We cannot divulge specifics, but what we can tell you
is that we are preparing for a massive catastrophe
that could cause an extinction-level event for humanity in the very near, very real future.
Listen, I know this all sounds pretty far-fetched.
But you know when it won't seem far-fetched?
In less than a decade,
when a tsunami plunges the entire eastern seaboard of the United States underwater.
Marsha, you wanna come in here?
Xavier's gonna take me on a little walk.
The minute Versailles is called, you record the speech,
we're escorted down, wait for confirmation
of the safest route to Joint Base Andrews, then we're out.
Collins, I think it's time you put your foot down with your wife.
Trips to Atlanta are not as risk-free as they used to be.
My wife hasn't listened to me for 20 years, sir.
I guess we'll just have to go pick her up from there.
Don't go.
I love you, baby.
See you in 10 days.
Your wife is alive out there, Xavier.
And if you stop all this nonsense...
I can help you find her.
And now, Bill Roberts reporting from the United Nations.
The curtain goes up in what is hoped to be the final act
of the nearly two-week-long drama that is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Today, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson addressed the United Nations Security Council.
This resolution calls as an interim measure
under Article 40 of the charter
for the immediate dismantling and withdrawal from Cuba of all missile
and other offensive weapons.
Leaders around the world rejoiced as a peaceful solution...
I didn't know you'd come home.
We got intelligence an hour ago.
The Soviet sub that was loaded with nukes was out of contact with Moscow.
The one that turned around?
Apparently, its last orders were to launch all missiles if cornered.
The captain made the decision not to,
on his own.
Jesus.
It's gonna happen again, Miriam. It's goddamn inevitable.
What if the wrong person's at the controls next time?
What if the wrong person decides not to turn around?
You're tired.
Come to bed.
You can't save the world tonight.
Okay.
Didn't you hear what I said?
- Your wife is alive. - Bullshit.
I'm not playing your games.
- It's not bullshit, Agent Collins. - Everything was destroyed.
It's a nuclear winter out there.
Which is exactly what we thought, initially.
The expedition, the four that didn't return.
They didn't die because of the environment.
They died because they were bringing a survivor back to the bunker.
Which I ordered them not to do, by the way.
And it was gonna open a whole can of worms, and so I had to take care of them.
My God, could I sound any more like a Bond villain?
I swear I'm not a monster.
Interesting how people who swear they aren't monsters usually are.
The expedition set up shortwave transmitters
so that we could communicate while they were outside.
Transmitters are still active, and I've been listening.
My name is Cameron Middleton of Zanesville, Ohio.
If Carla or Joseph Middleton are listening,
please tell them I'm headed for the Colorado Bunker Com--
Looking for safe passages to Colorado.
- Western Kansas is irradiated.
Forming a community south of Paso Robles.
If you're listening, several members plan to set up camp there.
People are alive.
And they're looking for us, and I believe your wife is one of them.
Don't...
Don't you fucking dare. She was in Atlanta, it was a direct hit.
It was unsurvivable.
The president did something that day, Agent Collins.
- Something you don't know about. - Not true, I was with him.
I was with him that whole fucking horrible day.
You don't know everything that happened.
I was there!
I was there.
This is our continuing coverage of the situation
that started in Antarctica and is causing unprecedented destruction and chaos around the globe.
Here's what we do know right now.
Just over three hours ago,
what scientists are calling a massive mega-caldera, or super volcano,
erupted under the Antarctic ice sheet,
expelling millions of tons of ash into the atmosphere.
The force of the explosion shattered large portions of the ice shelf,
instantly melting trillions of gallons of water
and triggering a tsunami that is hurdling northward
at nearly 600 miles an hour.
- Most disturbingly, some reports...
...indicate the wave may be as high as 300 feet.
In an unprecedented move,
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
has put all coastal areas of the United States on a tsunami watch
with estimated landfall at Key West in two hours,
and the nation's capital in five.
- Xavier? - Adding to the chaos and the confusion is a stock market in freefall...
Xavier, did you hear that? D.C. in five hours.
Xavier.
Are you guys here because of this?
