Buck Rogers in the 25th Century s02e09 Episode Script
The Satyr
[Woodwind.]
- Mother? Mother? - [Continues.]
[Snorts, Roars.]
Mother, are these grapes all right? Young man, those grapes: : : Are perfect, just like you: I don't know what I'd do without you, Delph: There is just one thing: Remember our agreement that we weren't going to shout? I forgot: Do you think he heard? Probably not: It wasn't a very loud shout: But just in case, maybe we should go in the house and bar the door for a while: All right? All right: All right: We'll make some roseberry tarts and [Animal Roars, Snorts.]
Mother! I hear:! Go:! Run:! Run:! [Growling.]
[Growls.]
Pangor thirsty: Moon wine! There isn't any: You drank it all the last time! Pangor need wine: Bean! [Growling.]
[Clattering, Smashing.]
Wait! There is no wine, and there's not enough food: Leave my mother alone: Ow! Put me down! Let me go! Let me go! Open the door! Leave my mother alone! Leave my mother alone! [Clattering, Smashing.]
[Growling.]
Eat! Eat! [Growling, Slurping.]
Please, please make him go away and leave my mother alone: [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: : : I still say think it over, Buck: If we check the asteroid belt, you'll be alone here for 10 full days: Well, it may take me that long to find any signs of life, if there are any: What about it, Doctor? Did your review of the archives come up with anything significant? Only two points, as a matter of fact, my dear boy: Arkadis was thought to be a planetary paradise, often referred to as a benign twin of Earth: Now, the last attempt of colonization: : : Was led by a MajorJason Samos: Samos? Outstanding fellow he was, actually founder of the back-to-the-land movement, all that sort of thing: Established successful colonies on half a dozen other worlds: Except that he didn't succeed on Arkadis: Well, you see, no one knows that for certain: For 10 years, he sent back glowing reports from Arkadis: Then about six years ago, it must have been, all communications from that planet ceased: I can't remember the precise date of the last message: July 17, 2485: Oh, mind your own business: Drives you mad, that fellow, doesn't he? Makes you feel like a fool all the time: - Are you certain you don't want me to go with you, Buck? - Yes, Hawk: You and Wilma are gonna be busy enough completing that asteroid sweep in 10 days without worrying about me: Besides, maybe when I get back from Arkadis I'll have some information about what happened to Major Samos: Oh, I do hope so: I do hope so: I'll look forward to that: I will indeed, Buck: Bye-bye: See you later, Doctor: I don't know why: He just asked me if I'd like to go down to Arkadis with him, and I said I would, and it's all set: Your shuttlecraft is all set to go, Buck: Twiki tells me you're taking him with you: That's right: I would've been glad to take you along, Wilma, but this planet has three moons: Meaning? Well, I know how you are in moonlight, and, uh, I only got 10 days to complete this mission: You're gonna regret that remark, Buck: [Chirping.]
Are you really different in the moonlight? No, sweetie: But I will be from now on: I hope you two will be very happy together: [Woodwind.]
[Stops.]
[Roars.]
[Snorting.]
[Growling.]
"On this site, April 25, in the year 2475, "MajorJason Samos established the Earth colony of New Corinth, "numbering 116 souls: May God bless this venture:" - Kinda gives you a funny feeling, doesn't it, Twiki? - [Chirping.]
Sure does, Buck: It's sad, very sad: All the hopes, all the dreams, reduced to this: [Woodwind, Distant.]
What was that? That the wind? [Continues.]
I think there's a possibility of Look out, Buck! [Growling.]
- [Howls.]
- Look out, Buck! Get him, Buck: Get him! [Howling.]
[Groans, Sighs.]
You're hurt: I'll live: What kind of an animal was that, anyway? Could be a zewolf, Buck: They're supposed to be native to Arkadis: Well, maybe you better clue me in as to what other kinds of specimens I might run into on this planet: That's easy: Human male, age approximately nine years: What? Where? Right behind you at the moment: Well, who are you? Delph, sir: Delph Samos: I saw what you did to the zewolf, and it was wonderful: Well, thank you: Thank you: "Samos," huh? You by any chance related to, uh, MajorJason Samos who founded this colony? Yes, sir: He was my father: He's dead now: Oh: I'm sorry to hear that: Oh, my name's Captain Buck Rogers, and this is my friend Twiki: Pleased to meet ya: You're bleeding: Oh, that's all right: Tell me something: Are there any other people on this planet? No, just my mother and me: No other settlers, huh? No: Mother says they all left years ago: You're not going to leave right away, are you? No: I hadn't intended to: Then please come to our house: My mother can fix your arm for you, and she's a very good cook, and we've got plenty of room: [Chuckling.]
All right: You've made yourself a deal: Besides, I'd like to meet your mother and talk to her: And I could use a home cooked meal too: Twiki? Yes, Buck: - Stay here and keep an eye on the ship, all right? - Okay, Buck: Lead on, Delph: - Did you really come from a starship? - That's right: It's called the Searcher: We're looking for the lost tribes of Earth: "Lost tribes"? Your mother must have told you that right after the holocaust, people left the Earth to colonize other planets: Well, a couple of hundred years ago, the Earth lost contact with those early colonists: Now we're trying to find out what happened to them, reestablish contact, hoping that maybe, well Oh, there's my mother: Her name is Syra: Come on: [Buck.]
