02x05 - Troubled Waters

[bunniefuu]

[echoing thud]

[atmospheric music plays]

[dramatic music plays]

[roars, growls]

[brakes squeal]

[echoing roar]

[stirring music plays]

[Kenji] Okay! Let's go, people.

Time's a-ticking.

[Darius] We know, Kenji.

What if Geba's scared?

He's never been
that far away from home without us before.

But Geba is strong,

and so are you.

I believe in you. [speaks Wolof]

You are well equipped to lead these new
friends of ours up the river to find Geba.

Just be the smart, strong Zayna I know,

and you'll do great.

I will, Mama.

There's also
something to be said for alacrity.

It means "brisk readiness."
Word of the Day calendar.

Yeah, I know what it means.

Do you though?

I'm going as fast as I can!

Well, it's not fast enough!

Who knows what kind of bad things
are happening to Geba.

[gasps]

[chuckles awkwardly]
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Kenj.

You're scaring the poor girl.

Well, she needs to learn
that life sometimes is a cruel mistress.

She's 14.

Fourteen and three quarters.

She's still counting quarters, Kenj.
Fourteen and three quarters.

[suspenseful music plays]

[grunting]

- [groaning]
- Stay dope.

- Thanks for everything!
- Bye!

Bye, Mrs. Mballo!

I'll look out for Zayna, Auntie!

Love you, Mama!

I love you more.

- Stay safe.
- [stirring music plays]

[birds caw]

[screeching]

Ben! We gotta keep up with the others.

Go faster.

We're not that far behind, Kenji.
You remember the Gyrosphere on Nublar?

[Ben] I won't have that happen again.

[vibrating]

[dramatic music plays]

"Do you wanna make
six figures in just two weeks?"

Heck, yeah!

Why does everyone
keep looking over my shoulder like that?

You ever heard of privacy?

Sorry, sorry.

But, uh, hate to break it to you,
that message might be a scam.

You think?!

I do think.

Now that that's settled, Captain Kenji's
gonna need you to focus on the ol' rudder.

- [Ben gasps]
- [Kenji] Ben!

- [exclaiming]
- [crashing]

Are y'all okay?

Stay right there.
We'll come back around and help.

Oh, we're fine! We'll catch up.

Bro. Focus.

- [atmospheric music plays]
- Right. Sorry.

[ominous music plays]

[rhythmic music plays]

[groans]

- [vibrating]
- [gasps]

Can't talk right now, Ron. This is it.

[Ronnie] Whoa, wait, you're going in now?
But there's still so much we don't know.

We know enough!

I've been staking the place out for weeks,

overheard talk about "special cargo"
and "assets" that have to be dinosaurs.

There's nothing else I can do

until I go in there
and confirm that person is the Broker.

[Ronnie] I was able to help you
with that stuff.

Now, you're on your own.

I've got this, okay?

I know the possible Broker's
every movement in and out.

I know when they go to bed,
eat breakfast, have guests.

[Brooklynn] I also know
that every Tuesday,

they leave the apartment
for a full hour starting right about...

Now.

- [rhythmic music plays]
- [Ronnie sighs] Brooklynn.

Don't worry, Ronnie. I'll be fine.

[Ronnie sighs] Do you even know
what you're looking for?

A high-tech gadget,
or a computer with damning files...

It doesn't matter,

as long as it proves
they're behind this dinosaur trafficking,

and that whoever just left that apartment
tried to k*ll me.

[Ronnie] Okay then. So...

How are you gonna get past the doorman?

[music crescendos]

- [elevator dings]
- [suspenseful music plays]

Food delivery!

We get it. You have money.

And...

Hobbies, apparently?

[atmospheric music plays]

- [elevator dings]
- [gasps]

[dramatic music plays]

[music crescendos]

[speaks Arabic]

[speaks Arabic]

No, wait...

[speaks Arabic]

Sorry. Still learning Arabic.

But I have your lunch delivery.
Gotta love beef kebabs.

Is this not the apartment
on the fifty-third floor?

This is the fifty-fourth floor.
The penthouse.

Oh! Wow. That's...

That's my bad. I'm just gonna...

