Y: The Last Man (2021) s01e03 Episode Script
Neil
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Previously on
The Last Man
I'm here for whatever you need.
‐What should I call you?
‐Agent 355.
‐Nora Brady.
If they needed you,
they would've sent someone
to get you weeks ago.
‐Let's just go.
Without men,
there is no future.
But we're just trying
to survive the present.
Power plants will start
to shut down.
No food. No clean water.
‐Which cities?
‐All of them.
There's still time
for Hero to get out.
You answer to the president.
‐Yes, ma'am.
‐Then find my daughter.
‐You heading to New York?
‐Yeah.
I'll be coming with you.
‐Who are you?!
‐Yorick.
Come with me.
Hey, love, eyes shut.
I hate them.
‐
The only thing they talk about
is horses.
So talk about horses.
Think of it like a sleepover.
Hey. You're back.
We thought we'd see you
yesterday.
Took a day
to get around the roadblocks.
You must be exhausted.
Sit.
How was it?
Chaos.
People everywhere. Bodies.
They've cleaned up
what they can, but
You got in, though?
They had army kids shipped in
from God knows where.
None of them knew me.
Did they say when
we'll get power here?
There wasn't anyone to talk to.
I tried.
How was it here?
Did you find any more food?
Case of Slimfast,
Hailey's garage.
I was here for that.
Cappuccino Delight.
Then no. No more food.
When the snow melts, no water.
What now? W‐We leave?
We have to make some decisions.
As a group.
Okay.
Heidi can't take all of us.
She's at capacity as it is.
And she doesn't think
that the supplies
will hold much longer.
She said only six of us, and
with the girls
Everybody's bringing something.
Our kids know us,
know each other
I know we talked
about sticking together, but
So, when do we get out of here?
Can't we go to sleep,
debrief in the morning?
We won't say anything.
The president wants us here,
so we stay
till she says otherwise.
Where is he?
Safe.
It's pretty crazy, huh?
Surreal.
No shit.
How many people know?
Us.
The president.
She obviously had no idea.
Wants to keep it quiet for now.
You've been outside
the perimeter?
There's a lot of people
screaming conspiracy.
Well, it's all bullshit.
‐Yeah?
‐
President Brown murdered
four billion people
but spared her kid?
I'm just saying
it doesn't look good.
She sent us there,
gave you the address
We were looking
for her daughter.
You think the people at the gate
are gonna buy that?
You really think
she can keep this a secret?
Yeah.
I do.
:
Amp?
‐
‐No, no. No, no, no.
Hey, hey. Hey.
Amp.
Come here.
Come here, bud.
No. Buddy, hey.
Come here.
Amp, come here.
Will you believe me?
You got the wrong number.
Wait, one second.
I can't give you
an infantry chart.
We're only doctors‐‐
the best we can do
is storm the enemy
and take their tonsils out.
:
Hey.
No, no, no, no. No, no.
No, no.
Dude.
Stop it.
Amp. Come here.
:
Shit.
I‐I just can't make sense of it.
Could you could you
explain it to me, please?
Barnes, stop.
‐No. What the fuck?!
I‐I want to understand, I do.
I just
I mean, how did he survive?
Why him?
What are you doing?
Wait. Why do you get to leave?
We all take our orders
from the president.
She needs me with her,
and she needs you to sit tight.
‐When are you coming back?
‐Hey.
He's gone. Get back here now.
I'll be right there.
‐
‐
:
Go, go, go, go.
Just wait a minute.
‐
‐
‐
‐
Ma'am, what are you doing
in here?
Marla, are you all right?
You shouldn't be in here.
‐There's a man here.
‐Sorry?
I think she's a little confused.
I saw him. I
I saw him.
Take this.
You must be freezing.
It's all clear, ma'am.
There's no one here.
You want help getting back?
I'm fine.
Most nights I see them, too.
Dead people?
‐Just sitting at their desks?
‐We're working on it.
‐This building is the size
of a small town.
‐Yeah, and now
every time I close my eyes,
that's what I'm gonna see.
‐Security footage
in the hallway?
‐There's no one in the office.
‐They only check
if there's an incident.
‐If Marla thinks
I'll take care of it.
Um, how many other men
have you found?
We found plenty of men.
None with a Y chromosome.
Uh
um, the room, uh, uh, uh,
room with the stuff
on the walls.
It's what we had.
Purses and pockets.
Is Dad up there?
The key chain thing Hero made‐‐
that's all I had.
You know,
I looked everywhere for her.
Well, yeah, yeah, her, um,
her place was already looted
when I got there.
I went back a few times, but
Hmm. I should have sent
someone for you.
No, no, no. Mom?
Mom, you
It's okay.
You thought I was dead. You
It's okay.
Dad I know that
that Dad was in town that night.
Yeah. Um
he chose to get a room
at the Jefferson,
and that's where his body
was found.
Uh, Beth‐‐ what about Beth?
Yorick
If she got out of the city,
she's in Cleveland.
Her mom is back in chemo.
Can you send someone there?
Sweetheart
there was a
a subway crash near your place.
Three trains
I know, I know.
The whole building shook.
But she took her bike.
Okay. I‐I will send someone
to look for her
‐as soon as I can.
‐Okay.
Because we're engaged.
‐What?
‐Yeah.
Wow, I‐I didn't know
‐you were going to propose.
‐Yeah.
I thought I'd surprise you.
:
Good news, for a change.
Excuse me, ma'am.
‐Yeah?
‐We need to talk
about the pilots.
‐They're gonna be a problem.
‐Where are they now?
There's 1,500 people
at the perimeter.
More every day.
If anyone finds out he's here,
we could have a Russia situation
on our hands.
Oh, what happened in Russia?
Uh, I have a briefing.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
I'll send you some food.
What happened in Russia?
Mom?
Jesus. You scared me.
They left us?
I told them to go ahead.
We're faster without them.
Dad's got protein powder
back in our garage.
I checked already.
FSB, or what's left of it,
put out a statement
that Russian leaders survived.
12 men. The big shots.
‐The inner circle.
‐Well, that's good, right?
A crowd stormed the Kremlin.
They wanted to see the men,
but it was propaganda,
it was bullshit.
They overran the building.
There's chaos now.
We've lost contact.
It's for Amp.
‐
‐Wait, Amp's the monkey?
