Crusoe (2008–2009): Season 1, Episode 5 - High Water - full transcript

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(PANTING)

(BOAR GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

Did you get it?
Got it.

(BOAR SQUEALING)

Maybe next time you'll dry your
clothes where animals cannot reach.

Boars don't usually come to
the base of the tree house.

How was I
supposed to know?

Well, you could have left it, Crusoe.
You have other shirts.

True. But it's not like I can go
out and buy another one, is it?

Besides, I like this one.



It is a very nice shirt.

Thank you.

Shall we go now? Or has a monkey
stolen your favorite pair of trousers?

(LAUGHING)

CRUSOE: You know what else I had?
FRIDAY: What?

A lovely pair of slippers. I miss those.
They went down with the ship.

It was truly a tragic day.

You know what else
I miss? Soap.

What I wouldn't give...

You're not on holiday.
Put your backs into it.

NASH: We could
use some help.

And you could use
a good lashing.

CRUSOE: It's Atkins
and the mutineers.

They're cutting timber
to repair their ship.



We should stay out of
this area for a while.

(MUTINEERS GROANING)

When do you think they'll
finish repairing the ship?

I think it will be a while, but when
they do, we'll make their ship ours.

It is not the best
of ideas, perhaps.

I agree, but unfortunately for
us ships don't grow on trees.

Not usually, anyways.

It's not the best-looking boat
in the world, but

if we fix her up
she'll float.

How did it get up there?
A flood, perhaps?

Possibly. Or a hurricane
could have put it up there.

Lucky for us this one
had a soft landing.

All that work I did trying to
build my own, and look at this.

A gift in a tree.

Yes,

the boat that you built.

And what a fine seaworthy
creation that was.

It wasn't that bad.

It was a good boat.

Until it got
into the water.

Well, it's not
as easy as it looks.

And we need all the
help we can get

with the strange currents
and tides around this place.

Eventually, this could
sail us away from here.

But the boat
is in the tree.

How are you going to get it
down without breaking it?

Easy. We set up a system of
bamboo poles and a pulley.

And the boat will
float gently down.

(ROPE CREAKING)

(GROANS)
Steady.

Steady. It feels like...
It feels...

(GROANS)

And the boat will just glide down gently.
No problem.

You're hilarious.

At least it's on
the ground now.

A few more poles, easy.

(LAUGHING)
CRUSOE: You finished?

No.

Well, it's not my fault
the bloody rope broke.

It was quite funny, though.

Remind me
to laugh later.

Doesn't look like we did any more
damage than was already here.

Hello.

He must have been sailing
by when the storm struck.

(SIGHS) Let's hope we don't
suffer the same fate.

(KNOCKING ON WOOD)

Hey.

What is it?

The way to England.
It's a compass.

A working compass.

It can take us
to England?

No. But it can show us
which direction we're going.

With this we can find
ourselves a friendly port.

And from there
we can get a ship,

then we can
head back to England.

Come on. Let's take this back to
the tree house and fix it there.

All this time
on the island,

I thought we'd
never escape.

But now we have a boat and a compass.
It's meant to be.

We will need a sail.

We have plenty of sails. The roof of the
tree house is made of sails, remember?

And a mast.

That's easy enough.
Don't worry.

It's just that

there's much to do
to fix it, Crusoe.

But it can be fixed.

Listen, this used to be a
work of fine craftsmanship,

and we can't
duplicate that.

But we can
patch it up.

How?

We'll soften saplings with steam and
we'll bend them to shape to reframe it.

We'll sheath it
with sail canvas

and we'll seal it with
tree resin and beeswax.

We can do it all here
in the workshop.

You are sure
it will work?

Of course I'm sure.

And we'll check it in the
water to see if it floats

just to make sure
she's all right.

(GROANS)

You keep calling
the boat "she."

Why?

I don't know, really. I suppose
if I had to guess I'd say,

because they can be
beautiful and graceful.

And they can take you around the
world if you treat them well.

You are sure
about all this?

We fix this boat, we get off the island.
Trust me.

(GOATS BLEATING)

So, what is it like
in England?

Same as anywhere, really.

Just different buildings, different
faces, different customs.

Are they good
people like you?

(SCOFFS) I'm not all good.

But you are decent.

And you are honest.

And you saved my life.

True.

In that case, no. They're
not all like me.

Some are better,
some are worse.

Some you can trust,
some you can't.

Some seem trustworthy
until you try...

Like who?

My brother-in-law,
Samuel Tuffley.

