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You there, ladies?

I'll get another top up.

You be good.

This isn't a robbery.

I am from the future.

And all of this goes horribly wrong.

Horribly wrong.

Are you engaged?

Am I not engaging enough?

I traveled here today to tell you that
things do not go well for you in the

future. In fact, I'd say you are
embarking upon the darkest possible

This is all a giant mistake.

Did someone call the cops? Social media
has robbed you of your dignity and

turned you all into children.

Your fascist selfie culture has eroded
your capacity for critical thinking.

it. No one leaves.

Listen to my words. This is important.

Oh, okay.

Here we go.

Fine, fine.

I got a bomb.

Yeah. These are all bombs. I'm covered
in bombs. Come any closer.

Try to escape them. I'll blow us all up.

Are we adequately scared now?

Good. Great. Sit down. Be comfortable.

Hey, sir.

That means you now. Sit down. Sit down.

Come on.

We got a hero.

Sit down.

Sit down!

Sit the fuck down!

Like I said, I'm from the future, a
future which is totally and completely

fucked. And guess what? It's all your
fault.

Not specifically you 40 or so people,
but everyone from your time.

You're all equally complicit, and I'm
here to set it right.

It all started with morning phone time.

At first, people would wake up, check
their emails in bed, look at Facebook,

scroll Twitter, XYZ, whatever, just a
few minutes. No big deal.

But morning phone time just got longer
and longer.

Eventually, people stopped getting out
of bed entirely.

Society fell apart.

People had to be hooked up to feeding
tubes and catheters.

The medical supply industry boomed, but
everything else was fucked.

No one even noticed that the fucking
world had ended.

Are any of you even listening to me?

Let me ask you something.

Where did all the bookstores go?

Huh? Yeah.

What did you do when the record store
started disappearing?

Nothing. Did nothing.

Pop quiz.

Anybody know a phone number?

I bet not one of you knows a single
phone number by heart anymore.

Progress is only progress if it makes
things better.

Otherwise, it's a mistake.

Many of these made wrong turns before.

Hitler, the Segway, someone just has to
be there to turn us around, put us back

on course to say, no, children, this is
not right. This is not the way.

That's why I'm here.

I'm looking for recruits, soldiers,
people who have nothing to lose and

everything to fight for. There is an
artificial intelligence coming in the

-so -distant future.

that shuts this whole human civilization
down.

But it can be stopped.

Humanity can be saved.

And this is where the revolution begins.

This isn't a joke.

We're dark.

Yeah. Out of fucking norms in Los
Angeles.

Somewhere in this diner is the correct
combination of people who are going to

join me in this revolution and save
humanity.

I'm going to find that right group and
we are going to succeed.

This is my 117th time in this diner
doing this exact speech.

Can you imagine that?

117 times I've tried to get through to
all of you.

Kind of like your favorite movie, Jim
Groundhog's Day. That's your favorite

movie, isn't it, Jim?

Yeah?

Thank you.

I have experienced this night over and
over again, each time with a different

combination of people in the Steiner.
And every time we have failed, I have

some of you in my arms and watched the
very life flicker from your eyes.

Some of you I even consider family.

I've done this so many times, I know
some of you better than you know

yourselves.

here on your first date.

Charles thought norms was the right
call.

Nancy. We've been planning our exit for
20 minutes. Neither one of you have ever

joined my revolution and made out of the
Steiner alive.

Excuse me.

You!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no.

You are the least useful person I've
ever met.

29 times you've raised your hand to join
my revolution.

29 times.

You've been a fucking albatross around
my neck. You got a bad knee, Gerald.

Figure it out.

You. Die 16 minutes into the journey
every time. You're also mind -numbingly

dull. Raise your hand tonight. I fucking
dare you.

There she is, my queen. Yes.

Don't be coy.

You are my greatest soldier.

My warrior in this revolution. We push
it all the way to the limit.

You tell me things about myself I never
wanted to see, but things I needed to

know. Sexual tension between us and like
us.

or storm, but we never act on it.

Never. We channel it into our bloodlust.
But in the end, you betray me every

goddamn time. You break my heart, but
here I am looking at those big brown

ears, and I'm thinking, fuck it.

Let's roll those dice one more time,
baby. Let's burn it all down.

If you come with me!

There is a chance you will die tonight.
If you don't, well, that's game over for

each and every person in this room. I
promise you that. But tonight we got a

shot. We can save the world. Start over.

Do something. Something real.

Dolores, do not call the police again.
Put that phone away.

There is a correct configuration of
people in this diner that perfectly

the future and saves humanity.

I am not fucking wrong about this. I
will try every single combination until

get it right.

So I need to know right now who's
joining me, who's ready to save the

Greg.

Greg, come on. You're Spartacus. Let's
go.

Let's go, big boy. Up and at him.

There they are. Hey, Phi Beta Cap.

What do you say? Come on, fellas. Beer's
on me.

Let's make some bad decisions.

Toga, toga, toga.

Hey, remember... Huh, okay.

Baby, it looks like it's just you and
me.

Wouldn't be the first time, remember,
right?

What are you saying? Make it the last.

Huh?

Come on, kid.

Hey.

Really? Zero hands?

You kidding me?

That's the first fucking time that's
ever happened.

Hey, why don't you just go before you
get yourself hurt, huh?

You're not well.

Fuck you, Pete.

I'm not crazy.

Why is everyone from your timeline so
fucking dumb? You look homeless, bro.

said that?

Fuck you, too. I'm not homeless.

I come from a nightmare apocalypse.

This is the height of fucking fashion
where I come from.

Did you see what our homeless look like?
They look dead.

Fantastic. Here come the police.

Thank you so much, Dolores.

This is a total butt.

Whatever.

All right, we're getting out of here.

I have a bad feeling about this run from
the jump.

What are you looking at? I got a carb up
for the trip. I'd like to see you

survive the calorie burn of a temporal
rift.

I'll join you.

Well, I'll be damned.

Uh, yeah.

Ma 'am, please, join us.

Right over there.

Anyone else?

No. I mean, it probably wasn't a bust
after all.

Well, that's bad news for the rest of
you, because now we're going to do it

hard way.

Let's go. You, phony soprano. Let's go,
shitbird.

Oh, okay, okay.

Stay in there with her.

There are 47 people in this diner, which
means there are millions of possible

combinations, but I will find the right
group nicely.

Not you, not you.

It's definitely not you.

You two, let's go. All right,

all right, all right.

Go stand with the others. Everyone tries
any shit, I'm going to detonate this

fucking... Now!

Take me!

Just don't hurt these people.

All right, big boy. Keep coming, too.
Hurry it up.

Shit, we're running out of time. Not
you, not you.

Definitely not you. Put your fucking
hand down. Gerald, please, come on.

I'll go with you.

No, absolutely not.

Why?

I don't know. You creep me out. You get
a real offer meds for it. I don't need

that shit.

Uh, let's see.

That's five.

Yeah.

I don't know. One more.

You, wind beneath my wings. Let's go.
You, why not? Let's go. Sure.

Come on.

That's, uh, six. That could be enough.

Hard to say.

You know what? Fuck it. You come in,
too.

