Journeyman (2007–…): Season 1, Episode 13 - Perfidia - full transcript
Dan and Livia help a fellow time traveler reconnect with his lost love.
Previously on Journeyman:
I'm elliot langley from
lawrence livermore.
Time travel is impossible.
No. Just not proven.
So what's going on, dr. Langley?
Do you know this man, doctor?
I've never seen him before in my life.
He's going through some stuff.
In his way-back machine?
When I come back, I'm hungry
Don't ask me why
I think he might be
mentally ill. Yes
Theresa, I like you
I think I know jack
I think I know theresa's pregnant
I just don't want anything
to happen to my family
Henry wants to get married this weekend.
Why?
Because he got drafted into the army.
Listen, we need to figure out
what's happening to you, Dan.
- Katie...
- if we can just figure out what's causing this, there's a chance we can stop it
Katie, I'm going back
I can feel it.
There's somethingthat
I need to do that day.
You're going to get in trouble.
That's gnarly.
Yeah.
Could I borrow your...?
- Don't touch my stuff!
- Okay.
Sorry.
Hey, what year is it?
It's 2007, freak.
They fried you good.
Hey! Hey!
Hello.
Hello, indeed.
Look at you.
Rough night. Bachelor party.
- Wow.
- What?
Bachelor party,
I used that one when I showed
up covered in mud at a wedding.
Do you always arrive like this?
Only when I drink tequila.
Is this a school?
School? No.
This is north bay.
North bay psychiatric hospital?
Thanks.
Where you going? Don't
leave! Don't leave.
You're here for a reason, right?
Not the reason you think.
Well, we never really
know in the beginning.
It's me.
You're here for me.
Are... Are you hungry?
It always makes me hungry
I can get you food.
See, I saw what you did.
How you got here.
Wait. How I got here?
I know who you are, man
I'm one of you.
I travel, too.
Right.
Yeah.
Okay.
- Hey.
- Hello.
- What's your name?
- Dan
I'm evan. Evan pattison.
Are you okay?
Just a little cut.
So where are your pants?
- Dan.
- Where are your clothes, Dan?
My house.
And how did you get here?
Patient dumping
I bet he came from mercy.
You want to go inside so
we can clean that up?
You know what? Uh, it's okay
I should probably just get going.
- Like that?
- Yeah. I'll just make a call.
With what?
Do you have a phone? Or money?
I don't belong here.
Don't go, Dan. Stay.
- You belong here.
- Come on.
We'll have you patched up in a jiffy.
You ready?
You're here for me.
No, he's not, evan.
Okay. Let's go.
So, where you from, Dan?
You should have bought the jeans
I know. They were cute, but...
But nothing Katie, you
got to use your gut.
The hippocampus, the primitive part of our
brain, is far superior to the frontal lobes.
You got that?
Which just tends to
over-think everything.
Oh, I see. So it was the hippocampus
that told you to date that guy ronaldo?
It told me to enjoy his flat
abs, his gorgeous hair,
- and his villa in positano, which I thoroughly did.
- Oh, my god
Katie?
What happened?
Was the door locked when we came in?
I don't know. You opened it
I opened it. Right.
It was locked. Okay...
Are you okay?
Dan must have cut
himself shaving That's all.
- Shaving what?
- Annette...
I'm sorry. There is just...
There is blood five feet
away from the bathroom sink
I'm trying to figure out how your
husband's shaving nick does that.
Did someone break in again?
No, honey.
Did dad fall down
before he disappeared?
Disappeared?
It is with sadness and deep regret
that I announce that it is my intent to resign
from the senate effective september...
So, did they get a
blood sample from you?
'Cause I have low creatinine, and I always
wondered if that had something to do with it.
No. No blood sample.
Did you contact her for me?
Why don't you?
'Cause I don't have her number.
And that's why I didn't
contact her for you
Evan, buddy, don't
sweat the small stuff.
- And it's all...
- small stuff?
Is... Is.. Is that what you think, ned?
See, small stuff piles up until
it's big stuff, then until it's...
It's great, big, giant,
hairy-ass stuff, ned!
You... You are one burst blood vessel
away from being dumber than a mop, ned!
- You okay?
- Believe it or not, I'm sedated.
Really?
Yellow pill in the morning,
black pill at night.
Not without its charms
I could see making it a habit.
So how, or why,
did they put you in here?
I used to sleep in the nude,
and get called away.
And I woke up one too many
times in family restaurants.
At first, I didn't tell the
authorities that I was a traveler.
Then I did once, and then I made the
fatal mistake of insisting that I was,
and here I am.
So, the pills... Do they
help with the headaches?
- Headaches?
- Yeah. Before you travel.
No.
My hands go numb.
Oh. I see.
I figured out you're here to help me
I mean, that's what we do, right?
We bump everything back online.
We first met at stanford
when we were freshmen.
Yeah, I went to stanford.
We were both working
at this pizza joint
I was cooking, and lauren was
working the front of the house.
So lauren's your wife?
She... She should be
But, for now...
She's just the love of my life.
Doesn't she know that you're here?
Sadly, no.
She, uh... She has no idea
I mean, if she did,
she'd get me out of here.
Why don't you just,
you know, travel out?
I would, but I think the
sedatives are keeping me grounded.
They watch you swallow them.
So don't pop any if you want to go home.
Now, are you going to
help me get out of here?
'Cause I have a plan
I just need a partner.
How long has he been gone?
All day, I think.
It's hard to tell. It's not like
he leaves on the 5:15, you know?
I'm sure he's okay.
Except there was blood on the floor,
and the last time that happened,
he left herewith a
bullet in his shoulder.
What else can we do, jack?
Can we get some answers some other way?
No, thanks. I was going
through garrity's file.
There was a picture of Dan as a
kid with this guy elliot langley.
He's a scientist that
specializes in quantum physics.
- Can we talk to him?
- I've been trying. I can't get a meeting.
