Original subtitles

[THEME MUSIC]

ERNST (VOICEOVER): Marooned.

Shipwrecked, a

family of castaways.

At times, the island

felt like a paradise

- and that the dear Lord - was watching over us.

Other times, that

He had forsaken us

and that we would never be

rescued or returned home.

And now, the island

and all that we endured

feels almost like a dream.

- Did we really encounter - the ghost of Raven

Jones, cutthroat pirates?

But I'm ahead of myself.

Our adventures began in

Boston in the year 1835

at the offices of my

grandfather, Oscar Wyss.

My father worked there for

many years as a shipping clerk

as did many other men.

- The only difference - being that he

Must have come to a point in

his life where he no longer felt

fulfilled.

Like forest fires,

great adventures

often begin with tiny sparks,

like the spark burning

deep within my father's breast.

He was in search

of something more,

and suddenly, he

made a decision.

Enough was enough.

- The decision took - everyone by surprise.

No one more than

my father himself.

Excuse me, sir.

[SNORING]

- ERNST (VOICEOVER): - Little did we realize

How much my father's decision

would affect our lives.

It all began at a family meal

around the Robinson table.

No.

No.

No.

You know perfectly well

how I feel on that subject.

- My dear, we've never - really discussed it.

I will not jolt my way across

America in a covered wagon.

Pity.

Sounds exciting.

- Bridget, you may - give the children

Their dessert in the kitchen.

[SIGH]

Do as your mother

tells you, Christina.

You too, Bruno.

[DOG WHINES]

And you, Ernst.

- I thought you said - children, Mother.

Ernst, off you go.

David.

My dear, I have had my head

stuck in moldering ledger

books for the past 16 years.

But when Father retires, you

will take over the company.

Oh yes, and become

some old fossil

snoring away in my armchair.

We have a happy home.

We have security.

Why throw it all away

on some wild dream?

Because Elizabeth, I

believe dreams are important.

- If we did join a wagon - train, there would be

Messes for me to write about.

We could even be

captured by Indians.

Then, you'd be dead.

Not necessarily.

- Oh, yes. - They'd scalp you.

They'd take a knife...

Christina, that's

quite enough.

But it's true.

Hm.

I think I've suddenly

gone off wagon trains.

You'll protect us.

Wouldn't you, Bruno?

[DOG WHINES]

MAN: [INAUDIBLE]

DOCKWORKER: Take those barrels...

OSCAR: Don't worry, my dear.

I sent David to attend

to business at the docks.

Just leave this to me.

- I really can't see - him agreeing, Father.

Don't worry, Elizabeth.

I'm an excellent fisherman.

I know exactly what bait to use.

- Now, you just give my - love to the children.

[HORSE SNORTS]

Thank you.

- ERNST (VOICEOVER): - Later that evening,

When my father returned home, he

was unaware, as was my mother,

that each of them had made their

own secret plans, which were

one and the same, and

which were destined

to change the course of the

entire family's lives forever.

Hello.

Well, good evening, Elizabeth.

- Good evening, family. - Good evening.

Good evening, Papa.

Did you have a good

day at the office, David?

Interesting, my dear.

Extremely interesting.

Oh?

How's the journal

coming, Ernst?

Well, I'm trying to write

at least a page a day, Father.

- Splendid. - Splendid.

Whatever do you write about?

Boston is so boring.

ERNST: Yes.

- I'm hardly likely to - become a great novelist

Writing about Boston.

Really?

Mr. Samuel Pepys seemed to

manage quite well in writing

about everyday life in London.

Oh, Mother.

He did at least have the

plague and the fire of London.

- Well, even though - they might be

- Invaluable for your - writing, Ernst,

- I don't think we want - either one of those here.

Do we?

- JOANNA: Do you know why - Bridget is looking so glum?

She has a face like

a yard of pump water.

Mama said she might soon have

to look for another position.

Oh?

CHRISTINA: And cook as well.

Really?

Really, girls.

I will not have you indulging in

idle gossip about the servants.

Now, let us go in to dinner.

Elizabeth, why

did you not mention

- to me before that - both Bridget and cook

May be leaving us soon?

