Estonia (2023-…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Livflotten - full transcript
An Estonian dancer and a Swedish woman returning home fight for survival in the cold sea after MS Estonia has sunk. The Investigation Commission suspends the water tank tests for financial reasons, and the progress of the investigation requires the continuation of work without any knowledge of funding.
How accurately do the
waves represent 12 knots?
Around 10-12 knots.
Waves are not entirely accurate.
At the time of the accident,
the waves were short.
Short waves create
more turbulence.
Well, according to our estimates
this represents the conditions
more or less accurately.
It doesn't seem plausible
that speed alone
would have been enough
to damage the bow visor.
We can adjust the
test to 15 knots.
Nothing indicates that
she went that fast.
But that doesn't stop
us from looking into it.
I'm also curious whether
a structural flaw might have
affected the accident in some way.
The test is designed to study
whether the waves could
have destroyed the ship.
Can we do it again? 15 knots.
Yes. Do you want to continue?
One more time. 15 knots.
We can interpret the
results in different ways
but the conclusion
stays the same.
Even if we increase the speed the
bow visor won't break on its own.
Even though
similar ships have
had similar accidents?
Yes, but the model does
not consider wear and tear
or any modifications of
the ship's structure.
Wasn't someone supposed
to do calculations
based on the stress tests?
We didn't receive resources
for more calculations or tests.
Would it still be possible
to do a sink test?
Unfortunately, this cannot be
done without additional resources.
Help!
- Come here!
Help!
- Give me your hand!
Are you okay?
Grab hold of the rope
or the next wave
will take you away.
Grab it!
Fast!
Grab it! Grab it!
We need to get away!
We need to get...
We need to get away
or the ship will
take us with it.
Paddle!
Paddle! We need to get away!
Can I help you?
Wait!
Come back!
What!
Come back!
Help me!
Come and paddle!
We need to paddle
away from the ship!
Why don't we have a roof?
Some of the other ones do.
We couldn't turn it over.
The raft is upside down...
There's a raft!
There's another raft!
Dammit! It's moving past us.
Help!
Help!
- Come!
Climb up!
Close the fucking door!
Close it!
Are you fucking crazy?!
We're taking on water!
Are you okay?
- Fucking idiots, just close it!
Are you okay?
Give me a hand!
We're trying...
Close it, damn it!
We're trying!
Why is it so wide open?
Why isn't it working?
Close it!
We need more hands!
Close it, damn it!
We're taking on water!
What are you doing?
Fucking cunt!
Move!
What are you doing?
Don't rip it!
You're in my way!
Stop it!
Don't touch me, you fucking
cunt! Don't touch me!
Move! Move you fucking...
Stop it!
Stop it!
Stop it!
Stop it!
Calm down!
Stop it!
Stop it!
- Calm down!
Hi.
I'm sorry.
How are things?
Everything okay?
It's fine.
I'm sitting here
thinking about the
modifications made to the ship.
In Finland.
What really happened there?
Hi.
Hi.
What would you like to order?
Have the soup.
The fish soup?
Yes.
- I'll have the fish soup.
The German shipyard still
seems to know what we're doing
even though Berglund is gone.
Well, you know, the Germans
may not be all wrong.
I think many of their arguments
actually make sense...
We need one single cause.
One main cause.
Why?
You've said that for so long.
Why do we need one single cause?
Because we promised.
We promised.
I promised.
Cause and effect.
Accountability.
For Pete's sake, there
must be several causes.
One, the master on the bridge didn't
care when the ship started to list.
And the crew didn't inform...
The ship would have sunk anyway.
If only someone had gone
out on deck in time.
The ship sank in 30 minutes.
Yes, that was damn fast.
Well...
I...
hope you'll be able to
prove that those
modifications made on the ship
in Finland had nothing
to do with the accident.
Do you think you can do that?
How can a small part be
compared with a bigger one?
Even a 10 mm bolt doesn't have the
same dimensions as a 72 mm one.
And shouldn't the model be in
waves for five years first?
To make the situation
somewhat comparable?
And how can you scale
down the waves correctly?