Okay: Mother! That's Captain Buck Rogers: He's from the starship Searcher: Happy to meet you, ma'am: Hello: Delph: You promised, if I let you go, you'd stay hidden till the spaceship left: I was hiding, Mother, but Captain Rogers was hurt: What happened? It was a zewolf, Mother: That arm should be tended to: There are strange viruses here on this planet: - Please come to the house: Delph, you stay and finish up here: - Oh! I'm sorry if I haven't been very hospitable, Captain: It's just It's better if you don't stay here: You can see there's there's very little room, and we're barely managing: You're welcome to share my supplies: And if you'd like, you can leave with me when the Searcher comes back: Well, thank you, but this is our home: Suit yourself: - Feels better already: - It's a wild herb: It has unusually fast healing properties: From the looks of it, you Don't: [Sighs.]
I'm sorry: I'm afraid I don't react very well to being touched: [Sighs.]
Well [Grunts.]
That was absolutely fantastic: Thank you: Bread sprouts and corn gourds with roseberries baked on top: Mm: We find them in the woods: It's nice to see the land provides for you: When my father scouted this planet, he made sure: : : That everything would be here for everybody: You know what, Captain Rogers? I still have my father's logbook: I'll get it and show you: He sleeps with it under his pillow: He dreams someday of being able to do everything his father's done: I never met Major Samos, but from everything I've heard about him, I wish I had: Here it is: It shows all the places he's been: [Woodwind, Distant.]
I heard that sound when we first landed: What is it? [Continues.]
It's nothing: It's the wind: [Continues.]
You all right, Delph? Yes, sir: I'm all right: : : Now: I've never even been in a spaceship before, let alone be flying it: Well, so far you're doing a great job: One of these days you'll be a fine pilot: Hey, better let me take over right now: We're almost over your house: Aye, aye, Captain: [Footsteps.]
[Engine Whining, Approaching.]
[Growling.]
[Continues Growling.]
[Steed Roars.]
Ah: There we go, huh? Well, I'm glad you had a good time: [Chuckles.]
Mother! Mother! You'll never guess what I just did! [Pouring.]
Mother! Mother! Oh: I flew the shuttle: I really flew it: Buck let me handle the controls, and he's teaching me about flying and guidance and propulsion systems and Whoa: You mustn't pester the captain too much now, huh? Oh, it's no trouble, ma'am: He's really a fine boy: - He and Twiki are getting along really well: - Twiki? Oh, Twiki's my robot: I left him on board the ship: He's awful cute, Mother: And he's little not even as big as I am: [Chuckles.]
I'm going to help him and Buck with the names of all the plants and animals around here: Oh, he's already started: Got some right here: [Syra.]
That's nice: You better go wash up for supper now: This is amberfire, and, uh - Uh, "amberleaf:" - Oh, amberleaf: Uh, then this must be: : : Devil's fire: Right: Okay: And this must be, um Flute grass: Because you can play it like a flute: Like this: Flute grass: - [Woodwind.]
- [Syra.]
Delph [Clatters.]
I told you never to do that: I'm sorry, Mother: I forgot: It's all right, Delph: It's all right: [Pangor Growls.]
[Chirping.]
What is it, Twiki? There's something coming, Buck: It's out there at the edge of the woods: [Sighs.]
Another zewolf? I can't tell: All right: - [Steed Roars.]
- [Growls.]
Buck, we've been hit: Our controls have been shorted out: [Hoofbeats Departing.]
[Sizzling.]
So where does this: : : Man if you can call him that come from? He lives in the woods: Nothing that goes on around here escapes him: Keeps bothering us taking things from us: Calls himself Pangor: But I don't know what that is: It's probably another name for "satyr" half goat, half man: I never thought I'd see one, outside of statues of ancient mythology: I wish I was big enough to fight him: I won't have more fighting: Captain Rogers has already been injured once: I won't have him hurt again: Captain, that was one reason I wanted you to leave Arkadis right away: I still do: That might be a trifle difficult at the moment [Sighs.]
With half my ship's controls and all of its communications out: - I wasn't planning on taking off and leaving you two behind here anyway: - Even if I insisted? Why should you insist? You're obviously in trouble here and have been for quite a while: Delph, would you do me a favor? - Would you get my toolbox for me? It's right outside the door of the ship: - Sure: - I'm not getting the whole story here, am I? - It's true: He's been troubling us a long time: - What is he, some kind of mutant? - Mutant? Is he one of a kind, or are there others like him? There are a few others, but we hardly ever see them here: They seem to stake out their own territory and stay there: And I think they're afraid of Pangor: Well, I can't say that I blame them: Packs quite a thunderbolt in that whip of his: Is that what frightened the other colonists away? We were all terrified: Six years ago, everybody voted to leave and settle on some other planet: Their ship didn't make it: - What stopped you from going with them? - My husband: He, uh, had this dream, right up to the end, that he could somehow turn this place into a: : : Garden of Eden: - But after he died, you must have had plenty of chances to leave here: - Then I couldn't: [Woodwind.]
[Continues.]
