Chosen (2022) s01e01 Episode Script
The Fact That Meteors Are Made of Glass Is Pretty Crazy!
1
[radio interference whining and beeping]
[woman] The galaxy. It's there.
It's giant.
It's full of darkness and mystery.
Ninety-five percent of it is unknown.
It's only when it shows itself to us
that we get a sense of what it is.
Like we did
when the universe came to Middelbo.
Middelbo. The most boring town in Denmark.
A rich town
before the shipyard closed down.
Then when that happened,
Middelbo was over.
But 17 years ago,
when Hussein was closing his store
a meteor struck the vegetable aisle.
That was a turning point for Middelbo.
They came from near and far
to see the hole in Middelbo.
- But Hussein was smart.
- [crowd clamoring]
- He made a bunch of souvenirs.
- [camera shutter clicking]
He made T-shirts, cups and caps,
made jobs.
Middelbo became a tourist destination.
And that's why we're here today.
From Middelbo to Meteorbo.
Great. Have a nice day. Thanks for coming.
Tell me more about the meteor.
There's not much more to say.
- You said nothing.
- Ah.
You just talked
about the T-shirts and Middelbo.
Well, you can go to the museum.
Why can't you tell me?
Yeah, I'd be
more than happy to assist you.
- Is that it?
- [woman] Yeah.
Can a rock make such a huge crater?
You can see the huge crater it created.
I don't know. It's not a real meteor.
And you're a meteor expert?
Any more questions?
You really don't know anything.
So can I touch it?
Of course you can't touch it.
If you're so certain it's a real meteor,
then it won't break. Why can't I touch it?
Because it says
you're not allowed to touch.
That's because it's not a real meteor.
I know people like you.
You think you're smart 'cause
you can just go and Google something.
But you're just a sad, little, dumb boy.
I'll tell my teacher you hit me.
Oh, my God, you're annoying.
You have two seconds.
Be careful! Oh!
[boy] It wasn't me.
[gasps]
[man] You let him touch the rock?
I didn't know it could break.
It says, "Please, do not touch."
- I can fix it. I promise.
- No, don't do a thing.
Stay far away from it.
[exhales] Folks come
from near and far to see that rock.
[scoffs] Not that many people.
Folks come
from near and far to see that rock.
You know that's just a lie.
[man clears throat]
Sorry.
You're fired.
- What?
- Get out now.
[radio interference whining]
- [chattering]
- [equipment beeping]
[radio interference crackling and whining]
[speaks Russian]
[radio interference crackling and whining]
It's a signal.
What kind?
[woman] It's not from here.
It's from outer space.
[types]
[whining and beeping intensify]
One more.
One more what?
One more signal.
It's not from space.
- [woman 2] Can you calibrate it?
- I'll try.
[woman 2] It looks
like a response to the first signal.
[woman] Yeah, I think it is.
It's from here. From Earth.
- From Denmark. Middelbo.
- [clicks]
[radio interference crackling and whining]
[woman 2] What's out there?
[engine revving]
[cheering]
[shouts]
[retching]
[woman] You're wasted!
- [woman 2] You really smashed it?
- [woman] Does anyone have a lighter?
It wasn't me.
[man] Yeah, I got one here.
It's weird meteors are made of glass.
What do you mean?
See here.
[woman 2] What is that?
It's it's part of the rock.
That's glass.
A meteor isn't made of glass.
I don't know what meteors are made of.
Not glass anyways.
[sniffles]
Nobody lies about a rock.
We all lie. My parents aren't at an inn.
They're at a swingers club.
[coughs] I need more.
- [motorcycles revving]
- [crowd shouting]
[shouting continues]
[scoffs]
Jonas.
- Hi, hon.
- [woman chuckles] Hi.
You smell like puke.
Yeah, well, I just puked.
But you know what? I can drink more.
[laughing]
I just talked to Zannie.
She said the meteor is fake.
Get off me.
So, the meteor's fake?
Yeah, I think I'll call Hussein
and tell him.
[sighs] What if he cancels the fair?
Why would he cancel it?
If you tell him the meteor's fake,
he might not feel like doing it.
