Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968): Season 2, Episode 3 - ...And Five of Us Are Left - full transcript

THEY'RE-- THEY'RE LOCKED
IN ON US, SIR.

WE'VE GOT TO SURRENDER, SKIPPER.
BLOW THE TANKS. TAKE US UP.

I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU, HILL.
GET BACK TO YOUR STATION!

[ Explosion ]

GRADY, STOP YOUR ENGINES.
SPILL ALL THE OIL YOU CAN.

NOW HEAR THIS:
ALL HANDS,
STAY AT YOUR STATIONS.

NO WALKING
AND NO NOISE.

THE U.S.S. TETRA IS DOOMED.

IF WE HADN'T STOPPED
TO FISH YOU OUT,
WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS FIX.

YOU SHOULD HAVE
LEFT ME TO DROWN.

YOU'RE NOT LONG
ON GRATITUDE,
LIEUTENANT NAKAMURA.



[ Man ]
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

STARRING RICHARD BASEHART,

DAVID HEDISON.

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE SEA.

AND NOW FOR NEWS
OF THE ISLANDS.

TODAY, NOVEMBER THE 16th, 1973,

ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL
STORIES OF WORLD WAR II...

MAY COME TO LIGHT
HERE IN HONOLULU,

MORE THAN A QUARTER OF
A CENTURY AFTER V-J DAY.

ADMIRAL HARRIMAN NELSON
AND HIS FABULOUS RESEARCH
SUBMARINE SEAVIEW ...

ARE AT THE SUB BASE
IN PEARL HARBOR
AT THIS MOMENT,

EXAMINING WHAT SEEMS TO BE
AN AUTHENTIC MESSAGE
FROM THE U.S.S. TETRA.

THE TETRA WAS
A WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE
BASED AT PEARL HARBOR,

WHICH WAS PRESUMED LOST
ON PATROL SOMEWHERE
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC...



AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.

INFORMATION FROM
RELIABLE NAVAL SOURCES
SEEMS TO INDICATE...

THAT SOME OF
THE ORIGINAL CREW,

YEARS AGO OFFICIALLY
DECLARED KILLED IN ACTION,

MAY IN FACT
STILL BE ALIVE.

NOW IF THIS
TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE,

IF THE MESSAGE PROVES
INDEED TO BE FROM THE TETRA,

WE MAY BE ON THE VERGE
OF DISCOVERING...

THE DETAILS OF
THE MOST INCREDIBLE TALE
OF SURVIVAL...

IN THE LONG ANNALS
OF THE SEA.

A TALE THAT BEGAN
WITH THE DISCOVERY
OF A SMALL BOTTLE...

FLOATING IN THE WATER.

THIS SEEMS
INCREDIBLE, SIR.

IT'S AUTHENTIC, CHIP.
THE NAVY LAB HAS
GIVEN IT EVERY TEST.

COULD THE NAVY CLUE US
IN TO THE SOURCE?

THEY COMBED THE WHOLE AREA WITH
SUBS, SURFACE SHIPS, PLANES,
AND COME UP WITH NOTHING.

SO THEY WANT OUR HELP.

CHIEF SHARKEY.
YES, SIR.

RECALL ALL LIBERTY PARTIES.

HAVE THE CREW READY
FOR DEPARTURE AT,
UH, 0600.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY,
BUT CAN WE BE
READY BY THEN?

WHY NOT, CHIP?
YOU KNOW CAPTAIN CRANE--
ALWAYS PREPARED.

BEAUTIFUL.

YES, IT IS, LEE.

NOT THE OCEAN.
YOU.

I'M STARTING TO REALIZE...

I SHOULDN'T BE
UP HERE WITH YOU
WITHOUT A CHAPERONE.

OH, THAT'S A LITTLE
OLD-FASHIONED,
ISN'T IT?

I'M AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL.

YOU REALIZE, OF COURSE,
THIS CHAPERONE WOULDN'T
ALLOW ME TO KISS YOU AGAIN.

LIKE THIS.

[ Clears Throat ]

YES, CHIEF.
WHAT IS IT?

UH, ORDERS FROM
ADMIRAL NELSON, SKIPPER.

YOU'RE TO REPORT
DOCKSIDE IMMEDIATELY.

WE SHOVE OFF AT,
UH, 0600.

OKAY.
THANKS, CHIEF.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AT LEAST MY CHAPERONE
WAS IMAGINARY.

THIS BOTTLE WAS PICKED UP
IN A FISHERMAN'S NET
OFF THE COAST OF HAWAII.

HE HAD THE GOOD SENSE
TO TURN IT OVER TO NAVAL
AUTHORITIES AT HONOLULU.

