The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978): Season 4, Episode 4 - The Most Dangerous Enemy - full transcript
Billy.
What are you doing?
Shame on you.
Give that to me.
Oh, at least it was a blank one.
You know this is off limits.
Now come on, sweetheart.
Go on. Stay out of trouble, please.
(MONKEYS CHATTER)
Good morning, Kim.
Thank you.
Here you go.
Tumbelina?
Come on. Come on.
Whee! Okay.
Hello, Davey.
Hello.
Hello, girls.
Bonnie?
(GIBBERS, SCREECHES)
(MONKEY GIBBERS)
(SCREECHES)
Oh, Timbo.
(SCREECHES)
Specimen nine shows abnormal
dysfunction of motor reflex ability...
when accompanied by
aggressive schizophrenia...
since introduction of
booster drug five hours ago.
All specimens show marked
increase in physical agitation...
exhibiting dehydration, photophobia
and extreme hyperactivity.
Quiet, Billy!
(SCREECHES)
Repeat. Specimen nine shows abnormal
dysfunction of motor reflex ability...
when accompanied by
aggressive schizophrenia...
(SCREECHING, BANGING)
(METAL CREAKING)
(LOUD SCREECHING)
FLIGHT COM:
It looks good at NASA One.
B- 52 >PILOT:
Roger.
BCS Arm switch is on.
FLIGHT COM:
Okay, Victor.
B-52 PILOT:
Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.
Here comes the throttle.
Circuit breakers in.
STEVE:
We have separation.
B-52 PILOT:
Inboard and outboards are on.
I'm comin' forward with the side stick.
FLIGHT COM:
Looks good.
PILOT:
Ah, Roger.
STEVE:
I've got a blowout in damper three.
SR-71 PILOT:
Get your pitch to zero.
STEVE:
Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!
B-52 PILOT: Correction. Alpha Hold is off.
Threat selector is emergency.
STEVE: Flight Com. I can't hold it!
She's breaking up! She's breaking...
ANNOUNCER:
Steve Austin. Astronaut.
A man barely alive.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.
We have the technology.
We have the capability
to make the world's first bionic man.
Steve Austin will be that man.
Better than he was before.
Better, stronger, faster.
(MAIN TITLE THEME)
RADIO TECH: Dove Island, this is Lifeline.
Dove Island, come in please.
This is Lifeline calling Dove Island.
Dove Island, Lifeline calling Dove Island.
Come in, please.
Come in, Dove Island.
There's still no response, sir.
COMMANDER: How long
have you been trying?
This is the third check in she's missed, sir.
COMMANDER: Get me Mr. Goldman
at OSI in Washington.
(PHONE RINGS)
OSCAR: This is Oscar Goldman speaking.
COMMANDER: Mr. Goldman, this is lifeline.
Dove island is not responding
to the last three check in calls.
Well, why didn't you tell me
about this earlier?
Well, she sometimes misses a check in,
but never three in a row.
Alright. I'll send a team in
tomorrow morning to investigate.
But I want you to stand by
in case they need help.
Yes, sir.
SECRETARY: Yes, Mr. Goldman?
Get me Colonel Austin
and Rudy Wells, please, Sally.
How far are we from Dove Island?
About ten minutes.
You'll be able to see it
if you look out that way.
You gonna tell me now?
What?
What's happening on Dove Island.
Way it is, we don't know
what's been happening.
We even lost radio contact
with the research base 48 hours ago.
Why didn't they go in to try to find out why?
They're not permitted to.
We're keeping the lid on
this project till it's finished.
What, more bionics?
No.
Have you heard of Cheryl Osborne?
Sure. She does wildlife
research, doesn't she?
Just a cover.
About two years ago, she came up
with an idea for intelligence expansion.
A drug that could turn a
normal person into an Einstein.
It's the most exciting
research in years.
Yeah, I wanna hear more
as soon as I put her down.
Set it down near the shore.
We'll have to hike in.
Cheryl doesn't like the noise
disturbing her animals.
How many people work
on the island?
Just Cheryl.
Alone?
Yeah. Yeah, she won't work
with a team, and it's her project.
She sounds eccentric.
No. No, she's quite a lady.
She's a fine scientist, too.
I'm surprised, though.
About what?
I would've thought with radio problems,
she'd have been looking for a plane...
and I thought she would've
come out to meet us.
Come on. Let's go find her.
RUDY: What happened here?
I don't know. Looks like somebody
deliberately busted it up.
I thought you said
Cheryl was alone on this island.
She is, except for the test animals.
Come on. We're near the lab.
Let's get there and then ask questions.
You coming?
Yeah.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
You need a hand, Doc?
You're too much.
RUDY: Steve!
Cheryl?
Cheryl, where are you?
Here let me... Rudy, let me try.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(LOUD BANG)
RUDY: Cheryl?
Cheryl, where are you?
Cheryl? It's Rudy!
Cheryl!
Steve, come here.
Look at this.
What do you think?
She work with explosives?
No, just biological, chemical compounds.
Serums, drugs.
Here's her radio.
Steve, give me a hand.
You see if it works,
I'll check outside.
Right.
(SCREECHES)
Steve?
Steve!
(SCREECHING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(GIBBERS)
Ugh, am I glad to see you.
He bit my arm.
I better take a look at that.
