Keep an eye on that guy.
That's Moses.
Yeah, that Moses.
Okay, I lied about him being Moses,
but I got your attention, right?
Honestly, they both have similar journeys.
You already know the story of Moses so here's the other.
Hey.
Come here, come on.
Good boy, what are you doing here?
Are you freaking kidding me? Don't touch me!
What's up man, what are you doing?
Don't touch me, stop, Moises.
Chris, stop it Chris.
Hey.
Moises!
I don't know if Moses ever got
sucker punched like this,
but my friend here and Moses have a lot
of other things in common.
For starters, they both have a propensity for anger.
You do remember Moses killed a guy?
That looked like it hurt.
Side note, I'm Aaron.
I'm gonna be the guy telling you his story.
Come on, get up man.
Hey, hey, hey.
Chill out man, chill out.
Hey, I'm in a wheelchair here.
Yeah Rainman, I see everything you can do with that thing.
Next
time.
T-t-t-time.
It started when he lost his parents
so he doesn't really talk much
and when he does, it t-takes t-too long for him
to tell it, and I can laugh because I'm in a wheelchair.
Don't worry about him, he has no friends.
Come on, huh?
Oh what, come on!
We ain't shooting a movie no mo?
Whoa. - Yeah, whoa.
That's CJ, she's actually pretty smart,
but don't tell her I said that.
Whoa.
That tall handsome fella, that's me, Aaron.
Settle down, ladies.
That's how I f-found out.
Come here, come here.
He was barking at it.
He's a her.
Huh?
Oh.
We should call her Sippi.
Like the Mississippi river?
Like a girl, Miss and Sippi?
Misses Sippi?
Why not Ohio?
Because when I say A you have to say...
B.
What we really need to do is to call your sister.
About the dog?
No, about the river.
This is Moises' super good looking older sister.
She is the assistant mayor and for those of you keeping count,
both Moses and Moises have older sisters named
you guessed it, Miriam.
Hey.
I can't talk right now.
Yes, in an hour, I'll take you to lunch.
Okay, bye.
Terrell, I am so tired of this.
I told her not to come in, mayor.
Can you please go find nothing to do?
This theme park, it's not an option.
Nobody wants it.
And besides, all research goes against it.
Miriam.
I know this was a dream of your father. - A theme park?
This is not your father's Cairo.
Let's face it, when you're rebuilding a team,
you've gotta make some tough decisions. Who cares what people want?
I'm here to tell them what they need. - Mm-hm.
Oh the horror of having to work.
Miriam, remember in the 2002 World Series,
Troy Glaus hits a two run double in the eighth sending it to game seven.
Focus, Miriam.
I'm Troy Glaus.
I just hit a two run double sending you to game seven.
I'm setting you up as the next mayor to hold up the trophy.
But now the ball's coming straight at you to see if you're gonna strike out
or hit that ball out of the ball park.
Just like your father.
Terrell.
This is the upteenth call today.
People are complaining about the water.
Mrs. Braxton called and said that she came home
and turned on the faucet, and the water is red.
The Mississippi is red.
Should I get the governor on the line?
I've already got a call out to his office.
I'll update you tonight at your place.
Okay.
This is so Old Testament.
Or Flint, Michigan.
I read something recently somewhere,
maybe it was China, that algean sediment
broken down into the water causes the colour to change.
Or it could be that the bacteria gets into the water
when in the oxygen is less than normal.
Then again it could just be plain, old fashioned pollution.
You're like a walking Wikipedia.
Aaron!
You good? - Yeah.
Look, look, look, look, look.
Wait, give me the crutch. - No.
Give me the crutch. - No.
Aaron.
So it seems as if some industrial paper factory was doing some illegal dumping
somewhere in Birdsview.
All set.
Look at you three.
All grown up.
I remember when you were in kindergarten.
I'm a grown man now.
Dessert?
Oh thank you. - Oh yeah.
Did I tell you about the 30 million dollar grant
I wrote to redevelop Cairo?
And voila!
Dessert is served, there's more.
All of Miriam's food looks like
some sort of science experiment.
Just sayin'.
So when you guys come back
after you graduate and you get your degrees
you're gonna be a professional film crew.
Wouldn't it be great, huh? If you came back and documented the whole thing?
We really have to get going.
Okay.
You like it huh, Aaron?
I'll miss you.
