The Survivors 1.7 - Shelter

The Survivors : Unlikely Reunion
Genre : Sci-Fi / Mystery / Drama
Showrunner: Tomas Alfredson
Writer : Mo Buck

Based on the French Canadian series

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Cara Buono, M. Emmet Walsh, Logan Lerman, Odeya Rush, Owen Vaccaro, Michael Mando, Clancy Brown, Jodelle Ferland, Donal Logue, Yaya DaCosta and Keith L. Williams

Plot: It’s the middle of the night and Jack (Donal Logue) is sitting inside his trailer, hiding, to drink whiskey without his wife noticing. He hears noises outside and glances out the window at Gerald’s family’s trailer. He notices Victor (Michael Mando) and Chartwell (Clancy Brown) breaking in and making a mess inside. He hides carefully, but drops his bottle. It shatters on the ground, waking up Rita (Yaya DaCosta). He begs her not to make any noise and when Victor and Chartwell are gone, she screams at him to stop drinking.

Gerald (Brendan Fraser), Mary (Cara Buono), Charles (Logan Lerman) and Sarah (Odeya Rush) enter the hospital and Gerald asks at reception for a Horace. The lady says they don’t have a Horace here, but they do have a Horatio. He remembers they all have Latinos names on their identification and they head to his room. Horace (M. Emmet Walsh) and Marco (Owen Vaccaro) are happy to see them and Marco immediately asks his mom if he can eat. They’ve been sharing the food tray since the beginning and the food isn’t good. Mary believes Marco and she says Sarah had a similar mishap with the food. Gerald asks his father what happened and why he is plugged up to so many machines. Horace says he doesn’t know and that he’s fine. Gerald says he won’t let it stand and he tells his family to run fast, because they’ll get out of here. Gerald unplugs his father and the family runs away before the nurse, who was asleep, as the time to realise that Horace is gone.

They go back to the camping and before they enter their trailer, they are greeted by Jack. He says he’s sorry he was indiscreet and he may wonder why he was looking at his trailer, but he saw someone breaking into their trailer, as if they were looking for something. They ask him what did they look like and he describes Victor and Chartwell. They thank him for the heads up and enter their trailer. He notes they are a peculiar family and goes back inside. All night, Gerald doesn’t sleep and holds on tight to his gun.

The following morning, Gerald admits that it’s not safe for them to stay here after what happened last night. Now that he has money, they can try to find a place to leave and people won’t be quick to judge because they have modern clothes. Mary, Charles and him will go downtown to look for an apartment, while Horace, Sarah and Marco stay here and act normal. Gerald takes Charles aside and gives him his gun. He says he should carry this with him. He has a plan in mind for tonight.

Marco asks his grandfather if he can go outside and play and Horace, who doesn’t want to have him all excited around him agrees. Sarah stays inside and tells her grandfather that it was irresponsible to let Marco outside and Horace tells her that back when he was a kid, he used to run outside all day and she isn’t a mother, she wouldn’t understand. Sarah remembers the pregnancy test she bought. She can’t believe she’s pregnant, but she wants to clear the doubts. She pees on it and looks at the result. She throws it in the trash saying this is modern garbage and it doesn’t work. She looks at the box and it’s supposed to be precise. She sees Rita (Yaya DaCosta) outside and Marco next to her. He sees Judas (Keith L. Williams) and he asks if he can play the virtual game again and Judas says they can. Sarah tells Horace that she’ll go over to the neighbours for a while and he says it’s alright.

Sarah asks Rita if pregnancy test are reliable and Rita says they always worked for her. She shows her the pregnancy test and it is positive. Rita is happy for her and she asks her if she’s ready. Sarah doesn’t know and she starts to cry. Rita says abortion is always an option and Sarah gets serious and she says she can’t kill her baby. Rita says it’s ultimately her choice and whatever she decides will be the right choice for her. Sarah says they don’t have a place to stay and she can’t raise her baby on a camping. Rita offers them to rent her deceased aunt’s house, not far away from here. She says it would be a delight.  During this time, Judas shows Marco what a computer is and the first thing Marco searches for in a search engine, where he’s supposed to find the answer for anything, is how to time travel. Judas finds it peculiar, but he shows him he can print the screen too. He hands the paper to Marco who keeps it. On it is Steven’s face.

Mary comments on the state of available apartments in the city and doesn’t think their family could stay in an apartment. She asks Gerald if they have enough money for a house and he’s sure they don’t. The day is soon coming to an end and Gerald is starting to get nervous. He passes in front of an appliance store and he offers Mary to enter. It’s full of stuff and she has so much to learn. They’ll pick her up tonight. Charles asks what this is about and he says he had to get rid of her. He asks Charles if he still has his gun. They enter the car and he asks for directions to go to Chartwell’s hideout.

Chartwell (Clancy Brown) and Victor (Michael Mando) breaking in an apartment in downtown Montreal. They shuffle through stacks of papers and break a couple of things. Chartwell looks at moon through a window while Victor tries to start a fire. They hear movement below and someone asks Steven if he’s home. They flee through the fire exit and leave the messy apartment behind.

Gerald and Charles park near the abandoned church and sneak inside. They hear some rattling and it’s only Judy (Jodelle Ferland) trying to wiggle herself free. Gerald looks around and figures out that Chartwell and Victor aren’t here. Charles runs to free Judy and Gerald begins to look around for clues. He can’t find anything except all these weird symbols and pictures of Steven and he doesn’t know how he is. He finds a list with a series of names on it : Gerald, Charles, Steven, Ben and  Logan. Gerald decides to steal the list. He surprises Charles and Judy sharing a passionate kiss and he says they should head out. They hear movement at the front door and Victor and Chartwell are back. Gerald, Charles and Judy sneak out and leave with the car. As Chartwell realises that Judy left, Judy asks Gerald and Charles where the hell are they ? Gerald, in return, asks her who the hell she is.