...but first, here with the highlights of the latest news received
until 8:00 am Eastern War Time on September 14th.
As the Fifth Army crosses to the Gulf of Salerno in Italy, extremely heavy fighting continues.
The Germans are using tanks and elements of three divisions,
the Hermann Goering and the 15th and 16th Panzers.
At one or two points they have regained some of ground taken from them in the last day or two.
But the powerful Allied Forces, receiving a steady stream of reinforcements and supplies,
are attacking steadily to gain the foothills arcing around the coastal plain that we made our landing.
We have firmly established ourselves in the coastal area, but as long as German artillery in place in the foothills...
Come on, James, get some sleep.
We might have missed something.
A thousand triple-checks and we might have missed something?
James, tomorrow we make history.
See you in the morning.
...back yesterday, which gives a clear picture of the fighting.
He tells of an American unit which advanced knocking-out 12 enemy tanks
and the projected backup is a German counterattack overran one of our observation posts
with several more tanks. Enemy fighters, approximately 120-odd...
Hi.
- Stop it! - It's still good.
I'm going to have to talk to you about your friend.
I can't believe David.
Would you stop that? What kind of girl do you think I am?
I figured the kind that understands that this might be my last dance.
That's a lot of malarkey and you know it.
All you're doing is taking a joyride around the harbour and getting out of the war for six months.
But isn't that a great excuse though?
We're not going back to the office and that's final.
- Take care of junior for me. - okay.
Now, that's more my speed.
How do you fell about an old married man who's raring to go?
- Sure. - Hey, is it okay?
- No, it's not. - Come on!
- Hey, babe, do you want to cut a rug? - Why not?
- Motherhood suits you. - Is that a compliment?
Yes. It's supposed to be. Jimmy's a lucky guy.
- Well, you had your chance. - I know. Yeah, I guess I did, huh?
Want something to drink?
Coke.
Hey, a beer and a Coke.
Hey, there goes the whizz kid.
Doesn't look too happy, does he?
- Maybe he knows something we don't. - Thanks, David, that's just what I wanted to hear.
Hey, uh, how's it going with Doris?
None of your business.
- So when are you going to California? - Tomorrow.
Since you're going to be quarantined for a month, there's no use in my staying.
- Yeah. Hey, say hello to everybody for me, right? - I will.
Have you heard from your dad?
No. He's up at Sacramento. He's not going to let the war get in the way of his racing.
Ladies and gentlemen, this will be the last dance.
- What? - The last dance.
See you, babe.
- Look after him for me, will you? - Yeah.
Come on, honey. It's the last dance.
It's Pam! Davy, look, it's Pam!
Hi, Pam! Hi, honey! Hi, honey!
Hi! Hi!
I love you, honey! I love you!
- I love you! - I love you!
Worried about losing your job, Joe?
I'll believe it when I see them do it.
Well, we'll find out soon enough.
You fellas going on another joyride?
Hey, Smitty, I heard your old lady ran off with a skipper puke.
- I heard it was an Airdale. - I reckon it was both of them.
Surface Navy, ship loads!
Well, you get to go out without Pam tonight, hotshot.
- Yeah? We'll be in quarantine's starting tonight. - Forget quarantine.
- I got it all worked out, buddy. - Yeah, fellas.
Good morning, gentlemen.
Good morning, sir.
- Everyhing in order? - Yes, sir.
Have you checked the communications link with the shore?
Yes, sir. Clear as a bell, sir.
Now hear this. All visitors prepare to disembark.
Set the Special Sea Detail. Prepare to get under way.
What the hell was that all about?
I don't know.
Aircrew to flight deck.
Range 3,000 yards, bearing 123.
No way they're going to hide this trip.
Now you see it, now you don't.
All right, men, let's concentrate.
Now here this. Secure the special sea and anchor details. Set the underway watch.
Experimental detail, prepare for the Rainbow One.
The smoking lamp is out throughout the ship.
Joe, you've met Dr. Longstreet and his assistant.
- Welcome aboard, sir. Welcome aboard. - Thank you.
The ships are on station, sir.
- You can start the generators now, Captain. - Commence operations.
This is Sea Dog to Small Boy. Activate Rainbow One.
This is Small Boy. Roger, out.
All sections stand by for countdown.
Here we go.
Generators activated, sir.
Power to the main field.
I don't believe this.
The Eldridge is beginning to fade, sir.
She's gone.
I didn't think it was possible.
She's radar invisible.
Congratulations, Doctor. Looks like you've just taken the entire German fleet out of the war.
- Then how is it? - It's getting kinda spooky in here.
I don't see anything!
- There she goes! - Ho! This is some ship!
