The Incredible Hulk (1977–1982): Season 1, Episode 11 - Earthquakes Happen - full transcript

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It's an earthquake!
We've got to get out of here!

We've got
to find Diane first!

Get to the door!

We can expect
some heavy aftershocks.

If that secondary
cooling system goes,

we'll have a nuclear
disaster on our hands.

We've lost cooling
water to the reactor.

Dr. David Banner.
Physician. Scientist.

Searching for a way to tap into the
hidden strengths that all humans have.

Then, an accidental
overdose of gamma radiation

alters his body chemistry.



And now, when David Banner
grows angry or outraged,

a startling metamorphosis occurs.

The creature is driven by rage

and pursued by an
investigative reporter.

Mr. McGee, don't make me angry.

You wouldn't like
me when I'm angry.

The creature is wanted for a murder

he didn't commit.

David Banner is
believed to be dead.

And he must let the world
think that he is dead,

until he can find a way

to control the raging spirit
that dwells within him.

Hello?

Dr. Patterson? Yes?



Hello, this is Ted Hammond

of the Nuclear Research Facility
in San Tomas, California.

Oh, yes, Mr. Hammond, how are you?

I'm fine. Fine, thank you.

Listen, about your
inspection trip tomorrow...

No problem. Have your
letter right here.

And I'll bring the
Stress Analysis Probe.

Borrowed one of the
University's prototypes.

Yes. Yes.

Fine, but... You see, Doctor,

the reason for the call... Well...

A rather urgent administrative
problem has come up.

Nothing serious, I hope.

No, no, it's just that...

Well, I think it might be better if you
were to delay your trip one more day,

and that would give
me a chance to get free

so that I could assist you
personally when you arrive.

Oh, no problem, Mr. Hammond.

Things come up. I understand.

Fine. Well, thank
you very much, Doctor,

and I'll see you in two days.

Goodbye.

Oh, it's you, Dr. Patterson.

Hi. My documents ready?

I have them right here.

I just think it's awful
the way you were robbed

of all your identification.

Just can't trust people anymore.

That'll be $100, please.

This morning it was $75.

Well, that was this morning.

My arthritis is kicking up.

Had to see my doctor.

You understand about
those things. Mmm-hmm.

Right?

Doctor?

Goodbye. Now, wait
a minute, Doctor.

I think I can get what I need

without being robbed.

All right, $75.

I've given you all the
information we have.

You haven't given us
anything but a snow job.

You don't close down an operation
and keep a skeleton crew inside

just because you think there
might be a slight fault.

You're sitting on top of a potential
earthquake and you won't admit it.

Your identification, please.

Dr. Robert Patterson.

Thank you, Doctor.

Come on, Mr. Hammond, why
don't you stop dancing around with us

and tell us the real story
behind this new fault line hazard.

Well, existence of a fault

doesn't automatically
ensure an earthquake.

There are faults all over
California that never have quakes.

They're not usually found
on top of atomic plants.

That's true, Mr. McGee,

but first let's get our
definitions straight.

This is not an atomic power plant.

We're a classified
research facility

that happens to employ
a nuclear reactor

as a tool in our
work. Mr. Hammond...

And as chief of Safety
Engineering, I intend to prove

that the facility is safe,

or believe me, I'll
fight to shut it down.

Is it true that Dr.
Joseph, your director,

has called in a safety expert?

Yes. His name
is Dr. Robert Patterson.

However, I called him
in, not Dr. Joseph.

Now, after the inspection

there'll be a public
press conference.

Ladies and gentlemen,

that's all the time we
have. The meeting's over.

Can I help you?

Yes. My name is Dr.
Robert Patterson.

Yes, they've been expecting you,
Doctor. You follow me, please.

Your reception will be
right over there, Dr. Patterson.

Dr. Patterson!

Dr. Patterson, could
you hold it a second?

I'd like to ask you
a couple of questions.

Hey, buddy! Come
back here! Dr. Patterson,

could you hold it a second? There's
a couple of questions I'd like to ask.

These guys from the press,
they never give you any peace.

No.

I'll have a press release
as soon as I can manage it.

