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one. Shipwrecked.

1:27

Okay, now where

1:30

did I park

1:32

that boat? Oh!

1:34

There it is.

1:36

You said it

1:38

was built to

1:41

withstand big storms. It

1:43

is, but not a direct hit from

1:45

a category 5. It's Christmas Eve!

1:47

With any luck, we'll get in

1:49

the boat, outrun the storm, and

1:51

come back when it's passed. Okay,

1:54

I'll grab the presents and the

1:56

kids. Thank you. Hey Amelia! Jake!

1:58

Life jackets on! Leo,

2:01

it's time to wake up, sweetie.

2:03

Mom, according to the schematics of

2:06

this facility, the cable starts to

2:08

break away from the ocean form.

2:10

You don't have to worry about

2:13

that, Amelia, but we're going to

2:15

get on the lifeboat, just in

2:17

case. It's called a pod, Mom.

2:19

It has steering and stabilizers to

2:22

keep us afloat. How is Leo

2:24

still asleep? And why is Jake

2:26

just standing there? Jakey? Jake Jake!

2:28

Dad! Hey kid, look at me!

2:31

We got this, okay? We'll hop

2:33

in, head for calmer water, it's

2:35

gonna be an adventure, but

2:37

we like adventures, right? And

2:40

tomorrow we're gonna have the

2:42

best Christmas ever. You say

2:44

everything is an adventure. Because

2:46

it is if you make it

2:49

one. Everyone, down the stairs,

2:51

some lifeboat! Mommy! Oh! Hello,

2:54

sleepyhead! Get in a boat.

2:56

We are? Are we sure

2:59

about this? I mean, look

3:01

at how big those waves

3:03

are. And land is like

3:06

hundreds of miles away. Trigger

3:08

the beacon and someone will

3:11

come find us as soon

3:13

as it's safe. But we

3:16

have to go now. Come

3:18

on, guys. This way. Watch

3:20

your head. OK, follow me.

3:23

You sure? No dizziness or?

3:25

I said I'm fine, Mom.

3:27

Good. You first. Go ahead

3:29

Leo. Mom, Lou, let's go.

3:32

You're next, Jake. Mom.

3:34

Right behind Yumi Hall.

3:36

As long as we're

3:39

together, everything will be

3:41

just fine. Everybody buckled

3:44

in? It's gonna be a

3:46

bit bumpy when we launch

3:48

into the water. That

3:53

won't be. According to the manual, we'll

3:56

be dropping from 10 meters above the

3:58

ocean. 10 meters is like. 32 feet.

4:00

Nothing to worry about.

4:03

That's what this boat

4:05

is built for, right?

4:08

Sure is. Ready, everybody?

4:10

Ready. Ready. Okay. Get

4:13

ready to fly. Prepare

4:15

for Lord. Prepare for

4:18

Lord. In three. Two.

4:20

One. So

4:28

that's how my family started our

4:31

Christmas vacation in the South Pacific.

4:33

Not exactly the way mom and

4:36

dad planted. But then again, in

4:38

the Robinson family, most of our

4:40

plans don't go as planned. Before

4:43

we found ourselves on a research

4:45

platform in the middle of the

4:48

ocean, before the storms, I, my

4:50

little brother Leo, And my sister

4:52

Amelia, we call her Emmy. We

4:55

just started our winter break and

4:57

cold, snowy, St. Paul, Minnesota. Christmas

5:00

was a few days away and

5:02

things were pretty much normal. Well,

5:04

normal for us anyway. Sorry to

5:07

squeeze in one last meeting. I

5:09

just wanted to make sure all

5:12

of our construction projects are on

5:14

track before the end of the

5:16

year. I do have some concerns

5:19

about the condo project on the

5:21

lake. Consider? I'll just order some

5:24

to be delivered. No wait, let's

5:26

figure this out. Could everybody please

5:28

keep it down while I'm on

5:31

a work call? Did you make

5:33

the cookies for the debate team

5:36

holiday bake sale? Hold on, Leo.

5:38

Amelia, I thought you said it

5:40

was next week. How could a

5:43

holiday bake sale be after the

5:45

holidays? I'll just order some to

5:48

be delivered. No, wait, let's figure

5:50

this out. It's a one-person game,

5:52

Leo. I mean, just

5:54

me. Hey, keep it down. Mom's

5:57

on the call. You're the one

5:59

who interrupted her. Sorry about that.

6:01

Everybody's home from school, lots of

6:03

energy. Mom, take one, let me

6:05

play. I'm on a work call,

6:07

Leo. You're mooted. Not anymore.

