Vanishing On 7th Street (2010) Movie Script
Watch out!
You... Um...
Your light.
What? Oh! I'm such a moron!
How's the flick?
Ah, you know,
Adam Sandler gets in a mess.
Wife gets pissed. Rinse and repeat.
Predictable. Formulaic.
- Fart jokes. You wouldn't
like it. - Hmm.
How would you know
what I like?
I wouldn't know.
Well, maybe you should
find out sometime.
Oh, shit! What the...
Hey, Hal! Hey...
What the hell?
Hal?
What the...
What the hell's going on?
Kim?
Hey! Hey!
Hey, you!
Everyone's gone.
They're all gone.
Got anyone in the theaters?
No, man.
I haven't seen a soul.
Jeez!
Same down in the food court.
You know what happened?
We're on backup power.
Heading down to maintenance
to find out more.
We're being Punk'd, right?
Oh, yeah. Allen Funt
is gonna pop out any minute.
- Who?
- Forget it.
The hell is that?
What did you see?
Wait here.
Who's there?
You see something?
Huh?
Anybody here?
Hello?
Anyone here?
Where is everyone?
Anybody here?
Hey! Hello?
Help me.
Someone help me.
No!
Manny. Manny.
My baby. Manny!
Paige?
I waited for you.
You here?
Paige?
Son of a...
What the hell
is going on here?
Twenty-three goddamn flights.
Piece of junk.
Yo, Jesus,
what's up with the...
This is yesterday's.
Paige?
Paige?
Paige?
Anyone?
Where are you?
Damn it!
Hello?
Somebody there?
Shit!
Hey!
Open the door!
Open up the fucking door,
man!
Hey, man, I need...
I need a light.
They're all spent.
Give me one of your lights, man.
Open the door.
Give me one of your lights.
Please.
God damn!
Don't move.
Put the gun on the floor.
It's a flashlight.
Just put it on the floor.
You mean this gun?
Put or drop?
Put the fucking gun
on the ground!
Come on, the light, too.
You want me
to turn it off?
The light, too!
Now!
All right.
Okay. What now?
Why don't you just lower
that barrel a little,
we'll talk this shit out,
huh?
Can I at least have
my drink?
Is that permitted?
Hey! God damn it!
Go on! Shoot me! Do it!
Shoot me!
You're afraid to.
- No, I'm not.
- Yeah, you are.
You shoot me,
there's nobody left. Right?
Right.
What's your name?
What's your name?
James.
James. Like Jesse James.
Gun and all.
I'm Luke.
I've seen your face.
Oh, yeah?
TV.
That's right.
News 7.
I'm the new field reporter.
You're always yelling at people
with the microphone.
Look, James.
Here's the truth.
I'm just happy to see
another face.
You know what I mean?
Why don't you put the gun down
and we'll have ourselves a drink.
Come on, I'm buying.
It'll be my pleasure.
Where'd you find this?
It's my mom's.
She keeps it under the bar.
- Your mom owns this place?
- Nah. Bartender.
She around?
Up the street.
Went to check the light
in the church.
- Light?
- Yeah.
A guy came by saying
he saw a light in that church.
A guy?
How long ago?
He's gone now.
You got a nice generator
down there.
How much gas
you got left?
I don't know.
My mom told me to keep feeding
it every few hours, though.
You a strong kid, Jesse James?
Strong enough.
Good. Drink up.
You're gonna need it.
Why?
Here. Batteries work.
You're gonna help us
get us both out of here.
I'm not going nowhere.
I've got to wait for my mom.
She just went up the street
to the church.
She told me
to stay right here.
We need to get out of this city.
You understand?
I'm not going nowhere.
We're moving out
when she comes back
with some people.
What people?
There are no people.
Don't matter.
She told me she'd be back.
Have you taken a look
outside lately, James?
It's, like,
And it's fucking pitch black!
I've been out there
for the last three days.
And every day
the sun comes up later
and goes down sooner.
Every day, less daylight.
More people are just gone!
You understand what I'm saying?
I don't think
your mom's coming back.
- Yes, she is!
- No, she's not.
Now, I don't know
what in Christ is going on here,
but I'm not hanging around
in this dump to find out.
You wanna just wait
till the gas is up in that genny,
knock yourself out.
I'm out of here.
Fair exchange.
Good luck.
I'm serious, all right?
I'm going.
- I'm gone.
- Then go, motherfucker, go!
Where is he?
Manny, baby, it's Mama.
Manny!
What'd he do with my Manny?
Come on.
Hey, lady.
- Please, you've seen my Manny?
- I don't know. I don't know.
- My baby.
- I don't know, I don't know.
Randy, where you at?
Hey, lady, there's nobody else
here, all right?
Randy! Randy!
He took my baby.
I know he took my baby.
Look, I'm real sorry for your...
- Get away from my baby!
- Whoa, whoa! Hey!
- Where's my baby?
- Don't you point that gun at me!
- Where's my baby?
- God damn it!
Help me. Help me.
So, how'd you get this far
without a light?
You didn't have one
when you came in here.
How old are you?
Twelve-and-a-half.
Manny's nine months today.
That's your boy?
Yeah.
I'm James.
That's Luke.
Rosemary.
You a doctor?
Dr. Williamson,
please report to the ER.
Dr. Williamson,
please report to the ER.
Gloria?
Manny? Manny!
Please... God...
You a doctor?
Physical therapist.
Manny's dad comes here to drink,
so I thought that...
I thought that he took
our baby here.
I...
It's okay.
