01x04 - The Planet of Dr. Moreau

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

No!

The universe
has been torn asunder.

I have been betrayed.

I am free now...
but where do I go?

What do I do?

No longer do I have a place
in the cosmos.

I have nothing. No one.

Galactus has taken my world
from its rightful orbit.

He has hidden
both my home and my beloved.

Galactus! Return Zenn-La!

Give me my Shalla-Bal!

What am I doing?

I was a man of peace.

Not anger.

Galactus,
for all your great power,

never will you succeed in making
me a base creature of destruction!

I must stop
what I so foolishly began

before it is too late!

The Silver Surfer, my sister.

Mark him well.

He could be the one we seek.

I have grave doubts, my brother.

But you know how highly
the Watcher regards him.

Oh! How can we rely on the
Silver Surfer to protect the universe

when... when even now

his misplaced fury
is causing such tragedy?

This is the use to which
I put the Power Cosmic?

Violence? Destruction?

I must do all I can
to make amends.

[alarm blaring]

[indistinct chatter]

I didn't know you were
acquainted with his mother.

People of this station!

I offer my apologies!

[alien woman]
You destroyed them all!

[crying] My family is gone!

Yeah, get out of here! Go!

You bring misery
wherever you go!

You're a plague!

You do not understand.

You are... blind.

Perhaps I can help.

[woman] Leave her alone.

He's attacking her!

- He's trying to touch her!
- He's touching her!

- Don't you touch her!
- I can see.

But none of my loved ones

is left for me to look at.

And sight won't bring them back!

[Galactus] You must go.

And with you
take the Power Cosmic

not as my blessing,
but as my curse.

The power shall be like a brand,

marking its bearer for all time.

Let us see if those

for whom the Silver Surfer
has been so willing to sacrifice

can ever overcome their fear
and hatred of you.

[all yelling]

- Let's get him!
- Come on!

Oh, unbelievable!

I can't believe it.

[indistinct chatter]

Please, no trouble.

The drinks are on the house.

I need neither food nor drink.

However, I do require
information

about the planet named Zenn-La.

Zenn-La?

What does the herald of Galactus

want with a world

his Master has already
decided is inedible?

No longer do I serve Galactus.

I merely seek
to return to my home world.

So, that's why
Galactus turned away.

Your planet bought him off

by providing you to take him
to other victims instead.

That was never the intention.

Intentions mean nothing, Surfer!

My nest brother
foolishly believed

all the lies about Zenn-La.

Husserl went there
intending to find peace.

His honor
earned him an early end!

[yells]

[groans]

I am sorry about your brother,

but you are wrong about Zenn-La.

It's not over yet.

You and your cursed world

betrayed the entire universe
to stay alive.

And by the Hive Mother,
I'll make you pay.

Silver Surfer!

I heard a rumor that there's
someone from Zenn-La

on a backwater Kree planet
called Morovus

in the Iwanter quadrant.

- You are certain of this?
- I swear.

[sighs] Whoa!

[Silver Surfer] Can my mind
accept what I've just heard?

It is one thing for the
Silver Surfer to be reviled,

but never could I have imagined

that Zenn-La would be the object
of such scorn and detestation.

So, this is Morovus.

The planet itself
appears primitive

with no sign of civilization.

The Kree have dominated
most of the universe for millennia.

I wonder what interest
a race so advanced

can have
in a world such as this,

and whether it truly harbors
a visitor from Zenn-La.

[groans] [screaming]

The Kree are every bit as
powerful as their reputation.

But if, to find my home,
I must first reach Morovus,

then reach it I shall!

Can it be?[grunts]

Can these Kree deflectors actually
turn my own Power Cosmic against me?

There must be a way
I can neutralize the barrier.

[groaning]

It is a basic precept of Zenn-La

that even
with the highest technology

simplicity is best.

[sighs] I'm through.

Soon will I find my way
back to Shalla-Bal.

[yelling]

The Hubble telescope's
got a pretty good view,

but now I know the meaning
of awesome!

Wait till I tell Amber

that I was this close

to a galaxy being born.

Get real, Frankie. Forget it.

