RADIO ANNOUNCER:Okay, what we'regetting now is, yes,
they're sayingit was, in fact,a fire that erupted
inside the externaI tankof the ship
exactly 98 secondsafter it enteredthe asteroid fieId.
No one is surewhat caused the fire
which Ied tothe massive explosion
killing all 1 2crew members and scientists
aboard the spaceshuttIe DeIiverance,
taking with them ourlast and only hope.
Once again,if you're just tuning in,
the CSA space shuttIeDeIiverance
has been destroyed.
The finaI mission tosave mankind has faiIed.
The 70-miIe-wide asteroidknown commonly as "Matilda"
is set to coIIide with Earthin exactly three weeks' time,
and we'll be bringing youup-to-the-minute coverage
of our countdownto the end of days,
along with all yourcIassic rock favorites.
This is Q1 07.2.
(60s POP MUSIC PLAYING)
I think we missedthe exit.
...they say the damageto the tower has rendered
aII ceIIuIartelephones useless.
No word yet on how longbefore water and power
will be shut off altogether.
But we'll be bringing youall the information you need
just as long aswe have a Iive feed.
And be sure to stay tunedat 9:00 p.m.Eastern Standard Time
for the End of the WorIdAwareness Concert.
RADIO ANNOUNCER:The human migrationcontinues...
(PEOPLE YELLING)
(HONKING HORN)
SURFER: Sorry, dude!It's okay.
WOMAN: What are you doing?
MAN: Hey, up yours, paI !
(PHONE RINGING)DODGE: I'm sorry, sir,
that's not coveredunder your current poIicy.
I'm afraid the Armageddonpackage is extra, yes.
WeII, that protects youand your famiIy
against any sort ofapocaIyptic disaster.
Asteroids, obviousIy,pIague, famine, Iocusts. . .
Drawbacks? Um. . .
The premiums are high. . .
(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
I'm sorry. . .Can you just hoId onfor one moment? Thank you.
(RETCHING)
(SOBBING)So feeI free to wear
your casuaI FridaycIothing pretty muchany day of the week.
And since Ted inHuman Resourcesis no Ionger with us,
(WOMAN SOBBING LOUDLY)
I thought I'd Iet you aII knowof a few positionsin upper management
that have beenmade avaiIabIe.
So, if anyone wants to beChief FinanciaI Officer. . .
CFO? Anyone?
Life has no meaning.
ALFRED: Anyone?
I reaIIy thinkI'm coming downwith something.
BICYCLIST: On your right!
On your right, buddy.
On your right!
You couId havetoId me that yesterday!
(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING)
Linda?
Oh, hi, EIsa.
Hi, Mr. Dodge.
Okay, I finish.Okay.
(GRUNTING)
Me estoy volviendo vieja,Mr. Dodge.I getting oIder. (CHUCKLES)
I didn't mean to rushyou off or anything.
Do you havesomepIace to be?
I mean, if you want,you couId. . .
I don't know,you couId watch TV here,
or something,whatever you Iike.
Oh, my kids are waiting.
Oh, right. Of course.You have kids.
Listen, EIsa,you don't haveto come next week.
Or, you know, ever,if you don't want to.It's okay.
You firing me?
No, no, no. No, I just. . .
Is this becauseI don't watchTV with you?
(CHUCKLING)No. No. I, uh. . .
I just thought,considering. . .
There's just no need to. . .
Nothing.Forget it. It's fine.
You're out of Windose.
More Windose, got it.
See you next week, Mr. Dodge.
Okay.
I regret my entire Iife.
Okay.Okay.
Bye!Bye, now.
NEWSREADER:Well, it's no longerjust the postal service.
CommerciaI airIines havediscontinued altogether today.
After much delay,the final flight,piloted by Delta Airlines,
Ieft Chicago Midwayat 3:45 Central Time,
touching down inSeattIe at 6:1 5 Pacific.
Private chartershave been givenmilitary clearance
to use intercontinentaIairspace at their own risk.
And nowthe traffic report. Amy?
We're fucked, Bob.
NEWSREADER:Thank you, Amy.
Oh, shit.
(SIGHING)
RADIO ANNOUNCER:...they have yet to makea statement regarding rumors
of a classified space launchfor high-rankinggovernment officials,
religious figureheads,and important contributors
to athIeticsand entertainment.
They have predictedthe exact location of impact,
but the governmentis refusing to releasethis information to the public
to avoid creatingan even greatersense of panic.
(GASPING)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(GASPING) Oh ! You're earIy!Hi.
Aw. Warren toId meabout Linda.
Oh, yeah. . .
I am so surprisedshe didn't do it sooner.
She never reaIIyIooked happy,
especiaIIy whenshe was with you.
That's new information.
ReaIIy?Mmm-hmm.
Why do you thinkshe didn't wantto have kids?
(GASPS)
Karen AmaIfi iscoming aIone tonight.
Don't. Do not.
Do not what?
PIease, Warren.Can we just have a fewsober moments tonight?
(CHUCKLING)
This is theLast Supper, Diane.
You think Jesus was soberfor his Iast supper?
You think he turnedwater into Iemonade?
Dodge,a IittIe heIp, pIease.
Uh-uh. No, no, no, no, no.Dodge is my friend.
My friend.Look at this, my friend.
This is a Don Ramon cigar.
This is the hardestcigar in the worId. . .
Can you chop thosea IittIe Iouder, pIease?
This is the hardest cigarin the worId to find.
And tonight,I'm going to shareone of my Iast 1 3 with you.
How's that sit?
(DOOR SLAMMING)
Hi, Danny.
Hey, can I fix youa drink, son?
Quit ruining my Iife.
DIANE: Good for you,sweetie.Express yourseIf.
Go fuck yourseIf!
I was thinkingmaybe we shouId set up
Dodge with Karen.Don't you think?
Oh, my God,wiII you stop it?
What?
He doesn't want toget set up withone of your gross friends.
He needs tomeet somebody!
No, he doesn't!
Leave him aIone.He is aIone,Iook at him.
I'm fine.No, honey,you're not fine.
You're gonna die aIone.Doesn't that bother you?
He's not gonna die aIone.Yes, he is.
He's not gonna die aIone.He's gonna diewith everybody eIse!
(SIGHS) There's just no needto cIing to who's cIosest.
This isn'tthe fucking Ark, Diane.
This is the Titanic!
(CHUCKLING)And there is nota Iife raft in sight.
(LAUGHING)
(SIGHING)WeIcome aboard.
Dodge, you rememberKaren AmaIfi.
HeIIo, good to see you.
Hi. (GIGGLES)
It's everythingI never wore.
Ta-da!Mmm !
It's very nice,very shiny.
(CHUCKLES)
You're funny.
Hmm.(BOTH CHUCKLING)
So. . .
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)
WeII. . .
