Salvation

- Previously on Salvation... - Russia has shut off

all communication with the U.S. government.

- Why? - We don't know.

Secretary Calhoun, I know the Russian ambassador.

Katya Osinov, she's a friend, I can reach out to her.

Whatever we stole from you is retribution.

Retribution for what?

Something called Atlas.

What exactly did she say,

Ms. Barrows?

Grace?

She didn't know,

or couldn't say.

An asteroid is coming in 148 days?

Liam, how could you keep this from me?

I got to go.

- Where? - Home.

Jillian...

nobody outside the Pentagon knows about this,

- and if word got out... - Screw you.

Who is this?

A friend... with the same agenda.

Atlas. Check the message.

All roads lead to Tanz.

Who are you? RE/SYST?

The global hacker collective?

If we can get the crystal from Nicholas,

we can rebuild our own EmDrive.

I don't want to be without you anymore.

We only hope the Americans

do not make any more moves

signaling aggression toward the Russian people.

They're saying Russia's pointing missiles at us,

preparing for war.

Morning.

As you're aware, Russia violated

the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty earlier today

when it ground-tested banned missiles.

In addition, the Russian government

has opened its missile silos,

indicating its intentions to engage in military conflict.

These actions are a threat to international security.

The president and Secretary of Defense

have been in closed door discussions with NATO

and are crafting an appropriate response.

- (Reporters Clamoring) - Yes, Russ?

Grace, can you give us any insight into the reasons

behind Russia's sudden aggressive stance?

The Russian government hasn't given any as of yet.

But our conscience is clear.

These acts of aggression are unprovoked.

First, they pulled their ambassador,

then they violate the anti-missile treaty.

The DoD has to know something.

I just told you what we know, Ms. Neel.

Maybe you should listen better.

Is the president going to give a statement

to the American people?

When the president has something to say,

she'll say it.

What alternatives are being considered, Grace?

All options are on the table.

We returned from London

at 0700 hours this morning in possession of a rare crystal

needed to reconstruct a new full-scale EmDrive.

Which will propel a gravity tractor

to the asteroid in time to divert it?

It's a bold move, Harris.

And done without my advice

- or my authorization. - Sometimes,

it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

You taught me that, sir.

It's only better if you get results.

And we did.

We narrowly beat the Russians to that meteorite.

But they can still build an EmDrive

with the prototype they stole

from Tanz Industries and then use it

to launch their own gravity tractor, correct?

Yes, but there's no telling whether they'll be successful.

Or whether they have the same goals as we do.

Whoever launches this thing first

has control of the outcome.

Where are we with Mr. Tanz?

He's within days of having

a fully functioning EmDrive.

Good. This is a race we need to win.

Claire, let POTUS know we're moving forward with the launch

as soon as Tanz is ready.

But the Russians have issued a warning:

if we launch anything, they'll shoot it down.

With everything that's happening,

sir, it's a credible threat.

And so are we.

Let's just hope no one

makes a move they regret.

Well.

That was grueling.

My tap shoes need new soles.

I'm sorry. (Chuckles)

Oh. I wish we could just run away,

spend our last days on an island somewhere,

pretend none of this was happening.

Yeah.

I know.

Mm.

But that's not who you are.

You're a fighter, Grace.

And we're in this together.

No matter what.

First, the Russians steal our EmDrive.

Now they're threatening military action.

Why would they stand in our way?

We don't know, and it's useless to speculate.

But rest assured, we are going to do

whatever it takes to launch it.

"Whatever it takes"?

Is that supposed to be comforting?

Harris, they've got missiles

poised at the ready, and our governments

are not talking to each other.

You must know something about what's happening here.

I know what you know.

Retribution for what?

Something called Atlas.

Is it possible this has something to do

with Project Atlas? I know you said

- never to mention it... - Atlas is a dead program, Grace.

The files were closed years ago.

What would make you think that?

Come in.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs,

line one, sir.

Thank you.

Grace.

You do your job, let us do ours.

Just tell Darius to keep plugging away.

Okay.

Do I need to take your phone away?

Geez. You're like Big Brother, you're always watching.

Big Brother's also waiting very impatiently.

- Where are we on the LIDAR? - Uh...

Laser system is measuring distance to one millimeter.

It is ready to be installed to the gravity tractor.

The EmDrive...?

Cone's being dusted.

Let me see the guidance systems chip.

Almost.

See if you can increase the through put

by another ten percent.

I'm not sure what the rush is.

We can't even launch the thing.

The Russians are just gonna shoot it out of the sky.

The EmDrive will take weeks

to propel the gravity tractor up to that asteroid.

We need to work fast and hope that the government

ends this geopolitical quagmire in time.

Since when do you have faith in the government?

I don't. But, you know,

on the off chance that I'm wrong...

just get back to it.

Okay. Thanks for the pep talk.

In your next life, don't coach Little League.

Liam.

- You have a visitor. - Who?

Amanda Neel, that reporter from Capitol Eyes.

- Should I show her the door? - Yeah.

Yeah, the door to hell, where she belongs.

Wait.

I'll show her the door myself.

Good morning. Welcome...

Jillian.

Hi, Dad.

Excuse me one second, would you, please?

What're you doing here?

I mean, you know, I'm glad to see you.

I have a couple days off work,

and I wanted to come home.

Oh, I'm so glad you did.

Mwah.

- Why did they... - Oh, yeah.

You see what's going on with the news?

It's crazy stuff, huh?

Yeah. It's crazy.

Oh, hey, hey, hey.

What?

What is it? You okay?

Hey, hey. What's go... what's going on?

Dad, there's, um...

something important I need to tell you.

Hey, I just found a first edition

Hemingway from a book dealer in Newton.

Jillian.

Laura.

What are you doing here?

I'm-I'm working here now.

I thought your dad told you.

Yeah. I, uh... (Chuckles)

I got some news for you, as well, Jills.

I don't know, I should probably just...