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REPORTER: it's official.

Political exile Joseph Elias has returned to his native land

and should be stepping down from the plane

as soon as he finishes an on board interview.

We have been advised that Mr. Elias will then give

a statement to the media.

Speculation is that president for life Colonel Gregory Usher

has allowed the opposition leader Elias

to return from exile

in response to pressure the United States has been applying,

pressure which culminated yesterday

with the indictment of Colonel Usher

by a U.S. federal court

on charges of illegal drug trafficking.

MAN: Here he comes.

The door is open.

It's just a matter of time now before Joseph Elias emerges.

- REPORTER 2: Welcome back, sir. - [ reporters clamoring ]

It is a real pleasure to be back home again.

REPORTER 2: Sir, are you having a meeting...?

ELIAS: Well, I don't think it would be

appropriate for me to comment at this time.

- [ Screaming ] -REPORTER 1: We have something happening.

The soldiers are firing in the air.

People are diving for...

Oh, my God, he's been shot.

Joseph Elias has been shot.

They've killed him.

This is terrible.

He just got off the plane and Joseph Elias

has been assassinated.

People are on the ground everywhere,

and-and the soldiers...

Oh, no, they're driving away.

The people who shot Elias are driving away.

[ Screaming ]

[ theme music playing ]

[ boat whistle blowing ]

[ trolley clanging, car horns honking ]

[ violin playing, indistinct chatter ]

- [ applause ] - Thank you.

We can't all play the Stradivarius.

They say his best violins were made out of cherry wood.

[ Car horn honks in distance ]

[ siren wailing in distance ]

[ beeping ]

MALE VOICE: Good morning, Jim.

Three years ago, Colonel Gregory Usher

declared himself president for life.

Since then, his country has been

one of the world's leading producers of processed cocaine.

Usher is under indictment in the U.S. for his drug trafficking

but has been impossible to extradite

from his heavily-armed compound outside the country's capital,

and all attempts for a democratic overthrow

of the government have failed

as Usher maintains a firm grasp on power

with the help of his chief of secret police Major Duvall,

who, several days ago, organized

the murder of Usher's only political opponent.

Your mission, Jim, if you choose to accept it,

is to neutralize Major Duvall and to lure

Colonel Usher out of his compound

and onto U.S.-controlled soil where he may be arrested.

As always, should you or any

of your IM Force be caught or killed,

the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This disc will self-destruct in five seconds.

Good luck, Jim.

[ Beeping ]

[ beeping accelerates ]

PHELPS: Miles Taggart was arrested yesterday

by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

In the process, they confiscated 2,00055-gallon drums

of ethyl ether that Taggart was about to deal to Colonel Usher.

For processing of cocaine.

That's right.

Now, the news of Taggart's arrest

has been kept from the press.

How long can they hold him?

Long enough for you to pose as Taggart.

The colonel expects you tomorrow.

[ Typing ]

[ beeps ]

The island of St. Luke...

a small atoll 50 miles off the coast

of Colonel Gregory Usher's country.

[ Typing ]

The man who owns it has agreed to loan it to us

for the next few days.

Is it part of Usher's territory?

No, this island enjoys status as an American protectorate,

which means that U.S. law applies.

If everything goes properly,

this is where Usher will be arrested.

But he'd be crazy to go to a U.S. island.

Oh, he would if he knew where he was,

but there are dozens of islands similar to this one

in international waters.

[ Typing ]

Take a good look at the house and the beach and the boats.

We're going to duplicate those

on an island not under U.S. jurisdiction

and where Usher will feel it's safe to go.

BOY'S VOICE: Father?

Father, help me.

GRANT: It's really coming along.

Switching to the new lenses in the argon laser--

it's really helped the definition.

Who was that?

That was a hologram of the latest member of our team.

[ Typing ]

[ beeps ]

Kieron Taylor.

He's only 15 years old,

but his father has been with us for a number of years.

He has an excellent academic record,

he's an all-around natural athlete.

But he's just a kid.

Exactly.

[ Typing ]

[ beeps ]

15 years ago, Colonel Usher's wife ran away from him.

