Zorro the Chronicles: THE MINE - Episode 2
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00:00DRIVER TO MONTEREY TO THE GOVERNOR'S BALL.
00:11WE CAN'T LEAVE YET, INES.
00:13DIEGO WENT TO SEE YOUR GRANDMOTHER,
00:15AND I'M BUSY HANDLING RANCH BUSINESS.
00:17BE PATIENT, MY DAUGHTER.
00:19FATHER, I'M ALL GROWN UP NOW,
00:22AND THERE'S A BALL.
00:25Come on, Bernardo. Dance with me.
00:29Would a certain Senorita de la Vega like to finish her fitting?
00:33Otherwise, you won't be able to leave until next year.
00:37Coming! Coming, Doña Maria!
00:40Don't worry.
00:55Huh?
00:59Hello. Who are you talking to?
01:02Me? To my mother. And you?
01:05To my grandpa. I miss him.
01:09I liked him a lot. Are you from our tribe?
01:12My mother was. She was a Chumash, like you.
01:15And why isn't your mom with you?
01:17It was a long time ago. Pirates attacked our house.
01:20My mother saved us from the pirates,
01:22but the Great Spirit took her away.
01:25My daddy left this morning.
01:27He was taken away by the soldiers.
01:29What?
01:30They had lots of horses and lots of guns.
01:33You want me to show you?
01:46Look! That's my dad!
01:49Hey, you! You're not on vacation!
01:55Get that boulder out of the way! Hurry up!
01:58Push! Push!
02:06What strength, Corporal. Zorro had better watch out.
02:10What on earth are you doing here, Don Diego?
02:13I was about to ask you the same thing, Corporal.
02:17A roadwork, Don Diego. Ordered by the Governor.
02:21Ah. And I suppose these men volunteered to help you with this roadwork?
02:26We didn't ask them for their opinion. Captain Monasterio ordered it.
02:30Ah. And that whip?
02:33This was my little idea. They work faster when they see it.
02:38Very clever there.
02:40But what if someone thought it was outrageous?
02:42He would have to speak to my superiors.
02:45What a great idea. Thanks for the advice, Corporal.
03:13Tida!
03:15Tishi!
03:16Mommy! Mommy!
03:18We went to see Daddy.
03:20A soldier smacked himself in the nose with his own whip and squealed like a pig.
03:24See you, boy.
03:36Grandma, it's been so long.
03:39You see? I'm still kicking.
03:42A few more springtimes and I'll be older than that mountain.
03:49Alas, you've come back to us during times of trouble.
03:53I've seen. The soldiers are marching Chumash men into forced labor.
03:57What will you do?
03:59You know, we certainly aren't warriors.
04:02I've made peace in the past and never want to see war again.
04:06But these soldiers took our men away this morning.
04:09The only ones left are women, children, and us hunched over elders.
04:14If they take any more men, I'll have to go fishing at my age.
04:18They're cutting a new road on that mountainside.
04:21I saw them. But what for? There's nothing on that mountain.
04:25The spirits have told me these soldiers will bring great evil to the mountain.
04:31Don't worry, Corporal.
04:33I'll go to Monterey and talk to the governor. He'll order them to stop.
05:04Fancy! I see Governor Don Parasol likes his luxury.
05:11Meanwhile, our poor people lack the basics like food.
05:15I'll take care of the governor, Ines.
05:17I'll make Monasterio tell me everything he knows about this road.
05:34Oh!
05:42Your Excellency, allow me to introduce myself.
05:46I am Don Diego de la Vega.
05:48Don Diego! I've heard so much about you.
05:52You know that I was appointed to this post during your stay in Spain.
05:56I've heard many say you're a young caballero with great promise.
06:00Oh, Don Parasol, they're being too nice.
06:06Well then, my dear Diego, how do you like being back in California?
06:11Ah, well, I must say a lot has changed in California.
06:14Before I went to Spain, nobody would ever have marched the poor Chumash into forced labor for the crown.
06:23What is this you say? I'm not aware of...
06:26Come now, road work through the Chumash Mountains?
06:29I'm not aware of the project.
06:31You know, I do not concern myself with boring matters involving Indians.
06:35You are not aware of any of this?
06:37There's surely a good reason for employing these... these... chupa...
06:42Chumash.
06:43Oh, and their names are so complicated.
06:47You know what I mean, don't you?
06:51Hmm.
06:58Senorita, what a pleasure to see you.
07:02Dare I ask you to grant me this dance?
07:05I'd love to, Captain.
07:13I have heard you are overseeing road work in the mountains?
07:17Nothing can grow on those rocky slopes.
07:19Oh, you have?
07:21Yes, I have a number of projects going... locally.
07:26But I cannot discuss them, not even with a pretty senorita like you.
07:32Oh, you can tell me anything, Captain.
07:35Tell me, tell me, tell me.
07:38You're awfully curious, sweet Inez.
07:41I have to tell you, though, pretty soon, the woman I marry will be rich.
07:48Very rich.
07:50Excuse me, Captain, do you mean you'll become rich?
07:56You don't think I'm planning on spending my life in the military, do you?
08:00A man of my standing?
08:02I'd make an excellent ranchero.
08:05But first, I need land.
08:08And a wife.
08:12You stepped on my toes, Captain!
08:15Oh, forgive me. I'm terribly sorry, senorita.
08:20If you'll excuse me, I'll go join my father.
08:34My dear friend, Bernardo.
08:38Starving and exhausted.
08:42I almost forgot you can't hear or talk.
08:45So I guess you won't go babbling a secret, eh?
08:48That blasted mine up in the mountains, it's no kind of work for soldiers.
08:57Poor Chumash.
08:59I don't like this, Bernardo.
09:02It does me good to talk to you.
