We're Alive: Descendants - Chapter 18 - Deep in the Red - Part 1 of 2

Transcript

Speaker 1 Okay,

Speaker 2 only 10 more presents to wrap.

Speaker 3 You're almost at the finish line.

Speaker 1 But first.

Speaker 2 There, the last one.

Speaker 4 Enjoy a Coca-Cola for a pause that refreshes.

Speaker 5 You've worked hard to build your business.

Speaker 6 SimplySafe helps you protect it.

Speaker 5 With Simply Safe for business, AI-powered cameras watch over your entry points and instantly alert live monitoring agents. They can deter intruders before they get inside.

Speaker 5 It's protection built for growing companies. 24-7 monitoring, no contracts, and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
To get 60% off your new system, go to simplysafe.com/slash podcast.

Speaker 5 That's simplysafe.com/slash podcast for 60% off. There's no safe like Simply Safe.

Speaker 1 Okay,

Speaker 2 only 10 more presents to wrap.

Speaker 3 You're almost at the finish line.

Speaker 1 But first,

Speaker 2 there, the last one.

Speaker 4 Enjoy a Coca-Cola for a pause that refreshes.

Speaker 7 A lot of supplement brands chase trends, but if you're serious about your health, we know research-backed science is what actually moves the needle.

Speaker 7 Momentous works with the best brains in human science to create every formula, and every batch is made of pure ingredients tested for safety and does not contain fillers.

Speaker 7 So you get the best long-term results possible. Creatine isn't just for muscle gains, it's essential daily fuel for your brain, body, and long-term performance.

Speaker 7 Momentous Creopure Creatine is backed by leading performance experts like Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr.
Stacey Sims.

Speaker 7 Sourced exclusively in Germany, Creopure sets the gold standard for creatine, delivering the purest form creatine monohydrate that's rigorously washed and never cut with fillers.

Speaker 7 With over 2,5-star reviews, over 112,000 customers have seen the results firsthand. With Momentous, the fundamentals are done right.

Speaker 7 Right now, Momentous is offering our listeners up to 35% off your first subscription order with promo code ACAST.

Speaker 7 Go to livemomentous.com and use promo code ACAST for up to 35% off your first subscription order. That's livemomentous.com promo code ACAST.

Speaker 9 Why choose a sleep number smart bed?

Speaker 10 Can I make my site softer?

Speaker 11 Can I make my site firmer?

Speaker 1 Can we sleep cooler?

Speaker 9 Sleep number does that. Cools up to eight times faster and lets you choose your ideal comfort on either side.
Your sleep number setting.

Speaker 5 Enjoy personalized comfort for better sleep night after night.

Speaker 9 It's our Black Friday sale. Recharged this season with a bundle of cozy, soothing comfort.
Now only $17.99 for our C2 mattress and base plus free premium delivery.

Speaker 9 Price is higher in Alaska and Hawaii. Check it out at a sleepbumber store or sleepbumber.com today.

Speaker 14 If you're a smoker or vapor, ready to make a change, you really only need one good reason.

Speaker 15 But with Zin nicotine pouches, you'll discover many good reasons.

Speaker 17 Zinn is America's number one nicotine pouch brand.

Speaker 18 Plus, Zinn offers a robust rewards program.

Speaker 2 There are lots of options when it comes to nicotine satisfaction, but there's only one Zin.

Speaker 16 Check out Zinn.com slash find to find Zin at a store near you.

Speaker 13 Warning, this product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.

Speaker 19 We're alive.

Speaker 1 Descendants.

Speaker 20 Written and directed by Casey Weyland.

Speaker 20 Chapter 18

Speaker 20 Deep in the Red

Speaker 1 Part One of Two

Speaker 21 Okay, we need to hurry before arms in the air back away from the container

Speaker 21 Shit.

Speaker 4 Hey, uh, we were just, uh...

Speaker 21 Uh-huh, I know what you were doing.

Speaker 22 I told you to go to the front office.

Speaker 23 Uh, we were only looking around. Why is that a problem?

Speaker 21 Walk now.

Speaker 21 No sudden movements.

Speaker 22 Hey, uh, if I- if we could just explain.

Speaker 24 No talking either. Just walk.

Speaker 24 New samples just arrived. I'm checking on them now.

Speaker 11 I'll keep you posted on the status.

Speaker 21 Chris, look, it's no talking.

Speaker 23 Hey, Chancellor!

Speaker 21 What the hell are you doing? Stop! Stop!

Speaker 21 Stop!

Speaker 25 Friedrich!

Speaker 21 Shut up. You don't know him.

Speaker 1 Hold up.

Speaker 12 Not any further.

Speaker 26 What's going on?

Speaker 15 I caught them snooping around.

Speaker 23 We were not. Friedrich!

Speaker 12 He's none of your concern.

Speaker 27 Weren't you two on the train?

Speaker 23 That's what I've been trying to explain.

Speaker 24 I'm taking them to the MP station.

Speaker 12 Chris.

Speaker 12 yes, sir.

Speaker 27 This doesn't concern you.

Speaker 11 I'll decide what concerns me.

Speaker 1 Sir, I...

Speaker 28 These two were snooping around, and I...

Speaker 23 Look, look, look, we came here just like you told us to, sir, and we just wanted to see what was on the train with us.

Speaker 22 We were only curious.

Speaker 8 We didn't know.

Speaker 11 Well, what's the harm in that? It's not like they're not going to know. I assigned them to this duty station, after all.

Speaker 11 You're in recruitment, yes?

Speaker 29 Yes, sir.

Speaker 30 Great.

Speaker 11 Then do your job and help these gentlemen get to their duty station. Of all the posts on this base, having a little curiosity is power for the course.

