Eruption: LA Page #2

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What's up, baby bro?

How's it goin'?

Wow, you sound spent.

Yeah, there was some sort

of construction accident.

Quite a number of injuries.

[Josh]

Was that from the quake?

I don't know.

Well, that sure makes

my news sound trivial.

No, no, I need

trivial right now.

- How'd it go?

- Well, I-I-I got the job.

- So, that's good.

- Really?

Josh, I'm so proud of you.

Guess who I'm on my way to meet.

- Who?

- Dr. Irwin.

Shut up.

He's like your idol.

I know, I-I-I'm freaking out.

Oh, my God.

Josh, mom and dad

would be really proud of you.

I think they'd be

prouder of the surgeon.

But wait, hold on,

it gets better.

Guess who's playing

the female lead?

- Who?

- Kat Rivers.

What did you, like,

win the lotto?

I know,

I can't think straight.

Oh, Josh, this so awesome.

But I know you, so please,

do me a favor,

don't creep these people out

when you meet them.

Why do you always say that?

[man on PA]

Paging Dr. Jessica.

Crap, I gotta go.

Um, yeah, go, go, talk later.

Uh, dinner tonight, I'm buying.

Oh, now there's two words

I never thought I'd hear.

Not fair.

All right, heh, bye.

[male reporter]

Angelinos woke up this morning

to quite the jolt.

It looks like a gas line

was ruptured

in the Metro tunnels.

Expect traffic to be backed up

before your morning commune,

as officials have said

normal service

won't resume anytime soon.

It's a magnitude 6.1

centered in the LA basin

near Echo Park.

It's not an aftershock,

we have an earthquake swarm.

It's not an earthquake,

it's volcanic.

What? I was just there.

- I didn't see any volcanic...

- Trust me, Kent.

All right, look,

our phones are gonna be

ringing off the hook

in about ten seconds,

so we need to come up

with some answers.

[Robson]

What did Sawyer find down there?

Sawyer didn't make it.

Wait, what?

The whole street just caved in.

We tried to get him out, but...

[lines ringing]

[line ringing]

[exhales]

- Yeah.

- Put me through to Dr. Robson.

[Jones] It's looking worse

than we thought.

Dr. Robson...

It's the mayor.

Um, okay, put him

through to my office.

[man on radio] Government blames

genetically engineered

prehistoric creatures

for a worldwide...

[Irwin]

Oh, prehistoric creatures.

[Irwin chuckles]

Last month, it was space aliens.

You know,

it's not totally impossible...

Um, hello?

[Josh]

Dr. Irwin?

- Who are you?

- I'm Josh.

The screenwriter,

they-they told me that...

- What took you so long?

- Uh...

Uh, I-I got here

as fast as I could.

I'm a big fan,

as a disaster writer...

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah.

Zip it, kid, we gotta move out.

I-I didn't realize I was late.

They, they told me that...

Du-du-du-duh.

Uh...

You always talk this much? Shh!

[Kat]

Try not to hurt him too much.

[instrumental music]

Kat. What are you doing here?

And let you have all the fun?

Who's this?

Says he's a writer.

What number is he?

E-eight.

I'm-I'm number eight.

[cell phone chimes]

[sighs]

Are you gonna...

[chiming continues]

[chuckles]

Miss Nova, you need phone

to keep in touch.

Fine.

Studio is unaware

where Miss Rivers is.

Insurance purposes.

You keep this

our little secret, da?

Da. Yes, yes.

As... My lips are sealed.

[intense music]

Is good.

I would not want

to rip those lips

off of your face.

Wait, so-so you're flying?

Yeah, I picked it up

while making

that movie where I play

the sexy helicopter pilot.

Is that a problem?

No, no, of course not.

You've flown before,

Number Eight?

No, I'm scared

to death right now.

Good raw emotion!

Use that, channel it,

go with it, you know?

It's better than drugs.

[intense music]

[helicopter whirring]

[Irwin] So, hiding out

from the studios again?

[Kat] You know I'd rather be

here than anywhere else.

It's way more interesting

than listening

to PR people to come up

with brilliant ideas

on how to reinvent our brand.

[Irwin] You know, it sounds

like you need a permanent

vacation from Tinsel town.

You can help me write

my latest book.

It's all about... Oh, oh,

better not say too much.

There's a dirty bird

in the back with big ears.

[Josh]

I'm not hiding, I'm right here.

And birds don't have big ears.

[Kat]

Ha-ha, actually, they do.

They're just hidden

under their feathers.

[Irwin] Hey, stick with us, kid.

We'll teach you a thing or two

before the day is done.

[exhales]

[Kat] Please don't tell me

Number Eight's gonna hurl.

Hey, kid, you gonna hurl?

[grunts]

He's not gonna hurl.

So, what's got you

all edgy today?

That tremblor this morning?

It's called

a blind thrust quake.

It's when the shift

happens underground

with no visible sign

on the Earth's crust.

I've never seen one

that small, though.

So, they're usually bigger?

Hey, Number Eight,

are they usually bigger?

Uh, yeah, blind thrust quakes

are what they usually

make movies about.

Uh, this could be worse

than I imagined, though.

If my theory...

Hey, Number Eight,

you've read my books, right?

- My name's Josh.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What's my theory?

- Which one?

- "Wh-which one?"

The Newport-Inglewood

Fault Subduction Zone.

The leakage, the jump.

Yeah, that, uh, that's what

I wrote about

in Lava Angeles.

You-you?

You wrote that piece of crap?

Holy mother of pearl,

they really scraped

the bottom of the bowl

with you, didn't they?

I mean-I mean,

you steal my research,

and then they hire you,

and they stick you

with me, those sh*t...

Hey! It's not my fault

how it turns out.

- I'm just the writer.

- "I'm just the writer."

[Irwin]

Sheesh!

[rumbling]

[Kat]

What's all that noise?

It sounds like there's something

going on down there.

- Where?

- [Kat] I can't tell.

Right there.

What the hell is that?

[rumbling]

Oh, no.

No.

- Another earthquake?

- No.

No, it's not.

[Irwin]

That's the first stage

of what's gonna be an eruption.

Damn it, I hate it

when I'm correct!

[explosions]

They're gonna have

to clear out the park.

They're gonna have to clear

the whole damn city.

Hold on.

[distant explosion]

- What was that?

- Hold on.

[intense music]

Is that an explosion?

[Jones]

I think it's an eruption.

Oh.

Hold on!

Hang tight!

[alarm beeping rapidly]

- We're going down!

- Ah!

[grunts]

[grunts]

[heavy breathing]

- Come on, Kat.

- Can't... pull...

- Come on!

- ...up!

[Irwin]

Yeah, yes.

[heavy breathing]

Good work.

We're gonna have to set

this thing down.

Yeah, well,

not over there, we're not.

- Over there.

- Yeah, yeah, go, go!

[whirring]

[indistinct chatter]

[Robson]

I-I want every report

from every office

from here to San Francisco

on my desk, now.

All right, everybody, listen up.

A lot of eyes are gonna

be on us today.

And our official line's

that this is a,

a tectonic event,

we're compiling data.

We do not jump to conclusions,

we do not make assumptions

until we know

what we're dealing with.

All right, let's go do our jobs.

[siren blaring]

A volcano? In Los Angeles?

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