05x05 - The River of Life

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Dance your cares away

Worry's for another
day Let the music play

Down at Fraggle Rock

Work your cares away

Dancing's for another
day Let the Fraggles play

We're Gobo, Mokey,
Wembley, Boober, Red!

A Fraggle!

Hey, look, Ma.

I caught a Fraggle!

Dance your cares away

Worry's for another
day Let the music play

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock
Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock.

Sprocket, you won't
believewhat just happened.

Why, I met a man who has a
schemethat could make us $100,000.

Overnight!

I know, I know,
it's unbelievable.

Imagine what we could
dowith all that money.

Oh, no, Sprocket, I've
no interest in sports cars.

I was thinking more
of a world cruise.

You know, a man, his dog,

and the emerald
lagoonsof the South Pacific.

Here, let me show you
what he has in mind.

See, this chap isin the
waste-disposal business.

And the... Yeah,
these here are caves,

right below our property.

And he says this whole
limestone formation

is the perfect placefor long-term
storage of industrial waste.

Is the perfect placefor long-term
storage of industrial waste.

These are experts. All the
waste is properly treated.

They've assured me
thatit's totally harmless.

Don't you give me that.

I didn't sign anything yet.

They're just trying outthe new
injection procedure right now.

It's only a measly 100 gallonsof
harmless industrial waste.

It won't hurt anyone.

Come on, Boober.

It's a hot day, we're
all going for a swim.

Yeah!

Sorry, Red, but swimmingis
not on the agenda today.

What are you gonna
do instead, Boober?

Well, I thought I'd do a little anting.
Well, I thought I'd do a little anting.

Anting?

Yeah, watching ants.

He'd sooner watch
ants than swim?

Come on, Red.

Ants are fabulous little guys.

Look, there's one now.

No, that's moss.

Anyway, I think this particular
caveis a little too damp for anting.

What's that smell?

What?

Gee, I don't smell
anything. Do you, Red?

No.

Well, it's kind of a tiny
odorwith a bitter sort of edge to it.

It's very weird. I'm
gonna check it out.

There goes the most
sensitive snifferin Fraggle Rock.

-Come on, Mokey.-What?

-Let's go get in that
water!-Okay! Yeah!

There you go, my little radishes.
There you go, my little radishes.

Nice fresh water from the well.

Have yourselves a party.

Oh, no, you don't.

-Junior.-Yeah, Pa?

Your mother and I are
going to frolicin the creek.

Cooling the ankles
cools the mind.

Well, my anklescould
do with some cooling too,

I'll come along.

No, no. Not until you
finish watering the garden.

Aw, Pa, I wanna frolic too.

Now, don't start
with the "Aw, Pa."

That's our food
you're looking after.

Now, keep at it.

Come on, duckykins.

Well, I guess somebody's
gotta keepthe garden green.

Might as well be me.

Hey! Hey, what's the big idea?

You're supposed to turn green,

not wilt and turn yellow.

-Boy, the water
level's really low.-Yeah.

Yes, some of the
mud's even showing.

-Must be this heat
wave.-Thank you.

The miracle of evaporation.

Yes.

Well, so much for our swim.

What? That's nonsense.

Do you know what we would
have done backin the olden days?

Wait for it.

We would have run
downto Water Wheel Cavern,

hauled that water back here in
bucketsand topped up that pond.

Run all the way to Water
Wheel Cavernin this heat?

Absolutely.

And of course, we'd
have been singing too.

I suppose younger folk were
madeof tougher stuff in those days.

Give me a break!

I suppose you could run
thereand back with a pail of water.

Of course I could.

Isn't she hilarious?

On the contrary,

I'm glad somebody
herethinks they'd be up to it.

Well, I could do it too.

Yeah, so could I.

Wonderful! I'll get the buckets.
Wonderful! I'll get the buckets.

-Excuse me.-Yeah.

Neat!

Now look what you got us into.

It wasn't my idea.

Yuck. Stale, noxious odor.

It's unlike anythingl've
ever smelled before.

Yuck! I do not like
this one little bit.

River of imaginingAnd
river like a magic thing

And river with your
silvery fortissimos

Flowing in the stream of
lifeAnd showing us a dream of life

And all of us are
goingWhere the river goes

River roll on River roll on

All right, now everybody sing!

River roll on

Show us how to go where the river flows
Show us how to go where the river flows

River roll on, carry us strong

River roll onBear us
all along in your livelong

River of imaginingAnd
river like a magic thing

River with your
silvery fortissimos

River roll onFlowing
in the stream of life

And showing us
a dream of life...

It's coming in here.

That's disgusting.

This water is contaminated.

They're all going swimming.

I've got to stop them.

River roll on

Last one in the
pool is a Gorg brain!

Stay out of the water!

Oh, no!

This is fantastic.
This is fantastic.

Everyone out of the pool!

-What?-Our water's
been poisoned.

Oh, no! Come on, quick.

-Mokey, Red, come
on, quick. Get out!

Well, they've
completed the first test

and the pumping
equipmentworked like a charm.

