Previously on The Event...
Sophia, she's bringing all of our people here.
It means genocide for humans.
They're looking for some kind of weapon.
You need to get word out. We have to stop her.
Give me the phone, Leila.
Sean. Leila?
Someone outside of our group might be able to stop Sophia.
That someone is you.
As long as I'm alive, I'm gonna do whatever it takes to stop you.
I would expect no less.
We will find you and we will punish you for what you have done.
It was Martinez's actions that escalated the conflict.
You and me working together?
What exactly are you talking about?
Martinez won't listen to reason.
Not from you, not from anyone.
So we are left with a more
permanent solution.
It will be clean.
Untraceable.
Follow my instructions and by this time tomorrow,
you'll be leader of the free world.
JARVIS: Good morning, Mr. President.
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
(ALL SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
AARON: Everybody out.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Open it.
(BONE SNAPS)
(SHIP CREAKING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Good morning, Mr. Vice President
Good morning, Vice.
General.
(ALL) Good morning, Mr. President.
Good morning, everyone.
All right. It looks like we have
a full plate here, let's get started.
AIDE: Coffee, sir? ELIAS: Please.
(HEARTBEAT BEATING)
We've established a task force to look into
the evidence left behind by Herbert Mills,
the Sleeper who committed suicide.
Do we know any more about what he was doing?
No, not yet.
Unfortunately, all we had to go on
was water from melted ice core samples
(ECHOING) left in an industrial microwave.
ELIAS: (ECHOING) I'm aware of that. Do we know where
the ice core samples originated from?
The analysis revealed microscopic sediments in the water
found only in the north-western part of Siberia.
Siberia?
BLAKE: What relevance that may have (ECHOING) is unclear.
ELIAS: (ECHOING) "Unclear" won't cut it, Blake.
He killed himself so we couldn't find out what he was doing.
This is significant, which, chances are, will bring us back to Sophia.
Were there any trace elements in these samples?
Any signs of (ECHOING) radioactivity?
STERLING: (ECHOING) No, nothing we could detect.
Unfortunately, it will be another 24
to 48 hours before any further testing
results can come back.
Can we cut 48 hours down to 24?
I'm sorry, sir, but that's what I'm told.
General, where does NASA stand on this?
GENERAL: I think they're in place.
STERLING: (ECHOING) They're the ones doing the testing,
so, hopefully, they'll get word.
(ECHOING) Okay, so... I think I can work with that. STERLING: All right.
Let's check with the Russian intelligence service,
see if we can get any cooperation
in finding out what might be of interest
to Sophia in north-western Siberia.
I'll make a discrete inquiry.
ELIAS: All right.
Next on the agenda, H.R. 9036. Richard, I thought this was a done deal.
How does a slam dunk turn so quickly into
a liability that the House now wants to kill?
The latest unemployment figures just came out.
Trade agreements are suddenly not so popular.
There were a few defectors, but I still think we can salvage it.
I want names. Specific congressmen that I'll have to talk to...
(STUTTERING) I don't want to have another vote not knowing...
(SLURRING) we have on our side
Let's take five, (SLURRING) beef, soon.
(SLURRING) Finish those five case in...
(GROANS)
(GROANS IN PAIN)
Mr. President!
JARVIS: Are you all right, Mr. President?
(GASPING AND WHEEZING)
WHITE HOUSE DR: We have the President.
Forty-six-year-old male with no significant past medical history.
On arrival, we found him with decreased responsiveness.
He has a GCS of 11. He is 230l110. Heart rate 70.
All right, get two large bore IVs.
Elevate the head of his bed, call the scanner and get him in stat.
I want you to give 20 of Labetalol,
and recycle the pressures every five minutes.
Sir, what's your name?
Elias...
Sir, squeeze my hand.
Squeeze with your other hand.
Spoon the Ambassador onto the Speaker. I'm sure he'll understand.
Do not cancel anything
that does not directly require the President's signature, smile, or person.
It's imperative that the public knows that
this government can run while he's down.
How is he?
Not good.
A CT scan shows bleeding in his brain.
The President has suffered a stroke.
Our main concern right now is controlling the intracranial pressure.
