seaQuest DSV (1993) s01e04 Episode Script
Games
Any news from our launch team? No, sir.
They've been out of contact since they entered the ice prison.
Why would anybody build a prison up here, in the middle of nowhere? A thousand miles of frozen desert in every direction.
Exactly, it's where escape attempts become suicide missions.
Captain, Dr.
Westphalen has some preliminary data she thinks you might be interested in.
Thank you, Mr.
Ortiz.
I'd better go down and see what we've got.
Ladies.
Gentlemen.
What kind of lowlife would you have to be to get locked up on top of the world? Low, very low.
Commander, we're approaching the bottom of the glacier.
Watch out for those ice spurs, Katie.
If any of the glacier shears off, we're history.
Can you believe they keep this whole place open for one prisoner? So why won't they tell us who it is? I don't know.
Okay, we're docked and locked.
Did you contact the Captain? We lost our transponder.
We've been cut off.
Sounds like the whole place is coming down.
If things get too bad, you take off, understood? Look, you get them in, I'll get us out.
Okay, pressure equalized.
Ready? Go.
Thank God you came.
Please give me a hand.
Who are you? My name's Griggs.
I'm the warden.
Hold on.
I can't let you on until I know who you are.
I told you.
My name is Griggs.
I'm the warden here.
What the hell is going on? The power station is on fire.
The reserve tanks are blowing next to the main housing unit.
If that goes, the whole place will fall.
We have to get out of here now! Where are the others? They're all dead except for him.
Please, we have to go before this place buries us all.
Let's get the hell out of here.
What is this? Death on ice.
Let's go.
All right.
All right.
What do you mean "death on ice"? I mean, you don't wanna thaw it out.
The 21st century.
Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth the ocean.
As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians.
For beneath the surface lies the future.
Hiya, Ben.
What's in the box? Plutonium? Get out of the way.
Not until you tell me what's in the box.
You want to know what's in the box? I'll show you what's in the box.
All right? Only the answer to all of my problems.
And that would be Underwear? You're so young.
Not underwear.
Self-heating thermal long johns.
And I own 250 pair.
Well, congratulations.
You don't get it, do you? What's worse than being stuck at the bottom of the Arctic? What? Nothing.
The answer is there's nothing worse.
It's cold.
It's wet.
It's dark.
I purchased these babies for $25 a pair.
I figure I can get at least twice that from the local outposts.
Get out of the way.
So you're going to take advantage of people.
You know, you have an incredibly warped sense of reality.
It's basic economics.
Supply and demand.
Now, if you'll step aside, I can just go check my inventory.
This is a big mistake, Ben.
This is bad karma.
Yeah, well, after I'm finished, I'll purchase some of the good stuff.
These are the latest figures? Hot off the presses.
Well, the water's risen a foot and a half since the last measurement.
That's in two years.
What else can we do? Quite a lot, I think, if we Excuse me.
Bridger.
Captain, Cmdr.
Ford has just returned from the ice prison.
I'll be right there.
I'll catch up with you later.
I want to hear what you think.
Seacraft 3-15, report to Docking Bay 2.
Get it locked down as soon as you can.
And be careful, those tanks are pressurized.
Captain.
I thought you were going to stay in contact.
Well, we tried, but our transponder got crushed when we entered the ice prison.
Little more than a Sunday drive, huh? Yeah, well, it's not a run I'd like to make on a regular basis.
I don't blame you.
What the hell is this? T- S 6,000 support chamber.
It's the top of the line in cryogenic transport.
Capt.
Bridger, Warden Griggs.
Warden.
I'm sorry, it's frostbite, many years ago.
I see.
Where's the rest of your people? I'm afraid that there aren't any.
My two assistants died when the power plant exploded.
This is our only prisoner.
He have a name? Zellar.
Dr.
Rubin Zellar.
Zellar? The bio-warfare criminal? That's right.
I believe the doctor has degrees in biochemical engineering as well as nuclear physics and laser technology.
He was your only prisoner? Well, Zellar's more than an inmate.
He's a living case study.
I'm a criminal psychologist.
Well, I'd heard he'd been captured, but I I'm not thrilled about having him aboard.
I don't blame you, Captain.
But I can assure you that he's of no danger, as long as he remains in the chamber.
I don't mean to seem ungrateful but I wonder if I could trouble you for some dry clothing? I'm soaked to the bone.
Of course.
I'm sorry.
Cmdr.
Ford will help you.
My pleasure.
Thank you.
See that our friend here gets hung up to dry, too.
Yes, sir.
Warden.
You should have seen his face.
So he looks like you.
Very funny.
Anyway, they took him down to C-Deck.
Was he alone? No, there was some other guy.
I think he was a warden or something.
Are you sure it was the Dr.
Zellar? Who else would they drag around in a cryo-chamber? Did you say Zellar? Yes, ma'am.
He's down in C-Deck.
But I wouldn't worry, according to Phillips, he's an icicle.
Right? Right.
Scary looking, isn't it? It's a sick world when we're forced to invent something like this.
Doc are you okay? He's not what I'd imagined.
He's responsible for thousands of deaths.
Most of them by toxic poisoning.
I can't imagine a worse way to die.
I remember in survival training, they showed us this film on the affects a gas bomb could have on a human being.
You couldn't imagine the pain and agony Yes.
I really must get back to my work.
Do excuse me.
What did I say? Commander, we could take advantage of all those currents.
If we hug the coastline, we should gain half a day.
Well, Captain? How do I look? I'm no fashion critic, but I'd say you look fine.
