Lost in Space (1998)

by Akiva Goldsman.

Based on the television series by Irwin Allen.

Final script.

More info about this movie on imdb.com



CHAPTER 1: Earth 2058

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FADE IN ON:



EXT.-SPACE



PULL BACK slowly as MARS fills THE FRAME, a sphere of red desert and

fast rushing crimson clouds.



A triangular CARGO SHIP descends from the dark of space.



PILOT (OVER)



Mars mining base, this is Grissom One,

Request final descent vector.



REVERSE ANGLE



EXT.-MARS



A row of giant red mountains and beneath, on the planet's surface, the

spires of A MINING BASE. Illuminated landing crosshairs alight a

landing pad, beckoning the ship.



CONTROLLER (OVER)



Roger, Grissom One, this is Mars

Mining, You are cleared to land. Hope

you got some Partagas in that rust

bucket, Sal.



EXT.-EDGE OF SPACE



THE CARGO SHIP changes attitude, landing thrusters FIRING as the vessel

begins to penetrate the atmosphere.



PILOT



I brought you the most amazing...



Amazing, what, we'll never know. The CARGO SHIP begins to EXPLODE, the

bubble bridge BLOWING out into space in a ball of fire.



EXT.- MARS



LOW ANGLE from the planet's surface-. Two shapes BLAST through FRAME,

BUBBLE FIGHTERS, single pilot, transparent globes, racing up towards

the sudden star of the cargo ship at impossible speed.



INT.-BUBBLE FIGHTER



POV of the burning Cargo Ship, coming towards us incredibly fast.

Speed, trajectory and tactical readouts flash.



EXT.-CARGO SHIP



The pulse lasers are still hammering the ravaged hull.



WIDER



Two sinister ATTACK SHIPS, their lasers locked onto the Cargo Ship,

FIRE away as they BLAST overhead. The nuclear core of the Cargo Ship

overloads, the craft finally EXPLODING in a storm of fire.



A BUBBLE FIGHTER ROARS through the hurling world of flame. PUSH IN.



INT.-BUBBLE FIGHTER



A lone FIGURE stands in a gyroscopic harness, working a heads-up

holographic display, command controls spinning 360 degrees with the

pilot's Comas the fighter SCREAMS after the fleeing raider.



The harness spins, the pilot coming clearly into view. Handsome,

intense, reckless eyes. MAJOR DON WEST.



WEST



Sino-Jordanian Raiders. They're

claiming the cargo ship violated

their air-space.



INT.-SECOND BUBBLE FIGHTER



Another pilot (JEB WALKER) commands an identical craft, ROCKETING

towards the assault craft just below West's.



JEB



This cold war's heating up. Where did

they come from?



INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER



WEST



Hell. And we're going to send them

back screaming.



West activates his targeting computer.



WEST



Last one to kill a bad guy buys the

beer.



TARGETING DISPLAY-CLOSE. The fleeing Attack Ship jogs in and out of the

crosshairs on West's holographic array. West fires.



EXT.-SPACE



The Attack Ship SHOOTS straight up, dodging West's laser BLASTS.



INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER



West closes on the fleeing craft, as Jeb engages the other Attack Ship,

lasers FIRING in the b.g., visible through the transparent surface of

the bubble glass under West's feet.



WEST



What's that sound? must be the fat lady

warming up.



EXT.-SPACE



The fleeing Attack Ship loops in mid-space, reversing direction,

heading straight towards West's Bubble Fighter. A game of chicken.



INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER



West doesn't flinch. Bears down, FIRING madly, the two space ships

heading straight for each other.



WEST



That's right. Come on, come on, you wanna

play, I wanna play.



EXT.-SPACE



The two ships are ROCKETING towards each other, locked in collision

vectors, lasers FIRING wildly.



INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER



WEST



I can hear her. Oh, yes, oh yes. She's

gonna sing.



TARGETING:DISPLAY-CLOSE. The Attack Ship flashes, captured in the

targeting hatchmarks. The display expands into a tactical grid.



COMPUTER



Target lock.



EXT.-SPACE



Imminent collision.



INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER



The hull of the Attack Ship fills his bubble glass.



WEST



The lights are dimming. The curtain's

coming down. Sing you fat, old bag,

sing!



West hits the firing stud.



EXT.-DEEP SPACE



West's pulse lasers converge on the Attack Ship barely meters ahead,

the ROARING craft EXPLODING directly before him.



INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER



(OVER) WEST SCREAMS as he shoots through the sudden conflagration of

flame and debris, everywhere and then gone, giving way to the blackness

of space and the starfield beyond.



WEST



Show's over.



Below, the second Attack Ship ROARS past, lasers FIRING, locked in a

pinwheel battle with Jeb's Bubble Fighter.



EXT.-SPACE



JEB'S BUBBLE FIGHTER banks, avoiding the high energy volley. Almost. A

laser BURST grazes his Bubble Fighter, the surface of his craft

sparking, suddenly scored with flames.



INT.-JEB'S CRAFT



The Attack ship is right behind him.



JEB



Weapons are off line. Jettisoning main

drive core.



EXT.-SPACE



The thruster core of Jeb's Bubble Fighter BLOWS off in a bolus of

flame, soaring back into the pursuit craft. The Raider EXPLODES.



INT.-JEB'S CRAFT



Controls are sparking. Displays flicker. (OVER) An ALARM sounds.



COMPUTER



Warning. Failure in redundant drive systems.



JEB-POV. The surface of Mars is rushing up fast.





COMPUTER



Impact on in 90 seconds.



JEB



Mars Control. . .



EXT.-SPACE



Jeb's ship is barreling toward the planet.



JEB (OVER)



. . .this is Ranger One.



INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER



JEB (ON RADIO)



...Engines will not respond. Require

assistance. Repeat...



BASE (ON RADIO)



Ranger One this is Grissom Base.

Rescue craft have been dispatched.



EXT.- MARS MINING COLONY



Three small rescue craft race skyward.



INT.-JEB'S CRAFT



COMPUTER



Impact in 60 seconds.



Mars fills the view screen.



INT.-WEST'S CRAFT



The rescue craft are speeding toward Jeb's fighter below.



WEST



Grissom, this is Eagle One. Those Pugs

Will never reach him in time.



BASE (ON RADIO)



Eagle one clear this frequency and

return to base.



DON takes a beat. Then he spins his chair towards Mars, begins working

the controls.



WEST



This is Eagle One. I'm going after

him.



BASE (OVER)



Negative Eagle one, your craft is not

equipped



West hits his thrusters.



EXT.-SPACE



West's craft dives toward Jeb's ship and Mars below.



