The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Invasion: Part 2 - full transcript

Third/fourth month. The family are still battling against the forces of Mother nature (and often themselves) and are looking forward to their first harvest, which they plan to celebrate on the Fourth of July, American Independence Day. Ernst, however, is still hopeful of rescue, so that he can build a career( as a writer ) for himself back in civilization. Unknown to anyone a ship is heading towards the island. She is The Viper, a notorious pirate ship captained by the rascally "Captain" Samuel Scaggs and his ex-convict partner, Bonnie Mary. Ben is excited when he sees a ship heading for the Robinsons's island. Parsons recognizes The Viper and advises that he has a mate on board. Ben wants to warn the Robinson family, (probably due to his continuing infatuation with Joanna ), but Parsons says the pirates will gain his revenge on David Robinson for him. Hunting for wild turkey, Ernst and Billy encounter Scaggs and his landing party. Believing Scaggs to be an honorable man, Ernst accepts his invitation to go aboard, but Billy has second thoughts. Billy's fears are soon realized when Scaggs makes Ernst walk the plank, believing he is lying about there being no-one else on the island. Parsons arrives and tells Scaggs about the Robinson family. The family are surprised at night and overrun by the pirates. Scaggs and Mary take possession of the tree house - and show no signs of being in a hurry to leave... Parsons convinces Scaggs that David killed his brother and Scaggs decides to hold a trial, with himself as judge, jury and hangman. Ernst escapes from imprisonment on the pirate ship and almost rescues the family, before being overcome. Scaggs finds David guilty and sentences him to hang. Elizabeth pleads successfully for his life, saying that the family will stay on the island and provide Scaggs with a safe haven and regular food from their little farm. Parsons is furious at David's reprieve and Ben has to prevent him from killing David himself. Despite his piracy, Scaggs regards himself as a true-blue Englishman. When he discovers the family plan to celebrate the Fourth of July, he is enraged. He demands that David renounce America and swear an oath of loyalty to the English Crown. David and the rest of the family refuse, and Scaggs orders them to be put to death. The family are saved when Billy pretends that the feverish Emily has smallpox. Terrified of this deadly contagious disease, the pirates flee, leaving Parsons to beat a hasty retreat from David's musket. Even though the pirates have destroyed most of their crops and animals, and they will have to start afresh, the family celebrate their Fourth of July and their freedom from tyranny.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Let's

see what yon island's

got to offer weary travelers.

They're buccaneers.

You mean pirates?

- SAMUEL SCAGGS:
- You're most welcome.

- Aboard my humble.
- Vessel, the Viper.

Right.

- No one gets the.
- Better of Sam Scaggs.

[BARK]

Bruno.



Bruno, whatever's the matter?

There's a pistol

under our bed.

- I'm certain I'll find.
- Them safe and well.

Captain Samuel.

Scaggs at your service.

And this good lady

is Mistress Mary.

PIRATE: Hold it.

[GUNS COCKING]

[THEME MUSIC]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

- Well, well, well,
- if it ain't old

Parsons, as I live and breathe.



Hello, Sam.

What brings you to

this neck of the woods?

We were shipwrecked.

Same as those two

young lads you got.

They They said there

was no one else here.

Why was they protecting an

old ship's rat like you?

Well...

SAMUEL SCAGGS: I heard you

was sneaking away, Parsons.

- Don't you want to.
- Stop and say hello.

To your old mate, Joseph Creel.

Creel?

He's not a mate

of mine, exactly.

What do you think, Mary?

Should we introduce

him to his old mate?

Is he here, then, Joe Creel?

Roundabouts, in a

matter of speaking.

Round and round abouts.

Round and round a shark's belly.

[LAUGHTER]

You've no cause to

think ill of me, Sam.

You call me Captain.

I mean you no

harm, Captain, truly.

- Do no harm at the.
- Bottom of the bay.

I'll make you a deal, Captain.

You treat me and the

lad fair and square,

and we'll do right by you.

- And I'll let in on a.
- Secret that'll keep.

You smiling for a fortnight.

- SAMUEL SCAGGS:
- Weight the anchor!

[CLATTERING]

- Sounds like they're.
- Making ready to sail.

[WIND BLOWING]

They are!

They're going to sail!

All right, Billy.

We have to escape.

Help me with this.

The steel feels soft.

You pull.

Go.

Go.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[DOG BARKING]

It's them.

Are they found?

No.

It's only Papa, alone.

Mama.

[DOG PANTING]

Bruno, Bruno.

Where are they?

David?

Nothing.

I searched until it

became too dark to see.

But they're resourceful boys.

I'm sure they found a safe

place to spend the night,

- and I'll begin looking again.
- At first light tomorrow.

Well, we could leave a

torch burning outside in case

they try to come back tonight.

Good.

- CHRISTINA ROBINSON:
- And we could leave.

The lantern in the window.

Couldn't we, Papa?

For them to see?

- DAVID ROBINSON: Of.
- Course, Christina.

That's an excellent idea.

- Don't worry.
- All will be well.

JOANNA ROBINSON:

Come on, Christina.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[DOG GROWLING]

[SCREAM]

What was that?

