NARRATOR: Previously on Surface,
Dr Cirko made an important discovery.
Adenine, glycine, kerotine.
The origin.
I know the origin of the species.
But Lee will protect secrecy at any cost.
When Nimrod, the creature Miles raised, injured an officer...
WOMAN: He's got electrical burns over half his body.
Animal Control said he was chasing a crocodile.
...Miles broke the law to protect him.
PHIL: Dude, he's out. Let's go!
Come back here!
Hey, where's my car?
Grand theft pizza, dude!
This is a stolen car!
(SIRENS WAILING)
He needs to go back to his people, dude,
to the ocean.
Come on, Nim. Run!
(SIRENS WAILING)
Go, Nim.
RON: Miles! Miles!
Go. SYLVIA: Miles!
RON: Miles!
Pursued by Lee, forced into hiding...
JACKSON: Welcome to The Boneyard.
...Rich and Daughtery figured out where the creatures will gather.
Same coordinates, same place, every year.
Deep in the ocean.
RICH: Holes are right underneath these storms.
Boiler.
Can they find a way to get there?
Now Surface continues.
RON: Listen, thanks very much for your help.
I owe you guys big time.
You have no idea how lucky you are.
Do you realize what your father had to do to get us in this...
Congratulations, you have a police record.
Dad... Don't speak, just listen.
From now on, this is how it's gonna work.
When your school day ends, your work day begins.
Your sister's gonna drive you from school to community service,
and you're gonna pick up trash or recycle cans
or whatever else they ask you to do for 16 hours a week,
every week, Saturdays included.
Each day you come home, go straight to your room.
No internet, no TV, just your books.
For how long?
The rest of the school year.
That's, like, seven months.
Almost eight.
Dad, we were just trying to protect Nim.
It just... It just got a little out of hand.
Really? And at what point was that?
The carjacking? The police chase?
They were gonna kill him.
Oh, Miles, for God's sake, don't bring up that animal again.
It's true!
RON: That's enough!
Do you know how many favors I had to use up to get you out of there?
The gathering will take place on the 23rd,
which means we've got four days to complete the submersible
and reach the dive site,
which is 300 nautical miles off the coast of Oregon,
where we will observe and document the creature in its natural...
Ow!
RICH: Hey!
(RICH WHISTLES)
Yeah.
I think we're gonna make it.
I really do.
I mean, we still gotta... We gotta top these valves off,
and we've gotta reinforce the eyehooks for the tether.
Yeah.
And fit the windows and get a hatch,
and we gotta sink it and test it.
Oh, yeah. Make sure it's airtight and leak proof
so that pressure don't turn us inside out.
Now, where do you want these windows?
We could put one here, on this side,
and then the same on the other,
and then one in the front.
Here? Yeah.
Right.
The real question is, where are we gonna get the windows?
Well, you know, I got an idea for that.
Yeah?
Oh, no, can... No, no, no, no...
That's perfect.
No way, no day. Huh?
Now, I know it doesn't look like much,
but my uncle's already sunk a million and a half into this baby.
Ah, come on.
He's got big plans for it.
No, you're not gonna cannibalize his boat.
LAURA: Are you kidding me or...
No, definitely not kidding you.
Jackson, we're on the verge of witnessing an actual miracle.
I mean, it's the migration of a brand new species,
one that's never been documented before,
and you're worried about a couple of pieces of glass from a junk boat?
Sorry, I'm just, you know...
We have to do this.
She's right.
Since you put it that way.
Very good. I'll get my torch.
You're pretty handy with that thing.
Yeah? Where I come from metal shop ain't really an elective.
My electives were yachting and women's studies.
Really?
Man, if we'd met in college, I think I'd have to kick your ass.
You went to college?
72 hours till D-day, boys. How we doing?
Pressure release hatch.
Whoa! That's genius.
I got more. I got a jigsaw, O2 tanks,
and most importantly, The Dead.
The Dead? Uh-uh.
Hey, man, all right. Hope for you yet.
(TRUCKIN' PLAYING ON STEREO)
All right.
Time for a test drive.
Hundred feet and she is home.
You see, I think we can have up to three things on both circuits,
you know what I mean?
So a 12 volt lead-acid battery should do it.
A car battery?
Yeah, we'll take a spare,
but all we need to power is the hydrophone,
the scrubber, and the lights, right?
What's with the tape?
Oh, it'll protect the image in case of an electrical surge,
should we encounter one.
Ha! May we be so lucky.
(CABLE CLANKING)
Hey! Here. Whoa. Whoa.
Oh...
What, is it dragging something?
I don't know. It could be taking in water.
All right, I see it!
RICH: Easy! Easy.
All right, to the left a little bit.
All right, right there. Hold it, hold it. Go down. Down.
Just like the pits at Talladega, huh?
Wait, Rich...
