seaQuest DSV (1993) s02e07 Episode Script
By Any Other Name
Mayday, mayday! This is Calimar Colony.
Please send help! Everyone here is Yo! You looking at this shiny prize I got for you? It's the food, Captain.
Food and ladies does it every time.
Doesn't matter about the species.
Since we're a little short on girl dolphins Chunk white, buddy.
Primo stuff.
Filet mignon of the sea.
No, no, no, no, come on.
I think it's time for plan B.
Right, listen to you.
It took my mother two months to get me to try my first spoonful of oatmeal.
She got me with the "airplane in the hangar" trick.
I think he's too bright for that.
Brains has nothing to do with it.
It's all in the sell.
You're really missing out on something great here, buddy.
Yum.
Does this look like a scrumptious fish, or what? Mmm.
Pure ambrosia.
Stuff dreams are made of.
Maybe we should call your mother.
Give me a break.
This ain't exactly Maypo here.
It's okay, pal, we'll get you up and running.
To tell you the truth, I wouldn't touch this thing either.
Now, if we could get our hands on a steak hoagie.
You know, he hasn't eaten in two days.
He's not even talking.
Maybe it's a broad.
What? A broad, a babe, a dolphiness.
Food and ladies, like I say, Captain.
Maybe he's got a major jones on this shiny little mackerel, and she turns out to be another gill teaser.
Maybe you should ask Dr.
Smith.
Oh, thank you, but Dr.
Smith is not a veterinarian.
I know.
What's a veterinarian? She's not an animal doctor.
She doesn't know about animals.
But she knows a lot of things.
She knows when I'm hungry before I tell her.
She knew that Tony was with that girl that time no one could find him and he said he was at a seminar.
Thanks, Dagwood.
Welcome.
Maybe he's got a point.
Maybe we'll give Dr.
Smith a chance, huh, Darwin? What do you say? New orders, people.
Changing course.
Bearing 3-1-0.
Three-one-zero? Yes.
UEO got a mayday from Calimar Colony about an hour ago, but they're not answering any of our calls.
Calimar? That's a horticultural station.
What kind of a mayday could they have? Their flowers wilting? We won't know till we get there.
Heading 3-1-0 established, sir.
ETA? At normal speed, All ahead full.
Maybe we'll get there before the bloom is off the rose.
Oh, very nice.
Thank you.
I'll be with Dr.
Smith.
Lucas? So, you think this is gonna work? Well, I mean, not eating is one thing.
But not speaking? Darwin's not known to be tight-lipped.
There's some for you.
What, did you think I'd forgotten you? I never forget you, do I? Here you go.
Hi.
Sorry to interrupt.
You're not interrupting at all.
Come on in.
Thanks.
You talking to somebody? Just feeding the fellas here.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
You talk to your plants? Sure, that's right.
They have feelings, don't they? Yeah, of course.
Sure, sure.
They seem to do better when you talk to them.
Besides, whether they know it or not, it's good for me.
Good therapy.
So what's up? It's about Darwin.
He's not eating, he's not talking, and he doesn't seem to want anyone around him.
Well, maybe he's just having a bad day.
Well, I think it's more than that.
And we were wondering if you You might want to do a reading on him.
Okay.
Sure, let's give it a spin and see what happens.
SeaQuest approaching Calimar docking station.
Docking latches secure.
Prepare to deploy landing party.
Looks like Valentine's Day under glass.
Let's move.
Smells like Easter.
Smells like my Uncle Manny's funeral home.
I used to play there when I was a kid.
Must've been some interesting games.
Freeze tag.
Customers always won.
Tough room.
It's pretty damn quiet.
Yeah, it's too quiet.
Okay, Ortiz.
Take Hanson and Trigg, and move out towards the east compound.
We'll move out west, connect back with you here at the main garden.
See if you can dig up any residents.
Hey, check this out.
What is that? I don't know.
Some kind of plant food or something? In the walkways? Whatever it is, there's dozens of them.
Maybe it's some kind of pollen.
Flowers aren't my specialty.
Make sure somebody grabs a sample of that before we leave.
These are really beautiful.
I've never seen anything like them before.
I thought they had a whole population of farmers down here.
Horticulturalists.
And support personnel included, there should be 160 people here.
Maybe we caught them on siesta.
Let's hope so.
Hey, get off me! Damn thing's got my ankle! Quit wiggling around for a second, I'll get it off.
What's the matter, Trigg, a little coordination sneaking up on you? Yeah, funny.
At least something is, 'cause this sure isn't.
Let's move.
I'm gonna check that pathway.
I'll catch up with you.
Ford? Ford? Yeah.
Brody.
Lieutenant, Captain wants a status report.
Well, to tell you the truth, sir, I feel a little outnumbered here.
Outnumbered? By what? The plants, sir.
Lost your way? Yeah, years ago.
