Paradise (2025) s02e04 Episode Script

1
[alarm blaring]
If anyone is receiving this,
my name is Xavier Collins.
I'm flying to Atlanta to find my wife,
Dr. Teri Rogers-Collins,
who sent a radio transmission
from somewhere near the city center.
- [loud rattling]
- [grunting]
[Sinatra] Everyone said time would help.
It's not helping.
Time is actually making it worse,
because it's taking me
further away from when he was here.
- [knocking]
- [Link] Annie, I really, really want you
- to come with me.
- [whispering] I can't.
- Annie, come on.
- Link, come on, let her go.
You're the one who's been going on and on
about this bunker
and the fate of the world.
This is not the time
to be catching feelings.
[grunting and yelling]
[groaning]
[Xavier] I'm okay. I'm okay.
[breathing heavily]
Oh.
Where are you taking me?
- I need to find her.
- [Annie] Who?
T-Teri.
[groaning]
[wind whooshing]
[Xavier grunting and shouting]
I need to get to Atlanta, so if you
could please just listen to me
No, you listen to me.
You're not going to Atlanta.
You're taking us to Colorado.
Wait. Wait. Come
[groaning]
Ah! [grunting]
- [Geiger] Alright, thanks.
- Yeah, man.
[softly] Fuck. Fuck.
[people chattering]
[mysterious music playing]
[high-pitch ringing]
- [knocking]
- Cinderella, time to wake up.
Snow White.
[groaning] She was the sleeping one.
Sleeping Beauty
was the sleeping one, dipshits.
Bad news.
Word just came in. Train's still delayed.
Oh, fuck.
- How long?
- [Geiger] Who knows?
Wanna wait?
No.
I'm done waiting.
Let's go find this fucking bunker.
Fuck yeah. Let's do it.
[whistling] Hey!
We're moving out!
[speaker 1] Alright
people, you heard him.
[Geiger] Go, move out!
- [speaker 2] Pack it up!
- [engine starting]
[speaker 3] Hurry up! Don't leave
anything behind. We're not coming back.
[people chattering]
[bright dramatic music playing]
[birds chirping]
- [sighs]
- [handcuffs rattling]
[groaning]
[groaning]
You need to start moving a little.
- [handcuffs clicking]
- [Xavier sighs]
- [handcuffs dropping]
- Come on.
Come here.
[Xavier grunting]
Where am I?
It's not obvious?
Seriously?
How far along are you?
You know, it's rude to assume
that a woman is pregnant.
Haven't you ever seen a sitcom?
Jesus, can you stop staring?
When was the last time
you saw a pregnant lady?
- What?
- We got the call.
It's happening.
Luisa Moreno.
The pregnant lady.
She's gonna be the first woman
to give birth down here.
I know who she is.
I'm wondering why you think it's a reason
to burst into my office unannounced.
That wasn't really a burst.
It was more of an amble.
But look, this is a big moment.
We've been down here for five months.
This is my first chance
to give people a reason to smile,
a chance for everybody to see
that we have a future here.
This is hope.
Should I ask her to name the baby Hope?
- [Xavier] It's a bit heavy-handed.
- [Billy] It's a little on the nose, sir.
I have a meeting this afternoon
about the reactors.
And you know, Mr. President,
it wouldn't kill you
to learn what keeps this place running.
Right, the aquifer, and the 3-D printers,
and the modular nuclear reactors, yeah.
Sorry. Look, Sam. [sighs]
I realize why this
might be difficult for you.
I said I have work to do, sir.
Okay.
I just thought it was a good opportunity
to bring the community together
and celebrate something positive.
They're gonna wipe the baby
off a little, right, before I kiss it?
- I'm sure they will, sir.
- It's a pre-wiped baby, sir.
[Xavier] [sighs]
The thing is, I have to get to
[Annie] Atlanta. Yes, I know.
I've heard about 10,000 times
in various states of consciousness.
Your wife is there.