He claims she's the only woman he ever loved,

but the fact is that he beat her, abused her.

After her disappearance, there was a rumor that she had been

pregnant, so ever since then, the colonel has spent a fortune

trying to locate her and the child he's never known,

so Kieron is our key.

[ Typing ]

He is what it'll take to get

the colonel out of his compound and onto that island.

Colonel... sir, I need more time

to check out this American Taggart.

Time is money, Duvall.

[ Vehicle approaching ]

Colonel Usher.

How the hell are you?

Mr. Taggart, I presume.

This is Major Duvall, head of my security.

My associate Mr. Jones.

He's my head of security.

Do you think you need a bodyguard here, Mr. Taggart?

Well, I watch the evening news,

and things like assassinations at airports make me

kind of nervous.

Uh, that was politics, Mr. Taggart, this is business.

We'll keep your associate's gun during your visit.

Here.

Mr. Taggart... I watch the news, too.

You're a brave man to still be in the drug business

after that car bombing incident last year.

I hear it did substantial damage to your right arm.

It was the left arm, Major.

So I sell drugs?

Americans buy drugs, but I'm the monster,

I'm the one they indict.

Well, they can indict me all they want.

They'll never lay a hand on Colonel Usher.

They can't touch me here.

[ Chuckles ]

I have arranged a viewing of our operation, Mr. Taggart,

for tomorrow morning.

Fine.

I think you'll be impressed.

With your ether, we can increase our productivity

by two tons a week.

Well, then let's hope we can come to some sort of agreement.

[ Gulps ]

[ glass shatters ]

[ Usher groaning ]

What's going on?

Everything is under control.

The colonel occasionally suffers from severe headaches.

Maybe he should go to the hospital.

No.

If necessary, the hospital will come to Colonel Usher.

A word of advice, Mr. Taggart--

Don't interpret what you see here as a sign of weakness.

Last man to do that wound up face down on an airport runway.

[ Usher panting ]

[ power tools whirring ]

[ indistinct chatter ]

[ hammering in distance ]

[ sputtering ]

She may look like a turkey, but she flies like an eagle.

Long as it'll do the job.

Oh, she'll do the job.

Look, I just made a run over the U.S. island.

When the roofs on this house,

he won't be able to tell them apart.

Let's hope Colonel Usher feels the same.

How's our newest team member doing?

Kieron. Oh, he's fine.

He's out there with Casey right now.

[ Coughing ]

Oh, Kieron, keep calm.

I just want you to breathe through your regulator

just like you breathe normally on land, and relax.

I'll get the hang of it.

Maybe we should call it a day, huh?

No. Let's go again.

You sure?

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

[ Breathing into mouthpiece ]

[ inhaling deeply ]

[ crickets chirping ]

[ beep ]

KIERON'S VOICE: Father?

Well, if you'll excuse me, Mr. Taggart.

It's been a long day.

Oh, but it's early, Colonel.

May I remind you what the Emperor Napoleon said

about sleeping hours.

I'm sure it will be fascinating.

He said, "Six hours for the man,

"seven for the woman,

and eight for the fool."

Are you suggesting

I might be a fool, Mr. Taggart?

Oh, perish the thought. Colonel!

But it is kind of early,

and we have a lot of business to do.

[ Beep ]

[ whirring ]

[ whirring ]

[ whirring continues ]

[ Nicholas sighs ]

Just a few more minutes,

and we can finish all our business, Colonel.

American double eagle $20 gold coins.

Each one worth over $40,000.

Why do I get the feeling

I'm supposed to be learning a lesson here?

It took over 100 years for these coins to reach that value.

I don't see why

you can't wait a few hours before we do business.

Now I'm tired.

Good night.

Good night.

[ Door closes ]

[ man speaking Spanish ]

[ men speaking Spanish ]

KIERON'S VOICE: Father?

Who is that?

Who's there?

[ Footsteps approaching ]

[ ♪ ]

[ crickets chirping ]

[ Usher inhales loudly ]

[ Usher sighs ]

Well, I think it's about time

we introduced Colonel Usher to his son.

