seaQuest DSV (1993) s01e03 Episode Script
Treasure of the Mind
Careful as you come up.
That's it.
Keep it level.
Loosen your grip there on the starboard side.
Yes, sir.
All right.
Two people can pass off that thing.
Grab onto it.
Easy now.
Three feet, two feet Secure on top, sir.
All right, keep it rolling.
Keep it level.
This is completely remarkable.
What do you say we find out what's really down there? Still swinging into position, Captain.
This hose is a lot heavier than it looks.
I need a few more minutes before we start blowing away the sand.
Just keep me informed.
Dr.
Hassan? Yes? What do you think? Well, this is 5th century B.
C.
, Phoenician.
The inscription could be Punic.
Now that glass perfume jar looks 1st century A.
D.
Roman.
And here we have Clay tablet.
Yes, just like Moses and the 10 Commandments.
Only these are probably Sumerian.
They were the first to write in cuneiform.
Remarkable, isn't it? A menorah from ancient Judea.
And here, thousands of years before Christianity Isis, the goddess who promised an afterlife richer than this one.
She was the patron of sailors, too.
Leave it to a sailor to know that.
However, all these cross too many centuries too many cultures.
Yes, it's unlikely that this is just the spilled guts of an ancient trading ship.
Either of you care to take a guess? In position, Captain.
Bridge.
We're good to go, sir.
All right, let's see how this contraption of yours works.
Cmdr.
Ford? Yee-ha! Yee-ha.
Give me more, Katie, give me more.
Okay.
Commander, switch to your WSKRS view.
My God! It's But this was presumed to have been completely destroyed.
Is that what we think it is? It's the song of my ancestors singing out across the centuries.
That's the Great Library of Alexandria.
The 21st century.
Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth the ocean.
As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians.
For beneath the surface lies the future.
The Great Library was actually a series of structures each with a specialized function.
It appears that this was their receiving facility their customs office, if you will.
Right.
Even antiquity had its red tape.
In 47 B.
C.
, while Cleopatra ruled the Nile Julius Caesar, mad with conquest, besieged our city and set fire to the library.
But it was rebuilt and flourished for another 200 years.
Then in 151 A.
D a gigantic earthquake shook the area.
And you think a quake could put an entire building 30 feet beneath the sea totally intact? Liquefaction.
A cataclysmic event can momentarily turn sand into quicksand.
And nothing we've recovered carbon-dates beyond that time? Though the main library was actually intact for another century and a half until it was destroyed by my own people in a civil war this time capsule has been patiently awaiting our arrival.
And when word gets out, Egyptologists will descend from all over the globe.
They're already here, claiming artifacts for their own museums.
Ships from Italy, Greece, Syria arrived this morning with at least seven other nations on their way.
How did they find out so fast? Well, we're looking into that.
Captain, think of the great excavations of our time Pompeii, Chichén Itzá, the great buildings at Baalbek.
Each deals with one era, one civilization.
They are but slices of history.
Your point, Doctor? This discovery encompasses history.
Use your ship to preserve it.
Chase away the looting hordes, please.
But it's your government that's given these ships passage.
Politicians would carve this treasure for so many hungry mouths.
These are the children of artists, of poets.
Don't orphan them again.
Put stingers and speeders on 24-hour alert.
No unauthorized visitors.
Thank you.
Captain, Adm.
Noyce on the line.
May I take this in private, please? Sure.
And you thought I would bore him.
He was just being polite.
How are things in the eye of the hurricane, Nathan? Well, we still can't find the leak, Bill and I don't know how the information's getting off the boat.
There isn't a confederation out there that didn't know seaQuest was going to Alexandria.
You might as well issue orders by press conference.
We've screened everybody aboard the seaQuest twice.
All right.
We'll run another check at headquarters.
In the meantime, Egypt has agreed to host a conference on the library.
You're to remain and mediate.
I know more about dentistry than I know about mediation.
I'm sending a specialized negotiations team.
Good.
Who are they? Gifted assets.
Trust their judgment.
So what does that mean? You're not going to like it, Nathan but believe me, they've proven their worth many times over.
So who are they? Parapsychologists.
ESP.
Oh.
Seaman, what are you doing? I don't want my mind read, sir.
I don't think you've got a thing to worry about.
Now why don't you get back to work on your duties? Right now.
Hey! Oh, wow.
Z- launch MR7 arriving, Docking Bay 3.
Z- launch Mr.
Rossovich, Chief Crocker, nice to have you aboard, sir.
Miss Rossovich, my pleasure.
Hey, stop pushing.
Are you all right, sir? I'm just taking a break, is all.
And I'm happy with my weight, so get off my back, will you? Did I say anything, Louis? You didn't have to.
Can I give you a hand, sir? You read my mind.
The seaQuest is over 1,000 feet long.
We support a complement of around 220 crew members of course that could be doubled Hey, Papa, look.
Yes, ma'am, that's Darwin.
The talking dolphin.
We've been fully briefed before boarding, Chief.
I know many classified secrets.
Of course, sir.
Why don't we cut through here on our way to the The Ward Room? Yes, the Ward Room.
This way.
Now while you're onboard, Capt.
Bridger wants you to have total access to all of our facilities.
This, of course, is our gym.
And through this door over here is the officers' mess where you'll have full privileges also.
Naked Hitchcock? Tell me I'm seeing this.
Look at these columns.
Everything is so well-preserved.
What's that over there? What? Where? I think I saw it, too.
Here.
Back up a little.
It's a crack in the wall.
What is that? Air.
The dome has formed an air pocket.
It's possible the room upstairs is preserved.
I can't get a clear image.
My lenses are only designed to see through water.
Sir, request permission to Unless, of course, you'd prefer to be the first one over there.
That's exactly what I'd like, but I've got to greet our friends from the UEO.
Why don't you take Dr.
Westphalen? Follow archaeological procedures and treat this as a wreck dive for safety purposes.
