The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978): Season 5, Episode 9 - The Dark Side of the Moon: Part 2 - full transcript
STEVE (VO): Here are some scenes
from "Dark Side of the Moon, Part One".
LEITH: It's useless,
there's no dilanthium here.
Doctor, our sensors show
that there is dilanthium here.
I know you wanted to
continue mining the moon...
but you found nothing.
It's there!
Unlimited, clean energy.
O.S.I. knows the asteroids contain dilanthium,
that's why they sent us here.
We're returning to Earth.
And that is an order.
You've heard the plan?
You'll pilot the mission?
Ted says it could cost a lot of lives.
Possibly.
But then you wouldn't earn 5 million dollars
if it were an ordinary mission.
How much do you want that money?
A lot.
Now that I'm away from Dr. Leith
I think my appetite's coming back.
But let's not waste the day
talking business.
All discussion henceforth will be
limited to lobsters, wine or me.
Okay.
Dr. Leith invited me to join the
mining team on the asteroid.
There's no lobster,
no swimming pool...
but there are other compensations.
Doctor, I'd like you to
reconsider your choice of pilot.
I don't want you on my crew.
LEITH:
I've just had a call from Houston.
They have ordered us to abandon
this project and go to the moon.
To the moon?
But that's already been tried.
Dad, you yourself,
you sank a dozen sights.
On the light side of the moon...
but the dark side of the moon,
the volcanic side...
that where the dilanthium is.
But that rock's too hard
for anything but nuclear blasting.
(RUMBLING)
I've checked all the samples
and there's no trace of dilanthium.
It's here!
We're just not deep enough.
I'm going to 100 kilotons.
High yield nuclear explosives?
It's too dangerous.
STEVE: What would knock the
orbit out, a massive meteorite?
FRANK: Palomar has been
running visual checks.
RUDY:
There's a typhoon in Northern Japan.
There's a hurricane
along the Eastern seaboard.
There are tornados
through the Midwest.
Oscar, I'm going to the
dark side of the moon.
To what?
Steve, I'm not sure
it'll do any good.
Well, it's better than
sitting here waiting.
STEVE: The answer's
gotta be on the dark side.
He'll be crossing from full light
into absolute blackness.
It'll take him a few minutes
for his eyes to adjust.
That's when we get him.
One more step, Colonel Austin...
and you're the first
dead man on the moon.
STEVE (VO).' In a moment, the conclusion
of "Dark Side of the Moon, Part Two."
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)
STEVE: Clever,
radio relay to the asteroid.
Signals beamed to Earth are bounced
back down here and you get them.
LEITH: Go inside.
ERIC: I'll check the battery
on the relay antenna.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
This new hurricane...
the second in four hours
is building in the North Atlantic.
(PHONE BUZZES)
Any word from Colonel Austin
on the moon?
Yes, I happen to know that he's
on the dark side of the moon...
and I happen to know
he can't communicate.
But he can relay through
Dr. Leith on the asteroid.
Listen! I can give you all the reasons
why we haven't heard from him, too...
but I would like to hear
something positive!
Nothing.
Why isn't Steve
communicating with Dr. Leith?
Now I think you're bright enough to
realize that having gone this far...
I am not about to let squeamishness
keep me from my goal.
Mining dilanthium on the moon.
Yes.
In spite of what
you're doing to Earth.
There have been some
unfortunate side effects.
I regret them.
Hundreds of people killed
by the storms you caused...
towns destroyed by floods
and you regret?
I have fought against that kind of
sloppy sentimentality all of my life!
Haven't you ever heard of the greater
good for the greater number?
You're out of your mind.
Why, because I am realistic enough
to know that sooner or later...
death comes to us all?
What I have done up here
only means that...
for a few unfortunates on Earth...
It will come a little sooner.
So be it.
In the long run, they will have
served the common good.
Everything's secure.
Right.
What about him?
LEITH: We'll put him
in the ore carrier.
Get inside!
Stand back, Colonel.
ERIC:
That should keep him locked in.
LEITH: That gauge is pure titanium.
Nothing less powerful than one
of these laser guns will ever open it.
What about Bess and Hal?
They see him and the charade's over.
I'll take care of them.
HAL:
This rock is brutally hard.
I don't know whether we're gonna be
able to drill the 17 meters you want.
For the record,
I think this is a bust.
We're getting nowhere.
Come on, Bess.
Remember, Dad's numero uno.
He says we'll find dilanthium,
the stuff wouldn't dare not be here.
Now we're a team.
We gotta work together.
Remember, there's only four of us.
LEITH:
Actually, there are now five of us.
You may as well know.
We were not ordered to leave the asteroid
and set up mining on the moon.
You lied!
ERIC: Come on, Bess,
let's hear the rest of it.
Give him a chance to explain.
I have put my life...
my future on the line
for what I believe to be true.
I lied to Houston and to
the OS! and to you.
LEITH:
We must find dilanthium.
The end justifies the means.
You said there were five of us.
BESS:
Who else is on the moon?
Steve Austin.
Where?!
In confinement.
He is a threat to this expedition.
You could have told me.
You couldn't be blamed
for what you didn't know.
Don't pretend that you were
doing something for me.
You never have.
All that ever mattered was that great,
impersonal god, Science.
If I had told you,
what would you have done?
Nothing, I guess.
I never stood up to you in the past...
why would I start now?
Hal, what I'm trying to do is for the
good of every human being on Earth.
Sure. I believe you.
If I thought you were
doing something wrong...
and I'd have to do
something about it...
and we both know
I'm not man enough, don't we?
