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Previously on Surface.

Your parents won't notice.

Whoa. I think he likes him alive.

Looks like you caught your fish.

Shut it down now!

The damage to his face was extensive. I was about to pronounce when the nurse

found an extremely faint pulse.

Mr. Singh?

The Institute's research programs have been suspended indefinitely.

I was the one that saw it.

Alone at 5,000 feet. A new vertebrate.

George did not drown.

And I don't think you were in your right mind.

That thing took my brother. I ain't leaving till I get a look at him. Mom?

What kind of snakes are they? They're not snakes, baby. They're hagfish. These

hagfish fed on the carcass.

Dodger, you can't be here.

I have a right to my own work and a right to my own research and a right to

know what's down there.

This is going to help me. I met someone else who saw it. It?

Yeah. The sea monster Godzilla thing? Yes. Come on, now this is a good thing.

It means I'm not crazy.

is Austin.

That's where I go to school.

And down there on the boat, that is Mallory and Garth. Great job,

Katie!

Look at her!

Good job!

You know, I cannot believe you guys fucked me into this.

I can't believe she did it. I wet my pants.

Let's see.

There is

Is that age-appropriate behavior?

All that time in a playhouse.

They're making a fort.

Boys make forts.

You ready, man?

What do you think of your new home?

He digs it.

You realize this is a misappropriation of university funds.

Oh, I would have gone someplace else, but I don't know that many people who

can barcode DNA.

Well, there's that.

Yeah. So where'd you get the sample?

Intestines of a hagfish.

A hagfish is a primitive vertebrate. It feeds on carrion.

Really? So what is it?

Well, it's 90% junk DNA, 10% Liopleuridon.

What's that? Kind of a prehistoric eel.

Is that a species that exists near the rest?

Well, it did.

Liopleuridon is extinct.

Has been for 100 million years.

Honey, honey! What? I found the perfect thing for us to do as a family. Oh, that

would be good. Hey, hey, girls! Who wants to go on an adventure?

We do!

It's going to be the type of adventure where we learn all about new animals

that are just now being discovered. What kind of animals, Daddy? Like the ones

you saw on the ocean?

Southeastern Cryptozoology Conference.

Yeah, yeah, in Houston. Today, today. Isn't that cool?

Cryptozoology? Yeah, yeah, it's the study of undocumented animals.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, and guess what, girls? They're going to teach us how to make a plaster

casting track. You know, that's the thing you put... And then they're going

to have... I can't believe we're having this conversation, actually.

Betty, okay. Come on.

At the very least, it's family outing, right?

Yeah.

Come on, girls! We gotta go, go, go!

Woo! There's gonna be a ball! Awesome!

Awesome!

Great.

Nim.

Got you some goldfish, Nim.

You know it's dinner time, don't you, Nim?

What are you doing?

I hate it when he does that.

That is so sick.

Sure, I'll take one. Thank you.

Hi, how are you? Why don't we start over here?

It's Christmas.

Padre Island.

You can see it's amphibian in nature.

Hey, let's go over here.

Girls, stay where I can see you.

Oddly enough, this specimen has 11 legs. I myself saw a marine humanoid off the

keys. Swim parallel to our boat for over 90 minutes.

She's the most rational woman you've ever met.

Until this day, she's got a weekend that she just can't account for.

111 men of the USS Topeka are still unaccounted for, despite the government

cover-up that they lost the sub.

May 17, 2002, 20 miles off

Mobile.

Made a sound I've not heard twice in my life.

I can see by your interest that you've had an encounter.

As a matter of fact late May maybe June Late May how long were you in contact

one maybe two minutes see the lights

Doesn't

that's a first Do you mind if I make a record of your experience?

I absolutely mind

Any side effects since the encounter?

Yeah, I mean, I've been having some episodes.

I like panic attacks.

Of course you have. It's the only sane response to the insane.

Mom? What is it, honey? There are dinosaurs in the Bible.

You know, I've had similar panic attacks.

I have some recurring nightmares.

Rich. Baby, hang on a second. We're talking about something real important

here. We are leaving.

Honey, we just got here. So how long were you a prisoner?

What? Prisoner in the aquatic city.

You are in perfect health.

Recovery's total, best we can tell.

When can I see my kids?

Well, it's okay to phone call in time, but I want to keep you under observation

for a few more weeks.