If we can't control the bleeding by other means,
we may have to go in and clip the vessel.
Surgery.
The President had a physical a month ago. He was in perfect health.
It's an improbable case, statistically and otherwise.
We're doing our best.
If you'll excuse me, I should get back to him.
Of course.
(WHISPERING) Mr. President?
Blake?
BLAKE: Yes, sir?
ELIAS: Come close.
Is Christina here?
She's on her way, five minutes out.
Oh.
What are the doctors saying?
BLAKE: They're cautiously optimistic.
I can barely see you,
and I know you're lying.
Whatever happens,
you can't let Jarvis ascend to the Presidency.
Okay, let's take things one step at a time...
He did this, Blake.
How?
Elias?
I saw him...
In the room, before I went down, I looked in his eye.
He's behind this.
I don't know how, but that man does not take the oath,
do you understand? I understand.
Blake...
I understand.
Raymond. Christina.
How is he?
Well, we don't know yet.
But it's bad, Christina.
How did this happen? He was fine this morning.
You know, strokes like this, they're very unpredictable.
I need to see him.
Is he... Wait.
If anyone's gonna make it through this, it's Eli.
He's the strongest, most wilful man I've ever met in my life.
And if he wants to live...
Whatever happens,
I want you to know that that man is a hero to me.
Thank you, Raymond.
Give me a minute.
(GAGGING)
(VOMITING AND GASPING)
(PHONE BEEPING)
MAN: Please folks, give him room.
Blake?
Blake, we need to talk.
Walk with me.
We need to set a meeting with Jarvis
and the heads of the Executive Department.
Why would we do that?
To talk about invoking Section 4.
I think that's premature.
He may not make it, Blake.
Well, I just left his side and he is still conscious.
But for how long?
There's a strict protocol here.
The 25th Amendment clearly states
that in the event that the President becomes incapacitated,
the Cabinet must appoint the V.P. to Acting President.
I've read the damn Constitution.
Look, we cannot let the Vice President take office.
It's not up to us.
The country needs continuity of leadership...
Jarvis may be responsible for what has happened to the President.
Excuse me.
That's what Martinez just told me.
And I'm inclined to believe him.
But he had a stroke, we were both there.
He thinks Jarvis did something to cause it.
He's experiencing brain trauma, clearly he is not thinking.
You don't know all the facts.
There are things the President and I know about Jarvis,
about what he's capable of...
What things?
If you want me to help you, you have to tell me what you know.
This isn't the first time Jarvis has attempted to eliminate the President.
Obviously, we covered it up,
But I know you were made aware of the attempt
on the President's life at Coral Gables.
The perpetrators had help from the inside.
You think Jarvis was involved?
I know he was.
He confessed.
Look, you have to help me stop this succession
before we end up putting a murderer in the White House.
To take him down, you would need irrefutable proof
that he is responsible for the President's condition.
I can get it.
I just need time.
MALE REPORTER: For those of you just tuning in,
we are outside Bethesda Hospital
where President Martinez was rushed
earlier this morning for undisclosed reasons.
We have learned from anonymous sources within the White House
that the President collapsed...
Seems there's reason to celebrate.
Everything's going according to your plan.
Don't.
There's no need to be callous.
I take no joy in seeing this man fall. Nor should you.
Aaron reported back from Murmansk.
They've recovered the weapon.
And are we prepared on this end?
We're close.
We'll be ready in time.
Good, thank you for letting me know.
Why isn't Michael helping you with this?
I tried calling him, he hasn't called me back.
Must have gotten held up.
Sophia, once the weapon is in our hands,
how are we gonna deliver it on the scale we need?
Once Jarvis is in power, he'll help me.
He just doesn't know it yet.
LEILA: Sean, they want to take over,
my father's people.
They're looking for some kind of weapon in Siberia,
near a place called Murmansk.
I also have a woman's name, Irina Bogdanov.
She may be involved, I don't know anything else...
I just... No! Give this...
Where did you get this? Leila, talk to me.
I know what Sophia is trying to do. Who did you call?
What did you tell them?
How could you be a part of this?
I'm part of this because I'm trying to save our people.
