0:01:22 > 0:01:251.567 makes it eight degrees north.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Altair, Alpha Centauri and Sirius.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Matt Shepherd?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32What? It's just a party and he asked me.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- He's really nice. - To you maybe.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37You guys getting some work done?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Sounds like it. What's the bright one?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Uh, Misar. It's a double star.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Good, the one next to it?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Uh, Alcor. - The one next to that?
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Uh...
0:01:55 > 0:01:56I don't know.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's Megrez.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59I don't think so.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01You just said you didn't know.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05It's not Megrez. It's something else. Look.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's south. About ten degrees.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13It's probably a satellite.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Take another picture. We'll send it to Dr Wolf.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- It's Megrez.- It's not Megrez.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- It is.- It's not.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27(It is.)
0:02:29 > 0:02:33ON RADIO: La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
0:03:08 > 0:03:11HUMS TO THE MUSIC
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Hm.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Hm. Hm.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, hello there, little fella.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Do I know you?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Where are you going in such a hurry?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And there.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Come on.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Damn it!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Biederman.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Oh, come on,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37you miserable piece of crap.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40TYRES SCREECH
0:05:49 > 0:05:51ON RADIO: The Hole by Randy Travis
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Come on. Come on.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06# He's going down
0:06:06 > 0:06:08# Drivin' his future... #
0:06:08 > 0:06:10VOLUME UP
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- PHONE: - '..Dept Of Planetary Sciences.'
0:06:13 > 0:06:15MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:15 > 0:06:18'If you know the extension...'
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Ow! Jesus!
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Damn it!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- TV: - '..Recall of American troops from abroad.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50'Tragedy struck as an aircraft carrying an Army unit
0:06:50 > 0:06:54'returning from Japan crashed into the waters...'
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Secretary of the Treasury is resigning because his wife is sick?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Who passed Rittenhouse the hemlock?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06CIO wanted him out for not supporting the Pension Bill.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11State's still fuming about the Trade Office screw-up at the G8.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Pentagon is unhappy with his proposals.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Greenspan dislikes him.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17No wonder the wife's sick.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20She's not sick. She's a drunk.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24How do you know that?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Mike Woodward over at Treasury.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34She started drinking when her husband had a series of affairs.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Stepped it up after their son died of leukaemia.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40You want to do something on the price that wives pay?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Mike Woodward? Wife, three kids?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45He's been after me for months.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Threw him a breakfast and hit him up about Rittenhouse.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Campbell's leaving. Midnight Saturday shift's open.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Why would I give this up for a graveyard slot?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Not for you, for me.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Beth?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00We'll talk about this later.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04The President will be back from Camp David tomorrow.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Just keep working on Rittenhouse. Maybe Mike's available for dinner.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Do the usual research, background information.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15OK, that's it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Beth, wait.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Listen, Beth, what if it wasn't permanent?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27This is how it works. You've done two years of research,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31now do three as a producer, five on air doing domestic features,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34another two in a cholera-ridden hellhole.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39And then, I'll quit if they don't give you a weekend anchor slot.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Are you protecting me or just holding me back?
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Yes. Rittenhouse tape and text on my desk by four o'clock tomorrow.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50And then we'll drop in the reverses for the five.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52'At this moment'
0:08:52 > 0:08:56right now, the pretty girls are walking done the aisle.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58They're spreading flowers.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03The twins are walking down the aisles, dropping rose petals.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Mom, is this really such a good idea?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Yes, and she stands beside him. The priest says,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10"Dearly beloved..."
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Judge.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15The judge says, "Blah, blah, sickness and health."
0:09:15 > 0:09:20"Do you, Jason Lerner, take Chlorine Whatchamacallit?"
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Mom! Chloe.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23What did I say?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27You said, you said Chlorine. Her name's Chloe.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Oh. Well, it's still a terrible name.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Yeah.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Jason says, "Lie, lie, lie, lie, until death do us part."
0:09:36 > 0:09:42She says yes, he says yes, and it's kissy-kissy, congratulations.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Jenny, you now have a stepmother who is two years older than you.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56(Cheque.) Well, anyway,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59as much as I would like to stay here with you,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I can't. I got to go.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I know, I know, I know.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06I'm sorry about this.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10We'll get over it. I love you.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13I love you, too.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Be good.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I was with the Secretary since Connecticut.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Came to Washington with him.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I moved here because I was dedicated to his career.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33I trusted the man.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- I- didn't have sex with him, but somebody sure did.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It was about to come out, so he resigned.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42But because I was hired from outside the government pool,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I don't get conveyed to the next Secretary.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51I'm out of a job because he couldn't keep his hands off women.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Do you have proof?
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Well, he thinks he was being so clever.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59He had a private phone line installed in his office.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Nobody else could answer it.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I picked it up once, said hello and it's nobody home.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09It rings, he shuts the door. Why not hang a sign?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Do you have a name?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13This is what I get
0:11:13 > 0:11:17for talking to the press. I'm selling my soul right now.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I can feel it. I can feel it.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I name a name and get someone into trouble.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23You do have a name?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Just a first name.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Oh, my God, I'm going to say it. Ellie.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Ellie? Anything else?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I think the President knows about her, too.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Heard the Secretary talking to him about her. Isn't Washington sick?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Hi, how you doing?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Can I help you?
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Well, actually,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27we're looking for your mom. Is she around?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30My mom's sick. She's not here.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Oh. Gosh, I love boats. Are you going on a trip?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Yeah.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40That's exciting. Looks like a long trip, huh?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43So, do you know where you're going?
0:12:43 > 0:12:48She's going back to the house. Hey, you want to stop that?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Lily, please.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52That's a pretty name.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Lily.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Do as I say. Go on.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58If we could just get a minute of your time.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00What do you want from me?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03We'd like to talk about your resignation.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08My wife is sick. She's in the hospital. That's why I resigned.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13We could talk about your wife or we could just talk about Ellie.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Turn the camera off.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27If you want to talk to me, turn it off.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Cut it.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32We know everything.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Nobody knows everything.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Well, we know about the secret phone lines,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41whispered calls to the President. About a Treasury Secretary
0:13:41 > 0:13:46who's kept his entire department in the dark about what he's doing.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51About a cover story about his resignation that just fell through.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And you're just going to break it?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56That's what we do for a living.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01Well, congratulations. You now have the biggest story in history.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Good luck to you. Personally,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I think it's a mistake to run the story,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09but hey, what the hell? Why not?
0:14:09 > 0:14:14What difference does anything make any more?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Look, I know you're just a reporter...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25but you used to be a person...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27right?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I wanted to be with my family.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Can you understand that?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01OK, Secretary of the Treasury,
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Alan Rittenhouse, resigns because of a mistress named Ellie.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Biggest story in history?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10What an ego.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Now, if it was the President... Whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17OK, the President has a mistress named Ellie,
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Rittenhouse pretends he's having the affair and resigns.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24And the President buys him a yacht?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Whoa! Son of a bitch!
0:15:34 > 0:15:36OK, OK!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Oh, God. No, God.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00FBI. If you would, please, ma'am.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01What do I do with the car?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04We'll take care of it. Step back to my car.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Let's go.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Come this way, please.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Morgan Entrekin, Ms Lerner.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48I'm expected back at MSNBC at six and I think I should be there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53People knew about the Manhattan Project and they kept it a secret.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58That was just the creation of the atom bomb.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Huh!
0:17:13 > 0:17:15DOOR OPENS
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Ms Lerner? Tom Beck. I understand you have some information.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35Ms Lerner was expressing her lack of enthusiasm for matters of security,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38where journalistic competitiveness is at stake.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Mr President, I'm not using Ellie to further my career.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44What do you know about ELE?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I know you should have picked a better cover story
0:17:49 > 0:17:51than a sick wife.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53See? What'd I tell ya?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56We'd always thought the deadline for going public
0:17:56 > 0:17:59was the publication of the budget,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02since we've spent more money than we can hide.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05The budget comes out in two weeks.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Can I convince you to sit on this for two weeks?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11No such thing as two weeks in the news business.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15I can't appeal to your sense of what's in the nation's interest?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19I always thought the truth was in the nation's best interest.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25You want to hold her?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29What if we go public in 48 hours?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Now, that's doable, isn't it?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32That would be very difficult.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Morgan, if she knows, how long can it be
0:18:35 > 0:18:38before CNN or the Post breaks the story?
