The Fantastic Journey (1977): Season 1, Episode 10 - The Innocent Prey - full transcript

York murdered your son.

Why he brought the
Roland's body back's here?

He said has been an acident.

He is a convicted murderer.

This isn't over, mister.

We all know what you did

and you not gotta
get away with this.

This isn't over, mister!

Put that gun away, Doctor.

You both know
you are not gonna shoot me

while I'm holding
the girl.



My only problem is which one
of them I'm gonna kill first.

Lost in the Devil's Triangle,

trapped in the
dimension with beings

from the future
and from other worlds,

a party of adventurers
journey through zones of time

back to their own time.

Varian, a man
from the 23rd century,

possessing awesome powers.

From 1977,

Fred, a young doctor
just out of medical school.

Scott Jordan, the 13-year-old
son of a famous scientist.

Liana, daughter of
an Atlantean father

and an
extraterrestrial mother.

And Jonathan Willaway,



rebel scientist
from the 1960s.

Together, they face
the frightening unknown

on The Fantastic Journey.

Canaveral Base,
can you read me?

This is shuttle 467,
please respond.

Canaveral Base,
this is space shuttle 467,

we are in trouble.

Repeat, we are in trouble.

Co-ordinates
coming up and mark.

Never mind,
we're coming down too fast.

Fire the landing rockets.

- Inoperative.
- Go to manual!

It's frozen.

What is it?

It sounds
like a freight train.

It's a spaceship.
It's crashing!

If anybody's alive,
maybe we can help.

I'm all right.
I'm all right.

You just hold still.

You hit that
console pretty hard.

Never mind me,
you better call Canaveral.

It works, anyway.

Canaveral Base,
this is shuttle 467.

Come in, Canaveral.

The signal's going out.

But we can't receive.

Canaveral Base,
this is shuttle 467.

We are damaged
and down on land.

Last plotted bearing...

187 degrees by...

025 degrees and mark.

Canaveral Base,
this is shuttle 467.

We are damaged
and down on land.

That should
do it for now.

I'm gonna check them.

Can you keep
your eye on the board

in case
Canaveral responds?

Are you all right?
Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?
Come on.

Hey, come on.
Come on.

No, York, don't!

Only you and me.

Maybe only me?

- No, I'm with you.
- Yeah?

Then you take
care of the co-pilot,

in case he's still alive.

You still with me?

Hello! Hello!

Maybe it's unmanned.

Maybe we should
hope it's unmanned.

Is it from another planet?

No, I've seen this before.

That's one of
our older models.

Or one of your newer ones.

That's mid-21st century.

There's still
a few in use in my time.

- And it's manned.
- Hey look.

Can you give me a hand?

My copilot is injured.

We've gotta get away
from here quickly,

I'm afraid the
energy core is cracked.

Ow!

Come on, Jonathan.

It was a routine flight.

We were ferrying an empty ship

from the
space wheel to Chicago,

but when we entered
the Earth's atmosphere...

Your power went dead
and you went out of control.

Exactly, but how
did you know that?

It's kind of a vortex.

You see, time
is all changed here.

For instance,

your present is their future,
and it's my past.

- But we are on Earth?
- Yes, we are.

Although I don't think you'll
find this place on any map.

This, uh, space wheel
that you mentioned,

that is a dream I've always
wanted to come true.

Yeah, but how do
we get out of here?

On the eastern shore,

there's a place
called Evoland,

and it's like a portal
to your own time.

That's where we're heading.

Well, I guess we're just
gonna have to go with you.

Oh good,

then I can talk to you some
more about that space wheel.

And also about the shuttle
craft you've been using.

You see,
when I was working for NASA,

- we were merely working on...
- Varian,

- he's conscious again.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.

How is it going?

These men helped me get
you out of the spacecraft.

Now, I told them how you

fell against the
console during the crash.

This gentleman here
is a doctor.

It looks like a mild concussion
along with some cracked ribs.

All he needs now is a few
days' rest and he'll be fine.

It is a hit.
You just didn't see it.

You stopped concentrating,
and now you pay.

Oh, no.

Oh!

You're awful,
just terrible!

Who are you?

Puppies and youth,
how delightful you are.

Nature renewing yourself, eh?

Father?

This is my father, Rayat.

Imperator of this place.

These people are travelers
from the Western horizon.

And these two crashed here
last night in a spacecraft,

as we did.

We saw a streak of
light in the sky last night,

but we thought
it was a meteor.

Father, this young man
needs a place to rest

and recuperate
from his injuries.

Our home is yours.

- Do you need a physician?
- We've already got two.