Everything you knew and loved
is history.

No more Amber.

No more beach.

Aw, so what.

Galactus has given me
a lot more than I ever had.

On Earth, I was an orphan,

thanks to the crash
that took mom and dad.

Never could figure out

how I ended up outside the car
that night

with just a few bruises,

and a lot of tears.

My herald.

The great hunger is upon me.

Where is the next world
upon which I can feed?

Oh, uh, you know

it's, uh, just around
the corner.

[stuttering] I mean,
up the block.

I trust I have not made
a mistake with you, my Nova.

Use the power
that only you have.

Galactus does not take
disappointment well.

Uh-oh... recess is over.

Time to find a fresh,
nutritious planet

with all the vitamins
and minerals the big guy needs

to stay jolly.

Jackpot!

How's that old saying go?

"No rest for the weary"?

[woman] See? See, Pip?

Not using a chisel or mortar
teaches us how everything in nature

- fits together in perfect harmony.
- [groaning]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

If everything's so perfect,

how come we do all the sweating?

And... and the Kree
get all the goodies?

Oh!

- Easy, pal.
- [Silver Surfer groaning]

You took a tail-breaking fall.

Between us, I was kind of hoping

that if anything came falling
out of the sky, it'd be rain.

Pip, the universe
has brought us a guest.

We must make him welcome.

[groans] The way you speak,

for an instant,
I felt I was back in Zenn-La.

Zenn-what?? Never heard of it.

This is Pip, and I'm Kili.

You're in work camp "A."

Named by our
wonderful employers.

Just can't help loving folks with
that kind of originality, can you?

I am the Silver Surfer.

You are trolls...
the Kree sl*ve force.

Careful how you talk, pal.

Us trolls ain't
the only sl*ves here.

What's this?

The men were ordered
to collar you

while you were unconscious.

We're sorry,

but they couldn't refuse.

I am free now!

This abomination
cannot be borne!

Don't do it!

[groans]

You've got to let go
of the collar!

I cannot!
It holds my hand in place!

On Zenn-La, the Master taught us

the power of the mind.

How it could overcome

the greatest pain.

[The Master] The way of the
universe is the way of acceptance.

Not denial.

[Silver Surfer] That voice...
it comes from the collar...

Yet sounds so familiar.

It is as though the Master
himself is speaking to me.

[screaming]

- Pip!
- Oh, no!

Lighten up, guys.

It'll take more than
a little static

to fry a prime hunk
of manhood like me.

I will not forget
what you have done for me.

Oh, hey, don't worry.
I won't either.

You've got to be careful.

The collars have
their own built-in defense.

As sl*ves, we're completely
governed by them,

and the voices
they put into our heads.

[siren blast]

Time for our shift.

Unless you want another taste
of Kree hospitality.

I have lost something.

My board. [Groaning]

Eons of w*r and subjugation

have made the Kree experts
at causing pain and suffering.

It will be better to stay away
from their strengths,

for now.

[Pip] So, Slurper, what
do you think of the business

my dear old dad left me?

Strange, I thought to find
Kree overseers here.

[Pip] If you do, let me know,

so I can talk about my overtime.

[Kili] We're nothing
to the Kree.

On all the planets
we've worked on,

we've never seen any beings
but other trolls,

and now you.

The mountain is unstable.

Try the whole planet.

This mining
really rips things up.

Makes it kind of hard
to keep your friends.

[stuttering] What do you
mine for?

The same stuff every place
the Kree schlep us.

Line up a bunch of these jokers,

and presto,
instant energy collar.

You risk your lives to provide the very
substance that keeps you enslaved?

Hey, who says the Kree don't
have a crazy little sense of humor?

[screaming]

Let's get out of here!

[all screaming]

[Pip screaming]

Hold on! No!

I cannot let the collar

control me.

I will not let it...

[groaning]

[Master] The way of the universe

is the way of acceptance.

Not denial.

The truly strong are
those who do not resist,

but absorb.

Of course!

Fighting the sl*ve collar

gives it more of my power
to use against me.

I must show true strength
by accepting the collar

and absorbing it.