To look at him you'd think
he was a decent man.

He's got good clothes,
good manners.

(SCOFFS)

We had no reason
to doubt him.

The money you put in goes to
rent a fleet, hire the crews

and equip them
for a year's adventure.

That already
sounds expensive.

Well, the crews
come cheap.

We pay them in shares
on their return.

Fifty percent goes to them, and
the rest in pure profit to us.

Trading in what?

That's at each
captain's discretion.

Half the art's in choosing good men
and letting them do what they do.

I heard you live
above your warehouse.

(LAUGHS) Until we can
afford something better.

SAMUEL: A warehouse?

Despite having that big loan
from Blackthorn to prop you up.

Nobody knows about that.

Everyone knows.

Do you think he'd miss
a few more thousand?

The man's too busy buying up half
of London to build his museum.

That's his affair.

Jeremiah Blackthorn doesn't
care for money at all.

I do.

And so should you.

My sister grew up
in a fine house.

Well, when I saw the
ship, I fired my gun.

And although they were too far away
to hear it, they saw the smoke.

I told them that
I was an Englishman,

and that I had made
my escape out of slavery.

They very kindly asked me to come
on board and they took me in.

I was once more delivered from the
most miserable conditions of all life,

and what to do next with
myself I was now to consider.

(SOPHIE LAUGHING)

More story, please.

More story?
Tomorrow.

No wonder
she won't sleep.

(LAUGHS) On the heels of
every story rides a critic.

Did you hear
from my brother?

I did.

And I'm not sure if it's a good time
for us to be investing in a scheme.

A young man once said to me that with
the money he got from his stock,

he'd buy a horse...

And ride out and buy
straight from the weaver?

You should never trust
anything young men say.

Hmm.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Be careful
who you trust.

Now we just wait for the high tide to
come in, and we sail her out to sea.

What about the mast?

I have another
idea for that.

CRUSOE: Friday? Can you
give me a hand, please?

Will this be
strong enough?

Of course.

These spars have held the sails
together in the strongest of winds.

You need to make sure
that it is safe.

In case we're in a storm.

We're not taking her
around the world together.

We're just going to
the nearest friendly port.

Doesn't have to
last a lifetime.

Yes,

but it needs to last long
enough to get us to safety.

(CHAINS RATTLING)

What was that?

Backed into the fire.

You shouldn't do that.

(SCOFFS) Good advice.

What's the matter?

It's just that you cannot
hurry these things.

I know that.

But the tides are
in our favor right now.

And that's what's going to get us off
the island and me back to my family.

Hmm.

Where's the compass?

It's in the fire!

(EXCLAIMS)

I am sorry, Crusoe.
I did not...

It's fine,
it's not your fault.

(STEAM HISSING)

Can you fix it?

No.

No, the needle's melted.
It's... No.

Well, that is it, then.
We cannot leave.

No, it's all right.

Everything's going to be
all right because that

is not the only compass
on the island.

Another compass?

Where? Crusoe, wait!

(MEN CHATTERING)

I think we should
rethink this plan.

It'll be fine.

You know what Atkins
is like, Crusoe.

He's watching for you.
He wants you dead.

They have a compass, we need
it and they won't miss it.

Will they not need a
compass to go home, too?

No, they have
other equipment.

Quite frankly, I'm not enormously
concerned with their welfare right now.

Well, if they
catch us, Crusoe,

they're going to kill
us very, very slowly.

Well, then we'll just have to
make sure we don't get caught.

(MEN CHATTERING)

MAN: Lift it. Lift!

Get out of the way!

Put your back into it.

Give the men
their rations, Mr. McCain.

(WHISPERING) Come on,
let's move. Come on.

He's mapping the reefs,

he's charting the
currents and the tides.

MAN: Aye, aye, Captain.

ATKINS: See what
the hell it's about.

We have to go
before they find us.

I'm not leaving
without that compass.

It will not do any of us
any good if we are dead.

Friday, you worry too much.
Keep looking.

Crusoe, I did not find the compass.
Let us go.

I'm not leaving
without it.

Perhaps I did not mention
the killing us slowly part.

We have to be careful, because
every second we spend here

places us in more danger.

What's your problem? Why won't
you concentrate on this?

Someone has to think
of our safety first.

Look at this. It's
right in front of you.

I have never seen
a compass before today.

I am not familiar
with these things.

ATKINS: I don't
give a damn.

You remind Captain Taylor
I have his wife

and daughter in the stockade.
It's Atkins. Come on.

