Return to Jupiter (1997–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Rescue - full transcript
Come on cockies.
- Abe?
Hold on tight.
Abe? Get over here, come on.
Whoever heard of a
ship that's not meant to crash?
Sit down.
- Didn't they check
their history books?
Just hold tight.
Hang on.
And get those things out of my face.
And keep them away from me.
Impact in.
- Heat shields are holding.
We're coming in too steep.
I'm losing power.
Reverse thrust.
- 3,000.
Give me all the power you've got.
3,500
I need that power.
Dr. Chrobak,
thrusters are overheating.
Abe!
Run, guys.
What are you doing?
- Not here.
Run for your lives.
Every roach for himself.
Hang on!
Give me a flight projection readout.
Commander, we
found us a landing spot.
How far?
Get us over Dorsa ridge and
you'll have a sea of sand.
It's our only chance.
Forward thrust.
Got it commander.
We're all gonna die.
We're at maximum power,
you'll burn out the thruster.
Bring her up.
You're melting the ignition circuit.
Gerard.
- I'm onto it.
Commander, a silicon
trench, a thousand meters.
That sand can save us.
- Fire's out.
Bring the nose up.
Eight hundred.
Hold your positions.
Sam, watch out!
Above you!
I want a full damage report.
- Sam?
Someone get me some light
and secure the fuel rods.
Yes, I'm working on it.
Commander, we're all okay.
Gerard, you all right?
I'm fine.
Samantha, report.
Commander over here, I need some help.
Let me through. Sam? What's happened?
Gently.
Is she all right?
Sam?
What are they doing in there?
They're taking forever.
Don't worry, Sam's
as tough as they come.
She'll be fine.
Is she all right?
Can I see her?
Now, don't worry too much.
She um, she looks much worse than she is.
Is she asleep?
No no no no, she's sedated, that's all.
She needs a bit of
a rest, she'll be fine.
Doc.
I want the truth. I'm
not a twelve year old.
Well we know she's got a broken leg.
Um, we've treated that.
The, the problem is,
she may have a very serious head injury.
I'm so sorry, Gerard.
We'll just have to wait
until help arrives.
Come on.
She's our sister, can't we stay?
We have to let her rest.
First it's head injuries,
now Chrobak's talking
about bone fragments
scraping against her arteries.
They're doing the best they can.
Doc'll look after her.
He builds spaceships.
And not very good ones at that.
He's got some medical knowledge.
This isn't just a scratch you can
fix with a first aid kit.
We need to get Sam to a real doctor.
Help will be here soon.
And if it's not? We
can't take that chance.
Come on Walter, don't move a muscle.
There's nothing more I can
do with communications down.
You can't wait any longer.
I mean, what if it's an
infection or a hemorrhage?
We need to do something.
Doc what do you think?
Well, as far as I can tell, we're here.
Now, that's, um, that's
three or four days walk
from Mars central.
Look, you'd never make it.
You'd die from hypothermia,
or you'd suffocate,
or, or, probably both.
Enlarge.
But, according to company records,
there's an old hydration plant here.
Probably a few kilometers.
I have to think of everyone's safety,
not just Samantha.
I can do it.
Well think about it, we've got, we got,
14 hours and still no
search and rescue mission.
I'd say nobody knows we're here.
How many hours daylight would he have?
Um, three hours maximum.
If you're caught out there after dark,
we're going to need an ice
pick to find your pulse.
So we're wasting time.
Sam needs a doctor.
- One condition -
Someone goes with
you. Someone I an spare.
The hydro plant was set up
ages ago to produce air and water.
Martian ATMOS regeneration
on a grand scale.
Thermal suits, battery packs, and
you're gonna need full face protection.
It'll only slow us down.
Our best chance is to
travel light and move fast.
We'll use these for oxygen supplement.
You've got enough oxygen for four hours.
Three and a half if you over-do it.
- We'll take it easy.
Not too easy. You
haven't got much leeway.
As soon as you get there,
contact Mars central.
Transmit our coordinates.
- I'd move much faster if I didn't have
someone else to worry about.
- The condition stands. You go as a team.
You work as a team.
- You ready? We're wasting time.
I'm ready when you are.
Did you know 80% of Mars is unexplored?
Which means there could be any
number of psycho aliens out there.
Well if we find one, we'll
bring one back as a pet.
Here we go, that's
the ship's coordinates.
Activated.
Good luck to you.
Thanks, Doc.
Now you look after Sam, all right?
And you look after her.
All right, let's go.
Take care.
Keep in contact as long as you can.
Careful.
Watch out for aliens!
