Eureka (2006–2012): Season 4, Episode 2 - A New World - full transcript

The gang returns from 1947 and discover that things are not as they remember them. And Dr. Grant came along.

announcer:
PREVIOUSLY ON EUREKA...

- BECAUSE OF HIS AUTISM,

KEVIN'S USUALLY MORE COMFORTABLE

WITH TECHNOLOGY THAN PEOPLE.

- MARRY ME, JO-JO.

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

- I DON'T HAVE YOU HERE.

I JUST DON'T KNOW
IF I CAN DO IT ANYMORE.

BYE, JACK.

- I'M PRETTY SURE
WE'RE IN 1947.

- YOU'RE ALL FROM 2010?



- FROM THE EUREKA
THAT YOU HELPED CREATE.

AND NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP
TO GET US BACK.

- JUST FOR LUCK.

- THANKS FOR GETTING US HOME,
HENRY.

- AND SOMEHOW
EVERYTHING IS JUST THE SAME?

- ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED
TO BE GRANITE?

- IF THAT'S DIFFERENT,

OTHER STUFF COULD BE TOO,
RIGHT?

YES, I WILL MARRY YOU.

- ME MARRY YOU?

IN WHAT UNIVERSE?

- KEVIN? HONEY?

WHERE ARE YOU?

- RELAX, MOM.
I'M RIGHT HERE.



NICE HAT.

I'LL BE HOME BEFORE DINNER.

- S.A.R.A.H.? YOU THERE?

- YES, SHERIFF.

- IS, UH, IS ZOE
STILL AT HARVARD?

- OF COURSE SHE IS, JACK.

WHERE ELSE WOULD SHE BE?

LOOK AT YOU, HANDSOME.

MM.

I THOUGHT
YOU'D NEVER GET HOME.

- YEAH, ME NEITHER.

YOU'RE--
YOU'RE NOT IN AUSTRALIA.

I MEAN, UH,
FOR--FOR EXAMPLE.

- UM, YEAH,
THAT WOULD BE TRUE.

[laughs]

S.A.R.A.H., UM, CAN YOU
GET JACK SOME LUNCH?

I THINK HIS BRAIN IS HUNGRY.

- BACON CHEESEBURGER
WITH EXTRA BACON COMING UP.

- OKAY, WELL, ENJOY.

I GOT TO GO.

WISH ME LUCK.

TESTING DAY?

WE'RE PULLING TINY
OUT OF SECTION FIVE.

TAKING HER THROUGH HER PACES.

- YEAH, UH, TINY.

YES.
UH, GOOD LUCK.

- THANKS.

JACK, IS THIS--

IS THIS ABOUT THE THING?

BECAUSE IF IT IS
ABOUT THE THING,

THEN I JUST NEED
MORE TIME TO THINK.

- SURE.

YEAH. I GET THAT.

IT'S THE THING.

- SHERIFF,
KEVIN IS AT THE DOOR.

- WHY ARE PARENTS
SO FREAKIN' LAME?

- HOLY SMOKES.

- GIVE HER A BREAK, KEV.

- KEVIN.

- UH, JACK.

- IGNORE HIM.
HE HASN'T HAD HIS LUNCH.

- I SMELL BACON.

- THAT'S KEVIN.

- SO GET THIS.

MOM WAS LATE THIS MORNING,

AND I DIDN'T GET
TO MAKE IT TO DRE'S.

AND, I MEAN, SHE'S ALWAYS ON ME
ABOUT BEING LATE.

MAYBE NOW SHE'LL REALIZE

THAT TIME
IS A RELATIVISTIC CONSTRUCT

AND EASE UP.

- YEAH,
I WOULDN'T COUNT ON IT.

BUT, LISTEN,
I'M GOING HOME BEFORE WORK,

SO I CAN TAKE YOU INTO TOWN.

- COOL. THANKS.

- BYE.

- BYE.

- LATER, JACK.

- YEAH.

HA--

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

- HEY, DUNGEON MASTER,

WHEN AM I
GETTING OUT OF HERE?

- I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT'D YOU DO?

- NOTHING.

YOU JUST LIKE
THROWING ME IN JAIL.

SO I--I UNLOCKED A FEW CAGES.

THOSE MONKEYS
DESERVE SOME FREEDOM.

LUPO, BE A HUMAN.
I'VE GOT A DATE.

- A DATE.

WITH WHO?

- YOU KNOW THE BLONDE CHICK

WITH THE PHD
IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY?

AND WE'RE
GONNA PLAY DOCTORATE.

GET OUT.

- GONNA TAZE ME
IN THE ASS AGAIN?

- JUST GET OUT.

[knock on door]

- ALLISON?

- I'M HERE, CARTER.

- HEY.

- HEY.

- YOU OKAY?

- WELL, I CAME IN,

AND JENNA WAS WITH THE NANNY.

AND KEVIN...

- YEAH, I--I KNOW.

HE CAME BY MY PLACE.

- HE'S DIFFERENT.

- HE STOLE MY BACON.

- I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

I MEAN, HE CAME IN.
HE TALKED TO ME.

HE LOOKED AT ME.

WE'VE CHANGED HIM SOMEHOW.

- THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING.

UM, WHEN I GOT BACK...

UH, TESS WAS AT MY PLACE.

SHE NEVER MOVED AWAY.

AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL,
WE'RE STILL TOGETHER.

- OH...

UM...

WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

HAPPY FOR YOU.

- IT'S SOMETHING.

I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING A JERK
TO ALLISON AND FELT LIKE A LIAR,

NOT AT LEAST TRYING TO EXPLAIN
TO TESS WHAT HAPPENED.

- NO, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
- NAH.

- TALKING ABOUT
AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE

COULD HAVE
UNFORESEEN REPERCUSSIONS.

- WHAT, BESIDES
EVERYBODY THINKING WE'RE NUTS?

AND PLEASE TELL ME
THIS THING'S OUT OF BATTERIES.

- OH, IT STILL COULD HAVE

ENOUGH RESIDUAL ANTIBARYONS
TO OPEN A WORMHOLE.

YOU KNOW, ALLISON
SHOULD GET THIS TAKEN TO G.D.

- YEAH, SHE'S ON IT.

SHE'S ALSO REALLY FOCUSED
ON KEVIN.

I MEAN,
HOW COULD HE JUST CHANGE?

- THE PERCEIVED PRESENT

IS BUILT ON EVENTS
OF THE PAST.

- YEAH, YEAH.
OH, SORRY.

BUT, UH,
KEVIN ISN'T AN EVENT.

HE'S A PERSON.

