Episode 6 begins with Captain Nemo (Shazad Latif) having a brief, yet extremely vivid dream of Renouka (Shabana Azeez) and Mya (Samara Wheeler). Elsewhere, it revealed that several other crew members have experienced the same phenomenon. Suyin (Ling Cooper Tang) openly admits to dreaming of her sons while Boniface (Pacharo Mzembe) prefers to keep his dream subject to himself.
It’s not long before the frantic arrival of Nemo and Kai (Tyrone Ngatai) turn attention to finding Humility Lucas (Georgia Lucas). Although the context of her dream/vision is not revealed, her expression suggests that she has experienced it as well. She is still out when she is brought aboard the Nautilus and Gustave Benoit’s (Thierry Fremont) suggestion to shock her back to life isn’t a popular one, especially with Jiacomo (Andrew Shaw). It takes several attempts but she is soon revived.
Nemo wastes little time making sure that Humility knows she’s saved their lives again while M. Haris (Socratis Otto) and the crew of the Dreadnought debate how best to question their captive. It doesn’t Director Crawley (Damien Garvey) long to tire of Lord Algernon Pitt (Cameron Cuffe) and Captain Billy Millais’s (Luke Arnold) bickering over the matter. Crawley eventually excuses himself from the meeting and makes the executive decision to question their captive himself, which doesn’t sit well with Millais or Pitt. Millais follows Crawley from the meeting to further confront him but things don’t go too well for him. Crawley practically tells him not to question his superiors and threatens to use his knowledge of his and Nemo’s time together against him.
When the Nautilus crew sits down for dinner, Humility remembers seeing a manmade arch while she was stranded. This highly excites Gustave and leads to him pulling her from the table to immediately meet with Nemo. Nemo does not share Gustave’s enthusiasm or the belief that what she saw was the entrance to Atlantis. There is a bit of spirited debate but Nemo becomes outraged when he learns that Gustave has purposely led them here in the childish hopes of finding this very arch. Humility attempts to shoulder some of the blame at one point but Nemo doesn’t appear any less frustrated.
Despite maintaining complete poseur, Millais becomes equally frustrated as he fails to produce any useful information from his interrogation of Jagadish (Chum Ehelepola). He does eventually learn that The Nautilus is headed for The Pillars of Halvar, but it takes threatening Jagadish’s family. After the discovery, Millais burns the evidence incriminating Jagadish’s family but has his guard execute him.
It takes a bit of pleading but Nemo eventually agrees to give Gustave a day and a small crew to explore Humility’s discovery. Gustave attempts to get Humility to stay behind but she refuses. He also expresses his displeasure with Edward Cuff (Benedict Hardie) joining him but Nemo overrides him. Nemo also shares the story of his wife and daughter’s deaths with Humility before they disembark.
Shortly after disembarking, the small crew finds themselves standing in what appears to be some type of cave or treasure room. Humility can’t help but wonder what type of power created such a marvelous thing. Edward can’t help noting that it would have even taken something greater to lead its abandonment. The small crew appears to naturally separate into even smaller groups as the exploration begins. Humility and Edward learn that much of the structure is comprised of fossilized marine creatures while discussing their upbringings. Gustave and Nemo find hieroglyphics along with scratch marks.
While Edward is nearly strangled to death by a small octopus-like creature, Gustave finds what appears to be another entrance. By the time he gets to the other side and discovers a glowing gold coin of sorts, the other crew members have started making their exit. Nemo opted to stay behind to look for Gustave and it’s not too long before the two are reunited. Things take an even darker turn when Nemo’s light dies and they are subsequently overrun by the small creatures. Nemo and Gustave do end up making it to the entrance to the sea but this is where they become separated and Gusatve is dragged back into the darkness by the creatures. Nemo’s suit gets damaged during his rescue attempts and he begins taking on water.
Despite having successfully returned to the sea, Humility’s group becomes sidelined by a school of sharks. Jiacomo deters the school after shooting the lead shark with an electric spear. This delay gives Nemo just enough time to catch up, although his suit is nearly filled to the brim with water now. It isn’t very long after this that they return to the Nautilus.
Millais and Crawly are right in the middle of celebrating Millais’s discovery over a drink when Punch (Darren Gilshenan) arrives with what appears to be a summons from Lord Horatio Parmoor (Lukas Whiting). Given that the Company has already dispatched a ship in the middle of the storm to collect him, Millais ironically states that it could be a good summons. With Crawley out of the way, Millais and Captain Youngblood (Jacob Collins-Levy) discover that Nemo plans on cutting through The Artic on his way to Halvar, something that has apparently never been accomplished.
Kai leads the Nautilus crew through a ceremony for Gustave while Nemo listens to his audio tapes. Not long after Humility joins him, it becomes a battle for who gets to take the blame for his death. This is also soon sidelined when the audio tapes reach a point where a very upset Humility rants about Nemo. The episode ends with him stopping her from turning the tape off.
Nautilus Review
I have always found the story of Atlantis fascinating but unfortunately, this episode certainly didn’t do the lost city much justice. I am glad the entire episode didn’t focus on the search for the city, but it certainly didn’t feel as if they capitalized on the potential. The whole 10 or 15 minutes spent searching for the entrance and then the exploration was so dark that it was hard to tell what was going on. I was shocked by the death of the professor if he is in fact dead. I would have also liked to learn more about the dream-like state and why it caused some of the crew to have dreams of their loved ones. In addition to an oversaturated cast, this entire series is unappealing.
This episode doesn’t deserve more than a 4.5 out of 10. Get more Nautilus recaps here. Find out how to support our independent site at this link. Learn more about advertising with us here. See what others are saying here.
