X-Men: Evolution (2000) s02e12 Episode Script
Retreat
What? - Where'd he go? - Gotta be here somewhere.
I don't know what to say.
I'm so sorry about this.
It was bound to happen eventually.
- What do you mean? - What was it last time? You attended a drive-in movie, I believe.
Hidden in the bed of a pickup truck.
I was a fool to think I could ever leave these walls.
Don't be hard on yourself, Hank.
Your need to be out in the world is natural.
But I don't belong there anymore.
I can still create a holowatch for you.
Like Kurt's.
All the same, it's still hiding.
Besides if you'd seen how my rage got the better of me I really can't be trusted out there.
I was up half the night working on a stinking earth-science report.
- What do you know about redwoods? - Only that they make great hot tubs.
I never asked to be a mutant.
- Why me? - In order to find that answer we are faced with a unique journey of discovery.
Journey? Where do you go when you can't be seen by the public? Professor, did you ask him yet? Ask him? What are you up to? Well, maybe he can take some of us to the redwood forest.
Just to get away.
Oh, yes! Hank, we were thinking perhaps you'd lead a field trip to the California redwoods.
Up for it? What? No.
I'm sorry, I can't.
It's a marvelous idea.
You can choose which students you feel would benefit Someone else should do it! Please, Hank.
Just imagine what you could teach them in a natural environment like the redwoods.
Untouched by man.
Miles away from another human being.
It's a nature-study sojourn for those students who are falling behind in their earth-science studies.
Me? But my grades are improving! With the speed of a glacier.
- You too, Evan.
- Come on, teach.
Can't I bring my grade up another way? Like going to the park.
There's green stuff there.
Does this forest have any sidewalks? It's fine the way it is, Roberto.
Yeah, you're missing all the fun.
- It was plenty camouflaged.
- Few more branches couldn't hurt.
I smell overachiever issues.
- These things weigh a ton.
- This gear is nothing.
Just feel that sun, man.
It totally juices me.
Yeah! You don't look so good.
I'm going through pavement withdrawal, man.
This is cruel and unusual, teach! Send me an e-mail, and I'll take your complaint under advisement.
Yes! Is anything wrong, Mr.
McCoy? Oh, no, Kitty.
Everything's fine.
Out here, in this place I'm enjoying the animal I've become.
But I don't want to.
This is not who I am.
Well, then maybe it's who you were meant to be.
We should head back to camp.
- Round up the others, okay? - Sure thing, Mr.
McCoy.
You can't go back either, huh? - Best day of my life! - I can't believe it! - Man, look at it! - This is great.
So much stuff.
This is incredible! This hair matches no known species.
Look at the size of this footprint.
My infrared camera shot a photo of him in a cave.
- You see there? That's a shoulder.
- No, that's a wing.
Looks like a flipper to me.
Or a nose.
- What do you think, Dr.
Patronete? - This is interesting, but it's hardly proof.
- Come on! What do you need? - It's a shoulder.
Here's your proof! I give you Bigfoot.
Is he wearing trunks? - Maybe he stole them from a campsite.
- Could he be that intelligent? It obviously lives on fish, but lacks the manual dexterity to hold on to them.
Where'd you get this? - Look at the detail.
- Look, look.
Let's bag us an apeman.
Your first assignment is to locate five different mineral samples on your own.
- All dirt's the same.
- Come on, man.
Come on.
There's plenty of time for fun later.
Shouldn't take more than an hour.
We'll meet here in four hours.
- Yeah! All right! - All right! All right! If you need me, I'll be in the teacher's lounge.
- Where's that? - I haven't decided yet.
See you later.
Five mineral samples.
I guess that means a go-getter like you will bring back 10.
Maybe 12.
See, the first five is like a cake.
Everything after that is like icing.
- And I like icing.
- I thought you'd put on a little weight.
Come on, I'm serious.
Bigfoot is a brown yeti.
No way! Then what's a Sasquatch? Where can I get one of those? The Bigfoot Trading Post on Route 5.
Ask for Mulder.
- Come on! - You see him? His expressions are so human.
I can hardly wait to study him.
He's still standing! Again! Without that fancy contraption, we'd never be able to hold him.
Tell me again how it works, doc.
Well, you see, the bars emit magnetic energy to repel the specimen.
Much like two magnets with opposing polarities.
Well, whatever.
Looks like we caught us the real McCoy, anyway.
It was almost like he understood that.
Yeah, right.
No more celebrating for the doc.
And I know just the taxidermist to handle this size of game too.
That's outrageous! This is a wonder of nature.