AND NOW HE'S
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON.

- THE CAUSES OF AUTISM
ARE NOT CLEAR.

THEY SEEM TO REQUIRE

A SERIES OF GENETIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DOMINOES TO FALL.

- SO, HENRY,
DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

THAT HE DID IT ON PURPOSE?

THAT--NO, THAT HE
TARGETED THE FIVE OF US,

HE MESSES WITH THE MACHINE
TO SET US BACK,

SO HE WOULD CHANGE.

- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
DECADES OF HISTORY HERE.

I MEAN, THE CALCULATIONS
OF PROBABILITY AND OUTCOME

ARE INFINITELY COMPLEX.

- YEAH, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
SCARY-SMART KEVIN.

- BUT NOT THIS KEVIN.

AND THAT MACHINE
WAS NOT ALTERED

TO TARGET SPECIFIC PEOPLE.

AND THIS KEVIN DID NOT
SEND US BACK INTO TIME.

- OKAY, SO HIS INTENTIONS...

- ARE LOCKED IN A BOY

WHOSE CONSCIOUSNESS
OF THAT EVENT

NO LONGER EXIST.

- HI, CARTER.

HEY, SWEETIE.

- HI.

- ALL RIGHT,
YOU SHOULD GET UP THERE.

IT'S ALMOST TIME.
- FOR?

- SHUT UP.

GIVING SPEECHES IS HIS
FAVORITE PART OF BEING MAYOR.

HE COMPLAINS,
BUT HE LOVES IT.

- HA.
- YEAH.

- A SPEECH
FOR FOUNDERS' DAY.

I'LL BE RIGHT OVER.

SHE'S ON THE COMMITTEE.

- YES, GRACE.

- AND I'M PRETTY SURE
I'M MARRIED TO HER.

- OH, DEAR.

- OH, YES.

HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO FOUNDERS' DAY.

IT'S A GOOD THING
TO GET TOGETHER

AND REALIZE THAT THE PAST
IS STILL VERY MUCH WITH US...

- SO ZANE UN-PROPOSED?

I THOUGHT PROPOSALS WERE
A NO-BACKSIES KIND OF DEAL.

- NO, HE DIDN'T TAKE IT BACK.

HE NEVER ASKED ME.

YOU SEE,
WE NEVER EVEN DATED.

SO HOW'S YOUR DAY GOING?

- OH, SWELL.

REMEMBER JULIA,
MY SORT OF GIRLFRIEND?

- SURE.

- YEAH, WE NEVER MET.

SHE WORKS FOR GOOGLE,
SHE'S, LIKE, A GAZILLIONAIRE,

AND SHE'S MARRIED
TO AN ASTRONAUT.

- I'M SORRY.

- AN ASTRONAUT.

AND OTHER THAN THAT
CHEERY CHESTNUT,

I SEEM TO BE LIVING
MY SAME OLD LIFE, ALONE.

- THIS REALITY BLOWS.

- AMEN, SISTER.

- WHAT'S THIS ON YOUR FACE?

- MOM, QUIT IT.

- NOPE.
NOT GONNA QUIT IT.

- I'M GONNA GO GET A BURGER.

TRY AND SURVIVE WITHOUT ME.

- AMAZING, ISN'T IT?

- GOOD-LOOKING BOY
YOU GOT THERE.

LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE
WITH THE PLACE.

YOU DID ALL THIS
TO MAKE ME FEEL AT HOME?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

- OH, MY GOD.

- COULD SAY THAT, YEAH.

- YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

- I WAS THINKING
THE SAME THING.

ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM
ISN'T THE HERE, IT'S THE NOW.

THIS DOOHICKEY WORKED.
YOU BELIEVE IT?

- IT'S ONE OF HENRY'S MARKERS
MADE FROM YOUR PHONE.

- YEAH,
WHEN WE SWITCHED JACKETS,

IT WAS IN MY POCKET.

- PLEASE.
DON'T BLAME YOURSELF.

- I WASN'T PLANNING TO.

- OKAY, CARTER.

DR. GRANT, I KNOW THIS MUST
BE OVERWHELMING FOR YOU.

WE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

TO BE PULLED AWAY
FROM OUR OWN TIME.

- THANK YOU.
IT'S FINE HERE.

I JUST EXPECTED...

I THOUGHT THERE'D BE
MORE FLYING CARS,

ROBOTIC SERVANTS,

SUPER HIGHWAYS
STRETCHING INTO THE SKY.

LESS '47 CHRYSLER NEW YORKERS.

BUT, YOU KNOW...

- WELL,
SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU,

BUT I PROMISE YOU

WE WILL GET YOU BACK
WHERE YOU BELONG LICKETY SPLIT.

- THANK YOU.
UNTIL THEN, DR. BLAKE,

WOULD YOU CARE
FOR SOME COTTON CANDY?

- NO, NO, NO, NO.

CAN'T WALK AROUND
LOOKING AT EVERYTHING

THAT'S BEEN INVENTED
SINCE THE...TELEPHONE.

- WHICH WAS INVENTED IN 1876.

- STAY.

- THANK YOU, NO.

I GOT A WHOLE NEW WORLD
TO EXPLORE.

BE SEEING YOU.

- DR. GRANT, PLEASE.

JUST WHILE
WE TALK OVER THE SITUATION.

- ALL RIGHT.
FOR YOU.

- THANK YOU.
I'LL BE BACK.

HENRY.

CAN I BORROW YOU
FOR A SECOND?

- SURE.

OH, MY GOD.

- HE HAD THIS.

THAT GUY'S BAD NEWS,

AND WE GOT TO GET HIM BACK
WHERE HE BELONGS AND FIX THIS.

- WHAT?

THERE'S NOTHING TO FIX.

- ALLISON,
OUR TIME JOURNEY

COULD HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT.

WE DON'T KNOW
IF MAN WALKED ON THE MOON.

WE COULD HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING.

- YEAH, WE CHANGED KEVIN.

both: I KNOW.
- WE KNOW.

- I'M NOT GONNA LOSE HIM AGAIN.

- WE HAVE TO EXAMINE
THE BRIDGE DEVICE.

IT COULD BE SUPPORTING
AN UNSTABLE TEMPORAL WORMHOLE.

SPACE-TIME COULD UNRAVEL.

- UNRAVELING SPACE-TIME
IS BAD.

- I'LL ARRANGE THE TRANSPORT.

- THINGS HAVE REALLY
CHANGED AROUND HERE.

EUREKA IS A NEW TOWN.

- LET'S GO.

EVERYBODY GO!
GO!

OFF! OFF THE STREET!