If the meteor's fake, then he knows it.
Seriously, Emma. Can't you just
be a little normal once in a while?
- Everybody thinks you're
- They think I'm what?
They actually think
you're really, really, really nice, Emma.
I actually think that as well.
[laughs]
[Jonas] Let's party.
[dance music playing]
[shouting]
[telephone ringing]
[clicks]
You've reached Hussein. Leave a message
or send an email
to bigboss@middelbomuseum.dk.
[Emma] It's Emma.
Can we talk about what happened?
Maybe the rock's not a meteor. It's glass.
That makes it fake, right?
I would like to discuss that with you.
[truck horn honks]
[horn honks]
Hey!
[horn honks]
[woman] Good morning, honey.
Good morning. Sleep well?
Oh, I can't remember.
I got out of bed early.
[Emma chuckles] Cool.
I hear you were fired from the museum.
It really wasn't my fault.
[woman] No, of course not. It never is.
But how many jobs have you had
in the last year?
[Emma] I don't remember.
Five, Emma. Five jobs in a year.
[splutters, scoffs] This one is different.
[woman] Oh. How so?
Because it wasn't my fault.
And I'm the one getting fired
when they're the ones who are lying.
How are they lying?
[Emma] The meteor.
It was made of glass.
Did you talk to anyone?
No, I haven't said a word.
Okay. Good. Let it go.
- Bye now.
- Bye, Mom.
There.
I'd like some more pills.
You have a fortnight's dose, as usual.
I think you should up my dose a bit.
Then I think I need to know a bit more
about your current state of mind.
Can you tell me about it?
[Emma] It's just this town.
It's like
everyone is getting on my nerves.
Hmm.
How do you deal with them?
Deal with who?
Everyone, this whole town
without going insane.
Yeah. First of all,
I concentrate on myself.
You're a teenager, so you'll learn.
Will I?
Because when you're a teenager,
you're neither a part of something
or opposed it,
and you're opposed to it right now.
[sighs] You will be fine, Emma.
Most of us are.
[laughs]
One a day.
- Thanks. Mm-hmm.
- See you.
[man] Emma!
Get in, please.
I'm not an idiot.
[whispers] Hussein wants to talk to you.
[whispers] Okay.
Just ride your bike there then.
[rock music playing]
[man singing in Danish]
MIDDELBO CRATER
[clears throat] Welcome.
Can I get my job back?
[laughs]
No.
Then why am I here?
[sighs] Come on.
Did you know that
when most meteors hit Earth,
the force is so huge
that they disappear on impact?
They evaporate into tiny dust particles
that blow away.
Poof. Gone.
So the rock is fake.
- It's a symbol.
- A symbol of a lie.
It's not a lie.
It is if you made the rock.
You can't fire me
for destroying a fake rock.
[inhales, exhales]
Drink coupons?
Go to the fair tonight. Enjoy.
You can drink for free all night
and not just you. Your friends as well.
Seriously?
We're done talking about this.
It didn't happen.
Come on.
[Emma] Okay.
[Jonas] Hey, hon.
[Emma] Hi. Where you going?
I'm going over to Nik's.
[kisses]
Are you going?
To what?
The fair. We're gonna getting wasted.
Cool. It's a good thing
I have all these drink coupons then.
Where'd you get those?
Hussein tried to bribe me with them
when I accused him of lying.
You talked to Hussein?
Yeah, he's a real jerk.
I thought I told you not to talk to him.
- Yeah, but it doesn't matter.
- It totally matters.
There's one day a year
in this town that's actually fun.
One day. So you'd better not ruin it.
I just don't think that people should lie.
I find that
to be pretty obnoxious behavior.
Okay.
It's like, every time
you think something is a lie, Emma,
the rest of us have to pay,
and then we're not allowed to have fun.
Have you considered that the reason
you just wanna have fun all the time
is you're scared shitless
of looking inside yourself
and doing something with your life?
[Jonas sniffles]
Do you remember when I said
everyone said you were nice, Emma?
Big fat lie.
Everybody thinks you're a pain
in the goddamn ass.
You can shove the fair
straight up your ass.
