Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission (2016) - full transcript

Three teens realize their science project is the key to finding their missing parents, in another world.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-[MAN 1] UP, UP, UP.
-[MAN 2] FACE HIM, SLATE, GO.

[MAN 1]
GOOD.

[GIRL]
YOU GET TO WORK WITH AMAZING
PEOPLE AND DO AMAZING THINGS.

[BOY]
IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[PANTING]

[LOUD BANG]

OW.



[SIGHS]

[TEACHER]
GO ON, MR. WHEELER.

UM, WELL, ACTUALLY

THE CAMERA OBSCURA'S
AN OPTICAL DEVICE.

SORT OF LIKE THE GRANDFATHER
TO THE CAMERA.

SEE, THERE'S A HOLE
IN THIS SIDE.

I PLACE A PICTURE DOWN...
MY DOG.

[ALL]
AWW...

[TEACHER]
AND LET US SAVE THE "AW'S"

FOR MR. WHEELER'S ACTUAL
DEMONSTRATION.

SO, LIGHT FROM AN EXTERNAL
SOURCE PASSES THROUGH

HITTING A MIRROR
ON THE OTHER SIDE

WHERE THE IMAGE IS REPRODUCED
BUT UPSIDE DOWN.

BUT THE COLOR AND PERSPECTIVE
STAY THE SAME.



CAN, CAN SOMEONE
GET THE LIGHTS?

THANKS.

[ALL LAUGHING]

WOW, UH, SORRY.

CAN SOMEONE GET
THE LIGHTS AGAIN?

SO, BASICALLY THE POINT IS YOU

DON'T HAVE YOUR SELFIE WITHOUT
THE INVENTION OF THIS.

BEAST.

[TEACHER]
YES, VERY BEAST AS USUAL,
MR. WHEELER.

TAKE A SEAT AS WE SHALL NOW SEE
IF MISS MARTIN'S SYNAPSES

HAVE ALLOWED FOR A NEW
BIG BANG TO OCCUR.

OR SIMPLY
ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC

AVALANCHE OF GREAT BRAINS.

WOULD YOU CARE TO GRACE
THE CLASS WITH YOUR PROJECT?

OR WOULD YOU LIKE A PILLOW?

[SNORTS AWAKE]

I'M SORRY, UH...

I'M SORRY.

[INHALER HISSES]

I HAVEN'T BEEN SLEEPING WELL.

YOU SEEM TO BE SLEEPING
JUST FINE IN MY CLASS.

SORRY.

[BOY GROANS, ELECTRIC BUZZING]

[WOMAN]
ALEXANDRA MARTIN!

WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?

[BOY]
I WANT MY MOM!

COLORING SHLOMO'S
DRAGON SCALES.

THIS IS A CLEAR MISUSE
OF TECHNOLOGY.

HEY, HOW ABOUT TEACHERS
REALLY LOVE TO GIVE US
HIGH-FIVES AND FIST BUMPS?

THIS IS AGAINST THE RULES.

SOMEBODY VIDEO AND POST THIS!

CALL MY LAWYER!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
TRAVEL IN REGARD TO...

GRAND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
YOU JOURNEY TO A CONCLUSION.

TRAVELING WITHOUT MOVING
TO BE EXACT.

IF YOU TAKE EISENBERG'S
THEORY OF RELATIVES--

I BELIEVE YOU MEAN EINSTEIN'S
THEORY OF RELATIVITY?

RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I SAID, UH...

HIS THEORY STATES THAT
TIMESPACE IS A FABRIC.

[GIRL]
OH, LIKE, SPANDEX.

IF YOU WERE TO FOLD THAT FABRIC,

BRING THE LIGHT
FROM THERE TO HERE,

IT COULD CREATE A WORMHOLE...

[GIRL]
EW, WORMS?

WORMHOLES ARE PURELY THEORY.

NOT PROVABLE PHYSICS.

ALTHOUGH, I DO WISH YOU COULD
TRAVEL THROUGH A WORMHOLE,

MISS MARTIN AND BRING
BACK A REAL PRESENTATION.

BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED
COSMETOLOGY--

I MEAN, COSMOLOGY.

TAKE YOUR SEAT, MISS MARTIN.

YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO DO YOUR PROJECT

ON SCIENTIFICALLY
TESTABLE PHYSICS.

NOT THEORIES.

A "C", MISS MARTIN.

WHY? THIS IS BASED
ON MY MOTHER'S THEORIES!

AH, MAKE THAT A C-MINUS.

OTHER STUDENTS ACTUALLY PUT
EFFORT INTO THEIR PROJECTS

TO SHOW
HOW PHYSICS REALLY WORKS.

JUST REGURGITATING WHAT
YOU SEE ON "STAR TREK"

DOESN'T CUT IT IN MY CLASS.

YOU ARE A C-MINUS,
MISS MARTIN.

AVERAGE... MINUS.

OOH, I'M GLAD
WE BEAT THE RED COATS.

MISS MARTIN.

[ROOSTER CLUCKS]

[VIDEO GAME SFX]

GRAMS, I WORKED REALLY
HARD ON MY PROJECT

AND ALL HE DID WAS JUDGE.

MR. FROTHINGHAM'S YOUR TEACHER.
MY TAX MONEY PAYS HIM TO JUDGE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE YOU IN
DETENTION AND YOU SUSPENDED?

YOU KNOW HOW I COUNT ON YOU
FOR THE AFTERNOON RUSH.

THE TATTOOS WERE
ONLY TEMPORARY.

[MICKEY]
FROTHINGHAM IS RIGHT
ABOUT ONE THING.

I'M JUST AVERAGE.
I DON'T FIT IN ANYWHERE.

I'M NOT PRETTY ENOUGH
FOR THE POPULAR GIRLS.

I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH
TO BE WITH THE BRAINS.

I CAN'T NAME THE CAST
OF "STAR TREK"

SO THE GEEKS
DON'T WANT ME EITHER.

I'M A C-MINUS, AVERAGE.

-YES.
-REALLY?

LEAVE ME ALONE, ICKY.

[GRAMS]
ALEXANDRA, THIS IS NO TIME
FOR VIDEO GAMES.

[ALEXANDRA]
BUT THIS IS TIGER TRAP.

YOU HAVE TO LEAD A TIGER

INTO A TRAP AND THEN BOOM,
HE'S CAUGHT.

PUT IT AWAY.

AND MICKEY, YOU SOUND JUST LIKE
YOUR MOTHER DID AT HER AGE.

I'VE READ HER PAPERS,
GRAMS, I'M NOTHING LIKE HER.

TRUE 'DAT.

SHUT IT, SLACKS.

ANYTHING FOR YOU, ICKY.

THE ONLY THING KEEPING
YOU FROM REACHING

YOUR MOTHER'S POTENTIAL,
MICHELLE, IS YOU.

BOTH YOU AND ALEXANDRA
ARE FROM THEIR DNA.

THEY WERE EXTRAORDINARY
PHYSICISTS

AND EVEN BETTER PARENTS!

YOU KEEP TELLING US THAT,
BUT HOW COME IF YOU SEARCH THEM,

NOTHING EVER COMES UP?

ALL WE HAVE ARE SOME PHOTOS
AND SOME OF MOM'S OLD PAPERS.

YOU TWO... ARE GROUNDED.

GROUNDED?

BUT IT'S THE WEEKEND.

CAN WE TABLE THIS FOR, SAY,
MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL?

