Cobra (1993–1994): Season 1, Episode 10 - Something in the Air - full transcript

hello this is your captain speaking

we are an hour outside of chicago where

the temperatures crisp 50 degrees under

sunny skies

and we hope you enjoy the remainder of

your flight on northern pacific

and will fly with us again soon

would you like any coffee tea oh thank

you i think i'll be fine

would you like another drink sir oh no

thank you i think i've had one too many



as it is

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excuse me is there something wrong sir

no not yet

well then could i ask you to return to

your seat the fasten seat belt sign is

on

i'm afraid there's somebody in my seat

the captain but that should be changing

about

now



ladies and gentlemen good morning this

is your new captain speaking

i thought i'd use this opportunity to

point out one of the special features of

this aircraft

for the last half an hour you have all

been breathing quintoxin 12.

the good news is by itself quintoxin 12

is perfectly harmless

the bad news is when crossed with its

binary complement duotoxin

one drop of quintoxin 12 is enough to do

to a small city

what has just done to the gentleman in

roti

my god he's dead

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and you will never guess what i have in

this bottle

what do you want from us from you i'd

like a glass of champagne when you have

a moment

from your government i would like 25

million dollars

or this plan will become the world's

first flying cemetery

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so

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i thought we came here for a workout

we did well i just finished with 30

minutes of heavy calisthenics

ran six miles and finished with an hour

from the freeway that's great good for

you

well i've been pumping out and you've

been pumping paper

i've been needing a fascinating

ethnomorphographic deconstruction of the

mephisto fallacy of sociopathic behavior

you call reading on a treadmill sit at

its lowest possible setting

a workout i mean look at you you're not

even sweating

we have to keep yourself intellectually

fit as well as physically

a textbook isn't gonna help you chase

down a killer who's running away from

you

no but with a sharp mind maybe you

wouldn't have to run

you could anticipate his next move and

be waiting for him

you know you got to be tough to survive

out there and you are

toughness isn't just measured by muscle

mass you know

it's a sharp mind strength of character

self-confidence all of which i happen to

have in spades

you see out there in the real world it's

a different story oh really

so have you tested this theory yes i

have

okay okay you are tough i'll give you

tough

two-day wilderness trek this weekend you

and me

is this a challenge if you're tough

enough

i'm always up for a relaxing nature walk

uh i am talking about

rough terrain unpredictable weather and

complete complete

isolation from society

here i'll grab my gear and pack the car

i don't think you understand tough guy

see we're not packing it here

it's just you and me against the

elements

that is if you can hack it

hack it we're live from chicago

international airport

scene of a terrifying hostage crisis an

unidentified hijacker is threatening to

kill

all the passengers unless he receives 25

million dollars

we can only imagine the terror the

passengers inside the plane

are feeling by now your fbi lab has

tested the air sample that i allowed you

to take from the plan what does it tell

you

tells me you're a psychopath but not a

liar you're a very perceptive judge of

characters

no wonder they put you in charge now

where is

my money look we need more time

well that puts me in a bit of a fine

because normally i'd kill a passenger

for every minute of delay

this is an all or nothing situation and

i do mean nothing

you'll die too kind of puts a hitch in

your brilliant strategy don't you think

yes well better dead than poor i suppose

i guess i'm just not adjusting to the

90s very well

you have two hours

touring an office building is not the

kind of action we had in mind patience

floyd

patience this is a surprise gift for

scandal i just had delivered a small

token of appreciation for a job well

done

but there's no reason on earth where we

can't break it in what are we gonna do

throw a dinner party

hey-hey-hey-hey-hey where are the chips

in the dip

what i gotta think of everything

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i told you to turn left i did turn left

no you didn't you turned right and then

you turned left

you don't know how to read a map and you

have no sense of direction the road

we're on isn't even on the map

oh great the radiator's cracked

slam the door sorry

no problem with the radiator i'll just

call the auto club

there's no signal well

just have to walk to the ranger station

on devil's peak oh oh oh

the first rule when your car breaks down

in the middle of nowhere is to stay with

the vehicle

what can't hack it it's 40 miles through

rough terrain to devil's peak we should

wait here for help

so it's a long walk look the sooner we

get started the sooner we get there

i know it's harder for you to sit still

for a couple of hours than it is to

scale a mountain but it's the smart

thing to do

fine you stay i'll walk go

second rule is you never split up what

are the odds of somebody just driving by

i mean you wanted a mountain endurance

exercise

well this is it

okay you're right you're absolutely

right

good we'll leave a note on the car with

uh

our destination and dallas's phone

number

all right there

now it's just you and me against the

elements

let's go

it's a tense situation here at chicago

international airport where a special

fbi tactical assault team has been

deployed around northern pacific flight

2311.

