We are on the edge of a global catastrophic disaster.
Human conflict.
Nuclear bombs.
Natural disasters.
Chemical and biological warfare.
Without warning, the world as we know it can come to an end.
8 weeks ago, a group of volunteers
entered a 10-week experiment
to see if they can survive and rebuild
after a simulated viral outbreak
leaves los angeles and the rest of the planet devastated.
Their new home... a cordoned-off 80,000-square-foot warehouse
near downtown los angeles.
They started with no electricity, no water...
nothing.
...and no communication with the outside world.
They're not broadcasting. They're just transmitting.
As part of the experiment,
an outside gang of looters and thugs
challenge the colonists' resources and security.
So far, the colonists have scraped by on limited supplies.
I'm sick of this warehouse. I'm sick of the lack of food.
But with stocks running dry...
i think i've gone through every bit of body fat that i have.
...the competition for resources
is becoming a fight for survival.
Get out!
Now they focus all efforts on their escape plan.
We got to get the hell out of here.
And old foes push them to the breaking point.
This is hell! This is the end of the world! Fight back!
Conditions here are grim.
Bathrooms are filthy. Clothes are in rags.
We need to get out of here.
We all stink. It's just disgusting.
Hair is greasy and oily, natted,
and our skin is just, like, different colors, you know?
Like, sleeping in dirt is just not something
i ever thought i would have to do.
It's hard.
When i'm dreaming and i see myself, i'm dirty.
With food storage down to a five-day supply,
the colonists are exhausted and withering away.
We're being tested morally and physically and emotionally.
No matter how happy of a family we are,
there's gonna be times where we break.
Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?
I cannot work today on a cup of rice!
I cannot.
I've got beams to lift and weld.
And putting in a 12-hour day on a cup of rice
isn't gonna work for me.
18.
18 gallons left.
Even with rationing, that was our average for one day.
We're all conserving.
We're not drinking as much.
We're not washing anything... clothes, hands.
We're licking our dishes clean.
So we've got to make this stretch as long as possible.
Second to our physical security,
this is our biggest concern right now.
With water at critically low levels,
the colonists prepare an expedition to the l.a. River,
using the solar-powered trike they built last week.
If we have to, we'll try to make two runs,
but let's get one... one we're desperate for.
Awesome. Don't lose the bike.
Oh
what?
The colonists' access point to the l.a. River
is blocked off by an encampment of marauders.
No water means you can't cook, you can't drink, you can't wash.
Without water, we can't survive. We got to get out of here.
No river runs.
Didn't get
no water? No water.
What happened?
Marauders are all camped out down there...
6, 10... more than we can handle.
Anyone who wants water has got to get through them.
Basically, it means we have what we have.
We get this truck done, ration our water.
Bottom line, that's it.
That's it. We're screwed.
We're not screwed. It means we get to work.
Four weeks ago, the colonists drew up a plan
for turning an abandoned truck into their escape vehicle.
It's got to look scary, and it's got to be able to take somebody out.
What if we had something protruding out,
kind of like spears on a pole?
So far, they've gotten the engine running...
and armored the back.
What they don't know yet is that within the next week,
they'll receive coordinates for their final destination.
But there's still a great deal of work
before the truck is ready to roll.
The biggest challenge... fuel.
The first thing we have to put up there is "gasifier."
It's the most important part of getting us out of here.
The gasifier is probably our best bet
for an alternative fuel.
Before the colonists had solar panels,
they relied on a wood gasifier
to power their generator and charge the battery bank.
The gasifier consisted of two barrels...
one filled with wood scraps
and one with a fire that heated the wood,
releasing the gas.
Now the colonists are banking on a bigger gasifier
to fuel their escape vehicle.
After a disaster, fuel supply is a critical issue.
In the 2005 hurricane season in the gulf coast,
it only took days before there were shortages of fuel.
If your automobile ran on alternative fuel sources,
such as wood gas, you'd have a tremendous advantage.
Here's another option, kids.
I mean, we have the truck, but we have other vehicles.
That ranchero... i think i can get it to run.
That leaves us a lot more room and weight
that we can put on the truck.
The ranchero gives us secondary transportation,
mobility, power... all sorts of options.
It's a great vehicle to have.
