The I-Land (2019) s01e01 Episode Script

1 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[BREATHING FAINTLY.]
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
[SIGHS.]
[ANIMAL HOWLING.]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING.]
[DISTANT ANIMAL SCREECHING.]
[FAINT TRUMPETING SOUND.]
Hello? Anybody? [FAINT TRUMPETING.]
[LOUD TRUMPETING.]
Hey.
Do you know where we are? Do we know each other? What's your name? I'm having a hard time remembering.
What's yours? I don't know.
This is so weird.
No wallet, no ID.
I mean, there's nothing on me besides this shell that I woke up holding.
Did you find something? What do you have? I found it next to me on the beach.
It's a lot more useful than this shell.
So, we don't know who or where we are.
And we got two things.
Nope.
You have something, and I have something.
I don't know me.
- And I don't know you.
- Exactly.
You don't know me.
I might be your friend.
Or you might not.
Listen, okay? I'll put this shell down.
Why don't you put the knife down, okay? You clearly don't know how to hold one.
Can you tell me something? How would you know a thing like that, huh? How would you know? Give the knife back to me.
Give me back that knife.
[MAN, DISTANTLY.]
Hello! Let me have that.
We have company.
We shouldn't be waving [MAN PANTING.]
- Hi.
- Hey.
Around the corner, there are others.
[SCOFFS.]
[WOMAN 1.]
Something's wrong with her.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]
- [MAN PANTING.]
- [WOMAN 2.]
Pull it over here.
[MAN 1 SIGHS.]
[PANTING.]
[MAN 2.]
All right, together, guys.
[ALL STRAINING.]
- [MAN 2.]
All right.
- [ALL STRAINING.]
- [MAN 2.]
Down.
Right down.
- [MAN 1.]
And drop.
- [PANTING.]
Okay.
- [WOMAN 2.]
Pull it over here.
[WOMAN 2.]
Yeah, just this way.
- [MAN 1.]
Okay, let's rest.
- [WOMAN 2.]
Yeah, that's good.
[ALL PANTING.]
[WOMAN 2.]
I'm gonna get some coconuts.
[SLURPS.]
All right, just take a little sip for now.
- Those things don't have that much milk.
- Thanks.
Nobody can remember anything at all about how we woke up here? - I don't remember shit.
- Nothing.
- I got nothing.
- Nothing.
It's not possible that we all have amnesia.
Okay, well, we may be on, I don't know, some kind of work trip or something? Since our clothes are all so similar.
I don't think this is team building.
Then, what? I mean, our plane went down? [WOMAN 1.]
Our ship? Think about it.
Ten people walk away from something like that without any injuries? There's no floating luggage around anywhere out in the water.
- There's no dead bodies.
- Dead bodies don't float at first.
It takes a while.
All I'm saying is, it doesn't add up.
You're right, doesn't add up.
- That's why I'm saying - "Doesn't add up"? Say it again.
Doesn't add up.
Makes you feel better? Doesn't add up.
You know, you're really confrontational.
And you're a real bitch.
Can I see something on your shirt? - [WOMAN 2.]
Okay.
What? - No, stop.
What? Is it a bug? No.
I just want to check out your tag.
"Blair.
" Is that your name? Uh, I don't know.
- Check mine.
- Okay.
- [WOMAN 3.]
Check mine.
- [MAN 2.]
Yeah, got it.
"Taylor.
" - [TAYLOR.]
What? - [MAN 2.]
Yeah.
- [TAYLOR.]
Let me see.
- It says "KC.
" KC.
- KC? - Yeah.
- "Moses.
" - Who's that? "Donovan.
" Maybe they're just designers.
Come on, all of us wearing the same tag? Same label? My name's Cooper.
I don't remember that at all.
"Chase.
" Neither do I.
- [MOSES.]
What's your name? - [CHUCKLING.]
Mine's, um, Blair.
"Brody.
" Just go with it.
[KC.]
It's a nice name.
Thanks.
Hey.
So, do any of you guys want to head out with me? - Where? - I don't know.
