Time Team

Time Team in “Time Team” by Noah Stambovsky Story & Concepts by Noah Stambovsky & Ian Kuzmik A note from Noah: if you are commenting on this file, and you came from the public link, you are likely anonymous to me. Drop your name somewhere so I can respond to feedback. Enjoy the Episode. OPEN - Aboard The Ship. Orbiting Earth 4 DATE : April 9th, 2564 The Crew sits around the bridge all looking at packets while a man in a suit (Eddy) is shown on the video screen. Brad has a larger packet and a slim briefcase. EDDY Now, is everyone clear on the mission details? BRAD Seems pretty self explanatory, Eddy. Should definitely be easier than that time our pledge class timeported a dinosaur into the frat house. EDDY Well, that didn’t turn out well for any of us. And now that velociraptor is dead. BRAD They’re all dead, but at least Noodle died doing what he loved. EDDY Now, the only reason I hired you and was willing to pay half upfront[CUT to briefcase] is because Brad and I go way back. Well...that, plus you guys charge about half as much as your competitors. Now that I have the signed NDAs & DNRs here, feel free to… DONNA NDA? I never signed a.. BRAD YES! That’s right! the NDAs and DNRs that we ALL signed. (signaling Donna to shut up/possibly covering her mouth) EDDY (seemingly not noticing the kerfuffle over the paperwork) Right. So now if you turn to page 3 of the dossier, you’ll see the historical tampering clause. KURT Yeah Captain, I am 100% sure we didn’t do paperwork for this mission. BRAD(whispers) Don’t worry about it. CHRIS (half muttering, reading) Galakticorp reserves the right to… if interactions with… WHAT!?!? EDDY Is there a problem with the agreement? DONNA Besides the fact that we never signed those NDAs? MEGAN Wait, did we ? CHRIS(to Captain) Well, I was just thumbing through this and noticed a little part at the end. It seems as if Galaktikorp has the legal right to have us executed. EDDY Now, don’t be frightened! That’s just under certain very, very unlikely circumstances. BRAD What would those circumstances be, good buddy? (confusedly looking over packet) EDDY(continuing) Listen, I’ll level with you folks. This mission is very important to the board. Our company’s success depends on it. We’re sending you back to 1939 to deliver a package to a man named James Simmons. It should be a very easy payday for you, but we can’t afford for you to interrupt crucial aspects of the timeline. BRAD I’m still not following. Crucial aspects? What exactly was going on in 1939? CHRIS Where to start? Brad, are you familiar with World War II? BRAD Sounds vaguely familiar… I did go to college after all… KURT[reading] Uh, Captain? It seems as if GalaktiKorp has reserved the right to have us killed if we have any interaction with some guy named... Winston Churchill? Where have I heard that name before? BRAD That’s no biggie! It’s one guy.In a massive city! We can avoid one guy, right team? Have some faith in yourselves! XT1, What is the probability that we run into this Churchill character? XT1 I calculate that the odds of running into Winston Churchill during the course of this mission are approximately one in four million. Of course, the humans of this crew do seem to have an uncanny ability to fail against all odds. MEGAN We’re meeting the guy who invented the lightbulb? DONNA We’re specifically avoiding him, so no. And wasn’t he a politician? EDDY I’ll take your spirited banter to mean that you are ready for the mission and, glossing over the fact most of your crew doesn’t even know who Churchill was. I’m trusting you to follow the tampering clause. I will be ready with the other half of the money when you return. If you have trouble hailing me, I may be uhhh… Busy. Just hail the corporate office here on Earth 4 if you can’t reach me directly. Good luck (screen blinks off). CHRIS (facepalm) Really guys? Winston Churchill? 