The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998–…): Season 1, Episode 29 - Boston: Part 2 - full transcript
After the trial the family expect life to return to normal, but they feel uncomfortable having been used to the freedom of the island. Billy, as an orphaned black boy is looked down by society and ex-seaman Ben is also ostracized by Boston society as beneath them. To the family's horror, David is arrested and thrown into gaol. The family discover that Kwang Sen, who has his own vendetta against the family, has hired a top lawyer to get the murder trial reopened on the grounds that the original trial was improperly conducted. The family find their lives beginning to come apart. Ben feels uncomfortable working for Oscar, and Oscar encourages this discomfort, wanting to rid himself of this embarrassing relative. Oscar finally convinces Ben that Joanna would be better off without him and gives Ben money to go away and start a new life in Australia. Joanna discovers this at the last minute and stops Ben as the ship is about to sail. Billy feels redundant and resents being treated like a pet, as he sees it. He disappears, much to Christina's distress. He is driven to steal a loaf of bread out of hunger. Suddenly he is grabbed by a gang of men. Christina, distressed at Billy's disappearance goes off in search of him. She gets herself lost in the woods, but is rescued by Ernst. David is finally vindicated at the second trial and released. The family, thoroughly disenchanted with "civilisation" decide to return to their island. An envoy from the President asks David to claim the island for America and become its first governor. Ernst and Emily decide to stay in Boston and pursue their own careers On board ship the family are delighted to be reunited with Billy, who had been press-ganged as a cabin boy by the group of men we saw earlier. The family return to their island with Billy and other settlers - to renew their old life and start a new colony. The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson are far from over...
David Robinson?
My orders are to place you
under arrest, Mr. Robinson.
- MAN: It seems there.
- Will be a retrial.
Only an impartial jury can
officially acquit David.
I've got a job.
Working with grandpa.
Don't worry.
He won't be with us for long.
Oscar says that this
William Lester is the finest
prosecutor in the city.
I know a judge who
could be very useful to us
in this matter.
Why won't you marry me?
I love you.
Why don't you want to
eat with us anymore?
[THEME MUSIC]
ERNST (VOICEOVER): It would
seem my family is being tested
by some higher power,
forever pushing us
beyond the limits of endurance.
But though our trials and
tribulations never cease,
we are not downhearted.
Each new calamity only serves
to strengthen our resolve.
Take Ben, for example.
He has found work, and
it has transformed him.
He is now quite the gentleman.
Billy, too, has left the
fold for new adventures.
And though Christina is
upset to see him gone,
- she will, in time, come.
- Around to the idea.
As for me, my work
continues apace.
Of course I worry
about you, father,
sitting alone in your cell.
But I am confident that
these accusations against you
will once again be
proved worthless.
They have no case against you.
Emily sends her love, too.
Our ongoing courtship
is a consolation
a source of never ending joy.
You will not see what
is right under your nose.
That Billy wasn't happy here,
and that is why he left.
- Well of course he.
- Was unhappy, living.
In the stable with animals.
I suppose you're happy
living in the guest bedroom?
- Yes.
- Yes, indeed, I would.
Well then you'd make
him an object of scorn.
Look around you.
This is Boston.
You don't live in a
tree house anymore.
We have servants.
And what about Bessie?
Bessie.
Is different.
EMILY: Why?
Because...
Because she's
always been a servant.
She was born to it.
Well so was Billy.
- Well the difference.
- Between us,
Emily, is that you approve
of that state of affairs.
- (VOICEOVER) For all.
- My letters reassuring.
My father, in reality
our family seems
to be coming apart the seams.
Christina!
You can't stay in there forever.
CHRISTINA: Yes I can!
Are you all right?
I heard you
quarreling with Ernst.
I'm afraid I'm going
to break his heart.
I never meant to do it.
Oh, mama.
Is she still in there?
Yes.
Don't worry, she'll
come out soon.
CHRISTINA: No I won't!
How's Mr. Robinson?
He's coping well.
Thank you, Emily.
Have they fixed the
date for the trial yet?
The day after tomorrow.
Guilty, whichever
way you look at it.
Robinson attacked the
man, Seth Parsons,
and he dies as a result.
We think he died.
There is no doctor's
certificate to that effect.
Are you implying that we
have no case, Mr. Lester?
Of course we have a case.
Our testimony has to be
presented with a little flair,
that's all.