Just sit over here, Rudy.
Let's get that coat off, huh?
Easy.
Better sit down.
I'd better find something
to bandage that up with.
We're in luck.
I found the first aid kit.
Good.
It's not as bad as it looks.
That's good,
'cause it sure looks terrible.
This uh...
This may sting a little bit, Doc.
Hey, that's my line.
Ahh.
You know the chimp had
incredible strength.
Yeah, well, that was
no ordinary chimp.
He was as strong as five men.
How do you account for that?
Well, that's what
I was going to ask you.
Well, Cheryl's research had to do
with expansion of intelligence, not...
Not strength.
Maybe there were side effects.
Side effects?
By the way, the radio's had it.
We'll use the one in the copter.
We can't leave here.
Rudy, you've just been bitten
by a half-crazed chimp.
We came here looking for Cheryl.
Alright, as soon as we get back to the plane,
I'll radio for help to come pick you up.
And I'll look for Cheryl.
Okay.
There. Let's go.
Steve, you've been
a pretty good doctor, but I...
I think we should have something
to immobilize the arm, huh?
A sling, huh?
Uh-huh.
Maybe this will work.
Fine.
How's that?
Okay. Good.
Cheryl? Cheryl?
(GROANS)
You alright?
Yeah, I'm fine. Fine.
Let's go.
RUDY: Cheryl?
Cheryl? Where are you?
Cheryl!
What could've happened to her?
I don't know.
I've know her since
she was a little girl.
I used to work with her
father before he died.
Gotta find her.
Leave that to me.
First, I gotta get you off this island,.
(LOUD RIP)
I don't need it.
You sure?
Yeah, I feel fine now.
You better go
and look for Cheryl.
I'm not gonna leave you here alone
till I radio for help...
and make sure somebody's
gonna pick you up.
I don't need help!
I'll look for myself!
Rudy...
I'm sorry, Steve.
I guess I'm just worried about Cheryl.
Lifeline, this is Sea Shell.
Lifeline, this is Sea Shell.
Come in, please.
(MONKEY CHATTERING)
(SCREECHING)
(SCREECHING)
I'm gonna try and get that animal.
Lab boys will need him for tests.
Keep trying to get a hold
of Beta Rescue.
Alright.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
A drug.
Maybe there were side effects.
LIFELINE: Sea Shell, this is Lifeline.
Lifeline... this is Sea Shell.
Sea Shell, this is Lifeline.
Sea Shell, we read you.
What's your problem?
Sea Shell, come in.
Lifeline, I just wanted to tell you that...
Incredible strength.
Just wanted to tell you
that everything is fine.
Thank you, Sea Shell.
Everything's going perfectly.
Roger. Lifeline out.
(LOUD CRUSHING)
(PANTING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(SCREECHES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(SCREECHING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(SCREECHING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Cheryl?
Stay away from me.
You've been bitten.
Just stay away.
Hey, hold on. I'm on your side,
not the chimps.
My name is Austin.
Colonel Steve Austin.
Get away.
You think I'm like that chimp.
Dangerous, huh?
I know what I saw.
Come on, give me that.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Listen, I'm not like that chimp
and I haven't been bitten.
Then why didn't that
tranquilizer effect you?
And that?
Surely you've heard of bionics.
Yes.
Both legs and my right arm.
All thanks to Rudy Wells.
Your tranquilizers didn't work
because they didn't hit a human leg.
It hit a machine that can't be drugged.
So you see, I'm not sick.
And I'm not out of my head.
And I'm not going to hurt you.
I'm sorry.
I gotta get that chimp back to the mainland
because it did take a bit out of Rudy Wells.
Oh, my God.
When? Exactly how long ago?
About three hours.
Rudy weighs about 175 pounds.
So his body size will give him
an advantage over the chimps, but...
his age will take ten hours off.
Ten hours of what?
Of life!
Life?
If he starts to show any of the
symptoms of my lab animals...
he'll end up just like them.
Well, he's dead.
You mean that Rudy will end up...
I'm afraid he died
of the serum I gave him.
And now he's infected Rudy.
By my calculations,
he's got about 18 hours to live.
24 at the outside.
There's gotta be something
we can do for him.
I was working on an anti-serum,
but I never got it finished.
The primates broke out and I've
been on the run for two days.
Look, you've gotta complete
the anti-serum for Rudy.
But it'll take longer than he has.
Then we gotta buy time somehow.
Maybe I can anesthetize him
and slow down the reaction.
No, that'll never work.
Well, why?
I'm afraid to put him to sleep.
He might not wake up.
What about a tranquilizer?
Well, it... it's possible.
Let's get to the lab.
CHERYL: Five hours after the
administration of Psycactin-3...
test animals two,
three and four are dead.
The control animals are
exhibiting dehydration...
photophobia and extreme hyperactivity.
Adrenalin and pituitary levels are
220% over normal, and rising.
Brain wave levels are indicative
of increased intelligence...
but accompanied by
aggressive schizophrenia.
(GIBBERING)
CHERYL: Don't worry, Colonel.
He's not one of them.
Come on, Billy. Yes.
I found Billy in Tanzania.
Where I go, Billy goes.
Are you sure he's one of us?
He thinks he is.
That's what's important.
A friend's a friend.
Let's go.
Come on, Billy.
