Lost in Space Page #12

EXT.-SPACE

The probe ship's nuclear core overloads. The engines begin to glow,

venting plasma and then EXPLODE like a nascent star.

THE BLAST WAVE spreads across space, vaporizing the spiders.

THE BLAST WAVE hits the Jupiter Two.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

The ship is buffeted by the shock wave.

WEST:

I can't hold her.

EXT.-JUPITER TWO

The ship is knocked into the atmosphere of the giant planet below.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

Don is struggling to keep control.

WEST:

We're going down.

EXT.-JUPITER TWO

The ship is hurling toward the planet's cloud obscured surface.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

The windscreen is filled with a RUSHING BLIZZARD.

WEST:

Can't get the stabilizers on line.

JOHN:

Pull up. Pull up.

WEST:

Really? No kidding? Thanks.

WINDSCREEN- CLOSE. The storm clouds suddenly PART TO REVEAL ... A GIANT

SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN RANGE.

Don banks the controls.

EXT.-JUPITER TWO

The ship tilts on its side, passing between two snowy peaks, still

plunging towards the planet's wintry surface below.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

WEST:

I'm reading a clearing ahead. I'm

going to try and make it.

EXT.-PLANET'S SURFACE

The Jupiter Two BLOWS over a carpet of snowy treetops, the canopy of

leaves bursting into flames from the friction of the hull.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

The surface is coming up fast.

WEST:

Got to slow us down.

EXT.-PLANET'S SURFACE

The Jupiter Two hits the surf ace of the water and skips, once twice,

three times across the alien sea.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

WEST:

Brace for impact!

The ship SMASHES into a crater miles long, PLOWING through rock and

vegetation, finally coming to rest near one of the crater walls.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

Still. Automatic fire systems spray gas everywhere. only the dimmest

emergency lights cast any glow.

JOHN:

Everybody, by the numbers.

Maureen straightens, rubs her neck.

MAUREEN:

Life Sciences, still breathing.

JUDY:

Mission medical, I'm alive.

WILL:

Me too. Robotics, I mean.

PENNY:

Video Mechanics, okay.

SMITH:

I'm alive, Major West's poor excuse

for piloting skills not withstanding.

WEST:

Let's take a look.

Don hits a switch, the windshield de-icing, becoming clear.

PENNY:

I don't think we're in Kansas

anymore.

REVERSE ANGLE:

Before them lies the crater, snow covered floor spreading out towards a

distant horizon stained red by two hanging crimson suns.

CHAPTER 15:
Follow Orders!

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EXT. -ALIEN LANDSCAPE-NIGHT

The moonless sky is filled with an utterly alien starfield. The Jupiter

Two sits near the wall of the crater, its tiny lights fighting the

otherworldly darkness.

JOHN (OVER)

You violated a direct order.

INT.-ENGINE ROOM

Cavernous. John and Don stand by the giant drive engines. Don is

holding a cylinder containing a mixture of power chips, some glowing

with radioactive fire, others dull and charred as coal.

WEST:

About half the core material is

burned out. We'll never generate

enough power to break orbit.

JOHN:

I told you not to blow that ship's

reactors and you did it anyway.

WEST:

Come on, Professor, give it a rest. I

was technically still in command.

JOHN:

Don't hand me that. I'm commander of

this mission.

WEST:

Look, no offense, but you're an

egghead with an honorary rank. No one

ever intended you to handle combat

situations. You're spouting some

nonsense about- time travel while

those spiders posed a continuing

threat. I made a judgement call and

if I have to I'll make it again.

Hell, you of all people should

understand that. If your father were

here-

JOHN:

My father is not here. My father is

dead, killed in one of his combat

missions you so admire. My family is

on this ship And you're going to

follow my orders. Whether you agree

with them or not. Is that clear,

Major?

Don's face is right up in John's.

WEST:

Save the speeches. I like you. But

the fate of the Earth is at stake

here. I'm going to do whatever I

think it takes to ensure the success

of this mission. With or without your

help. Is that clear, Professor?

The two are too close to do anything but kiss or fight. Kissing seems

less than likely.

MAUREEN (OVER)

Am I interrupting something?

WIDER. Maureen stands in the doorway.

MAUREEN:

No. Really. I think you two should go

ahead and slug it out. I mean, here

we are stranded on an alien world and

you boys want to get into a pissing

contest. So please, go for it. I'll

have Judy down here in a heartbeat to

declare you both unfit and I'll take

over this mission. Now I don't want

to hear another word from you two

until you can play nice. Is that

clear?

JOHN WEST:

Maureen- Listen-

MAUREEN:

Not another word.

(a beat)

Better. Now if you've finished hosing

down the decks with testosterone, I

suggest you come with me. I may have

found a way to get us off this

planet.

Maureen turns on her heal and EXITS. The two men exchange a look.

WEST:

Wow.

JOHN:

Tell me about it.

They head after her.

CHAPTER 18:
Danger Will! (Out of Sequence in screenplay.)

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INT:
-WILL'S CABIN

Will sits working over his hacker's deck. (OVER) STATIC.

WILL:

Can you hear me? Robot?

Will tunes the deck. More STATIC. Then...

ROBOT:

Systems error. Robot unable to

register neural net outputs. Unable

to locate motor controls. Unable-

WILL:

Calm down. Your body was destroyed in

the conflict with the space spiders.

Do you remember?

ROBOT:

Affirmative.

WILL:

But I downloaded your neural net.

ROBOT:

Robot tried to destroy the Robinson

family. Why would Will Robinson save

Robot's personality? Your actions do

not compute.

WILL:

I guess sometimes friendship means

acting with your heart, not your

head.

ROBOT:

Logic error. Friendship does not

compute.

WILL:

Don't worry, Robot. Im going to build

you a new body. I promise.

Will turns to face a pile of pirated components from various par of the

ship. He lifts a circular bubble of diodes. Smiles.

WILL:

Mom always said I should try to make

new friends.

CHAPTER 15:
Follow Orders! * return to CHAPTER

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INT.-BRIDGE

Maureen stands at her life sciences station with John and Don.

MAUREEN:

The atmosphere here can sustain human

life. I've located 500 Rads

radioactive material a mile north.

JOHN:

That's at least what we'd need to get

the core functioning again.

John looks out the viewscreen at the alien night. Turns to Don.

JOHN:

We'll set off at daybreak. it'll be

safer. Those are my orders, Major.

WEST:

I agree with your recommendation,

Professor.

MAUREEN:

DŽtente is a beautiful thing.

INT.-SICK BAY

Judy examines the lizard monkey. Penny strokes the tiny creature,

producing a string of BLIPS.

PENNY:

What's the diagnosis, Doc? Is it

cowboy or ballerina on Halloween?

JUDY:

Right now she's a girl. But I think

your little pal here is from a

self-replicating species. At

different stages of life she, or he,

probably alternates sexes.

PENNY:

Imagine the savings on dating outfits

alone.

The tiny creature has begun playing with an aural scanner.

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