Man from Atlantis (1977–1978): Season 1, Episode 11 - Crystal Water, Sudden Death - full transcript
We really got you
that time, didn't we?
We?
You were not alone?
Put him on a
crowded bus or train,
think what would happen if
he were to get to the driver.
Or if he touched the pilot
of an airplane in flight?
I want to shake your hand.
No, no.
Not with you.
Your down there people.
Duke, don't!
Stay there!
Uh-oh company.
Hurry up Duke!
Here I come.
♪
♪
♪
Turp, dew check.
38.5 fahrenheit.
That's up a degree
in the last hour.
Yeah.
Well let commsync pack
worry about that up there.
How are we making out
with the magma analysis?
Spectroscope working.
♪
Hi guys!
Who are you?
Oh, look at these!
Can I play?
Hey, get away from that stuff.
Hi mister.
My name's Moby.
What's yours?
Paul, Paulie.
Oh.
This is Moby.
He's fun.
Get commsync pack.
Brighton one to commsync pack.
Trighton one to commsync pack.
What are you doing?
Can I play too?
Sure.
Ooh.
And you can play too mister.
We can all play.
What's that?
Oh, that's dinner
yeah.
Moby, what do we do now?
Why, why don't we
all go swimming?
Yeah!
♪
Hey, you guys want to hold it-
Davis!
Paul!
Hi guy.
How did you get in here?
Commsync pack, this
is trighton one, this is...
my name is Moby.
♪
Actually, you did a
lot better than I did
my first time out.
I presume, I am to
turn into the parking lot.
Yeah, I want to go over the
hand signals with you again.
Here's c.W.
How's andrietti been doing?
Oh, c.W., you
wouldn't believe it.
Elizabeth, I'm sorry
about the ticket.
You got a traffic ticket?
Unfairly.
Who uses hand signals
nowadays anyway?
That is the same tone of voice
she used with the officer.
Elizabeth, he was very friendly.
Oh, sure he was, especially
when he had a book
full of violations
to get rid of.
Elizabeth...
well, he could have
been out chasing
some robber or something.
I mean that's what
we pay them to do.
And since when do you
wait for us out front, c.W.?
When the Navy asks
me to find you fast.
What's up?
There's been a message
from Duke sheffield.
That is the lieutenant
on the undersea habitat
triton one.
That experiment is
only three days in.
There wasn't
supposed to be contact,
for what was it, two weeks?
Three if possible.
Then something has gone wrong.
Well you tell me.
We just got a tape
recording this morning
I want you to listen to.
Hi Elizabeth.
Commander sheffield.
I don't want to talk to
you, I want Elizabeth.
What's the matter with him?
There's no Elizabeth
here commander.
Status report is over due.
Well, where is she?
I want Elizabeth.
He sounds like
he is five-years-old.
The Navy didn't a
psychiatric profile on him
before they sent us the tape.
They put his age at 6.3.
If you could tell us who
Elizabeth is, commander?
Oh, you know her.
Elizabeth is very cute and nice.
And Elizabeth is neat.
We mean if you
could tell us how to get
in touch with her for you.
Uh-uh.
Not suppose to,
you get in trouble.
He's... he's lost his mind.
Apparently, three days
in deep sea isolation
is more hazardous to the
human psyche than we thought.
No, no, no, no,
no, wait a minute.
Duke sheffield is one
of the most well balanced
individuals I've ever met.
Now, three days alone
wouldn't make him revert
to a childhood state.
Anyway, he wasn't alone.
There were three men with him.
What happened
to those other men?
There's no word.
Commsync pack kept asking
him to put them on the line,
and all Duke did was laugh
and quote mother goose.
Mark, you are the only one
that can reach those depths.
The Navy thinks
there's no time to waste.
The Navy may be right.
Cetacean standing by.
Course has been
layed for triton habitat.
Thank you.
Elizabeth.
♪
Retract tunnel.
♪
Tunnel disengaged.
Have a good trip.
♪
Estimated time of arrival,
six hours and
twenty-two minutes.
Thank you.
Mark, I'm getting some
weird readouts on this
voice print analysis.
Have you got a minute?
I have six hours and
twenty-two minutes.
♪
The analysis you made was
of the laughter on the tape.
Sure was.
Take a look.
This is me.
This is commander sheffield,
before the triton experiment.
Uh, my funniest
experience, well, let me see...
see the pattern on
the oscilloscope?
It is not the same.
And I presume it will
be considerably different
from the laughter
on the triton tape?
Well, see for yourself.
The point is, that pattern
is so totally unique,
I don't know what to make of it.
It's not Duke I don't think.
Elizabeth, it does not
even sound human.
Eighty-two, eighty-three,
eighty-four, eighty-five-
hi Duke.
Oh Moby, no fair.
You are supposed to
hide in the other room.
Aw, who said?
I did, because anybody
around my base is it.
Aw, Duke I can
hide anywhere I like.
Uh-huh, not in Pasadena.
- Pasadena?
- Mm-hmm.
Where's that?
- Up there.
- Up there?
Mm-hmm.
Oh, would I like Pasadena, Duke?
Yeah, I think so.
Oh, tell me about
it, tell me about it.
Well...
what's that?
I don't know.
Looks like some
kind of a submarine.
Aren't you scared?
No, that just means
more people to play with.
No sign of any damage.
Try getting them again please.
Why not, third time is
supposed to be the charm.
This is the
submersible cetacean.
Trition one, do you read?
This is the submersible
cetacean, do you read?
I know what Moby, do you
want to give them a big surprise?
Oh yeah, Duke.
I love surprises.
Are you picking
us up triton one?
Still no response.
Then it is time for me to
get a ball I can stand on.
Huh?
It means, to begin to act.
Doesn't it?
You mean to get on the ball?
That's the expression.
I thought that is what I said.
Activate air lock.
Activated.
Is not get on, the same as
stand on, in English vernacular?
Sir?
Some other time.
♪
Mark, do you read?
I can hear you, Elizabeth.
I've punched up
the triton blue print.
Access is from underneath.
