Keep Breathing (2022) s01e01 Episode Script

[airplane engine droning]
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct chatter on radio]
[indistinct chatter on PA system]
- [dings]
- [aircraft engine whirs]
[baby wails]
- [cell phone rings softly]
- [baby wailing continues]
[cell phone rings]
- [aircraft engine droning in distance]
- [cell phone ringing continues]
Fuck.
- Hi.
- [Ruth] Liv, where are you?
- I just got your email.
- [Liv] I'm fine.
I just have to go out of town
for a couple of days.
[Ruth] Out of town? Is everything
Everything's in the email I sent.
I know it's a lot.
I just don't want any surprises.
I'll try to check in when I can.
I just don't know what service
is gonna be like.
[Ruth] Sure. Should I loop Danny in?
This is Danny.
He just came over with the merger.
Hi.
Um nice to meet you.
Yeah. Why why wouldn't you?
[Ruth] He's just asking
if you still want him on this.
He's a great lawyer, of course, I do.
Anyway, it's not my call.
- [Ruth] Liv, are you sure you're okay?
- I'm fine.
Let's circle back on prep strategy
once I'm back in the office.
I've just never known you
to take time off
Ruth, I'm fine. I really have to go. Um,
- text me if you need anything, okay? Bye.
- [Ruth] Liv
- [staff] Olivia Rivera?
- [Liv] Yeah.
[staff]
You're the 1:10 trip to Inuvik, right?
Yes. My plane was supposed to leave
like an hour ago?
Yeah, sorry about that.
It looks like wind's pretty bad up
in Outer Rapids today.
Your plane's stuck there,
so, you're kind of SOL, unfortunately.
We can try to get you
on something tomorrow maybe?
What? No! No, no, no. I I took
two flights to get here from New York.
I have to get to Inuvik today.
I'm I'm trying to meet someone
before they leave again.
- Maybe you can call them?
- [Liv] No, I
She she doesn't know I'm coming.
Maybe you should tell her.
Can you get me on a plane or not?
I'm sorry, miss,
but I can't help you today.
[airplane engine roars]
[aircraft engine droning]
[indistinct chatter on PA system]
[sentimental music]
[woman exhales]
[scoffs]
[exhales]
You look just like me when I was your age.
[in Spanish]
I'm able to know that.
[George in English]
Where are we going this time?
[Sam] Top of the Mackenzie River.
[George] Jesus. That's past Inuvik.
Where are they gonna send us next,
the North Pole?
- Excuse me.
- [PA system beeps]
- Sorry. Excuse me?
- [voice over PA] Flight 899
Excuse me! Sorry. Hi.
Did you say you're going to Inuvik?
Uh past Inuvik, yeah.
This is gonna sound crazy,
but, is there any way you guys
could take me with you?
Crazy for who? You don't even know us.
Look, I'm small, I have this one bag.
I promise I'll be quiet.
Quiet's not really an option
on a Cessna 208.
I just, I really need to get
to Inuvik today.
And it looks like my plane is stuck
somewhere and
- I'm sorry, we'd love to help you out.
- [Liv] Then help me out.
- Please.
- If it was just me?
You know, but we're doing this for work.
Somebody else is picking up the tab
and then if something happens,
I think they may be liable for
No, they wouldn't. That's not
I'm a lawyer. That's not a thing.
I'm sorry. Good luck.
I'll give you a thousand dollars.
Each. I'll give you each
a thousand dollars.
Look, you guys do Venmo?
I can I can send it to you right now.
Look, I feel for you. We just can't do it.
I just want to sit on your plane.
I just want to sit on your plane
and travel in the direction
that you're already flying.
- That's it. I just
- Okay! Okay.
- [security] Everything all right here?
- Yes.
Thank you. We're, we're just figuring out
who gets the window seat.
Seriously?
Yeah.
- Sure. We'll get you to Inuvik.
- [George sighs]
Oh, my God, thank you.
I'm Liv, by the way.
- Sam.
- [Liv] Sam.
This is George, pilot ordinaire.
[airplane engine roars]
[in loud voice]
Just souping her up. Sam likes to go fast.
Cool.
All good?
All good.
[light music]
[light music continues]
You're a nervous flier?
[in unamplified voice]
I'm a nervous crasher.
- I said no, I'm a nervous crasher.
- [chuckles]
- [rattling]
- Is this normal?
Late summer air, mixtures of hot and cold,
makes for a rough ride.
[George] Hey. Hey, no cell phone.