- Hold on.
- [gasps]

It's not every day one encounters a person
with a limb difference like yours.

Limb difference?

I had an uncle born without a leg.

May I ask?

Skiing accident. In Colorado.

I went left
when I really should have gone right.

Now I can only go right. [chuckles]

I love your hair color.

It perfectly complements my bouquet.

Oh, yeah. [chuckles] I guess it does.

Sit for me.

What?

I'd love to paint you with the flowers.
I'll call it...

Portrait of a Girl Named...

Sydney. My name is Sydney.

Sydney.

[woman] Well, it's nice to meet you.
So, what do you say?

I pay well.
Certainly better than a delivery job.

Sure.

Sounds... fun.

Can't this thing go any faster?

[Kenji] Ben!

You already asked me that!

The others are way, way ahead of us now!

They really aren't. Maybe if we all
can find a way to work together...

Am I the only one in this boat who
cares about getting Bumpy's egg-baby back?

- Oh, of course not!
- Then put this thing in a higher gear!

[Kenji] Just knock it.

Dude, it's over on the side. On the side!

You do it then!

- Fine.
- [grunts]

Seriously, dude?

Guess Captain Kenji
also needs to be First Mate Kenji.

[engine grows louder]

So you can focus on...

- Wait, what are you doing?
- Uh...

I'm seeing if Brook... Broke...
the Broker might have left any clues

about where the cargo ship went,

or how a ship that size
even got up this tiny river.

Okay.

Yeah. Yeah, you do that.

- [majestic music plays]
- [lowing]

I know another route we can take.
It's much safer. Hardly any dinosaurs.

But you didn't know
this way had any dinosaurs.

Maybe Zayna's right. Should we...

No way! All right,
let's go through the Brachios.

When you're as big as these guys,
you don't spook so easily. Check it out.

[imitates Brachio call]

[imitation continues]

Uh, aside from Kenji's spot-on impression,
I agree.

[Darius] We can't risk
whatever's planned for the eggs and Geba.

It'll be okay.

These Brachios look big,
but they're just like my old cow, Bessie.

They're harmless.

Unless you try to skimp on her food.
She does not like that.

Okay.

Let's just... be careful.

- [stirring music plays]
- [lowing]

[lows]

[ominous music plays]

[roaring]

[dramatic music plays]

[gasping, exclaiming]

So, what brings you here?

Honestly,
I just needed a change of scenery.

After the accident.

So you came to Dubai?

Well, I've always traveled,
so I just wound up here.

I didn't like the way
people were looking at me back home.

Like I was suddenly...

incapable.

What others think of you doesn't matter.

It's what you think of yourself.

How capable you think you are.

[woman] Everything else is noise.

I never asked your name.

Soyona.

What brought you to Dubai, Soyona?

Well, I like to travel as well.

Moscow, Melbourne, London.

No way!

I spent some time in London too.
How long were you there?

Not long enough to call it home.

My business takes me all over.

And that business is?

Call it...

Paleontology.

[Soyona] Do you like dinosaurs?

[tense music plays]

Not a big fan, no.

That's a shame. I've always loved them.

In fact, my mother
was part of the dig that discovered

the Fighting Dinosaurs in Mongolia. Huh.

It's quite fascinating.

It's the perfect preservation
of two dinosaurs,

a Velociraptor mongoliensis
and a Protoceratops andrewsi,

locked in eternal battle.

Just like the world is
now that dinosaurs are, well,

all around the globe.

That's what this painting is missing.

[beeping, buzzing]

[hissing, clanking]

[slow footsteps approach]

[suspenseful music plays]

- [gasps]
- [Soyona] Look forward.

I need to see your eyes.

[echoing growls]

[gasps]

[roars, growls]

- [yelling]
- [tense music plays]

Sammy! The flare g*n!

- [exclaiming]
- [dramatic music plays]

- [Darius] Whoa!
- [exclaims]

[gasps]

[bellows]

[screaming]

[roaring]

[engine spluttering]

[exclaiming]

Come on, let's go! There's no time!

[stirring music plays]

Okay, we're safe.

Let's stay put...

