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Welcome back to the thrilling world of Timecop! In this episode, we're diving deep into the intricate workings of time travel technology. Get ready to explore the mind-bending paradoxes and the ethical dilemmas that come with altering the past.
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of temporal mechanics and discuss the potential consequences of tampering with history. We'll also touch upon the exciting advancements in chronal engineering and what they might mean for our future.
This episode is a must-watch for any fan of science fiction and anyone curious about the science behind manipulating time. Prepare to have your mind stretched and your assumptions challenged.
#Timecop #SciFi #TimeTravel
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of temporal mechanics and discuss the potential consequences of tampering with history. We'll also touch upon the exciting advancements in chronal engineering and what they might mean for our future.
This episode is a must-watch for any fan of science fiction and anyone curious about the science behind manipulating time. Prepare to have your mind stretched and your assumptions challenged.
#Timecop #SciFi #TimeTravel
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00:21A bit early in the day for a party, Mr. McNeil, but everyone seems to be having a wonderful
00:26time, sir. I've seen men pass kidney stones with more enthusiasm. When I pay for a soiree,
00:32I expect people to enjoy themselves. Absolutely, sir. This cable just arrived today, sir, from
00:38London. The Germans are continuing their buildup. British intelligence believes the transatlantic
00:43shipping lanes may soon be threatened. Once again, sir, your timing is impeccable. Yes.
00:49Well, you can kiss my backside when we reach New York. Until then, the efficacy of my timing
00:56remains to be seen. Is everything secured below? Your secret is safe, Mr. McNeil. It better
01:06be. Or the only other secret to this voyage will be the exact spot at which I have you
01:11thrown overboard. It's a wonderful party, Willie. Thank you. I've seen chain gangs with
01:24more enthusiasm. Sounds like they're having quite the time below decks. Yeah. You seem upset,
01:54Captain. Do I? For all we know, this ship could be surrounded by German U-boats willing
02:00to sink her at a tip of the Fuhrer's hat. I'll say by celebrating for New York Harbor. I don't
02:06understand, sir. If you're this concerned, why did you agree? Accept this charter because
02:10the Empress deserves the best. I'm not about to let some mercenary piece of sea trash command
02:17what might be her last voyage. Doesn't mean I have to approve of the circumstances or our benefactor,
02:23Mr. McNeil. You won't believe this, but this is my very first cruise. Twitch in your debt.
02:49The year 2007. Time travel is a reality, and it's fallen to criminal hands. With history itself
02:57at risk, the United States has formed the Time Enforcement Commission, a top-secret agency
03:03responsible for policing the Temporal Street.
03:29An elite team of agents track unlawful travelers across time. Their mission, protect the past.
03:35preserve the future.
03:37These agents are known as
03:39Time Cops.
03:54Hammings. Moving day.
03:56Something like that.
03:59They say you can tell a lot about a person
04:01from what they keep on their desk.
04:02Really? Let's see.
04:04Looking at yours, I can tell
04:06what you've had for lunch for the last
04:08three weeks.
04:10I've never noticed all these photos before. Is this your
04:12family? Family, friends,
04:14memories. You know,
04:16it's funny. Sometimes when it's late
04:18I'm wondering if it's all worth it
04:20to draw up the risks. They help
04:22me remember why I'm here.
04:28Easter! You like...
04:30Oh, yes. Sorry, Captain. I didn't
04:32get much sleep last night.
04:34What's that on your neck?
04:36Hmm?
04:37Your neck.
04:39Oh.
04:39It appears to be lipstick.
04:41Glycerin-based, if I'm not mistaken.
04:44Lipstick.
04:45Lipstick.
04:48I suppose some sort of explanation is in order.
04:51Um, well, as you're no doubt aware, I'm frequently asked to lecture on my many areas
04:54of expertise. Last night, for example, I was debating the exciting legacy of Walter
04:58Mondale's vice-presidency with an intellectually dubious Nobel laureate.
05:01Sounds like a hoot.
05:02It was.
05:04At any rate, it seems my lecture series has attracted a small coterie of enthusiasts, mostly
05:09of the female persuasion.
05:12Wait a minute. Are you saying you have groupies?
05:14I prefer the term acolytes.
05:16I forgot that we're getting something here.
05:18Level 2 and rising.
05:19Emanating from the late 1930s.
05:22Logan, prep for launch.
05:24Hemings, pin down an exact date.
05:26Right away.
05:28You.
05:29Love machine.
