fades)

\h\h\h\h-Us? -(chuckles)

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhen I saw you in that hospital bed,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hnot knowing if you’d ever wake up again,

I had all these feelings-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hstrong feelings,

which is crazy because I still \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbarely know you.

(soft dramatic music)

I’m just confused.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat are we? Are we even a "we"?

Honestly, I have no idea, Carlos.

"I have no idea." Yeah. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s it.

Look, hey, you think you’re confused?

I don’t even know who I am anymore, all right?

I don’t know if this is the life I want,

or I’m even in the right career or in the right state.

I feel like I need to figure that out first

\h\h\h\h\h-before I can-- -You can figure this out?

-I got it. \h-(sighs)

I’m sorry.

I sound like such a narcissistic dick right now.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-No-- -SERVER: Thank you.

You sound pretty reasonable, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hactually.

Hey, look, at least let me get it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-No. -Let me get it.

No.

\h\h\hFrom what you said, you’re about to be unemployed, so...

(chuckles) I feel like you’re bummed.

No, I’m good.

If it’s not meant to be, \h\h\hit’s not meant to be.

Not like it’s the end \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof the world.

(ominous music)

(TK sighs)

(device pops)

Ow--the hell?

-TK: You okay? -CARLOS: Yeah.

(car alarm beeps)

\h\h\h\h\h-(scooter beeps) -CARLOS: The hell is this?

\h\h\h-TK: Whoa, whoa. -PEDESTRIAN: Oh, wow.

Hey, are you all right?

\h\h\h\h\h\hMAN: Help, this thing won’t stop.

Oh, my God.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Watch it, hey, hey.

Hey, you all right?

♪ ♪

(distant popping)

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCARLOS: Hey, why are those lights green?

TK: What?

CARLOS: Those lights are green.

♪ ♪

(transformer pops)

-CARLOS: Whoa, whoa, whoa. \h\h\h\h\h-TK: What the--

(truck horn blares)

(phone vibrates)

(hip-hop music playing)

♪ ♪

Hey, Mom.

\hTHERESA: Hey, Michelle, what are you up to, honey?

I’m just leaving the camp. \h\h\h\h\hI have a shift.

What’s going on?

THERESA: Okay, so I know \hyou’ve been laying low

\h\h\h\h\h\hsince we found out about Iris, but I don’t know.

I was thinking it’s time we-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(car chirps)

Yeah?

THERESA: (voice distorting) \h\h\h\h\h\hTake--a little--

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Mom? -THERESA: I found this ador--

Mom, you’re breaking up.

THERESA: Air--listen--

(harsh tone)

Mom, can you hear me?

-(phone beeps) \h\h\h-(sighs)

(keys clatter)

(ominous music)

(crows cawing)

♪ ♪

Hey, Doc, remember me?

(dramatic music)

(espresso machine grinds and whirs)

Guys, I think we have a problem.

(espresso machine grinds)

It’s not working, and now it’s making this "krrsshh" sound.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOoh, dude, tell me you did not

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hjust break Cap’s espresso maker.

He had that custom-made \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin Italy.

-It’s his prized possession. \h-Think I don’t know that?

And besides, I didn’t break it. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPaul did.

MARJAN: Hm.

Mm-mm, don’t even try it, Probie.

Thing was working fine when I used it.

\h\h\h\hAnd you probably packed the filter basket

with extra fine grounds \h\h\h\h\h\h\hand ran it

on a high temp, didn’t you?

I enjoy a robust cup.

I’m not gonna apologize for that.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHow many times do I have to tell you?

It puts a strain on it.

(sighs)

Probably overheated, threw off the water conditioning system.

This is why I’ve been saying we \h\hshould just buy a coffee pot.

(groans)

(soft Western music)

(groans)

Hey, yeah, there you go. \hGo ahead and whack it.

-That ought to fix it. \h\h\h\h-(Paul laughs)

♪ ♪

Oh, God, what am I gonna do?

MARJAN: You’re gonna do the right thing--

fall on your sword and tell the truth.

Hello.

-Paul did it. \h-Objection!

What?

\h\h\h\hSee, I tried to make you one of those Cap’s half-caf cap

\h\h\hlike you like, but Paul over packed the filter basket.

Again, wow.

No, it’s true.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI always try to warn him that his grounds are too tight.

\hThrows off the calibration and--he broke your machine.

(mouthing words)

\h\h\hSo unplug it. Get it serviced.

