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[Crickets chirping]
[Music playing]
- Connor?
- Go back to sleep.
- Where you going?
- I have some work to do at the lab.
- This late?
Are you going to come back to bed after?
- Not tonight.
Sweet dreams, okay?
I'll call you tomorrow.
[Music playing]
[Cell phone rings]
- Hey.
- Where are you?
- I'm on my way to class. What's up?
- Well, I thought of all mornings you would've at least stuck around for today's.
- Yeah, I know I wanted to,
but I had a ton of work to do,
and we're really close on a breakthrough on the project.
So I have to review some data.
- Well just don't forget about tonight.
I made reservations for seven at your favorite place.
- Alright. Look, I promise I'll be there I gotta let you go. Class is starting.
- Don't forget that you're supposed to check out my car. I think the battery...
- Now if we could just measure the
wave of the particle in direct
relation to the atmospheric conditions
set aside by the particles momentum
we could, in theory, figure out
the exact precise position of an electron nucleus in space.
You in the back row reading the book. Yes.
Would you mind sharing with us what it is that you are reading?
Don't worry, you're not in trouble. I just was curious as to what has your full attention.
- I'm sorry I have a Lit test next class.
I had no time to study.
- You mind if I take a look?
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Now this book is the greatest writing of human nature to date.
Would you agree? Yes.
Now human nature is an anomaly.
There is no exact science as to how man
would react to his environment, or love.
In Romeo and Julia they both commit suicide
on the belief that they lost the one they loved.
Sorry if I ruined it for any of you.
What I'm trying to say is human nature is all a random occurrence
with no proven method.
That's why science so important,
because it is precise, it is exact.
It's reality.
Science is the only thing that you can trust.
It's the only thing I trust.
How many of you think you can trust in love?
[Scoffs]
Our hopeless romantics in class.
Mathematics is the only international language.
Science is the only proven method...
[Bell rings]
All right, we will continue next week with dissecting
the flaws of Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
So, everyone please study up.
And I don't mean Shakespeare.
- Hey.
- Hey Julia.
- That was great. Comparing human nature to science.
- Figured you would've stuck with the rest of the girls siding with love.
- I'm a science girl at heart.
- Well, sometimes I feel like you're the only one who gets me in here.
Look, I gotta run real quick.
I will see you in the lab later?
- Of course.
- Great.
[Dramatic music plays]
[Loud machine buzzing]
[Sound of machine violently charging]
- Give me something new Jonas.
- Oh, I'm afraid I can't. Sixty minutes just like every other time.
- How's Walter?
- Never better.
- Walter. Last time you get to name the mouse.
- Why is his time constant still holding us up?
[Sound of wheel spinning]
- You know, maybe we need to be more drastic,
- What if we increase the electromagnetic energy
to 30,000 volts?
- Yeah, maybe that's double the input of every other time.
That could be disastrous.
- Then what can we try?
I mean, I refuse to believe that these results
are the extent of our research.
- Connor, we're on the cutting edge of something,
and no one has ever even come close topp
It takes time.
- Time we don't have...
We're two deadlines behind.
- Time wisely used is time best spent.
If we rush we're bound to make mistakes.
All right. Let's wrap it up for tonight,
and start fresh in the morning.
It's been a long day.
- What time is it?
- Almost seven.
- Damnit. I got to go.
Can you guys finish up everything here?
- Catching you on the way out I hope.
- Actually you were.
- Why don't you stick around Connor?
You can show me how all of this works.
- Look, I'm really late for something.
Jonas. He can show you anything you need to know.
- It wasn't a suggestion son.
Besides, what could possibly be
more important than all of this?
- How's it going?
- Good thank you.
- Can I get you anything?
- No, I'm still waiting on someone.
- Special occasion?
- It's our anniversary.
- Congratulations.
How long have you been married?
- We're not yet.
We're still engaged.
- Oh. Well, when's the big day?
- Haven't set one yet.
- Well, I'm sure it will be wonderful when you do.
If you need anything let me know, okay?
[Piano playing in the background]
- What would happen if you shut this down while it's operating?
- Everything inside of it would be destroyed.
We have unfortunately learned that lesson the hard way.
The machine is designed to offset minor power centers,
but you can never remove the power source entirely.
- What is the relevance of 60 minutes?
Why can't you surpass that duration?
- We don't know.
What we're working on could be the foundation for all time travel.
- But technically you two haven't travelled anywhere.
All you've done is skip a laboratory rat forward 60 minutes.
But that time never existed. Is that correct?
- Essentially yes, but it's complicated.
We're working on an equation that could measure time.
In theory be able to pinpoint an exact moment in time
and then travel to it.
- When the government first asked me
they had a special agency on the forefront of time travel.