05:30Work up a full historical analysis.
05:32We'll reconvene in the library in five minutes.
05:38We've narrowed the date to July 4th, 1939.
05:41Easter should be getting the location grid.
05:43Now. Hold on.
05:48No, something is very wrong here.
05:50Excuse me, Captain.
05:57Okay. Longitude, latitude.
06:02Just as I thought.
06:04There's nothing there.
06:05Exactly. Temporal sciences has just zeroed the geographic field on our level 2.
06:09It's emanating from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
06:11Meaning that unless our perp's planning on treading water indefinitely,
06:15our time-traveling amigo has dropped himself onto some sort of ocean-going vessel.
06:241939.
06:271939, of course.
06:29The Empress, chartered by the millionaire William J. McNeil.
06:32The Empress of the Americas.
06:42The Empress was one of the world's most opulent luxury liners.
06:45Art deco facades, indoor swimming pool.
06:48Makes today's floating amusement parks look like the scout Gilligan crashed on his three-hour tour.
06:52So what happened on this particular trip?
06:54Did the ship make it?
06:55Oh, safe and sound.
06:56It arrived in New York Harbor July 8th, 1939.
06:59Wait a minute.
06:59I just heard my kid talking about this.
07:01Ah, well, the video-addled young'uns must have inadvertently channel-surfed across one of our so-called educational networks.
07:08Just pulled this up from the video archives.
07:09It ran last month.
07:11The Unexplored World of the Sea.
07:17A Cook Brothers Expedition.
07:20Join Dean and Eric Cook.
07:22The Cook Brothers?
07:23The TV explorers?
07:26Winners of this year's Jacques Cousteau wannabe contest.
07:29Please.
07:29Cook Brothers aren't fit to shine Cousteau's bathysphere.
07:32Captain Crunch has a better understanding of nautical science.
07:35Here's where it gets interesting.
07:36The beautiful realm of Earth's oceans.
07:39I'm Dean Cook.
07:40And in a moment, we'll preview our next great expedition.
07:43Recreating the legendary voyage of the Empress of the Americas.
07:46I'm Eric Cook.
07:48Stay tuned for an adventure to Unexplored Worlds.
07:51Right after these words.
07:57Easter.
07:59Fascinating as all this may be, none of it comes close to explaining why we have a Level 2 ripple
08:04in 1939.
08:05It might have something to do with the gold.
08:07What gold?
08:08McNeil always claimed he chartered the Empress to rescue his European staff.
08:12Turns out his motives weren't quite so pure.
08:15When he closed down his European operation, he converted all his assets into gold.
08:20Tons of it.
08:22McNeil's employees provided a convenient cover story, but the fact is, he needed the Empress to haul his fortune back
08:27to America.
08:27Worth millions at 1939 prices, hundreds of millions today.
08:32Sounds to me like we've got a motive.
08:34What about the brothers McPopeye?
08:36The McPopeyes?
08:38They're in my short list.
08:40Never been a big believer in coincidence.
08:41Then you're going to love this.
08:44Take a look.
08:46I pulled the Empress's passenger list and cross-referenced the names using my own genealogical search engine.
08:52Passenger Edith Thomas married James Hemings, who sired a son, David, who later married and had a daughter named Claire.
09:07Edith Thomas was my grandmother.
09:15Well, I guess that explained your interest in the Empress.
09:17I didn't mention my grandmother because I knew there'd be a question about my going back.
09:21Well, you're right.
09:22Even if this ripple raided a two-man team, you're making it personal, Claire.
09:25I've been there.
09:26It's very dangerous.
09:27Jean, tell her.
09:28You're actually asking me?
09:29I thought I'd been demoted somewhere between the conference room and the sled.
09:33I know the history of the Empress inside and out.
09:36My grandma died when I was nine, but not until she drilled every detail of the Empress trip into me.
09:41She always knew McNeil had something up his sleeve.
09:44She was bothered that she couldn't prove it.
09:47Look, Jack, this isn't personal.
09:49I know the rules.
09:50It just makes sense.
09:52Ripple's up to level four.
09:55You should have told me.
09:57I know.
09:59All right, discussion's over.
10:01Emmings, suit up.
10:13Solo sea voyage from London to New York.
10:15Your grandmother must have been quite the adventure.
10:16Yeah, she fancied herself a reporter, but it didn't last.
10:19Don't get me wrong, she was a wonderful woman, but as I remember it, Granny's idea of an adventure was
10:26an extra scoop of opal tea.
