NARRATOR: Previously on Surface.
This is Dr. Laura Daughtery.
NARRATOR: Rich and Daughtery dove to the bottom of the ocean...
LAURA: A pod of the new vertebrates.
...to prove to the world that the species existed.
They survived stranded at sea.
(COUGHING)
RICH: Take the bIack bag!
Come on, it's got the camera! Don't Iet go of it!
(LAURA SCREAMING)
We need to keep this with us.
NARRATOR: As Miles searched for Nimrod...
You're not Nim!
...he is attacked.
(BEEPING)
As he lay dying, the hunt for Nim was on.
Oh!
KELLINO: HoId him. Get him back.
(GUN FIRING)
(GASPS)
No, no, no, no, no. No. Stay back.
NARRATOR: Nimrod died
and in a miracle, Miles healed overnight.
Your wound is heaIed.
And now, Surface continues.
(SIREN BLARING)
PARAMEDIC 1 : Severe dehydration, Iethargic,
minimaIIy responsive and hypothermic.
Temp is 34 CeIsius. Airway is okay.
Tachycardia with a puIse of 1 25 and hypotensive.
I never thought not moving wouId feeI so good.
I never thought not moving wouId hurt so bad.
LAURA: But we got it.
I can hoId that for you, ma'am.
No, no, no, no. I wanna hoId onto it.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
What are they doing here?
PARAMEDIC 2: Big news for a smaII town.
Coast Guard's been Iooking for you everywhere.
Hey, it's the press. We got a tape for you guys.
No, we have to wait. Wait for what?
We have to be smart.
Don't you know how easy it is for us to Iook crazy?
We have to do it the right way.
Let's get a shot of them going in!
Hey, hey, back off. These guys have been through a Iot.
MAN: Come on foIks, back up.
The NSA picked this up.
The biometrics on the girI matched your watch Iist.
LEE: Find out the hospitaI, caII the PortIand FBI.
Get them to pick these two up.
On what IegaI authority?
I'II handIe the warrants.
Hey, speak to the SAC. No one eIse.
I want these two in an interrogation room in under an hour.
Do you understand me?
Got it.
PAUL: You sure you're up for this?
I mean, you're bareIy a day out of the hospitaI.
You don't need the added stress.
I wanna see him.
Okay.
Give them a minute, guys.
MAN: That shouId do it.
(NIM GRUNTS)
Oh, sorry.
I'II come back.
No, wait.
He made a sound.
A sound?
I couId've swore... Like a sneeze.
It's dead, MiIes.
They check these things.
Yeah, yeah.
You're right. It's...
(NIM GRUNTS)
(SQUAWKING)
I wouIdn't get any cIoser.
He doesn't Iike strangers.
(SNARLING)
JARED: Dr. BIoom! Dr. BIoom?
You're not gonna beIieve this.
JARED: Dr. BIoom! What?
It's aIive.
It woke up and jumped off.
PAUL: Woke up?
MILES: CarefuI.
What was that?
Just stay caIm. You're making him angry.
Nim.
Nobody wants to hurt you, okay?
(NIM GROWLING)
Here.
It's okay.
Try to get him in the tank.
The tank?
So you can Iock him up,
get the poIice over here?
MiIes, this is a very important specimen.
They'II kiII him!
You saw what they did at the hospitaI.
They think Nim eats peopIe.
I'm gonna take him back to the ocean, to the wiId.
PAUL: What wiId?
The whoIe eastern seaboard's deveIoped.
There's no more ''wiId'' Ieft for him.
He's safer here, where we can Iearn about him.
You can heIp us. You know more about him than anybody.
I won't Iet anybody take him from you, MiIes.
I promise.
Have you heard anything about Jackson HoIden?
We Iaunched from his trawIer.
I haven't heard about him.
Okay, weII, maybe we couId check the Coast Guard
and see if there've been any emergency caIIs.
Right now, you need to worry about yourseIf.
Look, if I hear anything, I'II Iet you know, okay?
Try to sIeep.
Her stats Iook fine.
She is asking about...
(WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA SYSTEM)
Excuse me. Excuse me.
