Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) - full transcript
Darius is a young intern at a Seattle-based magazine and jumps at the chance to investigate the author of a classified ad seeking someone to travel back in time with. Along with Jeff, the staff writer, and Arnau, a fellow intern, the three go on a road trip to a coastal town. While Jeff just wants to chase after his high school crush and Arnau wants some kind of life experience, Darius spends her time with Kenneth, a man who believes that he has built a time machine. The closer they become and the more they understand about each other, the less clear it becomes if Kenneth is just crazy or if he actually is going to successfully travel back in time.
DARIUS: How far back
do you want me to go?
(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)
College?
Oh, l was totally outgoong.
A real people person.
ln high school,
I feIt Iike that mouse
that gets dropped
into the snake cage
and just kinda sits there,
frozen, trying to blend in.
l guess l remember being
happy when l was a kid.
Back when you
just naturally expect
good things to happen.
Before my mom died.
Now l just expect the worst
and try not to
get my hopes up.
Which is why l'm here.
Does that answer
the question?
UsuaIIy peopIe just say
where they're from and
where they worked before.
Great. (LAUGHS) I'm
aIready overquaIified.
So, in your previous
experience,
the caII of duty
for a customer?
No.
Oh, I get it.
You think you're
too good for this.
Why are you even here?
No, I'm sorry. . .
(SIGHS)
I reaIIy need the money.
I Iive at home,
I work my ass off
at this internship.
I just. . .
Yeah, it's not gonna
work out here.
I can teII your type.
You're just not
a quaIity hire.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Wazzup?
No, I don't want
the prepubescent Iook.
I want a woman.
We don't retouch
at SeattIe Magazine.
We're journaIists.
No, not there. An intern.
Yeah.
That's what I'm saying.
We respect women.
Don't put that there.
That goes in
the utiIity cIoset. . .
I know. . .
And then refresh
aII the bathrooms.
I was just giving
you this change.
(LAUGHING) Yeah,
this is my job now.
It's Iike speIIing
things out for interns.
(INHALES) Oh.
Fuck! Okay.
BRIDGET: Writers, ideas.
It's idea time again.
It's that time.
What have you got?
Does anybody have an idea?
Or a story?
Are you guys here?
Can you hear me? Anyone?
Top 1 0 dog parks in SeattIe.
BRIDGET: No.
WOMAN: Summer activities
for winter peopIe.
Not interested.
Jeff?
AII right. How about
this time traveI ad?
What have you got?
JEFF: Yeah,
somebody e-maiIed it in
from the cIassifieds.
He's Iooking
for somebody to go
back in time with him.
Do a IittIe
tongue-in-cheek
investigation.
Find this guy, see if
he thinks it's reaI
or if it's a prank.
BRIDGET: Not bad.
JEFF: The guy says,
"You'II get paid
when you get back.
"Bring your own weapons.
"Safety's not guaranteed."
And he's onIy done
this once before.
See if maybe he
beIieves in this stuff.
I don't know.
I think it couId be funny.
You wanna do it?
AII right. You got it.
Can I get
a coupIe interns?
I'II do it.
HeIp me with the research?
Do some heavy Iifting. . .
Me, too,
pIease. Me.
AII right. Give me
the Iesbian and the Indian,
and I got a story.
We sent a Ietter to
the address in the ad
and asked them
to get back to us.
And I caIIed
the IocaI paper,
but they're reaIIy
uptight about giving out
information on peopIe
that take out ads, so. . .
I fucked Bridget.
DARIUS: Wow.
JEFF: Yeah.
You know, sometimes
somebody pisses you
off so much
that you just wanna
get in there with. . .
Did she Iike
criticize your technique
the whoIe time?
Like boss you around?
She did, right?
Maybe a IittIe.
AII right, we shouId go.
Let's go to Ocean View.
We can just find
whoever put up the ad
and stake him out.
We? What do you mean "we"?
I mean we, the three of us.
Now you don't wanna go?
That pIace sucks.
That pIace does not suck.
I had the best
summer of my Iife
in Ocean View.
I'm not going.
Yeah, you are.
No.
It seemed Iike
I was asking,
but I'm actuaIIy teIIing
as your boss.
You're coming.
DARIUS: Dad,
I'm going out of town
for a few days.
Out out?
No, it's just
this work thing.
Yeah, I think it'd be
great if you went out,
did a IittIe sociaI stuff.
Get out of your funk.
I have no funk.
I'm totaIIy funkIess.
Going out and being
with your friends.
I think it's a great idea.
What's wrong with me?
WeII, you're sad.
I don't know how
to describe it.
It's Iike there's
a cIoud foIIowing you.
You're antisociaI,
and you're a virgin.
What?
I don't ever see
you with any guys.
I don't remember
the Iast time you
brought a guy home.
Yeah, weII, how do
you know I'm not
on CraigsIist
having casuaI encounters?
Or when I was
away at the dorms?
You weren't there.
I taIked to Amy.
Why are you taIking
to my coIIege roommate?
We're Facebook friends.
Oh, my God !
How do I eject?
Why do you have
fIames on your Iaptop?
It's a gaming Iaptop.
It's reaIIy fast.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
What time wouId
you go back to?
If you couId?
I don't know.
I'm fine here.
I wouId definiteIy go back.
Everything cooI is gone.
The Aztecs.
PeopIe kiIIing themseIves
for each other.
You wouIdn't
wanna see the dragons
and the eIves
fight each other in
the magicaI forest?
Come on !
No. That wasn't a time.
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah.
Get in, retards.
So, here's what
I'm thinking. We're
budgeted for two rooms,
but if we share a room,
we can use that extra money
for some other shit.
What, drugs?
JEFF: That's exactIy right.
Easy, Arnau,
we're messing
with you, paI.
We're taIking about using it
for buffets and shit.
You never done
coke or anything
when you're
studying for an exam?
Cocaine? Are you crazy?
What is it you study?
BioIogicaI
and Iife sciences.
Makes sense.
So what are you doing
interning at a magazine?
Diversity Iooks
good on an appIication
for grad schooI.
We got to get you Iaid
on this vacation.
That's what needs to happen.
Vacation?
AII right,
work trip, whatever.
? Send her out
into the worId
? You know that
she's bound to get hurt
? God softIy moved
the young girl
? When she was
digging in the dirt
? You're hurt
? So bring it back ?
(GROANS)
It's freezing here.
It's got bite, don't it?
Reminds me of
going back to schooI.
Yes. It's aII one
Iong schooI year now.
No start, no finish.
Except for this guy.
How many years tiII
you graduate, Arnau?
TotaI, incIuding doctorate
or just undergraduate?
Ah, forget it.
How're we doing
the beds?
We'II do me in one,
interns on the other.
Okay.
No.
CooI. Me and Darius.
(SCOFFS)
Fine. I hope
you moisturize, Arnau,
'cause I cuddIe.
Tomorrow morning first thing,
we hit the post office.
Let's hope our boy checks
his P.O. Box every day.
There she is.
What?
"Wanted, someone to traveI
back in time with me,
"this is not a joke.
"P.O. Box 91
Ocean View, Washington.
"You'II get paid
after we get back.
Must bring your own weapons.
"Safety not guaranteed."
Hey, here we go.
Mmm, no way.
He's too oId to
be time traveIing.
Come on. That's
the time traveIing demo.
White beards,
spectacIes, pipes.
Aww.
CIose.
Wait, what about this one?
DARIUS: Yeah.
She wants to stop whoever
gave her that haircut
from being born.
(GROANS)
Yo! Yo! It's him.
It's the guy.
ARNAU: Him? Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Box 91 . Get in.
Wait, what are you doing?
FoIIowing him.
What about Jeff?
You shouId caII him !
(ENGINE STARTING)
KENNETH: That's
pretty amazing stuff, man.
I'II teII you about
the cat in the box theory,
it'II bIow your mind.
It's Iike I'm the onIy
one who reaIIy gets it.
You know?
I started this diaIog
with some big shot
theoreticaI physicist onIine,
and I'm Iike,
"Do the ruIes of quantum
"mechanics aIIow for
aIternate histories?"
And he just bIasted me.
You know, peopIe are
just so convinced
it's a fixed thing,
but they're just,
Iike, Iooking at
this IittIe sIiver of time,
that's aII peopIe can see.
It's not a fixed thing,
Shannon.
You know, it's on and on
in both directions.
It's Iike a "V,"
you know what I mean?
I gotta do
a bathroom check, brother.
Yeah, we're. . .
You know what I'm saying.
DARIUS: I'd Iike to
fiII out a comment card
on one of your employees,
Kenneth.
What's his Iast name?
Sorry, ma'am,
he's a IittIe. . .
No, no,
it's a positive comment.
It's Iike compIimenting him.
Oh. Oh, good.
Um, Kenneth CaIIoway.
CaIIoway.
Thanks.
JEFF: Hit the thing
that says I have
a new message.
"Liz confirmed you
on Facebook."
(SMACKS)
Here. No photos,
that's a drag.
Okay, good.
She stiII Iives here.
She Iives in this town.
Who is Liz McHoIIis?
She was a girI
I had a fIing with
when my famiIy used to
come here over the summers.
She was this reaIIy
smokin' hot bIond.
She was my first bIow job.
If there's one girI
that I stiII
think about, honestIy.
Here she is. Look at you,
you went aII rogue.
What did you get?
Got his name,
where he works.
Great.
What did you guys get?
She accepted, but no photo,
so I'm not reaIIy sure.
What?
He came here to hook up
with an oId high
schooI girIfriend.
SeriousIy? That's
what you've been doing?
WeII, I've been doing
other stuff too, but
maybe this wiII
change your attitude
a IittIe bit.
That's her when she was 1 8,
I used to see her naked.
So?
So I'm coming back
to try to see her naked again.
I'd be weirded out
if some guy tried
to track me down
after 20 years.
I'd be weirded out too
if some guy tried
to track you down.
DARIUS: Why?
JEFF: Who wouId do that?
Tomorrow morning,
I'II go in.
You know, go undercover,
pretend to answer his ad
and get the scoop
on this yo-yo.
991 MaIIory.
This is definiteIy it.
What a piece of shit.
AII right,
I'm goin' in.
How do I Iook,
Arnau? Good.
Good.
Can I go in?
No, you did
good Iast night,
but I'm gonna handIe this.
I don't wanna
overwheIm the guy.
AII right?
Wish me Iuck.
So, uh. . .
Do you go out
a Iot back home,
Iike cIubs and stuff?
Not reaIIy.
You know those
reaIIy tight Ieggings
that girIs wear,
do you ever wear those?
No.
I think you wouId
Iook nice in them.
HeIIo?
JEFF: Kenneth?
(SLAMS)
Kenneth?
Kenneth CaIIoway, right?
Is that right?
My name is Jeff.
Look, I saw your ad
in the cIassifieds.
I wanna know if
you need a partner.
What's your mission?
What do you mean
what's my mission?
What's your reason
for going back?
WeII, who wouIdn't want
to go back? It's
an amazing opportunity.
To go back in time,
you know?
See gIadiators
and watch dinosaurs
with my own eyes.
Have sex with a piIgrim.
Fun stuff, that's aII I want.
I wanna go back. It's neat.
Who wouIdn't want
to go back, Kenneth?
You wanna go back.
Why do you wanna go back?
WeII, do you need a partner?
Can you Iook fear
and danger in the eye?
That's an odd question.
Have you ever stared
fear and danger in the eye
and said, "Yes"?
Sure.
Get off my porch.
Let's start over.
Come on, we couId be paIs.
Let's go back in time.
Man, that smiIe. . .
What is that smiIe?
You don't know pain.
I don't know pain?
You don't know regret.
Yeah. AII right.
You don't know. . .
Okay.
WeII, it was
reaIIy nice to meet you.
That's what I thought.
(SIGHING)
So, what'd he say?
WeII, he's the reaI deaI.
That ad is no prank.
He's not Iike retarded,
but there's something
wrong with this guy.
DefiniteIy didn't
Iike my ass,
I'II teII you that.
So, what,
that's it?
Oh, no,
this just got good.
What makes you think
he won't sIam
the door in my face, too?
'Cause you gotta be
sincere and charm him,
okay?
He's used to asshoIes
Iike me coming and
making fun of him.
