02x22 - Blindsided

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "seaQuest DSV". Aired: September 12, 1993 – June 9, 1996.*
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Series follows the adventures of the high-tech submarine seaQuest DSV 4600, operated by the United Earth Oceans Organization, a global coalition of up-world countries and undersea confederations, similar to the United Nations.
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02x22 - Blindsided

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Previously on seaQuest.

What do you think
of my comet now, Tobias?

I think you better
keep an eye on it.

This one
who's after me is a Stormer,

not overly bright
but damn good at his work.

The only ones in danger
are the people standing

in the way of my execution.

You're a criminal?

In my world,
yes, I guess I am.

Hyperion is
a planet of conquests,

forever at w*r with itself
and those around it.

My teachings in tolerance
and anti-expansion
branded me a traitor,

for which I was
sentenced to death.

Thank God
you're all so stupid.

You mean,
how will I see
to get there?

I was kind of hoping
you'd drive, Scott.

Come with me, my friend.
Let's go in search
of other worlds.

I wonder
if he'll come back.

It depends on what
he finds out there.

Okay,
what about this one?

Moldy sneeze.

Moldy sneeze?

Yes, moldy sneeze.

This guy's got names
for types of fish

we haven't
even classified,

and the only problem
is there's no way
to translate them.

Fascinating, Lucas.

I'll try to remember that
next time I date
an ickyologist.

That's ichthyologist, Tony.

Ha! Not where I'm from.

Am I seeing things?

Yes, you're seeing
Commander Keller.

I need your help.

If you can hear
this transmission,

if any part of this message
is getting through,

meet me at the Christmas tree
as fast as you can.

I'm sorry I have to ask you.

Please, don't forget
Organa Watt.

It's our only chance, Nathan.
Our lives depend on it.

Bridger.

Captain, we just saw
something on the bridge.

We're getting reports
from around the boat.

Did it look
like Scott Keller?

You saw it, too?

Oh, I'd say so.

He's appeared
to everybody
who knew him.

Assemble the crew
on the double.

He said meet him
at a Christmas tree?

Yeah, after we recovered him
from the Mars probe last year,

I showed him a chart
of where we'd found him

and told him that we'd
nicknamed the canyon
Christmas tree

because it had
so many branches.

So only you know that.

All right, so
we'll meet him there.

Yeah, but what's
an Organa Watt?

Oh yeah, Organa Watt.

She was the woman
who ran the women's dorm
at the Academy.

One night, Scott had to eat
about a dozen and a half
of her terrible cookies

to keep her busy
while I snuck a girl
out the back way.

He said I owed him
big time for that,

and he was going to wait
for a life-or-death situation

to hand in his chip.
I guess this is it, huh?

We're nearing
the Christmas tree
trench, sir.

Are we picking up anything?

Just static.
It's almost like
we're being jammed.

Could we punch out
a message if we had to?

No.

Damn! What's that?

Feels like an energy pulse
coming from overhead.

Get me a WSKRS view.

I can't. We're losing power.

Emergency power.

WSKRS view.

Onscreen.

Oh, my God!
What is that?

Captain, I can't control her.
We're rising.

Take her back. Take her back.

I can't.

Oxygen regeneration's failing.
We're running out of air.

Henderson, sound off.

Two hundred meters.

One hundred.

We're on the surface.

I don't believe it.

What's doing this?

I think we're making
a hyperspace jump.

A what?

It's the only thing
that makes sense, Commander.

Captain, I think
I'm getting a signal.

Put it on the screen.

Aye, aye, sir.

What is it?

I don't know how
or why, Dagwood,

but that's
another planet,
okay? Just hang on.

We're going in.

All right, get ready,
ready for anything.

What?

Our power's coming back on.

We've got oxygen.

We're wet, Captain.

Dive. Take her down.
Lay her along the bottom.

Captain, I'm picking up
something dead ahead.

What the hell is that?

Somebody's idea
of a submarine.

And it's docking
with our launch bay.

Come on.

Ah, Nathan.

Tobias.

Thank you for coming,
my friends.

You didn't give us
much choice.