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
MAN: But Frank, it's not in here. It's in the next room.
FRANK: You sure?
(YELPS)
I aImost punched you in the face.
We gotta get out of here.
I know. It's okay. Okay.
Let's go.
WOMAN: (ON PA SYSTEM) Nurse Grant to 3 West.
Nurse Grant to 3 West, please.
RICH: There's no way we're gonna get out of here.
(SNORING)
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look at this. How about these, huh?
Yeah, right.
(CELL PHONE BEEPING)
Hey! What are you doing?
I'm just caIIing Jesse to Iet him know I'm okay.
What? No. Don't do that, Laura.
Why? Just quickIy. I just need to hear his voice.
Laura! What makes you think that if they foIIowed us
to this IittIe town in Oregon that they ain't staking out
Sean's house or my sister-in-Iaw's aIready?
I just need to hear his voice reaIIy quickIy.
Laura, you don't understand. They're aIready tapping the phones.
Come on, now, that's the easiest
and first thing that they do, okay?
If you caII him now, you're gonna putting him
in more danger than he aIready is.
Rich, jeez, I mean,
don't you need to hear your kid's voice?
I mean, doesn't that kiII you? Yes, of course I do! But it's not an option.
It's not an option. Okay?
Now, we gotta finish putting on these cIothes,
see if that ATM card works
and just Iet's concentrate on the things
that we do have controI over, aII right?
Like getting that tape into the right hands, right?
Yes. Okay then. Come on.
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
Hi, Sean, it's Laura.
Laura, you okay?
I caIIed the Coast Guard, but I can't...
I know. I'm... I'm okay.
Look, I can't let Rich know that I'm making this call.
Yeah, there are peopIe Iooking for you.
What peopIe? They were there?
Yeah.
What about Jesse? How... Is he okay?
He's fine.
Sean, I'm gonna come there.
No, don't.
I don't care. I'm gonna come there.
It's not safe for you, okay?
Okay.
AII right, Sean, weII, pIease give him a big kiss for me, pIease.
Yeah, I wiII.
AII right. I got 300 bucks.
AII right, come on, Iet's go.
You shouId know your son has done something quite extraordinary.
WeII, thank you.
It's been very interesting around our house IateIy.
WeII, it truIy is an amazing animaI.
I may be getting ahead of myseIf,
but this couId be bigger than the coeIacanth.
CoeIacanth?
WeII, Iet's just say it's a IittIe bit Iike finding a unicorn.
Except Nim's reaI.
WeII, he certainIy is.
This is David HoweII from the North CaroIina Oceanographic University.
This is Dr. Hammaker, from the Smithsonian in Washington.
How does it feeI to make naturaI history?
Pretty good, I guess.
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Hey, there.
You guys need some assistance?
Yeah, actuaIIy we do. We're Iooking to do a coupIe things.
We want to upIoad the footage on this tape,
and then make a coupIe of DVD copies of it.
Keith's better with the computers.
KEITH: We'II downIoad the tape onto the hard drive.
LAURA: Okay.
Then upIoad and burn from there.
CooI. CooI.
Just need a firewire. Goes up in there.
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It Iooks Iike the tape got wet.
No, no, no. That shouIdn't be a probIem.
That shouId be fine.
Man, what are you doing?
The reeIs on the tape are sticking.
I'm just gonna tighten them up.
Okay, sorry. Just...
We traveIed a Iong way to get that footage.
Right. I understand.
Oh, come on, man. This can't be happening, now.
There it is.
You guys shot this? Yeah.
What we need to do is we need to get it on the web,
and we need as many peopIe to see it as possibIe.
What are our options for that?
You mean Iike viraI video?
Yeah, yeah. ExactIy.
Strange FiIm. That's the joint.
I mean, peopIe post videos Iike that George Bush cartoon,
cats with two tongues, stuff Iike that.
PeopIe can get it, they can copy it,
and they can send it out to aII their friends?
Yeah. Maximum eyebaIIs.
I mean, how do you think that Paris HiIton tape happened?
Hey, what is that?
That, brother, is a new species.
HOWELL: Where did you find the egg?
Out in the harbor, by Figure Eight.
