Journeyman s01e04 Episode Script
The Year of the Rabbit
E for dinner.
I seem to come back to the present when i finish some chapter in the lives of people that i'm tracking.
What happens if you're traveling and you die? Do you just disappear? Do you come back? Do you come back dead? I'm not gonna die.
Why us,liv? Why? Why are both of us doing this? Did he tell you he saw livia? Jack,stop.
Do you know what time it is? My watch took one for the team.
Take mine.
Have you ever seen anyone that you know Traveling? No.
No,not yet.
Hey.
Welcome back.
Jack,we broke up eight years ago.
Yeah,you married my brother,kate.
You can't shrug it off and carve the christmas turkey.
I didn't leave you for him, and i'm not the reason livia died.
You're gonna lose katie.
Right.
You,you know that? Not without a fight.
I found this in the pocket.
Where is she,dan? To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worser,worser Oh,gee.
Oh,worser.
For better or for worse.
You can't shrug it off I promise to love you unconditionally, to honor and respect you, till death do us part.
Then i'll say something Oh,boy.
Excuse me.
Hello,there.
Hey,father.
We're in the middle of a rehearsal here.
Yes,sorry.
Is that your wrench? Yeah.
Yes,it is.
You feeling okay to stand? Yeah.
Perhaps,if you check with the rectory, they could find some shelter for you.
Ask for father silva.
Thank you.
Thank you,father.
Tv reporter: one local business owner's story.
1939 was the year of the rabbit and also the year that mr.
Wong yao opened his traditional card shop.
Now,mr.
Wong yao hopes that the next year of the rabbit isn't the year he has to close it.
Beer,please.
you got it.
I'm katie barron in chinatown.
Back to you,tina.
thank you,katie.
It looks like a great day in chinatown.
Thanks.
William? Sorry? Never mind.
I'm supposed to meet somebody.
Oh,no problem.
You fit the description of the man i'm supposed to meet: blond,good-looking,great shape.
I thought you were him.
Okay.
The wedding ring should have been the giveaway.
Yeah,well,um Extremely married.
Any advice on how to make that happen? Be incredibly lucky and meet the right person.
You're a big help.
Actually,i just broke up with someone who i thought was the right person.
Why am i telling you all this? I don't know.
But i'm interested.
So,what?You waiting on a Blind date? Yes.
Oh,i know.
I met him on the world wide web.
Wow.
Oh,i seem desperate.
No,no,not at all.
I should go.
No,no Wait.
You should stay a little.
Maybe he's the one.
Spoken like a guy who hasn't been dating for a while.
Spoken like a guy who believes life's full of surprises.
What are you doing? Greg? We just break up and you're out cruising bars? I'm not cruising-- what are you doing following me around? It's two years,melissa.
Why would you throw that away? We can't keep having this discussion.
Hey,hey,a little space.
Who the hell are you? Not important.
Take a walk.
That's not a good idea.
Stop! Get out of here.
Both of you.
Hi.
I'm william.
Oh,hi.
Uh,melissa.
Sorry.
It's okay.
Comes with the territory.
Who's he? Some guy.
Hey.
I don't think you finished fixing the upstairs bath.
We should have hired a plumber.
I was trying to save some money.
This is not what i need,not right now.
When is the right time for a water pipe to break? You know what i mean.
Yeah,the fund-raiser.
Yeah.
So,what do you want me to do? Well,for starters, you could try not to fix anything.
Is there anything that i can say that's not going to piss you off? Probably not.
I didn't see her this time,katie.
who didn't you see,dad? Hey,honey,don't come in here right now,okay? I'll be up in a minute,all right? I know that you're upset about me seeing livia back there,katie,but Dan,i have 300 people coming to a black-tie fund-raiser that i'm chairing, and a string quartet that just bumped us for the mayor's birthday, 32 more returned invitations due to insufficient postage.
You and livia meeting in the ether is not what's bothering me right now.
I'm sorry.
I'm just It's fine.
Forget it.
This event It's my super bowl.
I know.
It's been three months of my life,you know? It's going to be spectacular,katie.
I know it.
I want you there,dan.
I need you there.
You can count on it.
But you can't guarantee it.
I'll be there.
Katie.
I'll be there.
Dan vasser.
Hey,matt,how you doing? Copacetic.
I need a favor.
Are you looking for more mathematical formulas to help you count cards? I never counted cards.
Maybe that's why you never won.
I had my good days.
Uh,i'm doing some research.
On what? Tachyons.
Tachyons? Particles that travel faster than the speed of light.
I'm the,uh,science editor,dan.
I know what tachyons are.
I need to talk to an expert.
Is this cosmic phenomena or hard science? I'd say it falls under cosmic phenomena.
Elliot langley out at livermore.
But i'd have to talk to him first.
Appreciate it.
You sure this isn't a story for this section? Positive.
Thank you.
Waiting for someone? Not anymore.
How's it going? Well,i met a woman here waiting for a blind date in '94 and a guy who's named william.
I don't see either of them.
So,what year is it? Wine? I'm working.
So am i.
So,did you always have a thing for her? Who? Katie.
Was it all there and i just never put it together? Why am i answering all your questions when you never answer mine? 'Cause you're a guy,and you can't resist talking about yourself.
Katie was with my brother then.
I was with you.
I was totally with you.
You don't even seem like katie's type.
What's her type? I don't know.
Jack's a cop.
Edgy,commitment-phobic,a bad boy.
You'reNot.
I'm a recovering gambling addict who travels through time.
I got some edge.
You're jealous.
Of course i am.
Wouldn't you be? How is she? Katie.
Dealing.
Does she believe you? She's about 85% there.
I think if i tell her that i see you, though,her head might explode.
You haven't told her? I said i ran into you once.
Oh.