Mm‐hmm.
Ampersand, like the, uh
I know what an ampersand is.
The government was
handing out food in New York.
Mm. Yeah, I went once.
Didn't go well.
Um
so, my mom, like, uh,
won the apocalypse.
That's fun.
The top job.
She's not even a Republican.
Well, the line of succession
was decimated.
Secretary Abbot would be next.
‐Is that education?
‐Yep. Except
she was born in Antigua.
The only other woman was
Regina Oliver,
but she's dead.
Small miracles.
Oh, come on, really?
She's the anti‐immigrant,
anti‐government, anti‐vaxxer
with a Twitter following.
She, like‐‐ Didn't she, like,
try and bring her gun
to a spin class?
She should not be president.
Well, your mom was speaker
for an hour,
then they bumped her up.
Oh, wow. Speaker and president.
Check that off the bucket list.
Between us, you don't think
it's a health risk
to have a bunch of dead bodies
lying around the building?
That's why that area's
sealed off.
Okay, well, I'm just saying
Your mother's prioritizing
the living.
Okay.
Yorick. That's Hamlet, right?
Mm‐hmm.
"Alas, poor Yorick!"
"A fellow of infinite jest,
of most excellent fancy."
My dad taught Shakespeare.
They named you
after a dead clown.
The plant is flooded.
We're not sure what happens
when it comes back online.
We obviously want to avoid
a Fukushima.
There aren't enough skilled
workers to do it safely.
:
Not yet. We've got a handful
of engineering majors,
but they're just kids.
We need someone with experience.
Most of those people are dead.
The camps are bleeding fuel
we don't have.
If they lose power, I don't know
that we can keep the peace.
Madam President?
Ma'am?
Sharon Jacobs.
She runs
our re‐skilling program.
Nuclear engineer since '99.
Perfect.
Sharon Jacobs left.
Left? What does that mean?
She lost her boys, needed time.
She's been working nonstop.
We all have.
I want to speak with her.
Get her back there.
We'll bring the plant
back online, go from there.
‐Right.
‐Yes, ma'am.
Madam President?
Uh, my mother, she's very upset.
She said you were in B ring
at 5:00 a. m. What's going on?
I saw her go down there.
Helped her back to her room.
Is she taking anything to sleep?
That stuff can make you
a little loopy.
We sleep great.
Good.
What was that?
Hey.
Are you okay?
:
Oh.
I warned him.
He kept eating.
Watch him. He bites.
And he's?
Definitely a male.
‐How did they survive?
‐I don't know.
‐Should I get Dr. Schirra?
‐No. No. This is the circle.
Until we have a plan,
he stays between us.
And the pilots.
We need a geneticist.
Pull that NSF list.
We'll pick the best,
bring her here.
We can recommission B ring
for him.
He can't stay here.
Whatever kept him alive,
people are gonna want it.
This is the safest place
he could be.
5,000 people live and work
in this building.
The crowd at the gate grows
every day.
So what do you think happens
if they find out
the only survivor is
the president's son?
I can help you move him, but
it has to be
before the word gets out.
Ma'am, secrets don't hold.
You need to work
outside the system.
She's the president‐‐
she is the system.
Can you trust her?
Yes.
Because the fewer people
who know about him, the better.
She knows. Move on.
He's valuable.
He's probably
the most valuable asset we have,
and he needs to be protected.
But not here.
This place is a fishbowl.
Ma'am, use me.
This is what I'm here for.
I just got him back.
I won't lose him again.
Where am I?
There you are.
I'm so thirsty.
Where am I?
Tel Aviv.
Can you tell me your name?
Do you remember?
The CCI summit.
Your esophagus will be
quite tender.
We just removed the tube
yesterday,
‐so not too much.
‐Oh
What what happened?
A lot.
Everything.
Regina.
My name is Regina.
Regina. Nice to meet you.
I'm Alma.
Forgive me, uh
I expect this will be
difficult news, but
there isn't a way to say it
more simply.
There's been an event,
the world over, and
the men are dead, Regina.
I can't explain it, uh,
but that is what has happened.
Everywhere.
They're gone.
I'm I'm sure
you'll have many people
that you will have to grieve.
You were in an accident.
Your skull was fractured
and your brain was swelling.
And all of that
and you survived.
And you'll survive this, too.
If that's true
It's true, Regina.
I know it seems
then I am the President
of the United States.
Could I have more water, please?
‐Has there been a breakthrough?
‐Excuse me?
Uh, scientists. I thought
maybe there was some good news.
Oh, I I'm just the courier.
Why don't I know you?
You're Secret Service, right?
You worked for my father?
‐Yes.
‐Oh. Have we met?
I'm usually pretty good
with names and faces.
Sarah Burgin. But it was
my first day on the job
when it happened.
Oh.
Oh, you poor thing. How awful.
Um, well
President Brown has shown
a real interest in you.
My father had
his favorites, too.
So you must be doing
a great job.
:
Oh, uh, I'm, uh, I'm Kimberly.
‐Kim. Sorry, I should have
‐I know who you are. Yes.
started with that, yeah.
Um I play cards
with some of the Secret Service
girls sometimes.
You should join us.
It's good to have friends here.
You know,
President Brown can be
tough.
Thank you.
It was nice meeting you.
Okay.
Your hair
Oh.
‐How did you?
Hey. Ashley, let Kailyn play.
I traded a cashmere shawl
with Wendy for it.
It's the cheap stuff,
but it does the trick.
I thought
if I looked more like myself,
they would take me
more seriously.
But Jennifer still acts
like I'm useless.
‐Mom!
‐Give her a turn.
Stop it. Get off of me.
Oh, come on, you don't
have to like Jennifer,
‐Mom!
‐but she's doing
the best she can.
I will not ask you again!
She's doing the best she can
to sideline us.
My mother worked hand in hand
with my father
his entire career.
She should have a voice.
Kim, we all love your mom,
but she's
‐she doesn't want
‐My mother's fine, Elaine.
If we had some real
representation in that room
We've got Lisa.
Lisa Murray?
Hmm! Please. She's pro‐choice.
She's a Republican.
Hardly.
Look, the voters chose us.
They chose my father.
They chose your husband.
Our values.
You worked with Peter
on his entire campaign.
You should have a seat
at the table.
‐Me?
‐Why not?
I'm a homemaker.
