The Odyssey (1992–1994): Season 2, Episode 11 - Run for Your Life - full transcript
Macro sets up a live broadcast game show, getting kids involved in Jay's capture. Jay himself is on the hunt for his fleeing Father. Sierra starts filming for the Driftwood campaign as it revs up for a fundraiser party.
(tense music)
(driving synth music)
(dramatic music)
- We had him right here!
- I never realized grownups were so big.
- He's not so big.
He's just average.
Flash will grow up to be bigger.
- There's something about him.
He's different from kids.
- Now you know.
That's what I've been trying to tell you.
- Come on, he's probably
already got a headstart.
- He looked for some place to hide.
- That's what he wants us to think.
And because he thinks that we think
that he's hiding in that forest,
we're going this way.
(drums beating)
- Will you stop that?
I have something important to show you.
This is our trio.
- Lucky for you for you
they showed up again.
- No luck about it.
I put a bug in Alpha's bag.
- Don't lose them again. I want them.
(drums beating)
(tense music)
(synthesizer music)
(dramatic music)
- Looks like he's heading
away from the tower.
- But which way?
- Let's split up.
You two go that way and I'll go this way.
- Uh uh, no more splitting up.
From now on, we stick together. Come on.
- [Finger] As long as
they stay above ground,
Fractal's Shadow Tracker
will lead my Monitors
right to them.
- Well, that's good, but I came up
with a little surprise of my own.
- [Finger] Really?
- I want to show the
world what we do to kids
who defy the Tower.
- Why didn't you tell me? My
Monitors would love to help.
- Your Monitors have been
rather disappointing lately.
My plan will get all the kids helping you.
It's a game.
It's time we started having
fun around here again.
(kids cheering)
- Prizes, prizes! Have we got prizes!
First prize is a week in the tower.
Second prize, is two weeks in the tower.
(kids laughing)
No no, just a joke, Macro.
(all chuckling)
But yes, a week long
tower party in your honor.
You can even play Macro's drums,
which is more than he can.
(kids laughing)
Here's Jay, the kid we all want to get.
He's been mean to Macro and
he wants to wreck our world.
(kids gasping)
But you can stop him.
His friends used to be good kids,
then Jay made them weird,
now they're a mess.
And what do you do with a mess?
- [Kids] Clean it up!
- [Flack] And here's our clean up crew.
Oh, oh, I wouldn't want
these kids after me.
(kids laughing)
- It's very sophisticated.
- I thought so.
But something's missing.
Those guys need leadership.
Well, go on, it's fun.
- It's fun!
- [Kids] Yeah!
- Every time you help the
crew get closer to Jay,
you qualify for one of our awesome prizes.
But hey, you can't win if you don't play.
(kids cheering)
Hey, a new witness.
What's your name?
- Bogus.
- Bogus.
What club you in, Bogus?
- The Gum Club.
- Gum Club, eh?
So what are you? Some kind of bubble head?
(kids laughing)
So what'd you see Bogus?
- Jay. I'm sure it was him.
He was with two other
kids out by the old mill.
- Hey!
Wake up, you guys!
You sleeping out there?
Tough maybe, but not so smart.
(man howling)
(kids howling)
Don't smile, Drewg, it shows your teeth.
Go win Bogus his grand prize.
(paper rustling)
- Man, he's fast.
How long is he going to keep this up?
- Grown ups slow down when they get older.
- Yeah, well, I hope it happens soon.
- [Alpha] Do you hear that?
(boy crying)
- Yeah.
Hey!
- How'd you get up there?
What's the matter? Are you all right?
- You need a hand down?
- No.
It's down there.
- What's down here?
- Some big creature.
I saw it.
- That's not a monster,
that's my dad. He's a man.
He's just like you.
- No he's not, he smells.
- That's not him, that's hi aftershave.
- Aftershave?
- Nevermind.
I've got to find him. Where'd he go?
- That way.
- You can come down. He won't hurt you.
- Do you see anything?
Jay and his friends have to
be around here somewhere.
(synthesizer music)
- What's he afraid of?
- What do you mean?
- Your dad.
He's big, he's strong.
He's running. It must have
something to hide. What?
- We'll find out when we catch him.
