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

Senator Lerner announces that his party is preparing a formal censure of Orlean.

Scene 64 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Senator Lerner

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The story so farBefore scene 64

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.
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Kate and Oglethorpe take the warning outside official channels, entering the press and television world to reach the public.
Just before
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A shadow darkens a tranquil view of the planets.
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A cable-news anchor teases a scandal involving a compromising photograph.
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Dalia reports that President Orlean sent Sheriff Conlon an intimate photo as protests and online reactions spread.
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SENATOR LERNER getting into a car addresses the press in a white collared shirt.

SENATOR LERNER

Members of my party are currently

drawing up a formal censure of the

President.