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Editors note: The following is an unabridged transcript of the story/outline from the cancelled Jurassic Park cartoon (circa 1993). This concept was developed at the now defunct Universal Cartoon Studios, and was seen only by a few key individuals, including Steven Spielberg. The cartoon was cancelled part way into development, after the script was further explored, art was created, and a pitch reel animated. While some art was eventually revealed via artist William Stout, the story has remained lost to all but those involved with the development. Until now. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous contributor, who shared a copy of the story bible with us, we were able to transcribe the entire script, and finally reveal it. We are not posting full scans of the original document simply to stop any counterfeits from being replicated, and falsely sold to collectors. Further, to help differentiate this from the original document, some small changes in wording were periodically changed, again to help fight against counterfeits. Feel free to download and share this entire transcript on your own websites, but please do not remove our watermarks, nor forget to link back to us at Jurassic Outpost. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy your return to Jurassic Park! - Chris Pugh (@ChrisLikesDinos) www.JurassicOutpost.com

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!!!!!!!!!!Editors note: The following is an unabridged transcript of the story/outline from the cancelled Jurassic Park cartoon (circa 1993). This concept was developed at the now defunct Universal Cartoon Studios, and was seen only by a few key individuals, including Steven Spielberg. The cartoon was cancelled part way into development, after the script was further explored, art was created, and a pitch reel animated. !While some art was eventually revealed via artist William Stout, the story has remained lost to all but those involved with the development. Until now. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous contributor, who shared a copy of the story bible with us, we were able to transcribe the entire script, and finally reveal it.!We are not posting full scans of the original document simply to stop any counterfeits from being replicated, and falsely sold to collectors. Further, to help differentiate this from the original document, some small changes in wording were periodically changed, again to help fight against counterfeits.!Feel free to download and share this entire transcript on your own websites, but please do

not remove our watermarks, nor forget to link back to us at Jurassic Outpost.!Thank you, and we hope you enjoy your return to Jurassic Park!!- Chris Pugh (@ChrisLikesDinos)!!!!

www.JurassicOutpost.com

!Introduction to

JURASSIC PARKThe Animated Series!

The made for television series that will follow the release of the motionpicture JURASSIC PARK will be the most distinctive and elaborately animated series ever produced for the medium of television. The series is being designed byWilliam Stout, one of the original concept artists who designed the Jurassic Parkfeature, and who, as an acclaimed dinosaur artist and author in his own right,was one of Michael Crichton’s inspirations in the writing of the original novel.The look will be consistent with the film, and will feature extensive three-dimensional / multi-plane animation.! The Jurassic Park series will build from the film and book into continuingstories told in multiple︱episode story arcs. Each individual episode will tell acomplete story - but will form part of a greater tapestry which will play out overthe course of the series.! Philosophically, the series will be consistent with the storytelling integrityof the motion picture and the novel. While new characters and dinosaurs will beadded to the mix, the essential cast from the film will be featured in the series, and the tone and temper of the storytelling will be the same as in the motion picture.!!!!!!!!

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SEASON ONE STORY ARC"BRAVE NEW WORLD: RETURN TO JURASSIC PARK"

!IN THE WAKE OF THE EVACUATION OF JURASSIC PARK, LOCATED ONTHE SOUTH AMERICAN ISLAND OF ISLA NUBLAR, THE DINOSAURS WERE LEFT FREE TO INTERACT AND BREED WITHOUT RESTRICTION 0R HUMANINTERFERENCE.!

(EP. I)! JOHN HAMMOND STARES INTO THE OVAL OF AMBER MOUNTED ON THE TIP OF HIS CUSTOM MADE CANE, FIXATED ON THE TINY MOSQUITO, ENTOMBED THEREIN, FROZEN IN TIME. HE IS LOST IN THOUGHT, HIS MIND RACING.! THE HELICOPTER BOUNCES IN THE LIGHT AIR TURBULENCE AS ISLANUBLAR RECEDES INTO THE DISTANCE, DISAPPEARING OVER THE HORIZON. THE OTHER PASSENGERS SIT IN SELF-ABSORBED SILENCE, NUMBED BY THEAMAZING AND TERRIFYING EVENTS WHICH FORCED THEIR EVACUATION OFJURASSIC PARK. IN ADDITION TO HAMMOND, THE RAGTAG GROUP OF"SURVIVORS" INCLUDES HIS TWO GRANDCHILDREN, TIM AND LEX, IAN MALCOLM ("CHAOS" THEORETICIAN), ALAN GRANT (PALEONTOLOGIST), AND ELLIE SATTLER (PALEOBOTONIST), ALL OF WHOM BARELY ESCAPED WITH THEIR LIVES.! AT THE AIRPORT IN COSTA RICA, WAITING FOR HAMMOND’S PRIVATE JET WHICH WILL CARRY THEM NORTH TO THE UNITED STATES, THEY AREINTERROGATED BY CURIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT ISLA NUBLAR.HAMMOND SPEAKS FOR THE GROUP, BUT DOESN’T SAY MUCH. HE INSISTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST KEEP EVERYONE AWAY FROM THE ISLAND,UNTIL HE IS ABLE TO WORK OUT SOME “TECHNICAL” PROBLEMS. THE

GOVERNMENT WILL COOPERATE SO LONG AS HAMMOND CONTINUES TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE "FEES", AND CONTINUES TO FUND ASSORTED “CHARITABLE” AND BUSINESS PROJECTS IN COSTA RICA. THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING.! HAMMOND HAS ALWAYS PRIDED HIMSELF ON HIS INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, HIS INDEFATIGABLE WILL. HE HAS ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO SOLVE EVEN THE MOST PERPLEXING PROBLEMS. THOUGH A FEW SHORT HOURS AGO, WEARY BEYOND DESCRIPTION, AND SIMPLY GRATEFUL THAT THE KIDS WEREN’T INJURED - OR WORSE, HE WAS READY TO WALK AWAY FROM JURASSIC PARK AND FORSAKE THE DREAM OF A LIFETIME. BUT MEN LIKE HAMMOND REBOUND FAST, AND WITH EACH PASSING HOUR HE HAS GROWN STRONGER, REGAINING SOME OF HIS OLD ARDOR. AS THE SEARING INTENSITY OF THE EXPERIENCE BEGINS TO FADE, HE IS ABLE TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION WITH A CLEARER MIND AND PROPER PERSPECTIVE - AND HAS COME TO THE ONLY CONCLUSION POSSIBLE FOR HIM: HE WILL NOT GIVE UP, HE WILL NOT ABANDON JURASSIC PARK.! HE KNOWS THAT WITHOUT MAN, THE DINOSAURS - ALL OF THEM - WILL ULTIMATELY PERISH. THEY WILL CONSUME THE VEGETATION, AND THEN EACH OTHER. THE IS_AND IS JUST TOO SMALL TO SUPPORT A DYNAMIC POPULATION OF DINOSAURS FOR VERY LONG, WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION: IT IS A DEFACTO PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND DINOSAURS TO DEFEAT, IF NOT ROLL BACK THE TIDE OF EVOLUTION. EVEN IF THE ANIMALS ARE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A "JURASSIC EQUILIBRIUM” - BALANCING CARNIVORES AND HERBIVORES, THAT DELICATE BALANCE WOULD ONLY BE SHORT︱LIVED. ! HE HAS THOUGHT IT THROUGH, RUMINATING OVER EVERY ASPECT AND ANGLE. ACIDE FROM THE ISSUE OF SAVING THE ANIMALS, VALUABLE ASSETS THAT THEY ARE, HE HAS DECIDED THAT HE MUST EVENTUALLY OPEN JURASSIC PARK TO THE WORLD AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. NOBODY HAS EVER LOST MONEY WITH JOHN HAMMOND, AND HE DOES NOT INTEND TO DISAPPOINT HIS INVESTORS NOW. BUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO

HAMMOND IS THE DREAM. JURASSIC PARK IS THE FULFILLMENT OF A RAREFIED VISION. THIS WILL BE HIS LEGACY TO HUMANITY; THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE WAS BORN AND FOR WHICH HE WILL BE REMEMBERED THROUGH TIME.!

(EP. II)! WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES, TIM AND LEX MOVE INTO THEIR GRANDFATHER’S SPRAWLING MANSION, FOLLOWING THE FINAL DIVORCE OF THEIR PARENTS. THOUGH HE LOVES THEM DEARLY, HAMMOND DOESN’T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. HE IS TOTALLY COMMITTED TO JURASSIC PARK, AND OF COURSE HAS NO INTENTION OF BRINGING THE KIDS WITH HIM, SUBJECTING THEM TO SUCH DANGERS AGAIN.! BUT THE KIDS HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPACTED BY THEIR EXPERIENCE AT JURASSIC PARK. HOW CAN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL, SOCCER AND SCOUTS, KNOWING THAT THE DINOSAURS ARE OUT THERE...WA|TING? THIS DOESN’T FRIGHTEN THEM AS MUCH AS CAPTIVATE THEM. CERTAINLY THEIR’S WAS A HARROWING ORDEAL, BUT MUCH TO HAMMONDS SURPRISE, THEIR FASCINATION WITH THE DINOSAURS IS GREATER THAN THEIR FEAR.!

(EP. III)! HAMMOND CALLS UPON ALL THE CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES AT HISDISPOSAL AS HE DEVISES AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN THAT WILL GET HIM BACK TO JURASSIC PARK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE SETS OUT TO RECRUIT ALAN GRANT, IAN MALCOLM, AND ELLIE SATTLER TO HELP HIM.! THEY TOO HAVE FOUND THEIR LIVES UTTERLY TRANSFORMED BY THEIR BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH JURASSIC PARK. WHAT IS LEFT FORPALEONTOLOGISTS TO DO IN A WORLD WITH LIVING DINOSAURS? CAN MALCOLM FOCUS HIS "CHAOS" THEORIES ON A MORE COMPELLING SET OF

CIRCUMSTANCES THAN THE RESURRECTION OF A PRE-HISTORIC WORLD? SIMULTANEOUSLY FRIGHTENED AND INTRIGUED, THE TRIO IS WILLING TOWORK WITH HAMMOND, BUT ONLY IF HE ASSURES THEM THAT HE ISRETURNING TO JURASSIC PARK TO SAVE THE ANIMALS, WHICH WILL BECOME RE-EXTINCT WITHOUT THEIR HELP - AND NOT TO HELP HIM OPEN A “THEME PARK". THOUGH HE GIVES THEM HIS ASSURANCE, THE SCIENTISTS REMAIN SKEPTICAL OF HIS MOTIVES. BUT HAMMOND, SENSING THEIR INTEREST, DOESN’T HAVE TO PROTEST TOO HARD BEFORE HE’S ABLE TO EASE THEIR CONCERNS.! AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, THEY REACH AN ACCORD: JURASSIC PARK IS TO REMAIN A SECRET TO THE WORLD, AT LEAST UNTIL THEY CAN GET IT UNDER CONTROL. THEN, HAMMOND AGREES, IT WILL BE OPENED ONLY AS ABIOLOGICAL PRESERVE, OPEN FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH. HE ALSO ASSURES THEM THAT HE IS TAKING NEW MEASURES TO ASSURE THEIR SAFETY, THE SAFETY AND SURVIVAL OF THE ANIMALS, AND HAS "SPARED NO EXPENSE” IN PUTTING TOGETHER A FIRST RATE TEAM TO HELP MANAGE THE HIGHLY COMPLEX OPERATION OF JURASSIC PARK.! SATTLER, GRANT AND MALCOLM STRAIGHTAWAY MAKE PREPARATIONS TO TRAVEL WITH HAMMOND TO JURASSIC PARK FOR WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE AN EXTENDED STAY. WHILE EACH HAS TO DEAL WITH THEIR OWN NIGHTMARES AND RESERVATIONS, THE ALLURE OF ADVENTURE IS INTOXICATING.!

(EP. IV)! HAMMOND DOES, IN FACT, SPARE NO EXPENSE AS HE RECRUITS REPLACEMENTS FOR WU, NEDRY, MULDOON, AND OTHER KEY PERSONNEL. ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL NEWCOMERS IS CID STEVENS, A GARRULOUS YOUNG TEXAN WHO HAS WORKED IN THREE OF AFRICA'S LARGEST GAME PRESERVES, WHO WILL BE SUCCESSOR TO MULDOON AS JURASSIC PARK’S GAME WARDEN. HE ASSEMBLES A TEAM OF “DINO WRANGLERS” - LED BY DOUG RADFORD, A FEARLESS YOUNG DAREDEVIL FROM WALES. THE

WRANGLERS ARE EQUIPPED AND TRAINED WITH SPECIALLY DESIGNED STATE-OF-THE-ART GEAR, CUSTOM DESIGNED JEEPS, AN ARRAY OF NON-LETHAL WEAPONS, AND SO ON, ALL CREATED FOR THE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF JURASSIC PARK’S EXOTIC ANIMAL POPULATION. ALSO JOINING THE TEAM IS DR. JOHN HORNIG, WHO WILL BE JURASSIC PARK’S HEAD VETERINARIAN, AND DR. LINDA LEE BURKE, CHIEF ZOOLOGIST. BOTH SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH INGEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND HAVE BECOME EXPERTS IN DINOSAUR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY.! HAMMOND WILL NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES TWICE. THIS TIME HE WILL DO IT RIGHT, AND WITH THE HELP OF MALCOLM, GRANT, SATTLER AND HIS NEW TEAM, JURASSIC PARK WILL BE TAMED.!

