04x22 - Tension

[bunniefuu]

[waves crashing]

[lightning]

[raining]

[music]

[car horn]

Where is everybody?It's at .

This rate will nevermake it home tonight.

Well, at least the rain has stopped.

Yes, and look at the moon.How beautifully bright it is.

Well, let's look at a bit of it.

Ah, boy it great.

Oh, darling, do we haveto have these top down?

Yes. For a while Ellie.

Ellie that's one of thesedesert storms. The ear

just hangs like a wettowel for a couple of hours.

Just put on a scar forsomething, it won't hurt your hair.

Here comes somebody now.

Me and the boy wasjust having a bite.

Might help you, Mr?

You can fill it up. That wouldhelp a bit, wouldn't it, huh?

And we just step on itlike a good son of Charlie.

Get a long drive ahead of us.

Okay, Mr.

Name isn't Charlie.

Pete Whitaker.

Get Charlie.

Only check under the hood, Mr.

Yeah, that'd be agood idea, wouldn't it,

Ellie? Swelling it outand stretch or something?

No, thanks. All right.

I feel like I've beensitting there for years.

[car sound]

Ellie

Something matter with you?

No.

Sure there is.

You've been acting kind ofstrange for the whole vacation.

Sorry.

That doesn't matter.

We'll get you back home andyou'll be your own sweet self again.

Hey, Charlie,

did the rain do any damageto the road up ahead?

Been right around hereall night. Why ask me?

what's he so happy about?

Maybe he doesn't like being calledCharlie when his name is Pete.

Listen, since theAmerican public saw

fit to put me onthe bestseller list

I have met eightybillion people.

Have a hard time rememberingthe names of the important ones.

Yes, possibly.

Yes, you know, you

call practically everybody Charlie.Well, sometimes they resent it.

I have better things to do withmy time than worry about what goes

on in the heads of the chartersof this world, let me tell you.

[car door opening]

Ah.

[car door closing]

Am I Charlie?

What sort of anidiotic question is that?

Well, I mean,

do you ever wonderwhat goes on in my head?

I don't have to wonder. I knowwhat goes on in your head.

Oh.

I see.

Are you sure you're all right?You're not sick or something?

No, I'm all right.

Something. I great to k*ll you.

I think I'm just tired out.

-Well.-Darling.

why don't we try to find ahotel instead of driving all night?

-A hotel?-Yes.

- But.-Please.

I've got so muchwork to do at home, I

haven't even lookedat the galley proof.

Well, couldn't theywait just another

hours? I mean, whatdifference would that make?

As a matter of fact, I'mkind of worried about you.

I think the sooner Iget you on, the better.

Are you?

Really worried about me?

Of course I'm worried aboutwhat's the matter with you?

I don't know. I mean, Iknow that you used to be but,

Everything's all set, Mr.

How much do I owe you?

How much is the gas, Dan?



Keep the charge.

Thanks Mr.

Hey.

Hey wait.

That man was tryingto tell you something.

Steve as you droveout of the station.

Ellie, I have yet to heara Charlie say anything

that I would be theremotest bit interested in.

Want to hear some music?

-No, I don't think so.- Sure you do.

Music makes you feel better.

[music]

Steve look out.

[music]

[screaming]

Steve.

Steve?

Steve.

Steve.

[crying]

Someone help.

Hey.

We over here.

We over.

You alright?

Yes, I am alright.

But my husband,I'm afraid he's hurt.

How?Badly hurt please.

Please help me. Get out

Don't try to get out of the car.

Why?

Look there and there.

[electric sound]

What is that?

High tension wires,ma'am. volts.

No.

You ground yourself by gettingout of that car. You're gone.

Ah.

Steve.

Suppose they could just driveout from underneath the wires?

If the engine wasn't wreckedin the crash. Try it, ma'am.

Try the engine, ma'am.

What?

I try to start the engine ma'am.

Oh, yes.