10:31Start the count.
10:32Thirty seconds and counting to launch.
10:39You brought her picture, didn't you?
10:41The one from your desk?
10:42They say it helps to concentrate on something during launch.
10:45She was always there for me.
10:48Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
11:00Come on.
11:01Come on.
11:12Logan!
11:15Are you okay?
11:16Yeah, I'll live.
11:18So where do you think we should start?
11:23Well, unless we're trying out for the next Star Trek movie, we should find some clothes.
11:29Swiss pocket watch.
11:31Silver cigarette case.
11:32These people really knew how to live.
11:34How'd that do?
11:38One thing I don't understand.
11:39Assuming our temporal criminals get their hands on McNeil's gold, how are they planning to move it into the future?
11:45I've been wondering the same thing.
11:46I've never seen a sled that could handle that much weight in mass.
11:48At least not yet, anyway.
11:49You too!
11:50Freeze!
11:53Upper deck was supposed to be clear.
11:55Looks like we should have come back 11 minutes earlier.
11:57What the hell are we going to do with Hansel and Gretel here?
11:59But we were told.
12:00All passengers and crew go below deck.
12:03Let's go, cowboy.
12:05Back up the steps.
12:06Come on!
12:10Move!
12:18That's when I was getting my sea legs, too.
12:23No!
12:29This is not good.
12:31Logan!
12:37Land overboard!
12:40That last step's a doozy!
12:48Oh, boy!
12:50Oh, boy!
12:50I like boy's tail.
12:52Take her below.
12:54Get her out of my face.
12:56You're going my signal.
12:58Food!
13:00It's fish food, darling.
13:02You want my advice?
13:03Make like a card player.
13:05A deal.
13:07Come on!
13:09Come on!
13:12Come on!
13:13Come on!
13:20Make all this pleasure crews.
13:37Attention, everyone.
13:39Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
13:41I'd like to propose a toast to the gentleman who organized this wonderful 4th of July celebration.
13:48The man who's responsible for chartering this ship and bringing his European staff safely home to America.
13:54Cheers.
13:58Cheers.
14:07What in blazes?
14:08Sounded like gunfire.
14:11You won't believe this, but this is my very first cruise.
14:16Twitch and you're dead.
14:28Well, let's hear it again for Mr. J. William McNeil.
14:33Yee-haw!
14:35I'll drink to that.
14:49Or maybe not.
14:51My God!
14:52I'm looking for William McNeil.
14:54What a devil are you?
14:56Me?
14:57I'm just the low-life, tattooed, country-western-loving Harley-hugger who's just taking your precious boat.
15:08Keeper, we set!
15:14Radio's out.
15:15Bridge secured.
15:19A horn!
15:20Now, hear this.
15:22An armed and unbelievably dangerous group of men have taken control of the Empress.
15:29That's right.
15:29We hold the bridge, your Lord and Master McNeil, and a whole ballroom just packed with pretty passengers.
15:38Now, I want all the members of the crew to report to the main ballroom immediately.
15:43Because any hesitancy, I start putting holes in things.
15:48Starting with the guests.
15:50No, no, no.
15:51Hold on a second there, son.
15:52Better listen to him, McNeil.
15:54These guys are pretty serious.
15:57These rats stay puffed.
15:59Don't push me.
16:01And you.
16:04I got my eyes on you, sweetheart.
16:10What do you want from me, my ship?
16:13From you, Cap?
16:14A simple twist to the ship's wheel.
16:17Change course due south.
16:18Full speed ahead.
16:19Due south?
16:21Insane.
16:21That'll take us away from the United States.
16:23From any port.
16:24I want directions.
16:25I'll call Rancho McNally.
16:27Just do it.
16:29As long as I'm captain, this ship stays its course.
16:33Really?
16:41How about you, Captain Lewis?
16:43Do you share Mr. Harriman's death before dishonor sentiments?
16:51What was that heading?
16:53No.
17:00Eleven.
17:03Twelve.
17:05And lucky thirteen.
17:08Well, that looks like everyone.
17:11My compliments, Mr. McNeil.
17:13Your hand-picked crew.
17:18Caved in like a bad souffle.
17:23You folks need anything?
17:25I'll be right outside.
17:31Everyone just stay calm.
17:33I don't think they want to hurt us.
17:36He's not yet anyway.
17:37You seem to know a lot about these men.
17:40Perhaps you'd like to explain just how you came to fall into their hands.