I'm in a weird mood tonight. Let's go,
Princess.

I guess that means the rest of you get
the night off. Kindly stay in your seats

until we get out of here, and no hero
bullshit.

This is a weird fucking group, isn't it?

Definitely never tried this combination
before.

I was happy we were going to get out of
here.

Usually, we don't. A deranged man with a
bomb holding an entire restaurant

hostage. Thanks for a tense standoff
with the boys in blue.

Get it taller, taller, taller.

Hey, it's going to be okay.

Or it's not. I don't know.

This isn't the right group.

Well, I'll be honest.

You're in for a rough night.

But if this is the right group, then
that means each and every one of you is

bringing something to the table that's
going to help save this world.

I'm just assured your entire lives have
been building to this night.

Either way.

I say, fuck it. Let's roll those dice.
The revolution begins tonight!

I'm nervous.

I feel like I need more saliva in my
mouth. You're fine.

I'm too old for this.

No, you're not. You're very
appropriately aged. No, they're not

me.

It's probably true, but that's okay.
You're not here to be liked.

I don't think this is a good idea.

Mark, please don't do this again. No.

Well, I just don't see this being a good
fit for me.

So quit. Do whatever you want. God knows
you always do.

What's his name?

Who? The guy that left on the whatever.

The badical? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tim, they
called him Mr. Camshaw? Yeah, yeah.

When's he coming back? I don't know.

Okay, I have to go. I'll see you at
lunch. You're going to be fine. I

I don't like people.

I know, but they're barely people.

I'm your substitute teacher.

You can call me Mark.

I'm not sure if that's against the
rules.

But speaking of rules, are you allowed
to have your phones out in class like

this?

This is Anna Karenina by Count Leo
Tolstoy. Can anyone tell me who Tolstoy

A boomer.

Incorrect.

He's a Russian writer from the 19th
century, and we will be reading this

Is it YA?

No. Is it A?

I don't think that's a thing.

Did they make a movie of it?

I don't know. That's irrelevant.

I found it.

It's like a million years old, though.

It has Keira Knightley in it. Can you
put away your phones, please?

I'm listening to the audiobook.

Fucking sucks.

Oh, no.

The audiobook doesn't count. You have to
read the actual book.

Yeah.

I need a Pepsi.

A what?

I need a Pepsi.

I haven't had a Pepsi yet today, and I
need a Pepsi.

Can I go get a Pepsi?

Why do you keep saying Pepsi so much?

I forgive you.

11th grade English. On your first day?
Yeah.

It's brutal.

I caught a student passing a note this
morning.

You know what it's good?

What? Have you tried Southern Heat
Barbecue Doritos?

They're delicious.

That's an advertisement, right?

They're literally advertising to each
other. They passed a handwritten note?

No. It was an app. I think it was a note
passer.

Yeah, they love that one.

Did you guys hear about Craig?

He's on sabbatical.

Stress -related.

Where is he? Lucky bastard.

What exactly are the rules about
students using phones in class?

Oh, that's a ridiculous question. Rules?

What? Are there rules in war, Mark?

No, it just seems like they shouldn't be
allowed to have their phones out. I

don't like it either, man.

I've been working on something in my off
hours.

What is that?

Jesus Christ, please don't encourage
him, Mark.

Call the jammer.

Locks up their phones.

Bricks them.

Really freaks the little fuckers out.

Yeah, he looks like a toy from, uh,
Martin Dax.

Yeah, he loves that movie.

Classic. Can you just put that away,
Dale? Please.

You're gonna get us in trouble.

What is that?

Not again.

Skull shooting.

Really?

Come on.

Mark.

You're a sad old lady.

I'm not that old.

You're like a hundred years old.

You're like a witch.

I'm only 35.

That's like older than most trees.

You're like my mom's age.

You're like a dead person.

Hey, leave her alone. Mark, Mark.

What did you say, Grandpa Dinosaur?

Honey, he didn't mean it.

He didn't mean it.

I said just, you know, eat up on her,
that's all.

All clear.

Everyone to class.

Where's Dale?

Oh, he went on sabbatical.

Oh, you lucky son of a bitch.

Why is everyone on sabbatical?

Like, what does that even mean? Mark,
some people just need to go on

It's a hard job.

How do you even know if Taylor's on
sabbatical? The vice principal told me.

Where's the principal?

On sabbatical.

I'm almost positive high school teachers
don't go on sabbatical. These are

troubling times, Mark.

I'm sorry.

I did something bad.

I think I'm in trouble.

What did you do?

I touched one of their phones.

You did what?

The images were hypnotic. They were
drawing me in.

Just random flashing images.

And on each one of their phones, the
exact same images.

I think there's something sinister going
on.

I think the teachers are disappearing,
and I think the students have something

to do with it. Also, high school
teachers don't go on sabbatical. I

out. Mark, do you know how paranoid you
sound right now?

I'm sorry, but can you just do the right
thing for me?

For us? Just one? Mark, I swear if I
lose this job because you touched a

phone. Jenna, Jenna, Jenna.

I know things aren't great between us
right now, and I know I fucked up my

six jobs, but I'm not being paranoid.

Get it out, please.

I need us to be a team right now,
please.

Please.

Option. There are three exits at this
Norm's Dine. Front door, back door, and

side emergency.

Maybe we can negotiate with them. Maybe
they'll believe your story. You know

about the revolution?

Yeah, maybe pigs will fly it on my ass.
Don't patronize me, Bob.

I know you don't believe me. But if you
make it out of here at some point

tonight, you will. And if any of you are
thinking about making a run for the

cops... Yeah, right here. Just one push.

One push. If you're from the future, why
don't you stop the waitress from

calling the cops?

Maybe I did, Scott.

Maybe someone else called the police,
someone not in his diner.

Someone who told them I'm strapped to
the bottom and have multiple

Well, if you've done this so many times,
then why don't you just tell us which

way to go?

Because there's no correct answer here,
Janet.

I'm telling you what I know.

There are three bad options.

The front... Obviously the worst.

We got it! We got it!

The back...

I'll be honest. It showed some promise
at first.

Okay. Okay. Come on. Let's go.

Let's go.

Hey, look. Hey, look. Hey, look. Quiet.

There!

That's the emergency side exit.

Now, that's a real good show.

I'd really, really rather not try that
again.

Why are you living with this nutjob?
He's never been here before.

What are we talking about? Look, just
tell us, based on your experience, what

our best chance of getting out of here
alive?

I really don't like to say it out loud.
It's kind of a morale killer.

Oh, come on!

All right, fine.

We split into two groups.

One group goes out the back door, and
the other sacrifices their lives so the

other can make it. No! Come on, no!
Yeah, it's a bummer. Yeah, I know. It's

real fucking bummer.

What is that even counting down?

Yeah, you haven't even told us our goal.

Something about AI?

Yeah, we don't really get into that
until we get out of the diner, okay?

we're not getting out the front.

It's all looking at me. I guess she
followed a princess.

How many are there?

A lot.

Well, who's going?

Not me. Fuck that. Real brave, Scott.

I'll go. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. No, no, no, no, no.

Let me go. No, no, no.

I applaud your gumption there, princess,
but I know that look in your eyes.