It's our duty to respect it.
What? It's not like we're making a rug out of it.
A coat maybe, but not a rug.
What was I thinking when I let them join this expedition? - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Hey, Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Hello! Mr.
McCoy! Rahne, you think you can track Mr.
McCoy's scent? I guess so.
I never tried anything like that.
- Go for it.
We'll keep up.
- We better hurry.
It's about to rain.
Hey.
Did you say that? Human.
- Hu - I have to admit, this cage is brilliant.
I'm guessing some kind of convex polarity reversal? Good heavens.
You can speak.
Am I right? Yes! Convex polarity rev How do you know of such things? They'll give anybody a degree these days.
- You are not Bigfoot, are you? - Now we're on the same page.
But then who? Hey, I'll even quote Shakespeare if you let me out.
Oh, absolutely! - What do you think you're doing? - It's the most amazing thing! He can He's able to To respond to sounds.
Pack him up! We're leaving.
By now, there are others looking for me.
There are more like you? Not exactly.
We're all special in a different way.
But you can see why we need to hide from the world.
Well, don't worry.
We'll find a way to release you.
I think he's just over this ridge.
Under these conditions, we need to stay on higher ground.
Relax.
I know how to handle this kind of terrain.
Look out! That was close.
We're not out of the woods yet.
There he is! Let's go! No! Come on, give me some sun! Now we're talking! Are you all right, Mr.
McCoy? Yes.
Thanks to you.
But there are people trapped upstream.
Let's go! Go! Hurry! Take our hands! Let's get him! No.
Let him go! Fast, but not fast enough.
You're going down.
Bad idea.
Yo, here's the word.
Bigfoot's got friends.
Get the point? Looking for something? What do you want to do with them? I'm thinking.
If I were you, I'd start running before he makes up his mind.
Totally awesome! - All right! - Yeah! Fascinating group.
I'd love to know more.
Someday, you will.
I'm telling you, he talked.
And those kids weren't human.
One of them shot spikes from his body! And one froze the gun in my hands! Listen, we may be obsessed Bigfooters, but we ain't stupid.
You saw what happened! Tell them! It's all very interesting but it's hardly proof.
Boy, Mr.
McCoy, without you, that flash flood could have been a real disaster.
As a wise young girl once told me we are who we're meant to be.
So I guess the students aren't the only ones who learned something on this class trip.
I don't know what to say.
I'm so sorry about this.
It was bound to happen eventually.
- What do you mean? - What was it last time? You attended a drive-in movie, I believe.
Hidden in the bed of a pickup truck.
I was a fool to think I could ever leave these walls.
Don't be hard on yourself, Hank.
Your need to be out in the world is natural.
But I don't belong there anymore.
I can still create a holowatch for you.
Like Kurt's.
All the same, it's still hiding.
Besides if you'd seen how my rage got the better of me I really can't be trusted out there.
I was up half the night working on a stinking earth-science report.
- What do you know about redwoods? - Only that they make great hot tubs.
I never asked to be a mutant.
- Why me? - In order to find that answer we are faced with a unique journey of discovery.
Journey? Where do you go when you can't be seen by the public? Professor, did you ask him yet? Ask him? What are you up to? Well, maybe he can take some of us to the redwood forest.
Just to get away.
Oh, yes! Hank, we were thinking perhaps you'd lead a field trip to the California redwoods.
Up for it? What? No.
I'm sorry, I can't.
It's a marvelous idea.
You can choose which students you feel would benefit Someone else should do it! Please, Hank.
Just imagine what you could teach them in a natural environment like the redwoods.
Untouched by man.
Miles away from another human being.
It's a nature-study sojourn for those students who are falling behind in their earth-science studies.
Me? But my grades are improving! With the speed of a glacier.
- You too, Evan.
- Come on, teach.
Can't I bring my grade up another way? Like going to the park.
There's green stuff there.
Does this forest have any sidewalks? It's fine the way it is, Roberto.
Yeah, you're missing all the fun.
- It was plenty camouflaged.
- Few more branches couldn't hurt.
I smell overachiever issues.
- These things weigh a ton.
- This gear is nothing.
Just feel that sun, man.
It totally juices me.
Yeah! You don't look so good.
I'm going through pavement withdrawal, man.
This is cruel and unusual, teach! Send me an e-mail, and I'll take your complaint under advisement.
Yes! Is anything wrong, Mr.
McCoy? Oh, no, Kitty.
Everything's fine.
Out here, in this place I'm enjoying the animal I've become.
But I don't want to.
This is not who I am.
Well, then maybe it's who you were meant to be.
