Return to the Blue Lagoon

Small boat adrift! Starboard bow!

Look! Off starboard!

Up into the wind!

Get out the small boat!

- Pull away!

- Pull away!

Easy!

Get that genny out!

- Anyone aboard?

- I can't tell!

Get that painter!

Pull that line, Kearney!

Come on, get that boat in!

Watch the sides!

There's a man and a woman, sir!

- Dead or alive?

- Dead, sir!

- A child, sir!

- A what?

Alive!

- I'll take him.

- Thank you, ma'am.

There. There, now.

"We commit their bodies to the waters

to be turned into corruption...

...looking for resurrection,

when the sea shall give up her dead...

...and the life of the world to come,

through our lord, Jesus Christ. Amen."

Captain.

The surgeon would like

to speak with you, sir.

There's sickness in the crew.

Five more were taken down

since mid-watch.

Fever. Canker sores.

Your cabinet has bromide.

Leech it out.

It's beyond bleeding.

Mr. Penfield,

I look to your medical knowledge.

After we left Moorea,

you thought it was scurvy.

Then you said it was breakbone fever.

The symptoms weren't for certain.

Now, I know.

Fever. Withered skin.

Black bile.

Cholera.

- Can't we turn back?

- There's no port for a plague ship.

- Drop anchor at the first island.

- This is all open sea.

With due respect, captain, that small

boat put off from somewheres.

This is a French naval chart.

There's nothing but warnings.

There's reefs. Atolls.

This is a cruel turn for Mrs. Hargraves.

Left widowed with an infant.

Cast them adrift.

- A woman alone with two children?

- Put a man with them.

Kearney's strong and able.

At least that'll give them a chance.

Kearney?

Best of a poor lot.

But keep it from the rest of the crew.

- Wait till mid-watch.

- Aye, sir.

Putting us off into the peril

of the sea because some men are ill?

- This is madness!

- It's for your own good.

I've spent the last three years

in a climate of awful heat...

...with insects as big as rats,

rats as big as cats!

I can certainly deal with some

deck hands down with fever!

We're carrying cholera.

If you stay aboard, you'll die.

You can't take your sea chest, missus.

Only things you really need.

But everything we have

will be in this chest.

Mrs. Hargraves will be taking

her belongings.

Aye, sir.

Cholera?

Mr. Kearney?

Mr. Kearney, a cup of water, please.

- There's only so much, missus.

- They're in sore need, Mr. Kearney.

Look, the boy ain't yours,

so he don't matter too much.

Your infant knows what to do.

I'd say you're fresh. Let her suckle.

I tell you, I'm sick and tired

of them two squalling.

Then give them water.

I'm a practical man, missus.

If I was alone, by myself,

this could last a good while.

Sharing four ways makes no sense.

It's best to put them out

of their misery.

You won't touch them.

You either shut them up,

or they're going overboard!

Hush, Lilli!

That's it. Look the other way

if you don't want to see.

Richard, come quickly. Jump up.

You can help Mama.

Yeah, that's my girl.

Yes.

Come on. Come on, Lilli.

Richard, you stay here.

It's fresh.

Look! Bananas!

And pompons! And roots!

Roots are good eating!

This is taro root!

We ate it at the mission.

And bananas.

Richard, here's some bananas!

Yes, lots of bananas!

Boat.

Here, do you want some?

The boat is coming.

Boat!

Look! How pretty.

There.

Oh, Lilli.

We can't stay here.

We're too exposed on this side.

We've got to find a safe haven out

of the weather. Come on.

Come, Richard.

Let's go for a little walk.

Here we go.

Look! How beautiful!

House.

Good heavens! Richard!

Mama!

Mama! Mama!

She's gone.

I know she's gone. Your mama's gone.

It's all right. It's all right.

Come here, I've got you.

- Mommy gone!

- I know. It's all right.

Your mama's not here, but I am.

I'll be your mama from now on.

Any passing ship will see this

when it's ablaze.

It won't be long before one finds us.

Go to sleep now. Close your eyes.

I'll be right back.

I know this is your favourite dessert,

but eat slower.

And hold the spoon this way,

as I've showed you.

Someday, you'll find yourself seated

at a fancy table in San Francisco...

...and be expected

to show proper table manners.

Richard! Don't do that!

We may be away from civilization,

but we won't behave uncivilized!

Full moon!

They come every three months

when the moon is full.

Off to bed, children. Quickly!

Richard, come!

Lt'll be all right. Tonight

you'll get your lullaby in the dark.

The mother!

Put it down!

- Why do you wear clothes when bathing?

- It's proper.

- Why don't Richard and I wear clothes?

- I gave up on you long ago.

I put your clothes on

and you'd just take them off.

- I wish I looked like him down there.

- Why?

- He can aim when he goes:

- I can hit a mango leaf dead centre.

Why does he have one he can aim

and we don't?

God, in his infinite wisdom,

decided...

Well, nature gave us different parts.

- You see, a female has a...

- A cowrie shell.

- What?

- Lilli looks like a cowrie shell there.

So that's what you call mine,

a cowrie shell.

- And we call Richard's a...

- No, no, no! Never mind.

I should have explained certain

of life's facts to you years ago.

- Explain certain of life's facts now.

- No, I need to think about it first.

I'll explain it after your

spelling lesson tonight.

- Let's rinse off.

- Tonight?

All right? Everybody.

Why do people get married?

God commanded that when a man

and woman love each other...

...they take vows.

Vows are like promises.

They make promises to each other

in the eyes of God.

And that's called

the marriage ceremony.

Here's the ceremony

your father used to say...

...when he performed marriages

at the mission.

What about the life facts?

When a girl becomes a woman,

and a boy becomes a man...

- When's that?

- Well, it's different for everyone...

...but you'll know when it happens.

- How?

Lilli, your body will become rounder.

You'll grow breasts like mine.

And you'll bleed a bit

from between your legs.

I don't wanna bleed.

It only lasts a few days.

And it's a great blessing

because it means you can have a baby.

- Do I have to bleed?

- No. But your body will change too.

Your voice gets deeper.

Hair will grow on your face.

You'd look handsome with a beard.

Unless you want to scrape it off.

- I want the baby now.

- You can't. You're not ready yet.

Also, you need the man

to make the baby inside you.

Inside me?

Yes. There's a special place

inside a woman...

...where the baby stays nice

and warm and safe...

...until it's ready

to be born into the world.

How does the baby get in there?

Well...

...after they're married,

the man and woman lie very...

...very close together and... -

- I know. It's like the iguanas, Lilli.

You know, when they get so close

you can't tell them apart.

- That's it.

- That's it?

Yes. Iguanas have

their babies soon after.

- That's it, Mother?

- Well, that's most of it.

That's what I've been waiting

to hear all day?

- That's not gonna help.

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