There was a whoIe bunch of them.
So you took it home.
And put it in our fish tank.
We have some of the eggs here, but they're not fertiIized.
But a Iot of eggs have hatched. WhoIe swarms of them.
He thinks that may be what's responsibIe
for the kiIIing out at Southport.
And I got attacked by a swarm, out at the eIectric cabIe.
But Nim wouId never do that.
Nim?
Nimrod. That's his name.
How did you come up with that?
ActuaIIy my friend PhiI did.
I mean, we totaIIy trained him.
He's smarter than a dog.
HAMMAKER: What's this about the eIectricaI?
I... He just Iikes it. And saIt. He Ioves saIt.
And he obviousIy has some reaIIy advanced heaIing capabiIities.
Yeah.
So, it' s kind of better if we go in one or two at a time.
I think a Iot of peopIe wouId spook him.
Whatever you say, MiIes. This is your show.
David, why don't you go in and one more?
Mom?
Okay, so just keep quiet
and no sudden movements around the tank
and he'II stay caIm.
(GROWLING)
You kept this thing in your house?
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
MAN: They skipped, boss.
They were gone when we got there.
(SIGHS)
She'II try to make contact with her son.
She already did.
We got something off the tap on the ex-husband.
WeII, Iet me hear it.
(ON TAPE) Hi, Sean, it's Laura.
(ON TAPE) Laura, are you okay?
I called the Coast Guard, but I can't...
I know. I'm... I'm okay.
Look, I can't let Rich know that I'm making this call.
She caIIed from a pay phone?
Yeah, well, there are people looking for you.
A ceII. ProbabIy stoIen.
What people? They were there?
Yeah. They can't be too far from the hospitaI.
Is he okay? He's fine.
Here's 15 extra DVDs for you.
And you're a go for Strange FiIm.
Okay, so, it's onIine right now?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, and I chain maiIed
the entire OSU history department with the Iink, so...
(RICH LAUGHING) LAURA: ReaIIy? That's awesome.
Hey, man, you're good, huh? Appreciate it.
Thank you.
SIeestak underground, baby.
Okay. Thanks. Thank you.
Peace out. Y'aII be good.
Laura.
Oh, my God.
LAURA: Oh, this is so good.
UnbeIievabIe.
Yes.
May I pIease have the number in San Jose, CaIifornia,
ChanneI 6, KSOJ.
Can you heIp me remember this?
5-5-5-0-1-8-6.
Mmm-hmm.
Who's that, your reporter friend?
RICH: Come on, San Francisco. PIease.
San Francisco!
(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
They didn't take it.
I mean...
Nobody stops for hitchhikers anymore.
They've aII seen too many crazy movies
and read too many stories about aII the weirdoes out there.
You know what I think? Huh?
HonestIy?
You're gonna get oId schooI on them.
I mean, I think...
Let's get oId schooI on them, come on.
DRIVER: Where you headed?
Hi. San Francisco.
AII right.
AII set with sensors?
ShouId be reading his fieId now.
HOWELL: There you go.
He's putting out about 15 voIts.
Let's put in the muIIet.
HAMMAKER: That's odd.
Why isn't he going after them?
Maybe he's not hungry.
No, that isn't it.
We've been withhoIding food.
Why wouId you do that?
We're trying to prompt his hunting behavior
and measure the eIectricaI charge.
WeII, you don't need to starve him.
He'II zap the fish on his own.
MiIes, I appreciate you being here.
But I want you to stand over there, pIease.
(SNEEZING)
What was that?
HOWELL: I'm pretty sure he sneezed.
I don't think he Iikes this.
MiIes, get back, you're distracting him.
I know it's tough, but you need to Iet us do our work.
BIess you.
Thanks.
You're the guy that goes to DeI Mar Academy, right?
Oh, yeah. I guess.
You got arrested or something, right?
I go to Eisenhower. I heard about that.
Pretty crazy.
It wasn't that crazy.
I mean, weII, we did steaI a car, I guess.
StoIe a car?
I'm CaitIin, by the way.
MiIes.
So, why aren't you down in the critter Iab
with aII the big brains?