At least not in his office.
But I know what he drives.
Thanks, jack.
I used to feel so safe here
I know the guys who did security
for our embassy in bahrain.
- Annette, you're still here.
- Yes.
You know, katie, if you don't feel safe here,
you could always look at another house
I certainly couldn't live here.
So, jack vasser,
father.
Yeah
I know.
- Wow. Really?
- Yeah.
It's time.
Well, you did good I like theresa.
Big upgrade over the last one.
Yeah. I don't know about that.
I just...
Finally let go of the idea
that I could match it.
- All right. See ya.
- Okay.
Thanks.
I hope this works
This ain't pelican bay.
And I was in pelican bay once, '76.
- You time travel there?
- No.Assault, of course.
See you around, Dan.
Hey, oscar.
You're in my chair.
You're in my chair.
It's my chair! Come on!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! It's mine!
Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!
Break it up!
Break it up!
Damn it. We got one over the wall.
Hey.
- Oh, my...!
- Oh, sorry
I didn't even know you were home
I just got here.
- You wanted me to wake you?
- Yeah.
If you've been gone for a day and a
half, it's okay to wake me. My god!
I won't mind.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- What's going on?
- Oh...
There was blood on the bathroom floor.
Oh, yeah. I just...
I slipped coming out of the shower.
Where did you go?
I went back and helped some guy
escape from a mental institution.
You put a mental patient on the streets.
No.
Unless you think people who say they
can travel through time are crazy.
- You met a man who said he travels?
- Yeah.
Well, I'm sure he's nuts,
but then I thought you were.
His name is evan.
He's desperate to meet this woman.
He calls her the love of his life.
- That's all I got.
- It's too bad.
Sure would be nice to have
somebodyelse like you around.
Well, there's livia.
Yeah. Somebody who's a guy,
and not really, really hot.
Someone who's been
doing this for a while.
Someone who could give you some insight.
It's not going to be evan.
Why not?
'Cause he's dead.
He was killed jaywalking market.
Damn it!
- Gotta go.
- Okay.
No, I mean, I really,
you know, gotta go.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Can I watch?
- Hmm?
I've never seen it happen;
I want to watch.
- Hey.
- Hi.Uh, okay. Bye.
Uh, oops! Sorry.
Charming. We'll clean up.
He's in a hurry.
Yeah, apparently.
- You okay?
- Yeah, fine.
My friend josh hoyer
works for banco popular,
and he just got
transferred to mexico city.
- Okay.
- He has to leave in a week.
He has to sell his house on purdum.
What are you saying?
I think you should buy it, as insurance.
Insurance?
Sorry
I meantas an investment.
- He says he's a time traveler?
- Yeah.
- In a mental institution.
- Yeah.
What year is it?
September 2007.
You believe him, this evan guy?
No, no. He's, um...
What?
He's crazy... Pathetic...
In love.
Sound like anyone we know?
What does he want?
Her.
He showed me that woman's picture.
Her name's lauren.
Well, now we know why you're here.
Yeah, that's not going to be easy.
She's married to paul vogel.
He's a hard-charging city supervisor.
He's been getting death threats
and he travels with security.
Well, wouldn't want
it to be an easy one.
So, uh...
On the subject of husbands...
What about them?
Do you... Have one?
Not yet
I take it you won't make the wedding.
Did you know that, um...
You and I were both born during
a rare celestial occurrence?
Uh... No.
The joseph-lee comet.
What do you think it means?
All right, now I think it
means we're both playing cupid,
because another time traveler is
about to enter that building.
Hey, evan.
Hey. Oh. You got out, too!
This feels like a bad idea.
- What does?
- Talking to her.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Who are you?
Uh... She's a friend.
She's one of us.
You can tell by the shoes.
Have you traveled since you got out?
No, no, but then again,
I just escaped yesterday, so...
Lauren is married.
- Evan, you left that part out.
- I know.
And her husband travels with a security
detail, 'cause he's been getting death threats.
- From anyone I know?
- Not from me
I just want to talk to her.
What's wrong with that?
Yeah, Dan, what's wrong with that?
- Morning.
- Morning.
Was I doing something wrong, officer?
You know my brother, Dan.
Dan vasser.
I'm sorry, who?
We also have a mutual friend.
Agent richard garrity
I'm sorry, I don't know a garrity.
Agent richard garrity, formerly of
the federal bureau of investigation.
Now deceased.
Where are you going
with this, inspector?
Why was your name on
one of his case files?
I'm a research scientist
I'm sure my name appears
in many government files.
How about you just tell me
what's going on with my brother,
and we can both get on with our day?
I'd be glad to if I knew your brother.
Have I done something wrong, officer?
Is this you?
Appears to be.
The kid is Dan vasser.
My dad took the picture.
You expect me to remember a picture
with a stranger that's 25 years old?
Are you going to cite me,
inspector, or arrest me?
Because I am late for a lecture.
We're not done.
Security detail's heading for the car.
Okay, let's do it.
Maybe you should lose the flowers.
Why? Women love flowers.
It's a little needy.
Oh, I feel needy.
- Hey.
- One, one second...
Oh, my gosh. Mr. Vogel?
- Yes?
- Alison willow.
I'm a law student at stanford.
You spoke at my class awhile back.
It was about municipal
subsidies for water treatment.
I just have a couple of quick questions.
Do you mind? She's a voter.
No.
Go now.
- Lauren.
- Yes.
- Hi.
- Hi.
My name is evan pattison.
- Have we met?
- You could say that.
Um, the first time we met was a long
time ago in college at stanford.
We used to, uh, study with
the radio tuned to latin jazz
I'm sorry, I don't remember.
Oh, yeah, you never
went to bed before 2:00,
and you loved any cocktail
that had coconut in it.
- Evan, evan...
- you know me.
It's okay. He's with me.
- It's all right.
- But she knows me!
No, evan, she doesn't. Just let it go.