It's been quite a while since I had new clothes.
I'm very pleased.
It's remarkable.
I think the Warden needs a little touch of civilization.
Yes.
A hot meal, some wine, perhaps a game of chess.
Do you play, Captain? I'm afraid not.
Poker's my game.
Of course.
I can, however, offer you a tour of the seaQuest.
I'd like that very much.
I'd be happy to show the Warden around.
And you say this entire section is devoted to science? Plus the decks above and below.
Currently we're charting water tables in relation to global warming.
It must be quite stimulating to have such resources at your disposal.
We're very excited by the possibilities.
What's he like? Excuse me? Zellar.
You must have got to know him very well.
Well, he's a private man, almost shy.
Really? Why do you ask? I'm a scientist.
My work is fueled by curiosity.
How long were you alone with him? They pulled the support staff about a year ago.
There were several guards until the fire.
But, for the best part of a year, it's been mostly Zellar and myself.
That is a long time to be confined with a madman.
It's too long, I'm afraid.
I lost myself toward the end.
I became obsessed with unlocking the mystery of his mind.
I don't believe that's possible.
I mean, the mind is too complex, too filled with contradictions especially a mind like Zellar's.
I don't know, I think in many ways he's no different than you and I.
Well, I think that's about everything.
The rest is engine rooms and crew quarters.
What's in there? Missile control.
That's off-limits, of course.
Of course.
Did I overhear you telling Capt.
Bridger that you play chess? Yes.
Do you play? A mild compulsion.
Would you care for a game? Yes.
My quarters in, let's say, an hour? Yes, an hour should be fine.
I do hope you didn't mind my interrogating you.
I don't get many opportunities to converse with someone who's had your experiences.
Not at all.
I only hope you find the man as interesting as the scientist.
Well, until later then.
Hello.
Oh, my God.
Ford here.
Commander, this is Williams down in C-Deck.
Sir, I think you better get down here right away.
You're sure? I mean, there's no mistake? The DNA match came back positive.
This is definitely Warden Griggs.
That means that Zellar's loose on the boat.
Well, how did he pass the ID scan? I'll show you.
He cut off his fingertips? That's not all.
When I was checking the body, I found this a surgical cavity cut into his chest.
My point is that we've studied enough psychopathic criminals to know that, short of lobotomies, they're incurable.
The only answer is to isolate them for life.
Check.
Isn't that like giving up, because the challenge is too great? I don't consider mass genocide a game.
But it is.
It's the ultimate game, at least to the perpetrator.
Zellar's mind, however depraved, holds the key to unlocking his condition.
Perhaps an understanding of all aberrant behavior.
I'm sorry.
I tend to lose a bit of myself when it comes to my work.
I sometimes forget that there are other pleasures in life.
Other indulgences.
What the Captain, what is happening here? Nice touch, Doctor.
I'm nothing if not creative.
Get him out of here.
I'm afraid we'll have to finish our game later.
It's a shame, it was going so well.
Don't you think? Easy.
Easy.
That'll be all, Chief.
Aye, sir.
I hope Dr.
Westphalen wasn't too upset by my abrupt departure.
She'll get over it.
Why'd you do it? Come now.
You're a military man.
Isn't it the duty of every good soldier to attempt escape? But you knew we'd figure it out.
Actually, I was surprised it took you as long as it did.
I have this terrible habit of overestimating my opponent.
Just answer the question, Doctor.
It's simple.
I wanted to play the game.
The game? You really know nothing about me, do you? What's to know? Your file's been sealed.
There's no history on you, no pictures, nothing.
Yes, well, I'm afraid that's the price one in my chosen field pays for success.
When the wars ended in 2010 there was a groundswell of idealism.
I became an embarrassment to the very governments that had hired me.
To purge their guilt, they decided that it was in their collective interest that I disappear.
So they burned my files and put me on ice.
That's a very touching story, Doctor, but the fact is you murdered people.
Takes all kinds.
But tell the Captain this: You'll know as much or as little about me as I decide.
I got you.
Bag of bones.
Hey, I thought you and I talked about this? About what? About tapping into a billion-dollar computer to play these games.
Hey, come on, I was bored.
You know this stuff makes you hyper? Well, I'm a kid, it's my job to be hyper.
Hey.
Relax, relax.
I've got a new game for you.
What do you want me to do with that? Open it.
Captain, this is a level-one UEO sealed file.
Opening it would be illegal.
Why do you think I came to you? Good point.
This thing is wrapped tighter than Krieg's wallet.
It's gonna take me some time to pop the lock.
Work fast.
Captain.
He's got a contusion on the back of his head and, apparently, he was swabbed with some sort of venom-laced fungus.
I'm not certain what it is.
I'm analyzing it now.
But he seems to be coming out of it.
He was discovered by his relief during the watch change at the machine shop.
There was also some equipment taken, a power-box generator, some optic lenses.
You're gonna be all right, kid.
I want every crewman accounted for.
I've already done that, Cap.
There's one missing.
Get me Cmdr.
Ford.
Aye, sir.
Ah, Captain.
Not much of a conversationalist, are we? If it makes you feel any better, the venom will wear off in a month or two.
You son of a Hold.
Wait outside.
You heard me.
Hey, come on.
Get out.
Get out.
I'm still missing a crewman.
You wouldn't know anything about that, would you? Who me? Now, get up.
You have to ask nice.
If he so much as blinks Don't worry, Cap, he's mine.
You ready? Yeah, I've just finished.