09:04Even if you can't understand!
09:08I needed to get it off my chest.
09:12Sergeant Garcia.
09:14Yes, Captain?
09:19Prepare to return to Los Angeles.
09:29A mine? So that's why Monasterio thinks he's going to be rich.
09:33But what kind of mine?
09:35What's really odd is that Don Parasol didn't seem to be aware.
09:38So the Captain wants to keep it all for himself. That's just wrong!
09:42Who thinks this is a call for Zorro?
09:54What an exhausting trip.
09:57I think I need to take a nap.
10:00You should do the same, children.
10:02We promise, Father.
10:06Everyone knows what to do?
10:08Let's go, then!
10:29This grotto is a secret that my mother handed down to me.
10:33Aside from you and Ines.
10:35Nobody knows about it.
10:37So I've decided to put my best friend down here.
10:41I captured this purebreed myself.
10:44I had an Indian hermit take care of him before we left for Spain.
10:47So nobody will ever connect his horse to us.
10:54He's the best horse in the world.
10:56See you outside later!
11:04Yah!
11:15Hurry it up, men! No dawdling now!
11:18You aren't with Sergeant Garcia!
11:20Sir! Yes, sir!
11:34Who is the idiot who...
11:36Oh! Señorita Ines!
11:39Is that you? Have you had an accident?
11:42Captain, I think I've broken a wheel.
11:46My men will fix that for you in a jiffy.
11:49You there! Get to work! Hurry up!
11:51Yes, sir!
11:55Idiots!
11:57It's so hot out today.
12:00My throat is parched.
12:03You!
12:04Yes, Captain? I'm fixing the wheel.
12:07First, go get some water for the pretty señorita, you fool!
12:11They have no manners.
12:13Yes, sir!
12:30Yah!
12:49Quick, Tornado!
12:51Yah!
13:00Yah!
13:16Why am I the one who always has to do all the work?
13:26Not funny, Corporal.
13:28What are you talking about, sir?
13:30You know what I mean. Stop throwing pebbles at me!
13:33Wait! You're the one who threw pebbles at me!
13:39Aha! It's you, clumsy chumash!
13:42You'll pay for that!
13:50How does the whip feel to you now, Corporal?
13:53Zorro!
13:58Answers! Seize that man!
14:00You, go right! And the others, go left!
14:04Well, then... No, no, no!
14:07I mean, go left with the others.
14:09Not that left. The other kind of left.
14:12I mean, go right!
14:18Perhaps there's an easier way up, Sergeant.
14:21Huh?
14:23Why don't you come up yourself, Sergeant?
14:26Heh!
14:30Huh?
14:32Hey! Stay where you are!
14:37Oh, who cares? I can't handle everything.
14:43Zorro! Look out!
14:46I'm going to capture you, you scallywag!
14:50And I'll get promoted!
14:57Huh?
14:59Corporal Gonzales, I am your sergeant,
15:02and I will be the one who captures Zorro! Is that clear?
15:06If I were you, I wouldn't stay much longer.
15:09You're right, Corporal Gonzales.
15:11You're right, Corporal Gonzales.
15:13You're right, Corporal Gonzales.
15:15You're right, Corporal Gonzales.
15:17If I were you, I wouldn't stay much longer.
15:19It's raining rocks.
15:21Wait, I don't see any clouds.
15:35Mama!
15:42When will you finally be done fixing that wheel?
15:45Now, don't get upset, Captain.
15:47I'm doing quite fine, thanks to you.
15:51Faster, soldier!
15:53All done now. Finished, Captain.
15:55It's about time.
15:58My dear Ines, I'm sorry I can't escort you back to your hacienda,
16:03but duty calls.
16:05Thank you, Captain.
16:07Yeah!
16:10I hope my broken wheel delayed them long enough.
16:16Whoa!
16:18Will you do something, Corporal?
16:20If the mine gets sealed off, the blame will fall on us!
16:23That's not all that will fall on you.
16:29Catch him!
16:31D'ah!
16:42Ha-ha! He can't escape us now!
16:56Ha-ha!
17:01Ha-ha!
17:07Pick up your swords, gentlemen.
17:11When did he do that?
17:15He's here, Captain!
17:16We'll have the last laugh!
17:23Zorro!
17:24Monasterio, you're rather late.
17:28Dismount! Seize that man!
17:30Yes, sir!
17:36Captain! Come on, now, don't be shy!
17:39Surrender, scallywag!
17:48No, that's cheating!
17:51Hup!
17:58It's going to blow any second now, Captain!
18:05Aargh!
18:15Aargh!
18:20Aargh!
18:31Oh! My mine! Destroyed!
18:34How did this...
18:37Look on the bright side. At least we're rid of Zorro.
18:40He was inside.
18:42But still, flattened like a tortilla under all those rocks.
18:47Poor, poor Zorro.
18:50Oh.
19:15Hey, look, Bernardo.
19:19See? It looks like silver, right?
19:21That's what Monasterio was after in the mountain.
19:30Captain Monasterio?
19:32Zorro!
19:33He's alive!
19:35You wanted to open this silver mine without informing the governor?
19:39Now, now, that goes against the rules, doesn't it?
19:43Well, that's over and forgotten.
19:45History! We wouldn't want Parasol to find out.
19:49Adios!
19:52This is all your fault, you ninny!
19:55Yes, it's all your fault, you ninny!
19:58But you, you were incredible, Captain.
20:01Hmm.
20:08Oh!
20:10Aargh!
20:12Aargh!
20:22Huh?
20:24Hey!
20:26Daddy! Daddy!
20:29Daddy!
20:31Oh!
20:33Daddy!
20:35Oh!
20:41Oh, Nimanor.
20:59Oh!