Series synopsis
Time Trax is an Australian sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Prime Time Entertainment Network on January 20, 1993. It ended on December 3, 1994. It was created by Grant Rosenberg, Harve Bennett, Ruel Fischmann. It stars Dale Midkiff, Elizabeth Alexander, Margo Losey and Mary-Margaret Humes.
Time Trax is an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into the past, has to track down and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future. This was the last new production from Lorimar Television.
Premise
Time Trax is an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into the past, has to track down and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future. This was the last new production from Lorimar Television.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dale Midkiff as Darien Lambert
- Elizabeth Alexander as Selma
- Margo Losey as Flight Attendant
- Mary-Margaret Humes as Tulsa Giles
- Malcolm Cork as Hunter
- Henry Darrow as The Chief
- Steven Grives as Callender
Guest cast
- Mia Sara as Annie Knox
- Peter Donat as Mordecai Sahmbi
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Charlie Burke
- Michael Warren as Frank Matumba
- Edward Albert
- Philip Moon
- Elizabeth Gracen
- Tamlyn Tomita
- Soon-Tek Oh
- Byron Mann
- Jennifer Grant as Linda
- Jesse Spencer as Young Bill
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 44 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 22 | January 20, 1993 | December 1, 1993 |
| Season 2 | 22 | January 29, 1994 | December 3, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Stranger in Time (1) In the future, honest cop Darien Lambert is discredited when several criminals he has been tracking disappear. Lambert however soon finds out that Nobel prize winning scientist, Mordecai Sahmbi, has been sending the bad guys back in time, to 1992. When Lambert's love interest is killed by Sahmbi in a shoot-out, Lambert decides to follow Sahmbi back in time and catch him. He's equipped a portable holographic database, SELMA, and sent on his way... |
January 20, 1993 |
| 2 |
A Stranger in Time (2) As Lambert enters our time, he is discovered by a woman who looks exactly like his now dead girlfriend from the future. Lambert learns that she's a cop too. Together, but with many secrets between them, they pursue a would-be presidential assassain. |
January 20, 1993 |
| 3 |
To Kill a Billionaire Sahmbi's new operation is a method to eradicate radioactive materials. But Lambert suspects foul play and discovers that Sahmbi sends the radioactive waste into the future. He manages to get evidence and tries to take Sahmbi to court. Then he finds out that the judge is also from the future - and that he is a fugitive. He aquits Sahmbi. So Lambert decides it's time to take matters into his own hands. But Sahmbi didn't win his Nobel prize for nothing and surprises Lambert with a shield that protects him from being sent back. |
February 3, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Return of the Yakuza The head of the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza, whom Lambert managed to catch in the 22nd century, has fled to the 20th century. His goal here is to unite all fractions of the Yakuza in order to gain more power. And since he has knowledge of things to come, he quickly comes to the top of Yakuza. When he learns that Lambert has also come to our time, he launches a series of attacks upon him. Lambert tries to seek him out but gets nowhere. ...until he meets a japanese woman, also looking for the fugitive. He's trained by her father, but can he go up against a modern day ninja? And what are the woman's motives? Can Lambert trust her? |
January 29, 1994 |
| 2 |
Missing An extraordinary set of circumstances makes Lambert lose SELMA, his trusted holographic database, to some crooks. Lambert starts to follow them, but always seems to be one step behind. He starts to wonder how much time he has before the criminals discover SELMA's amazing powers, and use it to their benefit. |
February 5, 1994 |
| 3 |
To Live and Die in Docker Flats The search of some missing future fugitives leads Lambert to Docker Flats, a small village in the middle of nowhere. He finds that no-one wants to talk to him, and everyone seems scared of being seen with him. Soon he is under siege in a restaurant, not knowing who he can trust. And then there's the lynch mob when night sets in... (Ref. 'Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)') |
February 12, 1994 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Prime Time Entertainment Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 20, 1993 |
| Last aired | December 3, 1994 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |