All language subtitles for 21. The Four Steps Affair [no italics]

[LOCKS DOOR]

Angela.

Angela?

[SIGHS]

[PANTING]

MAN [OVER PHONE]: Long distance.
- Operator.

Get me Plaza 36098, in New York City.

WAVERLY:
Hello.

Dancer? Why didn't you radio it
through your channel?

Channel D inoperative.

All right.

Proceed to a direct report.

"D-7.

The bird is on the wing."

[PHONE CLICKS]

[PHONE CLICKING]

Hello?

He--?

[REPLACES RECEIVER]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Dancer, is that you?

Darling.

- What happened?
- Sorry, Angela.

I thought I'd lost them,
but they found me.

- Never mind. I'll call the doctor--
- There's no way.

The phone is out.

They're outside right now.

It's pitch black outside there.
Maybe you can slip across the roof.

Come, I'll show you.

Careful.

Steady. They'll kill us, you know.

I had to. There's no place else to go.

- I didn't want to involve you, but--
- Shh.

Let me take a look.

I can't see anything. It's too black.
But they can't see us either.

I'm gonna get a coat. We're leaving.

No. No, you stay right here.

- Oh, please, let's not argue about it.
- No.

You can't drive in this condition.
I have to take you to a doctor. Please.

I'll go first.

[GUNSHOTS]

[DOOR OPENS]

Had he made any contact?

He started a message to his chief...

...before I had the chance
to break the connection.

That could mean a change in plans
regarding the boy.

If U.N.C.L.E. should decide
to follow up on their man Dancer...

...his car should make excellent bait.

Too bad.

So.

"The bird is on the wing."

That's from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,
isn't it?

In this instance,
I suspect it's also from the epitaph...

...of an U.N.C.L.E agent.

Get me a fix, please,
on Mr. Dancer's last point of transmission.

Well, gentlemen...

...how are your deductive powers
this evening? Hmm?

Mr. Kuryakin?

Well, the quote from the Rubaiyat...

...the eastern connotation
would suggest the boy, Miki.

The boy, who?

Dancer's assignment.

Miki, the boy lama of Shanti.
He's been in this country for dental surgery.

Shanti? In the Himalayas?

Well, there's an explosive
little neighborhood.

Not so much anymore.

The people have always
been divided politically, it's true...

...but somehow this boy
has unified them religiously.

They believe him to be the reincarnation
of their ancient supreme lama.

Really? Well, as long as it keeps them
off the streets. Heh.

I suppose.

We've appointed Dancer as the boy's
guardian while he's in this country.

I see, but "the bird is on the wing"?

I'm sure Mr. Waverly
will correct me if I'm wrong...

...but I'll wager the bird in this case
is a Thrush.

Tear Shanti apart with civil war
and then slither in to pick up the pieces.

And sell, then, to the highest bidder,
I know. Good old, merry old Thrush.

Time is short, gentlemen.

The boy, Miki, is scheduled
to return to Shanti tomorrow morning.

Obviously, Thrush is moving in
to prevent that.

And if they're successful,
that boy's life is in mortal danger.

But, sir, we know
they've already gotten to Dancer.

Dancer perhaps,
but not the boy. Not yet.

D-7, Mr. Kittridge,
is one of 10 U.N.C.L.E. drop points...

...or hideaways, if you will,
here in New York.

So Dancer hid the boy at D-7...

...at the B & U Photo Studio
on the east side.

Well, I hope so.

WAVERLY:
And not just the boy.

The boy's traveling
with a Shantian guardian...

...a potentate named Kaza.

A potentate? Sounds like
the Arabian Nights for goodness' sake.

As I was saying, there's the boy, Miki,
his guardian, Kaza...

...and probably the American nurse...

...who's been giving the boy
postoperative care.

So we go to D-7 and we bring those people
back here to safety.

Yes, that would be appreciated,
Mr. Kuryakin.

Oh, by the way,
anyone here seen Mr. Solo?

[RADIO TRANSMITTER BUZZING]

What's that, your timer?

My conscience.

You hair is mussed.

[SIGHS]

Channel is open.

Subject is rubaiyat affair.

The bird is on the wing
and Agent Dancer unaccounted for...

...since last interrupted transmission.

Was there a fix on his transmission?

Somewhere in the Easthampton area.
Long Island.

Mr. Waverly thinks he may have been
taken by Thrush, alive.

If so, U.N.C.L.E. security is jeopardized.

Yeah, I understand. Orders?

Proceed Easthampton area.

Track down Dancer
and confirm his status.

Get him back if you can.
He mustn't talk.

What you doing?

Oh, I was...

...having my dinner.

I'm on my way.