0:18:38 > 0:18:44This was never going to be a secret as long as you wanted it to be.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49Give us two days. You'll get second row centre at the press conference.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- For you, that's a promotion. - I want exclusivity.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Now, listen, young lady, this is a presidential favour.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09It might seem we have each other over the same barrel,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11but it just SEEMS that way.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- I want the...- You want?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22May I...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25May I have the first question?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28We'll see you Tuesday, Ms Lerner.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Come on. Come on, come on.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06E-L-E, E-L-E...
0:20:15 > 0:20:18What does palaeontology have to do with anything?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Hey!
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Look who's working late.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46How's Rittenhouse going?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Uh, no sign of the wife yet. We're still working on it.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I promise you next time we'll get you something more exciting.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Great.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Are you OK?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Yeah.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Want to have dinner with us?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I can't. I got... I have plans.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04OK. See you tomorrow.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Ah, here she is.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Jenny.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Hi, Chloe.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Would you like some champagne?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Martini. Up, big.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Good.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I missed you.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I mean, we missed you yesterday.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Uh, I must say, I'm...
0:21:41 > 0:21:46I'm disturbed that you didn't come to our wedding.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Jason, you promised.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I know I promised, but it was a beautiful event and I missed her.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54You should have been there.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59The twins, they were running around like mad, and throwing flowers.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Especially Emma, the little one. She loves you.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04She adores you. She missed you, too.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09This is from us, for you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Are you not going to open it?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I knew she wouldn't.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37You can exchange them if you don't like them.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Jenny, I know this is hard. I just want you to be happy.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44"Happy."
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I would like to propose a toast to happiness,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50and to...
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Well, are we going to have an evening or not?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Jenny, I know that you hate me.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09You have terrible things to say to me.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10You have to get over it.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Life goes on.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Life goes on? OK. - SHE LAUGHS
0:23:17 > 0:23:19What's so funny?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21"Life go..."
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Yeah, we'll see.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27What's so funny about "life goes on"?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Life, life going on? I don't see what's so funny that life goes on.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Dad, you need to get back together with Mom.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40She's all alone in the world and she needs you right now.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43OK?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Jenny...I just got married.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I know. Chloe, this has nothing to do with you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Well, it has to do something for me, for Christ's sake.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Um, this is insane.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58And I have to apologise for my daughter.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Look, it's not your fault.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05I have to go. I know you think I'm a bad person. I'm really not.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07And I don't hate you.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I got to, I just, I gotta go.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17REPORTERS SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGES
0:24:23 > 0:24:26HUBBUB
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Because for her it does... Excuse me.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Jenny. Well, what are you, um, doing here?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Did Stuart send you here without telling me?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49No. I was going to talk to you about this...
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Ms Lerner. Hi, Beth.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Right this way. I've got you right down here.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Excuse me, please.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10OK. He'll find you for the first question. Then you're on your own.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Hey, how are you?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, please.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21The President will begin by addressing the nation.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Please hold your questions until he's finished his remarks.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29The President of the United States.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Hello, everybody.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Ten seconds, Mr President.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Five, four...
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Good evening.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Minutes ago, the US ambassadors to every country in the world
0:25:49 > 0:25:52told their leaders what I am about to tell you.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56It's a bit complicated, so we'll take some time. I hope you will
0:25:56 > 0:25:59bear with me, hear what I have to say.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03A little over a year ago, two American astronomers,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Marcus Wolf and Leo Biederman,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08working on a mountain top in Arizona...
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Sh. Nobody say anything.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14'..saw something in the night sky that caused them great concern.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16'A comet.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19'But the comet was, well,'
0:26:19 > 0:26:23there was a possibility that the comet was on a path
0:26:23 > 0:26:26that could bring it into contact with the Earth.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30MURMURING
0:26:30 > 0:26:33We get hit all the time by rocks and meteors.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Some of them no bigger than your hand.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39But the comet we discovered is the size of New York City.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42From the north side of Central Park to the Battery.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45About seven miles long.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Put another way, this comet is larger than Mount Everest.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54It weighs five hundred billion tons.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56'Chances are it will miss us...'
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Astronomers, astrophysicists, geologists and climatologists.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Where the hell is Science?
0:27:02 > 0:27:05EVERYONE TALKS
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And graphics, I need graphics.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12'Comets begin far out in space. They're what's left over'
0:27:12 > 0:27:15'from the creation of the solar system
0:27:15 > 0:27:18'after the planets were formed.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22'These chunks of space debris are in an elongated orbit around our sun.'
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Every now and then, one of them gets bumped
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and is knocked into a different orbit.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33If this comet continues on its path and keeps its present course,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37some time on August 16th, roughly a year from now,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39there's a chance we might have impact.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44So, for the past eight months, the United States and Russia
0:27:44 > 0:27:48have been building the largest spaceship ever constructed.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51It's being built in orbit around the Earth.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53And we call it the Messiah.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Right now, American and Russian astronauts are at Cape Canaveral.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03In two months, they leave on the Atlantis to board the Messiah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07This is the crew that will stop the comet.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11'I'd like you to meet some extraordinary people.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15'Mission Commander Oren Monash, can you introduce us to your team?'
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I would be honoured, sir.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Pilot Andrea Baker. Medical officer
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Gus Partenza.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27From Russia, nuclear specialist Colonel Mikhail Tulchinsky.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Navigator Mark Simon.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32And rendezvous pilot Spurgeon Tanner.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Hi, Mr President.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37'Captain Tanner, you flew six shuttle missions.'
0:28:37 > 0:28:41You were the last man to walk on the moon, weren't you?
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Yes, sir, but Oren here will be doing the flying on this one.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I'll be taking us down to the comet surface.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51It's good to know we have your experience.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Godspeed to you all. We're counting on you.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Thank you, sir.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Got Rome, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Berlin.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02How big was the one that killed the dinosaurs?
0:29:02 > 0:29:04LOUD HUBBUB
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- A goddamn rock? - Well, that's what he's saying.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10'..of our way of life.'
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Our society will continue as normal. Work will go on.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16You will pay your bills.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18REPORTERS LAUGH
0:29:18 > 0:29:23There will be no hoarding. There will be no sudden profiteering.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27I'm freezing all wages, all prices.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31What a bottle of water cost you yesterday,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34it will cost you tomorrow.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36I'll take a few questions.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37SHOUTING
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Ms Lerner.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Um, Jenny Lerner.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44'MSNBC News.'
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Um, Mr President, why wasn't this announcement made sooner?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Until we knew we could build the rocket
0:29:51 > 0:29:54and the comet could be intercepted,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57we saw no reason to alarm the planet.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58FLURRY OF QUESTIONS
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Do you have another question, Ms Lerner?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Yeah, um...
0:30:02 > 0:30:05'Is there a connection between the comet
0:30:05 > 0:30:09'and the recall of American troops from abroad?
0:30:09 > 0:30:12'Our troops are coming home because we felt it prudent
0:30:12 > 0:30:17'in light of domestic security concerns to have them available.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19'Next question?'
0:30:19 > 0:30:24Actually, Mr President, if you could answer a final question, sir.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27MSNBC has learned that
0:30:27 > 0:30:32Secretary Rittenhouse did not leave for the reasons given.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34In fact, isn't it true, sir,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37that not everyone in your administration
0:30:37 > 0:30:41is convinced that the Messiah will save us?
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Secretary Rittenhouse served his country with full devotion.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55He resigned for personal reasons.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Now, I can promise you this, Ms Lerner, all of you,
0:30:59 > 0:31:04everyone listening to my voice, at some point over the next ten months
0:31:04 > 0:31:08all of us will entertain our worst fears and concerns.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12But I can also promise you this.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Life will go on.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17We will prevail.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Mr President? Please!
0:31:20 > 0:31:21What is the comet's name?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25The two scientists were killed in a car crash
0:31:25 > 0:31:27while racing to alert the world.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31'So we named it for them. Wolf-Biederman.'
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Biederman. There, he said it again.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Leo, is he talking about you? - PHONE RINGS
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Why were the Russians...
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- DOORBELL - Jenny, get the door.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44'We have the technology to build the ship.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47'They have the technology to make it go.'
0:31:47 > 0:31:50There's someone at the door for you, Leo.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56'You've been watching live coverage of President...'
0:31:56 > 0:31:59I can't believe this. This is so weird.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00Dr Wolf from the Astronomy Club?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Yeah, I guess so.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05It's neat. We discovered the world was going to end.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10He's still alive, everyone. He's right here and he's still alive.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Hey, Leo, cool!
0:32:12 > 0:32:14'As far as we know, what happened'
0:32:14 > 0:32:19was that Dr Wolf saw the comet in my photograph.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21He shared the discovery with me.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23And then, he was killed in that crash.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28Everything got mixed up and the President thought I was dead.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29FLURRY OF QUESTIONS
0:32:29 > 0:32:33How does it feel having your name on it?
0:32:33 > 0:32:38I don't want people thinking I'm taking something away from Dr Wolf.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Because I'm not. But it's kinda cool.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Jason?
0:32:45 > 0:32:50You know, you're going to have sex a lot more now than anyone else.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53WHOOPING AND CHEERING
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Really?
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Thank you for your sexual insight, Mr Thurman. You can sit down now.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10Famous people always get sex. That's why it's good to be famous.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Fruit, reactor, bottle, rocket, OK?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23A nuclear reactor in space? Isn't that dangerous?
0:33:23 > 0:33:28No. This is Russian design. Same people designed Chernobyl.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Chernobyl?
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Well, Chernobyl almost worked.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35So, what happens after you plant the bomb?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38We have seven hours. We put bombs inside the comet.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Right, after seven hours,
0:33:40 > 0:33:44the 14-hour rotational cycle of the comet spins.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48We'll get married. God knows I want to marry you.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52But when I get back, the last thing I do is step inside a church.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56There's seven hours of darkness. The sun hits...
0:33:56 > 0:34:00These are your orders. Upon first entering Earth's atmosphere,
0:34:00 > 0:34:04proceed immediately up the exterior of the mother ship.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06When the sun hits the surface,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10explosive outgassings that are dangerous.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Gus, he's seven.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15You boys were what, four and six, when I went to the moon?
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Now, you saw me go into space seven times, didn't ya?
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Eh? I came back every time, didn't I?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Yeah.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Your mother and I used to play a game.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31If there was a chance I may not get back,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34she wouldn't say it, I wouldn't say it.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36OK?
0:34:36 > 0:34:37BOTH: Yes, sir.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Hey, Fish. How about a beer?
0:34:39 > 0:34:43You remember my boys, don't you? Steve and Dwight.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Welcome to Houston. Let me steal your old man for a second.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Can I take your picture, please?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52OK.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Thank you.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57So, what do you think of the crew?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Heroes all.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02The finest group I've had the privilege of working with.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Off the record, huh?
0:35:04 > 0:35:09Well, they've been trained in ways I'll never understand.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14They're smarter, in better shape than we ever were. Sober, serious.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18I'd be happier if I thought that any of them were as scared as I am.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20They're not scared of dying.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23They're just scared of looking bad on TV.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30I wish I'd been to the moon. But we're not going to the moon.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Frank Gifford was a great football player.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36If he played now, he'd get his ass busted.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51The moon did not have a rotational cycle of 14 hours.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53We only have seven hours of dark
0:35:53 > 0:35:56when the sun's not up to land on this thing.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58We won't be able to see.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00You can't see now, Gus.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Mih sdyelayem. We can do it.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07No, no, no.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10I woke up this morning
0:36:10 > 0:36:12and I realised
0:36:12 > 0:36:15none of you want me here.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17You don't even know who I am,
0:36:17 > 0:36:21which is OK. I walked on the moon. I belonged to your daddies.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25If I ask you to ask your daddies what I meant to them,
0:36:25 > 0:36:27to explain what I'm doing here,
0:36:27 > 0:36:32that's only going to make things worse. So what do we do?
0:36:39 > 0:36:43You haven't trained for this mission. We respect you.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45I appreciate that.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48But you're here, you're here because the powers
0:36:48 > 0:36:51that be think we need a familiar face.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52You're here for public relations.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55No, I'm here because the powers that be know
0:36:55 > 0:36:59that I'm the only one here who's landed on the moon.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01500 landings on aircraft carriers.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- We've trained... - On flight simulators.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Right? This is not a video game, son. It really isn't.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- HE CHUCKLES - It really isn't. No.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21'We are go for auto-sequence start.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25'Atlantis's computers has primary control of all functions.'
0:37:25 > 0:37:29OK, all flight controllers. We're T-minus 30 and counting.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Let's take a close look.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34LOX and LH-Two are pressurised.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Flight, we'll go for auto-sequence.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Good luck and Godspeed, Atlantis.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43'Four, three, two, one.'
0:37:56 > 0:37:59'Propelled by 500,000 lbs of liquid fuel,
0:37:59 > 0:38:02'the shuttle crew heads towards their initial destination.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06'In the Messiah, the crew will find eight nuclear devices
0:38:06 > 0:38:09'that will be used to blow up the comet. The Messiah'
0:38:09 > 0:38:13will be powered by a nuclear propulsion system
0:38:13 > 0:38:15that was created for a different purpose.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19That programme was called Orion.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Now, with the help of Russian engineers, a technology designed
0:38:23 > 0:38:26to propel weapons of mass destruction
0:38:26 > 0:38:28will power the ship that will intercept
0:38:28 > 0:38:33the greatest threat our planet has ever faced.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Orion burn...in ten,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45nine, eight, seven,
0:38:45 > 0:38:49six, five, four, three,
0:38:49 > 0:38:51two, one, zero.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07OK, Beth, White House reactions. Marianne, the whole world watching.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Tim, mission control in Houston. Ira, the science guys lined up?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13If they got a PhD, we own them.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17This is the most important story of our lives. Don't muck it up.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Stuart, what about me?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Anchor desk. Could have been yours sooner.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23What are you talking about?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Don't ever hold back a story from me again.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42'Messiah, Houston. Transfer trajectory is go.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46'We'll cancel MCC-One. You're go to configure for coast.'
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Roger, Houston, we're looking good here.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Jesus, that's big.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Gospahdee.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Wow.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Sweet mother of God.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14'All circuit breakers are open, master arm is off.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17'And the detonator system is safe.'
0:40:35 > 0:40:39'Messiah, stand by for an uplink of the final coordinates.'
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Wilco, Houston.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43How's it coming?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46'Loading first nuke now.'
0:41:12 > 0:41:141,000 feet to stand off.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19R-dot three, five-x, two-y.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25500 feet, R-dot point three.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30Three-x, one point five-y. Go for auto trajectory.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34We're there.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Disengage Orion.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Orion disengaged.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41You're on bi-prop.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56'This is a special presentation of MSNBC News with Jenny Lerner.'
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Good evening. Some time in the next hour,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09the Messiah mission will enter its most critical phase,
0:42:09 > 0:42:15the interception of Wolf-Biederman, and the setting of nuclear devices.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20But first, Captain Spurgeon Tanner will have to guide the spacecraft
0:42:20 > 0:42:22through the blizzard of rocks, sand and ice
0:42:22 > 0:42:25that make up the comet's tail, or coma.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29'The crew must complete its work before sunrise.'
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Sublimator looks good, Mick.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34'Disengaging auto. I'm eyeballs out from here on in.'
0:42:34 > 0:42:37How come that doesn't make me feel better?
0:42:37 > 0:42:39'I heard that.'
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Lights on. Cameras on.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44'On the Mississippi, in Mark Twain's time,'
0:42:44 > 0:42:49there were riverboat pilots who only knew a few miles of the river.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Conditions changed so much.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Floods, sandbars, fallen logs. It was all a pilot could do
0:42:55 > 0:42:59was to know his little piece of the puzzle.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02So for the next few hours, this is my ship.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06We start our approach.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21'..are images from cameras mounted inside Messiah.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24'These images are delayed by 20 seconds,
0:43:24 > 0:43:27'due to the distance they must travel.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30'You can see that the image is breaking up a bit.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32'Uh, Houston is prepared for this.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36'Due to the uncertain make-up of the comet's coma,
0:43:36 > 0:43:40'they're unsure whether or not transmission will be possible.'
0:43:40 > 0:43:43It appears we're losing reception here.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46OK, we've, we've lost picture now.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51But we will stay on the air, stay with you through all of this.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57'Prop 96% is in descent.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59'Roger, descent.'
0:43:59 > 0:44:01SHIP SHUDDERS
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Oh, my God.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10Look at these. They're the size of houses.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Yeah, I know. I see.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Jesus Christ.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30'Prop, 88%.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34'Cabin pressure, five point seven. Negative guidance errors.'
0:44:35 > 0:44:36Whoa!
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Use your primary thrusters.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Primary thrusters.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14- Descent rate? - Three feet per second.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- Fire tether pitons.- Pitons fired.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33She's levelling out.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Depressurising bay.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Opening payload doors.
0:46:02 > 0:46:07Don't let that little bit of gravity down there go to your heads.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09OK.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13Start the clock.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02- JENNY ON TV: - 'If all is going according to schedule,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06'the astronauts should be placing the MOLEs on the comet surface.'