And if she knows we hang out more, she might have a problem? Yes.
I wouldn't want that.
I liked katie.
I've got to go.
Why? I know him.
Hey,look out! Oh! Excuse me,uh You live here? Yeah,sort of.
I'm looking for this address.
Oh,that's on sandra,two blocks up.
Thanks.
William? Yeah.
i was beginning to give up on you.
Oh.
All right,this is it.
It's a good piece-- small,conceals nicely.
Uh,how-how much? Five hundred.
Come on,man.
Take it or leave it.
Hey.
Hi.
How you doing? Good.
You look great.
Thanks.
It looks amazing.
Thank you.
I'll see you in a bit? See you.
Melissa I know you.
I met you at luna once.
Right.
You were waiting on a blind date? Didn't my ex beat you up? I don't Remember it quite that way.
Well,if you hadn't been there, i might not have met william.
The guy you just Yes,he's my fianc now.
I don't remember your name.
Dan.
Right.
So this is your business.
Ours.
Uh,william created this technology.
It lets people trade stocks online from home.
Wow.
Very next-millennium.
Let's hope so; i sunk most of my money into it.
Which i was very happy to do.
Did i say it like i meant it? Uh,sort of.
Well Good luck.
Thanks.
Do you have a business card? Yeah,um Thanks.
There's something i think you should know.
I just saw your fiance buy a gun from a guy in a the street.
What? Maybe i shouldn't have said anything He bought that for me,for protection.
He hates the neighborhood i live in.
Okay,i'm sorry.
I,i I got the wrong idea.
I have to go.
May i help you? Do what? You're following melissa.
You want this to get ugly? You haven't seen ugly.
Who are you? Not important.
Who the hell are you? She's over you.
Well,i'm working-- the way i see it, you look a lot more like a stalker than i do.
Vasser.
Man dan vasser? Yeah.
This is elliot langley.
Matt tarbell said you wanted to talk to me? Yes,thank you for calling me back.
You're interested in tachyons,i understand.
Yes,i am,among Other things.
May i ask why? It's for a story-- funding cutbacks at stanford in the physics department.
I thought you covered the metro beat: board of sups,bank robberies and whatnot.
Glad to know somebody out there's paying attention.
Well,i've been a subscriber of the register going on 40 years now.
I even remember another vasser who worked there.
You knew my father? Frank and i go back a long,long way.
We met when i was with nasa.
All right,listen,could we arrange a time for us to get together? I could come out there to livermore.
I think you'd have some clearance issues.
Right.
Tachyons-- are you sure you're not trying to build a time machine? Well,you got me.
Let me look at my schedule, and i'll get back to you.
Great.
Could i just get your Hey.
Hey.
You got home late last night.
Yeah,i had a lot of stuff to catch up on at work.
Did you go back there again? Yeah.
What's going on? Uh,lover's quarrel-- the boring stuff.
Did you see livia? Yes,in fact,i did.
Do you talk to her When you're there? I have.
So you can Interact? You can have conversations? Yes.
And does she know you're from the future? Katie,it's more complicated than that Hey! Hey.
Uh,the centerpieces.
The museum won't take them till later.
And why are you bringing them here? Because i live in an apartment.
Right.
Okay.
I guess we'll talk later? Okay,guys Hey,this is jack.
Leave a message.
Geez,jack,for someone who's paid to protect and serve, you're making yourself pretty scare.
I need to talk to you.
It's important.
Call me as soon as you can,all right? Sorry i'm late.
That's okay.
Important police work.
Really? Yeah,i had a A big shoot-out,hostage thing in the haight.
I,uh,i had to take a guy out with a single shot.
Seriously? No.
I got stopped for speeding.
You couldn't get out of it? Well,now,i didn't say that.
I actually,uh, i went to that guy's bachelor party, and i've been holding on to those pictures for two years,so I'm not taking that.
Sorry,i'm just a little I know this may surprise you, but i haven't,uh,dated in a while.
That's Funny.
Really? You don't believe i haven't dated in a while? No,that you think that this is first date.
I'm kidding.
Okay.
Touche,very nice.
Well By the way, it's only going to get better from here.
Right? Geez,my brother keeps calling me.
Maybe it's important.
I should probably just take this 'cause he's going through some Ah,family.
Don't worry,I'm the normal one.
Yeah,I dated a cop before.
You're like five pounds of trout on a two-pound line.
Oh,yeah.
Yes.
DAN: Hey,it's me.
What can you tell me about a cop named Greg Weil? This is why you're calling me? I am having lunch with a beautiful doctor.
Haven't you guys beaten Greg up enough? Listen,it was before my time.
Well,he was on his way up until he got indicted for killing his ex-girlfriend.
Did he do it? Well,no evidence that he did; the charges were dropped.
I lost track of the guy.
Last I heard,he was walking the Mission.
So what was the feeling of the department? Oh,bit of a temper.
I liked him.
It's a cold case? Can you check for me? Did you not hear the part where I said I'm having lunch with a beautiful doctor? I got to go.
No.
I got to go.
I'll call you later.
All right,I'll be right there.
What's up? Ah,sorry.
Um A van overturned on 280.
We've got multiple victims en route.
Okay.
Well,I think this went really well.
(laughing): Not really.
Okay.
You owe me a first date.
DAN: It's coming.
I just need to rework the lead,all right? What do you know about tachyons? They're particles that travel faster than I don't care about tachyons,Dan.
We have a science editor and reporters who cover all that stuff.
I know.
You know what I care about? You care about you.
Crime,Dan.
I care about crime.
Blue-collar,white-collar,embezzlement,murder.
They kill it; you write it; I run it.
I'm sending you the top for the double homicide in the Mission right now,and the B-matter in 30.
You happy? Getting there.
Tachyons on the back burner.