Varian's a healer,
and Fred's a doctor.

Then you are
rich in many ways.

Would you do me the honor of
looking after the puppies?

Radison. Radison, come in.

Radison, Radison,
this is Thomas,

Can you hear me?

Radison, come in.

Our colony barely
numbers 25,

but the bounty of this place
could support many more.

You could stay with us.

We didn't have to
reach the Easten shore,

I think I'd be tempted to.

Everything here
is so totally in tune.

- Is harmony so mysterious?
- No.

But it is rare.

Perhaps, because
it's perfect.

Oh. Nature always has the
symmetry of perfection.

Now, we are all
children of nature,

born with that same harmony.

It's really very simple.

Well I'm glad that
you'll be staying with us,

for a short time at least.

Don't you ever
get lonely here?

Oh no.
I have friends my own age.

I do sometimes wish that I had
seen our home planet though.

Is that necklace
from your parent's planet?

I have a rock from Meteron.

No, this is made here.

But you might like these.

- How did you do that?
- Concentration.

Natica, if you
want to do tricks,

please take your
friends to the garden.

I would like some
hibiscus to bloom.

Yes, Father.

She did all that with
just concentration?

With the help of the Orb.

But how? Does it
transmit thought waves?

I do not know.

The Orb was given
to me by my father,

the Imperator of
our home world.

Roland will receive it
in his turn.

Then it's a
symbol of power?

It represents the order
and peace of our kingdom.

I am never without it.

- Do you control its power?
- No.

No one controls the Orb.
It is a mystery.

Even I
do not understand it.

Everyone has their secrets,
don't they?

Oh, we have none.

Everything here
is open to all.

Yes, I see
you have no doors,

your windows
are open to the air.

These terms are strange to me.
What are doors?

Uh,

devices to prevent people from
entering without permission.

But I've said,
anyone is welcome.

Even thieves?

What are they?

Well...

Obviously,
everyone is not as good

as you and your people.

Thieves are people who take
things without permission.

Sometimes even
kill for them.

Oh.

Anybody could come
into your land, like we did,

see something they like,
and take it.

Even brutally,

before finding out that they
could have had it for free.

I am confused by such talk.

Jonathan, I'm sure that Rayat is
to manage his land by himself

and we should not
advise him.

Come, I'll show you
to your rooms.

Now for that chat.

Radison. Radison.

Radison, where've you been?

I've been trying to
reach you on the transceiver.

They don't work here.

You.

What are you doing here? '

What is this place?

Thomas, this place is the
best of all possible worlds.

But you're in my way.

- Oh, Fred.
- Hey.

I must say, your patient has
made a remarkable recovery.

He's all right.

But do you think
he should be up

and around,
walking in the jungle?

You talking about Tye?

He's upstairs in bed,
I just left him.

What...

Well, who's that
that I saw outside?

I don't know.
York?

It was him.

Mmm-hmm.

Tell you what, Willaway,
the next chance I get,

you and l are going over
the eye chart together.

And don't you
go memorizing it.

Come on,
it's suppertime.

I'll be along in a minute.

Fred says you may be
getting out of bed tomorrow.

Oh great,
I get so bored sitting still.

Don't you have to sort of stay
put when you're piloting the ship?

Uh...

No, there's more room
on our spacecraft

than there is on
the kind you know.

And besides, I'm,
I'm just the co-pilot.

York does most of the work.

Yeah, I bet
it's great though.

I was too little
to remember

the first landing
on the moon but

Dad said
it was fantastic.

Mmm-hmm.

"One small step for man,
a giant leap for mankind."

Yeah, and looking back
at Earth from the moon...

Boy, I'd love
to do that someday.

You know,
when I first got sick, I...

I thought you
were my brother Alex.

He's about your age.

I guess I was just wishing
I was back home in Cleveland.

What is it you do
in this land of Cleves?

Are you royal?

Well I'm kind
of a magician, yeah,

I make things...

That is the most amazing thing
I have ever seen on your ear.

That's wonderful.

You do understand
about concentration.

Well, it's just a trick.

But that's about all I feel
like concentrating tonight.

It's getting kind of late
for you too, isn't it, Scott?

Uh...

Yeah, I guess it is.

Um...

Maybe you'll be
traveling east with us and

we'll all get back
home together.

Goodnight.

I was hoping
you'd stay for a while.

Well, I really don't know
what my plans are, I, uh...

You are very beautiful.

Thank you.

I wasn't gonna say
anything like that but...

It's true.

Uh, I guess I should go.

But, uh...

A present for
your compliment.

Sleep well.

York?

