LAURA: Previously on Surface.
KADEE: Oh, my God!
(SCREAMING)
AP's reporting that the lake collapsed into a sinkhole.
This footage was shot last night inside the sinkhole in Texas.
The Navy robot was outfitted to withstand heat up to 800 degrees.
How far did it get?
Forty-three, forty-four miles.
CIRKO: This allows them to survive such a hostile environment.
My brother is trying to talk to me.
TRACY: Dr. Davey thinks you might have post-traumatic stress syndrome or...
MAN: Rich!
I can see by your interest that you've had an encounter.
So, how long were you a prisoner?
What?
A prisoner in the Aquatic City.
Planning on telling me that you lost your job?
Girls, in the car, right now.
Hey, baby. Honey, please, I'm right here.
Move! What're you gonna do? You gonna run me over?
PHIL: Dude, it's not even plugged in.
MILES: Whoa.
(EXPLOSION)
What?
My pet,
Nimrod, he can be kinda jumpy.
That's okay.
We don't have to take him for a walk or anything.
(SQUEALING)
(SCREAMING)
Kutchy!
(ALL SCREAMING)
Three paragraphs of your thesis were lifted verbatim.
That's absurd.
Plagiarism. Until it's resolved, there's not much I can do.
LEE: I have some experience with whistle-blowers.
So you ruined her career?
Come on, this is serious. They framed me, Carolyn.
The government doesn't want people to know about it
and they don't fight fair.
So why should you?
(LOW GROWLING)
(GASPING) Oh!
LAURA: Do you know what this means?
We can track its feeding patterns,
dive time range, lung capacity.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(COMPUTERS BEEPING)
(BEEPING)
Excuse me, sir. You need to see this.
So this could get you your old job back?
No. It could get me a better one.
Just because you know where a whale is?
No, I told you. It's not a whale.
Oh, right, it's an unclassified marine vertebrate.
That's right. One that's moving at over 100 knots.
Over 115 miles an hour.
That's faster than anything in the water.
And you discovered it?
Well, yeah. I mean, I was the first to see it and record it.
Until they screwed you out of everything.
Whoa, hey, we don't use language like that.
Except when it's accurate.
LEE: Do you know what this is?
This is a GPS signal picked up off NSA Carnivore.
Someone's tagged a live one.
Who?
It's a mystery, like the crew of the Topeka.
A hundred and eleven men gone without a trace.
BUG: You can't leave.
You got responsibilities.
Poker night, duck season...
I'm honoring my responsibilities by doing this.
Tracy and the kids are here, man.
Hey, it's all right. I ain't going forever.
What about my porch?
Come on, man. We'll finish the dang porch when I get back.
Figure out what it is I'm supposed to do.
Like you figured out your decor in the living room?
(SIGHING) Look,
I'm going to talk to the only person I know that saw the same thing I did.
Man, I gotta find somebody,
anybody else who's going through what I am.
I'm dying here.
Does she know you're coming?
Not exactly. No.
Look after her, all right?
Yeah.
PHIL: He shocked me and knocked me on my butt.
He's a menace, man.
No, he's not.
He just ate Amber Lu's dog, dude.
That's bad.
"If found, please call."
We don't need to call.
People are gonna find out.
Like your parents.
Yeah.
Hey, maybe I'll come clean.
You know, maybe they'll just let me keep him.
Don't be a sucker.
There's only one way to go in a situation like this.
What?
Full and total denial.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(BOAT HORN BLOWING)
Hello?
Hey. Hey, it's Rich.
Oh, my God, Rich.
Hi. Hey, how are you?
Oh, I'm all right, I'm all right. How about yourself?
LAURA: Good, great.
I tagged one.
Get outta here.
Yeah, just this past weekend, right off the Farallones.
(LAUGHING)
How about that? What, did you get it from the boat?
No, no, I was in the water. It was crazy, I...
Wow. Them mothers are big, ain't they?
Yeah, you could say that. They're huge.
Where are you?
Oh, I'm actually in California.
I had some business out here. A little conference.
How far are you from Sausalito?
Uh, a couple hours.
(CLEARING THROAT)
We're so dead. Amber is, like, mortified.
Really? Duh.
I'm sure she's telling her mom that your thing ate her dog.
(SHUSHING)
Do you honestly think no one is gonna find out?
Find out what?
Honey, are you okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
(PHONE RINGING)
Don't say anything.
