Wonder Woman (1975–1979): Season 3, Episode 21 - The Boy Who Knew Her Secret: Part 2 - full transcript

With a boy knowing that she is really Wonder Woman, Diana Prince continues her battle against a mysterious alien invasion.

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That fast, huh?

Well, you're gonna
have to prove it.

Now you must tell me the truth.

I already know that
you're from another world

and that there are 99 of you.

Why have you come here?



An enemy is hiding here.

- What kind of enemy?
- A murderer.

Eight hundred people
on one planet alone

died because of him.

Well, you're gonna have to take
your little war somewhere else.

If you prevent us from capturing
him, others will come.

'We have a job to do'

'and the souls of the beings
we're using cannot return'

'until we've accomplished
our goal.'

Not one moment before.

Alright, who is it
that you're after?

And whose body is he inhabiting?

Answer me.

He's not like us.



He can become whatever he wants
whenever he wants.

'Are you telling me
that you're after someone'

who can disguise himself
as anything or anyone?

Well, how are you
going to find him?

He's in danger
as long as we're here.

'He'll find us.'

You've put me
in a very bad position.

I have no choice but to let you

and the others go about
your business.

However, you will pass
the word along

that Diana Prince, Skip Keller
and Cameron Michaels

have become one of you.
Understood?

You're to leave them alone.

'And you will also forget'

'everything
that we have talked about.'

- 'Skip?'
- In here.

Cameron, the man who was
with me, did he come back?

I haven't seen him.

What happened?

He can become whatever he wants
whenever he wants.

Let's not talk here.

- Why not?
- I'll explain later.

Is there someplace else
we can go?

Yeah, my hideout,
right outside of town.

- It's not far. I'll show you.
- Okay.

'You're sure
they'll leave us alone'

when they get
what they're after.

That's what he said.

Well, how'd you get him
to tell you all of this?

Well, I can be very persuasive
when I put my mind to it.

In any case,
if we can make them believe

that we're one of them,
they'll leave us alone.

Think you can fake it?

It doesn't seem like
they communicate telepathically.

Pete or whoever he is now

will just think
somebody else got to us.

- Which reminds me--
- Oh.

If you don't mind,
I'd like to keep it for myself.

'It's the only way I have
of controlling things I've got.'

Okay. Listen, everything is
gonna work out just fine, Skip.

You have my word. Now
the first thing tomorrow morning

I'm gonna call Washington
and get some outside help, okay?

Alright.

Time to flip the tape.

You've been recording all this?

Oh, it's my diary.

Oh, it's better
than writing things down

where people can see it.

I wanna be a writer.

- Oh.
- Oh, here are my notes.

Two years of stuff
I feel, think, see.

I don't ever think
I'll be a writer.

It's just something
I dream about.

Skip, a person becomes whatever
he or she really wants to be.

Now that's a little known
law of nature.

But if you want to be a writer,
you'll be one.

Especially
if you keep reading things

like Shakespeare,
Tennyson, Dostoyevsky.

Not bad.

I sneaked them
out of my dad's library.

I don't want him to know.

I let him
and everyone else think

I'm a dummy.

Why?

'In case I never make something
out of myself'

I won't let anyone down.

It's kind of like
my secret identity, you know.

Yeah.

Hey!

Only four more to be recovered.

Pass the word to deliver them
for assembly

as soon as possible.

That's him.

He's here spying on us.

He knows
it won't be much longer.

Look, operator,
I've been trying to get a call

through to Washington
for the past 12 hours.

Don't tell me
the lines are still down.

Well, then put me through
to an operator in New York

and let them patch me through.

So what's the closest city
I can call?

Spare me the fancy rhetoric,
operator.

It's quite obvious
what is really going on.

Never mind my name.

'I still can't get through.'

It seems like Crystal Lake
is in the middle

of the biggest communications
breakdown in history.

Two things would make me feel
a whole lot better, doctor.

'One of them is to find out that
this communication snarl-up'

'is just a coincidence.'

It's no coincidence.

It's an extremely
well-calculated measure.

A precaution against
any outside interference.

Now the second thing is to hear
just what this is all about.

Who doesn't want
outside interference?

- I can't say.
- You can't say.

Well, I can't send in
local authorities

to help Diana
without giving them a reason.