You're okay.
I do have light.
I got a lot of lights.
The batteries kept dying
in my flashlight.
These last.
Why does the power work here?
Backup generator.
Won't last, though.
You're the first people
I've seen in two days.
- Why?
- Why what?
Why us?
Why are we the ones
left behind?
Just stay close to the light.
Just stay in the light, all right?
Help! Help!
Help!
Someone help me!
Sounds like he's hurt.
Bad luck for him.
What?
We can't just leave him.
Someone help me, please!
Go get him, then.
- I'll go.
- No. No.
- You stay here. I'll go.
- Give it to me. Move.
Lock the door.
Then open it
when you hear me coming.
Fast!
Come on, let's get inside.
- Help me!
- Shh.
Help me! Help me!
All right.
- Come on. You're coming
with me. - No! No!
- It's all right, it's okay.
- No! No!
Come on.
- They're here. They're here.
- No, it's just me.
They're here.
Shit!
Come on! Not now.
They're here.
They're out there.
They're here.
Here.
All right, come on.
One more time.
Mama.
What are you doing?
I got to find my ma.
I got to go.
She's waiting for me!
We have to stay in the light.
I'm sorry.
He ain't coming back, is he?
We're almost there.
No!
Come on!
Hey!
Hey! Open the door!
Open the door!
Come on! The lights!
Hurry up!
Hey. Hey.
Hey.
What, am I in heaven?
Better.
A bar.
I gotta go. I gotta go.
- No, lie still. Just...
- I gotta go.
What's your name?
Can you tell me your name?
My name is Paul. Paul.
- Paul, that's my name.
- Good.
You have a concussion.
So we need to keep talking.
Okay?
- Okay.
- Right.
That light.
How'd you get there?
I...
I was working
at the Fairlane Center.
And the whole mall went dark.
I mean, all the people
were all gone.
So, I was...
I was on my way out of there,
when my light starts dying.
And then someone
came out of the dark and hit me.
I was taken somewhere.
And then my light
came back on.
And I was outside. I don't even
know how I got there, but I...
I walked till I found
that bus shelter.
Taken?
Taken.
I don't know where.
I don't know where.
But there were these voices.
These whispers.
No bodies. No faces.
Souls.
Only shadows.
And I was drowning in them.
So I started screaming.
Started screaming.
But there was no sound.
There was no sound.
It was like I was fighting,
fighting for air.
Like I was fighting to exist.
Sounds like some kind
of fever dream.
No. Dreams are much more
broken apart, more obscure.
- I was taken some place for 3 days.
- I'm gonna keep you warm.
This was in real time.
So, did you get a look
at the guy that hit you?
I told you. I told you
it wasn't a person.
You saw it, too, didn't you?
I knew it.
When I was lying there,
waiting for the bus,
I had time and I went
through the list
of all the ways
everyone could just disappear.
Flesh eating bacterias.
Nanotech running amok.
A particle collider accident.
Parallel universes.
Neutron bombs.
Gamma ray bursts.
Alien abduction.
Singularities.
Wormholes. Black holes.
- Stop it!
- But the thing is
that the math doesn't add up.
The math does not add up.
My boy is missing.
His mother.
It just doesn't add up.
This is no accident.
There's a reason.
You're gonna lay
your Catholic guilt on us now?
Why are you here, Luke?
You know?
No idea.
And I don't care.
Well, you should.
We all... We all should.
Why didn't we go with everyone else?
- Because...
- Why?
Like, when you shut down
a movie projector,
it doesn't just stop on a dime.
It winds down.
We're the last spin on the reel
before it stops for good.
I know I've done things
in my life.
Awful things.
I've hurt people.
I've made mistakes.
We all have.
So what are you saying,
that this is punishment?
For what?
- That's between you and...
- And God?
Between me and God?
I don't know, I think God's
closed up shop,
- just like everybody else!
- Don't say that!
You're trying to tell me
- that he deserves this shit, huh?
- Leave him alone!
You know, I think that
you're just pissed off
- 'cause Jesus didn't beam you up!
- Stop it! No!
You know what? We don't need
some fucking left behind sermon!
What we need to do is...
Oh, no!
Sweet Jesus. Sweet Jesus.
Lessen the load.
- What?
- The power load on the genny!
- You got to lessen it.
- Turn off anything we don't need.
James, get the games.
The jukebox.
Turn them off, turn them off.
Get the neon signs.
Strip the top off.
Looks like somebody rerouted it up
to the bar after the main grid died.
Yeah. My ma.
At least we got plenty of gas.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
The electric charge is fading,
anyway.
Like the batteries
and the flares...
And the cars
and everything.
It's just impossible.
But the bus shelter?
The one you were under?
Solar powered.
It's experimental, one off.
The city was thinking of going green
for a while. I did a piece on it.
Okay. So, solar is working.
Yeah. Too bad the sun's not.
James, where does this go?
Sonny says it's where we go
when the shit hits the fan.
Sonny had a point.
All right, rocket scientist.
How long?
- How long what?
- How long we got?
- How long until it dies?
- Yeah.
Couple hours, I don't know.
Couple minutes, I don't know.
I don't know. There are
no known laws of physics
operating here, okay?
I don't fucking know.
I don't know!
Please, God.
Please, God. Please, God.
Hey, come on,
take it easy.
Okay, okay.
Please, God.
Please, God.
Please, God.
Please, God. Help us.
There's this island.
This island right off the Carolinas,
called Roanoke.
And in 1587 it was...
