"I've lived without light for 15 years all because of Elias Huer:" "[Narrator] Buck's birthday party becomes a setting for murder: : :" "When a man with a touch of death plots a terrible revenge on Dr:" "Huer:" "What you're afraid might happen to me is something like this:" " Buck, what is going on?" " Traeger, you're alive:" " Dr:" "Huer, Wilma, get away from him:" " You want me, hero?" "You come and get me:" "[Man Narrating] The year is 1987, and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes:" "In a freak mishap, Ranger 3 and its pilot, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers, are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life-support systems: : :" "And returns Buck Rogers to Earth: : :" "500 years later:" " How's that, Twiki?" " [Chirping] A little to the right:" " That better?" " Solid:" "Well, as someone said, you're never more nostalgic than for the things you once knew and have no more:" "[Chirping] Who said that?" "Me:" "[Door Beeping]" "Hi, Buck:" "Good evening, Buck:" "Hi, Wilma, Dr:" "Huer:" "Ooh:" "Say, what's this?" "[Buck] Just a change of scenery:" "With these four walls... it was beginning to feel like solitary confinement in here:" "Well, why didn't you say something?" "We could've had some windows put in:" "Why bother?" "It all looks the same:" "With the city's climate control, nothing ever changes around here:" "You know, I feel sorry for you people:" "You'll never know the joy of discovering a sunset that just happens... a pale hint of mauve:" "Everything is programmed, even your climate:" "You know, no fall, no spring, no rain, no snow... no nothing:" "It's always the same:" "I went outside today, I couldn't believe it was January:" "It is January, isn't it?" "Yes:" "January 7:" "Uh, Buck, Dr:" "Huer and I were on our way to see the new holographic dance troupe:" "Would you like to join us?" "Hmm?" "Uh, no:" "No, thank you, Wilma:" "I, uh, think I'll pass:" "I don't feel like going out tonight:" "Well, good night:" "Olvion Immigration Patrol to Terran starfighter:" "Decelerate immediately:" "Repeat:" "Decelerate immediately:" "Acknowledge:" "I do not read, Patrol:" "Lieutenant Traeger, you're under arrest:" "Your departure from Olvion was unauthorized:" "Surrender or be destroyed:" "Then destroy me:" "I've spent 15 years on your stinking planet, and the only way I'm going back is in a box:" "Traeger out: : :" "For good:" "[Explosion]" "Come on, you old bucket, get me through that stargate, and then you can quit on me:" "Break off pursuit and return to base:" "He could be a million parsecs away by now and probably is:" "[Exhales Deeply]" "You'll do:" "Survey vessel:" "Attention:" "Attention, survey vessel:" "This is a priority blue distress code:" "Repeat:" "Priority blue:" "My starboard defense shield is down, my star drive is dead:" "Can you assist?" "Starfighter, this is Capellan survey ship 077:" "I'm locking you in on a tractor beam:" "Prepare for docking:" "Buck's been moping around like that for days:" "I've done everything short of kidnapping him to get him out of his apartment:" "Well, I'm afraid Twiki was right:" "He's depressed about his upcoming birthday:" "But I don't understand what's bothering him:" "We all get older:" "Why, he's in better shape than a man half his age:" "There are no men half his age:" "[Laughs]" "But then again, his birthday is probably making him feel more homesick than ever for the 20th century:" "Technically speaking, this birthday is his 534th:" "An unfortunate way to be reminded of just how displaced in time he really is:" "Well, good evening, Theo:" "How are things on the front home?" "Home front:" "Ah:" "Home front:" "Whatever:" "A message from Lieutenant Garth at Security Directorate:" "He's coming over from the New Detroit Complex:" "He seems to think it's quite urgent:" "Lieutenant Garth thinks everything is urgent:" "Every time they perceive even the slightest hint of danger to my well-being, they expect me to live my life behind a force field:" "Nonetheless, he should be here momentarily:" "Of course, of course:" "Well, be that as it may, what are we going to do about Buck?" "[Chirping] How about a surprise party?" "That's not a bad idea:" "A party would make him feel a little less alone and