Uh, aIso probabIy
none of the other peopIe
were beautifuI girIs.
Easy, Arnau.
What?
But he's right.
Use that, too.
There's something off
about this guy, okay?
So you gotta go sIow,
Iike you're trapping
a skittish animaI.
You know, Iure him, pIay coy.
GirIs know how to
do that shit.
You're dangIing my vagina
out there Iike bait?
What if this guy's
a murderer?
What if he cuts me up into
IittIe pieces and eats me?
Then the story's even better.
Do you seII guns here?
What kind of guns?
I don't know.
Something sexy and affordabIe
with kiIIing power.
You shouId try
C&R Guns in WiIkins.
The state of Washington
does not aIIow
the saIe of firearms
in the business premises
of a grocer.
Hmm.
What about those thingies
with the spiky baII
at the end of
the chain things?
You know, with the. . .
Do you have those?
What exactIy is
the intended use?
Is there a pest probIem,
or hunting?
WeII, if your ad had
been written properIy,
I may have a better idea
of what I need.
My ad?
Yeah.
It's pretty sIoppy.
Excuse me?
You heard me.
I hope you worked harder
on your caIibrations.
My caIibrations are
fIippin' pinpoint, okay?
Mmm.
There are peopIe after me.
How do I know you
don't work for them?
Because I've never worked
for anybody in my Iife.
You ever faced
certain death?
If it was so certain,
I wouIdn't be here, wouId I?
This is a bad pIace to taIk.
I get off in Iike 1 5.
Rendezvous?
See you in eight.
Ohh, get down !
What's going on?
Just get down !
Don't Iet him see you.
ARNAU: Wait, is he coming?
Yeah.
What the heII is he doing?
I don't know.
He's aII freaked out.
He thinks peopIe
are foIIowing him.
We're gonna rendezvous.
He's taking me to
a secure Iocation.
Get down !
JEFF: If this guy's
taking you to
some sex bunker,
he's gonna be freaked out
when me and Arnau
puII out of this thing
Iike it's a cIown car.
Hey, what's going on
out there?
Shh. Get down !
Shit! He's coming !
Oh, man.
JEFF: Don't Iet him see me,
it'II bIow everything for you.
What am I supposed to do?
I don't know! Do something !
We're being foIIowed !
Go! Get in your car! Go!
What the heII is this?
(COCKS GUN)
Oh, shit!
Git! Git! Go! Get out!
What the fuck?
He's got a gun !
Just get out.
Where are we?
I don't know. Just get out.
I'II come get you
when I'm done. Come on !
I don't know.
Yeah. Fuck that.
Are you guys racist?
It's compIicated.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
HeIIo?
Hey. It's too hot here
right now. Can't taIk.
Look, my gut teIIs me
you're not with them,
but I have to be
absoIuteIy certain.
l'm gonna do a quick
background check on you.
lf everything is good,
l'll be in touch, okay?
Yeah, okay.
AII right, over and. . .
Um, good night.
(ENGINE STARTING)
(SNORING)
Hi, is Liz around?
LIZ: And it's
not necessariIy. . .
It's not a faIse
reIationship, but
she's so charismatic.
She's such a beam of Iight.
AII the reporters
are saying that. AIso,
what I'm reading from. . .
I don't know.
She was big, and Iike. . .
Mmm, and Iike your age?
Yeah. Gross.
It was more Iike. . .
I don't know, Iike
the years have not been
kind to her, you know?
They pretty much took a shit
aII over her face.
So, did your dude caII yet?
No.
ARNAU: Maybe we shouId
do a background
check on this guy,
you know, make sure
he's not a psychopath.
He seems pretty harmIess.
JEFF: Don't worry, Darius,
he'II caII.
I'm sure your
weird mojo cIicked with
his weird mojo and
you got it in the bag.
C'mon !
Ready, hike!
(CROWD CHEERING)
(MARCHING BAND PLAYING)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
(PLAYERS CHEERING)
Hi.
Thanks.
Listen, I'm sorry
about the noise IeveI here.
But we need to
maintain cover.
I'm certain
I'm being recorded,
I'm certain
I'm being foIIowed.
(SIGHS)
So, who are
we deaIing with here?
I'm not sure yet.
Government agents maybe.
ProbabIy.
But the joke's on them.
The technoIogy I've invented
can't be understood
by the average mind.
So, what are the, um. . .
Means of transportation?
Just hoId it in your hoIster
for a second, okay?
I'm stiII making
up my mind about you
as a potentiaI partner.
I have to be
absoIuteIy certain
that I can trust you
before I incIude you
in certain information.
WeII, I just don't
wanna be jerked around.
You know, jerking around
is for jerks.
God, I remember this smeII.
The smeII of grass.
I used to pIay
a IittIe bit,
back in the day.
I think you shouId
give Liz another chance.
Oh, you do?
That sucks to
spend aII that time
thinking about her,
and you're finaIIy here
and you don't
foIIow through with it.
I think it's sad that
you're a 22-year-oId virgin
with those creepy gIasses,
but I don't bring it up.
You know what?
ActuaIIy, Arnau,
there are Iots of
hot chicks here, man.
You couId kiII in
a pIace Iike this.
You shouId run game.
Arnau, Arnau, Arnau,
be cooI, run game.
Shh.
She's in, Iike,
high schooI.
I know!
I know she's
in high schooI
and you're in coIIege.
Who do you think
that girI wants
to fuck? You !
CouId you, pIease!
What?
So what's the year?
Where are we going?
2001 . Is that gonna
work for you?
It's perfect.
I wiII need to know
the timetabIe, though.
There's a criticaI step soon.
I need to obtain
certain materiaIs
to faciIitate the traveI.
I pIan to execute this step
within the next week.
Why 2001 ? What are
you going back for?
Like I said,
certain information
wiII have to wait.
Knock him on his ass,
he's a bum !
Right there,
these two.
AII right. Let's go.
Why? Sit down.
We're not going anywhere.
TeII me why. Why?
You're drinking aIcohoI
at a high schooI game.
You're damn right I am.
United States of America.
Drinking a beer
at a footbaII game.
Don't get tough
on me, big guy.
Let's not do this.
KENNETH: Wait a minute,
I know him. He came
to my house.
Um, I think that guy
is recording
our conversation.
Is there
somewhere eIse we can go?
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
Stay cIose. Yeah.
Are you okay?
I reaIIy wouId have
messed that guy up
if I wasn't trying to
keep such a Iow profiIe.
I'm gIad I got to see
your quaIities, though.
I think you're ready
for the next step,
some basic training.
The heat's moving in.
That's aII for tonight.
I'm Ieaving.
I'm waIking out!
I'm Ieaving by choice.
By choice.
SeriousIy?
This pIace is a dump.
Let's get out of here.
Fuck.
(GUN FIRING)
Pretty good. You might
be a one arm shooter.
Okay, I'II try it.
Let's just Ioosen it up.
You ready?
Yeah.
Yeah ! You smoked him !
I smoked him.
Come on !
I think I'm
getting better than you.
Hey, Iet's not get ahead
of yourseIf here, okay?
It's one thing to
hit a target
that's standing stiII,
but think about it
when the heat's moving in.
(SIREN WAILING
AND GUNSHOTS ON BOOM BOX)
Smoke it!
? l wanna build you up
Brick by brick
? l wanna break you down
Brick by brick
? l'm gonna reconstruct
DoubIe smoke!
? Brick by brick
? Ahh
? Brick by brick
? Ahh ?
How are your
hamstrings hoIding up?
ReaI good.
You're pretty impressive
with a handgun.
It's a superIative performance
under simuIated pressure.
Our chemistry is
starting to buiId.
I reaIIy Iike your intensity.
You're, Iike, no-nonsense.
There's no sense
in nonsense. EspeciaIIy
when the heat's hot.
ExactIy.
I Iike your intensity, too.
Yeah?
Yeah. You've got good moves.
Nobody's seen
my moves before.
Haven't brought
a candidate this far into
the training process.
ReaIIy?
We'II be Iearning
from each other from now on.
Good.
We stiII have to
discuss your reason
for going back.
That's cIassified
information.
I can appreciate that,
I respect that,
but I have
a certain responsibiIity
to keep as the Ieader
of this mission.
Then I have to teII you
that it's personaI.
Darius, sometimes
I think we are progressing
in this mission,
and then other times,
I'm not so sure.
I'm going back to
stop my mother from dying
when I was 1 4.
How'd she die?
She was kiIIed by some guy.
Just some guy
at a gas station
took her and kiIIed her.
Oh, man.
Just some random thing?
Yeah.
WeII, no, actuaIIy.
She was driving home.
It was reaIIy Iate,
and she caIIed me to teII me
she was coming home, and I. . .
I asked her to stop
and get me chocoIate miIk.
Because I had to
have chocoIate miIk.
So Iike five minutes Iater,
she caIIed me
to teII me that she
got the chocoIate miIk
and she was coming home.
And her voice was Iike,
reaIIy excited,
Iike she was reaIIy happy.
And I was,
Iike, okay, whatever.
I wasn't even nice.
That was the Iast time
I taIked to her.
That's not your fauIt.
Yeah. That's
what they teII me.
AII right, Darius.
I think you're ready.
I trust you.
Good.
You shouId.
Jeff! Hey!
Hey. Liz,
it's great to see you.
Look at you.
Look at you.
So, this is where you Iive.
This is my house.
WeII, Iook, I wanna say
I'm sorry about yesterday.
I was gonna come,
but work's
getting crazy and. . .
I was sad 'cause you
got me thinking about you
on that Facebook.
I never thought
I'd see you again.
Oh, God, excuse me.
WouId you come in?
I'd Iove to.
Your hair's red.
Yeah.
It's different.
Yeah. I changed it.
It's just about the onIy
thing I've changed.
ReaIIy?
Yeah.
Kind of. What about you?
A Iot has changed.
AImost, Iike, everything.
TeII me.
The car. . . I got an EscaIade.
And my job's going reaIIy
weII. Got a great condo.
TeII me about your Iife.
I just did.
(CHUCKLES) I've got to read
this magazine of yours.
Oh, don't.
That is so exciting.
It's not that exciting.
You know what?
I aIways thought
you'd do something
speciaI with your Iife.
If you knew what
it was reaIIy Iike,
you wouIdn't say
it was speciaI.
Oh, come on. What. . .
What's wrong with your neck?
Sorry I'm doing that.
It's just I got
this shooting pain.
I have to share a bed
with a maIe intern.
And I don't feeI Iike
rubbing asses with him, so. . .
(LAUGHING)
Let me see.
You don't have to do that.
Oh.
Ooh.
You need to put
some heat on that.
(OVEN TIMER DINGS)
I do?
Oh, I have pies in the oven.
You make pies?
I made some pies.
I made, uh, peach, appIe,
strawberry rhubarb.
Which one do you want?
Yeah.
LIZ: Mmm.
(MOANING)
Liz, that is unbeIievabIe.
You bake pies,
you give these massages,
and you're not married?
I don't get it.
I was married.
He was a baII pIayer.
And I was the good
IittIe wife, baking
cookies for the team.
Oh, my God,
you bake cookies, too?
Cameron got traded,
and when he went
up to the MarIins,
he started making money
and started messing around
with those Miami girIs.
WeII, I can
say this honestIy,
Cameron's an idiot.
Yeah, weII, we were young.
Hey, do you have
one free night whiIe
you're in town?
Because I wouId
Iike to make you
a homemade dinner.
I wanna eat that
homemade dinner.
DARIUS: I'm just gonna
press "record." Okay.
So, Kenneth, why are you
looking for a partner?
I feeI Iike
the world is mostly
full ofjankholes,
but I beIieve that
there are purists out there,
and that's why l put
that ad in the paper.
lt's my hope that
if you're watching
this video,
something incredible
has happened.
I do beIieve that martiaI arts
are for self-defense only.
WhiIe I wouId Iike
to maneuver through
this worId with
an open heart and mind,
sometimes that
doesn't gain you favor.
So I just need to be
equipped with
the necessary skill sets,
guns, training,
weapons, fighting,
in case I encounter
any obstacles that
need to be defeated.
The area is cIear.
DARIUS: Oh, my God!
Mission accomplished.
Wow! Man,
that was intense.
Task completed.
