CO2 (2010) Movie Script
- Even now... the nights...
still terrify me.
Not the darkness or the
solitude but... the quiet.
I can still remember that
sickening, dead silence.
Grace! You have to watch your step!
You are a real menace with that cart.
If they can't hear this rickety old
thing a mile away, then God help them.
- Let me get that for you.
- I'm the one who's old and blind.
I'm sorry...
October usually brings cool
days and frost on the pumpkin,
but not here in the valley, where
the heatwave is breaking record.
The thermometer could reach
94 late this afternoon...
Grace! How's the most beautiful
woman in the store doing?
Oldest... more like. Better
watch out for that one.
- Stay cool!
- Who was that?
Oh, uh, my second to third grade teacher.
Oh, OK.
I don't know, whatever she
taught I probably failed it.
Alright. Let's just get out of here
before you bump into anybody from work.
What? You don't think they bought
my "On Death's Doorstep" voice?
Yeah, well, I think the smell
of sunscreen might give it away.
On a work day was your idea.
Out of sight.
Rainy days...
Or rainy nights...
And happy days...
- Hey Lauren.
- Sunny days...
Lauren, Lauren. Pop quiz.
What's more likely? Chances there will
ever be earthquakes in this valley,
or that their will be a Beatles
reunion in the future?
- Sunny days and rainy nights...
- I'll tell
you what it is. I'll
tell you what it is.
There's a greater chance that
the four alive and dead...
and dead will come together and
sing Yellow Submarine than
than there is of anything seismically
interesting happening around here.
Ethan, you actually wanna
get caught in an earthquake?
No. I actually wanna do something
worthwhile in my career.
Fixing a bunch of seismic gear
in the middle of nowhere, is not my
idea of scientific career advancement.
- Meanwhile, I've got an assistant...
- No, no...
The professor said I was to assist you.
I am not your assistant.
Well, officially, I'm Alan's assistant,
today he asked you to assist
me, thereby making you
ipso facto ergo sum, the
assistant's assistant.
Such a meager existence.
Especially when all
we're doing is confirming
there will never be an
earthquake in this valley.
- Never?
- Never.
Well, I'm just here for the paycheck, and
besides, I'm thinking of becoming a singer.
What do you think?
No!
Is this...?
This... is ironic.
- Ow!
- Are you OK?
Oh damn it! Damn it!
Ethan, come in.
- Ethan, are you there?
- We're here, Alan, can you believe this?
Lauren. Yes, very
unexpected, to be sure.
Uh, Al... Alan...
Alan, I think we have been
transmitting just before
it started. You should be
receiving data from us now.
I am. That was some luck.
Look, get back here right away.
I'm triangulating
the epicenter now and we
need to investigate ASAP.
OK. Sounds... Sounds good. over and out.
Over and out? Over and out? Ugh...
Huston, we have a problem.
- How does it look?
- Uh, just a minute.
All set.
Thanks.
You're welcome...
Is that it?
Aftershocks, maybe?
I've been coming here since I was a kid,
- never heard of any earthquakes.
- I've never been in an earthquake.
- How strong do you think it was?
- On the Richter Scale?
No idea.
Seemed pretty weak.
What the fuck?
I think the lake is... draining.
There's supposed to be all
sorts of caves down there.
But the earthquake opened one up.
Oh... unless... do you
think this is one of
those giant super volcanoes
like in Yellowstone?
That seems unlikely.
I hope not.
Yeah, 'cause that would suck.
Totally.
This is awesome.
You can still go
swimming if you're hot.
In the... super volcano lake?
You know...
we should... we should get
the hell out of here.
Yeah.
- This is nuts! How is this happening?
- I'm not sure yet. Certainly, uh...
I'm not sure; maybe
we missed something.
- What happened to your head?
- Oh, when we were fixing the...
- Paige is pissed.
- Paige is always pissed.
Sorry.
-Why is she pissed about anyway? It's not like it's our fault.
No, but seriously... if this
isn't one of our normal...
Alright, no. Uh...
Paige..last week I suggested to her
that she could let the board know that
we were 95% sure we'd be approving
the CO2 sequestration.
Well, the timing kinda sucks
'cause there's what? 0% chance now?
I know.
Paige rang only a few seconds
after the quake started.
Oh, yeah? How's she taking it?
Well, you can find out for yourself.
Our conversation was cut off almost
immediately. Landlines were knocked up.
And of course that mobile she's
always nursing doesn't work in
the valley, so I'd wager she's
already on her way here now.
OK, Paige's feelings on this
whole thing aside, Alan...
- What's going on?
- Right, uh...
So, we'd been able to get a rough idea
of the epicenter and it seems to be
one of the dormant or... not so dormant
fault lines under lake caverns.
Lauren confirmed that the
underwater caverns there descend
deep into the salt rock we've
been studying beneath the lake.
And, as this imaging suggests, the fault
line seems to pass right through them.
How did this happen? You just
said you were ready to give
a green light to psych meet
being geologically inactive.
Who messed up?
How could a dormant fault
line suddenly reactivate?
I don't know yet,
but the first step in
finding out is getting
you into those caves.
Noah, assist Lauren with
whatever she needs.
- You're welcome.
- Alan, what the hell is going on?
Apparently I made an ass
of myself last week
telling the board we
were in the clear.
- Do you know how stupid...
- Yeah, Paige, he said 95% sure, not 100.
Nice look. I think you should keep it.
I am not taking the fall for this.
You're getting in my car,
we're driving back and
explaining to the board
what the hell was going on!
- I can't leave right now.
- They're ready to fire all of us.
OK, uh... Ethan does about as
much as I do at this point,
- Ethan can go with you.
- Whoa, wait a second. Alan!
- Ethan can...
- Alan! Alan! Alan!
- Ethan can go with you.
He'll explain the status.
I need to be here right now.
Alright Ethan, let's go.
- I guess we're not going out anymore, huh?
- Let's go!
You're going to
corporate or the plant?
Everyone's at the
plant, given the nonstop
since last week when I
made an ass of myself.
So yeah, we're going down to the plant.
So, what was the vibe down
there after the quake?
They're not seriously
blaming you, are they?
- Are they?
- Ethan...
How about we just get there, OK?
- Tanks... regulators...
- Uh-huh.
Is there a tape and hot
batteries in the camera?
Define 'hot'.
I'll make sure.
I'll go inside and get the tapes.
- Well, we're not going that way!
What's the plan now?
Look, if we can't make it
in, I really need to get
back to help Alan. It's a
very critical time for...
OK... OK...
We have to get there.
- We're walking.
- Is that a request?
I guess not.
Look, Paige, if we're going
down there, I need you to know
I'm not gonna be sugar coating
the whole thing. This is bad.
Active fault lines means no
geologic CO2 sequestration.
That's your three years
field experience talking?
No, Paige. I know about this stuff.
The whole point of carbon
sequestration is to keep
carbon emissions out of
the atmosphere, right?
I mean, you capture CO2
from the smokestacks,
combine it with water and
inject it deep into the ground.
In this case, we've... um... uh...
Um what?
Um... been searching
for basalt rock, which
- pretty much soaks up like a sponge.
- Gee, Ethan, I guess
if I worked for a core energy
company, I'll know all that.
- Paige, I'm just trying to...
- You always talk down on me.
OK, sorry.
What I'm getting at is they can't pair any
carbon dioxide in an earthquake zone.
Ethan, it was just one quake, a fluke.
Alan said himself that those fault lines
have been dormant for a millennia.
Hey, I was convinced about
this bud site A, too, and
I have no idea how this
earthquake occurred, I mean,
you can pretty much rule out human causes.
Human causes?
For an earthquake?
Well, the injection
location of site A is just...
it's nowhere near the
epicenter, it's like... there
really couldn't have
been any lubrication.
Lubrication... Ethan, what
are you talking about?
Well, there's only
been a few cases, but
sometimes pumping fluid in the ground seems
to kind of like lubricate at fault lines,
you know, which of course can
cause an earthquake, but
that's just been in
cases where the fluid's
been injected near the
fault lines themselves.
Not applicable here, because Site A,
where Bremish is now sequestering,
it's just... it's nowhere near
the epicenter, it's like D.
The point, Ethan?
What's your point?
The point is, the whole reason
for burying carbon dioxide
is for keeping carbon emissions
out of the atmosphere
to slow climate change, right?
Well, if this area is
geologically active which it
certainly, apparently seems to be,
there's no guarantee that CO2 wouldn't
just leap right back out through
fishers, or shifting water
tables, or who knows what else?
It would make all the
burying part pointless.
No stable geology, no
carbon sequestration.
Yeah, we should get moving.
Why don't you let me take care of that
and... you can get into your wet suit?
Right...
This is practically empty. Noah, you were
supposed to fill the tanks last weekend.
- I did.
- Then why is it empty?
- Hello... maybe it leaked out?
- God, Noah.
Come on. you guys, you hired me to
update your computers, and now it's all.
"Noah, take out the trash.", Noah, fill
the gear,", "Noah, get the tanks..."
OK, forget it. put it in the back seat
this time, that way you won't forget it.
Hold on.
Oh, shit!
- Are they OK?
- They look like they just dropped dead.
They're thinking a little play... hypoxia,
asphyxiation maybe, but
there are no marks on the
neck or anything. Isn't
it supposed to bruise
if you get strangled?
I... I don't know, but we should
get the fuck out of here.
Yeah.
Yeah, we... we should get the cops.
- So, listen, about what happened today...
- What, Ethan?
What do you want to say to
me that you haven't already?
I can't deal with this now.
Let's just get down
there and you can tell
them their entire company
is out of business
and we'll never have to see
each other ever again.
What?
Noah, look at this. Inhale.
No... what the fuck is going on?
- Something's in the air.
The... I don't know, it
feels like when you breathe
a bad mixture of..
No. It was like getting strangled from
the inside. That's what it felt like.
What are we gonna do?-
- It could be some sort of
gas release from the quake.
There's a good chance that's what
killed the people down at the lake.
- Oh, shit.
