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(alarm clock rings)

(upbeat music)

♫ I'm amazed at the things that you say

♫ Heard it all before

♫ Just another day

♫ January, February, all the same

♫ March, April, Mays comin' back again

♫ Oh why

♫ Cause it's the worst year of my life again

♫ It's looped around and pulled me back in

♫ Now yesterday has come again

♫ Oh no

♫ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♫ Worst year of my life again

(alarm rings)

(car crashes)

- Why can't you just look where you're going?

(mumbles)

I'm not paying for this.

- Gah.

Quick shout out to a 14-year-old Alex King.

It's his birthday today.

That's me.

Dammit.

- [All] Happy birthday!

- Don't say I never give you anything.

- Is this the one Annie gave you for

Christmas that you said you hated?

- No, shut up! No.

- And this one is from me and Dad.

- Crystals and Skulls.

- [Mom] Special Edition, that's

the one you've been asking for.

- Yeah, yeah, when I was younger; gah, thanks mum, dad.

(knock on door)

That'll be Simon.

- Now, straight out of school after final bell,

Alex, we might have a little surprise for you.

(squeezing sounds)

- Hey! Wore it out,

Happy Birthday, mate.

- Thanks. I thought you said I

could come to your place after school.

- Yeah, if you want, why?

- Mom reckoned she has this surprise for me.

It'll be the same as every birthday,

a trip to Kingdom of the Burger.

It's embarrassing man, I'm 14 now.

- Ah, yes, but you act 12; anyway, Kingdom of

the Burger, isn't that place where

they dress up in the ye-oldie costumes?

- Costumes, I thought it was what English people wore.

- Haha, funny, I should write you down just for that.

They might crown you birthday prince;

more burger and fries, your Heiness ?

- Shut up.

- Are you wearing perfume?

- No. Ah, Simon, now that I've hit

the big 1, 4, everything is going to change.

I'm going to make this year totally amazing.

Know what I'm going to do? I'm going to put my

name down for life-saving club.

And, I'm going to sign up for the

school play and win the soccer championship.

(car horn)

- Watch it, fruit-loop!

- You know what, Si, this year is going

to be the best year ever, starting now.

- Ooh, sorry, mate.

- Okay, starting now.

(school bell rings)

- Seriously, who decides to have

a birthday on the first day of term?

- It wasn't exactly my choice.

- Who would be dumb enough to kick that at your head?

- Hey, King, give back!

- Parker and Howe, um, don't do a girly kick, mate,

I don't want to be a lamezoid for the rest of the year.

Look, quite frankly, I can't be seen with a lamezoid.

(rock music)

- Ah! My timetables!

- Hey, Mr. Norris, kick us that ball back, will ya?

- You two, detention, this afternoon.

- It wasn't us, it was King.

- And this is another item for my contraband cupboard.

McPherson, pick them up, hurry up.

- When I find you King, you're toast. King, you're toast.

- Happy Birthday, Alex, I got you a card.

- Maddy, why are you hiding too?

- I don't know, I thought it was some sort

of game we're playing, what are the rules?

- The rules are, we try not to get beaten up.

- Well?

- All clear.

- No, open the card, open the card.

- Shh, don't let anybody know it's my birthday.

- Birthday Prince doesn't want

any fuss, do you, your majesty?

- You know what Parker and Howe are like;

they will use any excuse to embarrass and humiliate me.

- But a birthday's a happy occasion.

- Not with Parker and Howe around.

Remember what happened with Toby McPherson twelve?

- Put his trousers up on the flagpole

while he was still in them.

- But, that's not going to be me.

I'm going to be on my guard all day,

I'm going to keep my eyes clear,

I'm not going to let any - Ah!

- Way to stand your guard, mate.

- Now you can open it, I'll watch.

- Congratulations on your promotion?

- I know it's not a birthday card, but I had to get

it when I saw the little man on the cover.

It reminded me so much of you.

- Is it 'cause my name is King.

- No, I think it was the eyebrows.

- Hahaha, yeah.

- Read the inside.

(light music)

- You know how I said this was going to be my year,

I'm going to start it by asking out Nicola Grey.

- You're going to ask out the most popular girl in school

in front of us, that'll be really funny. Go on, do it.

- Guess who I saw?

- Who?

- Miriam.

(laughter)

- That's it? Pathetic!

- What was I meant to do, Si?

- Well, I don't know, get her attention.

- No point of announcing yourself in a

big fan fair, girls hate that; isn't that right, Maddy?

(Royal music from card)

(laughter)

- [Parker Or Howe] King!

- [Simon] Nice.

(upbeat music)

- Maybe you should just get their ball back, Alex.

And if you find it, can you get mine too?

It's the one with the multicoloured bat on it.

- I keep telling you, it's a butterfly.

- It is not, why would a ball have a

butterfly on it, that's just stupid.

- [Alex] Tell them I went that way.

- He went that way.

- Yeah, right, I think we'll try this way.

- Um, guys, I told you that he went that way,

so why aren't you chasing after him?

- Cause you're a cowardly, snivelling little liar, Birch.