She sent a radio transmission,
thirty-three-point-seven blah, blah,
latitude, blah, blah, longitude.
- [Xavier sighs]
- I know.
Thing is, you're not going
anywhere anytime soon.
I had to put six stitches in your spleen.
- You a doctor or something?
- Closest thing you got.
Why were you coming from Colorado
if your wife is in Atlanta?
That's where she was
when everything happened, Atlanta.
I was already on my way to Colorado.
[Annie] To the bunker?
Oh, come on, the rumors were everywhere.
And you had to get that plane somehow.
Wow, so it's real.
- He was right.
- Who was right?
No one.
Yeah, it's real.
What's it like?
It's like before, only creepier.
Gonna need at least two weeks
for those to heal.
Even a stitch abscess could get infected,
and then you're looking at sepsis.
Listen, I know that you have
been inside snug as a bug,
but out here,
the little things will kill you.
A good rule of thumb is if it hurts
when you touch it,
it means it's not healed.
Once you do heal,
you're taking me to Colorado.
I'm going to Atlanta.
- [Annie] The toilet is there.
- [bag zipping]
I will bring you water.
I hope you enjoy rat for breakfast.
You got two weeks to get stronger.
I'm Annie, by the way.
Xavier.
- [horse neighing in distance]
- [inhales sharply]
["Hound Dog" by Hayden Calnin playing]
Ain't nothin' but a hound dog ♪
Cryin' all the time ♪
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog ♪
Cryin' all the time ♪
You ain't never caught a rabbit ♪
- And you ain't no friend of mine ♪
- [thunder rumbling]
[horse whinnying]
- [rain pattering]
- And you ain't never caught a rabbit ♪
And you ain't no friend of mine ♪
[exhales sharply]
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog ♪
Cryin' all the time ♪
- Be gentle.
- Oh, it's
- [Xavier] Hm.
- [Annie] Looks good.
[Xavier] Yeah, it's not bad, is it?
Cryin' all the time ♪
There we go.
- Thanks.
- You ain't never caught a rabbit ♪
And you ain't no friend of mine ♪
You ain't never caught a rabbit ♪
And you ain't no friend of mine ♪
Shouldn't be on your feet
all the time like that.
When my wife was pregnant,
she had this terrible nausea
Yeah, I get it.
You knew a pregnant woman once.
Hey, now that you're getting stronger,
I could really use some help around here.
Yeah, sure. What do you need?
Tea.
Coming right up.
[grunting softly]
It's warm.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
[sighs]
I haven't seen a real sunset in years.
What did you use for lights down there?
Uh, fake sky, fake mechanical sun.
It looked so real at first.
But the longer we were down there,
the more the
I don't know, the more
the seams began to show.
[sighs]
I'm strong enough to travel now.
I know.
I appreciate you saving my life.
And I do owe you for the care
that you've given me.
But I cannot take you to Colorado
until I find my wife.
It's a non-starter.
[whispering] Okay.
The the "he" that I [sniffling]
that I told you about in Colorado
is the baby's daddy.
He was heading there and
he asked me to go with him,
and I said no.
I decided to lock myself in a theme park
because I was scared.
Which I guess isn't exactly new for me.
[Xavier] It's normal to be scared.
- Mm-mm.
- Hell, I was scared shitless
when I had a baby, and that
was when the world was still intact.
I'm scared of every damn thing.
Fevers, strangers,
rental cars, car seats.
And the older those babies get,
the fears never really go away.
They just change.
But it's the highs that make it worth it.
You'll be more tired
than you've ever been.
You'll still be scared shitless.
But you will not believe the joy.
You'll be playing with your kid,
watching 'em splash around in the bath,
or play soccer for the first time.
And sometimes, Annie
I swear it feels like your heart
might fucking explode.
There's no soccer anymore.
[chuckles]
- There will be.
- Yeah, sure.
They'll be using animal heads
as soccer balls.
[both chuckle softly]
You'll still feel the joy
when they score.
I've been alone
for a very, very long time.
I get that.