CHERYL ON TAPE: Prognosis: Incurable.
With rapid deterioration
of mental processes until death.
Considering the violent
psychotic side effects...
destruction of the subject is the only
viable alternative for the moment.
You always did jump
to conclusions, Cheryl.
(METAL SNAPPING)
(METAL CREAKING)
Rudy, What're you doing?
Steve. Good! You found her!
Now, I get some answers.
Rudy, I'm so sorry about your arm.
Don't be sorry.
There's nothing to be sorry about.
I never felt better in my life.
Ever since that chimp of yours bit me,
I've grown stronger and stronger.
You don't believe me, huh?
Okay. Watch this.
(METAL CREAKING)
What do you think of that?
Isn't that fantastic?
Oh, Rudy.
My serum made the
chimp stronger too, but...
But what?
Rudy, all the chimps
died from the serum.
Maybe some kind of virus form passed via
the wound, but it's definitely not lethal.
It's a mistake.
I saw it myself Rudy.
The chimp that bit you is dead.
What are you doing?
I need time to work on
the antiserum, Rudy.
Until then, you have to be
kept as calm as possible.
This is a tranquilizer
I'm going to give you.
It should keep
the side effects down.
CHERYL (VO): Considering the violent,
psychotic side effects...
destruction of the subject
is the only viable alternative.
Destruction of the subject.
You're trying to trick me.
Trying to trick me!
You want me to end up
like the test animals. Dead.
Rudy, that serum
is affecting your mind.
The animals are dead, aren't they?
And you killed them
just like you're trying to kill me!
Rudy, we're trying to save your life.
Steve, the tranquillizer.
I don't think we'll ever
catch him now.
We better radio for help.
Well, he sure did a job on the radio.
He even took the ignition
coil and the battery.
(GIBBERING)
Well, thanks, Billy.
I'm afraid it won't be much help.
Well, I guess that means
we're on our own.
STEVE: Let's go.
We're on our own.
(GIBBERING)
CHERYL: Come on, Billy.
You never give up, do you, Steve?
RUDY: You'll keep
after me until you drop.
We could make a good team.
But you wanna keep me from having
the same kind of power I gave you.
(RUDY BREATHES HEAVILY)
Well, you're too late, Steve.
I have the power.
And I'm gonna keep it.
Whatever it takes.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(GIBBERING)
Thanks, Billy.
Okay, here you go.
Now eat it slow.
It's the only one I got.
Well, this isn't exactly prime rib...
but it'll have to do under
the circumstances.
No thank you. I'm not hungry.
You better eat it anyway.
I don't want my guide
folding up on me tomorrow.
From what I can see,
you don't need a guide.
I'd just slow you down.
Hey, if you slowed me down,
I would've left you back at the lab.
If you're worried about Rudy,
he won't hurt you.
I don't know why he shouldn't.
After what I've done to him.
You haven't done anything...
except work on some experiments that
didn't turn out quite like you expected.
No, you're wrong.
I've hurt someone that I... means more
to me than almost anything on Earth.
He stood by me when I needed him...
convinced me that I was
worth something...
when all I wanted to do
was crawl in a hole and die.
Rudy has a way
of doing that for people.
Look what he's got for it.
He'll be dead in 12 hours.
And I'll have killed him.
No, you won't have killed him.
We're gonna find him
and you're gonna take care of him.
Come on over by the fire.
Come on.
(RUDY PANTING)
Sit down, here.
What are you doing?
No, I can't see it.
I was just trying to see if you look like
the monster you painted yourself to be.
Oh, Steve, I knew what was
happening to my lab animals...
two days before they went berserk.
I could've stopped it...
but I didn't want to let it go.
I don't know. Maybe I wanted
my name to stand out.
Be admired instead of...
Instead of what?
Don't you know who I am?
My father was Carl Osborne.
The man who sold all his
scientific secrets to the other side.
Rudy said he worked with your father
but he didn't say he was Carl Osborne.
Oh, he wouldn't.
Osborne is a household word
like Benedict Arnold.
Your father's dead.
He paid his debts.
When are you gonna stop punishing
yourself for his mistakes?
I'm not.
What do they call it when a person
cuts himself off from society?
How long has it been?
Five, six, seven years you've been
living in isolated places like this?
Where I research animal behavior.
Even scientists need more
than the company of animals.
Animals don't make judgments.
(RUDY PANTING)
(TUMBLING SOUNDS)
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
Look out!
Get down, Cheryl.
Get down.
(SCREECHING)
RUDY: Steve? Cheryl?
Go back! Leave me alone!
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
RUDY: I'm not gonna die!
I'm gonna live to show you who
has more power than anyone!
Anyone on this planet!
That's a propane tank from the lab.
Do you want to go after him?
Ah, I'd never catch him.
He's probably stronger
and faster than I am by now.
What will we do now?
I don't know.
Come on, Billy.
Better have that antidote ready
for when we do catch him.
Let's get back to the lab.
What's going through your head, Steve?
Why aren't you following me?
(PANTING)
You never gave up this easily before.
(PANTING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(GIBBERING)
You sure you're from the
back woods in Tanzania?
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Well, what do you think?
(GIBBERING)
Come on, Billy.
I don't see how you could ever
get the radio to work again.
