Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015) s02e14 Episode Script

Volcano

(WORRIED VOICES OVERLAPPING) WOMAN: Evacuate surrounding areas.
MAN: We have lost our anchor.
We are drifting.
SCOTT: Grandma Tracy, we've got another one.
Sending situation details.
F.
A.
B.
, John.
Alan and Kayo can pick it up when they finish the mining rescue on Venus.
That fire in Tokyo's officially out.
Cross it off the list.
Wrapping things up with shipping lane collision.
Good job, Gordon.
Head back.
It's a busy day.
Scott, be a dear and head over to the north face of K2 once Thunderbird 1 finishes refueling.
There's a couple of climbers who could use your help.
F.
A.
B.
Heads up, incoming call on the Global Emergency Channel.
Emergency.
Emergency.
This is Professor Quentin Questa reporting a disaster of global proportions.
A catastrophic event, massive worldwide destruction.
The Hromundartdinhurmindur Volcano in Iceland is gonna blow.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
(THRUSTERS IGNITE) (THEME MUSIC) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ANNOUNCER: Thunderbirds Are Go.
(EXPLOSION) Hello, Dr Questa.
Has it been a year already? What is that supposed to mean? Every year I pick up your distress call, and every year the same thing happens, nothing.
This time it's different.
You have my word.
All right.
I'll do a thermal scan.
Like I said, nothing.
I'm sorry to cut this short but we're a little busy at the moment.
No.
I refuse to let you brush me off AGAIN.
Let me speak to your supervisor.
I'm going over your head this time.
You asked for it.
Dr Questa, did you ever hear the story of the little boy who cried wolf? This is hardly the time for fairy tales.
We're looking at a major crisis situation here.
I'm looking at highly detailed seismic and thermal scans showing your major crisis situation is a bunch of baloney.
(SCOFFS) Baloney.
? I promise we'll keep an eye on the situation, sir.
Have a good day.
No, no, no, no, no, no, wait.
Don't hang up.
You, you with the glasses.
You're a scientist? Engineer really.
(SIGHS) Good enough.
I've seen the reports.
We're detecting no volcanic activity.
Then I'm afraid I have no choice.
I invoke Isaac Newton's Fourth Law.
SCOTT: His Fourth Law? I thought Newton only had three.
Professor Questa, are you absolutely sure you want to do this? I've never been more sure of anything in my life.
Then we'll be right there.
There's no volcanic activity.
You said so yourself.
It doesn't matter.
Newton's Fourth Law is a sacred vow between scientists.
I have to listen.
If you insist.
But you're the only one available.
And it looks like you're gonna have to walk there.
That's OK, Grandma.
I can drop Brains off on my way to K2.
Thunderbirds Are Go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (LIFT WHOOSHES) (MECHANICAL WHIRRING) (DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (MECHANICAL WHIRRING) ANNOUNCER: Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
(THRUSTERS BLAST) SCOTT: Thunderbird 1 is go.
Thanks for the lift, Scott.
Not a problem.
The detour should only add a few seconds to the flight.
A few seconds? But, by my calculations it takes Thunderbird 1 at least 12.
3 seconds to land.
Who said anything about landing? Oh no.
(METALLIC WHIRRING) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) SCOTT: Descending to 1,000 feet.
OK, Brains, prepare to launch.
This really doesn't seem like such a good idea.
Ah, you'll be fine.
Deploy the RAD.
On second thoughts, perhaps walking wasn't such a bad idea.
(BRAINS YELLS) (BRAINS YELLS) (BRAINS GRUNTS) (EXHALES) Whoo.
(GROANS) Thanks, Scott.
(SIGHS) The things I do for science.
Professor Questa? Hello? It's International Rescue.
Oh my.
It's a bit.
rustic.
That's it?.
Where are the heroes in the fitted jumpsuits? Where are the big ships? I need the Thunderbirds.
They're busy saving the world right now, but you've got us.
An engineer and a multitool.
(SIGHS) Oh, well.
I guess it'll have to do.
We don't have much time.
Hromundartdinhurmindur is going to blow.
You've predicted this before, and every time you've been wrong.
Since when is science just about being right? Professor, this is serious.
You've invoked Isaac Newton's Fourth Law.
Your entire scientific future rests on this.
You need proof.
Proof? Yes, of course.
Proof.