- Ooh, I'll get the flare g*n!
- [splashing]

- Kenji, no! Kenji!
- [dramatic music plays]

- [gasps]
- [music intensifies]

[bellows]

- [panting]
- [Brachio bellowing]

[gasping]

I knew we should have gone the other way!

Come on! We got out of that alive,

and I don't know about you,
but it was kinda fun.

- [engine starts]
- [laughs]

[whoops] Let's go.

- [dramatic music plays]
- [growling]

[sniffing, growling]

[Brooklynn whimpers]

[Soyona] No need to be scared, dear.
You're perfectly safe.

Red doesn't attack,

unless I tell her to.

With this.

[growls]

Amazing, the control you can have
over these creatures

when you really take the time to earn it.

- [chitters]
- [breathes shakily]

[sighs]

Not quite.

[screeches]

[roars]

- [crashing, growling]
- [gasps] There. Hold that expression.

[Soyona] What a useful gadget
the laser is.

So much more precise than a whistle.

- [ripping]
- [growling]

[crashing]

Don't you agree?

Brooklynn?

- [suspenseful music plays]
- [gasps]

Come now. A haircut and one less arm
does not a disguise make.

[Soyona] Though I still advise you
to sit very still.

Trained or not, dinosaurs tend not to
react too well to sudden movements.

[panting]

[growling]

How is the penthouse across the street,
by the way?

They're not scheduled
to finish construction for weeks

but you've been cozied up there
for a while now.

[Soyona] Smart of you to stay underground
while your friends did the work.

Delegation is important.

Oh! You didn't know what they were up to.

Don't worry.
I'll catch up to them soon enough.

- You've got paint on your lapel.
- What?

- [yells]
- [screeches]

[grunting]

[roars]

- [screeching]
- [grunting]

- [screeches]
- [screams]

- [screeches]
- [breathes shakily]

[tense music plays]

[growling]

You moved.

I must admit, you're quite impressive.

No one's ever been able to track me down.

Still,

a little more research next time, yeah?

My neighbor on 53 is a vegetarian.

[grunting]

- [gasping]
- [tense music plays]

[roars]

[screams]

- [panting]
- [elevator clanking]

[exhales]

How are you holding up?

I just...

I should have fought harder
to take the safer path.

I promised my mother
that I would be smart.

Look.

Being on a journey like this,
when time is of the essence?

Taking a risk is being smart.

We all took a big one today,
but we got through it!

Kenji's right.

There's nothing we can't handle together.

Did someone say,

"Kenji's right"?

Doesn't matter.

What matters is Kenji wins
and the Brachios lose!

Booyah!

[Kenji] We're the Nublar Six.

There's no dino danger we can't handle.

Don't you mean five?

Five, six... Whatever!

Have you noticed
anything off with Kenji lately?

Like, he's been sort of...

impulsive?

[sighs]

So much has happened, especially to him.

[Yaz] Brooklynn, his dad...

But he is going all danger-mode
instead of dealing with it.

If he keeps it up,

he's gonna get hurt.

[gasps]

[sighs, laughs]

[takes deep breath]

[sighs]

- [vibrating]
- [gasps]

- [tense music plays]
- Oh my gosh!

I gotta...

Be right back!

Bessie sighs like that
when she has tummy rumblings.

[sighs] He's gonna be a minute.

- [vibrating]
- [breathing heavily]

[gasps]

B?

[chuckles] You're alive!

Ben. No time to explain everything,
but you're all in danger!

- We know, we know!
- Do the others know about me?

- No. I-I'm the only one th...
- [Brooklynn] Good!

Keep it that way.

[scoffs] What? Why? I-I don't understand.

Where are you? Are you safe?

What's going on?

[splutters] I'm fine. I'm fine!

[Ben] Brooklynn.

We can help. We're in Sen...

No! Don't tell me anything.
If I know, then...

I-I need more time to figure things out,
but I can't do that and keep you safe.

Just don't do anything stupid,
and stay away.

- It's for your own good, trust me!
- Brooklynn...

- Tell no one!
- [Ben] Brookl...

[suspenseful music plays]

[atmospheric music plays]