Let's get out of here, huh? What'd you find? Other than about 100 piles of dust and a million flowers, nothing.
Hell of a place to be with allergies.
How about you? Nah, the same.
Well, there's gotta be somebody here.
I mean, that mayday didn't send itself.
Well, maybe they sent it and then had to make a quick exit for some reason.
There aren't any signs of a struggle.
Hanson, you and Trigg are gonna get a little R and R here on the flower farm.
Okay, this is pretty much the center of the colony, so if there's anybody passing through, they'd more than likely have to come through here.
So, any trouble I got your number.
Oh, we gotta remember to get a sample of that powder before we head back.
Yeah.
Been there, done that, Lieutenant.
All right, let's move out.
Oh, maybe you guys could put together some nice arrangements for the seaQuest.
You know, something in a nice spring basket.
Some daisies, maybe.
Mayday, mayday! This is Calimar Colony.
Please send help.
There!s no time to explain! Everyone here is McGATH: That was it.
Transmission frequency cut out about a second later.
Nathan, there were almost They can!t all have disappeared.
We did a pretty thorough search of that colony.
Unless they're in hiding and don't want to be found.
Ortiz has done a surface scan.
If there's anybody down there, his sensors should get a hit.
We've also analyzed the powder that we found, and we're trying to see if there are any answers there.
I!ve called a meeting of the Emergency Council.
We!re due to meet in 15 minutes.
Maintain your position until you hear back from me.
Strangest damn thing.
Okay, honey, I guess that!s about it.
Except that Daddy says I should let you know that the farm looks beautiful, and we just had our first snowfall.
We both miss you very much and we really wish you could be here.
Well, bye, honey.
Love you.
Now, isn't that pretty? Your very own flowers.
Here, got a good view? You two be good while I'm gone.
Hey, Trigg, I'm telling you, there's nothing out there.
And I'm telling you, I heard something moving around.
Maybe they're pollinating and don't want to be disturbed.
Come on, Trigg.
All right, Cliff, give it up.
This isn't funny.
Damn.
I swear, if this is a joke Hey, Cliff, where the hell are you? Hey! What the I don't know about you two, but I'm tired and hungry, and I'm not sure I'm making much progress here.
Just give me a little hint, Darwin.
We're just trying to help.
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
Boy, endurance certainly ain't one of your strong points.
I'm not saying give up.
Maybe just try a different approach or something.
I mean, we've been at this for hours.
I've been trying to straighten out my life for years.
Think I ought to quit just 'cause it ain't happening overnight? Tony, maybe some things are just out of the range of possible.
All right, what is that, some sort of crack? Just don't give up that easy, that's all I'm saying.
Give the doc some more time.
This is your best friend here.
You give whatever it takes, even if it takes more than you got.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe I'm just tired.
How you doing? Whatever that means.
That's a color temperature.
It's the temperature of daylight.
Great, now we're getting physics lessons from a fish? When was the last time Darwin was to the surface? Oh, I don't know, two weeks.
That's it.
That's it.
You wanna share? No, that's it.
Okay, the simulated daylight on seaQuest is 3,600 degrees Kelvin.
Sounds pretty hot to me.
It's not a heat temperature, it's the temperature of light.
Now, the higher the temperature, the brighter the light.
We save power by not pushing it to the top of the spectrum.
Could you get him back up to the surface? Won't be any good now.
The sun's gone down.
But I can raise the color temperature of the light in this pool.
I ain't gonna need my sun block, am I? Think that was it? How's that? You like that better? You know, this could take a while.
We should all grab some dinner and some rest before we all get sick.
Yeah, she's right.
Take it easy, pal.
We'll see you later.
Hey, hang in there, buddy.
Have you seen Ortiz? He said he had to double check some readings.
Captain? Speak of the devil.
I have to talk to you.
Well, I have a reputation for being able to listen and eat at the same time.
I'm getting some peculiar readings on our O2 levels.
First, I thought it might be the equipment, but everything checks out.
We're 18% over standard levels.
Did you check for leaks? First thing I did.
Everything's intact.
I don't know how to account for it.
If we dropped a lot of crew members then the consumption would be down, but that hasn't happened.
Well, maybe the O2 sensors are misaligned.
Check them, too.
Yes, sir.
XO to the Bridge.
XO to the Bridge.
Well, who wanted double chocolate layer fudge cake anyway, right? What's the problem? It's Hanson and Trigg, sir.
They were due to report in every half hour.
They missed their last check point, and I can't reach them on the COM.
Did you sweep frequencies? Yeah, the entire band.
Nothing.
Nothing on sonar, either.
Surface scan sensors? Same thing.
No reading.
I want a landing party, Group Six, at AL 15 in two minutes, Level 10 ready.
Let the captain know what's going on.
Aye-aye, sir.
Come on, let's go, let's go! Jim, this is a full Level 10.
Code Blue, safeties off all weapons.
One warning.
