(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
(TOOLS CLACKING)
And when were you gonna tell me about the, uh, rebel attack in Panama?
It was nothing. We took care of it.
Do you know what makes the Americans different from us?
Hope.
The Americans think they're special, blessed.
Doesn't matter what tragedy hits them,
they always believe things will get better.
That hope makes them hard to beat.
We can't let them have hope!
And we can't let our people have doubt.
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
CHANDLER: Not much more we can do about Gustavo's movement in Central America.
Our best use of time and resources is Mexico.
Make a stand there, send a message to the rest of the region,
make 'em think twice about whose side they're on.
Gustavo's gotta know about the oil complex at Costa Hirviendo.
General, what kind of assets could you move into that area?
I have a brigade of 800 soldiers in Corpus Christi, Texas,
but it'll take a few days to organize and supply them across the border.
Meantime, we'll need a convincing show of sea power. (SIGHS)
Oil complex is on the coast.
Place Nathan James there, hold the line until the cavalry arrives.
(TYPING)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
Two viruses.
Huh.
Due respect to you both,
the Yucatan Strait can't be held by one ship,
even Nathan James.
We're gonna need a reliable partner in the Mexicans.
More than just the Mexicans.
We need help from both sides of the strait.
You're talking about Cuba.
Mexico and Cuba are at war. Have been since the famine.
Both sides accuse the other of invasions and murdering civilians.
There's so much bad blood between them.
We just need to make them understand one simple fact.
Alone, neither country will last a week when Gustavo comes at them.
There's no secure channel to the Mexican or Cuban governments.
But we can talk to Slattery,
and he can reach out locally over HF,
have them come to a parley aboard the James.
I think very highly of Slattery, but do you think he can...
- I'm gonna do it myself. - KINKAID: Admiral,
do you have any idea what kind of morale disaster it would be
if you got hurt down there?
How much of a morale disaster would it be
if we got invaded in a few weeks?
You gotta find a way to get me back on Nathan James.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
DANNY: Any word from the US?
There is still no satellite link.
How much Semtex?
It looks like, (SCOFFS) about 12 kilos, barely enough to take down a bridge.
Let's hope they built it quick and sloppy.
I don't know how much longer I can depend on these men.
I gotta get them a victory, soon.
Pablo thought we could do it.
Yeah, that was before we lost half our men and gear.
The bridge is the thing.
We take that out, we stop Gustavo's march north,
and we show your people he can be beaten.
It's our only option.
Okay.
We camp here tonight, head out at dawn.
(RECEIVING MESSAGE IN MORSE CODE)
VALDEZ: Page 101, paragraph four,
line two, word 14.
Radar's up and running.
And the five-inch now has full range of motion.
That's good. (EXHALES) I suspect we'll need it.
Captain, we have an unidentified low slow-flier approaching.
Bearing 205, range six miles.
Airship approaching. Identify yourself,
and prepare to alter course on my command. Over.
Happy to alter course on your command, Captain,
but we're requesting permission to land in a minute,
so don't send us too far off.
Permission granted.
Right on time.
MADDIE: Nathan James, this is Brawler. Much appreciated.
Admiral, do you mind leanin' back a little?
Won't be a second.
Forward bearing's a little wonky.
We're good.
Do you need to throttle down?
Nah, she'll be fine.
These old Hueys, you can't kill 'em.
Hell, Slider and I have run her on everything
from bonded bourbon to salad oil.
She still spins like a top.
Can you believe this thing sat out in a field in Pensacola for 15 years?
You don't say.
Hang on.
- CHANDLER: Mike. - How was your flight?
You have no idea.
Maddie Rawlings. His lieutenant junior grade.
Call sign, Brawler. This is my co-pilot, Slider, and that's Stinger.
- Pleased to meet you, sir. - Well, welcome aboard.
Your analog Huey's about the only thing in the Navy
that didn't get hit by the virus.
So she's a fighter.
You're hungry, still servin' dinner on the mess decks.
Thank you, sir. Chow time!
(CLEARS THROAT)
Sir. Still tryin' to find a place to store everything, sir.
Uh-huh.
Reps from Mexico and Cuba are boarding.
Excellent.
I hear they absolutely hate each other.
- Any ideas? - One or two.
- Think they'll work? - Think they have to.
They both arrived on patrol craft.
Two ships armed to the teeth from two countries at war.
