Yeah?
Steve, would you please open the door?
Jane, is Ned in there?
Stevesie, what's happening?
Are those hijackers?
Well, we call them pirates out here, Ned.
You are supposed to be on watch, by the way.
My god, you are right.
So tell me, you are reading to each other in French?
No, it's in English.
It was translated.
You know, you are not supposed to go into each other's cabin on a boat.
Why not?
It's just kind of an unwritten maritime rule when you are at sea.
Especially be an goddamn lookout.
I am so sorry.
So am I.
You hung myself to dry.
We don't handle this right,
We'll all get murdered.
Including her unborn British child.
I will kill you asshole.
I am gonna hit you so fucking hard.
You will be blind.
Please don't hurt him.
Watch me.
I'll let you know what I am going to make them a little...
Steve, it's a way to save the passengers.
Do what they say.
Help them put money and jewelry in the chest.
Yeah. How am I going to finish my movie then?
Jesus Holy!
They are going to kill us, Steve.
I am patting you on the back right now, Klausie.
Don't be scared.
We'll get through this, everybody.
Wake up, Nedo.
I'm sorry I yelled at you.
I need to speak to the man in charge, fellas.
Don't point that gun at him.
He's an unpaid intern.
What kind of coverage did you get?
I just kept it rolling until they put this hood over my head.
Bill speaks their language.
What are they saying, Billy?
Hold on.
Apparently they are taking a hostage.
Obviously they have chosen Ned.
Now they find out that I speak Filipino,
They seem to be changing their minds.
You have a vault? They want to know if there is a vault.
There's no vault.
"Our vault contains at least ten different currencies from all over the world at any given moment.
"We are prepared for every kind of financial necessity."
There goes Ned's inheritance.
Tell them if they don't get off my boat right now,
There is going to be a major shit storm.
Nedo, can you hear me?
We'll get you back, Billy.
Is everybody else save?
Anne-Marie, are you ok, honey?
No, I'm not.
I told you there are unprotected waters.
What a fucking nightmare.
Be cool on this shit, ok?
I mean at least try to show both sides.
I need to find a baby for this father.
Yeah, I think I know what you mean.
Here we go.
Steve?
I said "Get your ass the hell off my boat!"
I've never seen a bond company stooge stick his neck out like that.
What's this sound?
Is that ...
Artic night lights, yeah.
As if the natural world has been turned upside down.
Get some cuts away of this miracle.
Klaus and Ogata, put out the deck fire before we sink.
Those fucking amateurs, you left your dog, you idiots.
Wrap this stiff in a table cloth. We are going to bury him at sea.
Should we give him to the authority or something?
No.
I'll write up a few words to read over.
How are you holding up there, intern? Doing ok?
Ned, how many fingers am I holding on?
I don't know.
That's not my job. Too many to tell.
He's gonna be just fine.
I believe it's criminal that Steve allowed this to happen to us,
By which I mean illegal.
We are being led on an illegal suicide mission by a selfish maniac.
I hear what you're saying.
But I think you misjudged the guy.
Holy shit! Son of a bitch!
Cut.
We are here to response to your distress signal. Remain calm until...
Ogata, run upstairs to put a chart board over, says "Operation Hennessey" on it.
What about this guy?
Just throw him over the other side.
Your engine blown up and all your fuel been stolen. Is that correct?
Uhuh.
I certainly know how you feel.
Some fuckers just stripped my sea lab, you know.
Probably the same dudes.
I can tow you as far as Port-Au-Patois.
I'll need your signature on that invoice first,
to account for the expenses of this rescue operation as well as my time and that of my crew.
This is more than the budget of my whole project.
It's an estimate.
What is your dog's name?
Cody.
Be still, Cody.
I have to run this by my bond company stooge.
He's been kidnapped.
It's true. I have to rescue him first.
Sorry, in an hour I'm leaving out here.
Oh, I dined with Eleanor last weekend.
By the way, she's summering in my villa in west part of Patois, don't you know?
Say, how's Team Zissou holding up without her?
The first thing that goes through a captain's head when he hears there is low moral going around is
"What did I do?"