While mike and john v. Inspect the ranchero's engine,
vlad and john c. Start work on the new gasifier.
Here we go. Now let's roll this one.
This piece is the spout for the gasifier.
You know what i'm gonna do? I'm gonna clip it up here.
There we go.
The truck's gasifier will be composed of three main parts...
first, the upper container,
consisting of a hopper, chimney, and screen.
This will house the wood charcoal for the wood gas.
Second, a lower container that will hold the fire
that heats the wood and creates the gas.
And third, a cooling system
that will lower the gas's temperature
before funneling it into the engine.
At the drill press,
john c. Fashions the screen with his wife, diane.
Last week, john was reunited with diane
after being apart eight weeks.
Having diane here is such a blessing.
She is one of the most selfless and grounded people
i have ever known.
We work very well together.
Shake that stuff off.
So, this is the fire grate at the bottom of the gasifier.
What this will do
is it'll hang at the bottom of the tube
that vladimir and i have just made.
And the burning charcoal will sit in this grate,
and the vacuum from the engine
will pull the air through those burning embers
and take the gases that we're trying to capture...
the gas from the charcoal...
into the tube that goes into the cooler,
which goes into the engine.
John loves discussing things
and playing, often, back and forth with ideas.
So he is in his element.
That looks great.
Nobody thinks that's funny except me.
That looks very good.
I'm gonna do a 2-inch opening for the gases, for the suction.
At the rate that we're going... murphy's not around.
It looks like...
don't say it. Don't say it. Don't say it.
If the truck is going to run reliably on wood gas,
the engine must be in good condition.
To test it out,
they'll use a small portion of their precious gasoline supply.
Okay, everybody, clear out.
I'm gonna start this thing, let it run for a little bit.
Oh, is it smoking.
That's burned oil, man. That's no good for you.
When an engine sits unused for a long time,
the internal components rust.
Lubricated surfaces dry out, and the oil accumulates dirt.
In a sense, it needs a new break-in period
to seat the piston rings
and wear the rust from all the contacting surfaces.
The first time you run it,
you're bound to get a little smoke.
The truck is running!
Truck's running. It's important right now.
Just gonna let the thing run for a little bit,
let it run for a good 20, 30 minutes.
It'll blow all this old crap out of it.
This truck's been sitting for i don't know how long,
so we get all the smoke out, get it all burned off...
all this old residue...
it should be golden.
So i'm gonna get out of here 'cause it's way too smoky.
Hey, guys, how about we open up the gate?
I love this smoke,
'cause it means we're getting out of here.
I love the fact that that truck is running, and it sounds good.
As they wait for the smoke to clear,
the colonists get their first break in weeks.
But with the doors to the street wide open,
the last person they want to see reenters the colony.
Four weeks ago, as part of the experiment,
two strangers, andre and liz, entered the colony using a key,
claiming to be the original inhabitants.
This is my house.
When events turned violent,
the colonists threw out the interlopers.
Get the hell out of here.
Now andre has returned.
Bring it on!
What is it? It's andre.
Nuh-unh.
He's in the walkway.
You guys, you think this place is yours?!
This place is mine, and i'm coming back
with everything i can get to take it from you!
You guys, you guys, slow down.
Morgan, slow down. Morgan.
What did he take?
Slow down, morgan.
Clear.
Close the door! Close the door!
Let him run out.
Close the other door! Close that door!
He's going 'round to the other side.
Just close that door! Got it!
Did he go?
He's gone. We chased him out the doors.
Is there food gone?
When i checked the food, i noticed, after counting it,
andre took about 16 cans of our food.
Let's get a head count, make sure everybody's inside.
Could everyone count out? Morgan?
Here!
- Allison? - I'm right behind you.
- Diane? - Yeah!
John c?
Yeah!
John v?
I'm right here.
Vladimir?
Yeah!
Everybody's here?
Amy?
Everyone's on the inside.
Andre was threatening to come back and take what was "his."
I've got to believe he really means it.
So it just may be that we've got to jump on that truck
in whatever state of completion it is
at some point in the next couple of days
and get out of here.
I'm just hoping that we can get this truck done
and we can get out of here before andre returns.
I want andre to open up the door to an empty warehouse.
