The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997): Season 2, Episode 17 - Dark Sentinel - full transcript

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[beeping]

[indistinct chattering]

(Jessie on phone)
'Hi, dad. Yeah, tell Hadji
the movie was great.'

Yes, I'm getting
a cab right now.

'Bye.'

[dramatic music]

[engine revving]

[bell dongs]



[speaking in Japanese]

[speaking in Japanese]

I think they've been
practicing, doc.

Yes, it sounded
like Japanese to me.

Now, let's here
it in Portuguese.

(Iris the computer)
'Jessie Bannon at front door.'

Open front door.

creak

Hi, gang. You guys
missed a great movie.

Here, dad.
I got you something.

Thanks, sweetheart.

- What is it?
- A surprise.

Don't open it till I leave.

[sniffs]



[whimpers]

(Race)
Jessie.

[growling]

[Bandit barking]

[growling]

Bandit, let go.

Bandit, what's
wrong with you?

[growling continues]

Cut it out, boy!

[rips]

No!

[beeping]

thud

[beeping continues]

whoosh

blast

[all groaning]

Good, boy.

Jessie.

Jessie!

[dramatic music]

Jessie, what's going..

crash

[tires screeching]

(all)
No!

(Iris the computer)
'Intruder approaching.'

(Dr. Quest)
'Move!'

crash

(Iris the computer)
'Malfunction.'

crash

thud

clang

bang

[waves crashing]

[Jessie grunting]

Hang on.

[Race grunts]

I've got her.

Jessie, please.

[dramatic music]

I must destroy them.

Must destroy them.

What's wrong with her?

Nothing physical.
But look at this reading.

She has two distinctive
thought patterns.

'Her basic personality
and an intrusive one.'

You mean, she has
been brainwashed?

(Dr. Quest)
'That's my guess.'

But that's impossible. She
was only in town a few hours.

Brainwashing like
this takes weeks.

Normally, yes.

But if the programming

was implanted directly
into her mind..

Virtual reality equipment
could do that, but..

(Dr. Quest)
'Yes, that's got to be it.'

Surd.

If you're right,
we don't have much time.

[Jessie groaning]

I was afraid of this.

The Jessie we know
is in serious danger.

Meaning what?

Her evil persona's getting
stronger by the minute.

I'll have to use
the VR equipment

to venture into
Jessie's subconscious.

Don't worry, Race.
We'll save Jess.

(Hadji)
Please keep in contact.

'I can retrieve you at
a moment's notice if necessary.'

Will do.

Ready whenever you are.

I'm starting the sequence now.

zing

Going hot.

[whooshing]

(Jonny)
Activate hoverboards now.

[whooshing]

Ha ha hoo.

Jessie's noggin, here we come.

Are you okay, dad?

zap

Looks like Jessie's got
computers on the brain.

(Dr. Quest)
Yes, I suspect
everything we see here

will be symbolic
of Jessie's deepest thoughts.

There! I'm certain that's
what we're looking for.

[whooshing]

[both scream]

It's trying to defend
itself from us.

[thunder rumbling]

(Jonny)
Look out!

I don't like the look
of that cloud.

(Dr. Quest)
Agreed. Let's fly around it.

[thunder rumbling]

[Dr. Quest screaming]

[rumbling continues]

Dad!

[sizzling]

I'm coming, dad.

[whooshing]

thud

[Dr. Quest grunts]

Good work, son.

I think we're almost there.

[zapping]

Why have we transformed, dad?

This looks like both virtual
reality and the real world.

(Dr. Quest)
The rules of reality
must work differently

inside the subconscious mind.

[rumbling]

[wind whooshing]

(Jonny)
Oh, great. This looks fun.

(Dr. Quest)
It's definitely Surd's style.

[dramatic music]

[sizzling]

(Jonny)
Hadji, do you read me?

Man, you should see this place.

I cannot.

When you approached that castle,
my visual monitors lost you.

(Race)
That doesn't sound good.

Hadji, can you send in
some defensive gear?

(Hadji)
'I have just the thing.
Stand still.'

These energy swords
should pack a wallop.

[clanging]

bam

(Jonny)
Let's move, dad.
Jessie's counting on us.

(Dr. Quest)
Keep your eyes open.

The decoration
in this place stinks.

That's a matter of opinion, boy.

(Dr. Quest)
'I was wondering when you'd
make your big entrance, Surd.'