Miriam for the billionth time, this is my last semester in school.
I don't plan on coming back to C-Cairo.
Okay.
I'll come back to Cairo when?
When all breaks loose. - That's too soon.
You guys are gonna be commissioned artists.
I'll come back to Cairo when?
When the four angles standing at the four corners
of the Earth, before me with a great multitude
that no one could count, from every nation.
That's too soon.
I'll come back to Cairo when?
Evening, Miriam.
You know Jim?
Yes, hi Jim.
And Jim, Jim is stuck in the 70's.
Even though he was born in the 80's.
So did we catch you at a bad time?
No, no, the kids are just going off to school.
Come in.
Sure, thanks. - I'll be with you in a minute.
Okay so,
college food is horrible.
You.
There you go.
And I will ship this to you. - Okay.
You look so much like dad.
I don't really remember him.
Well he was really handsome.
Then I do look like him.
All right, we gotta go.
Okay, a prayer before you go, okay?
Just a quick little prayer.
Heavenly father,
A quick prayer?
This is a good time to go grab some popcorn.
Amen.
Okay, you call me when you get there, okay?
Drive safely.
Bye.
What?
Are these beef jerky rainbow sprinkle brownies?
Yeah.
Would you like some? - No, thank you.
Okay.
So Terrell, you came over so we can continue discussing right?
Exactly, I've already talked to Jim and he's gonna lead a team to document
the revitalisation of Cairo.
That is great, that's fantastic.
We're gonna be a great team. - Yeah.
And what better way to revitalise the town than an amusement park?
What? - No Terrell.
We've talked about this. - No!
Yeah, we'd call it Wild West World or--
No, I did not write a 30 million dollar grant
to build an amusement park.
Are you in agreement with an amusement park?
I love roller coasters.
Yeah, it'll be a big draw,
it'll create jobs, people have to - No, I'm done
tear things down to build it. - discussing this. No!
I'm done, I'm just I'm, no.
What we really need to talk about is this red water.
What about the red water? - What are we gonna do about it?
I don't know, but I'm sure it's, you know, gonna go away.
Oh it's just gonna go away?
I don't know it was a test or something, - Was it illegal dumping
Army Corps Engineers. - Are we gonna find out who it was?
Did you hear that?
What, no.
What are you doing here?
Why do you have a gun? - Put the g-gun down.
I'm sorry.
Everybody good?
I think I peed myself.
What are you guys doing here?
Look.
Oh, you guys, I'm so sorry.
We knew this was looming.
I was hoping it wouldn't come to it.
So did we.
What's happening?
The faculty and staff are striking in their university.
Oh well, that's perfect timing.
Jim and I wanted to discuss an opportunity of a lifetime
for you young people.
Mo, and
Aaron.
Right, and Calebina. - It's CJ.
Oh, but Calebina is such a beautiful name.
So beautiful.
So I wanted to huddle up and let you know
that you were the first three that came to mind. Mo, and
Aaron. - Of course, and Calebina.
Now I had the idea when I granted my desk.
I thought of the three of you to help me produce the making of--
Oh, your idea.
Miriam, this is a team sport.
To produce a documentary on the building of,
wait for it, a theme park.
Cairo, the new Egypt.
Terrell, please.
Hey we're on the same team, remember?
This is about jobs, Miriam,
isn't that what you wanted? And we're gonna start with these three,
bring them back to video the whole thing, right?
And I brought Jim in to lead the team
because he produced an excellent film in 2003.
1993.
Exactly, so
who's with me?
What do you get out of this Terrell?
Does anybody want something to drink?
Moises, can you please help me
give everyone something to drink?
What is wrong with you? - Miriam.
I'm leaving tomorrow.
I'm going to LA, and that insurance money
you got from mum and dad, I'm gonna need that.
No. - I'm 21, it's my money.
No, no no.
Moises. - Hey.
Okay, let's just call it a night, okay?
A lot has happened today, come on.
I'm not done talking with you, Miriam.
I'm done talking with you, Moises.
It's my money.
Do you even care about what's going on, Moises, huh?
Or all you care about is me, me, me?
Yes, no, I don't, no I don't care about this dumb town.
It can slide into the river for all I c-care.
Moises, let's take a walk, you need-- - Don't touch me man.
What are you doing?
I'm sorry. - Let's get out of here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. - Moises, stop it!