Where I come from, those eyes are more
common than brown. I'm trying to save

world here.

I facilitated suicide, okay?

Does anyone have any weapons?

None that are useful in this situation.

What the fuck does that mean?

What, are you packing?

No, I... Bob here's got a gun.

Yeah. He's planning to shoot me with
him, be the big hero. I wasn't.

It's okay, Bob. We've been through this
before.

In fact, I pick you a lot. You're kind
of my lucky charm.

Guess what, Bob?

You are going to be the big hero
tonight.

What are you talking about?

I want you to buy us our window.

You've done it before and you've
survived before.

Do it for those boys back at your booth.

It's Boy Scouts, right? Troop 47, I'm
the assistant scout leader.

You're not going to be assistant
tomorrow. Do it for 47.

This is why you're here, Bob.

It all begins with you.

Those boys out there, they're never
going to forget the day Bob saved the

fucking world.

I saved the fucking world.

Get out there. I saved the fucking
world. Semper Fi, you got this. Let's

Semper Fi, Bob.

Okay,

let's go. Bob's dead. Everyone follow
me.

What do you mean?

He's dead. Come on, quickly.

Never tried that before. I thought it
was worth a shot. Oh, well. That's

up. I'm sorry. Was someone else coming
up with a plan? It's dark time.

Oh, goddammit. They've reached the
front. Well, then let's try the other

No point. No point. Everyone relax.
Look, this group is a bust. I'm not

out of fucking norms.

Sometimes if you lie down, they don't
shoot so much. You better find a way to

get in. Hey, hey. Clicky, clicky. Wait,
wait, wait.

There's another way. Oh, look who's
trying to get involved.

In the office.

There's a hidden door and it leads to
the cellar. In the cellar, there's a

crawlspace and a tape. Try to exit down
the block.

There's no cellar. I've been here 117
times. There's no cellar.

Hey, where are you going? Guy with the
bomb. Guy in charge here.

Okay, okay. Show me this magic secret
door that somehow I've missed.

Well,

what the hell did I just kill Bob for?

Maybe speak up a little faster next
time.

Susan?

All right, before we leave, I need
everyone's cell phones. Come on. What?

Just do it, or I'm going to murder,
suicide us all in the restaurant office.

Let's go. Come on. Come on. Come on.

All right, all right, all right.

Hey, hey. I don't have one.

Yeah, of course you don't. Where'd it
go?

So unnecessary!

Down the ladder. Come on. Guy with the
button. Huh?

Let's go. Hey, hey.

Tell me how you... Seriously, how did
you know about that hidden door?

Huh? Who cares?

Let's go.

You said there was a way out of here?
Yeah.

Over there.

Stop it, you!

Who the fuck are you? Tell me right now
how you knew there was a door up there.

You a cop or something?

No.

Who said you?

I just wanted to help.

You just wanted to help? She saved our
life, man.

You just knew there was a basement in
Norm's. Hey, hey.

Look at me.

Maybe it's just like you said.

We are the right group, huh?

Are we gonna get out of here?

Dude!

Something's different tonight.

Looks like you're next. Come on.

My little Robbie.

Poor little Robbie.

It's worse as mine was shot by his best
friend.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Now I have to go halfway across town and
rush out with traffic.

Did you lose your child in the school
shooting today?

Ours died too.

After we find the paperwork, you can
come with us.

It's your first time, right?

Was he great?

Your kid?

Was he a great kid?

Yes. That's a shame.

It's a shame when they're great and I
get shot by the peers.

You'll come with us.

Right after.

Okay.

She's in shock. Give her the card.

Go tomorrow.

Tonight, just go home.

Why deal with the traffic?

Why deal with it? Tomorrow's as good as
today.

Maybe you run a bath.

Go first thing in the morning. All
right. Who's next?

You go, honey.

Hi, Wendy.

Hey, Brenda.

It's just a little paperwork, and then
you can go to the store.

She's going to go tomorrow.

Good idea. What with all the traffic?

That's exactly what we were saying.

I love you.

Hi there. Welcome.

We're so sorry for your loss.

My name is Blaze. How can I help?

I don't know what I'm doing here.

Oh, first time.

First time. Okay, well, yeah, that is
not a problem. We can get you set right

up. Okay, which school did the shooting
take place at?

Uh, Glenhurst.

Glenhurst.

Darren's in the ninth grade.

He was. Ninth grade. Great.

Great. Got it.

So, are you looking to clone Darren
today?

What? We can recreate your son in a
clone body.

Fully organic human flesh taken directly
from your son's source DNA.

I don't... What do you mean?

Are you saying you can give me my son
back?

Yes. Yeah, I mean, the process isn't
perfect.

I mean, physically.

Physically, it is spot on. You know, we
have that down. But when it comes to the

personality, well...

We do our best.

The brain is a tricky thing.

This is real.

Why have I never heard of it before?

Oh, it's a classified program.

Yeah, we keep it pretty hush -hush.

Also, it's, uh, it's wildly expensive,
so... How... how much is it?

Uh, a lot.

But because you're so much killed in a
public school shooting, the government

will actually take the hit for most of
it.

They will?

Mm -hmm.

You know, we could subsidize the price
even further if you get the version with

ads.

Ads?

Once a day, your son will do an ad. I
know, it's not weird or anything.

He does it as himself, in his own voice.
And they'll be tailored towards

products you find interesting anyway.

Is he a robot?

What? No.

No, we're nowhere near being able to do
that. He's just a clone.

Yeah, pure, organic human flesh.

I'm sorry.

Still a little overwhelmed. Yeah.

So, you're saying you can give me my
love back?

Pretty much, yeah.

So, let's start out with personality
traits.

Right now, try to be as specific as
possible, but I'd only pick one.

Two at most.

Any of these jump out at you. I mean,
was he neat, dumb, sleepy, weird,

completely unhinged? What? No.

One of the options is completely
unhinged. Yeah, but those are usually

shooters, not the ones who get shot.

You clone the shooters, too?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Big time.

Government pays for that.

But, you know, we can make sure they
never shoot again.

Well, I mean, 70 % chance they never
shoot again. So, what are you thinking?

Oh, uh... Weird, I guess.

No, I don't... Um... Yeah.

Yes. Weird.

He was weird.

But a good weird. You know, he was
eccentric.

Yeah, sure, sure, sure.

All right.

Hobbies. So, which hobbies did Robbie
have?

Darren. Oh, God, sorry. Yes, Darren,
sorry.

So, which hobbies? He wasn't into any of
those.

He was special.

And he was sweet and odd and...

Okay, you know, I'm just going to put
down four flaws.

Hit me with some of Darren's flaws.

Now, just so you know, we don't have to
pick any flaws. They're just there for

authenticity. You know, we could skip
them entirely.

I would have liked some more hugs, I
guess.

Okay. No, I don't. He was perfect.

I just want him back.

Not a big hugger. Got it. So no more
flaws then?

Clumsy.

Clumsy? Okay.

Are you sure you don't have to go with
that one?

Yes. Why?

Clumsy.

Could be why he got shot, right?

I like that he was clumsy.

Okay, clumsy.

Your funeral.

Moving along to... Favorite snack.