1939? MEGAN Wow. Sorry I don’t know obscure 20th century history. Not my job to know history, I just keep the ship running, right Cap? BRAD Sure Megan, just keep the engines running and keep wearing those skimpy outfits… and you don’t have to know anything about anything. Knowin’ stuff is Chris’s job anyway. CHRIS I mean, Megan I understand… but do you really not know who Winston Churchill was, Kurt? KURT Listen Cameron, I only have the mental capacity to remember so much logic, science and medicine. I can’t burden my superior intellect with historical facts and figures that don’t have to do with progressive rock. CHRIS Really? So Styx lyrics are more important to you than pivotal events of human history? KURT Pfffff. Styx wasn’t prog. Wait! so who was this Churchman guy anyway? CHRIS Well, I know he was prime minister of… somewhere hmmm. Well hey I know World War Two was about to start but, come to think of it, summer 1939 is a bit fuzzy for me. Looks like I need a bit of a boost. Chris reaches into a drawer on his station and starts looking for something. DONNA BE careful with that crap, Cameron. CHRIS Don't worry about it. I'm not a alleyway junk-head- KURT -Just the fact you call them that tells me you have never even met an addict- CHRIS -and I can handle my NST. I am academy trained and certified- BRAD Yeah? So was our last historian. And we know what happened to him… KURT and DONNA look down. MEGAN Whoa. Foreboding much? What happened? BRAD Nevermind. You’re too young. CHRIS Guys! Just let me do my thing. I’ll have all the info we need in just a moment. Chris takes out a small box that has little squares of paper. He puts one on his tongue and it dissolves. His retinas expand, and he winces a bit. He speaks slowly. CHRIS Winston...Churchill...Winston...Churchill MEGAN I don't get it. Is he rolling? DONNA It's more like when athletes take steroids. But for your brain. MEGAN So it’s adderall? KURT Not really. NST, or “Nostalgia[a][b]” as (mocking tone) “Alley-way Junk Heads” call it, makes Adderall look like decaf green tea. Right now, Chris is exploring his memories from his training at the historian academy with perfect recall. Everything he learned the day they talked about Windsor Churchill, Chris can see it right in front of him. CHRIS Winston… Churchill… Winston… (he snaps out of it) Wow. Ok. Yeah. Huge alcoholic, but still highly respected as a leader. It was a different time- BRAD -Couldn’t have been that different- CHRIS -He went on to become the prime minister of Britain during the war. He was sworn in less than a year after the date we’re going to. He was definitely in London that day, too. He made a speech to the City Carlton Club the day before. DONNA That explains the tampering clause. This guy is probably one of those "prime movers" eh, Kurt? KURT That is still just a theory. BRAD Well let's not prove any theories if it means breaking this tampering clause, 'cause being dead is just about the last thing we need. DONNA (rolling her eyes) Well said… (to Brad) BRAD I mean that and losing our license. DONNA Say Captain, how well do you know Eddy? BRAD Well we were in Sigma Chi together, but I really only know 3 things about Eddy. All you need to know is that he likes getting dinosaurs drunk and he works for the seventh most powerful conglomerate in The System. DONNA And the third thing? BRAD Don’t worry about that right now.(Ignoring Donna)Alright, everyone buckle up. Megan, set the timewarp to the date from the dossier, and location to Earth 1. TIMEWARP SEQUENCE- Megan flips some switches and a humming sound starts, only to cut out abruptly.She tries again, only with the same result. MEGAN One minute. Megan ducks out to the engine room. After a few seconds, a loud crashing noise is heard. Brad puts his hand on some sort of intercom. BRAD Everything alright back there? MEGAN(over intercom) Sorry Cap! I forgot to realign the cuplinks on the primary temporal transnavigation unit. No biggie. KURT No biggie?(looks at his instruments/readings). Good thing we stalled out. If the time drive backfired- CHRIS(interrupting) What would have happened? Would we have died? KURT In a way, yes. If we were in the ship and the central manifold had collapsed, we would have been lost to the timestream and ceased to exist. Deleted from the universe, essentially. But like Meg said, “No biggie”. Another loud crashing noise DONNA Well that sounds promising. Megan reemerges MEGAN Should be all set, Cap. BRAD See! all better. Great work Megan. (to Donna) Do you really think I would let us warp back 500 years if The Ship wasn’t in peak condition? DONNA I really do. Megan flips switches again and the humming sound sustains. The light sources in the room start to glow, cheap looking visual effect as the shot fades