Why are you two stationed outside the cabinet room door?
Don't ask me, ma'am. This is my third day here.
Uh, is this not normal, sir?
Marsha, we're just doing what we're told. I have no additional information.
That's Melbourne?
The death toll is expected to be in the hundreds...
Nancy's family lives there.
Ashbridge Preparatory.
Can you give me 20 seconds?
Hi, Denise, this is Xavier Collins again. I'm just calling to reiterate--
We're a little busy, Xavier.
No, I know. I know. But how important it is that James and Presley
stay near Jeremy Bradford.
- You told me this before. - I know.
I'm sorry. But someone will be coming to get them.
You know, actually, if you could just give them their phones so I could talk.
- Calls keep dropping. - Goodbye, Mr. Collins.
Fuck!
And what is especially alarming...
Xavier, talk to me. What do you know?
The cabinet gathered like there's some kind of plan in motion,
and I heard the word "Versailles."
Marsha, I swear I would tell you.
I mean, do I need to pick Edward up from daycare?
He's got health issues.
Talk to him.
The-- the president, I have been with him since his Senate campaign.
- Edward can't be left alone, okay? - I will talk to him.
I will tell you everything that I find out.
Out of the way. VP coming through.
Classified!
- Sorry, sir. - Mr. Vice President,
- I need a moment with the president if you don't-- - You're kidding me.
...communication with our-- Russia's gone dark. Completely dark.
Thank you, Henry, we know. Why don't you have a seat?
Take a breather, and maybe a Valium.
Joint Chiefs were just walking us through it.
- General Curtleigh. - Yes, sir.
As the vice president noted, Russia isn't picking up the red line.
We're still trying to confirm if the Svoboda Group coup d'etat was successful.
Indications are that it was.
CIA can confirm that.
We also have confirmations of troop mobilization
to the Chinese border along the Argun and Amur Rivers and Western Mongolia.
It feels like they're setting up for a land grab, sir.
And since we don't know all the players except for the Svoboda Group leader--
Cherkin. Unpredictable. Ruthless.
Which I was about to say.
It is the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
that we move to DEFCON 3.
This will set the Air Force readiness envelope to 15 minutes.
Christ. Okay, anything else?
The UN Security Council is convening in two hours.
NATO countries have been reaching out.
Two hours. We lose Florida in two hours!
I've said that before, but it was about the electoral college.
Okay.
I mean, how bad is it?
I wanna know. I mean, I know it's bad. But honestly, is this it?
Is it?
Half the world leaders we're talking to say it's the end of the world, the others don't.
The Tories in England
say the volcano's too far away for them to be affected by it,
and they live on a fucking island.
It will most certainly affect them, sir.
This appears to be it, Mr. President.
It's what we've been preparing for.
What about Australia?
Anyone on the horn with Melbourne? I can't get anything.
Melbourne is gone.
Sorry, Henry.
Nancy's entire family.
As is Sydney.
All coastal cities.
New Zealand, gone.
Argentina, apart from the mountain regions, effectively gone.
Chile, South Africa. Need I go on?
- We need to make the call. - Okay, where are my nerds?
Scientists, come on, step to.
You said we'd have warning!
Days or weeks, if this was the real thing. What the fuck happened?
Mr. President, we thought we'd have warning,
but this happened faster than the worst-case scenario in all of our modeling. Bunch of bullshit.
- Come on. - We calculated that there'd be 10 days
from first seismic activity to eruption, but we had minutes.
- Sir! - We are not making the wrong call here.
Move us to DEFCON 3.
Around the horn, go or no go for Versailles.
- Joint Chiefs. - Go.
- Homeland Security. - Go.
Jesus Christ, we know our fucking titles, just give me your answers.
Go.
Okay.
I'm calling Versailles.
So, right now, a-- a large wave is-- is approaching Ind-Indonesia.
Soon, it'll head to the southern coast of India.
So, Dr. Louge, when do you think this will stop?
When it's done.
After rolling up to the North Pole and echoing back down to Antarctica,
maybe a dozen more times.
Anything under 300 feet above sea level will be inundated.
