.
[dramatic music]
- That plane came through the same light we did.
Whoever was flying might be able to get us out of here.
Levi?
Gavin knows about us.
Scott deserves the credit.
I would've never thought to use the heroin.
I was wrong. It's Lucas's.
- If you don't give it to me when we get back,
I will kill you.
Maybe she can help.
Says her name's Rebecca Aldridge.
- If there's another way to get to Eve and Josh,
you need to tell us.
This is the plane Levi flew.
[screams]
- I'm pretty certain he was electrocuted.
How is that possible?
- There's only one person who knows the answer to that.
- What are you doing? - There was an old man.
He had something on his back, a handprint.
Maybe someone's out there.
Somebody who could help get us home.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Who built this place?
Before the Europeans invaded,
this area was inhabited by native Californians.
The Tongva, to be exact.
- Well, it doesn't look like they're home.
There's no one even guarding the entrance.
- The Tongva were a peaceful people.
Probably don't have too many enemies to worry about.
Then why build a wall?
- Right now all that matters is that my plane's
picking up a signal, and this is where it came from.
We need to find whoever sent it.
Maybe they can help us repair the plane.
Hey, we're going to split up into pairs.
Meet back here in 15.
- Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.
I don't know about that. We're intruding on their land.
- I don't think we have another option
if we want to get out of here.
You're with me.
Bro time. Cool.
- Come on, let's go. - Josh.
- You're coming with me. - Mom--
- You were attacked by a wolf five days ago.
I feel fine.
Besides, I got the doctor with me.
See you in 15 minutes.
- Sooner we get going, sooner we get out of here.
♪ ♪
- We searched the woods for the man Lilly saw,
but there's no sign of him.
Did he say anything to you?
- Lilly told us everything she knows.
- Well, we have to do something.
Yeah.
Otherwise, we're all gonna end up just like that dead guy.
- You realize he had a name, right?
It was Eddie.
- Yeah, whatever. - Whatever?
- Hey, we got plenty to worry about
without turning on each other, okay?
- I'm going to get back to work on the Jeep.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
- You think there's something more Lilly
hasn't told us about that man?
Yeah, I do.
Got the same feeling myself.
- If you want kids to open up, you need to earn their trust.
In my sessions, I'd use board games,
Legos, that kind of thing to get them to relax.
Would softball work?
- You bring a bat and ball down here, doc?
- No, but I've looked at most of the vehicles
in the clearing, and the other day,
I found one with a whole team's worth of soft ball equipment.
- You know, it might not be a bad idea.
♪ ♪
- Doesn't seem like there'd be a signal
coming from in here.
Doesn't look that way.
Josh.
Josh, there's food in here. Oh, my God.
- Wait, you don't know if that's safe to eat.
- I'm starving. I'll take my chances.
- I don't know who's in more danger,
You or Scott.
I'm fine.
Lucas isn't actually gonna kill Scott.
He comes off a little aggressive,
but I think he's actually harmless.
- A drug dealer with a gun? Yeah, sounds harmless to me.
- All I know is he saved my dad's life, okay?
I don't trust him.
And I don't think you should, either.
- Hold on, are you jealous? - What? No.
Okay. If you say so.
Get over yourself.
- Look, Josh. You're a really nice guy.
I like you, just not like that.
You know, you're in high school.
We're a life-stage apart.
Whatever.
- There's no one here. Maybe your radar got it wrong.
- No, we just need to keep looking.
Fine.
Eve. Eve.
I am sorry Gavin knows about us.
Will you just talk to me, please?
- I don't know what to say to you, Levi.
I hate that he found out that way.
It should have been me.
I should have been the one to tell him.
What is it?
[foreboding music]
- That handprint. I've seen it before.
♪ ♪
What is this place?
[gasps] Levi.
What happened to him?
I don't know.
- What's with the photo? Levi, what's going on?
- There's more to my mission, Eve.
More than just saving the people
who fell in the La Brea sinkhole.
I don't understand.
- I was also sent here to find this man and seven others.
- Why didn't you tell me this? - Because it's classified.
Classified?
We're way past classified, Levi.
Who is this guy?
Three years ago,
another sinkhole in the Mojave Desert opened up.
An exploratory crew was sent down,
but they never made it back.
He was one of the scientists on the team.
It's a long range walkie-talkie.
Solar-powered, thankfully.
This is what my radar was picking up.
It belonged to him.
- So you knew exactly what the signal was the whole time.
- These people fell through the Mojave sinkhole.
I had no reason to believe they'd be in LA.