6:09

It's mooted, Leo. Mu is

6:11

your robot cow. I know who Mu

6:13

is Emmy. Mom, your phone is

6:15

ringing. I'll deal with it in

6:18

a sec. Mom, can you please

6:20

ask Leo, stop author? He just

6:22

wants to play with his big

6:25

brother. Yeah, well, his big brother

6:27

is busy with a quest. Sorry,

6:29

I'm not doing school stuff during

6:31

a break. It's not school stuff.

6:34

Everyone, please. I just have to

6:36

get through this one last boring

6:38

but important call and then

6:40

I can help you. Uh,

6:42

Ms. Bell, you're off a mute.

6:45

I'm... Oh, sorry. I just meant

6:47

it would be boring for the

6:49

kids. Hang on. Oh boy. Please

6:51

everyone. Just give me a few

6:54

minutes and then... Hey, it's that

6:56

calling. I'll be right there. Hey

6:58

dad. What's up, Jakey? Yeah,

7:01

I tried to call your

7:03

mom, but she didn't answer.

7:05

Yeah, she's on a work call.

7:07

It's not going so well.

7:09

Sorry to hear that. Hi

7:11

dad! Daddy, daddy! Hey guys.

7:13

Hey, want to see the

7:15

view from the research platform?

7:17

Check it out. Pacific

7:20

Ocean everywhere you look. Whoa,

7:22

you really are in the middle

7:24

of nowhere. Dad, how

7:26

are the playington doing

7:28

this week? The county is

7:30

way up, Emmy. Thanks for

7:32

asking. Wait, shouldn't you be

7:35

on the helicopter back to

7:37

land by now? I mean, Christmas

7:39

is only a couple days away.

7:41

Um, can you get your mom,

7:44

Bud? She's still on the call.

7:46

But what's going on, Dad? I

7:48

just need to talk with her

7:50

for a second. Talk to us, what

7:53

is it? My boss Dante is heading

7:55

up tomorrow and he kind of sort

7:57

of made it clear that I'm going to have

7:59

to stay. on the platform to

8:01

run the research this week. You're

8:03

not gonna make it home for

8:05

Christmas? Hey, is, I was trying

8:07

to... Wait, you want? That's not

8:09

fair. Leo, dad can't help it.

8:11

Science waits for no man, right?

8:14

It's Christmas. You said I

8:16

could help put up lights. Leo, stop,

8:18

it's not all about you. I promise

8:20

I didn't want this, but... It's

8:22

okay. We'll have a Zoom Christmas

8:24

and celebrate for real when you

8:27

get home in January. No! Come

8:29

on! It'll be cool! Just, just,

8:31

stop it! You know what? My mom

8:34

and dad talked. I've got an idea.

8:36

What if you fly out, could you

8:38

mean me on the platform? Really?

8:40

All of us? Is that allowed? Why

8:42

not? It's nice and warm here

8:45

in the South Pacific. Quiet.

8:47

I'll book the soonest flight

8:49

and have Marie waiting at

8:51

the airport in Tonga with

8:53

a helicopter to take you out

8:55

here. You can be here by

8:57

tomorrow. That's quite a plan. But

9:00

Christmas in the middle of the

9:02

South Pacific. We've even got a

9:04

little tree set up in the

9:06

galley. Colin. Colin. Colin.

9:08

Colin, can we talk

9:11

about this privately?

9:14

Colin, can we talk

9:16

about this privately? Colin?

9:19

Colin, you know? Yes,

9:21

ma'am. Are you there?

9:24

Are you there? Are

9:26

you there? Are you

9:29

talking? When it comes

9:31

to families, there are

9:34

all kinds of storms

9:37

to weather. Episode

9:43

1. Shipwrecked. Hey,

10:09

Isabelle, kids, we should be arriving

10:11

at the platform in just a

10:14

few. Thanks, Marie. Don't thank me.

10:16

I wasn't the one who signed

10:18

off on this plan. It must

10:20

be amazing to be head of

10:22

security for a company like

10:25

Karinesium Labs and a helicopter

10:27

pilot, too. It has its ups

10:29

and downs. Good one. What joke?

10:31

Never mind. Jake, check this out.

10:34

Who wants to talk at the

10:36

headset? My

10:38

dad started working on this

10:40

oceanic research platform about a year

10:42

ago. He's away for weeks at

10:45

a time. But it never really

10:47

hit me until we were headed

10:49

out there. There was nothing around

10:51

for hundreds of miles. Just water,

10:53

as far as I could see.