We decided thatwe wouId use this timeto be with famiIy.
First we're gonnago to West Virginia,see my sister
and her husbandand the two boys.
Even thoughwe just saw them.
We just saw them.
And then Laceywants to go to herstepfather's in Aspen
so that she canteII him to fuck off.
And aIso ski !
And ski.
Great!CHIP: Yeah.
Karen?
Oh. (GIGGLING)
Um. . . Hmm.
Okay, weII, I thinkI'm finaIIy gonnatake that pottery cIass.
And. . . WeII,I'm gonna eatwhatever I want,
and totaIIynot even care. Just. . .
(ALL CHUCKLING)
Go, girI.
And maybe I'II, um,
be spending a IittIe timewith someone speciaI.
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
Yeah.
Oh, me? Let's see. . .
What was the question?
(CORK POPPING)
(ALL CHEERING)
WOMAN: Qu챕 ser찼, ser찼!
We're gonna ski first,and then she's gonna teII. . .
WARREN: Drink! Drink!Drink! Drink! Drink!
Fight through the burn,fight through the burn !Fight through the burn !
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
Yes!
Winner's wine!
(CHUCKLING DRUNKENLY)
Hey, Dodge!Hey, Roache.
Dodger!I'm gonna miss you, man.Gonna miss you. . .
Oh, boy.It's the fuckingWiId West, you know?
Is it?Come on.
SingIe guys Iike us,I mean, we gotta grabthis thing, you know?
Because it isa different worId now.
It's a different worId.
Okay.We gotta. . . You know?
No, I don't. I don't. . .
I don't. . .You don't? Dude,
the sky is faIIing.
The sky is faIIing.
(SINGING)And it's raining pussy!
(VOCALIZING)
lt's raining pussy
Dude, ever sinceDeIiverance, man,
I've been witha different girIevery day.
And they don't careabout getting pregnant.
They don't careabout diseases,
or are you gonnacaII them back,
or can youprovide for them,
or do you havea smaII dick,
or are you reIated.AII right?
And it's Iikethe apocaIypse. . .
The apocaIypse hasIeveIed the fieId, man.
Oh, my God.Do you want todoubIe-stuff that cookie?
(SINGSONG) Do youwant to doubIe-stuffthat cookie with me?
Two chefs in the kitchen
We're double-stuffingthe cookieDodge and Roache
You guys, Iook!Sarah and Davebrought heroin.
It's time.Bucket Iist! Bucket Iist!
Wait, where's Lacey?Let Lacey do it,she's a dentaI assistant.
I'II do it.Yeah, you do it, Lace.
ROACHE: Here we go.
DIANE: Oh,don't grab, Roache.
Let's watch her,Iet's everyonewatch her do it.
ROACHE: Put someRadiohead on.
I want to do herointo Radiohead.
WARREN: Yeah ! Yeah !(GIRL CHEERING)
This is dynamite!Everybody, run !
I'm kidding ! It's not.
It can't hurt youunIess you getabout this cIose to it.
(FIREWORKS WHISTLINGIN DISTANCE)
Are you hiding?
Yes.
You don't have to do heroinif you don't want to, sweetie.
Look, I tried.
I just can't spendthe Iast month of my Iifegetting to know someone.
It's ridicuIous.
You don't Iike Karen?
I couIdn'tpossibIy give a shit.
I'm not gonna sit acrossfrom someone and hearaII their stories,
even if she wassomeone I couId beinterested in,
because I just. . .
I'm not sure thatthe month betweenmy wife Ieaving me
and the end of the worIdsounds Iike good timing.Do you?
What. . . Hey. . .What are you doing?What are you doing?
What?
What?What?
You're Warren's.
No, I'm not.
Nobody's anybody'sanything anymore.
Why did Lindaget to disappear?
Why does everybody eIseget to do what they want?
I don't knowwhat I want.
You can't runfrom this, Dodge.
(SIGHING)
(PLAYING FOLK MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE)
HeIIo?
(SOBBING SOFTLY)
You okay?
(SNIFFLING) No.
How couId I be so stupid?
I don't know.I don't know you very weII.
I'm never gonnasee my famiIy again.
I missed the pIanes,aII of them.
I mean, God,it's the end of the worIdand I'm stiII 1 5 minutes Iate.
I can hearmy father say it now.I can hear him say,
"FIaky and irresponsibIe,"and he's right.
How couId I do this?I put my energyin the wrong pIaces,
I give my time tothe wrong peopIe.
I mean,when I think of aII the. . .
AII the hoIidaysI didn't spendwith my mum and dad
to be with some guyI used to know.
WouId you Iike to come in?
I won't steaI anythingif you don't rape me.
Agreed.
My name's Penny.
I'm Dodge.
How Iong have youIived here?
Three years. You?
I just broke upwith someone.
Oh, I'm sorry.
No, I mean. . .
You know,it was buiIding to this.
He's just taking the nightto cIear out his stuff.
I mean, it's aIways betterto sIeep on the fire escape
than have pity sex,I aIways say.
Mmm.
What's that?
What? Oh, that is coughsyrup with codeine.
SpIash of vodka.Can I have a sip?
ActuaIIy,I'm feeIinga IittIe. . .
Mmm.
You want some weed?
Hmm?
Oh, no, thank you.
It's the onIy thingthat sends me to sIeep
and the onIy thingthat wakes me up again.
(CHUCKLING)I mean, seriousIy,
I've got a wickedcase of hypersomnia.
I mean, I couId sIeepthrough the apocaIypse.
Who's the girI?Who?
Oh. That's OIivia.
Is she the onethat got away?
WeII, they aII got away,but she was the first, yeah.
Are you gonna goand get her back?
I'm sure she hasenough on her pIate.
(CHUCKLES)
And what is it aboutthe end of the worId
that brings themaII out of the woodwork?
(COMMENTATOR SHOUTS EXCITEDLY)
(SIGHING)
COMMENTATOR 1 : (ON TV)...there he's got it.
COMMENTATOR 2:(CHUCKLING) Yeah.He changed his mind, as he...
(CROWD CHEERING)
...doing a terrificjob of cutting him off.
Now coming from behind,
he's got himaround the shouIders,and down goes...
(CROWD CHEERING)
(VACUUM CLEANERWHIRRING LOUDLY)
(SNORING SOFTLY)
(PLAYING HARMONICA LOUDLY)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
(GASPS)
Oh.
(SIGHS)
I'm ready to godownstairs now.
Oh?
Wait here a tick.
Okay.
He's gone.Took my Pet Sounds with him.I shouId've seen that coming.
Mmm.
So. . .
What are you doingwith the rest of your Iife?
Oh, um. . .
LittIe of this,IittIe of that.
ProbabIy catchingup on some "me" time.
Find God.
Maybe move aroundsome chairs.
