Das Boot (2018) s03e04 Episode Script
War By Other Means
The church was bombed last night.
So he said we could hold it here.
Dan, Jack, your son. For God's sake!
Sir, that's not how we do it!
That's how I do it, Number One.
Dad? Do you like it?
Dad?
Do you like it? Dad?
Dad?
Dad?
What are you doing?
I'm sorting things out
to go to the orphanage
for children with nothing.
No.
These are not toys.
Someone's coming to collect them.
Well, tell them
there's nothing to collect.
So you're asking me
to live with them?
I'm not pretending he never existed.
I heard what happened
at the dockyards.
They had it coming.
That may be so.
But if it means more time
for you here, with me
..to rest.
I'll put these back.
Telegram.
Your last patrol,
you boarded a U-boat.
- That is correct.
- What happened?
I was accompanied by my XO.
In breach of standing orders.
Anything of value had been destroyed
by the German officers on board.
The CO attempted to use his firearm
against me, so I shot him.
And then?
I boarded the "Perseverance"
and ordered the U-boat sunk.
- Survivors?
- There were none.
Why was that?
Because I left them to drown.
Here's the thing, Swinburne.
It's coming to a head
in the Atlantic.
Dönitz is throwing all he has
to try to break the convoy route.
Wolf packs are gathering
like never before.
We have the weapons to fight them.
But the escorts need the right men
with a right attitude leading them.
Can't change the way I feel, sir.
Why would we want you to change?
What we want to do
is turn the tables.
Use the convoys as bait,
draw the U-Boats onto them
and then actively pursue them.
Now we have the hardware,
we turn defence into attack.
We can't protect
every boat in every convoy,
so it comes down to simple maths.
We lose 50 convoy ships
and they lose one U-boat,
they win.
But make that ten U-boats,
it's a different story.
One with the right ending.
We need proven U-boat killers
like you
to go and do what they're good at.
New orders from the top.
The very top.
Convoy ONS185
is currently assembling.
Make sure you and your crew
are ready to escort it.
You'll need to work up
the new gear as you go.
There was an incident
down at the refit docks.
We've received no complaint.
Do you want to make one?
No, sir.
Um-hmm.
Ooh!
Hmm.
Finally. A battle plan.
With these new weapons,
they'll be the ones on the run.
And when do you leave?
Soon as I can.
They want me back out there.
Into a war that's going to
be fought harder than ever.
I'm glad that you've
got your appetite back.
I want to be glad you've said more
to me in the last half hour
than you have since you got back.
But I wish it was
because of something I've done.
You got any more of this?
But it's not.
It's because of the war.
Makes me wonder.
Wonder what?
If you ever really want
this war to end.
Mm. Oh!
I thought I might
try roulette tonight.
Well then you must give
my regards to Frau Gruber.
What? You know her?
- We've met.
- I see.
I hear she was quite
a party girl in Berlin
before the brownshirts took over.
We all have our pasts, don't we?
Yeah. Good luck.
Come to my table in two minutes
and say there's a phone call for me.
It's to do with Dorfmann.
No more bets.
There's a telephone call
for you in the lobby.
And a champagne bottle for
- the top gentleman.
- Of course.
Sir.
I understand the new man
gave you his full backing.
And you don't agree with him?
You're the man in step
with the times, not me.
What's that?
A transfer request.
Let me guess, "personal differences"
make working together impossible.
You think we shouldn't
be motivated by revenge.
Not compatible with the high
standards of His Majesty's Navy.
I'd be grateful
if you'd give it consideration.
Mick!
They even supplied glassware.
Let's celebrate
getting back into action, huh?
The refit's nearly done.
And in double-quick time.
Amazing what one punch can do.
To the working man.
To the fighting man.
Fighting the working man.
Tell me something.
That U-Boat, the one we sunk.
What do you think about what I did?
It sent a message.
The right one?
The only one.
Let's go out there and make sure
everyone gets it.
The war's changed.
And there’s no getting out of it.
Whatever fucking school you went to.
All yours.
So, Herr Giese,
your business is complete here.
It seems so.
But I have to stay a little longer.
Additional paperwork.
Don't overexert yourself.
An improved Type 290.
Larger reflectors detect
low-flying aircraft up to 17 miles.
Range for detecting a periscope?
Depending on the sea,
up to 5,500 yards.
Now we'll have them!
They'll line us up, thinking
they're safe at periscope depth
And we'll know exactly
where they are.
They won't know what hit them
until they're blown out of the water
by our silent new Hedgehog bombs.
This technology, gentlemen,
is going to give us our victory.
Right, to the quarter deck.
Mr McCoy, you can introduce us
to our new pets.
Sir, if I may, my letter
Later, Mercer.
