The Bionic Woman (1976) s01e03 Episode Script

(GUNS FlRlNG)
(HELlCOPTER WHlRRlNG)
(COUGHlNG)
The last plane is loaded.
They're waiting for us.
Hurry, darling! Hurry!
(EXPLOSlON)
(SCREAMS)
Judith, are you
all right? Judith!
STUDENTS: I pledge
allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America,
and to the republic
for which it stands,
one nation under God.
Indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
Okay.
Oh! Good morning, Mark.
Did your car break down?
Sorry, Miss Sommers.
Current events.
Let's see who read
the morning paper today.
'Cause I didn't
have time to.
(WHlSPERlNG) Quick.
Give me a story.
(WHlSPERlNG)
She'll hear.
She can't hear
this far. Come on.
The murmurs of a volunteer
are drifting this way.
Mark, do you
have a story?
Uh, no, ma'am.
No? Well, then I'd suggest
you hide your teeth.
Give you another chance
on Monday. Anybody else?
I got one.
Okay, you're on.
I heard about this story
on TV this morning.
A violent civil war's
broken out in Costa Brava.
That's a little
South American country
and a lot of
United States citizens
live there.
And the last thing
anybody knew was
that our ambassador,
a guy named, uh,
Morehouse, was trying
to get them out to safety.
Uh, that was about
all they said.
Andrew, do you know
what a civil war is?
Yeah. It's uh, people
from the same country
fighting each other.
How do you
feel about that?
Well, I don't know,
Miss Sommers.
It all seems so far away.
(GUNS FlRlNG)
(LOUD BANGlNG)
(BANGlNG CONTlNUES)
I'm afraid we're trapped.
Oh, God! Oh, God!
All right. I can
get to the radio.
(CRYlNG)
It's all right.
It's all right.
(RADlO BUZZlNG)
This is US Ambassador
Morehouse. Help, please.
We're trapped underneath
Vector Four Depot.
Help, please.
It's all right.
This is Ambassador Morehouse.
We need help, please.
Won't someone come in,
please? We need help.
(WHlSPERlNG)
What's the answer
to number three?
(WHlSPERlNG)
Are you crazy?
With her ears?
Okay, kids,
better wrap it up.
Class is almost over.
And I hope you studied
a lot better for this one,
'cause the class average
on the last test
was really rotten.
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello? Oh, yeah.
Put him through.
(SCHOOL BELL RlNGlNG)
What, are you waiting
for it to rain?
Put your tests up here
and go home.
And have a really
nice weekend.
GlRL: Bye, Miss Sommers.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Miss Sommers.
Bye, Miss Sommers.
Have a good weekend.
Goodbye, Miss Sommers.
STUDENTS: Bye, Miss Sommers.
I hope I get
a good grade.
GlRL: Bye, Miss Sommers.
I hope you get a good
grade, too. Goodbye.
(STUDENTS CHATTERlNG)
Oscar! Hi!
Where are you?
OSCAR: Flying over
eastern California.
I should be in Ojai
in about 15 minutes.
Great! Are you gonna
have time to see me?
Time to see you?
I'm coming to
see you, sweetheart.
You say you
want assignments.
Well, I've got
one for you.
A big one.
I can use
your help.
Oh, uh, when?
Right away.
We're landing
only long enough
to pick you up.
I'll brief you
on the plane.
Jaime?
Jaime, are you there?
(STUTTERS) Uh, yeah.
Oh, that's fine.
I'll see you then.
OSCAR: All right.
Bye.
(lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG
ON RADlO)
OSCAR:
Welcome aboard, Jaime.
JAlME: Hey, tell me
what's going on?
OSCAR: In a minute.
Right now,
get strapped in.
PlLOT: This is Air Force
niner-zero, requesting
immediate takeoff.
Clearance priority code
Snow White.
MAN lN TOWER: Roger,
niner-zero. You've been
cleared for takeoff.
Well, Oscar,
you sure do know how to
sweep a girl off her feet.
I'm sorry that this
is so sudden,
but we didn't have
much time.
Sweetheart, I want you
to listen to this.
MOREHOUSE: (ON TAPE)
Vector Four Depot
Bombed Help
(TAPE REWlNDlNG)
Listen again.
MOREHOUSE: Help.
Vector Four Depot.
Bombed
That's our Ambassador,
George Morehouse.
In Costa Bravo?
OSCAR: Yes. He's alive,
and I think he's hiding
somewhere near
Vector Four Depot.
