seaQuest DSV (1993) s01e14 Episode Script
Nothing But the Truth
Come on, Jonathan, don't do this to me.
How often do you get offered your own submarine? It's just Bruno Class.
It's a sausage with a propeller.
It's your own command.
Well, I'm thinking about it.
Misgivings? Yeah, I mean, where else am I gonna get the opportunities that I have here? Bridger allows me to be captain a lot.
And whenever anything happens, we're always the first vessel called.
Okay, well, that's the argument for staying.
But what about the other side? It's my own command! Commanders Ford and Hitchcock to the Bridge, please.
Bridge.
Thank you for riding Mag-Lev.
Captain Bridger for you.
Your experiment's ready to go, sir.
Only seven of us left on board.
We'll join you in the aircraft carrier's control room, shortly.
All right, very good.
But first there's a vessel from the University of the Philippines just radioed us for assistance.
They've lost rudder control about a mile and a half off your port bow.
Rendezvous and bring those scientists up to the surface when you come up.
We can do that.
There's room in the last launch.
If you're going to leave us, Commander, at least you're going out in style.
You'll be remembered as the only man who got a chance to sink the seaQuest.
You maneuver this beast by yourself? I have been waiting two years to try.
If you stay, you're not going to sign my Officer Review, are you? I'm not trying to get you drummed off seaQuest, if that's what you think.
But that's what's gonna happen.
I have the right to choose my own executive staff, Krieg.
It's nothing personal.
How else am I supposed to take it? I mean, I know you can't fault my work, so it's got to be my style, right? Character, Krieg.
You're supposed to have it, not be it.
Why aren't you in Launchbay with the others? Lucas and Darwin stay on seaQuest.
Lucas, we can't do anything to jeopardize Bridger's experiment.
Now, if he's right and these hull siphons can automatically refloat a sinking ship imagine how many lives can be saved, not to mention cargo.
Yeah, but you're only flooding the passageways, right? The rooms will stay dry.
If I stay inside to record Did Bridger ask you to stay on board? Actually, he didn't ask me for anything.
Who cracked the program that allows us to understand fish face here? I did.
You and who else? This is the reason Bridger came back here in the first place.
You heard him, fish face.
We have to leave the ship.
We got them, Commander.
The university vessel is secure.
Bring them aboard and we are out of here.
Nice driving, Katie.
I'll reengage autopilot and meet you in the Launchbay.
Docking procedure completed.
Welcome aboard, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Are you all right? Well, we had a bit of a scare back there but we're fine, I think.
There is just one thing Security Alert.
Ah! Security Alert.
Just drop the bag and go.
Go! Let's move it.
Disable communications.
Communications dead, Colonel! Launchbay? Bridge? Launchbay? Jonathan? Surface Cruiser Quayle if you can hear me, this is seaQuest, Lieutenant Commander Hitchcock.
I have an unidentified security alarm.
I am locking down all weapons starting with sea-to-air missiles.
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.
Wolenczak.
Find him.
How many others are still loose? No one else.
He's lying.
Deck by deck search.
If anyone approaches this room, I want them held for interrogation.
No killing.
Bridge.
Keep schedule.
Katie, can you hear me? Katie, if you can hear me, rev auxiliary engines.
Darwin, have you seen the others? Not free.
What? New people.
Attack with guns.
Where are they now? All places.
Down this way.
Move! Scrambling reactor control.
All systems disabled.
SeaQuest is now dead in the water.
Bridge is compromised.
I have no time for emergency surfacing procedures.
She shut everything down.
She'll work with us.
Don't need it.
Long as there's power to make an outward link.
And you are? Lieutenant Commander Hitchcock, UEO, N7738656.
Beyond name, rank, and serial number, Commander what surprises have you laid into the controls? My friend can make you talk.
I'll lie.
He can make you tell the truth.
Routing past fused con-circuits.
We'll have a secure satellite hookup in 10 minutes.
Are you okay? Yeah.
Is anyone else free? I don't know.
As soon as I get a chance, I'm in the water.
No.
Stay here.
I want to control what they know.
No matter what I do, no matter what happens, I want you to tell them the truth.
Jonathan, I Even if it's classified.
I need to know you won't lie, Katie.
Hey! I said no killing! Who was that? Commander Ford.
She told the truth.
For now but later on, when she thinks we're starting to trust her, she'll lie.
How you doing over here, Shep? I think it might be broken.
All right.
Hang in there, will you? You know, Chief, there was even money you didn't have any blood vessels up there.
Looks like the bleeding's stopped.
I'm seeing double, Ben.
All right.
Keep an ear to the door.
I'm gonna try to get us the hell out of here.
It'd take you hours to wiggle through that air duct to the filtration housing.