I just want to figure this thing out.
What's to figure out? Where we are, who we are? You know, little details like that.
We just learned our names.
It's enough for one day.
Maybe we just learned our names.
[SIGHS.]
Anybody? [CHASE.]
Anybody? Guess not, Chase.
You know what, KC? Maybe you did figure out our names.
Good for you.
But I already have one picked out for you.
I'm sure it's the same one I've got for you.
You know what? Um I'll come with you.
See what's what.
Yeah, me too.
Anyone else? I think I'm gonna stay.
- I'm gonna work on food.
- All right.
Well, I guess I'll see you guys later.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
[SCOFFS.]
It's, like, every time.
[CHASE.]
I know.
[DONOVAN.]
We found something in every spot where someone was lying.
Yeah.
Thank God we came when we did.
A little bit longer, that tide would've came in.
- [DONOVAN.]
This is not a coincidence.
- Tell me about it.
What are we even doing out here? Maybe we're dead and this is heaven.
[SCOFFS.]
Yeah, right.
Time for the gun show.
What a surprise.
Maybe we should, uh find some fresh water and shelter.
[CHASE.]
Yeah, let's do that.
You know, actually, I don't think I can deal with that other chick again.
I'mma head back, hang with the others.
It's too hot for me.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Eagle Scout.
Can't lie.
Yeah, well, thanks for not making me do the same.
- Where do you want to go? - Let's go that way.
[COOPER AND MOSES STRAINING.]
All I'm saying is we don't know that aliens didn't drop us here just to harvest our organs.
[COOPER.]
Well, that's one theory.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Does anyone have any visible injuries or pain? - No.
- Okay, so it's not trauma-based amnesia.
Hey, KC, you want to sit with us? I'm fine here, thanks.
Does anyone remember anything? I vaguely remember having a strong dislike for optimists.
How about I say a word, and then you all say the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe that'll reveal something.
[COOPER.]
Okay.
Food.
Vegetable.
Eventual starvation.
Sandwiches.
[COOPER.]
Home.
House.
Stranded.
[MOSES.]
Sandwiches.
[COOPER.]
Jobs.
[BLAIR.]
Work.
Ew.
What about "mother"? - [BLAIR.]
Father.
- [WHISPERING.]
Children.
- Hey.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER IN BACKGROUND.]
[PANTING.]
My name's apparently Hayden.
Apparently, my name is Mason.
Two are stronger than one.
Come on! Why'd you start with food? I'm starving.
Let's just crack open some coconuts over there.
[MOSES.]
Okay.
Thank you.
What do you think about all those people? Honestly, kind of basic.
What do you mean? Hmm, checking each other out, trying to mate based on sexual attraction.
And me, an intellectual, silently judging them.
[CHUCKLES.]
You kinda say things funny.
You kinda don't say anything at all.
It's okay.
- [FIRE CRACKLING.]
- [HAYDEN.]
Yeah.
Here we go.
That's it.
We should be careful about spending too much time in the sun.
Thanks, Mom.
Melanoma is a serious thing.
You're blocking my light.
I'm gonna go help them.
[SCOFFS.]
Okay, sweetie.
I haven't seen a single plane since we woke up here, - so good luck with that.
- What? We shouldn't try? I just wanna spend the rest of my days on this deserted island in peace, if you don't mind.
You do that.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
What the fuck? Where are the others? Flirting with each other somewhere.
Who cares? You wanna go swimming? Nope.
Of course you don't.
Enough with the moping.
- Let's go swimming.
- I'm not moping, I'm tanning.
Cease and desist! - [DONOVAN CHUCKLES.]
- Hey.
Come to help you guys.
- [COOPER PANTING.]
- What can I do? - Look who's back.
Come on, you losers! Let's go swimming! - [DONOVAN.]
Come on! - ["RED WINE" BY MØ PLAYING.]
What's the problem? We're in paradise.
Let's live a little.
You don't swim? She swims.
Should we? You know what? It's hot.
[DONOVAN CHUCKLES.]
[DONOVAN.]