more part of our world:" "Indeed it might:" "Well, you know most of his friends:" "Why don't you make the necessary arrangements?" "Yes:" "Let's see:" "Now, there's, um, Jen," "Joella, Marla," "Alison, Tangie, Falina..." "Mm:" "Miss Cosmos:" "I do believe that there is a pattern emerging here:" " Apparently:" " Hmm:" "[Intercom Beeps] Lieutenant Garth has arrived:" "Well, let's get this over with:" "Three days ago, this man, a Capellan ship captain, was found under restraint in the storage compartment of his ship: : :" "In the New Detroit Spaceport:" "He was delirious due to systemic poisoning:" "He remained alive for about 12 hours after he was found:" "As you may know, Dr:" "Huer, all Capellans are crude telepaths:" "And this one must've found out something he wasn't supposed to know, and the person whose mind he read killed him for it:" "Most of what he said was unintelligible, but one thing was clear... whatever attacked him is also planning some sort of action against you:" "Who, Lieutenant?" "Someone claiming to be the ship's captain, who brought the vessel back to port and disappeared without a trace:" "And we believe that he's responsible for the real captain's unique condition:" "What exactly is his condition?" "Captain Querlu seems to have experienced a bizarre form of molecular transmutation:" "Half of his body has been changed to pure silicon:" "And I take it, Lieutenant, that, uh, what you're afraid might happen to me is something like this:" " Mm-hmm:" " Mm-hmm:" "Well, I sincerely appreciate your concern, but I hardly think the ravings of a delirious alien are any cause for alarm:" "But, Dr:" "Huer, please..." "Now, now, Lieutenant:" "Now, let's be reasonable:" "I don't even know any Capellans:" "Why would one try to kill me?" "May I help you?" "I would like to see Dr:" "Bayliss:" "Do you have an appointment?" "No, but I'm certain she would want to see me:" "I'm sorry:" "The doctor's schedule is full for the day:" "The earliest an appointment can be arranged is one week from tomorrow:" " I'm afraid that's not convenient:" " What do you think you're doing?" "[Woman's Voice Over Quad] This is Dr:" "Bayliss:" "Please sit back:" "Take a deep breath, sit back and relax:" "Take a deep breath and relax:" "[Woman] Doctor, I have a newjob with added responsibilities:" "[Woman #2] I'm afraid to leave this planet:" "I think it's these dreams I've been having, Doctor:" "They depress me terribly:" "[Dr:" "Bayliss] You want to go on with that, Miss Bennet?" "Well... [Sighs] [Women Continue Chattering]" "In these dreams, my mother is still alive, and she's always telling me I was an accident, that I surprised her and Daddy:" "What do you think that means, Doctor?" "[Women Continue Chattering]" "Who are you?" "How did you get in here?" "You'll find that your reception quad has malfunctioned, Doctor:" "I took advantage of the opportunity:" "Who are you?" "I'm surprised, Delora:" "After all the time we've spent together..." "Of course, it's been a long while..." "a very long while:" "What are you talking about?" "I have never treated a Capellan before in my life:" "And it's Dr:" "Bayliss, if you don't mind:" "[Chuckles]" "Traeger?" "Cornel Traeger?" "But they said you were dead:" "No:" "Almost, but not quite:" "Where have you been, Corey?" "What brings you back here after all these years?" "I had to see you, Delora:" "I need some information about Elias Huer:" "When I left, he was with the Science Directorate, the Space Exploration Division:" "He's with Defense now:" "He's in charge of the entire Directorate:" "Oh, is he really?" "[Chuckles]" "That's good:" "That's really good:" " What else?" " Corey, I don't believe this:" "It's been 15 years..." "not a word from you:" "After all, you were only a patient:" "I don't have time to play games, Delora, so I won't:" "You have quite a few patients in the government, don't you?" "Yes, but what has that..." "And you have all sorts of ways: : :" "Of extracting information from their minds without their knowing about it, don't you?" "Extortion..." "is that it, Corey?" "It's obvious you didn't come back for further treatment:" "All right:" "How much?" "Five thousand?" "Fifteen thousand credits?" "I spend that much in a week on incidentals:" "Here:" "It's