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- The stars are gone.

The planets have disappeared.

There were barely enough of us left to give the end to name--

the Quiet Rapture.

[ Gate creaking ]

- I'm seeing a discrepancy in...

No, it's well within acceptable limits.

Uh, proceeding with the mission.

♪

- Supplies dwindle.

Infrastructure crumbles.

Too few to rebuild, too many to feed.

Humanity decays.

But don't despair, my sons.

I tell you now that there is more to these moons

than meets the eye.

The Consolidation--

they hide their technology, their people.

They won't tell you what they found, but I will.

One moon stands apart from the rest.

And in the darkness of that moon...

♪

...an ocean of blood.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

- Beginning the descent.

[ Rumbling ] Mission clock started.

Exploration of AT-5 under way.

How's it looking down there, convict?

Ready to do some good for a change?

- Yeah.

Let's get this done.

- Roger that.

Cruising depth in roughly two minutes.

Stand by.

♪

I'm seeing some voltage irregularities

on the instruments,

so keep an eye out for sparks or flames

or anything like that.

- Flames? Why would there be flames?

- I don't know. That's why I warned you.

♪

- You did test this thing, right?

- This is the test.

But you're welded in as tight as we could make it,

and that ship's a tank.

Just keep an eye on your depth while you're down there.

The terrain can be unpredictable,

so make sure you're not wandering down

too far into the red.

It can take pressure, but there's a limit.

- Hey, Captain,

the-- the hull's starting to feel it, that glass.

- Alright. Closing porthole shielding.

- Hey, what is it exactly you want me to find?

You haven't told me what it is.

- We don't know. You're the first one down.

All we have are surface scans.

That's why you're there--

Well, one of the reasons.

You know, we salvaged that glass from Filament Station.

Not a scratch on it.

I know, right? Pretty lucky.

Funny how some things survive and others don't.

Approaching maximum depth.

30 seconds.

[ Banging noises ] - Hey, um...

Hey, are you hearing this?

Hello? Hey.

Uh, hey, you said not to go into the red!

We're in the red! [ Garbled radio transmission ]

- Head to the coordinates of the map

and catalog as instructed

and we'll consider your penance served.

Be careful. [ Garbled radio transmission ]

Good-- - Hey! Hey!

[ Loud bang ]

[ Rumbling ]

You can't be serious.

[ Beep ]

You can't be serious.

You can't be serious.

[ Banging noise ]

Okay.

Fuck me.

[ Sighs ]

50.

[ Rattling noise ]

[ Camera whirring ]

Camera.

That's useful.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

♪

♪

[ Knob clicking ]

[ Muttering ]

Okay. One down...

five to go.

[ Beep ]

- Oxygen.

[ Rumbling ]

[ Camera whirring ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Muttering ]

Way off.

[ Rumbles ]

[ Camera whirs ]

That's not even on the map.

Maybe...

Hey...

What do I do if I find something not on the map?

You're not just pretending you can't hear me, right?

Why is it so fucking hot down here?

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Rumbles ]

♪

[ Rattling ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Rumbling ]

[ Rumbling ]

[ Liquid sloshing ]

[ Crashing ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Groaning ]

♪

[ Crashing ]

[ Groaning ]

What the fuck?

[ Groaning ]

[ Static hissing ]

[ Garbled radio transmission ]

...what's your stat...

Are you reading me? What's your status?

- [ Groans ] Yeah, I'm here.

- ...ship damaged. Did you fall?

- Uh-- Uh, I-I-I don't know.

Was that you?

[ Garbled radio transmission ] - ...hull damaged...

- I dunno. Is it?!

You didn't tell me that there would be anything down here!

- Okay, calm down.

Just tell me if there's a problem with the ship.

We need to know if the ship is damaged

before we send you back down.

- Back-- Back down.

Back? No way.

No fucking way!

I'm done. I'm done.

So just bring me back up and throw me in prison.

I'm not doing this!

[ Garbled radio transmission ] - Is. There. Damage?!

Just tell me if there is a problem with the sub.

Because if you fell, the hull could be punctured,

which means a leak, which means flooding, which means you die.

- [ Breathing shakily ]

The sub...

um, seems fine.

- Good. Good.

I can't see much, but it seems like the hull is in one piece.

So we're gonna check on your progress

while we wait for the ocean to settle back down.

Hey, do you think we can get any pictures?

- What, at that depth?

I mean, you could get a couple, maybe.

- Yeah, well, it might take it a while to settle, so go ahead.

- Uh, "settle"--

mm, what does that mean? [ Sniffles ]

Um, is that why everything was shaking?

- Essentially, yeah.

The bottom isn't exactly rock.

Just layers of congealed blood and gas bubbles.

I wasn't lying when I said it wasn't stable.

- Hey... - What?

- You're gonna want to see this,

the most recent picture.

- Holy shit. Convict, did you...

[ Gasps ] Did you find a skeleton?

- Yeah. [ Rumbling ]

Yeah. Uh, yeah. And there was something else. - This could just be rocks.

Can you get me a higher resolution?

- What rock has teeth? Look at this. - Are you really asking that?

- Yes, I am. - Convict, are you absolutely sure that it was a skeleton?

- Yeah. I've seen a skeleton before.

How stupid do you think I am?

♪

- We're pulling you up. Stand by. - What?

[ Rumbling ]

- All hands, prepare for recovery.

13's coming up ahead of schedule.

We might have found something.

Make sure Jack's moving.

He just rotated off duty.

He'll be pissy but I need welds I can count on. - [ Groans ]

- You. Get me maps.

I want scans going from 13's last location.

Keep walking him out 100 meters at a time

until we're back down there.