You'll mess with the instruments.
- Seriously? That's a real thing.
- [Sam] Uh, it's fine.
George just doesn't trust anything
without a rotary dial.
Isn't there like smoother air higher up
or something?
Do you have other thoughts?
How's my tracking?
- I'm sorry. I'm just
- [Sam] Don't worry.
George knows what he's doing.
[George] If I didn't, I wouldn't tell you.
Hey, you want a drink?
Might help calm your nerves.
- No, I'm good.
- [Sam] You sure?
You want a Power Bar, bottle of water?
Cocktail, New York Times?
- I'm not really a Power Bar person.
- You ever been to Inuvik?
There's not gonna be much open
by the time we land. Take them.
Thanks.
So, uh, what takes you
to the northwest territories?
I'm shooting the caribou run.
Uh, not shoot. "Shoot."
I'm a photographer
for National Geographic.
Wow, your job's so much cooler than mine.
Well, I don't know about that.
What kind of law do you practice?
I'm a securities litigator.
You're right. My job is cooler.
[laughing]
Caribou run this late?
I thought that was a spring thing.
Hey, you got to go somewhere
to come back, right?
I just go where they tell me.
I'll be sitting in a camouflage tent
with a thermos full of coffee
and about 8,000 cameras,
waiting for anything with antlers
to run by.
That sounds nice.
It does, doesn't it?
And what about you?
What brings a securities litigator
this far north?
Um, just boring lawyer stuff.
Uh, it seemed like more of
an emergency back at the airport.
I'm gonna take a nap.
Uh, I'm sorry. I wasn't trying
No, it's fine. it's just I'm I'm tired.
Took me forever to get in from
- I'm just tired.
- [Sam] All right.
We'll try to keep it down for you.
[plane engine roars]
[plane engine roars halts]
[earphones beeps]
[woman speaks in a calm voice]
Close your eyes.
Ensure you're resting
in a comfortable position.
Inhale and exhale slowly,
in through the nose
and out through the mouth.
Focus on tensing
and relaxing each part of your body.
Allow all thoughts to fall away.
You are only your body.
You are only your breath.
[high heels clacking]
[Ruth] Hey, you made it.
- Hi.
- [Liv] Hi. Of course, I made it.
You said you were having a crisis?
Yeah, the crisis was that
you never come out to these things.
- Ruth, I have work to do.
- [Ruth] No, Liv, no.
- No. Come on.
- [Ruth] We have all have work to do,
but right now take this
- [Liv] No.
- your work is beating Danny at darts.
- [stammers]
- [Ruth] We're down a player. Yes, yes.
- Go. No, it's fine just go. It's great.
- [Liv] Are you fucking
- [Ruth chuckles]
- Hey.
I think I just got tricked.
Why? You thought
it was a shuffleboard tournament?
I can't stay long.
Okay.
Am I ready for this?
I hear you're a shark.
I've never played before.
That's exactly what a shark would say.
[upbeat music playing]
Is Ruth trying to set us up?
Yeah, I think she is.
[Danny] Huh.
Is that appropriate?
- No, it isn't.
- [Danny] Right.
That's what I Okay.
Although, I guess, technically,
we're not at work.
Right. Bit of a gray area.
[loud banging]
[plane engine whirs]
- Why are we flying so low?
- [alarm blares]
[indistinct chatter]
- [alarm beeps]
- No, shit I got nothing!
- Whoa, buddy! We're going down!
- There's no pressure and fuel!
George!
[explosion]
Put on your seatbelt.
[alarm blares, beeps]
Oh, my God.
[splashes]
[water trickling, dripping]
[heavy breaths]
[pants]
[gasping]
[heavy breathing, whimpers]
- [seatbelt clicks]
- [gasps, grunts]
[panting]
[Sam] Help. Help!
George. George, help me out.
- [Liv pants]
- [Sam grunts]
- [Sam] Right here.
- [Liv] Yeah.
[Liv grunts]
[Liv] Are you okay?
[gasping, pants]
I can't swim.
[heavy breathing]
I can't swim.
- Do you have, uh, life preservers?
- [whimpers]
- Sam! Sam, do you have life preservers?
- [George groaning]
Flotation devices, something?
- No. I don't know. I'll check.
- [George grunting]
My leg is stuck!
[George groans]
[George screams in pain]
Ow!
[grunts, groans]
Guys, we got to get out of here!
I mean, this thing's gonna sink!
[George groans]
Sam, I'm gonna need your help. Sam?
