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The Best Episodes of Time Trax

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Time Trax Season 2 Episode 13 - Mother
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Mother

    S2:E13

    When Lambert follows an embezzler from the future, one of the clues leads him to Bradwell orphanage, where he himself is left when he is born. There he meets Kit, who looks like an older version of Lambert's SELMA. What he doesn't know, but soon finds out is that she is his mother. The question is why she doesn't want to admit it. Meanwhile, Kit's former husband, the fugitive Lambert was looking for, has hid a disk with damaging information about a gang. Naturally they want it back, which means that neither Lambert, Kit nor her ex-husband is safe...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 21 - Darrow for the Defense
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Darrow for the Defense

    S1:E21

    While Lambert finally gets a lead on Sambhi through one of his accomplices and prepares to zoom in on Sambhi's last known location, a lawyer from the 22nd century, Laura Darrow, shows up on his doorstep. Lambert is less than thrilled about her being there, as she has freed many of his convicts in the past (future). But since Sambhi gets away once again, Lambert is forced to cooperate with her in finding her client, whom she has freed from all charges. Through SELMA, Lambert tracks Darrows client, and they give him 24 hours to take care of everything before being sent home. But once Lambert and Darrow leave, the client (who is a plastic surgeon) calls Sambhi. Meanwhile, Lambert and Darrow continue their rows, until we suddenly learn that they once had a fling. Soon they are friends again, and lovers. As the 24 hours are up, Lambert and Darrow meet her client, but are confronted with Sambhi, who puts them in straight-jackets in a cell...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 22 - One on One
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - One on One

    S1:E22

    Sahmbi's latest invention involves mind control, but his sponsors demand a demonstration with hard evidence. So he captures Lambert and injects him with a TXP variant and tries to manipulate his thoughts. Lambert soon exhibits signs of believing Sahmbi's story and understanding his motives, to the point where he seems ready to give Sahmbi his PPT. This turns out to be a clever trick from Lambert, and it results in Sambhi's assistants being killed, when the tunnel collapses. Now it's Lambert vs Sahmbi - one on one. But Sahmbi has the upper hand, with the mind controlling drug. Lambert starts questioning his mission, and distances himself from SELMA. Then Sahmbi orders Lambert to kill himself...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 3 - To Kill a Billionaire
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - To Kill a Billionaire

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Colin Budds
    Writer:Harold Gast

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  5. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 5 - Showdown
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Showdown

    S1:E5

    Lambert is ready to kick himself when he picks up a hitch-hiker in the middle of the desert, and the hitch-hiker steals his car, leaving him without transportation. He starts to walk, but the sun is killing him slowly. Just when he thinks that he's found water, a cowboy stops him. Poisonous water... The cowboy becomes Lambert's mentor, during the trip to wherever the criminal went. They find a ghost town in the desert, but the owner, a young woman, turns out to be on the criminal's side, locking them up in the jail...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 15 - Two Beans in a Wheel
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Two Beans in a Wheel

    S1:E15

    Darien gets a new partner, a policewoman from the future named Eve Thorne. Together they track Sahmbi, who they believe is after the Holy Grail.

    Director:Donald Crombie
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 18 - Framed
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Framed

    S1:E18

    Charlie Burke, an agent in the future, has used his wits to return to a place in power, after the previous encounter with Lambert. This time his mission is to find a mole in the ISA, the International Security Agency, and he chooses Lambert as the fall guy. First he places a dead body in Lambert's bathroom, with Lambert's fingerprints all over it. Then another one. Lambert manage to get away, and decides that the best way is to attack from the inside. Burke's security system detects this, and Lambert has to run again. This time he meets a wild woman, who turns out to be a federal accountant. Lambert uses her skills to try to find Burke's ultimate goal, and is surprised to find that it's to kill the head of the ISA. Will Lambert get there in time to save his life?