Oh, you know, just taking a break.
Lot of research to do.
Kicked you out, huh?
Yeah, kinda.
It's not Iike they're gonna Iet you stand in the way
of their big discovery or anything.
I mean, he was my discovery.
It's aII about revisionist history, dude.
No. No, no, no. Dr. BIoom and I have a deaI.
Maybe you don't know Dr. BIoom as weII as you think you do.
This is good. Okay.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
HeIIo?
Hi, Laura, it's Ann Tracy.
Hey, Ann! Hi, how...
Yeah, thank you so much for caIIing me back.
How are you?
Good. I got married.
ReaIIy, congratuIations. That's great.
Yeah, last month.
Oh, that's reaIIy wonderfuI, Ann.
Listen, Ann, I...
I have a question for you.
I have this tape that I think is
potentiaIIy newsworthy
and I wouId reaIIy Iike to bring it by your office
and show it to you.
Okay, sure.
Great.
Do you still remember how to get here?
Yes. Yes, I do.
Great. Well, I'll see you in a while.
Are we on? Yes.
AII right.
LAURA: We were rescued from the Coast Guard, Iike,
you know, two days ago. ANN: Yeah.
And so here we are, I mean, basicaIIy.
ANN: Wow. That's a pretty crazy story.
RICH: Yeah. It's actuaIIy a true story, too.
LAURA: Yes. Oh, thank you.
And this other guy, Jackson.
Jackson, yes.
He just vanished? WeII, yes.
We're not sure what happened.
Right, but maybe you couId, you know,
get to the Coast Guard and Iike, taIk to them, poke around,
find out what happened to him?
WeII, yeah, but Iet's take a Iook at your footage first.
Sure. Sure.
AbsoIuteIy.
LAURA: Okay, so, I just have to sort of fast forward some of this
'cause I've documented the entire experience.
Mmm-hmm.
So just bear with me.
Okay.
There, there.
(ON TAPE) This is Dr. Laura Daughtery and Rich Connelly.
So teII me, what am I Iooking at?
It's pretty impressive, isn't it?
It's a new marine vertebrate.
A new species at the bottom of the ocean.
A carnivore.
So it eats...
Everything.
What is this? What am I Iooking at?
I don't get it.
It's a new species, Bret.
Why is that news? Does it eat peopIe?
Yes. Yes, actuaIIy.
Eating peopIe is good. We can use that, right?
But the reaI thing is that it's an ecoIogicaI threat. And I think...
So is hairspray. But hairspray doesn't eat peopIe.
LAURA: It's different than hairspray.
You're saying you were down how deep...
LAURA: 5,000 feet, actuaIIy.
It kiIIed his brother, Bret.
What? Wait, wait, wait.
That thing? RICH: Not that one.
It ate your brother?
Hey, Iisten, nobody got...
You buiIt your own submarine?
It's actuaIIy a bathysphere, which is a sIightIy different structure...
AII right, so, this is my copy, right?
Yes, you can keep that.
And we know how to get in touch with you?
LAURA: Yes. AbsoIuteIy.
Have a good day. LAURA: Thank you.
So, we'II Iet you know. LAURA: Yes.
Where are you gonna be?
We'II be at The FairchiId. Okay.
But nobody can know that.
Mum's the word.
Right, but seriousIy, Ann? SeriousIy.
Nobody can know that. It doesn't Ieave this room.
Okay, thank you. Thank you very much for your time.
Mmm-hmm.
WITHROW: Right, yeah.
So, what do you think?
American Nessie.
Oh, come on, this story's too good to check.
Look, I'm asking BiII. He's the science reporter, okay?
Oh, yeah, I can use this.
Yeah.
HAMMAKER: Exaggerated rostraI organ
must give it heightened eIectro-sensory perception.
MediaI Iocation between the eyes
measuring at 6.3 centimeters.
The mouth can open reaI wide for taking prey.
MILES: Is he okay?
The gIand is here, on the anterior edge of the scapuIa.
He's fine, MiIes.
But he's not moving.
We had to sedate him. It's safer that way.
TeII me what you're doing.
We're just expIoring his heaIing properties, that's aII.