17:44I was on the upper deck and they came out of nowhere.
17:47And maybe you're one of them.
17:49Sent to keep tabs on us.
17:51Willie, Willie, Willie.
17:53Some pistol swinging eight bellas, a few cheap threats, and suddenly you're shaking like San Fran during the big one.
17:58You need a drink.
18:00If you know something...
18:01I know the scotch is good, the ice is cold, and panicking won't get us anywhere.
18:11Blondie's with me.
18:13Any more questions?
18:15You brought her aboard with you?
18:17Stoway?
18:19Without my authorization?
18:20If I waited for authorization every time I wanted something, I'd still be sharpening pencils at the Pipsqueak Student Gazette.
18:29Besides, I have a feeling you know more than you're telling.
18:34Drink?
18:36It'd be a shame to let McNeil guzzle it.
18:38He doesn't know good scotch from gasoline.
18:42So why'd you vouch for me?
18:44For all you know I could be one of them?
18:47I don't think so.
18:52Have we met?
18:53Because I have the strangest feeling that I know you.
18:56Yeah, it's not likely.
19:00Doesn't matter.
19:02Maybe you just looked like you needed a friend.
19:04Edith Thomas.
19:11Edith Thomas.
19:13Edith Thomas.
19:14Yeah.
19:16And if I had a business card, it would say, would-be journalist.
19:23I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm Claire Cooper.
19:28Stoway.
19:32So, um, you're a journalist.
19:35Well, so to speak.
19:37Since leaving college, I've been traveling the world, looking for stories.
19:42The Orient, Persia, Europe.
19:45Can I have my way on to the Empress, because I was sure I'd finally found something in Willie's epic
19:49voyage.
19:52Fortunately, I seem to have been right.
20:00I must admit, I am odd.
20:03The Cook Brothers must be subsidizing half the publicists in Lotus Land.
20:06A plethora of self-promoting spam.
20:09On their ship, on their television show, on their fancy new submersible.
20:15But I'm afraid we are woefully short of smoking guns.
20:19I understand they already set off on their grand expedition.
20:23Yeah, I was just checking their Internet site.
20:25They've even concocted a real-time navigational chart showing the course and speed of their...
20:31Hold on.
20:33What?
20:38Well, the Empress crossed the Atlantic via the standard shipping lanes of the time.
20:44For some reason, the Cook expedition has taken a sudden and rather dramatic detour to the south.
20:51I think it's time I had a word with the Doubleman twins.
20:55Oh.
20:59I take you out right here, but I figure...
21:01What is the ammunition?
21:03Besides, an old sort like you probably prefer a burial at sea.
21:06Quack!
21:12As in duck.
21:16I don't mean to seem ungrateful, son, but who the hell are you?
21:20My name's Logan.
21:21I'm with the Maritime Commission.
21:24Huh?
21:24Yeah, it's new.
21:25We were expecting trouble.
21:26These men want McNeil's gold.
21:28Gold?
21:29I knew there had to be an explanation for McNeil's largesse.
21:32I mean, some reason beyond the mere lives of his employees.
21:36You know where it might be hidden?
21:37If I knew it was on board, we'd never have left port.
21:40Word gets out about that, it'd be like painting a target across the ship's bow.
21:44Now, I searched the hold before we left.
21:46If he's hidden his loot on board, he did a damn fine job of it.
21:51What did Easter say?
21:54What did Easter say?
21:54Our deck of facades, indoor swimming pool.
21:58There's a pool.
21:59Below decks.
22:01Below decks.
22:02It's off limits this trip.
22:03Plumbing problem.
22:04But McNeil wouldn't wait to have it repaired.
22:07Show me.
22:13What makes you think the gold isn't here?
22:16The pools are designed to hold tons of water.
22:19What better place to hide it?
22:39What in heaven's name is that?
22:43It's got nothing to do with heaven.
22:45Heaven.
22:47Heaven.
23:04Laser green for protection.
23:10Shape C-4 charges.
23:12Some sort of bomb.
23:19The detonator's tied to our course.
23:22No, no, no, no, no.
23:26Stand back.
23:28Before we come, cover yourself.
23:38God.
23:39Where the hell are those pirates taking us?
23:44On an adventure to unexplored worlds.
23:51Well, well, well.
23:54Mr. Kiefer and Mr. Fuqua were supposed to keep the ship's complement occupied while I finished my work.
24:01Captain Harriman, you I recognize.
