Wonder Woman (1976) s01e06 Episode Script

Interesting.
But I can see a trained animal at the circus.
Gargantua is not just a trained animal.
He has been programmed to help us.
Any way I want him to.
Don't you think this is something the high command will be interested in? Possibly.
A giant gorilla, especially trained.
Interesting.
But what do you get out of it, Erica? If I can prove that my work is important to the war effort then there will be more money for my research.
Isn't this true? I'll radio my superiors and see what they have to say.
Please don't stand too close, folks.
Gargantua is not your ordinary ape.
He's not only the most ferocious ape ever kept in captivity he's also the most intelligent and the closest thing to a man any of you will ever see.
Look at his face.
You can see the same emotions most humans have: Anger, desire, fear.
When scientists examined Gargantua they said he could be one of the missing links between animals and us.
A great, big ape who walks and thinks like a man.
Yes, Hans.
I understand.
And I assure you, you have nothing to worry about.
I've told you.
I've taken the Pavlovian conditioning-response theory and perfected it to a degree no one ever has thought possible.
I have complete control over him.
Hi, Fred.
You lucked out.
I'm gonna spell you for the rest of the shift.
Great.
It's hard enough giving that spiel with a straight face.
The goggly-eyed look on everyone's faces is enough to drive me wild.
Besides, that thing gives me the creeps.
After you have a couple of beers, you'll forget all about it.
I'm gonna give it a good try.
Guard.
- I have an assignment.
- Good.
It's really two missions.
First, we must recapture one of our most important agents who has fallen into American hands.
And secondly, if Wonder Woman should interfere we must dispose of her.
That is to say Gargantua must dispose of her.
Our contact is Hans Ackler.
Good.
I'm looking forward to working with Col.
Ackler again.
We will leave with Gargantua this evening.
Then we will rendezvous with Hans at a place he has selected and then we will prepare for our mission.
Okay, Steigler, go on.
Where else? There's another location at 12th and M Streets another at Potomac Parkway Mr.
Steigler certainly does have a lot of information.
Yes, he does.
He's the most important enemy agent to come over to our side since the war began.
Then the information he gives us could save a lot of lives.
If it's true.
There's always the chance he's a double agent feeding us false information and hoping we'll act on it.
The information he's given us so far has checked out.
If it continues to check out, and he really has defected you can bet the Nazis will do anything they can to get him back dead or alive.
They wouldn't kill him.
They'd have to find out what he's told us.
What about my protection? Don't worry, nothing's going to happen to you.
I don't blame him for being nervous.
He knows what will happen to him if the Nazis get their hands on him.
- Did you hear everything? - Yes.
He's gonna be very valuable to us.
I don't want anything to happen to him.
We're moving him to our top-security quarters - after this session.
- Good.
How long does a full interrogation take? Could be weeks, Diana.
We want to find out everything he knows.
Erica, how good to see you again.
And you, too, Gargantua.
Yes, Carl.
I have located Steigler.
Where? American intelligence has converted an old apartment building for their top-secret personnel.
He is being held on the fourth floor.
- How tight is their security? - Very tight.
The street is blocked off, all the entrances are guarded and there are also guards on every floor.
Fourth floor, Hans, that's going to be tough.
Why do we have to get him out alive? Why don't we just kill him? Because American intelligence has been questioning him getting information.
Berlin wants to know how much he has told them.
Gentlemen I assure you, Gargantua will solve all your problems.
I told you before, you have nothing to worry about.
You're well guarded, I assure you.
You underestimate them.
They know everything.
I've worked with them.
They have ways of getting to anyone.
Here.
See this? I've just had this installed.
If there is an emergency, this button will alert the M.
P.
S on guard.
Good.
- I'll see you tomorrow, at the same time? - Yes.
Tomorrow.
Come with me, soldier.
- Sorry, sir, you can't go any further.
- Just stay still.
No fast moves.
Move! I'd hate to have that ape after me.
He just can't wait to tear somebody apart.
Carl is right.
How can you be sure he will not harm Steigler? He won't.
He must bring Steigler back alive.
Those are my orders! Gargantua won't harm Steigler.
He's only been programmed to bring him back to us.
Alive.
Look, he's got Steigler.
Congratulations! Now, to the truck.
So far, so good.
Half our mission is accomplished.
Now we contact the U-boat, and soon a smooth trip home.
Home? Berlin? You didn't think we'd let you stay in America too long, did you? - They got Steigler.
- The sergeant.
- Maybe he can tell us what's happened.
- Sergeant, where's Steigler? The alarm sounded.
I came up.
A gorilla attacked me.
A gorilla? Come on, Sergeant, no time for lies.
Steve, he's been very badly frightened.
He may be exaggerating, but I don't think he's lying.