I can appreciate the awkwardness
of your position, colonel.

I should hope so.
You put me there.

Were I to tell you what I know

and were you to believe me

the chances are simply too great

that the word would leak out
to the general public.

Well, I happen to believe
that the general public

has a lot more brains
than it's given credit for.

As do I.

But unfortunately,
the bureaucrats

that they put in office

would no doubt find it
politically expedient

to do something
about the situation.

The consequences of which
would be catastrophic.

According to you.

Yes, according to me.

- Yes?
- 'Someone to see Dr. Jaffe.'

Alright, send him in.
Someone to see you, doctor.

'Here they are, Dr. Jaffe.'

'They were right
where you said they'd be.'

Oh, thank you.

'Colonel Trevor,
my assistant, Cameron Michaels.'

It's a pleasure.

Mel, you've been faking it too?

Long story.
I've been spying on them

trying to figure out
what they're up to.

Oh, man, it's so good
to have someone to talk to.

Listen, they need those
weird rocks for something.

I don't know what for.

But apparently,
they don't have all of them.

They're not gonna get it either.

- You've got one? Where?
- I've got it hidden.

I'm gonna use it
for some kind of ransom.

- Now listen--
- Where have you got it hidden?

Listen, I gotta tell you
something.

There's this lady
in from Washington.

'I met her yesterday
in the horse trail.'

We better keep walking.

We'll meet somewhere later.

Well, so much for finding
a phone down the road.

Not this time, you don't.

Just proving a theory,
Miss Prince.

That's all.

Skip, there are only four more
to be recovered.

They must be brought
to the old barn

at County Line Road immediately.

Yeah. Uh, sure.

Hey, Mel, we gotta arrange
someplace to talk, okay?

Drop the act, will you?

Now what's this
about the old barn?

Sunny.

Pete was wrong.
Skip's not one of us.

- Don't bother.
- He knows too much.

It won't be hard for the others
to remove him permanently.

- Who is it?
- 'Cam.'

Cam.

Where on earth have you been?

Running for my life.
Just like you, right?

No need. If you pretend
you're one of them.

See, they don't know
the difference.

Now you tell me.
Hey, look, I could use a drink.

Uh, water, I hope,
because that's all that's here.

- Do just fine.
- Okay.

There's some ice water
in the pitcher.

Thanks.

If I had known
where you were staying--

- 'Care for some?'
- Thanks.

If I had known
where you were staying

we could have gotten together
to compare notes.

'Oh, that's right. I, uh,
I never told you, did I?'

No, you didn't.

Here you go.

Oh, thanks.

Cheers.

Cheers.

- Where are you staying?
- Hotel.

Oh, I could have sworn
I tried them all.

- Which one?
- Down the road.

You know,
they have roadblocks set up.

I decided that trying to bluff
my way past was too risky.

How have you been getting
in and out?

It wasn't difficult.

Sit down, Diana.

Tell me what you've been doing.

I, uh

I think that I would rather
have you tell me

why you just did that.

You haven't fit all the pieces
together yet?

Maybe we should review them.

I'm sure the alien you caught up
with in the woods yesterday

told you that
he and...all the others..

...are here to capture
an enemy..

...from their planet.

Right, Diana?

Here,
you really should sit down.

I'm sure he told you
that this person

can change his form at will.

He can become a mouse or a cat

'or somebody who could
come close to you.'

'You see,
he's quite diabolical.'

Quite ruthless.

Which I suppose
is the reason why

the authorities on his planet

are so determined
to destroy him.

You still haven't answered
my question.

I'm sorry.

The tetrahedrons
when reassembled into the object

you saw
in the good doctor's sketches

can imprison him long enough
to return him for sentencing.

It is, therefore,
in his best interest

to prevent their reassembling.

How?

By compelling
our little friend Skip

to relinquish the fragment
that he has.

Probably by now
the only one they need.

And how does he do that?

That's right, Diana.

By becoming the only person
in the world

he and everyone else trusts
without question.

Oh, yes,
that was me this afternoon

testing a little theory I've had
ever since our first encounter

in the garage
concerning your...true identity.

Wonder Woman.

It could be worse, Diana.

I could kill you.

But it would be so much easier
if you simply forgot

who you really are.

That's the reason
for the hypnotic drug, Diana.