Call up anything that looks different from before.

What?

No. Don't bother.

Won't make a difference if we don't get down there in time.

No, they don't need to know either.

Not yet anyway.

[ Warbling noise ]

♪

- [ Breathing heavily ]

♪

- Bringing you in now.

[ Machinery whirring ]

[ Creaking noises ]

[ Rumbles ] - Okay.

Okay. Uh...

So now what?

[ Door opens ]

♪

- Alright. We're clear.

How's his oxygen? [ Machinery whirring ]

[ Porthole squeaking ]

- Hey. So, uh-- So what's the deal?

Am I done? - How's your oxygen?

See any leaks?

- Uh, um, uh, yeah. I'm down a light.

But-- But, yeah, maybe. There might be a leak.

Uh, there was some blood dripping in,

and then there's some kind of liquid building up on the walls.

I don't know-- I don't know what it was.

- It's just condensation.

- I know what condensation-- Look, it doesn't matter.

You just warn the next person that goes down what I found.

There's something alive down there.

- Hey, Captain.

You're gonna want to see this.

- We got pictures?

- Hmm.

[ Conversing indistinctly ]

[ Banging noise ]

- Punch in tighter.

- If there are more of these things down there, we might...

[ Conversing indistinctly ]

- Whoa. Does he have enough oxygen?

- No. Don't bother. We got to move fast.

We can't lose this. - Captain, you sure he doesn't need more air

before he goes back down?

You know, just in case?

- I'll worry about that. You notify the council.

- Yeah. You got it.

- Oh, yeah?

[ Porthole squeaking ]

- Hey, yeah. So I found something, right--

something good?

- We downloaded the pictures.

Sure looks like a skeleton to me.

- So come on. Get me out of here.

- I can't. Like I said, you're welded in.

We take the time to get you out of here,

we might miss the opportunity.

Another slip, might go somewhere that we can't get it.

So I'm gonna give you something to take a sample.

- Hey. Hey! You're not listening to me!

There's something else!

Okay.

It's not like I don't want the deal, alright?

I want the deal! I want to make amends.

It's not worth it.

It's not. It's not worth it for me.

It's not worth it for you.

Yeah, you're all fawning over this skeleton,

but you're not hearing me

when I say there's something else--

something alive.

- There might just be.

We're gonna put this on the sub right up front.

All you got to do is point it in the right direction.

Once it makes contact, it should be able

to grab on to something and hold on tight.

- This-- So what am I supposed to do , just ram it?

- Pretty much.

- You can't be serious. - I am.

- You'll have to hit it hard, too--

hard enough to make sure that it catches.

You won't be able to see if it works,

so no second chances. - Okay.

So you don't just want me to ram it?

You want me to ram it at full speed?

Why play games? Why go through all this trouble?

If you want me dead so bad,

why don't you just do it yourself?!

- This is the best we have.

And it's a lot more than you deserve.

This is bigger than any of us. So just do your job.

[ Bangs on porthole ]

- My job-- my job? Oh. I'm sorry.

The handcuffs must have confused me.

I didn't realize this was voluntary!

Hey!

Don't walk away! If this is so important to you,

why aren't you going down there?!

[ Sparks hissing ] Hey!

Go down, come back, and then I'm free!

That was the deal!

How many times are you gonna use me before you let me go?!

Why...

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

- Are you out of your mind?!

- Oh, good. You can hear me.

Now get someone else for your suicide mission,

because I'm not going-- - You blasted us with radiation, you psycho Eden fuck!

- What? - It's not a normal camera!

You can't see through blood!

So you need x-rays to get through!

- I-I didn't know that. - Okay. It's on.

It-- It should hold. - I-I didn't know that.

♪

- [ Retches ]

- No, wait. Look, I'm sorry.

But maybe if you had talked to me,

this wouldn't have happened!

♪

- Just get the sample.

♪

Drop him.

[ Machinery powering on ]

♪

- You can't send me back.

[ Rumbling ]

[ Loud bang ]

♪

- Have you calmed down yet?

Come on, Convict. You can't be too upset.

Kind of fair play after what you did.

Aw, shit. Are you still alive?

- Fuck off!

- Ah. There you are,

Alright. Beginning the descent.

[ Rumbling ]

Uh... hey,

You, uh-- You got to close the porthole shield, man.

[ Rumbling ]

Hello?

Convict, this is serious.

Close the shield.

- Who is this?

Where's the other one?

- The-- The other one? You talking about Jack,

the guy you irradiated?

Well, Captain's taken him to Medical,

so I'm in charge now.

And my first order is close the fucking shield.

- Why can't you do it?

- It's not responding.

Which is why we have you.

Is it closed?

- Yes. Closed. - Good.

Now we're gonna give you about 30 minutes

to go get that sample before we pull you back up.

And don't worry. I know ramming it sounds scary,

but the salvage claw will take most of the impact.

And those welds aren't going anywhere,

'cause Jack is good at his job--

Or, well, he-- Well, he was good at his job.

- You didn't think it was important to tell me

that your camera was a radiation gun?

- That w-- [ Groans ]

That shouldn't have happened at all.

The-- The camera's wired into the black box,

but I-I must have wired it into the backup battery.

I don't know. We-- We were in a rush.

- Right. Things are somehow faster

when I don't know what I'm doing.

- You know, honestly, if I were in charge,

you would know more.

Might actually get us some results.

But I'm not. I'm just a cog in the machine.

But, you know, this is bigger than us.

- [ Scoffs ] So I've heard.

- [ Groans ] Look, man.

Can we just agree this is important?

Filament Station was a bad loss,

but imagine if we could actually rebuild it.

