The Fantastic Journey (1977): Season 1, Episode 4 - Children of the Gods - full transcript

Ancient Greeks
and future weapons.

So, you found
our runaway, did you?

And this little
fish with him.

Yes, sir.
He was with elders.

So, the elders would tie us.

Used these to punish us.

You hid in the temple.
And for that...

The punishment is death!

I challenge you
for the right of leadership.

- Why are you doing this?
- You're gonna talk or...

you're gonna fight.



Attention!
Attention!

Red zone.
Red zone.

All guards report
to your station.

There has been an escape.

All guards report
to your station.

Blue zone.
Blue zone.

Authorized guards allowed
in corridors only.

Only authorized guards
in corridors.

Red zone.
Red zone.

All guards report
to your stations.

All guards to your stations.

Sigma...

Hey, stop him
before he gets out.

This looks just like a place
where my Dad used to take me



hiking near the ocean.

Ocean?

You know, I don 't think
I've ever seen an ocean.

- Is it pretty?
- Oh, yeah.

Especially when the
big waves break.

Yeah.

Know what I'd like
to see about now?

A bus. A big bus
full of 1977 people.

Like Barbra Streisand.
Stevie Wonder. Lola.

- Lola Falana.
- A bus?

Filled with people? I mean,
if you want to wish something.

Wish for something
worthwile...

Now, I remember a
'37 Pommard Robust.

Oh. But not overpowering.

It's all right... It's
all right if it's chilled.

Chilled?
Why you don't chill?

Gotcha
I got you.

Hmm...

Hello...

Hello. Anybody here?

Strange.

As I remember it, ancient
Greeks used to build

ceremonial circles like these.

How ancient is ancient?

Oh, at a guess...
Um, 3,000 years.

You mean this is that old?

Well, I didn't mean anything.

I was just commenting on
what the ancient Greeks did.

It's gonna be night, soon.

I think we should camp here.

Yeah, and I don't see
any thousand year old

Greeks around, so...

It has occurred to me that

just because you don't
see them doesn't mean

that they aren't here.

I think we should
camp here tonight.

Scott and Liana, would
you get a fire ready?

Jonathan,

would you care to
scout around with me?

Well, actually, I'd rather...
Stay here and look around.

I had a feeling
you'd say that.

Come on, Varian,
I'll go with you.

"Forge thy tongue
on the anvil of truth.

"And what flies up,

"though it be but a spark.

"Shall have weight."
Yeah, that's a

loose translation.

You sure do know a lot.
Don't you?

Oh, ho, ho.
Many things.

Including that that was
written by a man called

Pindar, in 500 B.C.

- He's just a kid.
- Is he hurt?

I don 't think it's serious.

He might have pulled some
ligaments in his left ankle.

Light concussion maybe.

He's covered with perspiration,
he's come a long way.

Yeah.

I'm gonna go up there and see
what he was running from.

All right. Be careful.

I'll take care of him.

We found him in the woods.
He's been hurt.

Somethin' scared him.

I know.

I wonder if that something
scared him as much as we do.

Why would he be afraid of us?

Who knows what scares
anybody in this place?

Wherever we are.

You guys should see all the
neat stuff in the temple.

- Yes.
- It's all ancient Greek and...

Who's he?

Don't know, Scott.
He's hurt an' he's scared.

Haven't been able
to get much out of him.

Perhaps Scott can talk to him.

Yeah.

Uh, Scott, maybe
he'd like some water.

Hi. My name is Scott.

I sure hope you can
speak English, 'cause

I can't speak anything else.

Now listen, we're not gonna
hurt you or anything.

We just wanna help you.

Um, are you hungry?

Do you want something to eat?

You know...

You just can't understand me,
can you?

I don't know what else to do.

Well, you at least
got him to drink.

Perhaps we should let him
get some sleep

and try again in the morning.

Well, he's too
darned scared to sleep.

What is that?

Is that some king
of hypnotic device?

No. This focuses
my thought and my energy.

It's kind of a sonic
manipulation of matter.

We used it for healing
in my time.

Isn't that great?
No drugs, no pills,

just zap 'em to sleep.

Don't you wish they'd come along with
that a couple hundred years earlier.

I think we could
all use a little

of the same medicine.

What are we going
to do with him?

I think, tomorrow morning,

we'll have to
find a way to

communicate with him.

And tomorrow morning
we should keep going.

We cannot hang
around here, because

of some runaway child.

We can't just go off
and leave him.

Well, can 't we
take him with us?

Perhaps.

Yeah, I guess you could do
with someone your own age

for a while,
couldn't you, Scottie?

I find your concern for this
little ragamuffin, very touching.

Personally, however,
I think he will be a burden,

but I can see your minds
are all made up.

