(thunder crashing)
(phonograph powers up)
(slow ragtime jazz playing)
(mechanical creaking)
(chimes tinkling)
(thunder crashes)
LOUD SPEAKER: Attention, subway patrons.
The last westbound train
will leave this station in 45 minutes.
The last westbound train leaves in 45 minutes.
Come on, Johnny-O. Hurry.
You can do it, man.
Wow.
Uh-huh, uh-huh?
Hey, let's see it.
Does it work? Yeah?
(cans clattering)
Yeah! All right. Perfect.
You're a genius. Thank you. Whoo!
(playing slow jazz)
A 20.
Hey, man, thanks.
(groans)
LOUDSPEAKER: Attention, subway patrons.
We have a delay of traffic southbound from the Central Line
due to a disabled train.
Regular service will resume shortly.
Thank you.
(laughing)
(sudden silence)
Wonderful! We get two blocks from the store
and the car breaks down.
Hey! Serves me right.
It's not your fault it broke.
Sure it is. I'm the one who let you drive.
What?! Wait a second. You're not blaming me?
All I know is that every time I'm behind the wheel,
it runs fine. Every time I...
You are... You!
I drive better on my worst day than you do.
Look, all I know is that we have to get
the Chalice of Sakmar by 5:00.
You got money for a cab?
I think it's time to take the subway.
(ticking)
Sweetheart, I'm home!
Oh, there you are.
(laughing)
Daddy brought you some more goodies.
What the hell are you doing with this?
Uh! Uh, nothing, Henry. I was just...
Keep your hands off this, do you understand?!
This was a present from my father!
I'm sorry, Daddy.
I didn't know.
Daddy's tempted to...
give you a little spanking... princess.
Can I have my presents first?
Please, Daddy.
(indulgent chuckle)
If you promise to be good.
A letter opener.
Solid platinum.
Ohh...
I even had your name engraved--
Mrs. Henry Wilkerson.
Mmm.
You said "presents."
What else did you buy me?
(chuckling)
I hope you like the color.
Oh...
Oh!
(Henry chuckles)
Oh, Henry!
Oh. (laughing)
Oh, it's beautiful.
You just keep giving Daddy what he likes.
You are the most generous man I have ever met.
I feel so guilty.
How can you afford to give me all those gifts?
Don't concern yourself with how I can afford it.
Just don't forget how lucky you are to have me.
Go on.
Say it!
Say it for Daddy.
I'm the luckiest little girl in the world.
Eric. Eric, we've got to stop.
You gotta listen to me for a minute.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Murder and magic watches.
I know. We've been through this before, baby.
Now, come on.
I followed him.
I saw him kill that guy.
Reatha, you keep talking like this,
someone's gonna check you into a rubber room.
I'm not crazy!
I saw it!
Now I can leave him.
If you leave him, we wind up with zip!
You're not going anywhere!
Now, shut up.
I will not shut up!
That watch can give us everything we wanted.
Okay. I-I don't need this aggravation.
You know, the cops came by for another chat.
They said they're gonna send me up for, uh... real estate fraud.
I thought they didn't have any evidence.
They do if the old lady recovers.
Eric, it's not your fault if she had a stroke.
No, I just cheated the old lady out of her house.
Now, my stinking lawyer wants another... another installment,
and... I don't even have the rent
for this rat hole I live in.
Did you... did you pawn the, uh... stuff
the old man gave you?
Yeah.
Maybe it'll all work out...
and... maybe she'll just... die.
This is not nearly enough.
You're gonna have to do much, much better
or I'm gonna do five to ten. Hey.
Hey!
Take my advice.
Don't leave your sugar daddy just yet.
Keep those presents coming in.
Don't blame me for how long this is taking.
This wouldn't even have happened if you hadn't...
If I hadn't what?
All right, all right, all right.
The car broke down all by itself.
Okay, so how far away's the train?
No, don't worry about it man.