(EP. V)! MEANWHILE, LEWIS DODGSON AND HIS "GENETIC BIOSYNCORPORATION” OF CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, HAVE STRUCK A DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL AND ARE FINALIZING THEIR OWN SECRET PLANS TO CREATE A 100 SQUARE MILE “DINOWORLD' RESORT AND ANIMAL PRESERVE IN THE HEART OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST. THE LOW-LYING AMAZON BASIN, ONCE AN INLAND SEA, IS NOW DRAINED BY RIVERS AND LUSH WITH FORESTS AND JUNGLE GROWTH. DODGSON’S PLANS CALL FOR MONORAILS AND A NEW AIRPORT TO CONVEY VISITORS, ALONG WITH HOTELS, AND OTHER TOURIST SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH ARE TO BE CARVED OUT OF THE RAIN FOREST. DODGSON AND HIS CREWS ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS IMPACT THAT SUCH A HUGE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE UPON THE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM OF THE RAIN FOREST.! THE PREMISE OF "DINOWORLD" IS SIMILAR TO "JURASSIC PARK" - A TOURIST RESORT THAT WILL BE BUILT AROUND LIVING DINOSAUR EXHIBITS. BIOSYN SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLONE DINOSAURS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THUS FAR HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. HAMMOND’S INGEN CORP. IS AT MINIMUM NINE OR TEN YEARS AHEAD OF

THEM IN RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCE. OBVIOUSLY THE FASTEST WAY TO CATCH UP IS THROUGH INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT DODGSON HAD ATTEMPTED WITH NEDRY.! BUT NOW, NEDRY HAS DISAPPEARED, AND SATELLITE SURVEILLANCEAVAILABLE TO DODGSON AND HIS TEAM INDICATES THAT ISLA NUBLAR HASBEEN ABANDONED. THEY SURMISE CORRECTLY THAT SOMETHING HAS GONETERRIBLY, HORRIBLY WRONG AT JURASSIC PARK. BUT MORE TO THE POINT, AS FAR AS BIOSYN IS CONCERNED, SATELLITES AND ON-SITE RECON HASREVEALED THE EXISTENCE OF A ROBUST, GROWING DINOSAUR POPULATION.! SEIZING THE MOMENT, DODGSON DISPATCHES A COMMANDO TEAM -INCLUDING HIS OWN "DINO WRANGLERS" - TO INVADE ISLA NUBLAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF STEALING DINOSAURS, LOCATING AND REMOVING LIVING EGGS, VIABLE EMBRYOS, AND WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT BE OF VALUE.!

(EP. VI)! THE BIOSYN TEAM MAKES THEIR COVERT LANDING WITH A FLEET OFCHOPPERS AND A LARGE CARGO SHIP WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIALLY MODIFIED WITH CAGES AND HOLDING PENS. AS THEY EXPLORE THE ISLAND THEY COME UNDER ALMOST IMMEDIATE ATTACK BY RAPTORS, REXES AND DILOPHOSAURS. USING "STUN WEAPONS" AND GAS THEY MANAGE TO HOLD THE ANIMALS AT BAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS, WHILE THEY TRACK AND CAPTURE AN ASSORTMENT OF DINOSAURS - SEVERAL OF EACH SPECIES AT JURASSIC PARK, AND THEN PROCEED TO COLLECT AND CAREFULLY PACK VIABLE EGGS TAKEN FROM SCATTERED NESTS AND THE GENETICS VAULT.! AS THE ANESTHETIZED ANIMALS ARE LOADED ABOARD THE SHIP, ASECOND BIOSYN TEAM IS BUSY INSPECTING AND CATALOGING THE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. BUT THEIR WORK IS CUT SHORT, AND THEY ARE FORCED TO MAKE A HASTY DEPARTURE, AS THEY COME UNDER INTENSE

ASSAULT BY PACKS OF ROVING RAPTORS, SPITTERS AND AGGRESSIVE T.REXES.! DESPITE THE ABBREVIATED MISSION, DODGSON IS DELIGHTED WITH THE RESULTS. IT HAS BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN HE EVER COULD HAVEIMAGINED. BIOSYN NOW POSSESSES ENOUGH HEALTHY DINOSAURS ANDLIVING EMBRYOS TO INSURE THAT THE "DINOWORLD" PROJECT CAN PROCEED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. UNDER HIS INSTRUCTIONS, BIOSYN BIOLOGISTS CONCENTRATE ON BREEDING THE MOST FEROCIOUS AND COMMERCIALLY INTERESTING DINOSAURS FIRST, SPECIFICALLY THE REXES AND RAPTORS. WITH A HALF DOZEN BABY T-REXES, TWO DOZEN RAPTORS AND DILOPHOSAURUS INCUBATING IN THEIR EGGS, AND A NUMBER OF LIVING VELOCIRAPTORS, DILOPHOSAURUS AND OTHER CREATURES IN HOLDING PENS, DODGSON IS CONVINCED THAT THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE IS WORTH THE EFFORT.! THE FIRST THING THAT BIOSYN GENETIC SCIENTISTS LEARN IS THAT DINOSAURS GROW QUICKLY. SO QUICKLY THAT CONSTRUCTION OF ENCLOSURES AND PADDOCKS CAN BARELY KEEP PACE.!

(EP. VII)! WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF THE BIOSYN RAID ON JURASSIC PARK, HAMMOND AND HIS TEAM LAND ON ISLA NUBLAR WITH THEIR OWN SMALL FLEET OF HELICOPTERS AND SHIPS. CID STEVENS AND HIS DINO WRANGLERS ARE FIRST OFF THE CHOPPERS, AND THEY QUICKLY SET UP A DEFENSIVE PERIMETER. “ITS LIKE PICKING YOURSELF UP AND STARTING ALL OVER WHEN YOU FALL OFF A HORSE“ SAYS A BUOYANT HAMMOND, THRILLED TO BE BACK. BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS A LITTLE FRIGHTENED, PARTICULARLY ELLIE, IAN AND ALAN, WHOSE LAST VISIT TO ISLA NUBLAR WAS A CHAOS OF WONDER AND TERROR.! !

