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Everyone was warned, but no one listened.

A rise in temperature, ocean patterns changed, and ice caps melted.

They called it extreme weather.

They didn't know what extreme was.

In the year of 2019, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods,

and droughts

unleashed a wave of destruction upon our planet.

We didn't just lose towns or beach fronts.

We lost entire cities.

The East River swallowed lower Manhattan.

A heatwave killed two million people in Madrid in just one day.

But in that moment, facing our own extinction, it became clear that no

single nation could solve this problem alone.

The world came together as one, and we fought back.

Scientists from 17 countries, led by the US and China, worked tirelessly,

not as representatives of their nations, but of humanity.

They found a way to neutralize the storms.

with a net of thousands of satellites each deploying countermeasures designed

to impact the basic elements of weather heat pressure and water all overseen

by the international space station it gave the satellite net a technical name

but we all came to call it dutch boy after the story of the child who plugged

a dam with his finger

This is what saved us all.

It was built by a team led by one man.

My father.

Lost you the Dutch boy guy, right? Yeah, man. I need to shake your hand. Oh, okay

Tornado zap blizzard zap monsoon

Zap zap everybody down here owes you Jake Lawson if you need anything

you just ask

Senate Committee, assigned to oversee Dutch boy, will now hear from Jacob

Lawson, Climate ISS Chief Operations Coordinator. May the record reflect that

he was nearly one hour late.

Yeah, sorry about that.

I literally had to fly in from outer space.

Oh, there we go.

Mr. Lawson, we find ourselves heading...

toward a crossroads. As you know, as per UN Resolution 2814, the United States

will be handing over control of Dutch Boy to an international oversight

committee in three years. This in spite of the fact that we actually built the

thing. Excuse me, Senator. I don't want to slow things down. It's just you said

we built it?

Yes, indeed I did.

Because I know what I did. I'm the guy that led the team that built the

station. I was up there with an international crew of 600 people, not

just Americans, and I know all of their faces, but I don't remember yours.

We had a plumber up there. He looked a little like you.

Very clever, Mr. Lawson. Yes.

Dutch boy was an international effort and yes it may one day very well belong

to the world but until it does we have authority over its operation and we have

authority over you and you have been flouting that authority. I have report

after report here. Failure to follow procedures, numerous violations of the

chain of command and then there was the incident where you punched A federal

inspector in the face.

Well, your federal inspector doesn't know that a capacitor holds a charge

even when it's disconnected.

He was grabbing for the damn thing. I saved his life.

You can make all the excuses you want, Mr. Lawson, but there's one thing you

cannot defend, and that would be the day you brought Dutch Boy online and

operational without our consent.

And what would that have taken, Senator?

There were a series of storms building in Southeast Asia and the North Atlantic

that would have killed tens of thousands of people.

Dutch Boy was ready. We went green. It works. You're welcome.

Mr. Lawson, if you continue to defy our authority, Dutch Boy will go on without

you.

Am I making myself clear?

Yes.

Good. Oh, and one more thing. To ensure compliance, this committee will be

sending up new support staff.

Naturally, when they get up there, you'll have to send some of your people

home.

We'll leave those choices up to you. Senator, respectfully, my crew didn't do

anything wrong.

Excuse me, I'm not asking for your input.

These people left their homes and their families and risked their lives to save

this planet. This hearing is adjourned.

I'm not cutting a single one of those people loose. Excuse me? People like you

need people like me. You know why? So you can take credit for everything we

accomplished. So you can go to your constituents and your cronies and your

mistresses and cuff out your chest and say, Hey, look at me. Well, I'm looking,

Senator. Excuse me. This meeting is adjourned. This meeting is adjourned.

Thank you.

That was going well, huh?

Up to a point.

No, Jake, that didn't go well at any point.

But hey, what are you good at, little brother, huh?

Like working the angles, smoothing ruffled feathers. You can fix it. You

always do. It's like a talent.

It is a talent.

Of a sort.

I wish I could help you. I really do.

But it's not that simple.

Not this time.

Why not?

Well, as of last week, they have put me in charge of Dutch boy.

That's great.

That's great. Are you kidding me?

You're kidding me.

What do you want me to do?

Huh? You leave me no choice. I told you this had to go well and it didn't.

Sorry, Jake.

You're fired.

Jesus, so 120 in his mother.

Right now

Agent Wilson.

Assistant Secretary Lawson.

You look nice today.

I'm wearing the same thing I always wear.

Oh, exactly.

You seen I, uh, well, got on a new time?

I observed.

We're trained to notice any disturbing details.

Sarah, come on. Assistant Secretary Lawson.

I'm not permitted to engage in casual conversation while I'm at a post.

We are being watched.

We're always being watched.

Well, if we're always being watched, then what's the point in hiding

anything? You're interfering with my duties. I'd rather not shoot you.

Well, it would be an honor to be the first person that you kill.

What is it?

Uh, the president's called a security briefing. It was not on the schedule, so

I guess I'm now on duty.

I like the tie home by seven. Love you.

I'm sorry, I didn't kiss you. I didn't say anything.

Move along, sir.

Yes, ma'am.

What the hell happened here? One of our thermospheric satellites malfunctioned

over Afghanistan.

A UN recon team found it, Mr. President.

And the members of the Climate Council, they're aware? Yes, and they've all

agreed to keep the incident discreet, but with this many people in the loop,

I'm not sure how long it's going to keep. And we're sure this was caused by

Dutch boy?