And even if you make it through the turbine blades would just chop you to pieces.
Last dry dock all galley vents were routed to refrigeration.
How the hell do you know that? Studied up for my Officer Review.
Hey, buddy.
I'm through! UEO central computer recognized our inquiry.
It thinks it's talking to seaQuest.
It is talking to seaQuest.
She just has a different captain, that's all.
Nothing.
She shut down all direct controls.
This Bridge is useless.
Just like the manual says.
But what about detection capabilities? If someone tinkers in the bowels of the ship, will it still show up here? Systems check is still active.
I want you to follow these men.
Tell me where they go.
Men hurt seaQuest? Not if we can help it.
Commander? Down here.
Commander.
Lucas.
Did anybody else get away? No.
No, just me.
If we get back to your quarters, can you contact Bridger on the surface? It depends on what they've done to the ship.
Okay, let's go.
Are you all right? Yeah.
Let the fear work for you, Lucas.
Use it.
How? Fear makes us alert.
It pumps adrenaline, slows down time.
When I was under the grate I just shut my eyes.
I don't want to let you down.
You came out on your own.
I'm not worried about you letting us down.
Come on! There are two of them.
Heading your way.
Roger.
I got them.
He's right behind us.
What? He's coming! No, he wants us to think he is.
He's pushing us forward.
This way.
Still haven't come past me.
What do you mean they didn't come past you? Work back toward me, room by room.
They're here somewhere.
Got it.
Come out.
Hands up, or I shoot.
Where's your friend? Hey.
Hey, kid.
Hey, listen to me.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Is it too tight? Thank you.
Is that better? Two of my men haven't checked in.
I thought you hand-picked the best, Jackson? They're panicking.
Where are you going? Hunting.
What are you doing here? You're in a submarine all your professional life.
Do you ever sample the substance around you? Water? All the time.
And what do you find? The slow death of our planet, pollution.
Be good.
Stay alive.
Reap the benefits of our efforts.
All nuclear reactors and chemical plants accounted for, Colonel.
Moving on to fertilizer and paint manufacturers.
How long till you're finished? Half-hour, max.
Right on schedule.
Damn it! There are conduit cables I can't tear out.
I'm gonna need something to saw with.
Chief? Sorry, Lieutenant, I keep going in and out.
All right.
Just relax, all right? Just relax.
I've reprogrammed the WSKR for laser communications.
If I've routed it right the satellite over Panama should microwave us through to Captain Bridger.
Will the commandos know about it on the Bridge? Lasers don't make acoustic noise.
They'll have to be paying very close attention.
What is that? Someone is using a WSKR to make contact outside the ship.
Bowman! Got all paper mills and lumber manufacturers.
Security codes from waste plants starting to come in.
Trace down the source of this laser.
Now! We've been trying to contact you.
That wasn't a research submersible, sir.
We've been taken over by commandos of some kind.
What? Who are they? What do they want? I don't know.
Lucas and I are the only ones free.
So far they control the Bridge.
All right, Commander, basics.
Identify the enemy.
Determine his objectives.
Counter his plan.
Good.
Now, I'll have some aerial sub destroyers sent to you as soon as possible, but you realize if they try to activate any of our long-range weapons Understood.
Lucas says I can call you from anywhere on the boat with this.
I'll keep you apprised.
I'm all right, Captain.
You stay in your cabin, and lock the hatch.
Darwin, go to the Bridge.
Watch Hitchcock.
What did he mean, "If they activate our weapons? " He'll have to destroy seaQuest.
See if you can tap into the security cameras.
But don't do anything they can trace.
Where are you going? Gonna need some help.
I've got to find Krieg and Crocker.
Got it! The laser communication originated from a WSKR hovering outside something called Mammal Engineering.
It's listed under the name Wolenczak.
He's just a boy.
Jackson, are you there? This Wolenczak is on port side of Sea Deck number 4.
Go get him.
Alive! Someone's coming! I'm stuck.
No, it's the Commander.
It's the Commander! I couldn't get past the electrical conduit.
Your efforts showed up on engineering's diagnostic.
That's how I found you.
I've disabled three of their men.
Get his uniform, tie him up.
How are you guys for travel? Broken ribs, maybe internal bleeding.
Compound leg fracture.
Crocker's got a concussion.
How's Katie? She's all right.
Take this weapon, get to Medbay.
Lock yourselves in until I send for you.
Let me tell you what we've found out.
They're using the seaQuest to raid security codes to sensitive industrial plants throughout the confederations.
There's no telling what damage they can do.
Captain, I'm going to carry out the original plan flood the boat and send it to the bottom.
Go on.
I figure if we can throw them off their game get them running scared, maybe we can regain control.