Let it go. All right?
- No!
- Come on.
I can help the downpayment.
No, but thank you.
Oh, please, you're my sister.
Sometimes it seems like
you break at the touch.
I'm just stressed.
Well, that stress is the
number one cause of cancer.
Thanks. That helps
with the stress.
What is wrong, katie?
You know, a change of scenery
might be nice for you and zack.
Me and zack?
And Dan, too.
Oh, come on
I didn't say anything you
weren't thinking already.
Sell the house?
- Insane, I know.
- Do you want a new house?
- No.
- It's not the worst idea in the world after what happened here, but...
Dan, the house isn't the problem.
It's you... well, it's not you,
but what's happening to you.
I just want you back the way you were.
You know, I do, too.
Really?
Well, then what aboutthe sedatives?
Can we try that?
I ran into evan pattison.
"The love of his life"...
no idea who he was.
It was all just a fantasy.
So he's not a traveler...
You didn't really believe it, did you?
No, no, no
I guess I wanted to.
What happened to him after that?
Well, we convinced him not
to jaywalk on market, but...
What are you working on?
That guy who got shot
stalking vogel's wife.
- Ah, that's four months old.
- Yeah.
So why are you working on some...?
Evan pattison harassed vogel's wife in
the morning, gets throw out of a diner.
Then he breaks into their house
that evening, so they shot him.
Well, unless you're going to tell me he rose
from the grave and is now starring in wicked,
I don't see a story, because
what you've told me isn't new.
He wasn't armed, hugh.
The police thought he was.
The stalker was trying to
give lauren vogel a ring.
The police mistook the gift
box for a weapon, shot him.
Officers still on leave,
pending an investigation.
- So?
- That was four months ago.
I.A. still hasn't come to a conclusion.
Yeah, they did.
Suicide by cop.
Melnick wrote the follow-up.
You know, you get the paper free here;
try reading it
I have a fresh take.
- Really, now?
- Yeah.
What?
I don't know, but I'll
have it to you later.
Of course you will.
Through a suitable
identification of fixed points,
event horizons can be
plotted in anti-sitter space.
Questions?
Yes?
What do you know about time travel?
That's not today's topic.
Could, could we make it today's topic?
It's pretty cool, 'cause
this stuff is, like, whoo.
Could someone please find security?
I could prove time travel is possible.
Want to know how?
Well, you go back in time
and stop sniffing glue?
No, seriously, I can.
Yeah? Do tell.
- My brother, he does it.
- Inspector...
- he does it all the time.
- Stop...
He could bring stuff, if he talks to
people, he can change the present
I mean, dr. Langley knows all
about it, 'cause they've talked.
He's known my brother
since he was a boy.
- Stop.
- Why?
Oh.
Sorry, guys,
I think I'm in the wrong lecture.
Morning.
- Great!
- What's wrong?
I do not need this right now.
Okay, okay, let's get to work.
No, no,
not until you tell me what's wrong
I'm going to get married
in two hours, Dan,
and 50 years ago.
I'm sorry, let's just get going.
Hey, hey, it's today?
Yes. So, I'm not going
to have a lot of time.
Are you crying 'cause
you're having second...
No, I just have a lot to do today.
God, in-laws to meet and Henry's
hung over from a bachelor party
and I have a spot on my wedding dress.
And one-hour dry cleaning is 25
years away from being a reality.
You don't expect me
notto live my life, do you?
Of course not. I...
Okay, what's the date?
September 24, 2007.
Alright. This is going to be simple.
Our nut is a stalker,
gonna get himself shot.
There he is.
He's got a ring. He's gonna die today.
Evan
Evan
Dan.
Great
Ah, you can help me...
You're going back to
North Bay, you need help.
You're delusional
I can't believe it. Of all the
people who should believe me...
If I could only tell you
what I know, you'd stop.
You looked me up, didn't you?
In the future.
I just know
Dan, what's going to happen?
It's okay to tell me.
Look, I really can time travel, Dan.
What's that?
Proof.
Can you play this for me?
What are you doing?
It's 5:30, september 24.
I had a late meeting at
the mayor's office at 4:30,
so I'll get back at
the office around 6:00
- I'll be away for a half-hour.
- Away from where?
- The register.
- I can't go there with you.
- Why not?
- 'Cause I'm supposed to be dead.
Yeah, right. You stay here.
- Back early?
- Yeah
I forgot my blazer Wedding anniversary.
Okay, and the mayor story?
Have it for you in an hour.
This is, uh, me and laurena few
years back, dancing to "perfidia."
It's her.
I met her in college
I was married to her for 20 years.
About 15 years back,
the travels started.
And I tried to live as
normal a life as possible.
What a joke.
You're one of us
I think I mentioned that.
My god, what...
What causes it?
Why are we doing it?
I haven't learned much
since the first few months.
Except that, uh...
Whoever's pulling our strings
is doing it for a reason
Dan, you're going to change
more lives than explorers,
scientists, doctors, anyone.
What happened to her, evan?
She was killed while we
were married, back in '05.
Some guy that I pissed off back there.
And I kept trying to fix it.
And it kept getting worse.
So you erased your life
with lauren on purpose?
I just happened to travel once back to
the day I first met lauren in college.
And so I changed it so that
our paths never crossed.
That's all it takes, really.
Just a little bump.
And just like that,
our lives as we knew it...
Deleted.
I didn't care that she
wasn't going to be mine,
I just wanted her to live again.
And now she has no memory
of how happy we were.
I just want one last moment with her.
- Hello.
- Hey, it's me
- Livia.
- Evan's the real thing.
Wow, okay. Well, you
better get out of there.
Why?
You are on your way up there.
This is how I ended up
in the cuckoo's nest.
My old self saw my new self and
everything just unraveled from there.
Glad you told me that now.
- Should we take the stairs?
- Yeah. No.
Dammit, I used to take the stairs to
stay in shape, but not every time...
