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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,

2:03

sweetie. Mom, according to the

2:05

schematics of this facility, the

2:08

cable starts to break away

2:10

from the ocean form. You

2:12

don't have to worry about

2:14

that, Amelia, but we're going

2:16

to get on the lifeboat,

2:19

just in case. It's called

2:21

a pod, Mom. It has

2:23

steering and stabilizers to keep

2:25

us afloat. How is Leo

2:28

still asleep? And why is

2:30

Jake just standing there? Jakey?

2:32

Jake Jake! Dad! Hey kid,

2:34

look at me! We got

2:36

this, okay? We'll hop in,

2:39

head for calmer water, it's

2:41

gonna be an adventure, but

2:43

we like adventures, right? And

2:45

tomorrow we're gonna have the

2:48

best Christmas ever. You say

2:50

everything is an adventure. Because

2:52

it is if you make

2:54

it one. Everyone, down the

2:57

stairs, some lifeboat! Mommy! Oh!

2:59

Hello, sleepyhead! Get in a

3:01

boat. We are? Are we

3:03

sure about this? I mean,

3:05

look at how big those

3:08

waves are. And land is

3:10

like hundreds of miles away.

3:12

Trigger the beacon and someone

3:14

will come find us as

3:17

soon as it's safe. But

3:19

we have to go now.

3:21

Come on, guys. This way.

3:23

Watch your head. OK, follow

3:25

me. You sure? No dizziness

3:28

or? I said I'm fine,

3:30

Mom. Good. You first. Go

3:32

ahead Leo. Mom, Lou, let's

3:34

go. You're next, Jake. Mom.

3:37

Right behind Yumi Hall. As

3:39

long as we're together, everything

3:41

will be just fine. Everybody

3:43

buckled in? It's gonna be

3:45

a bit bumpy when we

3:48

launch into the water. That

3:54

won't be. According to

3:56

the manual, we'll be

3:58

dropping from 10 meters

4:00

above the ocean. 10

4:02

meters is like. 32

4:04

feet. Nothing to worry

4:06

about. That's what this

4:08

boat is built for,

4:10

right? Sure is. Ready,

4:12

everybody? Ready. Ready. Okay.

4:14

Get ready to fly.

4:16

Prepare for Lord. Prepare

4:18

for Lord. In three.

4:20

Two. 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

5:55

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

6:06

play. I'm on a work call,

6:08

Leo. You're mooted. Not anymore. It's

6:10

mooted, Leo. Mu is your robot

6:12

cow. I know who Mu is

6:14

Emmy. Mom, your phone is ringing.

6:17

I'll deal with it in a

6:19

sec. Mom, can you please ask

6:21

Leo, stop author? He just wants

6:23

to play with his big brother.

6:26

Yeah, well, his big brother is

6:28

busy with a quest. Sorry, I'm

6:30

not doing school stuff during a

6:32

break. It's not school stuff. Everyone,

6:34

please. I just have to get

6:37

through this one last boring but

6:39

important call and then I can

6:41

help you. Uh, Ms. Bell, you're

6:43

off a mute. I'm... Oh, sorry.

6:45

I just meant it would be

6:48

boring for the kids. Hang on.

6:50

Oh boy. Please everyone. Just give

6:52

me a few minutes and then...

6:54

Hey, it's that calling. I'll be

6:57

right there. Hey dad. What's up,

6:59

Jakey? Yeah, I tried to call

7:01

your mom, but she didn't answer.

7:03

Yeah, she's on a work call.

7:05

It's not going so well. Sorry

7:08

to hear that. Hi dad! Daddy,

7:10

daddy! Hey guys. Hey, want to

7:12

see the view from the research

7:14

platform? Check it out. Pacific Ocean

7:16

everywhere you look. Whoa, you really

7:19

are in the middle of nowhere.