Yes, I see the ladder.
♪
Commander sheffield?
♪
You are a trespasser,
and trespassers
will be shot on sight.
♪
♪
Coming up on
twenty-seven minutes.
Hold your position.
You said all frequencies
were open to the habitat?
Yes.
No word from Mark
on any of them so far.
Keep trying.
If you don't have
a good explanation
for your presence aboard...
my name is Mark Harris.
Elizabeth merrill may
have mentioned me to you.
You keep your filthy
hands off Elizabeth!
Was that... oh, you
should see your face.
You went...
it's only a flower.
You want me to put it
back in, we can play it again.
Oh, come on, you are no fun.
Cetacean calling triton one.
Cetacean is trying
to make contact.
Cetacean calling
triton one, do you read?
Mark, are you there?
I am here.
I have commander
sheffield with me.
Duke?
Duke, are you ok?
Better than you,
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Are you?
Mark, the other men, are they
i do not see them
aboard Elizabeth.
Commander sheffield
is the only one here.
I will bring him
to the cetacean.
The sooner the better.
I can get you safely
to the submarine,
but you will need
diving equipment.
Oh, over there, it's over there.
Go ahead.
No, no, no, up in here.
Happy fourth of July!
We really got you
that time, didn't we?
We?
You are not alone.
Well, you know,
just, me, myself and I.
Turn around.
We are we going?
You and I are going
out thru the air hatch.
Do you understand?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, oh boy.
We finally get to go swimming.
I will go first and
help you down.
Ok.
Oh, have a good time.
Going to have a good time.
Moby is a fun guy.
Going to a party,
going to a party.
We have nineteen minutes
since our last contact.
It feels like nineteen days.
Doctor merrill.
Mark!
He's got the commander with him.
I see, stand by air lock.
Mark, can you hear me?
Yes, Elizabeth.
Prepare sick bay for
commander sheffield.
I'll meet you there.
♪
Take him to sick bay.
Elizabeth, we cannot
stay here any longer.
Why?
We cannot risk
bringing to the surface
whatever it was back there.
The triton?
You think it's communicable?
It is not a germ, Elizabeth.
Some mental laboration...
Dr. Merrill.
We'll talk later.
We must get underway
as quickly as possible.
Start engines.
Right full rutter full ahead.
98.9 isn't really a fever, c.W.
Dr. Aberdeen asked.
He also wants to know
if Duke has said anything
since Mark brought him on board.
No. It's like-I don't know.
It's like some
kind of withdrawal.
That's in line with the
long distance prognosis.
Aberdeen is going to
have transportation waiting
for sheffield as
soon as you pull in.
Elizabeth?
Hi.
Tell Myra, he is conscious.
How about lucid?
I'm about to find out.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I take it I've been raving, huh?
How do you feel now?
That's the important thing.
Confused.
And I think frightened.
Do you feel up to talking about
what happened to you down there?
Elizabeth, did I kill my men?
Did you?
See, uh, I had this
dream, I don't know.
We were like children.
We were all running
around and playing
Simon says and then
I-I couldn't get back
because I didn't say
"May i", it was just...
they're taking you to a
hospital as soon as we
reach the foundation,
whatever is wrong with you...
Elizabeth, am I crazy?
-No.
- Huh?
- No!
It was just same
as if I killed them.
I mean whether I took out a gun
and shot them, or turned my back
so they got out thru
the air lock in the water.
It was my command.
Oh shhh..
It's over now.
You are going home.
♪
Cetacean to sea base.
Sea base here, come in cetacean.
We are 3,000
yards from sea gate.
Please acknowledge.
Roger cetacean.
Integrating docking procedure.
Commence docking procedure.
Computer activated.
May I have the beacon please?
♪
Begin entry approach.
Twenty-five
degrees, right rutter.
Pull ahead slow.
♪
Entry locked.
All engines done.
Retract gantry.
♪
Closing sea gate.
♪
Pressure on.
Full, extending lock thru.
Thank you, sea base.
♪
Dr. Aberdeen decided
not to move the commander
to the hospital until he
has checked him over.
He is upstairs now.
We will get him there.
Myra aberdeen?
You know, I haven't
seen him since uh...
step on crack, you
break your mother's back!
Oh, hey, this is
really neat, isn't it?
Look how neat all this stuff is.
Wow, look at, oh boy!
Schizophrenia?
Right down the middle.
No, I don't think so.
Hi, all of you up there people.
Oh boy, its no wonder you
want to keep this whole place
to yourself, a guy could have
such great fun here, woah!
Who let him in?
Oh, look that.
Watch this!
What happens if I
oh look, look... lots of
light and buttons, oh boy!
Oh, let's do some fun!
Call security, c.W.
Oh, hi, my name is Moby.
What's yours?
He's fun!
I like him.
I'm c.W. Crawford.
Can I be your friend?
Sure, and now that I'm here,
everybody is going
to have a good time.
You're it!
What?
Tag, you're it.
Oh, I'm it!
I'm it!
Oh, what do you want?
I want to shake your hand.
No, no.
Not with you.
Your down there people.
I don't know how
you got in here,
but you are going
to have to leave.
Leave, I just got here.
I don't want to ever leave.
Elizabeth, c.W., we
cannot let him get outside.
Awww, I want to go out and play.
- Yeah!
- Come on!
- Let's play!
- Yes let's play!
How about some marbles?
White.
Marbles.
Ooh, where does that go?
That leads upstairs, outside.
Oh, fantastic.
I've never been outside before.
- Come on!
- Ok!
Oh, here comes the party...
I got it, I got it!
Oh, no, no!
Surprise.
Watch this, -let's go for the...
-Oh.
-I've got more marbles then you.
My turn.
♪
Hi.
Quite a mess.
Well, as far as electronics
go, it's about a half hour repair.
Elizabeth, what happened to us?
I don't know.
I felt giddy.
Then I had a giggling fest.
I haven't had one of those
since I was a school girl.
Do you remember the
look on Mark's face when he
started to fall on the marbles?
And when he got to the elevator?
