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I think we found someone who can help us fix the past.

I need you to send me back.

You have a rare gift, Hiro, to right the wrongs of your life and do your

mistakes. You can never change the past.

It's bad, always.

Everything is connected. It's the butterfly effect.

I had a friend once.

She knew she was dying, but that didn't push her off her path. Her name was

Charlie.

Oh, my God. I can't believe I left her off the list.

You promised.

You were staying back.

Keep that, hon.

Free!

Them's my daddy's clothes you're stealing.

I'm sorry, but this is a matter of life and death.

Destiny has sent me here to save the life of the woman I love.

Love?

There ain't no such thing.

Oh, yes, there is.

My love's name is Charlie.

You've heard the story before.

Boy meets girl.

Hey, anything looking good, girl?

What's that on your jacket?

Bachi guy.

That means I don't belong here, right?

Boy falls in love with girl.

Perfecto. You ready for disco?

Girl dies.

Boy travels back through time to try to save her life.

Charlie was my heart, my world.

My happily ever after.

I did everything I could to try and save her life.

But life isn't a fairy tale.

No matter how hard I tried, the Brain Man, Siler, always killed her.

When she died, I lost a part of myself.

My greatest failure.

Now, I've come back in time to try again. To save Charlie. And this time, I

defeat the Brain Man.

What's a brain man?

It's okay.

I will make sure he doesn't hurt anybody.

I'm the good guy.

Good guy, wear white hat.

Bad guys, wear black hat.

Oh boy.

How's Arnold?

Dying.

Might be tonight.

Sooner I don't know.

Our family is shrinking and our graveyard is getting bigger.

We need Hiro Nakamura.

You said he was on a path.

It's a damn long walk.

We need him now.

It's not going to be easy. Come on, you can convince an apple, but it's an

orange.

I know.

We need him to fix the past.

It's just, I don't know how I'm going to convince him.

Desperate times, desperate measures, and all of that.

He's in love.

Her name is Charlie.

There's a problem.

She's dead.

Three years ago.

That's not a problem, I'd say.

Opportunity.

There's more.

There's a lot more.

How are you going to get back there?

I have to ask my dying friend to help me again.

You can't.

We all have sacrifices to make.

Desperate times.

Desperate measures.

And all that.

Warm you up?

if you please.

Oh, nice watch.

That's a, um, Seiler Field Edition, right?

You know, those were modeled after the watch that Allied Commander John

brought back from Russia after World War I.

Are you a collector?

Um, no.

No, I just, um, I read about them in a magazine and just remembered.

Just something my brain's been doing a lot of lately, just remembering

everything.

Everything? On my very own Wikipedia.

Okay, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?

Martin Luther King. 1986.

Elie Wiesel.

What's the most common cause of death?

Heart attacks.

What's the best thing on the menu?

Tahitian pancakes.

Fruit cocktail with coconut shavings. It's yummy.

Do you think that your genius memory is because of that blood clot in your

brain?

How did you... I have a gift to you.

I can see how things work and how to fix them if they're broken.

One look at you, it's plain as day.

I will try those tasting pancakes, thank you very much.

Smart move, hiding like that.

You from the carnival, Butterfly Man. We need to talk, you know.

Now. No, that's not what I'm saying, Sandra.

Of course I want to be there for homecoming. I don't want to disappoint

but I don't control my work schedule.

Okay, I'll pick up milk on the way home. And the greenies from... Love you.

Sorry I'm late.

Traffic was actually a bitch.

Homecoming, hooray!

Everything okay?

Yeah, fine.

Because you're making the face.

I'm not making the face. Yeah, you are. I don't make faces. Yes, you do. Every

time you lie to Sandra, your eyebrows throw and you get this line right here.

I wish that I could tell her the truth. I wish I could tell her that the reason

I'm going to miss Homecoming is because I'm trying to catch a deranged serial

killer with superpowers.

Lying sucks, it does.

Especially to family. I mean, I wish I could tell my mom that I missed my

nephew's bar mitzvah because I was busy bagging a gun. I couldn't shoot fire out

of his nose, but I can't. So what did you tell her?