We got about another two minutes. Come on.
Okay. The whole platform. No slips.
My last buck against a buck from each of you guys.
All right. All right. Come on!
Yeah! It's easy money, man!
Okay. Okay. This'll be fun.
(shouting encouragement)
Come on!
(clapping, cheering)
Look at that.
Go! Go! All right! Good one!
Aren't those tracks electrified?!
No, just the third rail, but if she falls, she's dead.
50 seconds.
Yeah! Yeah!
Hey, don't!
(shrieks)
Take this. What are you doing?
I gotta get her out of there.
Come on, get up!
Hurry!
20 seconds.
(laughing)
You're supposed to wait on the platform, man.
(train horn blaring)
Hurry!
Are you all right?
Hey! Hey, hey! You could've gotten us both killed!
Hey. I didn't hear anybody ask you for help.
Did you guys hear anything?
ALL: No!
(laughing)
Come on. Damn!
(Johnny-O laughing)
Life is just wonderful, you know.
(laughing)
Did you think I was hurt?
Yeah.
Did you? Mm-hmm.
Oh, it was so excellent!
It was so good.
Man, did you see the look on his face?
What? We must've taken about ten, 20 years off of him.
Oh, it was the best buck I ever lost.
(laughing)
Almost makes up for having to dine at the Ritz.
Mmm. Come on.
I'm getting tired. Come on, let's go.
Sleep's for wimps.
What do you do, you're going to sleep?
Yeah. Okay, go. I'm gonna stay here
and see what I can hustle up.
Okay. That's mine.
Ow! What?
(both laughing)
Henry!
Reatha?
What the hell are you doing here?
REATHA: I followed you, Henry.
I have a right to know
where my husband goes in the middle of the night.
That's none of your business!
Now, you get on home!
This isn't the first time
I've followed you, Henry,
I saw you kill that guy in the alley.
I saw you use the watch.
I only did it for you, princess.
Oh, I know that, Daddy.
I won't tell a soul.
Come on, let me see it.
Mmm...
It's beautiful.
You have to take care of somebody, right,
and then be in the subway?
The Castle Hill station
at exactly 1:00 a.m. and time will stand still.
Our little secret,
Henry. I promise. (chuckling)
(cries out)
♪ ♪
(footsteps)
It works.
My God.
(footsteps)
Mind if I borrow this?
Thanks.
(alarm ringing)
JOHNNY-O Skye, there's a dead man in the alley.
You have to tell somebody.
SKYE: Who?
This is a murder. Tell the cops.
No! Man, look, they'll find out we live on the street
and send us right back to the Youth Authority.
It's like I've always told you, Johnny-O.
We don't live in their world.
They don't care what the hell happens to us,
and we sure don't care what happens to them.
Yeah, but, hey, man, she saw you.
She could come looking for you.
We have to tell somebody.
No.
Look, we're the only family we got.
We don't need anybody else.
That's just the way it is.
RYAN: Good morning!
You know, after what happened, I thought
I'd have nightmares all night, but I slept like a log.
What's the matter with you guys?
You both look like somebody just died.
Somebody did.
There was a murder
near the Castle Hill subway station last night.
W-what time?
Right after we left it, at around 1:00.
Something else. Look.
A jewelry store, a drugstore and a furrier nearby
were burglarized at the same time.
You think it has something to do with one of our objects?
I don't know.
There's something very odd going on.
There was a policeman standing right outside that jewelry store
and he didn't see a thing.
What makes you think there's a connection
between that and the murder?
There was another murder near the Castle Hill station
a few days ago--
also at 1:00 a.m.
And another burglary, also inexplicable.
So what could we be looking for?
Perhaps something connected to a burglary
or, or something to do with the subway?
I don't know, Micki,
but surely there's gonna be some kind of...
Ryan.
Hand me that newspaper, will you?
What? What is it? What have you got?
Last night's victim was a Henry Wilkerson.