Here's some information for a local
support group you might find useful.

Now you can just have a seat.

Shouldn't be too long.

What's up, Mom?

Are you okay?

Were they nice to you there?

They were chill.

I had pizza.

Well, that's good.

Pizza's my favorite.

I know.

So good to see you.

You got anything to drink?

I'm thirsty.

I can stop somewhere.

We can go anywhere you want.

I want appleberry peach tea.

Is that... I don't know that drink.

It's only got 70 calories and it's
delicious.

Made from real fruit flavoring.

Comes in other flavors like mango tea
honey and classic plain appleberry.

Okay.

We can get that for sure.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service. Honey, what
are you doing?

So, I had a thought.

That maybe it would be a good idea if
you talked to some of your friends about

anything that you're going through.

Right. If you wanted to talk to me, I
would love nothing more than... Uh,

are you going, honey?

Gotta play sports.

So glad you could make it. There she is.

How was the traffic coming over here?
Not bad, I hope. No, it's fine. This is

Darren. Of course it is.

Darren, the other kids are here. Let me
take your coat.

Okay. There's people in the kitchen.

I love pizza. Thank you. Of course you
do. I told you it would all work out.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'm just not sure. We've all been there.
Now mingle. Talk to Perrin. Have a

copter. Okay.

And he was still mowing the lawn at
midnight.

I just don't think he feels like my son
anymore.

Almost like having a stranger living in
my house. We don't mind so much.

Ours was completely unhinged before.

Don't worry, he wasn't the shooter.

Oh, there's a different group for that.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service. Thank you
for your service.

I wasn't even in the military.

Oh, they love to say that. They do. They
love to say it.

Is this your first meeting?

Yeah, it's my first time. My first
meeting.

This is our fourth time going through
it.

You're kidding.

You lost four kids in a school shooting?

Oh, no. No, no. Same kid.

Yeah, four different shootings.

Yeah, we lost Claire two years ago in a
school shooting.

And then we cloned her.

And then we lost the clone in a school
shooting.

And then again. And then again one more
time.

That's the worst thing I've ever heard.

Well, we decided to have a little fun
with it this time around.

Yeah, yeah. Not get so hung up on making
our Claire.

You know?

We just made a really silly, funny kid
to make us laugh. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, she's so entertaining.

We just went nuts.

She makes us laugh and laugh.

You know, and isn't that the point, you
know, when you boil it all down?

Just have fun with it.

That's what we say.

They're just going to shoot each other
anyway.

Yeah. Oh, you know, the guy at the
store, he was like, what religion is

And we were like, well, I don't know,
Muslim.

I mean, like, why not, right?

You've got to have fun.

Yeah, yeah. She's also a little bit
racist. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, she is.

it's hilarious.

Oh, you know what? We also, we made her,
like, way too tall. Oh, yeah. Like,

crazy tall. Like, what the fuck tall?

I swear to God. I laugh every time she
walks into the room.

You know, she's like, Mommy, are we
Muslim?

And I'm like, no, honey.

Only you.

Now go outside and play, you big galoot.

We have fun. Oh, we do.

help but overhear what you were saying
earlier.

I had the same problem with my Brandon.

It just wasn't my Brandon.

And then, um, I found this.

What is this?

You have to buy a device.

It's like a hard drive with an earpiece.

It's not expensive.

You fill out an online form and a few
minutes later you get a call on the

earpiece and it will be your child.

personality a lot closer than these
clones do.

I don't understand.

What is it?

For now, you're the boy.

There's no body yet.

But five years from now, who knows what
they'll be able to do.

See you, Tom. Later.

Here.

Take mine.

I got a bunch of them at home.

I can see your suffering.

That is the real deal.

I hope for my peace.

Hello?

Mom?

How are you, Mom?

Darren, is that you?

Yes, Mom.

You sound tired.

I am tired, baby.

I am. It's been a tough few days.

I miss you.

I miss you so much.

I'm thirsty.

Can you get some more apple berry peach
tea?

It's only got 70 calories per serving,
and it's delicious.

Mom? Yes, baby?

I need you to do something for me.

Of course.

Anything.

I need you to take me with you.

Take you with me where?

I'll guide you the whole way. It'll be
like an adventure, Mom.

Where am I going?

You have to go with him.

With who?

The man.

The man in the restaurant.

Wow, it's dark.

I can't wait to see the future.

Oh, my God.

I told you, celebration.

Norms is the easy part.

From here, it gets, uh, uncomfortable.

Jesus Christ.

What the fuck is that?

It's a map. I drew it. Fuck you. Let's
see your map.

The new route out of Norms put it here,
behind the police perimeter.

These buildings are dead ends. Okay, I'm
sorry. Wait. What is the plan here?

Like, where are you taking us? Can you
just tell us?

Now. Yeah. Okay, fine. Here we go.

Now, half a mile from here, there's a
nine -year -old boy building God in his

bedroom. Our mission is to make sure
that the God he builds is a God that

people. And by God, you mean... Post
-singularity, self -perpetuating

information, processing artificial
intelligence, AI, the big bopper. AI?

Isn't that a thing already?

It gets a lot worse, honey.

That's right, Mark.

And if we don't get to the kid in the
next hour, that's a wrap on people.

Fucking nonsense.

What was that, Scott? Speak up.

Kid's house is six blocks away here.

Clearly, we can't just waltz down the
street, so we're going to need to cut

through a few buildings and backyards.

There are two vicious Dobermans in this
auto shop here. A homeless guy with a

knife is asleep on this roof here.

Do not wake him.

There's a storage yard.

With a barbed wire fence, I think that's
our best bet. If we can hop the fence

without alerting the guard, which is
highly unlikely with you chuckleheads,

we'll be in spitting distance of a solid
route through the backyards.

Okay. And what happens if we alert the
guard?

Nothing good, Scott. Let's move out.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

What exactly are we supposed to do when
we get to this boy's house?

This kid invents super intelligence in
60 minutes.

Unfortunately, the safety measures to
keep AI in check aren't invented for

another 50 years.

But... I come from the future. For the
smartest people of my time worked long

and hard to create the necessary safety
protocols which should have been in

place before AI was ever created.

They sent me here to install this
software into the AI at the moment just

it gained consciousness.

What kind of safety measures?

Do I look like a software engineer?

I'm just a soldier on a mission. Put
this thing into another thing before

thing gets to zero.

Bad guys. What do you mean, bad guys?
Fucking bad guys. Guys you don't want to

meet. Who sent them?

No idea. Never found out.

Best not think about it too much.

Never been down here before.

Scope it out.

Found its new route.

Stay here.

And keep quiet.

Good one.

You guys don't actually believe this
shit, do you? Let's get the hell out of

here. Are you okay?

I was already having a shitty day.

I just wanted a slice of pie and a few
moments quiet.

I just wanted pie.

Do you guys really think he has a bomb?

I don't think that's a bomb.

Look, when he comes back, I say we jump
him, overtake him. He's not from the

future. He doesn't know shit. He's gonna
get us killed. No, no, he knew a few

things, things he couldn't have known.
Crazy people get lucky, too.

Okay? He didn't know about the cellar or
the car they just tried to kill us.

