“seaWest”

Directed by: Gabrielle Beaumont

Written by: John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart

Summary: The seaQuest crew investigates a distress signal received from an underwater gold mining colony reminiscent of the Wild West, but they get nowhere in their inquiries. Hitchcock then goes in posing as a singer and discovers that the rightful owner of the mine and his family are being held hostage by an outlaw who has taken over the operation. As a rescue attempt takes place, her cover is blown and Commander Ford is captured.

Guest Starring:

David Morse as Lenny Sutter

David McCallum as Frank Cobb

W. Morgan Sheppard as Professor Martinson

Ethan Glazer as Gibby Sutter

Bari Hochwald as Joan Sutter

Co-Starring:

Peter Sands as Duke

David Correia as Buck

Featuring:

Lauren Dennington as Pretty Woman #1

Renee Parent as Pretty Woman #2

The twenty-first century ... Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth – the ocean. As Captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians; for beneath the surface, lies the future.

- New Ausland Confederation, the Great Barrier Reef, sea launch -

Ben Krieg: Mining underwater ... I don’t know. What do you do if there’s a cave in?

Jonathan Ford: You die.

Ben Krieg: Which would make it kinda tough to send a distress signal, wouldn’t it?

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, docking bay -

Nathan Bridger: We stick together, find out who’s in charge, see if they need any assistance.

Manilow Crocker: I got a detail prepped and ready back on board seaQuest just in case, Cap.

Computer: Welcome to Broken Ridge. All arrivals please sign in at the supervisor’s office. (all enter facility)

Manilow Crocker: Must be the place up there, huh?

Nathan Bridger: Not your typical sounds of distress, are they? (points to sign ‘Making rounds be back in 15 minutes')

Gibby Sutter: Dad.

Lenny Sutter: I see them, Gibby. (hands hat to Gibby) Take these, go on home. Tell your mom I’ll be there as soon as I can. Go.

Nathan Bridger: (group enters Canteen) I don’t think they’ll bite. Let’s, uh, let's ask around. (walks over to bar) Hi.

Buck: What’ll it be?

Nathan Bridger: I’m looking for a Mr. Cobb. I was told at the docking port that he was in charge here.

Buck: Haven’t seen him, yet. Little early for lunch though. Never too early for a drink. (reveals tray of drinks) Here’s all you’re gonna get outta me. (Lenny enters, sits down)

Ben Krieg: You wouldn’t happen to know anyone who might be trying to send out a distress signal? (laughs)

Lady #1: Take a look around, pal, you see anyone who wouldn’t?

Ben Krieg: Good point. So, uh, what are you doing here?

Lady #1: We’re the entertainment.

Lady #2: We’re singers.

Ben Krieg: How do you end up getting booked into Broken Ridge?

Lady #1: We’re not very good.

Lady #2: Oh, but they don’t care. And it’s a good place to be bad, practice and polish your act.

Ben Krieg: Good luck to you.

Manilow Crocker: Uh, excuse me, gents, we picked up a distress signal coming across the Ceylon Plain.

Duke: Yeah?

Jonathan Ford: It’s pretty weak, disappeared before we could pinpoint it, but yeah, we think from here.

Duke: Can’t help you, only person in distress here is me. (looks at cards) Wait, I take that back. False alarm. (Ford and Crocker turn to go)

Lenny Sutter: (gets up, goes over to Ford) I heard what you said about my wife. (punches Ford, they fight) Don’t leave, please help us. (someone pulls Lenny off Ford, Ford sits up to gun in his face)

Frank Cobb: Welcome to Broken Ridge. Frank Cobb’s the name. Something I can do for you?

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Canteen, a little later -

Frank Cobb: (handcuffs Lenny) Duke. We’re just a small town, more of a family really, with the good fortune to be sitting on a mountain of gold. I’m afraid that makes us a bit skittish around strangers.

Jonathan Ford: (to Lenny) Don’t leave, what’d you mean? (Lenny elbows Ford)

Frank Cobb: Especially when they wear uniforms. Right, Lenny? Oh, almost forgot, I sent a couple of my men over to your place. I thought we ought to let your wife know not to worry. At least until I decide what to do with you. Joan, lovely woman, and your boy Gibby, what’s he now, seven?

