THE PRESIDENT

                      In accordance with this afternoon's vote

                      at the OAS, the quarantine shall hereby

                      be effective as of ten o'clock tomorrow

                      morning.

 

            Kenny observes in silence as the President SIGNS the

            Proclamation of Interdiction¹.

 

            INT. OVAL OFFICE - LATER

 

            The Oval Office has emptied out.  Only Kenny, Bobby, Sorensen

            and the President remain.  The President looks out the

            window, Sorensen sits in a chair in front of the desk.  Bobby

            and Kenny sit on the edge of the desk.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      Last summer I read a book.  The Guns of

                      August.  I wish every man on that

                      blockade line had read that book.

 

            The President moves over to the GLOBE by his desk, spins it,

            stopping in on Europe.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT (CONT'D)

                      World War One.  Thirteen million killed

                      all because the militaries of both

                      alliances were so highly attuned² to each

                      other's movements and dispositions³,

                      afraid of letting the other guy have a

                      theoretical advantage.  And your man in

                      the field, his family at home, couldn't

                      even tell you the reasons why their

                      lives were being sacrificed.

                          (beat)

                      Why couldn't they stop it?

 

            Can we?  The President's fingers turn the globe.  It stops on

            North America.  Kenny and Bobby listen.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT (CONT'D)

                      And here we are, fifty years later.  One

                      of their ships resists the inspection⁴.

                      We shoot out its rudder and board.  They

                      shoot down our planes in response.  We

                      bomb their anti-aircraft sites in

                      response to that.  They attack Berlin.

                      We invade Cuba.  They fire their

                      missiles.  We fire ours.

 

            The President sets the globe gently spinning and walks away.

 

            INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - NIGHT

 

            Kenny rubs his eyes, listens to his phone and the WOMAN'S

            VOICE at the other end.  It's his wife.

 

                                HELEN (O.S.)

                      When are you going to be home?

 

                                KENNY

                      I don't know, Helen.  I want you to keep

                      the kids close tomorrow.  Leave the T.V.

                      on, sleep with it on in the bedroom

                      until I tell you you can turn it off.

 

                                HELEN (O.S.)

                      What's happened?

 

                                KENNY

                      Nothing.  Nothing you don't know about.

                      Tomorrow's the big day.  Just have the

                      car ready to go if I call or if the

                      Civil Defense⁵ Warning comes on.

 

                                HELEN (O.S.)

                      What happens to you?  I'm not leaving

                      without you.

 

                                KENNY

                      I'll be evacuated⁶ with the President.

 

            A long silence on the other end of the line.

 

                                HELEN (O.S.)

                      Great.  So while you're under a rock

                      somewhere with the President, what am I

                      supposed to do with your five children?

 

            And to that, there is no answer.  A beat, and it's all Kenny

            can promise:

 

                                KENNY

                      I'll find you.  But we're not going to

                      let it come to that.  I promise.

 

            INT. WHITE HOUSE CAFETERIA - NIGHT

 

            Kenny hands Bobby and Bundy cups of coffee.  The three men

            nurse them in the silence of the abandoned cafeteria.

 

                                KENNY

                      Helen just asked me what sort of

                      arrangements we have for the families.

 

                                BUNDY

                      I just checked myself.

                          (beat)

                      They're being issued identity cards.

                      Call comes, and evacuation officers meet

                      them at pre-arranged departure areas.

                      They go by helicopter to Mount Weather.

                      We meet them there.

 

            Bobby looks at his coffee, then up at Kenny.  He gently

            shakes his head.  It's all a sham⁷.

 

                                BOBBY

                      Course that's for morale⁸.  The missiles

                      only take five minutes to get here.

 

            INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - NIGHT

 

            SUPER: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH.  DAY 9.

 

            Kenny bolts upright from his couch.  He rubs his face, sits

            on the edge in the dark for a beat.  He's not going back to

            sleep.  He grabs his trousers.

 

            INT. WEST WING HALLS - CONTINUOUS

 

            Kenny makes his way through the dim, deserted⁹ halls.

            Somewhere in the distance a phone rings.  He reaches a door.

 

            EXT. WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT

 

            Kenny, bundled in an overcoat, steps outside the North

            Entrance.  The cool air invigorates him.  He eyes the fence,

            Pennsylvania Avenue beyond it, seeming to isolate¹⁰ this world

            from the living city beyond.  He starts for the main gate.

 

            EXT. MAIN GATE - CONTINUOUS

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