All language subtitles for Timescape_Grand Tour Disaster in Time (1992)

oh, god.

when that australian guy
got shot dead.

- uh, stock market crash of--
- 1929, october.

yeah.
scopes trial.

1925, tennessee.

- can you see through these?
- no!

are you sure?
yes.

uh-huh. all right.
okay. what happened
december 7, 1941?

bombing of pearl harbor.
uh-huh.
right again.

mm-hmm.
january 3, 1959?

- alaska becomes
the 49th state.|

july 6, 1954.

july 6, 1954.

you should know this one,
hillary.
don't tell me.

uh, something about...
mccarthy.
no.

no.
uhh.

- polio vaccine!
- no.

- what? tell me!
- it's my birthday.

like i'm very sure that's
gonna be on the test.

just very sure.

- and you must be mr. wilson.
- that's right.

i'd like just a minute
of your time.

who's she?

hello?

how many bedrooms?

about five.
who are you?

iovine.
madame iovine.
all on the second floor?

one on the third.
ah.|

not much storage,
is there?

not criticizing,
just commenting.

let's see
what we have up here.

let's just start
all over again.
what do you want?

lodging.
this is an inn,
isn't it?

wait a minute. are you the one
who talked to sue appleton
at the hotel with--

obliging woman,
isn't she?

didn't she tell you
that we're not open yet?
yes, she did.

and how are we set
for lavatories?

my, what a handsome child.
yours?
uh... yeah.

going to be
a heartbreaker, this one.
just give him a few years.

- this is hillary.
- his daughter.

ohhh.
well, don't you worry, child.

the chest will be along
any time now.

oh,
and what do we have here?

well, I must say,
I wasn't overly impressed
with the rest of it,

but this is... grand.

simply... grand.
listen, madame.

iovine. how much
for three nights?
yeah.

take a look over here.
see that hole where a door
normally goes,

all that sawdust
out in the hall?

we're not open yet.
you're gonna have to make
other arrangements.

what about the hotel in town?

oh, no.
no, no, no.
not the hotel.

- well, I don't know
what to tell you.
- you can tell me...

how much?

three nights.
five rooms.

- name your price.
- uh, you know, dad,

I could just...
sweep up all this sawdust.

so, what's the story?

do we unload or don't we?

your price,
mr. wilson?

you're going to have to do
without some of the usual
amenities, all right?

grand.

simply grand.

okeydoke! every man
for him... self.

kleph, tod,
I think that you'll
find this is suitable.

chiron, andar,

I believe that
you will be comfortable...
right over here.

and, uh, jana, spall,
please.

reeve? reeve,

you and omerie,
over here.

all righty.
every man for himself.

ohh.
for the love of michael.

yeah.
getcha a new bulb.

ben, uh, by the way.
ben wilson.
spall.

spall.

so, you folks,
you been on the road long?

our tour began
some time ago.

ah. where you all--
where you all from?

- south california.
- southern california?

up here on the third floor.

come on. hurry.
maybe they haven't
started yet.

still got paint
in my hair.
what are you doin'?

just pull your hair up!
so everyone will think
i'm a handsome little boy?

forget you, charlie.
come on. come on.|

**

oh, no!
they already started.

it's okay.
it's perfect.
perfect?

yeah,
we'll be the first ones
at the reception. come on.

oh, no.
those church bells haven't
rung in 10, 12 years.

someone said 18--
storm of '73?
yeah.

regardless, they got to be
rusted out pretty good.

climbed the belfry yesterday,
first time.

it's quite a mess
I inherited.
yeah. no-no doubt.

um, excuse me
just a second.

can I help you, miss?
give me some money.

okay. yeah. okay.
quick.

come on. come on.
it's for the dollar dance.
gonna dance with uncle doug?

here's 20.
all I got is--
thank you.

hillary, i'm sure
he's got change.

I understand
you used to be a contractor?

- yeah. yeah. still am.
- stop by for a look, ben.

maybe what we need
is someone like you--

local citizen,
man good with his hands.

what if the rest of him
were as good as those hands?

ben. ben. ben. I never
expected to see you here.

what are you doin' drinkin'
that skunk piss? come on.

look at this.
you're after the good stuff.

i've got ten cases
of heineken here.
no, i'm all set. thanks.

oh, that's right.
I heard you had a little trouble
with the hooch lately.

well, you've tried
the hors d'oeuvres,
haven't ya?

good. good.

oh, that cake.
you got to have
a piece of that.

take some of it
home with you, ben.

I paid for half
of everything here, ben,
and what's mine is yours.

right?
it's all in the family.
right, ben?

I didn't know
you two were related.

I was married
to the judge's daughter,
carolyn. she's passed away.

- i'm sorry.
- not nearly as sorry
as some of us.

why did you even come here?