It's dead, it's dead.

I'll run back to thegas station and phone

the power companyin Desert City. They

can shut off thecurrent on the line long

enough for us toget them out of there.

Okay, please hurry will you? I'mafraid my husband seriously hurts.

It's all right,lady. It's all right.

Don't worry.Everything will be okay.

You Alright?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Cigarette?

Yeah.

Have to toss him. Ma'am.

Yeah.

I so much as touch you with a car.

You'd be snapped at the endof Pete Whitaker.

Yeah, that's all right.

Mr. Something I don'tunderstand about these wires.

Why aren't we electrocuted already?

Oh, ma'am, you've seenbirds perch on high voltage

wires just like theywas in their own nest.

Yeah

Well, at the moment, you and yourhusband are just like them birds.

What do you mean?

The electricity can goclean through you without

doing any harm. Just solong as the car isn't grounded.

But the car is touching the ground.

No, not the metal part.

just the tires. Andrubber acts as insulation.

Holy cow.

What's the matter?

Water in this ditches rise andit must be still raining up above.

What?

What does that mean?

Well, if it reachesthe metal part of

the wheel, the Carlwill be grounded.

You better be ready tojump before that happens.

You can't make itthis side on account of

that wire. Maybe youcan do it over here.

What do you mean, jump?

Yeah, you can make itclear over here. Come on.

Don't get excited. Justtry and open that door.

But what about my husband?

What about my husband?I can't believe him.

Steve, Steve.

Oh, Steve.

It's alright.

We're trapped in this car.

Steve, those are livewires. Don't touch it.

Everything will beokay. My boy is

phone to the powercompany right now.

I know wire.

No need to worry thats okay.

Look, Mr. Gilliganyou leave this line open

in case I have to getin touch with you fast.

Okay I will.

The water in the ditch seemsto be getting a little higher.

Look, Charlie,instead of just standing

there, why don't youmake yourself useful?

Maybe I could get astick and push the wire off.

Well, that's a great idea.Get a big wet stick and

touch the wire, you blowyourself into kingdom come.

Listen, try to dig out a channel.Get the water away from it.

I'll go get a shovel.

Don't get a shovel. Bythe time you got back with a

listen, do it with yourhands. Get down there. Try to

Alright alright.

back with a shovel.

Not there, Charlie. Not there.

Up further away from the wheel.

I'm so jittery, I...

I just ain't thinking straight.

He's a real genius, that Charlie.

He's doing best he can Steve.

What I wonder is whatthe Charlies of the world do

when they haven't gotsomeone to tell them what to do.

Well, here comesCharlie Jr. Finally.

What did they say?

Well, what did they say?

I talked to Mr. Gilliganat the power station.

Why isn't the power turned off?

Well, it's not that simple, Mr. Yousee, the Desert Penitentiary

is just the other side of thebridge. It's on this same circuit.

What they tell me, theyhad a big riot there during

the rainstorm. One of theconvicts got hurt pretty bad.

Are operating on him right now.

So what about it.

Well, if the power isturned off, he's done for.

Well, doesn't the hospitalhave some standby

emergency equipment?All hospitals do.

Well, yeah, but it waswrecked in the riot.

Mr. Gilligan says thebest thing is for you to just

stay there until the powercompany truck gets there.

Charlie, would youtake a little fast to keep

the water away from themetal? That's the point.

Alright, alright.

Holy cow. Mr. Gilligandidn't know about that.

Well, don't tell Mr. Gilligan aboutthat. I want the power off now.

No.

Please see that he'sbeing operated on.

WHat they see it.

No, wait a minute.

You can't mean that.

Well, I do mean it.Will you get a leg on?

No, wait a minute.

young man. Your father needshelp. Go on down there and help him.

Now, listen, Ellie.

-I'll make the decision.-No, you won't Steve.

You won't make this one.

Ellie, listen. Are youlosing your mind?