Excuse me, Lieutenant, could I trouble you for a wipe? No? It's all right, Commander.
Yes, sir.
Get him in here.
My pleasure.
You disappoint me, Captain.
I thought you surely more inventive.
You caught me on a bad day.
Yes, well, before you freeze-dry me there's something that you should know.
During my free time, I took the liberty of hiding a toxin onboard your vessel.
I assume that you found the cavity in Warden Griggs' chest.
I realize that was a bit unorthodox but it was the only way that I could safely support the toxin.
It's encased in ice and at current temperatures, probably melting.
If it's released well, we'll have a whole new meaning to the term "ghost ship.
" What do you want? Your word.
I take you to the toxin and you promise not to stick me in the deep freeze.
Do we have a deal? What about these? Don't push your luck.
Move it.
I wouldn't fire that, Chief.
The cross of energy fields could be hazardous to your health.
Oh.
You might want these.
This explains why he hit the machine shop.
You got any suggestions about what we do now? Nothing.
He knows.
Yes, Darwin.
Attaboy, Darwin.
Do it again.
Thank you.
That's the damnedest thing I ever saw.
Contact Cmdr.
Ford, immediately.
Captain.
I just found our missing crewman.
Trauma team to C-Deck, on the double.
I want all department heads in the ward room in 15 minutes.
And, Chief, I want a deck-by-deck search, immediately.
Aye, sir.
Prefer to take him alive but don't take any risks.
I understand, Captain.
Where are you going? I have to take care of something.
Allen, take D-Deck.
Billet, you come with me.
Bud, check the medical room.
No, Zellar says the toxin is encased in ice.
I don't get it.
Our security check may have been glitched but I know he didn't have it on him when we picked him up.
It wasn't on him.
It was on Griggs.
He planted it in his chest.
I hope you're feeling up to this, Doctor.
I'm fine, thank you.
Zellar must have removed it after his little tour.
How do we know there really is a toxin? Given the nature of this particular beast I don't think we have any choice but to believe there is.
She's right.
There's no Russian roulette with this guy.
So what do we do? We freeze the seaQuest.
What? It's the only way we can guarantee that the toxin won't be released accidentally.
I'm not sure how long we can keep life-support systems operating under those conditions.
If the toxin is loose, there's no guarantee that we'll even need a life-support.
Come.
Yes, sir? You wanted to see me.
Oh.
Lieutenant.
Sir.
I've heard that you've gone into the garment business.
Yes, sir, I have, actually, recently ventured into the retail clothing arena, on a small scale.
I think it's time for you to have a going-out-of-business sale.
Sir? I want you to distribute that underwear to the crew, immediately.
Understood? Yes, sir.
And, sir, who would I send that bill to? Bill? Considering our relationship, you'll receive a customary 5%% discount after takes.
Lieutenant, do I have to remind you that there's a penalty for black-marketing aboard this boat? Certainly not, sir.
I hope you'll consider my wares a gift.
A very expensive Dismissed.
Let's get started.
Yes, sir.
Commander, can you stick around for a moment, please? I think you and I have to consider a worst-case scenario.
Begging the Captain's pardon, but from where I'm standing worst case is we're dead.
I'm thinking of a larger picture.
What happens if this toxin leaks out into the Arctic currents? These waters feed out into the Pacific Plain.
Thousands of people could die.
That's right.
That's why we've got to go here.
Dreo Fault? It's the only place that's deep enough to protect the whole area in case we have to abandon the ship.
Scuttle the seaQuest? If we have to.
Well, what about the crew? Well, we can offload them in their launches on this ridge, and then, if necessary blow off the top of this fault and bury the boat.
You're serious about this? Plot the course.
Then what? Then we find Zellar.
Nathan, he's a game player.
You're playing into his game.
No, no.
I don't think so.
We're playing ahead of his game.
This is all it's come up with.
A deleted file? No pictures.
No bio-data.
Nothing.
I don't understand.
How can they classify a deleted file? Well, that's what I wanted to know.
So I ran a multi cross-systems global search and dump.
That sounds painful.
What the hell is that? The cross-reference came up dry.
So I triangulated, searching data fields related to what we know about Zellar.
And? Nothing.
Wiped clean.
The only thing I could find was a piece of testimony used in Zellar's UN trial.
Show me.
What follows are classified photos.
Island A-247, Indian Ocean.
Five hundred members of a multinational geological research team were exterminated.
Due to the unknown origin of toxin, removal of bodies was not possible.
No government has confirmed involvement.
However, bio-warfare specialist Dr.
Rubin Zellar has claimed responsibility.
Dr.
Zellar was tried by a joint assembly of the United Nations and sentenced to life imprisonment.
This is the last-known photograph of the expedition team before their deaths.
All members of the team, lead by Dr.
James R.
Westphalen, were killed.
Captain they killed him.
Wait, where do you think you're going? What do you mean, where am I going? I'm gonna find Darwin.
No.
No.
You're going to stay on the Bridge.
But No buts.
You're gonna stay safe until I find this madman.
Is that understood? Is that understood? Yes, sir.
Good.
You don't think he'd kill a dolphin, do you? As opposed to, what, Where else could he be? Come on, my friend.
I don't see him.
Darwin, come on, you know that sound.
Please.
There he is.
Yeah.
What are you trying to do? Are you trying to give us heart failure? Now this is very touching.
I had no idea you were an animal lover, Captain.
Really enjoying this, aren't you? What can I say? I'm one of those few people fortunate enough to love their work.
What do you want now? Nothing very complicated.
I just want to send a message to UEO Command.
So send it.
You've obviously tapped into our communications.
I had something a little more personal in mind.
But I need your help.
I want you and your first officer to report to the missile control room alone and unarmed.
You have exactly one minute.
He'll stop shaking in a moment.
Seconds to spare.
Amazing what a little motivation can do.
You have only yourself to blame, Captain.
What do you want now? A bottom-line man, I like that.
Take out your launch keys.
I believe you carry them on chains around your necks.
You can't be serious.
What about you, Captain? Do you believe I'm serious? The keys are DNA coded.
We're the only ones who can use them.
And so you will.
You went to all this trouble just to destroy UEO Command? I'm gonna do far more than that.
I'm going to demolish the whole charade of the new peace.
When will people understand? There's a balance that must be maintained.
Dark and light.
Good and evil.
Life and death.
Without one, there can't be two.
They feed on each other.
They exist only in relation to themselves.
Like you and I Captain.
Your launch keys.
Take it out, Commander.
Captain.
That's an order.
You realize you'll be held responsible for this? Commander, I think you better take a look at this.
What is it? We've just initiated a missile-firing sequence.
Zellar.
He's in the missile control room.
Override the system.
Shut down the entire missile bay, if you have to.
Initiating launch sequence override.
Override access denied.
Override isn't responding.
Let me try.
Let him try.
Go.
I can't break the line.
He must have bypassed the Bridge controls.
Override access denied.
I can't stop it.
Activate launch sequence on tubes one, three, five, and seven.
Prepare to activate launch keys.
Turn on my mark.
Commander, I've got fire in the hole.
Where? Tubes one, three, five, seven.
We're in a launch countdown.
I don't believe this.
Pre-launch sequence complete.
Mr.
O'Neill, any luck contacting the missile room? No response.
What the hell is going on down there? Eight, seven six, five, four three, two mark.
Missile launch executed.
I've got four birds away.
Oh, my God.
Mr.
Ortiz? Sir.
Target path.
Tracking.
Mr.
Ortiz? They're locked and headed toward Pearl Harbor.
It'll be all over soon.
All right you got what you wanted, now give me the toxin.
I don't think so.
You gave me your word.
I lied.
How I wish I had a picture of your faces.
Priceless.
Relax, gentlemen, it's harmless.
A simple fungus.
The worst it can do is give you a rash.
Well, don't feel too guilty, Captain.
You had to believe me.
I factored that into the equation.
I thought you might.
That's why I did some factoring of my own.
What's that supposed to mean? At first I couldn't figure out what it was you wanted.
What was the one thing that this boat offered you? Then it hit me.
Power.
That's why when you started this little game the first thing we did was to disarm all the warheads.
You're lying.
No.
I'm not.
I laid in a fail-safe override on the flight clocks of all the missiles.
In fact, they should be going into the drink just about now.
UEO has cruisers standing by to retrieve the missiles.
I should notify the Bridge.
Yes.
I'll kill you.
I don't think so.
Kristin.
No.
He deserves to die.
That may be true, but that's not for us to decide.
Why don't you give me that thing? Don't.
How could you? You don't even remember, do you? Innocent people die, and you don't even remember doing it? I've killed a lot of people.
You can't expect me to remember every one.
Try Dr.
James Westphalen.
He was in charge of the A-247 research team.
How unfortunate for him.
Listen to him.
He's messing with your head.
That's his game.
That's what he does.
Now, why don't you just put the weapon down? I have to finish this.
Then finish it.
Go ahead.
Shoot me.
Come on.
Go ahead.
Shoot me.
I don't think so.
That would be too easy.
I have another idea.
You're not the only biochemist aboard.
I want you to know what the others felt what my brother felt.
Captain? Don't ask him.
Ask me.
Well, do you want to live, or do you want to die? Answer me.
I want to live.
Well, I don't think so.
Checkmate.
Put him on ice, Commander.
No.
You promised.
You gave me your word.
I lied.
They're expecting Zellar in Pearl.
They plan to move him to a facility in the Sahara.
As long as he's not aboard my boat.
Is there a problem here? Sir.
Actually, there is.
It seems Mr.
Wolenczak here is refusing to follow your orders.
Hey, I wasn't the one trying to rip off innocent people.
You call it a rip off, I call it free enterprise.
I call it a draw.
I believe the Captain's orders were for you two to hand wash and deliver these to the local outposts.
Captain, I don't see why I'm here.
I wasn't the one ripping off people.
Let me try and explain it to you.
There are two kinds of people in this world who make me crazy.
Those who take advantage of people, and those who watch and then turn them in.
You two have a nice day.
Well, I hope you learned an important lesson here today.
Maybe next time you'll think twice before you open your big mouth.
I've got it.
All right, bring it forward.
All right, a little further.
All right, bring it forward.
Make sure it's not Just a skosh.
All right, hold it there.
All right.
Riley, Mathison, I want you over here.
Let's secure it, get it ready for transfer.
Right away, sir.
I wanted to see this thing through to the end.
I felt I owed the others that much.
He would have been proud of you your brother.
Although, for a second or two there I thought maybe you were gonna kill him.
Me, too.
I'm just about ready to go off duty.
I was wondering if, maybe we could have a game of chess? I don't think I'll ever play the game again.
Right.
Just thought I'd ask.
Captain? Is poker a difficult game to learn? Not if you have the right teacher.
Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from Woods Hole.
The DSV in seaQuest means Deep Submergence Vehicle.
seaQuest is the deepest diving submarine in the year 2018.
