Buck Rogers in the 25th Century s02e06 Episode Script
Mark of the Saurian
Delta Quadrant Defense Station: Major Elif: [Man On Radio.]
This is Red Leader Alpha: Sentry sweep completed as ordered: All Saurian fighter ships have left Alliance airspace, as dictated by terms of armistice: Request permission to enter restricted zone: Ready for code transmit: Go ahead: E: T: A:, one minute: Entering code sequence: : : Now: [Elif.]
Code sequence accepted: Reentry programmed for 54 seconds: Whew: Every time we come home, I get a cold shiver: You know, one little mistake from the guy in control down there, and it's good-bye for all of us: I read you, Willie: That is the most awesome offensive and defensive space complex: : : In the history of man: [Chuckles.]
Without it, it might have been us suing for peace instead of the Saurians: Prepare for reentry: Red Leader Alpha, you have cleared perimeter defense: Contact docking control on assigned frequency: Understood: Red Leader Alpha out: [Beeping.]
Display code sequence, please: [Different Tones Beeping.]
[Beeps.]
[Sustained Beeping.]
[Beeping.]
Delta Quadrant Defense Station: Major Elif: [On Radio.]
This is Blue Leader Victor: Request permission to enter restricted zone: Ready for code transmit: Go ahead: [Man Narrating.]
In the year 1987, NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes: Aboard this compact starship, a lone astronaut, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers, was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension: In a freak mishap, his life-support systems were frozen: : : By temperatures beyond imagination: Ranger 3 was blown out of its planned trajectory: : : Into an orbit 1,000 times more vast, an orbit which was to return Buck Rogers to Earth: : : Shuttlecraft 155, you're locked into tractor beam: Proceed with normal docking sequence: Over: [Man On Radio.]
Searcher, this is Shuttlecraft 155: Proceeding with docking: Out: - Top of the mornin', Wilma: - Top of the morning? Twiki, where on earth did you pick up an expression like that? In the language archives: Dr: Goodfellow is programming Crichton with early Anglo-Saxon dialects: I asked if I could have one, so he gave me "Top of the mornin':" Do you like it? Oh, I think it's charming: But the ambassador will be coming aboard in the next few minutes: Why aren't you in the hangar deck with everybody else? I was, but it got boring: I decided to visit Buck: I was planning on seeing him myself, as soon as I can get away from here: - How is he? - Malfunctioning: Definitely malfunctioning: You must not move: [Groans.]
I just thought I would look in on you before I left: [Sighs.]
Going out on patrol, huh? I wish I were going with you: I understand: But what you need now is rest: Rest, yeah: [Chuckling.]
Unfortunately, with a fever on a scale of 12:6, it takes all the fun out of resting: - Is the ambassador on board yet? - Their shuttle is approaching now: That is one of the reasons why I want to leave early: If I delay, I will have to listen to endless speeches of welcome: You never could take pomp and circumstance, could you, Hawk? - I must go: Get well, Buck: - I'm trying: Hey: Keep 'em flying, huh? [Sighs.]
Admiral? Your Excellency: Welcome aboard the Searcher: Thank you, Admiral: May I present my chief advisor, Dr: Moray? Doctor: And these gentlemen are my aides: Gentlemen: Excellency, on behalf of the Directorate, allow me to congratulate you on the successful negotiations: : : Of the Saurian unconditional surrender: Thank you, Admiral: I'm sure the Saurians will present no further threat to intergalactic peace: Good: Before going to your quarters, perhaps you would like a brief tour of the ship? Hmm: Hmm: Gentlemen? [Chuckles.]
That's what I love the personal touch: Well, still not feeling too well, are we? Well, you look all right: I can't say the same for myself though: At least your sense of humor is healthy: Yeah, well, that's all that is: [Sighs.]
Has Dr: Goodfellow made any progress in coming up with something to kill this virus? He's working on it: In the meantime, you might just remember that people who go traipsing around on unexplored planets: : : Without wearing a respirator are asking for an infection: Oh, that's great advice, Paulton: Thank you very much for caring: I appreciate it: You've got a great bedside manner: - Hey, Paulton: - What is it? Would you do me a favor? Would you fix this picture for me, please? The picture's fine to me: No, it isn't: There's a kind of green fuzziness around some of the people: Still looks all right to me: You can't see that? It's like a ghost image or something: Captain Rogers: I think you'd better get some rest: [Groans.]
Captain Rogers, do you need help? No, thanks: No: I'll be all right: [Asimov.]
This, gentlemen, is our remote survey vehicle: Excellency, if you would: Just see how light it is: Buck, what in blazes are you doing here? You're supposed to be flat on your back: Wilma, do you see something funny about the ambassador and his party? [Wilma.]
Something funny? What do you mean? Well, they're they're surrounded by a light: A green aura: Buck, you're seeing things: No, wait: There's something wrong: Extremely well-made: Wait, Wilma: - Very, very durable: - You sure you don't see anything? - Also, uh - You can tell me all about it back in sick bay: Come on: You will, uh, also notice: : : That it is possibly the latest design: : : In the entire universe: The R: S: V: Is, uh, powered by a new proton engine: : : Which gives it a far greater range: That's interesting, very interesting: Oh, forgive me, Your Excellency: You must be exhausted: Perhaps you would like to see your quarters now: : : And complete touring the ship after you've had a rest: I would like that very much: Some rest would do us good: Gentlemen: Not a word, Paulton: I don't get it, Wilma: First on the video screen, and then the same thing again: : : When I watched them from the observation deck: Well, you're burning up: It's no wonder you're seeing things: You've got Lieutenant Paulton very upset with you: Captain Rogers, I will not be responsible if your condition gets worse: If I die, I promise you my last words will be, "It was not Paulton's fault:" Ha! Very funny! [Sighs.]
I just don't understand it: Don't understand it: I've been sick before, but I never hallucinated: You've never had Cygnus Fever before either: You're weak and you're disoriented: You just gotta get some rest if you're gonna shake this thing: I know: I know: I just can't explain what I saw: Try not to worry about it, okay? Just concentrate on getting well: I'm concerned, very concerned: About the one on the balcony? He looked at us very strangely: It has me worried: Do you suppose Doctor, we cannot afford to suppose: Our infiltration of the Delta Defense Station will succeed only: : : If our impersonation is perfect: Find out about that human: [Beeps.]
[Beeping.]