we're here with special agent claire

kilburn who is the fbi agent in charge

of the hostage negotiation agent kilburn

why has the fbi been so vague about the

nature of the terrorist threat does he

have a bomb

no comment you frisbees always were a

witty bunch

one ball side pocket what about the

rumors that this terrorist may also be

the mastermind behind last year's

virginia arsenal heist no comment

how about reports three ounces of

quintoxin 12 was stolen from the

virginia arsenal

what he's threatening him with cough

syrup

quintoxin 12. this little potion cooked

up by a resident mad scientist over at

the pentagon

we spritzed the enemy with quintoxin 12.

our troops walter and dousing with

duotoxin

bad guys dropped dead and our boys are

fine and no toxic residue

aren't you glad you're retired yeah you

got that right floyd i'm a pool hustler

now

and just to prove it to you this shot's

gonna cost you the game plus 50 bucks

damn uh we'll have the cash check or

charge

no way in the world has missed that shot

what you found the cobra

where are you tired

no well

the workout this morning may have worn

me down a tiny bit

a few laps around the block shouldn't

poop out a navy seal

didn't i'm haven't eaten i'm starving

what you packed for dinner nothing

nothing no this is an endurance exercise

remember we have to live off the land

the land yes

fine

what are you looking for

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golden arches

and with the money delivered and the

plane fully fueled

northern pacific flight 2311 is taking

off from chicago

heading

well it took west time chased them off

through the canyon

but i caught us some dinner you know you

got to be pretty fast on your feet to

catch one of these turkeys

how sitting on a rock watching the

sunset

i set a trap and i waited

um

that's nice yeah not bad

you know maybe we should have engine

problems more often

you know you're not as tough as your

looks guy though thanks

i think

well we hit the trail at dawn we have a

lot of ground to cover before we get to

devil's peak

so we're gonna need to rest yep i hope

you don't expect me to slow down for you

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captain has decreased speed and lowered

the altitude as you asked

i considerate of him everyone's been so

polite to me must be something in the

air

see you in switzerland i'll have a

brandy waiting

ladies and gentlemen um please

fasten your seat belts uh close your

tray tables and bring your seats to

their full

upright position we're about to

experience a sudden loss

of cabin pressure

you know it's been a pleasure flying

northern pacific airlines and

i'll try to keep them in mind when

making future travel plans

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scandal what was that let's check it out

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dick tracy the flat top come in

flat up here did you have a nice trip

yeah the wind blew me slightly off court

sounded like it was over this way

i've got visitors stand by while i take

care of them

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scandal

are you all right fine

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who the hell are you

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well he's not carrying any

identification on him

all he's got on him is a northern

pacific plane ticket made out to a joe

smith

one way from new york to chicago and a

northern pacific bag stuffed with

millions of dollars in cash

looks like we got us a hijacker what do

you think we should do same thing we

were doing before

we head for the ranger station and call

for help

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let's go

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and he leaped out of the plane carrying