I didn't trust people
before the world ended.
We go find your wife in Atlanta
and then you'll take me to him
in Colorado?
Yeah.
[hopeful music playing]
[determined music playing]
[birds chirping]
[horse blowing]
You good?
[sighs, sniffles]
- [people chattering]
- [hospital phones ringing]
- [Cal] Hi.
- [bystander 1] Mr. President. Hi.
Doctors, hello. How are you?
[bystander 2] Oh, my gosh,
he's coming this way.
- [Cal] Hi, everyone.
- Mr. President, it's an honor.
Lovely smiles today.
- [hospital staff] We're happy to see you.
- [Cal] Hi.
[Dr. Patel] CBC looks good.
She'll be all set.
- [nurse] Yes, Doctor.
- [Cal] Knock, knock.
[knocking] Hey, the woman of the hour.
- How are you? Doctor.
- [Luisa] Mr. President.
Oh, Cal, please.
How we feeling? We feeling good?
- Excited?
- [sighs]
Any any nerves?
Any regrets about the cost
of college education in 2043?
[chuckles] Sorry.
Sometimes I just can't turn it off.
[Luisa chuckles]
No, I think this baby's ready.
Listen, I know this has been
an incredibly difficult time for you.
It's okay, Mr. President.
We don't need to do all that right now.
Well, I want you to know
I'm here for you.
Anything you need, okay?
Luisa
your boy is gonna be
the first child born down here.
Do you believe that shit? Think about it.
The rest of us, all of us,
all our memories,
all our stories are from out there.
He will be the first person
whose entire story will take place here.
He's the first, the first of this world.
How fuckin' wild is that?
I'm not naming him "Hope."
Ah, they told you.
- [Luisa laughing]
- [Cal] Alright.
I'll be outside if you need anything.
Okay? Or if you change your mind.
[chuckles softly]
[Dr. Patel] Thank you, sir.
[Annie] You know what
I'm craving right now?
- Hm?
- Waffles.
[chuckles] What I would give.
[Xavier sighs, sniffles]
[mysterious music playing]
[Annie clearing throat]
Is that, um
[Annie] Yep. That's him.
- What?
- Nothing.
Who was he?
Uh
Just someone passing through.
I've been having these dreams.
Or maybe not dreams, um
Almost like memories of things?
But they're things that haven't happened.
You almost certainly had a concussion.
I imagine you're gonna have
sleeping troubles for a while.
Here, you should take this.
You're still recovering.
I'm good, Doc.
No arguments.
[birds chirping]
Alright, if Xavier's off the table,
what about Daniel for a boy?
Daniel? Where'd that come from?
This kid I met after the crash.
Xavier.
[Annie's horse nickering]
[horses whinnying]
[Annie] Should we go back,
take another road?
And lose the time? No, ma'am.
Come on, let's keep moving.
Nothing wrong with having a little trust,
especially in times like these.
Don't make eye contact.
Don't say anything.
Just keep going.
[horses whinnying]
Xavier, they're not your friends.
Don't say anything.
Howdy. How y'all doing?
[tense music playing]
[Cal] Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
Xavier, when your kids were born,
what'd you do to celebrate?
You don't strike me as a cigar guy.
I fed, I burped, I swaddled.
I got right to work.
Mm, not even a quick trip
to the strip club, huh?
That's the problem with hospitals, sir.
There's no place to get singles.
[chuckles]
- This is fun. Babies are fun.
- [staff chattering]
- [alarm sounding]
- [Dr. Patel] Alright, let's prep OR-2.
- What's going on?
- Baby's heart rate dropped.
There's been a prolonged decel.
Prepping Mrs. Moreno for the OR.
We need to do an emergency C-section.
[nurse] Excuse us?
[doctor] Watch behind you.
- On your left.
- [nurse] Coming through.
- Stay with me?
- I'm right here.
- Where's the father?
- He was a staffer
on the plane carrying Congress.
- [nurse 2] Excuse us.
- [doctor] Behind you.