After that, you shoot first, ask questions later.
You're just trying to cheer me up.
Jim.
Be careful.
I always am.
Thanks.
Shuttle MR-7 is cleared for departure.
Commander Ford? Ford here.
I just got off the horn with Secretary General McGath.
They want us to hold position, and they!re getting very itchy for answers.
Yes, sir.
I'm afraid we may just come up with more questions.
Get it off! Get it off me! What's wrong? It won't give.
Stand back.
Get me out of here! Go get her.
Watch out.
Quick, help me with this door! Sealing Sector K! What's going on? I didn't think there was any harm in it.
What? I picked a flower.
The plants? Yeah.
Get Brody.
Tell him what's going on.
Tell him to get here right away.
Watch your head.
Jim, the Captain wants you to pack it in and get everybody back to the boat.
So you're telling me it's got something to do with the plants? I'm telling you it's like Like nothing I have ever seen before, Jim, and don!t ever want to see again.
Get back.
Quickly.
It's a scrub, boys! Back to the boat, double-time! Let's move it.
Go! All right, you heard the man.
Let's move it out! Let's go! I don't believe it.
Fire on full! Move out! Move out! You heard him, move it! Go, go, go! Ford? Ford! We can't get to the airlock.
They've got us blocked off.
If I reverse pressure in the airlock I might be able to blow the door.
Yeah, and that's one less airlock protecting seaQuest.
SeaQuest can hold her own.
I'm just Ford! Ford! We've lost all hydraulics.
Ballast tanks are wide open.
We're going down.
Jim? Jim? We've got skin damage from C-14 down through K-12, and the engine room's taking on water.
Pumps? They look all right now.
Well, bring up the internal pressure.
We should be able to equalize at this depth.
Pressure coming up.
You got it? I got it.
Here we go.
Come on, get it on the valve.
All right.
I got it, I got it.
Here we go.
All right.
One more turn here.
There!s no way we can get to you, Lieutenant.
Until we can reverse ballast, you guys are gonna have to fend for yourselves.
All right, look, we're too exposed out here.
I'm gonna move us back towards the main building and hole up until you guys can get stabilized.
We're working on it.
Out.
All right, guys, stay alert.
Let's do it.
Let's go.
Double time.
All right, guys, let's go, let's go, come on! Inside, inside! All right, count off! Give me a line.
Line up.
Follow me! It's the nursery.
Anybody hungry? All right, sir.
Hello, Bridger.
You're all right! I!m better.
You're the only one aboard who is.
Bridger sick? No, no.
Just concerned.
I!m better.
Yes.
I can see you're better.
But I'm not concerned about you.
I know you like it here, but you'll have to get out in the open more often.
Bridger come with me? No, no.
You'll have to swim by yourself.
Not that I wouldn't like to come with you.
Tony come, too? We'll see.
Well, you are better, aren't you? Get out of here.
Beat it.
Status? Well, we've sealed off these four quadrants here, here and here.
If we can contain it, it seems to be keeping it at bay for the moment.
The question is, how long is the moment? No, the question is, how do we kill this thing? Lucas, what do you have? There isn't a whole lot about Calimar in the database.
From what I can tell, most of their activity was devoted to developing new strains of plants suited for hostile environments.
Looks like they did a good job creating one on their own.
Well, it appears they were pretty successful.
They specialized in deep water colony hydroponics.
They were able to provide timber and vegetables and wheat crop below 10,000 feet.
Didn't think anything could grow down there.
Well, that's what Calimar was about.
Developing new plant life to survive at deep sea levels.
What's the genetic history of their work? Well, most of their work involved recombinant splicing, DNA recomposition on existing species, but I don't think they actually created anything that was new.
Oh, yeah? You get a look at Henderson's quarters? The genesis is academic.
I mean, once you get into genetic patching the results are unpredictable.
I mean, there are reasons why nature made things the way they are.
Some things are better left untouched.
Yeah, but what about feeding people? What about shelter? Yeah, well, everything's a trade off, Captain.
I like my salad as much as you do, but I prefer that I eat it.
We've got herbicides aboard the boat.
Yeah.
But probably not enough to take this thing on.
Got a better idea? Okay, Tony, you!re about Remember, you!ve only got eight gallons of herbicide.
Take your best shot, then get out of there.
Got it, Captain.
Spritz and run.
It's not 15-year-old Scotch, but I suppose under the circumstances You have any idea when we'll get out of here, sir? No.
Hopefully, sometime before breakfast.
Couldn't find a donut in sight.
Go, go, go, go! Follow me! Get out of there, now! In here, in here! Into the vault! Move it! Move it! Come on! Come on! Let's hope the kids are friendlier than their parents.
Lucky I'm so popular.
I'm approaching the outer tubeway at C-14.
Just give us a word and we'll open the vent block.
To tell you the truth, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
All right.
I'm ready.
