The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997): Season 2, Episode 10 - Ghost Quest - full transcript

[theme music]

[music continues]

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(Hadji)
'The weather gods
must be smiling.'

I predict smooth sailing for
the Questor II's maiden voyage.

And I am holding
you to it, buddy.

I predict a delicious
lobster dinner in Nova Scotia.

[barking]

With a doggie bag.

- Ready to cast off?
- Aye, aye, Captain Quest.

[pleasant music]



[engine revving]

[chains jangling]

Canada, here we come!

[engine revving]

[beeping]

[whimpers]

Wind's coming up.

Hadj, you promised me
smooth sailing

all the way
to Nova Scotia.

Weather sat is showing
a small trough of low pressure.

Nothing the new Questor II
cannot handle.

Yeah, she does steer
like a dream.

Huh! Well, we wouldn't know.

You've been hogging the helm
since we left the compound.



Sorry, Jess. Here you can..

[gasps]

Huh? Better let me get us
out of this first.

Hey, does your
low pressure trough

include a dense pea soup?

Well, the Canadian coast
is always unpredictable.

Still, this fog is..

[crackling]

Ah! Jonny, all my
instrumentation is down.

Radar, sat-nav, LORAN.

Great, I'm sailing blind.
I'll hold her on course.

You try to get us
back online before..

[woman screaming]

- What was that?
- It came from over there.

[dramatic music]

Watch it!

[engine revving]

thud

- A-ah!
- 'Jess!'

[screaming continues]

splash

[gasps]

[ominous music]

[barking]

Jessie!
Jessie!

[gurgling]

(Jonny)
'Jessie!'

Over here.

A-ah!

Ah!

Hang on!

[dramatic music]

splash

Ah!

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[coughs]

- Gotcha.
- Jonny.

- That scream..
- I know.

(Jonny)
I heard it too.

(Jessie)
No, I saw her.

It was a woman.

She jumped into
the waves and..

- I'll go back.
- No.

I tried.
She just disappeared.

It was as if she
wasn't even real.

Real or not, better send out
a distress call, Hadj.

I'm gonna secure the Questor.

We are still off-line, Jonny.

Could be due to the strange
atmospheric conditions.

Strange is right.

Look at our course.
We shouldn't have run aground.

[shuddering]

Thanks.

Well, maybe it is
an uncharted island.

But we are most
definitely here.

(Jonny)
'Not for long, guys.'

Looks like we only sustained
some minor damage.

(male #1)
You are quite fortunate.

The fog this time of year
can be quite treacherous.

- Is anyone hurt?
- No, sir.

Good. Welcome
to Mornay Island.

- I'm Paul Mornay.
- I'm Jonny Quest.

These are my friends,
Hadji and Jessie.

[barking]

(Jonny)
And Bandit.

Charmed.

We don't get many visitors,
regretfully.

Mr. Mornay, I saw something
out there. It was a woman, she--

I'm the only one
who lives on the island.

But the fog can play tricks.

And then of course,
there are the ghosts.

- Ghosts?
- You're kidding, right?

The island has an unsavory
reputation with the locals.

But you're shivering,
my dear.

I have a warm fire,
up at the manor.

Come, unless you're all
too frightened?

Fear isn't in our
vocabulary, Mr. Mornay.

Speak for yourself,
my friend.

[ominous music]

So your father investigates
supernatural phenomena?

I wonder what he'd
make of this place.

Uh, Dr. Quest always likes
to keep an open mind, sir.

But most hauntings
just turn out to be

a clever parlor tricks.

Indeed. I wish that were
the case here.

'When I first
inherited the manor'

I too did not believe..

'...that those who meet
violent ends can become ghosts.'

[whimpering]

meow

[barking]

Even pets.

Bandit.

arf arf arf

[whining]

Easy, boy.

[tapping]

It's solid, Jonny.

- That cat is--
- 'Is a ghost.'

Ruby once belonged
to the lady of the house.

Her picture hangs
in my upstairs studio.

Come.

(Hadji)
Don't all these
manifestations bother you?

They did at first.

Then I found the tragic history
of the island was somehow..

...inspirational to my work.

You're a painter.

Uh-huh, when
the spirit moves me.

[gasps]

That's her.
The woman I saw in the water.

