We were really something once.
Back in the 90's.
"Police soccer league."
Quarterfinals. We went up against Kiel.
Feeling a little "big fish small pond"-ish?
No.
Not saying that.
I love this island.
I do too.
Listen. I organized a militia.
You "organized a"...
I hope these kids aren't handling firearms.
You're the island cop, aren't you?
I bet in the whole time you've been here, you guys haven't fired a gun,
Probably hardly ever made an arrest.
This isn't exactly Frankfurt Central Station.
No, it's the end of the world.
And the people keeping order are gonna be the heroes.
The leaders of tomorrow aren't gonna be social workers or soccer players,
they're gonna be the people who guarded the bread and milk.
My kids are, well...
they're not the brightest.
But they have a lotta heart.
All they need is someone to teach them, lead them.
Do you understand?
So. You wanna coach soccer for the rest of your life?
Or you wanna secure this island?
I think I'm good with soccer, thanks.
Come with me.
Holy fuck!
Exactly.
That's what happens when chaos reigns.
Lemme out! I really need to go...
Let's talk about plans going forward.
It's getting serious
and I don't have time for half-assed things.
The pharmacist told me all their supply is now with you?
This is... messed up.
You can't ration out needed drugs.
You're not even a licensed pharmacist.
Did the pharmacist also tell you he had three attempted burglaries?
In one week.
It's safer here.
And if I'm good at something, it's handing out supplies
It's all I've ever done. All day every day.
But how about you come aboard
and take over the pharmacy operation around here?
You're a bit overqualified. I mean, you are a doctor.
But hey, nowadays everyone's a hyphenate.
- What do you think? - And cut.
Whoa! That was great, Marek. So that was it, you were really overwhelmed.
- You were just stunning. - Who are you?
Lola. A friend of Bea's.
I edit the island newspaper.
I write a weekly column.
And I did that YouTube clip on the ten best places to go on the island.
It got a lotta traction on the mainland.
We're gonna start broadcasting stories of islanders
on the island channel.
Uplifting, motivating things. People triumphing over obstacles.
Relatable stuff to give people hope.
Let me just say right here that this place
is going to be a valued resource for the community.
Our first duty is to stabilize the community,
to make sure all citizens get what they need.
And I have to make sure that every last person has exactly
what their health requires. Does that make sense?
Perfect sense. And I don't want to be any part of it.
When the authorities hear about this the jig is up.
Marek, I am the authorities.
These are our drugs. Take what you need.
And don't worry.
Nothing's gonna happen to you.
CREDITS
This woman.
I thought she was just civic-minded, y'know.
Doing a good job of pitching in.
But maybe it's a bit much.
Maybe she's got some power aspirations?
I'm afraid of that too.
We gotta take her down.
Go for it.
Dear fellow citizens,
I would like to ask for your attention.
The world is in crisis.
We are facing a great challenge.
But if we stick together and keep calm, then we can do it.
We can do it!
Beatrice, good to see you.
I don't wanna put you on blast.
Because you're clearly working hard serving this community.
And everybody here sees that.
But... you're going from a resource to... how shall I put it,
to being a danger to our community.
If you act like a self-appointed arm of the law.
That is vigilantism!
My name is Beatrice.
I've been running the Subermarket since Mr. Suber was murdered.
And I am in charge of the militia, who now protect the Subermarket,
which feeds us all.
And I just wanna say one thing to you moms and dads here:
your kids, serving as my militia, are just wonderful.
They are doing an incredible job.
These kids lacked a purpose.
Now? They are the glue holding this community together.
And you all should be very proud.
Folks... Folks.
I know things are very confusing right now, and very frightening. I get that.
But what is going on here and what is being said...
I mean, we're a free people.
- We are free to choose how... - Some fucker came to the Subermarket
- and murdered Suber. - Work together to learn...
- to deal with this new situation. - Over resources
that belong to all of us.
To sell them on the black market.
Yes, that's right, we already have a "black market" on the island.
That's how fast it goes.
What are you doing about that, Mr. Mayor Silbermann?
We are gonna ride the storm out.
We can do it.
Marek's wife Tessa, you all know her.
She is working on a cure as we speak!
This is a public health crisis. This is not an invasion.
This is a goddam skin infection. Nothing more.
And soon things will be back to normal.
Don't panic. We can do it. We can do it!
Mr. Mayor, with all due respect,
you don't know what is going on here.
Friends. That world we all knew, that world is gone.
- Beatrice, I don't see... - Yes. Sir.
Clearly you don't see, we get that.
Here.
I wanna hand over this black marketeer, this murderer.
My militia caught him.
I know this is all very shocking and ugly.
Still and all, we have to deal with this strongly,
because guys like this are going to take food out of your mouths.
