SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Mines.
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(Men whistling "Heigh-Ho")
Grumpy: Our yield's way down, boys. I know Dopey's a tree, but we got to be more productive since he can't.
Happy: He's producing oxygen. (Laughter)
Grumpy: Hey. Let's stay focused.
Emma: Yes. No one wants a nasty surprise.
Grumpy: You're not getting any dust, sister.
Emma: Actually, I'm shopping for something else today. Something with... edge.
Happy: My axe.
Emma: Oh, Happy, there's something I learned as the Dark One. If your name is on something, hold on to it.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Merlin's tower.
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Regina: If we're going to free Merlin, we need witchbane.
Belle: Yeah, but the labels are all faded.
Emma: Forget the decloaking potion. It's not a glamour anyway.
Regina: You sure?
Mary Margaret: If I'm getting this right, the tree could actually be him transfigured, right?
Belle: We could find out with a sample.
Regina: Yeah, and when we snap off a twig and it turns into a finger, who's crying then? Come on, someone. Witchbane.
Emma: You guys sure you don't want me to just wiggle my nose and get him out of that tree?
Mary Margaret: No.
Regina: Your magic is dark now. It's not worth it. I'll just keep pretending to be the savior destined to free him, and we can do this together.
David: Regina's right, Emma.
Arthur: I heard someone say a woman is right. That's always a safe assumption, isn't it, David?
King Arthur: How are you progressing, Madame Savior?
Regina: Um... progress. Slow but sure.
Belle: It's, uh... marvelous having Merlin's own books to work with. It's like talking with the master.
Mary Margaret: Oh. What if we could talk to him?
Emma: What?
Regina: Yes. (Chuckles) You are... very occasionally... a genius.
Belle: Yes, if we talked to him, he can tell us how to get him out.
David: A mushroom.
Regina: Toadstool, actually. Deadly poison. Extremely useful in communicating across barriers, even through spells. Says here it's called the Crimson Crown.
King Arthur: Yes, I know this name. It's rumored to grow in Brocéliande, the Forest of Eternal Night. Its existence is the stuff of legend, though. Almost certainly fiction.
David: People say the same thing about us. How far?
King Arthur: A half day's ride. But if it is there, it'll be protected by magical forces.
Mary Margaret: You know what, David? Wait until we know more.
David: It's not like I'm needed here. It's a chance.
Mary Margaret: Oh. Aww.
David: I'm taking it.
(Indistinct conversations)
King Arthur: Hold!
David: Your Majesty. Don't try to talk me out of this.
King Arthur: I wouldn't dream of it. I just wanted to propose, Prince David, if it's quite all right with you, that I come along and lend aid. Come with me and we can get ourselves outfitted, and then we can quest together as brothers.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Sheriff's station.
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Regina: This question mark... That's my handwriting. I must've marked this page in Camelot. I don't know if this is the right answer, but these books came from there. I think we were looking at this for answers.
Grumpy: We've been violated!
David: What's the problem?
Grumpy: What do you think it is? Your kid.
Happy: She took my axe.
Regina: Uh, dwarfs are your department. I'll stay on this.
Mary Margaret: What do you want us to do about it, Leroy?
Grumpy: Help us. We know she's your daughter, but you got to do something, 'cause if you won't, we will.
Mary Margaret: Do not hurt her.
David: It's okay. They can't.
Grumpy: Like that's all that matters? Stop being a scared parent. Be our sheriff again. We need you.
David: I'll see about getting the axe back. Thanks for letting us know.
Grumpy: Looks like just another insult for us to swallow down. For now.
(Sighs)
(Indistinct conversations)
Mary Margaret: Why does she need an axe? That's alarming, right?
David: I don't know. I mean, what could she do with an axe that she couldn't just do with her powers?
(David kicks a chair)
Mary Margaret: David!
David: Just wish she'd talk to us.
Mary Margaret: I know. Me, too.
David: Worst part is... we can't save her.
Mary Margaret: Yet. We're trying.
David: How? What am I doing?
Mary Margaret: You're leading.
David: Nobody seems to be following.
Mary Margaret: Oh, don't worry about the dwarfs.
David: I'm not. I'm worried about Emma and how this is my fault.
Mary Margaret: She made the choice to save everyone.
David: I should've stopped her. I am her father, and now I'm... I'm paralyzed. There's nothing I can do, for her, for you, for anyone.
Mary Margaret: You are doing something. You are helping our people the best you can.
David: That's kind of the problem.
Mary Margaret: Hey. In any world, you are my hero. Remember?
David: Of course. Go. I've got it.
(Door opens)
King Arthur: Good morning to you, Sheriff.
David: Your Majesty. How can I help you? Any luck finding your blade?
King Arthur: No luck finding Excalibur, I'm afraid, but I'm coming to you with something far more urgent. Our reliquary's been robbed.
David: I'm sorry, your what?
King Arthur: Magical relics collected by the Knights of the Round Table. They're all very precious. I had no idea it was here until it turned up in this land nearly empty.
David: When you say precious...
King Arthur: There was a magic bean inside. This bean can take my people home in an instant. I have to tell you I will find it if I have to search every residence in your city.
David: You don't have to do anything alone.
King Arthur: You can help?
David: I'll get you back to Camelot. I promise.
King Arthur: Thank you.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Emma's house. Basement.
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(Emma goes to swing the dwarf axe at the Stone of Destiny which is holding Excalibur.)
Darkness: A dwarf axe. Now, that's a creative path to failure.
Emma: Dwarf axes cut through everything.
Darkness: Nothing cuts through magic. Except maybe a kiss. Have you thought about kissing it out?
(Laughs as the axe breaks on the stone)
Darkness: You're running out of options, deary. You see, we want you to, uh, snuff out the light. So, we need a hero to pull Excalibur from the stone. Now... and let's face facts that's not gonna be you. So, why don't you stop messing around and go get the hero we need? Oh, and, uh, you and I both know who that is.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Merlin's tower.
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(Sighs)
Robin Hood: It's all right. You'll get it. Perhaps it's time for a spot of tea. Calm nerves lead to clear thoughts.
Regina: You're here so I can keep an eye on you, mute handmaiden. I don't need you rolling your eyes at me. We need to clear the air. Fine. (Whoosh)
Zelena: Ah! (Laughs) Oh, there you are, my lovely voice. It's so... light and feminine.
Regina: Enough. Now... let's have a little chat about you trying to escape back to Oz. Zelena... you know you can't take that child away from Robin.
Zelena: Can you blame me? You're going to take it from me. This child could be my only chance for someone to truly love me, and... you got a second chance. Why can't I?
Regina: Oh, I'm sorry. But you've had a second chance and a second second chance. You can't keep painting yourself as a victim. It's absurd.
Zelena: You can tell me that life is fair all you want. All I can tell you is that from in here, I'm still seeing one sister with all the toys...
(whoosh)
Regina: Be quiet and listen for once in your life.
Zelena: (Stomps foot)
Regina: You forgot who I am. The Evil Queen. I can be a far greater nightmare than you can possibly imagine. But now... my gift to you is a promise. I will make sure your baby is fine and loved and safe. Just as I promise... The same will certainly not hold for you.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. The Round Table.
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David: Wow.
King Arthur: I like to be prepared.
David: Is that... Percival chair?
King Arthur: Yes. But no need for more apologies. A leader does what needs to be done. I'll find a man worthy to fill that seat.
(Arthur gestures to the tallest chair at the table.)
King Arthur: This is the one that will stand empty forever.
David: I assume that was your chair. Suitable for a king.
King Arthur: No. Mine is no different than the others in the same way that the table is round. Many of our order are kings and princes in their own realms. Nonetheless, happy to sit shoulder to shoulder with the rest of their knights. No one of us above the other. Except for this one. This is the Siege Perilous. Reserved for the knight with the purest heart, the one destined to carry out the most sacred quests. Belonged to a man I trusted more than a brother. But he betrayed me. It's been vacant since.
David: Lancelot.
King Arthur: You've heard of him.
David: Well, all of you are kind of legends.
King Arthur: Really? I shudder to think what our tale must be.
David: Oh, only one of the greatest romances of all time. Your love for Guinevere was ripped away by your best friend, Lancelot. It's a tragic story that clearly had a happy ending. The two of you seem like all that's in the past now.
King Arthur: Yes. Lancelot was a good man. The situation was difficult.
David: I understand. Actually, Snow... Mary Margaret and I, we met him.
King Arthur: You did? How is he?
David: I'm... very sorry to tell you this, but we... learned that he died. I'm sorry.
King Arthur: Lancelot failed to resist temptation, but he was a good knight. He tortured himself for his sins far more than I would've done. I wished him happy. Just not with my wife.
(Door opens)
Arthur: (Clears throat)
(Trunk thuds)
King Arthur: Careful. This... is our reliquary, containing our sacred magical items our knights have recovered.
David: I've never seen magic like that.
King Arthur: It's the Unquenchable Flame. Said to be part of the burning bush itself. This will light our path, and where we're going, we're gonna need it.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Camelot camp.
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Squire: The reliquary, Your Majesty.
David: So, you're the one who found this broken into? Any theories?
Squire: Me? Oh, well, um... everyone speaks of the Dark One in this place. Perhaps...
King Arthur: Stop being a fool, man.
David: Arthur, to be honest, she did take a dwarf axe.
King Arthur: And, as you're about to say, the Dark One doesn't need tools. This lock was pried open. You can see the scratches.
David: You're right.
King Arthur: This is your land. What are you thinking?
David: I'm thinking I may not know who did this. But I think I have a good idea of what their next move will be.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Granny's.
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Hook: Ah, I know that look. Button on the top turns it on.
Robin Hood: I know how to use a phone.
Hook: What's that, then?
Robin Hood: It's a picture from up inside Zelena.
Hook: Whoa, mate.
Robin Hood: No, n-no. It's of the baby. They... they call it a sonogram.
Hook: Oh. Mixed emotions, I bet.
Robin Hood: (Sighs) I mean, I know it's painful for Regina. Her evil sister carrying my child. It's painful for me. And yet there's some part of me that can't help but feel happy. It's my child. And I sure don't want Regina to know that. I don't want her to misconstrue my happiness for, well...
Hook: You got yourself a complex situation there, that's for sure.
Robin Hood: Hmm. Unlike your simple love life.
Hook: Ha. About that. She's not the same. Her new house, there's a door in there that she doesn't want me anywhere near. What do you suppose she's hiding? I was thinking that may...
Granny: Order up.
Hook: Order? I didn't order anything.
Robin Hood: What does it say?
Hook: "Meet me on your ship. Emma."
Robin Hood: You're right. Things are complicated all over.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Jolly Roger (the real Lady Washington) at the docks.
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(Hook enters the cabin.)
(Floor creaks)
Hook: That's not funny appearing like that.
Emma: Sorry.
Hook: What's going on?
Emma: I know this has all been really confusing and I have not made it any easier. I wanted to apologize for overreacting last time. I know you're just trying to help. So, I thought... We could just talk and have lunch, like old times.
Hook: I'd like nothing more. But this is hardly like old times.
(Hook sets the bag of food down on the table, which is transformed into a banquet with a checkered table cloth. Emma is now in her pink dress, with her undyed blonde hair in a pony tail.)
Emma: Better? Come on. You know you can trust me.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Brocéliande, the Forest of Eternal Night.
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David: What is it, noon? You weren't kidding about eternal night. I'm glad we have a torch.
King Arthur: I'm glad we sent Grif home with the horses. These woods would make him restless.
David: Your squire works hard, Your Majesty.
