The Time Tunnel s01e17 Episode Script

Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages during the first experiments on Americas greatest and most secret project- the Time Tunnel.
Tony ewman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure somewhere along the infinite corridors of time.
- Whats the matter? - My ankle- I think itss broken.
Maybe you just pulled a tendon.
- You think you could walk on it? - I dont know.
You wait here.
Ill take a look.
Japanese.
We must be somewhere in the South Pacific- World War II.
Theres no doubt about it.
Look.
Down! Were right in line with their target.
Letss move.
- You go on.
Ill catch up.
- Nothing doing.
Just lean on me.
Ill help you.
I cant make it.
Go on.
Get out of here.
Theyrre laying them in on top of us.
Are you kidding? Come on! You stay here.
Ill check it out.
Watch it.
It may be booby-trapped.
Get up.
! I said, Get up.
! Im not gonna kill you.
! You speak English? Sukoshi.
Uh, yeah.
Some.
Yes.
- Are you alone here? - Only myself.
Yes.
Do you have food and medical supplies? His leg hurt bad.
Broken maybe? - We dont know yet.
- One time I help sick soldier.
Maybe I help him.
Yes? Lets get inside.
It is not broken.
Bad sprain, maybe.
You wish I tape? All right.
Hold it! My tape.
Go ahead.
I cant understand why the soldiers in the main compound arent swarming all over us.
- They mustve heard those shots.
- They are gone now.
There is ship in the harbor, ne? How come they pulled out and left you behind? Im a spotter.
It is my duty to see ship moving and report them.
Is this tape too binding? No.
I say we get on the radio.
Let the battlewagons know were here.
They can send a shore party to pick us up.
- Know how to operate a japanese radio? - I think so.
Dont move,joe, or youlll get a hole through you.
You either.
Stay put.
Now move! You bluff too easily,joe.
But then, I never saw an American who didnt.
Too much imagination- Thats your trouble.
Captured by a stick of wood.
You cant explain that to your superiors, can you,joe? But you joes are lucky.
You wont have to explain anything to anybody.
And imagination is good.
I like that.
Were going to have some interesting times together before I kill you.
The Time Tunnel.
You got any cigarettes,joe? - No.
- Whats a-matter you,joe? Yankees are always supposed to have cigarettes.
Chocolate bars for kids.
Cigarettes for adult.
Thats right, isntt it? We cant leave them there with that sadist.
Have you found out where they are yet? There about 700 miles southeast ofTokyo, but that areas full of islands.
- It could be any one of 20.
- Whats the date? Early in 145.
One of the first three months, Id say.
Switch back to the American fleet.
I think I can recognize two of them.
- Yes.
Thats the Missouri, and theress the Illinois.
Ann.
- Yes, sir? Get on the computer.
I want a complete list of every time the Missouri and the Illinois were together - during the first three months of 145.
- Yes, sir.
Hai.
Stinking old man.
See that? Thats traditional.
You know that,joe? Put a man like the sergeant in a shack in the middle of the Pacific and he still has to have a touch of beauty around.
One stinking flower.
Okay.
How do you wanna die? You want me to shoot you right here and get it over with? - Were non-combatants here, Lieutenant.
- Non-combatants? Yes.
Were scientists.
Missionaries.
That would be better story,joe.
That might move me.
I might let you live.
Tell me you are missionaries.
But scientists- That doesnt wash at all.
Look, if youre gonna shoot us, go ahead and do it.
- You got good nerves, joe.
- The name is not joe.
Its Newman.
All Americans are joe to me.
All of you look alike to me.
I cant tell the difference.
All right, Lieutenant, whats the point of all this? - Whats your game? - Howss your ankle? - What difference does it make? - Lots of difference.
Stand up.
I wanna see if you can walk on it.
I said get up.
Youre in good shape,joe.
Thatss fine.
Now, outside, both of you.
Hai.
Outside.
No tricks.
I could shoot you both before you could touch me.
Okay.
Thats far enough.
All the Yankees like a little action, right? Well, Im gonna see that you get it.
Hai.
I told him to shoot you if either of you move.