- well, see,
I got this invitation.
- you got an announcement.

good night, reverend.

I didn't actually see
the accident myself, reverend.

but other people did,
and they say--

why don't you just leave
bad enough alone, all right?

aww, that's right, ben.
you just leave.

that's what you do best,
isn't it.

that girl deserves
a better father, reverend.

what kind of man can
run away while his wife dies?
what kind of man, ben?

you tell me that, huh?

would you just let it go?
would just please stop?

hmph. every day,|

more and more like
your mother every day.

hillary!

ooh, dad!
did you see that?
ooh, yeah.

oh, and another!
look it! look it!
yeah, it's a meteor shower.

perseid or something.
no, no. no, no, no, no.
that's-that's august.

this is another one.

what's that tune?

what?
the one from piano class?

the one mom
used to play.

what's it called?
you know.

* na-na, na-na, na
na-na, na-na *

I just have
this picture of her...

sitting at the piano
playing that one song.

that stuff your grandfather
was saying tonight--

oh, that.

I know
it's a bunch of garbage.

should we ask him?|

uhh, I don't want
to wake him up.
come on.

well,
he can't sleep like that.
well, apparently he can.

let's go.

now, it might get
kind of cold tonight,

so you need a blanket
or anything?

mmm.|

mm, just that.
just that.

okay, get some sleep.
okay?

good night.
good night.

"fur elise. "
hm?

the song your mother
used to play.

* bum-bum, bum-bum
bum-bum, bum-- *

"fur elise"

"fur elise"

**

you'll see.
he'll miss it, you'll see.

after all of my careful
planning, he will
actually miss the spectacle!

andar, would you please
check once again?

hi. hi.

I just-- I was just--
I was making sure that-

I just thought
I smelled something.

I was just
making sure that--

what sort of smell,
mr. wilson?

smokey. sweet.
kind of smokey.

tea. just tea.
oh. oh.

ahh.

mmm.

mmm.

ahhh. uhhh.

mmm.

I know what you're thinking.

they used to call them
"kissing bridges. "
because?

because, in the old days
when kids would go out
on a hayride,

they'd stop
under the bridge to kiss...

where no one
could see them.

mm.
mmm.

mm.

are you sure
they called them
"kissing bridges"?

nothing else?
mm.

five minutes.|

we'll be home
in five minutes.

time me.|

oh, god!

i'll get it.
thank you very much.

late again, mr. quish.

well, come in.
come in!

your things are all
waiting for you upstairs.

oh, yes.
good example.
mm-hm.

post-gothic ersatz,
isn't it?

queen anne, actually.
mr. quish.
mr. wilson.

he owns this house.

and he's
staying here with us.
really?

how uncommon.|

so nice of you to join us.
and how was your ride?

my ride?
mm-hm.

oh, yes.
thank you.

fine. my ride here
was no trouble whatsoever.

uh, come up, mr. quish.

come along. i'm sure
that you'll want
to bathe and change,

and I know that mr. wilson
would like to retire.

come on.

ash?

mrs. beecher.|

I know--
I know you didn't
expect to work till june.

but--
oh,
no bother at all.

morning.

mornin'.

- how'd you sleep?
- you kiddin'?

that's the rolls-royce
of motor coaches.
good. great.

how do you take
your coffee?
black and sassy.

tourists up?
yeah, I heard
stirrin's up there.

supposed to do
some sightseein' today.
yeah?

where they headed?
well, here
as far as I know.

green glen?
yeah.

dandy little town.

must be nice
if you're city types.
mm.

what city they from?
I don't believe
they mentioned it.

where'd you hook up with 'em?
oh, about ten miles
this side of middleton.

ah.

there isn't anything
ten miles this side
of middleton.

which is where I found 'em.|

just standin' dead center
to nowhere and bags piled
upside the road.

huh.
that's a little odd.

what a beautiful day.
hello.|

very bright, isn't it?
here we are.

I heard one of them say
somethin' about "the spectacle"?

- what's that?
- "spectacle"?

yeah.
sure it wasn't "festival"?

'cause there's that
river days festival
over there in galley county.

no, I don't think so.
no.

rutabaga festival
over in cloverdale.

no.
this was "the spectacle. "

hmm.

well, I tell ya
what I did find
just a taste odd.

- I mean, they're supposed
to be tourists, right?
- yeah?

I haven't seen one of 'em
with a camera.

not a one.

oh, grand morning, isn't it?

shaping up
pretty interesting.

never seen
so many thin people
in one room before.

- treaty of versailles?
- 1919.

tennessee valley authority?
1933.

- my birthday?
- 1954.

don't you forget it!

it's the wrong day!
what?

it's not sadie hawkins day!

oh, my kid the genius.