King Arthur: "And you don't thank him enough." I can hear you saying it even when you don't. You're right, though. I don't even have the excuse of ignorance. I was born a common man and I've been in service myself.
David: You weren't born noble?
King Arthur: (Chuckles) I'm as peasant as they come.
David: Shepherd.
King Arthur: Ah. (Chuckles) I can feel my backbone relaxing already. Let's stop with the "Your Majesties," shall we?
David: Of course.
King Arthur: As for my squire, I assure you Guin more than makes up the difference. Showering him and the others with gifts. She really is the kindest woman I've ever met.
David: Sounds like my wife. When she decides you're family, she'd die for you.
King Arthur: That's not to say Guin doesn't have her fierce side. With a bow and arrow, I've seen her take out the eye of a dove in flight.
David: Mary Margaret could do that. She wouldn't, but she could.
King Arthur: We should have a tourney. Get them to compete.
David: (Chuckling) Right. 'Cause I'm sure they'd love to be pitted against each other to let us feel good about ourselves.
King Arthur: Here. Then perhaps there are better ways for me to show off.
David: You're a competitive man for someone with a round table. I thought the idea was you didn't want to sit above anyone.
King Arthur: Someone who isn't competitive doesn't need a two-ton table to remind him to be humble.
David: (Chuckles)
King Arthur: I know my weaknesses. Lancelot and Guinevere weren't the only ones to blame for what happened to them. I was a difficult man to live with. But I made a conscious decision to fix things.
David: I understand that.
King Arthur: This way.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Brocéliande, the Forest of Eternal Night. Lake.
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King Arthur: Look upon that, brother.
David: So it is real. Crimson Crown. (Spyglass closes)
(David steps on the bridge, and sinks into the water.)
David: It'll never take both of us. I'll go.
King Arthur: I'll wait here. Let the torch be your beacon back.
David: Thank you.
(Wood creaks)
(Chuckles softly)
(Wood cracks)
(David starts to cross the bridge, and falls. Armor shines in the water.)
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Gold's shop.
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David: How's he doing?
Belle: Not well.
David: I'm sorry.
Belle: Yeah. But I-I found a healing spell in one of his old notebooks, and I've got everything put together except for one last ingredient. I, uh, I need an object that touched him when he was still a man, before he became the Dark One.
David: You must have something.
Belle: Well, nothing I can find. Still more to look through, though.
David: You want me to get you some help?
Belle: No. I'm the only one who knows this place, knows his things, and I need to keep doing something.
David: Well, then we'll make this quick. Has anyone come in to pawn anything today?
King Arthur: Especially a magic bean.
Belle: Uh, a bean? No. No one's come in. Sorry.
David: Ah, it was worth a shot. That's all right. You have something else I need. May I borrow this?
(David picks up a silver chalice.)
Belle: Uh, yeah.
David: Good. This is gonna point us right at our culprit.
King Arthur: What is it?
Belle: It's not magic, though. It's just a souvenir from Doc's birthday party. It says "Doctoberfest" on it.
David: I'm very well aware. Don't worry. I've got this.
(Bell jingles)
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Camelot camp.
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David: Attention, subjects of Camelot! In my hand, you see the Chalice of Vengeance. There's been a theft in your encampment.
(Murmuring)
David: The chalice will tell me which among you is the thief. So, line up for your chance to drink from the sacred cup.
(Footsteps running)
(Crowd gasps, murmurs)
(Horse neighs)
Squire: Hyah!
(King Arthur's squire rides off on his horse, and David grabs his truck to pursue. King Arthur calls shotgun.)
David: Hold on!
Squire: Hyah! Hyah!
David: Take over! Speed is feet, direction is hand.
(David climbs into the back of the truck as King Arthur takes the wheel.)
(Horse neighs)
David: Circle around!
(Horse neighs)
(Panting)
(Gasping)
(David uses a wooden plank as a joust to knock the squire off the horse.)
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Brocéliande, the Forest of Eternal Night. Lake.
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(David cuts the mushroom from the island, while the armor underwater starts to move. The armor rises out of the water and attacks David. One armor pulls David underwater, and King Arthur saves him by pulling David up.)
David: Thank you.
King Arthur: Think nothing of it. It would appear you did it. Well done.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Jolly Roger (real Lady Washington). Cabin.
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Hook: I have questions.
Emma: You want to know if I'm still the same Emma.
Hook: I imagine that's not a simple answer, so let's start easy. Your new house. What's behind that locked door?
(Emma just looks at Hook.)
Hook: You know I want to trust you, Emma. Why don't you help me?
Emma: So trust me. With my powers, I could hide anything from your prying eyes, anyway.
Hook: Well, you've answered my first question, too. You're not the same Emma. She didn't play games.
Emma: (Clears throat) Yes. I'm different. I'm better.
Hook: As the Dark One.
Emma: I used to be scarred and judgmental and closed off. Took me forever to see the magic in this place. And now I... I see things clearly. I'm not scared anymore. Honestly, I'm an open book, if you're willing to take that trust step.
Hook: Are you really suggesting that we move forward in a real relationship?
Emma: Gold and Belle loved each other.
Hook: I don't think you should use the Crocodile as your example.
Emma: But think about it. He was born a coward. He didn't find true love until he was the Dark One. You told me how the man he was groveled and cried on the deck of this ship. He changed for the better, too.
Hook: You're wrong. I was the villain in that little drama, Swan. He was a good man trying to keep his family together. I took this cutlass and put it to his head and taunted him. I was the only one there who's changed for the better. He became an evil, manipulative killer.
Emma: Do you remember when we were in the Storybook and I taught you how to swordplay?
Hook: More games. Enough, Swan! All I wanted was your honesty. But I'm done... humoring you. Answer me. And start by why you brought me here. It wasn't because this is what we used to do, because that you isn't here. You need something, Dark One. Tell me what it is.
Emma: All I need is your trust. I promise.
Hook: I liked you the way you were. I liked your walls. I liked being the one to break them down.
Emma: The person you found inside is still me. I have a question for you for once. Do you love me? If you tell me you don't love me, I will let you go.
Hook: I loved you. I guess I'm either steering home or swimming home. Tell me which.
Emma: The ship's yours.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. Brocéliande, the Forest of Eternal Night. Lake.
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(Both panting)
King Arthur: David, what is it?
David: The toadstool. It's gone. Either the phantom knights took it, or it was lost in the bog.
King Arthur: We could search for it.
David: No. It's gone.
King Arthur: The word "quest" means to seek, not to find. It's the seeking that matters.
David: You believe that?
King Arthur: Not truly, no. If the finding is what makes a difference in this world, then that's what I want. I'm sorry.
David: (Laughs) My father, he drank his life away. My brother accomplished nothing but evil. There was a time I thought I'd be different. Change the world. But I just... I don't want to only be remembered as the man who kissed a sleeping princess awake 30 years ago.
King Arthur: I understand.
David: You do?
King Arthur: (Sighs)
David: You're King of Camelot.
King Arthur: (Chuckles) Yes, some large rock decided I was a hero. Prophecy fulfilled.
(Both chuckle)
King Arthur: But since then, I've had victories and I've had losses. And I've learned that it's the losses that require us to be brave. So, if anything will make us heroes...
David: It's the never giving up. Even after a loss.
King Arthur: Indeed.
David: Well, we might as well get out of here. There's work to be done. And it's not here.
King Arthur: Good man. David, if you want to be part of something, do something that matters, I have a place for a man like you.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Camelot camp.
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Squire: I never saw a bean.
David: Just forget the bean for now. Just tell us why you took these things.
Squire: I was tired of how I was being treated... How we were all being treated. Breaking our backs for him, for love of Camelot. I wanted to hurt the king.
King Arthur: Grif, I had no idea. But, you see, you've hurt everyone. We need that bean to get home.
Squire: I didn't see a bean, Your Majesty.
King Arthur: I'm always betrayed by those closest to me.
David: Look, you know this guy. Is he lying?
King Arthur: I don't believe so. And of course, it is possible there was no bean if it was removed during the six weeks we can't recall.
David: Okay, well, we'll find another way to get you home.
King Arthur: Working together?
David: Absolutely.
(Chuckles softly)
David: Let's go tell this guy he's gonna make his home in our cell for a little while.
(David finds the Crimson Cap toadstool under the tent.)
David: What's this?
King Arthur: Must've fallen out when we emptied his bag. If that was in the trunk, it was added after the time we lost.
David: I recognize this.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Ragina's Vault.
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Regina: That's the one in the book from Camelot. The one I found this morning. That's what we were looking for back there.
Mary Margaret: But why?
Regina: It's used to communicate through magical barriers. We must've been trying to communicate with Merlin.
Mary Margaret: I wonder if we did.
David: Let's use it. Let's find out. If we can talk to him now...
Mary Margaret: He can help us save Emma from being the Dark One. David, you did it.
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. The Round Table.
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(Applause)
King Arthur: I dub thee Sir David of the Enchanted Forest. Now of the Round Table. I know "Knight of the Round Table" is pale fire, indeed, next to the title of prince.
David: No. I am beyond honored.
King Arthur: Then rise, Sir Knight. Take your place.
(David moves towards Percival's chair, but King Arthur clears throat and points to the Siege Perilous chair.)
(Murmuring)
David: Really?
King Arthur: I never thought I'd find anyone I trust enough to fill that seat. But it's yours. It will bear your coat of arms. Not bad for a shepherd, eh?
David: (Chuckles) Thank you.
(Applause)
(Baby crying. Mary Margaret steps outside the room with Neal, and sees a shadow move.)
Mary Margaret: Someone there? Can't be.
Lancelot: It is.
Mary Margaret: Lancelot. We thought you were dead.
Lancelot: That is a long story. But trust your eyes... it is me. And right now, my struggles don't matter. What does is that there is a terrible villain in Camelot.
Mary Margaret: The Dark One. We know. It's our daughter. We're going to fix it.
Lancelot: No. There's another villain. Arthur.
Mary Margaret: What?
Lancelot: Trust me. Camelot is not what it seems.
(Applause)
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SCENE: Camelot. Six weeks ago. The Round Table.
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King Arthur: Today was a difficult day.
Queen Guinevere: You lied to him, to David.
King Arthur: And it brought me no pleasure. He's a good man. A noble man, but I must think of my kingdom first.
Queen Guinevere: Of course you must.
(Sighs)
King Arthur: That is always the burden of a king.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Sheriff's station.
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Squire: Your Majesty, thank goodness you're here. I-I don't understand what's going on. I did only what you asked. I took the items, and I kept them safe. I said maybe there was a bean, even though you and I know full well there was never a bean, and I did it exactly as you said. Can you please let me out now?
King Arthur: Not just yet, Grif. There may not have been a bean, but we can't have them learning that, now, can we?
Squire: No. No, of course not, Your Majesty.
King Arthur: They trust me now. So I must use that trust to protect my kingdom. These people may seem friendly, but they threaten everything we hold dear. David likes to imagine his quest a noble one. But his daughter is the Dark One. They lied to us in Camelot. They brought her into our castle. They are responsible for tearing us away from our home, a home we must now reclaim.
Squire: But how will we ever get back without a bean?
King Arthur: I'm afraid we cannot get back. That's why we must build a new Camelot here in Storybrooke.
Squire: Then you can trust me to help. I would do anything for my kingdom.
King Arthur: I know you would. As would I. Which is why I need you to drink this.
Squire: Poison from the Agrabah vipers. But why? I won't tell these people a thing.
King Arthur: Not of your own free will, but they have magic on their side. In time, they will make you talk.
