03x11 - Where Have All the Children Gone?

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My name is Cotton, after
things that grow and bloom.

Next, on Airwolf.

Those kids are nothing but slaves.

Not slaves Dom, disciples.

He must die a Warrior's death.

Please tell me what's go’n on here.

I can't.

Watch out!

You're a phony.

Shut up.

Either that or you're just a plain lunatic.

Shut up!

You know, it's funny.

I wonder what John would be think’n

if he knew I was take’n his Congressional
Medal of Honor to his brother.

His draft-dodger brother.

It was that kind of a w*r.

You still gonna go look’n
for that Billy Fargo?

I've got to, Dom.

I owe it to John.

And I'd like to head up there tomorrow.

You think you could spare me?

Sure.

Kids.

Excuse me.

Boss around?

That's me, sir.

You run this place?

Yes, sir. May I help you?

I'm try’n to find a fellow

called Billy Fargo.

He lives at Sierra Drive.

Well, I don't know a Mr. Fargo,

but North Sierra Drive is at the stop sign.

You turn left.

You can't miss the place,

it's the only house on the block.

Peace, brother.

Peace, brother.

Yes?

My name is Stringfellow Hawke.

I was looking for Billy Fargo.

There’s nobody here by that name.

Are you sure?

I'm positive, sir.

Aren't you Wendy Fargo?

John and Billy Fargo's niece?

I'm Cotton, after things
that grow and bloom.

Yeah okay, I see.

Wendy, maybe I could talk
to your Mother or your Father.

They're not here right now.

They're visiting in San Francisco.

Okay Cotton,

tell me one thing.

Does anybody live in Beaudy besides kids?

I'm sorry, I can't talk anymore right now.

I'm looking for a Billy Fargo.

And every time I ask about
him, all I get is…

That he used to live here?

That's right, Deputy.

It's true, sir.

Mr. Fargo was a longtime resident of Beaudy,

until he decided to head east,

Connecticut, I believe.

Connecticut or Maine.

You're just a little too late.

Why is it I have so much
trouble believe’n anyth’n

that I ever get back from
anybody in this town?

You mind if I use your phone?

Right at your service.

What do you mean "flower children"?

Like stuck in the ' s.

They got beads, flowers in their hair.

The Beatles. "Hell no, we won't
go." "We shall overcome."

"Make love not w*r," the
whole thing. Peace symbols.

Listen uh…

did you find that Billy Fargo yet?

No.

Every time I ask about
him, he's either not here,

or he's gone, or he's never been here.

Anyway, I met this girl the other day.

Dom, I swear it's his niece.

And she seemed real spaced
out, real strange.

I got this gut feel’n
something's going on here.

Anyway Dom, get me any
information the Firm has

on Billy Fargo.

Especially about his recent whereabouts.

Anything you can get.

Yeah, sure, okay.

But listen, I hope you're not gonna
make a career out of this, now.

Because we got a stunt job starting Friday.

If I'm not back in hours

better call in the grown-ups.

Okay. Meanwhile, take good
care of yourself, will ya?

I certainly don't want you coming
back here with any beard or sandals.

Excuse me son,

is the Postmaster in?

No.

Not at the moment, sir.

But he usually is, though.

Mr. Evans is very attentive
to his duties and whatnot.

Yeah, I'm sure he is.

Look, what's your name?

Oh, Randy, sir.

Do you have a William or Bill Fargo

that lives in Beaudy?

No, never heard of him.

You sure?

I have an address.

Sorry.

All right children, over here.

Father, Father!

Peace, brother.

Who is he?

Cotton says his name is
Stringfellow Hawke, Father.

Do you know him, Father?

He was a friend of my brother's
in the terrible w*r.

They fought together in Vietnam.

He’s a dangerous man.

A warrior, a thr*at to peace and love.

Lead us, Father. What do we do?

For now, we wait.

But if the man comes back,

he must die a Warrior's death.

And there will be peace.

Peace.

And love.

Love.

And the end to the shedding of blood.

Hallelujah!

And the pain

of v*olence.

Hallelujah!

When love comes.

When love comes.

When peace comes.

When peace comes.

When brotherhood comes.