So, I bid you...

Ouch!

What are you running away for?

You followed me.
Good!

- Hey, you can talk.
- Of course.

But why didn't you say
anything back there?

There is no time to explain.

We must get away from
the temple and the elders.

Hey, what's happening

Alpha!

Alpha, they've caught Sigma.

- Good.
- There is another boy with him.

- Who?
- A stranger...

He was with elders.

Take some others.

Find the elders.

Hey, Scott...

Scott!

Got no signs of
a struggle, here.

I think we would
have heard them.

Think he went with the boy?

For whatever reasons, yes.

But I think he went Willingly.

Yeah, well I gotta go
find him, however he went.

The best thing to do
is split up.

Go ahead.
I'm gonna head back to

where we found
the boy yesterday.

I'm gonna...
Follow my instincts.

See where my senses lead me.

- And you, your highness?
- Oh,

I thought I'd
better stay here.

In case Scott comes back,
we wouldn't want him to think

we'd gone off and left him.

Please, Beta,
don't take us back.

Quiet. Just keep moving.

Found yourself a friend,
have you?

Come on.
Just keep on moving.

Alpha!

So, you found
our runaway, did you?

And this little fish
with him.

These two were together.

This one...

was with elders.

So I was told...

Were you their captive?

Captive?
No.

Then you were escaping.

And why are you dressed
in such a strange fashion?

I don 't know what you mean
by elders, exactly.

And I'm dressed
this way, 'cause,

that's the way we dress
where I come from.

And where do you come from?

I guess you could say
from America.

America, do you indeed?

well, we know of America,

though we come from the
other side of the world,

and no one has dressed
that way in hundreds of years.

What do you mean?

What year are you from?

I do not like your games.

Take these two away until I
can reach a decision on them.

They're dressed
as the other boy was.

Yeah. It's his
people, all right.

But where'd he go?

I don't know.
It's Scott that worries me.

Hey! Maybe,
if we follow them,

they'll take us to him.

It's worth a shot.
Let's go for it.

Okay.

An elder.

I mean you no harm.
My name is Varian.

I come in peace.

You come in peace.

An elder?

Huh! And you wish
us no harm?

None.

Because we are armed
and too many for you.

Because I'm merely
searching for someone.

Well, you've found someone.

Although you may not like it.

Well, elder,

let's see how peaceful
you really are.

I come in peace.

I will not strike you.

Why do you take
pleasure in hitting me?

There is no such
thing as an elder who

comes in peace.

We'll take him back and
let Alpha decide his fate.

Oh, my...

My, oh, my.

You said that, uh...

Your folks got here,
'cause of a ship wreck.

What happened then?

They built this city.
And I was born here.

But why did the war start?

It was the other people.

They came from a place
far towards the setting sun.

And they built a great city
by the mountain.

They were different
than we were.

What do you mean by different?

Alpha did not tell me.
Only that they were different.

- Well, go on.
- Then once,

some of our elders and some
of their elders had a fight,

and they raided our city.

And we attacked them.

But they had many weapons
and they destroyed our city.

And we destroyed theirs.

How did you all survive?

Alpha and some of the others,

took us to a sacred place
and we hid in the temple.

By the trees?
Where we found you?

Yes.

And afterwards...

You were the only ones alive?

No.

There were still
some elders alive.

When they found us,

they made us their slaves
and we were beaten

for what we did...

And for what we did not do.

And thus we learned
to hate elders.

Well, where are
the elders now?

One day, when I was younger,

Alpha found the Power

and with the Power,

the elders were
driven away by us.

And when they're gone,
we were gonna live here alone,

by our own rules,

no one to punish us
or tell us what to do.

But if that's
what it was like.

Why did you run away?

And why are you
a prisoner here, now?

It was like that
at the beginning.

But then the older boys,

Alpha, Delta, Beta,

some of the others,

they began to take over
and to tell us what to do,

to give us punishment.

So I ran away...

Is there nowhere you can
live without punishment?

We have one of the elders.

Have you seen the others?

No, but we will
continue to search.

No. You and one of the
others take this one to Alpha.

I'll continue searching.

Come, elder.

Come on.

Shh... Shouldn't we try
to free Varian now?

Nothing I'd like better, but
wherever they're taking Varian,

maybe that's where
they got Scott.

Well, all right.

I just don't wanna
see them hurt him.

Hmm...

Huh...

Ancient Greeks
and future weapons.

Aren't people ever going
to stop killing each other?

Varian?

Varian...

This is the last of them.
We'll take him back.

Isn't this something
we can talk over?

You'll come with us.

All right, if you've got
your minds made up.

You were in the temple.

You have disturbed
our holiest of places,

and for that,
the punishment is death!