Lenny Sutter: Eight.

Frank Cobb: Family’s important down here. Man who’s lucky enough to have one does what he has to to protect it. Well, I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. Far as I’m concerned, the matter’s closed. You and your men are free to go back to your ship.

Nathan Bridger: But we still don’t know who sent the signal.

Frank Cobb: I told you, if there’d been a signal, I’d have heard about it. You guys are unbelievable. For years we scratched away at this rock just tryin’ to get enough out of her to stay alive. And where were you? Nowhere. Now all that miserable hard work is paying off; we’re getting somewhere, getting ahead. All of a sudden the mighty UEO shows up wanting to help. Hah. Kinda makes a man wonder.

Nathan Bridger: You don’t understand.

Frank Cobb: You really care that much about us, or is your outfit just looking for somebody new to tax?

Nathan Bridger: We heard a call for help, that’s all.

Frank Cobb: Yeah, well your help’s not needed. Now I think it better if you and your men moved on.

Nathan Bridger: We’re sorry you feel that way. And we still have to find a distress signal. (leaves, others follow)

Frank Cobb: Well good luck to you, Captain.

Ben Krieg: Is it my imagination, or were we just told to get out of town by sundown?

Nathan Bridger: I think that’s a fair translation.

Jonathan Ford: Captain, that man was asking for help. Hitting me was just a cover-up.

Nathan Bridger: Yes, but this isn’t the place to discuss it. (leaves)

- sea launch -

Jonathan Ford: We have to go back, Captain.

Nathan Bridger: Maybe, maybe not. This is an open territory, it’s not UEO. I don’t think we can go back without an invitation. (hears barking)

Jonathan Ford: Did you hear that?

Nathan Bridger: Yeah. (opens hatch, dog jumps out, Bridger laughs) A stowaway. (gives Ford paper from under collar)

Jonathan Ford: (reading) Please come back. Help us. I don’t want them to hurt my daddy. I don’t know, Captain, but it sounds like an invitation to me.

- seaQuest DSV, ward room -

Lucas Wolenczak: Plaster deposits are like rivers of gold; pushed off the continental shelves by glaciers during the Great Ice Ages. It wasn’t until a few years ago, however, that it made sense, cost wise, to mine underwater. Now Broken Ridge is just one of dozens of mining camps formed off the coast of Australia during the Great Oceanic Land Rush there.

Nathan Bridger: What do we know about it specifically?

Katie Hitchcock: Oh, it’s definitely legit. The probe found gold in the mineral samples it collected.

Nathan Bridger: Anything else?

Lucas Wolenczak: Well, the prospectors are wildcatters. They don’t report to anybody, and if they do keep records, I haven’t found any, yet.

Nathan Bridger: Well, keep digging. Who’s next?

Miguel Ortiz: I’ve set up a perimeter with WSKRS. Haven’t picked up anything unusual, yet.

Tim O’Neill: I’ll be running a constant communications sweep, Captain. Maybe we’ll get lucky and hear something.

Jonathan Ford: Wait a minute, aren’t we ignoring the obvious here? We take a security detail down, we find this kid or his dad, and we ask him what’s going on.

Nathan Bridger: We’ve gotta be careful, we’re liable to hurt some people. But you’re right, it would be nice to have someone there to ask questions.

Manilow Crocker: I don’t think Mr. Cobb’s all that open to having strangers in his little town.

Nathan Bridger: Maybe not strangers. Lieutenant Krieg tells me there’s a constant flow of people on the shuttle from Australia.

Ben Krieg: Yes, sir. Singers, musicians, comedians. They rotate through Broken Ridge on a weekly basis.

Nathan Bridger: You’re a comedian, Lieutenant, we could send you. (all laugh)

Ben Krieg: Uh, yes, well, thank you, sir, but, uh, it’s more of a spontaneous kind of thing. I don’t exactly have an act, not that you need an act. I spoke to my buddy, Murray, he books talent at your smaller venues, he told me that the miners at Broken Ridge are mostly single men who’ll pay top dollar for female entertainers, no matter how bad they are.