Never thought I'd be the one under the microscope.

Excuse me for interrupting.

There's been a new sighting. In Texas.

The Gulf? No.

300 miles inland.

14 confirmed casualties.

AP is reporting that the lake collapsed into a sinkhole.

So far, it's getting traction.

For now.

Relax.

Containment's my specialty.

Have we sent anyone below?

The heat is too intense to send someone down, but we are working on an ROV.

This extends the range estimate.

Yeah, to land.

This message is for Alexander Serko.

I am in the possession of some very compelling evidence that I feel certain

he will be interested in discussing.

Please call me before 5 p.m. or my next call will be the Barong Institute.

See if that gets a reaction.

What's a final notice?

Oh.

Hello. It's Alexander Serko.

Meet me at the Sausalito waterfront.

Tomorrow at 9.

That the reaction?

Yeah.

One-handing it again, kiddo? Huh?

What are you doing?

Eels? So, biology paper?

Well, they have these special cells that all polarize at the same time. And the

eel becomes like a battery.

Sounds pretty interesting.

Do you know of any other animals besides the electric eel that shock?

Other than your mother? No.

I love you, son.

I love you, too.

Off drugs, out of prison, that's all I ask.

Anybody pregnant?

Just kidding.

What about fireflies?

Fireflies? Other electric animals. They glow, right?

Good night.

Firefly?

Well, hon, I learned a lot more about cryptozoology than I ever thought I was

gonna. Amen.

Yeah, it could have been a lot worse, though, you know.

How was that?

I don't know. I could have been a prisoner in the aquatic city.

Man, those people were crazy, weren't they?

Hey, you know what I was thinking?

Maybe we should take the girls to the Gulf this weekend.

Be good for them, too.

Get out and have some fun.

I don't know if I'm ready to go back in the water just yet, babe.

Do you think we should go see someone?

No, that won't help.

Don't be so hard-headed.

I am hard-headed.

Help me understand.

I don't understand.

That's the problem.

Come on, Serko.

You tell me nine, I get a sitter for nine. I'm here at nine.

I was surprised to hear from you.

Yeah, well, I guess I took a chance and assumed that underneath all the

hardware, you might still be dedicated to open science.

Where would you get an idea like that?

I have a dog-eared copy of Sudden Evolution on my bookshelf.

Here's a sample of the extinct genetic material.

And yet here it is.

Suggests to me that this animal is anything but what?

Extinct?

The sea contains many mysteries, Doctor.

An underwater volcano.

A big one, I think.

Enough to annihilate all marine life for a hundred miles.

This is where you first encountered it.

The exact latitude.

Well, that can't be a coincidence.

I'm sure it isn't.

I wanted you to see this.

To see that there are consequences here beyond any you may have imagined.

Consequences that make the normal method of collaboration impossible.

Is that a threat?

I wish it weren't.

Hey, Frodo.

What are you going to do about my jewelry box you broke?

Nothing. I don't think Sylvia's going to be down with your little goblin Gulag.

If you tell Mom about Nim, it'll be war.

Don't threaten me.

The party?

Greg?

Valentine's? Yeah.

It's all on the table. Why do you care about that disgusting thing so much? Why

do you care about your pom-pom squad? Because it's meaningful, because it

represents accomplishment.

Yeah? So will Nim. Yeah, I'd like to see that on an application to Duke.

Extracurriculars, raise big lizard.

You're a lock buddy.

Not everyone cares about going to Duke.

Yeah, and what do you care about miles?

Komodo dragons, wizards, creatures from another planet? What do you have against

Komodo dragons?

You are hopeless.

Why don't you just file for...

Now you get a jump on it. You know what your problem is? Please enlighten me.

You don't have a sense of wonder.

You get that off a greeting card?

Well, at least I still have some kid in me.

Yeah, I can see that you're heading towards a playhouse.

Please let go.

Listen to me. A new vertebrate has emerged, and Circo and his people are

denying access. Alex Circo? Yeah, Alex Circo. No, we served him 15 years. Well,

now he's back, and he's confiscated my research.

So, you had an encounter with the species?

Yes, and it almost destroyed a 50-ton submersible.

And where's the submersible? I told you, the mystic has confiscated it. They

probably took it down at the San Juan. They confiscated it?

Wait, hang on a second. Look.

Here's a sample. Look. Go ahead. Look at it. You proved me wrong.