Hes an old man, but hess been in the army long enough to learn how to shoot.
When he gets back, Im gonna jump him.
You take off when I do.
No.
No, we both stay, or we both go.
Hes a psychopath.
Yes.
And that may just work to our advantage.
Hes so full of bitterness, itss eating him up.
Now hes gonna have to humiliate us before he can kill us.
Either of you joes know what kendo is? - Its a japanese sport.
- Ah.
Smart boy.
When I was at Stanford, there was a kendo team but not for long.
I broke a mans arm with a stick like this.
Here,joe.
Well see how you do.
Oh, Ill bet yourre probably pretty good against a man with one lame foot.
- Try me! - Youll have your chance.
Heres your big opportunity, Joe.
Dontt goof it.
You kill me, you knock me out then you only have one old man against you and hes not much.
- Here, let me do it.
- No.
Back off,joe.
What are the rules of your game? No rules,joe.
You try to break my head, I try to break yours.
No ceremonies.
Thats the way,joe.
Youvve got it.
How about it? You gonna let me kill him? If thats all you wanted, you couldvve killed us inside the shack.
But youve got to prove that yourre superior and you cant do that if you kill a man while hess down.
Youre a smart man,joe.
How about it? You ready to start begging for your lives? You might reach me, you know that? I was educated in your country.
- I might be a soft touch.
- I dont believe that - anymore than you believe Ill beg.
- Oh, I hope not.
That would spoil the sport.
Get up! - Try me without the sticks.
- No.
I like the advantage.
It makes me feel good.
You know what I mean? - Secure.
- How about it? - Is it my turn now? - No.
I have something else in mind.
You mad enough now,joe? You need more provocation? - For what? - To kill me, of course.
But then, maybe you didnt need it because Imm the enemy.
They taught you to want to kill us, didnt they? Thats the whole point.
Kill the enemy.
Slaughter him! Were all alone on this island, the four of us.
The odds are about even.
One of you joes has a bad foot.
I have an old man.
That makes us even.
- What are you talking about? - War.
Thats the name of the game.
We have our own war here.
You against us.
You kill us, or we kill you.
- Thats fair enough.
- Obviously, you were in our country long enough to have learned that we dont play with death.
No, Im serious about this.
And you dontt have any choice.
- I think we do.
- Not when you know whats at stake here.
Here we are, the smallest island in the group of islands.
Here is an island called Iwojima.
Have you heard of it? - Weve heard of it.
- Iwojima is the only airfield between Saipan and Tokyo and you Yankees have to have this one before you can take it.
If the Americans want it, theres nothing to stop them from taking it.
Thats what we intend for you to think,joe.
Your battleships have forced us out.
This afternoon, your forces will return to secure the island expecting to meet no resistance but theyll be wiped out by a massive aerial attack.
- Why are you telling us this? - To give you a stake in the game- Something to play for.
Im going to give you one hour to get away and then the sergeant and I will come after you.
Maybe youll get lucky,joe.
Maybe youlll get us.
If you do, you get the radio as a prize, and you can warn your forces.
And you really expect us to go along with this? Sure.
With stakes like that, you really dont have any choice.
And what about weapons? Thats something you dontt got,joe.
Use some of that Yankee ingenuity of yours.
The jungle is full of things you can use to kill a man.
All right.
But, first, tell me one thing, Lieutenant.
Why are you going to all this trouble? You must feel that you can get us, or you wouldnt be setting this up.
- Why? - You joes have cost me too much.
This is my way of paying you back.
One hour from now thats when it starts.
And youre right,joe.
Im going to kill you both this time.
- Wait.
Lets take a break.
- Look if I cant go anymore, Illl tell ya.
Oh, its not the foot.
Weve got to circle around and go back.
- Go back? What for? - Hes armed, and werre not.
Hes gonna have a hard time finding us in this jungle.
I dont think he was bluffing about that ambush theyrre going to set up for the marines.
Doug, whatever happened on this island is already a part of history.
- We cant change it.
- But we dontt know what happened here.
And even if we did, it wouldnt make any difference! He really got to you, didnt he? Youre gonna play his game.
Youre gonna do just exactly what he wants you to do.