It was the first English colony.
and children were living there.
Then, one day a boat
comes from London with supplies.
But lo and behold,
there's nobody to supply,
'cause everybody's gone.
The whole entire colony
completely vanished.
Left everything behind.
Food, livestock, clothing.
They sent search parties
looking for everybody for days
and the only thing they find...
You know what they find? One word.
One word.
Just scratched...
Scratched on a fence post.
Croatoan.
Cro... What?
Croatoan.
What does it mean?
I don't know. Nobody knows.
It's just a big mystery.
Maybe it's a message
from the local Indians or...
Or a word or...
Or just a last word.
Nobody knows for sure.
But maybe it's...
Maybe it's a warning.
A warning, like an error warning
your computer gives you
right before it crashes.
A warning from who?
Does it really matter? Huh?
Someone just hit
the restart button and...
And the lost colony was just this
little warning right before the...
Right before this...
this big reboot.
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
Feels like a semi
smashed into my skull.
That's 'cause you think
too much.
James, wet the towel, sweetie.
There we go.
We need ice.
I'm just gonna raise
your head up.
Just breathe.
Breathe. Breathe.
Hello?
Anybody here?
Stephen?
Is somebody here?
Control.
...news.
Reporter Luke Ryder continues his
series on the storm of controversy
surrounding alleged
security lapses
at the West Haven
nuclear power plant.
Yeah, you definitely
don't want to miss that.
And speaking of storms, Paige.
Well, that's right,
Carolin and Stephen,
we're tracking a very large front
moving in our direction.
Kind of an unusual storm...
...the good news is
this low pressure system
is followed by a very nice
high pressure front, so things...
So things...
...defies any logical or
rational explanation.
Hey. Hey!
You can't say that it's evil.
You can't say that it's human
or not human.
But it is
the new law of nature.
And we have to adapt.
Last night after the blackout,
I heard my brother call out to me
from the darkness.
My brother died eight years ago
in an automobile accident.
It can trick you.
Stay near a light source.
But do not trust any light
other than the one
that you hold
in your own hand.
This is David Breadan,
at WDID in Chicago.
If you're receiving
this broadcast,
then your phone service
may still work.
Please, call or text me
at this number.
Damn it.
- Hello?
- Luke?
All right.
We need to get out of here.
Now.
He can't go anywhere.
Don't you get it?
Why we're here?
At this exact place?
All of us?
I'll tell you why.
The light.
The light's protecting us.
Protecting us?
Ever see moths
fly into a flame?
What are you trying
to say?
You trying to say
that this is a trap?
A trap!
A dead end.
But whatever's out there
is in here now.
Point is when that genny dies,
we die.
Maybe that's how it should be.
What?
All of us have seen it.
Those souls.
Out there in the dark.
How do we know
they're not the people
we've already lost
calling us over?
How do we know that
that's not heaven and this...
Is...
If my boy's with them,
then that's where I'm meant to be.
And if he's not,
then I ain't going nowhere
till I find him.
Look, there's a truck.
I don't know, maybe five,
eight blocks away.
The power's drained,
but it's not dead.
Now if we can get it
started,
we all have a chance
of getting out of here.
Maybe get you to a hospital.
Oh, yeah?
A hospital. Where, man?
Where?
Chicago.
The morning after it happened,
I caught a satellite feed.
There are survivors out there.
Like us.
So where are
the rescue parties, huh?
I don't know.
It's been three days,
I don't see any search parties.
I don't know, all right?
All I know is I'm gonna
roll that truck to this genny.
I'm gonna string
some jumper cables
from the genny
to the truck's battery,
I'm gonna start
that truck
and I'm gonna get out of here,
with or without any of you.
Yeah, roll? How you gonna roll it?
You can barely walk.
Then a little help would be nice.
James, we have a vehicle.
All right?
We can cover more ground.
You know,
maybe look for your mom.
Your son.
We can wait till morning.
You sure there's one coming?
The first couple of days, I...
You know, I...
Kept asking myself
why am I still here.
Why me?
You know, just...
Just... Just...
Talking to myself,
running from place to place,
shouting my name like an idiot.
Anything to remind me
that I exist.
I'm here
because I will myself to exist.
You know what? Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe this is just
a passing storm.
Maybe it ends tomorrow.
You said it yourself, Paul.
A big reboot.
Which means that this could all be
a new beginning, right? Not an end.
But we can't wait around here
to find out.
Those rations downstairs.
Put as many as you can
into these garbage bags, all right?
We need to bring them with us.
And keep an eye
on that generator.
It goes black,
you take this and get out of here.
But what about Paul?
I'm supposed to watch him.
Hey, you heard what I said.
Here.
Take this, all right?
It's good luck.
I'll bring us back a real one.
God, you're beautiful.
Let me tell you something.
You were born for the movies.
I think you missed
your calling.
Yeah. King of missed
opportunities. That's me.
But I never missed
a reel change.
Never.
Okay, once.
Tell me. Tell me as a woman,
as a beautiful woman.
What do you think?
You think
I might have a chance?
I mean, hypothetically.
Not with you, but just in general.
Do you think I'm...
You know, you think I'm...
I'm so fucking stupid.
Going on and on and on.
Hey, we gotta go.
No. Hey, come back.
We will.
Don't let him
fall asleep, okay?
Be brave.
Come on.
It's dead.
I just put batteries
in four minutes ago.
This'll do it.
It's right over here. Come on.
I must've checked 500 cars
since this happened.
Goddamn if this isn't the only one
with a battery that still works.