That sounded like Christina.

We must have sailed

round to the tree house.

If They harm any one of them...

[CHAINS CLATTERING]

DAVID ROBINSON: Lower

your weapon, sir.

We're not armed.

There's no need for violence.

You hear that, lads?

We need no violence here.

Wise man, wise man.

Better in a dead ear,

though, eh, me dear?

BONNIE MARY: David

Ernst Robinson.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Oh.

Well, how do you

do, Mr. Robinson?

Captain Samuel Scaggs,

late of the Spanish main

at your service.

Bonnie Mary.

- So you think you're.
- Too good for us,

Eh, mister high and mighty?

We'll see about that.

Leave my house.

[LAUGHING]

- BONNIE MARY: Oh,
- he's got spirit.

Give him that, Sam.

- Just like that lad.
- We found today.

Ernst and Billy?

BONNIE MARY: Ernst?

That's his son.

I knew it.

Where are they?

Please, sir.

Are they well?

Oh, in the pink, my

dear lady, in the pink.

As our honored guests

aboard the good ship Viper.

And I would ask that you extend

the same simple hospitality to

our good selves for the night.

There's no room for you here.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: No room?

- Oh, your bedroom will.
- Suffice, eh, Mary?

I'll say.

Have you seen this place?

Yeah.

Very nice, innit?

Oh, I'll bet the sheets

are clean, eh, my lady?

[LAUGHTER]

- DAVID ROBINSON: You're.
- Wasting your time.

We have nothing of value.

Sir, you are welcome to share

our dwelling and our food.

DAVID ROBINSON: Elizabeth.

All we ask is that

you put up your weapons

and behave like decent folk.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Ah.

- Well, there's the.
- Tragedy, ma'am.

Tragedy of Samuel Scaggs.

You see, he ain't decent.

Oh, he's not fit

for human society.

That's what the judge said

when he sentenced me to hang.

So I don't mix with decent folk.

No.

- I just rob 'em and.
- Slit their throats.

[SHRIEK]

[LAUGHTER]

She should be in bed.

She... she has a fever.

Yeah?

Well take her away.

I can't abide sick folk.

Put them all in with

the Chinese girl.

And keep an eye on 'em.

Sweet dreams.

Oh.

Plump old cushion, my man.

Mama.

Sh.

Go to sleep now.

- DAVID ROBINSON: There's a.
- Guard right outside the window.

David, you must not

think of resisting them.

There are too many of them,

and they are dangerous.

All the more reason to do

something before they harm you

or the children.

They haven't yet.

Perhaps they won't.

I don't believe that.

I know how you feel.

I can't believe we

survived a shipwreck,

we learned to live

on this island,

just to be defeated by them.

Oh, David.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SNORING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SNORING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

- SAMUEL SCAGGS:
- Help, help, murder.

- GUARD: What?
- What?

Lazy swine.

I could have been

murdered in my sleep!

Seize him.

David.

Get back.

Please don't hurt him.

BONNIE MARY: Sam.

Sam, come back to bed.

Leave it till the morning.

Tie him and shut

him in the other room.

David!

Oh, Mama.

Oh, sh.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[ROOSTER CROWING]

Chickens.

Huh?

Ah, the hero.

[ROOSTER CROWING]

Where's my family?

Right behind you, Sampson.

Elizabeth.

Are you all right?

Yes, David.

We're all well.

- What should we.
- Do with our hero?

BONNIE MARY: Well, first of

all, would you be so kind,

sir, as to accompany

me and my good squire

on a tour of your estate?

Oh.

Come, sir.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Me lady.

They've got flour, Captain!

Did you hear that, Mary?

We'll have bread for breakfast.

Sir.

- You got some.
- Chickens over here.

The poor chickens.

Henrietta!

Oh, I hope he doesn't harm them.

[CHICKENS CLUCKING]

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Fine birds.

Fine birds.

Good layers, are they?

Yes.

[EGGSHELL CRACKING]

[SLURPING]

SAMUEL SCAGGS: [BELCH]

Excellent.

Excellent.

BONNIE MARY: There's

pigs too, Sam.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Hm.

Regular little farmers.

Where's this lead?

I'll show you, sir.

David.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHAINS RATTLING]

It's no use, Master Ernst.

Yes it is, Billy.

Look, it's loosening.

Come on.

[CHAINS RATTLING]

Come on.

Sh!

Ben!

Help us.

Please.

I can't.

You have to help us escape.

My family is in danger.

I know.

And I'm sorry about that,

but there's nothing I can do.

There's too many of them, and

we haven't got any weapons.

We'd all be shark's bait.

- But I might be.
- Able to help Billy.

How, Master Ben?

- BEN THOMAS: I can.
- Talk to the captain,

Tell him you're a seaman.

Tell him you're one of us.

Thanks, Master Ben.

- I don't want to be.
- Fed to no sharks.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Listen, Master Ernst.

If I'm free, I might be

able to help the others.

- This is deliberate.
- Humiliation of us,

And... and I'm not sure how

much longer I can endure it.

