The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Island of the Gods: Part 3 - full transcript
A month after the shipwreck. Through Ernst's narration - and the diary he is keeping of events - the family are still struggling with living/surviving off the land and are growing crops, keeping chickens, rearing wild pigs and a goat. But, prompted by the sudden activity of the island's volcano, they are planning to escape and have improved the raft to make it seaworthy. Parsons and Ben have set up home in a squalid cave on a barren outlying island nearby. They fear the family may surprise them and steal the boat. From their island they observe the unsuspecting Robinson's through a telescope. Parsons is still bent on revenging himself on David. Exploring the island the children find a tunnel leading to a cave with a large carved head and a sarcophagus. Christina removes a large black pearl from the cave. David and Ernst investigate the cave, which they surmise to be some kind of ancient burial chamber for native kings. They are trapped when a native canoe arrives indeed carrying a King, his brother, a shaman and several warlike members of a native tribe. The King's brother stages a coup d'etat, but David and Ernst rescue him. The King, an ex-slave, who is deeply suspicious of white men, threatens the family for violating the sacred island. Discovering the King gone, the brother and his men set off in pursuit. Meanwhile, the petulant Emily has wandered into the forest and been captured by Parsons and Ben, who have been observing the King's arrival at the tree house. They in turn are captured by the brother's group. Parsons makes a deal with the brother to recapture the king and to take over the tree house. The children stage a daring rescue of Emily and thwart Parsons attempt to capture the tree house. The brother, himself a shaman, uses his supernatural powers to try and attack the king from a distance. Christina, who has the black pearl, is caught in the conflict and mysteriously subsides into a deep coma. The shaman enters the brother's Dreamtime to try and save Christina. The other children fall into a deep sleep and are pulled into the dangerous Dreamtime with the shaman. When Parsons renews his attack on the tree house, David and Elizabeth move the sleeping children to safety on the raft. In the Dreamtime the children have to overcome a variety of supernatural dangers with the shaman, before finally rescuing Christina and defeating the brother. The restored King allows the Robinsons to stay on the island, but destroys their raft, fearing they will escape and bring other white men to the sacred island - leaving the Robinson family filled with growing resolve that they must (and will) survive living on the island as they could be cast-away for some considerable time.
I have prepared an infusion
which perhaps may help you.
Where is the pearl?
[SCREAMING]
She's badly hurt.
[THEME MUSIC]
[SINGING]
What is he doing?
He's going to look
for your little girl.
I don't understand.
He saved their lives.
Sramana hopes to bring her back.
She's right here.
Her spirit isn't.
Her spirit is lost.
Sramana hopes to find it.
He will search for her
spirit in the dream time.
If he finds her, he
may be able to save
her, at great risk to himself.
[THUNDER]
[CHANTING]
[MUTTERING]
[SINGING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Come on, everyone.
You all need some rest.
Can we stay?
Yes, Mother, please?
No objections, off you go.
You are all dog tired.
Oh, let us sleep here then.
I want to be close to Christina.
Mother.
Yes, of course, I understand.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[WAILING]
[CHANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[MOANING]
Children.
[MOANING]
Ernst, Joanna, David, help me.
What is it?
Stay.
What's happened to them?
Should we wake them up?
Only touch them if you
need to save their lives.
[WAILING]
Please, what's
happening to them?
They have gone
with the Sramana.
[WAILING]
How can we all
share the same dream?
Your mind told me you're mine.
Or mine.
Or mine.
Well, what are we doing here?
You are in my dream time.
We look for Christina.
- CHRISTINA: Come on.
- That's her.
It is.
It's her.
No, no, it may
not be Christina.
But I heard her.
It may be her spirit,
here to show us the way,
but we must be very careful.
In dream time,
things came deceive.
Stay behind me.
CHRISTINA: Come on.
Come on.
I'm tired of this.
Do you think they'll let
us go back to the cave?
- I don't want to.
- Go back to the cave.
I think we should pay a
visit to the family Robinson.
We can't do that on our own.
I'll wager these fellas are
ready for a bit of adventure.
Let's see.
I want you to come with me.
Follow me.
Follow.
Do you understand?
To the [? Alps, ?] come on.
[CLINKING]
We'll pay you.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Where did you get that?
Hey.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[LAUGHTER]
- PARSONS: Eh?
- Huh?
Huh?
Come on.
Come on.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Hold hands, each one of you.
CHRISTINA: Come on.
Now don't let go, no
matter what happens.
