Arctic Air (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - The River - full transcript

Astrid and Dev are canoeing down a river, but their romantic trip goes all wrong. Meanwhile, Krista is back from Bali with a new friend named "Tag" on many photos.

Previously on Arctic Air...

Did you see who killed Johnny?

Bobby Martin shot him.

It's always good to
see you, Russell.

Not particularly.

Bobby Martin's a dead man.

So there's nothing here then?

Petra, I'm with Krista.

I'm going to Bali.

When are you coming back?

I don't know.



Look, Krista, I...

Goodbye, Bobby.

Arctic Air 03x01 The River
Originally Aired January 7, 2014

The sunsets are unbelievable.

The sun's this huge red ball,

and it just plunges.

Then it comes up
again like thunder.

What?

"On the road to Mandalay

where the flying fishes play

and the sun comes
up like thunder

out of China 'cross the bay."

Where do you come up
with these things?

I went to high school.



So did I.

Forget it.

Different era.

Dinosaurs roamed.

And I wasn't in Mandalay.

I was in Bali.

I know that, sweetheart.

Promise me this won't
get all weird.

No going "Om" or
tinkling cymbals?

Don't worry.

You were over there
for three months.

People come back with notions.

Okay. Can we just...

Yeah.

Irene...

Mom...

You lived life on
your own terms.

It took me a long time...

my whole life,

to stop resenting that.

But I get it now, I do.

And I love you.

Welcome back, beautiful.

I wish the circumstances...

Well, you know.

And we live in our
children, don't we?

The two of us,

we got lucky there.

That it?

Good night, Irene.

I can't believe you
just said that.

She'd understand.

I am so glad you're home.

So am I.

Krista!

Welcome home!

You two talked yet?

What's there to say?

Come on, Dev, it's our last day,

and you haven't
been swimming once.

Okay, whoa, whoa,
whoa, this is insane.

Okay, Dev, man up.

Be Scandinavian!

It is the north.

It is may.

One... two...

There could be heart attacks!

Three!

And shrinkage!

Oh, my God!

That's my foot!

I'm just kidding.

Scandinavians are crazy
people, I swear.

How did I end up with a
Scandinavian in my life?

Oh...

I thought you were
worried about shrinkage.

Apparently, this is
not such an issue.

There are bugs, though.

I defy them.

- By the sun, I would say...
-30.

Close.

Am I?

10:57.

What?

No, no, no, no...

Don't think you're
a Mountain man

just because you have a few
bug-bites on your bum.

But we're already late
at the pick-up site.

We told Blake we'd
be there by 9:00...

Dev! Can you turn around?

The current is getting
a little stronger.

I can see this, Astrid.

We are in the same boat.

And after a week,

I am getting the
hang of paddling it.

What is it?

Uh... nothing.

It's just a stitch.
It's nothing.

We can stop to
rest, if you want.

Dev, can you pay attention?

Astrid, there are rapids ahead.

Okay, just stay calm.

We can make it through.

You listen to me and you
do what I tell you.

Astrid, they are
bigger than you think.

Okay, steer to the left channel.

I'm trying!

Paddle harder, Dev,
we can make it!

Astrid!

Steer away from the rocks.

Paddle harder, Dev!

- Astrid!
- Dev!

Dev! Dev!

Phew.

Oh...

Three months in paradise
and you came back?

Well...

The money ran out.

And it was time.

Looks like the company
survived without me.

Oh, we limped along.

But enough about that, I
want to hear about Bali.

Sun, sand, wild tantric sex.

Well, I have some
pictures of beaches.

Close enough?

Oh, look at you.

Krista Ivarson, free spirit.

It's a different
world over there.

Well, well!

The prodigal daughter returns.

Cece...

She was just about to tell
us about wild tantric sex.

What? No, I wasn't.

I'd love to stick
around for that,

but I've got an engine
I'm working on.

Oh, Marie wants to have you
over for dinner, though,

soon as you get settled.

You bet.

Whoa...

Who's Mr. Puka Shells?