- I'm gonna go in there with her.
- Doctors have got this.
- Let them do their jobs.
- No.
Sir, I can't allow you
to go in there unescorted.
Okay, well, then scrub the fuck up,
Xavier.
Jesus. Stay here.
[indistinct hospital PA announcement]
[Annie breathing heavily]
[groaning lightly]
- [exhales sharply]
- Why don't we take a break?
No, no, it's okay. We can keep going.
No, no, no.
That's enough for today, come on.
Hey, said you wanted waffles.
- [Annie softly chuckles]
- Come on.
[scuffing dusty floor]
[Xavier sighs]
[bag thuds]
Still mad I said "hey" to those folks?
[scoffs] I was never mad.
I I told you, I'm just not good at
Trusting people, yeah, I heard.
But I think you're great
with people, Annie.
You almost told that joke that one time.
Don't be lame.
Well, now you sound like my daughter.
[scoffs]
And you roll your eyes like her, too.
Hey, has anybody ever talked to you
about swaddling the baby?
- Swaddling?
- Hell yeah, swaddling.
First time you swaddle a baby,
you think you're gonna break 'em.
But you gotta pack that sucker in tight,
like a burrito.
The trick is,
you always make it tighter
than you think you should.
Alright?
[Xavier exhales sharply]
It's your turn, Doc.
Fold and tuck.
- I'm gonna break his little flour body.
- No, just remember the rules.
Always tighter than you think.
- [Annie] Yeah?
- Bottom up.
There you go.
You said you were scared
when your daughter was born.
[sighs]
If anybody tells you they're not scared,
then they're straight-up lying.
When you leave the hospital,
everybody thinks the same thing.
"I can't believe they let me walk
out of here with a brand-new baby."
No test or nothing.
Feel like you just robbed
a bank full of babies.
[Annie chuckles]
Okay. We're getting there.
[Annie chuckles]
My dad used to say, "If you're lucky,
you got a few moments when you got
to experience life at full volume."
That's how he put it.
"Life at full volume."
Those moments
when you're completely present
and everything slows down
and all the textures, and colors,
and sounds, they all go
like, high-def.
When they lay your baby
on your chest for the first time
and you know that they're safe,
that they've made it to the world
that'll always be one of those moments.
You know, like six months ago
I woke up in the middle of the night
because there was this sound.
So, I went up to the roof to see
what it was, and then the lightning hit.
[gentle music playing]
It was a tornado the size of a city.
I mean, I'd seen crazy weather,
but this was so big
that the lightning was inside of it.
I saw that uncontrolled power.
The destruction.
That's the world my baby is coming into.
No life at full volume,
just pain, and loss, and death,
and all of the storms to come.
But the joy will come, too.
- It will come, I promise you.
- Mm, yeah.
It just may be surrounded by the storms.
That's what I mean
by believing in people, Annie.
That's not naive.
You can guard against the worst of people
while still believing in the best.
Just remembering that we're all
capable of great change
great love, of great of great promise.
It's a holy charge.
A holy charge?
- I kinda like that.
- It's good, right?
It's okay.
[bag rustling]
[Annie clearing throat]
We should get going.
[Xavier sighs]
[birds chirping]
[horse softly nickering]
Good morning.
Oof.
Fuck. [grunting]
No. [exhales sharply]
[softly] Fuck.
[dramatic music playing]
[Xavier] [muffled] Annie?
[faintly] No, it's too early.
- [Xavier] Come on.
- [breathing heavily]
- Hey. Come on.
- [groaning]
You're okay, let's
let's just get you back inside, okay?
- No, it's not okay, it's not okay.
- What?
[groaning] I have
My blood pressure's too high, I
I have swollen ankles
and and, uh, blurred vision,
- and it's called preeclampsia.
- Alright.
It's, uh, very threatening
to me and the baby and
- Yeah.
- [exhales sharply]
It's gonna be okay. Come on.
I'm sorry, I thought if I told you,
you wouldn't take me and
- It's just the little things, you know?