And we are not talking about the last piece of Sunday's cake.
We are talking about whether or not your children can eat.
Now you can grab me
and those brave little shits and throw us all in the stockade.
And what's that got you? And what's that got you?
A hot mess. Just like what the world is now.
Or let me continue to organize our island.
Keep our way of life happening, you will be protected.
We can't let our community be run by a bunch of armed hooligans run riot.
Friends, friends, we are gathered here
to punish Matthias Gerbers' crime.
A black marketeer and a murderer
who tried to line his pockets at our cost.
This man is not part of our community.
- He doesn't belong on our island. - Guys, guys, stop, stop.
- She can't just come here and... - Who agrees with me?
We have law enforcement officers for this!
- Yes! - Yes!
Okay. Okay. You had your fun.
I got it. I got it. And I'm sorry for what I did.
You killed my husband.
A man who never harmed a soul.
Who provided everyone with food.
It was an accident. Nobody wanted this to happen!
You piece of shit.
You should have your guts ripped out through your mouth.
I run the police here, such as it is.
I'm trained and I'm duly empowered.
You all know me.
I say we throw in with Beatrice or we're fucked.
Excuse my language.
You've all gone bonkers. Completely crazy.
Yes! Yes!
Stop!
You've lost your minds!
Stop!
Stop! This is absurd!
Let go!
Are you all completely nuts?
He needs a doctor. We have to get him to the hospital.
Let's finish this.
We gotta go to the hospital.
Get out! Go, go, go!
Get him out! Get out!
That was really something.
What just happened horrifies us.
But we're not bad people.
These are dark times. We've lost our world.
Lost the ground under our feet.
We must build a new world.
So we can persist against the terrible things that lay ahead!
And to do that, we have to be hard! Especially with ourselves!
The time will come when we live in peace again.
When we sit together happily.
And we'll look into each other's eyes and be normal people again.
Let's turn in, friends.
The day has demanded enough of us.
We have the entire genome.
Eve was patient zero.
Here, take a look at the genome sequence.
You have to come here immediately.
I mean it.
You got what you wanted, but now your son needs you.
And I need you too.
I need you too, Tessa.
Open up! Open up!
He's on the stairs!
Asshole!
Today, we...
We killed a man today.
You mean, you did?
Everyone together. The whole town.
It was madness. They went completely crazy.
- I tried to stop them. - Baby, wait. Wait.
Honey, seriously, wait.
This way.
Come on, the door!
What's that?
Tessa?
Tess?
Honey, seriously, wait.
Tess?
Stay here.
No.
Tess?
Fuck is in your hand?
- It's the virus. - Fucking cunt.
You actually grow this in the lab.
Back off.
This is hyperloaded.
If I drop it,
- we'll all die in thirty minutes. - Tess!
Who's paying you to poison the world?
No!
Tess. Tessa!
No!
No, Tessa!
Come with me.
Okay, wait a minute.
Bea.
Come on in.
You here to talk about what happened today?
No.
I'm here to talk about tomorrow.
Listen, Lore.
This island is maybe gonna be
the last place around the world
that is immaculate, virus-free.
When this comes out,
everyone who's still alive will want to come to this island.
I was thinking...
We got nine hundred people on this rock, maybe a thousand.
So let's talk resources.
What will happen when we have to tell people,
"Hey, uh, milk is now only available every other Thursday"?
There are too many of us.
Trim the fat.
513 HOTEL BEDS
513.
We can't support any more than that.
513 is how many we can support.
- Indefinitely. - 513?
That's still enough
to avoid everybody sleeping with their sisters and brothers.
You know, it's a gene pool thing.
I spoke to a scientist.
Which scientist?
Keller.
Are you serious?
The biology teacher?
I inventoried my storage,
added what we can produce on the island.
The numbers just don't add up.
We can save 513, or lose all 1000.
You're talking about getting rid of half the island.
Fully half.
Got a taste for it today, did you?
Don't distract now, Lore.
We gotta maintain order here, keep things going.
And that means we can no longer be "inclusive."
- We need to be exclusive. - I don't feel qualified to...
Well I do.
And guess who came to the same conclusion?
Silbermann and his "blue ribbon panel"
But those people have no solutions.
We have to protect ourselves and the people who are with us.
I know, Lore, I know this is giving you pain.
But that is how it is in this world of ours. I need your help.
Or it's exile out onto the mainland for you.
And you're not ready to handle that.
Or I could tell the island about your little plan
and watch as they drag you onto the tidal flat.
That doesn't change the facts.
And what has anyone on this island ever done for you?
Lore.
Do this
and you will always have my protection,
you will have everything.
All the insulin you need, have whatever you need,
I'll take care of you.
Forever.
Here we go.
Where did they come from?
Washed ashore.
