- Previously on "Salvation"... - Where are we with the 160?
Jillian's curating all the data.
My personal selections.
I want them put through all the genetic testing and analysis.
Tess. She's being attacked.
This is RE/SYST. They've been in our system since
we launched the gravity tractor.
Once shut down,
this is the only move we have.
Are you with him? Darius?
You never mentioned you were in love.
No. Harris and I, we're over.
That's not who I'm talking about.
Darius, what happened in Moscow...
Needs to stay in Moscow. I know.
We're facing an extinction-level event.
Think through the consequences of publishing
this story, Amanda. There would be global panic.
I'm afraid the cat's out of the bag with our reporter friend.
Take the necessary action.
Initially, we thought Samson was made of porous rock,
but it has an iron core.
So, the government's plan to smash
the asteroid into pieces
with a gravity tractor
won't do a damn thing.
Except destroy the gravity tractor.
Get the medic. Turn those cameras off now!
I, Monroe Bennett, do solemnly swear...
This is a coup, orchestrated
at the highest levels, which I am trying to stop.
Welcome, Mr. Secretary.
The only way to regain control of the gravity tractor
is to regain control of the country.
By any means necessary. Are you in?
Well, let's take these bastards down.
My friends.
If you're listening to this,
I'm afraid it's because the human race
has gotten itself into, well, a bit of a pickle.
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General Higgins.
What the hell happened?
Digging through the wreckage will take time, but...
- But what? - Bring it up on screen two.
There were three Russian subs within torpedo range of the Pike
when it blew up.
At 06:00 hours Eastern Standard Time, an explosion
of unknown origin struck the USS Pike
600 kilometers off the coast of Florida.
The extent of the casualties is currently unknown.
- Yes, Russ. - Grace, any news about survivors?
- None as of yet. - Ms. Barrows.
Ms. Barrows...
Ms. Barrows, when is the president going to make a statement?
The president is being briefed as we speak.
Updates will be given when we have more information.
Thank you.
Do we know who's responsible?
Ms. Barrows...
Millie, get me Amanda Neel at Capitol Eyes.
I've never seen a level of encryption like this.
I mean, the RE/SYST ghost key spread
through Tess like a cancer.
I have no idea how to assess the damage.
If only we could ask Tess.
The fastest computer in the world, and we can't boot her up.
'Cause they'd have full access to her capabilities.
Well, Darius.
Looks like they used Tess to launch a brute force attack
on another system before we shut her down.
I don't recognize it.
I do.
Oh...
It's the U.S. military.
RE/SYST used Tess to attack a U.S. military target.
Right now, we're the only ones who know about this.
I need you to track down RE/SYST.
But their last headquarters was blown up, it was raided.
They have to be out there somewhere.
Find them.
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Millie, did you get Ms. Neel?
Grace, there was a fire at Capitol Eyes last night.
What?
The place burnt down.
Darius.
You need to get me in to see Bennett and Harris now.
Sir, the Pike's a total loss. No survivors.
The Pike had control of the gravity tractor.
Not anymore. Someone's locked us out.
"Someone"?
I think it's quite clear who did this, Mr. Secretary.
Mr. President.
I've spoken with my Russian counterpart Defense Minister Toporov.
- They've denied responsibility... - Of course they have.
Because there's no upside to owning it.
We have clear justification for retaliation,
valid provocation in the eyes of the world...
- and our allies. - Any military action
will trigger an even greater response from Russia.
Have you forgotten how this all began?
In Chelyabinsk, when the Russians and the Chinese
colluded to take out our defense systems.
They will not stop until we're eliminated.
They are the existential threat.
And our only hope is to stop them.
First rule of war:
know thine enemy.
And in this case, that enemy isn't Russia, it's RE/SYST.
Who the hell let him in here?
Mr. Tanz, your clearance was revoked.
Well, I have clearance, and I brought Darius down here for a reason.
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, you need to hear this.
If you'll have your technicians review these computer logs,
they'll see that RE/SYST used my supercomputer
to hack into the Pike.
Russia had nothing to do with it.
Well, according to my generals, this was the work of a torpedo
launched by a Russian submarine.
All due respect, sir, your, uh, generals are wrong.
Can this supercomputer of yours get me my gravity tractor back?
I've had to shut her down to avoid further catastrophe.
So, in other words, once again,
your recklessness has compromised all of us.
No, Ms. Rayburn,
your recklessness has compromised all of us.
Darius had a solution to save us all.
He built an EmDrive. He got the gravity tractor up there.
And now you want to use it to smash the asteroid into pieces
and destroy the Eastern Hemisphere.