- You're not thinking about this correctly. - Oh, my God.
It's not a wave. The Antarctic ice sheet accounts...
Marsha. My family's gonna be calling, make sure you put them through.
- Yes, Mr. President. - Sir, can I have a minute?
It's a go for Versailles.
Ryan, on me.
So, when it's done, that's when it will end.
Rumors of the billionaire bunker complex in Colorado continue to rise...
Are they taking down paintings?
Boss, what the hell is Versailles?
Is there anything I need to do?
Your job as briefed.
I'm on Wildcat, you're on me.
- Mr. President. - Gotta get this tie off me.
It's too fucking cheerful.
- Hi, this is Dr. Teri-- - You know, I once read that neckties
date back to Serbian mercenaries in the 1600s or some shit.
Just do your job. Alright? See if you can find...
Okay, let's go blue.
It's a little more calming.
Alright, steps, what's next? Walk me through it.
You record the speech, uh,
we move down to PEOC. And when it's time, board Marine One to Joint Base Andrews.
After that, I don't know.
Are we going somewhere?
Sir, if I may, I just need a word.
Okay.
We now take it to our colleague Rebecca in Jakarta right now,
where the wave is due to hit at any moment.
- Is that correct? - That is correct, Bob.
What you can't see is the water line, which is just beyond the city lights,
has receded well over three miles out to sea.
You think that's a safe place for you to be?
We're on top of a 20-story building on the north shore of the island, so we should--
- Oh, my God. - Oh, wow.
You okay?
I don't know if you can hear that.
We just got hit with a massive high-pressure sound wave
that has been preceding the tsunami and wreaking havoc with air traffic
throughout the southern hemisphere.
It's quite painful, and...
What?
What's going on?
What is that?
Oh, my God! Get away from the edge!
Get away from...
Did we just-- did we just lose her?
- My God. - We lost Rebecca.
Can we get back to her?
- What's happening? - Daddy, what's going on?
They're moving a few of us to another room.
I think the president's kid.
Good. Is James with you?
- Yeah. - Good. He is not to leave your sight,
- do you understand me? This is not a game. - Okay.
You do not let go of his hand,
and you do not lose sight of Jeremy Bradford,
- promise me. - I promise.
- Where's Mom? - I'm working on that.
Daddy, people are freaking out.
Mrs. Johnson fell in the stairs, and I don't think she's okay.
Hey, listen to me. There's a plan.
You're gonna be fine, they're gonna take you to an airport,
I'll see you there. So will Mom, okay?
Shit.
A plan?
What airport? What do you know?
- Have you talked to Cal? - A little.
More soon, okay? Ryan!
- Xavier. - Ryan!
- Xavier? - Head in the game, man.
- Guard the door. - The scale of this case is much greater--
"Remain calm, 'cause the tsunami moves fast, but fear moves faster."
Okay.
- I mean, isn't this a little optimistic? - It's important to keep the calm.
This reads like we're prepping people for a goddamn snowstorm.
When does this go out?
Recording won't air until after we evacuate to Andrews.
I'll lead the press corps to believe it's broadcasting live when we play it back.
Yeah, I don't know, guys.
It's important we keep to the plan.
Keep people calm.
Okay.
Lose the "strength and resilience," repeat to the end.
- That pays off the whole structure. - Riley, really? Today?
- Fine. - Okay. Come on.
How fast can you turn around the changes?
Did you see that fucking wave?
My family?
About to load up to Andrews as we speak.
Yeah. Okay.
Everyone!
People!
I'd like the room, please.
Sir, we're on a timetable.
I'll be ready to record in two.
Alright, folks, that's a real two minutes.
"Remain calm, top priority at this time, "ensure public safety...
Bullshit.
Shoes off, please.
- Sir. - That's the first thing I ever said to you
when we met right here in this office, and you did it.
It was so cute.
Drink?
It's like a reenactment of that day.
Sir, Teri is still in Atlanta.
- They had her on the first flight out... - Jesus.
...but the FAA grounded everything, which I just found out
because the cell phone towers are overrun.