To match the 1: - 35 ratio?
We tried to create as similar
conditions as possible.
When did you become stupid?
How come?
You can't scale
down water, can you?
I need your help.
With something that's not strictly
within the commission's scope.
What do you mean by strictly?
Not at all, really.
M/S Diana is at a
shipyard in Naantali.
What if we use its parts?
The bow visor bolts
and fasteners are
exactly the same size
as on the Estonia.
We can perform a traditional
stress test on an equivalent bolt.
How can you get
parts from M/S Diana?
I bought them.
You bought them?
With your own money?
- Yeah.
Seriously?
Over here!
Over here!
Somebody help!
I just have to...
Give this to him.
I just have to...
That's mine.
That's mine.
That's mine.
That's mine.
It's mine!
It's so hot?
It's hot in here?
It's hot.
I need to take this shit off.
Hot.
I need to take this off.
It's so damn hot.
No!
No!
Damn!
It's hot!
You do know it's Midsummer?
That's why we're here.
There's no one else around.
Could you lift it
straight inside?
I can try.
Enjoy your Midsummer.
- Thanks!
Let's get back
so we can complete the tests before
Midsummer is completely over.
That's the bolt?
Yep.
Let's cut it out.
You told us the investigation
has ground to a halt, right?
What are we even doing here?
You remember when the
morning after the accident
we calculated how much water
you'd need on the car deck.
We just thought about
the technical side of it
it was purely technical.
But later on, I've sat
down with eyewitnesses
and I've seen how they
start doubting what they saw
and what might have happened.
And at the end of the day,
you owe it to those people
to show them what
happened physically.
A bolt failed, broke.
And caused everything
that happened afterwards.
And once we've removed
this matching bolt
we can prove it
with a stress test.
Is that what you really think?
How come?
What you just said.
I don't believe a
word you're saying.
I think you're so caught
up in your fantasies
that you simply refuse to admit
that it's possible we'll never
find out what caused the accident.
Make space.
Yep, that's it.
Okay, fastened.
Okay.
We call it death metal.
What do you reckon?
I have to get home.
What are you doing later?
You wanna eat something?
What?
We'll make it.
We're gonna make it.
We're gonna make it.
They're gonna come.
I promise, they're gonna come.
They need to get here now.
I can't do this.
What was that?
I can't see anything!
I can't see anything at all!
We need to deploy
the emergency flare!
It's going to explode!
It's going to explode!
What are you doing?
What are you...
Did it go out?
It could have set
the raft on fire!
We have...
We have one more!
We need to try again!
They can't come any closer.
It's too dangerous.
What do you mean they can't?
The weather is too rough.
If they came closer
they might kill us.
Good evening.
Good morning, more like it.
Funny.
Funny, funny, funny.
We could do something fun.
You're like someone
with dementia.
You keep going
over the same thing
year after year.
You keep wondering about some
fucking lump ― could it be...?
Is it, no, wait...
Wait a minute, was it here?
Is this a pair of trousers,
or is this a shirt, after all?
It's like
coming to the same place
from all directions ― how
can this be used to...?
Aah, it's here ― whoah!
Magic! I found an explanation!
Here it is.
Wait, is this a brown jacket?
No this is a brown jacket.
Wake up bonehead.
Are you a total bonehead?
No, I'm totally exhausted.
You're a bonehead engineer.
Yeah, sure.
Do you miss your calculations?
Your bonehead calculations.
What?
I've been thinking
about quitting.
Everyone else is
quitting, why couldn't I?
The investigation is of no use.
Why couldn't you indeed?
That's true.
Hey!
It's a chopper!
It's a chopper!
Chopper! They are here!
What if the Germans are
just trying to distract you?
Accidents have all
kinds of variables
but that doesn't mean
there can't be one thing
that affects everything else.
Right?
Just take a look at our tests.
Havent we proved that already?
I couldn't use those.
How come?
They don't tell us anything
more that the Germans' model.
Anything will obviously break
when you use enough force.
Our test bolt was nothing
like the Estonia's, either.