Squire: There must be some other way.
King Arthur: I wish there was. Truly, I do. You told me you always dreamed of sitting at the round table one day. Well, now I'm offering you something greater. A chance to die in service of Camelot. Your death will be the cornerstone of a great new kingdom. If you take this.
Squire: For Camelot.
(Gagging)
King Arthur: For Camelot.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Granny's.
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(Bell jingles)
Hook: Good, you're still here.
Robin Hood: You need me?
Hook: Yeah. Remember how I told you about that door in Emma's place? I want to know what's behind it.
Robin Hood: I take it asking her didn't work.
Hook: She's beyond that. I need a thief.
Robin Hood: Former thief. Those days are behind me.
Hook: Take it from a former pirate, those days are never behind you. Will you help me?
(Bell jingles)
Belle: Granny, have you got my lunch ready?
Granny: Yeah, but, girl, you're gonna need more than that. Sit down for some real food.
Belle: I can't. Oh, my god, look.
(The last petal is on the stem.)
Belle: Yeah, I have to get back to him. Just forget the soup. I'm sorry.
Granny: Hang on, is it supposed to do that?
(The rose petals start floating back into place.)
Belle: What? He's waking up.
(Plate shatters)
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Gold's shop.
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(Belle finds Rumple's bed empty.)
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Emma's house. Basement.
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(The darkness looks at Rumple.)
Darkness: You know, he doesn't look too good... if I do say so myself. Quite a stroke of luck, you finding something that touched him when he was a man.
Emma: It wasn't luck. I worked hard for this.
Darkness: That's true. You crushed Hook's heart even more firmly under your, uh, impractical boot heel.
Emma: Quiet.
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present time. Gold's shop.
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(Belle watches as the rose becomes whole.)
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SCENE: Storybrooke. Present. Emma's house.
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(Rumple breathes deeply and wakes up.)
Mr. Gold: What do you want from me? You are the Dark One now, not me.
Emma: That's right. You are not dark. You are also not light. You are nothing. Your heart is a blank slate. And that, little man, makes you useful. Because now I can make you into the last thing you ever thought you would be. A hero. And not just any hero. The purest who's ever lived. and then...
(Emma looks at the Darkness, who nods eagerly. Rumple looks confused at the empty space behind the Stone of Destiny.)
Emma: and then I have a job for you.


5:50pm - 6:15pm
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1: INT. SPAR SHIP
(KATARINA mutters to the Trojan Horse-god. The sound of the ship's engines start to rise...)
KATARINA: Great One, don't leave us! Don't let the strange beings catch him!
BRET VYON: He's been caught! We've got to leave!
STEVEN: No! He said we had to...
(VYON tries to operate the controls for take-off. STEVEN pulls him away.)
BRET VYON: No!
(He turns and knocks STEVEN to the floor, then resumes preparations for take-off.)
KATARINA: Stop! You can't leave him! He can't reach the place of perfection!
BRET VYON: He won't! We're going without him!
(BRET activates more controls and the ship starts to power up further.)
BRET VYON: We're going into countdown!
(BRET looks at a countdown indicator on the control panel which nears zero...)
(Suddenly STEVEN points to a light winking on the hatch panel.)
STEVEN: What's that light?
BRET VYON: It's the outer door! It's not fully shut. Quick, or we'll all be sucked out!
(STEVEN rushes to the airlock and is pressing the switches to close the door when he sees someone outside. He yells back at BRET.)
STEVEN: Hold countdown! It's the Doctor!
(BRET holds the countdown sequence as STEVEN and KATARINA help the breathless DOCTOR up through the airlock and into the ship.)
DOCTOR: Get us off, Bret! Get us off! Get us off!
BRET VYON: Right.
(He starts to resume the held countdown.)
DOCTOR: Take off, man!
BRET VYON: Stand by, everyone! Take off!
(The airlock door closes. They all desperately grab hold of anything close as the ship rises swiftly into the air, leaving the planet of Kembel far below. The breathless DOCTOR eyes VYON with austere reproof.)
DOCTOR: Oh! Oh! This is rather a violent acceleration, young man! Hmm!
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2: SPACE
(The SPAR shoots into space...)
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3: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM
(The DALEK SUPREME enters the DALEK control room. Normal scanners and consoles line the room which is dominated by a central piece of machinery. The DALEK SUPREME hovers in anger as the DALEKS report the readings off the consoles.)
FIRST DALEK: Altitude: five sections. Speed: Three thousand.
SECOND DALEK: Vessel attained gravitational escape velocity.
DALEK SUPREME: Cut in automatic trackers.
SECOND DALEK: All is ready for their space extinction.
DALEK SUPREME: Do not destroy! That vessel must not be destroyed!
SECOND DALEK: Trackers operating.
DALEK SUPREME: Prepare neutronic randomiser.
(The FIRST DALEK, at its console, obeys...)
FIRST DALEK: Stand by randomiser.
DALEK SUPREME: The intruders must be caught alive!
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4: INT. SPAR SHIP
(Things have calmed down somewhat on the stolen SPAR ship.)
DOCTOR: Well done, Bret, well done. You got us off very well.
(He laughs to himself.)
BRET VYON: Thanks. I thought you weren't going to make it.
DOCTOR: Of course I was. You're far too pessimistic. Now, where's that little box of mine, hmm?
(STEVEN picks up the box holding up the Taranium Core.)
STEVEN: This one?
DOCTOR: Yes.
(The DOCTOR takes the box.)
DOCTOR: Ah, splendid, splendid. The Daleks' plans are utterly useless without this.
STEVEN: Why? What did you find out at the Council meeting?
DOCTOR: They've allied themselves with the rulers of the outer galaxies... to take over the Universe!
BRET VYON: (Shocked.) Universe?
DOCTOR: Yes, their first objective being Earth and then... the solar system.
STEVEN: Then we've got to warn Earth and fast!
BRET VYON: But what about Mavic Chen?
DOCTOR: Oh, he's one of them, my friend. By sacrificing the Solar System, he hopes to gain more power.
BRET VYON: That's impossible!
DOCTOR: Oh, no it isn't, no it isn't. Therefore we must get back to Earth before him.
KATARINA: (Timidly.) But how can we return to Earth? We've already left it.
DOCTOR: Yes, I know, my dear, but this is not Earth... as we... think of it. It's something very different.
(VYON is more puzzled than ever by KATARINA and speaks quietly to STEVEN.)
BRET VYON: What's the matter with this girl? I mean, where's she from?
STEVEN: (Casually.) Oh, it's quite all right - she helped us in Troy. She doesn't really understand.
BRET VYON: (Puzzled.) Troy?
STEVEN: (Smiles.) Yes.
(He rejoins his companions.)
STEVEN: Well, come on, Doctor, what's so special about that box?
DOCTOR: Well, as I said before, my boy, the Daleks' plans are utterly useless without this.
STEVEN: (Pleased.) Then we've won!
(STEVEN picks up the box and is about to open it when the DOCTOR stops him.)
DOCTOR: No, no, no, no! Don't open it, please.
STEVEN: Why not?
DOCTOR: It'll burn your eyes - you'll go totally blind! That is a full emm of Taranium!
BRET VYON: (Shocked.) What?
(He steps forward.)
DOCTOR: Taranium.
BRET VYON: That can only be found on the planet Uranus. A full measure would take years to mine!
DOCTOR: Fifty years, to be surprice... to be precise. And Mavic Chen has given this to the Daleks to complete one of the most evil weapons ever devised - their Time Destructor!
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5: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM
(ZEPHON stands before the DALEK SUPREME. MAVIC CHEN is also present, as are several other DALEKS.)
DALEK SUPREME: Representative Zephon! You deny that your negligence caused the loss of the Taranium Core?
ZEPHON: (Arrogantly.) Had the Daleks made full security arrangements, the invaders would not have reached this city.
MAVIC CHEN: Had the master of the Fifth Galaxy been less arrogant, he would have gone with me to the meeting. Instead he preferred to keep us all waiting.
ZEPHON: I believe the intruders came from the Solar System.
MAVIC CHEN: Did you see them?
ZEPHON: No.
MAVIC CHEN: Did they speak and tell you so?
ZEPHON: No.
MAVIC CHEN: Then your accusation is preposterous.
ZEPHON: How was it the intruders knew that the Taranium was here and that it was to be handed over, if they did not come from the Solar System? None of the others knew what it was that representative Mavic Chen was bringing here!
(All eyes are now on MAVIC CHEN.)
DALEK SUPREME: Have you nothing to say?
MAVIC CHEN: Oh, this is absurd. Why should I arrange that fifty years be spent secretly mining to acquire this mineral - only to have it stolen?
ZEPHON: The quest for power. Perhaps you wanted to use the Core for yourself!
MAVIC CHEN: How? Only the Daleks know how to assemble the Time Destructor. I only provided the vital ingredient - the core.
ZEPHON: (To the DALEK SUPREME.) I did not know about the Core. How could I?
DALEK SUPREME: You knew about the intruders.
ZEPHON: We all did. You were going to deal with them, or so you said.
DALEK SUPREME: (Angrily.) Silence! It is agreed that you are guilty of negligence.
(MAVIC CHEN moves and stands behind the DALEK SUPREME in a show of support.)
ZEPHON: If I go, the Masters of Celation and Beaus go with me!
DALEK SUPREME: (Warningly.) You threaten our unity?
ZEPHON: I have nothing to say.
(He turns for the door.)
ZEPHON: I will leave now.
(ZEPHON starts to walk from the room, but he is stopped by DALEKS closing in from each side of the doorway. ZEPHON trembles violently as he looks round for an escape route.)
DALEK SUPREME: Execute!
(Caught in the crossfire at close range, ZEPHON crumples to the floor. The DALEK SUPREME turns and glides to one of its subordinates at a console.)
DALEK SUPREME: Where is the ship?
DALEK: Course seven-oh-seven. It is approaching the influence of the planet Desperus.
DALEK SUPREME: Prepare pursuit ships. Stand by randomiser.
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6: INT. SPAR SHIP
(Having found special guards for their eyes, the DOCTOR, STEVEN, KATARINA and BRET VYON are looking at the Taranium. A brilliant white flare shimmers around the mineral inside the open container causing them all obvious discomfort.)
STEVEN: That is Taranium?
DOCTOR: Yes, the rarest mineral in the universe.
STEVEN: Funny, It makes your eyes feel strange even with these on.
(STEVEN indicates their eye-guards.)
STEVEN: It's like looking into the sun for too long.
(The DOCTOR closes the container. They all remove their glasses and rub their eyes.)
DOCTOR: Oh, don't complain, young man. You're a very privileged person. Do you realise that very few people have seen this in this universe, hmm?
STEVEN: All right, Doctor. But now that we've got it, what are we going to do with it?
DOCTOR: Well, for the moment, nothing.
STEVEN: Well, that doesn't make sense. I mean, you said yourself that the Daleks have the most dangerous weapon ever devised.
DOCTOR: We have the Taranium, so for the moment we do nothing. And by doing nothing, we do everything. Do I make myself clear?
(He laughs.)
STEVEN: Come off it, Doctor. What's all that supposed to mean?
DOCTOR: Oh, my dear young man, you ask so many questions.
(He laughs and looks at KATARINA who is stood across the room looking over one of the consoles.)
DOCTOR: Look at Katarina over there. She doesn't ask questions - she just looks and learns. Now, why don't you try the same thing, hmm?
(The DOCTOR takes a moment to look over the control room of the SPAR.)
