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How come you always give me this kind of duty?

Because I'm your commanding officer.

When I signed on to seaquest,

I thought it was going to be about science, not entertainment.

When it's not about science, it can be very entertaining.

Besides you come from a show biz family.

My father was a television repairman.

Besides, the u.S.O. Show--

seaquest isn't a tour bus.

I'm not a tour guide.

Why doesn't she take a plane?

Miss toenin believes the airspace

is the sovereign domain of birds.

She's an environmentalist.

She's a nut. Last year she married a tree.

You get to do stuff like that when you're a big rock star.

Ever hear her music-- that cutesy, new agey, i'm-your-buddy thing?

Comes with a warning from the surgeon general.

The troops stationed on solitaire island deserve a little r and r.

They're surrounded by white sand and palm trees.

Give it up.

You might even like her. She's cute.

Yeah.

Fat chance.

I'm a meat-eater.

Solitaire's weight should be consistent with our projections,

given the traditional mediterranean land masses,

but I've been running the numbers.

I still haven't gotten a figure that makes any sense yet.

What difference does it make how much an island weighs?

Doesn't that kind of fall under the category

of how many strippers can dance on a barroom table?

That's angels on the head of a pin, Tony.

Actually, solitaire is not an island, Tony,

it's a mountain.

It's one of the tallest in the world.

Next to mount Everest, it'd be twice the size.

That's high, right?

Yeah.

But why weigh it?

Because it's sinking--

3 meters every hundred years.

The land mass is too heavy

to be supported by the earth's superstructure.

The region's becoming seismically unstable.

In about a million years, it'll all be underwater.

There goes the real estate market.

Hey, guys, come on.

[Chomping on gum]

The universe is expanding, too.

One day...

Bang!

It'll break apart.

The big bye-bye.

Our planet host, cosmic toast.

What's the point of living, right?

Life is senseless, a fool's folly,

a moment's sunlight fading on the grass,

a biological coincidence

failing in some distant future dawn.

I tried using that one

to get out of doing my science homework.

No one bought it back then, either.

Tony, could you go lie down or something?

So, O'Neill, what are we going to do about it?

Oh, well, seaquest is going to core through the mountain

like an apple.

We'll start digging at the base.

We'll laser-scrub the interior,

lighten it up.

I thought it was going to be something hard,

like spelling.

Relax.

It'll take at least a hundred years.

Seaquest's job is to start the first step.

Seaquest, this is u.B.O. V.I.P. Shuttle 2.

We're at approach speed.

Request clearance for final docking.

Affirmative, shuttle 2.

You're cleared to docking bay 3.

V.i.p. Shuttle 2 has arrived.

Docking bay 3.

V.i.p. Shuttle 2 has arrived.

Docking bay 3.

Miss toenin?

Sarah. Hi.

Hi.

Uh, sensor chief Ortiz.

Don't tell me I have to call you sensor.

No.

Miguel, Mike, tease.

Whatever.

Where's the rest of your entourage?

This is it.

Thanks for giving me a lift, though.

Here. Let me get that.

I've got it. Thanks.

Uh, you know...

I've recently become a very big fan of yours.

Oh, that's nice. Thank you.

I really love that one song you do.

The one they're playing now.

Which one is it?

Power love.

No.

The one with the guitar in the middle.

Ah, keeper of the flame?

You know...

The one about the people

who don't know each other

but fall in love anyway?

Sleepless nights.

Yeah, that's it.

It's not my song.

Nice try, though.

Hey, took a shot.

I'm still not getting a weight estimate

consistent with the data.

Did you try rotating the composites?

Yeah.

This can't be right.

What?

You see these figures?

Yeah?

They support that it's hollow.

The island?

It's a mountain, homer.

Lucas, this data doesn't suggest it's volcanic.

No, just that it's manmade.

It's got a predictable geometry.

The computer's been extrapolating the form.

It looks like a pyramid.

You mean, like in Egypt?

Yeah.

Encrusted with millions of years of soil and rock,

but that's what it appears to be.

Is that good?

It depends on who built it.

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A pyramid?

Well, yeah.

Sort of.

I mean, that's what it looks like.

That is it's mathematical shape.

This thing is the size of Manhattan.

That's a little preposterous.