10:55

I'm looking at facts about the

10:58

platform. Didn't he knows it took

11:00

karenishium labs almost four years to

11:02

Milbit. It's 145 meters tall and

11:04

has a water purification and desalination

11:06

system. It even has a gym

11:08

and a restaurant. Calling at a

11:11

restaurant is a stretch, more like

11:13

a middle school cafeteria. You've eaten

11:15

there? I mostly fly scientists in

11:17

and out. First time carpooling with a

11:20

family. You aren't sane? Nah, I'll drop

11:22

you folks off, pick up Dante, and

11:24

head back to the home base. We're

11:26

monitoring a cyclone out to the east,

11:28

but seems like we got lucky. It's

11:30

heading in the opposite direction. Glad to

11:32

hear it. Glad to hear it. Yeah, me too.

11:36

The platform stuck up

11:39

out of the water

11:41

like a steel tower.

11:43

It was taller than

11:45

I'd imagined and had

11:48

the biggest satellite dish

11:50

I'd ever seen at

11:52

the top. And yet,

11:54

I'm there all alone

11:57

in the ocean. Look

11:59

tiny. That light on

12:01

top? Why is it flashing

12:04

like that? That's the emergency

12:06

beacon, and it's flashing Morse

12:09

code. Oh, I know how

12:11

to do this. Dot, dash,

12:13

dash, dot, dot, dot, dash.

12:16

Welcome, Robinsons. See, we're two

12:18

to tee our platform request

12:21

clearance to land. Hello, platform,

12:23

do you read? Over. Hey,

12:25

what's happening? Why the card

12:28

short? Yeah. I'm not sure.

12:30

Sea Bird 2 to platform,

12:32

do you copy? That's weird.

12:34

That's daddy's favorite Christmas song.

12:36

Oh, oh, oh, welcome Robinson

12:38

family! Daddy, daddy! Hi honey!

12:40

Yes, hi honey, honey. You're

12:42

not supposed to use the

12:45

emergency beacon for personal messages.

12:47

Hi to you too, Marie. Care

13:10

for their move, don't get too

13:12

close to the edge. I got

13:14

him. And I got you! You

13:16

all ready for the greatest Christmas

13:18

in the history of Christmases. I'm

13:21

sure St. He couldn't find us

13:23

all the way out here. Oh

13:25

yeah. See that satellite dish way

13:27

up there? That's so our signal

13:29

makes it all the way to

13:31

the North Pole. Hey you. It's

13:33

really, really great to see you. Yeah.

13:39

is what's wrong it just suddenly

13:41

hit me what if something

13:43

happens out here if Amelia

13:45

feels sick or dad Emmy

13:47

how we doing great can I

13:49

go look at the bio lab you

13:52

can even help me do my

13:54

readings later yes let's just

13:56

settle in here first and

13:58

then we'll start at the

14:00

tour. Hey, Jakey, feeling okay.

14:03

I'm good, great flight, totally

14:05

solid. Glad to hear it.

14:07

Come here, you three. Welcome

14:09

to Paradise. Did you bring

14:12

the presence for the kids?

14:14

That wasn't enough room for

14:16

all of them. But I

14:19

managed to sneak one per

14:21

leash. Well, Dad. Well, Dad.

14:23

Well, if it isn't my

14:26

favorite family. Hello, Isabelle. Donte.

14:28

Fancy meeting you here. Just

14:30

waiting for Marai. Guys, you

14:33

remember Mr. Samuel's dad's bus.

14:35

I like to think we

14:37

worked together, until I need

14:40

a mistake during Christmas anyway.

14:42

I'm surprised you approved our

14:44

little visit. So was Marie.

14:47

I admit, I thought it

14:49

was unusual at first, but

14:51

a little together is never

14:54

heard anyone, right? Here, dear.

14:56

College, we need anything else

14:58

before we had back to

15:01

land. Nope, we are stocked

15:03

up on plenty of supplies,

15:05

and I've got my family.

15:08

What more could a guy

15:10

need? I have a few

15:12

suggestions. All right. Have fun!

15:14

Stay back from the helicopter,

15:17

everyone! Bye! Even I had

15:19

to. It was pretty cool.

15:21

But the sleeping accommodations were

15:24

less than stellar. We call

15:26

this the birth. It's our

15:28

bedroom. We're all sleeping in

15:31

one room. I asked for

15:33

the presidential suite, but you

15:35

know, the holidays and all.

15:38

It'll be fun. Like, when

15:40

you were little and we

15:42

used to go camping. You

15:45

mean like the time when

15:47

Jake fell on the lake

15:49

and had to be rescued?