[GRAMS]
YOU DON'T WANNA
BE TREATED LIKE A CHILD?

STOP ACTING LIKE ONE.

EVERYONE ELSE HAS PARENTS.

AND I'M BEING
RAISED BY A ROOSTER.

I'M CALLING CHILD SERVICES
RIGHT AFTER A SNACK.

WORSE DAY EVER.

WHEN YOU GET TO BE MY AGE,
YOU'VE SEEN A LOT WORSE.

HEY, I WANT YOUR
MOTHER'S PAPERS BACK, TOO.

-BUT YOU GAVE THEM TO ME.
-IT WAS A MISTAKE.

LEAVE THEM ON MY DRESSER.

[SIGHS]

SHE'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE
LIKE YOU EVERY DAY.

[VIDEO GAME SFX]

MOW THE LAWN?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
LANDSCAPERS?

I'M LOOKING AT THEM.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST SEND US
TO THE CHAIR? IT'S FASTER.

[GRAMS]
HERE'S A LITTLE SPOILER ALERT.

IT WILL GET DONE MUCH FASTER
IF YOU HELP EACH OTHER.

ONE DAY, YOU WON'T HAVE ANYONE
TO DEPEND ON BUT EACH OTHER.

LETHAL INJECTION?

BY THE TIME I GET HOME, GIRLS!

PLEASE TELL ME THERE'S ANOTHER
WORLD I CAN SEND YOU TO.

[GRUNTS]

[WHEELER]
YOU OKAY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, WHEELS?

YOU'RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF GOING
FURTHER DOWN THE BLOCK.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THE POPULAR
GIRLS LIKE MARISSA LIVE.

WHO?
OH, RIGHT, SURE.

WELL... DO YOU
HAVE ANY SAND PAPER?

ANYWAY, I'LL ASK AGAIN.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?

JUST WANTED TO TALK.

WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE,
I'M A LITTLE BUSY.

[LAWN MOWER STARTS]

SOMETIMES THEY RUST.

MAKE YOU A DEAL.
I'LL MOW YOUR LAWN.
TALK AFTER?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I GUESS A DEAL'S A DEAL.

I WAS THINKING
ABOUT YOUR CONCEPT.

THE TWO M IDEA?

TWO M, WHAT'S THAT?

TRAVELING...

W, WITH...

O, OUT...

M, MOVING.

THE WORMHOLE?

SORRY, RIGHT,
C-MINUS IDEA.

THERE'S NOTHING REMOTELY C-MINUS
ABOUT YOU... YOUR IDEA.

WHOA!

[TICKING]

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IT
CAN PULL THE DISTANT LIGHT TO US

BY, YOU KNOW, PULLING THE FABRIC
OF SPACETIME,

THEN WE COULD STEP INTO THAT
LIGHT AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE?

RIGHT, SOMETHING LIKE EINSTEIN'S
GRAVITATIONAL LENSING.

SORTA LIKE A TELESCOPE
THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL THROUGH.

A WORMHOLE.

SORRY, I'M WASTING
YOUR SATURDAY.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE
I'M WASTING MY SATURDAY.

HOW, HOW'D YOU...
THINK OF THIS?

NOT MY IDEA, MY MOM'S.

MY GRAMS SHOWED ME HER OLD
COLLEGE THESIS.

I THINK SHE WAS MY AGE
WHEN SHE WROTE THIS.

OUR AGE?
SHE MUST'VE BEEN A GENIUS.

GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AT 17
FROM PLIMPTON.

NEVER HEARD OF IT.

REALLY? IT'S THIS
HUGE SCIENCE SCHOOL.

BETTER THAN M.I.T. OR HARVARD.

WELL, WHERE IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
BUT I KNOW IT'S AMAZING.

APPARENTLY, SHE BELIEVED
TWO M IS POSSIBLE.

I ALWAYS HAD THIS FANTASY THAT
IF I COULD RECREATE HER PHYSICS

THEN MAYBE I COULD FIND
A WAY TO SAVE MY PARENTS.

IT'S DUMB.

NOT DUMB.

UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED
TO YOUR PARENTS?

THEY DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

-THEY WERE BOTH SCIENTISTS?
-YUP.

BOTH SCIENTISTS, BOTH PHDs,
BOTH GONE.

[CLEARS THROAT]
UM...

WELL, UM, SINCE I'M NOT GONE
AND YOU'RE NOT,

I WAS WONDERING--

-[DOOR SLAMS]
-HEY!

[MICKEY]
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?

STUCK TO THE BOTTOM
OF GRAMS'S DRAWER.

YOU WENT THROUGH HER THINGS?

SHOULDN'T YOU BE ASKING
WHY GRAMS HAS

A CRAZY MAD FUTURISTIC
BUNNY WATCH INSTEAD?

PUT IT BACK.

PUT IT BACK NOW!

LEX!

GIVE IT BACK, ICKY.

GIVE IT BACK, ICKY!

[SNAP]

[BUZZING]

A BUNNY.

VERSTAG?

[WHEELS]
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?

IDK.

BUT I THINK I KNOW WHO MIGHT.

AREN'T YOU MISSING THE "STAR
TREK" MARATHON THIS WEEKEND?

PRINCIPAL SHEEHAN,
I'M DOING PRECISELY

WHAT TEACHERS DO
ON THE WEEKEND...

-GRADING PAPERS.
-THE DISTRICT ANNOUNCED
THE NOMINEES

FOR THE DIAMOND TEACHER AWARDS.

FROM YOUR DEMEANOR, I'LL ASSUME
I AM NOT ONE OF THE ANOINTED.

THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU'RE
THE BEST TEACHER AT SOUTHVIEW.

PHYSICS JUST
ISN'T SEXY ENOUGH.

PHYSICS IS PLENTY SEXY.

BUT YOU DON'T WIN THE DIAMOND
TEACHER AWARD

SITTING IN A CLASSROOM.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND, FITZ.

PRINCIPAL-- AH!

UH, MR. FROTHINGHAM?

DEAR GOD...
AGAIN TO GET BACK...

-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA!
-MR. FROTHINGHAM?

OH!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
MR. FROTHINGHAM?

AND YOU, WHEELER, I ALWAYS GIVE
THE NEW KIDS A MONTH OR SO

BEFORE THEY FALL IN WITH THE
DELINQUENTS.

MR. FROTHINGHAM, I'M REALLY
SORRY ABOUT YESTERDAY.

OH, THAT'S WHAT
CHARLES MANSON SAID.

[LEX]
WHO?

WE'RE WASTING TIME, SHOW HIM.

OH, OH, MY LUMBAR, AH!

MAYBE IT'S ALIEN.

YOUR PARENTS WERE WORLD RENOWNED
PHYSICISTS, YES?

ANY CHANCE YOU WERE ADOPTED?

THIS WILL TAKE CAREFUL ANALYSIS

AND EVALUATION.

TIME I DO NOT HAVE.

HERE.

WHY DID I EVEN
THINK YOU WOULD HELP?

VERSTAG?

DOES IT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?

WAIT.

IT'S GRAVEST.

WHAT?

HAVEN'T ANY OF YOU EVER PLAYED
WORDS WITH FRIENDS?

BY EINSTEIN'S HAIR.

IT LOOKS LIKE
MOM'S HANDWRITING.

MR. WHEELER...
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

PHYSIC EQUATIONS.

YES, YES, EQUATIONS, BUT,
BUT DIAGRAMS, AS WELL.