- okay. good luck!
- dad, come back.
I got to change!

and they're solid bronze.

they're gonna outlive
you and me both.

the rest
of this stuff though--|

it's pretty bad,
you know?
yeah.

yeah, see?
rusted clear through.

it's got to be rebuilt,
all of it.

is it somethin'
you could do?

uh, I don't know.
it's a pretty big job.

maybe you should talk to
somebody who specializes
in this kind of thing.

there's one company
up in columbus.

I don't even want to tell ya
what they'd charge us.

uh-huh.
maybe you could...

get started once
the inn is up and running?

well, it could be summer,
late summer.

bells haven't rung in 18 years.
what's a few more months?

uh-huh.|

I take this job, I don't have
to fix this thing too, do i?|

this is miracle.
it still works.|

it's a little fast,
but it works.

oh, boy. this is
a piece of engineering,
this is. whoo!

whew!

I found some old, uh,
newspapers up here.

and there was a story about
the, uh,

the sleigh
and the, uh,
the horse.

it's terrible how it happened.

and I didn't know carolyn,
of course, but, uh,

I couldn't help
but feel for her.

- for you both.
- it's done with,
reverend, okay?

didn't seem like
the judge thought so,

not the other night
at the reception, huh?

then why don't you just
take it up with him?

'cause, trust me,
he's the only one that wants
to talk about it anymore.

howdy.

did he cut his head?
no, i'm fine, really.

you want me
to call somebody?
I got him.

okay.
what happened?

whoa!
here, just put him
in the truck.

well-- n-no, no.
he's just staying with us
up at the inn.

that's a lateral view, ben.

no fractures.
nothing unusual.

frontal view.

see it?
uh-uh.

it doesn't show up
in the lateral photo.
it's that thin.

and it's perfectly centered
behind the optic nerves.

what is it?
that's what I asked him.

and?
he wouldn't say.

wouldn't say a thing.

truck's over there.
i'll walk.
thank you.

dangerous habit
you have, walkin'.

besides,
we still have to talk
about the x ray.

an abnormality
of the photographic process,
that's all it was.

we needn't attach
any significance to it.

none whatsoever.

san mateo county,
california, 1906.

lakehurst,
new jersey, 1937.

spirit lake,
washington,

1980.
how did you--

funny. it looks like
a regular passport
on the outside,

but on the inside--
i'd like that back, please.

and on the inside it's got
all these weird stamps.

now at first
I wasted a lot of time
trying to figure out,

"why would someone need
a passport to travel
inside the country?"

please, we're supposed
to keep those with us.

and then, I got started
on the dates.

now, how could anybody
have been to all those places,
all those years--

give it back!
tell me somethin',
mr. quish.

what year are you from?

okay.

all right.
tell me this.

why the inn?

why my place?

hey! you want it back
or not? talk to me!

i'll say one thing,
mr. wilson,

and believe me when I tell you
it is more than I should say.

leave. today.

take your family
and do not come back until
you're absolutely certain...

it is safe
for you to do so.

oh, sue. hi.
oh, hi, ben. how did it
work out with those tourists?

fine.
have you seen hillary?

she usually waits for me
over by the bike rack
when i'm late.

no, I haven't.
sorry.
she left.

she le-- you saw her?
she wasn't walkin' home,
was she?

she left with some man.
man?

some ma--
what man?

mr. talbert. excuse me.
uh, ben wilson.

somebody just said that
my daughter left with some man.
hillary?

I thought you knew.
knew what?

he told me
it was all arranged.
who did?

grandfather,
the judge.
th--

they aren't here, ben.
they-they really aren't.

she's all right, ben.

I know that isn't
very consoling right now,

but please try not
to make things any worse
than they already are.

he took my daughter.

I want to file a complaint,
and then I want you...

to go out there and you
get that son of a bitch...

and you haul his ass in.

it's a writ
of temporary custody, ben.

signed this day, may 2,
by the honorable
albert t. riskin,

and executed
in the county seat.
riskin.

who is he, one of your
country club buddies?
what the hell did you say--

- I can't believe this!
- single-parent, ben--

financially unstable,
alcoholic tendencies,

wife who died
under questionable
circumstances.

it was a hard sell, ben.
yes!
she's my daughter!

but in time we're hoping
she'll overcome that handicap.

- hey, hey, hey!
- where's she at!
where you got her!

- i'm not
an unreasonable man, ben.
- i'm fine. i'm fine. back off.

let him alone.

you--

- he can't do this!
he cannot do this to me--
- shut up.

