The Event

Previously on The Event...

The sooner we find the weapon and use it,

the sooner our people will be safe.

What the hell happened to them?

- The virus was alive. - It was the flu--

Spanish flu.

The lungs are missing. Where are they?

Must be on the way to the airport.

With a courier named Alex.

Flight 38, Aero Moscow.

Is this your idea of loyalty?

I'll never go along with genocide.

If you aren't with us, then you're against us.

Take him. - She made a call

to the outside. She called 911!

No, Luis, it's all right.

Leila, you are not one of them.

We're your people now.

Follow my instructions, and by this time tomorrow,

you'll be leader of the free world.

Are you all right, Mr. President?

The President has suffered a stroke.

Jarvis may be responsible

for what's happened to the President.

You have to help me stop this succession.

To take him down,

you would need irrefutable proof.

It's gotta be the coffee.

The packet must've contained the poison.

We'll need more than surveillance footage

to convince the rest of the President's Cabinet

of any wrongdoing. If there are no objections,

I'll commence the vote to appoint Raymond Jarvis

as acting President.

Elias. Help!

Ladies and gentlemen,

can I have your attention?

- Chief Justice. - Mr. Vice President.

Are you ready to be sworn in?

I'm ready.

Please place your left hand on the Bible.

Raise your right hand and repeat after me.

- Pupil's blown on left. - BP dropping. 80 over 40.

- 10 of mannitol. - What's happening to him?

He's showing signs of elevated pressure in his brain.

- HR 42 and dropping. - Where the hell is neurosurge?

He's losing his gag reflex.

Elias!

Ma'am, wait outside.

I, state your name...

I, Raymond Theodore Jarvis...

Do solemnly affirm

that I will faithfully execute

the office of the President of the United States.

Do solemnly affirm

that I will faithfully execute

the office of the President of the United States.

Ventricular occlusion.

We need to drain.

Mark it at 5 1/2 centimeters

above the C-1 vertebrae.

Drill. Prep the endoscope.

I'm going through the fourth ventricle.

And will, to the best of my ability,

preserve, protect, and defend

the constitution of the United States.

- Ventricular catheter? - In.

No CSF flow. Must be kinked.

The catheter's open and flushes well.

There's no fluid. There's nothing there.

What's happening?

ICP increasing.

That's not possible. There's no CSF.

V-tach! We lost the pulse! We lost the pulse!

And to the best of my ability,

I will preserve, protect, and defend

the constitution of the United States.

- So help me God. - So help me God.

Mr. President.

Thank you, Chief Justice.

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

Clear!

- No response. - Going again. Clear!

Another mg of EPI. Chase it with Lido.

Going again. Clear!

Wait. We got a pulse.

Doctor...

Pupils fixed and dilated.

Let's do Q 5 neuro checks. What's his EEG look like?

Wave amplitude is diminished

and markedly flattened.

He's lapsed into a coma.

This is the scene outside Bethesda Hospital today,

as Americans pray and leave flowers

for their fallen leader, President Elias Martinez.

The White House confirmed

that Martinez slipped into a coma

as the result of what his doctors are describing

as a severe stroke.

Shortly thereafter, Vice President Raymond Jarvis

was sworn in as acting President of the United States.

He takes the reins of a country

still reeling from the first terrorist attack

to take place on its soil since 9/11--

the destruction of the Washington Monument.

I heard you need to be fed and watered.

What happened to President Martinez?

Quiet.

It's not a coincidence.

Sophia did this, didn't she?

It's a disgrace.

Martinez was a good man.

Sophia takes no pleasure in doing this.

She's doing what she has to to save us.

Yeah, by committing genocide.

We need to make room.

You need to look at how she's changed.

Killing her former friends,

turning against her own.

How do you know you won't be next?

- I'm not a traitor. - No, you're worse.

You're just blindly following her.

A sheep. Shut up.

- A coward. - I said shut up!

Accept the inevitable.

The native population is done.

They don't have a chance.

Don't underestimate them.

Man, you're behind the times, man.

They've all but surrendered.

Sophia's calling the shots with the White House now.

What are you talking about?

Before we begin,

I'd like to acknowledge the tragedy

that has befallen us.

As we sit here,

Elias Martinez is fighting for his life.

In the short time he was President,

he made an indelible mark.

And I serve in the shadow of the honesty

and integrity that exemplified his term.

Now to the business at hand.

We are at war, ladies and gentlemen,

and the time has come for us to be realistic

about our enemy.

Fact-- Sophia and her people have unbridled power,

weapons they are willing to use against us

that we don't even understand and cannot defend against.

The truth is, if we want to survive,

a radical change in strategy is called for.

Meaning what?

Meaning we are going to open diplomatic channels with Sophia

and begin negotiating a peace.

What?

Sir, don't you think we're a little past

the point of negotiation?

I don't.

If we wanna bring them to the table,

we have to show good faith,

we have to stop hounding them

and stop treating them like an enemy.

Effective immediately,

all military and intelligence personnel

who have been pursuing Sophia and her people

will cease and desist.

You can't be serious.

We still have no idea what they may be planning.

And whose fault is that?

This is our new policy--

letting them live in peace...

So that we may do the same.

Makes me sick seeing him at the head of that table.

He's all but murdered the President,

and now he's destroying any chance we have

of recapturing Sophia.

I know you believe Jarvis poisoned Martinez,

but without evidence, we can't act on that knowledge.

I may have it.

What do you mean?

After the Cabinet meeting last night,

I noticed some of Martinez's coffee

had spilled onto my shirt cuff.

Enough to analyze?

Yeah, I sent it off to the lab this morning.

If the tox screen comes back positive,

we can start to build a case against Jarvis.

Let's hope it does.

Until then, let's not forget he's acting President.

It's our sworn duty to follow his orders.

We have to stand down against Sophia.

And who's watching Simon now?

Jason and Cameron. I'm going back there now.

I just wanted to tell you what he did myself.

I'll deal with it.

Aaron, please tell me

things are progressing well on your end.

They are. Our tests confirmed

that the body we excavated

is still rife with the strain of the virus.

- Good. - There was a complication.