And the measurements
weren't based on anything.
On top of that, there
was only one test.
I'm not able to quit.
Are you sure you can't find
anyone to head the commission?
Is it completely impossibe?
waves represent 12 knots?
Around 10-12 knots.
Waves are not entirely accurate.
At the time of the accident,
the waves were short.
Short waves create
more turbulence.
Well, according to our estimates
this represents the conditions
more or less accurately.
It doesn't seem plausible
that speed alone
would have been enough
to damage the bow visor.
We can adjust the
test to 15 knots.
Nothing indicates that
she went that fast.
But that doesn't stop
us from looking into it.
I'm also curious whether
a structural flaw might have
affected the accident in some way.
The test is designed to study
whether the waves could
have destroyed the ship.
Can we do it again? 15 knots.
Yes. Do you want to continue?
One more time. 15 knots.
We can interpret the
results in different ways
but the conclusion
stays the same.
Even if we increase the speed the
bow visor won't break on its own.
Even though
similar ships have
had similar accidents?
Yes, but the model does
not consider wear and tear
or any modifications of
the ship's structure.
Wasn't someone supposed
to do calculations
based on the stress tests?
We didn't receive resources
for more calculations or tests.
Would it still be possible
to do a sink test?
Unfortunately, this cannot be
done without additional resources.
Help!
- Come here!
Help!
- Give me your hand!
Are you okay?
Grab hold of the rope
or the next wave
will take you away.
Grab it!
Fast!
Grab it! Grab it!
We need to get away!
We need to get...
We need to get away
or the ship will
take us with it.
Paddle!
Paddle! We need to get away!
Can I help you?
Wait!
Come back!
What!
Come back!
Help me!
Come and paddle!
We need to paddle
away from the ship!
Why don't we have a roof?
Some of the other ones do.
We couldn't turn it over.
The raft is upside down...
There's a raft!
There's another raft!
Dammit! It's moving past us.
Help!
Help!
- Come!
Climb up!
Close the fucking door!
Close it!
Are you fucking crazy?!
We're taking on water!
Are you okay?
- Fucking idiots, just close it!
Are you okay?
Give me a hand!
We're trying...
Close it, damn it!
We're trying!
Why is it so wide open?
Why isn't it working?
Close it!
We need more hands!
Close it, damn it!
We're taking on water!
What are you doing?
Fucking cunt!
Move!
What are you doing?
Don't rip it!
You're in my way!
Stop it!
Don't touch me, you fucking
cunt! Don't touch me!
Move! Move you fucking...
Stop it!
Stop it!
Stop it!
Stop it!
Calm down!
Stop it!
Stop it!
- Calm down!
Hi.
I'm sorry.
How are things?
Everything okay?
It's fine.
I'm sitting here
thinking about the
modifications made to the ship.
In Finland.
What really happened there?
Hi.
Hi.
What would you like to order?
Have the soup.
The fish soup?
Yes.
- I'll have the fish soup.
The German shipyard still
seems to know what we're doing
even though Berglund is gone.
Well, you know, the Germans
may not be all wrong.
I think many of their arguments
actually make sense...
We need one single cause.
One main cause.
Why?
You've said that for so long.
Why do we need one single cause?
Because we promised.
We promised.
I promised.
Cause and effect.
Accountability.
For Pete's sake, there
must be several causes.
One, the master on the bridge didn't
care when the ship started to list.
And the crew didn't inform...
The ship would have sunk anyway.
If only someone had gone
out on deck in time.
The ship sank in 30 minutes.
Yes, that was damn fast.
Well...
I...
hope you'll be able to
prove that those
modifications made on the ship
in Finland had nothing
to do with the accident.
Do you think you can do that?
How can a small part be
compared with a bigger one?
Even a 10 mm bolt doesn't have the
same dimensions as a 72 mm one.
And shouldn't the model be in
waves for five years first?
To make the situation
somewhat comparable?
And how can you scale
down the waves correctly?
To match the 1: - 35 ratio?
We tried to create as similar
conditions as possible.
When did you become stupid?
How come?
You can't scale
down water, can you?