NOW THE NAVY HAS SUPPLIED ME
WITH A PHOTOSTATIC COPY...

OF A PAPER THAT WAS
INSIDE THE BOTTLE.

NAVAL SCIENTISTS HAVE
ANALYZED BOTH THE PAPER
AND THE HANDWRITING,

AND IT'S
ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC.

IT'S WRITTEN ON THE OFFICIAL
STATIONERY OF A SUBMARINE--
THE U.S.S. TETRA.

TETRA?
I DON'T RECALL
ANY SUB BY THAT NAME.

WELL, IT'S NOT SURPRISING.

THE TETRA WAS LOST
AND PRESUMED MISSING
IN ACTION IN, UH--

ON JULY 20, 1945.

NOW THERE WAS ONE SURVIVOR.

A SONAR MAN NAMED HILL,
WHO'S LONG SINCE DEAD.

NOW HE BLAMED THE LOSS OF
THE TETRA ON ITS COMMANDER,
LIEUTENANT RYAN.

HE CLAIMED HE COULD'VE SAVED
THE SUB, BUT LOST HIS HEAD
AND DOOMED THE VESSEL.

THAT WAS 28 YEARS AGO.

BUT THIS NOTE,
SIGNED BY
LIEUTENANT RYAN,

IS DATED
140 DAYS AGO.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

SORRY, SIR. THIS IS
OUR NEW MAN, FRANK WERDEN--
S.T.S. SPECIALIST.

HE JUST REPORTED FOR DUTY,
AND I BROUGHT HIM
TO YOU AS ORDERED.

WELCOME ABOARD,
WERDEN.
THANK YOU.

I UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE TRAINED IN OUR
NEW SUB-TERRESTRIAL SCANNER.

YES, SIR.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT
ON THIS MISSION.

I WANT YOU TO
HAVE IT ALIGNED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

[ Coughs ]
TO CONTINUE.

THIS NOTE GIVES
THE LATITUDE
AND THE LONGITUDE,

AND THEN IT GOES ON
TO SAY, UH,
"PLEASE HELP US.

"CANNOT HOLD OUT
MUCH LONGER.

"TRAPPED IN
UNDERWATER CAVE.

"ONLY FIVE OF US
ARE LEFT.

"MYSELF,
LIEUTENANT TOMMY WILSON,

"LIEUTENANT
ISAKU NAKAMURA,

YEOMAN BERGER JOHNSON,
TORPEDOMAN CLIFF BATES."

SIGNED, JAMES RYAN,
LIEUTENANT, U.S.N.R.--
COMMANDING.

HEY!
COME ON, MAC.

WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL DAY.
SHAKE A LEG.

SO THAT'S IT, GENTLEMEN.
WE HAVE TO FIND
AN UNDERWATER CAVE,

WHERE FIVE POOR DEVILS
HAVE BEEN TRAPPED
FOR 28 YEARS.

HERE,
LET ME HELP.

NO. YOU STILL TREMBLE
FROM YOUR LAST ILLNESS.

PRUDENCE SUGGESTS
THE WISDOM OF RESTING
FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

I'M STRONG.
I'LL DIG FOR YOU.

NO. YOU'VE ALL
TAKEN MY PLACE
FOR THE PAST WEEK.

IT'S ABOUT TIME
I GOT BACK TO WORK.

BESIDES, I WANT TO
SEE HOW MUCH DEEPER
THE TUNNEL IS.

OH, AT LEAST
ANOTHER FOUR FEET.

IT'S ALMOST AS DEEP
AS THE ONE WE DUG
EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THE ONE THAT COLLAPSED
AND BURIED SIMS AND YORK.

WE'RE HAVING
BETTER LUCK
WITH THIS ONE.

AT LEAST WE HAVEN'T
RUN INTO ANY OF
THAT ROTTEN SHALE.

YEAH, REAL GOOD LUCK.

WHY, WE'LL BE THROUGH
THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
IN AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

WE GOT TO KEEP TRYING.
DON'T WE?

[ Whirring ]

LOOKS LIKE ALL THAT CURRENT'S
DOING THE WATUSI.

HEY, HOW ABOUT PUTTING YOU
DOWN FOR OUR ACEY-DEUCEY
TOURNAMENT TONIGHT?

IT'LL BE
A REAL BALL.
[ Switches Click ]

NO, THANKS.

I GUESS YOU DON'T
DIG CARDS, HUH?

[ Whirring Fluctuates ]

[ Door Opens ]

ADMIRAL,
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
SEISMOGRAPH REPORT.

PRESSURE.
A LOT OF PRESSURE.