It's very preposterous...

And it's the size of Ohio.

Yes, and the sun

is pulled across the sky by a chariot,

and Lee Harvey oswald acted alone.

O.k., look, we don't know if it's manmade exactly,

but it's mathematical values are correct.

You don't find that in nature.

The pyramid is perfect, captain.

I ran the measurements on my computer.

They come close to infinity.

Perfect math?

In theory, yeah,

but we don't have the capabilities yet,

so I can only speculate.

How old do you think it is?

Old.

I've been trying to carbon-date our lab samples,

but the data keeps coming up goose eggs.

If I had to put a date on it,

I'd say that it predates time.

Yeah.

The first thing before the very beginning

of the very first thing.

I got the concept, lieutenant.

I see.

¶ To ease her grief with comfort ¶

¶ to say ¶

¶ something ¶

¶ To turn her hurt and pain away ¶¶

[knocking on door]

Come on in!

Hi.

Hi.

I thought you might be hungry.

Thank you.

Just let me finish this, o.K.?

I'll leave.

No, stay, please.

¶ His heart ¶

¶ being moved ¶

¶ by his great love most deeply ¶

¶ and still the gods ¶

¶ give orders ¶

¶ he obeys them ¶

¶ he goes back ¶

¶ to his fleet ¶¶

that was beautiful.

Thank you.

It's a little new yet,

but we'll see.

No, I mean it. It was.

Did you just write that, like, just now?

Sort of.

Yeah.

Sometimes they just kind of come out,

but this one,

god knows where it's coming from.

It feels really old.

Like Pearl jam.

Almost ancient.

But I feel as if I have to write it.

Like it's the reason I'm taking seaquest to solitaire

instead of a plane.

I thought you didn't fly because of the birds.

I don't fly because it makes me throw up.

You, um, you're not really a fan, are you?

What, are you kidding? Huge.

Actually, I'm a bit of a banger.

Like, if your ears aren't bleeding,

it isn't music.

But I think it's really nice what you're doing,

performing for the troops and all.

Well, it'd be nicer if we didn't need them,

but until then, someone has to sing for the soldiers.

Yeah.

You know...

If anyone wants to hear me rehearse,

that's fine with me.

I enjoy playing in front of people.

I'll spread it around.

Thanks.

Did you really marry a tree?

No. It was just a one-night stand.

I don't know what the big deal is.

I mean, Sarah toenin, please.

Well, maybe Nora pinnefrin

was already taken.

The media gets ahold of some kid,

hands him a guitar,

gives him some name cooler than cool ever was,

and we're supposed to think

she has all the answers to life.

She's not even that pretty,

and I think she's older than she says.

23? No way.

Don't sugarcoat it for me.

Tell me how you really feel.

Do you like her music?

Yeah, I do.

Why?

It comes from the heart.

I think it's honest.

It comes from a team of songwriters somewhere

who write exactly the stuff everyone wants to listen to.

And then they say she wrote it.

It's all colored lights and hype.

What's up with you?

What?

You're not like this.

You've done nothing but trash her

since you heard she was coming aboard.

I'm just not a fan.

I think you're jealous.

Come on.

I do.

Hardly.

Then stop pounding on her, o.K.?

Maybe it's about god, captain.

You don't mean the old bearded guy

with the big golden book?

How else could one explain such a phenomenon?

A pyramid that size,

apparently ageless...

It's incomprehensible.

Well, I usually like to save the god answer

for the last resort.

We all believe in him.

I mean, in our own way perhaps,

but we do.

And even if we are scientists,

an argument can be made

that science is god.

Or god is science.

I've never asked you this before,

but are you religious?

Well, in that I have faith,

you could say so, yes.

[Chuckles]

I always find it amusing

that there are such specific differences--

the same god wearing so many hats,

a thousand religions confusing the same man.

Which religion are you, Nathan?

My own, I guess.

I believe in, uh...

Unity and purpose in the cosmos.

And on occasion, I call that god.

Seismic activity is rising

in the southwest quadrant.

Region is unusually unstable given pre-existing data.

Seismic indicators have increased 347%.

Looks like we've got an undersea earthquake on our hands.

[Guitar playing]

¶ To ease her grief with comfort ¶

¶ to say ¶

¶ something ¶

¶ to turn her hurt and pain away ¶

¶ sighs often ¶

is this lady great or what?

