The Odyssey (1992–1994): Season 3, Episode 6 - King for a Day - full transcript
(dramatic music)
- [Jay] The doctor said I was in the coma.
Maybe I was,
but there is a world beyond consciousness
that they knew nothing about.
(dramatic music continues)
But when I came back,
nothing was quite the same
and I couldn't leave
that other world behind.
My odyssey continues.
(Christmas music)
- What's keeping Donna?
- She hasn't been gone long.
- Well, she didn't have to go very far.
She just had to pick up
a copy of McDonald's.
- Macbeth.
- Whatever, some dead guy in a skirt.
(Christmas music continues)
(mystical tones)
(dramatic music)
I know a great shortcut, he says.
Just follow me, he says.
I don't need a map, he says.
- Flash.
- How long have we had company?
- Come on.
Hey guys, what's up?
(group of kids talking)
(enchanting music)
- Hey!
You stop. Where do you think you're going?
(running footsteps)
(dramatic music)
(running footsteps)
(dramatic music)
- [Jay] Look, I'm really sorry, okay.
- Save it for the police, kid.
- Come on, it was an accident.
- Man, you don't try and swipe something
when you're the only kid in the place.
- But I never meant to steal anything.
I just...
- There's no point groveling.
You don't have a gold
card, he can't hear you.
- Hey, clear out your punks.
- What's with you?
Did you just like, zone out again?
- What can he do to you? 12.95 plus tax.
- I got 20 bucks. I could pay you.
- It's too late.
I'm sick of your kids ripping me off.
- Hang on, sir.
He had a head injury
and he went into a coma,
and sometimes he gets a little weird.
- Keith.
- It's not his fault
if he's brain damaged.
- Hey, you've got no cause to sleg him.
- Back off, he's my friend.
- Then treat him like one.
(mystical music)
- Maybe they're friendly.
- Yeah, they're really warming up to us.
(dramatic music)
- I'll handle this.
- Now's the time to turn on the charm.
Oh yeah, that was good.
I really liked the way you handled that.
- It is. It's the Wonderland.
Exactly the way the oldies
described it in the legend.
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane snow is glistening.
A beautiful sight.
We're happy tonight.
- He's definitely not one of us.
- But he's carrying the sign
and that's how we're supposed
to recognize the Pathfinder.
- That's assuming we
can believe the legend.
- You know it's not just a legend.
I'm telling you, this is him.
(dramatic music)
- Where did you get this?
- I found it.
- Found it where?
And where did you come from?
- Well, that's a complicated story.
- Exactly, he does need an
address like ordinary kids.
He's the Pathfinder.
- Pathfinder? Yeah, right.
- I got us this far, didn't I?
- Jay, you couldn't find water
if you fell out of a boat.
- We'll let the oldies decide.
Come on.
(dramatic music)
- I know what's going down.
This guy, wasn't trying to
steal your crummy stuff.
He was minding his own business
and you started picking on him?
- Yeah, exactly.
- That's it. I'm calling the cops.
- Oh, why don't you tell
them to send a SWAT team?
- Look, maybe you should stay out of this.
- How old are you?
- 14.
- There you go.
Ever heard of the Young Offenders Act?
Even if the cops dropped
their donuts and do show up,
they can't do anything.
- Is that what you're counting on? Huh?
Well you better think twice smart guy.
- I offered to pay for
it. What more do you want?
- Tell this guy to get stuffed.
You don't have to put up with his crap.
But hey, that's your choice.
(dramatic music)
- Two paths.
Which one?
- What is this?
- The oldies will guide you.
- The oldies?
- The ones who've gone before.
The ones who composed the legend.
They've left this world,
but they're still up
there watching over us.
- If they're still up there I want a hat.
- It's time to choose.
If you're an imposter,
they'll let us know.
- Come on, it's not like
it's a big brain strainer,
just choose one or the other.
Take that one.
(dramatic music)
Sure, take my advice.
- How did I do?
