Dinotopia: The Mini-Series

- Well I am quite confident we are completely lost.

Wait here a minute.

Over here!

Over here!

I found them.

I found them, they're over there.

They found us.

Can you take us to Vadaba?

Our friend is hurt.

We can escort you to the ridge

and you will find the roads of Vadaba from there.

Mother.

Marion. (laughing)

- Rosemary is the matriarch of Vadaba earth farm.

Matriarch?

What's that mean?

- Well in your world, well I suppose it means,

she's in charge.

Hi, I'm Karl.

I've heard a lot about the two of you.

None of it good.

David's very sick.

How do you manage to cause so much trouble

in such a short time?

It's a skill, honed over a lifetime.

It's time you hone some other skills.

Come on, David.

Jumper, Samantha.

Yes, matriarch.

Please, tend to David, he's not well.

Of course.

Thank you.

He's going to be fine, Karl,

we'll take good care of him.

Now Vadaba's a working community,

with seven thousand acres, of fields, barns, hatchery.

We supply over half the food for Waterfall City.

But right now, I want you to help care for your brother,

while Marion and I prepare medicine for him.

Okay, I'll see you later.

Come on, Zippo.

- I've had postal birds from your father every day.

He's furious with you for going after the boys.

I'd like to know why you chose to defy him.

- I just did what you would do in my situation.

I thought they could be in danger.

Marion, they're outsiders.

They don't yet understand Dinotopian ways.

You're different.

You're wearing it, aren't you?

I understand it was half yours to give.

Thank you.

It may protect you one day.

The carnivores are straying

from their traditional territory.

Five of our Brachiosaur herd were killed last month.

The hatchery is full of orphans.

- I tried talking to the senate, but nobody would listen.

- Hardly surprising when you know who's in charge.

Five years is a very long time

to refuse to speak to father.

- Marion, I have never refused your father a conversation.

And it's not very Dinotopian.

- My husband likes his roads and his backwoods

much too much.

He should live closer to the earth.

You are very different from him.

You have the gift of understanding.

- I don't want to be treated differently from anyone else.

- Nevertheless, my dearest daughter, you are different.

Welcome home.

Has anybody seen Karl?

No.

- He may be in the barn.

Good lord Ogthar.

So that's 23, match point.

Match point?

Yes, right.

Ha ha, take that!

Nice tail shot, Zip.

So long fetching the ball.

I win, nice try, Zippo,

but you only got three points.

Three points?

Well, I'm improving.

If you wanna win, you're gonna have

to learn how to smash.

I haven't got a smash?

That's right, like this.

" Oh!

Well I will learn how to smash.

Zippo, what do you think you're doing?

- I was hoping to challenge Karl for a rematch.

- Don't you have duties back in Waterfall City?

Yes, matriarch, yes I must return soon,

but I'm studying mammals in their natural environment,

for my thesis.

You're writing a thesis on me?

Yes, reasoning, feeding, and breeding.

You're studying me?

I'm not gonna be your guinea pig.

- Unless I'm mistaken, guinea pigs are furry rodents...

Enough of this.

Karl, you're not on vacation.

You're expected to work with the other students

during the day.

- Look, no disrespect, Rosemary, but I'm not a Dinotopian,

and I don't wanna become one, okay?

Do you intend to eat our food?

Well, yeah, I guess.

- Then you'll help us make it, starting now.

And please address me as matriarch in the future.

Whew, that was close.

- Ah, David, I've brought you some dinkah.

Hey, Zippo.

I've come to say goodbye, David.

I must return to Waterfall City

to tell the senate about the sacred temple.

I brought you some tea.

Thanks.

What is this stuff?

It's a plant, octaem longivus,

regularly drunk to prolong life expectancy

to 250 years, or more.

I think I'd rather die young.

So how long have I been asleep, anyway?

Almost a week.

A week?

Wow, must've been really sick.

So what's been happening?

Well it's been fascinating.

Marion and Karl have become really good friends.

Friends?

What do you mean, friends?

Karl doesn't have any female friends.

- Well, they barely stray from each other's company.

What is it?

I think I'm gonna use my convalescence

to study the Brachiosaurus.

Tell me another one.

Okay uh, let me think.

Knock knock.

- Who's there? - Goliath.

Goliath who?

Goliath down, you look a tired.

ls Goliath a real name?

- He as a giant, a bully, but a boy killed him

with his slingshot, saved the whole town.

Everybody knows the story of Karl and Goliath.

Tell me another one.

You've made a miraculous recovery.

Rosemary.

- My daughter says you're a brilliant student.

She says you've a gift for saurian languages.

Well, I'm glad she thinks so.

She's a great teacher.

She even got Karl through school.

Why does that surprise you?

- Well, you know, Karl's not exactly a model student.

He's rebellious.

I think he's carrying around a lot of anger.

Yes, almost as much as you.

David, you're wonderfully clever,

but you seem unhappy.

Are you always going to stand outside life?

Watch it go by?

- I don't think there's anything wrong with being a loner.

No, not if you really want to be alone.

Where are you going?

Nowhere, go back to sleep.

What do you mean, nowhere?

I'm just gonna get some air.

I'll see ya later, okay.

What is it, what's going on?

What is it?

- Hi girls, anyone know where I might be able to find, um...

Oh.

Listen, I was wondering if you were, uh,

doing anything tonight?

Maybe we could go for a walk.

It's beautiful out.

What do you say?