Well, you know that and so do I,
but let's hope Rudy isn't so sure.
I rigged the antenna to look like
a stripped telegraph arrangement.
Do you think he'll fall for it?
If he doesn't, we've lost him.
How you doing?
Well, I distilled the last of the serum
that I was working on, but...
it's borderline insanity
to expect results.
Like you say, if we don't try,
we've lost him.
Good girl.
Steve? About last night?
Thank you.
For what?
Just for what you said.
(LOUD CRASHING)
RUDY: You should've
listened to me, Steve!
Look out!
Rudy? Rudy?
Cheryl!
Cheryl!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Rudy!
My legs!
STEVE: I can't move them!
It's magnetics!
Rudy! My legs.
I can't move them.
It's just temporary.
I used negative polarization to jam
the servomechanisms in your legs.
Don't you understand, I made you!
Only I know how to stop you!
Rudy. Let me down.
Time is running out.
Cheryl can help you.
Cheryl's got you brainwashed!
I gave you more credit than that.
Rudy, let me down.
I can prove what I'm saying.
I've got all the proof! need in this!
I can do things I've only seen you do...
and I like the feeling.
I'm not about to give it up for anyone!
Even you and Cheryl!
Cheryl! Get out of here!
(METAL CREAKING)
Every time one of you swears you're on
my side, you try something treacherous!
Oh, Rudy, please believe us!
You haven't got much time left!
I'm going to get some serum.
We're going back to the lab.
But... Oh, Rudy.
Stop! Think what you're doing!
I'm thinking all the time!
I'll be back.
Please, Rudy. Listen.
Let's go!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Oh, Rudy. You're feverish!
You're getting weaker all the time.
Please, let me help you.
All I need is more of the serum
you gave the chimps.
I don't have any!
It was destroyed when the test
animals broke out of the lab.
You're lying!
Rudy, you saw the lab.
Most of the equipment was wrecked.
Half my notes were wiped out.
Some I never even got to finish.
I've been running for my life
for three days.
Then make some!
Well then I've lost because
I won't make any more of it.
Not after I've seen the results.
Not after what it's done to you.
Never mind. I'll figure it out
myself from the tapes.
(GROANS)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
What're you doing?
It's the anti-serum.
Please, Rudy, let me try it on you.
You can't fool me.
I know you too well.
Rudy, look at your hands.
Your veins are distended.
You're sweaty, but you're chilled.
Your bones are aching!
It's not true!
Rudy, you have photophobia.
You keep blinking out the sun.
You can't stand the light.
It's the last sign.
Alright. Alright, so it's happening.
But you can help me.
All I need is more serum!
No!
(YELLS)
Steve! He's in quicksand!
RUDY: Steve! Help me!
You can't let me die this way!
Oh, Steve, be careful. I gave him an
anti-serum, but he's still dangerous.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
RUDY: Steve!
Steve!
Steve! I gave you your life once!
You know that!
You owe me!
Grab the rope!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
You pulled too hard!
Rudy! You gotta be absolutely still!
You're making it worse!
Don't move!
(COUGHING)
Here!
Steve?
Grab the rope, Rudy!
I can't see!
Watch out, Steve.
It may be another trick.
We'll just have to take that chance.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I can't move!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Rudy.
Give me your hand.
Steve. Go back.
Don't try, Steve.
I can't...
RUDY: Go back, Steve.
Rudy! Gimmie your hand. Try.
Go back... Go back...
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
CHERYL: Steve, wait!
The rope, it's gonna break!
STEVE: Hang on, Rudy.
Hang on.
(LOUD SNAP)
Ah! Steve, the rope!
Grab him, Cheryl.
It's okay, Steve.
I've got him.
His pulse is steady, Thank God.
Steve? Thanks, Steve.
Welcome back, friend.
Yes, Mr. Secretary.
Oh, yes, I recommend it.
Wonderful.
We all appreciate that very much.
Thank you.
Good.
Steve, we're going to continue
with Cheryl's experiments...
but, of course, it's going to be
in a lab that we can control.
That's good.
The potentials are fantastic.
Of course, the problems
won't be solved overnight.
(RUDY WHISTLES)
Hey, she's pretty. Look at that.
Hey!
What's her name?
Hello, hello.
Well.
Hey, what took you so long?
Oh, I was admiring Rudy's lab.
If I had equipment like that...
You're going to have
equipment like that.
You're going to have a lab of your own,
maybe not as elaborate as Rudy's.
You mean I can continue
with my experiments?
Right.
Oh, Oscar.
Thank you, that's fantastic.
You deserve it.
You're a hard working girl.
What do you say we go out
and have some lunch?
Washington has some
marvelous restaurants.
Well, Oscar,
we drew straws and you lost.
It was fair and square, Oscar.
What do you mean we lost?
You drew the short straw.
You don't get to have lunch with us.
What is this, Rudy?
One of us has to do it.
Come on, let's...
This is Billy. They wouldn't let
me keep him in my hotel room.
So, somebody has to keep him until
we can get a cage set up in Rudy's lab.
Wait a minute.
Just a second, now.
CHERYL:
He's very friendly, Oscar.
Only be gone two or three hours.
What?
Don't worry.
He'll do anything for a banana.
Where are you going?
(SCREECHES)
You ever consider
government service, Billy?