Does that mean you're not coming then?
I love you!
- [mother] Ready?
- No.
- [mother] Hey, it's gonna be fun.
- I don't want to.
You should go anyway.
I don't want to.
But it's a tradition.
We have to eat our candy apples
and laugh at drunk people
like we usually do.
I can't.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, it's fine.
"I, Emma"
No.
" hereby grant my mom permission
to decide three things I have to
go to each year until I move out."
- [groans]
- "Love, Emma."
I was a kid.
It doesn't matter. You're still at home.
- I'm using a mom veto.
- [laughs]
See you in a minute.
[riders shouting]
Whoo!
[screams]
[screaming]
[laughing]
- [laughing]
- [mother mutters]
I forgot I don't like these.
But that's part of the tradition.
- It's like biting red cement.
- It's divine.
[laughs]
Oh, my God.
What are you doing?
Hi, hon. Thought you weren't coming.
So you thought you'd make out with Noreen?
I-I didn't think you'd find out.
That's a bad excuse.
And what about you?
Me?
Yeah. Why are you doing this?
- You're not even interested in him.
- Stop!
[Emma] Fuck you.
[Jonas] Emma! Emma!
["Asthma" by Rat Boy playing]
At the end of the day
There's nothing you can do about it
[man] Hey, hey, hey. Don't touch that.
Take these.
Did you know that Jonas and Noreen
were making out over there?
It's all fake!
Yeah, Middelbo.
Thank you for coming tonight.
It's a great honor for me
to introduce the man
who's going to save us all.
Thomas Damborg, Middelbo's future.
[crowd cheering]
[coughs]
Having a good time?
[Thomas] Thank you.
It's a great honor to be here.
I represent Astraeus.
We are an international hedge fund.
We have a lot of experience finding
the diamond in the rough.
We believe that together
we can make Middelbo
the shipping center of northern Europe.
We believe that this town
has the identity, the cohesion,
the experience going back
through generations of workers
since the beginning of the century.
In Middelbo, it's all possible.
The town that was hit by the universe.
- [audience applauding]
- [Thomas] It created unity.
[cheering]
Hello! Hello!
Sorry.
Don't you understand
that it's a fucking lie?
Sorry, what?
He's a con artist, that guy.
The meteor is fake.
[chuckles] Thank you to the comedian.
Unless Middelbo's youth
have drunken all the booze,
there are great prices at the bar.
Enjoy your evening.
You can have all the drinks you want.
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
WHO IS THE WOBBLIEST OF THEM ALL?
[woman] What do you know, Emma?
[man] Tell us what you know or else.
[whimpers]
[panting]
[groans]
[exhales]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[exhales] I'm so wasted.
[laughing]
- Fuck! Ow.
- [clattering]
Come inside.
Drink this.
What am I doing here?
You were sleeping on the road.
It was freezing, so we helped you.
Or the vampire over there helped.
The vampire?
- Yeah, Marie is 99% vampire.
- [Marie] Yeah.
What's the last percent?
I don't drink blood. [chuckles]
- You don't drink blood?
- Not yet.
Aren't you, like, zero percent vampire?
I'm gonna go home.
We want to talk first.
Listen, I talked to your dad.
I know I have to keep my mouth shut.
But you shouldn't keep your mouth shut.
You have to tell us what you know.
I don't know anything you don't know.
- No, tell us.
- How'd you know about the meteor?
It just broke. I don't know anything.
- I told you.
- [Emma] Told who?
I told them it was a coincidence.
What was?
Elvis thought you knew something.
It doesn't matter. Show her out, Marie.
- [Marie] Yeah.
- [man] You can go home.
- I knew she didn't know who did it.
- [Elvis] It was worth a shot.
[Emma] What's going on?
Never mind. Just go home.
No way.
- [sighs]
- [Elvis clears throat]
Just relax. She's cool.
You don't know that.
Just don't tell anyone, okay?
Or else she'll bite me?
We know everything.
Everything about you too.
We keep an eye on people.
We're the only ones trying
to figure out what's wrong in Middelbo.
This town has secrets. We wanna find them.
There are people who were there years ago.