24:04I must have seen the newsreel footage of the Empress's triumphant arrival in New York a hundred times.
24:12However, you.
24:15Nothing to say.
24:17You look taller on TV.
24:20Oh.
24:22One of my loyal fans.
24:25Well, now you have come an awfully long way for an autograph.
24:31Time cop.
24:33And you've come a long way to scuttle this ship.
24:36Do you have any idea how history will change if you kill all these people?
24:39The ramifications into the future.
24:41And do you have any idea how little I care?
24:46My brother Eric warned me about the TEC.
24:49He was afraid our temporal excursion might pop up in your little dome.
24:55But frankly, if this is the best TEC has to offer, I'm not impressed.
25:08Go ahead, study it.
25:10It's completely self-contained.
25:12Impossible to disarm.
25:14The one thing I learned from doing live television?
25:16Commitment.
25:17And I am completely committed to this course of action.
25:20And so it seems.
25:22Are you?
25:24There's got to be a way in.
25:27It's compass-based, of course.
25:29Navigational satellites are still a dream.
25:31What did he mean, live television?
25:34Time cop?
25:35Focused ambient laser grid.
25:38Cook's probably the only one who can disarm it.
25:40Mr. Logan, if these men are going to destroy my ship, I damn well want to know how.
25:46I don't have time to explain everything, Captain.
25:48But this man, Cook, has set this device to explode when we reach this new position.
25:53Those are shaped explosive charges pointing down.
25:57When the bomb explodes, the ship will go with it.
26:00And we need to get these passengers off.
26:02The lifeboats.
26:04Practically useless.
26:06One of Cook's men has destroyed the ship to shore radio.
26:08We can't even send out an SOS.
26:11With Neil's passengers, it won't even last two hours in these seas.
26:18Detonator's tied to our course.
26:20So if we can't disarm the bomb,
26:25then we have to change direction.
26:27Away from Cook's new position.
26:31The main bridge is guarded six ways to Sunday.
26:34But there is an auxiliary control in the engine room.
26:38We might just be able to override the main bridge's steering.
26:42After you.
26:44Kiefer, Fuqua!
26:45Fuqua!
26:51This is Kiefer!
26:53Badu's met you, Cook!
26:54We...
26:55We're a company!
26:57Company?
26:58Quiet!
26:59Everyone quiet!
27:00I know.
27:01We've met.
27:02Fortunately, the device was already in place.
27:06However,
27:07just so we can avoid any
27:09further complications,
27:11you see anyone where they don't belong,
27:13kill them.
27:17I say things have taken a turn for the worse.
27:21You ain't seen nothing yet.
27:24All right, everyone.
27:25Listen up.
27:27McNeil was right.
27:28I'm not a passenger.
27:29I'm an American agent,
27:31and I was sent by the government.
27:33One woman.
27:33Nice of them to pull out the stops.
27:36The men that have taken this ship
27:37will stop at nothing to get what they want,
27:39and as long as we're all cooped up in this ballroom,
27:41we're targets.
27:42You want us to try to escape?
27:44They'll kill us.
27:45I want us to be prepared.
27:47And why should we take your word?
27:49One unknown woman who's lied about her intentions from the start.
27:53Look at you.
27:55William McNeil,
27:56captain of industry,
27:57whimpering like a two-year-old with a skinned knee.
28:01Miss Thomas,
28:01I've had just about enough of your childish insults.
28:05Willie boy,
28:06I'm just getting started.
28:08Why are you leaving Europe?
28:11Because there's war on the horizon,
28:13and a good chance that decent people will die on account of it?
28:17You know, until this moment,
28:18I would have put money on our side.
28:22But if this pathetic display
28:24is any indication of the resolve
28:26that we can expect from our leaders,
28:27it seems to me we might as well
28:29just throw up the white flag right now.
28:35If Claire says that we're in trouble,
28:36by God, I believe her.
28:38And if any of you had an ounce of guts,
28:40you would too.
28:43Thanks, Eda.
28:44Seems like you're always sticking up for me.
28:47It does as long as I get first dibs on the story.
28:51You got it.
28:54Okay, everyone.
28:55Listen up.
28:56The next time our friend comes back,
28:58we need a distraction.
28:59Something to throw him off guard.
29:01Easy to say.
29:03Do you have any ideas?
29:09Maybe.
29:10Most ships this size have an auxiliary control
29:13in case the bridge is incapacitated.
29:17Jew south.
