The Institute (2025) s02e01 Episode Script

1
[Tim] Previously
on The Institute.
[lasers buzzing]
Where are we?
Welcome to the Institute.
You are, without question,
about to participate
in saving the world.
When you come
to the end of your service,
we'll wipe your memory,
send you home.
Yeah, we want out,
we get ourselves out.
[Tim] Tim Jamieson.
New night knocker.
Annie Ledoux, old weirdo.
There are things going on you
would not fucking believe.
Annie, you in there?
[tense music]
Anybody ever really
look into the Institute?
- Anything?
- Pretty sure it's federal.
We don't have jurisdiction.
They're sending me
to Back Half soon.
I can't take you all
the way to the fence,
but I can get you close.
What is this?
Show the world
what goes on here.
You need some help?
You're never gonna
believe me, you know.
You'd be surprised
what I might believe.
[Maureen] By the time they hit
Recovery, they're gone. Gorked.
Gonna get you some help, kid.
[gun firing]
[Ashworth grunts]
We are in trouble and we
need your help right now.
[shotgun blasting]
[Drew grunts]
[Sigsby gasps]
There's another ability, precognition.
Like telling the future.
People who'll
trigger Armageddon.
Hinges, Tim.
What would you do
to save the world?
You shot a child
to prevent a massacre.
You walk out of here
with Luke Ellis,
you're putting the entire
world on suicide watch.
[Tony grunts]
[taser humming]
[alarm blares]
Avery needs to answer
that Big Phone.
Everything you
did to get out,
- now you want to go back in?
- My friends are trapped
and Stackhouse is
going to kill them.
Welcome, Mr. Ellis.
Who's that?
[Avery] Luke's here.
[Luke] We make the sparkler and
then we talk on the Big Phone.
[Avery] Do you hear us?
[Children] Yes, we hear you.
We can hear you.
- We're connected.
- We can do anything.
[metal bending]
[glass shattering]
Avery, what are you doing?
Come on, let's go.
[Avery] I have to stay
with them to see this through.
- Wait, Avery!
- Thanks for being my friends.
[cement cracking]
[power warbling]
[impact explosion]
I need a burn team.
We gotta get out of here before
the reinforcements arrive.
[unsettling acoustic music]
Shout, shout ♪
Let it all out ♪
These are the things
I can do without ♪
Come on ♪
I'm talking to you ♪
Come on ♪
In violent times ♪
You shouldn't have
to sell your soul ♪
In black and white ♪
They really, really
ought to know ♪
Shout, shout ♪
Let it all out ♪
These are the things
I can do without ♪
Come on ♪
I'm talking to you ♪
Come on ♪
[unsettling music continues]
[train whistle blowing]
- I'm sorry.
- Just do it.
[Kalisha groaning]
- Sorry. You okay?
- Yeah.
Good job. Hold on.
- Leave it on the train.
- Thank you.
[tense music]
- Here, George.
- Sure you can do this?
Yeah, I'm good.
[Nicky groaning]
Now sit. Sit.
I just can't stop
thinking about all of them.
- I know.
- Avery.
I know.
Okay, so what now?
Where are we?
It's hard to say, exactly.
Can't we just look
at the stars or something?
Stars just tell you
what direction you're going.
Southwest, mostly.
It's been about two hours,
so I'd say we're about 80,
- 90 miles from Dennison.
- Not far enough.
How many do you think
are chasing us?
Depends how many were left
after the building came down.
And where their reinforcements
are coming from.
[equipment beeping]
Looks like they're headed
to Waterville.
[engine revving]
[Tech] They should be
at the terminal in 15 minutes.
Let us know when you're close.
Copy that.
So what do we do now,
smart kid?
Well, first we get safe.
Then we find a place
to burn it all down.
- Right. Run, hide, and fight.
- Something like that.
Okay. What about nearer term?
Like, when do we
get off this train?
Soon. Tim needs a hospital.
- No.
- She's right.
Gunshot wounds get reported.
- So do dead bodies.
- No hospitals.
You know better than I do
if we don't treat it,
it's gonna get infected.
So treat it.
It's okay, I'll be fine.
We're gonna need a bunch
of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Who knows what's got in there?