(slow music)
- We are your people.
Lead us.
- I could get used to this.
- Yeah, well don't unpack.
As soon as we get a
chance, we're outta here.
- Come on, lighten up and enjoy it.
- That's easy for you to
say, they think you're a god.
- You have a problem with that?
It's not like this is
any humongous hardship,
and look how happy it's making them.
- Yeah, but what happens
when they expect you
to do something god-like?
Hey, you. What's a
Pathfinder supposed to do?
- You don't know?
- Don't be dense.
I'm just making sure you know.
- He's going to lead us
home, to the Wonderland.
- We're outta here.
Okay, we'll eat first and
then we're out of here.
(slow music)
Oh, man. What now?
- The shawl of fame.
We have saved it for the
one who would appear one day
to lead us to the Homeland.
(kids whispering)
- A beautiful sight.
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter Wonderland.
(kids cheering)
- All right, you're coming with me.
- No way.
(kids laughing)
- [Shopkeeper] You're coming with me.
- [Jay] No way.
- Come on, man. Leave him alone.
He didn't mean to take it.
- Is this is how you get
customers in your crummy store?
- [Keith] Let him go. Come
on, what are you doing?
- [Shopkeeper] I have a
right to protect my store.
- This store sells junk for kids,
but when we come in here
you treat us like garbage.
- What's going on here?
- You tell me.
- Come on, Jay, we're leaving.
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
He's not going anywhere.
And the rest of you get lost.
I'm closing up.
- You see this guy here
says Jay was shoplifting.
- Shoplifting?
Come on, I don't believe it.
I leave you two on your
own for a few minutes.
- Drop it. You don't know what's going on.
(kids cheering)
- I knew it was too good to be true.
(dramatic music)
- Alpha.
- Flash.
- Let her go!
(dramatic music continues)
- So, our money's good enough
for you, but we're not?
- Yeah.
We're sick of being second class citizens.
And maybe it's about time
we started doing something about it.
- Right on.
- We could use a kid like him.
- Hey, she's a friend of mine. Untie her.
- Who's the geek?
- This is the Pathfinder.
- The Pathfinder?
- It's true, Thor, we're going home.
In the meadow we can build a snowman
and pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He'll say...
- That's enough.
(kids gasping)
(slow uplifting music)
- What exactly am I missing here?
Who are all these kids?
- They're friends of mine.
- Oh, no they're not.
- Stop talking about it
and phone the cops then.
- That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Hey, Hey.
- I want an explanation.
- Well, you know how it is.
You go out on an expeditions
and you meet people.
Sometimes you bring them back with you.
- You mean you kidnap them.
- It was just a mistake.
They didn't know she
was a friend of yours.
- What's that?
- Donations.
- I'm not laughing.
Tomorrow morning you'll take it back.
And from now on no more donations.
- No donations.
- You don't understand.
We're exiles, we don't own anything.
We don't have a place of our own.
- Not anymore.
I'm the Pathfinder, Leeda.
I'm going to take you home.
- You're what?
- You know, you're nothing
like I thought you'd be.
- You were expecting a size 44?
- I didn't say that.
I was expecting someone
a little tougher maybe,
but I can actually talk to you.
You're almost like...
- A regular person?
- No, but you're more than that.
You're someone I could really get to know.
- Leeda, what do you really
know about the Wonderland?
- That it's beautiful.
In the summer the sun never sets at all.
And in the winter, the whole
sky is filled dancing lights.
- You've never been there?
- Well, none of us from here.
We've always been an exile.
- Then how can you
really be sure it exists?
- Because it has to.
Everyone has a home, right?
- And what if you get there
and it's nothing like
you thought it would be?
- Why are you asking these questions?
You are going to lead us, aren't you?
- I promised you, didn't I?
- Hey! What are you doing in here?
- Last minute shopping?
- Do you believe that guy?
Doesn't he know that the
customer is always right?
- Yeah, really? You can't
get good service anymore.
