Daktari (1966) s01e11 Episode Script

We were on a fieId trip We were on a fieId trip a Iong way from the compound tracking a wounded Ieopard to immobiIize and heaI.
We had no way of knowing that Harp and Meadows two escaped convicts, were in the area with pIans of their own that were to threaten us aII.
Roy, that looks like a road over there, about 100 yards.
- Lt might be easier if we took the road - We've gotta keep clear of the roads.
- But you can't go much further like this.
- We've got to get to Wameru Compound.
- Why? - Because there's a doctor there.
Daktari Marsh Tracy.
But maybe the doc won't do the operation.
Oh, he'll do it.
Well, how about afterwards? He might tell the police.
He might tell the police we were there.
Yeah.
Yeah, he might if he were still alive.
They stoIe our jeep and took over the compound at gunpoint.
Meadows knew that without an immediate operation, he wouId die.
I was miIes away.
PauIa had to reach me but how? CIarence, of course.
She sent him out to find me.
Clarence, what are you doing here? What's that around his neck? lt's a walkie-talkie.
Well, something must be wrong at the compound.
Oh, Dad, please don't ask any questions.
Roy Meadows is here with another man.
Yes, Roy Meadows.
Now, they've stolen your car and they have guns.
Meadows is wounded.
l have to operate on him.
You have to tell me how.
You better tell her good, Tracy.
My buddy's right here with a gun that fires bullets, not hypodermic darts.
Look, Meadows, she's not a doctor.
You can't expect her to perform an operation.
l can and l do, Tracy.
She better do this operation.
lf she doesn't, l'll personally finish her.
Meadows supposing the operation isn't Then my buddy, Harp, will do it, Tracy.
Look, if l don't come out of this operation alive, neither will she.
Do you understand me? Yes, Meadows.
We understand each other.
Nothing.
Like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Well, those two escaped convicts have got to surface sometime.
They're gonna need food, water and medicine.
Medicine.
That's right.
Wameru Compound might be a logical place for them to head.
Yeah.
Let's drop in on Doc Tracy.
Ready for the operation.
All right, Paula, here we go.
Now, are all the instruments laid out? Yes.
Anesthetic? Ready.
lnject.
Now, Paula, while the injection is taking effect describe the nature of the wound.
Bullet went into the left shoulder in the middle of an area.
L l guess you'd call it deltoideus? Good girl.
- Now, tell me, is the bullet still there? Yes.
- Paula, you're gonna have to take it out.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't do it.
Yes, you can, Paula.
You're going to have to go in and take that bullet out.
PauIa, he must be asIeep by now.
Is he? Yes, he's asleep.
Scalpel.
Transverse incision, 1 and one-half inches.
Paula, don't hesitate.
You won't hurt him.
Now, go ahead and cut.
Are your hemostats ready? Ready.
All right, clamp one on each end of the blood vessel.
How are you doing, Paula? Oh, l'm still here.
Good girl.
All right, Paula, get the probe.
Dr.
Tracy? His car is at the hospital.
Commissioner Hedley must be here.
Daktari? Police here.
Could we see you for a moment? All right, Paula, here comes the interesting part.
Now, insert the probe in the incision and feel for the bullet.
Now, don't worry.
You'll find it.
Paula? Paula, do you hear me? Paula? We're cut off.
- Did you hear some voices calling? - Yeah, l think l heard something too.
Okay, not one word.
Don't you even make a sign.
Don't you even make a funny move.
And you just remember one thing, l'm right here and she's here.
Now, you get out there and talk to them, Hedley.
Daktari, police here.
Could we see you for a moment? Oh, commissioner, l saw your jeep.
Dr.
Tracy is out in the bush somewhere.
There's nothing.
- What could be going on down there? - L don't know.
All we can do is wait until they call back.
Mm-hm.
Lf they call back.
Paula's just in the middle of an operation.
l'm lending her a little moral support.
Paula? Doing an operation? Yes, on one of the beasts.
ls she a doctor already? Ha, ha, yes, time flies, you know.
Anything l can do for you? Judy, l wouldn't do that if l were you.
Not under the circumstances.
Judy, be a good girl.
Stop that.
What was that all about? Ha, ha, these chimpanzees, uh Scatterbrained, you know? Well, l just wanted to warn the doctor, two blokes escaped yesterday.
l know.
L got it off my radio.
They're dangerous and one of them is wounded.
