Flipper (1964–1967): Season 3, Episode 9 - Explosion - full transcript

- Underwater
dynamiting is a hazardous job

which requires the skill of experts.

I knew Jerry Harwin had contracted

to blast away some coral where the pilings

for the new marina were to be sunk.

So I flew over to see how
the work was progressing.

From my point of view,
everything seemed to be A OK.

So I flew on, not realizing
the blasting was to have

a near tragic aftermath.

- He should have surfaced by now.

- Yeah, he was gonna set
the timer for 10 minutes,



which would give him plenty of leeway

to get to the top.

- I hope nothing went wrong.

- Oh no, Don is an old hand at explosives.

He knows all the angles.

Something went wrong with the timer,

it went off prematurely,
get in your gear quick!

Hurry up, Sam.

Come on, Sam.

- Hey, there he is!

- Yeah, that's him alright.

Let's hope he wasn't too
close when it went off.

A concussion like that can kill a man.

- Hey, there's someone with him.



No, wait a minute.

- It's a dolphin,

that's what it is, it's a dolphin.

He's holding him up like he's trying

to keep him from drowning.

- I'll be.

- I've heard of dolphins rescuing
people from drowning but,

I'd never thought I'd
get to actually see it.

Go get him, Sam.

- Grab his arm.

- Well, he's alive but we got to get him

to a hospital right away.

♫ They call him Flipper Flipper

♫ Faster than lightning

♫ No one you see

♫ ls smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper

♫ Lives in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under

♫ Under the sea

- Hey, I think they're coming out.

Did you pass the ditch and recovery test?

- One of the best divers
who ever taught, Bud.

- Except for that flashlight.

What do you do when you leave
a flashlight at the bottom?

- I'll tell you what
we do, we send Flipper

down to get it.

- No fooling there,
you've really done great.

- Well thanks.

I guess I'm more eager to learn than most.

We got more at stake, hey Jimmy!

- Uh-huh.

- Imagine find a million
dollars in sunken treasure.

Sandy, why doesn't Dad
take us to the Bahamas

to hunt treasure?

- Dad has other things to do, Bud.

Besides, he doesn't believe
in that sort of thing.

He says one out of 1000 treasure hunters

find anything of real value.

- Well, I may just fool
you and be that one.

- Could be.

- Anyway, we don't need a million dollars,

just enough to get Jimmy
here a real education,

so he won't grow up to be a
drifter like his brother, huh?

- But I wanna be like you, Dan.

- No listen, you're gonna be a doctor,

or a famous scientist.

I'm gonna make that possible for you

if it's the last thing I do.

Hey, you wanna try another dive?

- Nah, we've had enough for today.

You don't wanna over do it.

Tomorrow, we might try a deeper dive, OK?

- Hey look, there's Flipper.

- Hey, Flipper.

- What's he want.

- I don't know.

Sounds like it's coming from the marina.

Let's go see what it is.

- It's Jerry Harwins' barge
something must've happened.

- It's John Evert.

- Sam, is he hurt bad?

- It's too early to tell.

- Well, what happened?

- Something went wrong with explosive.

- Hope he'll be alright.

I better call my dad, he'll wanna know.

Use the radio inside, I'll
be back in a minute, Bud.

- Mr. Harwin, the job I get
pays pretty we, doesn't it?

- Underwater demolition
men are pretty scarce.

And if I don't finish
this job by tomorrow,

I stand to default on my contract.

Right now, I'd pay top price
if I could get a good man.

- Mr. Harwin, you got yourself a diver.

Stand Healy's the name,
I'll do the job for you.

- You're a demolition expert?

- You might call me that.

- Well, come on the barge,
let's you and I talk a bit.

- Dan, no!

9:00 sharp tomorrow morning.

- I'll be there.

- And be sure to study
those charts tonight

so we don't waste anytime in the morning

telling you where to lay the charges.

- You bet.

Come on, Jimmy.

- Hey...

- Sam?

- Yeah?

- Let's get this barge underway way.

- Why didn't you say something, Bud?

You know he's not ready to take on a job

that almost killed an experienced
diver like John Evert.

- Sandy, that's your opinion.

- Opinion?

You saw him dive with your own eyes.

- Listen, Sandy, I think he was swell.

And besides, you don't understand.

He's doing it for his
kid brother's education.

I think it's a very nice idea.

- You keep out this, Flipper.

What good is it gonna do
his brother if he gets hurt?

- Sandy, I bet you if I was an orphan,

you wouldn't risk your life for me.

- That's not the point, Bud.

If I talk to Dan, I know
it won't do any good.