Why does this one work
and all the others don't?
It's a Chevy.
There is no reason. All right?
It's random, you know.
Toss of a coin.
Why I'm still here and the sucker
who was driving this boat isn't,
I don't know.
I had light, he didn't?
Just tell me
what I have to do.
Push!
Keep pushing.
You're fine.
You got a girl?
A what?
"A what?"
Not a what, a girl.
A main squeeze.
I got a ma.
You got a ma.
Of course you got a ma,
everybody's got a ma.
We all got a ma, but...
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg!
That's the movie
that I'm gonna screen for her.
Catherine Deneuve.
The music, the colors...
She's gonna love it.
Paul.
Paul. Paul!
Paul! Wake up!
Put on... Put on a song.
- A what?
- Go put a song on for me.
- But Luke says...
- I don't care what Luke says.
Just go, give me
one more song. Go ahead.
See if they got
Forever by the Marvelettes.
They got it.
Play it.
Darling, forever
Forever
You can break my heart
...a fool
Just to be with you
James! James!
James! James!
James!
Paul! Come on, come on.
Wake up.
Hold up! Hold up!
It's just a few more blocks.
No, I've got to stop
for a second.
My ankle.
I just need a minute.
Hey, James.
James.
James!
James!
They're all dead.
Your son.
Does he talk yet?
Manny, right?
Does he talk?
He kind of makes funny sounds.
He can nearly say mama.
And sometimes he'll...
He'll point at a light
and he says, "Lye!
Lye, Mama."
It's almost "light",
but not really.
What's in Chicago?
Anna. My wife.
We're separated actually.
I left for my career
and she stayed for hers.
She's still there, Luke.
Funny thing is,
I don't think she'd want to see me.
Even now.
You'll be together again.
You will.
I just...
I just put fresh batteries in.
Just keep dying.
Oh, my God.
Look!
Hey!
Come here.
- Hey, there.
- It's okay.
- Come here.
- Come here, it's all right.
It's all right,
don't be afraid. Come here.
Come on.
Shit!
No! Come back!
Luke!
Luke, get up!
Hit the lights!
Hit the headlights!
Come on, hit the lights!
Hit the headlights!
Get out of there!
James.
Oh, no.
James!
James!
None of them work.
None of them work.
This is the only one
that works.
Shit. Come on!
No, it doesn't work.
What are we gonna do?
Luke, they're here.
Come on.
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
They're dimming.
James.
That's better.
Hold this steady.
- All right. - All right.
That's good. That's good.
Give me your lighter.
Come on! Come on!
Give me your lighter.
- It's in the bar.
- What?
It's in the bar!
Where are you going?
Rosemary.
Whoa!
Hey, what are you doing?
Stay close.
- There's not enough light.
- Come on!
We can make it.
We can make it.
It's really close.
James.
Almost there!
This is it!
James!
James. Come...
James!
Here.
Paul.
James.
No! No!
No!
Who's there?
Stay away!
Stay away!
Stay away from me!
No!
I exist.
I exist. I exist.
I exist. I exist.
James.
I exist.
I exist!
James, I exist!
I exist...
Paul.
Paul!
Paul!
Hold this.
How'd you know
those matches were there?
I used to bum cigarettes
off the duty nurse.
You worked here?
No.
Manny saved my life.
Made me want to clean up.
Made me want to live.
I can't lose him, Luke.
I can't.
This torch won't last.
We gotta go, Rosemary.
Come on.
There's a storage room
in the back.
There's alcohol.
For the needles.
Rubbing alcohol.
For the torch.
Fuel, right?
Yeah. Yeah, let's go.
No, you rest your ankle.
You wait here.
I'll go.
Manny.
Rosemary?
My baby?
Manny.
No. No.
Almost there.
I exist.
I exist.
James!
Hey!
Where's Paul?
He's gone. He's gone.
Rosemary?
Hey.
Hey, we're gonna make it.
All right?
Hey, we're gonna make it,
all right? But I need your help.
Okay?
Okay.
Come on, give me more slack.
There.
All right.
I gotta go down
and prime that thing.
You're gonna have to turn the
ignition on your own, all right?
I can't be alone, man.
- Listen, you're not alone.
- No, don't go!
- You're gonna leave, too!
- No. It's you and me now, buddy.
- All right? Hey.
- Don't go, man. Don't go.
Listen to me.
Okay? We're gonna see morning,
I promise.
A storm passing.
- Right? Right?
- That's right.
That's right, a storm passing.
All right, when I say,
"Now", turn the ignition.
Okay!
Now!
Come on.
Now!
Come on!
Now!
Come on! Come on! Shit.
I've gotta shut the hood.
You gotta keep your foot
on the gas
otherwise we're gonna
lose power. Yeah?
Yeah.
Don't take it off.
Okay. Okay.
You did good back there.
So did you.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Go!
Mama.
James, the gas! Hey!
James! Hey!
What are you doing? Hey!
Shit!
James!
James, get back here!
Shit. Shit. Shit.
Fuck it.
James.
James.
Mom.
Mom. It's me.
Get in the truck!
I saw my mom.
Get in the fucking truck.
James! No!
James!
James!
James! James!
No!
Anna.
Luke!
My name is James Leary.
I exist.
I exist.
I exist.
I exist.
I exist!
I exist.
I exist.
I exist.
That's my bed.
You don't have to go.
Don't go.
I'm Briana.
I'm James.
It works?
It won't go out.
As long as there's day.
What's that?
Look!
I exist. I exist.