Uh, okay, he's a friend.

Can I have a friend
who looks like that?

Oh, and Blake just radioed.

He flew over the pick-up site,

no sign of Dev and Astrid.

Oh, they decided to
take a week-long trip

down the Deh-Cho.

Astrid and Dev?

Dev is a northern man now.

By August, he'll be
wearing buckskin.

Okay, don't mock.

People are allowed to change.

Uh, I've got a scheduling mess

I've got to clean up,

so, um, I'm going to
catch up with you later.

Hey.

Sorry that we didn't get a
chance to talk last night.

Well, that wasn't
the right time.

Maybe we could...

I'm sorry about your mom.

Thanks.

But you guys had
some time together?

Yeah. Yeah, in Bali.

She left a couple of
months ago for Seattle,

and then last week
I got the news

she was in the hospice.

That must have
been really tough.

When I got there,

she was just sitting
in the garden.

Two days later, she was gone.

Just...

slipped away.

I was holding her hand.

It was actually
kind of beautiful.

Welcome home.

You stupid bureaucrats!

The friggin' government!

They're suspending
my pilot's licence.

No, I do not want to press
"six" for further options.

Press "zero," you'll
get a human being.

At a government office?
Good luck.

This says you jeopardized
the lives of passengers

by flying without
a qualified crew.

That's ridiculous.

A charter flight to Inuvik.

March 16th. A
bantam hockey team?

Connor's team, the
hockey tournament.

I was on that flight.

Well, according to
this, so was Blake.

Blake was co-pilot.

We had three highly
qualified pilots

on that flight.

Well, two qualified pilots,

and you.

Okay, but he's right.

I mean, this doesn't
make any sense.

Yes, hello, this is Mel
Ivarson, Arctic Air.

I'm calling because I...

Arctic Air.

No, don't put me on hold...

Hello?

We'll figure it out.

I went back over the pick-up
site a second time.

No sign of Dev and Astrid.

When were they due?

First thing this morning.

Any chance you went to
the wrong location?

No, but there's a
chance that they did.

I'll fly along the river a ways,
in case they're farther up.

Maybe they got onto a tributary?

Krista, that you?

Hey, Blake.

Welcome home.

When I get back, I'll
buy you a drink.

I want to hear all
about your trip.

You got it.

Listen, I've got enough fuel

to fly upriver another
half hour or so,

then I got to start my run.

Copy.

The Deh-Cho's crazy
high right now.

The melt came early.

Climate change.

Still, they're only a
few hours overdue.

It's way too soon to panic.

He's right.

They probably just
lost track of a day.

Well, Dev, maybe.

But Astrid?

She's a walking egg-timer.

So they've been up
there for a week.

Now they're on Indian time.

Hey!

Did you get someone
on the phone?

A flight attendant.

Excuse me?

Three licensed
pilots on the plane,

but no licensed attendant.

A passenger flight requires
a flight attendant.

And just as the waters are
about to close over my head,

there you are,

knifing towards me like
a great white shark!

Or something more Swedish.

Like a viking long-boat.

I need to work out
where we are, Dev.

We're on dry land.

This is an excellent start.

We passed the pick-up point.
How is that possible?

Astrid, we're fine.

Dev, we have no GPS,

we have no radio,
we have no rifle,

we have no canoe.

We do not know where we are!

So please do not
give me cheerful!

It could be worse...

People die like this, Dev!

They won't bother you.

What?

The wolves.

I have been assured by
many northerners...

The stitch in your side?

I feel like I'm
going to throw up.

Okay.

Maybe those berries you found.

Okay.

So this is my fault, too?

Now I have poisoned you.

Okay, Dev, never mind, okay?

No, please, get it
off your chest.

First, I caused this whole
mess by dumping the canoe.

You might have told
me you can't swim.

Of course I can swim. I can
swim very adequately...

In shallower water.

Oh, super helpful.

It's not my fault my head sinks.

Dev, I don't want to
fight with you, okay?

I'm sorry I snapped, okay?

And you're right,

we're going to be fine.

