Sanctum

Josh?

Wow. Your old man

let you come up for air?

Oh, you're kidding, right?

Oh, you're going to be in the sh*t.

F*** it. Wanted to be here.

So, here she is.

Yeah, reinforcements.

Hey, babe, come meet Josh.

Frank McGuire's boy.

Josh McGuire. I've heard all about you.

So cool your dad brings you

on these expeditions.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm stoked.

How are things at Forward Base?

They still haven't found a way through.

Everyone is tired, getting pissed

off at Dad. Just the usual, really.

As soon as I leave, the whole thing

turns into a Mongolian cluster-f***.

So, Carl says you're a climber?

I've done a little.

Yes, she is strong like bull,

-smart like tractor.

-Oh. Original.

Hey, Eddie, I'll take right seat.

Josh, jump up front.

Sweet.

The last primeval wilderness.

We go down out here,

even God won't know where we are.

Some mud man will be using our skulls

for a soup bowl.

That wasn't in the brochure, honey.

Yeah, well, we're

living large now, baby.

I have control.

Why do we cave, Josh?

Well, I don't, voluntarily.

Nope, wrong answer.

And why do you cave, Carl?

Because...

Let me show you.

Espiritu Esa'ala.

The mother of all caves.

My God, Carl, it's...

Yeah, it is.

Focus on the dive.

Focus on the dive.

High oxygen.

Diluent flush.

Engage manual mode.

Low oxygen.

Bloody Josh.

Got any coffee on the boil, George?

Hey, Jude, I want you

on those pre-dive checks, please. Now.

Right-o, George, okay.

All good, Frank?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Hey, J.D., you ginger bastard.

Come over here and give Judes a hand

with the gear, will you?

Yeah.

George, we heard from Josh yet?

Log this for me.

No, no, not yet.

Check it out.

Where is Liz?

She's still decompressing.

The comms up yet?

Comms are good.

How was the dive, J.D.?

-It's good visibility.

-Yeah?

Yeah. It's a bit cold.

Hey, can you give us a hand with the

re-breather? My legs are stuffed.

You're getting old.

Off you go, Virgil.

How did Lizzy do?

She was brilliant.

These new re-breathers work perfectly.

Good.

All set?

Now lean forward for me a bit.

That's it.

That's the third time

you checked that gauge.

George, I'm fine.

Been a while since you saw daylight.

Seventeen days.

Anyone can call the dive at any time

for any reason. Yeah?

You all set?

Sure.

So, what else is new, Luko?

Luko.

Carl! You're back.

Kaboom!

Why is that gear coming up?

Well, there's a big storm building,

right off the coast.

Frank said to haul out whatever

gear we're not using.

Oh, he did, did he?

Hurry up!

Hey, Jim, this cave

is not going to beat me.

You're in the doghouse, kid.

Yeah, whatever.

I'm surprised Dad

even noticed I was gone.

When he and Judes

had to climb up to Camp Three

for those bail-out tanks

you were supposed to bring down,

he noticed.

Sh*t.

Yep! Sucks to be you.

Bail-out?

Uh, emergency tanks.

See, they dive with re-breathers,

but if something goes wrong

you need back-up.

What could possibly go wrong,

diving in caves?

Look at her. She's teasing.

Nigh as she goes.

Here. I can feel it.

No.

Virgil scanned that whole section.

There's bugger all.

A machine can't feel the cave, George.

Well, Obi-Wan,

think you can find a way through,

you'd best do it fast.

Two days, three at most,

this whole place will be flooded

like a blocked dunny.

Topside will give us plenty of warning.

You guys from

the National Geographic, right?

Yeah, good to see you.

Hey, Victoria.

Hey, you've got to meet this guy.

-Hurry up!

-Hey, Dex.

I hope you're awake, bro,

you've got a visitor.

Hey, man.

Josh. Man, you're in the sh*t.

Yeah, thanks.

This is Victoria.

She's new, so give her the grand tour.

-Hi.

-Hi.

For you, only one dollar.

Esa'ala Cave.

The largest unexplored

cave system in the world.

A million years of rainwater dissolving

its way down through the rock,

trying to find its way to the sea.

Which is, of course, why we're here.

For no other reason than

to explore and find that hidden pathway.

Wow, that's incredible.

How far in have they got?

A tour for the lady, is it?

Sixteen caving personnel and 50 porters

have hand-carried

nearly a ton of equipment

almost 2 vertical kilometers

into the Earth's crust

over a period of five weeks.

Wow, now I know what Carl

has been spending all his cash on.

Yep. Kicks for billionaires.

That's so cool.

Oh, it's pretty basic.

I haven't finished yet,

but you get the general idea.

Dex, you've been working

on this for five years.

Yeah, four years. Yeah, four.

I mean, the 3D is

a bit of a problem, that's all.

Obviously, it hasn't

rendered properly yet,

and the connection speeds up here

are just atrocious.

That's not a wizard.

And finally here we are, Forward Base.

And somewhere under there, she goes.

You need to talk to Judes.

Her heart is not in the dive.

You're kidding me. Now?

I'm just telling you

what I see. She's tired.

Rain?

No, no. We're good for a few days.

-Put Frank on.

-Yeah, I'll just get him.

It's Carl.

Ah.

We're saved. Thank God.

Frank, how are you doing, buddy?

Nice of you to drop by, Carl.

You know, some little bird told me

you were shutting up shop.

Well, nice of you to ask the boss.

You must've found a way through, huh?

Well, you can ask me after the dive.

Yeah, don't pull that

salty sh*t on me, Frank.

-We're running out of time here.

-Exactly.

And some of us have been

hauling equipment down here for weeks

while you piss off back

to America and pick up your girlfriend.

You know,

that's bullshit on so many levels,

I'm not even going to address it.

I've given you every piece

of equipment you've asked for.

Spared no expense.

I guess the cave

doesn't understand that, Carl.

Frank!

You know what? Check this out.

Porfidio.

Now, I'm going to haul this sucker down

just to give you a shot,

because your ass is so tight

when you fart only dogs can hear it.

Right.

Can you put Josh on?

Josh. You're up, buddy.

Nice work.

Biting the hand that feeds us.

If that soft-cock wants

his name on this cave,

he should be down here

getting his hands dirty.

What?

You're on my shitlist.

We needed those

bail-out tanks down here, Josh.

All right?

We rely on you to do your job.

No, a job is something you choose to do,

something you get paid to do.

Stop treating me

like I'm five years old!

Then stop acting like

you're five years old!

Do you think this is some downhill ride

that you can just party...

Frank, he was due for a break.

Everybody is due for a break.

I'm not going to give him

special treatment.

You need to go easy on him.

That's exactly what I don't need to do.

This cave will kill you in a heartbeat.

He's a good kid, Frank.

Cut him some slack.

All right, listen.

I want you to stay here.

-I'm going to do this push on my own.

-No.

No one dives alone. Let's go, J.D.

Jude, I'm serious.

Frank, I didn't come all this way

to sit here on the sideline and watch.

No. Come on.

Come on, are we going to do this,

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