Flipper (1964–1967): Season 3, Episode 24 - The Firing Line: Part 2 - full transcript
Sandy and Bud took a short cut on the way to their errand and end up in the middle of an active shooting range. While they are stuck there being shot at after their motor is struck, Porter ...
- All hands, man
your battle stations.
General quarters, general quarters.
- Let's get away from this target.
- Okay, Sandy.
- They're dropping them all
around us, we're trapped!
♫ 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
- The note was short.
It said simply, in your time of need,
we're behind you 100%, your friends.
Their skiff was gone, and so was Flipper.
I had a feeling Sandy
and Bud just might know
who was behind this mystery note.
But even more a mystery,
where were Sandy and Bud?
Hello Abner, how are you?
- I'm fine.
Say, I sure was sorry to
hear the news, Mr. Ricks.
But don't you worry, everything
is gonna be all right.
Besides, you're credit
is always good here.
- What news, Abner, what's gong on?
- Oh, I know you Ricks',
you've all got your pride,
but there's no harm in friends
trying to help each other, now is there?
- Now wait a minute, what's
going on around here?
- Sure am sorry to hear about
what's happened, Porter.
If any jobs turn up around
here, I'll let you know.
Good luck, Porter.
- Man like you shouldn't worry, Porter.
Well, you're just going
on to a brighter future,
and God bless you lad.
- All right, do you mind telling me
what's going on around here?
Give it to me straight.
- Well, we all signed it, Porter,
everybody in town.
When we heard you was fired,
we, all of us got together
and tried to help.
This petition is going to Washington.
We want you for our ranger, nobody else.
- Fired?
But I haven't been fired, Abner.
- Well, your boys came
to me with the news.
Uh, Sandy and Bud were all worked up
about finding you a job.
- Fired?
- Honest Porter, fired,
that's what I understood them to say.
- Okay, Abner.
Where are the boys now?
- Well, they were talking
to Mrs. McGuire here,
and then this navy fella,
he came around and told them
about a job over at the base.
I guess they went over there.
- They go on their bikes?
- No, they were in the skiff.
- In the skiff?
The only way over to the
navy base by boat from here
is through the gunnery range.
Nah, they wouldn't go that way.
- Well, they sure were in an awful hurry.
- I better check on them.
- Can't they see us?
- They're miles away, Bud.
- What about the radar?
- We're too low to the
water, they can't pick us up.
- Sandy, what about Flipper?
- We gotta get him outta the water,
the concussion will kill him.
- Flipper!
- Flipper, come on, Flipper.
- Flipper, in the boat.
All right, come on.
Come on Flipper, try it again.
Come on boy, in the boat.
In, come on.
' Dad!
- Dad, over here, dad!
' Dad, dad!
- Get in the boat, boys!
Get in there, boys.
- Dad, what about Flipper?
- Flipper's as safe as he can be, Bud.
You boys all right?
- We're okay dad, can't
we make them stop firing?
- We're gonna have to, otherwise,
we're not gonna get outta here.
Sandy, give me that picnic basket.
Hand me that fishing pole.
Great, just the front end.
Try something.
Hope it works.
- A radar reflector.
- Yeah, let's hope the navy's
got its radar screen on.
All right, let me have the
rest of the pole, easy now.
All right, hold the pole.
Let's hope it works.
- Cease fire, cease fire.
- I think they've stopped.
I'm gonna take a look.
You boys keep your heads down.
- Man, was I scared.
- Yeah, I know, Bud, we all were.
- I'm sorry, Dad.
All right, let's get
Flipper into the water, huh.
Go ahead.
- Come on, Flipper.
- Guess we did a pretty
dumb thing, right Dad?
- We thought that you
were gonna be fired, Dad,
so we just had to do something.
- Well, we'll talk about
what you did later on.
Right now, let's all be
thankful we're still alive.
And that the navy has
such a good radar system.
Better check on that being
fired thing right now.
- Boy Sandy, I sure hope
we don't have to leave
Coral Key, and Flipper.
- Yeah, me too.
Come on, let's go hear what's happening.
- But Dennis, I don't under,
now wait a minute, Dennis,
let me get this straight.
You were fired too?
You mean every ranger on this East Coast
was given a termination check?
But Dennis, I don't,
oh, I see.
Yeah, that, that solves it.
Right, yeah, the computer.
Okay, Dennis, thank you very much, bye.
It was supposed to be a vacation check,
not a termination check.
The computer goofed.
Maybe we oughta send the
computer on vacation, huh?
- Or fire it.
- Did you hear that Flipper?
We don't have to leave now.
- We're really sorry for
taking you out there, Flipper.
You knew better all along, didn't you?
- All right, now boys, listen to me.
Bud, I want you to a find a needy family
that can use those groceries.
Sandy, I want you to get on this phone
and call Abner and tell him
to knock off those rumors
about me being fired.
