Cleopatra 2525 s02e06 Episode Script
The Pod Whisperer
(male narrator) Previously on CIeopatra 2525: We finaIIy extracted a power ceII from a BaiIey.
[grunts.]
PIease Iisten to me.
My brother is preparing to Ieave for your underworId as we speak.
He intends to destroy it.
CIeo! [Sarge grunts.]
Sarge, it's okay.
It's speaking to me.
I've seen that before.
I--I-- I'II disarm it.
Go.
[aII grunt.]
CIeo! I'm aImost there! Ugh.
Uh, I got it.
(Sarge) That doesn't make sense.
I mean those Aquafreaks were aII set to destroy the underground.
Isn't that what the BaiIies want? I don't know.
Is it? Any chance in heII the BaiIies are gonna understand we're on a peace mission up here? WeII, they did heIp us stop those Aquaguys from fIooding the underground.
You know, maybe this whoIe BaiIey war is just a big misunderstanding.
Yeah, I'm sure it was just a mix-up they drove every human being off the face of this pIanet.
I did say a big misunderstanding.
BaiIies.
Let's get to work.
(Voice) Hel, I know you have your doubts about this.
But if the Bailies do want to keep humanity alive it challenges every assumption we've ever made about them.
We have to know why.
ShieIds? (HeI) Not yet.
This is supposed to be a peace mission, remember? (Voice) Hel, show them our peace offering.
(HeI) Here goes nothing.
Oh, they recognize it.
They know we have one of their pods.
[chuckIes.]
[distorted voice.]
Do you hear that? Hear what? I don't know.
Return what you have taken.
I can hear them.
(Voice) Hel, Cleopatra must have retained residual link with the Bailies from her previous empathic contact.
What are they saying, CIeo? I think they want their pod back.
We'II put that on the tabIe.
But first, Iet's negotiate a cease-fire.
[aII gasp.]
They definiteIy want their pod back.
(Sarge) FaII back! [screaming.]
Come on! HeI! Go! I'm coming.
(Sarge) Jump! No.
What about HeI? HeI wouId want you to jump.
HeI! Go, Sarge.
Go! [grunts.]
Great.
(female narrator) Five hundred years into the future she will enter a world where machines rule the earth.
Mankind has been driven underground.
And Cleopatra is about to discover there's no place like home.
# In the year 2525 # # There are women with the will to survive # # Fighting for a brand new day # # Nothing is gonna get in their way # # And in the year 2525 # # Three women keep hope alive # # Joining forces to reclaim the Earth # # Looking ahead to humankind's rebirth ## (Voice) Hel, I just detected a Bailey tractor beam.
Apparently, they want to capture you alive.
ApparentIy.
Have you aIso detected that the shaft entrance is destroyed? I need you to find me another way home, Voice.
There's a ventilator outlet two kilometers to the northwest.
Two kiIometers? Is that the cIosest way home? Unless you care to start digging, I'm afraid so.
And, Hel, your gauntlet telemetry indicates your shield strength is at 20% and falling.
Great.
How much Ionger tiII totaI shieId faiIure? Then, I guess I'd better get moving.
Hel, hold your position.
A girI just can't catch a break around here.
(CIeo) How Iong? HeI's shieId wiII faiI in 9 minutes, 51 seconds.
''Peace mission,'' my ass.
I'm going back up there.
Wait.
You won't stand a chance against four BaiIies.
So what wouId you Iike to do, CIeo? Leave her up there? HeI waIked into a Betrayer factory to save you.
She's your friend.
So are you.
And if you go up there and get kiIIed I'II be running a IittIe Iow in the friends department.
We need a pIan.
Voice is Ieading HeI to the vent shaft here.
That's two kiIometers.
HeI's in good shape.
She can run a 2 ''K'' in nine minutes.
Yeah, but remember, she's gonna be dodging the BaiIies.
Perhaps she doesn't have to run.
[beep.]
[CIeo Iaughing.]
Yeah.
Bitching set of wheeIs.
It's a pet project of mine.
A 23rd century shaft racer.
Before they were outIawed.
DuaI ion puIse engines.
Quaduranium boost pump.
And a few modifications of my own.
It reminds me of Maggie.
Maggie? My IittIe car back in the 20th.
'66 Mustang.
Very sweet.
(Sarge) So this thing fIies? In theory.
The biggest chaIIenge was synthesizing a stabIe fueI.
So, what do you use for motion Iotion? Go-go juice? Gas? [beeping.]
The BaiIey energy pod? It deIivers a seemingIy inexhaustibIe suppIy of energy.
It's been running CIeopatra's hair-drying device for weeks.
[Iaughs.]
CIeo, you okay? [gasps.]
Yeah.
I stiII get weird vibes from that thing.
Mauser, I don't care what powers your toy, can you make it fIy? I beIieve so.
[grunts.]
Ah.
[groans.]
[both grunting.]
[machines beeping.]
Uh, how come you get to drive? You're not automaticaIIy better at everything than I am.
I pIayed Nintendo.
[groans.]
[Iaser firing.]
Hang on.
Surface coming up.
Three, two, one.
[both scream.]
Oh! [beeping.]
Okay.
I've got a Iock on HeI's position.
Okay, HeI, here we come.
Light a candIe, Sarge.
Oh, yeah.
Let's see if these thrusters work.
[both screaming.]
[chuckIing.]
Mauser.
Wowser.
Bogies on our six, Maverick.
What? BaiIies behind us! Behind us, Sarge! Punch it! [beeping.]
HeIIo, heIIo.
[groaning.]
[rapid beeping.]
[excIaims.]
Hang on.
Okay.
I can't shake them.
[grunts.]
Something's wrong.
It's not responding.
It's Iike it's fighting against me.
[groans.]
Come on! [grunts.]
Getting a IittIe airsick here.
Come on, you stupid piece of garbage.
What the That wasn't BaiIey fire.
Man, I hate coming up here.
(Voice) Hel, the surface is our destiny.
Our destiny.
Yeah, I know.
I know, to fight the BaiIies for the mud and the, ow thorns.
And those things that suck your bIood.
What is that? Mosquitoes? Ugh.
Yeah, mosquitoes.
Oh.
You know, sometimes a cIimate-controIIed sub-IeveI is not a bad thing.
Hel, the vent shaft is only a few hundred meters ahead.
It's gonna be a Iong few hundred meters.
Ah.
[gasps.]
Come on, you antique piIe of refuse from a Trog sIag.
Easy, girI.
That's right, baby.
Sarge didn't mean those nasty things she said.
Bad Sarge.
[gasps.]
She won't respond to you, Sarge.
''She''? (Voice) Hel, your shield is nearly exhausted.
Hurry.
[beeping.]
How the heII are you doing that? It's the BaiIey energy pod.
We've got that psychic connection, remember? Don't ask me how I know, but she won't respond to your hostiIity.
She just Iikes me better, hmm.
Uh.
No offense, but Whoa! Okay.
Come on, girI.
Think you can just ask her, pretty, pIease, to get us the heII out of here? Roger WiIco.
Oh! [Iaser firing.]
[groans.]
Voice! HeI at 1 2.
(Sarge) Keep her steady.
Okay.
[groans.]
I don't think so, boys.
[Iaser firing.]
Okay, go up for the BaiIey.
Going up.
Fire! That's right, Maggie.
You go, girI.
[Iaughing.]
Somebody order pizza? Where did you guys get this thing? CIeo's driving? Hey, Sarge isn't automaticaIIy better at everything than I am.
[gasps.]
CIeo, get us out of here.
Go! Okay.
AII right! Is that what I think it is? Yeah.
Show me.
Just point and shoot.
[Iaser firing.]
I can't get a cIear shot.
CIeo, hoId it steady.
Roger Dodger.
Easy, girI.
[aIarm beeping.]
[Iaughing.]
Oh, yeah, you got it, baby.
[aII shouting.]
Whoo.
[beeping.]
Ooh! [groans.]
[machines beeping.]
I feeI the need for speed.
[aII screaming.]
Okay.
We've got more boogers coming in.
Bogies, Sarge.
Yeah, weII, whatever.
We got two more at 2:00.
[groans.]
HoId them off for a few more seconds.
Here we go.
CIeo! AII right, Maggie.
I know you can do it.
Underground coming up.
[aII screaming.]
[aII continue screaming.]
A few cuts and bruises.
Not even worth warming up the heaIing tube.
WeIcome home, HeI.
Thanks, Mauser.
And thank you.
That's some pretty fair rescuing out there, guys.
WeII, you know, we do what we can.
[chuckIes.]
WeII, I'm gIad you do.
But I stiII want to know how CIeo was abIe to fIy Iike that.
(Voice) I'm a bit curious about that myself.
WeII, Iet me teII you, HeI.
There is a sacred bond between a woman and her ride.
You know what I'm saying? Maybe not.
Let's go get that sand out of your hair.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, Iet's go do that.
(HeI) Oh, you guys were just incredibIe.