When brotherhood comes!

There's no question about it, String.

The Firm is certain that Beaudy
is still Billy's address.

There's been no relocation to the northeast.

And Billy is Wendy's guardian.

The age and description matched
the girl you talked to.

It all fits.

Cate, I just don't get it.

The draft-dodgers were pardoned years ago.

Why's he playing this hide and seek?

And why's that girl denying her identity?

I don't know, but I don't like it.

Maybe you oughta come home and
let the m*llitary handle this.

Listen, as far as the m*llitary's concerned,

John Fargo's been dead and buried.

It's up to me.

Are you planning on being
back here tomorrow?

Well, let me give it one
more sh*t in the morning.

If I don't find anything, I'll head home.

But I got an idea that there's
more than meets the eye

here in La-La Land.

Wendy, I have connections with the federal
government Intelligence community.

I happen to know that your
Uncle Billy resides here,

and that your name is Wendy Elizabeth Fargo.

Now, won't you please tell
me what's go’n on here?

I can't.

My Earth name is Cotton,

my birth name is Alicia Louise,

and my parents are vacationing
in San Francisco.

Your Mother's name is Linda Fargo.

She and your Father were
k*lled in a traffic accident.

You're being raised here by
your uncle, Billy Fargo.

My name is Cotton, after
things that grow and bloom.

Okay Cotton,

you know and I know that's not the truth.

Now, I'm gonna to have
to go back to Riverline.

And those government officials are gonna
ask me a whole lot of questions.

And I'm not gonna have the answers.

And that means there's gonna be
a lot of trouble around here.

I wish it hadn't been that way

and I wish you'd told me
the truth as a friend.

My child.

Father, why must I always lie to people?

He didn't seem like a bad man.

He knew our family.

It was hard to lie to him.

I understand, my child.

I understand.

But you know Cotton,

he tried to deceive you into betraying us.

You deceived him instead.

You did well, child of love.

Child of peace, you did well.

I'm afraid you're gonna have
to come with us, sir.

What?

You were speeding, sir.
This is a dangerous road.

miles an hour.

The speed limit is , sir.

You must have overlooked the sign.

And your taillight seems to be missing, sir.

I'm sure this can all be cleared
up in town, peacefully.

Yeah, right.

Welcome to Brotherhood Village.

I'm Billy Fargo.

You will forgive our method
of, shall I say, escort.

You're Billy Fargo?

Funny, I wouldn't have recognized you.

So, what's go’n on around here?

We're building a new society.

We're starting with the children

that the old society threw away.

Seems like a kind of funny way to
do it, go’n back to the ' s.

Those were a time of great sharing,
of great commitment to ideals.

Ideals, huh?

Will you take his cuffs off?

I'm sorry, they said you
had something for me?

In my car.

This is the flag from your brother's casket,

he was buried days ago.

This is his Congressional Medal of Honor.

John was a good friend and a brave man.

I would say more foolish
than brave, wouldn't you?

If he would have joined me, crossed the
border, he'd still be with me here today.

Take him away.

Now!

All right. Now!

Very good. Good! Rick!

Now.

All right.

Very good. Very good.

Thank you very much. Very
good work. Excellent.

You can take a short break.

They are doing well.

Far better than I had expected.

What about Mr. Hawke?

He's where he can't interfere.

Look, be careful.

I've seen his kind before. He's dangerous.

I said he won't interfere.

And if he does?

Trust me to do what must be done.

Our plan involves the death of thousands.

What's one more?

Indeed.

Indeed.

Nobody knows where he's at!

I had the Motel Manager check his room.

The bed hadn't even been slept in.

Dom, he's hours overdue now.
You think he's had trouble?

I'm afraid so.

What do you wanna do about it?

Listen, you contact Archangel, see
what he can do from this end.

I'm gonna get the Lady.

There you are.

You saw my children leave?

Billy, what in the hell is go’n on here?

The birth of a thunder
that will shake the world.

You're using those kids for someth’n.

They are my children,

committed to the task of peace and love.

Peace and love?

In hours I will have in my
control a force so great,

that the enemies of peace
will have to listen to me.

Fargo, you're a phony.