The question is... will
it achieve what you want?
Will it make Emily.
Chan return to you?
And what has that got
to do with anything?
Rather a lot as,
I understand it.
There is only one thing for
you to understand, Mr. Lester.
Robinson must pay
for what he has done.
You wanted to see me, sir?
Yes, my boy, come in.
So, how are you getting on?
Passably well, sir.
I've made one or two mistakes,
which Mr. Cotterill has been
kind enough to point
out to me, but I'm
learning all the time, sir.
Splendid.
- And I'd like to.
- Thank you once, again,
- For giving me this chance.
- Yes, yes, yes.
Now listen to me very carefully.
A new shipment
has arrived today.
I want you to go down to
the docks and meet it.
Yes, sir.
I want you to make a full
inventory of the cargo.
Here the necessary documents.
Inventory?
But Mr. Cotterill usually...
Mr. Cotterill is
occupied elsewhere.
Don't argue with me, Ben.
No, sir.
Well, get on with it.
Oh, and Ben?
Don't fail me.
Come on, have a little
bit of this broth.
For me?
What would Billy say if he saw
you wasting away like this?
He wouldn't care.
Yes he would.
- Just because he doesn't.
- Live here anymore.
Doesn't mean he's
not your friend.
He'll probably be around
to visit us in no time.
Try and keep him away.
Why did he leave, then?
We've been over this.
He had to go.
Christina, you
have to understand.
Things on the island,
they were different.
It was a special time.
- It was as though.
- We dreamed it all.
What about Ben?
What about Ben?
You met him on the island,
too, and he's still with us.
That's different.
I love Ben.
Well I love Billy.
Well, I'll leave this here.
And if you won't eat it
for me, eat it for mama.
This is an awful
time for me and she
needs all of us, the whole
family, to pull together.
Instead, we're all at
each other's throats.
So please, Christina,
think of her for once.
[SQUAWKING]
Yes, Emily?
I was wondering, will
I be asked to testify?
ELIZABETH: I don't see why.
You weren't there
when it happened.
And you have had no dealings
with Seth Parsons, have you?
No.
But I have had dealings
with Kwang-Sen.
Why does he take such
an interest in all this?
I really don't know, dear.
I think he must be
a very spiteful man.
[CRYING]
I did find something out.
I found out who
the judge is to be.
Who is it?
ELIZABETH: His name
is Abraham Moss.
Is he famous?
Let's just say he's not
known for his leniency.
A hanging judge, that's
what they call him.
Mama!
ELIZABETH: Christina!
[CRYING]
[MUFFLED SPEECH]
You there!
Excuse me?
What is that?
How many barrels?
Hey, don't walk away.
Those have not been counted!
I said those have
not been counted!
Listen to me!
I'm trying to make an inventory!
Entire cargo gone astray?
What were you doing, man?
And this?
This is supposed to
be an inventory, huh?
This worthless scrap of paper?
Sir, I...
Did I ask you to speak?
A trained monkey might
have fared better.
- Were it not for the fact.
- That you were married.
To my grand daughter, I'd
have you swabbing decks
on the first ship out of here.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
All right.
This time... this time
we say no more about it.
And I will not dock
your wages, as I should.
It would give me no pleasure
to take money from Joanna.
Well, what are you waiting for?
Was everything accounted for?
Good.
We'll let him stew on
it for a day or two.
JOANNA: You haven't said a
word since you came home.
Is everything all right at work?
Yes.
Why?
No reason.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Not like the monsoon, is it?
- Even the rain is.
- Different in Boston.
EMILY: Mrs. Robinson,
may I speak with you?
ELIZABETH: Yes, dear, of course.
I have to leave this house.
Emily?
Today.
My bags are packed.
I shall leave within the hour.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Robinson.
As much as I hate to leave
you in your hour of need,
I feel I can no longer be
a member of this family.
Will you forgive me?
Well, I uh... I don't
know what to say.
Naturally, you are free to go.
We always knew you
would eventually.
But why now?
Is it something to
do with the trial?
No.
What, then?
Have we offended
you in some way?
Far from it.
You have been the only family
I've ever really known.
I will be forever in your debt.
Only...
Only what?
It's Ernst, Mrs. Robinson.
I see.
He has asked me to marry him.
And you've refused.
I do love him, of course.
To see him suffering daily...
It's too much to bear.
Have you talked
it over with him?