Katie Hitchcock: I can be bad. (all look at Hitchcock) What? I can sing. I’m not a pro but I can carry a tune well enough for Broken Ridge.

Ben Krieg: Katie, you sang in the shower.

Katie Hitchcock: Yes, and maybe you want me to shower for them, is that what you’re saying?

Ben Krieg: No, I just don’t think you should go in there unprotected. Cobb’s a tough man. I mean, we don’t want her putting herself at risk.

Katie Hitchcock: Somebody has to. Look, I can’t be a part of asking someone to do something I’m not willing to do.

Nathan Bridger: Commander, you feel confident about this?

Katie Hitchcock: Yes, sir, I do.

Nathan Bridger: OK, let’s get some musical charts for our lounge act here and tell your friend Murray to book her into Broken Ridge immediately.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility -

Frank Cobb: Welcome to Broken Ridge, ma'am. Can I, uh, help you with your bag?

Katie Hitchcock: Thank you Mr....

Frank Cobb: Frank Cobb.

Katie Hitchcock: Mr. Cobb. Yes, that’d be nice.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Canteen -

Frank Cobb: (throws bag on table) Gold.

Katie Hitchcock: Should I be impressed?

Frank Cobb: Isn’t a man here who has the same, or more. And if I let you leave this table, more than one of them’s going to be trying to convince you to spend the rest of your life with him. The thing is, I want you here, with me.

Katie Hitchcock: Do you think we can slow things down a little?

Frank Cobb: When it comes to beautiful women, second chances are pretty rare around here.

Katie Hitchcock: I’m not the only woman who just got off the boat. Why me?

Frank Cobb: Your eyes. They’re stunning, but they’re hiding something. And that intrigues me.

Katie Hitchcock: What do you think they’re hiding?

Frank Cobb: I haven’t figured that out yet. Is it fear? You’re not afraid of me, are you?

Katie Hitchcock: (laughs) Should I be?

Frank Cobb: My mother had eyes like yours. Mom. She just kept doing what needed to be done. I see that same look in your eyes.

Katie Hitchcock: I’m afraid I didn’t come here to get married.

Frank Cobb: Entertainer, eh, hah. So, how about you entertaining me?

Katie Hitchcock: You want a song, that’s a cover charge and a two-drink minimum. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to try and find out where I’m staying. (leaves)

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, by Sutters’ place -

Katie Hitchcock: (approaches kid drawing) Hi there. What are you drawing? (no response) Listen, maybe you can help me. I have some friends and they found this dog. I told them I’d try to find out who he belongs to. Seems like a great dog, I know if he were mine I’d sure hate to give him up.

Gibby Sutter: His name is Banjo.

- seaQuest DSV, Lucas’s room -

Lucas Wolenczak: It wasn’t easy to find. They keep mapping and remapping the ocean floor. What used to be part of one confederation is now part of another.

Nathan Bridger: But you found it.

Lucas Wolenczak: Yeah, I found it. Department of Oceans, Fisheries, and Wildlife, New Ausland Confederation. (screen changes to show two pictures)

Nathan Bridger: That’s him.

Lucas Wolenczak: Who?

Nathan Bridger: Commander Ford’s sparring partner. His name is Sutter, Lenny Sutter.

Lucas Wolenczak: (points to bottom picture) Must be his dad.

Nathan Bridger: Uh huh.

Lucas Wolenczak: Harry. According to this they own all mineral rights to Broken Ridge. Grabbed them in the Oceanic Land Rush of twenty fifteen.

Kristin Westphalen: Doesn’t that mean that everyone at the mine works for the Sutters?

Lucas Wolenczak: I guess so, yeah. Records don’t show any change of ownership.

Nathan Bridger: That doesn’t make sense ... (with Westphalen) unless –

Kristin Westphalen: There was a mutiny.

Nathan Bridger: Yes.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, by Sutters’ place -

Lenny Sutter: It all comes down to greed. Cobb was just a hired hand. Until he convinced the others that they’d get a bigger cut if he was running things.