(drum roll music)
- Hey, hey, what have we here?
- Looks like the party's
over, little ones.
(both laughing)
(diabolical music)
(kids cheering)
- No, Drewg.
Party's just beginning.
(thunder crashing)
Macro misses you at the tower, Alpha.
Won't you join us?
- I don't think so!
(man groans)
- [Kids] Oh no!
(man yells)
- Alpha, run!
(kids shouting)
- Get up, you idiots!
Go, go, go, go!
- Go, go!
(kids yelling)
- Two, three!
- Two, three!
(kids cheering)
- How's he doing?
Any better?
- Hard to say.
Max says it's important
to keep his exercises up.
- Oh, sure. He could wake up any time.
- That's what Max says.
What are you doing?
- Oh, Jay's mom wants me to
be in a video about Driftwood
to raise money.
- That's where I've seen you before.
You were a patient here.
- That's right now.
Now it's my chance to help Driftwood.
- Do you think Jay will wake up again?
- Sure.
I mean, he's got to know
that we're all on his side.
Go ahead, keep doing those exercises.
Yeah, just like that.
- This okay?
- Yep. That's perfect.
(soft music)
- Tough break, Bogus.
But we've got a lovely
parting gift for you.
Macro's drumstick.
(kids laughing)
- [Bogus] Only one?
- [Flack] So who's our next witness?
- What's going on?
- Uh uh!
We have to lay low for awhile
until we figure out how
those gorillas found us
in the first place.
- Why don't we sneak up of
them and see what's going on?
- Who wants to claim
the next fabulous prize,
maybe even the grand prize, for turning in
these three losers?
- Hey.
(suspenseful music)
Wait a minute.
That's now.
Here.
(kids shouting)
(synthesizer music)
(driving music)
- How long can he keep this up?
- Come on!
(sneaky music)
(suspenseful music)
- They can't run forever.
(energetic music)
- A party? For Driftwood?
- That's right. You and
Donna will have to come.
- You mean like together?
A date?
- Ew!
Can't we just go with Jay?
- Sure you can, but
there's going to be dancing
and everything.
- Oh yeah.
So who's your date then?
(melancholy music)
(gate creaking)
- What is that?
I thought you're supposed
to be wearing a pion suit.
- But I am. Don't you recognize it?
- What did you do to it?
- I'm wearing it, Macro.
It isn't wearing me.
What are you doing here anyway?
- I'm here to bring you up to date.
You haven't been following
our latest little game.
- Well, your Monitors took
away my screen you know.
- Oh.
Then you don't know what
you've been missing.
Come.
Kids all call it Run For Your Life.
- You're disgusting.
- Well, I thought it was
quite clever actually.
Tiny TV cameras everywhere.
At first, just to keep an eye on things.
You know how upset everyone was
when Jay caused the earthquakes.
All perfectly understandable of course.
Then I got the idea how
to take everyone's mind
off their troubles.
- Come on.
- I don't know how Jay does it, kids.
We got settings from Black
Mountain to the Brambles
and the cleanup crew still
has a mess on its hands.
Call me crazy.
- [Kids] You're crazy, Flack.
(kids laughing)
- So where next, Drewg?
Think or you'll end up in the pit.
(kids laughing)
(dramatic music)
- After we get these weirdos,
that little twerp, Flack is next!
- Maybe we do Flack first!
- Yeah!
- Come on!
We can't be far.
- [Flack] Whoa, this
looks like the big finish.
- Come, Medea, let's get a first hand look
at how your champion Jay
is twisted little friends
end up, shall we?
- Macro, you are repulsive!
- Keith Haldane, you are so
insensitive! How could you?
- What?
- You asked Mrs. Ziegler who
she was taking to the dance.
You know she hasn't even gone
out since Jay's dad died.
She's still in mourning.
- Yeah, well, she started it.
- Oh yeah? How do you think Jay would feel
if she went out with another man?
(tense music)
- Wait, we should get out of
here while they're distracted.
- Why?
- No.
There's only one person who
could make them act like that.
- You don't want to fool around with me!
Let me up! Let me up! Let me up!
- Whoa! What's this?
Drewg, you've been taking ugly pills?