29:18My first mate is doing a superb job
29:20of holding the new course.
29:22Can you change it?
29:23I'm going to try.
29:25I'm going to do this slow and easy,
29:27but sooner or later,
29:28they're going to know we've turned.
29:32Cook,
29:33nobody said anything about TEC.
29:35How'd they find us?
29:36The question is, Mr. Kiefer,
29:37who cares?
29:38The TEC can send back
29:40as many officers as they want.
29:42The explosive is set
29:43and secure.
29:44We got them outgunned,
29:46outmanned.
29:49When did this change?
29:54That's impossible.
29:55I haven't touched the wheels.
29:58Somebody must be using
29:59auxiliary control.
30:01It's that cop.
30:05This is Cook.
30:07New plan.
30:08I will execute one hostage
30:09every minute
30:10until the ship is returned
30:11to my course.
30:12You have one minute to comply.
30:15I've got to get up there.
30:16You go, they'll kill you.
30:18If I don't go,
30:19they'll kill the hostages.
30:20I don't have much choice.
30:21Order as long as you can, Captain.
30:23I'll do that.
30:27We finally made video contact
30:29with the Cook ship,
30:30satellite uplinked
30:31from the Mid-Atlantic.
30:32For an expedition
30:33that thrives on attention,
30:34Cook seemed curiously reticent
30:36to take a simple call.
30:42Cook,
30:42I'm Captain Gene Matuzak
30:44in Washington.
30:45I want to have a word
30:46with you regarding
30:46the Empress.
30:48Well, you've come
30:48to the right place, Gene.
30:49But I'm afraid
30:50time is short.
30:51You know,
30:52we're going live this evening.
30:53We're unveiling our new
30:54multi-million dollar
30:54submersible,
30:55the Derek.
30:56Dean,
30:57Eric,
30:58Derek.
31:01Clever,
31:02don't you think?
31:04Hysterical.
31:05The action toy
31:05comes out next week.
31:07Plastic bubble,
31:08wind-up propeller.
31:09I'll tell you what,
31:10give me your address
31:11and I'll have my people
31:12send your people
31:13one of the first ones
31:13off the line.
31:14Where's your brother,
31:15Mr. Cook?
31:16I'm afraid he's indisposed
31:18of it at the moment.
31:20Sea sickness.
31:22Rather embarrassing
31:23for a nautical explorer,
31:24wouldn't you say?
31:26Now,
31:26about the Empress,
31:28we've posted virtually
31:29all of our background
31:29information on the Internet,
31:30so if you do need something,
31:32I'm sure you'll find it
31:33there, Captain.
31:35I'm interested in your
31:35take on the voyage,
31:36Mr. Cook.
31:37Why you've chosen
31:38to turn your ship away
31:39from the standard
31:39shipping lanes?
31:41Have we?
31:44Well,
31:44I guess I'll have to
31:45talk to my navigator
31:45about that,
31:46now, won't I?
31:49Sorry,
31:49it couldn't be
31:49more helpful, Captain.
31:51But if you get a chance,
31:52please,
31:53do tune in this evening.
31:57To use your
31:57euphemistic terminology,
31:58Captain,
31:59these punks are dirty.
32:01Yep.
32:02They don't think
32:03we have a chance
32:03in hell of catching them.
32:10That's one minute.
32:13Time to up the ante.
32:15Get ready.
32:18What the hell?
32:21It's called
32:21a distraction.
32:22Yeah, it's good.
32:30Where'd you learn
32:31to do that?
32:32Remember the Orient?
32:34The fellow there taught me
32:35his new fighting technique.
32:36He called it
32:37karate.
32:40Grandma's M appeal.
32:41Right.
32:43Okay, everyone,
32:44let's go.
32:45Out.
32:45Come on.
32:48What?
32:49It's okay.
32:50He's with me.
32:53Logan,
32:55I thought you were dead.
32:57And I thought
32:57you might need some help.
32:59Better get these people
33:00out of here.
33:01The safest place
33:02is the cargo hold
33:03lower deck.
33:04He could lose
33:05a herd of elephants
33:05down there for a week.
33:07Willie ought to be able
33:08to stay out of trouble
33:09for an hour or two.
33:13Ladies and gentlemen,
33:14you be safer down
33:15in the cargo area.
33:16Please head down there now.
33:18Go ahead.
33:19Please, downstairs.
33:20He's a handsome fella.
33:22What'd you say his name was?
33:24Cargo area, ladies and gentlemen.