15:52

Choose your bunks. Jake, you

15:54

get first pick. I guess

15:56

I'll take the bottom one

15:59

over here. I'm

16:03

really glad you all are

16:06

here. I mean, I would

16:08

have liked to chat about

16:10

it before we told the

16:12

kids. Did you not want

16:14

to come? I'm really glad

16:16

you all are here. I

16:19

mean, I would have liked

16:21

to chat about it before

16:23

we told the kids. Did

16:25

you not want to come?

16:27

I wanted us to be

16:30

together, of course, but we

16:32

did have plans with my

16:34

family for Notcha Buena and...

16:36

Why didn't you say something?

16:38

Well, the connection was bad,

16:41

as usual, as usual, and

16:43

you got everyone all hyped.

16:45

as usual. I am looking

16:47

forward to being off the

16:49

grid for a few days.

16:51

There we go. We're gonna

16:54

give them a great Christmas.

16:56

Hey, who wants to find

16:58

a place to hang the

17:00

stockings? Lots of monitors and

17:02

screens. This is how you

17:05

talked to the mainland? And

17:07

send our data back to

17:09

the labs. It's also where

17:11

I make my glitchy video

17:13

calls to you. What's this

17:16

device? Looks like radar or

17:18

something. Honestly I don't know

17:20

what that is. Never really

17:22

noticed it before. Must be

17:24

something operations uses to track

17:26

supply ships? I stick to

17:29

the science stuff. Moose! Stop!

17:31

I've come back. So

18:02

are we getting used to these bunks

18:05

or what? You want the real

18:07

answer? I don't think they're so

18:09

bad. Where's Amelia? Right

18:11

here mom. I was out on

18:13

the deck using my Star Gazer

18:15

app Amazing how bright they are

18:17

out here, huh? It's actually getting

18:19

kind of cloudy out there. Too

18:21

cloudy for Santa. Nah, never too

18:23

cloudy for Santa. But we have

18:25

to go to sleep for him

18:28

to show up tonight. Right dad?

18:30

Correct. I can already see

18:32

the visions of sugar plums

18:34

dancing in my head. Boo! Right, moo!

18:36

I know this isn't exactly a traditional

18:38

Christmas Eve guys, but then

18:41

we're not the most traditional

18:43

family, right? You mean because

18:45

Jake's adopted? No, Leo, that's

18:47

not what they meant. Dad

18:50

meant that we have multiple

18:52

traditions. Like how Abuelo and

18:54

Ouela celebrate Noche Buenna and

18:56

Grammy and Grant celebrate by

18:58

buying a tree, the size

19:01

of the one in Rockefeller

19:03

Center. And leaving it up

19:05

until March. The point is

19:07

every family makes their own

19:10

traditions and their own memories.

19:12

I guarantee you'll never forget

19:14

this one. It is nice

19:17

to have this time together.

19:19

Just the five of us.

19:21

Without work. Without work. and

19:23

activities and devices. And tomorrow

19:26

we're going to have a

19:28

very special Christmas with presents

19:30

to open and Christmas cookies

19:32

that I've brought from home.

19:35

I know that life gets

19:37

busy and this year hasn't

19:39

been easy with your dad

19:41

away so much but we

19:44

have a lot. We have

19:46

a lot. We have a

19:48

lot to be grateful for.

19:50

We do. And yes,

19:52

Leo, Santa will arrive when

19:55

you're asleep. I think he's

19:57

already one step ahead of

19:59

you. for himself out, huh?

20:02

Oh. Finally. Good night,

20:04

everyone. This place is

20:06

really amazing, dad. Thanks,

20:08

Amy. So are you.

20:10

Night Jake. Good night,

20:12

dad. Mom. Night, Jakey.

20:14

Amy. Night Robinson Fam.

20:16

What? What's that? That's

20:18

the weather warning signal.

20:20

I'll go to the

20:22

bridge and check it

20:24

out. We're coming with

20:26

you. The

20:29

storm made a left turn.

20:31

It's better our way than

20:33

it's grown into a category

20:35

5-side clone when you see

20:37

a movie you can get

20:39

us out of here before

20:41

it gets. I guess you

20:44

know what happened next. Within

20:46

an hour, the outer bands

20:48

of the storm were hitting

20:50

the platform. The whole thing

20:52

was swaying like a tree

20:54

in the wind. Isabelle, get

20:56

the kids to the lifeboat,

20:58

we have to get off

21:00

this research platform now. You

21:03

said it was built to

21:05

withstand big storms. Outrun the

21:07

storm and come back when

21:09

it's passed. Hey Amelia! Jake!