What are you hoping for, evan?
You already tried once,
she didn't remember you.
No, I can't accept that.
How could she not remember
me? She loved me.
- Because it never happened.
- Yeah, it did happen.
Look, I know it sounds nuts, but I just keep
hoping that there's some trace of us, of me.
If I can just activate it.
I kept one of her old
rings as a keepsake.
This doesn't end well, evan.
I don't care.
I don't want to live
past this day, anyway.
Why?
Because this world makes no
sense to me without her.
He's our mission.
Getting him together with lauren is it.
I don't know, he's way off
mission and look at him.
Are we doing the same by helping him?
Who are you calling?
- My contact at the mayor's office.
- Hello.
- Megan, this is Dan vasser at the register.
- Hi, Dan.
Yeah, I'm looking for supervisor vogel's
schedule for the rest of the day
I'm thinking about a puff piece.
He'll be at the black orchid for the
downtown association cocktail party
and then off to a fundraiser
in pacific heights.
I owe you, megan. Thank you.
We need to get him cleaned up.
- Do you have a plan?
- Do we ever?
No, we wing it. Hold this for me.
You should tell him what it is you do
I did.
You think I'd make that
same mistake twice?
Is Henry okay with that?
- Wouldn't you have been?
- Yeah...
Yeah, I suppose I would have.
Anything to keep you.
Campaigning is 24/7
I need you on weekends.
You said it was going to be a
lighter schedule this cycle.
Every vote counts, you know that.
Look, I need to talk to scott
bray for a minute alone.
Peter, will you...?
I'm finem thanks.
Excuse me
I just found this...
This ring on the floor.
Does this belong to anyone?
- No.
- You sure?
Yeah.
Crash and burn
I'll just take it to lost and found.
Good idea.
Did you go to stanford?
Yes.
I vaguely remember now...
Would you like to dance?
- I don't dance.
- Yes, you do
I remember.
You don't want my feet
anywhere near your toes.
If you do, I'll vote for your husband.
I pegged youas smarter than that.
This song.
"Perfidia."
Just follow my lead, okay?
Okay. You were warned.
It's okay.
I didn't know I could do this.
It must be you.
You're a natural
we need a doctor!
He's got no pulse!
Maybe this is supposed to be evan's
day to die, no matter what we do.
Yeah, I guess.
Just when we thought
there were more of us.
Well...
One of us has to be leaving soon.
Yeah, you think?
I don't know why, but...
I think it's going to be awhile
I was thinking the same thing.
Holy...
I remember, this is the
first moment that I traveled.
Right when evan died.
I can give you a ride to the airport
I like the limo.
Uh-huh, cause you can drink
dewars in the back seat.
Well, there's a bar and a driver, katie
I seize opportunity.
I owe josh a call.
Can I tell him that you're
considering the house?
I'd like to think about it overnight.
I don't mean to exclude Dan,
it's just that he's
not my responsibility.
You and zack, you're my responsibility.
No, we're not.
And I'm raising my son not to head for
the hills at the first sign of a problem.
First sign of a problem?
The first sign of a
problem was months ago.
Dan's not crazy.
Walks like a duck...
Leave now.
And finally, a san francisco
power couple is no more.
Earlier today, supervisor vogel and his
wife lauren announced they are splitting up.
Hello, Dan.
Now you know me.
You met evan pattison.
You knew him?
I knew of him.
And you know what I do and what he did?
I have my suspicions, yes.
Did he have to die, for me to start?
What is happening to me?
How did democritus discover atomic structure half
a millennium before the atom was even conceived?
How did the incas build perfect clay
replicas of airplanes in 500 A. D.?
These temporal anomalies in the
historical record needed explanation,
so the thurn-tippet
group obtained a grant...
To find time travelers.
To find anomalies and
try to account for them.
And that's how we discovered
a very select cadre of people.
That do what?
What have you been doing
for the last six months?
Changing realities.
You have an incredible gift, and that's
why I've kept my distance recently.
I don't understand.
When anyone, especially people you love,
know the truth about you, it puts them at risk.
Imagine having the ability to
manipulate a time traveler.
Imagine what some would
do to get that ability,
which is why I will
never admit to anyone,
that I know anything about you.
It's more dangerous than you can ever
imagine, and people are watching me.
Who's watching?
Who is doing this to me?
As far as I can tell,
no one is doing anything.
There are others like me,
I know that much.
The numbers appear to be dwindling.
The system seems to be breaking down.
You are the last one.
No...
You're wrong.
There's one more.
Really?
Who?
I wish I could talk about it.
Wise man.
Go get ready for bed.
Okay.
Hey, come here.
- Do you know how much I love you?
- Yes.
- How much?
- To the moon and back.
Hey.
I'm sorry I didn't get a chance
to say good-bye to annette.
Yeah, I know. It's usually your
favorite part of her visit.
What is that?
Evan's notebook
I'm thinking about starting one myself.
- Are you saying...?
- He wasn't crazy, no.
Not entirely anyway.
- He's like you.
- Yeah.
Did you talk to him?
What'd he say?
I didn't get as much time as I'd like,
but he'd been doing itfor 15 years,
all the while happily married.
- So he was married?
- Yeah.
And he stopped the traveling?
I suppose.
You know what this means?
The sedatives
Dan, we can stop this
I'm, I'm gonna call dr Pullen tomorrow.
We can get a prescription and...
It's what you want, right?
Katie, the more I find out about this,
the more I realize it's not a curse.
It's a calling.
I'm doing something important,
maybe even vital,
and I don't think I should stop it.
What about getting things
back to the way they were?
Things aren't going back to the
way they were ever, I'm afraid.
I worry for you and I worry for zack.
And I would...
I'd understand if...
It became too much for you to bear.
And you'd be only human if you
were thinking the same thing.
You said something...
That first night when
you dug up the patio.
Yeah.
You said you'd always come home.
I did.