Yes. Thank you.

Marsha, this is Dr. Patterson.

He's here to see Dr. Joseph.

Dr. Patterson. Hello.

Dr. Patterson, you're a
welcome sight. I'm Ted Hammond.

I'll take you to Dr. Joseph.

I'm pleased to meet you.

Would you sign in here, Doctor?

Yes, of course.

Dr. Patterson.

Your dosimeter. Anyone going
into one of the radiation areas

has to have one of
these monitoring badges.

Thank you.

Dr. Patterson, Dr. Joseph.

Diane Joseph. Hello.

Hello.

Mr. Hammond's recitation
of your vast experience

led me to believe you'd
be a much older person.

Well, if that's a
compliment, I'll take it.

Please do, Doctor.

There aren't many people with a
background in structural stress analysis

and atomic safety systems,

and we need both.

What we need, Doctor, is
to reassure Mr. Hammond

that my design of this
facility is still safe.

I'm not convinced
it ever was completely safe.

You know how it is, Doctor.

Design, build, and then see
if it's safe. Mr. Hammond.

And now with the discovery of
the fault line underneath us,

which may become aggravated

by the lowering of the water
table along the coast...

I can appreciate your concern.

Of course.

I'll let you get
started with Dr. Joseph.

Catch up with you in
a couple of minutes.

Thank you.

Sorry, Doctor.

I guess pure science

and pure safety never do
go entirely hand in hand.

Let me show you the
plans of the facility.

Where would
you like to start?

Independent power generators,

reactor stations,
dosimetry analysis,

Control Center?

Hello?

Yes. I see.

Well, I'm tied up with
Dr. Patterson right now,

but tell him I'll
get right back to him

as soon as we finish
the inspection.

But how can I control it?

It isn't even safe to study.

How can we keep it from
ever happening again?

I don't know.

We could certainly
try x-ray reversal.

Radiological treatment to try
to counteract the gamma rays.

Radiological treatment to
try to counteract the gamma rays.

I understand you're doing some studies
on gamma ray reversal techniques?

Oh, yes.

And I'd much rather
be discussing them

than how many fire
extinguishers we have.

But right now, well,

you saw Mr. Hammond.

Yes. The detailed
laboratory plans aren't here.

I didn't think you'd need them.

The laboratories don't
affect our safety.

That's true,

but I would like to inspect
the primary power lines,

and according to the plans, they
run right through the laboratories.

Right.

Well,

I'd like to start my inspection.

I assume you have pass
keys to all the levels.

Of course I do.

I explained that
to you in my letter.

Yes.

That's how I knew to ask.

Well, that won't be
necessary, Doctor,

because I'll be going with you.

Well, now, look...

I know that you must be busy and...

No problem at all, Doctor.

It's my pleasure.

Shall we?

As you know, our entire operation

is monitored here
in Master Control.

Yes.

Well, if this is typical design,

I feel pretty sure we can
use the auxiliary panels.

The local wall structure
seems more than adequate.

Dr. Patterson,

these auxiliary panels are only
used as the backup mechanism,

and operate independently.

That's true, Doctor,

but each system is an integral part

of an overall fail-safe
reliability factor, correct?

Correct.

Now, I'd like to...

I'd like to check the
construction of the adjacent walls.

The structural
engineering in this area

seems substantial enough
to withstand an earthquake.

That's exactly what I've
been telling Mr. Hammond.

Oh, did you get
Mr. Hammond's letter

regarding bringing your
new Stress Analysis Probe

to test the load-bearing walls?

Yes, yes.

Unfortunately, the probe
malfunctioned before I left.

But there's no problem, of course.

We can use conventional techniques.

All right.

I imagine you would like to examine

the secondary
reactor cooling system

which runs down these
walls right here.

Oh, yes. Absolutely.

Doctor, would you excuse
me for just a moment?

Of course.

Hello, Paul?

Yes. Will you pull the security
dossier on Dr. Patterson?

And meet me on Level 1.

Oh, and Paul, have Marsha
page me in a minute and a half.

Code 2.

Yes, that's right.

I don't know.

