Salvation

Previously on Salvation...

Welcome to RE/SYST.

We have a proposal for you.

A cyber blackout of Russia's entire

satellite array and power system?

Darius' dreams have made you rich,

and they've made the world a better place.

But as a businessman, Darius is failing.

I call on this board to remove the CEO of Tanz Industries.

- Zoe, get out of the car. - I'm done with your lies.

Just drive, Dylan.

I have a nickname for you... it's Prick.

Stop! Are you drunk?

What I'm about to tell you all

will cause some concern, but I

can assure you that...

Get the medic! Turn those cameras off now!

Harris, open your eyes... You've been played.

I, Monroe Bennett,

do solemnly swear

that I will faithfully execute

the Office of President

of the United States, so help me God.

So help us God.

I want to assure you, my fellow citizens,

that despite President Mackenzie's

very sudden and heartbreaking passing,

the ideals that she stood for...

Education for our children,

jobs for all who seek them, equal rights for all citizens...

They will continue to be pursued with vigor

and with heart.

Pauline Mackenzie was a wife,

a mother, a daughter and a patriot.

And I promise to not only uphold the high standards she met,

but also the ones that she set.

This is the greatest nation in the world,

and it is my honor to now lead you,

with hope, with faith,

and into continued prosperity.

May God bless us all,

and may God bless the United States of America.

And we're clear.

Thank you, everybody. Can you please clear the room?

Well, how'd I do?

I'd follow you into battle.

You are gonna make a wonderful chief of staff.

It's my privilege.

We're gonna save the world, Claire.

And that is just the beginning.

- We need to talk. - Grace...

we can't have these off-the-record conversations anymore.

This isn't about gravity tractors

or asteroids... this is about my daughter.

And your son.

What are you talking about?

They're involved, Harris.

I don't know how they found each other,

but they did... I saw them kissing in a car.

And now Zoe's gone AWOL.

- I need your help to find her. - We just...

lost our president,

we've got an extinction-level event hanging over us... this...

- is not the most pressing issue. - It is to me.

I think whatever circles your son's been trafficking in,

he's brought Zoe into the fold.

Grace, he's an activist, not a killer.

And even if I wanted to find him,

I wouldn't know where to look.

He doesn't respond to texts, to calls,

doesn't tell me where he lives... and my ex

hasn't heard from him in weeks.

Zoe's lying. She quit her job.

She's hiding something. So is Dylan.

I promise you, whatever's going on with them,

it doesn't compare to what's going on here.

Something is wrong, Harris.

I am telling you I know this.

Until I find her, you and this entire administration

can go to hell.

In fact, you know what? I quit.

I'm done here.

Well, I don't accept your resignation.

I don't accept yours.

I'm not coming back until I find my daughter.

Sir.

The president has requested your presence

at the Oval Office, immediately.

The reason for this meeting

is to decide what financial improprieties

have taken place here at Tanz,

and to look for a successor.

Excellent.

I've got a list of names.

Well, we'll keep it under advisement.

If you had read the bylaws,

which I'm sure you haven't, you'd know

that I retain my board membership

no matter who you put at the helm,

and no matter how many backstabbers in this room

you try to pay off, Uncle.

Page 42,

paragraph six, subsection A,

highlighted in orange

for your convenience. As a result

of your recent shenanigans,

the government has cut all ties with Tanz.

Your company has lost more than half

of its already shrinking value.

This board has determined that an audit

is necessary.

What happened to the money, Darius?

Where did the billion dollars

of Tanz Industries go?

Well, if an audit is required,

I say we have it done by an expert.

I nominate Theresa Peterson

to oversee it.

Don't be ridiculous.

She's a corporate attorney...

Versed in mergers and acquisitions,

forensic accounting, if I'm not mistaken.

Darius, I don't think that's wise.

Well, then it probably is.

Only someone who doesn't want the job could be trusted.

You have a vested interested in discovering the truth.

Something you'll never hear from me.

Good morning.

How's the hangover?

I'm sorry... for last night.

Please. With everything that's been going on,

you're entitled to one crappy night.

So, where is everyone?

The Tanz Board of Directors suspended all work

in the Skybox.

Something to do with a financial audit.

How's your day?

Well, we lost communication with the gravity tractor.

And we have no idea how to get it back.

What does Darius say?

Well, right now he's fighting to keep control of Tanz.

'Cause, I mean, if he loses control

of all this, and there's no way

to fix the GT, we'll never finish the Ark.

And all the work I've done here, it just feels like...

grabbing sand, like it's slipping through my fingers.

I wish we could have one day

where we just went back...

to being...

- normal. - Yeah, me, too.

Well, maybe we can.

What do you mean they pulled my credentials?

In light of the recent tragedy,

the White House feels they need a leaner press corps.

Leaner? This is punishment

for my story on Project Atlas, Ed.

I'm being blackballed because I scare them.

And if I scare them, that means there's more buried treasure.

Look, the country is on edge right now.

And this new president has the good will of the people.

Nobody wants another scandal... They want to feel safe.

That's not my damn job.

I'm not their mother.

Traffic on our site is up tenfold

since all this broke.

Let's see them stop me.

Says the woman who was run over by a car.

Amanda, think before you do something you're gonna regret.

President Mackenzie prepared an address to the nation

but died before she could deliver it in full.

I'm gonna find out what she never got to say.

Claire tells me that you're as trustworthy as they come.

Which is what I need right now.

Which is what the country needs.

A few good patriots.

I'll take the compliment, sir.

Now, the most pressing issue at this time...

Besides our Russian friends, of course... is space.

I've filled President Bennett in

on our prognosis with Samson.

We have a gravity tractor en route right now

to divert the asteroid.

Which Russia knows nothing about... yet.

Which is why we need to protect

the gravity tractor at all costs.

That is the key. The only indication

of a threat at this moment is from unpredictable elements.

You're familiar with the group RE/SYST?

An underground hacktivist group with international reach

and a penchant for anarchy.

Yes, I'm familiar.

Well, we've learned they were responsible

for hacking key power grids in Russia,

causing the blackouts that enabled Darius Tanz

to launch the gravity tractor

- without detection. - So they helped us?

Harris, they're a mercenary organization,

willing to create chaos

of any kind for the right price.

Now... now is not the time for chaos.