Peter didn't run that office
all by himself.
When I walk down the halls,
the way people look at me
Nobody's asking you
‐what you're still doing here.
Come on!
Ashley, that's it!
I'm counting to five.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Sometimes I just want to
Oh, Kim, I'm s I'm so sorry.
Your hands are full.
I just want to know
that I can
count on you.
If the time comes.
If the time comes for what?
‐
‐
Hey!
‐Hey! Hey!
‐Mack!
Mack.
‐My leg!
‐Okay.
Okay. Oh, God. Oh, honey.
Okay.
You're fine, I promise.
:
Okay
Did you get a shot
‐the last time you went to camp?
‐I don't know!
You did. You did.
I know you did.
You're good.
You're good. I got you, okay?
‐We'll‐we'll get help.
‐We can't go.
‐Mack, we have to!
‐We can't go!
We can't leave them!
We can't leave them.
Best of the best.
We're already in contact
with most of them.
We'll figure out who's
best suited and bring her here.
Figure out how you survived
and develop an antidote.
Hmm, an antidote to death.
Wow. Okay.
A treatment,
if a male child were born.
Frozen embryos
might still be viable.
Yeah, it's easy to be best
of the best on a list of one.
There was a longer list
of bad options,
but that seems like
a waste of time.
Dr. Allison Mann.
Harvard. Mann?
Oh, my God,
the universe is hilarious.
And, you know, awful.
Dr. Mann wasn't
on the list NSF prepared.
That was that long list of
bad options I was talking about.
She was flagged by the FBI‐‐
they thought
she might be soliciting
grant money from the Saudis.
‐But she wasn't?
‐No, she was.
‐Huh.
How does that
not immediately disqualify her?
Well, she's entirely
about the work.
She's not ideological
‐or nationalistic.
She's the last person
‐we should go to.
‐Which is just one
of the reasons
she's the better choice.
I'm sorry, do you have some kind
of genetics expertise
that we don't know about?
No. But I can read.
The scientists on your list
have a spotlight on them.
They go dark, people
will start asking questions.
Dr. Mann is the only name
that was disqualified
for reasons that have nothing
to do with talent or ability.
She's a world‐renowned
geneticist
who's been on the extreme edges
of this field for years,
doing exactly the kind
of work
She solicited money
from a hostile regime.
Exactly.
She doesn't give a sh
‐She's an independent thinker.
Good save.
Uh, who are you, by the way?
Because you're not
Secret Service.
That much is obvious.
What is she, CIA or something?
Give us the room.
Both of you.
Who is she?
We can trust her.
Okay, cool.
That doesn't answer my question.
What do you want to do?
It's your life.
You ought to have some say.
Uh
I know what I should say‐‐
that I will do
whatever it takes
to help you, um
:
uh, save the world or whatever,
but
honestly,
I just want to find Beth.
I can't imagine
what you've been through.
I'm on borrowed time.
I feel like any minute now
my brain could explode
‐like the rest of them.
‐Don't even say that.
And I just want to make the best
of this before it's over.
Okay, so what,
you want my blood?
You want me to jack off
in a cup?
‐Oh, Yorick
‐I don't think
it's gonna make a difference,
but I will do it
if you find her.
Beth.
That's what I want.
And then what?
‐You hide away
‐You asked.
‐together, forever?
‐I'm trying to be honest
You love her.
I'm glad. I love her, too.
But that is not a plan.
Well, maybe I'm not
as ambitious as you are.
What does that mean?
That's‐‐
It's not a criticism, Mom.
You're a badass, Mom, okay?
And the way people look
at you, you're
you're a shiny person‐‐
people are drawn to you.
They believe in you.
But I'm
I'm just a guy. I'm not special.
‐Yorick
‐Yeah, no, I know you think
I'm special‐‐ thank you,
you're my mother‐‐ but you know
what I'm talking about.
You're not gonna
You're not gonna say it,
because you're not an asshole,
but
we both know
I'm not cut out for this.
Now
there has got to be
someone else who survived.
Someone better.
'Cause I just want my life back.
I don't think
I can give you that.
Ma'am, I'm so sorry.
We need you.
Hey.
Is everything okay?
Abby.
Abby, come on.
What's going on?
Regina Oliver was found
in Israel,
alive.
On the day, a bus plowed
into the ground floor
of the hotel
where she was staying,
clipped a gas line,
and the building was leveled.
Hundreds died in the collapse,
on top of all the men,
and they didn't find her buried
under the rubble
until the next day.
They lost track of who's who
Well, who's "they"?
Who told us this?
The Israelis. We got a cable
from their SSC 20 minutes ago.
How is this not an immediate
constitutional crisis?
‐It is.
‐It might be.
‐It's not.
‐I don't like it, either,
but Regina Oliver has
a legitimate claim
to the presidency.
Oh, please.
The line of succession
‐couldn't possibly matter less.
You can't just throw out
the Constitution because
you don't like what it says.
Look, Ted Campbell was
a good man
and he was a friend,
but it was no secret
Regina Oliver wasn't
the best decision he ever made.
Oh, we're pretending
it was a mistake he made?
Oh, come on.
‐He couldn't win
without the racists,
even with all
the gerrymandering.
He never thought something
like this could happen.
None of us did.
Well, he put a complete
fucking fringe lunatic
in his cabinet, and then
he died, and now here we are.
That's what she is.
"Jesus wasn't vaccinated"?
‐Is that real? She said that?
‐
Look, it's not much of a leap to
go from "suffered brain trauma"
‐to "unfit for office."
What if she balks?
Wants to get
the Supreme Court involved?
‐We only have three justices.
‐People already think
we're hiding something‐‐
what will they say
when they find out she's alive?
They'll‐they'll storm the gates.
She hasn't been here,
on the ground, doing this work.
Even if she weren't who she is,
it would take weeks
to get her up to speed.
We don't have weeks.
If we're a united front,
she'll fall in line.
She'll have no choice.
But she can't be president.
No.
She can't.
We'll back you, ma'am.
When were you gonna tell us
about Regina Oliver?
Stop it.
We just found out about her.
We don't even know
what kind of shape she's in.
Our values matter.
My father's values matter.
He was elected.
No one's hiding anything
from you.
No one's squeezing you out.
We'll handle the situation
once we fully understand
what the situation is.
Kim
‐You RINO.