KENNETH: The mission
has to do with regret
and the mission has
to do with mistakes.
The mission's
aIso about Iove.
l'm already saying too much.
Aren't you interested
in some of this
equipment or something?
Can we taIk
about something else?
So it's very important
that you and I do not
abuse the power
that wiII come
with our knowIedge
of the future.
No matter how tempting
it wiII be to
gain personaI fortune
or notoriety by say,
being the first
person to Iist
the Contra code for up, up,
down, down, Ieft-right,
Ieft-right, B-A-start.
Or to say,
"Hey, Ieave your Star Wars
figurines in the box
"'cause they'II be
worth Iike hundreds more
if they are super pristine."
But what about if it's,
Iike, for the betterment
of future society?
AbsoIuteIy not.
We have to stick to the pIan.
So when do you fiII
me in on the pIan?
Pretty soon.
The action's getting hungry.
Ugh.
I can't eat here.
KENNETH: Why?
See that kid?
He's Iike a mutant kid.
Hey, there's
something on your ear.
Um. . .
It's fine, it does. . .
Are you okay?
It Iooks Iike it's
faIIing off or something.
No, no, no. It's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Shit! Sorry. It's off.
DARIUS: Kenneth !
The mission's off,
I'm sorry.
Forget it.
You're not the right one.
Hey, what's wrong?
It's fake.
What's fake?
My fIipping ear is fake.
They used to make fun of me,
aII the other kids.
My parents couId onIy
afford one prosthetic,
so I had to wait
untiI I was fuIIy-grown.
You know that's not
a big deaI, right?
Yes, it is!
No, it isn't.
PeopIe used to
make fun of me, too.
Yeah, right.
I shave my arms and
wax my upper Iip, okay?
You're saying that to
make me feeI better.
I'm serious.
I had a freaking mustache
untiI I was 1 4.
(SIGHS)
Okay, we can stiII do this,
but you have to promise me
we're never,
ever gonna taIk about
my ear ever again
for as Iong as you
and I both shaII Iive.
Okay. Okay.
Forever.
But can I say something?
What?
I think it's kinda cooI.
Get in.
Okay.
So then, what did you
teII him your reason
for going back to 2001 is?
I just made up some story.
Yeah? What's the story?
I toId him that
I was gonna go back
and stop my parents
from getting divorced.
Arnau, you son of
a bitch. Smash him !
What are you doing?
Whatever I'm doing,
I'm feeIing
fan-fucking-tastic doing it.
Ew, did you just
have sex with that girI
you came here to staIk?
No, I didn't, actuaIIy.
We shared
a nice conversation.
And you know the truth is,
she's not that fat.
I don't know, a girI's beauty,
it's in the eyes, you know?
And that doesn't
go away with age.
Wow.
ARNAU: So, anyway,
can we pIease just
focus on the articIe
and figure out what's
wrong with this guy,
Iike Iow I.Q. ,
or emotionaI disorder,
or whatever it is?
What makes you think
there's something
wrong with him?
'Cause he thinks
he can go back in time.
Was there something
wrong with Einstein
or David Bowie?
Not the same.
Just because the guy's
trying to do something new
doesn't mean
he's a freak show.
So you think this is normaI?
I don't know. Is it
normaI that your interns
do aII your work for you?
Is that normaI?
Right.
Is that how aII your
articIes get written?
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
It's him. I have to go.
KENNETH: Okay, this is it.
There's technoIogy
inside this buiIding
that I need to
compIete the machine
that wiII take us
on our journey.
I'm gonna breach
the outer perimeter,
gonna disabIe
their security measures,
penetrate the target,
Iocate and secure
the package,
then we'II rendezvous
at the getaway point.
You got it?
Rendezvous at
the getaway point.
I've been watching
this pIace for weeks.
Yeah, got it.
The security's fuII
of hoIes. We'II be fine.
Okay.
(KNOCKING ON CAR)
Fuck!
Stay focused.
? What am l doing?
Why am l doing this?
? What am l doing?
Why am l doing this? ?
Let me see those keys.
(SIGHS)
Shit!
Okay.
(VOICES MURMURING)
(WOMAN GIGGLING)
(MURMURING STOPS)
(DOOR CREAKING)
KENNETH: Come on !
MAN: Excuse me?
Hey! Hey!
What is that?
What are those?
Lasers.
Lasers?
Those are reaI Iasers?
KENNETH: The mission's
been compromised.
MAN: Hey.
Where are you going?
Let's get out
of here! Drive!
(BRAKE STALLING)
KENNETH: FIoor it!
Sorry.
(STAMMERING) What do
we do with the van?
Leave it.
I stoIe it from the Iot.
Hey, you didn't
hurt anyone, did you?
Like, you didn't. . .
No, no, no, no.
Look, it's a fake.
No casuaIties.
Here. Take it.
Ahh ! Ahh ! Okay.
You okay?
Yeah.
Take this.
It'II make you feeI better.
You're shaking.
It's just adrenaIine
from the infiItration.
It's good.
You ready? Come on,
Iet's go. Come on.
Yeah. Yeah.
Go. Go.
KENNETH: We gotta
stick to the back roads,
we can't be seen out here.
DARIUS: Oh, my God ! Okay.
Damn it!
We're getting off the road.
Why?
Those are
government empIoyees.
They'II bIow our cover.
We gotta wait it out.
Kenneth, it's fine.
They won't teII.
No. We can't have
any witnesses
that wiII connect
my car to the van.
The peopIe that are after me
are gonna be on fuII aIert.
They'II put
the pieces together.
TotaIIy unprofessionaI !
(SIGHS)
It's okay.
It's just. . .
It's a girI.
My reason for
going back is a girI.
Who was she?
She's my first girIfriend.
Her birthday was
the exact same day
in ApriI as
mine is in October.
We ended up working
at the same restaurant.
She was just so nice to me.
She wouId make me
speciaI food
and after work,
whiIe aII her friends
were getting ready to go out,
she wouId just hang out
and taIk with me.
She was reaIIy pretty.
What happened to her?
She died.
Some jerk,
some a-hoIe jerk
in a band got drunk
and crashed his car
into her Iiving room.
I shouId have
been there, you know.
PeopIe teII you that
there are other girIs
out there, you know, and
it's not just about a girI,
it's about. . .
It's about a time
and a pIace.
Do you have a favorite song?
WouId you teII me
what it is?
It's stupid.
What is it?
Over the Rainbow.
It's a reaIIy
beautifuI song.
It's that time and
that pIace and that song,
and you remember
what it was Iike
when you're in that pIace,
and then you
Iisten to that song,
and you know
you're not in that pIace
anymore and it
makes you feeI hoIIow.
Mmm-hmm.
Can't just go find
that stuff again.
I Iike your reason
for going back.
It's reaIIy nice.
Thanks.
Fucking Iasers?
What kind of Iasers?
I don't know, I'm not
a frickin' Stormtrooper.
JEFF: This guy's awesome.
He's over there right now
thinking he's buiIding
a frickin' time machine.
Hey, Arnau,
what are the chances
he can do that
with these Iasers?
How wouId I know, I'm not a. . .
He doesn't know.
He's not a frickin'
Stormtrooper either.
Stormtroopers don't
know anything about
Iasers or time traveI,
they're bIue-coIIar workers.
I gotta see this shit.
Isn't this Iike
vioIating his privacy?
Don't worry about it.
JEFF: I can't see much.
Looks Iike an engine.
What are you buiIding
in there, Kenny?
(DOOR CLOSES)
(MAN WHISTLES)
JEFF: Who's this asshoIe?
DARIUS: Oh, my God,
there are peopIe
foIIowing him.
There are reaIIy
peopIe foIIowing him.
We're doing this.
Stay back. Don't spook him.
Stay back.
Don't scare them.
This is fucking intense.
We're going
fifteen miIes an hour.
Shit. He saw us.
Oh, shit,
they're onto us.
Onto what?
Shit.
Don't Iet him
see you ! Duck!
Stay down !
What the heII,
did you see those guys?
They Iook Iike
government agents
or something.
He's reaIIy being foIIowed.
HoIy shit!
Is this guy for reaI?
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
Kenneth? Are you okay?
KENNETH: I can't taIk
right now, okay?
Just watch your back.
Okay.
Stay Iow and Iay Iow.
Yeah.
Go to the beach,
I'II pick you up.
It's aImost time, Darius.
DARIUS: This is
totaIIy crazy.
Who do you think
those guys are?
I have no idea.
Maybe he's not
totaIIy insane,
maybe he reaIIy thinks
he's doing something and. . .
I don't know.
What? Why are you
Iooking at me Iike that?
I don't know.
You got a thing for this guy?
What?
No! I'm taIk. . .
(SIGHS)
You saw those guys.
Can I ask you a question?
Do you mind, as a reporter?
What?
What is it that
you two weirdos do
when you're off aIone?
I'm getting information.
What are you doing
when you're off aIone?
I'm seeing an oId friend.
Just take me to the beach.
I have to meet him.
AII right, this is it.
It's pretty obvious
they see
a threat in me possessing
this kind of power.
It's not cIear yet what
entity they represent.
Their presence here
definiteIy acceIerates
the pIan, though.
They're gonna
have one of their
guys at every door,
but you shouId be okay.
I don't think
they've ID'ed you yet.
Got it.
Good Iuck.
Wait!
Go! Go!
Shannon?
I'm supposed to
give this to you.
This is from Kenneth.
Kenneth said to
give this to me?
My wife, she's. . .
You teII him. . .
TeII him I hope he gets
wherever he's goin'
and it aII works out
Iike he wants.
I'II teII him.
AII good?
Yeah.
What?
Nothing.
Yeah, we're getting
some reaIIy
great stuff, Bridget,
I'm gonna need
a coupIe more days.
Bridget, I'm doing
an interview right now.
Yeah, I'II send you
an e-maiI with
aII the information,
and I'II paint
you a reaI picture.
Okay. I have to
go right now.
Wow.
That aII seems so dangerous.
Her running around
with this guy. . .
Oh, she'II be fine.
You got any more
of that Ieftover pie?
That was pretty good.
I was thinking about you
and the time
we spent together.
I was pretty ripped
back then. Top of
my game back then.
You were not ripped.
Yes, I was.
(LAUGHS)
Why don't you feeI me now?
You Iook great.
KENNETH: Are you famiIiar
with cryptography?
Yeah. Of course.
Yeah. WeII, I prefer
the St. Goodnight
code and cipher
for sending messages
that can't be compromised.
It's just 4-4-3-1 -4 and
then you just reverse
the whoIe thing, okay?
Yeah. Got it.
Learn it.
Practice it.
Hey!
If I show you something,
wiII you promise
not to teII anybody
eIse about it, ever?
Yeah.
When we go back in time,
if anything bad happens,
if somebody gets hurt,
or if you mess up,
or if the guys
who are after me
find me and catch me,
put a note inside this tin.
I'm gonna do the same thing.
If anything goes wrong,
we go back and we fix it.
Okay.
(SIGHS)
So far so good.
So that's been
there since 2001 ?
Since I was a kid.
I used to come up here
and camp with the Boy Scouts
near here when I was IittIe.
Do you know
what Star Wars is?
Yes.
Yeah.
So, when I was younger,
I used to bring my
Star Wars figures up here,
'cause I didn't
wanna Ieave 'em
back at the house
'cause they'd get IoneIy.
And some of
the more cynicaI kids
wouId make fun of me,
they wouId throw them
in the fire and stuff. . .
ReaIIy?
This was before my
martiaI arts training,
of course.
But I found
this hiding spot
and sneak out here
at night,
and put 'em in the tin,
take them out,
then put them back
in the morning and. . .
Anyway. . .
I wish I couId see you
when you were a IittIe kid.
I was not as impressive
as I am now,
I can assure you.
What?
Yeah.
Okay.
Wanna see something cooI?
Yeah.
Come on.
That was the best sex
I've ever had.
And I've had a Iot of sex.
That's what you said
about the roast chicken.
That was the best
roast chicken I ever had.
You don't know
how Iong I've
thought about this.
You've become this,
Iike, character
in my head that's Iike,
it feeIs Iike
you're from a fairy taIe,
and you're Iike this purity
that's just not in my Iife.
Aww.
You are so cute.
Hey.
This is gonna sound crazy.
