When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT step into action as the land and sea wage war.
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00:00Let's go, people. Welcome to Blackboard.
00:21We don't have much time, but we've appointed the best naval training personnel to prep us for the descent.
00:26We'll be doing everything they can to prime us both physically and mentally.
00:33Monitor our stamina, heart rate, and blood pressure. And help get us used to the water.
00:43We'll be descending to the rendezvous point in the submersible, to a depth of 8,000 meters, five miles down.
00:50Our journey will take two hours and 17 minutes.
00:54This submersible is currently on a launch vessel with warship escorts bound for the descent point.
01:00On the dive will be the ambassador, myself, Captain Mackey for communications, myself for science and technology, and our two diplomatic representatives, Mr. Singh.
01:14Ravi.
01:15And Mr. Campbell.
01:16Kate, it's a pleasure.
01:18Have we ever been this date before?
01:21Smaller missions of one or two people. Nothing of the scale.
01:24And I bet they were trained specialists with years of experience. We have days to prepare for this.
01:29Yeah, of course there's a risk. What we're doing today is unprecedented, but this is the toughest submersible on the planet.
01:36This is Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, a launch vessel. Captain Gates, how are we doing?
01:43Just finishing final checks.
01:45Relaunch checks complete. Submersible ready for the final.
01:58Things go wrong all the time. What if this brings a leak? That kind of pressure will be crushed to death, pulverized in an instant.
02:05I'll just get your voice down.
02:07If you do this, you might never come back.
02:11Deep sea pressure compresses air filled spaces in the body, leading to lung compression and potential...
02:16Once we arrive at the descent point, Homo Aqua will transfer us to their environment.
02:21What about the descent? Are they helping us with that?
02:24Of the descent, we're on our own.
02:27We're not alone. We're never alone.
02:30Sorry?
02:32We're a team.
02:36Okay.
02:37Yeah.
02:46Transferred by helicopters at 0600.
03:02Indemnity forms need signing and legal have noted you haven't replied to their emails.
03:07You do need to make sure your will is up to date.
03:16What?
03:30This is it then.
03:33Do I get a hug before I go?
03:35It might take weeks to clean the roads.
03:38Yeah, well it's lucky you're back here then, isn't it?
03:41We're at war.
03:42I know. I'm going to sort it.
03:44How?
03:46How are you going to sort anything?
03:49Do you know what they're calling you on TikTok?
03:51Boot, like a bleeding heart puppet too thick to negotiate.
03:54That's not fair.
03:55It doesn't matter because either way we're screwed.
03:57Either they kill us or we kill ourselves.
04:00I hate the lot of you.
04:10They're worried sick about you.
04:11Yeah, I know.
04:13I'm sorry, but I promise you I'm going to be fine.
04:15No, no, no, no, no, no.
04:16Please, please.
04:17Please don't.
04:21Got this?
04:22Okay?
04:23I can do this.
04:25I mean, for God's sake, I nursed mum through cancer, didn't I?
04:31Didn't I?
04:33Bloody hell.
04:34I can get through that.
04:35Oh, I can get through anything, can't I?
04:38I've got to be strong.
04:40For everyone else.
04:41Right?
04:42Because everyone's counting on me.
04:45Okay?
04:47Because it's the whole world.
04:49You don't have to be strong for me.
04:56Oh, I'm so scared.
05:01Oh, I'm so scared.
05:08I'm so scared.
05:11I remember.
05:20What?
05:21Okay now.
05:24What?
05:26Yeah?
05:27Yeah, sorry.
05:39Ravi?
05:40Hmm?
05:41You okay?
05:43I've been a diplomat for three months.
05:45Three months!
05:46I'm not cut down for this.
05:48Of course you are.
05:49You're going to come back a hero.
05:50You know that, right?
05:52This one sets us up for life.
05:54Speaking tours.
05:55Book deals.
05:56The works.
05:58You think I'll get a girlfriend out of it?
