The Time Tunnel s01e07 Episode Script

Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages during the first experiments on Americas greatest and most secret project- the Time Tunnel, Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure somewhere along the infinite corridors of time, You all right? Where are we? Do we have a reading on the time zone theyre in? Sometime before 100 B.
C.
- Well have to do better than that.
- Before 500 B.
C.
Were right in the middle of no-manss-land, - Theyll cut us to ribbons, - Letss get over behind these rocks.
- Stabilized at 1200 B.
C.
- Where? Space-time coordinates 389-58.
About where Greece and Turkey meet at the Hellespont.
Die.
Trojan! The Time Tunnel.
Wait! Were not Trojans! Neither are you Greeks.
Who are you? - W-Were- - Werre from another country.
another- Were visiting cities in the area.
Then what are you doing outside the walls ofTroy? - Ancient Troy.
- Yes! There.
We will let Ulysses decide what to do with these strangers.
Youre wrong.
Ulysses! Wevve fought the Trojans on their terms long enough.
Those plains are red with GreeKblood, What do you suggest.
Sardis? With a handful of men.
I can burn Troy to the ground.
Always the same plan.
Sardis.
And always the same answer- no.
We were sent here to rescue Helen.
If you set fire to the city, she will die too, And what of the man who stole her from Greece? Burning him alive is too good a death.
- What is it? - Two prisoners taken on the battlefield.
Theyre not Greek.
and they swear theyrre not Trojan.
I didnt Know what to do with them, Bring them in.
Who are you? Where do you come from? Were from a faraway place and time.
A great distance.
Let me roast their Trojan heels.
- Theyre lying.
- Itss the truth.
Wait.
Sardis! Do you come from west ofTroy? Yes.
- West of the Aegean? - Yes.
- West of Delphi? - Well.
yes.
From north of the Pelion.
north of Ossa? Lets just say we come from a place in time without end past and future.
Gods from Olympus! Just as I thought,! Welcome, Wine,! Welcome.
Sit down.
Sit down.
Wine.
If you come from that place of time without beginning or end then you must know the future.
- We do.
- Tell me then- How will this war with Troy end? Youll be victorious.
And what of Helen.
our stolen queen? - Youll return her to Greece.
- And my armies will shatter the walls of Troy? No.
Ulysses.
Youll never breach its walls.
This proves theyre Trojan spies! Theyrre just trying to confuse and trick you! It may be that the gods are going to prove that theres another way to win this war.
Ulysses.
these are men.
not gods! Dont listen to them! What if you are wrong? What then? Theres one way to settle this.
Let me test them.
Very well.
Sardis.
- Let me do it.
- No.
He tossed it to me.
If I refuse hes won his point.
and werre dead.
Were getting an image.
- Can you zero in? - No.
theres too much interference.
Tony.
look out! Wait! Youve disgraced your sword and offended the gods.
- Ulysses.
they are not gods! - You were defeated! Now I will listen to what they have to say.
Youre a fool.
Ulysses! Youve played the fool ever since you started this siege- rejecting my plans.
my advice.
making one mistake after another.
Ten years of military blunders on this forsaken coast.
All right.
go your way.
Ive had enough.
Once before.
one of my generals went off to sulk-Achilles.
Command decisions are not easy.
And then again.
maybe Sardis was right.
Believe me.
We are not Trojan spies.
Sardis is a man of force.
Let me test you with another weapon.
Many years ago.
when I began to doubt the wisdom of this bloody war I sent some questions to the Oracle at Delphi, My messenger returned with some answers.
Now if you are indeed who you say you are then you must Know these answers, You must Know them firsthand, So tell me did Apollo advise me to continue this siege? - Yes.
- What began this battle? Paris stole Helen away from Sparta and brought her here to Troy.
How did he come to take her? It began with a contest among the gods and goddesses- - Venus.
Juno and- - Minerva.
There was a contest of beauty between them.
And Jupiter was too wise to act as judge.
- Who did? - Paris.
He awarded the prize.
a golden apple.
to Venus.
And as a reward, Venus said she would give him the most beautiful mortal in the world- Helen.
Do I dare take from Paris what Venus gave him? Yes.
because Minerva and Juno are on your side - and other gods as well, - You among them.
You take care of our friends.
and see that they have the proper attire and everything they need for their comfort, Our friends from Olympus.
Dont be a fool.
soldier.
I am Sardis.
I must see Paris.
Take me to him.
Helen? Helen! Helen! Helen! You called.
Paris? Did you watch the battle today? - From the parapet.
- I fought very well.
- I didnt notice.
- We smashed their attack.
- But did you lead it? - Yes.