(GASPS)

(WHISPERING) Are you mad?
What are you doing here?

I just had to
borrow this.

Of course when I say "borrow" I mean
take and never give back but...

Get in there.

Come on.
Come on.

Are you trying
to get yourself killed?

Atkins is looking
for you everywhere.

Look, we're getting
off the island.

We found ourself a boat.
All we need is this compass.

What's going to
happen with me?

I'll send for help
when I return.

(SCOFFS)
You have my word.

They'll come and arrest the mutineers and
put you and the crew back in charge.

Are you taking
him with you?

Yes, I am.

Of course. You need money
when you get back.

He should fetch
a good price.

I will take that
as a compliment.

He's not my slave.

He's my equal.

My better in many ways
and my friend.

You'll show him the same
respect that you show me.

My apologies.
I assumed that...

Appearances can be
deceptive, can't they?

But then you know
that, don't you?

You're a strange one.

What kind of
a man are you?

I'm my own man. What
kind of man are you?

More of a man than some.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Did I mention the
killing us slowly part?

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(SHUSHES)

What?
When you were younger

did you ever have
a word book?

A dictionary?

Yes. Why?

Look up
the word "trouble"

and you will see Olivia's big
picture right next to it.

Of that,
I have no doubt.

You have to go now.

They've stopped work
on the ship.

Do you have a plan
on getting out of here?

Yes, of course.
The same way we came in.

Friday gets in the barrel,
and I push him out.

Right. That barrel?
Over there?

Stay behind the tents.
Go quickly.

Don't get caught.

You! Atkins, help!

(GROANS)

Crusoe.

CRUSOE: The other way.
Turn around.

MAN: Get him,
come back here.

(MEN SHOUTING)

(EXCLAIMING)

Come on!

Wait a minute! Wait! We can't
lead them back to the tree house.

We'll lose them
in the jungle.

You four, split up.
Go around.

Take the side path,
try and cut them off.

Nash, come with me.

What are you doing?

Slowing them down.

And slowing us
down, too. Come on.

(PANTING)

(GROANING)

Now, you're not going
to slow me down, are you?

(STAMMERING) No, it's
feeling much better already.

What a relief.

We have to get back
before the high tide.

There is plenty of time.

Yes, plenty of time, and
we'd have much more time

if we weren't running
around the jungle.

They've circled
round us.

This way.

We're surrounded.

(GROANS)

They must have
slipped past us.

Oh, really? I thought maybe
they grew wings and flew away.

Idiot.

Shall we keep looking?

I'm needed
back at the camp.

I want this
whole area patrolled.

And when you find him
bring him back to me.

And the slave?
What about him?

Shall we kill him?

No! Keep him alive.

Good, strong arms,
healthy teeth.

He'll fetch a good price.

(CHUCKLES)

Let's go.

Okay, come on.

MAN 1: Aye, aye.
MAN 2: All right.

(WHISPERING)
I think they're gone.

If you think that
Atkins is angry now,

what will he be like when he finds
out that you've taken his compass?

Don't you mean when he finds
out we've taken his compass?

Oh, no, no, no, no, Crusoe.
This was your plan, not mine.

I told you that this was
too big of a risk to take.

I wouldn't have had to take a risk
if you wouldn't have broke...

Never mind.

We have the compass.
That's the end of it.

Okay,

we can't go back
the way we came in.

We have to find
another way out.

What if we take
the wrong direction?

We do not know
this part of the island.

It's okay. We'll figure it out.
We have this.

Atkins said I would
fetch a good price.

Ignore him. He's
uneducated and coarse.

Yes, but in England, they will
still see me in that way.

Well, yes, there is
a certain attitude.

But it's their problem,
not yours.

In my experience, when
everyone else has a problem

they soon make it
your problem.

Some people treat you badly
regardless of the color of your skin.

How did they
treat you?

I've had my share
of bad luck.

It seems to me that people with
money have the best of luck.

How does money
make them lucky?

It means they can pay
to have a problem fixed.

And they certainly don't end up
with a debt they can't repay.

I'm not going back
to Mr. Blackthorn.

I'm not a man
to take advantage.

Which is probably
why you're not rich.

Ouch.

I wouldn't have you
any other way.

Have you thought about
the dowry money?

I swore to your father
that I'd never touch it.

It's nearly
4,000 pounds.

I know.

Robin, I'm not
saying spend it.

But we've got to
invest it somewhere.

I don't want to
put it at risk.

I think we can trust
my own brother.

