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?
Lambert finds that his favourite comedian from the future is in the present, but the comedian is a compulsive gambler, and uses a primitive future-database to predict lottery-numbers. Then he crosses some casino owners, and Lambert is caught in the middle.
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.
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)')
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.