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Timecop 1997 Season 1 Episode 7
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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 time
00:56timing remains to be seen. Is everything secured below? Your secret is safe, Mr. McNeil.
01:05It better be. Or the only other secret to this voyage will be the exact spot at which I have
01:11you thrown overboard.
01:17It's a wonderful party, Willie. Thank you.
01:23I've seen chain gangs with more enthusiasm.
01:46Sounds like they're having quite the time below decks.
01:52You seem upset, Captain. Do I? For all we know, this ship could be surrounded by German
02:00U-boats willing to sink her at a tip of the Fuhrer's hat. I'll say by celebrating for New
02:05York Harbor. I don't understand, sir. If you're this concerned, why did you agree? Accept this
02:09charter because the Empress deserves the best. I'm not about to let some mercenary piece of sea
02:16trash command what might be her last voyage. Doesn't mean I have to approve of the circumstances
02:21or our benefactor, Mr. McNeil.
02:35You won't believe this, but this is my very first cruise.
02:48The year 2007. Time travel is a reality, and it's fallen into criminal hands. With history
02:57itself at risk, the United States has formed the Time Enforcement Commission, a top-secret agency
03:03responsible for policing the Temporal Stream.
03:29An elite team of agents track unlawful travelers across time.
03:33Their mission, protect the past, preserve the future. These agents are known as Time Cops.
03:54Hammings. Moving day.
03:56Ah, something like that.
03:59They say you can tell a lot about a person from what they keep on their desk.
04:03Really? Let's see. Looking at yours, I can tell what you've had for lunch for the last three weeks.
04:10I've never noticed all these photos before. Is this your family?
04:13Family, friends, memories. You know, it's funny. Sometimes when it's late, I'm wondering if it's
04:19all worth it, the job, the risks. They help me remember why I'm here.
04:28Easter, you like...
04:30Oh, yes. Sorry, Captain. I didn't get much sleep last night.
04:34What's that on your neck?
04:37Your neck.
04:39Oh, it appears to be lipstick. Glycerin-based, if I'm not mistaken.
04:44Lipstick.
04:45Lipstick.
04:48I suppose some sort of explanation is in order.
04:51Well, as you're no doubt aware, I'm frequently asked to lecture on my many areas of expertise.
04:55Last night, for example, I was debating the exciting legacy of Walter Mondale's vice presidency
04:59with an intellectually dubious Nobel laureate. Sounds like a hoot. It was. At any rate,
05:05it seems my lecture series has attracted a small coterie of enthusiasts, mostly of the female persuasion.
05:12Wait a minute. Are you saying you have groupies? I prefer the term acolytes.
05:17Captain, we're getting something here. Level two and rising. Emanating from the late 1930s.
05:22Logan, prep for launch. Hemmings, pin down an exact date.
05:26Right away.
05:28You. Love machine. Work up a full historical analysis. We'll reconvene in the library in five minutes.
05:38We've narrowed the date to July 4th, 1939. Easter should be getting the location granted.
05:44Now. Hold on.
05:48No, something is very wrong here. Excuse me, Captain.
05:57Okay. Longitude. Latitude. Just as I thought.
06:04There's nothing there.
06:05Exactly. Temporal sciences has just zeroed the geographic field on our level two.
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.
06:261939. 1939, of course.
06:29The Empress, chartered by the millionaire William J. McNeil.
06:32The Empress of the Americas.
06:37Yes.
06:38Yes.
06:40Yes.
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? Did the ship make it?
06:55Oh, safe and sound. It arrived in New York Harbor, July 8th, 1939.
06:59Wait a minute. I 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.
07:07I just pulled this up from the video archives. It 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? The TV Explorers?
07:26Winners of this year's Jacques Cousteau wannabe contest.
07:29Please.
07:30Cook 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 Ambrists of the Americas.
07:47I'm Eric Cook.
07:48Stay tuned for an adventure to unexplored worlds.
07:52Right 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.
08:28Worth 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.
08:42Then 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 Hemmings, 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 explains 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?
09:30I thought I'd been demoted somewhere between the conference room and the sled.
09:34I know the history of the Empress inside and out.
09:37My grandma died when I was nine, but not until she drilled every detail of the Empress' trip into me.
09:42She always knew McNeil had something up his sleeve.
09:45She was bothered that she couldn't prove it.
09:48Look, Jack, this isn't personal.
09:49I know the rules.
09:50It just makes sense.