A gorilla? Well, somehow, someone got Steigler.
You've engineered my escape.
I'm grateful.
I can get back to my assignment now.
- Berlin wants to talk to you.
- Why? My orders are to bring you back.
I didn't tell them anything, if that's what you think.
I don't think anything.
I'm just following orders.
- You established contact? - Yes, I have the submarine now.
Good.
Tell them we are ready to be picked up.
Make the arrangements.
Wait! We have Steigler.
We have accomplished our mission.
But with a little initiative on our part, we could do so much more.
We could dazzle the high command with a success beyond their wildest dreams.
Such as? Such as bringing Wonder Woman back as our captive.
Capture Wonder Woman? That is something the high command has been unable to do.
Steigler's a very important man.
The Americans won't let him go without a struggle.
- We have to get out of here fast.
- Absolutely not.
Steigler is of such importance to American military intelligence that I'm positive Wonder Woman will try to find him and free him.
And when she does, Gargantua will be waiting for her.
I have seen what your Gargantua can do.
But still, how can you expect him to accomplish what the entire Nazi secret service has failed to do? Because I have taken a great deal of trouble training him.
Remember that midshipman I went out with last week? See the resemblance? Just looking at that picture of Gargantua is enough to scare you.
He's just a poor animal.
First they capture him and take him from his home.
Then they coop him up in a cage.
And now they've got armed men scouring the city for him.
- Good morning.
- Good morning, sir.
- I hope they don't hurt him.
- Hurt who? Gargantua.
He escaped from the circus last night.
The circus had a story out on him.
He's supposed to be the smartest ape ever in captivity.
They say he's the closest thing to human they've ever seen.
Steve, an animal as smart as that - if he were thoroughly trained - You're making a believer out of me.
Would you find out who the most highly respected animal behavioral scientist is? - Get a hold of him as quickly as you can.
- Yes, sir.
Sorry to take you away from your work but it's a real break having a behavioral scientist of your renown right here in Washington.
I don't mind, but if it really was a gorilla it looks like you've got quite a situation on your hands.
- It is definitely gorilla hair, Major.
- You're sure? Would a gorilla have the strength to do this? And destroy a desk made of solid oak? Gorillas do have enormous power, but I've never seen anything like this.
- I didn't think they were that violent.
- You're right.
Actually, they're a lot less ferocious than people think.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, it was a gorilla.
What would make him climb up this building, break in, take Steigler out? I don't know, unless he was trained to do it.
- Trained? - Yes.
Advanced animal training is one of our newest fields and the Nazis reportedly are carrying on even more advanced experiments.
And it's really possible to train a gorilla to do that? Very possible.
Come on, Steve.
A gorilla? They'll laugh me out of the general staff meeting.
I know it sounds fantastic, sir, but we have to consider it as a real possibility.
It's like something out of a King Kong movie.
Maj.
Trevor's office.
Yes, sir.
One moment, please.
- It's Dr.
Osmond.
- Thank you.
Maj.
Trevor speaking.
Yes.
We'll be right over.
Dr.
Osmond at Beta Research has just completed his tests.
He says he has something very important to show me.
Will you excuse us, General? - Dr.
Osmond? - Look at this.
That hair sample is from Steigler's room.
It is definitely of the Gorilla beringei maximums the great ape.
The guard was right about seeing a giant gorilla.
And look at this.
The gorilla must have stepped into some mud while he was crashing through that fence.
The mud hardened.
We have a perfect footprint.
I've measured it very carefully.
I'd have to say he's over seven feet tall.
Doctor, is it possible the Nazis could've trained it - to scale the wall of a five-story building? - That wouldn't be too difficult.
And have trained it to break in and get Steigler out? That would require advanced techniques.
However, if someone would have taken a baby ape and given him a sophisticated training program there's no telling what he might do.
Watch this.
Remember, hunger is his basic drive yet he obeys my command.
Is it possible to gain complete control over an animal? - In theory, yes.
- It doesn't seem fair.
Animals should be free, not controlled by people.
We animal behaviorists experiment with animals in order to learn more about people.
We've often felt the great ape would be ideal for advanced training.
Why the great ape? Because of the high degree of his intelligence.
Steve, if we found the ape, we may find Steigler.
That's an interesting assumption, but there's not much to go on.
Perhaps I can help.
Look at this, Major.
Do you see the difference between the normal gorilla hair and the one we found in the apartment? The one on the right looks like it has something stuck on it.
The strands of gorilla hairs we found in Steigler's room seem to have a foreign, oily substance on them.
- Was it fresh? - Yes.
Or else the animal's natural body fluids would have carried it away.
Now where could an ape that size come in contact with oil? The analysis showed it was crude oil.
Crude oil? Let's see.
