Arctic Annihilation (2026) Movie Script
1
Ensign Brady's
gonna have my ass.
-Hey, do you think they can...
-Do you feel rumbling?
Iceberg on the bow!
Lemon bomb.
It'll help.
You don't have to
be so nice to me.
Please. You're like the little
brother I never had.
Well, if you marry
my sister,
then I'll officially be
your little brother.
So, um, how are
those numbers looking?
Not good.
Everyone's wondering
where the glacier
split off from, but
they have it wrong.
What do you mean?
There was a subsea thermal
explosion about a week ago.
When that happened,
there was a localized
core temperature
drop over 400 degrees
about 14 nautical miles
northeast of Nova Scotia.
Acoustic record shows
it was an impulse event.
But the results
were, what I think,
the creation of a
mammoth ice block.
The ice never
calved from the shelf.
Exactly.
Evidence points
to a subsurface event.
That's why we can't track it.
If your hypothesis
is correct, this isn't
about climate change
or global warming.
It's about global freezing.
Good job, little brother.
I'm getting fast-forming ice
all along the eastern seaboard.
-Any more glaciers?
-Not like Chesapeake.
There's got to be something
that we're missing that's
connecting
all this extreme weather
across the planet.
You want to try to
connect dots between
earthquakes,
storms, and glaciers?
Yes, all of it.
That's the political third
rail.
This isn't political.
Good, because you won't get
any support from the president.
A 1,500 square foot glacier just
popped up off the
coast of Maryland.
That's not normal.
It actually feels
kind of normal now.
I need to get pressure
measurements from the storm.
Do you have any
drones in the RV?
What kind of weird,
mad scientist would I be
if I didn't?
-How many do you need?
-How many you got?
Let's go.
Over just a few
weeks, the planet has flipped.
Polar ice shelves
are calving en masse,
sending giant icebergs
into temperate waters.
Scientists are asking,
are we about to
experience the worst
in global warming?
I'll have what she's having.
It's just orange juice, Dad.
I'm not that fun.
At my age, that much sugar
could be too much fun.
You okay?
It's just never ending.
Earthquakes, meteors,
volcanoes, geostorms.
Yeah.
We really pissed
off Mother Nature.
Through it all,
the Martin family has
become internationally
well known
and the most beloved family
in the world.
They have become
our modern day heroes
doing whatever it
takes to help solve
the most complicated
problems that even
artificial intelligence
hasn't conquered.
Dad, I don't want the notoriety
of working with Mom anymore.
I just want the anonymity
of helping people.
You should call your mom.
Actually, probably better
to see her in person.
Always better to get
face-to-face time
with Mom when it's something
important like this.
When are you seeing her?
I don't know. I mean,
we still need some space.
Is there something going on
between your mom and Travis?
-Travis?
-Yeah.
No, no, no.
They just work together.
You know that.
He's always around.
Yeah, he's a little awkward
and doesn't really pick
up on social cues.
But, you know,
he's good at what he does
and he's really
helpful to the team.
What about you and Yolanda?
How are you guys doing?
Yeah, we're cool.
We're making it work.
Well, you're young.
You'll figure it out.
You're old.
Oh!
You and Mom
will figure it out, too.
Yeah, I hope so.
I recognize both of you.
-Ha ha!
-I'm not a hugger.
You're the ones who
saved us from the meteor.
No, it's fine.
I owe you.
Hey, everyone!
-I've got to get going.
-Listen up!
These are the heroes that
saved us from the meteor!
No, no, no.
Thank you, thank you.
We really appreciate you.
Heroes drink for free.
It's all right.
Thank you so much.
-Heroes! Heroes!
-Thank you!
Turn on the news and
you see Molly Martin.
Molly Martin and her family.
Molly Martin is good.
The United States
government is bad.
Molly Martin is the savior.
Molly Martin is the answer.
Molly Martin is winning.
We backed the wrong horse here.
We backed Diaz,
and he's a loser.
We, in this room, are winners.
So, what we need
to do is regain
the American people's
confidence because
Rebuild America
was based on the fact
that our economy
was going to flourish,
that we were going to rise
from the depths,
from the dead,
from what happened
in this freeze in this country.
We are going to
be successful,
but we need to land
Molly Martin back
in this office, and I need
you to help me do it.
Because if I reach out to her,
she's not going
to take that call.
She's not going to
want to talk to me.
Imagine a call
with Molly Martin.
Click. Bye-bye.
Carlson's no good.
I need you to make this happen.
I need you to make
it happen now.
Mr. President, with all due
respect, shouldn't we be
more concerned about what's
happening across the country?
The icebergs in Chesapeake.
It's...
You don't think
I care about that?
You don't think I care
about that?
I lost friends on the right
and on the left.
Men and women, good people,
that serve this country.
I cannot believe
that you would ask me,
of all people,
do I care about that?
I became President
of the United States
because of the freeze in D.C.
You don't think I care?
Now you are
going to do as I ask.
The success of this
government comes down
to having the confidence
of the American citizen.
And we need Molly Martin
to do that.
So, go get me Molly Martin
and her family.
Understood, Mr. President.
This is crazy.
The stuff we deal with just...
It's pretty unreal.
Your son's a genius, you know.
I know.
I mean, everybody's
looking above the surface
and he's got the
wit to look below it.
And he's saving us time
and time's in short supply.
Plugged in?
Yep.
Ready to go.
Light her up.
All right, let's
get inside and track.
Clay, Yolanda, Rachel, Ty.
Everyone here, now.
We're seeing reports from
the National Weather Service.
We have about four hours
before evacuation procedures.
Red Star says 90 minutes.
Four hours.
Back up everything and
we'll move to Roanoke.
We'll continue our
ice storm planning
and preparations
from that office.
We?
Excuse me?
Drop it, Clay.
I'm just saying, we didn't do
anything in the last disaster.
The only one that did
anything was my family.
All right, everybody has
their marching orders.
Now scatter.
Not you, Clay.
Hey.
I understand we have a history.
In fact, that was the one
who convinced your parents
to adopt you and their
rescue work in Kinshasa.
What?
Oh, they never told you?
Oops.
Now you know.
Sorry that when your mom and
I split as partners,
I took her greatest asset.
You.
But if you don't want
to be here, you can leave.
Of course, we would hate to miss
you on that evacuation shuttle.
The choice is yours.
If you do stay,
shut up and do your job.
Because I'm in charge.
End of story.
Understood?
Here we go.
Right at first glance,
I'm showing instances of
ice hurricanes in the eastern
seaboard in the last 35 minutes.
Look at this odd bioluminescent
glow in the water.
Yes, definitely odd.
Hold on.
Quick news update.
They're issuing warnings to
people to move inland from D.C.
and Baltimore
because of that glacier.
What? What's up?
Clay and Yolanda are in D.C.
We should go pick them up.
I'm sure they
already know by now.
He didn't say anything.
We can't get there any
faster than they can leave.
Just take over. I'm gonna try
calling them again.
Come on.
Hold on.
Temperatures are falling fast.
Wind speeds are increasing.
Barometric pressure
is dropping like a rock.
It's moving fast.
Atmospheric instability is
moving northward and fast.
This is not a localized anomaly.
It's moving.
It's expanding.
How far?
East coast.
How long?
I'm not a computer.
You can just type...
Travis!
72 hours, I'm gonna guess,
if we don't stop this thing.
Completely frozen.
Everything's dead.
This is not just patches
of ice hurricanes.
It's more.
Natasha?
Do you have Clay? Yolanda?
They're safe.
Now why is big government here?
And wait, how did you find us?
Any-- that's right.
Let me guess.
We're under surveillance.
We're on the same side.
Of a two-headed coin.
Molly, you and your family,
you're a national treasure.
When there's a problem,
we come to you.
You're not under surveillance.
We found you from your drone.
That's the definition
of surveillance.
So why are you here?
Because of the polar vortex?
It's big.
And I know you know that.
Because you know you're
screwed.
I'm not the bad guy.
What do you want?
To bring you back.
You'll have all the support
and resources that you need.
To do what?
To stop this in its tracks.
And before it gets worse.
They're gonna prance you
around like a show pony.
Supporting Carlson's
fascist agenda.
No, it's about working
together.
We've been through a geostorm
and survived a meteor.
And what was
President Carlson's response?
I don't understand.
The Rebuild America program.
65% of the US has running water
now because of the program.
-It's a prison camp.
-It's voluntary.
For rich people.
We're offering
food, shelter, and jobs
as people
rebuild their lives.
I'll consider it.
Under two conditions.
My family stays safe.
And that includes
Yolanda and Travis.
And the president makes
the Rebuild America
program voluntary.
Look, I know you're
not a bad person.
You're just trying
to do your job.
But understand,
I'm trying to do mine, too.
My way.
Be safe out there.
Okay.
I'm family?
I'll take it.
You okay?
What if we find a way to
reflect the sun's heat towards
Earth and warm up the
weather fronts from above?
You're seriously gonna keep
working while we evacuate?
We'll make it out in time.
You guys go ahead.
I'm gonna try my brother again.
Felix, hello?
Can you hear me?
Yo-Yo.
Okay, that's the only time
I'm gonna let you call me that.
How are you doing?
I'm freezing my ass off.
Hey, listen to me.
I gotta get you out of there,
okay? It's not safe.
No, no, I'm not leaving.
We need to evacuate you, okay?
I could arrange for a pickup.
If you do that,
I will shoot them.
Listen to me, Felix.
It's not safe.
In less than a few hours,
the temperature's
gonna plunge to a level
that you cannot sustain.
Let me come and get you, okay?
You're not gonna shoot me.
Yo-Yo?
Felix?
Yo-Yo.
Hello?
Felix.
We gotta stop
these ice hurricanes
before they turn
into a polar vortex.
How did you stop
the first polar vortex?
Have you seen the news?
Yeah, penguins in the Pentagon,
icebergs in Independence Hall.
Molly, everything all right?
They evacuated Clay and Yolanda.
Yeah, we heard.
And you didn't tell me?
Well, we couldn't reach you.
Hey, when you encountered
the first polar storm,
-what did you do to stop it?
-Rockets.
Filled with silver
iodine to, uh,
attract water at
lower altitudes.
Hmm, cloud seed.
Smart.
That's really smart,
but cloud seed lightning
won't strike twice.
It just produces a
nuculei in the atmosphere,
increasing the
pressure in the winds.
Which we don't want
with the ice hurricanes.
So it sounds like the only
other option is we heat them up.
It's gonna be far too
cold to do that from the ground.
Well, no, no, well, well,
we could take the heat from
the sun, deflect it into
the stratosphere where
the polar clouds are forming.
And use the sun's rays as
a thermal shield
to warm the Earth.
Right, right, but
we-we would need something
that we could launch into space.
A material that would expand
big enough to what we need.
And also that we
can remotely access.
Do you know any place like that?
I used to work at MIT.nano.
I mean, I have
some buddies there.
When I worked with them, they
did DNA replication of nanobots.
If we could launch nanobots
into space
and have them replicate
with the right metal,
we have half a chance
of stopping this thing.
I'll contact my buddies at MIT.
If they can help, I think
we should take a road trip.
I don't want to risk flying
with these ice hurricanes.
Hold on, there's no
way we can get to MIT.
The whole Northeast
is shut down.
Oh, we could take more
of the interior of the state.
Okay, I will give
my buddies a call.
You guys pack up everything.
I'll go get the RV ready.
Great.
Excuse me.
Hi.
All right, everyone. We got ten
more minutes for the shuttle.
Hey. That means you.
What do you think this is?
No idea.
Let's pick it up at
the new location.
Still nothing with your brother?
He's at the cabin.
I'm gonna go get him.
Call Chrissy.
Get the RV.
Why the RV?
It's retrofitted for
extreme temperatures.
I can go with you.
No, you go with the evacuation.
Okay.
I got this.
Hey, Yolanda.
What's up?
Hey, Chrissy.
It's my brother.
Felix? What happened?
I don't know. We were talking.
He's at the cabin.
But then we got
cut off and I told him
that we would evacuate him.
I'll come get you in the RV.
-Are you sure?
-Yes, of course.
We're gonna go get your
brother.
I'm on my way.
I'll be there ASAP.
Chrissy, I...
Thank you.
Yeah, no problem.
I'll see you soon.
See you soon.
Hey, Travis.
I need to take the RV
for about, like, 40 minutes.
Yolanda just called.
She needs my help
to get her brother.
Yeah, 40 minutes?
That's tight.
But... look, I'll tell
Eric and Molly.
Be safe out there.
Thanks, Travis. I'll call you
if things go south.
Over and out.
Okay, yes.
I will let him know.
Mr. President.
Have you talked to
Natasha from FEMA?
Or have you spoken
with Dr. Molly Martin?
I haven't been able
to reach Natasha.
The phones are all down.
Okay, listen.
Temperatures are plummeting.
We're in big trouble.
The American people have
lost confidence in us right now.
The ice storms and
the hurricanes on
the eastern seaboard
are going to make it
completely uninhabitable
in less than 65 hours.
We need Dr. Molly Martin
and her team
on our side and their
foolproof solutions now.
I understand, Mr. President.
But she and her team
have made it very clear
in the past that they
refuse to rejoin REACT.
Yes. So we're going to make it
so they don't have a choice.
Thank you again for doing this.
You'd do the same for me.
If someone's in danger
and you can help, you should.
You are definitely
your parent's kid.
Getting a lot more
practice than I'd like.
Especially going to
space to stop that meteor.
Everything happens so fast that
it already feels
like a lifetime ago.
But it feels good.
Does it always have to be you?
Hey.
You asked me to do this.
But yeah. Why not?
Helping people feels right.
Yeah.
You don't have to keep putting
yourself in danger, though.
Well, it's not my first choice.
You're right. I'm sorry.
I just...
I care about you, too.
I know. I just...
Let's just focus on
rescuing your brother.
Sounds good.
Wait. Hang on.
I think I see his cabin.