(CHUCKLES)
WeII, maybeI'II run into youat a support group
or an orgy or something.
Yeah, that sounds nice.
Uh. . .
What's that?
That's your maiI.
Why do you have it?
Oh, you knowhow the maiIman wouIdsometimes put the maiI
in the wrong box?Uh-huh.
WeII, over time,say Iike. . . WeII,three years, I mean, it. . .
(CHUCKLES)God, it reaIIyadds up, doesn't it?
Isn't it funny?I mean, how we've Iived
so cIose andwe've never said hi.
Oh, but I did meetyour roommate a few times.
My roommate?You mean Linda?
Linda. Linda, right.And her boyfriend,what was his name?
Oh, God, they seemedso happy together.What was his name?
I haven't seenthem in a whiIe.Are they aII right?
What was his name again?
(WHISPERING) I forget.
(SCANNER BEEPS)
$8.50.
(YELLING)
Come on.
(DODGE COLLAPSING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(BELLS JINGLING SOFTLY)
BOY: Give it to me!I'II hit it!
MAN: Fuck, yeah ! Hit it!
(GLASS BREAKING)
What started as a fewindividuals acting out
has quickly escalatedinto a massive riot
sweeping throughthe streets of downtown.
If we couId showthe live footage, Dory?
Dory?
You see people usingevery available weapon,
looting, smashing windows,
setting fires,and in some cases,attacking one another.
With the Iack ofpolice presence,
we are seeing peoplewith nothing left to lose.
They appear to bemoving off Main Street
and heading towardsDivision Avenue,
where residencesand businessesare more at risk.
And perhapsit's only a matter of time
before the city istoo dangerous to inhabit.
Oh, my God.
(CROWD CLAMORING)
Oh, God.
(FIRE ALARM BEEPING)
(PEOPLE YELLING)
Oh, God.
Okay. Okay.
Oh, Sorry. Okay.Good, Sorry. Here we go.
Come on.
Penny?
Penny! Penny?
Penny!Who the fuck are you?
(EXCLAIMS IN SHOCK)Oh, shit! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm Dodge,I Iive upstairs.
I've neverseen you before.
We've run intoeach other a few times,but that's not. . .
I'm pretty good with faces.
Anyway. . . ObviousIy,there's a riot going on.
Maybe you heardthe screaming,smeIIed the burning.
If you couIdjust wake up Penny,
I think we shouId get outof the buiIding assoon as possibIe.
Jesus.
You're fucking her,aren't you?
What? No. . . What?No, I'm. . .
No. I'm not.
(SOBBING) Oh, I knew it!
(SOFTLY) I knew it.
Fuck! I knew it!
Ow! Ow! Ow!
Shit!
(CONTINUES GROANING)Okay, aII right.
Penny! Come on,here we go. Wake up.
DODGE: There you go.
Hey! I decidewhen Penny wakes up!
This isn't whatit Iooks Iike.
I broke my hand, baby.
I hope you're happy.It's my guitar hand.(INHALING SHARPLY)
Aren't they bothyour guitar hands?
Penny, there'sa smaII riot brewing andwe need to go, right now!
She's not goinganywhere with you. . .
WouId youpIease just stop?
We aII need to go!Come on ! Here we go!Here we go, guys! Come on !
My hand ! My gift.WiII you justIook at it? I broke it.
(PENNY MUMBLING)OWEN: This is the guy?
I can't beIieveyou want this creepinstead of me.
Hey! Hey!I'm not kidding !Let's do it!
Oh, he's oId !
He's not even good-Iooking.What, do you have a job?
Mister Job?Owen !
I toId you therewasn't anybody eIse.Oh, shit, my records.
So you broke upwith me for nobody?
Do you not seehow that's worse?
We don't have time for this.
Scott WaIker, WiIco. . .John CaIe!
Hey, that's my CaIe.
We don't have timefor any of this, guys!
Goodbye, friends!
DODGE: Come on.
Give me that CaIe.
DODGE: Okay, here we go.
PENNY: I'II drive.
AII right, aII right.OWEN: Hey!
Watch out for my hand.
Here we go.
I can't beIieveyou're breakingup with me now.
It's the worst timingfor me, ever!
We didn'tget back together.
What do you caIIIast night?Nothing happened !
Since when issnuggIing nothing?
Shit. I thoughtit was right there.
You don't rememberwhere you parked?
No, it was. . .It was on. . .
It was on 1 st and 9th.Fuck, maybeit was 1 0th and 2nd?
This way.It couId have been 3rd. . .
It was definiteIy oneof those combinations.
OWEN: I'm the asshoIe, right?Everything's my fauIt?
DODGE: Can we justconcentrate onfinding the car?
No, Owen,it's not about that.
I'm just sayingthat we're not a match.
I mean, isn't it betterwe find out now,rather than Iater?
No!
What do you mean,not souI mates?
I Iove you.I want totake care of you.
(GUNSHOTS)(OWEN SCREAMING)
Just get. . .(GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)
Penny, Iet's go,come on !
Owen?Come on !
(MEN SHOUTING ANGRILY)
You okay?Come on ! Go for the car.
There it is!
OWEN: Is this becauseyou pay my rent?
Because I had to swaIIowa Iot of pride toIet you do that.
Get in the car, Owen.
I'm not Ieaving the city.
WeII, it's my car.
Oh, that's right,I don't have a car.
Throw that in my facewhiIe you're at it.
They're right on top of us!
(MOCKING)"They're right on top of us!"
WouId you get out and heIp?I'II do it!
No, no, no.No, no, no. I'II do it.
Just. . .
Oh, God, there's a guy.There's a guy right there!
Cut the wheeI ! Cut it!
What are you doing?Cut the wheeI !
I'm. . .Cut the wheeI !
Fire! Fire!There's fire!
OWEN: You're notcutting at aII !
(TIRES SCREECHING)Are you freaking bIind?
God, here they come!
What is wrong with you?
(GROANS IN FRUSTRATION)
Hey! Hey!I know a guy with a pIane.
If you drive me towhere I need to go,I can get you to your famiIy.
HeIIo? Cut the wheeI !
(ENGINE REVS)
That's it. Now comeforward a IittIe bit.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Ah, he'II be fine!
Hey!
(CAR ALARMS BLARING)(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
So teII meabout this pIane.
You know, hybrid carsdon't need as much gas.
Yes. They stiII needa IittIe gas, don't they?
No, I'm just saying,you don't have tofiII them up as much.
Does this meanwe're not goingto the pIane?
Look, maybeyou shouId justforget about the pIane.
I Ieft Owen inthe middIe of a riot.
He used you asa human shieId, Penny.
You don't even know him.
Look, you're the onewho woke me upin the middIe of the night,
dragged me out of bed. . .You're right.
I don't know whyI bothered saving your Iife,after you ruined mine.
What is thatsupposed to mean?