HAMMOND AND THE OTHER ADULTS ARE STARTLED AND DISMAYED TOFIND THAT TIM AND LEX HAVE STOWED AWAY ABOARD ONE OF THE CARGOCHOPPERS. FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY, HAMMOND’S INSTINCT IS TO SENDTHEM RIGHT HOME, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOGISTICS, HE CAN’T RIGHT AWAY. THE YOUNGSTERS GLUMLY PROMISE TO DO EXACTLY AS TOLD, UNTILARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO SEND THEM BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.! IN SPITE OF THE OBVIOUS DANGERS, AND THEIR VIVID, HAUNTINGMEMORIES OF THE T. REX AND RAPTORS, THE KIDS DO NOT WANT TO GO HOME. THEY WANT TO REMAIN WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER AT JURASSIC PARK, AND BE PART OF THIS GREAT ADVENTURE. DURING THE NEXT WEEKS TIM AND LEX ARE ABLE TO AMPLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR INGENUITY AND VALUE, AND ONCE THE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THEIR HABITATS, AND THE DANGER HAS RECEDED, HAMMOND RELENTS. THEY CAN STAY, FOR THE MOMENT, AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THEIR CARE AND EDUCATION.!

(EP. VIII)! HAMMOND’S GRAND PLAN FOR JURASSIC PARK BREAKS DOWN INTOSEVERAL PHASES: FIRST REESTABLISH CONTROL OVER THE ANIMALS,MOVING QUICKLY TO GET THE DINOSAURS BACK INTO THEIR ENCLOSURES,HABITATS, PADDOCKS AND PENS. PHASE TWO CALLS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE, SECURITY SYSTEMS AND REPAIRS TO FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES. DURING PHASE THREE, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STRUCTURES WILL BEGIN, WITH THE COMPLETION OF AS YET UNFINISHED FACILITIES SUCH AS THE HUGE AVIARY TO HOUSE THE FLYING REPTILES. BUT PERHAPS MOST CRUCIAL, HAMMOND INTENDS FOR THE NEWLY REORGANIZED GENETICS, VETERINARY AND BIOLOGY TEAMS TO RESUME WORK ON THE CLONING OF NEW SPECIES - SPECIFICALLY OF FLYING DINOSAURS, WATER BASED REPTILES AND OTHER EXOTIC CARNIVORES AND HERBIVORES. OF COURSE THIS ASPECT OF THE OPERATION IS ALSO OF PREEMINENT INTEREST TO GRANT AND SATTLER.

! AND SO, WHILE PART OF THE TEAM IS GETTING THE POWER RESTORED, AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING, CID STEVENS AND HIS DINO WRANGLERS, USING THEIR UTILITY VEHICLES AND OTHER SPECIALLY DESIGNED EQUIPMENT, BEGIN TO SUBDUE AND RELOCATE THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS INTO SECURE PENS AND PADDOCKS. WITHIN A FEW DAYS PHASE ONE IS UNDER WAY AND JURASSIC PARK IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.! MALCOLM, MEANWHILE, BEGINS ANALYZING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE ANIMALS AND THE WAY JURASSIC PARK IS SET UP. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DINOSAURS AND THE OTHER PREHISTORIC PLANTS AND INSECTS CAN EVER REALLY BE PERMANENTLY CONTAINED AND MANAGED LIKE MERE PROPS. ALL HE CAN DO IS BE ALERT FOR OBVIOUS PROBLEMS AND FLAWS, AND PROPOSE SOLUTIONS AND OPTIONS.!

(EP. IX)! ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM DISCOVERS CLEAREVIDENCE THAT INTRUDERS HAVE VISITED THE ISLAND, WITH SOME PRETTYHEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND MOST DISTURBING, THEY PROBABLY HAVE REMOVED LIVING SPECIMENS AND EGGS. THEIR FEARS ARE CONFIRMED WHEN THE BIOSYN COMMANDO TEAM RETURNS, AND THERE IS A TENSION-FILLED ENCOUNTER. THE BIOSYN TEAM IS SURPRISED TO FIND JURASSIC PARK RE-INHABITED. THEY HAD PLANNED TO TAKE WHATEVER COULD BE OF USE, THEN BLOW UP THE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, EFFECTIVELY DESTROYING JURASSIC PARK FOREVER.! BUT THEY ARE REPELLED, THROUGH SEVERAL CLEVER PLOYS, AND THEUNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF A HUNTING PACK OF JUVENILE RAPTORS, WHICH HAD NOT YET BEEN RECAPTURED BY STEVENS AND HIS WRANGLERS,!

THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM NOW REALIZE THAT BIOSYN PROBABLY WAS BEHIND NEDRY’S ORIGINAL SABOTAGE, AND IS NOW IN POSSESSION OF A GROUP OF DINOSAURS. WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING TO DO WITH THEM? CAN THEY BE STOPPED? DOES THIS THREATEN THE SECURITY OF JURASSIC PARK AND ITS DINOSAUR POPULATION?!

(EP. X)! THE BIOSYN “DINOWORLD” RESORT AND WILD ANIMAL PRESERVE - BEING CONSTRUCTED IN TOTAL SECRECY - IS NOT NEARLY AS WELL THOUGHT-OUT AS JURASSIC PARK. RATHER THAN ELECTRIFIED FENCES, THE ANIMALS ARE SEPARATED BY WIDE, DEEP MOATS AND TRENCHES. THIS IS MUCH LESS LIKE A THEME PARK, INSPIRED INSTEAD BY SUCH PLACES AS "SAFARI LAND USA” TYPE FACILITIES. IT IS ALSO TO BE A SELF-CONTAINED RESORT DESTINATION, WITH HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND GIFT SHOPS. DODGSON PLANS TO BORROW A PAGE FROM DISNEY, AND OPEN THE PARK TO A STARTLED WORLD WITH AN INTERNATIONAL PRESS JUNKET. DODGSON HAS SET AN AMBITIOUS CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND HAS PUT INTENSE PRESSURE ON HIS BIO-ENGINEERING TEAM TO BREED THE DINOSAURS WHICH WILL POPULATE THE NEW RESORT. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ARE OVERLOOKED IN FAVOR OF SPEED. BUT, BIOSYN SCIENTISTS ARE WELL FINANCED AND EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTERS AND EQUIPMENT, AND ARE SUCCESSFUL IN HATCHING EGGS AND INCUBATING EMBRYOS.!

(EP. XI)! IT TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS AND A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT, BUT THEANIMALS AT JURASSIC PARK ARE FINALLY CONTAINED, AND NOT ONE ANIMAL HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE PROCESS. THOUGH THERE MAY STILL BE UNDISCOVERED NESTS OR ROVING ANIMALS, CID STEVENS ANNOUNCES THAT THE PARK IS "SECURED". HAMMOND’S TEAM HAS ASSESSED THE DAMAGE TO THE FACILITIES AND IN A MATTER OF WEEKS THE MASSIVE RE-BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY.