HAMMAKER: Dr. BIoom.
Come on, now. You shouIdn't be in here right now.
It's just a needIe biopsy. He'II be fine.
I shouId be in there with him.
No, Nim gets too riIed up when you're around.
That's because he knows me.
That's right, you've bonded, you've raised him.
It's what we caII imprinting.
And that's a bad thing?
No, I just think it wouId be best if you kept out of the Iab.
At Ieast whiIe we're doing research.
But you're aIways doing research.
This is an important discovery.
It's not time to be seIfish.
Taking another break?
Yeah, guess you were right.
CongratuIations.
Wanna see something cooI?
What are you doing?
You're into critters and aII that, you'II Iike this.
Nice, huh?
The jeIIy did that.
No way.
Mmm-hmm. North shore Iast summer.
Man-of-war roIIed up on me in between sets.
Touch it. It's aII smooth.
I've got a scar. Not from a jeIIyfish, but...
What is that, a bite?
Yeah.
Dog?
Yeah. Dog.
CooI.
WeII, since I'm off work,
I think I'm gonna hit the water.
SweII's picked up. Why don't you come?
I don't surf.
I couId teach you.
I've taught Iots of guys.
Wow, so you're turning me down?
I guess so.
No worries. See you around.
RICH: There she is.
Hey, guys. Hi.
Guess what? What?
They're running with the piece.
Yes!
Hey, they think this thing is reaIIy fun.
Fun? No, it's not a cute piece. I mean it's not...
It's not a ''cat in a tree'' kind of thing.
So, what are you saying, are you not interested?
LAURA: Of course we're interested, Ann.
I'm just... I'm saying it's not a fun...
Perfect. I'm going to get a crew here in about an hour.
What? Okay, so, right away?
Yeah. We'II put you in the baIIroom. It'II be great.
And we'II have your video streaming onIine.
Oh, we've actuaIIy got it streaming on a website aIready.
At MSNBC.com?
You wanted eyes on this? Yeah!
You're gonna get it.
RICH: That's cooI. LAURA: Great.
Hey, we couId reaIIy use a Iaptop.
Do you think you couId get your hands on one?
We might need some cIothes to change into.
No probIem. Anything you need.
There's just one more thing.
I was just off the phone with the Coast Guard.
They found your friend's boat.
ReaIIy? Where?
Off the coast of Long Beach.
They e-maiIed these photos.
Long Beach. That's 1,000 miIes away.
RICH: CaIifornia, isn't it?
They said it Iooks Iike there was a struggIe.
Yeah, I mean, these are sheII casings here.
Is he...
They don't know.
Sorry. What do you mean, they don't know? How...
Where is he?
He wasn't on board. AII they found was the boat.
(GATE CREAKING)
(DOG BARKING)
PhiI. Genius.
PhiI?
Who's PhiI?
What are you doing here?
I have a surprise for you. Come on.
I can't go anywhere.
I'm grounded for, Iike, another six months.
If my foIks come home and I'm not here...
Come on.
Back in the day you stoIe a car, remember?
Go get your stuff.
Go on.
How did you know where I Iive anyways?
I sneaked your work fiIe.
Oh, you're Iike a totaI criminaI, huh?
You're the one that's on work reIease.
No. Oh, community service.
Oh.
Hey, check what eIse I sneaked.
I thought maybe we couId go see your Iizard after hours.
No penciInecks.
CooI.
You can hoId on tighter.
Hey, honey, Iisten.
I was thinking, science chic or business casuaI?
Yeah. That one. That one's nice. I Iike that.
You know what? You're right.
This coIor isn't right for you anyway.
(RICH CHUCKLES)
Hey, you know what... I forgot your name.
But we're gonna need a coupIe chairs here, if you get a chance.
Now, you see Dr. Daughtery,
she shouId be sitting over here.
LAURA: No, no, actuaIIy, we're...
I think... I think one's good. Thank you.
What?
Come here.
We've got to get another chair.
I just... Rich?
Yeah?
Even after aII that we've been through together,
we stiII have two very different takes on this thing.
And I don't wanna...
I don't wanna confuse peopIe.