If you like that cutesy, love-me kind of thing.

I'm just listening to it from a different perspective now.

I didn't know that perspective had ears.

The lady's a genius.

With great legs.

Everybody's got to stand on something, Tim.

Sit, sit.

¶ He obeys them ¶

¶ he goes back ¶

¶ to his fleet ¶

¶ to his fleet ¶¶

is this the part where we clap?

I hope so.

I'm falling asleep here.

[Whistles]

Thank you.

Come on, lady! Rock the house!

[Rattling]

[Speaking ancient Greek]

I haven't heard this one.

What album is it off of?

You don't want to know.

No.

No. No, please.

I don't want to go.

No, I don't want to. No.

It's o.K.

It's o.K.

You're fine.

What happened?

You fainted.

I did?

I never faint.

Well, you did, right in the middle of your performance.

What language was that?

The words you were chanting was in another language.

It sounded almost like a man's voice.

Is it new?

But I only sing with my voice.

Well, then you have a hell of a baritone.

I think you're suffering from exhaustion.

How's your diet?

It's awful.

Don't start.

Roots and berries.

What she needs is a cattle Fanny sandwich.

How you feeling?

A little spooky, but I'll be o.K.

You two know each other?

Yeah. I'm running for president of Sarah's fan club.

Love the singer, hate the song.

You scared the bananas out of piccolo.

He was waiting for your head to spin.

I'm a banger. I loved it.

Let's not get carried away here, guys.

I mean, she's a rock star.

They stay up all night.

They Pierce themselves with safety pins.

They get tattoos.

They trash hotel rooms.

I mean, the lady fainted.

Big deal.

Maybe, but that weird voice spewing out that language,

it sounded like the devil.

One of those rock guys

used to bite chicken's heads off on stage.

I recognize the language.

The translation is "buy my album. Send me money."

It's obviously Greek,

but the language is ancient.

It's over a thousand years old.

It's the language of the Greek myths-- Apollo's tongue...

If you believe in Apollo.

Do you?

I'm catholic.

I believe in anything that makes me nervous.

What was she saying?

Well, uh...

O.k.

"That is that has been

"and all that is about to be.

"Knows all by the god Neptune's grace,

"whose herd of monsters and hideous seals,

he pastures in meadows submarine."

That's it?

It's all I could get.

What do you think it means?

I'm not sure.

Maybe we have to play it backwards.

Bands do backward masking all the time,

sing a bunch of satanic stuff

to freak out everybody's parents.

Neptune isn't about Satan.

He was the Greek god of the sea.

Neptune predates the devil in christianity.

He also invented the horse.

He invented the horse?

Hey, I didn't write it.

I just read it in high school.

He's also the god of earthquakes.

He'd stick his triad in the ground and shake it.

Let's hope he doesn't flush the toilet.

I've been monitoring the solitaire.

The seismic activity is increasing.

Guys, come on, a lady fainted.

Or she was channeling...

Communicating to us from somewhere far beyond.

Far beyond what?

I don't know. Time?

Space? Another dimension?

What's next? The headless horseman?

There have been many instances of channeling

that people can't disprove.

I remember seeing a guy

who claimed he could communicate

with Abraham Lincoln's wife.

Really?

How did she enjoy the play?

You know, people have been wondering that for years.

[Humming]

[Horse neighing]

Hello, horsy.

[Horse neighing]

[Banging]

Lucas.

You awake?

No.

Well, get up.

Why?

Because I want to tell you a story about somebody

knocking at your door.

[Bang bang]

Since when is it my door?

Since, technically,

I'm still a guest here.

Yeah, and like fish,

they start to smell after three days.

I should've stayed in the brig.

At least there you can get some sleep

and nobody insults you.

What?

Were you sleeping?

Yeah.

It's an odd habit I had since birth.

Dagwood saw a horse.

That's good, dagwood.

Thank you.

It was running in the hallway,

a white one.

When did seaquest get a horse?

Seaquest doesn't have a horse.

We have a dolphin.

But not a horse.

A horse is a horse.

Of course, of course.

It was running down the hallway?

Very fast.

Did it have a jockey?

Maybe I want to put down a bet.