Do you know that we're afterget fired through a crystal?

I know, I know.

Well, then what in theworld is the matter with you?

At least we've got a chance.

If you turn that poweroff, that man on the

operating table hasn'tgot a chance in the world.

What a ridiculous time toget dewyeyeyed about some

idiotic, stupid charlie, younever laid eyes on Ellie.

All right, he maybe all that more

too, but he's juststill a human being.

-Ellie.-Only the.

The important human beingsthat count with you nowadays.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about you.That's what I'm talking about.

Oh, gee, I hope to pray thatif we went on this vacation

together, you might comedown to Earth a little bit, but

but not one tiny little

Ellie, this time I don't get you.

I know you don't, Steve. You don'tget anybody anymore. Anybody.

Not your family, yourfriends, anybody you

We're all just alot of Charlies to you.

You take us over, you run ourlives, you make up our minds for us, you...

Well, you treat us as if wewere just characters in one of your--

You knoe, somehow, it doesn't seem themost propitious moment to be discussing

-My character.-Oh, I know, I know it doesn't.

But it just once in a while

you'd realize that otherpeople have hearts

and minds and freewills of their own.

Well, I wasn't aware that your freewill was being frustrated by me.

It isn't only my free will, Steve.It isn't only mine, it's everybodies

you come in contactwith. Everybody! Everybody!

Would be easier.

A whole lot easier, Ellie,if you just said, I don't

love you anymore. Wouldn'tthat be much simpler?

But I do Love you.

I always have lovedyou, Steve. You know?

Why not trust my judgment?

Why don't you trust mine?

What's the matter, Charlie?

Hear that wind coming up?

Well, certainly Ihear it. I have ears.

Well, it could blow that hotwire over by your gas cap.

The what?

I tried to yell at youwhen you drove out

of the station, butyou wouldn't stop.

You tried to yell what?

You didn't give me timeto put the gas cup back on.

[music]

That's devil that fool kid is.

What an idiotic thing todo. For him to let me drive

right out of the gas station.I'm putting a gas cap on.

It wasn't his fault. You droveoff before he had a chance.

Water is not rising anymore,Charlie. You can knock that off.

I know.

I'm so jittery. I just have todo something to keep busy.

Stupid Charlie.

Not stupid, just worriedabout us, that's all.

Well, so am I, but I'm not actinglike a chicken with my head off.

The bridge is washed out,Mr. But, the power company

truck is trying to getthrough by the back road.

But what are the tenants?

Well, if it's possible, I'llget through somehow.

If it's possible?

What about the operation?

Still going on ma'am

[wind sound]

Now, listen to me. There'sno point in kidding ourselves.

That live wire is going toblow that gas in any minute.

I know.

Ellie, either we doone of two things.

We either ask themto turn the power

off, or we take achance and jump for it.

Then I say we take achance and jump for it.

You believe me now when I tell you.

It isn't for myself, I'm afraid.

It's for you.

I do believe you'venever been a car, Steve.

They hear me out.

If we don't lookout for ourselves no

one of the wholeworld is going to.

I'm sorry if that sounds selfish,but that's the way the world is.

You didn't used to think that way.

No, but I grew up, Ellie.

Believe me, I grew up and so do you.

I hope not. Not that way.

I don't suppose there's anypoint then, in my telling you.

But there isn't aCharlie in the whole

world worth the riskyou want us to take.

No point at all.

Okay.

We'd never clear thewire on this side, Ellie.

No.

We jump up here. Somepillow will make it twice as hard.

Beggars can be choosers, you know.

Fellas, we can need some help.

Come on up here.

Ellie, listen to me. First, giveme your coat. Take your coat off.

Now take off your shoes.

Alright.

Absolutely important thatyou jump absolutely clear.

If any part of you touchesthe car out the ground at

the same time. That's allthere is no interest anymore.

I understand.

