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STEVE (VO): Here are some scenes from "Dark Side of the Moon, Part One".

LEITH: It's useless, there's no dilanthium here.

Doctor, our sensors show that there is dilanthium here.

I know you wanted to continue mining the moon...

but you found nothing.

It's there!

Unlimited, clean energy.

O.S.I. knows the asteroids contain dilanthium, that's why they sent us here.

We're returning to Earth.

And that is an order.

You've heard the plan?

You'll pilot the mission?

Ted says it could cost a lot of lives.

Possibly.

But then you wouldn't earn 5 million dollars if it were an ordinary mission.

How much do you want that money?

A lot.

Now that I'm away from Dr. Leith I think my appetite's coming back.

But let's not waste the day talking business.

All discussion henceforth will be limited to lobsters, wine or me.

Okay.

Dr. Leith invited me to join the mining team on the asteroid.

There's no lobster, no swimming pool...

but there are other compensations.

Doctor, I'd like you to reconsider your choice of pilot.

I don't want you on my crew.

LEITH: I've just had a call from Houston.

They have ordered us to abandon this project and go to the moon.

To the moon?

But that's already been tried.

Dad, you yourself, you sank a dozen sights.

On the light side of the moon...

but the dark side of the moon, the volcanic side...

that where the dilanthium is.

But that rock's too hard for anything but nuclear blasting.

(RUMBLING)

I've checked all the samples and there's no trace of dilanthium.

It's here!

We're just not deep enough. I'm going to 100 kilotons.

High yield nuclear explosives?

It's too dangerous.

STEVE: What would knock the orbit out, a massive meteorite?

FRANK: Palomar has been running visual checks.

RUDY: There's a typhoon in Northern Japan.

There's a hurricane along the Eastern seaboard.

There are tornados through the Midwest.

Oscar, I'm going to the dark side of the moon.

To what?

Steve, I'm not sure it'll do any good.

Well, it's better than sitting here waiting.

STEVE: The answer's gotta be on the dark side.

He'll be crossing from full light into absolute blackness.

It'll take him a few minutes for his eyes to adjust.

That's when we get him.

One more step, Colonel Austin...

and you're the first dead man on the moon.

STEVE (VO).' In a moment, the conclusion of "Dark Side of the Moon, Part Two."

FLIGHT COM: It looks good at NASA One.

B-52 >PILOT: Roger.

BCS Arm switch is on.

FLIGHT COM: Okay, Victor.

B-52 PILOT: Landing Rocket Arm switch is on. Here comes the throttle.

Circuit breakers in.

STEVE: We have separation.

B-52 PILOT: Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward with the side stick.

FLIGHT COM: Looks good.

PILOT: Ah, Roger.

STEVE: I've got a blowout in damper three.

SR-71 PILOT: Get your pitch to zero.

STEVE: Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!

B-52 PILOT: Correction. Alpha Hold is off. Threat selector is emergency.

STEVE: Flight Com. I can't hold it! She's breaking up! She's breaking...

ANNOUNCER: Steve Austin. Astronaut.

A man barely alive.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man.

Steve Austin will be that man.

Better than he was before.

Better, stronger, faster.

(MAIN TITLE THEME)

STEVE: Clever, radio relay to the asteroid.

Signals beamed to Earth are bounced back down here and you get them.

LEITH: Go inside.

ERIC: I'll check the battery on the relay antenna.

(THUNDER CRASHES)

This new hurricane...

the second in four hours is building in the North Atlantic.

(PHONE BUZZES)

Any word from Colonel Austin on the moon?

Yes, I happen to know that he's on the dark side of the moon...

and I happen to know he can't communicate.

But he can relay through Dr. Leith on the asteroid.

Listen! I can give you all the reasons why we haven't heard from him, too...

but I would like to hear something positive!

Nothing.

Why isn't Steve communicating with Dr. Leith?

Now I think you're bright enough to realize that having gone this far...

I am not about to let squeamishness keep me from my goal.

Mining dilanthium on the moon.

Yes.

In spite of what you're doing to Earth.

There have been some unfortunate side effects.

I regret them.

Hundreds of people killed by the storms you caused...

towns destroyed by floods and you regret?

I have fought against that kind of sloppy sentimentality all of my life!

Haven't you ever heard of the greater good for the greater number?

You're out of your mind.

Why, because I am realistic enough to know that sooner or later...

death comes to us all?

What I have done up here only means that...

for a few unfortunates on Earth...

It will come a little sooner.

So be it.

In the long run, they will have served the common good.

Everything's secure.