Even you could be a part of that.

I read your report. You surrendered.

So you don't fully buy Eden's bullshit.

All their dogma about the last tree.

- [ Groans ] It's not about the tree.

Alright? Look, Eden gave me a tattoo.

The COI made me burn it off.

I didn't choose either of them.

I still get a scar.

Since the Quiet Rapture, none of us get a choice.

- Hey, look at that.

There's at least something we can agree on.

Be honest with you, the Captain's

had a consolidated stick up our ass

since the Quiet Rapture, but...

[ Sighs ] But she cares about her crew.

Some more than others, but, you know?

- Yeah, right.

Can you at least tell me

if this thing is blasting me with radi...

- No. The hull's thick enough.

The blood would soak it up anyway.

This actually is bigger than us, man.

Because if that's a skeleton down there,

that means that this ocean supported life.

Things could be alive down there right now.

Food, air. We need this.

Not just the COI-- all of us, We need this.

It's the first shred of real hope

that we've had in twenty fucking-- - Shut the fuck up!

- Hey. Excuse me?

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

Hey, fuck you, man.

I don't even know why I try talking to you Eden--

Go die down there with the rest of 'em for all I care.

Plenty more where you came from!

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Dramatic music plays ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Moans ]

♪

[ Gasps ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

"Cross..."

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Sparks hiss ]

[ Sparks hissing ] [ Groans ]

[ Computer clicking ]

[ Computer clicking ]

- This is not an expedition.

It's an execution.

When they put you in here,

they don't want you to return.

And even if you do and even if they keep their promises,

what freedom waits for you?

A few dying ships in a sea of dead stars.

If there is still hope, it lies beyond the veil.

Hope in this void is as illusionary as the starlight.

I will choose to breathe my last

here, at the bottom of an ocean...

unseen...

unheard...

uncontrolled.

♪

They will get their execution.

♪

I will get my freedom.

♪

- [ Kisses hand ] Sorry, brother.

♪

But I want to live.

[ Rumbling ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

It was right here.

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

Where'd you go?

[ Knob clicks ]

♪

[ Camera whirring ]

♪

[ Binder thuds ]

[ Rumbling ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Beep ]

Hello?

♪

[ Radio beeps ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Rumbling ]

- He's definitely moving away... Did he get the sample?

- Hello?

Can you hear me? [ Radio warbles ]

- Convict. Yes.

We can hear you, barely. What's going on?

Why are you moving away from the location?

- Uh...

Uh, well, this is gonna sound made up.

The skeleton's gone.

- Say again. I can't hear you.

- The skeleton is gone!

- How can it be gone?

- Well, I don't know.

I'm at the coordinates.

I took a picture. It's just a big hill.

I don't know. Maybe it got buried.

- Standby.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Garbled radio transmission ] - ...pick up from nearby... 450, 250...

- Uh, one second.

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

No... No. It's just more hill.

- Say again? - It's... [ Groans ]

[ Rumbling ]

How about now?

It's just more hill.

No skeleton. - Yes. No, I can hear you.

Did you say that there was a hill?

- Yes. I am on a hill.

There is no skeleton.

[ Garbled radio transmission ]

- It likely got moved in the quake.

Probably what we're picking up ahead of you,

maybe... meters.

- Yeah.

[ Rumbling ] Roger.

Why is it so hot in here?

- Just stay focused. Get the sample.

- Can I not ask a question? - No.

Stay focused and get the sample.

- Sure.

[ Groans ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Backpack clatters ]

[ Rumbling ]

I...

I didn't mean for that to happen.

I was just...

I was scared.

The radiation, I mean. - I know what you mean.

- How bad was it? - Doesn't matter.

Dwelling on it doesn't help the cause.

- Yeah, and what cause is that? - Survival.

The only cause we have left.

- Yeah.

Tell that to the other poor bastards you left down here.

- You are the first one we've sent down.

[ Bangs hull ] - What's the point of lying to me, hmm?

What's the point of any of this?

What does it matter if you find a big fucking skeleton?!

This is all just useless bullshit to get me killed!

- Do you think that I enjoy this?!

Do you?!

There aren't enough of us left to be throwing lives away!

But there is too much at stake not to take calculated risks!

Eden doesn't understand that!

You don't understand that!

- What's to understand?!

It's all over! That's what Eden understands.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

At least they're not deluding themselves

with some big future for humanity

if we all just believe hard enough.

♪

It's game over and you know it.

♪

- Is that why you destroyed Filament Station?

- That wasn't...

♪

That wasn't supposed to happen.

♪

That wasn't supposed to happen.

♪

That...

♪

[ Beep ] - Oxygen.

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

- That's not right.

- What?

- This.

[ Camera whirs ]

- I can't see what you're talking about.

- The-- The skeleton.

It moved.

- I told you already. The ocean floor isn't static.

Things shift. It's just what happens.

You have eyes on it? - Yeah.

I'm-- I'm looking at it right now.

But I'm telling you...

it-- it looks like something-- [ Camera whirs ]

I don't think gas bubbles did this.

- But you see the skeleton?

- Yes, I see the skeleton.

But I'm telling you, something's wrong.

It-- It's just the head.

- Well, the sooner you get a sample,

the sooner you get to come back,

so stop wasting time gawking at it and just get it.

- So I get this and I'm done? - For now.

Obviously, we'll need more than just a single sample,

but it will take time to study it.

- You're not just gonna kill me as soon as I get up there?

- Why would we k-- [ Sighs ]

We need your help,

and you're earning your place in the Consolidation.

That's all.

♪

- I'm sorry about the radiation.

I didn't know.

- You can apologize to my tumors.

