Time After Time Page #5

- Sherlock Holmes, I see.

Go on, go on.

I can't. I gave you a complete

description, I told you his name.

I've told you everything I know.

It was good of you to share

your insights, Mr. Holmes.

How can we reach you if we need

to speak to you?

Is that necessary?

I'm staying with a friend.

Must we involve her?

Not unless it's unavoidable we contact

you. We're known for our discretion.

Very well.

Her name is Miss Amy Robbins.

She lives at 2340 Francisco.

Thank you for your time, Mr. Holmes.

You don't believe me, do you?

I'd like to. My job would

be simpler if I could.

This printout says U.S. Customs

has no record...

...of John Leslie Stevenson coming

here. British Customs has no record...

...of a man by that name leaving.

There's no mention of a Mr. Holmes...

...coming into the country. Now he

could be using another name...

...but since we don't know where he

is, we can't question him.

- Can we?

- No.

Well, thank you for your time.

Good day.

Put this on file.

The entire affair was a fiasco.

- He didn't believe a word of it.

- Well, you tried.

Trying isn't enough, I'm afraid.

- Are we in or out here?

- Out.

- Would you care to join me for a walk?

- Sure.

You have to slam it. All right.

Old buildings have their

little quirks.

Why is it your responsibility?

I'm going to tell you the truth.

In the first place,

my name isn't Herbert Wells.

It's Herbert George Wells.

H.G. Wells.

In the second place,

I'm 113 years old.

I swear to God, I am telling

you the truth.

Please, please believe me.

- Where are you going?

- Home.

You don't believe me?

Christ, Herbert, what do you think?

Please go away, I don't want

to see you anymore.

Amy!

Please, Amy, listen to me!

I have listened to you. And a bigger

crock of sh*t I never heard.

Look, I don't know if you're crazy,

but I don't care.

Just go back to whatever hole

you crawled out of.

Go back to your machine.

Amy...

Wait! Amy!

Amy, what if I can prove

what I told you is true?

Won't you give me that chance?

I know I sound mad!

I knew how you'd respond. Didn't I say

yesterday you wouldn't believe me?

And I said I would.

All right. There is an H.G. Wells

exhibit with time machine.

There is some resemblance between

you and the man in those pictures.

The museum is closing.

But that doesn't prove anything.

- Now what?

- I want you to go to the powder room.

Hang on.

- Hello.

- Hi! Holy sh*t! Flowers.

Wow. Let me go put these

in water. Come on in.

- You're early.

- I couldn't wait.

You're cute. Last time I had flowers

was my graduation in high school.

You bring flowers to all your women?

Why don't you sit down

and I'll be right in, okay?

You want some grass?

Grass?

Marijuana. Don't they call it grass

where you're from?

England, right? I could tell

from your accent.

You're observant.

Are you a typical American woman?

Am I a typical American woman?

Me?

Yeah, more or less. You know.

I like to hang out.

And what about you?

- Are you a typical Englishman?

- Not really.

Neat watch.

Are we going somewhere?

No.

Well, what time is it?

Later than you think.

This is really dumb.

What's this gizmo?

Well, let's just say we wouldn't

want to go anywhere without it.

Right. This time I'll drive.

Come on. Get in.

You know what you're doing? What am I

saying? This is completely bananas.

I don't propose to take you a great

distance. Suppose we go to Saturday.

- How would that be?

- Just fine. My cleaning's due back.

That would make it November the 10th.

Don't expect too much. The entire

voyage will last a quarter of a second.

- You ready?

- Come on.

Good. Can we go now, please?

- You still maintain this is poppycock?

- That wasn't the word I had in mind.

Amy, you just wait. You wait.

We've got to go back.

We must go back.

We could easily avoid

this whole thing.

- You mean give him the key.

- No.

I mean come back with me.

- Back?

- Yes. Back to 1893.

I'm a 20th century woman. I have

a career and a mind of my own.

Be reasonable. How am I gonna

make it in 1893?

It's your life we're talking about.

My work is my life.

As much as yours or any other man's.

Please don't start sounding

like my husband.

- Wait a minute? What about forward?

- Forward?

You mean into the future. Yes!

Of course...

No.

No. We're forgetting something. Him!

I can't just leave him here.

So much for your place or mine.

Stop a bit.

You know we're making a big mistake.

We keep imagining time is our enemy.

It's not.

We know what's supposed to happen.

When and where. He doesn't.

This is one time I do know

how he thinks.

I even know before he thinks.

Look here. We're too late to prevent

the murder of number three.

But what about number four?

Let's see.

Dolores Marks. She was killed

in McLaren Park. Is that far?

Nothing's far in San Francisco.

She was killed. Or rather she will

be killed...

...at 3:
00 in the morning

in McLaren Park.

All I have to do is surprise him.

I'll just sit tight here for a few

hours and then be off.

We. I'm coming too.

No. I absolutely forbid it.

Herbert, you can't drive.

You don't even know where the park is.

I'm safe. I've got till Friday

at 7:
30. Haven't you read the paper?

Too bad there aren't any

sport stores open.

Whatever for?

So we could buy a gun.

- He's dangerous, haven't you heard?

- I wouldn't purchase a weapon now.

What is this Victorian chivalry?

We're playing for keeps.

Exactly. And Stevenson was right

about one thing.

Violence is contagious. Like measles.

The problem is not that things aren't

more efficient. They're the same.

World war this. World war that.

We're obviously killing more

efficiently. But we're still killing.

Well, I'm not going to stoop

to that man's barbaric level.

The first man to raise a fist

is the man who has run out of ideas.

I love you.

Oh, no.

What's happening?

Goddamn it! The tire is flat.

- Can you mend it? Can it be repaired?

- Yes. It's gonna take time.

All right, Amy. Calm down.

You work as fast as you can

and I'll go telephone the police.

Where would I be likely to find one?

I don't know. There are phone booths

all around. Do you have a dime?

Herbert, do you have ten cents

for the call? Hurry!

- Here. It's 911.

- 911.

- Read the instructions.

- I'll be right back.

Out of order? Damn!

Did you get that? McLaren Park.

Get there as soon as possible.

Can I what? Wells. No, Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes.

McLaren Park, as soon as possible.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah, I think so.

Oh, no. No.

IKeep moving.

Don't stop, do you hear me?

- Oh, my God.

- Come on, Amy. Go! Come on!

I don't wanna die.

I don't wanna die.

First the zodiac and now this.

- Yeah, they're out for blood, I see.

- I see Mr. Holmes called.

- What time would that be?

- That was at 2:
45 a.m.

Maybe he is psychic.

No.

We won't be here.

It's simple, we just won't be here.

- It's 10:
30. I'm going to go out.

- No!

Just for a little bit. I'll come back,

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