Lets just say I dontt like running.
If he wants a battle, hell get it.
But itll be on even terms.
Look, if you wanna sit this one out, I dont blame you.
You said it before-What happens to one of us happens to both of us.
Well, its senseless.
Thatss what it is.
They should hole up and stay put until we can get a fix on them.
Theyve gotten involved.
Thatss whatsss happened.
Thats whatss the matter with them.
Theyre two young men, and they cantt back away.
Well, weve got to help them, General.
Neither of them have had any experience in jungle fighting.
From the map that Nakamura drew in the dirt, Ive narrowed it down.
Thats Iwojima here.
And I think theyrre on either Kita-Iwo here or Minami-Iwo.
Both these islands were shelled by the Americans during the two days before they invaded Iwojima on February 1, 145.
Was there a japanese withdrawal from either of these islands during those two days? Thats the problem, General.
The records of the campaigns on both the islands were destroyed.
We took the islands, of course, but we dont know exactly how or when.
Well, General, there must be survivors of the campaigns - somebody who would know for sure.
- Ann, call the Pentagon.
Have them locate the nearest survivor and get him here fast.
Right.
Well go on the assumption that theyrre on the southernmost island, Minami-Iwo.
- Set your instruments.
- General, I say we wait until we know for sure.
I think we have to gamble.
Set your instruments.
- You think we can take him? - No.
Hes too alert.
He thinks we might try it.
He could cut us down with that rifle.
- What are we gonna do? - Ill go rround back to the supply room.
Now you stay put.
No false heroics no matter what happens.
Hai.
- Do you speak English, Sergeant? - Some.
Yes.
- But you dont like to speak English? - I speak as the officer wishes.
As the officer wishes.
Right? Youre a man of the old school, arentt you, Sergeant? Whatever the authority says, you do.
Hop to it, get in there and slug it out.
- You know who I am, Sergeant? - Yes.
Then why dont you kill me? You think I should die, dontt you? - Yes.
- Then why dont you kill me? Its not for me to do.
Get out ofhere.
Watch the front.
They might decide to make it easier for me and come back.
Hai.
- The time is about up.
- Hai.
Hey,joe! What happened? Well, I got these for my trouble.
Hey,joe.
! You hear me? The sergeant said you got five grenades.
Why dont you just lob one in here and get it over with? Pow!just like that, and its all over.
But you cant do that, can you,joe? You might destroy the radio, and you cant take the chance.
Can you,joe? Well, Im going to give you better odds.
Youve got more room to work with now,joe.
Maybe you can get me without hurting the shack.
- How bout it? - No.
- Thats what he wants.
- How bbout it? You move to throw that grenade, hell get a shot off.
Hess liable to get one of us.
We cant take that chance.
- Are you cowards? - Well fight him- when hes not expecting it.
You hear me? Why dont you just lob one in here and get it over with? Are you cowards? Is that what you are? Im giving you a chance.
Take it.
! Come on.
I dont understand.
Itss almost as if he wants them to kill him.
- I got the same impression.
- Weve just got word from the Navy Department.
The Missouri and the Illinois were both engaged in the shelling of Minami-Iwo on February 14, 145.
Then thats our island.
- Have you heard from the Pentagon? - Yes.
They contacted a man from thejapanese consulate who was on Minami-Iwo.
Theyre flying him here by military jet.
If he can pinpoint the landmarks on the island, were in business.
- Hows the foot? - Itss all right.
You know, if we could string something between these two trees- - A booby-trap.
- Yeah.
Well need- I dontt know- a piece of vine? Ill find something.
- Hows that? - Thatss great.
Thatllll do it.
Tie it to that tree.
You know, that sergeants been here a long time.
He knows this jungle.
How far off the ground? About an inch.
Im General Kirk, Dr.
Nakamura.
Im very grateful that you could interrupt your busy schedule to come here.
Im afraid yourre going to be disappointed, General Kirk.
I cannot help you.
As you promised, the Time Tunnel is very interesting but I should not have come.
I came here so that I could explain to you in person.
But you were on Minami-Iwo, werent you, Doctor? It was a very bitter time for me, General.