Speaker 22 Is it, sir? I'm sorry, I didn't know.

Speaker 11 Well, now you do.

Speaker 11 But I must say, if there's anyone who doesn't have the authority to be here, it's actually you.

Speaker 22 But, sir, the current directors, they were new and wandering around.

Speaker 1 I was only

Speaker 11 trouble. I deeply appreciate your concern and your commitment to our great nation.
But I'll take it from here.

Speaker 11 Would you escort this recruiter back to their station?

Speaker 12 Yes, sir.

Speaker 24 Again, I'm very sorry, Chancellor.

Speaker 5 Yes, yes.

Speaker 8 Sir, we uh we were just

Speaker 19 like a bureaucracy.

Speaker 11 The Republic likes to get in its own way.

Speaker 4 This place goes around that, doesn't it?

Speaker 11 What do you mean?

Speaker 4 Experimentation on infected.

Speaker 4 That's what's going on here, right?

Speaker 11 You a rule follower, Jess.

Speaker 4 I

Speaker 4 guess it depends.

Speaker 23 I mean, he knows when it's time to bend them, though. Isn't that right, Jess?

Speaker 8 Oh, yeah, when necessary.

Speaker 1 Good.

Speaker 11 I would hope so, considering I just did a fair amount of bending for you just now.

Speaker 1 Oh.

Speaker 11 The real question is:

Speaker 11 if you stay here, could you continue to, if it was not only necessary but vitally important?

Speaker 11 I didn't sell it short when I told you this place was meant to win the war.

Speaker 30 Against who?

Speaker 11 Our true enemy.

Speaker 23 The infected.

Speaker 11 Of course.

Speaker 11 And it's only a matter of time before we lose. From what we know and what we've seen, if we don't change course, there is no way humans will ever win this war.

Speaker 11 What this place is, and in order for it to actually do any good, no one else can know about what goes on here.

Speaker 11 You understand?

Speaker 4 I'm not going to say anything.

Speaker 23 Yeah, me neither. I mean, who would I even tell?

Speaker 11 Walk with me.

Speaker 11 Welcome to the Red Dragons.

Speaker 11 Not long after I took up my position in the Republic, I moved 2nd Chemical Battalion here to continue on in a slightly new direction from their previous assignment.

Speaker 11 They've been part of the Army since roughly World War I,

Speaker 11 handling chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear substances. Now,

Speaker 11 they are solely focused on this new war.

Speaker 4 What exactly do they do with the infected here?

Speaker 11 The primary objective is to learn everything we can about them.

Speaker 23 So you're studying the corpses that you bring in from the inside out

Speaker 12 Nothing alive, of course.

Speaker 11 That would be too risky.

Speaker 31 Still, people have tried this before with infected, dead or alive, and every time...

Speaker 19 It has ended badly, yes.

Speaker 11 I am well aware of what's happened in the past.

Speaker 4 City of Lost Souls.

Speaker 11 That facility facility in Fort Bragg made a lot of mistakes, and they were doing tests for all the wrong reasons. Thankfully, we have learned so much about handling specimens since then.

Speaker 11 There won't be anything like that happening here.

Speaker 4 I'm sure they thought the same thing.

Speaker 1 Touche.

Speaker 11 But as they say, progress is never free. There is always a cost.

Speaker 8 How is this place progress?

Speaker 11 You can't defeat an enemy you don't know or never attempt to understand.

Speaker 11 We are working to find what makes them tick, so we can finally unwind the damage they've caused for so many years.

Speaker 23 Wait, so you mean you're trying to kill them? All of them. You're not trying to do something else.

Speaker 11 If we can find a perfect way, yes. That's the plan.
To destroy them on a mass scale.

Speaker 27 Wait, really?

Speaker 1 How close are you?

Speaker 11 We've made several advances, but unfortunately, we're still a ways off.

Speaker 4 Well, what have you tried exactly?

Speaker 18 Nerve agents?

Speaker 1 Chemical compounds?

Speaker 11 All of that, and more. Nothing seems to work the way we want, and many methods have too much collateral damage to be deployed at any scale.

Speaker 11 I've brought in the brightest minds I could find, or, you know, those who were willing to help.

Speaker 11 You can understand it takes some persuasion.

Speaker 11 I very much hope I have the right intuition about you two. Jess for your mind, and Chris, for your first-hand experience.
All of it could be invaluable here.

Speaker 11 We need fresh blood.

Speaker 23 I mean, this all sounds like you got the right idea. The infected have always, always been our true enemy, and people keep forgetting that.

Speaker 4 Wait, aren't you in charge of running the Republic's government? Why are you so involved here? How are you even talking to us right now?

Speaker 11 My job is to ensure our nation continues to thrive. And while the focus of the Republic is often out of my control, this is one area I truly believe in.

Speaker 11 If we succeed here, we can finally focus on all the other problems much more easily. Every struggle our country has had, or the world for that matter, stems from what those things are becoming.

Speaker 11 And make no mistake, the infected are getting worse.

Speaker 23 I've been saying that for a long time.

Speaker 11 Then you'll fit right in here. With every new species and sample we import, we learn of new traits, adaptation, potential weaknesses.
But But uh

Speaker 11 you can imagine how hard it is to secure them for import.

Speaker 4 Bet you have to work with all sorts of uh interesting people.

Speaker 11 You can say that again.

Speaker 23 I mean if most people really found out what's going on in here, they'd be against it.

Speaker 11 They mistrust and fear the science behind understanding the infection because of the mistakes of the past.

Speaker 11 But the general public has no notion of the growing reality of the situation, focusing on their own short-term wants.

Speaker 11 No one wants to do the dirty work, but in the end, this is what we truly need.

Speaker 23 Damn straight.