33:24Logan.
33:25Logan.
33:26He's not your type.
33:28Believe me.
33:28And how would you know
33:30my type?
33:31It's just a hunch.
33:32You know,
33:33I just figure you'd
33:34want someone
33:35more dependable,
33:37low risk.
33:38You know,
33:39the kind of man
33:40you can imagine
33:40loving 40 years from now.
33:42Huh.
33:43I have trouble
33:44imagining the next
33:4440 minutes.
33:45Yeah.
33:46Believe you me,
33:47I've noticed.
33:49All sorts of things.
33:53Claire,
33:54are you always
33:55this serious?
33:57No.
34:02Maybe you're right.
34:03You know,
34:04I always thought
34:04I inherited this
34:05mood from my grandmother.
34:08She expected
34:09great things from me.
34:11You sure that's
34:12what she expected?
34:14I don't know.
34:14She died when I was young.
34:17Yeah,
34:17I always wondered
34:18if she were here,
34:19what she'd think
34:20of me today.
34:23Well,
34:24I'm only 28 years old,
34:26and according to McNeil,
34:28I don't know,
34:28flit from flypaper,
34:29but
34:30if your grandmother
34:32loved you,
34:34I mean,
34:35really loved you,
34:37it seems to me
34:38that
34:39all she'd want
34:40is your happiness.
34:41Yeah.
34:44And type or no type,
34:46she would definitely
34:47want me to say hello
34:48to your handsome friend,
34:49Logan.
34:50Mr. Logan!
34:52Hi.
34:53Hi.
34:54I'm glad
34:55that you're traveling
34:56with us all the way
34:56to New York.
35:04Logan,
35:04she's my grandmother.
35:06Oh.
35:08I don't have a problem
35:09if she doesn't.
35:10Logan.
35:13Mrs. Thomas,
35:14is it?
35:16I think you might be safer
35:17if you join the other passengers.
35:20Thanks,
35:22Edith.
35:27I still have this crazy feeling
35:28that we met before.
35:32Edith!
35:32Give me the gun
35:33or she's dead.
35:37Now!
35:41Easy.
35:45What do you know?
35:46Looks like we haven't lost
35:47all of our hostages.
35:51What?
35:53When we first landed,
35:54I thought I heard music.
35:56Yeah,
35:56there's a photograph
35:57in the salon.
35:58They destroyed it, though.
35:59Perfect.
36:03Officer,
36:04Captain Harriman,
36:05you might want to hear this.
36:07Go ahead.
36:08Say something pithy.
36:10Why?
36:11So you won't understand it?
36:14Relinquish control
36:15of this vessel
36:15or I'll start changing
36:17the future
36:17with this pretty little thing.
36:24Now we will find out
36:26what your life
36:27is really worth,
36:29Miss.
36:29Thomas.
36:31I'd ask your name,
36:32but I don't do obituaries.
36:34Ah,
36:35Mr. Kiefer.
36:36The captain's
36:36a real trooper.
36:38You heard we had the skirt
36:39and he gave himself up
36:40all very proper.
36:41I had Lewis
36:42turn the ship
36:43then lock the wheel.
36:44We'll have no more
36:45course changes.
36:46Excellent.
36:47And first mate,
36:48Lewis?
36:49He's been officially
36:50decommissioned.
36:51Go on,
36:52get.
36:55Two-minute warning.
36:57Ah,
36:57it appears we are coming
36:58to the end
36:58of our little docudrama.
37:00This course of yours
37:01makes no sense.
37:02There's nothing there
37:03but ocean.
37:04The charts show
37:05we'll be over
37:06one of the deepest trenches
37:07in the Atlantic.
37:08Actually,
37:09the deepest trench.
37:11So,
37:11let me guess,
37:12this is where we all
37:13go down together.
37:15No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
37:17Let him come.
37:18My apologies,
37:19it's the showman in me.
37:21You've probably seen it
37:22on my many documentaries.
37:23Actually,
37:24I usually watch a show
37:25and I'm having trouble
37:26getting to sleep.
37:27Your bogus science
37:28beats the hell
37:28out of counting sheep.
37:31If you want the gold,
37:33why don't you just take it?
37:35Why scuttle my ship?
37:37Because you cannot take
37:38that much mass
37:39into the temporal stream.
37:42So you came up
37:43with an alternative.
37:44Blow the ship
37:45and sink it
37:45in one of the deepest trenches
37:46in the Atlantic Ocean,
37:48beyond the reach
37:49of any salvage operation.