Aye, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Israeli patrol boat, this is the seaQuest.
Please Glad to see the boy so excited about exploration.
Captain, a Lebanese warship has just arrived claiming all Phoenician artifacts.
It's like a parking lot up there.
Do the best you can, Lieutenant.
This is a no-anchorage zone.
Please stay in formation to the ship in front of you.
SeaQuest out.
Well, everyone's blindly staking claims to archaeological treasures based on archaic ties.
Greece wants everything that's Macedonian, Tunisia wants what's Carthaginian Algeria, Numidian Excuse me, Captain, we are not here for a history lesson.
Papa I need to know the politics.
These are the politics.
And you've been around long enough to know that national pride is not an ingredient in compromise.
That's why I accepted your help.
I was not under the impression that you had a choice.
Do I look like a man who doesn't have choices? You are aware that your presence creates uneasiness.
We are not a parlor act, Captain.
Our discipline takes too much effort to waste.
And even then, it's part luck.
Is there anything special that I can do to make your people comfortable? A quiet place to prepare.
We've been traveling since yesterday morning.
Chief Crocker will show you to your quarters.
Savannah.
I'll be right along, Papa.
This is where she apologizes for her father's behavior.
Gentlemen, this way.
I would say he's usually not so rude, but I'd be lying.
I'll try and cut him some slack.
I suppose you still encounter some fear around your special abilities.
Some people think we're going to steal their minds.
Usually, we don't say anything at all about the psi factor.
That's our word for ESP.
Anything beyond the five senses.
Do we make you nervous, Captain? I can't tell.
I don't get nervous anymore.
Do you believe in what we do? I'm not sure what you do.
Well, won't you be surprised.
Well, the air is stale, but breathable.
After two millennia.
We could pump fresh oxygen in.
Slowly.
Everything could deteriorate if we don't stabilize for humidity.
What's in all these pots? Books.
That's how they stored their scrolls for transport.
I've never discovered anything before.
Well, you certainly started at the top, Commander.
Be careful with him now.
I think I'm on the verge of losing my executive officer.
You gave him to me.
As a loan, not as a gift.
Well, that's a pity.
The brainwashing's almost complete.
He's forgotten he's in the military.
He thinks he's Jacques Cousteau.
Captain, look at this.
A 2,000-year-old library book.
I expect we'll find a papyrus scroll inside, written with vegetable-dye ink.
It could by anything, from an early version of the Bible to a treatise by Aristotle.
I think it's important that some of these go to the conference.
Don't they have to be treated or something first? Well, anything that's been in seawater needs to be desalinated.
But these things were taken from the dome, they were never wet.
They are fragile, but they could travel.
Why don't we prepare a sample of what we have? Right.
Miss Rossovich, have you met Ens.
Darwin? Not officially.
And it's Savannah.
"Savannah", like Georgia? My father was born in Soviet Georgia.
He liked the symmetry.
Hello, Darwin.
Melon, lady.
Would that be cantaloupe or honeydew? The melon is what we call this part of a dolphin's head.
It's a very sensitive transmitting station.
You and he just made a connection.
Can I ask you a question? Sure.
Did you call him down here? No, he comes when he wants to.
Well, I couldn't help but notice, it seemed like you were expecting him.
Well, he always finds me when I'm in the water.
He either hears me or picks me up on his sonar.
Can't you just ask him? Our thought processes are a little different.
The words are there, but sometimes the meaning is elusive.
Bridger, rub.
And sometimes it isn't.
Hey, Darwin.
Wanna go for a swim outside? Exploring? Alone? Well, yeah, I Maybe I could catch on with an excavation detail.
You know, kind of, go under their supervision.
Asking permission would be a good idea.
You may be surprised and get what you want.
May I go to the library, please? Yeah.
Thanks.
What can we expect from your team at the conference today? Well, we're not mind readers.
We have extrasensory perception.
It's like really good intuition.
We'll offer insights and feelings, sometimes best guesses.
But you'll be surprised how often we're right.
What happens when you're wrong? Ladies and gentlemen, please.
Thank you.
The purpose of negotiation is to discuss what's fair for everyone.
Then return my forefathers' possessions.
Mr.
Kaakos, I promise you that no one will leave here empty-handed.
Don't offer me tokens when Egypt has a major tourist attraction on her soil.
We've already said we'll split the profits.
Please don't make this about money.
It is about imperialism how Egypt raped our flourishing culture of its art.
Read your history.
It was the Romans who homogenized the region That's ancient.
Let's focus on today.
That's a good idea.
If we can't get a consensus from the moderates we may as well go home now.
The Italians are only interested in scientific access.
All I get from the Algerian is a sense of traveling over and over.
Traveling collection.
It's how museums spread their wealth.
Something bothering you, Louis? Is anyone else hot? The Moroccan.
He just got married.
He'll agree to anything as long as he gets to go home.
Whenever you're finished.
Thank you.
Let's try to keep this informal but progressive.
What business does UEO have here anyway? The books in that library come from our forefathers' hand our ancestors.
This is a heritage that can be passed on to the whole planet.
And what about Libya's heritage? How do we pass on that which is in Egyptian hands? Nothing is going to be confiscated.
Qualified scholars from all nations will be accredited to the site.
I'll second that.
We should also try to reach a consensus about traveling museum collections.
I agree.
The Greeks know much of what's found will be theirs.
They'll demand restitution.
Same with the Israelis.
We should also be open to the possibility of paying for artifacts left on display.
You've got me feeling a little omnipotent.
Caution, we're not infallible.
Any word on the Tunisian? Blind hatred.
If he can't have the library for himself, he'd rather see it destroyed.
We have not received a thing, not a thing, sir.
And I'm tired of your meddling.
Sit down! There's more history buried at the bottom of the ocean than in all the museums of the world combined.
Now we've got to realize that we can either be nurtured by it or cannibalize it.
