01x03 - In the Realm of the Condor

[bunniefuu]

You must believe me, dr. Quest.
You must.

My grandfather is still alive.
I know it. I feel it.

This was his.

Some indians found it
deep in the peruvian jungle

Just after he disappeared.

Miss scheele, for nearly five
centuries

The amazon jungle
has been swallowing up

Explorers and adventurers.

My grandfather was not an
adventurer.

He was an ornithologist.

He discovered an entirely new
species of condor.

Ornithology is not really my
line, miss scheele.

Bandit.

Come on, bandit, over here.

Bandit.

-I'm really sorry.

-Meet my son jonny,
miss scheele.

-Hi.
-Miss scheele has
an interesting story.

Not a story, dr. Quest.

It's the truth, and this tape
will prove it.

Then let's get the others
and watch it in the library.

Si, senorita, I spoke to your
grandfather many times.

He knew the forest
and its people very well.

I was surprised when he did not
meet me as we have arranged

But the amazon,
it is a very dangerous place.

I am sorry, señorita.

He was a good man.

If anything, the tape suggests
your grandfather

Did not survive.

Then I show you this.

He found it
in some ruins which

No archaeologist
has ever seen.

If looking for my grandfather
is not important enough to you,

Dr. Quest, then perhaps

A brand-new
archaeological find is.

The computer
has authenticated this artifact.

It's extraordinary.

This piece is at least


Maybe 3000.

What's that?

A bas-relief from chavin de
huantar.

"Chavin de huantar, peru.

The center of a supernatural
cult,

Which predated christianity
by maybe 1000 years."

To date, no one has discovered
the main city

Of the chavin culture.

It was rumored to be constructed
completely of gold.

I've got an idea.

-Look at this.
-A perfect match.

It must really be from that
chavin place.

Or some other chauvinoid ruin.

I believe miss scheele has
offered us quite a challenge.

Listen.

Hey. Hey, come back.

Whatever that is, dad,
it terrified the guides.

What do you think, dr. Quest?

I have no idea, miss scheele.

I've never seen anything like it
before.

Maybe it is some kind of totem.
A device to scare people away.

Certainly efficacious in the
case of our guides, ms. Scheele.

Least they didn't run off
with the equipment.

That's a mixed blessing, jonny.

We can't continue overland
and carry everything.

We'll have to take
to the river.

As near as I can tell,
dr. Quest,

We are on a minor tributary
of the rio de las piedras.

You know, satellite navigation
is only as accurate

As its last signal,
hadji.

This one is already
six hours old.

The next coordinates
will not be due

For another
two hours at least.

When the mist clears,

We'll sh**t a sun sight
and fix our position exactly.

Hold on!

Help me haul the rope.

The satnav.

Don't worry.

You know, miss scheele,

If anyone can find a way out of
here, race and my dad will.

You're so formal, jonny.

Just like your father.

You can call me estella,
you know.

And as for worrying,

I've been in far more dangerous
situations than this.

With your grandfather, miss...

-Estella?
-My grand...

Oh, no, he disappeared
before I was born.

That wasn't dad or race.

But it sounded like
someone in distress.

Where is it coming from?

It is difficult to say.

The sound is echoing
off the cliff.

We must split up to search.

And we meet back here
in five minutes.

Hadji. Estella.

Over here.

Let go of him. Let go.

Let go of him.
Come on, let go of him.

Jonny.

-Jonny.
-I'm over here. It's okay.

You'll be okay,
I'm not gonna hurt you.

-Jonny.
-Where are you?

-Where are you, jonny?
-Jonny?

-Over here. Hey.
-Are you all okay?

Oh, we're fine, dad.

We found this huge snake.

An anaconda, dr. Quest.
It must've been.

It was squeezing this indian kid
to death.

I looked around when I heard
hadji and estella coming

And when I looked back,
the kid was gone.

We are taught
that where we are

Is where we are
supposed to be

But I am beginning to wish
we were somewhere else.

What do you think?

-Are we up for the climb?
-Slamming.

Okay, I'll lead.

Hadji, you'll be next up.

Then estella, jonny and benton,
you'll be the anchor.

You mean overweight and liable
to sink to the bottom?

No, think of it
as rock-solid and dependable.

Don't look down, hadji.

The trick is to keep going.

You are quite right, of course,
estella.

Life can only be understood
backwards

But it must be
lived forwards.

I wish you'd save that stuff
for when we got

The time to figure it out.

Jonny, look out.

Good grief, professor scheele
was right.

The size of that creature.

An undiscovered species.

This is no time for bird
watching, benton.

Keep your hold
on that mountain.

Hang tough whatever happens.

I have a feeling the role of
anchorman

Is about to come
into effect.

No.

Hadji.

Hadji, are you all right?

Compared to what,
dr. Quest?

Dad, there's a ledge
over to my right.

If I can just get
enough momentum going

I think I can just
about reach it.

I'm gonna try to tie you
into to my safety line.

Incoming, benton.

Hurry it up, benton.

Those blasted condors are
attacking again.