Sfarelates a Ton Logo Su Pano.

Sto Arnone Tes Aletheas.

Kea Afto Poo Peta Sahn Spetha.

Tha Echi Varos.

Sfarelates a Ton Logo Su Pano.

- Sto Arnone Tes Aletheas.
- The elders will be coming.

- Kea Afto Foo Peta Sahn Apetha.
- And they w will try to bring

the old ways onto us.

- Tha Echi Varos. Tes Aletheas.
- But they cannot,

for we are strong,
and we are united

in our strength

and we can turn them away...

Tha Echi Varos.

For we have the Power.

The Power that has
passed on to me

is our light and our strength

and it will protect us.

With it, we will never
again return to the

old ways of the elders.

Whoever these boys are,
they're dangerous.

Yeah. Think Scott and
the other boy are here?

For Scott's sake, I hope not.

We will not harm you.
We've come for the boy.

Come on!

Alpha! Alpha!
Elders are here!

What do you want here?

We've come to talk.

Elders are not allowed here.
You must leave. You are not welcome.

I believe that the boy,
Scott is somewhere here,

and we're not gonna
leave without him.

Go in peace while you may
and leave us to ourselves.

Not without Scott.

If he is here, he is better
off with us than with elders.

Why?

Because here he will be free.

Does that mean
freedom of choice?

Yes.

Well, then bring him out here
and let him choose between us.

And if he chooses us,
you will leave?

Gladly.

So be it.

Have you boys heard
of the word "Bribe?"

Be quiet, you must
be punished.

These elders have come
looking for you.

They want you to go with them,

but you do not have to.

You may stay and
become one of us.

Hey, no way.
I'm goin' with them.

Very well,

you were not one of us,
but we would have

accepted you.

You are all free
to leave in peace,

but you must never
come this way again.

Well, what about Sigma?

The other boy...

We can't leave him
he's afraid.

He told me that he
didn't wanna stay here.

No.

Sigma must stay and
face his punishment.

Well, why?

He told me that
he didn't wanna stay.

He has no choice.

The decision is mine.

We came to this
place together and

we shall stay together.

Whether he
wants to or not?

Yes.

But we just can't leave him.

Go! Leave us!

Please, Varian... Fred...

He's afraid.

They're gonna do
something awful to him

if we just run off
and leave him.

You said there's
freedom of choice.

Why don't you let
the boy come with us.

No.

We're not gonna
leave without him.

You are like all elders.

You try to rule us.

You force your ways on us.

And if we keep Sigma,
will you try to

take him by force?

Just suppose we did?

You can't...

I have the Power to stop you.

Listen,

you're not much more
than a bunch of kids.

We don't wanna
hurt anybody,

but we'll take him

if we have to.

No.
The Power will stop you.

Hey, come on now.

We don't want any trouble...

So the Power was used
against us by the Elders.

But now it is ours.

He is not dead, though he
could easily have been so.

Now go...

We found him at the temple.

He was going to rob it.

That is not entirely true.

Were you in the temple?

- Yes, but I wasn't...
- Then you must be punished.

Why is it that you must
punish everyone?

- He is one of you?
- Yes.

- And were you in the temple?
- No!

Then you are still free to go.

- But he must die.
- What... Listen, hey!

Bind them, lock them up.
We'll decide on them tomorrow.

This is how the elders
would tie us.

And use these
to punish us.

That's how we should
punish elders.

We wouldn't even be here, if
it hadn't been for Willaway.

You know that, don't ya?

I'm sure hes a lot
unhappier than we are.

Well, he oughta be...

'Cause once we get him
outta here, I'm gonna...

Have a little talk with him.

Then you just don't intend to
leave him to his fate? Do you?

Nope.

Serve him right
if we did, though.

Not meeting with
much success, are we?

There may be a way.

I can't reach this pocket,
perhaps you can.

Sigma...

How did Alpha
become your leader?

Was it because of
that thing he has

that he calls the Power?

No. He was the oldest
and knew the most.

It was natural for him
to become the leader.

But, what if someone
doesn't want him to be.

There are many who've
challenged him for the right.

But he always defeats them.

You mean they fight?

Yes, but Alpha is too strong
and smart to lose.

But anyone can challenge him?

Yes.

And the winner becomes leader?

The winner is always Alpha.

- Why did you defile our temple?
- I didn't.

At least I didn't intend to.

Were you not going
to take some of

our sacred things?

Well, how could I know
that they were yours?

And that temple
is hundreds of years old.

Everything in it is
from a Grecian world.

What possible interest
could they be to you.

You live like barbarians.

But they are ours.
The temple we found.

Left by others who had
come long before us.

Left as though they
knew some day

And that it would
become our sanctuary.

Sanctuary?