With us in between. What could go wrong?
Thank you. Sirs.
What a pleasure it is to meet you both.
I've heard so much about...
You invited Cuba?
- FUENTES: Mexico. - What is this?
It's called "diplomacy," and it starts now.
This way.
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
Okay. There we go.
(DOOR LOCK BUZZES)
Hey.
Hey, I brought fresh clothes, khakis, toothbrush, whatever I could find.
How you doin'?
This place...
They took your computer, wouldn't let me in.
Yeah, it's a security thing.
I'm sorry. I can't let you back there.
Hey, have you heard from anybody?
Kara? Your friends from Nathan James?
It's been so chaotic. I think everyone's just tryin' to catch their breath.
But thank you so much for doing this.
How long before you can come back home?
It's too soon to tell.
- I gotta get back to work. - But I just got here.
- I know. Why don't you call your sister? - No.
- You shouldn't be home alone... - No!
I'm sorry. Jesus!
Look at me, the damsel in distress.
I don't wanna make things harder for you.
Look at me. Hey!
We got hit hard,
but we have a plan and a way to win.
Yeah?
We still got some tricks up our sleeve.
You're safe at home,
and if anything changes, I will call you first.
You better.
I'll have security walk you to your car.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
KANDIE: The bridge is built, and they are already moving forward.
Looks like they're setting up camp.
(PANTING)
We don't have much time.
This is just the advance team.
Soon, there'll be tens of thousands.
Jeeps, tanks, soldiers.
If they get across to the Panama side of the bridge,
we won't be able to stop 'em.
When you're invaded, you defend yourself!
"Invaded"? You coward.
There was no Cuban government, so how could there be an army?
These were hungry, terrified families
arriving on your shores in broken-down rafts and boats!
And what did they do then?
They murdered Cuban refugees.
And then they turned around and invade us.
Gentlemen.
The plague is over. So is the famine.
We're here to talk about how to defend you both from Gustavo's army.
He's coming north, sinking your shipping as we speak.
US is offering an alliance, boots on the ground.
- An occupying force... - A protecting force.
Gustavo's movement races up from Panama.
Soon, it'll be at your borders.
A real invasion.
Sounds like Mexico's problem.
I cannot work with this, this war criminal!
Look,
at this point, neither of you has much choice.
Señor Aguilar, your hold on southern Mexico is already faltering.
They want independence.
Gustavo's promised them that.
And Señor Fuentes,
how much oil and natural gas does Cuba have in reserve
to fight a wider war?
SLATTERY: I can answer that. None.
You two have your differences.
Once victory is achieved,
we'll let our civilian leadership figure out the right thing to do.
But for now, we have a single agenda.
Unite and fight, or let Gustavo march north.
It's that simple.
Excuse me, sir.
You need to see this.
Costa Rica has fallen.
(GUSTAVO SPEAKING SPANISH)
ALL: Al Norte.
Al Norte.
Al Norte. Al Norte. Al Norte.
Al Norte.
Things have changed.
I need to think.
I need to talk to my people.
KANDIE: We have a problem.
Look at the size of the bridge supports.
Damn.
We don't have enough Semtex. Not even close.
But it's enough to blow a hole in the bridge's deck.
- Make it unusable. - With what we've got?
Any hole we make, they could repair it in a few hours.
ARMANDO: We need a new plan.
SASHA: Danny.
DANNY: Perez.
He's the target now.
We're gonna use him to draw away those guards.
And give you two a chance to take that fuel truck.
Attach your Semtex to it.
Drive it onto the bridge.
And turn the whole thing
into a fuel oil bomb.
(CONVERSING IN SPANISH)
PEREZ: Bueno.
Armando, we need two of your best men,
we'll meet up with the rest when the time is right.
You have us.
You two get as close as you can.
Do not make your move until you see that it's clear.
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
(TRUCK ENGINE STARTING)
Let's do this.
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPITS)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
- Hey! - Come here! Hey, come here.
- Chill out! - Come here!
Master at Arms? Send me three...
- Hey, hey, come here! - BURK: Chill out!
Make that six men!
- Stay back! - MADDIE: Hey!
Sit down!
Disgrace to the uniform!
Check that. We got it covered.
Hey, you, come here.
- (SPEAKING SPANISH) - Outside! Move!
Now, you listen to me.