Transparent conspiracy.
Why must you continue demanding that the library be broken up? We're so close to agreement.
No, we are nowhere near agreement.
You hammer out details till I want to vomit, but you don't deal with my problems.
We tried, but you weren't willing to compromise.
Who said compromise is the solution? The consensus is to hold the library together.
Art should be for everyone, Mr.
Kaakos.
Trust us.
We'll take care of this as if it were our own.
I thank Egypt for preserving my people's treasures under their seabed but we would have them returned.
Either that, or you may continue without me.
He's bluffing.
He's got me convinced he's gonna walk.
Mr.
Kaakos the artifacts in this library have been together since before the Christian calendar.
I'm sorry, but it doesn't make any sense to break them up now.
Well, I do not recognize your authority in this matter, Captain.
My country will take whatever action is necessary to recover what is ours.
Good day.
Mr.
Crocker, alert Cmdr.
Ford.
Have him double our surveillance.
Aye-aye, Captain.
Doctor.
You cannot go to Bridger.
You knew the Libyan would leave the tent.
Why did you lie, Papa? I won't be around forever, Savannah.
Don't give me a life lesson now.
Answer my question.
I'm trying to.
When your mother and I fled the old Soviet Union before you were born circumstances forced us into desperate action.
I have reached such a point in my life again.
Why did It's for your own good that I do not tell you.
Bridger will know that you lied to him.
He has a strong psi factor.
I've seen him use it.
But he doesn't know he has it.
So it doesn't exist.
Forget about the conference.
Concentrate on what we were really sent here to do.
You've got to get inside Capt.
Bridger's mind and you've got to do it tonight.
I saw you in my sleep.
What are you doing in my head? You know your ability can scare the hell out of people.
And used this way, it's a violation of human dignity.
Sometimes, it is as you describe.
You can't rummage around in a person's soul.
This morality didn't disturb you yesterday at the conference.
Yes, it did.
But I let myself believe it was a means to an end.
As it is.
No, it isn't.
It's an intrusion.
You think I haven't been wrestling a lifetime with the virtue of what I do? It's only an intrusion if you know we're there.
Without your strong psi factor Savannah would have come and gone without you being aware.
The others had no idea.
The representatives at the conference? And the officers on your ship.
Your submarine has a leak much more dangerous than the kind that lets water in.
So Noyce sent you to find out who's giving away our location.
My authorization comes from much higher than Adm.
Noyce.
So who is it? Who's the leak? Your crew checks out clean.
We'll have to do another scan.
No, you won't.
You'll be off my boat within an hour.
What about the conference? You killed that off yesterday.
I gave you the best information I had, Captain.
Savannah tell your father that I know that he knows that I know he's lying.
I wanted to apologize.
In a bathing suit? The UEO jet-copter comes for us in a few hours.
I was hoping I could see the library before I left.
I'm embarrassed to say I was just following orders.
But they told us it was important we find that leak.
I don't doubt your motives.
I've debated the morality of it with myself so many times I know all the arguments by heart.
But you go right on doing it.
One morning, a few years ago they woke me up and took me to a plane in my nightgown.
A man had kidnapped a young boy in Wyoming.
When he went to pick up the ransom he was critically wounded in a shootout with the police.
Even in a coma his mind was so tortured, it hurt to come into contact with him.
But the police said that without my help that little boy would've died chained to a bed in a remote mountain cabin.
I know it's a violation to enter someone's thoughts but I have to weigh the good against the evil and make choices.
If you still like, I'll take you to the library.
Do you know who this is? No, I don't.
Gelon, ruler of Siracusa.
This sculptor's maquette proves that Dr.
Anna McCann was absolutely right.
The Riace Bronzes did come from Sicily, possibly headed for Rome.
Rome.
Yes.
I draw the line at negotiating with the Pope.
This single building will clear up so many mysteries.
History, art, religion.
It's a treasure trove time capsule.
Beyond priceless.
We're doing everything we can to preserve it, Doctor.
Thank you.
The cork stoppers rotted away if there wasn't enough pine pitch to protect them.
Take a look at this.
It's in Greek.
Dr.
Hassan said that this may actually be Homer's handwriting.
Is it The Iliad or The Odyssey.
It's a first edition.
Really.
Captain.
I checked the other rooms.
The structure's basically sound.
We can seal and pump it dry whenever you'd like.
If they let us, Commander.
If they let us.
Hey, Lucas.
Mr.
Ortiz? The French and Israeli ships just collided overhead, sir.
I suggest you turn your volume down.
I was trying to pick up a sound in the water.
What kind of sound? I think divers.
Well, let's hope they're just treasure hunters.
Turn your volume back up, Mr.
Ortiz.
Find them.
Aye, sir.
Having you inside my head was intriguing, but In all the years I've been doing this you're the first person who ever knew.
That deserves to be explored.
I think I'd rather not be explored.
I have enough trouble processing what I'm thinking.
I'm not joking.
You could come back with us.
The UEO has an amazing research facility.
And what would I do there? You'd learn how to isolate the functions of your brain.
You know what happens if I over-analyze this statue? I get to see that it's made of earth molecules, water molecules, dyes but then I don't get to see that it's really something quite beautiful in itself.
Something to be appreciated for more than the sum of its parts.
Well You can't say I didn't try.
Thanks, I don't think nature intended me to be analyzed into little bits.
Before I go, will you do me a favor? Sure.
Will you open yourself to me? Don't resist.
Just let it happen.
Relax.
It's incredible, isn't it? Hard to describe.
What? That's extraordinary.
A feeling? Yes.
That's what it's like.
What was the feeling? Danger.
Lucas! Where's everyone else? They all left.
Commander! We see it, Captain.
The Libyans slipped a diving team through security.
Chief Crocker caught them drilling a hole for a dynamite charge.
They were gonna blast their way in.
They've punched a hole in our air pocket.