DOCTOR: You know, I find all this extremely fascinating. Hmm! It's a little primitive, of course, but it's still very fascinating, hmm!
(STEVEN tries to bring him back to the point.)
STEVEN: Look, Doctor, I'm sorry, but can't we do anything?
DOCTOR: Yes.
(He turns to BRET at the main console.)
DOCTOR: Bret, can you find me something to play a magnetic tape, hmm?
BRET VYON: Yes, Doctor. Here.
(He points to part of the console.)
DOCTOR: Well, my dear fellow, that's magnificent. Huh, it's all so convenient, isn't it? (Laughs.) Now play that tape I gave you, before I went to the Daleks' conference.
STEVEN: What tape's that?
(VYON produces the capsule from his uniform pocket.)
DOCTOR: Oh, I found a small tape beside a skeleton, and it, er, might be able to tell us something.
(He notices KATARINA who is still looking over the control room.)
DOCTOR: Er, Katarina, come over here, my child.
(She does so.)
DOCTOR: Now, have a look at another wonder.
(KATARINA looks about her.)
KATARINA: Everything is so strange. This isn't like your TARDIS.
DOCTOR: No, my dear, no.
STEVEN: Yes, but Doctor, surely, I mean, the Daleks aren't going to leave a tape around with their plans on it?
DOCTOR: No, no, no! Bret here was searching for someone and the skeleton I found was humanoid. Well, whoever it was may have learned something that we haven't.
BRET VYON: (Exclaiming.) Marc Cory! You found him? Well, Kert and I searched that jungle but we could find no trace.
DOCTOR: Oh, and did you search that bearing twice, hmm?
BRET VYON: How do you mean?
DOCTOR: Well, it so happens that that kind of jungle is apt to lead you back to the same place more than once.
BRET VYON: Yes, but we were methodical, or as methodical as the Daleks would...
DOCTOR: (Interrupts, irritated.) Oh yes, no doubt you were, and I suppose I was lucky! Now play the tape. Come along, come along, stop all this talking!
(YVON looks annoyed but activates the tape as instructed. It begins to play and Marc Cory's long-dead voice comes from the speaker.)
MARC CORY: (On tape.) This is Marc Cory, Special Security Agent, reporting from the planet Kembel.
STEVEN: You've cracked it!
MARC CORY: (On tape.) The Daleks are planning the complete destruction of our galaxy. Together with powers of the outer galaxies, a war force is being assembled and...
(The tape and the voice break off.)
STEVEN: That's all?
BRET VYON: Poor Marc. He never got through.
DOCTOR: But we must! The Daleks will stop at anything... to prevent us.
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7: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM
(The DALEK SUPREME and a DALEK are watching the instruments that are tracking the SPAR.)
DALEK: Ship now at closest point to planet Desperus.
DALEK SUPREME: Operate Randomiser!
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8: INT. SPAR SHIP
(On board the ship, the escapees are discussing what they should do next. A strange buzzing noise starts up, but nobody on board notices it.)
DOCTOR: Yes, yes, you must find someone you can trust. Someone in a high enough position that may be able to help.
BRET VYON: Well, Karlton is the man in charge of all Space Security. But he's very close to Chen.
STEVEN: Yes, well, this chap Karlton, he may be part of the plan with the Daleks.
BRET VYON: It's possible...
DOCTOR: Yes...
(Suddenly the buzzing sound increases and the ship lurches to one side. All its occupants are thrown off their balance and clutch onto the console for safety.)
KATARINA: Oh, Doctor, what's happened?
(The DOCTOR looks up at the scanner.)
DOCTOR: I think we're changing course.
(BRET VYON wrestles with the controls.)
BRET VYON: The steering boosters won't fire! I can't get her round.
STEVEN: Switch to manual control!
BRET VYON: I can't... we're picking up speed!
(The DOCTOR continues to peer at the monitor screen.)
DOCTOR: You know, I believe we're approaching the... gravitational point of that planet.
(He points at the screen. VYON casts a glance at the rapidly narrowing gap between them and a planet showing on the scanner.)
BRET VYON: Desperus!
DOCTOR: Mmm!
(BRET attempts to once more master the controls.)
DOCTOR: Has it any kind of atmosphere, hmm?
BRET VYON: Yes, but we can't get off there, we'll never be able to get off again.
STEVEN: Why not? What's wrong with it?
BRET VYON: Desperus is the penal planet of the Solar System.
DOCTOR: Well, if it's one of your prison planets, surely there are guards and warders there to help us?
BRET VYON: They're aren't any. The only craft which stop there are prison ships, bringing other criminals. If we crash there, we'll be left there to rot the rest of our lives away.
DOCTOR: You must try to land softly somewhere.
BRET VYON: I can't! This vessel is out of my control!
(They all look at the planet on the scanner that is growing larger and larger.)
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9: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM
(The DALEK SUPREME glides up to several DALEKS manning controls.)
FIRST DALEK: Space vessel's instruments now randomised.
(Another DALEK reports.)
SECOND DALEK: On course for planet Desperus. Impact in point six.
THIRD DALEK: Remote control standing by.
DALEK SUPREME: Cut in remote control.
FIRST DALEK: Now under Dalek control.
DALEK SUPREME: Reduce descent velocity. Vessel must make soft landing.
FIRST DALEK: I obey.
DALEK SUPREME: Pursuit ships to stand by.
(MAVIC CHEN has been watching. He approaches the DALEK SUPREME.)
MAVIC CHEN: A highly effective operation. May I congratulate you?
DALEK SUPREME: Dalek technology is the most advanced in the Universe.
MAVIC CHEN: (Slyly.) You... still haven't recovered the Taranium.
DALEK SUPREME: We shall.
(The DALEK SUPREMES' eye-stalk swings to look straight at MAVIC CHEN.)
DALEK SUPREME: It is strange that the intruders took your space vessel. Perhaps they were indeed creatures from Earth?
MAVIC CHEN: My SPAR was the last to arrive here, so consequently was in the best position to leave quickly. But to set your mind at rest, I will return to Earth now, and if I find that the intruders do come from there, they will be dealt with - quickly and without arousing any suspicion.
DALEK SUPREME: Very well. A vessel similar to your own craft will be put at your disposal.
MAVIC CHEN: I will return here as soon as all final preparations for the take-over are completed.
DALEK SUPREME: All will be in readiness.
(The DALEK SUPREME turns back to the monitors.)
MAVIC CHEN: Good. We don't want any more mistakes.
(CHEN stalks from the room, with an arrogant smile on his face.)
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10: INT. SPAR SHIP
(BRET VYON and STEVEN look over the controls in puzzlement.)
STEVEN: We've slowed right down.
BRET VYON: We're going to be able to make a soft landing. I don't understand it.
DOCTOR: (Worried.) Yeah, and I'm afraid I do - only too well.
STEVEN: The Daleks?
(The DOCTOR nods.)
STEVEN: Oh, yes. Some sort of remote control, I suppose. We'd all better prepare for landing.
DOCTOR: You're quite right, my boy, quite right.
BRET VYON: Well, if it's the Daleks, it can only mean one thing.
DOCTOR: Yes, it means they're coming after us again.
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11: INT. DESPERUS. CAVE (NIGHT)
(In a cold dank cave, three men stand looking over a crude table which has a long thin knife dug into it. KIRKSEN, whose long, light, tangled hair and beard cover his face, is the youngest. GARGE is a burly man with dark hair and a beard. BORS, also bearded, is the eldest of the three. KIRKSEN makes a grab at the knife but GARGE smashes his hand away and tries to go for it himself but BORS is quickest and grabs the weapon.)
BORS: It's mine again!
(He nods at two decrepit women in the corner of the cave.)
BORS: And they stay where they are.
GARGE: With the soft life you lead, I'll be able to beat you one day.
BORS: Out on guard!
GARGE: Why is it always me?
BORS: I am the leader. I have the knife. Do you want to argue about it?
(GARGE looks at BORS in a surly manner and then leaves the cave. BORS settles down to sleep.)
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12: EXT. DESPERUS (NIGHT)
(GARGE walks out of the cave. He starts his guard duty as, above him, he hears the screams of creatures flying in the air.)
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13: INT. DESPERUS. CAVE (NIGHT)
(Later on, all is quiet. BORS is asleep near his women and some other prisoners but KIRKSEN is not. He notes that BORS is asleep and makes his way quietly across the cave to where the "leader" lies. He reaches for the knife but BORS wakes in an instant and grabs the young man roughly on his wrist, the knife in his other hand.)
BORS: And you can build up the fire.
(KIRKSEN starts to gasp in panic. He is obviously slightly deranged.)
BORS: Kirksen! Like the knife, would you? Then you'd be leader. You could tell Garge what to do, like I do. You could tell me what to do!
KIRKSEN: I'll get it next time!
BORS: Who knows, perhaps you will. Now, get out and get the fuel.
(KIRKSEN points at the women as the sound of the landing SPAR starts to be heard.)
KIRKSEN: Why don't you send one of them?
BORS: (Screams.) Get it!
(KIRKSEN looks upwards at the sound of the ship and then looks enquiringly at BORS.)
BORS: I can hear it. Now get out! Do you want one of the new lot to come here and take over our place?
(GARGE has come through the entrance.)
GARGE: It's no prison ship!
BORS: What?
GARGE: It's strange. I haven't seen one like it before.
BORS: Where's it landing?
GARGE: The swamp by the look of things.
KIRKSEN: It's a strange ship. We can kill the crew and take over.
BORS: Possibly.
KIRKSEN: We can use it to get away!
BORS: (Sharply.) It may be a crash landing!
KIRKSEN: You can kill the crew with your knife!
(KIRKSEN starts to laugh in an insane fashion.)
BORS: Shut up! We'd better get over there right away. Others will have seen it too! Now, on your way!
(BORS gives GARGE a shove towards the cave entrance and they move out into the darkness, carrying lighted torches.)
KIRKSEN: Well, what about me? If you're leaving this filthy planet, so am I.
(KIRKSEN also grabs a torch and follows them out.)
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14: EXT. DESPERUS (NIGHT)
(The convicts make their way out of the cave. Above them, the creatures still cry in the darkness.)
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15: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(KATARINA stands in the airlock doorway, gazing at the dark landscape outside while BRET and STEVEN try to make repairs to the ship.)
DOCTOR: (To VYON.) Now, you sure you've got spare parts for this, hmm?
BRET VYON: Certain - it's safety regulations.
DOCTOR: Hmm! Ah, that's the worst of these... out-of-date and primitive spaceships - one little bump and they all fall to bits.
BRET VYON: (Annoyed.) Doctor, what are you talking about? This is a SPAR - the most technically perfect craft in the history of space travel.
DOCTOR: Oh, yes, quite so. That's why we are stranded on this pimple of a planet, whilst you footle with that fuse box, mm?
STEVEN: Oh, come on, Doctor, the TARDIS isn't exactly perfect, is it? I mean, you can't even control where we're going.
DOCTOR: Now, you listen to me, young man. Don't you start to criticise my TARDIS! And as for space travel, you're still wet behind the ears. Oh do get on with it, both of you!
(He storms off to join KATARINA, snorting as he goes. BRET turns to STEVEN.)
BRET VYON: What's the matter with Grandpa?
STEVEN: (Smiling.) Oh, it's nothing. We all have our own obsessions, don't we? Now come on.
(They crouch down at an inspection panel.)
STEVEN: Look, do you think we're going to have enough drive-force to lift off here and get us back to Earth?
BRET VYON: We've got to. Now, as the Doctor said, let's get on with it.