We just have to stay calm

and we have to find
out where we are.

Dev?

There's something out there.

Yes, wolves, okay?

Shh!

Not wolves.

Something else.

Like what?

Something... large.

Do you hear it?

No.

What is it?

There are grizzly bears.

Dev, it's coming closer.

It's a man.

Stop!

Stop right there!

Don't worry.

If I wanted you dead,

you'd have stopped
twitching 20 minutes ago.

♪ I try and roll
with the punches ♪

♪ but the punches keep
rolling with me ♪

Thanks.

So...

What was it like seeing Krista?

She's good.

Seems like she had
an amazing trip.

That's not what I asked.

You guys aren't going to
try and work things out?

We broke up three months ago.

I didn't like it, but it
was the right decision.

Look, why are we even talking
about this right now?

A flight attendant?

What kind of regulation is that?

A government regulation.

How'd they even know
you didn't have one?

Seems they have
their ways, Cece.

Apparently, they have eyes.

You should go down there.

Raise some hell.

Tomorrow morning.

Just make sure you don't
turn a 30-day suspension

into three months in jail.

Nearly 40 years
I've been a pilot.

How did we get so old?

I'm sorry about Irene.

I mean,

not that I could
stand the woman.

Well, neither could
you half the time.

Just saying.

She lived her life the
way she wanted to.

So have you.

Have I?

♪ I said, "Wake up, mama

♪ shake that...

Safe home.

You know, you could
stop by my place.

Connor's sleeping
over at a friend's.

I'm not sure tonight
really works.

Fine.

I mean, I appreciate

the offer, but...

It's not like I'm
flinging myself.

I won't do that.

Of course not.

Especially not with you.

All I'm saying is that, um...

It's been good,

spending time together,

the three of us.

It means a lot to Connor.

Well, it means a lot to me, too.

And, obviously, he wonders
where this is going.

So do I.

Friday night.

What about it?

I'll take you guys out to dinner

after your shift.

Okay.

And then after that,

we'll see if we can
figure this out.

I'll see you Friday.

Kimbo.

Three months.

Sorry?

Since Johnny Mac died.

Remember him?

Good friend of mine.

You see, he walked into
the woods one day,

and never came back.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Yeah, I think you do.

Take care of yourself.

So, how long have you
been up here, TJ?

I came up after the thaw

to clear my head, right?

And it's good.
It's good up here.

I usually do better when
I'm not around people.

Came up from where?

What's that?

Where are you from?

Doesn't matter where I'm from.

It doesn't?

People always want to know...

What's your name,
where do you live?

I'm T.J. I'm here.

What more do you need?

Nothing.

We're just really
glad you found us.

Uh, wait, we've turned
away from the river.

Yeah.

But that's where our
pickup-point is.

We're not going there.

My camp's way closer.

Your camp?

I wouldn't take just anyone,

but I think you're
probably okay.

Uh, thank you,

but we should stick
with our plan.

I've got a good set up.

Food, shower, a sat phone.

You can call your friends.

Ah, that sounds great.

Astrid...

Shh!

Come on.

And then after you've done that,

I want you to start
switching out

the front plugs on the
number two engine.

You think you can handle it?

Oh, I bet I can
recognize a spark plug.

Well, wait till
you have to do it

in an open field at 50 below.

You gotta start somewhere.

So, Caitlin?

Since when?

She started apprenticing
about a month ago.

Seems to have a knack for it.

Kind of reminds me of me,

about 40 years ago.

After everything
Caitlin's been through,

it's good to see
her doing so well.

Hmm, I guess she is.

Well, what, Tommy's
not on the scene?

He dumped her and took off.

She doesn't even know why.

And of course, there's
her brother...

No word?

No body, if that's
what you mean.

Nelson's dead.

We have to assume.

But Caitlin keeps hoping.

There's nothing wrong with hope.

Yeah, it's denial
that scares me.

By the way, I printed off

the supply contracts
you asked for.

Ah, thank you.

I'm going to go over
those with Mel.

Get myself back up to speed.