I was with the Imperial forces there.
Yes, I can understand that but all we want from you is your knowledge of some of the landmarks on the island.
Its desperately important.
The lives of two of our scientists are at stake.
- Lives are at stake? - Theres gonna be a battle soon.
We know that.
Weve got to get them out before it begins but, of course, if your government needs to be notified- No, it is not a government matter.
It was something very personal, very painful.
But if lives are at stake, of course, I will do what I can.
Thank you.
This way, please.
Dr.
Nakamura, Dr.
MacGregor and Dr.
Swain.
- Doctor.
- Im very pleased to know you.
Now, if you dont mind I would like to make the identifications as quickly as possible.
Of course.
Oh, to fill you in, Doctor youre seeing the island of Minami-Iwo on the afternoon of February 17, 145.
Yes, that is Minami-Iwo.
I commanded thejapanese forces that withdrew on the morning of the 17 th.
Can you identify this for us? Both the man and the place.
That is the spotting station.
The man is Sergeant Itsugi.
I knew him well.
Now can you tell us who the other officer on the island was? There was no officer.
The sergeant was the only man left behind.
- Ann, see if you can get an image on him.
- Hes coming out now.
Impossible.
He was dead.
He was dead! Are you all right, Doctor? Anything the matter? He is alive.
He is not dead.
You know this man? He is my son.
- What happened? - Shock, Id say.
He fainted, but this should bring him around.
I have the signals for Doug and Tony again.
Now comes the tricky part.
All right.
Hold the pin.
You wanna get back? Cause if Ivve made this vine too tight, itsss gonna go off before we want it to.
- Now how do we get him here? - We do a little advertising.
- Explode one.
- What goodll that do? Hes gotta check it out.
Watch it.
Theyve got class, Sergeant.
Style.
Cover me.
Clever,joe.
Clever.
Good try,joe! Better luck next time! Get ready to move out.
Two grenades.
Thats all they have left, Sergeant.
What kind of soldier are you? Youre supposed to like killing, the smell of battle.
If necessary, I kill.
- But you dont like it.
- No.
Go on back to the shack, old man.
You dont belong here.
I stay.
Hai.
Did I hear you correctly, Dr.
Nakamura? - Did you say hes your son? - He was a kamikaze pilot ordered to attack the battleship shelling us.
But, at the last moment, he could do it.
He crash landed.
My men pulled him ashore, but I could not help him.
He had dishonored us.
- I left him behind when we left.
- To commit hara-kiri? He spent too much time in the States.
He came to value his own life too much.
He forgot the teachings of his childhood.
What do we do now? Well, first, lets rest that foot of yours.
About that lieutenant, do you believe his story? About thejapanese coming back? I think its part of his game.
Hess a psychopath.
Hesss dreaming.
Arent theyjapanese? - They sure are.
- Theyre scouting the island.
They are getting ready to come back.
Looks like the lieutenant was telling the truth.
Our only chance of getting out of here alive is to get ourselves picked up by the fleet.
The radio back at the shack.
Ill stay here, take care of the lieutenant.
You try to get to the radio.
No, youre better with radios than I am, and, besides youre liable to have your hands full back there.
That lieutenants smart enough to anticipate a move like that and send the old man back.
Lets both take care of the lieutenant first.
Thats too risky.
What if we get pinned down? Wedd never get to the radio.
Youre right.
Give me a grenade.
Ill try to get a message out.
Ill meet ya back here in this general area.
Hey,joe! You having trouble up there? Thats a bad spot.
Terrible.
You could get hurt.
Wheres your friend,joe? He should be in on the party too.
Bad shot,joe.
No touchdowns for you.
You might as well come out.
Your friends not gonna make it! Youre all washed up,joe.
! Weve reached a Mexican standoff, Lieutenant.
I cant get out of here, but neither can you.
You wont be able to have any cover against the next grenade.
I can wait, but you cant,joe.
You saw the planes? My boys will be all over this island pretty soon.
That wont do ya any good.
I heard what you said to the Sergeant, remember? Why are you supposed to die, Lieutenant? Are you a deserter? I can take you.
I can kill you.