Using Jessie to draw us here
was low...even for you.

Actually, I was expecting
Mr. Bannon to take the bait

and save his beloved daughter.

But no matter.

Your demise will hurt him
enough for my purposes.

[snaps fingers]

[Surd laughing]

ching

clang

[clanging]

Hadji, come in.

Oh, please, doctor.
Give me some credit.

Do you actually think
I'd go to all this trouble

if you could just jump
back to the real world

like one of your video games?

I've taken care of business
on both sides of Quest World.

(Surd on phone)
'Right, Lorenzo?'

Things are under control, boss.

You know, they really should
beef up the lighthouse security.

(Surd)
'What is that expression?'

[laughing]

The mind is a terrible
thing to waste.

[snaps fingers]

[Surd laughing]

[dramatic music]

Going up.

What?

[clanging]

[clanging]

[clanging]

[clanging]

Julia, now.

(Dr. Quest)
'No!'

[dramatic music]

(Surd)
Blast that boy!

I didn't allow
for him being there.

He's well-adapted
to the VR world.

I'll just send more
warriors after them.

No.

I have something far
more creative in mind.

Time for phase two, Julia.

Yes.

Lorenzo, come in.

I'm here.

Proceed to phase two.

(Lorenzo)
'Ready.'

Ah, you're gonna
like this, Bannon

'cause it is really nasty.

Too much open ground.

Surd's warriors will
be here any second.

This way.

What now?

Let's try that tower.

Jessie told me that she
loved those goofy fairytales

when she was a kid

and captured princesses
are always in a tower.

[whooshing]

zing

Sorry, gentlemen,
I have no time for visitors.

Not if I'm going to win
the Nobel Prize.

What's going on?

Her dream is to be
a world-famous scientist.

This place obviously
represents her future desires.

Jess.

The problems of the world
need solving.

Disease, hunger,
crime, war.

'I can eliminate them all.'

[whooshing]

Jessie, listen to me.

Surd has trapped you here.

He made this place to keep
your mind distracted

and used you like
a puppet to attack us.

Uh! I can't concentrate
with all these interruptions.

Guards!

thud

[Dr. Quest grunting]

[Jonny grunting]

Tell them to let us go.

[laughing maniacally]

Save your breath, boy.

'She's too preoccupied
with saving the world.'

Surd, if you harm her--

Dr. Quest.

Why, I'm hurt.

Can't you see, all I've done
is granted that poor girl

her heart's desire?

You should be more
concerned about yourselves.

You're not going to be so lucky.

[snaps fingers]

zap

In you go!

[grunting]

Ha ha ha.

- Did you get all that?
- 'Sure did, boss.'

Now here's where
the real fun begins.

Where are you sending them?

To face their worst nightmares.

But don't take my word for it.
See for yourselves.

[Jonny screaming]

Dad? Is anybody here?

[whooshing]

[Dr. Quest grunts]

[intense music]

Dad, what a relief.
I thought..

You've been a real
disappointment, Jonathan.

- But, dad--
- Don't interrupt.

This journey has
really opened my eyes.

Jessie's more like me
than you'll ever be.

Don't you see?

She's the one following
in my footsteps.

Trying to be a real scientist.

'Not you.'

Dad, no.

I've tried to be like you.

She's the one.

[echoing]
Not you.

(Jonny)
'Looking for me, father?'

What?

(Jonny)
'I'm right here.'

[creaking]

We all our.

'Jonny.'

No!

You let us down, dad.

Just like you
let down my mother.

That's not true.
I tried to save her.

Sure.

Keep telling yourself that
if it makes you feel better.

No.

[echoing]
'You let us down, dad.'

[laughing maniacally]

I've never seen you
in such a good mood, Jeremiah.

It's positively contagious.

[laughing]

Too bad our guests seem
immune to our good humor.

[laughing continues]

- Check on the others.
- Lorenzo, report.

It's goin' just
like you planned.

'I gotta tell ya,
I'm rather enjoying it'

but Bannon and Mr. Computer
don't seem so thrilled.

(Surd on screen)
'What a shame.'

(Lorenzo)
'Yeah. I'll keep
you updated, boss.'

Too bad you don't have
the guts to face me man-to-man.

You know, you must think
I'm some kind of fool, Bannon.

So why don't you just sit back
and enjoy your front-row seats?