I haven't forgotten about you.
I'm still deciding your fate.
Look, I'm really grateful
for your help, all right?
But you do what I say, when I say.
No arguments from me.
Here, take one of these.
They'll keep your body salts up.
It can top 50 out here.
Thin atmosphere, no natural insulation.
Hot during the day and freezing at night.
The martian climate lesson can wait,
just try and keep up with me.
Hey, you don't have
to worry about me all right?
Look, I've had
the training, you haven't.
Yeah, I seem to remember
it didn't go too well at times.
While we're busy in here,
you can keep in touch with them.
And I understand you know
something about computers.
I'll do whatever I can.
Good, keep me informed.
Report?
Well, the bio skin
is remarkably intact.
And the surface structure.
They laughed at me when
I tabled my designs.
And we're still checking the computers.
Well keep at it, and use Kumi.
Commander?
I think we all owe you.
You, you did a remarkable
job under the circumstances.
Dead birds fall out of the sky,
not state-of-the-art technology.
I want to know why your
computers dumped us on Mars.
Gerard, slow
down. Pace yourself.
I am.
Keep this up and you'll dehydrate,
we both will.
So I'll drink some water.
Then you'll get a cramp.
What good'll that do your sister?
Kumiko, come
in. Do you read me?
Come in. You reading me?
We're getting a clear signal.
How is she? Is she all right?
There's still no
improvement. Anna's with her.
I'll keep in touch with
you for as long as I can
until you're out of range.
I don't how long that's gonna be. Over.
So you're really serious about
all this nature, eco stuff?
I mean, you wanna
make a career out of it?
Fastest growing industry.
Probably said that
about computers once.
No!
Walter!
What have you done?
You murdered Walter.
That is a pest.
I don't like pests on my ship.
Which brings me to your
precarious position.
You'll need a bigger ruler.
Once communications are restored,
I look forward to having a
little chat with your mother
about the possibility of dispatching you
to a Martian boarding school.
Sentenced to life on Mars?
At least you went quickly.
You were a good friend and companion.
- Take it easy will ya?
Just a little bit at a time.
Geez, I hope the Doc knew
what he was talking about.
We should've seen the place by now.
Maybe not. First plants
they built were subterranean.
It was all underground.
We could be looking for a door.
A door? In the desert?
Great.
Gerard, stick to the ridges.
Gerard! Hold still!
Don't come any closer!
Gerard?
Just hold on, try not to move.
Gerard?
Michael!
Gerard what's going on?
Stay still, don't move!
Gerard, what's happening?
In a few seconds I'm gonna
be swallowed in the desert!
Now get me out of here!
Gerard, please answer.
Stretch! Further!
Throw it again!
All right, all right.
Michael?
We can't help you if we
don't know what's going on.
Aliens. They're being ripped to pieces.
Michael help me!
Gerard! Gerard hold on!
Might be better if you
go and look after Samantha.
I want to stay.
Gerard? Respond. Respond!
Come on Gerard, I'm not
having you on my conscious.
Pull!
One more!
That's it!
Can you hear us? Respond.
We're okay.
I thought I was gonna die.
Don't mention it.
You notice anything?
The sun.
This time we stick to the ridges.
No argument from me.
Our map!
You don't have to worry, they're safe.
And we'll soon be able to
get Samantha to a med lab.
Thank you. I knew Gerard could do it.
I told you everything'd be fine.
Well apart from the bit about
your sister being stuck on Mars.
And me possibly.
Kumi?
Kumi can you hear me?
Kumi it's Gerard.
Kumi!
She can't hear me. We must out of range.
So what do you wanna do?
Can't stay out here, we'll die.
We can't turn back,
there's not enough daylight.
Signal strength: zero.
There's nothing
we can do for them now.
They're on their own.
Sorry.
Kumi?
I wouldn't have let them go
if I didn't think they could make it.
We can make a shelter.
- No, we'll freeze.
Well what then?
I say we head this
way. Take our chances.
Not that way.
Well the hydro plant
produces water right?
And to do that it needs
solar power, and lots of it.
So it would have to face North.
- That doesn't make any sense.
You can face north from
any spot on the planet.
Well, I guess we follow this then.
It's gotta lead somewhere.
It's the only way. We climb across.
No way.
This might not be a good
time to bring this up, but,
I really hate heights.
- What?
Look, height only exists
if you look down. Okay?
Let's go.
Maybe we could go around.
- No time.
No way.
If you fall, then I fall.
Look it works both ways.
I'm not leaving you here by yourself.
Well then we go without the rope.
All right.