Captain Robertson, sir. It's the cutter. They say the Eldridge has vanished.
- Of course she has. She's radar-invisible. - No, sir.
She's really vanished. She's gone.
Get me the captain of the Eldridge on the radio right away.
It's impossible.
Small Boy, this is Sea Dog, over.
Small Boy, this is Sea Dog.
Shut her down. Tell the Eldridge to kill the generators. Tell them!
- They've broken off communications, sir. - Just keep trying.
- Small Boy, this is Sea Dog. - Attention, all search and rescue personnel, stand by.
Repeat, all search and rescue personnel, stand by.
What's going on here?
- What is it? - Shut the damn thing! Shut it down!
Aaargh! Aaargh!
- Jimmy! You all right? - I'm okay.
Get out of here. Let's get the hell out of here!
Come on! Get up!
- Aaaargh! - Aaaargh!
- What is this? What's going on? - I don't know.
- What do you see right now? - This is dark as the moon. It's night!
Did you see the ship? I mean did you see... you see the ship, the town?
Yeah! Yeah, it was spinning around. What's going on here?
- What about your hand? - It's okay now. There's nothing wrong with it.
- What the hell is it? - I don't know. What is that?
Aaaargh!
What happened?
It's coming back again, Davy!
Where's it going?
Oh, my God.
Run! Come on!
Run!
Run, Jimmy, run!
Come on, come on!
Jimmy! Jimmy!
Let go of it! Let go, Jimmy!
Let go! Come on! You all right?
We've got to get out of here! Come on! Run!
- You all right? - Yeah, I'm okay.
- It's the last one. - Yeah.
Do you have any more brilliant ideas?
Yeah. We're still in Philadelphia. This is all part of the experiment.
They did something to our minds.
There's no desert in Philly.
Maybe all this isn't real.
Maybe it's a hallucination.
They could have hypnotized us. Now they do that to people, you know.
You're tell me this is my imagination, and we're not freezing our asses off out of here?
- And they didn't try to kill us last night? - They wouldn't do that.
It's all part of the experiment.
You think the Navy knows they're doing?
You saw the guys on the boat. This wasn't supposed to happen, Jimmy.
This is a big mistake.
So, what do we do, huh?
Just keep on going.
Isn't that water up ahead?
No. This is a desert. And that's a mirage.
How much longer do you think this mirage is going to last?
- What is it? - Some sort of beer.
German.
Hey!
Coca-Cola!
Oh, it's so light.
What the hell's it made of?
Pshh... Hell if I know.
- What is it? - Just an old Chevy.
- Heading right for us. - Come on!
What the hell was that?
Brand Leader to Red Two. You got anything?
Red Two to Brand Leader. Negative. Double-checked to all the quadrant, there's nothing.
How the hell could they lose the whole damn town?
Now nothing all these boys do surprises me.
Red Two entering Quadrant 4. Continuing search.
Let's on-stream now. Punch up Code 84 and run another check of the area.
We've just finished our first run. There's nothing.
No anomalous electromagnetic fields, no heat move-up, no radiation.
The whole damn town just disappeared, James.
Run a second check.
We're already doing it. I mean, how the hell could this thing have happened?
I don't want Washington involved. Not yet.
I understand. We'll be through in an hour.
All right, along shot here, and then I want a shot featuring that section down there,
and then I want to look a wide shot of the whole assembly.
What is it?
We don't know, sir.
But it wasn't here when we started, that's for damn sure.
The chopper went down over there by the security fences. There's not a piece of it left that's bigger than a matchstick.
How about the security break?
TQ's checking into it but I can guarantee you it's a mistake.
- Not even a jackrabbit could get through this perimeter. - Major Clark, come in.
Excuse me, sir.
- Clark here. - I got something for you.
Right. Grissom! Let's go!
Three-eights, it's hard steel coil. Haven't seen anything like it in at least 30 years.
If I was back in Missouri, I'd swear there was a tornado brewing up there.
Hey, man, what's happening?
Are you coming in or what?
Yeah.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
You boys want some coffee?
Yeah.
We've got a special on the ham and eggs.
Yeah. Sounds good.
- Yeah. Me too. - How do you want the eggs?
- Scrambled. - Two specials, scrambled.
- At least she speaks English. - Your money?
- So, wha... what... what's the name of this place? - Scotty's Junction.
You won't find it on any map, I can tell you that.
Nevada?
You boys don't know what state you're in?
- Yeah. Is there... a naval base around here? - Not that I know of.
Just the base up at Dry Wells.
That's it. Your phone?
Out front, by the pumps.
Give me some of that money.
- See if I can get a hold of the base. - Yeah.
Damn!
What?
You gave the job to somebody else?