- Maybe we were just lucky and
it had dissipated or the wind changed
direction before we got there.
Yeah, well whatever it is I say screw the
cops, let's get the hell out of here!
Hold on, if it is a
gas, we don't know where
it's coming from or
where it's going to.
We could drive right into it.
Although it did seem to be getting
worse as we went downhill.
Alright, so let's turn our asses
around and get back up there.
No. No, you're right.
It's at least a descent theory.
- Oh, not now.
- Oh... we're fucked.
OK.
OK. We just have to keep
going ahead into town.
Oh... what do you mean "into town"?
That's probably where the
all the shit's going down.
- We have to.
- No way!
Alright, listen.
If the lake area was toxic
before, there's a good
chance it could be toxic
again even right now.
We have to pass through that
area to get back up to the lab.
We don't have enough air. It's too far.
This little bit left, ten,
fifteen minutes maybe,
- it wouldn't last. We need air.
- But we... we
- we gotta get...
- Listen, Noah,
you know I'm right.
I'm gonna try the lab on the radio.
Well, Ms. Weiss,
Welcome to your first day
at Brimmish Corporation.
- Excited?
- Yes, sir!
- I'm sure this is a great mess...
- That's, That's excellent, Paige.
Uh, you don't mind if I
call you Paige, do you?
- Of course.
- I did some checking on you and I
must say your former employer
speaks very highly of you.
- Thank you sir.
- Well, Bob and I go way back.
Let me be blunt with you, Paige.
Now, Bob indicated to
me that you're bright,
and you have the ability
to get things done.
But what I really need
is someone who can make
the difficult decisions
when called upon.
And I assure you there will be
difficult choices to be made.
So what I need to know is:
Are you up to the task?
Do you have what it takes?
I appreciate your frankness
sir, and I assure you
- I do.
- That's exactly what I wanted to hear.
Mary, will you send Chris in, please?
Now, you're gonna be
working with Chris Baker.
Chris will... uh, show you
around and get you situated.
Chris is a very good man but he lacks... I
don't know, The Eye of The Tiger?
I'm hoping he can learn
something from you.
- Sir, you wanted to see me?
- Oh, yes, Chris.
Be a good man and show her
to her office, will you?
Oh, and Paige?
Remember, I'm expecting
big things from you.
You won't be disappointed, sir.
- I couldn't get the lab on the radio.
To be honest, anyone.
This could be really bad.
The lab's... probably just out of range,
though. Can I try your cell phone?
No surprise there. I don't even know
why you carry this thing about.
I'm thinking I should go
and see if anyone's um...
if anyone's alive.
- You wanna stay here?
- No.
No. I'll come.
I should go, too.
- You don't have to, Paige.
- I'm going.
Ah, god...
Where's the driver?
Breathe.
Let's keep moving.
It's so quiet.
- Not even the birds.
- This is fucked up.
Do you think it hit the town yet?
- Who are they?
- Shh...
- I don't know who they are.
- How come they can be outside?
Can we go get mom now?
What if she's scared?
Maybe.
Stay here. I gotta go talk to grandpa.
Fuck, this is taking forever.
I don't remember how far it is.
Don't talk. this is barely
leaking anything out.
- Save your breath.
- Uh-huh.
Alright. We're getting pretty close.
If you
start... smelling anything
like a sulfur smell,
like... uh..like rotten eggs,
you need to let me know.
Why? What's wrong with sulfur?
It's just a theory. If you... if
you smell it just let me know.
You never thought I was smart
enough to understand anything.
Like you're just like "Oh you
wouldn't understand anyhow,
so just tell the expert if you smell...
whatever."
I'm sorry. I...
Ethan, I feel it, too. What do we do?
May... maybe a cloud or something?
Higher ground. Higher ground.
Hurry. We're out.
Oh crap.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey...
I need a minute.
What the... hell is going on?
Before... the sulfur thing...
I was thinking... Hydrogen sulfide
might have been what killed everyone.
What are you saying? It's a poison gas?
Where would it come from?
It's uh... it's... it's really
not uncommon with CCS, I mean
have you ever wondered why
they make you park faced
to plane exits and have
your windows rolled up?
I always wondered about that.
It's uh...
that's a... protocol.
The sites where CO2 is
being pumped underground,
yeah, they just use a
waste product from the
bacteria that break
down carbon dioxide.
Uh, occasionally some
of the hydrogen sulfate
will find its way
back to the surface,
pretty nasty stuff, it's invisible, almost
instantly deadly and highly explosive.
Anyway, that's what I thought
might have hit us down there, but
whatever it was wasn't hydrogen sulfate.
No sulfur smell, plus we're still alive.
What then?
I don't know.
But I know who will. we need
to get back to the lab.
I'm sorry, I always forget. What time
did you get back to camp that night?
- Uh, I didn't.
- That's right.
He camped all night out there with nothing
but a water bottle and a flashlight.
- Well, and a USB drive.
- Well, gentlemen I must say that... uh
you know that these psych tests
are mandated by the government?
Given the expertise in the room and
the frank nature of the discussion,
I'm sure it's gonna be a
pleasure working with you
as you keep Brimmish
Corporation in compliance.
So, Ms. Weiss has made
all the arrangement for
your stay, so she'll be
showing you the way.
We'll talk soon. Doctor.
Nice meeting you.
- It's Ethan, right?
- Yes.
Uh, Chris, may I speak
with you for a moment?
Sure.
OK with that? Thank you.
- Paige, thank you for all your help today.
- You're welcome.
- I'm beat. Good night.
- Good night, Alan.
Well, uh... it was really
great meeting you, Paige,
uh... really look forward
to working with you.
Me, too.
OK, cool. Good night.
You know, things were so crazy
today with you guys coming in.
- I haven't eaten since breakfast.
- Uh, yeah, me neither.
Uh... I'd love to get something to eat.
Is... is there anywhere open this late?
I might know one place.
- Is it... uh, worth checking out?
- Maybe.
Warren, come in.
Warren?
Warren, if you can
hear me, I want you to
take some samples from
the lake water itself.
Just a theory.
I tried the phones. There's nothing.
The power's out, too.
Is this the harness you wanted?
I think this thing's almost out. Is
this all we're taking is these three?
It's a hell of a lot more than we
had an hour ago and it's enough.
Look, alright, I know I
forgot to fill the tanks
and that I'm just the
gopher around here...
- No, No. It's not what I meant.
I just... meant...
we're in good shape.
Hey, I think we should have a
double on this one, anyway.
I think there's one in the back.
Will you get it for me?
Noah...
I'm glad you're here with me.
I'd be freaking out if it were just me.
What are you doing?
- I can't see a thing back here.
- Noah...
you can't light anything
without oxygen in the air.
- So what do we do now?
- Straight back to the lab.
Hopefully the professor can tell
us what the hell is going on.
Tye, go pack your bag and
wait for me by the door.
- Are we going to get mom?
- Yeah. I just gotta talk to grandpa first.
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Mom... his coffee.
Good morning.
The news was broadcasting
that Brimmish Corp is...
uh... opening new jobs. I was
thinking about applying.
- What do you think, Greg?
- I think we've had this discussion before.
I know, but it would bring in more
money, and god knows that we need it.
- We need you here. Your dad needs you.
Besides, Tye would miss you.
- I don't mind, dad.
- Oh, I do.
Please Greg, I really wanna do this.
Tye, go get ready for school.
- I don't feel good, mom.
- Maybe he should stay home today.
He's faking it. Go get ready.
It's OK, honey.
You know I hate to say no to you.
But I hate to say no twice even more.
It undermines my authority with Tye.
We can't have that.
Nancy,
you know I love you, right?
Y-yes...
Come on.
Come on!
Put this on!
- Come on!
- What about mom?
- What about grandpa?
- We're coming back for grandpa.
Let's get mom.
I have oxygen, is this right?
Are you OK?
- Yeah. You have oxygen.
He needs to breathe.
Is this right?
Yes. Yeah, oxygen.
Oxygen seems to stop
whatever it is.
Who are you and what the
hell is going on here?
Just... just follow us and
we'll explain on the way.
Yeah?
Alright, let's go.
- Do you want me to drive?
- No, I'm OK.
Do you really think the professor
is gonna know what's happening?
We'll see.
Hey, we should probably
get that window checked
in case it passes another
cloud of that gas.
I will. I just need to
have some air for a bit.
Seriously, Paige, it's not safe. You
could ride into it, you have no warning.
OK.
Crap.
What about that right hand turn a bit ago?
That would take us longer,
and we're low on gas.
We don't have any other choice.
How many are dead?
We don't know.
I saw a couple at the lake
and... a few on the way here.
Shit, we thought everybody,
until you showed up.
Whatever it is, it seems like it's
heading for the town like a tidal wave.
We didn't see main street, though.
There may be some others like you,
too, hold up, but I don't know.
The clock is ticking.
Most of those buildings look
as leaky as green torches.
You know what happened?
How did you survive?
Hey kid, would you come over here?
I don't know.
My house is pretty
sealed up, my dad,
it's his asthma. Nancy, my wife,
she went off to work, I noticed
just a few hours later when
people were dropping right in their
tracks right in the streets and
it was... How much further is this?
- Can we take the truck?
- No bueno, big guy.
No oxygen, no internal combustion engine.
We're walking.
What the hell?
- Shit, you gotta be kidding me.
Are we out of gas?
No. It's just not enough.
What the hell are we gonna do?
What if that poison's out there?
Alright, hold on, hold on, I'm thinking.
Hey, that's Lauren's truck.
So, where's Lauren?
That's a turn we need to take.
Should we walk?
How are gonna test the air? Ethan?
- I'll... I'll check it.
- How?
What?
- Well...
- Yes.
Hey.
You know how you've been giving me such
a hard time about my work schedule?
I'm not giving you a hard
time, you just work so much.
Well...
I have all of tonight off.
All... night.
And...
tomorrow.
And the next day?
We'll see.
Whatever it is, it's right outside.
Try the engine again.
I'll check the vents.
It feels like we've
been buried alive.
- Hey...
- Ethan, I don't know what I'm doing.