He can have it, as long as we're gone.
With andre's threat looming
and resources almost gone,
the need to leave is more critical than ever.
I really would like this truck to be going
and get out of here before the storm comes,
and hopefully we will.
The andre experience is a wake-up call.
Maybe this puts a fire under everybody,
not only to get the truck done, get out of here,
realize that we are in a desperate situation,
but to also get back on security,
to get that little fighting spirit back.
Oh, it's positive...
and negative.
After putting a battery in the ranchero
and adding some gas, mike drills the lock out.
How about them apples?!
Started up just fine.
We got a running vehicle, kids.
Less weight, better gas mileage,
better acceleration, better handling.
Less weight is good.
My sawzall.
This is gonna be awesome.
Come on, do it.
What do you think? Right there?
Right there. Open her up.
How's it feel to be a big, dumb monkey?
Go!
Convertible.
We need to be in a parade or something.
♪ da-da da-da-da ♪
all right. Got one more fender to take off.
Hell, i can get a wild hare up my butt
and tear all the fenders and the roof
and the quarter panels off and the doors
and spike it up a little, make it fun.
Thinking that we can use it for a chase vehicle.
But as the colonists move forward on their exodus plan...
another threat approaches.
Coming up...
get the inside! Get the inside!
You do not hit any of us!
There are no next times in this world!
This is hell!
Was that us?
Guys?
Hello?
The following day, andre's partner, liz,
arrives at the colony.
She'll test the volunteers' unity as supplies dwindle.
Hello?
Who are you?
Leilani.
Who are you?
It's elizabeth.
Elizabeth and andre?
It's just me.
Everyone, hands on deck in here!
Hi, liz. What's going on?
I just need a little bit of food and water.
And what happened to andre?
I don't know.
Let her trade for it.
If she's got something of value that we need...
yeah, she's got my knife.
Did you guys take vlad's knife?
He gave me a knife.
He gave it to you?
In fact, andre and liz stole the knife
while the colonists were debating what to do about them.
I need you to pass up your bottle
and tie the knife to that.
You guys, right now, it's elizabeth without andre.
She's not looking for anything but a little bit of water,
and she's wanting to give your knife back.
She said you gave it to her.
She's a liar. It just goes to show.
Do we want everybody over here?
'Cause everybody's kind of keeping an eye
in case andre is lurking around right now.
I absolutely do not trust elizabeth, nor andre,
and i feel like she's probably out there acting
while andre's trying to get in somewhere else.
So i'm just trying to keep an eye out, keep it safe.
Elizabeth and andre do not deserve a handout from us.
You're putting us in a really terrible spot, liz.
After you left and what you guys did,
the group is completely hostile.
And as much as i'd like to help you as much as i can,
right now we have to take a vote.
I've got half of the sauerkraut,
and then the water will come
from my portion of water drinking.
All right?
Hey, that's my choice. That's my water choice.
My vote is no. I say no. How many nos?
Not from somebody that stole from me. That's my vote.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
5 against 5. It's up to you.
I already know the decision, so do what you need to do.
Is that it?
Liz, you're gonna have to trust me.
I need you to send up the knife.
Give me the knife.
I'm giving you my portion of my water
that no one wants to give you.
But you're gonna have to give me something.
I need the knife.
Leilani!
I'm getting the knife.
Leilani, i need a little bit more food.
I can't do that. I'm already crossing the line.
They didn't want to give you anything.
How long does it take to do this?
I understand her being scared
and being afraid to let that weapon go.
Okay.
Hey, it's my knife.
Tell her to use her fist. That's what she used on me.
Sending her off without a weapon... i'm not for.
I have not lost my humanity that much.
For someone who attacked us and disgraced us
and stole from us...
even though liz might not have deserved a second chance,
i felt, with her being hungry and a woman out on the streets,
that i was still supposed to help.
Liz, i need that knife. It has sentimental value.
I have another knife here.
If a knife is all that you want, this is the knife.
Okay. Will you throw it down? No.
Leilani, it's my survival. Please.
This is another knife. I will swap you the knife.
You have 10 seconds.
10, 9, 8, 7...
leilani, will you drop the knife, please?
...6, 5...
leilani...
