seaQuest DSV (1993) s01e18 Episode Script
Hide and Seek
Tonight on seaQuest.
The nightmare that is Milos Tezlof.
What is he doing out here in the middle of the Atlantic? I want your dolphin and your vocorder.
I want to heal my son.
This guy is a nightmare we should not be near.
He's just too evil.
We're flooding the boat! Darwin, keep him safe.
I'm gonna go get some help.
Darwin, what are you trying to do to me? Hey.
Hey.
Darwin.
Darwin.
Hey.
Thanks.
I really dipped below the surface there for a second.
Hmm.
Were you dreaming? You looked like you were really out of it.
Yeah, I was.
I was dreaming.
You were dreaming about him.
Hmm? Not the same thing as you.
Yeah, the same thing.
You were having the same dream Bull! Look, I've had it for a week, and now you've started.
It's not the same thing.
Are you saying you weren't dreaming of Darwin? No, I Who was with him? Hmm? I don't want to talk about it anymore.
Come on! I don't wanna talk about it anymore.
Where is Darwin? UEO emergency communiqué broadcasting in 10 seconds.
Communiqué coming in.
Please stand by.
Undoubtedly urgent.
Yeah, Secretary Noyce's grandson probably lost his canoe.
This is a security alert highest priority, for seaQuest.
Milos Tezlof has escaped UEO Security Forces.
Tezlof has been convicted of multiple war crimes by the UEO and his countrymen.
This is to be considered an extremely lethal and dangerous situation.
He is believed to be traveling in one of two fugitive helicopters attempting to elude identification using extreme and evasive tactics.
Their destination is unknown.
Repeat.
Destination unknown.
We are ordering seaQuest to intercept and incarcerate.
UEO intelligence suggests they may be trying to reach a destination on or near the eastern coast of the United States.
I repeat.
There they are.
I think that's them.
I'll alert the Captain.
Two helicopters with destinations unknown, are refusing to They're pulling me.
It really feels like these dolphins are pulling me through the water.
Quite a ride, isn't it? I'm gonna blend in the music score.
Ah.
Oh, I don't believe this.
I really think that I'm swimming with the dolphins.
Virtual reality.
Skin to fin without ever leaving your bed.
This is only the beginning of what I've got to show you.
I don't know what it's meant to be, but it's wonderful.
What is going on? What are you talking about? That's machine-gun fire.
Who is it? Had a lot of trouble with my neighbors lately.
Oh, my God.
That's Milos Tezlof, the dictator.
They've seen us.
If I'm gonna be shot, I'd like to be standing up.
Oh, Malcolm.
This is wrong.
This is not the place I dreamed of.
No kidding.
I need to announce my entrances.
Need to know if someone is there.
Someone waiting for me.
Someone who could return the fire.
Is there someone in the house? No.
Keep them here.
We are in deep, deep trouble.
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.
Awake.
Awake.
Accident.
Chance.
Fate.
They are all the same, aren't they? I have accepted that.
I have accepted my ability to act, to kill.
If not me, it would be someone else.
If you kill me, so what? I have killed millions of you.
My religion is despair.
That is where I worship.
You only have to close your eyes to understand what is going to happen.
Dream dreams.
No matter how bewilderingly futile they may be.
Dream dreams.
Dreams.
All right, shut it off.
That's enough.
Hypnotic, isn't he? Let me show you something else.
The nightmare that is Milos Tezlof.
What is he doing out here in the middle of the Atlantic? He's been on the run for six months since his escape from the UEO security forces.
Serbia, Croatia.
They've been at this for centuries.
Killing each other off.
Muslims, Catholics, Communists and with the rise of Tezlof and his followers, anarchists.
One big soup.
When does it stop? Well, that's why the UEO took Tezlof in custody in the first place, Captain.
Unfortunately, rumor has it that his escape was aided by certain factions within the UEO.
Everybody's got an opinion on this one.
Yeah, and since his escape, the Eastern European Alliance have finally agreed on something: their singular hatred for this guy.
Their plan is to hunt him down and execute him.
He's been scrambling from continent to continent.
His plan seems to be to stay free long enough to marshal an army to retaliate against those hunting him down.
Jeez.
What is it? It's his policy of ethnic cleansing.
The color of your skin as a birthright.
And what if we meet up with him and he resists? I'd like to see him come after the seaQuest.
That's not an answer.
Yeah, well, the UEO should have finished the job when they had him in custody.
This stretch of water between Albania and Italy is crucial to me.
It is my enemies' stronghold.
The Strait of Otranto between Albany and Italy.
I shall put a spur on the boot of Italy.
I shall control the straits with your dolphins.
I shall return to power.
That's insane.
Of course I'm not telling you anything you haven't heard before.
The dolphins will guard the straits.
Nothing shall pass through without my permission.
You can't train dolphins to do that.
In the war between the United States and Vietnam dolphins were trained to hunt, to kill, to help the slaughter.
A dart gun with a CO2 cartridge strapped to the head of a dolphin plunged into the body of a human, then ignited.