I don't!
I don't know what
will happen to us!
I don't know! I don't know! I'm lost.
We could try the lab on the radio.
Lab, come in.
Is anyone there? Alan?
Alan, it's Ethan. We're trapped in the
car in country road 4. Please respond.
Is there any chance the
rain will wash it away?
How long do we have,
before we run out of air?
Uhm... if it's not too leaky...
for the two of us, two... maybe even three
hours if we don't talk much, if we
try to breath kind of shallow.
Why don't we lay back? That
will slow our breathing.
I'm stating to feel it, I think.
No, we should be OK for a while.
I think you're just nervous.
Maybe I should call for a doctor.
I'm glad... you're here with me.
Can I borrow your dad?
I'll keep an eye on him.
- Tye says you were his swimming coach?
- Last summer, yeah.
He's a good kid.
Can't swim a lick, though.
But he tries.
Greg,
when we get to the lab,
I don't know exactly what
the plan is gonna be.
I just want you to understand
that we're gonna do everything we can
to get you and Tye out of here, but...
- Look, you take care of yourselves.
I'll take care of my son.
It's OK.
We're safe.
- Alan...
- Oh!
Lauren, sorry, I nodded off.
I've been pouring over these
stimulating streams of raw data.
Uh, I'm afraid I have more questions
than answers at this point.
These aftershocks?
Uncharacteristic, to say the least,
given the geology here.
- You look like hell.
- Have you heard back from Ethan yet?
- Is he OK?
- No.
He was gonna call after the
meeting with... what's happened?
Wait a second.
The car stalling.
The car stalling. It
wasn't just bad luck.
It's because the same
gas's poisoned the air.
This isn't some exotic toxic gas.
Paige,
I don't think we can breath because the
valley's filled with carbon dioxide.
Everyone in town is dead.
When you say everyone,
- it couldn't possibly...
- It's everyone enough!
All right. go over it again with me.
You drove through town,
After we saw the
bodies at the lake.
Noah, please. I'm trying to
put a time line together.
He'll know what to do?
I should at least start heading
out this valley to go get help.
With the phones down and no transportation,
whatever this is, is coming from town.
Lauren, we can't
just react like...
if we don't understand
what's happening,
you might be jumping out of
the pot and into the fire.
- You know?
- Alright. Alright
We left for town to tell
the cops about the bodies.
We started driving and
that's when we stalled out.
- Where exactly?
- Uh... that steep hill
about a quarter of a mile
away from the lake pull-off.
You stalled at the
bottom or near the top?
- Alan!
- Lauren, please.
We were just about
at the bottom.
I... I know you wanna
figure this out,
but I have to get going if
we're gonna be able to...
Lauren... I think I know what's going on.
And if I'm right, it's not just
the town we need to worry about.
It's the whole valley.
So then this is just a huge pool of CO2?
- Yes...
- From where?
It's the CO2 the coal fire
plant's been burying underground.
The earthquake must have
released it somehow.
I don't know how exactly, or,
hell, it could have even ruptured the
above ground liquified CO2 tanks,
you know, the ones you guys store
in before you pump it underground?
See, pure CO2 is denser, it's
heavier than surrounding air.
So what's happening is, it's just
displacing all the air in the valley,
filling it from the bottom up.
OK, it's CO2 escaping,
it's filling the valley.
Yeah.
How does this make our
situation suck any less?
-Paige, we saw it coming down the hill.
At the top of the hill,
the engine was still running. That means
it's bringing both gas and oxygen. OK?
An hour ago, there was combustible
breathable air at the top.
That's not that far.
Alright, so the SCUBA
tank used to get up here,
how many hours that you
estimate are left in them?
All of them?
Enough for one person to
get out of the valley.
I'm sorry. I thought that you would be
safe here until I came back with help.
Well, what if we divided
that with the three of us?
With a little luck
that should be
just enough to get us
back to the dive shop
and pick up more tanks.
Then we should be able to get
up to the ranger station
and with a little... little luck there
should be some air up there, and
we can contact help from
one of the ranger towers.
That's a great idea, except
for one small problem.
No, that's too far!
Hey, Paige, that is our only chance.
Nobody is gonna come to save us. If we're
gonna get out of here, we need to do this.
OK, here's the situation.
CO2 is filling this valley
and every breathing creature in
it is gonna Ge dead by nightfall.
We need to get out of here, and
to do that, we need more oxygen.
So, before we have a chance
of getting out of the valley,
we have to get back to the dive shop and
get whatever fill of tanks are left there.
But, Lauren's indicated there
may only be a few we can use.
So you should know, even with the tanks,
this is gonna be very risky.
Wait. I know where there's more of these.
My wife, she's a hospice nurse.
The lady she cares for, she's on oxygen.
Yeah, but how much? We're gonna need
a lot if we're all gonna get out of here.
Well, she's up in the hills.
Really rough road over there. They
don't even plow in the winter.
She'll have plenty stocked up.
I'm sure of it.
Sounds like we have our
second destination.
OK, Noah, gather up all the tanks we have.
How heavy are these? Jesus!
We're gonna need to conserve
energy, so no heavy backpacks.
But everyone grab water inside. I
don't want anyone getting dehydrated.
We're leaving in five minutes.
Alan,
what about Ethan?
They were headed down to the plant.
Ethan's smart.
We have to hope he's figured
this out on his own.
And we're headed in his
direction anyhow, so
if he's OK, we'll
well, we can only hope.
Don't run, but not a walk either.
Alright, exhale.
Deep breath in.
Mind if I join you?
- Mr. Edwards. Sure.
- Thank you.
- Can I get you anything?
- Uh, no, no thank you.
I've never liked the food here.
- Sir?
- Well, you look very nice today.
Thank you. Is there something
I can... do for you?
Well, Paige,
you know we're under a lot of pressure
to start pumping over at site B.
Of course.
And I'm afraid the science team is taking
their own sweet time about this study.
So, while I hate to put
you in this position
because I know this
is really Chris' job,
- What?
- Well.
I'm gonna have to ask you to see what
you can do to move this study forward.
But... I don't...
You asked me to just keep you
informed of their work, Mr. Edwards.
Chris is supposed to...
I don't see how I could
help speed things up.
Well, Chris mentioned that you
and... I believe his name is Ethan,
well, he mentioned that you might be able
to exert a certain influence there.
With all due respect, sir, I don't think
that is any of your or Chris' business.
Ms. Weiss, everything that goes
on in this company is my business.
Now, when I hired you, you assured me
that you could do what was required.
- Yes, but Mr. Edwards,
- Was all that just talk to impress me?
Now, you listen very
carefully to me, Ms.Weiss.
We need to start sequestering
a site B immediately.
There's an enormous amount
of pressure on that.
We're almost maxed out at
site A, which you know,
and if we max out there,
then we can't sequester.
And if we can't sequester, we're gonna have
to pay through the nose for carbon credits.
Either that or stop burning coal entirely.
Until this... this overdue study is done,
many people are gonna lose their jobs.
Do you understand me?
Sir, I...
I... I don't want you to... to
get the wrong impression here.
It's just that you've working
really closely with these people.
You know them very well. You've been
working for six months with them.
All I want you to do is
see how things stand.
Maybe there's something you could
do to, I don't know, help them out?
Maybe you can find out
when approval is coming.
Maybe help them along.
We can even get a
preliminary report,
and you know, dot the I's
and cross the T's later.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
- Can you do that?
- Yeah.
I suppose I could.
Good. That's the girl I hired.
You're gonna go far in this company.
Make this happen.
We should keep moving.
Where are we headed?
I don't know yet.
You've been really good with Tye.
I never thought you and kids would
be anything but a disaster.
- Great...
- Well, the old woman there,
uh, when we get there, how much
do you know about her condition?
She's got pretty severe asthma.
Kind of like everybody... everybody
else in this town.
Coal smoke, I guess. What are you asking?
What I'm asking is do you
think she's ambulatory?
Could she be moved?
We need to think about
this before we get there.
It's possible that there are
gonna be some hard decisions.
- Oh, finally.
- Finally what?
Finally our luck's changed. Alan!
Ethan!
Stay there. We'll come to you.
You made it.
Here.
It's CO2, isn't it?
- The fallback from the sequestration site?
- Yeah.
- I think so.
- How?
I'm not sure yet. Doesn't make much sense.
Even if the quake is responsible,
which it almost certainly is,
it's so far away from site A, it...
I don't see how it could just... hey,
forget about that for now.
It's great to see you. How
did you make it back?
Let's just say I'm glad I never took
up smoking. Where are we headed?
Dive shop.
Alright, the air is not so bad here,
so everybody... conserve your oxygen.
Whoa!
She's alive!
- Breath this.
- What are you doing? Back off!
- It's air, you need this. Are you OK?
- Come on.
- What's your name?
- Ashley.
- What's going on?
- Breathe.
We're not totally sure
what's happening yet, but
- T... there's something in the air.
It's sucking the oxygen out.
Oh. I was driving and I felt so tired.
It's alright. You'll be OK with us.
We're gonna go to the mountains.
In any event, you're very
fortunate to still be alive.
If you had your windows open or
left the car's vents running,
well, you're OK.
Alright.
Let's get moving.
It's OK. Breathe.
Come on, it's alright.
Thanks for noticing me back there.
You know, I thought you were dead.
When you woke up, I nearly
jumped out of my skin.
It's not every day that you
see a dead person wake up.
Still... I'm glad you
stopped to notice me.
Well, I do make it a habit
to stare at beautiful women.
Thank you.
Alan,
Alan, when you did your calculations
there were only five of us.
I know.
Remember guys, try not to
breathe into your noses.
So, uh...
listen, um... when we finish the study,
um, I should be able to get
some time off and I was...
really thinking it would be
nice for us to go somewhere.
Yeah, sounds great.
Paige, are you even listening?
You've been so distant
today; are you OK?
- OK... I need a favor.
- Yeah, anything.
I've been getting some
pressure at work to...
they need to know what things are gonna
be like on our approval for Site B.
When are they gonna start pumping?
They're just pressing me.