INT.-JEB'S FIGHTER



Mars is coming up fast.



COMPUTER



Impact in 30 seconds.



WEST (OVER)



Jeb, do you have navigational

thrusters?



JEB



Don?



WEST (OVER)



It's a yes or no question.



Mars fills the windscreen. Jeb checks his status display.



JEB



Marginal. But in the green.



COMPUTER



Impact in 15 seconds.



WEST (OVER)



Head towards the canals.



JEB



What are you doing?



WEST (OVER)



Saving your ass. Read towards the

canals. Now!



The canal streaked face of the Mars is all Jeb can see. He grabs his

throttle, engages his navigational thrusters and pulls.



EXT.-JEB'S SHIP



A tiny directional thruster FIRES, angling Jeb's craft so that it

scrapes the surface of Mars and dives into a giant canal, rocky walls

rushing up fast.



INT.-WEST'S SHIP



West is accelerating toward Jeb.



BASE (OVER)



Major West, your ship is not equipped

for rescue. You are not authorized to

jeopardize this asset. That is

a direct order. Acknowledge!



West slams a switch, deactivating his radio.



WEST



Never liked that station, anyway.



He BLASTS into the canal, walls rushing up on either side of him.



EXT.-MARTIAN CANAL



Jeb's tiny craft is plunging toward the rocky crater floor below.



Overhead West's fighter appears, under full thrusters, roaring towards

the crater floor faster and at a sharper angle.



INT.-3EB'S FIGHTER



The canal floor is rushing up fast.



COMPUTER



Impact in five seconds.



INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER



Don is blasting toward the canal floor, almost as if trying to beat

Jeb's ship to a fiery impact below.



COMPUTER



Warning. Proximity alert.



WEST



Jeb, I'm going to give you a little

kiss. Don't take it the wrong way.



EXT.-MARTIAN CANAL



West angles his ship directly under Jeb.



INT.-JEB'S FIGHTER



The expanding surface of Mars, visible beneath his feet, is suddenly

obscured by Don's fighter, swooping under his ship.



JEB



Don, abort. Abort.



INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER



Jeb's fighter is visible overhead.



West going up. Don angles the throttle.



EXT.-MARTIAN CANAL



Don's ship, sandwiched between the surface of Mars and Jeb's fighter,

angles up and, like a cue ball hitting it's target, Knocks Jeb's ship

spinning toward the safety of space beyond. West's ship actually

scrapes the surface of the planet, sending up a plume of Martian dust.



INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER



JEB (OVER)



Does this mean we're going steady?



West pulls his throttle all the way back.



EXT.-MARTIAN CANAL



West shoots up and out towards the dark of space.



WEST (OVER)



You weren't getting out of buying

those beers that easy.



The rescue craft converge on Jeb's ship as Don heads for base.



CUT TO:



CHAPTER 2: Mission Objectives

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IMAGES-CLOSE. A Sallow field. (OVER) a heroic, stringy anthem.



VO



Imagine an end to world hunger. What

if ample food and clean drinking water

were the birthright of all our

planet's children?



INSERT IMAGE-A dashing hero, wind in his hair. JOHN ROBINSON.



VO



This man, professor John Robinson,

inventor of the faster than light

hyperdrive can make that timeless

dream a reality.



INSERT IMAGES -Airbrushed faces of a perfect family. THE ROBINSONS.



VO



John Robinson and his family have been

extensively trained to take a ten year

journey across the galaxy in the

world's most advanced spacecraft,

The Jupiter.



INSERT IMAGE-A towering launch dome glints in the morning sun.



VO



From a distant world, the Robinsons,

Will bring back a miracle...



INSERT IMAGE-A satellite photo of a planet. Closer on continental

patches, enhanced to show deposits of a diamond like powder.



VO



Dimondium can turn even worthless sand

to fertile soil. Earth WILL be a

garden. What kind of - future can our

children look forward to?



INSERT IMAGES - Sun dappled, swaying wheat. (OVER) Music crescendos.



V0



A future without hunger. A future

without suffering. Heaven on Earth.



INSERT CORPORATE LOGO.-A Coke bottle hurling towards the stars.



V0



This mission sponsored by the US Army

and the Coca-Cola corporation.



PULL BACK TO REVEAL



WILL ROBINSON (10) hides in a small space, watching the commercial on a

jury-rigged, palm-sized computer. He mimics the Naylrator.



WILL



Coke. Saving the world for our

children.



(a beat)



Give me a hi-test break.



WILL-POV. Spying through the open slats of his biding place into...



INT:-LIVING ROOM-AFTERNOON



Basic twenty first century modern. MAUREEN ROBINSON stands, talking

with a PRINCIPAL who in less than happy.



PRINCIPAL



He hacked our main power grid to run

his experiment. The school was in

chaos. We didn't even have lights.



The room lights suddenly dim. The Principal flickers, revealed as a

holograph, her head now sitting on Schwartzenegger body.



Maureen LAUGHS, then realizes the Principal has no idea her image is

being distorted. Maureen begins moving about the room, surreptitiously

glancing behind couches, into cabinets.



PRINCIPAL (OVER)



This is no laughing matter, Mrs.

Robinson. Will is terribly gifted. His

little time machines, though pure

fancy, are the products of a truly

brilliant mind.



The Principal's body has become Twiggy's. Now that of an ape. Maureen

pulls open a closet. Will sits inside. Grins.



WILL



The changing shape of education.



MAUREEN



No more monkey business.



Will shrugs, adjusts his deck. The Principal returns to normal.



PRINCIPAL



The boy is starved for attention. Was

there no way his father could have

attended the science fair?



EXT.-HOUSTON - DAY



Probably Austin and Dallas too. Texas has become a giant urban sprawl

spreading into Mexico and beyond. Immense industrial air purifiers hang

in a dark, wet sky.



EXT.-HOUSTON SPACE COMMAND-ESTABLISHING



A giant dome topped pedestal towers ever the skyline.



INT.-SPACE COMMAND-MISSION CONTROL-DAY



A MAN stands before a large viewscreen facing the throng of PRESS.



He's a little uncomfortable with all the media attention. This is

PROFESSOR JOHN ROBINSON.



JOHN



Once we have landed on Alpha Prime our

on board robot will begin construction

of a hypergate.



ON SCREEN a hi-tech orbital gate is highlighted and expanded.



JOHN



By then, technicians here on Earth

will have completed a companion

hypergate in our planet's orbit.



ON SCREEN an image of an orbital gate now under construction.



JOHN



Once both gates are complete, ships

will be able to pass instantaneously

between them. The Jupiter can bring

the Dimondium back to Earth without

the ten year delay of a return trip.



