Sliders s03e06 Episode Script

Slow down, Q-Ball.
The Professor's beat.
We need to stop and rest.
If he's beat, how come you're the one complaining? I'm tired of hearing you two bicker.
Well, I'm tired of him marching us around.
Guys, come on.
We'll be able to rest and get some water when we reach LA.
Assuming it even exists on this world.
Oh, that's nice, Rembrandt.
Way to keep our spirits up.
You okay? I'm fine.
Are you in pain? You said you'd respect a dying man's wish.
We agreed not to discuss it.
Not with them, not with us.
[Wind howling.]
Well, looks like we're not alone on this world.
Yes.
And the natives do not appear to be hospitable.
No water.
Nothin'.
Not even a body.
Let's keep moving.
[People chattering.]
[Engine humming.]
The Sand Pit.
Sounds delightful.
I don't care if it's a snake pit, as long as it has water.
[Muffled screams.]
Take a seat.
We'll settle the price.
(Wade) Please don't tell me he's selling her.
Well, let's not come to any judgment before we know more about this world.
Besides, she might be a mass murderer for all we know.
Listen, don't give me that, Professor.
It's wrong, on any world.
What is up with them? [Moaning.]
Promise you won't scream again? It's happening.
The amulet's making that sound.
Ow.
(Devin) Please help me.
Please help me.
Please.
Please help me.
(Quinn) Wade, what's wrong? You okay? (Quinn) What if you found a portal to a parallel universe? What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds, where it's the same year, and you're the same person, but everything else is different? And what if you can't find your way home? (voice) Sliders.
I know it was her.
(Quinn) Wade, she was gagged.
There's no way you could understand anything she was saying.
I heard something.
You all right? You look a little pale.
No, I'm fine.
I just could use some water, that's all.
Excuse excuse me, wha-what's the story here? Are you buying that girl from him? Oh, no, I don't deal with the slave trade.
Bad karma there.
Do you have police around here? Police? Oh, that's rich.
[Laughing.]
Ain't no law around here, baby girl.
(Diggs) Except maybe for Cutter.
Hasn't been since the water dried up.
Uh, anyway, I got other customers.
You going to order something? Uh, yeah, I'd like to have some water.
Tall glass.
(Diggs) Brown or clear? Uh, brown or clear? We'll take the clear.
Nice choice.
What are you trading? [Diggs clears throats.]
I take it you don't take cash.
(Diggs) Uh-uh.
Ooh, nice.
But it runs on batteries.
We don't get too many of those around here.
Uh, we trade useful items.
Uh, tools, skins, that sort of thing.
Come on, help us out.
We need some water.
What are we supposed to do? You could always try to find the lost city of Aquarius.
They say the water runs free down there.
Of course, they also say it's where the spaceships go to gas up.
[Diggs laughing.]
Let me know if you find something to trade.
What's the scoop? Any luck? It's a company town.
And Diggs doesn't like our company.
Looks like we're going to be without water for the duration of our stay.
I don't know whether to strangle him or to admire him.
I vote for strangle.
(Wade) I don't care if you guys are going to help me.
I'm going to do something for that girl.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Okay, we'll do it your way.
But I choose when.
[Dogs barking.]
[Panting.]
You saved my life.
Look, Cutter will pay you for it.
He'll give you all the water you need.
Hey, that sounds great.
How are you connected with Cutter? I'm his water priestess.
We'll talk about that later.
(Jeremy) Hey! Get away from her.
All right, bro, just stay cool.
We don't want any trouble.
Stay cool, man! Knife, huh? Better be able to use it.
Get him! Relax, bro.
These two are gonna tear you apart! Why don't you drop it? Uh-uh.
She's coming with me.
I think it's simple: The lady doesn't want to go with you.
[Groaning.]
Grab that rope! You guys don't know what you're doing! [Moaning.]
This isn't over.
You come near me again and I'll have Cutter kill you piece by piece.
Let's go.
Let's take his car.
It's a personal possession, and it is not what we agreed.
We ready to go? [Sighs.]
There seems to be some problem with the negotiation.
I'm talking a monster truck with fuel.
We're talking supplies, with a car.
What more could you want? I want the girl's necklace.
Now, I get it, or you can all climb in this itty-bitty car like circus clowns.
I don't care.
Uh-uh.
I can't.
I've had this my whole life.
Look, w-we'll give you something else.
You don't have nothing else I want.
It's the crystal or no deal.
(Diggs) Come on.
Let's go.
