Nautilus (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

The British East India Company
is more powerful than any nation.
The company's private army conquered lands
and stole wealth from around the world.
It looks like I've won again.
I should
to the bridge.
No, let's play again.
I'll bet everything I have
against everything you have.
Last part.
The 21 is based
on dependent events.
The past influences
what happens next.
So, if the
between high and low cards
is high,
I bet big
to increase my winnings.
Yes, I see.
This is not normal.
This ace has already been played.
I'm sure of it!
I doubt it.
You made a mistake.
You've lost.
Take the money.
- Ladies and Gentlemen.
- Ladies and Gentlemen.
My apologies.
You had no right.
Where you're going,
money is useless.
- Miss Lucas is busy.
- Do come in.
Blaster, what's wrong?
Captain Youngblood sent me,
The favorable wind
will take us to Bombay tomorrow.
That's great news,
isn't it, Miss Lucas?
Your future husband will welcome us.
Thanks, Blaster.
- Would you like some cake?
- Yes!
I mean, with pleasure.
Thank you, Miss Lucas.
Call me Humility.
Loti?
Bring back the towel.
Captain Youngblood
Observe the wonders of nature.
- Thank you, Morton.
- You're very welcome.
Simple seagulls.
But absolutely magnificent
in their own way.
- Right, Blaster?
- Right, Blaster?
Alive.
It's bad luck
to kill an albatross.
What the devil!
On the jib.
Yes, Captain.
Tell me what you see.
No, no,
stay out of harm's way.
Is that an order?
Allow me to remind you
that you are my servant.
I have only one mission
and it's not to serve you.
What do you do?
I'm prepared for any eventuality.
Captain, starboard.
What do you see?
Something is moving in the water.
A sea monster.
What's in it for me?
He walks away.
Hard left.
Left all the way!
We're going to follow him.
Take a closer look.
Strip the wire!
Hard left.
He's turned around
and is heading straight for us.
What are we doing?
We need to get away.
I'd be grateful if you'd
if you'd mind your own business.
That's my business,
our lives are at stake.
He's trying to scare us.
He'll turn away.
Really?
And you don't?
Hold on tight!
Captain!
We're cut in two.
We're going under!
Gentlemen!
We'll abandon ship
in an orderly fashion.
- Canoes in the water.
- Aye, aye, sir.
Captain,
it could devour the canoes.
No need to worry,
Lieutenant Hobbs.
- The bridge is yours.
- And you, sir?
We won't get far
without maps and instruments.
Hold on tight.
Climb aboard.
I beg your pardon?
Lord, have mercy.
I should have refused the job.
- Is he still here?
- No, he's gone.
I had never lost a ship.
In the end,
we won't reach Bombay.
Captain?
It's not a monster.
It's a human invention!
A submersible vessel.
Who are they?
Probably pirates.
We take women and children.
But no one
in the Company's service.
Let's get moving!
We're expected.
Age before beauty.
Line up!
Line up!
You heard him, quiet!
How did you see it?
Didn't you hear him?
Quiet!
Keep moving!
Come on, hurry up!
Keep moving!
All those years at sea,
I dreamed of a stable job,
like this one.
Get up, go to work,
and go home.
Every day the same thing.
No surprises.
Only the lucky ones
see their dreams come true.
Keep moving!
Get out of the way!
Just a few more days
and it will be finished.
We'll put our plan into action.
I smell freedom, Nemo.
Keep it to yourself.
Come on, move it!
Not for you.
- Both of you.
- I can feel my fingers again.
Go on deck.
The rest of you, inside.
No dirty feet allowed!
Observation room.
This is simply impossible.
Only one of the two turbines
is operational.
Fix it and fix it fast.
You can't just show up
and ask to move the Nautilus.
It belongs to the Company.
Yes, but I designed and built it.
He's not ready.
The Nautilus will accompany me to Bombay,
where she will be fitted out and commissioned.
Why now? Without warning.
It's none of your business.
Too close, my boy.
His name is Nemo.
Nemo?
- In Latin, it means
- Nobody.
Do you understand Latin?
A man full of surprises.
Without Nemo,
none of this would exist.
He designed the engine
Enough, Benoît!
The Nautilus departs
today.
Plan B: let's go.
What's the plan? Where to?
Aadesh, Boniface,
we're leaving now.
Half the crew
is not here.
We're not ready.
Apart from Boniface,
we only have Kai and Giacomo.
No one is trained.
It's now or never.
Whoever you are,
it's your lucky day.
You're coming with us.
- Disarm your men.
- You heard the man.
What's the matter with you?
I grab the Nautilus.
Keep moving!
You'll be hanged.
I doubt it.
We'd have to be caught.
No one escapes from Kalpani.
Step back!
In the end, you were right.
He's leaving today.
Are you in collusion?
Here, Nemo.
We've taken control of the ship
and we're going to run away from Kalpani.
What?
The revolution is underway.
It's sooner than expected.
And some are not concerned.
But we were caught short.
- Take his gun.
- What gun?
We've got nothing to lose.
You take it!
If I die,
who will lead the revolution?
