Man From Atlantis (1977) s01e01 Episode Script
Melt Down
Joey, come on.
Come on, Joey.
Jody, please go up to the house and call an ambulance.
Do I see some friendlies? We are friendlies - Come inside and help get the party started.
Oh, do we need some lively young people in here, come on.
I am sorry this is such a bore - I like service parties.
Well I don't.
If I am not working I would rather be diving.
I get withdrawal symptoms if I am out of water too long.
Can that be your only hobby? - What else is there? Duty calls, come on.
What's up? - Found him on a beach out cold; drowning maybe.
We got him tubed and pumped up to a 100% oxygen Trying to get him ventilated here.
BP is palpable at seventy.
Heart is at 150 He looks in trouble.
Let's get a couple of lines going, CBP in the centre, I need a 16 gage Centrocath - And a peripheral line with dopamine Start the drip that will bring him up.
Get a portable chest, check EKG.
Has there been any vomiting or blood? No, none at all.
There was a little water, clear now.
I checked the tube, no obstructions.
There is a little skull trauma, maybe got hit on the head.
Did you check his eyes? He could have overdosed.
Better check blood levels - Right.
And I need a skull series - Okay sure.
His eyes are they contracted, dilated? - They are at mid point.
Let's monitor to be on the safe side.
That's funny.
Hey what's this? Let's keep him alive first.
Ok, let's go.
Excuse me, telephone call.
How are all the frogs and dogs? Hi, got promoted to dolphins.
How about you? You want to get out of here? - Can't.
I am occupied.
How are you Phil? I am fine.
Analysis says a high degree of desiccation It says what? - Desiccation.
Come on - It sounds crazy but that's what the lungs look like to me.
Okay, I will be right there.
Let's go.
Are we ready? Make sure you are strapped in - Got it.
Okay, here goes I am shooting.
They are on their way.
He is still not breathing.
I started thinking about the navy and budget and all I wanted to accomplish Crazy stuff like that - Excuse me, this is an emergency.
The man has forgotten how to breathe.
Can I put you in a cab? - Forgotten how to breathe? Mind if I tag along? - Let's go.
Elizabeth, can I talk to you? - Phil we are sort of rushed.
Just for a minute? I am sorry but there has been an emergency.
Could you make our excuses? Okay, I will.
Sure.
I am really sorry.
Oh, congratulations.
Who's that? - Phil Roth, he just got the command of Sea Quest.
The Navy's new super research submersible, probably wanted to chat.
Doc, you are not going to believe this.
Doctor.
Hello are you staff? - Maybe I am.
They can't get a decent portable chest? Order another set - I did you are looking at them.
This guy has had it I am afraid.
The question is, how did he walk round the streets with lungs like that? Why isn't he sweating? - I don't think it would make too much difference.
Can you get a skin biopsy? - We'd have to move him to County.
I'm afraid nothing can be offered to someone with desiccated lungs like that.
If that's what they are - I beg your pardon? Was he found anywhere near the ocean? - Yes, he was.
Let's get skin biopsy.
You sure you just wouldn't like to go back to the party? Let's do the biopsy.
I am looking into the base of the left bronchial branch, Getting down into the lung stem, Now I can see Elizabeth Call an ambulance.
What is it? - You wouldn't believe me.
Call an ambulance.
If you got a theory tell me - The man is dying, I can save him.
Now, get those lights off and the tubes out of him.
We can't just release him to you.
It's 12 feet to that door Either help me get him out of here or I will do it myself.
Doctor, we can't just let him go.
Well Doctor, I'm taking him.
You heard the lady.
Where are we going? - The fast way to the ocean.
I'll take him now.
Come on, breathe.
Come on breathe.
After two weeks he was able to leave the pool for short periods.
And we began physiological studies.
The evidence shows a humanoid being only marginally equipped for life on land As tests have indicated his eyes to be light sensitive We have prepared a pair of appropriate glasses for him.
He tires easily, any physical exertion will exhaust him.
In addition, we find that 12 hours out of the water Actual physical deterioration begins.
The first signs of which are the marked discolouration of the extremities.
Within 16-20 hours, if not returned to a water environment.
He will suffer extensive skin cracking Pulmonary deficiencies, cardiac arrest And finally death.
Doctor, perhaps we could finish off the technical side of this now.
The Admiral - The Admiral is doing just fine Aynsley, go on and take your time.
However, when in the water a different picture emerges He appears to be perfectly adapted to aquatic life.
Displaying great strength and agility.
The chest cavity has gill like membranes in place of lung tissue.
Skin appears humanoid but with dolphin characteristics.
No, keratin layer in his skin? - None.
Eyes are catlike in action, able to see at ocean depth and almost total dark.
Where are you keeping him? He is in the testing lab, he is docile and cooperative.
He is as curious about us as we are about him.
Alright, you can stop.
He hasn't spoken yet but is obviously teachable and has vocal equipment.
I get the impression that he understands a great deal but chooses not to speak.
Psychologically, he appears cool and calm at all times.
If he has emotions, he conceals them.
What's with you turkey? You just get off the pot? May I take your order please? May I take your order please? May I take your order please? Your order please? His diet is kelp and plankton.
As for his origins, he has given us very little to go on.
One moment please.
That will be one dollar.
Hello, is the party that placed the call to Gala Washington? Hello, is anyone there? Hello.
Hello.
Operator? Operator, noone here? Hello? Non-verbal associative tests suggest possible amnesia.
So, we took every scrap of information we had And fed it to the WRW12000 at the defence department.
And the computer sent back an answer.
We aren't sure what that means and we don't know if there are more like him.
We do know we have the absolute obligation to protect him While we are finding out everything about him.
I have got several pieces or hardware made by the best geniuses in the country They will lift 2000 tonnes from the depth of 12000 feet.
Track a target in the ocean six miles down Take divers down to a depth of 3500 feet and bring them up again.
Can your man do as well? I am not sure we haven't had the money to find out.
Well, you have it now.
And now I think I would like to meet this fellow - Of course.