Now, look at this.
Three years ago, a pocket watch was sold
to a Bart Wilkerson.
Here we go again.
"Evil events from evil causes spring."
Aristophanes said that.
(telephone ringing)
Curious Goods.
Oh, hello, Guido. How you doing?
All right. Yeah, thanks a lot, bud.
Limo's fixed.
Very good. Well, then, you two can pay a visit
to the widow of Henry Wilkerson.
See if she knows anything about the pocket watch,
and I'll check into this Bart Wilkerson.
Do you like it?
How'd you get a watch like this?
Never mind.
Is this so I can keep track of all the time I'm gonna do? Huh?
No! I want to make sure
we don't spend another minute apart.
I am gonna get rid of all of your problems.
Is that right?
Well, the cops came by my house last night
to hassle me again.
They said the old woman looks
like she's gonna recover from that coma.
If she makes a statement...
It won't
make any difference. Not now.
Really? And just what are you gonna do?
The only way I'm gonna get out of this is if she croaks,
and there's a guard on her door 24 hours a day.
What's that?
Hypodermic.
I picked it up last night,
along with this.
You're gonna kill her?
Why not?
I killed Henry.
Whoa. Would you look at this?
That's what I call a car.
You know, if we had this, we'd probably never
have to worry about breakdowns again.
Come on, Ryan, huh?
(doorbell chimes)
Yes?
Mrs. Wilkerson?
REATHA: Yes.
MICKI: We were so sorry to hear about your husband.
Were you friends of Henry's?
No. Not exactly.
Actually, uh, we were wondering
if your husband owned an antique pocket watch.
I, I really don't know.
What's this about?
You see, someone called Bart Wilkerson
bought it from our uncle and we're trying to recover it.
Oh.
Well... I'm very sorry,
but I really don't know anything about it.
(tearfully): You see...
Henry and I were only married for a little over a month.
If you do happen to come across it...
perhaps you could give us a call.
Certainly.
I-I'm very sorry, but you'll have to excuse me.
Sorry to have disturbed you.
The watch.
The one you've been talking about.
Yeah.
(laughing)
I told you there was nothing to worry about.
Dead end.
I think it's time to take another subway ride.
We've covered every station in the district.
Those kids might have seen something.
We gotta talk to them.
What makes you think they'll talk to us?
We'll figure that out when we find them.
I think we just did.
Catch you later, Johnny-O.
See ya, man.
Later.
Come on.
Well, it isn't every day
I bump into a pretty woman on the subway.
Shall we take a walk this way?
Hmm? Sure.
Thanks again.
A single girl can't be too careful
in this kind of neighborhood.
It's my pleasure.
My name's Bob. Bob Barnett.
Nice meeting you, Bob.
You stay here all night?
Maybe.
You're worried about that woman, aren't you?
Do I look worried?
Yeah.
(metal door clangs)
It's okay. It's okay.
What do you want?
We just want to talk to you.
I've never done anything like this before,
but I had something else in mind
when I asked you for that escort.
You are a very handsome man.
Oh, please tell me if I'm being too forward?
No, not at all.
I've, uh... got some time.
Feel like being a little adventurous?
So you didn't see anything at all?
RYAN: Come on you guys.
You live down here-- you had to see something.
Look, if you can help us,
we might be able to help you.
Okay. You got 20 bucks?
Okay, so what'd you see?
It was dark.
So she didn't see nothing.
(both laughing)
You guys think you're pretty smart, don't you?
Mm-hmm. Well, if you're so damn smart,
what the hell are you doing living here?
Come on, Micki.
These guys aren't going to help us out.
Okay. If you see anything give us a call.
Please.
Hey, maybe we should get a hotel room.
We don't have time...
(chuckles)
It'll be our little secret, hmm?
(gasps)
They know more than they're saying.
Just give them time.
Why should they trust people like us?
You think I was a little hard on them?
