Paradise

We cannot divulge specifics, but what we can tell you

is that we are preparing for a massive catastrophe

that could cause an extinction-level event for humanity

in the very near, very real future.

Listen, I know this all sounds pretty far-fetched.

But you know when it won't seem far-fetched?

In less than a decade, when a tsunami

plunges the entire eastern seaboard of the United States underwater.

Marsha, you wanna come in here?

Xavier's gonna take me on a little walk.

The minute Versailles is called, you record the speech,

we're escorted down, wait for confirmation

of the safest route to Joint Base Andrews, then we're out.

Collins, I think it's time you put your foot down with your wife.

Trips to Atlanta are not as risk-free as they used to be.

My wife hasn't listened to me for 20 years, sir.

I guess we'll just have to go pick her up from there.

Don't go.

I love you, baby.

See you in 10 days.

Your wife is alive out there, Xavier.

And if you stop all this nonsense...

I can help you find her.

And now, Bill Roberts reporting from the United Nations.

The curtain goes up in what is hoped to be the final act

of the nearly two-week-long drama that is the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Today, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson

addressed the United Nations Security Council.

This resolution calls as an interim measure

under Article 40 of the charter for the immediate dismantling

and withdrawal from Cuba of all missile and other offensive weapons.

Leaders around the world rejoiced as a peaceful solution...

I didn't know you'd come home.

We got intelligence an hour ago.

The Soviet sub that was loaded with nukes was out of contact with Moscow.

The one that turned around?

Apparently, its last orders were to launch all missiles if cornered.

The captain made the decision not to, on his own.

Jesus.

It's gonna happen again, Miriam. It's goddamn inevitable.

What if the wrong person's at the controls next time?

What if the wrong person decides not to turn around?

You're tired.

Come to bed.

You can't save the world tonight.

Okay. Okay.

Didn't you hear what I said?

- Your wife is alive. - Bullshit.

I'm not playing your games.

- It's not bullshit, Agent Collins. - Everything was destroyed.

It's a nuclear winter out there.

Which is exactly what we thought, initially.

The expedition, the four that didn't return.

They didn't die because of the environment.

They died because they were bringing a survivor back to the bunker.

Which I ordered them not to do, by the way.

And it was gonna open a whole can of worms,

and so I had to take care of them.

My God, could I sound any more like a Bond villain?

I swear I'm not a monster.

Interesting how people who swear they aren't monsters usually are.

The expedition set up shortwave transmitters

so that we could communicate while they were outside.

Transmitters are still active, and I've been listening.

My name is Cameron Middleton

of Zanesville, Ohio.

If Carla or Joseph Middleton are listening,

please tell them I'm headed for the Colorado Bunker Com--

Looking for safe passages to Colorado.

Western Kansas is irradiated.

Forming a community south of Paso Robles.

If you're listening, several members plan to set up camp there.

People are alive.

And they're looking for us, and I believe your wife is one of them.

Don't... Don't you fucking dare.

She was in Atlanta, it was a direct hit. It was unsurvivable.

The president did something that day, Agent Collins.

- Something you don't know about. - Not true, I was with him.

I was with him that whole fucking horrible day.

- You don't know everything that happened. - I was there!

I was there.

This is our continuing coverage of the situation

that started in Antarctica and is causing unprecedented destruction

and chaos around the globe.

Here's what we do know right now. Just over three hours ago,

what scientists are calling a massive mega-caldera,

or super volcano, erupted under the Antarctic ice sheet,

expelling millions of tons of ash into the atmosphere.

The force of the explosion shattered large portions

of the ice shelf, instantly melting trillions of gallons of water

and triggering a tsunami that is hurdling northward

at nearly 600 miles an hour.

Most disturbingly, some reports...

...indicate the wave may be as high as 300 feet.

In an unprecedented move,

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

has put all coastal areas of the United States on a tsunami watch

with estimated landfall at Key West in two hours,

and the nation's capital in five.

- Xavier? - Adding to the chaos

and the confusion is a stock market in freefall...