I think we may have a
problem with Dr. Patterson.

Okay.

Well, how does it look?

Well, everything checks out here.

I would like to continue our
inspection down on Level 4.

But the ion-generator
systems are on this level.

Okay. Don't you want
to take a look at those?

Well, I thought we could
do that on the way back.

Well, Doctor, you
certainly know more than I,

but wouldn't it seem a
great deal more efficient

if we were to check
each level in order?

Well, under ordinary
circumstances, yes, but...

Dr. Joseph.

Dr. Joseph, report to Level 1.

Code 2.

Sounds urgent.

Yes, it's a critical
data analysis problem.

Hopefully, it'll only take
me a moment. Wait here.

Well, why don't you just leave the
keys with me and I can continue?

No. Wait for me.

I'll tell you what. I'll
just continue checking

the ion generators
until you get back, okay?

Okay.

Do you think Ron's
observations are correct?

Depends on
what he's observing.

If you ask me, everything
Ron does is correct.

Well, you'd certainly know a
lot more about that than I would.

Yes, I certainly would.
And let's keep it that way.

Has he got a brother?

No.

NANCY: How about a friend?

A father? No.

Why do you want
Patterson's dossier?

Do I have to prove to you his
qualifications are more than enough?

Ted, spare me the arguments.

It's not a question
of his qualifications.

Then what's your problem?

His identity.

What are you talking about?

Has to be something in here.

Has to be.

What is it?

Dr. Patterson has
an artificial knee

and walks with a cane.

What?

Where is he?

Take it easy. Take it easy.

He's on Level 3.

I have the keys.

Somebody firing up the reactor?

They must need a big load of
extra power down in the lab.

I'll kill the tone.

I thought Hammond wanted
to keep the nuclear power plant

shut down till after
the safety inspections.

Probably part of the
same safety inspection.

You know, checking out the systems.

Yeah.

Do we have any cream left?

Diane, you check the computer room.

Paul, you take the utility room.

I'll check the ion generators.

He's not in there.

Then check the power relay station.

I'm going down to Level 4. Right.

Do you know what you're doing?

Yes. Believe me.

Doctor, it's extremely important...

What's that?
What's causing that?

What's happening?
It's an earthquake!

The door! Get to the doorway!

It's an earthquake!
We've got to get out of here!

We've got to find Diane first!

Look out!

Diane! The radiation chamber!

Diane!

Give me a hand. I'm going through
all tracking on posts 6 through 12.

Steven! Steven, check
fire control for damage.

Bill, just get me a
check on all systems.

Larry, I want an audio
surveillance on...

All terminals.

Diane!

Diane!

Diane, get up!

Jim! Jim!

Are you all right?

Hey, Mike. Do we have
any damage reports yet?

Get casualty reports
from all levels now.

6.9 on the Richter.

We can expect
some heavy aftershocks.

Get a search team organized.
Have them report to me.

Ron, I got the video
surveillance back on.

What in the world is that?

Ron. Ron.

Take a look at this.

You people on the
sidewalk, stay away from the buildings.

We are expecting more aftershocks.

Somebody help me.

Get this off me!

Turner, are you all right?

Get this off me!

Get it off!

More! More!

Turner, get up!

We're trapped here.

Diane's probably trapped in there.

Come on, Turner. Help Paul.

We'll get out.

Turner, help Paul!

Diane!

Diane, can you hear me?

Larry? Yeah.

Try to check out the
Gamma Lab on the intercom.

Yeah.

Gamma Lab,
this is Control Room.

What's your status?

Gamma Lab, this is Control
Room. What's your status?

Is anyone down there?

Gamma Lab, please report!

Gamma Lab! Gamma Lab,
this is Control...

What the hell was that?

Gamma Lab, this is Control
Room. Gamma Lab, please report!

Gamma...

It's all right.

Is it over?

Yes, I think so. Let
me check your forehead.

No!

Now, just let me see your
forehead. No, don't...

It's all right, I am a doctor.

Diane?

Ted? Paul?

Diane!

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Paul's the only one
seriously hurt. How about you?

I'm okay so far.

Is there anyone in there with you?