I... I did call. I called from Chicago, I called from Salt Lake.
Didn't you get the message?
I don't think you understand, I quit my job to come work for you.
Of course I'm upset. I've been driving for two days.
No, I don't want to come stay with you.
What for? There's nothing to talk about.
Look, there's someone waiting for the phone, I'll... Goodbye.
Thank you.
Operator, yes, I want call long distance. Philadelphia.
United States Naval Base.
Oh, yeah, I got to reverse the charges. This is Seaman First Class, David Herdeg.
I'm calling Commander Robertson.
Pay your bill, Charlie.
You got me the Sweet'N Low?
The Sweet'N Low.
- We don't take any cheques or credit cards. - Thanks.
Ohh... Ugh...
Ugh!
- Put the lights out! - Hey!
What the hell do you think you're doing?
Come on you here, boy!
We've got to out of here, Davy!
- What's going on? - All right, hold it right there, boy!
You pay up for both them machines before you leave my place.
- I didn't do anything to your machines! - Mister, I don't know what you're talking about...
You stay out of it, son, or I'll blow your goddamn head off too!
Don't do anything grazy.
- Pa, I already called the sheriff. - Now, you just get back inside.
All right, stay back! Everybody stay back!
Get back! Get in the car, Jimmy.
- I didn't do anything, Davy. - Just get in the car!
Stay back, just stay back. We'll get him later.
Where are the keys?
- It's everything I own, could you take another car? - Just give me the damn keys!
- What's the matter? - Where the hell's the clutch?
- It's automatic! - What's an automatic?
Get in! You're driving!
Jesus Christ!
- Hey, forget the bags! - I'm not leaving without
- my stuff! - Oh, for God's sake! Get in the car!
Go! Go! Come on! Go! Go!
Look, I'm cooperating, so just don't hurt me, okay?
We're not got to hurt you. Just keep on driving.
Did you get through to the base?
They never heard of a Commander Robertson. That's what they said.
But that's a lie! Why would they do that?
Let me see that.
It doesn't feel too good, Davy.
- It happened again back there. - You know, you should be in a hospital.
He should be in a hospital, you know that?
- What's the date? - The date is...
- The 17th. - The year!
Are you kidding? It's 1984.
What's going on with you two? Are you on drugs or something?
- 1984... - What about the war?
- What war? - The war!
- Vietnam? - World War II, Germany and Japan.
- What about it? - Who won?
We won, what do you think?
You guys putting me on or something?
How far to the next town?
- I don't know. - Hey, you have any cigarettes?
No, I quit last month.
Roger, 1-9, you're advised to clear Quadrant double-zero as soon as possible.
Roger, this is 1-9. We copy.
Standing by for base communication.
- Morning, sir. - Is Dr. Longstreet down there?
Yes, sir.
But the energy shield, they wouldn't so over deflected the power. It's actually safe.
- The disappearance was an aftereffect. - But why now?
I... I don't understand any significant difference between this experiment and any other anti-missile tests
- we've run so far. - Larry.
- It wouldn't be enough to do it. - Of course it would. It's the only variable.
The amount of energy it took to deflect the missiles into hyperspace was so great
- Look! - created a wrinkle in the continuum.
We shut the energy off, we turned the generators down,
why didn't the town simply re-materialize?
Maybe there's another power source functioning.
Where?
Inside the zone, in hyperspace itself.
What would be the possible source?
- Did you get the meteorological report? - Yes.
It's incredible. It's as if every storm front in the region is being sucked into one tiny zone.
We have three separate reports of tornadoes, and that doesn't happen here.
Where's it centred now?
- About 40 miles due east of here. - Sir, Major Clark wants to see you.
I'll be back.
What other the possible energy source?
I'm sorry to interrupt, but I thought you should know. There was a security break.
At least two men were in the area of the experiment when it took place.
- I've put out a full alert. - So much for the jackrabbit theory.
We'll catch them. I can guarantee that.
When you do, I want to see them.
Jim, look at this!
I don't like it, Davy. It's all wrong.
What do you say we find a hospital?
- Just keep driving. - We can't, Davy.
Then what do you want to do?
Let's just try and get home.
Where's home?
California.
Ow! It's coming back, Davy!
Oh, God! No!
No!
- What the hell is wrong with you two? - Look out!
Headquarters, this is Unit 10. Suspects stopped north of the bridge.
All right, nobody move.
Jesus Christ! You got to be kidding!
Get an NKG, and get Nielsen down here. It looks like a possible...
All I know he's living somewhere in California.
- Do you know where? - No.
She'll need a standard on her left proximal radius and ulna.
I'll be back in a few minutes.