‐Ugh. Grow up.
I can get him out of here.
Take him to Dr. Mann,
keep him out of sight.
Or we scrap the whole thing,
go to Ohio, find Beth,
and then, then the scientist can
do whatever she wants with me.
All eyes are on you right now,
and if there's
a political fight,
a power play,
he makes you vulnerable.
‐I
‐He makes this whole building
vulnerable.
‐What about the pilots?
Mom, wait, wait, wait.
Wait. Hey, we need
to talk about this.
I'll deal with the pilots.
Boston's been hard to contain.
Violence. Looting.
We don't know
what you'll be walking into.
‐I can handle it.
‐Um, hi.
Maybe I don't want to go
to lawless Boston.
No one leaves this building
without clearance.
Security checkpoints
every 50 feet.
I can get him out of here,
but it has to be now
‐and before anyone else
‐Mom, listen,
I have been out there.
‐This isn't a good idea.
‐You think I want this?
I just got you back
from the dead.
Somewhere inside of him
is the answer to how all this
happened and how we fix it.
The only chance we have
to find a way
to put the world
back together again.
And we found him.
Those are yours.
Go ahead.
Holy shit.
Congratulations.
He isn't safe here.
The more people
who know about him,
the more danger he's in.
There's a scientist at Harvard.
She's the most qualified
for the job.
We have to get him to her.
I looked at your files.
You flew supply runs?
Yeah.
And you?
Flight instructor.
I don't know what got y'all
to enlist in the first place,
but I do know
it was not supply runs
and teaching other people
to fly.
There has never been
a more important mission.
And the President
of the United States
wants you to fly it.
She's some kind of secret agent?
She could be working for
the Iranians for all you know.
‐Well, she isn't.
She works for me.
‐
And what, I work for you?
What do you want me to say,
Yorick?
I don't want you to go.
I don't want to let you
out of my sight
for the rest of your life.
I just got here.
If you stay,
I can't protect you.
They'll all want a piece of you.
I hate that picture, you know.
‐What?
‐Downstairs.
I look like a kid.
It should have been one of them.
Anyone.
That dude with the Purple Heart,
or, um
:
Or Dad.
You're it, kiddo.
It's not one of them.
It's you.
And you can do this.
‐Yeah?
‐
We found Sharon Jacobs.
The New England grid.
It took all day,
but we found her.
If we get Seabrook Station
back online, we
Everyone's waiting.
I‐I can stall.
Go, Mom.
It's okay.
Secure channel.
Stay dark
until you get to Boston.
Yes, ma'am.
Listen, uh
‐he's all I have left.
‐I'll take care of him.
I'll keep him safe.
‐
‐
‐
‐(crows cawing
Fuck
you
fucking
crows!
‐
‐
This is just another trip.
Like Jackson Hole.
The power's back?
Who was that?
Uh, where's mine?
No.
‐No, no, no, no. No. No.
‐No one leaves this building
‐without
at least six ID checks.
‐No, put me in a,
‐like, a laundry basket
or something.
‐They check. They check
every piece of cargo that comes
in or out of the building.
Except for one.
Yeah, I'm not getting on there.
The people at the gate think
your mom is hiding something.
If you're found, what do you
think they'll do to her?
‐You okay?
‐Yeah, I've been better.
Okay.
The helicopters are fueled up,
ready to go.
You're gonna lead.
We'll be on your six.
Wait a minute, I thought
you were flying with us.
‐No. We need cover.
‐You're a pilot?
Uh, I flew supply runs for
the army in Iraq. I'll be fine.
Hey.
Thank you.
You still there, Sharon?
:
I told your people
I can't do it.
If we don't get this plant up
and running,
hundreds of thousands of people
will be without power.
And if things get worse,
those lives are at stake.
I‐I know. I know,
and I'm sorry, but I just
Ma'am, I can't.
You have to find someone else.
What were your sons' names?
DeShawn and Eric.
How old were they?
15 and 13.
Two years apart.
My kids, too.
It's tough in the beginning,
but it makes them so close.
That was a hard age for me.
They need you so much
when they're little.
Once they're independent
it hurts.
I've always wanted to have
the power to help people.
And now here I am
and frankly, I can't do shit.
'Cause we don't need politicians
right now.
We need people like you.
People who went to work
every day
where they were the only
only woman in the room.
I know you miss them.
I miss my kids every single day.
But there are still a lot
of people who need
what only you can give.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay, I'll do it.
Ms. Jacobs,
this is Miranda Powell.
We have a team standing by
to escort you.
‐When you stop
‐ Jesus Christ.
‐I'm sorry.
‐No, I'm sorry.
I‐I didn't mean to ambush you.
Right now, I mean.
But‐but earlier, as well,
about Regina.
I
It was inappropriate,
and I apologize.
We We've all been
a little bit on edge.
Yeah.
It's okay.
When you start looking
at all this
love and grief
it's hard to stop, isn't it?
Do you know, uh
Ruth Botty? DOD?
Her son, Martin,
nine years old.
He had just finished reading a
biography of Alexander Hamilton.
400 pages.
Can you believe that?
Nine years old.
400 pages. Wow.
Finally Broadway did
something good for this country.
You don't like theater?
Eh.
I like Phantom.
Ah, okay.
You know, uh, Nell Patchett?
‐Treasury Nell?
‐Treasury Nell?
:
That's funny.
:
Oh.
Well, she had this
in her wallet for years.
Her husband had lost, um,
oh, 50‐some‐odd pounds
between May 2015 and the
The pride these women feel
for their men.
It inspires me.
Sometimes I think
that there are women who
Oh, I know you can't
"quantify" grief, but
Some people lost less, and
some people lost more.
That's quantified.
Isn't it?
You know what I mean?
I do.
I know you do.
Oh. Do you remember Yorick
at the Easter Egg Roll?
‐
‐Remember? He was maybe, like,
seven years old?
But he wouldn't join the group.
He just stayed out all afternoon
under the tree tying knots.
Oh, grief is so funny.
My mother could have conjured
the image of
any man.
My father. Her father.
Harry Connick Jr.
But it was your son she saw
wandering those halls with her.
That's so strange to me.
Holy shit.
Go, go, go, go!
Jesus!
‐What happened?
‐I don't know.
It doesn't matter.
Do we go back?
No, no, no, no, we keep going.