Do you need assistance? No, but we've got to plug up this hole.
It's gonna destroy everything down here.
Commander, the Libyan ship has launched an attack on seaQuest.
Depth charge, sir.
Depth charge? Lucas, take cover! Darwin, stay in the boat.
Seal outer doors.
Rig for collision.
All hands, brace for collision.
All hands, brace for collision.
Jump-seat navigation now! Plot target solution on the Libyan.
Mr.
O'Neill? No response, sir.
They're ignoring us.
Captain? We're okay, Commander.
Take care of business.
Another depth charge on the way.
Firing solution confirmed.
Speeders accounted for, sir.
Two seconds.
Flood Tube 1.
Firing solution on screen.
Fire 1.
On target.
Five seconds.
Mr.
O'Neill, please translate.
Libyan surface vessel, please be advised the next one will be armed.
They're underway, sir.
Retreating from the area.
Hello, Nathan.
Hi, Janet.
I'm sorry.
I'm awake.
No, I'm awake.
Time to get up, Bill.
You're going to have a big day.
What time is it? I want everyone back at the conference, including the Libyans.
All right, I'll get my people to twist some arms.
We found the leak.
Not on my command.
Yes and no.
Dr.
Westphalen.
She's been sending a continuous stream of data back to her research university.
It's all UEO-sanctioned on a secure sat-link.
So what's going on? Somebody at the university's been selling your location to a military magazine.
So much for security clearance.
Now, Nathan, we wouldn't have gotten here so fast if Dimitri and his group hadn't cleared your people first.
On behalf of my crew, I accept your apology.
I'll get back to you when the conference is set.
I thought you'd be pleased that your staff is exonerated.
I am.
But I don't feel any better about the way it was done.
Now, I'm not gonna go to this conference without knowing everything.
That's why your departure's been delayed.
I want the truth.
Papa.
Captain, I want you to know that Savannah could not predict my sabotage.
She cannot read my mind unless I allow her to.
I lied to you about the Libyan.
I knew he would leave the table.
We goaded them, but we never thought they'd do anything to threaten your lives.
We were just Ruining the peace.
Why? I'm embarrassed to say, for selfish reasons.
I came to America for freedom.
But there hasn't been a single day that they have not demanded my help.
It's been almost 30 years.
If the UEO thinks we're no longer reliable maybe they won't call us again.
Now let me understand this.
You're telling me you destroyed a conference to insure your retirement? How else can I say no? No.
No is a powerful word.
They come to the door anyway.
But they always knock, don't they? I mean, the UEO is not a fascist regime.
Freedom is a muscle.
You have to exercise it.
Turn and face them.
What can I say to you? The older we get, the harder it is to know so much about so many things.
I'm like the old horse that needs pasture.
I cannot pull the wagon another day.
Papa, why didn't you tell me? Because you still believe.
I see the look in your eyes and I remember what it is like to wake up knowing you can help someone.
I could not take that away from you.
I'm sorry.
We just want to sit on a beach where there are no other people and read a book.
Having a gift shouldn't make us slaves to society.
Why scuttle the whole conference? Why didn't you come to me for help? You are the captain of the UEO's flagship.
I don't have to read your mind to know what your reaction would be.
My mind doesn't make those decisions.
My heart does.
You would do that for us? Pick a country.
I'll make sure you disappear.
Now, about the library Don't make it harder.
Please, take a seat.
No, no! Dr.
Hassan, what's the holdup? The Libyans refuse to sit.
It's their way of not playing ball.
Would the Libyan delegation take their seats, please? We're not staying long, Captain.
Give us what we want, or we're gone.
This is a Phoenician amphora, dated 1,000 B.
C.
There's a scroll inside which, I think represents the problem that we face today.
Thirty centuries ago, the Phoenicians colonized cities all over the Mediterranean.
Carthage in Tunisia, Palermo in Italy Cadiz in Spain, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan.
I assume that all of you would like to have this scroll for your library or museums.
So what do we do? Do we litigate for decades split up the spoils, thus ruining the library for future generations or perhaps go to war maybe killing thousands of innocent people for a piece of parchment? Go ahead, help yourself.
There's plenty for everyone.
Priceless.
What has he done? It's unacceptable.
The library at Alexandria is under UEO jurisdiction.
And in this tent, I am the UEO.
Mr.
Crocker? Yes, sir.
Alert Cmdr.
Ford.
Ready torpedo tubes.
Cmdr.
Ford, ready torpedo tubes.
I would rather return the library to what it was than sacrifice one human life.
Libyan, 1st century A.
D.
Would you pass this down, please? Your country, Mr.
Kaakos.
Excellent workmanship.
It's exquisite.
Oh, my God! It's beautiful.
Look at the pictograph.
I'm told it shows your people having a peace ceremony.
When you're through, would you please pass it back? Or if you prefer, smash it yourself.
Now let us begin to discuss how this archaeological miracle can benefit all mankind.
It is not often that I misjudge a man so completely, Captain.
Will this cause trouble with your superiors? Of course.
I hope you find the peace you're looking for, Dimitri.
And thank you for your efforts on our behalf.
My pleasure.
Your beauty will dazzle the Spanish coast.
Thank you.
Thank you.
But don't make a practice of running away.
I speak from experience.
Papa says a month will be enough.
It'll show the UEO we're serious.
He thinks they'll let us have more control over our lives rather than to risk losing us.
I think he's right.
Maybe someday I can help you explore your psychic potential.
Maybe.
But after everything we've been through, I don't know if there's anything left.
There is, Captain.
Believe me there is.
Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
Over the years, I've discovered shipwrecks from ancient Rome to the Titanic.
What amazes me is their high state of preservation.
The deep sea is like a giant refrigerator that preserves our past.
Soon, we'll be exploring the waters off China in search of some of the oldest shipwrecks in the world discoveries which could greatly alter our understanding of human history.
