Baywatch (1989) s04e04 Episode Script

1 Some people stand in the darkness afraid to step into the light some people need to help somebody when the edge of surrender's in sight don't you worry it's gonna be all right 'cause I'm always ready I won't let you out of my sight I'll be ready I'll be ready never you fear no, don't you fear I'll be ready forever and always I'm always here 'Cause I'm always ready I won't let you out of my sight I'll be ready I'll be ready never you fear no, don't you fear I'll be ready forever and always I'm always here Here you go, all better.
Now you be careful on those rocks, okay? Woo-hoo! I need back-up, asap.
There's a guy in front of my tower.
He's on a motorcycle.
I don't know what he's high on, but he's going to hurt somebody.
Hoo! Get off the bike now! Get off? Sure.
Stop it! You're going to hurt somebody.
Get off, now! Okay, hombre, your riding days are over.
Uh, just take him away and write him up.
Turn him over to Garner.
What about him? I'll take care of him.
You don't have to thank me.
I'm just glad you didn't get hurt.
Thank you? I should have you arrested, too.
For what? You could have hurt somebody.
Just like that punk, riding in here like the lone ranger.
You know, you're exquisitely beautiful when you're angry.
Anyone ever tell you that? Once.
A long time ago.
Well, must have been a sensitive, perceptive kind of guy.
Well, I wouldn't exactly call you "sensitive.
" John D.
Cort.
But perceptive as hell.
How are you, C.
J.
? Oh, I'm terrific.
What's the matter? You don't look too happy to see me.
I'm not sure.
But I'll let you know.
She'll be okay.
She'll be all right.
That stuff'll rot your teeth.
How much do I owe you? That is rad.
Rad, man? -Uhh -Wow.
Manuel, the Argentine giant? "Danger, stand clear," stand clear.
"Parents, watch your children.
" That is wild.
I don't know, pal.
He could eat you.
Nah.
-Let's go check it out, come on.
-No, no, let's go ch-- whoa no, no, no, no.
Come on.
Look, I don't want to go see the giant, i wanted today and I want to go see him, come on.
-Look out, look out.
-Whoa.
Come on, he's got to be around here somewhere.
I don't want to see the giant.
Why not? 'Cause I want to talk to this pig.
No! Come on, we're looking for a giant.
A giant's not a pig.
There he is.
The most dangerous, meanest man in captivity.
That's why we keep him caged.
So everybody come in.
It's like the wildest dream of all, or maybe a nightmare-- ah, let's get out of here.
No! Come on.
Let's go in.
Hobie, there are no such things as giants.
You always tell me to be open-minded about things.
It'll only cost you a buck to go in.
Uhh, cost me two bucks.
All right! Okay, this is the one you've been waiting for.
Get ready, ladies and gentlemen.
The most dangerous man in captivity.
So be careful, because he can reach out and grab you.
You don't want to get grabbed, do you? You don't want to get hurt, do you? So get ready, take a deep breath, and all of a sudden we're going to see Manuel the giant.
Next time, you chase after those kids.
You moron.
Be right back.
Stupid.
Excuse me, can I see your permit.
And who are you? My name is Mitch Buchanan, lieutenant lifeguard, L.
A.
county.
Let me see it.
Just show me your permit.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was hoping-- All right.
The show, did you like it? No, I didn't.
Here it is, I got it, see? Here's your permit.
Come on, pal, let's go.
Dad.
No, there's nothing we can do.
He's got a permit.
The guy's lucky I didn't pull out my branding iron.
It's good to hear you laugh again, C.
J.
So the rumor's true.
Oh, Mitch.
-Hey, buddy.
-Buddy! Hey, oh.
-Good to see you.
-Good to see you, man.
Look at you, staying in shape.
Trying to.
So what's this I hear, you arrived on horseback? Oh, he's gorgeous.
His name is apache boier.
Yeah, I was working this carnival out in new Mexico, this old couple I know This jerk was drugging the horse to keep it calm between shows so, took the guy behind the stands one night, gave him an offer he couldn't refuse and voila, apache was mine.
Bringing him the coast to a friendly ranch in Malibu.
That's quite a rescue.
Well, you know me, lifeguarding's in my blood.
So obviously you're back for your mandatory ten days.
That's true.