Could you sit over here, please, and take off your coat.
There's nothing wrong with my arm. It's just a little bit sore.
Just be on the safe side and check it out anyway, okay.
When we're finished here, we need you to come to the station and fill out a statement.
- What's going to happen to them? - Hold still, please.
Kidnapping with a dangerous weapon. carries a minimum of 9 to 12 years.
12 years!
- How are you? - Fine.
Did anything unusual happen to you or the others prior to the accident?
Like what?
Well, did you come in contact with any radiation or anything like that?
I... I don't know. I mean, the car just like, lit up before we hit the barricade.
- I don't really know what caused it. - Turn your arm, please.
Why, what's wrong?
There's a man dying up there and for the life of me I don't know why.
Why don't you talk to his friend?
He refuses to talk to anyone.
Don't move, please. Thank you.
Would you like a cigarette?
Yeah.
- Thank you. - Sure.
What the hell are you dressed like that for?
Do you like it?
Herdeg!
Good luck!
Sailor.
- What do you mean she won't press charges? - That's what she said.
- The old couple? - They don't want to drive into town,
so they can't run their business and be in the court.
Jesus Christ! How do these people expect us to help them if they won't help themselves? Damn it.
No wonder the goddamn country's going to hell.
Excuse me, Allison. This is Sheriff Bates.
- Hi. - Hi.
I understand you don't want to press charges any more. Can you tell me why?
- I changed my mind. - Just like that?
No particular reason, you just decided to let these guys get away with kidnapping you?
I just don't think they deserve to go to jail for 12 years. They have other problems.
We've all got problems, honey, but we don't solve them with guns.
- Are you sure you won't change your mind? - I'm sure.
You're a lucky son of a bitch, you know that?
Good luck.
How are you doing?
Fine.
We haven't actually met yet.
I'm Allison Hayes.
David Herdeg.
How does that feel?
Dr. Tanner to Theatre 1. Dr. Tanner to Theatre 1, please.
Hey, Jimmy. How are you doing?
Davy...
I was having this... dream.
Pam? Is that... Is Pam with you?
No.
The baby's coming soon.
She wants it to be a boy.
She said, "Make it a boy."
Ugh! Don't leave me, Davy! I can't go through this again.
Sorry, you're going to have to leave right now. Thank you.
- We need the doctor? - No, I think he'll going to be all right.
They can't help him if you don't tell them what happened.
- We were involved in an experiment. - What kind of an experiment?
It's electronic. Deflecting radar so a ship couldn't be detected at sea.
I didn't understand all of it.
You were exposed to an electronic energy field of some sort?
I think so.
But there was something else. Something else happened.
We got caught up in this freak thing.
Just the two of us.
Uh, I don't know what it was but somehow we got moved in time.
What do you mean?
Time.
This now, this time, it's not ours. We weren't here when it happened.
The experiment took place on a ship in the Philadelphia harbour.
It was 1943, October.
Does this sound... crazy, you know, or is this sort of thing possible now?
What are your memories of 1943?
Are they clear to you?
You think I'm making this up.
I didn't say that. I just want you to describe something in 1943 for me.
I can describe everyhing. 1943 was yesterday for me.
- I'm not doubting you, Mr. Herdeg. - Like hell you're not doubting me!
- You don't believe anything I'm saying. - David, he's just trying to help.
Hey, look, I'm not lying.
You think I'd make this up? What the hell would I make this up for?
Yes.
- Dr. Magnussen, you'd better come quickly. - What is it?
It's the patient in B.
You'll have to excuse me for a minute.
That's Jimmy. I know it's Jimmy.
- Give him IV, guys. - I've already given him 10 milligrams.
- Stand-by CPR. - Now, move it!
Clear the way, please.
- Excuse me, clear the way. - Come on, let's get that in here.
Clear for the backboard coming in.
That's it.
Get it off him! Get it off him!
Try and restrain him so he doesn't hurt himself.
- What the hell's going on here? - Get more people in here!
Get back! Get back, get back!
Get back...
Don't anybody touch him.
Oh, my God...
David!
- David! - Stay away from him!
- Let me go! I want to be with him. - Stay away from him.
Stay away from him. I don't know what it is, but...
- That's the other one. - Pick him up.
David!
David, wait!
Get the fourth floor. Take the stairwell! Hurry up!
- What the heck! - Awesome.
Security, fifth floor, fast.
Security to fifth floor, fast.
- Look, I'm going to have to take you in. - I didn't do anything.
Don't give me any trouble.
- I didn't do anything! - What are you doing?
Look out now! Stop that shit!
There he is!
Ah, shit!
Up the stairs!
Sorry! Sorry!
Come on, goddamn it! Let's go!
