Shadow - 3

A malignant, computer nerd, techno-pirate, consultant, Mr. Grover, took control of an experimental "shadow" torpedo with his laptop which was also rigged to blow up remote bombs strategically placed around the submarine Tiger Shark. Teddy Lindsey picked Harm up in a helicopter disturbing the morning jog of president Clinton (in a cameo). Meg Austin is assigned to H now as Adm Brovo had made Caitlin Pike his aid. After the senate had grilled Lindsey on the Sea Hawk incident, Brovo told him to "get out of dodge." Transporting to the Tiger Shark in inclement weather H was about to pull Mg back up and she un-hooked dropping into the ocean. H jumped in 50 feet after her. Captain told them that Grover was demanding 40 million in gold and to be taken to Cuban waters or he would cause the Shadow to blow up a cruise liner. From his laptop he had caused the Shadow to dive below a thermocline but, when the sub followed to slip above it again looking like it had disappeared. Grover was an arrogant SOB who blew a bomb to show H & Mg he "was prepared to die."

H discovered that Mg was claustrophobic on sub and told her that he didn't like her because she had not disqualified herself. Mg said that she had broken computer codes in less than 30 seconds - and as long as three days, but that was in Chinese. Mg wanted to take Grover's laptop saying that his claim he needed to "contact" the Shadow randomly or it would attack was "bogus." H, however, wanted more proof and got Grisham, the sonar operator, to look at the tapes. He found a "fish fart" that revealed Grover's "trick" with the Shadow but agreed with Mg that he couldn't still be in touch with the Shadow. They deduced that a limited range "repeater" was placed in the new sub's hull along with the strategically placed bombs. H told Mg to go "sit with" Grover and she balked at having to "play the faint hearted female." He told her "she didn't need to PLAY," making her angry. Adm. Drake told Teddy that the president had agreed to pay the ransom and to take it out of their budget. He told him to: 1- deliver the gold to the Shark; 2- deliver Grover to Cuban waters; and 3- (most important) if he accomplished 1 & 2 his next assignment would be on the Arizona (at the bottom of Pearl Harbor). He said "get it back."

When the captain told H that his job was over, H had Grover arrested and took his laptop. Mg got close to breaking the code. She got through 4 levels, 2 booby traps and a fake program; but, she didn't think she could complete in the 20 minutes left. H noticed that all the bombs had been place in non-critical spaces so Grover wasn't REALLY prepared to die. He brought Grover to the bridge and set up a ruse that they had broken his code. He showed him turn the Shadow but it then targeted the Tiger Shark. The Captain took all kinds of evasive measures to no avail and, finally, Grover told Mg the secret pass codes to detonate the torpedo without actually harming any ship. Only afterwards did he realize he had been tricked. Sailing on the surface H & Mg were alone on the conning tower. She told him that she knew he was only making her mad to take her mind off being claustrophobic. He told her she was "ok," and he wouldn't mind being teamed with her again.