7:21

Dad, how are the playington doing

7:23

this week? The county is way

7:25

up, Emmy. Thanks for asking. Wait,

7:28

shouldn't you be on the helicopter

7:30

back to land by now? I

7:32

mean, Christmas is only a couple

7:34

days away. Um, can you get

7:36

your mom, Bud? She's still on

7:39

the call. But what's going on,

7:41

Dad? I just need to talk

7:43

with her for a second. Talk

7:45

to us, what is it? My

7:47

boss Dante is heading up tomorrow

7:50

and he kind of sort of

7:52

made it clear that I'm going

7:54

to have to stay. on

7:56

the platform to

7:59

run the research

8:01

this week. You're not gonna make it

8:03

home for Christmas? Hey, is,

8:05

I was trying to... Wait,

8:07

you aren't? That's not fair!

8:09

Leo, dad can't help it. Science

8:12

waits for no man, right? It's

8:14

Christmas! You said I could help put

8:16

up lights! Leo, stop, it's not all

8:18

about you. I promise, I didn't

8:20

want this, but... It's okay. We'll have

8:22

a Zoom Christmas and celebrate for real when

8:25

you get home in January. Guys, come on,

8:27

it'll be fun. Hey, they were on the

8:29

phone. Stop it, my mom and dad's so

8:31

much worse. Leo, stop it, mom and dad

8:33

talk. I've got an idea. What

8:35

if you fly out to Zooming me on

8:37

the platform? Really? All

8:40

of us? Is that allowed? Why

8:43

not? It's nice and warm here in the

8:45

South Pacific. Quiet, too. I'll book the soonest

8:47

flight and have Marie waiting at the airport

8:49

in Tonga with a helicopter to take you

8:51

out here. You can be here by tomorrow! That's

8:55

quite a plan, but

8:57

Christmas in the middle of

8:59

the South Pacific. We've even

9:01

got a little tree set up in the

9:04

galley. It's probably decorated with random stuff that

9:06

washes up on deck with... Colin. It'll be an

9:08

adventure! And in this time's Zoom, I don't

9:10

want that to lose first. Colin, can we

9:12

talk about this privately? Colin?

9:18

Colin? Yes, ma 'am. Are you there?

9:20

Yeah, I'm here. Welcome to town.

9:22

Thank you, ma 'am. Are

9:24

you there? you there? When it comes

9:26

to families, there are all kinds of storms

9:28

to weather. Hiven

9:34

Island, an original audio

9:37

adventure. Episode

9:42

1, Shipwrecked.

9:59

reserved 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

10:21

be amazing to be head of

10:23

security for a company like Karinesium

10:25

Labs and a helicopter pilot, too.

10:27

It has its ups and downs.

10:30

Good one. What joke? Never mind.

10:32

Jake, check this out. Who wants

10:34

to talk at the headset? My

10:38

dad started working on this oceanic

10:40

research platform about a year ago.

10:42

He's away for weeks at a

10:44

time. But it never really hit

10:46

me until we were headed out

10:48

there. There was nothing around for

10:50

hundreds of miles. Just water, as

10:52

far as I could see. I'm

10:54

looking at facts about the platform.

10:56

Didn't he knows it took karenishium

10:58

labs almost four years to Milbit.

11:01

It's 145 meters tall and has

11:03

a water purification and desalination system.

11:05

It even has a gym and

11:07

a restaurant. Calling at a restaurant

11:09

is a stretch, more like a

11:11

middle school cafeteria. You've eaten there?

11:13

I mostly fly scientists in and

11:15

out. First time carpooling with a

11:17

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

11:19

drop you folks off, pick up

11:21

Dante, and head back to the

11:23

home base. We're monitoring a cyclone

11:25

out to the east, but seems

11:27

like we got lucky. It's heading

11:29

in the opposite direction. Glad to

11:31

hear it. Glad to hear it.

11:33

Yeah, me too. The

11:37

platform stuck up out

11:39

of the water like

11:41

a steel tower. It

11:44

was taller than I'd

11:46

imagined and had the

11:48

biggest satellite dish I'd

11:50

ever seen at the

11:53

top. And yet, I'm

11:55

there all alone in

11:57

the ocean. Look tiny.

12:00

That light on top? Why

12:02

is it flashing like that?

12:05

That's the emergency beacon, and

12:07

it's flashing Morse code. Oh,

12:10

I know how to do

12:12

this. Dot, dash, dash, dot,

12:14

dot, dot, dash. Welcome, Robinsons.