I have an idea on how we
can stop the ultra polar vortex
before we lose the states
on the eastern seaboard.
I have a meeting with the
president in five minutes.
This better be good.
We need to utilize the best
heat asset we have available.
The sun. We find a way to steer
sunlight towards the earth
to weaken the ultra polar
vortex that's developing.
Do we have any
tech that does that?
So you have a half a plan.
I have a theory.
Now it's a theory,
not even a plan.
We have limited time.
I don't know if everything
REACT has access to.
All right, I'll fill in the
blanks for you, okay?
We need to direct
a lot of heat,
and we need to have control
over those elements.
So I'll put a set of black star
space drone mirror platforms
up to reflect the sun's
energy back towards earth.
Done.
May I?
Sure.
No, it looks like the
drones only reflect the light.
It won't be enough.
With enough drones,
we'll be able to produce
enough heat with
just reflected light.
Clay, I'm tired of
your insubordination
and inability to do what
I've asked you to do.
Do you know how close
I am to letting you go?
I'm just saying,
we need to approach the problem
in a way that makes sense.
Okay. You know what?
It's time to evacuate,
the shuttle's here.
Let's move before this
building freezes over.
I have an ice axe to
get us through the door.
Okay. Once we get
through that,
we'll have to move fast
and get Felix into the RV.
Okay, I'm going to keep
the RV running
so that it stays warm.
Okay, I have an axe
to get us through the door.
Okay.
We're going to get him.
We got this.
Okay.
Felix?
Felix!
Felix!
Felix!
We need to get him to
the RV where it's warm.
If he stays here, then he's
going to go into hypothermia.
We won't be able to help him.
We've got to get
him out of here.
Oh, God!
Clay, how are you doing?
Um, we're being evacuated.
Going inland.
Probably Fort Breckenridge.
Listen, David has a plan
to stop the polar ultra vortex
before it freezes
the entire eastern seaboard.
What is he trying to do?
He wants to send up black star
space drone mirror platforms
to redirect the
sun's heat towards Earth.
Mirror platforms won't work.
Mirrors like the black
star space drone are
designed to reflect light,
not infrared radiation.
That and the solar winds
will dissipate that little
amount of heat before it can
even reach the atmosphere.
Did you tell him that?
I tried to, but...
you know David.
Yeah, we know David.
If that's all they've got,
then we've got to get going
on this thermoshield
nanobot plan.
We have 63 hours.
There's not enough time.
You're going to use nanobots
to create a thermoshield?
Yes. Self-replicating nanobots
that are made out
of heat-absorbing
and reflective materials.
Right. They'll redirect the
heat and infrared radiation.
That should work.
That or cause one
massive polar vortex.
Either way, it should be fun.
Okay, as soon as Chrissy's
back to the RV, we go.
It's about a 13-hour drive and
that's if we only stop for gas.
That's if the weather
doesn't kill us.
Metaphorically, of course.
Do you want me to come there?
No. No, you're safer there.
And they need you.
And, Clay, I'm sorry
David didn't listen to you.
But we always will.
Always.
Thanks.
I needed to hear that.
I'll see what I can
do from here.
Great. I love you.
Bye.
Yolanda, wake up!
Oh, my God.
Oh, Yolanda!
Yolanda?
Are you okay?
Yolanda!
Wake up, please.
We gotta save him.
Please, Felix, wake up.
We gotta go.
Help me.
My brother! We have to save him!
We have to go.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
We have to go.
-Felix!
-We have to go. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Yolanda.
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Does it hurt when I do this?
It doesn't look or feel broken.
I think it's just a sprain.
Felix.
Felix is still there.
No, no, no. I promise you.
I promise you.
We'll come back for
Felix when it's safe.
But right now we need to focus
on the people that we can save.
Okay?
Okay.
We save who we can.
Yeah. Okay.
Remember when your car
fell in a sinkhole with Chrissy?
Well, I was knocked out,
but yeah.
Chrissy took this picture.
We saw the exact same thing
when we launched
the drone today.
Let me see that.
At first I thought it
was some kind of
bioluminescent
algae or something.
But now, I don't know.
Atmospheric optics
could explain part of it.
What do you mean?
I mean, these temperatures,
drops,
the wind patterns,
the low-light anomalies,
they point
to some sort of external force
interacting with
the Earth's systems.
Maybe a gravitational distortion
bending light, or even...
Bending light?
What is the question
and the answer?
I don't really know yet,
but we'll figure it out.
You are a very odd fella.
I know.
You stay here.
I'll get us back to the lab.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Chrissy, look.
Look at the snow.
Does it... Does it
look different to you?
Not really.
Wait. Maybe...
It looks kind of like it's
mixed with ash or something.
I don't remember
it being so gray.
Do you want me to get a sample?
-Could you?
-Okay.
You...
My fellow Americans...
We are in unprecedented times.
But I remind you, I will not
let this great nation fail.
Thanks to my full support,
Molly Martin and her
marvelous team continue
to pull us from the brink.
And now, more than
ever, I can assure you
of my full ongoing backing
of Dr. Molly Martin
and her entire team.
As we face yet another
extremely difficult challenge,
Dr. Molly Martin and I didn't
let the last ice
storm defeat us.
And we certainly won't
let this one win now.
We will continue to
implement solutions
to save the states along
the eastern seaboard
without whose storied history
we would not even have
a nation to call home.
-I never agreed to that.
-Molly...
Why would
he even say that crap?
God bless you all.
-Molly, turn it off.
-How can he do that?
And God bless Dr. Molly Martin.
Molly, forget politics.
No, listen to me.
Listen to me. Listen to me.
Why would he bring up politics
in the middle of a crisis?
Because he's a politician.
That's not what we do.
Focus on the time crunch.
Focus on everything
but politics, right?
We've been through this
before, haven't we?
-Let's focus on the mission.
-It's the mission.
Okay.
Hey, hey, Chrissy and
Yolanda are on the move.
Great. Once they make it back,
we head to MIT.nano.
What was that?
USGS reports. Oh, no.
Doesn't look good.
Icebergs headed for DC,
impact imminent.
Protests are
continuing across the country
tonight over
President Carlson's
controversial Rebuild America.
Mr. President, we need
to get down to the bunker.
I feel like I've danced
this dance before.
The bunker can get you
inland with a transport.
I've survived
sub-freezing weather.
I know, sir.
I almost died.
Sir, yes, I know.
We campaigned on that.
But what's important
is getting downstairs.
Don't you understand?
I almost died.
Let history record me standing.
Mr. President, please.
All right. All right.
No. I got it.
Yes, sir.
The structure of the discolored
snow, it's crystalline.
Not frozen water,
but actual crystals.
You should be resting.
The chemical composition
matches particles
previously discovered
of deep-space meteorites.
Like, the meteor that
nearly destroyed Earth?
No.
Not from what I'm seeing.
The substance and amount
is something much bigger.
It's like...
thousands and thousands
of meteorites
just clashing
and crashing together.
Like sand making a beach.
There's only one thing that
causes that kind of energy.
I think that gravitational
anomaly we experienced
with the meteorites before is
actually a
primordial black hole.
I mean, the extreme
plunge in temperatures.
I'm sorry, did you
just say black hole?
It might be pulling energy
from the Earth's core.
That's insane.
That's why with
these early freezes,
they're not reacting
the way we would think.
So they're messing
with the weather.
We have to get these samples
to your parents as
soon as possible.
It might impact the way
that we stop the storm.
Iceberg's headed for D.C.
The expanding ice has
flooded the entire East Coast.
Washington's next.
Clay texted, he said he's out
of the evacuation zone.
Good. Excellent. So I'm
planning a new drive to Boston.
Can you call your team and ask
them to meet us in Pittsburgh?
-Probably a lot safer for them.
-Yeah, good idea.
Is that your MIT.nano connect?
Yeah, I'll let them know
on our way to Pittsburgh.
I've never been here before,
but I've read about it.
Yeah, I hear they're developing
ZettaCore quantum engines.
Nice.
Glad you like it.
We need to be operational in
four hours when we get there.
Do you think we'll make it?
I think we'll release
the mirrors on time.
But...
There's an 83% failure rate.
Or a 17% success rate.
He was way out of line.
You don't know the half of it.
You...
You have a nice smile.
Where's your family?
-Sorry, I didn't mean to...
-No, it's fine.
It's just me and my dad.
But he passed a while ago.
Sorry, I shouldn't have...
It's okay.
I like thinking about him.
He had a nice smile, too.
We're back.
Hey.
-Yolanda, are you okay?
-Yeah, yeah.
Where's your brother?
He's, um...
We're gonna get him a proper
burial when things settle.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm so sorry.
Could you check
the data on that?
I think we're dealing
with something
much worse than an ultra vortex.
Yeah.
There's something
weird about the snow.
Great minds think alike.
Can we do this in the RV?
Because we've got
to get to Pittsburgh.
No, no.
We need to check it here.
It's gonna impact the way
that we go after this ice storm.
Okay. Chrissy and I will
start packing up.
Yeah.
There's...
There's structure in this snow.
It's crystalline,
almost like a meteor.
Travis, pull up the
sample and compare
the meteor with the
contents of the vial.
Uh, not a match.
Structure's
completely different.
What I was originally
thinking is that
the gravitational anomaly
that we experienced earlier
was more than
a primordial black hole.
Black hole?
-Yes.
-Interesting.
It's gone now.
But what we're
dealing with is
the impact of the Earth's
magnetic shields.
This is why we're getting
this extreme weather.
You're right.
The structure is highly unusual.
It might impact
our nanobot plan.
I'll do some research
on our way to Pittsburgh.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
All right, guys. Come on.
We've got 42 hours.
Let's get a move on it.
You okay?
Hey, if this works,
first round's on you.
I need you two at the decks.
-Well, what about Clay?
-What about him?
-Well...
-What are you doing?
Adjusting the mirrors.
What? No.
If you adjust the angles to
create overlapping focal points,
you can
spread the thermal load.
Less direct exposure means
it'll last longer and
deliver slightly
more concentrated heat
-where it matters.
-Oh.
You need to clear
this through me first.
Can I do this?
Ups the success rate
from 17 to 23 percent.
You two, over here now!
-See ya.
-Hey.
The mirrors won't be enough.
What are you saying?
We're trying to melt frost.
We're being frozen
from the inside out.
Um...
Okay.
Mr. President.
Dr. Martin.
Natasha, I have
nothing to say to you.
Dr. Martin, it's nice
to hear your voice.
-President Carlson?
-Yes.
Molly, we need your help.
Oh, really?
Why don't you just pretend you
have my help like you did on TV?
Molly, I know you
have every right to be
angry with me, but I would
like to set our differences
aside and
help serve the world.
It won't work.
What?
Are you assuming or you know?
He's using black star
space drone mirrors
to direct the sun's
heat towards the Earth.
It's the wrong move.
Why?
The mirrors are designed
to reflect light,
not infrared radiation, which
is what comes from the sun.
Our scientists give
this 17% chance of success.
It seems as though all
the pieces are in place.
We just need to
realign some satellites.
Well, that's great. Have fun.
I hope it works.
Molly, what do I need to
do to get you on our side?
That's easy.
One, no more forced
labor in these camps.
Make it voluntary.
Two, stop listening to David.
Make Yolanda Lee
the team leader.
And three,
no more commercials.
I'll support you
when you decide
to start being a
decent human being.
Okay, Molly, consider it done.
What do you got?
Really?
Molly, listen, we can either
work together or we die angry.
We're heading to
MIT.nano right now.
We're going to
use self-replicating nanobots
to create a thermal shield.
The shield will deflect
infrared radiation
to the exact point necessary to
dissipate these storms entirely.
They've been tested. It works
with a 72% success rate.
We just have to do it in time.
72 is a hell of a lot
better than 17.
It's a go, Molly. Thank you.
This doesn't mean
we're all kumbaya now.
David used your
program as a threat
to force my son and
Yolanda to work for him.
Molly!
I'm sorry, Mr. President.
I have to go.
All right, let's go.
All stations, report
readiness status.
We're T-minus 15 minutes
from launch window.
I need confirmations
across the board.
Orbital insertion vectors,
mirror dispersion sequencing.
Orbital insertion
vectors confirmed.
Mirror arrays are locked
in stowed configuration.
-Awaiting deployment.
-Propulsion systems green.
First stage burn duration
set at 240 seconds.
Good.
I don't have to tell you
all that the fate of
the eastern shores
rests on your shoulders.
There's a lot to ask for, but
I know we have the right team.
T-minus 13 minutes.
Visibility is down to 50 feet.
Wind's hitting
40 miles per hour.
I'd feel a lot more
comfortable if I was driving.
My car, my ride.
You're doing a
bang-up job, buddy.
I think so.
Yolanda, keep an eye
on any temperature drops.
We need to know if we're
driving into freezing zones.
Temperature's dropping
negative 12 degrees per hour.
We're still in a survival band,
all right?
Negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit
outside, but Pittsburgh
won't see flash freeze
for another eight hours.
Yeah, but it's coming.
And fast.
Black ice!
Don't brake hard!
Steer into the skid!
Oh!
You okay?
Yeah.
I'm fine.
Yeah, Eric, you know what?
You drive.
T-minus 30 seconds.
Propulsion systems armed.
Guidance telemetry stable.
Stand by for impact.
T-minus 10 seconds.
Nine...
eight...
seven...
six...
five...
four... three...
two... one.
Ignition.
Velocity 23,128 FPS.
Downrange 1,000 nautical miles.
Altitude 101 miles.
Downrange 1,175 nautical miles.
Velocity 24,190 feet per second.
Altitude 102 nautical miles.
Predicting third stage shutdown
at 11 minutes, 42 seconds.
Velocity 25,254 FPS.
Downrange 1,400 nautical miles.
Now.
Altitude 102.8 nautical miles.
Mirror platform stable.
Confirm rocket shutdown.
Shutdown right on time.
See?
It's working exactly as
planned.
SECO.
We're showing 101.4 by 103.6.