Now this is the clearest
message we've been able
to get.
I had the Army radio back,
but couldn't get through.
I'd like you to hear
this just once more.
Wait a minute. What's
the matter with this
thing? It's not working.
What? It won't rewind?
No.
Okay.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
There you go.
Do you realize how much
money we could make
if I patented you
as a household tool?
(LAUGHS)
Be a lot safer, too.
Now what would you
like me to do?
MOREHOUSE: Help.
Vector Four Depot. Bombed
When I think of you on paper,
I think of you as an agent.
But when I see you
I wonder
if this might be
too risky, Jaime.
Oh, come on, Oscar,
now you're not gonna
back down now.
I asked to go on missions.
Now, what do you want me
to do?
It's a shot
in the dark.
If we send you in
disguised as a nurse
on a rescue team,
the guerrillas might,
I say might,
just might respect
the neutrality
of your medical aid.
They might not
fire on you.
What
What is it, Oscar?
I want you to get
George Morehouse
out of there.
It's risky, I know.
If I send in the Army,
then they'd say it's American
military intervention.
Now, if you want to
get out of it,
you don't want to do it,
say so now.
It's not too late.
No, it's not that.
It's not the mission.
I'll do that.
(STUTTERlNG)
It's the part about
being a nurse.
Oscar, I can't even
put on a Band-Aid.
Oh, I don't think
there'll be any
doctoring, Jaime.
Now, here's
a uniform.
(STAMMERS) Uh-huh.
And a first aid manual.
We'll be arriving in
Costa Bravo in about
two hours,
and you'll have plenty
of time to just, uh,
cram until then.
(CHUCKLES SARCASTlCALLY)
Well, let's hope that
the teacher can cram
a lot better than her kids.
"How to stop
arterial bleeding"?
(STAMMERlNG)
Oh, Oscar, l
(LAUGHlNG)
You're gonna
make it, pal.
You're nuts.
PlLOT: Air Force niner-zero.
Priority code Snow White
crossing Sao Paulo checkpoint.
Do you read me,
Salvador Tower?
MAN: Roger, niner-zero.
This is Salvador Tower.
Air lane clear
for your approach.
That's what I call
a friendly welcome.
We're on our way in.
Your pilot just radioed.
He'll be here in a minute.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
I hope he's a doctor, too.
He's a civilian.
Works for
special missions.
He doesn't know anything
about your bionics.
He thinks
you're a medic.
Well, why do
you use him?
(HELlCOPTER APPROACHlNG)
You are just
about to find
out, Jaime.
Is that my pilot?
His name is Jack Starkey
and he's the finest
helicopter pilot alive.
Yeah? Who says?
He says.
Oh, good.
(THUDDlNG)
It's a nice landing.
Yeah.
You with the OSl?
Yes.
Are you the medic I'm
supposed to pick up?
No. A nurse.
You're a nurse?
No. I'm Oscar Goldman.
I'm the nurse.
Is this a joke?
I personally requested
Nurse Sommers.
STARKEY: There's a jungle
war going on in that country,
and you want to send
a woman in there?
No offense, but
a jungle war's the last place
a woman ought to be.
Well, it seems to me that
a jungle war's the last place
anybody ought to be,
and that's why we're
going in to get
the ambassador out.
You ever been in
the jungle, lady?
Nope.
It's dirty, it's slimy,
it's hot
and it's miserable.
There's poisonous snakes.
Behind every tree
there's gun-slinging
guerrillas.
Well, I don't know
what you're worried
about, Starkey.
Bullets mostly.
Nobody's gonna shoot
at a medical team.
No. They'll give us
Hershey bars, right?
Wrong. They might use
that white cross
for target practice.
Well, that's just
a chance that we're
gonna have to take.
Now, if you don't think
you can handle this
I can handle this.
I admire your courage,
Sommers. I'm not too
sure about your brain.
We might as well
get this turkey
on the road.
(SlGHS)
Be careful.
I don't believe this.
STARKEY: Well, we're
over Costa Bravo now.
JAlME: What's that
up ahead there?
Real bullets.
Real soldiers.
They don't care much
for Americans.
JAlME: How are we gonna
find Ambassador Morehouse?
STARKEY: This radio direction
finder should lead us
right to the ambassador.
You know, I'd give us
a 50-50 chance of coming
out of this alive.
50-50? Oh,
come on Starkey,
the odds can't be
that bad.
With you as a partner,
maybe worse.