Steve!
Well, were you in on this
from the beginning?
No!
STEVE:
But you're a part of it now.
The explosions that shifted the moon's orbit
caused death and destruction on Earth.
I didn't know.
Leith said Earth ordered our transfer
here from the asteroid.
Eric, go help Hal in the mine.
We're behind schedule.
You knew what
would happen on Earth!
Yes.
Each of us has
our work to do, Bess.
That includes you.
Do you really think I'd have anything to do
with this now that I know what you are?
Listen to me, please.
If you're stubborn, who gets hurt?
Explain it to her.
LEITH: Since the mining is going to
continue in any case...
Bess should do
all she can to help.
Surely it's better that we ultimately
return to Earth with dilanthium.
He's got a point, Bess.
If you could stop him,
fine, but you can't.
And, if you have any ideas
about freeing Austin...
the only thing that can
do that is a laser gun.
You're not gonna get
your hands on one.
Just continue to analyze
the samples of the dig...
and let us know if we are
mining in the right direction.
I'll be in the lab.
I can deal with anything
but a moralizing dreamer.
LEITH:
I'm glad to see that you're a realist.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(METAL CREAKING)
This is taking forever.
We should blast.
Why waste time and effort?
To avoid wasting lives.
Keep digging.
I'll get these samples analyzed.
The rock may soften as we go on.
Leith moved to the moon
from the asteroid.
He's been mining
with nuclear explosives.
OSCAR: Steve, I don't know how soon
we can get an expedition up to help you.
STEVE:
Leith will go blasting.
Steve, this is Frank.
The Earth can't take much more.
OSCAR:
It's up to you, pal.
Somehow, you've got to stop him.
Okay, I don't know what I can...
Steve?
Steve!
The report on the rock is...
Where's Steve?
No metal fatigue,
no structural defect...
What have you done with him?
He broke out!
But that's impossible.
You're lying again.
If anything has happened to Steve...
Don't be silly!
There's only one
possible explanation.
I heard a rumor
sometime ago that...
the O.S.I. had succeeded
in making someone bionic.
Was he lying when he said
you got yourself out of the cage?
No.
You were right.
He was at the LEM.
Radio contact with Goldman?
They're probably preparing
a rescue expedition.
LEITH:
You can be sure of that.
Well, first things first.
What do I do with him?
I don't know.
To begin with, you can restore that
ore carrier to working condition.
We're going to need it
to transport the dilanthium.
I know that you're bionic.
No normal man could
have done that.
You want to be stubborn,
you'll also be dead.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(METAL CREAKING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I can't spare anyone
to guard you, Colonel.
I will allow you to remain free
if you give me your word not to interfere.
No deal.
I thought you were a realist.
You force me to commit murder,
the fault will be yours.
Eric, you know what'll happen
when you get back to Earth...
if you co-operated
in cold-blooded murder.
She's got a point.
ERIC: I just want the money
and a whole skin.
He's part machine.
Every machine has its weakness.
I won't pull this trigger
without some provocation.
ERIC: He would.
LEITH: I have every provocation.
You're a deadly threat to this mission.
Goldman will have an expedition
up here within a week.
If I have not found dilanthium
by that time, I'm finished.
Lam justified in anything
I do to stop that.
We will accelerate
our mining with atomic blasts, if that...
Atomic power.
Of course.
His bionics must be powered
by an atomic pack.
Cancel out the heat
generated by that source...
and Colonel Austin will grind to a halt.
How do we cancel the heat?
Intense cold, it's more than
cold enough on the surface.
LEITH:
Without a space suit, he'd die.
But you can't kill him.
I'm doing what I can to save him.
Eric, that tunnel off-shoot
where we began mining...
how far below the surface
would you say that is?
I can tell you exactly.
It's just under two meters.
Then a steel rod driven into that
chamber from the surface...
would create a temperature
close to absolute zero.
And Austin in contact with that rod
would be chilled enough to be helpless.
You replace Hal at the digging
while he positions the steel rod.
What about her?
Where do we stand?
We still need you in the lab,
but obviously you can't be trusted.
Allowing you to go free
is a calculated risk, but minimal.
Needless to say, Colonel Austin
is hostage to your good behavior.
(LOUD RUMBLING)
BESS: What is it?
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(LOUD CLANG)
What's happened?
I have great respect
for your abilities, Colonel.
So much that I will not risk
your doing anything to interfere.
Remember that.
What happened in the mine?
I don't know,
but I mean to find out.
I hit a steam vent, it blew.
That tunnel's a death trap.
Can't we dig under?
No way, you gotta come at it
from another angle.
LEITH:
It's too late for that.
Mirrors... sun... heat rod.
Can we blast out the vent?
Not likely considering the
geologic formation.
Hal, show me what happened.
And then I have a job for you,
driving a rod in from the surface.
Eric, take the Colonel
into the mine chamber...
and don't take your eyes off him.
Bess, like the man said,
we need your services.
In the lab.
It's subsiding.
Must have been a small pocket.
You'd better get back
to the surface.
That'll free Eric
to guard Austin.
I have a proposition
for you, Colonel.
You've got a captive audience.
A combination of steam and
an almost impervious layer of rock...
have put a stop
to our mining operations.
I need your help to
overcome that problem.
No deal.
I intend to drill another 16 meters...
and then set off a megaton blast.
That would do five times the damage
you've already done to Earth.
You've only yourself
to blame for that.
If you hadn't called Goldman,
I would have more time.
The big blast could have been avoided.
I have made my decision.
The question is yours.
Your help?