He's out there a satyr and his feralon always watching this house: Let him watch all he wants to: - I get Twiki fixed and the Scout refitted, we're getting out of here all of us: - No: This is my husband's home: This is where I stay: Maybe you can take Delph: I couldn't bear parting with him before, when he was so little: Maybe now it's getting to be time: Mother, I'm not going anywhere without you: I'm not: Something to think about: [Growls.]
[Electronic Buzzing, Whistling.]
[Chirping.]
Ouch: [Giggles.]
Oh, hello, there: I thought I'd lost my little compadre: [Clicks.]
Hey, easy, Buck: That tickles: [Giggles.]
Well, welcome back, Twiki: He's fixed: Well, not quite, but he's on his way: Davis, try to raise Captain Rogers again: It is useless: Arkadis passed into perihelion meaning it is at its closest approach to the sun: I know what perihelion means, you rust bucket: What's that got to do with our being unable to speak to Captain Rogers? Really, Admiral: When Arkadis is in perihelion, it is in a state of total eclipse relative to our present position: - No communication will be possible for another 12 hours: - Why didn't you tell me that 17 minutes ago? You didn't ask: Admiral, are we going to abort the rest of the asteroid sweep? Well, I'm of two minds: If we abort and there's nothing wrong, we're going to look like idiots: I'd put my trust in Buck, Admiral: There's not much he can't handle: All right: You and Hawk carry on until further notice: I suppose we can afford to wait until that planet comes out of perihelion: [Crank Squeaking.]
[Crank Continues.]
Please excuse me: Moon wine has to be made quickly when the grapes are ready: Tell me the truth, Syra: It's all for him, isn't it? For Pangor: If he's supplied with enough, he's content: : : And he goes off and he leaves me alone: : : For a little while: So you appease him? I have to, or he might hurt Delph: Well, then tell me something: Why do you still refuse to leave? Because I can't: Would you please: : : Just let me finish my work? [Sobs.]
[Twiki.]
Hi, Delph: Hi, Twiki: It must be so nice, Captain Rogers, to fly all over the universe and see everything: Well, it's got its points, Delph: Like being free, isn't it things ahead of you you don't know about? There's a whole lot of truth to that: [Chuckles.]
[Syra Screaming.]
No:! No:! No:! Mother! Get inside quick: Move! No:! No:! Pangor! - [Growls.]
- Leave the woman alone, or I'll kill ya! No! You be killed: I don't think so, Pangor: Look: Throw gun away: Throw:! Or this one will feel Pangor's whip: Throw gun now! [Buck.]
Get in the house, quick:! [Whip Arcing.]
Syra, bolt the door:! [Pangor Growling.]
Pangor the coward: Fights women and children: - Come on! - Now we see: Come on, Pangor: You're nothing without your whip: - Come on: Come get me: - [Growling Continues.]
Pangor the coward:! Kill: Kill! Kill! Where are you? Close? Yes, close! Pangor's whip will sniff you out: [Yells.]
[Whip Arcing.]
[Grunts.]
[Groaning, Straining.]
Is it true? He's really drowned? Well, it sure looked that way: Wow: I knew you could do it: I knew from the first time you beat the zewolf, you'd be the one to beat Pangor: That's why I wanted you to stay with us: We're free ofhim Mother really and truly free: Yes: Free: Aren't you happy, Mother? I'm thankful Captain Rogers came through it all right: - Delph, go and get some fresh water from the well: - Yes, Mother: He asked if you were happy, and you said, "We're thankful:" There's a difference: I'm thankful we're free of him: I'm never happy over the death of anyone: Yes, but I don't think you would mourn for everyone: And yet you mourn for this Pangor: Why? Part of me is relieved he's dead more than I can tell: Another part of me can't help grieving for him: You grieve for the satyr who brutalized you? You mind telling me why? Because once upon a time he was something very different: Once, he was a man a good man whose name was not Pangor, but MajorJason Samos: Your husband? My husband: Now you know why I could never bring myself to leave this place: There's no reason to hide anything anymore: You see, something here turned men into satyrs never women or children: And only some of the men: We never found out what caused it: Our own family stayed on here after all the others voted to leave: My husband was so obsessed with the pioneer dream: And then time came: : : When he was affected too: Over the space of hours: : : I watched him change: : : Into that half-animal thing you had to kill today, Captain: Changed from this civilized man this wonderful, dedicated human being I was married to: And of course I worry about Delph: I'm afraid it could happen to him too when he becomes a man: [Sighs.]
[Quietly.]
I'm sorry: Terribly sorry, Syra: Delph never knew: He won't find out from you, will he Captain? How could I tell him that I killed his father? Captain: - Oh, my God: - What's the matter? Your eyes: It was the satyr bite: Leave this place, Buck: Leave it and go back to your ship for help: We're all gonna get out of here: Mother, what's the matter? Where's Captain Rogers going? This is Searcher calling Hawk's ship and Colonel Deering: Searcher to Hawk and Colonel Deering: Come in, please: - [Wilma.]
This is Deering: - [Hawk.]
Hawk, here: I am aborting this mission: We've been trying for almost 30 minutes to reach Buck with no success: I'm turning Searcher to a median intercept course: Return as soon as possible: [Wilma.]
On our way, Admiral: [Hawk, On Speaker.]
Coming home: Any luck yet, Twiki? No, ma'am: Still a few things left to fix up, but we're gettin' there: [Footsteps Running, Approaching.]