What are you doing? Sam? No!
- [gasping]
- [metal clanking]
[George grunts]
[screams, groans]
- No, just stop, that hurts!
- I know it hurts,
- but we've gotta get you out of here.
- Okay.
[muffled grunting]
- [groans, screams]
- [Liv grunts]
Hold your breath.
Please. Don't leave me.
[soft tragic music]
[soft tragic music continues]
[gasps]
[panting]
[Sam] Liv!
Help!
Kick your legs!
- Just kick your legs!
- [Sam] Help!
- Help me!
- Use your legs, Sam.
- It's okay, Sam.
- Please, help me.
- Help me!
- Hey!
[Sam gasps]
[Sam] Help me!
Sam, look at me! Stop!
I need you to stop
or we'll both drown, okay?
- [pants]
- Stop, look I got you.
Kick your legs,
- I'll take us both in, okay?
- Uh-huh.
- Okay.
- [panting]
- You got me?
- I got you.
[mellow music]
[mellow music continues]
[grunts]
[groans]
[panting]
[grunts, pants]
[grunts]
[panting]
[Liv in a weak voice]
Oh, Sam.
[panting]
We made it.
[panting continues]
We're good.
Sam?
Sam?
Hey.
Hey.
Hey. Hey, Sam, wake up.
Hey, Sam.
Sam!
Hey, Sam!
[ominous music]
Oh, shit.
[screams, groans]
- Sorry, no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- No!
You just have this metal thing
in your leg,
- I'm trying to take it out.
- No! No, no, no, no, no, I'll bleed out.
[groans]
It's pretty bad.
[grunts]
Uh
A tourniquet.
You have to make a tourniquet.
Okay.
- [Sam] My belt, use my belt.
- Yeah.
Okay. It's okay. I got it. I got it.
Wrap it round.
[wincing]
- [groans, grunts]
- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
[groans, grunts]
[Liv] I can't get it tight enough.
Sam?
Sam, how do I make it tighter?
[exhales, panting]
Okay, I think I got it.
Oh, thank God it stopped.
[breathing heavily]
Shit, how do I keep this tight?
Fuck!
[groans, pants]
Stay with me, Sam. Please.
Okay.
It stopped.
Sam
Sam, it stopped.
- [heart thumping]
- [sighs, pants]
[in soft voice]
Oh, thank you.
[unsettling music]
[sighs]
[phone beeps]
[line ringing]
Shit.
I'm sorry, Sam.
[sighs]
[tense music]
[groans, grunts]
[exhales]
Sam
[pants]
I'm not leaving.
I'm just gonna go try and get higher
to see if I can get service, okay?
I'll be right back.
[whispers]
It's okay, it's gonna be okay.
One bar. Just one bar. Stupid trees.
[in normal voice]
Really? Fuck.
[pants]
[screams]
Fuck!
[pants]
Hello?
Help!
Is anybody out there?
[ominous music]
[pants]
Come on.
Are you kidding me?
[lighter clicking]
Come
[sighs]
[in a strained voice]
Come on, are you fucking kidding me?
[heavy breathing]
[grunts]
Ow!
[groans]
[grunts]
Okay. Well, I didn't see you helping.
[sighs]
We'll figure out
something better tomorrow.
Night, Sam.
[breathes heavily]
[gentle music]
[gentle music continues]
[gasps]
[coughs]
[breathes heavily]
[Sam groans]
Sam?
- [Sam groans]
- Sam. Sam.
- Hey, it's Liv.
- [grunts]
- Oh, it hurts.
- I know, don't try to move. It's your leg.
No, my stomach.
[groans]
It fucking hurts.
- Make it stop.
- Okay. Wait, hold on. Let me see.
Oh, God. Shit.
[Sam groans]
Where's the plane?
It's it's gone.
We crashed.
- What? Where?
- [Liv] I don't know.
Where's George?
We're we're just gonna have to wait
for them to find us.
We're gonna sit tight and we're gonna,
we're gonna stay right here
No, they're not coming.
Of course, they are.
George logged a flight plan.
When you don't show up,
your company's gonna send
No, they're not.
Sam.
Where are the bags?
- Where where are the bags?
- Sam, National Geographic's not just
When you don't show up,
they're gonna send someone.
I'm not a photographer.
[foreboding music]
No one's coming. No one knows we're here.
You're on your own.
[foreboding music]
[gasps, screams]
[foreboding music continues]
[Liv whimpers]
[foreboding music intensifies]
[closing theme music]