The Incredible Hulk (1977–1982): Season 1, Episode 9 - Never Give a Trucker an Even Break - full transcript
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TURNER: It's an earthquake!
We've got to get out of here!
HAMMOND: We've got
to find Diane first!
Get to the door!
NANCY: We can expect
some heavy aftershocks.
If that secondary
cooling system goes,
we'll have a nuclear disaster
on our hands.
(ALL SCREAMING)
We've lost cooling water
to the reactor.
(GROWLING)
NARRATOR: 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.
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
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.
(SIGHING)
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.
WOMAN: (ON INTERCOM)
Your identification, please.
Dr. Robert Patterson.
Thank you, Doctor.
McGEE: 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.
HAMMOND: 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?
HAMMOND: 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.
PAUL: 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.
GUARD: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
(SIGHING)
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.
DIANE: Where would you
like to start?
Independent
power generators,
reactor stations,
dosimetry analysis,
Control Center?
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
DIANE: 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.
(HULK GROWLING)
(GROWLING)
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.
ELAINA:
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...
MARSHA: (ON PA SYSTEM)
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.
NANCY: Do you think
Ron's observations
are correct?
JANET: 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.
(METALLIC RATTLING)
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.
HAMMOND: What are you
talking about?
Has to be something
in here.
Has to be.
(EXCLAIMS)
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.
(BEEPING)
Somebody firing up
the reactor?
They must need
a big load of extra power
down in the lab.
I'll kill the tone.
LARRY: 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?
(MACHINERY HUMMING)
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.
(BEEPING)
Do you know
what you're doing?
Yes. Believe me.
Doctor,
it's extremely important...
DIANE: What's that?
What's causing that?
What's happening?
It's an earthquake!
(ALL SCREAMING)
The door!
Get to the doorway!
TURNER: It's an earthquake!
We've got to get out of here!
We've got to
find Diane first!
HAMMOND: Look out!
Diane!
The radiation chamber!
Diane!
LARRY: Give me a hand.
I'm going through all tracking
on posts 6 through 12.
(TOLLING)
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!
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
Diane!
Diane, get up!
(HULK GROWLING)
MAN: Jim! Jim!
Are you all right?
RON: Hey, Mike.
Do we have any
damage reports yet?
Get casualty reports
from all levels now.
6.9 on the Richter.
NANCY: 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.
(SIRENS WAILING)
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER)
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!
(GROWLING)
More! More!
HAMMOND:
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!
(GROWLING)
Diane!
Diane, can you hear me?
(COUGHING)
(GROANING)
Larry?
Yeah.
Try to check out
the Gamma Lab
on the intercom.
Yeah.
LARRY: (ON INTERCOM)
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?
(FEEDBACK BUZZING)
LARRY: Gamma Lab,
this is Control Room.
Gamma Lab, please report!
Gamma...
(DIANE MOANS)
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?
HAMMOND: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
RON: Any luck
reaching Gamma Lab?
LARRY: Line's dead.
Then let's get to work
on the reactor.
(MACHINERY HUMMING)
Okay, we've got it.
HAMMOND: 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.
DAVID: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
DAVID: Very gently,
the heel.
All right.
The nape of the knee.
Now lift it up.
Lift straight.
TURNER: Steady.
Lower it down.
LARRY: The reactor
isn't responding.
It's not shutting down.
RON: Try
the backup systems.
Easy, Paul.
That's it.
This should keep
the leg immobile.
At least your first-aid
isn't a fake.
HAMMOND: 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.
TURNER: 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!
TURNER: Somebody
give me a hand.
HAMMOND: All right,
let's go.
Now, wait a minute,
we have to carry Paul.
(EXCLAIMS)
The primary cooling system
is overheating.
Design.
DIANE: Installation.
What about
the emergency diverter
you insisted we needed?
It's not finished.
(HAMMOND EXCLAIMING)
Close the door!
(ALL SCREAMING)
(ALARM BLARING)
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.
RON: 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.
RON: 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.
DAVID: 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.
DAVID: What do you think?
DIANE: Should be safe now.
HAMMOND: Safe
as it's gonna get.
Hurry up!
Hurry up! Come on!
DAVID: Turn him around.
Easy! Easy!
Pick him up.
DIANE: We made it.
TURNER: Not yet.
We still got to
get out of here.
Which way?
Down there.
(RUMBLING)
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
(WOMAN SHRIEKING)
Is everybody okay?