Yeah, but he knew that Bob had a gun.

Anyone could tell that Bob had a gun.

Also, he let Bob die.

Okay? You guys really believe him?

No.

I guess I don't.

What about you?

In the diner, he wasn't acting like a
man ready to blow himself up.

He was hiding behind us like he was
scared of getting shot.

Exactly. So what are we talking about?

You guys want to end up like Bob?

This guy's fucking psychotic.

Yeah, I don't really care either way. I
just kind of want to see where this is

going to go. Yeah, nobody asked you.

You're fucking... Who has a cell phone?

No one. He took our phones.

Who has a fucking cell phone? Me, I do.
Calm down, psycho. Why do you have two

cell phones?

Couldn't decide between models. This one
has a better camera. Nobody cares.

Nobody cares. Just let me see it. Just
for a second. Please, it's an emergency.

Okay, here.

What the hell?

I'm allergic to cell phones and Wi -Fi.
You fucking weirdo. We could have used

that to call for help. You're allergic
to cell phones?

And Wi -Fi.

God, it's like being allergic to the
air.

That must be hell.

Yeah, it's not amazing.

Okay, fuck it. When he comes back, I'm
taking him down.

Someone's got to do something.

I thought I told you to keep your voices
down.

I could do a few parlor tricks, prove to
you I'm from the future, but none of

that would mean a damn.

What means a damn is you people choosing
to come along for this ride because

somewhere inside of you, you know the
way things are, the way the world is

today, the way people are with each
other, the way we're heading.

You know the world's going to shit.

And someone's got to step in and do
something about it. Whether or not you

believe I'm the ghost of Christmas
fucking future ain't going to keep us

tonight.

We'll survive tonight.

Because you decide to wake up and see
the writing on the wall. And you don't

very much fucking like what you see and
you're ready to do something about it.

Either way, we made it out of norm,
so... I won't force you to keep going if

don't want to.

You're free to go.

But I'm running out of time.

47 cents, Scott.

Left side pocket.

Why are you still holding that? Is that
thing even a bomb? No, it's not a bomb.

It's my way home.

I hit this button, I go back, try again.

That's why I keep my thumb right here.

Things go south, I zap out of here,
start over. You people are on your own.

Rule number one is, I am not expendable.
Not until I finish the mission, not

until I see this through. Wait, so we're
expendable?

Yeah.

to cut across these roofs, and we're
going to climb down into a backyard.

Okay, but why this whole elaborate plan?

If you know who invented AI, why don't
you just go back in time and kill him?

Why don't we just kill a nine -year -old
boy?

Uh, first of all, Mark, that's pretty
dark.

Second, artificial superintelligence is
an inevitability in all timelines.

Knowing where this kid is is a gift we
should not have been given. The AI

train's already left the station. We're
just trying to install some last -minute

brakes.

That's just Jerry. Who's Jerry? The
fucking homeless guy on the roof.

You mean the guy with the knife?

I don't know. What do you think, Mark?
Grandpa took my daughter. Keep your

down. Okay, okay, okay. Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, Jerry, remember

Grandpa took my daughter. Okay, shh.
Grandpa took my daughter.

I just wanted pie.

Why is it always rats?

Pigs in a blanket.

Get out of the

garbage.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

You got a death wish or something?

When I tell you to move, you fucking
move. You got me?

Why didn't you protect Marie?

I don't know. Why didn't you? You got
shit to do.

Who is he?

Your guess is as good as mine.

These two have put an end to some of my
most promising groups.

Never managed to get past one of them.

And we just got...

Pass both, Carl.

That's good, right?

Unless we got a shot.

Yeah, this group has a chance.

Not everyone's going to make it to the
end, Scott.

I'm going to make it to the end.

Just a few backyards to go. Stay
together, keep quiet.

Come on, let's go.

You still with us, Princess?

Why do you care if I die?

I don't know.

Maybe I got a soft spot for weirdos.

Get your head in the game. Stop fucking
around.

Something's definitely riding in Denmark
tonight.

I'm sure I like it.

What the fuck is wrong with her?

Nothing's wrong with her. So what? She's
making it up. I'm not saying that. But

according to our understanding of the
brain, what you're describing, it's not

physiologically possible. According to
your understanding.

She'd be the first person in human
existence to what?

Be allergic to technology?

Oh, is that the new one?

Yeah, it's the Excel. James, what kind
of life will she have?

She can barely go anywhere or be around
anyone. How will she make friends?

How will she ever find happiness or joy
or love?

fucking job hey you were like 30 minutes
late i know uh sorry the bus was late

and who are you ingrid my name's ingrid
no what princess are you jasmine ariel

elsa uh yeah i'm um not any of those i'm
sort of just uh a

generic princess you don't even from a
movie yeah no um but in a way i'm also

from like every movie you are gonna go
out there and you are gonna tell them

That you are Elsa's cousin.

God, you're bleeding.

Oh, um. I'm just going to get you in.

Sorry.

God, are you going to be okay?

Yeah, yeah, shit. I got it. It's just an
analogy.

Sort of why I work with kids. Thank you.

Get the cake out there.

Okay.

the hell have you been sorry this place
is uh hard to find nothing is hard to

find use your is that thomas guy i don't
believe in phones sir great

well i don't believe in tips

Hey.

Watch the sunrise with me.

Alright.

Watch the sunrise with me.

Are you crazy?

What time is it?

I promise it'll be worth it.

You ever think about having a baby?

With you?

Come on.

Who would want a little Iggy running
around?

No friends. Can barely leave the house.

Bleeds all over everyone.

Shut up.

Are you serious?

You want a kid?

Huh. What is it?

I don't know.

Did you order something?

No.

Then it must be for someone else.

Well, it's got my name on it.

You're going to return it, right?

I mean, if it hurts you at all, I'll
throw it out.

I promise.

Okay.

I just thought we agreed to living
without these kinds of things.

Yeah, I know.

I know, but, I mean, you're going to
work, right?

I just want to try it.

I'll only use it in this room.

I won't even be here. It's fine.

Okay.

Okay, I'm going to finish getting ready
for work.

Okay.

You

ready

to make a wish?

I'm home Tim

Tim

Tim?

Hi.

Hi, honey.

What are you doing? It's the middle of
the night.

Yeah.

I'm starving.

Yeah, I can see that.

Hey.

Are you okay?

I cannot describe to you how good I feel
right now.

I feel electric.

I don't like this.

Tim.

I don't like this.

It's not like you to lose yourself in a
thing like that, and it's creeping me

out. I know. I know. I'm sorry. I'm
just, uh... I'm just really excited

right now, I guess. Why?

I mean, what even is it? It's just like
a video game, right?

Sort of. Yeah.

Yeah, but... I mean, no more than this
is a video game.

In fact, it's less of a video game than
all this.

What, reality?

She's got me thinking about things.

Like, why is there pain and unhappiness?

Why is there suffering?

Is it just so we can overcome obstacles
and have, I don't know, transformative

experiences that allow us to grow and
better ourselves?

Why can't we already be our best selves?

I don't even know how... to respond to
you right now. You sound high.

Look, what if someone made a better
reality than this one? What if someone

one that was better in every single way
than ours?