...4, 3...
will you drop it?
...2... let go.
Let go. Let go, liz.
Thank you.
Here's water.
Here. Get the knife.
All it was was just self-defense.
Just self-defense? She stole!
This knife was given to me by my son anson as a present,
and wherever i went, i always took this knife with me.
And then, to top it all off,
we actually reward her for stealing the knife.
Thank you.
I'm through with this bleeding-heart crap.
She's the last person we should have helped.
Why don't we step away from this and discuss it later?
Okay?
'Cause here's the other thing that she's taking from us...
time on work.
You know what she's taking away from us?
Our unity.
Go back to work
and not let her steal some of our work time.
- I don't like this. - That was his thing.
Where do you draw the line? Who doesn't get assistance?
He voted no for what?
Hey! Can we please get back to work?
We can discuss this later tonight.
We got a lot of stuff to do to get out of here.
Thank you.
Morgan, can i go outside and put this in the oven?
Amy was preparing bread dough
when the crew was interrupted by liz's visit.
With coals burning, she doesn't want to waste it.
No. It's not even risking it for bread.
We can't just cower in fear just because someone comes by.
I can't see anything down here, but...
you're okay!
Okay, thanks.
What's going on at that door?
Amy? Yeah?
Can you check with us before we open that door?
What are we going out for?
Just before i lose all of those coals
and all the heat that we did.
Fair enough.
Let's make sure, before we do that,
we have maybe one other person with a weapon.
Don't laugh at me, amy.
I'm not!
If you guys need to argue, could you please do it later?
Looks clear.
But just in case, why don't you come back inside?
All i'm doing is sticking it in and running inside.
If i was starving, i'd wait and then hop that wall
and take whatever's in this garden, including that bread.
She can't really grab the bread out of the burning-hot oven.
Sure she can, if you're hungry enough.
Hope the bread's there when we get out.
Everybody, at the back door!
Hey, you guys, liz is in the yard!
Somebody watch the back.
No one goes out.
Elizabeth is stealing the bread! Ha!
Good! Good!
Good! Let her have the bread!
What's going on?
What's happening is holly hobbie's bake center
just got raped.
I told you to wait.
I just saw her through that hole,
and i came out here, and she took off.
It's gone. Yeah? Cool.
All right, well, that's too bad.
Yeah, it really is ain't it?
Everybody back inside.
I'm done. I'm almost really done.
Okay. But you still don't need to curse at me.
You know what? Everybody, back inside.
I will curse whenever the i want anymore now,
'cause this is getting
you're with my safety and my life now.
Now you're really with my safety!
In the side!
God!
Get the inside. Get the inside.
Don't touch me again!
You do not hit any of us, joey!
Get inside! I am inside!
I said, "wait an hour! Wait a half an hour!"
Morons.
I didn't lose anything. I lost bread.
I didn't lose any person.
He spent six years in prison.
It has changed who he is. That would be obvious.
This ain't a joke, people! It's survival!
Often, rules that make a person who's been incarcerated
feel safe and comfortable
are gonna be very different
from rules that make others feel safe and comfortable.
Guys, i think we all need to have a quick conversation.
When i was locked up, if there was a stabbing,
if there was a fight, if there was a riot,
if there was anything out of the ordinary
that affected security, we all went on lockdown.
We all went into our cells,
and we normally did not get out until the next morning.
But the fact of what just happened,
and we just went right back to, "let's open up the gates,
let's go ahead and just go right back like nothing happened,"
i think is a security issue.
Since we're talking about security,
i find it very important right now
to bring up the fact that i do not feel safe
with the 10 people i call family.
And you do no hit another person here.
You do not push. You do not do whatever you call.
You do not get physically violent with anybody.
Take the word "hit" out, but i agree with you,
if you are talking about me.
I am talking straight to you, joey.
Then take the word "hit" out.
I saw pushing. I saw hitting.
I saw it. You saw me hit somebody?
Yes.
You're a liar.
I'm gonna say it right now. Did you see me hit somebody?
There was more than one person there.
Did anybody else see me hit somebody,
including the person that i pushed in?
You grabbed me physically
when i'm halfway in the door, which was totally unnecessary.
Would you call that hitting you? You did not hit me.