I want you to come
to SeattIe with me.
What?
Yeah.
(CHUCKLES) It's crazy,
but I want you to come. . .
Jeff, the minute you
drive out of this pIace,
you are not going to
want to be with me.
That's just not true.
That's what I'm saying,
I mean, do you not feeI this?
You're not in your
right mind right now.
I'm absoIuteIy
in my right mind.
This is the cIearest
I've been in a Iong time.
I've done this before.
You haven't done it with me.
No, I've done this
before and I'm too oId.
We're the same damn age.
Oh.
That's perfect.
That's unbeIievabIe.
UnbeIievabIe. Okay.
Great. This is good.
This is perfect.
I'm gIad you said that
'cause this was a mistake.
You're right.
You know what?
I open up my heart
to you and. . .
(LAUGHING)
Thank you,
because my head
was turned around. . .
Jeff. . .
But it ain't anymore.
I think you're being
a IittIe crazy about this.
Yeah. I think you're
crazy for saying no.
PIease go.
I'm goin' by choice.
(SIGHS)
Why are you sitting here?
Why wouId you be
sitting on your computer?
You are a young man.
You got the whoIe
worId ahead of you.
I'm asking you to
be a man and try.
Are you ready to have
a crazy night with me?
'Cause I'm ready.
Say you're ready.
Say you're ready.
I'm ready.
My man. Good answer.
Let's do something stupid !
Stay here.
(CIVILIAN PLAYING)
You guys ever
partied in an EscaIade?
Here we go.
Here we go.
Drink. Drink.
You drink. Open that
up and start drinking,
I didn't buy it for nothing.
Good girI.
Go. Go.
Drink, drink, drink.
(SCREAMING)
Arnau !
This guy's
getting Iaid tonight.
He's my best friend !
Arnau ! Pay
the son of a bitch !
You warm enough?
Mmm-hmm.
This is aII your stuff?
WeII, I just kind
of set up here,
the Boy Scouts don't
reaIIy come up here
after September, so
it's kind of Iike
having a second home,
come to spend some nights
and cIear the head.
Okay. This is for you.
I circIed the Iocation
on the map,
this way you'II aIways
know where to find
the truck and this campsite.
Don't get Iost.
Okay.
What's that?
Is that a guitar?
No, it's caIIed a zither.
Can you pIay this?
Not very weII at aII.
My dad had one,
he was reaIIy good.
BeIinda reaIIy
Iiked music, so. . .
I aIways wished I couId have
pIayed her something,
so I've been writing her
this song for when
I see her again.
WiII you pIay it?
It's. . .
PIease?
No, it's not finished
and it's reaIIy just
not very good, so. . .
WeII, I'II teII you
if it's good or not.
Okay.
It's onIy haIfway done,
so it's just Iike. . .
(PLAYING BlG MACHlNE)
? Stand straight
? FaII back in Iine
? Comb your hair
? Get to work on time
? Everyone in the big machine
? Tries to break your heart
? And pull you underneath
? Maybe l'm wrong
? And all that you get
is what you see
? Maybe l'm right
? And there's something
out there to beIieve
? Everybody's
talking in their sleep
? They push
a Iot of air around
? But don't say
much of anything
? Except when
they laugh at me
? Like ghosts under a sheet
? Everybody's
talking in their sleep ?
I messed up a bunch of parts,
but that's basicaIIy
what it is.
No, it's so good.
Shut up.
So good.
Thanks.
Yeah.
Yeah. Anyway, you coId?
Ew. . .
Trust me. Trust me.
Now, feeI this.
It works, right?
What are you
doing in the Iobby?
Are they stiII in there?
Yeah, that's the point.
She's stiII in there.
You go.
What do you mean I go?
I didn't want to hang
out with these three.
I did it for you !
I don't think so.
It's fine. You go.
Are you gay?
What? No. . .
Is that what this is?
No.
I'm asking you seriousIy,
I'm not judging you.
You don't know this about me,
but I don't care
about that stuff.
No, Jeff, I'm not gay, no.
This is set up perfectIy.
Do you not think she's hot?
You're acting
Iike it's so easy.
Because it is so easy.
No, Jeff. It's easy
for you, not for me.
Why not?
Because I'm not you, Jeff.
Do you just wanna
see me get embarrassed?
No!
Arnau, come here, man.
Come here.
Fucking come here.
I'm not pranking you, man.
You're not gonna
get this opportunity
very much Ionger.
(CHUCKLES) You're not aIways
gonna be 21 , young man.
I promise you fucking that.
(STAMMERING) I don't know.
I don't know what to. . .
How do I start?
First of aII, take
these pedophiIe gIasses off
and don't wear these,
they make you Iook
Iike a weirdo, man.
I'm gonna put these on you.
HoIy shit!
Look at that kiIIer.
That dude right there
crushes chicks.
I wouId take a photo
of you and show you how
good you Iooked right now,
'cause you Iook fantastic.
You Iook Iike a damn piIot.
Okay.
Like a cooI piIot
who drives jets.
Pop this shit. Uh-oh !
Boom, boom, boom.
Act Iike you've
been there before.
You're not gonna
be your age forever.
One day, you're
gonna be the oId dirtbag.
AII by yourseIf.
This is the moment
you Iive for.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Hey, HaIIoween,
you smoke?
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah.
Jeff, what the fuck?
It's so earIy, Bridget.
Yeah, I'm working here.
Isn't that what
you're doing down there?
Yes. That's what I'm doing.
l've been going over
the notes that
you've been sending in.
This BeIinda St. Sing,
the ex-girIfriend he said
died in an accident.
Is that her name?
Yeah, that's right.
Why?
You're past curfew.
Were those girIs with you?
1 00 % Arnau.
Mmm.
Hey, you know that
girI your boyfriend
was going back in time
to save, BeIinda?
Yeah?
WeII, she's aIive and weII.
Lives about an hour away.
Uh. . .
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
How? What do you mean?
Bridget caIIed and
set up an interview.
I think
your IittIe boyfriend
is seriousIy nuts.
Yeah, I know,
he's totaIIy nuts.
He's compIeteIy crazy.
I know.
So she's aIive. Okay.
I wanna do the interview.
That's fine.
You sure
you got this, kiddo?
Yeah?
Darius?
Hi.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Come on in.
I've never been interviewed
by a magazine before.
He worked at Anderson's,
which was
the restaurant I waited at
aII throughout coIIege,
and he was reaIIy nice.
Different just than
the typicaI guys, I guess.
So how Iong were
you guys together?
Uh. . .
WeII, we were never
reaIIy together, together.
You never dated?
I mean, I wouIdn't caII
it dating. He was, um. . .
He was one of
those guys, who
you kind of know
has a crush on you,
but he's reaIIy nice
and so you're
reaIIy nice back.
But he wasn't the type of guy
who you couId easiIy, um,
fit into your Iife,
you know, with your
friends and everything.
He was
weird, I guess we've aII
had one of those guys, right?
Yeah. Yeah,
I know what you mean.
So, then what happened?
Do you guys stiII taIk?
After that,
I started dating Rob,
who was my Iast boyfriend
before I met my husband,
and then Kenneth
quit the restaurant.
I didn't see him for
a whiIe after that.
Then there was the accident.
Accident?
Kenneth ran his car
into my boyfriend's house.
There was a big dent
under the kitchen window.
My God !
So I convinced Rob
to just Iet him go
and we. . .
We toId the poIice
it was a hit and run.
I haven't seen him
since then.
But you said
you've seen him recentIy.
How is he?
He's good.
Excuse me.
Darius?
Can we have
a moment of your time?
Nothing to be
aIarmed about.
We'd just Iike to
ask a few questions
about Kenneth CaIIoway.
Whoa. Guys?
We're from
SeattIe Magazine.
We're just here doing
a story on this guy.
We're not invoIved
with what he's
invoIved with.
What do you want with him?
SMITH: He's been contacting
government scientists
on the Internet,
asking questions
about our particIe
acceIerator in BerkeIey.
We've been
investigating CaIIoway
for a coupIe of years now
and we suspect him
of being an agent.
He can't be a spy.
He was arrested
in CoIorado for
breaking into
a nucIear physics
Iaboratory.
And then there was
the recent robbery
at a medicaI
research center here.
Oh, yeah?
And what did he take?
Are you sure it was him
that broke into
the medicaI research pIace?
You have evidence?
We're confident.
He hasn't been
back to his house
in the past 24 hours.
Give us a caII if
you hear from him?
WiII do.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So, what's
your story about?
Oh, the story.
(CHUCKLES)
I don't know anymore,
actuaIIy.
You aII right?
You sure?
Yeah.
Wake up, SIeeping Beauty.
Kenneth?
Kenneth? I'm coming in.
KENNETH: Darius?
Hey. What are
you doing here?
Everything's set.
We move the machine
to the Iaunch site.
Departure is at 5:00 p.m.
How'd you get in here
anyway? The spooks
are aII over me.
It's crazy out there.
I had to sneak in
through the back.
Hey, we need to taIk.
About Iast night. I know.
Last night
was a thunderboIt.
But I reaIize
our working reIationship
became compIicated,
so for now, maybe
we just re-focus and
concentrate on the mission.
Whose house is this?
It's my house.
My parents Ieft it to me.
Where are the Iasers?
Can you show me the Iasers?
What's wrong with your voice?
Where's the time machine?
The time machine is
at the Iaunch site.
Oh, right,
it's at the Iaunch site.
Darius.
What are you doing?
I taIked to those guys
who are foIIowing you.
And they toId me
that you stoIe
those Iasers because
you're some kind
of spy or something.
That's perfect.
Let them think that,
it works in our favor.
It's better. SeriousIy.
I aIso taIked to BeIinda.
What?
Yeah.
You did not taIk to BeIinda.
Yeah, I did.
I taIked to BeIinda.
I was just at her house.
No! No!
What are you doing?
She's aIive!
She's aIive! Okay.
This is good. Okay.
This means
the mission must have
been successfuI,
and we have saved her
and we've come
back to the present. . .
Hey, hey. . .
Hey, you can be
honest with me, okay?
I reaIIy Iike you.
Okay.
Yes. But this is the thing.
It's a compIicated science
and cannot be
measured by our brains. . .
You can't time traveI !
This is aII crazy.
Okay, you Iied to me.
Listen to me.
What eIse are
you Iying about?
Hey, hey, Iisten to me.
You come to that
Iaunch site at 5:00 p.m. ,
you take my hand
and I'II show you
who can't time traveI.
Oh, shit!
AII right?
Darius! They're
right behind the house!
Wait. . .
They're right behind me.
Wait, you're with that guy?
Are you. . .
No.
Were you making fun of me?
No, I wouId have never. . .
Nobody was making
fun of you, Kenneth.
We are writing
an honest piece about
you for a magazine.
Magazine? Darius, don't. . .
We're not
making fun of you.
Get out of my house!
JEFF: We're on your side.
We're here to heIp.
No, I'm Ieaving tonight!
So is he reaIIy buiIding
a time machine or what?
Why did you
make me do this?
I didn't make you do this.
You wanted the story.
You don't care
about the story!
You don't care about him.
You just came here
to hook up with
oId girIfriends.
What's going on?
Hey, guys,
check this out.
It's open.
Watch your head.
I know what they
were Iooking for.
I saw it, it was Iike a,
Iike a jet engine
or something.
JEFF: It's gone!
Darius, have you
seen this stuff before?
What the heII was
he buiIding in here?
DARIUS: I don't know.
You don't think
he actuaIIy buiIt it,
do you?
HoIy shit!
Move!
JEFF: Darius!
(SIGHS)
(ENGINE STARTING)
Kenneth, I'm sorry.
Were you making a joke of me
the whoIe time?
No.
I promise.
I Iied about the story,
but everything eIse
was reaI, okay?
That was reaIIy me.
Then get on.
Come with me.
The mission's been updated.
I'm going back for you now.
AII right. You trust me?
Come on.
Take my hand.
I know what
I'm doing, okay?
FIip that switch.
Do it. FIip it down.
Are you ready?
Go!
(JEFF WHOOPING)
KENNETH: ...to go it aIone
or to go with a partner.
When you choose a partner,
you have to
have compromises
and sacrifices,
but it's the price you pay.