25 million dollars

although authorities have been unable to

pinpoint his exact location

the hijacker could you contact the

rangers let them know where to look for

scandal and danielle

they believe he's somewhere in evergreen

state park

one million acres of the most difficult

terrain in the west coast

campers are advised to stay clear of the

park until this evergreen state park

that's what scandal and danielle are

thanks buddy find me special agent

claire

kilburn now

flat top here i've killed a camera

okay good drive the jeep into town park

it where it will be discovered

and don't forget to leave behind the map

money's on the move 10 miles ahead

shouldn't take us long

okay listen up we got a million acres of

forest here

two rivers cut across it and the edge of

one mountain range

there are two to three dozen known

access roads most of them unmapped

coordinate with the forest service i

want agents and atvs and choppers for

trolling each one of these roads

oh and get me something to eat would ya

something greasy

okay the freeway cuts across the

northeastern corner of the park

we're putting roadblocks here here and

here i want agents in walnut creek

button willow lenovo and pine valley and

any other town within 25 miles of the

park

kilburn dallas casually fbi special

agent retired

now i work for an organization viper

yeah i know who you are

this is a red line how'd you get this

number it's cobra and we'll swap secrets

later right now

i got a problem yeah well i got a

homicidal maniac lost in 10

000 square miles of forest with 25 mil

uncle sam was saving for his retirement

what's yours

i got two more people in there lost and

unarmed and if they've run into jared

krill

they're already dead pal there's nothing

i can do about it

not that number changed immediately and

where's my food

all right fire up the cobra chopper and

get me a complete background check on

jarrod krell

k-r-i-l-l

you have any idea how much 25 million

dollars weighs

shouldn't have been so greedy well you

could lighten the load by a million or

two

buy yourself a house maybe a station

wagon

start a college fund for the kitties

perhaps

you're not married not interested in

your money either

well what are you interested in silence

and you i want to see you stand trial

for your crimes

not often do you find somebody so

innocent and idealistic

unfortunately you're always the first to

die

we are right on top of them fan out and

shoot anyone you see

that include krill he dies

you die

do we understand each other

go

you know i was caught once before

although it embarrasses me to admit it

this young mossad spy was supposed to

bring me a smidgen of plutonium

as it turned out he still had an

allegiance to the old-fashioned notion

of

patriots be quiet

i left him chained to a rock in the

desert so the vultures could tear out

his liver

not that that should worry you two young

prometheus was only a trained israeli

spy

can't see i could get away from a couple

of wilderness scouts like yourself

we've reached the end of the trail where

do we go from here

what is it we're not alone

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oh

we can't get down without repelling gear

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we're gonna have to hike down the canyon

they'll give them two or three hours on

us

well if they survive the fall not that

it matters

they're not moving

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scandal scale are you okay

i will i'm fine i'm fine

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okay oh

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as long as i have to walk anymore

wow we gotta get you to a doctor just a

little cut

yeah down to the bone sweetheart

ah oh

damn it okay find us the same way

they'll find you next time

but next time you won't be so lucky

textbook example of the mephisto fallacy

of sociopathic behavior

too bad you didn't bring your book with

us why

to show us how to deal with them to hit

them with

oh come on you're not actually thinking

of giving this guy the money

tracking device yeah

my guess is he put her in the bag in

case you dropped the money when he

jumped

or to help his accomplices locate him in

the middle of the forest

we won't be so easy to find anymore

there we need to rest

we can't they're right behind us you

know that but you're in no condition to

outrun them

listen if i take the tracking device i

can leave the others away

that'll give you a chance to get to the

ranger station contact the authorities

and turn them in

that's too dangerous as opposed to what

i know you would too

listen i'm going to take the transmitter

down to the river

and i'm going to attach it to a log and

send it down the river

and then i'll double back in your

direction i can make it

i will be fine i can make it oh it's

okay

danny danny

danielle

so we ambushed with the ranger station

which ranger station

there must be half a dozen in equal

distance from here

we may not know where they're going but

we do know where to find her

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what the hell is restricted airspace i

don't know man but they dropped someone

off the clearing 50 yards still west of

your present location

intercept the chocolate lens i want to

see the pilot interrogation when i get

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back

don't move about time you got here

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dallas castle fbi special agent

retired you better have a damn good

explanation for this or so help me i'll

have you arrested for interfering in a

federal investigation

my people scandal jackson daniella point

were driving up at access road in

fawn valley yesterday when the car broke

down so they left me a note some

off-roader found it

gave me a call could i have the reader's

digest version please they were heading

for the ranger station of the devil's

peak

so i figure they take the most direct

route they make about four miles an hour

that you get to this

area they spend in here overnight that's

probably where they ran into your

hijacker

then their bodies are probably close by

mercy is not one of jared krill's

qualities

jared krill oxford educated certified

genius diagnosed sociopath responsible

for some of the most vicious and daring

crimes ever committed on the face of the

earth

and he's never been captured you've kept

up since your retirement

how nice

now why don't you go back to your mobile

home and your shuffleboard

and leave this to us professionals

i have a couple agents back here

okay you want to get a little nicer

why should i bother i mean she's never

going to make the rendezvous yeah

she'll make it

sure she will i mean it's hardly as if

she's got four cracked gorilla warriors

following a tracking device telling them

exactly where she's going to be

is it there's a one hand on her chances

are she'll probably fall down a crevasse

will be mauled by a bear long before she

ever makes the river

but if she does happen to find my boys

first

i'm sure they're treated like a princess

i mean they haven't had a woman in

months

she'll be there not sure whether to

believe you or those buzzards circling

overhead

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wait don't go

oh thank god

and these men with guns they came out of

the trees and they killed my husband

i don't know where i am anymore please

please you've gotta help me

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what kind of pain is that exactly

