Wake (Vaka)

- I'm on my way. I'm just... - Christian.

I need to tell you something before you get there.

Henrika was on that flight.

I'm sorry.

Christian, are you alright?

Yes, I'm fine.

Thanks for letting me know.

Johannes Johansson?

- Yes. - Janus Malmsten, military intelligence.

Okay.

Can I help you with something?

I hope so.

STOCKHOLM HOSPITALS OVERLOADED THOUSANDS SEEK HELP FOR UNKNOWN CONDITIONS

Okay, great.

Christian!

- I've written a statement that we could... - That will have to wait, Moa.

We'll look at your statement later.

There's coffee in there, right? It's a big meeting.

Fuck you.

What?

Nothing.

That's the information we have at the moment.

We'll know more once we retrieve the flight recorder,

but a lot of evidence is already pointing to pilot error.

Was he a newer pilot?

No, the opposite.

He was an experienced senior pilot

with more than 5000 flight hours in that same model.

And he was mentally stable?

Yes.

What about the police? What's your take on this?

As we all know, we've seen a big increase in violence and accidents.

So there could be a connection

between the crash and these other incidents?

The Security Service believes we don't yet have the full picture.

It could be a threat to national security.

In what way?

Terrorism or violent extremism.

It could be some kind of biological warfare

or possibly sonic weapons.

So you're saying that what we've seen in the past week are terrorist attacks

using sonic weapons?

Prime Minister, at this time we're not ruling anything out.

We have received information from several credible sources

saying it's a matter of days until the next big attack.

If you only knew

how far up this goes.

But why me?

That's a fair question. I understand that this sounds strange,

but we really need someone who's completely on the outside.

Someone with an engineering background,

high work ethic, and who's unaffected by all the propaganda out there.

And most of all, we need someone who understands

the serious predicament we find ourselves in.

We've had our eyes on you for a while and concluded that you

check all the boxes.

Okay.

I don't need to tell you that this mission is highly confidential.

Yes.

So you cannot discuss this with anyone, under any circumstances.

No, of course.

I understand.

Johansson.

Welcome aboard.

Thanks.

Regarding all the strange accidents lately,

how does Region Stockholm view the situation?

Other than all the existing trauma cases at the hospitals,

many of our new patients have some kind of neurological problem.

We've had almost 4000 cases come in.

It's pretty obvious they all have the same thing.

What kind of neurological problems?

The most common symptom is sleeplessness.

Insomnia.

For some patients, it's extreme. The complete inability to sleep at all.

Others just have a hard time falling asleep.

Or they wake up early, getting less sleep altogether.

Insomnia doesn't sound like a crisis.

It shouldn't be downplayed,

because

lack of sleep disrupts everything we need for normal brain function.

One night is enough to lose our focus,

sense of direction, and we suffer temporary memory loss,

impaired reflexes.

After multiple nights, we can see the patients are now

anxious, irritable, aggressive.

In some cases, they even turn violent.

Some of them also develop

small hematomas in the eyes.

How do you treat them?

We've tried giving them sedatives, sleeping pills,

and anesthesia in the most severe cases. But we've seen little improvement.

So, what happens to them?

Everyone has a different tolerance level to lack of sleep,

and some patients manage better than others.

But lack of sleep destroys brain function.

It shuts down completely.

One becomes dizzy, confused, and develops real brain damage.

We're out of coffee.

Perhaps you didn't know, but it's not my job to make coffee.

We have other people for that.

Andrea's not here today.

What's the most common cause with pilot error?

There are many causes.

It could be due to

miscommunication, jetlag, stress, drugs, exhaustion.

Exhaustion.

Is it possible that both the pilot and all these new patients coming in

suffered from what you just described?

What if it's an insomnia epidemic?

So you're saying

insomnia is suddenly contagious?

You said that there's been a big increase in violent crime and accidents.

At the same time, hospitals are overloaded with people suffering from insomnia.

We have a mentally stable and experienced pilot,

who suddenly makes an inexplicable error,

killing 190 people.

By the way, did you send the poll results to the agency?

What?

For the meeting at 6 p.m.

You haven't rescheduled it? The memorial service is now at 6 p.m.

You could've told me, damn it.

I've been preparing for that meeting all day.

- Are you kidding me? - For fuck's sake.

Moa, act. Cancel the meeting.

We have a crisis here.

Or you could've updated his calendar.

- Calm down. - You always do this, goddamn it.

I'm not his secretary and I'm definitely not yours!

- What's the matter with you? - With me?

The whole government's in there right now.

You know?

You can't squeeze everything into an Excel file like this.

Or do you schedule sex with her as well?

What the hell?

Help! Help!

AMBULANCE HALL

- Elin. - Yes?

We have an injured person from the Ministry of Health.

Who?

I don't know, but they're at emergency entrance four.

Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks.

Göran?

- He's sedated. - What happened?

He got attacked.

- By who? - I think it was someone he works with.

She went into shock and came in in a separate ambulance.

What did she look like?

Black curly hair.

- Do you know where they took her? - No.

I don't know what happened. It was like a reflex.

Okay, try to keep still.

- What are you giving her? - A sedative.

A luxury, believe me.

We're starting to run out, and more and more patients need them.

At the moment, 80% of those we've treated have Vaka.

People are calling it Vaka.

The number of patients who need it keeps growing...

She'd wake up and then stay awake all night, but I didn't think much of it.

Some nights she didn't sleep at all.

What's the redness in her eyes?

We don't know.

How are you treating them? Sleeping pills?

That doesn't work.

Yeah, it doesn't work on our patients.

Can't you do something?

I need assistance. He's cramping.

We're drowning in patients

and some of us aren't well enough either to treat them,

or even understand what this neurological disease is.

I need to go.

We'll keep you updated.

Honey.

Hugo?

Are you in there, Hugo?

What were you doing?

Pooping.

You're not getting dressed?

How's that guy doing... Göran?

I don't know.

It's a miracle the pen didn't hit an artery.

So many crazy things are happening.

I've never seen him need any written notes.

Probably just nervous.

Good evening.

It's with a heavy heart that I stand before you tonight.

We've suffered an unimaginable loss.

But when I see everyone who has gathered here,

I'm reminded of the beauty our nation's unity

in times of trouble.

Good evening.

The families...

What the hell?

The dead...

Good evening.