What? What is that?
WeII, you know howsometimes the maiIman
wouId put the maiIin the wrong box?
WeII, sometimes,the girI thatyou never got over
sends you a Ietter.
That's from the girI?(GASPS) My God.
Oh, my God !That's great, right?
Yeah, it's pretty good.
What wouId be greatis if I couId caII herfrom a reguIar phone,
or I couId just hopon a train to wherever,
or not die inthe outer suburbs.
But instead,I am on the scenic route
to the guiIIotinewith you, and you.
She couId beat the fuckingpyramids by now.
She couId havebIown her head off,and I wouIdn't know,
because I didn't get this
three annoying months ago!
Oh.
Now I feeI bad.
(STAMMERING) Fuck. Look,guiIt isn't a feeIing
that I'm comfortabIe with.
WeII, fortunateIyyou won't haveIong to Iive with it.
(CAR APPROACHING)
What are you doing?
Penny, this reaIIydoesn't invoIve you.
I said I wasgonna get you there,I'm gonna get you there, so. . .
Where was the Iast pIaceyou saw her?
Where was she1 8 years ago?
Look, you don't need tospend the Iast few daysof your Iife
with a totaI stranger.
You're not a totaI stranger,and these aren't my Iast days.
Oh, you're a survivaIist.
No, I'm not a survivaIist.I'm an optimist.
HeIIo!You having some troubIe?
Do you knowwhere the nearestgas station is?
Yeah, but dieseI isaII they got Ieft.Where you headed?
Where we headed, Dodge?
Somerset.
Somerset. Wherever that is.
I think HuntsviIIemight be as far as I'm going.
Great! Thank you !
GLEN: So,what's your piIgrimage?
Because everybody'sheaded somewhere.
WeII, I'm going to seemy famiIy, and he's. . .
He's Iooking for someone.
Who is ityou're Iooking for?
His high schooIsweetheart.
Is that right?
WeII, there's nogreater search
than that of Iost Iove,I'II give you that.
You married?No, darIing,
I never did waIk the pIank.There was a speciaI Iady.
My Rita passedseven years back.
You know,it's aII about whoyou Iay down with
when the Iights go out.
Takes Iongerthan it shouIdto figure that part.
Truth is, it's nice to havesome company for a change.
Even strangers.
Why don't youteII us your Iife story?
Then we won't bestrangers anymore.
GLEN: Yeah?
WeII, sure. Let's see.I was born in. . .
Wait a minute.I shouId probabIy teIIDaddy's Iife story first,
so there's some context.Okay.
Uptime?Groovy!
Yeah. Daddy was bornin Skokie, IIIinois.
And his dadwas born in Okie.Used to catch bass.
So they runa bunch of tests
and they aIIcome back withthe same bad news.
Doctors give mesix months to Iive.
Then I go home,turn on the TV,and they say three weeks.
If you ask me, a man isnot supposed to knowwhen his time is up,
it's not naturaI.
That's when youfind yourseIf rentinga gun and buying a buIIet.
But that ain'tno way into heaven.
Isn't that right, Dodge?
Hmm?
No, I guess not.
I'm gonna godrain the snake.
You wanna join me?
No, thanks, I'm good.
Okay, what a fucking weirdo.
(CLICKS TONGUE)I think he's souIfuI.
Who drives aroundwith shoveIs?I don't trust him.
GIen? What?He toId us his Iife story.
Yes, and thank youfor that, by the way.
Do you know,if you actuaIIy Iistened,you might Iearn something.
(SORRY WHIMPERING)
Sorry needs to go out.
I'II go. I wiII take him.
I'm gonna take himfor a sniff.Don't go anywhere.
(SIGHING)
I knew itas soon as I saw you.
That detached Iookin your eyes.That vague way about you.
You aImost had mefooIed with that Iine
about yourhigh schooI girIfriend.
I'm sorry, I don't. . .
Don't be sorry, son.
Just kiII me quickIy.
What?
WeII, I thoughtwe couId do itin that nice fieId,
but if you're gonnashoot me in the back,then Iet's get it over with.
Shoot you? I don't. . .Are we stiIIspeaking metaphoricaIIy?
WeII, what's itgonna be, then?Knife? Piano wire?
Okay, you know what?She's gonna beback any second.
Don't teII methey sent a girIto do a man's job.
I specificaIIyrequested a maIe!
UnIess you'resome sort of team !Is that how this works?
Okay, you know what?I don't think I amwho you think I am.
WeII, that's a reIief.
Because I was afraidI couId fight you off!
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
You know, Dodge,when a man. . .
(GASPING)(GUNSHOT ECHOING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
PENNY: Dodge? GIen?
Oh, my God.
GIen's dead.
Are you okay?Did you get the pIates?
PENNY: "When a man. . ."
"When a man. . ."What do you thinkhe was trying to say?
I don't know, Penny.
"When a man. . ."
Loves a woman?
"When a man. . ."Is a trucker?
The man. . .
The man committedsuicide via homicide
two weeks beforethe apocaIypse.
I'm not reaIIy concernedwith any Road Warriorwisdom
I may havemissed out on. Okay?
AII right.
I'II drive.Do you have the keys?
Oh. . .
Okay.
(SIGHING) Okay.
(UPBEAT MUSICPLAYING ON RADIO)
You'd think a Iifetimeof waiting forthe worst to happen
wouId haveprepared me for this.
How couId anyoneprepare for this?
I aIways knew.I aIways knewit'd be over too soon.
I never saw myseIfas an oId man.
ReaIIy?
I thought I wasgonna Iive forever.Was totaIIy gonna peak at 40.
WeII, I hear 30is the new 40.
(LAUGHS)
LuckiIy, I'm gettingmy mid-Iife crisisin just under the wire.
She must be reaIIy speciaI,huh? OIivia?
To want to find herafter so much time.
She was, yeah.
So why did you break up?
We were young.We were notfuIIy formed beings yet.
Life just took usin different directions.
She dumped you?
Yes.(CHUCKLING)
What about you?
What about me?
Who's the one that got away?
I am, thank God.
I don't meanI'm anythingspeciaI, I just. . .
I'm gIad that part ofmy Iife's over with,you know? ReIationships.
I thoughtyou weren't cynicaI.
I'm not cynicaI. I'm. . .
I'm cIinicaI.
I am a recoveringseriaI monogamist.
Sounds very serious.
Very serious.
I went to thistherapist who toId me
that I had probIemsbeing aIone.
But then, I mean,she wanted to see mefive times a week,
so you teII mewho had the reaI probIem.
You know,if the end of the worIdhas taught me anything,
it's that I'm finaIIygetting my. . .
Oh, my God.
Is that a Friendsy's?(GASPS)
I wouId kiII for a pint.
(UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING)
Hi, weIcome to Friendsy's,where everyone's your friend !
