Mayday Mayday! | Episode 1

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Is there any way to double check? This is my life? No trip. Um um yeah, I'll have a dirty martini, please. Ugh she'll have a ginger eggs. Ew, Mom, no. I'm good. That phone is glued to your hand. Are you still tearing? It's not live. I can edit it out later. Good evening folks. Thank you again for flying Oro Airlines Flight 7963. This is your captain. My followers care more about me than you do. That's why I'm on my phone all the time.

Like you do. Okay, what's my favorite movie? What? My favorite TV show? Song? Color? See? You don't even know. Your favorite movie is Monsters Inc. Yeah. At least it used to be last month. How come you never come in? Well, if I'm being honest, I feel like you don't want me to. When you were little, you were glued to my hip, just like your phone. You needed me. And I feel like I'm not sure. Your father, he literally has the world, all the stuff he's built, all the stuff he made, but I made you.

You are mine. You were what I built. You were my world and now my world doesn't need me anymore. Okay, my own. That's like the saddest thing I've Ever heard? Uh no, no, I I mean it. It's hard to be a part of this family. Oh, not because of you. It's because of Dad. It's totally not his fault. It also kind of is like I feel like everyone is just looking at me and expects expects these things of me now, and it's like I didn't ask for any of it.

I'm just trying to figure out what I'm doing, you know? Okay. But mum, thanks for saying you need me. Oh my god, yeah, when I was seven. Who Yeah, when I was seven. What? Everything's It's gonna be just alright. Okay, you guys, so to New York. Marty, that's not funny. Stop recording now. Mom, I'm clearly joking! Captain again. Sorry about that rough ride. Seems like we're in for quite a bit more of this turbulence.

Since we're over the ocean, I'm gonna try to bring us down low enough to pass right underneath the brunt of this storm. Everything's fine. Oh god sucks. Everything is our guy. My life, you guys! Okay. Just stay calm. No, you stay calm! Thank you. Alright folks, we're now cruising at a bit above 1200 feet altitude, which again is perfectly safe as we're over the ocean. As soon as we pass under this turbulence. Thank you. Climb back up to our normal cruising altitude.

Dad, if you're watching this, not to put you on blast, you have to invent turbulence proof planes. One hundred percent get on it, honey. Until you do, it's yats all the way for me. Because that shit just now got super effing scary.

Come on, come on, come on, Alexis. Pick up, please, pick up. Please. Hey. You? How are you? Wait, shit. You're like there's In Hawaii, right? I'm six hours ahead. Oh god, it's like Almost midnight here. I am so sorry. I didn't have time to call you in Rikyovik. I had to run to make my connection, and I only have a few minutes now, but I just needed to hear your voice. It's okay. I'm glad you called. Me too. So tell me. Was it FIFA tonight? I wish it was full USC now. Punching and Oh my god.

Jeez. Your child is a pain in my ass. Like literally. My child. Yes, whenever he's a pain in my ass. Poor child. Well, isn't that convenient for you? Nothing about pregnancy is convenient. I swear. This kid better cure ALS or invent some flying cars or some shit. If he becomes an English major, I'm just gonna quit. Now. He's gonna be beautiful. Our beautiful little unemployable English major. He'll be beautiful because you'll be his mother. Will both be.

Only when he's not a pain in my ass Oh, there you go. Are you scared? I was nine hundred meters down in the Arctic Ocean thirty-six hours ago. I'm sure whatever this is, it's just par for the course. Becoming a mom, it's getting real real now. One month ago. No. No, no, because I have you. And as long as I have that, it's always okay. It's It's always been you, Alexa. But it's not gonna just be us anymore. It will be. I us is just expanding now. Are you calling me fat?

Excuse me. Excuse me, Miss Soto? The pilots are completing their flight checks. Um I can escort you out to the helipad when you're ready. Ready. Great, thanks. I just need one more minute. When can you call Ned? I don't know, hun, but I know there's a satellite uplink. Don't worry. You know we'll figure it out. No. Babe. You're not. When you work, you're not just gone. You're gone. Like other side of the world gone. And when you say we'll figure it out, that's just not gonna be enough anymore.