- [Shopkeeper] You put that down.
I saw that.
- Jay, don't go in there.
This is getting serious.
- She's right, Jay.
Don't be stupid.
- Would you get off my case.
- Fine, I'm sick and tired
of worrying about you.
You make your own choices
and you deal with the consequences.
- You know, you're playing with fire.
- You worry too much, they won't hurt us.
- It's not us.
It's what you're doing to them,
pretending to be all godlike.
This Wonderland stuff
really means a lot to them.
- I know that.
- I'd never be any of these kids' friends,
but you can't use them like this.
- I'm trying to help them, Alpha.
They're lost.
- They need a real leader, Jay.
You're playing with people's destiny.
- No I'm not.
- Not on purpose,
but that's what ends up happening.
Look, you don't even have a
clue how to get them home.
- Of course I do. It's easy.
This Wonderland of theirs
is covered in snow, right?
Well, I know which direction North is.
- So you're going to point
them in a general direction?
Don't stop till you see a white bear?
- As long as they find some
place that feels like home.
- Flash told me about that
little test they put you through.
What do you think they would
have done if you had failed?
- I don't know.
Probably nothing.
- Oh, like live and let live.
Remember Thor?
Come on then, Pathfinder.
Which one did you choose?
- That one.
- Well?
If I were you, I might
be a little careful.
- I thought you wanted to find
out what would have happened.
Jay!
(dramatic music)
- I could have been sliced.
- Diced.
- I guess the oldies like shish kabob.
- I'm getting out of
here while I still can.
If you and Flash have
any brains whatsoever,
you'll come with me.
(dramatic music)
- You can leave if you want.
I have to stay.
- If I go, next time I
see you it'll be Suvlaki.
- I owe you one, buddy.
(slow dramatic music)
- You like her, don't you?
- She's okay.
(display crashing)
- [Shopkeeper] You come back here.
You stop that. I'll get you.
- Get your hands off.
Let go, that's my purse.
- Jay, we gotta get outta here.
- I can't just leave her here.
- Haven't you realized it yet?
She set this whole thing up.
- [Jay] You set me up.
- Jay, Come on.
- [Shoplifter] Come on
you guys, let's split.
(dramatic music)
- Hey rock jaw, drop the dome.
Don't you know, it belongs to Pathfinder?
- Where did you two mooks get this?
- Ever hear of the legend,
or you dumber than you look?
Hey Jay, go for it.
D-post, hot one.
- No Flash, no don't.
(dramatic music)
(glass shattering)
- The Pathfinder's just testing our faith.
He'll make it new again.
- No look, we don't need it anyway.
- He can't fix it.
- The snow dome was just a toy.
It's not important.
- If he could make it new again, he would.
But he can't, he's not the Pathfinder.
- That's not true.
Prove it to them.
- It doesn't really matter who I am.
I can still get you home.
I made a promise.
- I believed in you.
How could I have been so stupid.
- No, listen.
- Take them to the pit.
- Get him!
- Jay, come on.
(dramatic music)
(police sirens wailing)
- Here's your stuff back, sir.
Sorry.
- What's the rush boys?
(dramatic music)
- What do you want me to do?
Stay home and play with dinky toys,
because I'm too brain damaged
to hang out with the mall?
- [Janet] You might've been arrested.
Then I'd be talking to you through bars
instead of this door.
- You really want to know?
- If you want to tell me.
- It just happened.
I was set up. Okay?
- There's always going
to be people out there
who want to use you.
- Oh, it's so stupid.
I thought they were my friends.
- They must have seemed pretty cool.
- Yeah.
I'll spend my life in my room,
then I'll never get fooled again.
- Hey, I don't expect you
to live in the snow dome.
- I guess.
Maybe I'll wear those x-ray glasses
so I can see through people's games.
- Including your own Jay.
You can drop the tough guy act.
- I was scared.
(somber music)
- [Leeda] Everyone has a home, right?
- [Jay] And what if you get there,
and it's nothing like you thought it'd be?
