Flipper (1995–2000): Season 1, Episode 2 - Treasure Hunt - full transcript

An attack by pirates starts a headlong treasure hunt.

Mhm. Hello, sweetheart. Mia,
what's going on? Happy to see

me. Have a seat, Bozo. Pretty
girl like you. You're a whole

lot better than that, Jerk.

Waiting for an invitation? Get
started.

Give up the watch, Slip. Okay,
you got two choices. We can

turn you into Shark Chum or you
can get in your little diggy

and just get out of here.

Can't wait to get back.

Look at that. Flipper,
concentrate. I am. Get your

hand off my head. Oh, sorry.

Uh, Maya, I thought we were
going to at the water park



today. I'm tired of the water
park. This is more fun.

Don't you dare look at me that
way. Guess I can be a klutz.

Forget the water park. We'll
grab a boat and we'll cruise

the bay. Flip her and come with
us. We're cruising. I'm

teaching your girlfriend all
kinds of stuff. I'm not his

girlfriend. She's not my
girlfriend. Glad we cleared

that up. Look, we can all fit
on a sailboat and only two can

fit on a windsurf. I know. Oh
god.

Go out there and knock em off,
okay?

Can you tell me where Doctor
Blonde is? Oh my god.

You wouldn't believe what I saw
on the way over here. A roller

coaster. Green Life Park. This
isn't a navyan research

facility. This is the Bal
Harbor University research

facility. And I'm the only navy
scientist around here for miles



except for when you stop by.
And how's the sonar work

coming? It's going slowly. I
don't like slowly. We're

working on it. What are you
going to try to turn them into,

Dyer? Underwater spies,
torpedoes with lungs, huh?

Doctor Riggs. It's always a
pleasure.

I wouldn't stand to work with
the guy. You ordered me too.

Genius, remember? He grew up
with dolphins. If anybody's

going to understand him, he
will. Is that breakthrough

after breakthrough? Alright,
alright, I know. You have to

get your open water diver
certification and Deborah can

help you. Doctor Pam Blondell
can help you or I can help you

but you cannot learn about the
ocean unless you immerse

yourself in it. You have to
become a part of the underwater

community. You gotta think like
a fish, you gotta swim like a

fish, alright? Because if this
is going to become your life's

work, you're not going to do it
for the money, I promise you

that. No sign of the alpha pod.
It's been over twenty-four

hours. Um the alpha pod is a
group of dolphins we've been

studying off the Marquez Cape.
For 2 years, it was my master's

the us. They've been skittish
all week ever since that boat

blew up. I think it's a
priority that we go looking for

them now. I agree. Okay, we
have a new assignment.

Everybody's going to meet at
the dock in 15 minutes. We've

got boats running surge
patterns. We'll see what we can

come up with, alright? Let's
go.

What do you think, mom? I think
you're doing great. No, no, no,

about the windsurfer. You
going to loan me the money?

Mike, you've taken advantages
on your allowances in the next

century.

What is that? Salvage boat.
Check out. Wait, come on. Let

me take it in. Out of the
chair.

People. Look at the decibel
levels of the hydrophone. Wow.

They're busy down there. That's
what drove the dolphins away.

That'll drive me away.

Hey, is this the spot where the
Mona Lisa went down? Yeah, why?

With the Ocean Research
Institute. We're looking for a

group of dolphins about a dozen
and they're usually seen in

this area. Dolphins, huh? No
kidding? Yeah. Man, I love

dolphins. Well, keep an eye out
for him. Uh Carl Grimes. Been

hired to recover the Mona Lisa.
Hey, Phil Abernathy, my first

mate. Hey, Bill. It's Pam
Blondell. Hey. I'm Keith Ricks.

This is my son, Mike. What's
up, Mike? Hey. Alright, man.

What's up? Was pretty big. Is
there anything left to recover?

Yeah, well, the cabin's intact.
We're mostly looking for

valuables. Now, you'd be amazed
if some of these rich guys keep

on their boat. You got some
pretty potent equipment down

there for a simple salvage job,
don't you think? A flipper?