This is the terminal of our navigational computer: The computer itself is on "D" Deck: Our course is maintained automatically: Impressive: Most impressive: This way, gentlemen: The green dot signifies our present position: The yellow line is our course: What does the red light indicate? That's Delta Quadrant, the most heavily armed defense station in this part of the galaxy: There's no problem as long as we avoid it: Yes, the Saurians feared it greatly: It was a major factor in their defeat: Indeed: Any ship venturing within 2,000 grids without the proper code: : : Is destroyed automatically: Well, gentlemen, what else can I show you? Space medicine's always fascinated me: Your sick bay perhaps? Of course: I'm sure Dr: Goodfellow would be delighted to show you our facilities: Lieutenant Devlin, would you kindly show the doctor below? I believe you'll find Goodfellow in his laboratory: This way, Doctor: One wonders at the marvels yet to be created by man: By man? Why created only by man, Admiral? I, uh I beg your pardon? My point is that the universe is populated: : : By large numbers of nonhumans: A great many of these non-men, shall we say, are undoubtedly of superior intelligence, creative, more inventive by far: : : Than anything that you or I could possibly imagine: Of course: I only used the term "man" in an abstract sense: - Well, Admiral, it's been most interesting: - Thank you, Excellency: Gentlemen: Now, Doctor, follow me: He may be asleep: He may be asleep: Yes, he is: Now, here's, uh, Captain Rogers, the young man I told you about: Yes: But Cygnus Fever? I thought that virus no longer affected humans: Yes, but in Captain Rogers's century, the human physiology was slightly different: Oh, my dear boy: I hear you've been misbehaving again, walking around instead of staying in bed: I'd like you to meet a distinguished guest of ours, Dr: Moray: Captain: - Is something wrong? - Dr: Goodfellow, don't you see it? See what? What are you talking about? What do you mean? The light: Green light: It's like a double image: You don't see it, do you? I don't understand, Buck: I don't understand: I don't get it, Doc: You look okay: It only happens when I look at him: What's wrong with me, Doc? Am I losing my vision? Easy: Take it easy, Buck: Take it easy: You have a very high fever, and things are apt to appear distorted under such circumstances: But you don't look distorted: Only him: Perhaps I should visit some other time: Yes: Just a moment, Doctor: I'll go with you: All right, Buck, I'm going to order a sedative for you: Right now I want you to lie back and rest: All right, Doc: Whatever you say: Thank you, yes: I'll be back later to check on you: Ah, good enough: Good: That's right: Now, I want, if you please, you to administer: : : Just one c: C: Of chlorzine, and, uh, try and get him to take as much of that as possible: Yes, Doctor: Thank you: Thank you very much: Doctor, I thought you might find this interesting: Ah, an Optical Engram Imager: Impressive: [Grunts.]
Oh, Captain Rogers! I am so sorry! I'm sorry: Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! You! Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! You! Buck, what's the matter? What are you doing? [Alarm Blaring.]
I thought I saw No, I know I saw Buck, what's wrong? What happened? What in blazes is going on here? Yes, come here, Admiral: Captain Rogers is extremely ill: We all know he's ill, Doctor, but what in the name ofTheseus is he doing out of bed? He seems to have had some sort of hallucination, seen some sort of strange image: I don't know: Would somebody turn off that alarm? [Alarm Shuts Off.]
Well, what is it, Buck? Admiral, I wasn't hallucinating: I saw it: It wasn't human: Even now, you know, there's a green light, like a like a ghost image: Can't any of you see it? Buck, you're overwrought: You should be in bed: I'm sorry: I didn't see anything: Buck, I want you back in sick bay at once: Now, that, my friend, is an order: Wait: Wait a minute: Wait a minute: They've got it too: Green light: It's like an aura: Can't any of you see it? Lieutenant Devlin, Lieutenant Paulton: - Get Captain Rogers back to sick bay: - Come on now: Captain Rogers: Come on, Captain: Can't you see it? Can't anybody see it? All right, everyone: Back to your stations: Back to your stations! Ambassador, I regret all of this very much: That's quite all right: The man is obviously not responsible for his behavior: No apology is necessary: However, you have not introduced me to this lovely lady: And for that, I cannot forgive you: Ambassador Cabot, Colonel Deering, one of my executive officers: How do you do? Admiral? I'm quite certain you have matters to attend to: As for us, we really should discuss our report to the Directorate: : : Concerning the treaty negotiations: Gentlemen? On top of everything, did you have to offend the ambassador? Something's gone wrong: I don't understand: We need to know how Rogers is penetrating our image screen: Why not let me kill him now? And ruin everything we've worked for by acting too soon? We will kill no one until this ship gets into Delta Quadrant Headquarters: : : And we replace the five senior officers: : : Who control the entire Alliance Defensive System, at which time the galaxy will be ours: For now, we need to know precisely what he sees and why: We'll need a blood sample: I can't get near him: He's too suspicious: Find a way: Doctor: : : Find a way! Hello, Dr: Goodfellow: Hello: Any change in Captain Rogers's condition? Oh, no, not yet, confound it: I've been spending a great deal of time: : : Trying to find some means of controlling the virus: Most stubborn case, I must say: Doctor, that's why I'm here: I think I might be of some help to you: You do? Indeed: When I saw Captain Rogers, I recalled a somewhat similar case: : : I encountered on the planet Librax: If I had a sample ofblood to work with, I think perhaps I might come up with something you could use: Good heavens, that's good news: That's splendid, Doctor: You administered the sedative? Shh: Yes: Less than 30 minutes ago: Do you think these will be adequate for you? Oh, quite, quite: I doubt I'll need to draw that much: I see: Now, then: Let me do that: A hemofractionizer: I completely forgot: What did you forget? Hemofractionizer: Oh, yes, yes: I think I know what you mean: You do have one? Do you want one? If you would be so kind: I'll see if they've got one in medical supplies: You're going to stay here? Yes, thank you: Right: I'll go: Thank you: First, my dear Captain Rogers, we temporarily counteract the sedative: We want to be sure: : : [Groaning.]
Our blood supply is pure: In a few seconds, that counteracting agent: : : Is going to cause you brief but considerable pain: [Moans.]
That can't be helped: No, Captain, I'm just trying to get a blood sample! Help! Help! [Grunting.]
Help:! [Gagging.]
Oh, good heavens: What's going on? Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! Stop it: Buck! Oh, my: [Paulton.]
Captain Rogers, stop it: Stop it:! [Goodfellow.]
Stop it: Stop it at once: You'll kill him: Stop! [Panting.]
What's going on? Help us get him back in the bed: Thank goodness you came: Can you manage? Try and get him back in the bed: Oh, dear: The sheet: Dr: Goodfellow: : : You drugged me: Are you one of them? Oh, Wilma: Are you too? Is everybody? Hawk: Get me Hawk: [Wilma On Radio.]
Red Boy 1, Red Boy 1: Do you read me? Over: This is Red Boy 1: What is it, Wilma? Buck is worse, and l I'm really worried: He's asking for you, Hawk: Can you come back? I will return at once: Red Boy 1 out: [Man.]