06:00They're going to be queuing up me.
06:02All you've got to do is hang in there.
06:05You know, sometimes I can hear my life coach.
06:08Hold the line, Ted.
06:10That's what he'd say in moments like these.
06:11Moments of fear.
06:12Of self-doubt.
06:13Believe in yourself.
06:15Trust in fight.
06:16And hold the line.
06:20I get struck by lightning.
06:21Dead at 50.
06:22Seriously?
06:29What's in the box?
06:30Diplomatic gift.
06:34From all nations.
06:35And what are Homo Aqua supposed to do with the globe?
06:41They see the world from underneath, right?
06:43From the depths.
06:45Never like this.
06:46Where are they going to put it, Ted?
06:48Who knows?
06:49Maybe they've got, like, choral mental pieces.
06:52Aren't you fazed by any of this?
06:55We're going to be fine.
06:56Boot floods.
06:57Not much?
06:58No.
06:59No.
07:00No.
07:01No.
07:02No.
07:03And what?
07:07To the north of the north.
07:09No.
07:11No.
07:19No.
07:21No.
07:22In the words of a great man, we can be heroes, let's save the world.
07:52See all the hatch?
08:06Controls of all units, we are clear.
08:13Confirm lock, Captain Gates handing control over to you.
08:31Okay, let's pick it up.
08:38That's all looking stable, sir.
08:54Over.
08:55Deployment is go.
08:57Controls of deck, all reading the stable, we are good to go.
09:01Over.
09:02You're okay, dude.
09:03You're terrific.
09:04Yep.
09:06You're okay, dude.
09:07You're terrific.
09:08Yep.
09:09Ten B.
09:13Prepare for release.
09:14This is it.
09:15On my mark.
09:16In three.
09:17Two.
09:18One.
09:19Mark.
09:20Two.
09:23Of a perfect re-
09:25Okay.
09:26Of a perfect revenge.
09:28She willäää.
09:32Oh my mark.
09:33In three.
09:35Two.
09:36One.
09:37We must do this.
09:39One.
09:40To one Becca's lawline's hoe.
09:43And we're off.
10:13Oh, how long has it been?
10:27Seven minutes.
10:29Gone dark already.
10:31No sunlight.
10:34Imagine living like this all the time.
10:37Anyway, we're fine, aren't we?
10:40Gonna get a yes, Ted.
10:43Yes, Ted.
10:48I've got some team bonding work games, if anyone's interested.
10:52No, thank you.
11:02Where'd you end up here anyway?
11:05There was a diplomatic lottery for the last two seats, and India won.
11:10Or lost, depending how you see it.
11:13There was rumors flying around, that the draw was rigged, that most people had their names
11:24removed because they didn't want to go hunt.
11:26I mean, one way to look at it, is we're pioneers, like those early astronauts, you know?
11:35Where would we be if they hadn't taken that one giant link?
11:38Oh, the hell is that?
11:41He's adjusting to the pressure.
11:43Are you sure?
11:44It's okay, Ted.
11:45Just breathe.
11:46I'm breathing.
11:48I'm fine.
11:57What do you think we'll get for dinner?
11:59When we're back on the ship tonight, hmm?
12:01Think they'll spoil us?
12:02They bloody should.
12:03No, it'll just be canteen sandwiches again.
12:06Tough being a hero.
12:15Is this water?
12:20This is water?
12:22There is water in here, right here on the ship.
12:24Ted, calm down.
12:25It's condensation.
12:26How the hell do you know?
12:27Because I read page six of the safety briefing.
12:37Yeah, sorry.
12:43I guess if there was a breach, this thing would implode before we knew about it.
12:49Can everyone just shut up now, please?
12:57The economy's already tanking.
13:08If we start closing shipping lanes, the effect could be catastrophic.
13:11No.
13:12Sorry, sir.
13:13Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
13:15Okay.
13:15It is a directive of the United Nations that you need to have a voice in any emergency discussions.