Some oil tankers are being repaired near the navy yard.
Good thought, but there's too much activity there.
I should think it would have to be in a fairly remote section.
Isn't it possible he could have brushed against a gasoline tank or engine? The specimen was definitely unrefined oil.
A refinery.
There's one near the old Georgetown Road.
- Yes, that's the Gillion Oil Refinery.
- No, that can't be it.
They work round the clock for the war.
There are hundreds of people there.
The Gillion Oil Refinery moved to a new location six months ago.
- I think the old refinery is still empty.
- That's right.
I'd better check that out.
Excuse me, Doctor.
Diana, call headquarters.
- Tell them where I am.
- Yes, sir.
- May I use your phone? - Yes, certainly.
Gen.
Blankenship's office.
Hello, Etta.
Hi, Diana.
Where are you? I'm still at Dr.
Osmond's lab.
Steve asked me to leave word that he's gone to the Gillion Oil Refinery.
- The old one.
- What's he doing there? He's following up on a lead.
The old Gillion Refinery hasn't been used in a long time.
Steve could be in real danger going there alone.
I was just thinking the same thing, Etta.
Bye.
Someone is at Gate 2.
It's Wonder Woman! - I knew she'd find us.
- How were you so sure? A clue I left to lead them here.
A little gorilla hair streaked with crude oil.
Have you forgotten her special bracelets? You can't get a bullet near her.
I'll have to see that with my own eyes.
But it's true, Carl.
From all our reports on Wonder Woman your bullets will be completely ineffective.
But gentlemen, don't worry.
Gargantua will take care of Wonder Woman.
- Now, my friend, call her.
- Why are you doing this? - Call her.
- I thought we were going to escape.
Call her now.
And if you try to warn her, you're a dead man.
Help! Steigler! Are you all right? Wonder Woman, meet Gargantua.
- What have you done to this poor animal? - Experimenting.
Have you hurt him? Gargantua is living proof of my theory to alter the response factor of wild animals.
Why can't you just let him be free and live in peace? Because now we can bring them under our complete control.
In there, please.
Enough! Do as Erica says.
I said in there.
Move! Good luck, Wonder Woman.
Gargantua, stop.
I'm your friend.
You don't understand.
They are your enemy.
Gargantua, listen to me.
I'm your friend.
I don't want to hurt you.
Gargantua, listen to me.
You three men go up the stairs around the back.
You three men go around the side.
Sergeant, you come with me.
The Americans! - Hurry! The back gate! - We can't leave Gargantua.
Erica, there's no time.
- Wonder Woman! - No, don't shoot.
Why did you shoot him? He didn't know what he was doing.
I'm so sorry, my friend.
Wonder Woman, are you all right? I'm fine, but he's hurt.
The sergeant didn't understand.
This poor, innocent animal is just being used by the Nazis.
- Maj.
Trevor, they got away.
- How? They had a car parked by the back gate.
A black sedan.
It took off in a hurry.
- Couldn't get the license number.
- Steve, Conrad Steigler's with them.
Corporal, contact the civilian police.
Describe the sedan and the people in it.
Maybe they can come up with something on an APB.
He needs medical help.
I'll keep him sedated.
I don't want him too active.
What have they done to him? The great ape is not a naturally vicious creature.
It's a remarkable example of neuro-psycho training.
Probably accomplished by some advanced method of electro-nerve stimulus.
I know it's only a flesh wound, but I'm sure he's very frightened.
Yes.
I wonder why he didn't kill Steigler.
It's possible they've trained him to harm only certain people.
Among them, Wonder Woman.
- Why me? - Maybe the Nazis felt he'd be an ideal match for you, Wonder Woman.
At home on Paradise Island we live in peace with all animals including those you call "ferocious.
" What are you going to do with him now? It may be possible to reprogram him.
- He won't suffer, will he? - No.
- The techniques we use are painless.
- I'm glad.
He'll be in good hands now.
We can't stay here.
The Americans will find us.
You said our agents haven't used this place for years.
What about him? We don't know what he's told them.
No, I swear it.
I didn't give them any locations.
How can we believe a traitor? Wonder Woman is alive! - What about Gargantua? - He's wounded.
- Where is he? - What difference does it make? - Wonder Woman could find us.
- Where have they taken Gargantua? I don't know.
The success of my program is as important as this Steigler project.
I must find Gargantua.
I say we have Steigler.
Let's get out.
There's only one place they could've taken him.
Where? Besides my father and Prof.
Nozaki of Japan Dr.
Osmond here in Washington is the most informed man in animal behavior in the world.
I'll return with Gargantua tonight! Erica, the U-boat leaves in four hours.
If you're not back, we leave without you.
Careful, Diana, don't get too close to the cage.
Don't worry.
I'll be all right.