He's, I don't know, I have looked everywhere, but he has gone.
Mark, Mark Mark, why did you? This is Admiral Pearce, he has come from Washington to meet you.
He is a very important man, he is going to help you.
We call him Mark Harris.
How are you son? I want to know his speed, agility, strength and stamina, start testing now.
The Admiral wants me to observe.
Lieutenant, what is the Admiral's primary interest? National Defence.
Put him under pressure.
We're ready - Good.
Okay Mark.
He's at 15,000 feet.
Take him to 20.
Mark, we are going to take you down to 20,000 feet.
We are taking you down to 25,000 feet.
Holy Mackerel.
30,000 feet.
Morning Doctor, the Admiral has a job for your fish.
His name is Mark Harris.
Doctor Merrill Two weeks ago, we lost Sea Quest at the bottom of Mariana Trench I need you man to find it and help us to recover it and the crews bodies.
Did you say Sea Quest? - She wasn't told? With Commander Roth? Perhaps you would like to sit down Doctor? No.
I am fine.
You were saying Admiral? It's a secret mission with appropriate cover.
All information regarding Project Atlantis including your mans existence Is now classified.
Better for us, safer for him.
What happened to Sea Quest? Went to lay down seismic probes and then fell of the scope at 36,000 feet.
Most advanced technology we own, one of a kind, and now it's lost.
Surely you have tried to locate it? Used a lot of hardware and still haven't found it We're going to have to use your man quickly, under escort and tethered.
I am sorry Admiral but Mark Harris is not a piece of hardware.
That's why I am asking you to handle him for me.
Admiral, I think it best if you make your request to Mark himself.
Doctor, I think I understand your feelings.
Good morning Sir.
Hey you Hey, hey Look here, you know who this is? This is the - It's okay Aynsley.
Lieutenant Aynsley tells me you didn't understand my order son What didn't you understand? Let me explain it to you again Wednesday, you leave on a ship Then into the ocean to help us find a piece of equipment we have lost.
Then you come right back.
You understand? I better explain it to you a little differently All of this is my responsibility.
I look after it for the Government and the people.
I help defend the Country.
The Country, by that I mean Our Country And I give orders Orders are when people older and wiser tell us what to do and we do it.
That's how we get things done, by obeying orders.
And as long as you are here you have to obey orders too You understand? Better not.
Lieutenant Aynsley Stop.
I order you to stop.
You heard the Lieutenant? - You got an order to stop.
Keep him away from the water.
Alright buddy, now just take it easy.
The water, keep him away from the water.
Cut him off - Get across, don't let him out of the pier.
Come on quickly.
Take it easy.
Don't hurt him.
Mark, Mark Mark, the Admiral came to see me yesterday He wants to know if you will help him recover the submarine? As a favour to him, not an order but as a favour to him.
I would like you to stay too.
But not like this, only because you really wanted too.
Do you understand? Mark, I am going to try and talk to the Admiral To get an agreement between the two of you.
Will you trust me? That way you both win, Mark gets your sub and he gets to go home.
Doctor, if he is suffering from amnesia as you reported, going home is unlikely.
Science cannot determine the duration of his amnesia.
One thing is certain, he wants to return to the ocean and wants to be free.
With no tether line? - I am sure he will not go with it, you need to trust him.
With one supervisor, you.
- I am the only one he trusts.
You better be right.
This is the submarine that went down.
There were two men on board, Commanders Hendrix and Roth Find us the sub and the bodies and I will consider your request.
It's not a request Admiral, it is a deal or - Yes, Doctor.
This man has a name, Mark Harris and he has rights.
I know his name and I know his rights and I don't need any reminders from you.
Yes, I will.
I say 'Yes', to the Admiral.
I say, 'Yes'.
How you doing? Welcome aboard the Alferba.
Doctor Merrill? - Elizabeth Merrill.
I am Ernie Smith, Master Diver.
Mark Harris - Hey we are going to be diving buddies.
So, you are running the show? - That's right.
Let's me the officer in charge, Mr Johnson.
Follow me.
What do we have here? As I understand it, Ernie is taking Mr Harris onto the platform.
And he is going in at 200 feet.
What sort of rig are you using? - Mr Harris is testing some new equipment.
A re-breathing turtle pack with self-heating suit.
We still like the old fashioned look But I guess time moves on.
What do you think chief? Keeps the tails from getting in the cracks.
You have tails? Yep, the same time they put in the gills.
I see - Can you believe these divers and their jokes? My orders show that Mr Harris isn't going to use a tether line? I take it, that's not a joke? - Correct.
Nobody steps off at 200 feet without a tether? - Well, Mr Harris does.
This new equipment requires exceptional freedom.
Now, are there any other problems.
It's alright.
You know the area you are working is close to where Sea Quest was lost? - Yes And where the Russian research sub was lost last year? No I didn't - And a French sub went down there a year ago.
It's a very dangerous part of the world.
This is our density compression chamber.
Deep diving system, mark 2 mod 0.
You want to see who's on TV? Come on, watch your step.
Is that one of your divers? That's right.
How deep does he go? 700 or 800 feet - When he comes up you put him in there? Yeh sure, for a couple of days.
It's better to have gills like you.
Are you giving me the razz? Went to put my hat on Hey Popeye, where's the money? Where's the broad you owe me, you yo-yo? This is Popeye, big as an ox and twice as smart.
This is, what's you name again? - Mark Harris.
Mark Harris, he's a civilian diver.
Gonna walk off near Harmony Ridge Where they are very good with the rats.
How about coffee? Harmony Ridge, isn't that where we heard those funny blips.
Remember? Yep, yep those signals - What signals? Oh yeh, those funny signals; that's right, yep that's right.
I wonder what could have caused them? - Sea Monsters.
There are no sea monsters in the place you call the Trench.
Well who knows, 36,000 feet below.
How do you know? - I have been there.
Are we close to your home Mark? You still remember nothing about where you come from? Perhaps when I am deep in the ocean I will remember.