Careful!
It's condensation. The
temperatures dropping.
Yeah well every second
we wait it gets worse.
Keep your eyes on me.
You realize if I fall,
you'll be carrying me home in bucket.
Come on.
You okay?
Feeling a little bruised. And you?
I'm better now that you're awake.
How's Gerard?
You're doing fine, just keep moving.
Don't look down! Michael?
Don't push me, all right?
Talk to me.
Talk to me!
- About what?
I don't know, anything.
The weather. You're good at that.
Now's not the time.
What about the gorge then?
I mean, how was that formed?
That should obvious even to you.
- What?
Well what's that at the bottom
of the gor... - Don't look down!
All right, Kumi then.
I'm sorry I needled you.
Forget it.
I've made a decision.
I can't leave Sam on her own.
- But she won't be on her own.
There's doctors and nurses.
It's not the same.
Just stay put, don't
move. You're all right.
You're okay, you'll be fine.
I'll throw you some rope.
Okay? All right?
You ready?
Don't even think about it, you're okay.
Next time.
Michael?
No way!
Just concentrate, you'll be fine. Okay?
Michael!
Michael! Pull yourself up.
Use your weight!
Swing yourself up!
I can't!
Yes you can, you can do it!
Swing!
Come on!
You're nearly there!
Okay.
Hold on to the sides.
Okay, just slide along,
you're almost home.
I'll talk you across.
That's it, you're doing fine.
Just one bit at a time.
Keep your eyes straight ahead.
You want to go back and do it again?
Sure.
Just asking.
You know that bit about
seeing a white light before you die?
Yeah?
Don't believe a word of it.
I don't.
Navigation, auto-guidance, everything,
the whole system's been corrupted.
Not damaged or destroyed,
it's been corrupted.
I've got colonists
waiting on our cargo.
Can it be fixed in time?
Everything'll have to be reprogrammed.
We'll work night and
day, how long will it take?
Six days, maybe seven.
You reckon these
places were automated?
I thought they were.
So who owns the nightmare wheels?
Ferals maybe? Or a
psycho hydro-technician?
Hey Michael, check this out.
Watch your step.
Don't worry I am.
It's nothing like I expected.
You better stick close.
Go easy!
Maybe it's abandoned.
Not big on housekeeping,
whoever they are.
Michael, quick the door!
Stinking ferals.
- Abe?
Hold on tight.
Abe? Get over here, come on.
Whoever heard of a
ship that's not meant to crash?
Sit down.
- Didn't they check
their history books?
Just hold tight.
Hang on.
And get those things out of my face.
And keep them away from me.
Impact in.
- Heat shields are holding.
We're coming in too steep.
I'm losing power.
Reverse thrust.
- 3,000.
Give me all the power you've got.
3,500
I need that power.
Dr. Chrobak,
thrusters are overheating.
Abe!
Run, guys.
What are you doing?
- Not here.
Run for your lives.
Every roach for himself.
Hang on!
Give me a flight projection readout.
Commander, we
found us a landing spot.
How far?
Get us over Dorsa ridge and
you'll have a sea of sand.
It's our only chance.
Forward thrust.
Got it commander.
We're all gonna die.
We're at maximum power,
you'll burn out the thruster.
Bring her up.
You're melting the ignition circuit.
Gerard.
- I'm onto it.
Commander, a silicon
trench, a thousand meters.
That sand can save us.
- Fire's out.
Bring the nose up.
Eight hundred.
Hold your positions.
Sam, watch out!
Above you!
I want a full damage report.
- Sam?
Someone get me some light
and secure the fuel rods.
Yes, I'm working on it.
Commander, we're all okay.
Gerard, you all right?
I'm fine.
Samantha, report.
Commander over here, I need some help.
Let me through. Sam? What's happened?
Gently.
Is she all right?
Sam?
What are they doing in there?
They're taking forever.
Don't worry, Sam's
as tough as they come.
She'll be fine.
Is she all right?
Can I see her?
Now, don't worry too much.
She um, she looks much worse than she is.
Is she asleep?
No no no no, she's sedated, that's all.
She needs a bit of
a rest, she'll be fine.
Doc.
I want the truth. I'm
not a twelve year old.
Well we know she's got a broken leg.
Um, we've treated that.
The, the problem is,
she may have a very serious head injury.
I'm so sorry, Gerard.
We'll just have to wait
until help arrives.
Come on.
She's our sister, can't we stay?
We have to let her rest.
First it's head injuries,
now Chrobak's talking
about bone fragments
scraping against her arteries.
They're doing the best they can.
