Surface (2005) s01e02 Episode Script

Previously on Surface.
To my little bro's first rig dive, huh? You pumped? All right.
You pumped? Hon, I don't think you were in your right mind when When what? When George drowned.
George did not drown! Something happened Wait, something's wrong.
Something's coming up.
This morning you saw a sea monster.
Yeah.
Aleksander Cirko is here.
I've been answering your questions for three hours.
Life isn't fair.
Authorities claim that the decomposed carcass is a sperm whale.
Some locals are less sure.
So what do you think it is? Eggs? You sure your parents won't notice? What is going on in there? Hi, Phil.
Mom! Miles just destroyed my bathroom! Destroyed it! Miles! Whoa, what happened? What does it look like happened, Phil? The tank broke? MAN: How do you feel? Yeah.
Where's Miles? He's upstairs trashing my bathroom.
Could we please forego the hysterics? I heard him in there, Mom.
He's trashing it.
Work on the floor.
Miles James! Miles! Psst.
Psst.
Hey, close the door.
Hurry up.
We gotta put it in something.
Golf bag Get the cooler.
The big one.
Miles! What are you doing with that? Nothing.
Get in here, Miles, this instant.
Hide it.
Where? Where nobody's gonna look.
It's a nice, bright day.
It's 30 degrees Celsius down at Stenstead Beach.
Chill out, esse.
I said chill! Miles, do you mind telling me why you did that to your sister's bathroom? I slipped and reached out and grabbed the curtain with my hand.
And What is he doing out there? Good question.
Go out there, tell him to put the hose back up where he found it, get his bike off my bushes and get home immediately.
Understood? Yes, ma'am.
What are you doing? Just giving the homey some agua.
You gotta go.
Mom was freaking.
Okay.
Rashad called.
DNA in a week to 10 days.
If we can fly to Palo Alto tonight.
Then we'll know.
Go, go! Three new fatalities.
Confirmed attack on the launch for the Argentinean search and rescue.
Where? Just off the Falklands.
First sighting below the 50th Parallel? Looks like you caught your fish.
Congratulations, Doctor.
I didn't expect the Pentagon here.
Well, I've been assigned to supervise the study.
My understanding was that I answered directly to Dahl.
You do, through me.
What's the setting on the pneumatic? We don't know the bone structure, and the last thing we want is for this jaw to snap.
Clear vertebrate structure.
Width, over 40 inches.
For the pressure.
A clear set of gills! Yes.
Hagfish are all over this thing.
Extreme infestation.
Feeding off the carcass.
You should see the digestive tract.
It should lead you to the Lungs! Yes, I can see them.
You were right.
Right about what, Dr.
Cirko? It's a mammal.
Hello? How many cups of coffee? I'm way past the coffee at this point, baby.
Hey, did you call your mother? No.
I'll call her.
Hon, you've got to call her.
I said I'd call her.
All right, I mean, I loved George, too.
I just need you here.
Honey, you believe me, right? I believe that you believe.
Does Dad know we flew to South Carolina? Don't' worry about it.
I'm gonna tell him.
It's fine.
I mean, it's an adventure.
"Adventure"? Yes, it is.
It's an adventure.
We're going to see Mommy's marine vertebrate.
By means of the cumulative effects of distillatory Evacuation routes include Highway 17 and 26 to Columbia.
All inhabitants are requested to be out of their homes by noon today.
By order of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the area is to be evacuated immediately.
Let's go, people.
Everyone must leave the island! We are securing the island.
Everyone must leave the island! Keep moving, folks.
Stay in your vehicles, please.
Nice and easy.
Thank you.
Everyone must leave the island at once.
By order of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, this area is to be evacuated immediately.
Why can't they tell us anything? This is a public beach! Look, I told you, a tanker spill has caused a red tide.
Hi, I'm from the Monterey Oceanographic Institute.
Do you have a clearance ID, ma'am? No, I don't, but I'm an oceanographer and a doctor and I'm sorry, ma'am.
I can't let you through.
This is a red tide, it's fish kill.
It's highly toxic.
Now you've either got to have a blue or yellow badge to get through here.
Hang on a second, man.
Excuse me.
Hang on just a second now.
I just drove all night to get here.
You telling me I can't go Is there a problem here? Yes, sir, there is.
I just drove all the way from Louisiana We got a CDC evac here, sir.
Sir, I got kind of a special situation.
I was just in a diving accident about three days ago and it would really help All right, people, we have orders to evacuate.
Everyone to the far side of the Inter-Coastal Waterway.