Perhaps when you are deep down, you will forget about us.
No, I will not.
Mark, I want you to look at something.
This is a miniature transponder and it sends signals through the water.
Tomorrow I want you to swallow it, so we will be able to follow you.
It's not that we don't trust you.
We want to track you for your own safety.
Go to your stations.
All divers to be ready.
The Transponder capsule reads five, five, five At 08:47 hours.
Programme for tracking is now optimum.
Okay Ernie, all systems go - Right all systems go.
We are coming up to 150.
We are coming up on 200.
Okay Ernie, you are on station.
Okay we are hanging loose at 200 feet, we are going to take a walk around.
Come on over.
Ernie I have to explain something to you.
The special equipment Mark has is more special than we told you.
It will allow him to go much deeper than anyone knows.
Actually the whole matter is highly classified - Then don't tell me.
You gotta know Ernie cos soon you are gonna see, Don't tell me nothing, I don't want to know nothing.
He is a terrific guy, whatever he has had done is fine by me.
He is on the bottom Ernie 36,000 feet, absolutely amazing.
Ernie, there is something else.
He has gone.
C'est est extraordinaire! Did you expect something? - This is absolutely fantastic.
What a beautiful day.
Welcome all.
As per your briefing instructions, please proceed to the changing rooms.
Then follow corridor 14 to the Reception desk.
We are happy to have you with us.
We are looking for a Grand Prix driver.
Sure gonna miss the World Series.
Well, it's a better life than missiles.
Corridor 14.
After you please.
Look at these artifacts.
I thought these statues were in the Louvre Professor? Good morning.
Would you like to register please? - Oh certainly.
Please put on your colour coded identification bracelets? They are very helpful.
Where's Mr Schubert? - He's rather busy but he will see you.
After the orientation.
My very own Mickey Mouse.
Mr Schubert said we would be all working together in a high energy lab.
Why don't you register and slip on your bracelet? Before signing anything I would like to see the facilities are as advertised And that no military applications are permitted.
Here let me do it - We all insist.
Thank you.
Now, will you all follow me please.
Good morning sir.
Please put on your colour- coded identification bracelet.
What is that? - Here let me do it for you.
Would you sign in please? Welcome young man.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Please take care of our friend My name is Schubert.
A nice surprise, we expected four new members and we have got five.
Tell me, how did you manage to get here? - I swam.
The fish told you how to reach our door? - I do not speak the language of fish.
The current took me to the deep sound channel and I heard the whales talk.
I felt the presence of you submarine and followed it - You do a lot of that? Follow submarines through pitch black darkness in unchartered oceans? You clever fellow.
I apologise for that problem with the identification band, I can't stand them.
But most people here find they come in handy.
You take mine.
Tell me who you are and why you are here.
I am Mark Harris.
You are quite an unusual fellow.
I will have to get to know you better.
Get some rest.
Later I will show you what my scientists have created at the sea's bottom.
A little reminder to all of us that we still have a few details Before we get the results of our experimental work here.
That's all going to fit into place soon with the help of our mathematicians.
Then we can run that submarine that you followed.
We have brought up the diver and the Commander has ordered an SR Unit.
With all those precautions I can't see how you could lose him.
He just fell off the scope - Then check the scope.
I will keep you a line open for any news.
Find him.
Mathematicians are redoing their computations.
We better get cracking or we will miss the bus and I need that other report.
I want to know all about our unexpected visitor.
I want to know exactly what I have here.
Before we came along the idea of a sea mountain habitat Was just chicken tracks on a piece of paper.
But we made it work, and I'll tell you the secret Make friends with the ocean.
Daniel, tell us what you are up to.
Our ultimate aim is to adapt ourselves to life in the ocean.
By creating homo-aquaties, the water breathing man.
You believe that is possible Mark, the water breathing man? When he learns to breathe water, he will be other than a man Yes that is a most philosophical observation.
When it comes to ocean science we are quantum jumps ahead of the rest Everything here comes from the sea, power, light, food, everything.
Try it, it won't kill you.
Trust me friend.
It's plankton.
Well by golly You are right.
I figure you to be a marine biologist You heard about us from a colleague and you stowed away to see for yourself.
I am a citizen of the ocean.
We got a lot in common.
I was a sea-going junk man for twenty years Until I got smart.
And now that I am very smart and very rich And difficult I get what I want.
We are now at plus four Baseline studies are complete Tracking is good, wave transformation is good Eerons are firing at ten to minus twenty.
Mr Schubert requests priority scan of skin structure anomalies.
Professor, tell us about your whales.
Being a mammal, the whale has a culture And a refined system of communication.
We have been working on computer translation of their language.
Mr Schubert is interested - Virginia Mark knows the language of whales, what are they saying Mark? They tell me they wish to go home - No, nobody here wants to go home.
He is correct Mr Schubert.
I am going to have to convince you to spend some more time with us.
No contact so far.
A Search and Rescue Unit is making another pass through.
Your assumption is that he is trapped on the bottom? It is possible that he forgot about us and took off.
Is that what you believe Doctor? No, I don't Well, keep searching.
My people tell me that this is the best the human race has produced Even if they weren't I don't believe in letting anything go to waste The ocean is full of stuff, truly wonderful stuff I am saving it from the madness up there.
You know what I mean by madness? I have learnt.
For three thousand years they have been destroying our land, air and water Now they are going to finish each other off in one last big war.
How do you know that? Well, it could be because I am going to start it.
Well you see Mark, I have studied the human animal Not just from books but close up I have concluded that there is no hope except to start all over again.
This time, add some courtesy and good manners also a touch of discipline.
Now take these folks Outstanding scientists, every one, they all hate war.
All stirred up but what they had to do, wanting a chance to work on pure science And they will, some day.
My bracelets make it easy, no stress, no strain, no soul searching or so forth But you can't do that with 4 billion people can you? Look at this stuff All that's left of Russian spy ships, CIA aircraft, French supersubs Filled with secret hardware.
I find it and fix it and put it to work.