HAMMOND DECIDES THAT HE HAS TO BRIEF HIS INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, AND HIRES BRAD LEVY, POLISHED, PROFESSIONAL AND WELL CONNECTED, TO HANDLE PR AND MARKETING.! AT THE SAME TIME, EMPLOYING INGEN’S FORMIDABLE ESPIONAGECAPABILITIES AND CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE GENETIC SCIENCE FRATERNITY, THEY LEARN THAT BIOSYN IS PLANNING TO DO SOMETHINGDRAMATIC WITH THE DINOSAURS ON THE MAINLAND. JUST WHERE AND WHAT IS NOT YET KNOWN, THOUGH HAMMOND IS DETERMINED TO FIND OUT.!

(EP. XII)! MEANWHILE, JURASSIC PARK’S RECONSTITUTED GENETICS AND BIOLOGY TEAMS ARE WORKING AT A FEVERISH PITCH. THEY HAVE ISOLATED THE DNA FOR A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL DINOSAUR SPECIES, WHICH THEY INTEND TO CLONE. BEFORE THE DEBACLE THAT SHUT THEM DOWN, INGEN SCIENTISTS HAD BEEN ON THE VERGE OF CLONING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FLYING DINOSAURS KNOWN AS PTERANODONS, AND NOW THESE ARE THE FIRST NEW DINOSAURS TO BE CLONED.! THE BIRTHS ARE WELCOMED BY ALL, PARTICULARLY LEX AND TIM.WORKING UNDER THE KNOWING SUPERVISION OF DR. BURKE, THE PARK’SCHIEF ZOOLOGIST AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOR EXPERT, AND HER STAFF, THE KIDS HAVE BECOME FIXTURES IN THE NURSERY, HELPING TO CARE FOR THE FRAGILE HATCHLINGS. THE KIDS ALSO ENJOY PLAYING WITH THE BABY DINOSAURS IN THEIR PENS, PREPARING THEM FOR RELEASE INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE HABITATS. THESE LATEST BIRTHS ARE A SIGN THAT THE GREAT ENTERPRISE IS CONTINUING ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE KIDS ARE QUICK TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ADORABLE NEWBORN DINOSAURS, PARTICULARLY THE SURPRISINGLY AFFECTIONATE BABY BRACHIOSAURS, WHICH ARE DESTINED TO GROW TO ENORMOUS SIZE, THE BIRDLIKE GALLIMIMUSES, AND THE SHY HYPSILOPHODONS. AND EVERYBODY AWAITS THE BIRTH OF

THE FIRST "SWIMMING REPTILES", PLESIOSAURS, WHICH WILL LIVE IN THE GREAT FRESHWATER LAGOON RUNNING THE LENGTH OF ISLA NUBLAR.! ALSO AMONG THE NEW DINOSAURS, HOWEVER, ARE SOME VERYDANGEROUS CREATURES, INCLUDING PROCOMPOSNATHUS, OR COMPYS, WHICH ARE DECEPTIVELY INNOCENT LOOKING CHICKEN-SIZED PREDATORS, AND THE VERY SCARY LOOKING TIGER-LIKE LYCEANOPS, WITH POWERFUL FANG-LIKE TEETH.! GRANT AND ELLIE SPEND MUCH OF THEIR TIME OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE ZOOLOGISTS, VETERINARIANS, AND THE WRANGLERS, MONITORING AND STUDYING DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR. GRANT IS ALREADY CONTEMPLATING THE BOOK THAT HE AND ELLIE WILL WRITE ON DINOSAUR BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND INTELLIGENCE. THEY ARE TRULY AT THE FOREFRONT OF A NEW FIELD OF ZOOLOGY...THEIR NAMES WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY. THEY ARE AWED AND FASCINATED BY THE DINOSAURS AND ARE TRULY HAPPY TO OBSERVE THESE BEHEMOTHS FOR ENDLESS HOURS.! ANOTHER NEW RESIDENT OF JURASSIC PARK IS KATE SHAW, A CLOSE FRIEND AND COLLEGE CLASSMATE OF ELLIE SATTLER, WHO HAS COME TO LIVE AT JURASSIC PARK AS TUTOR TO LEX AND TIM. SHE AND THE KIDS BOND QUICKLY, AS SHE BECOMES PART OF THE JURASSIC PARK FAMILY. HAMMOND IS ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH THE CARE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE KIDS. HE KNOWS THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REMAIN ON ISLA NUBLAR FOREVER - AND THAT FOR NOW IT’S UP TO HIM TO LOOK OUT FOR THEIR FUTURES. BY NOW MOST OF THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM HAS MOVED INTO THEFORTIFIED MAIN RESIDENCE COMPOUND LOCATED BEHIND JURASSIC PARK’S SAFARI LODGE. THE KIDS LIVE WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER IN A ROOMY SUITE AT THE PENTHOUSE LEVEL, WHILE MALCOLM, GRANT, SATTLER, CID STEVENS, KATE SHAW, AND THE OTHERS HAVE CHOSEN COMFORTABLE, THOUGH LESS ELEGANT, APARTMENTS FOR THEMSELVES ARRAYED THROUGHOUT THE LARGE STRUCTURE.

!(EP. XIII)

! DESPITE THE EXHILARATING CHALLENGE OF STUDYING AND CARING FOR LONG EXTINCT SPECIES OF DINOSAURS, MALCOLM, GRANT AND ELLIE FIND THEMSELVES GRAPPLING WITH A NUMBER OF MORAL DILEMMAS AND ISSUES: DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THIS AT ALL? JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE MASTERED THE TECHNOLOGY DOES MAN HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING BACK INTO EXISTENCE LONG EXTINCT ANIMALS, WHEN WE ARE HARDLY ABLE TO PROTECT THE SPECIES WHICH INHABIT THE WORLD OF TODAY? DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING DINOSAURS BACK TO LIFE WHEN THEIR SURVIVAL IS SO VERY TENTATIVE? IS IT RIGHT TO PERMIT THE ANIMALS TO BOND WITH HUMANS?!THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS.!