I need your help.
With something that's not strictly
within the commission's scope.
What do you mean by strictly?
Not at all, really.
M/S Diana is at a
shipyard in Naantali.
What if we use its parts?
The bow visor bolts
and fasteners are
exactly the same size
as on the Estonia.
We can perform a traditional
stress test on an equivalent bolt.
How can you get
parts from M/S Diana?
I bought them.
You bought them?
With your own money?
- Yeah.
Seriously?
Over here!
Over here!
Somebody help!
I just have to...
Give this to him.
I just have to...
That's mine.
That's mine.
That's mine.
That's mine.
It's mine!
It's so hot?
It's hot in here?
It's hot.
I need to take this shit off.
Hot.
I need to take this off.
It's so damn hot.
No!
No!
Damn!
It's hot!
You do know it's Midsummer?
That's why we're here.
There's no one else around.
Could you lift it
straight inside?
I can try.
Enjoy your Midsummer.
- Thanks!
Let's get back
so we can complete the tests before
Midsummer is completely over.
That's the bolt?
Yep.
Let's cut it out.
You told us the investigation
has ground to a halt, right?
What are we even doing here?
You remember when the
morning after the accident
we calculated how much water
you'd need on the car deck.
We just thought about
the technical side of it
it was purely technical.
But later on, I've sat
down with eyewitnesses
and I've seen how they
start doubting what they saw
and what might have happened.
And at the end of the day,
you owe it to those people
to show them what
happened physically.
A bolt failed, broke.
And caused everything
that happened afterwards.
And once we've removed
this matching bolt
we can prove it
with a stress test.
Is that what you really think?
How come?
What you just said.
I don't believe a
word you're saying.
I think you're so caught
up in your fantasies
that you simply refuse to admit
that it's possible we'll never
find out what caused the accident.
Make space.
Yep, that's it.
Okay, fastened.
Okay.
We call it death metal.
What do you reckon?
I have to get home.
What are you doing later?
You wanna eat something?
What?
We'll make it.
We're gonna make it.
We're gonna make it.
They're gonna come.
I promise, they're gonna come.
They need to get here now.
I can't do this.
What was that?
I can't see anything!
I can't see anything at all!
We need to deploy
the emergency flare!
It's going to explode!
It's going to explode!
What are you doing?
What are you...
Did it go out?
It could have set
the raft on fire!
We have...
We have one more!
We need to try again!
They can't come any closer.
It's too dangerous.
What do you mean they can't?
The weather is too rough.
If they came closer
they might kill us.
Good evening.
Good morning, more like it.
Funny.
Funny, funny, funny.
We could do something fun.
You're like someone
with dementia.
You keep going
over the same thing
year after year.
You keep wondering about some
fucking lump ― could it be...?
Is it, no, wait...
Wait a minute, was it here?
Is this a pair of trousers,
or is this a shirt, after all?
It's like
coming to the same place
from all directions ― how
can this be used to...?
Aah, it's here ― whoah!
Magic! I found an explanation!
Here it is.
Wait, is this a brown jacket?
No this is a brown jacket.
Wake up bonehead.
Are you a total bonehead?
No, I'm totally exhausted.
You're a bonehead engineer.
Yeah, sure.
Do you miss your calculations?
Your bonehead calculations.
What?
I've been thinking
about quitting.
Everyone else is
quitting, why couldn't I?
The investigation is of no use.
Why couldn't you indeed?
That's true.
Hey!
It's a chopper!
It's a chopper!
Chopper! They are here!
What if the Germans are
just trying to distract you?
Accidents have all
kinds of variables
but that doesn't mean
there can't be one thing
that affects everything else.
Right?
Just take a look at our tests.
Havent we proved that already?
I couldn't use those.
How come?
They don't tell us anything
more that the Germans' model.
Anything will obviously break
when you use enough force.
Our test bolt was nothing
like the Estonia's, either.
And the measurements
weren't based on anything.
On top of that, there
was only one test.
I'm not able to quit.
Are you sure you can't find
anyone to head the commission?
Is it completely impossibe?