Dark Tide Page #3

Hey, let's sit down.

Luke, scoot. Come on.

- Okay.

- Please.

Thank you.

- Something to drink?

- Yeah. Hot tea.

Mm-hmm.

Yes, sir?

Anyone else?

One hot tea, please.

Thank you.

What can I do for you?

Okay. Let's cut to the chase.

A woman after my own heart.

We...

want to dive with great white sharks.

Good. I know a great place.

There's lots

of great cage operators...

here in Cape Town, so...

We want to swim

with great white sharks...

outside the cage.

No, no, no. He wants to dive

out of the cage.

Yeah, that's right.

Outside of the cage.

How many people in the world

have done that?

You can count them on the fingers

of one hand, am I right?

That's an opportunity of a lifetime.

See, my son here... he lives down here

in Cape Town with his mum.

She keeps him all wrapped up

in bubble wrap.

He's in the shark capital of the world,

and he's never even seen one.

Listen. Hey.

Luke, Luke,

I want this weekend

to be memorable.

Right.

Well, you don't just...

jump in the water with a great white.

You just...

Okay.

You're gonna show us how to dive.

Okay. I've spent ten years

studying sharks.

It's taken me that long to be able

to get outside of a cage and swim.

Well, I've got to be back in London...

for business on Monday morning,

so you're gonna have to give us

the crash course.

Don't worry.

We're fast learners.

Did you tell them

they could get out of the cage?

No, no, no. Wait a second.

Jean Paul just here arranged for us...

- to meet.

- Jean Francois, sir.

My name is Jean Francois.

Call me Jeff, if you want.

Forgive me.

Jeff arranged for us to meet.

But you're the real deal here, Kate.

You're the reason I'm here.

Anybody can point a camera,

with respect,

and take a picture, right, Luke?

You, on the other hand,

are the real deal.

Nobody else in the world

does what you do.

You're the essential element here, Kate.

I have done my research,

and I'm willing to offer you

if you will dive with me...

so that I can get

out of the cage...

and swim with great white sharks.

Don't worry.

I know what I'm doing in the water...

Dad, please.

Not the spiel.

Thank you.

I'm Trionic certified.

I have performed surgery on myself...

...in 50-foot seas in the Southern Ocean.

It's a long story.

I'll tell you about it later.

I have also spent a week

in a decompression chamber...

after being stuck in the Blue Hole

at Dahab, which was not my fault.

He had James Cameron rescue him.

Name-dropper.

But, hey, I'm not ashamed of that.

You want the best

in the world alongside you...

when you're pushing the envelope.

That's why you're here.

Swimming with sharks, for me...

that is the ultimate.

It's putting your courage

on the line, right?

First of all,

it's not about courage,

it's about trust.

Well, I trust you

to put me in the water

with a great white shark.

Okay, well, even if

I would fathom this idea,

it's the absolute

wrong time of the year.

It's mating season,

and when sharks mate, they bite,

and you do not want to be

in the water when that happens.

I don't wanna mate with a shark.

I just wanna swim with one.

I'm prepared to sign a release.

I am prepared

to wire you the money up front...

so you can buy yourself

a new pair of jellies

or whatever they call them...

- They call them flip-flops, Dad.

Don't interrupt your father

when he is doing a deal.

Okay? Watch and learn.

My boat's out of the water anyway.

I'm having them fix it overnight.

Okay. All I'm gonna

guarantee you are seals.

Okay? Now, if I find a good shark...

and I say if...

I might let you out of the cage.

But it's absolutely my call.

Okay? So,

if that sounds like a deal

that you wanna make,

then I'm more than happy

to take you out...

and maybe show you some sharks.

Fantastic.

- Sounds like we have a deal.

- Deal.

Cheers. Here's to swimming

with great whites.

Cheers.

No. No alcohol.

No alcohol. Bad luck.

Oh?

Is that a French thing?

Champagne all around, then.

So you contacted him?

Well, it's through

a friend of a friend.

Okay. And it didn't

even occur to you...

that I haven't been in the water

for about a year?

It's like a bicycle.

When you know it,

you never forget it.

Well, you make it sound so easy.

It is.

Let the guy swim with sharks,

I film it,

he shows it to his friends

or whatever.

What do I care?

Take the money.

Okay, I'll take the money.

But let me tell you something.

I decide if he gets out of the cage.

- Okay, boss.

- Good.

We serve the boat,

and we go back where we belong...

far from here, closer to nature.

And I make this movie

about you and the sharks,

and I call it

Mysteries of the Deep.

What?

Mysteries of the Deep?

I like it. It's catchy.

You can't come up with

something better than that?

What you say?

I say I need Tommy.

He already said yes.

How did I know you would say that?

'Cause you've known me so long.

Hey. What about

Legend of the Deep?

That's good.

Of course, you're the legend, no?

You're so cheesy.

Well, I'm French.

I like cheese.

Ooh.

No!

Legend of the Deep.

No.

- Well...

- Get off.

Think about it.

Guys, we don't have a lot of time.

Let's go.

Let's move. Move it.

Come on. Hurry up.

Come on. Step it up.

It's a 20-minute swim to Seal Island,

if the sharks don't get you first.

Okay.

Let's go.

We've gotta move.

We've gotta move.

Yeah, yeah. I'm coming.

Come on, boy.

Wait up, old man. I'm coming.

Come on, boy.

You're a bit slow there.

Come on, boss. We can't wait for him.

Let's go, let's go.

Come on, boy. Move. You're not going

for a stroll on the beach.

We're poachers, man,

not shell collectors.

Come on. Let's make some money, eh?

You did it, boy. There you go, eh?

Patrol, come in.

Patrol is receiving. Go ahead.

We've got a white Toyota pickup

out at Miller's Point, yeah?

Any plates? Over.

No plates. Looks like

abalone poachers. Over.

But if they're out to Seal Island,

there's a 50-50 chance

they're not making it back,

- so send a tow truck, yeah?

- Okay. Will do.

We'll get good money for that.

There's plenty down there.

Hey, I've got

a nice big one over here.

That's a nice fat one.

Come on, boys.

We've got enough.

Let's head back to land.

Come on, come on. Let's go.

We don't have a lot of time, boys.

Wait up!

Come on, boy! Hurry up!

The car's waiting for you there.

Wait!

Hurry up. Don't fall behind.

Hey, guys!

Slow down!

Come on, boy!

Wait up for me!

Swim, man, swim. Come on!

Hey, guys, slow down!

Hey, wait up!

Hey, guys!

Come on, guys, stop.

Stop messing around, guys.

- Here you go.

- I've got it.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Whale watch, huh?

Don't ask, don't tell.

Whale season's over.

It says so on your license,

I believe.

I'm gonna have to bury you

under a flower bush, I see.

Mm-mm.

Be safe out there.

Yeah. Park here.

Thank you. Here you go.

- Morning.

- Hello.

- This yours?

- Yep.

Kind of cozy.

- Yep.

- But she's seaworthy, yeah?

Yep.

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