(END THEME MUSIC)
What are you doing?
Shame on you.
Give that to me.
Oh, at least it was a blank one.
You know this is off limits.
Now come on, sweetheart.
Go on. Stay out of trouble, please.
(MONKEYS CHATTER)
Good morning, Kim.
Thank you.
Here you go.
Tumbelina?
Come on. Come on.
Whee! Okay.
Hello, Davey.
Hello.
Hello, girls.
Bonnie?
(GIBBERS, SCREECHES)
(MONKEY GIBBERS)
(SCREECHES)
Oh, Timbo.
(SCREECHES)
Specimen nine shows abnormal
dysfunction of motor reflex ability...
when accompanied by
aggressive schizophrenia...
since introduction of
booster drug five hours ago.
All specimens show marked
increase in physical agitation...
exhibiting dehydration, photophobia
and extreme hyperactivity.
Quiet, Billy!
(SCREECHES)
Repeat. Specimen nine shows abnormal
dysfunction of motor reflex ability...
when accompanied by
aggressive schizophrenia...
(SCREECHING, BANGING)
(METAL CREAKING)
(LOUD SCREECHING)
FLIGHT COM:
It looks good at NASA One.
B- 52 >PILOT:
Roger.
BCS Arm switch is on.
FLIGHT COM:
Okay, Victor.
B-52 PILOT:
Landing Rocket Arm switch is on.
Here comes the throttle.
Circuit breakers in.
STEVE:
We have separation.
B-52 PILOT:
Inboard and outboards are on.
I'm comin' forward with the side stick.
FLIGHT COM:
Looks good.
PILOT:
Ah, Roger.
STEVE:
I've got a blowout in damper three.
SR-71 PILOT:
Get your pitch to zero.
STEVE:
Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!
B-52 PILOT: Correction. Alpha Hold is off.
Threat selector is emergency.
STEVE: Flight Com. I can't hold it!
She's breaking up! She's breaking...
ANNOUNCER:
Steve Austin. Astronaut.
A man barely alive.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.
We have the technology.
We have the capability
to make the world's first bionic man.
Steve Austin will be that man.
Better than he was before.
Better, stronger, faster.
(MAIN TITLE THEME)
RADIO TECH: Dove Island, this is Lifeline.
Dove Island, come in please.
This is Lifeline calling Dove Island.
Dove Island, Lifeline calling Dove Island.
Come in, please.
Come in, Dove Island.
There's still no response, sir.
COMMANDER: How long
have you been trying?
This is the third check in she's missed, sir.
COMMANDER: Get me Mr. Goldman
at OSI in Washington.
(PHONE RINGS)
OSCAR: This is Oscar Goldman speaking.
COMMANDER: Mr. Goldman, this is lifeline.
Dove island is not responding
to the last three check in calls.
Well, why didn't you tell me
about this earlier?
Well, she sometimes misses a check in,
but never three in a row.
Alright. I'll send a team in
tomorrow morning to investigate.
But I want you to stand by
in case they need help.
Yes, sir.
SECRETARY: Yes, Mr. Goldman?
Get me Colonel Austin
and Rudy Wells, please, Sally.
How far are we from Dove Island?
About ten minutes.
You'll be able to see it
if you look out that way.
You gonna tell me now?
What?
What's happening on Dove Island.
Way it is, we don't know
what's been happening.
We even lost radio contact
with the research base 48 hours ago.
Why didn't they go in to try to find out why?
They're not permitted to.
We're keeping the lid on
this project till it's finished.
What, more bionics?
No.
Have you heard of Cheryl Osborne?
Sure. She does wildlife
research, doesn't she?
Just a cover.
About two years ago, she came up
with an idea for intelligence expansion.
A drug that could turn a
normal person into an Einstein.
It's the most exciting
research in years.
Yeah, I wanna hear more
as soon as I put her down.
Set it down near the shore.
We'll have to hike in.
Cheryl doesn't like the noise
disturbing her animals.
How many people work
on the island?
Just Cheryl.
Alone?
Yeah. Yeah, she won't work
with a team, and it's her project.
She sounds eccentric.
No. No, she's quite a lady.
She's a fine scientist, too.
I'm surprised, though.
About what?
I would've thought with radio problems,
she'd have been looking for a plane...
and I thought she would've
come out to meet us.
Come on. Let's go find her.
RUDY: What happened here?
I don't know. Looks like somebody
deliberately busted it up.
I thought you said
Cheryl was alone on this island.
She is, except for the test animals.
Come on. We're near the lab.
Let's get there and then ask questions.
You coming?
Yeah.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
You need a hand, Doc?
You're too much.
RUDY: Steve!
Cheryl?
Cheryl, where are you?
Here let me... Rudy, let me try.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(LOUD BANG)
RUDY: Cheryl?
Cheryl, where are you?
Cheryl? It's Rudy!
Cheryl!
Steve, come here.
Look at this.
What do you think?
She work with explosives?
No, just biological, chemical compounds.
Serums, drugs.
Here's her radio.
Steve, give me a hand.
You see if it works,
I'll check outside.
Right.
(SCREECHES)
Steve?
Steve!
(SCREECHING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(GIBBERS)
Ugh, am I glad to see you.
He bit my arm.
I better take a look at that.
Just sit over here, Rudy.
Let's get that coat off, huh?