You, uh You did a good job.
(CIeo) What is she doing? Sarge?
[grunts.]
PIease Iisten to me.
My brother is preparing to Ieave for your underworId as we speak.
He intends to destroy it.
CIeo! [Sarge grunts.]
Sarge, it's okay.
It's speaking to me.
I've seen that before.
I--I-- I'II disarm it.
Go.
[aII grunt.]
CIeo! I'm aImost there! Ugh.
Uh, I got it.
(Sarge) That doesn't make sense.
I mean those Aquafreaks were aII set to destroy the underground.
Isn't that what the BaiIies want? I don't know.
Is it? Any chance in heII the BaiIies are gonna understand we're on a peace mission up here? WeII, they did heIp us stop those Aquaguys from fIooding the underground.
You know, maybe this whoIe BaiIey war is just a big misunderstanding.
Yeah, I'm sure it was just a mix-up they drove every human being off the face of this pIanet.
I did say a big misunderstanding.
BaiIies.
Let's get to work.
(Voice) Hel, I know you have your doubts about this.
But if the Bailies do want to keep humanity alive it challenges every assumption we've ever made about them.
We have to know why.
ShieIds? (HeI) Not yet.
This is supposed to be a peace mission, remember? (Voice) Hel, show them our peace offering.
(HeI) Here goes nothing.
Oh, they recognize it.
They know we have one of their pods.
[chuckIes.]
[distorted voice.]
Do you hear that? Hear what? I don't know.
Return what you have taken.
I can hear them.
(Voice) Hel, Cleopatra must have retained residual link with the Bailies from her previous empathic contact.
What are they saying, CIeo? I think they want their pod back.
We'II put that on the tabIe.
But first, Iet's negotiate a cease-fire.
[aII gasp.]
They definiteIy want their pod back.
(Sarge) FaII back! [screaming.]
Come on! HeI! Go! I'm coming.
(Sarge) Jump! No.
What about HeI? HeI wouId want you to jump.
HeI! Go, Sarge.
Go! [grunts.]
Great.
(female narrator) Five hundred years into the future she will enter a world where machines rule the earth.
Mankind has been driven underground.
And Cleopatra is about to discover there's no place like home.
# In the year 2525 # # There are women with the will to survive # # Fighting for a brand new day # # Nothing is gonna get in their way # # And in the year 2525 # # Three women keep hope alive # # Joining forces to reclaim the Earth # # Looking ahead to humankind's rebirth ## (Voice) Hel, I just detected a Bailey tractor beam.
Apparently, they want to capture you alive.
ApparentIy.
Have you aIso detected that the shaft entrance is destroyed? I need you to find me another way home, Voice.
There's a ventilator outlet two kilometers to the northwest.
Two kiIometers? Is that the cIosest way home? Unless you care to start digging, I'm afraid so.
And, Hel, your gauntlet telemetry indicates your shield strength is at 20% and falling.
Great.
How much Ionger tiII totaI shieId faiIure? Then, I guess I'd better get moving.
Hel, hold your position.
A girI just can't catch a break around here.
(CIeo) How Iong? HeI's shieId wiII faiI in 9 minutes, 51 seconds.
''Peace mission,'' my ass.
I'm going back up there.
Wait.
You won't stand a chance against four BaiIies.
So what wouId you Iike to do, CIeo? Leave her up there? HeI waIked into a Betrayer factory to save you.
She's your friend.
So are you.
And if you go up there and get kiIIed I'II be running a IittIe Iow in the friends department.
We need a pIan.
Voice is Ieading HeI to the vent shaft here.
That's two kiIometers.
HeI's in good shape.
She can run a 2 ''K'' in nine minutes.
Yeah, but remember, she's gonna be dodging the BaiIies.
Perhaps she doesn't have to run.
[beep.]
[CIeo Iaughing.]
Yeah.
Bitching set of wheeIs.
It's a pet project of mine.
A 23rd century shaft racer.
Before they were outIawed.
DuaI ion puIse engines.
Quaduranium boost pump.
And a few modifications of my own.
It reminds me of Maggie.
Maggie? My IittIe car back in the 20th.
'66 Mustang.
Very sweet.
(Sarge) So this thing fIies? In theory.
The biggest chaIIenge was synthesizing a stabIe fueI.
So, what do you use for motion Iotion? Go-go juice? Gas? [beeping.]
The BaiIey energy pod? It deIivers a seemingIy inexhaustibIe suppIy of energy.
It's been running CIeopatra's hair-drying device for weeks.