Herr Giese, good evening.
Miss de Pina.
I'm attending the talk upstairs,
but perhaps we could meet later?
I owe you for your help last night.
A drink?
Oh.
That would be nice.
I finish at ten.
I'll pick you up outside.
And now, without further ado,
I'd like to introduce
tonight's featured speaker.
He needs no introduction.
Till later.
Here is
Admiral Sir Timothy O'Sullivan, RN.
Ladies and Gentlemen, countrymen
and friends.
Friends are what the British
and Portuguese have always been.
For more than 500 years
since the original naval alliance
was signed
between our two great
seafaring nations
..which must be faced down
by freedom loving peoples like ours.
In conclusion,
I only hope it lasts for
another 500 years to come.
Hear, hear!
I also hope
that my remarks about the history
of British naval tradition
will bring some of my audience
to an understanding
of how war at sea should be fought.
With honour and dignity,
not with the stealth and cowardice,
which Admiral Dönitz
seems to find acceptable.
Yes.
Do we have any questions
from the floor for the Admiral?
Yes, let me thank the Admiral
for his most enlightening talk.
But as First Consul
to the German legation,
I would like to announce
my intention
to invite an equally prestigious
speaker to Lisbon
to promote our U-Boot tradition,
of which we are extremely proud.
Although, with its tremendous
success in sinking Allied ships
I can understand quite well why
the Admiral finds it so irksome.
But I fear with further advances
in our technology
he will only have
further disappointments to face.
Thank you.
If
If anyone has any actual questions
for the Admiral?
I think we can leave it there.
Thank you all very much.
Everything OK?
We're good. Thank you.
I still don't know why he didn't
get on the plane. He had a visa!
He was trying to do
the honourable thing.
Thanks for making me
come out, Helen.
- Good night.
- Good night.
What are you doing?
We sail at high tide tomorrow.
I'll sleep on the ship.
What?
Well Just when you seemed happier.
That's because I'm going back out,
and you seem happier without me.
You were watching me, weren't you?
You should get on with your life.
Maybe it'd be better
if you found somebody else.
What?
Someone who could return your love.
I can't. Not anymore.
I don't believe that.
The war is where I belong now.
- You're its prisoner.
- No.
I was its prisoner, before.
I was told what to do
and how to do it.
And now we're in charge.
We're calling the shots.
I'm going to pursue it to the end.
What end?
Jack!
Jack!
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So he said we could hold it here.
Dan, Jack, your son. For God's sake!
Sir, that's not how we do it!
That's how I do it, Number One.
Dad? Do you like it?
Dad?
Do you like it? Dad?
Dad?
Dad?
What are you doing?
I'm sorting things out
to go to the orphanage
for children with nothing.
No.
These are not toys.
Someone's coming to collect them.
Well, tell them
there's nothing to collect.
So you're asking me
to live with them?
I'm not pretending he never existed.
I heard what happened
at the dockyards.
They had it coming.
That may be so.
But if it means more time
for you here, with me
..to rest.
I'll put these back.
Telegram.
Your last patrol,
you boarded a U-boat.
- That is correct.
- What happened?
I was accompanied by my XO.
In breach of standing orders.
Anything of value had been destroyed
by the German officers on board.
The CO attempted to use his firearm
against me, so I shot him.
And then?
I boarded the "Perseverance"
and ordered the U-boat sunk.
- Survivors?
- There were none.
Why was that?
Because I left them to drown.
Here's the thing, Swinburne.
It's coming to a head
in the Atlantic.
Dönitz is throwing all he has
to try to break the convoy route.
Wolf packs are gathering
like never before.
We have the weapons to fight them.
But the escorts need the right men
with a right attitude leading them.
Can't change the way I feel, sir.
Why would we want you to change?
What we want to do
is turn the tables.
Use the convoys as bait,
draw the U-Boats onto them
and then actively pursue them.
Now we have the hardware,
we turn defence into attack.
We can't protect
every boat in every convoy,
so it comes down to simple maths.
We lose 50 convoy ships
and they lose one U-boat,
they win.
But make that ten U-boats,
it's a different story.
One with the right ending.
We need proven U-boat killers
like you
to go and do what they're good at.
New orders from the top.
The very top.
Convoy ONS185
is currently assembling.
Make sure you and your crew
are ready to escort it.
You'll need to work up
the new gear as you go.
There was an incident
down at the refit docks.
We've received no complaint.
Do you want to make one?
No, sir.
Um-hmm.
Ooh!
Hmm.
Finally. A battle plan.
With these new weapons,
they'll be the ones on the run.
And when do you leave?
Soon as I can.
They want me back out there.
Into a war that's going to
be fought harder than ever.