0:47:06 > 0:47:10The MOLEs are, well, they're what they sound like.
0:47:10 > 0:47:15Drilling machines that burrow to a depth of 100 metres,
0:47:15 > 0:47:18where they wait to be detonated. Each one
0:47:18 > 0:47:21'carries a 5,000 kiloton warhead.'
0:47:36 > 0:47:37How's our time?
0:47:37 > 0:47:39It's tight. 1:36:30.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41It's taking too long.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Yup.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53What happens if they do not get off the comet's surface in time?
0:47:53 > 0:47:55The sun striking the comet
0:47:55 > 0:47:59will cause a temperature rise of 350 degrees,
0:47:59 > 0:48:01activate the high-speed gas jets.
0:48:01 > 0:48:06Well, if that happens, it will be like trying to work in a minefield.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08'What's your MOLE Four readout?
0:48:08 > 0:48:10'Running true at 75 feet.'
0:48:13 > 0:48:15It's stuck!
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Try backing it up.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19- 'What's your depth?'- 75 feet.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21- Is that enough?- No?
0:48:21 > 0:48:23That's not deep enough.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26'I know that's not deep enough.'
0:48:26 > 0:48:28I'm going in.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30'I'll see if I can free it up.'
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Stand by, tether attached.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34All right, I got you.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37'Suit pressure, 3.5.'
0:48:47 > 0:48:50Come on, come on.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54How's my time?
0:48:54 > 0:48:56'23:57.'
0:48:56 > 0:49:00In six minutes, they won't have time to get back to us.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Blow the tethers. Go get 'em.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05We may not have enough fuel to get off the surface.
0:49:05 > 0:49:06Blow the tethers!
0:49:06 > 0:49:10MOLE Three at depth. We're heading your way, Oren.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14Calculate how much prop we need to get off this rock.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17- We'll shut it down when we hit it. - Will do.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26It opens up into a cave down here.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29MOLE got jammed against the side.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34OK, Team Two at location four. Give me your hand.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38What the hell happened?
0:49:38 > 0:49:42I don't know. We got jammed up at 75 feet.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52OK, hold up.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55All right, try backing it up.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Roger that.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15That's it. Shut it down.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17They always put extra in the tanks.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Fish, shut it down.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21OK.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Come on! Come on!
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Time!
0:50:30 > 0:50:331:02. Figured we'd better pick you kids up after school.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37'Check your six, 100 yards.'
0:50:37 > 0:50:39I think we'd better hurry, boys.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49All right, it's going! It's going!
0:51:06 > 0:51:07MOLE's at 125 feet.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10The sun's rising behind you, fast.
0:51:16 > 0:51:17Face shields down.
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Oh, Christ.
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Get the hell out of there!
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Get your visor down!
0:51:43 > 0:51:45HE SCREAMS
0:51:46 > 0:51:48All right, we got him.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50Oh, God! My eyes! Oh!
0:52:08 > 0:52:11THEY ALL PANT
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Oh, God, we're losing one.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Escape velocity. 1,000 feet and climbing.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!
0:52:37 > 0:52:40Mark, Mikhail, get the hell out of there!
0:53:00 > 0:53:02- Firing thrusters. - Payload doors open.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Close as we go.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25'Houston, all MOLEs are at depth.
0:53:25 > 0:53:26'Nukes hot and ready.
0:53:26 > 0:53:33'We lost Partenza to explosive outgassing and Monash is injured.'
0:53:38 > 0:53:39We have to go get Gus.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42No time for that. Re-pressurise the cargo bay.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45He's going to die out there. We can find him.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49I don't have time to argue. Sit down and be quiet.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52We've used most of our propellant.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- We have to go back! - If we go back, we all die.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57We can't leave him in space.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00(Sit down, Mick. Sit down. It's OK.)
0:54:11 > 0:54:15- JENNY:- 'The Messiah has safely lifted off the comet.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18'But sadly, Gus Partenza has been lost.'
0:54:18 > 0:54:22Gus Partenza, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
0:54:22 > 0:54:27and graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, joined the programme
0:54:27 > 0:54:31shortly after completing his training at Duke University.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35Dr Partenza was selected specifically for this mission.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38Not only for his medical expertise,
0:54:38 > 0:54:42but also for his dedication to the advancement of space technology.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59'With the loss of Dr Gus Partenza and with Oren Monash injured,
0:54:59 > 0:55:02'Captain Spurgeon Tanner is now in charge of the mission.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06'The Messiah has docked with the Orion-powered boosters,
0:55:06 > 0:55:10'and is ready to detonate the bombs planted on Wolf-Biederman.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14'The Messiah's camera will show us the detonation,
0:55:14 > 0:55:18'but not before being blocked out by the nuclear blast.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21'There is a 20-second delay,
0:55:21 > 0:55:24'so when the picture comes back,
0:55:24 > 0:55:28'the comet should have been knocked off its course.'
0:55:36 > 0:55:39Prepare to remove safeties and fire.
0:55:43 > 0:55:44Safeties removed.
0:55:51 > 0:55:52Weapons armed.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Three, two, one...
0:56:05 > 0:56:06now.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15'So, now we're just waiting for the picture to come back.'
0:56:26 > 0:56:29- Decompression in Area Six. - ALARMS BLARE
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Mick, I'll get the halon.
0:56:57 > 0:56:58ALARMS STOP
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Yes, sir. I'm still here.
0:57:26 > 0:57:30INDISTINCT WHISPERING
0:57:40 > 0:57:43We're live in ten seconds.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45Cue the President.
0:57:45 > 0:57:49Mr President, five, four, three...
0:57:51 > 0:57:54Hello, America.
0:57:54 > 0:57:59'It is my unhappy duty to report to you that the Messiah has failed.
0:57:59 > 0:58:04'This radar image from Houston shows how the detonation succeeded.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06'However, it did not destroy the comet.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10'There are now two pieces, one six miles wide,
0:58:10 > 0:58:12'the other a mile and a half.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14'Both are on a path towards Earth.
0:58:14 > 0:58:18'We've lost communication with the Messiah spacecraft,
0:58:18 > 0:58:21'although we continue to track it visually.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24'We don't know how many are alive.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27'We don't know their condition.'
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Now we have to make some decisions together.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32What do we do?
0:58:32 > 0:58:36You have a choice. We have a choice. Right now.
0:58:36 > 0:58:41Ever since the comet was discovered, we've been hoping for the best.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44But we've also been planning for the worst.
0:58:44 > 0:58:47Our strategy has been twofold.
0:58:47 > 0:58:50First, our strategic missile command
0:58:50 > 0:58:53'is coordinating with the Russians
0:58:53 > 0:58:56'a strike of missiles to intercept the comets.
0:58:56 > 0:58:58'If we can deflect these comets enough,
0:58:58 > 0:59:03'they will bounce harmlessly off our atmosphere
0:59:03 > 0:59:05'and head on out into space.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08'Unfortunately, the Titans cannot be launched
0:59:08 > 0:59:11'until the comets are only a few hours away.'
0:59:11 > 0:59:15And while we are confident the missile attack will succeed,
0:59:15 > 0:59:17it is only prudent we take steps
0:59:17 > 0:59:20to ensure the continuation of our way of life,
0:59:20 > 0:59:24'to guarantee that there will be enough of us left to rebuild'
0:59:24 > 0:59:28a new world in the unlikely event that the comets do strike the Earth.
0:59:28 > 0:59:31So, in the soft limestone of Missouri,
0:59:31 > 0:59:36we've been preparing a network of immense caves,
0:59:36 > 0:59:38and they're almost finished.
0:59:38 > 0:59:41And we can put a million people in them.
0:59:41 > 0:59:44And that million people can survive there, underground,
0:59:44 > 0:59:47for two years, until the air clears and the dust settles.
0:59:49 > 0:59:53The cave is more than a dormitory, it is our new Noah's Ark.
0:59:53 > 0:59:57We're storing seeds and seedlings, plants, animals,
0:59:57 > 0:59:58enough to start over.
0:59:58 > 1:00:03'On August 10th, a computer will randomly select 800,000 Americans
1:00:03 > 1:00:07'to join the 200,000 scientists, doctors, engineers,
1:00:07 > 1:00:10'teachers, soldiers and artists who have been chosen.'
1:00:10 > 1:00:15Other countries are preparing caves along whatever lines they feel
1:00:15 > 1:00:18are best to preserve their way of life. This is ours.
1:00:18 > 1:00:23'Beginning tonight and continuing until the crisis passes,
1:00:23 > 1:00:25'I am declaring a state of martial law.
