The Odyssey (1992–1994): Season 1, Episode 13 - The One Called Brad - full transcript

(bright dramatic music)

(adventurous music)

(bell chimes)

(birds cawing)

- [Announcer] Do not go outside.

Do not let your friends in,

we don't care who they are.

- It's sealed tight.

- [Announcer] Brad is still missing.

(fist thudding)

And everyone's grounded until we find him.



- Brad's gotta be coming

and going inside these walls somehow.

- Hey Marco, it's Medea
with that thing of hers.

- [Announcer] Don't let your friends in.

We don't care who they are.

All exits are sealed.

Brad is still missing,

and everyone's around
it until we find him.

- I want my seat back on the council.

- [Announcer] We're not kidding,
so everyone look for him--

- No.

- I can find Brad for you.

- I thought I told you in
fractal, stay out of my face.

- My seat, back on the council?



- All this witchy stuff, fine!

- [Announcer] By order of Macro.

- Don't worry, the pendulum
can find whatever I want it to.

- [Announcer] We don't care who you are.

All exits are sealed.
(door creaking)

Brad is still missing.

He's grounded until--
- Hey, Trashcan.

(suspenseful music)
- Brad!

- Yes, I'm Brad.

(footsteps pattering)

Talk quietly, there's
monitors right outside.

I'm proud of you, Jay,

for getting here and for
not giving into Macro.

- It really is you.

But you're just a kid.

- What were you expecting?

- My dad.

- What's a dad?

- He's the guy who cares about you,

because he gave you life.

He shows you what to do, how to be...

- A leader?

- Sort of...

You're my dad, Brad Ziegler.

- Ziegler?

That's how you pronounce it.

The vest of power belongs to you.

(tense music)

- So even in a coma, Jay
has feelings about his dad.

- Very strong.

It's a new one on me.

- Does this mean we have
to be psychologists now

instead of physical therapists?

- We can't stop the therapy.

We just have to widen it out a little bit.

(footsteps pattering)

- You need to know what I
know about Brad's death.

(bell rings)

- The vest of power is
showing me another world.

- We've seen another world too.

- I've been to this
place, and seen things.

That's what the vest does.

- What did you see?

- There's a tremendous
feeling of belonging.

I never wanted to leave,

even though what I saw was so strange,

the way they grouped together,

like they'd always been that way.

Little tiny people, with
wrinkled gray people...

- Families.

- What?

- Parents, grandparents.

- They were beautiful.

They had character.

They just seem to accept
you the way you were.

I knew they would welcome me

and take care of me, if I could stay,

but I couldn't.

- I came from that place.

I call it home.

- We saw ourselves in the crystal,

are we from there too?

I don't know.

- I knew it.

I knew home was real.

- Yeah, Jay was right.

- Where is this vest of power?

- I hid it from Macro.

He doesn't want the kids to
know about the other world.

He wants things to stay the way they are.

I couldn't risk letting him have the vest.

- Is that why Macro locked you up?

- On the trips I took to this place,

what did you call it?

- Home?

- Yeah, home.

I thought I could learn from those people

how to be a better leader.

I guess I stayed there too long,

because the last time I came back,

Macro had already taken
over my trusted advisor.

(pendant beeping)

- It's pointing up.

(pendant beeping)

- [Macro] They're in Brad's room.

- We all knew something was wrong.

- The people would have
helped you get rid of Macro.

- Would they?

Macro did everything in my name.

But if some of the people inside the tower

still trusted me enough to help--

- Oh, they do.

They would.

- But everything's under
Macro's control now.

- Macro didn't want to
transfer control to me.

- Yeah.

- What about the vest of power?

Isn't it powerful?

- Yeah.

Yeah.
(tense music)

- I remember them leaving
on that trip together.

They both loved fishing.

- You ready?

Up in there. (grunting)

- Now you hold me one.

- Got the rations?

(indistinct)
(tense music)

- I love you.

Be safe.
- Goodbye.

- Brad was always really safety conscious

when Jay was on board.

That evening, I got a
phone call from the police.

They told me that Jay was in the hospital

being treated for shock,

and the Coast Guard was out
searching for my husband.

- What happened?
(footsteps pattering)

- They never found Brad.

And Jay always said that he
couldn't remember anything.

(suspenseful music)
(water sloshing)

- How did Jay get to the hospital?

- They told me he'd been
spotted by a lighthouse keeper.

He didn't know how long Jay
had been alone out there.

- So Jay may have watched
his own father drown?

(dramatic music)

- With the vest of power
you can go to another world,

because maybe the two
worlds were together once.

And maybe you can bring
them back together.

- What is the vest of power?

- It washed up on shore.

I think he came from the lighthouse.

- Not the promised land.

- Here.

(upbeat music)

- Here, this is yours.

I'm giving it back.

- This isn't mine.

- Trust me on this.

Your dad's initials are on it.

- My dad?

- Yeah, my granddad.

Nevermind.

- Thank you.

(door creaks)

(boots stomping)

- Brad, hiding in your own room.

Smart.

- Got some visitors too.

Isn't that cozy? (chuckling)

My package came together by itself.

We did make a deal friend, remember?

Forget it, Macro.

- No, we'll do it.

I'll transfer leadership over to Jay.

(tense music)

(upbeat music)

(footsteps pattering)

- Hi, darling.

I want you to tell the story again,

so Jay can hear it.

- Jay, remember that
last trip with your dad?

(footsteps pattering)

- What are they doing here?