And we're gonna
need to clean it.
Yeah, we'll grab some oxys
with the antibiotics.
We can't steal.
Okay, it is pretty hard
to steal oxys,
but just so we're clear,
you're not making any rules.
- [Luke] Hey, hey.
- We just met him.
I told you what he did
[train whistle blows]
because he believed me, okay?
No stealing, okay?
[train wheels clattering]
[brakes hissing]
Okay, we're pulling up.
Let's go. Ready?
[ominous music]
Go.
[brakes squealing]
- Okay.
- Doesn't look
like they're here yet.
You're fine. George?
Come on. Let's go.
Thank you. Are you okay?
Are you okay?
You got down okay?
- Yeah, are you?
- Yeah, I'm okay.
- Kalisha?
- Yeah, let me grab that.
Quiet.
Quiet.
[ominous music continues]
Wait, I thought you said
they all stay on the train.
Yours stays.
The rest, we scatter.
Make them follow
multiple targets.
It spreads out their resources.
Wow, you've thought
about all of this.
[ominous music continues]
Come on. Come on.
They're splitting up.
We've got one continuing
west-southwest,
one heading north,
one stationary.
How far are you from
the Waterville Freight Yard?
- We're close.
- Stay in contact.
[engine revving]
[tires squealing]
[ominous music continues]
We need disinfectant,
alcohol or peroxide,
and all the gauze
and tape you can find.
- And socks.
- Socks?
Yeah, tube socks.
Lots of socks.
- Okay.
- Okay.
But we don't have any money
and no stealing, right?
So what?
Do we, do we appeal to their
good nature or something?
Is it stealing
if you're taking from a bank?
Yeah. ATM works a lot
like a vending machine.
It's just tougher.
- Is that a challenge?
- Right.
Hey, wait. Wear this.
Turn that inside out. Hurry.
Go. Go.
[tense music]
Wait, wait, wait.
Camera. Right there.
[power warbling]
This is way
more complicated inside
than the vending machine.
Yeah, but the principle
is the same, right?
- Easy for you to say.
- Also, keep in mind,
bills are a lot lighter
than coins, okay?
They fit through smaller spaces.
Yeah.
[power warbling]
[machinery chugging]
Come on. Come on.
Okay.
[power warbling]
[power warbling intensifies]
Got it.
[bills rustling]
[ATM beeping]
[ominous music]
Socks.
Last name, date of birth?
Yeah.
It's right here.
They count the oxys every night.
What about antibiotics?
Cipro, Z-Paks,
that kind of shit?
They count those, too?
Not as rule.
[tense music]
Okay. Okay.
Now we just need a place
with some privacy
and running water.
Great. Okay.
- You can't go in like that.
- I know.
- Switch with me.
- Yeah.
[patrons chatting]
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Do you have a table for six?
- Yes.
Could we use your restroom?
Just freshen up a little bit?
Of course.
Down the hall to your left.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
- Lock up.
- Yep.
Okay, the good news is
we got all the supplies
plus enough antibiotics
to run a dairy farm.
Bad news is no oxy.
That's okay.
You guys did great.
- You got towels?
- Yeah, and socks.
Oh, good, 'cause
it's gonna bleed.
You're going to have
to open it up again to clean it
and take a real
good look inside.
- We'll find them.
- Once we get
out anything visible,
we'll have to irrigate
the hell out of it.
Hey, don't worry
about the blood.
It'll help clean it. Okay.
We'll go as fast as we can.
Hey, you got this.
You ready, yeah?
Over. One, two, three.
[Tim screaming]
We'll let it bleed some
[Tim groaning]
[tense music]
and then we'll stuff it
with gauze.
Use the, the socks and the tape
to make a pressure dressing.
[Tim groaning]
- [Luke] How many?
- [Nicky] I just,
I don't know, just give them
to me. Just get them.
[Wendy] Towels. I need towels.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Towels.
Here you go.
Have you decided what
you're going to have yet?
Yes, we're going
to go with six bacon
and egg sandwiches, please.
Uh, make that 12.
To go.
Okay.
[tense music]
- [Kalisha] Twelve?
- [George] Huh?
[tense music continues]
Hey, babe.
Guess you're already in bed.