1:00:25 > 1:00:28'The armed forces and the National Guard
1:00:28 > 1:00:31'are working with law enforcement.
1:00:31 > 1:00:34'A national curfew begins at midnight tonight.
1:00:34 > 1:00:36'Now, wherever you are, go home.
1:00:36 > 1:00:39'Stay off the roads after sunset.
1:00:39 > 1:00:43'Crimes against persons or property will be dealt with
1:00:43 > 1:00:45'swiftly and harshly.
1:00:45 > 1:00:49'News stations are being faxed copies of the lottery procedure
1:00:49 > 1:00:52'and they'll be broadcasting the details to you in a few moments.'
1:01:00 > 1:01:02I wish...
1:01:04 > 1:01:06No.
1:01:06 > 1:01:08Wishing is wrong.
1:01:09 > 1:01:11It's the wrong word right now.
1:01:11 > 1:01:14That's not what I mean.
1:01:15 > 1:01:17What I mean is...
1:01:18 > 1:01:20..I believe in God.
1:01:20 > 1:01:22Relax.
1:01:22 > 1:01:27'I know a lot of you don't, but I still want to offer a prayer.
1:01:27 > 1:01:30'For our survival...
1:01:31 > 1:01:33'..mine included.
1:01:33 > 1:01:35'Because I believe
1:01:35 > 1:01:38'that God, whomever you hold that to be,
1:01:38 > 1:01:40hears all prayers,
1:01:40 > 1:01:44even if sometimes the answer is no.
1:01:45 > 1:01:47So may the Lord bless you.
1:01:47 > 1:01:50May the Lord keep you.
1:01:51 > 1:01:54May the Lord lift up his divine countenance upon you...
1:01:55 > 1:01:58..and give you peace.
1:02:03 > 1:02:06In five, four, three, two...
1:02:15 > 1:02:18We now have the details for the national lottery.
1:02:19 > 1:02:22Those of you who have been pre-selected
1:02:22 > 1:02:25'will be notified within the next few minutes.
1:02:25 > 1:02:28'For the rest, on the night of August 10th,
1:02:28 > 1:02:31'those whose Social Security numbers
1:02:31 > 1:02:34'have been selected by computer will be notified.'
1:02:34 > 1:02:37While some Americans over 50 years of age
1:02:37 > 1:02:39have been pre-selected for the Ark
1:02:39 > 1:02:43due to their expertise in a necessary field of study,
1:02:43 > 1:02:47'no men and women over 50 in the general population
1:02:47 > 1:02:50'will be included in the lottery.'
1:02:56 > 1:02:58The...
1:02:58 > 1:03:02'The evacuation of those who have been selected for the Ark
1:03:02 > 1:03:06'will take no longer than two days, beginning on August 12th.
1:03:06 > 1:03:11'During this two-day period, no unofficial travel is permitted.
1:03:11 > 1:03:14'Those selected will be taken by bus and train
1:03:14 > 1:03:17'to the Ark site by military personnel.
1:03:17 > 1:03:20'Civil defence teams have been formed in every town
1:03:20 > 1:03:24'with a population over 5,000. They will distribute supplies
1:03:24 > 1:03:26'and organise group shelters
1:03:26 > 1:03:30'in underground facilities and appropriate sites.
1:03:30 > 1:03:34- 'Construction plans, equipment lists...' - PHONE RINGS
1:03:35 > 1:03:39Hello? Yes, this is Ellen Biederman.
1:03:39 > 1:03:42'..on how to grow your own food underground
1:03:42 > 1:03:45'and how to purify water...'
1:03:45 > 1:03:48We've been pre-selected.
1:03:53 > 1:03:54Chuck? Where are you going?
1:03:54 > 1:03:56Our phone. They could be calling.
1:03:56 > 1:03:59'..beginning on August 9th.
1:03:59 > 1:04:03'The only phones that ring will be those of the people selected.'
1:04:03 > 1:04:05That's it.
1:04:05 > 1:04:08That's all there is.
1:04:15 > 1:04:18The interior camera circuitry is shot.
1:04:18 > 1:04:22Can we get back into the cargo bay to reroute video functions?
1:04:22 > 1:04:24Starboard cargo porthole's blown.
1:04:24 > 1:04:30We could go in, but there's not much left in the life support packs.
1:04:30 > 1:04:33We can raise Houston once we get closer.
1:04:33 > 1:04:34The Orion is still functioning?
1:04:34 > 1:04:38System check OK, I don't know about radiation shielding.
1:04:38 > 1:04:42So, if we fire it up, we beat the comet back to Earth.
1:04:42 > 1:04:45But we may end up glowing in the dark. Right?
1:04:47 > 1:04:50OK, so, er,
1:04:50 > 1:04:52anybody?
1:05:00 > 1:05:03Let's go home.
1:05:08 > 1:05:10OK.
1:05:18 > 1:05:24It's liberating knowing I'm not going to be called. I don't think
1:05:24 > 1:05:27I've ever been happier. I've even stopped smoking.
1:05:27 > 1:05:31What are you going to do with all that extra money you save?
1:05:33 > 1:05:37Do you know the National Gallery is saving all of the art?
1:05:37 > 1:05:39They're shipping it to the caves.
1:05:39 > 1:05:45I've given them my desk from New England and the Sheraton silver.
1:05:45 > 1:05:49I really feel like I've protected something...when I gave them.
1:05:51 > 1:05:55You should see my apartment. There's nothing there.
1:05:55 > 1:05:58It's practically Japanese.
1:06:00 > 1:06:03Seems kind of unfair that I got picked.
1:06:03 > 1:06:06I'm not a doctor or a scientist.
1:06:07 > 1:06:10People need continuity. Everyone knows you.
1:06:10 > 1:06:13And they trust you.
1:06:13 > 1:06:16But I...can't help you.
1:06:17 > 1:06:19Don't worry about me.
1:06:19 > 1:06:24I'm going to be happy as long as I know you're going to live.
1:06:27 > 1:06:31HELICOPTER FLIES OVERHEAD
1:06:31 > 1:06:34SIRENS WAIL
1:06:42 > 1:06:43Mr Hotchner?
1:06:43 > 1:06:47Where did I think I was going to be when I bought that bike?
1:06:47 > 1:06:51Every kid on the block wants one. Every parent on the block hates you.
1:06:51 > 1:06:54That's the best news I've had in years.
1:06:54 > 1:06:56Can you give me a hand for a second?
1:06:56 > 1:06:59I just want to get these bars up.
1:06:59 > 1:07:01Hello, Mrs Hotchner.
1:07:01 > 1:07:05'..killed a Miami yard operator who was charging 5,000 an hour
1:07:05 > 1:07:07'for back-hoe and tractor rentals.'
1:07:07 > 1:07:11Same old crap on the TV. I'm really sick of it, you know.
1:07:11 > 1:07:14- Mrs Hotchner? - Sarah's on the hill.- Thank you.
1:07:16 > 1:07:18HELICOPTER PASSES
1:07:21 > 1:07:26Where were you today? I've been looking all over for you.
1:07:26 > 1:07:28Why weren't you at school?
1:07:28 > 1:07:30My dad said I didn't have to go.
1:07:30 > 1:07:32He said there's no point.
1:07:38 > 1:07:43Civil Defence. They said if you and I got married, I could get you in.
1:07:43 > 1:07:46What about my parents? They're not your family.
1:07:46 > 1:07:49I don't want to go without my parents.
1:07:49 > 1:07:52You don't have to. I'm Leo Biederman.
1:07:52 > 1:07:55I haven't used my fame. I got them to let your family go.
1:08:01 > 1:08:05You... This is your only chance to survive.
1:08:18 > 1:08:21- TV:- 'Across the country,
1:08:21 > 1:08:24'looters set fire to abandoned stores.
1:08:24 > 1:08:27'The fires have been left to burn.
1:08:27 > 1:08:32'Many fire-fighters have been called to help prepare shelters.'
1:08:45 > 1:08:48'..have been ruled out as too dangerous.
1:08:48 > 1:08:51'Street fighting in Moscow as food shortages continue.'
1:09:10 > 1:09:14When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child,
1:09:14 > 1:09:16I reasoned like a child.
1:09:16 > 1:09:21When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
1:09:21 > 1:09:25For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.
1:09:25 > 1:09:30Now I know in part, then I shall understand fully,
1:09:30 > 1:09:33even as I have been fully understood.
1:09:44 > 1:09:48Do you Leo take Sarah to be your wife, to have and to hold,
1:09:48 > 1:09:54from this day forward for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,
1:09:54 > 1:09:57to love and to cherish?