SYLVIA: Hi, Cathy.
Amber's mom. You're such a goner.
SYLVIA: Oh, of course I'm listening. It just sounds so...
Oh, Cathy, I've never allowed Miles to have a pet,
let alone...
Well, if something happened next door,
shouldn't you be calling them?
Okay, then. I'll talk to him.
That was Amber's mother.
Is she on some kind of medication?
No, she's fine. Why?
Well, Amber's dog's missing and I guess they're very upset.
Hey, there!
Boy, it sure beats the last boat we were on, huh?
Hey, nice to see you. Come on.
Hi there.
(LAUGHING)
Mmm-hmm.
Golly, I thought I'd gone overboard.
(SIGHING)
And that's only some of it.
Here you go.
Oh, thank you.
Sure.
LAURA: You see this?
I've got a friend at the Weather Tracking Service
and she took satellite photos of my tagging trip.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
This is a whole pod of them.
Yeah. Maybe even a school.
Look at that.
Huh.
Now, that is amazing.
But I saved the best for last.
Check it out.
Listen.
(BEEPING)
That's him? Yeah.
Yeah, he's at 34 North, 117 West,
heading down to the north end of Baja.
See? Yeah.
You can see the history of his route,
track his movement over time, right here.
Look at that.
Well, they're out there.
He's out there.
Hi.
Got a present for you.
I don't take the SAT for two more years.
Never too early to start. It's how your sister got a 1450.
I could study for 50 years and I wouldn't make a 1450.
Now, what kind of attitude is that to have, hmm?
The truth?
(DOORBELL RINGING)
Read.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
Hey, Phil, it's me. SYLVIA: Miles!
Yeah, just a second! PHIL: Yeah, what do you want?
You gotta move Nim. Now.
It's like I told the girl's mother, we don't have any pets.
Well, a lot of parents think that, ma'am, then find out different.
Believe me, I know what my children are up to.
I'm a very involved parent.
Miles!
Well, these exotic dealers, they don't need a note from your parents,
not as long as you got the cash.
Yeah?
Mr. Furella is here from Animal Control.
Howdy.
Did you find Amber's dog?
I sure am glad I came out here.
Yeah, me, too.
It's nice to have someone to talk to.
Hmm. My neighbors think I'm crazy.
Listen, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about.
And I apologize if I get too personal on you here.
(SIGHING)
Well,
I've been having some issues
since the accident and,
well, I was wondering if you'd had anything, like
a daydream or a...
Like a flashback, you know?
Oh, man, it's like a strong daydream.
Like a light at the end of the tunnel type of deal.
No, man, I'm sorry. I haven't.
Well, that's okay.
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
That's weird.
Huh? What's weird?
It's never come that close to land before.
This could be our chance to get it on tape.
Do you understand what this means?
If I can get a videotape of the animal in the wild,
goodbye plagiarism, hello tenure.
All right. Well, how far to the Russian River?
Like, three hours. Make it two.
(GASPING)
Jesse, come on! We don't have time for this, baby. Come on!
I'm sorry, peanut. Here we go.
Okay. We're gonna go see Daddy. It's gonna be great.
Good boy, Jesse. Hey, buddy!
There we go.
Hey. We were just checking to see...
Yeah, that's a good boy. Put on your seatbelt.
(BUZZING)
This Amber
told me it looked like a reptile with a head fin.
Could be a Cayman or a land iguana.
Killers.
Gut a sheep right through.
It shocked Amber's dog.
To death.
Then ate it.
It was horrible. It was like an electrocution.
I hope I'm not insane when I'm your age.
You'll be in jail when you're my age.
Okay, I don't know what's going on here,
but if it keeps up, I'm gonna call your father.
(WATER SPLASHING)
(SCREAMING)
All right, get back. I'll get it.
SAVANNAH: Ew! Oh, my God!
Stay calm, stay calm.
(SCREAMING)
SYLVIA: Savannah! Savannah, move!
FURELLA: Oh, I didn't do that.
Oh, Mom! Oh!
SAVANNAH: Miles!
SYLVIA: What am I gonna tell Cathy?
Look at this mess! I can't believe it.
Look what you did!
FURELLA: I didn't poke it that hard, ma'am.
That pool is just old. It's just old.
(NIM GROWLING)
Come on, dude.
Come on, Nim.
Be a good boy, please?
I wanna know what happened to Amber's dog
and I wanna know now.