Were you looking for something
special, Mr. Willaway?

Yes, you.

I just stepped in.

Look, I have been trying
to talk with you all day.

I'm sorry.
I've been very busy.

Oh yes, I saw you, outside,
down in the grove.

Who were
you talking to?

To myself.

That comes with
being in space too long.

Oh. Oh.

I thought you
were with someone.

It was almost dark,
wasn't it?

I'm afraid the
shadows confused you.

- Is there anything else?
- Oh yes.

I wanted to talk to you
about the development

of the new alloy
forthe spacecraft hull.

Hmm.

I'm surprised that
your friend Varian

hasn't answered
that question for you.

After all, he does come from
a time after mine, doesn't he?

Oh, Varian's a musician.

He thinks a core component
is part of an apple.

But, I mean,
you, as a pilot...

I'm afraid,
a very unsuccessful one,

if you remember.

My ship crashed.

Oh, but that was
due to circumstances

beyond your control.

The spacecraft stood up
under tremendous strain.

Now, when I was at NASA,

we were working
on insulating the core

with an alloy that was both
lightweight and protective.

Also the hull.

Now, obviously
they've come up with it.

Now, how did they do it?

I don't make them,
Mr. Willaway, I fly them.

Yes, but I know
what sort of training

you astronauts have to have.

That has changed.

There are two types
of pilots.

Those who fly the ships,
those who talk a lot.

I do not like to talk,
Mr. Willaway.

I hope you'll
understand that.

Oh yes. Yes, of course.

Yes, well...

Are you sure that you
can find this place at night?

Well, I know it was
somewhere around here.

I saw two men in uniform,
and one of them was not Tye.

Oh, and that York,
he is no pilot either.

Now, why do you say that?

Well, every time I try
to talk technology with him,

he either avoids the issue
or changes the subject.

Jonathan, he's probably
just tired of talking shop.

No, I tell you, Varian,
something is wrong.

Why, you know more
about his ship then he does.

Look.

I know what this is.

This is a
communications transceiver.

York probably threw this away,

this is completely
useless here.

What would
he throw it away for?

I mean, he's going
back to his own time.

Well, there may be some answers
to that inside thespaceship.

- Tye?
- What?

You were supposed
to kill the co-pilot,

I thought he was already dead.

I checked for pulse,
there wasn't any.

Why, what happened?

He followed us here,
that's what happened.

I had to take
care of it myself.

You don't know
what you almost blew.

- What?
- Listen.

These people never
even heard of crime.

They got no locks,
they got no doors.

They trust everybody.

I saw with my own eyes,

plain strawberries
transformed into

diamonds, rubies,
emeralds.

- But how?
- The boss is an old guy,

he's got some crystal ball,
he calls it an Orb.

Somehow that controls
the transformation.

He's a pretty cagey
old guy but,

I want to tell you this
before we go home,

'm gonna get
my hands on that Orb.

We can't go home.

I mean,
for us, that's prison.

You're wrong, mister.

Because when I go home,
I'm gonna have so much money,

I can buy anything I want and
nobody's gonna touch me.

What do you want from me?

I'm gonna need you

when I find out
the secret of the Orb.

But this old man
you talk about, I mean,

he's not gonna
tell you the secret.

Who said anything about
the old man.

He's got a son.

If I could only locate
the source of that sound.

- Oh!
- That's an ETS.

Emergency Transmission System.

That's a signal
left by a man

who crashed
somewhere on Earth and

thought that
it would be picked up.

But that was not on when
we first arrived at the ship.

Yeah, and York did not
come back here to turn it on.

Could it start
automatically?

Not that I've
ever heard of, no.

Well, then somebody
must have activated it.

The man I saw...

I'm going to check
the ship's computer log.

Good, I'll check
back here.

It's all right.
I will go on.

To the warden of
prison space wheel H-36.

Following is the
manifest of prisoners

being transported
for incarceration

Jonathan,this is
There's a detention cell.

Prisoner 52-86K,

convicted of
first degree murder.

Advance psychotic behavior,
possesses a violent temper.

Maximum security.
Term, life imprisonment.

None of R]ayat's people
even know about violence.

Listen, I'm so sorry to
wake you so early, Roland.

I usually get up
at dawn myself.

I don't mind.
I was up myself.

But what is it
you want to discuss?

It's kind of private,

I don't want to
disturb the others.

Let's get away
from the house, come on.

- You wished to see me?
- Yes.

Rayat, we'd like to talk to you
about a most urgent matter.

No!

No!

No, no, no!

No!

We got to protect
these people.

They don't understand
an animal like York.