Laughter is said
to be contagious.
In this case, I think it is
an accurate summation.
Do you mean that we
were infected by Moby?
Yes.
And the problem with
this illness is that the victim
seems to enjoy the symptoms.
Mark, what's wrong
with a little laughter?
Elizabeth, the type of laughter
that Moby infects people
with is very dangerous.
People have died of it already.
Are you telling me
that he is responsible
for what happened on the triton?
Yes.
How?
Apparently, by what happened
out there, he does it by contact,
by touching people.
Well, Duke seemed alright
when he was on the ship.
Until we got back.
Moby's presence seemed
to of triggered it again.
Are you saying that it was some
form of hypnosis or something?
I do not know.
Well, did you see
him on the triton?
No.
Well then how could he have
affected them down there?
Elizabeth, can you
explain how he got past
our security systems and into
our underground ready room?
No I can't, but we
all saw him Mark.
He is only a man.
It does not matter
what you call him.
If he is a man, he very well be
the most dangerous man on earth.
Whoever he is, we will find him.
He left his fingerprints
all over everything.
The police will get him.
The police will not
understand the urgency here.
If there were only a way
we could predict where
he will be going, or
where he will stop.
All we know is that they
stole a car from the foundation
parking lot-the new one,
and headed off down east street.
Where does that go?
The freeway.
Unless they took the
cutoff to the beach.
The beach would be more likely.
Fishermen village
is down there too.
It's a shopping pier.
A small art and novelty
shops-and some amusements.
Just the sort of thing that
Moby would like to have fun at.
♪
Hey Duke, look what I found!
Here, here, here, wait,
it's a phone call for you.
Oh, oh, that's
funny, I like that.
Ooh, what else do you got?
- What is this?
- What is that?
I like that, oh funny,
what else you got?
Ooh, look at this, look at this!
Hey, what do you two
nuts think you are doing?
Who are you?
The man who is going
to see you two in jail,
unless you pay for this stuff.
What's he want, Duke?
I think he wants some money.
Oh money, money,
here, lots of money here.
Go ahead, give him some money.
Weeee!
Here's your money.
Very funny.
What does he want now, Duke?
I think maybe he
wants some real money.
Real money?
Oh, we'll give him
some real money.
Lots of real money, and
we'll even shake on it.
You know, you guys are crazy.
So are you.
Hilarious.
Have you seen my
pet possum here.
No it isn't.
♪
It is larger than I thought.
We will begin here and
work our way thru, come on.
♪
- Ice cream.
- Ice cream.
Have you ever had ice cream?
No, it's good stuff.
Oh, look at that, what's that?
I bet I can jump
higher than you.
Oh that was good, Duke.
Do that again, oh, hi.
Ah, yes, well, if
you will excuse me...
wait a minute, shake.
Nobody's played that jig
on me since high school.
Hey, mister, have a nice cigar.
Isn't that great?
Oh, that's a nice one, isn't it?
Oh.
Woah!
First the buzzer, now the
light cigar, did you see that?
Wow is that terrific.
You guys are great.
Hey, did you see that, did
you see what they did to me?
What's that Duke?
That's a pirate ship.
Pirate ship?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
And they got cakes.
-Cakes?
And swords and games
and planks, it'll be great fun.
Oh, come on, let's go, let's go!
Hey, you guys wanna play?
Hey, look at this.
Yes, look at all
these ropes and stuff.
That's for all the sails
up there, you see?
Wow, well what
happens if I do this?
I don't know.
Wow, look at it
come down, dukie!
What's that up there?
-That's a crow's nest.
- Crow's nest?
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, that looks it'll be
a great diving platform.
Yeah, yeah.
I bet you couldn't
dive off of there, Duke.
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
- I bet I can.
- I bet you can't.
- I'll bet I can.
- Ah you can't!
- Can!
- Can't!
- Can!
- Can't, can't, can't can't!
- Oh yeah, you dare me?
- I dare you.
- You double dare me?
- Double double dare you.
Oh yeah, you watch this.
Ok, Duke, that's it,
go, ahead Duke, do it.
All the way up, go 'head.
- You double dare me?
- Double double.
- Triple dare?
- Triple triple double.
Ok.
Keep climbing.
Alright, go ahead Duke.
That's it, all the way up.
You should have been there.
The buzzer exploded,
then the cigar...
You should have seen those guys.
They came here and they
put a buzzer in my hand.
They were terrific.
That's great, oh, yeah.
Hey, hey, nobody's
allowed up there!
That friend of yours, now
you tell him to come down
from there or he's
going to wind up...
oh, let him have some fun.
It's not everyday that you
get to see someone jump off
a crow's nest.
You sure don't.
You think he'll do it?
Sure, he'll do it.
Come on, Duke, all the way!
Go ahead.
I'm coming, I'm coming!
♪
Duke, don't!
Stay there!
Hey!
Uh-oh, company.
Hurry up, Duke.
Come on, Duke, come on!
Hurry up and jump,
what's the matter?
You scared or something?
Are you kidding, me?
Ready or not boy, here I come.
♪
Your friend is terrific.
Terrific.
♪
He should be coming up by now.
He's an up there person.
♪
Elizabeth, he is
hurt very badly.
We must get him to a hospital.
There's a phone
over there, I'll go,
you keep an eye on Moby.
♪
Two broken bones, but
that's not the big problem.
It's not going to be an easy
night for him, or for any of us.
I told you Elizabeth, Moby
can be very dangerous.
I'm beginning to believe you.
Put him on a
crowded bus or train,
and think what would happen
if he were to get to the driver,
or if he touched the
pilot of airplane in flight.
We better get back to c.W.
And tell him what happened.
Good old c.W.,
rock of rationality
in a world gone mad.
General Westin, sir.
Yes it's good to
talk to you again.
How's everything in Washington?
That's great.
I'm calling about
those clearances.
Yes, the Pentagon
war room, that's right.
My visitor is a top secret
vip with highest priority.
Lovely.
Perfect, we will see
you in five hours.
Fine.
It is all set.