Mr. Kuryakin, Mr. Kittridge...

...may I introduce my wonderful nurse,
Miss Kelly Brown.

And Kaza, potentate of Shanti
and my guardian.

We are all grateful to you, gentlemen.

We're very grateful, my little friend,
to find you safe.

Now, if you'll follow
Mr. Kittridge and me.

- Now, stay close to me, young man.
- A moment, sir, please.

We were in the hands of a Mr. Dancer...

...who, very bravely, used himself
to decoy our pursuers in another direction.

But forgive me, gentlemen...

...can we be sure that you are
who you seem?

[EXHALES]

I'm sure, Kaza.

And I will stay close, Miss Brown.

Good. Well, we have a car
waiting in the alley.

And no unnecessary noise, please.

[GUNSHOTS]

[BULLETS RICOCHETING]

Go ahead! Go on!

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

No unnecessary noise, Mr. Kuryakin?

Ah. Just caught the fleshy part.

Best kind.

Kittridge here.

Rubaiyat affair appears secure.

Kuryakin should be safely at your point
in 15 minutes...

...with boy, girl,
and ventilated station wagon.

Send an ambulance to D-7.
I have an incapacitated potentate.

It's almost time for your pill.

To release one's emotions
is quite therapeutic, Miss Brown.

Therapeutic?
Just how old are you, my little friend?

I am 10, sir, in my present reincarnation.

There's something wrong.

That truck behind us.
Somehow, they're controlling our car.

[SWITCH CLICKING]

Ignition. Breaks. Nothing.

This is Solo.

I've located Dancer's car.

Now, there are traces of blood in the inside
and not a trace of anything outside.

Obviously, it was ditched here
after the main event.

And Dancer?

Well, I don't know yet.

Whatever shape he's in,
he's not in it around here.

- I'll continue on the road as far as I--
SARAH: Negative.

We have an emergency-four situation
on rubaiyat.

Illya didn't bring home the bacon
on schedule...

...and the monitor can't trace his vehicle.

You're to return immediately.

All right, I'm on my way.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[SETS BRAKE]

[SIGHS]

[SNIFFS]

My name is Napoleon Solo.
I hope you don't mind filters.

- How do you do?
- How do you do?

Light me, please.

What are you smiling at?

You.

Don't shoot me.
It would take all the fun out of the evening.

If I wanted to kill you,
I would have done it.

Hmm. We were driving then,
you would've gotten hurt.

Now we're standing still.

[WHISPERS]
Oh.

Now, where would I be carrying
a weapon?

It could be done.

If you have any doubts,
you better search me.

Well, am I hiding anything?

No, I can't honestly say that you are.
Which brings me to the question:

What is a nice girl like you
doing in a place like that?

Dancer wants to see you.

- Oh?
- I know. You thought he was dead.

He has been wounded
and he needs your help to get away.

How did he know I was here?

The receiver on his pocket radio
is still working.

He can hear, but he can't send.

He has been listening to all your calls.

Where is he?

On the move. He hasn't dared to stop.
But he'll meet us at my place.

[SIGHS]

I know what you're thinking.
That I could be one of them.

But I tell you, he needs you. Desperately.

[SIGHS]

You can believe me or not.

Well...

...I'll have to find out, won't I?

[TEARFULLY]
Oh. What am I doing here, anyway?

I wish I was in a cocktail dress somewhere
with my boyfriend.

Who I don't think is my boyfriend anymore
because of this darn uniform.

He said he wanted me warm
and dancing and feminine.

Not antiseptically clean.

[SNIFFLING]

They did not instruct me of such things
at the lamasery.

For men, there is no instruction
in these things.

Well, wherever we were going,
I think we're there.

[DOOR SQUEAKING]

Store this furniture in the basement.

We should have all the loose ends
wrapped up...

...in about one U.N.C.L.E. agent
from now.

[GIGGLES]
Oh.

You move beautifully.

If this were a trap,
you would certainly be able to kill me...

...before you went down.

No question about it.

- You live all the way out here all alone?
- On and off.

[UNLOCKS DOOR]

[DOOR CREAKS]

May I?

That was terribly rude.

Sorry. Where is Dancer?

Oh, he said that we are to meet him here
at midnight.

We are much too early.

May I come along?

I tell you, sitting alone in the gloom
makes me a little nervous.

I would have never thought it.

It's that way.

After you.

You know, I've often felt that I was born
several centuries too late.

I've always admired those cavaliers...

...who used to go slashing their way
down the corridors.

Are you always this suspicious
or is it me?

Well, I have a nervous grandmother
back home in Topeka, Kansas.

I'm afraid I've inherited
some of her genes.