"Is that all my fault?"
Well, it's probably right.
Most of us have been together for a long time.
The others got here before we left.
Do you all not like me anymore?
I mean.
What am I supposed to do? I don't know.
Look, if you are not against me,
Don't cross this line.
If yes, do. I love you all.
Are you sure?
Yes, I am.
I don't understand. Why?
What do you mean?
Wait a second. What are we doing?
You said cross the line if...
Cross the line if you are going to quit.
Oh, do it again. I misunderstood.
Hi, Ross.
I got your questions. They are fine.
But I am not coming back.
It's over.
Please don't try to contact me, ok?
You'll hear from us sometime.
He got attacked by pirates.
I fear if life is ...
Well, you get the idea.
Anyway, take care of yourself. Jane.
Will you write to me?
Of course. Give me the address.
Actually I went ahead with stamp and self-addressed 50 or so envelops.
I think it will be easier for you.
Thanks. I'll use them.
Each one has three blank pages in it.
Here's a pen.
Maybe I am going to write you a letter right now.
OK.
Bet I'm really going to miss you, Ned.
I'm going to miss you too.
In fact I feel like,
I don't know. I feel like my heart is almost getting broken.
I guess I'm over-reacting.
Is it really true?
Yes, it is.
That was all off the record. That whole deal.
Actually, I was surprised you didn't cross the line yourself.
What line?
The line I drew on the deck just now. You weren't up there?
No.
You're kidding.
That was one of the most dramatic things that ever happened on this boat.
I just lost all my best interns.
I thought you were supposed to be covering this story.
You just said it's all off the record.
Yeah, but you didn't know that.
Must have down here packing.
So, you are leaving?
You are jumping ship out of me.
Thinking of scrap the article.
You mean you are not even gonna writing the cover story on me?
I just don't have any statue anymore.
Sorry, Steve. Everything just got too weird. That's all.
But I gave you a goddamn showstopper up there.
Are you sleeping with Ned?
That's none of your business.
Ok.
Are you?
No, I'm not.
You are gonna miss the Jaguar shark.
Or what ever it is if it actually exists.
Are you crying?
You cry easily, don't you?
Bloody hell.
God save that poor little stooge.
This never would've happened if Eleanor was with us.
Thanks, man.
You are lack of a bit damn well Zissou mate.
Now I must go away.
I'll send you a postcard from my chapels.
What? Where are you going?
Abroad, my darling.
It's my passport status.
I am X-9 for the moment.
Legally I am a fugitive.
Wait a second. They stole my budget,
My boat is broken,
You are ditching me up the creek.
What am I supposed to do here?
I must say, nothing is jumping to mind.
Phillip, any suggestions?
No, he's shaking his head.
No. I can't give you full credit.
But I'm not going to flunk you either.
You are all getting incompletes.
This is bullshit.
Oh shit, what do you want?
Do you mind if I buddy up a little bit before I answer that question?
Yes, I do. Tell me now.
I need some money.
To get the boat out of Patois.
and rescue my bond company stooge who got kidnapped.
Could you ask your parents to loan money to me?
No.
OK.
Could I go ahead and buddy up anyway?
It took me two and a half hours to get down here.
Who's that dude?
He's my research assistant.
Steve.
You know I have to be jealous about you staying at Ali's place.
I always thought it's a closet aquarium.
How's your father-son relationship coming along?
Well, nobody has a real luck on any of these.
So I don't know how it all times out.
I mean, I know I want him to think of me like a father.
But the fact that there is an outside chance,
That he could really be my actual...
Biological son,
It's very difficult for me.
You know I'm not big on apologizing.
So I just skip it if it's all the same to you.
Ok?
Anyway, I'm sorry.
I know I have not been in my best in the past decade.
That's true.
What happened to me?
Did I lose my talent?
Am I ever gonna be good again?
I don't know.
Doesn't matter anyway.
It's probably the last adventure I got in me.
I was hoping to go out and flash a blaze as it has been.
I probably just end up going home.
Unless you plan to sell the island.
I don't know how much I can get for it.
In this market?
You are probably right all along.
We should've had a kid together.