The doors behind me are closed when seaQuest makes a deep dive and these outer compartments are flooded to protect the crew from the tremendous pressures of the deep.
seaQuest is our look into the future which will challenge the next generation of explorers.
Join us on the continuing adventures of seaQuest DSV.
They've been out of contact since they entered the ice prison.
Why would anybody build a prison up here, in the middle of nowhere? A thousand miles of frozen desert in every direction.
Exactly, it's where escape attempts become suicide missions.
Captain, Dr.
Westphalen has some preliminary data she thinks you might be interested in.
Thank you, Mr.
Ortiz.
I'd better go down and see what we've got.
Ladies.
Gentlemen.
What kind of lowlife would you have to be to get locked up on top of the world? Low, very low.
Commander, we're approaching the bottom of the glacier.
Watch out for those ice spurs, Katie.
If any of the glacier shears off, we're history.
Can you believe they keep this whole place open for one prisoner? So why won't they tell us who it is? I don't know.
Okay, we're docked and locked.
Did you contact the Captain? We lost our transponder.
We've been cut off.
Sounds like the whole place is coming down.
If things get too bad, you take off, understood? Look, you get them in, I'll get us out.
Okay, pressure equalized.
Ready? Go.
Thank God you came.
Please give me a hand.
Who are you? My name's Griggs.
I'm the warden.
Hold on.
I can't let you on until I know who you are.
I told you.
My name is Griggs.
I'm the warden here.
What the hell is going on? The power station is on fire.
The reserve tanks are blowing next to the main housing unit.
If that goes, the whole place will fall.
We have to get out of here now! Where are the others? They're all dead except for him.
Please, we have to go before this place buries us all.
Let's get the hell out of here.
What is this? Death on ice.
Let's go.
All right.
All right.
What do you mean "death on ice"? I mean, you don't wanna thaw it out.
The 21st century.
Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth the ocean.
As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians.
For beneath the surface lies the future.
Hiya, Ben.
What's in the box? Plutonium? Get out of the way.
Not until you tell me what's in the box.
You want to know what's in the box? I'll show you what's in the box.
All right? Only the answer to all of my problems.
And that would be Underwear? You're so young.
Not underwear.
Self-heating thermal long johns.
And I own 250 pair.
Well, congratulations.
You don't get it, do you? What's worse than being stuck at the bottom of the Arctic? What? Nothing.
The answer is there's nothing worse.
It's cold.
It's wet.
It's dark.
I purchased these babies for $25 a pair.
I figure I can get at least twice that from the local outposts.
Get out of the way.
So you're going to take advantage of people.
You know, you have an incredibly warped sense of reality.
It's basic economics.
Supply and demand.
Now, if you'll step aside, I can just go check my inventory.
This is a big mistake, Ben.
This is bad karma.
Yeah, well, after I'm finished, I'll purchase some of the good stuff.
These are the latest figures? Hot off the presses.
Well, the water's risen a foot and a half since the last measurement.
That's in two years.
What else can we do? Quite a lot, I think, if we Excuse me.
Bridger.
Captain, Cmdr.
Ford has just returned from the ice prison.
I'll be right there.
I'll catch up with you later.
I want to hear what you think.
Seacraft 3-15, report to Docking Bay 2.
Get it locked down as soon as you can.
And be careful, those tanks are pressurized.
Captain.
I thought you were going to stay in contact.
Well, we tried, but our transponder got crushed when we entered the ice prison.
Little more than a Sunday drive, huh? Yeah, well, it's not a run I'd like to make on a regular basis.
I don't blame you.
What the hell is this? T- S 6,000 support chamber.
It's the top of the line in cryogenic transport.
Capt.
Bridger, Warden Griggs.
Warden.
I'm sorry, it's frostbite, many years ago.
I see.
Where's the rest of your people? I'm afraid that there aren't any.
My two assistants died when the power plant exploded.
This is our only prisoner.
He have a name? Zellar.
Dr.
Rubin Zellar.
Zellar? The bio-warfare criminal? That's right.
I believe the doctor has degrees in biochemical engineering as well as nuclear physics and laser technology.
He was your only prisoner? Well, Zellar's more than an inmate.
He's a living case study.
I'm a criminal psychologist.
Well, I'd heard he'd been captured, but I I'm not thrilled about having him aboard.
I don't blame you, Captain.
But I can assure you that he's of no danger, as long as he remains in the chamber.
I don't mean to seem ungrateful but I wonder if I could trouble you for some dry clothing? I'm soaked to the bone.
Of course.
I'm sorry.
Cmdr.
Ford will help you.
My pleasure.
Thank you.
See that our friend here gets hung up to dry, too.
Yes, sir.
Warden.
You should have seen his face.
So he looks like you.
Very funny.
Anyway, they took him down to C-Deck.
Was he alone? No, there was some other guy.
I think he was a warden or something.
Are you sure it was the Dr.
Zellar? Who else would they drag around in a cryo-chamber? Did you say Zellar? Yes, ma'am.
He's down in C-Deck.
But I wouldn't worry, according to Phillips, he's an icicle.
Right? Right.
Scary looking, isn't it? It's a sick world when we're forced to invent something like this.
Doc are you okay? He's not what I'd imagined.
He's responsible for thousands of deaths.
Most of them by toxic poisoning.
I can't imagine a worse way to die.
I remember in survival training, they showed us this film on the affects a gas bomb could have on a human being.
You couldn't imagine the pain and agony Yes.
I really must get back to my work.
Do excuse me.