Xavier, did you hear that? D.C. in five hours.

Nationwide cell phone and internet outages...

- Xavier. - Hm?

...as networks are overrun...

Are you guys here because of this?

Why are you two stationed outside the cabinet room door?

Don't ask me, ma'am. This is my third day here.

Uh, is this not normal, sir?

Marsha, we're just doing what we're told. I have no additional information.

- That's Melbourne? - The death toll

-is expected to be in the hundreds... - Nancy's family lives there.

Ashbridge Preparatory.

Can you give me 20 seconds?

Hi, Denise, this is Xavier Collins again. I'm just calling to reiterate--

- We're a little busy, Xavier. - No, I know. I know.

But how important it is that James and Presley stay near Jeremy Bradford.

- You told me this before. - I know. I'm sorry.

But someone will be coming to get them.

You know, actually, if you could just give them their phones so I could talk.

- Calls keep dropping. - Goodbye, Mr. Collins.

Fuck!

And what is especially alarming...

- Xavier, talk to me. - Hm.

What do you know? The cabinet gathered

like there's some kind of plan in motion, and I heard the word "Versailles."

Marsha, I swear I would tell you.

I mean, do I need to pick Edward up from daycare?

He's got health issues.

Talk to him.

The-- the president, I have been with him since his Senate campaign.

- Edward can't be left alone, okay? - I will talk to him.

I will tell you everything that I find out.

Out of the way. VP coming through.

- Classified! - Sorry, sir.

Mr. Vice President, I need a moment with the president

- if you don't-- - You're kidding me.

...communication with our--

Russia's gone dark. Completely dark.

Thank you, Henry, we know. Why don't you have a seat?

Take a breather, and maybe a Valium.

Joint Chiefs were just walking us through it.

- General Curtleigh. - Yes, sir.

As the vice president noted, Russia isn't picking up the red line.

We're still trying to confirm

if the Svoboda Group coup d'etat was successful.

- Indications are that it was. - CIA can confirm that.

We also have confirmations of troop mobilization

to the Chinese border along the Argun and Amur Rivers

and Western Mongolia.

It feels like they're setting up for a land grab, sir.

And since we don't know all the players except for the Svoboda Group leader--

Cherkin. Unpredictable.

- Ruthless. - Which I was about to say.

It is the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

that we move to DEFCON 3.

This will set the Air Force readiness envelope to 15 minutes.

Christ. Okay, anything else?

The UN Security Council is convening in two hours.

NATO countries have been reaching out.

Two hours. We lose Florida in two hours!

I've said that before, but it was about the electoral college.

Okay.

I mean, how bad is it?

I wanna know. I mean, I know it's bad.

But honestly, is this it? Is it?

Half the world leaders we're talking to

say it's the end of the world, the others don't.

The Tories in England say the volcano's too far away

for them to be affected by it, and they live on a fucking island.

It will most certainly affect them, sir.

This appears to be it, Mr. President. It's what we've been preparing for.

What about Australia? Anyone on the horn with Melbourne?

I can't get anything.

Melbourne is gone. Sorry, Henry.

Nancy's entire family.

As is Sydney. All coastal cities.

New Zealand, gone.

Argentina, apart from the mountain regions, effectively gone.

Chile, South Africa. Need I go on?

- We need to make the call. - Okay, where are my nerds?

Scientists, come on, step to.

You said we'd have warning!

Days or weeks, if this was the real thing.

What the fuck happened?

Mr. President, we thought we'd have warning,

but this happened faster than the worst-case scenario

- in all of our modeling. - Bunch of bullshit.

- Come on. - We calculated that there'd be 10 days

from first seismic activity to eruption,

but we had minutes.

- Sir! - We are not making the wrong call here.

Move us to DEFCON 3.

Around the horn, go or no go for Versailles.

- Joint Chiefs. - Go.

- Homeland Security. - Go.

Jesus Christ, we know our fucking titles, just give me your answers.

Go.

Okay.

I'm calling Versailles.