Amazing Stories (1985–1987): Season 2, Episode 20 - Moving Day - full transcript

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[ Woman ]
Alan. Alan.

Alan.

Rise and shine,
kiddo.

[ Man On Radio ] Down at Zuma
you can find four-foot swells
in pretty good shape.

But forget
about Santa Monica.

[ Sighs ]

[ Groans ]

[ Beeps, Whirs ]

Can't Pop invent
something quiet?



Let's just hope
he fixed it, honey.

[ Beeps ]

Voil?!

As you ordered, sir--
Over easy.

I'll get you some milk.

I had that dream
again last night, Mom.

Oh, Alan, you're reading
too many of these things,
young man.

That's the problem.

You're right.

It's like something
out of my Space Commando
comics,

except more real...

like I was there.

[ Chuckles ]

Hey, could I have
another egg?



[ Beeps, Whirs ]

[ Beeps ]

[ Squeaking, Warbling ]

I think
we have to, Val.

I mean, we just
can't wait until
the last minute, honey.

It would be too cruel.

All right,
I'll tell him tonight.

Hey, Dad!

All right,
I'll tell him now.

- I asked for over easy.
- Uh-huh.

And look what I got.

Y-- Alan.

[ Sighs ]

Uh, look, uh, Son,
do you have a moment?

Sure, Dad.
What's up?

Alan, we're moving.

- Moving?
- Yes. I have
a job opportunity.

Well, but you're
a freelance inventor.

Well, yes,
of course, I know.

But, uh,
this is something
I can't pass up.

We can't really
talk about it now.
You have to go to school.

We'll discuss it later,
okay?

We just wanted
to prepare you.

[ School Bell Rings ]

[ Chattering ]

So, are we still on
for tonight?

- Hi.
- Hi.

Sure.

Alan, what's wrong?

Come on.
Don't go spacey on me.

I can get that kind
of behavior at home.

[ Bell Rings ]

- Karen, we're moving.
- Moving? Where? When?

Uh, will you
come over tonight?

Sure.

Come on, Alan.
You're my best friend.

[ Boy ]
Isn't that sweet?

Check out
the odd couple.

[ Scoffs ]
A couple of lovebirds.

Just ignore them, Alan.

How can you ignore
jerks that size?

That's it, Webster.

[ Locker Rattling ]

- All yours, sweetheart.
- [ Chuckles ]

[ Knocking ]

Are you okay?

Thirty-five right,
16 left, 24 right.

Well, we always
have telephones.

We can call each other
any time we want.

It's not the same.

You know
it's not the same.

There's summer vacations,
student fairs and stuff.

[ Sighs ]
Yeah.

Well, did your dad
say you where
you're moving to?

- No, he didn't.
- Aren't you even curious?

Oh, who cares?
It's away from you.

This thing is really neat.
Too bad it can't be
our science project.

[ Buzzing ]

Oh, I should have told you
not to turn it on.

It, uh,
overloads the circuits.

I'll be right back.

Hey, turn it off
so it doesn't
happen again.

Okay.

[ Clock Ticking ]

[ Pneumatic Door Opens ]

[ Gasps ]

What's wrong?

I don't know.

[ Mom ]
Alan, we're home.

[ Clock Ticking ]

One, two, three.

There's gotta be a way.

Three, one, two.

[ Pneumatic Door Opens ]

[ Beeps ]

[ Door Opens ]

[ Pneumatic Door Opens ]

Oh, my.

Oh, my.

- Good morning,
sweetheart.
- Hi, Mom.

- Did you sleep well?
- Uh-huh.

- So, Dad.
- Mm-hmm.

Invent anything...
interesting lately?

Well, I can't say
that I have, Son.

Not even...
what's under the house?

I mean, I always knew
you were a good inventor,
but not that good.

What the heck
is that thing?

[ Chuckles ]

Well, it's--

A space conveyor.

It's true, Alan.

- You built a space--
- Conveyor.

- A space conveyor
under our house?
- Well, no. I--

No?

Actually, I built
the house...

on top
of the space conveyor.

I hate to ask this,

but what is
a space conveyor?

[ Chuckles ]

It's a device
that conveys people
through space.

Through space?

[ Dad ]
Yes.

Well, how come
you never told me
about it before?

We weren't permitted
to tell you, Son.

So, you see,
planet observation is
supposedly a lifetime post.

We've been here
since you were a baby.

Oh. And then about
a week ago, we were told
we had to return to Alturus.

- Alturus?
- Yes.

Alturus?

Mr. and Mrs. Alien?