yours..." "if you forget we ever knew each other:" "Same old Delora... always more interested in money than anything:" "And I see you've finally put your psych skills to more lucrative use:" "How nice:" "[Sizzling]" "That looks like andracite..." "diamonds... elysium:" "There must be millions there:" "But how did you..." "A little trick I picked up on Olvion:" "That's where I've been staying:" "Trick?" "That's nothing less than matter transmutation... molecular reorganization:" "Call it what you like, so long as you understand the implication:" "I can do the same to organic as well as inorganic material:" "We'll be hiding in Buck's apartment, he'll come home, turn on the lights: : :" "And we'll yell, "Surprise:"" "Except he'll find the apartment complex swarming with Security Directorate agents:" "I don't know why I ever agreed to this extra security in the first place:" "You didn't have a choice:" "Yes:" "But I think it will undermine the element of surprise in Buck's party:" "The Directorate guards are very discreet:" "Not only will you not see them, but neither will Buck:" "Now, our problem is we've gotta figure some way: : :" "To keep Buck out of his apartment for at least two hours:" "Uh, Dr:" "Huer, it'll thrive:" "All you need is the right kind of plant food:" "I see:" "Oh, hi, Buck!" "Oh, hi:" "Wilma:" "Dr:" "Huer:" "Uh, there's a rumor floating around the Directorate having to do with an attempt on your life:" " Anything I can do to help?" " Oh, no:" "No, thank you, Buck, very much, but it's being taken care of:" "The Security Directorate is handling it:" "Actually, we'rejust making up a schedule of my itinerary for the next two weeks:" "It'll be delivered this afternoon by an l:" "A:" "C:" "That's an interagency courier:" "And then the Security Directorate will deploy a group of bodyguards to guard me round the clock:" "Corey, you've changed:" "It's not just the power:" "When I was treated you as a..." "as a patient," "I thought I understood you thoroughly:" "But you... you're different:" "Of course I've changed!" "No one could go through the hell I've been through and not be changed!" "And it's all because of Elias Huer!" "You see, shortly after I joined the Exploration Division," "Huer sent me into space:" ""A routine space exploration mission," he said:" "But I was shot down over a planet no one ever heard of:" "Yeah:" "There was a reason for that:" "The hostility of the natives to outworlders was frightening:" "They found me guilty of espionage, locked me away: : :" "12 kilometers below the surface:" "Eventually they forgot about me:" "You wonder why I wear these?" "It's because I've lived without light for 15 years!" "You can't imagine what that's like:" "But you survived:" "Yes, because I lived like an animal!" "I became like one of them:" "There must have been some natural element that gave them the power... in the water or the atmosphere:" "The Olvions could change things too:" "Whatever they touched would become whatever they wanted it to be:" "And after a few years on their world, I could do it too:" "And you used the power to escape, to come back here:" "Yes, for my justice!" "Is there any wonder after 15 years that I would want that?" "When I realize how full Huer's life has been: : :" "And how really empty mine has been... all the years that he stole from me:" "Oh, I..." "I can change credits into gemstones, but I can't change the past:" "Nothing can do that:" "But I can change Huer's future:" "I can take it away from him, and you are going to help me do it:" "[Dr:" "Huer] Ah, Ms:" "Meritt:" "Right on schedule:" "Reporting for briefing, sir:" "Yes:" "Raylyn Meritt, this is Buck Rogers:" "How do you do?" "Hello:" "The mind-implantation procedure will take place at 1600 hours:" "Colonel Deering here will supervise:" "After the implantation is completed, you will go to the Security Directorate Headquarters at the New Detroit Complex:" " Implantation?" " Captain Rogers is new here:" "Oh:" "Well, you see, Captain Rogers, top-secret data is implanted directly into an l:" "A:" "C:'s subconscious:" "Then when I arrive at my destination, Security extracts it from my mind with a psych probe:" "I never know the nature of the information:" "Which makes it difficult to get out:" "Cute:" "What