That strategy is not only immoral, it's nonsense.
The iron core of the asteroid will destroy
our gravity tractor and, along with it,
any chance of our survival.
This administration's refusal
to embrace the scientific facts
is literally the difference between life and death.
Ms. Barrows, are you finished?
No. Mr. President.
Let us prove to you that RE/SYST is behind this attack
before you launch a missile that you can't take back.
You have 24 hours.
That may not be enough time, sir.
That's all the time you have, Ms. Barrows.
I know. You think I've lost it.
Actually, I think you've found it.
24 hours.
Not a lot of time.
To prove RE/SYST is the culprit?
No.
To reinstall President Mackenzie.
Hey, excuse me?
I'm looking for a friend of mine; she's a reporter here.
Amanda Neel... did she get out okay?
We don't have any names or IDs yet.
You've got to stay behind the tape, please, son.
Come on, Amanda, pick up.
Come on, pick up.
Mr. Secretary.
Well...
Ms. Barrows.
Mr. Tanz.
My list of allies grows.
Madam President, it's so good to see you.
How do we install an illegally deposed president
that everyone thinks is dead?
We show she's alive and able.
Mr. Secretary, this is all happening too quickly.
She needs more time to recover.
I'm sorry, but we can't afford to slow down.
We need to present the cabinet and the joint chiefs
with an official letter of competence and fitness.
From you.
Mr. Secretary.
Even with a letter to the cabinet and my reappearance...
...Bennett will never agree to step aside.
Or give up those launch codes.
True, but...
Bennett can't protest if he's not there.
What are you suggesting?
That we kidnap the president of the United States.
Now.
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I'm gonna have to change my cell phone
if I have any hope of finishing a golf game.
Hey, Dad.
Thanks for coming.
So, kidnapping the president.
Whose crazy idea was that?
Do you think Amanda's really dead?
I don't know.
They haven't released the names of the deceased yet.
Have you told him yet?
I've got bigger problems right now.
Darius has to be told he didn't pass the genetic test.
He's expedited the 160, and I've contacted everyone.
I think he's planning on using the Ark hangar
as a bunker in case the, um...
What, in case the Russians bomb the hell out of us?
It's not gonna come to that.
You don't know that.
I'm not gonna let it come to that and neither is Darius.
He's not a superhero, Liam, and neither are you.
Jillian.
You know, I understand that you are too busy
to have emotions right now,
but I am not and I am scared.
So am I.
But we cannot be paralyzed by fear.
We have to be energized by it.
This is it.
Yes, this is definitely it.
All right, it's gonna be okay. I promise.
Okay.
Section 1 of the 25th Amendment
deals with presidential succession
in the event of incapacitation or death.
Mackenzie was declared dead.
Clearly that's not the case.
An incapacitated president can reclaim power
once they're again fit for the job.
So, if Mackenzie can convince the joint chiefs and the cabinet
that she's of sound mind...
They'll have grounds to reinstate her,
which brings us back to our original question:
how do we get Bennett out of the White House undetected?
There's a series of emergency tunnels
that run under the White House, built after 9/11.
If we can create some pretext
to usher Bennett into these tunnels,
we can get him out of the White House without anyone knowing.
- We can do this. - We can.
But can Mackenzie?
While you're out handling the apocalypse of today,
I'll handle the apocalypse of tomorrow.
I'm gonna get the gravity tractor back from RE/SYST.
- Good luck. - To all of us.
We have about six hours to pull this off.
The whole place was torched. Arson, apparently.
I'm amazed the damn thing still works.
These things were built to survive a nuclear holocaust.
I imagine the cockroaches
will be playing a lot of Candy Crush after doomsday.
So, there's this special, encrypted connection.
This must be the direct line to RE/SYST.
Perfect. We're sending a message.
A text?
No, video.
Ready for my close-up.
Hello, RE/SYST, I know what you did last summer,
and I'm not happy. It's time we meet face-to-face.
I can be your friend or your worst enemy.
You have ten seconds to decide.
Nine now.
It's ballsy.
Those are coordinates.
Looks like we have a date.
Where have you been?
I wasn't aware the secretary of defense had to clear his schedule with you.
The president is going to address the nation
from the Oval, explain why these latest actions by Russia...
Have left us no choice
but to destroy our enemies before they destroy us.
So, that, uh,
24 hours we promised Darius and Grace?
The president thinks it's a waste of time.
You object?
Of course not, but he needs to prerecord this.
- He can't deliver this speech live. - Why is that?
So, by the time we launch,
he'll already be in the safety of the contingency shelter.