Admiral, we seem to be deviating from our course: [Asimov.]
Impossible: We're programmed through to stargate: Yes, sir, but our instruments are all registering deviation: Crichton, check the navigational terminal, see if you can figure this out: The computer indicates we are still on course, Admiral: I advise you to take a reading of our position: : : By astral scan: We have deviated from programmed course three degrees to starboard: Display new heading: [Instruments Beeping.]
Sir, we're headed for Delta Quadrant: E: T: A: Restricted zone is 19 minutes, four seconds: Go to manual: Steer three degrees port: She's not responding, sir: Computer, return to programmed course: The computer informs me that the plasma gyros will not respond: Get the technicians up here: Computer technicians to the bridge: Well, you're certainly looking better, Captain Rogers: Well, I'm certainly feeling better: Uh: : : Sort of: I guess I made quite a fool out of myself: Oh, I wouldn't say that: Let's just say your imagination got the better of you: Yeah: I'll tell you, Wilma, it all seemed so real: L I would have sworn that, uh well What? Never mind: Never mind: Well, I would have sworn that-that: : : I saw: : : Green lizards: Green lizards? Yeah, not only once, but twice: Twice I thought I saw Dr: Moray turn into some kind of giant green lizard: With scales, flicking tongues, the works: Unbelievable: Morning, Colonel Deering: Captain Rogers: I must say, you're looking much better, Captain: I hope you can say the same for me: I must have been delirious: I guess I owe you an apology: Not at all: You could hardly help yourself: But tell me, Captain, what did you see when well, when you became so: : : Excited? Sir, there's nothing wrong with either the controls or the terminal: Then why, by the hammers ofThor, are we off course? I don't know: I'd have to check your main computer banks: Then check them: We're less than 4,000 grids away from the Delta Quadrant Defense Zone: Yes, sir: Put it back, huh? A giant green lizard, indeed! That is strange, isn't it? Hmm: I hope there are no hard feelings: Of course not, Captain: My only hope is that the treatment Dr: Goodfellow and I are working on: : : Will get you over this virus as soon as possible: And speaking of work, I really should get back to the lab: If you'll excuse me? Of course, Doctor: Buck, you've never seen a Saurian before, have you? No: Why? And you didn't see any part of the peace negotiations when they were broadcast? I was on Cygnus: That's where I got this fever, remember? Let's try something: Flick on the vid-screen, will you? I'm gonna punch into the archives, and we'll take a look at the holoscan made during the negotiations: It works: He didn't see anything unusual: You're quite certain? I assure you, I appeared completely normal to him: You may all set your projectors to the frequency indicated by the blood sample: [Beeping.]
We are now 3,000 grids from the zone of destruction: It will not be long, gentlemen: You really should return to Dr: Goodfellow in the lab: After all, you promised to help him find a cure for our friend Captain Rogers: By all means: By all means: What you're going to see is last week's telecast: : : Of the unconditional surrender of the Saurian Empire to Alliance forces: Now, there on the right are Ambassador Cabot and his aides, who came aboard the Searcher this morning, including Dr: Moray who just left this room: And on the other side are the Saurian delegates to the conference: There! That's what I saw! Green lizard people! Exactly the way they looked: You can't hallucinate something you've never seen: Wilma, do you trust me? Buck, I know something is going on that we don't understand: What can we do about it? [Sighs.]
- I hate to see you in such pain, Buck: - Pain: That's it! What on earth are you talking about? Wilma, come on: We gotta talk to Dr: Goodfellow: Position and time to intersect: Twenty-two hundred grids from present restricted zone: At present course and speed, we will enter the automated defense quadrant in 14 minutes: Blast it: Any word from the computer room? Negative, sir: There's [Man On Intercom.]
Delta Quadrant calling Searcher: Delta Quadrant calling Searcher: Delta Quadrant calling Searcher: Put him on: This is Delta Quadrant Defense Headquarters: You are approaching the restricted zone: Please make appropriate course adjustments: Well, Doctor, what do you think? What do I think? Well, it's a novel theory, Buck: Very novel theory, indeed: Essentially, you're suggesting that in moments of sharp pain, you saw the, um Saurians: The Saurians: Yes, indeed, the Saurians: It's the only theory that makes any sense: The first time it happened was when Paulton spilled the hot soup on me: The next time was when Moray stuck me in the arm with that needle to take a blood sample: Yes, yes, yes, I suppose the sudden increase of adrenaline: : : That accompanies pain: : : Could somehow account for the abrupt hallucination: Hallucination? Doctor, how can you say that? I told you: I hadn't even seen one until a few minutes ago: You told me, when you agreed to listen to me, that you'd keep an open mind about this, you had an open mind about all this: I have: I mean, the point of opening one's mind is to shut it again: : : When something solid gets in there: The mere fact that pain may have triggered what you saw: : : In no way proves that what you saw had any physical reality: : : Outside your brain: You see that, don't you? Moreover, how does one account for the fact that you eventually ceased to see: : : The peculiar aura, or whatever it was: : : Around Dr: Moray? I don't know, Doctor: I don't know: But I am convinced that there was something very strange: : : About the ambassador, Dr: Moray: : : And his aides: - I hope I'm not intruding: - Certainly not, Doctor: Captain Rogers just We were, uh, just theorizing: : : About those strange hallucinations I was having: Indeed: I thought we established that you hallucinated because of your fever: Exactly: I'd like to, uh, perform an experiment: : : To, uh, confirm that theory: Experiment: What sort of experiment? Just a little something I cooked up: As a matter of fact, your participation would be very helpful: Well, uh Of course: Delighted: Anything to advance medical knowledge, you know: Oh, great, Doctor, great: I admire your scientific spirit: Would you just step this way, please? Velocity and course? Fourteen grids per second: Course constant, sir: Put the video com on transmit: I want him to see us: Aye, sir: Delta Quadrant, I repeat, our navigation computer has locked us: : : Into intersect with your restricted zone: If you don't abort your automatic defenses, this ship will be blown into subatomic particles in 11 minutes: Cancellation of the automatic defenses is impossible: : : Without the proper code sequence: And I tell you we haven't got the code sequence! Sit down, Doctor: Really, Captain Rogers Sit down! Really, Buck, I don't think there's any call for rudeness: Do you think I'm hallucinating, Doctor? I think I'm seeing something real: Well, now's the time to settle that question once and for all: Okay, except for some understandable nervousness, the good doctor looks perfectly normal: I'm gonna put my arm in that spark, and when I do, it's gonna hurt: I'll lay you 50-to-one odds: : : I will see what I saw before a green lizard: Buck, you're gonna burn your arm! Don't:! Don't, Buck:! You don't know what you're doing: Buck, you're gonna burn your arm:! Buck, this is crazy:! Buck:! I don't understand: I should have seen it: L Captain Rogers is obviously deranged: How much more evidence do you need? Colonel Deering, I demand that you have this psychopath locked up: Captain Rogers does not belong in the sick bay: He belongs in the brig:! I assure you, this matter will be reported to the ambassador: This violation of diplomatic protocol will be reported to the highest levels! Buck? Time to intersect? Seven minutes, 13 seconds, Admiral: Admiral, computer room on the horn: All right: Well, what have you found? Sir, there's a force field around the plasma gyros: And, sir, it looks like sabotage: All right: Just do what you can: Yes, sir: Crichton, what do you know about force fields? Everything, Admiral: Good: Then get down to the computer room: They need you: I hear, I obey: [Man.]