You and your men are gonna cut this shit out.
You're gonna bury the hatchet, you're gonna make a deal,
or I promise you, you will be swimming home.
Escort them to the wardroom. Move!
Ma'am? I've got something.
Uh, the body of code that hit us here in the command center,
I think I've cracked it.
I've isolated the first part.
It's a set of servo-motor instructions,
- to a machine of some kind. - A machine in our building?
United States on deck!
I know dictators, and I've dealt with my share.
There's one thing they all have in common.
Whatever they have, it's never enough.
Gustavo won't stop at Costa Rica.
I just need you both to help me,
and each other, for a few days,
to close the strait to whoever's coming north.
I need mines, and I need ships to lay them.
We use them to force the enemy to a location of our choosing.
Nathan James will handle the rest.
(CHANDLER SIGHS)
Maybe someday we'll see the end of war,
but for now, once again,
we have to fight together.
I'm gonna leave the room.
You two are gonna settle your differences.
(DOOR OPENS)
But do it fast. If there's a fleet headed this way, I intend to stop it.
Don't go.
I understand.
If you're willing, honestly, to stand by this man,
I will do the same.
And we can work out our dispute after the fight is over.
What do you say?
REISS: Tom Chandler.
The man is Washington, FDR,
Eisenhower, with a touch of Lincoln rolled into one.
You sent him onto the front lines,
into a battle space we cannot see,
without my authorization.
(SIGHS)
Toy ships and paper maps.
It's like we're back fighting World War II.
Is it true that you're using a 19th century novel
as some kind of codebook?
Yes, sir. Moby Dick.
I hated that book.
It is a bit of a slog, sir.
What is it, Master Chief?
Sir, excuse me. We just heard from Nathan James.
Admiral Chandler's managed to bring Mexico and Cuba together
to blockade the Yucatan strait.
Terrific.
And I imagine we'll coordinate the mission
through a careful reading of War and Peace.
Sir, it's...
It's possible...
That my...
Personal feelings at the loss of our fleet have clouded my judgment.
If you don't have full confidence in me,
I'm prepared to tender my resignation right here and right now.
The attack happened on my watch.
Sir, the responsibility should not lie solely on the Admiral's shoulders.
We all supported his decision.
I bear as much responsibility as he does.
- As I do, sir. - REISS: No,
none of you are gonna get off that easy.
Sit!
Make no mistake, I don't mind
replacing every damn one of you,
(SIGHS) but I want you to finish what you started
and prove to me that I have the right team in place.
Move your army into Mexico and proceed with the naval blockade.
Now, let's save that goddamned oil complex,
and stop Gustavo in his tracks.
ALL: Yes, sir.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(ALL SPEAKING SPANISH)
(DOORS CLOSE)
(PEREZ SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO)
(BOTH GRUNT)
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Remember me?
(GROANS)
SLATTERY: We're gonna need mines from here to here, and here to here.
Cuba, you're gonna handle in the east.
Mexico, the west.
We only have another patrol boat in the region.
I can have 'em here in 12 hours.
Whatever Mexico has, it's also at your disposal.
With your permission, I need to use your radio room.
This way I can authorize my men to begin laying mines.
Of course.
This way.
- Watch him. - I will.
Hey, hey.
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
You won't get far.
We'll have checkpoints every few miles.
They won't bother us with the Colonel up front,
and we only need to move a few miles.
Put the shirt on.
Your companion still looks angry.
That surprises you?
You killed my friend.
Your friend?
Pablo.
(SCOFFS)
I've killed 1,000 Pablos.
What's another?
Call your second in command.
Tell him to stop the convoy crossing the bridge.
Everyone stays on the south side.
Move your sentries north of the bridge.
I will do no such thing.
Even if I did, such an order would be ridiculous.
No one will obey it.
Tell them you've located a rebel encampment
10 kilometers north.
Tell them to move, now!
I don't feel like doing that.
(SCREAMING)
Feel like it now?
Start talkin', Lefty.
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO)
Your march al norte ends today, Colonel.
FUENTES: Tell me, Admiral, what am I doing today?
Am I making an ally?
A new partner in peace?
Or am I choosing one tyrant over another?
In many ways,
Cuba's a brand-new nation,
a new, democratic government,
a new life for our people. We thought we were saved.
And this is the welcome we get to the brotherhood of nations.
