Iron Lung (2026)

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The stars are gone.

The planets have disappeared.

There were barely enough of us

left to give the end to name--

the Quiet Rapture.

I'm seeing a discrepancy in...

No, it's well within

acceptable limits.

Uh, proceeding

with the mission.

Supplies dwindle.

Infrastructure crumbles.

Too few to rebuild,

too many to feed.

Humanity decays.

But don't despair, my sons.

I tell you now that there is

more to these moons

than meets the eye.

The Consolidation--

they hide their technology,

their people.

They won't tell you

what they found, but I will.

One moon stands apart

from the rest.

And in the darkness

of that moon...

...an ocean of blood.

Beginning the descent.

Mission clock started.

Exploration of AT-5 under way.

How's it looking down there, convict?

Ready to do some good

for a change?

Yeah.

Let's get this done.

Roger that.

Cruising depth

in roughly two minutes.

Stand by.

I'm seeing

some voltage irregularities

on the instruments,

so keep an eye out

for sparks or flames

or anything like that.

Flames?

Why would there be flames?

I don't know.

That's why I warned you.

You did test this thing, right?

This is the test.

But you're welded in as tight

as we could make it,

and that ship's a tank.

Just keep an eye on your depth

while you're down there.

The terrain

can be unpredictable,

so make sure

you're not wandering down

too far into the red.

It can take pressure,

but there's a limit.

Hey, Captain,

the-- the hull's starting

to feel it, that glass.

Alright.

Closing porthole shielding.

Hey, what is it exactly

you want me to find?

You haven't told me what it is.

We don't know.

You're the first one down.

All we have are surface scans.

That's why you're there--

Well, one of the reasons.

You know, we salvaged that

glass from Filament Station.

Not a scratch on it.

I know, right? Pretty lucky.

Funny how some things survive

and others don't.

Approaching maximum depth.

30 seconds.

Hey, um...

Hey, are you hearing this?

Hello? Hey.

Uh, hey,

you said not to go into the red!

We're in the red!

Head to the coordinates

of the map

and catalog as instructed

and we'll consider your penance

served.

Be careful.

- Good--

- Hey! Hey!

You can't be serious.

You can't be serious.

You can't be serious.

Okay.

f*ck me.

Camera.

That's useful.

Okay. One down...

five to go.

Oxygen.

Way off.

That's not even on the map.

Maybe...

Hey...

What do I do if I find something

not on the map?

You're not just pretending

you can't hear me, right?

Why is it so f*cking hot

down here?

What the f*ck?

...what's your stat...

Are you reading me?

What's your status?

Yeah, I'm here.

...ship damaged. Did you fall?

Uh-- Uh, I-I-I don't know.

Was that you?

...hull damaged...

I dunno. Is it?!

You didn't tell me that there

would be anything down here!

Okay, calm down.

Just tell me if there's

a problem with the ship.

We need to know

if the ship is damaged

before we send you back down.

Back-- Back down.

Back? No way.

No f*cking way!

I'm done. I'm done.

So just bring me back up

and throw me in prison.

I'm not doing this!

Is. There. Damage?!

Just tell me if there is

a problem with the sub.

Because if you fell,

the hull could be punctured,

which means a leak, which means

flooding, which means you die.

The sub...

um, seems fine.

Good. Good.

I can't see much, but it seems

like the hull is in one piece.

So we're gonna check on

your progress

while we wait for the ocean

to settle back down.

Hey, do you think

we can get any pictures?

What, at that depth?

I mean,

you could get a couple, maybe.

Yeah, well, it might take it

a while to settle, so go ahead.

Uh, "settle"--

mm, what does that mean?

Um, is that why everything

was shaking?

Essentially, yeah.

The bottom isn't exactly rock.

Just layers of congealed blood

and gas bubbles.

I wasn't lying

when I said it wasn't stable.

- Hey...

- What?

You're gonna want to see this,

the most recent picture.

Holy sh*t.

Convict, did you...

Did you find a skeleton?

Yeah.

Yeah. Uh, yeah.

And there was something else. - This could just be rocks.

Can you get me

a higher resolution?

What rock has teeth?

Look at this. - Are you really asking that?

- Yes, I am.

- Convict, are you absolutely sure that it was a skeleton?

Yeah.

I've seen a skeleton before.

How stupid do you think I am?

We're pulling you up.

Stand by. - What?

All hands,

prepare for recovery.

13's coming up

ahead of schedule.

We might have found something.

Make sure Jack's moving.

He just rotated off duty.

He'll be pissy but I need welds

I can count on. -

You. Get me maps.

I want scans going

from 13's last location.

Keep walking him out

100 meters at a time

until we're back down there.

Call up anything that looks

different from before.

What?

No. Don't bother.

