The Rig

Coming through 4000'

at 30' per minute.

Copy, 4000 at 30.

Have you got the pipe?

Almost. Current's really rough down there.

Oh well, maybe you need your brother to come do it for you.

Very funny.

Boy, if I miss this

because you can't get through that thing, it is gonna be your arse.

I'm on it. Slow to 15. We're almost there.

Copy that. Slowing to 15.

The location looks perfect.

10', 8'...

slow slow...

six, four,

two, one,

and contact.

Attaboy. The pressure's in the green.

Looks good here too.

Aye, temperature, pressure, head speed... it's all within limits.

The storm's really picking up.

Jim's gonna make me evacuate.

Well, you know the rules, man...

women and children first.

Oh, the seabed's venting. Looks like we got a blowout.

No no, it's a new hole, Colin. They vent all the time.

No, this is different.

And it's pushing the unit all over the place.

Well, are you still on it?

Yeah, but it...

it looks purple.

Purple?

I'm off it. Hang on.

Something just hit the ROV.

Aw, I just lost the light.

Okay, we've got another vent.

And it's glowing.

What's glowing?

The venting is glowing.

The light is out and I can still see.

And it's pooling around the wellhead.

Hang on. I'm gonna recycle the light.

Whoa, something just hit the...

I just lost the feed.

Great. You just hit a fish

and broke a quarter-million-dollar submersible.

Mr. Fleming, sir,

I just got an update from the National Weather Service.

They've upgraded the storm again. It's getting worse.

Freddy.

All right, I need a list of all the rigs directly in the path of the storm.

- Got it. - Send out an emergency alert

to all affected rig OIMs. And I want all handies evacuated by dark.

Freddy, I need to talk to you.

Yeah, I heard you, but unless the rig's on fire and about to explode,

it's gonna have to wait till I finish this.

I just need a minute.

Look, this is my job, all right? Now let me finish my job

and then we can talk about whatever it is you want to talk about.

Fine.

Sir, the only rig that we have

that's in the direct path of the storm is the Charlie rig.

Then let's evacuate them first, but all other rigs

within 100 miles on either side of the storm evacuated as well.

And tell everyone who stays back on those rigs

to button down. It's gonna be a rough night.

Colin, I think everything's gonna fit in there.

What do you want?

Uh, you wanted to talk to me, remember?

It's too late.

Come on, what's up?

Nothing. Forget it.

Is this about you getting pulled off the rig?

I'll talk to Jim if you want me to,

but he's just gonna tell you the same thing...

all non-essential crew get pulled during a storm like this.

Maybe instead of getting bent out of shape

you should just work on being more essential.

It's not just that, Freddy.

I'm tired of being the baby.

I don't know if you've looked at that little patch of pubes

on your chin recently or not, but you are the baby on the rig.

That's not what I mean.

Everybody here knows you.

They know me as the little Brewer.

- What do you want me to do about it? - Nothing.

As long as we're both on this rig, I'm always gonna be living in your shadow.

And that's not gonna change.

Is that what you're so pissed off about?

Yeah, it is.

When I get back to company base, I'm gonna talk to Ken Fleming

and I'm getting off this rig.

If that's what you want, I'm not gonna stop you.

Yeah, it is.

You know what Dad once told me about family?

What?

He said, "Other things may change

but we start and we end with family."

I'm still waiting on those wind speeds.

It's coming, man. Keep your skirt on.

Kilt. I don't have to take that from you.

You're nothing but a freaking postie. And I don't take crap from posties.

What the hell is a postie?

"Thriller," the greatest album of all time,

was released in December of 1982.

Therefore anyone born after that date is considered post-"Thriller"

or a postie and is too young to be capable of giving me crap.

Man, first of all, what do you know about good music?

Don't you guys listen to bagpipe music?

Andrew, give me some numbers.

Wind speeds are holding up at 95mph.

Mainland's saying we should be through the worst of this by the morning.

Assuming we'll make it through the night.

Make it through the night?

Relax, kid. I've been through 100 storms worst than this one.

You think if there was any real danger, I'd let Carey stay onboard?

When I send her home before a storm, that's when it's time to worry.

Yeah, well, I was raised riding out storms on wildcat platforms like this.

Yeah, and they all had the same name... Hurricane Sarah.

Mom is a little more of a tropical depression.

Yeah, it was depressing all right.

I haven't said it to her yet.

But you want to, right?

I've never said it to anyone before.

That's better than me.

I said it to every girl I ever went to bed with.

Yeah, but did you mean it?

Once. But I married that baby.

Wallace, why is the compressor still on?

Uh, I don't know.

So we're still pumping Tabasco sauce into the rock.

Give me Dobbs on the horn.

Compressor room.

Hey Dobbs, why is the logging unit still on?

The logging unit?

Sorry, Jim. That's my fault.

Well, you mind taking care of that for me right now, please?

I really don't feel like having a blowout tonight.

Yeah, I'll get on it.

I'm sorry, Dobbs. Thanks for covering for me.

Look, you stay here and do the trial work.

And I'll go outside and take care of it.

Hold on, let me finish this up. I'll go with you.

Rodriguez, do you copy?

Hold on one sec.

Let's go already.

If you don't like how I do this, you can come down here

and do it your goddamn self.

Here's what's left of the camera.

Oh.

Yo, Dobbs, the camera's fucking toast.

All right, tell Carey and head back up.

What the hell is that?

It's fresh poached salmon.

I've got a tangy coconut, coriander and chili sauce,

fresh asparagus, fresh potatoes.

I'll have a burger, burnt.

Well, I prepared fresh poached salmon

with a tangy coconut, coriander and chili sauce,

with fresh asparagus and fresh potatoes.

VirgiI, you rock.

Okay, so navy boy likes it.

Army.

Special forces.

You wouldn't believe the things I've had to eat.

You got a ham sandwich back there, right?

- What's for dinner? - Some kind of fish, I think.

Everything secure on the starboard side?

The camera was torn apart,

but I found this

in the casing.

Earl already come through here?

No. Wasn't he with you?

Control room.

No, he hasn't been down here.

Yeah, I'll let you know if I hear from him.

All right. Bye.

Who was that?

- Dobbs. - What did he want?

Just wanted to know if we'd seen Earl,

said he hasn't come down from the logging unit yet,

wondered if we'd heard from him.

The compressor's still on. Where is he now?

He's in the galley.

Dad.

My father's coming to you.

I'm sorry.

What's wrong?

- Jim's coming up here, isn't he? - Yeah.

I don't care what he says. I'm hungry.

And I haven't eaten all day. I'm finishing my food today.

You'd better eat fast.

Stop pacing.

You're just gonna get yourself all worked up.

I'm already worked up.

Maybe he wouldn't be so hard on you

if you weren't nailing his only daughter.

Does everybody know about me and Carey?

Yeah.

So I guess Jim knows?