Uh... You know, I want to help you. I really do.

But it's just going to be tough, right, at this whole plagiarism thing.

You don't know.

Know what?

I got a phone call this morning from Bessamang Huat.

And according to him, three paragraphs of your thesis were lifted verbatim.

That's absurd.

He made it sound pretty airtight.

Your degree's under review.

Plagiarism, until it's resolved, there's not much I can do.

This is all part of it.

Part of what?

Part of what?

Hi.

You're gonna be late on your first day back.

Oh, gosh. Go, go.

I don't like to fraternize with plagiarists, though I have to ask.

Yeah, I did it. I lifted it all.

Hey, I understand.

I wrote my thesis on caffeine pills and white wine. I get the temptation.

Come on, this is serious. They framed me, Carolyn.

Okay, I know. Relax.

This is past due, you know. Yeah, well, that's what happens when you get a

divorce and lose your job. So get a new one.

Who's going to hire me? It doesn't even matter that I'm innocent.

Right now, I'm unemployable. I have rent to pay. Okay, okay, okay. Let's just

assume that everything you've told me is true. That there's an extinct sea

monster in the ocean.

The government doesn't want people to know about it. And they're going to do

what they have to to keep a lid on it.

And they don't fight fair.

So why should you?

If she doesn't want to do something, she won't do it.

She's generally not aggressive towards people. But if they have a dog... She's

a powerful breed.

You have to learn a technique which allows the brain to snap out of it.

Hey there. What are you watching?

Show about training dogs.

We don't have a dog, Miles.

I'm trying to watch you.

Doesn't mean you have to live like that forever.

Owners change.

Dog is not going to be able to change on his own.

Whoever is around Emily has to represent authority figure. That's the only way we

can correct the problem when she makes a mistake.

Good to see you again, Rich.

Dude, he's gonna spark, knock you out, and eat your face.

Not if I don't challenge him. He thinks we're his pack.

There's a pecking order.

If he thinks he's higher than me, then he'll challenge me with aggressive

behavior.

Spanner, do you know where Miles had my tools?

I think I saw them out by the playhouse.

Tools become responsibility.

Miles, how many times have we been through this, huh?

He's a proud breed.

You just have to teach him who's the master.

Yeah.

Whoa. Miles?

Hi, Phil.

Hey.

There it is.

There what is?

My toolbox.

When we borrow things, we put them back.

Sorry, Pop.

I want to see my tools back in their proper location from now on.

Okay?

No problem.

Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.

We'd be more than happy to take care of that for you.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Your policy is definitely strong right now, and deductible is very high, so

that's good.

Yes, ma'am. I can look at it right now.

Give me just a second, okay?

Okay.

Hey,

Rich.

You're spilling, man.

What are you doing

up?

Nothing.

How did you respond to Daughtry?

She's been contained.

Your specialty?

I have some experience with whistleblowers.

Talk would only make her more determined.

So, you ruined her career.

She has a son, you know.

Let's get to the debrief.

This footage was shot last night inside the scene hall in Texas.

A navy robot was outfitted to withstand heat up to 800 degrees.

How far did it get?

43, 44 miles.

All the way to the magma.

That's when the ROV melted.

But not before it sent back this.

Why don't they burn up in the heat?

Perhaps it's home.

You mean that this is their habitat?

Maybe the species isn't a sudden evolutionary mutation.

Maybe they've been down there, in the earth, the whole time.

The sacristian's ability to recuperate is remarkable.

In addition to facilitating Dr. Singh's recovery, we've documented it restoring

disease cells at a nuclear level.

No matter how we regulated the temperature, we were losing the sample.

Yeah, this image has been slowed down so you can see the deterioration.

Millions of cells per second. It would have been gone by dawn.

We had no choice but to freeze it.

Imagine the possibilities, Davis.

The new era of medicine may be the end of disease.

You know your problem, doctor?

You're an optimist.

Hi, I'm looking for Wayne Johnson.

You got him. Hi, I'm Dr. Laura Daughtry. Hi, affiliation?

Monterey Oceanographic.

Look, I was interested in getting a recording from one of your hydrophones a

week or so back.

Yeah, what for? I was on a dive the other weekend, sponsored by the

Institute, and we came across an animal that, quite frankly, I couldn't

identify.