Sit back. Seat belt.
We keep going.
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The Last Man
I'm here for whatever you need.
‐What should I call you?
‐Agent 355.
‐Nora Brady.
If they needed you,
they would've sent someone
to get you weeks ago.
‐Let's just go.
Without men,
there is no future.
But we're just trying
to survive the present.
Power plants will start
to shut down.
No food. No clean water.
‐Which cities?
‐All of them.
There's still time
for Hero to get out.
You answer to the president.
‐Yes, ma'am.
‐Then find my daughter.
‐You heading to New York?
‐Yeah.
I'll be coming with you.
‐Who are you?!
‐Yorick.
Come with me.
Hey, love, eyes shut.
I hate them.
‐
The only thing they talk about
is horses.
So talk about horses.
Think of it like a sleepover.
Hey. You're back.
We thought we'd see you
yesterday.
Took a day
to get around the roadblocks.
You must be exhausted.
Sit.
How was it?
Chaos.
People everywhere. Bodies.
They've cleaned up
what they can, but
You got in, though?
They had army kids shipped in
from God knows where.
None of them knew me.
Did they say when
we'll get power here?
There wasn't anyone to talk to.
I tried.
How was it here?
Did you find any more food?
Case of Slimfast,
Hailey's garage.
I was here for that.
Cappuccino Delight.
Then no. No more food.
When the snow melts, no water.
What now? W‐We leave?
We have to make some decisions.
As a group.
Okay.
Heidi can't take all of us.
She's at capacity as it is.
And she doesn't think
that the supplies
will hold much longer.
She said only six of us, and
with the girls
Everybody's bringing something.
Our kids know us,
know each other
I know we talked
about sticking together, but
So, when do we get out of here?
Can't we go to sleep,
debrief in the morning?
We won't say anything.
The president wants us here,
so we stay
till she says otherwise.
Where is he?
Safe.
It's pretty crazy, huh?
Surreal.
No shit.
How many people know?
Us.
The president.
She obviously had no idea.
Wants to keep it quiet for now.
You've been outside
the perimeter?
There's a lot of people
screaming conspiracy.
Well, it's all bullshit.
‐Yeah?
‐
President Brown murdered
four billion people
but spared her kid?
I'm just saying
it doesn't look good.
She sent us there,
gave you the address
We were looking
for her daughter.
You think the people at the gate
are gonna buy that?
You really think
she can keep this a secret?
Yeah.
I do.
:
Amp?
‐
‐No, no. No, no, no.
Hey, hey. Hey.
Amp.
Come here.
Come here, bud.
No. Buddy, hey.
Come here.
Amp, come here.
Will you believe me?
You got the wrong number.
Wait, one second.
I can't give you
an infantry chart.
We're only doctors‐‐
the best we can do
is storm the enemy
and take their tonsils out.
:
Hey.
No, no, no, no. No, no.
No, no.
Dude.
Stop it.
Amp. Come here.
:
Shit.
I‐I just can't make sense of it.
Could you could you
explain it to me, please?
Barnes, stop.
‐No. What the fuck?!
I‐I want to understand, I do.
I just
I mean, how did he survive?
Why him?
What are you doing?
Wait. Why do you get to leave?
We all take our orders
from the president.
She needs me with her,
and she needs you to sit tight.
‐When are you coming back?
‐Hey.
He's gone. Get back here now.
I'll be right there.
‐
‐
:
Go, go, go, go.
Just wait a minute.
‐
‐
‐
‐
Ma'am, what are you doing
in here?
Marla, are you all right?
You shouldn't be in here.
‐There's a man here.
‐Sorry?
I think she's a little confused.
I saw him. I
I saw him.
Take this.
You must be freezing.
It's all clear, ma'am.
There's no one here.
You want help getting back?
I'm fine.
Most nights I see them, too.
Dead people?
‐Just sitting at their desks?
‐We're working on it.
‐This building is the size
of a small town.
‐Yeah, and now
every time I close my eyes,
that's what I'm gonna see.
‐Security footage
in the hallway?
‐There's no one in the office.
‐They only check
if there's an incident.
‐If Marla thinks
I'll take care of it.
Um, how many other men
have you found?
We found plenty of men.
None with a Y chromosome.
Uh
um, the room, uh, uh, uh,
room with the stuff
on the walls.
It's what we had.
Purses and pockets.
Is Dad up there?
The key chain thing Hero made‐‐
that's all I had.
You know,
I looked everywhere for her.
Well, yeah, yeah, her, um,
her place was already looted
when I got there.
I went back a few times, but
Hmm. I should have sent
someone for you.
No, no, no. Mom?
Mom, you
It's okay.
You thought I was dead. You
It's okay.
Dad I know that
that Dad was in town that night.
Yeah. Um
he chose to get a room
at the Jefferson,
and that's where his body
was found.
Uh, Beth‐‐ what about Beth?
Yorick
If she got out of the city,
she's in Cleveland.
Her mom is back in chemo.
Can you send someone there?
Sweetheart
there was a
a subway crash near your place.
Three trains
I know, I know.
The whole building shook.
But she took her bike.
Okay. I‐I will send someone
to look for her
‐as soon as I can.
‐Okay.
Because we're engaged.
‐What?
‐Yeah.
Wow, I‐I didn't know
‐you were going to propose.
‐Yeah.
I thought I'd surprise you.
:
Good news, for a change.
Excuse me, ma'am.
‐Yeah?
‐We need to talk
about the pilots.
‐They're gonna be a problem.
‐Where are they now?
There's 1,500 people
at the perimeter.
More every day.
If anyone finds out he's here,
we could have a Russia situation
on our hands.
Oh, what happened in Russia?
Uh, I have a briefing.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
I'll send you some food.
What happened in Russia?
Mom?
Jesus. You scared me.
They left us?
I told them to go ahead.
We're faster without them.
Dad's got protein powder
back in our garage.
I checked already.
FSB, or what's left of it,
put out a statement
that Russian leaders survived.
12 men. The big shots.
‐The inner circle.
‐Well, that's good, right?
A crowd stormed the Kremlin.
They wanted to see the men,
but it was propaganda,
it was bullshit.
They overran the building.
There's chaos now.
We've lost contact.
It's for Amp.
‐
‐Wait, Amp's the monkey?
Mm‐hmm.