What's happening? Was Buck working out here all night? Oh, please tell me what's the matter: Delph, try to understand: Buck he's getting very sick: Captain Rogers, my mother said you Delph [Coughs.]
Please: : : Don't be frightened of me: - Buck, somebody's comin.
! - [Growling.]
Pangor gone: Now we take the woman and wine: That settles it: I can't wait any longer: Twiki, deploy shielding: Get ready to lift off: We'll try to hold to Searcher's old course: Hope to meet 'em coming back: You two, get on board that ship now: [Delph.]
Wait:! My father's logbook I've got to get that too: Delph, no! - [Growling Continues.]
- Delph! [Buck.]
No:! Put me down! Put me down! [Delph.]
Mother! Buck! [Groaning.]
[Snorting, Shuddering.]
[Groaning.]
[Delph.]
Buck:! Buck? Buck:! Brother! We have the boy: Comejoin us:! Come taste our whip, brother: We wait for you:! [Growling.]
[Guttural.]
Why should I join you? I have the woman: : : And wine: The woman is mine, and so is the wine: If you want the wine, bring the boy: Take boy back: Want wine! No:! Keep boy:! Wine! [Growls.]
- What'll they do to Delph? - Nothing: They know they have a bargaining point as long as they hold Delph: They want what Pangor had: His wine and his woman: I planted the idea in their heads, about the wine being here: I'll see that they get a reception: What are you going to do? I have enough gelanite to blow this place sky-high: We have a lot of work to do: [Growling Low.]
- How much longer do you think it'll be before they come? - Not: : : Long: You really believe this can work, Captain? If they think they're safe, they'll come for the wine, forget about the boy: All right, it's all set: We'll put the detonator out here: I'll string this wire out: Then, once they're inside drinking, one touch on this detonator and they're gone: [Groans, Growling.]
[Growling, Distant.]
Delph! No! You mustn't go out there: They're fighting among themselves for some reason: Get in the ship and wait for me: I'll bring Delph back if I can: [Pangor.]
Syra: Syra: [Screams.]
[Breathing Labored.]
Dying, Syra: Something: : : Happened: : : In that lake: Pangor pain: - Starting: : : To remember: - Jason: I'm [Groans.]
Jason: [Breathing Continues.]
Sorry, Syra: I never meant to hurt you: [Sobs.]
It's all right, Jason: It's all right: I've always loved you, Syra: I know: [Sniffles.]
Sh: [Sobs.]
[Whips Cracking.]
Buck! Boy gone! Go, Syra: Take the boy: Leave with that man: Where's Syra? She's not inside: She's in the house, Buck: I heard voices inside: Get him on board that ship: And keep that force field deployed at full power: [Pangor Breathing.]
It's all right: It's Jason again: He remembers: All right: Let's get him on the shuttle! [Satyr.]
We're here, brother: [Satyr #2.]
We kill ship, then we kill you and take woman: [Explosions.]
[Grunts.]
What's happened, Twiki? Protective force field's startin' to give way: I'll get them away from the ship: [Explosions Continue.]
[Growls.]
[Pangor.]
Brother, he is tricking you: I have the woman: : : Inside: The woman: : : And the wine: [Both Yelling.]
[Breathing Heavily.]
[Growls.]
[Clattering.]
[Satyrs Gibbering.]
- Pangor! No! - [Syra.]
Jason! [Hawk.]
What do you think, Crichton? [Goodfellow.]
Sh: He still has a hundred years of medical archives to review: [Crichton.]
Infecting agent has been isolated: Arbor virus, type AB, variant 246 of caprid encephalitis: [Goodfellow.]
This creates the satyr effect? [Crichton.]
Inevitably: 246 is a hitchhiker virus, attaching itself to the male "Y'"chromosome, thus causing caprid symptoms: [Wilma.]
But is the disease reversible? [Crichton.]
In early stages, affirmative: I recommend antisomal therapy treatment 74484 For the next 72 hours: Oh: I thought you would want this: [Sighs.]
Back to normal: I was afraid I'd been changed for good: Wilma stayed with you while you were recovering: It seems you had a most unusual experience: [Chuckles.]
That's not the half of it: Somebody has been waiting to say good-bye: Hi: The Searcher is orbiting the planet Orion: We're just about ready to leave for our new home: Mm: Well, Orion is well-colonized: You and Delph should be very happy there: I wish you were coming with us, Captain Rogers: Well, I have to go where the Searcher goes, Delph: - Admiral Asimov enrolled him in the Orion Cadet Academy: - That's the best there is: I know: My father graduated from there: Well, you grow to be just like your father, all right? Good pilot, an explorer: [Crichton, On P: A:.]
Passengers for Orion 1, please report to launch bay: It's never been easy for me to say good-bye: Hasn't been easy for me either, especially with you two: We won't forget you, Buck, either of us: Nor I you: Bye-bye: [Knocking.]
Ah: Hawk said you sat with me every night: Not a bad way to get you alone, is it? Oh, yeah, but your methods are a little extreme: Oh, you wouldn't believe what I went through on Arkadis: Running around with horns on my head like some creature out of Greek mythology It was incredible: Incredible? Oh, I don't know about that: Sounds to me like your true nature was finally showing through: I mean, there are three moons on Arkadis, aren't there? - What? - And, uh, we all know how you are in the moonlight: [Laughs.]