[ Beep ]

[ whirring ]

[ Soft clicks ]

Father?

[ Sighs ]

Father?

[ Gasps ]

Father, we need you.

[ Usher sighs ]

[ quiet whirring ]

[ sighs ]

[ panting ]

[ birds singing ]

[ men speaking Spanish ]

In these sheds, we have storage for our cocaine.

We used to grow marijuana here.

1,400 pounds of it.

It would bring in 300,000 American dollars.

And the same weight in cocaine is worth $26 million.

And now your production is cut in half.

Now that's a big loss, Colonel.

Yeah, a big loss.

Bad enough when the Americans indicted me.

Me, leader of a sovereign country.

[ Usher chuckles, then sighs ]

But that wasn't enough for them.

They banned the export of ethyl ether

to stop my production.

No ethyl ether,

no solvent for your cocaine kitchens.

Correct.

I can provide you with the ether.

It's going to cost you,

but I can guarantee you 100 barrels a month.

Ah.

[ Groans ]

Another headache?

I'll be all right in a minute.

These headaches-- is that why the American doctor is here?

What doctor?

Quinn, some famous neurologist.

It was in your newspaper here.

[ Sighs ] I-I didn't send for him.

Never heard of him.

Oh!

[ Usher panting ]

The newspaper say where this doctor of yours is staying?

Kieron...

are you sure you can handle this?

Yeah, I can handle it.

[ Soft grunt ]

I'll get the door.

[ Crowd chatter ]

Yes, thank you very much.

Thank you.

I hate these affairs.

The anniversary of your third year in power.

You couldn't disappoint your people.

Colonel, congratulations on your anniversary, sir.

You're an American.

Yes.

This is Major Duvall.

Oh, Major, I'm Dr. Quinn, Dr. Frederick Quinn.

The neurologist that Mr. Taggart was telling me about.

Yes. Mr. Taggart contacted me.

He said I might be of service to you.

He told you of my headaches?

Yes, sir.

Uh, but he didn't tell you about my dreams

of a boy who beckons me

and-and... and calls me Father?

No.

[ Usher groans ]

it's very ironic, Dr. Quinn.

I can buy and sell everybody in this party.

I can have any one of them imprisoned or executed

with a nod of my head.

But for all of my power and all my money,

I can't get rid of this pain!

KIERON'S VOICE: Father?

My God.

Who are you?

Don't go.

Father.

No! Please stay!

Roberto! Davis!

[ Gun chambers cocking ]

[ groans ]

Sir.

There's a boy out there.

Find him! Bring him back!

[ Panting ]

[ man whistles ]

[ indistinct chatter ]

[ men speaking Spanish ]

[ inhales deeply ]

The boy! Did you find the boy?

No, Colonel.

Please try to calm yourself, Colonel.

You've had a pretty bad turn.

No, I've had worse, Doctor.

Why don't you stop patronizing me

and tell me what's wrong with my body?

Well, according to what Major Duvall has told me

about your medical history,

you suffer from an arteriovenous malfunction.

Now, that's a...

Congenital defect.

Too many blood vessels around the surface of my brain.

I've heard it all before!

But it does explain your headaches.

Does it explain the boy, Dr. Quinn?!

Well,

if the defect is in a specific area of the brain,

it could cause hallucinations.

People I sell drugs to have hallucinations.

I don't!

Why is it I get the impression

you're holding something back from us, Doctor?!

I don't know what you mean.

You told me you were here to lecture at the university.

The problem is, you haven't been invited to speak.

I've checked.

I am here to treat a patient.

It's about the boy, isn't it?

The boy in my dreams!

I have been treating a boy.

He has the same symptoms.

He and his mother move around a great deal--

London, New York, the South of France.

Now here?

The boy's in this country?

Well, not quite.

His mother guards their privacy with some extreme measures.

This time, I was taken in secret

to an island not far off your coast to treat the boy.

Taken by whom?

Well, a man named Kilpatrick.

Uh, he flew me there in a Seaplane.

Tell me, Doctor, what is wrong with the boy?