Yeah. I need to be able to take care of us. All of us. And this time. this job. I. I will. There'll always be another job that's supposed to change. But with this money, we don't have to ever worry about private school or college or a mortgage, and he's not even here yet. I just need you. Amen. I need you to. But I promise. This job is starting our family out on a basis. If he comes out with an actual big right foot, he got it from your side.

You're a mess, okay? Keep it up and I'm gonna take the long route home. Me too.

You ever flown a helicopter before? Too many times. I hated everyone. Well I think you're gonna like this one. I mean it's much nicer than my apartment. 3-5, complete. Security devices removed. Lost broken documents. Headset is right behind the headrest. Right. Check check. Is this the Is this working? We're reading you. There's a switch just to the left side of your headset. It'll help cancel out the noise from the vibrations. It'll make it easier to sleep. Sleep? Wait, how how far away is it?

a little of a four hour flight time. I've been on enough maritime insertions. How will you have enough fuel to get back? Their rig is outfit. मैं, ये वो दो दो दो दो दो दो दो दो दो No, actually I had to sign a Bible of NDAs in front of three lawyers and they still wouldn't tell me it Uh got one more for you last second, but she's under 200, so you're good to go. made me tell them my weight. I don't know why. Hi. Sorry. And Luke Kirschman. I'm just hitching a ride. Hope you don't mind the company.

Mikaela Soton, nice to meet you. Oh you're the repla- I'm a submersibles pilot. What do you mean replacement? I don't think I'm at liberty to explain more. Best to let the onboard team brief you after we get there. Do you work for this company too? I'm I've been through who Hiring me or what the specs of the operation Well, I mean They did. then that's why they didn't have to tell you anything. Yeah. You're another lawyer, aren't you? No, Miss Loto, I am the lawyer.

We'll be taking off momentarily, ladies. Please make sure your seatbelts are fastened. Yeah, so uh what's happened that the lawyer is flying out all the way to the middle of the Pacific Briefcase. I see why he wanted you. Who? Who wanted me? Oh boy that's a good one. Welcome aboard, Mr. Archman. Good to see you again. Yeah. Your mechanics Tartel. Yeah, that's me. Alright, you're with me! Levi, Director of Operations at Security on board. Welcome to the Little Bear! Thank you.

shit it's I I've never seen anything like it this is Star Trek next level stuff One of the Commissioned they constructed in just over a year. 632 feet long, three and a half stories. And basically, you just need a smartphone to runner. Wait, ri ri really? Are you serious? Well, maybe slightly more complex, but not much. And this is a uh science vessel. Well, no. No one's told me anything. Good! Let's talk!

Have a seat, please. Thanks. I have to say, all this secrecy is starting to get a little annoying. You're now part of a privately funded expedition to recover Oro Flight 7963. Okay. Sorry. Hold on. 7963. That's been missing for like Fourteen months. Yes. No records found? I mean I remember all the conspiracy theories. We don't tend to lend those much. Sure. Uh but a year later? I mean statistically you guys can't really be expecting to find Soto, you were brought here to pilot a submersible.

You're still capable of executing that. Yeah. Yes. Now tell me, why am I replacing someone? Ms. Karshman tell you that. implied, more or less. Amen. Well, you're replacing Jim Harper. M my Jim? Is is he here? Miss Soto, I'm afraid I have some unfortunate news. Jim Harper passed away three days ago, here on the ship. What? Yeah. Pending a formal autopsy when we return. Our ship doctor concluded it was a heart attack. That's impossible. Jim's only 45. He does all that CrossFit stuff.

To pretty much the entire crew I can assure you it was very possible. Amen. He succumbed and passed in the mess hall in front of them all. Jesus, Jim, no. Yeah. Oh. When we first recruited Mr. Harper during our initial planning stages, we had to make a short list of alternatives he could possibly personally vouch for, in case Amen. Something prevented him from coming up on the expedition when it was finally ready. You were at the top of his list. I'm sorry for your loss. Oh man. Ah, his wife.

