The Rig Page #2

I'm hungry.

And I haven't eaten all day.

I'm finishing my food today.

You'd better eat fast.

Stop pacing.

You're just gonna get yourself

all worked up.

I'm already worked up.

Maybe he wouldn't be

so hard on you

if you weren't nailing

his only daughter.

Does everybody know

about me and Carey?

Yeah.

So I guess Jim knows?

That's a safe bet.

Where is Earl?

He went down to turn the compressor off.

He hasn't come back in yet.

You sent him

out there alone?

Why the hell

didn't you go with him?

All right, that's it.

I want you and Rodriguez outside

right now looking for him.

The rest of you... I want you

to scour this ship up and down.

That goes for you too, Virg.

Come on, let's go.

Earl.

Yo.

Are you in here, man?

Earl.

Yo, Earl.

Oh, whoa whoa,

what have we here?

Jesus, Earl.

Nice.

Nothing yet.

We're gonna go check

the logging unit.

Earl. Earl.

Earl?

Earl.

Earl, are you back here?

You were scared, eh?

It's not funny.

Hey, it's payback

for the ham sandwiches.

Man...

wait till I tell everybody

about this.

The logging unit

was never shut down.

He never made it that far.

Meet me in my office.

Hello.

- Hey, Colin, it's me.

- Hey.

Hey.

I just wanted to make sure

you got to the operations center okay.

Yeah, I'm fine.

I thought about

what you said earlier and...

do you really want

off the rig?

Yeah, I'm gonna talk to Mr. Fleming

about it in a few minutes.

All right.

For what it's worth,

I'm sorry that things didn't

work out the way we'd hoped.

If you really want to do this

I guess I understand.

Colin, you're my

little brother, okay?

You're my responsibility.

If I was driving you nuts...

...it's just because

I love you.

Freddy?

Colin?

Colin, are you there?

God damn it.

- Copy?

- I've got nothing over here.

Man, nothing over here too.

We lost comms.

Well, we knew that was a possibility.

No need to panic.

- Famous last words.

- You pansy.

All right, well, I'm gonna go check

the eco report from the new satellite.

So if anything else comes up,

you guys let me know.

Will do.

Have a seat.

We lost contact

with the mainland.

So we're not gonna be able get any help

looking for Earl

untiI after the storm passes.

I want you to take a look

at this.

What is it?

It's a letter I had to send

to the family of a good man

I lost nine years ago.

You ever have to send

a letter like that?

You ever met

Earl's wife Jeannie?

A hell of a woman.

He's got a daughter Sophia.

She's 12 years old,

a beautiful child,

smart as a whip.

What do you want me to say?

I want you to understand

that when you lead people

in a place like this

that your actions and decisions

can have long-ranging repercussions

that can affect the lives of people

you never even met before.

Now we've got rules and protocol

for a reason.

And when you break 'em,

I gotta write letters like this

to little girls who are gonna

grow up without a daddy.

You need to start taking

responsibility seriously, son.

Now go on,

get the hell out of my office.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

Thanks, man.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Mm-hmm.

And I can open

a freaking window in here.

I know. Smells like kangaroo pouch.

It's pretty bad.

It's about to get worse too.

Aren't you a bit old

to be reading comic books?

You know what? First off,

they're not comic books, okay?

Pay attention. These are graphic

novels. They're a little different.

And no, I'm not.

I'll be back in five.

Hey, take your time, man.

You don't want to rush with that.

Come in.

Hey.

I don't think your father

likes me very much.

Yeah, I know he can be

a little direct.

Yeah.

You find out what happened

to that camera?

No.

Everything turn out all right

with the eco report?

Yeah, we're clean.

It's just...

I don't know, these readings

don't make any sense.

So we're drilling

in a bad area?

The equipment's

working correctly,

but it's bringing back this...

yeah, I don't know.

Right.

One more thing.

Come on, come on.

Baby.

Nice nice.

Yeah, Papi.

Come on, Papi.

Give it to me hard.

Yeah.

Come in.

Mr. Fleming, can I talk to you

for a minute?

Yeah, but make it quick.

I'm Colin Brewer,

information systems on Charlie rig.

I was gonna see...

I was hoping to get assigned

to another rig.

You want to get off Jim's rig?

Yes, sir.

That's gotta be a first.

Sit down.

I've got a list of people

trying to get on that rig

and you want to get off it?

Why?

Well, it has nothing to do

with the way Jim runs his rig.

It's more family-related.

What did you say

your last name was?

- Brewer.

- Related to Fred Brewer?

Yeah, Freddy's my brother.

I know Freddy.

He's a good man.

Jim speaks

very highly of him.

If you're half as valuable

as Fred,

well, Jim's gonna be very

disappointed to see you go.

Colin, right?

I understand something about

working with family.

So I want you to sleep on it.

And if you feel the same way

tomorrow,

we'll talk about it then.

Deal?

- Deal.

- Get out of here.

Thank you, sir.

I'm sorry about Earl.

Me too.

We work in a dangerous place.

I know.

So I guess there's not much I can say

to make you feel better.

No.

Hmm.

Mm, you smell like a roughneck.

I am a roughneck.

I know.

I like it.

Carey, open up.

I need to talk to you for a minute.

Dad, hang on a second.

Who were you just talking to?

No one.

Wait, Dad.

- He knows?

- Yeah. I gotta go talk to him.

Excuse me,

do you think you're done

with your workout?

I'm just taking a breather.

You'd better be.

Dad, you can't possibly be upset.

You knew about us.

Sweetheart, I'm your father.

I've got every right

to be upset.

I think I'm capable

of making my own choices.

I know that.

Look, it's just that...

What?

I want something more

for you than this.

Is this where you tell me that no man

is good enough for his daughter?

Oh no, there is a man out there

who's good enough for you,

- but it's just not him.

- He's a good guy.

I know that. Sweetheart,

this has nothing to do with him.

How are you holding up?

I'm all right.

That bad, huh?

I've been around, Dobbs.

Things happen.

You're not supposed

to like 'em.

I know.

One time in the Philippines

we were supposed to free up

a group of American

and British hostages.

As we were advancing,

one of our guys

took a bullet to the head...

killed him instantly,

a lucky shot really.

He was my friend.

One moment he's just moving

ahead of me,

the next moment

he's gone forever.

We're not at war, Faulkner.

It's an oiI rig. It's just a job.

See, that's not the point.

Bad things will happen to you

in your life.

It is how you respond to them

that's going to determine

your character

from the day you're born

till the day you die.

But that doesn't make it

any easier.

It never does.

You're a good person, Dobbs,

with a lot of potential.

If I didn't think so,

I wouldn't be wasting my breath on you.

- Thanks.

- Don't mention it.

Are you gonna read that book all night

or do you want to play some cards?

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