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I could never convince my instructors to give me enough home study. There were

nights I'd be done 11, 11 .30 and still be thirsty for more.

That is what you meant, isn't it?

Yeah.

I'll take paperwork over police work anytime.

It means things are quiet.

By the way, anybody know a good garage?

Car trouble, Captain?

No, car disaster.

I fixed my old Dodge with a hammer and chewing gum. These new electric jobs?

Need a Ph .D. to open the hood.

Full latch, pop secondary release, raised and secure.

Thanks, Easter.

Jack, any chance I could catch a ride home?

Well, Henry's and I are going to go to dinner.

Actually, we were talking about a nice dinner.

Oh.

No, no problem. I'm sure I could, you know... No, no, no, no, no, no.

Look, I'll just...

I'll

just take Gene home, turn around, and we're off.

I'll give you one hour.

Jack, you really don't have to do this.

What do you got?

Wild thing?

Who's sucking for the classics?

Classics? That's a nice way to put it.

My kid refers to this era in music as geezer rock.

Kid needs a hearing aid.

My son, we've been known to talk from time to time.

Something strange about that?

You haven't mentioned him in a while. I figured you two weren't getting along.

I haven't heard of a teenager yet that gets along with his old man. Guess what?

We're no exception.

Been there, done that.

Oh, hey.

Sometimes I'm amazed you made it through puberty.

Me too.

A little loud.

While things think I love you, but I won't

I want the site scan, full pattern search, check for explosive residue,

triggers, anything on the ordinary.

It can't be happening.

We were just talking minutes ago. It happened.

It happened.

Thank you for that racing dose of clarity, Officer Hemmings.

So that's it.

Is that it?

No, that's not it.

Someone just took out the head of the TEC along with one of our finest

and made a point of doing it on our doorstep.

If this had been anyone else, Logan would be doing the same thing.

Checking the evidence, assessing the situation.

We don't have time to fall apart, Easter.

Not now.

We found something, Officer Hemmings.

The detector went off the scale. Whatever this is, it's not part of

It doesn't have to be this way.

What?

Easter! Easter!

All TEC personnel, evacuate the building. Easter, listen to me. I know

feel. Frankie, Miss Emmons, I don't think you do. For once in my life, I am

going to sit idly back and watch history take control.

We are all shell -shocked. This still hasn't hit us yet. Shell -shocked,

leave of my senses, or in any way impaired.

I am, however, determined to prevent this from happening. Easter, you are an

academic. You are not a superhero.

Well, for the first time for everything. Listen to me. Listen to me. Even if you

could get a ride up and going, an unauthorized trip is a capital offense.

I know. I helped draft the legislation.

Okay. You realize your career will be over.

Officer Hemmings, when engaged and debated, it is generally preferable to

your case.

I'm a member of this team for one reason. Eugene Matuszak realized his

organization needed an historian.

He hired me away from a lifetime of bad pay, cramped office space, and the

tenure that never was.

He is not dying today.

Easter, you have no idea what it's like to travel back in time.

Much to know. It's like a Polaroid. Point and shoot.

There is a lot more to it, and you know that.

You have never been back.

You're right.

Of course you have.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

To be honest, I'm surprised you capitulated as quickly as you did.

Thanks.

Believe it or not, I had the same thought myself.

We're going back at 10 .30 this morning.

It's just over 10 hours.

It's not much time.

That's the point. We're trying to revise this little slice of history, not turn

it inside out.

The longer you're back, the bigger the disruption.

So in the words of Captain Matuszak, keep it simple. You're not going back to

solve this case. You're going back to warn them. The less people involved, the

better. Oh, take this with you. We'll have it analyzed.

I might point them in that direction.

Must be out of my mind.

Do you remember what you said before? There'd been someone other than Logan in

the car.

He wouldn't have been content collecting evidence or assessing situations.

He'd be sitting where you're sitting, prepping to go back.

30 seconds to launch.

Logan and I were supposed to have dinner tonight.

If you're successful.

If Matuszak survives tonight, I am seriously asking for a raise.