This time it's different.
This time I am right.
(BEEPING) Look.
Heh.
Lava.
A big old lake of it.
Proof.
Evidence.
Hm, Professor, this is the very latest in cutting edge volcanic detection equipment.
See? There is no volcanic activity.
Hromundartdinhurmindur is not erupting.
How curious.
You sure you're using that thing correctly? Professor, I'm very sorry, but you're just wrong.
Now, let me call a ride and get us all out of here.
You want evidence? Incontrovertible, undeniable, in your face proof? Fine.
Fritzi, where are you? (METAL CLANKING) # TCHAIKOVSKY: Love Theme (WHIRRING WOLF WHISTLE) This.
is my robotic assistant.
I call her Fritzi.
Max, why are you playing that music? (BEEP, MUSIC ENDS) Professor Questa, where are you going.
? Under the volcano.
(SIGHS) Absolutely bonkers.
I guess there's nothing left for us to do here.
Let's go home, Max.
Max? Max.
? (SIGHS) Robots.
Always thinking with their diodes.
Max? Come back here.
(WHIRRING) Max.
? There you are.
Listen, Max, Fritzi seems very nice, but she's much too old a model for you, come on.
(DESPONDENT BEEP FROM MAX) Hm, that's odd.
Sulfur dioxide levels are near maximum.
It seems to be coming from this wa.
(YELLS) (YELLS) (MAX BEEPS) QUESTA: I'm glad you could join us.
You say Hromundartdinhurmindur's dormant? Then how do you explain this? (GRUNTS IN PAIN) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (LAVA BUBBLES) But, that's impossible.
According to my device, that lava simply isn't there.
Which are you going to believe, your gadgets or your eyes? Usually I defer to my gadgets.
(YELLS) Whoa.
What do you think now? I, I think Hromundartdinhurmindur is going to blow.
I concur.
Now let's get out of here.
BRAINS: The rare earth minerals in this region must be blocking my advanced thermal imaging.
That's why your old device registered the lava and mine didn't.
You were right.
I'm sorry I doubted you.
Don't sweat it.
That's why Newton made his Fourth Law.
What matters now, is saving lives.
We've got to evacuate the locals.
Fritzi, the comm.
Locals? What locals? Those locals.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (TELEPHONE RINGING) Hromundartdinhurmindur Hot Springs Resort.
How may I assist you? You have to evacuate the resort immediately.
Hromundartdinhurmindur is going to blow.
(SCOFFS) Professor Questa, every year you warn us to evacuate, and every year, absolutely nothing happens.
I know, but this time I'm right.
I'm not going to disturb our guests on the word of a, a crackpot.
If you won't listen to me, perhaps you'll believe this guy.
Excuse me, but Professor Questa is not a crackpot.
He's telling the truth.
This volcano is erupting.
Oh yes? And who are you exactly? Hiram K.
Hackenbacker.
Chief scientist engineer inventor of International Rescue.
And I'm Jeff Tracy(.
) (ELEVATOR DINGS) He didn't believe me.
I told him the truth, I told him who I was, and he wouldn't listen.
Cheer up, it happens to all the best scientists, Galileo, Darwin, Pons, me.
All of us weren't believed at some point.
If no one believes you, how do you keep doing science? Science isn't about belief.
It's about experimentation, observation, knowledge.
Just like I know we're not going to sit on our butts doing nothing while that volcano erupts.
But, what can WE do? If we can't get those people out of harm's way, we have to get harm out of THEIR way.
Make sense? You mean we're going to stop the volcano from erupting? Are you nuts?.
There's 13.
2 cubic kilometers of molten rock inside that volcano.
We can't just shove a giant cork in it.
But we could redirect it.
Vent the volcano.
Reroute the lava flow.
Yes.
I know this volcano like the back of my hand.
If we drill shafts here and here, the lava will flow down the sides of the volcano, across the tundra, and miss the resort.
It'll take serious equipment and I've got a feeling we're not gonna find it in my scrap piles.
If it's serious equipment you want, you came to the right person.
International Rescue, this is Brains.
We have a situation.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Not so fast, Thunderbird 2.
Those pods are needed.
Thunderbird 2 is go.
Again.
QUESTA: In order to vent the volcano, we're going to create exhaust tunnels in two key structure points.
We can pilot the pods to drill tunnels through the volcanic rock.