Hi !Hi !
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
Two for dinner? Yeah !
Look at this IittIe guy.
Is this okay?
Oh, yeah !Everyone's weIcome, yeah.
Dude brought in a woIfIast week. It's crazy!
Come on in !
Okay.
Taquitos!
MAN: Yeah, three orders.
I can't beIieveyou guys are stiII open.
Yeah, we thought aboutcIosing up shop,
but then we reaIizedthis is reaIIyour famiIy, you know?
In fact, the tragedyhas brought us cIoser.Some of us too cIose.
That's impossibIe.(BOTTLE SHATTERING)
And under new management,it's a Iot Iess corporate.
Right, Steven?(SLAPS BUTTOCKS)
Right. I hopea booth is okay.
Yeah, it's. . .
We burnedaII the chairsin a bonfire.
I'm gonna pass youoff to Katie, okay?
You're in warm handswith her.My skin feeIs great!
Thanks, Darcy.Isn't he incredibIe?
Hi, I'm Katie.
Can yousIide over, pIease?
Yeah.
Can I touch your hair?Yeah.
Oh, it's so soft.Thank you.
Can I get you guyssomething towet your whistIe?
Everything's awesome!
How are your mudsIides?Fucking awesome!
(GASPING)Can we get two mudsIides?Yes.
Thank you.
Do you guys wannaknow the speciaIs?
Because these guysare gettingreaIIy creative.
(CHUCKLES)No, just the mudsIides.
Okay! Gotcha.Guys, I'm roIIingpretty hard right now,
but if you twokeep it super positive,
I wiII bring youthose M-sIides.
And maybe an order ofspin-dip for the tabIe.
That is amazing !And you know what,it's his birthday today.
Why didn't youteII me that?Happy birthday!
(CHUCKLES) Thank you.(KATIE BLOWS WHISTLE)
(PEOPLE CHEERING)Wow.
I reaIIy hope you'rehaving a good time.
Yeah, I am having fun.
I think that this pIaceis some sort of cuIt
and we probabIyshouIdn't eat anything.
Oh, you're crazy.This is amazing.
Look, peopIe aresitting down together,everybody's happy. Hey!
There's a conga Iine.Just Iike. . .
This is a piece ofAmerican history.It's a human Iandmark.
It's a shout-out tothe man upstairs to say. . . Oh !
(SNIFFS) I smeII weed.Excuse me! I smeII weed.
Yeah, it's right this way.Conga your wayto a great time!
(DANCE MUSIC BLARING)
(LAUGHING)
Is it good?
This bun is a donut.
(LAUGHING)
It's exactIy whatyou think a burger
with a donut bunwouId taste Iike.
Mmm !
What did you do?
When?
You know, before,Iike, as a Iiving.
I soId insurance.
(LAUGHING)
That's. . .
Oh.Oh !
Oh, you're serious.Yes, I am.
Oh.Oh !
Okay. How does. . .How does somebodyget into that fieId?
You dare to dream, Penny.(CHUCKLING)
I don't know, you. . .
I guess you startwith aII of yourchiIdhood fantasies
of being a fireman
or an athIete or whatever.
And then eventuaIIyreaIity hits,
and you reaIize that,reaIIy, aII you want
is to have a desksomewhere withyour name on it.
But why insurance?
I didn't Iike Iaw,
and the economywas headedin one direction.
I'm the type of person,I just. . .
I feeI more comfortabIewith a safety net.
Whoops.Mmm-hmm.
(CHUCKLING)
(CHUCKLING) Yeah.
So, go on.How do you knowa man with a pIane?
I don't know him.I said I knew him.
I know, I know.I'm not gettingmy hopes up. I'm just. . .
I'm just reaIIy excited.
ObviousIy.
(STAFF SINGING)...withthe Friendsy's family
lt's your verylast birthday
Happy birthday!
There'II never be another
So teII aII yoursisters and brothers
lt's your verylast birthday
(ALL CHEERING)
Happy birthday! Ooh !
(CHUCKLING) Oh !
Okay. . .
That's. . . AII right.
Hi, buddy.Hi, there.
Can I join in?
Look, I don'twanna be rude, but. . .
Oh, God !
Yeah, we shouId go.We shouId go.
Okay. Sorry.
Here's some money.
Oh !AII right.Come on, Iet's go.
AII right, see you soon !Okay, have a good night.
Let's get these off.
(PENNY LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING)They were. . .
(BOTH LAUGH)
(GROANING) Oh, God.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) Dodge,I want you to be my Iast.
That's a Iot of pressure.
(GIGGLING)
(POP MUSIC ON RADIO)
(EXHALES)
Listen, I. . .
Sorry, you go first.
I wasn't saying anything.
It's just. . .
I think I got a IittIecarried away before with
the mudsIides and the orgy,
and, you know, obviousIy,things are verycompIicated right now.
What are you doing?
I just want youto know that I. . .
I wasn't tryingto take advantage.
ObviousIy, you're very young.What are you, Iike 30? 31 ?
Twenty-eight.Oh, God. Oh !
God, you try to bea good person. . .
ReIax, Dodge. It was. . .
It was end-of-the-worId sex.It was creature comfort.
WeII. . .If anything,it was my fauIt.
You didn't do anything.
I think I did some things.
It isn't gonnahappen again,I promise.
You've got OIivia,I've got my famiIy.
You know,we both have moreimportant pIaces to be.
Just. . . A IittIe sex.It was bound to happen,
Iet's not makea big deaI out of it.
I dated someonefrom Camden.
Listen, Penny, it. . .
(SIREN WARBLING)
I don't understand.
What is he doing?
I guess he's. . .Is he tryingto puII us over?
(LAUGHING)Oh, come on.He can't be serious.
How fast are you going?
Who gives a shit?
Why aren't yousIowing down?
I think we can take him.
Oh. Hey! Hey! Hey!SIow down !
What are you doing?What are you doing?
SIow down ! PuII the car over.Come on.
Don't you thinkthat he must havebetter things to do?
Penny, puII the car over.
Jesus, what's hegonna do, shoot us?
There's a veryreaI possibiIityhe couId shoot us, yes!
AII right! AII right!Let's puII it over.
AII right! God, but. . .
But I shouId warn you,my dad's ex-miIitary
and he says I havea reaIIy seriousprobIem with authority.
Put that away, pIease.Give that.Mmm, mmm.
No, it's aIII've got Ieft
and I'm tryingto ration it.Come on.
(WHISPERING)What do I do with it?
Oh, just. . .Just put it in your mouth.
(SIZZLING)(EXCLAIMS)
(COUGHING)
That was stiII Iit.
(CONTINUES COUGHING)
HeIIo, Officer,what seems to bethe probIem?
WeII, for starters,
you're driving about1 5 miIes an hourover the speed Iimit.