Among other things.
Well, you're in luck.
Lifeguard recheck is tomorrow.
I've always had great timing, haven't I? No.
Hey, Cort, man, good to see you.
Hey, Newmie.
Warm guy.
So Mitch, if the recheck is tomorrow, can't afford to let alfalfa grow under my feet.
What do you say you toss me a tower? You got it.
What do you say you join me for a workout? Hey, hey, hey, whoa, buddy.
You better get started soon, you are losing it.
-Yeah.
-You all right? Yeah, I'm okay.
I'm okay.
You going to go surfing today, dude? No way, man.
The waves are way too small.
That would be cool, man.
No way.
Why not? 'Cause the waves stink.
They be rad, man.
Whoa.
Look at these footprints.
Man, they're huge.
Man! Oh, let's follow them.
-Yeah.
-All right.
See where they go.
Dude, a live pelican! Get out of here! Guys, stop! Hey! Come on! I know him! What? I said hold him still.
Can you cut the plastic off his leg? Sure.
You'll be free soon.
He's going to be okay.
Thanks.
I love the pelicans.
My name's Hobie.
I'm Manny.
Your friends were afraid.
Why weren't you? I saw you at the pier.
Why do you do all that stuff in the cage and all? I have to.
It's my job.
You want to help me to let him go? Sure.
Don't be scared.
He's happy now.
Manny.
Manny, get up here.
Now! Sorry, I've got to go.
Why is he so mean to you? Bye, Hobie.
Come out from behind your shell you know you can't help yourself Don't you worry bout anything let it out and let it in we don't need to get by like the rest of 'em no need to try you're the best of 'em don't you forget who you are if you ever get lost I'll be by your side no need to doubt I'm your ride or die don't you forget who you are I'm your ride or die I'm your ride or die It's a common aftershock we never get the chance to talk we don't need to get by like the rest of 'em no need to try you're the best of 'em don't you forget who you are if you ever get lost I'll be by your side no need to doubt I'm your ride or die No need to doubt I'm your ride or die I'm your ride or die don't you forget who you are no need to doubt I'm your ride or die Two victims! 2:00.
How is she? She's unconscious.
There's no pulse.
Baby! My baby! Get her out of here.
One, two, three, four, five.
I want to go to my little baby.
Oh, you can do it, come on.
One, two, three, four, five.
Oh, my Lisa better be okay.
Two, three, four, five.
Two, three, four, five.
You can do it, come on.
One, two, three, four, five.
Come on, come on.
Okay.
Okay, baby.
That's okay.
That's okay.
Come on.
It's okay.
You okay? She's all right.
It's okay.
Ah, geez.
Aw, man.
Mommy's here, honey.
Mommy's here.
Don't worry.
You're okay, huh? She's going to be fine now.
Hey guys, take her down to headquarters.
Make sure she's all right, huh? Right, man.
Now we didn't do bad today.
But if you had been scarier, then we would've made a lot more money.
I told you, you have to run after those kids.
Hear me? You hear me? Here's your money.
Don't you ever play with one of those little brats again.
On the beach, no less.
He was friendly.
You don't have any friends.
And you don't need any.
You got me.
I'm the one who takes care of you.
Where do you think you'd be without me? I don't know.
I know.
Nowhere.
Look, do what I say.
Scare those little brats, so they go tell their friends about the giant, 'cause that's the only way you'll ever make a living, you big ox.
Pelicans, always pelicans.
You stupid pelican man.
Come on, you got it.
Come on to me.
I'll get you next year, Cort.
I'll get you next year, man.
Not a chance.
Good job.
Thanks, bud.
Good job.
Oh, boy.
Come on, pal.
Go.
You got it.
Go.
Still think I'm losing it? Don't celebrate yet, pal.
You still got the physical, the eye and the hearing tests to go.
No I don't.
Come on, you know the rules.
I already took all the tests, passed them with flying colors.
No kidding.
Congratulations.
-Yeah.
-Thank you.
Well, I still got a Even bigger test to pass over there.
Gotta get myself out of some of that hot water.
Why even bother? Soon as you leave, you're going to be right back in the same water again.
Didn't I tell you, old buddy? This time I'm staying.
Hi, John.
Great to have you back.
Thanks Barbara.
Appreciate it.
