Island Zero Page #2

I'm sorry.

I have to finish packing.

[eerie music]

Made you a

corn beef sandwich.

Thanks.

Are you, uhm-are you sure you

don't want to come with me?

Val needs me.

Some new guest might

be coming in on the ferry.

And you want to spend

every last minute with Titus.

Have a good trip, Emmett.

I'll see you Wednesday.

- Wait, Jesse?

- Yeah?

[sigh]

One thing you know about

me is I always come back.

[waves crashing]

And that's the last

patient of the day.

Oh, just in time

to catch the ferry.

Oh, uh, do you have

your sea-sick pills?

Right here in my bag.

I'll see you in March, Nina.

Have a Merry Christmas.

Oh, hey. Do you have any

plans for the holiday?

[sigh]

A glass of wine and

a good book.

I'm gonna spend it all by

myself. So that's fine with me,

[softly] Okay.

[regular voice] Bye.

Damn. The power went out.

[ominous music]

[lights flicker]

[scoffs]

[zipping]

[music continues]

[seagulls caw]

[water splashing]

[annoyed sigh]

[bell rings]

Look, I've been trying to

reach the ferry for an hour

but no one's

responding on the radio.

Our power's out and

so is cell phone service.

You can hear we're on

back up generator, here.

Have you tried email, yet?

Internet's out.

Anyone else got it?

It's out at

the clinics, too.

So, no one knows why

the ferry didn't show up?

When the ferry cancels, it's

either weather or mechanical.

Well. the weather

seems fine to me.

So it's gotta be mechanical.

It'll show up when the fix it.

Well, I-I have to get back to

New York City tomorrow.

My daughter's expecting

me for the holidays.

Well, I'm expecting

and Amazon package tomorrow.

If Barb don't get a Christmas

present I'm... dead-meat.

You haven't got Barb

a Christmas present, yet?

What's wrong with you?

Looks like nobody's getting

off the island tonight.

I'm goin' home.

I'm sure it'll be

here tomorrow.

It better. It's got the

monthly shipment

of diesel on it.

Storage tank's are getting

mighty low down on the docks.

Looks like you two'll

need lodgin' again tonight.

I'll make sure there

rooms are ready.

Thanks.

[generator revs]

[ominous music]

We're shutting off the

generator in about

fifteen minutes.

I brought you a

flashlight and some candles.

Thanks, Jesse.

I'm sorry about your

ferry not showing.

That's kinda how

it goes, though.

Living on an island,

can't count on anything.

Ferry, power, the weather.

[chuckles]

Why do you stay here?

I always lived here.

And never had a good

enough reason to leave.

I could use one.

It's only 40 miles to

the mainland,

it's not like from

here to the moon.

Sometimes feels like it.

I mean, just about everything

comes from the mainland,

but, without the ferry-

[power surges]

this is all we're left with.

[deep breaths]

Well, at least I get

one night with you.

[soft music]

[rocking chair creaks]

[generator revs]

[ominous sound]

I like your little

waitress outfit, by the way.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Wish you'd wear it

all the time.

I think I can manage that.

[both chuckle]

[diner music plays]

Ell tells me you're

a novelist.

Anything I might have read?

Uhh, only if the name Titus

McLean means anything to you.

Sorry, it doesn't.

I hear you're a doctor.

Locum tenens.

I'm filling in while

they looking for someone

permanent to take

over the islands.

It seems like I spend

most of my time on ferry's.

When they're running.

It'll show up today, trust me.

Trust him.

[ominous music]

[waves crashing]

[vehicle approaches]

[music on radio]

Looks like you'll have

to stay for Christmas.

Wouldn't be so bad, would it?

It just makes things harder.

I want it to be harder,

I don't want it to be

so easy for you to leave me.

I'm not leaving you.

I'm leaving this island.

It works out the same.

But then come with me,

then let's leave together.

You could find a new job,

talk to the university.

- I burned that bridge.

- Right.

And besides,

I need to stay hear.

I need to finish the study.

You're chasing a phantom,

Sammy. You need to move on.

Rachel's dead. And

whatever she believed...

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have

brought her up.

Uhm...

I don't know anymore

than you do.

I can't raise the

Clara Bee on the radio,

and the phone's still out.

Well I can't raise

anybody on the VHF.

That's never happened before.

Emmett went over

to Rockland yesterday.

he'll let us know what's

going on when he gets back.

Hey, Doc. Guess who's staying

with us another night?

- Mmhmm.

- What can I get you for dinner?

Coffee and a B.L.T.

That will be without

lettuce or tomato,

fresh vegetable just ran out,

and breads not doing

so well either. [laughs]

I got about two days

worth of diesel left

from my generator.

I'm gonna have to start

cutting' down trees

just to stay warm.

- Yeah.

Folks are getting' upset.

More like thrilled.

This is the most excitement

that's happened to this island

in years.

Hey, Sam.

You're the science guy.

You got a theory on

what's goin' on here?

Maybe the undersea

cable got disrupted

dragged up in an anchor,

or something. That could

take out the power

and the phone-line.

Doesn't explain why

the ferry hasn't shown up.

[eerie music]

[radio back-feed]

Tucker island to

Gladys Wink.

[radio back-feed]

Gladys Wink, where are you?

Over.

[radio back-feed]

Emmett, please answer me.

[radio back-feed]

Emmett.

[radio back-feed]

[waves crashing]

Three days without

a single word.

We can handle the

ferry not showing up,

it's the not knowing

that bothers me.

Why hasn't the ferry come?

[imitates ghost sound]

End of the world.

[laughs]

Shut up, Reuben.

It's not funny.

Did it sink? What

if there was a disaster

we haven't heard about?

We're out of bread

and milk at home.

My kids are eating

peanut butter for breakfast.

I have a enough diesel to run

the generator for a few more

days, but when that runs

out, we're in the dark.

[snicker]

- No heat. No lights.

Instead of snickering, Reuben,

why don't you head to Rockland

and find out what's

goin' on over there?

Emmett's already on his way

back. He'll let us know

what's goin' on. [snicker]

He was supposed to

be back yesterday.

Where is he?

I don't know.

[soft cry]

[group chatter]

You really need

all them beans, Lars?

You never know.

'Cause that's the last of 'em.

You should leave some

for other folks. Who knows when

that ferry's gonna run again?

I don't see any limit posted.

Maybe there oughta be.

There's no more

evaporated milk.

Does anyone have a few cans

they can spare for my kids?

Anyone?

Oh, come on, Lars.

Give 'em one of yours.

Early bird gets the worm.

Oh, damnit, Lars.

Give 'em one.

No.

- Yes.

- No.

[items clutter]

Hey. Stop it!

Come on! Come on!

Come on!

[grunts]

We're gonna start

eating each other next.

[soft chuckle]

Crisis like this, you'd think

they'd pull together.

In stead, they're starting

to tear each other apart.

They're scared. And I

can understand that.

They think the rest of

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