LIKE A VOLCANO
ON THE VERGE OF ERUPTING.

IT'S COMING
FROM THAT ISLAND
WE'RE HEADING FOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THE FLYING SUB'S READY.
I PERSONALLY
CHECKED ALL SYSTEMS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.
I'LL BE USING CHANNEL
1.2 ON THE MONITOR.

- YES, SIR.
- WERDEN, ARE YOU SATISFIED
WITH THE SCANNER?

I HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH
THE REFRACTION CIRCUITRY, SIR,
BUT I STRAIGHTENED IT OUT.

ARE YOU CHECKED OUT ON
THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
FOR THE FLYING SUB?

STUDIED THE MANUAL.
GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.

THEY'VE BEEN
IN THERE TOO LONG.

WE NEVER SHOULD'VE
LET JOHNSON WORK.
IT'S AGONY FOR HIM.

BUT A REWARDING AGONY,
FRIEND RYAN.

IT MAY PERHAPS BE
THE BEST MEDICINE.

[ Rumbling ]

THE BEAST BENEATH US
STILL SHOWS
HIS UGLY TEMPER.

THIRD SHAKE TODAY.
THAT'S MORE THAN
WE'VE HAD ALL WEEK.

JOHNSON! BATES!
COME OUT OF THERE!

IT IS TO BE HOPED
THAT THE EARTH DRAGON
STIRS...

BUT RESTLESSLY
IN SLUMBER.

PERHAPS IT WILL RETURN
TO DEEPER SLEEP.

AND MAYBE
THEY WON'T.

MAYBE IT'LL BLOW
SKY-HIGH AND TAKE
ALL OF US WITH IT.

IF WE'RE LUCKY.
OH.

DO NOT DESPAIR,
MY FRIEND.

FATE HAS NOT PRESERVED US
ALL THESE YEARS...

FOR NOTHING MORE
THAN A FIERY DEATH...

IN THE BOWELS
OF A VOLCANO.

YOU STILL BELIEVE,
NAKAMURA?

MY PEOPLE WILL COME.
I KNOW IT.

[ Rumbling ]

JOHNSON! BATES!
GET OUT OF THERE!

[ Explosion ]

NELSON TO SEAVIEW.

WE'RE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE.
VISIBILITY EXCELLENT.

SEAVIEW ACKNOWLEDGING,
ADMIRAL.

TRANSMISSION IS
SCALE 10 QUALITY.

GOOD.
I'LL SWITCH YOU
TO THE NOSE SIGHT.

THEY'LL BE AT THE ISLAND
IN 20 MINUTES.
CALL ME THEN.

ANYTHING SINCE
THAT BIG SHAKE
A FEW MINUTES AGO?

NO, SIR.
IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET.

WELL, VOLCANOES
CAN BE LIKE THAT.

THEY STIR UP EXCITEMENT.
THEN THEY SETTLE BACK
FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.

LET'S HOPE THIS ONE DOES.

SEAVIEW,
THERE'S A VOLCANIC ISLAND
DEAD AHEAD.

SEE WHAT YOU CAN PICK UP
ON THE SCANNER, WERDEN.

WERDEN.

YOU'LL HAVE TO HOLD
HER SMOOTHER, SIR.

GIVE ME
A 30-DEGREE BANK.

[ Nelson ]
I HOPE THE TRANSMISSION'S
STILL CLEAR.

GET A LOOK
AT THIS CRATER.

CAN YOU SEE DOWN
INTO THE CRATER, LEE?

THERE'S BOUND TO BE
A CAVE UNDER THERE.

WHERE'S BATES?

IS BATES DEAD?

[ Sighs ]

[ Whirring ]
LISTEN.

I HEAR SOMETHING.
WHAT?

IT'S-- IT'S A WEIRD SOUND.

IT'S SORT OF
LIKE AN AIRPLANE.

[ Whirring Continues ]

[ Whirring Fades ]

HE'S RIGHT.
I HEAR IT TOO.

SOMEONE'S FOUND US.

MY COUNTRYMEN
HAVE COME FOR US
AT LAST.

ARE YOU SURE
YOU HEARD SOMETHING?
I'M SURE I DID.

IT WAS A FUNNY SOUND.
SORT OF A WHINE.

I REMEMBER WHEN SMITH
HEARD THOSE VOICES
YEARS AGO.

WHAT WAS THAT, 10 YEARS?
HE TRIED TO CLIMB
THE WALLS.

SMITH WAS OUT OF HIS MIND,
AND YOU KNOW IT.

THERE WAS A SOUND.
WE ALL HEARD IT.