What the hell are you doing? Get out of here!
David! David, get in!
- Stop him! Goddamn it, stop him! - Who are they?
I don't know. Just keep going!
What happened, David? What happened to Jimmy?
Does it have to do with the experiment? Is it... Is it some kind of secret thing? Is that it?
For God's sake, David, I'm just trying to understand. I want to help you.
- Do you know where Santa Paula, California? - No.
Is your family there? Is that it?
- They used to be. - Well.
I have to go to Los Angeles anyway. We'll find it.
Why are you doing all this, Allison?
I don't know.
All that stuff I told the doctors back there, did you believe it, believe any of it?
I believe that you believe it.
- How is your reading? - I must say I have a malfunction.
I keep getting negative pressure that keeps dropping. It's impossible!
No, it's pulling the air in. Pulling everyhing in.
How?
We opened up a hole, Barney.
We opened it up, and it's stayed open.
God. You can feel it.
You can feel the energy.
What is described as a freakish low-pressure system continues to stall over Nevada.
Leaving thousands virtually cut off from the rest of the world,
with roads closed, power wires down...
...150 mph have downed major power lines,
leaving hundreds of families without power...
...personal computer from Digital, with two separate microprocessors.
one for today's jobs, another for tomorrow.
The Rainbow, from Digital Equipment Corporation.
Call 1-800-DIGITAL for the store nearest you.
- ...the phone! - Which one you want me to answer first?
Both of them! Both of them!
Both of them!
Hold the line, please. Thank you.
I'd like to have my grip, please.
- Yes, ma'am. - Let me see that.
All they came in on the last train.
We haven't unloaded the truck yet. Go on, get the lady's grip. Hurry up!
Excuse me...
It's unbelievable out there.
Oh, I hid the car around the back. We can rent a new one in the morning.
Oh, I see you found an old movie to watch.
Yeah, it's the only thing I seem to understand around here.
I got you some magazines and a change of clothes. I hope they fit.
Hey, you know, I don't know how I'll going to be able to pay you back for all this.
Don't worry about it now. You like Chinese food?
Yeah, sounds good.
Great.
Here, dig in.
Are you okay?
What if we get all the way out to Santa Paula and, uh...
there's nobody left out there alive that I know?
My father isn't a young man.
- Well, let's call and find out. - He doesn't have a phone.
David, everyone has a phone. Let's try.
Uh, yes, information, please, for Santa Paula, California. The number for...
- John Herdeg. - John Herdeg. That's H-E-R-D-E-G.
Oh. Um, is there any other place?
Try the Parker ranch. They always had a phone.
Uh, do you have the number for the Parker ranch?
Thank you.
- It's ringing. - But what... What am I going to say to him?
Hello. Who's this speaking, please?
Pam?
- What happened? - It was her. It was Jim's wife, Pamela.
- But why... why did you hang up? - What am I going to say to her?
Well, that's good. At least we know she's there.
What if they're there? What if they're waiting for us?
They know where I'm from, this could all be a trap!
Well... maybe we should tell the story to someone else
- and get them to come with us. - Wait, the story you don't believe, right? That one!
David, I don't know what to believe. How... How do you know what to believe?
Maybe... Maybe they gave you some drugs. Maybe none of this is real at all.
Yeah, maybe none of this is real. Hey, maybe this isn't real, right?
Maybe this isn't real, I mean, maybe this isn't real, maybe none of this is real.
Maybe I'm not real, maybe you're not real! How about that?
Uh, look, uh...
All right, you know, I don't think I can really help you any more.
I think you've got to go through this, you know, by yourself and...
I'm sure you're going to be fine, but,
you know, I'm scared too, so I'll see you later, okay?
Wait... please...
Look, I'm sorry, Allison.
I didn't mean to hurt you.
Please stay with me.
I need you.
Please.
- What? - I can't believe this.
Germany and Japan are our friends and Russia's the enemy now?
- Aren't you getting tired, David? - Yeah.
Alarm set for 6:30 am.
- Well, don't stay up too late, okay? - Yeah.
Good night.
But we just know that every time they do an experiment around here, the weather changes.
They're responsible for everything that's going on around here.
We tried to contact Dr. James Longstreet, who is in charge of the experiment here at the base,
but unfortunately he is unavailable for comment.
- Who's that name she just said? - What?
Thanks for your report, Margaret,
- we'll be standing by for future developments. - Never mind.
And now moving to the national...
...in Hollywood once who... refused to hire a director
and the picture they refused to hire the director before it turned out to be a failure.
- The next time the director's name came up - Allison!
- the producer said, no, he was... - What?
I know this guy. Is this another movie?