Join me on the next adventure of seaQuest DSV.
That's it.
Keep it level.
Loosen your grip there on the starboard side.
Yes, sir.
All right.
Two people can pass off that thing.
Grab onto it.
Easy now.
Three feet, two feet Secure on top, sir.
All right, keep it rolling.
Keep it level.
This is completely remarkable.
What do you say we find out what's really down there? Still swinging into position, Captain.
This hose is a lot heavier than it looks.
I need a few more minutes before we start blowing away the sand.
Just keep me informed.
Dr.
Hassan? Yes? What do you think? Well, this is 5th century B.
C.
, Phoenician.
The inscription could be Punic.
Now that glass perfume jar looks 1st century A.
D.
Roman.
And here we have Clay tablet.
Yes, just like Moses and the 10 Commandments.
Only these are probably Sumerian.
They were the first to write in cuneiform.
Remarkable, isn't it? A menorah from ancient Judea.
And here, thousands of years before Christianity Isis, the goddess who promised an afterlife richer than this one.
She was the patron of sailors, too.
Leave it to a sailor to know that.
However, all these cross too many centuries too many cultures.
Yes, it's unlikely that this is just the spilled guts of an ancient trading ship.
Either of you care to take a guess? In position, Captain.
Bridge.
We're good to go, sir.
All right, let's see how this contraption of yours works.
Cmdr.
Ford? Yee-ha! Yee-ha.
Give me more, Katie, give me more.
Okay.
Commander, switch to your WSKRS view.
My God! It's But this was presumed to have been completely destroyed.
Is that what we think it is? It's the song of my ancestors singing out across the centuries.
That's the Great Library of Alexandria.
The 21st century.
Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth the ocean.
As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians.
For beneath the surface lies the future.
The Great Library was actually a series of structures each with a specialized function.
It appears that this was their receiving facility their customs office, if you will.
Right.
Even antiquity had its red tape.
In 47 B.
C.
, while Cleopatra ruled the Nile Julius Caesar, mad with conquest, besieged our city and set fire to the library.
But it was rebuilt and flourished for another 200 years.
Then in 151 A.
D a gigantic earthquake shook the area.
And you think a quake could put an entire building 30 feet beneath the sea totally intact? Liquefaction.
A cataclysmic event can momentarily turn sand into quicksand.
And nothing we've recovered carbon-dates beyond that time? Though the main library was actually intact for another century and a half until it was destroyed by my own people in a civil war this time capsule has been patiently awaiting our arrival.
And when word gets out, Egyptologists will descend from all over the globe.
They're already here, claiming artifacts for their own museums.
Ships from Italy, Greece, Syria arrived this morning with at least seven other nations on their way.
How did they find out so fast? Well, we're looking into that.
Captain, think of the great excavations of our time Pompeii, Chichén Itzá, the great buildings at Baalbek.
Each deals with one era, one civilization.
They are but slices of history.
Your point, Doctor? This discovery encompasses history.
Use your ship to preserve it.
Chase away the looting hordes, please.
But it's your government that's given these ships passage.
Politicians would carve this treasure for so many hungry mouths.
These are the children of artists, of poets.
Don't orphan them again.
Put stingers and speeders on 24-hour alert.
No unauthorized visitors.
Thank you.
Captain, Adm.
Noyce on the line.
May I take this in private, please? Sure.
And you thought I would bore him.
He was just being polite.
How are things in the eye of the hurricane, Nathan? Well, we still can't find the leak, Bill and I don't know how the information's getting off the boat.
There isn't a confederation out there that didn't know seaQuest was going to Alexandria.
You might as well issue orders by press conference.
We've screened everybody aboard the seaQuest twice.
All right.
We'll run another check at headquarters.
In the meantime, Egypt has agreed to host a conference on the library.
You're to remain and mediate.
I know more about dentistry than I know about mediation.
I'm sending a specialized negotiations team.
Good.
Who are they? Gifted assets.
Trust their judgment.
So what does that mean? You're not going to like it, Nathan but believe me, they've proven their worth many times over.
So who are they? Parapsychologists.
ESP.
Oh.
Seaman, what are you doing? I don't want my mind read, sir.
I don't think you've got a thing to worry about.
Now why don't you get back to work on your duties? Right now.
Hey! Oh, wow.
Z- launch MR7 arriving, Docking Bay 3.
Z- launch Mr.
Rossovich, Chief Crocker, nice to have you aboard, sir.
Miss Rossovich, my pleasure.
Hey, stop pushing.
Are you all right, sir? I'm just taking a break, is all.
And I'm happy with my weight, so get off my back, will you? Did I say anything, Louis? You didn't have to.
Can I give you a hand, sir? You read my mind.
The seaQuest is over 1,000 feet long.
We support a complement of around 220 crew members of course that could be doubled Hey, Papa, look.
Yes, ma'am, that's Darwin.
The talking dolphin.
We've been fully briefed before boarding, Chief.
I know many classified secrets.
Of course, sir.
Why don't we cut through here on our way to the The Ward Room? Yes, the Ward Room.
This way.
Now while you're onboard, Capt.
Bridger wants you to have total access to all of our facilities.
This, of course, is our gym.
And through this door over here is the officers' mess where you'll have full privileges also.
Naked Hitchcock? Tell me I'm seeing this.
Look at these columns.
Everything is so well-preserved.
What's that over there? What? Where? I think I saw it, too.
Here.
Back up a little.
It's a crack in the wall.
What is that? Air.
The dome has formed an air pocket.
It's possible the room upstairs is preserved.
I can't get a clear image.
My lenses are only designed to see through water.
Sir, request permission to Unless, of course, you'd prefer to be the first one over there.
That's exactly what I'd like, but I've got to greet our friends from the UEO.
Why don't you take Dr.
Westphalen? Follow archaeological procedures and treat this as a wreck dive for safety purposes.