Where do we stand on that?
You still mean it?
Yes.
Then I'll leave a light on.
Katie
I'm elliot langley from
lawrence livermore.
Time travel is impossible.
No. Just not proven.
So what's going on, dr. Langley?
Do you know this man, doctor?
I've never seen him before in my life.
He's going through some stuff.
In his way-back machine?
When I come back, I'm hungry
Don't ask me why
I think he might be
mentally ill. Yes
Theresa, I like you
I think I know jack
I think I know theresa's pregnant
I just don't want anything
to happen to my family
Henry wants to get married this weekend.
Why?
Because he got drafted into the army.
Listen, we need to figure out
what's happening to you, Dan.
- Katie...
- if we can just figure out what's causing this, there's a chance we can stop it
Katie, I'm going back
I can feel it.
There's somethingthat
I need to do that day.
You're going to get in trouble.
That's gnarly.
Yeah.
Could I borrow your...?
- Don't touch my stuff!
- Okay.
Sorry.
Hey, what year is it?
It's 2007, freak.
They fried you good.
Hey! Hey!
Hello.
Hello, indeed.
Look at you.
Rough night. Bachelor party.
- Wow.
- What?
Bachelor party,
I used that one when I showed
up covered in mud at a wedding.
Do you always arrive like this?
Only when I drink tequila.
Is this a school?
School? No.
This is north bay.
North bay psychiatric hospital?
Thanks.
Where you going? Don't
leave! Don't leave.
You're here for a reason, right?
Not the reason you think.
Well, we never really
know in the beginning.
It's me.
You're here for me.
Are... Are you hungry?
It always makes me hungry
I can get you food.
See, I saw what you did.
How you got here.
Wait. How I got here?
I know who you are, man
I'm one of you.
I travel, too.
Right.
Yeah.
Okay.
- Hey.
- Hello.
- What's your name?
- Dan
I'm evan. Evan pattison.
Are you okay?
Just a little cut.
So where are your pants?
- Dan.
- Where are your clothes, Dan?
My house.
And how did you get here?
Patient dumping
I bet he came from mercy.
You want to go inside so
we can clean that up?
You know what? Uh, it's okay
I should probably just get going.
- Like that?
- Yeah. I'll just make a call.
With what?
Do you have a phone? Or money?
I don't belong here.
Don't go, Dan. Stay.
- You belong here.
- Come on.
We'll have you patched up in a jiffy.
You ready?
You're here for me.
No, he's not, evan.
Okay. Let's go.
So, where you from, Dan?
You should have bought the jeans
I know. They were cute, but...
But nothing Katie, you
got to use your gut.
The hippocampus, the primitive part of our
brain, is far superior to the frontal lobes.
You got that?
Which just tends to
over-think everything.
Oh, I see. So it was the hippocampus
that told you to date that guy ronaldo?
It told me to enjoy his flat
abs, his gorgeous hair,
- and his villa in positano, which I thoroughly did.
- Oh, my god
Katie?
What happened?
Was the door locked when we came in?
I don't know. You opened it
I opened it. Right.
It was locked. Okay...
Are you okay?
Dan must have cut
himself shaving That's all.
- Shaving what?
- Annette...
I'm sorry. There is just...
There is blood five feet
away from the bathroom sink
I'm trying to figure out how your
husband's shaving nick does that.
Did someone break in again?
No, honey.
Did dad fall down
before he disappeared?
Disappeared?
It is with sadness and deep regret
that I announce that it is my intent to resign
from the senate effective september...
So, did they get a
blood sample from you?
'Cause I have low creatinine, and I always
wondered if that had something to do with it.
No. No blood sample.
Did you contact her for me?
Why don't you?
'Cause I don't have her number.
And that's why I didn't
contact her for you
Evan, buddy, don't
sweat the small stuff.
- And it's all...
- small stuff?
Is... Is.. Is that what you think, ned?
See, small stuff piles up until
it's big stuff, then until it's...
It's great, big, giant,
hairy-ass stuff, ned!
You... You are one burst blood vessel
away from being dumber than a mop, ned!
- You okay?
- Believe it or not, I'm sedated.
Really?
Yellow pill in the morning,
black pill at night.
Not without its charms
I could see making it a habit.
So how, or why,
did they put you in here?
I used to sleep in the nude,
and get called away.
And I woke up one too many
times in family restaurants.
At first, I didn't tell the
authorities that I was a traveler.
Then I did once, and then I made the
fatal mistake of insisting that I was,
and here I am.
So, the pills... Do they
help with the headaches?
- Headaches?
- Yeah. Before you travel.
No.
My hands go numb.
Oh. I see.
I figured out you're here to help me
I mean, that's what we do, right?
We bump everything back online.
We first met at stanford
when we were freshmen.
Yeah, I went to stanford.
We were both working
at this pizza joint
I was cooking, and lauren was
working the front of the house.
So lauren's your wife?
She... She should be
But, for now...
She's just the love of my life.
Doesn't she know that you're here?
Sadly, no.
She, uh... She has no idea
I mean, if she did,
she'd get me out of here.
Why don't you just,
you know, travel out?
I would, but I think the
sedatives are keeping me grounded.
They watch you swallow them.
So don't pop any if you want to go home.
Now, are you going to
help me get out of here?
'Cause I have a plan
I just need a partner.
How long has he been gone?
All day, I think.
It's hard to tell. It's not like
he leaves on the 5:15, you know?
I'm sure he's okay.
Except there was blood on the floor,
and the last time that happened,
he left herewith a
bullet in his shoulder.
What else can we do, jack?
Can we get some answers some other way?
No, thanks. I was going
through garrity's file.
There was a picture of Dan as a
kid with this guy elliot langley.
He's a scientist that
specializes in quantum physics.
- Can we talk to him?
- I've been trying. I can't get a meeting.
At least not in his office.
But I know what he drives.
Thanks, jack.