[crackling]
- This fire wasn't put out very long ago.
We're not alone.
We need to find everyone else and get the hell out of here.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
.
You want me to fly?
- You came here looking for a way to save your family.
This is it.
[suspenseful music]
- When do we leave? - Tonight.
Hold on, tonight?
- I realize the timing is not ideal,
but the plane's ready to go. There's no need to wait.
- But Dad, you never said anything
about flying down there yourself.
- Iz, I wish there was another way.
This might be our only chance to get Mom and Josh back.
- And what if none of you come back?
- The plane is safe. Your father will make it.
What about Markman?
He's not just gonna let us fly down there.
- I'll handle Markman. I'm headed back to LA now.
Why?
- The radar at the Air Force base
needs to be offline for you to fly into the sinkhole.
Now, I still have access to the servers,
but I need to be onsite to shut it off.
Why are you doing this?
If you get caught, you'll go to prison.
- You're not the only one with people
that you care about down there.
- You lost someone in the sinkhole too?
Not this sinkhole.
This is Diana. She's an engineer.
Part of the team that went into the Mojave sinkhole.
She is my fiancée.
She's been gone three years.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
I should go. Good luck.
- Well, if we're gonna leave tonight,
we've got a lot of work to do.
What do you say?
What's your plan?
[foreboding music]
♪ ♪
Josh, Riley.
- Nothing. - This place is huge.
Levi, look at that.
It's a lookout post.
- Yeah, we could see the whole fort from up there.
Come on
Look at this.
Come on. Let's see where it goes.
Whoa, whoa, hold on, wait.
A dark scary stairwell underneath an ancient fort?
- I'll pass. - Fine by me.
- What--
Let me try to open it.
Maybe we shouldn't.
♪ ♪
- Great. It leads outside the fort.
Can we go back now?
No. No.
Well done, Josh. Truly.
Sick.
Hey, we oughta take a couple of these back to the clearing.
- Or we could just take one back home
and sell it to a museum for, like, a fortune.
- I got 250k worth of heroin back at camp.
So I'm going to be just fine when I get home.
- [chuckles] Of course.
Good point.
Where did you hide it anyway?
Oh, you know, in the woods.
Where in the woods?
Well.
First you leave the clearing, and you had 100,
120 meters or so till you hit a stream,
then you walk 50 steps to your west
and turn to your east and, uh--
ooh, shiny.
- You have no idea where you put it.
Well, did I say that?
Because if I did, that was not my intention at all.
You son of a bitch.
- I can tell that you're angry.
Oh, can you?
[tense music]
Jesus, calm down.
♪ ♪
Scott, pick up the gun.
Pick up the gun and shoot him.
Pick up the gun. Pick up the gun.
Whoa, whoa, watch out.
Don't move.
You speak English?
That's entirely unexpected.
.
Hey, Lilly.
Softball game's about to start.
Wanna play?
She's fine. Thanks.
- I think we both know Lilly can speak for herself.
I'd like to, if that's okay.
Great. Go warm up.
- Look, I know I owe you an explanation.
I'm listening.
- My father was a good man, a God-fearing man,
but strict.
He didn't trust the outside world.
And then we got down here.
He said we needed to stay away from all of you,
to rely only on ourselves.
- He told Lilly not to talk to us.
- I was just doing what he wanted.
I understand, I do.
But we are all in this together now.
You have to be honest with us from here on out.
I will.
- Did Lilly say anything else about the man she saw?
- No. - You sure?
It felt like there was something more,
something she was afraid to tell us?
No, sorry.
If she says anything else, I'll let you know.
Okay, thank you.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
I don't see anyone.
Just give it another minute.
Mom!
Josh?
What are you doing out there?
- Long story. - Okay. Well, stay there.
We're gonna go find Scott and Lucas,
and we'll come to you.
Eve, look.
[foreboding music]
♪ ♪
Who are they?
Riley, Josh, run.
Go, go.
[warriors shouting]
[horn blares]
Come on.
Go! Go!
[horn blaring]
- Eve, we can't go this way. - I have to get to Josh.
We can't. We have to go now.
Come on.
Come on. Come on.
[grunting, panting]
[gasps]
[coughing]
[groans]
Good, you're awake.
[unnerving music]
Where are we?
Some weird temple, I think.
Oh, and not to alarm you,
but there's a dead guy over there.
- Oh, Jesus. - Yeah.
Who are these people?
That is a good question
because I have no freaking idea anymore.
- Oh, I thought you were the expert.
Yeah, so did I,
until we were attacked by two white guys
who speak English who definitely weren't Tongva.