So you’re not mad?

At a coffee maker? \h\h\h\hWho cares?

Did he really just \h\hsay "who cares"?

Did he really just call it \h\h\h\ha "coffee maker"?

Yeah, whatever’s going on with him this morning is--

It’s bad.

♪ ♪

I know how you feel, boy.

(sighs)

(tapping)

Hey, Cap.

Uh, can I help you guys?

Yeah, we were actually gonna \hask you the same question.

OWEN: Hey, if you wanna take \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\ha crack at these

quarterly fire prevention \h\h\h\h\hand training totals,

knock yourself out.

\h\h\h\hLook, I hope you’re not expecting us to pretend

like we don’t see those dark clouds

hanging over your head.

\h\h\h\hDark clouds? There are no clouds.

\h\hThose frown lines between your eyes would beg to differ.

\h\hHas anyone ever told you that when you do your thing,

it feels a little bit \h\hlike a violation?

Yes, all the time.

The therapy that you forced me into--

my guy’s always saying that the first step

to solving a problem is admitting that there is one.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIs Cowboy Judd really gonna force me

to talk about my feelings?

I’m as surprised as you are, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know?

It’s TK.

He may not be coming back after his medical leave.

Whoa, what--was there \h\h\ha complication?

No, medically, he’s gonna have \h\h\h\h\h\h\ha full recovery.

\h\h\h\hHe just doesn’t know whether he wants to do this.

\h\hThe kid got shot, all right? So you gotta give him a minute.

Yeah, as many as he wants, \h\h\hbut now he’s saying

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhe’s not sure that he ever wanted to do it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s crazy. I mean, he was made to do this.

I agree.

\hEven if he doesn’t know who he is right now, I do,

but I’m the one person \hwho can’t tell him.

Nobody can, Cap.

Yeah, it’s something somebody \h\hhas to figure on their own.

Exactly.

You want me to talk to him?

ROSEWATER: Sorry to interrupt, \h\hguys, but Captain Strand,

is there any chance you’ve spoken

with Captain Blake this morning?

\h\h\h\h\h-No, why? -She hasn’t come in.

We haven’t been able to reach her all day.

That’s odd.

(electricity crackles)

What the hell is that?

Some sort of a power surge.

♪ ♪

(siren wails)

(Thomas Dolby’s "She Blinded \h\h\h\h\hMe with Science")

Ow!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSINGER: ♪ Blinded me with science ♪

♪ ♪

SINGER: ♪ Science ♪

♪ ♪

-MARJAN: Are we being hacked? \h\h\h\h\h-OWEN: I don’t know!

♪ I can smell her chemicals ♪

Judd, get up there and secure that ladder.

♪ Blinded me with science ♪

\h\h\h\h\hOWEN: Paul, Marjan, kill the batteries in the rig.

♪ Science ♪

♪ ♪

You take care of this, Johnny.

(ice cubes clattering, \h\h\hkettle whining)

(blender whirring)

(ominous music)

♪ ♪

Cap, the espresso machine \h\h\h\h\h\h\his working.

OWEN: Must have reset during the brown out.

♪ ♪

But it’s not plugged in.

♪ ♪

OWEN: Dispatch, FS-126, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou copy?

Hey, Cap, none of the rigs are on.

As far as I can tell, the sirens

turned themselves on, which is just spooky.

MARJAN: The ladders too.

Talk about ghosts \hin the machine.

No such thing as ghosts.

Well, either way, \h\hthis is weird.

(high-pitched tones)

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(radio static) Dispatch, FS-126, you copy?

DISPATCHER: Copy that, 126. \h\h\h\h\hThis is dispatch.

It’s good to hear your voice. Have any idea what’s going on?

DISPATCHER: Looks like \h\h\hwe just had a--

\h(radio announcer speaking Spanish)

TRUCKER: 10-4, Big Papa Jay, \h\h\hlook out for smokeys--

PAUL: I told you it’s spooky.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGuys! Guys, check this out!

\h\h\h\h\h\hNEWSCASTER: Waves of solar energy began hitting

Texas and much of the central \h\h\h\htime zone an hour ago.

We’re told it’s the largest \hsolar storm to reach Earth

\h\hsince an event in Quebec in 1989 which wreaked havoc

on the power grid \h\hfor 12 hours.

Joining us via satellite \h\h\h\hfrom Los Angeles

is astrophysicist Dr. Isabelle Wali.