Why are you
doing this?
Best reason around, honey.
Cold, hard cash.
Why are you in this?
Sense of duty,
I'll bet.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(MAN SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(EXPLOSlON)
Starkey!
We're hit!
No, they won't shoot
at a medical team.
Well, what's wrong?
Controls are jammed.
We're going down!
Steering cable's
been hit!
Come on!
Pull up!
Pull up!
Come on! Pull up!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Come on! Pull up!
Come on! Pull up!
We're still gonna crash!
Hang on, we're going in!
Brace yourself, Sommers!
This is it!
(CRASHlNG)
(RADlO BUZZlNG)
Please, we need help.
We need help now.
Battery's starting
to get low, Judith.
Haven't they
heard us?
If they have,
I hope they hurry.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(COUGHlNG)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(DOOR THUDS)
(EXCLAlMS)
That's the stuff.
(MOANlNG)
(COUGHlNG)
(GRUNTS)
Hi.
How'd we get out?
The last thing
I remember
Uh, I don't know how you
did it, Starkey, but it
was fantastic. Thank you.
Yeah.
You're welcome.
How'd we get
over here?
The crash just
threw us clear.
(SlGHS)
(CLEARS THROAT) Well
What kind of nurse are you?
I'm bleeding.
You want me
to bandage it?
Don't you think
that'd be
a swell start?
Yeah.
No Band-Aids.
Got it.
There. All done.
Are you sure?
A little loose?
A little loose?
I hope we don't get
in a strong wind.
Look at that.
It's a miracle
I brought us
down at all.
Not great, Sommers.
Not great.
But any time you walk
away from a landing,
it's a good one.
One thing is sure.
She won't be taking
us out of here.
Yeah. Or the ambassador.
I think we ought to start
looking, Starkey.
Start looking?
The mission's over.
We just ate it.
Listen, now you can
insult me about
my bandages,
and you can frighten me
about bullets, but you
can't tell me that we're
We got to get out of here.
Otherwise, our lives are
not worth a plug nickel.
Well, in that case,
we may as well find
the ambassador.
(SlGHS)
All right.
All right.
I'll get my radio equipment.
If I can find something
to fly at that depot,
otherwise we won't
get out of this alive.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Starkey, are you sure
we're going in
the right direction?
STARKEY: Signal's weak,
but the direction-finder says
we're headed the right way.
(LEAVES RUSTLlNG)
Starkey.
I thought that
I heard something.
The jungle's
making you jumpy.
(HlSSlNG)
Starkey!
What is it now?
(SNAKE HlSSlNG)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Did you stomp on it?
I hate snakes.
I hate snakes.
Boy, your adrenalin
must really be flowing.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Come on.
Let's go.
Let's go.
JAlME: How much farther
do you think it is?
Less than a half mile.
Legs getting heavy?
Not a bit.
How about yours?
Fine.
(SlGHlNG)
Wait!
(lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG)
No, no, Starkey.
It's coming from
over this way.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Leave him.
If he weren't
wounded,
he wouldn't think twice
about killing both of us.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(GROANlNG)
Wait a minute.
I wouldn't want you
to hurt yourself.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(GRUNTlNG)
Okay?
Oh, Starkey,
that was beautiful.
Thanks.
You better give him
some pain killer.
Pain killer.
(STUTTERlNG)
With a needle?
With a needle.
Oh, never mind,
I'll do it.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
We're keeping
the ambassador
waiting.
Bring your bag
and come on, Nurse.
Hey!
We made it.
STARKEY: No more
than half way.
We've still got to get out.
How's your
signal doing?
Weaker by the minute.
Seems to be coming from
one of those buildings
over there at the depot.
(LEAVES RUSTLlNG)
Starkey!
Hit it!
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
JAlME: (STUTTERS)
Wait, he can't be
more than 12.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(SPlTS)
American pig!
Hey! Wait a minute, kid.
(SPlTS)
Why did you do that?
We're not gonna
hurt you, you know.
Only pigs fight
for the guerrillas.
Hey, we don't
fight for anybody.
Why did you save that
soldier, back there?
(SPEAKS SPANlSH)
Because he was
gonna die.
The guerrillas
kill my parents.
They deserve to die.
I'm sorry.
STARKEY: Why were
you following us?
Hey!
Your feet hurt?
Come here.
Come here.
Come on.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Okay.
(THANKS lN SPANlSH)
You're welcome.
Next time, steal a pair
that fits, all right?