- No, David, this is not a movie. - Mr. President. Mr. President...
12:46 am.
Sorry.
Good night.
It almost seems connected to something in this area.
It hasn't moved more than 50 miles
from the original test site since we started monitoring it.
Where is it now?
Stand by...
- B Quadrant. It's moving this way now. - Destabilizing.
Cameras moving into position now, sir.
- All systems go! - All systems go.
Cameras mounted and ready, sir.
Okay, let's see what the hell we've got in there.
This is Control. Commence operations.
Mission sequence activated.
Launch complete, 1,500 and closing. 1,200.
Nine, eight, seven...
six, five, four, three, two, one...
- Transition. - We're in.
Good God, there it is!
- What the hell is that? A ship? - What's a ship doing in there?
What was that?
Play it back.
Major Clark from Security in there?
Let me know as soon as he is, please.
♪ Through the night ♪
♪ Through the dawn ♪
♪ Behind you another runner is born ♪
♪ Don't look back, you'll be there ♪
♪ See the mist as your breath hits the air ♪
♪ And it's underneath the moonlight ♪
♪ Passing some to your heart beats in the moonlight, like a drum... ♪
That job was just an excuse to get to LA. It's where I want to go anyway.
There are a lot of opportunities out there.
You know, I have two diplomas. One from an art school. I've won a couple of awards.
I'm very well thought of in Cincinnati.
I am!
You're very well thought of here, too.
I just know when I get to LA something going to work out.
It's going to be fine.
What pisses me off is that jerk Michael.
I'm usually a good judge of character.
- Does the music bother you? - No.
What about the rest of life?
Don't you want to get married?
Yeah, if I meet the right guy.
- Kids? Don't you want to have kids? - You don't have to be married to do that.
I'm never going to agree with that.
- You want a Coke? - Yeah.
How did you do that?
Hey, that's pretty neat.
- Why did you join the Navy? - You know the old saying,
a girl in every port.
You like to travel?
- Yeah. - Yeah, me too.
- Do you mind? - Go ahead.
- That's me. - It's nice.
Phew! What is that?
I think it's a Porsche.
Now, that's really me.
This is the one... that disappeared.
Parker.
Is that the other one?
Yes. This is Herdeg.
That's him.
Thank you, Doctor.
I'd like to know more about what happened to Parker.
I appreciate your curiosity but this is not the time.
- But he's... - My driver will take you back now, Doctor.
And thank you.
Herdeg's file. They both lived in Santa Paula, California.
How did you know?
Major, would you just bring him in, please?
The latest run.
The vortex is almost twice the size. It's started pulling at surface matter.
James, if we don't stop this thing soon, the whole damn planet's in trouble.
What the hell are we going to do?
That's the church that Jimmy got married in.
That's the railroad station. Looks good.
And here we come up to the big tree.
It must be over 100 years old by now.
My name's carved in it somewhere.
Is that your father's place?
It's different.
Well...
Let's get some gas and check it out.
I'll be right with you.
Oh, what can I do for you folks?
Can you fill it up, please?
- Unleaded? - Yeah.
- Is that him? - Yes.
He's a good-looking man.
That's the car we brought out with us when we moved out from New Jersey.
- That's you! - That's right.
Hey, your car was almost full. Did you want me to check the oil?
No, that's okay.
Do you know what happened to the guy in these pictures?
- Oh, John Herdeg? - Yeah.
Well, he's a pretty famous guy. Won a lot of big races in his time.
When was that?
Oh, I don't know. Late '40s, early '50s, I guess.
He moved back East somewhere, that's where most of the racing circuits are.
Died a few years ago.
Your car was almost full. It's only $4.
David, I'm... I'm sorry...
David...
Thanks.
David!
- Do you want me to drive? - No, I'm fine.
I'm sorry, David.
At least he made it.
He did what he said he was going to do. Nobody thought he could. Not even me!
Good for you, Pop.
Good for you.
I should have called her again.
It'll be okay.
What if she doesn't recognize me?
We'll just tell her.
Can I help you?
- Mrs. Parker? - Yes.
Pamela?
Yes.
Don't you know me?
Don't you recognize me?
It's me, it's David. It's Davy Herdeg.
No, it's not, it can't be.
It's me, Pam.
Please help me.
Oh, my God.
My God, David...
May we come in?
Yes.
I'm Allison.
All of this time, he was telling the truth.
All of this time,
and nobody would believe him, not even me.
- Who was telling the truth? - Jimmy.
- Then he came back? - Yes.
Well, what happened?
Well, nobody would listen to him.
We all believed the Navy, and they said he had been affected by the experiment.
And the ship and the other guys?
Burned, some of them.