I'm about to get on the road,
make some time.
Love you.
[tense music continues]
You seen a bunch of kids
come through here?
Might have had a guy with them?
Sounds like a question
a cop might ask. You cops?
Never mind what we are.
You obviously got
something to tell us.
Let's just say it instead
of making me cut it out of you.
Yeah, I saw them.
Come through here
a little while ago,
offered 500 bucks to anyone
would take them to Boston.
Somebody take them?
500 bucks? What do you think?
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
This way.
Looks like you
could use a lift.
- No, no, we good.
- Tim.
I saw the guys hunting you,
two of them, anyway.
Figure if those are the kind
of people you got against you,
must be on the right side.
Where are you heading?
What do you got?
[hopeful music]
All right, here we go.
Come on.
Come on.
Easy, easy, easy. All right.
Shh.
Thank you.
[hinges squeaking]
I got sandwiches for you, guys.
Yeah, that's okay.
[tense music]
[Luke breathing deeply]
[air whooshing]
[power warbling]
[tires squealing]
[glass breaking]
[footsteps crunching]
- Jesus.
- Sorry.
- You're out early.
- Uh, yeah. Water.
Yeah, I was about
to do the same thing.
I guess I saved you a trip.
I reminded Nicky last night
it was his turn.
He said it's too cold
to walk to the corner.
- Who wants coffee?
- Ooh, finally.
[Kalisha] Careful.
This is hot.
- Your turn for water, huh?
- Yeah, sue me.
[Tim panting]
- More nightmares?
- No.
Actually, I was researching
those missing parents sites,
the ones that George's mom uses.
POD, Operation Freedom,
all that stuff.
As long as you're still
being careful.
No, I am.
I mean, I use a browser.
Tor. The NSA couldn't track me.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Hey.
Okay, so POD like pod people?
No, it's P-O-D.
So Parents of the Disappeared.
Hello?
Parents of the Disappeared.
Uh, a lot of their families
think their kids went missing
'cause of space creatures
or something.
Anyway, my mom has
moved on to mediums.
So she's just a sucker
for that woo-woo bullshit, huh?
Hey, don't make fun.
Her only son fell off
the face of the earth.
Sha's parents had the exact
same thing happen.
They're not holding seances.
Well, they have each other.
Makes it easier.
I just wish we could let them
know that we're okay.
- We're okay?
- You know what I mean.
You know why we can't.
They'd be in as much danger
as we are.
We know.
Just sucks to see her hurting.
Well, at least you can see her.
Okay. I gotta go.
Hey. Hey.
[gun cocking]
You said it doesn't make sense
to carry when
we're so outgunned.
Well, for you, it doesn't.
Bye.
Bye.
Keep a fire burning
in your eyes ♪
Pay attention
to the open sky ♪
You never know
what will be coming down ♪
[gentle music]
I don't remember
losing track of you ♪
You were always dancing
in and out of view ♪
I must have thought
you'd always be around ♪
[gentle music continues]
Always keeping things real
by playing the clown ♪
Now you're nowhere
to be found ♪
Thank you for being here today
to honor the memory
of Joseph Sigsby,
a proud and decorated
American veteran,
and a committed family member,
whose service
to his country and community
In recent years,
Joseph was a fixture
at our outreach events.
Cheers, Pop.
[Sigsby sighing]
We commend to you, Almighty God,
our brother Joseph,
whose body we commit
to the ground.
In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Amen.
- Amen.
[pensive music]
Do you happen to know, uh,
did the family set this all up?
- I'm sorry?
- This.
The grave. You.
Who's footing the bill?
This is the moment
where you show me a badge
or our conversation ends.
[pensive music continues]
[Sigsby scoffing]
Asshole.
[car engine revving]
[Priest] What is it
you think I can do for the FBI?
The daughter. Julia?
My understanding is
she predeceased him
several months ago.
That's why I'm asking
who paid for this.
I believe it was prearranged
through his assisted
living service.
Now, if you don't mind
[tense music]
[phone beeping]
Yeah. The memorial's a dry hole.
[Sigsby clearing her throat]
[Director sighs]
How the fuck did you
get in here?
You know how many years
I spent on a snatch team?