REPORTER



Why can't you just use the Jupiter's

hyperengine to zap straight to Alpha

Prime?



JOHN



As you know, hyperspace exists beneath

normal space. If you try to enter

hyperspace without a gate



ON SCREEN a graphic spaceship appears randomly in the corner of a

turning schematic of the galaxy.



JOHN



Your exit vector is random. There's no

telling where you'd come out.



REPORTER



Professor, how is Captain Daniels

recovering from the flu? Will we still

be able to pilot the mission?



John glances to the doorway where a uniformed GENERAL stands.



GENERAL



Ladies and Gentlemen, you came to get

a look at the Jupiter One. Don't you

think you've waited long enough?



John hits a button and the room darkens. A giant monitor reveals...



INT.-LAUNCH DOME



A giant saucer sits connected to its launch pad by loading belts,

steaming fuel tubes and spindled gantries.



REPORTER (OVER)



Professor, how does your family feel

about leaving the Earth behind....



JOHN (OVER)



They couldn't be more excited.



CHAPTER 3: Goodbye!

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EXT.-ROBINSON HOUSE-ESTABLISHING



A suburban colonial, the launch dome towering in the distance.



PENNY (OVER)



This whole mission sucks!



INT.-ROBINSON HOME HALLWAY-SUNSET



PENNY ROBINSON (14) furious, turns, looks downstairs at Maureen.



PENNY



I Don't want to stay home for dinner.

I want to see my friends for the last

time.



She takes a beat, blinking away the tears. Lifts her wrist and turns on

a video camera watch. She begins down the hall.



VIDEO-POV. Penny's face in the monitor screen.



PENNY



... On the eve before she is torn from

her friends, kidnapped, hurled into

deep space against her will, what

thoughts fill the mind of the young

Space Captive....



INT.-WILL'S ROOM-SUNSET



Penny enters a strewn, boy' a world. Will is trying to select items to

place in a single packing canister marked: PERSONAL CARGO.



WILL



Will there be boys on Alpha Centuri?

What will I wear?



PENNY



When we wake up in ten years the video

journals of Penny Robinson, Space

Captive, will be devoured by millions.

I will be world famous. You on the

other hand, will have been totally

forgotten.



Penny shows the camera her arm, covered by strings of ribbons.



PENNY



The Space Captive has decided to wear

ribbons of support for fellow

sufferers as she is dragged into deep

space, green for the ecological

issues, white for human rights



WILL



You'd probably gag if I described the

secondary infections loss of

circulation can cause.



Penny seems about to speak, instead just smiles, goes to his bed and

pulls off the sheets, begins knotting them together.



WILL



What are you grinning at?



PENNY



I just found an upside to this

mission. The thought of jettisoning

your body into deep space.



Penny knots the sheets into a rope, ties it to the bed-post. Will lifts

several palm-sized gold-plated stars. Each reads: 1st prize.



WILL



Dad says Don't bring them. Like

anything I do matters to him.



PENNY



He never showed, huh?



WILL



Maybe if I had actually broken the

time barrier he would have paid

attention.



PENNY



Don't let him get to you, kiddo. He

just gets busy with work is all.



Penny tosses the rope out the window, prepares to climb.



WILL



So, that's a no to family dinner?



PENNY



Let's see, do I spend my last night on

Earth watching Mom and Dad pretend not

to be fighting again or get in ten

years of making-out at the mall ...

you do the math.



WILL



Mom's gonna go thermal.



PENNY



What's she gonna do. Ground me?



CHAPTER 4: Major West

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INT.-SPACE COMMAND-CORRIDOR



John and the General walk the metal passageway.



JOHN



We're lucky they didn't press on

Daniels, condition.



GENERAL



I figured a chance to look at the ship

would keep the dogs at bay.



JOHN



Ben, I'm worried about jamming in a

replacement pilot at the last second.

My family' a on this mission. I need

someone who's more than just spit and

polish.



GENERAL



I've got your man. He just doesn't

know it yet.



The General palms an access panel. A door hisses open to reveal...



INT.-SPACE COMMAND- CONFERENCE ROOM-CONTINUOUS



A figure stands staring silently out the window. Don West. He offers a

salute. By his eyes, West is clearly agitated.



GENERAL



At ease, Major.



WEST



Sir, why was I pulled off active duty?

I salvaged my craft and Jeb's. I'll

fight a court martial, General.



GENERAL



Do you know Professor Robinson?



WEST



By reputation only.



(to John)



Your father's battle strategies were

required reading at the Academy.



GENERAL



How much do you know about the Jupiter

Mission, Major?



WEST



The Jupiter is fully automated. The

pilot flies the ship out of the solar

system and lands on Alpha Prime. It's

a baby sitting job, sir.



GENERAL



Major, you are aware Earth's resources

are severely limited.



WEST



Every schoolchild knows our recycling

technologies will save the

environment. Sending a family across

the galaxy is a publicity stunt to

sell soda to people of all ages.



GENERAL



What I am about to tell you is

classified. Every schoolchild

has been lied to. The recycling

technologies have failed. In

less than two decades Earth will be

unable to support human life.



GENERAL



We spun the ad campaign to give the

mission a friendly face, keep people

from panicking in the streets. We

partnered with Coke because the 900

billion this mission cost would have

bankrupted the government. The

SinoJordanian Alliance knows the truth

as well as we do. They hope to reach

Alpha Prime first - And if they do,

I guarantee you, they will not share

the Dimondium with Western Demons like

us. our crops will wither. We will be

left to die.



WEST



...Captain Daniels doesn't have the

flu, does he sir?



GENERAL



Daniels was murdered in his apartment

last night. The flu story is a cover

we fed the press.



WEST



Dan was a good pilot. A good man.



GENERAL



Your rescue stunt over Mars was

foolhardy. Explain yourself, Major.



WEST



I had a friend in trouble.



GENERAL



You endangered a one billion dollar

spacecraft, disobeyed a direct order

because of a friend?



WEST



Yes sir. And I'd do it again. Sir.



JOHN



He'll do.



(stepping forward)



GENERAL



Congratulations Major, you're the new

pilot of the Jupiter mission.



CHAPTER 5: Dr. Smith

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EXT.-DESERT-DAY



Sun beats hard on a MAN who stands on a windswept sand dune, talking to

a smartly dressed BUSINESSMAN.



MAN



Perhaps a brief jaunt down memory

lane is required. I was contracted

to provide Daniels, apartment code.

My work is done.



BUSINESSMAN



They found a replacement pilot, the

mission is going ahead on schedule.



MAN



How tragic. For you.



BUSINESSMAN



We require more direct intervention.