That's stupid. What good
id pressuring you gonna do?
Is there anything you guys
could do so I can...
Chris was saying if it's... if it's
headed towards a green light,
maybe if they knew, they could start
making preparations ahead of time.
- Like what, start sequestering early?
- No.
I don't know.
- Maybe we can ween on Alan a bit, he's...
- What's going on here, Paige?
Nothing.
- Never mind.
- No. Wait.
Is that what all
this has been about?
All this...
You're trying to influence
the study through me?
- No, Ethan...
- Yeah. Right.
You know,
hon, I always knew getting to the
top was so important to you,
so... so let me just ask,
how many guys are you
gonna fuck to get there?
Oh, you, you're gonna start the
waterworks now? Nice touch.
Goodbye, Ethan.
Hey! We're over here!
- We can't stop. We have to keep moving!
- Lauren.
Listen, we don't even have enough
air for the eight of us as it is.
- We can't take anyone else.
- Help, where over here!
- Ethan, get them moving.
- We're here!
Hey, we're over here!
- Over here!
- Ethan, we can't do this!
- Yes, you can.
- Over here...
Come on, move!
Move! Goddammit, move!
Help, we're over here!
Go back inside your houses!
- Let's go!
- Get... back!
- Let's go!
- We're getting help! Go back inside!
Get out of here!
Let's go!
Help!
Alan?
You want to kill us all?
Ashley. Ashley! Guys!
Noah!
Get back! We are not stopping! Move!
Let's go, let's go, move...
- No, no!
- I said... move!
No!
Tyler, go pack your bag and
wait for me by the door.
I just gotta talk to grandpa first.
Dad...
No, please, please... stop!
- Please.
- Lady, I'm sorry.
There's low density here. You
don't need the tanks as much.
- I can still feel it.
- It's better, not perfect.
- Hey, Lake Cavernous.
- Why is it steaming?
Wait a second.
Of course, it's
coming from the lake.
The CO2 is all from the lake.
The underwater fishers, they're
on straight down the basalt.
What... what do you mean?
All this gas has just
been hiding down there?
- This happened before.
Cameroon. Mid 80's.
A lake released a giant
flood of carbon dioxide.
The whole town was flooded.
There's no CO2 down there.
We would have seen it.
In Cameroon there was a volcano.
It was a huge, natural
underground deposit.
- There's nothing like that here.
- Ethan...
I think I know.
Chris and Bradley,
they... they told me about
that there was a meeting
You know, Paige. You're going
places in this company.
You know that, don't you?
You're smart. You understand
what it takes to get to the top.
But more importantly, you know
how to play in this arena.
That's why I told them if
this should ever come out,
it can't fall on us.
I stood up for us in that
room and I said that...
What are you talking about?
So of course my position
is you can't just
alter procedure in a 1044A form,
somebody's gonna catch Weiss.
What about the interdepartmental
records, you know?
What are we talking about?
What do you think we're gonna be
doing that's such a paperwork mess?
That's the thing.
Edwards told me tonight.
They already started
pumping CO2 into site B.
Based on my report that Alan's
likely to give a green light?
You didn't tell me that anyone
was gonna act on this, Chris.
You said preparations, not pumping.
They're worried about having to
pay for carbon credits
I can't even imagine what kind
of fines we're going to pay
if he'll find out about this.
This is illegal.
How are they gonna hide this?
How long have they been pumping?
How much is down there?
A lot.
He said they were under pressure.
Look... you and me, this shit can't
fall on us. This is up for management.
As long as nobody finds out
everything will be OK.
We'll be OK.
No, Chris.
We won't.
Why didn't you tell me?
I don't know, I... I didn't
know anything would happen.
I just... I thought they
were bending the rules.
I didn't think...
It... it looks like a giant hot tub.
It's been carbonated.
- More like a giant soda can.
- And we shook it up.
- You bitch.
- Hey!
We have to keep moving.
Is there anywhere else across it?
Not really. Looks like 10
to 12 miles and then back.
Oh, god damn it...
This section of the
bridge is still intact.
We can cross here.
No way we can get the
cart across that.
Everyone check their tanks. we're
only gonna take the fullest ones.
This one's almost out.
I don't want to. I'm not going.
We have to try it out.
- Come on, Tye, how about you next?
- No.
- No.
- It's not so bad.
You have to.
You'll be OK. See?
Ethan and Lauren made it just fine.
You're even lighter than them.
Noah, let him watch you.
Why don't you show him how it's done?
No offense.
Noah was just as scared. I'll show you.
One step at a time.
You see that? That's almost as wide
as the diving board at school.
OK, Tye?
Oh, forget it.
Hold on, Tyler!
Greg, we have to get him across.
Go get the ladder that's on
the truck and bring it back.
Greg, go!
Alright. It's OK.
OK, look at me, sweetie.
Your dad and I are gonna
take you across. OK?
And you're not going to fall.
Just keep looking at me.
Alan didn't know how
crumbly the cement was.
We do.
We're gonna be much... more careful.
I got your tank, let's go.
You can do this, Tye.
- Lauren!
- Hey, we're gonna have to take this.
We have you!
I won't let you fall!
We have you. Remain calm.
Oh, god, Ethan...
- Noah... is the cave, probably.
- We got you.
- Breathe please. Just breathe.
- Oh, I can't even see. I...
OK.
Noah, come on!
No.
Noah...
I'm gonna go back and get Ashley.
We'll find another way around.
- We'll meet up with you.
- Noah, Ashley is dead.
And you know that.
Even if she were alive, you wouldn't
have enough air for the two of you.
If you go that way, you're dead.
You're wrong. She's alive.
We'll find another way around.
Noah, please.
I'm sorry.
Has he lost it?
I can't.
He hasn't lost it. He's
afraid of heights.
Noah!
Goddamn it!
- What are you gonna do?
- He's walking to his death!
You're gonna drag him all the away back
here? How are you gonna force him across?
- So, what? We just let him die? We can't!
- Ethan!
You can't save everyone.
I'm sorry.
- Greg, we're running low on air.
How much further to the house?
You know where I'm going.
What the fuck is your problem?
- Fuck off!
- Guys! Don't be idiots!
We're running low on air
and you're wasting it.
Keep moving.
Nancy.
I'm so sorry, Greg.
- It's because of her!
- Paige didn't do this, Greg.
- She's not responsible for your wife.
- She didn't know what was going on.
How can you blame her?
You think you're the only
one who's lost today?
She knew. She could have said something!
Anything!
I've lost. Everyone in the town has lost.
It's time she knew what it feels like!
Ethan!
What the fuck is that smell?
Rotten eggs.
Ugh. Keep pressure on it.
It's your own damn fault.
Go out back.
You need to get out of here.
You need to stop it.
Go get the old woman's oxygen.
Come on.
- Hey, Greg.
- Alright, now you're pushing it!
- Drop your tank!
- What the hell?
- Ethan just saved your life, man!
- Shut up!
You've done enough!
If you do this, you won't ever be
able to live with yourself, Greg.
You won't be able to look at
your son without thinking of us.
What's more? Tye will know what you did.
He'll know every time he looks at you.
Is that what you really want?
At least... he'll be alive.
Now drop the oxygen.
It's over. it's over.
Oh my god.
You want my tank?
Come and get it!
Come on, Tye, it's alright.
Stop!
Let me go, Ethan. God.
- No, oh, god.
- We're fine.
- Hold on, Tye.
- Ethan, what did you do?
I smell sulfur, hydrogen sulfide gas.
What does that mean?
- It means we need to get out of here.
Right now.
The hydrogen sulfate should
be burned off for a moment.
We need to make a run for it. Now!
Don't breath the hydrogen sulfate.
Any of it.
- Help me up.
- Damn it!
There is no air left in here.
We just have to make do with
what we've got. Come on.
No...
It's OK...
What do we do now?
This looks like as good
a candidate as any.
Mayday, mayday, medic. We
have an emergency situation.
One man seriously
injured and a child.
Uh, we're in range of tower
number 423... 423. Please respond.
He's getting worse.
Watch him.
Maybe you need to say
over and out a few times.
Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
Cell charger's disconnected.
We have to wait till morning.
Hopefully the sun comes up.
- That's fine, that's fine.
That's just as well.
I need... I need to rest.
Paige.
I'm glad you're here with me.
I thought I'd just be here with you and...
and breathe...
You'll stay there breathing, I'm sure.
It's so easy to take the
small things for granted.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Lauren.
Lauren, the radio.
Mayday, mayday, mayday.
We are survivors from the valley.
We're stranded. One man wounded.
Two women and a child.
We need immediate evacuation.
Is anyone hearing this?
- Over.
- Copy of mayday.
What is you location and
condition of wounded?
Yes. Yes, uh...
one man wounded, a child
and two women. Over.
Copy that. One man wounded,
two women ans a child.
Please confirm.
Please confirm. Come back.
Uh, no, wait.
No wounded.
Two women and a child.
We're at Ranger Tower.
Over.
Copy that ranger Tower 423 a chopper
has a visual of your location now.
Hold your position. Over and out.
Over and out.
Only 27 people survived the carbon flood.
Not the rich, or the powerful,
Just everyday people.
They holed up, sealed in, prayed
for the winds to blow it all away.
There were the novelty survivors of course.
The ones that grabbed the headlines,
the octogenarian and her dozen cats,
the preper that held put in his
sealed greenhouse fallout shelter.
One man drove right out of
town using his electric car.
Of course, the singular
child to escape the valley
was bound to capture the
nature's attention.
And that's what I did.
That's what I was,
more so for the fate of my...
my mother.
Almost 500 children
suffocated that morning.
In schools, in daycare,
in their mother's arms.
Every last one but me.
And the people looked to me to find solace,
to see meaning.
What meaning that was depended
upon on who you asked.
But for certain, one thing can be said.
Things truly changed the day our
carbon flowed back out of the earth.
The country, the world
saw things differently.
No, we did not stop entirely
and certainly not right away,
but we did begin to see that
we needed to be smarter.
We needed to consider our actions
and accept our responsibility.