Hang in there, jonny.
Hang in there, kid.

Jonny.

Jonny.

Jonny.

Jonny, are you all right?
Jonny?

I don't think I trust those
condors, dr. Quest.

If they are condors.

Have you ever seen any bird
as big or powerful?

I don't care how big they are.

A slug in the right place is all
it takes.

Jonny! Can you hear me?

We heard that call before,
dr. Quest.

It's as if the birds were
obeying it.

I do not understand.

To be perfectly honest,
miss scheele, neither do i.

But right now I'm more concerned
to know where jonny is.

There's only one way
to find out.

Head for that ledge.

Jonny? Are you in there?

Jonny?

There's no sign of him.

But if I know jonny, his
enthusiasm got the better of him

And he's way ahead of us.

I believe we have found
your grandfather, estella.

-I am very sorry.
-He was here for a reason.

We must proceed.

I have been having some serious
doubts about estella

And why she brought us here,
dr. Quest.

Everybody reacts to stress
differently.

Finding her grandfather
must have shocked her.

I don't know, benton.

That young lady's colder
than a catfish on marble.

Look. Light.

Look, dr. Quest.

I can't be certain
from this distance,

But that looks like
a fresh k*ll.

-You don't think jonny...
-No. Impossible, hadji.

Jonny's too smart.

Look, a door of some kind,
but how do we get up there?

The lost city of gold.

El dorado.

The only way in is via those
giant birds.

No wonder no one could
find this place.

Let's see where they land,
that's where the action will be.

Listen.

Amazing, dr. Quest,
there are no words for it.

-It's jonny.
-I swear, benton.

That boy could jump into a lake
and come out dry.

Dad. Hadji. Race.

You can't do that.
Get off me.

That was probably
the stupidest thing

I have ever seen
a human being do.

You stole
from these people?

Why did you do it?

Why?

Why do you think?

Do you know how much this city
must be worth?

It's a treasure.

You are absolutely correct,
miss scheele.

The city is a treasure, but,
sadly, not the way you mean it.

Think your late grandfather
might've been disappointed?

My late grandfather.

I don't care about some
idiotic old man

Who got lost
in the jungle.

This city will
make me rich.

Not if we're stuck in here for
the rest of our lives it won't.

-Take a look at this.
-What is it, race?

I'd guess that this floor
is a trap door.

When our friends are ready,
some kind of mechanism will

Dump us onto the condors'
breakfast table.

There must be a way out,
mustn't there?

There must be something
that we can do.

Oh, I think
you've done enough.

I did not come all this way
to leave with nothing.

Estella, you're crazy.
You can't escape.

Now, take it easy.

You saw those people
look at the boy.

He is the shaman's son.

As long as I have his life in my
hands, I can do anything.

-Miss scheele...
-Not a step closer, dr. Quest.

I have nothing to lose.

I have dreamed of this moment

From the time I found the old
man's statuette

And read the accounts
of his explorations.

You will be responsible
for his life

If you don't do
exactly as I say.

Stay back.

All of you.

Release the boy.

Take what you want but release
the boy.

Never.

He is my passport
out of here.

Careful, jonny, I think miss
scheele is quite insane.

That kid saved our lives, hadji,
I've gotta do something.

You don't believe me, jonny?

You don't think
I dare do it?

Wait. Please.

Without that kid,
we'd be condor bait.

Doesn't that mean
anything to you?

No, I don't care about this
little savage.

-That is all that matters to me.
-Then take it.

Jonny, hold on.

Jonny, no.

Look.

-Jonny.
-Jonny.

That is twice you have saved my
son, young man.

Your companion who
desecrated our city

Has paid a terrible price
for her crimes.

That is punishment enough.

The rest of you
may go free.

Who are you?

How is it that you speak
english?

Professor scheele?

I am flattered,
but how do you know my name?

-You're estella's grandfather.
-Estella, who is estella?

That unfortunate
young woman.

She said she was your
granddaughter.

No. This is my only child.

Well, that young lady had
your compass

And a small condor statuette,
professor scheele.

She was very convincing.

And you, professor scheele?
Why are you here?

I was an ornithologist.

I had heard the legend
of these giant condors

And I was searching
for the birds

When I stumbled
on the city.

At first, the people here
were going to k*ll me

But these sacred birds were
dying of a viral disease

And the city cannot survive
without them.

Fortunately, I was able to save
the birds

And so save myself.

I am teaching my son
everything I know

So that our people and the birds
may live here in peace.

Who was the skeleton
back there in the cave?

Nothing but a thief,
jonny.

Another would-be looter.

He is there
as a warning.

We must protect our city
every way we can.

And you know
we'll keep the secret.

I believe you will,
mr. Bannon.

I trust you,
just as you must now trust me.

-I have a choice?

-The birds will set you down by
a river.

Travel upstream
for three days

And you will find
a small mission.

The priest has a canoe
with an outboard.

He will take you
to san cristobal de huasco.

The edge of your world.

Got it. And thanks.

No. Thank you, kid.

See ya.