(Quinn) Ride! We ride! Where are the keys? Now, hold up now, baby boy.
How much more gold you got? You already took all my gold.
Oh, now, come on.
Don't treat me like I took the girl.
I'm a businessman.
I got rent to pay here, I got mouths to feed.
Give me the keys.
Today was a good day.
You sure we're headed in the right direction? [Men screaming.]
(Professor) Where did they come from? (Quinn) Desert rats.
Probably the same ones who torched the truck we saw.
(Professor) Floor it, Mr.
Mallory.
[Bikers screaming.]
[Bikers whooping.]
Devin, get down! No, let me up! (Wade) Stay down! (Devin) Get off me! Let go of me! [Bikers screaming.]
Stay down! Get off me! Let me up! Let me up! [Bikers whooping.]
This is insane! Get off! Stop, they're my friends! I said stop! They're my friends.
Figures.
We rescue the biker babe that rides with Mad Max.
These people took you? Oh, no, no, no.
They saved me.
I owe them.
I'm not gonna kill you.
Consider the debt paid.
But I promised them water.
Look, we're only in town two days.
We don't need very much.
All right, follow us if you can.
You, my child, will ride with me.
She promised them water.
We're probably gonna have to lose them.
Cutter, she's working.
Come on, girl, find it.
That's it.
Yeah.
Okay.
[Wind howling.]
Yes! Here.
20 barrels.
Maybe more.
Tell the others we're gonna pitch camp here tonight, okay? Right, right.
(Cutter) Wet yourself and let yourself dry! [Cutter laughing.]
Take it! It's good! [People chattering.]
(Cutter) Where you going, water witch? She's amazing, isn't she? Cutter found her wandering in the desert when she was a kid.
Talk about a lucky find, huh? That, uh, that thing she did out there today, does she do that a lot? When the spirit moves her.
She is a witch.
[Davy laughing.]
(Davy) A water witch.
[Laughing.]
We don't know how she finds it.
She does.
She just goes into a trance and we dig.
She never misses.
Never.
[Laughing.]
She must wonder where she came from, who her family is.
I told you, Cutter found her! (Davy) We're her family now.
Don't forget that.
Talk about your bad seed.
That guy's a freak.
They're all freaks.
I say we get our supplies and leave here as soon as we can.
First thing in the morning.
[Crickets chirping.]
How long have you been able to find water? As long as I can remember.
Cutter calls it my gift.
More like my curse.
And the clouds and everything, that was you? [Laughing.]
Wow.
Pretty amazing.
Welcome to the freak show.
You're not a freak.
On my world, there are people called dowsers and they use a a forked stick or a wire to find water.
Really? Mmm-hmm.
They don't get the big special effects show like you do, though.
Devin, you do have a gift.
It sets you apart, makes you different.
Cherish it.
(Cutter) Devin, get over here! Hang with us tonight.
You go ahead.
I'm gonna turn in.
[Groaning.]
[Groaning.]
[Bird cawing.]
[Both groaning.]
Let go of me! You? Keep away from me, I'm warning you.
Relax, I won't hurt you.
I'm after Devin.
She's of my tribe.
Oh, yeah, right.
That's why she was trying to get away from you.
She doesn't know.
Cutter stole her when she was small.
She can't remember her people.
She can find water.
That makes her valuable.
I'm here to take her home.
That's it.
[Engine starting.]
Get in.
[Bird cawing.]
Remmy.
Professor.
She's gone.
What do you mean, she's gone? I mean her chain's been snapped.
There's a cut in the back of her tent.
She's gone! Jeremy.
What's going on? Have you seen Wade? She was gone when I got up this morning.
I just figured she went for a walk.
We think Jeremy came back for you.
[Sighs.]
I'll go get Cutter.
We'll track them down.
(Quinn) We appreciate the help.
This isn't just about Wade.
I don't want him coming after me again.
Ever.
[Men chanting.]
Hunt! Hunt! Hunt! Hunt! Hunt! I think it would be a very good idea if we found Wade first.
[Both panting.]
You're the first guy I've ever met that really did run out of gas.
See, on my world, whenever you're on a date and a guy wants to park, he'll tell you that Forget it.
I can't believe you didn't check.
Was I supposed to fill up before or after you and your friends took off with Devin? I'm not used to this heat.
What's with the markings? They tell the story of my tribe.
See, this indicates we're a splinter from the main group.
And this tells where our group settled.
I recognize this one.
It's the zodiac symbol for Aquarius.
