X-Men (1992) s03e16 Episode Script
Orphan's End
NARRATOR: Previously on X-MEN Aliens, Corsair! Ugly ones, too! Get the crystal! (GROANS) Re-calibrate the stun ray for humans! Surrender, or I'll fire! - No, Scott! You can't! - What? Fire, Raza! WOLVERINE: Why did you stop Cyke when he was about to blast that joker? I can't tell you.
That he's Scott's father.
Why are you so determined to destroy him? D'Ken has destroyed millions in his quest for power.
One of those millions was my wife.
- I come from your planet.
- How is that possible? (CHUCKLES) That's a long story.
- Do you have any children? - No.
CORSAIR: I wouldn't know mine now if I saw them.
Except I remember my oldest boy.
He had his mother's eyes.
(POUNDING) (PASSENGERS SCREAMING) (WOMAN SCREAMING) What the Well, it can't be an X-Man.
They don't get up this early.
Perhaps it is Gambit, just back from a very long night.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Good morning.
X- Men, do you read me? This is Commander Raknar of the Shi'ar Intergalactic Patrol, under the authority of Empress Lilandra.
What brings you to our planet, Commander? Pursuit of a criminal vessel.
We do not know why the criminal vessel fled across half the galaxy to this spot.
Be forewarned: Its crew is heavily armed and dangerous! Let's go! (ALARMS BLARING) CORSAIR: Give me some altitude, old girl.
Blowing up their house is no way to say hello.
X- Men, stay back! Let us deal with the survivors! If we don't get to them fast, there won't be any survivors! A whirlwind shall help you effect a rescue! Are you all right? Corsair? You're the Shi'ar criminal? (COUGHING) You've been talking to Raknar.
(COUGHING) Sorry to drop my problems on your doorstep, but I need your help.
Well, I doubt Lilandra would look kindly on our harboring a fugitive from her Shi'ar officers.
Fine.
Don't help.
But give me back my dog tags.
They're all that's left of my family.
Sure, I Wait a minute! This is a picture of me! And my brother! That's my mother! Where did you get these? Your mother? And these dog tags belonged to my father! How did you get them? Scott? This can't be.
Tell me your name.
Major Christopher Summers.
You're my father? I don't believe it! I won't believe it! My father's dead! You had better explain yourself quickly.
Your pursuers are here.
Cyclops, you have done well.
Thank you.
We will take over from here.
Hold your troopers.
I need a moment first.
RAKNAR: The pirate Corsair is wanted for kidnapping and attempted murder.
I understand, but I must have a few minutes with him.
And anyone who helps him resist arrest will be treated as a criminal as well.
Where are the rest of the X-Men? They're off helping someone who isn't wanted throughout the galaxy.
Why are you here? I'm being set up! I thought the X-Men would help me prove it.
Looks like I was wrong.
Storm, buy me some time.
I shall meet you at the monorail.
What are they up to? Initiate a full spectrum scan of the area.
Now! CORSAIR: Where are we going? To a mini-jet.
If you're telling the truth, we'll use it to get out of here.
- The truth? Son, how can you be - Don't ever call me that! For 20 years I dreamed about my father, a man to look up to, a hero who sacrificed his life to save his family! It was your family you sacrificed! You threw us away so you could go knock around the galaxy! That's not what happened! No? Did I imagine the orphanage? The foster homes where nobody wanted me? Tell me, Dad, am I making this up? We have them, Commander.
An underground facility extending from the residence.
Blow it open! All units, bring him to me, dead or alive! (BOTH EX CLAIM) Thank you, Storm.
If we stay low, it'll take their sensors a while to find us.
I'd better take the stick.
You might not like everything I'm gonna tell you.
from a camping trip in Alaska.
I was flying our old De Havilland Mosquito, when a starcraft began shadowing us from above.
It opened fire.
We only had seconds before the fuel tanks were gonna blow! The flames had destroyed all our parachutes but one.
I strapped you into that chute, and we tied little Alex into your arms.
I love you.
CORSAIR: Your mother and I said what we thought would be our last goodbyes to you.
We pushed you to safety, watching after you, praying you'd make it down all right.
But as your parachute began to burn, we had little hope.
Just as our fuel tanks went, your mother and I were transported into the attacker's ship.
Imprisoned, collected as biological specimens for the Shi'ar.
It looked hopeless.
Until the Starjammer crew sprung us loose.
What happened to my mother? Destroyed before my eyes by the Shi'ar tyrant D'Ken.
The monster you X-Men and the Phoenix helped me defeat.
As far as I knew, my entire family was gone.
I had no reason to go home.
I think these belong to you.
Commander, no one is on board, living or dead.
Only Corsair exited the Starjammer at this location.