A very painful death by asphyxiation.
Your dolphins will be trained to do this and more.
Bloodshed follows me like a wedding train.
This is not where I should be.
Uh-huh? If you do not help, you will be killed.
I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do this.
No.
No.
Oh, my little boy.
His name is Caesar.
My son.
My heir.
My heir and my curse.
He's not a curse! He's a small child.
He's terrified.
A son to rule after me.
To keep the peace.
Then my curse came in a dream.
I'm in a place I've never been before.
A dolphin is swimming toward me carrying somebody, something.
I can't tell what it is, but it feels like a chimera.
A harbinger of disaster.
Don't touch him.
Let him come to me.
Did he say something? Did he say something? We could fight your curse.
We could help you understand it.
He speaks only in his sleep.
If you could understand your son if you could reach him would that make a difference? All the difference in the world.
We can make a deal.
You spare this man's life and I'll help your son.
It's a trade.
I am sorry, Nathan.
I had no choice but to make this call.
What's wrong? Hello.
Well, it seems simple to me, Nathan.
He's playing right into the UEO's hands.
I gave him my word.
I guaranteed him safe passage in exchange for Westphalen and Lansdowne.
So what? Tell that to the millions of homeless in his land.
Tell that to the countless orphans to the doctors struggling for vital medicines.
Terrorism is terrorism, Nathan.
You can't reason with it.
The UEO embargo didn't work.
And then the UEO let him go.
Nathan, we are the UEO.
You don't think you can teach him something? All right, then, when he comes on board, you'll turn him over to us.
We'll have a launch waiting directly above you.
I can't do that.
Damn it, Nathan! Follow orders for once.
What else is going on, Nathan? I'm asking you as a friend.
What else? Bill, I don't know yet.
I'm sorry.
We know Darwin doesn't have a linear language.
He doesn't talk in sentences.
He doesn't have words.
The software in the vocorder just makes it seem that way but, in reality, Darwin is talking in concepts, images.
We think we've found a way to receive those images.
When Darwin moves through the water, when he's trying to communicate he's sending not only sound waves, but electricity.
There possibly could be images being sent through the water.
You little rascals certainly sound convincing.
The fatty tissue in his head focuses his sound waves but the rest of his activity can generate enough electricity to communicate.
How do you know you're not gonna electrocute him? Those wires will be hot.
They're only from the wall to the hologram.
They're nowhere near the water.
Yeah, this is gonna work the same way the Professor's hologram works in your quarters.
Only this way, Darwin is sending the image.
What image? Electronic disturbances in the water.
The thrashing of his tail creates a disturbance and created in that disturbance is an image.
Sort of like a connect-the-dots drawing.
How does Darwin feel about this? It's just conjecture, isn't it? Well, yeah.
Sure, it's just theory.
What are you gonna ask him? Well, if it works, he'll be able to tell us stories.
He could tell us everything.
You see, Captain, what we're looking for is that one breakthrough that single blue light into inter-species communication.
It would be like discovering why dolphins can enter our dreams.
Captain, can I ask you something? Sure.
Have you dreamed of Darwin this week? Yes, I have.
Last night? You too? Yeah.
He was carrying something.
Bringing something.
The shuttle from Mr.
Lansdowne's landing should be arriving soon.
I'll be there.
Thank you.
Come in.
Permission to address the Captain on the record to be entered into the Captain's log.
At ease, Commander.
Is this a mutiny? As second in command, I'd like to voice our opinion on the impending arrival of Milos Tezlof recently deposed head of state of the Serbo-Croatian Alliance.
Go ahead.
You're putting the boat into the middle of this conflict without the slightest attempt to negotiate.
With no plan beyond him arriving in our midst.
How can I negotiate with a man who holds Westphalen hostage? As you well know, sir, there is always room to negotiate.
To bring someone like this on board is a soulless choice.
It's like inviting the albatross of the Ancient Mariner.
You're afraid of this man.
Call it an instinct, a premonition.
This guy is a nightmare we should not be near.
He's just too evil.
We can't handle him? "Unnecessary risk" is the phrase I'd choose.
All right, Commander.
I will enter all of this into the log.
But before you go, I'd like to read you something.
"He prayeth best, who loveth best "All things both great and small "For the dear God who loveth us "He made and loveth all" That's Yes, it is.
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
" Shuttle MR-3, maintain alert status until final docking.
I'll take that.
I think not.
Thank you.
This place.
I've dreamed of this place.
His son.
Of course.
The boy won't talk.
He's suffering some kind of trauma.
No human being can live as terrified as he is.
Terrified of what? Where's his mother? Attention all hands.
Level 7 security guest in transit.
Please take precautions.
You're okay? Yes, yes.
But there's something peculiar about all this.
You been dreaming about Darwin? Yes.
Have you? Yes.
Is there anyone aboard this boat who hasn't been dreaming about Darwin? From one UEO prison to another.
Well, we need to know where you are all the time.
Captain.