Of course,
You are kind already on the edge of being too old.
Unless maybe ####
It's worse than a ###. I was 34.
It's good to see you, Eleanor.
I'm about to blow my stack.
I turned my back and the bullshit begins.
Ned, yours come back.
Jane, you're a goddamn liar.
What the fuck are you doing here?
What the F are you doing here?
I warned you of being in the other people's cabins.
You were supposed to go home.
You can beg me to stay and finish the story.
Is there still a cover?
I don't fucking know.
Don't you dare to put on that uniform.
It's all I have with me.
I told you I have a bit of thing for her.
Not this one, I said.
You said: " Not this one, Klaus."
So you heard me.
You are too old for me, Steve.
Well, you are pregnant.
I have a word with you privately.
Yes.
Follow me.
Are you two fighting?
I'll deal with you later.
Look, Steve.
I know we both like her.
You are angry and embarrassed.
Leave her out of it.
You think that was what this is about?
Shit. What was that bull I've been telling you?
All right, I am gonna warn you now.
Be a gentleman.
What are you doing here?
I thought your interns ran out on me.
I want to help you find that shark.
Goddamn it. Thank you, intern.
You'll get an 'A'.
His name is Nico.
Hello.
Give me that camera.
I'm gonna smash it, or you could.
Cut.
I misread you, man.
I'm gonna have to rethink some shit.
You don't know me.
Never wanted to know me.
I'm just a character in your film.
It's a documentary.
It's all really happening.
Damn you for that.
Go to bed, you sons of bitches.
That pregnant slug has been playing us like a cheap film.
That's it.
I'm gonna fight you, Steve.
You never say: "I'm gonna fight you, Steve."
You just smile and act natural.
Then you suddenly punch.
You fight your way and I'll fight mine.
Listen, Ned.
Don't you try ...
I think your "Team Zissou" ring might have caught me on the lip.
You call yourself my son.
But I just don't see it.
It's nothing personal.
What do you want?
Nothing.
That's so arrogant.
That's... screw off.
I can't believe I've asked if I could call you dad.
Of course you said no.
I like you call me Stevesie.
It sounds better.
It doesn't mean the same thing.
A week before she killed herself,
my mother told me that you've known about me since the day I was born.
Is that a fact?
That's a fact.
I ought to stay in Kentucky where I belong.
Quiet.
Somebody pays for this water taxi.
You got any petty cash on you?
Remind me of sending the owner's parents of a "thank you" note on a good correspondent stock.
Ok.
This is the message we received earlier tonight on our answering machine.
"Billy Ubell here. I am on a pay phone.
"I'm still blind-folded.
"My arms are bound. But a young boy has been kind enough to assist me.
"There is not much chance I will get another opportunity to call.
"So I thought I would ask if ...
What? No.
Well, thanks for checking in, Bill.
Next time maybe you could let us know where you are at.
Based on the quality of the connection, the variety of wild life in the background and
The lapse of time between Mr. Ubell's capture and this message,
There is a good chance he is on one of the Ping Islands.
There used to be a four-star hotel on Little Ping.
But the entire island was destroyed by monsoon five years ago.
It's been uninhabited ever since.
I know the place. Hotel Satoir.
I'd like to speak on the record for a moment.
Eleanor has always been the brain behind Team Zissou.
By the way, are you going to put in a good description of the command center set up down here.
Ok, gang. That's the plan.
Set the course for the Ping Islands, full speed ahead.
You need to hire a team of mechanics to rebuild the engine first of course.
I know. I am saying after that.
Just because I've decided to save your neck again, help you do this rescue, doesn't mean you've won me back.
Yes, Ma'am.
Thanks.
The father is out of the picture?
Uhuh.
Actually I was sort of terrified about having this baby.
Right now, I am not really scared of anything.
Maybe it's my hormone.
That makes sense.
I'm going to tell you something confidentially, which will not be mentioned again.
I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who could say this, including Steve.
Never mind how I found out. I'm a scientist.
It's the thing that puzzles me about Ned's situation.
What is it?
Zissou shoots blanks.
Hum.