Copy. 101.4 by 103.6.
We are confirmed for orbit.
You can smile for once, Clay.
My plan worked.
The sun will reflect
off the mirrors and
you can start to go
to the beach again.
Velocity at insertion
25,568 feet per second.
Booster configured
for orbital coast.
Dr. Diaz?
There's no reflection.
Of course there is.
I'm getting a temperature lag.
It's not matching
the orbit decay models.
No, just... just a
little bit of bounce, but...
We need that reflection.
Get out of the way.
We need that reflection
to stop the polar vortex.
Why is everyone here
so incompetent?
This is a life or
death situation.
Without that reflection,
millions of people
are going to die.
That was Clay.
The mirrors didn't work.
Travis, are you okay?
This is my shocked face.
Dad, how much further?
Almost there.
My guys should be there
in about 15 minutes.
I'm liking our odds.
What odds are those exactly?
Right now?
Better than zero.
It's better than negative zero.
Mr. President, entire cities
are coated in six feet of ice.
DC is completely destroyed.
We are losing our
ability to coordinate.
Sir, I have Dr. Diaz
on the phone.
Diaz?
Sir, if we just reposition
the drones, okay?
You're fired.
What? Wait.
No, no, no, no, no.
Please, sir...
Natasha, I'm appointing
you the head of REACT.
Effective immediately.
At the next stop, my
helicopter will be waiting
for you to take you to
the Norville Space Center.
I want you to be
on that chopper.
Of course.
And Molly and her team?
You're in charge.
Thank you, sir.
What are we looking for?
The Allegheny Observatory.
Maybe we should
have met somewhere
at the
bottom of the mountain.
Well, to be fair, we didn't
have this problem three hours
ago.
I think we're here.
Travis, gear up.
Yolanda, stay back as
our eyes and ears,
but keep everything on.
Temperatures
dropped to negative 18,
with a wind chill
of negative 40.
We gotta get out in the snow
into the labs.
We gotta get those
nanobot things up.
Right? Let's go, guys.
Less than 14 hours.
Let's move it.
Everybody ready to go?
Rock and roll.
Yolanda, where are we going?
Uh, I'm showing an entrance
about 20 degrees
to Molly's right.
About 20 steps.
Well, I can see you.
Is it locked?
Yeah.
It's frozen solid.
Let me see if I can
find an alternative.
Ah!
I got a rip. I got a rip.
Oh, no.
We've got a
puncture in his suit.
We need to get him inside.
Yolanda, anything?
Negative.
Starting to go numb.
Get him out of there, now.
Got an idea.
This should work.
Travis, is it working?
Yeah, we're in.
Get him on the table.
Pull it closer.
We need a warm
cloth or something.
Ah!
Okay. It's just a
little frostbite.
Frostbite is serious!
I know. I know!
Does it sting?
-Ah! Yes!
-Good. That's good.
If it was severe frostbite,
that would be numb.
Okay.
I don't know if there's
anything in here that'll help,
-but we'll see.
-Okay. Don't move.
Is everyone all right?
Hey, Devin.
Travis?
Yeah, I got a little frostbite.
Oh, that's going around.
Yeah.
I'm Dr. Devin DeMarco.
Head of MIT.nano.
I just got in about
20 minutes ago.
Good call on meeting here.
There's nothing left of Boston.
Thanks for coming.
Travis, stay on mission, man.
Get going.
-Go.
-Yeah, you got this.
Don't let me hold you up.
I'm gonna go try
to find something.
We have to stop pushing
our luck like this.
I know. I know.
Okay, hold this.
Hold this here.
Don't move around.
I know it's gonna be hard for
you, but it's not safe, okay?
-You gotta stay put.
-Right.
Just... I'll save the
planet from the table.
You already saved us some time,
so that's good.
I cost you some time.
No more than we lost.
Call me if...
I know, if I need anything.
I know. Go.
Stay on mission.
Okay, I think I
found some stuff.
-All right. Oh, good.
-Patch up your suit.
-All right.
-Okay.
Have you seen Dr. Diaz?
I think he's
left the building.
President fired him.
Hello.
Your arch nemesis fired?
You want a hot chocolate?
Look, I know it's
the end of the world,
but I offered
you a hot chocolate.
Who turns down a hot chocolate?
Sorry. I just...
Do you see this?
Um... Can't see much.
No. Look at the window.
The frost?
I've seen this before.
The spirals in the frost.
These weather patterns
might not be so random.
Well, which ones?
All of them.
The freezing,
the geostorms,
hell, even the earthquakes,
the gravity fluctuations.
And if they're not random,
that means something
is controlling them.
And you know what that
something is, don't you?
Clay, where are you going?
Back to the ZettaCore.
Come on.
Yolanda, we're in.
Yeah, we're in.
Yeah.
This is like my playground.
This place was built in 1917.
Built to last, man,
not like today.
Are you in the system?
-Yeah.
-We're in the system.
Yeah, yeah.
No, we're good.
The launch David did
with his team didn't work.
What a surprise.
We monitored it.
But it started this
temperature plunge.
Yeah, now instead of
just the eastern hemisphere,
-we have to worry about the...
-The whole planet.
-Exactly.
-Yeah, we saw that too.
Did you see the
rapid atmospheric freezing
in the minus
400 degree zone?
I'm sorry, what?
Yeah, I'm calling it
flash cryogenesis.
It's spreading fast.
Shows less than 20 hours
until it covers the Earth.
Until what?
Until it freezes everything.
Well, that would mean
less time for us, right?
I mean, we're closer to it.
The rate of acceleration,
it'll hit this location
in just a few hours.
Right.
I need to launch those
nanobot capsules now.
-No, we can't.
-Why?
Well, they're designed
to be pulled up
through the wind currents.
And when they reach
their highest point,
they're activated.
We have wind.
They're too fast.
It'll lose control.
Right. And these arrays that
I thought would work for us,
they're frozen.
We can't communicate with them.
Okay, what are our options?
What are they ever?
Yolanda, could we use
the RV as an antenna?
It's highly insulated, and
it's close enough to make
contact.
Temperatures dropped
about 10 degrees
since they left the RV, but...
Yes.
Great. And the winds?
We're at 43 miles
an hour,
increasing one mile an hour
every two minutes.
We'll have to launch
these cylinders by 90
and be out of here before
we get blown off this hill.
On a hunch, I analyzed
some of the cosmic dust
we found
earlier in the snow.
Ran some analyses with
other ice and snow samples.
They all have about the
same level of cosmic dust.
If there's that much
debris down here,
then something big's gotta
be going on up there.
Does anyone have rock
climbing experience?
-I do.
-I do, too.
But I'm afraid not today.
Eric, you shouldn't be moving.
-I feel fine.
-Your suit isn't even intact.
Uh, it's good.
Triple reinforced.
With duct tape.
Just give me ten minutes.
I'll monitor the weather
patterns, all right?
Let's go.
What are those black dots?
Gravitational spirals radiating
from deep within the Earth.
Clay thinks they're
microscopic primordial
black holes embedded
in the Earth's core.
Probably been here since
the planet was formed.
That can't be good.
Every simulation shows it.
Earth's core is shutting down.
Yeah, my tables are
showing the same thing.
Confirmed.
What's that mean?
Wait, are these black
holes still dormant?
What it means is
that we're dealing
with something bigger
than a deep freeze.
I need to get a hold of my mom.
The phones are down.
We got a working CB.
Come on, I'll show you.
Mom? This is Clay.
-Okay.
-Mom?
Mom?
Clay? It's Yolanda.
Are you okay?
Yolanda, is my mom there?
No, she's with your dad,
Chrissy and Travis.
They're setting up
the nanobots to try
and combat
this weather plunge.
Can you get them or stop them?
We have a problem.
The weather is
below freezing outside.
There's a black hole
embedded in the Earth.
Okay, I'll try to
see what I can do.
Patching you in now.
Travis, Molly, do you read me?
Over.
Yeah, Yolanda, I can hear you.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, Clay, tell everyone
what you told me.
There are primordial
black holes, tiny ones,
embedded deep
within the Earth's core.
They've been inactive
for millions of years.
But now...
They're awake?
Kinda.
I thought black holes were big
and swallowed
planets and things.
The new thinking is they
could also be microscopic.
How do you know this?
Everything we found, we tested.
Everything had
the same signature.
From the meteor
in the microwave
to the frost on the window.
We also ran them
through the ZettaCore.
Every simulation came
back with the same result.
And how are they causing
these weather anomalies?
Do you think these
microscopic black holes
are causing the Earth's
magnetic field to falter?
Exactly.
As they grow or
become more active,
their gravitational
disruption slows or stops
the outer core's
convection currents.
Effectively freezing
the Earth's magnetic shield.
And without that shield,
we're exposed to severe
climate destabilization.
Like rapid freezing.
And earthquakes,
tidal fluctuations,
gravitational shifts,
polar variances.
It's everything
we're witnessing.
So what do we do now?
We need to stop these
black holes from growing.
Which we can't do if
we're frozen to death.
But we also need to
stick to the original plan.
We can do both.
Is there enough time?
What we need to do is find the
deepest location on the planet,
and try to shift
these magnetic fields
to get them
spinning again.
The deepest place is Challenger
Deep in the Mariana Trench.
There's no way we're going
to make it to the trench
in this weather.
What's the other option?
What about the Iron Hollow?
-That'll do.
-What's that?
It's off the
Appalachian Plateau.
That's relatively new,
hasn't been explored much.
It's from the last big quake.
Fifteen, twenty
thousand feet deep.
Probably some kaijus down there.
Same place that
separated us from Rome
five hundred
million years ago.
Pretty cool stuff, right?
That should be deep enough.
What about a submersible?
I can help with that.
Told you we were
going to explore that.
It's local.
It's not that far.
It's the Ohio River.
We could position
the thermal shield
to direct the sun's energy.
It'll still warm up the
Earth as we need it to.
And also help
potentially unfreeze
the water faster
as you drill down.
We need to figure out a way
to rebuild the magnetic force
that's strong
enough to restart the core.
Nanomagnetics.
You don't have to say it, guys.
Brilliant. I know.
Explain that.
We put nanobots in
specific locations
and have them move in the areas
that we want them to go.
So the magnetic field follows,
jump-starting it.
Great. Okay.
So here's the plan.
Devin and I will
take his vehicle.
Is it ready for the ice?
Got here.
Okay, Chrissy and Yolanda, get
to the top of the observatory
and launch the nanobot
cylinders.
Copy. I'm on my way.
Eric and Travis, you guys get
nanomagnetics on board
and monitor from the RV.
No, I'm going with you, Molly.
I'm going to co-pilot
the submersible with you.
-Eric?
-Eight years in the Navy.
I think I can contribute
something to this operation.
Even with my bum leg.
And me?
You'll be the eyes and ears.
Okay, we should also use
terrestrial radios
for communication.
They'll hold up
better than phones.
-Okay, let's get to it.
-Okay.
It's really good
hot cocoa, right?
It's great, but we
really should get back.
The simulations are running
and I don't know if we have...
Natasha.
Wow, did you just
travel in this weather?
Yes.
-Clay and...
-Rachel.
Dr. Nakami.
I heard the news.
I'm so happy you're
in charge of REACT.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Clay.
I'm also here to support
you and your family.
Whatever you guys need.
I was hoping you'd say that.
I should get you caught up.
Follow me.
Okay.
Chrissy? Molly?
Hello? Hey.
-Are you okay?
-Yeah, yeah, I'm good.
I'm good, I'm good.
Yeah.
-Are you okay?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But we've got to launch
those nanobot cylinders.
Are you sure you
want to do this?
And let you take all the glory?
Are you kidding?
You've done plenty already.
I'm doing this for my brother.
Nanobot capsules.
Get your climbing gear.
Thanks, Dad. Thanks.
It's not going to be easy.
I know. We'll stick to the
interior of the building.
But still, the wind is gusting.
Be careful.
I will.
And be careful when
you drive off that hill.
-Yeah.
-Don't worry about us.
You guys take
care of each other.
-Do you hear me?
-We will.
Let's go.
Damn it.
Confirmed. We're in the bunker
with the President now.
It's Natasha.
Tash, it's the President.
Mr. President, there's
more to be concerned about.
Molly and her team
have discovered
that all of these weather
issues are connected
with a problem with
the Earth's core.
A problem with the Earth's
core?
Yes. And by fixing what's
going on with the core,
they believe
they can fix the problem.
Is that possible?
It's a wild theory,
but scientifically,
we might be able to prove it.
Okay, Natasha, it's a go.
Yes, sir.
How's your leg?
My leg?
Oh, good as new.
How long have you
two been married?
First time or second time?
I think it's been three times.
Three times?
Wow.
Yeah.
-But if we live through this?
-If?
We're going to
try to make it work.
If that doesn't sound like
love, I don't know what does.
We're just two
hopeless romantics.
-Oh, yeah.
-What?
Well, drilling through a
frozen ocean to reach the core.
I mean, maybe this
time our luck has run out.
I mean, it's a lot, Molly.
I thought you liked a lot.
Well, no. Me?
I like calm.
I like fishing.
I like reading a book.
I like getting pissed.
You know that.
Is that why you're
always leaving?
Oh, wow.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
What?
Maybe there's a
little truth to that.
I don't know.
I just gave you an
honest answer, right?
I think you're
just trying to get
-a bite out of me, weren't you?
-No. No, I'm not.
Yes, you are. Admit it.
-Fine.
-Okay.
Yeah, we're always saving
everybody, saving the planet.
And the one thing we
can't save is our marriage.
So no matter what we do, I
always feel like a huge failure.
I can't remember the last time
you failed at anything.
So you're admitting
it's all your fault?
One hundred percent.
We have arrived.
I hope the generators
are working.
so I can start up the computers.
Well, the lights are on.
Good point.
That ocean is frozen solid.
Well, they don't call it a
drill sub for nothing.
Okay.
All right, so here's the plan.
We're going to harness
ourselves together.