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16: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(Just outside the airlock door, KATARINA shivers with cold. The DOCTOR steps out and admonishes her.)
DOCTOR: What are you doing out here, child? I thought I told you to keep these doors closed.
(KATARINA points out into the night.)
KATARINA: There are lights out there.
DOCTOR: Mmm?
(The distant light of three torches move through the darkness.)
DOCTOR: Good gracious, so there are. Two - no - three. Yes, we must get on with the repairs to the ship and get away from here.
(He laughs sardonically.)
DOCTOR: Yes, those men will be vicious out there. We're liable to come under attack.
(The DOCTOR surveys the area lit by the glow from the airlock.)
DOCTOR: Mmm, what's that marshy ground? That's very interesting. (He laughs.) Very interesting... interesting!
(They both re-enter the ship.)
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17: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM
(A DALEK turns to the DALEK SUPREME.)
FIRST DALEK: The exact location of the ship has been calculated.
DALEK SUPREME: Inform the pursuit fleet.
FIRST DALEK: I obey.
(It turns to the communicator, but at that moment a DALEK voice comes over the speaker.)
SECOND DALEK: (OOV: Over communicator.) Pursuit Fleet Commander calling control. We will land on Desperus at one hundred.
DALEK SUPREME: (Into communicator.) When the Taranium is recovered, the fugitives are to be eliminated. Is that understood?
SECOND DALEK: (OOV: Over communicator.) I obey.
[SCENE_BREAK]
18: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT)
(BORS, KIRKSEN and GARGE soon arrive near the crash site through some trees. Reaching the soft edges of the swamp which separates them from the SPAR, they halt. They look round to see if they are alone.)
KIRKSEN: We were here first. Let's go and get it!
(He tries to force his way past. BORS grabs KIRKSEN'S hair.)
BORS: Keep quiet! This part of the swamp is tricky. We must put out the torches.
KIRKSEN: Well, what about the screamers?
BORS: (Hissing.) Shut up - put out that light!
(He and GARGE throw their torches into the water. KIRKSEN reluctantly does the same.)
BORS: They're only bats.
KIRKSEN: (Panicking.) Bats? Bats with those wings and that beak?
BORS: Oh, now follow us or go back to the cave.
(BORS and GARGE move gingerly along firmer ground and out of sight. KIRKSEN remains where he is, but suddenly, the Screamers attack. KIRKSEN shrieks and waving his arms over his head to ward off the Screamers as the clawed creatures swoop down. KIRKSEN runs off into the night.)
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19: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(KATARINA, in the airlock, calls out nervously to the DOCTOR, who is still outside.)
KATARINA: Doctor! Doctor!
(In the body of the control room, BRET VYON and STEVEN hold a complex piece of circuitry.)
STEVEN: Look, hold that reading steady. I think I can get this fixed.
BRET VYON: Good.
(At the doorway...)
KATARINA: Come on, Doctor.
(The DOCTOR starts to clamber back into the ship, helped by KATARINA.)
DOCTOR: Thank you, my dear.
(Somewhat out of breath, the DOCTOR crosses to a drum of cable and then calls across to BRET.)
DOCTOR: Where is your catic power, or rather, outlet?
BRET VYON: What?
DOCTOR: Catic outlet, hmm?
BRET VYON: It's there.
(VYON points to a panel on the bulkhead.)
DOCTOR: Where?
BRET VYON: Under there.
DOCTOR: Oh, yes, thank you, thank you.
(BRET returns to his work with STEVEN, as the DOCTOR goes to the panel and calls to KATARINA.)
DOCTOR: Come here, my dear.
(KATARINA crosses to one side of the DOCTOR.)
DOCTOR: No, round this way, child.
(The DOCTOR unravels a large coil of covered wire, which has one end fixed to a plug. He points to a switch.)
DOCTOR: Now, you see that switch?
(KATARINA nods.)
DOCTOR: I'll tell you when to pull it.
KATARINA: What are you doing?
DOCTOR: Oh, don't ask questions, my dear girl, otherwise you'll become like the other two! Just do as you're told, mm?
(He laughs gently as she crosses to the control panel and waits. The DOCTOR carefully unrolls the coil and makes for the door.)
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20: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
DOCTOR: Now then, ah...
(He throws the loose end out of the door and into the swamp. He laughs.)
DOCTOR: That should repel any boarders!
(He laughs in triumph and goes back into the SPAR.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
22: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT)
(BORS and GARGE make their way to the edge of the swamp.)
BORS: It's there. We're nearly there.
GARGE: How many do you think are on board?
BORS: How should I know? Difficult to say with a ship of that size.
GARGE: At least we've got surprise on our side.
(GARGE glances back over his shoulder - the swamp is still and quiet.)
GARGE: Pity we've lost Kirksen.
BORS: Hmm! Fool's probably gone back to the cave, frightened by the screamers. Better just the two of us.
(GARGE points at the bit of land in front of the ramp of the SPAR.)
GARGE: Through the swamp now.
BORS: Yes, but go carefully.
(They move off.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
23: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(The DOCTOR and KATARINA stand in the airlock door. Suddenly, KATARINA points into the darkness.)
KATARINA: There, Doctor, something moved!
DOCTOR: Yes, I think you're right my dear. Now, you go in and stand by that switch. Wait until I give you an order, hmm?
(KATARINA goes inside and the DOCTOR watches the swamp...)
[SCENE_BREAK]
24: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT)
(...where BORS and GARGE creep up to the SPAR.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
25: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(The DOCTOR waits and then...)
DOCTOR: Now!
[SCENE_BREAK]
26: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(As KATARINA pulls the switch...)
[SCENE_BREAK]
27: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT)
(...the water becomes electrified and BORS and GARGE scream in agony in a flash of light as the current runs through them. They fall unconscious.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
28: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(STEVEN and BRET join the DOCTOR in the doorway, alerted by the noise. KATARINA is with them.)
STEVEN: What's going on?
BRET VYON: What do you think you're playing at?
DOCTOR: (With a superior air.) Oh, you two go back in there and get on with your repairs. Katarina and I are trying to repel any type of boarders.
(VYON observes the cable.)
BRET VYON: But catic power isn't strong enough to kill anyone.
DOCTOR: But, of course not. But it will knock them unconscious. Now, just you remember, young man, I have no desire to kill anyone! Now go in there and get on with those repairs. I want to leave this place quickly. Hurry up please! Hmm! Wasting my time!
(STEVEN and VYON turn on their heels and march off back to work. The DOCTOR turns to KATARINA.)
DOCTOR: Well, I think that should do the trick, my dear. Come along, let's get this cable back.
(Together, they start to pull the cable back into the ship.)
DOCTOR: There... we are.
(They then walk back into the SPAR.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
29: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
KATARINA: You show me so many strange mysteries. With you I know I'm safe.
DOCTOR: I hope so, my dear, I hope so.
(A tremendous roar of rockets sounds over Desperus. The DOCTOR darts back to the door.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
30: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
(He looks up into the night which is lit up by a spacecraft roaring overhead. He darts back inside.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
31: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT)
DOCTOR: The Dalek Spaceship! It's going to land! Hurry up!
STEVEN: We're being as quick as we can!
DOCTOR: Go on! Get off, get off, get off, get off!
(STEVEN shuts the last panel with a bang.)
STEVEN: That's it, Bret!
BRET VYON: All right? All right, Doctor.
(The DOCTOR closes the inner airlock door. VYON starts flicking switches on the console.)
BRET VYON: Right, stand by everyone. As this take-off is now manual, it may not be quite so smooth.
(A light still flashes on his panel.)
BRET VYON: Doctor, did you close the outer door?
(The DOCTOR moves towards the airlock.)
DOCTOR: Oh I'm so sorry, I'm not used to this kind of craft.
BRET VYON: It's all right, it doesn't matter.
(BRET pulls a lever and the light on the console stops flashing. Power builds up in the SPAR, as the craft slowly takes off. The DOCTOR is watching the scanner.)
DOCTOR: (Joyfully.) Look! Look! The Daleks' ship's made a bad landing. That's gives us the time we need.
STEVEN: (Also joyfully.) We've made it!
BRET VYON: Next stop - Earth.
DOCTOR: Oh, I'm so glad to hear that, young man! Now, you've got some thinking to do. (To KATARINA.) Katarina, check up on that door and see that it's secure.
(KATARINA goes up to the door.)
DOCTOR: Do you realise...
(Suddenly, KATARINA screams as KIRKSEN bursts through the internal door. He seizes her with one hand - in his other hand he is brandishing BORS' knife...)


Originally written by Alexa Junge Transcribed by Josh Hodge.
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's apartment. Rachel is on the phone.]
RACHEL: Mom, would you relax. That was 10 blocks from here and, the, the woman was walking alone at night, I would never do that. Mom, c'mon, stop worrying. This is a safe street, this is a safe building, there's nothing [a pigeon flies in the window and lands on the table] OH MY GOOOD, oh my God, oh I gotta go, I gotta go, I gotta go. [hangs up] OK, that's fine, you just read the paper, I'm gonna get a pot, it's not for you. [grabs a pot and lid] OK, that's fine, read the Family Circus, enjoy the gentle comedy. [puts pot over the pigeon] Aaahh, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, aaaaahh. [knock at the door] It's open you guys.
[a stranger enters with flowers]
STRANGER: Hi.
RACHEL: Hi, hi can I help you?
STRANGER: Yeah, I'm looking for Phoebe, does she still live here?
RACHEL: Uh, no she doesn't but I can, I can get a message to her.
STRANGER: Great. Uhh, just tell her her husband stopped by. [leaves flowers on bar]
RACHEL: What? [in surprise she forgets she has the pigeon in the pot and lets it get away]
STRANGER: Hey, how, how did you do that?
OPENING TITLES
[Scene: Monica and Rachels apartment. The whole gang is there.]
JOEY: This is unbelievable Phoebs, how can you be married?
PHOEBE: Well, I mean, I'm not married married, ya know, he's just a friend and he's gay and he's just from Canada and he just needed a green card.
MONICA: I can't believe you married Duncan. I mean how could you not tell me? We lived together, we told each other everything.
PHOEBE: I'm sorry Monica but I knew if I told you, you'd get really, like, judgemental and you would not approve.
MONICA: Of course I wouldn't approve, I mean, you were totally in love with this guy who, hello, was gay. I mean, what the hell were you thinking?
ROSS: You see, and you thought she'd be judgemental.
PHOEBE: OK, I wasn't in love with him and I was just helping out a friend.
MONICA: Please, when he left town you stayed in your pajamas for a month and I saw you eat a cheeseburger.
ALL: Huuh.
MONICA: Well, didn't you?
PHOEBE: I might have.
MONICA: I can't believe you didn't tell me.
PHOEBE: Oh, c'mon, like you tell me everything.
MONICA: What have I not told you?
PHOEBE: Oh, I don't know. Umm, how about the fact that the underwear out there on the telephone pole is yours from when you were having s*x with Fun Bobby out on the terrace.
RACHEL: What!
MONICA: Wait a minute, who told you? [turns to Chandler who's looking sheepish] You are dead meat.
CHANDLER: I didn't know it was a big secret.
MONICA: Oh it's not big, not at all, you know, kinda the same lines as, say, oh I don't know, having a third nipple.
PHOEBE: You have a third nipple?
CHANDLER: You bitch.
ROSS: Whip it out, whip it out.
CHANDLER: C'mon, there's nothin' to see, it's just a tiny bump, it's totally useless.
RACHEL: Oh as, as opposed to your other multi-functional nipples?