Wounded, eh? Good show.
Jolly well serves him right.
Well, we'll be moving along.
We're bound to get them sometime.
l'll tell Dr.
Tracy you called.
Cheerio, chaps.
Those two could be hiding around the compound.
Let's poke around a bit before we leave.
Judy? Judy? ls that you, Judy? Now, listen, Judy.
Here's the key.
Take the key, Judy.
See it, Judy? Down here, Judy.
Can't you reach the lock, Judy? Okay, then get something to stand on.
Come on, Judy, put the key in the lock.
lt's no use, Judy.
lt's the wrong key.
lt won't work.
Yes, we're still here.
Judy, you'll need some help.
Get one of the animals to help you.
Maybe together, you can do something to attract someone's attention.
Good luck, little lady.
Okay, doc, talk.
What's happening? Are you all right? No questions, doc, just talk.
What next, Dad? Paula, do you have the probe? No.
l do believe she put that elephant there on purpose.
l've heard some strange stories about this place.
Ha, ha, boy, this beats all.
Sergeant, she's trying to tell us something.
But what? l do believe she wants us to go the other way.
Well, what have we got to lose? We sure aren't about to budge that elephant off.
Okay, chimp, we'll try it your way.
Oh.
Oh, darlings, quiet.
The operation is still going on.
l got it.
Dad, l got the bullet out.
l don't know how l did it, but l did it.
Look, l got it.
L got it.
Oh.
Good girl.
Paula, maybe you better take a rest now, huh? Oh, no.
Let's go on.
What do l do next? Okay.
Put in the sulfur powder.
Paula, you have those sutures ready, as l explained? How do l do that? Just a hem stitch, honey.
A simple hem stitch, like in a hem.
Oh, boy, a suture.
All right.
Oh, uh.
Dad, l think he's got a broken bone.
Easy does it, Paula.
One thing at a time.
We'll get to the bone in a minute.
Oh, look, she's found something.
She's pointing to her left.
And the commissioner said that chimps are scatterbrained.
Okay, now what? Get a mirror, put it to his mouth and give me the respiration rate.
One two three four five Okay, Paula, he's doing fine.
Now, apply the splints firmly.
Be sure and bandage snugly.
Paula, Meadows should be coming around in about 10 minutes.
Ask the doc when we can get out of here.
Dad, will Meadows have to rest long? Well, not at all.
Sodium pentothal leaves no aftereffects.
Hey, Marsh, look.
No aftereffects either.
- Well, it's been quite a day.
Hmm.
Paula, as soon as Meadows comes to get those men out of there.
But be careful, honey.
Be very careful.
We'll call you back in 10 minutes.
Come on, Clarence, let's go.
What's she doing? She's found some tire tracks.
- Dad said you could leave.
- Well, that's nice of him.
Roy, the cops were here.
- Cops? - Yeah, they're looking for us.
Well, we can handle the cops.
All those animals out there, l don't know.
He should be awake by now.
Paula? Paula, can you hear me? Yes, Dad, l hear you.
Paula, is Meadows awake? He's awake and he seems to be all right Paula, what's going on? Paula? Come on, Clarence.
We don't need that doc anymore.
- Hold it.
- Lock him up.
- Her too? - No.
l told you, there aren't any empty cages.
Oh, we'll find some.
Won't we, commissioner? Don't look at us.
We have a full house.
Over here.
Come on.
But that's Hercules and he's got a sore throat.
Let him catch pneumonia for all l care.
All right, in you go, commissioner.
Come on! Oh, Hercules, meet the commissioner.
Oh, yoo-hoo.
Welcome to the zoo.
- We better get out.
- Where's the chimp? He ran out through the door.
l couldn't get a clean shot.
Well, that leaves us only one hostage.
You.
Roy, l don't trust that chimp.
She's got a dishonest look and she's smart too.
- Come on, we better get out of here.
- All right, let's go.
- Well, you first, little lady.
- Me? - Yes, you.
You know all the roads out.
- What are we gonna do with her? We'll decide when we get across the border.
Come on.
Cross the border with Paula, will you? That will just compound kidnapping to your list of crimes.
Yeah.
Ah, ha, ha.
Did you hear that? Ha, ha.
Well, he's given you fair warning.
Kidnapping, indeed.
Why, that's a crime, did you realize that? You could go to prison.
Just a second, Meadows.
Now, look here.
Paula has patched you up.
She's fulfilled her part.
