All language subtitles for Secret World of Alex Mack, The - S3E04 - Operation- Breakout

( Horn honking )

I'm Alex Mack.

I was just an average kid

until an accident
changed my life.

And since then...

Nothing's been the same.

( Zapping )

My best friend Ray
thinks it's cool.

My sister Annie
thinks I'm a science project.

I can't let anyone else know.

Not even my parents.

I know the Chemical Plant
wants to find me

and turn me into
some experiment.

But you know something?

I guess
I'm not so average anymore.

I'm a loser.

Yeah, me, too.

Why are you a loser?

My art teacher, Ms. Tate

says when we paint, we should
paint with our hearts.

She says we should
open up our hearts

and find
our inspirations within.

And you don't have
an inspired heart?

To be honest
with you, Alex

I have art class
right before lunch.

And I'm less interested
in my heart

and more concerned
about my stomach.

Ever wonder why they're
called "starving artists"?

What about you?

Biology.

We have to dissect
a frog on Monday.

You got to pin down
their arms and cut right up.

What?

I don't need details

when my mouth is full
of tuna salad.

Sorry. So, you got to dissect
a frog?

Not just any frog, Ray.

We're going to dissect Willy.

The frog we've had
in the terrarium all year?

How do you know?

He's the only one in there.

I'd say he's
a pretty likely candidate.

I can't believe they'd do that
to good old Willy.

I know, it's not fair.

But science marches forth.

And if the sacrifice

of one small frog will aid
in the education

of future scientists...

Ray, I'm not a future scientist.

I hate science.

Well, maybe so.

There's nothing you could do
about it anyway.

( Frog croaks )

Is this part
of your new plan?

Yes, it is, Miss Atron.

This is the PVP 9000
security droid.

And what did
this cost me?

Actually, it should pay for
itself in just a few hours.

This little droid

will effectively replace our
entire night security staff.

This little thing?

This little thing
is a marvel of miniaturization.

There is more computing power
in here

than NASA had when it launched
the first space shuttle.

This little thing

is capable
of high-speed pursuit.

It can chase
an intruder

and make an arrest

using a high-powered
taser beam.

It can make an arrest?

Absolutely.

It uses a high-voltage bolt
of electricity

to momentarily incapacitate
the intruder.

( Zapping )

A normal human being would have
found that quite uncomfortable.

So, I can fire the entire
night security staff?

Yes, well, all...

Except for me.

I have to stay here
and supervise the droid.

Oh, of course.

So what does this robot have in
common with our GC-161 kid?

That is the coup de grace
of my little plan.

It's based on a little trick

I picked up
when I was a Navy seal.

It preys on the conscience.

Go on.

All it takes
to initiate the plan

is one quick phone call.

Local?

Local.

I leak the story
to the school

that we have taken a
contaminated kid into custody

and we're going to perform some
rather unpleasant experiments.

Now, if the real contaminated
kid has a conscience

he will not be able to let
an innocent take the heat.

I guarantee you that it will
bring that kid out of hiding

and right
into our hands.

Hmm.

Well, what makes this better

than all the other
high-tech toys

that you've tried
so far?

It's quicker,
it's more intuitive

it's more powerful than any
normal security guard

and not even a genetically
altered intruder

can escape the PVP 9000
security droid.

It sounds too simple.

Miss Atron,
the best plans always are.

Okay, Vince, but I just have
one thing to say.

This better work.

It will work.

( Beeping )

It will work.

( Beeping )

Zero to bravo four,
ready for instructions.

So, uh, tiger?

The Plant finally
caught the kid

that was contaminated
by that accident.

I understand
they're going to do

some pretty nasty
experiments.

Uh, tissue samples,
electrodes

brain waves,
blood tests.

You've got
to be quarantined

in a hyperbaric
chamber

for nine months.

Have you ever been
in a hyperbaric chamber?

It's no fun.

Pressure constantly
on your skull.

Ears popping
all the time.

( No audio )

Still bummed
about the frog?

Yes, I'm still bummed
about the frog.

Alex, if it wasn't for people
dissecting frogs and things

there wouldn't be
medicine or science.

Since when
did you become

a defender
of amphibian killing?

It's not actually killing.

The frog's already dead
before you start to cut it up.

Oh, that makes me
feel much better

about ripping
open its chest

and tearing out
its intestines.

You do paint
an ugly picture.

I mean, do we have
to dissect Willy?

They let us bond with a
little frog all semester

and now we have
to take a scalpel to him?

They are playing
with your emotions

I agree with you.

So you're not going
to bring him back to school?

Bring who back?

