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♪ Dancing to the music Dancing to the beat... ♪

Our fascination with longevity has been with us since the Greeks.

Morning!

Herodotus wrote about the myth of the Hyperboreans

who lived to be 1,000 years old.

Thank you.

I doubt if any of us want to live that long,

but the question I've dedicated my life and work to is,

"What would it be like to age without disease?"

Can we, through science, create a disease-free path to modern longevity?

Can we eradicate the diseases that plague our genetics?

- Morning, everyone. - Morning.

Morning, eggs.

Tantamount to our research at Fort Smith,

my team at Project Midnight Sun stumbled upon the discovery of a lifetime.

Dr. Miller, is the unit stable?

- Yes, absolutely. - Thank you.

Sound is good.

Okay.

Let's bring in the big shots.

Gillian Washington had a curious mind.

She often wondered, "How did we get here?"

"Where did we come from?"

"What came first, the chicken or the egg?"

How far would she go before curiosity got the best of her?

Who's this?

That's Bear.

You're friends with a bear?

She's not a bear. She's a human, but her name is Bear.

She's 16, wears a bear mask, fights real good, and kills Last Men.

Oh, and I forgot, she has a real pet tiger named Daisy.

She has a real pet tiger? Cool.

You guys wanna hear the epic tale of Bear?

- Yes. - Yeah!

Okay.

Once upon a time,

she was the legendary leader of the Animal Army.

Defenders of hybrids.

Never left an animal behind.

She had to cut through the heart of a Last Man to save my life.

She'll help us find your mom and Big Man,

and then we'll all head north to Wyoming

until we reach the most magical forest you could ever imagine.

Yellowstone.

Yep, and it'll be our home, and we'll be safe.

All of us.

Oh, deer boy.

Come out to play.

Remember what we talked about? We need something to pry those bars open.

I'll find it.

I promise.

Gus is our friend. We can trust him.

But what if he just escapes like Roy?

You didn't come to bed last night.

Work.

I need to get an early start to Fort Smith.

I'll be gone all day.

Sorry, where?

There's a project called Midnight Sun, somehow connected to all of this.

Isn't Fort Smith where the Sick originated?

Maybe. Maybe that's where we need to be looking.

- For what? - For anything that leads to a cure.

We're not gonna find it at the zoo.

Absolutely not. No way, it's too dangerous.

It's long abandoned.

I'm in more danger here, trust me.

Send someone else. You've been killing yourself for us.

Why is it you always put yourself in danger?

I'm the only one with even the slightest chance of ending this.

The only one!

I... If I can save us, I have to turn every stone,

and with any luck, today will be fruitful,

and I won't need to pull another one from the Kennels.

I've been thinking about the hybrids.

Why would you do that?

One can talk. You said so yourself.

That must mean

they think and... feel.

They have scales and tails, Rani.

They're not like us.

Do you ever think about karma?

All the time.

What kind of karma must they have...

to have been born like that,

and to be separated from their parents and imprisoned by these tyrants. It's...

We are imprisoned.

What about our karma?

That's just it, Adi.

I think about what was done to them

to keep me alive.

How many lives for mine?

Will we reap what we sow?

I love you.

I'll see you tonight.

Yeah.

Kick your ass in Scrabble when you get back.

Promise.

Where are these friends of yours?

Factory Town.

It's a free city, which means it's off-limits for Abbot.

I like it already.

Pinkies.

What are those?

Oh, quarantine pods,

for those with the Sick to live out their last days.

Damn.

Can we find pain meds for you here?

We can do better than that.

They got moonshine up at the cantina.

We got to find the Hickey Brothers.

The who?

These badasses I ran with a few years ago.

They fight dirty and they gamble clean.

Eight tough-as-nails nut busters.

If you want to rain hell down on Abbot's army, you call these dudes.

You're talking about the Hickeys and the Garcias?

You know where to find 'em?

Just past the cantina. Can't miss 'em.

Doomsday got them. My condolences.

I need a drink.

So, who were you with?

Before you stowed away with us.

Well, at first I was with a bunch of friends,

but we fell out, so I ditched them.

And then I met new friends, a man and his son.

But I lost them.

I'm sorry to hear that.

My mom got the Sick five years ago.

The fourth variant?

Whatever it was called.

My parents both died from the first one.

Now we got that Doomsday one we're trying to outrun.