Ampersand, like the, uh
I know what an ampersand is.
The government was
handing out food in New York.
Mm. Yeah, I went once.
Didn't go well.
Um
so, my mom, like, uh,
won the apocalypse.
That's fun.
The top job.
She's not even a Republican.
Well, the line of succession
was decimated.
Secretary Abbot would be next.
‐Is that education?
‐Yep. Except
she was born in Antigua.
The only other woman was
Regina Oliver,
but she's dead.
Small miracles.
Oh, come on, really?
She's the anti‐immigrant,
anti‐government, anti‐vaxxer
with a Twitter following.
She, like‐‐ Didn't she, like,
try and bring her gun
to a spin class?
She should not be president.
Well, your mom was speaker
for an hour,
then they bumped her up.
Oh, wow. Speaker and president.
Check that off the bucket list.
Between us, you don't think
it's a health risk
to have a bunch of dead bodies
lying around the building?
That's why that area's
sealed off.
Okay, well, I'm just saying
Your mother's prioritizing
the living.
Okay.
Yorick. That's Hamlet, right?
Mm‐hmm.
"Alas, poor Yorick!"
"A fellow of infinite jest,
of most excellent fancy."
My dad taught Shakespeare.
They named you
after a dead clown.
The plant is flooded.
We're not sure what happens
when it comes back online.
We obviously want to avoid
a Fukushima.
There aren't enough skilled
workers to do it safely.
:
Not yet. We've got a handful
of engineering majors,
but they're just kids.
We need someone with experience.
Most of those people are dead.
The camps are bleeding fuel
we don't have.
If they lose power, I don't know
that we can keep the peace.
Madam President?
Ma'am?
Sharon Jacobs.
She runs
our re‐skilling program.
Nuclear engineer since '99.
Perfect.
Sharon Jacobs left.
Left? What does that mean?
She lost her boys, needed time.
She's been working nonstop.
We all have.
I want to speak with her.
Get her back there.
We'll bring the plant
back online, go from there.
‐Right.
‐Yes, ma'am.
Madam President?
Uh, my mother, she's very upset.
She said you were in B ring
at 5:00 a. m. What's going on?
I saw her go down there.
Helped her back to her room.
Is she taking anything to sleep?
That stuff can make you
a little loopy.
We sleep great.
Good.
What was that?
Hey.
Are you okay?
:
Oh.
I warned him.
He kept eating.
Watch him. He bites.
And he's?
Definitely a male.
‐How did they survive?
‐I don't know.
‐Should I get Dr. Schirra?
‐No. No. This is the circle.
Until we have a plan,
he stays between us.
And the pilots.
We need a geneticist.
Pull that NSF list.
We'll pick the best,
bring her here.
We can recommission B ring
for him.
He can't stay here.
Whatever kept him alive,
people are gonna want it.
This is the safest place
he could be.
5,000 people live and work
in this building.
The crowd at the gate grows
every day.
So what do you think happens
if they find out
the only survivor is
the president's son?
I can help you move him, but
it has to be
before the word gets out.
Ma'am, secrets don't hold.
You need to work
outside the system.
She's the president‐‐
she is the system.
Can you trust her?
Yes.
Because the fewer people
who know about him, the better.
She knows. Move on.
He's valuable.
He's probably
the most valuable asset we have,
and he needs to be protected.
But not here.
This place is a fishbowl.
Ma'am, use me.
This is what I'm here for.
I just got him back.
I won't lose him again.
Where am I?
There you are.
I'm so thirsty.
Where am I?
Tel Aviv.
Can you tell me your name?
Do you remember?
The CCI summit.
Your esophagus will be
quite tender.
We just removed the tube
yesterday,
‐so not too much.
‐Oh
What what happened?
A lot.
Everything.
Regina.
My name is Regina.
Regina. Nice to meet you.
I'm Alma.
Forgive me, uh
I expect this will be
difficult news, but
there isn't a way to say it
more simply.
There's been an event,
the world over, and
the men are dead, Regina.
I can't explain it, uh,
but that is what has happened.
Everywhere.
They're gone.
I'm I'm sure
you'll have many people
that you will have to grieve.
You were in an accident.
Your skull was fractured
and your brain was swelling.
And all of that
and you survived.
And you'll survive this, too.
If that's true
It's true, Regina.
I know it seems
then I am the President
of the United States.
Could I have more water, please?
‐Has there been a breakthrough?
‐Excuse me?
Uh, scientists. I thought
maybe there was some good news.
Oh, I I'm just the courier.
Why don't I know you?
You're Secret Service, right?
You worked for my father?
‐Yes.
‐Oh. Have we met?
I'm usually pretty good
with names and faces.
Sarah Burgin. But it was
my first day on the job
when it happened.
Oh.
Oh, you poor thing. How awful.
Um, well
President Brown has shown
a real interest in you.
My father had
his favorites, too.
So you must be doing
a great job.
:
Oh, uh, I'm, uh, I'm Kimberly.
‐Kim. Sorry, I should have
‐I know who you are. Yes.
started with that, yeah.
Um I play cards
with some of the Secret Service
girls sometimes.
You should join us.
It's good to have friends here.
You know,
President Brown can be
tough.
Thank you.
It was nice meeting you.
Okay.
Your hair
Oh.
‐How did you?
Hey. Ashley, let Kailyn play.
I traded a cashmere shawl
with Wendy for it.
It's the cheap stuff,
but it does the trick.
I thought
if I looked more like myself,
they would take me
more seriously.
But Jennifer still acts
like I'm useless.
‐Mom!
‐Give her a turn.
Stop it. Get off of me.
Oh, come on, you don't
have to like Jennifer,
‐Mom!
‐but she's doing
the best she can.
I will not ask you again!
She's doing the best she can
to sideline us.
My mother worked hand in hand
with my father
his entire career.
She should have a voice.
Kim, we all love your mom,
but she's
‐she doesn't want
‐My mother's fine, Elaine.
If we had some real
representation in that room
We've got Lisa.
Lisa Murray?
Hmm! Please. She's pro‐choice.
She's a Republican.
Hardly.
Look, the voters chose us.
They chose my father.
They chose your husband.
Our values.
You worked with Peter
on his entire campaign.
You should have a seat
at the table.
‐Me?
‐Why not?
I'm a homemaker.
Peter didn't run that office
all by himself.