It would really help me out if I could get on You're gonna have to leave.
This is a restricted area All right, listen this is America, all right? If I wanna go on that damn beach, I'm gonna go on that beach, you understand? We have got evacuations orders.
This ain't no evacuation! What kind of evacuation needs guns? He's got a point.
I mean I'm sorry, ma'am.
No one's talking to you right now.
I know, but if it's just an evacuation, I We've been given orders to evacuate this island and that's exactly what we're going to do.
Get your hands off me, man! Hey, stop that guy! Thank you, Lord, for all you have blessed us with, despite the misfortune of losing an antique Persian rug, a sectional couch and a very expensive coffee table to the Great Tank Flood of 2005.
Did you get an appraiser? Of course.
Guess how much, Daddy.
$14,000.
$14,000? Amen.
Amen.
Yes.
I mean, a tank just can't break like that, can it? I don't know where all the fish went.
I mean, I want to know where all the fish went as well as you all do.
Look, given the level of chaos around here, I think we ought to postpone Cabo.
Mom, the trip is tomorrow.
Wouldn't that mean you'd have to eat the tickets? Yeah.
Good point, honey.
Well, in case you've forgotten, your son was recently brought home by the authorities in the middle of the night.
Oh, we're straight about that.
We have a new regime.
Mom, how can we grow up to be responsible if you don't give us responsibility? Give it a second.
Gotta wait on the argon assist.
Give it long enough, it will scar the diamonds.
Open her up a bit.
I've got about 25 gigs.
That's it.
Come on.
There we go.
What did I tell you? Slowly, now.
Slowly.
You should be getting very close to the vertebrae.
Hang on, hang on.
We're getting a lot of noise.
2,500 RMS.
We should shut it down.
Almost through.
Shut it, now.
Give me a little more time.
I said shut it down! Shut it down now! All evacuees should have their valid driver's license or a picture ID ready.
Form a line to the left.
Various assignments will be made at the registration area.
You're being quarantined for your own protection.
Here, ma'am, go there.
Prepare to show your picture ID when called.
Joel Fragan? Joel Fragan, please come to the registration desk.
Hey.
I saw you make a break for it out there.
You all right? Turned my knee a little, but I'm okay.
They charge you? No.
Said they would if I did it again.
Why'd you do it? If you don't mind me asking.
I just I wanted to see the whale.
The red tide.
There is no red tide.
You were outside earlier.
The sea gulls are fine.
Red tide poison the bait fish, bait fish poison the sea gulls.
Dr.
Laura Daughtery.
Rich Connelly.
That's my son Jesse.
I got two at home just like him.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
So Richard Connelly, please report to the registration area.
I think there's something fishy going on around here.
Yeah.
I wanna show you something.
Have you ever seen any of this? Yes.
Yeah, I have.
Yeah? Hey, come on, bubba.
I'll go in the direction I want.
You don't have to put your hands on me, come on.
Thanks for helping us out here.
Don't really have much of a choice, do I? Please have a seat.
Hey, Jesse, I'm Colonel Rutger.
Did you come a long way on an airplane? Any questions you have you can address to me.
Well, I was just wondering what brought you all the way to Sullivan's Island.
And I was just wondering who gave you the authority to ask.
The Center for Disease Control.
There's an airborne virus that comes from dead marine mammals.
It's rare, but transmittable to human beings with an 82% mortality rate.
I see.
For your protection and that of others, we'll need to know your whereabouts for the next 90 days.
We need to take your blood.
I'm sorry? Jesse's too.
I don't like shots.
I know, baby.
I know.
Look, if I answer your questions, you don't have to take his blood.
Yes, we do.
It's for public health.
Ah! Okay.
All right, well, I'll tell you what.
No sale here.
And uh I don't really feel like talking to ya'll anymore.
You violated a direct order from a Military Officer at a public quarantine site today.
That, and the assault, are federal crimes.
Please, don't force us to press charges.
Take a seat.
It's like if E.
T.
had sex with Bigfoot.
I don't care what it is, really.
Have you named it? No.
How about Cornelius? How about not, Nimrod.
Dude! Nimrod the Iguana.
Here, read the part about feeding.
"Before feeding, it is important to let your reptile know "that feeding time has arrived.
" "Place the alfalfa pellets directly in front of your pet.
" What's that? Fish sticks.
"Do not make eye contact.
Iguanas are wild animals.
"They may perceive you to be a predator bent on devouring them.
" I don't get it.
He ate the fish before.
Well, look at him, dude.