I led it.
I was everywhere.
cutting them down.
cracking their skulls looking for their heroes to give them the edge of my sword.
Where were they today? Where was Ulysses? I called for them to come out.
You must have called very quietly.
like a thief.
You are a thief.
you know.
Paris.
I am witness to that.
Were back to that.
are we? I stole you from your precious Greeks.
I kidnapped you.
I took you by force.
As I remember it.
you were sick of your husband and came away with me of your own will.
You implored me.
begged me.
I couldnt shake you off.
Thief and liar.
- You deny it? - I deny that what I did was of my own will.
You came with the help of someone or something that worked on my mind and destroyed my will.
that made me want to come away with you.
Was it poison? You know you used poison on the arrow that killed Achilles.
What was it that you used on me? Only love.
Did I ever love you? Do I love you now? Youll learn.
If I havent learned in 10 years.
will I ever? You will as soon as you understand that Troy will never fall.
IfTroy stands forever.
Ill hate you forever.
Sardis! You? Without an envoy or a flag of truce? Why? - Ive come alone.
- With an offer of peace? No.
Im here to join you.
- Join me? - Youd betray Ulysses? Sparta? Youd betray me? I dontt believe it.
Believe it.
Helen.
Sardis is our guest.
Hes your guest.
Ten years and you still havent tamed her.
What really brought you here.
Sardis? The rule of war that says one side must win and one must lose.
Ulysses will lose.
and I dont intend to lose with him.
- Why will he lose? - Because hes stubborn.
For years.
hes refused to take my advice.
Yes.
he continues to fight us on the plains where we have the advantage.
Worse.
And today was the end for me.
After the battle.
two strangers were brought into the camp.
- Ulysses thinKs they are gods, - Why? Because they were strangely dressed.
And because they told him what he wanted to hear- - that a direct attacKon Troy cannot succeed, - Which is true.
No matter.
Ulysses believes this.
And hell continue to fight in the plains until you bleed his armies to death.
Tell me.
What kind of gods are these? They are no more gods than I am.
They are men.
But it would seem valuable men.
Since Ulysses thinks of them as gods if they were taken captive.
he might take it as an evil omen and retreat even sooner.
Could they be taken captive.
Sardis? Yes, By me, I Know Ulyssescamp as I Know my own hand, But how can I be certain of your loyalty? Let me prove it.
Go with him.
And if he betrays us kill him with his own sword.
I shall need 25 men dressed in Greek uniforms.
The plains are littered with Greek dead.
How will you get there? Well circle their flank and come upon the camp from the sea.
Ulysses may think were gods.
but apparently in ancient Greece the gods were drafted into the army.
- Thats right.
They took sides.
- Well.
what are we going to do? As soon as theyre all asleep.
werre going to get out of here.
- Doug.
- Mm-hmm? Listen.
I want to get out of here as much as you do.
But before we go.
Id like to find out if it really happened that way.
- If what really happened what way? - The Trojan horse.
Did Ulysses really use it to trick them? Tony.
maybe its legend.
maybe itss not.
But remember.
despite what Ulysses thinks.
were not gods.
- Lets just go.
- Itlll only take me a minute to talk to him.
A minute could mean the difference between life and death.
I can be back before youre ready to go.
All right.
but dont let him keep you.
- Can it be done.
Epeios? - It can be done.
but ought it to be done? - Now you attend to your work and leave the thinking to me.
- Gladly.
- But one may not displease the gods.
- How can this displease them? This is a tactic of cunning.
a tribute to Minerva.
- But we havent asked her permission.
- Epeios! You are growing old and cautious.
The gods are on the side of those who win.
- In fact.
two of them have already joined us.
- Huh? - I see that you are already building the wooden horse.
- He knows.
- He knows.
He looks down on all of us from the future.
- Ah.
then all is well.
It can be done.
- How soon? Oh.
with a hundred men.
two days.
Maybe three at the most.
Then get to it.
Epeios.
Then Minerva has approved of my tactic.
- Itll go down in history.
- As a great piece of military strategy? Yes.
Itll become legendary.
Ulysses.
- Wheres the other one? - Hess gone.
- Where? - Hes with Ulysses.
Create a diversion.
Set fire to the camp.
Here is one of Ulysses gods.
- And the other one? - He was with Ulysses.
- Who are you? - You wouldnt believe me if I told you.
Youre addressing a prince ofTroy! I hear you brought Ulysses some interesting news.
We spoke of many things.
- OfTroy? - Yes, And its fate? Is it true that Ulysses will never breach our walls? - It is.
- How can you know this? He claims to know the future.