( Frog croaks )

Never mind.

Louis:
Guys, did you hear?

The Plant captured
that contaminated kid.

Alex: There's no contaminated
kid, that's just a rumor.

Louis: Alex, I know that
the kid is Beth Gaskin

who told you this?

Amy Sullivan

who heard it from Tate Webb

who heard it
from Donnie Oxendine

who heard it from Dede Boyce

who heard it
from Chester the janitor

all very reliable sources.

Louis,
you're too gullible.

Beth was kind of weird
to begin with.

She's amazingly smart,
maybe even smarter than me.

And she was conspicuously
absent today.

She was sneezing
yesterday.

Maybe it's a cold.

That's what
they want you to think

but I went by her place.

No one's there.

The Plant probably paid them
to leave.

Louis, that's ridiculous.

I don't think so.

My sources say Beth is locked up

in the lab's hyperbaric
quarantine chamber.

Electrodes are attached
to her brain

and they're taking
tissue samples.

Tissue samples?

It could take six months
to complete the testing.

( Frog croaks )

Did I just hear a frog
in your backpack?

Louis, some day you're going to
get yourself into trouble

with these
wild stories.

I'm going home
to make some calls.

I've got a lot more people
to tell.

Wait.

Wait.

Ray, what if he's right?

What if Beth is in there

getting electroded
and tissue sampled

all because of me.

I could never live
with that much guilt.

It wouldn't
be your fault.

Maybe I have
to turn myself in.

If I don't confess,
it will be my fault.

Wait, wait, wait.

Yesterday,
I was over on Palm Street

and I saw
a Chemical Plant truck.

I think that's
in Beth's neighborhood.

See?

I can ask my dad about it,
he'll know what's going on.

Yeah.

Bye.

( Door opens and closes )

Alex, how was your day
at school?

Just a regular,
normal day.

Did anything unusual
happen today at work?

Unusual?

Well, let's see.

I got locked in the office
supply closet again

but Roy small came along
and fixed the lock

so it won't happen again.

So nothing really unusual
happened?

Well, no, I guess not.

Nothing really unusual.

Dad, remember
about a year ago

when the Plant spilled
that chemical on some kid?

That was just
a rumor, Alex.

There was no chemical spill.

Danielle Atron herself
assured me of that.

Let's pretend
that it did happen

and they found the kid
that it got spilled on.

It would never happen, Alex.

Just pretend.

Okay, it wouldn't be much fun
for the kid

I can tell you that.

What would happen?

Well, okay,
for the sake of argument

if there was such
a contaminated kid

he or she would probably
be quarantined.

Quarantined?

Isolation
in the Plant's main lab.

They have a hyperbaric
quarantine chamber

where they would do
extensive research.

Would they use
electrodes?

They might.

Would they take tissue samples?

That's a distinct possibility,
yeah.

George, I think we might give
Alex some nightmares.

It's just
science, Mom.

Science always
gives me nightmares.

So, Alex, if this GC-161-
contaminated kid existed

hopefully he would be smart
enough to come forward.

But like I said,
it's only a rumor.

Hi, sweetie.

Hi, Mom.

Something smells good
in the kitchen.

It's cabbage.

Alex, why
the sudden interest

in chemical
reactions?

Oh, I'm just curious.

I'm an inquisitive kid
with a need to know

or maybe it's just a phase.

I hope not.

( Door closes )

Louis Driscoll told you
that the Plant has some kid

that they think is contaminated

and you instantly
believed him?

Dad said the same stuff.

Dad doesn't know everything.

It's probably a rumor.

I don't think so.

I wouldn't put anything
past the Plant

but even if they have some kid

it's got nothing to do with you.

What if it takes
six months to find out

Beth is the wrong kid?

Six months in a hyperactive
canteen chamber

with electrons and
tissue samples and stuff?

You can't believe
every crazy story you hear.

The facts point to one thing

and Ray and I are going in the
Plant tonight to get Beth.

You got poor Ray
in on this, too?

He doesn't know it yet.

But he's my best friend,
I'm sure he'll help me.

Alex, if you go snooping
around the Plant

they'll catch you.

Might even be a trap.

Okay, never mind.

I won't do it.

Forget it.

Just like that?

You're going
to listen to reason?

Yes, Annie, I'm going
to listen to reason.

I'll forget the whole idea.

( Frog croaks )

Alex, do you have a frog
in your backpack?

Yes, as a matter of fact,
I do have a frog in my backpack.

( Door closes )

Maybe Annie was right.

Maybe there is no kid
and this is a trap.

Raymond, sometimes you have to
forget science and logic

and follow your heart.

