01x14 - Shadow of Doubt

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(THUNDERCLAP)

♪ Out of the night when
the full moon is bright

♪ Comes a horseman
known as Zorro

♪ This bold renegade
carves a "Z" with his blade

♪ A "Z" that stands for Zorro

♪ Zorro!

♪ The Fox so cunning and free

♪ Zorro!

♪ Who makes the sign of the "Z"!

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

Whoa, whoa! Whoa!

Take the horses to the stable
and bring my baggage to the inn.

Si, Senor.

Very thoughtful.

The way you fixed the
place up to greet me.

But tell me, Senorita, how
did you know I was coming?

We await the arrival of the
new Comandante, Senor.

That is the reason
for the decorations.

A new Comandante? One soldier
is pretty much like another, no?

But there is only
one Esteban Rojas.

Esteban Rojas? The
son of Don Domingo?

Si. The prodigal has returned.

And I see that things have
improved during my absence.

All except you, Josofat.

Caridad, Senor.

You never knew anything before

and you've forgotten that.

Si.

Senorita, the best
room in the inn.

Of course, Senor.

No, no, no, corporal.
Let us try it again.

Now, what are you going to tell
the new Comandante about me?

In the whole army there
is no one more brave.

Si.

Or more handsome.

Si.

Or more stupid.

Si.

No, no, no. More intelligent.
You keep getting it wrong.

I do not think
he will believe it.

Why do you say that?

Would you believe it if
you were the Comandante?

Would you believe if they
showed you somebody like you

and told you he was the most
intelligent man in the whole army?

No, I would not believe it.

But that shows I am intelligent.

I know a stupid
man when I see one.

Sergeant! Senor Magistrado.

Send a man to
the top of the pass.

Let him watch for
the Comandante.

Notify me when he approaches.

I shall be at the inn.

GARCIA: At once, Excellency.

Your Excellency.

Don Alejandro.

Permit me to present
my son, Diego.

Don Diego.

Will you honor us?

You are here for the
new Comandante?

I've heard many things about
Capitan Melendez, all of them good.

(RATTLING) His reputation...

So you would argue
with me? No, Senor.

I'm going to teach you a lesson.

Put up your sword!

Senor, I am appointed the
king's magistrate for this pueblo.

I intend to allow no brawling or
disorderly conduct by any man.

I knew it was a mistake
to return to Los Angeles.

In that case, Senor,

it will be no hardship for you
to leave at the earliest moment.

None whatsoever. Gomez,
take those to my room.

Leave the trunks and
carriage. We start away at dawn.

It is many months since
anyone has demanded

law and order in Los Angeles.

With you and Capitan Melendez,

we will return to
peace and tranquility.

The California of
your boyhood, Diego.

I remember those days.

The days before we had heard
of Zorro or seen any need for him.

This Zorro, the outlaw...

Do you feel that he will
thr*aten the peace of the pueblo?

He never has.

He has fought only against
injustice and tyranny.

Nevertheless, he is an outlaw.

I doubt he'll show his
face around here again.

That will be a good
thing, eh, Maria?

He never did show his face,
Senor. Here or anywhere else.

You know, he must have been
very homely, always hiding his face.

He was the most handsome
man who ever lived.

Oh. Then you have seen
him without his mask?

No, Senor. But there are some
things you just know if you are a girl.

The Comandante is coming!
The Comandante is coming!

Lancers, take your posts.

Don Alejandro, would you be at
my side to greet the Comandante?

I'd be honored, Your Excellency.

Caridad.

You know what it's all about?
A new Comandante is arriving.

Senor! You stay here.

But there are no customers.
There soon will be.

They will toast the new
Comandante. Get everything ready.

(BUGLE PLAYING FANFARE)

Well, there he is.

Capitan Melendez.

Your servant, Senor Magistrado.

Capitan Melendez, our pueblo
is small, but our hearts are warm.

We bid you welcome
to Los Angeles.

