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 46
On the show, DJ Chello confesses to cheating and Riley admits her own infidelity before they reconcile.
- Scene 47
At Autopsy, Phillip and colleagues brainstorm headlines about Riley and Chello’s reunion.
- Scene 48
DJ Chello proposes to Riley on the live show, and she accepts.
- Scene 49
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