-WELL, I SHOULD JUST--
-HEY! IT'S OUR WATCH.

YES, OF COURSE.

THESE LOOK LIKE EQUATIONS

TO BUILD TECHNOLOGY THAT PULLS
THE QUANTUM INFORMATION

FROM LIGHT CREATING
A FOLD IN SPACETIME.

LIKE A BLACK HOLE.

DON'T BE A CHILD.

NO, LIKE A WORMHOLE.

EXACTLY.

MISS MARTIN...

LOOK AT THESE EQUATIONS.

SOME ARE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE
PUZZLED PHYSICISTS FOR DECADES.

SO, DO YOU THINK THESE COULD BE
PLANS FOR A LOCALIZED WORMHOLE?

DISCOVERY LEADS TO
EXPERIMENTATION.

[BEEPS OFF]

DOES EXPERIMENTATION LEAD
TO A NEW GRADE

ON MY PHYSICS PROJECT?

IT IS NOT YOUR PROJECT.

MY PROJECT
WAS ON TRAVELING

IN REGARDS TO A WORMHOLE.

MR. FROTHINGHAM, PLEASE,
GIVE ME A CHANCE.

BUT IF YOU SO MUCH AS
THROW A PIECE OF CHALK
AT ME...

I PROMISE, NO CHALK.

WE BEGIN FIRST THING TOMORROW.

WHO ARE YOU?

HEY, DOESN'T GRAVEST MEAN
SERIOUS OR DANGER?

YEAH.

WHAT IF IT'S A WARNING?

WHAT IF IT DOESN'T WANT US
TO BUILD THAT TECH?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

LOOKING FOR...

UH, A CAN OPENER.

THE CAN OPENER'S IN THE KITCHEN
WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

TOLD YOU,
THANKS, GRAMS.

[TICKING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WE WILL MEET HERE EVERY DAY
DURING DETENTION.

BOOM!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CLINKING]

[RATCHETING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHOOSHING]

[CHUCKLING]

-IT'S THEM!
-MY GOD!

-HEY, LEX!
-HEY, HEY!

THIS IS GREAT!

OKAY, MICKEY, THROW IT!

TRY AGAIN, TRY AGAIN.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SNORES]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

WAIT, YOU PUT IN THE COORDINATES
FROM THE FOOTBALL FIELD, RIGHT?

THE ONES YOU GAVE ME,
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY, BUT WHERE DID ALL THESE
OTHER COORDINATES COME FROM?

SIMPLEX? MULTIPLEX?

[WHEELS]
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LEX
WAS MESSING WITH IT.

[WATCH BEEPS]

BUT THE ONE SET IS DEFINITELY
FOR THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

[TEXT ALERT]

WE'RE READY.

TURN IT ON.

[PROJECTOR WHIRRING]

MAKE THIS WORK, MISS MARTIN.

BY EINSTEIN'S HAIR.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WORKS.

-I CAN'T EITHER.
-YEAH.

-HOW?
-THAT WAS THE COOLEST
THING I'VE EVER SEEN.

-YEAH.
-YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THE LOOK
ON FROTHINGHAM'S FACE.

OH, MY... [LAUGHS]

[WHEELS]
I BET IT WAS A...

CONGRATULATIONS,
MISS MARTIN.

DOES THIS MEAN AN A?

AN A?
A DIAMOND TEACHER AWARD.

WHAT INSIGNIFICANT GOALS.

YOU HAVE CRACKED
THE HOLY GRAIL OF PHYSICS

CREATING A MEANS TO CLOSE THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

THIS NEEDS TO BE PUBLISHED.

WE'RE TALKING
NOBEL LAUREATE.

NASA MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO USE
THIS TO TRAVEL TO OTHER WORLDS.

YEAH, SPEAKING
OF OTHER WORLDS, LEX,

WHAT'S WITH ALL THESE
COORDINATES?

WOW, I DIDN'T DO THAT.

THEY ALL LOOK SO SIMILAR.

MULTIPLEX?
LET'S TRY ONE.

CAREFUL, WE NEED TO TEST
THE NEW COORDINATES FIRST.

THIS IS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.

PROVE FIRST

OR WE COULD
OPEN PANDORA'S BOX.

OOPS.

[STRANGE SHIMMERING SOUND]

THAT DOES NOT LOOK INVITING.

DON'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT GOING IN THERE.

GRAMS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THAT THING YOU BUILT,
IT'S A CURSE.

MRS. MARTIN, YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER
HAS BUILT A WORMHOLE,

UNDER MY MENTORSHIP,
OF COURSE.

-GET OUT.
-[MICKEY AND LEX] GRAMS!

NO, IT'S NOT
A CHICKEN POT PIE.

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THAT THING IS THE REASON
WHY YOUR PARENTS ARE GONE.

YOU SAID THEY DIED
IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

I... I'M NOT SURE.

THEY BUILT THAT, WE WENT.

AND, AND NOW I CAN'T
SEE THEM AGAIN.

ARE MOM AND DAD IN THERE?

-MOM AND DAD ARE ALIVE?
-I DON'T KNOW.

ALL I KNOW IS THEY'RE GONE.

AND NOTHING WILL
EVER BE THE SAME.

-WE COULD BRING THEM BACK.
-DON'T GO NEAR--

[FROTHINGHAM]
MISS MARTIN,
IT HASN'T BEEN TESTED.

DON'T GO NEAR THERE.

-ALEXANDRA!
-[MICKEY] LEX!

I LOVE YOU, GRAMS.

GIVE ME 30 MINUTES.

LEX?!

MICKEY?

WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?

YOU HEARD GRAMS!
THEY MIGHT BE ALIVE.

YOU CAN'T FIND MOM AND DAD.

-WHY?
-BECAUSE YOU'RE
JUST A KID!

[LEX]
SO ARE YOU!

I'M A BIGGER AND OLDER KID!

AND UGLIER, TOO.

WE'RE MARCHING RIGHT BACK
THROUGH THAT DOOR!

IF MOM AND DAD ARE HERE, DON'T
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED TO THEM?

COME ON!

GOING THROUGH A WORMHOLE AND
RESCUING YOUR LONG-LOST PARENTS

WILL GIVE YOU STREET CRED.

WHAT DOES YOUR
POSTER SAY?

MY POSTER SAYS
A LOT OF THINGS.

WELL, PICK SOMETHING.

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE?

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE,
THERE YOU GO.

WE GOTTA GO BACK.

IT'S GONE.

[ELECTRONIC VOICE]
GRANTED FULL ACCESS UPDATE.

I CAN'T BREATHE.

[LEX]
WHAT?

WHAT'S WRONG?

MICKEY!

OKAY, WE'LL GO BACK!

IT'S NOT WORKING.

IT'S WORSE.

GET HELP.

WELL, THE DOOR'S GONE.

CALL GRAMS.
TAKE HER HERE.

THERE'S NO SIGNAL.
WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?

FIND HELP!

I SEE BUILDINGS.

I'LL GET HELP,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WHERE WOULD I GO?

I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT,
I KNOW-- OKAY, OKAY!

[COUGHING]

[FAINTLY]
LEX?

[GASPS]

[WATCH TRILLING]

LEX?

[FROTHINGHAM]
WELL, IT WAS IN THE NAME
OF SCIENCE!

SHE, SHE, SHE WANTED,
SHE WANTED A BETTER GRADE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU JUST CREATED?

THEY DIDN'T JUST
GO TO A FOOTBALL FIELD.