I used to feel so safe here
I know the guys who did security
for our embassy in bahrain.
- Annette, you're still here.
- Yes.
You know, katie, if you don't feel safe here,
you could always look at another house
I certainly couldn't live here.
So, jack vasser,
father.
Yeah
I know.
- Wow. Really?
- Yeah.
It's time.
Well, you did good I like theresa.
Big upgrade over the last one.
Yeah. I don't know about that.
I just...
Finally let go of the idea
that I could match it.
- All right. See ya.
- Okay.
Thanks.
I hope this works
This ain't pelican bay.
And I was in pelican bay once, '76.
- You time travel there?
- No.Assault, of course.
See you around, Dan.
Hey, oscar.
You're in my chair.
You're in my chair.
It's my chair! Come on!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! It's mine!
Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!
Break it up!
Break it up!
Damn it. We got one over the wall.
Hey.
- Oh, my...!
- Oh, sorry
I didn't even know you were home
I just got here.
- You wanted me to wake you?
- Yeah.
If you've been gone for a day and a
half, it's okay to wake me. My god!
I won't mind.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- What's going on?
- Oh...
There was blood on the bathroom floor.
Oh, yeah. I just...
I slipped coming out of the shower.
Where did you go?
I went back and helped some guy
escape from a mental institution.
You put a mental patient on the streets.
No.
Unless you think people who say they
can travel through time are crazy.
- You met a man who said he travels?
- Yeah.
Well, I'm sure he's nuts,
but then I thought you were.
His name is evan.
He's desperate to meet this woman.
He calls her the love of his life.
- That's all I got.
- It's too bad.
Sure would be nice to have
somebodyelse like you around.
Well, there's livia.
Yeah. Somebody who's a guy,
and not really, really hot.
Someone who's been
doing this for a while.
Someone who could give you some insight.
It's not going to be evan.
Why not?
'Cause he's dead.
He was killed jaywalking market.
Damn it!
- Gotta go.
- Okay.
No, I mean, I really,
you know, gotta go.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Can I watch?
- Hmm?
I've never seen it happen;
I want to watch.
- Hey.
- Hi.Uh, okay. Bye.
Uh, oops! Sorry.
Charming. We'll clean up.
He's in a hurry.
Yeah, apparently.
- You okay?
- Yeah, fine.
My friend josh hoyer
works for banco popular,
and he just got
transferred to mexico city.
- Okay.
- He has to leave in a week.
He has to sell his house on purdum.
What are you saying?
I think you should buy it, as insurance.
Insurance?
Sorry
I meantas an investment.
- He says he's a time traveler?
- Yeah.
- In a mental institution.
- Yeah.
What year is it?
September 2007.
You believe him, this evan guy?
No, no. He's, um...
What?
He's crazy... Pathetic...
In love.
Sound like anyone we know?
What does he want?
Her.
He showed me that woman's picture.
Her name's lauren.
Well, now we know why you're here.
Yeah, that's not going to be easy.
She's married to paul vogel.
He's a hard-charging city supervisor.
He's been getting death threats
and he travels with security.
Well, wouldn't want
it to be an easy one.
So, uh...
On the subject of husbands...
What about them?
Do you... Have one?
Not yet
I take it you won't make the wedding.
Did you know that, um...
You and I were both born during
a rare celestial occurrence?
Uh... No.
The joseph-lee comet.
What do you think it means?
All right, now I think it
means we're both playing cupid,
because another time traveler is
about to enter that building.
Hey, evan.
Hey. Oh. You got out, too!
This feels like a bad idea.
- What does?
- Talking to her.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Who are you?
Uh... She's a friend.
She's one of us.
You can tell by the shoes.
Have you traveled since you got out?
No, no, but then again,
I just escaped yesterday, so...
Lauren is married.
- Evan, you left that part out.
- I know.
And her husband travels with a security
detail, 'cause he's been getting death threats.
- From anyone I know?
- Not from me
I just want to talk to her.
What's wrong with that?
Yeah, Dan, what's wrong with that?
- Morning.
- Morning.
Was I doing something wrong, officer?
You know my brother, Dan.
Dan vasser.
I'm sorry, who?
We also have a mutual friend.
Agent richard garrity
I'm sorry, I don't know a garrity.
Agent richard garrity, formerly of
the federal bureau of investigation.
Now deceased.
Where are you going
with this, inspector?
Why was your name on
one of his case files?
I'm a research scientist
I'm sure my name appears
in many government files.
How about you just tell me
what's going on with my brother,
and we can both get on with our day?
I'd be glad to if I knew your brother.
Have I done something wrong, officer?
Is this you?
Appears to be.
The kid is Dan vasser.
My dad took the picture.
You expect me to remember a picture
with a stranger that's 25 years old?
Are you going to cite me,
inspector, or arrest me?
Because I am late for a lecture.
We're not done.
Security detail's heading for the car.
Okay, let's do it.
Maybe you should lose the flowers.
Why? Women love flowers.
It's a little needy.
Oh, I feel needy.
- Hey.
- One, one second...
Oh, my gosh. Mr. Vogel?
- Yes?
- Alison willow.
I'm a law student at stanford.
You spoke at my class awhile back.
It was about municipal
subsidies for water treatment.
I just have a couple of quick questions.
Do you mind? She's a voter.
No.
Go now.
- Lauren.
- Yes.
- Hi.
- Hi.
My name is evan pattison.
- Have we met?
- You could say that.
Um, the first time we met was a long
time ago in college at stanford.
We used to, uh, study with
the radio tuned to latin jazz
I'm sorry, I don't remember.
Oh, yeah, you never
went to bed before 2:00,
and you loved any cocktail
that had coconut in it.
- Evan, evan...
- you know me.
It's okay. He's with me.
- It's all right.
- But she knows me!
No, evan, she doesn't. Just let it go.
Let it go. All right?
- No!
- Come on.
I can help the downpayment.
No, but thank you.
