[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMS IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour, there must be something on.
DAUGHTER: Oh, wow, Candy Critters.
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters, our favorite show. [MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh, it's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[DIALING]
[BEEPS]
[DIALING]
[BEEPS]
Dude, all I'm saying is, if you haven't tried it, don't knock it.
It's the great American sport.
What about sharks?
No problem. Sharks don't surf.
[LAUGHING]
[DIALING]
Sir, we're here to relieve you, sir.
[DIALING]
Hey, Connelly.
I hope you're still not mad about that rubber cockroach I put in your bunk.
[LAUGHING]
Man, that dude has no sense of humor.
Oh, Jesus.
[GASPS]
Oh, Jesus.
[SNICKERING]
Power, main line.
Check.
Auxiliaries.
[SIGHS WEARILY] Check.
Check. Silo radiation.
All silos at nominal levels.
And by the way, next shift? Connelly is dead.
Dead.
You guys.
Okay, all clear, all green.
You're on your own until the next systems check.
I have a date with a crossword puzzle.
In 35 hours, I'll be on a beach.
Baking in the hot sun.
Tanned, beach nymphs smearing my body with coconut oil.
Beach nymphs, huh?
Waiting for the ultimate wave.
Hey, Tyler, what's an 11-letter word for tenacity?
Beach nymphs.
No, that's two words. I'm afraid you have a...
COMPUTER VOICE: Code Zulu, code Zulu.
Barn 39 standby for Headmaster class message.
This is Barn 39-er, Levitt, Sr.
We're awaiting your message.
Check. As follows.
Whiskey-Foxtrot-Alpha- Tango-Authority-November.
I have a check.
Check? Jeez.
Fasten your harness, Tyler.
What? Oh.
Enter your targets.
Entering targets.
God, Levitt. What the hell happened?
All safeties off.
Uh, safeties. I mean, Why would they do it?
Confirm all systems green.
[SIREN BLARING]
And open silo doors.
Wait, wait a minute. What? This is it?
T-this is it? I thought we were a goddamn deterrence.
All systems green. Silo doors open and locked. [ALARM BEEPING]
Insert launch key.
Levitt...
Insert your launch key, Lieutenant.
We're covered in 40 million tons, man.
Three hundred forty goddamn megatons.
Alpha, alpha, this is Headmaster.
Prepare to log report of multiple inbounds.
Put your key in, now!
Captain, this is nuts.
Barn 39-er at 0-3-2-2. Launches go for all missiles.
Lock confirmed. It's 0-3-2-2.
Get your hand on the key, Tyler.
Get your hand on the key!
What are we doing?
We're gonna kill 20 million people.
Be quiet and pay attention.
Turn your key on my order.
Levitt... Ready?
Turn it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[RUMBLING]
[EXHALES]
[EXPLOSION]
[MYSTERIOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
Radical.
Nuclear winter.
Get used to it.
Forecast for more of the same.
You know, I thought I saw something moving out there before.
Maybe something just blowing in the wind.
[SIGHS]
Radiation out there is hot enough to kill anything.
Even the cockroaches aren't coming back from this one.
It can't be like this everywhere.
Levitt, what the hell happened?
I mean, what maniac thought he... he could win a nuclear war?
War in the Middle East, maybe.
Terrorists, maybe.
Maybe just a screw up. We'll never know.
One thing for sure though...
Nobody won this war.
Well, we made it.
I mean, there must be others.
Tyler, take a good look out there.
What do you think?
WOMAN: [OVER RADIO] Hello?
Can anybody hear me, hello?
Hello? Hello.
Hello? Anybody can you hear me? Hello?
We read you. This is Barn 39. Please identify yourself.
Oh, my God. Captain, I got someone.
Hello, this is Barn 36. Lieutenant Maureen Knox.
My Captain is here with me, Andrew Garza.
Who are you? How many others made it? When is help coming?
Well... I... I was gonna ask you the same thing.
I'm... I'm Lieutenant Tyler
Captain Levitt and I have made it but we haven't heard from anybody else.
I mean you're the first.
We... we were hoping you knew something.
Captain Garza here. You haven't heard from anyone else?
Er, private stations? The Civil Defense Network?
Sorry, sir. No, nothing.
Any signs of survivors, Tyler? Maybe a rescue party?
This is Captain Levitt.
Captain, we haven't seen anything.
Very well, um,
we're awaiting instructions from Edwards air force base.
They have a good shelter there for personnel and their families.
They must have made it.
We'll let you know when they contact us.
I wouldn't count on any help from Edwards.
I'm afraid the captain isn't adjusting well.
His wife and kids were at Edwards.
What's your status, Tyler?
Well, we... we have a bit of blast damage.
We could clean it up a little, you could swing by for drinks later.
Sounds great, Lieutenant.
What can I bring?
Edwards was a primary target area.
Probably got at least three warheads.
Chances of a rescue party...
I hear you, Captain.
I could read a radiation counter too, you know.
No survivors. Enough radiation to kill a man in a few minutes.
Well, listen to this.
[FLICKS SWITCH]
[STATIC]
There's someone out there, Captain.
I can't do anymore here, so,
I'm going for help.
Captain, stop. Don't do it.
They're waiting for me at Edwards.
My wife
and children.
I know they are.
Captain, nothing can live out there.
Lieutenant Knox?
What?
Lieutenant Knox, come in.
Lieutenant Knox?
Captain Garza is going outside. You have to stop him. Lieutenant Knox!
Oh, my God.
He's outside.
The door is open. Maureen!
Maureen, listen to me. Don't go after him.