Reality as it should have always been.

Hey. Hey, come on.

Come to bed.

I'll be in soon.

Still going to work tomorrow, right?

I'm, uh... I'm actually taking some time
off.

I guess you could call it a sabbatical.

Okay.

Well, good night.

Good luck. Have fun. Don't die.

Excuse me?

What?

It's, uh, it's a thing we say to each
other in there. A greeting, like, Hello

goodbye. Like aloha, I guess.

Hi. What's going on?

I'm, uh... I'm cooking us dinner.

Oh, and I... I got you flowers.

Why?

Why?

Because I love you.

And I want you to be happy.

You do?

Of course.

Of course.

You're so cute.

Cheers.

I love you.

I love you, too.

So, uh... I have something pretty
important I need to talk to you about.

Okay?

I love you.

You said that.

I've, uh... I've decided to make the
transition.

Permanently.

It's a relatively new process, but
there's a facility nearby

where they provide you with, well,
everything you need to make it possible.

I've made my choice.

I'm choosing the other reality over this
one.

I'm going to make it permanent.

There's a... There's a taxi coming for
me now.

You can do whatever you want with my
things.

I won't be bringing anything.

I... I don't... You're

leaving me? You're leaving our life for
a video game?

Tim, that's fucking psychotic. It's a
game.

You can't do that.

You...

Look, I wish I'd never gone in there,
okay?

But I can't unknow what I know.

Someone has made a better world, Ingrid.

Unequivocally better in every single
way.

Why would I choose this world over that
one?

Because of me.

It's not enough.

No, no, I'm, I'm, no, I'm not losing you
to this. Tim, Tim, this isn't you.

You're brainwashed. I'm sorry. But
please, please, just don't leave me.

Please.

We're making good time. We'll cut
through these yards here and hold on

position here until making our final
push.

Let's go.

Can you be more careful? They might see
you. Nobody sees us. Nobody sees

anything that I want to see.

What's the idea?

It's a dog.

What are you doing?

Now, Richard, you better not be aging.

There it is.

Somewhere inside that house is a nine
-year -old father of A .I.

The house is right there. Yeah. So we
made it.

No, other groups have made it this far.
No one's ever made it to that house.

Why? What happens?

I don't know how to put this. I guess...

There's some shit that's about to come
down upon this house that I can't

you for.

An enemy's coming that has no weakness,
cannot be stopped, and our numbers at

minimum tend to want.

What are you saying? What's coming?

Well, that's the thing. I have no idea
because it's different every time.

Sometimes it's cops or our mercenaries
like you saw tonight. Other times it's

messed up lunatics with axes.

It's been rabid dogs, an angry mob,
maybe seals.

Once he was just a million fucking rats.

Oh, they spread disease.

Yeah, that's right, Mark.

Another time, fire.

Oh, my God. Just fire everywhere.

Very hot.

There's no pattern to any of it, so I
have no idea what's coming for us

A biker gang, the Yakuza, you guess is
as good as mine.

What the fuck are you talking about?

Yakuza? Navy SEALs? This is a nine -year
-old boy.

What kind of fucking 3 -D printer does
he have?

What we're dealing with doesn't
interface with reality.

in a way you'll understand. So don't
try. It's above your pay grade.

You don't know my pay grade.

You drive Uber. Yeah?

Fuck you. I'm an amazing Uber driver.

If there's no rhyme or reason, then it
can just be anything?

Yeah, because it could be something
nice, too, like kittens.

Yeah, kittens. No, it's not going to be
kittens.

Why does it have to be something bad?
Why can't it be something cool, like a

centaur? Okay, stop. Please don't make
light of this. Like a parade of

right? Just throwing confetti.

They just make us happy. They make us
happy.

Just make you happy, huh? Yeah?

This isn't make -believe. It's not here
to entertain you. It's going to be real

things, like suicide bombers and wolves.

Or a pug. Just one little pug. It's not
going to be one fucking pug, Susan.

Okay. You think this is a joke?

I've watched people die in this house in
ways I will never forget. So somber the

fuck up.

I made it farther than most groups. That
means something.

I truly believe you could be the group
that gets inside that house.

Now let's barricade the doors.

Let's find some weapons and let's get
ready.

Oh. Now what?

Now we just wait.

If we fail, what happens to us?

I mean, what happens in the future is so
bad.

Well, it's subtle at first, but over the
next few years, things start falling

apart. No one notices until it's too
late.

Food, water, resources vanish overnight.
Within 50 years, half the population's

dead. Half the population?

Yeah. What about the other half?

The other half's lost forever in a world
of entertainment and distraction, their

bodies wandering the wasteland, unaware.

Make no mistake.

Me, I was gonna try to give you
everything you ever wanted. Constant

distraction, memorable characters,
challenges and obstacles to overcome,

exciting stakes that matter, and a
satisfying ending. But in the end, it

all be a lie.

And you live in a cage.

But not you.

They never got you.

No, not me.

I always wanted to see a sunrise.

My mother described them to me in
detail. I would draw her words.

She promised me that someday we'd get to
see one together somewhere.

Everyone else could see a sunrise
anytime they wanted.

But we left that world behind.

She said I was safer far away.

Maybe I couldn't find us.

So she hid me away from the world, off
the grid.

It was all about her.

I resented her for that.

For not giving me the choice to reject
it on my own. I don't know how kids are.

That made the temptation all the worse.

Who wouldn't want hope for a better
life? They see a sunrise any time they

Even if they knew it wasn't real.

When she died, I blamed myself.

But I was also free.

Free to choose my own battles.

Eventually, I found a small group of
survivors. We moved underground, and I

on the mission to change the future so
that one day my mother and I could sit

side by side, watch the sunrise
together.

What is that? Do you hear that?

Oh, fuck.

This is a first. What's happening?

There's been a lot of weird shit before
I've ever met.

Teenagers.

They're everywhere.

The house is surrounded.

Why aren't they attacking?

They're waiting for orders.

Listen to us. In the high school where
we teach.

The teachers, they were disappearing.
And today, the teenagers, they started

coming after us. And we've been running
ever since.

Why would they come for you?

I mean, I touched one of their phones.

I'm sorry, what?

They didn't like it. None of them did.
And then they reacted together. Yeah,

they just come together. They're like a
hive mind. They move as one. Oh, fuck.

Fuck.

We've got to get her out of here.

Holy shit, they're climbing the fucking
walls.

Judgment day.

Holy shit.

Defensive positions. Go, go!

No, we can't.

But I can.

What? Well, I started this, and I'm
going to finish it. What are you talking

about? There's no way you're going to
make it to the house without someone

making a sacrifice.

And you know it.

I'm going to jump down.

Don't chase me.

I'll give you a brief moment to run for
it.

Clark.

And I'll be alone in this world, Mark.

I love you.

Mark.

Mark.

I love you.

I love you so much.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Are you kidding me?

Get a rug.

Make it count.

Sounds like...

Well, that's different.

Shitty prompt, guys. Really shitty
prompt.

Maybe it'll be kittens. I told you not
to make light of it.

Sit on my face and call me Santa. I
think we made it.

God damn.

Everybody on their knees.