Oh, please, you're my sister.
Sometimes it seems like
you break at the touch.
I'm just stressed.
Well, that stress is the
number one cause of cancer.
Thanks. That helps
with the stress.
What is wrong, katie?
You know, a change of scenery
might be nice for you and zack.
Me and zack?
And Dan, too.
Oh, come on
I didn't say anything you
weren't thinking already.
Sell the house?
- Insane, I know.
- Do you want a new house?
- No.
- It's not the worst idea in the world after what happened here, but...
Dan, the house isn't the problem.
It's you... well, it's not you,
but what's happening to you.
I just want you back the way you were.
You know, I do, too.
Really?
Well, then what aboutthe sedatives?
Can we try that?
I ran into evan pattison.
"The love of his life"...
no idea who he was.
It was all just a fantasy.
So he's not a traveler...
You didn't really believe it, did you?
No, no, no
I guess I wanted to.
What happened to him after that?
Well, we convinced him not
to jaywalk on market, but...
What are you working on?
That guy who got shot
stalking vogel's wife.
- Ah, that's four months old.
- Yeah.
So why are you working on some...?
Evan pattison harassed vogel's wife in
the morning, gets throw out of a diner.
Then he breaks into their house
that evening, so they shot him.
Well, unless you're going to tell me he rose
from the grave and is now starring in wicked,
I don't see a story, because
what you've told me isn't new.
He wasn't armed, hugh.
The police thought he was.
The stalker was trying to
give lauren vogel a ring.
The police mistook the gift
box for a weapon, shot him.
Officers still on leave,
pending an investigation.
- So?
- That was four months ago.
I.A. still hasn't come to a conclusion.
Yeah, they did.
Suicide by cop.
Melnick wrote the follow-up.
You know, you get the paper free here;
try reading it
I have a fresh take.
- Really, now?
- Yeah.
What?
I don't know, but I'll
have it to you later.
Of course you will.
Through a suitable
identification of fixed points,
event horizons can be
plotted in anti-sitter space.
Questions?
Yes?
What do you know about time travel?
That's not today's topic.
Could, could we make it today's topic?
It's pretty cool, 'cause
this stuff is, like, whoo.
Could someone please find security?
I could prove time travel is possible.
Want to know how?
Well, you go back in time
and stop sniffing glue?
No, seriously, I can.
Yeah? Do tell.
- My brother, he does it.
- Inspector...
- he does it all the time.
- Stop...
He could bring stuff, if he talks to
people, he can change the present
I mean, dr. Langley knows all
about it, 'cause they've talked.
He's known my brother
since he was a boy.
- Stop.
- Why?
Oh.
Sorry, guys,
I think I'm in the wrong lecture.
Morning.
- Great!
- What's wrong?
I do not need this right now.
Okay, okay, let's get to work.
No, no,
not until you tell me what's wrong
I'm going to get married
in two hours, Dan,
and 50 years ago.
I'm sorry, let's just get going.
Hey, hey, it's today?
Yes. So, I'm not going
to have a lot of time.
Are you crying 'cause
you're having second...
No, I just have a lot to do today.
God, in-laws to meet and Henry's
hung over from a bachelor party
and I have a spot on my wedding dress.
And one-hour dry cleaning is 25
years away from being a reality.
You don't expect me
notto live my life, do you?
Of course not. I...
Okay, what's the date?
September 24, 2007.
Alright. This is going to be simple.
Our nut is a stalker,
gonna get himself shot.
There he is.
He's got a ring. He's gonna die today.
Evan
Evan
Dan.
Great
Ah, you can help me...
You're going back to
North Bay, you need help.
You're delusional
I can't believe it. Of all the
people who should believe me...
If I could only tell you
what I know, you'd stop.
You looked me up, didn't you?
In the future.
I just know
Dan, what's going to happen?
It's okay to tell me.
Look, I really can time travel, Dan.
What's that?
Proof.
Can you play this for me?
What are you doing?
It's 5:30, september 24.
I had a late meeting at
the mayor's office at 4:30,
so I'll get back at
the office around 6:00
- I'll be away for a half-hour.
- Away from where?
- The register.
- I can't go there with you.
- Why not?
- 'Cause I'm supposed to be dead.
Yeah, right. You stay here.
- Back early?
- Yeah
I forgot my blazer Wedding anniversary.
Okay, and the mayor story?
Have it for you in an hour.
This is, uh, me and laurena few
years back, dancing to "perfidia."
It's her.
I met her in college
I was married to her for 20 years.
About 15 years back,
the travels started.
And I tried to live as
normal a life as possible.
What a joke.
You're one of us
I think I mentioned that.
My god, what...
What causes it?
Why are we doing it?
I haven't learned much
since the first few months.
Except that, uh...
Whoever's pulling our strings
is doing it for a reason
Dan, you're going to change
more lives than explorers,
scientists, doctors, anyone.
What happened to her, evan?
She was killed while we
were married, back in '05.
Some guy that I pissed off back there.
And I kept trying to fix it.
And it kept getting worse.
So you erased your life
with lauren on purpose?
I just happened to travel once back to
the day I first met lauren in college.
And so I changed it so that
our paths never crossed.
That's all it takes, really.
Just a little bump.
And just like that,
our lives as we knew it...
Deleted.
I didn't care that she
wasn't going to be mine,
I just wanted her to live again.
And now she has no memory
of how happy we were.
I just want one last moment with her.
- Hello.
- Hey, it's me
- Livia.
- Evan's the real thing.
Wow, okay. Well, you
better get out of there.
Why?
You are on your way up there.
This is how I ended up
in the cuckoo's nest.
My old self saw my new self and
everything just unraveled from there.
Glad you told me that now.
- Should we take the stairs?
- Yeah. No.
Dammit, I used to take the stairs to
stay in shape, but not every time...
What are you hoping for, evan?
You already tried once,
she didn't remember you.