If you'd known Alex and I were still alive Not even the Shi'ar slave pens could have stopped me from finding you! (LOUD BEEPING) Look! The Shi'ar starcruiser! It's closing fast! Check out your old man! Clear the area, fast! We've achieved target lock.
Fire! If that's the way they want to play it.
RAKNAR: X-Men, I do not know what Corsair told you to gain your support.
The witness he abducted knows the location of the Lord Chamberlain's horded fortune.
Big mouth! Corsair wants the girl so she can lead him to the money.
Anything else he told you is a self-serving lie.
Is this true? I saved Jandra because I care about her.
But I also have a starship to maintain, and fusion fuel doesn't come cheap! You mean we're out here fighting the Shi'ar police so you can get rich? Scott, you're not listening to me! Some father! For all I know, the Lord Chamberlain hired you to kill the witness! Storm, find Jandra and keep her safe.
From everybody! I have to find out the truth.
Shi'ar patrol, hold your fire! Corsair is my prisoner.
I'm turning him in.
CORSAIR: Haven't you understood anything I've told you? The Starjammers are protecting Jandra from these Shi'ar police.
They're in with the Lord Chamberlain.
They're bad cops.
We'll see, Dad.
Get in and shut up.
We'll find Jandra, and then we'll talk.
RAKNAR: The galaxy is in your debt, Cyclops.
I have agreed to nothing.
When we get the girl, we'll see who's lying.
This is Cyclops.
Storm, come in.
Scott, I am moving toward the location of the beacon light we saw coming in.
Nothing yet.
Wait a minute.
I may have picked up their trail.
Scott, I am under attack! HEPZIBAH: Surrender now, flying one! STORM: Save your breath for saving yourself.
Words to live by, Storm.
RAZA: I would suggest that calm weather holds the key to your continued existence.
NAVIGATOR: There! I've got a fix on their location.
I apologize, Cyclops, but I can't allow you to interfere.
Navigator, I leave our guest in your care.
RAKNAR: Corsair, what a pleasure to see you looking so well.
I need to know how you learned that I am the one the Lord Chamberlain hired to dispose of the witness.
I don't betray friends to murderers like you.
That's what I was hoping you would say.
STORM: Why do you Starjammers treat me as an enemy? Did we not fight side-by-side against the tyrant D'Ken? True.
Though we have maintained communications silence, Corsair's open communicator allowed us to hear everything.
Including Cyclops-son betraying Corsair-father to evil Commander! X-Men the ones who act like enemy, not Starjammers! JANDRA: I am glad you are back.
But why is the lady tied up? Her friend betrayed our location to the false Shi'ar officer.
On the other hand, from the lies Cyclops was told, it is no more than we expected.
(BUZZING) (BUZZING STOPS) Is it true you are Corsair's son? Not by choice! Watch and learn.
What are you going to see is the ship's log for three days in the future.
But that's impossible.
1821 hours.
Encountered magnetic storm of force 10 intensity.
Life support temporarily failed.
Six crew injured.
The witness, Jandra, lost.
This faked sequence was programed in advance to cover up what was really going to be a murder! Exactly.
I went to your father for help, because he was the one man I knew with the guts to rescue Jandra and see that justice was done.
Until I ruined it.
My mistake could cost all of you your lives.
We'll see.
For now, just try to have a little faith in your father.
- I gave orders that I wasn't to be - Disturbed? That's the Scott Summers I gave my last parachute to! Took you long enough! Plan the family picnic later.
Let's go! Follow me! CH'OD: Corsair, sorry to break communications silence, but I strongly suggest you alter your course 13 degrees to the north.
Fools! We have them now.
CH'OD: And remember Aldebaran 5.
I remember it well.
S TORM: Professor Xavier sends his regards.
Xavier is half-a-planet away, and Aldebaran is in another galaxy.
What are they up to? (CHEERING) I don't know what happened on Aldebaran 5, but it better have been good.
It was.
(CORSAIR MOANS IN PAIN) Now! Fire! (LAUGHING) You'll have to forgive Ch'od.
He gets carried away.
That's okay, Dad.
I think I understand how he's feeling.
Get up here, everyone! We have a trial to get to! And a renegade cop to turn over to Shi'ar justice.
CORSAIR: What made you change your mind? Let's just say I like long odds.
Seems to run in the family.
Our talk got interrupted.
There's so much I want to know.
We'll get to it.
All of it.
I've got a question or two myself.
- Then stay! - What? I don't mean forever.
Just a few hours.
You're not telling me your hot spacecraft can't make up a few hours flying across a whole galaxy! Well, I I guess we could spend a little extra time in hyperdrive.
No.
Break out the cards! Better save your fuel.
Looks like we're going to be here a while.
So, you're gonna marry that redhead that beat the pants off of the Imperial Guard.