I think maybe it's because he spent half of his life underwater.
let's try track 3 against this picture.
"A treacherous reefs surrounds the Ping Islands, warning intruders to keep their distance.
"Today we discovered one of it's victims off the coast of Ping Three.
"Our colleague Alistair Hennessey and his crew are nowhere to be found.
"We will land at dawn.
Not bad.
We will temper with that anyway.
All right, let's go.
Oh, shit. Swamp leeches.
Everybody, check for swamp leeches and pull them off.
Nobody else got hit. I'm the only one? What's the deal?
What a shame!
They had a bar tender here, who made the best Rum I ever tasted.
You are ready?
Should we do this?
The barometer is falling. It's gonna rain in five minutes.
We gotta be quick.
Where are they? Unknown.
We will split into two groups.
I'll take Ned, Ogata and Wolodarsky.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot for not picking me.
What?
We are smack in the middle of a lightning strike rescue op, Klaus.
What's the deal?
I'm sick being on B squad.
Listen, maybe you're on B squad. But you're the B squad leader.
Don't you know me and Estaban
We always thought of you as a baby brother.
I've always thought of you two as my dads.
Please don't let any new one make fun of me for saying so.
I can't guarrantee that, Klausie. But I'll try.
Can we get on with maneuvers now?
Wolodarsky, got something? Not yet.
Anybody sees anybody? Empty.
I think the whole place is deserted.
Shit!
Ok, let's not get down on ourselves. We still get two more Ping Islands to check out.
Except I don't know if we have enough gas to do it.
Damn it, Steve.
This sucks.
I'm disappointed in myself.
My first wife Jacqueline and I spent our honeymoon here.
Things are pretty different now.
All right, let's check out.
Did you get that?
Yeah.
Good. We'll give them reality this time.
A wash-up old man with no friend, no distribution deal.
Wife on the rocks.
People laugh at him.
Feeling sorry for himself.
Can I have a word alone with my son, please?
Are you all right?
Not really.
By the way, I've been thinking of a nickname that might mean the right thing.
I came up with "Papa Steve".
I'm sorry I've never acknowledged your existence all these years.
It will never happen again, I mean it.
You're my son to me.
Almost more so.
See, for me to meet a guy like you at this time of my life,
I don't know, it's just...
I want to communicate my feelings for you.
But...
I think I'm gonna start to cry.
That's ok.
There's something in the coat check-in.
Hey, Billy. Are you ok?
Did you get my message?
Yeah.
Jesus.
These pirates are monsters.
Well, yeah. They remember I shot one of their guys in the neck last week and killed him.
So I think we are OK too.
Where is Cody?
Cody?
Steven?
Are you rescuing me?
Fold.
Klaus, bring the dynamite.
They are in there after all.
Run! Go! Move now!
We got some great footage of your boat out there.
I guess it's totaled.
Perhaps. We are extremely well-ensured. We will come out ahead, man.
Although allow me, I have to recruit the crew from scratch next time.
They made soup out of my research turtles.
Ogato, get the first aid kit.
Klausie, Nedo, dig in here and hold these weapons off while I call in rendezvous.
We'll meet on the beach.
You're A squad.
Renzo, Renzo. Anybody? Hello? Hello?
This one is out of juice.
Thanks.
No, Captain.
This is Cedric.
He's a friend.
May I see, Cedric?
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap.
Wolodarsky, go get the keys to their fishing boat.
Throw them in the water.
No, wait. They may have another set. Just blow it up.
Hey, Ned. It looks like we recovered your inheritance.
Klausie.
That's it. I'm retired.
Oh, no. We forgot Cody. We gotta go back.
Good bye, Cody.
See, this represent Belafonte.
Here is the island.
That circle represents friendship.
And KS stands for Klaus.
Where's your symbol, Ned?
I don't want to pose myself.
Klaus is right. The flag needs a Ned's symbol.
I suppose we could put an "N" on the side of that octopus.
What does that stand for over there?
Estaban.
Worked last night. But now the whole tracking goes completely on the fritz.
Screw it.
We'll sell it for scrap along with the boat and the submarine.
We're going home.