You have war room
clearance and everything.
Oh, goodie goodie, c.W.
Just think a little red
button all for myself.
Going on airplane.
Going to Washington.
We are going to Washington.
No, I'm sorry Dr. Aberdeen,
Mr. Crawford just left.
Yes, sir, I'll leave
word that you called.
Where did c.W. Go?
To Washington, I guess
it was something urgent.
My impression was he
wanted to contain things
here as long as possible.
Well I guess he felt it
was time to alert the brass.
The last thing he had me
to do before he left, was
patch him thru to general
Westin at the Pentagon.
Westin?
He wouldn't have anything
to do with what's going on.
How was he acting?
C.w.?
Normal.
You think Moby got hold of c.W.?
If he did and has access to the
center of your military complex,
it could be very dangerous.
He could wipe out life on
this planet within three seconds
and think it was joke.
Maybe you can catch him but
the general has a plane waiting
for him at hubbell
air force base.
Can you verify that
Moby is with c.W.?
We can try.
Hubbell air force base?
Yes, this is
Dr. Elizabeth merrill,
foundation of oceanic research.
Oh, all this fun stuff.
Oh, what are these knobs for?
That's to change the stations.
- Station?
- Yeah.
Oh, how many stations are there?
- Lots.
- Lots.
C.w., c.W., when do
we get to on the plane?
I don't know.
Oh.
But when we get on the plane,
we can fly as fast as we want to.
Oh goodie-goodie.
Do you think
they'll let me fly it?
You don't know
how to fly a plane.
Oh, maybe not, but we
can make them my friends
and then they'll like it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I told you who I am before.
I am doctor Elizabeth merrill,
I'm with the foundation
for oceanic research,
and it's very important
that I talk to c.W. Crawford
before his plane takes off.
Yes, I know general
Westin thinks its urgent.
I am telling you that
this is more urgent.
Now if you are not authorized
to take this message thru in time,
please connect me
somebody who is authorized.
What is this... a federal
holiday I don't know about?
Look, can you tell me
is he is going alone?
Elizabeth?
He is bringing a friend.
Can we stop them?
They say they need
authorization from Washington
before they can do anything.
Now all we can do is hope
they side track themselves
the way Duke and
Moby did before.
We cannot depend on that.
Unless we make that happen.
The car has a phone
in it, does it not?
Yes, but-
all we have to do is a find a
place Moby would like out there.
Ooh, what's that noise?
- It's the car phone.
- Car phone?
Yeah, isn't that neat?
Yeah, well, how does it work?
You push on this
button right here,
and I get to talk to
whoever is calling me.
Oh, I don't' believe you.
I'll show you, I'll show you.
Hello, hello, hello.
Oh, did I tell you?
Who is it, who is it?
It's me, Mark Harris, c.W..
Hi Mark!
You can call me by
my real first name.
C?
I have a secret.
A secret?
A secret... tell us.
I will give you a riddle.
What is a great place
and has all kinds of games
and even has a
castle with a moat?
Is it better than the Pentagon?
And you are going
to be passing it soon.
Wait, wait, we give up, tell us.
Oh, you're not interested.
You think the Pentagon is
where you'll have a good time.
Oh, no, no, no.
Mark you know I've never
seen a castle with a moat.
Please tell us.
Why should I tell you?
All you can think about
is the Pentagon, too?
Oh, no, no.
I've never seen a castle,
please tell us, please.
All right.
It's called magic
miniature golf land.
Just past Marshall street.
We just passed Marshall street.
Oh.
Oh well.
You probably would
not have liked it anyway.
Oh yes we would have liked it.
I want to see the castle.
Oh c.W., can we turn around?
Huh, please, can we
please turn around?
- Sure.
- Oh.
♪
Take care of c.W..
♪
Hi.
Hello Moby.
♪
- Let me go.
- Hold still.
I didn't do anything.
Would you like to
see what you did?
Where are we going?
To see your good
friend, Duke sheffield.
Oh I want to stay here and play.
You are coming with me.
Oh.
Oh, what is this place?
It smells strange.
Disinfectant, antiseptic.
If you do not like Moby, think
of how your friend Duke feels.
Hi Duke.
Hi Moby.
Gee what do you-
what are you doing here?
Well, the dive was ok, but
the landing was a little shaky.
I think maybe I hurt myself.
Hurt yourself?
Oh, oh, no that was all in fun,
and no one hurts themselves
when they are having fun.
Come on, lazy, get up, huh.
We got lots of good
times, we can have.
I got this friend who knows
a big whig in the Pentagon,
and he can get us in to
play with the maps and stuff
in the war room, come on, Duke.
It's going to be great fun.
You don't want to miss it, huh.
Uh, Mark.
Those people in the triton,
they looked like that when
they went in the water.
Human beings cannot go
out underwater just to have fun.
They cannot jump
from one-hundred feet
and not get hurt.
Oh, I didn't want
anyone to get hurt.
I just wanted up there
people to have a good time.
But if they do it with no
thought to their personal
safety, or to the
safety of others, Moby.
Oh, what's happening?
What am I doing?
Hey Moby, don't cry.
I'm going to be
all right really.
Oh Duke, you are my friend.
I didn't want
anything to go wrong.
We know that Moby.
That is why we tell you,
you must go back
to your own world,
where you cannot hurt people.
Oh, but there's so
much here to play with.
And so much to break.
Mark, I think I want to go home.
Would you show me the way home?
Moby?
Yeah.
I'll see you, huh.
Oh Duke, I sure liked you.
You're sure lots
of fun to play with.
Good-bye, Moby.
Bye.
♪
Oh, oh, I remember
this place, Mark.
Do you remember, you
and me and the marbles?
Oh, it was funny, Mark.
Remember when I fell down Moby?
Yeah.
Would it have been
so funny, if I hurt myself
because of your joke?
No.
Is that the way out?
- Yes.
- Good.
I will open the door to
the sea when you reach
the end of the tunnel.
Ok, oh, oh.
Uh, I almost forgot
something, Mark.
I got you a present.
Thank you, Moby.