21:11

Life jacket's on! Come with

21:13

me! Leo! It's time to

21:15

wake up sweetie! Everybody buckled

21:17

in? It's going to be

21:19

a bit bumpy when we

21:22

launch into the water. Get

21:24

ready to fly! Okay,

21:30

get ready everyone. We're

21:33

gonna outrun this storm.

21:35

What's happening? Come on.

21:38

Come on. Go, go,

21:40

go, go, go! I'm

21:42

going! I'm not sure.

21:45

The navigation equipment must

21:47

have been damaged in

21:50

the fall. Then you

21:52

don't know how far

21:55

we've traveled from the

21:57

platform. No. But it

22:00

seems calm. What are

22:02

we going home? We

22:05

just have to wait

22:07

it out, Kido, and

22:09

then someone will be

22:12

out to pick us

22:14

up. But no one

22:17

is answering our signal.

22:19

I'm sure they're all

22:22

hunkered down for the

22:24

storm. We'll hear from

22:27

someone soon. Just

22:30

hang on a second. My

22:32

parents were saying all the

22:35

right things, and acting like

22:37

they weren't worried. But maybe

22:40

for the first time in

22:42

my life, I saw that

22:45

they were really scared. Colin!

22:47

I think it caught up

22:50

to us. The storm? And

22:52

that's when the full brunt

22:55

of the storm hit the

22:57

lifeboat. Mommy it's it's gonna

23:00

be okay Leo mommy come

23:02

here give me your hand

23:05

I got you move dad

23:07

that way even in the

23:09

dark through the tiny portal

23:12

I could tell it was

23:14

the largest wave I'd ever

23:17

see it rose up over

23:19

us like a skyscraper of

23:22

water and then service,

23:57

but it's

24:00

working. I've

24:02

got 35%!

24:04

I think

24:07

so. Where's

24:09

everyone else?

24:11

I don't

24:14

know. Come

24:16

on, let's

24:18

look on

24:21

the other

24:23

side of

24:25

those rocks.

24:31

Jake? Leo? Mom? Mom?

24:34

Mom? Mom! Oh? You're

24:37

okay. Amelia, how are

24:39

you feeling? Any tightness

24:42

in your chest? I'm

24:45

fine, Mom. Other than

24:47

being soaking wet? Where's

24:50

that? This is his

24:53

life jacket. Colin! I'm

24:55

here. Everybody okay? I

24:58

think so. But where's

25:00

Leo? I haven't seen

25:03

him. Me either. Leo.

25:06

Leo. Leo. Leo, buddy.

25:08

Leo. Where are you?

25:11

Was that? Leo? Oh,

25:14

there. On that crazy

25:16

rock. Looks like quartzite,

25:19

but that doesn't belong

25:22

on a beach like

25:24

this. Leo. Stay right

25:27

there. Stay right there.

25:31

How'd he get up there

25:33

so fast? Uh, he's Leah.

25:35

Amy, take it easy. Don't

25:37

push yourself. I'm fine, works,

25:40

just get to him. Oh!

25:42

Whoa! Is that? A frog?

25:44

It appears to be. Frog,

25:46

the size of a Golden

25:49

Rook Reaver. I've never even

25:51

heard of him. Oh! Shoo!

25:53

Beat it! Creepy, giant frog!

26:02

Leo, come down here. Mommy!

26:04

Gotcha. Okay. You're okay, sweetheart.

26:06

We all are. We made

26:08

it. Made it? Where? I'm

26:11

not sure. The South Pacific

26:13

is dotted with little islands.

26:15

Anybody have cell service?

26:18

No. Negative. No bars,

26:20

but my phone is functioning.

26:22

And the map I downloaded

26:25

has every known island in

26:27

this region of the world.

26:30

Almost dawned, but I

26:33

think I can use

26:35

that star navigation app

26:38

to triangulate our position.

26:40

So it's okay for

26:43

her to use devices.

26:45

Jake. That's the amount

26:47

of star. I mean, what

26:50

is it? Mom? Dad? Is...

26:52

Island? It's not on the

26:54

map. My

27:11

name is Patrick Scott

27:14

McDermott and I play

27:16

Jake Robinson in Hidden

27:18

Island. For more great

27:21

shows, visit gZM shows.com.

27:23

Hey, it's me, Jessica.

27:25

Like we've just heard,

27:28

don't let the adventure

27:30

stop there. Search for

27:33

Imagination Amplified now to

27:35

listen to Hidden Island

27:38

episode 2, Silent Night.

27:41

Okay, bye-bye! See you

27:43

on the next...