You're pissing him off.
Is he married, Doctor? Why do you ask? Well, the damage to his face was extensive.
A three-inch flap from his right cheek was taken off.
I've only seen that kind of displacement with car accidents, usually when a patient's thrown through the windshield.
Yes, he's married.
Is he awake? Yes.
And he doesn't know.
Could I? If I had known morphine was this good, I'd have started sooner.
How did the rest of the vivisection go? Don't worry.
Got a little spike in your pulse there, Mr.
Singh.
How are you feeling? Hot.
Doctor! His body systems are accelerating.
Heartbeat 250.
Cardiac arrhythmia.
Okay, give me 20 milligrams of Diltiazem, stat.
His ventricles could rupture.
If you could wait outside, sir.
I think he's still SVT.
They got a blockade down here, okay? Do you understand? They You would not believe the kind of response they got going on here for a dang whale! Are you in trouble or No, no, no, no.
I mean, no legal trouble, you know, but I mean, none of it is gonna cost any money, okay? They did take a little blood but that Rich, hon Okay, I am trying to be supportive here, but the way that you're acting right now Baby, I know.
It's okay.
I love you.
I'm gonna have to call you back.
No Hey there.
Hey.
I'm interested in buying that boat.
You're five minutes late.
I just sold it.
Oh, no.
Hey, listen.
I'm gonna double whatever they gave you.
I gotta have that boat.
I can't do that.
I'll triple it.
That she can do.
Follow me.
Look, there's who bought it over there.
Now, you two duke it out and bring me back the money.
Hey.
What do you say we go Dutch on the boat? Center for Disease Control? Yeah.
That's a bunch of hogwash.
Hey, the only reason they took our blood, you know To intimidate us.
Uh-huh.
You always keep camo in the back of your truck? I do if it's hunting season.
I'm invisible.
We can see them but they can't see us.
I hope they can't see us.
That thing took my brother and I ain't leaving until I get a look at it.
That's what I like to see.
Don't stay up too late.
School day tomorrow.
School is my job, Dad.
That's my boy.
Nim? Nimmy.
Nimrod.
Nimmy, Nimmy, Nimmy.
I've got you some food.
Some good food.
Some sushi.
Yeah.
You hungry, Nim? Nim? Come on, Nim.
It's sushi.
Sushi.
It's okay, Nim.
It'll be all right.
This is so awesome, Mom.
We need to be quiet, baby, okay? Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and make sure the coast is clear.
On my lap.
Mom, are we breaking the law? No, baby, it's a public beach.
Mom? Hey, Mom? It's okay.
It's okay, baby.
Come on, Jesse.
What kind of snakes are they? They're not snakes, baby.
They're hagfish.
They feed on dead whales.
Okay.
Do you happen to have a knife on you? Come on.
I've got my pants on, don't I? Here.
Thanks.
Okay.
Okay.
Is that blubber? That is a stomach.
That's gross.
No, it's not, baby.
It's natural.
You have one, too.
They fed on the carcass.
See, I can analyze these pieces and figure out what washed up on that beach.
No, it's not a whale.
Don't forget to pay Roberto.
Check's on the kitchen counter.
Already made out, so don't get any ideas.
Dad Oh, and my orchids.
Don't forget my orchids.
Water them tomorrow.
Miles, that'll be your job.
I won't forget.
Make sure he doesn't forget.
He won't.
Okay, see you later.
Okay, contact number's on the fridge.
We're on the red eye, so try not to call till tomorrow.
Bye.
Don't do anything you wouldn't be proud of the whole world knowing.
Great.
See you.
We'll take care of everything! We trust you! Adios! Bye.
I'm gonna have some people over tomorrow, so don't freak.
I'm sorry about today.
I made a mistake.
I shouldn't have brought you here.
Tonight was the best night of my life.
How's he doing? All right.
I think.
"Good night, sweet prince.
Sorry about the creepy dead hagfish "and the felony trespassing," you know? The sooner he finds out what the world's really like, the better.
It's hard to know what to do.
You got that right.
It's out there, isn't it? Whatever it is.
Yes, it is.
What happened to your brother? Well, I took him spear-fishing at an offshore rig, and we chased a grouper about 75 feet down.
And we were just sitting there in the dark, waiting, when it swam up on us.
The animal that you drew in your notebook? Yeah.
It was George's first time.
He didn't know any better, you know.
So he shot it.
It drug him down? Yeah.
Rich, I'm so sorry.
Yeah.
Me, too.
Whoa, dude, amber alert.
Check out the bikini.