What about your dad?

He was a Last Man.

He was killed by the Animal Army.

Sorry to hear that.

Not your fault.

Anyway, word has it the Last Men have claimed new territory this direction.

So, if the rumors are true,

me and some of the others are gonna enlist.

Why?

You seem like you have it good with your grandparents.

If I enlist, I can get them everything they need.

Well, you know what Last Men do, right? They kidnap hybrids and worse.

My dad never did any of that.

But some of them do.

Are you okay with that?

Listen, I'm not for or against anyone.

What's happening?

Let's go.

I can't believe we scored all this.

You must be my lucky charm.

- Nice! - I call Choc-O-Rockets.

See what I mean?

They're helping people.

Hey. Antlers.

Say something.

I heard you can talk, so come on,

say something.

Are we there yet?

God, that's creepy.

What do you think you're gonna find?

This place has been swept clean already.

Whoever swept this place didn't have Gus with them.

I want to know what they were working on in there.

Do you believe in destiny?

Never mind.

Abbot wants me to find a cure. That's why I'm here, why you're here.

That's why Gus is here too.

With any luck, we'll all play a part in saving humanity, huh?

Wanna talk about it?

I wanna drink about it.

If you talked about it...

it might help.

What's there to talk about?

People die.

You ever heard of survivor's guilt?

Do you ever wonder why you're still here and your loved ones are gone?

I don't want to talk about it.

Let's talk about you.

What makes someone hide behind a concrete wall for ten years?

Human beings.

In case you haven't noticed,

there aren't many of them left.

Well, it only takes one bad person and one bad day.

Last time I took my kids outside the zoo, I paid for it.

I lost two kids outside the walls.

They were sheep hybrids.

They played hide and seek.

Took my eyes off them for one second, and they vanished.

Somebody took them.

Never got them back, and I never got over it.

I told myself I'd never let that happen again, and now...

here we are.

So...

excuse me if I keep my distance from people.

Maybe we could make a trade.

Last Men are always looking for something.

No way.

I don't negotiate with assholes.

I just drink with them.

Excuse me.

- Does that phone work? - Yes.

I know people we could trade with.

It's a long shot,

but if I could reach them...

Can they fight?

I've only talked to them on the radio.

They do drop-offs.

They helped me spread the word about the Preserve in the early days.

So, great, you got me, a zookeeper, and some delivery drivers

against Abbot's entire army.

They're not drivers.

This is the part where I ask you if you have a better option.

Trust me.

You can't use that phone.

Excuse me?

No one can use that phone.

My wife, Vanessa, is about to call me.

- Ingrid. - She can't use the goddamn phone!

Vanessa calls, and you hold up the line,

and I don't get to talk to her, that would be very bad.

She needs to know that I'm here, and that I'm okay and safe.

So you can't use the phone. That's it.

Oh.

How long's it been since you heard from Vanessa?

Nine years.

That's a long time.

She was visiting her mother in Kansas City.

She said if the cell towers go down, she would call me here.

She promised to call. I promised to wait for her call.

I have to keep my promise.

Don't look at me like I'm crazy.

We don't think you're crazy.

You're not crazy.

You miss your wife.

You know what? I think...

I think you're brave for talking about it.

You know, I made a promise too.

A promise to get back to someone.

I need to know he's okay.

This lady has so many kids.

She needs to know they're okay.

This call would really help us.

So can we please use your phone?

Uh, all right. Just make it quick.

Quarters are on top.

This is an old friend from Essex City.

I'm in the wind.

I need your help.

Welcome home, Gus.

How does it feel?

This isn't my home.

I don't feel anything.

Do you recall where Project Midnight Sun might be?

No idea.

Gus, this is, uh, very important.

You need to help me.

I'm trying, but what are we even looking for?

Anything that could spark a latent memory.

A nursery, a lab.

Hey.

Maybe we find that incubator of yours.

I'm giving us an hour in here.

Stay close.

Whoa.

How did that...

Which one of you did that?

No one.

Some of the fort is still on its own grid of solar panels.

These are smart lights.

They turn on when they sense our movement.

Quit messing around.

Get back here.

We're not alone.

What's it doing here?

Go on, shoo!

This place is abandoned.

I'm gonna have a look around.

Be quick.

Yeah.

What's this lady's deal?

She's, um, observing them.

To help her husband. With science.

She ain't afraid of them?

