Original subtitles

MY OWN PEOPLE ARE PLOTTING AGAINST ME...

ALL SINCE MY WATER WAS STOLEN

BY THAT ABOMINATION WHO CALLS HIMSELF

"KING OF THE DEVIATES"-- TEREK.

PEOPLE ARE ANGRY BECAUSE YOU POISONED THAT WATER

TO DISCREDIT TEREK,

AND THEY FOUND YOU OUT.

YOU DON'T FEEL SYMPATHY FOR THAT-- THAT MONSTER, DO YOU?

AT LEAST HE WAS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.

OPEN YOUR EYES, AURA.

THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH UNREST.

THE CANTONS HAVE TURNED AGAINST ME.

REBELLION MAY NOT BE FAR BEHIND.

AND, IF I AM BROUGHT DOWN,

YOU WILL BE RIGHT THERE WITH ME, DAUGHTER.

WE SHOULD'VE NEVER TRIED TO HANDLE THIS ON OUR OWN.

IF WE HADN'T...

MAYBE JOE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.

YES.

IF WE'D BEEN HONEST WITH JOE FROM THE START,

HE'D BE WITH US HERE NOW.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL SAFE.

WE HAVE TO TELL THE WORLD THE TRUTH.

[ZARKOV]: HUH?

KNOWLEDGE OF AN ALIEN PLANET

MAY BE QUITE DISTURBING TO YOUR PEOPLE.

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT IT?

WELL, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A CHOICE, BAYLIN.

IF MING'S REALLY GETTING READY TO DESTROY THE PLANET,

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.

[GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION]

BUT ONLY IF WE CAN'T STOP MING.

FIRST, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE

HE CAN NEVER ATTACK THE EARTH AGAIN.

HOW?

WE CAN'T BLOW UP THE RIFT GENERATOR

WITHOUT BLOWING THE XYRILIUM CORE,

AND MAYBE DESTROYING THE ECOLOGY OF BOTH PLANETS.

IF WE CAN'T TAKE OUT THE RIFT GENERATOR...

...THEN IT'S TIME WE TAKE OUT MING.

[FOOTSTEPS]

YOU THE DOLAN?

I AM...

...FLASH GORDON.

YES.

I KNOW ABOUT YOU.

I HAD A FEELING YOU MIGHT.

DO I NEED THIS?

I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY.

I SERVE MING, YES,

BUT OUR DUTIES TO THE PROPHECY COME FIRST.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE ABOUT.

YOU KNOW RANKOL?

WE HAVE SPOKEN.

HE'S TOLD ME OF SOME PROPHECIES.

THEY SPEAK OF SOMEONE COMING TO TAKE MING DOWN.

FOR A WHILE, HE EVEN THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT GUY.

THE SIGNS ARE ON YOU.

YOU ARE THE WATER BEARER,

THE CHILD WHO SHALL REPLACE THE FATHER.

THE HELP FROM AFAR.

NO OFFENSE. I'M NOT TOO BIG ON THE WHOLE DESTINY THING.

YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE OUR SAVIOR?

NO! BUT IF THE SAVIOR'S

THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TAKE DOWN MING, THEN I'M WILLING TO STEP UP.

WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO?

MAKE A PROCLAMATION. TELL PEOPLE THAT I'M THE ONE.

MAYBE I CAN UNITE THE CANTONS

LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN MING.

IT IS POSSIBLE...

BUT ONLY IF YOU ARE TRULY THE ONE!

I THOUGHT I'D PASSED EVERY TEST.

THERE IS ONE MORE.

IT IS FORETOLD

THAT THE UNITER WILL BEGIN HIS CAMPAIGN

BY WARMING THE HEART

AND EARNING THE FAVORS OF A DISTANT QUEEN.

I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER TEST.

I NEED TO TAKE MING DOWN NOW.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW, FLASH GORDON,

IS TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINY!

[GROANING IN GREAT PAIN]

[GASPS AND SHUDDERS]

[WIND HOWLING]

GUESS IT'S TOO MUCH TO BE ASKED TO BE DROPPED IN HAWAII.

[***]

[***]

[***]

[ELECTRONIC WHOOSHING]

WHAT IN THE HECK IS THIS THING?

[ELECTRONIC WHOOSHING]

OH, NO. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

THAT IS SERIOUSLY WRONG!

THAT'S COLD, THAT'S COLD.

THAT'S COLD, THAT'S COLD!

[ELECTRONIC WHOOSHING]

[SHUDDERS]

[ENGINE WHINING NEARBY]

HEY! HEY!

HEY, STOP!

[ENGINE SHUTS DOWN]

STAY BACK, BLONDIE. I CAN DEFEND MYSELF.

HEY, I DON'T REALLY DOUBT THAT FACT.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, ALL RIGHT?

CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHERE I AM?

THE FRIGIAN WASTELANDS.

HOW DID YOU GET OUT THIS FAR WITHOUT TRANSPORT?

