Wonder Woman (1976) s02e04 Episode Script

- Any idea what this one's about, Joe? - Ours is not to reason why.
Ours but to answer when called.
- Good morning.
- Good morning, sir.
The is the final transmission of Naval Lt.
Comdr.
Mansfield While flying over Quadrant Four.
Mayday! Tower, I Instruments, vibrations terrific heat.
I'm out of control! It's I don't know! Help! Quadrant Four.
That's in the Bermuda Triangle.
Of which Lt.
Comdr.
Mansfield is now another statistic.
You all know the area's reputation for strange phenomena.
The Devil's Triangle.
We now feel, however that recent incidents were deliberately created to enhance its mystique.
For the express purpose of stopping our Operation Sea Harvest.
- Stop a pilot program for farming the sea? - Subterfuge.
To cover the establishment of an advanced type ofnuclear breeder test station here.
Longitude 30º 22' degrees latitude 64º 47' degrees where there are no inhabited islands in case of a mishap.
Diana? Something troubling you? It's an awesome thought.
- Something could go wrong.
- But necessary, sir.
If we're to maintain our country's defense.
Well said, Atkinson.
Our sources are now convinced that the test facility is in danger ofbeing sabotaged by this man.
Raymond Manta.
As dangerous as the manta ray.
- No stranger to the intelligence sector.
- Right, sir.
The head of I.
C.
O.
P.
E.
International Confederation of the Power Elite.
We suspect he's behind the trouble in the Triangle.
- We'll get on it at once, sir.
- Carry on.
We'll need a cover, Joe.
How about a couple of rich swingers? Jet-setters on vacation.
Crazy rich.
Steve, you are checked on those small jet jobs, are you not? - Sure.
- We're gonna have to get you outfitted.
Especially you, Diana.
Diana, I certainly didn't mean to imply that you aren't a swinger.
Well I mean that you You won't have to do anything, Diana.
We all know that you're a girl of proper values.
Joe, this is not the first time we've gone undercover.
Of course, I'm gonna need receipts for accounting, Steve.
- Have I ever failed accounting? - No.
But according to your record, you're wanting in math.
You got a C-minus in high school algebra.
It was a C.
Come on now.
What's the problem? I know when something is bothering you.
Well, it's just that any kind of nuclear testing facility is dangerous.
That's why they're putting it way out in the middle of nowhere away from people.
- It'll be all right.
- Right.
-12:00 noon sharp, okay? -12:00 noon sharp.
You wanted to speak with me, Diana? Yes, Mother, I have to speak with you.
I'm being sent on a mission to arrest an international criminal named Raymond Manta.
Well, that's part of your duty, isn't it? And you have the power of Wonder Woman to accomplish it.
Yes.
But he's operating within the Bermuda Triangle.
And if we stop him America will build a nuclear experimental facility only a few miles from Paradise Island.
They feel it's the perfect place because there's no one there to hurt.
Of course, they don't know of us.
And if there was an accident, then Paradise Island would be destroyed.
You went out into the outer world to help protect it.
And joined the agency as the best means to accomplish that end.
Yes.
You have sworn allegiance to your new friends.
- Yes.
- You cannot go back on your pledge.
It would be unworthy of you.
Amazons have lived on Paradise Island for thousands of years at one with the land and the universe.
And now my daughter is faced with a choice: to betray her word which would destroy her or to do what she must, which could destroy us.
No one is wiser than you, Mother.
There must be a way! Alas, my wisdom does not extend to worldly dilemmas.
In times of trouble I can only turn to Amazonian philosophy.
"When you see the heart of darkness "you will begin to perceive the light.
" I'm not sure that I understand.
In time, all will be clear to you.
Well, we're into the Triangle now, Diana.
I always find it so beautiful.
The sea, the islands.
If we were anybody else, we'd probably be getting a little edgy right about now.
Waiting for some strange phenomenon to happen.
As a matter of fact, I lost a couple of days here myself not long ago.
