Bolt From The Blue

Leave it, Rodney. We gotta go.

Nicki, wait! This is ridiculous.

You two are gonna get yourselves killed.

- Start the car. -We don't have time for this, Nicki.

I'll be right behind you.

Rodney, do not start my car.

- Or what, Amy? - I'm serious!

-Hey, kiddo. -Where are you going?

You know that research your father told you about?

The thing we're looking for?

This is it.

Can I come?

Lucas.

I need you to stay here, okay, and keep your Auntie Amy safe.

Can you do that for me, bud?

Here, to keep you safe.

Nicki, we gotta go!

- Nicki, please. Please. - Just stop.

-Good morning, Karen. -Thank you.

Got you oat milk.

I hope that's okay.

Mm.

-Blonde Roast for you. -Nice.

Uh, Mia?

Yeah. Hi. Thanks.

Did you get yourself something?

-Oh, I didn't know I was allowed to. -Oh.

-Uh, no, you don't have to. -For next time.

-Thanks. -Aw, an allowance.

-Hi. -Bye.

Mia Tortilla, saving the world

from climate change one intern at a time.

Shouldn't you be working on your prototype for the grant, Danny?

Finished mine weeks ago so I could scope out the competition.

Pretty sure we're all on the same team here.

A team only have one chief engineer.

Show time.

How's it going, Mia?

Good. Just finishing up my prototype.

-Give me the rundown. -Oh. Okay.

So, um, imagine if our cell phones were half the size

and half the weight, but held three times the charge.

Well, that's possible if we upgraded our batteries

from lithium-ion to lithium-sulfur.

Mia, the Department of Energy is awarding $250 million

to just ten companies, okay?

This just doesn't get the juices flowing, you know?

Um, I j-- I, I really think that there's a lot of potential in sulfur.

Just not enough. But why don't you pitch in on somebody else's project?

A for effort.

B plus, really, but...

Oh, this is incredible!

How's the energy stored?

Lithium-sulfur supercapacitors.

Slap me silly, man. That's brilliant.

Is there anything you can't do, Danny?

Uh, you've seen my golf game, huh?

How convenient.

I have that same pitch written right here.

- Well, I guess great minds think alike. - Yeah.

What do you expect to do in a big city with those things that are an absolute eyesore,

-especially with a design like that? -Okay, Mia, that's enough.

Yeah, it's okay, Michael. She's just stressed about the grant deadline.

Are you-- Danny, you are the lame car salesman

who can't even explain the science behind the BS

you're spewing!

Yikes.

Mia, what the hell was that?

-Danny totally he-peated! He he-peated. -He what?

He repeated my ideas, but you listened to him because he's a guy.

-Your pitch had nothing to do with wind energy. -No,

-but it had lithium-sulfur supercapacitor-- Why not? -It doesn't matter.

Because your attitude is completely out of line.

- We all know that the future of HighSpark

rests on winning this grant money, right?

So, that means we need a great idea, plus an even better sales pitch.

People love Danny. The guy is positive, he's cool, he's handsome.

Plus, he brings in donuts on Fridays, which I frickin' love.

-Aren't you diabetic? -Oh, my gosh.

He's not so negative all the time. He's not a cynic.

I have given everything to this company.

I, I work late, I work weekends! I-- I'm just--

I'm just tired.

- You want a donut? - I don't want--

What you might need is a new research project.

Clear your head. Look.

-A research project? -Mm-hmm.

"Electromagnetic Radiation Energy."

Some Alaskan research center keeps sending me

their reports about some new electrical technology,

which they claim could be the next great renewable source of energy.

"The History of Lightning Catchers"? Is this a joke?

-I know. Sounds far-fetched. -Sounds completely ridiculous! You cannot be serious.

I don't understand all of it. Hardly any of it.

But some of this technology could be useful for us.

I want you to go up there for us. I want you to fly up there

and just scope it out for a bit, okay?

Maybe snag a piece of their technology

so we could recreate it here ourselves.

Wait, you want me to steal their work?