- Mother? Mother? - [Continues.]
[Snorts, Roars.]
Mother, are these grapes all right? Young man, those grapes: : : Are perfect, just like you: I don't know what I'd do without you, Delph: There is just one thing: Remember our agreement that we weren't going to shout? I forgot: Do you think he heard? Probably not: It wasn't a very loud shout: But just in case, maybe we should go in the house and bar the door for a while: All right? All right: All right: We'll make some roseberry tarts and [Animal Roars, Snorts.]
Mother! I hear:! Go:! Run:! Run:! [Growling.]
[Growls.]
Pangor thirsty: Moon wine! There isn't any: You drank it all the last time! Pangor need wine: Bean! [Growling.]
[Clattering, Smashing.]
Wait! There is no wine, and there's not enough food: Leave my mother alone: Ow! Put me down! Let me go! Let me go! Open the door! Leave my mother alone! Leave my mother alone! [Clattering, Smashing.]
[Growling.]
Eat! Eat! [Growling, Slurping.]
Please, please make him go away and leave my mother alone: [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: : : I still say think it over, Buck: If we check the asteroid belt, you'll be alone here for 10 full days: Well, it may take me that long to find any signs of life, if there are any: What about it, Doctor? Did your review of the archives come up with anything significant? Only two points, as a matter of fact, my dear boy: Arkadis was thought to be a planetary paradise, often referred to as a benign twin of Earth: Now, the last attempt of colonization: : : Was led by a MajorJason Samos: Samos? Outstanding fellow he was, actually founder of the back-to-the-land movement, all that sort of thing: Established successful colonies on half a dozen other worlds: Except that he didn't succeed on Arkadis: Well, you see, no one knows that for certain: For 10 years, he sent back glowing reports from Arkadis: Then about six years ago, it must have been, all communications from that planet ceased: I can't remember the precise date of the last message: July 17, 2485: Oh, mind your own business: Drives you mad, that fellow, doesn't he? Makes you feel like a fool all the time: - Are you certain you don't want me to go with you, Buck? - Yes, Hawk: You and Wilma are gonna be busy enough completing that asteroid sweep in 10 days without worrying about me: Besides, maybe when I get back from Arkadis I'll have some information about what happened to Major Samos: Oh, I do hope so: I do hope so: I'll look forward to that: I will indeed, Buck: Bye-bye: See you later, Doctor: I don't know why: He just asked me if I'd like to go down to Arkadis with him, and I said I would, and it's all set: Your shuttlecraft is all set to go, Buck: Twiki tells me you're taking him with you: That's right: I would've been glad to take you along, Wilma, but this planet has three moons: Meaning? Well, I know how you are in moonlight, and, uh, I only got 10 days to complete this mission: You're gonna regret that remark, Buck: [Chirping.]
Are you really different in the moonlight? No, sweetie: But I will be from now on: I hope you two will be very happy together: [Woodwind.]
[Stops.]
[Roars.]
[Snorting.]
[Growling.]
"On this site, April 25, in the year 2475, "MajorJason Samos established the Earth colony of New Corinth, "numbering 116 souls: May God bless this venture:" - Kinda gives you a funny feeling, doesn't it, Twiki? - [Chirping.]
Sure does, Buck: It's sad, very sad: All the hopes, all the dreams, reduced to this: [Woodwind, Distant.]
What was that? That the wind? [Continues.]
I think there's a possibility of Look out, Buck! [Growling.]
- [Howls.]
- Look out, Buck! Get him, Buck: Get him! [Howling.]
[Groans, Sighs.]
You're hurt: I'll live: What kind of an animal was that, anyway? Could be a zewolf, Buck: They're supposed to be native to Arkadis: Well, maybe you better clue me in as to what other kinds of specimens I might run into on this planet: That's easy: Human male, age approximately nine years: What? Where? Right behind you at the moment: Well, who are you? Delph, sir: Delph Samos: I saw what you did to the zewolf, and it was wonderful: Well, thank you: Thank you: "Samos," huh? You by any chance related to, uh, MajorJason Samos who founded this colony? Yes, sir: He was my father: He's dead now: Oh: I'm sorry to hear that: Oh, my name's Captain Buck Rogers, and this is my friend Twiki: Pleased to meet ya: You're bleeding: Oh, that's all right: Tell me something: Are there any other people on this planet? No, just my mother and me: No other settlers, huh? No: Mother says they all left years ago: You're not going to leave right away, are you? No: I hadn't intended to: Then please come to our house: My mother can fix your arm for you, and she's a very good cook, and we've got plenty of room: [Chuckling.]
All right: You've made yourself a deal: Besides, I'd like to meet your mother and talk to her: And I could use a home cooked meal too: Twiki? Yes, Buck: - Stay here and keep an eye on the ship, all right? - Okay, Buck: Lead on, Delph: - Did you really come from a starship? - That's right: It's called the Searcher: We're looking for the lost tribes of Earth: "Lost tribes"? Your mother must have told you that right after the holocaust, people left the Earth to colonize other planets: Well, a couple of hundred years ago, the Earth lost contact with those early colonists: Now we're trying to find out what happened to them, reestablish contact, hoping that maybe, well Oh, there's my mother: Her name is Syra: Come on: [Buck.]