- He wants his own hair and makeup people.

- Or I don't go on.

- All right.
(footsteps pattering)

Okay, people, hear the storyline.

Brad, you're gonna be
telling the people out there

that you're handing over
the reigns of power to Jay.

Jay, you look powerful, yet humble.

They love you, use it.

You're gonna be telling the people

that you're gonna be placing
your full trust in moi?

Okay?

Okay.

Five minutes everyone.

Oh, and don't worry about the script,

it's all on the cue cards.

- Are you sure you know what you're doing?

- Yes.

- Two shot of them.

All right, everybody,
let's do a rehearsal.

And action.

- Hello people.

As you all know, I'm Brad.

I have some very special
guests here today.

First up, a kid you all know

and think is rather supreme, Jay.

Jay?

- Cut.

What's wrong with you?

- Stagefright.

- What?

- There are too many people in here.

I can't work like this.

- All right, all non technical people out.

Yes, you people, out.

(upbeat music)
(footsteps pattering)

- Medea, darling

why don't you take that
wonderful pendulum of yours

and find me the vest of power.

(footsteps pattering)

Happy?

All right, now let's go
for a little spontaneity.

Let's make this one.

From the top.

- Hold it, hold it.

It's your uniform, it's not working.

- But he wore one.

- Yes, but I'm likable.

Aren't you trying to sell
democracy, trust, sensitivity?

- Yeah.

- Then I lose the Jack boots, and the hat.

- The look as all wrong.
- But...

- Sensitivity, could be you.

(tense music)

- Okay, everybody, I'm changing.

Take five.

(footsteps pattering)

(dramatic music)

- Everyone, I'm taking over the studio.

When I'm back in power,
you guys can write,

and direct your own shows.
(screen beeping)

Help us.

(dramatic music)

(screen buzzing)

- Okay, and go!

- I'm Brad, I'm back.

I've been held prisoner
on the tower by Macro,

head of the monitors--
- Shut this son of a--

- I need your help if
we're gonna stir Macro,

and put an end to this
corrupt rule of the monitors.

You're creative people,

you can express yourselves

without interference from the network.

Don't obey the monitors anymore, don't.

- He cut the power.

Any more flashlights?

(footsteps pattering)
(dramatic music)

- This way.

(gentle music)

- One of the hardest things I had to do

was go and collect Brad's things.

There was his fishing stuff, a cooler,

and his life jacket, the
one he wasn't wearing.

I didn't wanna believe it.

But then I knew he wasn't coming back.

- Come on Jay, you can do it.

(tense music)
(footsteps pattering)

(bulbs flickering)

- It's still here...

the vest of power.

It's yours, you just have to
put it on and you'll be there.

- Huh? I don't know.

Can I? Should I?

- It's your choice,
but it can help us all.

- Go home Jay, you have to.

- Yeah, go for it.

- Come back for us, if you can.

- I know you don't know
who I really am yet,

but I'm really glad I met you.

- Good luck.

(tense music)

(seagulls cawing)
(waves rolling)

- Where am I?

(seagulls cawing)
(waves rolling)

(upbeat music)

- Jay, I'm here to help you.

(footsteps pattering)

(crow cawing)

(footsteps pattering)

- [Doctor] Is that you, Jay?

- Dad?
(door slams)

Dad?

(suspenseful music)

Dad?
- [Doctor] Up here.

(footsteps pattering)
(tense music)

I'm in here, Jay.

That's it, come on in.

- Dad?

Who are you?

- I just wanna help you, Jay.

Come on one more step and you're home.

Jay.

- Jay, come on!

Don't stop.

- You saw him drown, didn't you?

(tense music)
(footsteps pattering)

(dramatic music)
(footsteps pattering)

- You've given it away?

- You're too late.

Soon, the people will be pounding
on the doors in the tower.

- Yeah?

Not if I make you tell them to stop.

(Macro thuds)

Take him.

- Jay.
- Jay!

- The exit in the hall.

(footsteps pattering)
(dramatic music)

- It goes all the way down.

- Give me the vest kid.

- Don't do it, Jay.

Take it, run.

- Let Brad go.

- Hey kid, the vest, now.

- Jay don't, nevermind me.

I'm your dad, right?

Do what I ask.

- Let him go.

You can have the vest of power.

Sorry, Dad.

I can't leave you.

(footsteps pattering)

(tense music)

- Where am I?

What are you doing here?

- What are you doing here is more like it.

(girls chuckling)

- Stupid vest of power.

Come on, we've got to calm things down.

(dramatic music)

- He was so close.

- But we're closer too.

- So what do we do now?

- We have to find out what
exactly happened that day.

- Jay's the only one who knows.

(tense music)

(maniacal laughter)

- What did you see?

- It was strange.

You I'd feel welcomed, but
I didn't feel like I belong.

Something was wrong.

- Can we bring the worlds back together?

- I don't know.

- I'm sorry Jay.

I really thought that was your way home.

- The vest is history anyhow.

- The vest came from the light house.

- Maybe that's the way.

Can you take me there?

- I can't Jay.

I gotta get the people to
help me take back the tower.

- I have to go to the lighthouse,

but I don't wanna leave you, or you.

- Well, I wanna go with you, Jay,

if that's okay.

- I'd hate to miss a good fight.

I wanna go too.

(gentle music)

(footsteps pattering)

- I know we'll meet again.

- Good luck.

- See ya, Brad.

(footsteps pattering)
(gentle music)

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)