Aye, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Israeli patrol boat, this is the seaQuest.
Please Glad to see the boy so excited about exploration.
Captain, a Lebanese warship has just arrived claiming all Phoenician artifacts.
It's like a parking lot up there.
Do the best you can, Lieutenant.
This is a no-anchorage zone.
Please stay in formation to the ship in front of you.
SeaQuest out.
Well, everyone's blindly staking claims to archaeological treasures based on archaic ties.
Greece wants everything that's Macedonian, Tunisia wants what's Carthaginian Algeria, Numidian Excuse me, Captain, we are not here for a history lesson.
Papa I need to know the politics.
These are the politics.
And you've been around long enough to know that national pride is not an ingredient in compromise.
That's why I accepted your help.
I was not under the impression that you had a choice.
Do I look like a man who doesn't have choices? You are aware that your presence creates uneasiness.
We are not a parlor act, Captain.
Our discipline takes too much effort to waste.
And even then, it's part luck.
Is there anything special that I can do to make your people comfortable? A quiet place to prepare.
We've been traveling since yesterday morning.
Chief Crocker will show you to your quarters.
Savannah.
I'll be right along, Papa.
This is where she apologizes for her father's behavior.
Gentlemen, this way.
I would say he's usually not so rude, but I'd be lying.
I'll try and cut him some slack.
I suppose you still encounter some fear around your special abilities.
Some people think we're going to steal their minds.
Usually, we don't say anything at all about the psi factor.
That's our word for ESP.
Anything beyond the five senses.
Do we make you nervous, Captain? I can't tell.
I don't get nervous anymore.
Do you believe in what we do? I'm not sure what you do.
Well, won't you be surprised.
Well, the air is stale, but breathable.
After two millennia.
We could pump fresh oxygen in.
Slowly.
Everything could deteriorate if we don't stabilize for humidity.
What's in all these pots? Books.
That's how they stored their scrolls for transport.
I've never discovered anything before.
Well, you certainly started at the top, Commander.
Be careful with him now.
I think I'm on the verge of losing my executive officer.
You gave him to me.
As a loan, not as a gift.
Well, that's a pity.
The brainwashing's almost complete.
He's forgotten he's in the military.
He thinks he's Jacques Cousteau.
Captain, look at this.
A 2,000-year-old library book.
I expect we'll find a papyrus scroll inside, written with vegetable-dye ink.
It could by anything, from an early version of the Bible to a treatise by Aristotle.
I think it's important that some of these go to the conference.
Don't they have to be treated or something first? Well, anything that's been in seawater needs to be desalinated.
But these things were taken from the dome, they were never wet.
They are fragile, but they could travel.
Why don't we prepare a sample of what we have? Right.
Miss Rossovich, have you met Ens.
Darwin? Not officially.
And it's Savannah.
"Savannah", like Georgia? My father was born in Soviet Georgia.
He liked the symmetry.
Hello, Darwin.
Melon, lady.
Would that be cantaloupe or honeydew? The melon is what we call this part of a dolphin's head.
It's a very sensitive transmitting station.
You and he just made a connection.
Can I ask you a question? Sure.
Did you call him down here? No, he comes when he wants to.
Well, I couldn't help but notice, it seemed like you were expecting him.
Well, he always finds me when I'm in the water.
He either hears me or picks me up on his sonar.
Can't you just ask him? Our thought processes are a little different.
The words are there, but sometimes the meaning is elusive.
Bridger, rub.
And sometimes it isn't.
Hey, Darwin.
Wanna go for a swim outside? Exploring? Alone? Well, yeah, I Maybe I could catch on with an excavation detail.
You know, kind of, go under their supervision.
Asking permission would be a good idea.
You may be surprised and get what you want.
May I go to the library, please? Yeah.
Thanks.
What can we expect from your team at the conference today? Well, we're not mind readers.
We have extrasensory perception.
It's like really good intuition.
We'll offer insights and feelings, sometimes best guesses.
But you'll be surprised how often we're right.
What happens when you're wrong? Ladies and gentlemen, please.
Thank you.
The purpose of negotiation is to discuss what's fair for everyone.
Then return my forefathers' possessions.
Mr.
Kaakos, I promise you that no one will leave here empty-handed.
Don't offer me tokens when Egypt has a major tourist attraction on her soil.
We've already said we'll split the profits.
Please don't make this about money.
It is about imperialism how Egypt raped our flourishing culture of its art.
Read your history.
It was the Romans who homogenized the region That's ancient.
Let's focus on today.
That's a good idea.
If we can't get a consensus from the moderates we may as well go home now.
The Italians are only interested in scientific access.
All I get from the Algerian is a sense of traveling over and over.
Traveling collection.
It's how museums spread their wealth.
Something bothering you, Louis? Is anyone else hot? The Moroccan.
He just got married.
He'll agree to anything as long as he gets to go home.
Whenever you're finished.
Thank you.
Let's try to keep this informal but progressive.
What business does UEO have here anyway? The books in that library come from our forefathers' hand our ancestors.
This is a heritage that can be passed on to the whole planet.
And what about Libya's heritage? How do we pass on that which is in Egyptian hands? Nothing is going to be confiscated.
Qualified scholars from all nations will be accredited to the site.
I'll second that.
We should also try to reach a consensus about traveling museum collections.
I agree.
The Greeks know much of what's found will be theirs.
They'll demand restitution.
Same with the Israelis.
We should also be open to the possibility of paying for artifacts left on display.
You've got me feeling a little omnipotent.
Caution, we're not infallible.
Any word on the Tunisian? Blind hatred.
If he can't have the library for himself, he'd rather see it destroyed.
We have not received a thing, not a thing, sir.
And I'm tired of your meddling.
Sit down! There's more history buried at the bottom of the ocean than in all the museums of the world combined.
Now we've got to realize that we can either be nurtured by it or cannibalize it.
Transparent conspiracy.