CHRISTINA: Come on.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CHRISTINA: Come on.
Come on.
[MOANING]
Tell me, why does your
brother want to kill you?
When I was a slave,
my brother was king.
But after many years,
I escaped and made
my way back to my people.
My brother was angry
that I had returned.
He denied that I was king, but
I carried the secret symbol.
My brother has
never forgiven me.
His destiny was to
become the new Sramana.
My brother is a fierce,
bloodthirsty man.
War and sacrifice
are his way of life.
Musket.
Yeah.
Fetch it.
Me fetch it?
Yeah, when they're off guard.
You get it.
You're quicker than me.
I don't care.
All right, I'll fetch it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOANING]
Oh, no, you don't.
[BARKING]
[SQUAWKING]
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Come back here,
you... you cowards.
How could I have
been so careless?
We'll move now.
They come back soon.
What about the children?
We'll take them with us.
Will it be safe?
To save their lives, yes.
But we can't
carry all of them.
- The raft, we'll.
- Put them on the raft.
Close shave, shipmate,
but we got the musket.
They may have the powder and
shot, but we've got the weapon.
- They've still.
- Got their pistols.
We outnumber them.
Send them savages in
first to draw their fire,
they can't defend
themselves for long.
- I still don't.
- Like it, Parsons.
You got no choice.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Elizabeth, make
them comfortable.
We'll come back with the others.
Stick close to me, and
keep your mouth shut.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
David, David, they're coming.
[WAR CRIES]
At last... at last, I've
waited so long for this.
Robinson, I've got you now.
There's no place you can go.
I'll hunt you down like a rat.
Is he dead?
Don't care if he is or no.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
What did I do now?
- I don't think they.
- Want you to touch him.
We can't go any further.
Now we go inside.
How?
With our minds.
With my mind?
Yes, Christina
is getting weaker.
Hold hands.
Now in your minds, think
about the rock opening.
Think.
Think about the rock opening.
Think.
[WIND BLOWING]
[CHANTING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
The sarcophagus.
[WAILING]
[SNARLING]
[GASPING]
[WAILING]
[SHOUTING]
[WAILING]
[MOANING]
I can go no further.
My time has come now.
You must go on without me.
How?
You will open your eyes.
You will wake up.
Can we help you?
No, you must wake up now,
or you will be lost as well.
Place this in Christina's hand.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Mama.
David, oh, Christina.
Thank God.
I bumped my head, I think.
You did, my darling.
You did.
Where are we?
Why are we on the raft?
I'm afraid Parsons has
driven us from the house.
I dreamt the Sramana died.
So did I.
I can barely remember it.
I don't know how he
died, but I think he did.
Look.
It is over.
You can return.
But what about Parsons?
Parsons, Parsons.
Get out of our house.
Make me.
[LAUGHTER]
Go on, Mr. David Robinson.
Make me.
You ain't got no weapons now.
[GASPING]
Not that old trick, not even
a child would fall for that.
You'd better look, Parsons.
What is the matter with you?
Parsons.
[BLEATING]
Get that thing away from me.
Hey, hey.
[SHOUTING]
Get away from me.
It's still coming.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SHOUTING]
[LAUGHTER]
Fishes.
- ERNST: Once again, we.
- Had defeated Parsons.
- And his reluctant.
- Accomplice, Ben,
- With the assistance.
- Of the native king.
And a mountain goat, of course.
To our relief, Emily was
returned safely to us.
And through the grace of.
God, our beloved Christina
made a full recovery.
Sramana played his part in
the temple of his own gods,
and I've often considered
his dream time.
Was it really a dream,
or did it exist?
I leave that for you to decide.
- In any event, the.
- Threat of the volcano.
Seemed to immediately
subside, reinforcing my belief
- that we all coexist.
- With the forces.
Of mother nature and the one.
God, in whatever incarnation.
As the native king prepared
to return to his island home,
he invited us to accompany him,
though we declined, as we were
from two such different worlds.
The island, at least for the
present time, was our home.
And our fate lay solely
in the hands of the dear.
Lord, to whom we must
turn for any hope
of rescue and salvation.
I am sure the family will
never forget the native king,
or the Sramana, who played
such an important part
in our adventure.
I personally couldn't help
but notice a profound look
of gratitude exchanged between
the native king and my father,
signifying a bond of friendship.
And I wonder if somehow our
paths are destined to cross
in another adventure one day.
[MUSIC PLAYING]