Fine.
(sighs) No,sweetie.
They can just go through the kitchen.
I told the caterer that yesterday.
I did Tammy,listen to me.
This is not your problem,okay? You just have him call me.
We already spoke about this.
Mm-hmm.
He may not remember,but,you know Yeah,there's a back door right through the Just,you know what? Have him call me,all right? I'm going to see you in a little while.
Okay.
Thanks.
Bye.
(whispers): Okay.
Help.
Yeah,sure.
(heavy sigh) (softly): There.
Thanks.
You look Wow.
(chuckles) I feel like I'm missing something,some detail.
I know you.
You don't miss a thing.
Okay.
You want some help with that? Please.
Look,this morning,about Livia Not tonight.
You know damn well how to tie a bow tie.
(whispers): Three summers at Wilkes Bashford.
(doorbell rings) Sitter.
I hate her right now.
Make yourself look pretty so we can get going.
Oh,Katie (panting) Hey,babe,you want to take my car or yours? Hello? It's Jack.
What's going on? Hi.
Nothing.
Is Dan there? No.
Are you okay? Katie? Livia? Sure,why not? Sorry.
Hey,do you have the year? Thanks.
Hey.
I got it.
Thanks.
Hey,little dude.
You're supposed to ask who it is.
It's you,Uncle Jack.
I know you.
All right,fair enough.
Where's your mom? Whoa.
Hi.
Honey,go on upstairs.
Lauren's got Monopoly set up,okay.
You look very pretty,Mommy.
Why,thank you.
The little guy knows what he's talking about.
What are you doing here,Jack? Well,I know panic when I hear it.
Yeah,it was that obvious? Do you wanna tell me what's up? Uh,what's up? What's up.
Well,I'm supposed to be at the museum a half hour ago.
Dan,I have no idea where Dan is.
My keys,I don't know where my keys are Okay,okay.
Slow down.
Just slow down.
Relax.
Take a breath.
(exhales) Forget about your keys.
I can't ask you to do this.
You didn't ask me.
I'm offering.
Did Dan say where he went? Emergency.
At work.
Thought I always put my job first.
We keep dragging you into our problems.
Katie,there's not a guy alive who could see you in that dress and feel dragged into anything.
I don't think there's time for you to change.
I think there is.
Why would you change the locks? Come on.
Just let me in.
I just wanna talk to you for five minutes.
MELISSA: I'm not going to the cops,William.
Good.
What do you want,William? I really have to go.
I just wanna explain.
Well,most of the money is gone.
WILLIAM: It's,it's not gone.
It-it-it's, it's elsewhere.
It's invested.
MELISSA: Okay.
What do we tell our friends? My parents? We tell them that they'll get their money back.
I just need that disk.
No,William.
I'm keeping it,okay.
I need every account statement, every balance sheet.
I need to figure out exactly where we stand.
WILLIAM: You have no idea how to be happy, and you never will.
Just give me the disk now.
You are making me do things I don't want to do.
Where did you come from? Let's get out of here.
WOMAN: Oh,my God! MAN: That's guy's got a gun,man.
(crowd murmuring) He's holding a gun! There's a man here with a gun.
Port Street,near Nordhoff.
He just got into a cab.
I figured it out.
What? You're writing a book.
Right? Oh,God.
Not a novel.
Well,with all the,uh,downsizing of newspapers, you gotta keep the other knives sharp, you know what I mean? You okay? You look clammy.
I'm good.
Excuse me.
All right.
KATIE: Let's pull the sheets off.
(sighs) How long till dinner? All right,ten minutes.
We have to kill ten minutes.
Let's people to dance so they'll forget they're hungry.
Hey,thanks a lot.
Hey.
Hi,sweetie,thank you.
Hi.
Looks amazing.
You're amazing.
I see that Jack's here.
You're sweating.
Dan,is that blood? So Was Jack invited or? He was nice enough to escort me and I really don't think you should be giving me the third degree.
You look like you've been in a fight.
Yeah,well,about nine years ago.
Come on.
Let's dance.
I don't feel like dancing.
You want people to forget that they're hungry,right? Dan,what's going on? Everything's fine.
Don't worry.
Really? You don't look like you're fine.
Yeah.
You look like you're hurt.
I'm okay.
Can you get help back there? Can I help you back there? No.
So you can talk to Livia,but you can't talk to me? Correct.
Livia knows what you do? Livia does what I do.
She's a Yeah.
So you see her All the time.
I have to go.
Hey,hey.
This changes nothing,all right? Listen to me.
I love you.
What is that? What? In your pocket and I'm not in the mood for a punchline.
Don't worry.
It's Dan.
Shh.
Is that a gun? It's not mine.
I'm not keeping it.
You're scaring me.
Let's get a drink No.
No,I have to get back to work.
It's a nice little soiree,Katie.
You did good.
Thanks.
Uh-oh.
It's okay.
Talk to me.
It's all right.
What happened? No,I really can't get into this right now.
I have to get back in Katie,you're shaking.
I'm cold.
Katie Jack,please.
Drop it.
Look,I make my living interrogating people.
You're not getting off that easy.
Come on.
He's carrying What? TAMMY: Katie,the caterer's looking for you.
Nothing.
I gotta go.
MELISSA.
JOHNSON UTRADEMAR Okay,you're done.
MAN: Actually,I am far from I am done.
How ya doing? I'm good.
Thanks for escorting my wife.
Oh,the pleasure was mine.
I have no doubt.
You know, I'm not trying to break you and Katie up,Dan.
You're doing fine by yourself.
(chuckles) Where you been? What are you hiding? You don't need to worry about that,Jack.
Katie's scared to death.
Well,she doesn't need to be.
What is it? You're the cop,Jack.