Manta does his work well.
- It seems incredible.
- That one man could really do it? Create enough incidents to make people afraid of a whole area.
Well, I guess that's what we'll find out.
This just came in, sir.
I know these two.
A private plane.
Locate this jet at once.
Intruders.
But welcome intruders.
I.
A.
D.
C.
Inter-Amateur Defense Command.
I went over Manta's dossier again.
There's no limit to what he can do.
His organization includes some of the most powerful men in the world.
They're international pirates creating a war sinking a country's economy and getting fatter for every disaster.
Wherever you have human misery, you can find Manta's hand.
I wonder how long he has been operating in the Triangle.
You know, years ago, my father crash-landed somewhere around here.
If Manta was behind that maybe I'll get the chance to even the score.
Target approaching, sir.
What are you waiting for? Add another mystery to the Bermuda Triangle.
- Use the lighthouse to bring them down.
- Yes, sir.
- Steve, what is it? - I don't know.
- I'm losing control.
- There's nothing in sight! Trevor to Atkinson.
- Come in, Washington.
- Go ahead, Steve.
Joe, I'm over Quadrant Four.
I'm having some trouble.
I'm losing control.
Can you hear that noise? That's the same sound we heard over Mansfield's transmission.
What is it? Diana, Joe.
I don't know.
The sky is clear.
There's no wind velocity.
But we're experiencing extraordinary turbulence.
There's not supposed to be any weather at all.
- Can it be I.
C.
O.
P.
E.
? - You see anything? - Negative.
- But it's getting very hot in here.
More power.
The Devil's Triangle.
Atkinson, I just wish you were on that jet, too.
That's it, we've lost all power.
The heat is unbearable.
It's some invisible something, Joe.
A ray, something.
We'd better bail out, Steve.
Trevor! Diana! Come in! Mayday! We're bailing out! Bail out? Steve, Diana? Can you read me? Come in! I want a secure line immediately.
Top secret, high priority.
Yes, he went to Camp David this morning.
Diana, you okay? Yeah, I guess I'm all right.
Thank goodness you got me out of that tree.
- What tree? - That tree.
You're kidding.
Must have done it by reflex, then passed out myself.
How did I do that? I don't know, but three cheers for your reflexes.
Probably the only lucky thing that ever happened in the Devil's Triangle.
Well, we'd better get rid of these parachutes, just in case.
Good idea.
- Come on, soup's on.
- Not yet.
I catch them, you're supposed to cook them, that's the deal.
I know but the parachute string and your penknife aren't exactly a seamstress' delight.
There.
- The jungle look.
- Not bad.
Steve, what kind of a weapon do you think could send us out of control like that? It's not much of a trick to knock out jet engines with micro sound waves but I've never seen or heard of equipment that powerful.
A weapon like that.
Out here.
The Agency's got to know.
Out where? We went off course when the vibrations hit us.
Where we are now is anybody's guess.
They'd never find out about that weapon from us.
Could be here for the duration.
The bad part is that with us disappearing like that, the government may decide to forget about putting that nuclear plant in the Triangle altogether.
Come on, let's go.
I'm famished.
Wait a minute, your country's armament supremacy is threatened by an international criminal, and you're hungry? - We gotta eat.
- My thinking, exactly.
I'm starving.
Come on, let's go.
Grab my shirt.
We've landed right in the lion's den.
They found our parachutes.
Now that they know we're here, we may as well know where they are.
Come on.
- Radio, radar, get a load of that.
- Manta goes first class.
I'd like to sit up on that ridge with a few mortar rounds.
I'd give him first class.
I'll settle for getting out of here and letting Atkinson send a destroyer.
Must be their radio shack.
Any way of getting a message out? What message? Come and get us? We don't know where we are for sure.
If you can tie down the key, that'll send out a constant signal.
- Maybe our people would pick it up.
- That's a good idea.
Maybe I can do something with the wires.
I'll go scout the beach.