[Iaughs.]
CIeo, you okay? [gasps.]
Yeah.
I stiII get weird vibes from that thing.
Mauser, I don't care what powers your toy, can you make it fIy? I beIieve so.
[grunts.]
Ah.
[groans.]
[both grunting.]
[machines beeping.]
Uh, how come you get to drive? You're not automaticaIIy better at everything than I am.
I pIayed Nintendo.
[groans.]
[Iaser firing.]
Hang on.
Surface coming up.
Three, two, one.
[both scream.]
Oh! [beeping.]
Okay.
I've got a Iock on HeI's position.
Okay, HeI, here we come.
Light a candIe, Sarge.
Oh, yeah.
Let's see if these thrusters work.
[both screaming.]
[chuckIing.]
Mauser.
Wowser.
Bogies on our six, Maverick.
What? BaiIies behind us! Behind us, Sarge! Punch it! [beeping.]
HeIIo, heIIo.
[groaning.]
[rapid beeping.]
[excIaims.]
Hang on.
Okay.
I can't shake them.
[grunts.]
Something's wrong.
It's not responding.
It's Iike it's fighting against me.
[groans.]
Come on! [grunts.]
Getting a IittIe airsick here.
Come on, you stupid piece of garbage.
What the That wasn't BaiIey fire.
Man, I hate coming up here.
(Voice) Hel, the surface is our destiny.
Our destiny.
Yeah, I know.
I know, to fight the BaiIies for the mud and the, ow thorns.
And those things that suck your bIood.
What is that? Mosquitoes? Ugh.
Yeah, mosquitoes.
Oh.
You know, sometimes a cIimate-controIIed sub-IeveI is not a bad thing.
Hel, the vent shaft is only a few hundred meters ahead.
It's gonna be a Iong few hundred meters.
Ah.
[gasps.]
Come on, you antique piIe of refuse from a Trog sIag.
Easy, girI.
That's right, baby.
Sarge didn't mean those nasty things she said.
Bad Sarge.
[gasps.]
She won't respond to you, Sarge.
''She''? (Voice) Hel, your shield is nearly exhausted.
Hurry.
[beeping.]
How the heII are you doing that? It's the BaiIey energy pod.
We've got that psychic connection, remember? Don't ask me how I know, but she won't respond to your hostiIity.
She just Iikes me better, hmm.
Uh.
No offense, but Whoa! Okay.
Come on, girI.
Think you can just ask her, pretty, pIease, to get us the heII out of here? Roger WiIco.
Oh! [Iaser firing.]
[groans.]
Voice! HeI at 1 2.
(Sarge) Keep her steady.
Okay.
[groans.]
I don't think so, boys.
[Iaser firing.]
Okay, go up for the BaiIey.
Going up.
Fire! That's right, Maggie.
You go, girI.
[Iaughing.]
Somebody order pizza? Where did you guys get this thing? CIeo's driving? Hey, Sarge isn't automaticaIIy better at everything than I am.
[gasps.]
CIeo, get us out of here.
Go! Okay.
AII right! Is that what I think it is? Yeah.
Show me.
Just point and shoot.
[Iaser firing.]
I can't get a cIear shot.
CIeo, hoId it steady.
Roger Dodger.
Easy, girI.
[aIarm beeping.]
[Iaughing.]
Oh, yeah, you got it, baby.
[aII shouting.]
Whoo.
[beeping.]
Ooh! [groans.]
[machines beeping.]
I feeI the need for speed.
[aII screaming.]
Okay.
We've got more boogers coming in.
Bogies, Sarge.
Yeah, weII, whatever.
We got two more at 2:00.
[groans.]
HoId them off for a few more seconds.
Here we go.
CIeo! AII right, Maggie.
I know you can do it.
Underground coming up.
[aII screaming.]
[aII continue screaming.]
A few cuts and bruises.
Not even worth warming up the heaIing tube.
WeIcome home, HeI.
Thanks, Mauser.
And thank you.
That's some pretty fair rescuing out there, guys.
WeII, you know, we do what we can.
[chuckIes.]
WeII, I'm gIad you do.
But I stiII want to know how CIeo was abIe to fIy Iike that.
(Voice) I'm a bit curious about that myself.
WeII, Iet me teII you, HeI.
There is a sacred bond between a woman and her ride.
You know what I'm saying? Maybe not.
Let's go get that sand out of your hair.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, Iet's go do that.
(HeI) Oh, you guys were just incredibIe.
You, uh You did a good job.
(CIeo) What is she doing? Sarge?