Lost in Space Page #14

It's impossible. But this planet's

geothermic plates don't match up.

JOHN:

I was afraid of this.

Al1 eyes turn to John.

JOHN:

I think these tremors are the result

of opening and closing doorways.

PENNY:

Doorways to where?

JOHN:

The future.

SMITH:

Perhaps the Professor was hit on the

head when we landed.

JOHN:

Remember the portal that lead us to

the probe ship? What if we crossed a

into a time years after Earth sent a

rescue mission.

WEST:

You're not serious? Time travel is

impossible.

WILL:

No it's not. It's just improbable.

Like hyperdrive was a hundred years

ago. Nothing's really impossible.

JOHN:

This world could be riddled with

doorways to the future.

WILL:

So if we walk into that forest

outside, we're really just walking

into this crater years from now.

MAUREEN:

Geological plates from different

times wouldn't fit together. That

would explain the tectonic mismatch.

But doorways in time, John?

JOHN:

If these portals are opening and

closing, part of some cascading,

natural phenomenon, they could be

tearing this planet apart

WILL:

These portals are exactly what I

predicted my time machine would do.

What if the doorways aren't natural?

A machine that bends space, like our

hyperdrive, could be modified to bend

time as well. What if someone on this

world has built a device?

JOHN:

Son, I appreciate your input but now

isn't the time for flights of fancy.

WILL:

You never listen to me. Not ever.

And with that Will storms out. John stares after him a beat, sorely

wanting to follow. (OVER) another RUMBLE.

JOHN:

There's no telling how long before

this planet breaks up entirely.

(rising).

Don and I are going to locate the

radioactive material for the core.

Get the ship ready to go. We may have

very little time.

INT. -BRIDGE

John, suited up, heads for the open front hatch when he spots Will

sitting alone in the Com chair, tinkering with his deck.

JOHN:

Aren't you coming out to say goodbye?

Will just shakes his head.

WILL:

You're always leaving. What if...

Will looks away, finally giving voice to his worst fear.

WILL:

What if one time you don't come

home...

John stares at his son, unsure what to say, the boy's anguish so deep

and apparent. He reaches into his shirt, takes off his dog tags.

JOHN:

Whenever your grandfather went away

on a mission, held leave these with

me. For safe keeping. And when he got

home I d always be waiting to give

them back.

He lifts the chain and places it around the boy's neck.

JOHN:

I'm coming back Will. I promise.

Will is silent. John touches the boy's hair, then walks out. A beat.

Will looks up after his father, fingering the dog tags.

EXT.-JUPITER TWO

The Robinsons, all except Will, stand-gathered around the front of the

ship. Don has a small tracking device in his hand.

WEST:

I've got a fix on the radioactive

material. It's through the portal.

JOHN:

We'll just have to hope the doorways

remain stable.

JUDY:

These crater walls are disabling the

com-links. You won't be able to

communicate with the ship.

(OVER) the ground shakes again.

Maureen

Come home to me, Professor.

JOHN:

I love you, wife.

John kisses her. Don looks at Judy.

JUDY:

I'm going to regret saying this, But

try to get back in one piece.

WEST:

This is kind of a kiss for luck

occasion, wouldn't you agree, Doc?

JUDY:

See. I'm regretting it already.

(coy)

Kisses have to be earned. Say

goodbye, Blip.

Blip reaches up and touches John's face. Then her CHIRPS form a rough

approximation of the words Penny taught her.

BLIP:

Nice girl. Pretty girl. Nice.

JOHN:

You take care of her, Penny.

(kisses her head)

Take care of you too, baby.

Then the two men bead off, towards the portal and forest beyond.

PULL BACK TO REVEAL

Smith stares out the cabin window. PUSH IN as

INT.-SMITH'S CELL

SMITH:

Yes, enjoy your moments of trite

familial bonding.

He turns, heads back to his table, transformed now, into a makeshift

lab, the stolen control bolt in mid-modification.

SMITH:

Because they will be your last.

INT.-WILL'S CABIN

The beginnings of Will's home-made robot sits on the table. WILL is in

the f.g. riffling his PERSONAL CARGO container.

Penny ENTERS, an assortment of small electronic devices, hairclips, and

other metal and electronic objects. Dumps them on the table.

PENNY:

That's everything even close to

nonessential. Even my bellybutton

ring.

WILL:

Thanks, Pen.

PENNY:

You want to come on a land survey?

But Will just shakes his head, sulky.

PENNY:

Look, what does dad know? Maybe

someone did build a time machine.

She ruffles his hair. Disappears. Will activates a CPU speaker.

ROBOT:

Robot is on line.

(OVER) a KNOCKING has begun. WILL looks up, puzzled.

WILL:

It sounds like old morse code.

Chapter 18:
Danger Will!

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INT.-CORRIDOR

Will walks down the corridor. (OVER) The KNOCKING continues. Will

follows the SOUND until he comes to the door of Smith's prison.

Smith is visible through the door window, sitting at a table, hammering

out the code with his boot. He beckons Will inside.

Will shakes his head. Smith begins TAPPING again.

WILL:

(sounding out the code)

Danger.

INT.-SMITH'S CELL

The door slides open and Will ENTERS, a laser pistol in hand.

WILL:

You said someone is in danger.

SMITH:

We all are. You are wise to arm

yourself.

Smith eyes the weapon, moving towards the boy.

WILL:

This gun is set to fire for me only

so don't try anything funny.

Smith barely misses a beat as he adjusts, passing the child, going

instead to the window and opening the blast shield.

SMITH:

William, you misjudge me. I only want

to help you.

WILL:

Help us? You tried to kill us all.

SMITH:

But now our fates are intertwined. if

your father and that idiot West fail,

I will have no chance of getting

home. It is in my best interests they

succeed. And I always follow my best

interests.

Smith gazes out at the exotic terrain. (OVER) an inhuman WAIL.

SMITH:

What monsters roam these alien wilds?

Fools. To set off blindly across this

savage land. Much as I hate to admit

it, it will be harder to manage

without them.

WILL:

What are you talking about? They'll

be back. They'll be okay.

Smith is silent. A long, lethal beat.

WILL:

Someone should go after them.

SMITH:

Will, I forbid it. You're a boy. A

clever one, certainly, but a child

nonetheless. This planet is likely

full of predators. Even if you found

them, what if they're hurt, ravaged,

dying, what good could you do?

WILL:

But you're a doctor.

Smith turns away, hiding his smile.

EXT.-JUPITER TWO-DAY

Judy and Maureen are hanging on repelling lines before the crater wall,

shipping away ore that glitters like diamonds.

JUDY:

It's impossible.

MAUREEN:

Not really. Geologists have

speculated that Dimondium might be

naturally occurring in many older

worlds. Part of a biosphere's way of

rejuvenating itself.

JUDY:

This one is ten times more powerful

then that on Alpha Prime. There's

enough here to save Earth.

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