Rich, careful!
(GROANING)
LAURA: Rich, Rich, Rich. Are you okay?
RICH: Yeah.
Oh, my God.
OFFICER: Okay, ladies, I want this truck full!
Let's hustle it up.
Piece of advice.
You can fill one bag an hour, you can fill ten.
Still only counts as one hour.
Nice jumpsuit, man.
Matches your eyes.
And very cool to adopt a highway like this.
Yeah. Maybe he can adopt my room?
Well, maybe you could adopt a personality.
ALL: Ooh.
Ooh, easy there, tough guy.
See, we rebels gotta stick together, man.
No, man. I'm not like you.
Never will be.
ALL: Ooh.
Looks like you missed some, bro. Let's go, man.
(GEORGIA ON MY MIND PLAYING ON STEREO)
Come here.
No.
Just someone I'm trying to find.
Baby, you know I can't discuss my work.
Hmm.
Beautiful, yes,
but it's not a flower.
It's the future.
How's she looking?
Yeah, pretty dry.
But I still... I think we should pull the windows
and check the gaskets and see if there's any moisture there.
I don't know about that. It's gonna take a while,
and I'm pretty sure that leak came from the hatch.
I don't think we should assume anything.
I mean, that hose is like a squirt gun
compared to the pressure at 5,000 feet.
(SIGHING)
Well, we'll see when we retest.
Yeah, I don't think there's time for that.
Well, then we make time.
No, there's two days left.
It's gonna take us a day to get out to the dive site.
Well, it'll be a grave site if the seal doesn't hold.
Look, I know what the problem was, all right? I fixed it.
Why don't you grant the death wish on your own time, okay?
Why don't you worry about driving the boat?
Guys, stop. Rich is right, okay?
I mean, if we miss this chance we might not get another one.
Hey, I've checked and I've rechecked. We're good.
She's ready.
You willing to bet your life on that?
SYLVIA: Six months. Isn't there anything shorter?
RON: Any shorter and they say it might not take.
SYLVIA: "Take," it sounds like brainwashing.
RON: It's wilderness therapy, and they've had a lot of success with problem kids.
SYLVIA: Yeah, well, we've never been apart for more than ten days.
Yeah. You're the one who wanted to send him away.
Well, maybe I was wrong.
Well, he still doesn't think he's done anything wrong. He's had no remorse.
I know. I know. I know.
So, we're agreed on this?
(SIGHING) Yes.
Is that for luck?
Yeah, it's George's number.
He played a little, a little Triple-A ball out of school.
Until he tore his rotator cuff and...
Yeah. Little Heat.
What?
That's what we called him. He's... He's a pitcher, so...
"Little Heat"?
Mmm-hmm.
Well, Lil' Heat.
So, you're gonna do it.
Hmm?
You're gonna put your life on this thing?
I gotta.
For George.
Rich.
Hmm?
Are you still seeing those holes?
So clear I could jump in them.
No champagne, but I found rum
or rum.
(LAURA CHUCKLING) Hmm.
Would you do the honors?
Oh...
You.
(RICH CLICKING HIS TONGUE)
Oh, um, yeah.
Hey, wait, wait, wait.
She needs a name.
Ah.
Oh, okay.
I christen thee, Lil' Heat.
Okay.
Morning, sunshine.
You can't send him away.
What?
You can't send Miles to that camp.
That's not your business.
We think it's gonna help him, Savannah.
So what? He screwed up. He's a kid. That's what we do.
Your mother and I... This was a very hard...
...have thought long and hard about this... decision.
You can't really... Yeah, but you don't know.
Know what?
Forget it.
SYLVIA: Savannah.
I had a small,
very small party while you guys were in Mexico.
That's when I found out that Miles was keeping that whatever it is.
What?
You've known about it the whole time?
And you didn't say anything.
No. It gave me leverage.
Oh, Savannah.
I saw him with that thing, you know,
and he was different.
Not the usual apathetic, "I'm so bored" Miles.
This Miles was interested.
Like I've never seen him before in his life.
He cared.
And for that you're gonna send him away?
Jackson! It's not... I don't hear anything.
It's a satellite phone. Give it a sec. It'll work.
All right.
Hold up, hold up. All right, we're good.
All right, it's good.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello.
LAURA: Sean, hi. Hey.
It's me.
Everything okay?
It's fine. I'm going out tomorrow,
and I just wanted to let you know.
Where?
It's a couple hundred miles off the coast of Oregon.
I'll be back on Wednesday, and I'll call you then.
If you don't hear from me then...
Yeah, I've got the Coast Guard's number on the fridge.
Um, is Jesse there?
Yeah, sure. Jess, it's your mom!
Hey, Mom, where are you?
LAURA: Hi, peanut!
Um, I'm... Yeah, I'm a little far away.
Are you still looking for it?
