This is Part 2 of the Stream series on “Earth 2,” which split off on Election Day, 2016. On Planet Hillary, she was elected President. See Part One for more details.

Since smart-alecks are always posting on social media about “Earth 2” where normalcy reigns and Hillary Clinton won the election, we decided to depict that world. In the spirit of the Starz series Counterpart, we show the visit of those from our world (Planet Trump) with those from Earth 2 (Planet Hillary). The Baker family, from Euless, TX, are visiting Planet Hillary’s New York City in 2028. Kamala Harris is now president of the United States. Kanye West is Governor of New York State. Rose McGowan is Mayor of New York City.

The Earth 2 diplomat guiding the Bakers is EVE PAYNE-WHITNEY, 39, a polished professional woman whose Prada outfit is offset by a single ring through her septum, like a bull’s. But it’s 22-karat gold. The Baker family consists of JASON, 43, and SUSAN, 37, BETHANY 14, MATTHEW 11, and JOHN, 7. FLANNERY, 4, and RACHEL, 2, are back in Euless with the grandparents.

EXT. MANHATTAN, DAY

The driverless SmileCar hovers over the sidewalk in front of the entrance to the Central Park Zoo.

INT. SMILECAR, DAY

The SmileCar is cramped. It’s not much larger than a SmartCar, but EVE, JASON, and SUSAN are crammed into the front seat, while BETHANY, MATTHEW, and JOHN sit in the back, with a little more room.

AUTOMATED VOICE OF SMILECAR
Usted ha llegado a su destino. Por favor, sal.
لقد وصلت إلى وجهتك. يرجى
الخروج.
You have arrived at your destination. Please exit.

EVE
So here we are.

She tries the door. It doesn’t open.

EVE
Sorry. Could you try yours, please?

Susan looks worried.

SUSAN
We’re still two feet off the ground.

EVE
Yeah, that happens sometimes. Emerging tech. But at least you don’t have to merge in traffic!

Looking skeptical, Susan cautiously opens her door. It works.

The children try to open their doors. She turns fiercely.

SUSAN
No! You’ll break your dang legs. Your father will jump out first—here, crawl over me hon. Then I’ll kind of … pitch you and he’ll catch.

Eve looks untroubled. She taps a few buttons on her forehead, clearly reading the messages projected onto her corneas. Jason climbs awkwardly across his wife, smiling. He leaps out and lands loudly on something that CRUNCHES.

JASON
Wait a minute, let me clear some of this debris…. Here we go!

One by one, Susan guides each of her children into jumping out of the SmileCar. Jason quasi-catches them, but mainly breaks their fall. At last Susan jumps out, and Jason catches her. He gracefully plants her on her feet.

At last Eve jumps out, and lands with no trouble on both feet, like an athlete with lots of practice.

EXT. CENTRAL PARK ZOO – DAY

Bethany, John, and Susan look a little shaken up. Matthew smiles, because that was COOL. Jason looks angry. He bites his lip, though.

Unfazed, Eve tugs her nose ring, and the Google Chip display on her corneas turns off.

EVE
Welcome to our cutting edge sustainable Zoo. That’s an obsolete term, of course. We call it a Micro Eco Site. But to tell the truth, mostly we still call it the “Zoo.” Offensive though some find the word. Old habits are hard to  reform, I guess.

Jason stares at her, taking deep breaths, looking over at the hovering SmileCar that still hasn’t gone away.

JASON
Is that thing just going to hover there, watching us? Or follow us around?

EVE
Well, normally it would already be off serving other priorities. But I’ve reserved it for the day. So it will just kind of … track us. So we’ll have it when we need it again.

SUSAN
How … comforting.

BETHANY
That is convenient. Thank you so much, ma’am.

JOHN
It’s creepy.

MATTHEW
No, it’s cool.

EVE
Which habitat would you like to visit first?

BETHANY
The monkeys. I love the monkeys. They’re so close to us, you know?

Susan and Jason trade a weary look.

EVE
The monkeys it is! I think you’ll appreciate how high-end our exhibit is. The verisimilitude … it’s unmatched outside of San Diego.

They walk down mostly empty paths. There are very few visitors, but a fair collection of HOMELESS PEOPLE housed in sturdy looking tents or lean-tos against the Victorian buildings. Some roast animals spitted on sticks over flaming trash cans.