Starship Searcher, this is Defense Quadrant Delta: You are entering the outer perimeter automated defense zone: Precisely six minutes to autodestruct sequence: - Sound general quarters: - Yes, sir: General quarters, general quarters: All personnel report to duty stations: I'm going to make one last try to reason with them: Admiral, perhaps I can help: My face is known to all members of the Alliance government, including the military: - Delta Defense might listen to me: - Very well, Ambassador: We'll put you on the screen: Video com transmit on: Aye, sir: Delta Defense Quadrant, this is Ambassador Cabot: Surely you recognize me: You must cancel the automatic defense shields and let us through: I'm sorry, Ambassador: I must have the proper code: Well, you fool, do you realize what you're doing? You are about to destroy the most valuable research vessel in the Alliance, and with it take my life and the lives of my aides: Look at me! How much more proof do you need that we are what we say we are? Ambassador, I'll have to confirm with higher authority: Stand by, please: Let's just hope that higher authority will listen to reason: [Beeps.]
General Kenton, sir: The vessel on the screen is reporting itself as Earth ship Searcher: It does not have entry codes: : : And it claims computer malfunction has locked it on a destruction course with our defenses: Uh, the man in the foreground with the admiral: : : Claims to be Ambassador Cabot of our treaty negotiating team: It is Cabot: I'll handle it: Ambassador, I'm General Kenton, Vice Commander of Delta Quadrant: Permission is granted to enter the quadrant, but you will disengage your plasma drive and proceed at half speed: Any sudden maneuvers, and your ship will be immediately destroyed: Agreed, General: Without your intervention, Ambassador, the Searcher would be finished: Oh, you have my deepest gratitude: That does it: Check our position for boarding sequence: Yes, sir: Don't anybody move: Buck, what do you think you're doing? Admiral, stay right where you are: I mean it: You get back there: Get back! Move! You, across the room where I can see you: Devlin, you move out of that chair, you're a dead man: I will atomize anyone who moves: Anyone: Buck: You're insane: That does seem to be the consensus, doesn't it? Starship Searcher: This is Delta Quadrant: Two minutes to docking: Prepare for boarding by security forces: Repeat, two minutes to docking: There: He is one of them: So you think I'm crazy, huh? Well, I've got a flash for you: I'm just crazy enough to know the difference between my enemies and my friends: The Saurians are my enemies, even if they have managed, somehow, to appear as human beings: - Admiral, this man is clearly insane: - Yeah, I'm insane: So insane it took me until five minutes ago to figure out: : : That you and your friends here have some kind of device that makes you appear as humans: But they forgot one small thing, Admiral: They forgot they had to fool someone from the 20th century, someone with a slightly different body chemistry, someone they hadn't calibrated their devices for: Thank you, Hawk: - Are you with me, Wilma? - You bet: Don't be afraid to use it: Starship Searcher: One minute until docking sequence: Buck, that's the thermostat: You're absolutely right, Admiral: In a few seconds we'll begin to notice a very pleasant: : : Climatic change: Buck, it's freezing in here: Not quite, but it soon will be: This is absurd: The man is trying to freeze us to death: What's the matter? You a little chilly, Doctor? After all, we're only at level two and dropping: Starship Searcher, this is Delta Quadrant: Thirty seconds to docking sequence: Admiral, l I insist In [Body Thuds.]
Well, who's next? You, Moray? [Asimov.]
Good Lord, what's happening? All right, Devlin: Switch the video com to transmit: Here's how they did it: As you can see for yourself, these people are all Saurians, just like the major at that console: If you check his wrist, you'll find a similar device: My, my, this is an experience I won't get over for a time, I can tell you: Put 'em in the brig under double guard till after we've docked: Admiral, the temperature is slowly returning to normal, sir: Good: I've never seen anything like it: They just collapsed: How did you know? It's simple: They're reptiles, therefore they're cold-blooded: They go into hibernation once the temperature gets below scale three: But you weren't able to see them anymore: I thought you'd given up: I had: Obviously, they'd recalibrated their devices: I was convinced I'd been hallucinating all along: But they made one small mistake: Their inside man at Delta Quadrant didn't get the word to recalibrate, and you saw him on the monitor: - Yes: You may go to the head of the class, Wilma: - Thank you: Buck, if the Saurians had succeeded in taking over the Searcher: : : And infiltrating the Delta Quadrant Defense Station, why, they could have blackmailed the entire galaxy: I guess I don't need to tell you what an idiot I feel like: - That's all right, Admiral: You can tell me: - I must agree, Buck: You were splendid, simply splendid: [Gasping.]
Oh, I thought I was going to sneeze: Yes, we might call your behavior: : : An inspirational act of forbearance and courage: : : In the face of insurmountable odds: - But I was wondering just one thing: - What's that? Do you think we might have the heat turned up just a trifle faster? [Gasping, Sneezes.]
Oh: Say, "God bless you, Doctor:" God bless you, Doctor: Thank you very much: Ridiculous: A perfectly ridiculous custom: I didn't ask your opinion: That was your second mistake: Your first mistake was thinking that a handful of decaying vegetable matter: : : Would make a suitable gift for a malfunctioning human: Oh, you just don't understand at all! It's an old Earth tradition: Humans always give flowers to someone who is sick: Buck will love them: Preposterous! What are they good for? They simply wither and die: If you'd just shut up for a minute, you might learn something: Now, if you were sick [Electronic Humming.]
Hmm: Me, sick? Impossible: I am a superior being: Good day: Superior being? The only thing superior about him is his mouth! Can you get the ball game on that thing? It's almost normal: Thank God you'll soon be out of my hair, Captain: She loves me: So we see: Surprise! Surprise, Buck! Aren't they pretty? Ahh! - Oh, Twiki, they're beautiful: - Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, partner: I'm starting to feel better already: I knew it! Crichton thought he was so smart: He said they wouldn't do anything to make him well: He said they would just wither and die: But look, they're making him feel better already:
This is Red Leader Alpha: Sentry sweep completed as ordered: All Saurian fighter ships have left Alliance airspace, as dictated by terms of armistice: Request permission to enter restricted zone: Ready for code transmit: Go ahead: E: T: A:, one minute: Entering code sequence: : : Now: [Elif.]
