Ice Twisters

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Control, the hive

is humming.

I repeat,

the hive is humming.

Control, we have

confirmed cloud formation.

I repeat,

the cotton is in the gin.

Roger that. We have minimal winds

and a very high ceiling. Looking good.

- And Gary,

- Yeah.

can you quit with the metaphors?

You're driving us crazy.

Roger that.

Mr. Price, would you describe

your writings based on science...

or apocalyptic sensation?

I do think the whole science

community is missing the big picture.

Apocalyptic?

Well, maybe a little.

Then again, that's what sells

these days, doesn't it?

Please remind me to write a book

that more women would be interested in...

something about relationships,

or dogs, or both.

Can we just finish up?

I'm starved.

And I'd like to get my nails done

before the TV interview tonight.

I'm the one being interviewed,

not you.

What time is it?

No reason.

Why?

I have got a date.

- But we just got here.

- Plenty of time.

Remember the Cafe Barista, you should

get us a couple of really nice cappuccinos?

- Charlie!

- I'm just kidding.

She's an old colleague of mine.

Here?

I find it hard to believe.

Me too!

Mr. Price.

I've read all your novels.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Well, me too.

I thought about this a lot, and in

all your sensationalistic writings...

I've come to find that you're

just as big a hypocrite, as the...

scientific and government

establishment...

that you seek

so often to condemn.

Really? How so?

Do you think the solutions offered

by any of the characters...

to any of the disasters in your book...

are any better than what's being tried

right now and the actually work?

I don't know,

I'm not a scientist...

I'm a writer who's blessed with

the luxury of dreaming of disasters.

I will leave solutions

for lab rats.

Yeah, but I read, that you were once

a lab rat yourself...

that you left

the scientific community. Right?

Who do I make this out to?

Hey, guys,

I think it's raining.

- Yes!

- Wooh...

It is raining.

We did it, Jo.

You should see this.

You don't see that everyday.

Guys, we have a situation...

in the town of Harrisford.

That's not good.

What's taking you so long?

Would you just relax?

I thought I told you to go

to the rest-stop 10 miles ago.

I didn't have to go then.

But you don't understand

how women work...

once we know we can't go

that's exactly when we have to go.

Yeah, that makes no sense.

Can we drop it?

I'm done.

Yeah, and so is the book signing

if we don't hurry, okay?

Hurry? You've been

driving like my grandma.

I'm hypermiling, okay?

Going 55 miles an hour gets me

an extra 50 miles per tank of gas.

I don't care what it does.

Just don't blame me that we might miss

the damn book signing, okay?

Hello?

Our assignment was

"A Day in the Life of Charlie Price".

A day, not 10 minutes,

not an hour. A day.

Did you see that?

Did you see those clouds?

Those aren't normal.

I'm gonna get my camera.

What're you talking about?

You didn't see it?

I tell you what I see. I see my future

when I fail this class,

and it isn't good.

It's gone.

So, let's go.

What we need to focus on

is why the first quarter...

didn't perform as well

as the third quarter...

Excuse me one moment,

ladies and gentlemen.

What is it?

Our weather sat Delta,

picked up a blip on the radar...

and your project

Rain Dance test..

Do you mind telling me

what a "blip" is?

Yeah, uh...

It's a storm. That's what Rain Dance

is supposed to do.

Rain Dance is close

to 14 miles away from us.

Put Damon on the phone.

Sorry about that,

ladies and gentlemen.

Yeah.

This can't be.

This can't be.

Alright, let's just not jump

to conclusions, Joanne.

Gary, talk to me.

I checked all the data,

it makes no sense.

Radar, thermals?

Yes, of course,

ULF scan, infrared,

I'm telling you, we didn't pick up

on anything until after it hit.

- So what, then?

- I don't know...

the computers

aren't telling anything.

Something happened here.

Keep looking.

Yeah, I'm looking.

I'm looking!

Widen your search.

Data doesn't point to us.

Let's hope not.

You sure your okay?

I'm fine!

Really, I'm fine.

They just wanna take

a look at you, the the cut looks pretty bad.

- If you think I'm gonna let...

- Guys, put a gag in her mouth...

she doesn't know

what she's talking about.

I'll meet you there.

Joanne Dyson!

You still trying

to save the world...

with one drop of water at a time

or... you're just thirsty?

Charlie.

So you came to my

book signing after all.

How thoughtful.

There were drinks inside, you know.

Yeah, I wasn't really...

Did you see

what happened here?

Hey, uh, you two, uh...

know each other?

Uh... yes. Damon,

meet Charlie Price.

Oh... Yeah, I know

who Charlie Price is.

I was his research assistant

at the university...

before he became

a famous writer.

I didn't know that.

You left science fact,

for science fiction. Huh?

So, were you here

for all this, Charlie?

You know me,

I've always had this...

uncanny sense for being

where the action is.

Oh, excuse me.

It's Frank.

Yeah, Frank, it's me.

- Frank sounds important?

- He is.

What happened here, Charlie?

Oh, just this massive storm cell

appeared out of thin air...

um... this guy opened up

like Armageddon...

and with a blink of an eye...

disappeared.

What you doing here, Jo?

And so fast, I might add.

We picked the storm up on our radars,

so we raced over as soon as we could.

Storm radars.

Working on anything related?

No.

Pull this leg

it'll play Swanee River.

What do you want me to say, Charlie?

You know we can't talk.

Look, Frank.

We just got on the scene.

We don't know anything

for sure yet, but...

Relax, Damon... Let's not jump

to any half baked conclusions...

there's plenty of time

to figure out what happened.

The seraphs have

a 48 hour cycle...

the next 24 hours

are vital, you know that.

You made it rain... Damon,

let's not lose sight of that.

Yes, sir.

And Damon,

when you do figure it out,

make sure it wasn't us.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, I understand.

I'm just curious why

the federal science foundation...

is here in the middle of nowhere,

when this happens.

Even I can't conjure up

that kinda buisness.

We've been stationed here

for three years, you know that.

- Doing what?

- Mostly robotics.

Robotics.

Come on, Jo.

Sorry about the interruption.

Damon Jarwell,

- Ah...

- I'm a fan of your books,

crazy as that may be.

Well, it's fiction, Damon,

it's supposed to be crazy.

Kind of like a grown woman

in trench coat...

sifting through puddle of water

with a test tube.

Hm. Don't tell me.

Earthworm boxin'.

Latest experiment is with

mechanical earthworms.

Or, uh... maybe it's drainage

or maybe it just had someting to do...

with the freak storm

that just tore through this town.

We want to, uh, cut out, I guess,

we got a lotta work to do.

Of course, uh...

I'm sure you both do.

So I take it, our dinner plans

are off for tonight?

Yeah. Sorry, Charlie.

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