    Director:Chris Thomson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 19 - Beautiful Songbird
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Beautiful Songbird

    S1:E19

    The daylight-saving time makes Lambert miss his plane. Instead he meets one of his idols: a country singer whose music has been popular for 200 years. Naturally Lambert takes the chance to get to know her before her debut on television. Soon Lambert finds out that she has one more fan, an anonymous protector who only sends jet black gifts. When she finally meet him, Lambert discover that it's a madman from the future, who wants to guide the young girl through all rough periods. And he doesn't take kindly to Lambert's presence. The love triangle get even more complicated, when the singer doesn't believe Lambert's warnings, and Lambert may have to disclose his origin to save her life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 2 - Missing
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Missing

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Rob Stewart
    Writer:Garner Simmons

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  10. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 5 - The Gravity of It All
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Gravity of It All

    S2:E5

    Lambert and SELMA hear reports of people flying without planes, and investigates. They find that an inventor from the future has brought his banned invention - a belt that can lift you from the ground - to the present. But Lambert isn't the only one after the inventor. A gang of thugs sees the possibilities of the belt and goes after it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 6 - Happy Valley
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Happy Valley

    S2:E6

    A woman living in a suburb wakes up and sees flames all around her. She runs out and calls for help but noone else sees the fire. When the fire seems to follow her, she tries to flee in her car, but she crashes and dies. This gets the attention of new ISA agent Tulsa Giles. She brings in her friend Lambert, and asks him to investigate this death and 20 other couples moving from what would seem to be a paradise. She wants to go undercover and have Lambert as her husband. The ""newly wed"" couple buy a house. The contract gets SELMA's interest, since anyone that moves out of the house inside 2 years breaches the contract. Soon however, things get worse when their neighbour thinks that he's back in Vietnam, and starts shooting. SELMA analyses his brain and discovers that it has been manipulated by a futuristic method. But the situation is about to get even worse, when the method is applied to Tulsa too, and she believes that Lambert wants to kill her.

    Director:Chris Thomson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 8 - The Cure
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Cure

    S2:E8

    Dr Maria Mills have contracted Apozemia gravis - an incurable disease - but when she meets Dr Lemich, he promises to cure her. What she doesn't know is that Dr Lemich is also known as Dr Sahmbi, a mad scientist from the future. Meanwhile, Lambert happens to see a fugitive on TV - but he's all the way down in Australia. Lambert goes there, the fugitive tries to run, but is caught by Lambert. Before he has a chance to give Lambert ""him"", he dies mysteriously, and the police takes Lambert with them. Posing as a US Marshal, Lambert manages to find out that the fugitives had died from a rare disease - and that his brain carried traces of a second dose of TXP, the potion used to travel in time. Lambert tries to see the doctor who had treated the fugitive, dr Lemich, but he instead happens on dr Mills. He finds out that Lemich/Sahmbi kills his wealthy patients after seemingly treating their incurable diseases. When he tries to tell dr Mills about it, she doesn't believe him. And the orderlies

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 10 - Catch Me If You Can
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Catch Me If You Can

    S2:E10

    Lambert is close on a bankrobber's tail, but the criminal gets away and leaves a tauting note. So Lambert gives chase. Suddenly he's stopped by a road block. Selma assures Lambert that his credentials will clear him. The female sheriff puts Lambert in jail, because an eyewitness has placed Lambert on the scene. And the county's sheriff's office doesn't have computers. But the criminal that Lambert is chasing wants to continue play the game that they have been playing so long - so he clears Lambert by committing another robbery while Lambert's in jail. Lambert takes command over the sheriff and goes after his foe, but learns a valuable lesson about being too committed to catching one criminal. However, Lambert's arch-enemy manages to escape again. What will it take to catch him? And how much will he humiliate both Lambert and the sheriff in the process?

    Director:Rob Stewart
    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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  14. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 15 - Split Image
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Split Image

    S2:E15

    A female cat burgler is discovered during a heist, but takes out a weapon and freezes the guard instantaneously. SELMA notices this in a tacky magazine, and Lambert suspects a fugitive from the future. He interviews the guard, and narrows it down to a rich woman. When he attends her party, he's attracted to her. After he leaves we find out that she's a twin. The twins appear to have some psychic connection that allows them to share each others feelings and experiences. That same night he breaks into her house, but is caught before he can steel the loot from her heist. He manages to convince her that he used to be a cop, but that he also is blackmailed by Sahmbi...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Grant Rosenberg

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  15. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 18 - Out For Blood
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Out For Blood

    S2:E18

    An innocent woman is targeted by a killer from the future who is bent upon stopping the bloodline of his future girlfriend's killer to survive to the future. Lambert tries to protect her, but the killer is very skilled. The question is, if the woman can trust Lambert if he doesn't reveal all the why's and how's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 22 - Forgotten Tomorrows
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Forgotten Tomorrows

    S2:E22

    The witness in a trial suddenly loses his memory, and Lambert suspects temporal foul play. But when he gets on the case, he is attacked with the same weapon, and forgets who he is. A newfound friend tries to evoke his memory, but can Lambert remember the future without divulging his secret past?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 1 - A Stranger in Time (1)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - A Stranger in Time (1)

    S1:E1

    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...