THE GODS OF CHANCE
WORK IN STRANGE WAYS.

PERHAPS ONE OF
THE BOTTLES YOU PLACED
IN THE UNDERWATER TUNNEL...

MADE ITS WAY TO THE SEA
AND WAS RETRIEVED.

THAT'S GOT TO BE IT.
ALL RIGHT, WILSON.

I JUST DON'T WANT
TO GET OUR HOPES
TOO HIGH.

YOU SPEAK WITH
THE VOICE OF LOGICAL
PRUDENCE, LIEUTENANT.

BUT THE SWEET
WHISPER OF OPTIMISM...

WELLS IN MY HEART.

IT TELLS ME
TO PROPERLY
PREPARE MYSELF...

FOR THE SO LONG-AWAITED
ARRIVAL OF MY COUNTRYMEN.

SO.

HE JUST CAN'T GET OVER
THE FACT THAT JAPAN
MIGHT'VE LOST THE WAR.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT,
NAKAMURA WOULD'VE
DIED YEARS AGO.

HIS FAITH HAS BEEN
HIS SUSTENANCE.

THAT'S A LOT OF POPPYCOCK.
HE WANTS TO LIVE AS MUCH
AS THE REST OF US.

WIN, LOSE OR DRAW.

HE'LL KNOW WHAT
THE SCORE IS WHEN THAT
PLANE SENDS HELP FOR US.

WE'VE CIRCLED
THE ENTIRE ISLAND, LEE.

WERDEN'S
TAKING READINGS.
ANYTHING SHOWING UP?

YES, SIR.
THERE IS AN UNDERWATER CAVE.
I CAN'T MAKE OUT A DETAIL.

SCANNER SHOWS
AN UNDERWATER TUNNEL
LEADING INTO THE CRATER.

I'M GOING TO SUBMERGE
AND TAKE A LOOK.

[ Crane ]
CAN'T YOU WAIT UNTIL
WE GET THERE, ADMIRAL?

THE SEISMOGRAPH HAS
BEEN SHOWING SOME NASTY
DISTURBANCES IN THAT AREA.

I THINK
IT'S WORTH A TRY.

MAYBE WHEN WE GET
CLOSER UNDERWATER,
THE SCANNER'LL WORK BETTER.

KEEP AT IT.

[ Nelson ]
ROUGH GOING, AS YOU CAN SEE.
TREACHEROUS CURRENT HERE.

I COULD USE THE SEAVIEW'S
ELECTRONIC STABILIZERS.

SEE IT?
THE TUNNEL!

I CAN'T CONTROL IT.
WE'RE CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.
WE'RE BEING SWEPT IN.

LEE--
[ Static ] I CAN'T--

SEAVIEW TO ADMIRAL NELSON.
COME IN.

ADMIRAL, DO YOU READ ME?

ENGINE ROOM,
I WANT FULL EMERGENCY POWER.

EVERY R.P.M. YOU'VE GOT.

IT LOOKS BAD, LEE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY HAVING
TROUBLE WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.

[ Rumbling ]
COME ON.

WILSON,
THAT-- THAT SOUND.

WE REALLY HEARD IT.
DIDN'T WE?

YOU BET WE DID.

LOUD AND CLEAR.

WE THOUGHT
WE HEARD IT, JOHNSON.

WE THOUGHT WE HEARD
THINGS BEFORE TOO.

WHAT ELSE HAVE
YOU HEARD LATELY,
LIEUTENANT?

A WOMAN'S VOICE?
A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?

OR MAYBE
AN ANGEL'S HARP.
SHUT UP, WILSON.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO
BUILD UP FALSE HOPES
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL.

THIS TIME, LIEUTENANT,
I DO NOT BELIEVE
THEY ARE FALSE.

IT IS AS YOU SAW ME
28 YEARS AGO.

I HAVE SAVED IT
FOR SUCH AN OCCASION.

ARE YOU CRAZY, NAKAMURA?
WHAT ARE YOU DRESSED UP
LIKE THAT FOR?

IT IS TRUE,
MY FRIEND.

THE WHITE BIRD OF HOPE
CAN BE AS ELUSIVE
AS THE BUTTERFLY'S GHOST.

IF MY PEOPLE
HAVE COME FOR US,

I'M READY
TO PROPERLY GREET THEM.

IF NOT,
I SHALL CONSOLE MYSELF
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE...

THAT A FEW MINUTES
OF DELUSION CAN BE SWEET.

LIKE THE SCENT
OF A REMEMBERED ROSE.

THAT UNIFORM,
NAKAMURA.

I'D FORGOTTEN
WE WERE ENEMIES.