steering

white hot don't worry about it

i can work it

i wouldn't bet on that as a matter of

fact i'm betting

you're against shock you've lost a lot

of blood

you're already weak and sluggish maybe

even a bit dizzy

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sooner or later you're gonna fall

and when you do i'm gonna break your

neck

smash your head in with a rock perhaps

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what if they come back for us what if

they find us don't worry by now they're

a long ways down liver well

how can you be sure because it's not us

they want it's their bag of money and

they think it's floaming towards button

yellow right about now

but then they'll think it's a trick and

they will come back and find us

it's all right okay don't worry

trust me

we're pulling out we've apprehended

pearl's accomplice a flight attendant on

our way to switzerland

and we're going to meet in stodd in two

days which means krill's gonna make his

move out of the area tonight

trail's not going anywhere i thought i

told you to go home

if you can't find your way back on your

own i'll provide an escort

now my guess is grill's going to head

for interstate 180 and then go north

why would he want to go anywhere that's

what you'd expect him to do he's gonna

do the opposite

a few minutes ago we discovered the body

of a dead camper he was killed at the

north end of the park

his jeep turned up in lenoir and there

was a map on the passenger seat with

krill's fingerprints all over it krill

has left the forest he's too smart to do

something like that

it's a trick he's going to sit tight and

when you guys are waltzing off to

switzerland to some place where he might

have left you a crumb

he'll just bite his time and when he's

ready he just waltz right out of the

forest with nobody waiting for him

you expect me to believe that krill is

going to camp out here roasting

marshmallows instead of slipping away to

europe and living high on his millions

why not if i was him i'd lose myself in

that forest

absolutely i'd have stocked it up with

provisions

lasts for weeks maybe months

someplace like an abandoned gold mine

that's not his style

exactly the good ones always zag when

they should zig

you know what i mean i've had plenty of

experience with this kind of thing yeah

right

in the stone age listen hoover is dead

the commies have gone we got a present

who sings with carly simon

the game has changed a lot since you

played it the moves are different and so

are the players

i'm telling you he's headed for sutter's

mind

look could we get retired special agent

castle

a jeep and directions back to the

highway you set foot in this area again

and i'll have you arrested

oh and don't forget to fill up the gas

tank when you're through

or i'll have to charge you extra yes

ma'am

and i'll be happy to fill your tank as

well

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i don't think you're going to make it

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mate

this day feels like it'll go on forever

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sun scorching down

these trails keep getting steeper and

steeper

throat's on fire

skin is dry

and every step is like climbing a

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mountain

pathetic dick tracy to flat top i

finished my nature tour

and made me at sutter's mind

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dick tracy the flat top come in where

are you

morgana is with the girl we thought

she'd lead us to you

i'll kill the girl and be quick about it

too we've wasted enough time

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watch it there it's a little slippery

is it much farther

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i've got a little more climbing to do

are you crazy she is the only one who

knows where krill has been taken

krill's escaped he's meeting us at the

mine

all right we'll let her go then

there's nothing she can do to stop us

now anyway

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oh oh i'm so sorry i thought you were

one of the bad guys

are you okay i'm fine i'm fine it's okay

i took my mind off my leg where's krill

there's an abandoned mine not too far

from here

what should we do you're gonna get their

attention

um

hey over here no over here

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nice toy where'd you learn to make that

i read it in a book

something about david and goliath yeah

would you learn how to throw a right

hook

you i'm going to kill

i'm not so sure about what do you think

should i [ __ ] her for life or just

kill her now

go for it be my guest be much more fun

than killing you where you stand

oh don't worry you won't die in vain

i'll try to remember you in my memoirs

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you missed

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that's your duo toxin for you perfectly

harmless unless of course you've inhaled

couldn't talk to 12 within the last day

or so like this unfortunate fella

how'd you find us i figured he'd be

hiding here but you know

i went to the other end of the mine a

couple of miles north well you can't win

them all at least you win when it counts

so how was your weekend are we having

fun yet

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well i hope you learned something this

weekend

oh i sure did that women are every bit

as tough as men

that strength is measured not by one's

muscles but by one's character

well i learned that i should never go

camping with a psychotic hijacker

yeah take a swan dive off a cliff you

look you still got a leg

and doc says if you want to keep it

you're gonna have to stay put in this

apartment for at least a week

look it's just a scratch i mean there's

no way i'm gonna leave this

until i'm completely healed

did the doctor say a week i could have

sworn he said two weeks

maybe three

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you