Right.

What about him?

LEITH: We'll put him in the ore carrier.

Get inside!

Stand back, Colonel.

ERIC: That should keep him locked in.

LEITH: That gauge is pure titanium.

Nothing less powerful than one of these laser guns will ever open it.

What about Bess and Hal?

They see him and the charade's over.

I'll take care of them.

HAL: This rock is brutally hard.

I don't know whether we're gonna be able to drill the 17 meters you want.

For the record, I think this is a bust.

We're getting nowhere.

Come on, Bess.

Remember, Dad's numero uno.

He says we'll find dilanthium, the stuff wouldn't dare not be here.

Now we're a team. We gotta work together.

Remember, there's only four of us.

LEITH: Actually, there are now five of us.

You may as well know.

We were not ordered to leave the asteroid and set up mining on the moon.

You lied!

ERIC: Come on, Bess, let's hear the rest of it.

Give him a chance to explain.

I have put my life...

my future on the line for what I believe to be true.

I lied to Houston and to the OS! and to you.

LEITH: We must find dilanthium.

The end justifies the means.

You said there were five of us.

BESS: Who else is on the moon?

Steve Austin.

Where?!

In confinement. He is a threat to this expedition.

You could have told me.

You couldn't be blamed for what you didn't know.

Don't pretend that you were doing something for me.

You never have.

All that ever mattered was that great, impersonal god, Science.

If I had told you, what would you have done?

Nothing, I guess.

I never stood up to you in the past...

why would I start now?

Hal, what I'm trying to do is for the good of every human being on Earth.

Sure. I believe you.

If I thought you were doing something wrong...

and I'd have to do something about it...

and we both know I'm not man enough, don't we?

Steve!

Well, were you in on this from the beginning?

No!

STEVE: But you're a part of it now.

The explosions that shifted the moon's orbit caused death and destruction on Earth.

I didn't know.

Leith said Earth ordered our transfer here from the asteroid.

Eric, go help Hal in the mine. We're behind schedule.

You knew what would happen on Earth!

Yes.

Each of us has our work to do, Bess.

That includes you.

Do you really think I'd have anything to do with this now that I know what you are?

Listen to me, please.

If you're stubborn, who gets hurt?

Explain it to her.

LEITH: Since the mining is going to continue in any case...

Bess should do all she can to help.

Surely it's better that we ultimately return to Earth with dilanthium.

He's got a point, Bess.

If you could stop him, fine, but you can't.

And, if you have any ideas about freeing Austin...

the only thing that can do that is a laser gun.

You're not gonna get your hands on one.

Just continue to analyze the samples of the dig...

and let us know if we are mining in the right direction.

I'll be in the lab.

I can deal with anything but a moralizing dreamer.

LEITH: I'm glad to see that you're a realist.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(METAL CREAKING)

This is taking forever.

We should blast. Why waste time and effort?

To avoid wasting lives.

Keep digging.

I'll get these samples analyzed.

The rock may soften as we go on.

Leith moved to the moon from the asteroid.

He's been mining with nuclear explosives.

OSCAR: Steve, I don't know how soon we can get an expedition up to help you.

STEVE: Leith will go blasting.

Steve, this is Frank.

The Earth can't take much more.

OSCAR: It's up to you, pal.

Somehow, you've got to stop him.

Okay, I don't know what I can...

Steve?

Steve!

The report on the rock is...

Where's Steve?

No metal fatigue, no structural defect...

What have you done with him?

He broke out!

But that's impossible.

You're lying again.

If anything has happened to Steve...

Don't be silly!

There's only one possible explanation.

I heard a rumor sometime ago that...

the O.S.I. had succeeded in making someone bionic.

Was he lying when he said you got yourself out of the cage?

No.

You were right.

He was at the LEM.

Radio contact with Goldman?

They're probably preparing a rescue expedition.

LEITH: You can be sure of that.

Well, first things first.

What do I do with him?

I don't know.

To begin with, you can restore that ore carrier to working condition.

We're going to need it to transport the dilanthium.

I know that you're bionic.

No normal man could have done that.

You want to be stubborn, you'll also be dead.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(METAL CREAKING)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

I can't spare anyone to guard you, Colonel.

I will allow you to remain free if you give me your word not to interfere.

No deal.

I thought you were a realist.

You force me to commit murder, the fault will be yours.

Eric, you know what'll happen when you get back to Earth...

if you co-operated in cold-blooded murder.

She's got a point.

ERIC: I just want the money and a whole skin.

He's part machine.

Every machine has its weakness.