Yeah, I'm still looking for it.
Um...
I... I just wanted to call you
and tell you that I love you,
in case that you forgot.
I'll never forget.
(DOORBELL RINGING OVER PHONE)
JESSE: There's someone at the door.
Okay,
then go to the door.
Okay. Bye-bye, Mom.
Okay, bye.
Dad, who is it?
Hello, Jesse.
We want to talk to Dr. Daughtery regarding two deaths,
both of which have been ruled a homicide.
Aren't these federal credentials you have here?
The victims were Pentagon employees.
And she's a suspect or...
She was present at one of the crime scenes.
When?
Five nights ago.
That's... That's when she came by. She dropped Jesse off.
You know where she may have gone?
No.
Say when she'd be back?
No, she didn't.
She's been acting very strange but...
Has she called? Tried to contact you in any way?
No.
You know, I can subpoena your phone records, and perjury is a crime.
Okay. She hasn't called.
(NIM WHINING)
(GLASS CLINKING)
(GROWLING)
Nim.
Got some weather.
Storm coming or...
Can't say.
Can I see?
There's no storm clouds.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Hey, what's this?
Made some adjustments last night. Couldn't sleep.
Are these bang sticks?
Yeah, for protection. Forty-four caliber heads.
You know, I don't want to hurt them.
And I don't want you eaten by them.
Okay, delicate balance.
Emergency lifeboat.
Compressor runs off the battery.
If you have to surface quickly,
you flip the switch inside and then the boat inflates.
Thanks, Jackson.
Hang on, y'all. Y'all come over here for a second.
Let me... Let me say a few words.
(EXHALING)
Come on.
Well, here we are, Lord.
We know you brought us all here for a reason,
so we're ready. We're willing to go all the way.
And we know that whatever's down there
is bigger than us all,
so take us on your hand, Lord,
and lead us to the truth.
And if it ain't too much to ask, bring us home in one piece.
Amen.
Let's do it.
Good?
Okay.
Oh, yeah.
Here we go.
All leaks and grounds are normal,
scrubber's scrubbing, the O2 bleed is...
One.
...one liter per minute.
Copy, all systems sat. Increasing descent to 60 meters per minute.
Hey, hey!
Oh, it's a new pressure seal.
Once we get down a few hundred feet, it should lock into place.
(CLANGING)
See?
Hatch secure.
JACKSON: Okay, copy that. Enjoy the ride.
Forgot your lunch.
I'm sensing an ulterior motive.
No.
I just wanted to come and let you know
I told the 'rents about your pet.
Shut up.
No, really. I did, and, shocker, they believed me.
Well, a little too late.
You miss it, don't you?
Look, you don't have to pretend to give a damn.
I'm not. Really.
I just... I felt bad for you.
It was like when Mom made me give up my hamster.
They didn't try to kill your hamster.
True, but my hamster never tried killing anyone, either.
Why couldn't they just see what he was?
Ron and Sylvia are never gonna see that.
They hate that thing.
But, I don't know, they see what it meant to you.
What's this?
Dad hooked you up.
Got you moved into a different community work area.
You start today.
Entering the photic zone. All conditions sat.
JACKSON: Uh, yeah, copy. Same here.
Man, I tell you, the clarity on that thing's incredible, ain't it?
Yeah, I know. I mean, we're the only ones talking down here,
and sound travels five times faster in water.
I wish my girls could see this.
Here come the fireworks.
Oh, my God.
LAURA: It's amazing, right? Humans are two-thirds water,
just like the Earth.
The percentage of salt in our blood
is the same percentage of salt in the ocean. We are tied to the sea.
Yeah, maybe we are.
It's like coming home.
WOMAN: (OVER P. A.) This week, the aquarium...
You'll clean the leavings from the touch tank.
Leavings?
Well, fecal matter, mostly. But kids lose stuff in there, too.
Gum, toys, occasionally their lunch.
We pump in 2,000 gallons of fresh seawater per minute.
Filters have to be checked every day,
make sure no one's stuck in there.
After cleaning, you move on to feeding.
This is the food prep area. The locals eat 300 pounds per day.
What's she doing?
Making sushi
for the invertebrates. They love this stuff.
Mmm.
Ew!
You wanna feed the rays?
Sure.
JARED: Southern stingrays, relative of the shark.
Can smell food in the water from a mile away.
Hey.
They don't get live fish?
The mackerel's fortified with vitamins. It's better for them.
Now, don't just drop it in.
Yeah, I know. You gotta wiggle it around.
They key off movement.
That's right. Pretty amazing creatures, huh?
I guess.
I mean,
something no one's ever seen before,
that's, that's amazing, right?
Okay, depth at 1,700 feet.
Interior temperature is 75 degrees Fahrenheit
and the exterior temperature is 65 degrees.