KIND OF JUST GOT DROPPED OFF HERE, WEARING THIS.

A GLASSINE WEATHER SUIT.

NICE EQUIPMENT, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

WHOEVER GAVE YOU THAT DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FREEZE TO DEATH--

AT LEAST NOT RIGHT AWAY.

LOOK...

IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SHOOTING ME AND STEALING THIS,

CAN WE JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKE A DEAL FIRST?

[CHUCKLES]

IF I WANTED TO STEAL YOUR SUIT, BLONDIE, YOU'D BE NAKED BY NOW.

I'M BRINI.

FLASH GORDON.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

APPARENTLY, TO SAVE SOMEONE.

A QUEEN.

THE FRIGIAN QUEEN?

YEAH.

CAN YOU TAKE ME TO HER?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

YOU HELP ME WITH MY HARVEST,

AND I'LL TAKE YOU TO THE FRIGIAN CAPITAL.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK,

'CAUSE I'M IN A BIT OF HURRY.

WELL...

IT'LL TAKE YOU ABOUT THREE MOONRISES TO WALK IT.

BIT OF ADVICE,

YOU'LL RUN INTO A LOT OF FROST BEARS...

DON'T TRY TO PET THEM.

[SIGHING HEAVILY]

SOMETHING'S WRONG.

FLASH SHOULD'VE BEEN BACK BY NOW.

I HAVE CHECKED OUR USUAL PLACES. HE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN.

YOU DON'T SUPPOSE THAT HE'S BEEN CAPTURED BY MING,

AND MAYBE HE'S BEING TORTURED, OR PUT INTO SOME HORRIBLE MIND-SUCKING MACHINE.

ZARKOV! I WILL MAKE A FORAY INTO THE PRISONS, TO BE SURE.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WE CAN'T HANDLE THIS ALONE.

WE NEED HELP.

FLASH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON.

GIVE HIM THE TIME TO SUCCEED.

AND IF HE DOESN'T?

THEN WHAT? [RIFT BLASTER TRILLING]

I'M GOING HOME. AND I HOPE ONE OF YOU COMES BACK TO TELL ME

THAT FLASH IS OKAY, AND THAT MING HAS BEEN STOPPED.

WHAT IF WE DON'T? WHAT IF WE CAN'T?

WE HAVE NO CHOICE ANYMORE.

IT'S TIME WE LET THE WORLD KNOW.

[***]

TEREK.

ARE YOU IN SUCH A HURRY TO DIE?

I WANTED YOU ALONE AND UNPROTECTED...

...SO THAT WE COULD TALK PRIVATELY.

WHAT MORE DO YOU AND YOUR KIND WANT?

I HAVE ALREADY ASSIGNED YOU A PREFECT.

THAT WAS AURA'S DOING, NOT YOURS.

IF IT WERE UP TO YOU, I WOULD'VE BEEN ERASED,

ALONG WITH ALL DEVIATES. AND YET...

I CAN HELP YOU.

HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY HELP ME?

YOUR PEOPLE ARE TURNING AGAINST YOU,

BUT IF WE STAND TOGETHER, WE CAN SHOW THEM

YOU ARE A BENEVOLENT FATHER WHO LOVES ALL OF HIS CHILDREN,

NO MATTER THEIR FLAWS.

THEY WOULD REVERE YOU.

AND?

IN RETURN?

ALL I EVER WANTED...

RECOGNITION FOR WHAT I AM.

CANTON STATUS FOR YOU WOULD CHANGE NOTHING.

PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO HATE AND FEAR DEVIATES.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

UNTIL THEY KNOW WHO THE REAL DEVIATES ARE...

...FATHER.

NO...

YOU COULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED.

BUT I DID!

AND NOW FATE HAS RETURNED ME WHERE I BELONG.

AT MY FATHER'S SIDE.

AS HIS TRUE SON...

...AND HEIR.

NEVER.

I AM NEVER UNPROTECTED.

YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED AWAY... AND LIVED.

WE HAVE TO STOP DALE...

OTHERWISE WE MAY NEVER MAKE IT HOME,

IF THERE'S EVEN A HOME TO GET TO.

ONE THING AT A TIME. WE'LL SEARCH FOR FLASH.

WAIT, THAT DEVICE OF YOURS, THE ONE THAT CHIRPS

WHEN EARTH THINGS ARE FOUND ON MONGO?

THE DIMENSIONAL FREQUENCY READER?

IT COULD BE HELPFUL IN LOCATING FLASH.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA!

IF ANYBODY CAN FIND HIM, YOU CAN. RIGHT?

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT!

I'M A HUNTER, IT'S WHAT I DO.

WHAT YOU DO...

YOU ARE A SCIENTIST.

FIND A WAY TO DISABLE THE RIFT GENERATOR

AND STOP DALE. I WILL LOOK FOR FLASH.