I HOPE, MY FRIEND,
IT DOES NOT MAKE US
ENEMIES AGAIN.

OF COURSE NOT, NAKAMURA.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
TOO MUCH TOGETHER.

ANYWAY, WE BOTH KNOW
THE WAR MUST'VE ENDED
MANY YEARS AGO.

JUST AS YOU HAVE SURELY
RECONCILED TO THE FACT...

THAT YOUR COUNTRY MET
INEVITABLE DEFEAT?

[ Chuckles ]
DON'T START
THAT ARGUMENT AGAIN.

BUT, UH, IF...

RESCUE IS IMMINENT,

YOU MUST
PREPARE YOURSELF,
LIEUTENANT RYAN.

LET'S NOT TORTURE
OURSELVES, NAKAMURA.

THE ONLY FACT WE HAVE
TO FACE IS THAT THIS CAVE
WILL SHORTLY BE OUR TOMB...

AS IT HAS BEEN
FOR ALL THE OTHERS.

WILSON.

WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT-- IT LOOKS LIKE
SOME KIND OF MACHINE.
I-- I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE SOMEBODY--
MAYBE SOMEONE'S
COME FOR US.

YOU CAN DOUBT
NO LONGER.

MY COUNTRYMEN
HAVE COME.

YOUR COUNTRYMEN
OR MINE, NAKAMURA,

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.

WERDEN.

[ Knocking ]

NOTHING, LEE.
WE'RE KEEPING THE CHANNELS
OPEN JUST IN CASE.

IT'S STILL A LONG WAY
FROM THAT ISLAND, CHIP.

I KNOW.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?

[ Sighs ]
I'LL KNOW THAT
WHEN WE GET THERE.

NOT...

MY PEOPLE.

HE'S HAD A BAD
KNOCK ON THE HEAD,
BUT IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS.

HE'LL COME AROUND.
I'M NELSON OF
THE SUBMARINE SEAVIEW.

- LIEUTENANT RYAN, SIR.
- OH.

OH, YOU'RE RYAN.
YES, SIR.

THIS IS
LIEUTENANT WILSON.
WILSON.

AND THAT'S
BERGER JOHNSON, SIR.

[ Sighs ]

HE'S IN A VERY BAD WAY.
ADMIRAL, I WONDER IF--

YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS.
WE CAN TAKE CARE
OF THAT LATER.

RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT
TO CHECK THE FLYING SUB,

SEE IF THERE'S A WAY
OF REPAIRING IT AND
GETTING US OUT OF HERE.

ADMIRAL.

THAT THING'S A SUB
AND IT FLIES?

WILSON, NO QUESTIONS NOW.
EXCEPT FOR ONE, SIR.
WHEN DID THE WAR END?

ABOUT A MONTH AFTER
YOUR SUBMARINE WAS SUNK.

JAPAN SURRENDERED
UNCONDITIONALLY.

ONE LOUSY MONTH.

IT COST US
28 YEARS.

WEREN'T THERE
TWO OTHER MEN HERE?

YES.
BATES IS DEAD, SIR.

WHAT ABOUT THAT
JAPANESE LIEUTENANT?

NAKAMURA.
HE'S OFF BY
HIMSELF SOMEWHERE.

ADMIRAL,
JUST TELL US WHAT
YOU WANT US TO DO.

NOBODY WANTS TO GET AWAY
FASTER THAN WE WANT TO
GET OUT OF THIS CAVE.

FIRST, I HAVE
TO CHECK THE HULL.

THERE'S A LEAK
THAT HAS TO BE STOPPED,
BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING.

THERE'S STILL A SUPPLY
OF, UH, SEALING COMPOUND
ABOARD THE OLD TETRA, SIR.

WELL, LET'S GET IT.

[ Footsteps Receding ]

[ Man On Speaker ]
ENGINE ROOM TO SKIPPER.

THE NUCLEAR REACTOR
IS OVERHEATING BADLY.

WE CAN'T KEEP ON
EMERGENCY POWER
MUCH LONGER.

IF YOU HAVE TO,
BACK HER OFF.

CAN'T YOU GIVE ME
A FEW MORE MINUTES?
WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

AFFIRMATIVE, SKIPPER.
I'LL TIE IT DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO MAKE OF IT, SKIPPER.

SINCE THAT LAST BIG SHAKE,
THERE HASN'T BEEN A THING.
NOT A THING.

BUT MAYBE
THAT'S ENCOURAGING.

WELL, MAYBE.

MAYBE IT COULD ALSO
MEAN THE ISLAND
ISN'T THERE ANYMORE.

