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