Someone threw them overboard.
The tide will carry them back out to sea.
Let's get this over with.
Over with?
Haven't you ever seen a movie about mass murderers?
About the guy who climbs the bell tower
with a rifle and kills the whole college class?
Do you know what they all say,
when they get caught by the cops?
What?
The first one is always the hardest.
We're gonna get some vitamins in you.
Shore you up against this virus.
Virus, right?
- What virus? - You know, like the flu.
That's why we're wearing these suits.
Suits for the flu?
Whoa! No needles!
No needles!
I got a terrible fear of the needles.
It's not gonna hurt one bit.
Lore is gonna handle you like a pro.
This'll just be a tiny pinch.
"Like a pro."
Easy.
That looks like blood!
Just supplements. To buck you up.
Make you feel like a million bucks in no time.
Make you sharp.
In the head, y'know?
Yeah. I been hoping for that, for a long time.
I want you to stay inside,
because you might feel a bit dizzy after all these upgrades.
I'll send some friends.
They stay with you. They take care of you.
They'll bring you food and so on.
All the best.
This is good, right?
Good...
for the brain.
Ya gotta stay inside!
- Beatrice said... - I don't... I don't feel good.
I don't feel good!
Some kinda woman gave me a shot.
I didn't even ask for it!
I want... my mommy...
Can someone please help me
and get my mommy?
Beatrice said he was infected.
She knew.
She knew it beforehand.
Get her!
And no one touch anything!
Marek.
We wanted to check in on you.
We heard about what happened to Tessa.
Not now.
This is such a terrible time.
Like we slid back into a Dark Age.
I'm really so sorry.
I know how special Tessa was. I saw it when she was just a little thing.
But there are a lot of people in need of help here.
And you are a doctor.
- You swore an oath. - Leave me alone.
The virus is on the island. We need to test everyone.
We need you. You're a doctor. People listen to you.
We have very resistant people.
You can get them to be open. To cooperate.
Please.
That's enough.
We won't bother you any more on this sad day.
Stay strong, Marek. You are needed.
Our pal Bierhals...
We'll call him "our dear friend."
Start again.
Our dear friend Bierhals has tragically passed on.
We grieve his passing
and wish him well from the borrom of our heart
on his trip to the next place.
We don't want anyone to panic.
So please, remain calm.
The virus is on the island. It is here at last.
Don't leave your house, ok?
Whatever you do, do not go out.
I'll just take some blood for the test, okay?
So good to have you on board, Marek.
We are so lucky to have Beatrice around.
In a moment of a planetary crisis like this,
she has made it first priority
to get everyone top-flight health care.
Mrs. Suber is being taken care of
by our truly brilliant health care professionals.
Dr. Marek is very up on the latest epidemiological literature.
- Just a little pinch. - What if I have... you know... if I...
- Nonsense, you look healthy - Please.
and strong as a bear.
As you all can see, this is all 100 percent safe.
and absolutely free of charge.
One of us will visit you at home today
and do it lickety split.
It will be over before you know it.
Terrific. Lola, this is great.
I need a bigger screen in here. In the store too.
Much bigger.
We should figure out a way to do a daily dispatch.
Stories of people on the island overcoming obstacles, sacrificing,
doing what's right for the community.
Boy, you're perfect for this, Lola.
You have a great face.
And your hair is... Gina Lollobrigida-esque.
Listen, Bea, folks are panicking.
My husband, he says we gotta leave.
He says the virus is here, and his family is on the mainland.
The last ferry leaves in two hours.
If I don't make it he'll leave without me.
I think I need to go with him. My husband says...
it's all the same, wherever you go.
If men knew the first thing about anything
we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place.
They've had their chance.
Now I'm running this island
and I can tell you, with confidence, that we'll do just fine.
Lola, we're creating a new world
and you can help shape it.
This job is your calling.
I have that feeling too.
It's almost spooky.
It's like...
I'm feeling fate or something.
- Lola. - Bea, my... my water broke.
Everything's gonna be fine. Careful. Careful.
- My baby is coming. - Yes, it is.
Don't be afraid.
I'll take care of you.
Forever.
And push. Exactly.
Push, push.
Very good. Very good.
Look at her.
Look at her face. It's beautiful.
I'll call her Fiona.
She's perfect.
Clean.
That was the last sample.
Nobody on the island is really infected.
That was Silbermann.
Never liked that grandiose prick.
This is dirty work, Lore.
No need to enjoy it.
What's this?
The list of all the infected.
We're separating the sick from the healthy.
Looks like you're inventing these results.
I wouldn't put it quite like that.
This lists everyone who's ever mouthed off to you
and they just happen to be infected?
Marek,
500-some people can survive on this island. That's it.
We can either have our friends
who will help us create a new world.
Or our enemies.