[ Beeping ]

[ Metal Scraping ]

ON COLLISION COURSE.
FULL SPEED ASTERN.
FULL SPEED ASTERN.

[ Man On Speaker ]
AYE, AYE, SIR.

ACTIVATE COLLISION SCREEN.
ACTIVATE COLLISION SCREEN.

[ On Speaker ]
AYE, AYE.

ACTIVATE
FORWARD MONITOR.

AYE, AYE.

[ Crash ]

ENGINE ROOM,
AHEAD ONE-THIRD.

FEELING BETTER?
HMM.

I GUESS WE FOUND
WHAT WE WERE AFTER,
ADMIRAL.

[ Chuckles ]
WE MANAGED TO GET SWEPT
INTO THE SAME CURRENT...

THAT BROUGHT
THE TETRA IN HERE.

ARE WE TRAPPED?
IS THE FLYING SUB WRECKED?

NOT QUITE.
THE MOTORS ARE OKAY.

WE'VE MANAGED TO
STOP UP A LEAK
AND GET HER PUMPED OUT.

AS SOON AS THE TIDE CHANGES AND
THE CURRENT FLOWS THE OTHER WAY,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE.

THE, UH,
CREW OF THE TETRA--
WHERE ARE THEY?

ALL ABOARD
THE FLYING SUB.

I LET THEM HAVE
THE EMERGENCY STORES.

YOU KNOW, CHOCOLATE BARS
AND CANNED HAM CAN
BE WONDERFUL THINGS...

TO MEN WHO HAVE
BEEN LIVING FOR YEARS
ON FISH AND SEAWEED.

FOR ONE OF THEM,
IT WAS TOO GOOD.

[ Johnson ]
SIR?

- MAY I TALK TO YOU?
- OF COURSE.

- WHO'S HE?
- THE YEOMAN FROM THE TETRA.
BERGER JOHNSON.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU
ABOARD THE FLYING SUB,
JOHNSON.

FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU SOME MEDICINE.

FLYING SUB, SIR?
THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW HERE,
TAKE THIS.

ADMIRAL,
I CAN'T FIND
NAKAMURA ANYPLACE.

THIS IS A BIG CAVE,
FULL OF CREVICES
AND POTHOLES.

WE'VE GOT TO LEAVE AS SOON
AS THE TIDE TURNS.
WE CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT HIM.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HIM,
I DOUBT ANY OF US
WOULD BE ALIVE.

WITH THIS VOLCANO
READY TO BLOW,
ANY DELAY WOULD BE SUICIDAL.

GONNA TAKE A LOT
OF CHOCOLATE TO GET
THE FISH OUT OF MY MOUTH,

BUT IT SURE TASTES GOOD.

I'M GLAD YOU GOT
OVER THAT BUMP
OVER YOUR HEAD.

I GUESS YOU CAN'T KNOW
HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE YOU.

YOU'RE EITHER WILSON
OR RYAN. WHICH?

LIEUTENANT WILSON.

THERE'S SKIPPER RYAN
RIGHT THERE.

COME ON.
I'LL INTRODUCE YOU.

I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.

OH, LIEUTENANT,
THIS IS FRANK WERDEN,
WHO CAME IN WITH ME.

I'LL GIVE YOU
MY HAND-- MY WAY.

WHAT'S THE MEANING
OF THIS, WERDEN?

IT'S VERY SIMPLE,
ADMIRAL.

THIS MAN'S
MY FATHER.

YOUR-- YOUR FATHER?

I'M YOUR FATHER?

DOESN'T THAT
MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD?

MY WIFE WAS YOUR MOTHER?

SHE'S DEAD.
DEAD.

DID YOU EVER HEAR OF
ANYBODY DYING OF SHAME?
WELL, SHE DID.

HE'S INSANE.

ADMIRAL,
HE'S STARK RAVING MAD.

ADMIRAL, LOOK!

THAT WAS OUR ESCAPE,
OUR ONLY WAY OUT.

NOT SO.

THERE'S
ANOTHER WAY OUT.

THE WAY OF ISAKU NAKAMURA.

YOU SAY THAT MY COUNTRY
WAS DEFEATED.

[ Chuckles ]
YOU LIE.

THE SPIRIT OF MY PEOPLE
CANNOT BE CONQUERED.

HAVE I NOT
JUST PROVEN IT?

NOW WE SHALL
ALL DIE TOGETHER.

YOU IN THE HUMILIATION
OF DEFEAT,

AND I, MYSELF,
IN HONOR.

[ Rumbling ]

HARD PORT NOW.
DEAD SLOW AHEAD.

[ Man On Speaker ]
AYE, AYE, SIR.