How the fuck could you send
a guy to my father's funeral?
They just like knowing
where everybody is.
Was I not clear?
How many copies
I've made of this,
where it gets sent
if anything happens to me?
I have one, remember?
You sent it along
with the letter.
Warning you not
to look for me.
I hope you're being careful
with those.
Considering they're the only
thing keeping me alive.
Would you like a croissant?
I'm good.
But if push came to shove,
you'd like to see that released,
wouldn't you?
Do you realize the damage
that would do?
Uh, push comes to shove,
meaning if they
make me disappear?
Leave me alone.
You've nothing to worry about.
I'm disappointed
in you, Julia.
Prioritizing your life
over our mission.
No more watchers.
Your letter warns us
not to follow you,
but yet you show up
at your father's funeral
and you watch it
from down the block.
Some things are better viewed
from a distance.
Like nuclear tests.
Pro football.
I know them. I know you.
You certainly do.
[pensive music]
You think they'd ever
take me back?
You want back in, huh?
[chuckling] You don't know
who you are without it.
It gave you purpose.
Maybe I just miss
the smell of fear.
Yeah, that's the downside
of spending a career
saving the world.
Retirement's a bore, isn't it?
Well, you can certainly
understand their reservations.
You're the only supervisor
to lose an Institute.
Not to mention the fact
that you're trying
to blackmail them.
- For my life.
- Yes, for your life.
And that's a risk also.
A video in this day and age,
even if it were released,
how can you be sure anybody
would even believe it,
let alone care
anything about it?
I guess I can't.
But the possibility
still scares you all enough
that I'm still alive.
Not enough to let you back in.
Now for that to happen,
I can't imagine
what you'd have
to have to hold over them.
What do you get the men
who have everything?
[pensive music continues]
[pensive music intensifies]
[patrons chatting]
[soulful music]
- I wasn't followed.
- You wouldn't know.
I've been an investigative
reporter 20 years.
I know.
That's why I emailed you.
You, uh, look
into what I said?
Yeah. That's a lot of smoke.
Just not sure
what it all adds up to.
The names.
Look into the names?
They're all open
missing juvenile cases.
Yes. Except for Wilhelm.
Wilhelm is not a juvenile,
but he is a fugitive
from a bench warrant in Kansas.
Look, Mr. Jamieson,
the story you're telling
is hard to accept.
What about Dennison?
Accident at an infectious
disease lab.
Possible exposures.
It's been months.
No one's allowed
within half a mile.
It wasn't a disease lab.
But the feds, the CDC,
all the emergency people
say it was.
[tense music]
The feds also
they said they want to talk
to you about some things too.
I bet.
You came to me
because you need someone
that people trust
to get your story out.
Again, if I could
just have access
to the children, then maybe
we could go somewhere that--
Sorry, I can't risk it.
I've told you
I've told you
what we're up against.
And it's big.
Look, even if I believed you,
everything you're telling me
is secondhand.
No. I watched
that video myself.
From inside.
Worst thing I ever saw.
[exhales] Where's that video
now? Can I watch it?
[tense music continues]
Say I do let you
talk to the kids
and they back up
everything I've said.
Would you publish then?
Please, try to understand
how this looks
from my point of view.
Any good journalist
would tell you the same.
Yeah. A bunch already have.
Yeah. Well, tell him
I've got two words for him.
Optimization.
Yeah, I know it's only one word.
It's a joke. Never mind.
Look, tell him without
those agentic breakdowns,
he's stalling out three
cognetics teams at once.
You know what? Just tell him
he's fucking fired.
Where have all the decent
programmers gone, eh?
Yeah.
Next time we should
take one of my planes.
Dassault Falcon.
It's what the Saudi royals fly.
Well, I just hope
that our security posture
is up to your high standards.
- So far, so good.
- Ah, well,
if you see any gaps,
please feel free to say so.
After all,
these are perilous times.
- Ginny?
- Yes, sir.
My pulse ox is still off.
Can you, um, grab me
a nitric lozenge
- and the peptides, please?
- [Ginny] On it.
Altitude.
Thank you.
[intercom beeping]
[Pilot] We have started
our initial descent.
Touchdown in five.