Yes. All right.

We're gonna get you out.

You work from the inside.

Right.

I can't understand how the earthquake
bent this steel door like this.

Any luck reaching Gamma Lab?

Line's dead.

Then let's get to
work on the reactor.

Okay, we've got it.

Come on.

I'm coming, Paul.

Just hang in there, Paul.

Straighten it out.

Wait! No, no, no, don't move it.

You might sever an artery.

I don't think you're the
one to give any orders here.

Well, it's obvious
that the leg is broken.

Now, it's possible that a
bone fragment could cut the artery.

Who is this guy? Marcus Welby?

I don't know, but he's
right about the leg.

What were you doing in
there? Trying to sabotage us?

No.

He was using the gamma unit.

Why? How do you feel?

Got one hell of a headache.

What were you trying to do?

Well, when we get out of here, maybe
you'll try a little jail, mister.

All right.

I'm pretty sure it's broken.

One, maybe two places in the tibia.

Could you get me a roll of that
computer readout over there?

And hand me some of that
wire. Quite a bit of it.

Now, when I tell you to lift,

I want you to take the heel...

Leg. Lift it up straight.

All right, now,

it's gonna hurt.

All right?

I want you to take
it gently by the heel

and the back of the
knee. Lift it up straight.

All right. Yeah, I got
it. Got it? Easy, easy.

Very gently, the heel.

All right.

The nape of the knee.

Now lift it up. Lift straight.

Steady.

Lower it down.

The reactor isn't
responding. It's not shutting down.

Try the backup systems.

Easy, Paul.

That's it.

This should keep the leg immobile.

At least your
first-aid isn't a fake.

Terrific.

The reactor's going.

What?

It kicked on automatically

when he hit the megavolt
demand for the gamma unit.

I can't get it to shut down.

Well, what does that mean?

It won't be a problem as long as
the cooling systems remain stable.

This place look very
stable to you, Doctor?

We've got to get out! Easy!

Somebody give me a hand.

All right, let's go.

Now, wait a minute,
we have to carry Paul.

The primary cooling
system is overheating.

Design.

Installation.

What about the emergency
diverter you insisted we needed?

It's not finished.

Close the door!

I got a blowout in damper number 3.

Engine pressure to zero.
Pressure's out. I can't hold it!

The primary system's gone! Try to
re-route through the secondary system.

What was the time of that
last search party report?

That was just five minutes
ago, Ron. They cleared Level 2.

How's the secondary
cooling water system?

It's holding up, I
think. It's hard to tell.

So much of the
instrumentation's out.

Is the reactor responding to
the emergency shutdown command?

No. It's still cooking.

If that secondary
cooling system goes,

we'll have a nuclear
disaster on our hands.

You know something? We ought to take
that guy and push him into the steam.

It's his fault we're
trapped in here.

Knock it off, Turner.

Where does that
lead? The pipe alleys.

If you're thinking about
going through there, forget it.

Why? Because they're
high-voltage, high-current cables.

If they're broken anywhere
inside, you'll be electrocuted.

Unless we kick the circuit
breakers, but they're up on Level 3.

Then, you mean the current
originates from above?

Yes.

Well, if we were able to
cut those cables there,

it would kill the
current in the tunnel.

Well, here's a fire axe.

All right, let's use it!
Come on, help me with the chair!

Here.

We got a 50 megavolt power
loss from the main battery.

Any luck with shutting
down the reactor?

No, not yet.

What do you think?

Should be safe now.

Safe as it's gonna get.

Hurry up! Hurry up! Come on!

Turn him around. Easy! Easy!

Pick him up.

We made it.

Not yet. We still
got to get out of here.

Which way? Down there.

Is everybody okay?

Oh, my God!

What is that?

We've lost cooling
water to the reactor.

How soon before the
core begins to melt down?

Fifteen minutes or less.

Mr. Mayor, you'd better
begin an emergency evacuation.

Immediately.

Attention! Attention!

All residents of San Tomas,

please continue to
evacuate the town

and the surrounding
area immediately.

Use routes 7, 23 and
24 North and East.