Do I wanna foIIow
my every whim and desire
as l make my way
through time and space?
Absolutely.
But at the end
of the day, do l
need someone when
l'm doubting myself,
and I'm insecure and
my heart's failing me?
Do I need someone who,
when the heat gets hot,
has my back?
DARIUS: So, do you?
I do.
do you want me to go?
(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)
College?
Oh, l was totally outgoong.
A real people person.
ln high school,
I feIt Iike that mouse
that gets dropped
into the snake cage
and just kinda sits there,
frozen, trying to blend in.
l guess l remember being
happy when l was a kid.
Back when you
just naturally expect
good things to happen.
Before my mom died.
Now l just expect the worst
and try not to
get my hopes up.
Which is why l'm here.
Does that answer
the question?
UsuaIIy peopIe just say
where they're from and
where they worked before.
Great. (LAUGHS) I'm
aIready overquaIified.
So, in your previous
experience,
the caII of duty
for a customer?
No.
Oh, I get it.
You think you're
too good for this.
Why are you even here?
No, I'm sorry. . .
(SIGHS)
I reaIIy need the money.
I Iive at home,
I work my ass off
at this internship.
I just. . .
Yeah, it's not gonna
work out here.
I can teII your type.
You're just not
a quaIity hire.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Wazzup?
No, I don't want
the prepubescent Iook.
I want a woman.
We don't retouch
at SeattIe Magazine.
We're journaIists.
No, not there. An intern.
Yeah.
That's what I'm saying.
We respect women.
Don't put that there.
That goes in
the utiIity cIoset. . .
I know. . .
And then refresh
aII the bathrooms.
I was just giving
you this change.
(LAUGHING) Yeah,
this is my job now.
It's Iike speIIing
things out for interns.
(INHALES) Oh.
Fuck! Okay.
BRIDGET: Writers, ideas.
It's idea time again.
It's that time.
What have you got?
Does anybody have an idea?
Or a story?
Are you guys here?
Can you hear me? Anyone?
Top 1 0 dog parks in SeattIe.
BRIDGET: No.
WOMAN: Summer activities
for winter peopIe.
Not interested.
Jeff?
AII right. How about
this time traveI ad?
What have you got?
JEFF: Yeah,
somebody e-maiIed it in
from the cIassifieds.
He's Iooking
for somebody to go
back in time with him.
Do a IittIe
tongue-in-cheek
investigation.
Find this guy, see if
he thinks it's reaI
or if it's a prank.
BRIDGET: Not bad.
JEFF: The guy says,
"You'II get paid
when you get back.
"Bring your own weapons.
"Safety's not guaranteed."
And he's onIy done
this once before.
See if maybe he
beIieves in this stuff.
I don't know.
I think it couId be funny.
You wanna do it?
AII right. You got it.
Can I get
a coupIe interns?
I'II do it.
HeIp me with the research?
Do some heavy Iifting. . .
Me, too,
pIease. Me.
AII right. Give me
the Iesbian and the Indian,
and I got a story.
We sent a Ietter to
the address in the ad
and asked them
to get back to us.
And I caIIed
the IocaI paper,
but they're reaIIy
uptight about giving out
information on peopIe
that take out ads, so. . .
I fucked Bridget.
DARIUS: Wow.
JEFF: Yeah.
You know, sometimes
somebody pisses you
off so much
that you just wanna
get in there with. . .
Did she Iike
criticize your technique
the whoIe time?
Like boss you around?
She did, right?
Maybe a IittIe.
AII right, we shouId go.
Let's go to Ocean View.
We can just find
whoever put up the ad
and stake him out.
We? What do you mean "we"?
I mean we, the three of us.
Now you don't wanna go?
That pIace sucks.
That pIace does not suck.
I had the best
summer of my Iife
in Ocean View.
I'm not going.
Yeah, you are.
No.
It seemed Iike
I was asking,
but I'm actuaIIy teIIing
as your boss.
You're coming.
DARIUS: Dad,
I'm going out of town
for a few days.
Out out?
No, it's just
this work thing.
Yeah, I think it'd be
great if you went out,
did a IittIe sociaI stuff.
Get out of your funk.
I have no funk.
I'm totaIIy funkIess.
Going out and being
with your friends.
I think it's a great idea.
What's wrong with me?
WeII, you're sad.
I don't know how
to describe it.
It's Iike there's
a cIoud foIIowing you.
You're antisociaI,
and you're a virgin.
What?
I don't ever see
you with any guys.
I don't remember
the Iast time you
brought a guy home.
Yeah, weII, how do
you know I'm not
on CraigsIist
having casuaI encounters?
Or when I was
away at the dorms?
You weren't there.
I taIked to Amy.
Why are you taIking
to my coIIege roommate?
We're Facebook friends.
Oh, my God !
How do I eject?
Why do you have
fIames on your Iaptop?
It's a gaming Iaptop.
It's reaIIy fast.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
What time wouId
you go back to?
If you couId?
I don't know.
I'm fine here.
I wouId definiteIy go back.
Everything cooI is gone.
The Aztecs.
PeopIe kiIIing themseIves
for each other.
You wouIdn't
wanna see the dragons
and the eIves
fight each other in
the magicaI forest?
Come on !
No. That wasn't a time.
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah.
Get in, retards.
So, here's what
I'm thinking. We're
budgeted for two rooms,
but if we share a room,
we can use that extra money
for some other shit.
What, drugs?
JEFF: That's exactIy right.
Easy, Arnau,
we're messing
with you, paI.
We're taIking about using it
for buffets and shit.
You never done
coke or anything
when you're
studying for an exam?
Cocaine? Are you crazy?
What is it you study?
BioIogicaI
and Iife sciences.
Makes sense.
So what are you doing
interning at a magazine?
Diversity Iooks
good on an appIication
for grad schooI.
We got to get you Iaid
on this vacation.
That's what needs to happen.
Vacation?
AII right,
work trip, whatever.
? Send her out
into the worId
? You know that
she's bound to get hurt
? God softIy moved
the young girl
? When she was
digging in the dirt
? You're hurt
? So bring it back ?
(GROANS)
It's freezing here.
It's got bite, don't it?
Reminds me of
going back to schooI.
Yes. It's aII one
Iong schooI year now.
No start, no finish.
Except for this guy.
How many years tiII
you graduate, Arnau?
TotaI, incIuding doctorate
or just undergraduate?
Ah, forget it.
How're we doing
the beds?
We'II do me in one,
interns on the other.
Okay.
No.
CooI. Me and Darius.
(SCOFFS)
Fine. I hope
you moisturize, Arnau,
'cause I cuddIe.
Tomorrow morning first thing,
we hit the post office.
Let's hope our boy checks
his P.O. Box every day.
There she is.
What?
"Wanted, someone to traveI
back in time with me,
"this is not a joke.
"P.O. Box 91
Ocean View, Washington.
"You'II get paid
after we get back.
Must bring your own weapons.
"Safety not guaranteed."
Hey, here we go.
Mmm, no way.
He's too oId to
be time traveIing.
Come on. That's
the time traveIing demo.
White beards,
spectacIes, pipes.
Aww.
CIose.
Wait, what about this one?
DARIUS: Yeah.
She wants to stop whoever
gave her that haircut
from being born.
(GROANS)
Yo! Yo! It's him.
It's the guy.
ARNAU: Him? Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Box 91 . Get in.
Wait, what are you doing?
FoIIowing him.
What about Jeff?
You shouId caII him !
(ENGINE STARTING)
KENNETH: That's
pretty amazing stuff, man.
I'II teII you about
the cat in the box theory,
it'II bIow your mind.
It's Iike I'm the onIy
one who reaIIy gets it.
You know?
I started this diaIog
with some big shot
theoreticaI physicist onIine,
and I'm Iike,
"Do the ruIes of quantum
"mechanics aIIow for
aIternate histories?"
And he just bIasted me.
You know, peopIe are
just so convinced
it's a fixed thing,
but they're just,
Iike, Iooking at
this IittIe sIiver of time,
that's aII peopIe can see.
It's not a fixed thing,
Shannon.
You know, it's on and on
in both directions.
It's Iike a "V,"
you know what I mean?
I gotta do
a bathroom check, brother.
Yeah, we're. . .
You know what I'm saying.
DARIUS: I'd Iike to
fiII out a comment card
on one of your employees,
Kenneth.
What's his Iast name?
Sorry, ma'am,
he's a IittIe. . .
No, no,
it's a positive comment.
It's Iike compIimenting him.
Oh. Oh, good.
Um, Kenneth CaIIoway.
CaIIoway.
Thanks.
JEFF: Hit the thing
that says I have
a new message.
"Liz confirmed you
on Facebook."
(SMACKS)
Here. No photos,
that's a drag.
Okay, good.
She stiII Iives here.
She Iives in this town.
Who is Liz McHoIIis?
She was a girI
I had a fIing with
when my famiIy used to
come here over the summers.
She was this reaIIy
smokin' hot bIond.
She was my first bIow job.
If there's one girI
that I stiII
think about, honestIy.
Here she is. Look at you,
you went aII rogue.
What did you get?
Got his name,
where he works.
Great.
What did you guys get?
She accepted, but no photo,
so I'm not reaIIy sure.
What?
He came here to hook up
with an oId high
schooI girIfriend.
SeriousIy? That's
what you've been doing?
WeII, I've been doing
other stuff too, but
maybe this wiII
change your attitude
a IittIe bit.
That's her when she was 1 8,
I used to see her naked.
So?
So I'm coming back
to try to see her naked again.
I'd be weirded out
if some guy tried
to track me down
after 20 years.
I'd be weirded out too
if some guy tried
to track you down.
DARIUS: Why?
JEFF: Who wouId do that?
Tomorrow morning,
I'II go in.
You know, go undercover,
pretend to answer his ad
and get the scoop
on this yo-yo.
991 MaIIory.
This is definiteIy it.
What a piece of shit.
AII right,
I'm goin' in.
How do I Iook,
Arnau? Good.
Good.
Can I go in?
No, you did
good Iast night,
but I'm gonna handIe this.
I don't wanna
overwheIm the guy.
AII right?
Wish me Iuck.
So, uh. . .
Do you go out
a Iot back home,
Iike cIubs and stuff?
Not reaIIy.
You know those
reaIIy tight Ieggings
that girIs wear,
do you ever wear those?
No.
I think you wouId
Iook nice in them.
HeIIo?
JEFF: Kenneth?
(SLAMS)
Kenneth?
Kenneth CaIIoway, right?
Is that right?
My name is Jeff.
Look, I saw your ad
in the cIassifieds.
I wanna know if
you need a partner.
What's your mission?
What do you mean
what's my mission?
What's your reason
for going back?
WeII, who wouIdn't want
to go back? It's
an amazing opportunity.
To go back in time,
you know?
See gIadiators
and watch dinosaurs
with my own eyes.
Have sex with a piIgrim.
Fun stuff, that's aII I want.
I wanna go back. It's neat.
Who wouIdn't want
to go back, Kenneth?
You wanna go back.
Why do you wanna go back?
WeII, do you need a partner?
Can you Iook fear
and danger in the eye?
That's an odd question.
Have you ever stared
fear and danger in the eye
and said, "Yes"?
Sure.
Get off my porch.
Let's start over.
Come on, we couId be paIs.
Let's go back in time.
Man, that smiIe. . .
What is that smiIe?
You don't know pain.
I don't know pain?
You don't know regret.
Yeah. AII right.
You don't know. . .
Okay.
WeII, it was
reaIIy nice to meet you.
That's what I thought.
(SIGHING)
So, what'd he say?
WeII, he's the reaI deaI.
That ad is no prank.
He's not Iike retarded,
but there's something
wrong with this guy.
DefiniteIy didn't
Iike my ass,
I'II teII you that.
So, what,
that's it?
Oh, no,
this just got good.
What makes you think
he won't sIam
the door in my face, too?
'Cause you gotta be
sincere and charm him,
okay?
He's used to asshoIes
Iike me coming and
making fun of him.
Uh, aIso probabIy
none of the other peopIe
were beautifuI girIs.
Easy, Arnau.
What?
But he's right.
Use that, too.
There's something off
about this guy, okay?
So you gotta go sIow,
Iike you're trapping
a skittish animaI.
You know, Iure him, pIay coy.