Are you going to turn me over to the UEO? Not yet.
There never has been a multi-ethnic country, has there, Captain? It's the way of the world.
Despite the mythological dreams of the UEO.
It's as old as Earth itself.
For some strange reason or other, you and I have been having the same dream.
Some images in that dream I don't understand.
I think you do.
I need you to tell me what they mean.
Your dolphin has put things in my head.
Maybe so, Mr.
Tezlof.
But why? Why? Hello.
I suppose you're worried about having this guy aboard the boat, too.
No.
It was my idea.
Look, are you upset with me? Damn it.
Why did you have to go to Malcolm's in the first place? What? I have every right to go wherever I want to go.
You certainly do have every right to go where you want.
It was my time off.
I'm not saying it's not your time.
And I took it, thank you.
There isn't enough for you to do aboard this boat? Look, if you don't want me working with him I didn't say I didn't want you working with him.
I didn't say that.
Did I say that? Nathan if you don't want me seeing him maybe we should talk about it.
He's a little crazy.
You know what I mean? Yeah.
He's a friend of yours.
I think you're jealous.
This will collect baseline data.
Swimming with Darwin will help you relax.
It will eliminate fear.
This is a neurological imaging system.
Malcolm and I have been perfecting it.
It's really just a 41-channel electroencephalographic preamplifier.
A breakthrough in this area could be mind-boggling.
It would teach us about healing, about developing immunities.
In a nutshell, Nathan, it would prove that dolphin can communicate directly into one's neurological system.
In our dreams.
That's kid stuff, but sure.
What did they use to say? In the future, everybody's gonna be wired.
Play, play.
It talks.
Look at this.
He's calm.
He's happy.
I would not let anyone drive a car after this.
What's it saying? The beta activity is as calm as possible.
You know, swimming with Darwin is significantly changing the boy's neurological state.
He's ecstatic.
In my dream, it was he who was carrying.
Look at me, I'm just a crazy kid with a crush on your medical officer.
Just don't think you're going to stay aboard this boat.
I didn't say anything.
I've got the oppressor of Eastern Europe swimming with my dolphin.
How do you talk me into these things? Don't ask me.
I'm just working here.
Yeah, I know.
What the hell was that? I'm not sure, sir.
What's going on? Tezlof's enemies have found you.
They want you to give him up for execution.
How'd they find us? The communication superhighway has got lots of hitchhikers.
Dive! What is it? Any number of crafts directly above us, sir.
They range from gun boats, to small recons vessels, to fishing trawlers.
They used some primitive jamming system on our communications buoy.
Well, who's doing it? Captain, they've apparently lowered what looks to be a wrecking ball.
Wrecking ball? Check that, sir.
It's not a wrecking ball.
It's a nuclear warhead.
Get us out of here.
For the reckless use of the treasures of the people Yugoslavian Court of Serfs condemns you Milos Tezlof, to death.
For the murder of 5,000 in the city of Split you, Milos Tezlof are condemned to death.
For the firebombing of the city of Tuzla Yugoslavian Court of Serfs condemns you, Milos Tezlof to death.
Who are these people? My enemies.
They have found me.
What should I say, sir? Tell them we need more time.
Tell them to go ahead.
Tell them we need more time! What? They say they're going to give us 12 hours, sir.
Tell them that the man they're looking for on this boat is a guest and we don't intend to give him up.
What did she say? Five hours.
Get me Noyce.
A nuclear warhead on a chain, a yo-yo.
You think they can detonate this thing? That's hard to say, Cap.
You know, since the ban on nuclear weapons the black market's gone crazy with this sort of thing.
I'll say this much, though.
If they can't detonate, it's still one damn fine bluff.
Darwin, do you understand what we're trying to do here? Yes.
Are we on the right track? Apparently not.
Well, perception fuels consciousness.
You mean we've got an interesting theory, but it's not gonna work.
I mean we all make it up as we go along.
That, sometimes, is the truth.
That's always the truth.
I wonder what Darwin will tell us.
I mean, his inner thoughts are what we're really talking about.
I think he'd complain about how the monkeys messed everything up.
When you first tried this, what do you mean, he just said "no"? That's it.
"No.
" Yeah.
His version of "get lost.
" Not exactly.
What? You guys have been dreaming about him.
Haven't you? The same dream.
Then O'Neill started to have the same one.
No, I didn't.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Maybe Darwin just wants to leave it at that.
I can tell you one thing.
If he chooses to use this machine and put an image up there I would really like to see it.
They say we're running out of time.
Sir, this is more than we should manage.
We should turn Tezlof over.
It's not our fight anymore.
They have every right to him.
Not yet.
How far do we have to go down, Mr.
Ortiz? They're a little more sophisticated than most.
I'd recommend deep submergence to be safe.
Okay, Commander, let's take her down below 20,000 feet.
Roger that.
Chief Crocker, gather everyone into the center of the boat and notify me when you're done.
Aye, Commander.
Lt.
Krieg.
