The Rig (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

What do you want?
What do you want from me?
Baz!
How's the mood out there?
A lot of blame. Bit of anger.
Not so much trust.
Sounds like someone should
do something about that.
Don't look at me.
I'm not losing Baz.
Post them by the boats.
- Hey.
- Jesus!
Gotta put a bell on you.
Um
Can we talk?
- I'm kinda busy right now.
- I can help.
You can help explain to me how
a living organism hitched a ride
on the ash out there and
how we're gonna stop it?
No. But with all that's
happened, with this, with us,
shouldn't we have a plan?
I have a plan. I told
you that when we started.
I do well here, I move
up and I keep moving up.
I get through this, they can hardly
say I can't handle the unexpected.
So you're going to stick with
Pictor. Even after the decommission?
This industry needs to change
but it doesn't have to die.
If I can get to the board,
I can get them to reposition.
Carbon capture, renewables, tidal.
That's the way to keep everything
moving and everybody working.
So you want oil companies
to stop drilling for oil.
When the first companies
started in the North Sea,
they were told that it was impossible.
And then they went and
they built one of the most
complex construction projects
on the face of the planet.
So you don't think they could help
build a better future if they wanted to?
Are we in this better future?
Don't.
We had four months of sneaking
around to talk about this
and we didn't get to it then
so Now is not the time.
- Baz is still out there.
- And that's where he can stay.
Right now, I'm more
worried about who's in here.
Any progress?
I think I've found a
way to test the crew.
So we take a sample
of blood from everyone,
mix a small amount with
the one we have from Baz
and if we see a reaction
then we know that
that person can't have
previously been infected.
And you can do that with
what we have on board?
I mean it'll take some
time but Cat can help.
If we find more cases
it'll split the crew.
They're already split.
Okay.
Two, three
Should've put him with the drinks.
That ain't funny.
Sorry.
We can handle it from
here, if you want a rest.
I'm fine.
Who tells the families?
Magnus notifies the company.
The company notifies the police.
If we ever get the comms back.
On my first trip I thought
about writing a letter.
To leave behind, just in case.
- Yeah?
- We don't do that.
My mum was scared.
I thought it would help
We don't do that.
It's bad luck.
Hey, Murc, you alright with that?
Keeping them in the freezer?
Where else you gonna put them?
When I was on this sub we had a
guy in the freezer for two months.
Had to shift him every time
somebody wanted the ice cream.
You ever hear any shit
like this in the Navy?
Nah, they wouldn't
let you hear about it.
Real good at keeping secrets.
Them and everyone else, eh?
But it's a big ocean.
You sail across the top, man, makes
you think you've seen all of it.
Then you go down below, in the dark,
so it's all around you, pressing in.
Some of that water hasn't seen
the surface in thousands of years.
Makes you feel pretty
small pretty quick.
Then the sonar starts
to ping, ping, ping.
'Cause something's out there.
And it's found ya'.
And all of a sudden that big empty
ocean starts feeling real crowded.
Shut up.
No, whatever's happening
out there, people caused it.
Fucking Russians or something.
There's not some Moby Dick
monster swimming around.
Moby Dick was a whale.
Ahab's the monster.
Whale, monster, Franken-fish.
Whatever. It's bullshit.
We know more about
the surface of the moon
than the bottom of the ocean.
Plenty of places for something to hide.
Doesn't matter what was causing
it. What matters is getting home.
And who's getting us there.
Change your record, Hutton.
If you wanted Magnus's job
you've had just as many
years as him to get it.
But you didn't. 'Cause
you ain't up to it.
And he is?
Yeah, he is.
Well, I think err, Leck and
Alwyn might disagree with you.
But if you wanna wait 'till there's
a few more bodies in the freezer
don't say I didn't warn you.
You're a callous cunt Hutton.
Guys! Come and look.
The fog.
It's going.
This means we're safe right?
We can go home?
Nah, I wouldn't count on it.
Oh, God.
No.
Could that be why the SBV went to them?
Could be. Guess it never made it either.
Never thought that after all
this we'd be the lucky ones.
We have to go and get them.
There could be survivors.
- Get them? How?
- The lifeboats.
They ain't designed for that.
They're only meant to
get you away from the rig
then get picked up by the FRCs.
