Captain Tsunami (Captain Tsunami's Army)

Creatures from the sea!

Creatures of the sea.

- Yeah, but let's try it louder, all right?

More commanding.

Like, a little like this-- creatures from the sea,

I summon thee!

Creatures...

Yeah.

I summon thee.

OK, Jelly, look at me.

It's time for you to face conflict.

These creatures are your friends.

They're gonna help you fight the evil.

You have to trust in them.

What if I don't have friends?

Right. Well...

can't fight evil alone, right?

You need an army.

Look, Jelly, I believe in you.

- You do? - Yes, I do!

All you have to do is try.

- My mom never really said what this "Captain Tsunami" comic

was all about.

But I think, somehow, it's about me.

Hi.

What are you selling, kid?

I already bought cookies this year, so...

Glenn?

Do I know you?

Now's not a good time.

- Look at the picture I just sent you.

Oh, my God.

Is that who I think it is?

When did she get there?

Two minutes ago.

- We just put an Amber Alert out for her.

- How does she know where I live?

I don't know.

Look, just keep her there. - Wait, wait!

Is everything OK? Is her mom OK?

- I don't know. I don't know.

Look, man, I'll call you back.

OK?

OK.

You know, there's an Amber Alert out for you.

That was your dad.

- He's probably... - Already on his way.

- Police are gonna get here first.

- You gonna tell me what this is all about?

- She told me, if anything ever happened, to come here.

- What does that mean, "if anything ever happened"?

You know how she is.

Em, what happened?

Do not call me that.

What?

My friends call me Em.

I don't really know you.

Emma, where is your mom?

Gone.

What does "gone" mean?

I don't know.

She was there, and then she was gone.

Yeah.

Adults do that sometimes.

They go away for a day or two.

Or a decade or two.

You don't think I know who you are?

I don't look anything like him.

Where's my captain

- OK, let's take a breath for a second.

Where's my captain

- Look, I don't know what you think you know.

Come on.

How could you know?

How could you not?

What happened to your mom?

Where's my captain

I don't know.

Where's my captain

I can't talk right now.

Sisto's out.

Sisto's out of what?

The signing.

He's out.

- He can't be out. Get him back.

- No, he's got some family emergency or something.

- No, I'm telling you, he can't be out.

Fix it.

I don't care how you do it.

Sisto?

Yeah.

Jeremy Sisto.

He's an actor from--

"Captain Tsunami."

I know who Jeremy Sisto is.

He's doing a signing at your comic store?

Yeah.

It's more than a signing.

It's an interactive thing.

Sisto comes in, and the kids request poses.

So into camera.

Everybody's got their thing.

Kids can choose their own costumes and everything.

It's gonna be cool.

We've been planning it for over a year.

You know about the comic book store, huh?

What, you've been googling me or something?

- Yeah, I did some googling before I took a bus

500 miles to meet a stranger.

She's really proud of you about the comic store.

- Yeah, I used to be obsessed with "Captain Tsunami"

comic books when I was a kid.

Every Halloween, we did the costumes.

Creatures from the sea...

I summon thee!

What, did your mom make you read it?

Hey.

No, no, don't--

what the hell?

- She told me, if anything ever happened, to come here

and bring you this.

What is all this?

She said you would know.

She said only you would know.

So it might not be her?

Her ex-husband, Malcolm,

was at the location with the divers.

Ex-husband?

The car is stuck in the mud.

They're bringing in a crane to pull it out.

They'll be able to confirm, but the ex-husband

is sure it's her car.

I understand that you're Emma Andrews' biological father?

Sir?

Yeah?

- You were estranged from her mother?

Not exactly, no.

- It's just that you and Ms. Andrews

live pretty far apart.

- Yeah, she was raising Emma with Malcolm.

- You weren't aware that he and Ms. Andrews were divorced?

No, I wasn't.

- We understand Ms. Andrews is--

Desiree.

- We understand Desiree is neurodivergent.

You mean crazy.

She's on medication,

some pretty significant medication

to manage her mental health.

But she also has a history of--

She was in a program.

She was in a lot of programs.

- Yeah, well, they don't make programs for people like her.

What are people like her?

What are they telling her?

- They're telling her about the car,

that we're still looking for her mom.

What are people like her?

What?

- You said they don't have programs

for people like Desiree.

She wasn't crazy.

OK.

- They never agreed on what it was.

One day, it was schizophrenia.

Next day, it was personality disorder.

They tried everything.

Sometimes she seemed completely normal.

Sometimes she saw monsters.

And one day, she's scribbling nonsense on the wall.

The next day, she's painting like Picasso.

What do you call that?

I don't know.

What do you call it?

She'd like to stay here tonight

until her legal guardian arrives.

And he said it's fine with him if it's all right with you.

Her what?

- Her stepfather, Malcolm, is the legal guardian.

He's on the way.

She must have already known.

It got really weird the last few weeks.

Something was up, but I don't know.

She wouldn't tell me.

Look, man, she's a smart kid.

She probably just looked in the mirror and figured it out.

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess she did.

I'll be there in a few hours.

We'll figure this out.

You driving?

As opposed to what?

Yeah, I don't know.

- I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier.

- Hey, you know anything about this "Captain Tsunami"

stuff she brought with her?

What?

- She's got a bag of drawings and stuff

about Captain Tsunami.

- I can't talk about comic books right now, man.