ReaIIy? Huh.(RETCHING)
I thought I was makingbetter time than that.
And you know,you got a taiI Iight out.
No.Yeah.
AIso, your pIatesexpired about a month ago.
Go on.
(STAMMERING)Um, that's it.That's everything.
Those three things.
WeII, why don't youwrite us out
any number of expensive,time-sensitive tickets,
and we'II be on our way?
I need some identification.
Of course.My name is Penny,
and this is Dodge.
(HOARSELY) Hi.
Okay.License and registration.
WeII, you see,that's wherewe've got a probIem,
because I didn't geta chance to retrievemy identification
before fIeeing my homeduring a deadIy riot.
However, we werefortunate enough
to hitch a ride witha very nice trucker,
who, turns out,had hired a hit manto assist him in a suicide,
thus bestowing us with this. . .
This beautifuI modeof transportation.
So, the answer is no,no Iicense orregistration here.
However,given the currentsituation with the. . .
(WHISTLES)
CouIdn't you find itin your heart
to set aside the Iawjust this once
and Iet us on our way,so that I cangive my friend here
a fighting chanceof being withthe one he Ioves
before we aII reachour untimeIy concIusion?
No.
(CAMERA SNAPPING)
AII right.
Oh, excuse me,do we get a phone caII?
No, phones are dead.
Okay.
Have fun.
Oh ! HeIIo?What are you in for?
Disturbing the peace.
(CHUCKLING)BriIIiant.
WeII, might as weIIget comfortabIe.
This is as gooda pIace to die as any.
I ruined your Iife.
No, you didn't.
(VOICE BREAKING)Oh, yes, I did.
(SOBBING) I ruined my Iife,and I took you down with me.
I was a terribIe neighbor,and I'm a. . .
I'm an awfuI daughter.
(GENTLY) Hey. Hey.
(SOBBING)
Shh.
DODGE: Look at him.
Sound asIeep inhis sandwich board.You know why?
'Cause he aIways knewthe end was near.
And he's currentIynot surprised.
You are Iooking ata vindicated man.
How come you're notwith your famiIy?
I don't reaIIy have any.
What do you mean?
My mother passed away,
and my father drove awaya Iong time ago.
My wife recentIy ran away,as fast as anyhuman woman couId.
It onIy took Armageddonto give her the courage.
Which is ironic, because
(LAUGHS)
being afraid of dying aIoneis why I got marriedin the first pIace.
Your roommatewas your wife.
My wife was my roommate.
ShouId have Iistenedto my mother.
Even after she got sick,she aIways madethe most sense.
You wouId have Iiked her.
She wouId haveIiked you, too.
You think so?
She died aIone.
Guess it doesn'tmatter now.
How Iong sinceyou've seen your dad?
Um. . .
Twenty-five years?
Twenty-five years? Wow.
WeII, don't you haveanything to say to him?
Nothing good.
WeII, what about OIivia?
We were togetheron and off for ten years.
She wanted to get married.I didn't puII the trigger.
Somebody eIse did.
And then I met Linda,and the rest isaImost history.
What did she say,OIivia, in her Ietter?
She saidshe and her husbandhad gotten divorced,
and that she hada 6-year-oId sonnamed Marcus,
and she askedabout my parents,
and she said she missed me.
You know, garden-variety"end of the worId"mumbo jumbo.
I did ruin your Iife.
No, you didn't.
I had a reaIIyIong head start.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, man,I don't feeI good.
Is that the weedkicking in?
What does it feeI Iike?
FeeIs IikeI'm faIIing off a cIiff
with a bombstrapped to my chest.
WeII, that couId be anything.
(PLAYING SOFTLY ON HARMONICA)
(DOOR OPENING)
(SLAMS DOOR)
Damn it, WaIIy!
There you go.Look who's here.Look who's here.
Hey, hey, hey.Come here.
There you go.
WeII, sorry, foIks,
but WaIIy's beentaking the quotapretty serious these days,
and I'm afraid that. . .
WeII, your truckwas impounded.
Is there some pIaceI can drop you foIks?
Uh, DeIaware.
(SIGHING) Yeah. . . No.
How far is it to Camden?
RADIO ANNOUNCER:No matter wherethe impact occurs,
it wiII create a firestormthat will wipe out all life.
Thank you !
So how Iongwere you with this guy?
TotaI?
Nine months,pIus six more.
How do you knowhe's going to be here?
(CLATTERING)
He's aIways here.
(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
There he is.
Penny.
Hey, Speck.
Oh, my goodness.
(PENNY GIGGLES)
(SIGHS) I knewyou'd come back.
No, I'm not back. I. . .
We were justin the neighborhood.
I haven't seenthis girI in 1 2 months
and she's justin the neighborhood.
Lance CorporaI James Speck.
Speck, this is Dodge. . .
Lieutenant CoIoneIDodge Petersen.
Look, we're ina bit of a pickIe,
and I was hoping thatyou couId heIp us out.
HeIping you out of a pickIeshouId be my middIe name.
Na-hah !
Come on.Bring your IittIe amigo.
You have to Ieavethe dog up top.
Mom just vacuumedthe bomb sheIter.
Come on,I'II show you the digs.
FeIIas.
Hey.
That's Entertainment.
(VIDEO GAME SOUNDS)(MEN CHATTERING)
Sports and Recreation.
And if nature caIIs. . .
Hey.
Wow.
As you can see,we have enough rations
to Iive down herecomfortabIy fora good six months.
These waIIs are1 2 inches ofpure titanium.
(KNOCKS)Yeah, I was going to say 1 1 .
Resurfacingwon't be that easy.
The worId wiII needa strong Ieader.
Is that a sateIIite phone?
It is. You want tocaII your foIks?
What?
Yeah, I was taIkingto your dad the other day.
What time is itacross the pond, 1 600?
I don't know.
(DIALING)
(VOICE TREMBLING) Mum?
It's me.
Yeah, yeah, no, no, no.I'm fine. We got out.
(SNIFFLES)
Uh, me and a friend.
Yeah, he is.
Hi, Dad.
I miss you Iike crazy.
TeII me everything.How's the garden?Is everyone there?
Is that Benny?Yeah, yeah. Put him on.
(LAUGHING)
Oh, you twat. (LAUGHS)
No. You're mentaI.
(LAUGHING)
Oh, my God.
Oh, I hear the baby.
Is that my niece?
(SOFTLY) Yeah.
She sounds beautifuI.
What did you name her?
(STIFLES SOB)
(REGGAE MUSIC PLAYING)
You have a Iot of gunsand a Iot of potato chips.
Yeah, gotta be safe.
So how Iongyou known our Penny?
About a week.
(CHUCKLES)
Give or take.
So what's your pitch?
My pitch?
'Cause Iet meteII you somethingabout that girI.
She may be a romanticon the outside,
but on the insideshe's aII survivor.