There's gotta be a boat around, right? - All right, be careful.
- Okay.
There, that'll send out a constant signal.
I.
C.
O.
P.
E.
will think the key is dead.
Should be a long time before they discover otherwise.
By which time we'll be long gone.
Steve, I've located a boat.
- Our ticket out of here.
- All right! It's Mansfield.
The young Navy pilot from the transmission we heard.
Steve, he's alive.
Keep him walking.
He must exercise.
They're treating him like an animal.
- Poor guy's just a shell.
- We can't leave him here.
We can't.
- How do I look? - Boy, it's not going to be easy.
At least I'm a major, we've got a little rank.
Let's go.
Sergeant.
My jeep ready? - I beg your pardon, sir? - My jeep.
It was to be ready at 1900 hours.
It is now 1900 hours.
Maj.
Smith, I got my own driver.
- Anything wrong, Sergeant? - No, sir.
I mean, I wasn't informed.
Don't tell me you weren't informed.
Manta made that call himself.
Maybe he talked to Harris.
It's not on the schedule.
Your name again, sir? You are not supposed to know me.
International Security, Interrogations.
- Yes, sir.
- All right.
I'm taking the prisoner, Mansfield, into the jungle for questioning.
- Far into the jungle, get the picture? - Yes, sir.
Manta told me you were one of his most trusted men.
There are those among us who are counterproductive, follow? After I deal with Mansfield, it will be my job to determine who those men are.
- Can I count on your support? - Yes, sir.
Take that! I'll need a report on every man in your section.
Have it ready by 0600 tomorrow morning.
- Is that clear? - Yes, sir.
Sergeant, why are you staring at my driver? It's just he's got a funny build on him, sir.
That happens to be the regimental karate champion.
I wouldn't say that to his face.
Carry on.
You men are dismissed.
I'll take over from here.
Don't be afraid, we're friends.
I want you to get into the jeep.
Lt.
Comdr.
Mansfield, Robert.
U.
S - Sergeant! - Hit it! Let's go.
Jump into that jeep and let's follow after them.
- Come on.
Step on it.
- You're not going to believe this.
- Get moving, would you! - We're out of gas.
That's not funny, Diana.
Good evening, Joe.
You received my message about Diana and Steve missing in action? Yes.
I was deeply saddened and it's a great loss to the agency.
I now have reason to believe they're still alive.
Alive? Explain.
We are receiving a constant signal from the area in the Bermuda Triangle near where they bailed out.
But you can't be certain it's Steve and Diana? No, I'm not certain, not really.
But there's a chance.
It's a radio signal where no radio signal should be: from an island we thought unpopulated.
Meaning a covert operation, meaning I.
C.
O.
P.
E.
That would be a good guess, sir.
If Prince and Trevor landed on that island it's possible they found a way to turn Manta's resources against him.
I gather you want to organize a search party.
A search force, sir.
The destroyer Jefferson is on maneuvers in that area.
I'd like to cut orders to send her right into Manta's lap.
And, sir, I request permission to lead the operation.
Your project has a go, Atkinson.
Top priority.
But I'm afraid you'll have to stay.
Sorry, Joe.
If Diana and Steve are there, we'll get them out.
NASA should be so well-equipped.
Electronic schematics.
I wonder what kind of weapon he's dreamed up now.
I call it the Sting Ray.
It's a computerized underwater weapon capable of enormous destructive power.
It cannot be stopped.
It's a minor achievement of mine.
We've encountered some of your major and even more destructive ones.
Name, rank, and serial number.
We're not going to be so formal now, are we, Trevor? - You know me? - Yes.
And Ms.
Diana Prince, your associate.
I know a great deal about the Inter-Agency Defense Command.
Tell me, that old warhorse, Atkinson he's still with the organization, isn't he? Don't bother to lie.
I heard his voice before I pulled the plug on you.
When are they going to turn him out to pasture? Joe Atkinson will be around long after you're in the federal pen or a padded cell, Manta.