Calls are dropping, not getting through,
so I didn't know for like the last 10 minutes.
- Xavier, calm down. - And now, she's stuck there.
And, um, you said that you were gonna get her a plane.
Agent Collins, calm down.
Where are your kids?
At school. I think with your son.
Okay, then they're right where they need to be.
They're gonna get picked up with the other Versailles kids.
- You're gonna see 'em on the plane, okay? - Okay.
And Teri?
Alright, let's get this done!
Just like magic.
Talk to General Curtleigh. He'll get her here.
Thank you, sir.
Oh shit.
...just picked up over Chinese airspace?
Hi, this Dr. Teri Rogers-Collins--
- And that's smoke in the air, for sure? - We're working on it.
We need confirmation now.
- General Curtleigh, sir. - A little busy.
The president said I should talk to you.
Make it fast.
My wife was on a plane that was grounded.
The president said that you could get her here,
- and I'm certainly hoping it's possible-- - Facts only.
Where?
Atlanta airport.
- She's on the list for Versailles? - Yes, sir.
Dobbins ARB.
- Go with him. - Yes, sir, thank you.
She needs to get to Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
It's 25 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson.
- She have a car? - I don't know.
- Her name? - Teri Rogers-Collins.
She'll have gate clearance.
The last transport is wheels-up, one hour 15.
- Get her there. - Thank you, sir.
I need you push a clearance through at Dobbins.
Settle.
That's too long.
Have Tompkins cover me at the Oval door, now.
- What do you need? - You're on point, kid's on you.
POTUS is recording. I'm back in five.
And recording.
My fellow Americans,
as you are undoubtedly aware,
a catastrophe has befallen the southern hemisphere.
And while the images from that part of the world are unsettling,
it's important we remain calm,
because a tsunami moves fast, but fear moves faster.
This will be a challenging moment.
We believe that the damage from the weather
event will be extensive.
Also suggesting a bunker complex in the upper Alps.
This is crazy, man.
Yeah, my sister got one last week...
Garcia.
Can you believe this shit, X?
And why'd you pull Tompkins? I need her.
Give me the fastest route to Dobbins Air Reserve Base from Hartsfield-Jackson.
- Fastest? The roads are a wreck. - It's for Teri, it's her only way out.
On it.
- Hi, this is Dr. Teri-- - Boss.
- What you got? - Tell her to take Route 6 to Route 5 to Marietta,
stay off all freeways. Should take 45 minutes.
Good man.
And send back Tompkins.
- She's coordinating the choppers. - Yeah.
The United States has weathered many great challenges in the past
and has always come through stronger.
This will be no exception.
When the dust clears from this tragic day, we will go forward, as Americans,
as a beacon of strength in a sometimes dark world.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
Cut.
Get this shit off of me.
Alright, clear the room! Move it!
Sir,
we have confirmation of multiple interceptor clusters laddering down
across the Russo-Chinese border.
Guys, I was an English Lit major.
Russia and China exchanged fire, both air and ground across multiple fronts.
Intelligence also indicates both sides are prepping nuclear action.
This is not unexpected.
As briefed, governments will begin securing resources for what comes next.
Okay.
Tide rises, the tide falls.
Yes, sir.
There have also been explosions at two air bases in Denmark,
seemingly from inbound conventional missiles.
- From who? - We don't know.
But Denmark being NATO, if they invoke Article 5...
We recommend moving to DEFCON 2, sir.
And maybe speed up evac to Andrews.
They've been expecting seismic activity down there for well over two years.
Thanks to our continued carbon emission.
Oh, so now volcanoes are man-made too?
Rising global temperatures lessened ice mass over the Antarctic.
We know from history,
our actions allowed the cork to pop.
So, yes, I would say we played a fucking role.
Alright, we can-- we can keep it clean. We don't need that kinda language.
Oh, we don't need that kinda language, Bob?
...I'll wait for a real disaster to say "fuck," or "shit," or "tits."
You know, Mr. Markley your oil company checks
- will be meaningless-- - Teri.
- Thank God, I've been trying. - Where are you?
Outside the airport. A bunch of us are walking.