into the opening title sequence. Theme song is synth heavy progressive space rock, and visuals include shots of the upcoming season, and non-sequiturs. Different shots of the team with different historical figures, or in places as they were during different periods (cave men, ancient egypt/greece/rome, presidents, famous intellectuals, musicians, and artists etc). After title sequence buzzing resumes and dies down as we cut back to a shot of the interior of the ship. XT1 You have arrived at your destination. June 29th, 1939, Downtown London, Earth 1. The local time is 10:30 A.M. Active camouflage has been engaged. BRAD Thank you XT1. Now, let’s keep this simple. Donna and I will go and deliver the package. You three (gestures to Chris, Megan and Kurt) stay here and let us know if you pick up any anomalous readings. Don’t leave unless there is an emergency. We depart in ten minutes. Chris, I’m leaving you in charge. KURT But I’m the ranking officer! CHRIS Only when we’re in the 26th. In 20th century London, Historian outranks Science officer. MEGAN Why can’t I go? DONNA Listen, hun, I am long past overdue for a vacation and I will not let your childish antics keep us from getting this payday. BRAD(to Megan) Donna is right sweetheart. You just stay here with Kurt and Chris. Maybe double check that primary cup-thing ? We’ll be back in no time. MEGAN I never get to have fun. DONNA Chris, anything worth knowing, besides avoiding Winthorpe whats-his-name? CHRIS Winston Churchill. And yes.(he sort of nods his head back and closes his eyes again. No chanting, he is just recalling again) Last week, there were some bombings in the theater district, supposedly by the IRA. London was still on edge about the whole thing. The locals might mistake your communicator for a weapon, just be discreet. DONNA Thanks, I’ll try. As for numb nuts here… (gestures to Brad who is fiddling with his communicator) I can’t be sure. Brad fumbles his communicator and it lands on the floor. Donna picks it up and puts it on the counter. DONNA Just leave it here! We’ll use mine. BRAD and DONNA leave the ship BRAD (turns around to look at the ship, which has taken the form of a double-decker bus. Donna and brad appear to be in appropriate clothing for 1939 Britain). Seems to fit in well. DONNA (as she looks down at her simulated outfit) Yeah, at least Megan got our active camo fixed up since last time. CUT TO: Very brief flashback of the team ( except Megan) standing next to a yellow school bus and a mid-1500s Florence backdrop. BRAD Boy was that hard to explain to Niccolò. As they walk, BRAD is shaking the package that GalaktiKorp gave them. DONNA Stop shaking it! We don’t even know what’s in there. BRAD Fine, fine. Where is this “James Simmons” anyway? DONNA If you read the dossier, you would have seen that they gave us his coordinates. BRAD(defensively) Hey! I read some of it. I can read DONNA Uh huh. DONNA takes out her communicator. It is a tropey-looking locator device with an obnoxious antenna. It’s beeping and has a little screen with a radar dot and sweeper. She presses a few buttons, starts walking one way and then flips the device upside down and turns back. She conceals it under part of her outfit. DONNA [points]This way… They walk for a few seconds DONNA So, what’s this third thing you know about Eddy? BRAD It’s not important. He has an unusual sexual fetish. That’s all you need to know. DONNA As long as he doesn’t get his rocks off by sending time contractors to their deaths. They get to a house and knock on the door. A tall, handsome-yet-tired looking mid 20s man with blonde, unkempt hair emerges. BRAD James Simmons? JAMES That’s me. Brad hands him the box, he opens it to reveal a small electronic part. The component looks like a car part, but could also easily be some 26th century technology. JAMES Whoa! This is just what I needed to get my car running. Don’t think I would have escaped the war zone without it! Thanks! Simmons starts closing the door, and Brad stops him. BRAD War zone? Hey wait! Are you from the future too? JAMES The future? No, but let’s just say I know the buildup to war when I see it. Wait, are you from the future? Is that what this is? DONNA What? No. We’re just a delivery team. Nevermind my partner, he’s got… the vapors. JAMES Huh… right. Well. This alternator