Flipper (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 17 - Lifeguard - full transcript

- Flipper?

Flipper?

What's the matter with you?

Do you wanna wake up the whole house?

Oh, I get the message.

♫ They call him Flipper,
Flipper, faster than lightening.

♫ No one you see, is smarter than he.

♫ And we know Flipper lives
in a world full of wonder,

♫ Lying there under, under the sea.

- A cup of hot coffee, and
I think you'll be fine.

- Everything's still so fuzzy.



The last thing I remember
was last night on the boat.

Where did you pull me out?

- He didn't pull you out.

I'm the one that found
you, me and Flipper.

- This is my youngest son Bud.

- Well then I guess I out to
thank you for saving my life.

- I didn't, Flipper did.

- Flipper?

- Yeah, my dolphin.

He came and woke me up, then
he towed me to where you were.

Then I ran home and told Dad.

- I don't think I understand.

- Now wait a minute, we
can go into this later.

Bud, why don't you get the
lady another cup of coffee.



How 'bout your story?

- Well, I just don't remember anything,

except last night on the boat.

- You must have fallen in.

- Were you alone?

- Yes, as a matter of fact I was alone.

I've been alone for
six years on that boat,

floating, drifting.

You see I seem to have gotten misplaced

among my husband's
specimens and experiments.

Last night I remember watching him.

He just sat there, he never looked at me,

he never noticed me.

I just couldn't stand it anymore,

and I, I felt stifled so
I went up on the deck.

- And now here you are.

- Well.

- Well, I can see why you might be

a bit confused Mrs. Borden.

- Mrs. Borden?

How did you know my name?

- We had a radio report late last night

of a woman lost at sea.

The report came from the boat Tarsus.

That's Carl Borden's boat so I assumed.

- Do you know my husband?

- Yes, he's a friend of mine.

He and I did some work together here.

He's a darn good oceanographer.

- Yes.

- Mrs. Borden, do you
remember hitting the water?

Did you grab onto anything?

A spar, a two by four, anything at all?

- I don't remember anything
else, I told you that.

- Well, here you drink your coffee.

- Thank you.

- I'll get on the radio
and call the Coast Guard.

They'll get in touch with your husband.

Carl will be worried sick.

- How is she?

- She's all right.

- Porter, you don't know
what I've been through,

think that Lynn was

- You don't know what she's been through.

- It's incredible.

We were miles off shore, I don't
know how she swam that far.

She's not that good a swimmer.

- She didn't.

- What?

- She says she didn't and I believe here.

She said she was standing on the fan tail,

and she suddenly grew faint.

Then nothing until I
picked her up this morning.

- That's fantastic.

- Well I think I know how,

but if I were you Carl
I'd be more concerned

with the why.

- What is that suppose to mean?

- It's none of my business.

- Look, we've been friends too
long to start playing games.

- All right Carl.

Now you're a friend of mine

and I admire the work you're doing,

but there's more to life than the ocean.

Your wife's not a sailor, she's a woman.

- I know, I suppose I've always known

I've buried myself in research.

- Look Carl, she's desperate.

- Well I'll make it up
to her, now, right now.

We'll take leave, and
I'll put in for a station

where we can have a home all
the things I know she wants.

- You'd better.

- Lynn!

- I'm fine Carl.

It was a stupid, dumb thing
to do to fall off the boat.

I'm sorry.

- Now no more of that,
I mean it this time.

You fall out of your next
home you'll hit green grass.

- Sure.

- No, no, no, I mean it.

I really do.

No more leaky ships, no more
all night sessions in the lab.

We'll take leave.

- Do you really mean it this time?

- Mm hmm.

We'll go away, have a
second honeymoon, okay?

- Oh I think maybe we should
have a first honeymoon first,

don't you?

Oh, look.

You see that dolphin?

He saved my life, did you know that?

- And me, don't forget me.

I saved you too.

- How could anybody forget you Bud?

You're so quite.

- This is what you meant
when you said you knew how?

- Is there any other way?

- Darling, do you remember this dolphin?

- No, I don't, but how
else could I have gotten

from where the boat was to this beach?

- I've heard the usual
run of the mills stories

about dolphins saving swimmers,

but this is something else.

If I can substantiate this feat,

do you know what it would
do to my research program

on rescues at sea?

It would make a lot of gold
brass sit up and notice.

Now I'll need this dolphin,

and just for a couple of
days, can you put us up?

And I'll need some extra equipment.

I can requisition that
from the Coast Guard.

- How will you make this test?

This test, this time?

- Look, here they come back.

Dolphin towing a live body for miles,

it's just incredible.

- Yeah, what about your leave?