MAN



I see. Well, that will cost you. And,

I'm afraid my price has just become

... astronomical.



(OVER) a KNOCK. The man reaches forward and presses a button. The

businessman, the desert disappear, only holographs.



Room lights.



Lights come up to reveal...



INT.-MISSION CONTROL-MEDICAL LABS



The man turns, revealing a face as clever an his eyes are evil. This is

DR. ZACHARY SMITH. He walks to the door, palms a panel, and the portal

hiss open. A TECHNICIAN ENTERS.



TECHNICIAN



Control hasn't received the results

of your final pre-flight exams,

Doctor Smith.



The Doctor moves to a circular overhead light board around which are

displayed the faces of the crew of the Jupiter craft. Removes the

micro-files, hands them to the technician.



SMITH



The Robinsons are checked out at one

hundred percent. They are in perfect

condition and ready to fly.



He smiles, so sweet you can barely see the malevolence behind it.



SMITH



Wish them good luck for me.



CHAPTER 6: Welcome Aboard!

--------------------------





INT.-SPACE COMMAND-WALKING



Three small figures walk through a gantry towards the ship.



GENERAL (OVER)



The mission protocols are simple.

Professor Robinson is in command

unless you encounter a military

emergency. In that case, Major West,

you will assume command.



The figures have come to the saucer entry-port.



JOHN (OVER)



Welcome aboard, Major.



INT.-JUPITER BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS



Don, John, and the General ENTER. Don's eyes widen.



West looks like somebody sprung for the full extras package on this

baby.



REVERSE ANGLE



Hi-tech heaven. Two pilots, chairs face a giant windscreen. Don walks

to the consoles that stretch toward the back walls.



JOHN



Some of this technology might be new

to you. I'll be happy to explain.



WEST



(off the com)



Cold fusion drive



(off the size consoles)



Rambler-Krey Life Sciences stations.



Don strides to a pedestal in the center of the bridge. Flicks a switch

and a holographic Jupiter craft appears on the launch pad.



WEST



Holographic navigational interface.



Don points to a row of man-sized glass cylinders on the back wall.



WEST



Cryosleep array. Fully monitored.



He approaches the blast doors that lead off the back of the bridge.



WEST



Sick bay, remote Ops, engineering and

living quarters are below decks.

Hyperengine should be in here.



Don hits a wall panel which opens to reveal an immense ENGINE ROOM.



JOHN



If you have to baby sit, it's not

such a bad nursery, wouldn't you

agree, Major?



Just then the ELEVATOR rises from the lower decks. On its circular

platform stands a DOCTOR in a lab coat. She walks to the General.



DOCTOR



The cryosleep systems are running at

ninety five percent.



GENERAL



Doctor Smith approved the specs-



DOCTOR



Doctor Smith is base physician. I am

responsible once this ship is in

flight. These tubes have to keep the

crew in suspended animation for ten

years. They will be perfect or this

ship will not launch. Is that clear?



GENERAL



Absolutely, Doctor.



JOHN



Judy, I'd like you to meet Major

West. He's taking Mike's place.



DOCTOR



He's heavier than Mike. We'll have to

re-calibrate.



WEST



I'd be more than happy to discuss my

dimensions perhaps over dinner?



DOCTOR



West - I've read about you. Something

of a war hero, aren't you?



WEST



(preening )



Well, yes, actually.



DOCTOR



Those who can't think, fight.



(a freezing smile)



Well, nice to have met you.



She heads toward the readouts. West turns to John.



WEST



That's one cold fish I'd love to

thaw.



JUDY



(turning)



I'm not going to make it home for

dinner, Dad.



West turns to John. Dad?



WEST



It's going to be a long flight.



EXT.-ROBINSON HOME-NIGHT



Lights burn in the windows.



INT.-ROBINSON HOME-DINING ROOM-NIGHT



John ENTERS to find the remains of an elegant dinner on the table,

candles never lit, food never eaten.



John crosses to a small scale model sitting on the table. Around it

hangs another gold plated 1st prize star. He smiles.



MAUREEN (OVER)



He won first prize again. He

practically brought down his entire

school. But he won first prize.



Maureen descends the steps in a bathrobe. Joins John.



JOHN



A non-working prototype for his time

machine. Sharp stuff for a midget.



Maureen is silent.



JOHN



I'm sorry about dinner. I had to work

late. The new pilot-.



MAUREEN



What you had to do was prioritize

your family over the mission



JOHN



Maureen. This mission is about our

family. So we can stay together



MAUREEN



The perfect nuclear family. The most

stable social unit, ideally suited

for the isolation of a long journey

into space. It's all just PR, John.

You're never home. Judy is

becoming a ghost just like you. Penny

can't see past her own navel and Will

has to black out-his school, just to

get his father's attention. The

perfect nuclear family in ruin.



John stares at his wife. Then he reaches forward, touches her hair.



JOHN



I know, Maureen. I'm scared too.



A beat. Then she moves to him. And he holds her close.



INT.-ROBINSON HOME-WILL'S ROOM-NIGHT



John stands in the yellow wedge of hall light. He touches something

hanging around his own neck. A pair of metal dog tags.



WIDER



Will lies in his bed, eyes closed. Asleep. A beat. John turns, heading

out into the hall.



EXT.-ROBINSON HOME-NIGHT



The bedroom lights go out, a normal home against the backdrop of the

launch dome towering in the distance.



INT.-SPACE COMMAND-LAUNCH DOME-NIGHT



The Jupiter one stands amidst loading gantries, final supplies rolling

into the

ship on automated conveyer belts and lifts.



CHAPTER 7: Primary Directives

-----------------------------





PAN DOWN



TWO TECHNICIANS stand checking off supplies on a lightpad.



LOADING TECHNICIAN



Anything else?



LOADING TECHNICIAN #2



I'm showing a late shipment from

Mission Medical. Smith's

authorization. Here it is now.



HOLD on a canister that reads: BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS: Do Not Open, as it

passes on the loading belt. FOLLOW THE DRUM as it winds along the

conveyer, up a gantry towards the Jupiter One. PUSH IN...



INT. -CARGO DRUM



Smith sits crouched inside, cleaning his nails.



INT.-JUPITER ONE-LOWER DECKS



A giant robot stands attached to its service bay. Still. Silent.



A SERVICE DRAWER slides open and a shadowy infiltrator emerges, his

face visible in the dim service light. Smith.



Smith approaches the docked Robot, places a small keypad device on the

Robot's dormant CPU panel. Smith activates the device.



SMITH



You'll forgive me if I forgo the

kiss, my sleeping behemoth.