Code sequence accepted: Reentry programmed for 54 seconds: Whew: Every time we come home, I get a cold shiver: You know, one little mistake from the guy in control down there, and it's good-bye for all of us: I read you, Willie: That is the most awesome offensive and defensive space complex: : : In the history of man: [Chuckles.]
Without it, it might have been us suing for peace instead of the Saurians: Prepare for reentry: Red Leader Alpha, you have cleared perimeter defense: Contact docking control on assigned frequency: Understood: Red Leader Alpha out: [Beeping.]
Display code sequence, please: [Different Tones Beeping.]
[Beeps.]
[Sustained Beeping.]
[Beeping.]
Delta Quadrant Defense Station: Major Elif: [On Radio.]
This is Blue Leader Victor: Request permission to enter restricted zone: Ready for code transmit: Go ahead: [Man Narrating.]
In the year 1987, NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes: Aboard this compact starship, a lone astronaut, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers, was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension: In a freak mishap, his life-support systems were frozen: : : By temperatures beyond imagination: Ranger 3 was blown out of its planned trajectory: : : Into an orbit 1,000 times more vast, an orbit which was to return Buck Rogers to Earth: : : Shuttlecraft 155, you're locked into tractor beam: Proceed with normal docking sequence: Over: [Man On Radio.]
Searcher, this is Shuttlecraft 155: Proceeding with docking: Out: - Top of the mornin', Wilma: - Top of the morning? Twiki, where on earth did you pick up an expression like that? In the language archives: Dr: Goodfellow is programming Crichton with early Anglo-Saxon dialects: I asked if I could have one, so he gave me "Top of the mornin':" Do you like it? Oh, I think it's charming: But the ambassador will be coming aboard in the next few minutes: Why aren't you in the hangar deck with everybody else? I was, but it got boring: I decided to visit Buck: I was planning on seeing him myself, as soon as I can get away from here: - How is he? - Malfunctioning: Definitely malfunctioning: You must not move: [Groans.]
I just thought I would look in on you before I left: [Sighs.]
Going out on patrol, huh? I wish I were going with you: I understand: But what you need now is rest: Rest, yeah: [Chuckling.]
Unfortunately, with a fever on a scale of 12:6, it takes all the fun out of resting: - Is the ambassador on board yet? - Their shuttle is approaching now: That is one of the reasons why I want to leave early: If I delay, I will have to listen to endless speeches of welcome: You never could take pomp and circumstance, could you, Hawk? - I must go: Get well, Buck: - I'm trying: Hey: Keep 'em flying, huh? [Sighs.]
Admiral? Your Excellency: Welcome aboard the Searcher: Thank you, Admiral: May I present my chief advisor, Dr: Moray? Doctor: And these gentlemen are my aides: Gentlemen: Excellency, on behalf of the Directorate, allow me to congratulate you on the successful negotiations: : : Of the Saurian unconditional surrender: Thank you, Admiral: I'm sure the Saurians will present no further threat to intergalactic peace: Good: Before going to your quarters, perhaps you would like a brief tour of the ship? Hmm: Hmm: Gentlemen? [Chuckles.]
That's what I love the personal touch: Well, still not feeling too well, are we? Well, you look all right: I can't say the same for myself though: At least your sense of humor is healthy: Yeah, well, that's all that is: [Sighs.]
Has Dr: Goodfellow made any progress in coming up with something to kill this virus? He's working on it: In the meantime, you might just remember that people who go traipsing around on unexplored planets: : : Without wearing a respirator are asking for an infection: Oh, that's great advice, Paulton: Thank you very much for caring: I appreciate it: You've got a great bedside manner: - Hey, Paulton: - What is it? Would you do me a favor? Would you fix this picture for me, please? The picture's fine to me: No, it isn't: There's a kind of green fuzziness around some of the people: Still looks all right to me: You can't see that? It's like a ghost image or something: Captain Rogers: I think you'd better get some rest: [Groans.]
Captain Rogers, do you need help? No, thanks: No: I'll be all right: [Asimov.]
This, gentlemen, is our remote survey vehicle: Excellency, if you would: Just see how light it is: Buck, what in blazes are you doing here? You're supposed to be flat on your back: Wilma, do you see something funny about the ambassador and his party? [Wilma.]
Something funny? What do you mean? Well, they're they're surrounded by a light: A green aura: Buck, you're seeing things: No, wait: There's something wrong: Extremely well-made: Wait, Wilma: - Very, very durable: - You sure you don't see anything? - Also, uh - You can tell me all about it back in sick bay: Come on: You will, uh, also notice: : : That it is possibly the latest design: : : In the entire universe: The R: S: V: Is, uh, powered by a new proton engine: : : Which gives it a far greater range: That's interesting, very interesting: Oh, forgive me, Your Excellency: You must be exhausted: Perhaps you would like to see your quarters now: : : And complete touring the ship after you've had a rest: I would like that very much: Some rest would do us good: Gentlemen: Not a word, Paulton: I don't get it, Wilma: First on the video screen, and then the same thing again: : : When I watched them from the observation deck: Well, you're burning up: It's no wonder you're seeing things: You've got Lieutenant Paulton very upset with you: Captain Rogers, I will not be responsible if your condition gets worse: If I die, I promise you my last words will be, "It was not Paulton's fault:" Ha! Very funny! [Sighs.]
I just don't understand it: Don't understand it: I've been sick before, but I never hallucinated: You've never had Cygnus Fever before either: You're weak and you're disoriented: You just gotta get some rest if you're gonna shake this thing: I know: I know: I just can't explain what I saw: Try not to worry about it, okay? Just concentrate on getting well: I'm concerned, very concerned: About the one on the balcony? He looked at us very strangely: It has me worried: Do you suppose Doctor, we cannot afford to suppose: Our infiltration of the Delta Defense Station will succeed only: : : If our impersonation is perfect: Find out about that human: [Beeps.]
[Beeping.]