Why must you continue demanding that the library be broken up? We're so close to agreement.
No, we are nowhere near agreement.
You hammer out details till I want to vomit, but you don't deal with my problems.
We tried, but you weren't willing to compromise.
Who said compromise is the solution? The consensus is to hold the library together.
Art should be for everyone, Mr.
Kaakos.
Trust us.
We'll take care of this as if it were our own.
I thank Egypt for preserving my people's treasures under their seabed but we would have them returned.
Either that, or you may continue without me.
He's bluffing.
He's got me convinced he's gonna walk.
Mr.
Kaakos the artifacts in this library have been together since before the Christian calendar.
I'm sorry, but it doesn't make any sense to break them up now.
Well, I do not recognize your authority in this matter, Captain.
My country will take whatever action is necessary to recover what is ours.
Good day.
Mr.
Crocker, alert Cmdr.
Ford.
Have him double our surveillance.
Aye-aye, Captain.
Doctor.
You cannot go to Bridger.
You knew the Libyan would leave the tent.
Why did you lie, Papa? I won't be around forever, Savannah.
Don't give me a life lesson now.
Answer my question.
I'm trying to.
When your mother and I fled the old Soviet Union before you were born circumstances forced us into desperate action.
I have reached such a point in my life again.
Why did It's for your own good that I do not tell you.
Bridger will know that you lied to him.
He has a strong psi factor.
I've seen him use it.
But he doesn't know he has it.
So it doesn't exist.
Forget about the conference.
Concentrate on what we were really sent here to do.
You've got to get inside Capt.
Bridger's mind and you've got to do it tonight.
I saw you in my sleep.
What are you doing in my head? You know your ability can scare the hell out of people.
And used this way, it's a violation of human dignity.
Sometimes, it is as you describe.
You can't rummage around in a person's soul.
This morality didn't disturb you yesterday at the conference.
Yes, it did.
But I let myself believe it was a means to an end.
As it is.
No, it isn't.
It's an intrusion.
You think I haven't been wrestling a lifetime with the virtue of what I do? It's only an intrusion if you know we're there.
Without your strong psi factor Savannah would have come and gone without you being aware.
The others had no idea.
The representatives at the conference? And the officers on your ship.
Your submarine has a leak much more dangerous than the kind that lets water in.
So Noyce sent you to find out who's giving away our location.
My authorization comes from much higher than Adm.
Noyce.
So who is it? Who's the leak? Your crew checks out clean.
We'll have to do another scan.
No, you won't.
You'll be off my boat within an hour.
What about the conference? You killed that off yesterday.
I gave you the best information I had, Captain.
Savannah tell your father that I know that he knows that I know he's lying.
I wanted to apologize.
In a bathing suit? The UEO jet-copter comes for us in a few hours.
I was hoping I could see the library before I left.
I'm embarrassed to say I was just following orders.
But they told us it was important we find that leak.
I don't doubt your motives.
I've debated the morality of it with myself so many times I know all the arguments by heart.
But you go right on doing it.
One morning, a few years ago they woke me up and took me to a plane in my nightgown.
A man had kidnapped a young boy in Wyoming.
When he went to pick up the ransom he was critically wounded in a shootout with the police.
Even in a coma his mind was so tortured, it hurt to come into contact with him.
But the police said that without my help that little boy would've died chained to a bed in a remote mountain cabin.
I know it's a violation to enter someone's thoughts but I have to weigh the good against the evil and make choices.
If you still like, I'll take you to the library.
Do you know who this is? No, I don't.
Gelon, ruler of Siracusa.
This sculptor's maquette proves that Dr.
Anna McCann was absolutely right.
The Riace Bronzes did come from Sicily, possibly headed for Rome.
Rome.
Yes.
I draw the line at negotiating with the Pope.
This single building will clear up so many mysteries.
History, art, religion.
It's a treasure trove time capsule.
Beyond priceless.
We're doing everything we can to preserve it, Doctor.
Thank you.
The cork stoppers rotted away if there wasn't enough pine pitch to protect them.
Take a look at this.
It's in Greek.
Dr.
Hassan said that this may actually be Homer's handwriting.
Is it The Iliad or The Odyssey.
It's a first edition.
Really.
Captain.
I checked the other rooms.
The structure's basically sound.
We can seal and pump it dry whenever you'd like.
If they let us, Commander.
If they let us.
Hey, Lucas.
Mr.
Ortiz? The French and Israeli ships just collided overhead, sir.
I suggest you turn your volume down.
I was trying to pick up a sound in the water.
What kind of sound? I think divers.
Well, let's hope they're just treasure hunters.
Turn your volume back up, Mr.
Ortiz.
Find them.
Aye, sir.
Having you inside my head was intriguing, but In all the years I've been doing this you're the first person who ever knew.
That deserves to be explored.
I think I'd rather not be explored.
I have enough trouble processing what I'm thinking.
I'm not joking.
You could come back with us.
The UEO has an amazing research facility.
And what would I do there? You'd learn how to isolate the functions of your brain.
You know what happens if I over-analyze this statue? I get to see that it's made of earth molecules, water molecules, dyes but then I don't get to see that it's really something quite beautiful in itself.
Something to be appreciated for more than the sum of its parts.
Well You can't say I didn't try.
Thanks, I don't think nature intended me to be analyzed into little bits.
Before I go, will you do me a favor? Sure.
Will you open yourself to me? Don't resist.
Just let it happen.
Relax.
It's incredible, isn't it? Hard to describe.
What? That's extraordinary.
A feeling? Yes.
That's what it's like.
What was the feeling? Danger.
Lucas! Where's everyone else? They all left.
Commander! We see it, Captain.
The Libyans slipped a diving team through security.
Chief Crocker caught them drilling a hole for a dynamite charge.
They were gonna blast their way in.
They've punched a hole in our air pocket.
Do you need assistance? No, but we've got to plug up this hole.