You knew I wouldn't
go along with that.
You've got to have some kind of hook
that you think will drag me in.
I can't prevent what is going
to happen to Earth.
You can't?
I don't want to split words
with you, Colonel.
If you prefer, I won't prevent it
because I know that I am right.
However, I would want to
minimize the destruction...
to the degree that is feasible.
Where do I fit in?
In exchange for your help
in digging the hole for the explosive...
I offer you 30 seconds on our radio.
You can warn Earth...
give them the direction and
strength of the blast that is coming.
They can work out the coordinates
and evacuate some of the people...
in the areas that
would be most affected.
If I refuse?
If you refuse, I will need more
explosives to reach the dilanthium.
You can't stop me...
but you can reduce the additional
destruction and human suffering...
that you will be causing.
I have been very patient with you.
Now it's time for your decision.
Should I wire him to the rod?
If that's his choice.
Your stubbornness will be
very costly on Earth.
I have your word I'll be able to
talk to Oscar on the radio?
Yes.
How much time will be allowed
for the people on Earth to evacuate?
Two hours starting now.
Every minute that you waste is time taken
away from the margin of help to Earth.
Let's go.
Start digging here.
What if I hit another steam pocket?
Well, that will be too bad, won't it?
We haven't got time
to think about that now.
Start digging, Colonel!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
All right, that's it.
That's your 16 meters.
Now let me talk to Oscar.
You and Hal set the charge.
I'll go with Colonel Austin.
This is Pluto One.
Put me through to Oscar Goldman.
It's an emergency.
CAPCOM:
O.S.I., this is Houston.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
(RUMBLING THUNDER CONTINUES)
This is O.S.I.
Dr. Leith, this is
Oscar Goldman speaking.
I know! can't appeal to you
to stop whatever you're doing...
but would you please tell us
what happened to Colonel Austin?
He's all right at the moment.
Mr. Goldman,
we have very little time...
and it is to your advantage
that you waste none of it.
I'm going to allow Colonel Austin
to deliver a message to you.
He will have 30 seconds
and no more, do you understand that?
No!
Why can't he talk longer than that?
What's happening?
I will answer no questions.
Colonel Austin's 30 seconds
begin right now.
Oscar, just listen
and take down these figures.
Patch in the tape, Frank.
Leith's operation is established
on the dark side of the moon...
at longitude 147.8, latitude 21.6.
That is where a one megaton
nuclear device will be detonated...
at a depth of 42 meters in exactly
one hour and 49 minutes.
I've got the numbers.
Go ahead.
There's no way to stop the blast...
and there's nothing
you can do about it from Earth.
Compute the alteration in the Moon's orbit
and locations of maximum effect on Earth.
By starting evacuation procedures
immediately, you can save some lives.
Should there be any change,
I think Leith will let me contact you...
Down below!
This is a Red Alert.
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, civil disaster
organizations, the works.
I want everybody working flat out.
We'll concentrate on the cities
on the eastern part of the United States.
That's right.
From Maine to the tip of Florida.
I'll give you the specifics as soon
as we get it from the computer.
Thank you.
Rudy, what do you got?
The worst area in our country will
be from Boston to the Carolinas.
Now we've alerted the Russians
to expect tidal waves near Vladovistok...
and of course our Western European
friends are being kept informed.
They're gonna be hit
harder than we are.
And there's nothing we can do
as long as Steve is helpless.
That should do.
LEITH: Very good.
My left arm isn't bionic.
Word of honor?
Eric, some insulation between
his left arm and the pole, quickly!
There's no justification for
unnecessary suffering or harm.
Very good.
Is it all right, Colonel?
Both legs?
Excellent job.
However, Colonel Austin has an ally
in our charming little chemist.
We can lock up all the tools
that might possibly cut wire...
but I wouldn't want her
to untwist it...
so we'll fuse the ends together.
Now I think we better join Hal.
I want that detonator
installed and ready.
Right.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
I got the mirrors set as fast as I could.
Do you think it'll work?
In time,
if they don't notice it first.
I'll get the wire cutters.
No, never mind.
Leith locked all the cutting tools up.
Besides, it wouldn't do any good.
Where is he?
He's setting the blast.
That means once it's set, he'll pass
back by here on his way to the airlock.
Steve, what am I gonna do?
This pole,
its warming from the top.
If I could get my arms up there,
maybe I can get some strength back.
Push 'em up.
(GROANS)
Just gonna have to wait
until it melts down.
Be sure that the detonator
is set at the precise time.
Once it is, the timer will be fused
so it can not be reset.
We've got leeway.
We can do the blast early.
We'll be out of the way.
I gave my word.
It'd serve no purpose
to break it.
Suit yourself.
It's getting there.
(STEPS APPROACHING)
Buy me some time with Leith.
Okay.
Come on.
Doctor, I really
owe you an apology.
Why?
I still disagree with what you did...
but I doubted that you'd find
dilanthium on the moon...
and I was wrong.
Astonishing change of heart.
BESS: The analysis I just ran showed
a strong indication of rich ore.
The samples at the 37-meter level
are far and away the best.
LEITH:
Then we've dug past the lode.
You suggest that we re-set our charges?
Perhaps dig through the side wall
to verify the direction of the vein.
You're lying.
I'm telling you the truth!
I would guess that Austin
is involved in this charade.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(WHIP CRACKS)
Hold it, Eric!
STEVE: Drop the laser!
You just touched a cord to the
humanitarian side of my soul.
Get the laser, Bess!
Watch 'em while I tie 'em up.
Sorry, your work
on the moon is over, Doctor.