Senores, I thank
you for your welcome

and will endeavor to deserve it.

In this pueblo, law
and order will prevail,

with equality
and justice for all.

Yes, Bernardo, I
believe it is true.

Peace and tranquility in Los
Angeles and goodbye to Zorro, eh?

With a man like that in our
midst, there's no need for Zorro.

His mission is accomplished.

He looks like a good
Comandante, not like the last one.

The last one was a skunk.

Si.

Do you think there is such a
thing as a good Comandante?

There are good and
bad Comandantes,

just like there are
good and bad skunks.

No, Bernardo. Zorro is dead.

Now I am free to do as I wish.

Perhaps I shall get married.
What do you think of that?

MELENDEZ: I bring you assurances

from the governor
and the viceroy himself

that these people
are not forgotten...

but that bright
new day will come,

and with law and order, Los
Angeles will grow and prosper,

even in these hazardous...

The Comandante!

(WOMAN SCREAMS)

(CLAMORING)

(HORSES WHINNYING)

What are you doing here?

Nothing.

Here is the man!
Here is the man!

GARCIA: Lancers, forward!

Josofat? No.

It has just been
fired, Excellency.

Arrest him.

Yes, Excellency. Why did you
do it, Josofat? He was a good man.

Si. Si.

Maybe you're right.

Perhaps we have not
finished with Zorro after all.

Now remember, you never saw me
come downstairs. Do you understand?

But what about Josofat?

Why worry? Zorro
will come to his rescue.

He's the friend of the poor.

How can you be certain he will?

Where are you going?

To speak to the
Senor Magistrado.

Senorita, listen to me.

Then if you still wish to
speak to the Magistrado,

I will not stop you.

You have seen strange things
today, things you do not understand,

but would you question them
if you knew Zorro did them?

Of course not, because
everything Zorro does is right.

Isn't that so, Senor Esteban?

I have another name, Senorita.

Can you not guess what it is?

Many have sought to see my
face, and none have succeeded.

You alone know the
man behind the mask.

Senorita, look at me carefully.

Do not be confused by the beard.

Look into my eyes.

Zorro!

At your service, Senorita.

Oh, no!

I warn you, Indian,

you are not helping
yourself by being stubborn.

Tell me why you sh*t
him! I know that trick.

You do not fool me
with your blank looks.

Excellency, could I
say something? Well?

Perhaps he does not know
why. He is not like you and me.

He is not too smart in the head.

In your case, sergeant, I
fail to see the distinction.

Gracias.

I did my best, Josofat. He
is a hard man to convince.

Being Comandante
is not so easy, eh?

Si.

It is better than having
Capitan Monastario around.

Capitan Monastario.

He would shake his fist
and call me a stupid idiot.

When I turned my back, he
would kick me down the stairs.

(SIGHS) Those were
the good old days.

Sergeant, I have a thought.

A thought? What
kind of a thought?

Why is it Josofat cannot give his
reason for k*lling the Comandante?

Could it be because
he did not do it?

But we saw him do it.

Almost.

Didn't we?

Anyone could have fired the sh*t
and put the musket in his hands.

An excellent idea, Don Diego.

But how do we prove
this to the Magistrado?

By finding the one
who is guilty, of course.

Another excellent idea.

We find the man who is guilty
and he will prove Josofat is innocent.

But how do we find the man
who is guilty, Don Diego?

So just as I planned it, the pretty
little thing decided I was Zorro.

I think I handled it
brilliantly, don't you?

Esteban, you are
a dangerous fool.

You had a witness who could
ruin us and you let her go free.

What would you have done?

I would have k*lled her.

A pretty little thing like that?

Maybe you would,
but not Esteban Rojas.

What are you worried about?

She would as soon die of t*rture

than breathe a
word against Zorro.

And she thinks I am Zorro.

Well? What's the matter now?

The sergeant and
Diego de la Vega

are questioning
everybody in the inn.

