Oceanus: Act One

Oceanus Base,

this is Aqua Shuttle 14 on approach.

Roger 14, you are clear

on vector two-one-zero.

Copy that Oceanus.

Shuttle 14, you are clear to dock

at port gamma C.

Got it. Gamma C.

Drone approaching.

Drone approaching.

Ah, there she is.

Systems on manual, docking at your discretion.

Careful, really be careful.

Hey, do you wanna do this?

No, no, no. Just watch what you're doing.

Oh, okay.

This is so important, Sam.

Please take this seriously.

Relax, breathe.

I can do this with my eyes closed.

Not with my pod.

Pod secured.

There.

You happy?

Yes you are.

Ah!

We've still got that damn fluctuation in the backups.

The battery contacts keep giving us that false reading.

I better go over there and reset them again.

Whoa, whoa, wait a second.

Flag on the play.

Listen, Erin we should really rethink this.

Okay, I don't think resetting is enough.

I mean it could be something worse and we get out there

mid ocean and it wouldn't be an easy fix.

Listen, maybe we should pull the pod back to the lab,

overhaul the power systems.

You're kidding, right?

This is our last week, we deploy now.

I'm not letting the replacement team get all the glory.

This is on us.

Erin, nobody's gonna get any glory...

Hey down there, are you ready to roll?

Hey, Commander.

I wanna talk to some Whales.

Yep, we're almost ready for prime time.

I'm gonna make a final check and then we're outta here.

This is awesome, Dr. Kendall,

this is an amazing breakthrough.

You must be very proud of your entire team.

I'm honored to be a witness.

It's gonna be really exciting

to see linguistic algorithms that work in the wild.

I bet.

Okay.

I better get to it!

Uh Jordan, could I, speak with you a moment?

Sure, why not?

What's up there, Chief?

I'm just checking on ya, seeing if ya made any progress

since our last beer?

Ah well, with the good doctor?

Listen, no matter what I try, it seems as if

she still sees us as a business with benefits.

Yeah well, it sounds like it's time for you to get real,

lay it on the line, tell her how you feel.

Yeah, have you had a real conversation with Erin?

Well, I talk to her.

I mean you ever tried talkin' to my wife?

It's like talking

to the pentagon.

Listen, all I know is that Whales are the only thing

she cares about.

I'm just along for the ride.

Oh, bull shit.

You're the best engineer we have.

I couldn't have finished Dome 1 without you.

Well I'm not gonna argue with you there.

You know, Sophia and I were on the verge of divorce

when we got our shot down here.

- Really? - Yeah.

Literally had my divorce papers in one hand

and the invite from Bryan Zanthis in the other.

Ah, Mr. Zanthis.

Well you know what, he's a crazy old man,

but he provided Erin and I the opportunity

to live and work here, to be together, so.

Well, he's a rich, crazy old man, so don't let him know

you faked your marriage to get down here.

Well thank you for covering for us.

No problem.

Now you want her?

You make her yours.

I'm serious.

Don't you think it's just a little weird

that I gotta woo my own wife?

Well I didn't say it wasn't weird.

Listen, by the way I'm gonna need that Drone back, ASAP

to finish up Hab Dome 3.

So, you get your booty back here as soon as you can.

Roger that, we'll send her home as soon as we deploy.

Okay, good luck, happy hunting.

Thank you.

How we looking, good looking?

It's all good, let's roll

as soon as I get back there.

Ay, ay, Captain.

Oceanus Base, this is Aqua Shuttle 5,

now clearing the perimeter.

You remember that pod of humpbacks

with the young spotted male, the ones we saw off Lahina?

Yep.

That's the group I wanna talk to.

I based the linguistics program on their songs.

Thousands of hours of samples, I managed to record

a series of song variations that should get their attention.

Woo!

It has to work.

It's gonna be the greatest

inner species jam session of all time.

Pretty cool, huh?

Are you even listening to me?

Yeah, yeah.

Spotted males, whatever.

Whatever?

Three years of work merits a little more than whatever.

Hey, can you turn that off?

Yeah, sure, why not?

What's up with you?

You've been acting kinda weird lately.

Seriously?

Do you know what's gonna happen in a few days?

When we go home?

Exactly.

It's like it means absolutely nothing to you.

I'm just excited to see my work come to fruition.

Where are you going with this?

Where am I going with this?

What about us?

Us?

Mission accomplished.

This is what we both talked about a long time ago.

It was always about getting down here.

We were never destined for suburbs and picket fences.

You knew that.

No, no I don't think I did.

You know, I don't think I got that memo.

Hey, you're not making any sense.

This is what we... both of us, agreed to do.

Yeah, and you know what?

With this you'll probably get a Nobel prize.

I just thought that maybe...

- ...we could. - Approaching

deployment coordinates.

This is the spot.

You got us exactly where I wanted to be.

Okay.

Hold here, prepare for deployment.

Oceanus Base,

this is Aqua Shuttle 5.

We've reached the deployment site.

Pod auto release in five,

four, three, two, one.

Releasing ballast.

Inflating pontoon.

Activating life support.

She's on the surface, systems online, looking good.

Okay.

Prepare to dock.

Docking complete, pod engaged.

FYI, Conrad wants his Drone back ASAP.

He wants Dome 3 completed

before the next rotation arrives.

No problem.

We're finished with it.

Yeah but...

Okay.

Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.

What?

Ah, the backups again?

Okay, you know what?

I'm not gonna waste my breath telling you I told you so,

even though I want to.

I am calling the Drone back and we are going home.

No wait, you're the Engineer.

Can't you take a look?

Oh, now I'm the Engineer.

Cause I wanted to be an Engineer at the maintenance bay

back at Base.

Come on, you know you can fix it.

No, you know stop with the eyes.

Now it's not cute.

Okay, okay.

Okay, uh uh uh.