JOEY: I can't believe you. You told me it was a nubbin.
ROSS: Joey, what did you think a nubbin was?
JOEY: I don't know, you see somethin', you hear a word, I thought that's what it was. Let me see it again.
ALL: Yeah, show it. Show it. The nubbin, the nubbin, the nubbin.
CHANDLER: Joey was in a porno movie.
ALL: Huuh.
CHANDLER: If I'm goin' down, I'm takin' everybody with me.
ROSS: You were in a porno?
JOEY: Ahh, alright, alright, alright, I was young and I just wanted a job, OK. But at the last minute I couldn't go through with it so they let me be the guy who comes in to fix the copier but can't 'cause there's people havin' s*x on it.
MONICA: That is wild.
ROSS: [to Chandler] So what's it shaped like?
PHOEBE: Yeah, is there a hair on it?
JOEY: What happens if you flick it?
[Scene: Central Perk. Chandler, Ross, and Julie are sitting on the couch.]
ROSS: So, uh, does it do anything, you know, special?
CHANDLER: Why yes Ross, pressing my third nipple opens the delivery entrance to the magical land of Narnia.
JULIE: You know, in some cultures having a third nipple is actually a sign of virility. You get the best huts and women dance naked around you.
CHANDLER: Huh? Are, uh, any of these cultures, per chance, in the tri-state area?
ROSS: You know, you are so amazing, is there anything you, you don't know?
RACHEL: [to Monica at the counter] Ooh, Julie's so smart, Julie's so special.
MONICA: Look honey, I wanted you to hook up with Ross as much as you did. But he's with her now and you're just gonna have to get over it.
RACHEL: Ohh, I'm gonna have to get over it. God, see I didn't know that's I had to do, I just have to get over it.
[Phoebe enters all dressed up]
ALL: Woah.
JOEY: Foxy lady.
JULIE: Where you goin'?
PHOEBE: Um, I'm gonna go meet Duncan, he's skating tonight at the Garden, he's in the Capades.
JOEY: The Ice Capades?
CHANDLER: No, no the gravel capades. Yeah, the turns aren't as fast but when Snoopy falls. . . funny.
MONICA: I can't believe you're dressing up for him. I mean, you're just, you're setting yourself up all over again.
PHOEBE: OK, no. For your information I'm going to see him so I can put all those feeling behind me. OK, and the reason I'm dressed like this is because I think it's nice to look nice for your gay husband.
ROSS: [holding cream pitcher] Oh, darnit, we're all out of milk. [holds pitcher in front of Chandler's chest and flips the lid] Hey Chandler, would you fill me up here?
CHANDLER: Oh I see, I see, because of the third nipple thing. Ha ha ha ha. . .
[Scene: Central Perk close to closing. Ross and Julie are still there. Rachel is cleaning tables.]
ROSS: OK sweetie, I'll see you later.
JULIE: See you later Rach.
RACHEL: Bye-bye Julie. [Julie leaves]
[Rachel is still cleaning, Ross is laying on the couch. Ross kicks Rachel in the butt.]
RACHEL: Hey.
ROSS: Hey.
[Ross kicks her again]
RACHEL: Hey, c'mon, cut it out.
ROSS: Hey?
RACHEL: What?
ROSS: Can I ask you somethin'?
RACHEL: Sure.
ROSS: Naa.
RACHEL: What? C'mon, talk to me.
ROSS: OK, what's the longest you've been in the relationship before ha, have, having the s*x?
RACHEL: Why? Who's not having. . . Are you and Julie not, are, are you and, are you and Julie not having s*x?
ROSS: Technically, huh, no.
RACHEL: Wow. Is it, is it 'cause she's so cold in bed. Or, or is it 'cause she's like, kinda bossy, makes it feel like school?
ROSS: No, no, she's great and it's not like we haven't done anything. I mean, uh, uh, we, we do plenty of other stuff, lot's of other stuff, like uhh. . .
RACHEL: No, no no no, don't need to know the details.
ROSS: It's just, it's, it's me. You, you know I've only been with one woman my whole life and she turned out to be a lesbian. So now I've got myself all psyched out, you know, and it's become, like this, this thing and I. . . Well, you just must think I'm weird.
RACHEL: No, no, no, no I don't think it's weird, I think, I think umm, in fact, in fact you know what I think?
ROSS: What?
RACHEL: I think it's sexy.
ROSS: Sexy?
RACHEL: Let me tell you something. As a woman there is nothing sexier than a man who does not want to have s*x.
ROSS: No kidding?
RACHEL: Oh yeah. In fact you know what I'd do?
ROSS: What?
RACHEL: I'd wait.
ROSS: You'd wait?
RACHEL: Yes, absolutely. I would wait and wait. . . then I'd wait some more.
ROSS: Really?
RACHEL: Oh yeah, I don't care how much she tells you she wants it, I don't care if begs, she pleads, she tells you she, she's gonna have s*x with, with another man. That just means it's working.
ROSS: Women really want this?
RACHEL: More than jewelry. [Rachel struts off, extremely pleased with herself]
[Scene: Madison Square Garden. Duncan's dressing room.]
PHOEBE: Hi.
DUNCAN: Phoebe!
PHOEBE: Ta-da.
DUNCAN: Hey.
PHOEBE: Hi.
DUNCAN: Ahh, look at you, you look great.
PHOEBE: Do I? Thank you, so do you.
DUNCAN: Thanks.
PHOEBE: Sparkly. So, wow, this is pretty wonerful, huh. Mr. major capades guy. I, I remember when you were just, like, King Friday in Mr. Roger's Ice is Nice.
DUNCAN: You always said I'd make it.
PHOEBE: Yeah, well, ya know, I'm kind of spooky that way. Wooo.
DUNCAN: I missed you. [they hug] I'm gonna get changed.
PHOEBE: OK.
DUNCAN: Um, now. Phoebs.
PHOEBE: Oh, right, OK. Ole.
DUNCAN: What?
PHOEBE: Um, the matador. [Duncan leaves] Ole, ha ha ha.
[Scene: Ross's apartment. Ross and Julie are setting the table.]
ROSS: Julie, can you hold this for a second, thanks. [hands her a bowl and kisses her]
[Chandler, Monica, Joey, and Rachel enter. Ross and Julie don't notice.]
CHANDLER: Uh, Julie.
JULIE: Yeah?
CHANDLER: Sorry, you had a paleontologist on your face. But, uh, it's gone now, you're alright.
ROSS: Hi everyone.
ALL: Hi.
ROSS: [pulls Rachel aside] I just, I wanted to thank you for our uh, our little talk before.
RACHEL: Oh, God, no problem. So you're gonna go with the uh, waiting thing?
ROSS: Well, I was going to, but after I talked to you, I talked to Joey.
RACHEL: What did, what did he say?
ROSS: Basically he told me to get over myself and just do it, ya know. So I though about what you said and I though about what he said and, well, his way I get to have s*x tonight so. . .
[Scene: Ross's apartment. After dinner. Chandler enters.]
CHANDLER: What's this in my pocket? Why it's Joey's porno movie.
ROSS: Pop it in.
JOEY: I'm fine with it, I mean, if you're OK watching a video filled with two nippled people. [Chandler puts the tape in]
RACHEL: Great, people having s*x, that's just what I need to see.
ROSS: What's wrong with people having s*x?
RACHEL: Well, well um, you know, these movies are offensive and uh, degrading to women and females. And uh, and the lighting's always unflattering. And, Monica help me out here.
MONICA: Hell, I wanna see Joey.
[video starts with the cheesy p0rn disco music]
[SCENE_BREAK]
JULIE: So is there like a story or do they just stard doing it right. . . oh, never mind.
CHANDLER: OK, now wait a minute. That is the craziest typing test I've ever seen.
MONICA: All I say is, she better get the job.
ROSS: Looks to me like he's the one getting the job.
JOEY: Shh, OK, here I come, here I come. See I'm comin' to fix the copier, I can't get to the copier, I'm thinkin' what do I do, what do I do. . . so I just watch 'em have s*x. And then I say, wait, here's my line, [Joey from TV] you know that's bad fo r the paper tray.
CHANDLER: Nice work my friend.
JOEY: Thank you. Wait wait wait wait, you see me again. Hang on, the guy's butt's blockin' me. There I am, there I am, there I am, there I am, there I am. . .
[Scene: Madison Square Garden, Duncan's dressing room. Phoebe is fixing her hair and Duncan enters.]
PHOEBE: So um, so what's up, you came to see me yesterday.
DUNCAN: Oh, yeah, um, alright, I kinda need a divorce.
PHOEBE: Ohh. . .K. How come?
DUNCAN: Umm, actually, I'm getting married again.
PHOEBE: What?
DUNCAN: Oh God, I don't know how to tell you this. I'm straight.
PHOEBE: Huuh.
DUNCAN: Yeah, I know, I.
PHOEBE: I, I don't, I don't understand, how can you be straight? I mean, you're, you're so smart and funny and you throw such great Academy Award parties.
DUNCAN: I know, that's what I kept telling myself but you just reach a point where you can't live a lie anymore.
PHOEBE: So how long have you known?
DUNCAN: Well I guess on some level I always knew I was straight. I though I was supposed to be something else, you know, I'm an ice dancer, all my friends are gay, I was just tryin' to fit in.
PHOEBE: And um, and there's actually a, a woman?
DUNCAN: Her name's Debra.
PHOEBE: Oh. Well is she, is she the first that you've been with?
DUNCAN: Well, I've never told you this but, there were one or two times, back in college, when I'd get really drunk, go to a straight bar and wake up with a woman next to me. But I, I, I told myself it was the liquor and e-everyone experiments in college.
PHOEBE: Sure.
DUNCAN: But now I know I don't have a choice about this, I was born this way.
PHOEBE: I, I don't know what to say. I mean, you know, you're married to someone for six years and you think you know him and then one day says, 'Oh, I'm not gay.'
DUNCAN: I'm, I'm still me.
PHOEBE: Why couldn't you have just figured this out six years ago?
[Scene: Ross's apartment. Everyone is sitting around. Monica enters from bathroom.]
MONICA: You know, it still smells like monkey in there.
JULIE: That saves us a conversation.
CHANDLER: Well, listen, this has been great but I'm officially wiped.
JOEY: Me too, we should get goin'.
RACHEL: No, no, I mean, no, c'mon you guys, I mean, c'mon look it's only eleven thirty. Let's just talk, we never just hang out and talk anymore.
MONICA: Rachel, that's all we do.
RACHEL: Maybe that's all we do, what about Julie?
JULIE: What about Julie?
RACHEL: Well, you have been in our lives for nearly two months now and we don't really know you. I mean, who is Julie? I mean, what do you like, what don't you like? We wanna hear everything.
JULIE: Well, that could take a while.
RACHEL: So. I mean, who here does not have the time to get to know Julie?
CHANDLER: I got the time to get to know Julie.
JOEY: I got time.
MONICA: Rach, I know her pretty well, can I go? [Rachel gives her a look from hell] That's fine.
RACHEL: OK Julie, so now let's start with your childhood, what was that like?
JULIE: Well, in a nutshell. . .
RACHEL: Nah, uh, uh, uh, uh.
[Scene: Madison Square Garden, Duncan's dressing room. Phoebe is signing the divorce papers.]
PHOEBE: So, um, have you told your parents?
DUNCAN: No, but it'll be OK, they're pretty cool, my brother's straight so. . .
