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

At Autopsy, Phillip and colleagues brainstorm headlines about Riley and Chello’s reunion.

Scene 47 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Damain
Autopsy Editor
Phillip

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 39 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 47

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.
Scene 27
After Orlean tells them to wait until after the midterms, Oglethorpe and Kate decide to leak the evidence to the press.
Just before
Scene 44
Riley tells Jack and Brie that she wants to take DJ Chello back.
Scene 45
The Mindy family watches Riley’s reconciliation go viral and notices BASH has made purchases on Marshall’s phone.
Scene 46
On the show, DJ Chello confesses to cheating and Riley admits her own infidelity before they reconcile.
Scene 47
This scene

47INT. AUTOPSY OFFICES - SAME TIME

Phillip watches the TV in the packed office.

DAMAIN

What about “Forget break up sex,

try a break up relationship?”

AUTOPSY EDITOR

Oh that’s good.

PHILLIP

(can’t help himself)

10 Famous Second Chances for Two

Timers, guys!

AUTOPSY EDITOR

Oh, there we go.

PHILLIP

It’s on a plate!

Phillip glances nervously at the TV.