C YCLOPS: She's calmed down a bit since then.
- Reminds me a lot of your mother.
- C YCLOPS: How? CORSAIR: Maybe I should wait to tell you till after you're married.
That he's Scott's father.
Why are you so determined to destroy him? D'Ken has destroyed millions in his quest for power.
One of those millions was my wife.
- I come from your planet.
- How is that possible? (CHUCKLES) That's a long story.
- Do you have any children? - No.
CORSAIR: I wouldn't know mine now if I saw them.
Except I remember my oldest boy.
He had his mother's eyes.
(POUNDING) (PASSENGERS SCREAMING) (WOMAN SCREAMING) What the Well, it can't be an X-Man.
They don't get up this early.
Perhaps it is Gambit, just back from a very long night.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Good morning.
X- Men, do you read me? This is Commander Raknar of the Shi'ar Intergalactic Patrol, under the authority of Empress Lilandra.
What brings you to our planet, Commander? Pursuit of a criminal vessel.
We do not know why the criminal vessel fled across half the galaxy to this spot.
Be forewarned: Its crew is heavily armed and dangerous! Let's go! (ALARMS BLARING) CORSAIR: Give me some altitude, old girl.
Blowing up their house is no way to say hello.
X- Men, stay back! Let us deal with the survivors! If we don't get to them fast, there won't be any survivors! A whirlwind shall help you effect a rescue! Are you all right? Corsair? You're the Shi'ar criminal? (COUGHING) You've been talking to Raknar.
(COUGHING) Sorry to drop my problems on your doorstep, but I need your help.
Well, I doubt Lilandra would look kindly on our harboring a fugitive from her Shi'ar officers.
Fine.
Don't help.
But give me back my dog tags.
They're all that's left of my family.
Sure, I Wait a minute! This is a picture of me! And my brother! That's my mother! Where did you get these? Your mother? And these dog tags belonged to my father! How did you get them? Scott? This can't be.
Tell me your name.
Major Christopher Summers.
You're my father? I don't believe it! I won't believe it! My father's dead! You had better explain yourself quickly.
Your pursuers are here.
Cyclops, you have done well.
Thank you.
We will take over from here.
Hold your troopers.
I need a moment first.
RAKNAR: The pirate Corsair is wanted for kidnapping and attempted murder.
I understand, but I must have a few minutes with him.
And anyone who helps him resist arrest will be treated as a criminal as well.
Where are the rest of the X-Men? They're off helping someone who isn't wanted throughout the galaxy.
Why are you here? I'm being set up! I thought the X-Men would help me prove it.
Looks like I was wrong.
Storm, buy me some time.
I shall meet you at the monorail.
What are they up to? Initiate a full spectrum scan of the area.
Now! CORSAIR: Where are we going? To a mini-jet.
If you're telling the truth, we'll use it to get out of here.
- The truth? Son, how can you be - Don't ever call me that! For 20 years I dreamed about my father, a man to look up to, a hero who sacrificed his life to save his family! It was your family you sacrificed! You threw us away so you could go knock around the galaxy! That's not what happened! No? Did I imagine the orphanage? The foster homes where nobody wanted me? Tell me, Dad, am I making this up? We have them, Commander.
An underground facility extending from the residence.
Blow it open! All units, bring him to me, dead or alive! (BOTH EX CLAIM) Thank you, Storm.
If we stay low, it'll take their sensors a while to find us.
I'd better take the stick.
You might not like everything I'm gonna tell you.
from a camping trip in Alaska.
I was flying our old De Havilland Mosquito, when a starcraft began shadowing us from above.
It opened fire.
We only had seconds before the fuel tanks were gonna blow! The flames had destroyed all our parachutes but one.
I strapped you into that chute, and we tied little Alex into your arms.
I love you.
CORSAIR: Your mother and I said what we thought would be our last goodbyes to you.
We pushed you to safety, watching after you, praying you'd make it down all right.
But as your parachute began to burn, we had little hope.
Just as our fuel tanks went, your mother and I were transported into the attacker's ship.
Imprisoned, collected as biological specimens for the Shi'ar.
It looked hopeless.
Until the Starjammer crew sprung us loose.
What happened to my mother? Destroyed before my eyes by the Shi'ar tyrant D'Ken.
The monster you X-Men and the Phoenix helped me defeat.
As far as I knew, my entire family was gone.
I had no reason to go home.
I think these belong to you.
Commander, no one is on board, living or dead.
Only Corsair exited the Starjammer at this location.
If you'd known Alex and I were still alive Not even the Shi'ar slave pens could have stopped me from finding you! (LOUD BEEPING) Look! The Shi'ar starcruiser! It's closing fast! Check out your old man! Clear the area, fast! We've achieved target lock.