YEAH.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE LIKE YOU BEFORE, BRINI.

WHAT CANTON ARE YOU FROM?

THE TRITONS.

WE LIVE BENEATH THE SOUTHERN SEAS.

WHY DO YOU COME ALL THIS WAY TO HARVEST ICE?

WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR WATER FROM MING?

[LAUGHING]: BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER BE

EXECUTED FOR POACHING,

THAN KISS SOMEONE'S BEHIND

FOR AN ALLOCATION.

THEN WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD

OF THE TRITONS FIGHTING MING?

BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE WHO RULES--

WHETHER IT'S VERDAN...

OR MING...

OR YOU.

IT'S ALL THE SAME

DIGLISH DUNG TO US.

YOU KNOW, MING STAYS IN POWER BECAUSE OF ATTITUDES LIKE THAT.

I GOT TO GET ONE OF THOSE.

[***]

FOR YOUR TROUBLE.

I HEARD YOU'RE WORKING WITH FLASH GORDON?

KEEP IT.

TELL HIM HE HAS SUPPORTERS.

EVERY CANTON IS TURNING.

I WILL TELL HIM WHEN I FIND HIM.

HAS HE BEEN THROUGH HERE?

NOT THIS DAY. OR LAST...

HEY! OUT THERE!

FLASH GORDON'S FRIEND?

YOU SAY FLASH IS IN TROUBLE?

YES.

I HAVE EXCELLENT HEARING. SAVE THE JOKES.

I SAID NOTHING.

GET THE GUARD TO LET ME OUT AND I'LL HELP YOU FIND FLASH.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

A DEBT OF HONOR TO A MAN WHO'S BEEN A FRIEND TO ME.

I AM TEREK OF THE DEVIATES.

ONE OF MANY ON MONGO WHO ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

[***]

WHEN WE GET THIS LOADED UP,

YOU CAN TAKE ME TO SEE THE QUEEN, RIGHT?

I'M AFRAID IT'S GOING TO BE

A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.

WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WELL, THE CAPITAL IS THAT WAY,

AND I'M HEADING SOUTH.

IF YOU START WALKING NOW, YOU'LL MAKE IT BY NEXT MOONRISE.

WAIT A MINUTE! I HELPED YOU OUT, WE HAD A DEAL!

YEAH, AND I'D LIKE TO RETURN THE FAVOR, REALLY.

BUT THE FRIGIANS HAVEN'T EXACTLY

BEEN THAT FRIENDLY TO ME THESE DAYS.

WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH ME?

YOU'D LIKE THE TRITONS.

YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THANKS FOR NOTHING.

THANKS FOR WASTING MY TIME.

FINE, WHATEVER. IT'S YOUR LOSS.

[BRINI GASPING]

ICE POACHERS, HALT!

NO, NO, NO, NO! WE'RE NOT ICE POACHERS!

YOU ARE PRISONERS IN THE QUEEN'S NAME!

YOUR CRIME IS GRAVE.

THE ANCIENT ICE OF FRIGIA IS MY SACRED DUTY TO PROTECT,

IN THE QUEEN'S NAME.

WHERE IS YOUR QUEEN?

TAKEN FROM US, SADLY.

UNTIL HER HALLOWED RETURN, I SHALL RULE AS HER REGENT.

COUNT MALO, LET ME BUY THE ICE,

AS MY PEOPLE DID WHEN QUEEN FRIA RULED.

SILENCE!

THE ANCIENT ICE IS FOR FRIGIANS ONLY.

IF THE TRITONS WANT WATER, THEN THEY CAN GO TO MING.

NEVER.

THEN YOU KNOW THE PUNISHMENT FOR POACHERS.

YOU'LL BE STRIPPED OF ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT

AND LEFT EXPOSED ON THE SNOWFIELD.

[FLASH STRUGGLING]

WAIT! I DIDN'T COME HERE TO STEAL ANYTHING.

I WAS SENT HERE

TO HELP YOUR QUEEN!

[STUNNED]: HE IS THE ONE?

[AMAZED MURMURING]

THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPENS TO ME.

QUEEN FRIA HAS BEEN TRAPPED FOR MANY CYCLES

IN THE CAVE OF THE ICE WORM.

IN HER ABSENCE, IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR

TO CARE FOR HER PEOPLE.

YOU COULDN'T RESCUE HER?

MANY BRAVE WARRIORS HAVE DIED TRYING.

IT IS SAID THAT THE MAN WHO FREES HER

WILL BECOME THE RULER.

WELL, NOT EVERYTHING'S PREORDAINED,

BUT IF YOU LET ME GO, I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

VERY WELL.

YOU HAVE MY LEAVE TO TRY.

RETURN HIS EQUIPMENT.

HERS TOO.

SHE'S WITH ME.

GIVE THE POACHER BACK HER THINGS.

THE SACRED ICE STAYS HERE.

BY MING'S ORDER, NONE LEAVES FRIGIA.

