The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Survival: Part 3 - full transcript

They've all abandoned

ship, left us to drown.

What land is that, Papa?

DAVID: Perhaps it's a

peninsula of some kind.

ERNST: Or an island.

[GASP]

Christina?

One thing I would like though,

see them Robinsons drown.

Christina?



Billy saved my life.

Billy, I'm coming.

- DAVID: Come out of.
- There, both of you,

Fast, before she goes down.

[THEME MUSIC]

Hold on, I'm coming down.

Ready?

Now.

All right, let's get out fast.

Ernst, you first.

Father...

Do as you're damn well told.

- All right, Billy, now you.
- But, sir...

DAVID: Don't argue, boy.



Go.

Whoa.

Father...

Go.

Go, Billy.

Come here.

Over you go.

Cast off, Ernst.

Push off.

Push.

Paddle like fury

before she goes under.

[BARKING]

She's gone, boys.

She's gone.

Ben?

Hang on.

Where am I?

What's happening?

You've got a fever.

- We've got to get.
- You out of here.

Seth?

You're a good lad, Seth.

David, there is someone

else on this island.

Are you sure?

I'll show you.

Ernst, what's

happened to the ship?

ERNST: I don't know.

It was there a moment ago.

- Did you see what.
- Happened to it, Billy?

No.

- I really think someone.
- Must have stolen it.

ERNST: Well, unless

perhaps it sunk.

We'd have noticed.

All right, you two.

Oh, Ernst?

- You've only brought.
- One of my dolls.

Mama packed five of them.

- Oh, good.
- You're awake.

- Where did all.
- This lot come from?

Here, hot grog.

Good stuff.

Any food?

Uh, salt beef and hard tack.

Ah, come from a ship then?

From the Fury.

She's still there?

No, not anymore.

Good.

[LAUGHTER]

Took them Robinsons to

the bottom, did she?

- I don't know.
- You never know nothing.

- Get me some more of that grog.
- What else we got?

What's in that box?

Could be important.

Um, just a telescope.

And a ship's log.

A ship's log, huh?

That can be important one day.

One day.

So cold.

Cover me up, Seth.

I am sorry about your

china cups, my dear.

Still, these coconut shells

make a fair substitute.

I must say, it's

all very civilized.

Anyone for more eggs?

Oh, yes, please.

I'm sorry we're eating all

your eggs, Mr. Dirty Bird.

Christina, roosters

don't lay eggs.

Hens lay eggs.

Have you given them

all names, Christina?

Oh, yes.

That one's Henrietta.

She's my favorite.

Billy, why aren't

you eating anything?

Oh, I'll have something

later, Ms. Christina.

Someone in the

bushes over there.

Father, I'm going to

go check on the raft,

- make sure it doesn't float away.
- Good idea.

- BILLY: I'll come with.
- You, Master Ernst,

Just in case you need a hand.

I thought we tied up the raft?

Well, that's true,

Joanna, but never

does any harm to make sure.

JOANNA: Why have you

called her Henrietta?

CHRISTINA: Because she

looks just like Henrietta

Madison at school.

- ELIZABETH: Oh,
- really, Christina?

And I thought she

was your best friend.

CHRISTINA: Oh, she

is, Mama, but she

stills looks like a chicken.

Now.

Ernst, oh, my goodness.

Whoa.

Ms. Chan.

Let go of me at once.

Oh.

Oh, sorry, Ms. Chan.

I shall require a bath and

a complete change of clothing.

So do we all.

Ms. Chan, won't you

please come and sit down?

- I'm so relieved to.
- Find you are alive.

Were there any other survivors?

No.

Oh.

- Then you've been.
- Truly fortunate.

He gave me his swimming bat.

Did you?

DAVID: But may I ask why

you've been spying on us?

I had to make sure

I could trust you.

Trust us?

Sir, I come from a

very wealthy family.

- You could have.
- Held me for ransom.

Oh, really?

- And how do you propose.
- We make our demands?

By putting a note in a bottle?

[LAUGHTER]

David, I think we have

quizzed Ms. Chan quite enough.

What this young lady needs right

now is food, not questions.

Of course, my dear.

Ms. Chan, if I've offended

you in any way, I apologize.

Ernst, Billy, let's

go and explore

the new site for our house.

Now, then, food, unless, of

course, you have already eaten.

Oh, yes.

Your mother did very

well to choose this site.

So how are we going to

build it off the ground?

Well, we'll, uh, build

it in the trees, I suppose.

Ah, a tree house.

We could build it on

the ground and haul it up.

Yes, we could.

That's an excellent idea, Billy.

This is going to be a

wonderful challenge,

surviving on a tropical island.

Better then traveling out

west with a wagon train?

Well, if I had to

choose, I'd... I'd say yes.

Yes, it is.

But don't tell your

mother I told you that.

I suppose this will do.

Oh, no, you won't.

- That's one of our.
- Sunday dresses.