THEY WENT TO ANOTHER WORLD.

MRS. MARTIN, I REALIZE THAT MANY
WORLDS IS, IS VANILLA PHYSICS.

-OH!
-BUT, IT, IT'S,
IT'S STILL ONLY A THEORY.

IT'S NEVER BEEN PROVEN.

PROVEN, MY FEATHERS.

TELL THAT TO MY MISSING KIDS!

THIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP.

WELL, COME ON!

SHE'S REALLY HURT.

I'M COMING, KIDDO,
HOLD YOUR HORSES.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[FAINT CHATTER]

I'M TELLING YOU,
SHE WAS RIGHT HERE.

MICKEY!
STOP HIDING!

[MAN]
THERE'S NO ONE HERE.

[LEX]
KEEP LOOKING...

SHE COULDN'T MOVE
WHEN I LEFT HER.

[MAN]
WE NEED YOU BACK AT THE BASE.

COPY THAT.
I'M ON MY WAY.

COME ON, KIDDO,
LET'S HEAD BACK

AND FIGURE OUT
WHO YOU BELONG TO.

HAVE FUN WITH THAT.
I'M FINDING MICKEY.

[WATCH TRILLING]

LET'S GET YOUR
FOLKS ON THE HORN.

SOON YOU'LL BE BACK HOME
SAFE AND SOUND.

[SHIMMERING SOUND, WHIRRING]

[ELECTRONIC VOICE]
ACCESS GRANTED.

[CHILD LAUGHING]

I ALREADY TOLD YOU,
MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA.

MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY
CALL ME LEX.

I'M 13.

MY SISTER'S NAME IS MICHELLE.
EVERYONE CALLS HER MICKEY.

I SAID I WAS LOOKING
FOR MY SISTER

WHICH IS WHAT
I SHOULD BE DOING.

HOLD YOUR HORSES, MISSY.

MISSY?
KIDDO?

WHERE'D YOU GUYS LEARN
TO TALK LIKE THAT?

[WOMAN]
ENOUGH OF THE BACK SASS, KID.

A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
AND THEN YOU CAN SKEDADDLE.

WHAT ARE YOUR PARENTS' NAMES?

VICTOR AND EVA MARTIN.

[MAN]
THAT'S A SICK JOKE, KID.

DR. VICTOR AND
DR. EVA MARTIN'S CHILDREN

DIED IN A FATAL CAR CRASH
YEARS AGO.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

A SILVER DISC?

THIS IS LIKE SOME ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.

A GIANT DVD.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[VERSTAG]
HELLO! OUR NEW MODERN LAB
WILL POWER MY PARTNERS,

DR. VICTOR AND EVA MARTIN

-IN OUR JOURNEY
TO REVOLUTIONIZE...
-MOM AND DAD?

[WOMAN]
SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

YOU ARE THE DECEASED CHILD
OF DR. VICTOR AND EVA MARTIN?

NO.

BUT, BUT, YES.

WELL, I'M NOT DEAD.

AM I?

BUT, YEAH,
THEY ARE MY PARENTS.

WELL, WHY DON'T I JUST PICK UP
THE PHONE

AND ASK YOUR PARENTS
ABOUT THEIR GHOST CHILD?

WAIT, MY PARENTS WORK HERE?

WELL, YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN--

ON SABBATICAL.

[PHONE RINGING]

YEAH, COLLINGS HERE.

UH-HUH.

A BLIP?

WE'VE HAD SUCCESS BEFORE,
BUT THIS NEW INVENTION

PUT US ON
A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.

WE TRULY BELIEVE WE'RE
ON THE PRECIPICE

OF PROVING EVERETT'S
MANY-WORLDS THEORY.

THAT'S ME?

BUT HOW COULD THAT BE ME?

I CANNOT ASK
FOR BETTER PARTNERS

THAN MY WIFE, EVA
AND MR. VERSTAG.

MOM AND DAD WORK FOR
THE GRAVEST VERSTAG GUY?

WHERE AM I GONNA FIND
THIS VERSTAG?

WELL, I GUESS
I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

LOOK, I APOLOGIZE
FOR THE GHOST TALK.

JUST SIT TIGHT, SWEETIE,
WE'RE GONNA FIND YOUR SISTER.

-MARTIN'S WATCH.
-GRECCO SAID HOLD THE KID.

FIRST STEP,
WE'LL INDEX.

-WHY DON'T YOU
TELL US ABOUT--
-I HAVE TO PEE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.

WELL, THEN GET HER OUT OF THERE.

I'M COMING IN TO CHECK ON YOU!

OKAY, LEX,
YOU'RE SUPER SMART, THINK.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD
BUT WE'RE NOT.

SHE SAID VERSTAG
WHICH ALSO SPELLS GRAVEST

AND CAN'T POSSIBLY
BE A GOOD THING.

AND MOM AND DAD ARE HERE.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE
AN OFFICE.

THAT'S IT.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND THAT?

WHERE'S THAT DAMN KID?

SHE'S HEADING
FOR THE MARTIN'S OFFICE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

OH.

[VICTOR]
YOU HAVE TO HURRY.

[EVA]
LOOK!

LOOK, LOOK.

[VICTOR]
WE HAVE TO HURRY.

ALL THE PLANS ARE DOWNLOADED
ONTO THAT WATCH.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER
SCIO DEVICE?

[VICTOR]
GREAT, THIS IS IT,
IT JUST NEEDS ENCRYPTION.

IT'S ENCRYPTED WITH AN ANAGRAM.

THEY'LL HAVE THE PLANS
AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

-WHAT IF VERSTAG--
-HE WON'T.

THE CHILDREN
WILL NEVER BE IN THAT TIME.

GOTTA FIND LEX.

THE GIRLS ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD.

SO, THAT'S WHY MICKEY COULDN'T
FIND ANYTHING ON HER PARENTS.

AND THAT
PLIMPTON UNIVERSITY...

THAT'S IN THE OTHER WORLD.

COOL.

NOT COOL.

DANGEROUS.

WE NEED TO GET THEM BACK... NOW.

AND YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.

-ME?
-YEAH.

IT'S, UH, ME?

WELL, MR. FROTHINGHAM,
YOU DID ALWAYS WANNA

GET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

SHE CAN'T GET IN
WITHOUT THE PASS.

OOH!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

HELLO, AGAIN, MISSY.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WHOA!

OH!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

TEN MINUTES TO FIND LEX
AND MY PARENTS.

LEX FIRST, THEN THE LAB.

I WISH MY PARENTS
INVENTED A TIME MACHINE.

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

[LEX]
MICKEY?! WHERE ARE YOU?
I NEED YOU.

-LEX?
-[DOOR CLOSES]

-[LOUD CRASH]
-OW!

OH, MY GOD, MICKEY?!
ARE YOU DEAD?

OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE DEAD!
MAYBE THAT GUARD WAS RIGHT.

THAT MEANS I'M DEAD, TOO.

[MICKEY]
LEX...

MICKEY!

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD.

-WHY?
-BECAUSE THE SECURITY
GUARDS CHASING ME

SAID THAT
WE'RE BOTH DEAD.

YOU HAVE SECURITY
GUARDS CHASING YOU?

-WHAT DID YOU DO?
-YOU'RE MISSING
THE POINT AGAIN.

SHOULDN'T YOU BE ASKING
HOW WE DIED?

HOW DID WE DIE?

IN A CAR CRASH.