right here is a gift horse, and I’d probably end up in some hole screaming in agony without it… so I’m gonna go ahead and not look it in the mouth. BRAD Yea good call, horses have sharp teeth anyway. Am I right? DONNA (rushing Brad away) I’m sorry, we really should be on our way to our next delivery. They briskly walk away as James closes the door DONNA Where is your tradecraft? BRAD Wherever YOUR manners are! I was just making conversation. DONNA And “making conversation” now means admitting you’re a time traveler to someone we just met? BRAD He seemed to take it well, better than Niccolò at least. DONNA You’re right. He did. Does anything about this smell funny to you? BRAD I mean I think Chris was saying some bombs went off earlier in the week, and I definitely smell vinegar… DONNA No dumbass. The job. We get paid 2 million credits just to deliver a car part? And the guy we deliver it to isn’t from the future, but doesn’t bat an eye when you idiotically admitted that WE’RE time travellers? BRAD Listen Donna, Eddy is an alright guy, but I’ve learned not to ask many questions about the jobs he gives us. Let’s just hope Chris, Kurt and Meg have followed their orders. Cut to: Int The Ship. Chris, is reading, Kurt is looking at something on a viewscreen, and Megan is anxiously pacing around CHRIS(yawning) XT1, Time? XT1 Time is the fourth dimension. Described first by Albert Einstein, it is a construct that hu- CHRIS -No no. What time is it? Like right now. XT1 Local time, 11:23 AM, just as it reads on over seven viewscreens you could have looked at without even turning your head. CHRIS Gee, sorry XT1… Hmmm… Donna and The Cap should be back by now right? KURT(deviously) They should have been back ten minutes ago. I’m gonna go run some tests. Atmospheric… tests. CHRIS Cap said we can’t leave the ship Kurt! KURT I’m just gonna go outside for a few minutes. I have a theory about the climate of Earth 1 and I need data from this time period to prove it. CHRIS Fine , but just a minute. MEGAN OOH! ME TOO! CHRIS NO! Megan - stay aboard the ship. MEGAN No. I’m hungry. I want Shawarma! CHRIS I can assure you you won’t find it here. MEGAN Well I need to eat something. Just hope it doesn’t have vinegar in it. KURT In 20th century Britain? Good luck. CHRIS If you don’t know who Winston Churchill is, how do you know so much about food in 20th century Britain? KURT(as he takes out futuristic looking science equipment) “Supper's Ready” by Genesis. All three leave the ship. Shot of Kurt setting up a futuristic looking device and looking at some sort of handheld meter that is relaying readings. CUT to : Chris follows Megan down the street. CUT to: Kurt sets up his equipment. A local walks by, perplexed. LONDONER 1 What’s this then? KURT Ahh, yes good sir, I am with the uh, military? Yeah… that. I‘m performing some tests. Scientific tests. So we can beat the… uh… Russians? LONDONER 1 Is that so? Cause t’me, it looks like a bomb innit? Kurt smiles, puts up his hand with his index finger sticking up, and nervously takes a breath, and starts to speak. Cut to: Donna and Brad walking down the street, Donna is holding the communicator, but obscuring it in her clothing as before. BRAD Are you sure we’re headed the right way? None of this looks familiar. DONNA I’m sure! And I’m sure as hell not going to trust your memory Mr. Breakfast Bourbon! BRAD Just let me see the communicator, a second opinion couldn’t hurt! Brad grabs for the device, and there is a brief struggle. Donna puts him on the ground and the communicator falls and slides several feet away from them, several feet from a local walking by. They both look up at the Londoner. LONDONER 2 Miss, is this man bothering you? He looks like a bloody drunk he does. BRAD It was one breakfast bourbon! There’s no way you can smell it from over- DONNA -Yes he is a drunk, but uhhh… (looks distraught to have to use this line) he’s also… my husband. LONDONER 2 And what’s this gadget you got here? DONNA Do vibrators exist yet? LONDONER 2 Vibra-what? DONNA Guess not. It’s a radio! LONDONER 2 Are you with the IRA love? DONNA Us? Heavens no. Just a couple of newlyweds on our honeymoon from… America. Let’s go with that. LONDONER 2 Right right. Just, I’ve never seen a radio like this.