Joanna, Ms. Chan

is used to the best.

Yes, but why does

it have to be my best?

I'm glad she's not my size.

Girls, that is quite enough.

Now, you will take.

Ms. Chan to the pool,

so that she may bathe.

Very well, Mother.

No good, lad.

I got the shakes again.

It happens.

When it gets going,

naught I can do

about till wait till it passes.

- Well, what do.
- You want me to do?

Nothing.

Gots to sweat it out, see?

And, listen, don't you

pay no heed what I says.

Inside my head, that's private.

Don't you forget that.

- ERNST (VOICEOVER): Having.
- Being reunited with first Billy.

And then Ms. Chan,

I wonder if it

is possible that there are still

other survivors on the island.

While Billy works alongside us

on planning our new shelter,

Ms. Chan remains aloof and very

much a great mystery to us.

DAVID: So, if the planks

are 9 inches wide,

that would give us an overall

living area of 18 feet by 12.

Well, that's not very big.

- We're going to have.
- Enough room to sleep?

Well, our cabin on the

ship was much smaller.

Yes, but now there

are two more of us.

Oh, yes, I've always

wanted a garden of my own.

Fine.

- Well, you can have.
- The carrot and onions,

And I'll have the

tomato and lettuce.

Father?

Yes, my dear.

- I don't think you.
- Should waste too.

Much time on this tree house.

And as for you girls, the

idea of planting a garden,

it's just too fanciful.

Why, Mama?

Because I hope we won't be

remaining here for very long.

- But, Mother, the.
- Normal shipping.

Lanes are nowhere near us.

My betrothed is a

very rich merchant.

In a short time, he'll

have a whole fleet of ships

scouring the oceans to find me.

Really?

- Well, I certainly.
- Hope he succeeds.

In the meantime, my dear, I

think we should make ourselves

as comfortable as possible.

Ms. Chan, I had no idea you

had been promised in marriage.

There was no reason why

you should have known.

Now, then, girls, I don't

suppose these dishes are

going to do themselves, do you?

Come on, Emily.

You can help us.

Surely you don't

expect me to help?

Joanna, leave this to me.

Ms. Chan, come with me.

Ms. Chan, you have no

doubt a loving life at home

surrounded by servants.

Yes, indeed.

Then I shall make

it perfectly clear.

Either you pull your

weight or you could

end up fending for yourself.

What is all that about?

I'm not sure.

- But sometimes I.
- Think your mother.

Should have gone into politics.

ERNST (VOICEOVER): During

the days that followed,

- it seemed that a transformation.
- Was taking place.

My father was doing

the work of a laborer,

and my mother, who never

went near a kitchen at home,

was to be seen baking bread

over an open wood fire.

Christina now seemed to have no

fear of the world whatsoever.

- And Joanna had.
- Become quite adept.

At discovering exactly where

our hens had laid their eggs.

It was only Ms. Chan who

continued to set herself

apart from the rest of us.

Helped along by my father's

constant enthusiasm,

our tree house quickly

moved on a pace.

How long I've been out?

Oh, so you're awake?

How long?

Three days.

Fever broke last night.

That'd be about right.

And you stuck by me even?

Yes, well.

Ain't no well about it.

- You could have gone.
- Off on your own.

- Except there's.
- Nowhere else to go.

- That's not the.
- Point though, is it?

- No, you stuck by and you.
- Looked after me, just.

Like young Seth used to.

Just like young Seth.

- Reckon that makes.
- You and me brothers.

Drink, brother.

I... I...

PARSONS: Drink.

That there's a bond

neither of us can break.

Now, did I see Robinson

or was I dreaming?

You saw him all right.

He was heading out to the

ship, but that's gone down now.

Any moment, he could creep

up and kill us in our sleep.

Why would he do that?

You saw what that

man did to my brother.

Cold-blooded murder, it was.

They don't want no

witnesses, do they?

Yes, but...

There ain't no buts about it.

I'm telling you straight, man.

It's them or us.

All right, Ernst.

ERNST: Right.

David?

Yes, dear?

Would it be possible

to build a boat?

A boat?

Yes.

We were blown way off

the main shipping lanes.

And the chances of a merchant

man accidentally coming upon us

are extremely rare

Elizabeth, are you

suggesting that we sail

away in order to be rescued?

Mama, I don't want

to be drowned again.

My dear, I... I am as concerned

about our situation as you are,

- but I'm not sure that.
- You fully realize.

- The dangers involved.
- In embarking.

On such a frail craft.

But we could all end

our days here never

seeing another soul again?

Yes, or we could die of

thirst and starvation out there.

We've seen a raft once,

when I was on the Fury.

It was full of people.

Really?

But they were skeletons.

Ugh.

[SIGH]

I'm sorry.

But I believe it's for the best

that we remain on the island.

- That is, of course,
- until someone finds us.

Someone's

definitely been here.

See them marks in the sand?

- They've been.
- Dragging things out.