Katie Hitchcock: He convinced all the miners?

Joan Sutter: Enough. He can be pretty persuasive. You have to remember that this was almost five years ago. It was a much smaller operation then. All the men brought in since have been Cobb’s.

Katie Hitchcock: But there’s gotta be something you can do.

Lenny Sutter: Well, I can’t fight him. Cobb says if I try anything, Joan and Gibby’ll be the ones that pay for it. I know my son must think I’m a coward sometimes but ... I’ve already lost my father to Cobb. I can’t lose anybody else.

Katie Hitchcock: Why does Cobb keep you around? Just to torture you?

Lenny Sutter: No, we’re alive on a technicality. The folks who started the land rush, they weren’t interested in speculators. They wanted to settle the ocean. So in order to claim the land you had to agree to work it, for five years. The deed’s in the Sutter name, so no gold can be sold without our signature. Drives Cobb crazy.

Katie Hitchcock: Five years, that’s...

Lenny Sutter: Yeah, time’s about up.

Joan Sutter: And Cobb won’t be needing us anymore.

Katie Hitchcock: We gotta get your family out of here. (pulls out PAL) Is there someplace where we can go where this will work?

Lenny Sutter: Yeah. (gets up)

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, mine shaft -

Lenny Sutter: This shaft’s pretty much mined out. Doesn’t get much traffic. I come down here as often as is safe to send out a distress signal.

Katie Hitchcock: I’m, uh, gonna call my Captain. Would you mind keeping a look out? (Lenny walks off, turns corner, sees Cobb)

Frank Cobb: There you are. I’ve been lookin’ for you.

Lenny Sutter: What do you want?

Frank Cobb: I heard you had company today. One of the new ladies in town. That’s not like you, Lenny, family man and all.

Lenny Sutter: She likes kids. We started talkin’ to Gibby, so, she stopped by for a few minutes, had coffee, that’s all.

Frank Cobb: What’d you talk about?

Lenny Sutter: Nothing, Gibby.

Frank Cobb: I wanna know what she’s doing here.

Lenny Sutter: Oh, come on, Cobb, what do you think she’s doing here? She’s like most women that come to Broken Ridge, she’s looking for a husband.

Frank Cobb: I’ve met her Lenny, she’s not at all like most women. Believe you me, not by a long shot. (punches Lenny) Please, Lenny, I need to know who she is.

Lenny Sutter: She’s nobody.

Frank Cobb: I’m not going away, Lenny. Now tell me, who is she?

Lenny Sutter: She’s nobody.

Frank Cobb: (pounds Lenny into wall) One more time, Lenny, tell me who she is.

Lenny Sutter: I told you, she’s nobody.

Frank Cobb: (pounds Lenny into wall) I’d hate to have this conversation with your wife. (hit in head by shovel, Lenny looks up to see Hitchcock)

- seaQuest DSV, bridge -

Darwin: Closed caves.

Tim O’Neill: Tunnels?

Jonathan Ford: Mine shafts.

Nathan Bridger: Hitchcock was right. Mr. Ortiz?

Miguel Ortiz: I’ve got a WSKR on Darwin’s mark right now, Captain.

Ben Krieg: (all disperse, Krieg leans down to Darwin) Thanks buddy. We gotta take care of Katie, don’t we? I owe you one.

Miguel Ortiz: What do you think, some sort of back door?

Nathan Bridger: Well a complex as large as Broken Ridge would have at least a dozen mine shafts. And I bet every one of them had a docking bay.

Jonathan Ford: Makes sense. They can clear away the waste and slag without hauling it through the main facility.

Nathan Bridger: If that’s the case, than why can’t we bring out Hitchcock and the Sutters the same way and avoid the main docking bay entirely.

Jonathan Ford: I’ll get a launch ready now.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, by Sutters’ place -

Katie Hitchcock: (walks over) We gotta go now.

Joan Sutter: How? Where?

Katie Hitchcock: SeaQuest is sending a launch to pick us up. They’ll be here in half an hour.

Lenny Sutter: Do they plan on coming in firing? That’s the only way Cobb’s gonna let us anywhere near the docking bay.