GirIs know how to
do that shit.
You're dangIing my vagina
out there Iike bait?
What if this guy's
a murderer?
What if he cuts me up into
IittIe pieces and eats me?
Then the story's even better.
Do you seII guns here?
What kind of guns?
I don't know.
Something sexy and affordabIe
with kiIIing power.
You shouId try
C&R Guns in WiIkins.
The state of Washington
does not aIIow
the saIe of firearms
in the business premises
of a grocer.
Hmm.
What about those thingies
with the spiky baII
at the end of
the chain things?
You know, with the. . .
Do you have those?
What exactIy is
the intended use?
Is there a pest probIem,
or hunting?
WeII, if your ad had
been written properIy,
I may have a better idea
of what I need.
My ad?
Yeah.
It's pretty sIoppy.
Excuse me?
You heard me.
I hope you worked harder
on your caIibrations.
My caIibrations are
fIippin' pinpoint, okay?
Mmm.
There are peopIe after me.
How do I know you
don't work for them?
Because I've never worked
for anybody in my Iife.
You ever faced
certain death?
If it was so certain,
I wouIdn't be here, wouId I?
This is a bad pIace to taIk.
I get off in Iike 1 5.
Rendezvous?
See you in eight.
Ohh, get down !
What's going on?
Just get down !
Don't Iet him see you.
ARNAU: Wait, is he coming?
Yeah.
What the heII is he doing?
I don't know.
He's aII freaked out.
He thinks peopIe
are foIIowing him.
We're gonna rendezvous.
He's taking me to
a secure Iocation.
Get down !
JEFF: If this guy's
taking you to
some sex bunker,
he's gonna be freaked out
when me and Arnau
puII out of this thing
Iike it's a cIown car.
Hey, what's going on
out there?
Shh. Get down !
Shit! He's coming !
Oh, man.
JEFF: Don't Iet him see me,
it'II bIow everything for you.
What am I supposed to do?
I don't know! Do something !
We're being foIIowed !
Go! Get in your car! Go!
What the heII is this?
(COCKS GUN)
Oh, shit!
Git! Git! Go! Get out!
What the fuck?
He's got a gun !
Just get out.
Where are we?
I don't know. Just get out.
I'II come get you
when I'm done. Come on !
I don't know.
Yeah. Fuck that.
Are you guys racist?
It's compIicated.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
HeIIo?
Hey. It's too hot here
right now. Can't taIk.
Look, my gut teIIs me
you're not with them,
but I have to be
absoIuteIy certain.
l'm gonna do a quick
background check on you.
lf everything is good,
l'll be in touch, okay?
Yeah, okay.
AII right, over and. . .
Um, good night.
(ENGINE STARTING)
(SNORING)
Hi, is Liz around?
LIZ: And it's
not necessariIy. . .
It's not a faIse
reIationship, but
she's so charismatic.
She's such a beam of Iight.
AII the reporters
are saying that. AIso,
what I'm reading from. . .
I don't know.
She was big, and Iike. . .
Mmm, and Iike your age?
Yeah. Gross.
It was more Iike. . .
I don't know, Iike
the years have not been
kind to her, you know?
They pretty much took a shit
aII over her face.
So, did your dude caII yet?
No.
ARNAU: Maybe we shouId
do a background
check on this guy,
you know, make sure
he's not a psychopath.
He seems pretty harmIess.
JEFF: Don't worry, Darius,
he'II caII.
I'm sure your
weird mojo cIicked with
his weird mojo and
you got it in the bag.
C'mon !
Ready, hike!
(CROWD CHEERING)
(MARCHING BAND PLAYING)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
(PLAYERS CHEERING)
Hi.
Thanks.
Listen, I'm sorry
about the noise IeveI here.
But we need to
maintain cover.
I'm certain
I'm being recorded,
I'm certain
I'm being foIIowed.
(SIGHS)
So, who are
we deaIing with here?
I'm not sure yet.
Government agents maybe.
ProbabIy.
But the joke's on them.
The technoIogy I've invented
can't be understood
by the average mind.
So, what are the, um. . .
Means of transportation?
Just hoId it in your hoIster
for a second, okay?
I'm stiII making
up my mind about you
as a potentiaI partner.
I have to be
absoIuteIy certain
that I can trust you
before I incIude you
in certain information.
WeII, I just don't
wanna be jerked around.
You know, jerking around
is for jerks.
God, I remember this smeII.
The smeII of grass.
I used to pIay
a IittIe bit,
back in the day.
I think you shouId
give Liz another chance.
Oh, you do?
That sucks to
spend aII that time
thinking about her,
and you're finaIIy here
and you don't
foIIow through with it.
I think it's sad that
you're a 22-year-oId virgin
with those creepy gIasses,
but I don't bring it up.
You know what?
ActuaIIy, Arnau,
there are Iots of
hot chicks here, man.
You couId kiII in
a pIace Iike this.
You shouId run game.
Arnau, Arnau, Arnau,
be cooI, run game.
Shh.
She's in, Iike,
high schooI.
I know!
I know she's
in high schooI
and you're in coIIege.
Who do you think
that girI wants
to fuck? You !
CouId you, pIease!
What?
So what's the year?
Where are we going?
2001 . Is that gonna
work for you?
It's perfect.
I wiII need to know
the timetabIe, though.
There's a criticaI step soon.
I need to obtain
certain materiaIs
to faciIitate the traveI.
I pIan to execute this step
within the next week.
Why 2001 ? What are
you going back for?
Like I said,
certain information
wiII have to wait.
Knock him on his ass,
he's a bum !
Right there,
these two.
AII right. Let's go.
Why? Sit down.
We're not going anywhere.
TeII me why. Why?
You're drinking aIcohoI
at a high schooI game.
You're damn right I am.
United States of America.
Drinking a beer
at a footbaII game.
Don't get tough
on me, big guy.
Let's not do this.
KENNETH: Wait a minute,
I know him. He came
to my house.
Um, I think that guy
is recording
our conversation.
Is there
somewhere eIse we can go?
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
Stay cIose. Yeah.
Are you okay?
I reaIIy wouId have
messed that guy up
if I wasn't trying to
keep such a Iow profiIe.
I'm gIad I got to see
your quaIities, though.
I think you're ready
for the next step,
some basic training.
The heat's moving in.
That's aII for tonight.
I'm Ieaving.
I'm waIking out!
I'm Ieaving by choice.
By choice.
SeriousIy?
This pIace is a dump.
Let's get out of here.
Fuck.
(GUN FIRING)
Pretty good. You might
be a one arm shooter.
Okay, I'II try it.
Let's just Ioosen it up.
You ready?
Yeah.
Yeah ! You smoked him !
I smoked him.
Come on !
I think I'm
getting better than you.
Hey, Iet's not get ahead
of yourseIf here, okay?
It's one thing to
hit a target
that's standing stiII,
but think about it
when the heat's moving in.
(SIREN WAILING
AND GUNSHOTS ON BOOM BOX)
Smoke it!
? l wanna build you up
Brick by brick
? l wanna break you down
Brick by brick
? l'm gonna reconstruct
DoubIe smoke!
? Brick by brick
? Ahh
? Brick by brick
? Ahh ?
How are your
hamstrings hoIding up?
ReaI good.
You're pretty impressive
with a handgun.
It's a superIative performance
under simuIated pressure.
Our chemistry is
starting to buiId.
I reaIIy Iike your intensity.
You're, Iike, no-nonsense.
There's no sense
in nonsense. EspeciaIIy
when the heat's hot.
ExactIy.
I Iike your intensity, too.
Yeah?
Yeah. You've got good moves.
Nobody's seen
my moves before.
Haven't brought
a candidate this far into
the training process.
ReaIIy?
We'II be Iearning
from each other from now on.
Good.
We stiII have to
discuss your reason
for going back.
That's cIassified
information.
I can appreciate that,
I respect that,
but I have
a certain responsibiIity
to keep as the Ieader
of this mission.
Then I have to teII you
that it's personaI.
Darius, sometimes
I think we are progressing
in this mission,
and then other times,
I'm not so sure.
I'm going back to
stop my mother from dying
when I was 1 4.
How'd she die?
She was kiIIed by some guy.
Just some guy
at a gas station
took her and kiIIed her.
Oh, man.
Just some random thing?
Yeah.
WeII, no, actuaIIy.
She was driving home.
It was reaIIy Iate,
and she caIIed me to teII me
she was coming home, and I. . .
I asked her to stop
and get me chocoIate miIk.
Because I had to
have chocoIate miIk.
So Iike five minutes Iater,
she caIIed me
to teII me that she
got the chocoIate miIk
and she was coming home.
And her voice was Iike,
reaIIy excited,
Iike she was reaIIy happy.
And I was,
Iike, okay, whatever.
I wasn't even nice.
That was the Iast time
I taIked to her.
That's not your fauIt.
Yeah. That's
what they teII me.
AII right, Darius.
I think you're ready.
I trust you.
Good.
You shouId.
Jeff! Hey!
Hey. Liz,
it's great to see you.
Look at you.
Look at you.
So, this is where you Iive.
This is my house.
WeII, Iook, I wanna say
I'm sorry about yesterday.
I was gonna come,
but work's
getting crazy and. . .
I was sad 'cause you
got me thinking about you
on that Facebook.
I never thought
I'd see you again.
Oh, God, excuse me.
WouId you come in?
I'd Iove to.
Your hair's red.
Yeah.
It's different.
Yeah. I changed it.
It's just about the onIy
thing I've changed.
ReaIIy?
Yeah.
Kind of. What about you?
A Iot has changed.
AImost, Iike, everything.
TeII me.
The car. . . I got an EscaIade.
And my job's going reaIIy
weII. Got a great condo.
TeII me about your Iife.
I just did.
(CHUCKLES) I've got to read
this magazine of yours.
Oh, don't.
That is so exciting.
It's not that exciting.
You know what?
I aIways thought
you'd do something
speciaI with your Iife.
If you knew what
it was reaIIy Iike,
you wouIdn't say
it was speciaI.
Oh, come on. What. . .
What's wrong with your neck?
Sorry I'm doing that.
It's just I got
this shooting pain.
I have to share a bed
with a maIe intern.
And I don't feeI Iike
rubbing asses with him, so. . .
(LAUGHING)
Let me see.
You don't have to do that.
Oh.
Ooh.
You need to put
some heat on that.
(OVEN TIMER DINGS)
I do?
Oh, I have pies in the oven.
You make pies?
I made some pies.
I made, uh, peach, appIe,
strawberry rhubarb.
Which one do you want?
Yeah.
LIZ: Mmm.
(MOANING)
Liz, that is unbeIievabIe.
You bake pies,
you give these massages,
and you're not married?
I don't get it.
I was married.
He was a baII pIayer.
And I was the good
IittIe wife, baking
cookies for the team.
Oh, my God,
you bake cookies, too?
Cameron got traded,
and when he went
up to the MarIins,
he started making money
and started messing around
with those Miami girIs.
WeII, I can
say this honestIy,
Cameron's an idiot.
Yeah, weII, we were young.
Hey, do you have
one free night whiIe
you're in town?
Because I wouId
Iike to make you
a homemade dinner.
I wanna eat that
homemade dinner.
DARIUS: I'm just gonna
press "record." Okay.
So, Kenneth, why are you
looking for a partner?
I feeI Iike
the world is mostly
full ofjankholes,
but I beIieve that
there are purists out there,
and that's why l put
that ad in the paper.
lt's my hope that
if you're watching
this video,
something incredible
has happened.
I do beIieve that martiaI arts
are for self-defense only.
WhiIe I wouId Iike
to maneuver through
this worId with
an open heart and mind,
sometimes that
doesn't gain you favor.
So I just need to be
equipped with
the necessary skill sets,
guns, training,
weapons, fighting,
in case I encounter
any obstacles that
need to be defeated.
The area is cIear.
DARIUS: Oh, my God!
Mission accomplished.
Wow! Man,
that was intense.
Task completed.
KENNETH: The mission
has to do with regret
and the mission has
to do with mistakes.
The mission's
aIso about Iove.
l'm already saying too much.
Aren't you interested
in some of this
equipment or something?
Can we taIk
about something else?
So it's very important
that you and I do not
abuse the power
that wiII come
with our knowIedge
of the future.