What is that? Not really. How
would you know what kind of

equipment I got? We're using a
hydrophone to look for the

dolphins and we picked up some
motor noises. A 200 decibel

word. The dolphins are
extremely sensitive to sound

and a loud noise alarms them.
Oh I don't know what to say and

my apologies to the dolphins
but yeah I'm taking my orders

from the guy who hired me. No
mister Slater wants his boat

back. Whatever's left anyway.
Slater. Yeah, Andrei Slater.

Talk to him. He can tell me
what to do. Hey, thank you very

much. Thanks. See you guys
around.

We're going to do about the
equipment noise.

Like I said, you're sunburned.
I'm not. I never get sunburned.

You're sunburned. You're
jealous. Of Zach? Oh, please.

How long were you out there,
Willow? Not long enough. Oh,

great. This is the part where
you get all google eyed over

Zack the Musclehead shorts.
What happened to not being

jealous?

What's he holding? I don't
know.

Looks like a medallion. An old
medallion. Flipper?

Please come in.

Italian art, Italian marble,
Italian leather. Wow, I'm

impressed. Uh my secretary says
you're a professor. Yup. At Bal

Harbor University. So
obviously, I can't afford

anything Italian. All my stuff
is made in Michigan. But could

you please get to the point?
I'm I'm booked wall to wall

this afternoon with people who
are looking for a lawyer. It's

about your salvage man Grimes.
What about him? Well, his

equipment has driven away the
local dolphin population. Well,

if it's his equipment that's
doing that, then you should

take it up with him. That's
funny. He told me that I should

take it up with you. Doctor
Ricks, I want my boat back.

Right. When I get it back, I
want the guys who sunk it. Now,

I don't know any other way to
do that unless your dolphins

want to bring it up for me.
Excuse me. Miss Marconi is my 3

o'clock in yet? Yes, she is.
Tell her I'll be right with

her. I have another
appointment. Thank you for

stopping by.

You took the wrong turn. Video
arcades next door. Do you buy

antique medallions? This is a
collectible shop. What do you

think I buy? Buicks? I don't
buy anything from children.

Come on, let's go, Mike. No,
wait a second.

Where'd you get this? Found it.
In your father's collection?

Not on the beach but I guess
you don't buy from children so

I'll take it somewhere else.
You look like an honest kid.

How much you want for it? How
much you offering? Oh, couple

of hundred? A couple of
hundred? Okay, 350. 500 or you

two can get out of my store?
Sold.

Pretty cool, isn't it? Should
be, spend enough for it. Hey,

if you got a problem, don't
write it. Sometimes, I think

you go too far. So does
Flipper. So do I.

Is that supposed to impress me?
You going to ride it or not?

I'm going to have to. It's the
only way I can teach you how.

Great. What are you doing here?
Going out looking for the

missing pod. Who's Windsurfer?
Well, we borrowed. It's mine.

What? I got a letter from dad
and he sent me some cash.

You're kidding. Probably guilt
money. You know how diverse

fathers get. Not really. I
can't believe he's sending you

guilt money and he's not
sending me guilt money. Guess

he likes me better. Nice sale.
Don't scratch it up.

Told you I had to wrap around
my little finger.

Hi,

Did you find the dolphins?
Nope.

Was the music too loud? Not
really.

Is my room a mess? No worse
than usual.

You took good care of it. That
makes me happy. Happy? It'll

make it a lot easier to take it
back. I called your father. He

said he didn't send you any
money at all. Start talking and

this time, let's try the truth
or else you're going to have

that windsurfer for dinner.

You know what that is? No,

5 pounds ago, booyah. You found
the Esperanza. Yeah, took a

week to dig through the silk
but we're there. Huh? Your boat

hit bottom a few yards away.

You know, this should've just
been a straight salvage

operation. No hocus pocus
seeking my boat making it look

like something that it's not.
You're right. You know, we

should've let the US Treasury
claim everything and hope they

were generous enough to give us
a lousy what? Ten, 20%? Oh,

thanks. The Esperanza. The
Esperanza.

Oh, god. How do you drink this?