I exist...
I exist. I exist...
You... Um...
Your light.
What? Oh! I'm such a moron!
How's the flick?
Ah, you know,
Adam Sandler gets in a mess.
Wife gets pissed. Rinse and repeat.
Predictable. Formulaic.
- Fart jokes. You wouldn't
like it. - Hmm.
How would you know
what I like?
I wouldn't know.
Well, maybe you should
find out sometime.
Oh, shit! What the...
Hey, Hal! Hey...
What the hell?
Hal?
What the...
What the hell's going on?
Kim?
Hey! Hey!
Hey, you!
Everyone's gone.
They're all gone.
Got anyone in the theaters?
No, man.
I haven't seen a soul.
Jeez!
Same down in the food court.
You know what happened?
We're on backup power.
Heading down to maintenance
to find out more.
We're being Punk'd, right?
Oh, yeah. Allen Funt
is gonna pop out any minute.
- Who?
- Forget it.
The hell is that?
What did you see?
Wait here.
Who's there?
You see something?
Huh?
Anybody here?
Hello?
Anyone here?
Where is everyone?
Anybody here?
Hey! Hello?
Help me.
Someone help me.
No!
Manny. Manny.
My baby. Manny!
Paige?
I waited for you.
You here?
Paige?
Son of a...
What the hell
is going on here?
Twenty-three goddamn flights.
Piece of junk.
Yo, Jesus,
what's up with the...
This is yesterday's.
Paige?
Paige?
Paige?
Anyone?
Where are you?
Damn it!
Hello?
Somebody there?
Shit!
Hey!
Open the door!
Open up the fucking door,
man!
Hey, man, I need...
I need a light.
They're all spent.
Give me one of your lights, man.
Open the door.
Give me one of your lights.
Please.
God damn!
Don't move.
Put the gun on the floor.
It's a flashlight.
Just put it on the floor.
You mean this gun?
Put or drop?
Put the fucking gun
on the ground!
Come on, the light, too.
You want me
to turn it off?
The light, too!
Now!
All right.
Okay. What now?
Why don't you just lower
that barrel a little,
we'll talk this shit out,
huh?
Can I at least have
my drink?
Is that permitted?
Hey! God damn it!
Go on! Shoot me! Do it!
Shoot me!
You're afraid to.
- No, I'm not.
- Yeah, you are.
You shoot me,
there's nobody left. Right?
Right.
What's your name?
What's your name?
James.
James. Like Jesse James.
Gun and all.
I'm Luke.
I've seen your face.
Oh, yeah?
TV.
That's right.
News 7.
I'm the new field reporter.
You're always yelling at people
with the microphone.
Look, James.
Here's the truth.
I'm just happy to see
another face.
You know what I mean?
Why don't you put the gun down
and we'll have ourselves a drink.
Come on, I'm buying.
It'll be my pleasure.
Where'd you find this?
It's my mom's.
She keeps it under the bar.
- Your mom owns this place?
- Nah. Bartender.
She around?
Up the street.
Went to check the light
in the church.
- Light?
- Yeah.
A guy came by saying
he saw a light in that church.
A guy?
How long ago?
He's gone now.
You got a nice generator
down there.
How much gas
you got left?
I don't know.
My mom told me to keep feeding
it every few hours, though.
You a strong kid, Jesse James?
Strong enough.
Good. Drink up.
You're gonna need it.
Why?
Here. Batteries work.
You're gonna help us
get us both out of here.
I'm not going nowhere.
I've got to wait for my mom.
She just went up the street
to the church.
She told me
to stay right here.
We need to get out of this city.
You understand?
I'm not going nowhere.
We're moving out
when she comes back
with some people.
What people?
There are no people.
Don't matter.
She told me she'd be back.
Have you taken a look
outside lately, James?
It's, like,
And it's fucking pitch black!
I've been out there
for the last three days.
And every day
the sun comes up later
and goes down sooner.
Every day, less daylight.
More people are just gone!
You understand what I'm saying?
I don't think
your mom's coming back.
- Yes, she is!
- No, she's not.
Now, I don't know
what in Christ is going on here,
but I'm not hanging around
in this dump to find out.
You wanna just wait
till the gas is up in that genny,
knock yourself out.
I'm out of here.
Fair exchange.
Good luck.
I'm serious, all right?
I'm going.
- I'm gone.
- Then go, motherfucker, go!
Where is he?
Manny, baby, it's Mama.
Manny!
What'd he do with my Manny?
Come on.
Hey, lady.
- Please, you've seen my Manny?
- I don't know. I don't know.
- My baby.
- I don't know, I don't know.
Randy, where you at?
Hey, lady, there's nobody else
here, all right?
Randy! Randy!
He took my baby.
I know he took my baby.
Look, I'm real sorry for your...
- Get away from my baby!
- Whoa, whoa! Hey!
- Where's my baby?
- Don't you point that gun at me!
- Where's my baby?
- God damn it!
Help me. Help me.
So, how'd you get this far
without a light?
You didn't have one
when you came in here.
How old are you?
Twelve-and-a-half.
Manny's nine months today.
That's your boy?
Yeah.
I'm James.
That's Luke.
Rosemary.
You a doctor?
Dr. Williamson,
please report to the ER.
Dr. Williamson,
please report to the ER.
Gloria?
Manny? Manny!
Please... God...
You a doctor?
Physical therapist.
Manny's dad comes here to drink,
so I thought that...
I thought that he took
our baby here.
I...
It's okay.
You're okay.
I do have light.