What did I say? Commander, we could take advantage of all those currents.
If we hug the coastline, we should gain half a day.
Well, Captain? How do I look? I'm no fashion critic, but I'd say you look fine.
It's been quite a while since I had new clothes.
I'm very pleased.
It's remarkable.
I think the Warden needs a little touch of civilization.
Yes.
A hot meal, some wine, perhaps a game of chess.
Do you play, Captain? I'm afraid not.
Poker's my game.
Of course.
I can, however, offer you a tour of the seaQuest.
I'd like that very much.
I'd be happy to show the Warden around.
And you say this entire section is devoted to science? Plus the decks above and below.
Currently we're charting water tables in relation to global warming.
It must be quite stimulating to have such resources at your disposal.
We're very excited by the possibilities.
What's he like? Excuse me? Zellar.
You must have got to know him very well.
Well, he's a private man, almost shy.
Really? Why do you ask? I'm a scientist.
My work is fueled by curiosity.
How long were you alone with him? They pulled the support staff about a year ago.
There were several guards until the fire.
But, for the best part of a year, it's been mostly Zellar and myself.
That is a long time to be confined with a madman.
It's too long, I'm afraid.
I lost myself toward the end.
I became obsessed with unlocking the mystery of his mind.
I don't believe that's possible.
I mean, the mind is too complex, too filled with contradictions especially a mind like Zellar's.
I don't know, I think in many ways he's no different than you and I.
Well, I think that's about everything.
The rest is engine rooms and crew quarters.
What's in there? Missile control.
That's off-limits, of course.
Of course.
Did I overhear you telling Capt.
Bridger that you play chess? Yes.
Do you play? A mild compulsion.
Would you care for a game? Yes.
My quarters in, let's say, an hour? Yes, an hour should be fine.
I do hope you didn't mind my interrogating you.
I don't get many opportunities to converse with someone who's had your experiences.
Not at all.
I only hope you find the man as interesting as the scientist.
Well, until later then.
Hello.
Oh, my God.
Ford here.
Commander, this is Williams down in C-Deck.
Sir, I think you better get down here right away.
You're sure? I mean, there's no mistake? The DNA match came back positive.
This is definitely Warden Griggs.
That means that Zellar's loose on the boat.
Well, how did he pass the ID scan? I'll show you.
He cut off his fingertips? That's not all.
When I was checking the body, I found this a surgical cavity cut into his chest.
My point is that we've studied enough psychopathic criminals to know that, short of lobotomies, they're incurable.
The only answer is to isolate them for life.
Check.
Isn't that like giving up, because the challenge is too great? I don't consider mass genocide a game.
But it is.
It's the ultimate game, at least to the perpetrator.
Zellar's mind, however depraved, holds the key to unlocking his condition.
Perhaps an understanding of all aberrant behavior.
I'm sorry.
I tend to lose a bit of myself when it comes to my work.
I sometimes forget that there are other pleasures in life.
Other indulgences.
What the Captain, what is happening here? Nice touch, Doctor.
I'm nothing if not creative.
Get him out of here.
I'm afraid we'll have to finish our game later.
It's a shame, it was going so well.
Don't you think? Easy.
Easy.
That'll be all, Chief.
Aye, sir.
I hope Dr.
Westphalen wasn't too upset by my abrupt departure.
She'll get over it.
Why'd you do it? Come now.
You're a military man.
Isn't it the duty of every good soldier to attempt escape? But you knew we'd figure it out.
Actually, I was surprised it took you as long as it did.
I have this terrible habit of overestimating my opponent.
Just answer the question, Doctor.
It's simple.
I wanted to play the game.
The game? You really know nothing about me, do you? What's to know? Your file's been sealed.
There's no history on you, no pictures, nothing.
Yes, well, I'm afraid that's the price one in my chosen field pays for success.
When the wars ended in 2010 there was a groundswell of idealism.
I became an embarrassment to the very governments that had hired me.
To purge their guilt, they decided that it was in their collective interest that I disappear.
So they burned my files and put me on ice.
That's a very touching story, Doctor, but the fact is you murdered people.
Takes all kinds.
But tell the Captain this: You'll know as much or as little about me as I decide.
I got you.
Bag of bones.
Hey, I thought you and I talked about this? About what? About tapping into a billion-dollar computer to play these games.
Hey, come on, I was bored.
You know this stuff makes you hyper? Well, I'm a kid, it's my job to be hyper.
Hey.
Relax, relax.
I've got a new game for you.
What do you want me to do with that? Open it.
Captain, this is a level-one UEO sealed file.
Opening it would be illegal.
Why do you think I came to you? Good point.
This thing is wrapped tighter than Krieg's wallet.
It's gonna take me some time to pop the lock.
Work fast.
Captain.
He's got a contusion on the back of his head and, apparently, he was swabbed with some sort of venom-laced fungus.
I'm not certain what it is.
I'm analyzing it now.
But he seems to be coming out of it.
He was discovered by his relief during the watch change at the machine shop.
There was also some equipment taken, a power-box generator, some optic lenses.
You're gonna be all right, kid.
I want every crewman accounted for.
I've already done that, Cap.
There's one missing.
Get me Cmdr.
Ford.
Aye, sir.
Ah, Captain.
Not much of a conversationalist, are we? If it makes you feel any better, the venom will wear off in a month or two.
You son of a Hold.
Wait outside.
You heard me.
Hey, come on.
Get out.
Get out.
I'm still missing a crewman.
You wouldn't know anything about that, would you? Who me? Now, get up.