Won't make a difference if we

don't get down there in time.

No, they don't

need to know either.

Not yet anyway.

Bringing you in now.

Okay.

Okay. Uh...

So now what?

Alright. We're clear.

How's his oxygen?

Hey.

So, uh-- So what's the deal?

- Am I done?

- How's your oxygen?

See any leaks?

Uh, um, uh, yeah.

I'm down a light.

But-- But, yeah, maybe.

There might be a leak.

Uh, there was some blood

dripping in,

and then there's some kind of

liquid building up on the walls.

I don't know--

I don't know what it was.

It's just condensation.

I know what condensation--

Look, it doesn't matter.

You just warn the next person

that goes down what I found.

There's something alive

down there.

Hey, Captain.

You're gonna want to see this.

We got pictures?

Hmm.

Punch in tighter.

If there are more of these

things down there, we might...

Whoa.

Does he have enough oxygen?

No. Don't bother.

We got to move fast.

- We can't lose this.

- Captain, you sure he doesn't need more air

before he goes back down?

You know, just in case?

I'll worry about that.

You notify the council.

Yeah. You got it.

Oh, yeah?

Hey, yeah.

So I found something, right--

something good?

We downloaded the pictures.

Sure looks like a skeleton

to me.

So come on. Get me out of here.

I can't.

Like I said, you're welded in.

We take the time

to get you out of here,

we might miss the opportunity.

Another slip, might go somewhere

that we can't get it.

So I'm gonna give

you something to take a sample.

Hey. Hey!

You're not listening to me!

There's something else!

Okay.

It's not like I don't want

the deal, alright?

I want the deal!

I want to make amends.

It's not worth it.

It's not.

It's not worth it for me.

It's not worth it for you.

Yeah, you're all fawning

over this skeleton,

but you're not hearing me

when I say

there's something else--

something alive.

There might just be.

We're gonna put this on the sub

right up front.

All you got to do is point it

in the right direction.

Once it makes contact,

it should be able

to grab on to something

and hold on tight.

This-- So what am I supposed

to do , just ram it?

Pretty much.

- You can't be serious.

- I am.

You'll have to hit it hard,

too--

hard enough to make sure

that it catches.

You won't be able to see

if it works,

- so no second chances.

- Okay.

So you don't just want me

to ram it?

You want me to ram it

at full speed?

Why play games?

Why go through all this trouble?

If you want me dead so bad,

why don't you just do it

yourself?!

This is the best we have.

And it's a lot more

than you deserve.

This is bigger than any of us.

So just do your job.

My job-- my job?

Oh. I'm sorry.

The handcuffs

must have confused me.

I didn't realize

this was voluntary!

Hey!

Don't walk away!

If this is so important to you,

why aren't you going down

there?!

Hey!

Go down, come back,

and then I'm free!

That was the deal!

How many times are you gonna

use me before you let me go?!

Why...

Are you out of your mind?!

Oh, good. You can hear me.

Now get someone else

for your suicide mission,

- because I'm not going--

- You blasted us with radiation, you psycho Eden f*ck!

- What?

- It's not a normal camera!

You can't see through blood!

So you need x-rays

to get through!

- I-I didn't know that.

- Okay. It's on.

- It-- It should hold.

- I-I didn't know that.

No, wait. Look, I'm sorry.

But maybe

if you had talked to me,

this wouldn't have happened!

Just get the sample.

Drop him.

You can't send me back.

Have you calmed down yet?

Come on, Convict.

You can't be too upset.

Kind of fair play

after what you did.

Aw, sh*t. Are you still alive?

f*ck off!

Ah. There you are,

Alright. Beginning the descent.

Uh... hey,

You, uh-- You got to close

the porthole shield, man.

Hello?

Convict, this is serious.

Close the shield.

Who is this?

Where's the other one?

The-- The other one?

You talking about Jack,

the guy you irradiated?

Well, Captain's taken him

to Medical,

so I'm in charge now.

And my first order

is close the f*cking shield.

Why can't you do it?

It's not responding.

Which is why we have you.

Is it closed?

- Yes. Closed.

- Good.

Now we're gonna give you

about 30 minutes

to go get that sample

before we pull you back up.

And don't worry. I know

ramming it sounds scary,

but the salvage claw

will take most of the impact.

And those welds

aren't going anywhere,

'cause Jack

is good at his job--

Or, well, he--

Well, he was good at his job.

You didn't think

it was important to tell me

that your camera

was a radiation g*n?

That w--

That shouldn't have happened

at all.

The-- The camera's wired

into the black box,

but I-I must have wired it

into the backup battery.

I don't know.

We-- We were in a rush.

Right.

Things are somehow faster

when I don't know

what I'm doing.

You know, honestly,

if I were in charge,

you would know more.