Speaker 1 You've been running all of this for how long?

Speaker 11 It's been my pet project for many years now.

Speaker 11 I and a few valued partners have vested a lot of time, energy, and finances into seeing this through to the end.

Speaker 1 Like who?

Speaker 11 Those interested in securing our future.

Speaker 11 Before we can go any further, and from here on out, I'll need you to adhere to strict operational security and officially bring you aboard.

Speaker 1 Aren't

Speaker 23 we already doing that?

Speaker 11 In a way.

Speaker 11 But I'll need to swear you in.

Speaker 8 Your what?

Speaker 30 A sort of pledge.

Speaker 11 Standard procedure for most Republic posts, but in this place,

Speaker 11 I get to do the honors.

Speaker 1 Oh boy.

Speaker 1 I mean,

Speaker 23 if that's what we ought to do.

Speaker 11 Repeat after me.

Speaker 11 I state your name.

Speaker 1 I, Chris.

Speaker 8 Jess Forrester.

Speaker 11 Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Republic against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Speaker 8 Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Republic against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Speaker 11 That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

Speaker 11 And that I will obey the orders of the general of the Red Guard and the orders of those appointed over me.

Speaker 8 That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same,

Speaker 1 and that I will obey the orders of the general of the Red Guard and the orders of those appointed over me.

Speaker 11 According to regulations and the Republic Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Speaker 1 According to the regulations and the Republic Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Speaker 11 So help me, God.

Speaker 23 So help me, God.

Speaker 1 Now,

Speaker 11 which room is open?

Speaker 1 Ah, yes.

Speaker 11 Two C. At the end will be your barracks.

Speaker 11 All personnel are stationed and live on the premises for security and safety reasons.

Speaker 1 Oh,

Speaker 1 all right.

Speaker 23 Like, we never get out?

Speaker 11 We do fairly often. Recreational runs, RR outings, and PX trips.
But most of the time, everyone here is motivated and focused on the main goal.

Speaker 11 Now, I'll let you two get settled in.

Speaker 12 Get some rest.

Speaker 11 I know you've been traveling a while. There will be time to show you you everything else later.

Speaker 1 Welcome aboard.

Speaker 23 Friedrich, you're not fucking around with the infection, right?

Speaker 23 I just want to make absolutely sure that we're all here to kill those things.

Speaker 11 Every single one.

Speaker 11 There's some literature in your room to get you acquainted with the procedures here, and orientation starts tomorrow. See you in the morning.

Speaker 11 The Red Dragons Dragons are happy to have you.

Speaker 11 Oh, and uh, every dorm has clean uniforms and their own bathroom with a shower.

Speaker 23 Is that a suggestion?

Speaker 11 Take it however you like.

Speaker 1 Well,

Speaker 23 it looks like we're here for at least the night.

Speaker 1 Oh,

Speaker 4 he made us swear allegiance. I don't know how I feel about that.

Speaker 23 Oh, I have my fingers crossed the whole time. I don't know about you.

Speaker 22 I wish I thought of that.

Speaker 23 Look, Will, not any of those words have to matter, so just relax.

Speaker 4 I just, I've never had to do anything like that before.

Speaker 23 Hey, just think of it as a moral gray area, right? Just like stealing the money on the train. We're only trying to survive here.

Speaker 23 Okay.

Speaker 4 But

Speaker 4 the plan is still to leave tomorrow.

Speaker 23 Oh, definitely. Nothing's getting in the way of me finding my mama.
She's so close now.

Speaker 18 But we are for sure getting out of here.

Speaker 4 Sounds like you were really believing what

Speaker 4 he was saying about this place.

Speaker 23 Friedrich's a smooth talker, selling something that he knows I want.

Speaker 23 I don't know if I'm exactly buying it.

Speaker 23 I get the feeling that there's a lot he's not telling

Speaker 1 Heather, Heather, you have to keep up. I'm trying, Dad.

Speaker 1 Warren,

Speaker 21 I'll have no choice but to leave you and your family behind.

Speaker 1 Get to the roof!

Speaker 1 Go!

Speaker 1 Doc, can you carry her? There's only one helicopter left.

Speaker 1 These things are damn near everywhere.

Speaker 22 Huggy, baby, hold on.

Speaker 22 I'm scared.

Speaker 22 We're gonna be all right.

Speaker 1 Not much further.

Speaker 1 Port dragon's lost. I repeat.
Port dragon's lost. The post has been completely overrun.
We need to find a way out the base.

Speaker 1 I told you this would happen, Friedrich. This is your damn fault.
You pushed too far. None of that matters now.
Just hurry.

Speaker 1 Don't let go, my heather. Whatever you do, don't let go.
Stop! Here, take your gun. I'll carry her the rest of the way.

Speaker 1 Sorry. I just can't carry her anymore.

Speaker 1 Warren!

Speaker 1 I'm not leaving my family behind!

Speaker 25 Well, then that's your choice.

Speaker 1 Evacuate the city! We can't recover! I repeat! We can't!

Speaker 1 We just have to make it to the roof!

Speaker 1 We just have to make it to the roof! Go! Go!

Speaker 1 No!

Speaker 1 Come back!

Speaker 1 You bastard!

Speaker 1 Go! Green Rag!

Speaker 1 He left us!

Speaker 1 He fucking left us!

Speaker 1 Oh no.

Speaker 1 Nice shot time there's more coming

Speaker 1 Heather baby I need you to hide okay

Speaker 1 get in here

Speaker 1 You're the only one small enough to fit in the air dive you have to hide Heather and whatever you do Don't come out. Promise me you'll keep hiding.
Don't let anything catch you. I promise.

Speaker 1 All the way in now.

Speaker 1 In.

Speaker 8 Why do I know what you do?