You have to ask nice.
If he so much as blinks Don't worry, Cap, he's mine.
You ready? Yeah, I've just finished.
Excuse me, Lieutenant, could I trouble you for a wipe? No? It's all right, Commander.
Yes, sir.
Get him in here.
My pleasure.
You disappoint me, Captain.
I thought you surely more inventive.
You caught me on a bad day.
Yes, well, before you freeze-dry me there's something that you should know.
During my free time, I took the liberty of hiding a toxin onboard your vessel.
I assume that you found the cavity in Warden Griggs' chest.
I realize that was a bit unorthodox but it was the only way that I could safely support the toxin.
It's encased in ice and at current temperatures, probably melting.
If it's released well, we'll have a whole new meaning to the term "ghost ship.
" What do you want? Your word.
I take you to the toxin and you promise not to stick me in the deep freeze.
Do we have a deal? What about these? Don't push your luck.
Move it.
I wouldn't fire that, Chief.
The cross of energy fields could be hazardous to your health.
Oh.
You might want these.
This explains why he hit the machine shop.
You got any suggestions about what we do now? Nothing.
He knows.
Yes, Darwin.
Attaboy, Darwin.
Do it again.
Thank you.
That's the damnedest thing I ever saw.
Contact Cmdr.
Ford, immediately.
Captain.
I just found our missing crewman.
Trauma team to C-Deck, on the double.
I want all department heads in the ward room in 15 minutes.
And, Chief, I want a deck-by-deck search, immediately.
Aye, sir.
Prefer to take him alive but don't take any risks.
I understand, Captain.
Where are you going? I have to take care of something.
Allen, take D-Deck.
Billet, you come with me.
Bud, check the medical room.
No, Zellar says the toxin is encased in ice.
I don't get it.
Our security check may have been glitched but I know he didn't have it on him when we picked him up.
It wasn't on him.
It was on Griggs.
He planted it in his chest.
I hope you're feeling up to this, Doctor.
I'm fine, thank you.
Zellar must have removed it after his little tour.
How do we know there really is a toxin? Given the nature of this particular beast I don't think we have any choice but to believe there is.
She's right.
There's no Russian roulette with this guy.
So what do we do? We freeze the seaQuest.
What? It's the only way we can guarantee that the toxin won't be released accidentally.
I'm not sure how long we can keep life-support systems operating under those conditions.
If the toxin is loose, there's no guarantee that we'll even need a life-support.
Come.
Yes, sir? You wanted to see me.
Oh.
Lieutenant.
Sir.
I've heard that you've gone into the garment business.
Yes, sir, I have, actually, recently ventured into the retail clothing arena, on a small scale.
I think it's time for you to have a going-out-of-business sale.
Sir? I want you to distribute that underwear to the crew, immediately.
Understood? Yes, sir.
And, sir, who would I send that bill to? Bill? Considering our relationship, you'll receive a customary 5%% discount after takes.
Lieutenant, do I have to remind you that there's a penalty for black-marketing aboard this boat? Certainly not, sir.
I hope you'll consider my wares a gift.
A very expensive Dismissed.
Let's get started.
Yes, sir.
Commander, can you stick around for a moment, please? I think you and I have to consider a worst-case scenario.
Begging the Captain's pardon, but from where I'm standing worst case is we're dead.
I'm thinking of a larger picture.
What happens if this toxin leaks out into the Arctic currents? These waters feed out into the Pacific Plain.
Thousands of people could die.
That's right.
That's why we've got to go here.
Dreo Fault? It's the only place that's deep enough to protect the whole area in case we have to abandon the ship.
Scuttle the seaQuest? If we have to.
Well, what about the crew? Well, we can offload them in their launches on this ridge, and then, if necessary blow off the top of this fault and bury the boat.
You're serious about this? Plot the course.
Then what? Then we find Zellar.
Nathan, he's a game player.
You're playing into his game.
No, no.
I don't think so.
We're playing ahead of his game.
This is all it's come up with.
A deleted file? No pictures.
No bio-data.
Nothing.
I don't understand.
How can they classify a deleted file? Well, that's what I wanted to know.
So I ran a multi cross-systems global search and dump.
That sounds painful.
What the hell is that? The cross-reference came up dry.
So I triangulated, searching data fields related to what we know about Zellar.
And? Nothing.
Wiped clean.
The only thing I could find was a piece of testimony used in Zellar's UN trial.
Show me.
What follows are classified photos.
Island A-247, Indian Ocean.
Five hundred members of a multinational geological research team were exterminated.
Due to the unknown origin of toxin, removal of bodies was not possible.
No government has confirmed involvement.
However, bio-warfare specialist Dr.
Rubin Zellar has claimed responsibility.
Dr.
Zellar was tried by a joint assembly of the United Nations and sentenced to life imprisonment.
This is the last-known photograph of the expedition team before their deaths.
All members of the team, lead by Dr.
James R.
Westphalen, were killed.
Captain they killed him.
Wait, where do you think you're going? What do you mean, where am I going? I'm gonna find Darwin.
No.
No.
You're going to stay on the Bridge.
But No buts.
You're gonna stay safe until I find this madman.
Is that understood? Is that understood? Yes, sir.
Good.
You don't think he'd kill a dolphin, do you? As opposed to, what, Where else could he be? Come on, my friend.
I don't see him.
Darwin, come on, you know that sound.
Please.
There he is.
Yeah.
What are you trying to do? Are you trying to give us heart failure? Now this is very touching.
I had no idea you were an animal lover, Captain.
