Station Eleven

I remember damage.

And escape.

Then...

adrift in a stranger's galaxy for a long time.

But I'm safe now.

I found it again.

My home.

Why are we meeting today?

You called me.

I applied online.

You called and said I can come interview.

Right.

What is your strongest quality?

Listening.

Uh, organizing.

I remember everything.

I remember you now.

Miranda.

From Kankakee, yes? - Yes.

I see a lot of skills,

but I don't see many...jobs.

Tell me about Eirene Services.

My father's company.

He scrubbed hulls in St. Croix.

I did the books.

- And your family came to Kankakee in 1990.

Yes.

- Do you know the meaning of logistics?

The path things take.

Not the path.

The right path.

Watch me now.

Point of origin.

End point. Okay?

Logistics is not time or space.

It flows.

The shortest path is six inches,

but the right path

starts at your point of origin,

goes around your head, and travels to Des Moines, Iowa,

before hitting this end point.

Des Moines, Iowa, is hypothetical.

Oh. I understand.

- Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

Working for you.

Or we'll all be dead.

- That is funny. Straight-faced, everything.

Good.

I like you.

We'll all be dead.

You have to go Malaysia.

I just got back to Chicago.

I was gonna come to the office later--

- Don't. Jim Felps has somehow

landed a pitch with Sinotec.

You need to be there to run the pitch.

I can't tell you how important this is.

Okay.

I'll head back to O'Hare.

I just have one thing I have to do.

- You know, until yesterday, I thought that--

I thought that I was never gonna see you again.

Why are you here?

I finished.

Who's that?

- He's the asshole that ruined my life.

How did you two meet?

Hi.

Hi.

We know each other.

I don't think so.

Aren't you an actress?

No.

Ah.

Ah, yeah. No, I'm sorry.

I thought--

I love Chicago.

It's very mellow.

No, it's kind of easy.

And...there's no paparazzi.

Listen.

I have to buy your work.

Y-you have to buy what?

You're an artist, no?

I'm in logistics.

Oh, cool.

You-- my friend is down the street,

and he's having a birthday party,

and I didn't bring him anything.

Haven't seen him in ages. He thinks I'm a flake.

I-I'm not a flake.

So I need to bring him something.

You know, a nice present.

I don't know, like-- like that.

That space map.

No, I-I'll buy it.

I'll pay you $1,000.

It's not for sale.

But you do look familiar.

Right?

Hey.

Hey. What if I--

if I give you an interpretation of the meaning of your work?

No, thank you.

- You know, my father is a poet.

And whenever he has to publish something in a magazine,

he gets the editor to give him an interpretation,

you know, to see if he gets it.

And that way--that way, they take care of it.

- You haven't even seen my work.

No.

No, no, but it doesn't matter,

because I've got good instincts.

Can I try?

Okay.

The subject of your work is...

A person.

Not a spaceman.

He's alone.

Not unhappy.

Adrift.

A bit exhausted.

But his heart is warmer

and lighter

than they realize...

because he wears a suit...

for protection.

Oh, th--that's a banana.

You can have it.

What's your name?

Miranda.

I'm Arthur.

Arthur!

You're late. What the fuck?

Get inside already.

You embossed carbuncle!

That's my friend.

We know each other

We did a play together. a long time ago.

Do you want to come in?

I got to get home.

Okay.

Okay.

It was nice to meet you, Miranda.

Thank you for the gift.

Miranda.

Air and sea unite.

We got more power than the Battle of Midway.

Efficiency of a moth.

Great diversity.

- Don't. - Gotcha. No.

I'm just glad our companies found a way to work together.

- Your company bought our company, Jim.

- Yeah, right. Let me--got it? Okay.

We want Bodhisattva.

What is a Bodhisattva?

I think that's Huang.

- No, they wouldn't close a deal

without hearing from us first.

At least I don't think so.

The pitch meeting is canceled

and will have to be rescheduled.

- I need to get back to Chicago.

We were told that every pitch--

I don't know. Maybe they're germophobes?

What did she say?

She wished us luck.

Are you getting any signal?

No. Hotel Wi-Fi's still down.

Oh. Great.

Welcome to We're Fucked Island.

- It's a peninsula. - What?

Malaysia.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Right.

Ah, I left my SAT phone in Indie.

Do you have yours?

Are there less people here?

I don't--I don't know.

You know what, I'm gonna go see the warehouse boys

in the Showroom, see if they know what's going on.

You know those guys, right?

Hank and Rabbit? Nick?

Carroll?

Hey, Miranda.

You okay?

I'm good. I just, um--

I'm gonna go grab my SAT phone.

- Okay. Hey, hit me up for coffee later.

- No closing time for the famous, apparently.

He's talked them

into staying open.

Here you go, my dear.

Thank you.

Ah.

I can't tell you how many nights

I've had that have ended like this.

Drinking with somebody fascinating, like yourself,

who Arthur acquired three bars previous,

while he talks to his fans.

Maybe I acquired him.