Now I'll have to tell Dad,
and I'll bet Jerry Harwin

will have to hire someone
else to dive for him.

- But that's snitching.

- That's your opinion, Bud.

- Bud's heart
was in the right place,

even if he wasn't using his head.

Sandy did tell me about
Dan that night and I tried,

unsuccessfully to get hold of Jerry Harwin

to warn him again using Dan.

In the meantime, however, Bud did his duty

in the name of friendship.

- I thought it only fair
to let you know that,

well, my Dad speaks to Mr. Harwin.

He'll probably get
someone else for the job.

- Yeah, and I'll be out the money.

What does this have to
do with Sandy anyway?

- Well, Sandy means well,
he just doesn't want

to see you get hurt.

- Oh listen, I've read enough
about explosives to know

that there's nothing to it,
as long as you pay attention.

That other diver must've been careless.

- Well Sandy said if you'd...

- I wish Sandy mind his own business.

- Dan, what's wrong?

- Oh, there's nothing
for you to worry about.

Hey, why don't you get your bathing suit,

we'll take a dip before supper, huh?

- OK, are you coming too?

- No, I'd better be getting home.

Well, I just thought I'd tell ya.

I guess there's not much you can do.

But my Dad is looking for Mr. Harwin.

- Well, they just might
be something I can do.

- Well, so long.

- Yeah.

- You know something, Flipper?

I think Dan is planning
something that's gonna land him

in a mess of trouble.

Now I wish I didn't telling
him about Sandy telling Dad.

Well, I was only trying
to be honest with him.

Hey listen, Flipper.

Why don't you try to sort
of keep an eye on Dan.

And if he does anything,
well, come and get me

right away, OK?

And remember Flipper, those
are explosives down there

and they can be very dangerous.

Now you be careful.

Shh!

You don't realize how loud you sound!

ls it about Dan?

Look, you better give me a tow, OK?

Dan, Dan stop!

He's gonna do the blasting
before anybody can stop him.

He's probably too deep already.

Boy, did I goof.

I shouldn't have told Dan about Dad going

to talk to Mr. Harwin.

Listen flipper, you go down and make sure

that Dan keeps out of trouble.

I'm gonna go for help, OK?

And you be careful.

- Hello Bud,
where have you been?

- Dad, something terrible has happened.

- What are you
talking about, what's wrong?

- Dad, it's Dan Healy, he's
out dynamiting right now.

- Now wait a minute Bud, Sandy told me

he wasn't suppose to meet
Jerry Harwin until 9:00.

- Yeah, I know.

- But it's only seven, Bud.

And I told you I'd call
them before they went out.

- Yeah, Except Dan isn't
waiting for Mr. Harwin,

he's out there right now.

- Come on, let's go.

Even experienced divers
fear nitrogen narcosis.

It's often called rapture of the deep

because it gives a false sense
of security and well being.

- Flipper, where's the boat.

I set the charge, if it goes
off, we'll be killed, Flipper!

- Maybe nothing will happen, Dad.

He was so sure he could do it.

- Saying he can do it doesn't
mean he can do it, Bud.

- Over here!

- Look!

- Get the ladder, Bud.

Alright Bud, help me with his tank.

You alright?

- Yeah, I got kinda groggy,
Flipper had to pull me out.

- How deep were you?

- Pretty deep.

- Probably narcosis.

- The explosives, I set
them to go off any minute.

- Flipper, where is he?

- He went back down.

- Flipper!

- He did it, he broke the connection.

- Flipper, you're OK!

I'll tell you what, Dad.

I promise never to interfere in anything

I'm not suppose to interfere in.

And I promise to always tell the truth.

What else can I promise?

- To mind your own business.

- Yeah, to mind my own business.

- Well, I think that's enough, Bud.

Just see that you keep those promises, OK?

- OK.

- Hey Jimmy!

- Dan, Dan!

Here comes Sandy, Bud and Mr. Ricks.

- Hello, Mr. Ricks.

- Hello, Dan.

- Looks like you pulled
up the stakes, huh?

- Uh-huh, we're leaving to
go back home this afternoon.

- You've changed your mind
about the treasure hunting, huh?

- Uh-huh.

It wasn't such a hot
idea in the first place.

You know something Mr. Ricks,
this thing about trying

to get rich quick.

It may be alright if you only got yourself

to think about but, I'd hate
to think what would happen

to Jimmy if Flipper
hadn't saved me yesterday.

- I'm really glad you feel that way, Dan.

- Yep, as soon as we get back home,

I'm gonna find a business to get into.

It won't be like treasure hunting but

Jimmy will get his
education just the same.

Thanks to 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