We need to...
we resolved to find a better way.
still terrify me.
Not the darkness or the
solitude but... the quiet.
I can still remember that
sickening, dead silence.
Grace! You have to watch your step!
You are a real menace with that cart.
If they can't hear this rickety old
thing a mile away, then God help them.
- Let me get that for you.
- I'm the one who's old and blind.
I'm sorry...
October usually brings cool
days and frost on the pumpkin,
but not here in the valley, where
the heatwave is breaking record.
The thermometer could reach
94 late this afternoon...
Grace! How's the most beautiful
woman in the store doing?
Oldest... more like. Better
watch out for that one.
- Stay cool!
- Who was that?
Oh, uh, my second to third grade teacher.
Oh, OK.
I don't know, whatever she
taught I probably failed it.
Alright. Let's just get out of here
before you bump into anybody from work.
What? You don't think they bought
my "On Death's Doorstep" voice?
Yeah, well, I think the smell
of sunscreen might give it away.
On a work day was your idea.
Out of sight.
Rainy days...
Or rainy nights...
And happy days...
- Hey Lauren.
- Sunny days...
Lauren, Lauren. Pop quiz.
What's more likely? Chances there will
ever be earthquakes in this valley,
or that their will be a Beatles
reunion in the future?
- Sunny days and rainy nights...
- I'll tell
you what it is. I'll
tell you what it is.
There's a greater chance that
the four alive and dead...
and dead will come together and
sing Yellow Submarine than
than there is of anything seismically
interesting happening around here.
Ethan, you actually wanna
get caught in an earthquake?
No. I actually wanna do something
worthwhile in my career.
Fixing a bunch of seismic gear
in the middle of nowhere, is not my
idea of scientific career advancement.
- Meanwhile, I've got an assistant...
- No, no...
The professor said I was to assist you.
I am not your assistant.
Well, officially, I'm Alan's assistant,
today he asked you to assist
me, thereby making you
ipso facto ergo sum, the
assistant's assistant.
Such a meager existence.
Especially when all
we're doing is confirming
there will never be an
earthquake in this valley.
- Never?
- Never.
Well, I'm just here for the paycheck, and
besides, I'm thinking of becoming a singer.
What do you think?
No!
Is this...?
This... is ironic.
- Ow!
- Are you OK?
Oh damn it! Damn it!
Ethan, come in.
- Ethan, are you there?
- We're here, Alan, can you believe this?
Lauren. Yes, very
unexpected, to be sure.
Uh, Al... Alan...
Alan, I think we have been
transmitting just before
it started. You should be
receiving data from us now.
I am. That was some luck.
Look, get back here right away.
I'm triangulating
the epicenter now and we
need to investigate ASAP.
OK. Sounds... Sounds good. over and out.
Over and out? Over and out? Ugh...
Huston, we have a problem.
- How does it look?
- Uh, just a minute.
All set.
Thanks.
You're welcome...
Is that it?
Aftershocks, maybe?
I've been coming here since I was a kid,
- never heard of any earthquakes.
- I've never been in an earthquake.
- How strong do you think it was?
- On the Richter Scale?
No idea.
Seemed pretty weak.
What the fuck?
I think the lake is... draining.
There's supposed to be all
sorts of caves down there.
But the earthquake opened one up.
Oh... unless... do you
think this is one of
those giant super volcanoes
like in Yellowstone?
That seems unlikely.
I hope not.
Yeah, 'cause that would suck.
Totally.
This is awesome.
You can still go
swimming if you're hot.
In the... super volcano lake?
You know...
we should... we should get
the hell out of here.
Yeah.
- This is nuts! How is this happening?
- I'm not sure yet. Certainly, uh...
I'm not sure; maybe
we missed something.
- What happened to your head?
- Oh, when we were fixing the...
- Paige is pissed.
- Paige is always pissed.
Sorry.
-Why is she pissed about anyway? It's not like it's our fault.
No, but seriously... if this
isn't one of our normal...
Alright, no. Uh...
Paige..last week I suggested to her
that she could let the board know that
we were 95% sure we'd be approving
the CO2 sequestration.
Well, the timing kinda sucks
'cause there's what? 0% chance now?
I know.
Paige rang only a few seconds
after the quake started.
Oh, yeah? How's she taking it?
Well, you can find out for yourself.
Our conversation was cut off almost
immediately. Landlines were knocked up.
And of course that mobile she's
always nursing doesn't work in
the valley, so I'd wager she's
already on her way here now.
OK, Paige's feelings on this
whole thing aside, Alan...
- What's going on?
- Right, uh...
So, we'd been able to get a rough idea
of the epicenter and it seems to be
one of the dormant or... not so dormant
fault lines under lake caverns.
Lauren confirmed that the
underwater caverns there descend
deep into the salt rock we've
been studying beneath the lake.
And, as this imaging suggests, the fault
line seems to pass right through them.
How did this happen? You just
said you were ready to give
a green light to psych meet
being geologically inactive.
Who messed up?
How could a dormant fault
line suddenly reactivate?
I don't know yet,
but the first step in
finding out is getting
you into those caves.
Noah, assist Lauren with
whatever she needs.
- You're welcome.
- Alan, what the hell is going on?
Apparently I made an ass
of myself last week
telling the board we
were in the clear.
- Do you know how stupid...
- Yeah, Paige, he said 95% sure, not 100.
Nice look. I think you should keep it.
I am not taking the fall for this.
You're getting in my car,
we're driving back and
explaining to the board
what the hell was going on!
- I can't leave right now.
- They're ready to fire all of us.
OK, uh... Ethan does about as
much as I do at this point,
- Ethan can go with you.
- Whoa, wait a second. Alan!
- Ethan can...
- Alan! Alan! Alan!
- Ethan can go with you.
He'll explain the status.
I need to be here right now.
Alright Ethan, let's go.
- I guess we're not going out anymore, huh?
- Let's go!
You're going to
corporate or the plant?
Everyone's at the
plant, given the nonstop
since last week when I
made an ass of myself.
So yeah, we're going down to the plant.
So, what was the vibe down
there after the quake?
They're not seriously
blaming you, are they?
- Are they?
- Ethan...
How about we just get there, OK?
- Tanks... regulators...
- Uh-huh.
Is there a tape and hot
batteries in the camera?
Define 'hot'.
I'll make sure.
I'll go inside and get the tapes.
- Well, we're not going that way!
What's the plan now?
Look, if we can't make it
in, I really need to get
back to help Alan. It's a
very critical time for...
OK... OK...
We have to get there.
- We're walking.
- Is that a request?
I guess not.
Look, Paige, if we're going
down there, I need you to know
I'm not gonna be sugar coating
the whole thing. This is bad.
Active fault lines means no
geologic CO2 sequestration.
That's your three years
field experience talking?
No, Paige. I know about this stuff.
The whole point of carbon
sequestration is to keep
carbon emissions out of
the atmosphere, right?
I mean, you capture CO2
from the smokestacks,
combine it with water and
inject it deep into the ground.
In this case, we've... um... uh...
Um what?
Um... been searching
for basalt rock, which
- pretty much soaks up like a sponge.
- Gee, Ethan, I guess
if I worked for a core energy
company, I'll know all that.
- Paige, I'm just trying to...
- You always talk down on me.
OK, sorry.
What I'm getting at is they can't pair any
carbon dioxide in an earthquake zone.
Ethan, it was just one quake, a fluke.
Alan said himself that those fault lines
have been dormant for a millennia.
Hey, I was convinced about
this bud site A, too, and
I have no idea how this
earthquake occurred, I mean,
you can pretty much rule out human causes.
Human causes?
For an earthquake?
Well, the injection
location of site A is just...
it's nowhere near the
epicenter, it's like... there
really couldn't have
been any lubrication.
Lubrication... Ethan, what
are you talking about?
Well, there's only
been a few cases, but
sometimes pumping fluid in the ground seems
to kind of like lubricate at fault lines,
you know, which of course can
cause an earthquake, but
that's just been in
cases where the fluid's
been injected near the
fault lines themselves.
Not applicable here, because Site A,
where Bremish is now sequestering,
it's just... it's nowhere near
the epicenter, it's like D.
The point, Ethan?
What's your point?
The point is, the whole reason
for burying carbon dioxide
is for keeping carbon emissions
out of the atmosphere
to slow climate change, right?
Well, if this area is
geologically active which it
certainly, apparently seems to be,
there's no guarantee that CO2 wouldn't
just leap right back out through
fishers, or shifting water
tables, or who knows what else?
It would make all the
burying part pointless.
No stable geology, no
carbon sequestration.
Yeah, we should get moving.
Why don't you let me take care of that
and... you can get into your wet suit?
Right...
This is practically empty. Noah, you were
supposed to fill the tanks last weekend.
- I did.
- Then why is it empty?
- Hello... maybe it leaked out?
- God, Noah.
Come on. you guys, you hired me to
update your computers, and now it's all.
"Noah, take out the trash.", Noah, fill
the gear,", "Noah, get the tanks..."
OK, forget it. put it in the back seat
this time, that way you won't forget it.
Hold on.
Oh, shit!
- Are they OK?
- They look like they just dropped dead.
They're thinking a little play... hypoxia,
asphyxiation maybe, but
there are no marks on the
neck or anything. Isn't
it supposed to bruise
if you get strangled?
I... I don't know, but we should
get the fuck out of here.
Yeah.
Yeah, we... we should get the cops.
- So, listen, about what happened today...
- What, Ethan?
What do you want to say to
me that you haven't already?
I can't deal with this now.
Let's just get down
there and you can tell
them their entire company
is out of business
and we'll never have to see
each other ever again.
What?
Noah, look at this. Inhale.
No... what the fuck is going on?
- Something's in the air.
The... I don't know, it
feels like when you breathe
a bad mixture of..
No. It was like getting strangled from
the inside. That's what it felt like.
What are we gonna do?-
- It could be some sort of
gas release from the quake.
There's a good chance that's what
killed the people down at the lake.
- Oh, shit.
- Maybe we were just lucky and
it had dissipated or the wind changed
direction before we got there.