09:52Ripple's out to level four.
09:55You should have told me.
09:57I know.
09:59All right.
10:00Discussion's over.
10:02Hemmings, sit up.
10:13Solo sea voyage from London to New York.
10:15Your grandmother must have been quite the adventurer.
10:17Yeah, she fancied herself a reporter, but it didn't last.
10:20Don't get me wrong.
10:20She was a wonderful woman, but as I remember it,
10:24Granny's idea of an adventure was an extra scoop of ovality.
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.
10:46She was always there for me.
10:48I only hope I can return the favor.
10:49Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, launch.
11:12Logan!
11:15Are you okay?
11:16Yeah, I'll live.
11:18So where do you think we should start?
11:22Well, unless we're trying out for the next Star Trek movie,
11:25we should find some clothes.
11:29Swiss pocket watch.
11:31Silver cigarette case.
11:33These 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,
11:42how 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.
11:49At least not yet, anyway.
11:50You two!
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!
12:04Back up the steps!
12:06Come on!
12:10Move!
12:18Just when I was getting my sea legs, too.
12:22Ah!
12:22Ah!
12:23No!
12:25Ah!
12:28Ah!
12:29Ah!
12:30This is not good.
12:31Logan!
12:37Land overboard!
12:40That last step's a doozy!
12:48Woo!
12:49Woo-hoo!
12:51I like bush town.
12:53Take her below.
12:54Get her out of my face.
12:56You're going my signal.
12:58Woo!
13:00This is fish food, darling.
13:02You want my advice?
13:04Make like a card player.
13:06A deal.
13:08Come on!
13:10Come on!
13:11Come on!
13:19I call this pleasure cruise.
13:23I call this pleasure cruise.
13:49It's beautiful for chartering this ship and bringing his European staff safely home to America.
13:55Cheers.
14:06what blazes sounded like gunfire you don't believe this but this is my very first cruise
14:16twitching your debt
14:28well let's hear it again for mr. j william mcneal
14:35i'll drink to that
14:49or maybe not my god i'm looking for william mcneal
14:54what a double are you me i'm just the low-life tattooed country western loving harley hugger
15:01who's just taking your precious boat
15:08keeper we set
15:14radio's up bridge secured
15:20now hear this an armed and unbelievably dangerous group of men have taken control of the empress
15:28that's right we hold the bridge your lord and master mcneal and a whole ballroom just
15:35packed with pretty passengers now i want all the members of the crew to report to the main ballroom
15:42immediately because any hesitancy and i start putting holes in things starting with the guests
15:50no no no hold on a second there son
15:52better listen to him mcneal
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
16:12from you cap
16:14a simple twist to the ship's wheel
16:16change course due south full speed ahead
16:19due south
16:21insane that'll take us away from the united states from any port
16:24i want directions i'll call ranch mcneal
16:27just do it
16:28as long as i'm captain this ship stays its course
16:32really
16:41how about you captain lewis
16:43do you share mr harriman's death before dishonor sentiments
16:51what was that heading
16:59eleven
17:03twelve
17:05and lucky thirteen
17:08well
17:08that looks like everyone
17:10my compliments mr mcneal
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
17:48sent to keep tabs on us
17:51willy willy willy willy
17:53some pistol swinging eight bellas a few cheap threats
17:55and 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
18:03the ice is cold
18:04and panicking won't get us anywhere
18:11blondie's with me
18:13any more questions
18:14you brought her aboard with you
18:17stoway
18:18without my authorization
18:20if i waited for authorization
18:22every time i wanted something
18:23i'd still be sharpening pencils
18:25at the pipsqueak student gazette
18:30besides i have a feeling
18:31you know more than you're telling
18:34drink
18:36be a shame to let mcneal 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
19:06edith thomas
19:12edith thomas
19:15yeah
19:16and if i had a business card
19:18it would say
19:19would-be journalist
19:23i i i'm i'm claire
19:26cooper
19:28stoway
19:32so um
19:33you're a journalist
19:35oh so to speak
19:37since leaving college
19:38i've been traveling the world
19:40looking for stories
19:41the orient
19:43persia
19:43europe
19:44yeah
19:45can i have my way onto the empress
19:47because i was sure i'd finally found something
19:49in willie's epic voyage
19:52fortunately i seem to have been right
19:59i must admit
20:01i am awed
20:02the cook brothers must be subsidizing half the publicists in lotus land
20:06a plethora of self-promoting spam
20:09on their ship
20:10on their television show
20:12on their fancy new submersible
20:15but i'm afraid we are woefully short of smoking guns