Absolutely. Can we assume that this is an isolated incident?

Dr. Quigley.

We're fairly certain, yes.

It's great to know that you're fairly certain. This is a serious malfunction.

So your proposal is what? Simple. We shut down all Central Asian satellites

until we know what went wrong. Are you serious?

Yes, I'm serious. Do you know how difficult it was to get every one of

these nations online for this? We have worked extremely hard to assure these

nations that this system would protect them, and it has.

And let's not forget, people, it's an election year. We shut Dutch Boy down,

press is going to jump all over this. Oh, my God. 300 people died in that

village.

Give us a damn about the politics of it all.

We cost those people their lives.

The only thing we should be concerned about here is how to fix it and making

sure it never happens again.

And how do you propose we do that?

We can't do anything.

What I mean is the problem is not going to be solved in this room and, well,

certainly not by us.

We need an international team on the station itself.

Not suits.

engineers, coders, builders, doing a comprehensive systems check, no matter

the cost, no matter the politics, and we need them up there now.

We are set to transfer full authority for Dutch Boy to the international

community in two weeks.

I will not be the president that hands over damaged goods, not now, not ever.

So we are going to handle this problem and its solution in-house, and we are

going to send up one man, one of our own.

Who reports only to us and that we can control.

Understood?

So find me that someone.

Now.

Yes, sir.

Look, I know you're not going to like it, but as I see it, there's only one

person to go after for this. Your brother, Jake.

Come on, not Jake. 17 countries.

17 countries had teams working on Dutch boy. They all reported to him. Nobody

knows what's under the hood better than him.

Can we weigh other options?

Max, how long have you known me?

Ever since I was transferred to the State Department. That's right. I

handpicked you.

I believed in you.

You're smart.

And I was right about you.

I'm right about Jake.

But this is going to be a problem.

No, sir.

Good.

nine or six inbound all crews prepare for incoming afghanistan satellite

replacement satellite standing by

Afghan sat is locked in Replacement cleared for launch

And away on sat 5A

Airlock door secured I want a

full dissection of all components Priority one

I will take care of this. Make sure they depressurize the fuel intake.

Yeah, we got it.

I'm about to obliterate your top score here, pal.

I have to do some reprogramming. Oh, come on.

He's got no pride of ownership, that lad.

Please stand clear of the doors.

Please stand clear of the doors.

Uncle Max?

Hey, what are you doing up there?

What is that, a solar generator?

Dual-access sun-tracking solar generator.

Replacing the power converter.

Oh, God.

Getting more like your dad every day.

Hey, where'd he find that?

Are you seriously asking that question?

Oh, of course.

He made it, right?

Here, come here, you.

Ah,

it's good to see you.

Hey, darling, you okay?

I'm really great.

Okay, what's going on here?

All right, this is freaking me out. You're supposed to be nine years old.

Thirteen. You were supposed to be part of my life, but shit happens.

Ouch.

So what's going on, yeah?

You living with him now?

He gets me two weekends a month.

Oh, good.

Well, how's your mom?

Justifiably pissed.

I bet.

Hannah, it's time.

What's up, Jay?

Hannah, I thought I told you not to talk to strangers.

Come on, don't listen to them.

Your dad and I were your age.

We were so close, we had our own secret code.

That's true.

Really? I don't remember that.

Yeah, you do.

No, I don't.

Well, it was nice seeing you. Hey, look.

Take care.

What's with all the car parts?

I build electric motors for the retirees down at Bureau Beach.

Keeps me busy.

Seems hardly worth your talent.

Kidding. The time of my life.

It's a little early, don't you think?

Yeah.

I got fired by my own brother.

Then I lost my family, my house, my dog, so...

Happy hour starts around 11 out here.

Kate, saw your niece. She don't want a beer.

Robes that way.

There's something wrong with Dutch boy.

No, there isn't.

Well, an entire village of dead Afghans may disagree with you.

And then yesterday, an airlock just opened by itself. We lost one of our

crew.

Dutch boy's not my problem anymore.

That I am calling bullshit on.

Because other than your daughter and your precious soccer club, Dutch boy was

all you ever gave a damn about.

Oh, yeah, once.

You took care of that.

You don't care.

No?

Well, then what are you doing living out here?

Look, I know you think I'm a weasel.

Someone who just moves pieces around a chessboard for a living? Well, guess

what? Yeah.

Yeah, I am.

But that is how you get 17 countries to agree to build a space station.

Now, you, you know, you built these, right? And there was something wrong

with the thing that you built, and people are dying.

If you really think you're the best, which I know that you do, then how the

hell can you stand there and say no?

I'll be taking orders from someone, I suppose.

Yeah.

So what, is that a yes?

As long as it's not you.

Yeah.

You got any room in there for me?

you

What the fuck?

Okay.

I think this is everything.

I made you a packed lunch as well.

Did you hear about the gas mine explosions in Hong Kong?

I just hit the news.

It's terrible.

Was anything like what happened in Afghanistan?

Nothing happened in Afghanistan.

Are you going back up to space?

No. Yes, you are.

We're leaving today to fix Dutch Boy.

What did I tell you about eavesdropping? You've never told me anything about

eavesdropping. You don't really do much parenting.

I didn't know it's safe.

Of course it's safe. I've been up there a hundred times.

Don't treat me like I'm a child.

Someone died.

It was an accident. Someone got sucked out. It was an accident.

Listen, that's what I'm going up there to fix. You don't have to worry.

Think of it like I'm going on a vacation for a week or two.