Frankly, I thought it was ridiculous.
But I have to say you two have surpassed
what I thought was possible.
But just because I'm impressed,
does not mean that the folks upstairs are convinced.
There are a lot of people, including myself,
that think all of this is a waste of money.
So, if you two would like to keep yourpp
I suggest you, Connor, figure out
that equation and fast.
Good evening gentlemen, and miss.
[Eerie music playing]
- Well, that was pleasant.
- Developing an equation to measure and travel through time.
If there's something you're not telling me Connor,
now would be a good time.
- What did you expect me to say?
The guy was breathing down my neck.
- Don't beat yourself up about it.
We'll figure it out.
- Hey, come on. I'll buy you a drink.
You look like you could use one.
- Thanks, but I can't.
I gotta go home, and find a way to get
April to forgive me for ditching her. Again.
[Lighter clicks]
[Eerie music playing]
- That ought to light a fire under their asses.
I want you two to stay here. Watch this place close.
Anything goes on here, I want to know about it.
This has already gone too far.
Somehow they've managed to succeed.
Our orders have been shutting this thing down
before this thing gets out of control.
If this information ever gets out
we could be in a world of trouble.
- Don't worry sir.
We'll keep an eye on everything.
- You two take no action without consulting me first.
- Yes sir. - Yes sir.
[Knocks on the door]
- I'm so sorry.
- Don't waste your breath.
I don't want to hear it.
- Something came up all right.
Just as I was heading out the door.
- Something always comes up.
You forgot my birthday,
but our anniversary for Christ's sake?
You couldn't even call.
- The government agency overseeing our grant
showed up at the last minute unexpectedly.
- Sometimes I feel like you love your experiments
more than you love me.
- You know that's not true.
Things have just been crazy at work.
The minute the project's over I can dedicate
more time to us.
- I can't promise I'm just going to stick around that long.
We were supposed to set a date tonight.
- I know, and I'll make it up to you, I promise.
Friday. Friday. We'll pick another day.
Any day you want.
- It is not just about the date.
I need to know that you care enough about me.
That you want to marry me.
Blowing me off on our anniversary
doesn't say that you do.
- You know you mean the world to me.
- Then show me.
- As soon as this project is over,
we can do everything that you want to do.
We can spend all of our time on the wedding.
I just need a couple weeks.
Just a couple weeks. That's all I'm asking for.
Please?
- Do you promise on Friday we'll pick a date?
- Yeah, yeah. I promise.
And I promise I won't be late.
Oh, I got you something.
- What is it?
- Just because I was late doesn't meanpp
- Perfect.
I got you something too,
but I want to wait 'til Friday.
There's something I want to add to it.
- You're beautiful for getting me something.
[Ducks quacking in the background]
[Breathes deeply]
- Hey, hold on.
I still can't believe he blew off your anniversary.
- Something important came up at work.
- So important that he couldn't even call you?
I don't know why you keep putting up with him.
- Because I love him.
- Well, you are my sister, and I love you.
But you are naive.
Is this really how you want to spend the rest of your life?
Always coming in second?
- I think I'm going to go surprise him tonight at the lab,
and tell him I don't care about a date.
I just want to be with him.
- I hope you're right.
- Hey, two cups of coffee sir.
What are you working on?
- I was playing around with some equations last night,
and I think I got it.
- Got what?
- A formula to map and travel through time.
- So if this is correct,
then it's not the increased electromagnetism
that projects a matter through time and space,
but it's combination of balancing
electromagnetic energy with atomic polarity?
This is amazing!
- The way I see it,
if we can rapidly spin two magnets facing the same pole
we can generate a changing magnetic field
creating an electromagnetic induction.
- Ah, and all we need are electronic bursts
to get the photons moving at the speedpp
Thus, creating a wormhole in time and space.
This is right along the lines of Einstein's theory
on general relativity.
- It's raw. It's really raw, but I think...
I think this could work.
- I think you've done it.
- I still can't believe it.
I underestimated you kid.
- Well, it's the last time you do.
- What's going on?
- Well, it appears that he's done it.
Connor has discovered how to travel back in time.
- That's amazing.
- Well, it's just an equation until we actually test the theory out.
- Either way, we should celebrate.
- I'd love to, but I can't.
I got to meet April in an hour.
I told her we'd pick a wedding date tonight.
- Oh, that's great.
You're a brilliant man, and she's lucky to have you.
- This is the breakthrough we needed.
See if you could contact Spencer.
Maybe we can get some more funding
to start building a new machine to test the theory out.
- I'm on it.
[Suspenseful music playing]
- Connor!
- Hey Julia.
- I just wanted to tell you that your were amazing today.
I'm so honored I get to work with you.
