Silo (2023) s03e09 Episode Script

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[METAL RATTLING]
[WORKER STRAINING, GROANING]
Buddy, I'm gonna have to
charge you double for that.
And if it turns out you're
carrying tools, it's triple
That should more than cover it.
Appreciate the ride, Ossie.
Chad, Jo. You're both looking well.
I'm guessing she's expecting me.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Bernard.
Camille.
What do you want?
[THE ALGORITHM] Bernard
Holland. Why are you here?
I know drugs are in the water,
and that you have Juliette.
I'm here to ask for her release.
And for you to turn off the vitamin D+.
And why would I do that?
Because in return
I'm giving you the gift of narrative,
which you need right now.
Word is spreading out of Mechanical
that you brainwashed Juliette.
I can save you from a rebellion.
Is that true?
[THE ALGORITHM] Social harmony
remains well below Mayor Jahns's tenure.
Even below Mr. Holland's brief term.
People are easily manipulated.
All they need is someone worse,
and I will be that person for you.
You tell them that I killed Meadows.
You can also say that I ordered
the deaths of Jahns and Marnes,
and that I lied about
Juliette wanting to go out.
Blame the unrest of the
past few months on me.
None of it would be a lie.
I was following orders,
just like you are.
And what happens after that?
Rehabilitate me to show what
a merciful leader you are
far more than I ever was.
Then I will live my days out quietly.
Go ahead. Run the numbers.
[THE ALGORITHM] The difference
in outcomes is negligible.
On the other hand,
if we present the narrative
you've suggested,
then send you outside to clean,
and maintain the original
plan with Juliette Nichols
and the vitamin D+,
the Silo actually benefits.
That can't be right.
You're missing something.
People want redemption stories.
Redemption is the commonality
in all the great myths,
the major religions.
[THE ALGORITHM] Not only
have you miscalculated,
you have also failed to realize
that you have no leverage.
You are already in custody,
and you remain deeply unpopular
with 89% of the population.
You're gonna take everything from
me after I've given my life to you?
[THE ALGORITHM] Goodbye, Bernard.
You're not an omniscient, are you?
If you were actually omniscient,
you wouldn't have led
us here to begin with.
You wouldn't need to erase
everyone's memories or kill so many.
You don't know much more
than I do, do you?
[THE ALGORITHM] Goodbye, Bernard.
Did that turn out the way you expected?
Yes.
It's been the same voice for
the entire time I served.
But I've never heard it end a
conversation like that. Have you?
- No, but I also don't provoke it.
- Exactly.
It wanted to stop talking because
of annoyance, frustration, anger.
Rather unmachine-like characteristics,
wouldn't you say?
One time, not long ago
it was strange.
It consoled me.
And you wondered whether it was human.
How would that be possible?
Someone whose voice hasn't
changed all these years
and is always available to talk.
Same voice.
Perhaps not the same person.
I know one thing about a person.
A person can be defeated.
[CAMILLE] Good morning, citizens.
I have important news.
Former interim mayor and
head of IT, Bernard Holland,
has been found alive.
[CITIZENS MURMURING, CLAMORING]
For all his crimes against the Silo,
he has been sentenced by the
judge to clean at noon today.
Please make plans to attend the
viewing in the nearest cafeteria.
As always, be courteous
and safe on the stairs.
Thank you.
[HANK] Sheriff!
[SIGHS]
- Did you hear that?
- Yeah.
Then you know I can't stay.
I just need 5 minutes.
[ON RADIO] Deputy Jerry
for Sheriff Billings.
Don't answer that. Not yet, please.
I had that door reinforced.
So whatever you're doing, just
you should save your energy.
But if we hit the joints
at the same time,
maybe we can weaken the hinges, right?
Even if you got out, that
hallway is full of raiders.
Okay, okay. So, that's it?
Well, the only way it ends differently
is if my wife stops taking orders
from that fucking screen.
I don't even know who she is right now.
[SIGHS]
[MARTHA] So, there's so
much we have to tell you,
and we will, but since
your time is limited,
I'm gonna start with where
we are this morning.
[SIGHS] Bernard Holland offered
himself up to clean as a distraction.
For what?
I'll come to that.
Knox tells me we can only
do what we need to do
if we use something that you discovered.
- You told her?
- No.
Even my own wife wouldn't tell me.
Not my call.
And I didn't tell Shirl.