Avoid route 24 West

as there is an imminent
danger of radiation leakage

from the Nuclear Research Facility.

Attention! Attention!

So when that core melts down,

it'll eat right through
the bottom of the reactor.

Right? Yes.

And this whole place
fills with radiation.

That's right.

Here's the intersection.

Turner, check up there.

Yeah, okay. Okay.

It's blocked.

So is this one.

Man, I could really kill you
for starting that reactor!

I could really kill you.

That would give us one less
pair of hands to help dig,

wouldn't it?

Diane, you two try
your luck in that one.

Turner, follow me.

The search party says that
all access to Level 4 is cut off.

How about the emergency
water valve? We're trying.

Nothing.

Let's double team
the C-39 circuit.

On my mark.

Three, two, one,

mark.

I think we tripped it.

Yeah.

They're trying to turn
the emergency valve on.

You mean it's right down there?

It's only a trickle.

It's not gonna do us any good.

Not enough power.

The emergency
generator is overloaded.

Right.

Why did they stop?

Motor probably jammed.

What is that? Final alarm.

It means we have five minutes.

Five minutes?

Now, what does that one mean?

The faster the tone,
the less time we've got.

I think they're
trying the valve again.

Come on, you can make it.
I know you can make it.

Come on!

It's opening. It is.

It's opening. I can hear it.

They've stopped again.

I'm afraid it's burned out.

Well, what are they
going to do now?

If they're smart, they'll
start evacuation procedures.

Well, what about us? They're
just gonna leave us here?

What choice do they have?

Everybody look for a...

A pipe. Maybe a straight steel bar.

Anything that came
down in the earthquake.

Something that could be a lever.

It's no use, Ron, that
motor's got to be burned up.

Make a sweep of this level.
Get everybody out of here.

I'm gonna try this
valve one more time.

We've got to get out of here.

Look, there may be
people alive down there!

For only three more minutes.

Three more minutes.

And if we do get through this,

how do we know we can
get that valve opened?

We don't.

Now, it's coming.

All right, everybody, now!

All right!

All right, how far down the
tunnel is it to the valve?

About 50 feet.

Come on, Turner.

Up ahead, past the red light.

But even if they open the valve,

there's no electrical
power to the pump.

We don't need power.

The cooling water is gravity-fed
from an outside storage tank.

Does that mean we can follow
the pipe to the outside?

I wish it were that simple.

Following the water pipe only leads
to a wall of reinforced concrete.

All right.

They're doing it.

Look out!

Steam blow-back.
Reactor's too hot!

What about... When the
cooling water hit it,

it blew right through
the valve fitting.

What about him?

I don't know. I have to open the valve
all the way to cool off the reactor.

The steam could blow
back and kill him!

Ron, we've only
got one minute left.

Ron! It's hopeless!

Come on.

The water is on!
That's the water, isn't it?

Yes.

What's happening?

Steam pressure
must be cracking the wall.

We can get out this way!

Attention! Attention!

All residents of San Tomas
may now return to the city.

All residents of San Tomas
may now return to the city.

Route 24 is no longer hazardous.

The danger has passed.

Route 24 is no longer hazardous.

The nuclear facility is safe.

The nuclear reactor
is cooling down?

Yes, the danger is over.

Are there any plans to
rebuild the facility?

That's rather a premature question.

But when we do, I...

I assure you we'll be working more
closely with the safety engineer.

Turner.

Turner is my name.

Man, I'll tell you,

for a while down there
it didn't look real good.

I never gave up hope, though.

Never?

Mmm-mmm.

We understand that

somebody spotted a large
hulking creature down there.

Could you describe...
Come on, Jack!

We're trying to cover
a real story here.

Could there have been
any sabotage in this?

No. Not likely.

Well, we understand that
there was somebody down there.

An imposter? Saboteur?

Yes, there was someone there.

I don't believe he was a saboteur.

Well, what was he doing?

He was trying to use the
gamma ray inversion equipment.

Did he succeed? No.

Where is he now?

I don't know.

He may have been killed in the explosion
of steam that blew down the wall.

If it hadn't been for him,
none of us would be alive.