Where's Scott?

Didn't you get his message?
I thought that's
why you were here.

He didn't say anything
about being transported
to another planet.

Oh yes. I'm sorry,

but we didn't have two-way
communication equipment
to reach you,

and there was
very little time.

Wendy, is there
something wrong?

I just realized you can see.

Yes, well, it's amazing
what a little travel can do
for your health,

particularly when there's
no longer a need

to pretend
you're fully human,

but I will answer
all your questions.

First, allow me to present
the leaders of, well,
half our nation.

The better half.

On behalf of the people
of Hyperion,

thank you for coming
and hearing our plea.

Plea?

For your help.
Because without it,

both our worlds are
going to be destroyed.

Yours as well
as ours.

After Scott and I left you,
we debated where to go,

what new vistas to see.

I wanted to explore
the heart of the galaxy,

but Scott wanted
to come here.

I'd been a member
of the resistance movement
on Hyperion,

which is why I fled to earth

and why our rulers,
the KrayTaks,
sent that Stormer after me.

Scott said
that, if the KrayTaks
were so afraid of me,

maybe there was a reason.

Was there?

Our culture had become
too advanced to submit
to tyranny any longer.

A civil w*r had broken out.

The only problem was
the resistance couldn't
reach the space stations.

Because they
were purely m*llitary,

they remained in the hands
of the KrayTaks,

and they counter-att*cked
by flooding the planet.

Flooding it? How?

They bombarded it

with comets
torn from their orbits
around our sun.

Not only did the explosions
melt the polar caps,

but the comets themselves
consisted mostly of ice,

which added to the flooding.

In less than a year,
most of our planet
was submerged,

which is why
we need your help.

There's no way our technology
can match yours.

Don't underrate yourselves.

Hyperion is far less advanced
than you might think.

Remember, most
of our space technology
was developed

after Tobias left us.

We're not even years
ahead of you.

That's true. Our ship
is the only one on Hyperion

that's even capable
of interstellar travel,

and we only have that
because the scientists

who were building it joined us
when the revolution came.

All the same,
we have nothing to match it.

Oh, but you do.
Hyperion was a desert world.

We never had
any underwater science at all,
and now that it's flooded,

seaQuest represents
to us a technology
as powerful and alien

as our space craft is to you.

If you could defend
our spacecraft's base

against underwater att*ck,

we might have a chance
of winning this w*r.

Wait a minute.

I don't really think
that this is our fight.

Are you so sure?

Yes, I am.

Well, think it through.

The KrayTaks and Stormers
have destroyed our world.

Even if they win,
it's flooded for good.

What are you saying?

They only want it now
as a base to build
more ships like ours.

Once they do,
they'll conquer Earth.

Suppose we choose to make
our stand on Earth,
build our defenses there?

It's your choice.

All we ask is that
you examine the evidence.

If you want to record it

to prove to your leaders
you haven't lost your minds,
all the better.

Why hasn't Scott
already done that?

Yes, Tobias,
where is Scott right now?

I'm sorry, my friend.

The KrayTaks
have taken him hostage.

Hostage?

He was captured

while leading a raid
on one of the space stations.

Nathan, I brought you here
because if you help us,

perhaps we'll be able
to free him and end this w*r.

We'll have to think
about this one.

All right, what do we know
about our surroundings?

Seems to be like Tobias
and his friends said.

We're resting on
a sandy bottom that's
only recently been flooded.

What about their base?

Definitely looks improvised,

and their technology
seems to be more
primitive than our own.

So they were
telling the truth.

Maybe, are you
sensing anything?

All I get is static
from all three of them,

but, remember,
not even Tobias
is really human.

O'Neill, I want you to try
and figure out some way
to monitor all communications,

this side, the enemy's side.
I don't want us getting
into a fight without a talk.

Aye, aye, sir.

In the meantime, keep the boat
in condition one, easy.

All men at battle stations,
but rotate them
so they get some sleep.

Restrict Darwin to the boat.

Very good, sir.
Where will you be?

In my quarters,
trying to make some sense
of all this.

Come in.

Hi.

Hi.