How long have you
been on your own?
A week or two.
I stay in the
jungle.
Got a name?
Julio.
Okay, Julio.
My name's Jaime.
And that over there
is Mr. Starkey.
Now we're gonna go
over to that depot.
You want to come?
Sommers?
Just a sec.
What's the matter
with you?
Well, we can't
leave him here.
Well, we can't
take him with us.
The kid can barely walk.
He'll slow us down.
I'll carry him.
You'll what?
(STAMMERS) He can
ride on my shoulders.
You'll never make it.
Your legs aren't
strong enough.
Well, then
you carry him.
Me carry him?
Not in a blue moon,
a month of Sundays,
or till Biloxi,
Mississippi freezes over
am I walking through
the jungle with a kid
on my back, and that's final!
How are your
legs holding up?
Fine, it's
good exercise.
I just wondered,
'cause you look
a little beat to me.
Oh, no.
Just a little hungry.
Where did you get that?
I picked it up
when I was
following you.
You said you
were hungry.
I'm not that hungry.
Get it out of here.
Do you eat those?
Si. Good meat,
but they're
hard to catch.
You killed it,
so half belongs
to you.
Uh. Julio.
Finders keepers, honey.
It's all yours.
Gracias. Uh, since
you don't want it.
Don't want it.
(MACHlNE BEEPlNG)
Signal's coming from
around here. He's got to
be somewhere near here.
STARKEY: No way anybody
could survive in this
kind of shelling.
Morehouse?
Hey, you know what?
We're close enough now.
Bet that you could
reach him on this
radio.
Maybe.
(RADlO CRACKLlNG)
Do you read,
Morehouse?
Do you read?
(ON RADlO) Do you
read, Morehouse?
Do you read,
Morehouse?
Do you read?
Come in, please.
Morehouse,
do you read?
This is Morehouse.
Look, I hear you!
We're buried underneath
the supply depot.
Help us! Please help us!
(RADlO CRACKLlNG)
STARKEY: Morehouse,
do you read? Over!
Morehouse, do you read?
Please come in.
I hear you! We hear you!
Please help us! Come in!
Oh, dear God!
It's dead.
(SOBBlNG)
They'll never hear us.
(CLlCKS TONGUE)
They'll never find us.
(CRYlNG)
(RADlO BUZZlNG)
There's no signal.
His battery's
probably just dead.
Or he is.
(MEN SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
STARKEY: Morehouse?
Oh, I give up.
This is ridiculous,
Sommers.
Well, I know
he's around here.
Well, what if he is?
And what if we find out
where and he's still alive.
Even then, it's gonna take
an army of men and a bulldozer
to get him out of here.
But we've got to get him
out of here. Now, that's
all there is to it.
How? The guerrillas must
have seen our chopper
come down,
and you can be cotton-picking
sure they're out there
looking for us right now,
and pretty soon
they're gonna be in
here looking for us,
and I'm not gonna hang
around looking for
a dead man.
Well, I am.
Good. Good.
You do that.
You just hang around
right in here. At least
you won't be in my way.
I'm going out and try
to find some way
to get us out of here.
Come on, kid.
Give me a hand.
Go on.
(SOBBlNG)
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(FAlNT METALLlC CLANKlNG)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(LOUD RUMBLlNG)
(HlSSlNG)
No way!
(SPEAKS SPANlSH)
Come here!
How's this?
Hey! Muy bonita, kid.
Muy bonita.
This dog looks like
it just might hunt.
Go get Sommers.
Tell her we
just bought her
a return ticket.
Pronto, kid! Pronto!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
George, I hear something.
(RUMBLlNG)
Somebody's up there!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(THUDDlNG)
Thank God.
They found us.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
The rock.
How are you
so strong?
Go tell Starkey
I found someone.
Julio, I found
the ambassador.
Forget the rock!
The excitement has
given me strength.
(STUTTERS) Do you
understand that?
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
What does Starkey want?
He found an airplane.
Your ticket ride.
He wanted you to come.
(STUTTERS)
Oh, I can't.
Uh, tell him that
I need him.
JULlO: But he said that
Julio, go now
and tell him.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Oh, thank God!
Thank God you're here.
Thank God!
Ambassador Morehouse?
Yes!
How many of you
are down here?
Just my wife.
But she's pinned
under some concrete.
Come on.
Let me check.
Thank you.
(GRUNTlNG)
Are you hurt?
No, I'm all right.
