Return to Jupiter (1997–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - Terminex - full transcript

Kumi managed
to make a copy of the SOS.

The doc's trying to filter out the noise.

You'd think after 10 weeks,

he'd know how to use the
intercom on his own ship.

And you say he's trying
to enhance the message?

Yeah, Kumi's there helping him.
- Least that's a positive step.

And there's no indication of what
the emergency is on Terminex?

No, they just keep
saying they're in trouble

over and over again.
- Report to the control room.

Take two, two, two four, two four five.

Who designed this thing?
- You did.



It was a rhetorical question, Billings.
- Haskell, I'm here, let's have it.

Well, the, we seem to have filtered
out most of the extraneous noise

and we boosted the vocal modulation.
Kumi, over to you.

But there's still a lot of dropout.
The digital imprint is badly damaged.

All right, let's have it on a speaker.

Message commencing now.
- Help Terminex.

Extreme emergency.

Require emergent assist in, space

station in imminent danger.

Structure compromised.

This is space, Terminex...

And that's all there is?

No indication of what the emergency is?

That's all I could salvage.



Well, we can't ignore it.

Haskell, prepare the mining
rig for a flight to Terminex.

It's not fair, I should be going, too!

Why take the mining
rig, why not the Icarus?

Then we could all go.

Commander Dent
is hardly going to endanger

the Icarus nor its
precious cargo by flying

to who knows what sort of danger.

And besides, the mining
rig's still intact.

It's a lot faster than this
broken-down heap of junk.

She'll get there a lot quicker.

Maybe if I really
groveled, she'll let me go.

Abe, face facts, Dent is not
going to take you with her.

Most definitely
not, not when Terminex might be

in the vortex of one of Jupiter's
most ferocious ion storms.

She has to think of your
safety as well, you know.

Don't worry about him,
he's prone to exaggeration.

No, it's a scientific fact

that a freak Jovian storm could
rip a space station apart,

reducing it to clouds
of molecular fragments.

Quadro!
- No, I'm absolutely certain

it's best we stay here
where it's nice and safe.

Would you be quiet, you blockhead?

Abe's mother's on Terminex.

Dear, I seem to have over-articulated

the relevant danger.

You stuck your big foot
in your big trap as usual.

We've loaded the medical
equipment and the rescue gear.

Excellent.
- You'll send back word

as soon as you know what's going on?

Yes, the second we
know what the emergency is,

although a simple research station

studying Jupiter's
atmospheric structures,

I don't know what could have happened.

Commander, the rig's loaded and ready

and the crew is on board.

And don't forget if
you see our parents...

I'll tell them you've
been nothing but trouble

ever since we've left Earth.

You take care of each other.

We will, Doc.

Billings, come along now.

There's no time to waste.

Automatic pilot in holding pattern.

I've checked all life supports.

Just keep an eye on the O2 levels.

And I've shut down the ion
drives to conserve energy,

and maybe I should
leave someone with you.

Look, Commander, you're
gonna need all hands, okay?

I only wish I was coming with you.

No, no, I need you here
and you'd better keep...

It's okay.
- A tight rein on everyone.

You'd better give them something to do.

Commander, I can handle it.

This is what you trained
me for, remember?

Keep them occupied, get
them to clean up the rec room

even if it doesn't need it.

Look, will you stop worrying about me

and think about the people on Terminex?

I can handle it.

Yes, I do believe you can.

Well, I guess I'm all out of advice.

Good, 'cause you're all out of time.

Good luck, Commander.

Yes, you too.

Good luck, Gerard.

I want this mission to
run like an atomic clock,

smooth, accurate, and by the numbers.

If everybody follows my instructions,

we should get through it.

Gerard, you're babysitting
a broken-down cargo ship.

I wouldn't let it go to your head.

Broken-down or not,
for the next two days,

this ship is mine, and I
intend on giving it back

in better condition than I got it.

I want every nut, bolt,
and screw to sparkle.

You get my meaning?

I do believe you would
like us to pitch in

and clean up the ship.