[ominous music]
Ah, Dr. Sylvia Mansell.
Nolan Reeves.
- Pleasure to meet you.
- Welcome.
She's the head of Prevision,
and she'll be
showing us around today.
All right, great.
Right this way.
They told me this day
would never come.
Yes. Well, they tend
to keep us awfully isolated.
Can't remember the last time
anyone new got access.
They need my AI.
Well, we've needed
your AI for years,
so how come I'm just
meeting you now?
Well,
obviously
the unpleasantness
in Dennison created quite
the budget shortfall
Mr. Nolan's been
very generous.
Clearly.
Hello, Sir.
Control, have Lynne
adjust her orientation
plus 18 minutes, 16 seconds.
Same latitude and longitude.
Lynne, when you can,
please adjust your orientation
plus 18 minutes, 16 seconds.
[gentle music]
So how much do you know?
Oh, as little as possible.
Just enough
to let me do my work.
Isn't that right?
We like to maintain a separation
between church and state.
[gentle music]
There they are,
the most exceptional beings
on God's earth.
One in a billion.
I wouldn't have thought
you'd be someone
- who believed in God.
- I don't.
Men invented God to answer
questions they couldn't.
Now we have the answers,
who needs Him?
All right, let's bring
the lights down.
[gentle music]
Thank you.
Everyone else,
follow Lynne's lead.
Adjust your orientations
to her timeline.
[gentle music]
We're approaching
quantum apogee.
[gentle music]
They're in the pipe.
Five-by-five.
Let it run.
[gentle music]
Which one is Lynne Ledoux?
Well, it appears
you know more about
all of this than you let on.
I always make sure to know
who's best
at things I need done.
She's this one, in the center.
That seems appropriate.
Please, don't go too close.
The amount of concentration
this requires is,
well, unimaginable.
[gentle music]
[music swelling]
What are they doing?
Right now, they are drifting.
Basically, scouting ahead
in the timeline
for apocalypse events.
Surveillance drones
for the future?
Oh, I assure you,
they are anything but drones.
Honestly, they're the real
architects of this project.
What happens when
they find an apocalypse?
Well, assuming the others
confirm, we triangulate.
The more viewpoints,
the more accuracy.
And then we merge their
forecasts on the big screen.
And that merger's what we've
been feeding to the AI?
Mm-hmm.
Once the AI simulates
how we get from here to there,
we can have the Pre-Cogs
run the sim
with particular people removed.
Anyone whose removal
fundamentally alters
the outcome is a Hinge.
And the last step,
we identify the Hinge
whose removal during
a particular time keyhole
eliminates the apocalypse.
It's not quite the last step.
Dr. Mansell's responsibility
ends at identification.
Elimination is
its own division.
Siloed.
Separation of church and state.
[tense music]
[Luke grunting]
[baby babbles]
[horn honking]
Take it easy!
I'll be done in a minute!
[tense music]
[horn honking]
[woman screams and cries]
[glass smashes]
[Luke panting]
[gentle music]
[horn honks]
[tense music]
- Uh, um.
- Hi.
There's something
I don't think it's safe for you,
for any of you today, actually.
What are you talking about?
I just don't have a good feeling
about the bus today.
If you could just, um,
get an Uber on me, please.
What makes you think
I need your money?
I don't think that,
I don't but um--
I think it's time
for you to move along now.
[tense music]
Okay, honey.
It's okay. Thank you.
[bus squeaks and hisses]
[horn honking]
Take it easy!
I'll be done in a minute!
[horns honking]
[tense music]
It's okay.
[playful gasping]
[horn honking]
Let's fucking go!
Come on!
[horns honking]
[tense music]
It's all right.
[Driver]
Let's hurry up. Move it!
[horn honking]
[tires screeching]
[dramatic music]
[tires screeching]
[mother screaming]
[glass smashing]
[Woman] Are you okay?
[Man] Are you all right?
Where's my baby?
My baby!
[group chatting indistinctly]
[tense music]
No! [gasps]
No.
[baby crying]
[tense music]
Oh, my God, you saved him.
Sweetie.
Hi, it's okay.
It's okay.
[baby crying]
Thank you so much.
You saved him.
It's okay. Thank you.