Really enjoying this, aren't you? What can I say? I'm one of those few people fortunate enough to love their work.
What do you want now? Nothing very complicated.
I just want to send a message to UEO Command.
So send it.
You've obviously tapped into our communications.
I had something a little more personal in mind.
But I need your help.
I want you and your first officer to report to the missile control room alone and unarmed.
You have exactly one minute.
He'll stop shaking in a moment.
Seconds to spare.
Amazing what a little motivation can do.
You have only yourself to blame, Captain.
What do you want now? A bottom-line man, I like that.
Take out your launch keys.
I believe you carry them on chains around your necks.
You can't be serious.
What about you, Captain? Do you believe I'm serious? The keys are DNA coded.
We're the only ones who can use them.
And so you will.
You went to all this trouble just to destroy UEO Command? I'm gonna do far more than that.
I'm going to demolish the whole charade of the new peace.
When will people understand? There's a balance that must be maintained.
Dark and light.
Good and evil.
Life and death.
Without one, there can't be two.
They feed on each other.
They exist only in relation to themselves.
Like you and I Captain.
Your launch keys.
Take it out, Commander.
Captain.
That's an order.
You realize you'll be held responsible for this? Commander, I think you better take a look at this.
What is it? We've just initiated a missile-firing sequence.
Zellar.
He's in the missile control room.
Override the system.
Shut down the entire missile bay, if you have to.
Initiating launch sequence override.
Override access denied.
Override isn't responding.
Let me try.
Let him try.
Go.
I can't break the line.
He must have bypassed the Bridge controls.
Override access denied.
I can't stop it.
Activate launch sequence on tubes one, three, five, and seven.
Prepare to activate launch keys.
Turn on my mark.
Commander, I've got fire in the hole.
Where? Tubes one, three, five, seven.
We're in a launch countdown.
I don't believe this.
Pre-launch sequence complete.
Mr.
O'Neill, any luck contacting the missile room? No response.
What the hell is going on down there? Eight, seven six, five, four three, two mark.
Missile launch executed.
I've got four birds away.
Oh, my God.
Mr.
Ortiz? Sir.
Target path.
Tracking.
Mr.
Ortiz? They're locked and headed toward Pearl Harbor.
It'll be all over soon.
All right you got what you wanted, now give me the toxin.
I don't think so.
You gave me your word.
I lied.
How I wish I had a picture of your faces.
Priceless.
Relax, gentlemen, it's harmless.
A simple fungus.
The worst it can do is give you a rash.
Well, don't feel too guilty, Captain.
You had to believe me.
I factored that into the equation.
I thought you might.
That's why I did some factoring of my own.
What's that supposed to mean? At first I couldn't figure out what it was you wanted.
What was the one thing that this boat offered you? Then it hit me.
Power.
That's why when you started this little game the first thing we did was to disarm all the warheads.
You're lying.
No.
I'm not.
I laid in a fail-safe override on the flight clocks of all the missiles.
In fact, they should be going into the drink just about now.
UEO has cruisers standing by to retrieve the missiles.
I should notify the Bridge.
Yes.
I'll kill you.
I don't think so.
Kristin.
No.
He deserves to die.
That may be true, but that's not for us to decide.
Why don't you give me that thing? Don't.
How could you? You don't even remember, do you? Innocent people die, and you don't even remember doing it? I've killed a lot of people.
You can't expect me to remember every one.
Try Dr.
James Westphalen.
He was in charge of the A-247 research team.
How unfortunate for him.
Listen to him.
He's messing with your head.
That's his game.
That's what he does.
Now, why don't you just put the weapon down? I have to finish this.
Then finish it.
Go ahead.
Shoot me.
Come on.
Go ahead.
Shoot me.
I don't think so.
That would be too easy.
I have another idea.
You're not the only biochemist aboard.
I want you to know what the others felt what my brother felt.
Captain? Don't ask him.
Ask me.
Well, do you want to live, or do you want to die? Answer me.
I want to live.
Well, I don't think so.
Checkmate.
Put him on ice, Commander.
No.
You promised.
You gave me your word.
I lied.
They're expecting Zellar in Pearl.
They plan to move him to a facility in the Sahara.
As long as he's not aboard my boat.
Is there a problem here? Sir.
Actually, there is.
It seems Mr.
Wolenczak here is refusing to follow your orders.
Hey, I wasn't the one trying to rip off innocent people.
You call it a rip off, I call it free enterprise.
I call it a draw.
I believe the Captain's orders were for you two to hand wash and deliver these to the local outposts.
Captain, I don't see why I'm here.
I wasn't the one ripping off people.
Let me try and explain it to you.
There are two kinds of people in this world who make me crazy.
Those who take advantage of people, and those who watch and then turn them in.
You two have a nice day.
Well, I hope you learned an important lesson here today.
Maybe next time you'll think twice before you open your big mouth.
I've got it.
All right, bring it forward.
All right, a little further.
All right, bring it forward.
Make sure it's not Just a skosh.
All right, hold it there.
All right.
Riley, Mathison, I want you over here.
Let's secure it, get it ready for transfer.
Right away, sir.
I wanted to see this thing through to the end.
I felt I owed the others that much.
He would have been proud of you your brother.
Although, for a second or two there I thought maybe you were gonna kill him.
Me, too.
I'm just about ready to go off duty.
I was wondering if, maybe we could have a game of chess? I don't think I'll ever play the game again.
Right.
Just thought I'd ask.
Captain? Is poker a difficult game to learn? Not if you have the right teacher.
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