Bess, I'll get 'em tied up,
you get 'em back up to the space lab...
and I'll disarm the explosive.
You can't, it's too late.
Nobody can.
Nothing can stop the blast.
He's telling the truth.
If you try to alter it,
it's gonna explode immediately.
The blast will kill us all
here underground...
but we'll have the dilanthium
even though I don't live to see it.
Bess, take 'em up to the lab.
This whole operation, Bess...
I know that there are things
terribly wrong about it...
but we didn't start it
and we can't stop it.
We might as well take advantage
of what it'll do for our careers.
Maybe you're the worst.
Leith is blind.
Eric is hung up on excitement...
but you, you have no excuse.
You just won't
stand up to your father...
even when you know about
the terrible things he's done.
He was right before.
What if he is now?
Leith told the truth.
No way to stop the blast.
All right, come on,
into the air lock!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Pluto One calling Houston.
Pluto One calling Houston.
CAPCOM:
This is Houston, Pluto One.
We're patching you
through to O.S.I.
Steve, are you all right?
Oscar, the bomb is set.
I can't defuse it.
Well, are you in
a protective area at least?
Yes, but what's gonna
happen to Earth?
Steve, the process that's
underway will accelerate.
The moon is moving closer
to the Earth with each revolution.
Before we can mount
an expedition or do anything...
the gravitational pull will
destroy beyond belief
Oscar, we get nine minutes
before the blast.
There must be something I can do.
Well, why don't you move it?
Throw it out into space.
It might delay the inevitable.
The device is motion sensitive.
If I move it, it blows immediately.
There's one
long shot alternative.
A shaped blast.
(DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES)
You mean all the force
of the explosion in one direction, Rudy?
I know what he's talking about.
If I can do it when the moon
is furthest from Earth...
we might push the moon
back to its old circular orbit.
But Steve, can you shape
the charge without exploding it?
Well, let's find out.
Get the computer to work
on the shape and direction.
I'll feed cable down to the blast site
so I can maintain radio communication.
OS CAR: Right.
Pluto One out.
Come on.
Frank, get over to NASA...
get those computers ready to verify
any figures that might come in.
This is our last chance.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You ready?
Yeah.
Oscar, Steve's ready.
OSCAR: Bess?
I'm gonna let Rudy take it from here.
Is the device in a steel casing?
Yes.
Well, Steve will have to press it
into the right shape.
Now give me the dimensions.
Well, a spheroid.
Diameter, 24 inches.
Base, 14 inches.
Detonator inserted
at a 45-degree angle.
Got it.
Okay.
The sides must be concave
below the median axis.
Got it?
I'll have to ease it back.
(DEVICE BEEPING)
Rudy, I can't do it.
The bomb will go critical.
There's no alternative.
Now when you have it in shape...
it must be oriented to latitude 35.5.
BESS:
It's impossible.
Bess, there's
a sextant in the space lab.
Can you use it?
Sure.
All right, I need a reading to know
the exact orientation of this mine shaft.
Bring back the sextant.
Okay.
Rudy, I'd just as soon she be out of here
for the next part of this operation.
It's gonna be dangerous?
STEVE:
The device is on too small of a platform.
Even if I press it into the
shape you want, it won't balance.
It'll tilt, bang and goodbye.
Is there anything you can do?
Well, I can try to make another
platform, move this thing onto it.
Well, you said if you moved it...
Well, it won't blow
if I keep it absolutely steady...
vertically,
horizontally and diagonally.
And if you hear a loud noise,
you know! didn't keep it steady.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(DEVICE BEEPING)
(BEEPS FASTER)
(STEADY BEEP)
RUDY: What's happening?
(DEVICE BEEPING)
Did you hear a loud noise?
RUDY: No.
Well, I guess it didn't go off.
Steve, you've only got 80 seconds.
The shaft is 13 degrees
off parallel latitude.
How did you...
I don't know and I'd rather
not think about it.
Thanks, Bess.
Go on back, there's nothing
more you can do here.
No.
When the time comes,
I can run a little faster than you.
I don't want you in my way.
Now git!
Be careful.
That's level.
Okay, Rudy, here goes.
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
RUDY: Now keep me posted,
will you, Steve?
If you don't hear anything,
that's good news.
I'm working on it.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
RUDY: 50 seconds.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
40 seconds.
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
30 seconds.
Latitude 35.4?
RUDY: Got it.
Steve, you've got 20 seconds.
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
12 seconds!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Where are you, Steve?
RUDY: Come in!
BESS: Steve!
Well, the moon's in its heaven and
I think maybe it's back where it belongs.
You fella's need anything,
you just knock.
OSCAR:
Calling Pluto One, calling Pluto One.
Pluto One, go ahead.
Steve, we just got a final report.
The moon's orbit is back to normal.
The weather's clearing
and I'd say we're all in fine shape.
You did a fine job, pal.
Well, we struck out in one area.
There's no dilanthium in the mine.
Well, we'll get enough
from the asteroids.
An expedition to relieve you
will blast off tomorrow.
No rush.
We're comfortable.
At least, Bess and I are.
Well, I had no doubt about that.
See you soon, pal.
Pluto One out.
Well, from blast-off to touchdown,
that's four days.
With nothing to do.
You might say it'd be a nice,
little vacation.
Exactly what I had in mind.
Of course, there's no sun
and no swimming pools.
But, some compensations.
Absolutely.
Table for two?
What's that?
That's Maine lobster
and Moselle wine, 1971, naturally.
Naturally. My favorite.
Would you slice me
a piece of wine, please?