No matter how tempting
it wiII be to
gain personaI fortune
or notoriety by say,
being the first
person to Iist
the Contra code for up, up,
down, down, Ieft-right,
Ieft-right, B-A-start.
Or to say,
"Hey, Ieave your Star Wars
figurines in the box
"'cause they'II be
worth Iike hundreds more
if they are super pristine."
But what about if it's,
Iike, for the betterment
of future society?
AbsoIuteIy not.
We have to stick to the pIan.
So when do you fiII
me in on the pIan?
Pretty soon.
The action's getting hungry.
Ugh.
I can't eat here.
KENNETH: Why?
See that kid?
He's Iike a mutant kid.
Hey, there's
something on your ear.
Um. . .
It's fine, it does. . .
Are you okay?
It Iooks Iike it's
faIIing off or something.
No, no, no. It's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Shit! Sorry. It's off.
DARIUS: Kenneth !
The mission's off,
I'm sorry.
Forget it.
You're not the right one.
Hey, what's wrong?
It's fake.
What's fake?
My fIipping ear is fake.
They used to make fun of me,
aII the other kids.
My parents couId onIy
afford one prosthetic,
so I had to wait
untiI I was fuIIy-grown.
You know that's not
a big deaI, right?
Yes, it is!
No, it isn't.
PeopIe used to
make fun of me, too.
Yeah, right.
I shave my arms and
wax my upper Iip, okay?
You're saying that to
make me feeI better.
I'm serious.
I had a freaking mustache
untiI I was 1 4.
(SIGHS)
Okay, we can stiII do this,
but you have to promise me
we're never,
ever gonna taIk about
my ear ever again
for as Iong as you
and I both shaII Iive.
Okay. Okay.
Forever.
But can I say something?
What?
I think it's kinda cooI.
Get in.
Okay.
So then, what did you
teII him your reason
for going back to 2001 is?
I just made up some story.
Yeah? What's the story?
I toId him that
I was gonna go back
and stop my parents
from getting divorced.
Arnau, you son of
a bitch. Smash him !
What are you doing?
Whatever I'm doing,
I'm feeIing
fan-fucking-tastic doing it.
Ew, did you just
have sex with that girI
you came here to staIk?
No, I didn't, actuaIIy.
We shared
a nice conversation.
And you know the truth is,
she's not that fat.
I don't know, a girI's beauty,
it's in the eyes, you know?
And that doesn't
go away with age.
Wow.
ARNAU: So, anyway,
can we pIease just
focus on the articIe
and figure out what's
wrong with this guy,
Iike Iow I.Q. ,
or emotionaI disorder,
or whatever it is?
What makes you think
there's something
wrong with him?
'Cause he thinks
he can go back in time.
Was there something
wrong with Einstein
or David Bowie?
Not the same.
Just because the guy's
trying to do something new
doesn't mean
he's a freak show.
So you think this is normaI?
I don't know. Is it
normaI that your interns
do aII your work for you?
Is that normaI?
Right.
Is that how aII your
articIes get written?
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
It's him. I have to go.
KENNETH: Okay, this is it.
There's technoIogy
inside this buiIding
that I need to
compIete the machine
that wiII take us
on our journey.
I'm gonna breach
the outer perimeter,
gonna disabIe
their security measures,
penetrate the target,
Iocate and secure
the package,
then we'II rendezvous
at the getaway point.
You got it?
Rendezvous at
the getaway point.
I've been watching
this pIace for weeks.
Yeah, got it.
The security's fuII
of hoIes. We'II be fine.
Okay.
(KNOCKING ON CAR)
Fuck!
Stay focused.
? What am l doing?
Why am l doing this?
? What am l doing?
Why am l doing this? ?
Let me see those keys.
(SIGHS)
Shit!
Okay.
(VOICES MURMURING)
(WOMAN GIGGLING)
(MURMURING STOPS)
(DOOR CREAKING)
KENNETH: Come on !
MAN: Excuse me?
Hey! Hey!
What is that?
What are those?
Lasers.
Lasers?
Those are reaI Iasers?
KENNETH: The mission's
been compromised.
MAN: Hey.
Where are you going?
Let's get out
of here! Drive!
(BRAKE STALLING)
KENNETH: FIoor it!
Sorry.
(STAMMERING) What do
we do with the van?
Leave it.
I stoIe it from the Iot.
Hey, you didn't
hurt anyone, did you?
Like, you didn't. . .
No, no, no, no.
Look, it's a fake.
No casuaIties.
Here. Take it.
Ahh ! Ahh ! Okay.
You okay?
Yeah.
Take this.
It'II make you feeI better.
You're shaking.
It's just adrenaIine
from the infiItration.
It's good.
You ready? Come on,
Iet's go. Come on.
Yeah. Yeah.
Go. Go.
KENNETH: We gotta
stick to the back roads,
we can't be seen out here.
DARIUS: Oh, my God ! Okay.
Damn it!
We're getting off the road.
Why?
Those are
government empIoyees.
They'II bIow our cover.
We gotta wait it out.
Kenneth, it's fine.
They won't teII.
No. We can't have
any witnesses
that wiII connect
my car to the van.
The peopIe that are after me
are gonna be on fuII aIert.
They'II put
the pieces together.
TotaIIy unprofessionaI !
(SIGHS)
It's okay.
It's just. . .
It's a girI.
My reason for
going back is a girI.
Who was she?
She's my first girIfriend.
Her birthday was
the exact same day
in ApriI as
mine is in October.
We ended up working
at the same restaurant.
She was just so nice to me.
She wouId make me
speciaI food
and after work,
whiIe aII her friends
were getting ready to go out,
she wouId just hang out
and taIk with me.
She was reaIIy pretty.
What happened to her?
She died.
Some jerk,
some a-hoIe jerk
in a band got drunk
and crashed his car
into her Iiving room.
I shouId have
been there, you know.
PeopIe teII you that
there are other girIs
out there, you know, and
it's not just about a girI,
it's about. . .
It's about a time
and a pIace.
Do you have a favorite song?
WouId you teII me
what it is?
It's stupid.
What is it?
Over the Rainbow.
It's a reaIIy
beautifuI song.
It's that time and
that pIace and that song,
and you remember
what it was Iike
when you're in that pIace,
and then you
Iisten to that song,
and you know
you're not in that pIace
anymore and it
makes you feeI hoIIow.
Mmm-hmm.
Can't just go find
that stuff again.
I Iike your reason
for going back.
It's reaIIy nice.
Thanks.
Fucking Iasers?
What kind of Iasers?
I don't know, I'm not
a frickin' Stormtrooper.
JEFF: This guy's awesome.
He's over there right now
thinking he's buiIding
a frickin' time machine.
Hey, Arnau,
what are the chances
he can do that
with these Iasers?
How wouId I know, I'm not a. . .
He doesn't know.
He's not a frickin'
Stormtrooper either.
Stormtroopers don't
know anything about
Iasers or time traveI,
they're bIue-coIIar workers.
I gotta see this shit.
Isn't this Iike
vioIating his privacy?
Don't worry about it.
JEFF: I can't see much.
Looks Iike an engine.
What are you buiIding
in there, Kenny?
(DOOR CLOSES)
(MAN WHISTLES)
JEFF: Who's this asshoIe?
DARIUS: Oh, my God,
there are peopIe
foIIowing him.
There are reaIIy
peopIe foIIowing him.
We're doing this.
Stay back. Don't spook him.
Stay back.
Don't scare them.
This is fucking intense.
We're going
fifteen miIes an hour.
Shit. He saw us.
Oh, shit,
they're onto us.
Onto what?
Shit.
Don't Iet him
see you ! Duck!
Stay down !
What the heII,
did you see those guys?
They Iook Iike
government agents
or something.
He's reaIIy being foIIowed.
HoIy shit!
Is this guy for reaI?
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
Kenneth? Are you okay?
KENNETH: I can't taIk
right now, okay?
Just watch your back.
Okay.
Stay Iow and Iay Iow.
Yeah.
Go to the beach,
I'II pick you up.
It's aImost time, Darius.
DARIUS: This is
totaIIy crazy.
Who do you think
those guys are?
I have no idea.
Maybe he's not
totaIIy insane,
maybe he reaIIy thinks
he's doing something and. . .
I don't know.
What? Why are you
Iooking at me Iike that?
I don't know.
You got a thing for this guy?
What?
No! I'm taIk. . .
(SIGHS)
You saw those guys.
Can I ask you a question?
Do you mind, as a reporter?
What?
What is it that
you two weirdos do
when you're off aIone?
I'm getting information.
What are you doing
when you're off aIone?
I'm seeing an oId friend.
Just take me to the beach.
I have to meet him.
AII right, this is it.
It's pretty obvious
they see
a threat in me possessing
this kind of power.
It's not cIear yet what
entity they represent.
Their presence here
definiteIy acceIerates
the pIan, though.
They're gonna
have one of their
guys at every door,
but you shouId be okay.
I don't think
they've ID'ed you yet.
Got it.
Good Iuck.
Wait!
Go! Go!
Shannon?
I'm supposed to
give this to you.
This is from Kenneth.
Kenneth said to
give this to me?
My wife, she's. . .
You teII him. . .
TeII him I hope he gets
wherever he's goin'
and it aII works out
Iike he wants.
I'II teII him.
AII good?
Yeah.
What?
Nothing.
Yeah, we're getting
some reaIIy
great stuff, Bridget,
I'm gonna need
a coupIe more days.
Bridget, I'm doing
an interview right now.
Yeah, I'II send you
an e-maiI with
aII the information,
and I'II paint
you a reaI picture.
Okay. I have to
go right now.
Wow.
That aII seems so dangerous.
Her running around
with this guy. . .
Oh, she'II be fine.
You got any more
of that Ieftover pie?
That was pretty good.
I was thinking about you
and the time
we spent together.
I was pretty ripped
back then. Top of
my game back then.
You were not ripped.
Yes, I was.
(LAUGHS)
Why don't you feeI me now?
You Iook great.
KENNETH: Are you famiIiar
with cryptography?
Yeah. Of course.
Yeah. WeII, I prefer
the St. Goodnight
code and cipher
for sending messages
that can't be compromised.
It's just 4-4-3-1 -4 and
then you just reverse
the whoIe thing, okay?
Yeah. Got it.
Learn it.
Practice it.
Hey!
If I show you something,
wiII you promise
not to teII anybody
eIse about it, ever?
Yeah.
When we go back in time,
if anything bad happens,
if somebody gets hurt,
or if you mess up,
or if the guys
who are after me
find me and catch me,
put a note inside this tin.
I'm gonna do the same thing.
If anything goes wrong,
we go back and we fix it.
Okay.
(SIGHS)
So far so good.
So that's been
there since 2001 ?
Since I was a kid.
I used to come up here
and camp with the Boy Scouts
near here when I was IittIe.
Do you know
what Star Wars is?
Yes.
Yeah.
So, when I was younger,
I used to bring my
Star Wars figures up here,
'cause I didn't
wanna Ieave 'em
back at the house
'cause they'd get IoneIy.
And some of
the more cynicaI kids
wouId make fun of me,
they wouId throw them
in the fire and stuff. . .
ReaIIy?
This was before my
martiaI arts training,
of course.
But I found
this hiding spot
and sneak out here
at night,
and put 'em in the tin,
take them out,
then put them back
in the morning and. . .
Anyway. . .
I wish I couId see you
when you were a IittIe kid.
I was not as impressive
as I am now,
I can assure you.
What?
Yeah.
Okay.
Wanna see something cooI?
Yeah.
Come on.
That was the best sex
I've ever had.
And I've had a Iot of sex.
That's what you said
about the roast chicken.
That was the best
roast chicken I ever had.
You don't know
how Iong I've
thought about this.
You've become this,
Iike, character
in my head that's Iike,
it feeIs Iike
you're from a fairy taIe,
and you're Iike this purity
that's just not in my Iife.
Aww.
You are so cute.
Hey.
This is gonna sound crazy.
I want you to come
to SeattIe with me.
What?
Yeah.
(CHUCKLES) It's crazy,
but I want you to come. . .
Jeff, the minute you
drive out of this pIace,
you are not going to
want to be with me.
That's just not true.
That's what I'm saying,
I mean, do you not feeI this?