(EP. XIV)! CID STEVENS AND HIS DINO WRANGLERS, WITH THEIR ARRAY OFSPECIALLY MODIFIED JEEPS, LAND ROVERS, AND GEAR SUCH AS MANACLES,ANESTHETIZING HARPOONS, NETS, STUN GUNS, GRAPPLING HOOKS, AND SOON, SOON GROW VERY SKILLED AT CONTROLLING AND HANDLING THEANIMALS AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A VIGILANT RESPECTFOR, AND WARINESS OF, THE RAPTORS, SPITTERS, AND TYRANNOSAURS, WITH THEIR SURPRISING INTELLIGENCE. THE WRANGLERS ARE ALWAYS AWARE OF THEIR LETHAL NATURE, AND THE CONSTANT THREAT THEY POSE. THE ANIMALS WATCH WITH THEIR ALERT EYES, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR AN OPENING, A WAY OUT.! MALCOLM, THOUGH ALWAYS THE SCEPTIC, HAS THROWN HIMSELF INTO HIS WORK WITH GREAT ZEAL, SUPERVISING THE COMPLICATED TASK OF ANALYZING EVERY ASPECT OF JURASSIC PARK FROM THE WAY IT ISORGANIZED, TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THE ANIMALS ARE CLONED, CAREDFOR, AND MANAGED. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO AVOID FUTURE CALAMITY -

PERHAPS TO CHEAT CHAOS AND THE TREND OF NATURE. DESPITE IT ALL, HOWEVER, HE REMAINS CONVINCED THAT SOONER OR LATER THERE WILL BE AN ESCAPE. SOONER OR LATER THE WHOLE EXPERIMENT WILL CRASH AND BURN. IT’S INEVITABLE. !LIFE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY.!

(EP. XV)! FOLLOWING CONSIDERABLE AND QUITE IMPASSIONED DISCUSSION,HAMMOND, GRANT, SATTLER, MALCOLM AND THE PALEO-BIOLOGISTS,GENETICISTS, VETERINARIANS, ZOOLOGISTS AND OTHER JURASSIC PARKSCIENTISTS HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE IDEA OF CONTROLLING THE ANIMALPOPULATION BY BREEDING ONLY FEMALES. EVEN THE "LYSINE" FLAW THATWAS BRED INTO THE EARLY CLONES HAS PROVEN INEFFECTIVE. THEREFORE,RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO ELIMINATE NATURAL BREEDING AMONG THEDINOSAURS, THE SCIENTISTS HAVE OPTED INSTEAD FOR POPULATIONCONTROL. THE NURSERY WILL CONTINUE TO CLONE AND BREED NEW SPECIES, AND CARE FOR HATCHLINGS, BUT THE ANIMALS WILL BE PERMITTED TO MATE AND NEST. DESPITE THE RISKS POSED BY "NATURAL BREEDING”, EVERYONE FEELS THAT WITH PRUDENT MEASURES, THE SIZE AND DISPOSITION OF THE DINOSAUR POPULATION CAN BE CONTROLLED, AND THE OFFSPRING MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER SURVIVAL RATE, AND GENETIC AUTHENTICITY THAN ANIMALS CLONED IN THE NURSERY.! GENETIC SCIENCE HAS RESTARTED THE EVOLUTIONARY CLOCK FOR THE DINOSAUR SPECIES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE INTERVENTION OF MODERN SCIENCE, NATURAL SELECTION IS PURSUING ITS OWN INEFFABLE COURSE.! THE NEW STRATEGY AT JURASSIC PARK INCLUDES LASER BRANDING OF EACH ANIMAL, IMPROVED COMPUTER MONITORING, TRACKING ANDSURVEILLANCE AND RIGOROUSLY SUPERVISED AND CONTROLLED BREEDING.!

(EP. XVI)! DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE BRAZILIAN RAIN FOREST, AS THE BIOSYNPRESERVE IS NEARING COMPLETION, THEY BEGIN EXPERIENCING ANIMALESCAPES FROM COMPOUNDS AND PADDOCKS. THIS PLACE IS SCARCELYUNDER CONTROL. URGENTLY, “DINOWORLD” ENGINEERS START RETROFITTING THE FACILITY WITH NEW SECURITY DEVICES. BUT DODGSON DOESN’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WILL INTERFERE WITH HIS OPENING PLANS, JUST MONTHS AWAY.! THE CREATORS OF THE BIOSYN ANIMAL PRESERVE HAVE NEVER TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE POTENTIAL AND REAL PROBLEMS OF MANAGING A POPULATION OF DINOSAURS, SOME OF WHICH POSSESS CUNNING INTELLIGENCE. THE DOWNFALL OF "DINOWORLD" IS THAT ITS DESIGNERS HAD NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED THE PROPOSITION THAT THESE ANIMALS COULD STRATEGIZE, COOPERATE AND ULTIMATELY EXECUTE A PLAN.! UNLIKE JURASSIC PARK, WHICH WAS NEARLY DESTROYED THROUGHAN ACT OF SABOTAGE, WHAT HAPPENS AT DINOWORLD IS THE RESULT OFIGNORANCE AND POOR PLANNING.! ITS THE RAPTORS, WITH THEIR KEEN INSTINCTS, DEDUCTIVE REASONING CAPABILITIES AND HIGH INTELLIGENCE, WHICH ARE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ESCAPE FROM THEIR COMPOUND - AND THEY DO. THIS SETS OFF A PANIC AMONG THE DINOWORLD ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTION CREWS WHO ARE TOTALLY DISORGANIZED AND UNPREPARED FOR A LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL RELEASE. THERE IS A CHAIN REACTION OF ERRORS. WHEN COOLER HEADS FINALLY PREVAIL, ITS ALREADY TOO LATE. OTHER ANIMALS ARE INADVERTENTLY RELEASED FROM THEIR ENCLOSURES AS THE SURVIVING WORKERS PANIC AND FLEE. THERE IS A FULL SCALE COLLAPSE: THERE ARE NO CONTINGENCY PLANS, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. IN THE CHAOS AND FRENZY TO ESCAPE, DODGSON AND HIS STAFF ARE JUST ABLE TO SCURRY ABOARD ONE OF THE

FOUR LARGE DINOWORLD HELICOPTERS, AND LIFT OFF MOMENTS AHEAD OF THE RAMPAGING DINOSAURS. WITH NO ONE TO STOP THEM, THE ANIMALS ESCAPE ENMASS ON TO THE MAINLAND OF SOUTH AMERICA, INTO THE RAIN FOREST. !FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 65 MILLION YEARS, DINOSAURS ARE FREE IN THE WORLD.!

(EP. XVII)! WITHIN DAYS, NEWS REPORTS COMING FROM BRAZIL, RELAYING STORIES OF MYSTERIOUS CROP DESTRUCTION AND ANIMAL ATTACKS ON THE MAINLAND. INDIANS TELL OF HORRIBLE "MONSTERS" THAT EMERGE FROM THE DENSE FOREST, TO TERRIFY ENTIRE VILLAGES. CATTLE, SHEEP, AND OTHER FARM ANIMALS DISAPPEAR OR ARE FOUND SLAUGHTERED, EATEN. GRANT, SATTLER, MALCOLM, AND HAMMOND SUSPECT THAT THEY HAVE NOW FOUND THEIR MISSING DINOSAURS.! WITHOUT DELAY, AN EXPEDITION IS ARRANGED. GRANT, MALCOLM AND ELLIE FLY OFF ABOARD ONE OF THE JURASSIC PARK HELICOPTERS TOINVESTIGATE THE DAMAGE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE "ODD" FOOTPRINTSFOUND BY BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES. AT A SMALL REMOTE VILLAGE, THEYDISCOVER UNMISTAKABLE AND DISTINCTIVE RAPTOR PRINTS IN THE MUD - AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.! THE BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES ARE ALARMED, AND SUSPECT THAT THEMYSTERIOUS BIOSYN RESORT GOING UP IN THE JUNGLE MIGHT BE THESOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS STRIKES A RESONANT NOTE AND THESCIENTISTS FROM JURASSIC PARK PERSUADE THE COMMANDING OFFICER TO ALLOW THEM TO TAG ALONG AS THEY CHECK IT OUT.