20:19understand they already set off on their grand expedition
20:22yeah i was just checking their internet site
20:25they've even concocted
20:26a real-time navigational chart
20:28showing the course and speed of their
20:32hold on
20:33what
20:35well
20:39the empress
20:40crossed the atlantic
20:41via the standard shipping lanes of the time
20:44for some reason
20:45the cook expedition
20:46has taken a
20:47sudden and rather dramatic detour
20:49to the south
20:52i think it's time i had a word
20:53with the double mint twins
20:55oh
20:59i take you out right here
21:01but i figure
21:01what is the ammunition
21:03besides an old sort like you probably prefer
21:05very let's see
21:12as in duck
21:16i don't mean to seem ungrateful son
21:18but who the hell are you
21:20my name's logan
21:21i'm with the maritime commission
21:23yeah it's new
21:24we were expecting trouble
21:26these men want mcneil's gold
21:27gold
21:28i knew there had to be an explanation for mcneil's largesse
21:32i mean some reason beyond
21:34the 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 hole before we left
21:46if he's hidden his loot on board he did a damn fine job of it
21:52what did easter say
21:54our deck of facades
21:55indoor swimming pool
21:59there's a pool
22:00below decks
22:01it'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 is in here
22:15pools are designed to hold tons of water
22:19what a better place to hide in
22:39what in heaven's name is that
22:43it's got nothing to do with heaven
23:04laser green for protection
23:09shape c4 charges
23:12some sort of bomb
23:19the detonators died to our course
23:22no no no
23:26stand back
23:27before you come
23:29cover yourself
23:39where the hell are those pirates taking us
23:44on an adventure
23:45to unexplored worlds
23:51well
23:52well well well
23:54mr keifer and mr fuqua were supposed to keep the ship's complement occupied while i finished my work
24:01captain harriman
24:02you 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
24:21one 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
24:35do 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
24:56but frankly if this is the best tec has to offer
25:01i'm not impressed
25:08go ahead study it
25:10it's completely self-contained
25:12impossible to disarm
25:13the 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
25:21are you
25:25there'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
25:32live television
25:33time cop
25:35focused ambient laser grid
25:38cook's probably the only one who can disarm it
25:40mr logan
25:41if these men are going to destroy my ship
25:43i 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
25:51this new position
25:54those are shaped explosive charges pointing down
25:57when the bomb explodes
25:58the ship will go with it
26:00and we need to get these passengers off
26:02the lifeboats
26:03practically useless
26:05one of cook's men has destroyed the ship to shore radio
26:08we can't even send out an sos
26:11but neil's passengers
26:12they won't even last two hours in these seas
26:18detonators 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
26:35but there is an auxiliary control in the engine room
26:38we might just be able to override the main bridge's steering
26:41after you
26:43keeper
26:45fuqua
26:51this is keeper
26:52by noon mr cook
26:54we
26:54we have company
26:56company
26:58quiet
26:58everyone quiet
27:00i know
27:01we've met
27:03fortunately the device was already in place
27:07however
27:08just so we can avoid any
27:09further complications
27:10you 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
27:30i'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
27:48one unknown woman who's lied about her intentions from the start
27:52look at you
27:55william mcneil captain of industry whimpering like a two-year-old with a skinned knee
28:00miss 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 i would have put money on our side
28:22but if this pathetic display is any indication of the resolve that we can expect from our leaders
28:28seems to me we might as well just throw up the white flag right now
28:35if claire says that we're in trouble by god i believe her
28:38and if any of you had an ounce of guts you would too
28:43thanks eda
28:44seems like you're always sticking up for me
28:47does 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 we need a distraction
28:59something to throw him off guard
29:01easy to say
29:02do you have any ideas
29:09maybe
29:10most ships this size have an auxiliary control in case the bridge is incapacitated
29:17juice out
29:18my first mate is doing a superb job of holding the new course
29:22can you change it
29:23i'm gonna try
29:25i'm gonna do this slow and easy
29:27but sooner or later
29:29they're gonna know we've turned
29:32cook nobody said anything about tec how'd they find us