is?" "Uh, I mean, um, "Interesting:"" "Mm:" "Uh, Buck, uh, you said you wanted to help:" "Would you mind escorting Ms:" "Meritt into the New Detroit Complex... just to doubly ensure her safe arrival:" "Really, Dr:" "Huer, I don't think that's necessary:" "I've handled dozens of assignments on my own:" "Ah, I realize it's an irregular procedure, but under the circumstances, it would make me more comfortable:" "Well, if you insist:" "Please excuse me then:" "I'll go prepare for the implantation:" "Uh, do you know how to find the laboratory?" "Buck, would you mind showing Ms:" "Meritt the laboratory?" "No, not at all, Doc:" "[Door Closes]" "That was the sneakiest thing I have ever seen:" "Yes:" "Thank you:" "But at least now we know he won't be in his apartment for a few hours, don't we?" "Mm-hmm:" "He may not show up at all:" "Yeah:" "[Chuckles]" "[Dr:" "Bayliss] You don't actually expect me to help you kill Huer:!" "Need I remind you of my special abilities, Delora?" "I can either kill you or make you very rich:" "The choice is yours:" "You've already treated several key Directorate personnel:" "You must be able to tell me something:" "He knows his life is in danger:" "What?" "But he doesn't know you're the danger:" "Oh:" "It must be the Capellan captain:" "He lingered on longer than I'd anticipated:" "You're certain of this?" "It comes from a very secure source:" "The Security Directorate is sending an l:" "A:" "C:" "To pick up Huer's itinerary:" "Once they get that, he'll be guarded 24 hours a day:" "Actually, that makes things simpler for us:" "You can't get close to Huer, Corey..." "not unless you know where to find him:" "And that's exactly what will be in the head of the courier:" "So?" "So, these analysis chairs: : :" "Examine my patients' conscious thought-processes during a psych-session..." "This one: : :" "Has been modified:" "This one examines the subconscious:" "Like a psych probe?" "Not as sophisticated, not as fast, but it works on the same principle, yes:" "I can anticipate Huer's every move:" "I can eliminate him at whatever time is most convenient, because we can extract the information about his schedule from the l:" "A:" "C:'s mind: : :" "Just as the Security Directorate would do:" "Exactly:" "Then all we have to do is intercept that courier:" "[Machine Clicking, Beeping]" "[Warbles, Stops]" "Data for day 13 assimilated:" "Okay:" "Let's finish up then:" "[Warbles, Begins Beeping]" "[Warbles, Stops] Implantation completed:" "Good:" "We're finished:" " [Exhales Deeply]" " You okay?" "I told you:" "I've done this dozens of times:" "I'm used to it:" "I certainly don't need to be chaperoned by Captain Rogers:" "All we're asking you to do is to bring Buck back to his apartment when your assignment is completed:" "Think of it as a favor to the Directorate... one for which we'll be glad to pay you generously:" "Look, Colonel, I'm a government courier, not a..." "That's all we're asking:" "Besides, I think you'd enjoy Buck's company:" "I understand from your personnel file: : :" "That you used to work at the Earth Archives, and you have an interest in history, so you and Buck should have a lot to talk about:" "What Captain Rogers is an historian?" "Yes, in a manner of speaking:" "Let me explain:" "Hmm:" "All set:" "Good:" "Ms:" "Meritt, you'll be escorted to the Security Directorate Headquarters: : :" "By two of their men, Marsden and Niles:" "They'll contact you at the restaurant on the Federal Concourse at 1900 hours:" "They'll come to your table and identify themselves as security escort detail:" "The code identification will be "Blue 11:"" "Any questions?" "No, sir:" "After you, Ms:" "Meritt:" "Raylyn:" "We can make it to the Detroit Complex in time for dinner:" "You'll love the restaurant, Buck:" "Did she agree to bring him back to the apartment?" "Well, she was a little resistant at first, but once I explained why, uh, talking her into it..." "Was a piece of cake:" "[Chuckles]" "Corey, these are my assistants, Rorvik and Carew:" "Cornel Traeger:" "My informant has confirmed the news:" "They're sending Raylyn Meritt, their most experienced courier:" "She's due here within the complex within the hour:" " Will she be a problem?" " Not for us:" "Are you certain of your