1:10:05 > 1:10:08I now pronounce you husband and wife.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26Here, let me help you.
1:11:26 > 1:11:28I'll get it.
1:11:29 > 1:11:31Yeah. How are you feeling?
1:11:31 > 1:11:33Yeah. All right.
1:11:33 > 1:11:36I want to tell you something.
1:11:36 > 1:11:39You children didn't bring any real books to read.
1:11:39 > 1:11:42I brought Moby Dick and Huckleberry Finn
1:11:42 > 1:11:47and Baker and Simon had never read them. Now, I'm afraid to ask you.
1:11:47 > 1:11:50Have you ever read Melville or Twain?
1:11:50 > 1:11:52Hm?
1:11:52 > 1:11:55Hey, I'm a child of the movies, Fish.
1:11:55 > 1:11:57OK, I see.
1:11:59 > 1:12:01My whole life, I...
1:12:03 > 1:12:06You know how it is for guys like us.
1:12:07 > 1:12:09You... You and I, we're the same.
1:12:09 > 1:12:12How do you mean by that?
1:12:12 > 1:12:14We got to be the best.
1:12:14 > 1:12:16Oh. I see. OK.
1:12:16 > 1:12:18Be the best.
1:12:30 > 1:12:35Sometimes I see, er, flashes of light.
1:12:35 > 1:12:38You know, like, er, colours.
1:12:40 > 1:12:42I fall asleep
1:12:42 > 1:12:44and I dream.
1:12:44 > 1:12:48But there's a part of me that's always awake.
1:12:48 > 1:12:51And I can see myself dreaming.
1:12:56 > 1:12:59I'm just... I'm seeing things differently, Fish.
1:12:59 > 1:13:01Well, that's good, that's good.
1:13:01 > 1:13:03Fish...
1:13:05 > 1:13:07Why the hell do they call you Fish?
1:13:10 > 1:13:13Spurgeon, sturgeon, Fish.
1:13:13 > 1:13:17It took about 15 minutes of my first day at the Naval Academy.
1:13:18 > 1:13:20Your kids go there?
1:13:20 > 1:13:23Yeah, they did, they did.
1:13:23 > 1:13:26And they're good men, both of them.
1:13:26 > 1:13:29I don't see as much of them as I used to when Mary was alive.
1:13:29 > 1:13:32You don't have to talk about it. It's OK.
1:13:32 > 1:13:35No, it's OK. It's OK.
1:13:35 > 1:13:38You're married, you know what it's like.
1:13:38 > 1:13:42Every marriage has good years and bad years. We ended on a great year.
1:13:46 > 1:13:48Yeah.
1:13:48 > 1:13:51Anyway, let's get started.
1:13:52 > 1:13:54Moby Dick, chapter one.
1:13:57 > 1:13:59"Call me Ishmael.
1:13:59 > 1:14:02"Several years ago, never mind how long precisely,
1:14:02 > 1:14:05"having little or no money in my purse..."
1:14:05 > 1:14:08HE READS ON
1:14:20 > 1:14:22DOGS BARK
1:14:34 > 1:14:36Listen up. Biederman.
1:14:36 > 1:14:37Yeah, that's us.
1:14:37 > 1:14:39IDs, please.
1:14:39 > 1:14:43Yes, I got 'em right here. There's four of us.
1:14:43 > 1:14:45This is our marriage licence.
1:14:45 > 1:14:49I have it right here.
1:14:53 > 1:14:55OK.
1:14:55 > 1:14:57OK. All right, let's go. Let's move out.
1:14:57 > 1:15:01Mom? Wait, sir, my parents are coming, too.
1:15:01 > 1:15:04Wait, the Hotchners. The Hotchners are coming.
1:15:04 > 1:15:07- H-N-E-R.- That's not here.
1:15:07 > 1:15:11It has to be. FICDA sent their names to the White House.
1:15:11 > 1:15:13Check the list, will you, sir?
1:15:13 > 1:15:15They must be there.
1:15:15 > 1:15:18No, they're not on the list. I'm sorry.
1:15:18 > 1:15:22Sir, sir, Leo, can you check it one more time?
1:15:22 > 1:15:25They said your names were on the list.
1:15:25 > 1:15:26Sarah, I put them on the list.
1:15:26 > 1:15:28We're not on the list.
1:15:28 > 1:15:31I need the Biedermans on the bus.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33Dad, I want to stay with you.
1:15:33 > 1:15:35No, no, no, no. We have to go.
1:15:35 > 1:15:37I need to stay with you.
1:15:37 > 1:15:40Sarah! Sarah, you need to go.
1:15:40 > 1:15:43- I have to stay with you. - I'm not going without you.
1:15:43 > 1:15:45You don't know what you're doing.
1:15:45 > 1:15:46This bus is moving out.
1:15:46 > 1:15:49Son, son, on the bus. Get on the bus.
1:15:49 > 1:15:52We'll work it out when we get there.
1:16:12 > 1:16:15Jenny? There's a phone call for you.
1:16:19 > 1:16:22Yes? This is she.
1:16:22 > 1:16:25Robin Lerner... My mother.
1:16:33 > 1:16:35When?
1:16:39 > 1:16:41Uh, 61.
1:16:43 > 1:16:48I'll come down there, then. Thank you. Thank you very much.
1:16:50 > 1:16:53Jenny, do you want us to do something?
1:17:48 > 1:17:49THUNDER RUMBLES
1:17:55 > 1:17:59You're too late. I already took care of everything.
1:18:00 > 1:18:04Come, come! Inside the car. You're getting sick! Please.
1:18:04 > 1:18:06I want to talk to you.
1:18:07 > 1:18:09Please, come.
1:18:11 > 1:18:13Go home and tell it to Chloe.
1:18:13 > 1:18:14I can't. She left me.
1:18:14 > 1:18:18She's with her mother. They both got scared. Come.
1:18:18 > 1:18:22I want to talk to you. I need you.
1:18:22 > 1:18:24How does it feel?
1:18:28 > 1:18:31I feel like an orphan.
1:18:32 > 1:18:34Jenny. Jenny.
1:18:38 > 1:18:39Stop.
1:19:10 > 1:19:13PROTESTORS SHOUT
1:19:49 > 1:19:54Welcome to the Ark. I'm Section Leader for Orange two-five-four.
1:19:54 > 1:19:56That's your home for the next two years.
1:19:56 > 1:20:00Gather your things and follow me to the gallery.
1:20:00 > 1:20:06PA: 'If you have been designated as a civilian section officer,
1:20:06 > 1:20:10'report to section Red one-one-six upon entering.
1:20:10 > 1:20:13'Once again, if you have been designated
1:20:13 > 1:20:15'as a civilian section officer,
1:20:15 > 1:20:19'report to section Red one-one-six upon entering.'
1:20:23 > 1:20:25I'm not coming.
1:20:25 > 1:20:28Leo, come with us right now.
1:20:28 > 1:20:30I have to go back for Sarah.
1:20:30 > 1:20:33Mom, I'm going.
1:20:38 > 1:20:40Don, what are you doing?
1:20:40 > 1:20:44I'm giving him something to trade. Here. I want you to take this.
1:20:44 > 1:20:47Dad, that's enough.
1:20:51 > 1:20:55Goddamn it. You take care of yourself, OK?
1:20:58 > 1:21:00I'm going to make it.
1:21:10 > 1:21:11What about Entrekin?
1:21:11 > 1:21:15I don't know. He hasn't returned my call in over two weeks.
1:21:15 > 1:21:18Jenny. Your father's here.
1:21:22 > 1:21:24Hello.
1:21:24 > 1:21:25Hello.
1:21:25 > 1:21:27I can't stay long. I'm leaving the city,
1:21:27 > 1:21:30but I wanted to show you something.
1:21:30 > 1:21:32To show you that you're not an orphan.
1:21:36 > 1:21:39I have proof that you're not an orphan.
1:21:39 > 1:21:41Here...
1:21:43 > 1:21:45Look.
1:21:53 > 1:21:56Where's Mom?
1:21:56 > 1:21:58Behind the camera.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00She took this?
1:22:00 > 1:22:01Mm-hm.
1:22:01 > 1:22:03And this one, too.
1:22:03 > 1:22:07She was such an artist, don't you think so?
1:22:09 > 1:22:12You don't remember when they were taken, hm?
1:22:12 > 1:22:15I'm five years old. How would I remember that?
1:22:15 > 1:22:20Well, some people do remember when they were five years old.
1:22:20 > 1:22:22It was such a beautiful day.
1:22:22 > 1:22:24All alone on the beach.