Sound deep submergence alarm.
Everyone to their appointed stations.
Ortiz, if you can give me a schematic on that I can check the progress.
I do not want to die for this man.
Let's go down 5,000 more, right now.
Diving, sir.
I'll go see what's going on, ok? Stay right there.
Regrouping nearly complete.
Ready to commence flooding of the seaQuest to match outside pressure in less than five minutes.
Close the moon pools.
All crew to secure quarters.
Main passageways will be flooding in 30 seconds.
We're flooding the boat.
You better come with me, all right? Darwin, keep him safe.
I'm gonna go get some help.
Everyone present and accounted for.
Ready to commence flooding of outer compartments.
Captain, the boy is gone.
Caesar's gone.
No.
It was an accident.
The door on the moon pool closed on him and Darwin.
Well, they may be in a flooded area.
We'll have to go to the surface.
Commander, stop the flooding and let's take us up.
Ortiz, cancel deep submergence.
Let's check all hatch seals.
All right, let's evacuate.
Break off.
You take B-Deck.
Aft and propulsion.
We'll circle around to meet you.
Secure that hatch.
Thirty seconds.
Let's get these cleared, quick! Attention! Tezlof has left secure quarters.
Go to Level 8 alert.
Dar I'll check the manifold room.
He understands you? I want your dolphin and your vocorder.
I want to heal my son.
I have a solution for you.
I will give up claims to my country.
In return, you will give me the vocorder and the dolphin and safe passage from this boat.
I can't do that.
Millions of lives are less important than your pet? I don't trust you.
It takes a strong man to kill.
An even stronger one to stop.
There's no deal.
In the chaos of the search for my son there were so many things I could have done to your boat.
The thing you have to keep asking yourself, Captain is how much time did I have during the search? How much time do you have now? You're bluffing.
Am I? I'm a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler, King of Romania.
They tell a story of an Arab messenger who came to court.
The messenger was asked to remove his turban.
He refused.
Vlad nailed the turban to his skull.
Oh, yes.
In the confusion I found things.
I need proof.
All that is required in a bluff is some validation of what I'm claiming to be true.
I can destroy your boat, Captain.
And I will do so unless you make my son whole.
I can't do that.
Then ask your dolphin.
Ask him yourself.
Take us back down, now.
Dive! Dive! Get us away from that bomb.
Get us out of here.
All hands to deep dive alert status.
Code 4.
Battle stations.
What's she saying? She's going so fast.
They want Tezlof immediately.
They say they're going to attack.
Tell them to check their passive radar.
They know we're locked on.
They know we've got them in our sights.
Tell her this: He who strikes first, strikes last.
SeaQuest will interpret any movement of yours as provocative.
We will respond forcibly.
We will give you Tezlof at our discretion.
Don't think that Darwin and the vocorder are gonna be a quick cure.
And what of the son I have now? What happens without the vocorder? What is his end? A life in hell? All right.
Then who or what is the dolphin carrying? What are you hiding from me? Too late.
I would like to spend time with my boy and the dolphin.
All right.
I would like to ask you a question.
My dear mammal can you heal my son? Please.
Please.
Follow.
Momma.
Momma.
Help.
Yes.
You talked.
In my escape from my enemies Caesar was cut off from his mother.
I had to choose between my boy and his mother.
I had to sacrifice his mother.
I left his mother.
They killed her.
I'm sorry.
Forgive me.
I'm sorry.
My boy.
My Caesar.
We'll take care of him.
I have the strength to make amends for his mother to save my son.
Tell my enemies up above I am coming to them.
I surrender.
That's why you came to us.
It's what the dream was about.
Milos Tezlof has surrendered.
We're handing Tezlof over to you now.
When you receive him, you are to vacate the waters above us immediately.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I don't know about you, but I could use a nap.
What? That's your response to all this? Well, what should be my response? I mean, Nathan's got this guy in hand.
Everything is gonna be fine.
Oh, and that's it? Okay.
Here's what I am thinking.
I am not leaving this boat.
What? But I think that you and the boy should.
What? Malcolm, take the boy with you.
You have the time.
You have the dolphins.
Lucas could adapt a vocorder program for you.
Hmm? What? Oh, Malcolm.
You are You are as charming as the day is long but maybe that's not enough.
My work's here.
I'd last about two months on your island.
You use that charm to raise a child.
Couldn't sleep? I wasn't really anxious to.
What is that, chocolate? Yeah.
Looks good.
You all finished with your work at Malcolm's now? I'm not sure.
Not sure? Well, I really enjoy being with him, but there There has to be more to my life.
Something else you need on the boat? I don't know.
I'll have to check.
What does that mean? It may take a little while but I'm checking.
I'm checking.
"He prayeth best, who loveth best "All things both great and small "For the dear God who loveth us "He made and loveth all" Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Recent research dealing with the interaction between dolphins and humans has led to innovative new ways to communicate with these mammals.
Research by the AquaThought Foundation suggests that close contact with dolphins may actually alter human brain wave activity.