You're worried
about Scott.

And everything else.

They tell me
you've known him
since the Academy.

It's true.

They tell you we used to be
in submarines together?

We were, after we graduated.

Then he... He opted
for outer space.

I opted for inner space.

He had this fabulous career.

Martian probe,
you know, all that.

Now he's in this
cockamamie w*r that he...

A hostage. It doesn't
make any sense, does it?

No, not our understanding
of it, anyway.

Are you all right?

You reading me?

It's hard not to.

If you're reading me,
you know I'm very confused.

I haven't the foggiest idea
which way to turn.

Well, how could you?
None of us know anything
about this place.

But I'll tell you
one thing. No matter
what decision you make,

none of us are gonna feel
like you let us down.

Bridger.

Captain, you
better come to the bridge.

What's up?

I'm not sure, but I think
we're under att*ck.

Where's Tobias?

Coming from sea deck.
His delegation just left
for their mothership.

Captain, I think I've got
a WSKRS view of the contact.

A warship?
It's got to be a warship.

What is that?

A KaTen, the best
underseas w*apon
the KrayTaks have.

O'Neill, any answer
to our call?

Negative, sir.

Eleven thousand meters
and closing.
It's accelerating.

Captain, I need an order.

Full ahead.

Declare the contact hostile.

Declaring contact hostile.

Torpedoes up. Lasers up.

Target locked.

We have a f*ring solution.

Seven thousand meters
and closing.

Six thousand.

It's turning toward us.
Captain, it's f*ring.

Fire intercepts.
Fire torpedoes.

Torpedoes away.

Intercepts away.

Left hard rudder.
All ahead emergency.

Interception in five, in four,
three, two, one...

Interception.
Torpedoes closing
on target. Impact.

All targets destroyed.

Contact board is clear.
No bogies, no bandits.

Sir, I'm getting
a signal. It's coming
from right above us.

Let's see it.

Aye, sir.

What's he saying?

Because you have chosen
to come from Earth today
and fight with us,

we have a gift for you.

I'm sorry, Nathan.
I should have never
got you into this.

The Stormer says
to say goodbye.

No, no, no, tell them
we want to talk.

I'm so sorry, Nathan.

I thought with you here
they'd never dare to k*ll him.

Mr. Piccolo.

Sir.

Ready my shuttle, please.

Time to meet
their w*r council.

These charts
represent all that's
left of Hyperion.

That's it? One colony?

It doesn't seem that big.

The tunnels run
for thousands of meters
into the bedrock.

They're large enough to hold
most of our population,
, people.

Five hundred?
Out of how many?

Four billion.

Nothing's worth
that many lives.

You don't understand.
We've never had
the choice to surrender.

Our species is more
specialized than yours.
You've met our Stormer form.

Yeah, all appetite
and bad moods.

And totally
dedicated to k*lling.

That's all that's left
on the KrayTak side,
and that's all they want left.

They slaughter anybody else
they get their hands on.

That's why we've retreated
beneath the sea.

What is she saying?

She's thanking you
for saving us today.

Those KaTens are searching
for this colony.

Did you make this yourself?

Yes, it shows
her favorite oasis
before the land was flooded.

She wants you to have it.

Thank you.

You know what, honey?
Water really isn't that deep.

Maybe after the w*r
is over, we can rebuild
some land for you.

How does that sound?

This is why
we brought you here.

It's the largest comet
in our planetary system.

So large, in fact,
you can see it
for years at a time

from the planet's surface.

Its impact will be
well more than enough

to destroy
our last colony.

The KrayTaks are using
tractor beams mounted
on their space stations

to maneuver it
into place for months.

It should strike us
in less than a day.

I don't understand
what it is we can do.

Our ship is virtually unarmed,

but it does have
one advantage.

Its tractor beams.

Yes, and?

Well, if they're strong
enough to lift seaQuest,

they may be strong enough
to overcome the tractor beams

the KrayTaks are using
to control the comet.

I wish you'd been
one of my students
at university.

You're exactly right.
The KrayTaks have no one ship
as powerful as ours.