I know you're upset with me.
That little girl could have drowned, John.
Look, it must have been the glare.
That's never happened to me before.
C.
J.
, you know what lifeguarding means to me.
All right, it was a mistake.
I need you to forgive me.
I know.
Forgive me? Please? I forgive you.
Hey.
I'd really like to spend a little time alone with you.
How about I take you someplace special this afternoon? Okay.
Well, well, well, what do we have here? Oh, I love surprises.
I know.
There you go.
Whoa, whoa.
Come down, you.
There we are.
Hang on to that.
Good boy, apache.
This is the first place you kissed me.
Well, I couldn't think of a better place for us to have a picnic.
Rescuing apache was important to you, wasn't it? I just wanted him to be what he was born to be.
Apache reminds me of you.
You telling me I make that much noise when I eat? Nothing but the best for us, right? I just can't believe you're back.
This time I'm back to stay, C.
J.
I know what I want.
This is it.
You're it.
Oh, man! I can't believe I did that.
We'll clean it up later.
Hey Manny.
Whatcha doing? Getting driftwood.
You want to go up to the pier? I can't.
Why not? Valdez wouldn't like it.
Where is he? Getting drunk.
Then he'll never know.
Come on.
We'll have a great time.
Come on! Come on! Don't worry about it.
He'll never know.
I promise.
Come on.
All right.
Don't be scared take a stand this big ol whole worlds biggers plans look ahead and take my hand we'll walk right into the promise land it don't matter what people say I'm here stay anyway it don't matter what people do I'm gonna stick right next to you you and me together through it all you and me no matter how big or small you and me will always be till the end your my friends call you my friend it's so nice to see you smile let's keeping play a little while don't be shy touch the sky live your dreams don't run and hide it don't matter what people say I'm here stay anyway it don't matter what people do I'm gonna stick right next to you you and me together through it all you and me no matter how big or small you and me will always be till the end your my friends your my friends your my friends till the end call you my friend Mitch.
Can I talk to you, please.
Yeah, sure C.
J.
come on in.
It's about John.
It's not just the missed rescue.
He's bumping into things.
He's knocking things over.
I don't know what's wrong with him.
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing.
I mean, people put out their hand to shake, and he doesn't take the hand.
That's not like Cort.
I don't think he sees our hand.
I mean, I thought it was a vision problem but he passed on the eye exam.
I know.
But something is definitely wrong.
Something else happen? Come on, C.
J.
you can talk to me.
We were on his motorcycle yesterday, and, um, he just-- he almost ran into some people.
Was anyone hurt? No, but Mitch, he should have seen them.
Okay, okay.
C.
J.
, I know you care about John.
He's my friend, too.
Tell you what.
I know a doctor at the Jules Stein eye clinic at ucla.
I'll make sure Cort goes to see him.
He won't go.
That's right, I won't.
Cause there's nothing wrong with me.
John, something's wrong with your vision.
No, Mitch, there's something wrong with your hearing.
I told you there's nothing wrong with me.
If you're going to work my beach, you're going to go see the doctor.
Man, you can't do that, all right.
It's none of your business.
The hell it isn't.
You missed a rescue out there.
It's definitely my business.
John, come on.
Listen to Mitch.
We're just concerned.
We want to help.
Okay, fine, fine.
Have it your way.
I'll find someplace else to lifeguard.
John.
John.
Sorry man, but if nothing was wrong with your vision, you would have seen that coming.
I'll show you the secret, okay? Keep the secret.
All right.
A special place.
This is what I do.
Wow.
Whoa.
That's awesome.
Wow.
I've never seen so many pelicans.
Rad.
You made all this stuff? It's incredible.
Where'd you learn to do this? My father.
He taught me to carve with a knife when I was little.
That's my most valuable one.
What do you mean? One day, when I was six, my father and I were walking on the beach, collecting driftwood.
We saw pelicans for the first time.
And this is the wood we got that day.
My father had been sick.
He died a week later.
My mother told me he went to heaven, and that the pelicans took him there.
Why do you put up with valdez? You don't have to, you know.
When my mother died, valdez took care of me.
He gave me work.
He uses you.
I know, but there is nothing else I know how to do.
I can't stand waiting like this.
Oh, man.
Mitch, how are you? -It's good to see you again.