Continued research should provide us with a better understanding of these intelligent creatures.
Join us on the next exciting adventure of seaQuest DSV.
The nightmare that is Milos Tezlof.
What is he doing out here in the middle of the Atlantic? I want your dolphin and your vocorder.
I want to heal my son.
This guy is a nightmare we should not be near.
He's just too evil.
We're flooding the boat! Darwin, keep him safe.
I'm gonna go get some help.
Darwin, what are you trying to do to me? Hey.
Hey.
Darwin.
Darwin.
Hey.
Thanks.
I really dipped below the surface there for a second.
Hmm.
Were you dreaming? You looked like you were really out of it.
Yeah, I was.
I was dreaming.
You were dreaming about him.
Hmm? Not the same thing as you.
Yeah, the same thing.
You were having the same dream Bull! Look, I've had it for a week, and now you've started.
It's not the same thing.
Are you saying you weren't dreaming of Darwin? No, I Who was with him? Hmm? I don't want to talk about it anymore.
Come on! I don't wanna talk about it anymore.
Where is Darwin? UEO emergency communiqué broadcasting in 10 seconds.
Communiqué coming in.
Please stand by.
Undoubtedly urgent.
Yeah, Secretary Noyce's grandson probably lost his canoe.
This is a security alert highest priority, for seaQuest.
Milos Tezlof has escaped UEO Security Forces.
Tezlof has been convicted of multiple war crimes by the UEO and his countrymen.
This is to be considered an extremely lethal and dangerous situation.
He is believed to be traveling in one of two fugitive helicopters attempting to elude identification using extreme and evasive tactics.
Their destination is unknown.
Repeat.
Destination unknown.
We are ordering seaQuest to intercept and incarcerate.
UEO intelligence suggests they may be trying to reach a destination on or near the eastern coast of the United States.
I repeat.
There they are.
I think that's them.
I'll alert the Captain.
Two helicopters with destinations unknown, are refusing to They're pulling me.
It really feels like these dolphins are pulling me through the water.
Quite a ride, isn't it? I'm gonna blend in the music score.
Ah.
Oh, I don't believe this.
I really think that I'm swimming with the dolphins.
Virtual reality.
Skin to fin without ever leaving your bed.
This is only the beginning of what I've got to show you.
I don't know what it's meant to be, but it's wonderful.
What is going on? What are you talking about? That's machine-gun fire.
Who is it? Had a lot of trouble with my neighbors lately.
Oh, my God.
That's Milos Tezlof, the dictator.
They've seen us.
If I'm gonna be shot, I'd like to be standing up.
Oh, Malcolm.
This is wrong.
This is not the place I dreamed of.
No kidding.
I need to announce my entrances.
Need to know if someone is there.
Someone waiting for me.
Someone who could return the fire.
Is there someone in the house? No.
Keep them here.
We are in deep, deep trouble.
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.
Awake.
Awake.
Accident.
Chance.
Fate.
They are all the same, aren't they? I have accepted that.
I have accepted my ability to act, to kill.
If not me, it would be someone else.
If you kill me, so what? I have killed millions of you.
My religion is despair.
That is where I worship.
You only have to close your eyes to understand what is going to happen.
Dream dreams.
No matter how bewilderingly futile they may be.
Dream dreams.
Dreams.
All right, shut it off.
That's enough.
Hypnotic, isn't he? Let me show you something else.
The nightmare that is Milos Tezlof.
What is he doing out here in the middle of the Atlantic? He's been on the run for six months since his escape from the UEO security forces.
Serbia, Croatia.
They've been at this for centuries.
Killing each other off.
Muslims, Catholics, Communists and with the rise of Tezlof and his followers, anarchists.
One big soup.
When does it stop? Well, that's why the UEO took Tezlof in custody in the first place, Captain.
Unfortunately, rumor has it that his escape was aided by certain factions within the UEO.
Everybody's got an opinion on this one.
Yeah, and since his escape, the Eastern European Alliance have finally agreed on something: their singular hatred for this guy.
Their plan is to hunt him down and execute him.
He's been scrambling from continent to continent.
His plan seems to be to stay free long enough to marshal an army to retaliate against those hunting him down.
Jeez.
What is it? It's his policy of ethnic cleansing.
The color of your skin as a birthright.
And what if we meet up with him and he resists? I'd like to see him come after the seaQuest.
That's not an answer.
Yeah, well, the UEO should have finished the job when they had him in custody.
This stretch of water between Albania and Italy is crucial to me.
It is my enemies' stronghold.
The Strait of Otranto between Albany and Italy.
I shall put a spur on the boot of Italy.
I shall control the straits with your dolphins.
I shall return to power.
That's insane.
Of course I'm not telling you anything you haven't heard before.
The dolphins will guard the straits.
Nothing shall pass through without my permission.
You can't train dolphins to do that.
In the war between the United States and Vietnam dolphins were trained to hunt, to kill, to help the slaughter.