37:50Until you come up
37:51with a vehicle capable
37:52of exploring those depths,
37:54you're submersible.
37:56Ah, yes.
37:57A derrick.
37:59A miracle
38:00of my own design.
38:02It's more than the gold,
38:03though, isn't it?
38:03Of course.
38:04We're talking ratings.
38:06Once the Empress
38:07goes down,
38:08that's history.
38:09Meaning our epic recreation
38:11of the Empress's voyage
38:12suddenly becomes a search
38:13for her blasted remains.
38:17We've sold the rights worldwide
38:20and this will be
38:20no Al Capone's fault,
38:22I assure you.
38:23We'll know exactly
38:24where she went down,
38:25recover millions in gold
38:27and keep the sequel rights.
38:31Oh, it's almost time.
38:36What?
38:38Wait, this is impossible.
38:40The wheel's locked.
38:42The ship physically
38:43can't move that fast.
38:44Well, something
38:44has changed its course.
38:46You watch them.
38:53Some sort of glitch.
38:55Something with the computer.
38:57Yeah, there's a glitch
38:58in it, all right.
38:59Let's go.
39:11Consider yourself canceled.
39:17How did you change course?
39:19I didn't.
39:20You know, that's a trouble
39:21when you mix high-tech
39:22with low-tech.
39:24The computer here
39:24was hooked up
39:25to a magnetic compass.
39:28kind of like these speaker magnets
39:29I borrowed from the phonograph upstairs.
39:32Suddenly, east is west.
39:35North is south.
39:40And your bomb has no idea where it is.
39:42where it is.
39:47We are returning to our original course.
39:50Full speed ahead.
39:53I'm not even going to ask you
39:55about your temporal stream,
39:56Mr. Logan,
39:57or your crazy weapons.
39:59bottom line,
40:01the Empress is all yours, Captain.
40:05Take care of her.
40:07I'll do that, Mr. Logan.
40:10I'll do that.
40:16Well, I came looking for a story.
40:18I certainly got one.
40:19I just wish I could write it.
40:22You're not going to write the story.
40:23Well, it doesn't take a crystal ball
40:25to see that our world's
40:26heading toward war.
40:28It wouldn't do
40:29to have our people
40:29losing faith
40:30in one of their leaders just now.
40:32I just let them think
40:33McNeil did it
40:34for all the right reasons.
40:35At least I'll know the truth.
40:37So what about your career?
40:39Odd.
40:40But I am starting to think
40:41that maybe journalism
40:42isn't the right career for me.
40:45What about you, Claire?
40:47You ever think about the future?
40:49Oh, sometimes.
40:52Well,
40:54maybe one of these days
40:55who knows when
40:56I'll settle down.
40:58If I do,
41:00I hope I'm lucky enough
41:01to have a friend like you.
41:10There's a ship coming
41:11to pick us up, Miss Thomas.
41:13Before we leave,
41:14I just wanted to say
41:17it was a pleasure meeting you.
41:20I assure you,
41:21the pleasure was all mine.
41:23Well,
41:24I guess I ought to
41:26go below.
41:29Bye.
41:43You want to see us?
41:44Yeah.
41:45Just thought Mr. Cook
41:46might want to see
41:47an instant replay
41:48of tonight's live broadcast.
41:51Just what do you mean
41:52that there's been an explosion?
41:54That submersible
41:55costs millions of dollars.
41:57destroyed?
41:58Destroyed?
41:59That's impossible.
42:02I got a military chopper
42:04flying out to your ship.
42:05Your brother should be
42:06in custody within the hour.
42:12Jack,
42:15you didn't have anything
42:16to do with that,
42:17did you?
42:21Oh, come on.
42:22I couldn't just leave
42:2350 pounds of C4
42:24lying inside the Empress.
42:25I tossed it
42:25and Cook's detonator
42:26overboard.
42:26I guess his brother
42:27must have mistaken it
42:28for something else.
42:29Sending that submersible
42:30and...
42:31Never mind.
42:31I'll read it in your report.
42:37I hate my life.
42:41You all right?
42:43Fine.
42:45I never thought
42:46I was much like
42:47my grandmother.
42:48Funny how wrong
42:49you can be.
42:53So,
42:54you really think
42:55she was interested in me?
42:57For the sake
42:58of future generations,
42:59let's be glad
43:00we can only speculate.
43:04Good.
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