Whose side are you on, Miriam? - Listen, that gun has no bullets.
I don't even keep bullets in the house.
That's just a small amount for now, from my account.
I can't call the insurance company until Monday.
It's just three days.
Moises, what's wrong with you, what's going on?
Have you ever googled Cairo?
You know what comes up?
Egypt.
This place is a joke.
That's where you and I are different.
There's 2813 people that call this place home
and it's always been our home.
And it welcomed us when there was no place to go.
It's not perfect, but it's family and neighbours
that have each other's back.
So this joke is all they have.
And all I had was taken from me.
T-ten years ago, this town took my parents from me
and now it's gonna take me next.
Wow, that's really interesting
because ten years ago, it also took my parents.
But that's not the interesting part.
I had this younger brother.
I had just graduated college, the University of Chicago,
the world before me.
I had a job offer in the UK, and another one in New York,
and a few in and around Chicago and St. Louis.
No, you sit down, sit down.
Sit down, I am not done.
And we were presented with the option
of sending my younger brother to some distant relative
that we never met,
or...
for me to give up everything
to care for him.
Which do you think I did?
I didn't bat an eye, my baby brother,
he would cry.
He would have nightmares.
He was so scared he wanted to sleep in my room with me
because he was afraid he was gonna lose me too.
Now I tell him, you are the best brother
in the whole world,
both far and wide.
I'm not going anywhere.
I still have those nightmares you know.
Like some giant wave gonna is gonna c--
come drag me down to the bottom of a river.
That's why I have to get out.
Listen to me.
There's a guy who's offered me a job,
at a small post editing firm after I graduate.
But, you're going to LA remember?
No, if you just listen to me,
No, you listen to me.
I stopped my whole world for you.
I didn't ask for that. I didn't ask you to put your life on hold for me.
Maybe you sh-shouldn't have,
but I'm not you, okay?
I'm not gonna give up on my dream.
That's just the thing, you don't get it.
My dream found me.
I... I love where I am.
I'm exactly where I wanna be,
doing exactly what I wanna be doing.
You're gonna be chasing dreams all your life,
and the next dream has to be be bigger than the other.
For what?
What does it all mean?
All these dreams they just end up
being a dash between two dates.
Are you done?
Forget it.
Five, four, three, two, one.
There are f-frogs everywhere.
Here we go.
One adult crutch, and in pristine condition I might add.
Is that a phone?
That, my friend, is an American classic.
And the beauty is, it's not powered
by the electric company.
I don't follow.
Say there was a city wide blackout.
Those little gizmos and gadgets you got there,
they're not gonna work, but this baby will sing
even in the midst of war.
Cell towers will still have power in a black out.
Listen, some towers might have backup batteries
and generators, but they're not gonna last that long.
Especially, especially if it's a long outage
or some sort of state wide or national disaster.
You dig?
Whoa, here's the skinny.
The electric company uses AC, or alternating current.
This foxy mamma uses direct current
provided by the phone wires in your house.
You copy?
Let me tell you like this,
once upon a time when phones had cords,
all homes were wired like this.
And even more than that, this...
this is what triggered the energy, think about it.
This dial,
generates the signal.
In essence, we create the voltage to connect
to the outside world.
Pretty sweet huh?
Hello, hi.
No, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude.
I mean,
watch.
Yeah.
Go ahead and try it.
What's up man, let me in. - Hey.
Yeah, for sure.
Dude, is that the river?
Sorry.
We're cool, man.
No, no, it wasn't c-cool.
I have a lot going on, but that wasn't cool.
Listen, the way I grew up,
a sincere apology is like solid gold.
So I appreciate that you said it,
then I accept.
I don't think I'm ready for that yet.
Hey, where's Miriam?
She's on the phone about the frogs.
Frogs?
You two didn't see any frogs?
That's a thumbs down on the frogs.
This.
That is far out. - Yeah.
I think it's more than far out.
You get us in trouble when you think. - Exodus, remember?
The plague of blood?
The plague of frogs, Cairo?
We already know that the colour from the river
is from some dye company that was just dumping material in it.
Do we really, or is that just a statement the mayor was putting out?
Besides, the real reason Aaron is missing his crutch
is because it's what turned the river back normal.
When it touched the water, it turned clear
and when we took it out, it went back to red.
And you guys saw that?
With our own six eyes.