I can do that.
And I can kill you if you try.
Now whatll that prove? Nothing.
I have to kill you, and you have to kill me! Theres nothing to be gained by my killing you or you killing me.
We both wanna live to go home.
I cant go home! I dont have any home anymore.
No more talk,joe! Come on,joe! Im in the open! Its your turn! Come on! Kill me! You have your chance! Kill me.
! Answer me,joe! You still alive? Its a lousy trick.
Youre not supposed to die without killing me.
Come on.
Fight! Come on! I was wrong.
I should not have let him go off to die.
I want you to bring him back.
I want my son.
Dr.
Nakamura, thats impossible.
Were already stretching to the limit of our equipment to make a double transfer.
The you can save only two? - Yes, sir.
- Now, if youll just take a look- - No.
- I beg your pardon.
I did not ask to come here and, before I did, Id accepted the fact that my son was dead.
But now you have brought him back to life and I will not suffer his death a second time.
Can we get someone else to help us? Theres no time.
Doctor, our first responsibility is to our boys there.
We put them there by accident.
Weve got to get them off.
Unless I identify the landmarks, you will get neither one of them.
Unless you agree to bring back my son as one of the two men I will not help you.
General, he cant mean that.
Talk to him.
Convince him.
I dont think hess bluffing.
Do you? o.
A man doesnt bluff when the life ofhis son is at stake.
Theres no chance of a triple transfer? General, I only wish there were.
Well, that leaves it up to me.
Well take the one who is closest to thejapanese lieutenant at the countdown.
Youll make your primary fix on Lieutenant Nakamura.
Dr.
Nakamura, Im going to ask you to reconsider.
Even if we do bring your son back here the psychological problems hell face will be almost insurmountable.
Therell be a 23-year gap in his life, a void.
The only insurmountable thing in this world is death.
I will not reconsider.
Very well.
You leave us no choice.
We will bring back your son.
I will look at your map now.
All right,joe.
Its one man down, and one to go.
Maybe Ill have more luck with your friend.
Put your hands up.
That must be the American landing force.
Switch over.
You will remember your bargain, General.
Switch back to the radio shack area.
See if we can pick up the Lieutenant.
Doug! - Did you send the message? - No.
Radios out.
- What about the lieutenant? - Hes in the shack.
Hes gone out ofhis mind.
Let me see your rifle.
Lieutenant, can you hear me? I hear you,joe! Its all over for you, Lieutenant.
You know that now.
If youll come out and surrender Ill see to it that yourre treated properly in the hands of the Americans.
Lieutenant, now you must decide.
Will you die honorably or will you live in shame? Whats the matter with him? Hes thinking it over.
I have signals for both boys.
Which signal is the stronger? Theyre both the same.
We have both signals.
I think we ought to take them all.
Ann, it would kill all three men for sure.
Well, then make your decision.
Which one do we save? Which one? - No.
Wait.
- We cant wait any longer, Dr.
Nakamura.
A bomb or a shell could hit that area at any moment.
You were right, General.
He has finally realized who he is.
I will not take that from him.
Leave him there.
Bring back your two men.
Reset the controls.
The lieutenant is staying behind.
This is it,joe.
You have to do it.
Im not giving you any choice.
I cant do it.
Dont shoot! Werre Americans! Why didnt you give up when you had the chance? Im japanese,joe.
I forgot that- but only for a while.
What are you guys doing here? - Who are you anyway? - Its a long story, Sergeant.
What was he doin running around in a white kimono? Made a perfect target.
He was a man that was fighting his own private war, Sergeant.
And I think hes found his victory.
We dont understand you.
- We mean no harm.
- Who are you? What is this place? You are now in a translation circuit.
You are intruders from another dimension.
- From which planet do you come? - Were from the planet Earth.
We are from Alpha 1 operating under space directive Lentos for a test raid against primitive Planet 1-6.
Our terminology is different.
Can you show us Planet 1-6? Tony.
Theyre going to attack Earth.
Tell him to resume his position.
Get back.
We havent got a chance against them, not here.
We cant let them do it.
When we leave the Earth, we will leave no life on it.
It will be a dead planet.