13:20Sorry, we started a little early.
13:22A lot of people couldn't make it.
13:24Some of the Covenant are joining remotely.
13:26With respect, it's a phone call.
13:30I'll catch up.
13:31Please, carry on.
13:33The United States relies on maritime trade,
13:36and we will defend ourselves vigorously against any disruption to our networks.
13:41The U.S. military is arming itself with sonic weaponry.
13:46Sound cannons are used for crowd control,
13:48but we've adapted the technology for underwater use.
13:51We've identified key shipping lanes we need to protect.
13:55The English Channel, the Panama Canal, the Suez.
13:58Ultra-high-frequency blasts could disable or confuse Homo Aqua,
14:02paving the way for traditional weapons, if required.
14:06Sorry, why are we discussing weapons?
14:07Our focus is on diplomacy.
14:08And there is an armistice agreement in place now to stop further violence.
14:13Someone's got to be the first to break it.
14:15Sir, our focus should be on diplomacy.
14:17That's why six of our diplomats are risking their lives today.
14:19They're buying time.
14:20That's all they're doing.
14:21It's song and dance, smoke and mirrors.
14:23The General's right.
14:26We make decisions.
14:27Here, in this room.
14:28The Western Front, the Falklands.
14:30Iraq.
14:31Wars are fought and won at this table.
14:34They think they own the water.
14:35While they were splish-splashing around 300 million years ago,
14:39we crawled out of the water.
14:41Then we conquered it.
14:43We built a civilisation that depends on our oceans
14:46to power our homes, feed our crops and keep us alive.
14:50Keep you in business.
14:51Sorry, but I agree with Kate.
14:53Their civilisation is so ancient and so powerful.
14:55Aren't they a gift?
14:57Couldn't they help solve not just the climate crisis,
15:00but so much more?
15:01If we had them on side.
15:03We're never going to get them on side.
15:05They want us gone.
15:07If they wanted us gone, I think that would have already happened.
15:09If they were gone, we could have access to their technology.
15:12Think of it.
15:13Treasure from the ocean floor.
15:14This is a diplomatic crisis, not a pirate raid.
15:17It's what the West does best.
15:19Colonise and plunder.
15:20I'm sorry, but I'm 60% water.
15:23We all are.
15:25Don't tell me we don't own the water.
15:28If Homo Aqua want a war between the land and the sea,
15:31we'll take the sea.
15:32So this kind of rhetoric is irresponsible.
15:34If you're trying to keep the peace, you've already failed.
15:40If you're not on side,
15:41we might have to reconsider our options.
15:45Diplomatic responsibility can easily be transferred.
15:47What to you?
15:48A global emergency committee could guide Homo Aqua
15:51through a peace process that puts mankind first,
15:53not you.
15:54Sorry, what is Sir Keith doing in an emergency meeting?
15:57It is not cabinet or agency,
15:59and his companies at this very moment
16:01are still pumping millions of litres of sewage
16:04into our waterways.
16:05These processes take time.
16:06And don't get me started on General Gesselier,
16:08who leaked confidential information to the press.
16:10I think you need to calm down, love.
16:12This is a national security matter.
16:13The fact is we need industry and our allies on side.
16:17We can't do this, allow.
16:22What's going to happen down there?
16:51Ravi, come on. I've already said we don't know.
16:54So what if this is a trick?
17:11What's going to happen down there?
17:13Ravi, come on. I've already said we don't know.
17:15So what if this is a trick and they want hostages?
17:17We didn't take any hostages. Why should they?
17:20Because that's what happens in war.
17:21I promise you, we're going to sort this.
17:23I don't know how we will, but we will.
17:25Because my kid is not living through a war.
17:27I never had kids.
17:29If I get out of here, I'm going to call my brother.
17:32We haven't spoken for 20 years.
17:39Go for you.
17:42First thing I'm doing is taking my family out for the meal.
17:45All 19 of us.
17:4619?