Easy.
Better sit down.
I'd better find something
to bandage that up with.
We're in luck.
I found the first aid kit.
Good.
It's not as bad as it looks.
That's good,
'cause it sure looks terrible.
This uh...
This may sting a little bit, Doc.
Hey, that's my line.
Ahh.
You know the chimp had
incredible strength.
Yeah, well, that was
no ordinary chimp.
He was as strong as five men.
How do you account for that?
Well, that's what
I was going to ask you.
Well, Cheryl's research had to do
with expansion of intelligence, not...
Not strength.
Maybe there were side effects.
Side effects?
By the way, the radio's had it.
We'll use the one in the copter.
We can't leave here.
Rudy, you've just been bitten
by a half-crazed chimp.
We came here looking for Cheryl.
Alright, as soon as we get back to the plane,
I'll radio for help to come pick you up.
And I'll look for Cheryl.
Okay.
There. Let's go.
Steve, you've been
a pretty good doctor, but I...
I think we should have something
to immobilize the arm, huh?
A sling, huh?
Uh-huh.
Maybe this will work.
Fine.
How's that?
Okay. Good.
Cheryl? Cheryl?
(GROANS)
You alright?
Yeah, I'm fine. Fine.
Let's go.
RUDY: Cheryl?
Cheryl? Where are you?
Cheryl!
What could've happened to her?
I don't know.
I've know her since
she was a little girl.
I used to work with her
father before he died.
Gotta find her.
Leave that to me.
First, I gotta get you off this island,.
(LOUD RIP)
I don't need it.
You sure?
Yeah, I feel fine now.
You better go
and look for Cheryl.
I'm not gonna leave you here alone
till I radio for help...
and make sure somebody's
gonna pick you up.
I don't need help!
I'll look for myself!
Rudy...
I'm sorry, Steve.
I guess I'm just worried about Cheryl.
Lifeline, this is Sea Shell.
Lifeline, this is Sea Shell.
Come in, please.
(MONKEY CHATTERING)
(SCREECHING)
(SCREECHING)
I'm gonna try and get that animal.
Lab boys will need him for tests.
Keep trying to get a hold
of Beta Rescue.
Alright.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
A drug.
Maybe there were side effects.
LIFELINE: Sea Shell, this is Lifeline.
Lifeline... this is Sea Shell.
Sea Shell, this is Lifeline.
Sea Shell, we read you.
What's your problem?
Sea Shell, come in.
Lifeline, I just wanted to tell you that...
Incredible strength.
Just wanted to tell you
that everything is fine.
Thank you, Sea Shell.
Everything's going perfectly.
Roger. Lifeline out.
(LOUD CRUSHING)
(PANTING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(SCREECHES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(SCREECHING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(SCREECHING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Cheryl?
Stay away from me.
You've been bitten.
Just stay away.
Hey, hold on. I'm on your side,
not the chimps.
My name is Austin.
Colonel Steve Austin.
Get away.
You think I'm like that chimp.
Dangerous, huh?
I know what I saw.
Come on, give me that.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Listen, I'm not like that chimp
and I haven't been bitten.
Then why didn't that
tranquilizer effect you?
And that?
Surely you've heard of bionics.
Yes.
Both legs and my right arm.
All thanks to Rudy Wells.
Your tranquilizers didn't work
because they didn't hit a human leg.
It hit a machine that can't be drugged.
So you see, I'm not sick.
And I'm not out of my head.
And I'm not going to hurt you.
I'm sorry.
I gotta get that chimp back to the mainland
because it did take a bit out of Rudy Wells.
Oh, my God.
When? Exactly how long ago?
About three hours.
Rudy weighs about 175 pounds.
So his body size will give him
an advantage over the chimps, but...
his age will take ten hours off.
Ten hours of what?
Of life!
Life?
If he starts to show any of the
symptoms of my lab animals...
he'll end up just like them.
Well, he's dead.
You mean that Rudy will end up...
I'm afraid he died
of the serum I gave him.
And now he's infected Rudy.
By my calculations,
he's got about 18 hours to live.
24 at the outside.
There's gotta be something
we can do for him.
I was working on an anti-serum,
but I never got it finished.
The primates broke out and I've
been on the run for two days.
Look, you've gotta complete
the anti-serum for Rudy.
But it'll take longer than he has.
Then we gotta buy time somehow.
Maybe I can anesthetize him
and slow down the reaction.
No, that'll never work.
Well, why?
I'm afraid to put him to sleep.
He might not wake up.
What about a tranquilizer?
Well, it... it's possible.
Let's get to the lab.
CHERYL: Five hours after the
administration of Psycactin-3...
test animals two,
three and four are dead.
The control animals are
exhibiting dehydration...
photophobia and extreme hyperactivity.
Adrenalin and pituitary levels are
220% over normal, and rising.
Brain wave levels are indicative
of increased intelligence...
but accompanied by
aggressive schizophrenia.
(GIBBERING)
CHERYL: Don't worry, Colonel.
He's not one of them.
Come on, Billy. Yes.
I found Billy in Tanzania.
Where I go, Billy goes.
Are you sure he's one of us?
He thinks he is.
That's what's important.
A friend's a friend.
Let's go.
Come on, Billy.
CHERYL ON TAPE: Prognosis: Incurable.