If Beth is in there,
I have to get her out.

I'd feel terrible
if we didn't break her out.

Al...

be careful in there.

Will do.

Mr. Mack:
Barbara...

Just because I can

calculate genetic
code in my head

doesn't mean I can
program the V.C.R.

Annie...

I don't do V.C.R.S.

It's too complicated.

The salesman promised
it was easy.

He said a child could do it.

Where's Alex?

She went out a while ago.

She left?

Yeah, with Raymond.

She went to go see
a friend of hers.

I think her name was Beth.

I think I've
solved the problem.

Oh, great.

What do we need to do?

We need to go out
to the theater

and see a movie.

Oh!

Uh-oh.

( Liquid bubbling )

( Door clanks, hissing )

Beth, you in here?

( Hissing, door slams )

Mechanical voice:
Search mode activated.

( Liquid bubbling )

Search mode in progress.

Search mode in progress.

Search mode in progress.

Activate all alarms.

Intruder alert.

Switching to
pursuit and arrest mode.

Bingo!

( Alarm honking )

( Phone autodialing,
ringing )

Hello, Danielle?

Vince here.

I believe
I remember telling you

how efficient
this plan was?

At this very moment,
I have a suspect in custody.

Well, thanks to the PVP 9000
security droid.

I have the absolute,
utmost confidence

that the droid
has subdued the intruder.

No, there is absolutely
no possibility of escape.

Halt, intruder.

You are under arrest.

You are under arrest.

Search mode in progress.

Halt, intruder.

This is your final chance
to submit. No false moves.

( Zapping )

Halt, intruder,
you are under arrest.

( Zapping )

( Zapping and exploding )

Hey, you, get back here!

Uh, Miss Atron, can I
call you back? Thanks.

( Sharp, irritating noise
in headphones )

( Yelling and moaning )

( Turns off noise )

You called me in here
at this hour

to look
at your broken robot?

Miss Atron, this type
of mishap is normal

in the prototype stage
of any innovative technology.

I assure you...

I assure you

that your job
is in serious jeopardy.

The security computer
recorded one intruder.

That was our kid, Vince

and once again,
we have no photographic record.

Once again, no arrest was made,
because you assured me

that I could do without
my entire security force.

I, um, I know that...

I let you fire them.

The best security force
in the country

and I let you fire them

because I trusted you
and your little friend.

Yes, Miss Atron.

I admit that
letting the staff go

might have been a bit hasty.

But once we fix
the security droid...

I'm not paying for you
to have your toy fixed, Vince.

Get on that phone of yours
and call up

each and every one
of those men you fired

and you apologize.

Apologize?

Yes. A deep,
Sincere apology

from the bottom
of your heart.

I just hope you can beg them to
come back for the same salary.

Miss Atron, I might have been

a little too abrupt
with those men.

I don't even think they're going
to want to speak to me.

I don't care.

Those men are more
important to me

than you are.

This has been one
disaster after the other.

I am extremely
disappointed

in your work.

What are you saying,
Miss Atron?

I'll let you know
when I figure it out.

Yes, Miss Atron.

I'll try and...

Thanks, Ray.

Sorry I wasted our time.

I should have known
not to trust a rumor

out of the mouth
of Louis Driscoll.

It's cool, Al.

We did
the right thing.

Night, Ray.

See you tomorrow.

Hi, Annie.

Hey.

Hey, what are you
doing here?

Waiting for you.
Where have you been?

Got to admit
something, Annie.

Despite what you said,
I went into the Plant.

They didn't have any kid.

I told you.

Anyway, Louis called.

Said to forget about
the Beth Gaskin thing.

She went out of town
with her family.

Well, I'm glad
I investigated it.

And I even got
in and out all by myself.

With Ray's help,
of course.

( Frog croaking )

Um, I think you have something

that belongs to me.

I found it upstairs.

Is this is
a frog from school?

Yes, Annie, it's
a frog from school

and I'm letting it go.

I don't care if it
isn't scientific

or if it's not going
to change anything.

This is one lucky frog.

That's good enough
for now.

You wouldn't understand.

Actually... when I was your age

I liberated a whole bowl of
planarians from the science lab.

I dumped them
in the river

and I just watched them
swim away.

Planarians?

Flatworms.

They looked at me
with these big, sad eyes

and I just had to do it.

So, I guess you understand.

Of course I understand, Alex.

I have a heart, too.

I'm glad you can
see things

my way once in a while.

I'm glad I can, too.

Later, Willy.

( Frog croaks )

Go on, go in the back.

( Chuckles )

Come on.

Captioned by Grant Brown