This is the terminal of our navigational computer: The computer itself is on "D" Deck: Our course is maintained automatically: Impressive: Most impressive: This way, gentlemen: The green dot signifies our present position: The yellow line is our course: What does the red light indicate? That's Delta Quadrant, the most heavily armed defense station in this part of the galaxy: There's no problem as long as we avoid it: Yes, the Saurians feared it greatly: It was a major factor in their defeat: Indeed: Any ship venturing within 2,000 grids without the proper code: : : Is destroyed automatically: Well, gentlemen, what else can I show you? Space medicine's always fascinated me: Your sick bay perhaps? Of course: I'm sure Dr: Goodfellow would be delighted to show you our facilities: Lieutenant Devlin, would you kindly show the doctor below? I believe you'll find Goodfellow in his laboratory: This way, Doctor: One wonders at the marvels yet to be created by man: By man? Why created only by man, Admiral? I, uh I beg your pardon? My point is that the universe is populated: : : By large numbers of nonhumans: A great many of these non-men, shall we say, are undoubtedly of superior intelligence, creative, more inventive by far: : : Than anything that you or I could possibly imagine: Of course: I only used the term "man" in an abstract sense: - Well, Admiral, it's been most interesting: - Thank you, Excellency: Gentlemen: Now, Doctor, follow me: He may be asleep: He may be asleep: Yes, he is: Now, here's, uh, Captain Rogers, the young man I told you about: Yes: But Cygnus Fever? I thought that virus no longer affected humans: Yes, but in Captain Rogers's century, the human physiology was slightly different: Oh, my dear boy: I hear you've been misbehaving again, walking around instead of staying in bed: I'd like you to meet a distinguished guest of ours, Dr: Moray: Captain: - Is something wrong? - Dr: Goodfellow, don't you see it? See what? What are you talking about? What do you mean? The light: Green light: It's like a double image: You don't see it, do you? I don't understand, Buck: I don't understand: I don't get it, Doc: You look okay: It only happens when I look at him: What's wrong with me, Doc? Am I losing my vision? Easy: Take it easy, Buck: Take it easy: You have a very high fever, and things are apt to appear distorted under such circumstances: But you don't look distorted: Only him: Perhaps I should visit some other time: Yes: Just a moment, Doctor: I'll go with you: All right, Buck, I'm going to order a sedative for you: Right now I want you to lie back and rest: All right, Doc: Whatever you say: Thank you, yes: I'll be back later to check on you: Ah, good enough: Good: That's right: Now, I want, if you please, you to administer: : : Just one c: C: Of chlorzine, and, uh, try and get him to take as much of that as possible: Yes, Doctor: Thank you: Thank you very much: Doctor, I thought you might find this interesting: Ah, an Optical Engram Imager: Impressive: [Grunts.]
Oh, Captain Rogers! I am so sorry! I'm sorry: Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! You! Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! You! Buck, what's the matter? What are you doing? [Alarm Blaring.]
I thought I saw No, I know I saw Buck, what's wrong? What happened? What in blazes is going on here? Yes, come here, Admiral: Captain Rogers is extremely ill: We all know he's ill, Doctor, but what in the name ofTheseus is he doing out of bed? He seems to have had some sort of hallucination, seen some sort of strange image: I don't know: Would somebody turn off that alarm? [Alarm Shuts Off.]
Well, what is it, Buck? Admiral, I wasn't hallucinating: I saw it: It wasn't human: Even now, you know, there's a green light, like a like a ghost image: Can't any of you see it? Buck, you're overwrought: You should be in bed: I'm sorry: I didn't see anything: Buck, I want you back in sick bay at once: Now, that, my friend, is an order: Wait: Wait a minute: Wait a minute: They've got it too: Green light: It's like an aura: Can't any of you see it? Lieutenant Devlin, Lieutenant Paulton: - Get Captain Rogers back to sick bay: - Come on now: Captain Rogers: Come on, Captain: Can't you see it? Can't anybody see it? All right, everyone: Back to your stations: Back to your stations! Ambassador, I regret all of this very much: That's quite all right: The man is obviously not responsible for his behavior: No apology is necessary: However, you have not introduced me to this lovely lady: And for that, I cannot forgive you: Ambassador Cabot, Colonel Deering, one of my executive officers: How do you do? Admiral? I'm quite certain you have matters to attend to: As for us, we really should discuss our report to the Directorate: : : Concerning the treaty negotiations: Gentlemen? On top of everything, did you have to offend the ambassador? Something's gone wrong: I don't understand: We need to know how Rogers is penetrating our image screen: Why not let me kill him now? And ruin everything we've worked for by acting too soon? We will kill no one until this ship gets into Delta Quadrant Headquarters: : : And we replace the five senior officers: : : Who control the entire Alliance Defensive System, at which time the galaxy will be ours: For now, we need to know precisely what he sees and why: We'll need a blood sample: I can't get near him: He's too suspicious: Find a way: Doctor: : : Find a way! Hello, Dr: Goodfellow: Hello: Any change in Captain Rogers's condition? Oh, no, not yet, confound it: I've been spending a great deal of time: : : Trying to find some means of controlling the virus: Most stubborn case, I must say: Doctor, that's why I'm here: I think I might be of some help to you: You do? Indeed: When I saw Captain Rogers, I recalled a somewhat similar case: : : I encountered on the planet Librax: If I had a sample ofblood to work with, I think perhaps I might come up with something you could use: Good heavens, that's good news: That's splendid, Doctor: You administered the sedative? Shh: Yes: Less than 30 minutes ago: Do you think these will be adequate for you? Oh, quite, quite: I doubt I'll need to draw that much: I see: Now, then: Let me do that: A hemofractionizer: I completely forgot: What did you forget? Hemofractionizer: Oh, yes, yes: I think I know what you mean: You do have one? Do you want one? If you would be so kind: I'll see if they've got one in medical supplies: You're going to stay here? Yes, thank you: Right: I'll go: Thank you: First, my dear Captain Rogers, we temporarily counteract the sedative: We want to be sure: : : [Groaning.]
Our blood supply is pure: In a few seconds, that counteracting agent: : : Is going to cause you brief but considerable pain: [Moans.]
That can't be helped: No, Captain, I'm just trying to get a blood sample! Help! Help! [Grunting.]
Help:! [Gagging.]
Oh, good heavens: What's going on? Captain Rogers! Captain Rogers! Stop it: Buck! Oh, my: [Paulton.]
Captain Rogers, stop it: Stop it:! [Goodfellow.]
Stop it: Stop it at once: You'll kill him: Stop! [Panting.]
What's going on? Help us get him back in the bed: Thank goodness you came: Can you manage? Try and get him back in the bed: Oh, dear: The sheet: Dr: Goodfellow: : : You drugged me: Are you one of them? Oh, Wilma: Are you too? Is everybody? Hawk: Get me Hawk: [Wilma On Radio.]
Red Boy 1, Red Boy 1: Do you read me? Over: This is Red Boy 1: What is it, Wilma? Buck is worse, and l I'm really worried: He's asking for you, Hawk: Can you come back? I will return at once: Red Boy 1 out: [Man.]