Let her go.
Leave the women here.
Take me instead.
Good show, commissioner.
Simply splendid.
Thank you.
L know the road hereabouts just as well as Paula.
lf you're insistent on taking someone, take me.
But leave the girl.
lf things get rough the authorities might consider you expendable, commissioner.
But they won't chase us quite so hard when they know the girl's life is at stake.
Will they? Does that mean you're gonna kill me? Well, that all depends on how things go, little lady.
lt all depends.
Relax, my dear commissioner.
You might just as well face it.
We're part of a zoo.
Mrs.
Fusby, that child is in grave danger and l'm the only one capable of saving her, and l'm caged! Now, that's not entirely true, commissioner.
There is another who is capable of extricating that dear girl.
- But Marsh is miles away and - L'm thinking of Judy.
She's free, you know.
By Jove, Mrs.
Fusby, so she is.
So she is! Hercules, l love you.
What's she doing now? Judy, l thought you might have to do with this.
Hi.
What's all this about? l'll explain later.
Just get me to Wameru Compound fast.
l'll send back for you as soon as l can.
Well, we might as well get comfortable too.
This could be a long wait.
That's it, Dr.
Livingstone, you're learning.
Put that thing away.
lt will only make her charge.
l'll bet that chimp put her up to it, Roy.
l told you she had a dishonest face.
Now what are we gonna do? Move that animal.
Move an elephant? She'll do what you say.
Come on.
Come on.
Now, you listen to me, you old thing.
Don't do a thing l tell you.
No matter what l say, don't do a thing.
All right? - Roy.
- Huh? What's she saying to that elephant? Are you kidding? What's she gonna say to an elephant? Scat.
Come on, scat, Lydia.
Move! Come on, get off the bridge.
Scat.
Come on, move, Lydia.
Come on, Lydia, scat.
Move! Come on, Lydia.
Move.
Come on.
Lydia, come on.
Move, Lydia.
Come on, move.
Oh, l can't do a thing with her.
We better get out of here.
She's not one of the tame ones.
- Let's get out of here.
- There's some other roads, aren't there? - Yes.
- Well, you show us.
Well, go back the way you came.
Might not be big for enough elephants, but it's big enough for people.
- No tricks.
- No tricks.
There's a side road halfway up that hill.
Commissioner? Commissioner? Commissioner! Oh.
What is it, Mrs.
Fusby? Nothing, my dear, nothing.
L Ha, ha, l just wanted to be sure you were still in there.
Where else? Rather lonely in here, isn't it? Rather.
Sorry, l can't join you.
Oh, ha, ha, well, that Of course, but You see, there just for a moment when l didn't see you - l thought that - What? Oh, you thought that the bear was eat Oh, ha, ha, ridiculous.
He's quite charming.
Charming.
Oh.
Well, what do you say, you shake the ants out and we'll get back, huh? Okay, but it's a long walk.
- Well, you wanted to see Africa.
- Yes, but with my eyes, not my feet.
Come on.
Come on, Clarence.
Take us back to the compound, huh? Perhaps a song, commissioner.
You know, to keep our spirits up.
l'm hardly in the mood for song.
Yes, l know, Claude.
L know.
l share your concern.
But if l know Paula, she and her animals will be all right.
Well, l hope you're right.
l'd never forgive myself if anything ha Oh, this blinking bear is leaning on me.
Well, speak to him.
Gently but firmly.
Oh, yes, of course.
Gently but firmly.
Affection training.
Lean the other way, Hercules, please.
Lean the other way! But we must keep up our own spirits, you know, and music does that.
Yes, l suppose it might help.
l know just the song.
lt's one that l used to sing in the music halls before l took up my operatic career.
Ha, ha.
Now, let's see.
Ahem.
Some taIk of AIexander.
And some of HercuIes.
Of Hector and Lysander.
And such brave names as these.
- But of aII the worId's great heroes - But of aII the worId's great heroes.
- There's none that can compare - There's none that can compare.
- With a tow, row, row, row, row, row - With a tow, row, row, row, row, row - To the British Grenadiers - To the British Grenadiers.
Which way? To the right.
That will take us right back.
l don't trust her any more than l trust that chimp.
Trust me or not, two miles up that road there's a side road.
And eventually, it will take you to the border.
- Roy.
- Huh? There's an elephant behind us.
Mm-hm.
Lydia.
She's lonely but she likes everyone.
l thought you said she wasn't tame.
