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there are no survivors.

It's fatal and it's spreading rapidly.

It's only a matter of time

before it's here.

If your radio was working

you'd have heard the broadcasts.

Now, our best defense

is to make this place safe.

- Am I going too quickly for you?

- Wait, wait. What...

What exactly are you telling me?

I'm telling you that a highly contagious

and fatal disease is on its way here,

and we need to protect ourselves.

The official line on this from the military

is to stay inside and seal up your home

for the best chance of survival.

We need to start now.

How come you don't have it?

Eh? How come you don't have it?

I don't have it...

because of my airtight suit and

respirator, courtesy of the British Army.

I'm not f***in' around, Martin.

The Army's known about this for weeks.

We tried to contain it,

but this thing's just uncontrollable.

So we've all been deployed

to maintain order.

Yeah? So where's

your f***ing suit, huh?

When my boat sank,

it was either ditch the lot or drown.

Martin?

You don't want

your wife contracting this.

Believe me.

I don't wanna have to hurt anyone.

- What's going on?

- It's fine, Kate.

Come here.

Just come. Come here.

- Martin, you're shaking!

- He can hear.

He's just told me there's a disease

out there, a pandemic.

- It's killing everybody...

- What?!

He's got to seal the place up.

That's what he told me.

- He has to seal the house up against it.

- OK, enough.

- Look... Kate!

Hey!

We would know if there was a disease.

Doug would have come and told us.

Hopefully, for his sake, he's been

sealing up his house like everyone else.

This is bullshit.

This is bullshit!

If you want to go, go.

But do it before I seal this place up.

Once that door is shut...

it's not opening again.

He's f***ing crazy.

We should just get our things and go.

Kate...

I have no idea what is actually

going on out there.

All that I know...

is that for the moment

we are stuck on this island.

We're surrounded by freezing water

and there's nowhere else to go.

I want to go home.

And I'm not staying here with him.

We have that.

We have his gun.

Now all we can do is play along

and keep him sweet

until I can figure out

exactly what's going on.

Because I don't want to see

anybody get hurt.

Martin!

Martin!

Morning.

Kettle's on if you want some tea.

- This is Kate of Fairweather Cottage.

Doug, this is Kate...

The battery works but it's not receiving

anything. I checked it last night.

Doug? This is Martin and Kate.

Do you read us? Over.

I'll need to take a look at that generator

as well because your power's out.

- Why have you barricaded the door?

- To stop people bringing the infection.

I thought it was against

the risk of a virus.

Everything we do here

is to minimize the risk,

not just of the virus

but of people trying to escape it.

I was gonna ask you, do you have

any weapons in the house?

- Hunting rifle, anything like that?

- No.

Anything we can use

to defend ourselves?

No, we don't have

anything like that here.

Then I'm gonna have to improvise.

Get something out of that

and give me a hand.

And the tinned food in the kitchen

needs organizing.

Martin!

How do you know that we haven't got it?

We've been outside.

You don't have it.

That f***er doesn't hang around.

- You breathe it in, you cough it out.

- That's the first symptom? A cough?

Uh-huh. You breathe the microbes

into your lungs,

they attack the host cells, which is you.

You cough those out and then

the rest comes out as liquid.

We just...

We need to contact our families.

We need to...

You said you'd fix the CB.

There's nothing out there

for you any more.

Now I need your help. You can start

by sorting the food in the kitchen.

Go f*** yourself!

Help me shift this against the door.

She's got a lot of fire

for a little thing, hasn't she?

Personally I like my women like that,

but for you it must be hard,

her being the boss.

Are you sure you can handle it? Yeah?

Martin...

Start on those chairs, yeah?

Good start.

- I'm going to try the CB.

- Knock yourself out.

This is Fairweather Cottage.

Can someone read me? Over.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Do you have kids?

Obviously not.

Really? I thought you and Martin

would have had them by now.

It's none of your business.

Is it me you're afraid of?

You don't need to be afraid, Kate.

Me and Martin

will get this place taken care of.

We'll seal it up

and it'll just be the three of us.

Like a family.

Kate?

Label it. Better get started on upstairs.

Shh. There are people here.

There's two or three of them.

When they saw the cottage

they hit the ground.

Come on. Come on.

Get down.

I only saw two or three but there's

probably more waiting on the shore.

We cannot let them in here.

Get down.

Get back.

F***.

They know we're here.

Here.

Pick it up.

F***ing pick it up, mate.

Martin!

Martin!

Jack, here's your gun.

Get down.

Slide it over.

Slide it over.

You're gonna take that side. Yeah?

Stay away from the windows. Go!

Martin! Take this.

- We're all armed in here!

- Jack!

Jack... Jack!

- Martin...

- Kate, get down!

They heard the shots

and they're heading for the shore.

They're gone?

For now.

There was people outside, Kate.

There was people!

Tell her, Jack.

They'll be back.

We have to be on our guard

from now on

at all times.

You did good.

Ah!

So your base, is it near here?

Yeah.

What's it called?

- The base?

- What's the base called?

It's called Goose Bay.

You're trying to figure that one out,

are you?

She's all f***ing confused.

F*** me.

If you're finished with your questions

I'm gonna get on.

That was champion.

How can you sit there

and not say anything?

Maybe if you could resist

antagonizing him at every opportunity...

What would you suggest?

What's your big f***ing plan, Martin?

There are ways, Kate. But you don't

just bulldoze in every time.

You're right.

We should just give him the gun back,

just let him take over.

I don't think so!

We can't have her jeopardizing

our safety.

You do understand that, don't you?

We need to work together.

You and me. Yeah?

'Cause we can't have her

making the f***ing decisions.

Yeah?

It's getting cold, isn't it?

I'll take a look at that generator for you.

But I might need a hand.

I can help.

I'd appreciate that.

Yeah.

Would you pass me

the screwdriver there?

- That one?

- That's the one.

- It's not going to work.

- What?

I said it's not... going to work.

- He thinks it just...

- Just needs rewiring.

The connection's f***ed.

You want to get the fire going?

Why don't you go and do that?

Shine the light here.

- What are you trying to do, Kate?

- We fixed the generator.

I'm not talking about

the f***ing generator.

I'm playing along.

I'm still here, Kate.

- There's hot water.

- Please don't f***ing do this.

Did Martin say

you could borrow his stuff?

I didn't think he would mind.

- Smells good.

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