Well, I got over 500 hydrophones from Reykjavik all the way to the Cape of

Good Hope.

It's without specific coordinates.

4615 North, 12953 West.

That's near the San Juan de Fuca.

Yes, sir. Yes, it is.

What date?

September 19th.

September 19th.

Two guys came in here yesterday looking for the exact same thing.

You should be dead.

Extensive facial contusions, massive blood loss, and look at you.

I'm a miracle.

There are no miracles in science.

Somehow the species produces a collagen binding membrane like a protein.

This allows them to survive in such a hostile environment.

Alex?

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Nothing. Who are these guys?

Both of them are civilians, but they had DOD credentials and a subpoena to

confiscate the material.

So they seized the sound file?

From the mic you're talking about, yeah.

So what's the range on these mics?

500 miles, give or take.

So could I pull the sound file from the next mic up the chain, say like that

one? Do you know how loud an animal would have to be in order to be audible

underwater from 100 miles away?

You haven't heard the animal I'm looking for.

It's like a needle in a haystack.

Did you

hear it?

No.

What's the matter anyways?

A wild recording means mommy could get a grant or a job or...

Pay the power bill?

Today's gonna be a good day.

No hearing voices, just regular day for us regular folks.

Yep, just a day in the life.

Okay.

Go make yourself useful.

Looks like we're in for one, huh?

Hi.

I heard you were hiring.

You have some restaurant experience.

This is how I paid my way through graduate school.

Yes, I see. Dr.

Daugherty.

You certainly are qualified.

It's $4.25 an hour plus tips.

When do I start?

Rage. Rage.

Rage.

Alright Miles, it's your turn to say grace.

Heavenly Father, please bless this food to the nourishment of our body's summon.

I think it would be nice if you said something meaningful during the

blessing.

Dear God, thank you for giving me the opportunities that you have.

Thank you for my love for you.

Once.

I'm trying not to get frustrated, even though I know most kids would have given

up by now.

I know that through consistency and repetition, through positive

reinforcement and not rewarding bad behavior, that you'll take care of

everything. Because deep down, I know that there's something good in

everybody, and it just has to be given a chance.

I'm in.

I'm in.

Thank you, Miles.

Okay, that was creepy. Savannah.

What? Hey, I applaud the effort.

Miles! Miles!

Jeez.

Oh, my God.

Lay out.

Now go and get back inside. Just get back inside.

Miles! Get away! Miles, come here!

Miles!

Miles, we gotta get back inside, buddy.

Miles, come on.

Let's get inside before we get struck. Come on! Come on!

Miles! Back inside. Back inside.

Come on!

Rich, honey, look at me. Look at me.

My brother, George, he's still alive.

Talk to me.

You went for the heat.

It's okay.

It's okay, little buddy.

Did you make the lightning flattens in this playhouse?

Did you?

12 hour 60.

So much for my thesis.

Wrong bandwidth.

I have you on the wrong bandwidth.

Circo, it's Laura Daughtry.

I need you to listen to this, okay?

Hear this.

Do you hear that sound? That is the species.

I have it on tape.

You shouldn't be calling.

Who is this?

I believe Dr. Circo gave you some advice about pursuing this, Dr. Daughtry. Is

that what you call it?

Advice? Is that what you call framing someone for plagiarism? Taking their

career away from them? When are you guys going to realize that I am in it?

I have evidence of a new life form on tape. I have proof.

Imagine a perfectly evolved animal, Mr. Lee.

One that has ability to heal itself instantaneously.

And you replicated the results under controlled conditions?

Wasn't this proof enough?

Nothing. Not a scratch.

Such a species might well be invincible.

Impervious to physical harm.

Quite fascinating.

I'm not sure I share your enthusiasm.

Wadham's report came in.

Complete thermogram of the entire San Juan de Fuca plate.

Significant thermohaline deterioration across the northern Pacific.

The ocean's heating up.

Yes. They dig, they release heat.

The question, Mr. Lee, is how much?

Old Faithful erupts more frequently than any of the other big geysers, although

it's not the largest or the most regular geyser in the park. The average interval

between eruptions is 91 minutes.

Each eruption will expel between 3,700 and 8,400 gallons of boiling water and

reach heights of 106 to 184 feet.

Although the interval between eruptions has lengthened due to vandalism and an

earthquake, Old Faithful is still as predictable as it

was a century ago.