That is very nice.
Bye.
♪
Moby.
♪
♪
that time, didn't we?
We?
You were not alone?
Put him on a
crowded bus or train,
think what would happen if
he were to get to the driver.
Or if he touched the pilot
of an airplane in flight?
I want to shake your hand.
No, no.
Not with you.
Your down there people.
Duke, don't!
Stay there!
Uh-oh company.
Hurry up Duke!
Here I come.
♪
♪
♪
Turp, dew check.
38.5 fahrenheit.
That's up a degree
in the last hour.
Yeah.
Well let commsync pack
worry about that up there.
How are we making out
with the magma analysis?
Spectroscope working.
♪
Hi guys!
Who are you?
Oh, look at these!
Can I play?
Hey, get away from that stuff.
Hi mister.
My name's Moby.
What's yours?
Paul, Paulie.
Oh.
This is Moby.
He's fun.
Get commsync pack.
Brighton one to commsync pack.
Trighton one to commsync pack.
What are you doing?
Can I play too?
Sure.
Ooh.
And you can play too mister.
We can all play.
What's that?
Oh, that's dinner
yeah.
Moby, what do we do now?
Why, why don't we
all go swimming?
Yeah!
♪
Hey, you guys want to hold it-
Davis!
Paul!
Hi guy.
How did you get in here?
Commsync pack, this
is trighton one, this is...
my name is Moby.
♪
Actually, you did a
lot better than I did
my first time out.
I presume, I am to
turn into the parking lot.
Yeah, I want to go over the
hand signals with you again.
Here's c.W.
How's andrietti been doing?
Oh, c.W., you
wouldn't believe it.
Elizabeth, I'm sorry
about the ticket.
You got a traffic ticket?
Unfairly.
Who uses hand signals
nowadays anyway?
That is the same tone of voice
she used with the officer.
Elizabeth, he was very friendly.
Oh, sure he was, especially
when he had a book
full of violations
to get rid of.
Elizabeth...
well, he could have
been out chasing
some robber or something.
I mean that's what
we pay them to do.
And since when do you
wait for us out front, c.W.?
When the Navy asks
me to find you fast.
What's up?
There's been a message
from Duke sheffield.
That is the lieutenant
on the undersea habitat
triton one.
That experiment is
only three days in.
There wasn't
supposed to be contact,
for what was it, two weeks?
Three if possible.
Then something has gone wrong.
Well you tell me.
We just got a tape
recording this morning
I want you to listen to.
Hi Elizabeth.
Commander sheffield.
I don't want to talk to
you, I want Elizabeth.
What's the matter with him?
There's no Elizabeth
here commander.
Status report is over due.
Well, where is she?
I want Elizabeth.
He sounds like
he is five-years-old.
The Navy didn't a
psychiatric profile on him
before they sent us the tape.
They put his age at 6.3.
If you could tell us who
Elizabeth is, commander?
Oh, you know her.
Elizabeth is very cute and nice.
And Elizabeth is neat.
We mean if you
could tell us how to get
in touch with her for you.
Uh-uh.
Not suppose to,
you get in trouble.
He's... he's lost his mind.
Apparently, three days
in deep sea isolation
is more hazardous to the
human psyche than we thought.
No, no, no, no,
no, wait a minute.
Duke sheffield is one
of the most well balanced
individuals I've ever met.
Now, three days alone
wouldn't make him revert
to a childhood state.
Anyway, he wasn't alone.
There were three men with him.
What happened
to those other men?
There's no word.
Commsync pack kept asking
him to put them on the line,
and all Duke did was laugh
and quote mother goose.
Mark, you are the only one
that can reach those depths.
The Navy thinks
there's no time to waste.
The Navy may be right.
Cetacean standing by.
Course has been
layed for triton habitat.
Thank you.
Elizabeth.
♪
Retract tunnel.
♪
Tunnel disengaged.
Have a good trip.
♪
Estimated time of arrival,
six hours and
twenty-two minutes.
Thank you.
Mark, I'm getting some
weird readouts on this
voice print analysis.
Have you got a minute?
I have six hours and
twenty-two minutes.
♪
The analysis you made was
of the laughter on the tape.
Sure was.
Take a look.
This is me.
This is commander sheffield,
before the triton experiment.
Uh, my funniest
experience, well, let me see...
see the pattern on
the oscilloscope?
It is not the same.
And I presume it will
be considerably different
from the laughter
on the triton tape?
Well, see for yourself.
The point is, that pattern
is so totally unique,
I don't know what to make of it.
It's not Duke I don't think.
Elizabeth, it does not
even sound human.
Eighty-two, eighty-three,
eighty-four, eighty-five-
hi Duke.
Oh Moby, no fair.
You are supposed to
hide in the other room.
Aw, who said?
I did, because anybody
around my base is it.
Aw, Duke I can
hide anywhere I like.
Uh-huh, not in Pasadena.
- Pasadena?
- Mm-hmm.
Where's that?
- Up there.
- Up there?
Mm-hmm.
Oh, would I like Pasadena, Duke?
Yeah, I think so.
Oh, tell me about
it, tell me about it.
Well...
what's that?
I don't know.
Looks like some
kind of a submarine.
Aren't you scared?
No, that just means
more people to play with.
No sign of any damage.
Try getting them again please.
Why not, third time is
supposed to be the charm.
This is the
submersible cetacean.
Trition one, do you read?
This is the submersible
cetacean, do you read?
I know what Moby, do you
want to give them a big surprise?
Oh yeah, Duke.
I love surprises.
Are you picking
us up triton one?
Still no response.
Then it is time for me to
get a ball I can stand on.
Huh?
It means, to begin to act.
Doesn't it?
You mean to get on the ball?
That's the expression.
I thought that is what I said.
Activate air lock.
Activated.
Is not get on, the same as
stand on, in English vernacular?
Sir?
Some other time.
♪
Mark, do you read?
I can hear you, Elizabeth.
I've punched up
the triton blue print.
Access is from underneath.
Yes, I see the ladder.
♪
Commander sheffield?