GRAMS SAID MOM AND DAD
DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

MICKEY, ALL THE GUARDS
ARE WEARING WATCHES

JUST LIKE GRAMS'S.

I SAW MOM AND DAD.

WHERE?

ON A SILVER DISC.

A SILVER DISC?

IT'S A FLAT,
TURNING SILVER DISC.

[LEX]
YOU SAW THEM
ON A FLYING SAUCER?

NO, NO, NO, ANYWAY,
THEY'RE HERE IN A LAB.

THAT'S WHAT
THE FLYING SAUCER TOLD YOU?

SEE?

I SEE ALL RIGHT.

HOW'D YOU GET THAT WATCH?

MICKEY?

HOW DOES HE KNOW YOUR NAME?

I DON'T KNOW.

RUN!

THIS IS LIKE BEING
IN SEVEN PERIODS OF GYM.

GO!

THEY'RE HEADING YOUR WAY.

HERE, WE'RE DEAD,
AND MOM AND DAD ARE ALIVE.

WHEN WE FIND THEM, THEY'VE GOT
A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

THOSE ARE THE SECURITY
GUARDS I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WATCH TRILLING]

DO YOU STILL HAVE
A LOCK ON THEM?

THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE.

[MICKEY]
WE'RE IN OVER OUR HEADS.
WE NEED HELP.

WE DON'T NEED HELP,
WE JUST NEED TO GET TO THE LAB.

HOW DO WE FIND THEM
WITHOUT GPS?

A CAMPUS MAP, DUH.

I DON'T SEE THEM.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WATCH BEEPS]

[MAN]
THEY'RE BEHIND YOU.

ENOUGH OF THIS
CAT AND MOUSE.

COME ON, GIRLS,
INDEXING DOESN'T HURT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA WORK
WITH MY OUTFIT.

WHAT IS THAT BRACELET THING?

THEY CALL IT,
UH, BEING INDEXED.

I DON'T LIKE
THE SOUND OF THAT.

WE GOTTA GET MOM AND DAD
AND GET OUT OF HERE.

[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]

[MICKEY]
WAIT!

[LEX]
COME ON, LET'S JUMP.

-ARE YOU NUTS?
-WELL, I'M NOT
GETTING INDEXED.

YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO GET AWAY.

WHAT?

THE WATCH.

DON'T EVEN THINK OF JUMPING.

GRAB 'EM!

GIRLS, GO WITH IT.

WHAT?

-TIME TO GO.
-WHAT?!

[THUD]

LET'S GO.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

NOT REALLY, UGH.

WE WERE LUCKY
WE HIT THE DUMPSTERS.

YEAH, LANDING ON THE GROUND
WOULD'VE SUCKED.

WHAT DID HE MEAN, THE WATCH?

THEY'RE TRACKING US.

[BEEPING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WHEELS, YOU MAN THE THROTTLE

WHILE MR. FROTHINGHAM
AND I GO BRING BACK THE GIRLS.

I'M... I'M NOT REALLY
THE ACTION HERO TYPE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

A $10 MILLION LAB?
IN A BASEMENT?

LOOKS LIKE A PRISON.

[CLANKING]

IT WORKED BEFORE.

THIS COULD BE A THOUSAND
DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

WELL, WELL, JUST THINK.

PEOPLE USE PERSONAL REFERENCES.

PET NAMES, HOME ADDRESSES.

THEIR COLLEGE.

[ALARM BLARING]

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

[ALARM STOPS]

MY BIRTHDAY?

PARENTS ALWAYS USE
THEIR KIDS' BIRTHDAYS.

YOU REMEMBERED MY BIRTHDAY.

OF COURSE.

[ELECTRONIC VOICE]
ACCESS GRANTED.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[MICKEY]
WE CAME ALL THIS WAY.

MICHELLE.

EVA, I FOUND THE--

VICTOR.

MOM! DAD!

OH! OH!

WE MISSED YOU.

[EXCITED CROSSTALK]

LOOK HOW GROWN YOU ARE.
OH, MY GOD.

OH, LOOK HOW GROWN YOU ARE.

[MICKEY]
WHY DID YOU LEAVE US?

[LEX]
WHY DOES THIS WORLD
THINK WE'RE DEAD?

BECAUSE IN THIS WORLD YOU ARE.

WE GOTTA GO... NOW.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WE NEVER THOUGHT
WE'D SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU FOUND US.

YOU ARE EXTRAORDINARY.

THOSE RED BANDS.
WHAT'S INDEXING?

IT WAS A MISTAKE,
NO TIME TO EXPLAIN.

BY EINSTEIN'S HAIR.

[GRAM]
WOW.

[LEX]
GRAMS WILL BE
SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

WELL, WE...

WOW, THAT WAS EASY.

AH!

EVA?

MOM?!

[RUMBLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

AH, THIS IS WHAT I LIKE.

A LITTLE DYSFUNCTIONAL
FAMILY REUNION.

-[COLLINGS] INDEX THEM.
-[VERSTAG] JA, INDEX THEM.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT.

YOU SEE, YOUR PARENTS'
LITTLE INVENTION.

THEY DID NOT TELL YOU?!
GRAB THE WATCH!

[MICKEY]
STOP, NO! NO, STOP, NO!

[MAN]
DON'T STRUGGLE.

[VERSTAG]
NO-NO-NO, IT'S NICE,
I LIKE IT.

IT'S FEISTY.

AH, MICHELLE,
LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE.

SO GROWN UP,
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED WHERE
YOUR PARENTS HAVE FAILED.

YOU BROUGHT THE "THERE" HERE.

WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY
BRING THE THERE HERE.

MORE LIKE THE THERE...
NO, NO...

HONG KONG.

I USED TO HAVE TO GO THERE.

NOW I BRING
HONG KONG TO ME.

NO LONGER DO I GO TO MARS
AND TAKE A YEAR.

I CAN GO TO MARS
AND BE HOME FOR DINNER.

I WILL NEVER
LET YOU HAVE IT.

PREPARE TO BE DISAPPOINTED.

[LEX]
NO, MICKEY!

[VERSTAG]
YOU SEE...

SO, YOU SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM
WITH SHORT-SIGHTED THINKING.

YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

NOW, LOOK, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
INDEXED, YOU UNDERSTAND?

I WANT SOMETHING.

I WANT THE WORMHOLE,
A NEW ONE IN 24 HOURS.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

-24 HOURS?
-YEAH!

WELL, YOU CAN TAKE OURS,
JUST LEAVE 'EM ALONE.

WELL, THEY CAN'T TAKE THE ONE
WE BUILT THROUGH ITSELF.

YOU SEE, QUANTUM MECHANICS--
NO, NO, NO... I'M TOTALLY...

NOW, I HAVE BEEN PATIENT.

YOU HAVE BEEN STALLING
FOR TEN YEARS.

WE'RE NOT STALLING.

YOU NEED INCENTIVE?

WE JUST DON'T WANNA GIVE
IT TO YOU.
-BYE, HAZEL.

-GIVE IT TO YOU.

-NO! -GRAMS?

24 HOURS.

GRAMS?

[VERSTAG]
ENOUGH, ENOUGH.

WHERE?

NOW WHERE'S THE LITTLE ONE?

FIND HER.

YOU HAVE BECOME
A MONSTER.

NO! YOU SEE,
I KNOW WHO I AM!

IT IS YOU WHO DOES NOT KNOW
WHO YOU ARE, PARTNER.