I am the original recycle king You see that map? We're watching every nuclear missile carrying sub and ship in the world.
Hundreds of them, carrying thousands of missiles, each one aimed at each other.
All ready to be fired in case of war.
We know the exact positions and exactly where each one is aimed.
Imagine what could be accomplished If one man got control of all that power for just thirty seconds? Well, I have done it.
Switch to another system.
It's a curable problem, we are prepared for human error.
Go back to your station.
Now I understand your world and you are wrong.
The human animal continues to amaze me.
Here put this on.
Thank you very much.
Very shortly, a signal will be generated from this undersea mountain To every missile carrying vessel in the oceans.
That signal will penetrate every electronic defence Override every failsafe system And cause every seagoing missile in the world to destroy it's target.
And we will sit out that mess.
We are going to shake our planet down to it's roots.
Then we are going to get up to speed again with fewer but better people.
Folks like you.
Just like you.
I want you to think about that as you go back to your quarters.
And thank you.
I am sorry you didn't have the gumption to go the whole way with us.
There would have been places for both of you in my world.
But if you can't take the heat, you have to get out of the kitchen.
That's a pity.
Alright, now listen to me, breathe deeply.
Breathe once more.
Hold onto me.
The report on Mark Harris.
What took you so long.
There were chemical anomalies.
And our friends adornment; too bad we don't need it now.
By the way George, We will be having a celebration shortly.
There will be a hot time in the old town tonight.
Alright George.
Check for two bodies, If you don't find them scour all water chambers, tunnels and the habitat.
We may have a water breathing man among us.
Treat him with care.
Listen to me, get the others, take their bands from the rest, then to the sub.
Door to the sea is closed - I will open it But Schubert's insane he is setting off missiles, he has to be stopped.
Good to see you Mark, I have been expecting you.
What took you so long? Turn off the signal beam.
Open the door to the sea - Open it yourself my friend.
Merely depress the lighted button.
Yes, I know.
Please forgive me Forgive me, my affliction is the result of a warped adulthood.
Coupled with an insatiable desire to be friendly.
And I do want to be friendly with you.
Come join me Mark, let's be friends.
I liked you when we first met, but now I have read this report on your innards I really like you.
Because I know you.
I know all about you Mark, where you are strong Where you are weak.
I could blind you with light.
Or fry you with ultrasonics.
Or keep you away from water and watch you gasp like a fish in a desert.
I sure could Mark.
But I don't waste treasures that come to me from the ocean.
Besides we got to stick together.
Survival is not only the reward of the fittest, it is our obligation.
In return for friendship, I will trade the lives of those lessers Who seemingly want to leave my home, our home.
Yours and mine Mark.
You do the honours.
The gate to the sea and freedom to your friends.
Come on Mark Right this way.
That's right.
Calm down please.
Finger off the switch.
That was the right switch I never lie to my friends.
Mark, you could learn to love me.
Now turn off the signal beam.
The signal beam cannot be stopped, the countdown sequence is automatic.
Can the mountain be flooded with water? - Yes, it can.
This room, all the rooms, everything? - Yes, everything.
Will that stop the signal beam? I don't know.
Do it now.
Hurry, hurry.
Now open the door to the sea.
I was afraid this would happen Doctor - I am sorry Admiral.
You must be taking it hard? - Yes we are.
We'll miss him.
It is a great loss.
It was a valiant effort But still merely an effort.
Got to look forward to our ne A water breathing man.
What a waste.
Gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight.
Commander Johnson forwarded the particulars.
The secretary was gratified to learn of the recovery.
He has been in touch with the relative foreign embassies.
But for your perseverance, we wouldn't have known Mark Harris.
I am sorry he was lost.
We all did our very best.
Thank you Admiral.
Mark, Mark.
Are you alright? Is something wrong? No, nothing is wrong.
What I am trying to say Mark Is the good people of this world have to stick together.
What do you think of that? I think you are right - Well then you have decided to accept my offer.
You are a good man but I cannot know your world as you do And you cannot know mine as I do.
Let us stay each in our own world - Sorry Mark, it won't work.
We are already into your world.
You can help us go into it the right way - You don't need me.
You have your machines - Machines won't be able to do what you do for ages yet.
Right now we have a lot of problems to solve scientific, medical, defence.
There are some not too friendly people out there.
You helped us get rid of Mr Schubert, but there are others.
He is dead isn't he? - I did not see him die.
He wasn't trapped when that undersea mountain flooded? I was not trapped - Is he alive? I did not find Mr Schubert to be a man who gives up easily.
Let us say goodbye now.
We don't have to let you go, you know? Thanks for what you have done for us Mark.
Hey Mark, the Doctors been looking for you.
Thank you Ernie.
There's something I've been meaning to ask you.
You two got something going on? What does that mean? - Oh boy.
Sometimes I don't know what to make of you, one in a million.
Thank you Ernie.
I am leaving.
We are sure going to miss you and all that razz.
Well, keep your ears clean.
Again, there is something wrong.
No, there is nothing Just emotions.
Just feelings.
Explain feelings? I don't know if I can.
Water from your eyes twice.
Explain please.
When you get attached to someone And you are close You feel happy And when you lose them You feel very sad Sometimes you cry But you don't cry I have something to say to you now I shall call you Elizabeth Keep your ears clean, Elizabeth.
Who taught you to say that? It's not a custom among divers when saying goodbye? I guess so.
It's tastes of salt.
I will remember you.
Mark, Mark Come on breathe, breathe I would like you to stay too, but not like this.
Only because you wanted too.
May I take your order please? Hello, is the party that placed the call to Gala Washington? Thanks for what you have done for us, Mark.
You have tails? Yeh, they put them in the same time as the gills.
It's better to have gills like you.
Are you giving me the razz? Sea Monsters !! There are no sea monsters in the place you call the trench.
How do you know? - I have been there.
I like him.
You still remember nothing about where you come from? Perhaps when I am deep in the ocean, I will remember.
Perhaps when you are deep in the ocean, you will forget about us.
You will forget about us.