Smith hits a switch on the panel and the Robot's system indicators

light into life. Smith types several keys on the keypad.



SMITH



But the time has come to awake.



ROBOT



Robot is on-line. Reviewing primary

directives. One, preserve the

Robinson Family. Two, Maintain ship

systems. Three



SMITH



Spare me the chatter.



Smith taps the keypad. The Robot is silenced. Smith types again.



SMITH



What noble charges my steely

centurion. Sadly I fear you have far

more dire deeds in store for you.



Smith completes his re-programming. Hits a switch.



ROBOT



Robot is on-line. Reviewing primary

directives. Two hours into mission

destroy Robinson family. Destroy all

systems.



Smith smiles. Removes the re-programming module.



SMITH



Now that's more like it. Farewell my

tin-plated pal. Give my regards to

oblivion.



Smith climbs into a chute marked WASTE DISPOSAL.



INT.-WASTE DISPOSAL CHUTE



Smith begins crawling down the chute. His tiny reprogramming module

BEEPS. Smith activates a tiny, built in com-link.



From the mic, the familiar visage of the Businessman is projected into

the crawlspace over Smith's face.



SMITH



I told you never to call me here.



BUSINESSMAN



I see you have completed your mission

on schedule Good work, Doctor. And

goodbye.



The Businessman smiles. SMITH-CLOSE. Puzzled.



Suddenly the tiny module in his hand OVERLOADS, the flesh on his palm

smoking as Smith is engulfed in an electrical charge. He goes out, his

body perfectly still.



CHAPTER 8: Launch!

------------------





EXT.-SPACE COMMAND-MORNING



The giant dome shines in the early sun.



INT-JUPITER ONE John and Maureen face will and Penny who stand now in

their freezing tubes. All wear silver flight suits. Maureen moves

Penny's hair from in front of her face.



PENNY



Don't, mom. Vogue says this will be

the style in ten years.



WILL



Will she wake up less annoying?



PENNY



Does he have to wake up at all?



MAUREEN



Alright you two, enough.



Maureen kisses her children. John moves to will who reaches to shake at

the same moment John tries to hug him. A beat. Then John tries to a

shake as Will goes for the hug. A total miss. Will backs into his tube.



MAUREEN



You get a C in paternal expression,

Professor. But an A for effort.



John kisses his wife, already in her tube.



MAUREEN



You always get an A in that.



JUDY



Don't let me shatter this unbridled

display of affection, but we are

running behind.



JOHN



(entering his tube)



Major, she's all yours.



WEST



I'll try to give you a smooth ride.



Judy walks the row, checking their bio-monitors. Enters her tube.



JUDY



Mission control this is Dr. Robinson.

We are in the green.



MISSION CONTROL (OVER)



Roger, Doctor, you are go to initiate

cryostasis.



Don walks to Judy's tube.



WEST



One question, Doctor. in there room

in these tubes for two?



JUDY



Barely enough for you and your ego,

Major. Drive carefully.



(touches her com-link)



initializing cryostasis tubes.



The tubes rotate closed around the Robinsons. Suddenly each crew member

is surrounded by a shimmering blue glow, brightening like a star and

then subsiding. All stand fixed in suspended animation.



Don stares at the family a beat. He goes to the main console. Straps

himself in.



WEST



Mission Control, this is Jupiter One.

The Robinsons are asleep. We are

ready to fly.



INT.-SPACE COMMAND-MISSION CONTROL



Welcome to the future. Banks of monitors manned by gum-chewing, pink

haired technicians. A giant monitor shows the Jupiter on the launch

pad. The CONTROLLER (NOAH FREEMAN) pulls in to his console.



NOAH



Jupiter Two this is Mission Control.

You are at T-minus two minutes and

counting. We're opening the dome.



MONITOR-CLOSE. The dome begins to part.



EXT.-JUPITER ONE



Giant gantries retract. Fueling lines disengage.



INT.-JUPITER ONE



WEST



External fuel pressure to zero.

Powering main drive systems.



EXT.-JUPITER ONE



The nuclear drive at the base of the saucer EXPLODES, the giant craft

TREMBLING, straining towards the sky.



INT.-MiSSION CONTROL



NOAH



Jupiter One you are at ninety five

percent.



INT.-JUPITER ONE



WEST



Houston, main drive systems to on

line status. It's showtime.



EXT.-JUPITER ONE



Nuclear ENGINES ROAR. The ship begins to rise in a bolus of flame.



INT.- MISSION CONTROL



NOAH



We have lift off.



INT.-JUPITER ONE



WEST



Requesting escape trajectory.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



NOAH



Major, your escape vector in clear of

all military and commercial traffic.

Op in go on your command.



INT.-JUPITER ONE



WEST



Roger, Houston.



West reaches for a glowing panel.



WEST



We're outta here.



EXT. JUPITER ONE



The atomic power source fires a focused BLAST, shooting the Jupiter

through cloud and sky towards the black edge of space.



INT:-MISSION CONTROL



The main screen shows a graphic of the Jupiter's trajectory as the ship

arcs toward the outer edge of the atmosphere.



NOAH



Jupiter One, you are clear Earth's

atmosphere.



A CHEER goes up in the control room.



EXT.-JUPITER ONE



The giant saucer shell EXPLODES, revealing the inner ship, the

glittering high tech shape of the JUPITER TWO.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



Don watches as the Earth recedes into a blue marble, flickering orbital

billboards growing distant. Smiles at the familiar sight.



WEST



Jupiter One booster disengaged.

Proceeding towards Mercury.



EXT.-JUPITER TWO



Nuclear diodes at the ship's base spin into life, glowing with atomic

fire, the ship now heading towards Mercury and beyond.



INT.-JUPITER TWO-LOWER DECKS



The Robot stands dormant in his service bay. HOLD on the closed service

drawer in the b.g. PUSH IN.



INT.-SERVICE DRAWER



Smith lies still, unconscious in the dark compartment.



INT-JUPITER TWO BRIDGE



Mercury hangs like a red moon in the front viewscreen.



WIDER



Don presses a button and two giant blast shields close over the Jupiter

Two's main viewscreen.



WEST



Houston, diverting all spacecraft

controls to the main computer.



(off mic)



Eight years of flight training.



He walks to the center of the bridge and activates the navigational

holograph, images forming in mid-air over the pedestal.



HOLOGRAPH- CLOSE. The Jupiter Two is visible, backed by the planets of

our solar system.



WEST



Navigational holographics on line.



(off mic)



Fifty combat missions.



Don touches buttons and a highlight indicates the ship's trajectory

past mercury, around the Sun in a slingshot and into space beyond.



WEST



Course confirmed for slingshot exit

of the solar system.