The same number will die.
You're shipping healthy people off to the mainland? That's murder.
Murder? Murder?
What happened to Tessa, that's murder.
All that chaos.
The hate.
If we don't act now, the same thing will happen here.
When there's nothing left to eat. When there's nothing at all.
This will guarantee the survival of our children.
Bullshit. No one knows anything, Beatrice.
You can stand here and say "I promise" all day long.
You can't promise anything. We don't know what'll happen.
You're very right.
That's why we have to try everything we can today.
Find a vaccine. An antiserum.
Find a way out of the box we've packed ourselves into.
And you, Lore? You're seriously okay with this?
Marek, look at the rest of the world.
They're already dead.
I'm sorry about what happened with Tessa.
But we have to do what we can.
And you've got a job to do.
The island needs you, doctor.
We need you.
And your son needs you.
Here. The infected people.
Someone has to tell them.
Is there... any way the test result
is wrong?
I'm sorry.
Keep it moving.
- Don't slow down. - Keep walking.
- Hustle y'all. - Back on the road.
- Straight ahead. - Toward the ferry.
Move it down the line.
Move, move, move, move.
You're almost there. Ferry's waiting.
When do we get to come back here?
Shut up and keep moving.
Let go!
Keep moving.
We're going to give that boy a hero's funeral.
What's done is done.
Now listen up. I want you to know one thing.
When you look back on this day...
I want you to know
that you did this because it was the only way to save human lives.
We did it to save our own skin.
I will find that vaccine.
Tessa was very, very close.
I'm sure she was.
And when I do...
I'm gonna put a needle in every arm on this island.
And everyone here is gonna go back to the world
and you will be held accountable.
If that motivates you, go ahead.
But don't torture yourself. You don't have to be a saint.
Never forget that you didn't have a choice.
But I did.
I did.
However.
We're in the same boat now.
Any of this gets out, our own people will turn on us.
And no one will care whether your reasons were nobler than mine.
Everyone will agree you committed straight-up murder.
And all your smug self-righteousness won't help you anymore,
because you too, Doctor, are simply a mass murderer.
You probably think I'm a real piece of shit now, huh?
Linus, I...
kept all this to myself.
To you.
Get outta here, Dad.
You did it for yourself.
I still love you, dad.
I love you too, my boy.
- More than anything. - Dad...
I'm truly scared.
We loaded over 500 people onto a ferry
that night.
I don't know if they ever arrived anywhere.
They were just gone, and our lives
simply continued.
Only Beatrice, Lore, and I know
what we did back then.
No one else.
You probably think I'm a real piece of shit now, huh?
And now the whole island has to hear it.
Marek. Please.
Think about this.
Beatrice is unpredictable.
This could tear down every last bit of order.
You could burn the whole island down.
Sounds like fun. I'll put it on loop.
Friends.
I thought it was weird when you called her over here.
Give me the tape, please.
Listen to me.
This is a delicate moment. We can't lose each other now.
You're no longer the only ones who decide what happens here.
It's time for real changes.
We need this island to be working
and not burned to the ground.
Now please give me the tape.
Over my dead body.
Unorthodox, but not impossible.
Daniela, you don't have to be this melodramatic.
I'm with the Earl.
And he's on his way over here.
So, Fiona. The tape.
Marek.
The Earl is counting on you.
He wants you to find an antidote.
And he will support you better than Beatrice ever could.
You want to burn everything down, okay?
I would want that too if I were you.
But I've lived on the mainland.
You haven't.
I saw things that...
Now wait a minute.
Just listen to me!
Marek, I haven't told anyone yet.
Nobody knows, but I'm pregnant.
And I will do anything for this child.
We will not go back to where people eat corpses
and cut each other's throats just to live another day.
And the same thing will happen here.
If you go out there now, this place will fracture.
And it will be same as the mainland.
You didn't speak up for 15 years!
'The sun is shining in my window today
'And the heart
'Is growing sad watching the town
'Because you are leaving
'Like every night I woke up
'Thinking of you
'And I watched the hours passing on my clock
'Because you are leaving
'All my promises of love will go with you
'You'll forget me
'At the train station I will cry like a child
'Because you are leaving
'Because you are leaving'
Generator on.
The island's waiting.
We'll give the Doc his little present.
And a big present to ourselves.
'All my promises of love will go with you
'You'll forget me
'Because you are leaving
'Because you are leaving'
CREDITS
Hallelujah.
Amen, Lord.
I think I had a little accident.
- I need help. - Father,
I'm afraid we are the help.
And we are the trap.
It's a paradox.
- Cool. - This's gonna hurt a bit.
But hey, thank God you have your faith, Father.
Tell J. C. To speed beam you upstairs!
But, hurry up.
Because this is about to start.