MINE.

[***]

I BELIEVE I'VE UNDERESTIMATED YOU.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE A SHALLOW CHILD...

TRYING YOUR HAND AT POLITICS.

[DARKLY]: YOU KNEW.

YOU KNEW WHAT TEREK IS

AND YOU KEPT IT FROM ME.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "WHAT HE IS"?

YOUR WOMB-MATE.

YOUR BROTHER.

AND YOUR SON.

NO! I WILL NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE A SON LIKE HIM.

NEVER!

DID YOU THINK

WE WOULD BECOME ONE HAPPY FAMILY,

SHARING THIS EMPIRE?

DID YOU IMAGINE I WOULD LET ANYONE...

THREATEN WHAT I HAVE BUILT WITH MY OWN BLOOD?

ONCE HE IS DEAD,

YOU WILL NEVER SPEAK OF HIM AGAIN.

NOW COME SAY YOUR GOODBYES.

[BELLOWING]: GO!

DALE! DIDN'T YOU GET MY MESSAGES?

I TRIED YOUR CELL ABOUT 30 TIMES.

SORRY. BATTERY'S DEAD.

OKAY, SURE.

LOOK, DALE, I'M ONTO SOMETHING,

AND YOU NEED TO HEAR IT.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING

INTO THIS THING WITH LAKE KENDAL--

YEAH, DRAINED IN A SINKHOLE...

HOW WEIRD IS THAT?

NOT WEIRD ENOUGH.

THERE WAS NO SINKHOLE.

I CHECKED.

AND THE WATER DIDN'T DRAIN AWAY...

IT DISAPPEARED.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE GEOLOGISTS SAID...

BEFORE THEY WERE REPLACED

BY MILITARY GUYS IN HAZMAT SUITS

AND THE GOVERNMENT PUT A BLACKOUT OVER THE WHOLE STORY.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?

YOU TELL ME. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE, DALE.

SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED

BY ANYTHING ON THIS PLANET, AND YOU KNOW IT.

JOELY, I DON'T... PLEASE. YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHILE YOU'VE BEEN AWOL,

I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP LEADS ABOUT EVERY ALIEN STORY IN THE STATE.

AND EVERY TRAIL I FIND

LEADS RIGHT BACK TO YOU...

YOU AND FLASH GORDON.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF AN HONOR GUARD,

BENEVOLENT FATHER.

MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN CALLED

TO KEEP THE PUBLIC PEACE.

WHICH CELL HOLDS THE DEVIATE TEREK?

I'M SORRY, BENEVOLENT FATHER,

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU MEAN.

HE WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY MY PLEASURE GUARDS

EARLIER TODAY.

A DEVIATE WITH A DEFORMITY BY HIS EAR!

I'D REMEMBER SOMEONE LIKE THAT.

I HAVE NO RECORD OF HIM.

[BEEPS]

NOTHING.

OH, WHAT HAVE YOU FOOLS DONE?

WHY, FATHER...

HAVE YOU MISPLACED SOMETHING?

OH, I SHOULD THROW YOU IN THIS CELL

IN HIS PLACE!

AND HOW WOULD THAT LOOK TO YOUR PEOPLE?

IT WOULD MAKE THEM HATE YOU EVEN MORE, WOULD IT NOT?

WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME?

ONLY WHAT YOU'VE MADE ME.

[SIGHS HEAVILY]

[WIND HOWLING]

WE ARE FOOLS TO BE DOING THIS.

THEN WHY AREN'T YOU HEADING SOUTH?

I WOULD...

BUT YOU SAVED ME FROM AN EXECUTION.

I'M IN YOUR DEBT.

BECAUSE YOUR POACHING NEARLY GOT ME KILLED? THINK NOTHING OF IT.

I WAS TRYING TO HELP MY PEOPLE.

YOU'D DO THE SAME. OR DO YOU ONLY HELP FROZEN ROYALTY?

BY SAVING QUEEN FRIA,

I HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE DOWN MING.

[SCOFFS]: WONDERFUL GOAL.

TOO BAD YOU WON'T MAKE IT.

EXCUSE ME?

NO ONE SURVIVES THE ICE WORM.

WE'RE BOTH GOING TO OUR DEATHS.

WAIT A SECOND. ICE WORM?

JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW.

A POLICE CONTACT SHOWED ME SOMETHING

SHE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE...

JOE'S PSYCH REPORT.

WHERE HE TRIED TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE OTHER PLANET?

THEY THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY,

BUT HE WASN'T, WAS HE?

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[VOICE BREAKS]: NO.

JOE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD! I KNEW IT.

IT'S ALL TRUE.

THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.

DO YOU REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS?

THIS STORY IS TOO BIG

TO KEEP SECRET.

I KNOW.

BUT THERE'S SOMEONE I NEED TO TALK TO FIRST.

YELAD ELTE.

ELTE KIMOL.

YELAD ELTE.