You're incredible.
- Thank you. It means a lot.
[Car pulls up]
- Wait, Connor.
That's not what I came here to tell you.
There's no easy way to say this,
but from the moment I have laid eyes on you
I've been attracted to you,
and the way you look at me
I can't help but think you feel the same way.
- Julia, I think that we...
[Car screeches off]
- What's wrong?
- I'm engaged to April.
Look, I knew it was going to be hard working with you,
because you're obviously intelligent and a beautiful girl.
But I think it's best if we just keep things strictly professional between us.
- I'm so embarrassed.
- Don't be. It was honest.
- I don't want this to change anything between us.
- It won't.
- Thank you.
- All right? - Yeah.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
[Cell phone rings]
- It's Spencer.
Hello?
- Get everything ready. It's going down tonight.
- Yes sir. We'll be ready.
- Yeah, they figured it out faster than we thought.
But we have to shut them down before things get out of control.
I'm on my way now.
- They figured it out.
We're taking them down tonight.
-[Sniffles]
[Cell phone rings]
[Exhales deeply]
- Hello?
- Hi, it's Kristine. Everything all right?
- No.
- Why? What's wrong?
- When I went to surprise Connor,
he was kissing his assistant.
I think they're having an affair.
- I'm so sorry.
Is there something that I can do?
- Okay.
[Car sputters when starting]
[Train track bells ringing]
- What are you doing?
What's the meaning of this?
What's going on here?
- You are being shut down.
This project has been terminated.
- On what grounds?
- You Jonas,
you were never meant to get this far.
You were were employed on this project
to prove time travel was not possible.
But you two,
you end up proving it was.
Now if this information were to ever get out,
it'd prove to be highly problematic.
You are being shut down to make sure
that this technology never falls into the wrong hands.
- I wouldn't touch that if I were you.
- Then you do it.
I have no time for games.
Make sure you take everything important.
Oh, and Jonas,
don't even think about continuing your research either.
Or you will force me to take more drastic measures.
Ones I guarantee you will not like.
[Music playing]
[Phone dialing]
[Recording: You have reached Connor Hughes.
Please leave a message.]
[Cell phone rings]
- Hello?
- April. Hey, where are you?
- I saw you with her.
- Hello?
- I said it's over Connor.
- I can't... Hello?
- I saw you... [Car screeches]
[Sound of glass shattering]
- April?
It was all for nothing.
I lost everything.
All because
I was blinded by what I thought was important.
- You couldn't have known.
Life is unpredictable like that sometimes.
It just takes something away from you
faster than you can imagine.
- How did you do it?
How did you keep going after the accident?
After Carol died?
- One day at a time.
It's all you can do.
- Get any easier?
- Eventually it will.
Wounds heal, and you get on with your life.
Look what they left behind.
Why don't you take Walter?
I think the company would do you good.
Connor,
It wasn't all for nothing.
Never is.
[Knock on the door]
[Piano music plays]
- Hard to believe a whole year has gone by.
I miss her so much.
As much as she loved you
it was just never enough was it?
You always had to have more.
- What are you talking about?
- The night she was killed
she saw you kissing your assistant.
She was so upset when I called.
She could barely talk let alone drive.
So, she walked to my place.
All she wanted to do was tell you that
picking a wedding date wasn't important.
As long as you two were together.
That's how much she loved you.
She was willing to put your priorities ahead of her own.
- I had no idea.
- Oh, of course you wouldn't.
All you ever thought about was yourself.
Never once would you even consider
putting her needs ahead of your own.
Now she's gone forever.
I hope you're happy.
[Dramatic music playing]
- Jonas, it's Connor.
We need to talk.
[Gate slams shut]
What is this place?
- Come on in you'll see.
A friend let me use this place.
What I want you to see is right aroundpp
Couldn't let them just destroy everything weve been working on.
So, I made copies of all the data,
and I continued our research here
where they can't find me.
- I can't believe it.
You actually built it.
- It's not exactly a finished quite yet.
Still have lot to do on it.
A few kinks to work out.
- Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?
- I knew what you were going through,
and I didn't want to bring it up until you were ready.
- This is amazing.
This is exactly like my drawings.
- I had to improvise a few things,
but I think it's pretty close.
- If my calculations are correct,
and 60 minutes is the constant
in which all living matter can travel through time,
that gives me enough time to travel back
and save April from getting hit by that car.
- There's just one problem with that.
I haven't yet figured out how to precisely
map and measure time in order
to get you back to a specific point.
- The earth's rotation is what causes time to pass right?
- Right.
- By using an atomic clock
we can calculate the exact time pass
and use it to identify specific instances
into the past precise to the minute.
Once we measure the waves,
it's just a matter of finding the correct combination
of electromagnetic energy and velocity.