Here's the other thing, his name is Moses in Spanish,
and you, you're Aaron.
Aaron the priest? - Yeah.
We've joked about this before, that's not new.
Wait, what are you saying? That he's supposed to be Aaron,
you mean golden c-calf Aaron? - Yes.
Moses that didn't get into the promised land, Moses?
Moses was said to have a speech impediment.
Wait, what are you saying, so...
if I'm Moses, and he's Aaron, then...
God.
So you're Moses, and you're Aaron from the Bible.
And you're Miriam.
Oh, well you know what, you might be on to something.
That's really funny.
No, I don't believe it.
No, it's just a coincidence.
I mean if you go to Israel, you will find a bunch of Aarons,
a lot of Miriams and a boat load of Moses.
We are not in Israel, we're in Cairo, Illinois
And you are Miriam, and he is Moses, and he is Aaron.
And there has been blood and now frogs.
When the cloud lifted from above the tent,
there stood Miriam, lepros like snow.
Aaron turned towards her and saw that she had leprosy.
I don't look good in leprosy.
I don't know, you guys, no, no.
You know what I do know is, actually it's 1:45 in the morning.
It's way past our bed time.
Girls upstairs, boys downstairs.
Night, come on.
Flies. - No.
Yeah, flies should follow frogs,
then gnats, then we know.
No. - Yes, that is the order.
But, what if they d-don't follow?
But that is the order.
He's got a point. I mean, what if they don't follow?
What if this is something else?
Then it's not...
It's not what?
It's just far out there.
Isn't that what faith is?
Far out there?
Look.
Look at it this way, if it weren't in the Bible
would it be far out there?
Here.
If you never read it, would you think twice
about what's happening can happen?
Here's the plague of blood, then the frogs and so on.
These plagues were specific to this time.
And Aaron's staff is my crutch.
Plagues happen all the time.
Plagues like viruses that kill people,
environmental plagues, plagues like
our brother in a wheelchair.
And there are still miracles too.
People are cured from diseases and no one understands why.
Some people survive crazy accidents, while some die,
and in all of that, God uses people
in each of those instances.
That's a sermon, brother.
Wait, we're missing a big part of the puzzle here.
Who's the Pharaoh?
No, I need to speak with her.
This is not what I signed up for.
We're running out of time, Boone.
Right, don't panic.
Yeah.
Good call, turn up the heat.
Oh you're right, next 48 hours we'll turn up the heat.
Hello?
Carol, listen very carefully,
the next time this phone rings, I don't want it to be you.
This is all your daughter's doing, Esteban.
But I'm gonna win this one.
Same way I won against you.
Carol.
Who?
Exterminator, I'll be right there.
Sorry I can't do it.
Can't do it?
Is that what Nadia Comaneci said before she scored a perfect 10?
Is that was Billy Jean King said
before she put a whooping on Bobby Rigs?
Look, these particular frogs are what they call
Mississippi gopher frogs.
They're on the national registry of endangered species.
They're endangered?
Yeah, I know it sounds far fetched.
I've never seen anything like this my 20 years in the business.
As irritating as this is for your town,
not my company or any other reputable exterminator
is gonna teach these with a 10 foot tadpole.
It's a exterminator joke, you get it?
What am I supposed to do?
You could get snakes?
Or you could somehow gather them together and put them back in the river.
Sorry, couldn't be more help.
Son of a...
So we took the mayor up on his offer
and we're going to film the whole thing,
but we're gonna need some back up.
Now this is Sherry and Carrie
two of God's greatest gifts to the world.
All right there's an 8 by 8 set and a 12 by 12 set.
All the flags and expendables that you need.
Okay, and we wanna set up over there
in front of the mayor's office.
Copy that.
Yo, so CJ.
You know, I'm the boom.
Vance, he's the guy that people always refer to as,
I know a guy.
You can't tell, you know fact number one,
you gotta have guns to be the boom, check it out.
Boom.
I got another one over here, check it, boom.
Get close, real close.
Go set up over there. - All right.
Let's see, where is Brokeback?
Where is Quasimodo?
Aaron.
Aaron!
What is that?
For some reason these f-frogs.
And women don't even like you Aaron.
Here, give me the bottle.
It's cologne.
This is not cologne.
These are Mississippi gopher frogs, they belong in the Mississippi.
Hey, hey.
What is that?
Care to let me in on what's going on?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Back off, man.