-Nice to see you, doc.
-John.
How are you? -Hey, doc.
Good.
Look, I'll, uh, wait outside.
Ah, the hell you will.
Listen, dr, Corey, I hate suspense, so let's have it.
Why don't you sit down.
We'll talk about your tests.
Let's go over here.
The battery of tests you took confirmed one thing, and that is you have an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa.
How can I have an eye disease, my vision's-- my vision's 20-20.
Yes it is, right in front of you, but one of the problems with rp is that it causes tunnel vision.
The normal field of vision is 180 degrees, but yours is down to just ten degrees, top and bottom, and that's why you miss hand shakes and knock things over.
Well, wh-what do i-- what do I have to do to fix it? Well, the first thing you have to do is protect your eyes against prolonged exposure to the sun.
Now, I've got a prescription for dark glasses for you.
Uh, huh.
No way, doc.
I'm a lifeguard.
John, you don't understand.
The sun accelerates the disease.
So what are you saying, that I can't be a lifeguard while my sight's like this? I'm afraid you can't be a lifeguard at all.
Doc, there's got to be some kind of cure or something, right? I'm afraid there is no cure.
At least, not yet.
Are you saying my eyes are always going to be like this? I wish I could say that.
I wish I could.
What do-- what do you mean? You mean it's going to get worse? Eventually, you're going to lose your eyesight entirely.
Wait a minute, doc.
You telling me I'm going to go blind, here? I'm sorry, John.
Oh, man.
Thought I might find you here.
You think you know me so well.
Well, I know you well enough to know you're hurting right now.
Just when you get the hang of the game they change the rules.
Finally figured out what I want to do with my life and now I can't.
You know, you don't have to leave.
I mean, you could find something else to do around here.
You know how long it took me to make up my mind about lifeguarding.
Now I think it'd be just Just too painful to stay.
Talking about lifeguarding or you Talking about C.
J.
? C.
J.
is destined for an incurably romantic man.
All I have to offer her is an incurably blind one.
Don't you think that should be her decision? No.
No, it has to be mine.
You know what's funny? I'm not going to worry about you.
'Cause I know whatever you do You'll be okay.
Well, I'll tell you one thing I am going to do with my life.
I'm going to appreciate every sunset and beautiful thing there is to see.
What's that? What's up, freak? Fee, fi, foe, fum,freak.
Hey! What are you scared of, huh? What are you scared of.
Manny.
Andale.
Manny! Dad! Right here.
Come on, throw me a can.
Put him right down here, on the beach.
Okay, down, easy does it.
Okay, sit back.
Manny are you okay? Telling you, you got to leave that pier diving to the pelicans, man.
Thank you for saving my life.
John, what's going on? Apache and me are getting a little fidgety.
Time to move on.
What do you mean? What about us? What about the other night? The other night was the other night.
Cort why don't you look me in the eye and you tell me if you changed your mind about us.
Stop it, you're scaring me.
I'm going blind, C.
J.
I got this eye disease.
It's called rp, it's, um It's incurable.
No.
I don't believe it.
Yeah, that's exactly what I said.
Won't be saying I'll see ya.
John, wait.
It doesn't matter.
Of course it matters, C.
J.
Look, I don't want to be a burden to anybody, especially you.
There's a hell of a lot more in this world I want to see before the lights go out.
John, you were prepared to make a commitment.
So am I.
I want to go with you.
Oh, hey.
Hey.
Something I got to do on my own, sweetheart.
Garner who's going to look after you? Mmm.
Don't count me with the three blind mice just yet, okay.
I mean, the doctor said maybe this is something I've had a long time, it's just Just now starting to get worse.
Every day of sight for me is a gift.
I just wish you wanted to spend each day with me.
Hey.
This doesn't have anything to do with what I want.
I got to go.
My horse is double parked.
Come on, give me a little smile here, all right? Give me a smile.
That's it.
That's exactly how I want to remember you.
I'll see you.
What is this? Hey dad.
You want to buy a pelican? Yeah, sure.
God, this is unbelievable.
Manny, I had no idea you were this talented.
You can have bad days, and you've hardly been blaming me.
So, how did valdez take the news that you're not working for him anymore? Not bad.
Yeah.
Manny sat on him while he told him.