- Let's hope you're right.
Let's hope this theory works.
- It has to work.
[Dramatic music plays]
- Are you ready?
- Yeah.
[Loud buzzing from machine]
[Exhales deeply]
- I think we're going to need some kind of surge protection
to keep this thing from shutting down during your trip.
- More power wouldn't do anything.
It's ready.
Send me back to 7:14pm
on October 15th of last year.
- Don't you think we should at least test it first?
We don't know what'll happen.
We don't know if it'll work.
All right. We'll send Walter.
- We're not doing anything with that thing.
- Jonas, I'm ready.
- You're the smart one.
If something gets messed up, or you don't get back,
I don't know if I can figure out how to fix it.
That way, if something happens you can fix it.
- You sure about this?
- Well, we don't have much choice do we?
You send me back to the night she dies.
That way we'll know if we calculated the time right or not.
- If my calculations are correct,
this is going to send you back to that exact position.
How do you know any of this is going to be the same?
- We don't.
- Good luck.
[Machine charging up]
You all right?
- I am.
[Struggles to get in wheelchair]
- Does it work?
- It does.
[Both laugh]
- What was it like?
- Well, it wasn't the smoothest ride.
- Where'd you get that?
- I could do more than an hour somehow.
- Now that I know that it works,
I'm going back.
- Connor, take the night.
Think about what you're going to do when you go back.
Besides, we don't want to risk
overloading the machine on it's first day.
- Jonas, I've waited long enough.
- Another day isn't going to kill you Connor.
You've only got an hour.
You need to be prepared.
- Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
I can't believe it works.
[Music playing]
[Electricity buzzing in the background]
- Another, Connor.
I think going back in time would change the outcome.
And it doesn't get reset until you go back again.
So, you have to be extremely
careful with what you interact and what you do.
Your actions could cause a chain reaction
that could completely alter reality as we know it.
- That's what I'm planning on.
- Be careful.
Avoid your previous self at all times.
[Machine charges up]
[Coughing]
- Ah, God.
The roof?
Ah, you can't worry about this Jonas.
[Car sputters]
- Oh no.
Come on!
[Suspenseful music and buzzing from the machine]
[Intercom repeating: System alert]
- Ahh!
- April!
[Car screeches]
[Connor coughs]
- Are you crazy to jump out in traffic like that?
You all right?
I can get you an ambulance.
- No, I don't have time for an ambulance.
- What about my car?
[Cell phone rings]
- April.
- Hello?
- April!
- I saw you...
[Car screeches]
[Coughing]
- It was too late. I couldn't save her.
- What's with the leg?
- Got hit by a car trying to get to her.
Shouldn't I have returned to normal when I got back?
Why am I still feeling the effects?
- Look. Time passes here exactly the same as it passes in the past.
So, when something happens to you in the past,
and you come back here,
it will continue until you go back and change it.
So, when you avoid that car on your next trip
it'll be just like it never happened to you before.
And when you come back here,
that will no longer be your reality.
- I need a better plan the next time I go back.
You think you can hack into the phone company records?
- Sure. Why?
- If I get April's phone records
I can find out where she was that night.
- Do what I can.
- How much time passed while I was gone?
- Uh, 60 minutes.
- My watch says 58.
What happened to the two minutes?
- Well, when did you set your watch?
- Right when I got there.
- And when did you notice 58 minutes?
- Right before I got sent back.
[Laughs]
- We forgot to calculate travel time.
It'll take you a minute to get there and to get back.
- Great. I already lost two minutes.
It was my call that distracted her
right before she stepped into the intersection.
- Blame her death on a phone call?
There are plenty of other things that could've distracted her.
- But there weren't.
If I can stop myself from making that call
then maybe she won't get hit.
- What about the car?
How're you going to stop the car?
- I'll think of something.
Prep the machine. I'm going back.
[Dramatic music]
- Excuse me. Are you Connor?
- Yeah.
- You have a phone call in the back.
- From who?
- From April.
- Okay, thanks.
Hello?
[Suspenseful music]
- Hey, hey, hey! Hey!
[Car screeches]
[Kristine] The night she was killed,
she saw you kissing your assistant.
Now she's gone forever.
[Car passes by]
[Car honks]
- Yikes.
- If I prevent the kiss from happening
April won't be upset.
She'll continue to surprise me as planned,
and everything will work out.
- Right. If we want to prevent this from happening,
you'll have to go back earlier.
Which means you won't be able to see how it turns out.
- What if it won't matter?
If this does work, none of this would've happened.
- That's right.
- In that case,
I want to thank you for everything.
You're a good friend.
I couldn't have done it without you.
- See you in the past.
- Jonas, I'm going to make sure that this time I appreciate her.
- Whatever will be wil be Connor.
- Fire it up.
[Machine starts to charge]
- Mr. Hughes, what're you doing out this way?
- Uh, I just went outside for a smoke.
I didn't want anyone to know.
- Have a good night Mr. Hughes.
- (Julia) Let's celebrate.
- I'd love to, but I can't. I've got to meet April in an hour.
I told her we'd pick a wedding date.
[Turn signal clicking]
[Indisctinct conversation]
- Hello?
[Knocks on door]
[Indistinct conversation]
- What? Jonas, what is it?
[Groans in discomfort]
- Get on the ground!
[April] No! Wait!
- Back up!
[Gunshot fired]
- Somebody help!
- Try it again?
- No matter what I do she still dies.
- Maybe it was just her time Connor.
- April wasn't supposed to die that night.
I know it.
- We all have our fate Con.
Maybe this was hers.
- No, I can't accept that.
Fire up the machine.
- Eventually you're going to have to accept it Connor.
- Fire up the machine Jonas!
- Maybe there's nothing you can do to save her?
Why don't you go home,
get a good night's rest, regroup, and
you may want to keep trying.
We can. As many times as you want.
Come on. I'll walk you home.
- First time in my life I don't know what to do.
- It'll come to you.
We'll figure something out.
Damn!
We got to get back the machine.
- What?
- Spencer and his men are here.
Something must've happened
the last time you went back.
- What do I do when I get back there?
- Don't do anything.
If there's nothing, things will change
back to the original outcome.
- Wait, what are you going to do?
- Hold them off as long as possible.
[Machine charges up]
- Search this entire place.
I want whatever it is they're hiding.
[Metal drops]
- Nothing.
- Well, they're definitely here.
- They've got the power near.
There it is.
- You guys lost?
- Where's Hughes?
- Oh, he stepped out to pick up some coffee.
You want me have him get you a cup?
- Cut the shit.
Where's the time machine?
- Time machine?
- Don't you toy with me old man.
We know you built the time machine.
We just want to know where it is.
- Sir, I think I found it over here.
- Get the power back on.
So how does it work?
- Doesn't. Not finished with it yet.
- We already know Hughes has been
traveling back in time old man.
We saw him that night
just before we shut you down.
You see, we figured you'd continue your research.
So, we backed off, but you two think that we haven't
been watching you for the last year and a half.
So, I'm going to ask you again.
How does this thing work?
- Okay. [Clears throat]
We combine quantum mechanics with the Relativity Theory
to create a wormhole.
Then we spin two magnets in reverse to create an electromagnetic induction.
Then we add heavy bursts of electricity
to create the wormhole into which we are able to catapult matter
to create electromagnetic velocity
to get you to a specific point in time.
- Cut with the scientific crap,
and just get to how I use it.
- Can't. It's too late.
- Boss, it's doing something.
- Shut it down.
- No!
[Gunshot]
[Machine charges up]
[Connor coughs]
- Jonas!
You all right?
- Of course I'm alright.
- I just saw you.
- Whatever Connor.
Whatever you just saw
has all changed when you came back.
If something happened, it's all fixed now.
- Not everything.
I still can't save her.
- Connor, maybe you're going about this all wrong.
Maybe this machine wasn't built to save her.
Maybe this machine was built to give you more time.
- What do you mean?
- I mean we're all given a certain amount of time on this earth.
Maybe you can't extend her time,
but you have the ability to do something
that most people would give anything for.
Look at me.
- What's that?
- You have the ability to go back,
and spend 58 minutes at a time
with a woman that you loved and lost.
You can create memories you never had.
You can experience things you never got to.
At the very least you get to hold her one more time.
If I were you, stop wasting time trying to change
the inevitable, and take advantage
of what I do have, 58 minutes at a time.
[Knock at the door]
- Hey.
- Hi.
- What are you doing here?
- I wanted to see you.
Here, I got you something.
- What's this?
Wow. What's this for?
- Well, this is old, and you need a new one Connor.
- Thanks.
- What's the matter?
You don't seem very excited to see me.
- No, no. I just didn't expect you.
- I spoke to my uncle today,
and he said that whenever you're readypp
We'd be working together again.
- Yeah, yeah. That's great.
- Come here.
- Wait a second. Wait a second.
- What's the matter?
- I can't... I can't do this.
This isn't working.
- You're still not over her are you?
Connor, you need to move on and let her go.
It's been over a year already.
No matter what you do, you can't bring her back.
- Maybe that's true.
This. Us. It's just...
It's not working out.
- So what are you trying to say?
- I don't love you.
- You know what Connor?
I hope you're going to be happy on your own.
- Made a list of everything I would dopp
Even if it's for only 58 minutes.