Dr. Wali, what are we \h\hdealing with here?

\h\h\h\h\hThe waves of energy currently battering our plane

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hare a result of a coronal mass ejection

\h\h\hor CME--an explosion on the surface of the sun

which has released \hpowerful bursts

of electromagnetic energy \h\hinto the solar system.

So what can we expect?

\h\hDR. WALI: Well, it’s been 150 years

since we’ve experienced an event this powerful,

so we’re not really sure, \h\h\hbut it will likely--

created--lar--

(electronic dance music)

(laughter)

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDISPATCHER: 9-1-1, what’s your emergency?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFEMALE CALLER: I don’t know what happened.

It just started acting up.

\h\h\h\h\h\hMALE CALLER: The power’s going out--

\h\h\h\h\hI assure you, sir, if it was a nuclear attack,

\hyou and I would not be speaking right now.

The power drill came to life? No, it doesn’t sound insane.

You’re the third call \h\h\h\hI’ve gotten--

\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLER: "There will be signs

\h\h\h\h"in the sun and moon and stars.

And on the Earth, distress of nations in perplexity."

Sir--

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLER: "People fainting with fear

\h\h\h\h\h"of what is coming, for the powers of the heavens

will be shaken." \h\h\h\hLuke 21.

"But concerning that day and hour, no one knows,

not even the angels in heaven, \h\h\h\hbut only the Father."

Matthew 24.

Now, I could go all day, sir, \h\hbut I do not have all day.

\h\h\h\hDo you have an actual emergency?

CALLER: We all do. Judgment is near.

Okay, well, it sounds like you are all ready for it.

Good-bye now.

9-1-1, what’s your emergency?

CHUCK: This is Chuck Granger \hof AirMed 0-5 niner romeo.

\h\hMy nav systems, instruments, radio,

everything went haywire.

\h\h\hOkay, Chuck, let me try to get

Austin-Bergstrom ATC \h\h\h\hon the line.

\h\hThey can help you make a visual approach to land.

It’s a little late \hfor that, ma’am.

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(sirens blaring)

\h\h\h\h\h\hWhoa, somebody did not stick the landing.

OWEN: All right, let’s deploy \h\h\h\h\hthe rescue cushion.

Dispatch, can you hook me up \h\h\h\h\h\hwith the pilot?

DISPATCHER: I’m on it, \h\h\hCaptain Strand.

(electricity crackles)

Thought you said they turned \h\h\h\hthe power lines off.

Yeah, they did.

That must have something to do with the solar storm.

Those added electrons in the air

need a way to get to the ground.

\hOkay, thanks, Professor, now help me with the bag.

Sorry.

\h\h\h\h\h\hDISPATCHER: I’ve got you patched in

with the pilot now, \h\h\h\h\h\hCaptain.

This is Captain Owen Strand, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAustin FD.

\h\h\h-Who am I talking to? -CHUCK: This is Chuck Granger

Chuck, how many people \h\hyou got up there?

Three souls, sir.

\h\h\h\h\h\hOWEN: All right, we’ve deployed a rescue pad

\h\h\hdirectly underneath you. I need you to open your door.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCaptain, this is an AirMed flight.

One of my patients is seriously ill.

\h\h\hOWEN: Yeah, I understand that.

Just don’t have many options, and we’re running out of time.

♪ ♪

Oh, my God.

OWEN: It’ll be over before you know it.

\h\hNow, I need you to hand the phone

to the next person and jump.

All right, all right.

Listen, you take the phone.

Just do what they say, all right?

♪ ♪

PAUL: All right, sir.

All right, we’re just gonna \htake you over to medical,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hall right? Get you checked out--come on.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROSEWATER: Yep--how do you feel, buddy?

Who am I talking to now?

\h\h\h\h-KIM: This is Kim. -OWEN: Hi, Kim, your turn.

I can’t.

I know it’s scary, but you saw \h\hhow easy it was for Chuck.

That’s not it.

My husband needs a liver transplant.

That’s why we were flying in. The fall could kill him.

This can’t be the only option!

We’re in the middle \hof a solar storm.

These lines could go hot \h\h\h\h\hat any second

with a lot more power than they \h\h\h\hwere designed to handle.

It would be worse \h\hthan the fall.

Believe me.

Can’t leave him.

(soft dramatic music)

You have kids, Kim?

Two boys--Tyler’s eight. Blake’s six.