I'm surprised you
even know the word.

And how do you know
about the Greeks

and their world?

There was an elder.

When I and some
of the others were smaller.

Just before the war.

Of all of them, he was
the only one who was

kind and gentle.

He told us of a time
in the past when

there was grace

and beauty.

When there was not war...

But peace,

and all the people
worshipped not weapons,

but the very things
we have in our temple.

And he said...

Though men may die,

beauty lives forever.

And where is this
wondrous man?

When the other elders found
out what he was teaching us,

they persecuted him
and then they killed him.

Because he believed in beauty.

And what I learned is that
there is no place for beauty,

that it is only
strength that counts,

and that elders care only for
themselves and their own desires.

If you believe this,

why do you still worship
these things?

Because...

For some,

there is still the memory.

The others need
something to worship

some...

God.

These things do
as well as any others...

That's why you take
your names from the Greek.

When we drove off the elders,

we gave up the names
they had given us

and took these.

Well, I believe in beauty,
and I hate war.

Why do I have to die?

When our teacher was killed,

I took all of his treasures

and I swore that no elder
would ever touch them again.

And I have protected them.

Through all we have endured,
so that the others

might have something.

To believe in.

Even though you
do not believe in them?

Or beauty?

The artifacts I saw,
in the temple.

Did you make them?

Together we made them.

This elder...

Who taught you,
who was he?

Just an elder.

Because you hate all elders...

He couldn't have
been your father?

He was just an elder.

Scott.

Sigma.

Do you know where
Alpha has Willaway?

No, but wherever he is.
He'll be guarded.

Sigma, is there
anything you can

tell us that might help?

Anytime there's a punishment,
Alpha has it at the Temple.

Then that's where
we must be.

They're gonna know we're gone.
They're gonna be ready.

Then so shall we.

Alpha...

we cannot let you harm him.

Move aside.
Only he must die.

If you kill one,
you must kill us all.

You are only elders.

You have no defense.

Are you prepared
to kill us all?

Alpha,

I challenge you
for the right of leadership.

I will not even answer
such a challenge.

You must answer or
forfeit the right to lead.

You must accept
all challenges.

Why are you doing this?

You have no hope of winning.

If I do, we can all go free.

You do is for them?
For elders?

Look, are you gonna talk,
or are you gonna fight?

Enough.

You are beaten.

Fight no more for the elders.

Are you gonna let us go?

The punishment
must be carried out.

But you may still stay
and join us.

Alpha! I challenge you
for the right of leadership.

And if you beat him,
then I challenge you.

And then I.

Why?

Why do you challenge me?

Because you've
become the very thing

you say you hate.

I hate only Elders!

Why? Because they
dominate you?

Because they make you
follow their orders and

then they punish you?

Yes.

What about these
younger children?

The ones that don't
follow your orders?

Someone must lead.

Someone must make the decision
if we are to have freedom.

They disobey,
they must be punished.

- Like the elders punished you?
- Yes!

Yes!

But I do it
for their own good.

And the weapons
I saw in the temple,

are they for their own good?

Yes.

So that soon,

like the elders you hated so,
you may wage war?

Oh, you spoke to me
of beauty and peace,

but you prepare an army.

Those weapons are
hidden not to use...

They're hidden from those
who would use them.

But you use the one
you have...right?

What you do is evil,
no matter what you call it.

Don't you realize that
to these younger children,

here, you are the elder?

You be quiet.

You must have a leader,

and he should be
the strongest,

and he should be the eldest,
but it cannot come from fear,

it has to come from the
consent of these others.

What I do I do for them,
not for me.

Then ask them.

Let them choose.

Who among us does not want
to live the way we live? Who?

I want to live
without punishment.

And I.

- And I.
- And I.

- And I.
- And I.

I tried.

I read the books
until I couldn't see...

I remembered everything
I'd been taught.

I tried to be a good leader.

I tried to make
things right.

I tried to make it
the way he'd want it.

Have I been so wrong?

It can be,
as you tried to make it.

I was thinkin',

we could have some
really good times,

back in my time.

From what you tell me,
I would've liked it.

Hope you find it again.

Oh, sure we will.

I just wish you were
comin' with us.

It would be good for a while,

but my family's here,

now, things will be better.

You bet.

Thank you...

I'm sorry.

It was a bit sticky.

But how else would
we have talked

about your teacher?

I'm sure he will find our
new way more to his liking.

Perhaps someday,
we may leave here

in search of other people.

Even elders?

Even elders.

Next time, Willaway,
stay out of temples.

Oh, well now. Just don't
count on me to always

- pull you out of tight spots.
- What are you

If it hadn't been for you,

we wouldn't have been in
this in the first place.

Subtitles: Kilo