They injected 100 gallons of this
stuffinto the limestone formation.

Sprocket, I'm not gonna do
anythingto harm the environment.

I mean, we're talkingabout
empty, dark limestone caverns,

and we're talking
about $100,000.

Sprocket, this is not the timeto
start up about your imaginary friends.

We're talking science and facts.

All right, all right, all right,
I'm a reasonable man.

You prove that something
lives down there,

and I won't sign the contract.
And I won't sign the contract.

In here. Come on.

Now can you smell it?

Not really.

Well, it smells okay to me.

Looks like just
ordinary water, Boober.

Hey, how come you
two sound so weird?

Look who's talking!

You fools!

Our water supply
has been poisoned,

and you're goofing
aroundwith silly voices?

I'm not just goofing around, Boober.
I've got a weird tickle in my throat.

Kind of dry and scratchy.

Yeah, it hurts to swallow.

Oh, no! Don't you see?

You all drank the waterand you're
all coming down with something.

Like what?

Well, how should I know?

Some kind of throat rot.

Throat rot? Oh, no!-He
could be right, Gobo.

Throat rot? Oh, no!-He
could be right, Gobo.

Of course he's right. Listen to
us, we can hardly even whisper.

-I'm starting to feel
weak.-Wembley.

Me too.

Weak and dizzy.

Red!

Red fainted! She
never faints, I faint.

This is horrible.

-What are we gonna do?-Do?

There's nothing we can do, our
water supply has been poisoned.

We are all doomed.

We're all...
- No, no.-Get ahold of yourself, Boober.

This is no time to panic.

But don't you understand?
I'm no good in a crisis.

Somebody's gotta find outwhat's
going on around here, Boober.

Go to the Trash Heap,
tell her what's happened.

It's our only hope.

Oh, no.

And you're sure it's the water?

Well, it has to be.

My friends all drank it and I didn't.
My friends all drank it and I didn't.

And now they're sick.

This throat rot sounds nasty.

Yeah, I'm switching
to radish juice.

Well, what are we gonna
do, Madame Trash Heap?

Don't you Fraggles understandanything
about the mystery of life?

All creatures are connected,
and it's water that does it.

If there's a problemwith
the river of life,

it gets passed alongand
everybody suffers.

Too true.

Check out what
the Gorgs are doing.

Pain!

-Junior, get over here.-What?

Daddy! Mommy!

-What's wrong?-My
ankles. The itching.

-Daddy, you got it
too?-Of course I got it.

-What is it?-Well,
how should I know?

Some form of ankle rot.

Your mother and I were
danglingour tootsies in the creek and...

And suddenly,
they began to throb.

Throbbing ankles? How horrible!

Scratch them for me!
Scratch them for me!

Scratching only
makes the itch worse.

I know! Don't stop.

I wanna know what
happenedto the water in our river.

Where does our water
come from, Daddy?

Well, it comes
from us, you nitwit.

We control all the
water in the universe.

Somebody's been
tampering with it.

Yeah, but who
would dare do that?

Probably one of them Fraggles.

They'll pay for this.

This is a nightmare.
They think we're to blame.

Calm down now. Think clearly.

What do you normally
doin the time of a crisis?

Normally?

Well, I find a large rock,
and then I hide under it.

If you want to fix the water,
you've got to go to the source.

The source?

Where do you think
water comes from?

The Gorgs?

Very lovable.

Not too smart.

Water comes from
above, you ninny.

Above?

If there's a problem,
you've got to go up there.

But what do I do
when I get there?

You do what you can do.

And if I was you,
I'd do it in a hurry.

The Trash Heap has spoken.

Up there? There's only one thing
up thereand that's Outer Space!

Sounds right to me.

But that means the Silly
Creatureshave poisoned our water.

Whatever you say.

Oh, no! We're doomed.

High-strung little fella.

What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do?

I caught one,
Daddy! I caught one.

Boy, oh, boy, are
you ever gonna get it!

Listen, I know what you think,

but you've got it all wrong.
It's the Silly Creatures' fault.

But you've got it all wrong.
It's the Silly Creatures' fault.

Silly Creatures?

Never heard of them.

Well, they rule
over Outer Space,

and they've contaminated
everyone's water.

So, they're the culprits!

Get me my armor.

Daddy, what are you going to do?

I'm going to Outer Space

to straighten a few things outwith
these so-called Silly Creatures.

Where is Outer Space anyway?

Well, the only way to get
thereis through Fraggle Rock.

And you won't fit.

Somebody do something.

Hey, only a Fraggle could
fitthrough that hole, Daddy.

Fine, you go
straighten it out, then.

Me? Straighten things
outwith the Silly Creatures?

I can't do that. I'm just a
powerless little Fraggle.

I see.

When push comes to shove,

you Fraggles just lay
down like doormats

and let these Silly Creatureswalk
all over you. Is that it?

Doormats?

Well, no, not exactly.

I mean, nothing like thishas
ever happened before.

My ankles!

Somebody do something!

I'll make it country
simple, you little fur ball.