To a place 250 miles straight up and negative 450 degrees?

Some holiday.

Yeah, we got a point.

Why'd Uncle Max fire you?

Unbelievable! Did you do something wrong?

No, look, younger Max and me, it's not just about the one job.

You know, sometimes younger brothers resent being younger.

So they get bossy, they think they know everything, they tell you how to act,

how to talk, and after a couple of decades, you just get tired of listening

to it. Maybe you should listen.

My lift is here. I gotta go. I thought I was taking you to the airport.

You really want to see Mom?

Great. We can all fly home to Atlanta together.

I've got it covered.

Quit acting like you're mad.

Hannah, what do you want from me?

I want you to come back alive.

And you're not exactly the reliable type.

We're now at T minus one hour and ready.

We're at T minus one minute count.

Have a safe trip, sir.

Booster rocket separation confirmed.

Hate to interrupt, Major Tom, but in a few seconds, you should be able to see

the net.

How does it feel to be back home?

One.

Look at you, girl.

Living and breathing.

Mr. Larsen.

Hey. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, I remember you.

Yeah, you were the German scientist. You were here when I was here.

Thermospherics, right?

Yeah.

The containment shell needs a fresh coat of sealant where the APT ducts push

through the channel housing.

Not good. That's wrong.

And you hear that?

I'm sorry. Listen, that Walt Leon, that's a bad step down transformer.

All of these things have to be watched, cared for. Mr. Lawson. No, I know, I

know, it's not your fault. But when I left, everything here was perfect.

So maybe I need to speak to your chief scientist about the fine art of giving a

shit. I'm the chief scientist. I've been promoted a year ago.

Congratulations.

One of our crew died this week, Mr. Lawson.

Sorry about the transformer.

Let me introduce you to your team.

Oh, of course.

An American.

Actually, my brother and I were born in the UK, but thank you.

Yeah, but you've got the old stars and stripes on your arm there and cowboy

look in your eye.

No offence, it's just a serious situation and the last thing we need is

some Washington stooge to come and supervise us, do we, lads?

Well, you got one, so how about we start with names and positions?

Mm-hmm.

Adisa, structural.

Duncan Taylor, systems and OS analyst and loyal, British subject.

Hernandez, robotics.

Doucette.

Satcom and security.

And you are?

This is Mr.

Jake Lawson.

You're Jake Lawson? The Jake Lawson?

You look much older than I would have thought.

I mean, you look good, but your physical appearance does not match the amount of

time that has elapsed in your life.

Am I getting fired?

Okay, we don't have a lot of time.

We have three situations to examine.

Afghanistan, the scientists that died here, and the new incident in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong? No, that was a gas main explosion.

We all watched that on the telly.

All right, okay, you just keep believing that.

I, on the other hand, have a mystery that I'd like to solve and prevent more

deaths, so feel free to join me.

Or not.

All right, quick question.

Okay, active shooter.

The president and I are both in a line of fire.

Who do you say first?

Me? The president.

Come on, you could take a second just to think about that. Sorry, baby.

Job comes first. Same with you. No, that's not true.

No, I have priorities, and you, you are my priority.

Come on, let's do it.

I kind of want to, but you just keep talking.

I mean, why do we always have to be sneaking around?

Come on, let's do it. Let's get married.

We can't.

It's against the rules.

One day, baby.

You're gonna get that.

Because your job comes first.

I'm not kidding.

Because I don't want it to interfere with this.

See?

Now I might just not save you.

Yeah, hello?

Max, it's Chang.

Chan, tell me you're not in Hong Kong.

Chan? Last night, I was right in the middle of it. It was horrible.

That's why I'm calling.

Phone service just came back on. Yeah, well, you're lucky to be alive. Domino's

gas pipes?

I'm not so sure that was the cause.

What do you mean? I don't follow.

It was abnormally hot before the pipes flew. The satellite sensor should have

recorded it, right?

I've checked over a dozen times, but I can't get access to Dutch Boy's Hong

Kong satellite.

My access has been blocked.

I don't understand.

We both have clearance.

Exactly.

And the only people that have the authority to block it are in the

building you work in.

Wait, what do you mean?

If someone is covering up a system defect, there's potential for critical

failure on a global scale.

If Touch Boy has a catastrophic failure, it can create something far worse than

the very thing we're trying to prevent.

What we call a geostorm. Wait, slow down, Chang. All right?

A what? A geostorm.

Simultaneous catastrophic weather events triggered all over the globe.

Once they pass the minimum threshold, the storms will start causing new

storms, like a chain reaction, until they merge together.

It's got to be a glitch.

I'll give you a call when I know something.

All right.

Thanks.

These pipes have not been well maintained or upgraded in years.

Chang thinks Hong Kong has something to do with Dutch boy.

You know, he's implying some kind of cover-up. I just got a text, and POTUS

called a last-minute press briefing.

Why, you can't stay.

Oh, when duty calls, duty calls.

Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night, right?

Honey, that's the postal service.

We're the secret service.

Grab his laptop.

Let's go.

So the satellite that went rogue over Afghanistan, what type was that?

That's my fave, actually. I call it a rock'n'roller.

Oh, the SR-22.

Uses sonic waves to slow molecular movement, causing cooling.

But in that case, freezing. Why?

We don't know. We checked the satellite's hard drives, but the logs

were wiped clean by the malfunction.

All right, let's pull up every rock'n'roller satellite we have to see

if we can find any corruption in their logs.

