Man from Atlantis (1977–1978): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Naked Montague - full transcript

Kill that pet of hers.

Unless she sings, of course.

There's only one
creature in the sea

that can make a sound like that.

Mythology.

You're going to
describe me a siren.

Most legends have
their base in fact.

There are no such
things as sirens.





Easy.



Did you enjoy that?

Oh, it's great!

You know somethin'?

I could wrestle tiger sharks
and still have enough steam

to land Moby dick.

Oh, well, Moby dick
is one thing, but...

That Navy department
is something else.

You mean they called while
I was below, didn't they?

Yeah, well, I told 'em
you were in the water.

And did they believe you?

They won't let ya go.

A man should be able to
get away once in a while.

Should be able
to take off his shirt,

lie in the sun,
have a cold beer,



and get to know what
his daughter's been up

to these past months.



How are things in the lab?

Hectic.

Welcome aboard the
submersible cetacean,

science officer Reynolds.

Thank you.

Jenny, Mark's signaling.

Mark?

There are no orcas
in these waters, Jenny.

Three cabin cruisers have
been wrecked around here.

Something was responsible.

Not killer whales.

What do your instruments show?

Fast recheck.

Nothing unusual.

There is a boat in the area.

Name?

The ambergris.

Checking.

A sport fishing boat, I believe.

Here it is.

The ambergris,

42 feet, registered papago,
inner island charters.

I am going to swim
out along the reef.



Up periscope.



There they are.

Not exactly a
treasure ship, caine.

But one man's worth the world.

All ahead full.

Ya know, caine,
perhaps it's time...

For a little song.

Don't ya think?

Look how frightened
she is of me.

I wonder why.

You wanna keep your little pet?

You know what you have to do.

Isn't that pretty.

Almost narcotic.

Wait till trevanian
hears that up there.

Trevanian's in range, sir.

You will sing for
him, won't you?

Your little friend
looks so fragile.



Sing.

Turn up the Gage.

Gage's on full.

Hit it, then.

Mark?

Something's wrong.

- Engineering?
- Working.

Damage control.

Can you get a blip on sonar?

Everything's out.



Punching up.

Monitor power restored.

Time elapsed?

52 minutes, 30 seconds.



No sign of Mark.

Who knows where he
could've drifted by now.

Triangulating...

Mark's last known position.

Our position...

Direction and speed of current.

Allowance factors,
Mark's weight.

Approximate
incidence of rotation.

Chella reef.



I'm laying a course
for chella reef.

Is anyone aboard?



I mean you no harm.

Please... no, no!

No, no!

Shallow water ahead,
activate surface camera.

Full magnification.

Well, at least we
found the ambergris.



Camera nine on screen.

There.

I see him.

Open channel a,
he wants to talk.

Cetacean, can you hear me?

Loud and clear.

Get sick bay ready.

I am bringing a
young woman aboard.

Who is she?

She is not coherent.



There they are.

Standby, airlock.

Standing by.

Put in a call to c.W.

Fill him in and tell
him we're coming in.

Levels?

Rising.

Oxygen?

As requested.

Let's get her in sick bay.

She said nothing?

No.

Well, whatever it
was, it blew out our

entire instrumentation.

It was a voice, Jenny.

A woman's voice.

I felt joy, no, serene.

I felt serene, as
if I were floating.

Well, you were, literally.

No, I mean it, Jenny.

I could have drifted
like that forever.

Is that insanity?

Well, not normal.

She is not serene, Jenny.

She cannot go on like that.

No.

C.w. On the line.

Put him through to sick bay.

I need verification on
the number of people

you rescued from the ambergris.

One, a young woman.

Do you have an identification?

I thought the coast
guard was going to have

a collective coronary
when I told 'em the name

of that boat.

Hugh trevanian
chartered that thing.

The girl is Amanda trevanian.

The trevanians are
important people?

Important?

Tell him, Jenny.

He's only the father of the
national defense systems

currently in use.

If you want us to ask
Amanda what happened

to trevanian, c.W., it's no go.

She's in a state of shock.

I think it's shock.

There'll be an ambulance
standing by for you

the minute you dock.

If something has
happened to Hugh trevanian,

this country is in
the kind of trouble

I don't want to contemplate.

That voice you heard, Mark,

you've heard it somewhere
before, haven't you?

Yes.

I'm trying to remember.

We have a legend.

Tell me.

Docking stations.

It's a myth.

You couldn't have heard a myth.