Might actually get us

some results.

But I'm not.

I'm just a cog in the machine.

But, you know,

this is bigger than us.

So I've heard.

Look, man.

Can we just agree

this is important?

Filament Station

was a bad loss,

but imagine if we

could actually rebuild it.

Even you could be a part

of that.

I read your report.

You surrendered.

So you don't fully buy

Eden's bullshit.

All their dogma

about the last tree.

It's not about the tree.

Alright?

Look, Eden gave me a tattoo.

The COI made me burn it off.

I didn't choose either of them.

I still get a scar.

Since the Quiet Rapture,

none of us get a choice.

Hey, look at that.

There's at least something

we can agree on.

Be honest with you,

the Captain's

had a consolidated

stick up our a*s

since the Quiet Rapture, but...

But she cares about her crew.

Some more than others,

but, you know?

Yeah, right.

Can you at least tell me

if this thing is blasting me

with radi...

No. The hull's thick enough.

The blood

would soak it up anyway.

This actually

is bigger than us, man.

Because if that's a skeleton

down there,

that means that this ocean

supported life.

Things could be alive

down there right now.

Food, air. We need this.

Not just the COI--

all of us, We need this.

It's the first shred

of real hope

that we've had

in twenty f*cking-- - Shut the f*ck up!

Hey. Excuse me?

Hey, f*ck you, man.

I don't even know why I try

talking to you Eden--

Go die down there with the rest

of 'em for all I care.

Plenty more

where you came from!

"Cross..."

This is not an expedition.

It's an execution.

When they put you in here,

they don't want you to return.

And even if you do and even

if they keep their promises,

what freedom waits for you?

A few dying ships

in a sea of dead stars.

If there is still hope,

it lies beyond the veil.

Hope in this void is as

illusionary as the starlight.

I will choose

to breathe my last

here,

at the bottom of an ocean...

unseen...

unheard...

uncontrolled.

They will get their execution.

I will get my freedom.

Sorry, brother.

But I want to live.

It was right here.

Where'd you go?

Hello?

He's definitely moving away...

Did he get the sample?

Hello?

Can you hear me?

Convict. Yes.

We can hear you, barely.

What's going on?

Why are you moving away

from the location?

Uh...

Uh, well,

this is gonna sound made up.

The skeleton's gone.

Say again. I can't hear you.

The skeleton is gone!

How can it be gone?

Well, I don't know.

I'm at the coordinates.

I took a picture.

It's just a big hill.

I don't know.

Maybe it got buried.

Standby.

...pick up from nearby... 450, 250...

Uh, one second.

No... No. It's just more hill.

- Say again?

- It's...

How about now?

It's just more hill.

- No skeleton.

- Yes. No, I can hear you.

Did you say

that there was a hill?

Yes. I am on a hill.

There is no skeleton.

It likely got moved

in the quake.

Probably what we're

picking up ahead of you,

maybe... meters.

Yeah.

Roger.

Why is it so hot in here?

Just stay focused.

Get the sample.

- Can I not ask a question?

- No.

Stay focused

and get the sample.

Sure.

I...

I didn't mean

for that to happen.

I was just...

I was scared.

- The radiation, I mean.

- I know what you mean.

- How bad was it?

- Doesn't matter.

Dwelling on it

doesn't help the cause.

- Yeah, and what cause is that?

- Survival.

The only cause we have left.

Yeah.

Tell that to the other poor

b*stards you left down here.

You are the first one

we've sent down.

What's the point of lying to me, hmm?

What's the point of any of this?

What does it matter if you find

a big f*cking skeleton?!

This is all just useless

bullshit to get me k*lled!

Do you think

that I enjoy this?!

Do you?!

There aren't enough of us left

to be throwing lives away!

But there is too much at stake

not to take calculated risks!

Eden doesn't understand that!

You don't understand that!

What's to understand?!

It's all over!

That's what Eden understands.

At least

they're not deluding themselves

with some big future

for humanity

if we all just believe

hard enough.

It's game over and you know it.

Is that why you destroyed

Filament Station?

That wasn't...

That wasn't supposed to happen.

That wasn't supposed to happen.

That...

Oxygen.

That's not right.

What?

This.

I can't see

what you're talking about.

The-- The skeleton.

It moved.

I told you already.

The ocean floor isn't static.

Things shift.

It's just what happens.

- You have eyes on it?

- Yeah.

I'm-- I'm looking at it

right now.

But I'm telling you...

it-- it looks like something--

I don't think gas bubbles

did this.

But you see the skeleton?

Yes, I see the skeleton.

But I'm telling you,

something's wrong.

It-- It's just the head.

Well, the sooner

you get a sample,

the sooner

you get to come back,

so stop wasting time gawking

at it and just get it.