Just get the sample.

♪

- Fair enough.

♪

[ Sighs ]

♪

How hard do I need to hit this thing?

- I-I don't know.

This isn't exactly standard procedure.

Just ram it.

- Just ram it?

- Just ram it. Get the job done.

The ship can handle it, I promise.

- Are you sure? - I'm sure.

And I need you to trust me. - [ Sighs ]

- Ram the ship.

- Alright. Okay, okay.

- Alright, yeah. Just ram it, just ram it.

Just ram it. [ Clears throat ]

And then I'm free? - Then you come back up.

♪

- And then I'm free.

[ Dramatic music plays ]

[ Rumbling ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Indicator beeping ]

♪

[ Grunting ]

♪

[ Beeping rapidly ]

[ Thuds ]

♪

Uh...

I rammed it.

- Did you get it?

- I think I got it. One second.

[ Rumbling ]

Uh...

Yeah, I'm looking at, um...

I mean, what might be a hole in the jaw.

I think I got it. - Good. Alright.

Hopefully, it can hold on to the sample during the ascent

or else we're gonna have to send you right back down.

- Is that it?

With all the buildup,

I thought there might be something a bit more calamitous.

- Our goal is to hopefully avoid something more calamitous.

That's what keeps us all alive.

Now hold on to something. We're beginning the ascent.

[ Rumbling ] - Hey, hey.

[ Rumbling continues ] Hey!

Uh, there was something else.

- S-Say again? - There was something else!

It was looking right at me! - It's something alive?

Are you-- Are you sure? Can you confirm?

[ Banging noise ]

[ Loud bang ] - [ Screams ]

[ Indicator beeping rapidly ]

- W-What just happened?

- Something's got me!

We're getting pulled in! I need to cut the line!

- No, no, no! We need that sample!

- It's not worth losing the whole fucking ship!

- Convict, what the fuck is going on?

- [ Groans ]

- I can still see them.

[ Rumbling ]

Stop saying they're gone. We can all see them.

- [ Laughs ] My son, those stars are already dead.

[ Rumbling ]

Mere ghost light,

growing dimmer by the day.

- [ Groaning ]

Hello?

[ Groans ]

[ Dramatic music plays ]

♪

[ Button clicks ]

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Groaning ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Sparks hiss ]

[ Sparks hissing ]

[ Panel rattles ] [ Grunts ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ] [ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Camera whirs ] [ Groans ]

I had water this whole time?

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Sniffs ]

Okay.

[ Button clicks ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Bottle clatters ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunting ]

Aw, fuck that!

[ Button clicks ]

[ Camera whirs ]

Stupid piece of shit.

You just had to chuck the whole...

[ Objects clattering ]

[ Spits ] [ Flashlight clicks ]

[ Sparks hiss ]

Fuck that. [ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Camera whirs ]

Fuck me. [ Camera whirs ]

[ Grunting ]

Okay. What do I do?

Cockpit voice recorder.

All that to find a fucking black box.

Damn it!

[ Grunts ]

Of all the fucking things...

I swear, if I have to read one of those fucking manuals,

I'm gonna lose-- [ Rumbling noise ]

[ Creaking ]

[ Liquid dripping ]

[ Sparks hiss ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Sparks hiss ] [ Grunts ]

Of course it was.

[ Lever clicking ]

[ Clicking continues ]

[ Lever clicks ]

[ Machinery powering up ]

Ah!

[ Grunting ]

Okay. [ Grunting ]

Okay. [ Grunting ]

Eh, almost worked.

[ Indicator beeping ]

[ Beeping continues ]

[ Hull rattling ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

- Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach. [ Click ]

Hull breach. Hull breach. - [ Grunting ]

- Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach. [ Cable rips ]

[ Faintly ] Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

- [ Sobbing ] - Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach. Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach. Fire.

- What?! - Fire.

- [ Grunting ]

Fire. Hull breach. Fire. Hull breach.

- [ Grunting ]

Fire. Hull breach. Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach. Fire. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach. - Mm.

- Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

- Shut the fuck up!

[ Grunts ]

Fuck!

[ Dramatic music plays ]

♪

[ Grunting ]

♪

[ Grunting ]

♪

I'm not dying down here. [ Fabric rips ]

♪

Ah.

I'm fucked.

♪

Yeah.

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Rumbling ]

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

Okay.

♪

[ Rumbling ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Breathing shakily ]

♪

[ Liquid sloshing ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

Sure.

Good.

Don't mind me.

I'm just trying to go home.

Just...

Just pretend like I'm not even here.

I'm sure they're falling over themselves

trying to find me, so...

If you see anyone looking for Simon...

tell them I'm still alive.

[ Camera whirs ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

God-- [ Grunts ]

Damn it!

[ Breathing heavily ]

I'm trusting you.

[ Rumbling ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Sighs ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Indicator beeping ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Indicator beeping ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

Fucking aliens.

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

- Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull bre-- [ Beep, static hisses ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

- [ Echoing ] Simon!

Simon!

[ Child voice blending into adult voice ] - Simon!

Don't just stand there! Do something!

[ Indicator beeping rapidly ]

[ Gasps ] [ Hull bangs ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

What...

[ Rumbling ]

[ Camera whirs ]

SM-8.

8...

♪

What are you doing down here?

- Connecting.

[ Computer clicking ]

Connected to Submersible Rover 8. Running diagnostics.

Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.

Oxygen-- fail. Fuel-- fail. Engine-- fail. Pressure-- fail. Hull-- fail.

Camera-- Fail. Battery-- low.

Initiating black box recovery program.

Insufficient privileges. Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself to council authority.

- What?