Pull up every rock'n'roller in the net.

There's got to be more than a thousand of them. Ah, 1,270 to be exact.

And we're going to scan each and every one of them.

Dana. Hey.

Hey, what are you doing here?

What am I doing here? I work here.

I'm your boss.

Yeah, but what are you doing down from Mount Olympus and visiting me in

Millennial Village?

Well, I have a bit of a favor to ask you. You're the best at what you do, but

I need you to keep this between us.

Okay.

I have a problem with my old friend.

Do I look like a genius bar to you?

I'm sorry, I'm sitting here defending the free world against state operators

and cyber terrorists, but Grandpa needs help fixing his phone.

No, but I have a problem trying to get through to Satellite G-22 of Hong Kong.

So Satellite has a bad con that happens.

Not Ace LA.

All of them.

Oh.

I am mildly intrigued. Stay.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

It looks like vanilla line disruption, bad server relay, or trunk failure or

something.

Are you still deleting that Secret Service check?

What?

No, I'm not dating anyone.

Mm-hmm.

Wait, look.

Oh, my God.

Someone wanted to block your access without you knowing that it was

intentional.

But this, this is very intentional, and it's very clever.

And I know what you're gonna say.

You're gonna say, tell no one, and I won't. But I didn't sign up to work here

so I could cubicle squat 24-7, so whatever is going on, I want in on the

action. Well, let's hope there isn't any action.

And yeah, tell no one.

Miss Fassbender, we've just been given a priority communication request.

From Climate Command.

The White House.

All right, so who are the yahoos in Washington we gotta deal with on this?

I guess I would be the head, Yahoo.

Hello, guys.

Max tells me you don't have a high opinion of politicians.

I didn't say that.

Neither do I.

We went through hell getting the world on board for this program.

We've come too far for it to fail.

You and I both understand why we cannot let that happen.

Yes, sir.

So if I find anything, I'll report to you right away.

Actually, you'll be reporting to Max here.

Good luck.

Have at it.

Thank you, sir.

I'll leave you two alone, and if you need me, I'm in my office.

Thank you.

I'll be reporting to you.

You lied to me.

Again.

No, I just didn't answer your ridiculous demand.

But how do I switch this thing off? There's something you need to know.

We've been having issues down here accessing the Dutch boy Satcom.

We have reason to believe that it may not be accidental.

Why not be accidental?

I've been trying to access the Hong Kong satellite.

I knew it.

I knew it. You think it's possible?

Yeah, it's possible.

But even if you could access the Hong Kong satellite remotely, you're not

going to get the logs you need.

Now, we gotta pull that information from the actual satellite up here.

Okay, I can authorize that.

I don't need your authorization for anything.

I'm sure that's really scary for you, but how about you just count on me to do

my job and say thank you? Oh, count on you.

Remember the first time I had to bail you out?

Oh, God.

Jesus Christ. Yeah, it was just one week after Mom and Dad died. You got arrested

for fighting, hmm?

That's when I realized that despite everything I was going through, I was

going to have to be responsible for you.

All right, you know what? Fine. It is what it is.

I guess I got no choice but to count on you. But if you ever authorize anything

without my approval, then we are on the next show home.

Transmission ended.

Hong Kong Satellite 022.

Inbound for examination.

All right.

Let's take this thing apart and find out what happened in Hong Kong.

Bring it down.

Should have come down by now.

What is that?

I have no idea.

All right, shut it down. It's not responding.

Jesus, Hernandez.

Shut it down.

Pick up every single piece of this thing and get it done in manufacturing.

Think we can retrieve the locks and the hard drives?

Well, the accident created an electrical short and fried all the drives.

I mean, look at it. It's toast.

So we've lost all the drives of possible corruption.

Not all of them.

What do you mean?

I was reviewing a video of the accident that killed Mahmoud.

Each of the panels that blew has a drive inside.

And one of them got stuck in the communication tower.

Looks like the seal locks are still intact.

We're lucky.

The corrupted drive will still be inside.

We gotta get that panel back.

Yeah, hello?

I just got into DC. We have to meet.

I figured it all out.

Meet me at 10 o'clock.

The place across the square where we used to have lunch.

Back in college.

Alright, yeah.

I'll be there.

Door's open, kids. You're clear to exit.

Step across the gravity threshold and follow me.

Let's just get the panel and see what's on those drives.

Okay.

There's the panel.

We designed the tower to have the emergency D-REC ports, so the bars can

be moved easily.

Control, the panel is secured.

Roger that.

Come back now kids, come back.

We're on our way back.

What's happening?

I don't know. I don't know.

Jake?

Jake! Take control of that suit!

What's going on? What's going on? Your suit's malfunctioning. Jake, do you read

me? Tell him to cut it. Jake, cut off the fuel intake.

It's not responding!

I can't hold it!

Eject the pack!

Eject the pack!

Oh,

Christ,

we're gonna lose him! We're gonna lose him!

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You got the drive.

I grabbed it when I freed the panel.

You smashed up the dust and cum links, DCA sensors.

I'm fine, thank you very much. What happened out there?

The pulse and throttle locked up. And you lost the door panel, which means no

drive codes.

Back to square one.

Why didn't you tell them about the drive?

Because someone just tried to kill me.

I know my crew. I trust them. You think you know them.

But someone doesn't want us to see what's on this drive.

Jake, there's no corruption here at all. The doors weren't accidentally blown

off. They were programmed to. This wasn't a malfunction.