PMS. I don't think that would work for me.

This is nice.

What is nice?

Being able to, you know, not be so guarded, not be on.

Just nice to have a friend I can talk to.

Is that what this is, two friends talking?

What would you call it?

I don't know, flirting.

It's just been so long you don't recognize it. No, it's not.

We've been having breakfast twice a week for months now.

Miles out of town.

I mean, pancakes are not that good.

we can talk about anything.

It's more than friends. And you're such a cowboy, you'd never admit it. I'm

taking the initiative.

And I... cooked a motel room.

You're right.

Or not.

No, no, no, no.

I will be right there. Don't do anything until I get there.

Eden's here with the Siler paintings.

Go. I'll meet you at the office.

Are you a time traveler, too? Are you following me? What are you doing here,

Butterfly Man? The question is, what are you doing here? I'm here to save

Charlie. And why would you be doing something like that?

You told me I could right the wrongs of my life by stepping on the right

butterflies. This is the biggest. It's Mothra.

I'm here, Hero, to make sure you understand the magnitude of your

protect you.

Isn't that a simple, spilled, slushy... Look.

You were on a specific path.

Everyone was.

Siler, and Peter, and Claire.

I'm making a tremendous sacrifice to make sure you succeed, hero.

This place is a minefield.

One must take care of this kablooey history.

Awful lot of trouble for one girl. Pretty as little Susie Flapjacks is, is

absolutely worth it?

Omae wa omae no susunpeku michi suzuun da. So, you will be able to move

So, you will be able to move forward.

So, you will be able to move forward.

So, you will be able to move forward. So, you will be able to move forward.

you will be able to move forward. So, you will be able to move forward.

Wait,

I'll be right back!

There's no me in this picture.

Not now.

Are

you me?

Yes, I'm Hiro from the future.

Ah, Peter Peter!

Charlie?

I can't stand it.

You have to go back to the past six months ago and make a girlfriend.

I don't understand.

Hiro, Charlie is our destiny.

Spider -Man's Mary Jane.

Chrono's Marley. Yes, yes, yes.

In order to save the space -time chain,

you have to go back to six months ago.

If you don't do that, we'll fall in love.

If you do that, you won't be able to save your girlfriend.

That's right.

The fate of the world depends on you.

Is it?

Is this Mr. Bennett, the man I told you about?

This girl.

The one you've painted here, and here, and there.

She's my daughter.

You're not the only one with special abilities, Isaac. There are others.

Siler is killing them one at a time.

If you know who he is, then why can't you stop him? If nobody knows what he

looks like, that's why I need your help.

To do what?

You know, um, 14 years ago, the one left behind, a baby girl with no one to take

care of her.

My wife and I...

had been having trouble conceiving a child of our own at the time, and it was

like God had reached down and given us a miracle.

Isaac, this is my daughter we're talking about.

I was eavesdropping, sorry, but I heard everything.

I had no idea.

You and I will handle this, okay?

for 37 hours. 37 hours and 17 minutes.

We're made of time.

We'll nail this guy.

And the thing here, just pretend it never happened, okay?

I'm Haitian -ing you.

No, no.

Don't Haitian me.

Everything all right, Hiro?

Yeah, okay, cowboy.

Now, why do you look like the cat who ate the canary?

I did it. No cabbages, see?

Sweet.

Now I'm beginning to understand why you're going to all this trouble.

Yes. I don't want to waste another minute.

You sure you got all your eyes crossed and your teeth dotted?

I'm sorry?

Did you change your clothes?

I'm a hero of the future.

What about your sword?

I don't care about the sword.

Forget it. Look.

Your hero is in the corner six months ago.

He will definitely come back here, so you have to wait for him here all the

time.

Promise me that.

Okay, I promise.

Okay.

He's still here.

Be a good boy.

Let's go.

Just like that.

Charlie? Oh.

Hey.

Oh.

Oh.

What's wrong?

Nothing's wrong.

Not anymore.

You're acting like you haven't seen me in forever.

Come on. Let's go.

Go where?