information?" "Corey, you worry too much:" "My man works inside the Communications office of the Security Directorate itself:" "He is totally reliable:" "You have your uniforms?" "Good:" "Good:" "The men you're posing as..." "Niles and Marsden:" "We meet the Meritt woman in the restaurant, escort her to the turbolift in the Federal Building... only we take her to the sublevel:" "Corey will meet you there:" "Excellent:" "Here are your synthaflesh masks:" "They've been prepared to duplicate Niles's and Marsden's faces exactly:" "If there's nothing else..." "Let's get to work:" "[Chattering]" "You know, Raylyn, when Dr:" "Huer first asked me to go along with you, you didn't seem exactly thrilled with the idea:" "What changed your mind?" "Well, before I joined the l:" "A:" "C:" "Corps, I used to be a record-keeper with the archives:" "And when I heard you were from the 20th century..." "Oh, you know about that, huh?" "Yes:" "Colonel Deering told me something about it:" "Anyway, I've always been fascinated by that era:" "It seemed like such an exciting time to live in:" "Prohibition, the first moon landing:" "Milton Berle, Benny Goodfellow:" "Uh, man:" "What?" "Benny Goodman:" "Oh:" "And you're putting a lot of things together that happened at different times..." "most of them before I was born:" "Well, I'm told our records aren't very accurate:" "Mm:" "Oh, I see:" "So that's it?" "You just decided you'd pick my brains a little, huh?" "Pick your brains?" "Uh, get some firsthand information:" "Well, maybe at first, but, uh, you know:" "Yeah:" "Well, you're helping me get my head into a better place and for that I'm grateful:" "It's sweet of you to say that, Buck, but: : :" "I don't see that I'm really doing anything:" "Sure you are:" "Ms:" "Meritt?" "Agents Marsden and Niles:" "We're to escort you to Security:" "Who's he?" "Um, this is..." "I'm just a friend:" "[Sighs] Well, we may be a while:" "It's all right:" "I'm a slow eater:" "[Chuckles] Okay:" "[Dr:" "Huer's Voice] They'll come to your table, identify themselves as security escort detail:" "[Dr:" "Huer's Voice] The identification code is "Blue 11: '"" "Wait a minute:" "There was an identification code..." "Blue 11:" "Where's your code disc?" " Who are you guys?" " Get her into the turbolift:" "[Hisses]" "[Turbolift Whirring]" "She knew:" "Some guy she was with came after us:" "You idiot:" "You should have been more careful:" "You think he followed you?" "I don't know:" "Well, be ready for him if he has:" "Hold it!" "[Both Grunting]" "They don't make 'em like they used to:" "[Tosses Gun Down]" "See?" "No weapon:" "You want me, hero?" "You come and get me:" "Just you and me:" "[Groans]" "[Turbolift Whirring]" "Halt!" "Halt or I'll shoot!" "[Groans]" "Oh, wow:" "The air is kind of thick around here:" "Don't move:" "Oh, great:" "[Groans]" "Get up slowly:" "I got news for you:" "[Groans] It's the only way I can get up:" "[Grunts, Exhales Deeply]" "Here:" "Let me just show you my l:" "D:" "[Guard] You're with the Defense Directorate?" "Not really:" "They just gave me that card in case someone started asking questions:" "And the woman..." "she was an l:" "A:" "C:?" "Yes, she was:" "And those people who took her are trying to kill Dr:" "Huer:" "How do you know all this?" "I'm psychic:" "I don't have time to explain:" "Call your head of security and tell them the courier's been intercepted:" "They'll know what to do:" "Ah, one of them must have dropped it:" "What is it?" "It's a delocking disc:" "A de..." "Oh, you mean a key:" "Why do you people always make things so complicated?" "Looks like it's color-coded:" "You know what part of the complex it goes to?" "That's the Med Wing:" "Those numbers on the bottom will tell you what office:" ""37042:"" "That sounds like Dr:" "Bayliss's clinic:" "She's a psych-med... pretty famous:" "A lot of her patients are very important people:" "Hmm:" "The information is locked in her subconscious, so they use a shrink to get it out:" ""Shrink"?" "Hey:" "I can get a security unit up to the Med Wing:" "Fine:" "I'll meet them there:" "Sorry, but you're not telling anybody anything:" "Your men are incompetent:" "[Huffs]" "That sublevel was crawling with security people:" "What did you do?" "What happened?" "I stopped one of