I don't know what kind of damage you may have just caused,
but if Sophia finds out, I won't be able to protect you.
I don't want your protection.
Who did you call?
Sean.
What did you tell him?
Leila, this is very important. How much did you tell him?
I told him everything,
what you're looking for in Siberia,
what Sophia's trying to do and take over...
LUIS: She took my phone! She took my phone!
Luis, it's all right.
She made a call to the outside.
She was just calling her boyfriend.
She called 9-1-1.
And when I found out, she attacked me.
No, no. It's okay.
Michael, this is a serious breach.
She could've told them who we are, where we are.
We need to take her to Sophia now.
That's not necessary. No.
Michael, if the government learns of our location
we are as good as dead, you know that.
Sophia needs to know what happened.
LUIS: You know that.
I know.
I'm sorry, Michael, I really am.
But the truth is, you should've never brought her here.
Well, there's nothing we can do about it now.
What's done is done. Grab his legs.
I know we can't trust what Dempsey told us.
But I do trust Leila, and she confirmed his story.
If there's even a chance of us
stopping Sophia and her people from getting this weapon...
Leila didn't give you anything actionable.
What, the name of some woman?
Irina Bogdanov.
She also told me the weapon was somewhere near Murmansk.
Do you have any idea how cold it is
in western Siberia this time of year?
Ten. Think ten degrees.
I'm not freezing my ass off
just because some delusional old man
thinks the world is coming to an end.
When we came to France, we had even less to go on, didn't we?
And look what we were able to accomplish.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
All right.
All right, what?
Non-terrestrials, weapons of mass destruction, count me in.
I'll help you.
You will?
Yes.
Why?
Don't try to analyse me, Sean,
just take yes as an answer.
(CONDCUTOR SPEAKING FRENCH OVER LOUDSPEAKER)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
Finally!
What you find her? Not exactly.
I've been searching passport databases and passenger manifests...
The problem is, Irina Bogdanov isn't the name of a woman.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING) (COMPUTER BEEPS)
"Europol customs, ports of call declaration."
It's the name of a ship.
Currently docked at the Port of Murmansk.
(WORKERS SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
(BOAT HORN BLOWING)
The subject is surprisingly intact even after nearly 93 years,
due, most likely, to the preservation in the permafrost.
Ready now to expose the organs.
(BONE SNAPS)
The men are worried.
The job has risks that were not fully disclosed.
As long as they stay out of the clean room, your men are perfectly safe.
Money would be more convincing than words.
If you don't like the job, then quit.
You're not getting more money.
Now go get me another pack of smokes. I'm out.
(SHIP CREAKING)
The lungs are magnificent.
I think we'll have very good results.
If the epithelium are enlarged,
and the primary bronchi appear to have filled with mucus
or some kind of liquid.
(BOAT HORN BLOWING)
Oh, my God.
Hello! Hello.
Hello!
I need to get out.
I cut my suit. I need you to let me out.
I'm sorry, Doctor.
Please. Please.
It's gonna be all right. I know what I'm doing.
Please. Open the door. Please.
(SOBBING)
Open the door.
He started exhibiting intracranial hypertension,
and the pressure increased to the point that he lost consciousness.
Once the swelling goes down, will he wake up?
It's possible.
But if cerebral perfusion,
his circulation, is compromised,
there's still the risk of ischemia.
Another stroke.
Yes, ma'am.
DR. REED: We should know fairly soon if he's responding to the treatment.
I know how difficult this is, but
you should prepare yourself, Mrs. Martinez.
If we don't see a marked improvement in his ICP,
we will need to discuss his wishes for...
Please.
Mm-mm.
Elias, I don't know if you can hear me, but I'm right here.
I know you're suffering.
I know how powerless you must feel right now,
please fight.
I love you so much.
I tracked Jarvis' movements this morning.
Everywhere he went inside the White House
before and after the President's collapse.
Were you able to find anything suspicious?
Yeah, maybe.
He arrived to the morning briefing in the Situation Room early.
He was there already when the rest of us came in.
Yeah. I pulled out the surveillance footage from before we got there.
BLAKE: He goes to the coffee cart.