17:47Yeah.
17:48Yeah.
17:49Yeah.
17:49And I'm being...
17:50Oh, it's so hot.
17:56This suit.
17:59How deep are we?
18:00All right, Ted.
18:00Come on.
18:01Come on, Ted.
18:01Don't think about it.
18:02I watched this show where they made a human out of pig pots, bones and meat.
18:07And they put it in a diving suit and they tested it for deep sea pressure.
18:12Mr. Campbell.
18:13It just turned to soup in a split second.
18:16Okay, Ted.
18:16No one wants to hear this.
18:18I don't want to be soup.
18:22All right.
18:22Okay.
18:23It's okay.
18:23You're okay.
18:24Ted, come on.
18:24Come on.
18:25Look at me.
18:26Just breathe.
18:26Just breathe now.
18:27Breathe now.
18:27Please, with me.
18:28Okay?
18:29Slow and steady.
18:30With me.
18:31Because we're a team, aren't we?
19:02Well, all six delegates should now be descending to the ocean floor.
19:16Meanwhile, emergency crews continue to clear arterial roads through...
19:19Can you turn that off, please?
19:23A few days ago, the situation was dire.
19:26We were staring down the barrel of unprecedented financial and energy crises.
19:29Now it's catastrophic.
19:30We cannot surrender control of this planet.
19:33Look what they did to us in 15 minutes.
19:35If they wanted to, they could wipe us out.
19:37Unit are looking after their own interests.
19:40It is our moral duty to stop Aquakine however we can.
19:45Harry.
19:47I know you have a lot on your plate by now.
19:48Alison has tests today.
19:51She'll be with her.
19:53I already know you value my opinion.
19:56And maybe my money.
19:57The generals have decades of military strategy under their belts.
20:01Let us guide you.
20:02Take the pressure off.
20:09When I became Prime Minister,
20:11I made a promise to my grandchildren to leave this country better than I found it.
20:15Sir, if we don't win this war, and war is what it is,
20:21there will be no grand tour.
20:24But we believe there is a way through this.
20:28A new stratagem just between us.
20:31We're calling it Severance.
20:32I found some instant coffee.
20:45And biscuits.
20:50I won't ask you what you had to do for those.
20:53Yeah, let's not.
20:53They'll be okay.
21:02But you look exhausted.
21:04I've had six hours sleep in three days.
21:07This morning I showered in a sink.
21:09Sent good people five miles under the ocean
21:11and sat through a Cobra meeting with a room full of warmongers.
21:15You need a break.
21:16They want a shut unit out.
21:20And if we lose control, who steps in?
21:23Who decides the future of the human race?
21:28Sorry.
21:29Submersible's entering the deepest part of the trench.
21:30Yes.
21:32Get me, Captain Gates.
21:34I want a situation report ASAP.
21:37This is uncharted territory.
21:39They're off the maps now.
21:42This will be the longest night of our lives.
21:46What's that?
22:08What's happened?
22:14I think they stopped.
22:16Are we...
22:16Are we on a seabed?
22:20Negative.
22:22This is SU-1 to surface.
22:27Surface, this is SU-1.
22:33Hello.
22:36Is anyone there?
22:42Oh, my God.
22:46We're moving again.
22:50Captain, what's happening?
22:52We're moving at 12 knots.
22:5318 knots.
22:56These readings don't make sense.
22:58That's not possible.
22:5913 knots.
23:00Something's taking control.
23:04How are they moving so fast?
23:07Captain.
23:08What?
23:09Are they being jacked?
23:10Hmm, I think so.
23:11They're descending twice as fast.
23:12Steve, how's the pressure?
23:14Pressure's holding.
23:15We've lost comms.
23:17Ping the transponder.
23:18No response.
23:19Okay, do you feel that?
23:20Do you feel like we're descending again?
23:21Why is there no radio content?
23:23Oxygen's normal.
23:24The cables are functioning.
23:25We're just...