Becca did. Does she know? His family has been informed. I have to talk to her. I mean, can I? Motor. Legalities need to be sorted. It's a process. That's why Miss Kirschman came with me. Her husband is dead. I I need to talk to her. Risoto, you were contracted to come here and execute a job. Payment upon completion. We're following all legal protocols regarding this incident. You want to be paid? Or are we gonna have a problem? Amen.

I mean it's a really good show. Do yourself a favor and get past the first episode. Mm-hmm. They mix like Oh yeah. No absolutely. Hey, you have great taste.

Hi, everyone. Hi. Hey hi. I'm Michaela. Levi appointed me here and told me to introduce myself. Ah, giant Terminator looking MFR with zero sense of humor and clearly has never held a puppy? Uh yes. That would that would be him. Did he give you your hair to execute? Yeah. I think I pissed him off earlier. Man, that's just his bra. Enough creatine and everyone thinks they're a navy seal. Come on, sit down, grab a plate before Annie eats all the potatoes. Thank you. Breakfast with paprika?

Oh, he's a genius. We literally are all geniuses here. Do not try to slip under the radar into this collective of brilliance. Okay, let's do that thing where I introduce you to everyone and you forget all the names almost immediately. Real thing. All right, round the table our ship's carb lover and resident marine biologist Anna DeLeo. Bye. Then we've got Nathan Cordero. Got it. Call him Nate, he just loves that. Do I? He's our oceanographer, as we are indeed on the ocean.

Aaron Wang, ship's doctor. Hi. Mm. And I'm Ray Anch, one of the engineers. Cool, cool, cool. So uh this is this is the whole crew? You'll meet Noling eventually. He looks like a character out of a Hemingway novel, but less funny. He sulks around the engine room most of the time. I thought you were the engineer. He's more old school nuts and bolts and I'm like ones and zeros. Hmm. Are you proud of yourself, Rayon? Just come up with that. Been sitting on it for a while.

Ryanche designed this lovely vessel. A fact he'll be reminding you of hourly. Mikaela, sorry, I didn't catch uh what do you do? Oh I uh I'm the new submersible pilot. I'm replacing Jim Harper. Oh Yeah. It was hard, but We all only knew Jim since we launched th three weeks ago, but He was one of my first pilot instructors. Did my first certification, in fact. A lot of expeditions together up near the Arctic and Greenland. Guess you can call him a uh a mentor. He was proud.

Amen. And his energy was inspiring and endless and he Yeah. was my friend. Well, I'm sorry for the reason you're here, but we're also glad you're here. So we're seriously hunting seventy nine sixty three? Uh Well We shouldn't talk here. Sorry for the dramatics. It's a precaution. Precaution for what? I told you I designed the ship. And they told me you'd rhyme me. Yeah, well the speaker systems run shipwide for obvious reasons, but it's a two-way channel. So someone could be listening.

Yes. Anywhere. Any time. Did Levi tell you who hired you? No, he just said it was privately funded. But not too hard to guess, though. William Kavanaugh. Or FIQ. has to be Kavanaugh. Well shit, not just a subject. Uh, don't have to be a genius to figure out that only the richest man on earth could build the specs of this boat in just a year. And the most famous victims on that flight were his wife and daughter. Never recovered. That, and it was his airline they were flying.

So I imagine he blames himself for the whole thing. Why the secrecy? Because people would think he's insane. More importantly, shareholders. I can tell you personally, this ship cost almost a billion dollars. built on his timeline. All too. This is not a needle in a haystack. This is looking for a needle in infinity. Everyone had sympathy for him in the beginning, but going to these costs and lengths after the joint efforts of six countries couldn't turn up a single seat cushion?

Shows deep emotional unrest. And powerhouse World Banks do not like CEOs making emotional decisions. Is he here? On the ship? No, he wouldn't. I mean, yeah, the physical risks. South American pirates are a real thing. No one mentioned pirates. With though of being the richest man in the world, it's the optics. How would it look? a little Melvilian, don't you think? A man possessed charts head on into unknown waters, literally chasing what is likely a myth. Again, shareholders.

