Paradise

Xavier, will you ever be able to forgive me

for what happened?

I got the gig for another four years until I get to retire somewhere beautiful.

Unless, of course, somebody shoots me first.

Wildcat is down. It's a code red.

Someone had to know a lot. Someone had to have a lot of access.

I was wondering where you were, Agent Robinson.

Oh, I'm right here, Agent Collins,

The First Lady who will take the kid and leave me the second I'm out of office.

I know, you're not wrong, Xavier.

What's in here will definitely kill me.

Agent Collins, you're about to be entrusted

with top-secret information.

It's a fancy way of saying that's the most important box in the world.

We are preparing for a massive catastrophe

that could cause an extinction-level event for humanity

in the very real future.

Hi, everyone. Thank you for joining me here.

Thank you for signing the various NDAs.

I know it's all been a bit cloak and dagger,

and for that, I apologize.

Also for the shitty coffee.

I know some of you have traveled in from all over the country,

and I know you've been asked

not to exchange pleasantries or introductions.

I know it's weird.

The people in this room are some of the country's preeminent minds

in multiple fields.

If you're in this room, it's because you're extremely special.

And you're about to be entrusted with something massive.

If you'll follow me.

My husband's a terrible flyer.

I met him at a bar almost 10 years ago.

Totally random. Love at first sight type of thing.

If I had known he was such a wimp in the air,

I might not have given him a chance.

If it makes you feel any better, this plane cost me $250 million.

I didn't spend 250 mil on a plane so it could crash.

And nobody ever does.

So, you're the guy who builds cities?

I'm the founder of an architecture and urban planning firm,

expressing a new architectural language

focused on the needs of self-sustaining communities.

- Can I toss a hypothetical at you? - It's your plane.

If I gave you unlimited resources,

resources gathered by a few friends

and business acquaintances, in my situation.

If I told you to design me an underground city,

something that could safely weather anything

from a nuclear blast to environmental catastrophe,

if I told you I wanted you to make it feel

like Anywhere, USA, a city for 25,000 people

that felt like any city up here, a city with cars,

and cell phones, and trees, what would you say?

Well, first, I'd, uh, laugh.

- Okay, and then? - Well, then I'd... I'd laugh again.

Then, I'd... I'd tell you it's impossible.

You know, I mean, 25,000 people...

I mean, you-you- you'd have to have a space

the size of, like, uh, Toledo.

So, there's no amount of money

that would allow you to excavate a space so large

that an underground space would actually feel like...

well, like Toledo. It's not possible.

Of course.

This is what I've been told.

If you have to tinkle, now's the time.

We'll be landing shortly.

Build me my city.

I know, me again.

It didn't work at the grocery store again.

I get it. We can take care of that.

Hi. You have champagne by the glass?

I've got white wine. I can give you a straw if you want.

- You can blow bubbles in it. - No, thank you.

- White wine is fine. - Ah.

No straw. Thank you.

- - Celebrating?

Something like that.

Mysterious. That's cool.

Thank you.

- Yeah. Thanks. - Okay.

I just sold my startup.

Oh yeah? Congrats.

- You're not impressed? - We're in San Francisco.

Half this bar probably just sold their startups.

It's a cloud storage startup. Demesne?

- Oh. - You've probably read about it.

Nah, I'm more of an analog guy.

But good for you. Sounds like a big deal.

Yeah, well, if the...

stock moves the way I think it will,

next year, this time, I'll be worth...

$14 billion.

I just became the richest self-made woman in the world.

Sorry, I don't know why I told you that.

I think I just kind of needed to say it out... out loud.

No, I get it.

Yeah, I...

Actually, I'm celebrating too.

- You are? - Yeah.

My softball team won the championship tonight.

Whoa!

It's fast-pitch softball.

Well, I'm actually gonna be worth 34 billion, not 14 billion.

I don't know why I lied.

It was slow-pitch softball.

I lied because I was hoping you'd wanna have sex with me.

- Oh! - What was your excuse?

You are gonna completely fuck up my life plan, aren't you?

I guess it depends on what your life plan is.

- -

I'm here.

I'm here, babe.

I'm here.

- I'm here, babe. -

- - Can you hear me?

Are you still there, Xavier?

I'm here. I'm here.

- -

- -

Hey, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter.

- Swing, batter, batter. -

You see what I'm doing there? This is pancake batter.

It's very funny. It plays on a lot of levels.

- Robinson loves it. - Agent Pace, enough.

She's playing it cool right now,

but I'm telling you, she thinks I'm a hoot.

Alright, watch this. Here we go.

And a fastball right across the middle, and...

- Hey! - Whoo!

And the crowd goes wild as the batter touches the plate.

Agent Collins, I'm gonna need you to come with me.

Go on.

I came to help the kids get to school,

and I had Pres pack the lunches

so they'll have nutrients, or whatever.

Nothing to worry about, gang. Everything's fine.

Uh, go get your backpacks ready for school, please.

Nobody knows what happened yet.

And the people who do, they're in an absolute fucking frenzy.

So...

do you have a suspect?

Have you found the murder weapon?

Did you collect any samples for DNA?

Agent Robinson, do you have any matches on DNA?

Jesus, Collins. No.

No prime suspects.

Dad and the ex-wife alibied out.

No weapon.

Brooks and Rainey are digging through the trash

and they're pissy about it.

Autopsy's tomorrow.

And yes, of course, we ran the DNA.