- So I get this and I'm done?

- For now.

Obviously, we'll need more

than just a single sample,

but it will take time

to study it.

You're not just gonna k*ll me

as soon as I get up there?

Why would we k--

We need your help,

and you're earning your place

in the Consolidation.

That's all.

I'm sorry about the radiation.

I didn't know.

You can apologize

to my tumors.

Just get the sample.

Fair enough.

How hard

do I need to hit this thing?

I-I don't know.

This isn't exactly

standard procedure.

Just ram it.

Just ram it?

Just ram it. Get the job done.

The ship can handle it,

I promise.

- Are you sure?

- I'm sure.

And I need you to trust me.

Ram the ship.

Alright. Okay, okay.

Alright, yeah.

Just ram it, just ram it.

Just ram it.

- And then I'm free?

- Then you come back up.

And then I'm free.

Uh...

I rammed it.

Did you get it?

I think I got it. One second.

Uh...

Yeah, I'm looking at, um...

I mean,

what might be a hole in the jaw.

- I think I got it.

- Good. Alright.

Hopefully, it can hold on

to the sample during the ascent

or else we're gonna have

to send you right back down.

Is that it?

With all the buildup,

I thought there might be

something a bit more calamitous.

Our goal is to hopefully avoid

something more calamitous.

That's what keeps us all alive.

Now hold on to something.

We're beginning the ascent.

Hey, hey.

Hey!

Uh, there was something else.

- S-Say again?

- There was something else!

- It was looking right at me!

- It's something alive?

Are you-- Are you sure?

Can you confirm?

W-What just happened?

Something's got me!

We're getting pulled in!

I need to cut the line!

No, no, no!

We need that sample!

It's not worth losing

the whole f*cking ship!

Convict, what the f*ck

is going on?

I can still see them.

Stop saying they're gone.

We can all see them.

My son,

those stars are already dead.

Mere ghost light,

growing dimmer by the day.

Hello?

I had water this whole time?

Okay.

Aw, f*ck that!

Stupid piece of sh*t.

You just had to chuck

the whole...

f*ck that.

f*ck me.

Okay. What do I do?

c*ck voice recorder.

All that to find

a f*cking black box.

Damn it!

Of all the f*cking things...

I swear, if I have to read

one of those f*cking manuals,

I'm gonna lose--

Of course it was.

Ah!

Okay.

Okay.

Eh, almost worked.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach. Fire.

- What?!

- Fire.

Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach.

Fire. Hull breach.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

- Hull breach. Hull breach.

- Mm.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Shut the f*ck up!

f*ck!

I'm not dying down here.

Ah.

I'm f*cked.

Yeah.

Okay.

Sure.

Good.

Don't mind me.

I'm just trying to go home.

Just...

Just pretend

like I'm not even here.

I'm sure they're

falling over themselves

trying to find me, so...

If you see anyone

looking for Simon...

tell them I'm still alive.

God--

Damn it!

I'm trusting you.

f*cking aliens.

Hull breach. Hull breach.

Hull bre--

Simon!

Simon!

Simon!

Don't just stand there!

Do something!

What...

SM-8.

8...

What are you doing down here?

Connecting.

Connected to Submersible Rover

8. Running diagnostics.

Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.

Oxygen-- fail. Fuel-- fail.

Engine-- fail. Pressure-- fail. Hull-- fail.

Camera-- Fail. Battery-- low.

Initiating black box

recovery program.

Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself

to council authority.

What?

Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself

to council authority.

Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself--

Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself

to council authority.

Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

- or surrender yourself...

- Of all the f*cking things.

Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself

to council authority.

- f*cking--

- Insufficient privileges.

Leave the area immediately

or surrender yourself - Really?!

to council authority.

Not my problem.

What the f*ck?

Yep.

f*cking circle.

Sorry.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, wall.

Yeah, okay.

Wall.

Of course it is.

Only one left to try.

Alright.

One more.

No way.

Hello?

Almost there.

Hello?!

Come on!

What?!

Come on! Hello?!

Come on.

Yes!

I'm here!

- Can you hear us?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm here.

Can you not hear me?

I can hear you.

Are you real?

Is this another trick?

Who is this?

Who do you think it is?

Ava? Is that you?

Is that really you?

Oh, f*ck!

Oh, God! Please, get us out!

Please help us!

We can't take it anymore!

How could you leave us

down here?!

You're not on the tow ship.

What?! What did you say?!

You're still here, right?!

I heard you leave, so--

so there must be a way. - You're not.

You-- You always have a plan.

And it worked.

It worked before.

We-- We can work together

this time.

Everything is down here,

everything we've ever

- wanted to know.

- You're stuck down here, too?

Oh.

I thought I was--

Look, they're still there.

I talked to them.