29:36the question is mr keifer
29:37who cares
29:38the tec can send back as many officers as they want
29:41the explosive is set
29:43and secure
29:44we got them outgunned
29:46outmanned
29:49when did this change
29:54that's impossible
29:55i didn't touch the wheels
29:58somebody must be using auxiliary control
30:02it's that cop
30:05this is cook
30:07new plan
30:08i will execute one hostage every minute until the ship is returned to my course
30:13you 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 they'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 with the cook ship
30:30satellite uplink from the mid-atlantic
30:32for an expedition that thrives on attention
30:34cook seemed curiously reticent to take a simple call
30:42cook
30:42i'm captain gene matuzak in washington
30:45want to have a word with you regarding the empress
30:47well you've come to the right place gene
30:49but i'm afraid time is short
30:51you know we're going live this evening
30:53we're unveiling our new multi-million dollar submersible
30:55the derrick
30:56dean
30:57eric
30:58derrick
31:01clever don't you think
31:04hysterical
31:04the action toy comes out next week
31:06plastic bubble
31:08wind-up propeller
31:09i'll tell you what
31:10give me your address
31:11and i have my people send your people
31:13one of the first ones off the line
31:14where's your brother mr cook
31:16i'm afraid he's indisposed of at the moment
31:21seasickness
31:22rather embarrassing for a nautical explorer
31:24wouldn't you
31:26now about the empress
31:28we've posted virtually all of our background information on the internet
31:30so if you do need something
31:32i'm sure you'll find it there captain
31:35i'm interested in your take on the voyage mr cook
31:37why you've chosen to turn your ship away from the standard shipping lines
31:41have we
31:44well i guess i'll have to talk to my navigator about that now won't i
31:49sorry it couldn't be more helpful captain
31:51but if you get a chance
31:52please
31:53do tune in this evening
31:57to use your euphemistic terminology captain
31:59these punks are dirty
32:01yep
32:02they don't think we have a chance in hell of catching them
32:10that's one minute
32:13time to up the ante
32:16get ready
32:30where'd you learn to do that
32:32remember the orient
32:34the fellow there taught me his new fighting technique
32:36he called it karate
32:40grandma's emma peel
32:41great
32:43okay everyone let'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 you might need some help
32:59better get these people out of here
33:02the safest place is the cargo hold
33:04lower deck
33:04he could lose a herd of elephants down there for a week
33:07will he ought to be able to stay out of trouble for an hour or two
33:13ladies and gentlemen you be safer down in the cargo area please head down there now
33:18go ahead
33:19he's a handsome fella
33:22what'd you say his name was
33:24logan
33:26he's not your type
33:27believe me
33:28and how would you know my type
33:31it's just a hunch
33:32you know i just figure you'd
33:34want someone more dependable
33:36low risk
33:38you know kind of man you can imagine loving 40 years from now
33:42huh
33:42i have trouble imagining the next 40 minutes
33:45oh yeah
33:46believe you me i've noticed
33:49all sorts of things
33:53claire
33:54are you always this serious
33:57no
34:02maybe you're right
34:03you know i always thought i inherited this mood from my grandmother
34:08she expected great things from me
34:11you sure that's what she expected
34:14i don't know she died when i was young
34:17yeah i always wondered if she were here
34:19what she'd think of me today
34:23well
34:25i'm only 28 years old
34:26and according to mcneil i don't know flit from flypaper but
34:30if your grandmother loved you
34:34i mean really loved you
34:37and it seems to me that
34:38all she'd want is your happiness
34:41yeah
34:44and type or no type
34:46she would definitely want me to say hello to your handsome friend logan
34:50mr logan
34:52hi
34:53hi
34:54i'm glad that you're traveling with us all the way to new york
35:04logan
35:05she's my grandmother
35:06oh
35:08well i don't have a problem if she doesn't
35:10logan
35:13miss uh thomas is it
35:16i think you might be safer if you join the other passengers
35:21thanks
35:22eden
35:27i still have this crazy feeling that we met before
35:32eden
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 all of our hostages
35:51what
35:53when we first landed i thought i heard music
35:55yeah there's a photograph in the salon
35:58they destroyed it though
35:59perfect
36:03officer captain harriman
36:05you might want to hear this
36:07go ahead
36:08say something pithy
36:10why so you won't understand it
36:14relinquish control of this vessel
36:15or i'll start changing the future
36:17with this pretty little thing
36:24now we will find out what your life is really worth