Lets test him on the past on something he couldnt possibly know unless- I make no claim to come from Olympus.
I have a sister.
Cassandra.
Is there anything special about her? She is said to be very beautiful.
I mean something else.
She has something that ordinary mortals dont have.
Yes.
She has a gift from Apollo.
the gift of prophecy.
Did she foretell anything about the fate ofTroy? When you brought Helen here Cassandra foretold that Troy would be burned to the ground.
And is her prophecy true? It was.
But Troy still stands.
The prophecy is false.
And so are you! The prophecy is true.
Ulysses would never leave without me.
He knew about Cassandra.
To kill one god is to offend them all.
I say he is no god.
Take him away.
Give him freedom of the house.
But watch him.
You may go.
So you believe he is a god too? He did know of Cassandras prophecy.
- But said nothing of mine.
- Yours? Yes.
That if you follow my plan of battle tomorrow we will destroy half Ulysses army.
I know Ulysses mind.
how it works.
An attack at dawn tomorrow.
if made as I advise.
will cost him his best men.
Weve searched the entire camp.
Hess gone.
I dont understand.
Why would they take Doug? How could they have known we were here? Sardis.
hes also gone.
Ive seen his betrayal coming for a long time.
His humiliation yesterday drove him into the Trojan camp.
Ive got to get into Troy to find Doug.
- You cant do it alone.
- Ivve got to! Then fight with us! Theyre coming out of the city.
The elite guard.
The best Paris has.
Ill have a few surprises for them especially if Paris takes Sardiss advice.
When they get close.
give the orders to fall back.
Fall back.
When theyre cut off by the fire.
attack.
Keep falling bacK, Fire the straw! The fire! Now! Someone had better fire the straw or else all will be lost! Ill do it.
Theres Tony, Hess being attacKed,! Wheres Doug? I dontt see Doug.
If we cant bring them back.
maybe we can help another way.
- Jiggs! - Yes.
sir? Jiggs.
get a bag of grenades and a submachine gun.
- Were gonna try to send them back to Tony.
- Yes.
sir.
On the double.
- Get them in the Tunnel.
- Yes.
sir.
Ann.
get ready to send them out.
Activate the Tunnel! We didnt move them.
The radiation bath could detonate those grenades.
- Ill get eem.
- No.
Wait.
Jiggs! Wheres Jiggs.
the grenades? Transmitted.
To the plains ofTroy.
Jiggs- Theres Jiggs! Werre still locked on him.
We can get him back.
- Do we have enough power? - Yes.
Activate power! - Wheres Jiggs? - Well.
the retrieve should have brought him back.
The probe reading indicates that he must be in the Tunnel.
Could we have lost him too? Maybe we never picked him up.
Activate the image area.
We must have picked him up.
Deactivate the image area.
He has to be in the Tunnel.
Why? Because the instruments say so? The Tunnel goes to infinity.
sir.
Dr.
Swains right.
Jiggs could be in there somewhere.
but still not visible to us.
Im interested in a flesh-and-blood man.
not a man in infinity.
What do we have to do to get him back.
all the way back? I suggest repeating the retrieve procedure as though we were still locked on him.
- I agree.
- All right.
Do it.
Stand by to retrieve.
Same coordinates.
- Ready? - Ready.
Activate! - Whats the matter? Why isntt it clear? - I donttt know.
General KirK, Can you see me? Jiggs!Jiggs.
is that you? Can you hear me? Yes, General, Yes, General, Come out! Come out of the Tunnel.
Im trying, Itss hard, I dont Know if I can maKe it, Im trying,! Its so far! It seems so far! I dont know if I can make it.
TryJiggs.
Keep trying.
What have we done to him? Jiggs, dont move, Whats the answer? Jiggs.
I want you to go back into the Tunnel to the transmission point.
Yes.
sir.
Yes.
sir.
Now.
Yes.
Yes.
sir.
Same coordinates.
Reverse polarity.
- Ready.
- Activate! - Jiggs! - Im all right.
sir.
Im all right.
- Whats going on? - I must have left the retractor on automatic.
Jiggs.
keep him in there! Get ready to send him back.
Guards! No! Dont shoot.
Dontt kill him.
Can you send him back? As soon as we synchronize the time differentials.
All right now.
Force! Force him back! Force him back into the Tunnel.
- Are you ready? - Ready.
Activate the Tunnel.
Activate.
Any second now.
All right, Come on, men, Come on bacK, A sword, From the siege of Troy, Positive proof that the siege ofTroy is not a myth.
Ulysses.
Helen.
Paris Achilles- They really did live.
Not did live.
General.