Speaker 1 I don't know.

Speaker 1 I don't.

Speaker 1 Shit.

Speaker 1 There we go.

Speaker 32 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, dot, dot, dot.
It's okay.

Speaker 1 It's okay.

Speaker 31 You're okay.

Speaker 1 Hey, hey, we're okay.

Speaker 27 We're safe.

Speaker 8 You're in the Atlas.

Speaker 12 Remember?

Speaker 1 Remember?

Speaker 1 Oh, geez.

Speaker 1 Alex?

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 33 I'm okay.

Speaker 33 I'm okay too.

Speaker 34 I just got up too quick.

Speaker 12 Some pair we make.

Speaker 1 There any water in here?

Speaker 36 No, and my mom she'd have extra supplies stashed in the room.

Speaker 1 Probably

Speaker 1 very old, though.

Speaker 1 Oh, is this

Speaker 8 that's vodka?

Speaker 37 Hey now,

Speaker 1 hey,

Speaker 1 easy, easy.

Speaker 12 Just sit back, Alex.

Speaker 38 Got any water?

Speaker 1 Here.

Speaker 1 Man.

Speaker 37 That helps. Yeah, with your concussion, you need to rest.
No large strain. The body needs to heal.

Speaker 37 Now look forward.

Speaker 8 Let me see your eyes.

Speaker 36 I've been in here for days. I'm tired of resting.

Speaker 1 Stay.

Speaker 31 How How long do I have to keep doing this?

Speaker 37 How do you feel?

Speaker 27 Only a little dizzy, that's all.

Speaker 35 Haven't done anything.

Speaker 36 She won't let me.

Speaker 28 Well, maybe some mild exercise would be good.

Speaker 37 And some fresh air.

Speaker 1 Don,

Speaker 37 you mind refilling the water?

Speaker 1 Sure.

Speaker 37 I was with another patient down the hall,

Speaker 37 and then I heard screaming.

Speaker 1 What was that?

Speaker 36 It was Dot. She was having a nightmare.
Oh.

Speaker 36 Yeah.

Speaker 37 With all Dot's gone through, and everything that's just happened, a bit of her past may be coming to the surface.

Speaker 34 I mean, could be,

Speaker 34 but.

Speaker 36 Hey, at least I haven't heard one dot out of her yet.

Speaker 37 I've been working with her a bit while you've been here under my care. And honestly, that's the best I've heard from her.

Speaker 36 She's picked up a couple new words I've noticed.

Speaker 20 Maybe it's a comfort thing.

Speaker 37 Being safe here.

Speaker 1 Or maybe

Speaker 37 it's you.

Speaker 19 Yeah,

Speaker 35 I doubt that.

Speaker 36 I haven't been doing her any favors, just getting her into more trouble. If anything, it's been her helping me.

Speaker 1 Well,

Speaker 37 the best thing for Dot is to keep talking. Every new word can help her slowly work through her aphasia.

Speaker 1 Her what?

Speaker 1 I...

Speaker 37 Well, I may be wrong. But from what I can tell, that's what it is.

Speaker 37 Physical and emotional brain trauma. Specifically, something that affected her speech centers.

Speaker 37 Can't read or write either, because whatever happened, it was at a very early age.

Speaker 33 Aphasia?

Speaker 32 That's what it's called?

Speaker 25 Can it be cured? No.

Speaker 37 It may improve over time with the right encouragement and through therapy.

Speaker 27 How much, though, is well,

Speaker 37 anyone's guess. The brain is a funny thing.

Speaker 36 I mean, she's been getting a little better the entire time I've known her.

Speaker 37 Then keep doing what you're doing.

Speaker 11 Every bit will help her.

Speaker 1 Oh, no, no, wait, wait.

Speaker 12 But you

Speaker 37 have to take things slowly. Your brain's been rattled as well.
Gonna be in recovery for quite a while.

Speaker 1 So

Speaker 35 you're like a real doctor?

Speaker 37 Well as real as they get, I guess.

Speaker 35 Where did you come from?

Speaker 37 Used to work in internal medicine in the old world.

Speaker 7 Bounced around a bit.

Speaker 37 And ended up captive in Prim, taking care of whomever I could at the camp.

Speaker 37 And now,

Speaker 37 thanks to you and the others, we're here.

Speaker 1 Wait.

Speaker 39 So, the boar?

Speaker 27 She hasn't. No, no.

Speaker 37 No, she hasn't come back.

Speaker 37 Easy now. Easy.

Speaker 37 And her animals haven't either.

Speaker 37 It's just been us here for the last four days.

Speaker 33 No shit.

Speaker 37 Anyway, I should get moving now. I have other patients who need me.

Speaker 35 Go, go. I feel fine.
I can manage.

Speaker 37 No overexertion.

Speaker 37 Take it slow.

Speaker 1 Dot.

Speaker 1 Doc.

Speaker 37 Keep looking after him. Make sure he doesn't push it too far.

Speaker 1 Okay.

Speaker 34 Thanks, Doc.

Speaker 37 No, Alex. Thank you.

Speaker 5 Everyone here is very grateful for all you've done.

Speaker 5 You?

Speaker 35 No, I've been laying down long enough. I

Speaker 38 want to know what's going on.

Speaker 35 Doc said I could get up, breathe some fresh air.

Speaker 34 We can do that.

Speaker 32 Doctor's orders?

Speaker 32 Okay

Speaker 38 back there when when you woke up you were screaming

Speaker 38 Really scared me for a minute

Speaker 30 Dot

Speaker 34 you said mama and dad

Speaker 33 you saw something happen to them

Speaker 1 You want to talk about it? Or well,

Speaker 38 whatever you can.

Speaker 31 Would that help?

Speaker 32 It happened where you were from

Speaker 38 that city?