- it's your call, judge.
- you go near that girl
in the next 72 hours,

and this son of a bitch
is gonna slam you
in jail so fast...

you're gonna make
a sonic boom!

now you get him
the hell out of here.

he took my daughter!

he just took her
away from me!

how's it feel, ben?

oh, how does it feel?

leaving us, mr. wilson?

just runnin'
to the goodwill.

can I carry something?

got it.
thanks.

you haven't seen
oscar around, have you?

he mentioned something about
going to do some business
with the charter office,

but he should
be back soon.

why not wait?
not that important.
heads up.

perhaps you'd like
to leave him a note.

i'd be happy to see
that he gets it.
thanks anyway.

I understand there was
a mishap with mr. quish,
and you came to his assistance.

a bunch of people did.
well, we appreciate
the fact that you did.

as i'm sure he did.|

did you have
a chance to talk some,
you and mr. quish?

what did he--

he's one
of your bus drivers.

listen.
would you just tell him
to call ben wilson...

over at the appleton hotel.

right.
the appleton hotel.

yes.
thank you. bye.

looks like it's number five.
don't even think about it.
okay. here. sue.

no. no, no, no.
we're getting ready
to sit down to supper.

you want to join us?

- australia--
- no, I got it covered.

"california, 1906. "

should know this one.

hillary, you should know
this one. come on.

oh, jesus.

what are you doin'?

so,

why did you move out, ben?

hey. you only miss 'em
when they're gone, right?

I never asked you to leave.

well, maybe
I was waiting for you.

maybe I wasn't allowed
to speak first.

so, how do you like
your tea, ben?

strong, I bet.

she sent you, didn't she?

madame iovine, to find out
if I know, right?

we know you know, ben.
that's obvious.

question is, what are you
going to do about it?

no.
it really is tea.

mildly euphoric,
but it is.

and better than what
you were drinking before.

ahh, we're just
tourists, ben.

that's all.

we're not going
to harm you or anyone.

so why did quish
tell me to leave?
mmm.

he shouldn't have.
it's against all the rules.

what rules?|

rules that say
we can't talk about
the rules.

oh, well. okay.

let's talk about you,
reeve--

who you are
and who you aren't.

well...

who aren't we, ben?
who do you think--

i'm sick of it,
all right? i'm sick
of your whole damn act.

now, if you came up here
to drum up some tea party,
I ain't interested.

but if you came up here
to convince me not to talk,

not to tell people
what little I do know,

then you damn well better
start talkin' and start
talkin' to me.

and I do not mean
in circles.

I want you
to imagine something.

I want you to think
of a very different place...

that doesn't even exist.

in this imaginary world,

all is grand.

you don't need to work.
you're never sick.

you're never hungry.

you're never cold nor hot.

you're healthy and safe
from the day you're born.

and until the day you die,
nothing ever goes wrong.

it's a grand world, ben.

most perfect.

and that's its one flaw.

so, I told you
what I imagine, ben.

now you tell me
what you imagine.

- of the future?
- of when you were
watching at my door.

tell me
what you imagine, ben?

and then let me show you
what we can really do.

well, well, well.

quite a little party
we seemed to have had.

all right,
what did he say?

he knows
where we're from.

but he doesn't
understand much else.

oh, these bygoners just
can't handle their tea,
can they?

- to the undersecretary.
- we'll do nothing of the kind.

clearly a violation,
agreed?

one incident like this
can shut down the entire tour.

well, what does it matter,
even if he knows about us?

the spectacle
is tonight.

a few more hours
and it will be done.

poor thing.
what about him?
we can't just leave.

you mustn't be late
for the spectacle.

shit.

what is this shit?
just water,
thank your lucky stars.

oh, god, I hurt.

- well, that's good.
that's good?

well, proves you're alive.
couldn't tell by your pulse.

oh, I can't remember
what happened.

it has to do
with something...

something with... reeve.

tourist gal?|

why can't I remember
what they were talking--

they were talkin' about
a special--

spectacle!

spec-- oscar!

oscar,
what happened tonight?

well, you tell me.
juicy part first.

no! no!
no, tonight.
what happened?

what time is it?
uh, quarter to 11:00.

where are they?
where are the tourists?
are they here?

why, in the hotel.
I didn't see 'em.
no, in town!

are they still in town?
well, they're up
at the inn far as I know.

what's that smell?
shh-shh.

nothing that we
really couldn't
handle after all.

this is the moment
that makes everything
worthwhile.

didn't I tell you
this is the perfect location?
didn't i?

it's not a meteor shower.
they fixed the light.

that's your big
spectacle, ben.
no, they're from the future.

they're here for somethin'
else, somethin' bad.
"future. " why?

look, I was in the doctor's
office when that other tourist--
quish-- came in. he got x-rayed.

you hang around
the doctor's office a lot?
no, i'm serious.

look. they got--
they got passports.
they carry these passports.

and in 'em
they got these dates--

dates and places
where they go to.

i'm gonna go
for a little snooze.
no, no. i'm serious.

i'm tired.
listen. just listen.

hey, ben, they're harmless.
they're just tourists.