Listen to me, listen.
Um, you need to get to Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
- Okay, but I don't have-- - Just listen to me. Listen to me.
I sent you the map.
You take Route 6 till it meets Route 5, and take that to Marietta, right?
No freeways. They'll have your name at the gate, and they'll fly you here.
You have just over an hour. It should be enough time. Repeat it back to me.
Route 6 to Route 5 to Marietta.
- But-- but Xavier-- - No, but no freeways.
- I don't have a car. - Steal one.
Xavier, how am I...
...bring you some breaking news
- in Los Angeles, a record...
...and catastrophic magnitude 8.9 earthquake has hit the sprawling metropolis.
We are seeing some images of destruction from the ground.
I'm being told the I-10 freeway has collapsed...
What the fuck is going on? It's like the world's coming apart.
- Back to the door. - ...ordered to evacuate just hours ago,
- are now stranded. - Back to Garcia, thanks.
We'll-- we'll try to provide updates as this story develops.
I need your help.
- Dr. Louge, this is an unprecedented... - Please.
I know the president is helping you, and I don't care about myself.
I need you to save Edward.
My sister is dropping him off with his meds.
Get him to safety.
Promise me.
...millions of tons of volcanic ash, still bursting into our stratosphere, which will encircle the globe...
It's gonna be okay.
Now, that means no crops... - Thank you.
...no food, never-ending winter.
- What happens then? - I don't know.
Why don't you ask a fucking dinosaur?
Are we on, Bob? Is-- is it just me here?
No, we're on. We're gonna remain on,
as the decision really has been made by the,
the brave women and men
in this newsroom to continue our broadcast for as long as we can.
Clear a path.
Dr. Louge, you have been researching this...
- Agent Xavier Collins? - Yes, ma'am.
Special Agent Robinson, in charge of evac.
- I'm Agent Ryan Noble. I'm new. - Agent Collins,
after you've escorted the president to PEOC,
the others will come down in shifts.
You'll await my orders to move to Marine One, understood?
- Agent Collins, am I boring you? - No, ma'am.
Escort Wildcat to PEOC, shifts, await orders. Understood.
Uh, and what about me?
- You'll stay here guarding the door. - Mr. President.
This way.
Wait.
Give me a second.
Sir.
Sir, we need to move, now.
Ryan, Rainey, perimeter.
Get him.
- Mr. President, I need to get you to PEOC. - Excuse me.
It's Jeffrey, right?
Mr. President, you know my name?
Everyone knows your name. You've been here for nine administrations.
Can I ask what you're doing?
Making my rounds as best I can.
People been leaving kind of a mess today.
I guess they're all distracted.
And you're not?
It looks bad, but when you get to be my age... you kind of seen it all before.
Been here for 9/11, war, pandemics.
Things always go back to normal.
Mr. President, I must insist.
I think you should call your family.
It's different this time.
With all respect, sir, I've heard that before.
I'm seeing them for my granddaughter's birthday tomorrow.
I'll talk to 'em then.
Thank you, sir.
This is not right. This isn't right.
- We gotta go back to the Oval. - That is not the plan.
I don't give a shit about the plan. I want you to put me on TV right now, live.
What?
Non-essentials, stay here!
- Ryan, Rainey! - Goddamn it!
Agent Janusz, you, hold your positions.
- What do you plan to say, sir? - I'm gonna be honest with them.
Pre-recorded speech was horseshit, and we are not airing it! You understand me?
People deserve to know what's really happening.
They need a chance to say goodbye.
Quick, we gotta go!
Is the equipment still up?
Yes, but please don't do this, sir.
We need to-- we need to stick to the plan.
We need to keep the calm. Listen, sir. Cal!
Get your fucking hands off me and put me on TV right now.
Shit!
Erica, alert the networks.
Mr. President,
you do not leave that room until I get back, is that understood?
Sir, make sure all interior side doors to the Oval are locked.
Ryan.
Weapons ready, you're cleared hot.
Sir?
Things might escalate.
Stay calm. I'll be right back.
- He's going live now. All of them. All of them. - Rainey!