No. Someone intentionally killed McMood.

No doubt the same person that tampered with the Hong Kong satellite.

The user logins have been wiped clean.

We have no digital fingerprints.

Oh, that's what they think.

Login records are synced back to the mainframe.

Yeah, but that's the problem. If they're deleted in one place, they're deleted

everywhere. No, everywhere they know about.

When we built Dutch Boy, we put in a locked-off library, something that would

track and archive everything.

Our saboteur's login info...

It's gonna be in there.

You've been locked out.

But by who?

The virtual conference room.

How many have access to those transmissions?

Anyone with level 3 access and above.

Dozens of people.

Max. Max.

What? Relax.

He'll be here soon.

What, really? I seem nervous?

A little.

He's here.

He's here?

This is Agent Wilson.

Yes, I need an ambulance right now. Dupont Circle.

He

got

me. He got me. Come here. Look. Look.

It's a suit.

It's a suit. What?

Max, you okay?

They said it was urgent. What is it?

Yeah, um, I wanted to apologize.

Apologize?

If you had any idea what I just walked away from, you're gonna drag me up here

just to apologize?

All right, fine.

Apology accepted.

Hey, Max, we don't walk out on each other.

That's the unspoken code between brothers.

You remember that day Dad took us fishing?

Yeah, he dropped his cell phone to keep us game.

Proof the Lawsons aren't fishermen.

Four hours, the three of us didn't catch a thing.

I tried to sabotage Dad's reel so we could leave that pin at the

highest part of the spool. Pulled it so the level mechanism would pop out.

Of course, Dad was a government spy his whole life. Caught me red-handed.

Trust me, he said. I get it.

No one likes to fail.

But I'd rather not catch fish with my family.

than catch 20 fish alone.

I didn't even understand what he meant back then.

But I do now.

Take care, Max.

And transmission.

Transmission.

What was all that?

That was the first decent conversation we've had in years.

Oh, my God.

Would you relax?

What? Do you have a moment?

Yes, I do. I got your message. Jesus.

What happened? Did Secret Service Barbie dump you?

I need to show you something.

Take a look at this.

You remember that day Dad took us fishing?

He dropped his cell phone in Key Biscayne.

Our dad never took us fishing.

Oh.

That's sad.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm not good at the, like, talk about your daddy

issues kind of friend thing. I just... What? No.

No, no. No, no, no.

It's a code.

He dropped his cell phone in Key Biscayne.

His cell phone number is the key.

Take a look at the digits.

Okay, you got your first number.

That's your first word.

Second number, nine. You move on nine words. That's your second word.

Third number, nine again. Another nine. You move on. The nine and two, the nine

and five and two, so on and so on until you get an entirely different message.

So who came up with this encryption, a 12-year-old?

No, I was 13

Proof

of sabotage highest level of government trust no one

You

said you were looking for action

Yeah, but I mean, holy shit.

If you don't want to take this any further, I don't understand.

I do, I do. I just... I do and I don't.

Kind of like going on a roller coaster or eating Chipotle.

What's our next move?

Okay, I need you to find anything you can on a file in Project Zeus.

Project Zeus?

Yeah.

Looks like we have ourselves a bro-spiracy here. Just run the damn

search.

I am getting a hit.

Looks like it's double encrypted.

It's a little OCD.

Can you break it?

Yeah, I could, but I can't do it from here.

The file's under a White House security network and it's just not hackable.

I'd have to log in and I don't have the credentials for it. Shit.

No,

I don't know anyone who does.

Yeah, you do.

Max?

Freeze. Oh, shit.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hunter, relax.

Who is this girl in our house?

I can explain everything.

That sounds really pervy. Shut up. Okay, I'm sorry. I will. I broke one of your

wine glasses.

It just fell, and I promise I'm going to reimburse you. I have the money. I'm

sorry.

Talk. This is Dana.

She works with me in state.

Now, I asked her here because I need her help.

Well, as it turns out, I need your help, too.

I know how much a job means to you. I took an oath, Max.

We have rules.

Technically, you're not supposed to be sleeping together either. Dana.

You're asking me to commit a crime.

You're soliciting a secret service agent to break into the White House server and

illegally obtain files.

And you thought I would say yes. Yeah, I still think you're going to say yes.

Why? Because I'm the one who's asking you.

You know, and if I'm asking you, well, then it must be important.

And you know.

That it's bigger than you and me. You and I.

Shut up.

Sarah.

Please.

One time.

We need to play back the security cameras without alerting anyone.

Someone killed, but we find out why. We know who's behind this. But you can't

access the cameras without them being logged in.

That's why we're going to the backup server room.

You see?

Comes in handy that I built the place.

Yes.

But I live here.

Show off.

Mahmoud was prepping diagnostics on the Afghan set while we launched a

replacement.

something off the set poor bastard figured it out and they killed him to

make sure no one else did there are no cameras allowed in the local rooms

then let's go take a look for ourselves

What's the code?

76363.

What do you think you're doing?

You know what happened to me out there wasn't an accident.

Whoever did that killed Mahmoud. And what makes you think it is not me?

Because if it was you, I'd be dead already.

You said lower your gun.

Whatever you're looking for, it is not in this locker.

I was here when Mahmoud came in.

He put his stuff in an empty one.

Why didn't you tell me?

You watched the same security footage as I did.

I was just waiting to see who's gonna come and look for Mahmoud's stuff.

It's in here.

26653.

Bingo.

This is everything he copied off the satellite onto his holoframe.