Oh, no.
This is a one way trip for your fancy vehicles.
There's no coming back.
They'll need to be on autopilot.
But how will they know where to go? We're going to show them.
(GRUNTS) (BEEPING ACROSS THE CAMP) Homing beacons? But, you mean, we have to go back in there?.
(CHUCKLES) Ain't science grand? (OMINOUS MUSIC) (ACTION MUSIC) (WORRIED BEEPS FROM MAX) (BEEPING) (ACTION MUSIC CONTINUES) Place this at the point I've marked on your scans.
Then haul yourselves out fast 'cause Hromundartdinhurmindur is.
Gonna blow.
I know.
Good luck, Hiram K.
Hackenbacker.
Good luck, Professor Quentin Questa.
Max, be brave.
(PANTS HEAVILY) This is the point, Max.
Thunderbird 2, first homing beacon is in position.
Thunderbird 2 standing by.
What do you need, Brains? Configure two Mole Pods and set them on autopilot.
F.
A.
B.
Two moles coming right up.
(WHIRRING) (DRILLING) (METALLIC CLANKING) Mole Pods configured.
Awaiting autopilot destination.
OK, activate homing beacons now.
(BEEPING) Now, head down to that resort.
If this doesn't work, you've got to get those people out of there.
VIRGIL VO: F.
A.
B.
(ACTION MUSIC) (BEEPING) (LOUD BEEPING) (BELL RINGS LOUDLY) (SNORTS) How may I assist you? Hi, I'm from International Rescue.
Yeah, and I'm Jeff Tracy(.
) (CLEARS THROAT) Oh, my.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (BEEPS RAPIDLY) (PANTING) (BEEPING PAUSES THEN STOPS) (WHIRRING FADES, POD POWERS DOWN) (ALARMED BEEPS FROM MAX) What's wrong, Max.
? (RAPID BEEPING) Pod number two has stopped?.
The homing beacon's out.
Go on.
We have to go back and restart it.
Hurry.
We'll meet you out front.
(LAVA BUBBLES) We don't have much time.
Max, hand me my tools.
No time.
(BRAINS GRUNTS, POD POWERS UP) What do you know.
? It worked.
(WORRIED BEEPING) Relax, Fritzi.
Brains is a good scientist.
He'll take care of his equipment.
(SHOUTING IN DISTANCE) (LAVA ERUPTS) (BOOMING) It's finally happening after all these years, Hromundartdinhurmindur is actually erupting.
Now let's hope our experiment works.
(CLIMACTIC MUSIC) (HEROIC MUSIC) (RUMBLING) Professor, you did it.
Your plan worked.
You know, it feels good to be right.
Everyone, into the RAD.
(WHISTLING, EXPLOSION) Oh.
I don't think I can fix this, Max.
(LAVA BUBBLING, BRAINS GASPS) Forget the gear.
We've got to go.
Come on, Fritzi.
(ACTION MUSIC) (INTENSE RUMBLING) QUESTA: Come on, come on.
We're not fast enough.
(MAX BEEPS) Oohhoo.
(QUESTA LAUGHS) Go, Max, go.
That's it, Fritzi.
(WHIMPERS) It's coming this way.
Trust them, they're scientists.
Watch out.
Come on.
Any.
moment.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES) Now.
BRAINS: Yay.
(LAUGHTER AND WHOOPING) (LAUGHS) We made it.
Well done, Professor.
(TRANQUIL MUSIC) Thank you.
Thank you, International Rescue.
Oh, no.
Don't thank us, thank.
Thank Isaac Newton.
Very well.
I'll send Mr Newton a gift basket immediately.
Should we tell him? No, he'll figure it out.
eventually.
(BOTH CHUCKLE) It's all ruined.
What are you talking about? Gimme a hammer and a chisel and this stuff's good for another ten years.
Right, Fritzi? You mean you're staying? Of course.
Someone's got to monitor Hromundartdinhurmindur in case it blows again.
Well, next time it does, Professor, make sure you call International Rescue.
We'll believe you.
Thanks.
And I'll do the same for you, always, and that's a promise.
Max, say goodbye.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) (MAX BEEPS SADLY) (WHIRRING) (MAX BEEPS SADLY) (MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES) Max, why are you playing that music? (MUSIC OFF, MAX BEEPS)
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