Well, she isn't tame, but she's sweet, and she wouldn't hurt a fly, really.
Would you, baby? Yeah, that's exactly what l need, is an elephant to like me.
Oh, she'd like you all right.
As long as you don't hurt her.
Or hurt me.
Yeah.
Harp, turn right.
Claude.
What is it, Daphne? l've fallen in love.
Quite in love.
Good heavens.
Have you fallen in love too, hmm? Do you love me? They're the most adorable things l've ever seen.
How are you coming with Hercules? Hercules might be adorable too if he only realized he weighs 600 pounds.
Oh, Claude, do let's sing that song again.
l'm really quite taken with it.
- Ready? - Yes.
Some taIk of AIexander.
- And some of HercuIes - And some of HercuIes.
- Of Hector and Lysander - Of Hector and Lysander.
- And such great names as these - And such great names as these.
- But of aII the worId's great heroes - But of aII the worId's great heroes.
- There's none that can compare - There's none that can compare.
- With a tow, row, row, row, row, row - With a tow, row, row, row, row, row - To the British Grenadiers - To the British Grenadiers.
Ha, ha, that was fun.
Didn't you like that? L thought it was lovely.
- Just one thing, Daphne.
- What? What have we got to sing about? - Paula, are you all right? - Yes.
So far, she's all right.
Tell the men to throw their guns down on the road.
They're holding my daughter in there at gunpoint.
Yeah.
l guess we better do as they say.
Thanks.
No, don't shoot her! Judy.
Drop the guns, Judy.
Judy, drop it.
Judy, drop the guns! Judy, do as she says.
Drop it.
That's right, chimp, play it smart.
Harp, let's make sure they're not going anyplace.
All right, doc, get over there where l can watch you.
Get down there with the doc.
Come on, move! There might be somebody come along in a couple of days.
Or you can walk.
Harp, get her out of there.
Get out.
Meadows.
lf you shoot, she'll charge and crush you like an ant.
Look, l'm warning you.
You in the car, put your hands up and get out.
Get his gun.
Good girl, Lydia.
Good girl.
Well, it's been quite a day.
l told you there was nothing to worry about.
That's right.
You said you were a big girl now.
A very big girl.
Oh, Daddy.
Thanks for your help, doctor.
Well, don't thank me.
Thank Lydia, Clarence and Judy.
Well, we'll have your car back to you.
Just as soon as we get those blokes back where they belong.
- Later.
- Bye.
Well, good luck, Meadows.
l'll need it.
Well, as Hedley would say: The scales of justice are again in balance.
- Well, where's Judy off to? - Well, that's it, Dad.
The scales, of course.
Come on.
Oh, Judy.
Dear God, you are here to save us.
Now, go get the key, Judy.
Judy.
No, get the key, dear.
Come over here, Judy.
Yes, that's right.
Now, put the key in.
Put it in, Judy.
Put it in.
Look, commissioner.
l We think we've been rescued.
l told you she'd be back for us.
l told you Judy wouldn't forget.
Oh, good girl.
Now, turn it.
Turn it, dear.
Now, go get the commissioner.
Right there.
Right over there.
Oh, Judy, you are a good girl.
- Oh, Mrs.
Fusby, are you all right? - Oh, my dear, l am magnificent.
Oh, uh, how did you get in here? Ripping, ripping.
Paula.
Paula, my dear child.
Thank goodness you're safe.
Hedley, what happened to your voice? Hercules got a sore throat.
Now l've caught it.
What about those two convicts? Safely off to prison.
l'm glad to say that everything is back to normal.
Well, then.
We must get back to our singing lessons, Paula dear.
Now, let's see.
Where were we? Oh, dear.
No.
Do, re, me, fa.
So, Ia.
La, ti.
Daktari? Yes, ma'am.
Such a brave doctor.
What are you afraid of? Well, when it comes to do-re-mis, Mrs.
Fusby, l Heh.
l guess you could call me a, um A chicken doctor.
Oh, boy.
Hey.
Lt sure was good seeing the police go by with those two killers, huh? Yeah, it sure was.
Hey, where is everybody? l don't know.
Do, re.
Oh, there they are.
Me, fa.
Mrs.
Fusby and friends.
Ha, ha, hey, look, Lydia doesn't like it any better.
MRS.
FUSBY Do, re.
Me, fa.
So, Ia.
Ti.
Do.