What is going on?
Oh.
One more question, how's school going?
Don't try this at home, boys and girls.
Pick a card.
Four of diamonds.
No.
Okay, I got this.
Let me just shuffle really quick.
All right, this time, this time.
Pick a card.
Queen of spades.
Hey, hey, young cats, dig this...
groovy piece of dynamite, yeah.
Can you dig it?
That is a fine piece of machinery you have there.
Whatcha know about that?
The JVC GRC one?
It's the first VHS C camcorder.
I'm not worthy.
It's the first all in one VHS camcorder.
And the very same one they used in Back to the Future.
Righteous.
Picture is beautiful, but
I can't get any sound on it.
Thought maybe you guys could work some magic.
Sherry and Carrie.
Miriam, here's my question.
Remember when the mayor said that the Army Corps Engineers were testing the waters?
I'm totally with you.
I already put some calls out and I'm waiting to hear back. You want some?
No thanks.
You know, it just seems like something's up with Terrell.
The purpose of the Corps was flood control,
not to test the waters, right?
Yes.
So where's the flood?
There's a flood watch.
According to the SNMCA,
there's no such thing as flood watch.
Huh?
Sherry and Carrie movie app.
Oh. - According to the weather app,
there is a flood watch.
Can it flood with no rain?
Who's this?
Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.
Sorry to disturb you, but we're in emergency mode, here.
The Mississippi's at 50 feet.
That levy can't hold much longer.
How can that be? There's been no rain in a week.
Yeah, well we're gonna have to call a town hall meeting
and issue a state of emergency.
Everything that's going on is crazy, Terrell.
I'm not making this up, Miriam.
I do know it's been raining pretty hard northeast of here.
Well, protocol is, you get a call from the Army Corps of Engineers
and then I get a call. - I got a call.
Well I didn't get a call.
Well, how about detonating the Gabriel plug thing
to plug the lip.
This is no time to assert authority.
Look I need you to get with me, get on the horn
and get people to Washington Square tomorrow morning.
Well, I think we should wait. - We don't have the luxury of waiting.
Okay, okay you call the shots,
but if this thing hits and there are any casualties,
that's on your head.
Fine, I'll have everyone at the church, most everyone.
I'll ask Pastor Stevens to see if we can have the town hall meeting there.
See you in the morning.
Get that thing outta here.
Welcome to Hope Church everyone,
glad you could make it this morning.
Sometimes, our own sin plagues us,
sometimes it's the sin of others.
The good news, is our God is gracious
and he forgives those that confess and obey him.
Now, before the choir closes with this last song,
I'd like to allow our Sister Francis to briefly
pray and I do mean briefly.
Then Mayor Rauel, Mayor Rauel has a few words about the recent turn of events.
Thank you, whoa.
You don't want me to huh?
You don't want me?
All right now, can you guys join me in prayer, please?
Bow your heads.
Heavenly father we come to you today and we say thank you,
thank you Father for what you did,
and what you're gonna do and what you already done.
Father God, we thank you for the shelter of this house,
we thank you for the bishops, the deacons,
the motherboard, and the children.
You are the one father.
Father, thank you father.
We ask that you cover us, continue to watch over us
and guide us father through every storm, Amen.
Amen.
Thank you, Pastor, Francis.
So the town of Cairo and the Army Corps of Engineers
is issuing a state of emergency
due to anticipated flooding in the area. - Ain't no rain.
There has been heavy rainfall the last few days
in New Madrid, causing swelling of the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers.
So we are encouraging all residents of Cairo
to evacuate the town
to higher ground within 24 hours.
All northbound lanes of I-57 will be shut down
by six o'clock tomorrow morning.
What is this? - I don't know.
Everybody, everybody, just keep calm everyone please, please.
Oh my goodness.
Flies must be due to the high flood waters.
Smells like something's dead.
Smells like burnt chicken.
Smells like sin.
Smells like bad weed.
No, that's not bad weed.
Maybe dead animals, but not bad weed. - Dead animals, dead animals, Sippi!
Sippi!
Sippi! Sippi!
Come here, girl, Sippi!
Sippi!
Sippi! Mi amore.
Sippi!
Hey bro. - Hey.
You know, all I can take from this footage is that your mayor smoked some bad stuff.
It's like 10 minutes of him looking at pictures and the clear blue, man.
Lame right?