Yeah, well whatever it is I say screw the
cops, let's get the hell out of here!
Hold on, if it is a
gas, we don't know where
it's coming from or
where it's going to.
We could drive right into it.
Although it did seem to be getting
worse as we went downhill.
Alright, so let's turn our asses
around and get back up there.
No. No, you're right.
It's at least a descent theory.
- Oh, not now.
- Oh... we're fucked.
OK.
OK. We just have to keep
going ahead into town.
Oh... what do you mean "into town"?
That's probably where the
all the shit's going down.
- We have to.
- No way!
Alright, listen.
If the lake area was toxic
before, there's a good
chance it could be toxic
again even right now.
We have to pass through that
area to get back up to the lab.
We don't have enough air. It's too far.
This little bit left, ten,
fifteen minutes maybe,
- it wouldn't last. We need air.
- But we... we
- we gotta get...
- Listen, Noah,
you know I'm right.
I'm gonna try the lab on the radio.
Well, Ms. Weiss,
Welcome to your first day
at Brimmish Corporation.
- Excited?
- Yes, sir!
- I'm sure this is a great mess...
- That's, That's excellent, Paige.
Uh, you don't mind if I
call you Paige, do you?
- Of course.
- I did some checking on you and I
must say your former employer
speaks very highly of you.
- Thank you sir.
- Well, Bob and I go way back.
Let me be blunt with you, Paige.
Now, Bob indicated to
me that you're bright,
and you have the ability
to get things done.
But what I really need
is someone who can make
the difficult decisions
when called upon.
And I assure you there will be
difficult choices to be made.
So what I need to know is:
Are you up to the task?
Do you have what it takes?
I appreciate your frankness
sir, and I assure you
- I do.
- That's exactly what I wanted to hear.
Mary, will you send Chris in, please?
Now, you're gonna be
working with Chris Baker.
Chris will... uh, show you
around and get you situated.
Chris is a very good man but he lacks... I
don't know, The Eye of The Tiger?
I'm hoping he can learn
something from you.
- Sir, you wanted to see me?
- Oh, yes, Chris.
Be a good man and show her
to her office, will you?
Oh, and Paige?
Remember, I'm expecting
big things from you.
You won't be disappointed, sir.
- I couldn't get the lab on the radio.
To be honest, anyone.
This could be really bad.
The lab's... probably just out of range,
though. Can I try your cell phone?
No surprise there. I don't even know
why you carry this thing about.
I'm thinking I should go
and see if anyone's um...
if anyone's alive.
- You wanna stay here?
- No.
No. I'll come.
I should go, too.
- You don't have to, Paige.
- I'm going.
Ah, god...
Where's the driver?
Breathe.
Let's keep moving.
It's so quiet.
- Not even the birds.
- This is fucked up.
Do you think it hit the town yet?
- Who are they?
- Shh...
- I don't know who they are.
- How come they can be outside?
Can we go get mom now?
What if she's scared?
Maybe.
Stay here. I gotta go talk to grandpa.
Fuck, this is taking forever.
I don't remember how far it is.
Don't talk. this is barely
leaking anything out.
- Save your breath.
- Uh-huh.
Alright. We're getting pretty close.
If you
start... smelling anything
like a sulfur smell,
like... uh..like rotten eggs,
you need to let me know.
Why? What's wrong with sulfur?
It's just a theory. If you... if
you smell it just let me know.
You never thought I was smart
enough to understand anything.
Like you're just like "Oh you
wouldn't understand anyhow,
so just tell the expert if you smell...
whatever."
I'm sorry. I...
Ethan, I feel it, too. What do we do?
May... maybe a cloud or something?
Higher ground. Higher ground.
Hurry. We're out.
Oh crap.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey...
I need a minute.
What the... hell is going on?
Before... the sulfur thing...
I was thinking... Hydrogen sulfide
might have been what killed everyone.
What are you saying? It's a poison gas?
Where would it come from?
It's uh... it's... it's really
not uncommon with CCS, I mean
have you ever wondered why
they make you park faced
to plane exits and have
your windows rolled up?
I always wondered about that.
It's uh...
that's a... protocol.
The sites where CO2 is
being pumped underground,
yeah, they just use a
waste product from the
bacteria that break
down carbon dioxide.
Uh, occasionally some
of the hydrogen sulfate
will find its way
back to the surface,
pretty nasty stuff, it's invisible, almost
instantly deadly and highly explosive.
Anyway, that's what I thought
might have hit us down there, but
whatever it was wasn't hydrogen sulfate.
No sulfur smell, plus we're still alive.
What then?
I don't know.
But I know who will. we need
to get back to the lab.
I'm sorry, I always forget. What time
did you get back to camp that night?
- Uh, I didn't.
- That's right.
He camped all night out there with nothing
but a water bottle and a flashlight.
- Well, and a USB drive.
- Well, gentlemen I must say that... uh
you know that these psych tests
are mandated by the government?
Given the expertise in the room and
the frank nature of the discussion,
I'm sure it's gonna be a
pleasure working with you
as you keep Brimmish
Corporation in compliance.
So, Ms. Weiss has made
all the arrangement for
your stay, so she'll be
showing you the way.
We'll talk soon. Doctor.
Nice meeting you.
- It's Ethan, right?
- Yes.
Uh, Chris, may I speak
with you for a moment?
Sure.
OK with that? Thank you.
- Paige, thank you for all your help today.
- You're welcome.
- I'm beat. Good night.
- Good night, Alan.
Well, uh... it was really
great meeting you, Paige,
uh... really look forward
to working with you.
Me, too.
OK, cool. Good night.
You know, things were so crazy
today with you guys coming in.
- I haven't eaten since breakfast.
- Uh, yeah, me neither.
Uh... I'd love to get something to eat.
Is... is there anywhere open this late?
I might know one place.
- Is it... uh, worth checking out?
- Maybe.
Warren, come in.
Warren?
Warren, if you can
hear me, I want you to
take some samples from
the lake water itself.
Just a theory.
I tried the phones. There's nothing.
The power's out, too.
Is this the harness you wanted?
I think this thing's almost out. Is
this all we're taking is these three?
It's a hell of a lot more than we
had an hour ago and it's enough.
Look, alright, I know I
forgot to fill the tanks
and that I'm just the
gopher around here...
- No, No. It's not what I meant.
I just... meant...
we're in good shape.
Hey, I think we should have a
double on this one, anyway.
I think there's one in the back.
Will you get it for me?
Noah...
I'm glad you're here with me.
I'd be freaking out if it were just me.
What are you doing?
- I can't see a thing back here.
- Noah...
you can't light anything
without oxygen in the air.
- So what do we do now?
- Straight back to the lab.
Hopefully the professor can tell
us what the hell is going on.
Tye, go pack your bag and
wait for me by the door.
- Are we going to get mom?
- Yeah. I just gotta talk to grandpa first.
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Mom... his coffee.
Good morning.
The news was broadcasting
that Brimmish Corp is...
uh... opening new jobs. I was
thinking about applying.
- What do you think, Greg?
- I think we've had this discussion before.
I know, but it would bring in more
money, and god knows that we need it.
- We need you here. Your dad needs you.
Besides, Tye would miss you.
- I don't mind, dad.
- Oh, I do.
Please Greg, I really wanna do this.
Tye, go get ready for school.
- I don't feel good, mom.
- Maybe he should stay home today.
He's faking it. Go get ready.
It's OK, honey.
You know I hate to say no to you.
But I hate to say no twice even more.
It undermines my authority with Tye.
We can't have that.
Nancy,
you know I love you, right?
Y-yes...
Come on.
Come on!
Put this on!
- Come on!
- What about mom?
- What about grandpa?
- We're coming back for grandpa.
Let's get mom.
I have oxygen, is this right?
Are you OK?
- Yeah. You have oxygen.
He needs to breathe.
Is this right?
Yes. Yeah, oxygen.
Oxygen seems to stop
whatever it is.
Who are you and what the
hell is going on here?
Just... just follow us and
we'll explain on the way.
Yeah?
Alright, let's go.
- Do you want me to drive?
- No, I'm OK.
Do you really think the professor
is gonna know what's happening?
We'll see.
Hey, we should probably
get that window checked
in case it passes another
cloud of that gas.
I will. I just need to
have some air for a bit.
Seriously, Paige, it's not safe. You
could ride into it, you have no warning.
OK.
Crap.
What about that right hand turn a bit ago?
That would take us longer,
and we're low on gas.
We don't have any other choice.
How many are dead?
We don't know.
I saw a couple at the lake
and... a few on the way here.
Shit, we thought everybody,
until you showed up.
Whatever it is, it seems like it's
heading for the town like a tidal wave.
We didn't see main street, though.
There may be some others like you,
too, hold up, but I don't know.
The clock is ticking.
Most of those buildings look
as leaky as green torches.
You know what happened?
How did you survive?
Hey kid, would you come over here?
I don't know.
My house is pretty
sealed up, my dad,
it's his asthma. Nancy, my wife,
she went off to work, I noticed
just a few hours later when
people were dropping right in their
tracks right in the streets and
it was... How much further is this?
- Can we take the truck?
- No bueno, big guy.
No oxygen, no internal combustion engine.
We're walking.
What the hell?
- Shit, you gotta be kidding me.
Are we out of gas?
No. It's just not enough.
What the hell are we gonna do?
What if that poison's out there?
Alright, hold on, hold on, I'm thinking.
Hey, that's Lauren's truck.
So, where's Lauren?
That's a turn we need to take.
Should we walk?
How are gonna test the air? Ethan?
- I'll... I'll check it.
- How?
What?
- Well...
- Yes.
Hey.
You know how you've been giving me such
a hard time about my work schedule?
I'm not giving you a hard
time, you just work so much.
Well...
I have all of tonight off.
All... night.
And...
tomorrow.
And the next day?
We'll see.
Whatever it is, it's right outside.
Try the engine again.
I'll check the vents.
It feels like we've
been buried alive.
- Hey...
- Ethan, I don't know what I'm doing.
I don't!