I know the radio's been spotty,

but they've made contact before.

Like, we could just be

out of range.

Like, maybe

we just need to get hold of them

and, then, they can send

someone down to meet us.

Oxygen.

Is that the last of it?

None left, then?

Uh...

That's not enough.

He won't make it.

Just try to control

your breathing.

Um, can you just, uh...

Can you just keep talking to me?

'Cause I just...

- Oh!

- What would be the point?

You'll just run out of air

faster.

Maybe that's for the best.

Some of the others went

that way.

- Not the worst fate down here.

- Actually--

Actually, I don't want to talk

anymore.

You might still have time

to talk to them again.

- Oh.

- They don't know the danger of this place.

We have to warn them!

We can't die down here!

I said I don't want to talk.

No, you don't understand.

You haven't seen the light.

You don't...

It's been so dark for so long.

It changed everything.

What are you even

talking about?

It's what caused

the Quiet Rapture.

Or a fragment of it, at least.

- What?

- It was a light--

can you believe that?

Shining through the hull

like it didn't even matter,

like nothing in this universe

could ever possibly matter.

You actually found something?

Does that mean

you know what happened?

Is that how you're still alive?

Yes.

No. No, no, no.

This isn't right.

I'm forgetting something

important.

We shouldn't be talking

about this.

You have no idea what's waiting

for us down here.

You don't know,

and it's better that way.

Forget about the light.

It won't help you.

And you can't help us.

Some things are too dangerous

to remember. - I...

Hold on.

I think I have a concussion

or something.

If it's not CO2 buildup,

my head's not right.

I just want to know

what happened.

And you're still alive,

so I don't know

if there's a backup system,

but just give me something.

Hey, can you still hear me?

Please.

I don't know

if you're just my imagination.

I don't know

what's real anymore.

I've been losing track of time

and...

I've been seeing some things.

Look.

I-I just really need you

to be real right now, okay?

I just want to live.

Is that so wrong?

Why doesn't anybody else

want that?

Everyone on Eden's

just given up.

You know, no one on Eden

wants to think this way,

but what's more likely--

that every planet and star

disappeared

or that a few space

stations disappeared?

Isn't it easier to believe

that they're still there,

wondering where all of us went?

Isn't that more likely?

If it happened...

Why can't it happen again?

I guess it doesn't matter.

Wow.

Just...

Just if...

Oh!

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't-- It doesn't matter.

There's no backup system,

is there?

This piece of sh*t--

They wouldn't put

a CO2 scrubber in this.

They wouldn't put a backup tank.

There's no deposits down here.

This is the end,

And I'm wasting my breath,

talking to a phantom...

that was never there

to begin with.

Would did you give everything

just to survive?

Yeah.

I never had anything

to begin with.

116, 520.

We will see the answer

together,

and you will live,

and we will be free.

Deal.

Okay.

Okay.

116, 520.

If that's where you are,

then they knew you were here.

Maybe they were hoping

that I would find you.

They were still looking

for us?

Maybe, yeah.

Okay. I'm on the way.

I'm, uh--

I'm about, um, 380, 614.

Not far, I think.

It's there.

We wouldn't lie.

Not about this.

It's everything.

So what is it?

What could possibly be

that important down here?

Do you believe in God?

Uh, let's not get into that.

I hear enough

of that kind of talk on Eden.

An ignorant God

sees a sliver of our universe

through a pinhole

and thinks it understands

all that is

and all that will be.

- And it will.

- And why is that?

Because a God makes sense

of what it sees,

despite what it should be.

What does that even mean?

The light-- it illuminates,

and it blinds.

It thinks,

and therefore we are.

Even if your miracle could

solve all their problems...

they would just

send me down again.

Why wouldn't they want

to save you?

Knowledge and skill

fade every year.

Same as the stars.

They blame me

for what happened.

I was the only one trying

to stop it.

Blame you? For what?

Filament Station.

They blame me.

What happened

to Filament Station?

Yeah, I, um...

Yeah, I really don't want

to talk about it.

What happened

to Filament Station?

It's gone.

How do you not know?

Filament Station is gone?!

Yes.

It's gone.

Just like everything else

since the Quiet Rapture.

So what does it f*cking matter?

What do you care?

Why does anyone care?

Maybe you do deserve this.

You think this is fair?

I didn't blow up

Filament Station,

but the ones who did

aren't getting punished.

Just me!

I didn't get a choice!

I just drew the short straw,

and then I traded one fancy

metal box to die in for another

while people that I thought were

my brothers abandoned me!

They abandoned me,

just like they abandoned you.

What does it even matter

if we meet up?

Probably not there.

I can't get to the surface,

and neither can you,

so what's the f*cking point?!

What's the point?

I just want to go home.

There it is.

It's so beautiful.