With rapid deterioration
of mental processes until death.
Considering the violent
psychotic side effects...
destruction of the subject is the only
viable alternative for the moment.
You always did jump
to conclusions, Cheryl.
(METAL SNAPPING)
(METAL CREAKING)
Rudy, What're you doing?
Steve. Good! You found her!
Now, I get some answers.
Rudy, I'm so sorry about your arm.
Don't be sorry.
There's nothing to be sorry about.
I never felt better in my life.
Ever since that chimp of yours bit me,
I've grown stronger and stronger.
You don't believe me, huh?
Okay. Watch this.
(METAL CREAKING)
What do you think of that?
Isn't that fantastic?
Oh, Rudy.
My serum made the
chimp stronger too, but...
But what?
Rudy, all the chimps
died from the serum.
Maybe some kind of virus form passed via
the wound, but it's definitely not lethal.
It's a mistake.
I saw it myself Rudy.
The chimp that bit you is dead.
What are you doing?
I need time to work on
the antiserum, Rudy.
Until then, you have to be
kept as calm as possible.
This is a tranquilizer
I'm going to give you.
It should keep
the side effects down.
CHERYL (VO): Considering the violent,
psychotic side effects...
destruction of the subject
is the only viable alternative.
Destruction of the subject.
You're trying to trick me.
Trying to trick me!
You want me to end up
like the test animals. Dead.
Rudy, that serum
is affecting your mind.
The animals are dead, aren't they?
And you killed them
just like you're trying to kill me!
Rudy, we're trying to save your life.
Steve, the tranquillizer.
I don't think we'll ever
catch him now.
We better radio for help.
Well, he sure did a job on the radio.
He even took the ignition
coil and the battery.
(GIBBERING)
Well, thanks, Billy.
I'm afraid it won't be much help.
Well, I guess that means
we're on our own.
STEVE: Let's go.
We're on our own.
(GIBBERING)
CHERYL: Come on, Billy.
You never give up, do you, Steve?
RUDY: You'll keep
after me until you drop.
We could make a good team.
But you wanna keep me from having
the same kind of power I gave you.
(RUDY BREATHES HEAVILY)
Well, you're too late, Steve.
I have the power.
And I'm gonna keep it.
Whatever it takes.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(GIBBERING)
Thanks, Billy.
Okay, here you go.
Now eat it slow.
It's the only one I got.
Well, this isn't exactly prime rib...
but it'll have to do under
the circumstances.
No thank you. I'm not hungry.
You better eat it anyway.
I don't want my guide
folding up on me tomorrow.
From what I can see,
you don't need a guide.
I'd just slow you down.
Hey, if you slowed me down,
I would've left you back at the lab.
If you're worried about Rudy,
he won't hurt you.
I don't know why he shouldn't.
After what I've done to him.
You haven't done anything...
except work on some experiments that
didn't turn out quite like you expected.
No, you're wrong.
I've hurt someone that I... means more
to me than almost anything on Earth.
He stood by me when I needed him...
convinced me that I was
worth something...
when all I wanted to do
was crawl in a hole and die.
Rudy has a way
of doing that for people.
Look what he's got for it.
He'll be dead in 12 hours.
And I'll have killed him.
No, you won't have killed him.
We're gonna find him
and you're gonna take care of him.
Come on over by the fire.
Come on.
(RUDY PANTING)
Sit down, here.
What are you doing?
No, I can't see it.
I was just trying to see if you look like
the monster you painted yourself to be.
Oh, Steve, I knew what was
happening to my lab animals...
two days before they went berserk.
I could've stopped it...
but I didn't want to let it go.
I don't know. Maybe I wanted
my name to stand out.
Be admired instead of...
Instead of what?
Don't you know who I am?
My father was Carl Osborne.
The man who sold all his
scientific secrets to the other side.
Rudy said he worked with your father
but he didn't say he was Carl Osborne.
Oh, he wouldn't.
Osborne is a household word
like Benedict Arnold.
Your father's dead.
He paid his debts.
When are you gonna stop punishing
yourself for his mistakes?
I'm not.
What do they call it when a person
cuts himself off from society?
How long has it been?
Five, six, seven years you've been
living in isolated places like this?
Where I research animal behavior.
Even scientists need more
than the company of animals.
Animals don't make judgments.
(RUDY PANTING)
(TUMBLING SOUNDS)
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
Look out!
Get down, Cheryl.
Get down.
(SCREECHING)
RUDY: Steve? Cheryl?
Go back! Leave me alone!
(BIONIC EYE SOUND EFFECT)
RUDY: I'm not gonna die!
I'm gonna live to show you who
has more power than anyone!
Anyone on this planet!
That's a propane tank from the lab.
Do you want to go after him?
Ah, I'd never catch him.
He's probably stronger
and faster than I am by now.
What will we do now?
I don't know.
Come on, Billy.
Better have that antidote ready
for when we do catch him.
Let's get back to the lab.
What's going through your head, Steve?
Why aren't you following me?
(PANTING)
You never gave up this easily before.
(PANTING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(GIBBERING)
You sure you're from the
back woods in Tanzania?
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Well, what do you think?
(GIBBERING)
Come on, Billy.
I don't see how you could ever
get the radio to work again.
Well, you know that and so do I,
but let's hope Rudy isn't so sure.