Folks, we caught us one weird kid.
- You're hurting me! You're hurting me!
(man yelling)
(kids yelling)
(kids shouting)
Back off!
(kids shouting)
(man grunting)
- I don't want to hurt anyone.
Look, just let me out of here, huh?
I don't belong here.
- They've got my dad.
- I don't think they're
ready to give him back.
- Dad, hang on, I'm coming!
- Jay!
Get out of here!
- Give him to me!
- Why? We found him.
- He doesn't belong to you, he's mine!
- Hey, you're that kid
everybody's hunting for.
I guess this is our lucky day.
(kids cheering)
- You sure are tenacious, Jay.
We're going to have to
have a chat about this
when we get out of here.
- If we get out of here.
- No, now.
Why'd you do it?
- What are you?
- He's a man. He's old.
- [Girl] He's hairy and awfully bossy.
- Hey, hey, this is ridiculous.
Just let me out of here, huh?
- See? You cant push us around!
- No, not until I get
some straight answers.
- This isn't exactly the time.
What do they want from us?
- We have to finish him off!
- He's mine! I need him!
- Why are you trying to save him?
- Good question. Dad?
- Because I'd do the same for you.
Believe me.
- It's not natural to be so big.
- He's not so big!
I'm the wrecker!
(kids gasping)
I can bring you a world filled with people
lots bigger than him.
- That a boy, Jay.
- That's all you had to say?
I'm the wrecker!
(kids gasping)
(tense music)
(girl screaming)
- Whoa!
- Are you looking for me?
I said, are you looking for me?
- Jay!
- Don't just stand there, Drewg, get him!
- All right, I'm taking you all in.
- Not all of them, idiot.
- Hey! He's ours!
We want the grand prize.
- Touch him and you're toast.
- Drewg!
- I mean it! Back off!
Jay, let's get outta here.
- No! Not until you tell me why you left.
- Look, we haven't got
time to chat, let's go!
- Get him! The big guy!
- Wait a minute, what about our prize?
- Not now!
- Jay!
- We'll track the other three later.
- Wait, wait!
- But he's getting away!
- Wait!
- You have to let him go or
you'll wind up in the pit!
- Dad!
(phone ringing)
- This is Arthur Bourne, I
can't take your call right now,
but leave a message at the beep.
- Arthur, Val Ziegler.
This is very 90s, Arthur,
asking your answering
machine if you would like
to come to a party.
The Driftwood Fundraiser with me.
Oh, it doesn't really have to be a date.
Or it could be.
Oh gosh, this sounds dumb.
Can I erase and start over?
- [Arthur] You don't have to
start over, I'd love to come.
- Oh.
(droning music)
- So Macro, this is very exciting.
Where is everybody?
- I guess Finger's taken them
back to the studio already.
I hate it when I miss all the excitement.
- Then we won't disappoint you.
- What are you doing?
Stop it, let me go.
- Why should we?
You promised to leave us alone.
- Ow! Okay, all right, I will.
Medea, tell him to let me go.
- Did he hurt you?
- Your clothes.
- Oh. No, I'm okay.
I just don't think I
trust Macro completely.
- It's the first time
I ever agreed with her.
Have fun.
- Let's go.
- Wait.
Macro and Finger left a
little present for you
in your purse, Alpha.
- What is this?
- A bug.
- So that's how they found us.
- I think we should give it back to them.
- Yeah.
We wouldn't want them to lose Macro.
Okay, let me have this. Come here.
Give me this hat. Thank you.
Now if we just get this
back on your head like so.
- You're going to pay for this, Medea.
- See you later, Macro.
(suspenseful music)
- What a show.
We had the wrecker.
We had the big person.
And what have we got now?
A bit nothing.
What's happening, Drewg?
Where'd the big fella go?
- We're coming back, Flack.
Just for you!
(kids oohing)
- Boy, I'm worried.
You couldn't find water
if you fell out of a boat.
(kids laughing)
Hey! We finally caught someone.
Way to go, Drewg.
(kids gasping)
You're macho, suprem-o-ship.
I think we're going to have
some technical difficulties.
- I could help you find him.
There's only one place he'd head for.
- [Alpha] Where's that?