(Mr. Mornay)
'The tragic Lady Caroline.'

She jumped from the widows walk
almost 200 years ago..

...to the day.

Why?

For love,
so the story goes.

Her fiance drowned at sea,
and the heartbroken Caroline

could not bear
life without him.

How tragic.

Oh...how romantic.

Whatever.

Hey, who turned off the heat?

Oh, sudden
temperature drops

often precedes
psychic disturbances.

arf arf arf

Look at that light.

It's Lady Caroline.

She's beautiful.

For a ghost.

I think I know
how this ends.

[intense music]

A-ah!

She seemed so,
so frightened.

She will return again
and again this night

until the dawn puts an end
to her troubled wandering.

A very impressive display

of paranormal phenomena,
Mr. Mornay.

I wish my dad
were here to see it.

Hey, there's a new digital
video gear in the Questor.

Maybe we can capture
an image of Lady Caroline.

With your permission,
of course.

Uh, of course.

[sniffing]

arf

meow

arf

[snarling]

arf arf arf

meow

Bandit!

I'll get him.
Bandit, come back here.

arf arf arf

splash

[intense music]

Easy, boy, I'll get you
out of there. Hang on.

[intense music]

A-ah!

Ah!

Who is that?

[beeps]

We better use
the night scope.

I don't trust
the lights in here.

Wise call.

Can you walk toward
the doors, Mr. Mornay?

Yes, of course.

[whirring]

(Jonny)
'Perfect.'

'When Lady Caroline appears,
motion detectors will turn on'

the camera and send a direct
feedback to our computer

in that bedroom.

Oh, such a waste.
You were so young and beautiful.

Life would have gone on,
even without the one you loved.

(Jonny)
'Hey, Jess.
How's the digital link-up?'

Um, clear as a bell.

"Dearest Caroline, you know
the hours spent on the mainland

"away from you seemed endless.

"But soon we'll be together.

"I hope the new kitten
will ease your loneliness.

With all my love, Jean."

[gasps]

[zapping]

Jess, I think Lady Caroline

is about to make
another appearance.

Jess, ready?

[Jessie screaming]

Jess?

thud

What are you doing?

Jean? No!

[mumbling]

[Jonny screams]

[dramatic music]

Argh, argh!

[waves lapping]

Argh!

Nice timing.
Where's Jessie?

She ran off.
Mornay went after her.

Something scared her
out of her wits.

Scared her enough
to almost jump.

Look at this.

Love letters to Caroline
from her boyfriend.

Now, I'm starting
to get spooked.

Hadj, let's find Jess.

[wind whooshing]

[ominous music]

Jonny?

[Jessie shrieking]

Jess?

[Bandit barking]

Oh, no.

It appears we have
captured Lady Caroline.

'And she has
possessed Jessie.'

(Jonny)
'But why?'

Perhaps it had to do with those
letters from her boyfriend Jean.

(Jessie)
'Jean, no!'

Jean.

That's what Jess called me
out there. And look at this.

- 'A wisp of fog?'
- 'Or another ghost form.'

Let's see what the digital
image enhancer can do.

'High res close up.
Enhancing.'

'There!'

[gasps]

So Lady Caroline did not
jump off the widow's walk.

She was pushed!

Can you make out
the writing on the ring?

Freeze frame.
Increasing magnification.

"L-E-G-E-R."

Leger. Come with me.

Lady Caroline's fiance,
who drowned at sea.

'Jean Leger.'

Do you see the
resemblance, Jonny?

'No wonder Jessie,
uh, Lady Caroline'

'was so afraid of you.'

But why would Leger come back
to kill the woman he loved?

Yes. And what does
Lady Caroline want with Jessie?

I do not know,
but this is my fault.

I should never have let
your friend come to this house

on the anniversary
of Caroline's death.

Don't blame yourself,
Mr. Mornay.

But we must find her.

Yes. There's no telling what
that ghost might make her do.

[intense music]

Just make sure
Jess stays away

from that widow's walk,
Mr. Mornay.

Of course. Be careful.

- I will check the Questor.
- Come on, Bandit.

We'll search this whole
island if we have to.

[ominous music]

[sniffing]

What is it, boy?