I told you, I don't know. Savannah?
No, Mom. He's Iying. He does know.
He's been hiding that lizard thing in Phil's backyard. What?
Yeah, Mom, a lizard that executed Amber's dog with a ball of lightning.
I don't appreciate the sarcasm, Miles.
Look, me? What about her?
Well, Savannah doesn't have some pet I don't know about.
I don't know what happened to her dog, okay?
Maybe it woke up, got a load of Amber, and ran off.
When you're ready to tell me the truth, young man,
you come talk to me.
And don't be late for school.
How does everything around here get to be my fault?
Chill, homey.
It's all cool.
No, Phil, it's not cool.
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
It was cool.
What?
Well, see, I thought I'd put Nim inside your mom's car...
You didn't!
Come on, we gotta go.
LAURA: Rich, you can't pass here.
Oh.
(HORN HONKING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
You know the speed limit's like 55 around here.
Don't worry. If I get a ticket, it won't track back home.
They ain't on the whole computer, national computer thing yet.
Not really what I was referring to.
Misunderstood what that look was for. Yeah.
Ah, don't worry, this is as fast as she goes.
That's a double yellow. Not a problem, I got this.
Now, what... How long you been tracking this thing?
Since last Saturday.
It's never done anything like this, right? It's never gone up in a river.
No, I told you. It's never come within 20 miles of land.
Oh, come on. This guy won't get outta my way.
Hey! Whoa, Rich, come on. This is not the road.
That's what this baby's for, off-roading.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Look, man, I wanna see this thing, too.
I just don't wanna get killed doing it.
I'll be careful, all right? You've got my word.
You're not out here on business, are you?
No.
(NIM RUSTLING)
(CAR LOCK BEEPING)
Excuse me. Excuse me, can I get some help over here, please?
MAN: Right away, ma'am.
See her car?
Nope, nothing.
She better be here, man.
Relax, we're gonna get your critter back.
Nimrod. His name is Nimrod.
Okay, dude, chill.
Don't tell me to chill!
I'm not on the honor roll, I can't throw a football.
Nim is my extracurricular, all right?
Sure, man. Whatever you say.
I just hope it don't do to your mom what it did to Amber's dog.
LEE: Yes, sir, we're working on it.
We'll have the name of the person who's tracking the animal shortly.
Yes, sir.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
I understand.
Can you hang on a moment, sir?
Give me a realistic time frame.
This isn't simple, you know.
They have to vet the satellite trilateralation feed
and check that against...
A time, in simple, non-technical language.
It takes what it takes.
We'll have a name soon, sir.
(CAR LOCK BEEPING)
Okay, just this.
And that goes with it, too. Yeah.
All right, let's go.
The manager is here today, isn't he?
(CAR LOCK BEEPING)
(SQUAWKING)
(PHIL WHISTLING TO NIM)
PHIL: Dude, this is gonna be bad.
Excuse me.
Your aquarium exploded in my living room.
I'm sorry, we don't sell aquariums.
Well, you did last week. A special.
The line starts right there.
WOMAN: (ON P. A. SYSTEM) We need a check authorization on five.
Check authorization on five.
MAN: (ON P. A. SYSTEM) No waiting at check stand four.
No waiting register four.
Are we just cutting school?
This is an emergency, Phil.
We gotta think what Nim's gonna do.
What's a wild animal do in a grocery store?
Nim's not wild.
He ate that lap dog in one bite.
Are you looking?
Yeah, dude, I'm looking.
But seriously, you give me the heebs.
WOMAN: What's all the commotion about?
PHIL: What are they doing to it, man?
MAN 1: Will you look at that.
WOMAN 1: Let me in, let me in.
I don't know.
MAN 2: Okay. WOMAN 2: Ooh.
WOMAN 3: Oh, yeah. WOMAN 1: That's all right.
(ALL CHATTERING)
I guess I'll try it.
(CHATTERING)
(REGISTER BELLS RINGING)
RICH: How's the signal? How are we doing?
LAURA: Still moving upriver, 10 miles past the headwaters.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Rich. Bug is telling me you're going to California.
RICH: Honey, you won't believe it.
I'm on the hunt! I'm tracking one right now.
Okay, it's right here. It's gonna be coming up, okay?
Oh, okay. Yeah.
Okay, did I just hear a woman's voice?
Yeah, it's Laura.
Who is Laura?
Laura Daughtery, the biologist, South Carolina, remember?