Then we're going
to climb up to the top
of the observatory
just to be safe.
Plant the nanobots at the top.
Then we're going to rappel
down as safely as possible.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay.
I'm okay.
Okay.
And you're afraid of heights.
Who said that?
I just don't like falling.
There's a difference.
Yeah.
-Let's do this.
-Yeah.
Nanobots active.
Let's go.
Okay.
Go, go, go, go!
Go, go, go!
What's going on?
-Earthquake near...
-The observatory.
6.2 and climbing.
The earthquake is
near the cryocenter.
But what is that?
Something's erupting.
Travis, report.
What's your status?
Travis? Chrissy?
Yolanda? Anyone?
Ty, maybe we can
get visual confirmation?
I can try, but the video
feeds aren't working.
Chrissy, please, come in.
Initiate sequence.
Can you hear me?
Loud and clear.
Looks like a
standard array setup.
Should be a set of
colored levers to your right.
Those are for
manual override only.
Only if needed.
Gotcha. All right.
Everything else looks familiar.
Lower us down, Devin.
Molly, if we don't
make it back...
Don't.
We always make it back.
But if we don't make it back...
I want you to know
I regret every minute
I wasn't by your side.
I regret every dinner I missed.
And all the stupid fights.
All of it, Molly.
We still have time. Okay?
Let's go.
Magnetic clamp disengaged.
Life support's green.
Hull integrity stable.
Sonar's online.
How's your propulsion?
Propulsion output is normal.
Although we are
chopping through some ice.
Shouldn't be for long.
Depth gauge reading 50 feet.
Initiating descent protocol.
Travis, you're okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
What about both of you?
Body parts all counted for?
Fingers, toes, everything?
All body parts.
Fingers and toes.
Very good.
What the hell?
It's a cryovolcano.
Is everyone there?
Yeah, I can hear everyone.
We're safe. We're good.
So what you just witnessed was
heat interacting
with extreme freeze.
It's amazing.
Are you seeing a cryovolcano?
That's a rare and
beautiful thing.
It means we have
very little time.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Where are you going?
You heard my brother.
We have little time,
so I'm gonna go climb
this hill or icicle
or whatever this is.
No, no, Chrissy,
it's not safe.
We'll find somewhere
else, somewhere in town.
How?
Travis, we still need to
launch the nanobots, right?
Yeah, she's right, Yolanda.
And this, the RV, well,
you can't drive it anywhere.
We're not getting signal
from the RV's antenna array.
Yeah, what a surprise.
We need to use that to control
the thrusters and the nanobots.
Yeah, I'm on it.
I'm gonna go get the thrusters.
Okay. I'm gonna go.
You don't have to come
if you don't want to,
but I need to, okay?
No, no, I'm going with you.
-Come on, let's go.
-Let's go.
Go, go.
Come on, come on.
-Oh, Fatima.
-Yes, sir?
Can you pull this up for me?
What?
I have top clearance.
There must be some
kind of glitch in the system.
Yes.
Yes, sir, of course.
I'm sorry.
Let me reset it for you.
Oh, wait.
You should stay.
Just in case.
Yes, sir.
I need to clean this mess up.
Molly? Eric?
How you doing?
We are close to two miles down.
And, uh, quick question for you.
How much can this, uh,
sardine can handle
as far as pressure goes?
So far, you're good.
All right.
Just focus on the target zone.
Natasha.
David...
What now?
Clay introduced a
virus into our systems.
He sabotaged the
mirror network mission.
He's the reason why
the mission failed.
The mission failed
because the mirrors
couldn't handle the radiation.
Take a look at the access logs
in the REACT network system.
David.
Take a look.
Why would he sabotage the plan?
My guess?
-Payback.
-For what?
He wanted to do damage
to the REACT team from within
as payback for dismissing Molly,
Chrissy, Eric, and himself.
If they're plan failed,
if Molly succeeds?
They're heroes all over again.
He wouldn't do that
with the stakes so high.
I know him.
He solves problems.
He doesn't create them.
What are you up to?
He cannot be trusted, okay?
Who knows where this ends?
He should be in
custody and interrogated.
And these mirror platforms
need to be brought offline
until we can assess how much
damage he has and will cause.
Once we release the nanomagnets,
we'll neutralize
the black holes,
or at least slow them down until
someone else can
figure out the next steps.
We're the someone
else, aren't we?
Maybe.
But if the thermal shield fails,
we'll definitely need
somebody else.
It's not like you
to be pessimistic.
Maybe it's the heat.
What was that?
Could be turbulence
from shifting plates.
Or maybe it's the black holes
playing games
with gravity again.
Is that possible?
Whatever it is,
we're not stopping
until we finish what
we came here to do.
-No.
-Clay, look at this.
Thermal trajectory's
off by half a degree.
Wait.
That's not a code error.
Something's been tampered with.
Clay, step away from
your workstation now.
Natasha.
David, what--
I need to speak with you
in private.
What's going on?
This doesn't concern you.
Maybe it does.
You know what? You should
arrest both of them, too.
Wait, arrest?
What are you--
You sabotaged the mission.
What?
I need to speak with you.
In my office,
I'll explain everything.
Look, I don't know
what he told you, but--
I saw the virus
you implemented, Clay.
Virus? When?
Why would I do that?
Okay, we all know how
desperate you are
to undermine this project.
First you refuse
to follow protocol.
Then you go behind
everyone's back
to try and
fix things yourself.
Earlier today,
he got in my face.
Intimidation.
It concerned me.
It frightened me.
I'm not going to
undermine something
that could kill my family.
And you're the one who
intimidates everyone.
Look, just because
I stood up for myself today
doesn't mean
you can come in here
and just make blanket
accusations and--
-Clay.
-I didn't do anything.
I think it's best--
All codes have signatures.
Look at how I code.
If there's a virus,
it was planted.
And not by me.
Clay. To my office.
Now.
I'm done with you.
Take him to holding.
Yes, ma'am.
We're almost to the peak!
This is impossible!
I know!
We need to get the cylinders
high enough to launch!
Chrissy, the wind is
getting too strong!
We have to launch now!
Travis!
Travis, are you there?
Travis?
Can you hear me?
Are we clear and safe to launch
the capsule from this point?
Chrissy, you're breaking up!
If you can hear me, ask Clay.
Are we high enough
to launch the capsule?
Clay, did you get any of that?
Travis?
Clay isn't here, but...
tell Chrissy that
she is high enough.
Yeah, it's that
wind that'll be a problem
if she waits any longer.
Yeah, I got some of that!
Tell Clay to take a
bathroom break another time!
No! Clay isn't--
What? I can't hear you!
Travis!
The cryovolcano must
have broke the antenna!
The rockets won't
work if I don't fix it!
Rachel, come look at this.
What am I looking at?
Admin override David Diaz.
He did it.
He tried to sabotage
our launch units.
No, not on my watch.
This is as deep
as we're gonna get.
Okay.
Start shutting down
non-essential systems.
Roger that.
Internal diagnostics offline.
Thermal regulators, gone.
Exterior cameras, out.
What was that?
Our ascent batteries
are draining too fast.
Can we reroute the
life support power?
Negative.
That would severely
limit resources
for a return trip back.
Molly...
If we don't complete this
mission, it won't matter
anyway.
Once we hit this button,
there's no plan B.
If we need a plan B,
the kids will figure it out.
We got great kids.
Perfect.
Yeah.
Yes, they are.
You're pretty perfect, too.
We have to launch the cylinders!
We have to wait for Travis.
We only have one shot at this.
We can't launch them
at the wrong time.
If we don't do it right now,
everyone's going to die.
Travis, come in.
Do you hear me?
Travis, Travis,
you need to pick up!
Come on, Travis. Hello?
Travis. Travis,
come in. Do you hear us?
Travis, you need to pick up.
Are you there? Travis?
Ah, damn it.
Come on.
Trust me, the storm
is getting worse.
We have to launch
this now or never.
But we need the green light.
Be careful.
They're gas
compressed thrusters.
I know...
The wind.
Travis, if you can hear me,
let me know when we're set.
Yes!
The launch is good to go!
It's set. Come on, let's
get off this hill. Let's go.
Be careful!
We have a sequence
launch on the two cylinders.
Yeah, I see it too, but
we can't get control of it.
Yeah, you're right.
We have no lock.
-Where are you going?
-To find Clay.
-Clay.
-Wait. What?
Look, I don't have
time to explain.
The world is ending and I just
really need your help. Okay?
False alarm.
False alarm, everybody.
I shouldn't even
be here, Rachel.
Okay?
They don't trust me.
Forget Dr. Diaz
and Director Nakami.
Right now your sister,
your family is at
the top of the mountain
risking everything
and you're the only
one that can help them.
Ty, turn off that alarm.
Thank you.
Clay, we need to
get a hold of the cylinders
your sister
and Yolanda launched.
They've gone rogue
and we can't find Travis.
They're going
to get into trouble.
Good. I could use a little
trouble in my life right now.
Then get us into
the RV telemetry system.
I know that system.
-Okay.
-Okay. Got it.
And the antenna arrays
are still functional?
Looks like it was damaged,
but Travis put it back together.
There's some lag, but good
enough for remote comms.
Connecting coordinates now.
Adjusting gyroscopic alignment.
Pitch is off by 0.2 degrees.
Adjusting now.
Thermal output looks good.
Wind shear at 6.7.
Storm cohesion is within
acceptable margins.
Sun angle is optimal.
Once we finalize
spiral orientation,
we'll redirect the sunlight
towards the stratosphere.
What are you doing?
Press the button.
Measuring twice, cutting once.
Okay. Ready.
What is going on?
Clay, I told you to
wait for me in my office.
That man saved this mission.
Every time.
Without him, we have no
cylinders, no mission, nothing.
We have less than two minutes
before we lose position.
Natasha, I know trust doesn't
come easily right now.
David's accusations
hurt me, too.
But I promise you,
I didn't sabotage anything.
Okay, I came back because...
Because you don't
walk away from family.
Especially when times are tough.
Director Nakami,
with all due respect,
we have already lost
so much valuable time.
Please let him finish
what he started.
We have the logs
that prove Diaz used
his admin override
to sabotage the mission.
We'll discuss everything later.
Understood.
Show me what you got.
The nanobots are realigning.
The sun is reflecting
off the mirrors.
It's breaking through
the thick cloud layer.
Is the thermal shelter working?
Global temperatures
are stabilizing.
And ocean currents?
I'll check.
I think the nanobots worked.
Devin.
Devin, are you there?
Devin?
Devin, are you there?
Still nothing.
Devin?
Devin?
What is that?
It's the water shifting.
Look at the temperature.
It's rising.
We've got to get out of here.
We're moving way too fast.
We need to stop it.
The ship's going to buckle!
Okay?
Okay, let me try this.
Hurry, hurry!
That works.
That works!
-Yeah.
-What did you do?
I flooded the ballast tanks,
I deployed dragpins,
and vented reserve air
to our thrusters.
Show off.
Hey.
Yeah.
You're pretty perfect, too.
Oh.
The inner core
is spinning again.
I repeat, the inner
core is spinning.
It worked!
We did it.
We did.
Molly, Eric,
the nanomagnetics work.
The core is spinning again.
I repeat, the core
is spinning again.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I missed you.
We did it.
We did it.
Travis!
We live to
see another day.
And a beautiful day it is.
God, I love America.
Thank you, everyone,
for being here.
It seems fitting to
have this outdoors
on such a beautiful, sunny
day at our sanctuary.
To begin, let's hear
from Yolanda Lee,
Felix's younger sister.
You got this.
Standing up here in front of
you all today,
it's not easy, but...
I guess nothing about
my brother was ever easy.
I think that's why
I loved him so much.
He had a way of teaching me
and everyone around him
that taking risks didn't
mean that you were reckless.
It just meant that
you were brave.
Felix gave everything he
had to protect
the people that he loved.
And so, I want us all
to be brave enough today
to do the same.
Love always.
Yo-yo.
You ready to give
this another shot?
Well, you know what they say.
Third time's a charm.
Oh, this is new.
This is Rachel.
Your son is very special.
Well, I can't argue with that.
Are you okay?
I don't know.
I think I, uh...
I think I just need some time.
From me?
From all of this.
I mean, I wasn't there
for Felix when he needed me.
You got him out of that mess.
Yeah, into a bigger one.
You blame yourself for this?
You were saving the world.
Yeah.
But not the one person
that mattered the most.
Not the one person
that I promised my mom
that I would
always look after.
You did your best.
Can I just be here with you?
I don't know.
I don't know how this
is supposed to work.
It's supposed to work like
we're two people in love.
I do love you.
I only want to be with you.
-You do?
-Yes, I do.
Come here.
Yolanda, that was,
um, that was beautiful.
I'm sorry for your
loss, Yolanda.
Well, maybe if you didn't
release him into
a frozen tundra.
This isn't the place.
No, that's fair.
We've been doing a lot
of things poorly lately,
including
doing you wrong, Clay.
What'd you do to Clay?
Nothing, Dad.
It's fine.
She pulled him off the project.
What?
I did.
And I was wrong.
It was because of David Diaz.
Makes sense.
He mind-melted her.
He's in custody.
Fatima found the override
in the nanobot code.
It's fine. I was still able
to control the nanobots,
and we were still able
to stabilize the weather.
I'm stepping down from my post.
I need a replacement.
No. I had my conditions.
The president will
meet every one of them.
Including dismantling
forced labor
for his Rebuild America program?
Yes.
And everyone will get
their positions back.
That's up to you.
REACT would be all
yours once again.
Okay.
Wow. Looks like the
gang's back together.
I won't be joining.
I kind of want to
take a little time off.
Okay.
You know what? I think I'm
going to take a little break,
too.
Not that anyone cares,
but when I'm ready, you know,
I'll jump back in the game,
and anytime you guys need me.
You know I'll always call you.
Still got a place I can
park my RV at your house?
Two suns.
That's a new one.