You're not in your
right mind right now.
I'm absoIuteIy
in my right mind.
This is the cIearest
I've been in a Iong time.
I've done this before.
You haven't done it with me.
No, I've done this
before and I'm too oId.
We're the same damn age.
Oh.
That's perfect.
That's unbeIievabIe.
UnbeIievabIe. Okay.
Great. This is good.
This is perfect.
I'm gIad you said that
'cause this was a mistake.
You're right.
You know what?
I open up my heart
to you and. . .
(LAUGHING)
Thank you,
because my head
was turned around. . .
Jeff. . .
But it ain't anymore.
I think you're being
a IittIe crazy about this.
Yeah. I think you're
crazy for saying no.
PIease go.
I'm goin' by choice.
(SIGHS)
Why are you sitting here?
Why wouId you be
sitting on your computer?
You are a young man.
You got the whoIe
worId ahead of you.
I'm asking you to
be a man and try.
Are you ready to have
a crazy night with me?
'Cause I'm ready.
Say you're ready.
Say you're ready.
I'm ready.
My man. Good answer.
Let's do something stupid !
Stay here.
(CIVILIAN PLAYING)
You guys ever
partied in an EscaIade?
Here we go.
Here we go.
Drink. Drink.
You drink. Open that
up and start drinking,
I didn't buy it for nothing.
Good girI.
Go. Go.
Drink, drink, drink.
(SCREAMING)
Arnau !
This guy's
getting Iaid tonight.
He's my best friend !
Arnau ! Pay
the son of a bitch !
You warm enough?
Mmm-hmm.
This is aII your stuff?
WeII, I just kind
of set up here,
the Boy Scouts don't
reaIIy come up here
after September, so
it's kind of Iike
having a second home,
come to spend some nights
and cIear the head.
Okay. This is for you.
I circIed the Iocation
on the map,
this way you'II aIways
know where to find
the truck and this campsite.
Don't get Iost.
Okay.
What's that?
Is that a guitar?
No, it's caIIed a zither.
Can you pIay this?
Not very weII at aII.
My dad had one,
he was reaIIy good.
BeIinda reaIIy
Iiked music, so. . .
I aIways wished I couId have
pIayed her something,
so I've been writing her
this song for when
I see her again.
WiII you pIay it?
It's. . .
PIease?
No, it's not finished
and it's reaIIy just
not very good, so. . .
WeII, I'II teII you
if it's good or not.
Okay.
It's onIy haIfway done,
so it's just Iike. . .
(PLAYING BlG MACHlNE)
? Stand straight
? FaII back in Iine
? Comb your hair
? Get to work on time
? Everyone in the big machine
? Tries to break your heart
? And pull you underneath
? Maybe l'm wrong
? And all that you get
is what you see
? Maybe l'm right
? And there's something
out there to beIieve
? Everybody's
talking in their sleep
? They push
a Iot of air around
? But don't say
much of anything
? Except when
they laugh at me
? Like ghosts under a sheet
? Everybody's
talking in their sleep ?
I messed up a bunch of parts,
but that's basicaIIy
what it is.
No, it's so good.
Shut up.
So good.
Thanks.
Yeah.
Yeah. Anyway, you coId?
Ew. . .
Trust me. Trust me.
Now, feeI this.
It works, right?
What are you
doing in the Iobby?
Are they stiII in there?
Yeah, that's the point.
She's stiII in there.
You go.
What do you mean I go?
I didn't want to hang
out with these three.
I did it for you !
I don't think so.
It's fine. You go.
Are you gay?
What? No. . .
Is that what this is?
No.
I'm asking you seriousIy,
I'm not judging you.
You don't know this about me,
but I don't care
about that stuff.
No, Jeff, I'm not gay, no.
This is set up perfectIy.
Do you not think she's hot?
You're acting
Iike it's so easy.
Because it is so easy.
No, Jeff. It's easy
for you, not for me.
Why not?
Because I'm not you, Jeff.
Do you just wanna
see me get embarrassed?
No!
Arnau, come here, man.
Come here.
Fucking come here.
I'm not pranking you, man.
You're not gonna
get this opportunity
very much Ionger.
(CHUCKLES) You're not aIways
gonna be 21 , young man.
I promise you fucking that.
(STAMMERING) I don't know.
I don't know what to. . .
How do I start?
First of aII, take
these pedophiIe gIasses off
and don't wear these,
they make you Iook
Iike a weirdo, man.
I'm gonna put these on you.
HoIy shit!
Look at that kiIIer.
That dude right there
crushes chicks.
I wouId take a photo
of you and show you how
good you Iooked right now,
'cause you Iook fantastic.
You Iook Iike a damn piIot.
Okay.
Like a cooI piIot
who drives jets.
Pop this shit. Uh-oh !
Boom, boom, boom.
Act Iike you've
been there before.
You're not gonna
be your age forever.
One day, you're
gonna be the oId dirtbag.
AII by yourseIf.
This is the moment
you Iive for.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Hey, HaIIoween,
you smoke?
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah.
Jeff, what the fuck?
It's so earIy, Bridget.
Yeah, I'm working here.
Isn't that what
you're doing down there?
Yes. That's what I'm doing.
l've been going over
the notes that
you've been sending in.
This BeIinda St. Sing,
the ex-girIfriend he said
died in an accident.
Is that her name?
Yeah, that's right.
Why?
You're past curfew.
Were those girIs with you?
1 00 % Arnau.
Mmm.
Hey, you know that
girI your boyfriend
was going back in time
to save, BeIinda?
Yeah?
WeII, she's aIive and weII.
Lives about an hour away.
Uh. . .
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
How? What do you mean?
Bridget caIIed and
set up an interview.
I think
your IittIe boyfriend
is seriousIy nuts.
Yeah, I know,
he's totaIIy nuts.
He's compIeteIy crazy.
I know.
So she's aIive. Okay.
I wanna do the interview.
That's fine.
You sure
you got this, kiddo?
Yeah?
Darius?
Hi.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Come on in.
I've never been interviewed
by a magazine before.
He worked at Anderson's,
which was
the restaurant I waited at
aII throughout coIIege,
and he was reaIIy nice.
Different just than
the typicaI guys, I guess.
So how Iong were
you guys together?
Uh. . .
WeII, we were never
reaIIy together, together.
You never dated?
I mean, I wouIdn't caII
it dating. He was, um. . .
He was one of
those guys, who
you kind of know
has a crush on you,
but he's reaIIy nice
and so you're
reaIIy nice back.
But he wasn't the type of guy
who you couId easiIy, um,
fit into your Iife,
you know, with your
friends and everything.
He was
weird, I guess we've aII
had one of those guys, right?
Yeah. Yeah,
I know what you mean.
So, then what happened?
Do you guys stiII taIk?
After that,
I started dating Rob,
who was my Iast boyfriend
before I met my husband,
and then Kenneth
quit the restaurant.
I didn't see him for
a whiIe after that.
Then there was the accident.
Accident?
Kenneth ran his car
into my boyfriend's house.
There was a big dent
under the kitchen window.
My God !
So I convinced Rob
to just Iet him go
and we. . .
We toId the poIice
it was a hit and run.
I haven't seen him
since then.
But you said
you've seen him recentIy.
How is he?
He's good.
Excuse me.
Darius?
Can we have
a moment of your time?
Nothing to be
aIarmed about.
We'd just Iike to
ask a few questions
about Kenneth CaIIoway.
Whoa. Guys?
We're from
SeattIe Magazine.
We're just here doing
a story on this guy.
We're not invoIved
with what he's
invoIved with.
What do you want with him?
SMITH: He's been contacting
government scientists
on the Internet,
asking questions
about our particIe
acceIerator in BerkeIey.
We've been
investigating CaIIoway
for a coupIe of years now
and we suspect him
of being an agent.
He can't be a spy.
He was arrested
in CoIorado for
breaking into
a nucIear physics
Iaboratory.
And then there was
the recent robbery
at a medicaI
research center here.
Oh, yeah?
And what did he take?
Are you sure it was him
that broke into
the medicaI research pIace?
You have evidence?
We're confident.
He hasn't been
back to his house
in the past 24 hours.
Give us a caII if
you hear from him?
WiII do.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So, what's
your story about?
Oh, the story.
(CHUCKLES)
I don't know anymore,
actuaIIy.
You aII right?
You sure?
Yeah.
Wake up, SIeeping Beauty.
Kenneth?
Kenneth? I'm coming in.
KENNETH: Darius?
Hey. What are
you doing here?
Everything's set.
We move the machine
to the Iaunch site.
Departure is at 5:00 p.m.
How'd you get in here
anyway? The spooks
are aII over me.
It's crazy out there.
I had to sneak in
through the back.
Hey, we need to taIk.
About Iast night. I know.
Last night
was a thunderboIt.
But I reaIize
our working reIationship
became compIicated,
so for now, maybe
we just re-focus and
concentrate on the mission.
Whose house is this?
It's my house.
My parents Ieft it to me.
Where are the Iasers?
Can you show me the Iasers?
What's wrong with your voice?
Where's the time machine?
The time machine is
at the Iaunch site.
Oh, right,
it's at the Iaunch site.
Darius.
What are you doing?
I taIked to those guys
who are foIIowing you.
And they toId me
that you stoIe
those Iasers because
you're some kind
of spy or something.
That's perfect.
Let them think that,
it works in our favor.
It's better. SeriousIy.
I aIso taIked to BeIinda.
What?
Yeah.
You did not taIk to BeIinda.
Yeah, I did.
I taIked to BeIinda.
I was just at her house.
No! No!
What are you doing?
She's aIive!
She's aIive! Okay.
This is good. Okay.
This means
the mission must have
been successfuI,
and we have saved her
and we've come
back to the present. . .
Hey, hey. . .
Hey, you can be
honest with me, okay?
I reaIIy Iike you.
Okay.
Yes. But this is the thing.
It's a compIicated science
and cannot be
measured by our brains. . .
You can't time traveI !
This is aII crazy.
Okay, you Iied to me.
Listen to me.
What eIse are
you Iying about?
Hey, hey, Iisten to me.
You come to that
Iaunch site at 5:00 p.m. ,
you take my hand
and I'II show you
who can't time traveI.
Oh, shit!
AII right?
Darius! They're
right behind the house!
Wait. . .
They're right behind me.
Wait, you're with that guy?
Are you. . .
No.
Were you making fun of me?
No, I wouId have never. . .
Nobody was making
fun of you, Kenneth.
We are writing
an honest piece about
you for a magazine.
Magazine? Darius, don't. . .
We're not
making fun of you.
Get out of my house!
JEFF: We're on your side.
We're here to heIp.
No, I'm Ieaving tonight!
So is he reaIIy buiIding
a time machine or what?
Why did you
make me do this?
I didn't make you do this.
You wanted the story.
You don't care
about the story!
You don't care about him.
You just came here
to hook up with
oId girIfriends.
What's going on?
Hey, guys,
check this out.
It's open.
Watch your head.
I know what they
were Iooking for.
I saw it, it was Iike a,
Iike a jet engine
or something.
JEFF: It's gone!
Darius, have you
seen this stuff before?
What the heII was
he buiIding in here?
DARIUS: I don't know.
You don't think
he actuaIIy buiIt it,
do you?
HoIy shit!
Move!
JEFF: Darius!
(SIGHS)
(ENGINE STARTING)
Kenneth, I'm sorry.
Were you making a joke of me
the whoIe time?
No.
I promise.
I Iied about the story,
but everything eIse
was reaI, okay?
That was reaIIy me.
Then get on.
Come with me.
The mission's been updated.
I'm going back for you now.
AII right. You trust me?
Come on.
Take my hand.
I know what
I'm doing, okay?
FIip that switch.
Do it. FIip it down.
Are you ready?
Go!
(JEFF WHOOPING)
KENNETH: ...to go it aIone
or to go with a partner.
When you choose a partner,
you have to
have compromises
and sacrifices,
but it's the price you pay.
Do I wanna foIIow
my every whim and desire
as l make my way
through time and space?
Absolutely.
But at the end
of the day, do l
need someone when
l'm doubting myself,
and I'm insecure and
my heart's failing me?
Do I need someone who,
when the heat gets hot,
has my back?
DARIUS: So, do you?
I do.