She tagged one.
TRACY: You son of a bitch. Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn!
Look at what the data's migration projections are showing.
They're not projections anymore.
We identified the tagger.
Laura Daughtery.
They are not going to do anything.
It's a difficult situation.
Oh, yes.
They won't allow free radicals to run around out there.
Look, she could get a tape, then it's out.
On the news, on the web. Viral.
And once it's out, you can't get it back.
So, she should be killed and dumped into the river?
Of course not.
But information must be controlled.
No threats.
Listen, Davis,
if anything happens to Dr. Daughtery,
I will quit.
MAN: (ON P. A. SYSTEM) Attention, Piggly Wiggly customers.
All dairy products are marked 30% off today,
so load up on all your dairy needs
while you shop at Pig.
(NIM CRUNCHING UNDER NUTS)
Come on.
(NIM SQUEALING)
(WOMAN SHOUTS)
So, what was in this aquarium?
Fish.
That it?
Plants, filtration. It all came with the package.
Sure your kid didn't start an outboard in it?
'Cause it wouldn't be unprecedented.
You would not believe the crazy stuff that kids put in fish tanks.
Furniture, pets, little brothers.
(WHISPERING) Miles.
Excuse me?
Nothing.
Uh, ma'am?
MAN: (ON P. A. SYSTEM) Congratulations, and try the pie. It's on sale at 30% off.
So, congratulations, Dan...
LAURA: Still moving upriver.
It should be visible in, like, a minute or two.
RICH: All right.
LAURA: All right.
Let's go.
(RICH LAUGHING)
I knew there was a reason for me to come out here.
Thirty-five seconds.
Oh, man.
See, I'm not like you. I never had, like, biology or, you know,
any interests, or I never had a passion at all, really.
Well, maybe fishing.
It should be coming right around the bend.
You know, nobody really ever
wakes up wanting to be an insurance salesman.
These last few weeks, I tell you, I really felt like
this is all happening for a reason.
(PANTING)
And that I got a really big part to play.
You ever get that feeling?
Yeah, I do.
Ten seconds.
Yeah.
You getting it?
Yeah, I'm getting it.
(WHISTLING)
Hey, boy!
I mean, if that's not evidence, I don't know what is.
Yeah.
Thanks for getting here so quickly.
Listen, I don't know what we're dealing with,
but I have some seriously upset customers.
Maybe we should evacuate. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
This place does 10 grand an hour.
I just want it out of here before the lawyers start showing up.
All right.
Look at that creep. We can't let him get Nim.
Nim's gone, man. Outey. We should take the hint.
(CRASHING)
(ALARM BUZZING)
(NIM SQUAWKING)
Nim.
It's okay.
It's me. It's Miles.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
It was an accident.
You made the nail gun go off.
I'm gonna take the nail out
and then you'll feel better.
Dude, Miles, they're coming.
(SQUAWKING)
See?
All gone.
We gotta go now, dude. Come on. Let's go.
Look what we got here.
Oh, you boys are in big trouble.
OFFICER: Let's go.
MANAGER: Come on. Come on!
Let go of me!
Move it!
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
We're fueled and ready.
Arrival in Sausalito, three hours, sir.
My name is Brian. I'll be your server today.
We have one special to tell you about. We have a Cajun...
MAN: Honey, look right over there.
Two great appetizers on there. We have shrimp and grits. It's really good. Also...
Is that a whale?
WOMAN: Excuse me. Yeah.
Humpback. Pretty common this time of year.
MAN: Are they running?
Actually, they go south in spring.
WOMAN: Harold, look at this. Look at this.
Right here, honey.
(MAN CHATTERING ON RADIO)
Coast Guard, Humboldt Bay. Coast Guard, Humboldt Bay. We have visual.
Excuse me, sir. I'm sorry.
Look. I'm looking at it.
No, the cameras.
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER) Ladies and gentlemen, we will not harm this animal.
We're going to attempt to convince this animal to head back out to sea.
I repeat, we will not harm this animal.
(BOAT HORN BLARING)
(CROWD CHEERING)
(CROWD WHISTLING)
It's still here. What?
It's still here. Listen.
(LOW GROWLING)
(MAN CHATTERING ON RADIO)
(HIGH-PITCHED PULSE)
(CROWD EXCLAIMING)
Well, young man, you've really outdone yourself.
SAVANNAH: You really have.