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(EP. XVIII)! THEY ARRIVE TO DISCOVER THE VAST BIOSYN COMPLEX HAS BEENSAVAGELY DESTROYED: THE BUILDINGS SHATTERED, FENCES AND WALLSTRANSFORMED NTO RUBBLE. ELLIE, ALAN AND IAN MALCOLM ARE HORRIFIED WHEN THEY FIND NUMEROUS NESTS AMONG THE HEAVY GROWTH AND TREES - MOST CONTAINING SHATTERED EGGS, EVIDENCE OF RECENT BIRTHS AND SOME STILL WITH UNHATCHED EGGS. THEY ALSO SPOT A PACK OF JUVENILE VELOCIRAPTORS, WHICH INSTANTLY FLEE INTO THE FOREST. THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM UNDERSTANDS AT ONCE WHAT THIS PLACE WAS INTENDED TO BE, AND ARE ELECTRIFIED AT THE REALIZATION THAT WHATEVER DINOSAURS WERE HERE ARE NOW ROAMING FREELY IN THE RAIN FOREST.! THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KEEP THIS POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE SITUATION SECRET, SO AS NOT TO PANIC ALL OF SOUTH AMERICA. AFTER HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND HAMMOND, GRANT, SATTLER AND MALCOLM, AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED.! THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM WILL USE ALL THEIR KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES AND SKILLS, AS WELL AS THEIR SPECIALLY TRAINED WRANGLERS WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT AND GEAR TO TRACK DOWN ALL OF THE ESCAPED DINOSAURS, LOCATE EACH AND EVERY NEST AND EGG AND DESTROY OR TRANSPORT THE CREATURES TO JURASSIC PARK.! THIS BECOMES A QUEST OF HIGHEST URGENCY. THOUGH THESE ARECREATURES OF A LONG-EXTINCT ECOSYSTEM, THERE IS EVERY PROBABILITY THAT THE DINOSAURS WILL FIND A WAY TO ADAPT. MALCOLM CALCULATES THE RATE OF DISPERSAL, AND IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, THE DINOSAURS COULD INHABIT A VAST REGION COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND FROM THERE, THE SPREAD MIGHT BE UNSTOPPABLE, SHORT OF A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.

AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE GOVERNMENTS OF BRAZIL AND COSTA RICA WILL UNDERTAKE, IF THE JURASSIC TEAM IS UNSUCCESSFUL.! MAN AND DINOSAUR, TWO SPECIES SEPARATED BY MILLIONS OF YEARS OF EVOLUTION, TWO SPECIES WITH NO HISTORY OF INTERACTION, NO EXPERIENCE WITH ONE ANOTHER, HAVE NOW BEEN SUDDENLY ANDUNEXPECTEDLY THROWN TOGETHER. IF THE DINOSAURS ARE NOT ROUNDED-UP QUICKLY, ARE ABLE TO WREAK HAVOC, THE GOVERNMENTS OF SOUTH AMERICA, NOT TO MENTION THE UNITED STATES AND UNITED NATIONS, MIGHT MANDATE THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL LIVING DINOSAURS, INCLUDING THOSE ON JURASSIC PARK.!

(EP. XIX)! REPORTS ARE COMING IN FROM WIDELY SEPARATED AREAS IN THE VAST RAIN FOREST, INDICATING THE RAPID SPREAD OF THE DINOSAURS THROUGH THE JUNGLE, INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.! THE CRISIS INTENSIFIES WHEN THE TINY VILLAGE OF JAPURA FALLSSILENT, WITH NO COMMUNICATION IN MORE THAN TEN DAYS. A UNIT OFBRAZILIAN MARINES IS DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE. THREE LARGE MILITARY HELICOPTERS LAND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE DESERTED AND SHATTERED VILLAGE. THE MARINES SPREAD SMARTLY OUT TO INVESTIGATE. A PACK OF RAPTORS STALKS THEM, MOVING WITH GREAT STEALTH THROUGH THE THICK JUNGLE GROWTH. THE RAPTORS MOVE SWIFTLY AND SILENTLY, PICKING OFF THE DISORIENTED, TERRIFIED SOLDIERS ONE AT A TIME. TWO T-REXES JOIN THE CARNAGE AND WHEN THREE SOLDIERS ATTEMPT TO FLEE, THEY ARE CUT OFF AND CUT DOWN BY SEVERAL SNARLING DILOPHOSAURS. WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE SOLDIERS, THE ANIMALS DISAPPEAR AGAIN IN TO THE JUNGLE. THE DINOSAURS RULE THE RAIN FOREST. !AND THERE IS YET ANOTHER SERIOUS COMPLICATION.!

THE GOVERNMENTS OF BRAZIL AND COSTA RICA ARE NOT ABLE TOCONTAIN ALL THE RUMORS ABOUT DINOSAUR SIGHTINGS IN THE RAIN FOREST. THIS HAS BEEN PART OF POPULAR MYTHOLOGY FOR DECADES, AND NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF AN ARRAY OF ADVENTURERS, BIG GAME HUNTERS. OPPORTUNISTS AND EVEN A HANDFUL OF SCIENTISTS. ONE SUCH TEAM OF SCIENTISTS AREPALEONTOLOGISTS DR. NANCY CUSHING AND PROFESSOR MICHAEL C. MALLOY OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. IN THE SOMEWHAT COMPETITIVE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL PALEONTOLOGY, THESE ASTUTE DINO HUNTERS HAVE OFTEN BEEN IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH GRANT AND SATTLER FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESEARCH GRANTS AND THE RIGHT TO ANNOUNCE NEW FINDINGS.!