No, I can't.
Well where will you go?
Home.
Home to China, and a new life.
I must help,
make arrangements.
No, please.
I beg you.
Give this to Ernst,
and let me go.
I'll never ask
anything of you again.
I have no power
to stop you, Emily.
You may go, with my blessing.
Ben?
Yes, Mr. Wyss?
This fellow here
says he knows you.
Make it quick.
Hello, Ben.
Sidney.
You remember me, then?
Yes, of course.
What do you want?
[TUTTING]
Now that's no way to treat
one of your own, is it?
After all this time, too.
All that living hand to
mouth on a desert island's
blunted your good manners, Ben.
Sorry.
I'm shocked, that's all.
How are you?
All the better
for seeing you, Ben.
This your desk, is it?
Yes.
Well, well.
Never had you down as
the book learning type.
I'm afraid you can't stay.
Mr. Wyss has very strict rules.
Oh, I bet he does.
Don't worry, Ben, I ain't
going to show you up.
Just want answers to a
few questions is all.
Yes, of course.
What would you like to know?
Well first off, who is this
new addition to the Thomas
family... this Joanna
Robinson... and when do
I get to make her acquaintance?
[SQUEAKING]
So I got to wondering
what happened to our Ben,
not hearing nothing.
And I says to myself,
Sidney I says,
- we ain't heard he's.
- Alive, but yet we.
Ain't heard he's dead neither.
And then one day I'm
walking through the town,
and who should I see getting
out of a fancy carriage
with a lady on his arm but old
Ben Thomas in all his finery?
You didn't fool me, Ben.
I knew you right off.
I understand
you're related to Ben
on his father's side, Sidney.
That's right.
His father is my
father's brother.
The Thomas'.
There's hundreds of us.
Eh, Ben?
You'll have to get to know
us better, Mrs. Robinson.
Please, help yourself.
Thank you.
So Ben tells me your husband's
up for murder, Mr. Robinson.
Nasty business.
You gonna get him off or what?
It's been a very
pleasant evening.
And I likes your family, Ben.
I likes them all, especially
that young wife of yours.
A very handsome woman.
- How much?
- What's that, cousin?
Let's have it.
How much to stay away and
keep my whereabouts a secret?
Why Ben, I can't
hardly believe my ears.
Sidney, just tell me.
- Well, since you want.
- To put a price on it,
A couple of hundred should do.
I'm a shipping clerk.
Where can I find such a sum?
You married into
money, didn't you?
Sell the family silver.
Now you listen...
No, you listen cousin.
Unless you do what I
say, you're going to have
20 hungry mouths on your door.
That could work out
even more expensive.
- Whereas if you come.
- Up with the loot,
I won't bother you no more.
10.
- I'll give you 10 and we'll.
- Say no more about it.
Now you don't
get off that easy.
The money's there, I've
seen it for myself.
I'll give you till tomorrow.
You married into
money, didn't you?
Do you deny it?
No, sir.
I can't hear you.
No, sir.
What was your rank before
you had the good fortune
to meet Joanna Robinson?
My rank, sir?
On board ship.
- First mate?
- Captain, perhaps?
[LAUGHING]
Order!
No.
The truth is, you didn't have a
penny until you met your wife.
Isn't that right?
Yes, sir.
Yes.
Well, now.
Did you befriend two brothers on.
"The Fury" in those first weeks
of the voyage?
Yes, sir.
What were their names?
For the court.
Jed and Seth Parsons.
Why are you here, Emily?
Tell me what you want.
If it's not too late, I
would like to make amends.
You are lying.
You think it is within
my power to have
David Robinson released, and so
you come here to plead for him.
I'm not here to plead
for him, but for myself.
It wasn't my fault we were
shipwrecked, Kwang-Sen.
And I confess, I allowed myself
to wonder from my true path,
from my destiny, and
for that I'm sorry.
But it's not too late.
I have left the Robinsons.
I'm free.
Nothing happened on the island.
I've saved myself for you.
I'm ready to return
to China as your wife.
And when Seth, the younger
of the two, was murdered...
Objection!
Sustained.
I'm sorry.
When it seemed that young
Seth had been killed,
did you swear vengeance
on the man you held
responsible... David Robinson?
I didn't know if...
Oh, answer the question.
Yes or no.
Did you swear vengeance?
Yes, sir.
But that vengeance
never came, did it Ben?