You don't lead anything.
You didn't know anything.
Take it.
I know we have
It was thrilling.
That's not a good idea.
This Nemo is a bandit
From a village in Rajasthan.
He's not a bandit.
He's a pirate
from the Coromandel coast.
Coro The Coromandel Coast!
Another one.
Long live the revolution!
We're armed and dangerous!
- Alert!
- They've heard.
- We're fighting.
- The Nautilus is still moored.
I'm going to cut my moorings.
Keep an eye on them.
Make sure they're all there.
Come on, let's go!
May God protect you.
Who's up there?
On the boat?
Check it out!
Stay where you are!
Don't move.
Nemo!
Need a hand?
Aadesh!
A Frenchman
is not trustworthy.
The Company had assured me
That the Nautilus
would be used to explore the seas.
Not to kill.
Will you really
leave your fate in the hands
Human waste?
I'm fine.
Aadesh?
Nemo!
Stand back! Everybody back!
Get down!
Get him ready to go, quick!
In position.
Shoot on sight!
Take cover!
Aadesh, stay down!
Who are you?
Suyin.
I want to come too.
Make yourself useful, Suyin.
Do we have to start it?
We?
Exactly.
Damn it!
- Aadesh!
- Nemo!
Nemo, no!
- I'll just
- No, you won't. No, Nemo!
You couldn't have saved him.
You'd be dead.
Nemo, we need you
in the control room.
May his death not be in vain.
Just look at me.
No, don't look at me.
Start the engines.
Hold on tight!
It's a miracle.
Get some ballast!
- What are they?
- Hydraulic controls.
These levers.
Push or pull?
- Push them.
- It's anything but logical.
- The guns.
- Nothing to fear.
Nemo, the rudder!
Let's get the hell out of here.
Drain the ballasts!
We did it.
It was your dream.
It wouldn't have been possible
without you.
And Aadesh.
Boniface, relieve me at the helm.
Nemo?
Nemo!
Kill them.
Kill them!
No.
Give it to me.
Nemo
I'm begging you.
Lock them in.
Bring water and bandages.
I'll be fine.
We're barely
a league from Kalpani.
The Company has already drawn up
plan of attack to recover it.
And bring us down.
An urgent telegram from Kalpani,
President.
Prisoners escape
with the Nautilus.
Crawley is on board.
Mobilize every ship
and all available soldiers.
The Nautilus must be recovered
Before the government
learned of its existence.
Whatever it takes.
All those fancy pots,
but nothing inside.
Cambusier?
What's for dinner?
Cookies? No, I'm fine.
Did you know that my people
were cannibals?
Delicious, I love cookies.
Are they going to kill us?
What the hell was that?
What happened?
A Company ship.
We must have grazed its hull.
You had to hold the helm
at 20 fathoms.
We're not Aadesh,
we've never done this before.
They're approaching.
We'll ram it.
We can dive.
There are people on board.
No, Company men.
Who would kill us without hesitation.
They'll soon be in Bombay
and denounce us.
Nemo
Too risky.
About face!
Full speed.
Take out the spur.
Close the shield.
"Break out the spur"?
Do we have one? What's a spur?
Hold on tight.
Kai,
take six rifles and a revolver
armory.
We surface.
We take women and children.
No one at the Company's service.
Make haste.
Please.
Here we are.
You too, Blaster.
I'll stay.
That's an order.
Let's all climb aboard this
- This
- Submarine.
Exactly.
It's just not possible.
Don't abandon them in the open sea.
- You're quite right.
- I'm delighted.
Boniface, from the company.
In the canoes.
Or else what?
You'll be swimming.
It's obvious
you're an educated man.
This behavior is unacceptable.
An educated man
is capable of anything.
Take them down.
That won't be necessary.
This isn't like you.
I am who I have to be.
Watch out!
Nemo!
I'll hunt you down
to the four corners of the Earth.
You'll track me down
in the wrong place.
Get some rest.
You were in the machine room?
Go back, be vigilant.
Giacomo, Kai,
list the supplies.
We're staying on course,
at full speed.
By the hour,
the Company is getting closer.
Mya?
She's got something for you.
It's a nautilus.
This is our home.
The Company is here.
You must leave.
Or you'll die.
You can't help us.
You're not here.
Mya!
Get some rest.
Or wash up.
A ship.
Have a look!
Bombay.
Loti?
The door?
No lock can resist me.
Why didn't you say anything?
There's no lock.
It's been open from the start.
Can we go out?
We're not a threat.
It's insulting.
Electricity.
So what?
It's breathtaking.
What would take my breath away
is a good Cuban cigar.
Not a ship underwater.
Hands off, you savage.
He likes you.
He's usually a good judge of character.
- We've got to get out of here.
- Yes, we do.
It's paper.
It's good for writing.
I write poems.
I also cook and create
What's up? There's that other blabbermouth again.
I'm a doctor,
In a way,
but first and foremost a writer.
Poems.
To the love of my life.
Mrs Foxley-Pope.
It's soap. No.
It's for washing.
Let's join your fiancé.
I refuse to trade one prison
for another.