STEADY AS SHE GOES.

WE FOUND IT. THAT MUST BE
THE TUNNEL THE FLYING SUB
DISAPPEARED IN.

BUT IS IT BIG ENOUGH
FOR THE SEAVIEW?

SLOW SPEED AHEAD.

[ Crash ]

[ Crane ]
FULL SPEED ASTERN.

TIDAL CURRENT.
THE ONE THAT TRAPPED
THE FLYING SUB.

I NEVER FELT A CURRENT
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

EVEN FULL SPEED ASTERN
DOESN'T STOP US.

UP THERE AHEAD,
THE TUNNEL NARROWS.

WE'RE GONNA BE
JAMMED IN.

THAT SEISMOGRAPH NEEDLE--
IT'S JUMPING ALL OVER
THE PLACE.

YOU GOT A NICE SENSE
OF TIMING, RILEY.

TORPEDO ROOM,
PREPARE TO FIRE ONE.

ZERO RANGE.
WE'RE TOO CLOSE, LEE.

RIG FOR EXPLOSION.
ALL HANDS, STAND BY.

- FIRE ONE!
- [ Whooshing ]

[ Explosion ]

YOU--

YOU WERE BORN
AFTER I SAILED
ON THE TETRA.

I DIDN'T KNOW
I HAD A SON.

WE'RE ALL GONNA
DIE TOGETHER.

I DON'T SEE WHAT
DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.

IT MAKES
A DIFFERENCE TO ME.
WHY NOW?

[ Chuckles ]
IT'S A LITTLE LATE
TO DISCOVER CONSCIENCE.

I WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT MY WIFE.

TELL ME ABOUT HER.
I DESERVE THAT MUCH.

YEAH.
YOU DESERVE THAT MUCH.

THE TETRA WAS LOST ABOUT
A MONTH BEFORE I WAS BORN.

THEN THE NEWS CAME
THAT HER HERO HUSBAND...

WAS A COWARD
AND A MURDERER.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
DID TO HER?

NOT EVEN MOVING TO ANOTHER CITY,
CHANGING HER NAME, WOULD HELP.

IT EVENTUALLY
KILLED HER, MR. RYAN.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER
FOR THAT ONE, DO YOU?

HOW IS HE?

NOT GOOD.

I SAW YOU
TALKING TO YOUR BOY.

I TRIED
TO TALK TO HIM.

HE CALLED ME
A COWARD AND A MURDERER.
I DIDN'T GET VERY FAR.

WHEN A MAN CARRIES A BELLY
FULL OF HATE, A FEW WORDS
AREN'T GONNA CHANGE HIM.

YOU SAID YOUR SUBMARINE
WAS ON THE WAY.

IF, BY SOME MIRACLE,
THEY FIND US AND GET
US OUT OF HERE,

THEN I'LL TELL THE TRUTH.

MAYBE HE CAN
ACCEPT IT THEN.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH,
LIEUTENANT?

I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE
STORY, ADMIRAL.
I CAN ONLY GUESS.

A MAN DID ESCAPE FROM THE TETRA
WHILE WE WERE UNDER ATTACK.

HE DESERTED HIS POST
AND WENT OUT THROUGH
AN ESCAPE HATCH.

I SUPPOSE HE TOLD
SOME KIND OF STORY...

TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM
BEING COURT-MARTIALED.

HE FIGURED WE WERE DEAD,
HIS LIES WERE SAFE.

WELL, THE NAVY MAY
REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION,
IF WE GET OUT OF HERE.

- CAN YOU PROVE YOUR STORY?
- IT'S NOT AN UNSUPPORTED
STORY, ADMIRAL.

THERE'S WILSON AND JOHNSON.

EVEN A MAN WHO WAS
MY PRISONER AT THE TIME--
NAKAMURA. ASK THEM.

I DON'T THINK
THAT'LL BE NECESSARY.

[ Wilson ]
SKIPPER!

I FOUND HIM
HIDING IN THE ROCKS.

AND HE'S PROUD
OF WHAT HE DID.

NAKAMURA,
WHY DID YOU
DO THIS TO US?

MY COUNTRY
HAS BEEN CRUSHED.

ENSLAVED UNDER THE CRUEL
HEEL OF THE ENEMY.

[ Nakamura ]
BUT I SHALL
NOT BE ENSLAVED.

NOR SHALL I RETURN
TO BE SUBJECTED
TO FURTHER INDIGNITIES.

A PERVERSE FATE
HAS WILLED...

THAT I HAVE FOUGHT
THE FINAL BATTLE
OF THE WAR.