- Then you came across.
- The young woman.
Who was to be your salvation,
whose family was to provide
you with the means
to which you have
become so clearly accustomed.
You betrayed your
friend, Jed Parsons.
The only man who ever gave
a care for your well-being.
And you wormed your way into the
affections of that young girl.
Oh, no doubt her
family were only too
pleased to have you among them.
A small price to pay
for your silence.
No, I didn't...
They used you, didn't they?
They used you, and you were
too ignorant to see it.
No!
[ACCORDION PLAYING]
I know, Bruno.
You miss him too, don't you?
We've got to find him!
Come on, Bruno.
Find him.
Find Billy!
You saw Seth
Parsons fall and hit
his head against the woodwork.
Is that right?
Yes.
And in your opinion,
was he dealt a fatal blow?
I cannot say.
Did he lay quite still?
ELIZABETH: Yes.
And then his brother arrived.
He examined Seth, and
pronounced him to be dead.
Correct?
ELIZABETH: Yes, that is correct.
And did you believe him?
It's a simple enough
question, Mrs. Robinson.
Did you believe.
Jed Parsons when he
said his brother Seth was dead?
I don't know.
I would remind you
that you are on oath.
I will ask the question again.
Did you believe the
man to be dead or not?
Yes.
For the court to hear.
Yes.
Are you all right, Ben?
You look ill.
Mr. Wyss, I love Joanna
but I'm no good for her.
I'm afraid I'll bring
unhappiness to her
and the rest of the family.
I see.
So what you intend
to do about it?
I don't know.
I'm at my wit's end.
Well I can't say that
I'm surprised, my boy.
You have the salt
sea in your blood.
I knew it the instant
that I laid eyes on you.
You're an adventurer,
a man of action.
Not for you, a life
of domesticity.
I suspect that soon you'll
be heading for the open sea
once more.
If you want to do that, I'll
put money in your pocket
so that you can at least
leave as a gentleman.
Don't decide just now.
Think on it.
Good boy, Bruno!
Has he been this way?
[BARKING]
And what had this
man ever done to you?
- Entered your cabin.
- Without permission?
That is all?
Yet when he lay
there dead or dying,
did you administer to him?
Objection!
Sustained.
And when the ship founded, did
you seek his body to remove it
to a place of burial?
No!
- And you sought to.
- Hide your guilt away.
On that remote island for
a period of two years.
Objection!
Did you think the day of
reckoning would never come?
- Well?
- Did you?
David?
- Your husband.
- Can't help you now.
- The day of reckoning.
- Is here, Mrs. Robinson.
Objection!
The day of reckoning is here.
Objection!
Objection, your honor!
Order!
Order!
Order!
ERNST (VOICEOVER): My
father was devastated,
and lost all hope during the
early stages of the trial.
- Could it really.
- Be that Kwang-Sen.
Had enough power or wealth to
pervert the course of justice?
[MUSIC - PAUL HOLMES AND SHIRLEY
[JAY, "GET AWAY"]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
My orders are to place you
under arrest, Mr. Robinson.
- MAN: It seems there.
- Will be a retrial.
Only an impartial jury can
officially acquit David.
I've got a job.
Working with grandpa.
Don't worry.
He won't be with us for long.
Oscar says that this
William Lester is the finest
prosecutor in the city.
I know a judge who
could be very useful to us
in this matter.
Why won't you marry me?
I love you.
Why don't you want to
eat with us anymore?
[THEME MUSIC]
ERNST (VOICEOVER): It would
seem my family is being tested
by some higher power,
forever pushing us
beyond the limits of endurance.
But though our trials and
tribulations never cease,
we are not downhearted.
Each new calamity only serves
to strengthen our resolve.
Take Ben, for example.
He has found work, and
it has transformed him.
He is now quite the gentleman.
Billy, too, has left the
fold for new adventures.
And though Christina is
upset to see him gone,
- she will, in time, come.
- Around to the idea.
As for me, my work
continues apace.
Of course I worry
about you, father,
sitting alone in your cell.
But I am confident that
these accusations against you
will once again be
proved worthless.
They have no case against you.
Emily sends her love, too.
Our ongoing courtship
is a consolation
a source of never ending joy.
You will not see what
is right under your nose.
That Billy wasn't happy here,
and that is why he left.
- Well of course he.
- Was unhappy, living.
In the stable with animals.