- You Versailles? - I am.
- Assume you are too? - Affirmative.
Come on, baby, pick up.
Hi, this is Dr. Teri Rogers--
We got about five minutes before the president starts talking.
You think this is gonna turn into a frenzy?
It's already been a frenzy. It's about to become a fucking riot.
No, no, please. I don't need any of that.
Or lighting, or equipment.
Just put me on air as quick as you can.
And a cup of coffee, please.
Sure could use a cup of coffee.
Roger that. He's clear to enter. Back to you in two.
Commander Hunter is Versailles too.
- Who? - Guy with the football.
- What about Garcia? - No idea.
Let's get moving.
It has been an honor serving you, Mr. President.
The honor is mine, John.
Best fucking hamburgers I've ever had.
Okay, we're 30 seconds out.
We are less than a minute from the president addressing the nation.
Excuse me.
About 40 minutes from now...
Is that for me?
No one gets in.
Meanwhile, sources are reporting that Marine One and other helicopters are hovering above the South Lawn...
...F22 Raptors are circling the air space above the Capitol.
And we're live in three...
My fellow Americans...
I know you're aware of the situation we now face.
And I wanna tell you the truth.
Our modeling...
shows imminent worldwide disaster, including here at home.
I'm telling you this so that you can make decisions
based on where you want to be right now...
and who you want to be with.
This position that I have held...
I didn't always want it.
Most certainly didn't always like it.
But it has...
It's provided me access to people all over this country.
And one thing has constantly struck me as true.
That despite all the ugliness in our world...
...despite our tendency to focus on the grotesque,
and the conflict.
Despite all of that...
you...
are inherently decent.
You love your families,
your parents, your children.
Let's go. This way!
And I hope we can find that decency and that love now.
And if I may be so bold.
To all of you watching,
who have meant something to me personally...
too many to name...
I just want to say I love you.
And, uh...
God bless you and good luck.
We're out.
Move it!
Here we go.
On me.
Now, what hope does humanity have to survive?
- Excuse us. - Wait a minute.
I'm sorry, everyone.
Mr. President, my sister is here with Edward. They're at the gate,
- so I'm gonna go get him. - Marsha.
I've been with you since the beginning.
You told me everything was gonna be okay.
I wish I could say something that would make this better, but I can't.
I can't offer you safety.
You can stay here if you want, but the truth is it's not gonna help.
Nothing is. Go home.
- And where are you going? - Hey, hey, back off.
- How long did you know? - People, this is the cold reality.
We need to ask for those willing
to keep the White House secure until we can all get out.
Continue to evacuate everyone,
but right now, your duty is to keep the president safe.
- Where are you? - What about us, Todd? What about all of us?!
- Back off! - Calm down.
I need you to calm down, okay?
Let's move him now!
- Come on. Come on. - Okay? Hey.
Let's go. Down the hall! Come on!
You promised me.
Marsha...
The blood of my baby is gonna be on your hands.
I couldn't do anything about it, Marsha, understand that.
- You promised me. - I'm really sorry.
Hey. Hey. Don't!
Don't.
Move.
Come on, come on.
Shit.
Forget the groups. Load in Wildcat.
Inside. Come on. Come on.
Go to the next one.
Cover them.
Stay where you are! Don't make me shoot.
- Thanks, Cal, I enjoyed that. - Fuck you.
It was the right thing to do.
We're not out of this yet.
Marine One took hits, then peeled off.
- Hits from who? - Don't know, sir.
People are surging onto the South Lawn.
There's a CAT Team waiting.
You will load into the first gunship, then take off immediately.
I'll go back up for the others.
Do not wait for us.
Move!
Prepare for live fire. Go!
Ryan, hold this.
Mr. President, put this on.
Okay.
Hold.
Ready?
Yeah.
Open the door.
Move!
Keep them back!
- Go! Go! - The football!
Shit.
Here you go.
...has been secured. You're cleared for takeoff.
Whoa!
- No. - No, no, no, there's room.
Your orders are to stay here.
No, I'm going where you're going.
You can't.
- I'm going where you're going! - Ryan.