I don't know what
will happen to us!
I don't know! I don't know! I'm lost.
We could try the lab on the radio.
Lab, come in.
Is anyone there? Alan?
Alan, it's Ethan. We're trapped in the
car in country road 4. Please respond.
Is there any chance the
rain will wash it away?
How long do we have,
before we run out of air?
Uhm... if it's not too leaky...
for the two of us, two... maybe even three
hours if we don't talk much, if we
try to breath kind of shallow.
Why don't we lay back? That
will slow our breathing.
I'm stating to feel it, I think.
No, we should be OK for a while.
I think you're just nervous.
Maybe I should call for a doctor.
I'm glad... you're here with me.
Can I borrow your dad?
I'll keep an eye on him.
- Tye says you were his swimming coach?
- Last summer, yeah.
He's a good kid.
Can't swim a lick, though.
But he tries.
Greg,
when we get to the lab,
I don't know exactly what
the plan is gonna be.
I just want you to understand
that we're gonna do everything we can
to get you and Tye out of here, but...
- Look, you take care of yourselves.
I'll take care of my son.
It's OK.
We're safe.
- Alan...
- Oh!
Lauren, sorry, I nodded off.
I've been pouring over these
stimulating streams of raw data.
Uh, I'm afraid I have more questions
than answers at this point.
These aftershocks?
Uncharacteristic, to say the least,
given the geology here.
- You look like hell.
- Have you heard back from Ethan yet?
- Is he OK?
- No.
He was gonna call after the
meeting with... what's happened?
Wait a second.
The car stalling.
The car stalling. It
wasn't just bad luck.
It's because the same
gas's poisoned the air.
This isn't some exotic toxic gas.
Paige,
I don't think we can breath because the
valley's filled with carbon dioxide.
Everyone in town is dead.
When you say everyone,
- it couldn't possibly...
- It's everyone enough!
All right. go over it again with me.
You drove through town,
After we saw the
bodies at the lake.
Noah, please. I'm trying to
put a time line together.
He'll know what to do?
I should at least start heading
out this valley to go get help.
With the phones down and no transportation,
whatever this is, is coming from town.
Lauren, we can't
just react like...
if we don't understand
what's happening,
you might be jumping out of
the pot and into the fire.
- You know?
- Alright. Alright
We left for town to tell
the cops about the bodies.
We started driving and
that's when we stalled out.
- Where exactly?
- Uh... that steep hill
about a quarter of a mile
away from the lake pull-off.
You stalled at the
bottom or near the top?
- Alan!
- Lauren, please.
We were just about
at the bottom.
I... I know you wanna
figure this out,
but I have to get going if
we're gonna be able to...
Lauren... I think I know what's going on.
And if I'm right, it's not just
the town we need to worry about.
It's the whole valley.
So then this is just a huge pool of CO2?
- Yes...
- From where?
It's the CO2 the coal fire
plant's been burying underground.
The earthquake must have
released it somehow.
I don't know how exactly, or,
hell, it could have even ruptured the
above ground liquified CO2 tanks,
you know, the ones you guys store
in before you pump it underground?
See, pure CO2 is denser, it's
heavier than surrounding air.
So what's happening is, it's just
displacing all the air in the valley,
filling it from the bottom up.
OK, it's CO2 escaping,
it's filling the valley.
Yeah.
How does this make our
situation suck any less?
-Paige, we saw it coming down the hill.
At the top of the hill,
the engine was still running. That means
it's bringing both gas and oxygen. OK?
An hour ago, there was combustible
breathable air at the top.
That's not that far.
Alright, so the SCUBA
tank used to get up here,
how many hours that you
estimate are left in them?
All of them?
Enough for one person to
get out of the valley.
I'm sorry. I thought that you would be
safe here until I came back with help.
Well, what if we divided
that with the three of us?
With a little luck
that should be
just enough to get us
back to the dive shop
and pick up more tanks.
Then we should be able to get
up to the ranger station
and with a little... little luck there
should be some air up there, and
we can contact help from
one of the ranger towers.
That's a great idea, except
for one small problem.
No, that's too far!
Hey, Paige, that is our only chance.
Nobody is gonna come to save us. If we're
gonna get out of here, we need to do this.
OK, here's the situation.
CO2 is filling this valley
and every breathing creature in
it is gonna Ge dead by nightfall.
We need to get out of here, and
to do that, we need more oxygen.
So, before we have a chance
of getting out of the valley,
we have to get back to the dive shop and
get whatever fill of tanks are left there.
But, Lauren's indicated there
may only be a few we can use.
So you should know, even with the tanks,
this is gonna be very risky.
Wait. I know where there's more of these.
My wife, she's a hospice nurse.
The lady she cares for, she's on oxygen.
Yeah, but how much? We're gonna need
a lot if we're all gonna get out of here.
Well, she's up in the hills.
Really rough road over there. They
don't even plow in the winter.
She'll have plenty stocked up.
I'm sure of it.
Sounds like we have our
second destination.
OK, Noah, gather up all the tanks we have.
How heavy are these? Jesus!
We're gonna need to conserve
energy, so no heavy backpacks.
But everyone grab water inside. I
don't want anyone getting dehydrated.
We're leaving in five minutes.
Alan,
what about Ethan?
They were headed down to the plant.
Ethan's smart.
We have to hope he's figured
this out on his own.
And we're headed in his
direction anyhow, so
if he's OK, we'll
well, we can only hope.
Don't run, but not a walk either.
Alright, exhale.
Deep breath in.
Mind if I join you?
- Mr. Edwards. Sure.
- Thank you.
- Can I get you anything?
- Uh, no, no thank you.
I've never liked the food here.
- Sir?
- Well, you look very nice today.
Thank you. Is there something
I can... do for you?
Well, Paige,
you know we're under a lot of pressure
to start pumping over at site B.
Of course.
And I'm afraid the science team is taking
their own sweet time about this study.
So, while I hate to put
you in this position
because I know this
is really Chris' job,
- What?
- Well.
I'm gonna have to ask you to see what
you can do to move this study forward.
But... I don't...
You asked me to just keep you
informed of their work, Mr. Edwards.
Chris is supposed to...
I don't see how I could
help speed things up.
Well, Chris mentioned that you
and... I believe his name is Ethan,
well, he mentioned that you might be able
to exert a certain influence there.
With all due respect, sir, I don't think
that is any of your or Chris' business.
Ms. Weiss, everything that goes
on in this company is my business.
Now, when I hired you, you assured me
that you could do what was required.
- Yes, but Mr. Edwards,
- Was all that just talk to impress me?
Now, you listen very
carefully to me, Ms.Weiss.
We need to start sequestering
a site B immediately.
There's an enormous amount
of pressure on that.
We're almost maxed out at
site A, which you know,
and if we max out there,
then we can't sequester.
And if we can't sequester, we're gonna have
to pay through the nose for carbon credits.
Either that or stop burning coal entirely.
Until this... this overdue study is done,
many people are gonna lose their jobs.
Do you understand me?
Sir, I...
I... I don't want you to... to
get the wrong impression here.
It's just that you've working
really closely with these people.
You know them very well. You've been
working for six months with them.
All I want you to do is
see how things stand.
Maybe there's something you could
do to, I don't know, help them out?
Maybe you can find out
when approval is coming.
Maybe help them along.
We can even get a
preliminary report,
and you know, dot the I's
and cross the T's later.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
- Can you do that?
- Yeah.
I suppose I could.
Good. That's the girl I hired.
You're gonna go far in this company.
Make this happen.
We should keep moving.
Where are we headed?
I don't know yet.
You've been really good with Tye.
I never thought you and kids would
be anything but a disaster.
- Great...
- Well, the old woman there,
uh, when we get there, how much
do you know about her condition?
She's got pretty severe asthma.
Kind of like everybody... everybody
else in this town.
Coal smoke, I guess. What are you asking?
What I'm asking is do you
think she's ambulatory?
Could she be moved?
We need to think about
this before we get there.
It's possible that there are
gonna be some hard decisions.
- Oh, finally.
- Finally what?
Finally our luck's changed. Alan!
Ethan!
Stay there. We'll come to you.
You made it.
Here.
It's CO2, isn't it?
- The fallback from the sequestration site?
- Yeah.
- I think so.
- How?
I'm not sure yet. Doesn't make much sense.
Even if the quake is responsible,
which it almost certainly is,
it's so far away from site A, it...
I don't see how it could just... hey,
forget about that for now.
It's great to see you. How
did you make it back?
Let's just say I'm glad I never took
up smoking. Where are we headed?
Dive shop.
Alright, the air is not so bad here,
so everybody... conserve your oxygen.
Whoa!
She's alive!
- Breath this.
- What are you doing? Back off!
- It's air, you need this. Are you OK?
- Come on.
- What's your name?
- Ashley.
- What's going on?
- Breathe.
We're not totally sure
what's happening yet, but
- T... there's something in the air.
It's sucking the oxygen out.
Oh. I was driving and I felt so tired.
It's alright. You'll be OK with us.
We're gonna go to the mountains.
In any event, you're very
fortunate to still be alive.
If you had your windows open or
left the car's vents running,
well, you're OK.
Alright.
Let's get moving.
It's OK. Breathe.
Come on, it's alright.
Thanks for noticing me back there.
You know, I thought you were dead.
When you woke up, I nearly
jumped out of my skin.
It's not every day that you
see a dead person wake up.
Still... I'm glad you
stopped to notice me.
Well, I do make it a habit
to stare at beautiful women.
Thank you.
Alan,
Alan, when you did your calculations
there were only five of us.
I know.
Remember guys, try not to
breathe into your noses.
So, uh...
listen, um... when we finish the study,
um, I should be able to get
some time off and I was...
really thinking it would be
nice for us to go somewhere.
Yeah, sounds great.
Paige, are you even listening?
You've been so distant
today; are you OK?
- OK... I need a favor.
- Yeah, anything.
I've been getting some
pressure at work to...
they need to know what things are gonna
be like on our approval for Site B.
When are they gonna start pumping?
They're just pressing me.