Because [SCOFFS]
this is such a big
violation of the Pact.
You have to be the one to show them.
What is it you want me to do?
Well, to start, we have to get
into water filtration on 55.
[DOOR OPENS]
Nichols, up.
- She's still mayor, Chad.
- Get up.
It's okay. I'm going.
[WHISPERS] It's okay.
[CHAD] Hold it there. Hands.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[KNOX, PAUL STRAIN, GRUNT]
Go ahead. We've already seen it.
[TEDDY] What the fuck?
I heard you weren't much of a drinker,
so I had these portered
down from your office.
I didn't think you'd mind.
Sure.
Do you
Some water then?
So why am I here?
Sit.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Did your friends tell you what
happened during the rebellion?
I got the highlights.
Did they tell you Bernard
tried to starve them out?
Stopped all food deliveries
to the Down Deep?
Even had one of the kitchen
workers poison the pantry.
I helped the rebels move
the barricade up ten floors
so they'd have a farm.
Your friends would have died,
and their rebellion would have
been over if it wasn't for me.
And then they only won
because Robert and I got the
support of the sheriff's deputies.
Well, I'm sure you had your reasons.
Bernard couldn't be trusted anymore.
So I went against my orders, against
the Pact, to do what was right.
[CHUCKLES]
[SMACKS LIPS]
I know Bernard didn't die.
In fact, we have him now.
He's going out to clean at noon today.
You will preside as mayor.
Oh, he turned himself in.
And I presume he was hiding
down with your friends?
Is that why I'm here?
You want me to confirm that?
No, not at all.
No, I-I asked you here because
I want us to work together.
[CHUCKLES]
I think, um, I'll take one of those now.
[CHUCKLES]
Look, what's happening with the
water is an extreme measure,
but I don't have any other
choice at this point.
People know too much.
Look,
they're starting to ask questions,
in large part because of you.
Questions that can,
and will, get us killed.
[SNIFFLES] Fucking hell.
People like that?
After half a glass,
you don't really care.
You put drugs in the water.
Do you have any idea
- what that's going to lead to when
- It will no doubt be painful,
as it was 140 years ago.
No, the forgetting won't be painful.
The consequences are.
Hundreds of people
jumped off the stairs.
Children starved to death 'cause
their parents forgot to feed them.
Okay, I know. And this
is where you come in.
You and a person from each department.
Wow.
'Cause you need us to train everyone
to function as a society
again, is that it?
And then what?
You and the other representatives
will need to forget as well.
Right.
But not not you.
Someone has to ensure the
transition is successful.
Of course. And why wouldn't
that be you, Camille?
Fuck you.
I'll have my memories, yeah.
But I'll be alone in that.
- Oh.
- Each day Look at me.
Each day until everything is reset,
I'll have to remind my son who I am
and hope he believes me.
Or that there's enough
of him left to remember.
[ON RADIO] Emerson for Camille Sims.
Yes, what what is it?
A lot of people are heading up.
Yeah, we're expecting that, Emerson.
Everyone wants to see
Bernard Holland die.
No, I think it's something else.
There's a couple hundred
following the two from Mechanical
who led the rebellion.
And another group not moving,
ten levels up on 55.
Do not let them get to water filtration.
Copy that.
[CITIZENS CLAMORING]
[CHANTING] Let us through!
Let us through!
Let us through!
Hey! Hey!
You know what's in the water.
Step aside and none of your people
have to end up in Medical.
Go home.
You fuck this up
and I will throw every single one
of your friends over the side.
They wanna wipe our memories.
That goes for you too.
Ready your weapons!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, hey!
Let's do this another day.
We've made our point.
No! Let us through!
[CITIZENS CHANTING] Let us through!
Let us through! Let us through.
[JULIETTE] Hey! Stop!
Just put your weapons down. Now.
Just go home.
They put drugs in the water.
It's not true.
It's vitamin D.
Just go home.
Go.
You heard her. Let's go. Let's go.
Well done.
Your friends get to live another day.
Watch her.
[SIGHS] Good job holding the line.
Out of precaution,
I need you all to stay here
until after the cleaning.
Wait.
Is it true?
About the water.
Absolutely not.
No, it's just another Down
Deep conspiracy theory.
This is amazing.
Feels like my stomach's in my ass.
Wait. You never rode this?
- No.
- [ELEVATOR RATTLES]
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, and I was shit-faced
when I designed it.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [SIGHS] Yeah, fantastic.