I suppose you're happy
living in the guest bedroom?
- Yes.
- Yes, indeed, I would.
Well then you'd make
him an object of scorn.
Look around you.
This is Boston.
You don't live in a
tree house anymore.
We have servants.
And what about Bessie?
Bessie.
Is different.
EMILY: Why?
Because...
Because she's
always been a servant.
She was born to it.
Well so was Billy.
- Well the difference.
- Between us,
Emily, is that you approve
of that state of affairs.
- (VOICEOVER) For all.
- My letters reassuring.
My father, in reality
our family seems
to be coming apart the seams.
Christina!
You can't stay in there forever.
CHRISTINA: Yes I can!
Are you all right?
I heard you
quarreling with Ernst.
I'm afraid I'm going
to break his heart.
I never meant to do it.
Oh, mama.
Is she still in there?
Yes.
Don't worry, she'll
come out soon.
CHRISTINA: No I won't!
How's Mr. Robinson?
He's coping well.
Thank you, Emily.
Have they fixed the
date for the trial yet?
The day after tomorrow.
Guilty, whichever
way you look at it.
Robinson attacked the
man, Seth Parsons,
and he dies as a result.
We think he died.
There is no doctor's
certificate to that effect.
Are you implying that we
have no case, Mr. Lester?
Of course we have a case.
Our testimony has to be
presented with a little flair,
that's all.
The question is... will
it achieve what you want?
Will it make Emily.
Chan return to you?
And what has that got
to do with anything?
Rather a lot as,
I understand it.
There is only one thing for
you to understand, Mr. Lester.
Robinson must pay
for what he has done.
You wanted to see me, sir?
Yes, my boy, come in.
So, how are you getting on?
Passably well, sir.
I've made one or two mistakes,
which Mr. Cotterill has been
kind enough to point
out to me, but I'm
learning all the time, sir.
Splendid.
- And I'd like to.
- Thank you once, again,
- For giving me this chance.
- Yes, yes, yes.
Now listen to me very carefully.
A new shipment
has arrived today.
I want you to go down to
the docks and meet it.
Yes, sir.
I want you to make a full
inventory of the cargo.
Here the necessary documents.
Inventory?
But Mr. Cotterill usually...
Mr. Cotterill is
occupied elsewhere.
Don't argue with me, Ben.
No, sir.
Well, get on with it.
Oh, and Ben?
Don't fail me.
Come on, have a little
bit of this broth.
For me?
What would Billy say if he saw
you wasting away like this?
He wouldn't care.
Yes he would.
- Just because he doesn't.
- Live here anymore.
Doesn't mean he's
not your friend.
He'll probably be around
to visit us in no time.
Try and keep him away.
Why did he leave, then?
We've been over this.
He had to go.
Christina, you
have to understand.
Things on the island,
they were different.
It was a special time.
- It was as though.
- We dreamed it all.
What about Ben?
What about Ben?
You met him on the island,
too, and he's still with us.
That's different.
I love Ben.
Well I love Billy.
Well, I'll leave this here.
And if you won't eat it
for me, eat it for mama.
This is an awful
time for me and she
needs all of us, the whole
family, to pull together.
Instead, we're all at
each other's throats.
So please, Christina,
think of her for once.
[SQUAWKING]
Yes, Emily?
I was wondering, will
I be asked to testify?
ELIZABETH: I don't see why.
You weren't there
when it happened.
And you have had no dealings
with Seth Parsons, have you?
No.
But I have had dealings
with Kwang-Sen.
Why does he take such
an interest in all this?
I really don't know, dear.
I think he must be
a very spiteful man.
[CRYING]
I did find something out.
I found out who
the judge is to be.
Who is it?
ELIZABETH: His name
is Abraham Moss.
Is he famous?
Let's just say he's not
known for his leniency.
A hanging judge, that's
what they call him.
Mama!
ELIZABETH: Christina!
[CRYING]
[MUFFLED SPEECH]
You there!
Excuse me?
What is that?
How many barrels?
Hey, don't walk away.
Those have not been counted!
I said those have
not been counted!
Listen to me!
I'm trying to make an inventory!
Entire cargo gone astray?
What were you doing, man?
And this?
This is supposed to
be an inventory, huh?
This worthless scrap of paper?
Sir, I...
Did I ask you to speak?
A trained monkey might
have fared better.
- Were it not for the fact.