Shut it down! Didn't even slow them down.
Where does that conduit go? The moon pool.
Darwin.
Lucas.
Shut down K through 10 but leave the access to the moon pool open.
Aye-aye, sir.
Okay.
All right, Darwin.
Lucas play with Darwin? No, not right now.
Bridger, Wendy play with Darwin? Maybe the herbicide had a delayed effect.
The herbicide didn't even make them blink.
What is it about this Daylight.
You gotta be kidding me.
Daylight? These plants were raised on artificial light.
They've never seen real daylight.
Plants killed by daylight.
They'd do great in my apartment.
O'Neill, on my command we're gonna raise every light in this boat up 5,600 Kelvin.
That's gonna be tough, Captain.
With the plants all around the ship, I can't deploy the solar batteries, so we're gonna have to rely totally on the generator.
I don't think it's gonna be that tough.
Not from what I just saw.
Now, let's try it.
Aye, sir.
Here we go.
Now! All primary power systems off line.
It knows.
All primary power systems off line.
All primary power systems off line.
How long can we operate on this generator? About five hours.
We're 8% down from full, and that's not enough juice to push the color temperature.
Did you get Lieutenant Brody? I'm trying now, sir.
All right.
When you get him, tell him he's gotta get access to Calimar's environmental controls, and then he's gotta push everything to the limit.
Aye-aye, sir.
How long till sunrise? That's half an hour ago.
All right, people, here's the drill.
We don't have enough power to blow the ballast automatically.
I mean, the solenoids will take everything we got, and then some.
But I think we can do it manually.
Have you ever tried, sir? No, but it can be done.
The torque spec is rated over 400 psi.
It would take six guys, if they could get all their weight on it, to even budge those valves.
I'm afraid that's not gonna work, Captain.
Since we sealed off most of Section K, the only way down is through the solenoid ducts.
You're lucky if you get one guy through there.
I got you, Tim.
Anything above 5,600 K ought to do the trick.
Yeah, the trick is getting to the lighting controls in the first place.
We'll do what we can.
Good luck, Jim.
Thanks.
Over and out.
Sir.
I've located the environmental control center.
It's upstairs, right above us.
If only there was an elevator.
All right, listen up.
We got 10 chances to take these things out here.
I'm gonna be the first.
What? Wait a minute, sir.
No, that's my call.
You give me 15 minutes.
You don't hear from me, we do it one man at a time.
You got that? Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
Here we go.
The problem here, guys, is that I've gotta get into that room over there, and you're blocking my way.
The other problem is, these don't seem to have much of an effect on you.
But they do have lots of an effect on wood, metal and plaster.
Do you see the two blue levers? Yes.
They're very big.
I know they're big.
Now, do you see the two pins that are below the levers? Yes.
You have to remove those pins in order to pull the levers.
Yes, I understand.
They're very tight.
They don't come out.
Try them again.
I know they!re hard to pull, but you have to do it.
The pins won!t come out.
I will try the levers anyway.
Good.
Now try the other.
Okay.
Very good.
Thank you.
Equalize internal pressure.
We don't have a lot of power.
We don't have a lot of choice.
Give it everything you've got.
Pressure stabilizing.
All right, when this ship comes to the surface I want every view port open.
I want this place flooded with sunlight.
Now! Yeah! I told you.
I warned you on that.
Maintenance personnel, report to Docking Bay 1.
Good work, Lieutenant.
And for a while I didn't think I was gonna be able to say that to you.
Thanks.
Good work, guys.
Thank you, Captain.
Good work.
Hey, they're plants, they're vegetables.
It would have been embarrassing to lose.
Yeah, right.
Hey, Dagwood.
Yes, sir? Oh, is it "sir" now? Okay.
From what I hear, you deserve this.
Is it dead? I haven't heard a peep from it.
Come on.
There you go.
Purple Heart of the plant world.
Good work.
Good work.
Thanks.
So you guys have no clue what this is about? Nothing.
He said he was cooking up something special to celebrate.
I didn't even know he could cook.
Yeah, we may not want to find out.
Hey! I thought we could all use a little victory party.
Champagne and caviar? Dream on, Lieutenant.
Ready? Ta-da! Asparagus? Don't knock it till you try it.
I never heard of serving asparagus at a victory celebration.
'Cause you weren't raised like me.
I was brought up to know that turnabout is fair play.
What are you talking about? Revenge, Commander.
Sweet, wonderful revenge.
Oh, boy.
I'll take two.
Mmm.
With butter.
Hi.
I'm Ted Raimi.
The tone you just heard was from a revolutionary computer system called the SeaWorld Auditory Cueing System, used to communicate with killer whales like Taima.
Trainers use water-proof keyboards to select tone codes, and underwater speakers project the sounds into the water.
Groups of computer codes are organized to represent each animal!s name, verbs, modifiers and objects.
With this system, researchers are finding out more about how killer whales learn and process information.