I won't pull this trigger without some provocation.

ERIC: He would.

LEITH: I have every provocation.

You're a deadly threat to this mission.

Goldman will have an expedition up here within a week.

If I have not found dilanthium by that time, I'm finished.

Lam justified in anything I do to stop that.

We will accelerate our mining with atomic blasts, if that...

Atomic power.

Of course.

His bionics must be powered by an atomic pack.

Cancel out the heat generated by that source...

and Colonel Austin will grind to a halt.

How do we cancel the heat?

Intense cold, it's more than cold enough on the surface.

LEITH: Without a space suit, he'd die.

But you can't kill him.

I'm doing what I can to save him.

Eric, that tunnel off-shoot where we began mining...

how far below the surface would you say that is?

I can tell you exactly. It's just under two meters.

Then a steel rod driven into that chamber from the surface...

would create a temperature close to absolute zero.

And Austin in contact with that rod would be chilled enough to be helpless.

You replace Hal at the digging while he positions the steel rod.

What about her?

Where do we stand?

We still need you in the lab, but obviously you can't be trusted.

Allowing you to go free is a calculated risk, but minimal.

Needless to say, Colonel Austin is hostage to your good behavior.

(LOUD RUMBLING)

BESS: What is it?

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(LOUD CLANG)

What's happened?

I have great respect for your abilities, Colonel.

So much that I will not risk your doing anything to interfere.

Remember that.

What happened in the mine?

I don't know, but I mean to find out.

I hit a steam vent, it blew.

That tunnel's a death trap.

Can't we dig under?

No way, you gotta come at it from another angle.

LEITH: It's too late for that.

Mirrors... sun... heat rod.

Can we blast out the vent?

Not likely considering the geologic formation.

Hal, show me what happened.

And then I have a job for you, driving a rod in from the surface.

Eric, take the Colonel into the mine chamber...

and don't take your eyes off him.

Bess, like the man said, we need your services.

In the lab.

It's subsiding.

Must have been a small pocket.

You'd better get back to the surface.

That'll free Eric to guard Austin.

I have a proposition for you, Colonel.

You've got a captive audience.

A combination of steam and an almost impervious layer of rock...

have put a stop to our mining operations.

I need your help to overcome that problem.

No deal.

I intend to drill another 16 meters...

and then set off a megaton blast.

That would do five times the damage you've already done to Earth.

You've only yourself to blame for that.

If you hadn't called Goldman, I would have more time.

The big blast could have been avoided.

I have made my decision.

The question is yours. Your help?

You knew I wouldn't go along with that.

You've got to have some kind of hook that you think will drag me in.

I can't prevent what is going to happen to Earth.

You can't?

I don't want to split words with you, Colonel.

If you prefer, I won't prevent it because I know that I am right.

However, I would want to minimize the destruction...

to the degree that is feasible.

Where do I fit in?

In exchange for your help in digging the hole for the explosive...

I offer you 30 seconds on our radio.

You can warn Earth...

give them the direction and strength of the blast that is coming.

They can work out the coordinates and evacuate some of the people...

in the areas that would be most affected.

If I refuse?

If you refuse, I will need more explosives to reach the dilanthium.

You can't stop me...

but you can reduce the additional destruction and human suffering...

that you will be causing.

I have been very patient with you.

Now it's time for your decision.

Should I wire him to the rod?

If that's his choice.

Your stubbornness will be very costly on Earth.

I have your word I'll be able to talk to Oscar on the radio?

Yes.

How much time will be allowed for the people on Earth to evacuate?

Two hours starting now.

Every minute that you waste is time taken away from the margin of help to Earth.

Let's go.

Start digging here.

What if I hit another steam pocket?

Well, that will be too bad, won't it?

We haven't got time to think about that now.

Start digging, Colonel!

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

All right, that's it. That's your 16 meters.

Now let me talk to Oscar.

You and Hal set the charge.

I'll go with Colonel Austin.

This is Pluto One.

Put me through to Oscar Goldman. It's an emergency.

CAPCOM: O.S.I., this is Houston.

(THUNDER CRASHES)

(RUMBLING THUNDER CONTINUES)

This is O.S.I.

Dr. Leith, this is Oscar Goldman speaking.

I know! can't appeal to you to stop whatever you're doing...

but would you please tell us what happened to Colonel Austin?

He's all right at the moment.

Mr. Goldman, we have very little time...

and it is to your advantage that you waste none of it.

I'm going to allow Colonel Austin to deliver a message to you.

He will have 30 seconds and no more, do you understand that?