- Yeah, yeah.
It's the little things out here
that will kill you.
Alright, look at me.
Let's just go back inside
and we'll figure it out, okay? Come on.
Come on, one step at a time.
Here we go, come on.
- [breathing heavily]
- Come on.
There you go.
[ultrasound whirring]
- [machines beeping]
- [medical team murmuring]
[labored breathing]
[Xavier] What are we gonna need, Doc?
To deliver this baby here now,
what do we need?
Uh [sighs]
Um, clean towels.
- Okay.
- And, um,
uh, we need to suction the baby's mouth,
so maybe like a liquid dropper
or something.
Liquid dropper
[Annie] We need something
to tie off the umbilical cord.
[softly] Oh, shit. Okay, let's see.
[sighs]
[OR nurse]
Fluids running at 150 milliliters.
[Luisa breathing heavily]
- [Cal] Hey, hey, hey.
- [nurse] Here you go, sir.
- [softly] Hi.
- [Cal] Thank you.
How are we doing here?
- [Luisa breathing heavily]
- I'm here, okay?
[dramatic music playing]
[groaning]
[softly] I gotta
Hey, Annie?
- Yeah?
- I gotta go get help.
If not help, then at least a few supplies
- to help you deliver.
- No. No.
You're not gonna have this baby
anytime soon.
Alright, your contractions
are still very far apart.
They only come
rocketing out in the movies.
- I I can't, I
- Yes, you can, look at me.
- I ca
- I will not allow you
to have this baby alone.
Just, I'll be so quick, Doc.
- No, Xavier
- The people that we saw
are just over the hill, alright?
They'll have what we need,
or they'll know where to get it.
No, we do not know those people.
We don't know what they're capable of.
They're just people, Annie.
And we're not gonna be
scared of 'em, right?
So, you just keep walking.
Keep breathing through your contractions.
- I'll be back in 15 minutes, okay?
- Xavier.
- Here, take this.
- No.
- Just take it. Take
- Please, please don't.
- Xavier!
- It's right here. I'll be right back.
- Okay? It's alright.
- Xavier, Xavier, Xavier,
- please don't go!
- I'll get help.
[Annie] Xavier!
- [dramatic music playing]
- Nah, just
[panicked breathing]
[groaning]
[softly] We can do this. We can do this.
We'll be okay.
[breathing heavily]
[groaning]
[Annie] [muttering]
Please, please. Please.
[labored breathing]
[Xavier] Hello?
Hello, anyone?!
I'm approaching unarmed.
I got a situation.
My friend, she needs help!
Hey, I got a pregnant young woman
that's having a baby,
and I need help! Please!
Anyone, hello?!
Hey!
Hello?
Hello?
Alright.
Okay. Okay.
[pots rattling]
Don't you fucking move.
[grunting]
I'm sorry, okay?
I'm sorry, it's for my friend.
She's in labor and she's pregnant.
I just need supplies.
- Hey!
- Please
[rifle cocking]
- Get the fuck away from my boy.
- Just wait, just wait.
Who are all these people?
[Cal] They're all specialists, okay?
It's a good thing.
- We couldn't be more covered.
- [exhales sharply]
[Cal] You know,
right after my son Jeremy was born,
the day my wife and I were driving
home from the hospital,
we got rear-ended badly.
And Jeremy was in that car seat
just shrieking.
So, we turned the car around,
headed right back to the hospital.
Of course.
The doctor didn't blink an eye.
He took one look at Jeremy, and he said,
"I want you to remember one thing.
Babies are built to survive."
They are resilient.
They've been found in the rubble
of earthquakes
three days after the fact,
alive and well.
I promise you, the first time
that little boy smiles
it's not just gonna change you,
it's gonna change our entire world.
- [sighs]
- For good.
Okay. [whimpers]
[Cal] Okay?
[groaning]
[groaning loudly]
[exhaling sharply and loudly]
Please, please, I'm alone.
I don't I don't have anything.