(ALARM BLARING)
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.
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER)
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!
(PAUL GROANING)
TURNER: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
NANCY: The search party says
that all access to Level 4
is cut off.
How about the emergency
water valve?
We're trying.
LARRY: Nothing.
Let's double team
the C-39 circuit.
On my mark.
Three, two, one,
mark.
(BEEPING)
I think we tripped it.
Yeah.
(METALLIC RUMBLING)
They're trying to turn
the emergency valve on.
(WATER TRICKLING)
You mean
it's right down there?
DIANE: 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.
(ALARM BLARING)
What is that?
Final alarm.
It means
we have five minutes.
Five minutes?
(ALARM BEEPING RAPIDLY)
Now, what does
that one mean?
The faster the tone,
the less time we've got.
(METALLIC RUMBLING)
I think they're trying
the valve again.
Come on, you can make it.
I know you can make it.
Come on!
TURNER:
It's opening. It is.
It's opening.
I can hear it.
(RUMBLING STOPS)
They've stopped again.
I'm afraid it's burned out.
(ALARM BEEPING FASTER)
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?
(ALARM BEEPING SHRILLY)
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.
TURNER: And if
we do get through this,
how do we know we can
get that valve opened?
(GRUNTING)
We don't.
TURNER: (GRUNTING)
Now, it's coming.
(ALL GRUNTING)
All right, everybody,
now!
All right!
All right,
how far down the tunnel
is it to the valve?
DIANE: About 50 feet.
HAMMOND: 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.
(ALL SCREAMING)
(ALARM BLARING)
HAMMOND: Look out!
Steam blow-back.
Reactor's too hot!
What about...
When the cooling water
hit it,
it blew right through
the valve fitting.
DIANE: 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!
LARRY: Ron, we've only got
one minute left.
Ron! It's hopeless!
Come on.
(EXCLAIMING)
(VALVE RATTLING)
(WATER ROARING)
TURNER: The water is on!
That's the water, isn't it?
HAMMOND: Yes.
(HULK GROWLING)
TURNER: What's happening?
HAMMOND: Steam pressure
must be cracking the wall.
DIANE:
We can get out this way!
MAN: 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?
HAMMOND:
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.
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.
---
TURNER: It's an earthquake!
We've got to get out of here!
HAMMOND: We've got
to find Diane first!
Get to the door!
NANCY: We can expect
some heavy aftershocks.
If that secondary
cooling system goes,
we'll have a nuclear disaster
on our hands.
(ALL SCREAMING)
We've lost cooling water
to the reactor.
(GROWLING)
NARRATOR: 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.
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
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.
(SIGHING)
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.
WOMAN: (ON INTERCOM)
Your identification, please.
Dr. Robert Patterson.
Thank you, Doctor.
McGEE: 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.
HAMMOND: 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?
HAMMOND: 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.
PAUL: 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.
GUARD: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
(SIGHING)
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.
DIANE: Where would you
like to start?
Independent
power generators,
reactor stations,
dosimetry analysis,
Control Center?
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
DIANE: 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.
(HULK GROWLING)
(GROWLING)
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.
ELAINA:
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...
MARSHA: (ON PA SYSTEM)
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.
NANCY: Do you think
Ron's observations
are correct?
JANET: 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.
(METALLIC RATTLING)
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.
HAMMOND: What are you
talking about?
Has to be something
in here.
Has to be.
(EXCLAIMS)
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.
(BEEPING)
Somebody firing up
the reactor?
They must need
a big load of extra power
down in the lab.
I'll kill the tone.
LARRY: 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?
(MACHINERY HUMMING)
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.
(BEEPING)
Do you know
what you're doing?
Yes. Believe me.
Doctor,
it's extremely important...
DIANE: What's that?
What's causing that?
What's happening?
It's an earthquake!
(ALL SCREAMING)
The door!
Get to the doorway!
TURNER: It's an earthquake!
We've got to get out of here!
We've got to
find Diane first!
HAMMOND: Look out!
Diane!
The radiation chamber!
Diane!
LARRY: Give me a hand.
I'm going through all tracking
on posts 6 through 12.
(TOLLING)
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!
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
Diane!
Diane, get up!
(HULK GROWLING)
MAN: Jim! Jim!
Are you all right?
RON: Hey, Mike.
Do we have any
damage reports yet?
Get casualty reports
from all levels now.