How could we have

forgotten this?

A tiny glimpse

of answers greater

than our infinite.

It burst our mind like a tick.

Oh, what we would give

to see it again.

What is that?

Where are you?

There's nothing

to be afraid of.

Not anymore.

This wasn't meant for us.

I think I'm in the wrong place.

We will see, Simon.

We will see

the answer together.

They're calling to us.

This is our salvation.

Our promise.

What are you waiting for?

The answer is right there.

I didn't tell you my name.

Yes, you did.

Simon!

Open your eyes!

We will see.

We will know.

Give us the answers.

Let us see!

We hear them!

Our salvation!

Our--

I see you.

I see you.

Agreed.

We are all...

We are one.

In the blood.

Simon...

open your eyes.

Simon...

Simon...

Look.

Simon...

Simon.

Butcher.

Hello?

- Hello?

- What?!

Is that really you?

Stop f*cking with me!

Who is this?!

I don't know what to s--

No.

No. I'm done, I'm done.

I'm done being f*cked with!

The radio's broken! I broke it!

You can't tell me

that you're you!

I don't even know

how you survived. How-wha--?

Hello?

Hello?

Wh-What did I do

when I was in the hangar?

- What?

- No, no.

How many people were

in the hangar?!

I don't understand. Sorry.

Tell me how many people!

- Give me a number!

- Three. Three. Three.

Uh, and-- you-- you--

you took a picture.

Yeah? You blasted us

with radiation.

No, no!

- You're lying!

- No. I'm not.

You can't be talking to me!

I know you're...

What?

That's not possible.

What's wrong?

That...

What's wrong?

Convict, what's wrong?

What's my name?

This isn't helping.

Oh, come on!

Just tell me my name!

Say my name!

I don't think

we ever got your name.

You don't even know my...

You sent me down here to die,

and you don't even know my name?

We didn't send you to--

I'm sorry.

Yeah. Look, uh, it's--

it's been days

since your last contact.

You should have

run out of oxygen by now.

- How are you still alive?

- I, uh...

I'm not sure.

It says I have one light left.

I really don't know.

I-I-I don't know.

I thought I died.

I might have died.

I-I don't know.

I don't even know where I am.

I...

I, um...

Uh, I, uh...

I think I've done enough and...

I would really...

I would really like

to not be down here anymore.

Please.

I know.

I don't think that's possible.

I had nothing

to do with Filament Station.

I swear!

That wasn't part of the plan.

They didn't listen to me.

I'm really sorry.

It's not a matter of want

right now. -

We can't risk any more dives.

But what about the mission?!

What about everything

I learned?!

What about the sample?!

The reason I came down here

in the first place?!

You need that, right?

Yeah. Um...

It's not worth the risk.

A bone fragment isn't gonna

tell us anything

that we haven't already seen

with our own eyes.

This isn't about your past.

It's not punishment.

And I know it's not fair.

But our new orders are to hold

and observe.

So after everything

I've been through,

you're just gonna leave me

down here?

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Has anyone ever made it up?

Yes.

Did you know their names?

You know,

I remember what you said

when you said I was

the first one down here.

I was thinking about it

when I was looking at

the wreck of the other ship

you left down here.

The, um, the SM-8.

I almost didn't notice

the name on account

of the big f*cking hole

in the side of it.

- I was--

- SM-8?

- Did he just say--

- I-I-I-I'm not sure.

Did you say SM-8?

How do you know about

that ship?

It had letters on it.

I can read.

You found the SM-8?

Yeah.

Yeah, I did.

And not only that,

when I found it, the computer,

it connected to it, but it was

downloading something.

- Something about...

- Insufficient privileges, leave the area immediately

Uh, something about

a black box! - or surrender yourself

to council authority.

An archive. Right?

I'm right, aren't I?

Well, if you want it, you

gotta come down here and get it.

That's the deal.

That's fair. That's fair.

I went through hell,

but I came back with something

a lot better than

a piece of bone.

But if you want it,

you have to get me out.

That's fair.

Th-There's no way that your

computer downloaded anything.

You don't have

the right credentials.

That computer

shouldn't even be active

without us giving you

the login.

No, no, no.

I'm not lying. There was a note.

Someone told me

to splice the wires,

and I know big secret's out.

I'm not the first one down here,

but this is what you need!

Isn't this what you wanted?!

Come on. I'm not lying.

I saw it, I fell in a cave,

and I went down

and I navigated through it

and I found this ship

that was still powered.

The computer connected to it.

It was trying to download.

I'm telling the truth!

How far are you from it

right now?

- I mean, not far, I think.

- Okay.

If I give you the right

credentials for the computer

and you did actually find

the SM-8, then

you should be able to download

all of their data, right?