How about you look at it as thinking outside the box, just like Danny?

Michael, we both know I'm the better engineer.

Now, how about trying to be the better team player?

Okay. If I find something real with this Lightning Valley Research Group,

you push it to the front of the grant application and promote me as lead engineer.

Deal. But if not...

...it's Danny.

This is gonna be a blast.

Welcome to Qulliq Island.

Thanks.

So, do you recommend any--

-What? -Oh, do you recommend

any good places for food?

Like, uh, places that's a must-try?

Well, this is just a quaint little drinking island with a fishing problem.

So, it's either fish or beer. Take your pick.

Cool. Um, I don't know if you take credit cards,

but my company gave me one.

How about cash?

Oh, excuse me. Um, do you know where

-Lightning Valley Research Group is? -Group Valley what?

Uh, maybe a, um, Lucas Fletcher?

Are you talking about Lightning Lu?

-Excuse me? -Looney Lu, Lucas the Loon.

-Um... -He lives with his aunt

on some hill on the other side of the island.

Me and my husband TP'd his house a few years back.

- Good for you. - You're not one of his crazy recruits, are you?

- Like, a groupie? - Uh, uh, not that I know of.

Well, in that case, you need a lift?

I'm heading in that direction.

And I've got spare TP in the car.

Whoa!

You have fun now.

Thanks. I'll try.

Holy snikies!

That was awesome!

I-- Oh, hey.

What in God's name?

-Clem! -Uh, hey, Auntie Amy.

- Where the hell is he? - What's up?

Well...

- Righteous. - Lucas!

Clem, I think I see where we went wrong.

I missed a number, forgot to carry the one which threw off

the acceleration trajectory by 0.047.

- Lucas! Don't "Hi, Auntie" me. - Hi, Auntie.

What did I tell you about shooting off that stupid T-shirt cannon around my house?

Well, the Beacon Shooter is still a work in progress,

-Auntie-- -I don't care. I can only afford

-so many broken windows! -...guys, guys, um, I--

-Uh, Auntie, you can't put a price... -Guys--

-...on scientific research. -Tell that

to the bank.

Who the hell are you?

Oh. Hi, um...

...I'm Mia Ibarra, electrical engineer from HighSpark Renewables.

Uh, just here to research your son--

Um, nephew's recent reports on, um...

...uh, uh, electronic--

Electromagnetic Radiation Energy, yes.

You read my reports.

Clem, camera.

Hi. Lucas Fletcher, Chief Engineering Officer,

Accountant, Treasurer, President, and Vice President of Lightning Valley Research Group.

Wow, that's quite the resume.

And this is my intern and trusty steed, Clem Higgle IV.

Hi. Documentarian.

You one of them Sasquatch hunters?

Uh, no. Just an engineer.

Wow.

Well, you've traveled a long way, so, uh,

come on inside and we can talk some science.

Yeah, le-- let's do it.

Clem, grab her bag.

- What? - -Oh, you don't have to do that.

Oh, actually, could you leave it? I have to do--

-Don't worry about it. Just-- I got it. I got it. -Okay.

She looks like a Sasquatch hunter.

Don't worry about it. It's, it's fine. I'm fine.

People in my house. I hate people.

Hey, hey, Lucas. Should, should she sign an NDA or something?

No, just go get the tape.

Oh.

So, this is your research facility?

Because your return address took me to an empty lot in the middle of town.

Well, when you eat, sleep, drink, and digest your life's work,

there's really no time for the morning commute, you know?

You want anything? Water, coffee, tea?

Uh, tea sounds nice.

Okay, yeah. Auntie, tea!

- I'm right here! - Oh, sorry.

-Tea, please. -You want me to wipe your ass while I'm at it?

That's my auntie.

Uh, so you read my reports.

Uh, yeah, I have. A couple of times now.

Oh, wow. You liked them that much?

Well, it's all very ambitious. Um, catching lightning

to harness its energy is quite the claim.

Did you see the pictures? And the drawings. I did those.