We should head back to camp.
- Round up the others, okay? - Sure thing, Mr.
McCoy.
You can't go back either, huh? - Best day of my life! - I can't believe it! - Man, look at it! - This is great.
So much stuff.
This is incredible! This hair matches no known species.
Look at the size of this footprint.
My infrared camera shot a photo of him in a cave.
- You see there? That's a shoulder.
- No, that's a wing.
Looks like a flipper to me.
Or a nose.
- What do you think, Dr.
Patronete? - This is interesting, but it's hardly proof.
- Come on! What do you need? - It's a shoulder.
Here's your proof! I give you Bigfoot.
Is he wearing trunks? - Maybe he stole them from a campsite.
- Could he be that intelligent? It obviously lives on fish, but lacks the manual dexterity to hold on to them.
Where'd you get this? - Look at the detail.
- Look, look.
Let's bag us an apeman.
Your first assignment is to locate five different mineral samples on your own.
- All dirt's the same.
- Come on, man.
Come on.
There's plenty of time for fun later.
Shouldn't take more than an hour.
We'll meet here in four hours.
- Yeah! All right! - All right! All right! If you need me, I'll be in the teacher's lounge.
- Where's that? - I haven't decided yet.
See you later.
Five mineral samples.
I guess that means a go-getter like you will bring back 10.
Maybe 12.
See, the first five is like a cake.
Everything after that is like icing.
- And I like icing.
- I thought you'd put on a little weight.
Come on, I'm serious.
Bigfoot is a brown yeti.
No way! Then what's a Sasquatch? Where can I get one of those? The Bigfoot Trading Post on Route 5.
Ask for Mulder.
- Come on! - You see him? His expressions are so human.
I can hardly wait to study him.
He's still standing! Again! Without that fancy contraption, we'd never be able to hold him.
Tell me again how it works, doc.
Well, you see, the bars emit magnetic energy to repel the specimen.
Much like two magnets with opposing polarities.
Well, whatever.
Looks like we caught us the real McCoy, anyway.
It was almost like he understood that.
Yeah, right.
No more celebrating for the doc.
And I know just the taxidermist to handle this size of game too.
That's outrageous! This is a wonder of nature.
It's our duty to respect it.
What? It's not like we're making a rug out of it.
A coat maybe, but not a rug.
What was I thinking when I let them join this expedition? - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Hey, Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Mr.
McCoy! - Hello! Mr.
McCoy! Rahne, you think you can track Mr.
McCoy's scent? I guess so.
I never tried anything like that.
- Go for it.
We'll keep up.
- We better hurry.
It's about to rain.
Hey.
Did you say that? Human.
- Hu - I have to admit, this cage is brilliant.
I'm guessing some kind of convex polarity reversal? Good heavens.
You can speak.
Am I right? Yes! Convex polarity rev How do you know of such things? They'll give anybody a degree these days.
- You are not Bigfoot, are you? - Now we're on the same page.
But then who? Hey, I'll even quote Shakespeare if you let me out.
Oh, absolutely! - What do you think you're doing? - It's the most amazing thing! He can He's able to To respond to sounds.
Pack him up! We're leaving.
By now, there are others looking for me.
There are more like you? Not exactly.
We're all special in a different way.
But you can see why we need to hide from the world.
Well, don't worry.
We'll find a way to release you.
I think he's just over this ridge.
Under these conditions, we need to stay on higher ground.
Relax.
I know how to handle this kind of terrain.
Look out! That was close.
We're not out of the woods yet.
There he is! Let's go! No! Come on, give me some sun! Now we're talking! Are you all right, Mr.
McCoy? Yes.
Thanks to you.
But there are people trapped upstream.
Let's go! Go! Hurry! Take our hands! Let's get him! No.
Let him go! Fast, but not fast enough.
You're going down.
Bad idea.
Yo, here's the word.
Bigfoot's got friends.
Get the point? Looking for something? What do you want to do with them? I'm thinking.
If I were you, I'd start running before he makes up his mind.
Totally awesome! - All right! - Yeah! Fascinating group.
I'd love to know more.
Someday, you will.
I'm telling you, he talked.
And those kids weren't human.
One of them shot spikes from his body! And one froze the gun in my hands! Listen, we may be obsessed Bigfooters, but we ain't stupid.
You saw what happened! Tell them! It's all very interesting but it's hardly proof.
Boy, Mr.
McCoy, without you, that flash flood could have been a real disaster.
As a wise young girl once told me we are who we're meant to be.
So I guess the students aren't the only ones who learned something on this class trip.