See you on the next adventure of seaQuest DSV.
Please send help! Everyone here is Yo! You looking at this shiny prize I got for you? It's the food, Captain.
Food and ladies does it every time.
Doesn't matter about the species.
Since we're a little short on girl dolphins Chunk white, buddy.
Primo stuff.
Filet mignon of the sea.
No, no, no, no, come on.
I think it's time for plan B.
Right, listen to you.
It took my mother two months to get me to try my first spoonful of oatmeal.
She got me with the "airplane in the hangar" trick.
I think he's too bright for that.
Brains has nothing to do with it.
It's all in the sell.
You're really missing out on something great here, buddy.
Yum.
Does this look like a scrumptious fish, or what? Mmm.
Pure ambrosia.
Stuff dreams are made of.
Maybe we should call your mother.
Give me a break.
This ain't exactly Maypo here.
It's okay, pal, we'll get you up and running.
To tell you the truth, I wouldn't touch this thing either.
Now, if we could get our hands on a steak hoagie.
You know, he hasn't eaten in two days.
He's not even talking.
Maybe it's a broad.
What? A broad, a babe, a dolphiness.
Food and ladies, like I say, Captain.
Maybe he's got a major jones on this shiny little mackerel, and she turns out to be another gill teaser.
Maybe you should ask Dr.
Smith.
Oh, thank you, but Dr.
Smith is not a veterinarian.
I know.
What's a veterinarian? She's not an animal doctor.
She doesn't know about animals.
But she knows a lot of things.
She knows when I'm hungry before I tell her.
She knew that Tony was with that girl that time no one could find him and he said he was at a seminar.
Thanks, Dagwood.
Welcome.
Maybe he's got a point.
Maybe we'll give Dr.
Smith a chance, huh, Darwin? What do you say? New orders, people.
Changing course.
Bearing 3-1-0.
Three-one-zero? Yes.
UEO got a mayday from Calimar Colony about an hour ago, but they're not answering any of our calls.
Calimar? That's a horticultural station.
What kind of a mayday could they have? Their flowers wilting? We won't know till we get there.
Heading 3-1-0 established, sir.
ETA? At normal speed, All ahead full.
Maybe we'll get there before the bloom is off the rose.
Oh, very nice.
Thank you.
I'll be with Dr.
Smith.
Lucas? So, you think this is gonna work? Well, I mean, not eating is one thing.
But not speaking? Darwin's not known to be tight-lipped.
There's some for you.
What, did you think I'd forgotten you? I never forget you, do I? Here you go.
Hi.
Sorry to interrupt.
You're not interrupting at all.
Come on in.
Thanks.
You talking to somebody? Just feeding the fellas here.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
You talk to your plants? Sure, that's right.
They have feelings, don't they? Yeah, of course.
Sure, sure.
They seem to do better when you talk to them.
Besides, whether they know it or not, it's good for me.
Good therapy.
So what's up? It's about Darwin.
He's not eating, he's not talking, and he doesn't seem to want anyone around him.
Well, maybe he's just having a bad day.
Well, I think it's more than that.
And we were wondering if you You might want to do a reading on him.
Okay.
Sure, let's give it a spin and see what happens.
SeaQuest approaching Calimar docking station.
Docking latches secure.
Prepare to deploy landing party.
Looks like Valentine's Day under glass.
Let's move.
Smells like Easter.
Smells like my Uncle Manny's funeral home.
I used to play there when I was a kid.
Must've been some interesting games.
Freeze tag.
Customers always won.
Tough room.
It's pretty damn quiet.
Yeah, it's too quiet.
Okay, Ortiz.
Take Hanson and Trigg, and move out towards the east compound.
We'll move out west, connect back with you here at the main garden.
See if you can dig up any residents.
Hey, check this out.
What is that? I don't know.
Some kind of plant food or something? In the walkways? Whatever it is, there's dozens of them.
Maybe it's some kind of pollen.
Flowers aren't my specialty.
Make sure somebody grabs a sample of that before we leave.
These are really beautiful.
I've never seen anything like them before.
I thought they had a whole population of farmers down here.
Horticulturalists.
And support personnel included, there should be 160 people here.
Maybe we caught them on siesta.
Let's hope so.
Hey, get off me! Damn thing's got my ankle! Quit wiggling around for a second, I'll get it off.
What's the matter, Trigg, a little coordination sneaking up on you? Yeah, funny.
At least something is, 'cause this sure isn't.
Let's move.
I'm gonna check that pathway.
I'll catch up with you.
Ford? Ford? Yeah.
Brody.
Lieutenant, Captain wants a status report.
Well, to tell you the truth, sir, I feel a little outnumbered here.
Outnumbered? By what? The plants, sir.
Lost your way? Yeah, years ago.
Let's get out of here, huh? What'd you find? Other than about 100 piles of dust and a million flowers, nothing.