When I walk down the halls,
the way people look at me
Nobody's asking you
‐what you're still doing here.
Come on!
Ashley, that's it!
I'm counting to five.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Sometimes I just want to
Oh, Kim, I'm s I'm so sorry.
Your hands are full.
I just want to know
that I can
count on you.
If the time comes.
If the time comes for what?
‐
‐
Hey!
‐Hey! Hey!
‐Mack!
Mack.
‐My leg!
‐Okay.
Okay. Oh, God. Oh, honey.
Okay.
You're fine, I promise.
:
Okay
Did you get a shot
‐the last time you went to camp?
‐I don't know!
You did. You did.
I know you did.
You're good.
You're good. I got you, okay?
‐We'll‐we'll get help.
‐We can't go.
‐Mack, we have to!
‐We can't go!
We can't leave them!
We can't leave them.
Best of the best.
We're already in contact
with most of them.
We'll figure out who's
best suited and bring her here.
Figure out how you survived
and develop an antidote.
Hmm, an antidote to death.
Wow. Okay.
A treatment,
if a male child were born.
Frozen embryos
might still be viable.
Yeah, it's easy to be best
of the best on a list of one.
There was a longer list
of bad options,
but that seems like
a waste of time.
Dr. Allison Mann.
Harvard. Mann?
Oh, my God,
the universe is hilarious.
And, you know, awful.
Dr. Mann wasn't
on the list NSF prepared.
That was that long list of
bad options I was talking about.
She was flagged by the FBI‐‐
they thought
she might be soliciting
grant money from the Saudis.
‐But she wasn't?
‐No, she was.
‐Huh.
How does that
not immediately disqualify her?
Well, she's entirely
about the work.
She's not ideological
‐or nationalistic.
She's the last person
‐we should go to.
‐Which is just one
of the reasons
she's the better choice.
I'm sorry, do you have some kind
of genetics expertise
that we don't know about?
No. But I can read.
The scientists on your list
have a spotlight on them.
They go dark, people
will start asking questions.
Dr. Mann is the only name
that was disqualified
for reasons that have nothing
to do with talent or ability.
She's a world‐renowned
geneticist
who's been on the extreme edges
of this field for years,
doing exactly the kind
of work
She solicited money
from a hostile regime.
Exactly.
She doesn't give a sh
‐She's an independent thinker.
Good save.
Uh, who are you, by the way?
Because you're not
Secret Service.
That much is obvious.
What is she, CIA or something?
Give us the room.
Both of you.
Who is she?
We can trust her.
Okay, cool.
That doesn't answer my question.
What do you want to do?
It's your life.
You ought to have some say.
Uh
I know what I should say‐‐
that I will do
whatever it takes
to help you, um
:
uh, save the world or whatever,
but
honestly,
I just want to find Beth.
I can't imagine
what you've been through.
I'm on borrowed time.
I feel like any minute now
my brain could explode
‐like the rest of them.
‐Don't even say that.
And I just want to make the best
of this before it's over.
Okay, so what,
you want my blood?
You want me to jack off
in a cup?
‐Oh, Yorick
‐I don't think
it's gonna make a difference,
but I will do it
if you find her.
Beth.
That's what I want.
And then what?
‐You hide away
‐You asked.
‐together, forever?
‐I'm trying to be honest
You love her.
I'm glad. I love her, too.
But that is not a plan.
Well, maybe I'm not
as ambitious as you are.
What does that mean?
That's‐‐
It's not a criticism, Mom.
You're a badass, Mom, okay?
And the way people look
at you, you're
you're a shiny person‐‐
people are drawn to you.
They believe in you.
But I'm
I'm just a guy. I'm not special.
‐Yorick
‐Yeah, no, I know you think
I'm special‐‐ thank you,
you're my mother‐‐ but you know
what I'm talking about.
You're not gonna
You're not gonna say it,
because you're not an asshole,
but
we both know
I'm not cut out for this.
Now
there has got to be
someone else who survived.
Someone better.
'Cause I just want my life back.
I don't think
I can give you that.
Ma'am, I'm so sorry.
We need you.
Hey.
Is everything okay?
Abby.
Abby, come on.
What's going on?
Regina Oliver was found
in Israel,
alive.
On the day, a bus plowed
into the ground floor
of the hotel
where she was staying,
clipped a gas line,
and the building was leveled.
Hundreds died in the collapse,
on top of all the men,
and they didn't find her buried
under the rubble
until the next day.
They lost track of who's who
Well, who's "they"?
Who told us this?
The Israelis. We got a cable
from their SSC 20 minutes ago.
How is this not an immediate
constitutional crisis?
‐It is.
‐It might be.
‐It's not.
‐I don't like it, either,
but Regina Oliver has
a legitimate claim
to the presidency.
Oh, please.
The line of succession
‐couldn't possibly matter less.
You can't just throw out
the Constitution because
you don't like what it says.
Look, Ted Campbell was
a good man
and he was a friend,
but it was no secret
Regina Oliver wasn't
the best decision he ever made.
Oh, we're pretending
it was a mistake he made?
Oh, come on.
‐He couldn't win
without the racists,
even with all
the gerrymandering.
He never thought something
like this could happen.
None of us did.
Well, he put a complete
fucking fringe lunatic
in his cabinet, and then
he died, and now here we are.
That's what she is.
"Jesus wasn't vaccinated"?
‐Is that real? She said that?
‐
Look, it's not much of a leap to
go from "suffered brain trauma"
‐to "unfit for office."
What if she balks?
Wants to get
the Supreme Court involved?
‐We only have three justices.
‐People already think
we're hiding something‐‐
what will they say
when they find out she's alive?
They'll‐they'll storm the gates.
She hasn't been here,
on the ground, doing this work.
Even if she weren't who she is,
it would take weeks
to get her up to speed.
We don't have weeks.
If we're a united front,
she'll fall in line.
She'll have no choice.
But she can't be president.
No.
She can't.
We'll back you, ma'am.
When were you gonna tell us
about Regina Oliver?
Stop it.
We just found out about her.
We don't even know
what kind of shape she's in.
Our values matter.
My father's values matter.
He was elected.
No one's hiding anything
from you.
No one's squeezing you out.
We'll handle the situation
once we fully understand
what the situation is.
Kim
‐You RINO.
‐Ugh. Grow up.
I can get him out of here.