- Oh, are you from Kansas?
- Of course. Isn't everybody?

Who goes in first this time?

Who do you want to go in first?

- You.
- Of course.

I tell you, old Granny,
she was really unbelievable.

She used to make everybody
so uncomfortable.

She was always stalking around
and peering into corners.

[CHUCKLES]

[SWITCH CLICKS]

Locking doors, make sure
that no one would steal in behind her.

And would you believe it?
Every night, before Granny went to sleep...

...she used to slash away
underneath the bed with a poker...

...looking for prowlers.

Was she ever lucky enough to find one?

No. No, that was Granny's
constant frustration.

But she never quit looking.

[SWORD RATTLING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

And I imagine that every time
she entered the room...

...she would look through the closet
just to make sure nobody was hiding there.

Of course not.
Why would she do a crazy thing like that?

This is quite a wardrobe you have here.

I want you to feel free
to change into something comfortable...

...while we wait for Dancer.

I shall retreat
to the other room discreetly.

Now, what would you like me
to change into?

Anything but a boy.

How long is this nonsense going on?

Only until my superior in this operation
communicates his desires.

U.N.C.L.E.'s meddling in this affair
may well force us to be less subtle...

...than was originally planned.

I'm sorry.

[MOANS]

This boy is in pain.

Can he have some aspirin, please?

Not right now, young lady.

Not right now?
Well, when? He just had surgery.

Look, all I want is some aspirin
for goodness' sakes, not a hacksaw.

Is it bad?

You'd better act civilized.

[WHISPERING]
No. But it seems to me Miss Brown...

...needs something to occupy her mind.

Some aspirin.

Are you sure you've never been married?

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Some good work here. Yours?

ANGELA:
I manage to make a living at it.

Someday, I will have to make
a study of you.

Color me sleepy.

Dancer is taking his time getting here.

Yes, and isn't that lovely of him?

[INHALES DEEPLY]

Perhaps he's having trouble
finding the place.

Oh, I doubt it. Why should he?

Well, when we were driving,
you said Dancer had never been here before.

I gave him very specific directions.
He'll have no trouble.

- No trouble?
- No.

I don't miss him right now, do you?

Well, I tell you,
I don't have many virtues...

...but patience doesn't rank at all.

I don't like to be kept waiting.

You sound so cold now.

Well, as you said when I came in the house,
I'm a rude man.

[DOG BARKING]

[MAN WHISTLES]

You don't have to wait any longer.
There is Dancer.

Why doesn't he come in?

Because he doesn't know for sure
that you are here.

Call to him.

[SIGHS]

You call to him.

[SIGHS]

But he wants you. I told you.

He will not come in
unless he knows that you are here.

Well, you tell him I'm here.

No. I told you,
he will not come unless you call him.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[ANGELA SCREAMS, GUNSHOTS]

[DOORKNOB RATTLING]

MAN:
Angela, open the door.

Anything wrong?

[LAMP CLATTERS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[ENGINE STARTS]

WOMAN:
Last interrupted transmission.

[HUMMING]

Alive. Canvass area.

Can't confirm his status.

WAVERLY:
Very well, keep me apprised.

No word on Illya?

No, nor on the two young people
with him.

At least we know the boy's guardian, Kaza,
is safe.

Mr. Kittridge, here,
deposited him in a hospital.

Under guard, of course.

His wound serious?

No. Best kind. Fleshy part of the shoulder.
He'll be out in the morning, I expect.

We picked up the man and the woman
you left wounded at that house.

They're both unconscious.
Can't tell us anything.

WAVERLY:
So, gentlemen, the puzzle remains.

How is it that Thrush
was waiting for you at D-7?

Devil only knows, but they certainly
were waiting, weren't they?

Well, from what you've told me...

...only three people outside of ourselves
knew the location of D-7...

...and that the boy was there.

Three? Wait a minute, of course.
The three subjects.

The boy, Miki, the little nurse--

Oh, no, not that sweet young thing.
And Kaza.

I suppose it could be Kaza.

Well, we've got him as a captive audience.
What have we got to lose?

Thrush? I don't know
what the word portends, I'm afraid.

But I do not appreciate your tone,
Mr. Solo.

And we, Kaza, do not appreciate
what Thrush portends.

An underground army
of criminal minds dominating the world...

...is a somewhat
less-than-attractive prospect.

I'm a minister of the Shantian cabinet.
The boy's appointed guardian.

And therefore a dangerously effective
Thrush weapon.

Until now, of course.

You are offensive, sir.

I think you'd better check
with your people on that.

SOLO: Angie just said
I was definitely not offensive.

- Angela?
- A great waste of time, Kaza.