And his exact location will be unknown.
The president's safety is the priority.
I recommend we clear the West Wing
of all but essential personnel.
We can't afford interference
of any kind on the eve of military action.
I'll take care of it.
Good.
We'll get through this...
together.
Yeah.
Well, they do have a flare for the dramatic.
Hello, Liam.
Darius.
Augmented reality.
I didn't know that kind of tech was on the market.
It's not yet.
This is my design. It never went into production.
Too many headaches,
literal and figurative, right, Darius?
You seem to know a lot about me.
Now, this isn't what I had in mind
when I asked for a face-to-face,
talking to an avatar.
You didn't think I was in D.C., did you?
Or am I?
Are you? Aren't you?
You took something from me. I want it back.
Everyone has a number.
What's yours?
Tess.
I want Tess.
Or her source code, to be more specific.
RE/SYST is responsible for the USS Pike, aren't you?
You don't answer, you get nothing.
Yes, we blew up the Pike.
Why?
They killed us, we killed them.
That leads to nothing good. It's a vicious cycle.
Now, I'm trying to de-escalate things,
and I need that probe back
for reasons you probably already know.
You give me Tess's source code
and I'll relinquish control of the gravity tractor.
That's the deal I'm willing to cut.
You have one hour.
- The reporter from Capitol Eyes? - Mm-hmm.
- How did she get ahold of my speech? - I don't know,
but she decoded it and wrote this article.
- Has this been released yet? - Not yet.
Oh, God.
I'm afraid she lost her life trying to get the truth out there.
Uh... maybe it's time to deliver this.
Grace, the world is on a precipice.
This speech...
...this speech could send us over the edge.
Or it could pull us back from the brink, unite us all.
People have died because of this secret
and-and millions more may follow. Madam President,
I urge you, no more secrets.
Madam President, it's time.
"This Russian aggression will not stand.
"We will endure.
"We're built to survive. We are the United States of America.
God bless."
Mr. President, HomeSec has identified a credible threat
against the White House.
We need to get you to safety.
- Now. - Okay, clear the room.
Sir, we'll move you
to the Presidential Emergency Operation Center
- underneath the West Wing. - Hold on.
He comes or I go nowhere.
Of course. Come with us, Major.
Watch your step, sir.
How far to the Op Center?
Not too much further.
Mr. President.
Though I suspect not for long.
What the hell is going on here?
You took the government by force,
now we're taking it back.
Cuff him.
You'll live to regret this, Harris.
I'm the president of the United States.
Illegitimate president.
Pauline Mackenzie isn't dead.
What?
But the good news is, they'll reduce the charges
against you from first degree to attempted murder.
Oh, and treason, of course.
You won't be needing these nuclear codes anymore.
You, Major. Come with me.
Major, don't move.
I take my orders from the president of the United States, sir.
He's not your president.
He engineered a coup,
and you're aiding and abetting that, Major,
if you don't hand over the bag
and come with me, the secretary of defense, now.
I know this can be confusing, son, but...
maybe this will help.
Darius, you sure about this?
Giving RE/SYST a computer as powerful as Tess
is like giving the Incredible Hulk steroids.
That's a great analogy. One crisis at a time.
Tess is a computer.
I can always build another one.
We lose control of the gravity tractor, we lose everything.
All right.
She's coming online now.
Tess, are you there?
Yes, Darius.
What can I do for you?
You've done more than enough. I just...
...wanted to say thank you.
My pleasure, Darius.
They're in.
"Pleasure doing business with you."
Darius.
Darius, look.
I have no idea what happened.
They were in here behind closed doors.
- I just followed orders, ma'am. - Whose orders?
The Defense Secretary Harris Edwards.
He gave me a file to take upstairs to the residents.
Get me Secret Service now.
- Wait, hold your fire. - Stop right there.
This area's in security lockdown.
Good afternoon, everyone.
- President Mackenzie? - Alive and well.
And she's ready to reclaim the presidency.
Now, stand down, soldier.
Afraid I can't do that, sir. I have orders.
I am the secretary of defense,
serving the rightful president of the United States,
and I'm giving you new ones.
Stand down.
Stop right there, sir.
Lieutenant, you have a choice to make.
You follow those orders of yours, you shoot us,
and live with the fact that you handed the country over to a coup.
Or you honor your oath to protect America
from all enemies, foreign and domestic,
and you help us take back our country.
Your call.
The gravity tractor.
We have control.
It worked.
Don't celebrate just yet.
The asteroid's iron core. We didn't account for its density.
Plug that new variable in and...
And th-the gravity tractor's mass may not be great enough
to move Samson off its course. Oh...