Watch out, I'm gonna get you! [LAUGHS.]
Yeah! I'm gonna stay here and finish this, I think.
I don't know if I can swim.
[BLAIR.]
Okay.
Have fun.
All the guys All around the world'll say it Pour the red wine, red wine Come on! [DONOVAN.]
Woo-hoo! All the guys All around the world'll say it Pour the red wine, red wine, baby [SONG FADES OUT.]
[WATER FLOWING LOUDLY.]
Give me your hand.
Well, at least now we have some fresh water.
- Yeah, and food.
- Perfect.
- We could probably live here if we had to.
- Yeah, we could.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
Maybe we shouldn't tell the others about this.
Are you kidding or what? I just think it should be our little secret for now.
- Oh, yeah? Is that right? - Yeah.
And why is that? You know, great minds and all that.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Plus, you never know.
Okay, I see.
So it's the whole survival of the fittest kinda thing, huh? Well, I mean, you are pretty fit.
Thank you.
So are you.
[SCOFFS.]
- You think? - Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
All right, darling.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's enough for one day.
Come on.
Come on! Hey! I said no.
- I said stop! - [BOTH GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING, PANTING.]
[CHASE PANTING.]
[CHASE GRUNTS.]
[CHASE.]
Let go of me! [GRUNTING.]
[BRODY GRUNTS IN PAIN.]
I was just playing around.
[CHASE PANTING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER.]
- Stop it! - Geez! What? [BLAIR.]
Come on, guys! Come on! [DONOVAN.]
Guys, come on! [TAYLOR.]
No.
Not funny! - [TAYLOR SQUEALS.]
- [DONOVAN.]
This is great! [CHUCKLES.]
[DONOVAN.]
Woo! Woo! [COOPER CHUCKLES.]
[DONOVAN.]
This is awesome! [DONOVAN CHUCKLES.]
[BLAIR SQUEALS.]
- [COOPER YELLS.]
Shark! Shark! - What? - [PANTING.]
What? - [COOPER.]
Shark! - [MOSES.]
Blair! - [DONOVAN.]
Oh, shit! - [HAYDEN.]
What? Guys, get out! - [TAYLOR.]
Help! Somebody, help! Help! - [TAYLOR.]
Blair! - [DONOVAN.]
Where'd he Where? [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[TAYLOR.]
Help! - [DONOVAN SCREAMS.]
- [BLAIR GRUNTS.]
Oh, my God! [INDISTINCT YELLING.]
[DONOVAN.]
Help me! - Please! Help! - [BLAIR.]
What? Hey! Help her, she's panicking! - [BLAIR.]
Help! - [COOPER.]
No! [INDISTINCT YELLING.]
Hey! [PANTING.]
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER.]
- Come on! I need a hand! - Hey! Help her! Help! - [TAYLOR.]
Help! - [HAYDEN.]
What happened? Donovan! - Please! - [TAYLOR.]
Donovan! - Fuck! - [COOPER.]
Hey, come back to the beach! [COUGHING.]
- [HAYDEN.]
Mason! Mason! - [COUGHS.]
What was that? [HAYDEN.]
Mason! - We have to get him! - Where'd he go?! [HAYDEN.]
No, hey.
Mason, are you okay? [BLAIR WHIMPERS.]
Donovan! - [COOPER.]
Cover her up.
- [HAYDEN.]
Moses! [PANTING.]
[HAYDEN.]
Where did those come from? What was it? What was it? [HAYDEN.]
What happened? [PANTING.]
[TAYLOR.]
Did you see anything? - [TAYLOR.]
Anything? - [HAYDEN.]
You okay? What the fuck happened? [HAYDEN.]
Blair, come on.
[BLAIR.]
Where's Donovan? Where is he? [PANTING.]
Come.
Do you need help? It's okay.
Hey.
Look what we found.
[GRUNTS.]
What's up? [BRODY.]
Why's everybody so quiet? A guy died.
- Out there.
- Who died? The guy you were with.
The guy with the long hair.