Why don't you search me? You never make it easy for me,do you,little brother? Why start now? We used to get along better.
We were like brothers.
What happened? I don't know.
There was something about a girl.
(pounding at door) I forget.
Yes? Give us a minute! MAN: Why is the door locked? SFPD.
Give us a minute.
Vasser,what's up? It's Burke from the 1-5.
I'm working security.
Hi.
Um I got like a family thing going on in here.
BURKE: it's no big deal.
Look,there's a couple of officers from the Presidio here looking around.
Got a report about some guy in a tuxedo waving a gun around in the street.
Really? Yeah.
Maybe it was a pissed-off maitre d'.
All right.
(chuckles): Yeah,probably.
Dan.
Dan? MELISSA (on recording): Hi,we're not here right now.
Please leave a message.
Melissa,listen to me.
William is coming back for you.
You need to get out of town.
This is going to sound nuts,but don't do anything stupid.
You're not going to get away with it.
In Chinatown,I'm Katie Barron.
Sorry,guys,one more time.
That wasn't a good one.
Katie? Liv.
Hi.
Hi.
Hey! (laughs) KATIE: What's going on? What are you doing here? Wow,this is a new look.
KATIE: What's that? LIVIA: Trying some stuff.
Bad idea? KATIE: No,I like it,it's good.
It's just,you know,you seem more mature.
(laughs): Oh,then I'm I'm definitely not wearing this again.
How's Dan? Uh,why do you ask? I don't know,being polite? Uh,sorry.
Yeah,he's great.
Thank you.
Thank you.
How's Jack? KATIE: Oh,you know, we're going through some stuff.
We've been together for four years, and we haven't taken it to the next level.
Ah,those Vasser boys.
Yeah.
Not the quickest movers.
DAN: Thanks for covering me back there.
You're looking very Cary Grant.
Yeah,well,I'm MIA big time.
I got to get back.
Get me up to speed.
Well,I prevented a husband from killing the wife, but now the wife has killed the husband.
So I'm back here on the same night.
Where does the second murder take place? Probably at her apartment.
But I have no idea where that is.
And check this out.
Whoa.
Yeah.
It's the murder weapon.
Or at least it was going to be.
I need to get rid of it,just in case.
No.
You might need it.
(wry chuckle) Great,so what is the deal with killing people back here? You do what you have to do.
In the present,you abide by the law.
In the past,it's the Wild,Wild West.
Anything goes.
You be the judge.
I'm not at all comfortable with that,Liv.
You will be.
Melissa? MAN (over phone): Dan Vasser? Yes.
Elliot Langley.
Elliot,I'm really sorry,but this is a bad time.
Can I call you? Hello? Elliot Langley from Livermore Labs? Yes.
I just talked to you back in I'm having trouble hearing you.
I'll call you back later.
No,no,wait.
Greg Weil? Yeah? I met you a couple times.
We locked up a couple of times.
Listen to me, Melissa's in serious trouble.
Then call the police.
You are the police.
I'm not the Melissa police.
I'm past all that.
Fine.
Then you can read about yourself in the paper tomorrow.
"Woman shot and killed despite warning the police.
"Officer Greg Weil was connected to the victim.
Internal affairs will conduct the investigation.
" Who are you? Her husband tried to kill her tonight, and I think he's going to try it again.
Now,do you know where she lives? Yeah.
But she's not there.
You're still following her? I drive by her house on the way to work.
She wasn't there half an hour ago.
Where is she? It's Sunday-- probably work.
Stay out here.
MELISSA: Stay away from me! I said give it to me! GREG: Stay back! MELISSA: What are you doing? Stop! Put the guy down Mlissa I came back for the computer disk, and he was still here.
Listen to what he says,Melissa.
He was going to kill me.
He tried to kill me earlier.
You saw it,right? Yeah.
I can't be a witness.
What? I'm sorry,I wish I could.
Just put the gun down,honey.
We can figure this out.
Greg,I'm so sorry.
It never should have come to this.
No one is going to believe it was self-defense.
Yes,they will.
What are you doing? Drop it.
Easy.
It's the gun William used on her earlier tonight.
GREG: You're planting evidence.
Get it out of there.
I'm planting a fact.
Otherwise,she's going to spend 20 years in prison.
Neither of you deserve that.
You okay? You can go home if you want.
The cops got a call about some guy in a tux waving a gun in the Marina.
It's San Francisco,Jack.
Why does that strike you as strange? You always got his back.
And you had my back tonight.
Thanks.
You saved me.
You can't keep going on like this,Kate.
It's complicated,Jack.
It's complicated and messy and sticky and I don't believe it.
This is just to torture us,right? Ned and Cathy's wedding.
Oh,yeah.
You were the hottest bridesmaid I'd ever seen.
And you you made that sweet toast, slightly drunk.
I was hooked.
You know,some songs take me to a place.
I actually feel like I go there.
I know what you mean.
Too bad you can't go back.
It would be cool.
Yeah.
Dancing would be? A bad idea.
Yeah,right.
Just had to ask.
I wanted you to.
I'm going to go.
Katie? Don't you have to clean up? There's a clean-up committee.
I can't find my ticket.
I'm sorry about tonight.
I just want to go home.
Excuse me.
Can we go back there? Thanks.
Um,so,what color is it? Black.
That helps.
And green.
You know,when I was back there,I saw you.
Really? When? '98.
Perky period.
Yeah,you were a perky reporter.
Does Livia know about us? Yes.
She must have been a little surprised.
She was caught off guard.
Is this it? Yeah.
I haven't seen you in a tux since our wedding.
No way.
Remember we tried to write our own vows? (chuckles): Yeah.
They turned out lame,so we decided to wing it.
We did wing it.
And survived.
Yeah.
i just complaint servivors worse than that I somehow doubt that.
You're probably right.
It doesn't fix anything.
I know.
I seem to come back to the present when i finish some chapter in the lives of people that i'm tracking.
What happens if you're traveling and you die? Do you just disappear? Do you come back? Do you come back dead? I'm not gonna die.
Why us,liv? Why? Why are both of us doing this? Did he tell you he saw livia? Jack,stop.
Do you know what time it is? My watch took one for the team.
Take mine.
Have you ever seen anyone that you know Traveling? No.
No,not yet.
Hey.
Welcome back.
Jack,we broke up eight years ago.
Yeah,you married my brother,kate.
You can't shrug it off and carve the christmas turkey.
I didn't leave you for him, and i'm not the reason livia died.
You're gonna lose katie.
Right.
You,you know that? Not without a fight.
I found this in the pocket.
Where is she,dan? To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worser,worser Oh,gee.
Oh,worser.
For better or for worse.
You can't shrug it off I promise to love you unconditionally, to honor and respect you, till death do us part.
Then i'll say something Oh,boy.
Excuse me.
Hello,there.
Hey,father.
We're in the middle of a rehearsal here.
Yes,sorry.
Is that your wrench? Yeah.
Yes,it is.
You feeling okay to stand? Yeah.
Perhaps,if you check with the rectory, they could find some shelter for you.
Ask for father silva.
Thank you.
Thank you,father.
Tv reporter: one local business owner's story.
1939 was the year of the rabbit and also the year that mr.
Wong yao opened his traditional card shop.
Now,mr.
Wong yao hopes that the next year of the rabbit isn't the year he has to close it.
Beer,please.
you got it.
I'm katie barron in chinatown.
Back to you,tina.
thank you,katie.
It looks like a great day in chinatown.
Thanks.
William? Sorry? Never mind.
I'm supposed to meet somebody.
Oh,no problem.
You fit the description of the man i'm supposed to meet: blond,good-looking,great shape.
I thought you were him.
Okay.
The wedding ring should have been the giveaway.
Yeah,well,um Extremely married.
Any advice on how to make that happen? Be incredibly lucky and meet the right person.
You're a big help.
Actually,i just broke up with someone who i thought was the right person.
Why am i telling you all this? I don't know.
But i'm interested.
So,what?You waiting on a Blind date? Yes.
Oh,i know.
I met him on the world wide web.
Wow.
Oh,i seem desperate.
No,no,not at all.
I should go.
No,no Wait.
You should stay a little.
Maybe he's the one.
Spoken like a guy who hasn't been dating for a while.
Spoken like a guy who believes life's full of surprises.
What are you doing? Greg? We just break up and you're out cruising bars? I'm not cruising-- what are you doing following me around? It's two years,melissa.
Why would you throw that away? We can't keep having this discussion.
Hey,hey,a little space.
Who the hell are you? Not important.
Take a walk.
That's not a good idea.
Stop! Get out of here.
Both of you.
Hi.
I'm william.
Oh,hi.
Uh,melissa.
Sorry.
It's okay.
Comes with the territory.
Who's he? Some guy.
Hey.
I don't think you finished fixing the upstairs bath.
We should have hired a plumber.
I was trying to save some money.
This is not what i need,not right now.
When is the right time for a water pipe to break? You know what i mean.
Yeah,the fund-raiser.
Yeah.
So,what do you want me to do? Well,for starters, you could try not to fix anything.
Is there anything that i can say that's not going to piss you off? Probably not.
I didn't see her this time,katie.
who didn't you see,dad? Hey,honey,don't come in here right now,okay? I'll be up in a minute,all right? I know that you're upset about me seeing livia back there,katie,but Dan,i have 300 people coming to a black-tie fund-raiser that i'm chairing, and a string quartet that just bumped us for the mayor's birthday, 32 more returned invitations due to insufficient postage.
You and livia meeting in the ether is not what's bothering me right now.
I'm sorry.
I'm just It's fine.
Forget it.
This event It's my super bowl.
I know.
It's been three months of my life,you know? It's going to be spectacular,katie.
I know it.
I want you there,dan.
I need you there.
You can count on it.
But you can't guarantee it.
I'll be there.
Katie.
I'll be there.
Dan vasser.
Hey,matt,how you doing? Copacetic.
I need a favor.
Are you looking for more mathematical formulas to help you count cards? I never counted cards.
Maybe that's why you never won.
I had my good days.
Uh,i'm doing some research.
On what? Tachyons.
Tachyons? Particles that travel faster than the speed of light.
I'm the,uh,science editor,dan.
I know what tachyons are.
I need to talk to an expert.
Is this cosmic phenomena or hard science? I'd say it falls under cosmic phenomena.
Elliot langley out at livermore.
But i'd have to talk to him first.
Appreciate it.
You sure this isn't a story for this section? Positive.
Thank you.
Waiting for someone? Not anymore.
How's it going? Well,i met a woman here waiting for a blind date in '94 and a guy who's named william.
I don't see either of them.
So,what year is it? Wine? I'm working.
So am i.
So,did you always have a thing for her? Who? Katie.
Was it all there and i just never put it together? Why am i answering all your questions when you never answer mine? 'Cause you're a guy,and you can't resist talking about yourself.
Katie was with my brother then.
I was with you.
I was totally with you.
You don't even seem like katie's type.
What's her type? I don't know.
Jack's a cop.
Edgy,commitment-phobic,a bad boy.
You'reNot.
I'm a recovering gambling addict who travels through time.
I got some edge.
You're jealous.
Of course i am.
Wouldn't you be? How is she? Katie.
Dealing.
Does she believe you? She's about 85% there.
I think if i tell her that i see you, though,her head might explode.
You haven't told her? I said i ran into you once.
Oh.
And if she knows we hang out more, she might have a problem? Yes.