- That's still on.

This will only take a day or two.

Just as soon as I check
out this dolphin thing.

Oh, I can't pass this up.

Darling, you don't mind for a few days?

Fine.

- You see?

Flipper is the best lifeguard there is.

- And I'll tell you what Bud,
we'll find out, you and I.

Okay?

. Okay-

- All set?

- Right.

- I called the base to have
the copter take off at 10,

it's almost 9:30.

- Has anybody seen Bud?

- Not since breakfast, he's
not happy with Carl I think.

- Why, I thought he wanted us to prove

that his pet was the
world's best lifeguard?

- As far as Bud's concerned he already is.

He thinks you're trying to show him up.

- That's not true at all.

I hope he's right, I really do.

- Hadn't we better go?

You know this one ought
to be relatively easy

to fall out of.

- Lets go.

- Flipper, Flipper you gotta listen.

A man's gonna drop in the water Flipper.

In the water with you from way up high.

Flipper, please listen.

You might not pick him
up, but I want you to.

You hear?

Flipper, I think you're the
best lifeguard there ever is.

So does Dad and Sandy,
but we gotta show them

that us dolphins are smarter than people.

Flipper come back.

Flipper, please come back.

- There it is.

- Right on time.

- Now if we could be sure the
dolphin is somewhere around.

- This is his favorite
hunting grounds, Mr. Borden.

I know he's here somewhere.

- Carl?

. Hmm?

- For once I hope one of your
experiments really works.

I really do.

- There he goes.

- He's down.

Flipper's near him.

He's, he went right by.

He didn't even try.

- Are you sure?

- Of course I'm sure, he passed him up.

- Well try again.

You don't give up after one failure

in your other experiments.

If you did maybe I'd see
you at home once in awhile.

- Hello Coast Guard, Easy Baker 242.

This is Borden.

Come around again and
drop the other diver.

- Why didn't you do it?

Why?

Flipper, why didn't you,
why didn't you get him?

- Well, it was an interesting experiment,

but just what did we learn?

- What we learned is that dolphins do not

save all of the people all of the time.

- Only some of the
people some of the time.

- Maybe special people?

- Hmm, I'm nothing special.

- Well, you're special to us and Flipper.

- Thank you.

- And to me.

- Thank you.

- Sandy, where is Bud?

- He's hiding, he's ashamed for Flipper.

- Oh, let me speak to him.

Excuse me.

- We're leaving tonight.

I thought I'd like to do a
little specimen collecting

after lunch if it's okay with you?

The institute is sending
over a midget sub.

Know where I'd find any porcupine fish?

- Well, lets see.

I saw some about a week
ago down at Golden Reef.

That's an area that's set
aside for skin divers.

It's marked by flags.

- Out of bounds for service craft?

- That's right.

- Feeling sorry for yourself, huh?

- Huh?

- You heard me.

Your pal flunks one time,

and you go off and sulk in the weeds.

Some friend.

- Oh they'll never listen to me now.

And Flipper is the best lifeguard ever,

and don't you forget it.

- Me, forget it?

I'm the gal that proved it, remember?

Now come on, why don't
you pull yourself together

and lets go get something to eat.

- I knew his old test wouldn't work.

- Knew it wouldn't?

How?

- Well it was the noise maybe,

or the wetsuit that scared Flipper.

- Bud come on, don't make
excuses for your pet,

you don't have to.

- But I know he's the one
that got you to shore,

I just know it.

- All right then, somehow it'll be proved.

You've got to have a little faith.

The truth always comes out at the end.

And don't you forget it.

- What's the matter Dad?

- It's that ski boat out there,

it's cutting right over the flag.

- That's a diver's flag,
somebody could get hurt.

- Come on Sandy.

- Good boy Flipper, go find them.

Go on, I'm okay.

- We didn't know what
those flags represented.

- The regulations are post
when you enter the park,

why don't you try and read them sometime.

- I'm sorry, but is
there anything we can do?

- Not a thing.

Forget it, I'm deeply grateful to you.

- Forget it?

I almost killed you.

- You also helped me finish the test.

We now know dolphins
respond to human needs.

We should all learn from the dolphins.

- I hope you have.

- I guess you were right.

- About what Bud?

- You said the truth always
comes out at the end.

Don't you agree Flipper?

♫ Everyone loves the king of the sea,

♫ Ever so kind and gentle is he.

♫ Tricks he will do
when children are near,

♫ And how they laugh when he's near.

♫ They call him Flipper,
Flipper, faster than lightening.

♫ No one you see, is smarter than he.

♫ And we know Flipper lives
in a world full of wonder,

♫ Lying there under, under the sea ♫