PHOEBE: [handing him the papers] Here you go. You know what, I just have one more question, um, if you had figured this out sooner and um, I had been around, do you think that I would have been the one who. . . no, um, I'm sorry, don't tell me, I don't th ink either answer would make me feel better.
DUNCAN: I love you Phoebe. [they hug and kiss]
PHOEBE: So your brother's straigh huh? Seriously.
[Scene: Ross's apartment. Julie is telling her live story.]
JULIE: And my second grade teacher was Ms. Thomas, and my first grade teacher was Mrs. Cobb.
RAHCEL: Mrs., Mrs. Gobb?
JULIE: No Cobb, as in cobb salad.
RACHEL: Now, what exactly is in a cobb salad?
CHANDLER: I'm goin' home.
RACHEL: What?
[Outside in the hallway, Chandler, Joey, and Monica exit]
JOEY: Boy that Julie's a talker, huh?
ROSS: Goodnight.
RACHEL: So, it's pretty late, you're probably uh, not still planning on. . .
ROSS: Oh, no no, I am.
RACHEL: Oh, well, are hey, are you nervous?
ROSS: Um, no, I uh, I have done it before.
RACHEL: Uh, OK, I mean uh, what, how are you gonna handle it. I mean, are, are ya gonna, are ya gonna talk about it before hand, are you just gonna pounce?
ROSS: I uh, I don't know, I guess I'm just gonna see, see what happens.
RAHCEL: OK, gook luck.
ROSS: Wha, uhh, what?
RACHEL: Nothing, I mean, um, it is your first time with her and, you know if the first time doesn't go well, well then that's, that's pretty darn hard to recover from.
ROSS: OK, now I'm nervous.
RACHEL: Maybe you should put it off.
ROSS: No, no, I don't wanna put it off, I just, God I just, I spent last year being so unbelievably miserable, ya know, and now, now I'm actually happy. You know, I mean, really happy. I just, I just don't wanna, I don't wanna mess it up, ya know.
RACHEL: I know, yeah, sorry.
ROSS: What, it's not your fault.
RACHEL: Maybe it, maybe it doesn't have to be this tough. I mean, maybe you were on the right track with this whole, you know, spontaneous thing. I mean, women really like that.
ROSS: Really?
RACHEL: Yeah, I mean, you know it, I mean, if it were me I, I, you know, I'd want you to, I don't know, like catch me off guard, you know, with like a really good kiss, you know really, sort of um, soft at first, then maybe um brush the hair away from my face, and look far into my eyes in a way that let's me know that something amazing is about to happen.
ROSS: [being drawn in by her talk] Uh-huh.
RACHEL: And then, I don't know, I mean you'd pull me really close to you so that, so that I'd be pressed up, you know, right against you. And, um, it would get kind of sweaty and uh, and blurry, and then it's just happening.
ROSS: Ohh. . . Thanks Rach, goodnight. [goes back in apartment]
RACHEL: Ohh, God.
CLOSING CREDITS
[Scene: The next morning on the street. Ross is dancing along, Singing in the Rain is playing. Two old ladies are sitting on a bench.]
ROSS: Good morning.
OLD WOMAN: Well, somebody got some last night.
ROSS: Twice.


Mae: Previously on Mars.
Hana Seung: When you believe in a goal the way we believed in Mars, conviction alone will sustain you through almost any test.
Leslie Richardson: Robert! If you find evidence of a second genesis.
Marta Kamen: Evolution can begin again.
Ed Grann: I've got faith.
Paul Richardson: You know, I used to stand in the doorway of the farmhouse where I grew up looking at all of the crops, thinking about all the people they'd feed.
Joon Seung: If you push too hard too fast, something's gonna break.
Ed Grann: If they fail, everyone's out.
Hana Seung: But faith doesn't guarantee success.
Paul Richardson: Without plants we're nothing.
Hana Seung: The real test is what happens when you fail.
♪ [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] ♪
[SCENE_BREAK]
Leslie Richardson: Richardson, Leslie. Phase 2, personal entry.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Robert Foucault: Damn tragedy. Oh God.
Hana Seung: The entire west section is destroyed.
[SCENE_BREAK]
Leslie Richardson: Paul was always late. He would get so caught up in his work that he would just lose time, completely forget about it. And then he would show up hours later, filthy, like a kid that had been playing out in the mud all day. And always with that look on his face, that look as if he knew that he was in trouble. But it was all worth it. There was this one night I remember, It was while we were living out in South America, he was still in the forest collecting samples. He was late, as usual. But somehow it was different. Morning came. Another day went by. Finally I could hear his footsteps approaching. So, I rushed out to meet him. And all of the sudden all of that fear and worry that I'd felt turned into anger, rage. I couldn't believe how selfish he'd been. And then he appeared.
Javier Delgado: Victor. There he is.
Leslie Richardson: Covered from top to bottom in mud. With that look on his face... that look. And all I could say was, "I love you."
Paul Richardson: Without plants we're nothing.
Javier Delgado: We are not nothing, my friend.
[SCENE_BREAK]
Hana Seung: We'd lost seven of our own. The lab and the greenhouse were destroyed. Olympus Town was on complete lock down until the nations of the IMSF decided on the fate of our mission. Was Mars going to be a giant leap forward, or just a passing novelty. It wasn't the first time humankind had faced this question.
Ann Druyan: We accomplished the impossible by stepping on the Moon. This was, the first hop. And there would be a skip, and a jump afterwards. And we'd keep going and going and going, and the future would be one of endless possibilities, where the Cosmos was ours.
Man: What do you think about this Moon landing?
Man 2: Well it's the beginning of a new frontier, a gateway to Mars.
Ann Druyan: That came to a very abrupt halt.
Roger Launius: A major turning point for Apollo was the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
Man: Alright Houston, we've got a problem.
Reporter: There is a bulletin from ABC news. The Apollo 13 spacecraft has had a serious power supply malfunction. A late report says the spacecraft now is operating on battery power alone, all unnecessary equipment is being turned off.
Man: Let's everybody keep cool. Let's not make it any worse by guessing.
Roger Launius: We came close to losing astronauts. And it scared the living daylights out of lots of people. And some leaders at NASA said we gotta stop this. This is too risky.
John Logsdon: We all lived through that in real time. We were all wrapped up with the fate of the astronauts. It was a close call to get them back and that really spooked Nixon. It soured him on the notion of sending humans away from Earth into deep space. So it was a catalytic turning point in attitudes towards space exploration.
James A. Lovell: Jack and Fred and I are very proud and glad to be back here in Texas tonight. There were times when we really didn't think that we'd make it back here. After the anomaly on 13, I thought that our space exploration would continue to go. But the extreme rate of progress slowed down.
Peter Diamandis: Apollo was this massive promise of what was going to be going on, right? We were going to the Moon, not to stop. There were plans beyond the Moon but all this got killed as the political will petered out and was gone.
Roger Launius: On a Mars mission there may be some loss of life in the process, there may be failures along the road, but people will take it on. One of the things that you have to ask is: 'Are the rest of us willing to allow them to do that?' Space exploration is subject to public opinion, and political support. There's no question about that. If you send astronauts to Mars and they die there, I guarantee you, public opinion will prohibit you from ever doing it again.
Hana Seung: As we buried our friends, the fate of the mission was back on Earth in the hands of my sister and the IMSF.
Joon Seung: Hi Ed.
Ed Grann: How long until we know?
Joon Seung: I told the press everything I know; the nations are meeting to discuss how to proceed and then we'll make an official announcement.
Ed Grann: You can't let them give up. You just can't. They knew something like this was a possibility, we all did.
Joon Seung: Seven of the world's most beloved scientists and astronauts are dead. Does that mean anything to you?
Ed Grann: Of course it means something to me. What are you talking about? It's a time to be strong, to make a statement that says we're here to stay.
Joon Seung: You're not going to influence my recommendation to the committee.
Ed Grann: We've come too far Joon.
Joon Seung: If the train is derailing, there's nothing I can do to keep it on the tracks.
Ed Grann: The nations respect you, they will listen to you; you can inspire them to stay the course.
Joon Seung: Even if we can Ed, I'm not sure that we should.
Ed Grann: What?
Joon Seung: I'm not sure that we should.
Ed Grann: Me, I'm sure of one thing. I won't let go.
John Logsdon: Dreamers of space have always had their eyes, their hopes, their aspirations, on getting to Mars.
Casey Dreier: Mars has been the goal since Wernher Von Braun got involved with NASA.
Mission Control: Liftoff, we have a liftoff!
Stephen Petranek: Von Braun overbuilt entirely the rocket to go to the Moon. Saturn 5 is the largest, longest, and heaviest machine ever built by humans. It's absolute overkill for going to the Moon. And the reason is, Von Braun didn't wanna go to the Moon. He wanted to go to Mars. The only reason he got involved in rocketry was because ever since he's a little kid, he's focused on this idea of getting to Mars. He invented the V2 rocket when he was in his late twenties and it was the first thing that ever went into space from Earth.
Man: Von Braun surrenders to US forces. He and his fellow rocket scientists actually welcomed by the Americans.
Stephen Petranek: After the war, he writes a book called 'das Marsprojekt', which is basically a manual on how to build a fleet of ships that can get to Mars and get humans back. He's worked out all the equations, all the details, of how it could actually be done. And it captured the mind of the world. Nobody was thinking about going to the Moon; they were all imagining going to Mars.
Man: This closes a golden chapter in the age of space exploration.
Stephen Petranek: At the end of the Apollo program, NASA's beginning to lose its focus: what do we do next? And there are two proposals on Richard Nixon's desk. One proposal is that we build a spaceplane, called the Space Shuttle. The other proposal was from Von Braun and he was really storming the halls of Congress, to say that we can go to Mars.
Interviewer: When would you see a man on Mars?
Wernher Von Braun: We could land a man on Mars in a little over 10 years if we really wanted to do it.
Casey Dreier: Richard Nixon was never that big of a supporter of the space program. He came in wanting to cut the budget to lower taxes, and space just was not a high priority for that administration. Basically they just wanted fewer leaps for mankind, right? small steps, small steps.
Stephen Petranek: So Nixon chooses the Space Shuttle over going to Mars. Von Braun quits NASA, and within a few years has cancer and dies.
Interviewer: It must have taken a great deal of determination to carry on and, in view of some the early failures that you've had.
Von Braun: Well, yes uh, you just have to, shouldn't give up. It's very simple, something blows in your face, try again, try again, try again. One fine day you'll wind up on top.
Hana Seung: After the devastation to the west section we needed to scavenge from our other resources to rebuild, even the old workshop.
Javier Delgado: Figure we use the housings to patch the corridor the best we can. If we can get the section sealed with scrap, my team can start working on the damage done to Olympus Town.
Marta Kamen: Mm-hmm, Javier!
Javier Delgado: What?
Marta Kamen: Ven mira.
Javier Delgado: Que, what is that, corrosion?
Marta Kamen: It looks like, uh, aragonite crystal.
Javier Delgado: Possible the metal catalyzed perculate carried by the storm?
Marta Kamen: Unless something reacted with the water that came out of the condensation filter. It would be nice if I had a lab. It's getting dark. Let's get out of here. Phobos and Deimos.
Javier Delgado: Fear and terror, good names for the Moons of Mars.
Russian Member: We lost two of our finest cosmonauts to this catastrophe; the support of the Russian people is fading.
American Member: We've known this since Apollo: once the novelty passes, so does public support, and no one ever died on the Moon.
British Member: Is this not the time to make a statement that we're here to stay? We have committed resources, delivered speeches. Giving up now could be a great embarrassment.