Isn't that Mrs. Wilkerson?
Yeah. Yeah!
And she's got the watch.
(train rumbling)
(rumbling slows)
(heart beating)
(echoing footsteps)
♪ ♪
(electronic beeping)
(gasps)
(muffled scream)
(rapid beeping)
(steady tone)
You wouldn't believe it, Jack...
everything was frozen in time,
like some black and white photo.
Thanks.
Yeah, and I didn't see anything at all.
One second Ryan was running after her,
the next he was lying by the tracks.
There was no sensation of time stopping at all.
When exactly did this happen?
Well, it's, like, 3:00 now, so...
Uh-uh, it's 2:00. Your watch must be fast.
I've got 2:00 as well.
Well, I'm an hour ahead of you.
What?
No, Micki, he's right.
Touching Mrs. Wilkerson and that watch
must have drawn Ryan into the force field.
So that he was moving through time just as she was,
as the rest of the world stood still.
The curse lasts exactly one hour.
Yes, and I'll wager that that hour begins at 1:00 a.m.,
like the others.
It's a time known in the occult as 13 o'clock.
JOHNNY-O: Skye, come on, you got to tell somebody.
SKYE: I'm not going to go over this again, Johnny-O.
My mind's made up.
JOHNNY-O: But what if she comes looking for you?
SKYE: We'll lose her the same way we've lost everybody else
who's come looking for us. Now, drop it.
JOHNNY-O: Okay, fine. Fine. I'm just worried, that's all.
SKYE: Okay. Fine.
SKYE: So what are we going to do tonight?
Why don't we see if Rachel and Marge are at the subway.
She didn't say nothing to nobody.
She obviously said something to you.
Look, leave my brother out of this! Fine.
It'll be our little secret.
(screaming)
Run, Skye! Run!
Run, run, run!
Johnny-O, I'm hurt.
Go ahead.
Tonight it won't matter how fast you run.
Bart Wilkerson was a switcher at the Castle Hill Station.
He was fired for drinking on the job.
Swore he'd get even with the subway system, of course.
Lewis' records show that Bart pawned the watch here.
Yes, shortly after he was fired.
Then about a year later, he bought it back.
With a curse thrown in at no extra charge.
That also explains why the curse is centered
around the Castle Hill Station, too, hmm?
Yes.
Lewis conveniently handed him a way
to change his destiny, didn't he?
The ability to stop time
and have everything you want for one hour.
Yes, must have been very tempting for him.
Well, Bart died a couple of months ago.
So son Henry must have inherited the watch.
Along with almost unlimited wealth.
I think he inherited a little bit more than he bargained for.
Yeah, like a gold-digging wife.
Make that grave-digging.
"The evil that men do lives after them,
the good is often interred with their bones."
Shakespeare.
So how do we stop her, Jack?
I have no idea.
It seems she has to be in that station
to be able to use the watch
and we certainly
know when she's going to strike.
But there's no way the three of us
can cover all those entrances
and all the incoming trains.
(phone ringing)
Curious Goods.
Yes. Just a moment please.
It's for you, Micki.
MICKI: Hello.
Yeah. My name's Johnny-O.
We met today.
Um...
I think we're ready to talk to you now.
ERIC: This is unbelievable.
"Massive coronary. Died of natural causes."
Nobody suspects a thing.
I told you.
We can have anything we ever wanted,
accomplish anything we've dreamed of.
We can pull off that big score
you always wanted to and retire to Brazil.
And... what would my future wife like to do tonight, huh?
Withdraw a million dollars from the bank?
Browse around Fort Knox?
You name it.
All of the above.
First I have to get rid of that kid.
Those bad guys are tougher then you thought, huh?
Okay.
I can patch this up for now, but you're going
to have to see a real doctor in the morning.
I'm fine.
You ever had a room like this?
I don't remember.
Who cares?
I saw your
routine in the subway.
You're quite the acrobat.