- Glad you finally came around.
- Before I do any of that,
I have to go back one more time
to right before she dies.
- Why? There's nothing more you could do back there.
- I can't let her die in vain.
I have to let her know how much she means to me.
If anything, at least I can leave her with that.
- You know, it's only going to last...
- I have to do this for me.
And for her.
[Train passing over tracks]
[Music playing]
- April!
Just wait a second.
April look, just give me a minute alright?
Let me apologize.
- How did you even know where I was?
- It doesn't matter.
Listen, I know why you're upset
and you have every right to be okay.
She just kissed me,
and I didn't know what to do.
So, I froze.
- You froze?
- Look, if you had just waited...
- Waited? For what?
The rest of the show
of my fiancee kissing someone else?
No wonder you're avoiding getting married.
- Avoiding... I'm not avoiding getting married.
Look, I was going to pick a date that night.
Tonight. Look, either way I love you, okay?
You're the only one I want to be with,
and you're the only person I care about.
And I just... I need you to know that.
- You should've thought of that before.
How you missed our anniversary.
Were you with her?
- No, no. Okay, she was there,
but that has nothing to do with...
We were working April.
April, just hear me out. Come on.
- I don't even know if you're telling me the truth.
- You know me April.
- Do I?
I don't think I can trust you after this.
I would've done anything for you,
and I am not about to let you
take advantage of me,
and make a fool out of me.
- I'm sorry. You're you're right.
You're right. Listen, I shouldn't havepp
escalate that far,
but I'm here now because of you.
- You had your chance.
You two can have a each other.
I'm done.
[Cell phone rings]
Hello?
- April! April!
- What? Who is this?
- April!
[Car screeches]
[Electricity buzzes in time machine]
[Coughing]
Something's wrong with the machine.
It sent me back two minutes early.
- I don't know.
I did everything exactly the same.
- Okay, then what happened?
It sent me back before the 58 minutes was up.
- Maybe you're losing time.
- Losing time?
No, no. That's impossible.
- Nothing's impossible Connor.
We've proved that.
Nothing lasts forever.
- Then how much longer do I have left?
How much longer until I run out of time?
- I don't know Connor.
I'm the learning all this stuff
the same time you are.
The only rational explanation...
Maybe you continue to lose time
until your window runs out.
- What do I do?
I just can't win.
- If I were you Connor,
I'd make the best of whatever little time
I had left with her.
- Easy for you to say Jonas.
This is my life.
I can't just sit back and make the best of it
knowing I might never get her back.
- You are never going to get her back Connor.
That's not the way it supposed to be.
Fifty eight minutes at a time.
That's all you get.
Now you knew this moment would come.
You can either accept it and take what you have,
or you can wallow in what might have been.
That's your decision Connor.
[Music playing in the background]
- He didn't show did he?
- Nope.
- I'm very sorry.
- You're leaving without me?
- You're late.
- I made it over here.
- You want to get a glass of champagne?
- You know what?
Let's just do a bottle.
- Connor? What are you doing here?
I thought you had to work?
- Some things are more important.
[Music playing]
- What are you doing?
- Setting the coordinates for my next trip.
- Connor, I thought that we agreed
that the last time you did it.
We need to shut this thing down.
You are rapidly running out of time,
and we don't know what happens
if time runs out.
- This is my last trip.
I need to go back one more time.
Say goodbye to April.
- You know you're risking your own life by going back again?
If time runs out so could you.
- I know.
[Time machine buzzes]
[Indistinct chatter in the background]
[Knocking]
- Hey! What are you doing here?
- Do you have a minute?
- Yeah, my kids shouldn't be back for a few minutes.
What's going on?
You never come here and surprise me.
- I wanted to see you.
- Well, I'm glad you did.
Is everything alright?
It seems like something's wrong.
- No, everything's fine.
Look, I just...
I just missed you that's all.
- God, I wish I could just skip class and leave here with you.
What? What did I say?
- You trust me?
- What?
- Do you trust me?
- Well, of course.
Where's all this coming from?
- Alright listen April,
no matter what happens I need you to trust me.
Okay? No matter how crazy it sounds
I need you to believe me.
- What are you talking...
[Bell rings in background]
It's my class. They'll be back in...
Connor?
[Time machine buzzes]
- How'd it go?
- That was the last time. It's over.
[Gate closes]
- Figured I'd find you here.
- I came to stop any wasting of time.
- Did I ever tell you how I met my wife?
I was a graduate student,
and I was working on my thesis project
in chemical engineering.
Working with a highly combustible substance.
I was stressed, because it was the night before
it was due, and I was worried I wouldn't finish in time.
I was working too fast, and I uh,
made a careless mistake.