No. She's one tough cookie.

I heard some of you can indeed talk.

Is that true?

Well, if it is,

and you're hiding it,

then you're smarter than I thought.

Wendy?

Is that your name?

Could you come here, please?

I won't hurt you.

Please.

Hurry.

Come here, love.

It's okay.

That's enough!

Come on, I'll take you back.

Thank you, Johnny.

♪ And I walk, and I walk ♪

♪ And I talk ♪

♪ And I talk ♪

Whoo!

♪ I search ♪

♪ Until I found my love ♪

♪ I will never ♪

♪ I'll never, never, never, never ♪

♪ Never, never, never, never Never, never, never, never, never ♪

♪ I will never ♪

♪ I will never ♪

♪ I will never, I will never, never ♪

Sit still! Don't move.

Where'd you go, Doc?

Pubba.

You were here.

Dr. Singh?

Can't find anything.

We came all this way for nothing.

Can't even get a measly candy bar.

Time's up, Doc.

Not yet. There's still places we haven't searched.

We've searched enough.

Take your candy bar and let's get out of here.

Watch out!

- Run! - Run!

- I need backup, now! - Say again.

We are under attack!

Stop!

Please! Let him go!

You're a hybrid kid.

I am too.

So I know that you can understand me a little.

I know that you're really, really scared.

Have you been alone for a really long time with no one to talk to?

Well... you can talk to me.

Hi, I'm Gus.

What's your name?

Peter.

Peter?

Nice to meet you, Peter.

Get down!

Bad men! Run!

No! No, don't shoot!

We need him alive.

Come on.

No! Let him go!

Leave him alone!

- Take him back to the Preserve. - Please.

He didn't mean to hurt anybody.

Damn. It tore my hand off.

They're monsters. All of 'em.

Come on.

Sorry.

Peter.

Peter, sorry.

We're here.

We met in college.

We've been together 40 years now.

And it's a wonder we made it this long.

We've seen it all.

We saw entire cities being built and then just... disappear overnight.

We've lived through wars, bad presidents.

We had three babies,

eight grand-babies.

We loved them

and lost them.

All except Jordan.

But we keep their memories alive. You saw on the van.

I worked the same job for nearly four decades.

I thought we'd reached our golden years.

We could retire, and see the world.

Oma and Opa are sweet.

I never knew my grandparents.

♪ Losing your love has been hard enough ♪

Think we'll make it as long as them?

♪ Life can be short ♪

Chances aren't great for us, are they?

♪ But life can be sweet ♪

Everyone in our generation.

We missed out on so much.

We'll never go to college,

or have jobs,

or dream of retirement.

True.

You know, maybe what's important is what they're doing right now.

Staying together.

Let's go.

Hey, you ever think about how we're the last humans on Earth?

There won't be another generation after us.

Ah, but there is.

The hybrids.

Thank you.

You know, staring at it won't make it ring.

Patience isn't one of my virtues anymore.

Me neither, but we're fresh out of options,

so we better hope your friends get back to us.

Don't look.

My twelve o'clock. Last Men.

I thought you said there were no Last Men here.

Let's go. Exit door.

Hey, everyone.

These Last Men would like us outside for an announcement.

The hell is he doing here?

Where the hell are we?

Factory Town.

Hold this.

Factory Town!

I've always been a fan.

You've got hometown pride.

You beat the Great Crumble.

You are survivors.

All of ya.

But...

I don't want you to merely survive.

I want you to live!

To thrive!

Yeah!

This last decade has been rough on all of us.

The hybrids wiped us out.

These...

abominations.

Yeah!

But it's time to turn the tide.

Factory Town,

it is time for a cure.

- A cure? - Nah.

Now this poor man...

one of your own,

he contracted the Doomsday strain and was left to die.

Alone.

Like an animal.

You abandoned your friend.

But,

what choice did you have, really?

Until now.

I offer you hope.

I offer you salvation!

He's using our kids to make that.

Behold, Factory Town!

The cure,

ladies and gentlemen!

Finally, a return to pre-Crumble life!

- Normalcy! - Yes!

A return to humanity.

Spread the word.

Tell one, tell all,

General Abbot has the cure!

This is just the beginning.

Spread the word.

Let's save humanity.

Take him to the truck.

Where are we going?

Humanity first!

He's gone.

Is it working?

What happened?