[people screaming]

Pip, we're safe!

Safe? You kidding?

A starcruiser
and a, a six-month head start

couldn't take us some place safe

long as we wear these.

[Silver Surfer] There is a way
to change that.

Let me show you.

[Master]
Feel the energy, my son.

Feel how it becomes part of you.

That gentle voice

it's been speaking to us
ever since we got to Morovus.

It is the voice
of the Master of Zenn-La.

It can't be.

We're free, babe!

Really free!

Look! We don't have to...

To take all that Kree baloney!
[laughing]

We don't have to be sl*ves!

He doesn't have his collar!

His collar is off!

No more sl*ves!

[all chanting] No more sl*ves,
no more sl*ves!

You gotta help 'em.

You gotta take off
their collars.

[screaming] - [Silver
Surfer] I can't do that.

There are too many.

Master... Master, where are you?

There's only one place
he can be.

Up at the main base...

Morovus Prime.

To me, my board.

Hey... hey, where you going?

Don't... don't leave us.

[Silver Surfer] The Master

working with the Kree?

He and I must unite.

Of course, that is possible
only if I can reach him.

This appears to be
the center of operations.

Here will I find
the answers I seek.

I know of you, Silver Surfer.

How dare you disturb
a Kree combined intelligence?

No civilization has the right
to subjugate another.

I demand that you free
those who toil on Morovus.

Correct me if I'm wrong,

but you do not seem to be in
a position to demand anything.

Would you free the board
on which you ride,

or a lamp that lights your way?

Is that all
the trolls are to you?

Implements? Tools?

Certainly! That is precisely
why they were created.

Now, however,
this group is useless.

[woman] You have shown
our sl*ves

that the collars
can be overcome.

No longer will they selflessly
go about they're tasks.

Their minds have been polluted

by the possibility of freedom.

Fortunately,
they are expendable.

We have billions more
to replace them.

What have you unleashed?

That fool has taken control
of the system.

[man] Nothing is responding.

Master

it is truly you.

[stuttering] But how? Why?

There is no time, Norrin Radd.

My fellow governors of Morovus
have chosen to vaporize your friends.

You must go

while it is still possible
to stop the carnage.

I left the Master on Zenn-La

with my beloved, Shalla-Bal.

Now I find him here

part of a Kree
organic brain system.

Instead of answers,
my questions are compounded!

[Master] Have I not always
counseled patience, Norrin Radd?

Even the greatest enigma
has a solution.

Your sacrifice moved me
as nothing else ever has.

Soon after, I departed Zenn-La

with a group of visiting
students on a pilgrimage

to see if I could attain
your courage.

We were captured by the Kree.

When they discovered who I was

they found great satisfaction

in teaching the master
of Zenn-La

their own dark ways.

Heed me, Norrin Radd.

This blast is too powerful

for you to destroy or absorb.

But your mind tells me

you have the power to transmute.

Transmute!

But into what?

[all laughing]

Master, it is done.

[Master] Norrin Radd, once
again you have proven your worth.

Now, it is time for me
to do the same.

Let me help you.

[Master]
No, you must go your own way.

As a member
of the combined intelligence,

I have been forced to participate
in acts of unspeakable evil.

Now, in atonement,
I must do all I can

to make certain
that the trolls go free.

Good-bye, my son.

Master, wait!

[Master] Through you I have
at last found true courage.

Give my good wishes to Zenn-La.

But where is it, Master?

Where?

I admire your courage,
little ones.

We're sorry about the one
you called the Master.

You have freedom
and the thoughts he inspired.

Never would such a man
ask for more.

I must go now.

The Master left Zenn-La long
before it was hidden by Galactus.

I must continue
my search for my home.

Slurper, w-wait!

All my life I've gone
from planet to planet

and never learned a thing.

Could I kind of

could I hang out with you?

J-just for a while.

I-I-I mean...
If it's OK with you.

And why wouldn't it be?

If you're going to lead the
rest of our people to freedom,

you ought to know a little
something about how it's done.

Besides, how else
will I ever get a

a good night's sleep?

It has been a long time since
anyone has treated me as a friend.

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