Okay: Mother! That's Captain Buck Rogers: He's from the starship Searcher: Happy to meet you, ma'am: Hello: Delph: You promised, if I let you go, you'd stay hidden till the spaceship left: I was hiding, Mother, but Captain Rogers was hurt: What happened? It was a zewolf, Mother: That arm should be tended to: There are strange viruses here on this planet: - Please come to the house: Delph, you stay and finish up here: - Oh! I'm sorry if I haven't been very hospitable, Captain: It's just It's better if you don't stay here: You can see there's there's very little room, and we're barely managing: You're welcome to share my supplies: And if you'd like, you can leave with me when the Searcher comes back: Well, thank you, but this is our home: Suit yourself: - Feels better already: - It's a wild herb: It has unusually fast healing properties: From the looks of it, you Don't: [Sighs.]
I'm sorry: I'm afraid I don't react very well to being touched: [Sighs.]
Well [Grunts.]
That was absolutely fantastic: Thank you: Bread sprouts and corn gourds with roseberries baked on top: Mm: We find them in the woods: It's nice to see the land provides for you: When my father scouted this planet, he made sure: : : That everything would be here for everybody: You know what, Captain Rogers? I still have my father's logbook: I'll get it and show you: He sleeps with it under his pillow: He dreams someday of being able to do everything his father's done: I never met Major Samos, but from everything I've heard about him, I wish I had: Here it is: It shows all the places he's been: [Woodwind, Distant.]
I heard that sound when we first landed: What is it? [Continues.]
It's nothing: It's the wind: [Continues.]
You all right, Delph? Yes, sir: I'm all right: : : Now: I've never even been in a spaceship before, let alone be flying it: Well, so far you're doing a great job: One of these days you'll be a fine pilot: Hey, better let me take over right now: We're almost over your house: Aye, aye, Captain: [Footsteps.]
[Engine Whining, Approaching.]
[Growling.]
[Continues Growling.]
[Steed Roars.]
Ah: There we go, huh? Well, I'm glad you had a good time: [Chuckles.]
Mother! Mother! You'll never guess what I just did! [Pouring.]
Mother! Mother! Oh: I flew the shuttle: I really flew it: Buck let me handle the controls, and he's teaching me about flying and guidance and propulsion systems and Whoa: You mustn't pester the captain too much now, huh? Oh, it's no trouble, ma'am: He's really a fine boy: - He and Twiki are getting along really well: - Twiki? Oh, Twiki's my robot: I left him on board the ship: He's awful cute, Mother: And he's little not even as big as I am: [Chuckles.]
I'm going to help him and Buck with the names of all the plants and animals around here: Oh, he's already started: Got some right here: [Syra.]
That's nice: You better go wash up for supper now: This is amberfire, and, uh - Uh, "amberleaf:" - Oh, amberleaf: Uh, then this must be: : : Devil's fire: Right: Okay: And this must be, um Flute grass: Because you can play it like a flute: Like this: Flute grass: - [Woodwind.]
- [Syra.]
Delph [Clatters.]
I told you never to do that: I'm sorry, Mother: I forgot: It's all right, Delph: It's all right: [Pangor Growls.]
[Chirping.]
What is it, Twiki? There's something coming, Buck: It's out there at the edge of the woods: [Sighs.]
Another zewolf? I can't tell: All right: - [Steed Roars.]
- [Growls.]
Buck, we've been hit: Our controls have been shorted out: [Hoofbeats Departing.]
[Sizzling.]
So where does this: : : Man if you can call him that come from? He lives in the woods: Nothing that goes on around here escapes him: Keeps bothering us taking things from us: Calls himself Pangor: But I don't know what that is: It's probably another name for "satyr" half goat, half man: I never thought I'd see one, outside of statues of ancient mythology: I wish I was big enough to fight him: I won't have more fighting: Captain Rogers has already been injured once: I won't have him hurt again: Captain, that was one reason I wanted you to leave Arkadis right away: I still do: That might be a trifle difficult at the moment [Sighs.]
With half my ship's controls and all of its communications out: - I wasn't planning on taking off and leaving you two behind here anyway: - Even if I insisted? Why should you insist? You're obviously in trouble here and have been for quite a while: Delph, would you do me a favor? - Would you get my toolbox for me? It's right outside the door of the ship: - Sure: - I'm not getting the whole story here, am I? - It's true: He's been troubling us a long time: - What is he, some kind of mutant? - Mutant? Is he one of a kind, or are there others like him? There are a few others, but we hardly ever see them here: They seem to stake out their own territory and stay there: And I think they're afraid of Pangor: Well, I can't say that I blame them: Packs quite a thunderbolt in that whip of his: Is that what frightened the other colonists away? We were all terrified: Six years ago, everybody voted to leave and settle on some other planet: Their ship didn't make it: - What stopped you from going with them? - My husband: He, uh, had this dream, right up to the end, that he could somehow turn this place into a: : : Garden of Eden: - But after he died, you must have had plenty of chances to leave here: - Then I couldn't: [Woodwind.]
[Continues.]
He's out there a satyr and his feralon always watching this house: Let him watch all he wants to: - I get Twiki fixed and the Scout refitted, we're getting out of here all of us: - No: This is my husband's home: This is where I stay: Maybe you can take Delph: I couldn't bear parting with him before, when he was so little: Maybe now it's getting to be time: Mother, I'm not going anywhere without you: I'm not: Something to think about: [Growls.]