And then I want you to
both listen to Flipper
when he tries to tell you to do something.
Do you understand me?
Hear that, 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 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
your battle stations.
General quarters, general quarters.
- Let's get away from this target.
- Okay, Sandy.
- They're dropping them all
around us, we're trapped!
♫ 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
- The note was short.
It said simply, in your time of need,
we're behind you 100%, your friends.
Their skiff was gone, and so was Flipper.
I had a feeling Sandy
and Bud just might know
who was behind this mystery note.
But even more a mystery,
where were Sandy and Bud?
Hello Abner, how are you?
- I'm fine.
Say, I sure was sorry to
hear the news, Mr. Ricks.
But don't you worry, everything
is gonna be all right.
Besides, you're credit
is always good here.
- What news, Abner, what's gong on?
- Oh, I know you Ricks',
you've all got your pride,
but there's no harm in friends
trying to help each other, now is there?
- Now wait a minute, what's
going on around here?
- Sure am sorry to hear about
what's happened, Porter.
If any jobs turn up around
here, I'll let you know.
Good luck, Porter.
- Man like you shouldn't worry, Porter.
Well, you're just going
on to a brighter future,
and God bless you lad.
- All right, do you mind telling me
what's going on around here?
Give it to me straight.
- Well, we all signed it, Porter,
everybody in town.
When we heard you was fired,
we, all of us got together
and tried to help.
This petition is going to Washington.
We want you for our ranger, nobody else.
- Fired?
But I haven't been fired, Abner.
- Well, your boys came
to me with the news.
Uh, Sandy and Bud were all worked up
about finding you a job.
- Fired?
- Honest Porter, fired,
that's what I understood them to say.
- Okay, Abner.
Where are the boys now?
- Well, they were talking
to Mrs. McGuire here,
and then this navy fella,
he came around and told them
about a job over at the base.
I guess they went over there.
- They go on their bikes?
- No, they were in the skiff.
- In the skiff?
The only way over to the
navy base by boat from here
is through the gunnery range.
Nah, they wouldn't go that way.
- Well, they sure were in an awful hurry.
- I better check on them.
- Can't they see us?
- They're miles away, Bud.
- What about the radar?
- We're too low to the
water, they can't pick us up.
- Sandy, what about Flipper?
- We gotta get him outta the water,
the concussion will kill him.
- Flipper!
- Flipper, come on, Flipper.
- Flipper, in the boat.
All right, come on.
Come on Flipper, try it again.
Come on boy, in the boat.
In, come on.
' Dad!
- Dad, over here, dad!
' Dad, dad!
- Get in the boat, boys!
Get in there, boys.
- Dad, what about Flipper?
- Flipper's as safe as he can be, Bud.
You boys all right?
- We're okay dad, can't
we make them stop firing?
- We're gonna have to, otherwise,
we're not gonna get outta here.
Sandy, give me that picnic basket.
Hand me that fishing pole.
Great, just the front end.
Try something.
Hope it works.
- A radar reflector.
- Yeah, let's hope the navy's
got its radar screen on.
All right, let me have the
rest of the pole, easy now.
All right, hold the pole.
Let's hope it works.
- Cease fire, cease fire.
- I think they've stopped.
I'm gonna take a look.
You boys keep your heads down.
- Man, was I scared.
- Yeah, I know, Bud, we all were.
- I'm sorry, Dad.
All right, let's get
Flipper into the water, huh.
Go ahead.
- Come on, Flipper.
- Guess we did a pretty
dumb thing, right Dad?
- We thought that you
were gonna be fired, Dad,
so we just had to do something.
- Well, we'll talk about
what you did later on.
Right now, let's all be
thankful we're still alive.
And that the navy has
such a good radar system.
Better check on that being
fired thing right now.
- Boy Sandy, I sure hope
we don't have to leave
Coral Key, and Flipper.
- Yeah, me too.
Come on, let's go hear what's happening.
- But Dennis, I don't under,
now wait a minute, Dennis,
let me get this straight.
You were fired too?
You mean every ranger on this East Coast
was given a termination check?
But Dennis, I don't,
oh, I see.
Yeah, that, that solves it.
Right, yeah, the computer.
Okay, Dennis, thank you very much, bye.
It was supposed to be a vacation check,
not a termination check.
The computer goofed.
Maybe we oughta send the
computer on vacation, huh?
- Or fire it.
- Did you hear that Flipper?
We don't have to leave now.
- We're really sorry for
taking you out there, Flipper.
You knew better all along, didn't you?
- All right, now boys, listen to me.
Bud, I want you to a find a needy family
that can use those groceries.
Sandy, I want you to get on this phone
and call Abner and tell him
to knock off those rumors
about me being fired.
And then I want you to
both listen to Flipper
when he tries to tell you to do something.
Do you understand me?
Hear that, 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 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