- I don't have any [groaning]
- [door opens]
[hopeful music playing]
You okay?
You're alright.
It's okay.
[Annie groaning]
[Marie] Okay. That's right, Annie.
Push, there we go. Good job.
- Your body's just getting ready.
- [Annie exhales sharply]
- [groaning]
- That's good, that's good, okay.
- I'm gonna press.
- [groaning]
[Xavier] You okay?
- [breathing heavily]
- Hang in there. Hang in there.
[Marie] She's getting close.
[Xavier] You'll be just fine, okay?
- Uh-huh.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Dr. Patel] Move the catheter
over to her right side, please.
- [nurse] Epidural's in, Doctor.
- [Dr. Patel] Thank you.
- [surgical tools rattling]
- [Luisa breathing heavily]
[Dr. Patel] Let's get her measurement.
[Cal] You're okay.
It's gonna be fine.
[Dr. Patel] Scalpel.
[chair scraping]
- [table and chairs clattering]
- Can I help?
- Yes, prop this table up under there.
- Sure.
- Watch your fingers.
- Yeah.
Good.
I saw a roll-out over there.
- Over the top?
- Yeah. There we go.
[Dr. Patel] I'm making my first incision,
just above the pubic symphysis.
[machines beeping]
Bovie? I'm pushing through
the subcutaneous tissue to the fascia.
- [nurse] Clamp and suction.
- [Dr. Patel] Retractor?
[nurse] Here you go, Doctor.
[uplifting music playing]
[Marie] That's right, there you go.
- [exhales sharply]
- That's good.
[Cal] You're doing great. It'll be fine.
[Dr. Patel] I've located the bladder.
Gently shifting now.
- [groaning] Okay.
- Almost there.
- Okay. [exclaiming]
- Okay. Okay.
[groaning, grunting]
[Dr. Patel] There's the uterus.
I'm palpating the fetal vertex.
Scalpel.
[midwife] Deep breaths, Annie.
Deep breaths.
[Annie grunting, shouting]
[midwife] I can see the head. Okay.
- [groaning loudly]
- Come on, Annie, you got this.
- [yelling]
- Come on.
[Annie] I can't!
[Dr. Patel]
Amniotic sac has already ruptured.
Retract. Suction?
- [exhales sharply]
- A lot of pressure.
- [groaning] Oh, no!
- [midwife] One last push, Annie.
No!
- [midwife] Come on, you got this.
- [Xavier] Here we go.
- One last push.
- [Annie shouting]
- [midwife] Okay, I see the head.
- [Marie] Yes, yes.
[Dr. Patel] There we go.
- Suction.
- [surgical tools clattering]
[Annie groaning loudly]
[midwife] Baby's out.
[Annie breathing heavily]
Okay.
[Dr. Patel] There we go.
- [nurse] Time of birth.
- [baby crying]
[Luisa chuckles]
[Cal] [chuckles] You did it.
- [Dr. Patel] Cut.
- [snipping]
- [baby crying]
- [snipping]
[panting] Is he okay? Is he okay?
"She." It's a girl, Doc.
She?
[baby crying]
[hopeful music playing]
[baby cooing]
[midwife] She's beautiful.
She's perfect.
[softly] Hey.
- [baby crying]
- Hi.
[laughing] Hi.
Hi.
[breathing heavily]
[hopeful music continues playing]
Hi.
[Cal] Hey, you see this?
They're leaving 'cause
there's nothing else to do in here.
- [baby fussing]
- Baby's okay. Everything's okay.
[Luisa] Hi.
- [Cal] Aw.
- Hi.
[Cal] Built to survive.
[Luisa] Hi. [laughing]
[baby crying]
[groaning, winces]
- [Xavier] Hey, hey, hey.
- [Marie] Okay.
- [Annie groaning]
- [baby crying]
- [Xavier] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [squelching]
- [Annie groaning]
- [Marie] You're okay.
You're okay.
[exhaling sharply]
- [Annie grunting]
- [Xavier] Easy.