1:22:27 > 1:22:30And of course, she would have been in the picture.
1:22:30 > 1:22:33But there was no-one else to hold the camera.
1:22:33 > 1:22:35And...
1:22:35 > 1:22:37she insisted.
1:22:37 > 1:22:39You know how she is.
1:22:39 > 1:22:42How she was.
1:22:43 > 1:22:45Jenny...
1:22:49 > 1:22:52It was such a good day,
1:22:52 > 1:22:54for all of us.
1:22:54 > 1:22:56Don't you remember?
1:23:02 > 1:23:04Keep them.
1:23:07 > 1:23:09Goodbye.
1:23:40 > 1:23:44RADIO: 'We have confirmed the launch of the missiles
1:23:44 > 1:23:46'from Dakota and Wyoming.
1:23:46 > 1:23:51'The comets are 14 hours outside of Earth's atmosphere.
1:23:51 > 1:23:56'We are told that the missiles will reach their target in 20 minutes.'
1:23:57 > 1:23:59Here's what we're looking at.
1:23:59 > 1:24:01All of the Titans have been launched.
1:24:01 > 1:24:04We don't know if they'll make a difference.
1:24:04 > 1:24:06The comets have to travel a while
1:24:06 > 1:24:10before the radar tracking stations can see if they've been pushed
1:24:10 > 1:24:14to a safe course that will bypass the Earth.
1:24:14 > 1:24:17So, one more time, we have to wait.
1:24:34 > 1:24:36Are we on?
1:24:36 > 1:24:38We're on, Mr President.
1:24:47 > 1:24:50Our missiles have failed.
1:24:51 > 1:24:54The comets are still headed for Earth...
1:24:55 > 1:24:58..and there's nothing we can do to stop them.
1:25:02 > 1:25:04So, this is it.
1:25:04 > 1:25:07If the world does go on,
1:25:07 > 1:25:10it will not go on for everyone.
1:25:11 > 1:25:16'We have been able to calculate the comets' trajectories.
1:25:16 > 1:25:18'We know where they are going to strike.'
1:25:18 > 1:25:22The smaller of the two comets will hit first.
1:25:22 > 1:25:26Somewhere along the Atlantic seaboard, near Cape Atarus.
1:25:26 > 1:25:31In just under 12 hours, at 4.35pm Eastern daylight time.
1:25:31 > 1:25:33The impact of the comet is going to be...
1:25:33 > 1:25:36well, disastrous.
1:25:37 > 1:25:42'There will be a large tidal wave moving through the Atlantic.
1:25:42 > 1:25:46'It will be 100 feet high travelling at 1,100 miles an hour.
1:25:46 > 1:25:48'That's faster than the speed of sound.
1:25:48 > 1:25:52'As the wave reaches shallow water it will slow down,
1:25:52 > 1:25:55'but the height, depending on the coastal shelf,
1:25:55 > 1:25:59'will be anywhere from 1,000 to 3,500 feet high.
1:26:00 > 1:26:04'Where the land is flat, the wave will wash inland
1:26:04 > 1:26:06'600 to 700 miles.
1:26:06 > 1:26:09'The wave will hit our nation's capital
1:26:09 > 1:26:11'40 minutes after impact.
1:26:12 > 1:26:17'New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia...
1:26:18 > 1:26:20'..all will be destroyed.'
1:26:20 > 1:26:25If you can get away from the path of this wave, leave now.
1:26:26 > 1:26:30The impact of the larger comet will be nothing less
1:26:30 > 1:26:32than an extinction-level event.
1:26:32 > 1:26:37It will strike land in Western Canada three hours after Biederman.
1:26:37 > 1:26:41Within a week, the skies will be dark from the dust of impact
1:26:41 > 1:26:44and it will stay dark for two years.
1:26:44 > 1:26:47All plant life will be dead within...
1:26:48 > 1:26:50..four weeks.
1:26:50 > 1:26:52Animal life within...
1:26:54 > 1:26:56..a few months.
1:26:59 > 1:27:01So that's it.
1:27:01 > 1:27:03Good luck to us all.
1:27:28 > 1:27:33Could I bother you for a minute? Let's take a look at the big one.
1:27:33 > 1:27:35The outgassing has created a vent
1:27:35 > 1:27:38a half a mile wide and two miles deep.
1:27:38 > 1:27:40The comet gets closer to the sun,
1:27:40 > 1:27:43the sun melts the ice, the ice turns to steam.
1:27:43 > 1:27:45We get a big hole. OK?
1:27:45 > 1:27:48So, how many nukes do we have left out back?
1:27:48 > 1:27:49Four.
1:27:49 > 1:27:53OK, if we can get the remaining bombs in that vent,
1:27:53 > 1:27:58there shouldn't be anything left of that comet bigger than a suitcase.
1:27:58 > 1:28:02Now, we can't do anything about the little one,
1:28:02 > 1:28:04but it just might give them a chance.
1:28:04 > 1:28:06Without the arming codes,
1:28:06 > 1:28:09we're going to have to wait to set the bomb timers
1:28:09 > 1:28:11until we get closer to Earth.
1:28:11 > 1:28:14We may not have enough life support
1:28:14 > 1:28:16to get into the cargo bay for the nukes,
1:28:16 > 1:28:19much less to work down on the comet.
1:28:19 > 1:28:24We don't have enough propellant on board to manoeuvre with.
1:28:24 > 1:28:28How do we get off the surface once we've gotten down there?
1:28:32 > 1:28:34We don't.
1:28:42 > 1:28:44Well, look at the bright side.
1:28:44 > 1:28:48We'll all have high schools named after us.
1:29:09 > 1:29:11'Houston, this is Messiah.
1:29:12 > 1:29:15'Houston, this is Messiah.'
1:29:25 > 1:29:28Nice of you to call, Messiah.
1:29:28 > 1:29:31We were wondering what you were doing up there.
1:29:31 > 1:29:32'Admiring the view.'
1:29:32 > 1:29:34Fish, is that you?
1:29:34 > 1:29:35We don't have time to talk.
1:29:35 > 1:29:38Can't stop the small one, but we have a plan.
1:29:38 > 1:29:42'We need the arming codes for the last four nukes.'
1:29:42 > 1:29:43What the hell for?
1:29:43 > 1:29:46We can do or we can teach. What's your pleasure?
1:29:46 > 1:29:49Get the arming codes. Get the goddamn codes.
1:29:50 > 1:29:53One helicopter holds seven people.
1:29:53 > 1:29:57We can ferry six to high ground and take Jenny to the Ark.
1:29:57 > 1:29:59Short stick goes.
1:29:59 > 1:30:01I thought it was women and children first.
1:30:01 > 1:30:05If you get the short one, you can give up your seat.
1:30:05 > 1:30:07Oh, thank God.
1:30:14 > 1:30:16Well, that makes sense.
1:30:19 > 1:30:22I got a stick.
1:30:28 > 1:30:30I'm sorry, Beth.
1:30:30 > 1:30:32OK, honey, here we go.
1:30:32 > 1:30:34Let's go now.
1:30:34 > 1:30:36Beth...
1:30:36 > 1:30:39There's always the road. We'll be OK. Come on.
1:30:39 > 1:30:42Come on. Ah, that's my girl.
1:30:44 > 1:30:47OK, that's it.
1:30:47 > 1:30:50HE SOBS
1:30:54 > 1:30:56Sarah!
1:30:57 > 1:30:59Sarah!
1:31:01 > 1:31:04DOG BARKS
1:31:08 > 1:31:11HELICOPTER FILES OVERHEAD
1:31:13 > 1:31:16Come on, where's that key? Where's the key?
1:32:16 > 1:32:18Come on, hurry up! Come on.
1:32:18 > 1:32:20No, wait. Wait!
1:32:20 > 1:32:22What are you doing?
1:32:23 > 1:32:27Come on, Jenny, we have to go now. We have to go now. Come on!
1:32:32 > 1:32:34Beth! Beth!
1:32:34 > 1:32:37The road was so crowded, we weren't going to make it.
1:32:37 > 1:32:42If the wave does come, we should be here. She likes it here
1:32:42 > 1:32:45and we're on the 15th floor, so maybe we'll be OK.
1:32:45 > 1:32:47Come on, honey.
1:32:47 > 1:32:49Come on, come on!
1:32:49 > 1:32:52PANICKED SHOUTING
1:32:52 > 1:32:55Caitlin! Caitlin!
1:32:58 > 1:33:02Come on, hurry up. Come on, come on, faster, faster!
1:33:04 > 1:33:08Come on! Let's go. There's no room for that.