Okay. We put power redundancies

into the black boxes

for just that reason in case--

Well, you know.

Yeah. But-- But tell me.

If I do this, you get me out.

If you do this,

I'll get you myself.

Believe it or not,

we've salvaged these before.

- And if we're fast--

- Wait, wait. If we're fast?

What are you talking about?

This is not happening.

We have orders.

You have orders.

This is my ship,

and it's my call.

- Get 14 prepped.

- Captain.

Convict, the SM-8 wasn't

just another sub.

We put equipment on it

that we can't make anymore.

Things that we'll never make

again.

Ava. Look at me!

He is lying!

He will say anything!

- Are you out of your mind?

- Are you?

If he's right and we

do nothing--

No, David,

this is bigger than us.

Oh, my God, enough with

the slogan!

It is not worth it!

He is not worth it!

It is not worth losing you

over some f*cking criminal!

It is worth anything!

And you're lucky

I'm not sending

you down there instead.

Convict, you said

you mapped it.

- Do you have the coordinates?

- Okay.

When the line broke,

I landed off the map

in some kind of f*cked-up cave.

I don't know, but the ship was

the last thing I found.

About 725, maybe 500.

It was right next to

the only way out I could find.

And that was-- It spat

me out around 380, 615.

Alright, here's the plan.

We'll get prepped on our end.

And if you can make it to

the SM-8 and back out,

we can meet you outside

the entrance in 30 minutes.

But I'm serious.

You have got to be there

in 30 minutes or I'm gone.

- Understood?

- Yeah, I understand.

Um, so how do I get the files?

Go to the computer.

Press Ctrl, Alt, Shift, 9.

You should see a window pop up.

Username-- admin.

Password all caps: 7X11F26A311.

Um, Ctrl, Alt, Shift what?

- Nine.

- Confirmed.

- Enter your passcode.

- Username-- admin.

Password all caps: 7X11F26A311.

- Tell me when you have it.

- Confirmed. Switching mode.

- Welcome, Admin Ava.

- I'm in.

Okay. 30 minutes, in and out.

If you miss the window,

you miss your chance.

But if we could pull this off,

there's hope for the COI,

for Eden, for everyone.

Nothing else

matters compared to this.

But if you're not there,

you're not going home.

- 30 minutes.

- Okay.

I can do that. 30 minutes.

I can do that. It's easy.

I just go in and out and then

all of humanity's saved.

And then I'm free.

And then you're free.

Deal.

By the way...

What?

My name is Ava.

Simon.

Let's get this done, Simon.

David, pull Jack out of

medical.

- What?

- Tell him I need one last weld.

- Ava! Jack can't even stand!

- Then hold him up!

Just-- Just tell him!

Yes, ma'am.

Eyes up, convict.

I've been assigned

to carry out your penance.

- I promise...

- I'll be honest.

Any other captain would

have had you k*lled on sight.

So you should consider

yourself lucky.

- Everything is gone...

- She was looking for me.

Well, you are lucky.

62 others didn't make it

out of Filament Station.

And no, that doesn't

include your compatriots.

Leave him.

We're all dead anyway.

I didn't want them to die.

Excuse me?

What the f*ck did you just say?

When did you grow a conscience,

Simon?

We are but flesh.

You got the highest body count

out here, k*ller.

Not one of us has more blood

on their hands than you.

- But that flesh has purpose yet.

- Please, I--

Simon the Butcher

lost his nerve.

You're gonna have to k*ll

your own brothers to stop this.

You're not my brother.

Your words, not mine, Butcher.

- I wasn't even there.

- Everything bad is happening.

I'm just the guy that told you

to cross the wires.

The Consolidation

can wallow in their secrets.

We must bear these burdens,

these hardships,

this anger, this sorrow.

- Fire!

- Evacuate. Evacuate.

- We must bear it.

- We have a dream.

- We are the keepers of Eden.

- It'll feel just like home.

We must help them.

- Simon, don't be like that.

- I don't have it.

You'll love it there.

Council authority

confiscates them.

They're hoping to start

a garden of their own someday.

Our duty is not done.

The last tree is dead.

- What?

- The last tree will live again.

It's Eden's grave.

When the last Son of Eden

joins the grove,

there will be a thousand trees.

You may think

that there's no soil,

- but we know.

- We will die.

- We know that when we die...

- When we die...

Our bodies

will become the soil.

Simon, how about we just stay

focused on the mission?

Now, once you're down there,

you're going to be on your own.

- It's a trap.

- You'll have to navigate

- the ocean floor carefully.

- It's right behind you.

The map is current.

Things might change

and look different

- once you're down there.

- It's still there.

Take as many pictures

as possible,

both for navigation

and for us to...

On your left.

They're watching you.

Okay.

Now what?

Connecting.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait.