I surely would.
(END THEME MUSIC)
from "Dark Side of the Moon, Part One".
LEITH: It's useless,
there's no dilanthium here.
Doctor, our sensors show
that there is dilanthium here.
I know you wanted to
continue mining the moon...
but you found nothing.
It's there!
Unlimited, clean energy.
O.S.I. knows the asteroids contain dilanthium,
that's why they sent us here.
We're returning to Earth.
And that is an order.
You've heard the plan?
You'll pilot the mission?
Ted says it could cost a lot of lives.
Possibly.
But then you wouldn't earn 5 million dollars
if it were an ordinary mission.
How much do you want that money?
A lot.
Now that I'm away from Dr. Leith
I think my appetite's coming back.
But let's not waste the day
talking business.
All discussion henceforth will be
limited to lobsters, wine or me.
Okay.
Dr. Leith invited me to join the
mining team on the asteroid.
There's no lobster,
no swimming pool...
but there are other compensations.
Doctor, I'd like you to
reconsider your choice of pilot.
I don't want you on my crew.
LEITH:
I've just had a call from Houston.
They have ordered us to abandon
this project and go to the moon.
To the moon?
But that's already been tried.
Dad, you yourself,
you sank a dozen sights.
On the light side of the moon...
but the dark side of the moon,
the volcanic side...
that where the dilanthium is.
But that rock's too hard
for anything but nuclear blasting.
(RUMBLING)
I've checked all the samples
and there's no trace of dilanthium.
It's here!
We're just not deep enough.
I'm going to 100 kilotons.
High yield nuclear explosives?
It's too dangerous.
STEVE: What would knock the
orbit out, a massive meteorite?
FRANK: Palomar has been
running visual checks.
RUDY:
There's a typhoon in Northern Japan.
There's a hurricane
along the Eastern seaboard.
There are tornados
through the Midwest.
Oscar, I'm going to the
dark side of the moon.
To what?
Steve, I'm not sure
it'll do any good.
Well, it's better than
sitting here waiting.
STEVE: The answer's
gotta be on the dark side.
He'll be crossing from full light
into absolute blackness.
It'll take him a few minutes
for his eyes to adjust.
That's when we get him.
One more step, Colonel Austin...
and you're the first
dead man on the moon.
STEVE (VO).' In a moment, the conclusion
of "Dark Side of the Moon, Part Two."
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)
STEVE: Clever,
radio relay to the asteroid.
Signals beamed to Earth are bounced
back down here and you get them.
LEITH: Go inside.
ERIC: I'll check the battery
on the relay antenna.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
This new hurricane...
the second in four hours
is building in the North Atlantic.
(PHONE BUZZES)
Any word from Colonel Austin
on the moon?
Yes, I happen to know that he's
on the dark side of the moon...
and I happen to know
he can't communicate.
But he can relay through
Dr. Leith on the asteroid.
Listen! I can give you all the reasons
why we haven't heard from him, too...
but I would like to hear
something positive!
Nothing.
Why isn't Steve
communicating with Dr. Leith?
Now I think you're bright enough to
realize that having gone this far...
I am not about to let squeamishness
keep me from my goal.
Mining dilanthium on the moon.
Yes.
In spite of what
you're doing to Earth.
There have been some
unfortunate side effects.
I regret them.
Hundreds of people killed
by the storms you caused...
towns destroyed by floods
and you regret?
I have fought against that kind of
sloppy sentimentality all of my life!
Haven't you ever heard of the greater
good for the greater number?
You're out of your mind.
Why, because I am realistic enough
to know that sooner or later...
death comes to us all?
What I have done up here
only means that...
for a few unfortunates on Earth...
It will come a little sooner.
So be it.
In the long run, they will have
served the common good.
Everything's secure.
Right.
What about him?
LEITH: We'll put him
in the ore carrier.
Get inside!
Stand back, Colonel.
ERIC:
That should keep him locked in.
LEITH: That gauge is pure titanium.
Nothing less powerful than one
of these laser guns will ever open it.
What about Bess and Hal?
They see him and the charade's over.
I'll take care of them.
HAL:
This rock is brutally hard.
I don't know whether we're gonna be
able to drill the 17 meters you want.
For the record,
I think this is a bust.
We're getting nowhere.
Come on, Bess.
Remember, Dad's numero uno.
He says we'll find dilanthium,
the stuff wouldn't dare not be here.
Now we're a team.
We gotta work together.
Remember, there's only four of us.
LEITH:
Actually, there are now five of us.
You may as well know.
We were not ordered to leave the asteroid
and set up mining on the moon.
You lied!
ERIC: Come on, Bess,
let's hear the rest of it.
Give him a chance to explain.
I have put my life...
my future on the line
for what I believe to be true.
I lied to Houston and to
the OS! and to you.
LEITH:
We must find dilanthium.
The end justifies the means.
You said there were five of us.
BESS:
Who else is on the moon?
Steve Austin.
Where?!
In confinement.
He is a threat to this expedition.
You could have told me.
You couldn't be blamed
for what you didn't know.
Don't pretend that you were
doing something for me.
You never have.
All that ever mattered was that great,
impersonal god, Science.
If I had told you,
what would you have done?
Nothing, I guess.
I never stood up to you in the past...
why would I start now?
Hal, what I'm trying to do is for the
good of every human being on Earth.
Sure. I believe you.
If I thought you were
doing something wrong...
and I'd have to do
something about it...
and we both know
I'm not man enough, don't we?
Steve!
Well, were you in on this
from the beginning?
No!