Since when are you interested

in the business side of things?

Well, maybe I've been
doing some thinking...

Balinese death mask.

Ah, just the thing
you want to hang

on the wall of an airline.

So...

Is he in all of your pictures?

Who's that?

Mr. Puka Shells.

His name is Tag.

And?

And he's a friend I met in Bali.

Obviously. Who is he?

He... travels a lot.

And he's Tag.

And... yes, if that's
what you're asking.

Seriously?

It was intense and
amazing, and...

that is all I'm going
to say about that.

Shut. Up.

These only seem to
go back to April.

Oh, no, you don't.

Details.

Can you get me the March
contracts, please?

Does Bobby know?

About what?

Uh... she wants to
look at the contracts

- for the last few months.
- Yeah.

Suit yourself.

Look, Blake's on his way back.

And he flew over

the pick-up site again.

Dev and Astrid?

You could decapitate a moose

with that thing.

Dev, he's making lunch.

He has a gun.

So did we,

until we dumped the canoe.

Okay, everyone has a
rifle up here, Dev.

It's for the bears.

We don't know anything
about this man.

He's not good with people, okay?

So what? Neither am I.

Who says he even has a camp?

And if he does, who knows
what we'd find there?

What are you expecting?

The heads of other hikers,

stuck on stakes?

Astrid,

look at the size of him.

He's strong, okay?

He knows what he's
doing out here.

Is that what's bothering you?

Of course not.

I'll bet his head
doesn't sink either.

I didn't mean that.

I think perhaps you did.

Dev...

You okay?

She has food poisoning.

Maybe the flu.

No, it's more than that.

I flew over the river again

this morning.

There's no sign of them.

We need to call
search and rescue.

I just did.

There's nothing they
can do right now.

They've been missing
for more than a day.

There's a plane down
in northern Ontario.

All available resources

are already committed.

This is ridiculous.

This is the north. If you're
gonna get lost, book ahead.

We can notify the airlines.

Ask them to keep an eye out.

Call in anyone who's off-duty,
let's put planes in the air.

It is possible I
just missed them.

I was on my own...

Dev and Astrid are my friends.

I'm flying up.

I'll come with you.

Two pairs of eyes.

I've had training.

I've taken first aid, too,

but I don't stick my hands
in people's underwear.

You are hurting her.

- You still have your appendix?
- Yeah.

It's not appendicitis.
It is the berries.

I've had an attack once before.

The doctor said, that
if it came back,

I would have to have it removed.

What?

You mind?

Yes, yes, yes! She
minds very much!

That's enough! That's enough!

I'm just trying to help!

Stop it, both of you!

What did I tell you?
He's a lunatic.

Dev, you pushed him.

Because he attacked me!

TJ!

If we stay here, he's
going to kill us.

I don't deny it, I just
don't see the point.

Of safety regulation?

Of this one.

I've been flying for 40 years.

So you keep saying.

And I have never had
a passenger die

because no one
handed out muffins.

- Mr. Ivarson...
- It's Mel.

Gordon, I've known you
since you were eight.

I watched you play hockey
against my daughter.

Not your game, nothing
to be ashamed of.

I knew your dad.

Mr. Ivarson,

are you actually saying

you see no reason for
flight attendants?

I'm saying I've been a pilot
since before you were born.

I'm still here.

You know why that is?

I'm sure I can guess.

Because I know what I'm doing.

Yes, you're a legend.

I've landed single-engine planes

in 50-knot crosswinds.

I've flown snowblind
in blizzards.

Yes, that's really not
the type of flying

we're talking about right now.

True.

The world changes.

We're over the pick-up
site, heading north.

No sign of them?

Nothing.

I'll keep you posted.

Copy that.

It is so beautiful.

And so huge.

I wasn't sure you
were coming back.

This is my home.

Well, you're full of surprises.

Starting with the way you left.

And then when it got
to be one month,

and then two months?

Well, it's a whole new world.

New experiences.

New people?

Yeah, sure.

I made new friends.

And I had a bunch of
stuff to work out.