12:17

See, we're two to tee

12:19

our platform request clearance to

12:22

land. Hello, platform, do you

12:24

read? Over. Hey, what's happening?

12:26

Why the card short? Yeah.

12:28

I'm not sure. Sea Bird

12:31

2 to platform, do you

12:33

copy? That's weird. That's daddy's

12:35

favorite Christmas song. Oh, oh,

12:37

oh, welcome Robinson family! Daddy,

12:39

daddy! Hi honey! Yes, hi

12:41

honey, honey. You're not supposed

12:43

to use the emergency beacon

12:45

for personal messages. Hi to

12:48

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 here. I mean,

16:05

I would have liked to chat about it

16:08

before we told the kids. Did you not

16:10

want to come? I'm really glad you all

16:12

are here. I mean, I would have liked to

16:14

chat about it before we told the

16:16

kids. Did you not want to come?

16:18

I wanted us to be together, of

16:20

course, but we did have plans

16:22

with my family for Notcha Buena

16:24

and... Why didn't you say something?

16:26

Well, the connection was bad, as

16:29

usual, as usual, and you got

16:31

everyone all hyped. as

16:33

usual. I

16:35

am looking forward

16:38

to being off

16:41

the grid for

16:43

a few days.

16:45

There we go.

16:47

We're gonna give

16:50

them a great

16:52

Christmas. Hey, who

16:54

wants to find

16:57

a place to

16:59

hang the stockings?

17:01

Lots of monitors

17:03

and screens. This is how you

17:06

talked to the mainland? And send

17:08

our data back to the labs.

17:10

It's also where I make my

17:13

glitchy video calls to you. What's

17:15

this device? Looks like radar

17:17

or something. Honestly I don't

17:19

know what that is. Never

17:22

really noticed it before. Must

17:24

be something operations uses to

17:26

track supply ships? I stick

17:28

to the science stuff. Moose!

17:30

Stop! I've come back. We're

17:40

continuing to monitor the storm, which is

17:42

now 1 ,000 kilometers on the coast. So

18:02

are we getting used to

18:05

these bunks or what? You

18:07

want the real answer? I

18:09

don't think they're so bad.

18:11

Where's Amelia? Right here mom.

18:13

I was out on the

18:15

deck using my Star Gazer

18:17

app Amazing how bright they

18:19

are out here, huh? It's

18:21

actually getting kind of cloudy

18:23

out there. Too cloudy for

18:25

Santa. Nah, never too cloudy

18:27

for Santa. But we have

18:29

to go to sleep for

18:31

him to show up tonight.

18:33

Right dad? Correct. I can

18:35

already see the visions of

18:37

sugar plums dancing in my

18:40

head. Boo! Right, moo! I

18:42

know this isn't exactly a

18:44

traditional Christmas Eve guys, but

18:46

then we're not the most

18:48

traditional family, right? You mean

18:50

because Jake's adopted? No, Leo,

18:52

that's not what they meant.

18:54

Dad meant that we have

18:56

multiple traditions. Like how Abuelo

18:58

and Ouela celebrate Noche Buenna

19:00

and Grammy and Grant celebrate

19:02

by buying a tree, the

19:04

size of the one in

19:06

Rockefeller Center. And leaving it

19:08

up until March. The point

19:10

is every family makes their

19:13

own traditions and their own

19:15

memories. I guarantee you'll never

19:17

forget this one. It is

19:19

nice to have this time

19:21

together. Just the five of

19:23

us. Without work. Without work.

19:25

and activities and devices. And

19:27

tomorrow we're going to have

19:29

a very special Christmas with

19:31

presents to open and Christmas

19:33

cookies that I've brought from

19:35

home. I know that life

19:37

gets busy and this year

19:39

hasn't been easy with your

19:41

dad away so much but

19:43

we have a lot. We

19:45

have a lot. We have

19:48

a lot to be grateful

19:50

for. We do. And

19:52

yes, Leo, Santa will arrive

19:54

when you're asleep. I think

19:57

he's already one step ahead

19:59

of you. for himself out,

20:01

huh? Oh. Finally. Good night,

20:04

everyone. This place is

20:06

really amazing, dad. Thanks,

20:09

Amy. So are you. Night

20:11

Jake. Good night, dad. Mom.