Speaker 38 Okay.

Speaker 25 I get it. I get it.

Speaker 1 Look at this place.

Speaker 31 Already making a difference.

Speaker 1 Uh-huh.

Speaker 1 Come.

Speaker 1 Hey.

Speaker 32 Hey, check with the foreman first.

Speaker 30 I'm not sure that that's going to work if you connect the dude like that.

Speaker 27 Grant.

Speaker 1 Well, I'll be look who's up.

Speaker 11 You ready to go to work?

Speaker 35 Kinda.

Speaker 1 Dot.

Speaker 30 I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
Come on. I know.

Speaker 31 Doesn't even resemble what we saw when we first came here.

Speaker 35 Have I been out that long?

Speaker 1 Yes.

Speaker 12 But no, no, not really.

Speaker 30 Everyone's just so motivated working around the clock.

Speaker 31 I would think they'd they'd be tired after all they went through.

Speaker 30 When Gloria told them to make this place their own, they took it to heart.

Speaker 33 She said that?

Speaker 30 Well, many of these people have never been able to call some place home. Never been truly safe.

Speaker 30 No, they have both. Lots of hands to build a new future.
Hell, even started calling themselves Atlans.

Speaker 27 Can the Atlas even fit everyone?

Speaker 30 A good amount, but not comfortably. The rest are rebuilding part of the town of Hackberry, at least the parts that weren't too badly shelled.

Speaker 31 Will they be safe up on the surface?

Speaker 35 If the boar comes back.

Speaker 30 Ah, well, they're already on that.

Speaker 30 Let me show you. Come on, this way.

Speaker 20 Descendants will continue after a word from our sponsors.

Speaker 10 Stop! Before you drag yourself to that coffee pot tomorrow morning, try this instead. Tonight, fill a shaker with water.
Add one scoop of Early Bird and put it on your nightstand.

Speaker 10 When your alarm screams at 5 a.m., drink it first. What happens next will shock you.
Your brain doesn't gradually wake up, it switches on. The fog vanishes.
You're not surviving your morning.

Speaker 10 You're conquering it. This blood-orange mimosa ritual turned more than a thousand night owls into morning warriors this week alone.
Get yours at clubearlybird.com and use code NEVERSNOOSE for 20% off.

Speaker 15 But with Zin nicotine pouches, you'll discover many good reasons.

Speaker 17 Zin is America's number one nicotine pouch brand.

Speaker 18 Plus, Zin offers a robust rewards program.

Speaker 2 There are lots of options when it comes to nicotine satisfaction.

Speaker 15 But there's only one Zen.

Speaker 2 Check out zinn.com slash find to find Zinn at a store near you.

Speaker 1 Trust.

Speaker 19 It's not just given.

Speaker 1 It's earned.

Speaker 19 Earned in the early mornings, in the late nights. Earned by generations of real California dairy families who care and carried on by even the littlest ones.

Speaker 19 Care for their cows, for their land, for their community. and care for you because when 99% of our dairy farms are family-owned, you're getting generations of tradition you can trust.

Speaker 19 Rio, California Milk, look for the seal.

Speaker 40 Hi, folks, it's Mark Bittman from the podcast, Food with Mark Bittman.

Speaker 40 You know, whether you are doing traditional Thanksgiving, a friend's giving, or something in between, Whole Foods Market has great everyday prices on all the things you need for Thanksgiving.

Speaker 40 No way antibiotics ever birds bring quality to your table at a great price. You can enjoy so many ways to save on your Thanksgiving spread at Whole Foods Market.

Speaker 40 And remember, Prime gives you shop online and delivery or pickup as you like.

Speaker 5 You've worked hard to build your business.

Speaker 6 SimplySafe helps you protect it.

Speaker 5 With Simply Safe for business, AI-powered cameras watch over your entry points and instantly alert live monitoring agents. They can deter intruders before they get inside.

Speaker 5 It's protection built for growing companies. 24-7 monitoring, no contracts, and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
To get 60% off your new system, go to simplysafe.com slash podcast.

Speaker 5 That's simplysafe.com slash podcast for 60% off. There's no safe like SimplySafe.

Speaker 26 You hired a new employee.

Speaker 12 Time to get to work, right?

Speaker 26 Not quite. First comes HR software for payroll and benefits.
Then IT tools to manage devices and app access. And finance software for expenses.
Oh, and none of these softwares work together.

Speaker 26 That's sad. Software as a disservice.
Ripling lets you run HR, IT, and finance on one unified platform with automations that save time and connect your workflows.

Speaker 26 For a limited time, you can get six months of Ripling free when you sign up at Ripling.com/slash podcast. That's rippling.com/slash podcast.
Terms and conditions apply.

Speaker 20 And now, we continue with Descendants.

Speaker 31 Good to know the stable still made it.

Speaker 1 What about

Speaker 28 Demon?

Speaker 30 Uh, the big black horse? He's wandering around here somewhere. Been keeping an eye on things, but from a distance.

Speaker 30 Seems you two are the only ones he trusts.

Speaker 36 I'm just glad he's safe after all that.

Speaker 27 What about the kid?

Speaker 1 Gus?

Speaker 30 He's good too.

Speaker 1 Working in the town, I think.

Speaker 27 That's a relief.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 30 Unless someone's too injured, everyone's been helping out.

Speaker 30 So, what I wanted to show you may be hard to see from here, but all of the military equipment that the boar left behind has been repurposed.

Speaker 30 There's no ammo in those tanks and gun trucks, but hey, no one else who saw them would know that.

Speaker 27 Is that tank blue?

Speaker 30 Repainted the desert camel to match our logo. Even borrowed yellow lightning bolts from the Atlas's crest.
I'm telling you, these Atlans are really rallying behind the place.