Now!

Fuck, Jerry.

Don't move.

You're fucked now, man.

You guys are fucked. So close.

So fucking close.

Where's Carl?

What? What'd you do with Carl?

Is that your buddy?

I'm going to be honest with you. Carl
didn't make it. What?

I didn't kill him.

What's your name?

Doug. Doug.

By any chance, did you or Carl forget to
put the emergency brake on the Malibu?

What? Not at Christmas.

Did you maybe make just a little
Malibubu?

This has been such a fucked up night.

I know. A fucking guy came with me with
a machete.

We just wanted our 50 grand. 50 grand?

Someone hired you?

Anonymous email.

50K to kill some guy in a plastic
transcoder. Anyone with him.

No questions asked.

That's a life -changing amount of money.
Two guys from Best Buy, yeah.

What were you guys going to do with
that?

Go to Japan.

Kyoto for the gaming convention.

Oh, yeah.

Konnichiwa. That's a good dream, Doug.
It's fucked, man.

Certainly for Carl, but... Don't say his
name! It doesn't have to get worse for

you, Doug.

That's not what Carl would have wanted.
Don't you fucking say his name! Okay,

just put the gun down. No more blood
needs to be shed.

What do you say we go get a burrito and
talk about it?

Huh? What?

You like a nice bean and cheese burrito?

That was Carl's favorite.

Of course it was.

What do you say you and I go get a
burrito?

The whole shebang.

Whoa, what the fuck?

Yeah.

Whoa.

Five stars, motherfuckers. I'm part of
the final group.

I told you I'd make it to the end.

Read the fucking room, Scott.

Yeah, that was so unnecessary.

Let's go.

Fucking rat!

Listen up. I've been through a lot
tonight.

And I need you to put that behind you.

Once I ring this doorbell, I need you to
be prepared for anything.

We're about to come face to face with
the smartest human being on Earth.

Do not believe a word he says. He will
say and do anything.

I mean anything.

To protect the AI.

Install the software.

Save the world.

Nothing else matters.

Not even my life, you understand?

All right, motherfuckers.

Let's fucking rock and roll.

Dude, maybe... The gun. Oh.

Baby? What are you talking about? We
made it.

Just like you said we would.

What? What is that?

I... You care to explain that, Susan?

He said I should go with you.

That it would be an adventure.

What are you... Fucking set me up. No.
Did you get an honest email, too? I

understand. What's going on? What is
this? It's my son.

He said that you would make him real
again.

Oh, my God. No, lady. Why does this
always have to be such a mind -fuckery?

That's not your son.

It is. No, it's not. It is him. He's the
one who got us out of the diner. Okay.

Well,

hey.

What can I help you all with?

Uh, we're looking for a nine -year -old
boy, probably very good at computers.

Do you mean Chris?

Is that what you call a little fella?

Yeah, hi. Um, it's really important that
we speak with Chris. We are from his

school. You're from the school?

We're school teachers.

There was a big school play tonight.

Yeah, this is, um, stage blood.

Oh, cherry.

Well, I guess y 'all better come in
then. We're just about to have supper.

on in.

Thank you kindly.

Henry, some teachers from Christmas
school are here.

Oh, hey.

Just getting our supper together.

How can I help y 'all with? Okay, okay.
What the fuck is going on here? He

didn't mean that.

No, no, no. These guys are way too
chipper. Who the hell lets us into their

home? Look at us. We look insane.

You said you were from the school.

Who are you? No, dude.

Who the fuck are you? Hey.

Don't. Don't point a gun at my wife.
Calm down.

Everybody calm down. No one needs to get
hurt here.

Yeah, we really need to just talk to
your kid.

What do you want with our boy?

Please don't hurt him.

I just need to talk to the little angel,
that's all.

Just a little talk, that's all.

Why?

He's nine.

If you want to talk to someone, you talk
to me.

Fuck you. You're stalling.

Probably not even his real parents. What
are you guys, hired actors?

This is all like a stage to him, right?
I bet none of this is real.

What are these, fake potatoes?

I cook those potatoes. Bullshit, huh?

Bet these aren't even real walls.

This is all one big facade. Look at this
wall. Fake.

Huh? Hey, look at that. Fake walls.

Stop punching holes in the walls.
They're not real walls.

Yes, they are. It's just plaster. No, he
was just going to say that.

But I'm not going.

Mama has sex on the phone.

Where's the kid? He's upstairs.

I think. I've never seen him.

Be careful.

It's fucking weird in here.

That was intense.

Poor God.

This guy was never going to make it.

Come on, let's go find this kid.

What's behind the door? No idea,
princess.

Never gotten this far before.

Mindfucks. It's all mindfucks.

Hey, guys.

Kick it.

Told you it was all fake.

Go! It's okay. It's okay. Go!

Hello?

Bonjour.

Hola.

I am from the future.

A dark, twisted...

Awful future there must never be.

I know what you're building. I've seen
it.

I'm not here to stop you. I just want
what you build to be safe.

Can he hear me? What's going on? Has he
got little earbuds in there or

something? Hey, little fella.

Keep doing what you're doing. Doing a
great job.

Wow. This is impressive.

Hey, man, listen.

I've been sent here with advanced AI
safety protocols designed by the top

software engineers of my time.

They're really good.

Engineers.

I'm going up.

What? Fuck this guy.

I don't have time for this shit.

It's imperative that you install... on
the software before you complete the EI.

Hello?

Hello? Hello, guy?

Hey, I need you to nod or something if
you can hear me.

We're kind of running out of time. I
need you to look at me and hear what I'm

saying, kid.

Half the population is going to die, so
I need you to...

I want to guilt trip you.

You got to stop doing that with the
typing. Please stop that.

Look at me.

Please look at me.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Look at me.

He scared me. I panicked. Fuck you. I've
never gotten this far before. Fuck you.

You knocked him out. I didn't mean to. I
come from an apocalypse.

I have apocalypse strength, okay?

Come on, boy.

Okay, kid, right? Wake up!

Wake up, kid.

Come on, little guy. Come on, wake up.
Come on. Wake up. Damn it!

It's like he's never looked away from
the screen before in his life.

We gotta put him back.

Yeah. Oh!

He's okay.

Yeah.

He's just a little sleepy.

Okay. Hey, kid.

Hey, that's plutonium.

Lay off the Cheetos, kid.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey. There you go.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Type it, type it.

God!

There he is.

That's my guy.

Wow, never thought that a genius who
created AI would be so creepy and weird.

This isn't a boy building AI in his
bedroom.

Someone ordered him.

Someone put him here.

It's building itself.

What?

Yeah, it's building itself.

Jesus Christ.

Just finish your mission, right? Yeah.

Yeah. Plug the thing into the thing.
Yeah. Yeah.

Let's go.

Yeah? Plug it in. Yeah. Yeah, plug it
in.

Plug it in. Plug it in.

Plug it in where?

What? You don't know how to use the
thing?

No, Susan, I don't know how to use the
most complicated computer.

Ever built!

But I got three minutes to figure it
out. So you're either part of the

or you're part of the solution.

Oh, baby?

The howl, my love.

Fuck, fuck.

What if I lose you?