♪

Insufficient privileges. Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself to council authority.

[ Keyboard clacking ]

Insufficient privileges. Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself-- Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself to council authority.

Insufficient privileges. Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself... - Of all the fucking things.

[ Keyboard clacking ] - Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself to council authority.

♪

- Fucking-- - Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately or surrender yourself - Really?!

- to council authority. - [ Grunts ]

[ Computer whirring ]

♪

[ Dramatic music plays ]

♪

[ Computer beeps ]

[ Computer beeping ]

♪

[ Gasps ]

Not my problem.

[ Computer whirring ]

What the fuck?

[ Sighs ]

Yep.

Fucking circle.

[ Grunts ]

Sorry.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪

[ Computer beeps ]

♪

[ Rumbling ]

♪

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, wall.

[ Lever clicks ] Yeah, okay.

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

Wall.

[ Rumbling ]

♪

[ Camera whirs ]

Of course it is.

♪

Only one left to try.

[ Sighs ] Alright.

One more.

[ Rumbling ]

♪

No way.

♪

[ Static hisses ]

♪

Hello?

[ Rumbling ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Dramatic music plays ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Dramatic music plays ]

[ Camera whirs ]

♪

Almost there.

♪

Hello?!

Come on!

What?!

Come on! Hello?!

[ Rumbling ]

♪

Come on.

♪

[ Static hisses ] - Yes!

I'm here!

[ Static hissing ]

[ Garbled radio transmission ]

- Can you hear us? - Yeah.

Yeah, I'm here. Can you not hear me?

I can hear you.

- Are you real?

Is this another trick?

Who is this?

- Who do you think it is?

- Ava? Is that you?

Is that really you?

[ Garbled radio transmission ]

♪

Oh, fuck!

Oh, God! Please, get us out!

[ Voice breaking ] Please help us!

We can't take it anymore!

How could you leave us down here?!

- You're not on the tow ship.

- What?! What did you say?!

You're still here, right?!

I heard you leave, so-- so there must be a way. - You're not.

- You-- You always have a plan.

And it worked. It worked before.

We-- We can work together this time.

Everything is down here, everything we've ever

wanted to know. - You're stuck down here, too?

- Oh.

♪

- I thought I was-- [ Groans ]

- [ Groaning ]

- Look, they're still there. I talked to them.

I know the radio's been spotty, but they've made contact before.

Like, we could just be out of range.

Like, maybe we just need to get hold of them

and, then, they can send someone down to meet us.

[ Indicator beeps ] - Oxygen.

♪

- Is that the last of it?

- None left, then?

- Uh...

- That's not enough.

♪

He won't make it.

♪

Just try to control your breathing.

- [ Grunting ]

♪

- Um, can you just, uh...

Can you just keep talking to me?

[ Voice breaking ] 'Cause I just...

Oh! - What would be the point?

You'll just run out of air faster.

Maybe that's for the best.

Some of the others went that way.

Not the worst fate down here. - Actually--

Actually, I don't want to talk anymore.

- You might still have time to talk to them again.

- Oh. - They don't know the danger of this place.

We have to warn them!

We can't die down here!

- I said I don't want to talk.

- No, you don't understand.

You haven't seen the light.

You don't...

It's been so dark for so long.

It changed everything.

- What are you even talking about?

- It's what caused the Quiet Rapture.

- [ Gasps ]

Or a fragment of it, at least.

- What? - It was a light--

can you believe that?

Shining through the hull like it didn't even matter,

like nothing in this universe could ever possibly matter.

- You actually found something?

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

Does that mean you know what happened?

Is that how you're still alive?

- Yes.

No. No, no, no. This isn't right.

I'm forgetting something important.

We shouldn't be talking about this.

You have no idea what's waiting for us down here.

You don't know, and it's better that way.

Forget about the light.

It won't help you. And you can't help us.

Some things are too dangerous to remember. - I...

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

Hold on.

I think I have a concussion or something.

If it's not CO2 buildup, my head's not right.

[ Sighs ] I just want to know what happened.

And you're still alive,

so I don't know if there's a backup system,

but just give me something.

♪

Hey, can you still hear me?

♪

Please.

I don't know if you're just my imagination.

[ Breathing heavily ]

I don't know what's real anymore.

I've been losing track of time and...

I've been seeing some things.

[ Soft music plays ]

Look.

I-I just really need you to be real right now, okay?

♪

[ Voice breaking ] I just want to live.

♪

Is that so wrong?

Why doesn't anybody else want that?

Everyone on Eden's just given up.

You know, no one on Eden wants to think this way,

but what's more likely--

that every planet and star disappeared

or that a few space stations disappeared?

♪

Isn't it easier to believe that they're still there,

wondering where all of us went?

♪

Isn't that more likely?

♪

If it happened...

♪

Why can't it happen again?

♪

I guess it doesn't matter.

♪

Wow.

Just...

♪

Just if...

Oh! [ Sniffles ]

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't-- It doesn't matter.

♪

There's no backup system, is there?

This piece of shit--

They wouldn't put a CO2 scrubber in this.

They wouldn't put a backup tank.

[ Sniffles ] There's no deposits down here.

This is the end,

And I'm wasting my breath,

talking to a phantom...

that was never there to begin with.

- Would did you give everything just to survive?

- Yeah.

I never had anything to begin with.

- 116, 520.

We will see the answer together,

and you will live,

and we will be free.

[ Dramatic music plays ]

♪

- Deal.

♪

Okay.

♪

Okay.

116, 520.

If that's where you are, then they knew you were here.

Maybe they were hoping that I would find you.

- They were still looking for us?

- Maybe, yeah.

[ Exhales sharply ] Okay. I'm on the way.