Oh, I will tell you after

you have given me your news.

News?

What news?

Oh, come now.

I haven't been married to

you for all these years

without knowing

something has happened.

Indeed it has.

You know how unsettled

I've been this past year.

Hm.

Wagon trains.

Yes.

Well, today, your

father mentioned

to me that soon we're going to

be opening an office in Canton.

And straight away, like

a bolt from the blue,

- it came to me that - I should apply

For the position as manager.

So instead of traveling

West on a covered wagon,

we'd be traveling

East on board a ship.

So I just dropped a hint,

just the merest hint.

And how did Father react?

It was incredible.

He straight away offered

me the position as manager.

No.

Yes.

And you accepted?

Well, of course.

But only on condition that

it would be agreeable to you.

Well, at least, I'd

be living in a house,

not a covered wagon.

Well, yes.

Of course, it does mean

that both Bridget and cook

will have to be let go.

Someone will have to

speak to them about it.

Then, you've already done that.

Which means...

Elizabeth, you've been

in cahoots with your father.

- Elizabeth, tell me the truth. - No.

Tell me.

[LAUGHING]

ERNST (VOICEOVER): Our

adventure had begun.

- If only we had been - aware of what actually

Lay in store for us.

But first came the

preparations and the packing.

My mother seemed intent,

as did my sisters, Joanna

and Christina, on

moving the contents

of the entire household

from Boston to Canton.

It's no use, Mother.

- We're going to need at - least another 10 trunks.

Yes.

And we must find somewhere safe

for our best dinner service.

And the silver, that will

need very careful packing.

Mama, will we all

have to speak Chinese?

No, of course not.

- ERNST: This is the - most exciting thing

That's ever happened to us.

- I intend to write - a book about it.

Are we all going to be in it?

Of course.

JOANNA: Then, you must let me

be rescued by a handsome prince.

Rescued from what?

JOANNA: Oh, I don't know.

- Joanna, this book is - going to be about real life.

Hm.

How dull.

Well then, everyone.

Listen carefully.

We have a sailing date.

The schooner Fury, under

the command of her master

Mr. Chisholm, will

sail from Boston

to Canton on the noontide

this coming Friday.

JOANNA: Oh, wonderful.

Father, I can't possibly

be ready by Friday.

Well then, as they say, my

dear, you'll miss the boat.

[LAUGH]

MAN: Step lively, lads.

Passengers coming aboard.

It's rather small, Father.

Nonsense, my dear.

This ship has sailed

the seven seas.

Mainly under her master

there, Carry-on Chisholm.

ELIZABETH: Carry on?

Carries on full sail,

even in the worst of storms.

DAVID: And hasn't lost

a ship yet, I'm told.

David, you've got your

wish for an adventure?

Yes, sir.

I'm looking forward

to the challenge.

I'm relying on you to take

good care of my daughter

and my grandchildren.

It's on your shoulders now.

DAVID: They're broad

enough, I trust.

Safe journey.

Thank you, sir.

It's time to get

on board, darling.

Goodbye, my dear.

- CHISHOLM: Prepare to - cast off, Mr. Blake.

- ERNST (VOICEOVER): - And as we set sail,

Few could ever have foreseen

how some of the passengers

- and crew were - destined to play such

An important part in our lives.

BILLY: Here you are, sir.

Thank you.

And what's your name?

Billy, sir.

The cabin boy.

Anything you want, Billy

will get it for you.

Well, Billy, this is for you.

Thank you.

Run along.

Well, my dear, after you.

We'll soon have all this

properly stored away.

Quite cozy really.

It's rather cramped,

but I suppose

one must make allowances.

Now, we better go and have a

look at the children's cabins.

I... I do hope they're close by.

The children's cabin?

Elizabeth, this cabin

is for all of us.

Heave.

Heave.

Come on.

Put your backs into it.

That's it.

Hold fast.

Joanna, that man

has a hook for a hand.

- ERNST: Well, that's - not unusual, Christina.

Plenty of sailors have a hook

if they've lost their hand.

I wonder what it's like.