(COMPUTER BEEPING) (KEYBOARD CLACKING)
BLAKE: What's he doing?
It's gotta be the coffee. He must've spiked it in some way.
With some kind of poison?
Something that would give the President a stroke?
Jarvis knows our morning routine.
He could easily have spiked the President's cup.
Maybe. But you'll need more than
pictures of the Vice President's back
to convince anyone of it.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(DOOR OPENS)
I thought I asked not to be disturbed.
I'm sorry, but it's not for you, Director Sterling.
Mr. Peel, the Vice President is looking for him and says it's urgent.
My apologies for the interruption.
It's not a problem, Mr. Vice President. How can I help you?
Of all my duties as Vice President,
this is the most unenviable one.
But as much as it pains me to do so, I am bound.
I have notified the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
that this communication is coming.
It's a written declaration
asking the President's Cabinet to enact Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
The succession protocol.
I truly wish it wasn't necessary, but it's my responsibility
to assure that the continuity of our great democracy be maintained.
Our great democracy. Indeed.
Mr. Peel, would you please gather the Cabinet
for the signing of the Declaration as soon as possible?
The Secretary of State is on her way back from the Middle East.
She cut her trip short. She will be landing in a couple of hours.
We'll convene as soon as she gets here.
I just want you both to know that I don't...
I don't feel I'll be able to fill Elias' shoes.
I only wish I can tread capably
in the path he's already set for us.
The Secretary of State has already landed.
I briefed her myself on the President's condition.
I know. I just bought us a couple of hours, but that's it.
We either find something on Jarvis now,
or that man is gonna be the next President of the United States.
I appreciate your call, but I'll have to call you back.
(PHONE BEEPS)
Mr. Vice President, I have Prime Minister Wilheim on the phone,
and the Russian Premier just called before that.
Tell everyone I'm busy. I don't want to be disturbed.
Yes, Mr. Vice President.
I'm sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, but Vice President Jarvis...
(PHONE RINGING)
What do you want? Mr. Vice President
I've been watching the news all morning,
why hasn't presidential authority been turned over to you yet?
Because the President isn't dead.
I had to petition the Cabinet to appoint me Acting President, then
I had to wait for them to ratify me.
None of which
would have been necessary
had the powder you'd given me worked.
Just be calm.
The poison is working exactly as it's designed to,
taking its toll on the President slowly.
I just want this over.
Just be patient.
In the next few hours, President Martinez will lapse into a coma,
shortly after that he will die.
You'll be the next president of your country.
Did you see that? What?
(MOUSE CLICKING) (COMPUTER BEEPS)
Watch the Vice President, look what he does with his hand.
He took the President's sweetener packet off the table.
The packet must've contained the poison, so he removed the evidence.
We need more than surveillance footage
to convince the rest of the President's Cabinet of any wrongdoing.
We need undeniable proof.
When the President dies they will do an autopsy.
Are you sure they won't be able to detect what really happened?
We're sure.
The poison is designed to metabolize quickly in the system.
Once it does, there will be no trace of it left behind.
You better be right
because I'm the one on the line here, not you.
As long as the sweetener
packet was removed there will be no proof.
We may have a problem.
Why? What is it?
(MOUSE CLICKING) (COMPUTER BEEPS)
When the President collapsed, his coffee spilled.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
BLAKE: Coffee's laced with poison.
What are you doing?
What do you mean? We were told to clean the room.
By who?
I was jus t following orders. Is there some kind of problem?
(GRUNTING)
Clean up the blood. Make sure there's nothing outside the house.
We have to run. We have to get out of here.
We're not going anywhere. I'll take care of it.
Thank you for being on my side.
I'm not.
Leila, you're not one of them.
We're your people now. Not Sean, not anyone else.
I know you can't fully accept that right now, but you have to try
because any more calls to the outside,
any more attempts on your part to escape will get us both killed.
Now, clean up the blood. We're wasting time.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Michael, it's Sophia.
Is that you?
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Leila? Hi.
Hello.
Is your father here?
Um.
Yeah, but uh...
Yeah, but, I think he's sleeping.
Wake him up for me.
He said he doesn't want to be disturbed.
Wake him up or I will.
Why? Is there something wrong? Sophia...