I'm glad that you've
got your appetite back.
I want to be glad you've said more
to me in the last half hour
than you have since you got back.
But I wish it was
because of something I've done.
You got any more of this?
But it's not.
It's because of the war.
Makes me wonder.
Wonder what?
If you ever really want
this war to end.
Mm. Oh!
I thought I might
try roulette tonight.
Well then you must give
my regards to Frau Gruber.
What? You know her?
- We've met.
- I see.
I hear she was quite
a party girl in Berlin
before the brownshirts took over.
We all have our pasts, don't we?
Yeah. Good luck.
Come to my table in two minutes
and say there's a phone call for me.
It's to do with Dorfmann.
No more bets.
There's a telephone call
for you in the lobby.
And a champagne bottle for
- the top gentleman.
- Of course.
Sir.
I understand the new man
gave you his full backing.
And you don't agree with him?
You're the man in step
with the times, not me.
What's that?
A transfer request.
Let me guess, "personal differences"
make working together impossible.
You think we shouldn't
be motivated by revenge.
Not compatible with the high
standards of His Majesty's Navy.
I'd be grateful
if you'd give it consideration.
Mick!
They even supplied glassware.
Let's celebrate
getting back into action, huh?
The refit's nearly done.
And in double-quick time.
Amazing what one punch can do.
To the working man.
To the fighting man.
Fighting the working man.
Tell me something.
That U-Boat, the one we sunk.
What do you think about what I did?
It sent a message.
The right one?
The only one.
Let's go out there and make sure
everyone gets it.
The war's changed.
And there’s no getting out of it.
Whatever fucking school you went to.
All yours.
So, Herr Giese,
your business is complete here.
It seems so.
But I have to stay a little longer.
Additional paperwork.
Don't overexert yourself.
An improved Type 290.
Larger reflectors detect
low-flying aircraft up to 17 miles.
Range for detecting a periscope?
Depending on the sea,
up to 5,500 yards.
Now we'll have them!
They'll line us up, thinking
they're safe at periscope depth
And we'll know exactly
where they are.
They won't know what hit them
until they're blown out of the water
by our silent new Hedgehog bombs.
This technology, gentlemen,
is going to give us our victory.
Right, to the quarter deck.
Mr McCoy, you can introduce us
to our new pets.
Sir, if I may, my letter
Later, Mercer.
Herr Giese, good evening.
Miss de Pina.
I'm attending the talk upstairs,
but perhaps we could meet later?
I owe you for your help last night.
A drink?
Oh.
That would be nice.
I finish at ten.
I'll pick you up outside.
And now, without further ado,
I'd like to introduce
tonight's featured speaker.
He needs no introduction.
Till later.
Here is
Admiral Sir Timothy O'Sullivan, RN.
Ladies and Gentlemen, countrymen
and friends.
Friends are what the British
and Portuguese have always been.
For more than 500 years
since the original naval alliance
was signed
between our two great
seafaring nations
..which must be faced down
by freedom loving peoples like ours.
In conclusion,
I only hope it lasts for
another 500 years to come.
Hear, hear!
I also hope
that my remarks about the history
of British naval tradition
will bring some of my audience
to an understanding
of how war at sea should be fought.
With honour and dignity,
not with the stealth and cowardice,
which Admiral Dönitz
seems to find acceptable.
Yes.
Do we have any questions
from the floor for the Admiral?
Yes, let me thank the Admiral
for his most enlightening talk.
But as First Consul
to the German legation,
I would like to announce
my intention
to invite an equally prestigious
speaker to Lisbon
to promote our U-Boot tradition,
of which we are extremely proud.
Although, with its tremendous
success in sinking Allied ships
I can understand quite well why
the Admiral finds it so irksome.
But I fear with further advances
in our technology
he will only have
further disappointments to face.
Thank you.
If
If anyone has any actual questions
for the Admiral?
I think we can leave it there.
Thank you all very much.
Everything OK?
We're good. Thank you.
I still don't know why he didn't
get on the plane. He had a visa!
He was trying to do
the honourable thing.
Thanks for making me
come out, Helen.
- Good night.
- Good night.
What are you doing?
We sail at high tide tomorrow.
I'll sleep on the ship.
What?
Well Just when you seemed happier.
That's because I'm going back out,
and you seem happier without me.
You were watching me, weren't you?
You should get on with your life.
Maybe it'd be better
if you found somebody else.
What?
Someone who could return your love.
I can't. Not anymore.
I don't believe that.
The war is where I belong now.
- You're its prisoner.
- No.
I was its prisoner, before.
I was told what to do
and how to do it.
And now we're in charge.
We're calling the shots.
I'm going to pursue it to the end.
What end?
Jack!
Jack!
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