You got it in one.

I'll make sure they
pull their weight, Gerard,

I mean, Commander.

That mouth of yours is
becoming a real problem.

Psst, Zac, you
wanna get out of there?

I think we might have
seriously underestimated

the flaw in Gerard's personality.

One taste of power and he turns
into a raving megalomaniac.

Well, he'll have to
try a little bit harder

if he intends to cross
swords with Abraham Spinks.

Are you hungry?

I could eat the festering
liver of a xenomorph.

We've got visitors.

What?

We've got visitors.

I was doing my rounds and I noticed

that the docking mechanics were active.

It couldn't be Dent, not yet.

Not unless they've had
trouble and had to turn back.

It could be
someone else from Terminex,

evacuees maybe.

You have to open the door.

There are rules.

I can't let anyone through
the airlock without an ID.

But if they're from Terminex,
they might be injured.

They may need help.

Gerard, they might die out there.

Forget about your
rules and open the door.

Aren't you glad we're not dead?

You!

Life would be so boring without us.

Yeah, really dull.

But the comet should
have wiped out everything.

You couldn't have got
away, it's impossible.

Your comet burned up
before it hit the ground.

And lucky, it did
because it gave Glovic

enough time to fix our ship.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

And you were worried about this creep.

They care!

Glovic, doesn't that warm your heart?

I don't have one.

Now can we get on with it?

We've got a ship to steal.

Indeed, time's a-wasting.

There's no way
you're taking over my ship.

Glovic, show them the box.

Gerard, do as he says.

Why, what is it?

It's a cyberlink.

Every hacker should have one.

With that thing, he
can access the controls

on Dent's ship, scramble everything,

send it looping off who knows where.

Gerard, do as he says.

There's no way you're taking over.

Gerard, how do you think
he crashed the Icarus

on Mars in the first place?

At last, finally I get
the credit I deserve.

After all that effort, it's nice to know

somebody appreciates my work!

Don't flatter yourself.

Gerard, do as he says.

You won't get away with this.

Don't provoke me, kid!

When you've got nothing to lose, ha,

you've got nothing to lose.

What about the others?

Where's the feral and her off-sider?

Where are they?
- Just leave them out of it.

Glovic, activate the cyberlink.

I think it's time to send
Dent a little present.

No, please don't, I'll tell you.

Kumi, don't tell them anything.

Shut up, kid.

Dent took them with her.

Kumi!
- She didn't want

to leave them here.
- She's right, Dent got...

Michael!
- Decided they'd be

better off with her.
- Michael, don't say anything

unless I tell you to.

Dent caught them in the rec room

having a food fight.

She didn't trust them to stay.

So they're on the mining rig, are they?

Well, that's even better,
because if any one of you

cause me one skellic of trouble,

I'll ionize it and your
two friends with it.

Sleep tight, and don't
let the bedbugs bite.

Selby!

Of all the stupid,

idiotic stunts, I should
never have opened

the docking doors.

Why didn't you stop me?

It's not your fault.

You weren't to know who they were.

That's the whole point!

I should never have let 'em
through without a positive ID.

And how are you gonna get
that without a comm system?

Forget about it, you weren't to know.

Anyway, we encouraged you.

If anyone's to blame, we all are.

Listen, doesn't this strike you as odd,

them just turning up out of the blue,

Dent leaves and they arrive?

Don't you think it's a coincidence?

Like they were waiting for us to leave.

Maybe they were expecting us to leave.

Who's to say Selby
didn't send the message?

From Terminex?

Well, that's what we're,

but he might've sent
it from his own ship.

The message could be from anywhere

and we wouldn't know the difference.

What's the first thing you do

when you find out someone needs help?

You find out what's wrong.

Selby knew we
couldn't contact Terminex.

I think he sent the SOS
to get rid of everyone.

I said specifically,
don't make it too dangerous.

Make sure they take the kids.

Well, it half worked.

Glovic, the word half does
not feature in our future.

Now I want this ship ready
for full speed within an hour.