ELTE KIMOL.

YELAD ELTE.

RANKOL?

BAYLIN.

HAVE YOU COME LOOKING FOR FLASH GORDON?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

PRAYING...

FOR SAFE PASSAGE FOR A TRAVELER.

ONLY THE MONKS PRAY HERE.

YOU'RE ONE OF THEM?

IF MING KNEW...

HE WOULD HAVE MY HEAD FOR MY DIVIDED LOYALTIES.

YES.

BUT MY FEAR, OR LACK OF FEAR, CHANGES NOTHING.

DESTINY DETERMINES ALL.

IS THIS YOUR EXCUSE FOR STAYING SILENT

WHILE YOUR OWN PEOPLE ARE SLAUGHTERED?

"MY PEOPLE"?

MUST I SERVE THE DEVIATE CAUSE ALONE,

BECAUSE MY BODY HAS BETRAYED ME?

[CHUCKLING]

CAN I NOT BE A SCIENTIST FIRST, OR A MONK?

I ONLY CARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH FLASH GORDON.

I'VE DONE NOTHING.

HE IS BEING TESTED.

TESTED? HOW?

WHERE?

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,

IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR ME

TO ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE WITH HIS DESTINY...

BUT IF FATE TAKES HIS FRIENDS

TO FRIGIA...

WHO AM I TO INTERFERE?

SO, UH...

ANY CHANCE THIS ICE WORM IS MAYBE NOT AS BIG,

OR POSSIBLY JUST A LEGEND?

THEN IT'S A LEGEND THAT'S KILLED HUNDREDS OF FRIGIANS.

BUT I'M GLAD

YOU'RE WITH ME, FLASH GORDON.

THANKS FOR THE CONFIDENCE, BRINI.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WE TRITONS DON'T LIKE TO DIE ALONE.

[***]

[ICE CREAKING]

BRINI, WAIT!

BRINI!

[WINDS HOWLING]

[TEREK]: WHAT?

FLASH IS NEARBY.

I SEE NOTHING.

THE LAST TIME THIS DEVICE

DETECTED SOMETHING WE COULD NOT SEE,

IT WAS DIRECTLY UNDER US.

[STEAM HISSING]

[WINDS HOWLING]

[DFR BEEPING]

HERE.

[STEAM HISSING]

THOSE SHOULD HOLD.

WE ARE SAFE.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

THAT'S GREAT, BUT HOW?

IT SEEMS YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS,

IN HIGH PLACES AND LOW.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

BRINI!

BRINI!

I THINK SHE'S ALIVE.

IF THE COLD SLOWED HER HEART,

SHE COULD SURVIVE, BUT VERY BRIEFLY.

TURN UP YOUR WEATHER SUITS AS HIGH AS IT GOES--

IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE! [SUIT GENERATORS WHINING]

COME ON!

COME ON, BRINI, COME ON. BRINI, YOU CAN DO IT.

COME ON!

I THINK IT'S WORKING.

[CRACKING]

IT'S MELTING, IT'S WORKING.

IT'S WORKING.

[CRACKING]

SHE'S ALIVE.

WHAT?

COME ON, BRINI!

STAY WITH US.

COME ON, HONEY.

[SHUDDERING AND PANTING]

AND THIS RULER, MING...

HE WANTS OUR WATER?

HE'LL TAKE EVERYTHING HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE HURT, OR KILLED.

UNLESS YOU MAKE THIS BROADCAST

AND TELL THE WORLD WHAT IS GOING ON.

AT LEAST PEOPLE CAN PREPARE FOR THE WORST.

BE READY IF MING COMES.

IT MAY BE OUR ONLY CHANCE, NORAH.

[SIGHING HEAVILY]

[SMACKS LIPS]

AFTER LAWRENCE DISAPPEARED,

THE MEN IN THE SUITS CAME,

AND THEY WARNED ME

TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT HIS WORK.

I KNEW THAT THOSE MEN WERE CAPABLE

OF DOING ANYTHING, OF HURTING ANYONE.

WE WON'T INVOLVE YOU.

DALE, IT'S YOU,

AND ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS.

[DALE SIGHS HEAVILY]

[***]

HALT.

[PANEL BEEPS]

YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAVING ME,

BUT THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO PART WAYS.

YOU KNOW, TRAVELING WITH THIS ONE

WILL GET YOU KILLED.

ONE GROWS ACCUSTOMED TO IT.

I'M SORRY,

BUT I REALLY NEED TO REACH TRITON ALIVE.

I UNDERSTAND. WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

I HOPE SO.

BUT YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE.

NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO EXPLAIN

WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE.

WELL, IT'S COMPLICATED, ALL RIGHT?

IF I SAVE QUEEN FRIA,

I GAIN THE SUPPORT OF THE CELETROPH MONKS

TO UNITE THE CANTONS.

IF THE MONKS THINK THAT YOU'RE DESTINED

TO DESTROY MING...