And your mother hired me
to make it so.
Let's escape, first of all.
Escape? How?
We're on the open sea,
literally.
All in good time.
Where's Blaster?
Look at the cup!
Do people wear these?
Jiacomo!
Hey!
Loti?
Loti!
Sound familiar?
- A wetsuit?
- Exactly.
He's going to kill me.
This boy stole cookies
from the storeroom.
He didn't steal them,
I asked him to bring them to me.
Our cookies? Are they for you?
Give me one.
It's for the dog, isn't it?
And I'm Queen Victoria.
Come here.
Attack
an opponent your own size.
I was simply teaching him a lesson.
Scram.
Follow me.
Hey, femme fatale?
Do you have a name?
Burn in hell.
Captain Youngblood.
You were with Admiral Austen
To the fall of Rangoon.
Exceptional courage
under enemy fire.
Director Crawley,
what's it all about?
My crew is waiting for me.
Some are injured.
Captain Youngblood,
we serve
the most powerful corporation
That ever existed.
More powerful than anyone.
We need to establish
Our domination by infiltrating
and exploiting the Chinese market.
This was the secret mission
of the Nautilus.
It belongs to me.
I want it back.
If you're looking for someone
to bring Nemo back in chains,
to answer for his crimes,
I'm your man.
I need a reliable captain.
We set sail from Appolo Bunder
in a few hours.
On which ship?
Mya!
She's got something for you.
Mya!
Does electricity work?
As far as I know.
Elegant.
- And Benoît? Is he up?
- Is he up?
He talks to the crew.
- What kind?
- Food.
And the destination.
Rice and
and half-stale cookies.
If nothing is stolen from us.
And drinking water?
Enough for two weeks.
But we have soap.
Very good.
Let's go back up and refuel.
Nemo, there you are.
Let's take the risk of mooring
on Company territory.
Maybe here.
At the mouth
of the Gulf of Kutch.
We need food.
And carry out
some temporary repairs.
But from there,
we can continue.
Following the coast at a safe distance,
To the French trading post
of Pondicherry.
Where, as suggested,
You'll all be free
to go wherever you please.
You led me to believe
that the Nautilus would go to the French.
That's right.
You tricked me?
Otherwise, you would have refused.
In the end, it's all yours.
Do I have a say in this?
What are you going to use it for?
After repairs,
heading for the North Seas.
And the pillars of Halvar.
Where the Queen was buried.
This cemetery is a myth.
These are the most dangerous seas
in the world.
No one has been to the pillars
and come back.
Nobody had a submarine
- What good is a dead Viking?
- Nothing.
But she was buried
with all her treasures.
We'd all be rich.
When you say "rich",
How much?
Treasures
beyond imagination.
You'll have the Nautilus.
But once I'd reached my goal.
And what is this goal, Nemo?
Money.
Don't take me for a fool.
That's not why
you built the Nautilus.
That you planned your escape.
What else?
We repair and refuel,
And off to Halvar.
We've moved on from freedom,
to ram a ship, to
A treasure hunt?
Jagadish?
Who is this Nemo?
Nemo here, Nemo there.
Is he this? Is he that?
I'll tell you who it is.
He's a capitalist.
Trust me, he'll exploit us all
to get what he wants.
Like the Company.
Look how comfortable he is
in their clothes.
Get rid of him.
You are one of those trained by Nemo
to operate the Nautilus.
Were you his friend?
He has no friends except Aadesh.
And the Frenchman.
But Aadesh is dead.
What were his plans?
Where do they go?
Captain Millais
Volunteered
to find Nemo.
Perfect.
Captain Youngblood, the Nautilus
is not our only project.
Shall I show you your ship?
Before you leave, run them.
Is this really necessary?
Your record of service
were impeccable, Captain.
Don't make me doubt it.
Captain,
Your command.
The Dreadnought.
When will I dock?
When I say so.
- It doesn't suit me.
- It doesn't?
I've already saved your life.
After sinking my ship.
You and your English friends
were chasing us.
The captain wanted to know
what creature had bumped into us.
- I have no time to lose.
- When will I be free?
If it were up to me,
you'd be out of my life.
Charming.
You're free to go.
Open the hatch and go!
Lord,
what childishness!
When?
Down.
Do I have your word?
What's that noise?
Miss Lucas.
Whales.
What's that clicking sound?
Their language.
Do they talk to each other?
We're going to see so much
That no one has ever seen.
This is the only treasure
that matters.
Is it darker in here?
The power!
We're sinking fast.
Why is there no power?
Is it the turbine?
Oh no!
It must have been damaged
by ramming the ship.
The central system is out of order.
Without electricity, we can't drain
drain the ballasts.
We're going to keep sinking.
Are we going to drown?
No, we'll be crushed
when the sub implodes.
There must be some other way
to drain them.
Here!
- You'd better go.
- Gladly.
- You don't know the first thing about it.
- I know how to read a schematic.
It's not that easy.
It will break.
What are you playing at?
Please, I don't want to die here.
All right, what is it?
Your idea!
Adapted by Perrine Ronot
Intro txt by St.Anger