♪ ♪

Jump for them and do it now.

(sobs)

\h\h\h\hI give you my word I’ll come up there myself

and get your husband down.

Hey, you have to jump.

KIM: No.

Tell the boys I love ’em.

I love you.

Okay, okay, okay.

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

JUDD: She good?

-MARJAN: Yeah, she’s good. \h\h\h\h-PAUL: She’s good.

MARJAN: She’s good.

\h\hAll right, Mateo, rubber gauntlet gloves

and two harness packages. \h\h\h\h\hMATEO: Yeah, Cap.

JUDD: What--you ain’t \h\h\hgoing up there.

Gave her my word.

No, you did what you had to do \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hso those two boys

could grow up with a mom.

I gave her my word.

And I respect that, but look, \h\h\h\h\h\hwe can’t get this truck

anywhere near there without it turning into a lightning rod.

OWEN: I’m not putting \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe ladder up.

Cap, ever since that storm hit, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthose surges

have been coming through \h\h\h\h\h\hevery few minutes.

Well, then it’ll be quick.

♪ ♪

OWEN: Hold on, friend, \h\h\h\hI’m on my way.

♪ ♪

MATEO: Nice on up, Cap!

(electricity crackles)

You must be Rick. \h\h\h\hI’m Owen.

Put this on you.

Oh, shouldn’t be difficult.

All right. There you go.

(grunts)

I--I can’t, my legs.

-OWEN: Yeah, let me help you. \h\h\h\h\h\h-RICK: Ah, thanks.

RICK: It’s a hell of a thing, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hcirrhosis.

I don’t even drink.

Lung cancer--don’t even smoke.

(chuckles)

Know if today has taught us anything,

it’s that everybody’s gonna get thrown a curveball.

\h\h\h\h\h(grunts) Oh, I’ll say.

You good? All right.

He’s coming down.

♪ ♪

(electricity crackling)

♪ ♪

\h\h\h-MARJAN: Hey, hey. -PAUL: Come on, come on.

-All right, buddy. \h\h\h-It’s okay.

\h\h\hHey, hey, hey, we got you, okay?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAll right, just gonna unclip you.

MATEO: These look okay, just--

(electricity crackling loudly)

MATEO: We gotta go. \h\h\h\hWe gotta go.

-Cap, you gotta jump now! \h-MATEO: Go, go, go, go!

PAUL: Let’s get him \h\h\h\hout of here!

Go, move it!

-Come on, Cap! \h-Cap, jump!

(electricity crackling loudly)

♪ ♪

-MARJAN: Cap! \h-PAUL: Cap!

(soft dramatic music)

Holy crap, Cap, you all right?

Yeah, never better.

\h\hYeah, well, I give you a two for style and a ten for timing.

♪ ♪

(car alarms blaring)

(dramatic music)

TK: Hey, just--hey, you good?

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

\h\h\hCARLOS: Police-- stay on the sidewalk.

\h-TK: Hey, you guys okay? -CARLOS: Stop, stop, stop!

\h\hI think we’re all okay, but the driver--she’s stuck.

Hey, come on, come on, come on. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHey, sir, come on.

Grab my arm. \h\hAll right.

Hey, I’m coming for you.

Everybody get off okay?

Yeah, everybody’s fine.

What the devil’s going on?

-TK: What’s your name, ma’am? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Ellen.

\hEllen, okay. Ellen, I’m TK.

I’m here to get you out, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hall right?

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\hMy back’s wet. It’s not blood, is it?

No, it’s just some water.

You took out a hydrant \h\hwhen you flipped.

(grunts)

\h\hEllen, are you in a lot of pain?

Fair amount--

\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m pretty sure both my legs are busted up.

\h\hCan you wiggle your toes for me?

All right, good--I don’t think \h\hthere’s any spinal damage.

(strained grunt)

Are you a medical student?

No, I’m a--I was a firefighter.

Well, that’s convenient.

Yeah, it’d be convenient if I had some equipment.

♪ ♪

(strained grunt)

Um...I’ll be right back, okay?

I’ll be right here.

♪ ♪

(inaudible)

-Hey, Carlos! -CARLOS: Yeah?

We got a gas leak here. \h\hKeep everybody back.

\h\hEverybody back! Everybody stay back!

Please, everybody stay back!

♪ ♪

That’s my bumper?

Well, it’s no Jaws of Life, \h\h\h\h\hbut it should do.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-Oh. -TK: Okay, okay.