Good plan.
Do it.
They've ended communications with the surface.
Find that kid.
Where are we? Got the whole wish list, Colonel.
As soon as I use seaQuest's computer to unscramble the security codes we're outta here.
What's happening! She's erasing the computer's memory! How bad? She got the cipher file's automatic mode.
We're gonna have to do all these codes manually.
That's gonna add another half hour at least.
Start with the nukes and the chems.
Work back.
Chain her to the rail.
Stupid.
Stupid.
These guys didn't just pick this day by accident.
They knew we'd be a skeleton crew.
They looked pretty damn professional coming through the Launchbay.
They aren't gonna panic that easy.
I can tell you that much.
Unless they're submariners, when water starts flooding in, they'll freak.
Won't the hull siphons kick in and refloat the ship? Not if we disable them.
Freeze! Don't move! Hey! Somebody, help! Stop it, I'm not doing anything.
Come on! Take him to the Bridge.
Find out what he knows.
What he's done.
Let go of me! What are we looking for? I don't know.
A message from Lucas.
That code on Lucas' monitor was the old man's circuitry ID number.
Oh, this thing always gives me the willies.
Commander Ford as the ranking officer aboard seaQuest I recognize your authority to access my program.
Captain, Lucas left a message for us with Professor Martinson.
I thought you should see it with us.
Where is Lucas now? He's on the Bridge with Hitchcock.
Proceed.
Before Lucas was interrupted, he was feeding images from the Bridge into my video enhancer.
I direct you to the other monitor to UEO Personnel scan.
Active search.
Colonel Shraeder recently retired from the UEO's Environmental Enforcement Division.
All of the security codes that they've stolen are from industrial polluters, grade six and above.
Blackmail? We don't know yet.
Check in on intervals.
Whoa, Chief? Here.
Ready, ready.
We got to get him to Medbay.
No, I go with you guys.
I won't turn it down.
Are you strong enough to get up into the electrical wiring? Just tell me what you need, Commander.
Scramble Launchbay, but good.
When they think they're opening the pressure seal, I want the toilets to flush.
Got it.
Make the toilets flush.
We won't count on him.
You up for some trouble? Always.
I've got to shut down the hull siphons, then open the Mag-Lev sea valve.
I need some time.
I can play fox to the hounds.
So, can I ask you a favor? Where is this signal coming from? Looks like somewhere in the science section.
The captain's quarters.
Commander? Move ahead.
B-Deck.
Starboard side.
and then by saying I don't think so, young man.
Colonel, there's an incoming message.
Someone's trying to contact us from the surface fleet.
Put them on, but don't let them see me.
Camera shy, Colonel Shraeder? If anything happens to my crew, I'm holding you personally responsible.
And if any of your gunfire ruptures any bulkheads you won't even feel the explosion that kills you.
You know, you're losing every bit of credibility you had with the Green movement.
I can't believe that you convinced other environmentalists to do this.
It's too radical.
Unfortunately, I did have to hire a few mercenaries.
It's not often seaQuest is without her crew.
I'm cutting off your access to the UEO computers.
I have what I need.
The shutdown codes to polluters all over the world.
You know, the Crystal Water Act of 2006 Is useless, Captain.
I was in Environmental Enforcement.
I saw the bribes, the payoffs.
There was always some reason to let the sludge keep flowing.
If you use those shutdown codes, you might as well bomb those plants.
It'll take years to put them back on-line.
How many years will it take for the Earth's water system to come back on-line, Captain? Two billion? Ninety percent of our drinking water is already tainted.
I agree with your principles.
But not my tactics.
No! What's going to happen to cities without electricity? What's going to happen in winter when people freeze to death when there's no heating oil? Who's going to feed them when agriculture fails? What else can we do? Corporations have no soul.
Earth must find a new way to use her water, Captain but nobody changes until they're forced to.
Oh, and you're that self-appointed force, is that it? Why not? You've had this ship for some time, and done nothing.
Now, it's my turn.
We have enough codes if you think we should leave.
Keep working.
I want them all.
I can't take long.
I think they track my location when we talk.
Whatever you do, don't let Shraeder get off with what he's stolen.
I'll stall him as long as I can.
The hull siphons are disconnected.
When I flood seaQuest, she will go down.
I don't know what to do about Lucas and the others.
There's nothing you can do, Commander.
I know that.
Good luck, Jonathan.
There are UEO ships all over the surface and your vessel isn't rated beyond 5,000 feet.
Where can you go? Seven thousand Philippine islands packed closely together.
I invite anyone to find me.
How far away is the nearest UEO sub that could track us? Three hundred miles.
Why are you telling him the truth? Because Commander Ford gave me an order.
He could be dead and you're helping him anyway.