We know they were in the area
when the so-called meteor hit.
They must have seen it,
but they never told anyone.
How do you know they were there?
We investigated.
All the people we're watching
were within a 500-yard radius.
But they've kept it a secret.
But why?
The truth is dangerous.
They know it wasn't a meteor
that crashed back then.
Okay. Then what was it?
A spaceship.
A what?
- That's not the right term. An extrater
- A spaceship.
[chuckles]
Okay, see ya. Gotta go.
Seriously?
[gasping]
You can't avoid it.
- Why not?
- It's the truth.
How much do you live inside a fantasy
if you actually believe some
sort of spaceship was here 17 years ago?
What if I told you that three days ago
a rumor started spreading
that there's been a signal
from outer space
and that Middelbo has answered?
Yeah, so what?
[man] What if I told you
that Astraeus didn't exist a month ago?
How can they grow so big, so fast?
Something is really weird,
and I actually think
it's worth investigating.
There you are.
I called you.
[chuckles] Ten times, Mom?
Come inside, Humpty Dumpty.
- [Emma] Ha ha.
- [mother] Happy birthday.
[Emma] Thanks.
- Did you forget?
- Yeah, I did.
I wasn't sure if you were going
for a kid's birthday or a hangover cure,
so I have cake and chips.
[laughs] Yummy.
Seventeen. [chuckles]
I remember it
- Like it was yesterday. I know. Mm-hmm.
- Yes, exactly.
Your dad says happy birthday, as well.
My dad who doesn't know I exist.
I'm sure he knows deep down somehow.
[Emma] Mm-hmm.
What happened?
You were there.
I left early, but a lot of people didn't.
I got a bit drunk.
Didn't I tell you to let it go?
Yeah, it was stupid of me.
Yeah, it was.
Everyone has their beliefs.
What if they believe a lie?
Then they do.
You don't need to worry about that.
You just figure out what makes you happy.
Yeah. it's not worth arguing
with everybody.
No, it's not worth it.
No.
Let it go.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, I'm gonna let it go.
- Promise?
- Yeah.
[chuckles]
MIDDELBO SHIPYARD
[chattering]
[Thomas] Aren't you that girl
from the fair?
[Emma] Sorry.
What was it? Something about the meteor?
It was nothing.
Just something I thought I found.
Every time we make a new discovery,
it turns out that what we thought
we knew yesterday is wrong today.
And now you're here.
Yeah.
Want a tour?
Okay.
I'm looking for a job.
The you've come to the right place.
[Emma] What kind of jobs do you have?
Are you picky?
No, but I'm a difficult person.
We can always fire you.
[Emma] That's happened.
What do you do here?
We build. It's a shipyard.
Middelbo deserves to return to its heyday.
And you've only been here for a month?
It's what I heard.
Look us up online.
Hmm.
We've almost disappeared a few times.
But we're still here. Since 1875.
Yeah, got it.
[Marie] Hi.
Hi.
What's up?
I just applied for a job.
Come.
Where to?
You'll see. Come.
[Emma chuckles] Okay.
It's here.
But that's my doctor. What's up with her?
[Marie] We're keeping an eye on her.
Want a cracker?
[chuckles] Yeah.
Happy birthday.
What?
Isn't it your birthday?
Thanks.
[Marie exhales]
[Emma] What do you think she knows?
[Marie] Susan was there 17 years ago.
Maybe she'll reveal something to us.
[Emma] What could Susan reveal?
She's just a boring doctor.
[Marie] If you really want
to hide something,
wouldn't you wanna appear
as boring as possible?
Like you?
Yeah.
[Emma] Why are we watching her?
Because she has secrets.
[clears throat]
Mads and Elvis are obsessed
with this conspiracy.
But I'm just not.
I just like watching people.
And then I realize that everybody
is as fucked up as I am.
And that actually makes me feel
a little bit better.
[loud crashing]
[Emma] What's going on?
Over there.
That's my biology teacher Hans.
[Marie] You're goddamn right it is.
[Emma] Is she sleeping around?
[laughs]
[man] Hey.
[animal] Hey.
[groans, whimpers]
[grunts]
- [man] Hey.