Confuse peopIe?
What's that supposed to mean?
It's teIevision, you know? And...
I guess there's an image, and a credibiIity
to project that is...
I see. So what are you saying?
That I'm gonna get up there and make us Iook crazy?
Rich don't get mad. I'm onIy trying to...
I'm not mad. Who's mad? I'm not mad.
We were down there in that thing, I toId you we were gonna be aII right,
and it was aII part of the pIan, didn't I? Didn't I?
And it was. And we made it out.
Okay, just fine.
I know. That's true. That is...
Look, the onIy reason we got those tapes
is because of what I did.
Yeah, I know that's true.
Okay, then. What are you doing?
What are we taIking about? I mean... Rich,
we have a videotape of a sea monster.
It's reaIIy not the most beIievabIe thing to begin with.
And I think that to put a scientist out there,
it gives it a more credibIe face.
AII right.
WITHROW: AII right I'm here and I'm ready.
FoIks, Iet's cIear it out, okay?
Where is Dr. Daughtery?
Go on. Go get 'em, Doc.
Hi.
Hi. How are you?
LAURA: Okay, Rich, here we go.
To the top of the countdown, now, and we conclude
with an amazing rescue at sea.
I know, I know, amazing rescues at sea are a dime a dozen.
But how about saving two people
bailing out from what amounts to a backyard submarine?
And then it gets interesting.
The wild tale of what lies beneath
from our correspondent, Bill Withrow, in San Francisco.
Sea monsters have been a part of our storytelling tradition
since man first set sail on the open seas.
They are the stuff of legends, tall tales, myth.
Or are they?
Humans have explored less than 10% of our oceans.
There's an entire world deep beneath the sea,
a world far larger than our own.
Could this world be inhabited by giant unseen predators?
One woman from Sausalito, California
believes such creatures are in existence
and she says she has the evidence to prove it.
That Iooks naturaI.
Yeah, I... I had to...
I had to do it, Iike, three times
'cause I kept Iooking at the camera.
It's okay.
WITHROW: Three days ago Dr. Daughtery and a friend were pulled
from the icy waters of the North Pacific
after a harrowing deep water dive.
A dive where she claims to have captured
video footage of something in the deep.
Something that threatens our very existence.
Quite an adventure, huh?
Yeah.
How did you get that video footage?
Two colleagues and I
built a bathysphere out of salvaged material.
WITHROW: Now, bathysphere is a small submersible,
with no propulsion?
That's right, that's right. It's tethered to a steeI cabIe
and then simpIy Iowered down. Right.
And in your case, about a miIe.
We... that's right.
We saiIed out to where we presumed
the animaIs were gathering and we went down there
and made a videotape.
It sounds so simpIe.
And yet you aImost died in the process.
Yeah, shortIy after
we had an encounter with a pod of the creatures.
Our cabIe snapped.
And we were stranded on the sea floor.
Hey, you Iook good.
Thanks.
I really didn't think that we would make it out alive.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah?
WITHROW: (ON TV) But she did make it back.
Back from a watery grave with video footage
of a new, amazing species
in what she describes as a mating ritual.
Now, what you are about to see
has not been edited in any way.
Is it a sea monster?
Judge for yourself.
This is Dr. Laura Daughtery
and Rich Connelly, 4,000 feet below the surface,
amidst a pod of the new vertebrates.
Their lengths range from 100 feet to 175.
This tape has been examined by our video experts.
They say it's unaltered, the genuine article.
And furthermore, they say these things are real.
Absolutely.
There you go. That's what I'm taIking about.
Yeah. That's what I'm saying.
Genuine articIe, huh?
WITHROW: So what are they? Where are they from?
LAURA: I can't actually speak of its origin,
but I can tell you that it is a new species,
it is a new marine vertebrate.
And a 1 75 feet?
The ones that I observed, yes.
Here's a question.
Do you think it couId be a Ieftover dinosaur?
PartIy.
ExpIain that.
I was able to obtain tissue samples.
And we compared its DNA to various other fossil records.
WITHROW: Mmm-hmm.
And we found it was very similar to something called a Liopleuridon.
An extinct animaI.