(CRYlNG)
Mrs. Morehouse, come on.
Come here.
Hey, look at me.
Now we're gonna
get out of here.
Okay?
But you have
to help me.
Yes.
Now, when I tell you,
I want you to pull on
your leg really hard.
Okay?
Okay.
Can you do that?
Let's go home.
(SOBBlNG)
Come on. You ready?
Yes. Yes.
All right.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Pull!
(GRUNTlNG)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Come here.
Come here.
(BREATHlNG HEAVlLY)
Come on.
Can you stand up?
Yes. Yes.
Hold yourself.
I'm gonna get up
a little bit.
Okay. Okay.
Give me your hand.
Come on.
(GRUNTlNG)
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Starkey,
we're over here.
We need help.
Lean on me.
Get away.
Take it easy. Okay.
You got her?
How'd you
How'd you
dig them out?
There was a four ton
pile of concrete here.
I told you,
She is very strong.
Are there any sign
of the guerrillas?
The guerrillas,
Stark.
Yeah.
Yeah. They'll be
here anytime. We
We're gonna have to
hide in the jungle.
The jungle?
What happened
to the plane?
It's hopeless. It's got
pretzels for landing gear.
Well, maybe we
could fix it.
There's no way.
Well, I would like
to see for myself.
Sommers
Doesn't look too bad to me.
I think we can fix that.
Not without a vice
and some hammers.
We can fix it, Starkey.
Now what has to be done?
I'm telling you,
we can't.
Those struts are made
out of steel.
I don't know what's
gotten into you,
but when I tell you
we can't fix that,
we can't fix it!
And I am sick and tired
of you telling me what
I can't do.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(METAL CREAKlNG)
What kind of
woman are you?
A very frightened one.
Now, what's next?
That one over there.
(CREAKlNG)
Okay. Now,
will that do it?
How you do that?
Starkey, get these
blocks out of here.
Get in the plane,
and I'll go get
the others.
No, I'll Maybe l
Yes, ma'am.
Starkey!
All right. You get
in the back here.
Come on.
MOREHOUSE: Okay.
I'll get in first.
Sommers, we got a problem.
The engine won't turn over.
The battery's dead.
Well, what if I spin
the propeller?
Oh, you can't.
It's too heavy.
You
On second thought
Jaime, watch
your hands!
Thanks. Jack.
STARKEY: Switch on.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(ENGlNE SPUTTERlNG)
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Okay. Give me this.
Okay, Julio,
in the plane.
Come on.
We can't take the kid.
We're overloaded.
What do you mean,
we can't take him?
If it wasn't for Julio,
we wouldn't
STARKEY: We're overloaded.
There's a cliff up there.
The odds are we'll
drop like a rock.
Oh, Starkey, please!
They're here!
Hurry up! Let's go!
(GUNS FlRlNG)
Come on, kid.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(GUNS FlRlNG)
Come on.
You can go faster.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Go faster, baby.
Go faster.
Pull up, baby!
Pull up!
Please. Come on!
(ENGlNE SPUTTERlNG)
Well, it's good, though.
He'll be in a foster home
in a couple of weeks.
I don't, uh
I don't have anything
to do right now,
so I thought l'd
kinda hang around,
you know,
keep him company
till then.
Yeah, I know.
Well, guys.
I got to go.
Oh, come on.
(SNlFFLlNG)
Hey, I'll come back
and see you.
I promise. Okay?
Listen, uh
I want you to
know something.
It has nothing to do
with our secret.
I mean,
your secret stuff.
I want you to know
I think you're some
special lady.
Thanks, Sommers.
You're so welcome,
Starkey.
(SNlFFS) See you.
Bye, kid.
Yeah.
That's some
special lady.
(SCHOOL BELL RlNGlNG)
Morning,
Miss Sommers.
Hi.
Hey, Miss Sommers,
got a far out
current event.
Remember that ambassador
that was left in Costa Bravo?
Yeah.
Well, some hotshot
helicopter pilot
rescued him this weekend.
Really? Sounds exciting.
Yeah. the pilot said,
"We never would
have made it
"if it hadn't have
been for Lady Luck."
(CHUCKLES) Lady Luck.
Well, I like that.
"Also rescued in that
fantastic airplane escape
were the ambassador's wife
"and a young
Costa Bravan boy
named Julio."
No, it's Julio.
ANDREW: Julio.
Did you read this?
Uh, no.
I'm a teacher.
I'm supposed to know
things like that.