Fire! If that's the way they want to play it.
RAKNAR: X-Men, I do not know what Corsair told you to gain your support.
The witness he abducted knows the location of the Lord Chamberlain's horded fortune.
Big mouth! Corsair wants the girl so she can lead him to the money.
Anything else he told you is a self-serving lie.
Is this true? I saved Jandra because I care about her.
But I also have a starship to maintain, and fusion fuel doesn't come cheap! You mean we're out here fighting the Shi'ar police so you can get rich? Scott, you're not listening to me! Some father! For all I know, the Lord Chamberlain hired you to kill the witness! Storm, find Jandra and keep her safe.
From everybody! I have to find out the truth.
Shi'ar patrol, hold your fire! Corsair is my prisoner.
I'm turning him in.
CORSAIR: Haven't you understood anything I've told you? The Starjammers are protecting Jandra from these Shi'ar police.
They're in with the Lord Chamberlain.
They're bad cops.
We'll see, Dad.
Get in and shut up.
We'll find Jandra, and then we'll talk.
RAKNAR: The galaxy is in your debt, Cyclops.
I have agreed to nothing.
When we get the girl, we'll see who's lying.
This is Cyclops.
Storm, come in.
Scott, I am moving toward the location of the beacon light we saw coming in.
Nothing yet.
Wait a minute.
I may have picked up their trail.
Scott, I am under attack! HEPZIBAH: Surrender now, flying one! STORM: Save your breath for saving yourself.
Words to live by, Storm.
RAZA: I would suggest that calm weather holds the key to your continued existence.
NAVIGATOR: There! I've got a fix on their location.
I apologize, Cyclops, but I can't allow you to interfere.
Navigator, I leave our guest in your care.
RAKNAR: Corsair, what a pleasure to see you looking so well.
I need to know how you learned that I am the one the Lord Chamberlain hired to dispose of the witness.
I don't betray friends to murderers like you.
That's what I was hoping you would say.
STORM: Why do you Starjammers treat me as an enemy? Did we not fight side-by-side against the tyrant D'Ken? True.
Though we have maintained communications silence, Corsair's open communicator allowed us to hear everything.
Including Cyclops-son betraying Corsair-father to evil Commander! X-Men the ones who act like enemy, not Starjammers! JANDRA: I am glad you are back.
But why is the lady tied up? Her friend betrayed our location to the false Shi'ar officer.
On the other hand, from the lies Cyclops was told, it is no more than we expected.
(BUZZING) (BUZZING STOPS) Is it true you are Corsair's son? Not by choice! Watch and learn.
What are you going to see is the ship's log for three days in the future.
But that's impossible.
1821 hours.
Encountered magnetic storm of force 10 intensity.
Life support temporarily failed.
Six crew injured.
The witness, Jandra, lost.
This faked sequence was programed in advance to cover up what was really going to be a murder! Exactly.
I went to your father for help, because he was the one man I knew with the guts to rescue Jandra and see that justice was done.
Until I ruined it.
My mistake could cost all of you your lives.
We'll see.
For now, just try to have a little faith in your father.
- I gave orders that I wasn't to be - Disturbed? That's the Scott Summers I gave my last parachute to! Took you long enough! Plan the family picnic later.
Let's go! Follow me! CH'OD: Corsair, sorry to break communications silence, but I strongly suggest you alter your course 13 degrees to the north.
Fools! We have them now.
CH'OD: And remember Aldebaran 5.
I remember it well.
S TORM: Professor Xavier sends his regards.
Xavier is half-a-planet away, and Aldebaran is in another galaxy.
What are they up to? (CHEERING) I don't know what happened on Aldebaran 5, but it better have been good.
It was.
(CORSAIR MOANS IN PAIN) Now! Fire! (LAUGHING) You'll have to forgive Ch'od.
He gets carried away.
That's okay, Dad.
I think I understand how he's feeling.
Get up here, everyone! We have a trial to get to! And a renegade cop to turn over to Shi'ar justice.
CORSAIR: What made you change your mind? Let's just say I like long odds.
Seems to run in the family.
Our talk got interrupted.
There's so much I want to know.
We'll get to it.
All of it.
I've got a question or two myself.
- Then stay! - What? I don't mean forever.
Just a few hours.
You're not telling me your hot spacecraft can't make up a few hours flying across a whole galaxy! Well, I I guess we could spend a little extra time in hyperdrive.
No.
Break out the cards! Better save your fuel.
Looks like we're going to be here a while.
So, you're gonna marry that redhead that beat the pants off of the Imperial Guard.
C YCLOPS: She's calmed down a bit since then.
- Reminds me a lot of your mother.
- C YCLOPS: How? CORSAIR: Maybe I should wait to tell you till after you're married.