Not only acting like Logan, I'm landing like him.

Miss Hemmings?

Odd. I was under the impression we employed a janitorial service for this

of thing.

Easter?

I found this new Italian place.

Okay, stay quiet. What do you say? A little wine, some pasta?

Sounds better than the usual deep fried.

And delivered in styrofoam.

I'm a little short on cash.

That's my wallet at home.

Officer Logan, please report to interrogation room one.

That's you.

Be back.

That makes... Look, I don't have much time, Jack.

I'm from the future.

Your future.

Okay, and going for a little sled riding? Listen, I'm serious, Jack.

What do you mean you're serious, Claire? I just invited you to dinner.

You invited her to dinner.

What's going on?

You wouldn't come back unless... There's just something here at the TC.

What, something with me?

Logan, you and Matusak are going to die tonight.

8 .03.

On the roof, your car explodes.

Look, you have less than ten hours to stop your own murder.

No explosive detonator, nothing.

If somebody's going to rig it, it's going to happen in the next nine hours.

All right, then impound it. Don't let anyone near it.

I can't impound my life, Hemmings. If somebody wants me dead, they're going to

find a way.

This was found in the debris after the explosion.

Easter thought you could have it analyzed.

Easter?

He helped send you back?

Believe it or not, he insisted on it.

Doctor's full of surprises.

You might be able to help.

Well, I'm going to cross -check on this.

Listen to me, Logan. You have to keep this contained.

The more people that know, the more history could change.

Suddenly it doesn't happen like before. Eight o 'clock becomes three o 'clock.

And the bomb could become a machine gun. I know. Start changing history. You

don't know where it will stop.

Let's see if we can just change this a little bit.

I checked my arrest files. Eight of these guys have been paroled in the last

three months.

Any of them have experience with explosives?

One.

Carl with a K, Martin.

I bagged Martin back in 65 for trying to blow a hole through Fort Knox.

Must have seen Goldfinger one too many times.

He's on parole here in D .C.

Transient Hotel down on 3rd.

It's 11 .15.

Matusak's just getting in. He had car trouble.

The rest of the day's going to be pretty quiet. Look, I've been back too long

already, Jack.

Claire, I know how hard this must have been.

You can thank me by staying alive.

Logan, I had a question about the Langdon file.

It's funny. I thought I heard voices.

Just you and me, Harry.

Sorry, I can't answer your question. I'm running late.

This is too weird.

Good luck, Logan.

You seem bedazzled, Officer Logan.

Hey, sir.

I need you to get this to lab for me, full chemical workup.

I'm a historian, not a federal express.

Get someone else to do your dirty work.

Now I'm starting to like you.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I need this done quietly, no fuss.

And I need it done now.

Well, when you put it that way.

1963.

Sixteen men ambushed the Glasgow to London mail train in the early hours of

February 23rd. It was to be the train that never arrived.

C4.

No way I'm going back to prison, man.

I'm ready to go now.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

All right. So you caught me taping. in the history channel that and the

explosives rap add up to zip not this time martin try attempted murder what

fight in the hotel you're out of your mind i don't think so what is this some

kind of setup if i wanted you dead cop there'd be nothing attempted about it

didn't just kill me you took out one of the few people in this world i can call

my friend what the hell's going on get him off me get him off me

I'll tell you what's going on. Your boy's losing it. You haven't seen losing

man. Fuck this guy.

Hey, he's crazy.

I didn't do anything.

You don't have any proof. I got motive and I got you.

Come on, move it, buddy. Come on, let's go.

I want an

explanation.

It's difficult.

I don't care if it's quantum physics.

You don't go threatening suspects in my house.

Where's your evidence? What's the charge?

I'm assuming there is some sort of temporal crime involved.

Give me one minute.

You're welcome.

Gelignite nitrotex acid?

It's not C4?

Hardly. No, that is a highly experimental synthetic explosive. You

at bombs or us.

So the bomb in Martin's room wasn't... It's already 1 .30.

Logan, you're making even less sense than usual.