Michael.
Sophia?
Dad.
I didn't hear you come down.
Couldn't sleep. Is everything okay?
Can we talk outside?
Sure.
Thank you, Leila.
Yeah.
Have you seen Luis?
No, not since last night.
He's not answering his phone. Can you track him down for me?
Of course. Yeah.
Good.
(WORKERS SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
My Russian isn't quite what it used to be,
but I'm pretty sure that's our ship.
Security is heavy. The other piers didn't have any.
VICKY: Eight guards total, AK-47 s, quarter mile stretch.
SEAN: Completely surrounded.
VICKY: On land.
As far as I can see they don't have anybody in the water.
(SHUSHING)
We can do it. We just have to wait
for them to get out of our eye line.
What?
Everything you've done up till now has been for money or family.
Why are you here? Why are you helping me?
Let me ask you a question, Sean.
Why do you think I'm here?
Honestly, I have no idea. I don't understand you at all.
That's right, you don't.
Let's move.
Excuse me, we need your boat.
(MEN SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
Where the hell is the crew?
You ready?
Vicky, don't, don't, don't.
I think there's something inside.
What?
What the hell happened to them?
Only one way to find out.
(SHIP CREAKING)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
I can't tell how old the uniform is, but he was a soldier.
They cracked his chest open. Why?
To get to his lungs, they're missing.
(LOUD CLANGING)
We're not alone.
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
Don't move.
Tell us what's happened?
What happened? I don't understand.
Get him up.
Start talking. I wasn't here.
But you know what they were doing.
We were just hired for this job a few days
and that's it. I don't know anything.
He's lying. Of course he's lying.
No, I'm not lying.
Put him inside. Get the door.
No, no, no! No!
They said it was the flu. Spanish flu.
What the hell are you talking about?
The Spanish flu killed 50 million people during World War I.
That's where the uniform is from. Yes.
The soldier was buried deep in the ice
and the virus was alive in him.
DIMITRl: That's all I know. That's the weapon.
The lungs are missing. Where are they?
I don't know.
He's wasting our time. No.
They must be on the way to the airport, with a courier.
What's the courier's name? Tell me!
All I know, on the phone, American called him Alex
when he was giving him the flight information.
Which is what? What's the flight information?
Flight 38, Air Moscow.
To where? I don't know.
What was the courier's destination? I don't know what city.
But he's bringing infected tissue to your country.
Is everyone here?
Almost, sir. Shouldn't be long.
Very good.
Where have you been?
I pulled a sample of the carpet from the Situation Room,
had it sent to the FBI lab.
And?
It's useless.
The fibers were too contaminated with the cleaning solution.
I'm sorry, Blake, but I have to begin the proceedings.
They need to know who they're putting into office.
I want to present the evidence to them.
What evidence? The obscure security footage?
The statements the President made
while suffering the effects of a stroke?
If nothing else it could hold this off
long enough for him to recover.
If you go in there with anything less than a smoking gun,
you'll look like a lunatic.
Jarvis will sideline you, and he'll keep you from ever proving it.
I can't just forget about it.
I'm not asking you to, but for now you're gonna have to play along.
If you can't do that, then don't go in that room.
(ALL CLAMORING)
I've been informed that the President's
condition continues to deteriorate.
Given that he is incapacitated and unable
to discharge the duties of the office
we must proceed.
Pursuant to Section 4 of the 25th Amendment,
we must achieve a majority vote
to officially appoint Raymond Jarvis as Acting President.
If there are no objections, I'll commence the vote.
Secretary of Defence, Watkins.
WATKINS: Aye.
PEEL: Secretary of the Treasury, Sasen.
SASEN: Aye.
PEEL: Secretary of the Interior, Wilson.
Aye.
Secretary of State, Carol.
Aye.
Director of National Intelligence, Sterling.
Director Sterling.
Aye.
(DEEP SIGH)
(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)
(BEEPS ACCELERATING)
(BEEPS GETTING LOUDER)
Elias! Elias! Help! Somebody please help us.
CHRISTINA: Oh, my God! Oh, no. (CRYING)
(HEARTRATE FLATLINING)
(CRYING)