23:25Cut off.
23:28On our own.
23:29Oh, it's not.
23:37Oh, my God.
23:39Oh, somebody else!
23:53Oh, my God.
23:55Oh, my God.
23:56Oh, my God.
23:57Oh, my God.
23:58Oh, my God.
23:58Oh, my God.
23:59We stopped and the pressure on the hull is 1200 HPA.
24:11Wait, is that good or bad?
24:12Well that's like sea level.
24:14That's the pressure on land except we're five miles down.
24:18Five miles?
24:22Are we inside something?
24:24The whole system's gone down.
24:29Oh my God.
24:30Come on down everyone.
24:31Backers should kick in any second.
24:32This is a trap effect.
24:33I should kill us.
24:34Wait a sec, Ted.
24:35Shut up.
24:37Well that's it.
24:38That's backup.
24:42There's something at the hatch.
24:44It's them.
24:54They're breaking in.
24:55Raise positions.
24:56Come on, come on.
25:18Who's going first?
25:24Is that cave?
25:25I don't know.
25:26Wait there.
25:27No, don't.
25:28Bloody hell.
25:29It's alive.
25:30Is that cave?
25:32I don't know. Wait there.
25:38No, no.
25:44Bloody hell.
25:51It's alive.
25:55Temperature's 21 degrees Celsius, which is impossible.
26:00The atmosphere is breathable, not just breathable. It's perfect.
26:05This place is incredible.
26:09You can come out now. Be careful. There's a drop.
26:16It's some kind of membrane.
26:20There's got to be billions of tons of water behind this.
26:23One tear in that membrane.
26:34Watch your step. The ground's uneven.
26:37If this is the ground...
26:38What the hell was that?
26:46Decontamination?
26:47Everyone okay?
26:49Okay.
26:50What is this place?
26:52It's like...
26:54nothing in the world.
26:56It's like hell.
27:02Welcome.
27:03Where exactly are we?
27:14Deeper than any human has ever been.
27:19You can remove your apparatus.
27:22No, wait.
27:23This environment has been prepared for you.
27:25Will you trust me, Barkley?
27:50Yeah.
27:50Yeah.
27:51Yeah.
27:51Yeah.
27:51Yeah.
27:55It's okay.
28:25The roof's leaking!
28:43There is no roof.
28:46What?
28:48But you are safe.
28:51I prefer to keep this going.
28:53As you wish.
29:23It's fatigue.
29:26You're running on empty.
29:29All this pressure, it's taking its toll.
29:31Pretty soon you're gonna be of no use to anyone.
29:33I feel fine.
29:34After 48 hours, the brain and the body start to shut down.
29:40I've seen it happen, and I'm watching it happen to you.
29:45If I reported you, you'd be escorted from the building.
29:47Except you wouldn't do that.
29:48The delegates are miles beneath the surface in radio silence for hours.
29:53There's nothing else you can do right now.
29:56But as soon as they're back, we need you on form, rested and ready for whatever comes next.
30:01You're amazing.
30:06But you're not invincible.
30:09Either I take you home to rest, or I report you.
30:21My apartment is a fully-equipped comms hub for work from there.
30:28So, how is that light down here?
30:33Well, many deep-sea organisms are bioluminescent.
30:37Bacteria, plankton, species of fish.
30:39So are we, uh, inside an organism, or...?
30:42I have no idea.
30:44This is impossible.
30:46Your world of steel and glass and sunlight is equally impossible to us.
30:52And is this... is this where you live?
30:54No.
30:56We are nomads.
30:58All of the oceans and waterways are our home.
31:01They are curious.
31:04That is all.
31:06So, do you all live here, together, like all the species?
31:09There are the fish.
31:11There are the titans.
31:13The dolphins.
31:15And us.
31:17Huh.
31:18So that's, uh...
31:19It's like a hierarchy, then.
31:20Like a class system?
31:22There are degrees of intellect.
31:24Do not assume we think as one.