What are you up to, you little naughties?

Know what happens to naughty kids?

They get taken to Dr. Singh.

They call him the butcher.

Trust me.

Don't wanna end up on the butcher block like that lizard freak friend of yours,

do you?

So knock it off.

Wendy?

Where's Roy?

Okay, I need to tell you something.

This is it.

Project Midnight Sun.

We found it, but what's... what's all this doing in here?

Oh. Okay.

...for life-extending remedies, which is what's led me here to Fort...

Dr. James Thacker was a scientist from the UK

who suffered from a muscular degenerative disorder.

In an attempt to cure himself, he set sail for the Arctic in 1911,

to explore a village where people were rumored to be free of disease

and lived way past 100.

Which is what led me here to Fort Smith,

to build a team that could investigate why these villagers lived

such a long and healthy life.

Allow me to introduce to you my lead scientist.

You're going to want to hear what she has to say.

Dr. Gertrude Miller.

Thank you, Gillian.

- Our team wanted to understand... - That's her.

That's my mom.

...sustained in longevity.

We collected water, plant, and animal samples

that you'll see in the literature.

We excavated ice cores

and found living matter unlike anything else on Earth.

Microbes that could,

with the right modifications, supercharge the immune system.

Our early experiments introducing those modifications to chickens

were very promising.

Thus, we concluded that

the same experiments could be applied to cure human diseases.

But the reason you all are here

is because those eggs, those experiments,

led to something incredible.

Something that surprised even us.

Something that could change our very understanding of life itself.

Hello!

Yes!

It's a boy.

And he's beautiful.

Aren't you?

I call him Gus.

Genetic Unit Series 1.

Holy shit.

It's okay, buddy. I'm here. I'm here. Yeah.

Gus is a miracle, and he can help us understand so, so much...

We need to take all this back to the Preserve.

Even the chickens, every single one.

Can we stay a bit longer?

Can you say hello?

A fine evening, sir.

The Three won't be able to ignore me after this.

Turn that up. Turn this up.

♪ Wash away my troubles Wash away my pain ♪

♪ With the rain in Shambala ♪

You know, the marvel to be alive another day.

♪ With the rain in Shambala ♪

Let's do this.

Let's do it right here.

Let's take care of our friend right here.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind ♪

- But I'm cured, aren't I? - ♪ I'm on the road to Shambala! ♪

♪ Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind ♪

Dump him in the quarry.

♪ I'm on the road to Shambala ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ How does your light shine In the halls of Shambala ♪

♪ How does your light shine In the halls of Shambala ♪

♪ On the road to Shambala ♪

While Gus got to walk in the footsteps

of the woman who brought him into this world,

Dr. Singh got one step closer to finding the answers he so desperately craved.

Thank you, Gus.

You helped me a great deal today.

If you hurt Peter, I'm never helping you again.

A deal's a deal.

- Be careful, Jordan. - Love you.

Will you make sure he doesn't do anything stupid?

I will.

Countin' on you.

I just talked to Moses.

Turns out the rumors were true.

Last Men are in Essex City.

How do you know they'll even take you?

Oh wow.

You know, I think they'll take anyone.

I mean, they have a whole zoo to look after now.

What do you mean?

They took over Essex City Zoo.

Why would they take over the zoo?

I think that's where he's keeping the hybrids.

I mean, it was the Preserve,

and now it's Abbot's.

Gus.

Come on!

Where are we going?

Wendy, I got something that'll help us. It was Pubba's.

Whoa, slow down.

- What's wrong? - You lied to us about Roy.

He's dead.

Sorry, Gus, I had to tell them the truth.

We collected water...

If we ever do find a cure, it will be thanks to one Dr. Gertrude Miller,

and the work that she left behind.

These "Miller chickens" appear to have been bred for animal trials.

With any luck, I can use their eggs to incubate the antigens.

...with introducing the modifications to chickens were promising.

What happened to you, Dr. Miller?

Where did you go?

I'll pick up where you left off. I'll finish your work.

This is my purpose.

My destiny.

Your turn.

I am no good at word games.

What do you mean? You're killing it.

Gobbling up all the triple word squares.

I don't think they're letting civilians in.

Then I'm enlisting too.

Sign here.

If you have specialty skills, come see...

If not, that's fine.

- All right, don't forget now. - No, I won't. I promise.

Hello?

It's for you.