I rigged the antenna to look like
a stripped telegraph arrangement.
Do you think he'll fall for it?
If he doesn't, we've lost him.
How you doing?
Well, I distilled the last of the serum
that I was working on, but...
it's borderline insanity
to expect results.
Like you say, if we don't try,
we've lost him.
Good girl.
Steve? About last night?
Thank you.
For what?
Just for what you said.
(LOUD CRASHING)
RUDY: You should've
listened to me, Steve!
Look out!
Rudy? Rudy?
Cheryl!
Cheryl!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Rudy!
My legs!
STEVE: I can't move them!
It's magnetics!
Rudy! My legs.
I can't move them.
It's just temporary.
I used negative polarization to jam
the servomechanisms in your legs.
Don't you understand, I made you!
Only I know how to stop you!
Rudy. Let me down.
Time is running out.
Cheryl can help you.
Cheryl's got you brainwashed!
I gave you more credit than that.
Rudy, let me down.
I can prove what I'm saying.
I've got all the proof! need in this!
I can do things I've only seen you do...
and I like the feeling.
I'm not about to give it up for anyone!
Even you and Cheryl!
Cheryl! Get out of here!
(METAL CREAKING)
Every time one of you swears you're on
my side, you try something treacherous!
Oh, Rudy, please believe us!
You haven't got much time left!
I'm going to get some serum.
We're going back to the lab.
But... Oh, Rudy.
Stop! Think what you're doing!
I'm thinking all the time!
I'll be back.
Please, Rudy. Listen.
Let's go!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Oh, Rudy. You're feverish!
You're getting weaker all the time.
Please, let me help you.
All I need is more of the serum
you gave the chimps.
I don't have any!
It was destroyed when the test
animals broke out of the lab.
You're lying!
Rudy, you saw the lab.
Most of the equipment was wrecked.
Half my notes were wiped out.
Some I never even got to finish.
I've been running for my life
for three days.
Then make some!
Well then I've lost because
I won't make any more of it.
Not after I've seen the results.
Not after what it's done to you.
Never mind. I'll figure it out
myself from the tapes.
(GROANS)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
What're you doing?
It's the anti-serum.
Please, Rudy, let me try it on you.
You can't fool me.
I know you too well.
Rudy, look at your hands.
Your veins are distended.
You're sweaty, but you're chilled.
Your bones are aching!
It's not true!
Rudy, you have photophobia.
You keep blinking out the sun.
You can't stand the light.
It's the last sign.
Alright. Alright, so it's happening.
But you can help me.
All I need is more serum!
No!
(YELLS)
Steve! He's in quicksand!
RUDY: Steve! Help me!
You can't let me die this way!
Oh, Steve, be careful. I gave him an
anti-serum, but he's still dangerous.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
RUDY: Steve!
Steve!
Steve! I gave you your life once!
You know that!
You owe me!
Grab the rope!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
You pulled too hard!
Rudy! You gotta be absolutely still!
You're making it worse!
Don't move!
(COUGHING)
Here!
Steve?
Grab the rope, Rudy!
I can't see!
Watch out, Steve.
It may be another trick.
We'll just have to take that chance.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I can't move!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Rudy.
Give me your hand.
Steve. Go back.
Don't try, Steve.
I can't...
RUDY: Go back, Steve.
Rudy! Gimmie your hand. Try.
Go back... Go back...
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
CHERYL: Steve, wait!
The rope, it's gonna break!
STEVE: Hang on, Rudy.
Hang on.
(LOUD SNAP)
Ah! Steve, the rope!
Grab him, Cheryl.
It's okay, Steve.
I've got him.
His pulse is steady, Thank God.
Steve? Thanks, Steve.
Welcome back, friend.
Yes, Mr. Secretary.
Oh, yes, I recommend it.
Wonderful.
We all appreciate that very much.
Thank you.
Good.
Steve, we're going to continue
with Cheryl's experiments...
but, of course, it's going to be
in a lab that we can control.
That's good.
The potentials are fantastic.
Of course, the problems
won't be solved overnight.
(RUDY WHISTLES)
Hey, she's pretty. Look at that.
Hey!
What's her name?
Hello, hello.
Well.
Hey, what took you so long?
Oh, I was admiring Rudy's lab.
If I had equipment like that...
You're going to have
equipment like that.
You're going to have a lab of your own,
maybe not as elaborate as Rudy's.
You mean I can continue
with my experiments?
Right.
Oh, Oscar.
Thank you, that's fantastic.
You deserve it.
You're a hard working girl.
What do you say we go out
and have some lunch?
Washington has some
marvelous restaurants.
Well, Oscar,
we drew straws and you lost.
It was fair and square, Oscar.
What do you mean we lost?
You drew the short straw.
You don't get to have lunch with us.
What is this, Rudy?
One of us has to do it.
Come on, let's...
This is Billy. They wouldn't let
me keep him in my hotel room.
So, somebody has to keep him until
we can get a cage set up in Rudy's lab.
Wait a minute.
Just a second, now.
CHERYL:
He's very friendly, Oscar.
Only be gone two or three hours.
What?
Don't worry.
He'll do anything for a banana.
Where are you going?
(SCREECHES)
You ever consider
government service, Billy?
(END THEME MUSIC)