Use the remote to close the door.
He might try to come back.
I can try calling him on the external speaker.
Lieutenant, close the door. He's already contaminated.
He can't come back in.
But...
Lieutenant, that is an order!
[SIGHS]
Yes, sir.
[WHIRRING]
I'm calling him on the external speaker.
Captain Garza, Captain Garza, can you hear me? This is Lieutenant Knox.
Can you hear me, captain?
I can hear you, Lieutenant.
What do you see?
It's a wreckage.
I can see the city off to the east.
It's still burning.
The world is smashed flat.
[LAUGHING]
Smashed.
Oh,
Jenny. Where are you?
[RUSTLING]
Wait. Wait, I think that I see someone. Hello!
Hello, who's there?
I think I see someone.
Something's moving. Hello!
Captain, captain. Can you hear me?
[WAILING]
[EXHALES]
[STATIC]
KNOX: Hello?
Hello. Barn 39. Hello?
Hello? Hello?
Barn 39. Hello?
Maureen, are you all right?
[SIGHS] Yes.
What happened?
I don't know. When I got to the window, he was gone.
Something took him away.
Are you there?
Tyler? Yeah, yeah, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere.
D-do you know...
[MOANING AND WAILING] TYLER: Who's that?
[MOANING AND WAILING]
Something's outside.
I'm going to take a look. No!
Maureen, stay away from the door.
Lieutenant Knox, stay where you are.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
I see something.
Is it Captain Garza?
I don't know, it moved out of view. I can't see it.
But it's not just at the door.
They're out there.
I can hear them.
They're waiting.
Waiting.
I could be back in an hour. It'll only take me...
An hour? You'll be dead in six minutes.
Levitt. Levitt, she needs our help.
Man, I'd only be risking my own life.
You go out that door and you stay out. Period.
KNOX: Barn 39?
Barn 39, can you hear me? Maureen?
Are you okay?
I have to be quiet. I can still hear them. And they can hear me.
What do you hear?
I don't know. But I can glimpse something moving in the dark.
Maureen, what can I do?
Talk to me here. So I don't have to listen to them.
Tell me about yourself.
O-okay... Sure... Um,
Uh, well, uh...
I was born and raised in Malibu.
California. [SMIRKS]
Best surfing town in the continental United States.
[LAUGHING]
So, I just looked right up at her and I said,
"Mrs. Harper, would you please hand me my sombrero?"
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Oh.
I swear I have never told anyone that story.
Eric...
The sounds outside...
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
they stopped.
Lieutenant, it's Captain Garza.
Would you let me in, please?
KNOX: Captain?
How... GARZA: I can explain everything
but I can't get in without your half of the security code.
Could you please open the door?
KNOX: But the radiation...
Lieutenant, don't open that door.
LEVITT: Ask him what happened out there.
Captain, you screamed. What happened?
GARZA: Oh, that. I-I was just surprised.
There are survivors out here, after all.
I didn't expect to see them, that's all.
Please.
I'm coming.
No, Maureen, don't. No. Stay where you are. Don't open that door.
LEVITT: Don't open that door. That's an order.
I just want to see.
[MYSTERIOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[OVER SPEAKER] Captain Garza,
I've been hearing sounds. People banging on the door and on the walls.
Well, there's been a lot of confusion out here.
But we've got things back under control.
Maureen, please.
We have injured out here.
GARZA: Please.
Maureen, don't do it. Don't open the door.
He's lying. Quit screaming.
[DOOR OPENING]
Captain?
Where are you? Captain?
[SCREAMING]
[SIGHS IN EXASPERATION]
What's an 11-letter word for tenacity?
You haven't spoken a word to me since yesterday.
I miss the abuse.
KNOX: Eric! Eric, it's me, Maureen. [BANGING DOOR]
You look just the way I pictured you.
I need your help, guys.
Can I come in for a minute?
Eric, let me in.
[OVER SPEAKER] It's over 300 rads out there.
You-you should be dead.
Our counters read high too.
Must be a glitch.
There are lots of survivors.
I mean, look, here I am.
And seeing is believing. Isn't it, Eric?
There's something wrong. This doesn't make any sense and you know it.
Let go. She seems all right to me.
What, what are you gonna do? You're gonna shoot me?
Kill me to save me?
All right, go ahead. Kill yourself if you want to.
But that's a one way ticket.
[MYSTERIOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR OPENING]
Maureen.
God, it's so cold out here. How did you survive?
It's simple.
I didn't.
He saved us.
Isn't he beautiful? [SNARLING]
It's a whole new world, Eric. The old world is gone forever.
This can be painful... [GASPING]
or wonderful.
It's all upto you.
No! No! Levitt! Levitt!
Let me in! [HISSING]
KNOX: Nuclear winter gives us eternal night.
Don't you see, Eric?
It's the only way.
[LAUGHING MALICIOUSLY]
No... no, no, let me in!
Please, let me in!
[SCREAMING] Levitt, no! Stop it.
[ERIC SCREAMING]
[DIALING]
[BEEPING]
[GASPS]
Great, Captain. You're here.
Would you mind opening the door?
[SCOFFS] What a pain.
Oh, hey. I have the answer.
The 11-letter word for tenacity,
the word is "Persistence."
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[DIALING]
[BEEPING]
[DIALING]
[BEEPING]
[DIALING]
[BEEPING]
Oh, well. That's okay.
We have all the time in the world.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BEEPING]
[DIALING]
[BEEPING]
[VAMPIRES LAUGHING MALICIOUSLY]
[DIALING]
[BEEPING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]