No, I can't accept that.
How could she not remember
me? She loved me.
- Because it never happened.
- Yeah, it did happen.
Look, I know it sounds nuts, but I just keep
hoping that there's some trace of us, of me.
If I can just activate it.
I kept one of her old
rings as a keepsake.
This doesn't end well, evan.
I don't care.
I don't want to live
past this day, anyway.
Why?
Because this world makes no
sense to me without her.
He's our mission.
Getting him together with lauren is it.
I don't know, he's way off
mission and look at him.
Are we doing the same by helping him?
Who are you calling?
- My contact at the mayor's office.
- Hello.
- Megan, this is Dan vasser at the register.
- Hi, Dan.
Yeah, I'm looking for supervisor vogel's
schedule for the rest of the day
I'm thinking about a puff piece.
He'll be at the black orchid for the
downtown association cocktail party
and then off to a fundraiser
in pacific heights.
I owe you, megan. Thank you.
We need to get him cleaned up.
- Do you have a plan?
- Do we ever?
No, we wing it. Hold this for me.
You should tell him what it is you do
I did.
You think I'd make that
same mistake twice?
Is Henry okay with that?
- Wouldn't you have been?
- Yeah...
Yeah, I suppose I would have.
Anything to keep you.
Campaigning is 24/7
I need you on weekends.
You said it was going to be a
lighter schedule this cycle.
Every vote counts, you know that.
Look, I need to talk to scott
bray for a minute alone.
Peter, will you...?
I'm finem thanks.
Excuse me
I just found this...
This ring on the floor.
Does this belong to anyone?
- No.
- You sure?
Yeah.
Crash and burn
I'll just take it to lost and found.
Good idea.
Did you go to stanford?
Yes.
I vaguely remember now...
Would you like to dance?
- I don't dance.
- Yes, you do
I remember.
You don't want my feet
anywhere near your toes.
If you do, I'll vote for your husband.
I pegged youas smarter than that.
This song.
"Perfidia."
Just follow my lead, okay?
Okay. You were warned.
It's okay.
I didn't know I could do this.
It must be you.
You're a natural
we need a doctor!
He's got no pulse!
Maybe this is supposed to be evan's
day to die, no matter what we do.
Yeah, I guess.
Just when we thought
there were more of us.
Well...
One of us has to be leaving soon.
Yeah, you think?
I don't know why, but...
I think it's going to be awhile
I was thinking the same thing.
Holy...
I remember, this is the
first moment that I traveled.
Right when evan died.
I can give you a ride to the airport
I like the limo.
Uh-huh, cause you can drink
dewars in the back seat.
Well, there's a bar and a driver, katie
I seize opportunity.
I owe josh a call.
Can I tell him that you're
considering the house?
I'd like to think about it overnight.
I don't mean to exclude Dan,
it's just that he's
not my responsibility.
You and zack, you're my responsibility.
No, we're not.
And I'm raising my son not to head for
the hills at the first sign of a problem.
First sign of a problem?
The first sign of a
problem was months ago.
Dan's not crazy.
Walks like a duck...
Leave now.
And finally, a san francisco
power couple is no more.
Earlier today, supervisor vogel and his
wife lauren announced they are splitting up.
Hello, Dan.
Now you know me.
You met evan pattison.
You knew him?
I knew of him.
And you know what I do and what he did?
I have my suspicions, yes.
Did he have to die, for me to start?
What is happening to me?
How did democritus discover atomic structure half
a millennium before the atom was even conceived?
How did the incas build perfect clay
replicas of airplanes in 500 A. D.?
These temporal anomalies in the
historical record needed explanation,
so the thurn-tippet
group obtained a grant...
To find time travelers.
To find anomalies and
try to account for them.
And that's how we discovered
a very select cadre of people.
That do what?
What have you been doing
for the last six months?
Changing realities.
You have an incredible gift, and that's
why I've kept my distance recently.
I don't understand.
When anyone, especially people you love,
know the truth about you, it puts them at risk.
Imagine having the ability to
manipulate a time traveler.
Imagine what some would
do to get that ability,
which is why I will
never admit to anyone,
that I know anything about you.
It's more dangerous than you can ever
imagine, and people are watching me.
Who's watching?
Who is doing this to me?
As far as I can tell,
no one is doing anything.
There are others like me,
I know that much.
The numbers appear to be dwindling.
The system seems to be breaking down.
You are the last one.
No...
You're wrong.
There's one more.
Really?
Who?
I wish I could talk about it.
Wise man.
Go get ready for bed.
Okay.
Hey, come here.
- Do you know how much I love you?
- Yes.
- How much?
- To the moon and back.
Hey.
I'm sorry I didn't get a chance
to say good-bye to annette.
Yeah, I know. It's usually your
favorite part of her visit.
What is that?
Evan's notebook
I'm thinking about starting one myself.
- Are you saying...?
- He wasn't crazy, no.
Not entirely anyway.
- He's like you.
- Yeah.
Did you talk to him?
What'd he say?
I didn't get as much time as I'd like,
but he'd been doing itfor 15 years,
all the while happily married.
- So he was married?
- Yeah.
And he stopped the traveling?
I suppose.
You know what this means?
The sedatives
Dan, we can stop this
I'm, I'm gonna call dr Pullen tomorrow.
We can get a prescription and...
It's what you want, right?
Katie, the more I find out about this,
the more I realize it's not a curse.
It's a calling.
I'm doing something important,
maybe even vital,
and I don't think I should stop it.
What about getting things
back to the way they were?
Things aren't going back to the
way they were ever, I'm afraid.
I worry for you and I worry for zack.
And I would...
I'd understand if...
It became too much for you to bear.
And you'd be only human if you
were thinking the same thing.
You said something...
That first night when
you dug up the patio.
Yeah.
You said you'd always come home.
I did.
Where do we stand on that?
You still mean it?
Yes.
Then I'll leave a light on.
Katie