Mark, Mark I have not learned enough.
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Come on, Joey.
Jody, please go up to the house and call an ambulance.
Do I see some friendlies? We are friendlies - Come inside and help get the party started.
Oh, do we need some lively young people in here, come on.
I am sorry this is such a bore - I like service parties.
Well I don't.
If I am not working I would rather be diving.
I get withdrawal symptoms if I am out of water too long.
Can that be your only hobby? - What else is there? Duty calls, come on.
What's up? - Found him on a beach out cold; drowning maybe.
We got him tubed and pumped up to a 100% oxygen Trying to get him ventilated here.
BP is palpable at seventy.
Heart is at 150 He looks in trouble.
Let's get a couple of lines going, CBP in the centre, I need a 16 gage Centrocath - And a peripheral line with dopamine Start the drip that will bring him up.
Get a portable chest, check EKG.
Has there been any vomiting or blood? No, none at all.
There was a little water, clear now.
I checked the tube, no obstructions.
There is a little skull trauma, maybe got hit on the head.
Did you check his eyes? He could have overdosed.
Better check blood levels - Right.
And I need a skull series - Okay sure.
His eyes are they contracted, dilated? - They are at mid point.
Let's monitor to be on the safe side.
That's funny.
Hey what's this? Let's keep him alive first.
Ok, let's go.
Excuse me, telephone call.
How are all the frogs and dogs? Hi, got promoted to dolphins.
How about you? You want to get out of here? - Can't.
I am occupied.
How are you Phil? I am fine.
Analysis says a high degree of desiccation It says what? - Desiccation.
Come on - It sounds crazy but that's what the lungs look like to me.
Okay, I will be right there.
Let's go.
Are we ready? Make sure you are strapped in - Got it.
Okay, here goes I am shooting.
They are on their way.
He is still not breathing.
I started thinking about the navy and budget and all I wanted to accomplish Crazy stuff like that - Excuse me, this is an emergency.
The man has forgotten how to breathe.
Can I put you in a cab? - Forgotten how to breathe? Mind if I tag along? - Let's go.
Elizabeth, can I talk to you? - Phil we are sort of rushed.
Just for a minute? I am sorry but there has been an emergency.
Could you make our excuses? Okay, I will.
Sure.
I am really sorry.
Oh, congratulations.
Who's that? - Phil Roth, he just got the command of Sea Quest.
The Navy's new super research submersible, probably wanted to chat.
Doc, you are not going to believe this.
Doctor.
Hello are you staff? - Maybe I am.
They can't get a decent portable chest? Order another set - I did you are looking at them.
This guy has had it I am afraid.
The question is, how did he walk round the streets with lungs like that? Why isn't he sweating? - I don't think it would make too much difference.
Can you get a skin biopsy? - We'd have to move him to County.
I'm afraid nothing can be offered to someone with desiccated lungs like that.
If that's what they are - I beg your pardon? Was he found anywhere near the ocean? - Yes, he was.
Let's get skin biopsy.
You sure you just wouldn't like to go back to the party? Let's do the biopsy.
I am looking into the base of the left bronchial branch, Getting down into the lung stem, Now I can see Elizabeth Call an ambulance.
What is it? - You wouldn't believe me.
Call an ambulance.
If you got a theory tell me - The man is dying, I can save him.
Now, get those lights off and the tubes out of him.
We can't just release him to you.
It's 12 feet to that door Either help me get him out of here or I will do it myself.
Doctor, we can't just let him go.
Well Doctor, I'm taking him.
You heard the lady.
Where are we going? - The fast way to the ocean.
I'll take him now.
Come on, breathe.
Come on breathe.
After two weeks he was able to leave the pool for short periods.
And we began physiological studies.
The evidence shows a humanoid being only marginally equipped for life on land As tests have indicated his eyes to be light sensitive We have prepared a pair of appropriate glasses for him.
He tires easily, any physical exertion will exhaust him.
In addition, we find that 12 hours out of the water Actual physical deterioration begins.
The first signs of which are the marked discolouration of the extremities.
Within 16-20 hours, if not returned to a water environment.
He will suffer extensive skin cracking Pulmonary deficiencies, cardiac arrest And finally death.
Doctor, perhaps we could finish off the technical side of this now.
The Admiral - The Admiral is doing just fine Aynsley, go on and take your time.
However, when in the water a different picture emerges He appears to be perfectly adapted to aquatic life.
Displaying great strength and agility.
The chest cavity has gill like membranes in place of lung tissue.
Skin appears humanoid but with dolphin characteristics.
No, keratin layer in his skin? - None.
Eyes are catlike in action, able to see at ocean depth and almost total dark.
Where are you keeping him? He is in the testing lab, he is docile and cooperative.
He is as curious about us as we are about him.
Alright, you can stop.
He hasn't spoken yet but is obviously teachable and has vocal equipment.
I get the impression that he understands a great deal but chooses not to speak.
Psychologically, he appears cool and calm at all times.
If he has emotions, he conceals them.
What's with you turkey? You just get off the pot? May I take your order please? May I take your order please? May I take your order please? Your order please? His diet is kelp and plankton.
As for his origins, he has given us very little to go on.
One moment please.
That will be one dollar.
Hello, is the party that placed the call to Gala Washington? Hello, is anyone there? Hello.
Hello.
Operator? Operator, noone here? Hello? Non-verbal associative tests suggest possible amnesia.
So, we took every scrap of information we had And fed it to the WRW12000 at the defence department.
And the computer sent back an answer.
We aren't sure what that means and we don't know if there are more like him.
We do know we have the absolute obligation to protect him While we are finding out everything about him.
I have got several pieces or hardware made by the best geniuses in the country They will lift 2000 tonnes from the depth of 12000 feet.
Track a target in the ocean six miles down Take divers down to a depth of 3500 feet and bring them up again.
Can your man do as well? I am not sure we haven't had the money to find out.
Well, you have it now.
And now I think I would like to meet this fellow - Of course.
He's, I don't know, I have looked everywhere, but he has gone.