(picks up the communicator and starts looking at it.) And besides that (he looks at Brad) you, down there giving a chin wag to all this codswallop. Which one of you has the bollocks here? Is this even your woman? Donna looks at him with rage. BRAD Donna, try to calm down. He’s from the past. It’s a different time! We gotta get back to the ship! DONNA Listen, bloke. If you put the radio down and keep walking, we’ll go our separate ways. LONDONER 2 And why should I? I’ve got half a mind to report you to the constables! See what they think of this radio then? Maybe tell them about the mouthy tart who wants it back, innit? Donna pushes off Brad and gets up and slowly walks towards the Londoner. CUT TO: Megan and Chris walking down the street, looking for somewhere to eat. CHRIS Megan, have you ever heard the 20th century phrase, “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”? MEGAN Nope. What does it mean? CHRIS It means, we are not going to be able to buy food here, we have no money. MEGAN I brought 200 Credits! That should get us some shawarma, and maybe mochi for dessert. CHRIS Ok, glossing over the fact that you will not find either of those things within 1000 miles of here, you do realize that these people have no idea what a System Authority Credit is? MEGAN Oh. Yeah. The time travel thing. CHRIS Yeah. That. MEGAN Well so we get some of these brutish peoples’ money! CHRIS (facepalms) It’s… nevermind. They continue walking, until they reach someone on the side of the road who is having car trouble. The engine is smoking. MEGAN Look! I bet I can get some pesos for fixing this car! (to the man trying to fix it) Hey mister! Need some help with your car? LONDONER 3 Indeed I do. I was trying to fix it myself, but now it’s gone a bit pear-shaped on me. Could you go fetch a mechanic miss? MEGAN Why go get one, when you got a great mechanic right here! (points at herself with both thumbs) The man looks at her in confusion, Chris cringes hard. CUT TO: KURT packing up his gear as the Londoner continues interrogating him KURT Alright look, (mockingly) “Bloke”, I’m telling you, this is NOT a bomb. I’m a doctor! LONDONER 1 If you’re a doctor, prove it. Kurt produces a small piece of paper, it is similar in size and shape, but a different color from Chris’s memory drug. LONDONER 1 What’s this now? KURT It’s the cure for... uhh... AIDS? LONDONER 1 What’s AIDS? KURT Did I say AIDS? I meant, uh, syphilis. Have you heard of it? LONDONER 1 Heard of it? I’m riddled with it mate! KURT Well then take this! you should be fine in a few minutes. CUT TO: Donna standing over LONDONER 2.She is punching him. DONNA (between blows)Who’s… got the… bollocks… now- She raises her hand to hit him again, but Brad stops her. BRAD C’mon Donna, we have the communicator, let’s just go. He’s not even worth it. DONNA (to Brad) You’re right. (to LONDONER 2) HEAR THAT MATE? You ain’t even WORTH IT. They walk away, looking to the communicator to get back to the ship. CUT TO: Megan working under the hood of the broken car as LONDONER 3 looks on in confusion and horror. She fixes the car and gets it started. LONDONER 3 If you had told me some bird was gonna walk up, climb into me bonnet, and fix the motor, I would have called you mad! Now I’ve seen it all. How can I repay you, miss? MEGAN However many pesos will buy me some shawarma. CHRIS (cutting in between them)She means pounds. And Fish and Chips. Sorry, she’s Welsh. LONDONER 3 (taking out wallet) Well that explains it, don’t it? Here you go miss. There’s a good little pub where I get knackered right around the corner. The fish and chips are decent innit? MEGAN takes the money and looks at it. MEGAN Sir, these are just pieces of Pape- CHRIS (Cutting her off) Thankyou mate! Cut to: Chris and Megan in the bar, just got their food. MEGAN Well wasn’t this fun! I helped some Englandish guy, he gave us paper money, and now we’re trying… whatever this is. She takes a few bites. MEGAN UGH. This is gross. What is this batter made from? Rotten apples? CHRIS Hey, Kurt tried to warn you. C’mon, We have to get back to the ship before Brad and Donna. MEGAN Fine, fine. Smells like bombs and vinegar here anyway. They round a corner and Chris bumps into Churchill. Churchill’s drink spills all over Chris and Megan. CHURCHILL Watch where you’re going, bloody plonker! CHRIS (stammering) Are you Winst- uh MR. uhh Church- I mean uhh... Sorry