Some of them died.
What about me? What happened to me, Pamela?
You never came back, David.
You just never came back.
Till now.
Attaboy! Hurry up!
That's Jimmy?
He still likes to go out there and work.
I'll be right back.
David...
He's not like he used to be.
I know.
Here!
Jimmy.
Jimmy, it's me, David.
I know you recognize me, Jim.
I just want to talk to you about what... about what happened.
What's the matter? Come on, stop this, I want to talk to you.
Come on, talk to me! Stop the horse!
Stop this goddamn horse and talk to me, damn it!
- Leave me alone. - Just tell me what happened.
Come on, fella, stop it. What the hell you're doing?
Get him out of here! Just get him out of here!
Tell me what happened. Tell me what happened.
- What's the matter? - Jimmy. Jimmy!
- What's happening? What's going on? - You'd better go now.
I'm afraid he's going to get sick, please. Please go!
Please! You can't do this! You've got to help David.
He can't go through this again. Please, please leave him alone!
David, are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Why didn't you want to speak with him, Jimmy?
What for?
He just wanted you to tell him some things.
It's better he doesn't know.
Why don't you come sit down?
I can't go through all that again, Pamela.
I... I just can't.
I know you can't, Jimmy. I do understand.
He... He looks just the same, doesn't he?
Yes, he does.
I wish to God it was... all over for him.
I'm going back.
It won't do any good. He's frightened.
He's a sick man. She told me.
I don't care.
David, they thought he was crazy, they put him in a hospital.
Do you think he wants to go through that again?
- All I want to do is talk to him. - You already know what happened.
You didn't go back, David.
What happened to him is not going to happen to you.
- Oh, God! - Shit!
Hey!
Slow him down!
Look out!
Look out! Shit!
Keep going!
Get down! Get down!
Hang on!
Look out!
- Hold on! - David, stop!
- Jesus Christ. - David, where are you going?
- David, come on! - Damn it!
Please, David, let's get out of here.
- Dry Wells... - David, we've got to get out of here.
Dry Wells. This is close to the place where me and Jimmy first came in to the desert.
Please, David, these are federal documents. Let's go!
This is the guy.
This is the guy who was in charge of the experiment we were in, Dr. James Longstreet.
Yeah. All right, get in the car. This guy ought to know exactly what's going on.
- David, they're going to be looking for this car. - We'll get there some other way.
Easy on his arm, there. Easy! Easy, soldier.
Just crossing the Nevada border.
What's going on, Allison?
Come on, what's the matter?
Why can't you just let it go?
I mean... we could go away somewhere.
Together, just... just you and me.
Allison, I can't let it go. I've got to find out!
Is it worth dying for?
It's not worth it.
It's not worth killing people for.
They were trying to kill us. Remember?
Look, if you want to bail out of this, you know, I'll understand.
- I don't say that. - I don't know what the hell you're doing here, anyway.
No, I don't want to leave you.
I'm just...
I'm just frightened.
Oh, jeez... Come here.
This is Paramedic Sam Larimer.
We got a three-car injury accident on Highway...
- 61 Interchange. - All right!
Canyon is closed! Hold it up right there!
Turn around! Turn around!
Shh-shh.
Take a royal! Go on for a royal! Turn around!
Open up, sir.
Looks like a roadblock.
What is it, David?
What? Tell me!
It's happening to me now.
No...
All right, we've got to get out of here.
- I've got to find Longstreet now. - okay, okay.
- Storm has got everyhing tied up. - What's going on?
- Road's blocked till the storm's over. - I got to be in Salt Lake tomorrow.
- You'll just have to find another way to go. - Damn!
What the hell!
Hey! That's my rig!
That's my goddamn rig! Hey, stop!
- David! - Hey!
- That's my goddamn rig! - What he will doing?
Wait! Look out!
What the hell...
That's my damn rig!
They'll get him at the next roadblock.
Damn! Damn!
- There only a little more. - Oh, forget it, let's go!
Oh, come on, I got it, I got it. Now get in the car will you, damn it?
All right!
- Must be on your side. - There it is.
- You'd better wait here. - No, I'm coming with you.
Come in. The door's open.
The stuff's by the fireplace.
- Oh, I thought you were from the base. - Dr. Longstreet here?
No. Can I help you?
This is the town.
This is the place in the desert I was telling you about.
This is close to where Jimmy and I first showed up.
- I'm sorry, but you're going to have to leave. - Where's Longstreet?
- This is a private residence. - We're not leaving till we see him.
- Be careful with that, it's loaded. - Where is he?
- He's on the base. - Take me to him.
It's a secure area. They'll never let you in.
We'll see about that.
- All right, get down. - You'll never make it.