People obey you even
when they don't agree.
That will be useful in the transition.
Yeah, I'm not gonna help you.
And even if I did, you'd
kill me anyway, so
- You're right.
- So that's your plan?
You're just gonna get rid
of anyone who helps you?
No, just you.
You're still pissed off
I went into your home.
I let you go, remember?
No.
I didn't remember, but I do now.
Even if we take your memories again,
I have no doubt you and I
would still find our way back
to this exact same moment
- because you don't ever quit.
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
Check her left sleeve.
So, yes, you'll die.
Everyone else gets to live.
I'll even make sure you're
remembered as a hero.
Fuck you.
Get her ready for the cleaning.
Bring my husband to our apartment.
[CITIZENS CHATTERING]
[GRUNTS]
Shirl, this is I forget
what he goes by now.
Gone back to Gus.
Who's this?
Shirley. I've heard about you.
Oh, yeah?
Whatever you heard from him
[CHUCKLES] he's not wrong.
Come on. Let's go.
I know you're upset with me
for keeping Bernard alive.
It wasn't an easy choice.
Camille, I love you more than you know.
But I also love our son.
And you were asking me to go
along with taking his memories.
Who will he be after that?
Who would we be?
I have no regrets.
You talk about protecting our son,
but you and Bernard put
every single person at risk.
Before long all Anthony will know
about you is what I tell him.
Bring him up in 15 minutes.
I'm not taking a chance.
You'll go out without a suit.
You can't do that. You know
that's against the Pact.
It's actually not. And a suit
wouldn't change much anyway.
[CHAD] Ma'am, the sheriff is here.
Did you actually say you wanna go out
or did some asshole pretend to hear it?
[CHUCKLES]
- You've drawn a record-size crowd.
- [CHUCKLES]
- I said that to you, didn't I?
- Yeah.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
In my case,
it's the perk of being hated
by every man, woman, child,
and sanctioned pet.
Why did you turn yourself in?
[WHISPERS] To give Walker and
your friends a distraction.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Bernard. Camille forced me to
send Knox and Shirley away.
She had guns pointed at them.
She was gonna kill them. I had
no choice. It It didn't work.
But it's not over.
You're being sent out to die.
- Juliette.
- No. I'm still the mayor.
Camille she wants me to help her
- Stop
- once the drugs set in, right?
So she wants me to be there.
She wants me to make a deal with her.
- And I said no. But maybe I can
- Stop! Please.
- You want to keep fighting?
- Yeah.
Good. Because I still am.
How is this fighting?
[WHISPERS] All eyes will be on me.
Three months ago, your friends
pulled off a rebellion in your name.
Since then I've seen who they are,
what they can do.
I was able to be a part of it.
I've never had that in my life.
The power that your people have.
What they're capable of
given an opportunity, given a chance.
My death is a chance.
They won't waste it.
Trust them.
It's not about not trusting them.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
But I could still find a way.
What choice do we have?
I don't
The most important thing I
can leave you with is this
that voice in the wall
I always thought it was a machine.
An entity of some kind.
A higher intelligence.
It's not.
Somewhere in Silo 1 is a person.
Flesh and blood.
No different or better than you or me.
A person deciding our fates.
[GASPS]
Turns out, after all this,
the wizard is nothing more
than a man behind a curtain.
And if that man were
in this room right now,
I'd kill him with my bare hands.
But I won't get that chance.
But you can stop them, Juliette.
You are the one their numbers missed.
I know you don't want to be a
leader, so you don't see this.
But you are more than a disrupter.
You are a unifier.
Your team proves that.
They believe in you.
And I believe in you. All of you.
And there's one last thing on my mind.
All the questions I won't see answered.
They all come down to just one question.
[DOOR OPENS]
Let's go.
[PAUL] We do not know why we are here.
We do not know who built the Silo.
We do not know why everything
outside the Silo is as it is.
We do not know when it
will be safe to go outside.
We only know that day is not this day.
Do you have any last words?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[CITIZENS CHATTERING]
Why isn't he wearing a suit?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GRUNTING]
[SNIFFS, COUGHS]
[PANTING]
[PANTING]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
You know Bernard said that, um,
everything that we don't
know about the silos
can be answered in one question.
And I think it's as simple as, "Why?"
We keep asking the same
questions over and over again.
Why were the silos built?
Why do people have to go into them?
Why Why couldn't the silos
communicate with each other, right?