Admiral, we seem to be deviating from our course: [Asimov.]
Impossible: We're programmed through to stargate: Yes, sir, but our instruments are all registering deviation: Crichton, check the navigational terminal, see if you can figure this out: The computer indicates we are still on course, Admiral: I advise you to take a reading of our position: : : By astral scan: We have deviated from programmed course three degrees to starboard: Display new heading: [Instruments Beeping.]
Sir, we're headed for Delta Quadrant: E: T: A: Restricted zone is 19 minutes, four seconds: Go to manual: Steer three degrees port: She's not responding, sir: Computer, return to programmed course: The computer informs me that the plasma gyros will not respond: Get the technicians up here: Computer technicians to the bridge: Well, you're certainly looking better, Captain Rogers: Well, I'm certainly feeling better: Uh: : : Sort of: I guess I made quite a fool out of myself: Oh, I wouldn't say that: Let's just say your imagination got the better of you: Yeah: I'll tell you, Wilma, it all seemed so real: L I would have sworn that, uh well What? Never mind: Never mind: Well, I would have sworn that-that: : : I saw: : : Green lizards: Green lizards? Yeah, not only once, but twice: Twice I thought I saw Dr: Moray turn into some kind of giant green lizard: With scales, flicking tongues, the works: Unbelievable: Morning, Colonel Deering: Captain Rogers: I must say, you're looking much better, Captain: I hope you can say the same for me: I must have been delirious: I guess I owe you an apology: Not at all: You could hardly help yourself: But tell me, Captain, what did you see when well, when you became so: : : Excited? Sir, there's nothing wrong with either the controls or the terminal: Then why, by the hammers ofThor, are we off course? I don't know: I'd have to check your main computer banks: Then check them: We're less than 4,000 grids away from the Delta Quadrant Defense Zone: Yes, sir: Put it back, huh? A giant green lizard, indeed! That is strange, isn't it? Hmm: I hope there are no hard feelings: Of course not, Captain: My only hope is that the treatment Dr: Goodfellow and I are working on: : : Will get you over this virus as soon as possible: And speaking of work, I really should get back to the lab: If you'll excuse me? Of course, Doctor: Buck, you've never seen a Saurian before, have you? No: Why? And you didn't see any part of the peace negotiations when they were broadcast? I was on Cygnus: That's where I got this fever, remember? Let's try something: Flick on the vid-screen, will you? I'm gonna punch into the archives, and we'll take a look at the holoscan made during the negotiations: It works: He didn't see anything unusual: You're quite certain? I assure you, I appeared completely normal to him: You may all set your projectors to the frequency indicated by the blood sample: [Beeping.]
We are now 3,000 grids from the zone of destruction: It will not be long, gentlemen: You really should return to Dr: Goodfellow in the lab: After all, you promised to help him find a cure for our friend Captain Rogers: By all means: By all means: What you're going to see is last week's telecast: : : Of the unconditional surrender of the Saurian Empire to Alliance forces: Now, there on the right are Ambassador Cabot and his aides, who came aboard the Searcher this morning, including Dr: Moray who just left this room: And on the other side are the Saurian delegates to the conference: There! That's what I saw! Green lizard people! Exactly the way they looked: You can't hallucinate something you've never seen: Wilma, do you trust me? Buck, I know something is going on that we don't understand: What can we do about it? [Sighs.]
- I hate to see you in such pain, Buck: - Pain: That's it! What on earth are you talking about? Wilma, come on: We gotta talk to Dr: Goodfellow: Position and time to intersect: Twenty-two hundred grids from present restricted zone: At present course and speed, we will enter the automated defense quadrant in 14 minutes: Blast it: Any word from the computer room? Negative, sir: There's [Man On Intercom.]
Delta Quadrant calling Searcher: Delta Quadrant calling Searcher: Delta Quadrant calling Searcher: Put him on: This is Delta Quadrant Defense Headquarters: You are approaching the restricted zone: Please make appropriate course adjustments: Well, Doctor, what do you think? What do I think? Well, it's a novel theory, Buck: Very novel theory, indeed: Essentially, you're suggesting that in moments of sharp pain, you saw the, um Saurians: The Saurians: Yes, indeed, the Saurians: It's the only theory that makes any sense: The first time it happened was when Paulton spilled the hot soup on me: The next time was when Moray stuck me in the arm with that needle to take a blood sample: Yes, yes, yes, I suppose the sudden increase of adrenaline: : : That accompanies pain: : : Could somehow account for the abrupt hallucination: Hallucination? Doctor, how can you say that? I told you: I hadn't even seen one until a few minutes ago: You told me, when you agreed to listen to me, that you'd keep an open mind about this, you had an open mind about all this: I have: I mean, the point of opening one's mind is to shut it again: : : When something solid gets in there: The mere fact that pain may have triggered what you saw: : : In no way proves that what you saw had any physical reality: : : Outside your brain: You see that, don't you? Moreover, how does one account for the fact that you eventually ceased to see: : : The peculiar aura, or whatever it was: : : Around Dr: Moray? I don't know, Doctor: I don't know: But I am convinced that there was something very strange: : : About the ambassador, Dr: Moray: : : And his aides: - I hope I'm not intruding: - Certainly not, Doctor: Captain Rogers just We were, uh, just theorizing: : : About those strange hallucinations I was having: Indeed: I thought we established that you hallucinated because of your fever: Exactly: I'd like to, uh, perform an experiment: : : To, uh, confirm that theory: Experiment: What sort of experiment? Just a little something I cooked up: As a matter of fact, your participation would be very helpful: Well, uh Of course: Delighted: Anything to advance medical knowledge, you know: Oh, great, Doctor, great: I admire your scientific spirit: Would you just step this way, please? Velocity and course? Fourteen grids per second: Course constant, sir: Put the video com on transmit: I want him to see us: Aye, sir: Delta Quadrant, I repeat, our navigation computer has locked us: : : Into intersect with your restricted zone: If you don't abort your automatic defenses, this ship will be blown into subatomic particles in 11 minutes: Cancellation of the automatic defenses is impossible: : : Without the proper code sequence: And I tell you we haven't got the code sequence! Sit down, Doctor: Really, Captain Rogers Sit down! Really, Buck, I don't think there's any call for rudeness: Do you think I'm hallucinating, Doctor? I think I'm seeing something real: Well, now's the time to settle that question once and for all: Okay, except for some understandable nervousness, the good doctor looks perfectly normal: I'm gonna put my arm in that spark, and when I do, it's gonna hurt: I'll lay you 50-to-one odds: : : I will see what I saw before a green lizard: Buck, you're gonna burn your arm! Don't:! Don't, Buck:! You don't know what you're doing: Buck, you're gonna burn your arm:! Buck, this is crazy:! Buck:! I don't understand: I should have seen it: L Captain Rogers is obviously deranged: How much more evidence do you need? Colonel Deering, I demand that you have this psychopath locked up: Captain Rogers does not belong in the sick bay: He belongs in the brig:! I assure you, this matter will be reported to the ambassador: This violation of diplomatic protocol will be reported to the highest levels! Buck? Time to intersect? Seven minutes, 13 seconds, Admiral: Admiral, computer room on the horn: All right: Well, what have you found? Sir, there's a force field around the plasma gyros: And, sir, it looks like sabotage: All right: Just do what you can: Yes, sir: Crichton, what do you know about force fields? Everything, Admiral: Good: Then get down to the computer room: They need you: I hear, I obey: [Man.]