He went out swimming, so we all joined him, you know, just for some fun.
- He got attacked.
- Attacked by what? A shark or a fucking who knows what.
Something.
[COOPER.]
Doesn't matter, the guy's dead.
Almost got Blair, too.
That's right.
Where'd you get all that stuff? That bitch find it? You know, Chase isn't a bitch, she's just Oh, come on.
She just happens to find all that survival gear? What are you talking about? Y'all know what I'm talking about.
She just starts digging around in the sand, where we all woke up? "Oh, look, here's a shell.
" "Oh, cool.
Here's a first aid kit.
" - Shit doesn't just happen.
- So what are you saying? That shit doesn't just happen.
Something's off with her.
Where is she, by the way? - Uh, I don't know.
Um - [KC.]
Hmm? We split up, looking for stuff, like food and whatever.
I thought she'd be back here before me.
You know what, why don't we move down there, behind the rocks? There's less wind, and we can build a real fire.
The smoke can be a signal to people.
- Like a boat or a plane or something.
- Who? Are you kidding? Seriously? Why don't you grab this stuff, and we'll all go.
Come on, let's go.
- Let's go! - [BLAIR SCOFFS.]
Why? Who said he's the leader? [MOSES.]
Come on, guys.
[MOSES.]
Gotta get to some shelter.
- Moses, right? Moses? - Yeah.
You collect the coconuts, all right? Put those together, and - Cooper.
- Cooper.
You seem pretty good with the hatchet.
Maybe we can use that to you know, pull these apart.
You two, if you guys carry on collecting the firewood I just I think it's better if we work together as a team.
Okay.
Food.
[BRODY CLEARS THROAT.]
[BRODY GRUNTS.]
Don't you fucking ever touch me again! - You hear me? Don't you fucking ever - [BRODY GROANS.]
- You bastard! [PANTING.]
- Hey! Don't you ever touch me again, or anybody here, do you hear me? Or I'll fucking kill you! You're fucking crazy.
Am I? Let go of me.
[PANTING.]
Did you tell 'em about the waterfall? - [COOPER.]
What waterfall? - All the things that we found? Did you? Did he tell you? I figured you wouldn't.
Fresh water.
A place to live.
But he wanted to call it our little secret.
At least that's what he said before he attacked me.
[BRODY LAUGHS.]
- Attacked you? - [CHASE.]
Yes, attacked me, you liar! Wow.
[CHUCKLES.]
She's the one who came on to me.
- You kissed me! - You fucking [GRUNTING.]
By the way, Donovan's dead.
So maybe you should think about what's important here.
He died in the ocean.
A shark.
Come on.
Think about it.
If someone attacked you, would you stop by and pick fruit for everyone straight after? Or would you, uh, go straight back to wherever and do something about it? [BRODY.]
What would you do? Hmm? [CHUCKLES.]
Oh! "Hey, got some bananas and mangoes, and by the way, this guy over here, he attacked me.
" - I mean, that's insane talk! - You fucking attacked me! Don't touch me! Any of you! Leave me the fuck alone! [MOSES.]
Can we stop fighting? [PANTING.]
[MOSES.]
What happened out there? Nothing.
We kissed, that's it.
[SIGHS.]
- You okay? - Fine.
I'm fine.
Truth is she's fucking nuts.
Hey, you okay, man? [SNIFFLES.]
[HAYDEN.]
This is crazy, right? All this? I don't know.
I have a bad feeling about this.
[SCOFFS.]
I need a minute.
[SIGHS.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[DISTORTED SCREAMING.]
[WOMAN.]
Please I beg you.
[GUNSHOT.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[WHISPERS.]
Oh, fuck.
[SIGHS.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
Holy shit! [BREATHES HEAVILY.]
Can you hear me? [GASPS.]
[DONOVAN.]
Help me.
- [WHISPERING.]
Oh, my God.
- Help me.
[WHISPERS.]
Help.
[SHUDDERING BREATHS.]
[TRUMPETING.]
[TRUMPETING.]
Hey! Help.
[PANTING.]
Okay.
[CHASE.]
Can you hear me? Hey.
Stay with us, okay? It's Donovan! Donovan, can you hear me? - Stay with us, all right? - Shit! That's unreal! Oh, my God.
- Is he alive? - Yeah.
He just grabbed me.
Come on.
Can you hear me? [COOPER.]
The shark tore him up good.
Okay, we need to get the first aid kit.
Somebody needs to go now [CHASE.]
Are you kidding me? It probably has Spider-Man Band-Aids.
That's not gonna do anything.
Here, I'll help you with his leg.
- [DONOVAN WAILS IN PAIN.]
- [HAYDEN.]
I'll get the kit.
- Put on a tourniquet.
- [CHASE.]
Let me help you.
Isn't that the guy that pushed you in front of the shark? - Doesn't matter.
Okay.
- [BELT SNAPS.]
- [SCREAMS IN PAIN.]
- What do we do? - I don't know what to do.
- We need to get him back.
Okay, so I need everybody to get underneath him.
[BLAIR.]
Please, someone else can Taylor, can you come over here, please? [CHASE.]
Get him back to the fire so he can stay warm.
[BLAIR.]
Take a deep breath.
Okay, so I'm gonna tell you when to lift him.
- We need to keep the wound raised.
- [COOPER.]
Okay.
Okay, one Two Lift him really, really slowly and steadily, okay? [BLAIR.]
And three! [SCREAMS IN PAIN.]
- [BLAIR.]
Okay.
- [ALL STRAINING.]
[PAINTED BREATHING.]
[BLAIR.]
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's not long now.
Come on.
Guys, fucking move it! I came to apologize.
I'm sorry.
For what, exactly? For what you did or lying about it? Well, you know, it was more of a general type of thing.
I mean, it doesn't matter, but people are gonna Things are gonna get a lot worse out here before they get any better.
You're smart, I know you can see that.
We don't even know what's going on.
We don't have a clue how we woke up here.
I just think that people need to end up on the right side with each other before it's too late.
Before things start to go down or fall apart.
I see.
Look, that's all I wanted to say.
So, you just want me to forget the fact that you just jumped on me, held me down, and all that? Why? Because it's it's gonna get worse for me? How much worse for me is it gonna get? I'm just curious.
Look the rest of them, they, uh they wanna have a meeting.
So I told them that I'd come over here and tell you.
I hope you can join us.
- We'll see.
- I hope so.
I could use your vote.
My vote? Yeah, I got a couple ideas.
That's all.
Um I'm sure the folks are gonna wanna put things to a vote at some point.
Don't hold your breath.
[SCOFFS.]
You know, I don't need you.
You know that, right? I was just being nice.
And they're also kinda worried about that, um yeah, that hatchet and knife.
Why don't you tell them that I'm holding it just in case you try to rape me again, you fucker? I'm just the messenger.
And we all know what happens to him, don't we? [CHUCKLING.]
Oh, and by the way, I wasn't trying to rape you.
You weren't? Really? There's no such thing like that in a place like this.
There's just sex and no sex.
We didn't have any sex.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
[BRODY.]
That's all I'm saying.
I know it's a risk, but I think it's a risk worth taking.
Especially because we got someone who's injured.
I don't think we should move him.
Sorry I'm late.
Didn't know whether I should be here or not, but then I figured, hey, you guys are all that I have, so, let this big council meeting begin.
[BRODY.]
I'm glad you could join.
We're here.
We don't know why and we don't know how, but it's real.
We can get sunburned or killed by shit in the water.
And we're gonna get hungry and thirsty.
All I'm proposing is that we all take a vote to move off the beach to a little spot inland, where we have fresh water, shelter, and we're protected.
- That's all.
- And where no one knows where we're at.
[MOUTHING.]
Oh, my God.
Nobody knows anyway.
Nobody's coming.
Face facts.
We're out here on our own.
He doesn't know that.
We have to have hope, right? We're gonna die out here, without any shelter, out in the open.
Weather, animals, infection.