Come on, Beavis.
Act natural.
Why are Bilbo and Frodo going to your playhouse? I do not wanna know.
Hey, baby, what's up? Beezer and Kevin said they might come by later.
If that's cool? Okay.
But no one else.
How's the little Nimster? Circling the drain.
Deathwatch? No.
He won't eat anything.
Well, if he croaks, we know where there's more eggs.
I like this one.
There have been some complications.
The Diltiazem we administered had no effect.
His heart rate spiked to nearly 300 beats-per-minute then collapsed without warning.
We tried resuscitation.
I was about to pronounce when the nurse found an extremely faint pulse.
He's essentially comatose, although the more accurate physiological term might be hibernation.
What is his heart rate now? Less than five.
Come on, dude.
We've got to take a shot at this.
Come on.
Go, man, go.
Hi.
Hey.
Follow me.
Where are we going? Over there.
What's over there? Stuff.
What's wrong with the house? The house is boring.
Your bro's got a stash out here.
So that's what he's been up to out here, pilfering my Dad's beer.
The little dudes drank it all.
That's awesome.
Your hands are freezing.
"Arrr" yourself.
Meow.
Ew! What is that thing? There's a rat in the pool! Cannonball! Check my room.
Okay.
Miles! Where is that thing! Get it out! No! Get out! He's freezing.
I think he's feeling better.
Hey! There's my girls! She's a marine biologist.
Oh.
She's got all kinds of degrees, but she saw the same thing I did.
So we've got our phone numbers, we got e-mail.
We're gonna keep in touch.
Okay, that's great.
Baby, it is great.
It means I'm not crazy.
I know, okay.
Great.
I'm glad you got some things cleared up.
Tracy, this is real for me.
There's a lot of real things going on right now.
Come on, now, this is a good thing.
It means I'm not crazy! Barry, you're gonna love this.
I got to get this over to Patricia Fisher at NOAA to analyze the stomach contents.
These hagfish fed on the carcass.
Daughtery, you can't be here.
Did you hear me correctly? These animals, they fed on the carcass in South Carolina.
I heard you.
You cannot be here.
What I got this last night.
You shouldn't have gone to South Carolina.
They know I went to South Carolina.
"In order to keep the capital grant it is necessary "to cease and desist all activities related "to the Benthic Studies Program.
" I'm out of a job? I wish there was something I could do.
I filed a petition to have your research returned at a future date It's not just about the research.
I need a job, Barry.
I've got a kid.
I've got real world issues.
We all got that.
What Did these people get to you? When the U.
S.
Army tells me to stay out of something, I'm gonna do it, okay? I'm a citizen Well, so am I.
And I have a right to my own work, and a right to my own research, and a right to know what's down there.
This is gonna help me.
Spalding City.
Do you have any idea what this is gonna cost you? You can't bust me.
I'll tell them about the party.
You're keeping a baby sleestak in the back yard.
You threw a huge party that got busted by the police.
You tell on me, I tell on you.
Mutually-assured destruction.
AII I know is that party was live as hell.
Live as hell.
Dude, that's it.
Whoa! I think he likes them alive.
Mr.
Singh? Hey, guys.
We're home.
Hey! Hi.
You doing all right? Yeah.
Did you miss us? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Hey.
Right.
How are you? Hey, honey.
Hey.
Yeah.
Hey, the house looks great.
You guys cleaned up after the party pretty well.
Good one, Dad.
No, seriously.
You guys have any trouble? No.
No.
Not really.
What did we learn from the carcass? That we have more questions.
I did however confirm it's amphibious, although whether that holds for adults is still unclear.
It's range estimate has been extended as well.
But we don't know if it's part of a migratory pattern or through sheer propagation.
We don't know what happened to the Topeka.
Does the uncertainty make you nervous, Davis? Think beyond your work for a moment.
Think as a human being.
It's a wonderful time to be alive.
I envy you, your enthusiasm.
The men I work for are not like that.
They're addicted to facts.
They want to know.
Politics are for those who know.
Science is for those who learn.
Hello? Hey, it's Rich.
I can't sleep.
Me either.
They fired me.
Took my grant.
Well, you must be doing something right.
They know we got a piece of it? No.
I'm taking it to the lab tomorrow.
What are you gonna do? I don't know.
This ain't over until I find out what got my brother.
That's Australian for shark bait.
That's close.
Yeah.
Holy mother of God! It's going to be a fight! Steady, mate.
Closer.
Closer.
Drag her up, mate.
Yeah.
Man slays the beast!