American Member: More embarrassing than another tragedy? We only accepted the risk in the 60s because it was a matter of national defense.
Committee Member: People love space, but not when it means watching heroes die.
Russian Member: Secretary Seung, you are as personally invested as any of us. I would like to hear your recommendation to the committee.
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Hana Seung: May I? I'm so sorry. Paul was my responsibility.
Leslie Richardson: We don't need to do this.
Hana Seung: They all were.
Leslie Richardson: You didn't kill them and neither did Paul.
Hana Seung: And neither did you. I gave that order, not you. We didn't have a choice Leslie.
Leslie Richardson: Paul was right in front of me and I didn't see him.
Hana Seung: If we have any chance in this place we need you with us.
Joon Seung: Hana... they asked me to make a choice, whether to keep pushing, or to bring you home. I tried to go back to that feeling, that feeling we had, staring up at those stars imagining what was beyond.
Hana Seung: Unnie, do you remember that recurring dream I used to have? Walking along the regolith under the twin Moons before I even knew it was Mars I was dreaming about.
Joon Seung: When I think about you up there, if it had been you in that corridor...
Hana Seung: If it had been me in that corridor, I only hope someone else would have done the same. This mission, it's bigger than all of us. I've made my peace, and I'd do it again if I have to. That dream I used to have about Mars. I could never tell Mom why I would wake up crying every time. It wasn't because it was a nightmare. It was because the dream was over.
Joon Seung: Hana, I told them to bring you home. I'm going to make a public announcement next week. I'm sorry.
Hana Seung: The mission had failed, I'd failed the crew, I failed Ben.
[HANA CRYING]
Ben Sawyer: Oh man, this reminds me of a place I used to go with my father when I was a kid.
Hana Seung: So beautiful.
Ben Sawyer: Yeah.
Hana Seung: You know, they can give us a rover; put us in EVA suits, but that blue sky, gonna miss that. There's really no way of knowing if we actually make it up there, is there?
Ben Sawyer: Nope, but... What good would we be if we didn't even try? Let's get moving.
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Ann Druyan: The tragedy, for me, of the shuttle... it was as if we'd lost our nerve. Instead of building on the technology that had gotten us to the Moon, and saying okay, let's go to Mars, we ended up to a shuttle which was going nowhere.
Casey Dreier: We went into lower Earth orbit for the next forty years. And I think a lot people felt a certain amount of betrayal. So far, the previous generations since Apollo have not picked up that torch and carried it forward.
Robert Zubrin: We're approaching the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing. People who watched it happen are still around and still remember a time when we did things like this. And if anybody had told me that I would be 64 and we wouldn't be on Mars, I would have thought they were crazy.
John Mccain: Dr. Zubrin, you're mad that this vision has been stolen from a generation?
Robert Zubrin: Yes, we turned our back on the whole Apollo vision. It's like Columbus coming back from the New World and Ferdinand and Isabella saying, "ah, so what, forget it, burn the ships." The purpose of space ships is to actually travel across space and go to new worlds. Mars is where the science is, Mars is where the challenge is, and Mars is where the future is. That if we say no, that is beyond us, then it would really indicate that we have become less than the kind of people we used to be and that is something that this country cannot afford.
Hana Seung: As the others prepared Olympus Town for the official evacuation order, Robert and I took a trip to visit an old friend, we needed her help taking us back. There she is.
Robert Foucault: Never thought we'd be trying to take her back.
Hana Seung: Me neither. It looks like she's been through a war.
Robert Foucault: She has.
Ed Grann: This is it, your home for the seven-month journey and the first two years you'll be living on Mars surface, when the time comes to face the unknown, there has never been another suit of armor more skillfully crafted than this one. Take good care of her. She'll take good care of you.
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Ben Sawyer: I want you to stop and ask yourself what really is important to you about this mission; and if the answer to that question is not the most important thing in your life, then I'm gonna invite you to walk out that door and pursue that thing, whatever it is. And don't ever look back, because no one will ever have the right to hold it against you. Well alright, welcome home.
Robert Foucault: External solar arrays are online.
Hana Seung: Initializing for start up on my mark...
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Robert Foucault: Engage.
Mae: Pressurizing.
Joon Seung: No pressure now Hana, this is all of humanity relying on you.
Ben Sawyer: You ready for this?
Robert Foucault: Three.
Hana Seung: Are you?
Robert Foucault: Two, one, ignition.
Mae: Pressurization complete.
Robert Foucault: NDEs are registering no micrometeoroid damage. She'll need the new parts to address the damage from landing, but Cygnus brought everything we need to get her flight-ready.
Hana Seung: How will it be?
Robert Foucault: What's that?
Hana Seung: Going home.
Robert Foucault: I'm already home.
Leslie Richardson: Marta... I thought you might be interested in this. It was Paul's. I'd like you to have it. Is there anything I can do to help?
Marta Kamen: Thank you.
Leslie Richardson: When Paul was working on his early climate resistant hybrid studies, I went with him to the western highlands of Guatemala. We knew that if we didn't plan our lives around our work we'd never see each other at all. He was always gone, sometimes weeks. Because on top of his own research, he also decided that he could figure out how this particular pathogen was spreading through local communities, so I barely got to see him. And I resented him for it. It was as if, plants were more important to him than human beings. Certainly to my mind, more important than me. Eventually I understood that for Paul, every time he looked at those plants, he could see all the people they could feed, all the people they could heal.
Marta Kamen: So how did he figure it out?
Leslie Richardson: Figure what out?
Marta Kamen: The pathogen. How was it spreading?
Leslie Richardson: Paul realized that the outbreak pattern followed the same vectors as one of the airborne blights he'd been tracking. He'd also been mapping these very complex wind flows from the mountains. And from that, he was able to conclude that the pathogen must have mutated, and it was able to survive in the air Both: and travel on... the wind.
Leslie Richardson: Yeah.
Announcer: By executive order, all non-evacuation related extra-vehicular activity is now prohibited.
Javier Delgado: The biggest failure in history... biggest failure in history. It's easy... yeah, easy. Four years of my life...
20 years preparing. Very good and it's over.
Amelie Durand: Hey.
Leslie Richardson: We'd be looking for another location with moisture to replicate the reaction use on the WAVAR so we'd be following the wind patterns.
Hana Seung: Wind patterns.
Marta Kamen: Javier and I found something. The samples were too contaminated to analyze but I figured it blew in from the east in the storm because of the easterly arc of the wind, no way to track its source. Your story made me think. Even though I may not be able to pinpoint where it came from, I can figure out where else it might have blown to. The way the Tharsis Plateau affects the wind flow, it would have blown straight into the recurring slope lineae. On these elevated bedrock outcrops just to the west.
Leslie Richardson: If there wasn't a moratorium on nonessential EVAs...
Hana Seung: What moratorium?
Robert Zubrin: The history of space exploration begins with individuals taking the road not taken, with people with a vision.
Wernher Von Braun: I really never had any doubts that it was possible to go to the Moon. Today I know.
Robert Zubrin: People being able to see with their minds what others had yet to be able to see with their eyes.
Peter Diamandis: There is a direct correlation between the dreams and the works of science fiction and the reality. We as humans over and over again create the future, we create the future we envision. And then we bring to bear our resources, our capital, our technology, our friendships, and then we make it real.
Kai Musk: What is this building called?
Elon Musk: This is the launch tower, so this is where the astronauts would go up, and then there would be a big arm that would swing over to the spacecraft, and then they'd walk down the gangway, climb in the spacecraft, go to space. This isn't floors, this is feet. the long-term goal of SpaceX is to establish a self-sustaining civilization on Mars. Pretty cool. It's always seemed like we should have gone there by now, that's what everyone expected. We just kind of lost our way. It's a long way down. But now we're gonna get back there.
Mission Control: SpaceX Falcon 9 go for launch.
Mission Control 2: Stage 1 tanks pressing for flight.
Mission Control: VC verify F9 is in startup.
Mission Control 2: F9 is in startup.
Mission Control: T-minus 4 minutes.
Mission Control: SpaceX Falcon 9 go for launch.
Mission Control 2: Vehicle's in manual.
Mission Control: T-minus 1 minute.
Elon Musk: This is a return to flight launch. We'd had a failed mission on June 28 of 2015. [EXPLOSION] After the failure, the whole launch program ground to a halt. That obviously put a lot of strain on the company.
Mission Control: All stations verify ready for launch. T-minus 30 seconds.
Stephen Petranek: Elon Musk has said the key to get to Mars is the reusability of rockets. He wants to be able to fire a rocket into orbit, launch a payload into space, and then fire retro rockets and bring that rocket down to land vertically, and reuse it. That's an extremely difficult concept. If he cannot make rockets truly reusable then he cannot launch a new civilization on Mars. So the stakes for every rocket launch are huge.
Misson Control: T-minus 20 seconds. Stage Two tanks pressing for flight. Flight computer has control of the vehicle.
Elon Musk: Do we see anything on the sensors that's a problem?
Woman: No, nothing.
Man: They all say go for launch.
Mission Control: T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
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[CROWD CHEERING]
Elon Musk: It's gone, baby. Let's go, check it out.
Man: Speed 1.2 kilometers down range distance 11 kilometers. Shortly after main engine cut off, we're going to separate the stages and begin the second stage ignition.
Elon Musk: Come on.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Man: Main engine cut off. The first stage is returning to land as the second stage powers the OrbComm satellites to low Earth orbit. The fairings have successfully deployed. The first stage will soon begin its series of three burns to head back towards Cape Canaveral.
Elon Musk: Oh... where is it going? Okay, this is bad. Potentially bad.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Woman: That is that first stage, coming back down. History in the making guys.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Elon Musk: It's standing up! Coming in, it sounded like an explosion. Yeah man!
Lee Rosen: Oh my God! Look at this, look at this! It's just sitting there, look at that.
Elon Musk: What... holy smokes man.
[CROWD CHEERING] It's kind of amazing that this window of opportunity is open for life to go beyond Earth. And we just don't know how long that window is going to be open. The thing that gets me most fired up is that creating a self-sustaining civilization on Mars would be the greatest adventure ever... ever in human history. It would be so exciting to wake up in the morning and think that that's what's happening.
Robert Zubrin: Apollo is still within living memory.
Neil Armstrong: Houston the Eagle has landed.
Robert Zubrin: But the longer we let it fade into the past, the dimmer our prospects become. We do need to make discoveries, we do need to find out the truth about life, and the universe. To resolve mysteries that thinking men and women have wondered about for thousands of years. Look up, look up! There's everything out there! There's trillions of other Earths. That's why we're gonna do it and the next time we go, we're gonna go to stay.
Marta Kamen: The story Leslie Richardson told me sparked a thought. Javier and I found something at the old workshop. I need to go there.
Hana Seung: The wind patterns lead to a location 87 kilometers west of Olympus Town. We hoped to find a new sample of the substance Marta found on the WAVARs.
Marta Kamen: Leslie, have you ever driven one of these?
Leslie Richardson: No, I haven't.
Marta Kamen: Do you want to have a go? Come.
Reporter: We're here at IMSF headquarters waiting for Secretary Seung to make her announcement regarding what we believe will be the end of the Mars mission.
Ed Grann: We've come so far, we stop now the Mars dream is dead.
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Joon Seung: Today marks the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one.
♪ ♪ There is life on Mars.
[CROWD CHATTER]
Hana Seung: We had come so far. Overcome so many obstacles. And though there were times when our faith flagged, we persevered. There would be no evacuation. And as we prepared for the next phase, one thing was clear. Our dream was alive.