We're sometimes called "The Water Bearers.
" The myth? L-l-lt's true about Eden and the lost city of Aquarius? We're not lost.
We just choose to remain a mystery.
[Bikers hollering.]
I don't understand why Devin doesn't know she's one of you.
She was only five when she was taken.
And what happened out there, it was was brutal.
She probably doesn't want to remember.
Why wait 12 years to look? We didn't know if she was dead or alive.
It was only about two months ago her mother was able to make contact.
Contact? I don't exactly see any phones out here.
What? Have you no powers? I'm not gifted, but you should have picked up something.
You mean telepathically? The women of our tribe have powers.
Abilities to communicate.
Can they all find water? Not all.
Only some.
Water priestesses, like Devin.
So she is special.
Even for your tribe.
Yes.
Even for my tribe.
[Whooping.]
They must be headed back to the Sand Pit.
It's the only thing that makes any sense.
Unless he might have just left her out there.
With no oceans and no lakes, I can't make heads or tails of this thing.
Perhaps you don't have to.
There they are.
She looks okay.
They look rather chummy, actually, considering she's been kidnapped.
Are you hurt? No, I'm fine.
Stay away from her! Hey, hey, hey! It's okay.
He's a good guy.
Really.
Cutter kidnapped Devin when she was five.
Jeremy's here to take her home, and we're going to help him.
What, we all took a vote and I was missing? Remmy, she needs our help.
Come on.
[Car engine starting.]
[Bikers hollering.]
Cutter, man, this is a wild goose chase.
Let's bag this and get back to the Pit.
Your whining is really getting on my nerves, Wolf.
Go! Get out of here! I'm gonna get this little punk.
Suit yourself, man.
(Jeremy) You heard her before, Wade.
Talk to her.
She'll hear you.
(Wade) Devin, he's up here.
Devin, can you hear me? Jeremy's up here.
Devin, Devin, look up.
(Cutter) Devin.
Look, he's up there.
That's a boy.
Go ahead, run.
Give me a moving target now.
[Groaning.]
[Both grunting.]
Cutter, kill him! Get off me, man! Get off me! Come on! Cutter! (Quinn) Go on, move it! Okay.
Hang on.
[Groaning.]
Devin! You don't look so good.
I don't feel so good, either.
Must be the heat.
(Devin) No, I don't believe any of this.
Look, he found me in the desert and he saved me.
I'd be dead right now if it wasn't for him.
He didn't save you, Devin.
It's because of Cutter you were in the desert in the first place.
Leave me alone.
They set a trap.
They got her.
We got to get her back.
Give me your keys.
[In Hebrew.]
To Life.
[Panting.]
Hey! Hey, Cutter, man, what's with the grab? Devin's amulet.
I want it.
Uh-uh.
I love this thing.
Cool, huh? I'll be damned, it was talking to her.
Oh, just like the legend, huh? They're real.
Who's real? The Water People.
She's one of them.
I had her all along.
Give it to me.
You know what, Cutter? You've been in the sun way too long, man.
Ain't no truth to none of them stories.
Diggs, give it to me.
I didn't want it, anyway.
[Wind howling.]
It seems to be stronger pointed that way.
Maybe it's some sort of a homing device.
That's what she's been hearing.
Not much of a tune.
No, it's signaling her, you damn fool.
They're signaling her.
I'm gonna find Eden.
[Wind howling.]
Does that thing really tell you which way to go? It's a locator.
Helps bring us home.
Here, hold it.
[Wind howling.]
Louder it gets, closer you are.
We traded Devin's for the truck.
It's okay.
You don't know how to use it, it's just a crystal.
We'll keep going this way.
We're not far.
Professor, we're leaving.
I'm fine.
Are you sick? No, no, just a touch of, uh, heat stroke.
Let's go.
Shall we? It's more than heat stroke, isn't it? Yeah.
It's pretty serious.
We have a Master Healer in the colony.
Maybe he can help.
(Rembrandt) Wade, let's go! (Wade) Hold on.
She's trying to reach her mom.
She says that she loves me and she misses me.
[Sighs.]
She spoke to me.
Devin? I don't need help, thank you, Mr.
Mallory.
After all we heard about this colony, I was expecting more.
A door or something.
I have the idea that's how they want you to feel.
Underwhelmed.
If you didn't know this place was special, you'd just keep on going.
Devin, honey.
[Bikers hollering.]
Daddy! [Screaming.]
What happened to her? Flashback.