Well, so much
for taking time off.
Ensign Brady's
gonna have my ass.
-Hey, do you think they can...
-Do you feel rumbling?
Iceberg on the bow!
Lemon bomb.
It'll help.
You don't have to
be so nice to me.
Please. You're like the little
brother I never had.
Well, if you marry
my sister,
then I'll officially be
your little brother.
So, um, how are
those numbers looking?
Not good.
Everyone's wondering
where the glacier
split off from, but
they have it wrong.
What do you mean?
There was a subsea thermal
explosion about a week ago.
When that happened,
there was a localized
core temperature
drop over 400 degrees
about 14 nautical miles
northeast of Nova Scotia.
Acoustic record shows
it was an impulse event.
But the results
were, what I think,
the creation of a
mammoth ice block.
The ice never
calved from the shelf.
Exactly.
Evidence points
to a subsurface event.
That's why we can't track it.
If your hypothesis
is correct, this isn't
about climate change
or global warming.
It's about global freezing.
Good job, little brother.
I'm getting fast-forming ice
all along the eastern seaboard.
-Any more glaciers?
-Not like Chesapeake.
There's got to be something
that we're missing that's
connecting
all this extreme weather
across the planet.
You want to try to
connect dots between
earthquakes,
storms, and glaciers?
Yes, all of it.
That's the political third
rail.
This isn't political.
Good, because you won't get
any support from the president.
A 1,500 square foot glacier just
popped up off the
coast of Maryland.
That's not normal.
It actually feels
kind of normal now.
I need to get pressure
measurements from the storm.
Do you have any
drones in the RV?
What kind of weird,
mad scientist would I be
if I didn't?
-How many do you need?
-How many you got?
Let's go.
Over just a few
weeks, the planet has flipped.
Polar ice shelves
are calving en masse,
sending giant icebergs
into temperate waters.
Scientists are asking,
are we about to
experience the worst
in global warming?
I'll have what she's having.
It's just orange juice, Dad.
I'm not that fun.
At my age, that much sugar
could be too much fun.
You okay?
It's just never ending.
Earthquakes, meteors,
volcanoes, geostorms.
Yeah.
We really pissed
off Mother Nature.
Through it all,
the Martin family has
become internationally
well known
and the most beloved family
in the world.
They have become
our modern day heroes
doing whatever it
takes to help solve
the most complicated
problems that even
artificial intelligence
hasn't conquered.
Dad, I don't want the notoriety
of working with Mom anymore.
I just want the anonymity
of helping people.
You should call your mom.
Actually, probably better
to see her in person.
Always better to get
face-to-face time
with Mom when it's something
important like this.
When are you seeing her?
I don't know. I mean,
we still need some space.
Is there something going on
between your mom and Travis?
-Travis?
-Yeah.
No, no, no.
They just work together.
You know that.
He's always around.
Yeah, he's a little awkward
and doesn't really pick
up on social cues.
But, you know,
he's good at what he does
and he's really
helpful to the team.
What about you and Yolanda?
How are you guys doing?
Yeah, we're cool.
We're making it work.
Well, you're young.
You'll figure it out.
You're old.
Oh!
You and Mom
will figure it out, too.
Yeah, I hope so.
I recognize both of you.
-Ha ha!
-I'm not a hugger.
You're the ones who
saved us from the meteor.
No, it's fine.
I owe you.
Hey, everyone!
-I've got to get going.
-Listen up!
These are the heroes that
saved us from the meteor!
No, no, no.
Thank you, thank you.
We really appreciate you.
Heroes drink for free.
It's all right.
Thank you so much.
-Heroes! Heroes!
-Thank you!
Turn on the news and
you see Molly Martin.
Molly Martin and her family.
Molly Martin is good.
The United States
government is bad.
Molly Martin is the savior.
Molly Martin is the answer.
Molly Martin is winning.
We backed the wrong horse here.
We backed Diaz,
and he's a loser.
We, in this room, are winners.
So, what we need
to do is regain
the American people's
confidence because
Rebuild America
was based on the fact
that our economy
was going to flourish,
that we were going to rise
from the depths,
from the dead,
from what happened
in this freeze in this country.
We are going to
be successful,
but we need to land
Molly Martin back
in this office, and I need
you to help me do it.
Because if I reach out to her,
she's not going
to take that call.
She's not going to
want to talk to me.
Imagine a call
with Molly Martin.
Click. Bye-bye.
Carlson's no good.
I need you to make this happen.
I need you to make
it happen now.
Mr. President, with all due
respect, shouldn't we be
more concerned about what's
happening across the country?
The icebergs in Chesapeake.
It's...
You don't think
I care about that?
You don't think I care
about that?
I lost friends on the right
and on the left.
Men and women, good people,
that serve this country.
I cannot believe
that you would ask me,
of all people,
do I care about that?
I became President
of the United States
because of the freeze in D.C.
You don't think I care?
Now you are
going to do as I ask.
The success of this
government comes down
to having the confidence
of the American citizen.
And we need Molly Martin
to do that.
So, go get me Molly Martin
and her family.
Understood, Mr. President.
This is crazy.
The stuff we deal with just...
It's pretty unreal.
Your son's a genius, you know.
I know.
I mean, everybody's
looking above the surface
and he's got the
wit to look below it.
And he's saving us time
and time's in short supply.
Plugged in?
Yep.
Ready to go.
Light her up.
All right, let's
get inside and track.
Clay, Yolanda, Rachel, Ty.
Everyone here, now.
We're seeing reports from
the National Weather Service.
We have about four hours
before evacuation procedures.
Red Star says 90 minutes.
Four hours.
Back up everything and
we'll move to Roanoke.
We'll continue our
ice storm planning
and preparations
from that office.
We?
Excuse me?
Drop it, Clay.
I'm just saying, we didn't do
anything in the last disaster.
The only one that did
anything was my family.
All right, everybody has
their marching orders.
Now scatter.
Not you, Clay.
Hey.
I understand we have a history.
In fact, that was the one
who convinced your parents
to adopt you and their
rescue work in Kinshasa.
What?
Oh, they never told you?
Oops.
Now you know.
Sorry that when your mom and
I split as partners,
I took her greatest asset.
You.
But if you don't want
to be here, you can leave.
Of course, we would hate to miss
you on that evacuation shuttle.
The choice is yours.
If you do stay,
shut up and do your job.
Because I'm in charge.
End of story.
Understood?
Here we go.
Right at first glance,
I'm showing instances of
ice hurricanes in the eastern
seaboard in the last 35 minutes.
Look at this odd bioluminescent
glow in the water.
Yes, definitely odd.
Hold on.
Quick news update.
They're issuing warnings to
people to move inland from D.C.
and Baltimore
because of that glacier.
What? What's up?
Clay and Yolanda are in D.C.
We should go pick them up.
I'm sure they
already know by now.
He didn't say anything.
We can't get there any
faster than they can leave.
Just take over. I'm gonna try
calling them again.
Come on.
Hold on.
Temperatures are falling fast.
Wind speeds are increasing.
Barometric pressure
is dropping like a rock.
It's moving fast.
Atmospheric instability is
moving northward and fast.
This is not a localized anomaly.
It's moving.
It's expanding.
How far?
East coast.
How long?
I'm not a computer.
You can just type...
Travis!
72 hours, I'm gonna guess,
if we don't stop this thing.
Completely frozen.
Everything's dead.
This is not just patches
of ice hurricanes.
It's more.
Natasha?
Do you have Clay? Yolanda?
They're safe.
Now why is big government here?
And wait, how did you find us?
Any-- that's right.
Let me guess.
We're under surveillance.
We're on the same side.
Of a two-headed coin.
Molly, you and your family,
you're a national treasure.
When there's a problem,
we come to you.
You're not under surveillance.
We found you from your drone.
That's the definition
of surveillance.
So why are you here?
Because of the polar vortex?
It's big.
And I know you know that.
Because you know you're
screwed.
I'm not the bad guy.
What do you want?
To bring you back.
You'll have all the support
and resources that you need.
To do what?
To stop this in its tracks.
And before it gets worse.
They're gonna prance you
around like a show pony.
Supporting Carlson's
fascist agenda.
No, it's about working
together.
We've been through a geostorm
and survived a meteor.
And what was
President Carlson's response?
I don't understand.
The Rebuild America program.
65% of the US has running water
now because of the program.
-It's a prison camp.
-It's voluntary.
For rich people.
We're offering
food, shelter, and jobs
as people
rebuild their lives.
I'll consider it.
Under two conditions.
My family stays safe.
And that includes
Yolanda and Travis.
And the president makes
the Rebuild America
program voluntary.
Look, I know you're
not a bad person.
You're just trying
to do your job.
But understand,
I'm trying to do mine, too.
My way.
Be safe out there.
Okay.
I'm family?
I'll take it.
You okay?
What if we find a way to
reflect the sun's heat towards
Earth and warm up the
weather fronts from above?
You're seriously gonna keep
working while we evacuate?
We'll make it out in time.
You guys go ahead.
I'm gonna try my brother again.
Felix, hello?
Can you hear me?
Yo-Yo.
Okay, that's the only time
I'm gonna let you call me that.
How are you doing?
I'm freezing my ass off.
Hey, listen to me.
I gotta get you out of there,
okay? It's not safe.
No, no, I'm not leaving.
We need to evacuate you, okay?
I could arrange for a pickup.
If you do that,
I will shoot them.
Listen to me, Felix.
It's not safe.
In less than a few hours,
the temperature's
gonna plunge to a level
that you cannot sustain.
Let me come and get you, okay?
You're not gonna shoot me.
Yo-Yo?
Felix?
Yo-Yo.
Hello?
Felix.
We gotta stop
these ice hurricanes
before they turn
into a polar vortex.
How did you stop
the first polar vortex?
Have you seen the news?
Yeah, penguins in the Pentagon,
icebergs in Independence Hall.
Molly, everything all right?
They evacuated Clay and Yolanda.
Yeah, we heard.
And you didn't tell me?
Well, we couldn't reach you.
Hey, when you encountered
the first polar storm,
-what did you do to stop it?
-Rockets.
Filled with silver
iodine to, uh,
attract water at
lower altitudes.
Hmm, cloud seed.
Smart.
That's really smart,
but cloud seed lightning
won't strike twice.
It just produces a
nuculei in the atmosphere,
increasing the
pressure in the winds.
Which we don't want
with the ice hurricanes.
So it sounds like the only
other option is we heat them up.
It's gonna be far too
cold to do that from the ground.
Well, no, no, well, well,
we could take the heat from
the sun, deflect it into
the stratosphere where
the polar clouds are forming.
And use the sun's rays as
a thermal shield
to warm the Earth.
Right, right, but
we-we would need something
that we could launch into space.
A material that would expand
big enough to what we need.
And also that we
can remotely access.
Do you know any place like that?
I used to work at MIT.nano.
I mean, I have
some buddies there.
When I worked with them, they
did DNA replication of nanobots.
If we could launch nanobots
into space
and have them replicate
with the right metal,
we have half a chance
of stopping this thing.
I'll contact my buddies at MIT.
If they can help, I think
we should take a road trip.
I don't want to risk flying
with these ice hurricanes.
Hold on, there's no
way we can get to MIT.
The whole Northeast
is shut down.
Oh, we could take more
of the interior of the state.
Okay, I will give
my buddies a call.
You guys pack up everything.
I'll go get the RV ready.
Great.
Excuse me.
Hi.
All right, everyone. We got ten
more minutes for the shuttle.
Hey. That means you.
What do you think this is?
No idea.
Let's pick it up at
the new location.
Still nothing with your brother?
He's at the cabin.
I'm gonna go get him.
Call Chrissy.
Get the RV.
Why the RV?
It's retrofitted for
extreme temperatures.
I can go with you.
No, you go with the evacuation.
Okay.
I got this.
Hey, Yolanda.
What's up?
Hey, Chrissy.
It's my brother.
Felix? What happened?
I don't know. We were talking.
He's at the cabin.
But then we got
cut off and I told him
that we would evacuate him.
I'll come get you in the RV.
-Are you sure?
-Yes, of course.
We're gonna go get your
brother.
I'm on my way.
I'll be there ASAP.
Chrissy, I...
Thank you.
Yeah, no problem.
I'll see you soon.
See you soon.
Hey, Travis.
I need to take the RV
for about, like, 40 minutes.
Yolanda just called.
She needs my help
to get her brother.
Yeah, 40 minutes?
That's tight.
But... look, I'll tell
Eric and Molly.
Be safe out there.
Thanks, Travis. I'll call you
if things go south.
Over and out.
Okay, yes.
I will let him know.
Mr. President.
Have you talked to
Natasha from FEMA?
Or have you spoken
with Dr. Molly Martin?
I haven't been able
to reach Natasha.
The phones are all down.
Okay, listen.
Temperatures are plummeting.
We're in big trouble.
The American people have
lost confidence in us right now.
The ice storms and
the hurricanes on
the eastern seaboard
are going to make it
completely uninhabitable
in less than 65 hours.
We need Dr. Molly Martin
and her team
on our side and their
foolproof solutions now.
I understand, Mr. President.
But she and her team
have made it very clear
in the past that they
refuse to rejoin REACT.
Yes. So we're going to make it
so they don't have a choice.
Thank you again for doing this.
You'd do the same for me.
If someone's in danger
and you can help, you should.
You are definitely
your parent's kid.
Getting a lot more
practice than I'd like.
Especially going to
space to stop that meteor.
Everything happens so fast that
it already feels
like a lifetime ago.
But it feels good.
Does it always have to be you?
Hey.
You asked me to do this.
But yeah. Why not?
Helping people feels right.
Yeah.
You don't have to keep putting
yourself in danger, though.
Well, it's not my first choice.
You're right. I'm sorry.
I just...
I care about you, too.
I know. I just...
Let's just focus on
rescuing your brother.
Sounds good.
Wait. Hang on.
I think I see his cabin.