No!

Why can't he talk longer than that? What's happening?

I will answer no questions.

Colonel Austin's 30 seconds begin right now.

Oscar, just listen and take down these figures.

Patch in the tape, Frank.

Leith's operation is established on the dark side of the moon...

at longitude 147.8, latitude 21.6.

That is where a one megaton nuclear device will be detonated...

at a depth of 42 meters in exactly one hour and 49 minutes.

I've got the numbers. Go ahead.

There's no way to stop the blast...

and there's nothing you can do about it from Earth.

Compute the alteration in the Moon's orbit and locations of maximum effect on Earth.

By starting evacuation procedures immediately, you can save some lives.

Should there be any change, I think Leith will let me contact you...

Down below!

This is a Red Alert.

Army, Navy, Coast Guard, civil disaster organizations, the works.

I want everybody working flat out.

We'll concentrate on the cities on the eastern part of the United States.

That's right. From Maine to the tip of Florida.

I'll give you the specifics as soon as we get it from the computer.

Thank you.

Rudy, what do you got?

The worst area in our country will be from Boston to the Carolinas.

Now we've alerted the Russians to expect tidal waves near Vladovistok...

and of course our Western European friends are being kept informed.

They're gonna be hit harder than we are.

And there's nothing we can do as long as Steve is helpless.

That should do.

LEITH: Very good.

My left arm isn't bionic.

Word of honor?

Eric, some insulation between his left arm and the pole, quickly!

There's no justification for unnecessary suffering or harm.

Very good. Is it all right, Colonel?

Both legs?

Excellent job.

However, Colonel Austin has an ally in our charming little chemist.

We can lock up all the tools that might possibly cut wire...

but I wouldn't want her to untwist it...

so we'll fuse the ends together.

Now I think we better join Hal.

I want that detonator installed and ready.

Right.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I got the mirrors set as fast as I could.

Do you think it'll work?

In time, if they don't notice it first.

I'll get the wire cutters.

No, never mind.

Leith locked all the cutting tools up.

Besides, it wouldn't do any good.

Where is he?

He's setting the blast.

That means once it's set, he'll pass back by here on his way to the airlock.

Steve, what am I gonna do?

This pole, its warming from the top.

If I could get my arms up there, maybe I can get some strength back.

Push 'em up.

(GROANS)

Just gonna have to wait until it melts down.

Be sure that the detonator is set at the precise time.

Once it is, the timer will be fused so it can not be reset.

We've got leeway.

We can do the blast early. We'll be out of the way.

I gave my word.

It'd serve no purpose to break it.

Suit yourself.

It's getting there.

(STEPS APPROACHING)

Buy me some time with Leith.

Okay.

Come on.

Doctor, I really owe you an apology.

Why?

I still disagree with what you did...

but I doubted that you'd find dilanthium on the moon...

and I was wrong.

Astonishing change of heart.

BESS: The analysis I just ran showed a strong indication of rich ore.

The samples at the 37-meter level are far and away the best.

LEITH: Then we've dug past the lode.

You suggest that we re-set our charges?

Perhaps dig through the side wall to verify the direction of the vein.

You're lying.

I'm telling you the truth!

I would guess that Austin is involved in this charade.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(WHIP CRACKS)

Hold it, Eric!

STEVE: Drop the laser!

You just touched a cord to the humanitarian side of my soul.

Get the laser, Bess!

Watch 'em while I tie 'em up.

Sorry, your work on the moon is over, Doctor.

Bess, I'll get 'em tied up, you get 'em back up to the space lab...

and I'll disarm the explosive.

You can't, it's too late.

Nobody can.

Nothing can stop the blast.

He's telling the truth.

If you try to alter it, it's gonna explode immediately.

The blast will kill us all here underground...

but we'll have the dilanthium even though I don't live to see it.

Bess, take 'em up to the lab.

This whole operation, Bess...

I know that there are things terribly wrong about it...

but we didn't start it and we can't stop it.

We might as well take advantage of what it'll do for our careers.

Maybe you're the worst.

Leith is blind.

Eric is hung up on excitement...

but you, you have no excuse.

You just won't stand up to your father...

even when you know about the terrible things he's done.

He was right before. What if he is now?

Leith told the truth.

No way to stop the blast.

All right, come on, into the air lock!

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

Pluto One calling Houston. Pluto One calling Houston.

CAPCOM: This is Houston, Pluto One.

We're patching you through to O.S.I.

Steve, are you all right?

Oscar, the bomb is set. I can't defuse it.

Well, are you in a protective area at least?

