Recap / The Terror S 1 E 5 First Shot A Winner Lads

The Erebus' naval surgeon's mate, Dr Goodsir, speaks with Lady Silence in an effort to learn her language, but has little success learning about the nature of the creature other than its name, the "Tuunbaq." Crozier becomes temperamental as his liquor supplies run out, and sends his first lieutenant, Edward Little, to pilfer bottles of whiskey from the private stores of Captain Fitzjames aboard Erebus. The Tuunbaq, revealed as a polar bear-like creature with vaguely human facial features, attacks Terror and pursues her ice master, Thomas Blanky, up one of the ship's masts, mauling his leg so severely that it later requires amputation. The men manage to wound the creature with a cannon and it flees, and Lady Silence escapes during the commotion. Crozier resolves to go sober, delegating command of both ships to Commander James Fitzjames while he suffers through alcohol withdrawal.