(slow somber music)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
- [Jay] The doctor said I was in the coma.
Maybe I was,
but there is a world beyond consciousness
that they knew nothing about.
(dramatic music continues)
But when I came back,
nothing was quite the same
and I couldn't leave
that other world behind.
My odyssey continues.
(Christmas music)
- What's keeping Donna?
- She hasn't been gone long.
- Well, she didn't have to go very far.
She just had to pick up
a copy of McDonald's.
- Macbeth.
- Whatever, some dead guy in a skirt.
(Christmas music continues)
(mystical tones)
(dramatic music)
I know a great shortcut, he says.
Just follow me, he says.
I don't need a map, he says.
- Flash.
- How long have we had company?
- Come on.
Hey guys, what's up?
(group of kids talking)
(enchanting music)
- Hey!
You stop. Where do you think you're going?
(running footsteps)
(dramatic music)
(running footsteps)
(dramatic music)
- [Jay] Look, I'm really sorry, okay.
- Save it for the police, kid.
- Come on, it was an accident.
- Man, you don't try and swipe something
when you're the only kid in the place.
- But I never meant to steal anything.
I just...
- There's no point groveling.
You don't have a gold
card, he can't hear you.
- Hey, clear out your punks.
- What's with you?
Did you just like, zone out again?
- What can he do to you? 12.95 plus tax.
- I got 20 bucks. I could pay you.
- It's too late.
I'm sick of your kids ripping me off.
- Hang on, sir.
He had a head injury
and he went into a coma,
and sometimes he gets a little weird.
- Keith.
- It's not his fault
if he's brain damaged.
- Hey, you've got no cause to sleg him.
- Back off, he's my friend.
- Then treat him like one.
(mystical music)
- Maybe they're friendly.
- Yeah, they're really warming up to us.
(dramatic music)
- I'll handle this.
- Now's the time to turn on the charm.
Oh yeah, that was good.
I really liked the way you handled that.
- It is. It's the Wonderland.
Exactly the way the oldies
described it in the legend.
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane snow is glistening.
A beautiful sight.
We're happy tonight.
- He's definitely not one of us.
- But he's carrying the sign
and that's how we're supposed
to recognize the Pathfinder.
- That's assuming we
can believe the legend.
- You know it's not just a legend.
I'm telling you, this is him.
(dramatic music)
- Where did you get this?
- I found it.
- Found it where?
And where did you come from?
- Well, that's a complicated story.
- Exactly, he does need an
address like ordinary kids.
He's the Pathfinder.
- Pathfinder? Yeah, right.
- I got us this far, didn't I?
- Jay, you couldn't find water
if you fell out of a boat.
- We'll let the oldies decide.
Come on.
(dramatic music)
- I know what's going down.
This guy, wasn't trying to
steal your crummy stuff.
He was minding his own business
and you started picking on him?
- Yeah, exactly.
- That's it. I'm calling the cops.
- Oh, why don't you tell
them to send a SWAT team?
- Look, maybe you should stay out of this.
- How old are you?
- 14.
- There you go.
Ever heard of the Young Offenders Act?
Even if the cops dropped
their donuts and do show up,
they can't do anything.
- Is that what you're counting on? Huh?
Well you better think twice smart guy.
- I offered to pay for
it. What more do you want?
- Tell this guy to get stuffed.
You don't have to put up with his crap.
But hey, that's your choice.
(dramatic music)
- Two paths.
Which one?
- What is this?
- The oldies will guide you.
- The oldies?
- The ones who've gone before.
The ones who composed the legend.
They've left this world,
but they're still up
there watching over us.
- If they're still up there I want a hat.
- It's time to choose.
If you're an imposter,
they'll let us know.
- Come on, it's not like
it's a big brain strainer,
just choose one or the other.
Take that one.
(dramatic music)
Sure, take my advice.
- How did I do?
(slow music)
- We are your people.
Lead us.
- I could get used to this.