STEVE:
But you're a part of it now.
The explosions that shifted the moon's orbit
caused death and destruction on Earth.
I didn't know.
Leith said Earth ordered our transfer
here from the asteroid.
Eric, go help Hal in the mine.
We're behind schedule.
You knew what
would happen on Earth!
Yes.
Each of us has
our work to do, Bess.
That includes you.
Do you really think I'd have anything to do
with this now that I know what you are?
Listen to me, please.
If you're stubborn, who gets hurt?
Explain it to her.
LEITH: Since the mining is going to
continue in any case...
Bess should do
all she can to help.
Surely it's better that we ultimately
return to Earth with dilanthium.
He's got a point, Bess.
If you could stop him,
fine, but you can't.
And, if you have any ideas
about freeing Austin...
the only thing that can
do that is a laser gun.
You're not gonna get
your hands on one.
Just continue to analyze
the samples of the dig...
and let us know if we are
mining in the right direction.
I'll be in the lab.
I can deal with anything
but a moralizing dreamer.
LEITH:
I'm glad to see that you're a realist.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(METAL CREAKING)
This is taking forever.
We should blast.
Why waste time and effort?
To avoid wasting lives.
Keep digging.
I'll get these samples analyzed.
The rock may soften as we go on.
Leith moved to the moon
from the asteroid.
He's been mining
with nuclear explosives.
OSCAR: Steve, I don't know how soon
we can get an expedition up to help you.
STEVE:
Leith will go blasting.
Steve, this is Frank.
The Earth can't take much more.
OSCAR:
It's up to you, pal.
Somehow, you've got to stop him.
Okay, I don't know what I can...
Steve?
Steve!
The report on the rock is...
Where's Steve?
No metal fatigue,
no structural defect...
What have you done with him?
He broke out!
But that's impossible.
You're lying again.
If anything has happened to Steve...
Don't be silly!
There's only one
possible explanation.
I heard a rumor
sometime ago that...
the O.S.I. had succeeded
in making someone bionic.
Was he lying when he said
you got yourself out of the cage?
No.
You were right.
He was at the LEM.
Radio contact with Goldman?
They're probably preparing
a rescue expedition.
LEITH:
You can be sure of that.
Well, first things first.
What do I do with him?
I don't know.
To begin with, you can restore that
ore carrier to working condition.
We're going to need it
to transport the dilanthium.
I know that you're bionic.
No normal man could
have done that.
You want to be stubborn,
you'll also be dead.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(METAL CREAKING)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
I can't spare anyone
to guard you, Colonel.
I will allow you to remain free
if you give me your word not to interfere.
No deal.
I thought you were a realist.
You force me to commit murder,
the fault will be yours.
Eric, you know what'll happen
when you get back to Earth...
if you co-operated
in cold-blooded murder.
She's got a point.
ERIC: I just want the money
and a whole skin.
He's part machine.
Every machine has its weakness.
I won't pull this trigger
without some provocation.
ERIC: He would.
LEITH: I have every provocation.
You're a deadly threat to this mission.
Goldman will have an expedition
up here within a week.
If I have not found dilanthium
by that time, I'm finished.
Lam justified in anything
I do to stop that.
We will accelerate
our mining with atomic blasts, if that...
Atomic power.
Of course.
His bionics must be powered
by an atomic pack.
Cancel out the heat
generated by that source...
and Colonel Austin will grind to a halt.
How do we cancel the heat?
Intense cold, it's more than
cold enough on the surface.
LEITH:
Without a space suit, he'd die.
But you can't kill him.
I'm doing what I can to save him.
Eric, that tunnel off-shoot
where we began mining...
how far below the surface
would you say that is?
I can tell you exactly.
It's just under two meters.
Then a steel rod driven into that
chamber from the surface...
would create a temperature
close to absolute zero.
And Austin in contact with that rod
would be chilled enough to be helpless.
You replace Hal at the digging
while he positions the steel rod.
What about her?
Where do we stand?
We still need you in the lab,
but obviously you can't be trusted.
Allowing you to go free
is a calculated risk, but minimal.
Needless to say, Colonel Austin
is hostage to your good behavior.
(LOUD RUMBLING)
BESS: What is it?
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(LOUD CLANG)
What's happened?
I have great respect
for your abilities, Colonel.
So much that I will not risk
your doing anything to interfere.
Remember that.
What happened in the mine?
I don't know,
but I mean to find out.
I hit a steam vent, it blew.
That tunnel's a death trap.
Can't we dig under?
No way, you gotta come at it
from another angle.
LEITH:
It's too late for that.
Mirrors... sun... heat rod.
Can we blast out the vent?
Not likely considering the
geologic formation.
Hal, show me what happened.
And then I have a job for you,
driving a rod in from the surface.
Eric, take the Colonel
into the mine chamber...
and don't take your eyes off him.
Bess, like the man said,
we need your services.
In the lab.
It's subsiding.
Must have been a small pocket.
You'd better get back
to the surface.
That'll free Eric
to guard Austin.
I have a proposition
for you, Colonel.
You've got a captive audience.
A combination of steam and
an almost impervious layer of rock...
have put a stop
to our mining operations.
I need your help to
overcome that problem.
No deal.
I intend to drill another 16 meters...
and then set off a megaton blast.
That would do five times the damage
you've already done to Earth.
You've only yourself
to blame for that.
If you hadn't called Goldman,
I would have more time.
The big blast could have been avoided.
I have made my decision.
The question is yours.
Your help?
You knew I wouldn't
go along with that.
You've got to have some kind of hook
that you think will drag me in.