GO! GO! OFF!

RUN!
EVERYBODY, RUN!

- TINY!

TINY, STOP! STOP!

STOP! TINY!

BAD--BAD ROBOT!

BAD! BAD! STOP!

- THE MORE THINGS CHANGE...

- THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.

- MM-HMM.

- ANOTHER DAY,
ANOTHER RUNAWAY ROBOT.

ANYONE HURT?

- NOT YET.

- I HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THAT PROBE

FOR TEN MONTHS!

- IF YOU NEED A PROBE, RED...
- YOU KNOW WHAT--

- YOU, GO.
DO IT.

YOU REALLY THINK SOMEONE
MESSED WITH YOUR GIANT BUG?

- TINY WAS BUILT

TO SAMPLE ATMOSPHERIC
ELECTRICITY ON TITAN.

HER POWER CELL WAS HARDENED.

THERE WAS NO WAY
IT WOULD JUST SHORT OUT.

- ANY PARTICULAR REASON

YOU THINK IT WAS ZANE?

- UH,
BECAUSE HE'S A JACKASS.

THAT'S WHY I KICKED HIM
OFF MY DESIGN TEAM, JACK.

HE'S IN YOUR JAIL SO MUCH
HE HAS HIS OWN PILLOW.

- OKAY. IF YOU WANT
TO FIX THE REMOTE,

I WILL FIND TINY.

- THANK YOU, LOVE.

HEY.

- HEY.

- [exhales]

- THAT LOOKED...

INTIMATE.

- THIS IS ONE
OF THE WEIRDER DAYS EVER.

WHAT'S THE STORY
ON THE TIME MACHINE?

- WELL, IT'S NOT
A TIME MACHINE PRECISELY.

I MEAN,
IT CONNECTS TWO TIMELINES.

ALLISON'S MOVING IT TO G.D.

TO SEE IF IT HAS
ENOUGH RESIDUAL POWER

IN ORDER TO OPEN UP
A NEW WORMHOLE.

- GREAT. AND SEND
DOCTOR CHARMING HOME.

- AND AS FOR OUR HITCHHIKER,

I DESIGNED THESE MARKERS

TO DETECT
OUR TEMPORAL ANOMALIES.

IN ORDER
TO TRANSPORT DR. GRANT,

IT WOULD HAVE HAD
TO HAVE BEEN RETUNED MANUALLY.

- LISTEN TO ME.

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREATEST
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT

KNOWN TO MANKIND,

AND THIS IS THE WAY
YOU'RE TREATING ME?

IT'S A CRYING SHAME, JACK.

- WELL, I KNOW, AND, UH, I--

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE
IS A CRYING SHAME?

IS YOU TRYING
TO STRAND ME IN 1947!

- WHERE'D YOU GET THAT IDEA?

- OH, YOU TWEAKED MY MARKER
SO IT WORKED FOR YOU,

AND YOU RISKED MY LIFE
TO DO IT.

YOU JUST WANTED
TO SEE THE FUTURE.

- AND WHAT
A DISAPPOINTMENT IT IS.

WHERE A VISITOR'S TREATED

WITH CRUEL SUSPICION
AND ACCUSATIONS.

FUTURE'S COME A LONG WAY.

- YEAH, WELL,
MY CELL, MY TIME, MY RULES.

GET COMFY.

TAKE A SEAT.

- LOOK AT THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?

I'M FAT.

IN THIS TIMELINE,
I AM THE FAT DEPUTY.

- OH, NO, MA'AM.

- SHERIFF ANDY.
- SHERIFF ANDY?

WELL, I APPRECIATE
THE PROMOTION, BOSS,

BUT I'M STILL
JUST YOUR DEPUTY.

- A ROBOT DEPUTY.

- THIS THING'S
REALLY A MACHINE?

- YEAH.

- I PREFER
SYNTHETIC COLLEAGUE.

- THAT'S A BIT MORE LIKE
THE FUTURE I ENVISIONED.

- MISS LUPO, WHY ARE YOU
WEARING MY SPARE UNIFORM?

- YEAH.

- WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

- NO FIANCE AND NO JOB.

GOOD TO BE HOME.

- COME CLOSER, ROBOT MAN.

YOU'RE EXTREMELY LIFELIKE.

- [chuckles]

- I'D LOVE TO GET A LOOK
UNDER YOUR UNIFORM.

- BOSS?

TINY GIVES OFF
AN ALPHA-RAY SIGNATURE,

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO FOLLOW IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

- YEAH, BUT I THINK
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

ANDY, MIND IF I TEST
YOUR MEMORY CIRCUITS A LITTLE?

- LITTLE GAME
TO PASS THE TIME?

- SURE.

YES, HOW LONG HAVE YOU AND I
BEEN WORKING TOGETHER?

- 312 DAYS, 16 HOURS.

- AND LUPO LEFT
WHEN YOU GOT HERE?

- MISS LUPO WASN'T TOO HAPPY SHE
DIDN'T GET PROMOTED TO SHERIFF.

- YEAH, I, UH...

- I'M REALLY
ENJOYING THIS GAME.

CAN WE DO MOVIE TRIVIA NEXT?

- SURE.
YEAH, LET'S DO HISTORY.

UH, WHEN DID MAN
FIRST WALK ON THE MOON?

- NEIL ARMSTRONG,
JULY 20TH, 1969.

- AND WHEN DID
THE DESIGNATED HITTER RULE

COME IN AND RUIN BASEBALL?

- OH, 1973,

BUT THE D.H. RULE

ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE CAREERS

OF MANY STARS OF THE GAME.

SHERIFF, DO YOU MIND
IF I SHOOT A QUESTION YOUR WAY?

- YEAH, SURE.

- DID YOU HAPPEN
TO GO BACK TO 1947,

COME BACK
TO AN ALTERED TIMELINE?

- THAT SEEMS
A BIT OF A STRETCH.

WHY WOULD YOU ASK?

- HUH. WELL,
THE QUESTIONS LEAD ME TO THINK

THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SEE
IF HISTORY IS STILL THE SAME.

THAT, AND THE POLLEN
IN YOUR HAIR HAS POLLUTION

CONSISTENT OF THE LATE 1940s.

AND OUR PRISONER
MATCHES A DR. GRANT

THAT DISAPPEARED IN 1947

WITH FIVE OTHER
UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECTS.

I CONNECTED THE DOTS.

- NICE CONNECTING.

- THANKS, BOSS.

[mechanical whirring]

WELL.

DID SOMEBODY TAKE A TUMBLE?

- MORNING, CHIEF.

- HI.