Overhead, sleek Surveillance Drones whiz past every 10 second or so.

EVE
Be careful. Avoid the Squatters’ things. You don’t want to get sued! Our public interest attorneys can be real “sharks” as they say. In a good cause, of course.

Susan looks horrified at Eve.

SUSAN
These people just get to … live here?

Eve looks back, equally horrified.

EVE
If they choose to. Who are we to displace them?

Brittany smiles, impressed at these arrangements. Matthew’s just looking around for monkeys. John scowls misanthropically, slowly nodding his head.

After a few hundred feet they arrive at an enclosure labeled “Primate Exhibit.” Eve turns to address them. Matthew stares fixedly through the fence, looking puzzled.

EVE
Bethany, that was very appropriate what you said. The primates, the monkeys and great apes, are very close to us. We are genetically almost identical with them. That is why humanity shows many of the same patterns of violence and misogyny we see among chimpanzees, for instance.

MATTHEW
Where are the monkeys?

EVE
And so… by virtue of this closeness, court decisions in recent years have declared that they have certain rights. Not quite the same as ours, but then they don’t have the same responsibilities, now do they?

She laughs at her own joke. The Bakers just nod, waiting for the punchline. Except for Matthew, who is waiting for the monkeys.

EVE
Still, they’re entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Or maybe bananas!

This joke too falls flat. She reverts to a more businesslike tone.

EVE
So in the wake of Koko vs. Dade, all primate exhibits are now purely virtual. But ours is really the best! Let me show you. How many do you want to see? Would you like to view grooming behavior, mating, or mild aggression?

SUSAN
Er, grooming, I guess.

Eve looks pleased, tugs her nosering, and taps her forehead a few times.

In the empty exhibit, seven HOLOGRAMS OF SPIDER MONKEYS appear. They flicker, like the hologram of Princess Leia in the first Star Wars.

Bethany looks interested, or tries to. Jason stares at it, actually slack-jawed. Matthew looks disgusted. John smiles, bitterly.

SUSAN
Well, that certainly is some advanced technology there. And very advanced jurisprudence. Was that a Supreme Court decision?

EVE
Yes indeed. Chief Justice Allred issued it, but the vote was almost unanimous. Except — well you know, there are a few bitter clingers still on the Court. But they’re getting old.

Narrow-eyed, Jason looks ready to ask something sharp, but Susan grabs his arm.

Everyone dutifully watches the holographic monkeys for a while.

EXT. CENTRAL PARK ZOO – DAY

Eve leads the group past a large, empty enclosure with an old brass plaque that says “Polar Bears.” On the walls are painted thermometers showing the global temperature rising as if to explode. Battered but garish signs read: CLOSED DUE TO CARBON ABUSE.

EVE
Given the devastation that Western societies have wreaked on their natural habitats through carbon emissions, the EPA decided that it was inappropriate for us to exploit polar animals by putting them on display. Instead, we have this memorial….

The Bakers all stare at the empty exhibit. Even Brittany seems dispirited.

JASON
It’s very … stark.

EVE
I know, right? Solemn. That seems fitting, I think.

Matthew steps up at this point. He’s openly sullen.

MATTHEW
Do you have any actual, live animals here anymore? Or just memorials and holograms?

EVE
Why of course we do. Would you like to see the birds?

MATTHEW
Yeah, that’d be good, I guess.

Eve leads them to a big enclosed dome full of bushes and trees. They go inside.

INT. AVIARY – DAY

EVE
Here you will see quite a good representation of local species….

All around the Bakers’ heads, mostly New York pigeons flap. They almost seem to attack them.

EVE
Oh, they’re looking for seed. Here, I’ve got some spelt and quinoa cakes.

A shadowy creature races past Bethany’s feet. She screams.

SUSAN
What was that—was that a … rat?

EVE
Yes, we’ve got some in here. They’re completely indigenous. But the cats keep their numbers in balance. It’s the Circle of Life.

JASON
It looks like mostly what you’ve got in here are pigeons.

EVE
Oh yes. And plenty of sparrows. Also some hawks, which I think you can see up top. There used to be more songbirds…. I wonder if that’s one up there.

SUSAN
Excuse me, but where are the rest of the birds?

EVE
We try to focus on species native to the region.