I'll tell you what, I promise you this, we haven't seen half the shit this island's gonna throw at us.
That's a fact.
We have to be ready.
Yeah, we do.
But on the beach.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Wow.
- We need to keep this fire going, take turns searching for food, getting water, building a hut or two, and we survive.
That's what I think.
- Or we try to get out of here.
- What are you gonna use for a boat? First aid kit, or maybe that cute little knife you got in your belt? That's funny, KC.
Why don't you try listening for once? Do you have a piece of info that we don't have? Why the hell would you say, "Get outta here"? [BRODY.]
Hmm? How? All right, look.
Do you guys know these two here? [CHASE.]
This guy over here and this girl? Taylor? Moses? This is Mason and that's Hayden.
I saw them earlier, moving along the beach, in an odd way, like if they were counting steps or something.
- There's more to it, wasn't there? - Probably dumb, just forget it.
[CHASE.]
Just go, please.
[HAYDEN.]
It was a pattern.
It was the number of steps between each of us.
That's what we noticed.
They were equidistant, all of them.
When I kept finding things buried in the sand, first there was one, and then there was another.
I mean, the rest I guessed, but they were all there.
It was 39 steps between each of us, without fail.
Thirty-nine of my steps.
I tried to be as even as possible because it's not an exact unit of measurement, but it's all that I had.
Isn't that a movie or something? 39 Steps? That probably doesn't have anything to do with this.
Who knows? All right? But that's the point here.
We have to be open to what's around us.
Try to remember things of our lives that would help us figure out what the hell all this means.
Thirty-nine steps, that's all.
Nothing more.
We don't know that yet.
It could be something, it could be nothing, but it's a start.
We calculated the number of steps we had times the number of people that existed here.
And then we followed that number.
Okay, I'm lost.
Yeah, since when did this become a math problem? There's a guy dying over there.
Can we please, please take a vote? Can you guys just listen? Okay, um so not counting the ocean, since it would be impossible to go out there and calculate steps in a credible way while swimming and - And not counting the shark.
- Right, and not counting the shark, we began taking a series of random samplings in terms of jungle and also in both directions on the beach, allowing for a size differential based on the biggest and smallest of us, and - bingo.
- Meaning what? Meaning, we found something.
[MASON.]
two, three five, six eight.
I just want to be sure.
[HAYDEN.]
I'm counting, too.
Twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 [CHASE.]
I really don't know if it was a good idea to leave him behind.
[KC.]
He won't make it anyway.
[HAYDEN.]
This is it.
I was down this beach earlier, and I didn't even see it.
I mean, not that I was looking for it, but there it is, in plain English.
Okay, so it's a sign.
Yeah, it's a sign that's exactly the same amount of steps as it is from the people that woke up on this island.
It says, "Find your way back.
" Yep.
Right there.
Yeah, we can read.
You know, this is actually bad news, 'cause whoever made this sign is gone, so they either figured something out or Or they're dead.
Yeah.
It's not like it's magic.
It's not even math.
They just walked down the beach and found it.
If they hadn't, someone else would've.
Hey, it's cool, it's just not not a grocery store or ice cream.
We're hungry, and it's not even a map that tells us where we are.
How do you know that that's not what this is? - No, honestly, how do you know? - It's not.
Look, it's a sign.
[CHASE.]
This is our first clue.
That's the point here, people! It's It's something.
I know it is.
I'll tell you something.
I'm going back.
I'll join you.
[SCOFFS.]
Aye, aye, aye I should go check on Donovan.
Come on! Does it say "find your way home"? It says "back.
" Back somewhere.
- I just don't know where "where" is.
- [HAYDEN.]
Who knows? Maybe they're right.
It means nothing.
[MASON.]
But the numbers are correct.
But so what? It could just be a sign.
An actual sign, left here by someone a long time ago about something that means nothing.
[MASON.]
Do you think the numbers are just all chance? I don't know.
I really don't know.
[CHASE BREATHES HEAVILY.]
[PANTING.]
[SIGHS.]
[FAINT BEEPING.]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]