Mark, Mark Mark, why did you? This is Admiral Pearce, he has come from Washington to meet you.
He is a very important man, he is going to help you.
We call him Mark Harris.
How are you son? I want to know his speed, agility, strength and stamina, start testing now.
The Admiral wants me to observe.
Lieutenant, what is the Admiral's primary interest? National Defence.
Put him under pressure.
We're ready - Good.
Okay Mark.
He's at 15,000 feet.
Take him to 20.
Mark, we are going to take you down to 20,000 feet.
We are taking you down to 25,000 feet.
Holy Mackerel.
30,000 feet.
Morning Doctor, the Admiral has a job for your fish.
His name is Mark Harris.
Doctor Merrill Two weeks ago, we lost Sea Quest at the bottom of Mariana Trench I need you man to find it and help us to recover it and the crews bodies.
Did you say Sea Quest? - She wasn't told? With Commander Roth? Perhaps you would like to sit down Doctor? No.
I am fine.
You were saying Admiral? It's a secret mission with appropriate cover.
All information regarding Project Atlantis including your mans existence Is now classified.
Better for us, safer for him.
What happened to Sea Quest? Went to lay down seismic probes and then fell of the scope at 36,000 feet.
Most advanced technology we own, one of a kind, and now it's lost.
Surely you have tried to locate it? Used a lot of hardware and still haven't found it We're going to have to use your man quickly, under escort and tethered.
I am sorry Admiral but Mark Harris is not a piece of hardware.
That's why I am asking you to handle him for me.
Admiral, I think it best if you make your request to Mark himself.
Doctor, I think I understand your feelings.
Good morning Sir.
Hey you Hey, hey Look here, you know who this is? This is the - It's okay Aynsley.
Lieutenant Aynsley tells me you didn't understand my order son What didn't you understand? Let me explain it to you again Wednesday, you leave on a ship Then into the ocean to help us find a piece of equipment we have lost.
Then you come right back.
You understand? I better explain it to you a little differently All of this is my responsibility.
I look after it for the Government and the people.
I help defend the Country.
The Country, by that I mean Our Country And I give orders Orders are when people older and wiser tell us what to do and we do it.
That's how we get things done, by obeying orders.
And as long as you are here you have to obey orders too You understand? Better not.
Lieutenant Aynsley Stop.
I order you to stop.
You heard the Lieutenant? - You got an order to stop.
Keep him away from the water.
Alright buddy, now just take it easy.
The water, keep him away from the water.
Cut him off - Get across, don't let him out of the pier.
Come on quickly.
Take it easy.
Don't hurt him.
Mark, Mark Mark, the Admiral came to see me yesterday He wants to know if you will help him recover the submarine? As a favour to him, not an order but as a favour to him.
I would like you to stay too.
But not like this, only because you really wanted too.
Do you understand? Mark, I am going to try and talk to the Admiral To get an agreement between the two of you.
Will you trust me? That way you both win, Mark gets your sub and he gets to go home.
Doctor, if he is suffering from amnesia as you reported, going home is unlikely.
Science cannot determine the duration of his amnesia.
One thing is certain, he wants to return to the ocean and wants to be free.
With no tether line? - I am sure he will not go with it, you need to trust him.
With one supervisor, you.
- I am the only one he trusts.
You better be right.
This is the submarine that went down.
There were two men on board, Commanders Hendrix and Roth Find us the sub and the bodies and I will consider your request.
It's not a request Admiral, it is a deal or - Yes, Doctor.
This man has a name, Mark Harris and he has rights.
I know his name and I know his rights and I don't need any reminders from you.
Yes, I will.
I say 'Yes', to the Admiral.
I say, 'Yes'.
How you doing? Welcome aboard the Alferba.
Doctor Merrill? - Elizabeth Merrill.
I am Ernie Smith, Master Diver.
Mark Harris - Hey we are going to be diving buddies.
So, you are running the show? - That's right.
Let's me the officer in charge, Mr Johnson.
Follow me.
What do we have here? As I understand it, Ernie is taking Mr Harris onto the platform.
And he is going in at 200 feet.
What sort of rig are you using? - Mr Harris is testing some new equipment.
A re-breathing turtle pack with self-heating suit.
We still like the old fashioned look But I guess time moves on.
What do you think chief? Keeps the tails from getting in the cracks.
You have tails? Yep, the same time they put in the gills.
I see - Can you believe these divers and their jokes? My orders show that Mr Harris isn't going to use a tether line? I take it, that's not a joke? - Correct.
Nobody steps off at 200 feet without a tether? - Well, Mr Harris does.
This new equipment requires exceptional freedom.
Now, are there any other problems.
It's alright.
You know the area you are working is close to where Sea Quest was lost? - Yes And where the Russian research sub was lost last year? No I didn't - And a French sub went down there a year ago.
It's a very dangerous part of the world.
This is our density compression chamber.
Deep diving system, mark 2 mod 0.
You want to see who's on TV? Come on, watch your step.
Is that one of your divers? That's right.
How deep does he go? 700 or 800 feet - When he comes up you put him in there? Yeh sure, for a couple of days.
It's better to have gills like you.
Are you giving me the razz? Went to put my hat on Hey Popeye, where's the money? Where's the broad you owe me, you yo-yo? This is Popeye, big as an ox and twice as smart.
This is, what's you name again? - Mark Harris.
Mark Harris, he's a civilian diver.
Gonna walk off near Harmony Ridge Where they are very good with the rats.
How about coffee? Harmony Ridge, isn't that where we heard those funny blips.
Remember? Yep, yep those signals - What signals? Oh yeh, those funny signals; that's right, yep that's right.
I wonder what could have caused them? - Sea Monsters.
There are no sea monsters in the place you call the Trench.
Well who knows, 36,000 feet below.
How do you know? - I have been there.
Are we close to your home Mark? You still remember nothing about where you come from? Perhaps when I am deep in the ocean I will remember.
Perhaps when you are deep down, you will forget about us.
No, I will not.