But the plane is real. And so was Moby Dick. In the story. There's no Kavanaugh on board. Just us. Everyone you already met, plus Noling, the other engineer, and uh Flores is somewhere lurking. She's Levi's right hand. That's it. And you can really run this whole thing on a skeleton crew and a smartphone? If your phone had a 48-core processor chip, but uh yeah, kinda.

The AI is ten years ahead of the market, and that's only a sliver of Cabernet Sciences Division. Chip is pretty much self steering. Amen. Basically, all me and Noling do is keep the seagulls out of the server room. So you don't believe in the mission? I believe Kavanaugh is a grieving, guilt-stricken man, who is using his immense resources to bend nature to his will. as all powerful rich men try. And it's utterly futile. The rest of you feel this way? Not to speak for them, but yes.

Amen. So, if... Amen. We're really out here chasing ghosts. Amen. Then where exactly are you?

Hey! You're not authorized to be down here. Wait, no, I uh hey can y can you get the flashlight out of my eyes please? I'm I'm sure you can see me now. You're the pilot. Yeah. Yeah, I'm I'm the only pilot on this ship who can drive this sub, so I all due respect think I'm authorized. Hi, by the way, I'm Michaela. I know who you are. Restricted errors are clearly marked all over the ship. Yeah. I suggest you know them closely. Rolls. You will follow them. Thank you. Uh okay. This is a nice uh.

Custom? Uh Oh damn, Jim. You get all the toys. Mm, okay. Alright, here we go. Where'd you leave off? Top side, topside, this is Ranger. My depth is two hundred. It's my heading. four zero. Visibility at about 30%. So not strong. It's just echoes down here, guys. Topside, topside, this is Ring. Yeah. My depth is now passing 500 meters. My heading is three. Vince are secure. I'm seeing the canyon walls now, but these amount to a thousand meters. I don't think it's viable. Top side, this is range.

Top side. This is rain. What's planning? Michaela. Michaela. Shit. I can't believe I'm saying this. But if you're listening, something has happened to me. Jesus Christ. I listed you as my alternate. I'm sorry I didn't know when they asked you have to believe me. I didn't know. Amen. They didn't tell me anything. And now I get why. I don't think they know the same. Local drive in here and topside. Ha ha ha. They don't know I'm recording this. Tell anyone. Do not trust anyone.

I have a really bad feeling not all of us are gonna make it back. Amen. Like I said, Felicity. You have to make it to the bridge. The lava sat link line there. The lie of Hawaii. Make any calls, but you have to find a way. Get your coordinates and call Triton. Call Subsey, call your mother if you need to. He's crazy. Michaela Cavanch. Down there. What's that, Levi? Side for the mission debrief. Okay, give me one sec. I'll be right out. Get your ass up here!

You find a way, you call someone and get the hell off this boat, Michaela. It's real Thank you. It's all real. Oh my gosh. What they're saying. Oh great. Now you don't care about public

She's down in the whale dock. It's fine. There's nothing down there. We're just going to let her go wherever she pleases. Please she and the others don't try to access up here. Keep cool. There's already enough shit in the air. We need to get back on schedule. Who isn't there with him? The lawyer. The board needs answers and I am not going back empty handed. I'll say this one more time.

Jim Harper isn't the issue. His terms and contract are all standard. He passed a third-party physical a week out from launch. It's a freak incident and unfortunate, but life happens. And the company is 100% covered. You need to abort or cancel or whatever sailors say. Turn back You purposefully hid the real plan for all this from me.'Cause you know what I would have done. He would have gone to the board. And the votes would have been unanimous.

This is a trillion-dollar company whose stocks are on the downswing since 7963. And that is not due to the market. What are you doing out here? You heard the recording. Levi played it for me, yes. And you've heard the audio, for instance. This is insanity! Do you truly grasp that word? I have been your friend for 15 years, but I work for Vaikyu, and the company is bigger than me and it's bigger than you. I want to be clear on what you're saying, Anuka.