I OUGHT TO KILL YOU
RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ENOUGH, WILSON!
WE MIGHT HAVE
MADE IT OUT OF HERE.

[ Choking ]

HE'S OUR FRIEND.

YOU WOULD STAND
BY ME, OLD FRIEND,
AFTER WHAT I HAVE DONE?

CAN YOU FIND IT
IN YOUR HEART
TO FORGIVE ME?

I JUST SAW
A MAN DIE, WERDEN.

AREN'T WE ALL
GONNA DIE, ADMIRAL?

WE HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE,
AND YOU KNOW IT.

NOT WITH THAT VOLCANO
READY TO BLOW
ANY SECOND.

I ALSO SAW AN ACT
OF FORGIVENESS.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
DRIVING AT, ADMIRAL.

IT'S NO USE.

COULD YOU FORGIVE A MAN
WHO LEFT THE BRAND OF COWARD
ON HIS WIFE AND SON?

YOU THINK A COWARD CAN COMMAND
AND FIGHT A SUBMARINE?

YOU THINK A COWARD COULD
SURVIVE IN THIS MISERABLE HOLE
FOR ALL THESE YEARS?

♪♪ [ Singing In Japanese ]

POOR, POOR FRIEND.

MY MADNESS
HAS KILLED HIM.

NO, NO,
NAKAMURA.

JOHNSON COULDN'T HAVE
LASTED MUCH LONGER,
EVEN WITH HELP.

YOU PROVE THAT LIES
SOMETIMES CAN BE
THE BALM OF KINDNESS.

BUT NO LIE CAN
SOFTEN THE FACT...

THAT I HAVE DOOMED
ALL OF YOU.

OH, WELL.

NONE OF US REALLY
EXPECTED TO GET OUT
OF HERE ALIVE ANYWAY.

ADMIRAL.
ADMIRAL, LOOK.

- PERMISSION
TO COME ABOARD, SIR.
- PERMISSION GRANTED, LEE.

[ Crane ]
SORRY I COULDN'T GET
THE SEAVIEW ANY CLOSER.

SHE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS
AWAY AROUND THE BEND.

YOU CAN TELL ME
HOW YOU DID IT LATER.

ALL RIGHT.
YOU HEARD THE COMMANDER.

YOUR RESCUE VESSEL'S
200 YARDS AWAY.
NOW GET ABOARD.

[ Rumbling ]
LET'S MOVE!

[ Explosion ]

NAKAMURA!
I'LL GET HIM!

WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE.
THIS WHOLE PLACE IS
GONNA BLOW SKY-HIGH.

NO, YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND.
I CANNOT RETURN.

YOU MUST
SAVE YOURSELF.
[ Rumbling Continues ]

[ Men Shouting ]

HOLD IT!

[ Rumbling Continues ]

COME ON!
LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!
GO! GO!

[ Men Shouting ]

TAKE HER DOWN!
ALL BACK ONE-THIRD!

[ Klaxon Blaring ]

I'LL GIVE THE ORDER
TO SURFACE.
NO, NO, NO.

IT'LL BE ALIVE
WITH FALLING LAVA.

DAMAGE CONTROL PARTIES,
REPORT TO STATIONS.

SEAL OFF
ALL COMPARTMENTS.

[ Computer Clicking ]

SCRATCH ONE VOLCANO.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

THE, UH, CAPTAIN GAVE ME
PERMISSION TO COME FORWARD.

I'D, UH-- I'D LIKE
TO SPEAK WITH MY FATHER.

ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM AFT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL
HAVE A HAPPY REUNION.

I SHALL NEVER KNOW
SUCH JOY.

I MUST RETURN
TO MY NATION,

KNOWING THAT IT TASTES
NOTHING BUT THE BITTER GALL...

OF HUMILIATION AND DEFEAT.

I ONCE, UH--
ONCE READ A POEM...

WRITTEN BY ONE
OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN.

SOMETHING ABOUT, UH,

SPRING AND BROKEN
APPLE BLOSSOMS.

"IN SPRING,

"THE BROKEN APPLE BLOSSOM
FLUTTERS DOWN,

"FADED AND FORGOTTEN,

"TO HIDE ITS LOST BEAUTY
IN THE COLD EARTH.

"AND YET, THE PATHETIC
APPLE BLOSSOM...

"HAS A TIMELESS POWER,

"AND ON ANOTHER SPRING...

WILL RISE INTO
A NEW AND STRONGER TREE."

THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY
OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE,
LIEUTENANT.

BUT YOU FORGET,
MANY SPRINGS HAVE
COME AND GONE...

SINCE THE END
OF THE WAR.