- The wall.
They say no kid has
ever gone there before.
It's the end of the world.
He'd be safe there.
- Come on.
(synthesizer music)
(synthesizer music)
(driving synth music)
(dramatic music)
- We had him right here!
- I never realized grownups were so big.
- He's not so big.
He's just average.
Flash will grow up to be bigger.
- There's something about him.
He's different from kids.
- Now you know.
That's what I've been trying to tell you.
- Come on, he's probably
already got a headstart.
- He looked for some place to hide.
- That's what he wants us to think.
And because he thinks that we think
that he's hiding in that forest,
we're going this way.
(drums beating)
- Will you stop that?
I have something important to show you.
This is our trio.
- Lucky for you for you
they showed up again.
- No luck about it.
I put a bug in Alpha's bag.
- Don't lose them again. I want them.
(drums beating)
(tense music)
(synthesizer music)
(dramatic music)
- Looks like he's heading
away from the tower.
- But which way?
- Let's split up.
You two go that way and I'll go this way.
- Uh uh, no more splitting up.
From now on, we stick together. Come on.
- [Finger] As long as
they stay above ground,
Fractal's Shadow Tracker
will lead my Monitors
right to them.
- Well, that's good, but I came up
with a little surprise of my own.
- [Finger] Really?
- I want to show the
world what we do to kids
who defy the Tower.
- Why didn't you tell me? My
Monitors would love to help.
- Your Monitors have been
rather disappointing lately.
My plan will get all the kids helping you.
It's a game.
It's time we started having
fun around here again.
(kids cheering)
- Prizes, prizes! Have we got prizes!
First prize is a week in the tower.
Second prize, is two weeks in the tower.
(kids laughing)
No no, just a joke, Macro.
(all chuckling)
But yes, a week long
tower party in your honor.
You can even play Macro's drums,
which is more than he can.
(kids laughing)
Here's Jay, the kid we all want to get.
He's been mean to Macro and
he wants to wreck our world.
(kids gasping)
But you can stop him.
His friends used to be good kids,
then Jay made them weird,
now they're a mess.
And what do you do with a mess?
- [Kids] Clean it up!
- [Flack] And here's our clean up crew.
Oh, oh, I wouldn't want
these kids after me.
(kids laughing)
- It's very sophisticated.
- I thought so.
But something's missing.
Those guys need leadership.
Well, go on, it's fun.
- It's fun!
- [Kids] Yeah!
- Every time you help the
crew get closer to Jay,
you qualify for one of our awesome prizes.
But hey, you can't win if you don't play.
(kids cheering)
Hey, a new witness.
What's your name?
- Bogus.
- Bogus.
What club you in, Bogus?
- The Gum Club.
- Gum Club, eh?
So what are you? Some kind of bubble head?
(kids laughing)
So what'd you see Bogus?
- Jay. I'm sure it was him.
He was with two other
kids out by the old mill.
- Hey!
Wake up, you guys!
You sleeping out there?
Tough maybe, but not so smart.
(man howling)
(kids howling)
Don't smile, Drewg, it shows your teeth.
Go win Bogus his grand prize.
(paper rustling)
- Man, he's fast.
How long is he going to keep this up?
- Grown ups slow down when they get older.
- Yeah, well, I hope it happens soon.
- [Alpha] Do you hear that?
(boy crying)
- Yeah.
Hey!
- How'd you get up there?
What's the matter? Are you all right?
- You need a hand down?
- No.
It's down there.
- What's down here?
- Some big creature.
I saw it.
- That's not a monster,
that's my dad. He's a man.
He's just like you.
- No he's not, he smells.
- That's not him, that's hi aftershave.
- Aftershave?
- Nevermind.
I've got to find him. Where'd he go?
- That way.
- You can come down. He won't hurt you.
- Do you see anything?
Jay and his friends have to
be around here somewhere.
(synthesizer music)
- What's he afraid of?
- What do you mean?
- Your dad.
He's big, he's strong.
He's running. It must have
something to hide. What?
- We'll find out when we catch him.
(drum roll music)
- Hey, hey, what have we here?
- Looks like the party's
over, little ones.
(both laughing)
(diabolical music)
(kids cheering)
- No, Drewg.