Speaker 19 And Gloria is okay with all of this why wouldn't I be Gloria

Speaker 35 always sneaking up hey you're jumpy kid that's not my fault I was just saying you didn't seem like the sharing type from everything I've known about you and look where that led me

Speaker 28 when my grandma started building this place she saw it as a refuge from the rest of the world She'd be proud that what she helped build would inspire so much hope and change for others who need it.

Speaker 1 The Atlas

Speaker 28 Well, it would have died with me.

Speaker 1 And now it won't.

Speaker 28 Thanks to you two.

Speaker 35 I don't know about any of that. I only wanted to help my friends.

Speaker 34 This was just a bonus.

Speaker 30 Maybe that's how it may have started.

Speaker 30 But that's not how it's going to end.

Speaker 30 These people were the hands that built that huge city, Prim,

Speaker 30 under the threat of death.

Speaker 30 Imagine what this place will become when it's their own.

Speaker 30 Todd.

Speaker 1 Um hey,

Speaker 30 you must be hungry. You've been in your room for a while.

Speaker 35 I wasn't gonna say anything, but there's not a lot of food, right?

Speaker 35 And so many mouths.

Speaker 28 A trading caravan passed through here two days ago. Sold off what equipment we could for everything they had.

Speaker 33 What about the Atlas?

Speaker 31 If others find out about it?

Speaker 30 As far as outsiders can see, we're we're rebuilding the town of Hackbury to live there.

Speaker 30 Everyone staying here knows what's at stake and why we need to keep the Atlas secret.

Speaker 39 So

Speaker 34 what's next?

Speaker 30 One piece at a time.

Speaker 28 We gotta repair all the life support systems in the underground silos, food and water planning, rebuild the town to fit everyone else. Whatever's necessary for these people to stay here.

Speaker 30 And if the Boer comes back, prepare for that inevitability as well. Keep one eye over our shoulders and the other on our work.

Speaker 30 At least there's no infected still living in this area that we've seen so far.

Speaker 35 Doesn't seem like you need much of my help now.

Speaker 30 We could always use it. But why?

Speaker 30 You thinking of leaving us?

Speaker 36 I was just wondering.

Speaker 35 I want to make sure that my friends are okay.

Speaker 35 The ones we left behind?

Speaker 31 And if they made it back to Westport?

Speaker 28 Our comms don't really work, right? We tried all that before. Can our radios even reach Westport?

Speaker 30 Well, the problem has more to do with the jammers from Prim.

Speaker 30 The radio relays that connect to Westport are still, as far as I know, are up.

Speaker 1 But the frequencies, in or out, are blocked.

Speaker 30 I could put together a detail to take down whatever Prim set up in the desert that's scrambling the signals. There's a guy from camp who will know where to look.
May take a little time is all.

Speaker 4 What if you left them alone?

Speaker 28 Those also might be keeping others from finding us.

Speaker 31 I know how much you want to protect this place and I do too.

Speaker 27 But cut off from the rest of the world, we're living in the dark.

Speaker 32 What if the board does come back and we need help?

Speaker 1 What then?

Speaker 4 Who would come?

Speaker 27 Westport would.

Speaker 31 It only took a few of us, and look what we did to Prim.

Speaker 31 And it's because of us that these people here here have a real chance.

Speaker 12 If there's any good left in this world, it's there.

Speaker 30 He's right.

Speaker 30 There's a reason so many have traveled far and wide to live in Westport. Myself and my

Speaker 30 daughter included.

Speaker 30 Only place left, I trust.

Speaker 28 All right. Do it.
Fix the comms, but don't jeopardize the Atlas. Be careful what you say.
You don't know who could be listening.

Speaker 27 I promise.

Speaker 32 We'll be careful.

Speaker 30 Of course.

Speaker 28 Do what you need to do for now. I need to head back down and check on the hydroponic system.

Speaker 28 Glad to see you on your feet, Alex.

Speaker 34 Thanks.

Speaker 1 Well,

Speaker 30 I guess I'll get that group together for the jammers.

Speaker 30 I didn't want to bring it up with her, but

Speaker 30 honestly, I really wanted to call home too.

Speaker 30 Tell them everything we know and maybe get in contact with my daughter.

Speaker 30 Good job.

Speaker 34 Thanks, Grant.

Speaker 34 Bye.

Speaker 1 You hungry?

Speaker 28 No.

Speaker 19 Well, you have a job to do around here, or

Speaker 3 you.

Speaker 1 Me.

Speaker 35 You you have to watch me

Speaker 1 well

Speaker 34 i'm feeling fine so you're fired no

Speaker 35 but that doc did mention that there were ways we could help with your words and you want to work on that

Speaker 34 i mean listen to you you're already forgetting your name

Speaker 31 what whatever alex damn giving speeches already i don't slow down let me catch up

Speaker 24 Fold it here?

Speaker 1 Uh-huh.

Speaker 31 Make sure it's really tight.

Speaker 6 That seam has to be really sharp with the corner.

Speaker 1 Is that the last one?

Speaker 27 That's it.

Speaker 31 Now we just pull it apart, and

Speaker 31 there you go.

Speaker 12 You have a swan.

Speaker 41 Mine doesn't look anything like that.

Speaker 1 Oh, uh.

Speaker 31 Maybe you missed a step?

Speaker 41 It's so frustrating.

Speaker 41 I hate this.

Speaker 1 Hey, I don't see that.

Speaker 26 It took me a while, too.

Speaker 35 Hell, I mean, even the guy who taught me origami, Puck, it took him a lot of practice, too.

Speaker 32 It's also about patience.

Speaker 1 What?

Speaker 1 Hmm.

Speaker 1 What?