I have an idea on how we
can stop the ultra polar vortex
before we lose the states
on the eastern seaboard.
I have a meeting with the
president in five minutes.
This better be good.
We need to utilize the best
heat asset we have available.
The sun. We find a way to steer
sunlight towards the earth
to weaken the ultra polar
vortex that's developing.
Do we have any
tech that does that?
So you have a half a plan.
I have a theory.
Now it's a theory,
not even a plan.
We have limited time.
I don't know if everything
REACT has access to.
All right, I'll fill in the
blanks for you, okay?
We need to direct
a lot of heat,
and we need to have control
over those elements.
So I'll put a set of black star
space drone mirror platforms
up to reflect the sun's
energy back towards earth.
Done.
May I?
Sure.
No, it looks like the
drones only reflect the light.
It won't be enough.
With enough drones,
we'll be able to produce
enough heat with
just reflected light.
Clay, I'm tired of
your insubordination
and inability to do what
I've asked you to do.
Do you know how close
I am to letting you go?
I'm just saying,
we need to approach the problem
in a way that makes sense.
Okay. You know what?
It's time to evacuate,
the shuttle's here.
Let's move before this
building freezes over.
I have an ice axe to
get us through the door.
Okay. Once we get
through that,
we'll have to move fast
and get Felix into the RV.
Okay, I'm going to keep
the RV running
so that it stays warm.
Okay, I have an axe
to get us through the door.
Okay.
We're going to get him.
We got this.
Okay.
Felix?
Felix!
Felix!
Felix!
We need to get him to
the RV where it's warm.
If he stays here, then he's
going to go into hypothermia.
We won't be able to help him.
We've got to get
him out of here.
Oh, God!
Clay, how are you doing?
Um, we're being evacuated.
Going inland.
Probably Fort Breckenridge.
Listen, David has a plan
to stop the polar ultra vortex
before it freezes
the entire eastern seaboard.
What is he trying to do?
He wants to send up black star
space drone mirror platforms
to redirect the
sun's heat towards Earth.
Mirror platforms won't work.
Mirrors like the black
star space drone are
designed to reflect light,
not infrared radiation.
That and the solar winds
will dissipate that little
amount of heat before it can
even reach the atmosphere.
Did you tell him that?
I tried to, but...
you know David.
Yeah, we know David.
If that's all they've got,
then we've got to get going
on this thermoshield
nanobot plan.
We have 63 hours.
There's not enough time.
You're going to use nanobots
to create a thermoshield?
Yes. Self-replicating nanobots
that are made out
of heat-absorbing
and reflective materials.
Right. They'll redirect the
heat and infrared radiation.
That should work.
That or cause one
massive polar vortex.
Either way, it should be fun.
Okay, as soon as Chrissy's
back to the RV, we go.
It's about a 13-hour drive and
that's if we only stop for gas.
That's if the weather
doesn't kill us.
Metaphorically, of course.
Do you want me to come there?
No. No, you're safer there.
And they need you.
And, Clay, I'm sorry
David didn't listen to you.
But we always will.
Always.
Thanks.
I needed to hear that.
I'll see what I can
do from here.
Great. I love you.
Bye.
Yolanda, wake up!
Oh, my God.
Oh, Yolanda!
Yolanda?
Are you okay?
Yolanda!
Wake up, please.
We gotta save him.
Please, Felix, wake up.
We gotta go.
Help me.
My brother! We have to save him!
We have to go.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
We have to go.
-Felix!
-We have to go. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Yolanda.
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Does it hurt when I do this?
It doesn't look or feel broken.
I think it's just a sprain.
Felix.
Felix is still there.
No, no, no. I promise you.
I promise you.
We'll come back for
Felix when it's safe.
But right now we need to focus
on the people that we can save.
Okay?
Okay.
We save who we can.
Yeah. Okay.
Remember when your car
fell in a sinkhole with Chrissy?
Well, I was knocked out,
but yeah.
Chrissy took this picture.
We saw the exact same thing
when we launched
the drone today.
Let me see that.
At first I thought it
was some kind of
bioluminescent
algae or something.
But now, I don't know.
Atmospheric optics
could explain part of it.
What do you mean?
I mean, these temperatures,
drops,
the wind patterns,
the low-light anomalies,
they point
to some sort of external force
interacting with
the Earth's systems.
Maybe a gravitational distortion
bending light, or even...
Bending light?
What is the question
and the answer?
I don't really know yet,
but we'll figure it out.
You are a very odd fella.
I know.
You stay here.
I'll get us back to the lab.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Chrissy, look.
Look at the snow.
Does it... Does it
look different to you?
Not really.
Wait. Maybe...
It looks kind of like it's
mixed with ash or something.
I don't remember
it being so gray.
Do you want me to get a sample?
-Could you?
-Okay.
You...
My fellow Americans...
We are in unprecedented times.
But I remind you, I will not
let this great nation fail.
Thanks to my full support,
Molly Martin and her
marvelous team continue
to pull us from the brink.
And now, more than
ever, I can assure you
of my full ongoing backing
of Dr. Molly Martin
and her entire team.
As we face yet another
extremely difficult challenge,
Dr. Molly Martin and I didn't
let the last ice
storm defeat us.
And we certainly won't
let this one win now.
We will continue to
implement solutions
to save the states along
the eastern seaboard
without whose storied history
we would not even have
a nation to call home.
-I never agreed to that.
-Molly...
Why would
he even say that crap?
God bless you all.
-Molly, turn it off.
-How can he do that?
And God bless Dr. Molly Martin.
Molly, forget politics.
No, listen to me.
Listen to me. Listen to me.
Why would he bring up politics
in the middle of a crisis?
Because he's a politician.
That's not what we do.
Focus on the time crunch.
Focus on everything
but politics, right?
We've been through this
before, haven't we?
-Let's focus on the mission.
-It's the mission.
Okay.
Hey, hey, Chrissy and
Yolanda are on the move.
Great. Once they make it back,
we head to MIT.nano.
What was that?
USGS reports. Oh, no.
Doesn't look good.
Icebergs headed for DC,
impact imminent.
Protests are
continuing across the country
tonight over
President Carlson's
controversial Rebuild America.
Mr. President, we need
to get down to the bunker.
I feel like I've danced
this dance before.
The bunker can get you
inland with a transport.
I've survived
sub-freezing weather.
I know, sir.
I almost died.
Sir, yes, I know.
We campaigned on that.
But what's important
is getting downstairs.
Don't you understand?
I almost died.
Let history record me standing.
Mr. President, please.
All right. All right.
No. I got it.
Yes, sir.
The structure of the discolored
snow, it's crystalline.
Not frozen water,
but actual crystals.
You should be resting.
The chemical composition
matches particles
previously discovered
of deep-space meteorites.
Like, the meteor that
nearly destroyed Earth?
No.
Not from what I'm seeing.
The substance and amount
is something much bigger.
It's like...
thousands and thousands
of meteorites
just clashing
and crashing together.
Like sand making a beach.
There's only one thing that
causes that kind of energy.
I think that gravitational
anomaly we experienced
with the meteorites before is
actually a
primordial black hole.
I mean, the extreme
plunge in temperatures.
I'm sorry, did you
just say black hole?
It might be pulling energy
from the Earth's core.
That's insane.
That's why with
these early freezes,
they're not reacting
the way we would think.
So they're messing
with the weather.
We have to get these samples
to your parents as
soon as possible.
It might impact the way
that we stop the storm.
Iceberg's headed for D.C.
The expanding ice has
flooded the entire East Coast.
Washington's next.
Clay texted, he said he's out
of the evacuation zone.
Good. Excellent. So I'm
planning a new drive to Boston.
Can you call your team and ask
them to meet us in Pittsburgh?
-Probably a lot safer for them.
-Yeah, good idea.
Is that your MIT.nano connect?
Yeah, I'll let them know
on our way to Pittsburgh.
I've never been here before,
but I've read about it.
Yeah, I hear they're developing
ZettaCore quantum engines.
Nice.
Glad you like it.
We need to be operational in
four hours when we get there.
Do you think we'll make it?
I think we'll release
the mirrors on time.
But...
There's an 83% failure rate.
Or a 17% success rate.
He was way out of line.
You don't know the half of it.
You...
You have a nice smile.
Where's your family?
-Sorry, I didn't mean to...
-No, it's fine.
It's just me and my dad.
But he passed a while ago.
Sorry, I shouldn't have...
It's okay.
I like thinking about him.
He had a nice smile, too.
We're back.
Hey.
-Yolanda, are you okay?
-Yeah, yeah.
Where's your brother?
He's, um...
We're gonna get him a proper
burial when things settle.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm so sorry.
Could you check
the data on that?
I think we're dealing
with something
much worse than an ultra vortex.
Yeah.
There's something
weird about the snow.
Great minds think alike.
Can we do this in the RV?
Because we've got
to get to Pittsburgh.
No, no.
We need to check it here.
It's gonna impact the way
that we go after this ice storm.
Okay. Chrissy and I will
start packing up.
Yeah.
There's...
There's structure in this snow.
It's crystalline,
almost like a meteor.
Travis, pull up the
sample and compare
the meteor with the
contents of the vial.
Uh, not a match.
Structure's
completely different.
What I was originally
thinking is that
the gravitational anomaly
that we experienced earlier
was more than
a primordial black hole.
Black hole?
-Yes.
-Interesting.
It's gone now.
But what we're
dealing with is
the impact of the Earth's
magnetic shields.
This is why we're getting
this extreme weather.
You're right.
The structure is highly unusual.
It might impact
our nanobot plan.
I'll do some research
on our way to Pittsburgh.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
All right, guys. Come on.
We've got 42 hours.
Let's get a move on it.
You okay?
Hey, if this works,
first round's on you.
I need you two at the decks.
-Well, what about Clay?
-What about him?
-Well...
-What are you doing?
Adjusting the mirrors.
What? No.
If you adjust the angles to
create overlapping focal points,
you can
spread the thermal load.
Less direct exposure means
it'll last longer and
deliver slightly
more concentrated heat
-where it matters.
-Oh.
You need to clear
this through me first.
Can I do this?
Ups the success rate
from 17 to 23 percent.
You two, over here now!
-See ya.
-Hey.
The mirrors won't be enough.
What are you saying?
We're trying to melt frost.
We're being frozen
from the inside out.
Um...
Okay.
Mr. President.
Dr. Martin.
Natasha, I have
nothing to say to you.
Dr. Martin, it's nice
to hear your voice.
-President Carlson?
-Yes.
Molly, we need your help.
Oh, really?
Why don't you just pretend you
have my help like you did on TV?
Molly, I know you
have every right to be
angry with me, but I would
like to set our differences
aside and
help serve the world.
It won't work.
What?
Are you assuming or you know?
He's using black star
space drone mirrors
to direct the sun's
heat towards the Earth.
It's the wrong move.
Why?
The mirrors are designed
to reflect light,
not infrared radiation, which
is what comes from the sun.
Our scientists give
this 17% chance of success.
It seems as though all
the pieces are in place.
We just need to
realign some satellites.
Well, that's great. Have fun.
I hope it works.
Molly, what do I need to
do to get you on our side?
That's easy.
One, no more forced
labor in these camps.
Make it voluntary.
Two, stop listening to David.
Make Yolanda Lee
the team leader.
And three,
no more commercials.
I'll support you
when you decide
to start being a
decent human being.
Okay, Molly, consider it done.
What do you got?
Really?
Molly, listen, we can either
work together or we die angry.
We're heading to
MIT.nano right now.
We're going to
use self-replicating nanobots
to create a thermal shield.
The shield will deflect
infrared radiation
to the exact point necessary to
dissipate these storms entirely.
They've been tested. It works
with a 72% success rate.
We just have to do it in time.
72 is a hell of a lot
better than 17.
It's a go, Molly. Thank you.
This doesn't mean
we're all kumbaya now.
David used your
program as a threat
to force my son and
Yolanda to work for him.
Molly!
I'm sorry, Mr. President.
I have to go.
All right, let's go.
All stations, report
readiness status.
We're T-minus 15 minutes
from launch window.
I need confirmations
across the board.
Orbital insertion vectors,
mirror dispersion sequencing.
Orbital insertion
vectors confirmed.
Mirror arrays are locked
in stowed configuration.
-Awaiting deployment.
-Propulsion systems green.
First stage burn duration
set at 240 seconds.
Good.
I don't have to tell you
all that the fate of
the eastern shores
rests on your shoulders.
There's a lot to ask for, but
I know we have the right team.
T-minus 13 minutes.
Visibility is down to 50 feet.
Wind's hitting
40 miles per hour.
I'd feel a lot more
comfortable if I was driving.
My car, my ride.
You're doing a
bang-up job, buddy.
I think so.
Yolanda, keep an eye
on any temperature drops.
We need to know if we're
driving into freezing zones.
Temperature's dropping
negative 12 degrees per hour.
We're still in a survival band,
all right?
Negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit
outside, but Pittsburgh
won't see flash freeze
for another eight hours.
Yeah, but it's coming.
And fast.
Black ice!
Don't brake hard!
Steer into the skid!
Oh!
You okay?
Yeah.
I'm fine.
Yeah, Eric, you know what?
You drive.
T-minus 30 seconds.
Propulsion systems armed.
Guidance telemetry stable.
Stand by for impact.
T-minus 10 seconds.
Nine...
eight...
seven...
six...
five...
four... three...
two... one.
Ignition.
Velocity 23,128 FPS.
Downrange 1,000 nautical miles.
Altitude 101 miles.
Downrange 1,175 nautical miles.
Velocity 24,190 feet per second.
Altitude 102 nautical miles.
Predicting third stage shutdown
at 11 minutes, 42 seconds.
Velocity 25,254 FPS.
Downrange 1,400 nautical miles.
Now.
Altitude 102.8 nautical miles.
Mirror platform stable.
Confirm rocket shutdown.
Shutdown right on time.
See?
It's working exactly as
planned.
SECO.
We're showing 101.4 by 103.6.