20:13

Night, Jakey. Amy. Night

20:15

Robinson Fam. What?

20:17

What's that? That's the weather

20:20

warning signal. I'll go to

20:22

the bridge and check it

20:25

out. We're coming with you.

20:28

The storm made a left turn. It's

20:31

better our way than it's grown into

20:33

a category 5-side clone when you see

20:35

a movie you can get us out

20:37

of here before it gets. I guess

20:39

you know what happened next. Within an

20:41

hour, the outer bands of the

20:43

storm were hitting the platform. The

20:46

whole thing was swaying like a

20:48

tree in the wind. Isabelle, get

20:50

the kids to the lifeboat, we have

20:52

to get off this research

20:54

platform now. You said it

20:56

was built to withstand big

20:59

storms. Outrun the storm and

21:01

come back when it's

21:03

passed. Hey Amelia! Jake!

21:05

Life jacket's on! Come

21:08

with me! Leo! It's

21:10

time to wake up

21:13

sweetie! Everybody buckled in?

21:15

It's going to be

21:17

a bit bumpy when

21:20

we launch into the

21:22

water. Get ready to

21:24

fly! Okay,

21:31

get ready

21:34

everyone. We're

21:37

gonna outrun

21:41

this storm.

21:44

What's happening?

21:48

Come on.

21:51

Come on. Go,

21:54

go, go, go,

21:56

go! I'm

21:58

going! I'm not sure.

22:01

The navigation equipment must have been

22:03

damaged in the fall. Then you

22:05

don't know how far we've traveled

22:08

from the platform. No. But it

22:10

seems calm. What are we going

22:12

home? We just have to wait

22:15

it out, Kido, and then someone

22:17

will be out to pick us

22:19

up. But no one is answering

22:22

our signal. I'm sure they're all

22:24

hunkered down for the storm. We'll

22:26

hear from 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 working.

24:00

I've got 35%!

24:03

I think so.

24:06

Where's everyone

24:10

else?

24:12

I don't

24:14

know. Come

24:17

on, let's

24:19

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

24:36

okay. Amelia, how are

24:38

you feeling? Any tightness

24:41

in your chest? I'm

24:43

fine, Mom. Other than

24:46

being soaking wet? Where's

24:49

that? This is his

24:51

life jacket. Colin! I'm

24:54

here. Everybody okay? I

24:57

think so. But where's

24:59

Leo? I haven't seen

25:02

him. Me either. Leo.

25:05

Leo. Leo. Leo, buddy.

25:07

Leo. Where are you?

25:10

Was that? Leo? Oh,

25:13

there. On that crazy

25:15

rock. Looks like

25:17

quartzite, but that

25:20

doesn't belong on

25:22

a beach like

25:24

this. Leo. Stay

25:27

right there. Stay right

25:29

there. How'd

25:31

he get up there so

25:33

fast? Uh, he's Leah. Amy,

25:36

take it easy. Don't push

25:38

yourself. I'm fine, works, just

25:40

get to him. Oh! Whoa!

25:42

Is that? A frog? It

25:44

appears to be. Frog, the

25:46

size of a Golden Rook

25:49

Reaver. I've never even heard

25:51

of him. Oh! Shoo! Beat

25:54

it! Creepy, giant frog! Leo,

26:02

come down here. Mommy! Gotcha.

26:05

Okay. You're okay, sweetheart. We

26:07

all are. We made it.

26:09

Made it? Where? I'm not

26:12

sure. The South Pacific is

26:14

dotted with little islands. Anybody

26:17

have cell service? No. Negative.

26:19

No bars, but my phone

26:22

is functioning. And the map

26:24

I downloaded has every known

26:26

island in this region of

26:29

the world. Almost

26:31

dawned, but I think

26:33

I can use that

26:35

star navigation app to

26:38

triangulate our position. So

26:40

it's okay for her

26:42

to use devices. Jake.

26:44

That's the amount of

26:46

star. I mean, what

26:49

is it? Mom? Dad?

26:51

Is... Island? It's not

26:53

on the 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

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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 on

27:44

the next...