Honey, you’re bleeding.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHuh? Oh, that’s nothing.

It doesn’t look like nothing.

I got shot.

\h\h\h\h\hAnd I thought I was having a bad day.

No, not just now, earlier.

One of the stitches must have come off.

(strained grunt)

\hOh, yes, we’re good. We’re making progress.

Okay, okay.

I need to move you. Can you move your leg?

(strained grunt) \h\h\h\h\h\hNo.

Sorry, sorry.

TK: The water level is rising. \h\hWe gotta get out of here!

(Ellen screams)

\hWhoa, uh, is there a fire extinguisher?

There!

Okay, okay.

(coughing)

♪ ♪

Oh, come on.

Honey, honey, honey...

You’ve done everything \h\h\h\hthat you can.

You need to g--go.

No, no, no, hey, hey, hey, no, no, no.

Hey, no, no, no! Hold your breath!

(breathes deeply)

(soft dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(X Ambassadors’ "Unsteady")

SINGER: ♪ Daddy, I’m alone ♪

\h♪ ’Cause this house don’t feel like home ♪

♪ ♪

♪ If you love me, \h\hdon’t let go ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ If you love me, \h\hdon’t let go ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hold, hold on ♪

♪ Hold on to me ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ ’Cause I’m a little unsteady ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Little unsteady ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hold, hold on ♪

♪ Hold on to me ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ ’Cause I’m a little unsteady ♪

\hOWEN: Whoa, whoa. Hold on right there.

♪ Little unsteady ♪

(Ellen laughing)

♪ Mother, I know ♪

♪ That you’re tired \h\hof being alone ♪

Go on. You too, son.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You saved us.

Think everybody saved everybody here today.

Go on, get in there.

He’s an impressive guy.

He’s my son.

♪ Hold on ♪

(eerie music)

♪ ♪

MICHELLE: What?

(sighs)

What happened?

You got conked, but I saved you.

♪ ♪

Iris?

(soft dramatic music)

Oh.

Oh, my God, you’re alive.

Mmm.

Oh, I’ve missed you so much.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWe thought you were in an accident.

(chuckles) Wade missed the turn.

Mandy moved her mouth, but no words happened,

so I left.

How long have you been living here?

What day is it?

Uh, Monday.

I don’t know.

Have you seen me here before?

You come alone. It is not good.

So why haven’t you \h\h\h\hsaid anything?

They wouldn’t like it.

They said dead, dread, red if they can, and they--

They prefer it when distance satisfies.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIris, I’m so sorry that I wasn’t there for you

when you needed me,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwhen you tried to call me that night.

I’m so sorry.

What night?

You know I’d do anything \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto protect you...

From anyone, even them.

You can’t, and it’s okay.

♪ ♪

I chew gum sometimes.

Iris, will you take a ride with me?

Just for a little while.

Uh, no, I would, but I can’t. I can’t, um--

Iris, trust.

But that junkie stole your van.

What?

MICHELLE: You know, you got me \h\harrested, like, 15 times.

What? How did I get you arrested?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDustin filed a restraining order

to avoid talking to me about you.

Dustin, what a jerk.

\hI was a little bit pushy with him sometimes, but--

Yeah, that I believe.

(laughter)

You know, I have to say, I’m mad at Carlos

for not keeping you out of trouble.

\h\hWho do you think kept arresting me?

Oh no, he did not.

Oh, yes he did.

I’m gonna have words with him.

(laughter)

(soft dramatic music)

♪ ♪

Look at you, my beautiful baby girl.

Hi, Mom.

I have been praying \h\hfor this moment

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hevery day for the past three years.

Oh, honey.

I love you so much.

I love you too.

Your sister tells me you’ve been living under a bridge.

Um, in a tent.

THERESA: You did it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou found her just like you said you would

Mm, incorrect.

I found her, actually.

That’s true.

(laughter)

Well, however it happened, it happened.

It’s a miracle, and you look so good.

\hMICHELLE: The doctor gave her some medicine

to calm her nerves.

\h\h\hThey’d like to keep her overnight for observation.

Well, okay, but tomorrow morning,

you’re coming home with us.

We’re gonna put some meat on those bones.

What--wait, wait, what?

Don’t worry, I can cook now-- no more frozen pot pies.

A lot has changed since you’ve been gone, girl.

I can rue. I can stew.

I can cook up a storm.

She’s been taking classes.