Whoever they are, they're incredibly adept
at tying knots.
- Oh, yeah, well, we wouldn't be tied up
if you would just grabbed my gun like I told you.
- I froze. What was I supposed to do?
- I don't know. Not be a little bitch.
- What the hell does it even mean?
Hey, shut up, shut up.
[indistinct voices, footsteps]
- [sighs] - Oh, man.
- Okay, we need to get out of here before we end up like him.
[suspenseful music]
- There's gotta be another way out of here.
- They're coming. We need to hide. In here.
♪ ♪
[indistinct voices]
Hello.
- I don't think they understand.
- They understand a smile, don't they?
It's best if they think we're friendly.
It's not working.
Okay. Change of plans.
We gotta get out of here before they give us up.
[indistinct shouting]
It's too late for that.
In there. Go, go, go, go, go.
It's a dead end.
♪ ♪
[horn blaring]
Do you think they're gone?
Yeah.
I think they're going back to the fort.
- Good. Then we're safe here. - No.
My mom's in there. We have to go back.
- I was afraid you would say that.
.
- Four days ago, the world witnessed
an unprecedented natural disaster.
The events at La Brea have left Los Angeles
in a state of mourning
along with unspeakable destruction.
- All those people, they don't even know the truth.
It's not right.
- That's why what we're doing is so important.
- Come over here and take a look at this.
I've mapped a low altitude flight plan.
The plane should be able to avoid detection until La Brea,
which, of course, will be heavily monitored.
But if Sophia does her job, we'll be just fine.
And if she doesn't?
The truth?
The plane will likely be shot down.
That's not gonna happen.
Look, Izzy.
I understand that you're anxious.
I would be too if I were in your position,
but there's no other way.
That's easy for you to say.
You're not the one in the plane.
That's not entirely accurate.
[apprehensive music]
I am going down there too.
My friends are stuck down there.
It happened on my watch. I have to bring them home.
- Iz, if you tell me not to go, I won't.
- But if I say no, we'll never see them again, will we?
I'm sorry. I need to be alone.
♪ ♪
- Iz, I know you're upset, but we need to talk.
I don't trust her.
We have known her all of two hours,
and now she wants you to fly into the sinkhole with her?
I understand,
but I don't know what else to do.
- Let's say everything Aldridge is saying is true,
that a plane can make it down there.
What happens if you get a vision while you're flying?
Iz...
It'll be okay.
Dad, I'm scared.
I know.
[indistinct voices]
[suspenseful music]
Here.
You take this and use it if you need to.
- Levi-- - Hey, you got this. Okay?
Okay. Okay.
Shh.
♪ ♪
We just need to distract them
so we can sneak back in and get everyone out.
- Okay, I guess we'll just show them
the new Billie Eilish video on my phone?
- This isn't a joke, Riley. My mom and Levi are in there.
So are Scott and Lucas.
- They could've gotten out by now.
I'm not gonna go get myself killed by going back in there.
- So that's it? You're just gonna leave?
What do you want from me?
- You're such a hypocrite, you know that?
Excuse me?
You were so pissed at my mom
for not going back for your dad.
Now the roles are reversed. You want to run?
- This isn't the same thing. - You're right.
It's worse. My mom was trying to help me.
The only person you care about is yourself.
Look, I never took you
as someone who was scared of anything.
You operated on your dad, and you saved his life.
That's who I need right now.
♪ ♪
Okay. I'm in. What do we do?
Give me your phone.
Why?
I got an idea.
- The intruders, have you seen them?
We haven't seen anyone.
It's okay. They're gone.
Thank you. You speak English?
- Yes, we all do. You're the sky people.
What?
- My grandfather told me about you.
You fell from that light in the sky.
Have you come to take our village from us?
No. No, not at all.
- You have to tell your grandfather we mean no harm.
- He's not here, but I don't think he would believe you.
- Hey, my son is on the other side of that wall,
and I need to get to him.
Is there another way out?
- Yes. - Can you show us?
Come with me.
.
- That was a great catch out there.
Thanks.
- No, seriously. You're a proper player.
My dad taught me.
He used to coach my softball team.
We used to practice in our backyard every day.
Really?
The way Veronica described your father,
I didn't picture him as a softball coach.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
Lilly, are you okay?
Hey.
If there's something you want to say,
you can tell me.
Look, I'm your friend here. You can trust me.
- I'm sorry. I don't want to play anymore.
- I don't know what's going on. Something's not right.
- You know, I've thought of every possible way
things were going to end for me.