Hell of a place to be with allergies.
How about you? Nah, the same.
Well, there's gotta be somebody here.
I mean, that mayday didn't send itself.
Well, maybe they sent it and then had to make a quick exit for some reason.
There aren't any signs of a struggle.
Hanson, you and Trigg are gonna get a little R and R here on the flower farm.
Okay, this is pretty much the center of the colony, so if there's anybody passing through, they'd more than likely have to come through here.
So, any trouble I got your number.
Oh, we gotta remember to get a sample of that powder before we head back.
Yeah.
Been there, done that, Lieutenant.
All right, let's move out.
Oh, maybe you guys could put together some nice arrangements for the seaQuest.
You know, something in a nice spring basket.
Some daisies, maybe.
Mayday, mayday! This is Calimar Colony.
Please send help.
There!s no time to explain! Everyone here is McGATH: That was it.
Transmission frequency cut out about a second later.
Nathan, there were almost They can!t all have disappeared.
We did a pretty thorough search of that colony.
Unless they're in hiding and don't want to be found.
Ortiz has done a surface scan.
If there's anybody down there, his sensors should get a hit.
We've also analyzed the powder that we found, and we're trying to see if there are any answers there.
I!ve called a meeting of the Emergency Council.
We!re due to meet in 15 minutes.
Maintain your position until you hear back from me.
Strangest damn thing.
Okay, honey, I guess that!s about it.
Except that Daddy says I should let you know that the farm looks beautiful, and we just had our first snowfall.
We both miss you very much and we really wish you could be here.
Well, bye, honey.
Love you.
Now, isn't that pretty? Your very own flowers.
Here, got a good view? You two be good while I'm gone.
Hey, Trigg, I'm telling you, there's nothing out there.
And I'm telling you, I heard something moving around.
Maybe they're pollinating and don't want to be disturbed.
Come on, Trigg.
All right, Cliff, give it up.
This isn't funny.
Damn.
I swear, if this is a joke Hey, Cliff, where the hell are you? Hey! What the I don't know about you two, but I'm tired and hungry, and I'm not sure I'm making much progress here.
Just give me a little hint, Darwin.
We're just trying to help.
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
Boy, endurance certainly ain't one of your strong points.
I'm not saying give up.
Maybe just try a different approach or something.
I mean, we've been at this for hours.
I've been trying to straighten out my life for years.
Think I ought to quit just 'cause it ain't happening overnight? Tony, maybe some things are just out of the range of possible.
All right, what is that, some sort of crack? Just don't give up that easy, that's all I'm saying.
Give the doc some more time.
This is your best friend here.
You give whatever it takes, even if it takes more than you got.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe I'm just tired.
How you doing? Whatever that means.
That's a color temperature.
It's the temperature of daylight.
Great, now we're getting physics lessons from a fish? When was the last time Darwin was to the surface? Oh, I don't know, two weeks.
That's it.
That's it.
You wanna share? No, that's it.
Okay, the simulated daylight on seaQuest is 3,600 degrees Kelvin.
Sounds pretty hot to me.
It's not a heat temperature, it's the temperature of light.
Now, the higher the temperature, the brighter the light.
We save power by not pushing it to the top of the spectrum.
Could you get him back up to the surface? Won't be any good now.
The sun's gone down.
But I can raise the color temperature of the light in this pool.
I ain't gonna need my sun block, am I? Think that was it? How's that? You like that better? You know, this could take a while.
We should all grab some dinner and some rest before we all get sick.
Yeah, she's right.
Take it easy, pal.
We'll see you later.
Hey, hang in there, buddy.
Have you seen Ortiz? He said he had to double check some readings.
Captain? Speak of the devil.
I have to talk to you.
Well, I have a reputation for being able to listen and eat at the same time.
I'm getting some peculiar readings on our O2 levels.
First, I thought it might be the equipment, but everything checks out.
We're 18% over standard levels.
Did you check for leaks? First thing I did.
Everything's intact.
I don't know how to account for it.
If we dropped a lot of crew members then the consumption would be down, but that hasn't happened.
Well, maybe the O2 sensors are misaligned.
Check them, too.
Yes, sir.
XO to the Bridge.
XO to the Bridge.
Well, who wanted double chocolate layer fudge cake anyway, right? What's the problem? It's Hanson and Trigg, sir.
They were due to report in every half hour.
They missed their last check point, and I can't reach them on the COM.
Did you sweep frequencies? Yeah, the entire band.
Nothing.
Nothing on sonar, either.
Surface scan sensors? Same thing.
No reading.
I want a landing party, Group Six, at AL 15 in two minutes, Level 10 ready.
Let the captain know what's going on.
Aye-aye, sir.
Come on, let's go, let's go! Jim, this is a full Level 10.
Code Blue, safeties off all weapons.
One warning.
After that, you shoot first, ask questions later.
You're just trying to cheer me up.