them:" "I didn't have a chance to finish him off:" "Rorvik and Carew can take care of that as soon as they check in:" "If they check in:" "Our plans are in jeopardy, Delora:" "We've got to move faster:" "How soon before you have something here?" "There's no way to say exactly:" "It depends on her:" "It could be a half an hour or longer:" "[Sighs]" "Your man in the information office... if he is as reliable as you say he is, you can get him to forge a priority one communiqué, can't you?" "I suppose I could:" "Then have him send an intra-Directorate memo canceling the blue-code alert:" "He'll say the assassin has been caught, Huer's safe, and there's no need for the l:" "A:" "C:" "After all:" "I'll have him do it immediately:" "But you know they'll start suspecting something's gone wrong sooner or later:" "Yes, but by then it will be too late... particularly for Huer:" "Uh, Colonel?" "Uh..." "Oh, the party favors:" "You can put them right there:" "Where do I put this, babe?" "Babe?" "Thank you, Twiki:" " [Chirping]" " I'll take that as a compliment:" "You can leave it right there:" "That way when Buck comes in, it'll be the first thing he sees:" "Uh, what did you say these were?" "Party favors..." "at least that's what Dr:" "Junius called them:" "He had the manufacturing center make them up exactly like some old photographs:" "I'm almost afraid to ask, but, uh," "[Chuckles] What is this?" " A balloon:" " Balloon?" "Yeah:" "Watch:" "[Sputtering]" "Whoops:" "[Chuckles] See?" "Yes:" "Well, I take it there's some peculiar purpose in that:" "Uh, they're for decorating:" " And this?" " A party hat:" "A hat?" " You wear it on your head:" " I most certainly will not:" "Oh, Dr:" "Huer:" "Colonel, there will soon be dozens of Security Directorate agents: : :" "Swarming through the building and guarding the entrance downstairs:" "Perhaps it's academic, but if by some small chance an assassin does get into the building after me," "I will not be murdered wearing a blue-and-white plastic cone on my head:" "It's positively undignified:" "[Chirping] Party pooper:" "Party pooper?" "Well, I'm not certain, mind you, but we probably have one of those here too:" "And this:" "[Squeaks]" "[Honks]" "[Beeping]" "Yes, Carew?" "Trouble, Doctor:" "The New Chicagoan, the one that was with the courier..." "he's one of Huer's people:" " What did you do with him?" " There was nothing I could do:" "Doctor, he knows you're in on this:" "I must have dropped my delocking disc when I fought with him, and he found it:" "A security agent told him about you:" "I took care of the agent, but that guy must be on his way to you now:" "Find Rorvik and get back here as soon as you can:" "Right:" "Isn't there some way you can speed up that process, Delora?" "Not without causing extensive neural damage, no:" "What difference does that make?" "You don't think I'm gonna let her live now, do you?" "[Dr:" "Bayliss] There are alternatives:" "I could tamper with her memory:" "[Grunts]" "For God's sake, Corey, I'm no murderer:!" "No?" "And I suppose you weren't selling quadrillium when we first met on Regulus 4 either?" "How many people died of radiation poisoning back then, Delora?" "That was different:" "Oh, being an accessory to murder doesn't bother you, does it?" "It's just the act itself you have no stomach for:" "Give it up, Corey:" "This whole thing is coming down around our ears:" "You're going just too far to settle an old score:" "I wish that's all it was!" "The data's coming in:" "What's happening now, tonight?" "Where's Huer?" "Spending the evening with friends: : :" "In an apartment occupied by somebody named, uh, Rogers..." "William Anthony Rogers:" "The address is here:" "Whoa!" "Oh!" "Nothing like dropping in on old friends, is there?" "[Groans]" "His eyes!" "You've blinded him!" "He's been underground for 15 years:" "He can't stand bright light!" "Touch her and you die!" "[Groans] Turn down the lights!" "It's getting late:" "Huer's waited long enough:" " I want them dead, understand?" " Yes:" "See to it:" "What are you doing?" "You got what you want from her:" "[Hisses]" "Not entirely:" "This device has been adapted: : :" "For sonic hypnosis:" "I can wipe out every memory she has ofbeing intercepted and brought here: : :" "[Humming]" "And