Even if you could pilot one that far
without getting knocked off course,
which is a big "if,"
they still wouldn't have
enough fuel for the round trip.
You'd most likely end
up floating to Norway.
We've got to try.
That amount of smoke, I doubt
there's anyone left to save.
Baz?
What you doing?
Put that down, step back.
Is this what's happening to me?
Look mate, we can help ya.
Soon as we're back home,
they'll figure this out.
I can't go back.
There's something here
something I have to do.
I keep seeing it.
It's, it's like trying to be
in a hundred different
dreams, all at once.
What did you do to Alwyn?
I didn't mean to
but the light
Life makes it stronger.
That's why it needs us.
What d'you mean "us?"
Rose, it's okay I'm
here. Just stay back.
The sample.
Baz, we need your blood to
find out what's wrong with you.
- We have to go after him.
- We can't, he's too dangerous.
- We tell Magnus first.
- Okay.
Magnus, you need to
come down to the lab.
Did he get anything?
He's taken his sample. I can't
do the testing without it.
The door to the Wet Change B was
open. Must've gone back outside.
Then he could be anywhere. Shit.
- You didn't think to come and get us?
- Well, I didn't have time.
He was right there.
- How long were you with him?
- Less than a minute.
- Alone?
- Until Rose came.
If you're right about this thing,
then Baz can spread it, right?
Infect others?
It's possible.
If we can't test everyone we have
to isolate the most likely cases.
- At least until we know more.
- So, you're talking about me.
You were outside last night,
now you're in here with him.
You got a cut.
- It's not personal, Fulmer.
- Aye, maybe not for you.
Okay, Fulmer.
I've asked Cat to check everyone
who was outside for injuries.
- Tattoos and fillings too.
- It's not definitive.
If they'd been infected they
could have healed already.
It's what we got.
If we get Baz back, can
you still do the tests?
Yes, potentially.
Any ideas on how we do that?
We lost two men last night.
Friends.
Crewmates.
We aren't gonna lose any more.
I know you're all tired.
I know this isn't where you want to be.
Understatement.
Without the SBV the only
way back is the choppers,
and until we restore
communication with the beach
we don't know if they're coming.
In the meantime, we make
this place as safe as we can.
And we do it together. The arguing,
the fighting, it stops. Now.
We're one crew.
Dunlin
Erm, yeah
First job, clean up.
Now that the fog has gone
and the ash has stopped
I want the deck areas washed down.
Clean sweep. Let's get
this crap off our rig.
We'll use the deluge system
on the Production Module,
then the deck crew with
brushes and hoses over here.
This module is a clean zone. I
don't want any cross contamination.
- Got it?
- Yes, boss.
The rest of ya' are on a search team.
We go find Baz, we bring him back,
we stop this thing before it gets worse.
Whoa you wanna get him back?
I told you. One crew. Baz included.
The cameras don't have full coverage
so we're gonna have
to search everything.
The Production Module, too.
Heather, Easter, Murchison
you take the Mud Pit room.
Err Hutton, Garrow, Dunlin,
workshops and storage rooms.
- One question.
- Go ahead.
What if we find him and he
doesn't want to come back?
Don't give him that option.
Meeting's over.
You're pairing me with Hutton?
He knows the Production Module best.
He should be locked up again
after what he did last night.
Why'd you think I'm
putting him with you?
Don't let him out of your sight.
We've got enough trouble as it is.
- Enough?
- Enough.
They'll be at it a
while. You could rest.
When it's done. Until then
I'll stick to the coffee.
I don't know who told Scottish
people that this was coffee
but they really got you good.
You should see this
place when it runs out.
Let's hope we find him soon then.
Yeah.
My wife used to tell me,
"Hope is what you do when
you're letting things get worse."
You're married?
Separated. Guess she was right.
Alright listen up, take
it slow and careful.
Start from the top,
work your way down
Alright boys, it's a full washdown.
You know the score. Get going.
You'll be wanting to tell
them how to run a bath next.
Let's go!
- You alright?
- Yeah. Peachy.
What's all the noise?
I thought the wells were shutdown.
Ah there's still plenty
of juice in the tanks.
After shutdown we gotta vent the
excess and burn it off with the flare.
Look, it's mostly automatic
but it's still dangerous.
If it moves, don't touch it.
It's like a maze in there.
He could be anywhere.