I've gone about as far as I can with him.
- You've done a wonderful job, Doctor.
- Thank you.
- Will Gargantua be all right, Doctor? - I hope so.
Tomorrow I'll start giving him visual images together with electro-memoric therapy.
- That won't be painful, will it? - Of course not.
It's frightening to think the Nazis were trying to turn this ape into a slave.
Looks like you made yourself a friend, Diana.
Yes? - Dr.
Osmond? - Yes, I'm Osmond.
I'm Erica Belgard.
I'm Otto Belgard's daughter.
- You must be here with the circus.
- Yes.
- May we come in? - Yes, certainly! Are you enjoying your stay in America? You're the one who trained him! Help! What's the matter? Have they done something to him? I don't know.
They must have altered his response factor.
Picture.
They have.
They've reprogrammed him.
Then there's no way you can bring him back.
You've lost control of him.
I'll give him a shot, Hans.
You get to truck.
This is a list of every known Nazi and fifth column location within a hundred miles of Washington.
I'll check them out, sir.
We've started checking the locations Steigler gave us before he was captured.
Good.
I'm sure you're following up on all your leads.
You know how it is when they're on your back.
- Give this one a little extra, will you? - Right, sir.
I wish I could be of more help.
You already do more than your share around here, Diana.
The U-boat has been delayed.
The Coast Guard has tracked them down.
They've gone on silent running.
They want to change the pickup time to 1400.
- Agreed! - Excellent.
By then, I'm sure Gargantua will be reprogrammed to kill Wonder Woman.
You had your chance, Erica.
- Steigler's the only thing that matters.
- I agree with Carl.
We leave right now.
All right, Hans.
We'll go.
But remember, my report to the high command will have to be that you personally aborted my plans to capture Wonder Woman.
Shall I tell them that? Shall I tell them it was because of you we failed to capture Wonder Woman? All right, Erica.
We'll play it your way.
But remember, it's your responsibility.
It'll work.
I need a few items to reprogram Gargantua.
As I increase the power, force him to look at this picture of Wonder Woman.
What makes you think this makeshift setup will work this time? It’ll work! I'll increase the power.
It's working! Keep the picture there.
Unit 4 calling Maj.
Trevor.
Over.
Go ahead, Unit 4.
This is Maj.
Trevor.
Over.
We've spotted the group by pier 19, in an old warehouse.
Do you want us to move in? Negative.
Stay out of sight.
I'll bring some backup units.
If they move, notify this frequency and follow them.
Over.
Unit 4.
Over.
I must find him.
He'll hear the whistle and come back.
I know the programming worked.
He could be anywhere, Erica.
This warehouse is huge.
We must search outside.
We must not let him go.
Please, we've wasted too much time.
We still have time to get to the U-boat.
Careful, Steve.
Don't worry.
Is the warehouse one of the locations Steigler gave us? - Yes, sir.
- It's near the water.
Their plan must be to get Steigler out by sub.
The Coast Guard's been tailing a U-boat that's been prowling the coast for days.
I'm sorry, Diana.
You better stay here.
This one's too dangerous.
Yes, sir.
They're escaping! Gargantua! What have they done to you? Stop! I can't breathe.
We're friends.
Please stop.
Sorry.
I didn't want to do that.
Does your wound still hurt? You and I have no quarrel.
I only want to help you.
Your arm is still bleeding.
This terrible thing wouldn't have happened if you'd been raised on Paradise Island.
You've been used as a tool of man.
You should be free.
You mustn't hurt anyone.
Not even her.
I won't hurt you.
Come with me.
Wonder Woman! How did you know where to find Steigler? That's not important.
At least he's safe.
But I'm afraid the other two men escaped.
- We stopped them outside the warehouse.
- Good.
What happened to Gargantua? Erica obviously tried to reprogram him and he went berserk.
But I think he's all right now.
He must have sensed you wouldn't have hurt him.
It's just a little kindness and tenderness and love that transcends those barriers with animals.
And with people.
Wonder Woman, you're amazing.
Hello, Gargantua.
I know you're safe here, but I just hate to see you locked up in a cage like this.
Don't be afraid.
Let's go.
Isn't it beautiful? I'm glad you're here.
It's very much like my home.
The trees.
Now you're free to roam the jungle with the rest of your friends.
There'll be no Nazis to harm you.
It's time to say goodbye for now, my friend.
Perhaps we'll meet again someday.
It's just not like Diana to take time off like this.
I'm sure she'll be back any minute, Major.
Where did you say she went? She just said she had an errand to run.
What kind of an errand could take all afternoon? - Excuse me.
- Excuse me.
- Steve, Etta.
- Diana.
- I was beginning to worry about you.
- I'm sorry I'm late.
I just had to drop off a friend.
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