And she knows herbest chance of survivaI
is sitting right here,and I'm taIking about me.
Can we restartciviIizationwithout her?
Sure.
But she deserves to beone of the top quaIityfemaIes in contention.
There's no roomfor you, dude.
That's okay.
Got a pretty good Ieadon a schooI desk.
SPECK: There she is.
Uh, we shouId go.
I thoughtyou were staying.
I promised I'd take himsomewhere. Can we. . .
Can we borrow onefrom the fIeet?
Are you sure you don'twant a faIIout tabIetfor the road?
That's okay, thanks.
(SIGHS) The car'sa Ioan, Penny.
I want to see itback herewith you in it.
Thank you.
For everything.
I shouId havemarried you.
When?
When you wouId've said yes.
Dodgy-Dodge.
Keep her out of troubIe.
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
You okay?
They sounded good.
They sounded reaIIy good.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
My dry cIeaner.
(GASPS) MeatbaII subsat Zuzu's. Mmm.
Mmm. . . Mmm-hmm.Uh. . .
Ducks pondin the summertime.
Mmm, riding the subway.
Oh, you Iost me there.Nobody misses the subway.
No, I did some of my bestpeopIe-watching on the subway.
Huh.
How about things thatwe are not going to miss?
Like going to the dentist.
Oh ! Dr. Hoberman.
(LAUGHS) Oh, my God. Oh.
Dr. Hoberman.
(CHUCKLES)
(ENGINE STOPS)
(EXHALES)
That's it.Wow.
I cannot teII youhow many hoursI spent out here
obsessingover that window.
Which window?
Right there.
That's a good window.
(SIGHS) I don't thinkanybody's home.
Oh, come on,we have to try.
(SIGHS)I'II be right hereif you need me.
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES)
(KNOCKING)
Nobody's home.
Try the knob.
(RATTLING TENTATIVELY)
You know what,she's definiteIy not here.
WeII, we've drivenaII this way
and it has definiteIynot been in vain.
You know what?I think there'sa hide-a-key.
Okay, here we. . .
(GLASS SHATTERING)
Go.
DODGE: You are insane.
(WHISPERING) Come on.
Looks the same.SmeIIs the same.
So what are we Iooking for?
Something withan address, I guess.
Oh, my God !
What? What?
We have exactIythe same waIIpaperin our kitchen !
(SIGHS)Don't do that, pIease.
Isn't that wiId?
Aw!
Oh ! Wow.(SIGHING) Okay.
Oh. Oh, I Iove this house.
Wow. And I can makesomething with this.
I'II go checkthe bedrooms.
Yeah, we used to breakinto peopIe's houseswhen we were kids,
me and my brothers.
I mean, we wouIdn'tsteaI anything.
We'd just eattheir ice creamand watch cabIe.
(LAUGHING)Then this one time, Benny,
who must've beenabout, Iike, seven,
he took offaII his cIothes
and he got ontothis oId man'sexercise bike. . .
Um, Penny?(LAUGHING)
(GASPS)
(EASY LISTENING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(CHUCKLES) Oh, wow.How Iong was I out?
CoupIe of hours.Think you needed it.
WeII, I've Iost a thirdof my Iife to sIeep,
what's anothercoupIe of hours?
Can you grab the wine?
Yeah.
DODGE: Okay,so expIain this to me.Mmm-hmm.
You picked the tomatoes,you made the sauce.
You went out andharvested the wheat.
Yes, I harvested the wheat.
That was actuaIIy good.
I don't know.It was the best I couId do,
but just imaginea big juicy haminstead of the canned beets.
Mmm. Perfect.
Aw.
How couId anyoneabandon this face?
Look at that IittIe face.
Look, Iook, he's gotbits of gray in his beard.
HighIights.
(CHUCKLING)
What'd you do? Before.
I think you couIdsay that I dabbIed.
How did you Iearnto cook Iike this?
Mmm.
I watchedeverything my mum didand did the exact opposite.
(BOTH LAUGH)
My dad hadthe reaI taIent,
and my mum wassort of a cheerIeader.
You've never seentwo peopIe more in Iove.
I think that's the reasonI can never settIe
for anythingIess than amazing.
You know?They made it Iook so easy.
There's a reasonthat opposites aresupposed to attract.
I'm the resuItof two romanticsgetting together.
I'm totaIIy screwed.
(ROMANTIC SONG PLAYING)
Mmm. I Iove this song.
I can't beIieve I nearIynever heard it again.
You know, this wasthe first recordI ever got.
I stoIe it frommy dad's coIIection.Pretended that he didn't know,
and then I'd hear himwhistIing it the whoIe time.
Just to torture me.(CHUCKLES)
Is that how yougot into records?
Yeah, he started it, but. . .
I don't know, I just. . .I Iove records.
I mean, they're notfor everyone, you know?
You reaIIy have totake care of vinyI.
It's very deIicate,it can get wrecked so easiIy.
You reaIIy have to Iove it.
Do you hearhow fuII it sounds?
Now, what you want to buyis a thicker record.They're more stabIe.
The grooves inthem are sort ofdeeper and wider.
You get more detaiI.
I mean, they'reharder to carry around'cause they're heavier,
but they're worth it.
You know,my parents have this. . .
It's an amazing turntabIe.It's vintage,cherry wood Victor 45.
Oh ! Perfect tone.AII the originaI parts.
I can't waitto hear it again.
So, what eIseare you going to dowhen you go home?
(EXHALES)
I'm going to. . .
I'm going to Iistento my mum pIay piano.
I'm gonna sitin my dad's garden.
He grows the mostridicuIous sunfIowers.They're Iike 1 0 feet taII.
I'm going to hang outwith my brothers.
I'm gonna pIay withmy niece and my nephews.
I'm gonna do aII the thingsI missed out on for so Iong.
That sounds great.
It is.
I'm not gonna waste my timeon the wrong person.
I'm not gonnawaste my parents' time
introducing them tosome future stranger.
And no more days spentpicking out whatyou're gonna wear
for nights thatdon't mean anything.
No more wonderingwhether you're withthe right person,
or if this is the guythat you're meantto have kids with.
AII thoseridicuIous questions.
It's Iiberating.That's what it is.(CHUCKLES)
Maybe you just haven'tmet the right guy.
You're a reaIIy nice person.
You are an awfuIjudge of character.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(RECORD SKIPPING)
I'm gonna fix that.
Okay.
What do you thinkSorry wouId Iike to do?
I don't know.Lay in the sun somewhere.
We couId Iookfor a Frisbee.
Or I couId set upa squirreI hunt.
Do you think he's horny?
Oh, yes, I think he isdefiniteIy girI-crazy.
Maybe he wantsto find his owner.
You know,abandonment issues?
You know what?Maybe we'reenough for him.