She knows the truth now.
Cutter killed her father.
She just relived that moment.
If that's what the power is, I wouldn't want it.
No gift comes without a string or two attached.
That's more like it.
All right, stop right here! [Laughs.]
There it is.
Aquarius.
The legends are true.
I killed her father right up there.
Looks like a pile of rocks to me.
Where's the water? Underground.
God, you're an idiot.
I don't know how I ever hooked up with you.
So how we gonna get the water? We go in after it.
You ask me another stupid question like that, I'm gonna cut your tongue out.
Which way? Follow me.
There it is.
(Devin) I do remember this.
(Rembrandt) This is amazing.
[Birds chirping.]
(Rembrandt) Thank you.
This is the best water I've ever tasted.
No wonder they go to such lengths to guard their treasure.
(Devin) Mom, I've missed you.
(Fiona) Me, too, darling.
My baby.
Master Healer, this is Quinn Mallory.
He has a friend who needs your help.
(Quinn) Professor.
I'm the Master Healer.
I can help you, but only if you believe I can.
Sir, I'm a man of science.
I respect knowledge and truth.
There is a truth beyond knowledge, my friend.
Only fools deny it.
Are you calling me a fool, sir? What would you call a dying man who passes up a chance for life purely out of intellectual vanity? A realist? Professor, why not give it a shot? Oh, come, Mr.
Mallory.
So the Healer is right.
It is your vanity.
You can't stand the idea that you might be wrong.
You'll even die to be certain that you're right? It's your life, Professor.
Mr.
Mallory.
I keep forgetting that you are more fearful of my death than I am.
If it will make you happier, I'll go and visit the witch doctor.
[Whispering.]
Just as I expected.
Hocus pocus and mumbo jumbo.
I totally agree.
This is all just for show.
But people like it.
It is rather pleasant, wouldn't you agree? Well, it's certainly not harmful.
Attitude is good for what ails you, Professor.
I have the gift of healing and it is my duty to share it with you.
So lose the negative energy.
Take one of these and lie down.
What is this, some magic herbal mix that will cure all my aches? No, they're mints.
We make them ourselves.
They're quite good.
Hmm.
[Groans.]
[Groaning.]
Did you feel that? Yes.
[In Latin.]
Go, this is the dismissal.
I'm not done yet.
But you just told me you were.
I did? "Ite missa est.
Go, the ceremony is over.
" [Whispering.]
I didn't know that.
I've been saying it for years.
I've done all that I can for you.
You will heal.
You have done nothing.
(Master healer) This is not about me.
Open up your mind to the possibilities.
Believe in your own powers to heal yourself.
What happens next is now in your hands.
[Sighing.]
You risked a lot going after her.
She's my promised one.
Devin and I were matched as children.
I've loved her ever since.
Even when she was missing.
(Jeremy) That feeling never left me.
I think she's got the feeling for you, too.
I also think she'll be happy in here.
For the first time in her life, she belongs somewhere.
Sorry, guys, but, uh, time to go.
Where's the Professor? The Professor is here.
Let's go.
Were you Don't even ask.
Sure.
How you feeling? [Sighing.]
Better, Mr.
Mallory.
Much better.
No thanks to the witch doctor.
[Sighs.]
Well, we still got a couple of minutes left.
What's that noise? [Motorcycle engine revving.]
Cutter.
He must've followed us.
We gotta warn them.
Devin, Jeremy! Open up! Talk to her! You can do it! (Wade) Devin, Devin, we're in trouble.
There's trouble.
Come on! Professor, come on! (Devin) Quickly! How do we get past this? I've got the key.
Let's move it! All right, let's go! [Men whooping.]
(Devin) Hurry, before they seal the entrance.
There they go! Run! Move.
(Cutter) All I want is the girl! I found her! She's mine! Haven't you stolen enough from her life already? Shut up! Back off! On the count of five, blood starts to flow.
One! Two! Give me the girl, damn it! Now! Go ahead, Devin.
You know what you can do.
Release him.
I'll come with you.
(Cutter) Come on, baby.
Let's get the hell out of here.
No, Devin! We gotta go.
[Whooshing.]
It's somewhere here! Here.
It's there.
No, farther south.
No, further west.
East.
East? No.
Cutter.
Why don't you just go on home, man? Home? Uh Yeah.
No, it's it's here.
It's right there.
I was there.
I was.
Uh, wasn't I? Yeah, Cutter, you were there.
No, I was there.
Come on, I'll take you home, man.