- [bones crack]
[radio interference whining]
[radio interference whining and beeping]
[woman] The galaxy. It's there.
It's giant.
It's full of darkness and mystery.
Ninety-five percent of it is unknown.
It's only when it shows itself to us
that we get a sense of what it is.
Like we did
when the universe came to Middelbo.
Middelbo. The most boring town in Denmark.
A rich town
before the shipyard closed down.
Then when that happened,
Middelbo was over.
But 17 years ago,
when Hussein was closing his store
a meteor struck the vegetable aisle.
That was a turning point for Middelbo.
They came from near and far
to see the hole in Middelbo.
- But Hussein was smart.
- [crowd clamoring]
- He made a bunch of souvenirs.
- [camera shutter clicking]
He made T-shirts, cups and caps,
made jobs.
Middelbo became a tourist destination.
And that's why we're here today.
From Middelbo to Meteorbo.
Great. Have a nice day. Thanks for coming.
Tell me more about the meteor.
There's not much more to say.
- You said nothing.
- Ah.
You just talked
about the T-shirts and Middelbo.
Well, you can go to the museum.
Why can't you tell me?
Yeah, I'd be
more than happy to assist you.
- Is that it?
- [woman] Yeah.
Can a rock make such a huge crater?
You can see the huge crater it created.
I don't know. It's not a real meteor.
And you're a meteor expert?
Any more questions?
You really don't know anything.
So can I touch it?
Of course you can't touch it.
If you're so certain it's a real meteor,
then it won't break. Why can't I touch it?
Because it says
you're not allowed to touch.
That's because it's not a real meteor.
I know people like you.
You think you're smart 'cause
you can just go and Google something.
But you're just a sad, little, dumb boy.
I'll tell my teacher you hit me.
Oh, my God, you're annoying.
You have two seconds.
Be careful! Oh!
[boy] It wasn't me.
[gasps]
[man] You let him touch the rock?
I didn't know it could break.
It says, "Please, do not touch."
- I can fix it. I promise.
- No, don't do a thing.
Stay far away from it.
[exhales] Folks come
from near and far to see that rock.
[scoffs] Not that many people.
Folks come
from near and far to see that rock.
You know that's just a lie.
[man clears throat]
Sorry.
You're fired.
- What?
- Get out now.
[radio interference whining]
- [chattering]
- [equipment beeping]
[radio interference crackling and whining]
[speaks Russian]
[radio interference crackling and whining]
It's a signal.
What kind?
[woman] It's not from here.
It's from outer space.
[types]
[whining and beeping intensify]
One more.
One more what?
One more signal.
It's not from space.
- [woman 2] Can you calibrate it?
- I'll try.
[woman 2] It looks
like a response to the first signal.
[woman] Yeah, I think it is.
It's from here. From Earth.
- From Denmark. Middelbo.
- [clicks]
[radio interference crackling and whining]
[woman 2] What's out there?
[engine revving]
[cheering]
[shouts]
[retching]
[woman] You're wasted!
- [woman 2] You really smashed it?
- [woman] Does anyone have a lighter?
It wasn't me.
[man] Yeah, I got one here.
It's weird meteors are made of glass.
What do you mean?
See here.
[woman 2] What is that?
It's it's part of the rock.
That's glass.
A meteor isn't made of glass.
I don't know what meteors are made of.
Not glass anyways.
[sniffles]
Nobody lies about a rock.
We all lie. My parents aren't at an inn.
They're at a swingers club.
[coughs] I need more.
- [motorcycles revving]
- [crowd shouting]
[shouting continues]
[scoffs]
Jonas.
- Hi, hon.
- [woman chuckles] Hi.
You smell like puke.
Yeah, well, I just puked.
But you know what? I can drink more.
[laughing]
I just talked to Zannie.
She said the meteor is fake.
Get off me.
So, the meteor's fake?
Yeah, I think I'll call Hussein
and tell him.
[sighs] What if he cancels the fair?
Why would he cancel it?
If you tell him the meteor's fake,
he might not feel like doing it.
If the meteor's fake, then he knows it.