Anywhere. Everywhere.

Pick a place.

Your trip around the world starts today.

everything back.

We can buy clothes when we get there.

Are you serious?

I don't want to spend one more minute apart from you.

Come with me.

Right now.

Where are we going, Charlie?

Um... Otsu, Japan.

It's where Takezou Kinsei was born.

Of course.

In the Shiga prefecture, Otsu is a favorite destination for relaxing on the

beaches of Lake Biwa.

I can take nice, long walks.

The average rainfall in Otsu is 13 inches.

The average temperature is 10 degrees Celsius. Charlie? The Emperor Tenji

the Omi Otsu Palace in 672, and the famous haiku writer Matsuo Basho wrote

the city smelled like fish.

Charlie!

What was I saying?

You are an autopilot talking about what?

Charlie, over here.

What's going on?

Stupid.

To celebrate rigidity, vegetative disturbance.

I don't understand.

It's the aneurysm.

It's rupturing.

I'm dying here.

Not yet, you're not.

You.

Who are you?

I was just in the diner and then...

What did you do to me?

What do you want?

You said you could fix things.

I need you to fix Charlie.

You told her you understand how to fix things that are broken.

She's dying.

You're dying first.

You can't kill me, brain man.

I have something you want. Yeah.

Your power.

How are you able to do that?

I'm the master of time and space.

But right now, I'm breathing time.

Well, that must get tiring.

I can do this all day.

Can you?

If you kill me, you will never learn what I know about the future.

Your future.

Your life.

And death.

Now I know you're lying.

I'm on my way to meet a very special cheerleader.

Then I'll be invincible.

Immortal. Are you sure about that?

I will tell you everything I know.

If you help me save Charlie.

You're dying too, aren't you?

The tumor, huh?

Well...

Hero!

How is she?

Not well.

Who's he?

He's a doctor.

I'm a doctor.

We'll help her, I swear.

You can't help her, right?

You saw her aneurysm. You can take it out.

No problem.

It's like bowling a melon.

I usually prefer more invasive style.

She dies, you die.

Hero, if it's my time, I'm okay with it.

Really, you don't have to do this. No.

We are meant to be together.

Whatever it takes.

You might want to stay still for this.

Even if we lose everything, our love will remain.

No matter what kind of thief it is.

No matter what kind of illness it is.

see his daughter cheer at homecoming?

You never see me cheer.

I know.

I hate that I might miss homecoming tomorrow.

I was supposed to grab a bite to eat with the girls, but, uh... I don't know.

could hang if you want.

I would love to hang.

So everything's okay at work?

Yeah. Why would you think something's wrong?

I mean, do you like it?

Do you love it, selling paper?

Yeah. I like it a lot.

I'm sorry.

I can't imagine you being in high school and saying, when I grow up, I want to

sell paper.

Well, no, not exactly.

What did you want to do?

Tell me, please.

I wanted to teach.

High school English.

Shakespeare. What do you know about Shakespeare?

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace.

Four happy days bring in another moon, but oh, methinks how slow this old moon

wanes. She lingers my desires.

Something.

Wow.

What is that, Romeo and Juliet?

It's someone's dream.

It's all about falling in and out of love.

You're a drama geek.

I think you should do it.

I think you should teach. I mean, you can wait till I graduate, but I think

should. I don't think it's going to happen.

I just think you should do what makes you happy.

I am happy.

You go.

I'll see you later.

Love you. Love you back.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm telling you, I feel fine.

Wow, you're right.

These are incredible.

What? Sorry to interrupt this whole Hallmark moment, but we had a deal.

You tell me everything you know?

Yes.

I will tell you how you die.

You die alone.

I'm sorry.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

It means that you will collect a lot of powers.

You will kill many people.

You will become strong.

The strongest of them all.

But in the end, it won't make any difference.

We all gather to stop you.

You alone.

No one will mourn your death.

No one will shed a tear.

No one.

I can change your fate.

But you must go on your path.

I would love one of those.

I can't do this.

I just don't think it's smart for either one of us. Workplace romances never

are. Please don't do that. Do what? Blame it on the job. Come on.