Then take that word out of that sentence right now.
Be nice. No, no, no.
I'm done with being nice.
That's
i'm ashamed of you for saying the word "hit."
I'm ashamed of you for hitting somebody!
I've never hit a woman in my entire life. Until five minutes ago.
When somebody is pushing somebody out of danger...
that was out of violence! That was not out of concern!
I pulled her in to close the gate,
'cause i didn't know who the
was coming around that wall at any second.
That's where i'm coming from.
Your 23-year-old no world is
you know what, joey?
Realize there are no next times
in this world!
There are no next times in this world!
It's time you all realize this is hell!
This is the end of the world!
Fight the back!
Joey's eyes were bulging.
He was screaming. He was spitting.
He was so angry. And you know what?
When he does stuff like that, joey's not joey,
and we don't know who that person is or what he is capable of.
He did the wrong thing for the right reason in his mind.
He still ended up grabbing her.
He wouldn't grab you like that.
He wouldn't grab mike like that.
He could have said, "amy, come inside."
He did not need to touch me and pull me in like that.
No, i don't know how to deal with him.
We're only gonna have more stress.
If you thought this was something,
wait till we get on the truck and go.
So if we can't resolve this now,
how are we gonna resolve it when we're in that cage?
Neither side was listening to either side, okay?
It was my observation, okay?
It sounds like he physically manhandled you
in a way that was inappropriate, all right?
But you don't need to yell at him, either.
I mean, if we lost joey, that would be really bad.
I'm not the same person i was when i was in the pen.
I'm not. I have become something totally different.
And when i need to pull him out of my pocket,
i can pull him out of my pocket.
But you know what?
Letting go of who i was in there...
...it took a long time.
Colony life is starting to get to joey.
It's stressing him out.
He's flying off the handle, even more than me.
I think he's getting stir crazy, and i don't blame him.
He wants to get the hell out of there.
He doesn't like the situation here, and neither do i.
In the shop, work continues on the gasifier,
which the colonists hope will power their escape vehicle.
Diane and john add eye hooks for the cables
that will hold the screen in place.
You're wiggling it around a lot.
Wait. Stop. All right, keep going.
Vlad attaches the cables,
and the upper container is complete.
We have the steel cables that we're using for the straps.
Also, this thing freely hangs so that the ash...
just by the natural motion of the machine.
When the truck is gonna be running,
the truck is gonna be shaking this thing here,
and the ashes are going to be falling on the bottom.
Don't forget. This is the bottom.
Here we are. This is nice and easy.
Wonderful.
Wow. Wow.
This is the hopper now,
where the charcoal is going to come into.
And we're going to have an opening of 2 inches
right here on the side,
where the gas is actually going to be coming out of.
With an acetylene torch,
vlad cuts a hole in a steel flange,
which will be used as the outlet for the gasifier.
Like this.
Next, he bolts and welds the flange
into the gasifier's lower chamber.
Hello?!
Oh, look who's here.
Five weeks ago, this group of traders
bartered for food, gas, and a generator,
testing the colonists' resource-management
and negotiating skills.
Give them all the damn oranges
and get what we really need.
Now, with resources almost gone,
they've returned to test them again.
We'll see you at the end, okay?
Okay.
No, we don't have anything to trade.
Maybe they want some salt. We have string.
You and me? Yep. Let's go.
Here comes the truck.
How are you doing?
Everybody living? You look great.
What you want?
This is what we have. We have baking soda.
Correct, leilani?
We have salt. We have baking soda.
We have a refrigerator. We have a microwave.
That's about it.
You have nothing. They just sound angry.
We take food.
We don't want to give any food away.
Well, i want! I know.
And i want a red pony, but i'm not gonna have one.
We've been through this. We've been through this.
Control him!
Advise. What do you want me to do?
Joey's failure of communication was obvious.
He had a chip on his shoulder,
and he wasn't, you know, thinking.
Last time i make friend with you, but no.
And, damn it, i had to step in, man.
The guy was gonna leave.
You want tires?
No. He wants to get on the road.
Joey, go away.
Go away, joey. You're pissing him off. You got it.
I have sugar. I have water.
Show me what you want.
The solar. It working. Working panel.
