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

Jack and Brie introduce Randall and Kate after Riley’s proposal and turn the comet segment into playful banter.

Scene 51 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Brie Evantee
Jack Bremmer
Stage Manager
Randall

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 40 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 51

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 48
DJ Chello proposes to Riley on the live show, and she accepts.
Scene 49
Oglethorpe reacts to the celebrity proposal while petting his cat.
Scene 50
BASH alerts continue buying songs on the Mindy family’s phones as June asks who the celebrities are.
Scene 51
This scene

51INT. DAILY RIP - SAME TIME

Jack and Brie recovering from the proposal. Randall and Kate wait in the wings.

BRIE EVANTEE

Wow. The fireworks have certainly

gone off today...

JACK BREMMER

Yes, they have. From a wedding

proposal to a little science

experiment, I’m gonna need a temple

rub and a martini.

BRIE EVANTEE

Well, our last guests...

STAGE MANAGER cues Randall and Kate to take their seats.

STAGE MANAGER

(whispering)

Go, go, go!

BRIE EVANTEE

...have made a pretty big discovery

in space. Astronomer Dr. Randall

Mindy and PHD candidate Ms. Kate

Dibiasky are here. Welcome.

JACK BREMMER

Can I just ask one thing before we

go any further: is there life out

there? Yes or no? Final answer.

RANDALL

Well we don’t have the data.

(being playful)

But sure. Why not. In the vastness

of space, sure, aliens are real.

Kate gives Randall a quick sideways glance.

JACK BREMMER

See I knew it. I knew I would like

this guy! See you owe me fifty

bucks.

BRIE EVANTEE

Please don’t encourage him Dr.

Mindy. We’ll never get out of here.

Now, Jack was having some fun

here..