Aftermath

Previously on "Aftermath"...

What kind of wave would cause all this?

What is it made of? Why is it here?

Whatever was in those computer cards

that Gloria Douglas gave me,

I bet you it has something to do with this wave.

Sarah's part of this family now.

- I'll be right back. - Matt!

Brianna, where are you going?

You by any chance that adept I been looking for?

Yeah.

Well, then, let's howl together, brother.

We don't got all day.

And so we slouch to Tesla's towering achievement,

juice for a billion bulbs to light the night

when mankind breathes his last gas.

You always talk with that voice?

Well, I don't like to.

But, uh, people expect it sometimes.

Josh.

I can't believe you were holed up here the whole time.

Well, yeah.

I wouldn't say the whole time.

Plus, it's a big place, you know.

Well, it's nice you got us the gas to get us here, so...

Well, it won't be much use after today.

But you're sure it's today?

Oh, no, I'm positive.

You know, I have proof.

I'd like to see that.

Me too. Yeah.

Ow. Oh, watch your head.

All good, baby.

Now, hang on. Hang on a minute.

I am digging your art installation.

I was trying to relate some of the different phenomena...

With the disasters, paranormal.

You're in there.

Oh, I'm flattered.

Is any of this gonna stop the moon rocks from falling?

Nah. You gotta go with no.

Okay, then.

Why don't we go with what you've got inside, huh?

Oh, sure. Okay.

Yeah, but you're not gonna like it.

No, figuring out when the debris would hit

wasn't the hard part with my background.

Which is what?

I was an Astrophysicist

before things took a turn.

What kind of turn?

Can't say.

Just know there was a problem, so I headed out

into the mojave to try to figure it out.

- Uh-huh. - You know,

next thing I knew, it was 12 years later

and the wife had declared me dead.

You know, I, uh, I liked it a lot.

So, you know, I stayed.

Kept writing the physics about what was coming,

- but no one would publish it. - Mm-hmm.

So I wound up overnights on the radio.

Skinny heard me, and he brought me out here

when it all started to blow.

Hey, what kind of physics were you writing?

Oh, well, the only one that matters.

String theory, you know, space and time.

Plus I have the basic skills for telescopic observations.

You have a scope here?

Yeah. Out back.

Nothing serious.

Just enough to watch the solar system go to shit.

Anyway, uh, video feed's in here.

You said that you could predict when the debris hit.

Oh, ninth grade math, man.

Now, where it hits, on the other hand,

that's the fiesta.

You know, given that the world is spinning

at, you know, 1,037 Miles and all.

So it could miss us completely.

Well, we got thousands of these things coming at us.

You know, maybe tens of thousands.

All different sizes.

Yeah, but same velocities.

Which makes it worse. Right?

'Cause it's gonna hit all over the globe all at the same time.

How close to where we are?

Well, the local impact is in a six-state radius

around this building.

Six states is huge.

That could be hundreds of Miles away.

Yeah, no, no, I wish it were.

Let me show you something.

This here is the feed from my scope.

Right there.

Yeah, you see, that one's gonna land right on top of us.

It's about a mile across,

moving ten Miles a second.

That makes a 12-mile crater,

100-mile blast zone.

And there's three more like that,

same path to here.

Hundreds more aimed at the earth in general.

So it doesn't matter where in the six states.

Anywhere is close enough to kill us all.

Okay.

How long to impact?

Oh, let's see.

Ten Miles a second,

maybe two hours, you know, and a bit.

You know.

Unless your dad and I can figure out a way to stop it,

I'd say we all have about two hours left to live.

Drink?

*AFTERMATH* Season 01 Episode 13 "Whispers of Immortality" Precisely Synchronized by srjanapala

You're just being emotional.

Oh-ho-ho! Okay.

So you chased a girl into the desert

with no car and no plan,

but I'm being emotional.

That's awesome, wow. This isn't the desert,

and I have a plan.

Okay, enlighten me, Matt.

Okay, she either ran away or she was taken.

Either way, she has to be on a road.

This is the only road around for Miles.

So she's been right by here.

Or she's hiding.

Or God knows what else.

She's alive.

I know. I'm...

You know that's not even her real hair color?

Like, she's probably, like, mousy brown or something.

So?

So I'm just saying what else is she hiding?

Why don't you like her?

You don't like Devyn.

I do now.

It's easy now, Matt.

I needed it then.

Okay. Okay, Matt... Matt, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

You're right.

God, you must be pissed at me.

Furious.

But you still followed me out here.

'Cause I love you, you idiot.

Do I have to spell out everything for you?

No.

I just like making you.

What are you doing here?

I just left you.

It's a trade secret.

Where you going?

What? I gotta find my kids.

They only have two hours, right?

I'll give you a car.

And all you gotta do

is tell me everything you know about this.

How'd you get that?

I wasn't gonna keep it.

I just want to know where you got it.

Because the only way to get one of those

is to have a profound spiritual experience.

We didn't kill her! We didn't kill anybody!

I killed you!

I have something for you. Take it.

Used to be a bullet.

Now it's a stone.

So I had a spiritual experience. So what?

All I got was this stupid stone.

Do you know it's a key?

- A key? - Yeah.

- Okay. - To the Omphalos.

That's a really... That's a good word.

Greek word.

The Omphalos is the navel of the world,

the center of the universe.

And that key could open it up.

It's the role of the righteous at the end of the world,

or, you know, so some people would think.

Hmm.

Okay.

Um...

Do I get the keys or... sure.

Yeah, the rides are out back.

Keys are on the driver's side front tire.

Any one but the fairlane.

You should try the Delphi cafe.

It's a little South of here.

Delphi cafe.

Never know what you'll find.

Yeah.

Yeah. Thanks.

Don't mention it.

Now I gotta go say good-bye.

Okay, we need a car.

All right. I'd like a pony too.