Either that or you're just a plain lunatic.

Nobody interested in peace would ever speak

of the v*olence that you're committed to.

You know, I'd peg you as gutless.

A lotta guys that went to Canada
went 'cause they had real doubts.

The rest were just cowards, like you.

There's more involved, money, my friend.

Millions and millions…

That's all the truth
you've spoken, money.

That's the bottom line, isn't it?

And not just for money alone.

It's my brother who's still a prisoner.

It's the , others still missing.

Missing in action.

It's the means to find them.

You desecrate your brother's memory

with this sick scheme you have.

Yeah sure, you want money.

Money gets you respect,
gets you recognition.

Your brother had both those.
Something you'll never have.

Shut up.

Your brother was a hero.
He was a leader of men.

Shut up!

Eats you up, doesn't it?

Shut up!

Hand me that g*n son,

or I'll hand you your daddy's head.

You won't get away.

That's my problem. Now!

Give it to him.

Open this door.

Get in here.

What the hell?

Nice timing.

If you're scanning audio, get
these guys off my back, will ya?

You got it, String.

Watch out!

Get outta there.

Move it. Come on.

Yeah, move!

Get on the ground! Now!

All right guys, recess is over.

Now you're gonna answer some questions
'cause we're go’n to school.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Brotherhood Mobile, come in.

This is Brotherhood Mobile.

Trouble, move with all due speed.

I repeat, move with all due speed,

or our plans are for nothing.

Roger, will comply at once.

You'd better contact Archangel.

Fargo's got some kind of a
plan to blow up the world.

Roger.

Airwolf to Archangel, over.

Dominic, have you found Hawke?

I'm here, Michael.

I think we got big trouble.

How soon can you get up to Beaudy?

Oh, I'd say roughly minutes.
I'm already en-route.

I've already alerted an as*ault
squad stationed in the area.

Will we need them?

It couldn't hurt, Michael.

We're on our way to Beaudy. We'll
notify you of our rendezvous site.

Roger, see you there.

Come on. Come on. All of you.

Just get in ’s here.

Okay.

Ready? Come on, just follow after me.

- Welcome.
- Good afternoon.

- Good to see you.
- It's good to see you again.

Attention, children.
This is Dr. Francis Watkins.

He's the President of
Aeroresearch International,

who has decided to lead us on
this very special tour today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Shall we?

Let me say, on behalf of A.I.,

we are delighted to have you youngsters
here with us on such a historic occasion.

And we are especially pleased
to re-welcome Sabrina Cooke,

who helped us establish our
data-programming system some years ago,

and to see that she has
undertaken such a noble effort.

This is our launch control room,

from which we control and monitor by
computer the many aerospace vehicles

that have helped push back
the frontiers of space.

Is this big machine a computer too, sir?

Why, this?

Why, yes it is, young lady.

That's a very good question.

What you're looking at here
is the main console

in the Andromeda series.

It's a computer that's so sophisticated,

it can hear an astronaut whisper
in an orbiting space shuttle.

And today, as you will shortly see,

A.I. is about to join the
United States Air Force.

The town's nearly deserted, Michael.

Looks like the best place to
land is next to the City Hall.

Okay Hawke, I'll be there in
minutes. Sit tight. Out.

This Fargo seems like a real nutcase.

You don't think there's anything to
this "destroy the world" stuff, do you?

I don't know. Let's just
say he makes me nervous.

Our Chief Aerospace Project
Coordinator, Dr. Cuthbertson,

by initiating the computer clock for
what we call Project Slingshot,

will begin the countdown that
will automatically launch

our drone F- , which contains a m*ssile

that we here at A.I.
have especially developed.

Spaceguard is what we call
the main projectile…

…contains smaller missiles,
each armed with a . megaton warhead,

and capable of striking…

…armed enemy space satellites at distances
of up to nautical miles apart

and capable, if necessary, of remaining

in a search-and-destroy
configuration for up to hours

from the start of the operational clock.

My God.

- Now!
- What's going on?

Hold it!

What is this?

Welcome, Dr. Watkins,
to Project Reverse sh*t.

Station Blue, do you copy?

Roger, I read you fine.