Copy. 101.4 by 103.6.
We are confirmed for orbit.
You can smile for once, Clay.
My plan worked.
The sun will reflect
off the mirrors and
you can start to go
to the beach again.
Velocity at insertion
25,568 feet per second.
Booster configured
for orbital coast.
Dr. Diaz?
There's no reflection.
Of course there is.
I'm getting a temperature lag.
It's not matching
the orbit decay models.
No, just... just a
little bit of bounce, but...
We need that reflection.
Get out of the way.
We need that reflection
to stop the polar vortex.
Why is everyone here
so incompetent?
This is a life or
death situation.
Without that reflection,
millions of people
are going to die.
That was Clay.
The mirrors didn't work.
Travis, are you okay?
This is my shocked face.
Dad, how much further?
Almost there.
My guys should be there
in about 15 minutes.
I'm liking our odds.
What odds are those exactly?
Right now?
Better than zero.
It's better than negative zero.
Mr. President, entire cities
are coated in six feet of ice.
DC is completely destroyed.
We are losing our
ability to coordinate.
Sir, I have Dr. Diaz
on the phone.
Diaz?
Sir, if we just reposition
the drones, okay?
You're fired.
What? Wait.
No, no, no, no, no.
Please, sir...
Natasha, I'm appointing
you the head of REACT.
Effective immediately.
At the next stop, my
helicopter will be waiting
for you to take you to
the Norville Space Center.
I want you to be
on that chopper.
Of course.
And Molly and her team?
You're in charge.
Thank you, sir.
What are we looking for?
The Allegheny Observatory.
Maybe we should
have met somewhere
at the
bottom of the mountain.
Well, to be fair, we didn't
have this problem three hours
ago.
I think we're here.
Travis, gear up.
Yolanda, stay back as
our eyes and ears,
but keep everything on.
Temperatures
dropped to negative 18,
with a wind chill
of negative 40.
We gotta get out in the snow
into the labs.
We gotta get those
nanobot things up.
Right? Let's go, guys.
Less than 14 hours.
Let's move it.
Everybody ready to go?
Rock and roll.
Yolanda, where are we going?
Uh, I'm showing an entrance
about 20 degrees
to Molly's right.
About 20 steps.
Well, I can see you.
Is it locked?
Yeah.
It's frozen solid.
Let me see if I can
find an alternative.
Ah!
I got a rip. I got a rip.
Oh, no.
We've got a
puncture in his suit.
We need to get him inside.
Yolanda, anything?
Negative.
Starting to go numb.
Get him out of there, now.
Got an idea.
This should work.
Travis, is it working?
Yeah, we're in.
Get him on the table.
Pull it closer.
We need a warm
cloth or something.
Ah!
Okay. It's just a
little frostbite.
Frostbite is serious!
I know. I know!
Does it sting?
-Ah! Yes!
-Good. That's good.
If it was severe frostbite,
that would be numb.
Okay.
I don't know if there's
anything in here that'll help,
-but we'll see.
-Okay. Don't move.
Is everyone all right?
Hey, Devin.
Travis?
Yeah, I got a little frostbite.
Oh, that's going around.
Yeah.
I'm Dr. Devin DeMarco.
Head of MIT.nano.
I just got in about
20 minutes ago.
Good call on meeting here.
There's nothing left of Boston.
Thanks for coming.
Travis, stay on mission, man.
Get going.
-Go.
-Yeah, you got this.
Don't let me hold you up.
I'm gonna go try
to find something.
We have to stop pushing
our luck like this.
I know. I know.
Okay, hold this.
Hold this here.
Don't move around.
I know it's gonna be hard for
you, but it's not safe, okay?
-You gotta stay put.
-Right.
Just... I'll save the
planet from the table.
You already saved us some time,
so that's good.
I cost you some time.
No more than we lost.
Call me if...
I know, if I need anything.
I know. Go.
Stay on mission.
Okay, I think I
found some stuff.
-All right. Oh, good.
-Patch up your suit.
-All right.
-Okay.
Have you seen Dr. Diaz?
I think he's
left the building.
President fired him.
Hello.
Your arch nemesis fired?
You want a hot chocolate?
Look, I know it's
the end of the world,
but I offered
you a hot chocolate.
Who turns down a hot chocolate?
Sorry. I just...
Do you see this?
Um... Can't see much.
No. Look at the window.
The frost?
I've seen this before.
The spirals in the frost.
These weather patterns
might not be so random.
Well, which ones?
All of them.
The freezing,
the geostorms,
hell, even the earthquakes,
the gravity fluctuations.
And if they're not random,
that means something
is controlling them.
And you know what that
something is, don't you?
Clay, where are you going?
Back to the ZettaCore.
Come on.
Yolanda, we're in.
Yeah, we're in.
Yeah.
This is like my playground.
This place was built in 1917.
Built to last, man,
not like today.
Are you in the system?
-Yeah.
-We're in the system.
Yeah, yeah.
No, we're good.
The launch David did
with his team didn't work.
What a surprise.
We monitored it.
But it started this
temperature plunge.
Yeah, now instead of
just the eastern hemisphere,
-we have to worry about the...
-The whole planet.
-Exactly.
-Yeah, we saw that too.
Did you see the
rapid atmospheric freezing
in the minus
400 degree zone?
I'm sorry, what?
Yeah, I'm calling it
flash cryogenesis.
It's spreading fast.
Shows less than 20 hours
until it covers the Earth.
Until what?
Until it freezes everything.
Well, that would mean
less time for us, right?
I mean, we're closer to it.
The rate of acceleration,
it'll hit this location
in just a few hours.
Right.
I need to launch those
nanobot capsules now.
-No, we can't.
-Why?
Well, they're designed
to be pulled up
through the wind currents.
And when they reach
their highest point,
they're activated.
We have wind.
They're too fast.
It'll lose control.
Right. And these arrays that
I thought would work for us,
they're frozen.
We can't communicate with them.
Okay, what are our options?
What are they ever?
Yolanda, could we use
the RV as an antenna?
It's highly insulated, and
it's close enough to make
contact.
Temperatures dropped
about 10 degrees
since they left the RV, but...
Yes.
Great. And the winds?
We're at 43 miles
an hour,
increasing one mile an hour
every two minutes.
We'll have to launch
these cylinders by 90
and be out of here before
we get blown off this hill.
On a hunch, I analyzed
some of the cosmic dust
we found
earlier in the snow.
Ran some analyses with
other ice and snow samples.
They all have about the
same level of cosmic dust.
If there's that much
debris down here,
then something big's gotta
be going on up there.
Does anyone have rock
climbing experience?
-I do.
-I do, too.
But I'm afraid not today.
Eric, you shouldn't be moving.
-I feel fine.
-Your suit isn't even intact.
Uh, it's good.
Triple reinforced.
With duct tape.
Just give me ten minutes.
I'll monitor the weather
patterns, all right?
Let's go.
What are those black dots?
Gravitational spirals radiating
from deep within the Earth.
Clay thinks they're
microscopic primordial
black holes embedded
in the Earth's core.
Probably been here since
the planet was formed.
That can't be good.
Every simulation shows it.
Earth's core is shutting down.
Yeah, my tables are
showing the same thing.
Confirmed.
What's that mean?
Wait, are these black
holes still dormant?
What it means is
that we're dealing
with something bigger
than a deep freeze.
I need to get a hold of my mom.
The phones are down.
We got a working CB.
Come on, I'll show you.
Mom? This is Clay.
-Okay.
-Mom?
Mom?
Clay? It's Yolanda.
Are you okay?
Yolanda, is my mom there?
No, she's with your dad,
Chrissy and Travis.
They're setting up
the nanobots to try
and combat
this weather plunge.
Can you get them or stop them?
We have a problem.
The weather is
below freezing outside.
There's a black hole
embedded in the Earth.
Okay, I'll try to
see what I can do.
Patching you in now.
Travis, Molly, do you read me?
Over.
Yeah, Yolanda, I can hear you.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, Clay, tell everyone
what you told me.
There are primordial
black holes, tiny ones,
embedded deep
within the Earth's core.
They've been inactive
for millions of years.
But now...
They're awake?
Kinda.
I thought black holes were big
and swallowed
planets and things.
The new thinking is they
could also be microscopic.
How do you know this?
Everything we found, we tested.
Everything had
the same signature.
From the meteor
in the microwave
to the frost on the window.
We also ran them
through the ZettaCore.
Every simulation came
back with the same result.
And how are they causing
these weather anomalies?
Do you think these
microscopic black holes
are causing the Earth's
magnetic field to falter?
Exactly.
As they grow or
become more active,
their gravitational
disruption slows or stops
the outer core's
convection currents.
Effectively freezing
the Earth's magnetic shield.
And without that shield,
we're exposed to severe
climate destabilization.
Like rapid freezing.
And earthquakes,
tidal fluctuations,
gravitational shifts,
polar variances.
It's everything
we're witnessing.
So what do we do now?
We need to stop these
black holes from growing.
Which we can't do if
we're frozen to death.
But we also need to
stick to the original plan.
We can do both.
Is there enough time?
What we need to do is find the
deepest location on the planet,
and try to shift
these magnetic fields
to get them
spinning again.
The deepest place is Challenger
Deep in the Mariana Trench.
There's no way we're going
to make it to the trench
in this weather.
What's the other option?
What about the Iron Hollow?
-That'll do.
-What's that?
It's off the
Appalachian Plateau.
That's relatively new,
hasn't been explored much.
It's from the last big quake.
Fifteen, twenty
thousand feet deep.
Probably some kaijus down there.
Same place that
separated us from Rome
five hundred
million years ago.
Pretty cool stuff, right?
That should be deep enough.
What about a submersible?
I can help with that.
Told you we were
going to explore that.
It's local.
It's not that far.
It's the Ohio River.
We could position
the thermal shield
to direct the sun's energy.
It'll still warm up the
Earth as we need it to.
And also help
potentially unfreeze
the water faster
as you drill down.
We need to figure out a way
to rebuild the magnetic force
that's strong
enough to restart the core.
Nanomagnetics.
You don't have to say it, guys.
Brilliant. I know.
Explain that.
We put nanobots in
specific locations
and have them move in the areas
that we want them to go.
So the magnetic field follows,
jump-starting it.
Great. Okay.
So here's the plan.
Devin and I will
take his vehicle.
Is it ready for the ice?
Got here.
Okay, Chrissy and Yolanda, get
to the top of the observatory
and launch the nanobot
cylinders.
Copy. I'm on my way.
Eric and Travis, you guys get
nanomagnetics on board
and monitor from the RV.
No, I'm going with you, Molly.
I'm going to co-pilot
the submersible with you.
-Eric?
-Eight years in the Navy.
I think I can contribute
something to this operation.
Even with my bum leg.
And me?
You'll be the eyes and ears.
Okay, we should also use
terrestrial radios
for communication.
They'll hold up
better than phones.
-Okay, let's get to it.
-Okay.
It's really good
hot cocoa, right?
It's great, but we
really should get back.
The simulations are running
and I don't know if we have...
Natasha.
Wow, did you just
travel in this weather?
Yes.
-Clay and...
-Rachel.
Dr. Nakami.
I heard the news.
I'm so happy you're
in charge of REACT.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Clay.
I'm also here to support
you and your family.
Whatever you guys need.
I was hoping you'd say that.
I should get you caught up.
Follow me.
Okay.
Chrissy? Molly?
Hello? Hey.
-Are you okay?
-Yeah, yeah, I'm good.
I'm good, I'm good.
Yeah.
-Are you okay?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But we've got to launch
those nanobot cylinders.
Are you sure you
want to do this?
And let you take all the glory?
Are you kidding?
You've done plenty already.
I'm doing this for my brother.
Nanobot capsules.
Get your climbing gear.
Thanks, Dad. Thanks.
It's not going to be easy.
I know. We'll stick to the
interior of the building.
But still, the wind is gusting.
Be careful.
I will.
And be careful when
you drive off that hill.
-Yeah.
-Don't worry about us.
You guys take
care of each other.
-Do you hear me?
-We will.
Let's go.
Damn it.
Confirmed. We're in the bunker
with the President now.
It's Natasha.
Tash, it's the President.
Mr. President, there's
more to be concerned about.
Molly and her team
have discovered
that all of these weather
issues are connected
with a problem with
the Earth's core.
A problem with the Earth's
core?
Yes. And by fixing what's
going on with the core,
they believe
they can fix the problem.
Is that possible?
It's a wild theory,
but scientifically,
we might be able to prove it.
Okay, Natasha, it's a go.
Yes, sir.
How's your leg?
My leg?
Oh, good as new.
How long have you
two been married?
First time or second time?
I think it's been three times.
Three times?
Wow.
Yeah.
-But if we live through this?
-If?
We're going to
try to make it work.
If that doesn't sound like
love, I don't know what does.
We're just two
hopeless romantics.
-Oh, yeah.
-What?
Well, drilling through a
frozen ocean to reach the core.
I mean, maybe this
time our luck has run out.
I mean, it's a lot, Molly.
I thought you liked a lot.
Well, no. Me?
I like calm.
I like fishing.
I like reading a book.
I like getting pissed.
You know that.
Is that why you're
always leaving?
Oh, wow.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
What?
Maybe there's a
little truth to that.
I don't know.
I just gave you an
honest answer, right?
I think you're
just trying to get
-a bite out of me, weren't you?
-No. No, I'm not.
Yes, you are. Admit it.
-Fine.
-Okay.
Yeah, we're always saving
everybody, saving the planet.
And the one thing we
can't save is our marriage.
So no matter what we do, I
always feel like a huge failure.
I can't remember the last time
you failed at anything.
So you're admitting
it's all your fault?
One hundred percent.
We have arrived.
I hope the generators
are working.
so I can start up the computers.
Well, the lights are on.
Good point.
That ocean is frozen solid.
Well, they don't call it a
drill sub for nothing.
Okay.
All right, so here's the plan.
We're going to harness
ourselves together.