Look, the sooner we're
in, the sooner we're out.
Control, we're starting our search.
Got you. Stay in your groups.
I'd rather this was
done right than fast.
Easy for him to say.
Enough moaning. Let's meet
in the middle. Let's go.
You found anything?
Nothing that makes any sense.
Whatever we're dealing with
has to be something new.
Not necessarily.
Way back, sailors used to tell
stories about the Sargasso Sea.
A ship would be crossing the ocean,
hundreds of miles from land, all
of a sudden this fog rolls in.
The wind drops, ship begins to slow.
And the fog rolls out again
but the ship still doesn't move.
'Cause all around it, as far as
the eye can see, there's seaweed.
A whole island of it.
There's nothing for it to grow from,
there was no waves to bring it in.
It's as if it's just
risen from the deep.
So, the ships trapped. Rudder's fouled.
Stuck in the middle of a forest
where no forest has a right to be.
Good story.
Yeah, well, that's what people
used to think. Just a story.
Then a few years ago,
the weeds came back.
Nine million tons of it,
choking sea lanes and
beaches across the Caribbean.
So, you're saying I shouldn't plan
a vacation there if we get back?
No, I'm saying most myths trace
back to some kind of truth.
I mean, you say this is something
new but Maybe it's something old.
I never got why you
kids even came out here.
We didn't know what all
this was doing to the world.
Not when we signed up. You do.
You mean keeping the lights
on, hospitals open, cars moving,
tractors in the fields so they
can grow that food you cook.
There won't be any food growing anywhere
not when we've burned up the atmosphere.
Right so boomers broke
it but we have to fix it.
Way to take responsibility.
I take more than most. You had choices.
Oh yeah, two global recessions, war
on terror, pandemic, student debt,
fascists on the march and a
fucked up future. How lucky we are.
You are lucky.
I've worked in Angola, Nigeria,
places where Pictor doesn't
need to worry so much
about a wee oil spill. You
should see what it's like there.
Oh, I should? Why me?
Ah, leave it.
You know what I mean. Us. People.
The great grand human race.
We fucked up the planet.
And then we act surprised
when it fucks us back.
Sounds like a fuck
might be what you need.
Oh. You're on my case too? So
much for the rebellion of youth.
Look Murc, I just drive a crane.
Find me someone who'll pay me more
not to, and I'll do that instead.
Until then
Baz?
Are you in here?
Oh, sorry.
Just stay out my way.
It's not Baz he's trying
to save. Magnus I mean.
- What, you a psychiatrist now?
- No, I'm just saying,
your kid, that's not a
loss you'd come back from.
Not all the way. And now
Leck and Alwyn have gone too.
Unless you've got a point for once,
how about you keep your
diagnosis to yourself?
Where the fuck is Baz?
Fulmer's asking for ya'.
I've gotta keep going
on this. How is he?
No signs of change.
What about your patient?
Well, these are the spores from the ash.
And look at this.
So all the oil in the world is
made from ancient living matter,
mostly plants, compressed
inside the layers of the Earth.
But sometimes, things
get fossilized instead,
- like these spores here.
- Can I? Can I see?
Yeah, they look like
the spores from the ash.
Now this core was brought up on
the first surveys of this field.
The company isn't interested in fossils
but they still have to log them.
So, we know that these
spores have been found before.
At least five times across
different geological layers,
all during mass extinction events.
And the largest deposits are found here
at this major extinction event
at the end of the Permian Period.
It's 300 million years ago.
Ninety five percent
of all life disappears.
It's the closest the planet's
ever come to a total wipe-out.
Ouch. What caused it?
It's the greatest murder
mystery of all time.
Scientists referred it
to as "The Great Dying."
- Is there a good part coming up?
- Oh, you bet.
The oil that we have been
pumping this whole time,
that this whole field is
sitting on, is Permian.
Baz?
Baz, I just wanna help you, mate.
Okay, Toto.
Hey lads, you coming? I'm not
doing all this creepy stuff.
All looks normal.
Medical Corps? How long did you serve?
Eight years.
Then two in the hole
trying to get over it.
And then out here.
What got you out the hole?
I almost didn't, mate.
So if we don't get Baz back, how
long do I need to stay in here?
I know it doesn't
seem like it now, mate,
but Rose, she just
wants to keep you safe.