You know, about one week ago he had the same naive American arrogance.
Let's put our cards on the table.
I know a great deal about you.
You know a great deal about me.
We know you sabotaged Operation Sea Harvest! Yes! The Triangle is mine! I traded on its reputation and added a few tricks of my own.
I need a base of operations.
You and everyone else who ever wanted to rule the world.
- Rule the world? - Yes.
The world is perfect for my needs just as it is.
I couldn't improve it.
Countries talk of international goodwill, then conspire against each other.
Me, I am just a simple profiteer.
I go to one country and I say: "Look, your neighbor's got a gun.
" And I sell him a cannon.
Then I go to the first country- And you say, "Your neighbors have a cannon.
" - And you sell them a bomb.
- Yes! Isn't it glorious? And then after they blow each other half out of existence, I sell them food.
For famine always follows war.
And medicine, for disease always follows famine.
War, pestilence, famine and disease.
No, the world is perfect just as it is.
I wouldn't change a hair.
I love it! - You're a madman! - Thank you.
All great men are called something like that.
- Why the lecture in political science? - Good question.
Why did I convince you of anything? Why not just gain what information I can get from you, as I will from Mansfield.
Because I need you.
That's why.
The I.
A.
D.
C.
is the greatest single obstacle to my continuing success.
I know a great deal about your agency, as you can tell.
But there's nothing like first-hand information.
You're talking about betraying our country.
Your people are playing cops and robbers with me.
It might be profitable to find out where the cops are.
Profitable for us both.
Manta, there is a lady present or I would tell you precisely what you can do with your proposition.
Let me tell him! Unidentified vessel heading into Triangle, sir.
That of course would be Atkinson so predictable in his own way, sending a man-of-war.
Charming.
Activate the Sting Ray.
Yes, sir.
Estimated time of intercept, Tomorrow morning.
How fitting.
You have until then to reconsider my offer.
And don't think the U.
S.
Navy is going to bail you out.
The Sting Ray is an electronic Wunderkind and has a kill capacity by air or sea.
Sleep tight.
And after the Navy, there'll be another force, and another.
America will never bow down to you.
Get them out of here.
Wait for him to fall asleep, and you'll have a long, gray beard.
It was just a thought, I'm open to better suggestions.
Yes, I told you before.
Come on, it'll never work.
It's so old.
We don't exactly have a choice, do we? Okay, whose turn is it? Well, I think a woman might be more convincing.
Let's go.
We'll be all right.
Don't worry, we'll get out of this.
No, I can't stand it anymore! - Get a hold of yourself, Diana.
- No, I don't care! - Don't do it! - He's got us! He'll kill us! I'll do whatever he wants! Take me to Manta.
- What's the matter? - Take me to him! You can't break now and give him what he wants.
Let go! I'll talk, I'll say whatever he wants.
- I'll tell him everything.
- What's the matter with you? - Think what you're doing.
- No! - I want to live! - Harry.
I told you it wouldn't work, didn't I? Limpet mines.
What in blazes? Fire! What happened? - Manta, sir.
- Out with it! There was a woman at the dock.
She was dressed up in a costume.
And so we fired, but she caught the bullets or deflected them or something.
Describe this costume.
It was red, white and blue with stars and some sort of golden belt around her waist.
Go on.
She came toward us and we were afraid.
- Please, sir! - Stop.
- It was Wonder Woman.
- Wonder Woman? Yes, I thought she was a legend or a fantasy what have you.
It doesn't matter who or what she is.
Whatever her plan, she will never arrive in time.
That Sting Ray is going to rendezvous with the destroyer at any time now.
She will be too late to save them, won't she? Far too late.
The Bermuda Triangle myth will be perpetuated once more.
Trevor, come, good morning.
I wouldn't want you to miss the show.
Where's Diana? What have you done with her? Six thousand yards, sir.
This may not be Mandalay, but the dawn will come up like thunder.
I asked you a question.
- Activate the nuclear warhead.