And that, gentlemen, makes you equal
partners in your Caribbean adventure.

Worth drinking to,
I'd say.

Not in my building.

And these are the letters
of mark for your captains.

What are they?

It's just paperwork.

Rather important paperwork.

Without letters of mark
to protect them,

your crews will be
tried as pirates

if they were
to be captured.

Pirates?

ISBISTER: Instead
of privateers.

It means the difference between
a fair trial and a hanging.

But we're not pirates,
we're traders.

Privateering is a trade.

Stealing from the king's enemies on
the high seas isn't piracy. It's...

A legal version of it.

FRIDAY: Be careful.

What?

I said be careful.

Never daydream
on a steep hill.

Old family proverb.

Oh, really? That's a
very specific proverb.

We like to keep
things simple.

Wait.

We should head down
this way instead.

Or maybe we should go this
way in the proper direction.

We'll go down there
and we get far enough over.

But, Crusoe, that is
the long way round.

Maybe it is, but that's
the way I'm going.

Fine. Then I'll
meet you there.

What's going on, Friday?

Anybody would think you didn't want
to get off this island with me.

Yes, and they
would be right.

I am going down
that way.

If you want to stay on
the path I cannot stop you.

But I am
going this way.

(EXCLAIMS)

Friday!

(GROANING)

(GROANING)

(BRANCHES CRACKING)

(SHOUTING)

(SCREAMING)

Friday!

(MOANING)

Hang on, mate.
Hang on.

Friday?

Friday, you all right?

(COUGHING)

You hurt?

(SHOUTING)

What is it?
What is it?

Oh, it's my shoulder.

(MOANING)

I think it's dislocated.

Can you move your legs?

I can move my feet.

You're lucky.

This tree landed on a rock.
It's raised at this end.

Otherwise it would have
crushed your legs.

I cannot move
anything else, Crusoe.

Okay. Okay.

(GROANING)

We're going to get you out.
Hold on.

Try and move this.
When I say so,

put this rock in between the gap.
Okay?

Okay. You'll do it a few
more times after that,

and we'll get you out.

Okay, ready?

And...

(GROANS)

Come on!

Can I wedge
the rock in now?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I'm getting you out.

How, Crusoe?

(SIGHING) You going to make a saw
out of leaves and a coconut?

Maybe I could.

(PANTING)

The mutineers.

The mutineers were cutting down trees.
They'll have a saw.

I'll borrow it.

When I say borrow...

Saw now, Crusoe,
joke later.

I'll be as quick
as I can.

CRUSOE: Friday.

Yes.

Don't go anywhere.
Okay?

(LAUGHING)

I will try.

Where's the bloody saw?

Where'd this
water come from?

(GROANS)

From the crevices.

I think it is flooding.

It's sea water.

This cave is tidal.

We're at sea level
down here.

Oh, Crusoe, I told you we could
cut across to the beach.

Unfortunately
you were right.

This must be
the high tide line.

That means the
tide is coming.

It'll carry the boat away.
You must go save it, Crusoe.

We're both getting on that
boat and leaving this island.

(GROANING)

(LAUGHING)

Did they not have
a smaller axe?

No.

It's all they left. It's
very inconsiderate of them.

(LAUGHS) Yes.

Crusoe.

You must go save the boat.
This will not work.

It will.

You should go now.

I'll have you out soon.

Not soon enough.

I'm going as fast as I can.

Crusoe, just go!

(PANTING)

Back when you said you
wouldn't come with me,

back when my
compass broke...

It was an accident.

I give you my word.

What is it, then?

Why don't you want to come
back to England with me?

Because I know
what it will be like.

I know the kind of people
that are sold into slavery.

And they usually look
like me, not you.

I'll help you, we can
help each other.

Crusoe, you have
a life in England.

You have a home,
you have a family.

I cannot help
you there.

Friday.

You're my friend. You're probably
the best friend I've ever had.

Did you think I was going to let you just
fend for yourself when you got to England?

I do not know.

If it wasn't for you
I never...

I never would have survived.

We're just leaving one island and
we're going to another. That's it.

And when we get there it will
be my turn to help you survive.

My family needs me.

I haven't seen them
in over six years.

And for all I know,
they could be...

The one thing I know

is that you and I are
getting out of this cave.

Even if it's the
last thing I do.

(GROANING)

I owe you
my life, Crusoe.

Today,

my debt has been repaid.

As I forfeit
my life to you

I free you to go
and save the boat.

Your life is worth
more than some boat.