they're not aliens.
they're not anything else.

they're just completely...

har-harmless.

what is it?
what have you done?

grand!

simply grand.

hillary.

ben, what is it?
what the hell is it?

one caller to the station,
an eyewitness apparently,

says it looked like a big ball
of fire falling out of the sky.

but we have no
official confirmation
as of yet.

hillary!

hillar--
where's hillary?
what's happening, ben?

we woke up
to this hellacious noise!
where's hillary?

and there was
that god-awful crash!
where is she?

come on. come-- oh.
it's gonna be okay.|

it's okay. it's okay.
it's okay. it's okay.

it's okay.
it's okay.

it's okay.
come on. come on.|

we didn't know where to go.

remember
to turn off the gas?
papa!

where's--
where's the hotel?

and-and the cafe?

the sheriff's station?

that's why--

that's why
they wouldn't stay there.

if you don't have a place,
anybody who can't find your
family, go to the school!

meteorite.
that's what somebody said.

what are
the chances?
where's rafferty?

doesn't he live over there?
yeah, over there.
behind the--

all right, look.
i'll go find out
for sure. you...

look at that.

- take my daughter.
- no wait! i'm staying with you!

- let's see what we can do.
come on.
- let's stay together everyone.

careful!

it's so beautiful.
oh, ben, not now.

there's just
too much to see.

so much damage.
watch your step.

please,
watch your step.

I tried to tell you.

- I did try.
- california, 1906.

that was the earthquake.

washington, 1980--
that's why you had ash
on your shoes.

you'd just come
from mount saint helens.
what else?

we got new jersey, 1937.
what was that? was that
a flood, tornado? what?

- mishap with a dirigible.
- oh, yeah.
hindenburg, course. yeah.

you do it all over the place,
don't you? you're on a tour
of these things.

I have work here--
retropology.

I study the past first hand,
how things worked.

artifacts, architecture,
technical systems--
tell me something, quish.

you got some good shots
in your head?

you got some good pictures
stored away up there, huh?
tell me. tell me!

my psychographs
are for historical purposes,
nothing else.

if there is a fotomat back home
running a two-for-one deal,

send me a set!

glossy finish.
because I just want
a little keepsake...

for all this death
and destruction!

we cannot become involved.
rule number one
of the travel code:

- "no contamination of native--"
- one more word out of you,
mr. quish,

and you'll be doing
your research out of...

dusty old books.

we'll be moving on soon,
leaving your time-- your town.

as far as any of us
are concerned, you're just
a bright young bygoner...

who happened
to make some rather
astute assumptions.

i'm willing
to let it go at that
if you are.

coming, quish?
carla!

yell if you see carla!

grand,
isn't it?

hey, kids!
hey, hey. come on!

you better get away from here!
come on. it's not safe up here.

let's get out of here!
hey. hey!

your name, please?

can you describe
the sound for us?

did you know any
of the deceased? were there
any fatalities in your family?

please.
try to talk to us.

now, come on. come on.
come on now. we can't allow
the news media inside.

I will give you
a hundred dollars
for this cot.

well, you can lay there...

for a second.
thank you.

so where have you been?

fighting fires,
saving lives,
being a hero.

come here.

mmm. you feel like
headin' back home?

I want to stay here
and help.

if that's okay.
all right.

i'll stay too.
just go home
and sleep, dad.

and get yourself
cleaned up.

you stink.|

come back for me later.
okay.

you sure?
yeah.
maybe in a couple of hours?

okay. all right.

**

**

is that my ears
or your fingers?

I never was any good.

carolyn tried
to teach me, but--

got to hand it to ya.
you had 'em pegged--

those tourists.

future, who would've thunk it?

not me.
I just--
not me.

I mean, they--
they look just like
you or me.

well, better-lookin',
of course, but still--

I think that was
the point, oscar, that
they were you and me.

what,
how you figure that?

doesn't matter.
they're gone.
we're not.

it's over.
nearly.

huh?

they aren't gone.

what are you talkin'--

rooms are empty.
th-the beds are even made.

well, did you come in
the front or the back?

oscar,
if they're still here--
yeah?

i'll follow ya in the bus!

the grain mill,
it's been shut down
for years.

well, I was by here
just the other day
with the tourists.

well, I didn't think
a thing of it.

they just stopped
and looked around.

didn't I see binoculars
on your bus?
yeah.

go get 'em.

well?
I got to get in there,
see what they're seein'.

christ.
oh, christ.

sorry, mr. wilson.

move.
no.

- stop him!

stop him!

faster!

can't you go any faster?

come, andar!

hey-hey.

stop him! stop him
before he interferes!

oh.

what is it, stuck?

yeah.

let me.

what the hell?
oh, no.
broke.

get outside!
go on! hurry!|

tommy, help me.
yeah.