Yes, right, put your
feet up, take it easy!

If you must know,
I'm going to make sure

those two interfering
fleas aren't on board!

This has gone far enough.

I couldn't eat

another molecule.
- Let me go.

I think I'm about to explode.

Well, would you mind
moving back over there?

I don't your gizzards as a necklace.

No, cancel the explosion.

I think I'll just drown
in my own stomach fat.

Anybody home?

I'm gonna have to sleep here.

Shh.
- What?

You hear that?

It was just my stomach expanding.

No.

Someone's coming.

Get down, shh!

Don't make it hard on yourself.

That's what my old teacher used to say

before I blew up her science lab.

Well, well, well,

couldn't happen to a nicer bit of junk.

And all tied up

like a Christmas turkey.

I was supposed to be a tree,

a circuitry inversion,
that's what happens

when I get hung upside down.

Isn't he supposed to
be comet dust by now?

Obviously not.

And how did he get on board?

He couldn't just walk on.

Someone must have let him in.

What's Dent gonna
say when she gets back

and finds the entire ship missing?

I'm gonna have the
shortest career in history.

Well, if we can open this door,

maybe we can find a way to stop them.

You think so?

We won't know unless
we get out of here.

And we're not gonna be able to do that

if you're just gonna stand there
feeling sorry for yourself.

Yeah, you're right.

They're not gonna get away with it,

not on my shift, they're not.

So Commander, who was the
idiot that let Selby on board?

Abe, your timing couldn't be better.

Get us out of here.

I bet it was you.

Okay, so I blew it,
just get us out of here.

They've locked us in.

Yeah, well, if you're
gonna act like an idiot,

he'll treat you like one.

You're gonna have to get the key.

We're not gonna fit
through there, termite.

Glovic, this is taking far too long.

It's nearly done.

How does he expect us to
get hold of the access key?

Diversion, maybe?

Reckon you could get
your stomach to explode?

This is serious!

Somebody's gonna have to sneak in there.

We'll choose.

Right hand you go, left hand I stay.

Bad luck.
- I'm sure

this should be a volunteer sort of thing.

If my interpretation
of your puzzle is correct,

you've put Abe in a no-win situation.

Who asked you?
- Hmph!

And keep quiet.
- Glovic.

How soon before we're
visible to Terminex?

It'll be emerging from
behind Jupiter anytime now.

We'll be in scanner range in 13 minutes.

I want us to be gone
from here in half that time.

I don't want to leave so much
as a single exhaust molecule

for the authorities to trace.

We're nearly there, Glovic.

Success is within our grasp.

Glovic, you really are
a genius, you know.

I got it.
- You're brilliant.

Good work, let's get out of here.

Quick, get in before someone comes.

Why do I get all the dirty jobs?

They're getting ready for takeoff.

They're trying to get away

before we're picked up by scanners.

Any idea how long?

13 minutes.

There must be some way to delay them.

Well, there might be.

If you guys can buy me some
time in the control center,

I might be able to sabotage
the propulsion systems.

All right, all right,
here's what we do.

Michael, you go check out
their ship, all right?

Take the robot with you.

If we can cripple the Icarus,
then that's our escape.

And you pair, you can
do what you do best,

wreck a few things.

Legal vandalism, I like it!

Status report.

Propulsion systems
online and standing by.

We're ready, ion drives
are at full capacity.

Stand by for thrusters.

Come on, Abe, where are
they, what's keeping them?

Don't worry, you picked
the perfect pair for the job.

We can start with the
atmospheric generators.

Which one should we press?

Who cares, a button's a button.

This is kind of fun.

If Finn could see us now.

What about this one?

The blue one?

Well, it looks like it does
something really important.

Now that's what I call a button.

It's red.
- Yeah,

and I've always wanted
to press the red button.

No, let me.

Get out of it, I saw it first.

Danger, carbon
dioxide reversion in progress.

Atmospheric generators
are building up CO2 levels.

Oxygen levels are falling.

Check it out.