Starship Searcher, this is Defense Quadrant Delta: You are entering the outer perimeter automated defense zone: Precisely six minutes to autodestruct sequence: - Sound general quarters: - Yes, sir: General quarters, general quarters: All personnel report to duty stations: I'm going to make one last try to reason with them: Admiral, perhaps I can help: My face is known to all members of the Alliance government, including the military: - Delta Defense might listen to me: - Very well, Ambassador: We'll put you on the screen: Video com transmit on: Aye, sir: Delta Defense Quadrant, this is Ambassador Cabot: Surely you recognize me: You must cancel the automatic defense shields and let us through: I'm sorry, Ambassador: I must have the proper code: Well, you fool, do you realize what you're doing? You are about to destroy the most valuable research vessel in the Alliance, and with it take my life and the lives of my aides: Look at me! How much more proof do you need that we are what we say we are? Ambassador, I'll have to confirm with higher authority: Stand by, please: Let's just hope that higher authority will listen to reason: [Beeps.]
General Kenton, sir: The vessel on the screen is reporting itself as Earth ship Searcher: It does not have entry codes: : : And it claims computer malfunction has locked it on a destruction course with our defenses: Uh, the man in the foreground with the admiral: : : Claims to be Ambassador Cabot of our treaty negotiating team: It is Cabot: I'll handle it: Ambassador, I'm General Kenton, Vice Commander of Delta Quadrant: Permission is granted to enter the quadrant, but you will disengage your plasma drive and proceed at half speed: Any sudden maneuvers, and your ship will be immediately destroyed: Agreed, General: Without your intervention, Ambassador, the Searcher would be finished: Oh, you have my deepest gratitude: That does it: Check our position for boarding sequence: Yes, sir: Don't anybody move: Buck, what do you think you're doing? Admiral, stay right where you are: I mean it: You get back there: Get back! Move! You, across the room where I can see you: Devlin, you move out of that chair, you're a dead man: I will atomize anyone who moves: Anyone: Buck: You're insane: That does seem to be the consensus, doesn't it? Starship Searcher: This is Delta Quadrant: Two minutes to docking: Prepare for boarding by security forces: Repeat, two minutes to docking: There: He is one of them: So you think I'm crazy, huh? Well, I've got a flash for you: I'm just crazy enough to know the difference between my enemies and my friends: The Saurians are my enemies, even if they have managed, somehow, to appear as human beings: - Admiral, this man is clearly insane: - Yeah, I'm insane: So insane it took me until five minutes ago to figure out: : : That you and your friends here have some kind of device that makes you appear as humans: But they forgot one small thing, Admiral: They forgot they had to fool someone from the 20th century, someone with a slightly different body chemistry, someone they hadn't calibrated their devices for: Thank you, Hawk: - Are you with me, Wilma? - You bet: Don't be afraid to use it: Starship Searcher: One minute until docking sequence: Buck, that's the thermostat: You're absolutely right, Admiral: In a few seconds we'll begin to notice a very pleasant: : : Climatic change: Buck, it's freezing in here: Not quite, but it soon will be: This is absurd: The man is trying to freeze us to death: What's the matter? You a little chilly, Doctor? After all, we're only at level two and dropping: Starship Searcher, this is Delta Quadrant: Thirty seconds to docking sequence: Admiral, l I insist In [Body Thuds.]
Well, who's next? You, Moray? [Asimov.]
Good Lord, what's happening? All right, Devlin: Switch the video com to transmit: Here's how they did it: As you can see for yourself, these people are all Saurians, just like the major at that console: If you check his wrist, you'll find a similar device: My, my, this is an experience I won't get over for a time, I can tell you: Put 'em in the brig under double guard till after we've docked: Admiral, the temperature is slowly returning to normal, sir: Good: I've never seen anything like it: They just collapsed: How did you know? It's simple: They're reptiles, therefore they're cold-blooded: They go into hibernation once the temperature gets below scale three: But you weren't able to see them anymore: I thought you'd given up: I had: Obviously, they'd recalibrated their devices: I was convinced I'd been hallucinating all along: But they made one small mistake: Their inside man at Delta Quadrant didn't get the word to recalibrate, and you saw him on the monitor: - Yes: You may go to the head of the class, Wilma: - Thank you: Buck, if the Saurians had succeeded in taking over the Searcher: : : And infiltrating the Delta Quadrant Defense Station, why, they could have blackmailed the entire galaxy: I guess I don't need to tell you what an idiot I feel like: - That's all right, Admiral: You can tell me: - I must agree, Buck: You were splendid, simply splendid: [Gasping.]
Oh, I thought I was going to sneeze: Yes, we might call your behavior: : : An inspirational act of forbearance and courage: : : In the face of insurmountable odds: - But I was wondering just one thing: - What's that? Do you think we might have the heat turned up just a trifle faster? [Gasping, Sneezes.]
Oh: Say, "God bless you, Doctor:" God bless you, Doctor: Thank you very much: Ridiculous: A perfectly ridiculous custom: I didn't ask your opinion: That was your second mistake: Your first mistake was thinking that a handful of decaying vegetable matter: : : Would make a suitable gift for a malfunctioning human: Oh, you just don't understand at all! It's an old Earth tradition: Humans always give flowers to someone who is sick: Buck will love them: Preposterous! What are they good for? They simply wither and die: If you'd just shut up for a minute, you might learn something: Now, if you were sick [Electronic Humming.]
Hmm: Me, sick? Impossible: I am a superior being: Good day: Superior being? The only thing superior about him is his mouth! Can you get the ball game on that thing? It's almost normal: Thank God you'll soon be out of my hair, Captain: She loves me: So we see: Surprise! Surprise, Buck! Aren't they pretty? Ahh! - Oh, Twiki, they're beautiful: - Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, partner: I'm starting to feel better already: I knew it! Crichton thought he was so smart: He said they wouldn't do anything to make him well: He said they would just wither and die: But look, they're making him feel better already: