helped us
during the space program?
For 20 years...
he's been keeping his face
off of Time magazine doing research.
His field of research
has been time travel.
- Time travel.
- Time travel.
- Well, beam me up, Scotty.
- That's very funny, Senator.
- Wanna know what's funnier than that?
- He's gonna tell us.
The funny thing is...
the good doctor actually did it.
l thought that'd
get your attention.
He did it. The technology is
in the folders in front of you.
You won't understand it
any better than l can.
Now, you can't go forward,
because the future hasn't happened yet.
However, you can go back,
and that's where things get tricky.
lf you go back and change something,
it's serious. lt could be catastrophic.
lt's like throwing
a stone in a lake...
only now there
are ripples in time.
So you can't go back and kill Hitler,
much as we'd like to...
because it could cause
a chain reaction of events...
that could alter
or even destroy mankind.
And that, my good senators,
is where you come in.
We have to form a new agency to police
this technology and protect time.
lt will be called the Time Enforcement
Commission or the T.E.C.
Eugene Matuzak of the Washington P.D.
is our choice to run the commission.
- How much is this gonna cost?
- A lot.
- How much is a lot?
- More than a little
and less than too much.
This is not a good time
to ask for money. The economy--
Suppose one of our competitors goes
back in time and invents the computer?
Or the airplane or the automobile?
You wanna talk about
the American economy, Senator?
How about this one?
Saddam Hussein finances a trip to 1944.
He gets our technology...
and lraq becomes the first country
to have the atomic bomb.
- Oh, you like that one.
- Not bad.
Try this one.
We think there's already been a ripple.
Ten days ago, the C.l.A. broke up
an arms sale to terrorists...
in Hamburg, Germany.
Ordinarily, that sort of news
doesn't cross the president's desk.
What made this different...
was that the purchase
was made with gold bullion...
and the bullion
was dated 1863...
and stamped
''Confederate States of America.''
We had it carbon-tested
and authenticated. lt's real.
Now, just think
about what l'm saying.
Going back in time
is a pretty easy way to make money.
Our committee would have exclusive
jurisdiction over this program?
Yours and yours alone. No one can know
about this. lt's too dangerous.
That's very good, George.
Personally...
l think this sounds like that
bullshit Star Wars program.
You'll get your money. Anyone here want
to chair the oversight on this program?
Yeah, l'll do it.
Ah, young Senator McComb.
Why not?
Oh, you'll like him, George.
Very much like you,
except his dorsal fin's a bit bigger.
There's never enough time.
Never enough for what?
To satisfy a woman.
Then you never want
to miss an opportunity.
Are you busy?
l'm meeting my husband.
lf l were him,
l would not keep you waiting.
lf he's not here when l turn around,
l'll go home with you.
You'll do.
Mmm.
l didn't hear you
leave this morning.
lt was early.
l was meeting with Matuzak.
Are you gonna
take that job?
- What?
- Be right back.
Read it.
- ''Wolverine''?
- Between the lines.
l should get
the fuck outta here.
Good.
You know that purse?
Doesn't look good on you.
Thank you.
- Glad you're not hurt.
- Thank you.
Smart kid.
He read my mind.
With your English,
he doesn't have much choice.
Hey, l know all the good words.
You didn't answer my question.
- Are you gonna take this job?
- l think so.
ls this T.E.C. thing dangerous?
l don't bake cookies for a living.
Will you have to travel?
Not the way you think.
Pictures bring back your memories.
Aw, you're gonna
be very happy you have this.
Why?
l can see into the future.
- You can see the future, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
- What do you see?
- l see it's gonna rain.
We both have
the afternoon off.
Why don't we go and practice some of
those