Jim.
Be careful.
I always am.
Thanks.
Shuttle MR-7 is cleared for departure.
Commander Ford? Ford here.
I just got off the horn with Secretary General McGath.
They want us to hold position, and they!re getting very itchy for answers.
Yes, sir.
I'm afraid we may just come up with more questions.
Get it off! Get it off me! What's wrong? It won't give.
Stand back.
Get me out of here! Go get her.
Watch out.
Quick, help me with this door! Sealing Sector K! What's going on? I didn't think there was any harm in it.
What? I picked a flower.
The plants? Yeah.
Get Brody.
Tell him what's going on.
Tell him to get here right away.
Watch your head.
Jim, the Captain wants you to pack it in and get everybody back to the boat.
So you're telling me it's got something to do with the plants? I'm telling you it's like Like nothing I have ever seen before, Jim, and don!t ever want to see again.
Get back.
Quickly.
It's a scrub, boys! Back to the boat, double-time! Let's move it.
Go! All right, you heard the man.
Let's move it out! Let's go! I don't believe it.
Fire on full! Move out! Move out! You heard him, move it! Go, go, go! Ford? Ford! We can't get to the airlock.
They've got us blocked off.
If I reverse pressure in the airlock I might be able to blow the door.
Yeah, and that's one less airlock protecting seaQuest.
SeaQuest can hold her own.
I'm just Ford! Ford! We've lost all hydraulics.
Ballast tanks are wide open.
We're going down.
Jim? Jim? We've got skin damage from C-14 down through K-12, and the engine room's taking on water.
Pumps? They look all right now.
Well, bring up the internal pressure.
We should be able to equalize at this depth.
Pressure coming up.
You got it? I got it.
Here we go.
Come on, get it on the valve.
All right.
I got it, I got it.
Here we go.
All right.
One more turn here.
There!s no way we can get to you, Lieutenant.
Until we can reverse ballast, you guys are gonna have to fend for yourselves.
All right, look, we're too exposed out here.
I'm gonna move us back towards the main building and hole up until you guys can get stabilized.
We're working on it.
Out.
All right, guys, stay alert.
Let's do it.
Let's go.
Double time.
All right, guys, let's go, let's go, come on! Inside, inside! All right, count off! Give me a line.
Line up.
Follow me! It's the nursery.
Anybody hungry? All right, sir.
Hello, Bridger.
You're all right! I!m better.
You're the only one aboard who is.
Bridger sick? No, no.
Just concerned.
I!m better.
Yes.
I can see you're better.
But I'm not concerned about you.
I know you like it here, but you'll have to get out in the open more often.
Bridger come with me? No, no.
You'll have to swim by yourself.
Not that I wouldn't like to come with you.
Tony come, too? We'll see.
Well, you are better, aren't you? Get out of here.
Beat it.
Status? Well, we've sealed off these four quadrants here, here and here.
If we can contain it, it seems to be keeping it at bay for the moment.
The question is, how long is the moment? No, the question is, how do we kill this thing? Lucas, what do you have? There isn't a whole lot about Calimar in the database.
From what I can tell, most of their activity was devoted to developing new strains of plants suited for hostile environments.
Looks like they did a good job creating one on their own.
Well, it appears they were pretty successful.
They specialized in deep water colony hydroponics.
They were able to provide timber and vegetables and wheat crop below 10,000 feet.
Didn't think anything could grow down there.
Well, that's what Calimar was about.
Developing new plant life to survive at deep sea levels.
What's the genetic history of their work? Well, most of their work involved recombinant splicing, DNA recomposition on existing species, but I don't think they actually created anything that was new.
Oh, yeah? You get a look at Henderson's quarters? The genesis is academic.
I mean, once you get into genetic patching the results are unpredictable.
I mean, there are reasons why nature made things the way they are.
Some things are better left untouched.
Yeah, but what about feeding people? What about shelter? Yeah, well, everything's a trade off, Captain.
I like my salad as much as you do, but I prefer that I eat it.
We've got herbicides aboard the boat.
Yeah.
But probably not enough to take this thing on.
Got a better idea? Okay, Tony, you!re about Remember, you!ve only got eight gallons of herbicide.
Take your best shot, then get out of there.
Got it, Captain.
Spritz and run.
It's not 15-year-old Scotch, but I suppose under the circumstances You have any idea when we'll get out of here, sir? No.
Hopefully, sometime before breakfast.
Couldn't find a donut in sight.
Go, go, go, go! Follow me! Get out of there, now! In here, in here! Into the vault! Move it! Move it! Come on! Come on! Let's hope the kids are friendlier than their parents.
Lucky I'm so popular.
I'm approaching the outer tubeway at C-14.
Just give us a word and we'll open the vent block.
To tell you the truth, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
All right.
I'm ready.
Shut it down! Didn't even slow them down.
Where does that conduit go? The moon pool.