Speaker 41 You said a bad word.

Speaker 19 Oh, really?

Speaker 35 You gonna go tell on me?

Speaker 26 Who are you gonna tell?

Speaker 1 Her. Hmm? Her? Doc? He said the bad word.

Speaker 35 I only said hell. He said it again.

Speaker 1 Bad, Alex.

Speaker 41 Told you.

Speaker 35 That is so not a bad word.

Speaker 26 You guys are a bunch of prudes.

Speaker 26 Check, check. Alex,

Speaker 30 see if any signals are coming through now.

Speaker 31 I'm dialed in the Westport's emergency frequency.

Speaker 35 Still static. Nothing coming in from the long range still.

Speaker 35 They're constantly broadcasting a message on this, so should be good.

Speaker 35 All right, hold on.

Speaker 35 There must be one more jammer out here we're missing. Stand by.

Speaker 35 These things are pretty high-tech. I wonder where they got them.

Speaker 41 Radio's still not working. Did you push all the buttons?

Speaker 32 Look, if I push all of these buttons, then it's definitely not gonna work.

Speaker 41 Can't have your swan?

Speaker 27 Sure.

Speaker 36 I mean,

Speaker 26 if you want it.

Speaker 41 I'm gonna tell people I've made it and see if they believe me.

Speaker 12 All right, you do that.

Speaker 41 Bye, Alex. Dot dot.

Speaker 1 Bye.

Speaker 35 You done with your session with the doc?

Speaker 1 Uh.

Speaker 33 How you?

Speaker 34 My head. Uh, still fine.
I feel a little weird, kinda dizzy at times, but

Speaker 34 I've been taking it easy.

Speaker 36 Not much strain working the radio here, you know.

Speaker 36 G.

Speaker 36 Taunt.

Speaker 1 Work?

Speaker 34 Grant seems to think we'll have it up soon.

Speaker 36 Can't wait to find out what's happening back home.

Speaker 1 Alex.

Speaker 1 Home?

Speaker 8 Stay.

Speaker 1 go?

Speaker 1 Oh, me?

Speaker 38 Stay here or go?

Speaker 34 Haven't really thought much about that.

Speaker 38 They don't need me around here anymore.

Speaker 36 These people really know what they're doing.

Speaker 36 Dot, stay.

Speaker 36 Go.

Speaker 36 You?

Speaker 1 That depends.

Speaker 1 What do you want to do?

Speaker 1 Dot.

Speaker 1 Stay.

Speaker 1 You. With.

Speaker 4 You go.

Speaker 1 Dot, go.

Speaker 5 I'm glad to hear that, honestly.

Speaker 36 I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you.

Speaker 34 The arena.

Speaker 1 The pass.

Speaker 34 Fucked up kid infected.

Speaker 1 You need that.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 38 I kind of do.

Speaker 38 It's

Speaker 36 nice, you know, to be able to hear you talk this much.

Speaker 5 The doc helps a lot.

Speaker 5 You do.

Speaker 5 Me?

Speaker 1 Please,

Speaker 35 I haven't done anything. I'm surprised you haven't been annoyed by my constant picking at you.

Speaker 1 No.

Speaker 6 I do appreciate what you said.

Speaker 38 Wherever we go,

Speaker 7 we go together

Speaker 28 together.

Speaker 1 Alex, me,

Speaker 1 Dot.

Speaker 1 I, uh-huh. I um

Speaker 38 now who's having trouble with words.

Speaker 36 Um

Speaker 1 uh-huh.

Speaker 36 You know, we have a lot in common, and

Speaker 1 you know, we can rely on each other

Speaker 1 more than that,

Speaker 1 you know. I

Speaker 1 died.

Speaker 1 that was the last ever, I think.

Speaker 1 Hey,

Speaker 27 hey, hey, we got something.

Speaker 30 It worked.

Speaker 27 We're getting a signal.

Speaker 25 Get back here.

Speaker 25 On our way.

Speaker 25 will not fall please

Speaker 25 stay alert

Speaker 25 stay alive what's going on what is this this message repeats

Speaker 42 this is president chinwei jang westport citizens and allies of westport we have received reports of republic red guard soldiers and tanks crossing the arizona california border no their actions So far have made their intentions clear.

Speaker 42 Westport is now switching to a full defensive posture.

Speaker 42 Those who are able to send support, your efforts would be greatly appreciated. Westport citizens beyond our borders, proceed to a safe zone and await further instructions.

Speaker 42 We do not know what might follow, but we must be prepared. Westport will not fall.

Speaker 42 Stay alert.

Speaker 42 Stay alive.

Speaker 42 This message repeats.

Speaker 42 This is President Chinwei Jang.

Speaker 42 Westport citizens and allies of Westport.

Speaker 36 So much for them being able to help here if we needed support.

Speaker 41 Dot

Speaker 1 made your family.

Speaker 1 Westport now.

Speaker 18 What do your efforts?

Speaker 33 No, if we can do anything.

Speaker 38 I just don't know.

Speaker 38 Fuck.

Speaker 42 We do not know what might follow, but we must be prepared.

Speaker 29 Westport will not fall.

Speaker 29 Stay alert, stay alive.

Speaker 20 To be continued in the next episode of We're Alive Descendants.

Speaker 20 And now a word from our sponsors.

Speaker 20 You've been listening to We're Alive

Speaker 20 Descendants, produced by Wayland Productions, written and directed by KC Weyland, starring Austin Trace as Alex, Priorly as Young Dot, Dot, and Mother Dot, Levi Petrie as Chancellor Friedrich.

Speaker 28 Christy Carlson-Romano as Gloria.

Speaker 30 Leonard Kelly Young as Conductor Grant.

Speaker 23 Deton Gilbert as Nicholas.