There's a whole ocean
full of people out there

up to their necks in
water, and who drops

into your lap?

Amanda trevanian.

I was looking for orcas, c.W.

It was just luck
that I found her.

Luck?

You have a knack for
pickin' up the big fish.

Tell Jenny I will meet
her later at the beach.

There is something
I have to do first.

Mark, I hate to disturb you.

Please.

We got a call from
c.W. At the hospital.

Amanda?

About the coordinates
we gave the Navy.

The chella atoll?

The ambergris wasn't there.

The tide could have
pulled it back out to sea.

That's what they thought,
but there was no sign of it.

150-mile sweep.

No wreckage?

None reported.

I see.

You did not tell me
how Amanda was.

She's the same.

The doctor gave her a
sedative, he wants her

to get some sleep before
they try anything with her.

She will not wake up
from that sleep, Jenny.

Mark?

I know what has
affected her now.

Unless I can get
to her, she will die.

Mark, what are
you talking about?

What, that sound we heard, what?

There's only one
creature in the sea that can

make a sound like
that, a sound that can

affect the human nervous system.

Dolphins chirp, so do whales.

They don't come anywhere
near the audio frequency

required to knock our
communications out.

These are not sea mammals.

Fish, then.

Some of them have
pretty high-intensity

natural sonar, but to damage

the cerebral cortex even temp...

You said you had a legend.

I looked it up in the library
before I came to the beach.

The book had a
picture of a creature in it.

Mythology.

You're going to
describe me a siren.

Most legends have
their base in fact.

There are no such
things as sirens.

What old-time sailors heard
was the howling of the wind

coming off the
rocks during a storm.

They were very
superstitious people.

Werewolves, people
saw the victims of rabies

foaming at the mouth
and they thought...

There you are.

Now what's this about your
having to see Amanda trevanian?

Unless I can get in
to see her, she will die.

Of course, if her
condition has improved...

She's worse, the surgeon
general's got two specialists

flying in, one's a neurosurgeon.

They will not be able to help.

Please, time is growing short.



Amanda.

Listen to me.

Listen.



This is a hospital, isn't it?

Yes.

You?

My name is Mark Harris.

You were on the boat.

Not to harm you.

I brought you here.

My father.

We do not know where he is.

They took him.

There was this... This sound.

Yes.

A submarine came
up out of the water,

and, a man got out of it.

And they took my father.

And one of them said something

about-about returning to...

Carrier.

That was it, carrier.

Carrier atoll.

Don't go.

You were singing to me.

Yes.

Mark Harris...

Please, please, find my father.



It's a kidnap-for-ransom
scheme we've got here,

I take it.

Well, actually, I'm
more interested

in all those top-secret
scientific goodies

you keep in your mind.

Well.

Then we're all here
for a very long siege.

Now you're making
assumptions unworthy

of your celebrated intellect.

The fact is, I expect
to get everything I want

out of you in, uh...

15 minutes.



Do I have to go
through the ritual

of threatening
your fuzzy little pet,

or will you be
sensible for once?

Let's not waste time.

Give him full amplification.

Well, I feel the same
way about Washington

as you do, Elizabeth.

How much longer do you think
the committee will want you there?

Well, hurry back,
we need you more

than those senators do.

The cetacean?

On its way to carrier atoll,

southwest of chella.

It oughta be arriving
there any minute now.



Company, you said?

Do we ever.

- Caine?
- Yes sir.

Our songbird still at it?

Yes sir.

Forget trevanian for the moment.

Open the outside mics.

Keep her on full?

Absolutely.

Communications, audio tape one.

Loud and fast.

Hit your ballast tanks!

We're losing power!

They're probably
still down there.

But after they
recover from the dose

we gave them,
they'll find they're

breathing pure carbon dioxide.

Which means they
won't be breathing at all.

Do you want to
send any divers out?

No rush.

Tomorrow, maybe.

After trevanian's brains
go to the highest bidder.



Systems are frozen.

Try the manual override.

Also out.

I'll take care of it
from the outside.

I haven't completed
a current analysis

with this little meter.

There's a possibility
it could roll the ship.

You could be crushed.

I can swim away from
this, Jenny... You cannot.

Neither can the crew,
there is no choice.

There's a submarine out there.

If they pick you up on sonar,

you're a sitting duck.

That does not change
what has to be done.

Activate.



Can't you keep it steady?

Without power, sure.



He's about to override,
keep it at all stop.