Darwin.
Lucas.
Shut down K through 10 but leave the access to the moon pool open.
Aye-aye, sir.
Okay.
All right, Darwin.
Lucas play with Darwin? No, not right now.
Bridger, Wendy play with Darwin? Maybe the herbicide had a delayed effect.
The herbicide didn't even make them blink.
What is it about this Daylight.
You gotta be kidding me.
Daylight? These plants were raised on artificial light.
They've never seen real daylight.
Plants killed by daylight.
They'd do great in my apartment.
O'Neill, on my command we're gonna raise every light in this boat up 5,600 Kelvin.
That's gonna be tough, Captain.
With the plants all around the ship, I can't deploy the solar batteries, so we're gonna have to rely totally on the generator.
I don't think it's gonna be that tough.
Not from what I just saw.
Now, let's try it.
Aye, sir.
Here we go.
Now! All primary power systems off line.
It knows.
All primary power systems off line.
All primary power systems off line.
How long can we operate on this generator? About five hours.
We're 8% down from full, and that's not enough juice to push the color temperature.
Did you get Lieutenant Brody? I'm trying now, sir.
All right.
When you get him, tell him he's gotta get access to Calimar's environmental controls, and then he's gotta push everything to the limit.
Aye-aye, sir.
How long till sunrise? That's half an hour ago.
All right, people, here's the drill.
We don't have enough power to blow the ballast automatically.
I mean, the solenoids will take everything we got, and then some.
But I think we can do it manually.
Have you ever tried, sir? No, but it can be done.
The torque spec is rated over 400 psi.
It would take six guys, if they could get all their weight on it, to even budge those valves.
I'm afraid that's not gonna work, Captain.
Since we sealed off most of Section K, the only way down is through the solenoid ducts.
You're lucky if you get one guy through there.
I got you, Tim.
Anything above 5,600 K ought to do the trick.
Yeah, the trick is getting to the lighting controls in the first place.
We'll do what we can.
Good luck, Jim.
Thanks.
Over and out.
Sir.
I've located the environmental control center.
It's upstairs, right above us.
If only there was an elevator.
All right, listen up.
We got 10 chances to take these things out here.
I'm gonna be the first.
What? Wait a minute, sir.
No, that's my call.
You give me 15 minutes.
You don't hear from me, we do it one man at a time.
You got that? Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
Here we go.
The problem here, guys, is that I've gotta get into that room over there, and you're blocking my way.
The other problem is, these don't seem to have much of an effect on you.
But they do have lots of an effect on wood, metal and plaster.
Do you see the two blue levers? Yes.
They're very big.
I know they're big.
Now, do you see the two pins that are below the levers? Yes.
You have to remove those pins in order to pull the levers.
Yes, I understand.
They're very tight.
They don't come out.
Try them again.
I know they!re hard to pull, but you have to do it.
The pins won!t come out.
I will try the levers anyway.
Good.
Now try the other.
Okay.
Very good.
Thank you.
Equalize internal pressure.
We don't have a lot of power.
We don't have a lot of choice.
Give it everything you've got.
Pressure stabilizing.
All right, when this ship comes to the surface I want every view port open.
I want this place flooded with sunlight.
Now! Yeah! I told you.
I warned you on that.
Maintenance personnel, report to Docking Bay 1.
Good work, Lieutenant.
And for a while I didn't think I was gonna be able to say that to you.
Thanks.
Good work, guys.
Thank you, Captain.
Good work.
Hey, they're plants, they're vegetables.
It would have been embarrassing to lose.
Yeah, right.
Hey, Dagwood.
Yes, sir? Oh, is it "sir" now? Okay.
From what I hear, you deserve this.
Is it dead? I haven't heard a peep from it.
Come on.
There you go.
Purple Heart of the plant world.
Good work.
Good work.
Thanks.
So you guys have no clue what this is about? Nothing.
He said he was cooking up something special to celebrate.
I didn't even know he could cook.
Yeah, we may not want to find out.
Hey! I thought we could all use a little victory party.
Champagne and caviar? Dream on, Lieutenant.
Ready? Ta-da! Asparagus? Don't knock it till you try it.
I never heard of serving asparagus at a victory celebration.
'Cause you weren't raised like me.
I was brought up to know that turnabout is fair play.
What are you talking about? Revenge, Commander.
Sweet, wonderful revenge.
Oh, boy.
I'll take two.
Mmm.
With butter.
Hi.
I'm Ted Raimi.
The tone you just heard was from a revolutionary computer system called the SeaWorld Auditory Cueing System, used to communicate with killer whales like Taima.
Trainers use water-proof keyboards to select tone codes, and underwater speakers project the sounds into the water.
Groups of computer codes are organized to represent each animal!s name, verbs, modifiers and objects.
With this system, researchers are finding out more about how killer whales learn and process information.
See you on the next adventure of seaQuest DSV.