- Yeah, well don't unpack.
As soon as we get a
chance, we're outta here.
- Come on, lighten up and enjoy it.
- That's easy for you to
say, they think you're a god.
- You have a problem with that?
It's not like this is
any humongous hardship,
and look how happy it's making them.
- Yeah, but what happens
when they expect you
to do something god-like?
Hey, you. What's a
Pathfinder supposed to do?
- You don't know?
- Don't be dense.
I'm just making sure you know.
- He's going to lead us
home, to the Wonderland.
- We're outta here.
Okay, we'll eat first and
then we're out of here.
(slow music)
Oh, man. What now?
- The shawl of fame.
We have saved it for the
one who would appear one day
to lead us to the Homeland.
(kids whispering)
- A beautiful sight.
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter Wonderland.
(kids cheering)
- All right, you're coming with me.
- No way.
(kids laughing)
- [Shopkeeper] You're coming with me.
- [Jay] No way.
- Come on, man. Leave him alone.
He didn't mean to take it.
- Is this is how you get
customers in your crummy store?
- [Keith] Let him go. Come
on, what are you doing?
- [Shopkeeper] I have a
right to protect my store.
- This store sells junk for kids,
but when we come in here
you treat us like garbage.
- What's going on here?
- You tell me.
- Come on, Jay, we're leaving.
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
He's not going anywhere.
And the rest of you get lost.
I'm closing up.
- You see this guy here
says Jay was shoplifting.
- Shoplifting?
Come on, I don't believe it.
I leave you two on your
own for a few minutes.
- Drop it. You don't know what's going on.
(kids cheering)
- I knew it was too good to be true.
(dramatic music)
- Alpha.
- Flash.
- Let her go!
(dramatic music continues)
- So, our money's good enough
for you, but we're not?
- Yeah.
We're sick of being second class citizens.
And maybe it's about time
we started doing something about it.
- Right on.
- We could use a kid like him.
- Hey, she's a friend of mine. Untie her.
- Who's the geek?
- This is the Pathfinder.
- The Pathfinder?
- It's true, Thor, we're going home.
In the meadow we can build a snowman
and pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He'll say...
- That's enough.
(kids gasping)
(slow uplifting music)
- What exactly am I missing here?
Who are all these kids?
- They're friends of mine.
- Oh, no they're not.
- Stop talking about it
and phone the cops then.
- That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Hey, Hey.
- I want an explanation.
- Well, you know how it is.
You go out on an expeditions
and you meet people.
Sometimes you bring them back with you.
- You mean you kidnap them.
- It was just a mistake.
They didn't know she
was a friend of yours.
- What's that?
- Donations.
- I'm not laughing.
Tomorrow morning you'll take it back.
And from now on no more donations.
- No donations.
- You don't understand.
We're exiles, we don't own anything.
We don't have a place of our own.
- Not anymore.
I'm the Pathfinder, Leeda.
I'm going to take you home.
- You're what?
- You know, you're nothing
like I thought you'd be.
- You were expecting a size 44?
- I didn't say that.
I was expecting someone
a little tougher maybe,
but I can actually talk to you.
You're almost like...
- A regular person?
- No, but you're more than that.
You're someone I could really get to know.
- Leeda, what do you really
know about the Wonderland?
- That it's beautiful.
In the summer the sun never sets at all.
And in the winter, the whole
sky is filled dancing lights.
- You've never been there?
- Well, none of us from here.
We've always been an exile.
- Then how can you
really be sure it exists?
- Because it has to.
Everyone has a home, right?
- And what if you get there
and it's nothing like
you thought it would be?
- Why are you asking these questions?
You are going to lead us, aren't you?
- I promised you, didn't I?
- Hey! What are you doing in here?
- Last minute shopping?
- Do you believe that guy?
Doesn't he know that the
customer is always right?
- Yeah, really? You can't
get good service anymore.
- [Shopkeeper] You put that down.
I saw that.