Katie Hitchcock: They’re not coming to the docking bay. They’re coming in through Mine Shaft 7. Can you get there?

Lenny Sutter: You better believe we can.

Joan Sutter: What about Cobb? What if he's watching us?

Katie Hitchcock: He can’t keep an eye on you if he’s got ‘em both on me.

- seaQuest DSV, launch bay -

Jonathan Ford: (walking over to launch) Let's get loaded, Chief. Twenty minutes to rendezvous.

Manilow Crocker: Right behind you, Commander.

Nathan Bridger: (to Krieg) Woah, I thought I told you if Commander Ford needed someone he’d take them from security.

Ben Krieg: Captain, no one from security’s been down there. I have, I know my way around.

Nathan Bridger: No.

Ben Krieg: Captain, look, please, had I not opened my big mouth, Katie wouldn’t be down there right now; and I know she can take care of herself, but ... anything goes wrong and I’m not there...

Nathan Bridger: OK, but you be damned sure that she doesn’t have to take care of you as well.

Ben Krieg: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, by Cobb’s office -

Katie Hitchcock: (walks up) Frank, what happened to your head?

Frank Cobb: Oh, uh, oh, it was a little accident in the mine.

Katie Hitchcock: Well, maybe some company would take away the pain.

Frank Cobb: Nah, some other time. I got a lot of paperwork to take care of.

Katie Hitchcock: That’s too bad. I was thinking I might forget about that two drink minimum and cover charge tonight. Hmm?

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Mine Shaft 7 -

(Sutters walk through mine shaft and past several other miners)

- sea launch at docking port of Mine Shaft 7 -

Manilow Crocker: Locked and ready, Commander.

Jonathan Ford: Simple in and out. Let’s be invisible. (exits)

Ben Krieg: Hope she’s got them ready. (follows)

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Canteen -

Katie Hitchcock: If you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go use the ladies room. (gets up)

Frank Cobb: (stops Hitchcock) You think I don’t know what you’re up to? You’re trying to sneak away without singing for me.

Katie Hitchcock: Patience, Frank. Some things are worth the wait.

Frank Cobb: I’ve waited long enough. You sing, now, I mean, that's what you’re here for, isn’t it?

Katie Hitchcock: OK. (slowly walks over to band, talks to piano player, who starts playing, Hitchcock sings) I’ll never tell my left hand, what my right hand is doing. I never know which old road that I should be pursuing. That is why it’s so plain to see...

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Mine Shaft 7 -

Joan Sutter: They’re not here.

Lenny Sutter: Don’t worry, they’re coming.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Canteen -

Katie Hitchcock: (singing) And when I should close my eyes, I always end up waiting. That is why it’s so plain to see, oooh, that is why...

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Mine Shaft 7 -

Manilow Crocker: (tying up miner) Easy.

Lenny Sutter: (group rounds corner) Thank God, you made it

Ben Krieg: Where’s Katie?

Joan Sutter: I think she’s with Cobb.

Ben Krieg: Commander?

Jonathan Ford: Chief, get the Sutters back to the launch.

Manilow Crocker: Aye, sir. You folks come with me please. (Sutters follow)

Jonathan Ford: Ben, be careful. I’m gonna stay here in case she shows up, OK?

Ben Krieg: Got it. (leaves)

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Canteen -

Katie Hitchcock: (singing) I never, fool nobody but me. (Krieg enters) I came, I saw, … (Sutters enter launch) Well I don’t know why I should zig when I should be zaggin’. Even when my head’s held high, my tail keeps right on draggin’. That is why it’s so plain (sees Krieg) to see, oooh wee, that is why, I never, never fool nobody but me. Mmm hmm, I never fool nobody but me. Ohh, I never fool nobody but me. (leaves with Krieg)

Frank Cobb: Duke, they’re getting away.

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, Mine Shaft 7 -

Ben Krieg; (rounding corner) Better get a move on, Commander, this wasn’t exactly a clean getaway.

Jonathan Ford: OK, I’m right behind you. I just wanna make sure they can’t get though here first. (turns corner, sees Cobb)

Frank Cobb: So many shafts, crisscrossing, connecting, kinda like a giant maze, eh, Commander?

