The episode opens with the Nautilus surfacing in the open sea. Nemo Dakkar (Shazad Latif) enters the deck to check their direction via a compass. Humility Lucas (Georgia Flood) brings him a blanket. They reminisce about Gustave Benoit (Thierry Fremont) who is no longer with them. They are coming up on the northeast passage and next, Halvar’s Pillars. Nemo gives Humility Benoit’s compass. She asks what is his plans after the treasure is recovered when they come under fire. He alerts the crew of the quickly approaching Dreadnought. Loti (Celine Menville) fires up the boiler while the other crew members prepare the engine. Aboard the Dreadnought, Captain Billy Millais (Luke Arnold) calls for the torpedoes before yelling, “Fire” a second time. The cannon fires a projectile, sending the Nautilus quivering in its wake. Boniface (Pacharo Mzembe) wants to dive but Nemo insists on driving the Dreadnought into floating ice. Turan (Arlo Green) doesn’t like Nemo’s plan. Aboard the Dreadnought, Billy forces Captain Youngblood (Jacob Collins-Levy) to speed up the engine against his advice. Aboard the Nautilus, Nemo orders his crew to push the engine to the maximum speed. Worried, Humility watches the RPMs increase. Racing into the cabin, Nemo orders the crew to dive. The engine shuts down and the Nautilus crashes into ice before coming to an abrupt stop.

Aboard the Dreadnought, Youngblood veers to avoid hitting the Nautilus. The ship hits the ice, sending several soldiers overboard before coming to a halt. Youngblood orders the crew to reverse the engine but the ship doesn’t move because ice is wedged in its propellers. He warns Billy that his recklessness will get them killed. Aboard the Nautilus, Boniface sees the ship is loaded with weapons. Humility informs Nemo that the stirrup is broken and a forge is needed to repair it. He gives Blaster (Kayden Price) materials to build a bomb. Turan argues against it. Nemo gives them two options, build the bomb to repair the stirrup or surrender. Aboard the Dreadnought, Lord Algernon Pitt (Cameron Cuffe) watches Jiacomo (Andrew Shaw) and Nemo on the deck. He urges Youngblood to shoot him. When Youngblood refuses, Pitt orders a soldier to shoot him but Billy intervenes. Jiacomo holds a detonator while Nemo offers Youngblood and Billy a deal, in exchange for the use of their forge, the Nautilus will pull them out of the ice. Youngblood assures him that they could easily confiscate the Nautilus and the Kalpani prisoners. Nemo threatens to utilize the detonator to destroy the Dreadnought. Youngblood accepts the deal with one stipulation, Humility and Blaster will be under his protection. Nemo refuses to trade her but agrees to let her join Pitt aboard the Dreadnought. The deal is sealed.

As Nemo turns to walk away, Billy cocks his gun and yells, “Dakkar.” Nemo is happy to see Billy. Billy, on the other hand, blames him for getting expelled from school. Jiacomo threatens to activate the detonator if Nemo is shot. Youngblood cocks his weapon. A Dreadnought soldier has Nemo in his aim. Nemo denies any knowledge of Billy being expelled. Billy blames Nemo for his parents dying in the poor house. Nemo pulls the tip of Billy’s gun barrel to his chest and says they were brothers. Billy lowers his weapon and turns to walk away. Youngblood scolds him for putting the crew in danger and vows to not let him do it again. Billy pushes him and returns to the Dreadnought. Back aboard the Nautilus, Nemo informs the crew of their deal and insists Blaster go with Youngblood. Loti tells Kai (Tyrone Ngatai) that she and Humility are going to join Youngblood’s crew. Humility disavows Pitt as her fiancé.