That's a virus.

That wasn't generated by the satellite's onboard computer.

Because they were planted.

But we found the virus got killed before he could tell anyone.

Oh, I got it.

All right, here we go Project Zeus There are tens of thousands of

storm simulations in here and each one is starting in a different place they

all in the same way a geo storm Like anything we've ever seen

Dana can you can you show us just the simulation that begins in Afghanistan?

Yeah, sure

Now filter those.

So the second malfunction's over Hong Kong?

Where are you going with this?

What if Chang realized that someone was following one of his scenarios?

You know, making it look like a predicted pattern of malfunction.

You know, disguising a crime like a series of accidents.

It might actually be a series of accidents. If it were, they wouldn't

have killed him.

Someone has weaponized Dutch boy.

You face?

Yeah. Yeah, a friend.

She's keeping things off the monitor channel, so we're good. So you got my

message? Yeah, I got your message.

It's worse than we thought.

Whoever's doing this is using Touch Boy to target the cities.

Yeah, they're disguising their moves as malfunctions.

They already killed the man who found out about this, and I don't think

they're done.

They said it was impossible, but we pulled it off. And it worked perfectly

without fail, day after day, year after year. So what do people do with it?

Turn it into a gun.

I know.

I know. It's not too late. We can fix this before it happens again, but I

can't do it on my own.

I need you. I need you to tell me how they control the Dutch boy. I know how

they're controlling it. How?

A virus.

Well, could you stop it?

There's only one way.

we can shut down Dutch Boy temporarily.

The reboot will flush out the system, kill the virus, and revert back to the

failsafe OS.

Okay.

Let's do it.

All right, I'm authorizing.

Yeah, I think we've established that I don't really wait for that.

This isn't a Chromebook. You don't just put your finger on the power button. You

need the kill codes.

And the only one who has those is the president.

So let's just go to the president and tell him what we know.

Yeah.

You can't go to Palma.

We need way more proof than I have.

We're talking about shutting down Dutch Boy. I mean, even for an hour, that puts

the whole planet at risk. No, I don't think you understand.

Someone sealed off the back door into the system. A back door almost no one

knew existed.

But the president did.

No.

Jay, come on, what if? Are you out of your mind?

I'm not saying it's him. I'm saying what if.

Who else has the resources to pull this off?

Murder. and a virus that can only be stopped with the codes in his pocket.

Why? Tell me, why? Why would he do that?

We're two weeks away from transferring Dutch Boy to the rest of the world. Two

weeks away from losing autonomous control.

Now, he talks a good game, but he's never going to let it happen.

Series of disasters, an international crew to take the fall, and you'll have

to cancel the handoff. And who would blame him?

You stay on top of your satellites.

Max. Hey, Max, don't do anything stupid.

Let's go.

Okay, they already tried to kill me once.

Max!

Transmission ended.

My friends from

Washington, D.C.

I could never get out of the way.

What are you doing here?

Are you insane?

Sarah, look.

Jake needs us to steal the kill codes from Pom.

Us?

You're asking me to help you learn the word of your asshole brother who you

haven't even spoken to for three years.

Think about it. Afghanistan?

Hong Kong?

Chang the crazy sim shit that's on the space station? Come on.

You gotta trust me on this, all right? I'm not kidding around here.

Okay. Look, the codes are on Palma's holoframe.

We can't do it on the plane.

Why not?

Too many eyes.

He's never alone.

All right, then. Then what's the plan?

Palma wants some private time to shower and make calls before the after parties.

You follow? I'll get you inside. I can steal the codes while he's in the

shower. That's the idea.

Yes, it is.

Oh my god.

We have nearly 200 satellites reporting malfunctions.

Most of them nearing critical.

Pull up the satellite closest to critical overload.

We've lost all control of the Tokyo satellite.

I didn't know you were coming to the convention.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, my dad lives in Florida, so I promised I'd get him

into the convention.

We need every vote, right?

Yeah, well, bring him to the green room. We'll do a little photo op. Oh, that's

very kind of you, sir. Thank you.

reports of extreme weather anomalies building over Brazil, Mexico, Bucharest

and Belgrade. There's over a thousand storm warnings issued around the world.

Rio de Janeiro satellite critical.

Retrieval routine offline.

Chart a new course.

Get as close to the nearest satellites going critical. What are you trying to

do? We're going to launch the replacements.

As many as we can.

As fast as we can. We'd have to retrieve the other satellites first. Or the

replacements will crash into them. They're programmed to arrive in the

exact same destination.

And they'll knock out the infected satellites.

Of course.

Where she goes?

Satellite replacement for Rio on its way.

Warning.

Satellite on collision course. Disable the retro boosters. Don't let it slow

down.

Keep them coming. Warning.

Geostorm alert.

Time to geostorm.

One hour, thirty minutes.

Thank you. As you know, the environment was my late wife's great passion and

purpose. And I know that she would be extremely proud of me.

There has been another extreme weather event, this time in Rio de Janeiro.

An offshore cold front moved rapidly across land, plunging the city into

dangerously low temperatures.

There are reports of numerous casualties, but we don't know how many

at this time.

We'll also shoot that a cargo plane may have crashed the city itself, possibly

related to the freezing cold. Tokyo and now Rio are the first catastrophic

weather events since the launch of Dutchmore. Stay tuned after the break

when we'll be joined by our reporter, Sally Johns.

Oh, God.

Hey, Max.

Where's your daddy?