The ship's no good to
us if we can't breathe.

There's no time to breathe.

It's not gonna work.

Selby's staying, we've
gotta get rid of him.

Come on, what is it,
what am I doing wrong?

Well, I may not
be mechanically-minded,

but perhaps this is
simply a matter of a key.

See, the data chip is missing,

and given the size of the cockpit...

What?

Not all of us are going to fit.

Well, it's to do with the cubic capacity

of the ship.
- Get out of it.

You pressed the red button.

But I'm taller than you!

You are not.
- Am too!

I'm the pyromaniac on this tub,

so I torch the heat sensor,
and seeing it was my idea,

you can give me a leg up.

All right, but I get
to do the next one.

Come on, you fire bug,
let's get out of here.

Glovic, answer me, Glovic!

Come on, get out of there.

Glovic, will you
pick up your audio link!

Glovic, we have another problem.

The heat sensors, pick it up.

Will you pick up your
audio link this instant!

Glovic, Glovic, this is no time

to be slacking off.

What, what do you want?

We've got a fire alarm.

Go on, check it
out, do the right thing.

Glovic, you hear me?

We've got a fire alert
in the viewing room.

Don't tell me!

This may come as a
surprise, but I can't be

in two places at once, and
I can't perform miracles.

Well, why not?

Do I have to do everything myself?

How long's this gonna take?

I'm not sure.

It's gonna have to be sledgehammer stuff.

There's no time for
finesse, 10 minutes maybe.

Did I miss something?

The fire, somebody set
that alarm off deliberately.

We've been had.

This is great, what do we do next?

I've got an idea, how about
we shut the heating down?

No, I've got a better idea.

Let's flood the living
quarters, open the water vats.

No, I've got a better idea.

Ferals!
- Run!

Get them!
- Stinking ferals!

I want those brats!

Faster, Abe, run!

Feral's history.

Emergency fire door sealed.

Well, well, well, it would
seem our two little vandals

have been trapped by their
own evil doings, get them!

With pleasure!

Get your hands off her!

Let go of me, you freak!

Not now, not ever!

How much longer do you need?

Five more minutes, I
have to be selective.

If I wreck everything, the
docking mechs won't work

and we'll be stuck here.

Gerard, we've got problems.

I can't power up Selby's ship.

Look, we need it to get out of here.

Well, the data chip's missing.

Selby must still have it.

And given the size of the cockpit,

not all of us are going to fit.

What are we gonna do?

No, Kumi, we've
gotta get out of here.

Get in there with your
interfering friends,

and if any of you even blink,

I'll obliterate Dent's
mining rig as we speak.

You're not

gonna get away with this.

I am, and you're
gonna have the pleasure

of watching me do it.

Selby, in two minutes...

Dear, dear.
- We'll have Terminex scanners

all over us.
- Dear.

Stand by full forward thrust.

Standing by.

No, you can't fire the thrusters.

I reversed the ignition programs.

You'll have to give yourselves up.

Nice try, Kumi, but I'm not
falling for that nonsense.

It might not be nonsense.

Fire the thrusters.

No, I trashed everything.

The fuel will back-burn.

It's possible, she could have done it.

She's just trying to
stall us, you idiot.

Don't call me an idiot!

In 30 seconds, we'll be
visible to the entire universe.

Now get us out of here, do it.

Hang on, if you touch that,
you put us all in danger.

Listen to what she's saying.

Fire the thrusters now!

Gerard, Michael, stop her.
- Do it now.

That's an order!
- Don't listen to him.

Or get out of the way.

What happened?

Feel like half the
ship just got blown off.

Which half, ours or the other half?

Who cares what you...

Shut your face and
give me a reverse thrust.

Slow us down, full power.

Throw everything you've got at it.

I should throw you at it.

Now what, genius?

The reverse thrusters are
gone, we're out of control!

Kumi, are you all right?
- Are you sure?

Try it again!
- No, shut it down!

Shut it down before you
blow the whole ship!

Take cover!

Gerard, you've got to stop them!