I don't expect you to understand, Lucas.
I have to follow orders until I know for sure.
Do you want me to tell the truth, too? You do what comes naturally.
Give him a hard time.
What is it now, Captain? I want to show you something.
Cleveland's Cuyahoga River.
It was so polluted it actually caught fire in the 1960s.
That was a half century ago, Colonel.
There's been progress since then.
Thousands of waterways have been reclaimed.
The fact that industrial shutdown codes even exist is evidence of that.
Is that supposed to convince me to quit today, Captain? I was hoping you'd find another way to accomplish your goals.
Carbon tetrachlorides cause cancer.
Lead oxide deforms the unborn.
There's only one way to deal with that kind of madness.
You're not going to be seen as a savior you're going to be seen as some kind of a zealous nut! They'll just rebuild on the ruins.
You think I'm worried about my reputation? What is the point Wait a minute, you're stalling me.
Your commander is doing something down there and you're stalling me.
Uncuff them.
Get ready to move.
They stay on the boat.
They'll be fine if you don't do anything.
What are you doing here? I came to open that sea valve.
That's my job, Krieg.
Climb a ladder out of here.
That's an order.
"The senior officer in charge "shall not put his life at risk when there is a capable substitute.
" I appreciate your volunteering, Ben but I can't let you take my place.
I've got a few more reasons.
Katie.
Lucas.
If you die here, I don't have the expertise to rescue them and save this ship.
It's a laser sight.
They found us.
Stay put till I can cover you.
Krieg, go! Krieg, get out of here! Ben! Ah! Ben! What the hell was that? SeaQuest sinking.
Water inside.
Lucas leave.
Get out of my way.
We're taking on water.
E-Deck is completely submerged.
Wasn't that the whole point of Bridger's experiment? Shouldn't those siphon things pump it dry? Well, they're not working.
Somebody's disabled them.
We're out of here! Now! Darwin! Darwin, go! Go free! Get off the ship! Jackson? Come in, Jackson.
What are you doing here? Why aren't you down in the Launchbay? I went to see what the noise was about.
I almost got swept away.
Everything below us is underwater.
Come on.
Commander Ford.
I have six men unaccounted for.
It's a big ship.
I don't have time to explain, but I am not your enemy.
Well, I can't let you leave seaQuest.
I'm afraid that's not your choice.
Open the pressure hatch! Something's wrong with the controls.
Try the manual override.
I don't have time for this, Commander.
Run! Lucas.
Captain, Commander Ford here.
Go ahead, Commander.
We've blocked the intruder's escape.
I suggest you storm the boat and torpedo any small craft leaving her.
Understand.
I'll have amphibious troops there within a half an hour.
How long will it take to cut through this hatch? At least an hour.
All right, Commander, what do you have in mind? I'll trade your escape for my people.
Jonathan, no.
I'll set one of them free.
Commander Hitchcock, then.
What about the boy? What about him? Ben.
All right, Mr.
Ford.
You open the hatch and I'll set her free, unharmed.
This isn't right.
I can't be involved with holding women and children hostage.
We're letting them go, Bowman.
Are you ready? No.
I'm not one of your mercenaries.
Make up your mind! It's time to go.
Fine, stay here.
You hold her till I'm inside.
You'd better close the hatch, Commander.
I'd hate to be responsible for sinking your ship.
Colonel, wait! Hold it! Colonel Shraeder! Drop your weapons and get out of there now! He's opening the sea doors.
Sit down.
Krieg, take Lucas.
Turn on as many hull siphons as you can.
Ben, keep this boat off the bottom.
Can we keep Shraeder inside? No.
Shraeder, do you read me? Don't open those outside doors.
Goodbye, Captain.
The water pressure is going to crush you.
SeaQuest has been sinking for 15 minutes.
You're a hell of a lot deeper than when you came aboard.
Commander Hitchcock, are you there? Yes.
If I go outside, will I be crushed? Yes, Colonel, you will.
That's the lie I was waiting for.
What the hell was that? No! No! Congratulations, sir.
Your hull siphons were an incredible success.
They'll save a lot of lives.
Are you using flattery to forestall your decision, Jonathan? Come on, what's it gonna be? I'm staying, sir.
I like this boat.
I like the people.
I think I still have a lot to learn here, if you're willing.
You bet I am.
Lieutenant Krieg's Officer Review.
You won't regret this, Commander.
I promise.
Ben he already does.
Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
For centuries we've relied upon mineral deposits on land to support our industries but land only covers 29%% of the earth's surface.
As our population grows, we'll rely upon the ocean for future mineral resources.
Today, coal, oil and gas are taken from the sea but researchers are finding new deposits of cobalt copper and nickel in the mountains beneath the sea.