Cancer, heart attack, brain aneurysm, plane crash...
- Oh, my God. - Accidental stabbing.
But I gotta say, being killed in a mysterious fort
in 10,000 B.C. just never crossed my mind.
- Hey, hey. Can you stop talking?
- Actually, you know what, in situations
like this, I can't, okay? It's a problem.
- Hey, listen, listen. - What?
- I need you to slide over here,
Reach into my pocket.
Why?
- There's a lighter in there, okay?
We can burn through the ropes and free ourselves.
- Wha--oh.
Like in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
Nice.
What?
Never mind.
[tense music]
Ah. Okay, I got it.
- You got it? - I got it.
- [grunts] - Okay.
[lighter clicking]
[groans]
Holy crap, it worked.
Oh, good, okay. Do me. Do me.
Yes. Shh. Okay.
Actually.
What are you doing? Untie me.
- Just promise me if we get out of here,
you're not gonna kill me.
Are you kidding me?
You're bargaining with me now?
Well. Yeah.
- Uh-uh. Nah. No deal. - What?
What do you mean, no deal?!
- You walk out of here without me,
you're not going to make it two feet.
- Damn it. - Come on.
- Oh, man. - Okay.
Yeah, okay.
- Ow! That hurt. That really hurt.
Good. Now let's go.
It's just up here.
♪ ♪
Who is that?
It's my grandfather.
We need to hurry. Come on.
[pop music playing indistinctly]
♪ ♪
Go, go.
Hey, Josh, Riley.
Where have you been?
- Oh, you know, just having a near-death experience.
- Hey, hey, hey. Everybody, shut up.
We need to get out of here.
- My mom and Levi are still here.
We can't leave without them.
- Yeah, that sounds like you problem, man.
- You go by yourself, you'll get killed.
Huh?
We have a better chance of staying alive
if we stick together.
Let's move.
Ah, come on.
Sophia.
Thought you were taking the day?
- I just came to get some things from the office.
- Well, there may be a few things missing.
Gavin Harris stole his file.
- Why would he do that? - I don't know.
Whatever he's planning, it's not gonna work.
I've doubled security around the sinkhole.
Smart move.
- Of course, it won't be necessary
if you tell me where he is.
I know how badly you want to get down there to find Diana,
but there are other people to consider.
- Yeah, there are. Like Gavin's family.
Like the dozens of people who fell in that sinkhole.
- Don't you think I would help them if I could?
That earthquake was a 5.0.
Our people predicted any other disturbance in the sinkhole
could cause a catastrophic event.
You don't know that.
I'm not willing to risk it.
Sophia, please, if you know something, you have to tell me.
[apprehensive music]
- Gavin, I can't get ahold of Sophia.
- So we don't know if she got the radar down?
- No, but it doesn't change anything.
We still have to fly.
But you said it yourself.
They'll shoot you down.
Please, you can't do this.
She's right.
We can't go anywhere until we know it's safe.
- I hate to be blunt, but if we don't leave tonight,
you'll never see your family again.
- Okay, what aren't you telling us?
Because if you want me to fly, you have to tell us the truth.
- There's something I need to show you.
It'll explain everything. But it's not here. It's in LA.
- You want us to drive back to LA to show us something?
- Oh, who said anything about driving?
♪ ♪
[tense music]
Over there.
- Those rocks, they pull away from the wall.
Mom!
Josh. Thank God you're okay.
- Go. - Okay.
Let's go. Come on.
Come on.
- Eve go. - There they are.
♪ ♪
.
[tense music]
Stop.
Let them go, Silas.
- Go. - Thank you.
Go.
♪ ♪
- Okay, not to state the obvious,
but Europeans didn't show up and start colonizing this place
until the 16th century.
Those people shouldn't be here.
We're here.
- Yeah, but they didn't just arrive.
It's like they'd been living there for years.
Whoever they are,
definitely don't like outsiders.
- Would you like it if people broke into your house?
Hey.
What's up?
- Soon as we get back, we go looking for my stuff, okay?
- I'm really sorry, man. I don't remember where it is.
Then you got a big problem.
- Do you not recall what happened back there?
I saved your life.
That doesn't make us even.
- You know what? You really want to kill me?
Go for it. I'm serious.
Just get it over and done with
'cause I'm sick of being your little bitch.
[laughs]
Wow. Look at you, man.
You finally grew a pair.
[tense music]
But you should have left me tied up.
♪ ♪
Yeah, this was fun.
I didn't think about dying for at least 20 minutes.
- Riley! - Dad.