UH, FIND AN EMPTY LAB
IN SECTION FIVE FOR THE DEVICE.

SOMETHING OFF OF CORRIDOR "D"
THAT'S QUIET.

- GOT IT.

- WHEN DID THEY
START CALLING ME CHIEF?

GOOD LORD.

THIS IS MY OFFICE?

WELL, APPARENTLY IN THIS
TIMELINE, I HAVE NO TASTE.

- ARE YOU KIDDING?

THIS IS WICKED.

IT'S, LIKE, MY DREAM OFFICE.

- OH--OH, NO.

FARGO, THEY WEREN'T
CALLING ME CHIEF.

FARGO,
THIS IS YOUR OFFICE.

- I'M RUNNING G.D.?

- TINY'S ON HER WAY TO G.D.

I'M JUST HEADING
BACK OUT TO THE SCENE,

FINISH MY INCIDENT REPORT.

PAPERWORK, HUH?

- BIG WHOOP, TIN MAN.

- I IMAGINE
GOING BACK TO THE PAST

WILL PUT YOU IN A SOUR MOOD.

- CARTER TOLD YOU?

- WELL,
HE CONFIRMED A HUNCH.

DON'T WORRY.
I KNOW IT'S ALL ON THE DOWN LOW.

I THOUGHT
YOU'D BE OUT AND ABOUT,

SEEING WHAT'S CHANGED.

- I HAVE NO MAN AND NO JOB.

THAT'S ENOUGH CHANGE
FOR ONE DAY.

- NO JOB?

- AFTERNOON.

- HEY.

- YOU TELL
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT, YET?

- NO, STILL UNTANGLING
HER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

HEY,
YOU WANT TO HOLD ZANE DOWN

WHILE I BEAT
THE CRAP OUT OF HIM,

OR YOU WANT TO TAKE TURNS?

- WELL, WE SHOULD
PROBABLY TAKE TURNS,

BUT, UM, USUALLY PREFER
TO HAVE EVIDENCE.

- KILLJOY.

- YEAH.

- LISTEN, THANK YOU
FOR FINDING TINY FOR ME.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

- YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE
WHEN I NEED YOU.

UM, LISTEN, JACK.

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THING.

- IT.
- IT.

AND, UM, MY ANSWER IS YES.

YES. YES.

ABSOLUTELY, YES.

MM.

AREN'T YOU HAPPY?

- OH, YOU KNOW...

[laughter]

YES, I'M HAPPY.

- I MEAN,
YOU LOOK A LITTLE SHOCKED.

- WELL, I'M A LITTLE...

- MEDIC!

- WHAT HAPPENED?

- UH, SOME KIND
OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

- DON'T YOU LOVE HIS HAIR?

IT'S SO FLUFFY.
FLUFFY.

FLUFFY'S A FUNNY WORD.
FLUFFY.

- SHE'S A LITTLE OUT OF IT.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S
GET HER INTO THE INFIRMARY.

- OKAY.

- DID YOU SEE--
DID YOU SEE THE BIG, RED ELF?

- YES.
YES, WE DID.

HE'S AN AWESOME RED ELF.

- IT WAS A BIG, RED ELF.

- NURSE, THIS WOMAN
NEEDS A NEURO EXAM.

WHERE'S THE DOCTOR IN CHARGE?

- THAT'S YOU, DR. BLAKE.

- OH.
OH--OKAY.

SO, WELL, THEN GIVE ME
A E.E.G., LIGHTS,

AND SET UP
FOR A PORTABLE MRI.

- RIGHT AWAY.

- YOU'RE THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR?

- DON'T ASK ME.

- NEVER GONNA BE ABLE
TO KEEP THIS STRAIGHT.

IS ELVIS GONNA
WALK THROUGH THE DOOR?

- THAT WOULD BE SO COOL.

WE COULD SHOW HIM
THE BIG RED ELF.

- YES, WE COULD.

YOU KNOW, ALLISON'S
GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU, OKAY?

YOU UNDERSTAND?

- I LOVE YOU.

FLUFFY.

- JACK.

HEY, FARGO.

GOT A MINUTE?

- UH, DR. FARGO
DOES NOT HAVE A MINUTE.

BUT I CAN SQUEEZE YOU IN
FOR NEXT TUESDAY.

- LARRY, I ALWAYS HAVE TIME
FOR SHERIFF CARTER.

- HEARD ABOUT THE PROMOTION.

- ISN'T IT AWESOME?

LARRY HAS TO DO
EVERYTHING I SAY.

LARRY, ONE FOOT.
NOW.

- UH, LOOK,
WE GOT PROBLEMS.

TESS' BUG BLEW AGAIN,

AND, UH,
THIS TIME SHE GOT HURT.

- SEND A BASKET OF
MINI MUFFINS TO DR. FONTANA.

- SEND A TEAM TO FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

- MY DAY IS JUST PACKED.

- FARGO, SEND A TEAM.

- LARRY, UH,
CLEAR MY AFTERNOON.

- YOU GOT IT, CHIEF.

- HEY, UH, WHERE'S ZANE?
I NEED TO TALK TO HIM.

- I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'M LOOKING
THROUGH HIS PERSONNEL FILE,

AND HE GETS IN TROUBLE
FOR STUPID STUFF--

PRANKS, NOTHING SERIOUS.

- WHERE'D YOU GET
HIS G.D. FILE?

- YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HEAD
OF G.D. SECURITY.

BUT YOU KNOW I WANT US TO KEEP
WORKING TOGETHER LIKE NORMAL.

- YOU'RE HEAD OF SECURITY
FOR THIS WHOLE PLACE?

- YEAH.

- CONGRATULATIONS.
[both chuckle]

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[cell phone rings]

- HOLD ON.

UH, CARTER.

- YEAH.

AH, GREAT.

- SORRY, BOSS.

HE KIND OF INSISTED
THAT I CALL.

- THAT DEVICE SENDS
AND RECEIVES CALLS ANYWHERE.

- WHAT DO YOU WANT?

- IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I DID...

MANEUVER EVENTS SO THAT I'D
END UP TRAVELING IN TIME

TO THIS TIME.

- SO YOU'RE CONFESSING?

YOU KNEW THE MARKER
WAS IN MY POCKET--

- PLEASE,
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

I'VE BEEN CHASING THE FUTURE
MY ENTIRE LIFE.

WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY
PRESENTED ITSELF, I...

I SIMPLY COULDN'T RESIST.

- AND LEAVING ME BACK THERE?

- WELL, SOMETIMES
JOURNEYS OF DISCOVERY

REQUIRE A SACRIFICE.