[Annie] Placenta? The blood [panting]
W-What is it? What's happening?
The placenta won't come out
and the bleeding won't stop.
So, what do we do?
- [Annie breathing heavily]
- [baby crying]
What do we do? What can we do?
[Annie groaning]
Nothing, there's there's
noth nothing we can do.
There's nothing we can do.
[breathing heavily]
No! Oh!
- [midwife] Okay.
- Stop, please.
[Annie gasping, shouting]
Stop, please stop, please stop,
- please stop, please stop.
- [baby crying]
- [Xavier] What do we do?
- I said stop!
St [breathing heavily]
I said stop. [panting]
Stop
[breathing heavily]
[Annie] It's okay.
- [Xavier] Hey. Hey, Doc.
- [Annie groaning]
No, I knew.
I I knew, I knew.
I knew.
It's okay.
You alright?
[Annie panting]
It's f-for her.
["Can’t Help Falling In Love"
by Ingrid Michaelson playing]
- [grunting]
- You alright?
- Xavier.
- Yeah?
[grunting] Give this to her.
- What?
- When she's old enough.
- Annie, what are you doing?
- Xavier.
- Hey, can you come back over here, please?
- Xavier, listen to me.
- Can you keep going? We got
- Xavier.
Find the you
[exhales sharply]
[groaning] It has to be you.
Find her father.
He was leading a group to
to the bunker to start the world.
You will not let her be afraid of people.
[groaning weakly]
Promise me, Xavier.
Take my hand ♪
And take ♪
This is your holy charge.
my whole life too ♪
'Cause I cant help ♪
- Okay?
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- [Annie breathing heavily]
- Falling in love ♪
With you ♪
- [baby fussing]
- Ooh.
[Annie] [weakly] I'm not scared anymore.
Darling, so it goes ♪
Some things ♪
[gasping]
Are meant to be ♪
So won't you please just ♪
It's okay, Doc.
Take ♪
It's okay.
- My my
- My hand ♪
[baby crying]
And take my whole life too ♪
[gasps]
[whispering weakly] It's okay.
- 'Cause I can't help ♪
- You're okay.
- [gasping, shallow breathing]
- Falling in love ♪
In love with you ♪
[gasping breaths weakening]
- [breathing stops]
- [music stops]
[baby crying]
[baby fussing]
[whispering] Okay, Doc. [sniffling]
[kiss smacks]
[birdsong]
[somber music playing]
[Gordon] Did you know
anything else about her?
Last name, year she was born?
We didn't know each other that long.
Tried to give everyone
we found out there some dignity.
Some grace.
[baby fussing softly]
- [baby continues fussing]
- Hey.
[baby crying]
[whispering] Okay. Come here.
Come here.
[somber music continues playing]
[people chattering softly]
These are good.
Alright.
Come on, let's go.
Goddammit, I said let's go.
[rope dropping]
[chickens clucking]
What did you do before all this?
[chuckles softly]
Chemistry teacher, high school.
But, uh
then the world went ass over teakettle,
and I realized that there
was a real deficit of people
willing to get their hands dirty.
- [chickens clucking]
- We could take the baby.
We don't have much,
but we could find a way.
[horse blowing softly]
It's a promise I can't break.
Babies are built to survive.
They're resilient.
They've been found
in the rubble of earthquakes
three days after the fact,
alive and well.
[chicken clucks]
The night before Annie died,
she was telling me
about this storm she saw.
[lighter clicking]
And the last few nights,
I can't stop thinking about it.
She said she was afraid
of what storms will come.
That's how she put it.
- "What storms will come."
- [Marie] Mm.
[exhales]
I've been doing a lot of reading
these past few years.
[chuckles softly] I read this one book
where 72,000 years ago,
there was this volcano
that went off in Sumatra.
Drove the human population
of the entire planet
- down to just 1,000 people.
- [Xavier] Hm.
So you, me, everyone we have ever met
we are all descended
from that same 1,000 people
who just happened to survive.