- Jay, don't go in there.
This is getting serious.
- She's right, Jay.
Don't be stupid.
- Would you get off my case.
- Fine, I'm sick and tired
of worrying about you.
You make your own choices
and you deal with the consequences.
- You know, you're playing with fire.
- You worry too much, they won't hurt us.
- It's not us.
It's what you're doing to them,
pretending to be all godlike.
This Wonderland stuff
really means a lot to them.
- I know that.
- I'd never be any of these kids' friends,
but you can't use them like this.
- I'm trying to help them, Alpha.
They're lost.
- They need a real leader, Jay.
You're playing with people's destiny.
- No I'm not.
- Not on purpose,
but that's what ends up happening.
Look, you don't even have a
clue how to get them home.
- Of course I do. It's easy.
This Wonderland of theirs
is covered in snow, right?
Well, I know which direction North is.
- So you're going to point
them in a general direction?
Don't stop till you see a white bear?
- As long as they find some
place that feels like home.
- Flash told me about that
little test they put you through.
What do you think they would
have done if you had failed?
- I don't know.
Probably nothing.
- Oh, like live and let live.
Remember Thor?
Come on then, Pathfinder.
Which one did you choose?
- That one.
- Well?
If I were you, I might
be a little careful.
- I thought you wanted to find
out what would have happened.
Jay!
(dramatic music)
- I could have been sliced.
- Diced.
- I guess the oldies like shish kabob.
- I'm getting out of
here while I still can.
If you and Flash have
any brains whatsoever,
you'll come with me.
(dramatic music)
- You can leave if you want.
I have to stay.
- If I go, next time I
see you it'll be Suvlaki.
- I owe you one, buddy.
(slow dramatic music)
- You like her, don't you?
- She's okay.
(display crashing)
- [Shopkeeper] You come back here.
You stop that. I'll get you.
- Get your hands off.
Let go, that's my purse.
- Jay, we gotta get outta here.
- I can't just leave her here.
- Haven't you realized it yet?
She set this whole thing up.
- [Jay] You set me up.
- Jay, Come on.
- [Shoplifter] Come on
you guys, let's split.
(dramatic music)
- Hey rock jaw, drop the dome.
Don't you know, it belongs to Pathfinder?
- Where did you two mooks get this?
- Ever hear of the legend,
or you dumber than you look?
Hey Jay, go for it.
D-post, hot one.
- No Flash, no don't.
(dramatic music)
(glass shattering)
- The Pathfinder's just testing our faith.
He'll make it new again.
- No look, we don't need it anyway.
- He can't fix it.
- The snow dome was just a toy.
It's not important.
- If he could make it new again, he would.
But he can't, he's not the Pathfinder.
- That's not true.
Prove it to them.
- It doesn't really matter who I am.
I can still get you home.
I made a promise.
- I believed in you.
How could I have been so stupid.
- No, listen.
- Take them to the pit.
- Get him!
- Jay, come on.
(dramatic music)
(police sirens wailing)
- Here's your stuff back, sir.
Sorry.
- What's the rush boys?
(dramatic music)
- What do you want me to do?
Stay home and play with dinky toys,
because I'm too brain damaged
to hang out with the mall?
- [Janet] You might've been arrested.
Then I'd be talking to you through bars
instead of this door.
- You really want to know?
- If you want to tell me.
- It just happened.
I was set up. Okay?
- There's always going
to be people out there
who want to use you.
- Oh, it's so stupid.
I thought they were my friends.
- They must have seemed pretty cool.
- Yeah.
I'll spend my life in my room,
then I'll never get fooled again.
- Hey, I don't expect you
to live in the snow dome.
- I guess.
Maybe I'll wear those x-ray glasses
so I can see through people's games.
- Including your own Jay.
You can drop the tough guy act.
- I was scared.
(somber music)
- [Leeda] Everyone has a home, right?
- [Jay] And what if you get there,
and it's nothing like you thought it'd be?
(slow somber music)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)