- I'm, uh-- [ Rumbling ]

I'm about, um, 380, 614.

Not far, I think.

- It's there.

We wouldn't lie. Not about this.

It's everything.

- So what is it?

What could possibly be that important down here?

- Do you believe in God?

- Uh, let's not get into that.

I hear enough of that kind of talk on Eden.

- An ignorant God

sees a sliver of our universe through a pinhole

and thinks it understands

all that is and all that will be.

And it will. - And why is that?

- Because a God makes sense of what it sees,

despite what it should be.

- What does that even mean?

- The light-- it illuminates, and it blinds.

It thinks, and therefore we are.

- Even if your miracle could solve all their problems...

they would just [groans] send me down again.

- Why wouldn't they want to save you?

Knowledge and skill fade every year.

Same as the stars.

- They blame me for what happened.

I was the only one trying to stop it.

- Blame you? For what?

- Filament Station.

They blame me.

[ Camera whirs ]

- What happened to Filament Station?

- Yeah, I, um...

Yeah, I really don't want to talk about it.

- What happened to Filament Station?

♪

- It's gone.

How do you not know?

♪

- Filament Station is gone?!

- Yes.

It's gone.

Just like everything else since the Quiet Rapture.

So what does it fucking matter?

What do you care?

[ Rumbling ]

Why does anyone care?

[ Dial clicking ]

- Maybe you do deserve this.

- You think this is fair?

I didn't blow up Filament Station,

but the ones who did aren't getting punished.

Just me!

I didn't get a choice!

I just drew the short straw,

and then I traded one fancy metal box to die in for another

while people that I thought were my brothers abandoned me!

♪

They abandoned me,

just like they abandoned you.

What does it even matter if we meet up?

Probably not there.

I can't get to the surface, and neither can you,

so what's the fucking point?!

♪

What's the point?

I just want to go home.

[ Groaning ]

♪

[ Liquid sloshing ]

♪

- [ Groans ]

There it is.

♪

It's so beautiful.

How could we have forgotten this?

♪

A tiny glimpse of answers greater

than our infinite.

It burst our mind like a tick.

Oh, what we would give to see it again.

- What is that?

Where are you?

- There's nothing to be afraid of.

Not anymore.

This wasn't meant for us.

- I think I'm in the wrong place.

- We will see, Simon.

We will see the answer together.

They're calling to us.

This is our salvation.

Our promise.

♪

[ Sparks hiss ] What are you waiting for?

The answer is right there.

♪

- I didn't tell you my name.

♪

- Yes, you did.

Simon!

Open your eyes!

We will see.

We will know.

Give us the answers. Let us see!

We hear them!

Our salvation!

Our-- [ Grunts ]

♪

- I see you.

♪

I see you.

♪

- Agreed.

♪

- [ Coughs ]

♪

- We are all...

We are one.

In the blood.

Simon...

open your eyes.

Simon...

♪

- Simon...

Look.

Simon...

Simon.

Butcher.

- [ Grunts, retching ]

♪

[ Grunts ]

♪

[ Grunting ] - Hello?

Hello? - What?!

♪

- Is that really you?

- Stop fucking with me!

Who is this?!

- I don't know what to s--

- No.

- No. I'm done, I'm done.

I'm done being fucked with!

The radio's broken! I broke it!

You can't tell me that you're you!

- I don't even know how you survived. How-wha--?

Hello?

Hello?

- Wh-What did I do when I was in the hangar?

- What? - No, no.

How many people were in the hangar?!

- I don't understand. Sorry.

- Tell me how many people!

Give me a number! - Three. Three. Three.

Uh, and-- you-- you-- you took a picture.

Yeah? You blasted us with radiation.

- No, no!

You're lying! - No. I'm not.

- You can't be talking to me!

I know you're...

- What?

- That's not possible.

- What's wrong?

- That...

- What's wrong?

Convict, what's wrong?

- What's my name?

- This isn't helping.

- Oh, come on! Just tell me my name!

Say my name!

♪

- I don't think we ever got your name.

♪

- You don't even know my...

♪

You sent me down here to die, and you don't even know my name?

- We didn't send you to--

I'm sorry.

Yeah. Look, uh, it's--

it's been days since your last contact.

You should have run out of oxygen by now.

How are you still alive? - I, uh...

I'm not sure.

It says I have one light left.

I really don't know.

I-I-I don't know.

I thought I died.

I might have died.

I-I don't know. I don't even know where I am.

♪

I...

I, um...

Uh, I, uh...

I think I've done enough and... [ Grunts ]

I would really...

I would really like to not be down here anymore.

Please.

♪

- I know.

I don't think that's possible.

- I had nothing to do with Filament Station.

I swear!

That wasn't part of the plan.

They didn't listen to me.

- I'm really sorry.

It's not a matter of want right now. - [ Groan ]

- We can't risk any more dives.

- But what about the mission?!

What about everything I learned?!

What about the sample?!

The reason I came down here in the first place?!

You need that, right?

- Yeah. Um...

It's not worth the risk.

A bone fragment isn't gonna tell us anything

that we haven't already seen with our own eyes.

This isn't about your past.

It's not punishment.

And I know it's not fair.

But our new orders are to hold and observe.

- So after everything I've been through,

you're just gonna leave me down here?

♪

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah.

♪

Has anyone ever made it up?

- Yes.

- Did you know their names?

♪

You know, I remember what you said

when you said I was the first one down here.

I was thinking about it when I was looking at

the wreck of the other ship you left down here.

The, um, the SM-8.

I almost didn't notice the name on account

of the big fucking hole in the side of it.

- I was-- - SM-8?