Jackson, can you ping the bottom for me?
Check that.
(SONAR BEEPING)
Just about 4,300 feet. Ten, 15 minutes and you're there.
Copy that.
We're getting close.
(WATER DRIPPING)
(CREAKING)
LAURA: Crap.
What?
It's probably just condensation
or not.
It turns out that leak was not the hatch.
Don't tell me. Don't tell me that.
LAURA: The window.
Jackson, what are you doing?
The deeper you get, the longer it's gonna take me to get you back up.
We can repair and relaunch.
(STUTTERING) No. No, no, no, no, no. Negative. We are not stopping.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
We have to! You're taking on water. The weather's getting nasty.
If I leave you down any longer...
Negative, Jackson. We're not stopping.
(SHUSHING)
(BELLOWING)
JACKSON: I have to bring you guys up right now. You don't understand.
You haven't seen the weather up here.
Plus, you do not want to mess around at this depth,
trust me.
Do you read me?
Rich, Daughtery, respond!
If you guys don't come back, I have to bring you up. Are you listening to me?
Respond.
Daughtery, do you read me?
We're good, brother.
We've made our decision.
Cut us loose.
I'm gonna regret this.
You kind of dig this stuff, don't you?
Yeah.
Come on. I wanna show you something cool.
I've been working here for almost six years,
so I pretty much have the keys to lock up the place.
What are these?
Quarantine tanks.
It's where we try and breed various species,
or where we put the animals the locals bring us.
That happen a lot?
Oh, yeah. Sea turtles, sharks, everything. Like this.
A woman brought in these a couple of days ago.
JARED: They're infertile.
I mean, can you imagine what must have come out of this thing?
Uh...
Yeah.
How's that leak?
Same.
Golly, it is like a sauna in here, man.
Yeah.
What is going on? I thought it was supposed to be cooler.
Well, it should be. Jackson, do you have any of Cirko's thermographic scans up there?
Yeah, affirmative. What do you need?
LAURA: Can you check and see
if there's any hydrothermal vents or smokers or anything?
Negative.
The heat's gotta be coming from somewhere.
Hey, there!
Yeah, slow the line, Jackson. Slow the line.
Okay, copy.
Wow! Okay, yeah. That's good.
This is a whole lot bigger than the ones at the San Juan de Fuca plate.
Cirko, what were you on to?
(HIGH-PITCHED SCREECHING)
(GASPING)
Five times faster, huh?
So how close was that?
I gotta get my camera. I gotta get my camera.
Right there, see? Southeast.
There's, um, there's, like, eight or nine of them.
You better double that.
(SCREECHING)
This is Dr. Laura Daughtery and Rich Connelly,
four thousand feet below the surface
amidst a pod of the new vertebrates.
Their... Their lengths range
from 100 feet to 175.
What are they doing?
I think
they're breeding.
WOMAN: (OVER P. A.)...is a wonderful place for your kids to get close up
to any of our marine friends.
The sand tiger shark, the lined seahorse, Atlantic stingray,
and horseshoe crab are just a few of the many...
Hey.
I thought mom was picking me up.
I was in the neighborhood.
How is it here?
It's good.
Better than picking up trash.
Learn anything?
Yeah.
Did you know that we've identified less than 10% of the species in the ocean?
A lot we don't understand, huh?
Yeah. That's true.
Hey.
I've seen that before.
What?
This... That hole and that light.
(SCREECHING)
This is it.
(BELLOWING)
(ELECTRICAL CRACKLING)
What the hell?
(BELLOWING)
Oh, my God.
Whoa! Hold on, Jackson!
Slow us down, please! We're dropping fast.
Jackson, do you copy? We are falling way too fast!
You gotta pull us back up. You gotta stop us!
(GRUNTING)
(LAURA SCREAMING) Whoa!
Oh, my God.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Rich, don't move.
(CREAKING)
Jackson?
Do you hear me, Jackson?
(CLANKING)
Hang on, hang on. Wait, wait, wait. What's that?
What is it? What is it? What is that?
Uh-oh.
The cable snapped. We have to get the raft. We have to get the raft.
Folding... We have to make this work.
The cable snapped. The weight's gonna pull...
Okay. Thank God you're okay.
Let me get the battery going. Okay.
The battery is fried. So we'll get the reserve going here.
(LAURA GRUNTING)
Okay. Are you gonna help me with this? Okay.
Uh-oh.
What?
Oh, God.
This is all part of it. Okay?
Part of what?
This is part of what's supposed to happen.
There are 3,000 feet of cable out there, nearly two tons. Don't you...
It's not an accident.
(STAMMERING) You... Yeah, but we have to inflate.
We've got to inflate... It's okay. It's okay.
Oh, my God. It's okay.
What are you doing? It's gonna pull us down.
I know.
Oh, no.
(LAURA SOBBING)