Yes, but what's gonna happen to Earth?

Steve, the process that's underway will accelerate.

The moon is moving closer to the Earth with each revolution.

Before we can mount an expedition or do anything...

the gravitational pull will destroy beyond belief

Oscar, we get nine minutes before the blast.

There must be something I can do.

Well, why don't you move it?

Throw it out into space.

It might delay the inevitable.

The device is motion sensitive.

If I move it, it blows immediately.

There's one long shot alternative.

A shaped blast.

(DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES)

You mean all the force of the explosion in one direction, Rudy?

I know what he's talking about.

If I can do it when the moon is furthest from Earth...

we might push the moon back to its old circular orbit.

But Steve, can you shape the charge without exploding it?

Well, let's find out.

Get the computer to work on the shape and direction.

I'll feed cable down to the blast site so I can maintain radio communication.

OS CAR: Right.

Pluto One out.

Come on.

Frank, get over to NASA...

get those computers ready to verify any figures that might come in.

This is our last chance.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

You ready?

Yeah.

Oscar, Steve's ready.

OSCAR: Bess?

I'm gonna let Rudy take it from here.

Is the device in a steel casing?

Yes.

Well, Steve will have to press it into the right shape.

Now give me the dimensions.

Well, a spheroid.

Diameter, 24 inches.

Base, 14 inches.

Detonator inserted at a 45-degree angle.

Got it.

Okay.

The sides must be concave below the median axis.

Got it?

I'll have to ease it back.

(DEVICE BEEPING)

Rudy, I can't do it. The bomb will go critical.

There's no alternative.

Now when you have it in shape...

it must be oriented to latitude 35.5.

BESS: It's impossible.

Bess, there's a sextant in the space lab.

Can you use it?

Sure.

All right, I need a reading to know the exact orientation of this mine shaft.

Bring back the sextant.

Okay.

Rudy, I'd just as soon she be out of here for the next part of this operation.

It's gonna be dangerous?

STEVE: The device is on too small of a platform.

Even if I press it into the shape you want, it won't balance.

It'll tilt, bang and goodbye.

Is there anything you can do?

Well, I can try to make another platform, move this thing onto it.

Well, you said if you moved it...

Well, it won't blow if I keep it absolutely steady...

vertically, horizontally and diagonally.

And if you hear a loud noise, you know! didn't keep it steady.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(DEVICE BEEPING)

(BEEPS FASTER)

(STEADY BEEP)

RUDY: What's happening?

(DEVICE BEEPING)

Did you hear a loud noise?

RUDY: No.

Well, I guess it didn't go off.

Steve, you've only got 80 seconds.

The shaft is 13 degrees off parallel latitude.

How did you...

I don't know and I'd rather not think about it.

Thanks, Bess.

Go on back, there's nothing more you can do here.

No.

When the time comes, I can run a little faster than you.

I don't want you in my way.

Now git!

Be careful.

That's level.

Okay, Rudy, here goes.

(BEEPING CONTINUES)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)

RUDY: Now keep me posted, will you, Steve?

If you don't hear anything, that's good news.

I'm working on it.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

RUDY: 50 seconds.

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

40 seconds.

(BEEPING CONTINUES)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)

30 seconds.

Latitude 35.4?

RUDY: Got it.

Steve, you've got 20 seconds.

(BEEPING CONTINUES)

(BIONIC SOUND EFFECT)

12 seconds!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Where are you, Steve?

RUDY: Come in!

BESS: Steve!

Well, the moon's in its heaven and I think maybe it's back where it belongs.

You fella's need anything, you just knock.

OSCAR: Calling Pluto One, calling Pluto One.

Pluto One, go ahead.

Steve, we just got a final report.

The moon's orbit is back to normal.

The weather's clearing and I'd say we're all in fine shape.

You did a fine job, pal.

Well, we struck out in one area.

There's no dilanthium in the mine.

Well, we'll get enough from the asteroids.

An expedition to relieve you will blast off tomorrow.

No rush.

We're comfortable.

At least, Bess and I are.

Well, I had no doubt about that.

See you soon, pal.

Pluto One out.

Well, from blast-off to touchdown, that's four days.

With nothing to do.

You might say it'd be a nice, little vacation.

Exactly what I had in mind.

Of course, there's no sun and no swimming pools.

But, some compensations.

Absolutely. Table for two?

What's that?

That's Maine lobster and Moselle wine, 1971, naturally.

Naturally. My favorite.

Would you slice me a piece of wine, please?

I surely would.

(END THEME MUSIC)