Wait, wait, wait!
[door creaking]
[Witness]
He came out of nowhere.
It was like he knew
what was happening.
You saved him.
Hi, it's okay.
It's okay.
[baby crying]
Wait!
What's happening?
Come here.
[Mother] It's okay.
[baby crying]
What?
[baby crying]
[Mother] Oh, my God, my baby.
What was I supposed to do, Tim?
Hmm? Let him die?
[Mother] Please!
[baby crying]
[key clicking]
Can't even see my face.
Has over 1,000 views
in a half hour, kid.
- We need to stay hidden.
- We've been hidden.
We need to fight.
That's not fair.
You know we're trying.
Every reporter Tim
approaches is a risk.
Every reporter we approach
turns us down
over a lack of evidence.
So your proposed solution
is fucking whining about it?
My proposal is finding
some fucking evidence.
You really are
a smart kid, huh?
[Tim] Stop it.
What evidence?
Maureen's flash drive.
Well, that's gone, isn't it?
It was
in Chief Ashworth's pocket,
and it's been destroyed now.
Okay, it's been destroyed
along with
along with his body.
No, it wasn't. It hasn't.
- Then what?
- No.
How do you know that?
Because I just do, all right?
Okay, so, uh, where is it?
I don't know yet.
[Nicky scoffs]
But do you remember
when Stackhouse
told us about another power?
Even rarer than TP or TK.
Precognition.
Hmm.
[tense music]
Shit.
That's how you knew
about the bus stop.
Yeah.
- Has this happened before?
- Once.
That night
with Harry and the twins.
Tried to stop it, but I
couldn't get there quick enough.
It happened just as I saw it,
and I won't let
that happen again.
Well, just, and that's
why your picture's
all over the fucking internet.
I'm gonna get that flash drive
and prove our story
to the world.
You don't know where it is.
I will.
You will?
[tense music]
The visions get clearer, Tim.
Yeah, do they?
What does that mean?
It means this has happened
to you twice.
How, how do you know
what they do?
Look, I know you're just trying
to keep us safe--
That is the only thing
that I care about!
[tense music]
[door creaks and bangs]
Tim?
[door bangs]
I will start dinner.
[door creaks and bangs]
You want to protect us.
We all know it.
And we all love you for it.
But we can't We can't live
like this forever, man.
You said we would get safe
and get the story out.
Well, it's not working.
And you think if I
If I let you talk
to the journalist
yourself then, uh,
it'll change anything?
Because I promise you it won't.
I know that.
We need to get the drive.
No.
What do you mean no?
Ever tell you
why I joined the Army?
[gentle music]
I joined because
Because I thought
I might find purpose, you know?
I thought I'd find it as a cop,
protect people who can't
protect themselves.
And then I shot a kid
at the Westfield mall.
Lost my purpose. Lost my wife.
And for the longest time, I
I thought
it was all bullshit.
There is no why, you just
You live until you die,
that's it.
Then I end up in Dennison
and I meet you.
[gentle music]
So when I say no,
I mean even if the drive
does still exist,
you are not gonna be the one
that goes after it
because you're
too fucking important
and it's too fucking dangerous.
Well, you don't get
to decide that.
Yeah?
I think I already did.
[gentle music]
Come on.
Let's go get some food.
Don't forget the cheese
this time.
I will grab the water.
- It's in the middle rack.
- Sorry.
[door bangs]
[Kalisha laughs]
[Blondie sings "Heart of Glass"]
Oh, is this really what
we're gonna be listening to?
What's wrong with it?
Nothing. It's perfect.
- It's just not--
- It's nice.
It's not really dinner music.
Whatever.
Next time you be the DJ.
Wait, really?
[Group] No!
[group laughs]
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind ♪
You saw Marvin left the flow
early again this afternoon.
[woman speaking
in foreign language]
[man chuckles]
Hmm?
She said, "Did you see
Lynne's face after?"
[diners chatting indistinctly]
I'm sorry.
My mum always said I had
the gift of stealth.
[laughs] No, uh, please.
Thank you.
So, what's good here?
Burger's the best I've ever had.
Confirm they grind
the meat in the house.
I'm certain they do.