NOW TAKE THE LITTLE OLD LADY

AND PUT HER IN THE WORMHOLE
AND DESTROY IT.

24 HOURS.

INDEX THEM.

I'LL SEE YOU IN 24 HOURS.

YOUR HIS PARTNER?

DON'T BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU HEAR.

NO, NO, NO!

24 HOURS IS NOT A LONG TIME.

OKAY?

AND THEN EVERYTHING
WILL BE FINE.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK,
YOU SEE?

[VICTOR]
WE GOT IT.

-GOOD.
-24 HOURS.

GOOD, NOW GO.

YOU SEE?

I'M NICE.

WHEN I'M NICE,
THINGS HAPPEN.

GET RID OF IT,
GET RID OF IT.

GET RID OF THIS GARBAGE.

LEX? AWESOME.

WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WHAT WENT WRONG?

EVERYTHING.

WE KILLED GRAMS.

YOU KILLED--

WAIT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I'LL SET THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE.

YOU CAN'T DESTROY IT,
I WON'T LET YOU.

UH, RIGHT, DITTO.

YOU KNOW WHERE THE LAB IS?

YOU PEOPLE NEED A PLAN.

YOU CONTACT ME
THROUGH THE LAB.

TURN IT OFF WHEN I LEAVE.

WHAT?

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

IT'S DONE.

AHH... GOOD.

WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES,
THE OTHER ONE OPENS, JA?

[LAUGHING]

AND YOU SAW THE WRECKAGE
FROM THE ACCIDENT, JA?

-YES.
-JA, GOOD, GOOD.

IT'S THE SAME CHILDREN,
THEY BUILT THE MACHINE, JA?

-YES.
-JA, JA,
EXTRAORDINARY CHILDREN.

NOW ONCE THE MARTINS FINISH
MY WORMHOLE MACHINE, JA, JA?

COME, COME CLOSER.

I WANT YOU, BECAUSE YOU
ARE MY RIGHT-HAND MAN.

NOT YOU,
DON'T TAKE OFFENSE.

BUT YOU ARE MY RIGHT-HAND MAN.

I WANT YOU TO DISPOSE OF THEM,
RIGHT, RIGHT?

PUT YOUR HAND UP,
LET ME SEE, LET ME SEE.

YEAH, RIGHT HAND,
RIGHT-HAND MAN, THAT'S YOU.

RIGHT-HAND MAN, LET'S GO,
ONE MORE, FOR GOOD LUCK.

RIGHT-HAND MAN.

[CLACKING]

HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU HELP
ME TURN THE HANDLE?

DO IT.

YOU WON'T SEE IT COMING.

YOU COWARD.

MISS MARTIN?

I'M... I'M SORRY
ABOUT YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

THANKS.

I'M SORRY I GOT YOU INDEXED.

OH, I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVED.

WE CAME HERE
TO FIND MY PARENTS.

AND WHAT WE FOUND ARE TWO PEOPLE
WHOSE INVENTIONS

HAVE DONE NOTHING
BUT BRING HORRIBLE THINGS.

MY GRAMS... THESE BANDS.

THEY'RE AS BAD AS VERSTAG.

YOUR, YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T GIVE
VERSTAG THE BIG INVENTION.

WE DID.

BUT IT WAS THEIR PLANS.

WELL, YOU CAN'T BLAME
THE TECHNOLOGY.

A BICYCLE CANNOT GO
WITHOUT A PERSON PEDALING.

WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT A BIKE HERE.

THEY DESIGNED IT.

WE BUILT IT.

AND NO MATTER HOW BENIGN,

ALL TECHNOLOGY
HAS ITS GOODS AND BADS.

GRAMS, YOU WERE RIGHT.

WE SHOULD NEVER
HAVE BUILT THIS THING.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GRAMS]
WHAT HAPPENED?

ONE MINUTE I'M LISTENING
TO THAT JERK VERSTAG,

AND THEN I SEE YOUR GRANDFATHER
ON THE GREEN HILL.

AND NOW I SEE YOU.

BUT YOU DIED.

I SAW YOU DIE,
THEY KILLED YOU.

KILL ME?

WHY WOULD THAT GUARD
GRECCO KILL ME

HE DIDN'T KILL ME
THE FIRST TIME?

NOBODY KILLS ME TWICE.

WE GOTTA GET
YOUR PARENTS BACK.

VERSTAG IS GOING DOWN.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WHO WOULD THINK THAT HELPING
THEM WITH THEIR PHYSICS PROJECT

WOULD GET ME TRAPPED IN THEIR
PHYSICS PROJECT?

OLIVIER, XAVIER.

[SNAPS FINGERS]

THIS IS SO BENEATH ME.

I COULD HAVE BEEN
A GREAT PHYSICIST.

NOW I AM A MAIL BOY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ACCOUNTING.

EVER HEARD OF A COMPUTER?

JUST GIVE ME MY MAIL.

HOW ABOUT EMAIL?

[ELECTRONIC WHOOSHING]

SORRY.

JUST GIVE HER
HER MAIL.

GOOD LUCK.

INSTEAD OF MANUAL LABOR,

WE'RE FORCED IN A LIFE SENTENCE
OF MENIAL LABOR.

YOU'VE BEEN INDEXED.

[TYPEWRITER CLACKING]

[FROTHINGHAM]
PSST.

[QUIETLY]
WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE REVOLT?

AND LOSE MY BENEFIT PACKAGE?

THAT'S GOTTA BE ONE, BLOODY GOOD
BENEFIT PACKAGE.

PLAN, PLAN?

SO, WE'RE HERE
AND YOUR PARENTS, MICKEY

AND MR. FROTHINGHAM ARE THERE.

IF WE COULD
GET THEM TOGETHER...

THEN WE COULD GET THEM OUT.

THAT'S IT.

OVER THERE, TWO M
IS GOING TO WORK.

SORRY, MY PROPS AREN'T IN SCALE.

-IT'S THE BEST I COULD
FIND AROUND HERE.
-AND WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS?

-IN THE LAB.
-ARE MICKEY AND
MR. FROTHINGHAM AT THE LAB?

NO.

SO, YOUR PARENTS
ARE AT THE LAB.

CAN WE POINT THE PROJECTOR
TOWARDS THE LAB?

YEAH, UH, WITH THE WATCH.

[LEX]
NO GO.

MOM AND DAD
ARE WITH THE WATCH.

TAKE THAT... AND THE BAD GUYS
WILL KNOW FOR SURE

OUR TWO M IS WORKING.

[GRAMS]
SO, WHAT DO WE DO?

WE'LL HAVE TO GO THERE

AND GET THE COORDINATES
FROM YOUR PARENTS.

NO.

I'LL GO WITH HER.

STAY TOGETHER.

YOU GUIDE, AND YOU...
BRING HER BACK.

NOW YOUR PARENTS ARE OUT

BUT WHAT ABOUT
MICKEY AND MR. FROTHINGHAM?

GRECCO... WILL BRING THEM.

[LEX]
JUST GO WITH IT.

AND ONCE EVERYBODY'S
IN THE LAB...

[WHEELS]
WE OPEN OUR TWO M...

AND EVERYONE RUNS
FOR THE OPEN PORTAL.

EXIT STRATEGY.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHEELS]
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

SO, WE'RE JUST GONNA WALK IN
THERE AND GET THE COORDINATES?

SHH...

THIS IS A BAD PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA GET CAUGHT.