Well, yeah,
but what can we do?

Start out by
putting him in jail.

There are no jails.

That's right.

Then we just gotta force
York to get out of here.

Fred, he'd be just as dangerous
in any other time zone.

Now, there has
to be another way.

Could I say something?

I know I am the one
who started all this but,

now that we have
something on York,

well, I'm not so sure.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means that nobody really
appointed us as policemen.

In other words, just
stand here and do nothing.

No.

No, we tell Rayat, agreed.

We even try to persuade
him to do something.

Mmm-hmm.
And after that?

Our goal is finding Evoland.

Yeah, okay, the rest of you
can leave if you want to.

I'll catch up with you.

But I want to stay here until
this thing's taken care of.

Fred's right.
Now, we brought York here,

we can't leave the
responsibility behind.

You must understand,
there is a terrible danger here.

I tell you again,
I cannot accept these concepts.

Murder is pretty.
simple to understand.

Rayat, I admire
your innocence,

and I respect the
peace in this land

but everything.
has changed now.

But one man to take
another man's life...

It's monstrous.

Yeah, but it happens.
It happened here.

York murdered your son.

You must stop him before
he hurts someone else.

You gotta lock him up.

You gotta put him someplace
where he can't get out.

That would be inhuman.

We do not cage
living creatures.

What ifthey are killers?

When he brought
R]oland's body back here,

he said there
had been an accident.

You have no proof
that it wasn't.

We told you about
the records of his ship.

Now, we'll show
them to you if you like.

- He is a convicted murderer.
- Not here.

Here, he can be innocent.

Rayat, don't you understand?
He's a killer!

That is enough.

There's a simple way
to determinate the truth.

We shall ask him.

And then he fell.

Right down the ravine
onto the rocks.

I tried to get to him
as quickly as I could,

but it was too late.

Thank you.

I appreciate what you
tried to do for my son.

You can't believe him.

We've asked the accused
and he anwsred.

The matter is closed.

Sir...

Haven't you
ever heard of a lie?

The matter is closed.

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

As the man said,

good afternoon, gentlemen

This isn't over, mister.

We all know what you did,

and you are not
gonna get away with it.

You're a little confused,
aren't you?

The boss said that
this matter is closed.

No, it's not closed.

You see, I've seen
your kind before, York,

crawling out of gutters,
running overdecent people

who hope that
you'll just go away.

But the problem is you don't,
and I just want you to know

that I will get right down
there in that gutter with you.

This isn't over, mister!

Hey, I'm telling you,
this is not over!

What do you
think you're doing?

I am getting out.

What for? We don't
have to go, you know.

The old man said I was
innocent. He's the boss.

But now...

Anyway, what's
better back home

than running.
things right here, huh?

But... What about
the other ones?

What about Varian and Fred?
They'll stop you.

Don't worry
about those guys.

You better keep thinking
about that nice little kid

you've been
so buddy-buddy with.

You don't need this place.

Look, I can be useful
to you on the outside.

Now, I know gems
and you don't, right?

If this place has as many
jewels as you say itt does.

why don't we just...

get everything we can
and then clear out?

What good are they
to you in a jungle?

With my help,
you can go home

one of the
richest man in the world.

And power,
like you always wanted.

Will you do what I say
when I say it?

All right, if we go.

We'll leave tonight.

I'm the only one
who is mad about this.

Fred, we're all angry.

Yeah, I know
I'm sure.

See, I grew up
with people like York.

Tough dudes, you know.

At least where old people
and kids were concerned.

Bullies. You know,
some people never change.

It started out
with just pranks,

and nobody did nothing.

Hoping it was just kid stuff.

Well the next thing you know,
these same dudes are stealing,

beating people up.

Still nobody does nothing.

'Cause now these
dudes got knives.

People are scared.

One day my
mother come home, see.

She was all beat up,

face was...

They had knocked her down,
they had taken her purse.

I said, ''Mother,
we gotta do something.

''We gotta call the cops.''

And she said no...

Because she was scared.

See, that's the problem,
nobody never does nothing.

What I'm trying to say is,

York will destroy these people
if we don't do something.

He's right.

They are so innocent.

You said it yourself, Varian.

We brought York here.

And we're going to stop him.

But why do you have to go?

It's for the best.

Whose best?

- Not mine
- Nor mine.

I don't understand.

Tye...

Rayat just told me that
you were leaving, with York.

That's right, Scott.

Okay but...

I just want to know something,

because I feel
like we're friends.

York, and why I'm with him.

All you had to tell me is that
you're different from him.

Well, maybe
I'm not that different.