Maintaining all stop.



- All right, Mark!
- Monitor on.

Oh, great, Mark,
we're operational.

Come on in.

I'm going to find trevanian.

If I'm not back in one hour,

take the cetacean through
the reef and call c.W.

It will be up to the Navy
to decide the next move.

After the missile's red
alert homing systems

zeroes in on the target...

I underestimated the value
of this man's knowledge.

It might be a good idea to sell

a little bit here
and a little bit there,

instead of letting it
all go in one place.

Probably get more
money out of it that way.

Program operate.



Now she's singin' on her own.

You want me to shut her up?

Actually, it's rather soothing.

I think you have a tin ear.

Mr. Trevanian.

Ah... who?

I am a friend.

I have come to
take you out of here.

Where's my daughter?

Amanda, she is safe.

I... i thought they killed her.

He said they were
sinking the charter boat.

Thank you.

The frequency they hit me
with wasn't just to make me talk.

I... i think it affected
the motor control center

of my brain as well.

Can you tell me,
sir, where the sound

was coming from?

The next compartment there.

No-no, no, there's
no time for that.

Sir, they did not use
electronics on you.

Intruder alert.

Let's double-check the watch.

So this is where they keep you.

Do not be afraid.

I will do what I can to
get you back to the sea,

but I must help
him in there first.

You understand?

Our intruder.

How'd he get the door open?

We'll ask.

Leaving us...

You been in there?

It's someone else.

Unless you want me
to have Mr. Caine here

break the famous
Mr. Trevanian's neck,

I suggest you stay
right where you are,

and don't try anything stupid.

Get him outta here.

Tie him down, and
then you get out.

You'll notice I didn't
waste everybody's time

asking a lot of questions
they refuse to answer.

The lady inside
will do it for me.

It appeals to my
sense of symmetry.

Let's go.

She's wearin' that
stubborn look again.

Kill that pet of hers.

Unless she sings, of course.



Instructions?

Just wait.

- He's dead.
- He couldn't be.

You feel his pulse.

Get some men in
here and get rid of that.

Aye-aye, sir.



Trevanian?

In here.

I thought you were dead.

That is what I
wanted them to think.

Come with me.

Quickly... up here.



- Wait here.
- You can't leave me here.

This old model sub's
got a hatch alarm system.



- Cetacean.
- Reading.

I have trevanian.

Send up the surface
to airlock transport.

Coming up.



Trevanian, jump.

I can't swim.

Jump, now!

You wanna drown?

Put this on.

What is that?

That, Mr. Caine,
is the exact location

of the sub we are now going

to blow out of the water.

Set up the catapult.



Careful, we don't know
what kind of condition

trevanian is in.



We must move quickly,
they know where we...

Depth charge!

They're honing in on us!

What have we taken?

Double miss and closing in.

Short circuit, main panel.

Panel out.

Repair time?

Anybody's guess.

It is imperative to maintain
absolute silence until I return.

- Aye-aye, sir.
- I'm going to try and turn it

around if I can.

They're dead.

Or running silent.

Either way, it won't matter.

One more time, little lady.

Sing.

Hold it.

Get me a reading.

Right.

She's dead on the bottom.

No sign of life.

I think I'll take another
shot at her anyway.

All right, another song, honey.

There's a blip on sonar, sir.

Another ship?

No, it's too small.

A man?

Communications, can
you cross-patch me

through to stringer?

Stringer?

Patch me through to stringer.

We'll try.

Channel open.

This is Mark Harris of
the submersible cetacean.

Audacious.

I'm impressed, Mark Harris.

You must let us go.

Must I?

We mean you no harm.

All we wish to do is
depart with Mr. Trevanian.

Reasonable enough.

It is not for us to
apprehend you.

Be advised, however:
We will report

your position to the Navy.

Putting me on notice, are you?

How fair can you get?

Are we free to go?

You have my word as an officer

and a gentleman.

Does Mark really believe him?

You heard the man, helmsman.

Start engines and move out.

- Sir...
- He told us we are free to go.

Please, follow my instructions.

Here goes nothing.

All ahead, 20 degrees bubble.

Power on.

They're moving, sir.

I heard them.

Encore.

You heard me.

Stop this!

Stop it!

Stop it!



There, little one.

You will be safe now.



I am coming in now.

Airlock standing by.

There goes that sound again.

No... i do not think so, Jenny.

You told me yourself,

it is impossible to hear a myth.