KEEP YOUR TIGER STRIPES ON.
YOU'VE GOT THIS.

[GASPS]

GET DOWN.
GET DOWN.

SMALL ADJUSTMENT.

LET'S GO WITH PLAN B.

PLAN B?

[EVA]
WE DID WHAT WAS BEST, RIGHT?

I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

WE NEVER WANTED
TO GIVE THIS TO VERSTAG.

WHY ARE WE DOING IT NOW?

IT'S THE BEST WAY
TO GIVE THE KIDS A CHANCE.

WHEN WE BUILD THIS...

YOU KNOW WE HAVE
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

[WOMAN]
DR. MARTIN?

JUST LEAVE THE CLIPBOARD.

WE NEED BOTH YOUR SIGNATURES.

WE'LL BE BACK
TO PICK IT UP LATER.

OH... [CHUCKLES]
IT'S JUST OUR ORDER.

THE KIDS HAVE A PLAN.

[BEEPING]

[FROTHINGHAM MUTTERING]

[CLEARING THROAT]

WHAT IS THIS NUMBER?

[ROTARY PHONE CLACKING]

8-1-9

7-7-9

9-0.

MY FINGER'S BURNING... HELLO.

THIS IS VERSTAG INDUSTRIES HERE.

IS THE MAN OF THE HOUSE...

[DIAL TONE]

HELLO? HELLO?

I CAN'T DO THIS.

I DON'T CARE
WHAT THEY DO TO ME.

I DON'T CARE.

[PHONE RINGING IN THE DISTANCE]

ACTUALLY, A CUP OF TEA
WOULD HELP.

[PHONE RINGING]

HELLO,
THIS IS VERSTAG INDUSTRIES.

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT
DIRECTING YOUR CALL.

[GRECCO]
LET'S GO.

[FROTHINGHAM GROANS]

GO.
GET IN THERE.

[DISTANT TYPING, PHONE RINGING]

DO IT, YOU COWARD!

YOU ALREADY KILLED
MY GRANDMOTHER.

HAZEL'S ALIVE, MICKEY.

-WHAT?
-BE QUIET.

SIT DOWN.

-BUT WHAT ARE YOU--
-SIT DOWN!

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

YOUR PARENTS WERE GOING TO
TURN EVIDENCE AGAINST VERSTAG.

HE FOUND OUT AND ORDERED ME
TO KILL YOU AND YOUR SISTER.

SO, WE STAGED THE ACCIDENT
TO GET YOU TO SAFETY

IN THE ULTIMATE SAFE HOUSE.

YOUR PARENTS NEVER
STOOD UP AGAIN

FOR FEAR THAT
HE MIGHT FIND YOU.

THEY NEVER GAVE VERSTAG
THE WORMHOLE TECHNOLOGY.

THE PROJECTOR WAS DESTROYED.

AT LEAST I THOUGHT IT WAS
UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP.

THAT'S WHY GRAMS DIDN'T WANT US
TO HAVE THE WATCH.

WELL, SHE OBVIOUSLY
DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT ONE.

SO, WE ARE FROM HERE?

WHY ARE YOU TELLING US THIS NOW?

I NEED YOU TO TRUST ME.

YOU INDEXED US!

YOU TURNED ME INTO A MAIL BOY.

I NEED YOU TO GO WITH IT.

STOP STAYING THAT.

YOU SAID THAT BEFORE WE JUMPED
OFF THE BUILDING.

GO WITH IT!

YOU SAID THAT TO MY PARENTS
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, DIDN'T YOU?

I DID.

NOW I NEED YOU TO GO WITH IT.

THE OTHER PROJECTOR
IS SET TO GET

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
OUT OF HERE.

AND ME...
AND, UH, TOO, RIGHT?

[GRECCO]
OH, YEAH.

I'LL BE BACK
TO GET YOU TO THE LAB.

WAIT!

HOW ARE THEY GOING TO POINT
THE PROJECTOR AT THE LAB?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

BE READY WHEN I GET BACK.

[PROJECTOR BEEPING]

HURRY, HURRY.

YOU GOT 40 MINUTES.

YES.

MR. VERSTAG IS ANXIOUS
ABOUT HIS INVESTMENT.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WE'RE TRAPPED.

WHAT?

DID THEY SEE US?

WHAT?

NO, DON'T BEND.

ACT CASUAL.

CASUAL?

PROGRESS IS STEADY.

YEAH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'D REALLY
HATE TO MAKE A MISTAKE.

[WHEELS]
CASUAL.

OKAY, FORGET CASUAL.

RUN.

RUN, OKAY.

OH! YOU POOR THING, HERE, HERE,
HERE, LET ME HELP YOU.

OH!

SHE HAS A FEVER.

MAY SHE HAVE A BREAK?

GO, GO.

GO!

15 MINUTE BREAK.

GO WITH IT.

BINGO.

GREAT JOB, LEX AND WHEELS.

THIS COFFEE'S AS BAD
AS WHAT THEY SERVE

IN THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE.

THAT'S WHY I DRINK TEA.

WHY DID MY PARENTS
NOT DESTROY THE WATCH?

PERHAPS THEY HOPED
IT COULD BE USED FOR GOOD.

IT'S TIME.

EVER HEARD OF AN ELECTRIC
PENCIL SHARPENER?

OLDER TECHNOLOGY
IS EASIER TO CONTROL.

RIGHT.

WHEN I GET YOU TO THE LAB,

YOU FRIENDS WILL OPEN THE PORTAL
AND OUT YOU GO.

WHAT ABOUT MY PARENT'S
PROJECTOR?

IT DOESN'T MATTER,
YOU'LL BE SAFE.

WE CAN'T RUN AND LEAVE VERSTAG
WITH THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.

ACTUALLY, RUNNING SOUNDS GREAT.

WE NEED TO GO.

LEAVING VERSTAG HERE,
ANYWHERE ELSE

WITH THAT KIND OF POWER
IS WRONG.

HE'LL CONTROL EVERYTHING.

SO HE CONTROLS
EVERYTHING HERE.

SO WHAT?

AT LEAST HE'S NOT IN OUR WORLD.

BUT HE COULD BE.

WAIT, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

AT LEAST HE'S NOT IN OUR WORLD?

MR. FROTHINGHAM,
YOU'RE A GENIUS, THAT'S IT.

TIGER TRAP.

COME ON.
IN.

[FROTHINGHAM]
DID YOU CALL ME A GENIUS?

AH!

[LAUGHING]

PERFECT TIMING, AS USUAL.

OKAY, TURN ON THE MACHINE.

OUR 24 HOURS ISN'T UP.

[STAMMERING]

WHAT CAN I SAY?

[LAUGHING]

I'M EXCITED!

CAN'T A MAN BE A LITTLE EARLY?

I'M EARLY, BIG DEAL!

WHAT IF ALL THE BOLTS
AREN'T TIGHT?

WHAT HAPPENS IF ALL THE BOLTS
AREN'T TIGHTENED?

I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE.

ALL RIGHT, TEN SECONDS.

YOU READY, LEX?

AS I'LL EVER BE.

OKAY, FIVE, FOUR, THREE...

PLEASE, IN, IN.

YOU AREN'T USING THEM
AS TEST SUBJECTS?

THIS WASN'T PART OF THE DEAL.

DEAL?

[LAUGHING]

DEAL?

I REFUSE TO SEND MY DAUGHTER
INTO THE UNKNOWN.