Be on that helicopter with me in fifteen minutes. How clear is that? Yes, Mr. Kavanaugh. I got your text. Seat belts on. Doors closed and locked. Clean air. Off. Flight controls. Free and correct.

pescador do barco esperança do horizonte pescador do barco esperança do horizonte pescador do barco esperança do horizonte aqui é o barco evento do horizonte Okay. Tô vindo evento Horizonte, what's up Alan? Wind shifted hours ago, and we're showing a storm forming close to your position. Over. Você devia pensar em voltar pra casa muito logo. Your old piss of shit barely floats as it is. Yeah. Over. Ha ha. Then vai me a new one, Alan. Você tá doida?

I'll buy you a new boat when you finally buy me a drink. Se você quiser, Alan, eu compro um cafezinho pra você, tá bom? O que foi isso? Barco de Esperanza do Horizonte. O que foi isso? Sai agora. Over. Hey, police! Yeah. Are you there? Nossa, o que é isso? What? Tá falando comigo? I'm here right now! Você é a única pessoa que tá aqui, eu vou falar com quem? Vem, vem rápido!

What? What is it? Tem uma tempestade pela frente. I need your help with the cat before the storm comes. Vem, vem! O quê? O quê? Sonor, tá bem embaixo da gente. O que é isso? It's right underneath us. Baby! Nunca vimos isso antes! Eu não sei, cara. O oceano é grande. Sei lá, quem se porta. No, come on. We gotta. Deep freeze. What is it? I don't understand. Ai meu Deus do céu!

Last known position stars Gina Rodriguez as Michaela Soto, James Pierfoy as William Kavanaugh, Lana McKissak as flight attendant, Chloe Stearns as Sarah Kavanaugh. Kaylee Blazinski as Marty Kavanaugh. Lauren B. Mosley as Alexis. Jessica Oyolo as Anuk Kirschman. Travis Joe Dixon as Levi. Vank Patula as Rayunch Chabra. Olivia Chang as Aaron Huang. Ashley Bell as Anna DeLeo. Manny Jacinto as Nate Cordero. Giovanna Quinto as Lisa Flores and Helen. J.R. Byrne as Jim Harper.

With additional performances by Ashton Harold, Nathan Moore, Jeremy Platt, John Wynne, Luke Passmore, William Vidiatu, and Evo Mueller. Story by Luke Passmore and Jeremy Platt. Created and written by Luke Passmore. Directed by John Wynne. Executive produced by Gina Rodriguez, Luke Passmore, Jeremy Platt. John Wynne, Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Fred Berger, Justin Levy, Rob Hurding, and David Henning. Coexecutive producers Sandra Yi Ling and Michelle Zarati.

Produced by Shin Yin Hu. Original score and composition by Darren Johnson and David Levita. Additional music by Brian Kesley. Music editor Brian Kesley. Audio engineering by Ryan Walsh, Sarah Ma, Neely Oftering, and Beatrice Neronia. Edited by Gabe Birch. Additional editor Eric Aaron. Supervising Sound Effects editor and sound designer Randy Torres. Mixed by Andrew Pomeroy and Ryan Sanchez. Score mixer David Tatashore.

Supervising mixer Ben Milchev. Casting Directors Sunday Bowling and Meg Mormon. Assistant Director Kelsey Adams. Script supervisor Omar Barrahona. Set teacher Celeste Armstrong. Assistant Engineering by Beatrice Naronia. Production coordinators Bailey Grayson and Brandon Weissner. Head production assistant Nathan Yan. Production assistant Alexa Goldstein.

Post Coordinator Rachel Yanover, Production Legal Christina Bullbrook and Lindsay Keel, Production Accounting, Pin Chen Lu. Special thanks to Ashton Herold, Ben Swimmer. Randy Patton, Hugo Merrero, Benjamin Rowe, Jenna Caffrey, and Rick Silvestrini. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement. Last known position is a Q Code production.

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