The Silent Sea is a 2021 South Korean Sci-fi mystery thriller television drama, an adaptation from 2014 film The Sea of Tranquility. Watch The Silent Sea season 1 episode 1 on Netflix starring Bae Doona, Lee Joon and Gong Yoo.
The episode starts with space crews in disarray, engines are inoperable and communication is cut out. The camera pans out and the ship is seen at the edge of a cliff, seven kilometers from their target landing: Balhae Lunar Research Station. Back to Earth, news all over the media says that world’s water will be reduced by 40%, droughts and famine all over the world and there have been protests for distribution of water fairly.
In the Environment for Human Survival Research Center, Dr. Song Jian is visited by Mr. Kim saying that Director Choi wants an astrobiologist on a mission and she has came recommended. Dr. Song turns it down by saying she is no longer interested but changes her mind when he mentions about Balhae Center, where her sister Song Won Kyung could have died.
The next day, Dr. Song visits Balhae memorial place where people remembers the tragic event that had happened five years ago. Han Yunjae arrives at the same place and introduces himself as the captain of the mission. He suggests Dr. Song to reconsider her decision of going to the station, almost implying that she should not go. Dr. Song leaves him as the other crew members joins Yunjae with their introductions, Gong Soochan, Kim Heesun, Eun Jiyoung and team doctor Hong Gayoung.
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The Balhae Lunar Mission
The team is debriefed about their mission at Balhae: it is to retrieve an unknown sample from Balhae Station and to keep it cool until it is returned back to Earth. They will have 24 hours from landing to retrieve it, which is kept in three different locations at Balhae Station. Song Jian is concerned and asks for disclosure what is the sample they are retrieving, as it sounds like a suicide mission. Director Choi insists that they should just do their job and says that the information about the sample has been lost when the tragic event happened. Yunjae just tells his team that this is just like any other mission. Song Jian confronts Yunjae that the mission is ominous that vital information is withheld and looking bleak with a 10% chance of survival. Yunjae asks her if she is still joining, to which she still replied a yes.
Landing on the moon
Mr. Hwang, a man who had visited the station, joins the team before the launch. As they navigating through the moon’s surface, they experienced anomaly detected on the spaceship’s exterior, resulting in a crash. And this is the first scene of the episode when the crew are in disarray and their ship is at the edge of the cliff.
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