- we were getting so worried about your guys.
- You're the pilot? - Captain Levi Delgado.
It's a pleasure to meet you all.
You're here to bring us home?
That was the plan.
But unfortunately my plane's damaged.
I lost an engine.
I wish I had better news.
- So that's it. We're stuck here.
I didn't say that.
I came here to bring you home,
and that's what I'm going to do.
However long it takes.
Hey, mind if I join?
Take a seat.
You okay?
Yeah, I, uh,
I just heard about that guy who died, Eddie.
They think that old man at the fort might have killed him.
Yeah, I know.
- Listen, I wanted to say thank you
for keeping me alive out there and all.
[soft heartfelt music]
- Not bad for a guy a life stage apart from you, huh?
[chuckles]
Yeah. Not bad.
♪ ♪
Good night, Josh.
Hey, Lilly.
Why are you all by yourself?
- Veronica went to get some food.
May I?
I'm sorry I upset you before.
But if I'm being honest,
I think you know more than you're telling us
about what happened to Eddie and the man you saw.
- I told you everything I know about him.
- Okay. It's okay, I believe you.
But Lilly...
Is there something else you want to say?
Okay.
Well, I'm here to help if you ever need me.
Ty.
Yeah?
There is something else.
What is it?
Veronica?
She's not my sister.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Lilly, what are you saying?
A year ago,
I was with my family at our church for a picnic.
I went for a walk by myself, and a car pulled up.
It was Aaron and Veronica.
They took me.
Oh, Lilly. It's okay.
Veronica.
We need to talk.
Veronica. Veronica, wait!
♪ ♪
This is Captain Levi Delgado.
If you can hear me, please respond.
[static crackles]
[feedback whirring]
This is Captain Levi Delgado.
If you can hear me, we need your help.
Please respond.
- You really think whoever's on the other end of that
can help us fix your plane?
They flew here.
Maybe they have parts we can use.
Who knows, maybe their plane can still fly.
I think we can make it.
Hey, Levi, we need to talk.
- Let me know the minute you hear something.
Will do.
Listen, I should have told you the truth about my mission.
- I'm sorry. - It's not about that.
- You want to talk about Gavin? - Yeah.
I just-- I keep thinking about...
How he must have felt when he found out.
How hurt he must've been.
Eve.
[soft heartfelt music]
He wasn't there for you.
You don't need to beat yourself up over this.
I can't help it.
What did he say when you told him?
- Eve, I don't-- - I just--I need to know.
He asked me if I loved you.
What did you say?
- I didn't have to say anything.
He knew the answer.
♪ ♪
I'm going to get some rest.
Okay.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[keypad beeping]
[buzzer blares]
Follow me.
- You brought us here to see a construction site.
♪ ♪
What is this place?
This is where the survivors
of the La Brea sinkhole settled in 10,000 BC.
How did you find it?
- All you need to know is why you're here.
We found something from Eve.
The interesting thing about glass
is that it takes almost a million years to decompose.
In this particular bottle, we found something.
A letter.
- From my mom? - Yeah.
- When my team found it, the letter was in fragments,
but they were able to reconstruct it.
♪ ♪
"Dear Gavin and Izzy,
"I know this is probably crazy and hopeless.
"But somehow you found my ring.
Maybe if there's a miracle, you'll find this letter."
- I've been down here five nights
holding onto the hope that Josh and I
would find our way back to you both.
But now something's happened.
♪ ♪
Tonight,
the light that connects our worlds started to close.
Five nights.
That's tonight.
- Gavin, I wish we had more time
to try and fix everything that got broken between us.
Just know that in my heart,
I am so sorry for doubting you.
I should have believed you all along.
- "Izzy, my strong and beautiful daughter,
"you have your whole life to look forward to.
Lean on your father and take care of each other."
[sentimental music]
- Gavin, I don't know if or when I'll ever
see either one of you again, but I know
if there's some way, any way, to help us,
that you'll find it.
Wherever you are, wherever I am,
no matter what...
[sighs]
You're always with me.
"All my love, Eve."
The light's closing.
Why the hell didn't you tell me?
- Because once we get down there,
I can't guarantee you'll make it back.
- And you knew he'd never leave me if you told us that.
Yeah.
- So why tell me now? - I had no choice.
By this time tomorrow, the light will be gone.
If you want to save them,
you're gonna have to take the risk.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
I can't do that.
But if you don't,
we'll never get Mom and Josh back.
- Iz-- - I'll be fine, okay?
I have Aunt Jessica.
Please go save them.
You have to.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