Report your status.

I'm patching you through
to the data link now.

I'm receiving you, Sabrina.
Signal me if all went well.

We're getting an audio link signal.

Audio signal locked in.

Listen, Mr. Watkins, and listen well.

We have complete operational
control of Project Slingshot.

- That's impossible.
- You think so, huh?

Nothing is impossible in
the name of peace and love.

Can you locate the other source?

In a second.

You know Sabrina, Mr. Watkins?
She is a genius with computers.

There's a telecommunications
link between City Hall

and a point . miles, .
degrees north by northwest.

What's there?

Checking.

…and your government kickbacks,

all getting rich while moving
the world closer and closer

to the brink of annihilation.

Aeroresearch International?

I think we just found Billy
Fargo's heavenly thunder.

If you watch your screens,

I'm going to launch
your F- drone from here.

Are you watching, Mr. Watkins?

The drone has been launched.

I repeat, the drone is airborne at .

String, we got a launch at A.I.

You got identification?

Pay attention, Mr. Watkins.

An F- , unmanned.

It's Slingshot.

You will deposit the sum of
$ million in a Swiss bank account,

the numbers of which will be
forwarded the moment you confirm.

This will be accomplished
by an electronic transfer.

We will not submit to this
kind of t*rror1st piracy.

You have no choice.

I recommend that you do it right away,
because we control the drone jet

and the nuclear potential of it.

You will submit or I will launch
that m*ssile as I please.

Can he do that?

Moscow would not expect it

and the devastation would be
terrible. You have minutes.

Billy Fargo, this is Stringfellow Hawke.

Don't interfere, Hawke.

There's nothing you can do.

We have multiple control.

Billy, that m*ssile carries
more pain and destruction

than anything you ever
endured about Vietnam.

The w*r's over.

Billy, give it up, give it up
for peace. Give it up for John.

John has nothing to do with it.

I think he does, Billy.

I think you loved John. He was your brother.

I think you hated him, too,

and when he d*ed, you felt terrible guilt.

Go away. I warn you. Go away.

Hawke, you did the best you could.

That man can't be reasoned with.

Here. I need some air.

Sullivan sir, awaiting your orders.

I want you to take over the computer
control room located in that building.

Our instruments pinpointed it

in the southeast corner of the basement.

Try to surprise them. Try not
to damage any of the equipment.

And if possible, don't hurt anybody.

On our way, sir.

Come on, men. We've got
to secure the building.

Follow me.

Aren't you gonna go, Michael?

They're specially trained. I'd just
be in the way, and so would you.

Your time is up!

There will be no negotiations.

Easy does it, kid.

Watch the back hallway.

Set the charges there.

Then let the purifying flames begin.

We have launch sequence.

Sabrina, instruct the drone to
prepare the m*ssile for launch.

Inform me when we are ready.

Then Armageddon begins on my command.

I understand, Father.

Blow that door, now!

Hey, get your hands off me. It's
too late. The m*ssile has launched.

- Now!
- We have a launch.

m*ssile is away at hours.

Bearing .

Speed miles at angels .

Target estimated as Kamchatka Peninsula.

Blowback and auto-destruct systems inactive.

Hawke! Hawke! He launched the m*ssile!

Computer room secured, sir. No resistance.

I'm go’n after that m*ssile, Michael.

We'll see if we can abort it from here.

It wasn't supposed to launch.

This is what we were trying to prevent.

You told us.

Father told us the plane was to
be used as a bargaining chip.

A hammer for peace, not this.

This will cause w*r.

We don't want to die.

Peace, life, I shall be back.

Can they stop it in time?

I don't even know if they
can reach it in time.

Father lied to us.

Be quiet.

You're all too young
to know what this will do.

In the end, this will be a
triumph for the people.

How can k*lling people be a triumph?

We don't believe you
anymore. We won't listen.

Do you think I care? You've already
served your purpose, Cotton.

My name is Wendy Elizabeth Fargo.

I don't want your lies
and I don't want your name.

Make it stop.

I can't. No one can.

Put the g*n down, Harvey. You don't
want to be like her, a k*ller.

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

We're sorry.

I have you now.