(off mic)



Just so I can take the family camper

on an interstellar picnic.



Don walks to the freezing tubes. He zips up his silver flight suit.



WEST



Ten world series. My, nephews' high

school and college graduations. A

decade's worth of Sports Illustrated

swimsuit editions.



(a beat)



Noah, ten years in a lifetime.



West climbs into his tube.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



NOAH



Sleep well, old friend.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



Don hits a switch and his tube closes. A beat then he is engulfed by

the blue

glow, frozen in space. The tubes rise into the craft.



EXT.-JUPITER TWO



The ship flies on into the endless night.



DISSOLVE TO:



CHAPTER 9: Destroy!

-------------------





INT.-JUPITER TWO-WASTE DISPOSAL CHUTE-LATER



Smith lies still. He starts from a nightmare into...-a nightmare



INT.-JUPITER TWO-LOWER DECKS



Smith scrambles out of the chute, stares at his hand, the impression of

the overloaded communicator seared into his palm.



He spins around disoriented. Stumbles to a closed view screen and hits

a stud. The blast shield opens. Space.



SMITH-CLOSE. Shock. No words.



THE ROBOT-CLOSE. In his docking bay. Suddenly the automaton powers up,

lights activating as his CPU comes on line.



SMITH



No.



Smith turns, slaps the burned out programming module on the Robot.



SMITH



Disable program.



No response. The Robot continues to power up.



Smith engage interface. Initiate system shut-down.



ROBOT



Robot is on line. Implementing prime

command directives.



The Robot disengages from the service bay, begins rolling forward.



ROBOT



Robinson family, destroy.



SMITH



No. Cease. Desist.



The Robot rolls towards the bridge.



ROBOT



All operating Systems, destroy.



Smith grabs a wrench from a tool bracket, leaps for the Robot. The

Robot swings once, sending Smith flying into a flaring console.



ROBOT



Jupiter Two, destroy.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL-NIGHT



Dark. A single Techie (ANNIE) mans the watch, playing holo-games with a

stylus over her desk. SCREENS flicker into life.



ANNIE



What the-?



(into a mic)



Somebody wake up the chief.



INT.-JUPITER TWO-BRIDGE



Still. The bridge doors open and the ambient lights come on.



The Robot rolls onto the bridge, faces the cryosleep array. He extends

his arms, an electrical charge arcing between his claws.



ROBOT



Robinson Family, destroy.



He fires, a blast of electricity hitting the cryosleep controls. (OVER)

ALARMS sound as the tubes begin to descend, electricity sparking across

the sleeping Robinsons.



SMITH (OVER)



Mechanical moron. You'll kill us all.



Smith, wrench in hand, rushes the Robot, is again hurled across the

room. The Robot turns towards the navigational computer.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



Fully lit. All the monitors are manned by sleepy Techies. Noah ENTERS,

taking a coffee from Annie without breaking stride. , ALARMS flash

everywhere.



NOAH



This mission's over. Wake them up.



The Techies begins working the controls.



ANNIE



No response, sir. I'm sorry.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



The Robot is facing the navigational holograph in the center of the

bridge. The electricity arcs between his claws once again.



ROBOT



Operating systems, Destroy.



Smith is slumped against the bulkhead. He shakes off his fall in time

to see the Robot fire at the navigational array, the holograph

disappearing in the flames of the exploding pedestal.



EXT.-JUPITER TWO



The ship begins to veer off course, falling towards the sun.



INT.JUPITER TWO



The Robot is rolling toward the com.



THE FREEZING TUBES are quickly being engulfed in flames. Smith stumbles

toward their control station. Begins typing madly.



SMITH



Wake up, damn you. I can't stop this

infernal contraption on my own.



He SMASHES a glass panel that reads EMERGENCY DEACTIVATE. The figures

inside the lowering tubes glow. All except Judy.



The Robot is before the Com, electricity arcing between his claws.



SMITH



(off the tubes)



Hurry up. Hurry up.



The Robot FIRES at the main Com, controls EXPLODING everywhere. The

freezing tubes begin to open, the Robot spinning to face them.



John blinks to life first. Emerges, ducking a BLAST of electrical

energy from the Robot, hitting the deck and rolling.



JOHN



Maureen. The children.



Maureen grabs Will and Penny, pulls them down just as the Robot blows

away their tubes.



John pulls a laser pistol from a wall mount.



JOHN



Disengage safety.



GUN



Voiceprint confirmed.



The Robot spins towards John, FIRES an electrical charge - John dodges

at the last instant, the grazing blast burning his silvery suit,

singeing his side, sending into the wall, his gun flying.



WILL



Dad!



Will ducks under his mother's arm, scrambles across the bridge.



MAUREEN



Will, wait.



The Robot FIRES at the scrambling boy but misses, Will disappearing

down the gunny hatch leading to the lower decks.



DON leaps from his tube atop the Robot's back, trying to grab the

Robot's power source. The mechanical monster electrifies his shell,

sending the Major flying.



The Robot turns to Penny and Maureen. Extends his arms toward them.



Electricity arcing between his claws. The two are done for. Maureen

puts her hand over Penny's eyes.



MAUREEN



Look away, baby.



The Robot is about to fire. Suddenly the Robot freezes, his claws

deactivate, his power lights go to stand-by and he stands immobile.



WIDER. Will stands in the b.g., his tiny hacking deck in his hands.



WILL



Robot. Return to your docking bay and

power down.



ROBOT



Command accepted.



The Robot turns and begins heading for the elevator. All watch in

amazement. Will grins, a familiar mischievous gleam in his eyes.



WILL



If the family won't come to the

science fair, bring the science fair

to the family.



An EXPLOSION rocks the ship.



PENNY (OVER)



Mom, look, it's Doctor Smith.



Penny stands over Smith who lays crumpled in the corner. Maureen grabs

an emergency medi-kit from a wall clamp, tosses it to Penny.



MAUREEN



Pulse, respiration and bleeding-



PENNY



Basic triage, lock down and

stabilize. I know the drill.



John is standing, helps Don to his feet.



WEST



NEXT picnic, no robots.



Don moves fast to the helm. The main view screen is still closed,

covered by giant metal blast shields.



WEST



Communications links are down.



Maureen is at the life sciences console.



MAUREEN



Life support is at ten percent.

Trying to bring secondary systems on

line. It's not working.



VIDEO MONITOR-POV. Penny is bandaging Smith's head, her bravado barely

masking her fathoml4ss terror.



PENNY



Explosions rock the ship. Danger is

everywhere, 'Yet the Space Captive is

fearless as she...



A console FLARES. Penny fights back tears, terrified.



