Blackout

-How was the roof? -The police are coming.

-The pigs! We have to get out. -Fuck.

-They've surrounded the school. -What now?

-I won't let them beat me up. -They're just waiting for an excuse.

-We'll beat them up. -Motherfuckers!

Oh my God.

Fuck.

No, stop it.

No! Oh my God!

Stop it! No!

Manzano!

-Manzano! -No!

-No! -Manzano!

Manzano.

Manzano.

Hey, Manzano.

That's your name, isn't it?

Pierre Manzano.

You were arrested 20 years ago in Genoa at the G8 summit, right?

With globalisation opponents and environmental activists.

THE HAGUE / EUROPOL

Talk and I may be able to help you.

If you don't, you may spend a long time in prison.

Do you understand?

We weren't arrested in Genoa, we were beaten up.

And your colleagues were convicted of police violence.

After that, your life was never the same again.

Did you manipulate the smart meters to trigger a blackout

as belated revenge?

I didn't manipulate them.

But you know how to. That's very specialist knowledge.

No one's listening to me. I told your colleague multiple times.

-Do it again. -It's my job, my work.

So that means you're in a position

to manipulate the meters?

Yes.

Lisa?

Marie?

Lisa, Marie?

15 HOURS WITHOUT POWER

Lisa?

Marie?

Lisa?

Marie?

Lisa?

Hello?

-Did you find anything? -No.

Are you certain the children were on the train?

Maybe they missed it.

My parents-in-law put them on the train.

If they hadn't, they'd have let me know.

We'll find them.

We'll do everything in our power.

You emptied the accounts of two prosecutors and a judge,

who were responsible for the acquittals in Genoa.

You donated the money to an anti-whaling organisation

and to an NGO called...

Orangutans Are Better People.

Manzano.

You haven't finished with the past.

Did you manipulate the smart meters to get revenge

on an unjust Italian justice system

with a Europe-wide blackout,

because it's the system's fault that you are now delivering pizzas?

Have you checked?

Are you 100 percent sure

that manipulated smart meters are the cause of the blackout?

I cannot discuss the investigation with you.

Right, good. Bravo.

I find a bug in my smart meter,

drive 155 miles to my power supplier to tell them.

But you suspect me and can't talk to me?

I think I've done my duty.

-And now I'll do my duty. -What do you want from me?

BOLZANO, MANZANO'S APARTMENT

BERLIN, INTERIOR MINISTRY

-Hi. -Hi.

-When did they wake you up? -4.40.

-Found the cause of the fluctuations? -No. You?

No, we can't explain it either.

-Morning. -Morning.

God.

Shit.

Stock exchanges are closed...

...dramatic double-digit losses occurred in New York...

Shelters are being set up in Scandinavia...

-And? -They've disappeared.

Police, train conductors, everyone's looking for them.

How will they contact you?

There's a dedicated line to the railway management.

Keep me informed. And Carmen, can you call my in-laws?

To check that Lisa and Marie were on the train.

Yes.

-What's new? -As we feared.

Huge problems in care homes and hospitals. Evacuations are being prepared.

And our crisis meeting with the electricity bosses?

No heating, and windows open beforehand.

-It was warmer outside than in here. -Definitely.

-Cold? -We've been waiting since...

Yes, while we have emergency power here,

the people are facing cold, darkness and water shortages.

Hundreds of thousands are stranded, parents searching for their children.

We've had no power for 17 hours. What is the problem?

We at the German Association of Energy and Water Industries

are aware of our responsibility to every one of our customers.

This is clearly a Europe-wide problem.

-We're working hard to find a solution. -I want reliable information.

When exactly will the power be back on?

We can't guarantee that basic service will be restored in the next few hours.

There are undefined problems with starting up the power stations.

Our reserves can't compensate for the fluctuations.

Counter trading measures don't help. The grid switches off automatically.

This means that we have a permanent and total failure of the power supply.

And we don't yet know what the cause is.

Are you awake?

Yes.

What's that?

There you are. Well, come on in. Welcome!

Would you like something to eat?

Come here.

Ms Michelsen, do you have a minute?

Why did you leave the CEOs waiting in the cold?

It won't happen again.

We have to declare a state of emergency.

-And inform the public. -We've talked about this.

The truth will come to light sooner or later, anyway.

Better later. That's the view of the interior minister and chancellor.

We wait till there's something positive to report.

Is this about the state elections in March?

I don't get it. There's a storm brewing and we're barely reacting?

That's what you do in a storm, you hunker down.

G8 COSTS A LIFE. HE WAS ARMED AND VIOLENT, SAYS THE POLICE

VOGT BUTCHERS

What does your mum do, then? What's her job?

She works for the government.

I'll go out and try to contact your mum.

You'll stay here and you'll promise me you won't get up to any mischief.

-Will you take us to her? -Can't we come with you?

It's far too dangerous out there.

You don't need to be scared. I'll lock the door.

European stock exchange trading is suspended.

Price slumps are expected.

In Stuttgart, Duisburg and Rostock,

there was looting and attacks on rescue workers.

To support police on the ground

we urgently need emergency generators.

The shortage of drinking water is leading to catastrophic hygiene conditions

in all densely populated urban areas.

We've activated 5,200 emergency wells.

That water isn't always clean. The wells haven't been used for ages.

-Then give people Zytosil. -Zytosil?

Sterilisation tablets. And medical care?

Doctor's practices and pharmacies are closed.

We have a huge deficit in patient services.

Extent of fuel supplies?

1,200 of 2,000 hospitals in Germany will run out during the night.

The rest have diesel supplies for three days.

And after that?

What's the plan? What about coma patients?

The intensive care wards?

If we don't do anything, those patients will die.

We'll keep large hospitals running.

What about diesel for the emergency generators?

25 million tons of fuel are in the federal reserve.

Above-ground tanks, so we don't need electric pumps.

That's the government's reserve. This is for the chancellor to decide.

We need to talk to him immediately.

Yes, I'll try to get a meeting with him.

Should I speak directly to Severin?

Don't push it.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Is anyone here?

Hello?

Stop! What do you want?

I need petrol.

My car broke down. I ran out of petrol.

What do you want?

I need petrol. Why are the cows making so much noise?

Without power, the pumps don't work. The milk ferments in their udders.

Excruciating pain. If you help me, I'll give you petrol.

You want me to milk?

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

-Am I being locked up? -You're our guest.

Your room should be ready in ten minutes.

There's Wi-Fi at the front of the hotel.

We'll boost it with a repeater.

At 7.30 a.m. and 6 p.m., there'll be an hour of electricity.

Password.

We will verify your information.

It would be good if you could remain at our disposal.

Who says that I want to stay here?

You will remain at our disposal.

You need more generators for the police?

Urgently.

My children were on an ICE train in Kyritz. No one knows where they are.

You've a squadron of riot police in Neuruppin, right?

For 30 generators.