Then we're going
to climb up to the top
of the observatory
just to be safe.
Plant the nanobots at the top.
Then we're going to rappel
down as safely as possible.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay.
I'm okay.
Okay.
And you're afraid of heights.
Who said that?
I just don't like falling.
There's a difference.
Yeah.
-Let's do this.
-Yeah.
Nanobots active.
Let's go.
Okay.
Go, go, go, go!
Go, go, go!
What's going on?
-Earthquake near...
-The observatory.
6.2 and climbing.
The earthquake is
near the cryocenter.
But what is that?
Something's erupting.
Travis, report.
What's your status?
Travis? Chrissy?
Yolanda? Anyone?
Ty, maybe we can
get visual confirmation?
I can try, but the video
feeds aren't working.
Chrissy, please, come in.
Initiate sequence.
Can you hear me?
Loud and clear.
Looks like a
standard array setup.
Should be a set of
colored levers to your right.
Those are for
manual override only.
Only if needed.
Gotcha. All right.
Everything else looks familiar.
Lower us down, Devin.
Molly, if we don't
make it back...
Don't.
We always make it back.
But if we don't make it back...
I want you to know
I regret every minute
I wasn't by your side.
I regret every dinner I missed.
And all the stupid fights.
All of it, Molly.
We still have time. Okay?
Let's go.
Magnetic clamp disengaged.
Life support's green.
Hull integrity stable.
Sonar's online.
How's your propulsion?
Propulsion output is normal.
Although we are
chopping through some ice.
Shouldn't be for long.
Depth gauge reading 50 feet.
Initiating descent protocol.
Travis, you're okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
What about both of you?
Body parts all counted for?
Fingers, toes, everything?
All body parts.
Fingers and toes.
Very good.
What the hell?
It's a cryovolcano.
Is everyone there?
Yeah, I can hear everyone.
We're safe. We're good.
So what you just witnessed was
heat interacting
with extreme freeze.
It's amazing.
Are you seeing a cryovolcano?
That's a rare and
beautiful thing.
It means we have
very little time.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Where are you going?
You heard my brother.
We have little time,
so I'm gonna go climb
this hill or icicle
or whatever this is.
No, no, Chrissy,
it's not safe.
We'll find somewhere
else, somewhere in town.
How?
Travis, we still need to
launch the nanobots, right?
Yeah, she's right, Yolanda.
And this, the RV, well,
you can't drive it anywhere.
We're not getting signal
from the RV's antenna array.
Yeah, what a surprise.
We need to use that to control
the thrusters and the nanobots.
Yeah, I'm on it.
I'm gonna go get the thrusters.
Okay. I'm gonna go.
You don't have to come
if you don't want to,
but I need to, okay?
No, no, I'm going with you.
-Come on, let's go.
-Let's go.
Go, go.
Come on, come on.
-Oh, Fatima.
-Yes, sir?
Can you pull this up for me?
What?
I have top clearance.
There must be some
kind of glitch in the system.
Yes.
Yes, sir, of course.
I'm sorry.
Let me reset it for you.
Oh, wait.
You should stay.
Just in case.
Yes, sir.
I need to clean this mess up.
Molly? Eric?
How you doing?
We are close to two miles down.
And, uh, quick question for you.
How much can this, uh,
sardine can handle
as far as pressure goes?
So far, you're good.
All right.
Just focus on the target zone.
Natasha.
David...
What now?
Clay introduced a
virus into our systems.
He sabotaged the
mirror network mission.
He's the reason why
the mission failed.
The mission failed
because the mirrors
couldn't handle the radiation.
Take a look at the access logs
in the REACT network system.
David.
Take a look.
Why would he sabotage the plan?
My guess?
-Payback.
-For what?
He wanted to do damage
to the REACT team from within
as payback for dismissing Molly,
Chrissy, Eric, and himself.
If they're plan failed,
if Molly succeeds?
They're heroes all over again.
He wouldn't do that
with the stakes so high.
I know him.
He solves problems.
He doesn't create them.
What are you up to?
He cannot be trusted, okay?
Who knows where this ends?
He should be in
custody and interrogated.
And these mirror platforms
need to be brought offline
until we can assess how much
damage he has and will cause.
Once we release the nanomagnets,
we'll neutralize
the black holes,
or at least slow them down until
someone else can
figure out the next steps.
We're the someone
else, aren't we?
Maybe.
But if the thermal shield fails,
we'll definitely need
somebody else.
It's not like you
to be pessimistic.
Maybe it's the heat.
What was that?
Could be turbulence
from shifting plates.
Or maybe it's the black holes
playing games
with gravity again.
Is that possible?
Whatever it is,
we're not stopping
until we finish what
we came here to do.
-No.
-Clay, look at this.
Thermal trajectory's
off by half a degree.
Wait.
That's not a code error.
Something's been tampered with.
Clay, step away from
your workstation now.
Natasha.
David, what--
I need to speak with you
in private.
What's going on?
This doesn't concern you.
Maybe it does.
You know what? You should
arrest both of them, too.
Wait, arrest?
What are you--
You sabotaged the mission.
What?
I need to speak with you.
In my office,
I'll explain everything.
Look, I don't know
what he told you, but--
I saw the virus
you implemented, Clay.
Virus? When?
Why would I do that?
Okay, we all know how
desperate you are
to undermine this project.
First you refuse
to follow protocol.
Then you go behind
everyone's back
to try and
fix things yourself.
Earlier today,
he got in my face.
Intimidation.
It concerned me.
It frightened me.
I'm not going to
undermine something
that could kill my family.
And you're the one who
intimidates everyone.
Look, just because
I stood up for myself today
doesn't mean
you can come in here
and just make blanket
accusations and--
-Clay.
-I didn't do anything.
I think it's best--
All codes have signatures.
Look at how I code.
If there's a virus,
it was planted.
And not by me.
Clay. To my office.
Now.
I'm done with you.
Take him to holding.
Yes, ma'am.
We're almost to the peak!
This is impossible!
I know!
We need to get the cylinders
high enough to launch!
Chrissy, the wind is
getting too strong!
We have to launch now!
Travis!
Travis, are you there?
Travis?
Can you hear me?
Are we clear and safe to launch
the capsule from this point?
Chrissy, you're breaking up!
If you can hear me, ask Clay.
Are we high enough
to launch the capsule?
Clay, did you get any of that?
Travis?
Clay isn't here, but...
tell Chrissy that
she is high enough.
Yeah, it's that
wind that'll be a problem
if she waits any longer.
Yeah, I got some of that!
Tell Clay to take a
bathroom break another time!
No! Clay isn't--
What? I can't hear you!
Travis!
The cryovolcano must
have broke the antenna!
The rockets won't
work if I don't fix it!
Rachel, come look at this.
What am I looking at?
Admin override David Diaz.
He did it.
He tried to sabotage
our launch units.
No, not on my watch.
This is as deep
as we're gonna get.
Okay.
Start shutting down
non-essential systems.
Roger that.
Internal diagnostics offline.
Thermal regulators, gone.
Exterior cameras, out.
What was that?
Our ascent batteries
are draining too fast.
Can we reroute the
life support power?
Negative.
That would severely
limit resources
for a return trip back.
Molly...
If we don't complete this
mission, it won't matter
anyway.
Once we hit this button,
there's no plan B.
If we need a plan B,
the kids will figure it out.
We got great kids.
Perfect.
Yeah.
Yes, they are.
You're pretty perfect, too.
We have to launch the cylinders!
We have to wait for Travis.
We only have one shot at this.
We can't launch them
at the wrong time.
If we don't do it right now,
everyone's going to die.
Travis, come in.
Do you hear me?
Travis, Travis,
you need to pick up!
Come on, Travis. Hello?
Travis. Travis,
come in. Do you hear us?
Travis, you need to pick up.
Are you there? Travis?
Ah, damn it.
Come on.
Trust me, the storm
is getting worse.
We have to launch
this now or never.
But we need the green light.
Be careful.
They're gas
compressed thrusters.
I know...
The wind.
Travis, if you can hear me,
let me know when we're set.
Yes!
The launch is good to go!
It's set. Come on, let's
get off this hill. Let's go.
Be careful!
We have a sequence
launch on the two cylinders.
Yeah, I see it too, but
we can't get control of it.
Yeah, you're right.
We have no lock.
-Where are you going?
-To find Clay.
-Clay.
-Wait. What?
Look, I don't have
time to explain.
The world is ending and I just
really need your help. Okay?
False alarm.
False alarm, everybody.
I shouldn't even
be here, Rachel.
Okay?
They don't trust me.
Forget Dr. Diaz
and Director Nakami.
Right now your sister,
your family is at
the top of the mountain
risking everything
and you're the only
one that can help them.
Ty, turn off that alarm.
Thank you.
Clay, we need to
get a hold of the cylinders
your sister
and Yolanda launched.
They've gone rogue
and we can't find Travis.
They're going
to get into trouble.
Good. I could use a little
trouble in my life right now.
Then get us into
the RV telemetry system.
I know that system.
-Okay.
-Okay. Got it.
And the antenna arrays
are still functional?
Looks like it was damaged,
but Travis put it back together.
There's some lag, but good
enough for remote comms.
Connecting coordinates now.
Adjusting gyroscopic alignment.
Pitch is off by 0.2 degrees.
Adjusting now.
Thermal output looks good.
Wind shear at 6.7.
Storm cohesion is within
acceptable margins.
Sun angle is optimal.
Once we finalize
spiral orientation,
we'll redirect the sunlight
towards the stratosphere.
What are you doing?
Press the button.
Measuring twice, cutting once.
Okay. Ready.
What is going on?
Clay, I told you to
wait for me in my office.
That man saved this mission.
Every time.
Without him, we have no
cylinders, no mission, nothing.
We have less than two minutes
before we lose position.
Natasha, I know trust doesn't
come easily right now.
David's accusations
hurt me, too.
But I promise you,
I didn't sabotage anything.
Okay, I came back because...
Because you don't
walk away from family.
Especially when times are tough.
Director Nakami,
with all due respect,
we have already lost
so much valuable time.
Please let him finish
what he started.
We have the logs
that prove Diaz used
his admin override
to sabotage the mission.
We'll discuss everything later.
Understood.
Show me what you got.
The nanobots are realigning.
The sun is reflecting
off the mirrors.
It's breaking through
the thick cloud layer.
Is the thermal shelter working?
Global temperatures
are stabilizing.
And ocean currents?
I'll check.
I think the nanobots worked.
Devin.
Devin, are you there?
Devin?
Devin, are you there?
Still nothing.
Devin?
Devin?
What is that?
It's the water shifting.
Look at the temperature.
It's rising.
We've got to get out of here.
We're moving way too fast.
We need to stop it.
The ship's going to buckle!
Okay?
Okay, let me try this.
Hurry, hurry!
That works.
That works!
-Yeah.
-What did you do?
I flooded the ballast tanks,
I deployed dragpins,
and vented reserve air
to our thrusters.
Show off.
Hey.
Yeah.
You're pretty perfect, too.
Oh.
The inner core
is spinning again.
I repeat, the inner
core is spinning.
It worked!
We did it.
We did.
Molly, Eric,
the nanomagnetics work.
The core is spinning again.
I repeat, the core
is spinning again.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I missed you.
We did it.
We did it.
Travis!
We live to
see another day.
And a beautiful day it is.
God, I love America.
Thank you, everyone,
for being here.
It seems fitting to
have this outdoors
on such a beautiful, sunny
day at our sanctuary.
To begin, let's hear
from Yolanda Lee,
Felix's younger sister.
You got this.
Standing up here in front of
you all today,
it's not easy, but...
I guess nothing about
my brother was ever easy.
I think that's why
I loved him so much.
He had a way of teaching me
and everyone around him
that taking risks didn't
mean that you were reckless.
It just meant that
you were brave.
Felix gave everything he
had to protect
the people that he loved.
And so, I want us all
to be brave enough today
to do the same.
Love always.
Yo-yo.
You ready to give
this another shot?
Well, you know what they say.
Third time's a charm.
Oh, this is new.
This is Rachel.
Your son is very special.
Well, I can't argue with that.
Are you okay?
I don't know.
I think I, uh...
I think I just need some time.
From me?
From all of this.
I mean, I wasn't there
for Felix when he needed me.
You got him out of that mess.
Yeah, into a bigger one.
You blame yourself for this?
You were saving the world.
Yeah.
But not the one person
that mattered the most.
Not the one person
that I promised my mom
that I would
always look after.
You did your best.
Can I just be here with you?
I don't know.
I don't know how this
is supposed to work.
It's supposed to work like
we're two people in love.
I do love you.
I only want to be with you.
-You do?
-Yes, I do.
Come here.
Yolanda, that was,
um, that was beautiful.
I'm sorry for your
loss, Yolanda.
Well, maybe if you didn't
release him into
a frozen tundra.
This isn't the place.
No, that's fair.
We've been doing a lot
of things poorly lately,
including
doing you wrong, Clay.
What'd you do to Clay?
Nothing, Dad.
It's fine.
She pulled him off the project.
What?
I did.
And I was wrong.
It was because of David Diaz.
Makes sense.
He mind-melted her.
He's in custody.
Fatima found the override
in the nanobot code.
It's fine. I was still able
to control the nanobots,
and we were still able
to stabilize the weather.
I'm stepping down from my post.
I need a replacement.
No. I had my conditions.
The president will
meet every one of them.
Including dismantling
forced labor
for his Rebuild America program?
Yes.
And everyone will get
their positions back.
That's up to you.
REACT would be all
yours once again.
Okay.
Wow. Looks like the
gang's back together.
I won't be joining.
I kind of want to
take a little time off.
Okay.
You know what? I think I'm
going to take a little break,
too.
Not that anyone cares,
but when I'm ready, you know,
I'll jump back in the game,
and anytime you guys need me.
You know I'll always call you.
Still got a place I can
park my RV at your house?
Two suns.
That's a new one.
Well, so much
for taking time off.