Also, FYI, this is about
as sterile an environment
as you'll find outside an OR.
We can't risk anything infecting
your precious cargo.
I'm not used to seeing you
without your, uh, full retinue.
Money draws flies.
Guess that's a risk you run
when you have
what everyone wants.
I'm sorry, that's
[Nolan laughs]
- Sorry.
- No, it's fine.
And what do you want?
Dr. Daniel Hendricks,
author of the definitive study
of pre-cognitive
quantum manipulation.
Co-author.
It's a shame
that study's only accessible
to people
with institute clearance.
Dr. Vandy used to say,
"One day when all
this comes out,
we'll be Galileo."
He was sure
it would all come out?
Sooner or later.
He was just hoping
he'd lived to see it.
Wasn't Dr. Vandy the first
to raise the alarm
about the dwindling number
of PC candidates?
Meanwhile, I don't know
how long they expect us
to keep going without
any new pre-cogs.
Two of the current group
are in their 90s,
one more in her 80s,
and we're already down to nine.
I'm aware.
In fact, the committee
has tasked me
with finding a way
to fill the gap.
Yeah, I've heard rumors.
An AI that's having
PC visions of its own?
Why not?
My software has been
analyzing visions for years.
There's a difference
between analyzing
and actually generating
the visions themselves.
Truth is, the pre-cog AI,
it still has some kinks to it.
Well, that's inevitable.
I want you to come
help me work them out.
Me?
Who better?
[gentle music]
[Hendricks sighs]
Ms. Mansell is head
of the PC programs.
The thing about
the people in charge
is they have a stake
in preserving the status quo.
You want to disrupt,
you want to innovate,
then you've got to find partners
the status quo doesn't work for.
Thank you.
[gentle music]
Even if I wanted to come
help with your kinks,
the director wants me here.
The director
doesn't call all the shots.
That's not my experience.
Also, he may not be
director forever.
Are you saying
Are you saying the committee
is considering a change?
What happened in Dennison
The committee are
serious people.
The director?
He's the one who stopped it all
from coming out.
Also the one
who hasn't been able
to find the survivors.
How many fucking months?
I hear they just got a hit.
Yeah. I hear that too.
Problem is I've heard it before.
[Hendricks sighs]
[gentle music]
I appreciate your loyalty.
It's a vanishing quality
these days.
[tense music]
[Luke sighs]
[Luke sighing]
[tense music continues]
It's yours.
[gentle music]
[gentle music continues]
[Greg] All right,
fearless warrior.
Don't hit the table.
[audience laughing]
[gamer chuckling]
[Gamer] Are you guys
seeing this?
[Christine]
We can't see it, dumb dumb.
That's the point of VR.
No.
Don't shake the table.
- Come on.
- Whoa!
- [Greg] Get ready.
- No, no, no.
Hey, hey, back, Greg.
I said back!
[audience laughing]
[Greg] Christine is more stable
than the tower.
[Christine] The tower.
[audience laughing]
[Gamer] Christine,
you'll never take me alive.
[Woman] How long
has this been going on?
[Greg] About 20 minutes.
[Christine] Or three levels,
depending on what disaster
you're measuring.
[Woman] Hey!
[gamer groaning]
[audience laughing]
[Gamer] Oh!
[woman speaking indistinctly]
[audience laughing]
[Gamer] I was a baboon.
[audience laughing]
[deep music sting]
[tense music]
[skin sizzling]
[TV characters
chatting indistinctly]
[audience laughing]
[audience laughing]
[tense music continues]
Hey. Coffee?
Yes, please.
You were a little hard
on them last night.
Teenagers aren't always
gonna follow the rules.
A lot of people trying
to kill them, Wendy.
They don't have time
to be teenagers.
Hey, morning.
Have you guys seen Luke?
I think he's still in bed.
No, I just checked.
Really?
[tense music]
[Wendy sighs]
[drawers banging]
[Kalisha] What is it?
[tense music]
[drawers banging]
[Kalisha sighs]
[Tim] Anything?
No.
Even if he can hear me,
he's probably too far away
to respond.
So, basically, without
consulting any of us,
Sir Galahad has decided
to risk all of our lives.
Okay, Nicky, please,
let's not do this right now.
Or what?