- Or keep her safe.
- Maybe.
But ain't that what you want?
Well it's the last time I'm
coming out here, that's for sure.
What about you?
Me and Kacey, we've got a plan.
And it is going to be nice.
And boring.
We're supposed to stick together.
Yeah, well you fell behind.
I was following Garrow.
What's in these? And
why are they locked?
No idea.
Must have come in on the last rotation.
I'll check the incoming
equipment log when we're back.
So where the fuck is Garrow?
Garrow?
- Argh, get me up, get me up, get me up.
- You alright?
- Fuck!
- What happened?
He was hiding in the back. He rushed me.
You two spooked him and he ran.
- Lucky us.
- Which way did he go?
Towards the Mud Pit Room. You
can still catch him if you go now.
- Nah, we should call it in.
- Fuck that! We've got him. Let's go.
He's right. I'll be fine. You go.
Nah. We're not splitting up again.
We stay together and warn the others.
Easter?
Murc?
Is that you?
It's alright. Come look at this.
What is it?
What sort of plant grows on oil?
It's another tremor!
Garrow open your hand.
Garrow!
Hey!
We're losing power
everywhere. I'm blind.
Shit.
Give it a moment.
I can't! We could have a fire,
gas leaks. You saw the Charlie.
- Can you fix it?
- Not me.
- You can't let him out yet.
- I don't have a choice.
Fulmer, you go.
You fix the power.
You come back. Got it?
It's not a request.
Cat, prep for possible casualties.
Got ya.
- Is everything dead?
- Yeah.
Look, I'm sorry about earlier.
You were right, I shouldn't
How about we do relationship maintenance
when we're not in immediate
mortal peril, okay?
Can you fix this?
I've gotta go down to the
SSCR to get to the breakers.
When the alarm lights start
flashing, hit the reboots.
- Which ones?
- All of them!
Lord watch over me and protect me.
Baz?
They're getting stronger. The visions.
I can see better here. I can feel them.
This is where I need to be.
I saw the wave.
I saw the ocean, the seabed,
the land that was there before.
And that's just the start.
It's like a memory
millions of years long.
Scars on top of scars, all the
way back to the very beginning.
It wants me to see, but there's so much.
And then the rig and the dark.
We have to stop it.
Baz, whatever you're hearing, or
seeing, trust me, I believe you.
Whatever is out here, is real.
And and we can help you.
But you've got to stop hurting people.
I didn't mean to. I didn't.
We were attacked. We're
still being attacked.
This place
I have to defend it.
Defend from what?
I don't know. But it's dying.
It's all dying.
And when it goes, it all goes.
It was the beginning
and it will be the end.
- You got out fast.
- He was fucking there. I saw him.
We've gotta close this
off and get the others.
- You alright?
- We're fine.
Did Garrow come past here?
No, it's just us.
Where's Heather?
What, you left her?
- Where?
- It was pitch black.
We couldn't hear anything,
couldn't see anything.
- Where?
- Mud Pit room.
Shift.
I'm going back for her.
You three go find out
what the fuck is going on.
Come on.
Baz, please, come back with me.
He can't leave.
We have to stop it.
Heather! Stay away
from her, you fuckers!
Where's Hutton? Was this him?
Did he cause the tremor?
What about the others?
Garrow and Heather?
Baz got to Garrow. Or
he was already infected.
- Heather, we don't know.
- You were supposed to keep them together!
- Where were you?
- In there.
In the dark! Where were you?!
Okay.
We're sticking with
"I saved you," right?
Yeah! Whatever you want, sister.
What happened?
- Come on. It's alright.
- You good?
No I'm alright, I'm alright.
So Hutton, what happened?
Same thing that always happens.
You pitch up just in
time to be too late.
Rose?
Power's being restored. Main
systems are coming back online.
Where's Baz?
Baz and Garrow are together.
In the mud pit room, I saw them.
- Did you touch them?
- No.
Hutton came and scared them
off. And they disappeared again.
Rose, are you hearing
that? Baz got to Garrow.
Yeah copy. I wanna speak to
Heather when she gets back in.
Okay. We're coming back in.
Uh, tell Fulmer "good work."
He's still downstairs. Should
I send him back to the Med-Bay?
Is it necessary?
I mean, with what you're
saying about Garrow,
I still don't know if he can be trusted.