You do that with Sandra and Claire, not me.

You know how complicated it can be. You know. I know. I've been to the human

resources training.

Come on.

That is not this.

This isn't let's go have sex in the supply closet because we're bored with

lives.

You care about me.

Yes, I do.

We are such good liars.

We've convinced ourselves that everything is okay, but it is not okay.

Taking the long way home, you know, having that extra beer with dinner.

Don't you want to be yourself?

deserve a little bit of happiness.

I love my family.

And as complicated as it is, as much as I lie to them, I still

love them.

And maybe one day I can tell them the truth. I just don't want to destroy

And that is the truth.

I know.

You're a great agent.

I can bag and tag with the best of them. I'm a regular rodeo queen.

I need you, Lauren.

I need your help with the silent mess. I need your help with Claire.

Of course.

And I will always be there to help you, Noah.

Let's get back to work.

What's wrong?

I don't know. I kind of have a knot in my gut.

Then allow me to untie you.

You're the one that put it there.

Look, Carol, I was okay with Don.

Really, I'd accepted that. But this, gosh, this just feels like cheating.

No, it's okay. It's not.

It's not okay. I mean, that man, Siler, you said he's going to kill a lot of

people. I just don't understand how you could let him do that.

You're supposed to be one of the good guys.

I had to preserve the time -space continuum.

You didn't.

You changed it. You saved me.

But this is our happily ever after.

We're going to Otsu. Yay, Otsu!

You know, 300 ,000 people die every single day.

Young, old, there are accidents, murders. Why am I any different?

Why do I get to live?

Because I love you.

Then that's just selfish.

Excuse me. I found this on my desk. I guess somebody delivered it by mistake.

Are you planning a sting at the Midland Motel?

So...

We're pretending that we've never been to the burnt toast diner

Everything

okay Bennett

Yeah

Yeah, it's my

mistake I

I saw you there.

Have a good night.

You too.

And now, the hero's interactive story, Slow Burn.

This is incredible.

Is everyone here like me?

Yeah, same as me. There's quite a family.

Keep your hands to yourself, Caleb.

Get back to your mother.

She's the red, this girl.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Charlie.

I was just so terrible to you.

After everything you did, risking your life, you must think something awful of

me. Oh, never.

I understand what you think.

That I was selfish.

Maybe I was.

But I'm not.

I know the world is a better place with you in it.

Well, thank you.

Thank you for saving my life.

Oh, shucks.

It was no trouble.

Were you crying?

No. It's folding paper.

I was trying to make a thousand origami cranes.

I want to be happy with you.

I love you.

Here, Charlie.

Butterfly Man, what's going on?

I've done something very bad, Hiro.

What do you mean?

I've taken Charlie.

I had to.

Had to what?

Where?

Where have you taken her?

Back to my carnival.

Rather, forward to our present.

Why would you do that?

To get to you.

It's all been about you, Hiro.

Take me to her.

Where is she? Where is Charlie? You're going to have to dig deep and take

control. You're going to have to take us back if you don't want to see her

again.

You did it, Hiro.

You're gaining control back. That's great.

She's not exactly here.

Charlie?

Charlie?

Have you seen Charlie?

Where is Charlie?

His name was Arnold.

He was a time traveler, just like you.

His body couldn't take the strain.

He had a tumor, just like you.

The last thing I asked him to do was to take your Charlie and trap her somewhere

in time.

I killed him.

Your murderer.

Yeah.

Tell me where Charlie is.

If I told you, there'd be nothing to keep you here.

You manipulated me.

This whole time.

You left me no choice. You've got too much of that. What do they call that in

Japan? Giri?

Honor? I respect that. I respect you, but... I had to do something.

To get you to work for me.

To fix my past.

Why me?

If you had a time traveler.

If anyone here found out about my transgressions,

all the good work I've done would unravel.

You're not a butterfly man.

You're an evil butterfly man.

And you can save her, but only if you do exactly what I ask you to do.

I got my own butterflies that need crushing.

What must I do?

I made a mistake.

About eight weeks ago.