I'd give your walkover technique a 5.7.
So?
I used to be a gymnast.
You did? Yeah.
But I don't think I had quite the talent that you do.
I'm not that great.
I fall a lot.
Yeah. Well, all the pros do.
That's how they get to be so good.
There you go, guys.
Um... thanks.
Thanks for not telling the cops about us.
Yeah.
What you guys asked about?
SKYE: I saw everything.
I saw this woman kill an old guy in an alley.
Stabbed him.
But you gotta swear you won't tell the cops.
They'd never believe us anyway.
I'm not sure you would either.
Try us.
All right.
This lady has a pocket watch with the power to freeze time.
RYAN: But she has to kill somebody before it works.
Yeah. Right. Sure.
Anything's possible.
Yeah. Sure. Why do you guys want her?
As long as she has that watch, she can find any of us
during that hour when time stands still.
We're all targets.
Especially you.
Why do you care what happens to us?
Well, believe me, we do.
Maybe we can do something to help.
Maybe you can.
Skye said she will meet me upstairs,
and Johnny will meet you at the platform.
Right.
I'll take the rear entrance.
Between the three of us and their friends,
we should have the station covered.
If she doesn't find another way.
If she gets that watch there by 1:00, Skye's as good as dead.
Yeah, and so are we.
See? The board, here, flashes a light pattern
for every single train leaving every single station,
so we'll have a couple minutes' warning
before she pulls in, so we can be ready.
Good. Micki and Jack should have
the upstairs entrance covered by now.
She's not going to get in without one of us seeing her. Right.
Come on. Just down here.
It'll be our little secret.
(man chuckling)
How's your arm?
It's okay.
So what are we supposed to do if we see her?
The best we can.
Gotta get that watch.
(man groaning)
We have your brother.
Scream, and we'll break your neck.
You hear me? Huh? Huh?
Okay. Good girl. Come on.
Skye?
Skye!
She's not on this one,
but there's one more train due before 1:00.
If she's coming, it'll be anytime now.
One word, and you'll never see your brother again.
You better not hurt him.
Aw...
You're a pretty girl.
You could have gone places.
When I was on the streets,
I learned to cooperate real fast.
Go to hell!
Shut up.
Let's take her someplace quiet.
We have to wait until time stops.
I don't want to leave any more witnesses.
Skye!
Oh!
♪ ♪
Get her!
Ryan!
MICKI: She's on the train! She's got Skye!
How long does it take the train to get to the next station?
Minute and a half.
Is there any other way to stop it?
Well, there's an emergency switch.
Where? Down there!
Come on!
Help! Help me! Help me! Help!
Help! Stop them! Stop them!
You little bitch.
What's happening?
Somebody must have cut the power!
There! Go ahead! Take it!
You can't even use it if you're not in the station!
Johnny-O, no!
Stay with Micki.
Wait! No! My sister!
Come here! Eric!
Forget about her!
We've got to get back to the station.
Come on!
(sobbing)
ERIC: We've got two minutes!
(Eric groaning)
(grunting)
Eric, come on!
We've got less than a minute left!
Micki, look!
Come on! Ryan!
Come on, Ryan!
Come on!
No!
JOHNNY-O: Hey, thanks.
No one has ever done this kind of stuff for us before.
MICKI: I just wish you'd let us do more for you.
Johnny-O and me, we're at home on the street, you know?
I mean, we just wouldn't fit anywhere else.
JACK: Nobody said you have to.
A friend of mine has a youth shelter over on 44th.
He has food, clothing-- the works.
It's not as much as you should have,
and it's not the best place you could be,
but at least you can be together.
You sure this guy's okay?
Yes, Skye. Some people do care.
MICKI: Well, what do you think about that?
Yeah. Let's check it out. Jack?
You got the keys to the car?
"Old wood best to burn, old wine best to drink,
old plugs best to change."
Who said that?
The gentleman driving the tow truck.