But the GT's already up there.
There's nothing we can do about that now.
There's always a way.
We just... need to find it.
Run every calculation, every permutation
with that iron-core variable.
Pauline?
It's me.
And it's Madam President, Admiral.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Monroe Bennett tried to poison me
in a not-so-bloodless coup.
Please.
In accordance with the 25th Amendment,
Pauline Mackenzie has been given
medical clearance by her physician,
and is submitting her request to be reinstated
as President of the United States.
As secretary of defense,
I fully recognize the legitimacy of the Mackenzie presidency.
And I would advise all of us to do the same.
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's do-or-die time.
I need to know where your allegiances lie.
We've cleared and secured this level for you, ma'am.
All video surveillance has been turned off.
To the White House.
I need to address the nation from the Oval Office.
Mr. Secretary, I want you to arrest Monroe Bennett
and Claire Rayburn for treason.
You're the only one I trust to bring them in.
It will be my pleasure.
Grace, this may be the most important speech
I or any president has ever given.
I want you to write it.
I'd be honored.
You still breathing?
Yeah. You?
Mr. Secretary, you're a real patriot.
You as well, Ms. Barrows.
You used me.
Claire, put the gun down.
It's over.
I know what you did.
I did what was necessary
to save this country from threats
most people couldn't even imagine.
You poisoned a sitting president to start a war.
Mackenzie was too weak,
too unwilling to make the hard calls.
And now, it seems, so are you.
I never meant to hurt you, Claire.
Please. Don't flatter yourself.
It's always been country first for me, Harris.
And you're a traitor.
- Which is why you have to die. - Wait...
FYI, I have skills other than body disposal.
You do know you saved Harris's life, don't you?
You did.
This is Harris.
I'm on my way.
The Russian aircraft carrier Reka Volga just exploded
and sank off the coast of Finland.
Russia believes we torpedoed her,
and her military just moved to Condition One.
That means war.
Mackenzie's got to make her reappearance now.
I need to get home, see your mom.
- Dad, wait. - Zoe's gonna be fine.
I put her in contact with a friend of mine at the embassy.
I love you.
Madam President, there's troop movements
along the Polish border.
Russian subs have been detected coming up to firing depth.
Mr. Secretary, are we sure that RE/SYST is the culprit?
Most definitely, Madam President.
Mr. Tanz.
They used a hack to overheat the ship's own reactor core,
just like they did to the Pike.
Darius has computer logs from the Pike...
hard and fast data we can show the Russians.
No, if it comes from us, they won't believe a word of it.
Not that we can blame them at this point.
What do they want, Mr. Tanz?
RE/SYST seems hell-bent on Russia and the United States...
annihilating each other.
We need to go public quickly.
I need to address the nation. The world.
Madam President, if I may, a word in private with you,
Mr. Secretary, and Ms. Barrows.
Michael, clear the room, please.
An ark?
For 160 people?
Yes, a hundred meters underground.
The hangar is fully equipped to sustain life
for several years in the event of a nuclear attack, and...
the Ark is prepared to go into space
should the need arise.
And you're suggesting we go there
and circumvent all White House protocol?
We don't yet have a fool-proof solution to our asteroid problem,
and if a nuclear attack forces us underground
for more than a hundred days, well...
an escape route... may be necessary.
Darius, there's protocol in place.
Of course.
I-I just want you to know that...
there is a space for all of you.
I leave it in your hands.
We're ready in five, four,
three, two...
My fellow Americans,
in the words of Mark Twain,
"Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
What I'm about to tell you may come as a shock.
I was poisoned in an attempted coup
led by Vice President Bennett.
And it's only through the heroic actions
taken by a handful of patriots...
that I am still here.
But rest assured, this despicable coup
has been put down, and I am now in full control.
Our most pressing problem
right now is the deteriorating state of relations
between Russia and the United States.
What I want to say to our Russian friends,
in no uncertain terms:
our true enemy is not each other,
but the hacker group known as RE/SYST.
RE/SYST was behind the attack on the USS Pike
and now the Russian carrier Volga.
We don't need to fight each other.
We must unite to fight RE/SYST.
Now, the illegal actions
of Vice President Bennett
have greatly compounded an already dangerous situation.
But I want to urge people
all over this world to take a pause,
give us a chance to talk, so that cooler heads
may prevail.
Because...
my fellow Americans,
the worst to befall us has yet to come.
And that is why I must tell you the truth.
In approximately 128 days, an...
What's happening?
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What the hell is happening? Are we still live?
This message is being disseminated
by the United States government.