Party's just beginning.
(thunder crashing)
Macro misses you at the tower, Alpha.
Won't you join us?
- I don't think so!
(man groans)
- [Kids] Oh no!
(man yells)
- Alpha, run!
(kids shouting)
- Get up, you idiots!
Go, go, go, go!
- Go, go!
(kids yelling)
- Two, three!
- Two, three!
(kids cheering)
- How's he doing?
Any better?
- Hard to say.
Max says it's important
to keep his exercises up.
- Oh, sure. He could wake up any time.
- That's what Max says.
What are you doing?
- Oh, Jay's mom wants me to
be in a video about Driftwood
to raise money.
- That's where I've seen you before.
You were a patient here.
- That's right now.
Now it's my chance to help Driftwood.
- Do you think Jay will wake up again?
- Sure.
I mean, he's got to know
that we're all on his side.
Go ahead, keep doing those exercises.
Yeah, just like that.
- This okay?
- Yep. That's perfect.
(soft music)
- Tough break, Bogus.
But we've got a lovely
parting gift for you.
Macro's drumstick.
(kids laughing)
- [Bogus] Only one?
- [Flack] So who's our next witness?
- What's going on?
- Uh uh!
We have to lay low for awhile
until we figure out how
those gorillas found us
in the first place.
- Why don't we sneak up of
them and see what's going on?
- Who wants to claim
the next fabulous prize,
maybe even the grand prize, for turning in
these three losers?
- Hey.
(suspenseful music)
Wait a minute.
That's now.
Here.
(kids shouting)
(synthesizer music)
(driving music)
- How long can he keep this up?
- Come on!
(sneaky music)
(suspenseful music)
- They can't run forever.
(energetic music)
- A party? For Driftwood?
- That's right. You and
Donna will have to come.
- You mean like together?
A date?
- Ew!
Can't we just go with Jay?
- Sure you can, but
there's going to be dancing
and everything.
- Oh yeah.
So who's your date then?
(melancholy music)
(gate creaking)
- What is that?
I thought you're supposed
to be wearing a pion suit.
- But I am. Don't you recognize it?
- What did you do to it?
- I'm wearing it, Macro.
It isn't wearing me.
What are you doing here anyway?
- I'm here to bring you up to date.
You haven't been following
our latest little game.
- Well, your Monitors took
away my screen you know.
- Oh.
Then you don't know what
you've been missing.
Come.
Kids all call it Run For Your Life.
- You're disgusting.
- Well, I thought it was
quite clever actually.
Tiny TV cameras everywhere.
At first, just to keep an eye on things.
You know how upset everyone was
when Jay caused the earthquakes.
All perfectly understandable of course.
Then I got the idea how
to take everyone's mind
off their troubles.
- Come on.
- I don't know how Jay does it, kids.
We got settings from Black
Mountain to the Brambles
and the cleanup crew still
has a mess on its hands.
Call me crazy.
- [Kids] You're crazy, Flack.
(kids laughing)
- So where next, Drewg?
Think or you'll end up in the pit.
(kids laughing)
(dramatic music)
- After we get these weirdos,
that little twerp, Flack is next!
- Maybe we do Flack first!
- Yeah!
- Come on!
We can't be far.
- [Flack] Whoa, this
looks like the big finish.
- Come, Medea, let's get a first hand look
at how your champion Jay
is twisted little friends
end up, shall we?
- Macro, you are repulsive!
- Keith Haldane, you are so
insensitive! How could you?
- What?
- You asked Mrs. Ziegler who
she was taking to the dance.
You know she hasn't even gone
out since Jay's dad died.
She's still in mourning.
- Yeah, well, she started it.
- Oh yeah? How do you think Jay would feel
if she went out with another man?
(tense music)
- Wait, we should get out of
here while they're distracted.
- Why?
- No.
There's only one person who
could make them act like that.
- You don't want to fool around with me!
Let me up! Let me up! Let me up!
- Whoa! What's this?
Drewg, you've been taking ugly pills?
Folks, we caught us one weird kid.
- You're hurting me! You're hurting me!
(man yelling)
(kids yelling)
(kids shouting)
Back off!
