(ethereal music)
(gentle suspenseful music)
(gentle suspenseful music continues)
- [Sam] Oceanus base,
this is Aqua Shuttle 14 on approach.
- [Base Radio] Roger 14, you are clear
on vector 210.
- [Sam] Copy that Oceanus.
- [Base Radio] Shuttle 14, you are clear
to dock at port gamma C.
- [Sam] Got it, gamma C.
- [Computer] (beeps) Drone approaching.
(beeps) Drone approaching.
- [Sam] Ah, there she is.
- [Computer] Systems on manual, docking at your discretion.
- Careful, really be careful.
- Hey, do you wanna do this? - No, no, no.
Just watch what you're doing.
- Oh, okay.
- This is so important, Sam.
Please take this seriously.
- Relax, breathe.
I can do this with my eyes closed.
- Not with my pod.
(pod whirring)
(suspenseful music)
- [Computer] (beeps) Pod secured.
- There. You happy?
Yes, you are.
(computer beeping)
- Ah, we've still got that damn fluctuation in the backups.
The battery contacts keep giving us that false reading.
I better go over there and reset them again.
- Whoa, whoa, wait a second, flag on the play.
Listen, Erin, we should really rethink this.
Okay, I don't think resetting is enough.
I mean it could be something worse
and we get out there in mid-ocean
and it wouldn't be an easy fix.
Listen, maybe we should pull the pod back to the lab,
overhaul the power systems.
- You're kidding, right?
This is our last week, we deploy now.
I'm not letting the replacement team get all the glory.
This is on us.
- Erin, nobody's gonna get any glory.
- [Mitch] Hey down there, are you ready to roll?
- Hey, commander.
- I wanna talk to some whales.
- [Erin] Yeah, we're almost ready for prime time.
I'm gonna make a final check and then we're outta here.
- This is awesome, Dr. Kendall,
this is an amazing breakthrough.
You must be very proud of your entire team.
I'm honored to be a witness.
- It's gonna be really exciting
to see the linguistic algorithms at work in the wild.
- [Mitch] I bet.
- Okay, I better get to it.
- Uh, Jordan, could I speak with you a moment?
- Sure, why not?
What's up then, chief?
- I'm just checking on ya,
seeing if ya made any progress since our last beer?
- Ah well, with the good doctor?
Listen, no matter what I try, it seems
as if she still sees us as a business with benefits.
- Yeah well, it sounds like it's time
for you to get real, lay it on the line,
tell her how you feel.
- Yeah, have you had a real conversation with Erin?
- Well, I talk to her.
I mean, you ever tried talkin' to my wife?
(Sam laughing)
It's like talking to the Pentagon.
- Listen, all I know is that whales
are the only thing she cares about.
I'm just along for the ride.
- Oh, bull shit.
You're the best engineer we have.
I couldn't have finished Dome One without you.
- Well, I'm not gonna argue with you there.
- You know, Sophia and I were on the verge of divorce
when we got our shot down here.
- Really? - Yeah.
Literally had my divorce papers in one hand
and the invite from Bryan Zanthis in the other.
- Ah, Mr. Zanthis.
Well, you know what, he's a crazy old man,
but he provided Erin and I the opportunity
to live and work here, to be together, so.
- Well, he's a rich, crazy old man,
so don't let him know you faked your marriage
to get down here.
- Well, thank you for covering for us.
- No problem.
Now you want her? You make her yours.
I'm serious.
- Don't you think it's just a little weird
I gotta woo my own wife?
- Well, I didn't say it wasn't weird.
Listen, by the way, I'm gonna need that drone back
ASAP to finish up Hab Dome Three.
So, you get your booty back here as soon as you can.
- Roger that, we'll send her home as soon as we deploy.
- [Mitch] Okay, good luck, happy hunting.
- Thank you.
(Sam sighs)
(computer beeps)
How we looking, good-looking?
- [Erin] It's all good, let's roll
as soon as I get back there.
- Ay, ay, captain.
(gentle bright music)
Oceanus base, this is Aqua Shuttle 5,
now clearing the perimeter.
(upbeat music)
♪ They keep kinda telling me ♪
♪ All you want to do is use me ♪
- [Erin] You remember that pod of humpbacks
with the young spotted male,
the ones we saw off Lahina? - Yep.
- That's the group I wanna talk to.
I based the linguistics program on their songs.
Thousands of hours of samples,
I managed to record a series of song variations
that should get their attention.
- Woo. - It has to work.
It's gonna be the greatest inner species jam session
of all time, pretty cool, huh?
(Sam sighs)
Are you even listening to me?
- Yeah, yeah, spotted males, whatever.
- Whatever, three years of work
merits a little more than whatever.