[whining]

swoosh

meow

[barks]

Bandit!

Argh! Don't you ever
learn from your mistakes?

poof

[whining]

Okay, Bandit.
You've had your fun. Now--

Jean! I knew you would return.

'It has been a long time
since you and I stood here.'

Jess, uh, Lady Caroline.
Look, listen..

No! You listen, Jean.

For centuries
my soul has been

tossed from the ramparts,
because of you!

But I'm not Jean. Look,
this is all a mistake, you..

'The mistake was mine, Jean.'

Falling in love
with a man like you.

'Do you deny
you wrote that?'

"My dearest Marie."

A little shop girl
from the mainland.

Uh, easy. Look, she..

That girl, uh, look,
she meant nothing to me.

You said it then,
you say it now

and you shall say it
for all eternity.

- No!
- Calm down, Jessie.

Look, I'm not going
to hurt you.

[grunting]

[barking]

[both grunting]

This is where
you belong, Jean.

[mumbling]

I'm...I'm not Jean!

[intense music]

Jonny, Jonny, catch!

(Jessie)
'No, you belong here.'

(Jonny)
'Ah! Jean Leger?'

[gasps]

So he did not
drown at sea.

I always loved you,
Caroline.

That other girl meant nothing,
but you wouldn't believe me.

Liar! You betrayed me.
You deserve to die in this fog.

You left my soul in torment.

My vengeful spirit returned
to push you to your death.

Over and over and over.

You must believe me,
Caroline.

I have regretted it
for centuries.

- But I was doomed to--
- No!

Please! You must end this
cycle of spiritual violence

and forgive each other.

Or your spirits
will never rest.

The boy is right, Caroline.
Time is running out.

You have only
until sunrise

then the nightmare
will begin again.

Let it end tonight.

Oh, Jean. I was wrong
to kill you.

But my jealousy drove me
to the brink of insanity.

I loved you.
I still love you.

Forgive me.

[thunder rumbling]

Ahem.

[both gasps]

- Hey!
- Hold it!

I can, uh, explain everything.
It w-wasn't, um..

I know. Me too.

Sorry, I overreacted.

Yeah. Guess you were
just a little preoccupied.

Now that I have
learned the truth

about my ancestor Caroline,
I too can finally rest.

The fog is lifting.

If you want to leave,
you must leave now.

Mr. Mornay? Wait!

[wolf howling]

[all gasping]

Whoa!

Mornay was a ghost too.

[wind whooshing]

[rumbling]

I think he was right
about leaving.

Let's move!

Jonny, where are you going?

I'm not leaving
without our evidence.

Oh, hurry, guys.

[dramatic music]

(Jonny)
Cast off, Jess.

- Push..
- 'Push!'

splash

[engine revving]

[beeping]

Good news.
We are back online.

We can call Dr. Quest.

Though I think he would have a
hard time swallowing this story.

But we've got the proof.

- What proof?
- Why am I not surprised?

- Look at the time.
- 9 o'clock?

Our watches must have stopped
right when that fog rolled in.

Yeah, time stood still
for me too, Jonny.

[laughing]

Very funny.

(Jonny)
'Maybe the whole thing
was just a dream.'

Maybe.
Except for this.

The letter that
started it all.

"Dearest Marie.."

Hey!

Oh, man.
Now we've got zip.

(Iris the computer)
'Welcome to the
Quest World Archives.'

'Downloading archival footage.'

'Phase 1.'

'Dr. Quest developed
the computer system'

'to partially vectorize
the human body'

'which he termed
hyperrealism.'

'Phase 2.'

'Wire-o-matic stasis.'

'Phase 3.'

'Block mannequin naturation.'

'Phase 4.'

'Cerebral chrysalis.'

'Phase 5.'

'Mellifluous resonance.'

'And finally, phase 6.'

'The fully developed body
of current day Quest World.'

'Thank you for accessing
Quest World Archives.'

'Welcome to Quest World.
Please specify desired data.'

'The virtuous cycle requires
a class V license.'

'Usage is denied to all players
over 18 years of age.'

'Exercise caution.'

'At excessive speed peripheral
vision is severely impaired.'

'Objects in the mirror
maybe closer'

'than they actually appear.'

'Thank you for accessing
Quest World.'

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