Logan? No, now, Gene. No, right now!

You're not going anywhere until you explain that business with Martin. Now,

where's your evidence?

Didn't pan out.

Tell Martin I'm sorry and have his parole officer book him on weapons and

explosives position.

I don't have time for this, Gene.

Well, then you better make time. You either explain that little slam dance in

the hall, or I'm going to have you passing out parking tickets on the mall.

it, Gene, someone's going to kill us tonight.

What?

Meth.

What is this, Logan? Some kind of a sick joke?

I wish.

Emmings came back in time to warn us. At 8 o 'clock tonight, my car goes up in

flames, and according to future Claire, you and I go up with it.

Emmings?

Why would I be giving you a ride?

Gene.

Because if I had to leave my car in the shop overnight, I was going to ask you

for one.

We've got six hours to catch this guy.

We miss him and all bets are off.

The future could repeat itself, or it could change.

We could die even sooner.

Martin came up most likely none of the other possibles has any experience with

explosives. But I was wrong.

Dead end. It takes six months to track down every hopped up convict who has it

in for you.

Okay. What do we know about the bombing?

Hemmings brought this back.

It's a fragment from the blast. According to Easter, it's some sort of

secret explosive. A synthetic that mimics natural explosives.

Concentrated and very nasty.

Doesn't sound like something we'd pick up at the A &P.

Patents with a defense contractor, a Vandron Chemicals.

Based right here in D .C.

According to the security file, the explosive was developed by a research

run by Dr.

Trent.

Didn't ring a bell.

Never heard of him.

Give me a minute. I could probably get to something.

I'll watch your back.

Find anything interesting?

Dr. Trent?

It's amazing what you can learn stealing mail.

Oh, wait. Is this what you're looking for?

Feels like a credit card. Chances are I'm over my limit, but if you're really

desperate, I can probably scrounge a few dollars up out of my purse.

I'm Gene Matuzak. This is Officer Logan. We're here on official business.

GS -20 clearance. It's very official.

We'd like to ask you a couple of questions, if you don't mind.

If you don't mind walking and talking, I'm making a presentation to the board

an hour.

I'm particularly interested in a diabetic explosive known as nitrotex.

put that stuff down right there.

Nitrotex is part of a photo lock -on weapon system we've developed here at

Bandron. Armed projectiles are targeted using a sophisticated photo recognition

system.

Projectiles? As in missiles?

Here, let me show you.

The system looks for a correlation between a picture and a live target.

When it determines a match, it locks on the target and the missile fires.

The Vandron system is the only one that uses this synthetic explosive.

So far. The formula has been designed specifically for our purposes.

However, that doesn't explain why the TDC would be interested.

She has 20 clearance.

It came up when you guys passed through security.

Don't worry. Even the mice in this building have top -secret clearance.

I'll bet.

We have reasons to... I suspect that someone is planning a terrorist attack

using your system right here in Washington.

Interesting and very hard to believe.

Why is that?

This weapon's been manufactured in very limited quantities and is available only

through distributors Vandron genuinely trusts.

Arms dealers and trust?

Now there's an oxymoron. No, that's a contradiction.

Oxymorons are phrases like postal efficiency or smart cop.

I'm beginning to think you actually enjoy what you're doing here, Doc.

Trent.

As in, what's a nice person like you doing inventing weapons of mass

destruction? Something like that.

What can I say?

I'm good at what I do.

And last time I checked, Vandron was not a charity.

We develop weapons, we sell weapons.

It's all perfectly legal.

So who has their hands on this one?

Now that's classified.

I'm afraid you're going to need a lot more than that smile to get your hands

Vandron's client list.

Officer... Logan.

Logan. What about a GS -20 clearance?

Vandron's doing business with an arms dealer named Spangali?

That's the guy they trust.

I didn't know you did, you know.

Have you ever been running with anybody in the high -tech weapons business?

Not that I know of, but I definitely could have made enemies with one of

customers. Yeah.

Well, with five hours left, I'm not liking these odds.

office, Bengali. That payphone come with a speed dial?