What the fuck?!
He wasn't gonna shoot me!
Do your fucking job, Agent!
Go! Go! Let the other choppers land!
Up! Up! Hoist up that chopper, let's go!
Freebird One, say again, Congress, Justices, Freebird Two,
Cabinet, Joint Chiefs, others, Freebird One.
Let's go! Let's go!
Move! Let's go!
Agent Collins!
Xavier!
I have to get her somehow.
Come on, man, your kids are onboard. Let's go.
She's alone.
I don't know where she is. I don't know who she's with.
It's an impossible situation.
I'm sorry.
I can't get on that plane without her.
Xavier, look at me.
Your kids need you.
I need you.
Let's go.
When did you know she wasn't gonna make it?
When you told me she was still in Atlanta.
She was there because she didn't know what was coming.
- Why didn't you tell me what was coming? - I tried.
- No. You hinted! - I did, I tried.
Right? You danced around. There was no urgency.
We didn't know how fast it was gonna escalate.
- Right, but I see your family is here. - No.
Careful.
I would have kept her close!
I would have prepared.
People would have prepared.
But instead, you played this game.
- I did my best. - Your best?
- Yes, in an impossible situation. - Oh, you think you're brave because you told everybody
that the world was ending 10 minutes ago. - There were no easy options, Xavier.
- Listen to me. - You should have told us all 10 years ago.
- Look at what's happening. - This is not my fault.
That's enough!
If you don't want a seat on that plane, there's roughly eight billion people
on this planet who will fucking take it.
Your wife is gone, and I'm sorry,
but you need to process that.
And go be with your children, because they just lost their mother.
Sir.
Sir, we have to go.
Are you coming or not?
I don't know what to do.
Yeah, you do.
Each of you have been given a packet of information
and a wrist device that is paired specifically to you.
We'll be taking off for Colorado momentarily.
Hey.
- Daddy. - Daddy.
- I thought you didn't make it. - No, no, I'm here.
Stand up.
Where's Mommy?
Is she okay?
Where's Mommy?
Where's Mom?
Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves.
We're about to encounter the high-pressure sound waves.
Alright, man, go get in the seat. Put on your seatbelt.
- Oh, my God. - Hold on, stay right here.
- Hold on. - Daddy, I'm scared.
Dad, what's going on?
It's okay.
Okay.
We gonna make it?
I got you.
- What was that? - What's happening?
One of the planes went down.
I'm sorry.
I've been told this...
might break through to a cellphone.
You can use the liaison office.
Sir, you're needed upstairs.
It's the Joint Chiefs.
Mr. President, Freebird Two went down with the pressure wave.
That's the Justices, Congress, Todd.
General, what do you have?
Sir, as predicted, several nuclear devices have just launched,
one headed towards India, and another targeting what we believe will be Denver, Colorado.
Are they aiming for us?
- We don't know. - You don't know?
Our intelligence networks are breaking down, sir.
All we know is it's headed your way.
There have also been two nuclear detonations around the Mongolian border.
It's starting, sir.
That's why it's the consensus of the Joint Chiefs that we fire our arsenal.
Christ, at who?
All nuclear powers, full-scale attack.
We must prevent any attack on the bunker location at all costs.
It's our only chance for survival.
For those of us on this call. What about everyone else out there?
Sir, we're not saying this to spare ourselves.
Our plane isn't going to make it to the bunker.
We took severe damage from the pressure wave.
We're putting down outside St. Louis.
Mr. President, we do not come to this lightly.
That eruption is going to destroy supply chains and crop production.
Every nation on the planet with a military understands this.
And they will act to protect themselves against possible incursions,
knowing that we will do the same.
Mr. President, you must launch.
Once the ash cloud covers our skies, we cannot guarantee launch capabilities.
Enter the code, sir,
and we are a go.
Understood.
Good luck, gentlemen.
I'm taking a second in my office.
When the team ran our scenario through thousands of models,
it always told us the same thing.
Yeah, what was that?
The eruption of the Antarctic super volcano would lead to nuclear war.
Lovely.