Look, dagwood, go to sleep.

There aren't any horses on seaquest,

at least not a whole one.

[Horse neighs]

I think that was it again.

[Whinnies]

Aah! Aah!

Are you o.K.?

What happened?

There was a horse in my room.

I bet it was a big white one.

And I had snakes growing out of my head.

You had what?

Snakes.

Out of your head?

Yeah.

Did it hurt?

No.

It felt like I was dead.

What's this?

Next time...

You open the door.

[Beeping]

Warning--code 1.

Vital signs have fallen below acceptable limits.

Double stat alert in med bay 12.

Blood pressure 50 over 10.

Pulse is still at less than 20.

She's been like this too long.

I think we're losing her.

[Smith] Or she's in some kind of stasis.

[Speaking ancient Greek]

[Speaking ancient Greek]

Oh, man. I hate this part.

That's it, Sarah. Hang on.

What the hell happened?

I think Sarah was dead.

Dead?

Yeah.

[Henderson] That's unbelievable.

Yeah, but now she's not.

Her stats are normal.

Thank god.

I'm glad.

Are you?

Wendy, of course.

So I'm not nuts about this lady's music,

but I am human.

You said you had snakes growing out of your head.

I had a nightmare. Big deal.

And the horse?

It was a big nightmare.

Look, I want to go.

I feel fine.

You sure?

Yeah.

Ortiz, would you walk her back to her quarters?

Sure.

I'd like that. Thanks.

Well...

Particle breakdown is pretty standard.

It's marble.

I'm searching for a type, a quarry location,

but it appears to be your basic pulverized marble.

[Bridger] That was the horse.

It could have been a hallucination.

That bug seems to be going around on seaquest.

The horse maybe, but where'd the marble come from?

That's a pretty common stone.

Not this one.

This type of marble, sculptures use for statues.

Exactly. That's what I meant by common.

In ancient Greece. According to my initial readout,

it was mined from a quarry

26 miles south of Athens 1,000 years ago.

Marathon.

Yeah. 26 miles, 385 yards.

A messenger named phiedippides ran that distance

with the news that the Greek army

was victorious over the persians.

That was the first marathon.

It was the beginning of the Olympics.

So the Greeks were responsible for more than democracy,

but the freeze-dried horse?

Why don't we add water and follow it to the barn?

Skepticism can be a tool.

Don't hide behind it.

This one's got me scared.

Take w.S.K.R.S. Down to 25,000.

W.s.k.r.s. Status?

At 5,000...

At 10.

All right. Piccolo...

Ahead full.

Take seaquest to the base of solitaire.

I want a closer look at this island.

Aye-aye.

O'Neill, it's a mountain.

I know.

I'm just saying it.

Tony, ahead full.

Uh...why?

Because the captain put me in charge. That's why.

So do it...Please.

I'm going to do it.

I'm just asking why.

I'm getting seismic readings that are going off the chart.

I always hate when it's a reason like that.

Going to raise hell with the u.S.O. Show.

There won't be a u.S.O. Show.

I wonder if they give refunds

when the entertainer gets possessed.

Ladies and gentlemen,

miss toenin has left the auditorium...

Permanently.

What does she do for an encore,

burst into flames?

I wish.

Looks like this island's just about to break apart.

Warning--seismic indicators

have exceeded normal limits.

You'd better get the captain.

So you've really become a fan, huh?

I guess. I kind of like her music now.

No, you don't.

O.k., I don't.

But you think she's pretty.

She's o.K.

She's not that pretty.

Do you think she's prettier than me?

What do you mean?

Is Sarah, that girl in the med bay,

prettier than me, your friend and crewmate?

I don't know.

She's not. I'm prettier.

O.k.

I am.

That's fine. I have no opinion.

Yes, you do.

What is this? You're both gorgeous.

I can't sleep because I'm surrounded by gorgeous women.

Tell me I'm prettier.

This is getting stupid, don't you think?

So now I'm stupid.

That's not what I meant.

Then say it.

What?

That I'm prettier.

O.k. You're prettier.

Do you want to come in?

No, not really.

Why not?

Because this conversation's getting a little strange.

That's against regulation.

So confine me to my quarters.

Hey, stop it, o.K.?

I don't want to kiss you.