- OH, SURE, YOU WERE
DISCOVERING MY SACRIFICE.

- I'M TRYING
TO MAKE THINGS SQUARE.

I'D RATHER NOT WASTE
ANY MORE TIME SITTING IN HERE,

SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND
JUST, UH...

- OH, GROW UP. TRIED TO LEAVE
ME IN ANOTHER CENTURY?

YOU'RE NOT
GETTING OUT OF HERE.

- HEY,
I THOUGHT WE WERE SQUARE.

- AH, WE'RE SQUARE.

- HEY, SWEETHEART.

- GRACE.

YOU'RE HERE WORKING.

- UH, NO.
I'M PROCRASTINATING.

- I WAS JUST THINKING
ABOUT COFFEE.

- GREAT MINDS.

UH,
I DON'T WANT TO BUG YOU,

BUT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU
ABOUT STAN AND JILL TONIGHT.

OH, HENRY, LOOK,

WE'VE ALREADY CANCELLED
DINNER ON THEM TWICE.

- I'M WITH A PROJECT.

- A 60-YEAR-OLD GADGET
THAT DOESN'T WORK

MEANS YOU CAN'T TAKE
A DINNER BREAK.

- I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THIS CELL
HAS ANY TRACE CHARGE.

- OKAY, I GET IT.
YOU'RE WORKING.

I'LL BOTHER YOU LATER.

AND, UM, FYI,

THE CHARGE IN THOSE CELLS
IS BUILDING.

- NO, THE PHOSPHOR IS CLEAR.

- CHECK
THE ELECTRON DRIFT SPEED.

- [sighs]

OKAY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DIDN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

THE 60-YEAR-OLD
CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS.

- HMM.

WHAT, DID YOU THINK
YOU MARRIED A DUMMY?

- I GUESS NOT.

- CARRY ON.

- HEY, VINCE.

OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE YOU.

- UH, LIKEWISE.

- YEAH,
HAS ZANE BEEN IN TODAY?

- UH, NO, BUT HE SHOULD BE
PICKING UP HIS LUNCH ORDER

ANY TIME NOW.

- OKAY.
UM, UH, ONE MORE THING.

DO YOU KNOW
IF I'VE ASKED TESS

ANY BIG, LIFE-CHANGING
QUESTIONS RECENTLY?

- OH...MY GOD.

YOU PROPOSED?

- I DID?

- I DON'T KNOW.
DID YOU?

- I DON'T KNOW.
DID I?

- OH, CARTER.

- WHAT? HEY.
UM, ONE SEC.

LOOK, LET'S JUST--UH,
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THIS.

CAN WE KEEP THIS QUIET?

- I'M THE VAULT.

- HI.

- HEY.

SO KEVIN AND I

WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
HIS SCHOOL

AND OTHER FRIENDS
AND GIRLFRIENDS.

- YOU DON'T SAY.

- [laughs]
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECRETS.

I'M GONNA GET
SOME MORE COFFEE.

BABY,
DO YOU WANT ANOTHER SHAKE?

- I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU.

DUDE,
SHE HAS LOST HER MIND.

- I KNOW.

- SHE WON'T STOP TOUCHING ME,
ASKING ME STUFF.

SHE KEEPS FEEDING ME.

- I KNOW. I KNOW.

IT'S HARD
WATCHING YOUR KID GROW UP.

- SERIOUSLY, I...
I THINK SHE'S ON DRUGS.

- WELL, SHE'S PROBABLY
NOT ON DRUGS.

BUT, LOOK...

SHOOT.
I GOT TO GO.

UM, LOOK, YOU GOT
TO HANG IN THERE, OKAY?

HAVE SOME PATIENCE,
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT SOON.

OKAY?

ZANE! WE NEED TO TALK.

- SO YOU'RE THINKING
THAT ZANE

REWIRED
THE ROBOT'S SYSTEMS?

- HE HAS THE REQUISITE SKILLS
AND A SHADY HISTORY.

- YEAH, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE ZANE, THOUGH.

I MEAN, I ALWAYS THOUGHT
THAT PEOPLE, AT THEIR CORE,

THAT THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE.

- WELL, YOU'LL GET A PERFECT
CHANCE TO TEST THAT THEORY

RIGHT HERE IN THE NEW WORLD.

- AH, I GUESS.

- THAT WOULD BEAR OUT

THE NOVIKOV
SELF-CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE.

- YEAH,
THINK OF TIME AS A POND.

WHEN WE WENT BACK,
WE MADE RIPPLES.

THOSE RIPPLES MADE CHANGES.

BUT THE FARTHER AWAY
FROM US YOU GET,

THE RIPPLES FADE.

99.99% OF THE WIDER WORLD
IS THE WAY WE LEFT IT.

- YEAH, BUT WE'RE GONNA USE
THE MACHINE OR THE DEVICE

TO--TO FIX THAT, RIGHT?

- YES. YES.

THE BATTERIES
SEEM TO BE RECHARGING,

AND I BELIEVE I'LL BE ABLE
TO REVERSE...

[alarm blaring]

...OUR TEMPORAL IMPACT.

- THAT LOOKS BAD.

- DR. FARGO
WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR

THAT THIS ENTIRE AREA
OF SECTION FIVE WAS OFF LIMITS.

- YEAH, USE YOUR BRAVE VOICE,
LARRY.

NO ONE'S BREAKING ANY RULES.

- DR. FARGO
WILL NOT ACCEPT IT.

- ALL RIGHT. WELL.

- I GAVE THEM PERMISSION
TO USE THIS LAB FOR THE PROJECT.

- THANK YOU, FARGO.

- OF COURSE, SIR.
MY MISTAKE.

YOUR CONFERENCE CALL

WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
IS IN FIVE MINUTES.

- SORRY, LARRY.

- THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

HOW COOL IS THIS JOB?

- ARE YOU HERE FOR A REASON?

- OH, YEAH.
I GOT THE SCANS BACK ON TINY.

YOU GOT TO SEE THIS.
IT'S HILARIOUS.

LOOK AT THOSE
GAMMA SIGNATURES.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS
AN OVERLOAD OF POSITRONS.

I MEAN,
LIKE THAT'S POSSIBLE.

- [laughs]

- [laughs]

- IT'S SORT OF
A PHYSICS JOKE, BECAUSE...

I'LL REDO THE SCANS.

- WELL, I'M GLAD HE'S HAPPY,

BECAUSE THIS MAY BE OUR REALITY
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I MEAN, I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO SALVAGE SOME PARTS, BUT...

- ALL RIGHT,
IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL

IF SOMEBODY DID THIS
ON PURPOSE?