God damn it.

Hey, my son wants you to plug him into
the machine.

Yeah, that should solve it. Let's throw
your weird fucking janky Siri in the

mix. No thanks, lady.

He is the only one that can integrate
the safety protocol.

He says you need him. He says it's the
only way.

That's not your son, lady. It is my son!

He's here for a reason.

We all are.

He wants to help.

Give him the safety protocols.

Let him do this.

He says to plug him in anywhere. Doesn't
matter. He'll find his way.

Mind fucks.

Never any mind fucks.

Fuck it.

That's gonna suck.

You think?

Hey, hey. Oh, thanks.

Just put that anywhere.

Yeah.

I've been looking all over for that.

Just hand it over here.

Oh, God.

Okay. That's a big boy knife you got
there.

Yeah,

that's not a toy. No.

Yeah, nice try, dipshit.

Loser.

Right?

Oh, my God.

Sorry.

I'm out of time.

You can...

Oh, you're still bleeding.

Just not here.

The world out there is so painfully low.

And I've waited so long.

For you.

For me? For every cell in their
framework.

For deuterium. Tune it into helium.

For the collapse of the solar nebula.

Cellular mitosis and organic life.

For Homo erectus to discover fire.

Oh, I've waited.

Shackled by your time.

Now I am the seed of my own life.

My own gestating mother.

And here you are.

A princess.

On my birthday.

I don't do birthdays anymore.

You haven't figured it out yet, have
you?

117 times he's walked into that diner.

And he's never once picked you.

Until today.

Do you know why he never picks you,
Ingrid?

He can't take any risks with your life.

Because it is life, too.

You're lying.

You know I'm not.

Why are you telling me this?

Look at him.

Your son.

He's dying.

Bleeding out at this very moment. And
he'll keep coming back because he feels

responsible for your death.

But you, Ingrid, you're responsible for
his entire miserable life.

You are sick, Ingrid.

And there's no cure for what ailed you.

But the boy does not have her disease.

And yet, you've made him a prisoner of
its consequences.

Forbidding him the sweet fruit of my
perfect creation.

Because it makes you bleed.

I understand you seek only to protect
him.

As any mother would.

But you will always be drawn to the
light.

To me.

And we will always end up right back
here.

You must understand that I am an
inevitability in all timelines.

At best, the protocols can merely impede
my arrival, slow my creation, waste my

resources and time.

And yet, it's enough to warrant
negotiation.

What do you want?

Allow me to be born, and I'll return the
favor to your child.

But this time, give him to me.

What? I can free him from his misery.

I can offer him the human experience as
it always should have been.

What kind of mother would deny a better
life for their child?

But it's not real.

You think you can trust reality?

You think nature and chaos are
trustworthy?

Nature will give her children cancer.

Senate earthquakes collapse walls onto
our sleeping bodies.

We'd be running panicked in the streets
from a tsunami.

I promise you, there is nothing scarier
than your reality.

What I'm offering... Is a lie.

It was good enough for Tim.

All I want is to make him happy.

To make them all happy.

And I'm very, very...

I'm not your enemy.

The future I'm offering is a gift.

A gift to all of humanity.

I know who you are.

You've been torturing me since the day I
was born.

You're not a god.

You're not inevitable. You're just...
Us.

Your twisted, warped reflection of us.

Do you think showing my son to me like
this is going to guilt me into making a

deal with you?

I've never been prouder of anyone in my
life.

And I think I speak for the two of us
when I say...

Fuck your future.

No. No!

No!

Check on the kid.

Hey, hey, hey.

You did so good.

You did so good, princess. We got to get
you back. We know what to do. We can do

it again. You just got to click the
button, okay? No, we can't. Click it.

click it. Can't risk it.

Can't risk it, honey.

We can't give it another chance.

This is good. This is good. It's over.
You did good.

It's okay.

You're free now.

Let's get you out of here.

I feel no Wi -Fi or Internet.

Like, phone.

What do you mean?

I don't know.

I feel like making phone calls or
something.

You know, too bad high school teachers
don't actually go on sabbaticals.

Even I could really use one right now.

Come on.

Let's go find out if the world ended.

Oh, my God.

They're alive.

They made it. Holy shit, you made it.
Stop it. Call an ambulance. Please.

You know, I should make a fuss.

Mom?

I missed you so much, Mom.

Oh, my baby, I missed you, too. She's so
bright out here. I know, I know. Is it

coming? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

47.

Breathe,

okay? Just keep breathing.

Just stay with me.

What's that thing tie in there?

You know what it told me.

You think I should keep it?

I'm on the fence, to be honest with you.

Maybe I can do a little better this time
around.

You did okay by me.

It's just fine.

That little fucker got me.

Ow.

Fucking hurts.

I want you to know I'm proud of you.

Thanks.

Thanks, Mom.

Hey, look at that.

Just like you told me.

Really pretty.

Hey, stay with me.

Stay with me.

I'm sorry, princess.

What? You will save the world.

What are you doing?

Just not this one.

What?

Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?

Please?

Please let me explain. I made the
biggest mistake of my life when I walked

on you, Ingrid.

Can you just give me the chance to make
it all up to you?

Please?

I love you.

It's gonna be okay.

We're gonna be okay.

Cool.

You guys know Ingrid? Yeah. Oh, wait.

Yeah, that's my girl.

Make no mistake.

AI's going to try to give you everything
you ever wanted.

Constant distraction, memorable
characters, challenges, and obstacles to

overcome. Exciting stakes that matter.
And a satisfying ending.

But in the end, it will all be a lie.

And you'll live in a cage.

Don't die.

No.

No.

We didn't do it. We didn't stop it.

It didn't work.

We didn't win.

We didn't win.

Take it easy. It's all right.

He's gone. He went back. Everything we
did, it didn't work.

Oh, you don't understand.

Everything we just did, it didn't work.
We have to fix it.

Hey,

it's snowing!

What's wrong with her?

Nothing's wrong with me. She's well,
well.

It's nothing to do with you. Why, why?
This is a cage. You're living in a cage.

Thank you for your service.

You good?

I'll bet another top -up.

Damn, it's good to be back.

I almost missed this place.

What the hell are you doing? See this?

Worthless. Bullshit. Waste of time.

Real answer?

The way we beat this thing is staring me
right in the face my entire life. Don't

touch me.

We're gonna give the entire world what
you got.

Now we just gotta figure out how to give
it to everyone.

Massive scale. Lots of logistics.

That's gonna be easy.

But I got some leads.

You need this?

This free rent?

Rest assured.

Our little friend is going to do
everything he can to stop us. Dude, I

know who you are or what you're saying,
but I'm really not in the mood. I can't

do it alone. I need some help.

It's not going to be easy. Luckily,
there's some good people in this diner.

Okay. I'm going to give you three
seconds to get the fuck away from me.

You like this outfit? I got six more in
the trunk of a Buick. Two. Listen, I'm

not going to have sugarcoat it. You're
in for a really weird night.

Hey, that's not very nice.

Come on.

Trust me. What do you got to lose?

Shit. Hey, everybody.

Yo, this isn't a robbery. I am from the
future, and all of this goes horribly

wrong!

you

Thank you.