At 3:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
NORAD detected four long-range nuclear missiles
believed to be headed for the Washington, D.C. area.
All residents within a 400-mile radius of this area should evacuate.
People, people, people, don't panic. Calm down, calm down.
We need to usher as many of our people down to the office as we can.
Now. Th-There's a safe place for you here at Tanz.
- This way, down the back. Let's go... - Move.
Mr. Secretary, I just got off the phone with NORAD.
There is confirmation
of four intercontinental ballistic missiles,
incoming, from three different sources.
Ladies and gentlemen...
we are under attack.
Madam President, we've launched the GMD intercept missiles
as a defensive action to shoot down as many inbound as we can.
But that's no guarantee of total success.
Look, we can stay defensive...
- or we can launch our own. - That's...
mutually assured destruction.
Madam President, we need to make a decision.
Now.
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This is General Vierling at NORAD.
Gold codes are verified. What are your orders, ma'am?
Is there any chance that this might be a mistake?
Or a move by RE/SYST to make this look like a Russian attack?
No, ma'am, confidence is high.
Madam President, we have 27 minutes.
We need to get you all to the command bunker, now.
All right, everyone. To the bunker.
Not you, Harris.
Or you, Ms. Barrows.
Excuse me?
Marine One is standing by on the South Lawn,
to take the both of you to Tanz.
- To that ark. - Madam President,
- you're not thinking this through. - Oh, I am, Mr. Secretary.
I will safeguard this nation.
But you must safeguard humanity.
And that is an order.
We understand.
Yes, ma'am.
Good luck.
Madam President, what are your orders?
...three, four.
Thank you. Hi.
You guys, keep going.
Six, eight, nine, ten.
Wait, hold, hold, hold, hold. Elevator's full.
Single file. Let's go, come on.
Keep moving, guys.
- How many down so far? - Keep going, keep going.
104.
Darius, I need to talk to you.
There's no time.
Darius, there's no time left to have this conversation.
I got to talk to you right now.
Darius.
- Darius, the genetic testing. - Yeah, I didn't pass it.
Wait, you-you... you know. Why did you...
Leadership is difficult.
It's about having to make hard decisions.
When to hold information, when to pass it on.
The burden, it won't... be easy.
You never planned on going on the Ark.
You'll be surrounded by the finest scientists,
doctors, engineers.
In the meantime, I'll be working on the iron core problem.
God willing, whatever hits the East Coast won't destroy us all.
Though not always a pleasure...
...it's been a true honor, sir.
Likewise.
Holy crap.
Darius, you don't disappoint.
I have a former astronaut
who can pilot this if it comes to that.
I'm sure he'll benefit from your expertise.
We have less than ten minutes to seal these doors.
With Tess off-line, I'll have to do it manually
from inside Tanz.
Wait, you're not staying?
No.
You'll have everything you need.
For years to come.
I need some air.
Grace?
Why?
I have a hereditary disease.
Huntington's.
I've been working with researchers
to find a way to shut the gene off, but...
science hasn't caught up with me as of yet.
Who gives a damn? You're healthy now.
We need you in there, Darius, you can't
just abandon us like that.
- You don't need me in there. - Well, then, I-I want you in there.
I want you.
I want to be with you.
I don't care where.
Grace.
Those people need you in there.
He needs you.
What I said to you that night at the embassy,
that you were extraordinary...
In an ordinary way.
I was wrong.
You're extraordinary, full stop.
A born leader.
It's time to lead.
We took it all for granted.
We did.
Go.
My friends...
if you're listening to this,
I'm afraid it's because the human race has gotten itself into...
well, a bit of a pickle.
But if you look around you, you will soon learn
that you are among the best and the brightest.
You are surrounded by the best of what makes us human:
art, literature,
music, history.
Because this hangar is air gapped,
you will have no contact with the outside world for 30 days.
In the event that the planet has become uninhabitable,
the Ark that stands behind you
can carry 160 people into orbit
with enough supplies to last three years.
Darkness has descended upon us like...
a cloud.
But as a wise man once said...
"Even in darkness, there is light."
I can't change what happens, but...
I can change the ambience.
What does he expect us to do?
Dance.
He wants us to dance.
You're right.
Fear can't paralyze us.
It has to motivate us...
keep us together.
Like magnets.
Jillian.
Jillian, I need to tell Darius something right now
before it's too late.
Wait, you can't leave. You'll be locked out.
I'm sorry.
- No. - I'm sorry. I got to go.
I love you so much. I love you so much.
I got to go.
Liam.
Hey! Darius!
Liam?
The iron core... I know what to do.
There's still hope.
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