Look at the position
he's put us in.
We're sitting with our thumbs
up our asses
while he either saves the day
or gets us all killed.
Okay, but you can see
his thinking though.
Right now, there are kids
going through
exactly what we did.
If you have a chance
to change that, you don't
- You don't wait.
- No, he's a selfish prick.
All right.
Luke's done when he's done.
All we can do now is hope he's
found what he's looking for.
We got to be ready to run.
Yeah, right, right.
Thumbs up our asses,
like I said.
We got to get George back.
What's he doing?
He--he's not answering me.
He could be playing
Xbox or something.
He--he usually, like,
literally shuts off his brain
- when he does that--
- Where does he do that?
- I--I--I don't--
- The Best Buy
on Spring maybe?
Or he could be
at that Game Stop at Matthews.
I'm gonna try Best Buy.
You guys, I want you back
in 45 minutes
and then we'll get back here
and decide
if we're gonna bug out.
Do you mind staying here
in case he beats us back?
- Go. Go, go.
- Okay, let's go.
[gentle music]
[tense music]
It's yours.
[gentle upbeat music]
Don't go too close
on the cuticles.
I won't. I don't.
I never do.
[gentle upbeat music]
Uh, Joshua, you can go
and get everyone loaded up.
I'm right behind you.
I hope you don't mind
the interruption.
Just thought I'd introduce
myself before we head out.
Nolan Reeves.
Hmm, I know who you are.
[Nolan chuckles]
Right.
I mean, of course you do.
You know who everybody is.
Carla and I watched you
on "60 Minutes."
Quite a world
we're living in, isn't it,
when you have to bring
your own security everywhere
just so you can feel safe?
Come on.
You need the electrolytes.
[sighs] Remind me why I
can't just eat some bananas.
You'd have to eat 75 of them,
plus a half cup of salt.
[gentle upbeat music]
Oh.
[Lynne sighs]
What is it I can do
for you, Mr. Reeves?
[chuckles] Well, I'm headed
to the airfield
in a few minutes,
and I didn't want
to miss the chance
to meet you in person.
Oh. Why me?
Why not one of the others?
Well, I've seen your stats.
They're beyond anything
I dreamt possible.
Oh, I'm not sure
I can believe that.
It's my understanding
that you're known
for dreaming awfully big.
Well, if you trust
"60 Minutes."
Hmm.
[gentle upbeat music]
Ms. Ledoux.
We're wheels up.
A pleasure.
I can't tell you how long
I've dreamt of this moment.
Well, now you've lived it.
[Nolan chuckles]
[gentle upbeat music]
[Wendy gasps]
- Hello.
- God, you scared me.
Nobody's supposed
to be in here.
No, of course not.
We're just passing through.
How many you got living here?
Why does it matter?
You came, you found us,
and we'll move on.
Not that easy.
You've been trespassing.
The owner may file a complaint.
[inspector sighs]
When are the others due back?
[tense music]
Not for a while.
[light buzzing]
[fence rattling]
Nicky.
Shit!
Okay, all right, let's go.
Bug out.
[tense music]
Whoa, the light's on.
Get out of here, George.
But you said the light means
we all bug out.
Yeah, yeah,
I'll be right behind you.
- Go.
- But--
Now!
[tense music]
[dramatic music]
[tense music]
[tense music continues]
[gunshots firing]
[Tim groaning]
[Tim yells and groans]
[teapot whacking]
[air whooshing]
[fist thudding]
[Tim groaning]
[Tim yelling]
[plates smashing]
[foot whacking]
[Tim groaning]
[inspector groaning]
[Tim groaning]
[fist whacking]
[dramatic music]
[Tim yelling]
[Tim groaning]
[inspector panting]
[Tim choking]
[fists whacking]
[both groaning]
[metal rattling]
[dramatic music continues]
[gunshot firing]
[glass smashing]
Wendy!
Wendy! What?
Oh, fuck, fuck.
Wendy?
Oh, fuck.
[gentle music]
W-Wendy.
[tense music]
[Sigsby gasps]
Up and at 'em, sleepyhead.
Don't miss the fun.
[dramatic music]
[tense music]
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[logo whooshing]
[logo rumbling]