Punch claims Jagadish (Chum Ehelepola) was killed. Ranbir (Ashan Kumar) refuses to believe him. As Humility pulls the broken stirrup toward the Dreadnought, Loti says say goodbye to the Nautilus crew. She looks back to see Jiacomo waving at them. Blaster races to catch up with them. Pitt complains about Humility’s outfit. Humility and Youngblood are thrilled to see each other again. Pitt kisses her hand and compliments her appearance. Doing her best to ignore him, she goes to the forge and starts working to repair the stirrup. Loti assures her that Pitt will give her a good life. Humility argues that she would be his property. The sun breaks through the clouds. Nemo and his crew pull a large chain back to the Nautilus while the Dreadnought plays ball. Suyin (Ling Cooper Tang) catches their ball and the chain drops to the ice. The Nautilus crew challenges the Dreadnought crew to a game.

Whitehall In London – Lord Haratio Parmoor (Lukas Whiting) tells Director Crawley (Damien Garvey) that there are rumors about an Indian social climber stealing a submarine. Crawley disputes the rumors before pouring himself a cup of tea. He says the Company’s private troops heavily outnumber the British soldiers. He describes the tea as weak and leaves. Parmour looks at a telegraph about the stolen Nautilus.

Edward Cuff (Benedict Hardie) goes through Nemo’s documents. Archie barks at him. Aboard the Dreadnought, Pitt reads to Humility while she pounds on the stirrup. Blaster asks for his help in locating his father, Lord Farley. Pitt agrees when a man informs him of the game. He goes out to pitch for the Dreadnought team. Blaster joins the Blaster crew. Billy has a flashback of playing the game at school and goes outside to watch. Pitt pitches the ball. Suyin hits it and takes a base. Pitt intentionally knocks Turan out with the ball. Punch congratulates him. Nemo steps up to the plate. Billy continues to have flashbacks of him and Nemo playing in school. Nemo hits the ball and races to a base. The Nautilus team is in the lead. Billy volunteers to bat for the Nautilus team. Pitt calls him a traitor and throws the ball. Billy hits a foul. On the next pitch, he sends the ball soaring through the sky. Nemo hits the ball. Pitt races to catch it. Youngblood calls it a foul because Pitt’s foot was over the line. A fight breaks out. Billy pours himself a cup of tea. Youngblood fires a shot into the air and the fight ends. Nemo orders his crew to get back to work. An angry Pitt shows Blaster the Farley family crest on a can of biscuits. Nemo invites Billy to join his crew. Billy claims the Company threatens to harm Nemo if his father refused to give up his lands. Blaster accuses Nemo of not telling him about the Lord Farley biscuit.

Humility tells Pitt that she is taking the repaired stirrup to the Nautilus where she will remain. He demands she return to him. She defends the Nautilus crew. He orders the soldiers to escort them to his cabin. Outside, Nemo assures Blaster that her mother’s intentions were good and says he has a family. A Dreadnought soldier delivers the repaired stirrup to Jiacomo. Aboard the Dreadnought, Pitt orders Humility to put on a dress. She laughs. Irate, he claims to have loaned her mother money to save her husband’s failing factory with one condition, she would become his wife. She refuses to put on the dress. Loti stabs him in the leg and they run. The Nautilus is ready to pull the Dreadnought out of the ice. Humility and Loti jump overboard to the frozen ice below. Pitt orders her to come back as they race toward the Nautilus. Blaster embraces Humility. The Nautilus begins to pull the Dreadnought. Billy tells Youngblood that Nemo is going to London. Youngblood says Crawley will have him killed. Pitt orders Youngblood to sink the Nautilus. Youngblood refuses because he gave his word. Pitt fires the cannon, hitting the Nautilus. Youngblood threatens to shoot him and has him taken away.

Believing they were betrayed, Nemo breaks the tow chain loose. Punch orders the soldiers to fire. Nemo comes under fire but manages to break the chain. He races back to the hatch before the submarine dives into the ocean. He says their only chance of survival is to go under the ice flow. Ranbir questions if there will be enough air to make the trip. Boniface is not keen on Nemo’s change of plans. The episode ends.

 

Nautilus Review

The episode did little to nothing for story progression. The series takes yet another turn for the worse. Playing cricket when your life depends on getting back on course. The episode could have easily been omitted and nothing would have been lost. An uncreative way to drag the story out.

Only bits and pieces of the episode were memorable. It deserves a 4 out of 10.

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