Episode 478 - Tuesday, October 9, 1979

LIZ Jon let it on board. Jon let it grow inside the turkey. Jon blew the warning signal. LYMAN Why. LIZ Special Order 937. IRMA What's that. LIZ That's what I want to know. Jon's head is placed on the table. His eyes flicker into consciousness. LIZ What is Special Order 937. JON You know I can't tell you that. LIZ Then there's not point in talking to you. Pull the plug. JON Special Order 937 in essence asked me to direct the ship to the planet, investigate a life form, possibly hostile and bring it back for observation. With discretion, of course. LIZ Why. Why not tell us. JON Would you have gone. IRMA It wasn't in the contract. JON My very point. LIZ They wanted to investigate the Garfield. No matter what happened to us. JON That's unfair. Actually, you weren't mentioned in the order. LYMAN Those bastards. JON See it from their point of view. They didn't know what the Garfield is. LIZ How do we kill it. JON I don't think you can. Not in this ship, given its life support systems. But I might be able to. LIZ How. JON I don't know quite yet. I'm not exactly at my best at the moment. If you would reconnect... LIZ No way. JON Don't be so hasty. You'll never kill it without my help. LIZ We've had enough of your help. JON You've barely got any oxygen left. If you don't go into hypersleep, you'll die with or without the Garfield. LIZ Nice try, Jon. JON I will do whatever I can to help you. I swear it. IRMA Pull the plug. LYMAN I agree. JON You idiots. You still don't realize what you're dealing with. The Garfield is a perfect organism. Superbly structured, cunning, quintessentially violent. With your limited capabilities you have no chance against it. LYMAN You admire it. JON How can one not admire perfection. I will kill it because I am programmed to protect human life as you know. LIZ Even if you have contempt for it. JON Even then.

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