Brody, contact solitaire.

They have to evacuate the entire island immediately.

Aye-aye, captain.

This is seaquest.

We have an emergency alert.

Evacuate solitaire.

Imminent earthquake.

Repeat--evacuate solitaire.

Earthquake imminent.

[Siren sounds]

All personnel execute evac plan bravo.

All personnel execute evac plan bravo.

Run! Run!

Let's get out of here.

Full port rudder.

Full ahead.

Captain, we're losing ground.

Blast all ballasts.

Ballasts away.

It's no help, captain.

It's still drawing us in.

Brace yourselves, people.

This is a very big room.

Very cool.

Personally, I like my very cool a little smaller.

What do we do, captain?

I don't know.

I'm going to say a prayer.

You got one for me?

Sure.

Me, too, Tim.

Any thoughts?

Not a one.

I'm sorry.

I don't know what came over me.

O'Neill, can you read that inscription?

Working on it, sir.

Oh, my god.

What?

It's Sarah.

My god, it is.

Got it, captain.

It's the tomb of Minerva.

Minerva?

You know, she was an ancient Greek goddess

in love with Neptune.

Right after Neptune ravished medusa

in Minerva's temple,

Minerva got revenge by turning medusa's hair

into a bed of snakes.

Anyone who looked at medusa after that turned to stone.

The inscription's a warning--

keep Minerva's tomb undisturbed for eternity.

I think we can do that.

Let's go.

Put it in reverse and floor it, right?

Uh-oh.

Too late.

Who is that man?

That's Neptune...

God of the undersea.

I hope he's nice.

I hope he's not hungry.

[Brody] What does he want?

He wants me.

It's why I'm here.

He thinks you're medusa.

Tell him I'm not.

It's why you were jealous about Miguel and me.

That part of you thought he was Neptune.

Medusa was in love with him, too.

Neptune?

I'm Cuban.

Why do you think that, Sarah?

I just know it.

He wants us to come home.

[Henderson] I don't want to go.

I don't think we have a choice.

I think we do.

O'Neill, let's go red alert.

Aye-aye, sir.

[Buzzer sounds]

Commander, battle stations.

Half ahead.

Aye, captain.

Where to?

Right at that tomb.

We can't take on a god.

I don't think we have to, but if he wants Minerva,

let's see what happens if we give her to him.

Fix coordinates, commander.

Coordinates fixed.

Arm first barrage.

Stand by second barrage.

Warheads at maximum.

All engines full ahead.

Fire first barrage.

Fire second barrage.

Now we can get out of here, right?

Rudders to port.

Engines full ahead.

Captain, I really think

you should give this some more thought.

I've given it thought.

A lot more thought.

I'm filing the report, commander.

What's it going to say?

On a routine mission,

seaquest encountered what was obviously an apparition of Neptune.

You're not really going to say that, are you?

Wait a minute. It's the truth.

In the wrong hands,

the truth can be like a hammer.

Does my name have to go on it?

My name's going on it.

What's the problem?

If something like this goes on our records,

say in 20 years, I want to run for president.

What? The press is going to make me look like a lunatic.

I always knew you wanted to run for president.

Why can't we say it was an apparition of undefined origin?

It was Neptune, commander.

The guy who invented the horse.

That's the guy.

Look, don't worry, Jonathan.

I'll vote for you.

Ha ha ha.

[Guitar playing]

¶ To ease her grief with comfort ¶

¶ to say ¶

¶ something ¶

¶ to turn her hurt and pain away ¶

¶ sighs often ¶

she really is beautiful, isn't she?

She's o.K.

Thanks, Miguel.

¶ Being moved by his great love... ¶

hey, you two.

How about watching the show?

¶ Give orders ¶

¶ he obeys them ¶

¶ he goes back ¶

¶ to his fleet ¶

¶ to his fleet ¶

¶ by night, by day, the portholes ¶

¶ of darkness ¶

¶ stand open ¶

¶ it is easy by descending ¶

¶ down to avenues ¶

¶ his heart being moved ¶

¶ by his great love, most deeply ¶

¶ and still the gods ¶

¶ give orders ¶

¶ he obeys them ¶

¶ he goes back ¶

¶ to his fleet ¶¶

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All have one common attribute--

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