6.9 on the Richter.
NANCY: 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.
(SIRENS WAILING)
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER)
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!
(GROWLING)
More! More!
HAMMOND:
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!
(GROWLING)
Diane!
Diane, can you hear me?
(COUGHING)
(GROANING)
Larry?
Yeah.
Try to check out
the Gamma Lab
on the intercom.
Yeah.
LARRY: (ON INTERCOM)
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?
(FEEDBACK BUZZING)
LARRY: Gamma Lab,
this is Control Room.
Gamma Lab, please report!
Gamma...
(DIANE MOANS)
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?
HAMMOND: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
RON: Any luck
reaching Gamma Lab?
LARRY: Line's dead.
Then let's get to work
on the reactor.
(MACHINERY HUMMING)
Okay, we've got it.
HAMMOND: 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.
DAVID: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
DAVID: Very gently,
the heel.
All right.
The nape of the knee.
Now lift it up.
Lift straight.
TURNER: Steady.
Lower it down.
LARRY: The reactor
isn't responding.
It's not shutting down.
RON: Try
the backup systems.
Easy, Paul.
That's it.
This should keep
the leg immobile.
At least your first-aid
isn't a fake.
HAMMOND: 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.
TURNER: 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!
TURNER: Somebody
give me a hand.
HAMMOND: All right,
let's go.
Now, wait a minute,
we have to carry Paul.
(EXCLAIMS)
The primary cooling system
is overheating.
Design.
DIANE: Installation.
What about
the emergency diverter
you insisted we needed?
It's not finished.
(HAMMOND EXCLAIMING)
Close the door!
(ALL SCREAMING)
(ALARM BLARING)
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.
RON: 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.
RON: 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.
DAVID: 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.
DAVID: What do you think?
DIANE: Should be safe now.
HAMMOND: Safe
as it's gonna get.
Hurry up!
Hurry up! Come on!
DAVID: Turn him around.
Easy! Easy!
Pick him up.
DIANE: We made it.
TURNER: Not yet.
We still got to
get out of here.
Which way?
Down there.
(RUMBLING)
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
(WOMAN SHRIEKING)
Is everybody okay?
(ALARM BLARING)
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.
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER)
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!
(PAUL GROANING)
TURNER: 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.
HAMMOND: 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.
NANCY: The search party says
that all access to Level 4
is cut off.
How about the emergency
water valve?
We're trying.
LARRY: Nothing.
Let's double team
the C-39 circuit.
On my mark.
Three, two, one,
mark.
(BEEPING)
I think we tripped it.
Yeah.
(METALLIC RUMBLING)
They're trying to turn
the emergency valve on.
(WATER TRICKLING)
You mean
it's right down there?
DIANE: 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.
(ALARM BLARING)
What is that?
Final alarm.
It means
we have five minutes.
Five minutes?
(ALARM BEEPING RAPIDLY)
Now, what does
that one mean?
The faster the tone,
the less time we've got.
(METALLIC RUMBLING)
I think they're trying
the valve again.
Come on, you can make it.
I know you can make it.
Come on!
TURNER:
It's opening. It is.
It's opening.
I can hear it.
(RUMBLING STOPS)
They've stopped again.
I'm afraid it's burned out.
(ALARM BEEPING FASTER)
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?
(ALARM BEEPING SHRILLY)
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.
TURNER: And if
we do get through this,
how do we know we can
get that valve opened?
(GRUNTING)
We don't.
TURNER: (GRUNTING)
Now, it's coming.
(ALL GRUNTING)
All right, everybody,
now!
All right!
All right,
how far down the tunnel
is it to the valve?
DIANE: About 50 feet.
HAMMOND: 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.
(ALL SCREAMING)
(ALARM BLARING)
HAMMOND: Look out!
Steam blow-back.
Reactor's too hot!
What about...
When the cooling water
hit it,
it blew right through
the valve fitting.
DIANE: 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!
LARRY: Ron, we've only got
one minute left.
Ron! It's hopeless!
Come on.
(EXCLAIMING)
(VALVE RATTLING)
(WATER ROARING)
TURNER: The water is on!
That's the water, isn't it?
HAMMOND: Yes.
(HULK GROWLING)
TURNER: What's happening?
HAMMOND: Steam pressure
must be cracking the wall.
DIANE:
We can get out this way!
MAN: 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?
HAMMOND:
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.
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.