You've done the tests. It's your call.
Okay.
Thanks for the support.
Magnus, the flare.
The flare is out.
Shit.
Everyone inside. Now! Come on.
Let's go! Inside!
I need complete electrical isolation
to the production module, ESD one.
We need to open the breakers
and isolate the electrical plant.
What's our wind direction and speed?
South, Southwest. Seven knots.
Blowing away from the platform.
If it changes, we're gonna
be choking on condensate.
Until it explodes.
The ignition system isn't responding.
Can we shut it off at the source?
Yeah, it's back in there
with Baz and Garrow.
You first.
I need options.
Could we relight it manually?
How else you gonna do it Magnus?
No there's no manual ignition procedure.
Not in the books. no.
But back in the day, before
we were, uh H&S compliant,
when this used to happen,
the stack goes out,
someone's gotta get out there.
Get as close as they can to the cloud,
and shoot a flare through it. Boom!
We'd have to use the crane.
But get too close and be
cooked by the blowback for sure.
It's doable.
Ah, it's too risky.
I'll do it.
It doesn't have to be you.
Well it's less of a risk if
you might be dead already.
Okay.
We do it the old fashioned way.
I'm ready.
Easter will boom you out.
Get you as close as possible.
When you take the shot, you
drop flat, we'll swing you away,
out of any blow back.
Got it.
- Just hope I don't miss.
- You do good work Fulmer. You won't.
He's only doing this to
prove he's still one of us.
I should never have quarantined him.
You were protecting us.
If he didn't understand that,
he wouldn't be doing the same.
Stop there.
What the fuck is he doing now?
- He's taking the harness off.
- Fulmer, no!
Fulmer!
Put the harness back! Fulmer!
What you doing?
He's gonna shoot and run.
Stupid bastard.
Time to shine.
Now.
Come on, get over there!
Stretcher team, go!
Stay. We'll bring him in.
Fulmer!
That's it, mate. Come
on pal. Come on, mate.
- That's it. Easter!
- I'm on it, I'm on it.
You take his top end. I've got his feet.
- I got him.
- One, two, three, up.
Cat's coming! Cat's coming Fulmer!
Keep him level lads. That's it.
Move back! We need to get through.
That's it. We've got a
corner coming up lads, yeah?
Slowly, easy does it.
- Is he gonna be
- He's breathing.
We've got burns and smoke
inhalation. But I need to examine him.
He's gonna be alright.
Let Cat do her work.
- I can help.
- No, you need to stay out for now.
I'll come and get you when we can.
Go and get some fresh air or something.
Okay, wait for my instruction
as you're lowering him onto the table.
Okay, one, two, three. Lower.
That's it, right, we're gonna do straps.
And oxygen.
Can someone close that door, please?
- Yeah, got it.
- Thank you.
Get the straps off please, lads.
Get the big oxygen on please, Easter.
Now what I want you to do is
take the straps off for me, okay?
Got time for that rest now?
Do you?
I'm gonna wait.
How is he?
Still unconscious, but stable.
Cat's working on the burns.
Baz is still over there. Garrow too.
We don't have what we need to help them.
I'm setting a guard on the bridge.
No one crosses. Not until we
know what's really going on.
Heather said he tried to speak to
her. Said the same as to Fulmer.
That it's like memories,
reaching far back.
Memories of what was here before,
but they were under attack.
Any idea what it means?
Not yet.
But you were right.
Whatever is causing this,
it isn't something new.
It's something old.
And it's waking up.
I'll speak to Heather.
As for you
my advice
focus on what you've still got.
I don't even know if he can hear me.
Doesn't matter.
It's not for him.
- You wanted me?
- Yeah, um
Could you, uh, take over the console?
There's, uh, something I need to do.
Oh. Uh, I'm not fully trained on it yet.
Why don't you take a bit
of that faith that you got
and spend it on yourself?
Trust me
you can handle it.
Thanks.
Wait, what are you going to do?
He's stable.
Luckily his suit's heat
resistance took a lot of it so
- Can I see him?
- Of course.
I hope you didn't do all that so
we'd all think you were a hero.
Idiot maybe.
Can I be both?
Baz!
What is it?
It gets worse when I'm around here.
This is it.
This is what's being used to attack us.
We need to shut it off.
We need to start fighting back.