Theyre living now somewhere at the end of the Tunnel.
Well done.
You fought well.
So did all your men.
The enemy runs now but their courage will return, and so will they, We must hold them today for the wooden horse is promised for tonight.
It will hold two dozen men in its belly.
More than enough once its inside the city to open the gates to us.
- Ah.
If it is taken inside.
- It will be.
Ah.
but most cunning is where I have hidden the secret door.
- Here.
- C- Come.
old man.
Theres no secrets from him.
- Is the horse finished? - All I have to do is put the wheels to the platform.
- Then get to it.
- Yes! Well.
I suppose you already know my plan.
Yes.
Tonight you will send your soldiers back to the ships as though you were starting to abandon the siege to go home.
And leave the wooden horse in front of the city gates.
A gift to Minerva.
a tribute to the defenders ofTroy.
Gods not only read the future.
but also the thoughts in the minds of men.
Theres one thought not yet in your mind which Idd like to put there.
I would liKe to be among those who enter Troy inside the wooden horse, To see to the safety of the one with whom you came.
Itll be so arranged.
- Good night.
Ulysses.
- Good night.
You sent for me? Somethings happening.
Something strange and frightening.
There are rumors that Ulysses is retreating.
going home.
Well.
thats impossible.
He wontt leave without you.
So youve heard? Ulysses is retreating to the sea.
and Troy still stands.
Well.
god from Olympus.
where are your prophecies now? Ill show him.
Come.
There.
Your thousand ships returning to Greece.
Now you are Helen ofTroy.
Take the god to the dungeon.
Put him on the rack.
Paris.
let him live! Let him live? My dear.
hes a false god.
You predicted victory for Ulysses but you brought him defeat, Ill tell you this.
You will die on the sword of Ulysses.
And Troy will be in ashes, So my sister Cassandra said.
But not one person in all ofTroy believes her.
Not even the priests of the gods, Theres one thing you dontt know.
Paris- Is that when Apollo gave your sister the gift of prophecy he made one condition, What condition? That no one would believe her.
Take him away! Tonight all Troy celebrates our great victory and our new queen.
I will never be queen ofTroy.
Youll be what I tell you to be.
Do you understand? Do you? - What is it? - Theres something outside the city gates.
- Something wonderful,! - Well.
speak.
A great wooden horse, A gift left by the GreeKs, A tribute to the victors.
Its only fitting.
Sardis.
weve won.
Now itss beyond all doubt.
Well.
whats the matter.
Sardis? Ulysses is not one to offer tribute except to the victors, - Well? - I fear the Greeks.
even when offering gifts.
After 10 years of holding them off should I fear them now? No.
we Trojans are not afraid of wooden horses.
Have the gift brought into the city so that all may see it.
Destroy it.
Paris.
If Ulysses sends it.
theres danger.
You Greeks and your superstitions.
You amuse me.
Does it frighten you too.
my dear? If it does.
Ill put it to the torch.
Deprive yourself of such a magnificent monument to Trojan victory? No.
Paris.
youre much too vain for that.
Now youre beginning to talk like a wife.
The Greeks! The Greeks are in the city! Where is my friend? Tell me or Ill kill you.
- Tell me! - In the dungeon.
Beneath the palace.
Whats happening? - Whats happening? - The Greeks.
Theyrre pouring into the city.
How? How did they get past the walls? Beware of Greek gifts.
The horse! Thats right.
Paris.
A horse.
Oh, Ulysses,! He said youll die on the sword of Ulysses.
Fight.
Paris.
I have no desire to butcher you.
Ulysses.
let me live.
Please.
Please let me live! You stole our queen and offended our gods.
No.
please! Helen.
youre safe at last.
Ulysses.
I never lost faith.
I am grateful.
Oh.
Ulysses.
the one who was captured from your camp- - He is on the rack in the dungeon.
- Ill send help to him.
Doug! Cut the rock! - What kept you? - The Trojan Army.
Remember that horse we were talking about? I see you have found your friend.
And you found your queen.
Your predictions have all come true.
Paris died at the hands of Ulysses and Troy is in flames.
- We have them again.
- Refine the focus.
Tell us more of the future.
What will happen to Greece? The ways of the gods are strange indeed.
Civil War uniforms.
This doesnt look like southern or eastern United States.
Some of the battles were fought in the West.
Well.
theres one way to find out.
PPrivate August Schmidt.
Enlisted St.
Louis.
Missouri.
1868.
Thats just after the Civil War.
Ah.
1868.
right in the middle of nowhere.
- They must be the same ones who got those soldiers.
- Yeah.
Maybe we gave em the slip.
Come on.
We better keep moving.