- hey! go! everybody leave!
- sir, could you give us
some information?

no, just leave!
everybody-- everybody leave!
please! get out of here!

get away from this place!

hillary!

hillary!
hillary! hillary!

don't incite!

don't go inside.
don't go inside.
don't go... inside!

I tried to listen but...
couldn't hear what
they were saying.

I just figure
they're gonna kill us.

door's locked.

resulted in the actual
contamination.

it was he who violated
the travel code.

and it was quish who chose to
take lodging with bygoners?
that was his decision?

that was the result of an
unlikely set of circumstances--

- whose decision was it?
- mine.

the decision was mine.

hillary?

hillary!

you let my daughter die.
ooh. easy, boy.
easy.

that much, at least,
is as it should be.

the rest of this is an
unexpected termitation.

we've recovered the
remains. what other
evidence is there?

- we leave behind only
innuendo, stories.
- and dead bodies.

what--

I don't believe this.
you could have done something.

you just--
you just-- you watched.
done something?

yeah, like warned us,
for chrissake.

i'm not going to get
into this too deeply
with you, mr. wilson,

but seeing as how you're
already contaminated,

listen closely and
try to understand.

we do not alter
the past.

that would destabilize
our timescape, and we won't
allow that because--

because it's
a perfect world, right?

because we enjoy things
as they are.

yet we found in
early dabbling that time
was not the fragile thing...

that many assumed
that it would be.

it was quite resilient, really.

that's why it is
that we can allow
these tours, but...

what we cannot allow
is involvement...

in issues of life and death.

now, these are things
that we can only watch
as they sort themselves out.

you understand?

is that why you left me
in the hotel?

you went there of free will.

you had me drugged to make sure
i'd stay there. uh-huh?

what was i? somebody you
just did a folk dance with?
maybe I wasn't even that.

maybe I was just some face
in some old photograph, oh,
some painting on a museum wall.

no, I never meant to leave
you there. i-- I didn't--

oh, hey-hey nobody cares--
nobody cares what happens to us.
we're just bygoners, right?

rottin' away in our graves
before you were even born.

well, let me--
I got news for you.
in this timescape,

we're alive and you are
the ones that are dead.

you're dead because
you don't feel.

you're dead because
you're so goddamn bored
with your own world...

that you gotta come to ours
to be disaster groupies.

spectacle.

you're just--

you're sad.
you are just s--

passports, please.
moving ahead to...

february 12, 1999.

moving on, moving on.
now, you must remember
that the mardI gras fire...

takes place in new orleans,
so we all have to be
up-up-up-up-up!

yes? a little laughter,
a little laughter?|

moving on, moving on. practice,
practice, practice, practice.

all right, everyone,
moving on, moving on.

ben, I know it seems
so... fixed,

so unalterable, but there
are really only two things
anyone must do in life...

and that's die and
live until you die.

the rest
is up to you.

i'll try not
to forget you.

it's hard,
but i'll try.

come along, reeve.

spooky, how they do that.

- she slipped it to me.
- huh?

what you got there?

passport.

quish's passport.

oh, my, looky there.
ah, see,
it's really a machine.

question is: how do
we get it to work?

question is:
why do you care?

you don't wanna go where
those fruit loops went.

gotta read
the date somehow.

now, does it feel the imprint
when it gets stamped, maybe,

then turns the imprint
into... instructions?

don't fuss with it.

stamped--
where'd it get stamped?
where'd it get stamped?

what's the date?

th--

okay--

whoa, whoa, whoa.
now, that is nothin'
like what they used.

that had to cost all of 2. 39
at the dime store.
ah--

that's yesterday.
may 2.
that's right.

and secondly,
all of these pages
have destinations.

now, you-- you got
a stamp for that too?
i'm at my destination.

- ben, this is not
goin' to work.
- so why are you stoppin' me?

all right.

that phone workin'?

I should've checked in
a while ago.

maybe i'm--
maybe i'm--

i'm not holdin' it-- I won't--
I think i'm not holdin' it
right, that's all.

she wouldn't give me
something that didn't work.

come on. come on.
somebody be there.

say, ben?

ben?

ben?

oscar?

oscar?

yesterday.

a retropologist
would be coming, I knew
that there would be trouble.

always a step behind,
you people.
always psychographing...

the most--
the most ludicrous things.

spall! omerie!
you warned him.

I know that you did, and now
we have to find him before
he destabilizes everything!

go into town.
find his vehicle and hurry.

go. quickly, go!

we haven't long before
the spectacle. hurry!

dad?

dad!

- dad?
come here! come here!

- what happened to your face
and-- and your clothes?
- just come here.

now, jump.

onto what?
onto me.
come on. jump.

you? do you
know how much
I weigh now?