Seriously, Emma. Can't you just
be a little normal once in a while?
- Everybody thinks you're
- They think I'm what?
They actually think
you're really, really, really nice, Emma.
I actually think that as well.
[laughs]
[Jonas] Let's party.
[dance music playing]
[shouting]
[telephone ringing]
[clicks]
You've reached Hussein. Leave a message
or send an email
to bigboss@middelbomuseum.dk.
[Emma] It's Emma.
Can we talk about what happened?
Maybe the rock's not a meteor. It's glass.
That makes it fake, right?
I would like to discuss that with you.
[truck horn honks]
[horn honks]
Hey!
[horn honks]
[woman] Good morning, honey.
Good morning. Sleep well?
Oh, I can't remember.
I got out of bed early.
[Emma chuckles] Cool.
I hear you were fired from the museum.
It really wasn't my fault.
[woman] No, of course not. It never is.
But how many jobs have you had
in the last year?
[Emma] I don't remember.
Five, Emma. Five jobs in a year.
[splutters, scoffs] This one is different.
[woman] Oh. How so?
Because it wasn't my fault.
And I'm the one getting fired
when they're the ones who are lying.
How are they lying?
[Emma] The meteor.
It was made of glass.
Did you talk to anyone?
No, I haven't said a word.
Okay. Good. Let it go.
- Bye now.
- Bye, Mom.
There.
I'd like some more pills.
You have a fortnight's dose, as usual.
I think you should up my dose a bit.
Then I think I need to know a bit more
about your current state of mind.
Can you tell me about it?
[Emma] It's just this town.
It's like
everyone is getting on my nerves.
Hmm.
How do you deal with them?
Deal with who?
Everyone, this whole town
without going insane.
Yeah. First of all,
I concentrate on myself.
You're a teenager, so you'll learn.
Will I?
Because when you're a teenager,
you're neither a part of something
or opposed it,
and you're opposed to it right now.
[sighs] You will be fine, Emma.
Most of us are.
[laughs]
One a day.
- Thanks. Mm-hmm.
- See you.
[man] Emma!
Get in, please.
I'm not an idiot.
[whispers] Hussein wants to talk to you.
[whispers] Okay.
Just ride your bike there then.
[rock music playing]
[man singing in Danish]
MIDDELBO CRATER
[clears throat] Welcome.
Can I get my job back?
[laughs]
No.
Then why am I here?
[sighs] Come on.
Did you know that
when most meteors hit Earth,
the force is so huge
that they disappear on impact?
They evaporate into tiny dust particles
that blow away.
Poof. Gone.
So the rock is fake.
- It's a symbol.
- A symbol of a lie.
It's not a lie.
It is if you made the rock.
You can't fire me
for destroying a fake rock.
[inhales, exhales]
Drink coupons?
Go to the fair tonight. Enjoy.
You can drink for free all night
and not just you. Your friends as well.
Seriously?
We're done talking about this.
It didn't happen.
Come on.
[Emma] Okay.
[Jonas] Hey, hon.
[Emma] Hi. Where you going?
I'm going over to Nik's.
[kisses]
Are you going?
To what?
The fair. We're gonna getting wasted.
Cool. It's a good thing
I have all these drink coupons then.
Where'd you get those?
Hussein tried to bribe me with them
when I accused him of lying.
You talked to Hussein?
Yeah, he's a real jerk.
I thought I told you not to talk to him.
- Yeah, but it doesn't matter.
- It totally matters.
There's one day a year
in this town that's actually fun.
One day. So you'd better not ruin it.
I just don't think that people should lie.
I find that
to be pretty obnoxious behavior.
Okay.
It's like, every time
you think something is a lie, Emma,
the rest of us have to pay,
and then we're not allowed to have fun.
Have you considered that the reason
you just wanna have fun all the time
is you're scared shitless
of looking inside yourself
and doing something with your life?
[Jonas sniffles]
Do you remember when I said
everyone said you were nice, Emma?
Big fat lie.
Everybody thinks you're a pain
in the goddamn ass.
You can shove the fair
straight up your ass.
Does that mean you're not coming then?
I love you!
- [mother] Ready?