Take him to Dr. Mann,
keep him out of sight.
Or we scrap the whole thing,
go to Ohio, find Beth,
and then, then the scientist can
do whatever she wants with me.
All eyes are on you right now,
and if there's
a political fight,
a power play,
he makes you vulnerable.
‐I
‐He makes this whole building
vulnerable.
‐What about the pilots?
Mom, wait, wait, wait.
Wait. Hey, we need
to talk about this.
I'll deal with the pilots.
Boston's been hard to contain.
Violence. Looting.
We don't know
what you'll be walking into.
‐I can handle it.
‐Um, hi.
Maybe I don't want to go
to lawless Boston.
No one leaves this building
without clearance.
Security checkpoints
every 50 feet.
I can get him out of here,
but it has to be now
‐and before anyone else
‐Mom, listen,
I have been out there.
‐This isn't a good idea.
‐You think I want this?
I just got you back
from the dead.
Somewhere inside of him
is the answer to how all this
happened and how we fix it.
The only chance we have
to find a way
to put the world
back together again.
And we found him.
Those are yours.
Go ahead.
Holy shit.
Congratulations.
He isn't safe here.
The more people
who know about him,
the more danger he's in.
There's a scientist at Harvard.
She's the most qualified
for the job.
We have to get him to her.
I looked at your files.
You flew supply runs?
Yeah.
And you?
Flight instructor.
I don't know what got y'all
to enlist in the first place,
but I do know
it was not supply runs
and teaching other people
to fly.
There has never been
a more important mission.
And the President
of the United States
wants you to fly it.
She's some kind of secret agent?
She could be working for
the Iranians for all you know.
‐Well, she isn't.
She works for me.
‐
And what, I work for you?
What do you want me to say,
Yorick?
I don't want you to go.
I don't want to let you
out of my sight
for the rest of your life.
I just got here.
If you stay,
I can't protect you.
They'll all want a piece of you.
I hate that picture, you know.
‐What?
‐Downstairs.
I look like a kid.
It should have been one of them.
Anyone.
That dude with the Purple Heart,
or, um
:
Or Dad.
You're it, kiddo.
It's not one of them.
It's you.
And you can do this.
‐Yeah?
‐
We found Sharon Jacobs.
The New England grid.
It took all day,
but we found her.
If we get Seabrook Station
back online, we
Everyone's waiting.
I‐I can stall.
Go, Mom.
It's okay.
Secure channel.
Stay dark
until you get to Boston.
Yes, ma'am.
Listen, uh
‐he's all I have left.
‐I'll take care of him.
I'll keep him safe.
‐
‐
‐
‐(crows cawing
Fuck
you
fucking
crows!
‐
‐
This is just another trip.
Like Jackson Hole.
The power's back?
Who was that?
Uh, where's mine?
No.
‐No, no, no, no. No. No.
‐No one leaves this building
‐without
at least six ID checks.
‐No, put me in a,
‐like, a laundry basket
or something.
‐They check. They check
every piece of cargo that comes
in or out of the building.
Except for one.
Yeah, I'm not getting on there.
The people at the gate think
your mom is hiding something.
If you're found, what do you
think they'll do to her?
‐You okay?
‐Yeah, I've been better.
Okay.
The helicopters are fueled up,
ready to go.
You're gonna lead.
We'll be on your six.
Wait a minute, I thought
you were flying with us.
‐No. We need cover.
‐You're a pilot?
Uh, I flew supply runs for
the army in Iraq. I'll be fine.
Hey.
Thank you.
You still there, Sharon?
:
I told your people
I can't do it.
If we don't get this plant up
and running,
hundreds of thousands of people
will be without power.
And if things get worse,
those lives are at stake.
I‐I know. I know,
and I'm sorry, but I just
Ma'am, I can't.
You have to find someone else.
What were your sons' names?
DeShawn and Eric.
How old were they?
15 and 13.
Two years apart.
My kids, too.
It's tough in the beginning,
but it makes them so close.
That was a hard age for me.
They need you so much
when they're little.
Once they're independent
it hurts.
I've always wanted to have
the power to help people.
And now here I am
and frankly, I can't do shit.
'Cause we don't need politicians
right now.
We need people like you.
People who went to work
every day
where they were the only
only woman in the room.
I know you miss them.
I miss my kids every single day.
But there are still a lot
of people who need
what only you can give.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay, I'll do it.
Ms. Jacobs,
this is Miranda Powell.
We have a team standing by
to escort you.
‐When you stop
‐ Jesus Christ.
‐I'm sorry.
‐No, I'm sorry.
I‐I didn't mean to ambush you.
Right now, I mean.
But‐but earlier, as well,
about Regina.
I
It was inappropriate,
and I apologize.
We We've all been
a little bit on edge.
Yeah.
It's okay.
When you start looking
at all this
love and grief
it's hard to stop, isn't it?
Do you know, uh
Ruth Botty? DOD?
Her son, Martin,
nine years old.
He had just finished reading a
biography of Alexander Hamilton.
400 pages.
Can you believe that?
Nine years old.
400 pages. Wow.
Finally Broadway did
something good for this country.
You don't like theater?
Eh.
I like Phantom.
Ah, okay.
You know, uh, Nell Patchett?
‐Treasury Nell?
‐Treasury Nell?
:
That's funny.
:
Oh.
Well, she had this
in her wallet for years.
Her husband had lost, um,
oh, 50‐some‐odd pounds
between May 2015 and the
The pride these women feel
for their men.
It inspires me.
Sometimes I think
that there are women who
Oh, I know you can't
"quantify" grief, but
Some people lost less, and
some people lost more.
That's quantified.
Isn't it?
You know what I mean?
I do.
I know you do.
Oh. Do you remember Yorick
at the Easter Egg Roll?
‐
‐Remember? He was maybe, like,
seven years old?
But he wouldn't join the group.
He just stayed out all afternoon
under the tree tying knots.
Oh, grief is so funny.
My mother could have conjured
the image of
any man.
My father. Her father.
Harry Connick Jr.
But it was your son she saw
wandering those halls with her.
That's so strange to me.
Holy shit.
Go, go, go, go!
Jesus!
‐What happened?
‐I don't know.
It doesn't matter.
Do we go back?
No, no, no, no, we keep going.
Sit back. Seat belt.
We keep going.
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