And if the Founders
cared so fucking much,
why would they put in a Safeguard
to be able to kill us?
Maybe we aren't meant
to know the answers.
Why?
- [RUMBLING]
- [CLATTERING]
[CITIZENS SHOUTING, EXCLAIMING]
Everybody Everybody stay calm.
We'll figure out what's going on.
Hey! Stay calm. You're safer here.
Take care of each other.
We're gonna figure it out.
You planned this.
No, I was in custody all day.
[ED] Fire in the hole.
[EXPLOSION]
- [LOUD RUMBLING]
- [CITIZENS SCREAMING]
[PAUL] Hey, hey. No, no. Don't leave.
Don't leave. Hey, listen to me.
Stay, stay.
The mines.
You
Fuck.
[PAUL] Stay calm! All right?
Your friends may have
just killed us all.
Move! Out of the way!
[HEARTBEAT THUMPING ON ULTRASOUND]
[DOCTOR] There's that beautiful head.
[DANIEL] There she is.
- [HELEN CHUCKLES]
- [DOCTOR] Everything looks healthy.
- You okay, there, chief?
- Yeah.
[SIGHS] It's just feeling so real now.
Now? Real Did-Did you hear? Real now?
[CHUCKLES] You give him
the constant peeing,
and the back pain and
leg cramps and swelling.
If I could, half the world would love me
- and the other half would hate me.
- [HELEN] Right.
- [HELEN CHUCKLES]
- Um [CHUCKLES] So can she fly?
You're almost at the cutoff point,
but this weekend should be fine.
Where are you off to?
Atlanta.
[CHUCKLING] The Stensen thing?
You won a golden ticket to the
chocolate factory? [CHUCKLES]
I had a few friends that applied
for that but couldn't get it.
Do you know him?
- We met him once.
- Hi?
We met him. We did.
Did you, uh, have to sign NDAs?
I mean, he's famous for
making people sign NDAs.
[HELEN] Charlotte?
- Hey.
- [CHARLOTTE] Hey. Oh, my God.
You're huge.
- [LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHS]
Is that not what I'm supposed to say?
- Only if I wasn't huge. Hi.
- [CHUCKLES] Hi.
- [CHARLOTTE] Oh. Hey.
- Hey.
[CHARLOTTE] Thanks for making the trip.
- Ah! There you are. Oh, you look great.
- [HELEN] Hey. [CHUCKLES]
- Thank you. Hi.
- Oh! Oh, it's so nice to see you.
Hey. Hey.
Well, I hope you guys like takeout.
Someone forgot to defrost the chicken.
You evil fucker.
- I did not say who that someone was.
- Okay.
- For you.
- Ah, thank you. That's so kind.
Come on in. Come on.
[ANNA LAUGHS] Oh.
Okay. How are the bridges in Portland?
[DANIEL] They're keeping me busy.
We're looking to retrofit the Burnside,
which is this-this beautiful
old Bascule bridge from 19
- [SNORES]
- Such an asshole.
- Such a dick. Unbelievable. [LAUGHS]
- [ANNA] Char, stop.
[LAUGHING]
And you? Driving a drone for
a trillionaire? How's that?
It's a job.
How is The Oregonian?
[SIGHS] Understaffed, budget
cuts, dwindling subscriptions.
The The usual.
And have you guys picked out a name yet?
- [HELEN GASPS]
- [ANNA] Aw
[CHARLOTTE] We've been
wondering. Come on.
[SIGHS] Um Daniel Keene II.
- [GROANS] Shut up. Wow.
- Come on.
- [HELEN] Do you like it? [LAUGHS]
- [CHARLOTTE] Shut up.
- [ANNA] Oh, Jesus.
- [CHARLOTTE] Wow.
How about you two?
Do you have any plans?
Oh.
Either way, you both look
really, really happy.
- Yeah. We are.
- [CHARLOTTE CHUCKLES] Mmm.
[DANIEL] Yeah.
I wish Mom and Dad could see you.
If they were alive right now
Hmm. They'd be clawing
frantically to get out.
to get out of their coffins.
- [GROANS] God.
- [GROANS] It's a sickness.
It's so dark.
- Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
- But I'm still I'm glad you came.
We, uh, almost didn't.
[ANNA] Really?
Daniel thinks your mom
is still mad at us.
- [DANIEL] Oh, that is not Uh, is she?