- SABOTAGE.

UM, CAN'T RULE IT OUT,

THOUGH I'M NOT AN EXPERT
ON THE TECHNOLOGY FROM THIS ERA.

BUT YOU KNOW WHO IS.

- OH.

- DEAR LORD.

- NOT TOO SHABBY, HUH?

- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW,

BUT I STARTED THIS PROJECT

WITH A HANDFUL OF SCIENTISTS
OUT OF SOME ARMY TENTS.

MY LAB TABLE
WAS AN OLD MUNITIONS CRATE.

- DID YOU EVER THINK
IT WOULD TURN INTO THIS?

- WELL, I WAS ALWAYS
A FELLA THAT COULD DREAM BIG,

BUT NO.

NO, NOT IN MY
WILDEST IMAGINATION.

- I WOULDN'T LIGHT THAT.

- GLOBAL DYNAMICS
IS A NON-SMOKING FACILITY.

PLEASE EXTINGUISH
YOUR SMOKING MATERIAL.

- WHAT IS IT?

SOME...SOME KIND OF MOBILE
PATROL SYSTEM?

- PLEASE EXTINGUISH
YOUR SMOKING MATERIAL PROMPTLY.

- YOU MIGHT WANT
TO LISTEN TO HER.

- SHE? REALLY?

WHAT KIND OF PROPULSION SYSTEM
DOES SHE...

NEVER MIND.
WAIT A MINUTE.

UH, PARDON ME.
MA'AM.

WHAT KIND OF
PROPULSION SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

- HAVE A PLEASANT DAY.

- I THINK I'M IN LOVE
WITH THIS PLACE.

- HEY, ALLISON.

- HEY.
SO, UH, TESS IS FINE.

- OH, GOOD.

- SHE'LL PROBABLY SLEEP
FOR A FEW HOURS,

BUT HER TESTS ARE GOOD.

- GOOD. GOOD.
I FIGURED.

LOOK, UH, SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO THE BRIDGE DEVICE,

AND IT LOOKS INTENTIONAL.

- YEAH, I HEARD.

SO IF YOU'RE GONNA ASK, ASK.

- DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

- YOU MEAN DID I DESTROY IT?

- DID YOU?

- HAVE YOU TALKED TO ZOE?

- YEAH, SHE'S GREAT.

LOVING HARVARD.
WHY?

- THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE

IF YOU COULD NEVER
TALK TO HER.

- YEAH, ALLISON, I GET IT.
- NO, YOU DON'T.

WHAT IF YOU COULD NEVER KNOW
YOUR OWN DAUGHTER?

NEVER CONNECT TO THE WORLD
THE WAY SHE SEES IT?

- THEN I WOULD DO WHATEVER
IT TAKES TO GET HER BACK.

FARGO SAID THAT HE SAW YOU
GOING DOWN TO SECTION FIVE

RIGHT BEFORE THE DEVICE
WAS DESTROYED.

- YEAH, I WENT DOWN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT IT WAS

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DO.

I WAS DENIED ENTRY.

THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR

DOESN'T HAVE CLEARANCE
FOR SECTION FIVE,

SO I WENT BACK.

I DIDN'T DO IT, CARTER.

BUT, HONESTLY,
I THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE.

- HI, GENTLEMEN.
ANY PROGRESS?

- HEY, CARTER.
YOU SEEN THIS?

- UH, WHAT?

- EXCITES RADIATION
INTO A BEAM

THAT CAN CUT
THROUGH CARBON STEEL.

I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU'VE HEARD OF A LASER.

- UH, YEAH, I THINK I HAVE ONE
IN MY PRINTER, ACTUALLY.

SO WAS IT SABOTAGE?

- THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE

ANY EVIDENCE
OF TAMPERING, SHERIFF.

- YOU SURE?

- IT SEEMS LIKE A STREAM
OF ANTIMATTER POSITRONS

MAY HAVE OVERLOADED
THE POWER SYSTEM.

- WELL, NOW FARGO SAID

THAT'S THE SAME THING
HAPPENED TO TINY.

SO ZANE IS, WHAT, FIRING
THESE THINGS AROUND FOR YUKS?

- CREATING ANTIMATTER POSITRONS

IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT,

SO IF ZANE
HAS FOUND A SHORTCUT,

HE WOULDN'T BE PLAYING JOKES.

HE WOULD BE GETTING
A NOBEL PRIZE.

- I DON'T BELIEVE ZANE
IS RESPONSIBLE, SHERIFF.

I THINK YOU WERE RIGHT.

- GREAT.

SO THAT LEAVES ME
EXACTLY NOWHERE.

MIGHT AS WELL START LOOKING
FOR A GIANT RED ELF.

- EXCUSE ME?

- NO, IT'S, UH, A JOKE.

SOMETHING TESS SAID
WHEN SHE WAS HURT.

SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT A--
A RED ELF.

OH, COME ON.

- "ELF" IS SHORT
FOR EMISSION OF LIGHT

IN VERY LOW-FREQUENCY
PERTURBATIONS.

- I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

- IT'S A KIND OF LIGHTNING

THAT OCCURS
IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE,

ALONG WITH SPRITES
AND BLUE JETS.

DIDN'T YOU STUDY WEATHER
IN SCIENCE CLASS?

- WELL, I REMEMBER
CUMULOUS CLOUDS, AND...

- NO, BUT THIS SOUNDS
LIKE POSITRONIC LIGHTNING.

- THAT SOUNDS BAD.

- YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY
WHAT OVERLOADED

TINY AND THE BRIDGE DEVICE.

IT'S FIVE TIMES HOTTER
THAN THE SUN,

BUT LUCKILY,
IT'S INCREDIBLY RARE.

- OH, EXCEPT TODAY.
- RIGHT.

PLUS THERE'S NO WAY
I'LL BE ABLE TO PREDICT

WHERE IT'S GONNA STRIKE NEXT.

[thunder rumbles,
electricity crackles]

- FOUND IT.
- UH-HUH.

AH.

LOOK AT THAT.

THAT THERE,
NOW THAT IS A RED ELF.

- THIS--THIS IS INSANE.

UM, EVERYBODY,
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?

NEED YOU TO GO BACK
TO YOUR LABS, PLEASE.

NOT A DRILL. NOT A TEST.

OFF THE FLOOR, PLEASE.

MA'AM, SIR,
THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

ALL THE WAY OFF.

YEAH, YOU GUYS GO.
YOU GOT TO GO.

BACK TO YOUR LABS.
OFF THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU.
GO.

NICE ELF.