- That you were married.
To my grand daughter, I'd
have you swabbing decks
on the first ship out of here.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
All right.
This time... this time
we say no more about it.
And I will not dock
your wages, as I should.
It would give me no pleasure
to take money from Joanna.
Well, what are you waiting for?
Was everything accounted for?
Good.
We'll let him stew on
it for a day or two.
JOANNA: You haven't said a
word since you came home.
Is everything all right at work?
Yes.
Why?
No reason.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Not like the monsoon, is it?
- Even the rain is.
- Different in Boston.
EMILY: Mrs. Robinson,
may I speak with you?
ELIZABETH: Yes, dear, of course.
I have to leave this house.
Emily?
Today.
My bags are packed.
I shall leave within the hour.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Robinson.
As much as I hate to leave
you in your hour of need,
I feel I can no longer be
a member of this family.
Will you forgive me?
Well, I uh... I don't
know what to say.
Naturally, you are free to go.
We always knew you
would eventually.
But why now?
Is it something to
do with the trial?
No.
What, then?
Have we offended
you in some way?
Far from it.
You have been the only family
I've ever really known.
I will be forever in your debt.
Only...
Only what?
It's Ernst, Mrs. Robinson.
I see.
He has asked me to marry him.
And you've refused.
I do love him, of course.
To see him suffering daily...
It's too much to bear.
Have you talked
it over with him?
No, I can't.
Well where will you go?
Home.
Home to China, and a new life.
I must help,
make arrangements.
No, please.
I beg you.
Give this to Ernst,
and let me go.
I'll never ask
anything of you again.
I have no power
to stop you, Emily.
You may go, with my blessing.
Ben?
Yes, Mr. Wyss?
This fellow here
says he knows you.
Make it quick.
Hello, Ben.
Sidney.
You remember me, then?
Yes, of course.
What do you want?
[TUTTING]
Now that's no way to treat
one of your own, is it?
After all this time, too.
All that living hand to
mouth on a desert island's
blunted your good manners, Ben.
Sorry.
I'm shocked, that's all.
How are you?
All the better
for seeing you, Ben.
This your desk, is it?
Yes.
Well, well.
Never had you down as
the book learning type.
I'm afraid you can't stay.
Mr. Wyss has very strict rules.
Oh, I bet he does.
Don't worry, Ben, I ain't
going to show you up.
Just want answers to a
few questions is all.
Yes, of course.
What would you like to know?
Well first off, who is this
new addition to the Thomas
family... this Joanna
Robinson... and when do
I get to make her acquaintance?
[SQUEAKING]
So I got to wondering
what happened to our Ben,
not hearing nothing.
And I says to myself,
Sidney I says,
- we ain't heard he's.
- Alive, but yet we.
Ain't heard he's dead neither.
And then one day I'm
walking through the town,
and who should I see getting
out of a fancy carriage
with a lady on his arm but old
Ben Thomas in all his finery?
You didn't fool me, Ben.
I knew you right off.
I understand
you're related to Ben
on his father's side, Sidney.
That's right.
His father is my
father's brother.
The Thomas'.
There's hundreds of us.
Eh, Ben?
You'll have to get to know
us better, Mrs. Robinson.
Please, help yourself.
Thank you.
So Ben tells me your husband's
up for murder, Mr. Robinson.
Nasty business.
You gonna get him off or what?
It's been a very
pleasant evening.
And I likes your family, Ben.
I likes them all, especially
that young wife of yours.
A very handsome woman.
- How much?
- What's that, cousin?
Let's have it.
How much to stay away and
keep my whereabouts a secret?
Why Ben, I can't
hardly believe my ears.
Sidney, just tell me.
- Well, since you want.
- To put a price on it,
A couple of hundred should do.
I'm a shipping clerk.
Where can I find such a sum?
You married into
money, didn't you?
Sell the family silver.
Now you listen...
No, you listen cousin.
Unless you do what I
say, you're going to have
20 hungry mouths on your door.
That could work out
even more expensive.
- Whereas if you come.
- Up with the loot,
I won't bother you no more.
10.
- I'll give you 10 and we'll.
- Say no more about it.
Now you don't
get off that easy.
The money's there, I've
seen it for myself.
I'll give you till tomorrow.
You married into
money, didn't you?
Do you deny it?
No, sir.
I can't hear you.
No, sir.