The problem is, to use
our beams at full strength

requires enormous
reaction mass. Far more
than the ship can carry.

We have to stay
moored to this base

and draw our energy
from the planet itself,
or we have no chance at all.

So we protect you
from an underwater att*ck

while you what?
Crash it into the other side?

Nathan, there is
no other side,

at least not on
the surface of this planet.

Remember, there are
no civilian KrayTaks,
only generals and Stormers.

No, we plan to use
our tractor beams
to tear the comet apart.

And the fragments
will sweep the KrayTaks

and their space stations
out of orbit like
a giant meteor shower.

Then perhaps that little girl
will see the daylight again.

And your children
will never have
to live like this.

Sir.

Will you show
Doctor LeConte
to the guests quarters?

He's gonna be
staying for a while.

Okay.

You'll be available
for dinner?

Of course.

Well, what do we think?

Well, it seems pretty
straight forward, sir.

Really, it's just
a peace-keeping mission.

We defend the civilians
while they resolve their w*r.

Is that what you think?

I don't know. They're
still blocking me
from their minds.

Just like communications.
There's nothing on
our wavelength, Captain.

Oh, I don't know.
That child came through
pretty loud and clear.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Lucas, what are you saying?

I was just thinking
how everything
is a kludge.

A kludge?

Lmprovised but not
quite fitting together.

They're at w*r, Lucas.
There's hardly anything left.

Yeah, I know. I know.
I can't explain it.

I just feel that things
are a bit more alien
than they appear.

Well, that may be,
but maybe we'll get lucky

and find a communications
module on that KaTen.

Do you still
want to talk
to the other side?

Oh, yeah, I do.

You can't talk to or reason
with someone who
destroyed a planet.

I mean, my God,
Captain, you saw
what they did to Scott.

All the same,
I've got to believe

that there's some people
among them who want out.

Piccolo.

Sir?

I want you and Darwin
to make a sweep of
that KaTen that we torpedoed.

See if there's anything
there that resembles

a communications module,
and then let me know.

Aye, aye.

Darwin,
I think I found it.
Over here.

Oh, yeah, look at that.

Wow.

We'll start
in the front, okay?

Just be careful.

What do we hear
from Piccolo?

Well, they've finished
with the forward part
of the hunter-k*ller,

but they haven't
found anything
like a radio yet.

That's funny.

What's funny?

I had a WSKRS view
a second ago.

Darwin was sniffing out
the back part of the
wreckage. Now they're gone.

Well, break radio silence.
I want to hear where they are.

Aye, aye, sir.

Tony? Tony? Come in.
Where are you, guy? Tony?

Captain, the indicators
are showing

they're entering
the aqua tubes,
headed for sea deck.

Tony, do you read?

What did you
find out?

We found something
in the wreckage, Cap.

What?

Not what. Who.

Okay, Darwin,
the coast is clear.

All right, easy, easy.

Scott.

Nathan, listen to me.

In case you guys
haven't figured it out yet,

you've been fighting
for the wrong side.

I don't know whether
to give all of you
a hug or a good, swift kick.

Good to see you, too.

Luckily, you're
not a better sh*t.

You guys
take a wrong turn.
Join the Navy...

This is Scott, isn't it?

I did a deep scan.
It is him,

and no Stormer's
controlling him.

The execution tape
was a complete fake.

Listen, you guys
never were under att*ck.

We didn't even know
the seaQuest was here.

We were trying to take out
the mothership while
there was still time.

Time?

Yeah. They told you
about the comet, didn't they?

Well, they told us
they were trying
to ward it off.

I'll bet they said
a lot of things.

Did they tell you
the planet's underwater
because of a civil w*r,

that soon the resistance
will be wiped out

and all that will be left
are the KrayTaks?

Yes, they said that.

Well, most of that's true.

Only they left out one thing.
They're the KrayTaks.

They don't look like Stormers.

Of course not.

The Stormers
are the foot soldiers.

They're bred
for courage and ferocity.

You were talking
to the KrayTaks themselves.

They're not fighters.
They're politicians
and looters.

And I thought we weren't
in Kansas anymore.