You know,
when I became president,
the first thing I asked about,
hand to God, was the secrets.
Aliens, who killed JFK, Bigfoot-- and there was nothing.
I mean, little things, but really nothing.
I was so disappointed.
But then...
I was briefed on this little guy.
The nuclear football.
The device that allows the commander-in-chief
to unilaterally launch America's entire nuclear arsenal.
No two-person system.
Just me
and the red codes.
I enter this, and we are off to the races.
But basically everybody knows about the football.
What nobody, except the president knows,
is what else it can do...
if I enter the blue code.
Turns out, after the Cuban Missile Crisis, some colonel had an idea
to create a switch,
an ultimate fail-safe.
A linked array of global EMPs...
in satellites, submarines, missiles, you name it...
that would fry every electronic circuit on Earth.
Microwaves, computers.
Even its own satellites.
But it would also disable the nukes,
maybe even in midair.
It's a switch that would shut off the world.
Unfortunately, it would also take the planet back 500 years.
But that was better than the alternative...
because it would give people a chance.
You can't be considering this.
Flight deck.
How long till we land?
Twenty minutes, Mr. President.
Thank you.
Well, that should be more than enough time.
It takes a while to shut down the whole world.
With any luck, we'll be in the mountain by then.
All those people will die anyway.
It's more humane to let it happen in a bright flash
than to let them all starve over the course of a year.
They need a chance.
We need a chance.
The bunker relies on outside sensors for communication, for the safety of the city,
so that we know when it's safe out there.
We will be blind.
- We will be vulnerable. - Samantha,
I ain't launching the missiles.
But I am gonna do this.
Stop. Stop, stop! Please.
We are humanity's last hope.
Well, maybe the thing won't work.
That'll be all.
Agent Rainey.
If she doesn't move,
shoot her.
Hello?
Teri, it's me.
Oh, my God. Where are you?
Where are you?
Couldn't make it.
I'm so sorry.
I tried, baby, I-- I even stole a car.
It's okay.
The kids, are they safe?
They're safe. We're safe.
Uh, they're taking us somewhere safe.
Where?
Colorado.
Somewhere-- somewhere in Colorado.
Baby, listen to me, this might cut out.
Tell them it's okay to be happy, okay?
That Mommy loves them, whether I'm there or not.
I will, baby. I will.
Are you still there? Xavier?
Hey, I'm here. I'm here.
Xavier.
- Xavier, can you hear me? - Yeah, baby.
I'm scared, baby.
No. No, no, no, I'm with you.
Yeah. You feel me? I'm-- I'm holding you right now.
I'm protecting you, baby.
- I got you. I got you. - Okay. Okay.
Teri, can you hear me?
I loved every minute.
Hey, Ter?
Promise me something.
- I love you, baby. - I love you too.
I love you
more than anything on this planet, I love you so much, Teri.
- I love you. - Me too, baby.
I love you.
Be a good father. Be a good father.
Be a good father to them.
I guess it worked.
Nuclear holocaust was at least partially avoided.
And no missiles hit Atlanta.
You can't know that for sure.
People are rebuilding, finding ways to communicate.
...for a secondary route to Denver, Colorado.
...large area outside of Atlanta.
I'm looking for my husband, Xavier Collins.
My children, Presley and James.
They were heading for a complex in Colorado.
Once again, my name is Teri Rogers-Collins.
I'm here with other survivors searching for our loved ones.
If you know the whereabouts of Xavier Collins, tell him I love him.
Where is she?
How do I find her?
Let me just make one quick call,
then you can shoot me to your heart's content.
Tavern.
You might want to check on your daughter.
Hey, Mark.
It's Xavier. Put Presley on the line.
She's not here.
What'd you say?
She's not here, man. I don't know what happened. I just checked the back room and she's just gone.
The DNA from Cal's murder...
didn't match anyone in the bunker.
It appears our killer came from the outside.
What did you do to my daughter?
You will release my people.
You will return my arsenal of weapons,
and you will find out who murdered the president,
and you will return this place to fucking normal
if you ever wanna see your daughter or your wife again.
Maybe I am a monster.