A dart gun with a CO2 cartridge strapped to the head of a dolphin plunged into the body of a human, then ignited.
A very painful death by asphyxiation.
Your dolphins will be trained to do this and more.
Bloodshed follows me like a wedding train.
This is not where I should be.
Uh-huh? If you do not help, you will be killed.
I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do this.
No.
No.
Oh, my little boy.
His name is Caesar.
My son.
My heir.
My heir and my curse.
He's not a curse! He's a small child.
He's terrified.
A son to rule after me.
To keep the peace.
Then my curse came in a dream.
I'm in a place I've never been before.
A dolphin is swimming toward me carrying somebody, something.
I can't tell what it is, but it feels like a chimera.
A harbinger of disaster.
Don't touch him.
Let him come to me.
Did he say something? Did he say something? We could fight your curse.
We could help you understand it.
He speaks only in his sleep.
If you could understand your son if you could reach him would that make a difference? All the difference in the world.
We can make a deal.
You spare this man's life and I'll help your son.
It's a trade.
I am sorry, Nathan.
I had no choice but to make this call.
What's wrong? Hello.
Well, it seems simple to me, Nathan.
He's playing right into the UEO's hands.
I gave him my word.
I guaranteed him safe passage in exchange for Westphalen and Lansdowne.
So what? Tell that to the millions of homeless in his land.
Tell that to the countless orphans to the doctors struggling for vital medicines.
Terrorism is terrorism, Nathan.
You can't reason with it.
The UEO embargo didn't work.
And then the UEO let him go.
Nathan, we are the UEO.
You don't think you can teach him something? All right, then, when he comes on board, you'll turn him over to us.
We'll have a launch waiting directly above you.
I can't do that.
Damn it, Nathan! Follow orders for once.
What else is going on, Nathan? I'm asking you as a friend.
What else? Bill, I don't know yet.
I'm sorry.
We know Darwin doesn't have a linear language.
He doesn't talk in sentences.
He doesn't have words.
The software in the vocorder just makes it seem that way but, in reality, Darwin is talking in concepts, images.
We think we've found a way to receive those images.
When Darwin moves through the water, when he's trying to communicate he's sending not only sound waves, but electricity.
There possibly could be images being sent through the water.
You little rascals certainly sound convincing.
The fatty tissue in his head focuses his sound waves but the rest of his activity can generate enough electricity to communicate.
How do you know you're not gonna electrocute him? Those wires will be hot.
They're only from the wall to the hologram.
They're nowhere near the water.
Yeah, this is gonna work the same way the Professor's hologram works in your quarters.
Only this way, Darwin is sending the image.
What image? Electronic disturbances in the water.
The thrashing of his tail creates a disturbance and created in that disturbance is an image.
Sort of like a connect-the-dots drawing.
How does Darwin feel about this? It's just conjecture, isn't it? Well, yeah.
Sure, it's just theory.
What are you gonna ask him? Well, if it works, he'll be able to tell us stories.
He could tell us everything.
You see, Captain, what we're looking for is that one breakthrough that single blue light into inter-species communication.
It would be like discovering why dolphins can enter our dreams.
Captain, can I ask you something? Sure.
Have you dreamed of Darwin this week? Yes, I have.
Last night? You too? Yeah.
He was carrying something.
Bringing something.
The shuttle from Mr.
Lansdowne's landing should be arriving soon.
I'll be there.
Thank you.
Come in.
Permission to address the Captain on the record to be entered into the Captain's log.
At ease, Commander.
Is this a mutiny? As second in command, I'd like to voice our opinion on the impending arrival of Milos Tezlof recently deposed head of state of the Serbo-Croatian Alliance.
Go ahead.
You're putting the boat into the middle of this conflict without the slightest attempt to negotiate.
With no plan beyond him arriving in our midst.
How can I negotiate with a man who holds Westphalen hostage? As you well know, sir, there is always room to negotiate.
To bring someone like this on board is a soulless choice.
It's like inviting the albatross of the Ancient Mariner.
You're afraid of this man.
Call it an instinct, a premonition.
This guy is a nightmare we should not be near.
He's just too evil.
We can't handle him? "Unnecessary risk" is the phrase I'd choose.
All right, Commander.
I will enter all of this into the log.
But before you go, I'd like to read you something.
"He prayeth best, who loveth best "All things both great and small "For the dear God who loveth us "He made and loveth all" That's Yes, it is.
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
" Shuttle MR-3, maintain alert status until final docking.
I'll take that.
I think not.
Thank you.
This place.
I've dreamed of this place.
His son.
Of course.
The boy won't talk.
He's suffering some kind of trauma.
No human being can live as terrified as he is.
Terrified of what? Where's his mother? Attention all hands.
Level 7 security guest in transit.
Please take precautions.
You're okay? Yes, yes.
But there's something peculiar about all this.
You been dreaming about Darwin? Yes.
Have you? Yes.
Is there anyone aboard this boat who hasn't been dreaming about Darwin? From one UEO prison to another.
Well, we need to know where you are all the time.