What's this about looters?

Everything they've got
has been stolen
from other planets.

Their technology,
this mothership.

They got it the same way
they got seaQuest.

You mean
they didn't build that ship?

No, how could they?

They've k*lled
most of their scientists.

No, they hatched a Stormer Pod
and then they brought it here
from another planet.

So that's why everything
looked like a kludge.

Oh, wait a second.
What about that colony
over there?

There's no colony
under the mothership.

That's just
the docking station

so that they can refuel it
from the planet's core.

But we met ordinary people,
a child.

Yeah, slaves brought down
from a space station

for the day
to fool all of you.

The only colony left
on Hyperion is on
the other side of the planet.

It's being held
by the resistance.

Well, it is
the smartest way to lie.

Just tell the truth
except for the parts
that really matter.

But why did Tobias
go over to them?

He didn't.
He was captured trying
to seize the mothership.

They're holding him
on it now while they
drain his memory dry.

Listen, you were never
talking to Tobias, Nathan.

You were talking to a Stormer.

I want to talk
to this Tobias-clone now.

No, Nathan,
that comet is incoming.

If we don't stop them,
they're gonna crash
on the far side of the planet

and wipe out what's left
of the resistance.

Then they're
coming after Earth.

Did Tobias have a plan
before he made his launch?

He saw a similar ship
on Tau Ceti
before he came to Earth.

He thinks he can fly it.

You have any idea
what part of the ship
they're keeping him in?

Defectors from the KrayTaks
think he's being held
in the lower part of the ship.

Tobias, come in.

The Captain will be here
in just a minute.

I can't tell you how excited
our leadership is.

This is the first good news
they've had in months.

I'm delighted
to hear that.

I think our other guest
will be, too.

Scott!
I thought you were dead.

You ought to know.

Who are you?
Klowklaxiton? Trazil?

You've got to be somebody
from counter intelligence.

You're the one
that's been taken.

He's got a Stormer
inside him.

What if I said
you were lying?

Then I'd say
you're gonna die with me.

Fire!

Check him! Check him!

He's out cold.

What's this?

Personal communicator.

He's been using it
every minutes or so.

Corresponds
to a Hyperion hour.

He's probably
been checking in.

We haven't got much time.
Let's put him on ice.

The arming key.
The new unlock code
is -----.

Whatever you do,
don't surrender
the seaQuest.

Aye, aye, sir.

Brody, commence operations.

Alpha team, Bravo team,
by the numbers!
Man your as*ault craft!

Let's go!
Move it! Move it!

Move it! Move it! Move it!

The board's green, sir.

You're clear to launch!

Launching now!

Five hundred meters
and closing.

Lock and load.

Three hundred.
Arming laser dock.

Brace for docking.

Port sealed.

Go! Go! Go!

Bravo team,
secure the corridors.
Alpha team, follow me.

You two hold position.
You're with me.

Look out.

Captain, over here!

Blow it.

Fire in the hole.

Tobias! You're alive.

Nathan.

Check him out.

Who am I?
No, no, don't say it.
Focus on your memories of us.

Let me hear the human side
of your brain.
Tell me if you're free.

Yes, I can read
his mind. He's clear.

How did you get here?

Never mind that.

How do we get
control of this ship?

You can't. They've armored
the command decks.

There's no way
through anymore.

There's got to be
something we can do.

There is. Destroy it.

Destroy it completely
before they steer
the comet in.

This ship's the only thing
keeping them in power.

Blow the plasma core.

But that means we bought
a one-way ticket here.

There's no way
to get back home.

You have any better idea?

What, are you putting it
to a vote? In the Navy?

You're not
in the Navy now.

What the hell.

Yeah.

Let's do it.

Take him out.

Move it. Move it.
Double time. Move it.

Bravo team, we're
pulling out in two minutes.

That's music
to my ears, Lieutenant.

Two minutes.

We'll need charges
there, there, and there.

Sir, this is
the detonator.

The charges are on
a fail-safe switch.

You touch them,
and they'll blow.

Let's go.

Piccolo, we're clear.
Repeat, we are clear.
Head for the shuttle.