Join us on the next exciting episode of seaQuest DSV.
How often do you get offered your own submarine? It's just Bruno Class.
It's a sausage with a propeller.
It's your own command.
Well, I'm thinking about it.
Misgivings? Yeah, I mean, where else am I gonna get the opportunities that I have here? Bridger allows me to be captain a lot.
And whenever anything happens, we're always the first vessel called.
Okay, well, that's the argument for staying.
But what about the other side? It's my own command! Commanders Ford and Hitchcock to the Bridge, please.
Bridge.
Thank you for riding Mag-Lev.
Captain Bridger for you.
Your experiment's ready to go, sir.
Only seven of us left on board.
We'll join you in the aircraft carrier's control room, shortly.
All right, very good.
But first there's a vessel from the University of the Philippines just radioed us for assistance.
They've lost rudder control about a mile and a half off your port bow.
Rendezvous and bring those scientists up to the surface when you come up.
We can do that.
There's room in the last launch.
If you're going to leave us, Commander, at least you're going out in style.
You'll be remembered as the only man who got a chance to sink the seaQuest.
You maneuver this beast by yourself? I have been waiting two years to try.
If you stay, you're not going to sign my Officer Review, are you? I'm not trying to get you drummed off seaQuest, if that's what you think.
But that's what's gonna happen.
I have the right to choose my own executive staff, Krieg.
It's nothing personal.
How else am I supposed to take it? I mean, I know you can't fault my work, so it's got to be my style, right? Character, Krieg.
You're supposed to have it, not be it.
Why aren't you in Launchbay with the others? Lucas and Darwin stay on seaQuest.
Lucas, we can't do anything to jeopardize Bridger's experiment.
Now, if he's right and these hull siphons can automatically refloat a sinking ship imagine how many lives can be saved, not to mention cargo.
Yeah, but you're only flooding the passageways, right? The rooms will stay dry.
If I stay inside to record Did Bridger ask you to stay on board? Actually, he didn't ask me for anything.
Who cracked the program that allows us to understand fish face here? I did.
You and who else? This is the reason Bridger came back here in the first place.
You heard him, fish face.
We have to leave the ship.
We got them, Commander.
The university vessel is secure.
Bring them aboard and we are out of here.
Nice driving, Katie.
I'll reengage autopilot and meet you in the Launchbay.
Docking procedure completed.
Welcome aboard, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Are you all right? Well, we had a bit of a scare back there but we're fine, I think.
There is just one thing Security Alert.
Ah! Security Alert.
Just drop the bag and go.
Go! Let's move it.
Disable communications.
Communications dead, Colonel! Launchbay? Bridge? Launchbay? Jonathan? Surface Cruiser Quayle if you can hear me, this is seaQuest, Lieutenant Commander Hitchcock.
I have an unidentified security alarm.
I am locking down all weapons starting with sea-to-air missiles.
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.
Wolenczak.
Find him.
How many others are still loose? No one else.
He's lying.
Deck by deck search.
If anyone approaches this room, I want them held for interrogation.
No killing.
Bridge.
Keep schedule.
Katie, can you hear me? Katie, if you can hear me, rev auxiliary engines.
Darwin, have you seen the others? Not free.
What? New people.
Attack with guns.
Where are they now? All places.
Down this way.
Move! Scrambling reactor control.
All systems disabled.
SeaQuest is now dead in the water.
Bridge is compromised.
I have no time for emergency surfacing procedures.
She shut everything down.
She'll work with us.
Don't need it.
Long as there's power to make an outward link.
And you are? Lieutenant Commander Hitchcock, UEO, N7738656.
Beyond name, rank, and serial number, Commander what surprises have you laid into the controls? My friend can make you talk.
I'll lie.
He can make you tell the truth.
Routing past fused con-circuits.
We'll have a secure satellite hookup in 10 minutes.
Are you okay? Yeah.
Is anyone else free? I don't know.
As soon as I get a chance, I'm in the water.
No.
Stay here.
I want to control what they know.
No matter what I do, no matter what happens, I want you to tell them the truth.
Jonathan, I Even if it's classified.
I need to know you won't lie, Katie.
Hey! I said no killing! Who was that? Commander Ford.
She told the truth.
For now but later on, when she thinks we're starting to trust her, she'll lie.
How you doing over here, Shep? I think it might be broken.
All right.
Hang in there, will you? You know, Chief, there was even money you didn't have any blood vessels up there.
Looks like the bleeding's stopped.
I'm seeing double, Ben.
All right.
Keep an ear to the door.
I'm gonna try to get us the hell out of here.
It'd take you hours to wiggle through that air duct to the filtration housing.
And even if you make it through the turbine blades would just chop you to pieces.