RON: Shall we review the last couple of weeks?
SYLVIA: Brought home by the Coast Guard at 4:00 in the morning.
Lying to us about a pet lizard...
SAVANNAH: Which ate Amber's dog.
Oh. What am I gonna say to Amber's mother next time I see her?
Two weeks, and you've been in more trouble
than Savannah has in her entire life.
Anything you wanna say for yourself, partner?
(PHONE RINGING) I'll get it.
Hello.
Hey, baby! It's Daddy.
RICH: What's going on?
I miss you, Daddy.
Oh, I miss you, too, baby.
Hey, is Mom around?
Mom, Dad wants to talk to you.
I don't think she wants to talk to you right now.
EMILY: She wants to know why you're in California, Dad.
All right, well, it's okay.
It's okay if she doesn't.
Just
tell her Daddy loves her, okay, baby?
Okay.
And I love you, too, all right?
Bye.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(SIRENS WAILING)
Hey. Hey.
Hey, listen, I sure am sorry if I scared you earlier today.
You know?
I can get a little riled up sometimes.
Face facts. I mean, hey...
You can't call this a coincidence, when I drive all the way from California...
Can I be honest with you? Yeah?
You did scare me a little bit earlier.
I mean, we don't know each other that well, you know?
And the only thing we really have in common is this.
And if we're gonna keep going,
I have to be able to trust you.
Absolutely, and I... Hey, you can trust me, okay?
I promise, I swear. You can trust me.
Excuse me? Yes?
Are you Dr. Laura Daughtery? Yeah.
Would you mind coming with me for a moment?
Who's asking? Yeah, just hang on a second.
Nobody's going anywhere. What's the problem?
This is not a request, ma'am.
Hey, hey. I'm talking to you, not her.
Please, this is not your concern. I understand that, sir.
Hey! Get your hands off me. Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey!
That's an officer. What you trying to do, man?
You know what, there's something going on here
and these people got a right to know about it!
They know what's going on too, y'all. They know and they don't want you to know!
(CROWD SHOUTING)
Come with me.
Thirty eyewitnesses all describe a large mammal, a whale some say...
Are you done watching? My head is killing me.
And here's where the story gets stranger.
It seems to have hit a submerged power cable.
Never a thing on TV.
Feeling any better?
How I'm feeling isn't the problem.
He's trying, Sylvia.
Trying?
Trying to get brought home by Animal Control?
That's not trying.
Trying is standing in line at the grocery store
with a broken aquarium
like an idiot.
Suddenly realizing that your son has been Iying to you
about having a pet lizard...
RON: Now, wait a second.
Maybe he's been Iying to us because we've been a little too hard on him.
Hard? The kid has every toy known to man,
a 100 volume video game collection...
Oh, and have you seen his grades lately?
So he's not an academic like his sister.
Well, that's an understatement.
He's gonna have to improve.
I don't know how he'll ever get into college.
Nice work. Got the parents fighting.
Where's the lizard?
Oh, right. Top secret.
He ran away.
Happy?
Oh, my God.
You miss that thing.
It's a reptile, moron.
It has a brain half the size of a pea.
You're, like, bonding with a vegetable.
You really can't take it personally.
Well, you have the right to remain silent.
Oh, I know it. But it don't... What does it matter?
Big old cover-up going on here, I know it.
Everybody knows it.
I'm gonna prove these things exist. I'll tell you that.
My little brother didn't die for nothing.
Sure, buddy. Get in the car.
(SIGHING)
Freak.
A little late this time, Dr. Cirko.
A lot of people saw it.
How you gonna spin that one?
We won't have to.
Yeah, you will.
A lot of people had cameras out there.
The creature pulsed,
and all digital data within two kilometers was destroyed.
Don't try to scare me with your crap, man.
I have some experience with this problem.
(SIGHING)
I'm sorry.
But listen, I want to discuss something.
You can't stop me.
I'm not here to stop you.
There are government interests.
They're trying to keep control of what is happening here.
They have decided to have you involved.
But it is not why I want you.
I want you involved because
you're a good scientist and I respect you.
Which you demonstrated to me by framing me for plagiarism.
I pointed out that you had managed to do something
with almost no resources.
That we failed to do with tens of millions
and the United States military.
You tagged the creature.
Why should I work for you after what you've done to me?
Because you will be present for history.
(TAPPING AT WINDOW)
(NIM GROWLING SOFTLY)