It's gonna destroy everything down here.
Commander, the Libyan ship has launched an attack on seaQuest.
Depth charge, sir.
Depth charge? Lucas, take cover! Darwin, stay in the boat.
Seal outer doors.
Rig for collision.
All hands, brace for collision.
All hands, brace for collision.
Jump-seat navigation now! Plot target solution on the Libyan.
Mr.
O'Neill? No response, sir.
They're ignoring us.
Captain? We're okay, Commander.
Take care of business.
Another depth charge on the way.
Firing solution confirmed.
Speeders accounted for, sir.
Two seconds.
Flood Tube 1.
Firing solution on screen.
Fire 1.
On target.
Five seconds.
Mr.
O'Neill, please translate.
Libyan surface vessel, please be advised the next one will be armed.
They're underway, sir.
Retreating from the area.
Hello, Nathan.
Hi, Janet.
I'm sorry.
I'm awake.
No, I'm awake.
Time to get up, Bill.
You're going to have a big day.
What time is it? I want everyone back at the conference, including the Libyans.
All right, I'll get my people to twist some arms.
We found the leak.
Not on my command.
Yes and no.
Dr.
Westphalen.
She's been sending a continuous stream of data back to her research university.
It's all UEO-sanctioned on a secure sat-link.
So what's going on? Somebody at the university's been selling your location to a military magazine.
So much for security clearance.
Now, Nathan, we wouldn't have gotten here so fast if Dimitri and his group hadn't cleared your people first.
On behalf of my crew, I accept your apology.
I'll get back to you when the conference is set.
I thought you'd be pleased that your staff is exonerated.
I am.
But I don't feel any better about the way it was done.
Now, I'm not gonna go to this conference without knowing everything.
That's why your departure's been delayed.
I want the truth.
Papa.
Captain, I want you to know that Savannah could not predict my sabotage.
She cannot read my mind unless I allow her to.
I lied to you about the Libyan.
I knew he would leave the table.
We goaded them, but we never thought they'd do anything to threaten your lives.
We were just Ruining the peace.
Why? I'm embarrassed to say, for selfish reasons.
I came to America for freedom.
But there hasn't been a single day that they have not demanded my help.
It's been almost 30 years.
If the UEO thinks we're no longer reliable maybe they won't call us again.
Now let me understand this.
You're telling me you destroyed a conference to insure your retirement? How else can I say no? No.
No is a powerful word.
They come to the door anyway.
But they always knock, don't they? I mean, the UEO is not a fascist regime.
Freedom is a muscle.
You have to exercise it.
Turn and face them.
What can I say to you? The older we get, the harder it is to know so much about so many things.
I'm like the old horse that needs pasture.
I cannot pull the wagon another day.
Papa, why didn't you tell me? Because you still believe.
I see the look in your eyes and I remember what it is like to wake up knowing you can help someone.
I could not take that away from you.
I'm sorry.
We just want to sit on a beach where there are no other people and read a book.
Having a gift shouldn't make us slaves to society.
Why scuttle the whole conference? Why didn't you come to me for help? You are the captain of the UEO's flagship.
I don't have to read your mind to know what your reaction would be.
My mind doesn't make those decisions.
My heart does.
You would do that for us? Pick a country.
I'll make sure you disappear.
Now, about the library Don't make it harder.
Please, take a seat.
No, no! Dr.
Hassan, what's the holdup? The Libyans refuse to sit.
It's their way of not playing ball.
Would the Libyan delegation take their seats, please? We're not staying long, Captain.
Give us what we want, or we're gone.
This is a Phoenician amphora, dated 1,000 B.
C.
There's a scroll inside which, I think represents the problem that we face today.
Thirty centuries ago, the Phoenicians colonized cities all over the Mediterranean.
Carthage in Tunisia, Palermo in Italy Cadiz in Spain, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan.
I assume that all of you would like to have this scroll for your library or museums.
So what do we do? Do we litigate for decades split up the spoils, thus ruining the library for future generations or perhaps go to war maybe killing thousands of innocent people for a piece of parchment? Go ahead, help yourself.
There's plenty for everyone.
Priceless.
What has he done? It's unacceptable.
The library at Alexandria is under UEO jurisdiction.
And in this tent, I am the UEO.
Mr.
Crocker? Yes, sir.
Alert Cmdr.
Ford.
Ready torpedo tubes.
Cmdr.
Ford, ready torpedo tubes.
I would rather return the library to what it was than sacrifice one human life.
Libyan, 1st century A.
D.
Would you pass this down, please? Your country, Mr.
Kaakos.
Excellent workmanship.
It's exquisite.
Oh, my God! It's beautiful.
Look at the pictograph.
I'm told it shows your people having a peace ceremony.
When you're through, would you please pass it back? Or if you prefer, smash it yourself.
Now let us begin to discuss how this archaeological miracle can benefit all mankind.
It is not often that I misjudge a man so completely, Captain.
Will this cause trouble with your superiors? Of course.
I hope you find the peace you're looking for, Dimitri.
And thank you for your efforts on our behalf.
My pleasure.
Your beauty will dazzle the Spanish coast.
Thank you.
Thank you.
But don't make a practice of running away.
I speak from experience.
Papa says a month will be enough.
It'll show the UEO we're serious.
He thinks they'll let us have more control over our lives rather than to risk losing us.
I think he's right.
Maybe someday I can help you explore your psychic potential.
Maybe.
But after everything we've been through, I don't know if there's anything left.
There is, Captain.
Believe me there is.
Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
Over the years, I've discovered shipwrecks from ancient Rome to the Titanic.
What amazes me is their high state of preservation.
The deep sea is like a giant refrigerator that preserves our past.
Soon, we'll be exploring the waters off China in search of some of the oldest shipwrecks in the world discoveries which could greatly alter our understanding of human history.
Join me on the next adventure of seaQuest DSV.