Last dry dock all galley vents were routed to refrigeration.
How the hell do you know that? Studied up for my Officer Review.
Hey, buddy.
I'm through! UEO central computer recognized our inquiry.
It thinks it's talking to seaQuest.
It is talking to seaQuest.
She just has a different captain, that's all.
Nothing.
She shut down all direct controls.
This Bridge is useless.
Just like the manual says.
But what about detection capabilities? If someone tinkers in the bowels of the ship, will it still show up here? Systems check is still active.
I want you to follow these men.
Tell me where they go.
Men hurt seaQuest? Not if we can help it.
Commander? Down here.
Commander.
Lucas.
Did anybody else get away? No.
No, just me.
If we get back to your quarters, can you contact Bridger on the surface? It depends on what they've done to the ship.
Okay, let's go.
Are you all right? Yeah.
Let the fear work for you, Lucas.
Use it.
How? Fear makes us alert.
It pumps adrenaline, slows down time.
When I was under the grate I just shut my eyes.
I don't want to let you down.
You came out on your own.
I'm not worried about you letting us down.
Come on! There are two of them.
Heading your way.
Roger.
I got them.
He's right behind us.
What? He's coming! No, he wants us to think he is.
He's pushing us forward.
This way.
Still haven't come past me.
What do you mean they didn't come past you? Work back toward me, room by room.
They're here somewhere.
Got it.
Come out.
Hands up, or I shoot.
Where's your friend? Hey.
Hey, kid.
Hey, listen to me.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Is it too tight? Thank you.
Is that better? Two of my men haven't checked in.
I thought you hand-picked the best, Jackson? They're panicking.
Where are you going? Hunting.
What are you doing here? You're in a submarine all your professional life.
Do you ever sample the substance around you? Water? All the time.
And what do you find? The slow death of our planet, pollution.
Be good.
Stay alive.
Reap the benefits of our efforts.
All nuclear reactors and chemical plants accounted for, Colonel.
Moving on to fertilizer and paint manufacturers.
How long till you're finished? Half-hour, max.
Right on schedule.
Damn it! There are conduit cables I can't tear out.
I'm gonna need something to saw with.
Chief? Sorry, Lieutenant, I keep going in and out.
All right.
Just relax, all right? Just relax.
I've reprogrammed the WSKR for laser communications.
If I've routed it right the satellite over Panama should microwave us through to Captain Bridger.
Will the commandos know about it on the Bridge? Lasers don't make acoustic noise.
They'll have to be paying very close attention.
What is that? Someone is using a WSKR to make contact outside the ship.
Bowman! Got all paper mills and lumber manufacturers.
Security codes from waste plants starting to come in.
Trace down the source of this laser.
Now! We've been trying to contact you.
That wasn't a research submersible, sir.
We've been taken over by commandos of some kind.
What? Who are they? What do they want? I don't know.
Lucas and I are the only ones free.
So far they control the Bridge.
All right, Commander, basics.
Identify the enemy.
Determine his objectives.
Counter his plan.
Good.
Now, I'll have some aerial sub destroyers sent to you as soon as possible, but you realize if they try to activate any of our long-range weapons Understood.
Lucas says I can call you from anywhere on the boat with this.
I'll keep you apprised.
I'm all right, Captain.
You stay in your cabin, and lock the hatch.
Darwin, go to the Bridge.
Watch Hitchcock.
What did he mean, "If they activate our weapons? " He'll have to destroy seaQuest.
See if you can tap into the security cameras.
But don't do anything they can trace.
Where are you going? Gonna need some help.
I've got to find Krieg and Crocker.
Got it! The laser communication originated from a WSKR hovering outside something called Mammal Engineering.
It's listed under the name Wolenczak.
He's just a boy.
Jackson, are you there? This Wolenczak is on port side of Sea Deck number 4.
Go get him.
Alive! Someone's coming! I'm stuck.
No, it's the Commander.
It's the Commander! I couldn't get past the electrical conduit.
Your efforts showed up on engineering's diagnostic.
That's how I found you.
I've disabled three of their men.
Get his uniform, tie him up.
How are you guys for travel? Broken ribs, maybe internal bleeding.
Compound leg fracture.
Crocker's got a concussion.
How's Katie? She's all right.
Take this weapon, get to Medbay.
Lock yourselves in until I send for you.
Let me tell you what we've found out.
They're using the seaQuest to raid security codes to sensitive industrial plants throughout the confederations.
There's no telling what damage they can do.
Captain, I'm going to carry out the original plan flood the boat and send it to the bottom.
Go on.
I figure if we can throw them off their game get them running scared, maybe we can regain control.
Good plan.
Do it.
They've ended communications with the surface.
Find that kid.