Working panels will cost you everything on your truck.
We want a lot of food for the solar panels.
You can't get solar panels anymore.
That's it. They're the last of them.
What's in here? Okay, so you get the two panels.
We get the beans, another five gallons of water.
Bring panel!
Bring solar panel now! We get water.
One big water finished.
Got to be propane. We really need the propane. Give him propane!
Yep. You're free.
The only thing, you know, we gave them of value
was the solar panels,
and we're gonna miss those, maybe,
but if we give up a few panels to get us where we're going,
then so be it.
How much gas you want for two tire?
10 gallons.
10 gallons? That's too much.
Five gallons.
Five gallon of gas... take it.
Take it, take it, take it.
We got 20 gallons of water.
What you want? Peanuts.
We have peanut butter.
I give peanut butter, 'cause i like somebody.
I will give you... mwah! ...for that.
I love it. I love it.
My wife. My wife.
I thought i would use my blond powers
and go out there and see what i could get.
And we got a lot of food. We got a lot of water.
My hair did well this time.
Goodbye. And good luck to you.
Okay.
I'll open the gate.
Coming up, the colonists grind on.
Bam, baby! Here we go!
But a crash threatens everything.
I am apologizing to amy.
I would never want to see anybody lay a hand
on my sister, my mom.
I should've never laid my hands on her.
Whether it was a push or labeled as a hit
or whatever it was labeled as, it shouldn't have happened.
While i have you all here,
i would like to sincerely apologize for the other day.
In the heat of the moment, i laid a hand on you,
and i shouldn't have, in anger.
And i know that it made you nervous around me,
and i hope you realize i would never...
ever hurt any of you.
I would only protect you.
But i do apologize for what it caused,
and i hope you accept my apology,
because it's sincere.
Apology accepted.
Thank you. That's all.
I wanted to hear that. Thank you. Okay.
Of course i accept it, because...
it seemed like it took a lot for him to do that,
and his eyes told me he was being sincere.
He's a good person. There's no doubt about that.
He has honorable intentions. I don't doubt that.
It's just his temper freaked me out.
You know, i am shocked and surprised
and so, like, delighted that joey came up and apologized.
I didn't think he was going to.
Let's get some projects done, people. Let's go.
Unity restored, the colonists get back to work.
We're gonna place the gasifier on the truck
to make sure it all fits, real quick.
What else needs to be carried over?
Go ahead and set it down so i can get up there and pull.
Somebody grab. Thank you.
Yep.
You want a dolly up there?
Nope. Dollies are for let's roll.
No, don't... joey.
Okay. Now tilt her.
Okay.
You can go ahead and come out this way.
Beauty.
Beautiful. Nice job.
The gasifier is coming along just fine.
Everything has been completed
except for the intermediate cooler
between the gasifier and the engine.
The gasifier will hold
approximately 200 pounds of charcoal.
So, when we make our getaway,
that will give us a distance of about 150 miles.
Nice job.
Andre was here, so we just got to get the hell out of here.
So, right now, i'm just trying to do anything i can do to help,
even if it comes down to using power tools.
Keep your hands away from that.
Where's the on button?
Right there. It shoves forward. Just shove it forward.
No, back and forth, not in a circle. There you go.
There you go. Make some sparks.
Mike and allison add support beams
to strengthen the ranchero's frame.
And we're done.
So good.
It was very cool to see
that beat-up old thing running around.
What really struck me
is that michael looked genuinely happy...
not just happy but delighted and relaxed.
Bam! Yeah!
For michael to be smiling, grinning, dancing around
because the wagon was running
actually lifte. M spirits"quite.
Hey, you freaking bees! Wake up!
Yeah, man!
Mike disturbs a beehive inside the abandoned boat.
Oh
where's the keys?! Where's the keys?!
Aah!
No! Don't close the door!
Aah!
The colonists work into the night.
Mike and john v. Turn their attention to the trike.
All right. That's it. Let's give it a spin.
Oh
allison, get out here now!
Now, now, now, now, now! His head, his head, his head!
Coming up, "the colony" season finale.
10 weeks of scavenging, building, and fighting.
The colonists get ready for escape.
Let's go! Come on out!
But will andre and his gang stop them?
It all comes down to this.