- No.
- [mother] Hey, it's gonna be fun.
- I don't want to.
You should go anyway.
I don't want to.
But it's a tradition.
We have to eat our candy apples
and laugh at drunk people
like we usually do.
I can't.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, it's fine.
"I, Emma"
No.
" hereby grant my mom permission
to decide three things I have to
go to each year until I move out."
- [groans]
- "Love, Emma."
I was a kid.
It doesn't matter. You're still at home.
- I'm using a mom veto.
- [laughs]
See you in a minute.
[riders shouting]
Whoo!
[screams]
[screaming]
[laughing]
- [laughing]
- [mother mutters]
I forgot I don't like these.
But that's part of the tradition.
- It's like biting red cement.
- It's divine.
[laughs]
Oh, my God.
What are you doing?
Hi, hon. Thought you weren't coming.
So you thought you'd make out with Noreen?
I-I didn't think you'd find out.
That's a bad excuse.
And what about you?
Me?
Yeah. Why are you doing this?
- You're not even interested in him.
- Stop!
[Emma] Fuck you.
[Jonas] Emma! Emma!
["Asthma" by Rat Boy playing]
At the end of the day
There's nothing you can do about it
[man] Hey, hey, hey. Don't touch that.
Take these.
Did you know that Jonas and Noreen
were making out over there?
It's all fake!
Yeah, Middelbo.
Thank you for coming tonight.
It's a great honor for me
to introduce the man
who's going to save us all.
Thomas Damborg, Middelbo's future.
[crowd cheering]
[coughs]
Having a good time?
[Thomas] Thank you.
It's a great honor to be here.
I represent Astraeus.
We are an international hedge fund.
We have a lot of experience finding
the diamond in the rough.
We believe that together
we can make Middelbo
the shipping center of northern Europe.
We believe that this town
has the identity, the cohesion,
the experience going back
through generations of workers
since the beginning of the century.
In Middelbo, it's all possible.
The town that was hit by the universe.
- [audience applauding]
- [Thomas] It created unity.
[cheering]
Hello! Hello!
Sorry.
Don't you understand
that it's a fucking lie?
Sorry, what?
He's a con artist, that guy.
The meteor is fake.
[chuckles] Thank you to the comedian.
Unless Middelbo's youth
have drunken all the booze,
there are great prices at the bar.
Enjoy your evening.
You can have all the drinks you want.
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
WHO IS THE WOBBLIEST OF THEM ALL?
[woman] What do you know, Emma?
[man] Tell us what you know or else.
[whimpers]
[panting]
[groans]
[exhales]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[exhales] I'm so wasted.
[laughing]
- Fuck! Ow.
- [clattering]
Come inside.
Drink this.
What am I doing here?
You were sleeping on the road.
It was freezing, so we helped you.
Or the vampire over there helped.
The vampire?
- Yeah, Marie is 99% vampire.
- [Marie] Yeah.
What's the last percent?
I don't drink blood. [chuckles]
- You don't drink blood?
- Not yet.
Aren't you, like, zero percent vampire?
I'm gonna go home.
We want to talk first.
Listen, I talked to your dad.
I know I have to keep my mouth shut.
But you shouldn't keep your mouth shut.
You have to tell us what you know.
I don't know anything you don't know.
- No, tell us.
- How'd you know about the meteor?
It just broke. I don't know anything.
- I told you.
- [Emma] Told who?
I told them it was a coincidence.
What was?
Elvis thought you knew something.
It doesn't matter. Show her out, Marie.
- [Marie] Yeah.
- [man] You can go home.
- I knew she didn't know who did it.
- [Elvis] It was worth a shot.
[Emma] What's going on?
Never mind. Just go home.
No way.
- [sighs]
- [Elvis clears throat]
Just relax. She's cool.
You don't know that.
Just don't tell anyone, okay?
Or else she'll bite me?
We know everything.
Everything about you too.
We keep an eye on people.
We're the only ones trying
to figure out what's wrong in Middelbo.
This town has secrets. We wanna find them.
There are people who were there years ago.
We know they were in the area
when the so-called meteor hit.