In order for me to become her..

...you're about to forget
you're Wonder Woman.

'We're only missing one.'

One piece and he's ours.

We scoured every inch
of countryside.

By count,
all 99 have been recovered.

Yet only 98 are here.

Which means someone who is not
one of us has it.

'If it's him, we've failed.'

We'll be here forever.

In any case,
we've got to find out.

No, no, I'm not surprised.
I'd react the same way

if he called me
with that kind of request.

No, I can't explain.
That's the whole problem.

Yeah. Thanks, anyway.

Colonel?

Still no word from her,
Dr. Jaffe.

No way to get help to her.

I'm on my way to Crystal Lake.
I thought I'd let you know.

Keep in touch.

If I hadn't distrusted my own
findings, I wouldn't have..

No.

The truth is..

...had I not been so frightened
with my own life

I would have gone
in the first place

'and spared your agency
and your operative.'

I'm sorry.

Doctor..

...for whatever reasons
you made her go

bring her back.

'Diana.'

Oh, hi, Skip. Come on in.

- What you up to?
- Oh, about 5'9.

- Listen, I've been spying on--
- 5'9. That's cute.

Standard comeback line.

Listen, it seems to me
that they're building

a-a-a pyramid thing
out of those rocks.

I have to remember that one.

Diana, you listening?

This pyramid thing seems to be

some sort of weapon
or something.

- Diana, what are you doing?
- I'm packing.

I gotta get back to Washington.

- You're leaving?
- Yep.

My boss called me and says

I have to be back there tonight.

Your boss?
I thought you couldn't

get through to Washington.

I didn't.
He got through to me.

Well, how could he? All the long
distance lines are screwed up.

You told me so yourself.

'Skip, I distinctly remember
talking to my boss'

'on that phone.'

'What's the matter with you?'

'There's something
the matter with you.'

- 'Thanks a lot.'
- 'Diana, you can't leave!'

'You gotta stay here
and help me.'

'You're the only one who can
get things back to normal.'

Diana, I know you're really--

- Hi. I'm Bill Keller.
- Hi.

I saw my son's bike outside
and I thought..

- Ah, you are here.
- Come on in. I'm Diana Prince.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

Your mother's
been worried sick.

Diana, it's a trick.

I just saw him at the old barn

where they're building
that thing.

Skip, is he your father
or isn't he?

Well-well, yes, but..

No, he's one of them.

Come on,
stop this nonsense, son.

- Let's go home.
- No.

Diana, please, help me.

'I-I don't understand
what's happening.'

Uh..

Skip!

'Skip!'

I'm sorry,
he's very high-strung.

End of the trail, Skip.

It would have been so much
easier if you'd cooperated.

Now it's too late.

You're about to meet
with a tragic accident.

Less than 100 of you.

What are you gonna do?
Knock off the whole town?

The rest of the town
doesn't know anything.

They think that it's a virus
going around.

But you, you know better,
don't you?

Too bad.

Take care of it.

Do it.

You do something to me

you'll never complete
that pyramid.

That's right.

I've got the 99th piece hidden.

Where?

First, we play
let's make a deal, right?

You can't leave.

You gotta stay here
and help me.

You're the only one who can get
things back to normal.

Diana.

'Now that they know I have it'

they'll probably
never leave me alone.

So I guess I'll deliver it
to the place I told Pete

whoever he is

and hope he keeps up
his end of the bargain

by not having me eliminated.

I don't have a real big choice.

As for Diana, man, I don't know
what happened to her.

It's like all of a sudden,
she just turned off

to everything that
was going on here.

Like, she just didn't care.

Well, anyway,
she's probably gone by now and..

...well, here I am.

I've never been so alone
in my life.

Oh, man. I never thought
I'd see you again.

Well, I came for the rock
that you have.

- I need to take it with me.
- Oh, sure.

Boy, am I glad to see you.

I met Pete up on the bike path

and they were gonna
get rid of me.

I had to promise that
I'd give it back to them.

Well, you're safe now.
Will you give me the rock?

Oh, yeah, you were acting
so strange back in the motel.

I guess I better tell you.

'I know your secret.'

You what?

Oh, I found out by accident.

I saw you at the stables
when you chased after Pete.

I won't tell anyone, I promise.