I got a lot of lights.
The batteries kept dying
in my flashlight.
These last.
Why does the power work here?
Backup generator.
Won't last, though.
You're the first people
I've seen in two days.
- Why?
- Why what?
Why us?
Why are we the ones
left behind?
Just stay close to the light.
Just stay in the light, all right?
Help! Help!
Help!
Someone help me!
Sounds like he's hurt.
Bad luck for him.
What?
We can't just leave him.
Someone help me, please!
Go get him, then.
- I'll go.
- No. No.
- You stay here. I'll go.
- Give it to me. Move.
Lock the door.
Then open it
when you hear me coming.
Fast!
Come on, let's get inside.
- Help me!
- Shh.
Help me! Help me!
All right.
- Come on. You're coming
with me. - No! No!
- It's all right, it's okay.
- No! No!
Come on.
- They're here. They're here.
- No, it's just me.
They're here.
Shit!
Come on! Not now.
They're here.
They're out there.
They're here.
Here.
All right, come on.
One more time.
Mama.
What are you doing?
I got to find my ma.
I got to go.
She's waiting for me!
We have to stay in the light.
I'm sorry.
He ain't coming back, is he?
We're almost there.
No!
Come on!
Hey!
Hey! Open the door!
Open the door!
Come on! The lights!
Hurry up!
Hey. Hey.
Hey.
What, am I in heaven?
Better.
A bar.
I gotta go. I gotta go.
- No, lie still. Just...
- I gotta go.
What's your name?
Can you tell me your name?
My name is Paul. Paul.
- Paul, that's my name.
- Good.
You have a concussion.
So we need to keep talking.
Okay?
- Okay.
- Right.
That light.
How'd you get there?
I...
I was working
at the Fairlane Center.
And the whole mall went dark.
I mean, all the people
were all gone.
So, I was...
I was on my way out of there,
when my light starts dying.
And then someone
came out of the dark and hit me.
I was taken somewhere.
And then my light
came back on.
And I was outside. I don't even
know how I got there, but I...
I walked till I found
that bus shelter.
Taken?
Taken.
I don't know where.
I don't know where.
But there were these voices.
These whispers.
No bodies. No faces.
Souls.
Only shadows.
And I was drowning in them.
So I started screaming.
Started screaming.
But there was no sound.
There was no sound.
It was like I was fighting,
fighting for air.
Like I was fighting to exist.
Sounds like some kind
of fever dream.
No. Dreams are much more
broken apart, more obscure.
- I was taken some place for 3 days.
- I'm gonna keep you warm.
This was in real time.
So, did you get a look
at the guy that hit you?
I told you. I told you
it wasn't a person.
You saw it, too, didn't you?
I knew it.
When I was lying there,
waiting for the bus,
I had time and I went
through the list
of all the ways
everyone could just disappear.
Flesh eating bacterias.
Nanotech running amok.
A particle collider accident.
Parallel universes.
Neutron bombs.
Gamma ray bursts.
Alien abduction.
Singularities.
Wormholes. Black holes.
- Stop it!
- But the thing is
that the math doesn't add up.
The math does not add up.
My boy is missing.
His mother.
It just doesn't add up.
This is no accident.
There's a reason.
You're gonna lay
your Catholic guilt on us now?
Why are you here, Luke?
You know?
No idea.
And I don't care.
Well, you should.
We all... We all should.
Why didn't we go with everyone else?
- Because...
- Why?
Like, when you shut down
a movie projector,
it doesn't just stop on a dime.
It winds down.
We're the last spin on the reel
before it stops for good.
I know I've done things
in my life.
Awful things.
I've hurt people.
I've made mistakes.
We all have.
So what are you saying,
that this is punishment?
For what?
- That's between you and...
- And God?
Between me and God?
I don't know, I think God's
closed up shop,
- just like everybody else!
- Don't say that!
You're trying to tell me
- that he deserves this shit, huh?
- Leave him alone!
You know, I think that
you're just pissed off
- 'cause Jesus didn't beam you up!
- Stop it! No!
You know what? We don't need
some fucking left behind sermon!
What we need to do is...
Oh, no!
Sweet Jesus. Sweet Jesus.
Lessen the load.
- What?
- The power load on the genny!
- You got to lessen it.
- Turn off anything we don't need.
James, get the games.
The jukebox.
Turn them off, turn them off.
Get the neon signs.
Strip the top off.
Looks like somebody rerouted it up
to the bar after the main grid died.
Yeah. My ma.
At least we got plenty of gas.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
The electric charge is fading,
anyway.
Like the batteries
and the flares...
And the cars
and everything.
It's just impossible.
But the bus shelter?
The one you were under?
Solar powered.
It's experimental, one off.
The city was thinking of going green
for a while. I did a piece on it.
Okay. So, solar is working.
Yeah. Too bad the sun's not.
James, where does this go?
Sonny says it's where we go
when the shit hits the fan.
Sonny had a point.
All right, rocket scientist.
How long?
- How long what?
- How long we got?
- How long until it dies?
- Yeah.
Couple hours, I don't know.
Couple minutes, I don't know.
I don't know. There are
no known laws of physics
operating here, okay?
I don't fucking know.
I don't know!
Please, God.
Please, God. Please, God.
Hey, come on,
take it easy.
Okay, okay.
Please, God.
Please, God.
Please, God.
Please, God. Help us.
There's this island.
This island right off the Carolinas,
called Roanoke.
And in 1587 it was...
It was the first English colony.
and children were living there.