I was a thief.

They caught me,
convicted me,

and I ended up on the
same prison ship as York.

That doesn't matter here.

Whatever mistakes
you made there,

that's all the
more reason for you to stay.

When our ship crashed,
York murdered the pilot.

And later the co-pilot.

I'm sure he murdered
your brother, too.

If I ad stood up
to him before now,

maybe none of this
would have happened.

You made a deal
with him, didn't you?

I'll bet you said
that you'd help him

as long as he left here.

But he could kill you,too,

just as soon as
he gets to Evoland!

Maybe. Maybe not.

But no matter
what anyone says,

if we stay,
he will kill all of you.

I've got to tell
Fred and Varian about this.

Scott!

Scotty!

I have looked everywhere.
Nothing.

I know, I've gone as far
as the playing field.

- There's no sign of him.
- Who are you looking for?

Scott, he just
doesn't go wandering off.

Well, the last I saw of him,
he was going to find you

and tell you I'm getting
York out of here but...

I just checked York's room,
he's not there.

- And his bag's gone.
- York...

And Scott!

It's a setup to
get us out of here,

so he can pick us off.

How do we know
you're not in on this?

You admit that,
you're going along with York.

I don't think that
Tye has had any alternative.

Look, I'll help you.

York as already killed three
people that I know about.

I don't want him
to hurt Scott.

All right. Can you
tell me where he'd go?

I'd say the ship.

That makes sense.

That's his terrain.
How was he armed?

At least one laser pistol,
maybe two, with reloads.

- Do you have any weapons?
- Only a flare gun.

No, that won't
work against lasers.

Well, then we'll just have
to be smarter than he is.

Ow!

Hold it, kid,
you're not going anywhere.

Your friends are
on their way here,

we don't want to
disappoint them, do we?

It looks deserted.

Yeah, as soon as
we start through that hatch,

- he's gonna be blasting at us.
- Would he?

He knows he can't get us all
before we get inside.

I think he's got
something else in mind.

Let's take a look
from over there.

Scott.

Scott, are you alone?

- Wait.
- What's wrong?

Jonathan and I
left this console dark.

I think York has
activated something.

Are there any
explosivevs on this ship?

Enough to
blow up half this jungle.

Scott, is York waiting
for this thing to explode?

That switch next
to the flashing red light,

it turns it off?

No.

That's too simple,
and York isn't.

A double trap maybe.

The first thing you hit on
the way through the hatch

is the gravity point.

Most people don't notice it.

And the weight of a man
could set off the bomb.

If that's where he placed
the pressure trigger.

- This is the only way in?
- Yes.

The only conventional way in.
Varian, come here.

See if you can boost
me up to that ledge.

Is this our only chance?

There's an
escape hatch overthere,

but it only opens
from the inside.

All right.
Give me a hand.

The explosives, they're in
the console, he wired them.

Then let's not disappoint him.

Natica, you seem
troubled, my dear.

You've got something
I want very badly.

I think you know
what it is.

Take what you want.

I told your friend you're
welcome to anything you wish.

I want the secret
of the Orb.

How to transform objects,
how to tap its powers.

This can be done
very simply...

Or very painfully.

But there is no secret.

It's what it has
always been, the Orb.

Not even our wisest men
know the source of its power.

Apparently, I haven't
made myself clear, have I?

Do you wanna
lose your daughter, too?

You did kill Roland.

Yes, and she's next.

Dont look so confused, York.

it wasn't the ship
that blew up,

it was the explosives.

Put that gun away, Doctor.

We both know
you're not gonna shoot me

- while I'm holding the girl.
- Ah!

Now, slide it
along the floor, go on!

My only problem now
is which one of them to kill.

Maybe the boy there.

Stop.

Here, it's yours.

Okay, mister,
now it's my turn.

No, you must not have
blood on your hands.

I said he could have the Orb.

Stop.

Make it stop.

Hello, hello!

But how?

The Orb has given him
the quality that all must have

who would share in its power.

And who would
live in our kingdom.

Harmony with nature?

More.

Innocence.

He's reborn with all
the innocence of this land.

He will grow to become my son.

Replacing the man he killed.

The inevitability of harmony
cannot be denied.

The total symmetry
and perfection of nature,

...is maintained.

My friends,
a safe journey.

May you find your
easten door.

There's just still one thing
I don't understand.

Only one?

Did Rayat know that
York was guilty all along?

No, he's as
innocent as a baby.

Well, then
how did he know that

the harmony would be restored?

Because he believes.

Maybe that's the
secret of the Orb.

Subtitles: Kilo