Stand up here on this,right up here, and I'll give

you a boost. It'll make iteasier. Stand right up here.

-Not you.-No worry.

-What about?-You darling.

I was a high jumperat school. Come on.

Come on, Ellie.Don't worry. Come on.

Right up here, fellas. If she startsto fall back for the love of people.

Alright I will get it.

[screaming]

Steve.

are you alright?

We'll try again.

Come on. We'll make it this time.

Fellows

-Come, honey.-Yeah.

There's no hurry, Ellie.

Be sure that youjump absolutely clear.

-Yes.-Now, darling.

just let go of my hands.

Ellie. Yes, let's go my hand, Ellie.

Now.

let's go of my hand, sweetheart.

One.

Two.

Go.

[screaming]

Are you all right, Ellie?

Yeah, I'm all right now.

Just twisted my ankle a little bit.

Yeah, I am alright.

Here, Fellas? Here.

Catch that.

Oh, hurry up Steve hurry up.

Steve, hurry up. Hurry up.

I can't?

What's the matter?

Hurry up.

My leg stuck.

No.

No.

Can you open the door?

No it's jammed.

No.

Can you move the seat forward again?

No.

I put broke theswitch, I think, when I

No.

no, I can't.

Steve.

You're not go back here.

Get her out now. Go on.

[shoutiong]

you did for sure.

Get her out for now.

Steve.

Get to get out

Get her out of here beforethe gas t*nk explodes.

Now, go on, get her out

Steve.

let me go.

Please.

Steve.

Okay, Okay ma'am.

Oh, steve.

Don't you try to go back there.

Please. Please.Mr. Ollie needs just a little

bit of help. But hecould pry him so please.

There's no pointin getting k*lled too.

I wouldn't I wouldn'tI promise I wouldn't.

Look, lady, you knowas well as I do that if

you so much as touchhim in the car that's it.

No, it isn't that at all.

I'd be touching the groundand the car at the same time.

Isn't that right?

-It's right ma'am.-Well, all right then

I can jump back into thecar just like I jumped out of it.

Jump on ft? Youcould stumble for sure.

My angle is all right. Look at all

I can do it that.

Forget it.

Ain't your concern.

They risk their skins to keep thepower on at the prison hospital.

What they did is theirbusiness. What we do is ours.

But we can't justleave him there. I get it.

You go down up to the roadthere and flagged down the

power truck. Somebody's gotto show them where to come.

You had if thattruck was going to

get through, it havebeen here by now.

Go on do as I tell you.

Sorry, lady. If anythinghappened to that

boy my wife chew meout the rest of my life.

Steve.

Hope I can keep my nerve.

Wait a minute.

Where are you going?

How to get yourhusband out of that car.

Oh, my God.

[music]

Hey.

Get out of here before the gastank explodes! Now go on, b*at it!

I'm scared enough as it is,so why don't you just shut up.

See.

[screaming]

Twist it the other way!

Pull, pull come on pull.

Hurry hurry.

I've been enoughfor hero for one day.

Hurry.

Run.

Hurry up.

Ellie.

[crying]

[expl*si*n]

Thank God. Thank you, Fellows.

I had a hunchymessage of that yourself.

Well, don't tell you ma,you know how to frets.

Go call Dr. Peterson.Tell him to come as

fast as you can totake care of the lady.

Mr. Whitaker.

You go on too.

I'll stay here with my wife.

I'll go get some hot coffee.

[music]

It's alright it's alright.

-I thought.-It's alright, it's alright.

The ankle hurts very much.

It's gonna swell bad, but I don't thinkits broken. It's gonna be awfully painful.

Thank god, it's not broken.

I was so worried about you.

Were you?

Oh, yes.

Yes, of course I was.

Ellie.

I want to tell you something.

I know I have been acting

Well,

like you said. Like allthe things you said not

I want you know I'm sorry.

-Oh.-I love you so much

Steve.

Welcome home, Charlie.

[music]