- Oh
You know, if she asks to speak with you,
it usually means she wants
to bury the hatchet. Right?
- [DANIEL SIGHS]
- [CHARLOTTE LAUGHS]
- [CHARLOTTE] Sure. Yeah.
- [ANNA LAUGHS] We'll never know.
How is everything? Are you
guys ready for the big unveiling?
Yeah, the light's finally
at the end of the tunnel.
Except it's not daylight,
it's a train! [LAUGHS]
[CHUCKLES]
- Oh, wait. No, no, I'm sorry.
- No, no, it's okay. [CHUCKLES]
No, tomorrow's gonna be amazing.
Your mom is gonna be thrilled.
And when it's all over, we can
finally go on a real honeymoon.
You get one extra museum
'cause I was mean.
Hmm. Could we go back like 30 seconds?
Yes.
- [ANNA] Hmm.
- You said I'm sorry.
Oh, very rare. [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah. I've never heard that.
- I never hear any apology.
- I mean, so rude.
- [ANNA] She doesn't do it ever.
- Rare?
- I haven't seen that before.
- [ANNA] It is.
- Right. Well, I'm not gonna apologize
when I shove this down your throat.
- I can do it. I'll do it.
- Take it. Take it.
- [HELEN] No.
- [DANIEL] No problem.
[CHARLOTTE] They're hot.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [CHARLOTTE] Great. [LAUGHS]
- [COUGHING]
- Ah. There it is.
[WATER RUNNING]
Oh, hey, hey, hey.
I'll do the rest. I'll do it.
Keene family rule.
Whoever makes dinner gets
the rest of the night off.
I drove to get takeout. Just let me.
You're afraid I'm gonna do it wrong?
[LAUGHS]
- Stepping away.
- Thank you.
All right.
I'm sorry we didn't make it
back when you were sick.
You sent enough flowers to
fill three funeral homes, so
Oh, God. That's not what we
Look, Helen was newly pregnant
and dealing with her dad.
Yeah. I could've come.
I don't I don't know.
Left her alone?
Even Char doesn't think you're
that much of an asshole. [LAUGHS]
[ANNA CLEARS THROAT]
Fought it before, fought it again.
And I had Char with me, and my mother,
and and and Henry. [CHUCKLES]
Oh, well, if Henry was there.
I have known Henry since
I was 12 years old.
He performs a very important service.
He, um, comes in after my
mother visits and, like,
sweeps up the emotional debris.
[LAUGHS]
Anyway, I'm fine now.
I'm grateful actually.
For Charlotte, I mean, not
the cancer. Fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
- [MUSIC ON RADIO PLAYING]
- [HELEN, CHARLOTTE LAUGH]
Hmm. You know, the day we were married,
I didn't think I could love her more.
And then this winter
Oof. [CHUCKLES]
And you know, it wasn't even that
she took care of me, which she did.
It was that, um
[CLICKS TONGUE]
So, when I was getting treatment,
she would go to the floor below
and see the kids in the chairs.
She's got some rough edges, your
sister, the Navy thing and all that.
- Oh, really.
- [CHUCKLES] She would, like
she would, like, try and rein it in,
but she would just wind
up swearing like a sailor.
"Fuck cancer and fuck
the horse it rode in on."
And the kids just, like, loved it.
[BOTH LAUGH]
And their parents loved it.
And then [GROANS]
Yeah, that's when I knew.
It was just, like
She is one tough lady, you know.
But, man, she's kind. She's so kind.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
It's wild. We're actually letting
people into the silos tomorrow.
And by people, you know,
I mean civilian swine, like you.
Oh, thank you. Got it. [CHUCKLES]
I'm just glad I finally
get to talk about it.
Yeah, I know. Those NDAs suck.
Sorry we couldn't tell you much.
It's fine.
Besides, signing those NDAs got
us the nicest home in West Slope.
- Got us this Craftsman in Morningside.
- Hmm.
It's been nuts last six months.
The second Anna's cancer
treatment was done,
I mean, she was back to
all silos all the time.
Have you heard of the Pact?
- Mm-mmm.
- Oh, my God. Okay.
So it's some crazy shit
she and Dr. C wrote.
- Who?
- Oh, Victor.
- Right.
- So, it is a book of rules
about how to live
underground for 500 years
without killing each other.
- 500 years?
- I know. I said it was crazy.
So is the fact that Stensen got the
silos operational in three years
and, I mean, well, people
are living there right now.