Hey, I can do business and get a sub sandwich at the same time.

What do you want, cop?

Vandron Chemicals gave us your name.

I hear you're playing middleman on the new point and shoot missile system.

We need your client list.

Not without a warrant, you don't.

And it's going to stay that way until we get some answers.

All right, all right. Look, I'm a cooperative guy, okay?

Just understand something. I have a large clientele.

And not every one of them wraps himself on the flag, you know?

I need a name.

Take your pick.

buyer is an arms dealer without a mortgage. You know what I mean?

So what can you tell us about your clients?

They're all altar boys.

Uh -uh.

No, no.

You're killing me here.

I'm just getting started, Sven.

Look, once my buyers fill out the proper forms, okay, and the check's clear, I'm

not particularly interested in their biographies, all right? Yeah, he's just

businessman trying to make an honest buck.

Exactly.

Not today.

It's for you.

We got seven names.

We'll never be able to run them all down before tonight.

There's got to be something.

Something we're missing.

Or maybe not.

You believe in destiny, Jack?

Job requirement if you're a time cop.

Maybe this is it.

Maybe we're supposed to buy it tonight and we're trying to change something

was always meant to be.

Business -wearing, you really believe that?

I don't know.

But in the off chance that I'm right, there's something I gotta do.

That's William.

The good -looking one in the blue jacket?

You're not going to go see him?

No. I don't want to embarrass him in front of his friends.

Go ahead, embarrass him. You know what he'll remember?

That you came.

I don't know.

It's been tough on him since the divorce.

It's been tough on everybody.

We haven't exactly been close.

Every other Saturday, two weeks in the summer.

You know the drill.

Phil, I know.

Before I was adopted by the Logans, I went through foster parents like most

go through socks.

When I was 15, every other Saturday and two weeks in the summer, we went to

paradise.

Yeah, well, it's not right.

And he knows it.

Gene, one of these days, he's going to get over being angry.

When he does, he's going to realize he was lucky to have a father like you.

It's my old man.

I'll be back in a second.

It's Will, Dad.

It's been Will for a while now.

So, what's going on?

We were going to meet up this weekend.

Yeah, I just thought I'd drop by.

So, uh, how's school?

Not bad.

Gotta be in chemistry.

Yeah.

Something wrong?

Is it Mom?

No, no, I was just thinking about you, that's all.

I guess I just wanted you to know that, you know, whatever happened between your

mom and me, it had nothing to do with you.

You came all the way down here just to tell me that.

Are you sure everything's okay?

Everything is fine.

Better get back to your friends.

Yeah.

So I'll see you on Saturday.

All right?

I'll be there.

Seems like a good kid.

Yeah, he is.

Let's find this piece of garbage.

None of Svengali's names look familiar.

No match.

We're back to square one.

Pity, you didn't ask me for help.

But then you'd have to answer my question.

Which one of them came from the future?

The bagged barcode had your fragment processed at 8 .47 p .m. In other words,

it's from a case that won't be open until tonight.

I assume Logan is the noxious time pirate who stole the ride.

You have too much respect to defile history.

Hemmings came back to warn us. Logan and I died tonight at 8 .03 p .m.

We're going to die again if we don't find out which one of these men is out

get us.

All right, let me take a look at those names.

Well,

one thing's apparent. Name number four is Bogus. How do you know that? There's

no ethnic origin for the surname Shandari. It's obviously a nom de plume.

Wait a sec.

Anagram? Just one of my many talent.

Wait a minute.

Daryl Harrison.

You know him?

Busted him back in the late 80s, 18, 19 years ago.

Well, apparently he'd been working under a false premise as if Sasson wasn't out

to target Logan at all.

It was after me.

Daryl Harrison.

I got him for selling illegal weapons.

There's an apartment down on C Street.

Get Washington PD on the line.

I want that apartment. I'll surround it now.

First unit showed up.

The guy at Chewy went nuts, opened up out the window with one of those laser

-accurate street sweepers. We returned fire, followed up with tear gas.

Harrison, was he hit?