No.

No, I’m not going anywhere with you.

I have a home.

Well, you don’t think we’re gonna let you continue

to live under some overpass, do you?

It’s not safe for you there, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmy love.

Maybe not for you, but that’s where they want me.

THERESA: They? Who’s they?

The ones. The ones.

\h\h\h\h\hI know--I know you wouldn’t understand,

but if I don’t listen to them, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hit’s very bad.

-Iris, there is no "they." \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-IRIS: No.

You need help, honey.

Tomorrow you’re coming with us...

\h-MICHELLE: Mom... -End of discussion.

Go easy, okay?

You--you lied to me.

You said--you said \h\h\hthat we were

\h\hjust going away for a little while!

\h\h\h\h\h\hYou lied! You lied, lied, lied!

Iris, I did not lie.

-Don’t touch me! \h\h-I’m sorry.

Where are you going?

I have to go home!

Call--we should call security.

MICHELLE: We can’t \h\h\h\h\hmake her stay

if she doesn’t want to, Mom.

I know where she’s going.

(eerie music)

♪ ♪

Iris Lynn Blake, stop right there!

(tender music)

♪ ♪

If you’re gonna go back, \h\h\h\h\hat least take this.

And some money.

♪ ♪

Please take care of yourself.

♪ ♪

Yes, it’s probably related to the solar storm, ma’am.

\hI need you to stay back and tell me where you are.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLER: We’re on the east side of--

(signal crackles)

(woman speaking Chinese)

Hello, who am I speaking with?

(woman speaking Chinese)

\h\h\h\h\h\hHey, I think I got Beijing this time.

(signal crackles)

TOM: Please, can you read me? \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIs anyone there?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHello? Hey, sir, I’m here.

\hHouston, thank God, thought I’d lost you.

Oh, sir this isn’t Houston. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s Austin.

TOM: Austin, Texas?

Yes, sir, Austin 9-1-1 \hemergency services.

TOM: (chuckles) \h\h\h\hPerfect.

\h\h\hWe’ve been having some kind of solar event

that’s been scrambling \h\h\h\hall our lines.

TOM: No kidding. \h\h\h\h(coughs)

You think it’s bad there?

You should see it \h\hfrom up here.

Sir, who am I speaking with?

TOM: Tom, Tom Scanlon.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOkay, Tom, where you calling from?

TOM: The International \h\h\h\hSpace Station.

(soft dramatic music)

♪ ♪

\h\hYou’re calling from outer space?

TOM: Wish I were-- low Earth orbit...

Which is pretty much \h\h\h\hthe problem.

We were in the path of the solar flares

when the storm hit.

\hI was reporting to mission control

when I got transferred \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto you.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell, let me see if I can get you reconnected.

(harsh beep)

No, I’m sorry. \h\h\hI can’t.

If you give me a few minutes, \h\h\h\hmaybe I can try again.

\h\h\h\h\hI’m not sure I have a few minutes.

\h\h\h\hWhat’d you say your name was, Austin?

GRACE: My name is Grace.

\h\hTom, you wanna tell me what’s going on up there?

\hIs there anything I can help you with?

Not unless you can cure acute radiation syndrome

from 300 miles away.

♪ ♪

GRACE: Radiation--sir, \h\h\h\hI’m so sorry.

\h\h\h\h\hDon’t worry, everybody down there’s

got the atmosphere \hto protect them.

GRACE: Well, Tom, I can’t get \h\h\h\h\hthrough to Houston,

\h\hbut maybe you can if you wanna hang up--

No, please don’t hang up.

Okay.

Grace...

\h\h\h\h\hthere is one thing you can do for me, actually.

GRACE: You name it.

(phone ringing)

MELISSA: Scanlon residence.

-Hi, Melissa Scanlon? \h\h\h\h\h-MELISSA: Yes.

Hi, my name is Grace Ryder. \h\h\hI’m in Austin, Texas.

\h\h\hMrs. Scanlon, I have your husband on the line.

MELISSA: That’s impossible. \h\h\h\h\hMy husband’s in--

TOM: Melissa.

MELISSA: Tom?

Melissa, I don’t have \h\h\h\ha lot of time,

\hso I need you to listen, okay?

\h\hNow, remember, all the insurance

and bank information’s \h\h\hon the computer.

MELISSA: In the folder named \h\h\h"boring crap," I know.