[DOG BARKING]

Excuse me, sir.

Could I have a word?

What about?

It's about Billy.

Billy?

BEN THOMAS: The cabin boy.

Cabin boy?

Aye, sir.

He's heard about you and

would like to serve you, sir.

- He doesn't want to.
- Stay with the family?

No, ma'am.

He never wanted to be with them.

That's not true!

Billy's my friend.

He likes me.

ELIZABETH ROBINSON: Christina.

Your friend, the cabin boy?

Yes, he is.

No, sir.

He's not.

BONNIE MARY: If he's one of

us, Sam, let him prove it.

Eh?

Oh!

[LAUGHING]

Let him prove it.

Oh.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Just do as the captain says,

Billy, and you'll be out.

Thanks, Ben.

Understand?

I think so.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

- CHRISTINA ROBINSON:
- There's Billy.

Billy!

Now, then.

Ben here tells me you'll

be a lad we can trust.

Is that right?

Billy?

Yes, sir.

Then let's put him

to the test, Sam.

[WOOD CREAKING]

[CRASH]

[PANTING]

Now, then, little Miss China.

Are you getting up to

help with the banquet

for your young friend?

I'm not well.

I have a fever.

Please don't hurt me.

Oh, don't you worry, my dear.

- We won't hang you.
- Till you're better.

Wouldn't be right to hang

a sick body, would it?

Please, sir.

My father's a very rich

man, and so is the man

I'm going to marry in Canto.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Oh, yeah?

EMILY CHAN: Yes, sir.

They would pay a king's

ransom for my return.

I'm certain.

Christina.

Bring some cold water

for little Miss China.

There's a Is girl.

- SAMUEL SCAGGS: Now,
- you make sure she.

Gets everything she needs.

Don't want her broken

on us, do we, my dear?

[LAUGHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

ERNST ROBINSON: Hello!

Hello!

Water!

For pity's sake, I need water!

Please, I'm thirsty.

Shut your hole.

- I'll give you.
- A gold sovereign.

Gold sovereign?

In my pocket.

Here.

[SMACK]

[THUD]

[CHAINS RATTLING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[CRASH]

[SLAM]

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Good afternoon, sir.

Now, here's a real

gent if ever I saw one.

Sit yourself down.

[FINGER SNAP]

Chair.

A chair for the gentleman.

Sit, squire.

Thank you, sir.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Ah!

Never thank a servant for

doing what they should, lad.

Gives them ideas.

It makes you look humble.

You got to be proud.

You're a gent now.

Napkin.

Thank you, Mrs...

Ah, ah, ah.

Dinner is served.

Dinner is served.

[DOG BARKING]

That's right, lad.

Don't look at the servant.

[FINGER SNAPS]

Well, bon appetit, squire.

Now dismiss them.

Tell your servant,

that'll be all.

Go on.

That'll be all, Robinson.

That'll be all, Robinson.

- SAMUEL SCAGGS: That's.
- All there is to it, lad.

See?

[LAUGHTER]

Anyone can be a gent.

Easy as pie.

[LAUGHTER]

[WATER SPLASHING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Old Scaggs be having

his fun, all right.

Maybe he'll spare them all.

Maybe I'll sprout

wings and fly.

He'll dispatch them soon enough.

He just likes to

see them beg first.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Merchant.

ELIZABETH ROBINSON: Yes, sir.

I'm sure he would pay you

handsomely for returning

us to Boston safe and sound.

SAMUEL SCAGGS: Just like

little Miss China says.

My lucky day.

Yes, sir.

Call me Sam.

Yes, Sam.

My father could make

you a very wealthy man.

Huh.

Or I could just stay here

and enjoy his daughter's

delightful company.

I never romanced a lady a'fore.

BONNIE MARY: Sam.

What you think?

Do I pass for a

proper lady or what?

- That's my mother's.
- Wedding dress!

And it's for when I get married!

Well, as they don't get

married where you're going,

- it don't matter, does it?
- ELIZABETH ROBINSON: Joanna.

Your dress, Mama.

Hush, Joanna.

BONNIE MARY: Well, Sam?

- Are you going to.
- Take me to the ball?

Ball?

BONNIE MARY: Yeah.

I fancy a bit of a dance.

And proper ladies go

to balls, don't they?

Yeah.

- Of course.
- Of course, my dear.

You shall go to the ball.

Announce us, lad.

Like I told you.

The... the right honorable.

Captain Samuel Scaggs and his

good lady, Mistress Mary.

[HORN MUSIC]

How dee do?

How dee do?

BONNIE MARY: So pleased

to make your acquaintance.

[DOG GROWLING]

[BARK]

Get that dog out of here,

before I get rid of it

for good.

[DOG BARKING]

THEME SONG: Time to go.

A ship is leaving.

No time for breathing.

Life goes on.

Hm.

Ah.

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,

cause that's what life's for.

Get away.

Ah.

We should get away.

This is the moment.

The day by day, the

world will go away.

With you by my side,

I know what is right.

And I will stay with

you, you decide.

We should get away.

Get away.

Get away from it all.

[MUSIC PLAYING]