I missed you.

I wasn't going to say that,

but it's the truth.

Down there.

Against the riverbank.

That's a canoe!

But where are Dev and Astrid?

Why did you never tell
me about your appendix?

Why would I tell you

about my organs, Dev?

Dev, stop, stop, stop.

- Astrid. Astrid...
- I can't do this.

We can't stay. He
may be following.

You have to go for help.

Go where?

Astrid, there's no one
out here but T.J.

You have to find his camp.

He said he has a sat phone.

We don't even know if it exists.

He said it's north
of here, okay?

There has to be a trail.

I'm not leaving you alone.

Then my appendix will rupture

and I will die, Dev!

Okay?

So, deep breaths.

Deep breaths, Dev, okay?

Look around.

Look around, you have to
be able to find me again.

What are you suggesting,
a trail of breadcrumbs?

Just go.

You have to find his camp,
you have use his sat phone.

Okay? Please.

I can't...

- Go. Go!
- I can't.

Dev, go.

It looks like they went over

in a stretch of rapids
just downstream.

Are you sure it's their canoe?

Yeah, it was stored
in my backyard.

I saw it every day
for six months.

Okay, give me your coordinates.

I'll get the other
planes out to you.

It's beginning to look like...

I heard.

We're sending our entire staff
on a search and rescue?

Problem with that?

Just one.

Are we planning to send anyone
who knows what they're doing?

Blake did some search
and rescue flying

a few years back, in Manitoba.

And who else?

Some more first-aid stuff.

We're going to need blankets.

You're planning a sleep-over?

If someone's hurt, you
gotta keep 'em warm.

Well, little Jimmy McAllister.

So, uh, Mel just called.

Dev's a good friend, and, uh...

You got room for one more?

You ever done this before?

Yeah, some.

I fought fires in Alberta.

Welcome aboard, buddy.

Thanks, man.

Well, what's the plan here?

Get this eggbeater in the air,

or give 'em time to walk home?

Oh... oh, thank you.

Oh, thank you, thank you.

Oh, my God.

Dev?

I was just trying to help.

I was attacked.

I know, I know, Dev was...

People turn on you,

every time.

Where is he?

Close.

He'll be back any minute.

He left you here, didn't he?

He left you alone.

Those are my friends,
they're looking for me.

They're going the wrong way.

They're looking along the river.

No one's ever going
to find you here.

I'll get you there. Come on.

I notified search and
rescue about the canoe.

They'll try to divert
some resources,

but it won't be until
tomorrow, at the earliest.

Roger that.

We're 10 minutes north
of the pickup site,

heading southeast.

But it's rough
terrain down there.

Blake's headed your
way in the chopper.

I'll let him know where you are.

I should be flying
a damned plane,

instead of poking pins in a map.

We need to keep track

of the ground we've searched.

I flew over that stretch
of river last week.

It's as high as
I've ever seen it,

and as fast.

Loreen!

Dev's on the line.

Dev, are you guys okay?

No, we are not!

I am alive,

at least until T.J. Gets back.

Who?

I found his camp.

But Astrid's appendix

is about to explode!

Dev, can you tell
me where you are?

He's about 10 minutes
northwest of you.

He wasn't making complete sense,

but he says Astrid
is not on the river.

Give me the coordinates.
We're on our way.

Oh, they've seen us!

They're coming back!

I have to get out in the open.

We have to get
closer to the river!

We have to be more visible!

What are you doing?

It's too steep!

Astrid!

Astrid!

Hey, can you hear me?

Krista?

Who the hell?

Astrid, oh, my God.

She's on a ledge,

maybe five metres
below the cliff top.

How does she look?

- Is she moving?
- Negative.

We could land on the river,

but there'd be no
way to get to her.

You guys need the helicopter.

Blake's got to be close enough.

Blake, this is Arctic Air.

Juliett-Alpha-Delta.

Can you hear this?

Yeah, loud and clear, Bobby.
Go ahead.

We hear it's appendicitis,

but first, we've got to
find a way to reach her.