JOANNA: Oh, Christina.

Stop it.

Supposing the poor man saw you.

So what was you

before this, Ben?

Lady's maid or something?

[LAUGH] Lady's maid.

Shop assistant.

Wanted to run away for a

bit of adventure, I suppose.

Something like that.

You'll get that all right.

Won't he, Seth?

Aye.

My young brother might

be soft in the head.

But he's got hands like iron.

You know how we're going to

get yours like that, Ben?

- No.

- Pickle them.

Pickle them in vinegar.

Will soon have you shipshape

in Bristol fashion.

Ain't that right, Seth?

Aye.

You'll see all right.

Just like he done for me.

BEN: Yes.

Well, all right.

Thank you, Mr. Parsons.

Ain't no mister with it.

Just Parsons.

[YELP]

[LAUGH]

ERNST (VOICEOVER): The beautiful

Emily Chan intrigued us all.

She certainly wants nothing

to do with the Robinson family

for she dines alone.

Her only companion is her

governess, a Miss Brown.

I have secretly nicknamed

Miss Chan "The Ice Maiden."

Boy.

Me, ma'am.

Yes, you.

Fetch me a chair.

A chair?

A chair, something to sit on.

Aye, aye, ma'am.

- Bring me a book - from my cabin, Brown.

And be quick about it.

I don't believe it.

You?

Haberdashery?

It's perfectly true, miss.

Pins, needles, cottons.

JOANNA: And ribbons?

Well, I didn't get

to do any serving, just

fetching and carrying mainly.

ELIZABETH: Joanna.

Excuse me.

- Joanna, I really - don't think you

Ought to talk to the sailors.

Well, we were just...

Why don't you make friends

with that Emily Chan.

She certainly seems to be a

well brought up young lady.

Not brought up, Mama.

Stuck up.

Probably just shy.

I'm sure she really

wants to be friends.

I've told you before about

talking to the passengers.

- She was talking - to me, Mr. Blake.

That young lady just happens

to be the granddaughter

of Mr. Oscar Wyss,

the man what owns

this entire shipping company.

I see you even near

the likes of her again,

and you'll feel a

rope across your back.

Now, get below.

Hello, Miss Chan.

My mother was just remarking

that we haven't seen much

of you on this voyage so far.

No.

That has been my choice.

Well, I do hope you

enjoy your solitude.

Who's a lucky boy?

You're not supposed to

be doing this, are you?

Well, what the cook was giving

them wouldn't have fed a mouse.

CHRISTINA: Bruno's lucky

to have a friend like you.

Couldn't see him

starve, now could I?

My brother tells me

that you've been talking

to him about pirate ships.

Don't go worrying your

head about that, miss.

Are you saying

there aren't any?

Perhaps one or two.

- CHISHOLM: Blake, - where's that cabin boy?

Look.

We shouldn't be down here.

- CHRISTINA: You mean you - could get in trouble?

We both could, big trouble.

[DOG WHINES]

So the Robinson family

is closely related

to the owner of this vessel?

Well done, Ben.

[LAUGH]

Well done.

I smell rich

pickings here, Seth.

[LAUGH]

There are only two

types in this world.

There's them, and there's us.

We're at the bottom of the pile.

And they're at the top.

And that's the way of it.

That's right.

- They got what the - likes of you and me

Ain't never going to have.

So when we can, we takes it.

Pickings.

Bit like charity really.

What's the matter?

Cat got your tongue?

No.

It just still sounds

like thieving.

A couple of years more of

being trod on, feeling the lash

and having an empty belly,

you'll feel different.

Right, Seth?

Right, brother.

ERNST (VOICEOVER): We're

78 days out of Boston

and having rounded

the Cape of Good Hope,

we are crossing the Indian

Ocean and rapidly approaching

an area notorious for pirates.

- Could be a pirate - ship, Mr. Blake.

Let's take no chances.

Cram on full canvas.

Glass has dropped, sir.

We could be in for a heavy blow.

- Excellent, Mr. Blake. - Excellent.

But, sir...

Dammit, man.

- I intend to outrun - that ship, so I'll

Thank you to obey my orders.

