... Now our duty is to the entire world. On board this ship is the hope for our futures, for our families and for all of humanity... Our mission now is simple. We do whatever it takes to stay alive at sea until they find that cure... we' ve lost so much already, but this is the most courageous and resilient crew with whom I have ever been privileged to serve. We will come through this together and we will prevail.
There is a voice inside you. Maybe it's your highest self, maybe it's the voice of God. I don't know, but it's a voice of hope. You've listened to it so far. All you have to do is keep listening.
军士长还读了一段《圣经.出埃及记》,告示舰上的军人要相信神,神就会救赎他的子民,带领他们度过难关。
And moses answered the people, do not be afraid. Stand firm, and you will see the deliverance, the load will bring you today. the lord will fight for you. You need only be still. Trust that there's something else out there, something bigger than ourselves, something better. cause right now we feel very, very small. We're not too proud to say we need help and we need it right now. So we bow our heads together, and we lift this prayer to you and ask that you protect us so that we may do good in the world that you made. Amen.
果然,Amen刚读了几次,海风就吹起了。不过第四集的煽情还没完,在到达小岛获取补给和淡水后,一位女军官唱起了1964年的老歌A Change Is Gonna Come,歌名和歌词大意都加强了这个信念:改变(胜利)一定会到来,我们得到了海风,找到了救命的小岛,我们当然会研发出疫苗拯救世界,最终一定会和家人团聚。
反复吟唱的歌词:It‘s been a long, a long time coming. But I know, a change gonna come. Oh, yes, it will.
要获得神的救赎,除了相信他之外,还要经受神的考验。第五集,女科学家Rachel Scott需要猴子测试疫苗。舰长、大副和军士长等人涉险深入尼加拉瓜的丛林中抓猴子。他们再次遭遇道德困境:带着猴子一走了之,还是解救被丛林独裁者残害的民众。貌似理性的选择是,为了挽救人类的疫苗研发任务,不该冒险与独裁者对抗。幸亏这些人不是精于算计、胆怯的政客,他们是热血勇敢的军人、美式价值观的代言人,他们的理性不是不知道攻击独裁者失败的后果,但面对就在眼前的普通人的悲惨境遇,怎么能以任何理由推逃避和推卸责任。救一人,即救全世界。他们必须忠于自己的价值观。大副的一句话起了关键的推动作用,击中了舰长的软肋:I have daughters,you have a daughter。军人们消灭了独裁者的武装势力,通过了神的考验。
It's easy to believe in people when they're succeeding. But that's not what we're about. We have to believe in each other when we fail. And If we have to go back to Nicaragua for more monkeys, we will. If we have to go Puerto Rico, we will. If we have to go Bangladesh to find a Bangal tiger, that is what we will do.