sir. We must be on our way. MEGAN(smelling her clothes) EWW! It’s a drunk. CHURCHILL(to Chris) Well I never! You should keep this hag on a leash! CHRIS Megan, we have to leave. Now. MEGAN Why? Is it that Bushmills guy? Chris pushes Megan down the street back towards the ship. Cut to: the exterior of the ship. Kurt and LONDONER 1 are standing outside. LONDONER 1 is convulsing and shouting. No one else is back yet, LONDONER 1 Get back in the trench Jenkins! The Germans are advancing! Jenkins? Jenkins? NOOOOOO! Kurt is observing him, maybe taking heart rate or blood pressure. He takes out a small voice recorder and speaks into it. KURT First trial: unsuccessful. Brad and Donna approach. BRAD Kurt, I gave you specific orders to stay aboard the ship! Where are Megan and Chris? KURT Well, you left Chris in charge and he let me leave, so take it up with him. They should be back soon. Megan wanted to grab some food. BRAD In 20th century Britain? Why? KURT That’s what I said. And she doesn’t even like vinegar! DONNA And what’s up with this guy?(pointing to Londoner 1, who is on the ground, in a full on WW1 flashback) KURT Who? Him? He was like that when I got here. Probably got the vapors or something. DONNA Uh huh. Brad and Donna look on in confusion, as Kurt pushes them onto the ship. Chris and Megan return. Everyone is aboard the ship now. BRAD Chris, Megan, you smell like a distillery. What happened back there? CHRIS It’s all Megan’s fault! We just went out for some food, and now GalaktiKorp is gonna- (cut off by Megan as she punches him in the crotch) MEGAN(interrupting) -Reward us handsomely for the great job we did! You did do the mission thing right? BRAD Sure did, hun. What were you saying Chris? CHRIS Nothing sir. Some sniffling drunk spilled cheap scotch on us, but we’re fine. BRAD Good, good. Yeah, turns out we were just delivering a car part. Seems like a pretty trivial task for the price right? Well, let’s get back to the 25th and collect the rest of the money. Megan, set Timewarp for Earth 4, April 9th 2564. MEGAN Aye aye, captain. TIME TRAVEL SEQUENCE- no stalling this time. XT1 You have arrived at your destination. EARTH 4. April 9th 2564. BRAD Alright XT1, hail Eddy on our communicator so we can get these funds transferred. XT1 Cannot hail Eddy White on sub-space communicator. BRAD Old rascal must be busy with a dog and some peanut butter. XT1, hail the executive frequency for GalaktiKorp’s central office here on Earth 4. phone disconnected tone plays, along with “If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and try again” XT1 Captain, there has been an error, I can not find a listing for GalaktiKorp on Earth 4 or anywhere else in The System. It seems as if the company does not exist. BRAD What could possibly be going on? We did everything right. DONNA You sure about that? BRAD What do you mean? We delivered the package, and we avoided- DONNA(interrupting) XT1, just wondering, was Winston Churchill a scotch guy? XT1 Historical records show: …(beeps) … Affirmative. DONNA Can you pull up a picture of him on the vid screen? Screen shows picture of Churchill MEGAN It was the Bushmills guy! BRAD Chris, what is Megan talking about? CHRIS I have no idea! BRAD Megan, sweetie… MEGAN Chris is the one who bumped into him! CHRIS You’re the only reason we were out there, little miss shawarma! BRAD(yelling over Megan and Chris as they argue) What happened back there? CHRIS Just tell him Megan! MEGAN Ugh. FINE. I was hungry while we were waiting for you and Donna, so Chris took me to get some food. We got fish and chips, the (mocking tone)“local delicacy” which absolutely sucked, and there was way too much vinegar and everyone back there had a weird accent and it smelled like bombs and- BRAD -WHAT HAPPENED?! CHRIS We smell like booze because we bumped into Winston Churchill on our way back from the restaurant. BRAD HMM. See, I’m pretty sure I told you to stay aboard the ship to minimize that risk. Did we not agree that would be the best plan? DONNA We did. XT1 [sighing] As I warned, the crew of this ship seems to have a special ability to fail against insurmountable odds. Maybe if we were to buy an android to go on missions? A male from the sleek, new, T-series perhaps? BRAD Shut it XT1, I’m chewing out my crew over here. Chris, it seems as if this is