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or family member

who isn't trying

to leech off of me in some way.

So, this has just been the peak

of a really bad

couple of years for me.

But you know what?

As awful as all of this is...

you...

Dr. Irwin...

everything...

I finally feel like I'm doing

something that matters.

Well...

Here's to doing something

that matters.

Man, I haven't spoken

this honestly

in a really long time.

I guess it's 'cause I feel

comfortable with you.

[sirens wailing]

[Jones]

Drones?

You want me to ask the president

to authorize a drone missile

strike on the city?

In order to prevent

an explosion that would make

Hiroshima look like

a fire cracker

on the Fourth of July, yes.

Look, most of the target zones

we're suggesting

have already been destroyed

by the initial lava breaches

and land slides,

so they've been evacuated.

The rest is government land.

Uninhabited hills

and brushlands.

Collateral damage

will be minimum.

[Robson] If it works,

the effect will be two-fold.

First, the collapsing bedrock

will block the tunnels

preventing the magma flow

from going forward.

[Kent]

This is all hypothetical.

Nothing remotely like this

has ever been tried before.

In fact, Dr. Irwin suggests

the opposite might happen.

You know, I'm really sick

of hearing that name.

Mayor, this is what we've got.

If there's even the slightest

chance it could work,

isn't it worth a try?

The president did say

we could get anything

we needed to stop this.

[Robson]

Well, Mayor, it's your call.

Let's blow the damn tubes.

[indistinct chatter]

The last of the helicopters

are on the roof.

- Should I tell them to wait?

- Yes.

We have two more to send up.

Two?

What about you both?

Where'll you be evacuated?

We won't.

Somebody has to stay with the

patients who can't be removed.

What if something happens?

What if lava hits the hospital

and you can't get out in time?

You need to contact the mayor

and get over there.

If you really can stop

this thing, then you need to.

Why can't you come with us?

My place is here.

I can't leave people behind.

I can't lose you too.

[Jessica] How many people have

already lost everyone

and everything today?

You have a chance to get out

and I'm telling you,

you have to take it.

[Jessica]

Please... for me.

[sobbing]

Come on, come on. We gotta get

you guys out of here.

There's no time.

Let's go.

They'll be there

in five minutes.

I'm usually not a praying man,

but by all things holy,

I hope this works.

[man on TV] The president has

declared all of Los Angeles

to be in a state of emergency.

And he's given full support

to the mayor

to do what needs to be done

in this time of crisis.

[woman on TV]

What does that mean?

What now?

They're gonna stop it

by plugging it up, I guess.

As you can see,

this is the latest

from the President

of the United States.

Which confirms the reports

we've been giving all along

that it looks like

the mayor has implemented

a "Hail Mary" type plan.

We don't know the whole story,

but our sources

have stated that

drones carrying

hellfire missiles

are planning

two controlled explosions

in the Los Angeles area.

Supposedly, these areas

are bereft of life.

But with the chaos

of our circumstances,

it's difficult to tell

if that's truly the case.

In any event, the missiles

are poised to strike

deep below the surface

and essentially

cap the magma tubes...

[Josh]

Wait, what?

No, no, no!

What?

Were those the drones?

Yes.

[explosions]

[beeping]

[intense music]

[explosion]

[beeping]

[explosions]

[beeping]

[explosion]

I think we should

get back inside.

[gasping]

Whoa! Oh! All right, all right.

[Kent]

Whoa!

[beeping]

[rumbling]

[Josh]

Come on, up!

- Hurry!

- Come on. Go, go, go!

[Jessica]

We can't make it.

- Move, move, move. Move, move.

- Whoa, let's go. Be careful.

[buzzing]

[static crackling]

Kat! Here!

[hissing]

[rumbling]

[gasps]

[rumbling]

Hey, what's goin' on?

Where's Robson?

Get that feed back up,

right away.

Working on it.

[Robson]

The link to the mayor's down.

Dr. Robson, the magma tube that

was heading to the gas fields...

it's moving faster.

[beeping]

- How much gas is in that plant?

- What?

Find out exactly how many metric

tons of gas is stored there.

[Kat] I thought they're

supposed to be fixing it,

not making it worse.

[Josh]

The drones... they're tryin' to

blow up the magma tubes

by collapsing them.

That's exactly what Dr. Irwin

said not to do.

We have to contact them.

If they're planning

any more strikes,

we have to get them

to call it off.

[Ava] Sir, Dr. Robson is back

on the monitor.

We didn't anticipate it,

we couldn't.

The impact of the collapsing

grounds from the missile strike

sent out a-a-a shock wave of

reverberating energy which...

Robson, please,

I really don't care

about things I don't understand

anyway.

You screwed up, okay?

We screwed up, and it's bad.

Yeah. Yeah, we screwed up.

All right, chin up, now,

what's the B plan?

[Robson]

Well, I'm working on something.

My best advice

is for you and your staff

to continue the evacuation

as long as possible.

- Okay.

- Mr. Mayor, the news is on.

[man on TV]

Our coverage continues now

with the aftermath

of the mayor's

"Hail Mary" attempt to stop

the volcanic destruction

from running rampant through

all of the Los Angeles basin.

From our initial reports,

it looks like the situation

was only made worse.

In fact, a source from the USGS

has confirmed

that the reason for this

"Hail Mary" in the first place

was the extremely dangerous

direction of this lava flow.

It's a south-westerly direction

towards the infrastructure

in Long Beach,

which of course includes

many of Southern California's

power plants,

and refinery centers.

If just one of those

plants explodes,

it would be the end of life

here in the South Bay

as we know it.

[intense music]

I know

this is gonna sound insane,

but I think we need to hasten

the magma flow to the gas plant.

Didn't you just say

something like

"Hiroshima'd look like a fire

cracker on the Fourth of July?"

Yes, I did, but

closing the tubes made it worse.

Now the-the magma underneath,

it's like a pressure cooker

ready to take out

half the West coast.

We need to relieve

that pressure.

The only way we can do that...

Whoa!

We need to evacuate!

Okay, everybody out.

[Robson]

Take your vehicles and go.

You two, with me,

we'll rendezvous with the mayor.

[intense music]

[panting]

No. No, wait!

Shouldn't we bring the drives

with all the data

we've compiled so far?

You know, it's decades

worth of work.

No, we gotta get out of here,

now!

It might be our only chance

to figure out another plan.

[rumbling]

[Robson] Well, you guys

could still make it.

Run!

[rumbling]

[screaming]

[engine cranking]

[tires screeching]

Hi, Mom, it's me, Ava.

Um... call me

on the official line, okay?

Look, if I don't get a chance

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