- Well, if we go in the.
- Direction the marks,

That should lead us to them.

Yeah, and straight

into a trap.

Could be anyone,

cannibals, pirates.

No, we won't jump

in until we find

out who we're dealing with.

It's a strange thing, Ernst.

What's that, Father?

All I really wanted was to

travel west with my family

and begin a new life,

an undiscovered country.

What I actually

did was to sail off

for an office job in Canton.

- And by some strange.
- Twist of fate,

Here we are on this island.

- The only thing missing.
- Is the covered wagon.

[LAUGHTER]

True.

You know, Ernst, there

are all sorts of additions

we could make to this house.

For instance, it shouldn't

prove too difficult to build

another room.

Ernst?

Oh, sorry, Father, I was just

watching Christina and Billy.

They really seem to get

along well together.

That's something you'd

never see in Boston.

CHRISTINA: How old

were you when she died?

About six, I suppose.

It was the gin what done it.

What about your father?

I never seen him.

But how'd you live?

Bit of begging,

bit of stealing.

Worked for a chimney sweep once.

He was a kindly man, and he

paid me, eight near a chimney.

Then, of course,

he ups and dies.

Oh, no.

What happened then?

- There was this.
- Clipper about to sail,

So I gets myself signed

on as a cabin boy.

Wisest thing I ever done.

You haven't had a

happy life, have you?

I could be happy here.

I know I could.

[DOG BARKING]

Hey, look at your dog.

Bruno, you leave.

Henrietta alone.

I think I'd better go

back and get the dory.

Why?

- Well, supposing.
- We were attacked.

By savages or cannibals?

You mean we could

get away to sea.

That's good thinking, Ben.

Goodness me, you

have done well.

Can I go first?

Please, Papa.

Christina, I think your mother

should be the first person

to set foot in our new home.

Oh.

Um, is it safe, my dear?

Safe as houses.

Come on.

Welcome home.

What is it?

Can't you smell that?

Wood smoke.

CHRISTINA: Mama, why does

Billy always do the serving?

Well, um...

It's because I enjoy

it, Ms. Christina.

And besides, I'm used to it.

Yes, but it shouldn't

always be you.

I don't mind.

Yes, but...

Oh, Christina, please,

get on with your food.

What have I done now?

DAVID: Look at Billy.

Where did he come from?

I don't know, sir.

He just flew down.

I reckon he fancies some stew.

[LAUGHTER]

Robinsons.

Got to be they, ain't it?

Come on.

- We'll soon make.
- Short work of them.

- You know, I think.
- He likes you, Billy.

- You have quite a.
- Way with animals.

By thunder, Ben,

what we got here?

Parsons, you're alive.

A bloody murderer,

that's what.

Well, I'll tell you

what Mr. High and Mighty

Robinson, your number's up.

- You ain't going to get.
- Away with it this time.

What are you talking about?

Ben, watch my back.

Come on, then.

Let's see how you do when

you stand up to a real man.

Ernst, look after your

mother and the girls.

I don't know what

you want, but... ah.

[LAUGHTER]

ERNST: Drop it.

- Parsons, let's.
- Get out of here.

He'll blow us both to pieces.

PARSONS: That depends

on if it's loaded, Ben.

I don't reckon he's got

neither shot nor powder.

[GUNSHOT]

[GASP]

Ernst, I really don't

think you should kill him.

- Well, that depends.
- On how fast he can run.

The fool means it.

Run, Ben.

Run.

I thought we only

loaded the pistol?

He didn't know that.

[LAUGHTER]

Come on.

Run.

Come on.

Come on, push.

Sir, ready to fire.

Fire away.

BEN: Come on, Parsons, quick.

Quick, quick.

Quick, ah.

Head out.

[LAUGHTER]

Row, Ben.

I am rowing.

Row.

Row, Ben.

Row.

Yes.

All right.

ERNST (VOICEOVER): Although

we had successfully defeated

Parsons and his reluctant

accomplice, Ben, somehow,

I have the ominous feeling

that they would be back,

and that we would encounter

other dangers and adventures.

But, for the moment,

celebrations were in order.

Have they gone?

Rowing like mad

for the horizon.

Cake?

Where did the cake come from?

- ELIZABETH: Well,
- I thought we ought.

To have something to celebrate.

And I know we don't

have any wine,

but I do remember telling

cook to put a little brandy

in the Christmas cake.

She certainly did.

I suppose I should ask

you all to raise your cake

and eat a toast.

To the future.

To the future.

To the future.

THEME SONG: Time ago,

I ship is leaving.

No time for breathing.

Life goes on.

When I see we're on

the same side fighting,

then it's time to leave.

Should have known how

the rain was falling,

now we love so much more

because that's what life's for.

Get away.

For sure, get away.

This is the moment that, day

by day, the world will go away.

With you by my side,

I know what is right.

And I will stay with you,

if you decide we should.

Get away.

Get away.

Get away from me, oh.