Oxygen, fuel, pressure, all...

Initiating black box

recovery program.

Okay.

That looks good.

Downloading. Wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait.

Complete. All files confirmed.

That looks good.

Is that it?

I think that's it.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Okay.

Almost there.

Hello?

I don't know.

What am I supposed to say?

I'm losing track of things.

I...

I might have recorded this

already.

I--

It doesn't matter anymore.

The pressure alarm finally

shut up.

For whatever good that does...

We told you to stop...

Stay on your side!

We told you to stop

f*cking drinking it.

We know!

I know. It's just...

- It's not good for you.

- Don't f*cking say it!

Don't f*cking say it.

You were right.

This ocean is different

from the rest.

But we shouldn't be here.

Yes, we can synthesize food

from it,

but... I don't think we should.

It shouldn't be possible,

but... it's human.

The blood-- It's us.

We don't know what that means.

We think--

I think it was the anomaly.

It's at 116, 520.

We only saw it with the samples

we took from near... the light.

A fragment of what caused

the Quiet Rapture.

This could actually be

an answer.

But without the ability to

study further, we can only--

He went in.

How did we forget?

It... It was everything we saw.

We saw the answer.

- Ava.

- Ava.

- You have to find us.

- You have to find us.

We need to see it.

It was meant for us.

Please!

The answer is right there!

It was meant for us!

We need to see it!

We need to see.

What the f*ck?

We need to...

What is that?

If you're gonna k*ll me,

just f*cking k*ll me.

- Ava.

- Simon!

- I'm here.

- Simon!

You got to get me out of here.

- Did you-- Did you get it?

- I think I'm sick or something.

Simon, shut up

and listen to me!

I don't know what's happening

to me.

I need you to get

something from the crawlspace.

Trust me on this.

There's something down there

that you need to keep safe.

Okay? No matter what, you need

to get it out of there safely.

Do you understand?

You can't be serious.

Ava, I just went through hell

to get this.

- What did you do, Simon?

- Simon, I know what I said!

- It doesn't matter anymore!

- You had to drag her down

- to hell with you.

- ...to finish the plan.

You are the only one that can!

- Everything is...

- She can't hear us.

- And she can't save you.

- No matter what happens,

that data needs to survive

if any of this is gonna...

She's going to copy

what you stole from our ship

- and leave you to die.

- Do you understand me?

Better than you deserve,

Butcher.

Simon?

But you can still redeem

yourself.

- Simon.

- Destroy the data.

- Do you have it?

- Tell her the SM-8 is lost.

Please tell me you have it.

None can be allowed

to see the light again.

Simon, you have to go now!

What are you waiting for?!

We had a deal.

Not everyone gets to be saved!

- Do the right thing.

- What are you talking about?

You said you'd get me

out of here.

- That was the deal!

- Simon, please!

Simon, please listen to me!

It's worth it.

You deserve... your freedom.

And I'm sorry

that I can't give that to you.

But it's worth it.

It is more than me.

It's more than you.

- It's bigger than...

- Ava.

- We're sorry.

- Please!

The black box!

It's in the crawl--

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Painless.

Why do we have to do this?

Why only you?

Why you, Simon?

Why you?!

Her blood is on your hands.

How many more bodies would you

climb over to save yourself?

Always thinking of the life

you'll never get back.

Thinking of a mother

who wouldn't even recognize

the k*ller she spawned.

Or maybe she'd be proud.

Is death the only thing

she taught you?

Half measured, half committed.

Never enough!

There is nothing else for us

now.

Nothing else.

What do you know?

You're just a piece of sh*t that

doesn't even know it's dead.

What do you know?!

We know more than enough!

Butcher! The light

must be forgotten!

This madness ends with you!

You think we're just gonna give

you what you want?

f*ck that and f*ck you!

You want to eat me?!

Come and try!

Simon.

Simon!

Oh, f*ck me.

Oh, f*ck me!

f*ck! f*ck!

f*ck!

f*ck!

f*ck!

You better be right about this.

Okay.

f*ck!

f*ck.

What?

You have nowhere to run.

We can hear you!

- We will find you!

- Oh, f*ck me.

Don't run!

You know this is the only way.

You know it.

Simon!

Please keep this safe,

okay, mom?

It's more than me.

It's more than me.

You saw the horror of it.

What did it see in you?

It's more than me.

It's more than me.

It saw you, Simon.

And it will never let you go!

It wants you to do this.

Can you not see that?

What did you do?!

You changed everything!

Your ship is alive!

Can't you see this is a mercy?!

Fine! You want the Butcher?

Come on!

f*ck you!

Die!

Pray that you stay dead!

We are salvation!

We are hope.

We can save everyone...

within us!

We are all.

We are one.

We die. We live! We!