Where are we? Got the whole wish list, Colonel.
As soon as I use seaQuest's computer to unscramble the security codes we're outta here.
What's happening! She's erasing the computer's memory! How bad? She got the cipher file's automatic mode.
We're gonna have to do all these codes manually.
That's gonna add another half hour at least.
Start with the nukes and the chems.
Work back.
Chain her to the rail.
Stupid.
Stupid.
These guys didn't just pick this day by accident.
They knew we'd be a skeleton crew.
They looked pretty damn professional coming through the Launchbay.
They aren't gonna panic that easy.
I can tell you that much.
Unless they're submariners, when water starts flooding in, they'll freak.
Won't the hull siphons kick in and refloat the ship? Not if we disable them.
Freeze! Don't move! Hey! Somebody, help! Stop it, I'm not doing anything.
Come on! Take him to the Bridge.
Find out what he knows.
What he's done.
Let go of me! What are we looking for? I don't know.
A message from Lucas.
That code on Lucas' monitor was the old man's circuitry ID number.
Oh, this thing always gives me the willies.
Commander Ford as the ranking officer aboard seaQuest I recognize your authority to access my program.
Captain, Lucas left a message for us with Professor Martinson.
I thought you should see it with us.
Where is Lucas now? He's on the Bridge with Hitchcock.
Proceed.
Before Lucas was interrupted, he was feeding images from the Bridge into my video enhancer.
I direct you to the other monitor to UEO Personnel scan.
Active search.
Colonel Shraeder recently retired from the UEO's Environmental Enforcement Division.
All of the security codes that they've stolen are from industrial polluters, grade six and above.
Blackmail? We don't know yet.
Check in on intervals.
Whoa, Chief? Here.
Ready, ready.
We got to get him to Medbay.
No, I go with you guys.
I won't turn it down.
Are you strong enough to get up into the electrical wiring? Just tell me what you need, Commander.
Scramble Launchbay, but good.
When they think they're opening the pressure seal, I want the toilets to flush.
Got it.
Make the toilets flush.
We won't count on him.
You up for some trouble? Always.
I've got to shut down the hull siphons, then open the Mag-Lev sea valve.
I need some time.
I can play fox to the hounds.
So, can I ask you a favor? Where is this signal coming from? Looks like somewhere in the science section.
The captain's quarters.
Commander? Move ahead.
B-Deck.
Starboard side.
and then by saying I don't think so, young man.
Colonel, there's an incoming message.
Someone's trying to contact us from the surface fleet.
Put them on, but don't let them see me.
Camera shy, Colonel Shraeder? If anything happens to my crew, I'm holding you personally responsible.
And if any of your gunfire ruptures any bulkheads you won't even feel the explosion that kills you.
You know, you're losing every bit of credibility you had with the Green movement.
I can't believe that you convinced other environmentalists to do this.
It's too radical.
Unfortunately, I did have to hire a few mercenaries.
It's not often seaQuest is without her crew.
I'm cutting off your access to the UEO computers.
I have what I need.
The shutdown codes to polluters all over the world.
You know, the Crystal Water Act of 2006 Is useless, Captain.
I was in Environmental Enforcement.
I saw the bribes, the payoffs.
There was always some reason to let the sludge keep flowing.
If you use those shutdown codes, you might as well bomb those plants.
It'll take years to put them back on-line.
How many years will it take for the Earth's water system to come back on-line, Captain? Two billion? Ninety percent of our drinking water is already tainted.
I agree with your principles.
But not my tactics.
No! What's going to happen to cities without electricity? What's going to happen in winter when people freeze to death when there's no heating oil? Who's going to feed them when agriculture fails? What else can we do? Corporations have no soul.
Earth must find a new way to use her water, Captain but nobody changes until they're forced to.
Oh, and you're that self-appointed force, is that it? Why not? You've had this ship for some time, and done nothing.
Now, it's my turn.
We have enough codes if you think we should leave.
Keep working.
I want them all.
I can't take long.
I think they track my location when we talk.
Whatever you do, don't let Shraeder get off with what he's stolen.
I'll stall him as long as I can.
The hull siphons are disconnected.
When I flood seaQuest, she will go down.
I don't know what to do about Lucas and the others.
There's nothing you can do, Commander.
I know that.
Good luck, Jonathan.
There are UEO ships all over the surface and your vessel isn't rated beyond 5,000 feet.
Where can you go? Seven thousand Philippine islands packed closely together.
I invite anyone to find me.
How far away is the nearest UEO sub that could track us? Three hundred miles.
Why are you telling him the truth? Because Commander Ford gave me an order.
He could be dead and you're helping him anyway.
I don't expect you to understand, Lucas.