Can I land the chopper
on top of the cliff?

Not a chance.

Then we lower someone.

Me?

Are you out of your
friggin' minds?

It's gonna take all of us.

Bobby, we're gonna need you guys

to land on the river.

We'll put down on the bank,

and then everyone goes up
together in the chopper.

Wait, why everyone?

Enough people hauling
on the rope.

Just picked up Bobby and Krista.

We have a visual on Astrid.

Copy that.

You can't just tie someone

to the end of a rope
like a fishing lure.

You got a better idea?

We need winches.

Proper hoisting gear.

Well, this is all we got.

Hold it steady!

Doing what I can.

We've got winds coming
down the valley.

Good to go!

I should be doing this.

No.

If she keeps this up,

I want you to sit on her.

I'm just the mechanic, man.

Ready?

We got you, buddy.

- He's down!
- Got it!

Cece, go back and help.

- Krista, you're my eyes.
- On it!

Come on, come on.

Whoa, there, big fella!

Hold it steady!

Doing my best!

Okay, bring 'er up!
Bring 'er up!

Go! Go!

Steady. Steady...

Go, go, go!

Don't you worry. My
friends don't die.

Come on, Bobby!

Wind's getting worse.

We've got to get Bobby
off that ledge.

He's not clipped on!

Yeah! Yeah! Get us
to a drop point!

Yes! Yes!

He has done it!

He is the man!

And Bobby's hanging onto
the rope with one hand,

like he's a kid flying a kite.

I totally thought we'd lost him.

Dev just called
from the hospital.

Astrid came through
surgery just fine.

You look all right, too, Cece.

Hey.

Well, I won't be flying
for a month anyway.

What? They suspended you?

Don't ask.

Hmm.

You did okay, kid.

Most half-baked rescue
I ever heard of,

but it worked.

I want to set up a
search and rescue.

Here at Arctic Air.

When did you get
this bright idea?

Today.

I want to start making
a difference, dad,

and this is one way to do that.

It's a way to
bankrupt the company.

- Have any idea what that would involve?
- Some.

Equipment, training,
modifications to aircraft?

Try seven figures,
just for start-up.

Well, I will figure
out a way to fund it.

Not your call. It's my company.

Well, that's something else
we need to talk about.

If I'm going to stick around,

full partners.

I had a lot of time to
think about my life

while I was in Bali...

What's important to me,

and where I'm going.

What exactly are you asking for?

Half your authority.

Dream on.

I'm serious.

So am I.

You want to take this on?

That's what I'm saying.

Then you don't get
half my authority.

You get all of it.

Excuse me?

I started this company because
I wanted to fly planes.

And what have I
been doing instead?

Sitting behind a desk,

mud-wrestling with bureaucrats.

The two of you.

50-50.

Figure out a way to
run it between you.

And good friggin' luck.

You and me?

Apparently.

Holy smokes.

Hey, you.

Jumping out of helicopters?

I was improvising a solution.

You were being a jerk.

And you were really great.

Look, I still don't understand
about what happened.

You know, at the airport
before you left.

Bobby...

And I was thinking...

I met somebody while
I was in Bali.

Okay.

Yeah, we'd broken up,

and things happen

when you're travelling...

He's coming here.

I just wanted you
to hear it from me.

Krista?

Hey!

Oh, my God.

It's Mr. Puka Shells.

Already?

I thought you were going
to visit your family.

I've been to Portland
a zillion times.

I wanted to see you.

Uh... everybody, this is Tag.

He's... A friend of mine.

This a bad time?

N-no.

No, it isn't.

I can leave and come back.

No, I'm...

I'm really glad to see you.

The guy murdered Johnny Mac.

You don't know that.

The Tommy kid saw it!

He told Bruce Ward.

Yeah, and neither one of
them ever told a lie.

And what about you, huh?

My own brother wit a
frickin' baseball bat?

You were about to shoot
the guy, in public.

Look, maybe he did it.

And maybe the
opportunity will come.

But if it does,

we're going to do it smart.