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

Brie introduces the New York Herald story about Randall and Kate’s discovery.

Scene 53 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Brie Evantee

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The story so farBefore scene 53

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 50
BASH alerts continue buying songs on the Mindy family’s phones as June asks who the celebrities are.
Scene 51
Jack and Brie introduce Randall and Kate after Riley’s proposal and turn the comet segment into playful banter.
Scene 52
June and her sons watch Randall’s newly styled appearance on television.
Scene 53
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BRIE EVANTEE

Now Jack was having some fun about

the aliens, whatever, but I’m told

there’s a New York Herald story

that has just come out that talks

about a very serious discovery you

two have made.