And son.
[ Chuckles ]

When are we
supposed to move?

[ Sighs ]
Tonight.

Tonight?

Where is this... place?

It's about
85 billion miles away.

Can't we just
move to Cleveland?

Alan, I'm afraid this--
This isn't a joke, Son.

Okay. Sure.

We're going to Alturus.

Would you excuse me,
please? I have to go
pack my space suit.

- Alan!
- Now, Alan, you--

You do understand
that nobody else
can know about this.

We weren't even
supposed to have told you
till just before leaving.

- Right.
- Right.

Listen,
I'm going back to bed
so I can wake up.

Good night, Mom.
Good night, Dad.

Alan. Alan!

[ Alan ]
No. Uh-uh.

[ Knocking ]

Son.

There's, uh, something
your mother and I'd
like you to look at.

[ Chirping ]

[ Beeping ]

[ Stops ]

[ Humming ]

[ Gasps ]
I-I know that place.

- I've seen it.
- Yes. In your dreams, Alan.

I don't know
how you remember it.

You were so young
when we left.

- That's Alturus?
- Uh-huh.

- [ Beeps ]
- [ Knocking ]

[ Vocalizing ]

[ Imitating Ray-Gun ]

[ Dad ]
Alan?

- [ Drops Book ]
- Here they are, folks.

The Alien family,
together again.

Alan, I must say,
I think you're taking this
rather poorly.

Oh, really?
Sorry to disappoint you.

Five minutes ago
I was Alan Webster...

from Pacific Palisades,
California.

Now I'm a life-form
from the planet Alturus.

That's
a pretty big change...

for a kid to have
to go through, Dad.

Excuse me. I'm late
for my last day of school.

?? [ Instruments Tuning ]

[ Sighs ]
Alan.

- [ Bell Rings ]
- Alan, are you all right?

I've been looking
all over for you.
Where've you been?

I've been...
driving around.

- You wanna go for a ride?
- Sure. Let's go.

?? [ Continues ]

[ Woman On Radio ]
All right, after that
stimulating set,

we're gonna settle in
to a mellower groove.

[ Alan ]
Karen,

we've been close
for a long time,
haven't we?

Since first grade.

Shared our biggest secrets
with each other.

Believed in each other,

even when
nobody else would.

Well, then...
I'm an alien.

I knew you
wouldn't believe it.

Why should you?
I wouldn't
believe it either.

Karen,
there's a spaceship
under our house.

I mean, a space conveyor.

- A space conveyor?
- Yes. Yes.

That's what
we're leaving in--

to go to Alturus,
85 billion miles away.

Oh, what's the use?
I sound like I'm crazy.

- Wait a minute.
- Come on. Let's go.

I don't understand.

I believe you.

No. No, you don't.

[ Sighs ]

But thanks for saying so.

I know
I'll never see you again.

It's not fair.

It's just not fair.

Your ring.

Can you see it from here?

Mm-hmm. It's just left
of Ursa Major, Alan.

Our sun isn't
too far away.

And Alturus is
the fourth planet from it.

Actually,
it's a lot like Earth,
you know.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

I mean, the people
look the same
as they do here.

It's just the language
that's different.

Different?
How different?

[ Speaks Alien Language ]

I'm supposed to learn that?
I can't even pass French!

You're gonna be very happy
there, sweetheart.
I promise you.

Can I watch
the World Series there?

No.

Buy a pepperoni pizza
there?

I'm afraid not, honey.

Can I see
my friends there?

No, Alan.

[ Sighs ]

But you can swim
in a golden sea.

And you can watch
the setting of two moons.

You can even take
your own rocket sled
to four different planets.

My own rocket sled?

You wouldn't even let me
have a motorcycle here.

[ Chuckles ]

Sweetheart, it's not
the end of your life,
you know.

It's a whole new beginning.

[ Chirping ]

We're all set.

[ Beeping ]

[ Laughing ]

- [ Mother ] Oh, Alan.
- Is this the bus
to Alturus?

[ Mother Laughs ]

[ Humming ]

[ Woman Speaking
Spanish On P.A. ]

Ladies and gentlemen,
we're leaving Earth orbit
in three minutes.

[ Speaking French
On P.A. ]

[ Speaking Italian
On P.A. ]

Who are all these people?

Observers, just like us.

They've been stationed
all over the planet.

[ Woman On P.A. ]
Ladies and gentlemen,

we're leaving Earth orbit
in two minutes.

[ Speaking French
On P.A. ]

[ Speaking Italian
On P.A. ]

Guess what my parents
told me tonight?

[ Chuckles ]