What was your rank before
you had the good fortune
to meet Joanna Robinson?
My rank, sir?
On board ship.
- First mate?
- Captain, perhaps?
[LAUGHING]
Order!
No.
The truth is, you didn't have a
penny until you met your wife.
Isn't that right?
Yes, sir.
Yes.
Well, now.
Did you befriend two brothers on.
"The Fury" in those first weeks
of the voyage?
Yes, sir.
What were their names?
For the court.
Jed and Seth Parsons.
Why are you here, Emily?
Tell me what you want.
If it's not too late, I
would like to make amends.
You are lying.
You think it is within
my power to have
David Robinson released, and so
you come here to plead for him.
I'm not here to plead
for him, but for myself.
It wasn't my fault we were
shipwrecked, Kwang-Sen.
And I confess, I allowed myself
to wonder from my true path,
from my destiny, and
for that I'm sorry.
But it's not too late.
I have left the Robinsons.
I'm free.
Nothing happened on the island.
I've saved myself for you.
I'm ready to return
to China as your wife.
And when Seth, the younger
of the two, was murdered...
Objection!
Sustained.
I'm sorry.
When it seemed that young
Seth had been killed,
did you swear vengeance
on the man you held
responsible... David Robinson?
I didn't know if...
Oh, answer the question.
Yes or no.
Did you swear vengeance?
Yes, sir.
But that vengeance
never came, did it Ben?
- Then you came across.
- The young woman.
Who was to be your salvation,
whose family was to provide
you with the means
to which you have
become so clearly accustomed.
You betrayed your
friend, Jed Parsons.
The only man who ever gave
a care for your well-being.
And you wormed your way into the
affections of that young girl.
Oh, no doubt her
family were only too
pleased to have you among them.
A small price to pay
for your silence.
No, I didn't...
They used you, didn't they?
They used you, and you were
too ignorant to see it.
No!
[ACCORDION PLAYING]
I know, Bruno.
You miss him too, don't you?
We've got to find him!
Come on, Bruno.
Find him.
Find Billy!
You saw Seth
Parsons fall and hit
his head against the woodwork.
Is that right?
Yes.
And in your opinion,
was he dealt a fatal blow?
I cannot say.
Did he lay quite still?
ELIZABETH: Yes.
And then his brother arrived.
He examined Seth, and
pronounced him to be dead.
Correct?
ELIZABETH: Yes, that is correct.
And did you believe him?
It's a simple enough
question, Mrs. Robinson.
Did you believe.
Jed Parsons when he
said his brother Seth was dead?
I don't know.
I would remind you
that you are on oath.
I will ask the question again.
Did you believe the
man to be dead or not?
Yes.
For the court to hear.
Yes.
Are you all right, Ben?
You look ill.
Mr. Wyss, I love Joanna
but I'm no good for her.
I'm afraid I'll bring
unhappiness to her
and the rest of the family.
I see.
So what you intend
to do about it?
I don't know.
I'm at my wit's end.
Well I can't say that
I'm surprised, my boy.
You have the salt
sea in your blood.
I knew it the instant
that I laid eyes on you.
You're an adventurer,
a man of action.
Not for you, a life
of domesticity.
I suspect that soon you'll
be heading for the open sea
once more.
If you want to do that, I'll
put money in your pocket
so that you can at least
leave as a gentleman.
Don't decide just now.
Think on it.
Good boy, Bruno!
Has he been this way?
[BARKING]
And what had this
man ever done to you?
- Entered your cabin.
- Without permission?
That is all?
Yet when he lay
there dead or dying,
did you administer to him?
Objection!
Sustained.
And when the ship founded, did
you seek his body to remove it
to a place of burial?
No!
- And you sought to.
- Hide your guilt away.
On that remote island for
a period of two years.
Objection!
Did you think the day of
reckoning would never come?
- Well?
- Did you?
David?
- Your husband.
- Can't help you now.
- The day of reckoning.
- Is here, Mrs. Robinson.
Objection!
The day of reckoning is here.
Objection!
Objection, your honor!
Order!
Order!
Order!
ERNST (VOICEOVER): My
father was devastated,
and lost all hope during the
early stages of the trial.
- Could it really.
- Be that Kwang-Sen.
Had enough power or wealth to
pervert the course of justice?
[MUSIC - PAUL HOLMES AND SHIRLEY
[JAY, "GET AWAY"]
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