    Director:Lewis Teague
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  18. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 2 - A Stranger in Time (2)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - A Stranger in Time (2)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Lewis Teague
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  19. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 4 - Fire and Ice
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Fire and Ice

    S1:E4

    Two expert thieves, known as Fire and Ice, has come back in time, and when they use a paralysing beam from the future, no guard can stop them. Soon Lambert is on to them, but even he doesn't have any protection against their weapon. And if Lambert sends the thieves back to 2192, he may never find Sahmbi.

    Director:Brian Trenchard-Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 9 - Night of the Savage
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Night of the Savage

    S1:E9

    In London, a Jack the Ripper-type killer is on the loose. Lambert discovers evidence that suggests that the killer is from the future. Befriending a journalist, he starts to unravel the mystery of the killer's identity. But can Lambert stop him before The Savage commits his next murder?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 10 - Treasure of the Ages
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Treasure of the Ages

    S1:E10

    Lambert comes to Florida in search for a treasure hunter who will stop at nothing to find a sunken ship. But a storm is closing in. The treasure hunter captures Lambert in a motel, where they are forced to wait the weather out. To make things worse, the treasure hunter's girlfriend is due to deliver her baby very soon.

    Director:Donald Crombie
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 17 - The Mysterious Stranger
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Mysterious Stranger

    S1:E17

    Lambert is called to Mexico by a personal ad ""if you want to find professor Alwyn"". Alwyn, a fugitive from the future, disappeared after being convicted for making deadly drugs. When Lambert comes to Mexico, he discovers Alwyn directly, but it turns out not to be Alwyn, but a private investigator from the future, who wants to find Alwyn as well. Lambert doesn't want the PI to tag along, but it seems he has no choice. However, when they find Alwyn's hideout, the lawyer tries to kill him, resulting only in a severe head wound on Lambert. The lawyer discloses that he's really a doctor whose wife was killed by Alwyn's drugs. But soon Lambert learns that the doctor is not a doctor either, but a policeman. Or an actor... And Lambert can't even be sure of that. But he has to find Alwyn before his new batch of drugs is completed and shipped out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  23. Time Trax Season 1 Episode 20 - Photo Finish
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Photo Finish

    S1:E20

    SELMA has discovered that history has been changed in several horse races in Australia. Lambert investigates, and finds that the winning horse has been injected with a stimulant from the future. As if the burden of proof isn't hard enough, the next big race is starting soon, and Lambert's jockey friend could be in danger.

    Director:Chris Thomson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 4 - A Close Encounter
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - A Close Encounter

    S2:E4

    SELMA picks up the distress signal from an alien from another planet. The alien crashlands on Earth near a small town. Now Lambert has to get to him before someone else finds him. But a sheriff has seen the crash and rounds up a posse. Lambert manages to find the alien first, and hides him from the posse. Then the alien tries to leave Lambert. Lambert catches up, and the alien explains his reason for being there - love. His girlfriend crashed on Earth some time ago. But since their race age very quickly he has no idea what his girlfriend looks like. How will they find her, with the posse looking for them? And will she still love him?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  25. Time Trax Season 2 Episode 9 - Perfect Pair
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Perfect Pair

    S2:E9

    When Lambert has tracked down a fugitive and prepares to send him to the future, the criminal draws his weapon. Suddenly another man fires against the criminal, incinerating him completely. It turns out that it's one of Lambert's old buddies, Mace. He's sent to catch a crooked police chief, who uses the police force as his private army. Lambert protests against Mace's violent and impatient methods, but on this case they have to co-operate. To his help, Mace has brought his own version of a SELMA, CINDI - with a sexy blonde holographic image. But it takes a SELMA to trace the fugitive. On the road to the fugitive's whereabouts, a man highjacks the plane their on. Mace overpowers the highjacker, which makes their arrival less inconspicous. With Lambert's more thoughtful approach, they manage to sneak away. They decide to talk to one of the police chief's enemies - a good cop in a bad force. But the officer in question is bugged, and soon a SWAT team attacks his trailer. How will they get

    Director:Rob Stewart
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Mother" is the best rated episode of "Time Trax". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/21/1994. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Darrow for the Defense".