The Last Winter Page #3

is thawing,

which accelerates the warming...

it's exponential, what we're

talking about here.

What, is this some global

warming bullshit?

Don't you think it's a little late in the

day to be having that particular debate?

It's not a debate about

global warming, Ed.

It's just what we're dealing

with out here now.

Yeah, well, fortunately, I don't have

to listen to you anymore.

- You asked.

- Just making conversation.

Empathy with the land.

ls this learned in childhood?

The land is changed.

The biosphere turned, become

unfamiliar and erratic.

l would say vengeful, but nature

is indifferent to us.

We fight for our survival,

not nature's.

There's a fierceness in the wind

I've never felt before.

Something is being unleashed

from the softening permafrost.

Why do we despise the world

that gave us life?

Why so alienated?

Why wouldn't the wilderness

fight us...

like any organism would fend

off a virus?

The world we grew up

in is changed forever.

There is no way home.

ls there something behind science

that is happening out there?

What if the very thing we're here

to pull out of the ground were...

to rise willingly and confront us?

What would that look like?

This is the last winter.

Total collapse.

Hope dies...

There's something happening, Dawn.

That's great! Do that again.

Very "Twilight Zone".

Would either of you like to comment

on the fact that it's f***ing raining out.

February in the Arctic.

I'm freaking, man.

Uggianaqtuq.

What's that, Dawn?

It means "like a familiar

friend acting strangely".

That's how we speak of the weather.

It gets worse every year.

What's happening?

What do you say about it, Hoffman?

The climate is changing

exponentially...

it's collapsing, it's altering.

I'm taking about right now, today?

What happened?

That's what I'm talking about.

Today.

It was rain.

For Christ sake, the temperature's

already dropping back. It was a fluke.

- Well?

- He's staring out the window.

- Did he say anything?

- Nope.

Did you tell him I said

it was dinner time?

- Send him home, Ed.

- That's what I say.

He's not going anywhere.

Well, if he doesn't eat,

he can't work.

I realize. Jesus Christ, can I get

a little f***ing positivity here?

Wipe your face. You're pathetic.

You do realize that there are restrictions

on alcohol consumption's at this station.

And what about you?

Would you pass a piss test?

- Where do you think you're going?

- Let him try, Ed.

Yeah, House likes him.

Can I come in?

I brought you this.

What happened out there yesterday?

When we lost you?

I don't know...

Out by the KIC...

it's haunted.

Just take a deep breath down

that one, there, Maxwell.

We shouldn't be here.

We're grave robbers.

It's coming out from the ground...

ghosts.

I mean, what is oil anyway,

but fossils...

plants and animals from whatever

millions of years ago?

Listen, Maxwell, that's...

maybe this has gotten to be

a little too much for you.

It's pretty intense our here.

You can go home.

Have you thought of that?

I can't.

My parents would kill me.

Your parents aren't gonna kill you.

It was my father's idea

for me to be here.

Satisfy my love of the outdoors by...

drilling for oil with Uncle Ed.

Maybe your father would listen

if you explained it to him.

Have you thought about that?

Okay. Eat some food.

I'm telling you, there's

something's out...

there and it's trying to drive

us out of here!

- It's like a force fighting back.

- Maxwell, you have to...

No. People need to know!

Isn't that your job?

To let people know what

we're going here?

- Calm down.

- What the hell is going on in here?

- That's OK.

- Tell them what you know!

- Calm down.

- You get out of here!

You know what's happening.

You said things!

Calm down!

You're gonna calm the f*** down.

Yes, sir. I just need...

I need to rest.

I'm sorry.

He's resting.

Dawn's got him on something.

What in the hell was that in there?

I got Maxwell out here.

I told his old man how good

it would be good for him.

I've known that kid since

the day he was born.

I know, Ed.

It's Hoffman!

I have no idea how you ended up

in the sack with that guy.

But I gotta tell you, I consider

it a security breech.

We got nothing to hide, Ed.

Everything's by the book.

He works for North.

Every report he

does goes through us.

I think you made a big mistake

transferring him out of here.

I'll be damned if I let him

or anybody else f*** this up for me.

I had his confidence.

I had my eye on him.

You let me down, Abby.

I did not, Ed.

I mean personally.

But I guess that's over with.

Yeah, it is.

Good night.

Sure hope you don't like

the new guy as much.

Who you got?

Marshowitz.

Abby?

I'm tired.

Maxwell saw something out there.

Something's going on here.

Don't think you need to get involved

with Maxwell. We'll take care of him.

That sounds ominous.

You're getting awfully vocal about

what we're doing up here.

That's not gonna work with Pollack.

You should have just signed

those impact reports.

Pollack has no idea what's

going on out here.

- And you do?

- No, I don't either.

That's why I'd like to take

a giant step backwards...

and get some people up here who

can figure it out what is going on.

Your deal with North prohibits you from

saying anything about this to anyone.

What's that supposed to mean?

I just need to make that clear.

You don't feel that something's

off here?

Abby, you could make

a real difference here.

Draw a line in the sand.

If they shut this project down...

the other's could be called

into question.

You could be part of

a change for the better.

Take your case to North

if you need to.

At this station, we're fighting

to get those rigs in.

Whatever it takes,

and on schedule.

What's been going on with us

these last three weeks?

I gotta sleep.

This is on the fritz too.

We gotta do something to get these

systems up and running, Motor.

I fix stuff around here,

two hours later it's broke again.

Maybe we need to get somebody down

here who can figure this sh*t out.

Hey. Look at this.

How's he doing?

What is this now?

There's my camera, man.

We should thaw the f***er out...

and see if he shot anything with it.

God damn it!

- Where was he?

- Out by the KIC Well.

You should have sent him home.

You should have sent him

the f*** home!

- We better call and report this.

- Radio's dead.

We wait until morning.

Foster's fIying in here

with what's his name...

we get Maxwell flown out by Gary.

That's final.

Ever since l got here, l could

tell then there was something wrong.

Not the job, not the cold,

not being isolated.

A feeling.

Now I'm telling you...

I'm seeing something out

there in the snow.

l wanna show you.

Jesus! What's he doing?

Do you see it?

Did you see it? Listen.

Do you see it?

I'm further out now.

Listen, listen... Dad...

It... Dad, do you hear that?

Listen!

You see it, Dad?

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