Please stand by for corrections
on your trajectory.

Estimated time of interception.

minutes.

Not good enough. Can you
give me some more speed?

String, we're Mach . .

That's our limit without
crossing the red line.

Remove the lid.

We'll blow up!

A hell of a lot more is going to blow
up if we don't stop that m*ssile!

What the… I don't believe this.

What is it?

The Spaceguard m*ssile, it made a U-turn.

Estimate a new target.

Good God! The thing is
headed for Washington D.C.!

Remove the lid! Fast!

You've got it. Go!

Sabrina? The m*ssile?

A little change of plans, Father.

Do you really think bombing Moscow makes
a forceful anti-nuclear statement?

But what about Americans
blowing up their own capital?

Destroy the m*ssile! Destroy it!

What's the matter Daddy, losing your nerve?

Michael, they'll scramble jets out of
Washington to get this thing, won't they?

They'll try, but Spaceguard's too high
for any conventional interceptors.

String, we're Mach ! She's ready
to come apart at the seams.

We've got to keep it wide open.
It's our only chance.

Okay, but I'm showing
vibration in the tail rotor.

Dom, hold the speed.

Gentlemen, we're out of options,
D.C. is on red alert.

Nothing we've got is good
enough to stop that thing.

It's up to you, Hawke.

Roger. I'm taking it to , feet.

That exceeds our ceiling by , .

If we don't shake apart, we'll freeze solid.

Time of intercept?

minutes, seconds.

Time of impact?

minutes, seconds.

Do we have a choice?

No.

Time to impact, minutes, seconds.

Are we holding together?

Barely. minutes to impact.

minutes and seconds to intercept.

We've gained exactly seconds.

Airwolf, this is Archangel. Come in.

This is Airwolf.

Bad news, Hawke. The fuses in the
Spaceguard cluster are nose-impact.

The cluster will open
at tropospheric level,

temperature-monitored to
minus ° centigrade.

We estimate that time to be in
exactly minutes, seconds.

Unless you can blow up Spaceguard
before it opens, you'll have separate

highly sensitive physio-electronic
fuses to contend with.

Can you take out Spaceguard
before it releases the cluster?

No way! It can't be done!

That's a negative. We'll
have to do it one at a time.

Good luck, Hawke.

Listen to this, String.

The fuses are Triplex/Electronic.
Instant Detonation.

Our missiles have to impact
directly on the fuse relay circuit

in order to destroy the warhead
without detonating it.

Any sh*t within . ” of the nose

could set off a nuclear expl*si*n.

In other words, I'm going to have
to thread the eye of a needle

about times in a row,
going , miles an hour.

Window's thin, or Washington D.C.
becomes history.

You got it.

Okay, let's go get 'em.

Cluster release. Systems
functional, all fuses armed.

Time to impact minutes, seconds.

We have a radar sighting.

Distance?

. kilometers, still out of range.

More juice Dom, I need more speed.

The ship's got no more to give.

They're not going to make it, are they?

Initiate f*ring sequence.

Initiating.

Auto?

Manual.

Manual. Falcons on manual.

Code-locked. Standing by.

I've got it, Dom.

String, there's the first warhead.
seconds to impact.

Dead center, String, or we've got
a nuclear disaster on our hands.

Hurry, they're get’n out of range!

to go.

Impact seconds.

miss, down, to go. Impact seconds.

hit, miss, impact time seconds.

Vibration increasing.

String, we're coming apart!

He did it!

Hey Dom, you think we can make it home?

Even if I have to get out and row, buddy.

Oh, no.

Not again.

Nah, those bad cops are outta business.

Yeah, that's the Sheriff's car.

Hello.

Mr. Hawke, you're a hard
man to keep up with.

I'm Stella Grant, Wendy's Aunt.

We both would like to thank
you for all that you've done.

We trusted Billy, we loved him.

You know, sometimes when you're
young you make mistakes.

But you remember next year.

Thank you for everything.

Tell me, are the other children
being taken care of okay?

Oh yes, completely.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Thanks again, Mr. Hawke.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

- Bye.
- Bye-bye.

Tell me uh… you ever get
tired of being a hero?