substitute new ones:" "And then you let her go and she thinks she's done the job she was supposed to do:" "Mm-hmm:" "Rather intelligent: : :" "For a Neanderthal:" "But Traeger said we..." "Mr:" "Rorvik, any payment for the miserable job you two have done, will come from me, not Traeger:" "Remember that:" "[Humming Grows Louder]" " You're hurting her:" " She can't feel it:" "But you don't believe me, do you, handsome?" "Well, you'll find out for yourself:" "You're next:" "[Hisses]" "Put him down over there:" "Start repairing your masks:" "You two are going out in a little while:" "[Engines Whining]" "[Party Horns Honking] [Noisy Chattering]" "Excuse me, won't you?" "Good news, Dr:" "Huer:" "The code-blue alert's been lifted:" "Evidently you're safe:" "Well, that certainly is good news, but where's Buck?" "Well, maybe he convinced Raylyn that they should celebrate his birthday alone:" "I thought you said she agreed to bring him back here:" "She did, but, uh, Buck can be very persuasive:" "Ah:" "You're awake:" "We'll be ready for you in a minute:" "Where's Raylyn?" "Where she would be if things had gone as planned:" "[Breathes Deeply] Thank you for your assistance:" "Just doing our job, Ms:" "Meritt:" "Okay:" " I won't remember you after this, will I?" " No:" "Then I guess I should say my good-byes now:" "All his life, Corey has left a trail of corpses in his wake:" " I don't intend to add another:" " That's a comfort:" "Corey was a decent man once, but he's changed, and I've got to get away from him, off this planet... start all over again somewhere else:" "But first I have to cover my tracks..." "starting with you: : :" "And everything you know:" "[Grunts] [Injector Hisses]" "Where were you?" "I looked all over the restaurant for you!" "L..." "I thought you said you were a slow eater:" "You really don't remember a thing, do you?" "Remember?" "Remember what?" "Buck, what is going on?" "Never mind:" "I'll explain later:" "Look, you wouldn't happen to know the record flying time between here and New Chicago, would ya?" "No:" "Why?" "Because whatever it is, we're gonna break it:" "Hang on:" "[Noisy Chattering]" "Everyone, please, can I have your attention?" "Someone is on his way, and since the code-blue alert has been canceled, it must be Buck:" "So find your places and light the cake:" "[Exhales Deeply]" "[Partygoers] Surprise:!" " Who on earth is that?" " [Chirping] Gate-crasher:" "[Murmuring]" "[Commotion]" "[Murmuring]" "Traeger!" "Cornel Traeger..." "you're alive!" "Yes, Elias:" "Still alive, despite your best efforts:" "What do you mean my efforts?" "You were lost in a routine exploration mission:" "Why, everyone thought you were dead:" "Who sent me on the mission, Elias, hmm?" "Who?" "You volunteered:" "You knew the risks:" "Who do you think you are, barging in here like this?" "You have no right to disrupt this party!" "Stay out of this!" "I'm warning you..." "next time, I touch you:" "[Dr:" "Huer] It was you:" "You killed that Capellan: : :" "And now me:" "That's right, Elias:" "Now you, finally:" "Oh, no, you don't!" "Dr:" "Huer, Wilma, get away from him!" "[Sizzling] [Commotion]" "[Wilma] What happened?" "He fell on his own hand:" "[Dr:" "Huer] He's pure silicon:" "[Murmuring]" "Buck:!" "Buck, why'd you take off so fast?" "I was..." "Well, at the very least, Dr:" "Bayliss will never practice psycho-medicine again:" "[Theo] I suspect, however, the Computer Council will find her guilty of offenses: : :" "Meriting a much more complicated correctional procedure:" "Which reminds me, we have to contact the adjudication board, brief them on the rather bizarre details of this case:" "Colonel?" "Wait a minute:" "Don't run off:" "I haven't even opened my presents yet:" "[Giggles] Well, happy birthday anyway, Buck, even if things didn't turn out the way we wanted them to:" "Well, you know, Wilma, there's an old saying..." ""It's the thought that counts:"" "And it's true:" "I really appreciate it very much:" "Well, maybe we'll get it straight next year:" "[Clears Throat] Well, to tell you the truth, Wilma, after all that's happened today," "I could do without birthdays for at least a decade or two:" "[Laughs]" "Let's see what we got here:" "What'd you get?" "Ooh:" "[Giggles]" "[All Laughing]"