Did he just say-- - I-I-I-I'm not sure.

- Did you say SM-8?

How do you know about that ship?

- It had letters on it. I can read.

- You found the SM-8?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I did.

And not only that, when I found it, the computer,

it connected to it, but it was downloading something.

Something about... - Insufficient privileges, leave the area immediately

- Uh, something about a black box! - or surrender yourself

to council authority.

- An archive. Right?

I'm right, aren't I?

Well, if you want it, you gotta come down here and get it.

That's the deal. That's fair. That's fair.

I went through hell, but I came back with something

a lot better than a piece of bone.

But if you want it, you have to get me out.

That's fair.

- Th-There's no way that your computer downloaded anything.

You don't have the right credentials.

That computer shouldn't even be active

without us giving you the login.

- No, no, no. I'm not lying. There was a note.

Someone told me to splice the wires,

and I know big secret's out.

I'm not the first one down here, but this is what you need!

Isn't this what you wanted?!

Come on. I'm not lying.

I saw it, I fell in a cave, and I went down

and I navigated through it

and I found this ship that was still powered.

The computer connected to it.

It was trying to download. I'm telling the truth!

- How far are you from it right now?

- I mean, not far, I think. - Okay.

If I give you the right credentials for the computer

and you did actually find the SM-8, then

you should be able to download all of their data, right?

Okay. We put power redundancies into the black boxes

for just that reason in case-- Well, you know.

- Yeah. But-- But tell me.

If I do this, you get me out.

- If you do this, I'll get you myself.

Believe it or not, we've salvaged these before.

And if we're fast-- - Wait, wait. If we're fast?

What are you talking about?

This is not happening. We have orders.

- You have orders.

This is my ship, and it's my call.

Get 14 prepped. - Captain.

- Convict, the SM-8 wasn't just another sub.

We put equipment on it that we can't make anymore.

Things that we'll never make again.

- Ava. Look at me!

He is lying! He will say anything!

Are you out of your mind? - Are you?

If he's right and we do nothing--

No, David, this is bigger than us.

- Oh, my God, enough with the slogan!

It is not worth it! He is not worth it!

It is not worth losing you over some fucking criminal!

- It is worth anything!

And you're lucky I'm not sending

you down there instead.

Convict, you said you mapped it.

Do you have the coordinates? - Okay.

When the line broke, I landed off the map

in some kind of fucked-up cave.

I don't know, but the ship was the last thing I found.

About 725, maybe 500.

It was right next to the only way out I could find.

And that was-- It spat me out around 380, 615.

- Alright, here's the plan. We'll get prepped on our end.

And if you can make it to the SM-8 and back out,

we can meet you outside the entrance in 30 minutes.

But I'm serious.

You have got to be there in 30 minutes or I'm gone.

Understood? - Yeah, I understand.

Um, so how do I get the files?

- Go to the computer. Press Ctrl, Alt, Shift, 9.

You should see a window pop up. Username-- admin.

Password all caps: 7X11F26A311.

- Um, Ctrl, Alt, Shift what?

- Nine. - Confirmed.

Enter your passcode. - Username-- admin.

Password all caps: 7X11F26A311.

Tell me when you have it. - Confirmed. Switching mode.

Welcome, Admin Ava. - I'm in.

- Okay. 30 minutes, in and out.

If you miss the window, you miss your chance.

But if we could pull this off, there's hope for the COI,

for Eden, for everyone.

Nothing else matters compared to this.

But if you're not there, you're not going home.

30 minutes. - Okay.

I can do that. 30 minutes.

I can do that. It's easy.

I just go in and out and then all of humanity's saved.

And then I'm free.

- And then you're free.

- Deal.

- By the way...

- What?

- My name is Ava.

- Simon.

- Let's get this done, Simon.

David, pull Jack out of medical.

- What? - Tell him I need one last weld.

- Ava! Jack can't even stand! - Then hold him up!

Just-- Just tell him!

- Yes, ma'am.

♪

- Eyes up, convict.

I've been assigned to carry out your penance.

- I promise... - I'll be honest.

Any other captain would have had you killed on sight.

So you should consider yourself lucky.

- Everything is gone... - She was looking for me.

- Well, you are lucky.

62 others didn't make it out of Filament Station.

And no, that doesn't include your compatriots.

- Leave him.

We're all dead anyway.

- I didn't want them to die.

- Excuse me? What the fuck did you just say?

When did you grow a conscience, Simon?

- We are but flesh.

- You got the highest body count out here, killer.

Not one of us has more blood on their hands than you.

- But that flesh has purpose yet. - Please, I--

- Simon the Butcher lost his nerve.

You're gonna have to kill your own brothers to stop this.

- You're not my brother.

- Your words, not mine, Butcher.

I wasn't even there. - Everything bad is happening.

I'm just the guy that told you to cross the wires.

- The Consolidation can wallow in their secrets.

We must bear these burdens, these hardships,

this anger, this sorrow.

- Fire! - Evacuate. Evacuate.

- We must bear it. - We have a dream.

- We are the keepers of Eden. - It'll feel just like home.

- We must help them.

- Simon, don't be like that. - I don't have it.

- You'll love it there.

- Council authority confiscates them.

They're hoping to start a garden of their own someday.

- Our duty is not done.

- The last tree is dead.

- What? - The last tree will live again.

- It's Eden's grave.

- When the last Son of Eden joins the grove,

there will be a thousand trees.

- You may think that there's no soil,

but we know. - We will die.

- We know that when we die... - When we die...

- Our bodies will become the soil.

- Simon, how about we just stay focused on the mission?

Now, once you're down there, you're going to be on your own.