- sea launch docked at Mine Shaft 7 -

Katie Hitchcock: (entering with Krieg) Let’s fire this thing up, Chief.

Manilow Crocker: Right away, Commander. Where’s Commander Ford?

Katie Hitchcock: (beeping, into speaker) Hitchcock.

Frank Cobb: (on speaker) You ran away before I could tell you how much I enjoyed your song. It was very nice. I don’t suppose I could persuade you to bring the Sutters back for an encore?

Katie Hitchcock: (into speaker) Sorry, I’m retiring.

Frank Cobb: (in mine shaft) Well then, we’ll just have to see if this fella can sing for us. (Duke kicks Ford)

Katie Hitchcock: (into speaker) Let him go, Cobb.

Frank Cobb: (in mine shaft) Trade, your man for the Sutters.

Katie Hitchcock: (into speaker) This isn’t a negotiation.

Jonathan Ford: (in mine shaft, kicked again) Get out of here, Commander, that’s an order.

Frank Cobb: (in mine shaft) Well, what’s it gonna be?

Katie Hitchcock: You heard the Commander. Let’s get back to the seaQuest. (Krieg closes door)

- seaQuest DSV, Bridger’s room -

Nathan Bridger: So, I either return the Sutters, or Cobb does whatever he wants with Commander Ford.

Professor Martinson: You believe he might kill him?

Nathan Bridger: Yes, I do.

Professor Martinson: What do you propose to do? What is it, Nathan? You’ve exceeded a comfortable response time.

Nathan Bridger: That’s because I’m not comfortable, I’m angry. Cobb doesn’t care what damage he does. He’s got the whole town cowed into getting what he wants.

Professor Martinson: Is that what makes you angry? His values differ from your own.

Nathan Bridger: No, that’s not what makes me angry. What makes me angry is he wants a fight, and I wanna give him one.

Professor Martinson: There’s no shame in fighting for a cause, providing it’s just.

Nathan Bridger: But I want to hurt him badly and that makes me no better than him.

Professor Martinson: Can Frank Cobb match the firepower of seaQuest?

Nathan Bridger: No.

Professor Martinson: Than where does his power come from?

Nathan Bridger: The town.

Professor Martinson: And why do they support him? Why do they give him the power?

- sea launch -

Ben Krieg: Captain, we’re on Broken Ridge approach; docking bay is open.

Nathan Bridger: Thank you. Ease up, Lenny, it’s gonna be all right.

Lenny Sutter: Commander Ford risked his life for my family, Captain, he didn’t even know us. I can’t ease up, not until this is over. Not until we have Cobb and Mr. Ford is safe. I owe him that.

Nathan Bridger: I can’t guarantee that.

Lenny Sutter: Joan and Gibby are safe, that’s all the guarantee we need.

Nathan Bridger: (launch enters docking bay) Chief, no weapons.

Manilow Crocker: Captain, the odds aren’t exactly in our favor out there.

Nathan Bridger: Guns aren’t going to change that. Leave ‘em. (leaves, others follow, Gibby comes out of hatch)

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility -

Frank Cobb: (Bridger and group enters, Cobb and group enters) I’m sorry to put you in this position, Captain.

Nathan Bridger: Where’s my Commander?

Duke: (Cobb nods at Duke) Go get him.

Frank Cobb: Officer, eh? Can’t say I’m surprised. Tell me something, did you like me, just a little?

Katie Hitchcock: How’s your head?

Frank Cobb: (men bring Ford in, throw him on floor, Cobb pulls out gun) Well, this is all very embarrassing. I mean, you brought back Lenny in such good shape.

Nathan Bridger: We want him now.

Frank Cobb: First, I get Lenny.

Nathan Bridger: And then what?

Frank Cobb: And then, well you leave and we all get back down to business as usual.

Nathan Bridger: No more business as usual. In fact, from now on in Broken Ridge there’s going to be no more business at all, period.

Frank Cobb: Broken Ridge has no ties with the UEO, like it or not. You have no authorization to control what we do down here.