Hey, can you turn that off?
- Yeah, sure, why not?
(whales softly singing)
What's up with you?
You've been acting kinda weird lately.
- Seriously?
Do you know what's gonna happen in a few days?
- When we go home? - Exactly.
It's like it means absolutely nothing to you.
- I'm just excited to see my work come to fruition.
Where are you going with this?
- Where am I going with this?
What about us?
- Us? Mission accomplished.
This is what we both talked about a long time ago.
It was always about getting down here.
We were never destined for suburbs and picket fences.
You knew that. - No, no I don't think I did.
You know, I don't think I got that memo.
- Hey, you're not making any sense.
This is what we, both of us, agreed to do.
- Yeah, and you know what?
With this you'll probably get a Nobel prize.
I just thought that maybe.
- [Computer] Approaching deployment coordinates.
- This is the spot.
You got us exactly where I wanted to be, okay.
Hold here, prepare for deployment.
- Oceanus base, this is Aqua Shuttle 5.
We've reached the deployment site.
Pod auto release in five, four,
three, two, one.
(gentle suspenseful music)
(computer beeping)
- Releasing ballast.
Inflating pontoon.
Activating life support.
She's on the surface, systems online, looking good.
- Okay, prepare to dock.
(gentle suspenseful music continues)
(computer beeping)
- [Computer] Docking complete, pod engaged.
- FYI, Conrad wants his drone back ASAP.
He wants Dome Three completed
before the next rotation arrives.
- No problem, we're finished with it.
- Yeah, but. (chuckles) Okay.
(computer beeping)
- Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
- What?
Ah, the backups again?
Okay, you know what?
I'm not gonna waste my breath telling you I told you so,
even though I want to.
I am calling the drone back and we are going home.
- No wait, you're the engineer.
Can't you take a look?
- Oh, now I'm the engineer.
'Cause I wanted to be an engineer
at the maintenance bay back at base.
- Come on, you know you can fix it.
- No, you know, stop with the eyes.
No, it's not cute.
Okay, okay, okay, uh, uh, uh.
Stand right there.
Just don't get it, do you?
(sighing) The things I do for you.
You know, I think I know what's going on here.
You better switch to the comm system.
- Why?
- Because power's flowing between the two vessels.
We have to disconnect for me
to get a real sense of what the problem is.
I think that's why you couldn't pin it down
when we were docked back at the base.
Same issue.
- But, are you sure?
- Just close the hatch.
- [Computer] (beeps) Cabin pressurized.
(Erin sighs)
(engine whirring)
- Now what?
- [Sam] No, what do you mean?
Undock and move away.
What's going on?
- I like it better when you drive.
- [Sam] Hey, you trained in these subs
just as long as I did, you can handle it.
- I'm a marine biologist, not a freaking sub jockey.
This is your baby.
- [Sam] It's just like riding a bike.
Listen, take her out about 30 meters.
Hold position.
(soft ominous music)
- Seeing anything?
- [Sam] Yeah, yeah, I'm seeing how you broke this thing.
(Erin laughing)
Moral of the story, never send a scientist
to do an engineer's work.
It was the relay.
But trust me, I can fix it.
(radio shrieks) (radio static)
- Ah!
- [Sam] I assume you heard that.
- Yeah, what was it?
- [Sam] I have no idea.
Give me a second, let me look up.
Oh my God.
(water bubbling)
(metal crashes)
(dramatic music)
- [Computer] Emergency shut down, systems offline.
Emergency shut down, systems offline.
(beeping) Emergency shut down, systems offline.
Emergency shut down, systems offline.
Emergency shut down.
(suspenseful music)
- Sam, can you hear me?
Sam, are you out there? Come in.
(engine whirring)
(suspenseful music continues)
(gasping) Where are you? Where are you?
(suspenseful music continues)
- [Computer] Danger, exterior temperature critical.
Danger, exterior temperature critical.
(meteor whizzing)
(Erin panting)
(solemn music)
- Oceanus base, this is Aqua Shuttle 5
on the emergency channel.
Oceanus, this is Dr. Erin Kendall in 5.
Do you read me?
- [Mitch] Kendall?
(Erin sobbing)
It's Mitch Conrad here.
We're receiving you.
What's your status?
- Something's happened out here.
The sky is on fire, I've lost the pod and Sam is gone.
- [Mitch] What the hell do you mean he's gone?
- He was in the pod doing repairs,
he was caught in a tsunami.
We've gotta find him.
- [Mitch] Okay, okay, Erin calm down.
Now I get it, but you're gonna have to give me some time,
little time, we're not in a position here
to mount a search and rescue.
We've got structural damage from multiple earthquakes
and injuries throughout the base.
- Earthquakes, what happened?