What’s going on? \hWhy are you--

(Soko’s "We Might Be Dead \h\h\h\h\h\hby Tomorrow")

Oh, Tom.

Yeah.

EVIE: Is that Daddy?

\h\h\hMELISSA: Yep, come say hi, honey.

EVIE: Hi, Daddy!

Hi, Evie.

EVIE: I miss you!

I miss you too, baby.

EVIE: When are you \h\h\hcoming home?

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\hI’d give anything on Earth to be down there

with you right now.

You know that, right?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVIE: (chuckles) But you’re not even on Earth.

(laughs)

You’re so funny.

\h\hEvie, can you make me a promise?

\hPromise you’ll do whatever Mommy says.

Always give her a hand \hwhen she needs help.

EVIE: I promise.

TOM: Good.

\h\h\h\hI want you to know I love you both so much--

-more than anything. -EVIE: Mommy’s crying.

MELISSA: I’m not. \hI’m not crying.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSINGER: ♪ Without saying good-bye ♪

TOM: Look out the window and wave up at the sky.

EVIE: (giggles) \h\h\h\h\h\hWhy?

We can’t see you.

\h\hBut I can see you, and I want you to know

I’ll always be up here...

looking over you, okay?

EVIE: Yes, Daddy. \h\h\hI’m waving!

♪ ♪

I’m waving back.

EVIE: (laughs) You’re silly.

Daddy, are you there?

Daddy?

Daddy?

♪ ’Cause soon enough \h\h\h\hwe’ll die ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ’Cause soon enough \h\h\h\hwe’ll die ♪

♪ ♪

(soft dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(truck engine roars)

\hMATEO: Aquaman, back on dry land?

\h\h\h\hWhat are you doing here? How’d it go at the hospital?

Nothing crazy--they just added a couple extra stitches.

I’m good.

\hWhy do you look like you’re about to jump off of a cliff?

TK: Hey, guys?

Uh, I wanted to talk to you \h\h\h\h\h\habout something,

and, um, if you could, \h\h\h\h\hbear with me

’cause it’s kind of a lot.

PAUL: Mm.

♪ ♪

-I’m an addict-- \h\h\h\h\h\h-TK.

No, Dad, I need to do this. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPlease?

\h\h\h\hIt’s opioids, and a few months back,

in New York, I had a relapse-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\hpretty bad one.

I OD’d and my dad--

well, my captain--he found me \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hunconscious.

\h\h\hMy heart had stopped, and, well, he did what he does best,

and he saved my life, \hand the only reason

\h\h\h\h\h\hI came down here was ’cause he forced me to.

You know?

What I’m trying to say is,

I never really chose this \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor myself.

Any of it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNot even becoming a firefighter.

And, uh...

\h-Well... -Hey, hey.

Whatever you gotta say \hright here, say it,

-TK: All right. \h\h\h\h\h-Yeah?

He’s right, man. We got you, fam.

Yeah, well, that’s the point \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h’cause today

\h\h\hat that intersection when that woman was dying,

\h\h\h\hI would have given her everything I had to save her,

and I did give her everything I had,

but it wasn’t enough...

Until you showed up.

All you guys.

TK: And I knew in that instant \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat not only

\h\h\hwas she gonna be okay but I was gonna be okay too

because this is what I wanna do \h\h\h\hfor the rest of my life.

And, at least for now,

this is where I wanna do it--

With you guys, so...

I choose this family...

\h\h\hBecause this is-- this is where I belong.

(tender music)

So, um...

No, that’s... \h\h(chuckles)

That’s all I got.

Aw, hey, well, group hug.

I don’t think that’s ne--

ooh, ooh, Mateo, stitches, dude.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOw. Ooh, someone’s ripe.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJUDD: That’s me. TK: I’m guessing that’s Judd.

\h\h\h\hYeah, well, that’s what you get

for showing up at the end \h\h\h\h\hof a shift, man.

\h\h-Proud of you. -Hey, thanks, man.

All right, everybody, hit the showers.

Proud of every one of you.

\h\h\h\hDon’t you mean "every one of y’all"?

OWEN: Yeah, that too.

Hey, are you sure about this?

It’s been a traumatic day, an emotional time,

you do not have to make this decision right now.

Dad, I’ve never been more sure

\h\h\h\habout anything in my entire life.

All right, I got some paperwork \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m gonna finish up,

then I thought maybe--

How many life decisions did you make today?

One step at a time, Dad. \h\h\hI’ll see you at home.