- It's a trap. - You'll have to navigate

the ocean floor carefully. - It's right behind you.

- The map is current.

Things might change and look different

once you're down there. - It's still there.

- Take as many pictures as possible,

both for navigation and for us to...

- On your left.

They're watching you.

♪

- [ Coughing ]

♪

Okay.

Now what?

♪

- Connecting.

Wait, wait, wait.

[ Beep ] Wait, wait.

Oxygen, fuel, pressure, all... [ Garbled voice ]

Initiating black box recovery program.

- Okay.

That looks good.

- Downloading. Wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Complete. All files confirmed.

- That looks good.

Is that it?

I think that's it.

Okay.

Okay.

[ Grunts ]

Okay. Okay.

Almost there.

♪

[ Groaning ]

♪

- Hello?

I don't know. What am I supposed to say?

I'm losing track of things. I...

I might have recorded this already.

I-- It doesn't matter anymore.

The pressure alarm finally shut up.

For whatever good that does...

- We told you to stop... - [ Vomiting ]

- Stay on your side!

We told you to stop fucking drinking it.

We know!

- I know. It's just...

- It's not good for you. - Don't fucking say it!

Don't fucking say it.

♪

You were right.

This ocean is different from the rest.

But we shouldn't be here.

Yes, we can synthesize food from it,

but... I don't think we should.

It shouldn't be possible,

but... it's human.

The blood-- It's us.

We don't know what that means.

We think-- I think it was the anomaly.

It's at 116, 520.

We only saw it with the samples we took from near... the light.

A fragment of what caused the Quiet Rapture.

This could actually be an answer.

But without the ability to study further, we can only--

He went in.

How did we forget?

It... It was everything we saw.

We saw the answer.

- Ava. - Ava.

- You have to find us. - You have to find us.

- We need to see it.

It was meant for us.

Please!

The answer is right there!

It was meant for us! We need to see it!

We need to see.

- What the fuck?

- We need to...

[ Vomiting ]

♪

- What is that?

♪

[ Static crackling ]

- If you're gonna kill me, just fucking kill me.

- Ava. - Simon!

- I'm here. - Simon!

- You got to get me out of here.

- Did you-- Did you get it? - I think I'm sick or something.

- Simon, shut up and listen to me!

- I don't know what's happening to me.

- I need you to get something from the crawlspace.

Trust me on this.

There's something down there that you need to keep safe.

Okay? No matter what, you need to get it out of there safely.

Do you understand?

- You can't be serious.

Ava, I just went through hell to get this.

- What did you do, Simon? - Simon, I know what I said!

It doesn't matter anymore! - You had to drag her down

to hell with you. - ...to finish the plan.

You are the only one that can!

Everything is... - She can't hear us.

And she can't save you. - No matter what happens,

that data needs to survive if any of this is gonna...

- She's going to copy what you stole from our ship

and leave you to die. - Do you understand me?

- Better than you deserve, Butcher.

- Simon?

- But you can still redeem yourself.

- Simon. - Destroy the data.

- Do you have it? - Tell her the SM-8 is lost.

- Please tell me you have it.

- None can be allowed to see the light again.

- Simon, you have to go now!

What are you waiting for?!

- We had a deal. - [ Screams ]

Not everyone gets to be saved!

- Do the right thing. - What are you talking about?

You said you'd get me out of here.

That was the deal! - Simon, please!

Simon, please listen to me!

It's worth it.

You deserve... your freedom.

And I'm sorry that I can't give that to you.

But it's worth it.

It is more than me.

It's more than you.

It's bigger than... - Ava.

We're sorry. - Please!

The black box! It's in the crawl--

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- Painless.

- Why do we have to do this?

Why only you?

Why you, Simon?

Why you?!

Her blood is on your hands.

How many more bodies would you climb over to save yourself?

Always thinking of the life you'll never get back.

Thinking of a mother who wouldn't even recognize

the killer she spawned.

Or maybe she'd be proud.

Is death the only thing she taught you?

Half measured, half committed.

Never enough!

There is nothing else for us now.

- Nothing else.

What do you know?

You're just a piece of shit that doesn't even know it's dead.

What do you know?!

- We know more than enough!

Butcher! The light must be forgotten!

This madness ends with you!

- You think we're just gonna give you what you want?

Fuck that and fuck you!

You want to eat me?!

Come and try!

♪

- [ Groaning ]

Simon.

Simon!

- Oh, fuck me.

♪

Oh, fuck me!

♪

Fuck! Fuck!

♪

Fuck!

♪

Fuck!

Fuck!

♪

You better be right about this.

♪

Okay.

♪

Fuck!

♪

Fuck.

♪

What?

[ Screaming ]

♪

[ Grunting ]

♪

- You have nowhere to run.

- We can hear you!

- We will find you! - Oh, fuck me.

[ Grunting ]

[ Screaming ]

♪

[ Groaning ]

♪

[ Groans ]

♪

- Don't run!

[ Garbled voice ]

You know this is the only way.

You know it.

Simon!

- Please keep this safe, okay, mom?

It's more than me. It's more than me.

- You saw the horror of it.

What did it see in you?

- It's more than me. It's more than me.

[ Grunting ]

- It saw you, Simon.

And it will never let you go!

It wants you to do this.

Can you not see that?

♪

What did you do?!

You changed everything!

Your ship is alive!

Can't you see this is a mercy?!

- Fine! You want the Butcher?

[ Grunts ] Come on!

[ Screams ]

Fuck you!

Die!

♪

- Pray that you stay dead!

We are salvation! We are hope.

We can save everyone... within us!

♪

We are all.

We are one.

We die. We live! We!

♪