Yeah, pretty lame.
So we've gone over everything?
A couple times.
Okay, I'll be right behind you guys
in a bout an hour or two.
Be careful.
Okay.
I'll see you later.
Hey, Mir,
can I talk to you for a sec?
Yeah.
I think I know what's going on, like everything.
I think.
I need you to just listen to me, okay.
Don't t-talk, just listen.
Remember Friday when I came into your office
and there was that really weird looking woman walking out?
Friday?
Yeah.
No, you were the only one who logged on.
You were the only visitor.
Well, Jim was there too, but it was just the two of you.
It was a really quiet afternoon.
No, no, no, there was a woman walking out when I came in.
No.
Yeah, this woman.
I don't see a woman.
There's a woman right there.
I don't see a woman.
You can't see it, but maybe.
Here, try these.
Hey.
Are you guys all right?
Yeah. - Yeah.
I'm gonna go to Ms. Broxton's house and help her out.
I'll be back in a little bit.
Okay.
It's like he's talking to someone that's there, but nobody's there.
We need to go to the mayor before something happens.
What?
I don't know, I don't know, but if CJ's right, then we need to go.
God sent Moses to Pharaoh.
Okay, yeah that's a good idea. You should go.
Hold on, I need you to go with me.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait.
No, Aaron went with Moses to speak to Pharaoh,
not Miriam.
I need you to go though.
Okay, okay, okay.
But we're gonna need crosses and we're gonna need a Bible
and we're gonna need oil and more crosses.
Okay, vamos, okay.
You lost me with the whole God thing.
So,
what?
You want me to let you go?
No, no, no, you need to go.
So let me get this straight, you're accusing me of foul play?
Throwing the game, marking the cards,
loading the dice.
Moises has a tape to prove it.
And you believe him?
He's a film maker, Miriam, he can do all that movie magic.
It's just a bunch of lies to fool the audience.
Like the lie that his university is on strike.
Oh, oh, oh, didn't he tell you?
Yeah, he was actually expelled from school
for how many fights has it been now?
Moises?
Maybe that's why he had to lie about
why he needed the insurance money from your parents.
Maybe that's why he's lying about this so called tape.
Maybe that's why he's drowning,
he's drowning in lies.
Do I have bullets now?
I hope so.
Moses came back to Egypt.
I know I lied about school, but I didn't lie about the woman in the camera.
Don't you tell me not to cry.
They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen.
Locusts kill whatever the hail left behind.
Crops and vegetation.
Which we have neither.
Wait, crops and vegetation were important to Egypt.
That's it.
The locusts will destroy whatever's important to Cairo.
What do we have that's important that can be destroyed?
In Cairo? Nothing.
That's not true, tourists come here all the time
to see our historical attractions.
I made a really nice brochure.
How many historical attractions do we have?
Well by Chicago standards, not very many, but--
How many?
Eight? - And they are?
Magnolia Manor,
The library, Fort Defiance, The Custom House,
Rivalor, Cairo Airport, and Hewer.
That's seven.
What am I forgetting?
Magnolia Manor. - You said that.
I did?
The map, Miriam, show us on the map.
Okay, we're here, they go down Commercial Avenue,
Jug Theater.
Where is it?
Jim? Yeah, yeah, they're headed your way.
I'm ready, I'm ready to rock and roll.
Did you get my texts? - My flip phone doesn't do the texts.
It's 2019.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, come on, come on, come on, take out your phones.
Wait, did I miss something
or were there bulldozers in Exodus?
I've got a feeling that this guy knows something about it.
Listen, it's out of my control.
They gave me 30 million to get everybody out,
keep my mouth shut and they would destroy the town.
I don't know why, I don't know how.
For a pay day like that I didn't ask questions.
So who's that woman you were with?
I don't know, I have never seen this woman you're talking about.
What about the floodings?
The Birdspoint flood way is shut down.
So instead of it diverting the water, it's pulling it back in?
No, the purpose of the flood ways
is to reduce floods here in Cairo.
What does that mean?
Well, the Army Corps maintains a controlled destruction
usually by explosives.
So we're about to be bombed any minute now, right?
No, no, I have a funny feeling they don't even know.
How do they not know we're flooding?
Why don't you answer that question. - Miriam.
Answer the question. - I don't know, all I was supposed to do
was get everybody out. - What about the plagues?