(kids shouting)
(man grunting)
- I don't want to hurt anyone.
Look, just let me out of here, huh?
I don't belong here.
- They've got my dad.
- I don't think they're
ready to give him back.
- Dad, hang on, I'm coming!
- Jay!
Get out of here!
- Give him to me!
- Why? We found him.
- He doesn't belong to you, he's mine!
- Hey, you're that kid
everybody's hunting for.
I guess this is our lucky day.
(kids cheering)
- You sure are tenacious, Jay.
We're going to have to
have a chat about this
when we get out of here.
- If we get out of here.
- No, now.
Why'd you do it?
- What are you?
- He's a man. He's old.
- [Girl] He's hairy and awfully bossy.
- Hey, hey, this is ridiculous.
Just let me out of here, huh?
- See? You cant push us around!
- No, not until I get
some straight answers.
- This isn't exactly the time.
What do they want from us?
- We have to finish him off!
- He's mine! I need him!
- Why are you trying to save him?
- Good question. Dad?
- Because I'd do the same for you.
Believe me.
- It's not natural to be so big.
- He's not so big!
I'm the wrecker!
(kids gasping)
I can bring you a world filled with people
lots bigger than him.
- That a boy, Jay.
- That's all you had to say?
I'm the wrecker!
(kids gasping)
(tense music)
(girl screaming)
- Whoa!
- Are you looking for me?
I said, are you looking for me?
- Jay!
- Don't just stand there, Drewg, get him!
- All right, I'm taking you all in.
- Not all of them, idiot.
- Hey! He's ours!
We want the grand prize.
- Touch him and you're toast.
- Drewg!
- I mean it! Back off!
Jay, let's get outta here.
- No! Not until you tell me why you left.
- Look, we haven't got
time to chat, let's go!
- Get him! The big guy!
- Wait a minute, what about our prize?
- Not now!
- Jay!
- We'll track the other three later.
- Wait, wait!
- But he's getting away!
- Wait!
- You have to let him go or
you'll wind up in the pit!
- Dad!
(phone ringing)
- This is Arthur Bourne, I
can't take your call right now,
but leave a message at the beep.
- Arthur, Val Ziegler.
This is very 90s, Arthur,
asking your answering
machine if you would like
to come to a party.
The Driftwood Fundraiser with me.
Oh, it doesn't really have to be a date.
Or it could be.
Oh gosh, this sounds dumb.
Can I erase and start over?
- [Arthur] You don't have to
start over, I'd love to come.
- Oh.
(droning music)
- So Macro, this is very exciting.
Where is everybody?
- I guess Finger's taken them
back to the studio already.
I hate it when I miss all the excitement.
- Then we won't disappoint you.
- What are you doing?
Stop it, let me go.
- Why should we?
You promised to leave us alone.
- Ow! Okay, all right, I will.
Medea, tell him to let me go.
- Did he hurt you?
- Your clothes.
- Oh. No, I'm okay.
I just don't think I
trust Macro completely.
- It's the first time
I ever agreed with her.
Have fun.
- Let's go.
- Wait.
Macro and Finger left a
little present for you
in your purse, Alpha.
- What is this?
- A bug.
- So that's how they found us.
- I think we should give it back to them.
- Yeah.
We wouldn't want them to lose Macro.
Okay, let me have this. Come here.
Give me this hat. Thank you.
Now if we just get this
back on your head like so.
- You're going to pay for this, Medea.
- See you later, Macro.
(suspenseful music)
- What a show.
We had the wrecker.
We had the big person.
And what have we got now?
A bit nothing.
What's happening, Drewg?
Where'd the big fella go?
- We're coming back, Flack.
Just for you!
(kids oohing)
- Boy, I'm worried.
You couldn't find water
if you fell out of a boat.
(kids laughing)
Hey! We finally caught someone.
Way to go, Drewg.
(kids gasping)
You're macho, suprem-o-ship.
I think we're going to have
some technical difficulties.
- I could help you find him.
There's only one place he'd head for.
- [Alpha] Where's that?
- The wall.
They say no kid has
ever gone there before.
It's the end of the world.
He'd be safe there.
- Come on.
(synthesizer music)
(synthesizer music)