You know why he got so caught up in all the excitement? I recruited you for this

position. I know everything about you. Your brother, your mother's death, your

father's death, everything.

Why'd you lie to me?

Why'd you insist on making this trip?

Tell me what's wrong.

Maybe I can help you. Maybe I can't.

All right, look.

I gotta tell you something, Commander.

We are 90 minutes away from a global storm we won't recover from.

And I need the president's kill call.

Call me again.

We gotta shut Touchpoint down now.

You're serious?

You said you hired me because you believe in me, right?

All right, well, I need you to believe in me now.

Well, we've got to brief the president. Get to Cape Canaveral. No, no, no, no.

We can't do that, sir. Why not?

I believe he's the one who initiated it.

United we stand.

United we can.

You better be goddamn sure of yourself making accusations like that.

With all due respect, we don't have time to argue about this. Tom and I go way

back. Why would he do that? That's insane.

Yeah, well, he's doing it.

What's your proof?

I got proof.

Dozens of files, right?

Project Zeus.

It's all there.

We can't get the kill codes from the president.

Why not?

Because the president is the kill codes.

Biometrics. Ten fingerprints.

Two retina scans.

But what do we do?

I'll have to reason with him.

We'll have to reason with him.

Not like you're going critical over Florida. Motor replacement set now.

Station self-disrupt sequence initiated.

Station self-destruct sequence initiated.

Phase one commencing now.

Shut that down.

I can't. I'm locked out.

We built in backdoor overrides. I'm trying, then. If we lose the station, we

won't be able to control the satellites.

Self-destruct.

Why would you build that into the station? In case it fell to Earth.

Where's Duncan?

He's the only one with enough programming expertise to override the

commands.

That's the fuel tanks. They're the first to go.

Then section by section until command and retrieval.

Okay, everybody get to the shuttles.

Evacuate. Come on, we gotta hurry.

Go, go, go.

Jake, what are you still doing here?

That felt good.

I've been wanting to do that since I first met you.

Have you gone mad?

Yeah, pretty much.

The virus?

You're the only one who could have put it in the system.

You're the only one who could have sealed all the back doors.

You're the only one who could have helped pull this off.

You need the override for the self-destruct of the station. Now!

I mean, what for?

I'm not going to be here when it blows.

But you will.

Come on, man. Why'd you do it?

Well...

You know what, us lowly scientists get paid, take that, times a thousand.

What difference is it going to make if you don't stop? There's not going to be

a planet to spend it on.

Please, we're going to keep all the best bits.

Aren't you a little bit curious to watch the world burn?

No, because millions of people are going to die.

One of them's my daughter.

room for the president down on the left, book in front of him there.

Project Zeus.

Did Chang tell you anything else?

Chang.

He knows

that hope is not a plan.

This president knows that despite how far we've come, there is much more work

ahead.

This is all stepping stone to success and greatness that can and will be the

future of our society.

That's why I'm here tonight with the Speaker of the House, the Senate pro

tempore, President Palmer's whole cabinet.

We all stand united.

Palmer doesn't leave the building. Yes, sir.

Come here.

It's not the president, all right? It's Deckham. Deckham?

How do you know? Because he just tried to kill me. That's how I know.

Look, the sim shows Orlando is the next city to be hit. Here?

Why would he do that? Because Deckham wants Palma trapped here, all right? And

everyone else who's next in line for the presidency.

Are we still still in the coats?

The president is the kill coats, all right? They're biometric. If Palma dies,

Dutch boy can't be stopped.

Sure. Kidnap the president. That sounds like a reasonable move. Well, it's the

only move we've got.

Unless you want to steal his fingers and his eyes.

Huh?

We go now.

You get us a car.

I'll get us a president.

All right, good.

Gunman spotted. POTUS has compromised.

Evac to secure location Alpha.

Go,

go, go, go.

20 on the shooters. Throw a mezzanine by exit 212. Two men with automatics. I'm

on it. You two, secure this entrance. No one comes down this hallway. Nobody gets

through. Hard room, Lemmy. Got it. You two, clear the emergency exit now.

I'm sorry, Mr. President.

You need to come with me.

This exit is off-limits.

Seriously? A self-driving cab.

They'd eject it remotely. It was all I could get. What the hell's going on

here, Lawson? Please, please, sir. Look, I'll explain everything in the car.

Please, sir. We don't have much time.

Sir,

I can barely hear you. The storm is causing too much static.

Secret Service will be homing in on the beacon on the President's Hall of Fame.

You've got to get to him before they do. Under no circumstances can he make it

out of Orlando.

Our man on the space station did his job.

Copy that.

Got it.

Deckham. The perfect weapon, sir.

All right, Deckham is trying to change the map of the world.

And what, blame it on a computer glitch?

Yeah, well, that and a dead president.

He'll take office after wiping out everyone in the line of succession.

Under the bridge! Zach!

Smile!

You are implicating the secretary of state in this. You realize you're

committing treason. Yeah, I kidnapped the president. I've stolen state

secrets. Yeah, anything I'm forgetting, honey?

Honey?

Guilty. It took years for Deckham to plan this, sir. A president's schedule

always changes last minute. This is the one day and date he could be sure

wouldn't move. Having my brother and I lead the investigation was a setup from

the start.

Think about it. He hired us to fail.

Just gotta take care of a little problem first.

Hold on!

Warrior.

No, we're fine here.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I just can't get in touch with Jake.

Honey, the Orlando storm is getting really close to your dad's place.