Doc'll look after her.
He builds spaceships.
And not very good ones at that.
He's got some medical knowledge.
This isn't just a scratch you can
fix with a first aid kit.
We need to get Sam to a real doctor.
Help will be here soon.
And if it's not? We
can't take that chance.
Come on Walter, don't move a muscle.
There's nothing more I can
do with communications down.
You can't wait any longer.
I mean, what if it's an
infection or a hemorrhage?
We need to do something.
Doc what do you think?
Well, as far as I can tell, we're here.
Now, that's, um, that's
three or four days walk
from Mars central.
Look, you'd never make it.
You'd die from hypothermia,
or you'd suffocate,
or, or, probably both.
Enlarge.
But, according to company records,
there's an old hydration plant here.
Probably a few kilometers.
I have to think of everyone's safety,
not just Samantha.
I can do it.
Well think about it, we've got, we got,
14 hours and still no
search and rescue mission.
I'd say nobody knows we're here.
How many hours daylight would he have?
Um, three hours maximum.
If you're caught out there after dark,
we're going to need an ice
pick to find your pulse.
So we're wasting time.
Sam needs a doctor.
- One condition -
Someone goes with
you. Someone I an spare.
The hydro plant was set up
ages ago to produce air and water.
Martian ATMOS regeneration
on a grand scale.
Thermal suits, battery packs, and
you're gonna need full face protection.
It'll only slow us down.
Our best chance is to
travel light and move fast.
We'll use these for oxygen supplement.
You've got enough oxygen for four hours.
Three and a half if you over-do it.
- We'll take it easy.
Not too easy. You
haven't got much leeway.
As soon as you get there,
contact Mars central.
Transmit our coordinates.
- I'd move much faster if I didn't have
someone else to worry about.
- The condition stands. You go as a team.
You work as a team.
- You ready? We're wasting time.
I'm ready when you are.
Did you know 80% of Mars is unexplored?
Which means there could be any
number of psycho aliens out there.
Well if we find one, we'll
bring one back as a pet.
Here we go, that's
the ship's coordinates.
Activated.
Good luck to you.
Thanks, Doc.
Now you look after Sam, all right?
And you look after her.
All right, let's go.
Take care.
Keep in contact as long as you can.
Careful.
Watch out for aliens!
I haven't forgotten about you.
I'm still deciding your fate.
Look, I'm really grateful
for your help, all right?
But you do what I say, when I say.
No arguments from me.
Here, take one of these.
They'll keep your body salts up.
It can top 50 out here.
Thin atmosphere, no natural insulation.
Hot during the day and freezing at night.
The martian climate lesson can wait,
just try and keep up with me.
Hey, you don't have
to worry about me all right?
Look, I've had
the training, you haven't.
Yeah, I seem to remember
it didn't go too well at times.
While we're busy in here,
you can keep in touch with them.
And I understand you know
something about computers.
I'll do whatever I can.
Good, keep me informed.
Report?
Well, the bio skin
is remarkably intact.
And the surface structure.
They laughed at me when
I tabled my designs.
And we're still checking the computers.
Well keep at it, and use Kumi.
Commander?
I think we all owe you.
You, you did a remarkable
job under the circumstances.
Dead birds fall out of the sky,
not state-of-the-art technology.
I want to know why your
computers dumped us on Mars.
Gerard, slow
down. Pace yourself.
I am.
Keep this up and you'll dehydrate,
we both will.
So I'll drink some water.
Then you'll get a cramp.
What good'll that do your sister?
Kumiko, come
in. Do you read me?
Come in. You reading me?
We're getting a clear signal.
How is she? Is she all right?
There's still no
improvement. Anna's with her.
I'll keep in touch with
you for as long as I can
until you're out of range.
I don't how long that's gonna be. Over.
So you're really serious about
all this nature, eco stuff?
I mean, you wanna
make a career out of it?
Fastest growing industry.
Probably said that
about computers once.
No!
Walter!
What have you done?
You murdered Walter.
That is a pest.
I don't like pests on my ship.
Which brings me to your
precarious position.
You'll need a bigger ruler.
Once communications are restored,
I look forward to having a
little chat with your mother
about the possibility of dispatching you
to a Martian boarding school.
Sentenced to life on Mars?
At least you went quickly.
You were a good friend and companion.
- Take it easy will ya?
Just a little bit at a time.
Geez, I hope the Doc knew
what he was talking about.
We should've seen the place by now.
Maybe not. First plants
they built were subterranean.
It was all underground.
We could be looking for a door.
A door? In the desert?
Great.
Gerard, stick to the ridges.