The solution exploded in my face.
And I was rushed to the hospital.
[Clears throat]
I met her in the ER,
and I'm in a great deal of pain, and I'm terrified.
I might be permanent like this for years.
And this soft, nurturing voice whispered,
"Everything will be fine."
So, I opened my eyes, and
I saw this most angelic face gazing back at me.
And her smile alone was enough
to convince me everything would be okay.
So, I vowed at that moment that I would do everything I could,
anything necessary to keep her in my life.
Because I knew that to be without her
would be more painful than anything in the world.
A woman like that
only comes around once in a lifetime.
What you do is you do everything in your power to keep her.
So move your ass before I change my mind.
When am I sending you back?
- July 20th, 1:20am.
Three months before she died.
[Music playing]
- Connor?
- Go back to sleep.
- Where are you going?
- I have some work to do at the lab.
- This late?
Are you going to come back to bed after?
- Not tonight.
Get some rest okay?
I'll call you tomorrow.
[Eerie music playing]
- Who the hell are you?
- Keep your voice down.
You don't want to wake April.
Put the pan down.
- Who are you?
- I'm you two years in the future.
- But how?
- I need to tell you something important,
but we don't have much time.
The project you're working on
regarding time travel will eventually work.
In a few months you'll figure out how to skip forward in time.
Don't get too close.
I'm risking both our lives just by being here.
- How'd you get here?
- Just listen to me.
What I'm about to tell you
will change the rest of your life.
The project will be a success,
but the government will come in
to shut it down anyway.
That night, April is killed.
- What? How?
- She's hit by a car crossing an intersection.
None of that matters.
What matters is that you build that machine,
and you send her past the exact moment of her death.
It is imperative that you follow those directions precisely.
If you don't,
she'll continue in her fate,
and you will lose her forever.
- Reverse polar magnetism.
- Everything you need to know is in that book.
The rest is on the disc.
If she means as much as I know she does to you...
- Wait a second.
- You'll do anything to save her.
- Wait a second. Wait.
- Save her.
- Wait!
- Morning.
I see you canceled your class for the day.
Something the matter?
- If you had to tell me something,
something so far-fetched
that you knew I wouldn't believe.
How would you do it?
- Well, I'd say we've been friends a long time,
and if I was coming to you with something
I thought was important,
no matter how outrageous, I would hope
you would at least hear me out.
Why?
This is amazing. When did you write this?
- Technically, I haven't yet.
- What?
- Last night I was visited by... Me.
Not me, but me two years in the future.
I gave myself that book and a disc,
and was told I have to build
this time machine in order to save April.
If I don't send her forward on this day
at that exact time,
she's going to die.
- April will die? What are you talking about?
- It's all in there.
- It's all in here right?
This is everything we've been working on.
My God, it says it actually works.
- So you believe me?
- A lot of this stuff in here there's no way
you could've known this.
There's stuff in here I haven't told anybody.
I've known you a lot of years.
You've never lied to me before.
Why would you start now?
- Good, because I'm going to need your help.
- Of course. There's a lot to do. Let's get started.
[Clock ticking]
[School bell rings]
- Connor?
- Hey Julia, what can I do for you?
I was just wondering why you decided
not to use me as your lab assistant anymore?
Did I do something wrong?
- No, it's nothing you did.
It's just we're not pursuing that project anymore.
But don't worry.
You'll get full credit for everything you've done so far.
- Connor, it wasn't about the credit.
Look, I really believe in what you're doing.
Whatever you're working on now
I'd love to be a part of it.
- I appreciate that Julia, I really do,
but this is just something we have to pursue on our own.
See you next week in class.
[Dramatic music]
- Spencer and his men are on their way.
Just don't let them see the time machine.
Spencer, we weren't expecting you.
- Well, I just wanted to stop by and check on you guys.
See if any advancements have been made.
- Unfortunately there haven't been.
To be honest, I'm beginning to think
that my calculations are preconceived.
- Well, that is unfortunate Connor.
You know, we really did had high
hopes for you on this project.
- Uh, actually, we've made some progress.
As a matter of fact, we're working on a machine
right now that we think might be our breakthrough.
- Really? I'd like to see it.
- Of course.
- (Connor) Yeah, sure.
Right now it's just a prototype.
The theory is that between the two magnets
we will be able to quantify time.
Anything that goes into the machine
will be able to skip over a set amount of time.
- Actually, gentlemen I don't need to see it.
I think that you're making great progress.
Keep doing what you do,
and everything will be just fine.
I don't think we need to bother these gentlemen anymore.
Let's go.
- Gentlemen. Good day.
- That was odd.
- Yeah, a little too close for comfort.
Ran a few tests last night.
Everything appeared to be working.