I wouldn't want that.
I liked katie.
I've got to go.
Why? I know him.
Hey,look out! Oh! Excuse me,uh You live here? Yeah,sort of.
I'm looking for this address.
Oh,that's on sandra,two blocks up.
Thanks.
William? Yeah.
i was beginning to give up on you.
Oh.
All right,this is it.
It's a good piece-- small,conceals nicely.
Uh,how-how much? Five hundred.
Come on,man.
Take it or leave it.
Hey.
Hi.
How you doing? Good.
You look great.
Thanks.
It looks amazing.
Thank you.
I'll see you in a bit? See you.
Melissa I know you.
I met you at luna once.
Right.
You were waiting on a blind date? Didn't my ex beat you up? I don't Remember it quite that way.
Well,if you hadn't been there, i might not have met william.
The guy you just Yes,he's my fianc now.
I don't remember your name.
Dan.
Right.
So this is your business.
Ours.
Uh,william created this technology.
It lets people trade stocks online from home.
Wow.
Very next-millennium.
Let's hope so; i sunk most of my money into it.
Which i was very happy to do.
Did i say it like i meant it? Uh,sort of.
Well Good luck.
Thanks.
Do you have a business card? Yeah,um Thanks.
There's something i think you should know.
I just saw your fiance buy a gun from a guy in a the street.
What? Maybe i shouldn't have said anything He bought that for me,for protection.
He hates the neighborhood i live in.
Okay,i'm sorry.
I,i I got the wrong idea.
I have to go.
May i help you? Do what? You're following melissa.
You want this to get ugly? You haven't seen ugly.
Who are you? Not important.
Who the hell are you? She's over you.
Well,i'm working-- the way i see it, you look a lot more like a stalker than i do.
Vasser.
Man dan vasser? Yeah.
This is elliot langley.
Matt tarbell said you wanted to talk to me? Yes,thank you for calling me back.
You're interested in tachyons,i understand.
Yes,i am,among Other things.
May i ask why? It's for a story-- funding cutbacks at stanford in the physics department.
I thought you covered the metro beat: board of sups,bank robberies and whatnot.
Glad to know somebody out there's paying attention.
Well,i've been a subscriber of the register going on 40 years now.
I even remember another vasser who worked there.
You knew my father? Frank and i go back a long,long way.
We met when i was with nasa.
All right,listen,could we arrange a time for us to get together? I could come out there to livermore.
I think you'd have some clearance issues.
Right.
Tachyons-- are you sure you're not trying to build a time machine? Well,you got me.
Let me look at my schedule, and i'll get back to you.
Great.
Could i just get your Hey.
Hey.
You got home late last night.
Yeah,i had a lot of stuff to catch up on at work.
Did you go back there again? Yeah.
What's going on? Uh,lover's quarrel-- the boring stuff.
Did you see livia? Yes,in fact,i did.
Do you talk to her When you're there? I have.
So you can Interact? You can have conversations? Yes.
And does she know you're from the future? Katie,it's more complicated than that Hey! Hey.
Uh,the centerpieces.
The museum won't take them till later.
And why are you bringing them here? Because i live in an apartment.
Right.
Okay.
I guess we'll talk later? Okay,guys Hey,this is jack.
Leave a message.
Geez,jack,for someone who's paid to protect and serve, you're making yourself pretty scare.
I need to talk to you.
It's important.
Call me as soon as you can,all right? Sorry i'm late.
That's okay.
Important police work.
Really? Yeah,i had a A big shoot-out,hostage thing in the haight.
I,uh,i had to take a guy out with a single shot.
Seriously? No.
I got stopped for speeding.
You couldn't get out of it? Well,now,i didn't say that.
I actually,uh, i went to that guy's bachelor party, and i've been holding on to those pictures for two years,so I'm not taking that.
Sorry,i'm just a little I know this may surprise you, but i haven't,uh,dated in a while.
That's Funny.
Really? You don't believe i haven't dated in a while? No,that you think that this is first date.
I'm kidding.
Okay.
Touche,very nice.
Well By the way, it's only going to get better from here.
Right? Geez,my brother keeps calling me.
Maybe it's important.
I should probably just take this 'cause he's going through some Ah,family.
Don't worry,I'm the normal one.
Yeah,I dated a cop before.
You're like five pounds of trout on a two-pound line.
Oh,yeah.
Yes.
DAN: Hey,it's me.
What can you tell me about a cop named Greg Weil? This is why you're calling me? I am having lunch with a beautiful doctor.
Haven't you guys beaten Greg up enough? Listen,it was before my time.
Well,he was on his way up until he got indicted for killing his ex-girlfriend.
Did he do it? Well,no evidence that he did; the charges were dropped.
I lost track of the guy.
Last I heard,he was walking the Mission.
So what was the feeling of the department? Oh,bit of a temper.
I liked him.
It's a cold case? Can you check for me? Did you not hear the part where I said I'm having lunch with a beautiful doctor? I got to go.
No.
I got to go.
I'll call you later.
All right,I'll be right there.
What's up? Ah,sorry.
Um A van overturned on 280.
We've got multiple victims en route.
Okay.
Well,I think this went really well.
(laughing): Not really.
Okay.
You owe me a first date.
DAN: It's coming.
I just need to rework the lead,all right? What do you know about tachyons? They're particles that travel faster than I don't care about tachyons,Dan.
We have a science editor and reporters who cover all that stuff.
I know.
You know what I care about? You care about you.
Crime,Dan.
I care about crime.
Blue-collar,white-collar,embezzlement,murder.
They kill it; you write it; I run it.
I'm sending you the top for the double homicide in the Mission right now,and the B-matter in 30.
You happy? Getting there.
Tachyons on the back burner.
Fine.
(sighs) No,sweetie.
They can just go through the kitchen.
I told the caterer that yesterday.
I did Tammy,listen to me.
This is not your problem,okay? You just have him call me.
We already spoke about this.
Mm-hmm.
He may not remember,but,you know Yeah,there's a back door right through the Just,you know what? Have him call me,all right? I'm going to see you in a little while.
Okay.
Thanks.
Bye.
(whispers): Okay.
Help.
Yeah,sure.
(heavy sigh) (softly): There.
Thanks.
You look Wow.
(chuckles) I feel like I'm missing something,some detail.
I know you.
You don't miss a thing.
Okay.
You want some help with that? Please.
Look,this morning,about Livia Not tonight.
You know damn well how to tie a bow tie.
(whispers): Three summers at Wilkes Bashford.
(doorbell rings) Sitter.
I hate her right now.
Make yourself look pretty so we can get going.
Oh,Katie (panting) Hey,babe,you want to take my car or yours? Hello? It's Jack.
What's going on? Hi.
Nothing.
Is Dan there? No.
Are you okay? Katie? Livia? Sure,why not? Sorry.
Hey,do you have the year? Thanks.
Hey.
I got it.
Thanks.
Hey,little dude.
You're supposed to ask who it is.
It's you,Uncle Jack.
I know you.
All right,fair enough.
Where's your mom? Whoa.
Hi.
Honey,go on upstairs.
Lauren's got Monopoly set up,okay.
You look very pretty,Mommy.
Why,thank you.
The little guy knows what he's talking about.
What are you doing here,Jack? Well,I know panic when I hear it.
Yeah,it was that obvious? Do you wanna tell me what's up? Uh,what's up? What's up.
Well,I'm supposed to be at the museum a half hour ago.
Dan,I have no idea where Dan is.
My keys,I don't know where my keys are Okay,okay.
Slow down.
Just slow down.
Relax.
Take a breath.
(exhales) Forget about your keys.
I can't ask you to do this.
You didn't ask me.
I'm offering.
Did Dan say where he went? Emergency.
At work.
Thought I always put my job first.
We keep dragging you into our problems.
Katie,there's not a guy alive who could see you in that dress and feel dragged into anything.
I don't think there's time for you to change.
I think there is.
Why would you change the locks? Come on.
Just let me in.
I just wanna talk to you for five minutes.
MELISSA: I'm not going to the cops,William.
Good.
What do you want,William? I really have to go.
I just wanna explain.
Well,most of the money is gone.
WILLIAM: It's,it's not gone.
It-it-it's, it's elsewhere.
It's invested.
MELISSA: Okay.
What do we tell our friends? My parents? We tell them that they'll get their money back.
I just need that disk.
No,William.
I'm keeping it,okay.
I need every account statement, every balance sheet.
I need to figure out exactly where we stand.
WILLIAM: You have no idea how to be happy, and you never will.
Just give me the disk now.
You are making me do things I don't want to do.
Where did you come from? Let's get out of here.
WOMAN: Oh,my God! MAN: That's guy's got a gun,man.
(crowd murmuring) He's holding a gun! There's a man here with a gun.
Port Street,near Nordhoff.
He just got into a cab.
I figured it out.
What? You're writing a book.
Right? Oh,God.
Not a novel.
Well,with all the,uh,downsizing of newspapers, you gotta keep the other knives sharp, you know what I mean? You okay? You look clammy.
I'm good.
Excuse me.
All right.
KATIE: Let's pull the sheets off.
(sighs) How long till dinner? All right,ten minutes.
We have to kill ten minutes.
Let's people to dance so they'll forget they're hungry.
Hey,thanks a lot.
Hey.
Hi,sweetie,thank you.
Hi.
Looks amazing.
You're amazing.
I see that Jack's here.
You're sweating.
Dan,is that blood? So Was Jack invited or? He was nice enough to escort me and I really don't think you should be giving me the third degree.
You look like you've been in a fight.
Yeah,well,about nine years ago.
Come on.
Let's dance.
I don't feel like dancing.
You want people to forget that they're hungry,right? Dan,what's going on? Everything's fine.
Don't worry.
Really? You don't look like you're fine.
Yeah.
You look like you're hurt.
I'm okay.
Can you get help back there? Can I help you back there? No.
So you can talk to Livia,but you can't talk to me? Correct.
Livia knows what you do? Livia does what I do.
She's a Yeah.
So you see her All the time.
I have to go.
Hey,hey.
This changes nothing,all right? Listen to me.
I love you.
What is that? What? In your pocket and I'm not in the mood for a punchline.
Don't worry.
It's Dan.
Shh.
Is that a gun? It's not mine.
I'm not keeping it.
You're scaring me.
Let's get a drink No.
No,I have to get back to work.
It's a nice little soiree,Katie.
You did good.
Thanks.
Uh-oh.
It's okay.
Talk to me.
It's all right.
What happened? No,I really can't get into this right now.
I have to get back in Katie,you're shaking.
I'm cold.
Katie Jack,please.
Drop it.
Look,I make my living interrogating people.
You're not getting off that easy.
Come on.
He's carrying What? TAMMY: Katie,the caterer's looking for you.
Nothing.
I gotta go.
MELISSA.
JOHNSON UTRADEMAR Okay,you're done.
MAN: Actually,I am far from I am done.
How ya doing? I'm good.
Thanks for escorting my wife.
Oh,the pleasure was mine.
I have no doubt.
You know, I'm not trying to break you and Katie up,Dan.
You're doing fine by yourself.
(chuckles) Where you been? What are you hiding? You don't need to worry about that,Jack.
Katie's scared to death.
Well,she doesn't need to be.
What is it? You're the cop,Jack.
Why don't you search me? You never make it easy for me,do you,little brother? Why start now? We used to get along better.