Nathan Bridger: That’s right. So you can dig all the gold you want out of this ridge, but what are you going to with it when you’ve got it?

Duke: Sell it and get rich, mate. (all agree)

Nathan Bridger: Who you gonna sell it to? I’ve contacted the mineral dealers in Melbourne. They tell me that they’re responsible for a hundred percent of the gold purchased in this part of the world; yours included.

Frank Cobb: This is a free enterprise zone the UEO isn’t authorized to interfere with –

Nathan Bridger: Unlike Mr. Cobb, the people I spoke to are very happy with the UEO. The new peace and our presence here has been very good for business.

Frank Cobb: This is blackmail.

Nathan Bridger: No, not blackmail, a boycott. Very simple, you have no one to sell your gold to. No one’s gonna get rich.

Gibby Sutter: (behind Ford, with gun) Mister.

Nathan Bridger: Not with Mr. Cobb around.

Gibby Sutter: Here.

Frank Cobb: Nah, don’t listen to him, he’s lying.

Lenny Sutter: It’s the truth, and you know it.

Frank Cobb: Well then, the Captain will just have to find someone else to buy our gold. Right, Captain?

Nathan Bridger: Wrong. (Cobb cocks gun)

Jonathan Ford: (fires two shots) That time I wasn’t aiming; next time I will be. (Crocker goes for gun, Cob runs off)

Lenny Sutter: Cobb. (runs after Cobb)

Nathan Bridger: Can he get out of here?

Katie Hitchcock: There’s a transport docked at one of the mine shafts.

Nathan Bridger: Let’s go. (runs after them)

- Broken Ridge Mining Facility, mine shaft -

Lenny Sutter: (Cobb runs into Sutter) I know these shafts better than you. I’ve spent more time in them.

Frank Cobb: You’ve won, Lenny, Broken Ridge is yours. I just want out, that’s all.

Lenny Sutter: No, it’s not that easy. Not after what you put my family through.

Frank Cobb: I’ve beat you more than once, you let me pass or I’ll do it again.

Lenny Sutter: Not this time. This time I’m fightin’ back. (Cobb tries to run past, Lenny stops him, they fight)

Frank Cobb: (hits Lenny on head with stone, grabs pick) All right, Lenny, where do you want it? You choose. (Bridger stops Cobb) This is my fight, Captain.

Nathan Bridger: Yes, and you want it to be a fair one, don’t you? (Cobb lets go of pick, continues fighting)

Lenny Sutter: (starts winning) My father’s dead because of you. (looks at Gibby) No more, no more. (gets up, Crocker and Krieg take Cobb away, Bridger follows, Lenny hugs Gibby)

- seaQuest DSV, sea deck -

Lucas Wolenczak: (Banjo and Darwin playing with ball, Lucas enters with Gibby) Banjo. (whistles) There you are. We’ve been looking all over for you.

Gibby Sutter: Woah.

Lucas Wolenczak: Yeah, his name is Darwin. If you like, I’ll bet he’ll talk to you.

Gibby Sutter: He can’t talk.

Lucas Wolenczak: Yeah, sure he can.

Gibby Sutter: Can not.

Lucas Wolenczak: Can to.

Gibby Sutter: Can not.

Darwin: Yes, Darwin talk.

Joan Sutter: (enters with Hitchcock, Bridger, Lenny, and Ford) I’m not sure he’s gonna want to go home.

Katie Hitchcock: Yeah, sure he will.

Nathan Bridger: It’ll be a different place without Cobb. I think he knows it.

Lenny Sutter: Bye.

Katie Hitchcock: (shaking hands) Good-bye. (hugs Joan) Take care of that little boy of yours.

Nathan Bridger: It’s your town again, take care of it.

Lenny Sutter: I really don’t know how to thank you.

Nathan Bridger: It’s our job, Lenny.

Lenny Sutter: Well, I guess we better go.

Joan Sutter: Gibby, come on.

Gibby Sutter: Oh, do I have to? Darwin was just going to tell me how he holds his breath so long.

Lenny Sutter: Well, tell him to hurry. Kids, they got such imaginations at that age.