They must have seen it,
but they never told anyone.
How do you know they were there?
We investigated.
All the people we're watching
were within a 500-yard radius.
But they've kept it a secret.
But why?
The truth is dangerous.
They know it wasn't a meteor
that crashed back then.
Okay. Then what was it?
A spaceship.
A what?
- That's not the right term. An extrater
- A spaceship.
[chuckles]
Okay, see ya. Gotta go.
Seriously?
[gasping]
You can't avoid it.
- Why not?
- It's the truth.
How much do you live inside a fantasy
if you actually believe some
sort of spaceship was here 17 years ago?
What if I told you that three days ago
a rumor started spreading
that there's been a signal
from outer space
and that Middelbo has answered?
Yeah, so what?
[man] What if I told you
that Astraeus didn't exist a month ago?
How can they grow so big, so fast?
Something is really weird,
and I actually think
it's worth investigating.
There you are.
I called you.
[chuckles] Ten times, Mom?
Come inside, Humpty Dumpty.
- [Emma] Ha ha.
- [mother] Happy birthday.
[Emma] Thanks.
- Did you forget?
- Yeah, I did.
I wasn't sure if you were going
for a kid's birthday or a hangover cure,
so I have cake and chips.
[laughs] Yummy.
Seventeen. [chuckles]
I remember it
- Like it was yesterday. I know. Mm-hmm.
- Yes, exactly.
Your dad says happy birthday, as well.
My dad who doesn't know I exist.
I'm sure he knows deep down somehow.
[Emma] Mm-hmm.
What happened?
You were there.
I left early, but a lot of people didn't.
I got a bit drunk.
Didn't I tell you to let it go?
Yeah, it was stupid of me.
Yeah, it was.
Everyone has their beliefs.
What if they believe a lie?
Then they do.
You don't need to worry about that.
You just figure out what makes you happy.
Yeah. it's not worth arguing
with everybody.
No, it's not worth it.
No.
Let it go.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, I'm gonna let it go.
- Promise?
- Yeah.
[chuckles]
MIDDELBO SHIPYARD
[chattering]
[Thomas] Aren't you that girl
from the fair?
[Emma] Sorry.
What was it? Something about the meteor?
It was nothing.
Just something I thought I found.
Every time we make a new discovery,
it turns out that what we thought
we knew yesterday is wrong today.
And now you're here.
Yeah.
Want a tour?
Okay.
I'm looking for a job.
The you've come to the right place.
[Emma] What kind of jobs do you have?
Are you picky?
No, but I'm a difficult person.
We can always fire you.
[Emma] That's happened.
What do you do here?
We build. It's a shipyard.
Middelbo deserves to return to its heyday.
And you've only been here for a month?
It's what I heard.
Look us up online.
Hmm.
We've almost disappeared a few times.
But we're still here. Since 1875.
Yeah, got it.
[Marie] Hi.
Hi.
What's up?
I just applied for a job.
Come.
Where to?
You'll see. Come.
[Emma chuckles] Okay.
It's here.
But that's my doctor. What's up with her?
[Marie] We're keeping an eye on her.
Want a cracker?
[chuckles] Yeah.
Happy birthday.
What?
Isn't it your birthday?
Thanks.
[Marie exhales]
[Emma] What do you think she knows?
[Marie] Susan was there 17 years ago.
Maybe she'll reveal something to us.
[Emma] What could Susan reveal?
She's just a boring doctor.
[Marie] If you really want
to hide something,
wouldn't you wanna appear
as boring as possible?
Like you?
Yeah.
[Emma] Why are we watching her?
Because she has secrets.
[clears throat]
Mads and Elvis are obsessed
with this conspiracy.
But I'm just not.
I just like watching people.
And then I realize that everybody
is as fucked up as I am.
And that actually makes me feel
a little bit better.
[loud crashing]
[Emma] What's going on?
Over there.
That's my biology teacher Hans.
[Marie] You're goddamn right it is.
[Emma] Is she sleeping around?
[laughs]
[man] Hey.
[animal] Hey.
[groans, whimpers]
[grunts]
- [man] Hey.
- [bones crack]
[radio interference whining]