1:33:08 > 1:33:10She's going with you!
1:33:10 > 1:33:13- You're taking my seat! - Come on!
1:33:13 > 1:33:14Go!
1:33:16 > 1:33:19Get her in there. I'm not going!
1:33:19 > 1:33:20What do you mean?
1:33:20 > 1:33:22I'm not going, Eric.
1:33:22 > 1:33:24Go!
1:34:18 > 1:34:22PEOPLE IN CARS SHOUT AND SCREAM
1:34:23 > 1:34:27Sarah! Sarah!
1:34:44 > 1:34:46CAR HORNS BLARE
1:34:46 > 1:34:48Sarah, look.
1:34:48 > 1:34:52SHE HOOTS HORN
1:34:55 > 1:34:58Leo! Leo Biederman! Leo!
1:35:01 > 1:35:04Leo!
1:35:09 > 1:35:11Leo!
1:35:12 > 1:35:15You don't have any time. You have to go now.
1:35:15 > 1:35:17No, no, no. Daddy!
1:35:17 > 1:35:19Daddy, what are you doing?
1:35:19 > 1:35:21I want you to take the baby.
1:35:21 > 1:35:22No, no, no, no, no, Mom.
1:35:22 > 1:35:24Yes, no arguments.
1:35:24 > 1:35:27I don't want to! I don't want to go!
1:35:31 > 1:35:33Mom, Mom.
1:35:33 > 1:35:35Sweetheart, listen to me.
1:35:35 > 1:35:37Put this on. I love you.
1:35:37 > 1:35:39I love you, too.
1:35:39 > 1:35:41I've always loved you.
1:35:41 > 1:35:42I love you.
1:35:42 > 1:35:44I don't want to go.
1:35:44 > 1:35:47I'll see you soon.
1:35:47 > 1:35:50Get out of here, Leo. Go.
1:35:50 > 1:35:52Go. Go to high ground!
1:37:04 > 1:37:09When I was 11, I took 32 from your wallet.
1:37:13 > 1:37:16When you were a baby,
1:37:16 > 1:37:19I once dropped you on your head.
1:37:24 > 1:37:27When you came to the studio
1:37:27 > 1:37:29and you brought those pictures,
1:37:29 > 1:37:32I lied when I said I didn't remember.
1:37:32 > 1:37:34I remember everything.
1:37:34 > 1:37:38I remember that we were right over there,
1:37:38 > 1:37:42and that's when Mom got that picture of the house.
1:37:43 > 1:37:47It was a perfect, happy day.
1:37:49 > 1:37:52I came down here to let you know that.
1:37:52 > 1:37:54Thank you.
1:37:58 > 1:38:01I've missed you since then.
1:38:08 > 1:38:11I've missed you, too.
1:38:25 > 1:38:26COMET WHIZZES
1:38:39 > 1:38:40Biederman.
1:39:39 > 1:39:41Daddy...
1:40:09 > 1:40:12FRANTIC SCREAMING
1:40:25 > 1:40:27Hold on!
1:41:19 > 1:41:23'This is Messiah. Ready to begin our run. Our families there yet?'
1:41:23 > 1:41:25They're on their way.
1:41:29 > 1:41:31Disengage auto path.
1:41:32 > 1:41:34Here we go.
1:41:37 > 1:41:42We're at perigee. Wolf contact in four minutes, 45 seconds.
1:41:42 > 1:41:45We'll never be closer to home than we are right now.
1:42:02 > 1:42:05'Messiah, we've got some people to talk to you.'
1:42:08 > 1:42:10Wendy, honey...
1:42:10 > 1:42:15you promise me you keep doing your, er, your church thing.
1:42:15 > 1:42:18And I'll be there, right next to you,
1:42:18 > 1:42:21haunting you.
1:42:22 > 1:42:25You'd better come back and haunt me.
1:42:26 > 1:42:28I love you.
1:42:28 > 1:42:32Look, there's Mommy. Hello, Mommy.
1:42:32 > 1:42:34'Hey...
1:42:34 > 1:42:36'You'll take care of Daddy for me, OK?'
1:42:36 > 1:42:40She will. She does a good job. She misses Mommy.
1:42:40 > 1:42:41'I miss you.'
1:42:41 > 1:42:43I love you, Mommy.
1:42:43 > 1:42:46I love you very, very much.
1:42:48 > 1:42:50David...
1:42:52 > 1:42:54You know what I want to say.
1:42:54 > 1:42:56'I know.'
1:43:05 > 1:43:07Come on, Sarah! Come on!
1:43:07 > 1:43:10'Wolf contact in two minutes, 30 seconds.
1:43:10 > 1:43:13'Oren, Mariette's at your folks' place up in Utah.
1:43:13 > 1:43:18'We sent a plane for her, but she isn't here yet.'
1:43:18 > 1:43:22'Fish, your sons are on active duty. We tried to get them back,
1:43:22 > 1:43:25'but we couldn't get them here on time. I'm sorry.'
1:43:27 > 1:43:31Well, Mitch, er, I want to say goodbye to Mary.
1:43:31 > 1:43:35I want to tell her I love her and that ever since we've been apart,
1:43:35 > 1:43:38every day I think about her.
1:43:39 > 1:43:42Mary, I'm coming home.
1:43:43 > 1:43:45Coming up on target, 625 miles.
1:43:48 > 1:43:51Range, 600 miles.
1:43:53 > 1:43:56Wait. Oh, God, wait!
1:43:58 > 1:44:01Wait! I'm coming.
1:44:03 > 1:44:04Oren!
1:44:04 > 1:44:07'Oren, are you there?'
1:44:07 > 1:44:11'Mariette? I'm here. I can hear you.'
1:44:11 > 1:44:13Hi, sweetie.
1:44:13 > 1:44:15Baby, this is your father.
1:44:15 > 1:44:19His name is Oren. I named him after you.
1:44:19 > 1:44:21'Hello, Oren.'
1:44:21 > 1:44:22Show him what you brought him.
1:44:22 > 1:44:24'What happened?'
1:44:24 > 1:44:26He's holding up a little rocket.
1:44:26 > 1:44:30That's a mighty powerful rocket you got there.
1:44:30 > 1:44:32He's laughing.
1:44:32 > 1:44:35I can hear him. I know.
1:44:35 > 1:44:39Mariette, I'm hugging you both right now.
1:44:39 > 1:44:41I'm holding you.
1:44:41 > 1:44:4325 seconds.
1:44:43 > 1:44:45Prepare to synchronise the nukes.
1:44:45 > 1:44:4723.
1:44:47 > 1:44:4922.
1:44:49 > 1:44:5121.
1:44:51 > 1:44:5320.
1:44:53 > 1:44:5519.
1:44:55 > 1:44:5718.
1:44:57 > 1:44:5917.
1:44:59 > 1:45:0016.
1:45:00 > 1:45:0215.
1:45:02 > 1:45:06It's been a pleasure serving with you, Commander.
1:45:06 > 1:45:09The honour's all mine, Andy.
1:45:15 > 1:45:17Be good, Oren.
1:45:20 > 1:45:22Be good.
1:46:29 > 1:46:32PRESIDENT: 'We watched as the bombs shattered the second comet
1:46:32 > 1:46:35'into a million pieces of ice and rock
1:46:35 > 1:46:38'that burned harmlessly in our atmosphere,
1:46:38 > 1:46:40'and lit up the sky for an hour.
1:46:40 > 1:46:44'Still, we were left with the devastation of the first.
1:46:44 > 1:46:49'The waters reached as far inland as the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.
1:46:49 > 1:46:55'It washed away farms and towns, forests and skyscrapers.
1:46:55 > 1:46:57'But...'
1:46:57 > 1:47:00the water receded.
1:47:00 > 1:47:03The wave hit Europe and Africa, too.
1:47:03 > 1:47:06Millions were lost...
1:47:07 > 1:47:10..and countless more left homeless.
1:47:12 > 1:47:15But the waters receded.
1:47:17 > 1:47:19Cities fall...
1:47:20 > 1:47:23..but they are rebuilt.
1:47:23 > 1:47:25And heroes die,
1:47:25 > 1:47:28but they are remembered.
1:47:28 > 1:47:32We honour them with every brick we lay,
1:47:32 > 1:47:34with every field we sow,
1:47:34 > 1:47:37with every child we comfort
1:47:37 > 1:47:42and then teach to rejoice in what we have been re-given.
1:47:43 > 1:47:45Our planet.
1:47:47 > 1:47:49Our home.
1:47:52 > 1:47:55So now, let us begin.
1:47:58 > 1:48:01PEOPLE CHEER