He's suffering from arteriovenous malfunction.

Same as you do.

[ People laughing, chattering ]

Mr. Kilpatrick.

Yeah. Who wants to know?

Major Duvall, head of security forces.

Hey!

[ Gun hammer cocks ]

I'm sure you will accept Colonel Usher's invitation

to visit us.

How can I refuse?

[ ♪ ]

Father.

[ Panting ]

Who are you?

Father?

Why do you call me that?

We need you.

Mother needs you.

She's sorry she ran away.

[ Knocking ]

Colonel?

Sir, I have the pilot Kilpatrick.

He's in your office, sir.

[ Panting ]

Major Duvall tells me you haven't been very cooperative.

Well, maybe it's his bedside manner.

See what I have to put up with?

[ Grunts ]

Are we asking so much of you, Mr. Kilpatrick?

Look, I was paid a lot of money

to fly the doctor to that island

and to keep my mouth shut.

So I'm sure as hell not gonna open it

without some sort of counteroffer.

Well, try this.

You tell us where the island is,

and in return...

...I'll let you live.

It's in international waters.

A small atoll

in the Weeping Sisters archipelago.

30 miles due south

of the main island of St. Clair.

A reasonable man.

Have the launch fueled and ready to shove off at dawn.

Sir, I thought you would send someone to the island.

I want to go myself.

But have you forgotten the Americans, the indictment?

As head of security, I strongly advise against it.

As head of the country,

I strongly advise you to do as I say.

I appreciate you coming along, Doctor.

This is the island where you attended the boy?

Yes, yes.

I remember the house and the boats.

I am told, Doctor, that certain people

can communicate telepathically with one another.

Is that true?

Well, there have been some studies done,

mostly involving twins.

Or fathers and sons?

I didn't say that.

[ Chuckles ]

You doctors never say what you really mean.

The boy on that island-- what's his blood type?

AB negative.

The rarest blood type in the world.

My blood type, also.

Do you believe in dreams, Doctor?

Colonel, I believe in scientifically verifiable facts.

I don't know whether I believe in them, either.

But I do know I'm connected with the boy on that island.

And I am not going to be at peace until I find out

what that connection is.

WOMAN: Kieron!

KIERON: Yes, Mother?

Clarissa.

[ ♪ ]

[ vehicle approaching ]

Who gave you permission to come here?

I was just having a good look around.

I can give you guys a few tips on efficiency.

You certainly need them.

Don't you know it's dangerous to have drums of ethyl ether

lying around in the open?

[ Chuckles ] Your audacity truly amazes me.

I don't have to take abuse from a flunky.

This telegram

is from the real Mr. Taggart...

the Mr. Taggart who escaped from the United States authorities

just this morning.

[ Snaps fingers ]

Who are you?

You another doctor?

I'm a friend of Dr. Quinn's.

He said it would be all right for me to see you.

Well... well, here I am.

[ laughs ] Uh...

I... You're a fine-looking boy.

Uh, do you like sports?

Yeah. When I went to regular school

I wanted to try out for all the teams, but...

but I have a condition, so...

so they wouldn't let me.

And you didn't like that.

I didn't like getting teased about it by other kids.

I know.

Uh...

you're searching for, uh, pirate treasure?

[ Chuckles ]

[ laughs ] I collect coins.

I collect coins, too.

What do you like?

Bullion? Uh, mint sets?

Commemorative?

Mom doesn't like me talking to strangers.

Don't go. Please. Uh...

Uh...

does your father travel with you?

I never knew my father.

Mom never talks about him.

Do you...

wonder what he was like?

Yeah. Sometimes.

Look, if she catches me talking to you,

I'll get in trouble.

Colonel,

we just received an emergency call from Major Duvall.

Your immediate return is requested.

[ Sighs ]

Can I... come and see you again?

- Maybe. - We must get back, Colonel.

Good-bye.

[ ♪ ]

[ vehicle approaching ]

Colonel Usher will be back shortly.

We'll hold off your interrogation till then.

- He likes to watch. - Well, far be it from me

to deny the colonel his fun.

While we're waiting,

I suggest we round up your friend.