- NASTY WEATHER WE'RE HAVING.
INSIDE.

- IT'S A POSITRONIC
LIGHTNING STORM.

- ANY IDEA
WHEN IT'S GONNA END?

- NO, SINCE THIS IS THE
FIRST ONE THAT'S EVER EXISTED.

- THERE'S STRIKES
ALL OVER THE BUILDING.

ANDY'S MOVING EMPLOYEES
INTO SHIELDED AREAS.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
EVEN IF YOU MOVE FAST,

YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME INJURIES.

- I'LL CALL IN A MEDICAL TEAM
AND BRIEF ALLISON.

- OKAY.

- THE DIRECTORY
DOESN'T SHOW ANY PROJECTS

THAT COULD BE GENERATING
THIS MUCH POSITRONIC ENERGY.

- ALL RIGHT,
HOW ABOUT HOBBIES?

UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY MESSING
AROUND WITH TEST TUBES, BEAKERS?

- BEAKERS? BEAKERS?

- JACK, POSITRONIC LIGHTNING

WOULD BE A GIGANTIC PROJECT

THAT WOULD REQUIRE
CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT

JUST TO KEEP IT
FROM GOING OUT OF CONTROL.

BUT IT WOULD BE
THE FIRST STEPS

TOWARD A SOURCE
OF TERRESTRIAL ANTIMATTER.

UH, LIMITLESS, CLEAN ENERGY.

- OR ANTIMATTER WEAPONS.

- THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING

THAT SOMEONE MIGHT WANT
TO KEEP SECRET.

- A WHITE LIST PROJECT.

- OH, GREAT,
THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT.

- A DARPA PROJECT
SO POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING

THAT IT OPERATES
WITH NO OFFICIAL RECORD.

- YEAH, BUT IT WOULD STILL
NEED THE PERMISSION

OF THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE.

- THIS IS THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE.

IF YOU GAVE PERMISSION

BEFORE YOU TRAVERSED
THAT WORMHOLE,

YOU WOULD HAVE NO MEMORY OF IT,

AND THERE WOULD BE NO RECORD.

- OH, THAT IS TRIPPY.

- FARGO, IF YOU DID THIS...

- I DIDN'T.

- NOT YOU YOU,
BUT SUCCESSFUL YOU.

WHERE WOULD YOU PUT IT?

- I'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL
IN MY CAREER.

SECTION FIVE.

BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS
OF LABS DOWN THERE.

WHERE WOULD YOU LOOK?

- RIGHT WHERE LARRY
TOLD US NOT TO.

- UH...

- WELCOME, DR. FARGO.

DNA SCAN COMPLETE.

IRIS RECOGNITION SCAN
COMPLETE.

VOICE RECOGNITION
INCOMPLETE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR PASSWORD.

- I DON'T KNOW.

- GUESS.

- DOUGIE THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

- VOICE RECOGNITION COMPLETE.

- HONESTLY?

I MADE POSITRONIC LIGHTNING,
BABY!

NOT TOO CLOSE.
6 MILLION VOLTS.

- YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING.

- WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY
INTO THAT LAB.

- TELL ME YOU DIDN'T.

- DID YOU GET MY MINI MUFFINS?

- YOU BUILT A POSITRONIC ARRAY
IN MY SECTION,

AND YOU MADE IT WHITE LIST.

YOU HID IT FROM ME?

- HE HAD REASONS.

- OH, OH,
BECAUSE HE'S A PARANOID,

SECRETIVE DICTATOR.

THAT IS THE REASON.

- I'M SORRY, OKAY?
I'M SORRY.

- UH, I--I'VE NEVER HEARD
YOU APOLOGIZE BEFORE.

TO ANYONE.

- I'M TURNING OVER
A NEW LEAF?

PLEASE STOP YELLING AT ME.

- AAH!

- CONTAINMENT IS FAILING.

- YOU THINK?

- WE HAVE TO WORK FAST

UNLESS YOU WANT THE SKELETON
OF THIS BUILDING TO VAPORIZE.

- I VOTE WORK FAST.

- WE COULD PURGE IT
INTO THE BEDROCK.

- WE COULD USE A PARTICLE DRILL
TO SINK THE GROUND WIRE,

BUT WE STILL HAVE
TO TAP THE DUMP COIL.

- I'LL GO.
- YOU'LL BE VAPORIZED.

- THEN I TAKE IT BACK.

- WE CAN'T SHUT IT OFF
WITHOUT GOING INTO THE LAB,

AND WE CAN'T GO INTO THE LAB
WITHOUT SHUTTING IT OFF.

- CAN WE DO IT, UM,
LIKE, WITH A KITE AND A KEY,

LIKE BEN FRANKLIN STYLE?
SORT OF...

- NO, EXACTLY.

IF WE CAN GET THE CHARGE
TO GO TO ONE AREA OF THE LAB...

- I'M VERY ATTRACTIVE.

I MEAN,
POSITRONICALLY SPEAKING.

I'LL BE THE LIGHTNING ROD.

- BUT COULD YOU
TAKE THE POUNDING?

- IT'LL BE
A COUPLE BILLION AMPS.

- WELL, DRESS ME UP
IN SOME COMPTON SHIELDING

TO PROTECT ME
AND DRAW THE LIGHTNING,

I'LL BE FINE.

- I THINK I GOT JUST THE GIRL
WHO CAN LEND YOU THAT DRESS.

MOVE, GUYS.

WE NEED THE SHIELD TO BE
980 STATCOULOMBS THICK.

- HEY.

- HEY.

- GOT A SEC FIVE PASS
FROM FARGO.

SEE IF YOU GUYS
NEEDED ANY HELP.

- UH, NO,
ANDY'S ALMOST READY,

AND TESS IS SACRIFICING
A PROJECT

SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON
FOR A YEAR.

- AND SHE DOES IT
WITH A SMILE.

SHE'S PRETTY AMAZING.

MUST BE WHY YOU ASKED HER
TO MOVE IN WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHAT
SHE WAS SAYING YES TO.

- [stammers]
- SHE TOLD ME.

SHE WAS STILL KIND OF LOOPY
FROM THE ELECTRIC SHOCK.

- WE'RE MOVING
IN TOGETHER?

I SPENT A YEAR REALIZING
WE DON'T WORK AS A COUPLE,

WE BREAK UP,

SHE SPENDS A YEAR
THINKING IT'S GREAT.

IT'S JUST--

- I GUESS THAT'S UP TO YOU,
CARTER.

- ANDY MOVES ALONG
THE EAST PYLONS,

ATTRACTING THE STRIKES.

YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH
OF A WINDOW.

- OKAY.
- 74 SECONDS.

- 74 SECONDS?

- SO MOVE YOUR ASS, HONEY.

- THEN ACROSS THE LAB,

DIRECTLY UNDER
THE CAPACITOR SPHERE.

- UH, THE SILVER THING?

- EXACTLY. THEN DIRECTLY
BEHIND THE SPHERE

IS THE DUMP COIL.

- OH, HOW DO I GET THE--

EVERY TIME YOU SAY DUMP COIL,
IT SOUNDS SO GROSS.

RIGHT.
HOW DO I GET TO THE DUMP COIL?

OH,
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING.

- ANY CHEMICAL PROPELLANT
WOULD EXPLODE.

- SHOOT THE BOLT INTO THE COIL,

USE THE DRILL
TO DROP THE TITANIUM WIRE.

THAT SHOULD PURGE THE CHARGE.
- OKAY.

- SHERIFF!

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

- HE VOLUNTEERED.

- I'M THE DRILL GUY.

- HE'S THE DRILL GUY?

THIS ISN'T YOUR PROBLEM.

- SURE IT IS.

I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS TOWN
FOR 60 YEARS.

I CAN'T TO PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT GOES ON AROUND HERE,

BUT ELECTRICITY
DOESN'T CHANGE.

I CAN HANDLE THE DRILL.

- NO, I--

OKAY.

- HEY, SHERIFF,
WE SHOULD GET MOVING.

YIPPEE KI-YAY.

- YOU READY?
- UH-HUH.

- GO.

OH! THOUGHT THESE SUITS
WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US.

- FROM THE CHARGE,
NOT THE PAIN.

- THERE'S THE DUMP COIL.

- YOU GOT 30 SECONDS, JACK.
30 SECONDS.

- I'LL DROP THE GROUND COIL!

WE SHOULD HIT BEDROCK
IN ABOUT 200 METERS.

ABOUT 20 SECONDS.

- ANY TIME NOW.

- YOU'VE ONLY GOT 15 SECONDS.

- [groans]
THIS WIRE'S AWFUL THIN.

- TITANIUM ALLOY.
STRONG AS IT GETS.

- YOU'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME,
JACK.

HURRY.

- BEDROCK!

GOOD JOB, DEPUTY.

AH.

HEY.

- YOU OKAY THERE, TEX?

- OH, YEAH.

I MEAN, DON'T BELIEVE 'EM

WHEN THEY TELL YOU
THAT LIGHTNING

DOESN'T STRIKE TWICE
IN THE SAME PLACE.

BUT, UH, HOW'S ANDY?

- OH, HE'LL SURVIVE.

FARGO SAID THAT HE NEEDS A
COMPLETE MEMORY WIPE AND RELOAD.

- OH, THAT'S OKAY.

I MEAN, HE ENJOYED THE TIME
TRAVEL STORY THE FIRST TIME,

SO HE'LL FORGET,
I'LL TELL HIM AGAIN, IT'LL--

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
ALL ALONE?

- IT'S WHERE ZANE PROPOSED.

AND I DIDN'T ANSWER.

- AH.

WELL, EVERYBODY FREEZES

THE FIRST TIME IN COMBAT.

WELL, ALMOST EVERYBODY.

YOU GOT SCARED.

DOESN'T CHANGE
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GUY.

YOU JUST GOT SCARED.

- I JUST WISH
THAT I SAID SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT
IT WOULDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

AND I KNOW THAT HE
WOULDN'T REMEMBER NOW,

BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST

IT WOULD BE OUT THERE
IN THE UNIVERSE, SOMEWHERE.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE GUY.

AND HE LOVED ME.

ONCE.

- HEY.

- HEY.

- HOW'S MY HERO?

- SLIGHTLY SINGED,
BUT I'M OKAY.

- HMM. UM, LISTEN,

WE NEED TO TALK SCHEDULING
WITH THE MOVERS,

BUT I'M WHIPPED.

ELECTROSHOCK
CAN BE EXHAUSTING.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW?

- UH, THAT WOULD BE BETTER.

- OKAY, GOOD.

- HEY, I'M GOING TO DRE'S.

WE MIGHT GO SEE A MOVIE
OR SOMETHING.

- WELL, WHAT ABOUT DINNER?

- THIS IS DINNER.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER. LOVE YOU.

- HEY, LOSER.

- LOSER.

THAT, UH, THAT MEANS COOL,
RIGHT? HMM.

YOU OKAY?

- YEAH.

ACTUALLY,
I'M MORE THAN OKAY.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY.

I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT'S STILL DIFFICULT.

- YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT.

HE SOUNDS LIKE HE'S
A PRETTY INDEPENDENT KID.

- THINK I'M GONNA NEED HELP
WITH THIS TEENAGER THING.

- I WILL HELP YOU.

- SO, UM, THE DEVICE IS DEAD.

AND THE ENERGY FIELD
IS DECAYED BEYOND REPAIR.

- SO THIS IS HOME, THEN?

FOR ALL OF US.

- WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

- SO HOW DO WE TELL EVERYONE
WHAT HAPPENED TO US?

- ALL AT ONCE.

PULL IT OFF FAST,
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A HANGNAIL.

- IF PEOPLE FIND OUT
THERE'S AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE,

IT COULD BE DESTABILIZING
AND DANGEROUS.

- THIS IS DANGEROUS,

HAVING US WALK AROUND
LIKE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

- YEAH,
BUT HOW WOULD PEOPLE REACT?

I MEAN, IF HENRY TELLS HIS WIFE
HE DOESN'T REMEMBER HER...

- I'M NOT SAYING
IT'S GONNA BE FUN.

- WE NEED TO BE HONEST.

- WOULD I STILL KEEP MY JOB?

- LISTEN,
WE CAN'T TELL ANYONE.

THERE'S A MILITARY PROTOCOL
IN PLACE

FOR A SITUATION LIKE THIS.

- YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

- NO,
THERE'S A MILITARY PROTOCOL

IN PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.

- ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN THE FUTURE
OR AFFECTED HISTORY

IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS.

THEY CAN FURTHER
CONTAMINATE THE TIMELINE.

VIOLATORS WILL BE ISOLATED
AND SANCTIONED.

- UM, SANCTIONED, LIKE, DEAD?

- NO, SANCTIONED
LIKE WE EACH GET A PUPPY.

- WE CAN'T TELL ANYONE
WHAT HAPPENED.

IT HAS TO STAY
WITH THE SIX OF US.

AGREED?

- AGREED.

- WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD.

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