31:27Hmm.
31:29Hmm.
31:30Oh.
31:31Oh, sorry.
31:32Sorry.
31:33I...
31:34I just, uh...
31:37This is...
31:38a lot.
31:39I...
31:40Here.
31:41Hold on to me.
31:42Come on.
31:43Come on.
31:44Keep moving.
31:45Keep moving.
31:46Come on.
31:47Hang on.
31:48Where are the others?
31:49Have the wolves moved?
32:02It's just you.
32:03And me.
32:04I feel like I know you.
32:05I'm not gonna know you.
32:06I haven't known you forever.
32:07Is that weird?
32:08I understand.
32:09I feel like I know you.
32:10I'm not gonna know you.
32:11I haven't known you forever.
32:12Is that weird?
32:13I understand.
32:14You're so warm.
32:15And rough.
32:16You're so warm.
32:17And rough.
32:18You're so warm.
32:19And rough.
32:20You're so warm.
32:22Can I only...
32:23Can I only?
32:24How do you feel like I know you're so warm?
32:25Is that weird?
32:27I understand.
32:27I understand.
32:31You're so warm.
32:33You're so warm.
32:38And rough.
32:40Can I only...
32:49Can I only...
32:50Can I, um, can I touch you?
33:11What do you feel?
33:17Strength.
33:21And beauty.
33:26I don't know why you chose me for any of this.
33:35The tides have drawn us together.
33:39The undercurrents pulling us closer.
33:44If you calm your mind,
33:46you'll feel their power.
33:49But your thoughts are noisy.
33:59Can you read them?
34:01Human emotions are so loud.
34:05We cannot help but listen.
34:12Your heart is racing.
34:15Yeah, I don't want to mess this up.
34:21Billions of people are counting on us.
34:25You have good intentions.
34:32We could make a difference, you and I.
34:34End the conflict between our species.
34:40Before it's too late.
34:46Yeah.
34:47Yeah.
34:51Berkeley!
34:55We thugling last year.
34:57Are you alright?
35:00Yeah.
35:01We are assembled.
35:02We are assembled.
35:03Oh, my God.
35:04Do not be afraid.
35:16This is how it felt for you.
35:17Missing us.
35:18Oh, my God.
35:19Do not be afraid.
35:20This is how it felt for you.
35:21Missing us.
35:22Missing us.
35:24Oh, my God.
35:30Do not be afraid.
35:32This is how it felt for you.
35:34Missing us.
35:52Jesus.
36:07Welcome.
36:09To our domain.
36:19They're down there...
36:20...on their own.
36:22With no support.
36:26Do you think one day we won't need to keep us a secret anymore?
36:31I don't know.
36:33I'm sick of hiding it.
36:35Pretending.
36:37Worrying about being transferred to God knows where.
36:39Alaska.
36:41You find it so easy.
36:45The future of the human race pivots on what happens tonight.
36:48We don't matter.
36:50How can you be thinking about us?
36:55I think about us all the time.
37:01Can't you not be Commander-in-Chief just for a few hours?
37:07I don't know how.
37:11Leave it.
37:17Shirley, hi. Any news from the delegates?
37:18No. All quiet.
37:20So I ran some intel on the people in that Cobra meeting.
37:23Thanks.
37:24I think I found something.
37:25A repeated word in diplomatic communications.
37:29Does the word severance mean anything to you?
37:31No.
37:32It's never appeared before.
37:33Now it's been used 14 times in the last two days.
37:37Coded messages going back and forth.
37:39Severance.
37:39Severance.
37:40Severance.
37:45Kate?
37:45Kate?
38:06Kate?
38:07Kate?
38:09Kate, you there?
38:11Kate?
38:11This is for you.
38:41I agree.
38:48What?
38:53What?
38:56How long?
38:59Time.
39:03Please.
39:06Your war is lost.
39:36Your war is lost.
39:41Your war is lost.
39:45Your war is lost.
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