JASON
You mean, the same birds you can see anywhere else?

EVE
Our goal is to teach about the local ecosystem. Not stockpile exotics far from their natural habitat so we can gawk at them—even as our exploitative, throwaway economy bulldozes their homes.

MATTHEW
Don’t the cats eat the birds?

EVE
Well, yes, that happens. But we don’t believe in discriminating against one species of animal by walling it off from others. Accept that kind of privilege in the rest of the animal world, and soon enough it leaks into ours. We’ve learned that.

Matthew scoffs.

MATTHEW
I don’t suppose you’ve got any pigs.

Eve turns on him, now angry.

EVE
Of course we don’t. What kind of place do you think we’re running here?

She collects herself.

EVE
The Human Rights Commission decided years ago that it wasn’t worth making the zoo a haven for Islamophobia. So we made sure that all the exhibits here are certified as Halal.

SUSAN
Is it also Kosher?

Eve looks puzzled.

EVE
Well, no. Nobody asked for that.

Jason is getting impatient.

JASON
Have you got any animals in here that we can’t see out there — you know, just by walking around on the streets?

EVE
You mean exotics? Of course we have some. They’re necessary, we’ve found, to get people in the door.

JASON
Then please take us to see those, ma’am.

EVE
Lions and tigers. Is that exotic enough for you?

Her tone is openly sharp now. Jason is fuming. Susan gently strokes his arm. It doesn’t help.

Matthew looks a little hopeful. Bethany just seems confused. John’s face is dark, inscrutable.

They follow Eve down the path.

EXT. WILD FELINES EXHIBIT – DAY

Eve leads the Bakers up to the wire fencing that contains the felines exhibit.

Jason whispers to Susan.

JASON
It’s about time.

MATTHEW
I can’t see… wait is that….?

Bethany squints at the forms that loll in the sun, on a small plain of grass.

EVE
Now if you’ll look to the rear left, I think you’ll see Stefan. He’s the leader of the pride….

They all strain to see….

Then Susan looks horrified. She rushes over to Bethany and claps one hand over her eyes. Awkwardly, she also tries to reach John, but he’s standing too far away.

SUSAN
What kind of sick joke—

JASON
Dear Lord God almighty—

MATTHEW
That’s just a bunch of naked guys with fur implants.

JOHN
Where? Oh yeah, I see it now.

MATTHEW
And there’s a woman. No three women.

Bethany wriggles out of her mother’s grip and gapes.

SUSAN
Ms. Payne-Whitney, what is this? What kind of pornographic—

EVE
Ms. Baker, please watch your tone and keep it down. The tranimals are sleeping. They’re nocturnal. They only wake up to mate. If you’re quiet, perhaps you’ll get to observe….

At this point, one of the men wearing patches of lion fur, but mostly nude, crawls up to the front of the enclosure, miming a feline motion quite convincingly. He ROARS as best he can. His teeth are filed to points and his skin is tattooed, while fur implants stick out from the side of his face.

Bethany leaps back, and covers her own eyes now.

The trans-lion glowers at them, then stoops his head down to pick up a scrap of raw meat, and chew it.

EVE
I gather that on your… Trumpy world you don’t respect the wishes of trans-animals.

JASON
No. No, ma’am we do not.

SUSAN
I—do you mean…. I don’t even see any real animals in there.

Eve looks at her with quiet condescension.

EVE
All the cis-felines, if that’s what you mean, rejected the trans-felines. Or tried to eat them, if you want to know the truth. None of our counseling sessions helped. So we had to return them to the wild. Most of them didn’t survive, sadly. They were victims of their own transphobia.

SUSAN
That’s quite enough. Okay? Enough. No more of the zoo. We need to go. Come on kids, let’s go.

The trans-lion tries to roar again.

John watches him with undisguised misanthropic glee.

JASON
Could we go to our hotel now, please? I think we’ve seen enough today. We need some rest.

EVE
Yes, I think that I could too.

She tugs her nosering and taps her forehead. It glows yellow for a moment, and the SmileCar swishes into sight. It lowers itself toward them, but hangs two feet off the ground.

JASON
It’s okay kids, you can step on my hand…. Come on. Let’s GO!

Matthew turns once more to look at the tranimals. He notices one of the males sniffing animal-like at the female, before his mother covers his eyes.

FADE TO BLACK