You said you needed me to help
you to get back to England.

Well, this is how
I can help you.

By letting you go.

I'll think of something.

Give my death
some meaning.

Go, save yourself.

Save the boat and get
off this island.

Hey,

tell stories about me.

And do not forget to tell
them how handsome I am.

That part, you
must get right.

Go.

I'm not going.

(COUGHS)

Can you keep
your head up?

Yes, but not for long.

If I had equipment from the tree
house I could move this easily.

Go and get them. And while
you're at it, save the boat.

It'll take too long. By the time
I got back it'd be too late.

If I get you
out of here,

will you come back
with me to England?

(LAUGHING) Crusoe,
I cannot get out.

Then you might
as well agree.

Will you?

(GASPING) Okay, okay,
if I get out of this

I will come with
you to England.

(COUGHING)

(GROANS)

(WATER GURGLING)

(EXCLAIMS)

I have an idea.

(GASPING)

FRIDAY: Remember, do not
think about the target.

Think about anything else.

Oh, so close.

(LAUGHS) No,
that was not close.

Yes, I think
you'll find it was.

I think you will find no.

You just need a little bit
more practice, Crusoe.

It is not supposed
to be easy.

Of course it is.

What's the point of making tools
if it doesn't make the job easier?

Otherwise, why bother?

Why don't you tell that
to the bow and the arrow?

I think it's these arrows. I don't
think they're straight. The aim's off.

(LAUGHING)
Here, let me try.

(LAUGHING)

Well, the arrow seems
fine to me. I win. Again.

Okay, I think
I said...

You said
best two out of three.

What about best
three out of five?

And when I win that one, it's
going to be best six out of 10?

Listen, if I can hit this
with my gun, then we're even.

(SIGHS) Okay.

(LAUGHING)

I mean, I had to deal
with a moving target.

(LAUGHS) Yes, of course.

Well, I did. Look, the coconut's
swinging all over the place.

Yes, I'm sure
it is, Crusoe.

(FRIDAY LAUGHING)

How'd you do that?

I told you.
Practice.

I think I'm going to
have to start cheating.

Or practicing some more.

Friday. Friday. Friday!

I got the other end
tied to a counter weight.

When I release it,
it should lift this off.

Good.

(COUGHING) I do not like
the taste of sea water.

(GROANS)

(GASPS)

(COUGHING)

(LAUGHING)

You all right?

My shoulder hurts, but I
am alive, thanks to you.

FRIDAY: We may still
be able to save the boat.

(GROANING)

At least we still
have the compass.

Yeah, you're right,
I suppose.

I will get you
to England somehow.

(SIGHS)

And you'll come with me,

no matter what prejudice
we have to overcome.

(CROWD CHEERING)

CRUSOE: England is a fine place,
a fine and wonderful place.

When I think of all
that's best about her,

sometimes, I forget the things
that drove me to leave.

PERCY: One by one, we see
our freedoms disappear.

(CROWD AGREEING)

Our city's charter
is taken away.

MAN: That's right.

PERCY: Our movements are restricted.
CROWD: Yeah!

And we are barred from
holding public office. Yes!

And what exactly
is our crime?

CROWD: Nothing!

We have
a cavalier king,

who looks at us and sees
only the sons and grandsons

of those men who
executed his father.

CROWD: Yes.

King James II moves to
build a divided kingdom.

And who's to stop him?

(CROWD CHEERING)

What's going on?

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

A new rebellion
by the sound of it.

The Duke of Monmouth is raising
an army against the king.

CROWD: (CHANTING) Monmouth!
Monmouth! Monmouth!

The Monmouth
rebellion, eh?

Well,

the sooner he tries it the sooner
the army can cut him down.

What does this mean?

Where?

You put a mark
behind his name.

Robinson Crusoe.

I would like
to be informed

if he is arrested.

If you want
him protected,

why do you
give me his name?

How's your shoulder?

Oh, Crusoe, it is very...

(SHOUTING)

(GROANING) Crusoe!

That's for not wanting
to come with me.

I agreed I would come...

Yes, but before
that you didn't.

(GROANING)

How is it?

Much better.

Thank you.

So?

Are we just going to stand
here and stare at the boat

until it disappears
completely?

Yes. Yes, we are.

Fair enough.
Fair enough.

We will think of
something, Crusoe.

There's always
another plan.

You're right.

We've always got
the mutineer's ship.

(SIGHS) No, Crusoe.
I meant

another plan that
will not get us killed.

But where would be
the fun in that?

(GROANS)