Captain.
Are you going to turn me over to the UEO? Not yet.
There never has been a multi-ethnic country, has there, Captain? It's the way of the world.
Despite the mythological dreams of the UEO.
It's as old as Earth itself.
For some strange reason or other, you and I have been having the same dream.
Some images in that dream I don't understand.
I think you do.
I need you to tell me what they mean.
Your dolphin has put things in my head.
Maybe so, Mr.
Tezlof.
But why? Why? Hello.
I suppose you're worried about having this guy aboard the boat, too.
No.
It was my idea.
Look, are you upset with me? Damn it.
Why did you have to go to Malcolm's in the first place? What? I have every right to go wherever I want to go.
You certainly do have every right to go where you want.
It was my time off.
I'm not saying it's not your time.
And I took it, thank you.
There isn't enough for you to do aboard this boat? Look, if you don't want me working with him I didn't say I didn't want you working with him.
I didn't say that.
Did I say that? Nathan if you don't want me seeing him maybe we should talk about it.
He's a little crazy.
You know what I mean? Yeah.
He's a friend of yours.
I think you're jealous.
This will collect baseline data.
Swimming with Darwin will help you relax.
It will eliminate fear.
This is a neurological imaging system.
Malcolm and I have been perfecting it.
It's really just a 41-channel electroencephalographic preamplifier.
A breakthrough in this area could be mind-boggling.
It would teach us about healing, about developing immunities.
In a nutshell, Nathan, it would prove that dolphin can communicate directly into one's neurological system.
In our dreams.
That's kid stuff, but sure.
What did they use to say? In the future, everybody's gonna be wired.
Play, play.
It talks.
Look at this.
He's calm.
He's happy.
I would not let anyone drive a car after this.
What's it saying? The beta activity is as calm as possible.
You know, swimming with Darwin is significantly changing the boy's neurological state.
He's ecstatic.
In my dream, it was he who was carrying.
Look at me, I'm just a crazy kid with a crush on your medical officer.
Just don't think you're going to stay aboard this boat.
I didn't say anything.
I've got the oppressor of Eastern Europe swimming with my dolphin.
How do you talk me into these things? Don't ask me.
I'm just working here.
Yeah, I know.
What the hell was that? I'm not sure, sir.
What's going on? Tezlof's enemies have found you.
They want you to give him up for execution.
How'd they find us? The communication superhighway has got lots of hitchhikers.
Dive! What is it? Any number of crafts directly above us, sir.
They range from gun boats, to small recons vessels, to fishing trawlers.
They used some primitive jamming system on our communications buoy.
Well, who's doing it? Captain, they've apparently lowered what looks to be a wrecking ball.
Wrecking ball? Check that, sir.
It's not a wrecking ball.
It's a nuclear warhead.
Get us out of here.
For the reckless use of the treasures of the people Yugoslavian Court of Serfs condemns you Milos Tezlof, to death.
For the murder of 5,000 in the city of Split you, Milos Tezlof are condemned to death.
For the firebombing of the city of Tuzla Yugoslavian Court of Serfs condemns you, Milos Tezlof to death.
Who are these people? My enemies.
They have found me.
What should I say, sir? Tell them we need more time.
Tell them to go ahead.
Tell them we need more time! What? They say they're going to give us 12 hours, sir.
Tell them that the man they're looking for on this boat is a guest and we don't intend to give him up.
What did she say? Five hours.
Get me Noyce.
A nuclear warhead on a chain, a yo-yo.
You think they can detonate this thing? That's hard to say, Cap.
You know, since the ban on nuclear weapons the black market's gone crazy with this sort of thing.
I'll say this much, though.
If they can't detonate, it's still one damn fine bluff.
Darwin, do you understand what we're trying to do here? Yes.
Are we on the right track? Apparently not.
Well, perception fuels consciousness.
You mean we've got an interesting theory, but it's not gonna work.
I mean we all make it up as we go along.
That, sometimes, is the truth.
That's always the truth.
I wonder what Darwin will tell us.
I mean, his inner thoughts are what we're really talking about.
I think he'd complain about how the monkeys messed everything up.
When you first tried this, what do you mean, he just said "no"? That's it.
"No.
" Yeah.
His version of "get lost.
" Not exactly.
What? You guys have been dreaming about him.
Haven't you? The same dream.
Then O'Neill started to have the same one.
No, I didn't.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Maybe Darwin just wants to leave it at that.
I can tell you one thing.
If he chooses to use this machine and put an image up there I would really like to see it.
They say we're running out of time.
Sir, this is more than we should manage.
We should turn Tezlof over.
It's not our fight anymore.
They have every right to him.
Not yet.
How far do we have to go down, Mr.
Ortiz? They're a little more sophisticated than most.
I'd recommend deep submergence to be safe.
Okay, Commander, let's take her down below 20,000 feet.
Roger that.
Chief Crocker, gather everyone into the center of the boat and notify me when you're done.
Aye, Commander.
Lt.