Just take up the whirlybird and see what we will find out there anyway.
I got a feeling we can spot this fish from 111 feet up.
Ned, I don't know if I really saw the bastard.
I have $275,000 investment in this damn production.
Something ate Esteban, did it?
Now lead!
Right?
What's that?
A letter from Jane.
What does she say?
Nothing to speak of.
Thank you for putting me on the flag, Ned.
Of course, Klaus. It was my pleasure.
But you stick me on the dolphin.
I want you to know how much it means to me.
Well, I'm very pleased you like it.
You didn't listen to me.
I didn't just like it.
You understand?
Yes, I do.
Thank you, Klaus.
I still got yours of course.
My what?
"Dear Captain Zissou,
I am 12 years old and live in Kentucky.
A creek runs behind our house.
I live with my mother.
She met you once some years ago.
I collect catalogue of amphibians, reptiles and insects.
I don't know what this one was called. So I named it myself.
You are probably my one of, if not the favorite person I've ever studied.
I plan to be either: A. an oceanography, B. an architect, C. a pilot.
Thank you very much for your good work.
Sincerely, Ned Plimpton, Blue Star Cadet, Zissou Society.
P.S. Do you ever wish you could breath underwater?
I still wish I could breath underwater.
Me too, Ned.
Fluorescence snapper.
What?
Where?
What's that?
A good sign.
The last time we saw that, the big fish....
Zap a bark up there, didn't it?
I heard a pin snapped, loose the rotator mechanism.
This is gonna hurt.
Ned! Ned!
Hey, Stevesie.
Are you ok?
I'm ok.
What happened? Do we hit something?
Maybe the push drive failed.
I am sorry, Ned. I should've scrapped this chopper ten years ago.
No. maybe I should've auto rotated and perform a hard bank for the descent.
We might crash a little softer.
I wouldn't make any difference at all.
All hands bear the deck.
This is the first time Eleanor's ever cried in front of me as long as I've known her.
Except once when she got her arm caught in the deck wrench.
Is this mine...
Espresso machine?
What is, how did you get my espresso machine?
Well, uh...
He fucking stole it, man.
Ali, Why don't you go party. You know, I need to talk to your ex-wife.
We've never made great husbands.
Have we?
Of course.
I have got an excuse. I'm part gay.
Supposingly, everyone is.
I never told you this, but I was hoping,
We might get a chance to adopt Ned.
I think he would've wanted it that way.
Would you go along me on that?
He was 30, Steve.
But I would have considered it.
Thanks, Eleanor.
We are a dying breed.
Yeah.
I guess we were all right while we lasted thought, weren't we?
We would like totally escape, my darling.
We would like the body shot of yours. You slam with the ahhh...
Damn it. I had it on the plane.
What was I gonna to say?
Oh, well...
It's good to see you.
How's your passport status?
Much better, thank you.
I'm back down to X-4.
Tell me.
Who knocked up the reporter?
I don't know.
By the way, thank you for showing me the first draft.
You read it.
What did you think?
I was a little embarrassed at first.
Obviously people is gonna think I am a showboat, a little bit of a prick.
But then I realize,
That's me.
I said those things. I did those things.
I can live by that.
You are a good writer, Jane.
It's the icing cover.
Is that a girl?
Excuse me.
I am sorry to interrupt.
But we've just got the scanning module to back up.
It looks like the Jaguar shark or whatever it is,
We're tracking it in the trench on the far side of the reef.
Everybody feels like going for a ride?
I hook up a bluefin on the rope to give it something to eat.
Is that one of mine?
I think one of my research turtles survived.
Is that him?
That's him, Klaus.
Are we safe in here?
I doubt it.
You still want to blow him up?
No. We are out of dynamite anyway.
It is beautiful, Steve.
Yeah, it's pretty good, isn't it?
I wonder if it remembers me.
In 12 years, he will be eleven and a half.
That was my favorite age.
Like this?
Just like that.
You do it too.
We completed the adventure.
But another member of my crew has been lost.
This one was my son.
Also our equity partner.
We started our voyage home in our wounded vessel.
This is an adventure.
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