[Electronic Buzzing, Whistling.]
[Chirping.]
Ouch: [Giggles.]
Oh, hello, there: I thought I'd lost my little compadre: [Clicks.]
Hey, easy, Buck: That tickles: [Giggles.]
Well, welcome back, Twiki: He's fixed: Well, not quite, but he's on his way: Davis, try to raise Captain Rogers again: It is useless: Arkadis passed into perihelion meaning it is at its closest approach to the sun: I know what perihelion means, you rust bucket: What's that got to do with our being unable to speak to Captain Rogers? Really, Admiral: When Arkadis is in perihelion, it is in a state of total eclipse relative to our present position: - No communication will be possible for another 12 hours: - Why didn't you tell me that 17 minutes ago? You didn't ask: Admiral, are we going to abort the rest of the asteroid sweep? Well, I'm of two minds: If we abort and there's nothing wrong, we're going to look like idiots: I'd put my trust in Buck, Admiral: There's not much he can't handle: All right: You and Hawk carry on until further notice: I suppose we can afford to wait until that planet comes out of perihelion: [Crank Squeaking.]
[Crank Continues.]
Please excuse me: Moon wine has to be made quickly when the grapes are ready: Tell me the truth, Syra: It's all for him, isn't it? For Pangor: If he's supplied with enough, he's content: : : And he goes off and he leaves me alone: : : For a little while: So you appease him? I have to, or he might hurt Delph: Well, then tell me something: Why do you still refuse to leave? Because I can't: Would you please: : : Just let me finish my work? [Sobs.]
[Twiki.]
Hi, Delph: Hi, Twiki: It must be so nice, Captain Rogers, to fly all over the universe and see everything: Well, it's got its points, Delph: Like being free, isn't it things ahead of you you don't know about? There's a whole lot of truth to that: [Chuckles.]
[Syra Screaming.]
No:! No:! No:! Mother! Get inside quick: Move! No:! No:! Pangor! - [Growls.]
- Leave the woman alone, or I'll kill ya! No! You be killed: I don't think so, Pangor: Look: Throw gun away: Throw:! Or this one will feel Pangor's whip: Throw gun now! [Buck.]
Get in the house, quick:! [Whip Arcing.]
Syra, bolt the door:! [Pangor Growling.]
Pangor the coward: Fights women and children: - Come on! - Now we see: Come on, Pangor: You're nothing without your whip: - Come on: Come get me: - [Growling Continues.]
Pangor the coward:! Kill: Kill! Kill! Where are you? Close? Yes, close! Pangor's whip will sniff you out: [Yells.]
[Whip Arcing.]
[Grunts.]
[Groaning, Straining.]
Is it true? He's really drowned? Well, it sure looked that way: Wow: I knew you could do it: I knew from the first time you beat the zewolf, you'd be the one to beat Pangor: That's why I wanted you to stay with us: We're free ofhim Mother really and truly free: Yes: Free: Aren't you happy, Mother? I'm thankful Captain Rogers came through it all right: - Delph, go and get some fresh water from the well: - Yes, Mother: He asked if you were happy, and you said, "We're thankful:" There's a difference: I'm thankful we're free of him: I'm never happy over the death of anyone: Yes, but I don't think you would mourn for everyone: And yet you mourn for this Pangor: Why? Part of me is relieved he's dead more than I can tell: Another part of me can't help grieving for him: You grieve for the satyr who brutalized you? You mind telling me why? Because once upon a time he was something very different: Once, he was a man a good man whose name was not Pangor, but MajorJason Samos: Your husband? My husband: Now you know why I could never bring myself to leave this place: There's no reason to hide anything anymore: You see, something here turned men into satyrs never women or children: And only some of the men: We never found out what caused it: Our own family stayed on here after all the others voted to leave: My husband was so obsessed with the pioneer dream: And then time came: : : When he was affected too: Over the space of hours: : : I watched him change: : : Into that half-animal thing you had to kill today, Captain: Changed from this civilized man this wonderful, dedicated human being I was married to: And of course I worry about Delph: I'm afraid it could happen to him too when he becomes a man: [Sighs.]
[Quietly.]
I'm sorry: Terribly sorry, Syra: Delph never knew: He won't find out from you, will he Captain? How could I tell him that I killed his father? Captain: - Oh, my God: - What's the matter? Your eyes: It was the satyr bite: Leave this place, Buck: Leave it and go back to your ship for help: We're all gonna get out of here: Mother, what's the matter? Where's Captain Rogers going? This is Searcher calling Hawk's ship and Colonel Deering: Searcher to Hawk and Colonel Deering: Come in, please: - [Wilma.]
This is Deering: - [Hawk.]
Hawk, here: I am aborting this mission: We've been trying for almost 30 minutes to reach Buck with no success: I'm turning Searcher to a median intercept course: Return as soon as possible: [Wilma.]
On our way, Admiral: [Hawk, On Speaker.]
Coming home: Any luck yet, Twiki? No, ma'am: Still a few things left to fix up, but we're gettin' there: [Footsteps Running, Approaching.]