Mark, I want you to look at something.
This is a miniature transponder and it sends signals through the water.
Tomorrow I want you to swallow it, so we will be able to follow you.
It's not that we don't trust you.
We want to track you for your own safety.
Go to your stations.
All divers to be ready.
The Transponder capsule reads five, five, five At 08:47 hours.
Programme for tracking is now optimum.
Okay Ernie, all systems go - Right all systems go.
We are coming up to 150.
We are coming up on 200.
Okay Ernie, you are on station.
Okay we are hanging loose at 200 feet, we are going to take a walk around.
Come on over.
Ernie I have to explain something to you.
The special equipment Mark has is more special than we told you.
It will allow him to go much deeper than anyone knows.
Actually the whole matter is highly classified - Then don't tell me.
You gotta know Ernie cos soon you are gonna see, Don't tell me nothing, I don't want to know nothing.
He is a terrific guy, whatever he has had done is fine by me.
He is on the bottom Ernie 36,000 feet, absolutely amazing.
Ernie, there is something else.
He has gone.
C'est est extraordinaire! Did you expect something? - This is absolutely fantastic.
What a beautiful day.
Welcome all.
As per your briefing instructions, please proceed to the changing rooms.
Then follow corridor 14 to the Reception desk.
We are happy to have you with us.
We are looking for a Grand Prix driver.
Sure gonna miss the World Series.
Well, it's a better life than missiles.
Corridor 14.
After you please.
Look at these artifacts.
I thought these statues were in the Louvre Professor? Good morning.
Would you like to register please? - Oh certainly.
Please put on your colour coded identification bracelets? They are very helpful.
Where's Mr Schubert? - He's rather busy but he will see you.
After the orientation.
My very own Mickey Mouse.
Mr Schubert said we would be all working together in a high energy lab.
Why don't you register and slip on your bracelet? Before signing anything I would like to see the facilities are as advertised And that no military applications are permitted.
Here let me do it - We all insist.
Thank you.
Now, will you all follow me please.
Good morning sir.
Please put on your colour- coded identification bracelet.
What is that? - Here let me do it for you.
Would you sign in please? Welcome young man.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Please take care of our friend My name is Schubert.
A nice surprise, we expected four new members and we have got five.
Tell me, how did you manage to get here? - I swam.
The fish told you how to reach our door? - I do not speak the language of fish.
The current took me to the deep sound channel and I heard the whales talk.
I felt the presence of you submarine and followed it - You do a lot of that? Follow submarines through pitch black darkness in unchartered oceans? You clever fellow.
I apologise for that problem with the identification band, I can't stand them.
But most people here find they come in handy.
You take mine.
Tell me who you are and why you are here.
I am Mark Harris.
You are quite an unusual fellow.
I will have to get to know you better.
Get some rest.
Later I will show you what my scientists have created at the sea's bottom.
A little reminder to all of us that we still have a few details Before we get the results of our experimental work here.
That's all going to fit into place soon with the help of our mathematicians.
Then we can run that submarine that you followed.
We have brought up the diver and the Commander has ordered an SR Unit.
With all those precautions I can't see how you could lose him.
He just fell off the scope - Then check the scope.
I will keep you a line open for any news.
Find him.
Mathematicians are redoing their computations.
We better get cracking or we will miss the bus and I need that other report.
I want to know all about our unexpected visitor.
I want to know exactly what I have here.
Before we came along the idea of a sea mountain habitat Was just chicken tracks on a piece of paper.
But we made it work, and I'll tell you the secret Make friends with the ocean.
Daniel, tell us what you are up to.
Our ultimate aim is to adapt ourselves to life in the ocean.
By creating homo-aquaties, the water breathing man.
You believe that is possible Mark, the water breathing man? When he learns to breathe water, he will be other than a man Yes that is a most philosophical observation.
When it comes to ocean science we are quantum jumps ahead of the rest Everything here comes from the sea, power, light, food, everything.
Try it, it won't kill you.
Trust me friend.
It's plankton.
Well by golly You are right.
I figure you to be a marine biologist You heard about us from a colleague and you stowed away to see for yourself.
I am a citizen of the ocean.
We got a lot in common.
I was a sea-going junk man for twenty years Until I got smart.
And now that I am very smart and very rich And difficult I get what I want.
We are now at plus four Baseline studies are complete Tracking is good, wave transformation is good Eerons are firing at ten to minus twenty.
Mr Schubert requests priority scan of skin structure anomalies.
Professor, tell us about your whales.
Being a mammal, the whale has a culture And a refined system of communication.
We have been working on computer translation of their language.
Mr Schubert is interested - Virginia Mark knows the language of whales, what are they saying Mark? They tell me they wish to go home - No, nobody here wants to go home.
He is correct Mr Schubert.
I am going to have to convince you to spend some more time with us.
No contact so far.
A Search and Rescue Unit is making another pass through.
Your assumption is that he is trapped on the bottom? It is possible that he forgot about us and took off.
Is that what you believe Doctor? No, I don't Well, keep searching.
My people tell me that this is the best the human race has produced Even if they weren't I don't believe in letting anything go to waste The ocean is full of stuff, truly wonderful stuff I am saving it from the madness up there.
You know what I mean by madness? I have learnt.
For three thousand years they have been destroying our land, air and water Now they are going to finish each other off in one last big war.
How do you know that? Well, it could be because I am going to start it.
Well you see Mark, I have studied the human animal Not just from books but close up I have concluded that there is no hope except to start all over again.
This time, add some courtesy and good manners also a touch of discipline.
Now take these folks Outstanding scientists, every one, they all hate war.
All stirred up but what they had to do, wanting a chance to work on pure science And they will, some day.
My bracelets make it easy, no stress, no strain, no soul searching or so forth But you can't do that with 4 billion people can you? Look at this stuff All that's left of Russian spy ships, CIA aircraft, French supersubs Filled with secret hardware.
I find it and fix it and put it to work.
I am the original recycle king You see that map? We're watching every nuclear missile carrying sub and ship in the world.