[ ♪ ]

[ electric tool whirring ]

[ grunting ]

[ chuckles ] Head of security, huh?

Yeah, well, it's gonna take the head of security

To get us out of this one, pal.

I'll go and get the equipment.

That's good work.

[ Opens door ]

[ door closes ]

[ door closes ]

Where'd you put Duvall?

Where no one's gonna find him for at least 24 hours.

Hmm. Next time Usher sees that island,

it's got to be completely unrecognizable.

So we have to try to keep him here long enough

for our guys to remove all traces of the false house.

Yeah. And if we can't delay him, Duvall will.

Well, you'll have the final contour measurements

in just a few moments.

When we're finished with this,

I think you should stay out of sight for a while.

Right.

To hell with doctors, Duvall, let's have a drink.

Congratulate me, Duvall-- I'm a father!

And it's a boy.

[ Clears throat ] I-I'm happy for you, Colonel.

I should never have left him so suddenly.

He'll be confused.

What was so damned urgent

- you had to call me back here? - The man

calling himself Taggart was an imposter.

I took the liberty and had him shot.

USHER: A belated birthday present.

Have them fuel the launch.

Launch is going nowhere, sir.

You called me back, Duvall.

You should never have called me back!

In the last hour we have received reports

of United States Naval vessels patrolling the area.

So fix it, Duvall!

Isn't that what you get paid to do?

I can take care of dissidents,

I can handle imposters like Taggart,

but don't ask me to take on Spruance-class destroyers.

We'll lose.

[ Exhales, grunts ]

[ glass shatters ]

[ panting ]

[ door opens ]

[ door closes ]

MAN: All right, this has to come down fast.

- We don't have much time. - MAN 2: All right.

[ Indistinct talking ]

There. Right. Pull it back.

- Come on, let me help you. - All right.

Let's go.

[ Knocking ]

Go away.

I said, "Go away."

Major Duvall asked me to come and see how you were doing.

You and Major Duvall can mind your own business.

It's her fault.

I gave her everything.

I loved her like...

like no other woman.

And what does she do in return?

She runs off and takes my son with her.

PHELPS: Why don't you let me

give you something, Colonel? You need rest.

I'll kill her for doing this to me.

A boy needs a father.

If you really believe that boy is your son,

why don't you go back and get him?

Why? Because apparently,

the whole United States Navy is looking for me.

Yes, they're looking for you on the water.

That's where you usually find the Navy.

Then why don't you go by air?

[ Groans ] If you brought me here to make another deal,

I think I'll pass.

I didn't do so well on the last one.

I said I'd let you live;

I didn't say anything about letting you go.

Until now.

What do you want?

I want you to fly me to the island where the boy was.

What if I tell you to stuff it?

Then whether I continue to let you live is now, uh,

up for debate.

Looks like you bought yourself a pilot...

Colonel.

[ Plane engine rumbling loudly ]

Can't you do anything about the noise?

Not unless you want to swim to that island of yours.

There's an island down there.

Looks like the one I was on.

There are a lot of islands in this area, Colonel.

I know where I'm going.

But it looks like the one I was on.

Is there a house on the island, Colonel,

or any boats?

- No! -Well, just relax, enjoy the ride.

Trust me.

- Major Duvall. - Sir!

Sir!

[ ♪ ]

Well, I've travelled under better conditions,

- Major Duvall. - [ chuckles ]

[ exhales sharply ]

[ chuckles ]

May I?

Never say I don't let you get a bang out of life.

[ ♪ ]

That's it, Mr. Kilpatrick!

We're right over it!

It sure is.

[ ♪ ]

There's something wrong.

Be ready to take off, Mr. Kilpatrick.

Look, Colonel.

[ ♪ ]

[ guns cocking ]

I'm on the wrong island!

This is United States territory!

Kilpatrick?

Colonel Gregory Usher,

I have a United States warrant for your arrest.

Take him away.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up this right...

Nice work, Kieron.

Your father'll be very proud of you.

Let's go home.

[ Whirring ]

[ ♪ ]

[ theme music playing ]