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

Coming your way.

Oh, man,
am I happy to see you!

Come on! Let's go.

Let's move!
They're right behind us.

Move it!

Faster! Faster!

Look out!
Behind you!

Take cover!

Take cover!
Watch the left!

You must get down!

I need
some help here.

It's Ariel.

Lonnie, watch it!

Come on!
James, watch your back!

Get out
of the hole! Let's go!

The shuttle!

I can't hold them back!

They're everywhere!

Watch out! Watch out!

I got three
in one hit. I got 'em.

They torched the shuttle!

Watch out up ahead!

This is it, isn't it?

It looks that way.

Down! Down! Watch
the enemy! I don't know
where they're coming from!

Commander, listen,
we are completely cut off.

We're coming in.

No! No, you can't!
There's nothing
you can do for us.

You gotta stop
this mothership
any way you can.

Do you hear me?
Anyway you can.

Know what they said
at the Academy, Captain?

Always k*ll two birds
with one stone.

All ahead emergency.

Darwin, leave the boat.
Follow Lucas away from here.

What? Wait a minute.

Listen, take
the Stinger and go.

There's a tiny point
of land bearing
south-southwest of here.

I'm going
to stay here, Commander.
I'm gonna fight.

No, you're not.
Dagwood, get him
in the Stinger.

Aye, aye, sir.

No. No, Dagwood,
don't do this.

I'm sorry, Lucas. Captain
told me if Commander Ford
said for you to go, you go.

Commander.

Lucas, just go.

Dagwood.

Miguel!
He's hit.

Come on. Get up.

Tony, take them
to the right.

Now
everybody fall back!

Get through here.

Come on.

Come on!

Stinger's clear!

Aim us for where they docked
on the mothership.

On our way.

- Computer.
- Computer on.

Arm all weapons.
Unlock code -----.

Permissive action
link confirmed.

Conventional weapons armed.

Nuclear weapons armed.

Pulse energy weapons armed.

All weapons armed.

Target the mothership
above our people's heads.

We're going to try
and flood out the Stormers.

Aye, aye, sir. Lasers up.

Torpedoes up.

Commander, what's that?

A barrier mine.

Huh!

I guess they had
some underwater
technology after all.

Oh, my God.

They're coming in
through the wall!

Reload!

I can't! I'm losing charge.
We don't have enough
to hold them!

- All right, watch it.
- Good sh*t, Keller!

Hey, I got you.

Too many of them!

Come on, Ortiz.

Jonathan? Jonathan!

We're lifting off.

It's a terminal maneuver
to bring the comet in.

Lucas? Lucas? Can you hear me?

I hear you, Captain.
I'm coming back.

No, no. No, there's nothing
you can do for us.

What's happened
to the seaQuest?

She's down, Captain.
She's been hulled.

We've had it, kiddo.

You're on your own now, Lucas.

Just don't let them
take away what you believe.

You understand me?
Not what you believe!

And tell them
what's happened here today.

- They're coming through.
- Behind you!

Captain?

Another one down!

Piccolo, watch the left.

We got nowhere left
to go, Cap.

It's time.

Well, at least Darwin's okay.

And our friends?

Well, the comet passed
without hitting us, so...

If Scott was right,
that means we've won.

So...

So we have to find
fuel for the Stinger,

and then we'll go
looking for survivors.

They can't all be dead,
Dagwood, all right?
They can't be dead.

We'll find them.
I swear to God,
we'll find them.

And if we don't?

Then we'll rebuild here.

Someday we'll carry
their story back to Earth.

Hi, I'm Ted Raimi,
and these
are Asian otters.

A hundred years ago,
cousins of these,
the sea otters,

were hunted
nearly to extinction
for their fur.

Native to
the northern
Pacific Ocean,

sea otters rely
solely on their fur
for warmth,

and with more than
a half million hairs
per square inch,

they spend about
% of their time

grooming themselves,
much like actors.

Sea otters are
still considered
threatened

with their
greatest dangers
being oil-spills

and other human activities.

See you on
the next adventure
of seaQuest DSV.
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