♪ ♪

(TK sighs)

♪ ♪

OWEN: Hey.

Your texts just came through-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hall of ’em.

-Yeah, it’s a crazy day. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

You were out in the middle of it.

-Sort of. \h\h-Whoa.

What happened to you?

I found my sister. \h\h\h\h\h\hShe’s alive.

That’s amazing!

And then I lost her again.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd I came here. I don’t really know why.

I know my shift’s over, but-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(sighs)

OWEN: Well, tell me. What’s going on?

♪ ♪

She’s been living on the street \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthis whole time.

She’s sick--

has untreated schizophrenia.

We realize now that she was showing signs of it

the whole time

before she disappeared, but--

I’m so sorry.

She’s been living in this homeless camp

where I volunteer twice a week.

For years I have been searching heaven and Earth for her,

and the whole time she was just right there in front of me.

I mean, how many times did I just walk right past her?

Well, you’d never walk past \h\h\hsomebody who needs help,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hso she probably didn’t wanna be found.

Maybe.

My mom and I tried to get her to come with us,

but she refused.

So what now?

Oh, I have no idea.

I could try and get her committed,

but she’s been out there for three years.

It’s hard to argue she can’t take care of herself.

Yeah, that’d be difficult.

Well, I’ve recently learned \hthat you can’t make anyone

do anything even if it’s \h\h\h\h\hfor their own good.

Particularly if it’s for their own good.

So what do you think I should do?

Keep the door open. \hKeep the light on.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKeep trying. Love her the best way you can.

♪ ♪

TK’s lucky to have you as a dad.

Iris is lucky to have you \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\has a sister.

(chuckles)

(laughter)

Judd could not get out of here \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfast enough, could he?

It’s ’cause he’s got someone \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto go home to.

Yeah, true that.

I don’t know about y’all,

\h\h\hbut something about facing down Armageddon

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhas given me a ferocious appetite.

-You guys hungry? \h\h-I could eat.

You could always eat.

Wow.

It’s incredible.

What is that?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat might be the most beautiful thing

that we will ever see.

\h\h\h(Lord Huron’s "The Night We Met")

♪ ♪

MATEO: Wow.

MARJAN: Let’s go eat.

-JUDD: Hey, girl. \h\h\h\h\h\h-Hey.

That’s amazing, isn’t it?

Out of chaos comes such beauty.

JUDD: Mm.

I spoke to somebody \h\hup there today.

Yeah, I think we all did.

Literally, he was, um-- \h\hhe was an astronaut.

Oh, he was an astronaut?

\hSINGER: ♪ I am not the only traveler ♪

JUDD: Are you for real?

Yeah.

So what did he want?

He wanted to say bye \h\h\hto his family.

To his wife and his daughter.

And that was a tough one.

Mm.

Can you imagine being that far \h\hfrom the people you love?

But y’all bring ’em together.

♪ ♪

♪ And then I can tell myself ♪

♪ ♪

\h\h♪ What the hell I’m supposed to do ♪

What are you thinking?

I’m thinking...we make a pretty good team.

♪ And then I can tell myself ♪

♪ ♪

We really do, don’t we?

Afraid so.

\h\h\h\h\h♪ I had all and then most of you ♪

♪ Some and now none of you ♪

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ Take me back to the night we met ♪

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ I don’t know what I’m supposed to do ♪

\h\h\h♪ Haunted by the ghost of you ♪

Thought you could use \h\h\h\h\h\h\hsome supplies.

♪ ♪

\h\h♪ Oh, take me back to the night we met ♪

♪ ♪

Thanks.

You’re welcome.

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ And your eyes were filled with tears ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell, I’ll see you soon, okay?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ When you had not touched me yet ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Oh, take me back ♪

Goodnight.

♪ To the night we met ♪

(whispers) Michelle.

♪ ♪

♪ I had all and then most \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof you ♪

It’s a nice night for a picnic, huh?

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ Take me back to the night we met ♪

Yeah, it is.

\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ I don’t know what I’m supposed to do ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Haunted by the ghost of you ♪

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ Take me back to the night we met ♪

(whistles and clicks)

\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ I don’t know what I’m supposed to do ♪

Go for a walk?

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h♪ Take me back to the night we met ♪

♪ ♪

Oh, boy, you seeing this? Huh?

♪ ♪

\h\hAnd I thought the lights in Manhattan were beautiful.

♪ ♪