THEN MAYBE WE'RE DESTINED

TO HELP YOU DO IT.

[RANKOL]: BUT YOU TOLD ME THAT I WAS WRONG TO AID FLASH GORDON.

BUT NOW YOU HAVE ACTED ALONE,

AND SENT HIM TO FRIGIA. WHY?

THE FATES PLACED FLASH GORDON INTO MY HANDS.

HE IS SET ON COURSE

TO PROVE THAT HE IS THE ONE.

THEN I WAS NOT WRONG?

IF HE IS MEANT TO BE THE ONE,

HE WILL SURVIVE FRIGIA.

AND IF NOT?

THEN WE'LL LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR OUR SALVATION.

[FLASH]: SO, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ICE WORM?

ONLY THAT NO ONE HAS EVER SURVIVED IT.

THIS IS THE LAIR.

SOMEBODY BUILT A FIRE?

THOSE ARE PULVERIZED BONES.

THE EXCRETION OF THE ICE WORM.

[GROANS IN DISGUST]

I'M GOING TO PRETEND THAT'S A FIRE.

OVER HERE.

I'M GUESSING THIS IS QUEEN FRIA.

HOW DO WE GET HER OUT?

THE SAME WAY WE GOT OUT BRINI.

TURN UP YOUR WEATHER SUITS.

[SUIT GENERATORS WHINING]

GET COMFORTABLE.

WE COULD BE HERE FOR A WHILE.

STEP AWAY FROM HER.

I AM IMPRESSED,

FLASH GORDON.

LEGENDS ARE USUALLY DISAPPOINTING,

BUT HERE YOU ARE.

AND YOU'VE ADDED TWO COMPANIONS TO YOUR QUEST--

A VERDAN... AND A DEVIATE, NO LESS.

I'M GUESSING YOU'RE NOT EAGER

TO GIVE UP THE FRIGIAN THRONE?

MING AND I DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING,

BUT WE DO AGREE THAT HOLDING ON TO POWER

CAN BE MOST REWARDING.

WHERE I'M FROM, THAT'S CALLED GREED.

PUT THEM IN ICE SHACKLES.

IF OUR GUESTS WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FRIGIA,

THEN THEY CAN DO SO

FROM INSIDE THE BELLY OF THE ICE WORM.

THEY SAY THAT FROST SICKNESS DEADENS THE PAIN.

WHEN THE ICE WORM BEGINS TO GNAW THE MARROW FROM YOUR BONES...

YOU'LL HARDLY FEEL A THING.

[BEEPING AS GUARD SHUTS SUITS OFF]

IT IS DRAWN TO MOVEMENT.

YOUR STRUGGLES WILL ATTRACT IT EVENTUALLY.

BUT... THIS WILL DRAW IT MUCH FASTER.

[ELECTRONIC WARBLING]

WHEN THE ICE WORM BEGINS TO FEED,

YOU'LL STILL BE ALIVE.

[CHUCKLING]

[GRUNTING]

MALO IS WRONG.

OUR STRUGGLES WILL COUNTERACT ANY FROST SICKNESS.

WE WILL FEEL EVERYTHING.

YOU SUMMONED ME,

BENEVOLENT FATHER?

YES. I HAVE THE SOLUTION

TO OUR CONSTANT SHORTFALLS OF SOURCE WATER.

WE WILL SET UP A TRANSPORT SYSTEM

TO BRING DOWN LARGE VOLUMES OF PRE-SORROW ICE FROM FRIGIA.

FRIGIAN ICE?

AND YOU BELIEVE COUNT MALO WILL SO EASILY COMPLY?

HE HAS ALREADY SHOWN HIS LOYALTY

BY CEASING ALL ICE TRADE WITH THE OTHER CANTONS.

AND, SINCE MALO BECAME REGENT,

QUEEN FRIA'S PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE...

COMPLIANT.

BEGIN THE PREPARATIONS.

THE REALITY OF A DANGEROUS PLANET BEYOND OURS

IS FRIGHTENING AND HARD TO FATHOM.

BUT GIVEN THE SHOCKING EVIDENCE

THAT I'VE JUST SHOWN YOU,

I HOPE EVERYONE WATCHING WILL TAKE THIS WARNING SERIOUSLY.

I'M DALE ARDEN, WIAD CHANNEL 4.

DO YOU THINK THAT'LL CONVINCE THEM?

IT SURE AS HELL CONVINCED ME.

THAT'S ONE SCARY BOMBSHELL YOU JUST DROPPED. THAT'S THE IDEA.

IT'LL BE BETTER ONCE WE CUT IN ALL THE EVIDENCE

YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT AND ACTUALLY PUT IT ON AIR.

I KNOW. JUST SAY THE WORD, AND I'M ON IT.

NOW IF WE ONLY HAD A PHOTO OF THE RIFTS...

[EJECTING TAPE]

UM...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WITH OUR TAPE?