- Shut up and get down! - David, maybe he's right.
Halt! Halt!
Guards!
Attention all security personnel! Breach at Gate 5!
- All right, where is he? - The control room!
Unauthorized vehicle approaching Control Area.
Come on, let's go!
Get down!
Let's go! Come on, get out!
- Come on, let's go! - David...
- wait! - We're not going to goddamn make it!
Hold it!
- David! - You all right?
All right, come on, move it! Let's go!
What the hell? Larry, are you in there?
- What happened? - The stuff came through the roof.
There'll be a guard. Why don't you just let me talk to him?
Shut up!
That's it, sailor!
I'll blow his head off.
- At this point, we'll have to chance that. - Dr. Longstreet.
- Put the gun down. - It's all right, Major.
Don't hurt him.
Let him through.
What the hell have you done, Longstreet?
Replay the probe.
Recognize them?
- Your ship and our town, trapped together. - How did it happen?
We don't know exactly, but somehow the electromagnetic fields
created in two experiments, one in 1943 and the other now, cross-connected.
They created a vortex,
a hole in the space-time continuum, and you fell through it.
What the hell are you talking about?
In 1943, when the Eldridge came back, the hole closed behind it.
This time it stayed open. It's like... it's like a gigantic vacuum,
sucking everyhing into it.
Now, we can't stop it but I believe that you can.
- How? - Don't listen to him, David.
The source of energy explosion in the vortex is the generators on the Eldridge.
You have to go back and shut them down, David.
I'm not doing anything for you.
I'm afraid you've no alternative. You see, in a very real sense you've already done it.
You see, when I interviewed the survivors of the Eldridge,
they told me that you were the one who shut down the generators.
- But I didn't. - Not yet.
But we know that eventually you will.
You're still multiply-connected, David. Your hand...
The molecules still drift.
As long as that hole stays open, you'll continue to deteriorate
until you return to 1943.
Same as your friend, Parker.
He's lying, David. Don't listen to anything he says.
I wish to God I were.
Leave him alone! Just leave him alone!
He's right, Allison.
I can feel it.
What am I to say to you, David? I'm sorry, I've lived with this thing for 40 years.
There's not a day I've been free of it.
But all this, a new experiment, you did it again.
Yes.
Yes...
The copper coils in the suit should protect from the electromagnetic forces.
- What is he doing? - It's oxygen.
- Is any of this stuff really going to help me? - Well, if it doesn't help, it won't matter,
'cause nothing's going to be left here anyway.
Can you give me a couple of minutes?
That's about all you got.
I can't believe it's going to end like this.
I just can't believe it.
What's going to happen?
I don't know. Nobody knows.
Oh... shoot. Maybe in 40 years I'll come back and surprise you again.
All non-essential personnel are to evacuate the base before 0700 hours.
David, we got to go.
I got to go.
How much longer?
We're ready, communications are in. Just hope it's all working.
I'm going to put communication ceases when you enter the vortex.
- We won't be able to help you. - Am I supposed to drive this?
- No. - I am.
Let's go, son.
- ...UHF frequencies now. - Okay, go ahead, we're reading.
So, what did you think of 1984?
- Television is great. - Huh.
You didn't see enough of it.
I didn't see enough of anything.
Quadrant 5 reading at 10.5 degrees. Do you read me?
Yes, I do.
Vector 3 response is operational. Give us your PRD, over.
PRD 11.48.
Are you ready for this?
I've been there before.
Here we go. Control.
On station and almost ready.
Remember what I told you about position.
Make sure you're directly in the centre.
When I blow this thing, it'll pull you straight up into the air.
Are you ready?
Let's go.
All right, good luck, sailor.
Davy...
- What happened? - We're back on the ship.
But the hospital?
It's all over. You're going to be all right now.
I got to go, buddy.
You're going to go back?
I don't know. I just can't stay here.
Will I ever see you again?
One of these days. I promise you that.
Look, I got to go. Take it easy, buddy.
Emergency medical team report to Hangar Bay 1, on the double!
Report to Hangar Bay 1 for transfer.
Help... Help...
Pull alongside, there are... there's been fire. It's still burning in some places.
- Get a camera. - There are men moving about on the deck.
They... they appear to be pretty badly burned.
Oh, my God. There's a man, buried... He's in the steel, he's buried in the deck.
Jesus...
I... I... I can't describe it.
He's alive! He's al...
He did it!
He, goddamn it, he did it!
He did it! Lord Almighty!
Hey, Larry! He did it! All right!
The damn thing worked perfect!
David!
My God, I don't believe it.
- You know what? - What?
I got it all figured out.
Navy owes me 40 years' back pay.