Hundreds of them, carrying thousands of missiles, each one aimed at each other.
All ready to be fired in case of war.
We know the exact positions and exactly where each one is aimed.
Imagine what could be accomplished If one man got control of all that power for just thirty seconds? Well, I have done it.
Switch to another system.
It's a curable problem, we are prepared for human error.
Go back to your station.
Now I understand your world and you are wrong.
The human animal continues to amaze me.
Here put this on.
Thank you very much.
Very shortly, a signal will be generated from this undersea mountain To every missile carrying vessel in the oceans.
That signal will penetrate every electronic defence Override every failsafe system And cause every seagoing missile in the world to destroy it's target.
And we will sit out that mess.
We are going to shake our planet down to it's roots.
Then we are going to get up to speed again with fewer but better people.
Folks like you.
Just like you.
I want you to think about that as you go back to your quarters.
And thank you.
I am sorry you didn't have the gumption to go the whole way with us.
There would have been places for both of you in my world.
But if you can't take the heat, you have to get out of the kitchen.
That's a pity.
Alright, now listen to me, breathe deeply.
Breathe once more.
Hold onto me.
The report on Mark Harris.
What took you so long.
There were chemical anomalies.
And our friends adornment; too bad we don't need it now.
By the way George, We will be having a celebration shortly.
There will be a hot time in the old town tonight.
Alright George.
Check for two bodies, If you don't find them scour all water chambers, tunnels and the habitat.
We may have a water breathing man among us.
Treat him with care.
Listen to me, get the others, take their bands from the rest, then to the sub.
Door to the sea is closed - I will open it But Schubert's insane he is setting off missiles, he has to be stopped.
Good to see you Mark, I have been expecting you.
What took you so long? Turn off the signal beam.
Open the door to the sea - Open it yourself my friend.
Merely depress the lighted button.
Yes, I know.
Please forgive me Forgive me, my affliction is the result of a warped adulthood.
Coupled with an insatiable desire to be friendly.
And I do want to be friendly with you.
Come join me Mark, let's be friends.
I liked you when we first met, but now I have read this report on your innards I really like you.
Because I know you.
I know all about you Mark, where you are strong Where you are weak.
I could blind you with light.
Or fry you with ultrasonics.
Or keep you away from water and watch you gasp like a fish in a desert.
I sure could Mark.
But I don't waste treasures that come to me from the ocean.
Besides we got to stick together.
Survival is not only the reward of the fittest, it is our obligation.
In return for friendship, I will trade the lives of those lessers Who seemingly want to leave my home, our home.
Yours and mine Mark.
You do the honours.
The gate to the sea and freedom to your friends.
Come on Mark Right this way.
That's right.
Calm down please.
Finger off the switch.
That was the right switch I never lie to my friends.
Mark, you could learn to love me.
Now turn off the signal beam.
The signal beam cannot be stopped, the countdown sequence is automatic.
Can the mountain be flooded with water? - Yes, it can.
This room, all the rooms, everything? - Yes, everything.
Will that stop the signal beam? I don't know.
Do it now.
Hurry, hurry.
Now open the door to the sea.
I was afraid this would happen Doctor - I am sorry Admiral.
You must be taking it hard? - Yes we are.
We'll miss him.
It is a great loss.
It was a valiant effort But still merely an effort.
Got to look forward to our ne A water breathing man.
What a waste.
Gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight.
Commander Johnson forwarded the particulars.
The secretary was gratified to learn of the recovery.
He has been in touch with the relative foreign embassies.
But for your perseverance, we wouldn't have known Mark Harris.
I am sorry he was lost.
We all did our very best.
Thank you Admiral.
Mark, Mark.
Are you alright? Is something wrong? No, nothing is wrong.
What I am trying to say Mark Is the good people of this world have to stick together.
What do you think of that? I think you are right - Well then you have decided to accept my offer.
You are a good man but I cannot know your world as you do And you cannot know mine as I do.
Let us stay each in our own world - Sorry Mark, it won't work.
We are already into your world.
You can help us go into it the right way - You don't need me.
You have your machines - Machines won't be able to do what you do for ages yet.
Right now we have a lot of problems to solve scientific, medical, defence.
There are some not too friendly people out there.
You helped us get rid of Mr Schubert, but there are others.
He is dead isn't he? - I did not see him die.
He wasn't trapped when that undersea mountain flooded? I was not trapped - Is he alive? I did not find Mr Schubert to be a man who gives up easily.
Let us say goodbye now.
We don't have to let you go, you know? Thanks for what you have done for us Mark.
Hey Mark, the Doctors been looking for you.
Thank you Ernie.
There's something I've been meaning to ask you.
You two got something going on? What does that mean? - Oh boy.
Sometimes I don't know what to make of you, one in a million.
Thank you Ernie.
I am leaving.
We are sure going to miss you and all that razz.
Well, keep your ears clean.
Again, there is something wrong.
No, there is nothing Just emotions.
Just feelings.
Explain feelings? I don't know if I can.
Water from your eyes twice.
Explain please.
When you get attached to someone And you are close You feel happy And when you lose them You feel very sad Sometimes you cry But you don't cry I have something to say to you now I shall call you Elizabeth Keep your ears clean, Elizabeth.
Who taught you to say that? It's not a custom among divers when saying goodbye? I guess so.
It's tastes of salt.
I will remember you.
Mark, Mark Come on breathe, breathe I would like you to stay too, but not like this.
Only because you wanted too.
May I take your order please? Hello, is the party that placed the call to Gala Washington? Thanks for what you have done for us, Mark.
You have tails? Yeh, they put them in the same time as the gills.
It's better to have gills like you.
Are you giving me the razz? Sea Monsters !! There are no sea monsters in the place you call the trench.
How do you know? - I have been there.
I like him.
You still remember nothing about where you come from? Perhaps when I am deep in the ocean, I will remember.
Perhaps when you are deep in the ocean, you will forget about us.
You will forget about us.
Mark, Mark I have not learned enough.
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