♪
You are a trespasser,
and trespassers
will be shot on sight.
♪
♪
Coming up on
twenty-seven minutes.
Hold your position.
You said all frequencies
were open to the habitat?
Yes.
No word from Mark
on any of them so far.
Keep trying.
If you don't have
a good explanation
for your presence aboard...
my name is Mark Harris.
Elizabeth merrill may
have mentioned me to you.
You keep your filthy
hands off Elizabeth!
Was that... oh, you
should see your face.
You went...
it's only a flower.
You want me to put it
back in, we can play it again.
Oh, come on, you are no fun.
Cetacean calling triton one.
Cetacean is trying
to make contact.
Cetacean calling
triton one, do you read?
Mark, are you there?
I am here.
I have commander
sheffield with me.
Duke?
Duke, are you ok?
Better than you,
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Are you?
Mark, the other men, are they
i do not see them
aboard Elizabeth.
Commander sheffield
is the only one here.
I will bring him
to the cetacean.
The sooner the better.
I can get you safely
to the submarine,
but you will need
diving equipment.
Oh, over there, it's over there.
Go ahead.
No, no, no, up in here.
Happy fourth of July!
We really got you
that time, didn't we?
We?
You are not alone.
Well, you know,
just, me, myself and I.
Turn around.
We are we going?
You and I are going
out thru the air hatch.
Do you understand?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, oh boy.
We finally get to go swimming.
I will go first and
help you down.
Ok.
Oh, have a good time.
Going to have a good time.
Moby is a fun guy.
Going to a party,
going to a party.
We have nineteen minutes
since our last contact.
It feels like nineteen days.
Doctor merrill.
Mark!
He's got the commander with him.
I see, stand by air lock.
Mark, can you hear me?
Yes, Elizabeth.
Prepare sick bay for
commander sheffield.
I'll meet you there.
♪
Take him to sick bay.
Elizabeth, we cannot
stay here any longer.
Why?
We cannot risk
bringing to the surface
whatever it was back there.
The triton?
You think it's communicable?
It is not a germ, Elizabeth.
Some mental laboration...
Dr. Merrill.
We'll talk later.
We must get underway
as quickly as possible.
Start engines.
Right full rutter full ahead.
98.9 isn't really a fever, c.W.
Dr. Aberdeen asked.
He also wants to know
if Duke has said anything
since Mark brought him on board.
No. It's like-I don't know.
It's like some
kind of withdrawal.
That's in line with the
long distance prognosis.
Aberdeen is going to
have transportation waiting
for sheffield as
soon as you pull in.
Elizabeth?
Hi.
Tell Myra, he is conscious.
How about lucid?
I'm about to find out.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I take it I've been raving, huh?
How do you feel now?
That's the important thing.
Confused.
And I think frightened.
Do you feel up to talking about
what happened to you down there?
Elizabeth, did I kill my men?
Did you?
See, uh, I had this
dream, I don't know.
We were like children.
We were all running
around and playing
Simon says and then
I-I couldn't get back
because I didn't say
"May i", it was just...
they're taking you to a
hospital as soon as we
reach the foundation,
whatever is wrong with you...
Elizabeth, am I crazy?
-No.
- Huh?
- No!
It was just same
as if I killed them.
I mean whether I took out a gun
and shot them, or turned my back
so they got out thru
the air lock in the water.
It was my command.
Oh shhh..
It's over now.
You are going home.
♪
Cetacean to sea base.
Sea base here, come in cetacean.
We are 3,000
yards from sea gate.
Please acknowledge.
Roger cetacean.
Integrating docking procedure.
Commence docking procedure.
Computer activated.
May I have the beacon please?
♪
Begin entry approach.
Twenty-five
degrees, right rutter.
Pull ahead slow.
♪
Entry locked.
All engines done.
Retract gantry.
♪
Closing sea gate.
♪
Pressure on.
Full, extending lock thru.
Thank you, sea base.
♪
Dr. Aberdeen decided
not to move the commander
to the hospital until he
has checked him over.
He is upstairs now.
We will get him there.
Myra aberdeen?
You know, I haven't
seen him since uh...
step on crack, you
break your mother's back!
Oh, hey, this is
really neat, isn't it?
Look how neat all this stuff is.
Wow, look at, oh boy!
Schizophrenia?
Right down the middle.
No, I don't think so.
Hi, all of you up there people.
Oh boy, its no wonder you
want to keep this whole place
to yourself, a guy could have
such great fun here, woah!
Who let him in?
Oh, look that.
Watch this!
What happens if I
oh look, look... lots of
light and buttons, oh boy!
Oh, let's do some fun!
Call security, c.W.
Oh, hi, my name is Moby.
What's yours?
He's fun!
I like him.
I'm c.W. Crawford.
Can I be your friend?
Sure, and now that I'm here,
everybody is going
to have a good time.
You're it!
What?
Tag, you're it.
Oh, I'm it!
I'm it!
Oh, what do you want?
I want to shake your hand.
No, no.
Not with you.
Your down there people.
I don't know how
you got in here,
but you are going
to have to leave.
Leave, I just got here.
I don't want to ever leave.
Elizabeth, c.W., we
cannot let him get outside.
Awww, I want to go out and play.
- Yeah!
- Come on!
- Let's play!
- Yes let's play!
How about some marbles?
White.
Marbles.
Ooh, where does that go?
That leads upstairs, outside.
Oh, fantastic.
I've never been outside before.
- Come on!
- Ok!
Oh, here comes the party...
I got it, I got it!
Oh, no, no!
Surprise.
Watch this, -let's go for the...
-Oh.
-I've got more marbles then you.
My turn.
♪
Hi.
Quite a mess.
Well, as far as electronics
go, it's about a half hour repair.
Elizabeth, what happened to us?
I don't know.
I felt giddy.
Then I had a giggling fest.
I haven't had one of those
since I was a school girl.
Do you remember the
look on Mark's face when he
started to fall on the marbles?
And when he got to the elevator?
Laughter is said
to be contagious.
In this case, I think it is
an accurate summation.