Don't know. It's been real quiet the last ten minutes.

Figured we'd wait him out.

We don't have time to wait.

Go.

What's the rush?

He's not going anywhere.

security government types are interested in a sorry piece of nothing like

Harrison?

No. Gene, over here.

Vandron's finest.

I still can't believe this guy would go to all this trouble to take me out.

I got the missile, the motive.

Set and match, Gene.

You're probably right.

It's getting dark.

Why don't we let the D .C. police take it from here?

Come on, Jane.

It's okay.

the job feels like police work, some days it feels like homework.

Eight o 'clock.

Maybe we should stick around for a while to be on the safe side.

No.

That offer for a ride still hold?

I'll meet you up top.

I take it we are no longer on for the evening.

We don't have time, Claire.

Why?

Did I miss something?

Something I picked up.

Wild thing?

Doesn't exactly fit the mood, does it?

Go ahead, play it.

So that's what it feels like to change history.

All right,

Gene. That's it. You barely said three words since we hit the street.

Something's not right.

I can feel it.

I need to make a call.

Gene. This incredible invention known as a cell phone, which are about as

private as seats at the Super Bowl. I want to use a hard line for this. I'm

okay, Jack. Just drop me off here.

I'm going to drop you off.

You find out anything, anything at all, you call me back at this number,

KL50147.

All right.

Okay, what's going on?

I'll buy you a drink. Sure, they must have milk here.

Dr. Trent.

That's funny. I don't remember seeing you here before.

It was Officer Logan Wright and Matusak. Good memory, doctor.

Oh, please.

Doctors for my resume. My parents call me Carrie, but my friends use Ann.

What can I get you?

White wine, please.

Oh, yeah.

Water.

Double scotch rocks.

Rough day?

Yeah. One hell of a day.

It's finally over.

You know what, Jack?

Why don't you go on back to the office, find Claire, and have that dinner? I'll

just finish my drink, and I'll catch you, Kevin. All right?

You sure?

I'm positive.

Go on.

I'll meet you again.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Captain, I just checked Harrison's bank records. Your hunch was right. Someone

deposited $25 ,000 into his account just this morning.

In other words, our Mr. Harrison was in someone else's employ.

Captain.

Time enforcement.

Time travel.

Somebody came back, didn't they?

They warned you.

Otherwise, how would you have known about Vandron?

About me?

You had me killed?

And I'm going to do it again.

Don't.

Back away.

Very slowly.

Wait a minute, Kat.

My parents call me Carrie, but my parents...

You'll have to excuse me for being confused, but I didn't even know you

this afternoon.

I have to admit, it was interesting trying to explain my system to the man

was designed to kill.

You don't remember me.

I was at the trial every chance I could get.

Trial? Jimmy Wells.

You remember now?

Wells. He was a two -bit punk I took down for armed robbery just before I

the force. I loved him, and you murdered him. I sent him to prison.

It's just the same as pulling the trigger.

Prison ate Jimmy alive year after year.

They found him dead in his cell last summer. The prison officials, they

it suicide, but I knew better.

You didn't know.

Did you?

No, I didn't.

And I'm sorry.

But I didn't start him down that path. I just helped stop it.

I'd like to hear about Mr. Harrison.

Don't come any closer.

Let me guess.

Using Launcher was a poetic justice thing. But if you took just one, it

traced. So you recruited Harrison to do your killing.

A hitman slash fall guy.

In case someone came knocking after the big blast.

It was so easy finding someone who hated you as much as I did.

Harrison followed you most of the day.

Even got that tender scene you had with your son.

In fact, I think when I'm finished with you, I might pay the boy a little visit.

Two chances in a row, you get on your knees.

Logan Cuffer.

You wanted me dead.

In one history, you succeeded.

Destiny again, Gene.

What if it was always our destiny to have Hemmings come back to cheat

We'll never know.

I'm not sure I want to know.

Really makes you appreciate what's important.

Looking forward to Saturday with your kid?

With Billy?

We will.

More than ever.

In fact, I don't think I'm going to wait that long.