DALE?

I DON'T KNOW.

[***]

WELL... I CAN GUESS WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

THE MIND TAP!

OHH...

WOULD IT BE ASKING TOO MUCH TO FIND AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL?

[BEEPS TWICE]

[ELECTRONIC WHINE]

LEAVE ME ALONE, RANKOL!

I'VE TOLD YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AN IMEX IS.

JUST LET ME GO HOME.

DR. HILLER... IS THAT YOU?

I'M SORRY, DO I KNOW YOU?

IT'S ME, HANS ZARKOV, FROM EARTH.

DR. ZARKOV?

YOU WEREN'T CAPTURED BY RANKOL'S MIND-TAP DEVICE?

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FREE WILL?

YES. THEN YOU SHOULD GET OUT.

ESCAPE WHILE YOU CAN!

I CAN'T... THEY MADE A DEVICE--

A DIMENSIONAL-RIFT GENERATOR-- AND I HAVE TO DESTROY IT.

HOW DO I DO THAT? IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?

ONLY DR. GORDON COULD ANSWER THAT.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT DR. GORDON'S ALIVE?

IS HE IN THERE WITH YOU?

[GASPS]

[BEEPING]

[WARBLING]

[FLASH STRAINING] COME ON, GUYS!

DON'T GIVE UP ON ME! [GRUNTING]

IF WE CAN JUST GET THESE ICE SHACKLES TO MELT A BIT,

WE MAY HAVE A...

[GRUNTING]: ...CHANCE.

WE WILL ONLY DELAY THE END.

THEIR DEVICE WILL BRING THE BEAST.

AND OUR INCREASED BLOOD FLOW WILL ONLY MAKE US MORE AWARE,

AS OUR BONES ARE GROUND INTO POWDER.

[GRUNTING AND GROANING]

HA, HA! SEE? I TOLD YOU!

OW! [SHUDDERS]

ALL RIGHT!

TURN MY SUIT ON.

[SUIT WHOOSHES ON]

I CAN'T REACH IT! I'M SORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE.

[ROARING, ECHOING]

SOMETHING'S APPROACHING.

[GROWLING]

[ALL STRAINING AND GRUNTING]

[ICE WORM ROARING]

[ROARING INCREASING IN VOLUME]

[HORRIFIED GASP]

HEY, BLONDIE.

YOU DIDN'T THINK I WAS REALLY

GOING TO LEAVE YOU HERE TO BE EATEN ALIVE?

ACTUALLY, YEAH, KIND OF, I DID.

I'M HURT.

ISN'T THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY?

YEAH. BAYLIN, WOULD YOU KILL HER FOR ME, PLEASE?

[ICE WORM BELLOWING] COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!

[GRUNTING]

[ICE WORM ROARING]

OH, MAN.

TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!

[WARBLING STOPS]

[ICE WORM GROWLS]

THE ICE WORM IS NEAR.

HOW NEAR?

[ROARING]

VERY.

CAN WE OUTRUN IT?

I CANNOT TELL WHICH TUNNEL IT IS IN.

WE MIGHT RUN RIGHT INTO IT.

WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING!

[ICE WORM ROARING]

[GASPS]

JEEZ!

[CRACKING]

BAYLIN... BRINI...

GET THE ICE-CUTTER.

QUICKLY.

[***]

THE SYMBOL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

I GUESS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN WILE E. COYOTE?

YOU'RE A STRANGE MAN, FLASH GORDON.

[ICE WORM GROWLS]

WHY IS THIS THING NOT ATTACKING US?

PERHAPS IT'S TOYING WITH ITS NEXT MEAL.

WHICH TUNNEL IS HE GOING TO COME OUT OF?

FLASH. [HISSING]

FLASH!

[SCREAMING]: FLASH!

[ROARING]

CUT IT DOWN! CUT IT DOWN NOW!

[ICE CRACKING]

[ROARS]

[WHIMPERS]

[ICE WORM GROANS]

[BOTH GASPING]

OKAY.

IT IS DEAD.

YOUR PLAN WORKED.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SOUND SO SURPRISED ABOUT THAT.

WE SHOULD REALLY BE GETTING OUT OF HERE.

WE WILL.

AS SOON AS I FINISH WHAT I STARTED.

MING'S PATRIOTS WILL MINE THE ICE,

AND WE WILL GUARANTEE THEM A SAFE PASSAGE.

THIS HERALDS A NEW AGE OF PARTNERSHIP

WITH THE GREAT MING.

[***]

THE QUEEN! THE QUEEN!

THE QUEEN!

NOT WHILE I REIGN!

QUEEN FRIA.

YOUR MOST HUMBLE SERVANT.

NOT TOO HUMBLE TO FILL MY THRONE.

OR TO STRIKE A BARGAIN WITH MING.

TRYING TO SERVE YOUR PEOPLE, MY QUEEN.

BY CLOSING OUR BORDERS?

