Flipper (1964–1967): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Ditching: Part 2 - full transcript

While the plane's crew continue to try to get Sandy out from under the large crate that has him pinned, a county-wide search and rescue is on but the plane is like a pea in a great big ocean. Can Flipper help?

- Trapped in a
plane which has been forced

to ditch in the Atlantic,
Flipper's and Sandy's plight

at the moment seems hopeless.

- Len, Len!

Sandy?

Sandy?

Sandy!
- I'm here.

- Are you hurt kid?
- Not too bad.

I'm pinned, I can't get out.

- I can't do it alone.

- How's Flipper?



- He's okay.

Look you hang on, I'll try
and get some help from Len.

♫ They call him Flipper
Flipper faster than lightning

♫ 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

- Okay Coast Guard has
sector six, 11, and 21.

Usual search patterns, we'll
stay on this channel out.

- By now their gas is gone,
unless they found an island,

they're downed in the ocean.

- How you doing Len?

- I'll live, how's the boy?

- He isn't hurt, but he's pinned under

one of those heavy machinery crates.



- Oh no.

- We better get out of here
while the getting's good.

- Sandy!
- I'm okay.

We can't budge it.

- Len.

Plane's filling up real quick.

You better check outside right now.

- It's a plane.

They'll see us.

- Let's hope so.

How you doing boy?

- I'm okay I guess.

- Help he!!!

Hey!

- The tide's rising fast.

Here kid.

Thatta boy.

- Quiet Flipper.

Look at all the nice water
we've got in here just for you.

- How does she sit Len?

- A big wave or a loud
cough and this crate

could slide into deep water.

- Great.

- Quite a boy there that Sandy.

If I were in his shoes,
I'd be yelling my head off.

Come on Len.

- Let's try it again.

- It's all right Sandy, here boy.

That's it Len, that's it.

- It's no use.

Why don't both of you get out of here?

- Sandy, do you really
think we'd leave you here?

- You're gonna have to sooner or later.

Please, you can't do me any good anyway.

- Nope, we're going to
stay right here with you.

Len, why don't you go?

- No, it's too lonely out there.

- Hey I've got an idea.

If they can't find us, we can find them.

- You make it sound pretty easy, boy.

- It may be for Flipper.

- But...

You mean the dolphin?

- Sure, if you'll turn him loose.

- What a crazy idea.

- It's worth a try.

- Yeah maybe it is.

What do we have to lose?

- Let's turn him loose.

- Hold on, hold onto the rope Sandy.

- Flipper, we need help.

Go find someone and
bring them back, hurry.

- Just slip out of there, Flipper.

- Go Flipper, get out of the plane,

go, go after them, get help!

- Go on Flipper!

Go on boy, bring back some help.

You're our only hope.

- Anything?
- Nothing.

Let me have the wheel.

- Porter, if it did go
down would it float?

- Well that depends.

It can, but not for long.

Coast Guard Miami this is WD9598 over.

- WD9598, this
is Coast Guard Miami over.

- Coast Guard, negative report
on missing plane in our area.

Do you have anything new over.

- Negative, from all areas

in the search pattern over.

- All right Coast Guard, we'll
continue the search, out.

Roger and out.

Nothing, they've covered
almost the entire search area.

- Maybe the plane is
not in the search area.

- Maybe, but that leaves
an awful lot of ocean.

' Hey POP, look!

- A dolphin, so what.

- Yeah but look at it!

He's heading towards us
like a torpedo gone loco.

- Torpedo gone loco, you have

an imagination like your mother.

- Pop I ain't kidding, if he don't stop

he's gonna smash right into us.

- Not him, dolphins are too smart huh?

- oh yeah?

Pop, hey you big clown, get out of here!

- Huh, now I've seen everything.

This one can walk on water.

- Maybe it escaped from a sea circus.

- Hey, a walking talking dolphin.

Not even your mother
dreamed up one like that.

- But maybe there's
something we should do.

' Do?

I'll tell you what to do.

Chase him away before he scares

all the fish out of the ocean.

- Hey go on, go on beat it, go on!

Get out of here loco!

- So I'd say you're gonna be okay.

- Nothing in sight.

- Flipper may be having trouble

finding somebody, but he'll come back.

- He better make it soon.

- Hey Pop look, come here.

- Oh it's the ranger from Coral Key.

Hey what you doing out here Mr. Ranger?

Wanted to see if there
was any fishing huh?

- No I'm looking for a
plane that crashed at sea.

You haven't seen it have you?

- No.

Downed plane?

Oh it's bad, real bad.

- Mr. Ricks's son, Sandy,
he was aboard the plane.

- Well keep an eye out for him will ya?

- We'll do that Mr.
Ranger, we'll sure do that.

- Let me try something.

- Good idea.

- All right, knock it off Len.

We're not doing any good.

- And that's okay.

When help comes, they'll
get me out of here.

- That's right kid.

When help comes, they'll
get you out of here.

You just hang on to me, that a boy.

- Hey Pop, the nutty dolphin is back.

- Get rid of him, shoot
him if you have to.

I don't want him fouling up the nets.

- Hey Pop, Pop, what's
that he's got on his nose?

- Will you get rid of him?

We've got too much work to do.

' Hey Pop look!

- Oceanic Airways.

Bring those nets back in.

- What are we gonna do?

- Call the Coast Guard and the ranger.

Then if they say what I
think they're going to say,

we're going to follow that
sent from heaven dolphin.

- There it is Pop!

- And I called him el loco dolphin.

I should be so loco.

- Come on let's get going!

- Are you ready Pop?

- Yes Paco, lower the chain.

Okay take it away!

- Now you tell me when you're loose.

- I'm free, I'm free.
- Hold it!

Come on Sandy let's go.

- You okay son?
- I'm all right.

- You would never believe this,

but the way we found out about you,

a dolphin came and told
us you were in trouble.

- We believe you all right.

- Are you sure you're all right Sandy?

- Sure, I hope you weren't too worried.

- Well I was a little,
but I had confidence

in Len and Mac, and you.

- And Flipper?

- And Flipper.

- Chaperoned by a boy and a dolphin,

the story of my life.

♫ 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 lightning

♫ 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