Don't Look Up · written by Adam McKay · 2021

As the house shakes violently, the family talks about coffee and having had everything before the room collapses.

Scene 200 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Kate
Randall
Marshall
Yule
June

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 2:03 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 200

After PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky discovers a comet on a direct collision course with Earth, she and Professor Randall Mindy try to persuade a politically distracted President, a media-saturated public, and a powerful technology company to stop it before impact.

Scenes 1–7
Kate and Randall work within the familiar routine of astronomy and university research.
Scenes 8–26
They discover the impact deadline and need the government and public to respond, but Orlean refuses immediate action.
Scenes 27–60
Kate and Oglethorpe take the warning outside official channels, entering the press and television world to reach the public.
Scenes 61–72
The scientists navigate conspiracy claims, arrest, and political reversal as Orlean finally announces a deflection mission.
Scenes 73–122
Their warning appears to win official action and a national launch, though Randall’s celebrity role and BASH’s access undermine the effort.
Scenes 123–164
The mission turns back; BASH substitutes mining for deflection, Kate is silenced, Randall’s family breaks apart, and a rival mission fails.
Scenes 165–181
Kate and Randall see the comet themselves, reconnect, and return to June’s home as the BEAD mission begins.
Just before
Scene 197
The Mindy family eats dessert and jokes about store-bought pie as the house begins to shake.
Scene 198
The comet tears across the sky like fabric.
Scene 199
The comet blazes overhead as people flee and fiery debris falls.
Scene 200
This scene

200INT. THE MINDY DINING ROOM - MICHIGAN - CONTINUOUS

THE HOUSE IS SHAKING VIOLENTLY.

KATE

This coffee doesn’t taste store-

bought. Is it?

RANDALL

Never. I always grind my own beans.

MARSHALL

Yeah, Dad’s kind of a coffee nut.

YULE

Every time you have coffee, you

have to grind your own beans?

JUNE

It’s true. Randall is very

particular about his coffee.

KATE

I can get that way about tea.

RANDALL

The thing is, we really did have

everything, didn’t we? I mean, when

you think about it.

BOOM. We go SLO MO as the room collapses and disintegrates.