War, theft, murder.
When this is over...
I'll be there for you, and for Cuba, if you need me.
- Armed. - Armed.
(ALL SPEAKING SPANISH)
SASHA: Hola.
(GROANING)
SOLDIER: Hey!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Hurry.
SASHA: Danny!
I see him.
Ma'am, by my calculations,
in 24 hours we'll have sufficient closure east and west of us.
(RUMBLING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(RUMBLING)
- KARA: Sir? Everything okay? - (RUMBLING STOPS)
XO, I'm getting traffic from Mexican Coast Watchers,
just southwest of us. They're pickin' up enemy aircraft.
- Heading north? - Yes, sir.
It's comin' right at us.
Set General Quarters! All ahead flank!
Aye, ma'am. All ahead flank.
(ALARM BLARING)
Set General Quarters and man battle stations!
All crew-served weapons engaged on my order.
STEWART: Man your battle stations.
TAO, ready the five-inch and stand by to fire.
STEWART: On starboard side, down and aft on the port side.
I give you my word.
Mexico did not betray your position.
(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)
Let our men fight.
Let our men fight beside you.
Bring all contacts to my screen!
Fire control radar, activate! Sonar, go quiet now.
Aye, aye. Securing all active sonar. Now on passive.
(GUNFIRE)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
BURK: Three planes turnin' back for another run.
- One peelin' off. - Hard right rudder!
(FUENTES AND CAPTAIN SPEAKING SPANISH)
They just hit our gun boat.
All right. Come on, come on.
(GRUNTS) There's gotta be a kill switch here somewhere.
We're gonna have to hot-wire it.
Brace! Shift your rudder!
It's no good. They're standing our cutouts.
Five-inch won't bear!
Get the helo in the air.
We got this! Go get Perez!
Go, go, go! Go, go, go, go, go!
(YELPS)
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
(YELPS)
WOLF: Come on.
Hurrying would be good now. They are heading this way.
(GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
- (ENGINE STARTS) - All right! Let's go.
(GROANS)
Come on, baby.
Let's get behind the ship.
- Arm missiles! - Arming now!
Stinger, they're comin' back.
(MEXICAN CAPTAIN SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO)
One of the gang. We got one.
Fire missiles!
- Whoo! - (ALL CHEERING)
We got 'em.
MADDIE: Seven-ten split. Nice shootin', ladies.
Thanks, boss.
- Damn it! - SLIDER: Brawler, you all right?
(EXHALES) Yeah, I'm fine.
(GUNFIRE)
Jump when I say, "Jump!"
I'll jump when you jump!
(COUGHS)
(SHOUTING IN SPANISH)
Alonso!
Jump!
(GROANS)
(SHOUTS IN SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Now!
It's encrypted.
I'm takin' it. Maybe someone up north could use it.
Give me long-range HF radio.
Got a message for Gustavo. I want the world to hear it.
STEWART: You're live, sir.
This is Nathan James, calling Gustavo Barros.
We just took out your air wing,
and you didn't lay a glove on us.
And you can mark that up, along with your Corvette.
Payback for Mayport.
You may have hit us hard,
but you didn't finish us. You know why?
Because you can't.
And now Mexico and Cuba have joined the fight,
so this message goes out to all of Central and South America.
There is a choice now.
Join us.
Send Gustavo back into the dirt hole he crawled out of.
We fight for peace.
But make no mistake, we will fight.
And this ship, and this crew,
they're damned good at it.
So, Gustavo,
come at us again.
I dare you. This is Nathan James. Out.
Now, they know who we are,
where we are.
Let's be ready for what they throw at us.
ALL: Aye, sir.
Nobody's talkin' about going home now.
It's a good day.
(ARMANDO SHOUTING IN SPANISH)
(ALL CHEERING)
Oh, thank you.
Good evening, Mr. President.
Master Chief.
Today was a good day.
Or a lucky one.
Have a seat.
(REISS SIGHS)
I get it.
The world needs Tom Chandler.
And nobody respects him more than I do.
But rumor is he's tired, burned out.
He's been out of the fight for, what? Three years?
They even tried to run him for President.
Turned it down.
And now he's down there,
back in it, and I'm allowing it.
Putting him in this position, I could be setting him up to fail.
And if he does,
I don't think the country could bear that.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
Beso.
(RUMBLING)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
English - SDH