A professor from Bal Harbor
stopped by today. Keith Ricks

and a dolphin guy. That's what
you're worried about, huh? You

break. Today, it's Rick's.
Tomorrow, it's the Coast Guard.

Coast Guard doesn't suspect to
think because you got your

little bimbo girlfriend having
looking for pirates. Bimbo.

Hey, you should hear what your
wife calls her. She still has

nightmares of pirates boarding
the boat. Good. That means she

believed what she saw. Makes
you more convincing of the

cops. It means we did a good
job covering our tracks. This

is getting too dangerous. Hey,
you know what's too dangerous?

Living 7000 pounds of gold
bullion on the ocean floor.

That's what's too dangerous.
You know what? I spent five

years of my life looking for
that ship. I financed every

nickel of it. Who do you think
did all the work? Whose money

was it? Are you out of your
mind? You're out of your mind.

We did it your way. We're
going to do it my way. A legal

way. We're going to file a
claim.

But you're coming out with me
tomorrow. Oh, am I? Yeah, I

want you to see what you're
walking away from. 6 AM sharp.

Pick you up at your place.
Thank you. I can hardly wait.

Hey, what's a brother-in-law
for?

Aphrodite, get back here.

Not doing this for me. You're
doing this for your baby. We

want to make sure everything's
going okay.

Nice and easy. Alright, that's
it.

Hey, Mike. Yeah? Tell me about
this medallion that Flipper

found. Uh, it was old. So old
and caked with crud I could

hardly tell it was gold. But he
found it out by the salvage

ship. Well, that's where he
showed it to me. Okay, I want

blood gases and hormone levels.

Anything else? Oh yeah, I had
some guy's picture on or maybe

it was a ladies. Ladies had
mustaches back then, didn't

they? Only ones with teenage
sons. Probably off an old

Spanish Armada. Really? Yeah,
the waters around here are

littered with them. Spanish
Armada probably lost a hundred

ships to pirates and
hurricanes. Do you think that

has anything to do with grimes?
You mean like he stumbled

across if you lose trinkets
during the salvage? It's

possible, isn't it? Grimes is
not the type of person that

stumbles across anything. Nah.
Why didn't you just get one

with a completely naked girl on
it? They were all out.

I'm supposed to be in court by
nine. Alright, this won't take

long. Let's do it.

Please.

Sick. That damn dolphin. All
morning long. We should step it

in the cabin like your
brother-in-law. Drop it

wherever you want. Just kill
it. It's going to be a habit

around here. Let that be a
lesson to you. Never break my

sister's heart. Or try to run
me with your nose.

Excuse me. Hey.

I'm I'm Keith. You're Bob. Hey,
Bob. Man, kids love wind

surfers. I don't blame them.
They're fast. They're fun.

Yeah, but what are you doing?
Well, I was just wondering what

you might give me for it. I
mean, I've Like a Liberty half

dollar or a debloon? How about
a gold medallion? I don't take

choice. You want to buy
something, get your wallet out.

And if I wanted to sell
something, I'd get my kid out.

Is that the way it works in
here, Bob? Huh? Actually Bob is

not my kid and it wasn't my
medallion and I know that he

didn't have a real legal right
to sell it to you and you know

Bob, you didn't have a legal
right to buy it. I don't know

what you're talking about. Oh,
come on. His name was Mike. He

was in here yesterday,
fourteen-year-old boy, brown

hair, brown eyes, sold you a
medallion, $500, ring a bell.

Nope.

You know, could you grab the
phone for me? Dial nine one

one. I can't reach it from
here. Okay.

It's Spanish. Wow. 16th
century.

You paid 500

What do you think it's really
worth? Don't know.

Didn't you grab the phone?
Okay, okay. The medallion on

its own, three or 4000. But if
the rest of the treasure is

located, treasure? Spanish
Empire might have disappeared

but their financial records
did. They kept a detailed

registry of every ship. This is
off the Esperanza.

How much gold? Three and a half
tons of bullion. 40, 000 pieces

of ape. The Esperanza was a
Spanish treasury ship.

Disappeared in 1544 off the
coast of Florida in a

hurricane. Well, I don't
understand why Slater and

Grimes don't file a claim and
why are they trying to hide it?