completely your fault. I left you in charge. You obviously did not have the ballrocks to keep Kurt from performing his weird experiments or keep Megan from getting some food. They are blameless- We see Kurt and Megan, out of view from Brad, taunting Chris BRAD -because if you are gonna be such a goddamn pushover of course they are gonna walk all over you. Kurt, I just hope you got some good data. KURT -Meh. This whole situation does give me some insight into my Prime Movers theory. But I would have preferred to eat this week. BRAD -Megan, as I said before, as long as the ship runs and I can see your thighs and midriff, you are a valued member of this team. MEGAN(smiles) Thanks, Cap. BRAD That’s a good girl. KURT (rolls eyes) C’mon Brad. She’s not a puppy. Just new enough to still respect you. CHRIS Hey Cap, why don’t we try going back and stopping Me and Megan from bumping in to Churchill in the first place? BRAD Negatory Cameron, that type of double exposure would have the Time Contractor’s Association all over us. DONNA He’s right, for all we know, the fine could be more than the cash we got. You weren’t here last time that happened, but I know Kurt remembers… Short cutaway to EXT Snowy backdrop. Two versions of the ship, with two versions of Brad, Kurt, Donna, and two unnamed crew members (the previous Engineer and Historian)stand opposite each other(one crew will be called “crew prime” in this flashback) A man dressed in cold war era USSR military garb brandishes a AK47, he shoots at Kurt, Kurt prime jumps in front of the bullet. Donna quickly draws her shock pistol and shoots the Russian soldier down. Kurt holds Kurt prime as he lays with a bullet wound, center mass. Kurt prime, his crew and his ship begin to phase out of view. They all disappear as Kurt holds his counterpart. Even the blood phases into nothingness. He looks around. Another, smaller ship warps onto the scene, two mean looking men in futuristic police wear come out of the ship. CUT TO: “5 Years Earlier” The whole crew, up against The Ship being patted down. Donna hands one her weapon, and as he starts to pat her down she does a throw move and puts him on the ground. TIMECOP 1 (grunts in pain) She’s good, weapon secured. TIMECOP 2 (pacing back and forth) Alright, who do we have here? (Laughs hysterically) “The Ship”? You really named your ship “The Ship? What? Was “Ship 1” taken? BRAD It’s a strong name! REST OF THE TEAM(unison) No it’s not! TIMECOP Whew. I rarely get a laugh like that. Alright crew of “The Ship” (giggles) now you know why we pulled you over. WHOLE CREW (eyes rolling) Double exposure officer. TIMECOP 2 (suddenly more serious)And do you know why double exposure is bad? WHOLE CREW Yes officer. TIMECOP 2 (to Donna)And why is that? DONNA It irreparably damages the timeline. TIMECOP 2 (dissatisfied) And? DONNA And makes the whole TCA look incompetent. TIMECOP 2 That’s right. Well, I’m gonna let you off with a warning, but next time- Cut to: current time, Kurt is looking at his hand, reliving the trauma of seeing a copy of himself die in his arms. KURT Yeah… Let’s just, let’s just see if we can cash those Galaktibucks. Cut to Brad in a futuristic looking bank holding a briefcase and screaming at a teller. We see the crew in the foreground as they watch Brad, but we cannot hear what is going on in the bank. Brad emerges from the bank with the briefcase, visibly upset. He returns to the ship. Brad storms onto the ship, visibly upset. CHRIS -Let me guess. They hadn’t even heard of Galaktibucks? [Theme song and credits play] Post credit scene: Int/ futuristic looking frat house. Subtitle: “February 9th, 2545. Earth 6. Sigma Chi House on the campus of New Hoboken University.” A dozen or so college kids are huddled around a velociraptor. You can pick out a young Brad Wheeler and Eddy White. Eddy is holding a beer funnel for the dinosaur, which is wearing a lampshade on its head. The fraternity brothers all chant “chug, chug” until the dinosaur falls over. The dinosaur convulses for a few seconds and then stops. The shouting and laughter stops. One of the brothers puts his hand on the Dinosaur’s neck. He turns his head to the crowd without a word, as they look on in silence. [Cut to black] [a]You may or may not care, but the Watchmen show also had a memory drug called "Nostalgia" [b]Well shit.