Then, one day a boat
comes from London with supplies.
But lo and behold,
there's nobody to supply,
'cause everybody's gone.
The whole entire colony
completely vanished.
Left everything behind.
Food, livestock, clothing.
They sent search parties
looking for everybody for days
and the only thing they find...
You know what they find? One word.
One word.
Just scratched...
Scratched on a fence post.
Croatoan.
Cro... What?
Croatoan.
What does it mean?
I don't know. Nobody knows.
It's just a big mystery.
Maybe it's a message
from the local Indians or...
Or a word or...
Or just a last word.
Nobody knows for sure.
But maybe it's...
Maybe it's a warning.
A warning, like an error warning
your computer gives you
right before it crashes.
A warning from who?
Does it really matter? Huh?
Someone just hit
the restart button and...
And the lost colony was just this
little warning right before the...
Right before this...
this big reboot.
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
Feels like a semi
smashed into my skull.
That's 'cause you think
too much.
James, wet the towel, sweetie.
There we go.
We need ice.
I'm just gonna raise
your head up.
Just breathe.
Breathe. Breathe.
Hello?
Anybody here?
Stephen?
Is somebody here?
Control.
...news.
Reporter Luke Ryder continues his
series on the storm of controversy
surrounding alleged
security lapses
at the West Haven
nuclear power plant.
Yeah, you definitely
don't want to miss that.
And speaking of storms, Paige.
Well, that's right,
Carolin and Stephen,
we're tracking a very large front
moving in our direction.
Kind of an unusual storm...
...the good news is
this low pressure system
is followed by a very nice
high pressure front, so things...
So things...
...defies any logical or
rational explanation.
Hey. Hey!
You can't say that it's evil.
You can't say that it's human
or not human.
But it is
the new law of nature.
And we have to adapt.
Last night after the blackout,
I heard my brother call out to me
from the darkness.
My brother died eight years ago
in an automobile accident.
It can trick you.
Stay near a light source.
But do not trust any light
other than the one
that you hold
in your own hand.
This is David Breadan,
at WDID in Chicago.
If you're receiving
this broadcast,
then your phone service
may still work.
Please, call or text me
at this number.
Damn it.
- Hello?
- Luke?
All right.
We need to get out of here.
Now.
He can't go anywhere.
Don't you get it?
Why we're here?
At this exact place?
All of us?
I'll tell you why.
The light.
The light's protecting us.
Protecting us?
Ever see moths
fly into a flame?
What are you trying
to say?
You trying to say
that this is a trap?
A trap!
A dead end.
But whatever's out there
is in here now.
Point is when that genny dies,
we die.
Maybe that's how it should be.
What?
All of us have seen it.
Those souls.
Out there in the dark.
How do we know
they're not the people
we've already lost
calling us over?
How do we know that
that's not heaven and this...
Is...
If my boy's with them,
then that's where I'm meant to be.
And if he's not,
then I ain't going nowhere
till I find him.
Look, there's a truck.
I don't know, maybe five,
eight blocks away.
The power's drained,
but it's not dead.
Now if we can get it
started,
we all have a chance
of getting out of here.
Maybe get you to a hospital.
Oh, yeah?
A hospital. Where, man?
Where?
Chicago.
The morning after it happened,
I caught a satellite feed.
There are survivors out there.
Like us.
So where are
the rescue parties, huh?
I don't know.
It's been three days,
I don't see any search parties.
I don't know, all right?
All I know is I'm gonna
roll that truck to this genny.
I'm gonna string
some jumper cables
from the genny
to the truck's battery,
I'm gonna start
that truck
and I'm gonna get out of here,
with or without any of you.
Yeah, roll? How you gonna roll it?
You can barely walk.
Then a little help would be nice.
James, we have a vehicle.
All right?
We can cover more ground.
You know,
maybe look for your mom.
Your son.
We can wait till morning.
You sure there's one coming?
The first couple of days, I...
You know, I...
Kept asking myself
why am I still here.
Why me?
You know, just...
Just... Just...
Talking to myself,
running from place to place,
shouting my name like an idiot.
Anything to remind me
that I exist.
I'm here
because I will myself to exist.
You know what? Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe this is just
a passing storm.
Maybe it ends tomorrow.
You said it yourself, Paul.
A big reboot.
Which means that this could all be
a new beginning, right? Not an end.
But we can't wait around here
to find out.
Those rations downstairs.
Put as many as you can
into these garbage bags, all right?
We need to bring them with us.
And keep an eye
on that generator.
It goes black,
you take this and get out of here.
But what about Paul?
I'm supposed to watch him.
Hey, you heard what I said.
Here.
Take this, all right?
It's good luck.
I'll bring us back a real one.
God, you're beautiful.
Let me tell you something.
You were born for the movies.
I think you missed
your calling.
Yeah. King of missed
opportunities. That's me.
But I never missed
a reel change.
Never.
Okay, once.
Tell me. Tell me as a woman,
as a beautiful woman.
What do you think?
You think
I might have a chance?
I mean, hypothetically.
Not with you, but just in general.
Do you think I'm...
You know, you think I'm...
I'm so fucking stupid.
Going on and on and on.
Hey, we gotta go.
No. Hey, come back.
We will.
Don't let him
fall asleep, okay?
Be brave.
Come on.
It's dead.
I just put batteries
in four minutes ago.
This'll do it.
It's right over here. Come on.
I must've checked 500 cars
since this happened.
Goddamn if this isn't the only one
with a battery that still works.
Why does this one work
and all the others don't?