PENNY



I want to go home now.



Don is at the navigational system.



WEST



Rerouting power from the secondary

couplings. Try it again.



MAUREEN



Finding a power tap....



Suddenly the lights go on, the air compressors begin to Hiss.



MAUREEN



Life support is back on line.



WEST



I can't get the blast shields open.

We're flying blind.



Penny in working ever Smith, bandaging his head. She runs stimulator

under his nose. Smith begins to stir, COUGHING.



PENNY



I've got life signs.



(wincing)



Boy, somebody could use a breath

mint.



West turns, spots Smith for the first time.



WEST



(to John)



Try the emergency back-ups.



Don moves to the fallen figure, lifts him up against the bulkhead.



WEST



Smith, what the hell-



SMITH



I was making a last minute check ...

someone hit me from behind.



Don almost buys it. Then he notices Smith's hand, grabs it.



BURN-CLOSE. The reprogramming module's distinctive, foreign signature

seared into his flesh.



WEST



Sino-Jordanian technology. You're a

Goddamned spy.



(realizing)



You did this.



Don slams him against the bulkhead, begins dragging him towards the

airlock. The pilot hits a switch. The inner hatch opens.



SMITH



Stop. What are you doing?



WEST



Dropping some extra weight.



MAUREEN (OVER)



Help, somebody. Please.



REVERSE ANGLE



Maureen stands at Judy's freezing tube. The young doctor's cryofield is

sparking on and off.



MAUREEN



The thawing engine in broken. can't

get her out. She's dying.



Smith uses the distraction to palm-slam Don in the chin, knocking him

backwards. Don staggers, goes again for Smith.



SMITH



Touch me and the girl dies.



Don freezes in his tracks.



SMITH



Your mission physician is indisposed.

I can save her life. But only if you

spare mine.



WEST



I Don't deal with dead men.



SMITH



Kill me, I kill the girl. How much is

your revenge worth, Major? I will, of

course, need your word as an officer

that you will let me live.



Don's decision is lighting fast.



WEST



Help her.



JOHN



I've got a com signal.



Suddenly the radio SQUAWKS into life.



RADIO



...Is Mission Control. Do you read?

Jupiter Two this is



JOHN



Emergency power's on line. I think I

can get these blast shields open.



VIEWSCREEN CLOSE. The blast shields part to reveal a giant fiery orb in

their path. They are heading directly for the sun.



WEST



Uh-oh.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



Noah stands over the Com. The room is a madhouse.



NOAH



Give me a telemetry projection.



Noah looks up at the main monitor. The graphic of the Jupiter Two is

heading towards the graphic of the sun.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



John and Don stand over the Com.



NOAH (OVER)



You're way off course. We show you in

the sun's gravitational pull.



WEST



How long do we have?



NOAH (OVER)



We count seven minutes before your

outer hull begins to melt.



DON straps himself into the pilot's chair.



WEST



I'm going to try for the Mercury

Mines.



SMITH stands at the freezing tube, Penny and Maureen assisting him.



SMITH



I will need Dr. Robinson's portable

gurney. I believe it is stored in-



PENNY



I'm on it.



Penny races off. Smith begins working the controls to Judy's freezing

tube.



MAUREEN



We trusted you.



(sinking in)



You tried to kill us all.



SMITH



Existence offers us nothing if not

the opportunity for an endless series

of betrayals.



(off her stunned expression)



There's a world behind the world,

Professor Robinson. Lie once, cheat

twice and everything becomes clear.

Do not mistake my deception for a

character flaw. It is philosophical

choice, a profound understanding of

the universe. It is a way of life.



MAUREEN



You're a monster.



SMITH



Perhaps. But I am also the only one

who can save your daughter's life.



Penny reappears, a case in hand. She presses a button and the case

unfolds into a hovering, gyroscopicaly-leveled gurney.



MAUREEN



Where's Will?



PENNY



He's futzing with that Robot.



SMITH



Alright, Penny dear, I need you to

short the power on my command.



PENNY



Does he have to call me dear?



SMITH



Professor, if you will assist me in

lowering the body.



Smith hands Penny a wrench.



SMITH



Penny, dear. Now.



Maureen nods. Penny SLAMS the wrench into the power circuit. The

freezing field FLARES and deactivates, the tube swinging open.



LIFESIGN MONITOR-CLOSE. Flatline.



MAUREEN



She's dying.



Smith and Maureen lower her onto the gurney.



SMITH



Sickbay. Move.



Penny, Maureen and Smith rush the gurney out the blast doors towards

Sickbay just as the ship tilts madly.



AT THE HELM



WINDSCREEN-CLOSE. The sun is growing ever larger.



WEST



Unable to re-route to Mercury. The

sun's pull is too strong.



(a beat)



Noah, I need options.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



NOAH



Major West we are unable to provide

contingencies.



(a beat)



I'm sorry, Don.



ON SCREEN-THE JUPITER TWO is heading towards the sun.



INT.-JUPITER TWO-SICKBAY



Penny, Smith and Maureen have transferred Judy onto a hi-tech scanning-

bed. A hovering holographic schematic of Judy's physiognomy appears

over her, descends onto her body.



SMITH



No cardio-pulmonary or respiratory functions.



MAUREEN



Body temp at 68 Fahrenheit.



SMITH



Get her flight suit off.



Penny unzips the silver material as Smith works the console,

highlighting her holographic heart.



SMITH



Clear.



The holographic image of her heart beats once, then is still.



SMITH



Again. Clear.



The lights flicker on the bio-console, the holograph winks out.



SMITH



Power's down.



MAUREEN



We're losing her.



CHAPTER 10: Initiate Hyperdrive

-------------------------------





INT. -JUPITER TWO



DON and John man the Com. The sun is a raging fireball dead ahead.



JOHN



I've re-routed all secondary systems

to the main drive.



WEST



She won't budge. Shortest baby sitting

mission I've ever done.



JOHN



My family's not going die in space.



WEST



I'm open to suggestions.



COMPUTER



Outer hull breach in 30 seconds.



INT.-SICKBAY



Smith begins pumping Judy's chest by hand.



SMITH



Come on, child. Fight. Put a little

heart in it.



Smith steps back, begins precise, staccato blows to Judy's chest.



SMITH



The life.. .



(hit )



I save ...



(hit)



may be



(hit)



my own.



Smith stops, presses his ear to her chest - Takes her pulse. Smiles.



MAUREEN



Judy? Baby?



A beat. Then Judy opens her eyes, manages a weak smile.



JUDY



You should try to look less worried.

It has a tendency to spook the

patients.



MAUREEN



(to Smith)



Thank you.



Smith holds her gaze, his eyes almost snake-like.