Gerard! Hold still!
Don't come any closer!
Gerard?
Just hold on, try not to move.
Gerard?
Michael!
Gerard what's going on?
Stay still, don't move!
Gerard, what's happening?
In a few seconds I'm gonna
be swallowed in the desert!
Now get me out of here!
Gerard, please answer.
Stretch! Further!
Throw it again!
All right, all right.
Michael?
We can't help you if we
don't know what's going on.
Aliens. They're being ripped to pieces.
Michael help me!
Gerard! Gerard hold on!
Might be better if you
go and look after Samantha.
I want to stay.
Gerard? Respond. Respond!
Come on Gerard, I'm not
having you on my conscious.
Pull!
One more!
That's it!
Can you hear us? Respond.
We're okay.
I thought I was gonna die.
Don't mention it.
You notice anything?
The sun.
This time we stick to the ridges.
No argument from me.
Our map!
You don't have to worry, they're safe.
And we'll soon be able to
get Samantha to a med lab.
Thank you. I knew Gerard could do it.
I told you everything'd be fine.
Well apart from the bit about
your sister being stuck on Mars.
And me possibly.
Kumi?
Kumi can you hear me?
Kumi it's Gerard.
Kumi!
She can't hear me. We must out of range.
So what do you wanna do?
Can't stay out here, we'll die.
We can't turn back,
there's not enough daylight.
Signal strength: zero.
There's nothing
we can do for them now.
They're on their own.
Sorry.
Kumi?
I wouldn't have let them go
if I didn't think they could make it.
We can make a shelter.
- No, we'll freeze.
Well what then?
I say we head this
way. Take our chances.
Not that way.
Well the hydro plant
produces water right?
And to do that it needs
solar power, and lots of it.
So it would have to face North.
- That doesn't make any sense.
You can face north from
any spot on the planet.
Well, I guess we follow this then.
It's gotta lead somewhere.
It's the only way. We climb across.
No way.
This might not be a good
time to bring this up, but,
I really hate heights.
- What?
Look, height only exists
if you look down. Okay?
Let's go.
Maybe we could go around.
- No time.
No way.
If you fall, then I fall.
Look it works both ways.
I'm not leaving you here by yourself.
Well then we go without the rope.
All right.
Careful!
It's condensation. The
temperatures dropping.
Yeah well every second
we wait it gets worse.
Keep your eyes on me.
You realize if I fall,
you'll be carrying me home in bucket.
Come on.
You okay?
Feeling a little bruised. And you?
I'm better now that you're awake.
How's Gerard?
You're doing fine, just keep moving.
Don't look down! Michael?
Don't push me, all right?
Talk to me.
Talk to me!
- About what?
I don't know, anything.
The weather. You're good at that.
Now's not the time.
What about the gorge then?
I mean, how was that formed?
That should obvious even to you.
- What?
Well what's that at the bottom
of the gor... - Don't look down!
All right, Kumi then.
I'm sorry I needled you.
Forget it.
I've made a decision.
I can't leave Sam on her own.
- But she won't be on her own.
There's doctors and nurses.
It's not the same.
Just stay put, don't
move. You're all right.
You're okay, you'll be fine.
I'll throw you some rope.
Okay? All right?
You ready?
Don't even think about it, you're okay.
Next time.
Michael?
No way!
Just concentrate, you'll be fine. Okay?
Michael!
Michael! Pull yourself up.
Use your weight!
Swing yourself up!
I can't!
Yes you can, you can do it!
Swing!
Come on!
You're nearly there!
Okay.
Hold on to the sides.
Okay, just slide along,
you're almost home.
I'll talk you across.
That's it, you're doing fine.
Just one bit at a time.
Keep your eyes straight ahead.
You want to go back and do it again?
Sure.
Just asking.
You know that bit about
seeing a white light before you die?
Yeah?
Don't believe a word of it.
I don't.
Navigation, auto-guidance, everything,
the whole system's been corrupted.
Not damaged or destroyed,
it's been corrupted.
I've got colonists
waiting on our cargo.
Can it be fixed in time?
Everything'll have to be reprogrammed.
We'll work night and
day, how long will it take?
Six days, maybe seven.
You reckon these
places were automated?
I thought they were.
So who owns the nightmare wheels?
Ferals maybe? Or a
psycho hydro-technician?
Hey Michael, check this out.
Watch your step.
Don't worry I am.
It's nothing like I expected.
You better stick close.
Go easy!
Maybe it's abandoned.
Not big on housekeeping,
whoever they are.
Michael, quick the door!
Stinking ferals.