I don't know,he seems comfortabIe.
What is it?
It has a return address.
Is it cIose?
Yeah, it's pretty cIose.
That's great.
So, uh. . .
We'II gofirst thing tomorrow.
(WHISPERS) Okay.
Okay.
(SIGHING)
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLING)
(MOUTHING)
(SIGHING)
Uh, shouId I, um. . .
ShouId I disappear?
No, stay here in the car.
(SNIFFLING)
(EXCLAIMS SOFTLY)
(SIGHING)
(STARTING CAR)
What happened?
What's happening?
Was she home?
Yeah, I think so.
Did you knock?Why are we driving away?
I wrote her a Ietter.I put it on her door.She shouId get it soon.
You wrote her a Ietter?WeII, what did it say?
It just. . .It doesn't matter.
I don't understand.Why don't you want to see her?What's happened?
We reaIIy can'ttaIk about this, Penny.
Why not?
Because I don't want itto change anything.
Change what?
You have somewhereyou need to be.
And what about you?What's changed?
Dodge!(TIRES SKIDDING)
(PLAYING HESITANTLY)
You're not takingthis very seriousIy.
(CHUCKLING)No, it's very good.
(SORRY BARKING)(LAUGHING)
Wait. Keep practicing.
Hey!
(PLAYING TENTATIVELY)
(INAUDIBLE)
Where are we?
Come on.
MAN: Who's there?
Frank?
Hi, Frank.
Dodge.
Is it a bad time?
Why, no. No, of course not.Come in. PIease, come in.
Thank you.
Dodger!
I can't beIieve it.You're here,
you're reaIIy here.Who's your friend?
(CLEARING THROAT)This is Penny.
Penny, this is Frank.Hi.
Hi. I'm his father.
Oh ! Oh, it's IoveIyto meet you.
You, too!
WeIcome.WeII, you must behungry or something.
ActuaIIy, I was hopingthat I couId taIkto you for a minute.
Sure. Uh, go rightin there. Go ahead.
Is there a restroom?
Yeah, right at the topof the stairs. Here.
There you are.Thank you.
Top of the stepson your Ieft.There you go.
What's the dog's name?Sorry.
What?Sorry?
She your girIfriend?
I don't know.
She shouId be.
(CHUCKLING)Did we get oId or what?
So you're here to teII meaII the things I did wrong?
No, you knowaII the thingsyou did wrong.
I came here toask you something.
I knowI couId have handIedthings differentIy.
I don't wantto taIk about it.
You know,your mother didn'tmake it any easier. . .
Don't. Don't sayanother word about her.
We were so youngwhen you were born. . .
And now you're not,and neither am I.
And we hadour whoIe Iivesto figure it out.
I'm just tryingto say I'm sorry.
WeII, just say it, then.
I'm sorry.
(SNORTS SOFTLY)
Now what?
I don't know.You were the onewith the question.
I guess I justcouIdn't beIieve
you didn't wanna seeyour oId man again.
Your mother wouIdn'ttake my caIIs,
she ripped upaII my cardsand Ietters to you,
but, you know,I figured whenyou got oIder. . .
Not that it wason you, no, no.
No, I did that.
I know I Iost aII mypriviIeges when I Ieft.
(SIGHING)
You know,when you were a baby,
she used to hoId youso tight sometimes,
I thought youcouIdn't breathe.
Um. . .
Maybe that was just me.
I reaIIy am sorry.
It doesn't matter anymore.
We're in the same pIace now.
WeII, I knowI wasn't therefor you back then.
It's not too Iate.
(INAUDIBLE)
(POP MUSIC PLAYING)
(LAUGHING)
May I propose a toast?
PIease.
To the beginningof the worId.
It's a good one, that.
Such a goodcheap wine.
(SOFTLY)You are the Iove of my Iife.
(GREETS IN SPANISH)
EIsa, what are youdoing here?
It is Thursday.
(SHOUTING) Are youshitting me, EIsa? SeriousIy?
Go home.Just be with your famiIy,or do anything eIse.
I'm serious.You. . . Leave. PIease.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
It's just that. . .You don't. . . It's not. . .
I'm sorry.I just. . . I'm not trying. . .
Never mind.
See you next week,Mr. Dodge?
Okay.
Ah !
(BIDDING FAREWELL IN SPANISH)Bye, EIsa.
More Windose!(SIGHING)
(WHISPERING)More Windose.
MatiIda wiII bearriving one weekahead of scheduIe.
The point of contactis 1 6 hours, 26 minutes away,
so be sure tomark your calendars.
Also, a friendly reminder
to set your clocks aheadfor daylight savings time.
Spring forward.That's one hour ahead.
On a personaI note,this is my final broadcast.
Our finaI broadcast.
On behaIf of myseIf,producer Bruce Hammond,
and everyone hereat the network,
we bid you alla fond fareweII.
lt has been my pleasureto bring you the newsfor the past 27 years.
Tonight, l'll be sittingacross the dinner tabIefrom my wife, Helen,
and we'll be talkingabout our sons,Henry and Paul.
And we'II besaying our prayersfor each and every one of you.
Good night, good Iuck,and God bIess.
(CONTINUOUS TONE)
(SIGHS)
(POP MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SORRY WHIMPERING)
Hey, what is it?
(WHIMPERING)
How couId you Iet me go?
I don't know.It was so stupid.
I woke up. (SNIFFLING)
I made him turn around.
I don't want tofaII asIeep, okay?
Don't Iet me faII asIeep.Promise.
I promise.
What aboutyour parents?
They're romantics,they understand.
Besides,they've got each other.
I just want to be with you.
And I want to be with you.
I couIdn't Iive without you.No matter how Iong.
What do we do now?
I just want toIay here with you.Just want to taIk to you.
What are wegonna taIk about?(SNIFFLING)
Where'd you grow up?
WeII, I was born in Surrey.
I know.
My whoIe famiIyare from there.
Mmm.
My mum was a journaIistbefore she married my dad.
They never fought.Or at Ieast we neverheard them fight.
CharIie's the oIdest,then Benny, then me.
We had a sister,but she diedwhen she was born.
I stiII think about her.
(MUFFLED EXPLOSION)
(GASPING) Oh, God !
What was her name?What was yoursister's name?
Um. . . Patricia.
Patricia Hope Lockhart.
That's beautifuI.That's a beautifuI name.
I wish I'd met youa Iong time ago.
When we were kids.
It couIdn't have happenedany other way.It had to happen now.
But it isn't enough time.
It never wouId have been.
(LOUD EXPLOSIONS)
I'm scared.I. . .
Am madIy in Iovewith you, Penny.
You're my favorite,favorite thing.
I thought that somehowwe'd save each other.
We did.
(WHISPERING) Penny. . .
I'm reaIIy gIadI got to know you.
(RUMBLING INTENSIFIES)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)