REFUSING TO TRADE OUR ICE TO THE OTHER CANTONS?

WELL, I WAS ONLY GUARDING YOUR INTERESTS.

YOU LOOKED AFTER YOUR OWN INTERESTS,

AND NONE OTHER.

I WILL LET YOU LIVE, COUNT MALO.

BUT YOU WILL BE ENCASED IN ICE

FOR 20 CYCLES...

AS I WAS.

AND WHO KNOWS?

PERHAPS YOU WILL EMERGE

A WISER MAN.

NO. NO, YOU CAN'T!

NO!

NO! YOU CAN'T!

I WAS ONLY SERVING THE PEOPLE OF FRIGIA!

NO!

YOU CAN'T, NO!

PREPARE A CELEBRATION!

I WILL BE BONDED,

AND FLASH GORDON

WILL RULE FRIGIA AT MY SIDE!

UH... WHAT?

WAIT, WAIT. WHAT?

IT IS YOUR RIGHT, AS MY RESCUER.

UH... BUT THERE WASN'T JUST ONE RESCUER, ALL RIGHT?

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT TEREK AND BAYLIN,

AND-- AND... BRINI...

SHE WAS ALMOST EXECUTED FOR POACHING ICE.

TAKE ALL THE ICE YOU NEED.

THEN WE CAN TRADE AGAIN.

I AM BRINIKA OF THE TRITONS, DAUGHTER OF REEVE JALLIN.

DAUGHTER OF THE TRITON KING?

OUR TWO TRIBES WILL BE NEW ALLIES.

UM... AHEM.

YOUR FATHER IS-- IS RULER OF THE TRITONS?

SO THAT MAKES YOU... A QUEEN?

MM-HMM.

AND IF YOU FIGHT MING,

MY PEOPLE WILL FIGHT WITH YOU.

AS WILL THE PEOPLE OF FRIGIA.

[FRIGIAN SUBJECTS]: AYE!

THANK YOU.

BOTH OF YOU.

[BITTERLY]: SO, WHICH "FROZEN QUEEN"

WAS I SUPPOSED TO RESCUE? THEY WERE BOTH FROZEN!

THEN YOU HAVE FULFILLED THE PROPHECY TWICE OVER.

MAYBE NOT. THE PROPHECY SAYS THAT THE "WARRIOR CHILD

WILL REPLACE THE FATHER." MING THOUGHT IT WAS BARIN, RANKOL THOUGHT IT WAS ME.

THEN WHO IS IT?

[***]

YOU HAVE RETURNED.

AND ALIVE.

I TAKE IT YOU SUCCEEDED?

YOU COULD SAY THAT.

THE FRIGIAN QUEEN IS MELTED.

AND THE TRITON QUEEN.

THEY WERE BOTH FROZEN.

AND BOTH HAVE PLEDGED THEIR SUPPORT IN THE CAUSE AGAINST MING.

THEN, WE ARE ALSO READY

TO PUT OUR POWER BEHIND YOU, FLASH GORDON.

SEE, THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET COMPLICATED.

I'M AFRAID I'M NOT THE GUY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT YOU FULFILLED THE PROPHECY.

YOU RESCUED THE QUEEN.

ACTUALLY, IT WAS TEREK

WHO DID THE RESCUING.

HE'S THE HERO YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

BUT YOU ARE THE WARRIOR CHILD,

COME TO TAKE YOUR FATHER'S PLACE.

THE WATER BEARER, REBORN.

I'M AFRAID WE GOT THOSE WRONG, AS WELL.

TEREK WAS SENTENCED TO PURGE AT BIRTH.

HE WAS NOT TO SURVIVE.

HIS PARENTAGE WAS UNKNOWN...

UNPROVEN...

UNTIL NOW.

MING IS MY FATHER.

[***]

THE DELEGATION FROM FRIGIA HAS ARRIVED, SIRE.

EXCELLENT, RANKOL. BRING THEM IN.

MALO, I KNOW I CAN RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT.

I BELIEVE IT IS MALO'S GREED THAT YOU'VE RELIED ON

FOR THE LAST 20 CYCLES, MING.

FRIA.

[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]

WHAT AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE.

AND HOW UNEXPECTED TO SEE ME ALIVE.

THE TRAITOR, COUNT MALO, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM MY THRONE.

MALO AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT ALLIES.

I DO HOPE YOU AND I CAN BE THE SAME.

I HAVE A NEW ADVISOR.

HE STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT YOU ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

[CHUCKLES DRYLY]

AND WHO IS THIS MISGUIDED ADVISOR?

FLASH GORDON.

FRIGIA WILL STAND ON ITS OWN NOW.

OUR ICE WILL BE SOLD FREELY TO ANY WHO WISH TO TRADE FOR IT.

EXCEPT YOU, OF COURSE.

RANKOL.

MOBILIZE ALL MY PATRIOTS.

PREPARE FOR WAR.

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