I have to follow orders until I know for sure.
Do you want me to tell the truth, too? You do what comes naturally.
Give him a hard time.
What is it now, Captain? I want to show you something.
Cleveland's Cuyahoga River.
It was so polluted it actually caught fire in the 1960s.
That was a half century ago, Colonel.
There's been progress since then.
Thousands of waterways have been reclaimed.
The fact that industrial shutdown codes even exist is evidence of that.
Is that supposed to convince me to quit today, Captain? I was hoping you'd find another way to accomplish your goals.
Carbon tetrachlorides cause cancer.
Lead oxide deforms the unborn.
There's only one way to deal with that kind of madness.
You're not going to be seen as a savior you're going to be seen as some kind of a zealous nut! They'll just rebuild on the ruins.
You think I'm worried about my reputation? What is the point Wait a minute, you're stalling me.
Your commander is doing something down there and you're stalling me.
Uncuff them.
Get ready to move.
They stay on the boat.
They'll be fine if you don't do anything.
What are you doing here? I came to open that sea valve.
That's my job, Krieg.
Climb a ladder out of here.
That's an order.
"The senior officer in charge "shall not put his life at risk when there is a capable substitute.
" I appreciate your volunteering, Ben but I can't let you take my place.
I've got a few more reasons.
Katie.
Lucas.
If you die here, I don't have the expertise to rescue them and save this ship.
It's a laser sight.
They found us.
Stay put till I can cover you.
Krieg, go! Krieg, get out of here! Ben! Ah! Ben! What the hell was that? SeaQuest sinking.
Water inside.
Lucas leave.
Get out of my way.
We're taking on water.
E-Deck is completely submerged.
Wasn't that the whole point of Bridger's experiment? Shouldn't those siphon things pump it dry? Well, they're not working.
Somebody's disabled them.
We're out of here! Now! Darwin! Darwin, go! Go free! Get off the ship! Jackson? Come in, Jackson.
What are you doing here? Why aren't you down in the Launchbay? I went to see what the noise was about.
I almost got swept away.
Everything below us is underwater.
Come on.
Commander Ford.
I have six men unaccounted for.
It's a big ship.
I don't have time to explain, but I am not your enemy.
Well, I can't let you leave seaQuest.
I'm afraid that's not your choice.
Open the pressure hatch! Something's wrong with the controls.
Try the manual override.
I don't have time for this, Commander.
Run! Lucas.
Captain, Commander Ford here.
Go ahead, Commander.
We've blocked the intruder's escape.
I suggest you storm the boat and torpedo any small craft leaving her.
Understand.
I'll have amphibious troops there within a half an hour.
How long will it take to cut through this hatch? At least an hour.
All right, Commander, what do you have in mind? I'll trade your escape for my people.
Jonathan, no.
I'll set one of them free.
Commander Hitchcock, then.
What about the boy? What about him? Ben.
All right, Mr.
Ford.
You open the hatch and I'll set her free, unharmed.
This isn't right.
I can't be involved with holding women and children hostage.
We're letting them go, Bowman.
Are you ready? No.
I'm not one of your mercenaries.
Make up your mind! It's time to go.
Fine, stay here.
You hold her till I'm inside.
You'd better close the hatch, Commander.
I'd hate to be responsible for sinking your ship.
Colonel, wait! Hold it! Colonel Shraeder! Drop your weapons and get out of there now! He's opening the sea doors.
Sit down.
Krieg, take Lucas.
Turn on as many hull siphons as you can.
Ben, keep this boat off the bottom.
Can we keep Shraeder inside? No.
Shraeder, do you read me? Don't open those outside doors.
Goodbye, Captain.
The water pressure is going to crush you.
SeaQuest has been sinking for 15 minutes.
You're a hell of a lot deeper than when you came aboard.
Commander Hitchcock, are you there? Yes.
If I go outside, will I be crushed? Yes, Colonel, you will.
That's the lie I was waiting for.
What the hell was that? No! No! Congratulations, sir.
Your hull siphons were an incredible success.
They'll save a lot of lives.
Are you using flattery to forestall your decision, Jonathan? Come on, what's it gonna be? I'm staying, sir.
I like this boat.
I like the people.
I think I still have a lot to learn here, if you're willing.
You bet I am.
Lieutenant Krieg's Officer Review.
You won't regret this, Commander.
I promise.
Ben he already does.
Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
For centuries we've relied upon mineral deposits on land to support our industries but land only covers 29%% of the earth's surface.
As our population grows, we'll rely upon the ocean for future mineral resources.
Today, coal, oil and gas are taken from the sea but researchers are finding new deposits of cobalt copper and nickel in the mountains beneath the sea.
Join us on the next exciting episode of seaQuest DSV.