It's a Chevy.
There is no reason. All right?
It's random, you know.
Toss of a coin.
Why I'm still here and the sucker
who was driving this boat isn't,
I don't know.
I had light, he didn't?
Just tell me
what I have to do.
Push!
Keep pushing.
You're fine.
You got a girl?
A what?
"A what?"
Not a what, a girl.
A main squeeze.
I got a ma.
You got a ma.
Of course you got a ma,
everybody's got a ma.
We all got a ma, but...
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg!
That's the movie
that I'm gonna screen for her.
Catherine Deneuve.
The music, the colors...
She's gonna love it.
Paul.
Paul. Paul!
Paul! Wake up!
Put on... Put on a song.
- A what?
- Go put a song on for me.
- But Luke says...
- I don't care what Luke says.
Just go, give me
one more song. Go ahead.
See if they got
Forever by the Marvelettes.
They got it.
Play it.
Darling, forever
Forever
You can break my heart
...a fool
Just to be with you
James! James!
James! James!
James!
Paul! Come on, come on.
Wake up.
Hold up! Hold up!
It's just a few more blocks.
No, I've got to stop
for a second.
My ankle.
I just need a minute.
Hey, James.
James.
James!
James!
They're all dead.
Your son.
Does he talk yet?
Manny, right?
Does he talk?
He kind of makes funny sounds.
He can nearly say mama.
And sometimes he'll...
He'll point at a light
and he says, "Lye!
Lye, Mama."
It's almost "light",
but not really.
What's in Chicago?
Anna. My wife.
We're separated actually.
I left for my career
and she stayed for hers.
She's still there, Luke.
Funny thing is,
I don't think she'd want to see me.
Even now.
You'll be together again.
You will.
I just...
I just put fresh batteries in.
Just keep dying.
Oh, my God.
Look!
Hey!
Come here.
- Hey, there.
- It's okay.
- Come here.
- Come here, it's all right.
It's all right,
don't be afraid. Come here.
Come on.
Shit!
No! Come back!
Luke!
Luke, get up!
Hit the lights!
Hit the headlights!
Come on, hit the lights!
Hit the headlights!
Get out of there!
James.
Oh, no.
James!
James!
None of them work.
None of them work.
This is the only one
that works.
Shit. Come on!
No, it doesn't work.
What are we gonna do?
Luke, they're here.
Come on.
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
They're dimming.
James.
That's better.
Hold this steady.
- All right. - All right.
That's good. That's good.
Give me your lighter.
Come on! Come on!
Give me your lighter.
- It's in the bar.
- What?
It's in the bar!
Where are you going?
Rosemary.
Whoa!
Hey, what are you doing?
Stay close.
- There's not enough light.
- Come on!
We can make it.
We can make it.
It's really close.
James.
Almost there!
This is it!
James!
James. Come...
James!
Here.
Paul.
James.
No! No!
No!
Who's there?
Stay away!
Stay away!
Stay away from me!
No!
I exist.
I exist. I exist.
I exist. I exist.
James.
I exist.
I exist!
James, I exist!
I exist...
Paul.
Paul!
Paul!
Hold this.
How'd you know
those matches were there?
I used to bum cigarettes
off the duty nurse.
You worked here?
No.
Manny saved my life.
Made me want to clean up.
Made me want to live.
I can't lose him, Luke.
I can't.
This torch won't last.
We gotta go, Rosemary.
Come on.
There's a storage room
in the back.
There's alcohol.
For the needles.
Rubbing alcohol.
For the torch.
Fuel, right?
Yeah. Yeah, let's go.
No, you rest your ankle.
You wait here.
I'll go.
Manny.
Rosemary?
My baby?
Manny.
No. No.
Almost there.
I exist.
I exist.
James!
Hey!
Where's Paul?
He's gone. He's gone.
Rosemary?
Hey.
Hey, we're gonna make it.
All right?
Hey, we're gonna make it,
all right? But I need your help.
Okay?
Okay.
Come on, give me more slack.
There.
All right.
I gotta go down
and prime that thing.
You're gonna have to turn the
ignition on your own, all right?
I can't be alone, man.
- Listen, you're not alone.
- No, don't go!
- You're gonna leave, too!
- No. It's you and me now, buddy.
- All right? Hey.
- Don't go, man. Don't go.
Listen to me.
Okay? We're gonna see morning,
I promise.
A storm passing.
- Right? Right?
- That's right.
That's right, a storm passing.
All right, when I say,
"Now", turn the ignition.
Okay!
Now!
Come on.
Now!
Come on!
Now!
Come on! Come on! Shit.
I've gotta shut the hood.
You gotta keep your foot
on the gas
otherwise we're gonna
lose power. Yeah?
Yeah.
Don't take it off.
Okay. Okay.
You did good back there.
So did you.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Go!
Mama.
James, the gas! Hey!
James! Hey!
What are you doing? Hey!
Shit!
James!
James, get back here!
Shit. Shit. Shit.
Fuck it.
James.
James.
Mom.
Mom. It's me.
Get in the truck!
I saw my mom.
Get in the fucking truck.
James! No!
James!
James!
James! James!
No!
Anna.
Luke!
My name is James Leary.
I exist.
I exist.
I exist.
I exist.
I exist!
I exist.
I exist.
I exist.
That's my bed.
You don't have to go.
Don't go.
I'm Briana.
I'm James.
It works?
It won't go out.
As long as there's day.
What's that?
Look!
I exist. I exist.
I exist...
I exist. I exist...