- a lot more than when
we used to play--
- just please jump!

what are you waitin' for?
local constabulary, ben.

no, wait, wait
a second. i'm not--

i'm not... i'm not tryin'
to take her back. i'm tryin' to
get her away from here. what--

anyone at the station
can... baby-sit tonight?

- sheriff's station?
ah!|

- hey! let him go!
- no, wait, wait.
you can't take me there.

I mean, just not there,
not tonight.

leave him alone!
leave him alone!

- wait a minute.
wait a minute!
- I told you this afternoon...

what would happen
if you showed your face
around here again, ben.

please, let me explain.
please, please.

all right, let him have
his say.
in a few hours,
there won't be...

any police station and
there won't be any hotel.

- there's not gonna
be anything at all.
- and why is that?

a meteorite is gonna bury
the west half of main street
just after 11:00 tonight.

- a meteorite?
- don't ask me how I know.

I wouldn't dream of it.

it's-it's gonna
happen! it will!

yeah, come on.
less mouth,
more feet.

dad! dad!
hillary!

get away from here.
get away from this place.
hillary?

- what did he mean?
- you go back inside now.

what did he mean
by that?
it's over.

it's all over.

oh, god, we are not going
to spend the whole night
here, are we?

no.

- we're not?
- I get off at midnight.

oh--

ow.

you never gave me a phone call.
I get one phone call.
I get one phone call, right?

lawyer's not gonna help you,
not this time of night.

I want the phone! now!

yeah?

hello?

you gotta do
something for me.

who is this, oscar?

i'm a--

i'm across the street.
the sheriff's station.

talk to me,
ben.

i've gotta talk to you.
warn you. tonight.
wha--

ben, are you
listening to me?
please talk to me.

yeah, i'm-- yeah, i'm listening,
i'm listening. I just don't--
I don't know who you are.

you gotta get over here.
just get over here right now.

I can't explain,
but you gotta
trust me.

ben?
yeah, yeah, i'll
see what I can do.

no. no, you don't "see"
about anything.

you... don't drink
the tea, either. there's--
she's making you tea, ben.

don't-- please
don't drink the tea.
don't drink the tea.

just get out of there.
get your keys-- get to
the keys to the truck--

just get out,
walk out of there,

and get your ass over here
before your daughter
has to die all over again.

you got that?

ben!

i'm on my way.|

forty-five, six,

seven, eight,

okay, what can
I do for--

what dog shit
is this?

you tell me.
somebody called me,

said they wanted
to talk to me
about my daughter.

don't move.
what?

who moved? I turned.
I just-- I was here,
I stand over--

- just don't move.
- i'm-- uh--

- still here.
- all right, houdini.

I don't know how you got
out of there, but I do know
how you're goin' back in.

come on. come on.
what is this?
this caldwell?

caldwell do this or did
you dream this up?
all right.

you got a problem with
the presidential suite?

move on to
the honeymoon.

what the--

get the keys.
the keys, the keys,
the keys, the keys!

get 'em!

tell me what's
goin' on here.

we're breaking out
of jail, ben!
come on!

why do you look like me?

aw, christ, just think
about it for two seconds and
then you'll figure it out.

- but go, unlock the door
while you're thinkin', okay?
- tourists-- this--

- wait a minute. this has
something to do with--
- remember their passports?

I used one to come back, so
i'm you, you're me and this guy
is tougher than he looks.

don't help.
whatever you do,

don't help.
how come we can both be
in the same place at the same--

fuck the physics, ben!
by the time you figure out
whether it's possible or not...

we're gonna be dead. twice.

now, let's get
the hell out of here!

great.
now get the truck.

sheesh.

hurry up.
let's go.

- i'll drive, all right?
- all right, go ahead.
you drive.

it's my truck.

a meteor.

that's it?
that's the spectacle?

yeah, 11:07.
that's when it hits.

so what are we doin'?
we're gettin' hillary.

what about
everybody else?

stop right here.
this is far enough.

you're better off here.

trust me.

okay, let's go.

caldwell's.
you never
answered me.

about what?
how many people are
gonna die? five? fifty?

come on.
tell me, how many--
what am i, a census taker?

the whole west end
of town was hit. yeah.
the whole west--

you gonna drive?

so we just grab hillary and run.
we don't tell anyone else?
I tried to talk to caldwell...

and wound up in a cozy little
room at ground zero, all right?

wait, let's-- let's just
think this through first.

nothing happens to hillary
tonight, it's tomorrow that--
wrong.

we worry now, tonight.
but if it's the
gas explosion at the--

you haven't seen what
i've seen. you haven't
seen a goddamned thing yet,

and if you had, you wouldn't
be takin' chances with her life.

what's that
about takin' chances?
just pull over. i'm drivin'.

where, straight to caldwell's
then straight out of town?

you don't have the guts
to do it? huh?