[laughing]

Enjoy the show, you two.

'Cause you're next.

[laughing]

Hmm...perhaps.

Perhaps not.

[grunting]

[gunfire]

[Lorenzo screams]

[grunting]

[gunshot]

Don't even think about it.

[Lorenzo grunts]

thud

His jaw is as hard as his head.

[clicking]

Dr. Quest, listen to me.

(Hadji)
'What you are seeing
isn't real.'

'We are all alive.'

'Surd is manipulating
your emotions.'

'You must master them.'

An illusion.

I must try to remember
it's...not real.

(Hadji)
'Jonny needs you.
I can help you find him.'

[clicking]

No, I'm going in.

You asked for it, Quest.

No more psychological
manipulation.

Brute force it is.

(Dr. Quest)
'What a disappointment.'

If Race didn't save
your miserable life

every five minutes--

(Dr. Quest)
'Disappointment?'

'Ha, I've never heard
of anything more ridiculous.'

Dad?

No one talks
to my son like that.

bam

Thanks, dad.

You really didn't believe
that garbage, did you?

No way.

Then let's get Jessie.
I can't do it without you.

[beeping]

Sorry, doctor.

Time to finish this
the old-fashioned way.

Primitive, but affective.

Primitive suits us just fine!

[whooshing]

[clanging]

[clangs]

[clanging]

[clanging continues]

Jessie, listen to me.

Not now. I'm about to
solve the energy crisis.

- Hey!
- No, you're not.

This isn't real. None of it is.

[clanging]

You've got to wake up.

Surd's using you, Jess.

He's using your hopes
and dreams to keep you captive.

Don't be ridiculous.

And while you were
living in the fantasy

he almost got you
to destroy your own father.

Dad!

I could never..

'No, but Surd would.
And he did.'

[clanging]

[sizzling]

[clangs]

Now it's just you and me.

As it should be.

You've endangered
my family countless times

and it ends now!

Julia, activate the program.

[clicking]

creak

[gasps]

Your anger has made
us evenly matched, doctor.

[sizzling]

[clangs]

[sizzling continues]

[clangs]

[whirring]

No!

[Lorenzo laughing]

As you said,
this ends now, Quest.

(Jessie)
'I don't think so!'

[Lorenzo grunting]

No! How did you--

This is my head,
you sicko.

Figure it out.

[zapping]

(Lorenzo)
No-o-o!

(Jessie)
We have to get out of here.
I promise to be gentle.

Now, hang on.

[whooshing]

zap

It's coming apart at the seams.

(Dr. Quest)
Yes, your mind is erasing
certain programming

from your subconscious.

[thunder rumbling]

[all scream]

(Jonny)
Jessie!

Hang on, Jonny!

[thunder rumbling]

(Jessie)
No-o-o!

Now, where am I?

Jessie! Can you hear me?

Dad!

Come in. Jessie!

Dad?

Hadji!

[intense music]

[gasps]

[buzzing]

[gasping]

Help!

[gasping continues]

Help!

(Jessie)
'Jonny-y-y!'

'Hang on, Jonny!'

(Jonny)
Way to go, Jess.

[thunder rumbling]

(Jessie)
Jonny, would you
quit clowning around?

We need to get home.

(Jonny)
Let's just get outta here.

creak

Hadji, bring us home.

(Hadji)
'With pleasure.'

zap

Jessie...please.

Hey, Jess.
Come on, wake up.

Does anyone have an aspirin?

[all sigh]

(Jonny)
Thank goodness.

(Jonny)
Nice work, Jess.

Oh, by the way, this is
coming out of your allowance.

Wow!

I did all this?

I don't remember a thing.

It's probably
just as well, kiddo.

Jessie, I know Surd's
lackeys are all in custody

but I was wondering..

Yes?

Well, when the authorities
went to pick up Surd and Julia

'he was in a total
catatonic state.'

'Where did you send his mind?'

(Jessie)
'Into Quest World...
but with one slight difference.'

(Hadji)
'What do you mean?'

(Jessie)
'Remember, Dr. Quest gave
a part of Quest World to Surd'

'so he could have
the illusion of full mobility'

'as long as he's
in virtual reality?'

(Hadji)
'Yes, I know. What did you do?'

I stripped away his freedom of
movement in Quest World forever.

Now, he's immobile
in both worlds.

No one messes
with my family.

'No one.'

No-o-o!

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