I can't get through to him. Has he texted you?

He's not there.

He's there.

Attention all crews.

Downloading final shuttle.

Jake.

I'm not coming.

When my brother gets those kill codes, someone has to be here to execute the

program. No.

We need to go. We haven't heard from him in hours.

I trust him.

You know the reboot has to be done manually.

Then I stay. I'm the commander.

No.

I'm the only one my brother will trust with the code, so... I need your

holoframe.

You have to insert it manually at the core of the mainframe.

You can find it, yes?

Yes. Good.

Goodbye, Hunter.

Auf Wiedersehen, Jack.

Pull over here.

President's beacon shows him heading right towards us.

You really want to drive back into that?

Yeah, right after it passes, I'll be the sole survivor, ready to be sworn in as

the next president of the United States.

Here they come.

Why?

You thought the president was the only one who could be tracked?

How in hell did you... How?

Because I'm the goddamn president of the United States of America.

You're done, manager.

He's all yours.

Wait, wait, wait a minute.

I've given you an opportunity, Mr. President.

You should take it. An opportunity?

Let him go.

It's genocide, Leonard. You say genocide. I say preemptive strike.

You've lost your mind.

Tomorrow the sun will rise. All our enemies will be gone.

Wiped away as if by the hand of God.

Why would you do this?

Because no one else would.

I'm turning the clock back to 1945 when America was a shining city on a hill.

Not just a bank disguised as a country. By playing God.

What the hell is Dutch boy if not playing God?

Ask Max. He knows science is all about playing God.

Sometimes God doesn't play so nice.

Yeah, well, you know what my brother would say?

What?

Get him out of here.

Let's go, Lawson.

That's my fiance.

Mr.

President, we got the kill codes. You'll have to hurry. The station's in full

shutdown. What about the crew?

Safe.

But Jake decided to stay. To reboot the satellites.

Your brother's waiting for you.

Come on.

Hey. Jake.

Jake, it was Beckham.

Well, I did say I may be wrong.

Mr. President?

How's Hannah? Oh, she's good. She's safe.

Atlanta wasn't.

Thank God.

Identity verified.

Shutdown protocol transfer initiated.

It's gonna take 60 seconds to upload.

Well, how long till the self-destruct?

Eight minutes.

Give or take.

Mr. Lawson, we thank you for your sacrifice.

Wait, what the hell's going on?

You've done your part, Max.

Jake, what is going on?

Now it's time for me to do mine.

No, no, no, no, no.

The kill codes don't stop the self-destruct, do they?

Only the Geostorm. The station's self-destruct can't be reversed.

Come on, come on. There must be a way, huh?

But it's all my fault. I'm the one who put you up there. Hey, it's okay.

I wanted to go.

It was my choice.

God knows, I haven't always made the right ones.

You know you were right, little brother.

I was supposed to look after you.

But you looked after me.

Can you forgive me?

Yeah, always.

Look after my little girl.

Stay in her life.

I won't.

You should have done this a long time ago, huh?

Yeah.

You're a good man, Jake.

I'll see you, kiddo.

Transfer complete.

Time to geostorm. Five minutes, 51 seconds.

Warning. Car rotation has terminated.

We don't know what's happening up there. We just know the station has suffered a

devastating accident of some kind.

We're being told now it is beyond repair or salvation.

Honey, he's coming back.

You promised me.

Self destruct entering phase four.

Code invalid.

Code invalid.

Need a hand?

Wrong door.

What are you doing?

I told you, I live here.

Time to geostorm. One minute, forty seconds.

Uploading kill codes.

Satellite shutdown in process.

When the last satellite cycles down let me know.

I'll manually reboot the entire system as you flush out the virus.

Okay.

Five to go.

Three, two, and one.

Manual reboot activity.

Status rebooting.

The net is back up.

The virus is gone.

Transferring control of the net back to NASA.

i've got you warning self-destruct entering final stage

who's

that

Do you believe in a Hail Mary?

Follow me. We gotta get to the satellite.

away as far as we can for the final detonation

And it appears we have lost the space station.

A tragic ending for the two heroes still aboard.

Hey Max, take a look.

I'm picking up exhaust flares.

And they're pulsing in a mayday pattern.

See if we can turn one of the shuttles around.

Hopefully someone sees this.

Fingers crossed.

Hernandez, you son of a bitch.

Fang the Mexican.

A miracle indeed.

The shuttle you see is bringing home all the ISS crew members who remained on the

station.

Hi Jake, I'm Sarah, Max's fiancée.

Welcome to the family.

Well done, well done, both of you.

Sorry I doubted you, Mr. President.

Yeah, well, you were wrong, Jake.

Again. Well, how many times do I have to tell you?

Never listen to me.

It's good to have you back.

To be back.

That's a nice place you got here, Jake.

Thank you.

So when are you heading back up?

In a week. Huh?

Yeah, a lot of work left.

But I'll be back.

This sucks. Yeah, seriously, this is so boring. You know what? I can't do this

for another second.

Why'd you make us do this in the first place? I don't know. I was trying to

relive a moment.

A moment? What moment?

We never went fishing together.

You made that whole story up. Yeah, but that was a good story, though, huh?

Gotta give that.

I mean, it had a moral and everything.

What moral?

What moral?

You can't undo the past.

All you can do is face what's ahead.

NASA maintained satellites while we rebuilt the space station.

We made it safer, made it stronger.

It belongs to all of us now.

One planet, one people.

And as long as we remember that we share one future, we will survive.