I do. pull over.
i'm not sayin' we
shouldn't go get her.

I didn't say that.
i'm just sayin' that you--

wait a minute, are you
callin' me a coward?

oh, what, you gonna deny it?
huh? you gonna deny it to me?

oh, yeah. beautiful. listen
to the guy who bailed out
on his dying wife.

oh, you--

I was goin' for help.

town was north, you ran
south, and they saw.

and now it's happenin' all
over again. well, this time
it's not gonna happen.

it's not gonna happen 'cause
you're gonna stick it out
to the end. you got that?

the end.
all the way, benny.

this is the most fucked-up
thing i've ever done.

all right, you got a better
idea, some brilliant plan
to save everybody?

let's hear it.

no, I don't.
I knew
you didn't.

I don't know what
to do about it.

oh, man.
but whatever we do,

better do it
pretty damn fast.

caldwell.
look, i'm down
here at the station.

deputy's m. i. a.
and so's wilson.

ju-just a minute.
just a minute.

he escaped?
unless they went out for
skittles and beer, yeah.

oh, christ.

ben.

how long ago?
it's hard to say.

could be headed up your way.
you want me to come up?

don't bother.
we won't be here.

get hillary.

come on.
come on, come on.

I don't know. let's find out.
I never
heard them before.

yeah. come on.
wait for me.

bells.

all right,
now, go inside.

wait for me inside.
i'm gonna see
what's happening.

**
sue?

mrs. appleton?

**

hello?|

hillary?
hillary!

who is that?
who's up there?

that's what we're
tryin' to find out.

you got keys?
it's not locked.
it never is.

who's up there?
probably
some animals or something.

- what is it,
little darlin'?

what the devil's
goin' on here anyway?

**

well, we got their attention.

hillary. go.

what in the world
are you d--
gonna give me that thing?

- let's wait.
- for what,
somebody to get hurt?

yeah, let's all just
wait right here.

- dad! dad!
is that
what this is all about?

your daughter
and the judge?
let me through.

will you let me through!
upsy-daisy.

all right, ben.
it's all right.

what the hell is
goin' on up here now?|

oh, god.

well, you were my second guess,

right after quasimodo.

you got a grievance?
air it.

hell, there's no reason
to wait till next week.

we could have our hearing
right now, ben, huh?

now, tell us somethin',
ben, otherwise we're
all goin' back to bed.

it's gonna be loud.
it's gonna be scary.

it's gonna sound like
the end of everything we know.

I mean, you got a joke? a story?

hey, I know.

tell us the one
about your premonition.

you remember that,
don't you, huh? the one
where the sky is falling?

it seems that ben here
thinks we're gonna be
visited by calamity.

what was it, an asteroid, ben?

no, no, no, no, no,
"meteorite. "

yea, it shall fall
from the heaven and
smite this very spot.

oscar, what time you got?

it's time to settle, ben.

you're here, i'm here,
a jury of our peers-- hell,

jury of half the
goddamned county.

just what is it you want to say?

- hold on.
you just hold on.
- you just hold on to me.

you just hold on to me,
we're gonna make it.

everybody just-- just hold on.

tell 'em, not the school.

anywhere but the school.

they'll listen to you now.

ben.
god almighty.

did you see?
the hotel--

it's-it's
just not there.

good to see you, sue.
real good to see you.

there were still deaths,
mr. wilson.

I figured there
had to be... some.

so where are they,
all your--
all your pals?

well, the tour
has been cancelled.

in fact, all tours have been
suspended pending a decision.
on?

on whether or not to destabilize
this destabilization.

did it occur to you that we can
correct all this, that--

that we can go back
to yesterday and do this
all again if we choose?

if we find that this has changed
our world, we can... paint right
over this timescape.

we can make it
never happen.

- but you won't.
- no?

would we be standin'
here talkin' about it
if it never happened?

here's another one
for you to chew on.

maybe we did change
your world tonight.

maybe we made it
a little less perfect,
a little less...

grand.

and maybe-- just maybe--

you liked it
a little bit more.

remarkable thought.

not bad for a bygoner.

mr. wilson,
why don't you come along...

with me and i'll take you back
where you belong?

- tomorrow.
- you worried i'll screw
somethin' else up?

there is a purpose to time,
you know.

keeps everything from
happening all at once.

now all we need is a $50
deposit refundable up to
48 hours prior to arrival...

and we'll be set.

check or charge?

thanks.

all right! honeymooners.

first week of october,
hooked and booked.

you know, I was thinking,
maybe we can have some kind
of practice week...

where we call up people we know,
make 'em stay here...

so we can, like,
screw up on 'em.|

what are friends for, right?

bet oscar would come. maybe
he'd even stay inside this time.

dad?

dad.

mom?