Not that I'm complaining.
Anna and me, we get to work together
and come back to this every night.
Kind of reminds me of
where Dan and I grew up.
You remember that?
I think so.
Sometimes it kind of feels like
someone else's story, but, um
Yeah, it's good enough.
Your husband wants to go.
Did he say it's past my bedtime?
- He did. [LAUGHS]
- Congressman.
- [LAUGHS]
- [GRUNTS]
[CHARLOTTE] Mmm.
Do you have time for breakfast tomorrow?
Sure.
I-I don't know. We-We might
have to go over early.
Oh, I thought everything
was figured out.
If you get, um, pecan sticky
buns from Star Market,
I'll do bacon and eggs.
- Sounds like a plan.
- [CHARLOTTE] Okay.
- Good night.
- [ANNA] Good night.
What are you?
Eighteen.
- I'm one.
- [CHIME SOUNDS]
- [PA ANNOUNCER] If you need assistance
- One.
see any representative
in a yellow jacket.
[HELEN] This way.
I'll walk ya.
[REPRESENTATIVE] Daniel, Helen.
- [HELEN] Hey.
- [DANIEL] Henry.
- It's been a long time.
- [HENRY] Congratulations.
- [HELEN CHUCKLES]
- You both are glowing.
Well, you are. I was
just being inclusive.
- [DANIEL CHUCKLES]
- Right. Thank you, Henry. [CHUCKLES]
We weren't sure you were gonna make it.
No, I had to see how it all turned out.
My advice is don't take the full tour.
It's a lot of stairs and no elevators.
I heard a rumor about that.
Something about people
getting enough exercise.
- Not my department.
- [DANIEL CHUCKLES]
So, hey, can I borrow Daniel?
The senator wants a word with him.
I'd love to see Charlotte.
She's at Silo 1 with
Anna and the senators.
- Well, can Helen come?
- Well
Uh, it's a pretty long walk.
- Yeah, no, uh
- Yeah?
you go see Charlotte.
I [CHUCKLES] I wanna take the tour.
[HENRY] They're gonna feed you in there.
- Great.
- And when you're done,
come on over to Silo 1.
And the senator's gonna make a speech.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
[LAUGHING] I know. I know, um,
she swears it's gonna be short.
There's music and fireworks later, so
- Okay.
- I'm gonna talk to the senator
- and come find you.
- [HELEN] Okay.
Okay.
Bye.
[CHIMES SOUNDS]
[PA ANNOUNCER]
Silo tour will begin shortly.
[GUIDE] If you were
told to come to Silo 18,
uh, then you're in the right place.
Uh, I'm Everett. I'm one of
your tour guides for today.
- Oh, Samantha.
- Yes?
Uh, you're assigned to 17,
which is just over there.
- Oh. Right.
- Mm-hmm.
Sorry. [CHUCKLES]
How did you know my name?
Augmented reality glasses.
They, uh They pull
up all of your info
from the RFID in your badge. [CHUCKLES]
Uh, what if we're using
someone else's badge?
Well, Helen, these also come
with facial recognition.
Uh, Rachel will take the next 20 people.
But, uh, if you're one of the ones
I greeted then follow me.
[RACHEL] All right. My group, over here.
[HELEN] Where are you from, Everett?
- Oh, um, Hoddesdon.
- Hoddesdon?
Well, um it's a small town
just outside of London
that even Londoners have never heard of.
[ATTENDEES CHATTERING]
- [CHIME SOUNDS]
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[PA ANNOUNCER] A reminder to our guests:
Please ensure you visit
- the correct silo number
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
as shown on your
identification badge.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
Daniel.
- Victor. Hi. Hey. [CHUCKLES]
- Daniel.
- How are you?
- Hi.
Victor, the senator
wants to talk to him.
- I'll get him there. Yeah.
- Okay. Thank you.
Charlotte tells me
you're gonna be a dad.
Yeah, I'm terrified. [LAUGHS]
Congrats. No, you're gonna be great.
- Thank you. I'll certainly try.
- Yeah.
Pretty impressive, huh?
It's more than I imagined.
Yeah, trying to figure out
how we pulled it off?
Maybe you're wondering
what it would've been
like if you said yes.
I made the right choice.
Of course you did.
But it is one of the biggest
engineering projects
in the history of the world.
Nothing wrong with thinking
about the road not taken.
[DANIEL] Mm-hmm.