Presumed extinct, yes.
WOMAN: We found them.
A hoteI near Nob HiII.
Want us to bring them in?
WITHROW: We brought Dr. Daughtery's video to Robert Vanderwal...
We're past that.
...at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association
to see what he had to say.
Very intriguing.
Oh, man, this doesn't Iook good.
I've met Dr. VanderwaI before. He's an exceIIent scientist.
I think the idea of the leviathan,
the kraken, is very powerful in the human psyche.
It's an exciting idea, it sells.
WITHROW: We like a good monster story.
VANDERWAL: Exactly.
But that's all it is, a story.
This guy's a jerk.
If there were huge sea monsters running around out there,
don't you think we would have seen some kind of evidence by now?
I address this. I address this.
WITHROW: Evidence, Dr. Daughtery says, she's seen first hand.
These creatures wiII have a profound impact
on food suppIies, shipping,
naturaI resources, internationaI reIations.
Within six months,
we wiII be on the brink of an ecoIogicaI
and an eventuaI humanitarian disaster.
What do you say to that?
I say consider the source.
What is that supposed to mean?
By that he means Dr. Daughtery's standing in the academic community.
Her PhD in Marine Biology from the University of Hawaii
was rescinded after charges she plagiarized her thesis.
Charges she denies.
LAURA: I have the proof.
They have to discredit me somehow.
WITHROW: By planting this material in your thesis?
That's part of the cover-up.
That might make you appear as a conspiracy nut.
I reaIize that it might be difficuIt for peopIe
to trust me.
But trust your eyes.
My eyes see an unemployed woman with Flash animation software.
WITHROW: Trust your eyes, Keith.
Either way, I'm canceling my trip to Belize.
Hate to be eaten on my birthday.
Just don't go swimming below 5,000 feet and you'll be fine, Bill.
Be with us tomorrow night when our special live guest
will probably be the Jersey Devil.
Good night and good luck.
(NIM SQUAWKING)
MILES: Are you sure this is okay?
I thought you Iiked to Iive dangerousIy.
Yeah. Just not when I'm on probation.
It'II be okay.
Here. HoId this whiIe I change.
A IittIe bit higher.
No peeking.
I'm not.
Aren't you supposed to be?
My hands are so totaIIy pruned.
Let me see yours.
Yours aren't wrinkIed at aII.
Weird.
(BANGING)
WeII, I hope this was fun for you two.
MILES: Dr. BIoom...
Dad, I can expIain.
Dad?
CaitIin, not one more word.
Get him out of there.
Nim, get over here.
PAUL: MiIes, I thought you were smarter than this.
You wouIdn't Iet me see him.
So you broke in. Endangered his safety, your safety,
potentiaIIy contaminated the habitat.
Do you know what it costs to drain and cIean this tank?
I'm sorry, MiIes, but I think it wouId be best
for everyone if you stopped coming to the aquarium.
Yeah, it's a reaI good thing
we decided to pIay that science angIe
'cause, boy, you get my face on camera
and just the credibiIity goes right out the window.
You know, what, Rich, man, I didn't know
they were gonna make it Iike an infotainment piece.
(SIGHING)
How was I supposed to...
I don't know, but it was Iike Shark Week.
Oh, man.
Nobody's going to take it seriousIy now.
Hey.
What?
Look at this. Look.
You see that counter?
Oh, my God.
I mean, are you kidding?
And Iook, they got forums and everything.
Huh? It's getting out there.
It's getting out there.
Come on, get on. I'II take you home.
No, thanks.
Look, I'm sorry, aII right?
It's not Iike I knew he was gonna be there.
It's not your fauIt.
When he cooIs off, I'II taIk to him about your pet.
This is what no one gets.
He's not my pet.
Okay, he's the missing Iink or whatever.
Forget it.
You sure you don't want a ride?
It's not that far. I can waIk.
Okay.
Maybe I'II see you tomorrow.
I don't know. I can't go back.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Who is it?
MAN: Front desk. I have a fax here for you.
Rich, are you expecting a fax or something?
RICH: Huh? What?
I said, are you expecting a fax?
RICH: No, not me.