Krieg.
Sound deep submergence alarm.
Everyone to their appointed stations.
Ortiz, if you can give me a schematic on that I can check the progress.
I do not want to die for this man.
Let's go down 5,000 more, right now.
Diving, sir.
I'll go see what's going on, ok? Stay right there.
Regrouping nearly complete.
Ready to commence flooding of the seaQuest to match outside pressure in less than five minutes.
Close the moon pools.
All crew to secure quarters.
Main passageways will be flooding in 30 seconds.
We're flooding the boat.
You better come with me, all right? Darwin, keep him safe.
I'm gonna go get some help.
Everyone present and accounted for.
Ready to commence flooding of outer compartments.
Captain, the boy is gone.
Caesar's gone.
No.
It was an accident.
The door on the moon pool closed on him and Darwin.
Well, they may be in a flooded area.
We'll have to go to the surface.
Commander, stop the flooding and let's take us up.
Ortiz, cancel deep submergence.
Let's check all hatch seals.
All right, let's evacuate.
Break off.
You take B-Deck.
Aft and propulsion.
We'll circle around to meet you.
Secure that hatch.
Thirty seconds.
Let's get these cleared, quick! Attention! Tezlof has left secure quarters.
Go to Level 8 alert.
Dar I'll check the manifold room.
He understands you? I want your dolphin and your vocorder.
I want to heal my son.
I have a solution for you.
I will give up claims to my country.
In return, you will give me the vocorder and the dolphin and safe passage from this boat.
I can't do that.
Millions of lives are less important than your pet? I don't trust you.
It takes a strong man to kill.
An even stronger one to stop.
There's no deal.
In the chaos of the search for my son there were so many things I could have done to your boat.
The thing you have to keep asking yourself, Captain is how much time did I have during the search? How much time do you have now? You're bluffing.
Am I? I'm a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler, King of Romania.
They tell a story of an Arab messenger who came to court.
The messenger was asked to remove his turban.
He refused.
Vlad nailed the turban to his skull.
Oh, yes.
In the confusion I found things.
I need proof.
All that is required in a bluff is some validation of what I'm claiming to be true.
I can destroy your boat, Captain.
And I will do so unless you make my son whole.
I can't do that.
Then ask your dolphin.
Ask him yourself.
Take us back down, now.
Dive! Dive! Get us away from that bomb.
Get us out of here.
All hands to deep dive alert status.
Code 4.
Battle stations.
What's she saying? She's going so fast.
They want Tezlof immediately.
They say they're going to attack.
Tell them to check their passive radar.
They know we're locked on.
They know we've got them in our sights.
Tell her this: He who strikes first, strikes last.
SeaQuest will interpret any movement of yours as provocative.
We will respond forcibly.
We will give you Tezlof at our discretion.
Don't think that Darwin and the vocorder are gonna be a quick cure.
And what of the son I have now? What happens without the vocorder? What is his end? A life in hell? All right.
Then who or what is the dolphin carrying? What are you hiding from me? Too late.
I would like to spend time with my boy and the dolphin.
All right.
I would like to ask you a question.
My dear mammal can you heal my son? Please.
Please.
Follow.
Momma.
Momma.
Help.
Yes.
You talked.
In my escape from my enemies Caesar was cut off from his mother.
I had to choose between my boy and his mother.
I had to sacrifice his mother.
I left his mother.
They killed her.
I'm sorry.
Forgive me.
I'm sorry.
My boy.
My Caesar.
We'll take care of him.
I have the strength to make amends for his mother to save my son.
Tell my enemies up above I am coming to them.
I surrender.
That's why you came to us.
It's what the dream was about.
Milos Tezlof has surrendered.
We're handing Tezlof over to you now.
When you receive him, you are to vacate the waters above us immediately.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I don't know about you, but I could use a nap.
What? That's your response to all this? Well, what should be my response? I mean, Nathan's got this guy in hand.
Everything is gonna be fine.
Oh, and that's it? Okay.
Here's what I am thinking.
I am not leaving this boat.
What? But I think that you and the boy should.
What? Malcolm, take the boy with you.
You have the time.
You have the dolphins.
Lucas could adapt a vocorder program for you.
Hmm? What? Oh, Malcolm.
You are You are as charming as the day is long but maybe that's not enough.
My work's here.
I'd last about two months on your island.
You use that charm to raise a child.
Couldn't sleep? I wasn't really anxious to.
What is that, chocolate? Yeah.
Looks good.
You all finished with your work at Malcolm's now? I'm not sure.
Not sure? Well, I really enjoy being with him, but there There has to be more to my life.
Something else you need on the boat? I don't know.
I'll have to check.
What does that mean? It may take a little while but I'm checking.
I'm checking.
"He prayeth best, who loveth best "All things both great and small "For the dear God who loveth us "He made and loveth all" Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Recent research dealing with the interaction between dolphins and humans has led to innovative new ways to communicate with these mammals.
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Continued research should provide us with a better understanding of these intelligent creatures.
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