- Yes, sir.
Nero fiddled.
You sing.
Yes, but Nero's world was a single city, while mine, well You just can't learn to think big, Trevor.
Forty-five hundred yards, sir.
Bored, Trevor? - Accelerate the Sting Ray.
- Yes, sir.
General quarters.
All hands man your battle stations.
Sonar reports unidentified enemy submarine approaching.
Ready to join a winning team, Trevor? That's so stupid.
You've joined the losing team.
And the penalty, I assure you, will be most unpleasant.
Watch the finale.
That's impossible.
- It's Wonder Woman.
- That's impossible! - Impossible! - It's possible.
All gun crew, remain on battle stations.
Men, set up defenses.
Hold out for as long as you can then fall back to the boat and head for Base Two.
I'll meet you there.
- The fight is over, Manta! - You think it's over.
- I'm not finished yet.
- I'm not going to debate with you.
You're only prolonging the agony.
But have it your way.
All I want from you now is to know whether Diana is alive or dead.
That's of no consequence to me.
Because one hour from now she will be where all your people will be, and all my people too.
Blown to kingdom come! What are you talking about? See for yourself.
Those switches.
You've rigged the building to self destruct.
The building? This whole island! Your men will land, and my men will keep them busy.
Until one hour from now.
Manta, if it were anyone else I'd be surprised, even stunned.
But you, you're running true to form.
Do you think I'd let this the product of my genius, fall into enemy hands? You may have won this battle and it may take me years to rebuild again somewhere else.
But it will cost your people, cost them dearly.
Now move.
- Where? - To a secret cove where I keep a boat.
Then we'll take a little sail off to an island where we can watch the big boom.
And in case I encounter resistance along the way you will do very nicely for a hostage, thank you very much.
- I'm not going anywhere.
- Yes, you are.
Because as long as you're alive, you think you'll have a chance to overpower me and save that girl.
But dead, you can do nothing.
After you.
Drive.
First of all, you're going to take me to Diana.
And then This is the Captain speaking.
All boarding parties prepare to disembark upon reaching I.
C.
O.
P.
E.
harbor.
Step on it! I won't hesitate to use this.
As a matter of fact, I'd rather enjoy it.
Wonder Woman, how did you know? Steve, I just followed my mother's advice.
She said when you see the heart of darkness - you will then perceive the light.
- I don't quite follow.
- Call it intuition.
- That's good enough for me.
Ask him what he did with Diana.
She's all right, Steve.
I found her back on the trail - just before I saw you and Manta.
- That's good news.
Now for the bad.
Manta's got this island rigged to blow up.
It's going to self-destruct in less than 35 minutes.
How do we stop it? It's a doomsday device.
There's nothing I can do.
That gives us less than a half hour to get Diana free Comdr.
Mansfield, convince Manta's men to give up and hope the Navy gets here in time to evacuate us.
You'll never make it.
First squad, secure the beach area.
Second and third squads, move inland, on the double.
Congratulations on your escape.
This is a replay of the explosion you witnessed from the deck of the destroyer Jefferson.
Because of the resulting fissures in the ocean floor We've been forced to abandon our experimental program in the Bermuda Triangle.
Aside from that, it was an excellent job all around.
Thank you, sir.
We had a little help from Wonder Woman.
As we'd say down home, you can't beat her with a switch.
I'll go along with that, sir.
Well, I just wanted to welcome you all back home.
- Thank you, sir.
- Carry on.
Yes, sir.
I'm delighted to inform you that Mansfield is in the hospital and doing fine.
And Manta is in jail where he belongs.
I would have led the operation but he wouldn't let me.
There were times when we really needed you, Joe.
I was with you in spirit.
You know that.
- More than that, you sent the Navy.
- It was your plan.
That's right, it was.
You know, I sure wish I could find a way to send Wonder Woman on some of these assignments.
Don't worry about it, Joe.
I'm sure you'll find a way.
I'm sure Wonder Woman will find a way.
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