Uh they don't want to pay the
taxes. Salvador forced to

surrender most of what they
find to the government. They

sunk Slater's vote. As
camouflage. And what are you

going to do about it? Now, I'm
going to call a coast cart in

the morning and let them deal
with it. Good. You better wash

up. Dinner's almost ready. You
want to join us?

Yeah. How much is three and a
half tons of Bullion worth? Oh,

about 44 million dollars. One
heck of a windsurfer. Tell me

about it.

Diving at 3 AM is a dumb idea.
Getting caught is even dumber.

You know that's going to happen
the minute we get back. Who

cares? One gold brick a piece
and we can buy our way out of

trouble.

He doesn't want us to go Mikey.

Mm hmm.

Now.

You know, if you were my kids,
I'd be worried sick about you

especially this being a school
night.

Whoo.

Get out of here.

I'm an idiot. I'm sorry about
dragging you out of here. It's

not your fault. Yes, it is.
It's mine too. No, it's not.

Look, this whole thing was my
idea.

Well, then, how could it be
your fault? Because I'm always

listening to you.

Hey.

We saw too much, didn't we?
Hold still, Flipper. I can't

help you out here. You should
call Pam? She's on her way. I

would have done something like
this. Uh he's going to be

alright. Another 6 inches,
it'll have been a different

story. Mike's missing. He
didn't sleep in his bed all

night. Maya's gone so I just
spoke to her sister. You're the

vet. Any suggestions? Hold him
still. Alright. Okay. Got him?

Yeah. Alright. Oh, okay. Sorry,
it's just superficial. One,

two, ready,

Good job. Alright, buddy.

Give me a slipper. Look, don't
jump to any conclusions in,

alright? We don't know
anything. It's for you. Grimes.

Yeah. Hey, glad I caught you
Tricker Ricks. Heard about the

Esperanza. I heard from a
mutual friend. You're planning

on calling the coast guard? Uh
He's got Mike. Mike. Shout out,

Dr. Rick. Keith, look, I saw
that buddy. Keith. Keith. Hey.

Deal is simple. I'm a heartfeet
away from completing our

business here. What do you
want? No coast guard? No marine

patrol. And I put the little
kiddies back in our boat when

I'm done. You got it. If you
touch one of those kids. Hey,

making threats is my job
description, right? Are you in

over your head? No.

New load on deck. How many more
left? Two? Maybe three. We got

20 million in a hot booty. A
dead lawyer and then two kids

who saw him. I say to get the
hell out of here. Buckle your

pants little boy. You're
dropping your nerves over the

floor. That's where Andre blew
it. They're going to come

looking for those kids. Did the
coast guard that are in patrol?

We're 45 minutes from
international water. Shut up. I

didn't spend half my life to
get here just to walk away now.

Nobody's going to come looking
for us. I'll take care of it,

alright? Relax.

Give us 30 minutes before you
call.

Hi, Hi,

Okay, it's the last load. Wrap
it up.

He shouldn't be here. You
wouldn't miss out on the

action, would you, Flipper?

I

Hey.

Uh-oh.

Hey.

It's cool.

And

Go.

High.

Get us out of here.

Ever to be.

What's that?

Go

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OK?

Resolver se eu sou um médico

OK

mão pegada.

Isso

So, do you have anything for
me?

And don't say nothing. I pay
you too much money for you to

say nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
I'm sorry. It it just. You said

you would have something. You
know the admiral's going to

have my stripes of this, don't
you? Alright. Alright. What's

your excuse this time? Pirates.
Shut up Ricks. I'm serious. No.

Well I'm serious too. Now we
know who the pirates are.

Right. They drove away a pot of
dolphins. Unfortunately it was

only temporarily but that's
what kicked us off. Exactly. So

we stormed their boats. Well we
kind of had to because they

kept our kid hostage. Right and
they were protecting some type

of sunken treasure from an old
Spanish gallon. Flipper was

there too and he took a spear
in the dorsal family. That

didn't stop me. Stop it.
Alright. Do you know how hard

it is to work with you two? Hm?

Pirates.

The ocean