I'm just doing the flooding.
I don't have a clue about these plagues or whatever.
Do you think it's a coincidence that these plagues are happening?
You think these plagues are happening because of me?
Yes. - Yes.
And I warned you, that woman wasn't human.
What, you're some kind of messenger from God?
I'm Moses.
Doesn't anybody else think this is crazy?
So who are you?
I'm Miriam.
Aaron, the good looking first priest.
Okay, okay this is too much.
So who am I?
You're the one who doesn't make it.
Okay, okay, look.
This can all be easily explained.
The blood in the river was from some toxins from algae.
The toxins killed the fish, consequently the frogs left the river
and they died, that's two.
So now, the insect population that's usually kept in check by the frogs
is out of control and more insects come
because they're attracted to the dead frogs.
That's actually pretty fantastic.
And the stuff in the Bible isn't?
So question, how do you account
for all the things happening?
In the Bible and in Cairo?
Like I said, coincidence.
Wait a minute, say that again?
What? - Say the word Cairo.
Cairo.
Cairo, Cairo.
Yeah, the next one should be darkness.
Solar eclipse.
And then the death of the first born.
Aren't you the first born, mayor?
Still a coincidence?
Is there anything you can do, Terrell? - He said there's nothing he can do.
Well, I could make a phone call.
Oh, can I borrow someone's phone? Mine's out of juice.
Yeah, here, oh wait, mine's dead.
Me three.
I got nothing.
It looks like the lights are out outside too.
I didn't order that.
But there's no electricity.
Still, phones should work, even if there's no electricity.
Not if there's no electric base,
backup power or towers nearby.
I had an idea. - Yeah?
Aaron, you remember that phone in my store?
It works without electricity.
It'll sing even in the midst of war.
All right, and we're supposed to get there in the dark?
How?
Sippi! - Sippi!
Come here, Sippi.
Yes.
Goodbye.
Flood levels are above 60 feet
and because it's happened so fast,
the National Weather Service hasn't noticed
which means Army Corps of Engineers
are unable to respond.
So with absolutely no warning,
we are gonna flood, and not all families have evacuated.
So we're just gonna, get on the bull horn and get them out.
This is all your fault.
I know we can get everybody out.
But the whole town is gonna be destroyed.
Where are these people gonna go?
The little they have is gonna be gone.
What are they gonna do? What are we gonna do?
All of Cairo is gonna be swept away
and you're gonna have to answer to that.
This wasn't supposed to happen like this.
You can't just leave.
There's still something I can do,
and you're gonna help me.
Miriam said something about a Gabriel plug
to seal the levy wall if there was a breach.
You mean the portable lightweight ubiquitous gasket?
Yeah, okay talk to me.
Only the Army Corps of Engineers is authorised to to deploy that.
But they're not here, were here.
I think it's best we just leave.
No.
We're gonna do this. - Do what?
Save Cairo.
There it is.
So, it'll fill up with a special gas
and then float along the current to the breach.
What happens when we get there?
It acts like a big piece of gum and seals it.
No, no, no, no, no.
Help!
Come on, we have to pull it to the levy.
So?
So what?
You don't have to go through with it. - What?
You could give back all the money.
So why'd you do it?
Do what?
This, all of this.
Did you ever Google Cairo?
When I was a kid, I used to go to the fort
and underneath the stairs I would scratch off every year until I left Cairo.
And if you could do it over again?
It's too late for me, I think.
No, it's not.
I don't think God thinks that.
And even with all this going on, it's not over.
Did you ever
feel like you were drowning?
Mayor!
That day we had some good news, and some bad news.
The bad news is that the mayor didn't make it.
The mayor's cousin Carol,
has a few meetings lined up with certain authorities.
Namely the FBI.
The good news, Cairo is going to be fine.
The Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are here to get Cairo up and going again.
And finally, Miriam is taking over
as interim mayor of Cairo.
I know it's been a crazy week,
but as noted earlier, we are here to announce
the steps we intend to take to put Cairo, Illinois
back on the map.
I wanna take this opportunity to thank
the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the state of Illinois for awarding us
a 30 million dollar grant to revitalise Cairo.
And as interim mayor, I intend to give a grant
to a team of local film makers
to document the rebuilding of Cairo.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
You saved so many lives.
You saved homes, you saved so much.
Dad, he would be so proud.
You saved the town, Moises.