
What an adventure! With a strong ensemble that included Martin Compston and Emily Hampshire, as well as a mind-bending supernatural plot, audiences were kept on the edge of their seats in The Rig.
The Amazon Prime drama began with a crew of unknowing oil workers stationed on a rig off the Scottish coast in the perilous North Sea, due to be retrieved and taken home.
However, as they wait for their conveyance back to the coast, they are trapped by a dense fog that totally engulfs them and disables their communication systems.
The crew tries to figure out what’s causing this strange weather, but not before the fog appears to infect several of the squad, including Baz (Calvin Roberts).
After the chemical enters a wound, Baz suffers what should have been a fatal fall from a crane, but his body magically repairs itself, and he is taunted by messages and visions.
Similarly, drunkard Leck (Emun Elliot) consumes some of the fog but experiences an unpleasant response, with his teeth falling out of his mouth and tattoos pouring from his skin, before dying.

This isn’t the only death on board, as Alywn (Mark Bonnar) desperately tries to entice a clearly possessed Baz back onto deck, only to have him murdered.
Baz, who has camped out on another portion of the rig away from his team, constantly warns them of a ‘wave,’ implying that disaster is approaching.
Fulmer (Martin Compston) is another victim of the fog, and while he gets visions and his body self-heals at a slower rate than Baz, scientist Rose (Emily Hampshire) realises he could be utilised as a messenger with the force.
Rose is anxiously trying to figure out what the fog is, realising it has bionic capabilities and attaches itself to a host, whom it will kill if it is unhealthy, just like Leck.
After both Baz and Fulmer continue to see circles, a camera is sent to the ocean floor, where they discover a majestic, massive organism known as the Ancestor.

Rose deduces that the circles observed by Baz and Fulmer, as well as on the Ancestor, indicate ancient epochs, implying that it is a lifeforce dating back billions of years.
Elsewhere, the crew obtains signal for the first time, with pregnant doctor Cat (Rochenda Sandall) managing to make a video conversation with her boyfriend.
She discovers that the weird weather and power outages they are experiencing on the rig are not unique to them, but are happening all down the coast, impacting her wife as well.
When the electricity goes out again, the crew on the rig notices a lifeboat approaching, piloted by oil company executive Coake (Mark Addy), who has fled from another site.
Bullish Coake wants to destroy the Ancestor at any cost, partially because it is spreading across the North Sea and converting oil into organic property, which costs the firm billions of dollars.
Rose and Magnus (Iain Glen) disagree, with Rose pointing out that the Ancestor has been alive for a long time and has survived various human obstacles.
Rather of fighting it, they must converse with it, and Rose, Magnus, and Fulmer rush down to the lower deck to collaborate with Baz and the Ancestor.
Meanwhile, Coake is securing rescue – for himself – via helicopter, while the rest of the crew realises what is going on and rushes up to the top deck to secure a position as well.
Despite their tenuous link to the Ancestor, Rose, Magnus, and Fulmer are running out of time as a massive Tsunami, generated by the life force in response to the drilling, is heading their way.
Having no choice, the trio rushes up to be rescued by the helicopter, but Baz chooses to stay on board the rig, near to the Ancestor with whom he feels a strong bond.
Fortunately, the team all made out onto the chopper just minutes before a raging wave obliterated the rig and made its way to the coast – and Cat’s companion.
Coake stated that if they wanted to return home (which has now been presumably destroyed), they should have listened to him the entire while they were flying to an unknown location.
Where may they be going? I’m sure we’ll find out if there is a series 2.
The Rig is available to stream on Amazon Prime.