I can't prevent what is going
to happen to Earth.
You can't?
I don't want to split words
with you, Colonel.
If you prefer, I won't prevent it
because I know that I am right.
However, I would want to
minimize the destruction...
to the degree that is feasible.
Where do I fit in?
In exchange for your help
in digging the hole for the explosive...
I offer you 30 seconds on our radio.
You can warn Earth...
give them the direction and
strength of the blast that is coming.
They can work out the coordinates
and evacuate some of the people...
in the areas that
would be most affected.
If I refuse?
If you refuse, I will need more
explosives to reach the dilanthium.
You can't stop me...
but you can reduce the additional
destruction and human suffering...
that you will be causing.
I have been very patient with you.
Now it's time for your decision.
Should I wire him to the rod?
If that's his choice.
Your stubbornness will be
very costly on Earth.
I have your word I'll be able to
talk to Oscar on the radio?
Yes.
How much time will be allowed
for the people on Earth to evacuate?
Two hours starting now.
Every minute that you waste is time taken
away from the margin of help to Earth.
Let's go.
Start digging here.
What if I hit another steam pocket?
Well, that will be too bad, won't it?
We haven't got time
to think about that now.
Start digging, Colonel!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
All right, that's it.
That's your 16 meters.
Now let me talk to Oscar.
You and Hal set the charge.
I'll go with Colonel Austin.
This is Pluto One.
Put me through to Oscar Goldman.
It's an emergency.
CAPCOM:
O.S.I., this is Houston.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
(RUMBLING THUNDER CONTINUES)
This is O.S.I.
Dr. Leith, this is
Oscar Goldman speaking.
I know! can't appeal to you
to stop whatever you're doing...
but would you please tell us
what happened to Colonel Austin?
He's all right at the moment.
Mr. Goldman,
we have very little time...
and it is to your advantage
that you waste none of it.
I'm going to allow Colonel Austin
to deliver a message to you.
He will have 30 seconds
and no more, do you understand that?
No!
Why can't he talk longer than that?
What's happening?
I will answer no questions.
Colonel Austin's 30 seconds
begin right now.
Oscar, just listen
and take down these figures.
Patch in the tape, Frank.
Leith's operation is established
on the dark side of the moon...
at longitude 147.8, latitude 21.6.
That is where a one megaton
nuclear device will be detonated...
at a depth of 42 meters in exactly
one hour and 49 minutes.
I've got the numbers.
Go ahead.
There's no way to stop the blast...
and there's nothing
you can do about it from Earth.
Compute the alteration in the Moon's orbit
and locations of maximum effect on Earth.
By starting evacuation procedures
immediately, you can save some lives.
Should there be any change,
I think Leith will let me contact you...
Down below!
This is a Red Alert.
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, civil disaster
organizations, the works.
I want everybody working flat out.
We'll concentrate on the cities
on the eastern part of the United States.
That's right.
From Maine to the tip of Florida.
I'll give you the specifics as soon
as we get it from the computer.
Thank you.
Rudy, what do you got?
The worst area in our country will
be from Boston to the Carolinas.
Now we've alerted the Russians
to expect tidal waves near Vladovistok...
and of course our Western European
friends are being kept informed.
They're gonna be hit
harder than we are.
And there's nothing we can do
as long as Steve is helpless.
That should do.
LEITH: Very good.
My left arm isn't bionic.
Word of honor?
Eric, some insulation between
his left arm and the pole, quickly!
There's no justification for
unnecessary suffering or harm.
Very good.
Is it all right, Colonel?
Both legs?
Excellent job.
However, Colonel Austin has an ally
in our charming little chemist.
We can lock up all the tools
that might possibly cut wire...
but I wouldn't want her
to untwist it...
so we'll fuse the ends together.
Now I think we better join Hal.
I want that detonator
installed and ready.
Right.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
I got the mirrors set as fast as I could.
Do you think it'll work?
In time,
if they don't notice it first.
I'll get the wire cutters.
No, never mind.
Leith locked all the cutting tools up.
Besides, it wouldn't do any good.
Where is he?
He's setting the blast.
That means once it's set, he'll pass
back by here on his way to the airlock.
Steve, what am I gonna do?
This pole,
its warming from the top.
If I could get my arms up there,
maybe I can get some strength back.
Push 'em up.
(GROANS)
Just gonna have to wait
until it melts down.
Be sure that the detonator
is set at the precise time.
Once it is, the timer will be fused
so it can not be reset.
We've got leeway.
We can do the blast early.
We'll be out of the way.
I gave my word.
It'd serve no purpose
to break it.
Suit yourself.
It's getting there.
(STEPS APPROACHING)
Buy me some time with Leith.
Okay.
Come on.
Doctor, I really
owe you an apology.
Why?
I still disagree with what you did...
but I doubted that you'd find
dilanthium on the moon...
and I was wrong.
Astonishing change of heart.
BESS: The analysis I just ran showed
a strong indication of rich ore.
The samples at the 37-meter level
are far and away the best.
LEITH:
Then we've dug past the lode.
You suggest that we re-set our charges?
Perhaps dig through the side wall
to verify the direction of the vein.
You're lying.
I'm telling you the truth!
I would guess that Austin
is involved in this charade.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(WHIP CRACKS)
Hold it, Eric!
STEVE: Drop the laser!
You just touched a cord to the
humanitarian side of my soul.
Get the laser, Bess!
Watch 'em while I tie 'em up.
Sorry, your work
on the moon is over, Doctor.
Bess, I'll get 'em tied up,
you get 'em back up to the space lab...
and I'll disarm the explosive.
You can't, it's too late.
Nobody can.
Nothing can stop the blast.
He's telling the truth.
If you try to alter it,
it's gonna explode immediately.
The blast will kill us all
here underground...
but we'll have the dilanthium
even though I don't live to see it.
Bess, take 'em up to the lab.
This whole operation, Bess...
I know that there are things
terribly wrong about it...
but we didn't start it
and we can't stop it.
We might as well take advantage
of what it'll do for our careers.
Maybe you're the worst.
Leith is blind.
Eric is hung up on excitement...
but you, you have no excuse.
You just won't
stand up to your father...
even when you know about
the terrible things he's done.
He was right before.
What if he is now?
Leith told the truth.
No way to stop the blast.
All right, come on,
into the air lock!
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
Pluto One calling Houston.
Pluto One calling Houston.
CAPCOM:
This is Houston, Pluto One.
We're patching you
through to O.S.I.
Steve, are you all right?
Oscar, the bomb is set.
I can't defuse it.
Well, are you in
a protective area at least?
Yes, but what's gonna
happen to Earth?
Steve, the process that's
underway will accelerate.
The moon is moving closer
to the Earth with each revolution.
Before we can mount
an expedition or do anything...
the gravitational pull will
destroy beyond belief
Oscar, we get nine minutes
before the blast.
There must be something I can do.
Well, why don't you move it?
Throw it out into space.
It might delay the inevitable.
The device is motion sensitive.
If I move it, it blows immediately.
There's one
long shot alternative.
A shaped blast.
(DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES)
You mean all the force
of the explosion in one direction, Rudy?
I know what he's talking about.
If I can do it when the moon
is furthest from Earth...
we might push the moon
back to its old circular orbit.
But Steve, can you shape
the charge without exploding it?
Well, let's find out.
Get the computer to work
on the shape and direction.
I'll feed cable down to the blast site
so I can maintain radio communication.
OS CAR: Right.
Pluto One out.
Come on.
Frank, get over to NASA...
get those computers ready to verify
any figures that might come in.
This is our last chance.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You ready?
Yeah.
Oscar, Steve's ready.
OSCAR: Bess?
I'm gonna let Rudy take it from here.
Is the device in a steel casing?
Yes.
Well, Steve will have to press it
into the right shape.
Now give me the dimensions.
Well, a spheroid.
Diameter, 24 inches.
Base, 14 inches.
Detonator inserted
at a 45-degree angle.
Got it.
Okay.
The sides must be concave
below the median axis.
Got it?
I'll have to ease it back.
(DEVICE BEEPING)
Rudy, I can't do it.
The bomb will go critical.
There's no alternative.
Now when you have it in shape...
it must be oriented to latitude 35.5.
BESS:
It's impossible.
Bess, there's
a sextant in the space lab.
Can you use it?
Sure.
All right, I need a reading to know
the exact orientation of this mine shaft.
Bring back the sextant.
Okay.
Rudy, I'd just as soon she be out of here
for the next part of this operation.
It's gonna be dangerous?
STEVE:
The device is on too small of a platform.
Even if I press it into the
shape you want, it won't balance.
It'll tilt, bang and goodbye.
Is there anything you can do?
Well, I can try to make another
platform, move this thing onto it.
Well, you said if you moved it...
Well, it won't blow
if I keep it absolutely steady...
vertically,
horizontally and diagonally.
And if you hear a loud noise,
you know! didn't keep it steady.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(DEVICE BEEPING)
(BEEPS FASTER)
(STEADY BEEP)
RUDY: What's happening?
(DEVICE BEEPING)
Did you hear a loud noise?
RUDY: No.
Well, I guess it didn't go off.
Steve, you've only got 80 seconds.
The shaft is 13 degrees
off parallel latitude.
How did you...
I don't know and I'd rather
not think about it.
Thanks, Bess.
Go on back, there's nothing
more you can do here.
No.
When the time comes,
I can run a little faster than you.
I don't want you in my way.
Now git!
Be careful.
That's level.
Okay, Rudy, here goes.
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
RUDY: Now keep me posted,
will you, Steve?
If you don't hear anything,
that's good news.
I'm working on it.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
RUDY: 50 seconds.
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
40 seconds.
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
30 seconds.
Latitude 35.4?
RUDY: Got it.
Steve, you've got 20 seconds.
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)
12 seconds!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Where are you, Steve?
RUDY: Come in!
BESS: Steve!
Well, the moon's in its heaven and
I think maybe it's back where it belongs.
You fella's need anything,
you just knock.
OSCAR:
Calling Pluto One, calling Pluto One.
Pluto One, go ahead.
Steve, we just got a final report.
The moon's orbit is back to normal.
The weather's clearing
and I'd say we're all in fine shape.
You did a fine job, pal.
Well, we struck out in one area.
There's no dilanthium in the mine.
Well, we'll get enough
from the asteroids.
An expedition to relieve you
will blast off tomorrow.
No rush.
We're comfortable.
At least, Bess and I are.
Well, I had no doubt about that.
See you soon, pal.
Pluto One out.
Well, from blast-off to touchdown,
that's four days.
With nothing to do.
You might say it'd be a nice,
little vacation.
Exactly what I had in mind.
Of course, there's no sun
and no swimming pools.
But, some compensations.
Absolutely.
Table for two?
What's that?
That's Maine lobster
and Moselle wine, 1971, naturally.
Naturally. My favorite.
Would you slice me
a piece of wine, please?
I surely would.
(END THEME MUSIC)