We all do.
You know, for what it's
worth, could've used you.
You had plenty of great engineers.
Sure. But I always felt
that you had a gift
for seeing things other people missed.
I gotta say, I was a little surprised
when I heard you were
still on the project.
I thought, you know, a bunch
of holes in the ground
wouldn't exactly require your skills.
You know, I-I thought the same thing.
But the more I was here working
with Charlotte, the more I realized
that, you know, if these silos
were ever to be used,
it would be after a massive
traumatic event,
and a lot of people would need help.
I The more you dive into this
whole project, the more you
the more you see how much there is to do
when it comes to managing mass trauma.
Like the Pact.
[CHUCKLES] You heard about the Pact.
[CHUCKLES]
Charlotte told you, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
You and Anna writing a book about
how to live together for 500 years.
No. To be honest, AI wrote it.
We just did some editing.
And you know, hopefully,
we'll never have to find
out if we did a good job.
[DANIEL SCOFFS]
[EVERETT] Millions of people
from all around the world
applied to join the project.
And, uh, Dr. Stensen made it his
goal to have at least two people
from every country on Earth.
Two by two? This really is
Stensen's Ark, isn't it?
Okay.
This Silo was built to withstand
a 30 megaton nuclear explosion
as close as two miles.
Uh, these two big sliding
doors each weigh 25 tons
and can keep out particles
as small as 50 nanometers.
Okay, Ms. Helen?
How much did each Silo end up costing?
Dr. Stensen plans on releasing
official figures soon.
Are you one of the people who's been
living in here for the past year?
Just under a year, but yes. Yes, I am.
And you haven't gone insane?
Okay, well, this is it, folks.
You are about to enter a Silo.
- [CLAPPING]
- [LAUGHING] Yes.
Uh, and I can guarantee you one thing
whatever it is you think
you are gonna see,
you're not prepared.
Um, so follow me, uh, mind
your step, and, um, yeah
Oh, Helen, at the risk of
sounding overly protective,
would you take my arm?
Okay. Thank you.
It's this way.
[PERSON MUMBLING ON MIC]
You gotta show your badge.
- ["HERE COMES THE FLOOD" PLAYING]
- [PERSON] One, two.
- Hey, fellas.
- [DANIEL] Hi, how you doing?
Testing. Check. Let's go.
When the night shows ♪
The signals grow on radios ♪
All the strange things ♪
They come and go as early warnings ♪
Stranded starfish have ♪
No place to hide ♪
Still waiting ♪
For the swollen Easter tide ♪
There's no point in direction ♪
We cannot even choose a side ♪
- Is that Peter Gabriel? [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah. Yeah.
Here comes the flood ♪
We will say goodbye
to flesh and blood ♪
How much did that cost?
Nothing. He and his family
wanted to see inside a silo
- just like everybody else in the world.
- Which silo?
I think they're in 17.
It's the best one.
They're not all the same?
[CHUCKLES] No, they are.
[LAUGHS] It's a Silo joke.
- Never mind. Come on.
- Right. [CHUCKLES]
Dreamers, you're running dry ♪
That'll do. Thanks. [CLEARS THROAT]
[APPLAUSE]
Oh, but that was fabulous.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, my friend.
Oh, it was great.
Now, would you like to see Silo 17
before your performance tonight?
Daniel Keene, you are a sight
for these poor old eyes.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Being out of Washington
looks good on you.
Oh. Well, you look good
yourself, Senator.
- Hmm. Still a politician.
- [CHUCKLES]
Now, tell me, why is it I'd hear from
Anna about you being in town,
but you never stopped in for tea?
I knew you were busy.
I didn't wanna interrupt.
Well, you were right about that.
It took a fuckton of work to
get this all up and running.
- [DANIEL] I bet.
- There he is.
- I've got a bone to pick with you.
- Oh, yeah?
Really could've used you on this, man.
If we hadn't followed your
suggestion of 50 diggers,
we'd have been five
years behind schedule.
- Mm-hmm.
- Could've used that brain of yours
on all the other problems we had.
[THURMAN] Per and I
have to do a tech check.
Hey, will you stick around?
I-I wanna discuss something with you.
- Sure.
- [THURMAN] Thank you.
[ANNA] Daniel.
Hey.
I'm sorry about breakfast.
No, don't worry about it.
We'll do it tomorrow.
- Yeah, that'd be great.
- Everything okay?
Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah, yeah. Just
they wanted us here early, so
[DANIEL] Sure.
- Where's Charlotte?
- You know, I don't know.
The last I saw, she was in the
cafeteria finishing off a mocha.
So I guess she'll be out soon.
[THURMAN] Today, "my fellow Americans"
no longer seems adequate.
This project is meant
to safeguard all of us
regardless of color,
creed or nationhood.
So today, I say my fellow
people, all people
["CHOPSTICKS" PLAYING ON KEYBOARD]
Per? Hey, Per. Per.
You need to focus, okay?
This project is the pinnacle
of my long, and some might
say too long, career.
Anna, Anna.
Oh, um, not not long enough.
Yeah, honey, you leave me
hanging like that, I'm dead.
- Okay?
- Won't happen again.
But the reason I'm so proud
Let's speed this up
The reason I'm so proud of this project
is a culmination of
bipartisan cooperation,
American can-do, yada yada yada Okay.
This is government and
industry working together
on a level not seen since World War II.
This applause will last,
I don't know, five, ten seconds.
I'll start back up the third
time I raise my hand, okay?
One, two, three Now,
I'm not gonna take all the credit.
If we should thank anyone for
this magnificent undertaking,
it's this man right here.
A man whose genius still
exceeds his wealth.
Per Stensen. Just Come on.
You don't want the applause
dying before you get here.
Uh, I know some people think this
whole endeavor is a statement
on how we've given up on the future,
but that couldn't be
farther from the truth.
This is a project of hope
and the human spirit.
[THURMAN] Now, I know Per's already
dreaming up the next big thing,
building a spaceship
to carry explorers to the
nearest inhabitable star system.
Are you gonna have any dough left, Per?
Now if that gets a laugh,
just use it to cover your
cross back to the side.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- If it doesn't, stay put, all right?
Now, even if the silos are never needed,
and Lord hoping they won't be,
they will be continually occupied
as long as the many threats remain.
And they will be studied as
prototypes of sustainability
and resource management.
They will be studied as
prototypes of sustainability
and resource management.
Hey, what the fuck, Jeff?
Come on. We gotta do better
than ending the most
important speech of my life
with the words "resource
management," right?
[JEFF] I cleared this
with you yesterday.
[THURMAN] No. This goes here.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[ANNA] You okay? What's going on?
- Daniel?
- Huh?
I'm just gonna gonna take a second.
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[ATTENDEES CHATTERING]
[PANTING]
[GROANS, PANTS]
Hey, I'm getting a little, uh uh
I don't know worried.
Can you call me as soon as you can?
[HENRY] Daniel.
Hey, uh, give me a call when you can.
Daniel, you have to come back now.
- Where's 18?
- I'll take you there later.
[DANIEL SIGHS]
[RACHEL] I can guarantee you one thing,
no matter what it is you think you're
gonna see, you are not prepared.
Uh, ma'am? Ma'am,
it's time to head in for dinner.
Yeah, no. A hard pass.
[PANTING]
[HELEN, DISTORTED] Hey, where are you?
Uh, Silo 1. Top of the berm.
Yeah, can you get to that
raised area around your Silo?
- The signal might be better.
- Yeah, I'm almost there.
[PANTS] The Silo is so fucking weird.
It's so deep you can't see the bottom
and there really aren't
any fucking elevators.
- Where are you?
- Hel
I can't
I'm coming to 1, so just stay there.
No, no, no, no. No.
I'm-I'm coming to 18.
You're at 18? I can't
I can't see you.
I'm coming to 18. Just stay there.
Okay, okay. I can hear you.
I can hear you.
I got a text from Charlotte.
But I don't know.
I don't think she wrote it.
Who wrote it then?
I-I don't know.
[HELEN] I think I see you. Wave.
To your right. Look for the big red dot.
[SIGHS] Hey.
Hi, Congressman. [CHUCKLES]
[EXPLOSION]
- [RINGING]
- [DANIEL, DISTORTED GASPS]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTS]
[PANTS]
Daniel. [GASPS]
Helen. Helen!
- No. No!
- There's no point.
[DANIEL GRUNTING] No!
[THE ALGORITHM] Seek
shelter in the nearest Silo
as quickly as possible.
- [GRUNTING] Helen! Helen!
- [HENRY] Daniel!
Helen! No!
We're trying to save your life.
- Fuck! Run!
- [GRUNTS]