- Good.
- You haven't told her yet have you?
- Not yet.
- You know what you're going to say to her?
- What? Other than
"April, you're going to die,
and the only way to save you is
jump past your death in a time machine"?
- I'm sure you'll figure something out.
- Yeah.
Listen, I got to head to class.
- I'm going to run a few final tests tonight.
Make sure the machine is prepped and ready for tomorrow.
- Thanks.
Keep that in mind when using the second derivative of...
You know what? That's it for today.
We'll take it from here next week.
There's no test all right guys?
Alright, thank you.
- Do you have a moment?
I really need to talk to you.
- I don't right now Julia.
I'm actually in kind of a hurry.
- Look, it's important.
It'll only take a minute.
- Yeah, I wish I could.
I just really have to get going.
Can it wait?
- Sure.
- Thanks.
- Hey.
- I need to talk to you about something.
- Okay, what is it?
- I need you to come tomorrow with me somewhere.
- Where?
- I'll explain tomorrow.
- What's going on?
- You're just going to have to trust me.
- I can't tomorrow.
I have a PTA meeting.
- Well, then you're going to have to cancel it.
This is important.
- I can't just cancel my meeting.
It's been scheduled for days.
- April. Please.
- Well, if it's that important
why can't you just tell me right now?
[Exhales deeply]
- Tomorrow night, you're...
[Phone rings]
Jonas, yes.
No, I didn't take it.
I'm coming right now.
- Connor what's going on?
Tomorrow night I work.
- Look, I got to go do something.
I'll explain everything tomorrow.
Just promise me that you will
be there tomorrow at 6:30.
- Okay, I promise.
Promise me everything's okay.
- It will be.
- Connor, I have looked everywhere.
It's not... It's not around here.
He must've taken it.
- Wait a minute Jonas.
We were here the entire time.
- He must've slipped it out when we weren't looking.
He was standing by the computer
when you went to show him Jupiter.
He must've taken it then.
- We gotta get that disc.
If he finds out what's on it,
he could ruin everything.
[Computer beeps]
- Milo.
- Agent Spencer.
- I got a security disc on my computer.
I need you to crack it and open up thepp
- Yes sir.
[Suspenseful music]
- Did you get it?
- Yeah. I replaced it with a blank one.
[Tires screech]
[Dramatic music]
- What are you doing still here?
We gotta get moving.
- Just double-checking to make
sure everything's working alright.
- No, I'll take care of things here.
You go get April.
- Okay, just keep an eye on these readings alright?
I'll be back soon.
- They're definitely hiding something in their plan.
Whatever was on that disc,
they definitely did not want me to see it.
I suggest that we shut them down sir
before they can use it.
I'm on it.
- Are you dressed?
We gotta go now.
- (Julia) Dear Connor,
I'm writing you this letter
because of the difficulty to express
my feelings for you in person.
I'm sorry for whatever I did
that caused you to end things.
But I ask you to please take me back
as I will not disappoint you.
Yours truly.
[Train goes over tracks]
- Hey guys.
We're all set.
What's going on? Where's April?
- I don't know.
She's not picking up her phone.
- What?
How did you even get this?
- Julia must've slipped it into my bag last night.
It's all for nothing.
I have no idea where she is
and there's no time to get her into the machine.
- Connor. This is not over yet.
We now where she's going.
The intersection.
You have 20 minutes.
If we hurry, you can still get there
you can get there and stop it before it happens.
- How?
After everything we've done
it's like it's meant to happen.
Jonas, there's nothing we can do.
- Connor, it hasn't actualy happened yet.
If you hurry you can change it,
but you gotta go now.
Go! Go, go, go, go, go!
- You are not going anywhere.
- You gotta let me go.
I don't have time for this!
- I know you're hiding something here Connor,
and I want it now.
- Spencer you don't know what you're doing.
Just let me go.
- I know that you stole the disc,
and that tells me that there is something
very important on that disc that you two
do not want me to see.
I want the disc back,
and I want whatever it is you've been working on.
- Spencer, you have no right to barge in here with your thugs.
[Punching sound]
- Perhaps I wasn't clear enough.
I don't think you two actually know who you're dealing with.
I want the disc, and I want it now.
Alright. Tear this place apart.
We are going to find that disc Connor
if it takes us all day.
- Wait, wait. We built the time machine.
I'll show it to you if just let Connor leave.
- He stays. You two aren't going anywhere.
Let's go. Show me the machine.
How does it work?
- Why don't I fire it up, and you can see for yourself.
[Time machine buzzes]
Run Connor! Run, run, run!
[Dramatic music]
[Dramatic music continues]
[Tires screech to stop]
[Music]
You sure you're ready for this?
I'm ready.