SMITH



You are a good woman, Maureen. Any man

could see that. I hope I have proven

the well-being of your family is of

great importance to me. Perhaps, if

you convinced your husband to trust

me...



Maureen stares at him. A beat. She pulls a laser from the wall. Points

it at his forehead.



MAUREEN



Stabilize her, Smith. Because you only

breathe as long as she does.



INT.-JUPITER TWO BRIDGE



The ship is shaking in the mighty pull of the sun. Don is struggling to

keep the ship stable.



COMPUTER



Heat seal breach in 20 seconds.



JOHN



There's got to be some way to get

through this.



DON stares at him.



WEST



That's it.



JOHN



What's it?



WEST



We can't get away from the sun. So we

have to go through it.

The hyperdrive -



JOHN



Engage the hyperdrive without a gate,

we could be thrown anywhere in the

galaxy



WEST



Anywhere but here.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



ANNIE



We're getting resident radiation

distortions from the space craft. She

must be breaking up.



NOAH



Let me see those numbers, Annie.



The Techie hands him a sheet. Noah looks for a beat.



NOAH



Son of a bitch. He's powering up the

hyperdrive.



EXT.-JUPITER TWO



The saucer is elongating slightly, changing its shape as it prepares to

enter hyperspace.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



BRIDGE



Will scrambles onto the bridge, heads towards John who is working the

main control panel.



WEST



Hyperengines coming on line.



COMPUTER



Warning. Heat shield breach.



The sun covers the entire windscreen, a furious landscape of flame.



JOHN



Hyperdrive at 100 percent. Major, you

have the Com.



WEST



Zero to 20 million miles a second in

under a minute. Let's see what this

baby can do.



John takes Will's hand as West engages the hyperdrive.



West, John and Will, are hurled backwards from the sudden acceleration,

sticking to the walls and ceiling respectively.



INT.-SICKBAY



Maureen and Penny watch as Smith swaddles Judy in thermal blanket.

Suddenly, Maureen, Penny, and Smith fly against the walls. Judy is held

in place by the gurney straps.



INT.-MISSION CONTROL



The graphic of the space craft is beginning to flicker as it merges

with the graphic of the sun.



ANNIE



We can't keep a fix on her, sir. She's

starting to disappear.



Noah stares at the screen.



NOAH



Godspeed.



EXT.-SPACE



The Jupiter Two flies into the mighty ball of the sun. And just as it

reaches the tallest of the gaseous mountains, the ship becomes

translucent, falling through the orb, elongating and then vanishing in

a sudden star of hyperspace.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



THE WINDSCREEN. The sky breaks apart giving way to a starfield.



EXT.-DEEP SPACE



Quiet. Empty. Suddenly space distorts and, in a sudden flash, a ship

appears, hurling into the darkness. The Jupiter Two.



The Jupiter Two comes to rest at the edge of an alien, twin starred

solar system, near a giant crimson planet.



CHAPTER 11: Lost in Space

-------------------------





INT.-JUPITER TWO-INFIRMARY



Maureen kneels before Penny and Will, making sure they're okay. Smith

stands silently in the b.g. Judy's gurney is empty. John ENTERS, his

face wrought with fatherly concern.



JOHN



Is everyone okay?



MAUREEN



All in one piece. Although Major West

has the most puzzling definition of a

smooth ride.



JOHN



Judy? Where's Judy?



Just then Judy emerges through a door, zipping up her flight suit.



JUDY



Boy either I cut down on the coffee

or sew in a flap. It's hell getting

in and out of this thing.



JOHN



Are you-



JUDY



Vitals are normal. Pulse and

respiration seem to be-



JOHN



Baby, are you okay?



JUDY



I'm fine Daddy really.



John holds her close, spared a father's worst fear.



SMITH



Will every disaster be an excuse for

familial sentiment? Please tell me

now so I may gather up a liberal

supply of space sickness bags.



Don turns towards Smith. Maureen steps between them.



MAUREEN



What happened, John? Where are we?



INT.-JUPITER TWO-BRIDGE



Don in at the navigational holograph, patching sparking wires. The rest

of the crew emerge onto the bridge.



WEST



You had me worried, Doc. Nice to see

you thawed.



JUDY



Smart maneuver with the hyper-drive.



WEST



A fighter who thinks, what do you

know? You're just in time for the

show.



Don makes a connection. The pedestal powers up, a holograph of the

Jupiter Two appearing over its surface.



WEST



Computer, map our current location.



HOLOGRAPHIC PEDESTAL-CLOSE. The area around the Jupiter Two is now

filled with a holographic representation of the alien solar system.



JOHN



See anything familiar?



Don just shakes his head.



COMPUTER



Searching for recognizable

constellations.



(a beat)



Unable to locate.



JOHN



This computer has star maps of the

entire known galaxy.



PENNY



We're lost, aren't we?



Judy wraps her arm around her sister.



WEST



What the hell is that?



VIEWSCREEN- CLOSE. The nearest planet is starting to glow. Suddenly a

distortion field begins to emanate from the alien world. The edges of

space seem to sear away, leaving a glowing portal.



JOHN



Any effect on the ship?



WEST



No.



VIEWSCREEN -CLOSE. All the planets and constellations beyond the portal

appear to be in different places.



JOHN



(off the navigational hologram)



All the planets have moved.



WEST



And where did that come from?



CHAPTER 12: The Proteus

-----------------------





EXT.-SPACE



Breaking the inner edge of the portal, a long silver space needle

catches the light from the dual suns.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



The crew man their stations. Only Will is absent as they the ship

maneuver around the portal.



VIEWSCREEN -CLOSE. As they, move behind the portal it seems to

disappear, showing only the blackness of space. No ship beyond.



WEST



It's gone.



JOHN



No. Go back in front of it.



EXT.-JUPITER TWO



As the ship moves back in front of the portal, the hole in space is

visible again, the giant probe ship revealed once more within...



JOHN



It's a hole in space. A doorway.



WEST



A doorway to where?



JOHN



If we want to reach that ship, we're

going to have to find out.



EXT.-SPACE



The Jupiter Two flies through the pulsing hole in space.



INT.-JUPITER TWO



The giant, silver ship looms in the windscreen.



MAUREEN



No apparent effects on the ship.



WEST



I'm hailing on all frequencies. No

response.



JOHN



There are some markings on the

starboard side. Can you throw some

light on her?



WEST



Don't know if the exterior spots are

working.- There we go.



THE WINDSCREEN-CLOSE. Powerful spotlights hit the ship.



WEST AND JOHN-CLOSE. And really surprised.



WEST



If this in all a dream, why can't

there be more girls?



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