What's happening? Was Buck working out here all night? Oh, please tell me what's the matter: Delph, try to understand: Buck he's getting very sick: Captain Rogers, my mother said you Delph [Coughs.]
Please: : : Don't be frightened of me: - Buck, somebody's comin.
! - [Growling.]
Pangor gone: Now we take the woman and wine: That settles it: I can't wait any longer: Twiki, deploy shielding: Get ready to lift off: We'll try to hold to Searcher's old course: Hope to meet 'em coming back: You two, get on board that ship now: [Delph.]
Wait:! My father's logbook I've got to get that too: Delph, no! - [Growling Continues.]
- Delph! [Buck.]
No:! Put me down! Put me down! [Delph.]
Mother! Buck! [Groaning.]
[Snorting, Shuddering.]
[Groaning.]
[Delph.]
Buck:! Buck? Buck:! Brother! We have the boy: Comejoin us:! Come taste our whip, brother: We wait for you:! [Growling.]
[Guttural.]
Why should I join you? I have the woman: : : And wine: The woman is mine, and so is the wine: If you want the wine, bring the boy: Take boy back: Want wine! No:! Keep boy:! Wine! [Growls.]
- What'll they do to Delph? - Nothing: They know they have a bargaining point as long as they hold Delph: They want what Pangor had: His wine and his woman: I planted the idea in their heads, about the wine being here: I'll see that they get a reception: What are you going to do? I have enough gelanite to blow this place sky-high: We have a lot of work to do: [Growling Low.]
- How much longer do you think it'll be before they come? - Not: : : Long: You really believe this can work, Captain? If they think they're safe, they'll come for the wine, forget about the boy: All right, it's all set: We'll put the detonator out here: I'll string this wire out: Then, once they're inside drinking, one touch on this detonator and they're gone: [Groans, Growling.]
[Growling, Distant.]
Delph! No! You mustn't go out there: They're fighting among themselves for some reason: Get in the ship and wait for me: I'll bring Delph back if I can: [Pangor.]
Syra: Syra: [Screams.]
[Breathing Labored.]
Dying, Syra: Something: : : Happened: : : In that lake: Pangor pain: - Starting: : : To remember: - Jason: I'm [Groans.]
Jason: [Breathing Continues.]
Sorry, Syra: I never meant to hurt you: [Sobs.]
It's all right, Jason: It's all right: I've always loved you, Syra: I know: [Sniffles.]
Sh: [Sobs.]
[Whips Cracking.]
Buck! Boy gone! Go, Syra: Take the boy: Leave with that man: Where's Syra? She's not inside: She's in the house, Buck: I heard voices inside: Get him on board that ship: And keep that force field deployed at full power: [Pangor Breathing.]
It's all right: It's Jason again: He remembers: All right: Let's get him on the shuttle! [Satyr.]
We're here, brother: [Satyr #2.]
We kill ship, then we kill you and take woman: [Explosions.]
[Grunts.]
What's happened, Twiki? Protective force field's startin' to give way: I'll get them away from the ship: [Explosions Continue.]
[Growls.]
[Pangor.]
Brother, he is tricking you: I have the woman: : : Inside: The woman: : : And the wine: [Both Yelling.]
[Breathing Heavily.]
[Growls.]
[Clattering.]
[Satyrs Gibbering.]
- Pangor! No! - [Syra.]
Jason! [Hawk.]
What do you think, Crichton? [Goodfellow.]
Sh: He still has a hundred years of medical archives to review: [Crichton.]
Infecting agent has been isolated: Arbor virus, type AB, variant 246 of caprid encephalitis: [Goodfellow.]
This creates the satyr effect? [Crichton.]
Inevitably: 246 is a hitchhiker virus, attaching itself to the male "Y'"chromosome, thus causing caprid symptoms: [Wilma.]
But is the disease reversible? [Crichton.]
In early stages, affirmative: I recommend antisomal therapy treatment 74484 For the next 72 hours: Oh: I thought you would want this: [Sighs.]
Back to normal: I was afraid I'd been changed for good: Wilma stayed with you while you were recovering: It seems you had a most unusual experience: [Chuckles.]
That's not the half of it: Somebody has been waiting to say good-bye: Hi: The Searcher is orbiting the planet Orion: We're just about ready to leave for our new home: Mm: Well, Orion is well-colonized: You and Delph should be very happy there: I wish you were coming with us, Captain Rogers: Well, I have to go where the Searcher goes, Delph: - Admiral Asimov enrolled him in the Orion Cadet Academy: - That's the best there is: I know: My father graduated from there: Well, you grow to be just like your father, all right? Good pilot, an explorer: [Crichton, On P: A:.]
Passengers for Orion 1, please report to launch bay: It's never been easy for me to say good-bye: Hasn't been easy for me either, especially with you two: We won't forget you, Buck, either of us: Nor I you: Bye-bye: [Knocking.]
Ah: Hawk said you sat with me every night: Not a bad way to get you alone, is it? Oh, yeah, but your methods are a little extreme: Oh, you wouldn't believe what I went through on Arkadis: Running around with horns on my head like some creature out of Greek mythology It was incredible: Incredible? Oh, I don't know about that: Sounds to me like your true nature was finally showing through: I mean, there are three moons on Arkadis, aren't there? - What? - And, uh, we all know how you are in the moonlight: [Laughs.]