Skip, I wanted to tell you..

Give me the rock, Skip.

Wonder Woman?

I had no idea
you kept such company.

Give me the rock, Skip.

Skip, what's wrong?

Skip!

'Skip!'

'Skip!'

Skip!

Skip, what is the matter
with you?

Oh, I'm just going nuts,
that's all.

I mean, everything's
upside down, backwards.

It's not the way
it's supposed to be

and no one's around
to explain why.

Well, let me try to help.

Well, you're the worst part,
Diana.

I mean, one day,
you come in here and you promise

you can end
this whole nightmare.

Next day you act as if you don't
even know what's happening.

I mean, what are you trying
to do to me?

Well, my boss said that there
was nothing more to worry about.

Nothing to worry about?

I mean, my best friend
is out to get me.

They're all out in a barn
at County Line

putting those rocks together
into something

that's supposed
to destroy somebody.

You're getting
long distance calls

on phones that don't work--

Skip, calm down.

And I just saw you and
Wonder Woman at the same time.

I saw you, Diana.

I saw you change
and chase after Pete.

I know you're Wonder Woman.

- Well, that's ridiculous.
- Will you stop it, Diana?

Will you stop it
and leave me alone?

Diana, help me.

I don't understand
what's happening.

Oh, Skip, neither do I.

'I'll just get it
all over with.'

It shouldn't be a young boy.

It should be an old man

who spent a lifetime
watching and listening

unraveling the mysteries
of the stars

without ever taking part.

'Don't!'

Just the way it should be.

I thought you couldn't
get through to Washington.

He got through to me.

All the long distance lines
are screwed up.

You told me so yourself.

So what's the closest city
I can call?

There's something matter
with you.

My boss said there's nothing
more to worry about.

I mean, what are you trying
to do to me?

Well, my boss said
that there was nothing

more to worry about.

You're the only one who can get
things back to normal.

If you prevent us
from capturing him

others will come.

My best friend is out
to get me.

I distinctly remember.

Diana, it's a trick.

I gotta get back to Washington.

I saw you, Diana.

You see, he's quite ruthless.

I saw you change.

That was me this afternoon.

I know you're Wonder Woman.

I could kill you.

I know you're really..

You're about to forget
you're Wonder Woman.

You fools!

Don't you know
how many have preceded you?

Have chased me from galaxy to
galaxy through aeons of time?

And to no avail.

You're here to bring me back
for sentencing.

But it's you
who've been sentenced!

'You,
all those hapless creatures'

'whose bodies you're using.'

'Sentenced to death
at my hand!'

No one...will ever capture me.

That remains to be seen.

You see, you didn't
get rid of me after all.

You slipped up.

That's what usually happens
at the beginning of the end.

Beginning of the end for whom,
Wonder Woman?

Everybody's okay,
but they don't remember a thing.

What are we gonna do?

Well, we're not
gonna do anything.

See, I think it's best
if everybody forgets everything

don't you?

Well, sure, but I..

We all need our privacy.

You have your treehouse,
I have Diana Prince.

Someday, somehow
it could slip out, couldn't it?

Yeah.

Can I still be friends
with Diana?

Of course.
In fact, you two are gonna

be seeing a lot of each other.

'Really?'

Word is that she's gonna be on

permanent assignment
in Los Angeles

by the end of the month.

We make a great team, huh?

Her thoughts exactly.

Alright.

Alright.

'What do you mean,
you can't tell me about'

'your trip to Crystal Lake?'

I can't. I can't remember.

Well, that's just what
Dr. Jaffe said. How about that?

Well, I guess
we both can't remember.

Diana, do you realize
just how frustrating

these past three days have been?

I had no idea
what had happened to you.

There was no way
to get in touch with you.

- There was nothing that--
- Steve, I know.

I know, Steve. I'm sorry.

But I'm back now
and everything's okay.

Well, the thing is though,
you are a government employee

and that your little trip
to Crystal Lake was financed

by the American taxpayers

you have a report to dictate.

Good luck.

I'll need it.

Oh, and, Diana..

...it's good to have you back.

You've been recording
all this?

Oh, it's my diary.

Oh, it's better
than writing things down

where people can see it.

'Today I found out
that Diana Prince'

'is really Wonder Woman.'

Wonder Woman?

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