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documents back to the 1 4th century?

No, Chris,

Your father is in the 1 4th century,

What?

- We need you to help get him back,

- Mr, Robert Doniger,

this doesn't make sense,

A wormhole is a volatile force,

You can't send a person through one,

Can't fit a piece of paper

through a telephone wire,

But you can send a fax,

Sure, once you've broken the message

into a stream of electrons, but,,,

- Oh, sh*t,

- Now, look,

l don't care

about the hows or the whys,

l care about my father,

Did he know about all this?

l thought we could help each other,

We'd give him hints

l thought we could help each other,

We'd give him hints

about the best excavation areas,

and he could discover

why we're locked

into this particular place and time,

So this is why you've been

funding our dig,

He was more astute than l thought,

We gave him too many clues

and he became very, very suspicious,

How could you send him there?

God knows where he is,,,

Oh, he's a very persuasive man,

He insisted on going,

- Now he's stuck,

- That's where you all come in,

Do we look like

wormhole specialists?

You sent the professor

to the Hundred Years' War?

- Right,

- Turbulent times you sent him to,

We need cultural experts,

not scientists,

My people don't know

about the medieval world

or how to mingle,

which is what we have to do

if we are to find the professor

and bring him back,

So we bring him back,

it's that simple,

We step on that machine and whiz

back to 1357 to get him back?

Once he's broken us

into a stream of electrons,

- Why should we do what you ask us?

- l think we need to know more,,,

- l know you have a lot of questions,,,

- A lot of questions,

The professor's already been gone

for 72 hours

and every minute he's there,

it'll be more difficult to find him,

- That's true,

- Bob?

Excuse me, l need to get them

changed if they're going to go,

- Frank, change with them,

- l'm not going,

- Gomez and Baretto are ready,

- We need to think,,,

- l'd like you along,

- We didn't say we were going,

Steve, can you bring them

to prep, please,

Sure, Folks, this way,

Thank you, Please, this way,

Thank you,

Just follow Steve,

He'll take you to the prep room,

Bob, look, Gomez and Baretto

are my two best men,

They can handle any situation,

l would prefer not going,

l really want you to go,

And if you see Decker,

you know what to do,

Robert,,,

You know, that was a really

great speech you made,

l almost believed it myself,

- Didn't you forget something?

- What?

Come on, Look at Taub's MRls,

Look at his arteries,

This was his tenth trip,

This is their first and only,

They deserve to know that we don't

know how he ended up in the desert,

You don't think they deserve

to know that?

l've told them enough,

How did my father get stuck

back there?

Doniger gave him an hour,

Things got harried,

and l lost him in the woods,

- You left him there,

- We have a limited time,

l had to come back

or we'd both be stuck,

l guess it's better him

than you, right?

Listen, there's a few things

we have to go over before we leave,

They need your vital data,

lt's for your return process,

Change from your clothes

into those clothes over there,

Anything you want,

Put your personals in the lockers,

l want to introduce you to two friends,

Bill Baretto, Jimmy Gomez,

They're coming with us,

Buddies from the Marines,

- Why do we need Marines?

- Just in case something goes wrong,

l like to have all my bases covered,

All right, let's change up,

l can't believe you're considering this,

Do you understand what it does?

lt strips you down

to a molecular level,

which means, for a moment,

you cease to exist,

- Listen to him, he's got a point,

- Hold on! Wait a second,

l don't need you, Miss Ericson,

Or Chris,

- l need you, You know the layout,

- Nobody knows it like l do,

- l go,

- There's no way l'm not going,

l just said l'm not going,

so don't touch me!

Thanks,

Stern, we don't need you back there,

You're a physicist,

- Your knowledge won't help us,

- l'm sorry,

But we are going to need you,

Franois,

- Why do we need him?

- Because he speaks French fluently,

- He's right,

- My high-school French sucks,

- Don't do this,

- We need his help,

- l'll cover you,

- Don't pressure him,

Franois, you have to make

your own decision on this,

Your father would've done it for me,

so, yes, l'll come,

- OK,

- Yes,

Thank you,

Thank you,

- Magnetic coils ready,

- Verifying now,

Platform up,

Computers are up, Mr, Doniger,

Tell Gordon we've got to get going,

Keep a couple of beers

cold for me, all right?

Mr, Stern,

Watch our backs, OK?

lt will be all right,

We'll be back before you know it,

- Take it easy, bro,

- You know the 50 bucks l owe you?

All right, let's move it,

Frank, six hours

and the clock is running,

Wear these personal markers

around your neck,

You can use any one of them

to call for your return,

Frank will explain their intricacies

once you arrive,

Most importantly, one marker

will bring all of you back,

- Do not lose them,

- What about weapons?

Nothing modern goes back,

Especially weapons,

- They're set for a six-hour countdown,

- Countdown?

- They burn out after six hours,

- And then?

l'll get you back before you know it,

Oh,

Sorry, Franois,

they didn't have these back then,

l don't see without,,,

You'll be fine, That's where

we goofed with the professor,

l feel morally compelled to inform you

that there is a degree of pain,

l'm told it's rather intense,

but extremely fleeting,

A couple of seconds,

No residual discomfort,

So forgive me, l didn't want that

to influence your decision,

- OK, Good luck,

- Let's do it,

You all look great,

Miss Ericson, you look divine,

Good luck,

Don't worry about it,

You guys will be home for lunch,

- Think of it as the ultimate field trip,

- A fantastic thing for an archeologist,

- l can't believe we're doing this,

- Slowly, There are no railings,

Josh, come on down, Come watch,

Josh, come on down, Come watch,

- Yeah, l'm fine,

- Take a place around the perimeter,

- Spread out,

- Move around the platform,

Take a deep breath, relax,

We'll be back before you know it,

- Are we set?

- All systems check,

Come in, Josh, Close the door,

- Good luck,

- Six hours and counting,

Mr, Marek? Mr, Marek,

l need you to take your position,

How's everybody doing?

- What the hell are we doing?

- Getting the chance of a lifetime,

Nothing to worry about,

We'll take care of you,

Just relax, Everything will be fine,

- DNA streams locked in,

- Thank you,

- OK, lock them in,

- Locking in,

- How long does it take?

- A couple of seconds,

Watch it here,

Mirrors locked,

Son of a,,,

Where is he? Franois!

- Are you all right?

- Where's Franois? Franois?

- There he is!

- Franois!

Pull him out!

Now we wait,

Give me your hand!

- Come on!

- Franois, hold on! Hold on!

Hold on!

- Here, take my hand,

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