36:28miss
36:29thomas
36:31i'd ask your name but i don't do obituaries
36:34ah
36:34mr keefer
36:35the captain's a real trooper
36:37you heard we had the skirt and he gave himself up
36:40all very proper
36:41i had lewis turn the ship
36:43then lock the wheel
36:44we'll have no more course changes
36:46excellent
36:47and first mate lewis
36:49he's been officially decommissioned
36:51go on
36:52get
36:55two minute warning
36:57ah it appears we are coming to the end of our little docudrama
37:00this course of yours makes no sense
37:02there's nothing there but ocean
37:04the charts show
37:05we'll be over one of the deepest trenches in the atlantic
37:08actually
37:09the deepest trench
37:10so
37:11let me guess
37:12this is where we all go down together
37:14no no no no no no no no no
37:16let him come
37:18my apologies
37:19it's the showman in me
37:21you've probably seen it on my many documentaries
37:23actually i usually watch a show and i'm having trouble getting to sleep
37:26your bogus science beats the hell out of counting sheep
37:32if you want the gold
37:33why don't you just take it
37:35why scuttle my ship
37:37because you cannot take that much mass into the temporal stream
37:42so you came up with an alternative
37:44blow the ship and sink it in one of the deepest trenches in the atlantic ocean
37:48beyond the reach of any salvage operation
37:50until you come up with a vehicle capable of exploring those depths
37:54you're submersible
37:56ah yes
37:57a derrick
37:58a miracle
38:00of my own design
38:01it's more than the gold though isn't it
38:03of course
38:05we're talking ratings
38:06once the empress goes down
38:08that's history
38:09meaning our epic recreation of the empress's voyage
38:12suddenly becomes a search for her blasted remains
38:17we've sold the rights worldwide
38:20and this will be no al capone's fault
38:22i assure you
38:22we'll know exactly where she went down
38:25recover millions in gold
38:27and keep the sequel rights
38:30oh
38:31it's almost time
38:36what
38:38wait this is impossible
38:40the wheel's locked
38:41the ship physically can't move that fast
38:44well something has changed its course
38:46you watch them
38:53some sort of glitch
38:55something with the computer
38:56yeah there's a glitch in it all right
39:11consider yourself canceled
39:17how did you change course
39:19i didn't
39:20you know that's the trouble when you mix high tech with low tech
39:24the computer here was hooked up to a magnetic compass
39:28kind of like these speaker magnets i borrowed from the phonograph upstairs
39:32suddenly east is west
39:35north is south
39:40and your bomb has no idea where it is
39:47we are returning to our original course
39:50full speed ahead
39:53i'm not even gonna ask you about your temporal stream mr logan
39:57or your crazy weapons
39:59bottom line
40:00the 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 gonna write the story
40:23well it doesn't take a crystal ball
40:25to see that our world's heading toward war
40:28it wouldn't do to have our people
40:30losing faith in one of their leaders
40:31just now
40:32let us let them think mcneil did it
40:34for all the right reasons
40:35at least all know the truth
40:37so what about your career
40:38odd
40:39but i am starting to think that maybe journalism isn't the right career for me
40:45what about you claire
40:47do you ever think about the future
40:49oh
40:50sometimes
40:52well
40:54maybe one of these days
40:55who knows when i'll settle down
40:58and if i do
41:00i hope i'm lucky enough to have a friend like you
41:10there's a ship coming to pick us up miss thomas
41:13before we leave i just wanted to say
41:17it was a pleasure meeting you
41:20i assure you the pleasure was all mine
41:24well
41:25i guess i ought to go below
41:30bye
41:43you wanted to see us
41:44yeah
41:45just thought mr cook might want to see an instant replay of tonight's live broadcast
41:51just what do you mean that there's been an explosion
41:53that submersible costs millions of dollars
41:57destroyed
41:59that's impossible
42:02i got a military chopper flying out to your ship
42:05your brother should be in custody within the hour
42:13jack
42:15you didn't have anything to do with that did you
42:22oh come on i couldn't just leave 50 pounds of c4 lying inside the empress
42:25i tossed it and cook's detonator overboard
42:27i guess his brother must have mistaken it for something else
42:29sending that submersible
42:30never mind i'll read it in your report
42:37i hate my life
42:41you all right
42:44fine
42:45never thought i was much like my grandmother
42:48funny how wrong you can be
42:53so
42:55you really think she was interested in me
42:58for the sake of future generations
42:59let's be glad we can only speculate
43:04good
43:05jan
43:05if you
43:06i
43:06i
43:06i
43:07i
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