WAVERLY:
Your associate, the Angela person...

...was quite vocal about you.

We've got her, of course.

You're absurd.

You lose the boy lama...

...and you strike at me
to rationalize your own ineptitude.

Angela indeed.

Angela indeed.

And a 10-year-old boy, and his nurse,
and a very good friend of mine.

You're mad.

Better than that, I'm furious.

Now, let's get down to cases, shall we?

That was quite good. Thank you.

Yes, that was good. Thank you.

Okay, funny man, where is the spoon?

Hmm?

GUARD 1: You're gonna dig your way out
with a spoon.

That's very clever.

[GUARD 1 SCREAMS]

That was very good too.
And no one is really hurt.

Thank you.

Oh, my purse.

Hold it.

Come. Slowly.

Keep low and use the trees for cover.

- But you and Miss--
- Go.

Just run and get away from here.

All right, you two, the upstairs is guarded.
Come on down.

You've got five seconds, my friends.
Bring the boy down.

Give me the gun.

On the floor.

Call the boy.

Boy!

Boy, come on down
or I'll kill your friends.

You are my friends.

All right. Back inside. Move.

Friends? You have no friends.
You are responsible for an entire country.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

[EXHALES]

Aah.

I have nothing to tell you. Nothing.

[SIGHS]

We'll do it the hard way, then.
With the interrogation people.

[DIALS]

Aah.

[LINE RINGING]

A mistake, Mr. Solo.

A deadly mistake.

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

WOMAN:
What was that?

[SCREAMING]

Ooh.

That blank ammunition smarts.

Well, he took his time
about grabbing the bait, didn't he?

- Yeah.
NURSE: Help!

NURSE:
Orderly. Help! Room 304. Come quick.

- Ahh....
- Uhn!

Well, that was graceful enough.

What about the homing device?

It's in the clip in my gun.
Where Kaza goes, we follow.

Kaza will be grabbing the car
any moment now.

Get cracking.
Your assault force is waiting.

Hi there.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Nice work, Harry.

[INDISTINCT NOISES OVER RADIO]

- How are we doing?
- Shh.

No, we're still not gaining on him.

He's really romping along.

He's a ruddy leadfoot, this one is.

We'll get where he's going...

...but I won't comment
on the time lapse between us.

Kaza, are you all right?

Well, I'm glad you're here.
I didn't know what to do.

Meaning what?

You haven't killed them.

I tell you, I didn't know what to do. I--

I figured that they should be killed,
but, well, your orders....

Where is your initiative, man?

Don't you realize U.N.C.L.E. will move
heaven and earth to get that boy back?

Or at least try to keep him off that plane
in the morning.

We have to kill him now.

Yes, I assumed that...

...but, well, you had mentioned the danger
of making a martyr out of the boy.

You fool.

Prepare the lion pits in the backyard.

Yes, now.

What you said
about my not having friends...

...that cannot be a good way to live.

It's the way a leader lives
and works and survives.

You are a leader...

...yet you were angry...

...when I did not let you
sacrifice yourself for me.

Well, that was my duty, not friendship.

So now you teach me
still another thing tonight.

The fiercest part of a warrior
must be his devotion to his cause.

On your feet.

Kaza.

So, my little friend, now you learn
even more of the ways of men.

Everybody out. Now.

[GUARD 1 GRUNTS]

[KEYS JINGLING]

[AIR HISSING]

[GRUNTS]

Please do not be too afraid.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[CHUCKLES]
Hold it. Hold it.

The boys will be busy for a while
clearing up the sentries out front. Look out!

[GUNSHOT]

KAZA:
No. Kill the boy first.

It's just the fleshy part. It's the best kind.

Thanks.

ILLYA:
Run. Do it this time.

Not him. Get them first.

MIKI:
Wait.

Are those two not already finished?

You know their faces.

Their own organization
will know they failed.

SOLO:
Mmm.

Surely they could not be running
to any sort of freedom.

Ten years old?

I don't believe it either.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Words are not adequate, Mr. Solo.

Well, none are necessary, Miki.
You're quite a young man.

- Good luck to you.
- Thank you.

You-- You didn't take your pill.

Miss Brown,
your personal fear fell away...

...before your professional concern for me,
your patient.

That is a God-given gift of dedication,
Miss Brown.

It makes the uniform a very pretty thing.

[SIGHS]

MIKI:
Excuse me.

It's such a heavy burden. He's so small.
Poor little boy.

[SOLO CHUCKLES]

Poor little boy? Are you kidding?
That kid's older than I am.

And as for his burden,
he'll carry it like the mature man he is.

You did not fail me?

I did not fail you.

[ENGLISH SDH]