OH, PLEASE, DO NOT GIVE ME
THE CARING PARENT ROUTINE.

TURN ON THE MACHINE.

-I REFUSE.
-NO.

NO, OKAY? BOOM.

STOP! DON'T HURT THEM.

-WE'LL GO.
-WE?

NO, MICKEY, NO...

MOM, DAD, I'VE DONE
IT BEFORE, IT'S OKAY.

WE'LL GO WITH IT.

WE'LL GO
WITH IT!

YOU SEE, YOUR DAUGHTER SAYS
WE'LL GO WITH IT!

SO, MODERN, SHE'S SO BRAVE!

NOW, LOOK, I'M GETTING
KIND OF TIRED OF THIS.

TURN ON THE MACHINE.

[WHEELS]
TWO, ONE.

OOH... HOW ABOUT THIS?

WHO DID THAT?

OOH...
[LAUGHING]

YOU.

OH!

OOH...

COME ON, LET'S GO,
BEFORE VERSTAG GETS HERE.

BUT...

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

NOW STAND NEXT
TO YOUR SISTER.

OKAY, TWO MINUTES TO GO.

COME ON, KIDS, WHERE ARE THEY?

NO! NO-NO-NO-NO!

SO, WHY IS THIS MACHINE
STILL WORKING?

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY
THE OTHER MACHINE.

[HAZEL]
WHAT HAPPENED?

THE BULB, IT BURNT OUT.

ARE THEY STUCK?

ARE THEY STUCK
IN THAT OTHER WORLD?

I, UM...

THE SPARE BULB!
THERE'S A SPARE BULB!

YOUR DAYS OF PUTTING PROFIT
OVER PEOPLE ARE OVER.

ARE OVER?

MY DAYS OF SACRIFICING PEOPLE
FOR PROFIT ARE OVER?

I DON'T...

PLEASE, COULD WE HAVE
A PRIVATE CONVERSATION

IN ANOTHER-- MAYBE OVER HERE?

IT'S OKAY IF WE GO OVER HERE
FOR A PRIVATE CONVERSATION.

YOU ARE BLAMING ME FOR OTHER
PEOPLE'S PAIN.

IT'S SIMPLE.

I PROVIDE A SERVICE.

YOU BUY THE SERVICE.

YOU DON'T BUY THE SERVICE,
I DISAPPEAR, POOF.

BUT NOW,
YOU DISAPPEAR, POOF.

WHY? BECAUSE
YOU ARE A TRAITOR.

T-R-A-Y-T-E-R,
TRAITOR.

FINISH HIM!

[ELECTRONIC VOICE]
KILL MODE ENGAGE.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

THERE YOU ARE.

OH, NO YOU DON'T!

[GIRLS]
HEY, WHEELS!

SLOW DOWN, YOUNG MAN.

BUSY!

THIS IS MY DAY!

IN!

-TIGER TRAP
-RIGHT.

AH!

[GIRL]
OH!

WATCH!

[GASPS]

-OOH!
-KILL IT!

FLIP THE SWITCH, MAN.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
WE HAVE NEW COORDINATES.

OW! OH!

ABOUT TIME.

AH!
YOU BROKE MY NOSE!

EVEN A PHYSICS TEACHER
CAN BE A ACTION HERO.

WAIT, THIS IS NOT HONG KONG!

OR SEATTLE
WHERE ARE WE?

ANOTHER WORLD.

-OKAY, GOOD TO GO.
-PUNCH IT!

WE ARE STUCK
IN A CRAZY 'NOTHER WORLD!

NO, YOU'RE STUCK.

OH! AWW...

NO! I AM HARDLY STUCK!

FINISH THEM!

GLADLY.

THAT WON'T WORK HERE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GROANING]

OW.

[GROANING]

I'M CANCELING MY SERVICE.

BUT WHY! WHY!
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!

IT'S NOT FAIR!

I'M A GOOD PERSON!
I TRY!

I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,
I DO THE RIGHT THING!

AND SHE GIVES IT BACK!

EVA!

IT'S YOUR FAULT!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[CHEERING]

TIGER TRAP, BRILLIANT.

AND YOU DON'T
EVEN PLAY THE GAME.

MISS MARTIN,
YOU WERE TRULY OUTSTANDING.

MAKE THAT AN A-PLUS.

THANKS, MR. FROTHINGHAM.

OH!

-COME ON IN HERE!
-COME ON.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO WITH IT NOW?

WE CAN'T MAKE
ANOTHER VERSTAG.

WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT TWO M

IS USED FOR THE GOOD
OF EVERYONE.

BUT HOW?

SHARE IT.

OPEN SOURCE.

BRILLIANT.

SOUNDS LIKE
A TEAM EFFORT.

I'M IN.

COUNT ME IN.

[LAUGHING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS.

YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
FROM ANOTHER WORLD?

YEAH.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF CREATIVITY

IS A WARM ATMOSPHERE.

AND THE FILMMAKERS
MAKE A WONDERFULLY

WARM ATMOSPHERE HERE.

IF YOU WANT TO STAY RELEVANT
IN THIS BUSINESS,

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
YOUNG PEOPLE

WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN TECHNOLOGY.

WHO ARE ALSO, UH, FAMILIAR
WITH THE TRADITIONS OF FILM.

NO ONE HAS EVER FIGURED
OUT HOW TO MAKE A WORMHOLE.

IF YOU COULD,
IT WOULD BE SPECTACULAR.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GIRL 1]
I JUST LOVED IT,
IT WAS AWESOME HERE.

[GIRL 2]
WE WENT ON A FOOD TRUCK
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE

A SCENE WAS BEING TAPED.

[GIRL 3]
I'M SO HAPPY FOR MYSELF
THAT I DID THIS.

YOU GET TO WORK WITH AMAZING
PEOPLE AND DO AMAZING THINGS.

[BOY]
TO BE ON AN ACTUAL SET.

IT HELPS FUEL MY PASSION
FOR FILMMAKING

BECAUSE I PLAN ON BECOMING
A DIRECTOR.

[GIRL]
MY FAVORITE SCENE
TO SHOOT WAS THE FIGHT SCENE

BECAUSE IT HAS
A LOT OF EXTRAS.

[BOY]
FEELING LIKE I'M APART
OF THE MOVIE.

NOBODY I KNOW CAN SAY THAT.

[BOY 2]
SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT GO INTO LIGHTING,

CAMERAS, SOUND...

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.

[GIRL]
ACTUALLY SEEING THE ACTORS.

NORMALLY, YOU SEE 'EM
ON THE BIG SCREEN.

BUT NOW YOU ACTUALLY
GET TO SEE 'EM

THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

[GIRL 2]
KIND OF COOL KNOWING THAT

WHEN THIS COMES OUT,
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS.

[GIRL 3]
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT

AN ORDINARY TEENAGER DOES.

[GIRL 4]
IT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THE BEST
DAYS OF MY LIFE.

IT WAS HONESTLY SO, SO COOL.

[BOY]
I GOT TO DO THE BOOM.

[GIRL]
I GOT TO SHADOW THE DIRECTOR.

[BOY]
I'M ALSO EXCITED
TO BE USING THE CAMERA.

[BOY 2]
I'M GLAD TO BE A PART
OF THE FILM

BECAUSE IT'S THE
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE.

[BOY 3]
I'M MOST EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT
VIDEO EDITING THIS WEEK.

[BOY 4]
IT WAS JUST A VERY FULFILLING
DREAM JUST TO BE HERE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]