Do you mean that we
were infected by Moby?
Yes.
And the problem with
this illness is that the victim
seems to enjoy the symptoms.
Mark, what's wrong
with a little laughter?
Elizabeth, the type of laughter
that Moby infects people
with is very dangerous.
People have died of it already.
Are you telling me
that he is responsible
for what happened on the triton?
Yes.
How?
Apparently, by what happened
out there, he does it by contact,
by touching people.
Well, Duke seemed alright
when he was on the ship.
Until we got back.
Moby's presence seemed
to of triggered it again.
Are you saying that it was some
form of hypnosis or something?
I do not know.
Well, did you see
him on the triton?
No.
Well then how could he have
affected them down there?
Elizabeth, can you
explain how he got past
our security systems and into
our underground ready room?
No I can't, but we
all saw him Mark.
He is only a man.
It does not matter
what you call him.
If he is a man, he very well be
the most dangerous man on earth.
Whoever he is, we will find him.
He left his fingerprints
all over everything.
The police will get him.
The police will not
understand the urgency here.
If there were only a way
we could predict where
he will be going, or
where he will stop.
All we know is that they
stole a car from the foundation
parking lot-the new one,
and headed off down east street.
Where does that go?
The freeway.
Unless they took the
cutoff to the beach.
The beach would be more likely.
Fishermen village
is down there too.
It's a shopping pier.
A small art and novelty
shops-and some amusements.
Just the sort of thing that
Moby would like to have fun at.
♪
Hey Duke, look what I found!
Here, here, here, wait,
it's a phone call for you.
Oh, oh, that's
funny, I like that.
Ooh, what else do you got?
- What is this?
- What is that?
I like that, oh funny,
what else you got?
Ooh, look at this, look at this!
Hey, what do you two
nuts think you are doing?
Who are you?
The man who is going
to see you two in jail,
unless you pay for this stuff.
What's he want, Duke?
I think he wants some money.
Oh money, money,
here, lots of money here.
Go ahead, give him some money.
Weeee!
Here's your money.
Very funny.
What does he want now, Duke?
I think maybe he
wants some real money.
Real money?
Oh, we'll give him
some real money.
Lots of real money, and
we'll even shake on it.
You know, you guys are crazy.
So are you.
Hilarious.
Have you seen my
pet possum here.
No it isn't.
♪
It is larger than I thought.
We will begin here and
work our way thru, come on.
♪
- Ice cream.
- Ice cream.
Have you ever had ice cream?
No, it's good stuff.
Oh, look at that, what's that?
I bet I can jump
higher than you.
Oh that was good, Duke.
Do that again, oh, hi.
Ah, yes, well, if
you will excuse me...
wait a minute, shake.
Nobody's played that jig
on me since high school.
Hey, mister, have a nice cigar.
Isn't that great?
Oh, that's a nice one, isn't it?
Oh.
Woah!
First the buzzer, now the
light cigar, did you see that?
Wow is that terrific.
You guys are great.
Hey, did you see that, did
you see what they did to me?
What's that Duke?
That's a pirate ship.
Pirate ship?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
And they got cakes.
-Cakes?
And swords and games
and planks, it'll be great fun.
Oh, come on, let's go, let's go!
Hey, you guys wanna play?
Hey, look at this.
Yes, look at all
these ropes and stuff.
That's for all the sails
up there, you see?
Wow, well what
happens if I do this?
I don't know.
Wow, look at it
come down, dukie!
What's that up there?
-That's a crow's nest.
- Crow's nest?
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, that looks it'll be
a great diving platform.
Yeah, yeah.
I bet you couldn't
dive off of there, Duke.
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
- I bet I can.
- I bet you can't.
- I'll bet I can.
- Ah you can't!
- Can!
- Can't!
- Can!
- Can't, can't, can't can't!
- Oh yeah, you dare me?
- I dare you.
- You double dare me?
- Double double dare you.
Oh yeah, you watch this.
Ok, Duke, that's it,
go, ahead Duke, do it.
All the way up, go 'head.
- You double dare me?
- Double double.
- Triple dare?
- Triple triple double.
Ok.
Keep climbing.
Alright, go ahead Duke.
That's it, all the way up.
You should have been there.
The buzzer exploded,
then the cigar...
You should have seen those guys.
They came here and they
put a buzzer in my hand.
They were terrific.
That's great, oh, yeah.
Hey, hey, nobody's
allowed up there!
That friend of yours, now
you tell him to come down
from there or he's
going to wind up...
oh, let him have some fun.
It's not everyday that you
get to see someone jump off
a crow's nest.
You sure don't.
You think he'll do it?
Sure, he'll do it.
Come on, Duke, all the way!
Go ahead.
I'm coming, I'm coming!
♪
Duke, don't!
Stay there!
Hey!
Uh-oh, company.
Hurry up, Duke.
Come on, Duke, come on!
Hurry up and jump,
what's the matter?
You scared or something?
Are you kidding, me?
Ready or not boy, here I come.
♪
Your friend is terrific.
Terrific.
♪
He should be coming up by now.
He's an up there person.
♪
Elizabeth, he is
hurt very badly.
We must get him to a hospital.
There's a phone
over there, I'll go,
you keep an eye on Moby.
♪
Two broken bones, but
that's not the big problem.
It's not going to be an easy
night for him, or for any of us.
I told you Elizabeth, Moby
can be very dangerous.
I'm beginning to believe you.
Put him on a
crowded bus or train,
and think what would happen
if he were to get to the driver,
or if he touched the
pilot of airplane in flight.
We better get back to c.W.
And tell him what happened.
Good old c.W.,
rock of rationality
in a world gone mad.
General Westin, sir.
Yes it's good to
talk to you again.
How's everything in Washington?
That's great.
I'm calling about
those clearances.
Yes, the Pentagon
war room, that's right.
My visitor is a top secret
vip with highest priority.
Lovely.
Perfect, we will see
you in five hours.
Fine.
It is all set.
You have war room
clearance and everything.
Oh, goodie goodie, c.W.