That's stupid. What good
id pressuring you gonna do?
Is there anything you guys
could do so I can...
Chris was saying if it's... if it's
headed towards a green light,
maybe if they knew, they could start
making preparations ahead of time.
- Like what, start sequestering early?
- No.
I don't know.
- Maybe we can ween on Alan a bit, he's...
- What's going on here, Paige?
Nothing.
- Never mind.
- No. Wait.
Is that what all
this has been about?
All this...
You're trying to influence
the study through me?
- No, Ethan...
- Yeah. Right.
You know,
hon, I always knew getting to the
top was so important to you,
so... so let me just ask,
how many guys are you
gonna fuck to get there?
Oh, you, you're gonna start the
waterworks now? Nice touch.
Goodbye, Ethan.
Hey! We're over here!
- We can't stop. We have to keep moving!
- Lauren.
Listen, we don't even have enough
air for the eight of us as it is.
- We can't take anyone else.
- Help, where over here!
- Ethan, get them moving.
- We're here!
Hey, we're over here!
- Over here!
- Ethan, we can't do this!
- Yes, you can.
- Over here...
Come on, move!
Move! Goddammit, move!
Help, we're over here!
Go back inside your houses!
- Let's go!
- Get... back!
- Let's go!
- We're getting help! Go back inside!
Get out of here!
Let's go!
Help!
Alan?
You want to kill us all?
Ashley. Ashley! Guys!
Noah!
Get back! We are not stopping! Move!
Let's go, let's go, move...
- No, no!
- I said... move!
No!
Tyler, go pack your bag and
wait for me by the door.
I just gotta talk to grandpa first.
Dad...
No, please, please... stop!
- Please.
- Lady, I'm sorry.
There's low density here. You
don't need the tanks as much.
- I can still feel it.
- It's better, not perfect.
- Hey, Lake Cavernous.
- Why is it steaming?
Wait a second.
Of course, it's
coming from the lake.
The CO2 is all from the lake.
The underwater fishers, they're
on straight down the basalt.
What... what do you mean?
All this gas has just
been hiding down there?
- This happened before.
Cameroon. Mid 80's.
A lake released a giant
flood of carbon dioxide.
The whole town was flooded.
There's no CO2 down there.
We would have seen it.
In Cameroon there was a volcano.
It was a huge, natural
underground deposit.
- There's nothing like that here.
- Ethan...
I think I know.
Chris and Bradley,
they... they told me about
that there was a meeting
You know, Paige. You're going
places in this company.
You know that, don't you?
You're smart. You understand
what it takes to get to the top.
But more importantly, you know
how to play in this arena.
That's why I told them if
this should ever come out,
it can't fall on us.
I stood up for us in that
room and I said that...
What are you talking about?
So of course my position
is you can't just
alter procedure in a 1044A form,
somebody's gonna catch Weiss.
What about the interdepartmental
records, you know?
What are we talking about?
What do you think we're gonna be
doing that's such a paperwork mess?
That's the thing.
Edwards told me tonight.
They already started
pumping CO2 into site B.
Based on my report that Alan's
likely to give a green light?
You didn't tell me that anyone
was gonna act on this, Chris.
You said preparations, not pumping.
They're worried about having to
pay for carbon credits
I can't even imagine what kind
of fines we're going to pay
if he'll find out about this.
This is illegal.
How are they gonna hide this?
How long have they been pumping?
How much is down there?
A lot.
He said they were under pressure.
Look... you and me, this shit can't
fall on us. This is up for management.
As long as nobody finds out
everything will be OK.
We'll be OK.
No, Chris.
We won't.
Why didn't you tell me?
I don't know, I... I didn't
know anything would happen.
I just... I thought they
were bending the rules.
I didn't think...
It... it looks like a giant hot tub.
It's been carbonated.
- More like a giant soda can.
- And we shook it up.
- You bitch.
- Hey!
We have to keep moving.
Is there anywhere else across it?
Not really. Looks like 10
to 12 miles and then back.
Oh, god damn it...
This section of the
bridge is still intact.
We can cross here.
No way we can get the
cart across that.
Everyone check their tanks. we're
only gonna take the fullest ones.
This one's almost out.
I don't want to. I'm not going.
We have to try it out.
- Come on, Tye, how about you next?
- No.
- No.
- It's not so bad.
You have to.
You'll be OK. See?
Ethan and Lauren made it just fine.
You're even lighter than them.
Noah, let him watch you.
Why don't you show him how it's done?
No offense.
Noah was just as scared. I'll show you.
One step at a time.
You see that? That's almost as wide
as the diving board at school.
OK, Tye?
Oh, forget it.
Hold on, Tyler!
Greg, we have to get him across.
Go get the ladder that's on
the truck and bring it back.
Greg, go!
Alright. It's OK.
OK, look at me, sweetie.
Your dad and I are gonna
take you across. OK?
And you're not going to fall.
Just keep looking at me.
Alan didn't know how
crumbly the cement was.
We do.
We're gonna be much... more careful.
I got your tank, let's go.
You can do this, Tye.
- Lauren!
- Hey, we're gonna have to take this.
We have you!
I won't let you fall!
We have you. Remain calm.
Oh, god, Ethan...
- Noah... is the cave, probably.
- We got you.
- Breathe please. Just breathe.
- Oh, I can't even see. I...
OK.
Noah, come on!
No.
Noah...
I'm gonna go back and get Ashley.
We'll find another way around.
- We'll meet up with you.
- Noah, Ashley is dead.
And you know that.
Even if she were alive, you wouldn't
have enough air for the two of you.
If you go that way, you're dead.
You're wrong. She's alive.
We'll find another way around.
Noah, please.
I'm sorry.
Has he lost it?
I can't.
He hasn't lost it. He's
afraid of heights.
Noah!
Goddamn it!
- What are you gonna do?
- He's walking to his death!
You're gonna drag him all the away back
here? How are you gonna force him across?
- So, what? We just let him die? We can't!
- Ethan!
You can't save everyone.
I'm sorry.
- Greg, we're running low on air.
How much further to the house?
You know where I'm going.
What the fuck is your problem?
- Fuck off!
- Guys! Don't be idiots!
We're running low on air
and you're wasting it.
Keep moving.
Nancy.
I'm so sorry, Greg.
- It's because of her!
- Paige didn't do this, Greg.
- She's not responsible for your wife.
- She didn't know what was going on.
How can you blame her?
You think you're the only
one who's lost today?
She knew. She could have said something!
Anything!
I've lost. Everyone in the town has lost.
It's time she knew what it feels like!
Ethan!
What the fuck is that smell?
Rotten eggs.
Ugh. Keep pressure on it.
It's your own damn fault.
Go out back.
You need to get out of here.
You need to stop it.
Go get the old woman's oxygen.
Come on.
- Hey, Greg.
- Alright, now you're pushing it!
- Drop your tank!
- What the hell?
- Ethan just saved your life, man!
- Shut up!
You've done enough!
If you do this, you won't ever be
able to live with yourself, Greg.
You won't be able to look at
your son without thinking of us.
What's more? Tye will know what you did.
He'll know every time he looks at you.
Is that what you really want?
At least... he'll be alive.
Now drop the oxygen.
It's over. it's over.
Oh my god.
You want my tank?
Come and get it!
Come on, Tye, it's alright.
Stop!
Let me go, Ethan. God.
- No, oh, god.
- We're fine.
- Hold on, Tye.
- Ethan, what did you do?
I smell sulfur, hydrogen sulfide gas.
What does that mean?
- It means we need to get out of here.
Right now.
The hydrogen sulfate should
be burned off for a moment.
We need to make a run for it. Now!
Don't breath the hydrogen sulfate.
Any of it.
- Help me up.
- Damn it!
There is no air left in here.
We just have to make do with
what we've got. Come on.
No...
It's OK...
What do we do now?
This looks like as good
a candidate as any.
Mayday, mayday, medic. We
have an emergency situation.
One man seriously
injured and a child.
Uh, we're in range of tower
number 423... 423. Please respond.
He's getting worse.
Watch him.
Maybe you need to say
over and out a few times.
Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
Cell charger's disconnected.
We have to wait till morning.
Hopefully the sun comes up.
- That's fine, that's fine.
That's just as well.
I need... I need to rest.
Paige.
I'm glad you're here with me.
I thought I'd just be here with you and...
and breathe...
You'll stay there breathing, I'm sure.
It's so easy to take the
small things for granted.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Lauren.
Lauren, the radio.
Mayday, mayday, mayday.
We are survivors from the valley.
We're stranded. One man wounded.
Two women and a child.
We need immediate evacuation.
Is anyone hearing this?
- Over.
- Copy of mayday.
What is you location and
condition of wounded?
Yes. Yes, uh...
one man wounded, a child
and two women. Over.
Copy that. One man wounded,
two women ans a child.
Please confirm.
Please confirm. Come back.
Uh, no, wait.
No wounded.
Two women and a child.
We're at Ranger Tower.
Over.
Copy that ranger Tower 423 a chopper
has a visual of your location now.
Hold your position. Over and out.
Over and out.
Only 27 people survived the carbon flood.
Not the rich, or the powerful,
Just everyday people.
They holed up, sealed in, prayed
for the winds to blow it all away.
There were the novelty survivors of course.
The ones that grabbed the headlines,
the octogenarian and her dozen cats,
the preper that held put in his
sealed greenhouse fallout shelter.
One man drove right out of
town using his electric car.
Of course, the singular
child to escape the valley
was bound to capture the
nature's attention.
And that's what I did.
That's what I was,
more so for the fate of my...
my mother.
Almost 500 children
suffocated that morning.
In schools, in daycare,
in their mother's arms.
Every last one but me.
And the people looked to me to find solace,
to see meaning.
What meaning that was depended
upon on who you asked.
But for certain, one thing can be said.
Things truly changed the day our
carbon flowed back out of the earth.
The country, the world
saw things differently.
No, we did not stop entirely
and certainly not right away,
but we did begin to see that
we needed to be smarter.
We needed to consider our actions
and accept our responsibility.
We need to...
we resolved to find a better way.