If you don't get the
messageacross to these jokers,

you might as well
kiss your hat goodbye.

Because you know what?

What?

Without clean water,
we are all going to die.

I've gotta get Gobo.

He's the only one who knows
howto cope with Outer Space.

He'll be able to sort this out.

Finally! Listen, everybody,
I've got horrible news.

The Silly Creatures
are on the rampage,

and they've poisonedthe
Gorgs' water supply.

Gobo, you've gotta
go up to Outer Space...

We're too weak, Boober.
We're too weak, Boober.

You have to do it.

Oh, no. This is a nightmare.

Boober.

-What?-Please save us.

I've never felt so
helplessin my entire life.

Splitting headache.

I just wanna crawlunder
a large rock and...

shut my eyes, and
wait till tomorrow and...

everything's back to normal.

Yeah.

Uh-uh.

Everyone's depending on you,

even the Gorgs.

But what can I do?

You've got to do
what you can do.

I guess I could go to
the holeto Outer Space...

beg for mercy.

Yeah, that's it.

That's what the Silly
Creatureswill understand.

Begging and groveling.

Sprocket, don't grovel and beg!

I'm thinking.

It's not as if I'm not
worriedabout the environment.

Even if some tiny life form was damagedby
this stuff, I'd never forgive myself.

But you can't prove

that anything is living in
those caves. They're empty...

as far as I know.

Sprocket, don't you understand?

Think of all the wonderful thingswe
could do with all that money.

If only I could be 100% certainthat
nothing was living in those caves.

Wait a minute.

Sprocket, let's go
for a walk in the yard.

Think this thing
through one more time.

I've gotta have a clear
consciencebefore I give the go-ahead.

Hello.

Sir... or madam.

It's Boober Fraggle here,

one of the insignificant creatureswho
lives down here in the caves.

I've come to beg and grovel.

Guess I better
get on with it, then.

On behalf of the
Fraggles and the Gorgs,

I hereby beg you to
stopcontaminating our water.

I'm on my knees
beggingfor that right now.

Okay?

Please, please
stop poisoning us.

We're just helpless little
creatureswho mean you no harm.

We don't want to die.

I've tried to think aboutwhy
you'd wanna hurt us,

I've tried to think aboutwhy
you'd wanna hurt us,

but it doesn't make any sense.

We've never done
anything to you, have we?

Taken anything from you?

Wait a minute,
there is something.

Maybe that's why you're mad at
us, because you think that we took...

Stay right there, okay?

I'll be right back.

I've gotta hurry.
There isn't much time.

Well, Sprocket, I've
made up my mind.

I'm going to go insideand
sign the contract.

Well, if you wanna sit
out in the yardand howl,

go right ahead. It's not
going to change my mind.

I've thought this thing
through logically, and...

Come on, Sprocket,
you're not being at all fair.

Well, I've done all I can do.

If ever there'd beenone
single shred of evidence

that anything livedbehind
this hole, I'd have...

What on Earth?

Sprocket.

Look, a bundle of postcards.

Wrapped in moss.

Musty.

Wait!

These are those
postcards for Gobo Fraggle

that I've been throwing
outall these years.

Now, how did they get there?

Something strange is
going on around here.

All I can do now
is wait and see.

Look at the world

What can you do

'Cause it makes you ache

And it leaves you blue
And I guess my heart

Could break apart

With a long goodbye

'Cause it makes you cry

But I had a dream

It was time to begin

And every creature

We were sister and brother
We were part of each other

And it made us one

And it made us win

Say, that's clean water.

We did it.

We did it. Hey, we did it!

Sprocket.

I did it.

He stood therewith the
check for $100,000 in his hand,

and I said, "Thanks...

but no thanks."

The gentleman was not pleased.

It was one of the most difficult
choicesl ever had to make.

All that money.

But there were so
manyunanswered questions.

Life is very mysterious.

So many things we don't know.

I mean, something might live back there.
I mean, something might live back there.

I know, I know, you've been
tryingto convince me of that for years.

I told them to flush
out the whole system

with a couple of thousand
gallonsof fresh spring water.

So, if your little friends are back there,
they're enjoying a nice fresh shower.

Right now.

Sister and brother
and part of each other

It can make you acheFor
the sake of another

And it takes your
lifeAnd it stakes it too

And it makes you make
the world come new

Sister and brother
and part of each other

It can make you acheFor
the sake of another

And it takes your
lifeAnd it stakes it too

And it makes you make
the world come new

Sister and brother
and part of each other

It can make you acheFor
the sake of another

And it takes your
lifeAnd it stakes it too

And it makes you
make the world new

Sister and brother and part of each other
Sister and brother and part of each other

It can make you acheFor
the sake of another

And it takes your
lifeAnd it stakes it too

And it makes you make
the world come new

Sister and brother
and part of each other

It can make you acheFor
the sake of another

And it takes your
lifeAnd it stakes it too

And it makes you make
the world come new

Sister and brother
and part of each other

It can make you acheFor
the sake of another

And it takes your
lifeAnd it stakes it too

And it makes you make
the world come new