Episodes
Each episode consists of two fifteen-minute segments, the actual episode, then an "expedition" which reveals the fact behind the fiction.
The first segment of each episode follows a serialized tale of scientists taking a census of humpback whales off the coast of Massachusetts. Captain Clement Tyler Granville, the owner of the sailboat Mimi is hired by scientist Anne Abrams and her colleague Ramon Rojas to make the census. Anne's Graduate Research Assistant is Sally Ruth Cochran. In addition, the two scientists each invite a high school student (Arthur Spencer and Rachel Fairbanks) to take part in the study. Finally, Captain Granville's identically-named grandson comes visiting for the summer in order to give his mother a break during her pregnancy.
Each second segment is a standalone exploration of one of the scientific principles touched on in the serialized tale. In these second segments, one of the actors who portrays a young person (Ben Affleck, Mark Graham, or Mary Tanner) comes out of character and interviews real, in many cases well-known, scientists about their work. These scientists include oceanographer Sylvia Earle, geologist Kim Kastens, zoologist Katharine Payne, Greg Watson of the New Alchemy Institute, and physicist Ted Taylor.
In addition, Judy Pratt, a student at Gallaudet University, and Peter Marston, a scientist at M.I.T., come out of character in interviews with Ben Affleck at their respective workplaces.
| Episode Number | Episode Name | Expedition Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Aboard | Planet Ocean |
| 2 | Setting Sail | Whale Watch |
| 3 | On the Shoals | Mapping the Blue Part |
| 4 | Counting Whales | Whale Bones |
| 5 | Going Fishing | Scraping the Bottom |
| 6 | Home Movies | Songs in the Sea |
| 7 | Fastening On | Hands Full of Words |
| 8 | Tracking the Whale | World's Worst Weather |
| 9 | Shipwrecked | Goose Bumps |
| 10 | Making Dew | Water, Water, Everywhere |
| 11 | The Feast | A New Alchemy |
| 12 | Rolling Home | Boat Shop |
| 13 | Separate Ways | A Sailor and a Scientist |
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