I think my wife and I had
about a quarter of that number
- at our wedding alone.
- [Marie laughing]
Wild to think about, huh?
At least that time,
it wasn't our own fuckin' fault.
Yeah, I I look at Tony sometimes
and I think
I cannot goddamn believe I'm his grandma.
It seems like just yesterday
I was sneaking off
under the bleachers at the football games
trying to get laid
with my first boyfriend.
[exhales sharply] Now
here I am, an old woman
looking after a snotty little boy
with my same eyes
wondering what he'll have
to live through.
And it all happened just like
[snaps fingers]
[sighs] We all forget
how close we are in time.
How quickly our sins
become our children's burdens.
You should give that thing a test drive.
[chickens clucking]
[baby crying]
[shushing]
It's okay. Come on, now.
[shushing]
[baby continues fussing and crying]
Oh, how the hell am I gonna do this?
Come on. [shushing]
Hey.
[baby continues crying]
[horse sniffing]
[hopeful music playing]
[goats bleating]
[knocking]
Hi.
- Hi.
- My name
I'm Samantha Redmond.
Of course.
I mean, I know who you are. [chuckles]
- Uh, how can I help you?
- I brought
Oh, thank you.
I know it's just a choking hazard now,
but trust me, when he gets
a little older, he's gonna love them.
Thank you. Everybody's been so kind.
Of course. Of course.
I just wanted to come by
and say congratulations.
And if you ever need anything at all,
please don't hesitate to reach out.
[baby cooing]
[chuckles]
What did you end up naming him?
[Luisa] Oh! [chuckles]
This is Calvin.
[both chuckle]
Hi, Calvin. Is he sleeping well?
My son Dylan was a terrible sleeper.
[Luisa] Oh, he sleeps like a dream.
I, however, have not slept
since he was born.
- [inhales sharply]
- [Luisa] Yeah.
You wouldn't by any chance mind
- Does he need to be fed?
- Yeah.
And burped and and changed.
Yes, I would I
Yes, why don't you lie down?
I'd be happy to take him
for an hour or two.
- Yeah?
- Yes.
[sighs]
- Hi.
- Here we go.
- Hi, Calvin.
- Hi, baby.
- [Calvin crying]
- Oh, I bet. I bet.
- [Luisa shushing]
- [Sinatra] Who is this?
[Sinatra chuckles]
[gasps]
Boy, you really are gorgeous.
Can I tell you a secret, gorgeous boy?
Something no one else knows down here?
Someday, you're gonna see the real sky.
You'll feel how warm
the sun can be on your skin.
You'll know what the moon
looks like in all its phases.
You'll see how the constellations
travel across the sky at night.
I swear, Calvin.
I have a plan.
For you.
For all of us.
Someday, you'll see real stars.
[fire crackling softly]
[insects chirring]
[Annie] Hello, darling.
If you're reading this, I'm sorry
that we never got the chance to meet.
I don't know how old you'll be,
or who you'll be with.
All I know is that you were born
into a hard world.
And I hope you can feel
the love that I have for you.
Especially in your darkest moments
and the longest nights.
There are good people in this world.
There always have been
and there always will be.
I trust that you've become one of them.
I trust that love
travels across death, across time.
That it bridges impossible distances
and binds people
who've never known each other.
[dramatic music playing]
I will always imagine you grown,
and brave, and beautiful.
I love you so much, my beautiful baby.
Love, your mama.
You must be Xavier.
- Oh hey.
- Who are you?
I'm a friend of your wife's.
I'm a friend of Teri's.
- Where is she?
- Easy.
- Is she here?
- Oh
She sent a radio broadcast from here,
so where the hell is she?
How the fuck do you know my wife?
How do I know your wife?
For the last three years, Teri has been
my best friend, my partner
closest thing I have to a sister.
- [baby crying]
- She's my favorite person left
in this godforsaken world.
And she's been taken from me.
So, that's how I know your wife.
[baby continues crying]
[shushing]
[dramatic music playing]
[fanfare playing]