Speaker 4 Sam Skolnick as Will.

Speaker 41 Augie Weyland as Gus.

Speaker 14 Constance Parton as CJ.

Speaker 37 Karim Cronk as the Atlant Doctor.

Speaker 20 And I'm Michael Swan.

Speaker 1 Additional voices by Phil Nieto, Kelsey Kelsey Hughes, Greg Warren, Cade Holbrook, Shannon Zimmerman, Amy Newman, Eric Davids, Jason Patrick Gallett.

Speaker 20 Editing and sound design by Tim Mulhern and Casey Wayland. Post-production supervisor, Casey Wayland.
Original music by Robert Mai. Theme music by Danny Berkhoff Hopkins.

Speaker 11 Score assistants by Evan Tamani.

Speaker 20 Recording and Engineering by Wayland Productions. Sound Engineering by Gino Jang and Victoria Cheng.
Script supervisors Gino Jang, Aaron Reardon, Kelsey Hughes, and Lynn Michaela.

Speaker 20 Audio Production Manager Dimitri Keo. Associate Producers Jace Oly, Mistress Zeneka, Raul Miller, John Grills, Mandy Arnold, and Christophe Laputka.
Co-produced by Rusty Quill.

Speaker 20 Executive Producer Alexander J. Newell.
Chief Marketing Officer Callum Dougherty. Marketing Assistant Hattie Quinlan.
Network Liaison Tom Park. Thank you to the following Kickstarter backers.

Speaker 11 Martin Nairland Howland, Ryan Claremont, Aaron Barrett, Albert Velez, Nicholas McDaniel, Benjamin Barefoot, Jeff Salvatore.

Speaker 20 For more info about the show and a complete list of cast and crew, visit us at www.we'alive.com. Access exclusive content and lore on our Patreon and follow us on social media for regular updates.

Speaker 20 Special thanks to our patrons and Kickstarter backers for making this series possible. This has been A Theater for the Mind by Wayland Productions.

Speaker 1 Trust.

Speaker 12 It's not just given.

Speaker 1 It's earned.

Speaker 19 Earned in the early mornings, in the late nights.

Speaker 19 Earned by generations of real California dairy families who care, and carried on by even the littlest ones care for their cows, for their land, for their community, and care for you.

Speaker 19 Because when 99% of our dairy farms are family-owned, you're getting generations of tradition you can trust. Real California milk.

Speaker 30 Look for the seal.

Speaker 29 You know, Hannah and I love a good bed rotting session, reality TV, snacks nearby, and now I've leveled up with my self-care game with this Shark Beauty Cryo Glow, the number one skincare facial device in the U.S.

Speaker 43 Wait, I'm obsessed with it. I've had it for a while, actually, and it's the only mask that combines high-energy LEDs, infrared, and under-eye cooling.

Speaker 43 I really need this because nothing wakes me up in the morning.

Speaker 43 You could do four treatments in one: better aging, skin clearing, skin sustain, and my favorite, the under-eye revive with insta-chill cold tech.

Speaker 43 You put it on and it just feels so good under your eyes. Like, I actually feel like I got eight hours of sleep.

Speaker 29 It's truly like a luxury spa moment while you're literally horizontal. It's perfect for post-workout, Sunday scaries, or when you just want to glow while rotting.

Speaker 43 To treat yourself to the number one LED beauty mask this holiday season, go to sharkninja.com and use promo code GigglySquad for 10% off your cryoglue.

Speaker 43 That's sharkninja.com and use promo code giggly squad for 10% off your cryo glow.

Speaker 9 Why choose a sleep number smart bed?

Speaker 10 Can I make my sight softer?

Speaker 11 Can I make my site firmer?

Speaker 1 Can we sleep cooler?

Speaker 9 Sleep number does that, cools up to eight times faster, and lets you choose your ideal comfort on either side. Your sleep number setting.
Enjoy personalized comfort for better sleep night after night.

Speaker 9 It's our Black Friday sale, recharged this season with a bundle of cozy, soothing comfort. Now only $17.99 for our C2 mattress and base plus free premium delivery.

Speaker 9 Price is higher in Alaska and Hawaii. Check it out at a sleep number store or sleepnumber.com today.

Speaker 15 But with Zen nicotine pouches, you'll discover many good reasons.

Speaker 17 Zin is America's number one nicotine pouch brand.

Speaker 18 Plus, Zin offers a robust rewards program.

Speaker 2 There are lots of options when it comes to nicotine satisfaction, but there's only one Zin. Check out Zinn.com slash find to find Zinn at a store near you.

Speaker 40 Hi folks, it's Mark Bittman from the podcast Food with Mark Bittman.

Speaker 40 You know, whether you are doing traditional Thanksgiving, a friend's giving, or something in between, Whole Foods Market has great everyday prices on all the things you need for Thanksgiving.

Speaker 40 No way antibiotics ever birds bring quality to your table at a great price. You can enjoy so many ways to save on your Thanksgiving spread at Whole Foods Market.

Speaker 40 And remember, Prime gives you shop online and delivery or pickup as you like.

Speaker 24 Hey guys, let me let you in on a little secret. I've obviously turned staying into bed into an art form.
It's my happy place. It's my shopping sanctuary.

Speaker 24 And honestly, it's the perfect place to hang out with all my favorite people.

Speaker 24 So join me and some of the most interesting people I know for shopping, some laughs, and maybe a few secrets, all from the comfort of my bed. The best part, you can watch from your bed.

Speaker 24 My show, In Bed with Paige DeSorbo, returns Monday, November 17th at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Amazon Live.
Just open Prime Video on your TV and search Amazon Live to cozy up.

Speaker 24 Because why get out of bed if you don't have to?