- [Mitch] I have no idea.
We lost satellite feed 15 minutes ago
and if you saw the sky on fire
and we experienced earthquakes
hundreds of nautical miles away from you,
something big must have happened.
Something major.
- Well, how bad are we talking?
- [Mitch] As bad as it gets, a global catastrophe.
Maybe a super volcano erupted or worse.
Look, Erin is your sub still intact?
- Yes, all systems green.
Oxygen at 45%.
- [Mitch] Okay, then I hate to say it,
but I need you to get your ass back here.
- But, Sam.
- [Mitch] Erin, Sam was caught in a tsunami.
Who knows where he is?
It's a big damn ocean out there
and you don't have the air for an extended search.
Look, I don't wanna lose you too.
Please come home, now.
- I.
(soft dramatic music)
(soft dramatic music continues)
You better be out there.
(engine whirring)
(soft dramatic music continues)
(radar beeping)
- [Computer] (beeps) Metallic contact detected.
(Erin gasps)
(radar beeping)
Metallic contact ahead.
Automated distress beacon detected.
(soft dramatic music continues)
(computer beeping)
(metal creaking)
(soft dramatic music continues)
(soft eerie music)
(solemn music)
(Erin sobbing)
(solemn music continues)
(computer beeping)
(Erin sighs)
(whales singing)
- That's my song, that's my song.
(upbeat music)
- [Computer] Tracking system online.
(upbeat music continues)
(beeps) Biological signal ahead.
Multiple contacts.
(radar beeping)
(ethereal music)
- Now it works.
There you are.
(Erin sighs)
(water burbling)
- [Computer] (beeps) Metallic contact detected.
Metallic contact ahead.
(computer beeping)
- (gasps) Okay.
(gentle dramatic music)
(Erin panting)
Sam, are you out there?
Sam, do you read me? Come in.
(distorted voice rasping)
(Erin laughing)
It's me, baby are you all right?
- [Sam] (coughing) The heat, the fire.
(coughing) I can't breathe.
My air supply is almost gone.
- You and me both.
Ah, I wanna dock, but you're drifting sideways.
- [Sam] Go, go to the nav computer.
Input rule 43, (coughing) pitch 11.
Activate the auto-dock system.
Should do it on her own.
- Rule 43, pitch 11.
- [Computer] (beeps) Auto-docking system activated.
- (gasping) Hang on.
(engine whirring)
(suspenseful music)
(computer beeping)
(metal crashing)
- [Computer] (beeps) Docking complete.
Pod engaged.
(metal groaning)
(suspenseful music continues)
(Sam coughing)
- [Computer] (beeps) Warning, atmosphere compromised.
- [Erin] I'm here.
- Warning, atmosphere compromised.
- I'm gonna help you, okay?
Here, let me- - Okay.
- You can do it, come on, come on.
(Sam groaning)
Very good, there we go, hold on.
Good.
Come on, I gotcha, come on.
Almost there, we're almost there.
Come on, you can do it.
Hang on.
(Sam coughing) Breathe, Sam.
- [Computer] (beeps) Pressure equalizing.
(beeps) Pod disengaged.
(soft dramatic music)
- Here, Sam, there we go.
(Sam gasping)
Okay. - Thank you.
- What happened up there?
(Sam gasping) I'm. (gulping)
I'm not sure.
After the shockwave I must have been knocked out.
I woke up and it was burning hot.
And I couldn't breathe.
I couldn't open up the hatch.
- Same thing happened to me when I tried to surface.
- I hoped that I wouldn't sink past crush depth
before you found me.
- What made you think to use the whale call?
- I figured that's what you would do.
The damn thing really works.
- Of course it works.
- [Computer] (beeps) Warning, oxygen level at 16%.
Warning, oxygen level at 16%.
- We should, you have to try to make it back.
- Only if we can hold our breath.
I missed you, Sam.
- Really?
You were just willing to give all this up.
- I will never give this up.
- Are you sure?
- How can you ever be sure?
- [Sam] Come on.
- Hey, we can argue about this when we are old and gray.
But right now, you just need to tell me how to get us home.
- Okay. - Okay.
(dramatic music)
- Between these two tanks
and my spare air, we might be able
to eek out a couple of hours.
We'll have to adjust the carbon dioxide scrubbers
and the cabin pressure sensors.
Set autopilot and go for it.
- [Computer] Base auto-return activated.
(solemn music)
- I've been trying to piece this all together.
With that heat and the meteors I saw before submerging,
I honestly think we might have seen
the end of the world today.
- What are we gonna do?
- (gasping) I have no idea.
(solemn music continues)
(gentle sanguine music)
(gentle sanguine music continues)
(gentle eerie music)