Aye, aye, sir.

Elizabeth, do you know where

I put that Chinese primer that I

packed when we left Boston?

Oh, there it is.

Right on top.

Must you do that now, David?

Well, of course, my dear.

We're going to China.

I have to learn something

of the language, don't I?

- Elizabeth, darling, - won't you please

Let me have some of these

trunks put away in the hold.

Certainly not.

They are far too valuable.

Besides, they could

so easily be stolen.

I have no intention of

reaching Canton only

to find that their food

is not to our taste.

- So I broth along - supplies of our own.

- Father, it's - quite possible we'll

Be chased by a pirate vessel.

How far off is this ship?

On the horizon.

Captain Chisholm

intends to outrun it.

Well, being Captain Chisholm,

I'm sure he'll succeed.

[WIND GUSTING]

SETH: Them Robinsons got

valuables in their cabin.

I heard him talking about it.

He say where, Seth?

Aye.

In them trunks.

Pickings.

[LAUGH]

[THUNDER]

- Well, my dear, we - must join the children

At the captain's table.

Time for supper.

I really don't think I

could eat anything, David.

- It'll be all - right soon enough.

Put your back into

it, you scurvy dogs.

[KNOCKING]

Hold it there.

This is the key

to their camp, Seth.

You go back there.

See what you can find.

I'll be along as soon as I can.

Will you stop

smelling that thing?

It's lavender.

Our mother had lavender.

Never mind about that now.

Just listen to what I

tells the pair of you.

Not me.

I'm not taking part

in any robbery.

Well, that's gratitude.

After all I done for you,

now you do nothing for me.

You so much as blabs a word,

you'll be feeding fishes.

[THUNDER]

[BARK]

BLAKE: Sir.

Sir.

Sir, if we don't take some

canvas off her right away,

we're going to broach.

Mr. Blake, I'll thank you

to keep a set of those sails

as they are.

Now, get back to your post.

Yes, sir.

Do you always talk to your

officers like that, sir?

Ma'am, I'll thank you

not to interfere in matters

that do not concern you.

How dare you take that

tone with my wife, sir?

- May I remind you that her father - is the owner of this vessel

And your employer.

- [GASP] - No.

No.

Don't you cry out.

Just you keep quiet.

And may I remind you,

sir, that I am master

of this vessel under God.

Under God, sir, and no one else.

[LOUD BANG]

What was that, Papa?

I don't know.

Come, children.

Unhand her!

[THUNDER]

You've killed him.

You swine.

Get in the cabin quickly.

You killed my brother.

[WINDS GUSTING]

[WAVES SPLASHING]

Quick.

They're lowering the boats.

What happened to Seth?

That swine

Robinson killed him.

[BANGING]

- I'll see you swing - for this, Robinson.

What the Devil do

you think you're doing?

Abandoning ship while

there's still time, sir.

Dammit.

She's still sailing, ain't she?

Then, you sail her, sir.

Brown, get me a swimming belt.

Hang tight, ma'am.

Here.

Have mine.

Are you sure he's dead?

Of course, he is.

Have you seen the Robinsons?

Got to get them on deck.

I'll do it.

Ben, go make ready

with the draw rig.

Dear Lord, look down upon

your humble servants with pity.

And deliver us from the

wrath of this storm.

And we pray that you will

grant the master of this ship

and all aboard the wisdom,

ability, and fortitude

to bring us all to safety.

Amen.

ROBINSONS: Amen.

She's going.

Abandon ship!

Father, did you hear that?

Abandon ship.

All right.

The important thing is to keep

our heads and stay together.

It won't budge.

BLAKE: Abandon ship!

God save us.

We're going to drown.

THEME SONG: Time to go.

Our ship is leaving.

No time for breathing.

Life goes on.

When I see we're on

the same side fighting,

then it's time to leave.

Should have known how

the rain was falling.

Now, we love so much more.

Cause that's what life's for.

Get away.

We should get away.

This is the moment.

Day by day, the

world will go away.

With you by my side

I know what is right.

And I will stay with you

if you decide we should.

Get away.

Get away.

Get away from it all.