Just think a little red
button all for myself.
Going on airplane.
Going to Washington.
We are going to Washington.
No, I'm sorry Dr. Aberdeen,
Mr. Crawford just left.
Yes, sir, I'll leave
word that you called.
Where did c.W. Go?
To Washington, I guess
it was something urgent.
My impression was he
wanted to contain things
here as long as possible.
Well I guess he felt it
was time to alert the brass.
The last thing he had me
to do before he left, was
patch him thru to general
Westin at the Pentagon.
Westin?
He wouldn't have anything
to do with what's going on.
How was he acting?
C.w.?
Normal.
You think Moby got hold of c.W.?
If he did and has access to the
center of your military complex,
it could be very dangerous.
He could wipe out life on
this planet within three seconds
and think it was joke.
Maybe you can catch him but
the general has a plane waiting
for him at hubbell
air force base.
Can you verify that
Moby is with c.W.?
We can try.
Hubbell air force base?
Yes, this is
Dr. Elizabeth merrill,
foundation of oceanic research.
Oh, all this fun stuff.
Oh, what are these knobs for?
That's to change the stations.
- Station?
- Yeah.
Oh, how many stations are there?
- Lots.
- Lots.
C.w., c.W., when do
we get to on the plane?
I don't know.
Oh.
But when we get on the plane,
we can fly as fast as we want to.
Oh goodie-goodie.
Do you think
they'll let me fly it?
You don't know
how to fly a plane.
Oh, maybe not, but we
can make them my friends
and then they'll like it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I told you who I am before.
I am doctor Elizabeth merrill,
I'm with the foundation
for oceanic research,
and it's very important
that I talk to c.W. Crawford
before his plane takes off.
Yes, I know general
Westin thinks its urgent.
I am telling you that
this is more urgent.
Now if you are not authorized
to take this message thru in time,
please connect me
somebody who is authorized.
What is this... a federal
holiday I don't know about?
Look, can you tell me
is he is going alone?
Elizabeth?
He is bringing a friend.
Can we stop them?
They say they need
authorization from Washington
before they can do anything.
Now all we can do is hope
they side track themselves
the way Duke and
Moby did before.
We cannot depend on that.
Unless we make that happen.
The car has a phone
in it, does it not?
Yes, but-
all we have to do is a find a
place Moby would like out there.
Ooh, what's that noise?
- It's the car phone.
- Car phone?
Yeah, isn't that neat?
Yeah, well, how does it work?
You push on this
button right here,
and I get to talk to
whoever is calling me.
Oh, I don't' believe you.
I'll show you, I'll show you.
Hello, hello, hello.
Oh, did I tell you?
Who is it, who is it?
It's me, Mark Harris, c.W..
Hi Mark!
You can call me by
my real first name.
C?
I have a secret.
A secret?
A secret... tell us.
I will give you a riddle.
What is a great place
and has all kinds of games
and even has a
castle with a moat?
Is it better than the Pentagon?
And you are going
to be passing it soon.
Wait, wait, we give up, tell us.
Oh, you're not interested.
You think the Pentagon is
where you'll have a good time.
Oh, no, no, no.
Mark you know I've never
seen a castle with a moat.
Please tell us.
Why should I tell you?
All you can think about
is the Pentagon, too?
Oh, no, no.
I've never seen a castle,
please tell us, please.
All right.
It's called magic
miniature golf land.
Just past Marshall street.
We just passed Marshall street.
Oh.
Oh well.
You probably would
not have liked it anyway.
Oh yes we would have liked it.
I want to see the castle.
Oh c.W., can we turn around?
Huh, please, can we
please turn around?
- Sure.
- Oh.
♪
Take care of c.W..
♪
Hi.
Hello Moby.
♪
- Let me go.
- Hold still.
I didn't do anything.
Would you like to
see what you did?
Where are we going?
To see your good
friend, Duke sheffield.
Oh I want to stay here and play.
You are coming with me.
Oh.
Oh, what is this place?
It smells strange.
Disinfectant, antiseptic.
If you do not like Moby, think
of how your friend Duke feels.
Hi Duke.
Hi Moby.
Gee what do you-
what are you doing here?
Well, the dive was ok, but
the landing was a little shaky.
I think maybe I hurt myself.
Hurt yourself?
Oh, oh, no that was all in fun,
and no one hurts themselves
when they are having fun.
Come on, lazy, get up, huh.
We got lots of good
times, we can have.
I got this friend who knows
a big whig in the Pentagon,
and he can get us in to
play with the maps and stuff
in the war room, come on, Duke.
It's going to be great fun.
You don't want to miss it, huh.
Uh, Mark.
Those people in the triton,
they looked like that when
they went in the water.
Human beings cannot go
out underwater just to have fun.
They cannot jump
from one-hundred feet
and not get hurt.
Oh, I didn't want
anyone to get hurt.
I just wanted up there
people to have a good time.
But if they do it with no
thought to their personal
safety, or to the
safety of others, Moby.
Oh, what's happening?
What am I doing?
Hey Moby, don't cry.
I'm going to be
all right really.
Oh Duke, you are my friend.
I didn't want
anything to go wrong.
We know that Moby.
That is why we tell you,
you must go back
to your own world,
where you cannot hurt people.
Oh, but there's so
much here to play with.
And so much to break.
Mark, I think I want to go home.
Would you show me the way home?
Moby?
Yeah.
I'll see you, huh.
Oh Duke, I sure liked you.
You're sure lots
of fun to play with.
Good-bye, Moby.
Bye.
♪
Oh, oh, I remember
this place, Mark.
Do you remember, you
and me and the marbles?
Oh, it was funny, Mark.
Remember when I fell down Moby?
Yeah.
Would it have been
so funny, if I hurt myself
because of your joke?
No.
Is that the way out?
- Yes.
- Good.
I will open the door to
the sea when you reach
the end of the tunnel.
Ok, oh, oh.
Uh, I almost forgot
something, Mark.
I got you a present.
Thank you, Moby.
That is very nice.
Bye.
♪
Moby.
♪
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