(EP. XX)! USING DETAILED SATELLITE PHOTOS, THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM BEGINS TRACKING AND CAPTURING DINOSAURS - WHICH INCLUDE SIX OR SEVEN YOUNG T. REXES, ABOUT FIFTY RAPTORS, A COUPLE OF DOZEN DEADLY DILOPHOSAURS, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF LESS LETHAL HERBIVORES, WHICH WHILE NOT AGGRESSIVE TOWARD HUMANS AND ANIMALS, DO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WITH THEIR GIRTH AND RAVENOUS APPETITES. TWO OR THREE ANGRY TRICERATOPS OR BRACHIOSAURS CAN TRAMPLE A VILLAGE AND CONSUME ENTIRE CROPS WITH IMPUNITY, AND IN JUST A FEW HOURS TURN A BUSTLING LITTLE COMMUNITY INTO A GHOST TOWN.! OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEKS, THE WRANGLERS TRACK ANDCAPTURE MOST OF THE DINOSAURS. NO LIVES ARE LOST, EITHER HUMAN OR DINOSAUR.! ! !

IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, DOUG RADFORD AND HIS WRANGLERS FROMJURASSIC PARK HAVE TO LOCATE AND STOP POACHERS, WHO WOULD SELL DINOSAURS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS, OR CONFRONT AND CHASE OFF HUNTERS WHO WOULD CLAIM DINOSAURS AS THEIR ASTONISHING TROPHIES. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE JURASSIC PARK TEAM HAS TO TRACK DOWN SEVERAL YOUNG DINOSAURS, CAPTURED BY POACHERS, AND SHIPPED TO ASIA, THE UNITED STATES OR EUROPE. IN ONE CASE THEY INTERCEPT A FOUR MONTH OLD RAPTOR IN A PADDED, REINFORCED STEEL CAGE AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEING SHIPPED TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION IN MONTANA. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE THEY TRACK SMUGGLERS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A BABY DILOPHOSAUR THROUGH ANIMAL CONTROL AT TOKYO’S NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS A “LIZARD".! THE PROCESS HAS BEEN PERILOUS AND EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT, AND THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME ANIMALS ARE STILL AT LARGE, OR THAT SOME NESTS HAVEN'T YET BEEN DISCOVERED. BUT AS MORE AND MORE OF THE MAINLAND DINOSAURS ARE CAPTURED AND CONVEYED TO ISLA NUBLAR, THE SENSE OF CRISIS SUBSIDES. HOWEVER, THE SITUATION DEMANDS CONTINUOUS VIGILANCE AND MONITORING, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE RELENTLESS PROBING AND INVESTIGATION OF DR. CUSHING AND PROFESSOR MALLOY.!

(EP. XXI)! BACK ON ISLA NUBLAR, HAMMOND HAS DECIDED THE TIME HAS COME TO AT LAST ANNOUNCE JURASSIC PARK TO THE WORLD, AND OPEN THE PRESERVE TO THE PUBLIC. GRANT, ELLIE, AND MALCOLM REACT WITH OUTRAGE, INSISTING THAT HAMMOND HAS MISLED THEM AND THAT JURASSIC PARK SHOULD NEVER BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC: IT SHOULD NEVER BE A ZOO OR THEME PARK. BUT HAMMOND IS UNMOVED. JURASSIC PARK WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NO MATTER WHAT THE SCIENTISTS THINK. HAMMOND BELIEVES HE IS GIVING A GIFT TO HUMANITY - A WONDER, ONE OF THE TRUE WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD.

! THE KIDS HAVE MIXED FEELINGS. THEY HAVE BONDED WITH SEVERAL CREATURES, AND HAVE WATCHED MANY NEW SPECIES ADDED TO THE PARK’S ANIMAL POPULATION. NOW THEY FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF THE DINOSAURS ONCE THE WORLD KNOWS THAT THEY EXIST. WILL THEY BE TAKEN AWAY TO ZOOS? WILL THEY BE DISSECTED AND STUDIED? CAN THEY REALLY BE LEFT ALONE? IN THE MEANTIME, THE AVIARY IS NOW COMPLETED AND HOME TO A HALF DOZEN PTERANODONS. THREE YOUNG SAUROPODS, WHICH WEIGH NEARLY 25 TONS AND ARE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FEET FROM HEAD TO TAIL, ROAM THE OPEN PLAIN. THERE IS ALSO A POD OF FRESH WATER PLESIOSAURS RESIDING IN THE CENTRAL LAGOON, AND SEVERAL OTHER, FABULOUS AND FEARSOME SPECIES, INCUBATING IN THE NURSERY.!

(EP. XXII)! LEWIS DODGSON, FROM THE SAFE DISTANCE OF HIS BIOSYN CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, RESENTFULLY PONDERS HIS FAILURE IN BRAZIL, STILL FIXATED ON THE IDEA OF BREEDING MODERN DINOSAURS.!HE IS NOT FINISHED WITH JURASSIC PARK.!

(EP. XXIII)! HELICOPTERS BEARING THE LOGOS OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES HOVER OVER THE ISLA NUBLAR TARMAC. CNN, ABC, BBC, REUTERS, CBS, NBC ARE ALL PRESENT. HAMMOND IS A WHIRLWIND OF ACTIVITY. HIS PR CHIEF, BRAD LEW, HAS PUT TOGETHER A JUNKET OF REPORTERS AND CREWS REPRESENTING THE WORLD’S MAJOR MEDIA. THEY HAVE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HUGE GATES OF JURASSIC PARK, CURIOUS, NERVOUS, EXCITED. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST PR EVENT IN HISTORY.!

GRANT, SATTLER AND MALCOLM ARE DEPRESSED AS HELL. THEY WATCH FROM THEIR OFFICES IN THE MAIN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY BARGAINED FOR. THEY FEEL BETRAYED.! LEX AND TIM ARE KEEPING THEMSELVES BUSY IN THE NURSERY TRYING TO FORGET THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE, AS THEY CARE FOR THE NEWEST HATCHLINGS, A COUPLE OF ORNITHOSUCHUS AND A BARYONYX, BOTH POTENTIALLY LETHAL SPECIES.! THE MEDIA IS ASSEMBLED IN FRONT OF THE IMPOSING MAIN GATESEATED ON ROWS OF BLEACHERS. HAMMOND STEPS OUT FROM THE TOWERING, NOW SLIGHTLY PARTED DOORS AND FACES THE EAGER CROWD.CAMERAS FLASH, COMMENTATORS WHISPER INTO MICROPHONES “JOHN HAMMOND, C.E.O. AND PRECEDENT OF INGEN CORPORATION, THE DRIVINGFORCE BEHIND THE JURASSIC PARK MIRACLE", ETC.! JURASSIC PARK PR DIRECTOR BRAD LEVY CALLS FOR THEIR ATTENTION. HAMMOND CLEARS HIS THROAT. HIS VOICE IS STRONG AND OVERFLOWING WITH PRIDE AND EMOTION. HE TAKES A DEEP BREATH: !"WELCOME TO JURASSIC PARK!"! ! !

END OF THE FIRST SEASON ARC