Diego's with your little barmaid
now, no doubt asking what she saw.

Go find out what she has
said and then get rid of her.

Did you not go to the door to look
outside with all that commotion?

Do not concern yourself so
much. Everything is all right.

All right? With Josofat in
prison charged with m*rder?

Soon as it is dark, Zorro will
come back and release Josofat.

What do you mean, come back?

Just don't worry about it.

Maria, you are
wanted out back. Hurry.

Yes, Senor.

I have a few more
questions for you.

You ask too many
questions, Don Diego.

Follow Maria. Make
sure she comes back.

MAN: All right, over here.

Si, Senor.

I suppose because I am not
a gentleman, I get no service.

Oh, no, Senor.
It's not that at all.

I just didn't know
you were here.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

All right, you,
what do you want?

Answer him!

He is telling us he is deaf
and dumb. We will let him go.

He could see, couldn't he?

Don Diego, I just learned
something of great importance.

Don Pablo was standing
on the other side of the plaza

when the sh*t was fired. It
sounded very loud to him,

but Mariano Gregario,
standing near the inn,

barely heard the sh*t at all.

Unfortunately, Mariano Gregario
is almost as deaf as Bernardo.

That is true. But at least
it is something, is it not?

Yes. It most
certainly is something.

Sergeant, please excuse me.

Of course.

(THUMPING)

Bernardo. What are
you doing in there?

You have a headache?

I'm sorry. But what
are you doing in there?

Someone hit you on the head?

And they whipped you?

Oh, the coachman hit you.

A beard? And Esteban Rojas! Ah!

Maria?

They hit her on the head too?

They carried her...

and put her in the
carriage and drove away.

But this is very important.

Why didn't you say
so in the first place?

Well, I shall give
Maria your love.

Hy-aah!

Hy-aah!

Pull up your horses!

Pull up your horses!

Forgive me. I usually help a lady
from her carriage more gracefully.

You are not Esteban Rojas.

Should I be?

Oh, that horrible creature.

He said he was Zorro and that
he only k*lled the Comandante

because he was a wicked man.

One moment, Senorita.

(WHISTLES)

So it was Esteban Rojas
who k*lled the Comandante?

Yes. He said he was Zorro and
that he'd get Josofat out of prison.

He will not get Josofat
out of prison, but you will.

All you have to do is tell
Sergeant Garcia that...

What is the matter,
Senorita? Are you ill?

If he wasn't Zorro,
then you must be.

Yes. I am Zorro.

Oh, no!

(HORSE NICKERING)

Yes, Tornado. That is
the trouble with women.

They have peculiar...

(LAUGHS) feminine habits.

(SNORING)

Gently, boy. Gently.

Now.

Attention!

(g*nsh*t)

GARCIA: What's going
on down there? Guards!

Lancers, to horse!

(GASPS)

Take care of her, Sergeant.
She has a tale to tell.

After him! After him!

Lancers, to horse! After
him, lancers, after him!

After him!

They must not catch
him. He's a wonderful man.

Do not worry, little one.
They will not catch him.

Not without Sergeant Garcia.

And in his hand,
this eagle feather.

Perhaps they sent it to him
as a kind of death sentence.

He had to die, because exposed as
the man who k*lled the Comandante,

he might talk and
implicate the rest of them.

But who are they? And
why an eagle feather?

I do not know either.

But it is something
deep-seated and sinister.

Something that spreads a dark
shadow over the future for all of us,

and may bring an even
greater need for the work of...

Yes.

Zorro.

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

NARRATOR: Next week, Garcia
becomes the victim of a double-cross

and is about to
pay with his life.

Ready! Aim...

NARRATOR: Zorro, in his fight
for justice, makes a desperate ride

to capture the agent of the eagle
and save the innocent Garcia.

Be with us next week,
when the Walt Disney Studio

brings you action,
suspense, and fun

in the exciting life of Zorro!