We were like brothers.
What happened? I don't know.
There was something about a girl.
(pounding at door) I forget.
Yes? Give us a minute! MAN: Why is the door locked? SFPD.
Give us a minute.
Vasser,what's up? It's Burke from the 1-5.
I'm working security.
Hi.
Um I got like a family thing going on in here.
BURKE: it's no big deal.
Look,there's a couple of officers from the Presidio here looking around.
Got a report about some guy in a tuxedo waving a gun around in the street.
Really? Yeah.
Maybe it was a pissed-off maitre d'.
All right.
(chuckles): Yeah,probably.
Dan.
Dan? MELISSA (on recording): Hi,we're not here right now.
Please leave a message.
Melissa,listen to me.
William is coming back for you.
You need to get out of town.
This is going to sound nuts,but don't do anything stupid.
You're not going to get away with it.
In Chinatown,I'm Katie Barron.
Sorry,guys,one more time.
That wasn't a good one.
Katie? Liv.
Hi.
Hi.
Hey! (laughs) KATIE: What's going on? What are you doing here? Wow,this is a new look.
KATIE: What's that? LIVIA: Trying some stuff.
Bad idea? KATIE: No,I like it,it's good.
It's just,you know,you seem more mature.
(laughs): Oh,then I'm I'm definitely not wearing this again.
How's Dan? Uh,why do you ask? I don't know,being polite? Uh,sorry.
Yeah,he's great.
Thank you.
Thank you.
How's Jack? KATIE: Oh,you know, we're going through some stuff.
We've been together for four years, and we haven't taken it to the next level.
Ah,those Vasser boys.
Yeah.
Not the quickest movers.
DAN: Thanks for covering me back there.
You're looking very Cary Grant.
Yeah,well,I'm MIA big time.
I got to get back.
Get me up to speed.
Well,I prevented a husband from killing the wife, but now the wife has killed the husband.
So I'm back here on the same night.
Where does the second murder take place? Probably at her apartment.
But I have no idea where that is.
And check this out.
Whoa.
Yeah.
It's the murder weapon.
Or at least it was going to be.
I need to get rid of it,just in case.
No.
You might need it.
(wry chuckle) Great,so what is the deal with killing people back here? You do what you have to do.
In the present,you abide by the law.
In the past,it's the Wild,Wild West.
Anything goes.
You be the judge.
I'm not at all comfortable with that,Liv.
You will be.
Melissa? MAN (over phone): Dan Vasser? Yes.
Elliot Langley.
Elliot,I'm really sorry,but this is a bad time.
Can I call you? Hello? Elliot Langley from Livermore Labs? Yes.
I just talked to you back in I'm having trouble hearing you.
I'll call you back later.
No,no,wait.
Greg Weil? Yeah? I met you a couple times.
We locked up a couple of times.
Listen to me, Melissa's in serious trouble.
Then call the police.
You are the police.
I'm not the Melissa police.
I'm past all that.
Fine.
Then you can read about yourself in the paper tomorrow.
"Woman shot and killed despite warning the police.
"Officer Greg Weil was connected to the victim.
Internal affairs will conduct the investigation.
" Who are you? Her husband tried to kill her tonight, and I think he's going to try it again.
Now,do you know where she lives? Yeah.
But she's not there.
You're still following her? I drive by her house on the way to work.
She wasn't there half an hour ago.
Where is she? It's Sunday-- probably work.
Stay out here.
MELISSA: Stay away from me! I said give it to me! GREG: Stay back! MELISSA: What are you doing? Stop! Put the guy down Mlissa I came back for the computer disk, and he was still here.
Listen to what he says,Melissa.
He was going to kill me.
He tried to kill me earlier.
You saw it,right? Yeah.
I can't be a witness.
What? I'm sorry,I wish I could.
Just put the gun down,honey.
We can figure this out.
Greg,I'm so sorry.
It never should have come to this.
No one is going to believe it was self-defense.
Yes,they will.
What are you doing? Drop it.
Easy.
It's the gun William used on her earlier tonight.
GREG: You're planting evidence.
Get it out of there.
I'm planting a fact.
Otherwise,she's going to spend 20 years in prison.
Neither of you deserve that.
You okay? You can go home if you want.
The cops got a call about some guy in a tux waving a gun in the Marina.
It's San Francisco,Jack.
Why does that strike you as strange? You always got his back.
And you had my back tonight.
Thanks.
You saved me.
You can't keep going on like this,Kate.
It's complicated,Jack.
It's complicated and messy and sticky and I don't believe it.
This is just to torture us,right? Ned and Cathy's wedding.
Oh,yeah.
You were the hottest bridesmaid I'd ever seen.
And you you made that sweet toast, slightly drunk.
I was hooked.
You know,some songs take me to a place.
I actually feel like I go there.
I know what you mean.
Too bad you can't go back.
It would be cool.
Yeah.
Dancing would be? A bad idea.
Yeah,right.
Just had to ask.
I wanted you to.
I'm going to go.
Katie? Don't you have to clean up? There's a clean-up committee.
I can't find my ticket.
I'm sorry about tonight.
I just want to go home.
Excuse me.
Can we go back there? Thanks.
Um,so,what color is it? Black.
That helps.
And green.
You know,when I was back there,I saw you.
Really? When? '98.
Perky period.
Yeah,you were a perky reporter.
Does Livia know about us? Yes.
She must have been a little surprised.
She was caught off guard.
Is this it? Yeah.
I haven't seen you in a tux since our wedding.
No way.
Remember we tried to write our own vows? (chuckles): Yeah.
They turned out lame,so we decided to wing it.
We did wing it.
And survived.
Yeah.
i just complaint servivors worse than that I somehow doubt that.
You're probably right.
It doesn't fix anything.
I know.