- He makes a good point.

- Oh shut up, I'm not that little.

- Tell him we'll get him later, he's toast.

(phone alert)

- Help, I'm stuck in a moving cupboard; Oh.

- I'm going to die sorting all of these

timetables; out out out out out out out!

- Don't move, Norris outside.

- Put a smiley face.

(message sent alert)

(new message alert from inside cupboard)

- What do you mean florist outside?

- What are you two doing hanging around out here?

Phones on silence on school property.

- Ah, yes, of course, phones on silence.

- Phones on silence.

- Strange kid.

- Back's turned, come out now.

(upbeat music)

- King?

- Ah, I can explain.

(school bell rings)

- Well, at least you managed to avoid Parker the whole day.

- Because I had to spend every break

making timetables with Norris.

- Alex, why'd you get in the bottom half of the cupboard?

- Because the top half of the cupboard

was filled with balls and stuff.

- Oh, did you see my multicoloured bat one?

- Oh, no, birthday burger surprise.

This is seriously the worst birthday ever.

- Birthday, so that's why you thought

you could mess with me; reckon

you're a king for the day, do you?

- Birthday Prince, actually.

- Right then, you are; everyone, come here!

It's King's birthday and he's insisted

on a proper royal celebration; five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14. Happy Birthday, King.

- Alright, I was just about to step

in and save you, wasn't I, Maddy?

If it wasn't for this stupid yet painful cramp.

Alex, it's not fixed.

- Oh!

(laughter)

Wait, it's not what you think, it's just water.

- Cheer up, Alex, it's been a bad day,

but I still think this could be your year.

- Yeah, yeah, you're right, it can only get better, right.

- [Simon] A whole year, how bad can it be?

(upbeat music)

(fire alarm)

(water splashing)

- Sorry, nevermind Alex, the big 1-5 tomorrow!

I've got a feeling that next year is

definitely going to be your year.

- Could hardly be any worse, could it- ow!

- See you guys tomorrow.

That was the worst year of my life.

(piano music)

(violin music)

(ticking from clock)

(alarm clock rings)

(car crashes)

- What have you done?

- Seriously!

- They never learn.

- We're back again with 15 year old Alex King.

Happy birthday.

That is weird.

- Seriously, Sam, you got me this last year.

- How could I have done that, I only got

it myself for Christmas - um, no I didn't shut up.

- And this one is from me and Dad.

- What's this then, a Crystals

and Skulls game, special edition?

- Alex King, have you been poking

around in my presents cupboard?

- It was a lucky guess.

(knock on front door)

- Thank Mum, Dad, that'll be Simon.

- Now straight out after final bell, Alex,

we might have a little surprise for you.

- Hey, stupid thing, wore it out.

Happy Birthday, mate.

- Si, you ever heard of deja-vu?

- Of course I have, great band.

- Hey, Si, is it alright if I come

to your house after school?

- Yeah, whatever you say, your majesty, Birthday Prince.

- Yeah, right, you made that joke

last time, remember what happened ?

- Last time, what are you talking-

- I'm having a really weird morning. That doesn't matter,

the big 1-5 today, this year is going to be completely-

- Woah, look out boys

- Different.

- 1-4, you said the big 1-5, but it's big 1-4.

- I'm 15

- It's your 14th birthday, you plank.

- I know how old I am, Simon.

- If you were 15, we would be in year nine.

- We are in year nine.

- As if, then we wouldn't have Norris as our year head.

- We don't have Norris as our year head.

(car horn)

(slow motion yelling)

- Something is very wrong here, Si.

- Ooh, sorry mate.

- Simon, you're messing with me, right, you're winding me

up; I'm 15, I was 14 last year, remember?

It was the worst year of my life.

The life-saving club, the soccer

match, the date with Nicola Grey?

- Date with Nicola Grey, that's not likely, what's the

matter with you, did you fall on

your head this morning or something?

- Simon, I don't know how, but

something really weird is happening, I think -

(laughing)

I feel like I've lived this year already.

Did you hear what I said?

- Are you wearing perfume?

(school bell rings)

- If you really have lived through all

of this before, then tell me, what happens next?

- I don't know, it was a year ago,

I can't remember every detail.

- Hey, King, kick it back.

(sketchy music)

- Wait, I do remember, I kicked the ball back and

it hits Norris, and Parker and I get detention.

- Right, hate to be the one to point it out to you,

time traveller, but, Norris isn't there.

- You're right, but he comes out that door in a second.

With a pink skateboard.

- Sure.

- I better kick it back before he gets here.

- Quick, tell me what happens next; no, don't tell me,

I know, I've become cricket captain,

I'm class president, and I finally get

to snuggle your sister, am I right or am I right?

- No, no, and ew.

- [Mr. Norris] You two, detention, this afternoon.

- [Parker Or Howe] But it wasn't us, it was King.

- Shh, this is exactly what happened before.

How is this possible, how have I gone back in time?

- It's a temporal loop.

- A what?

- A temporal loop, I read about them.

You fall through a crack in time to an earlier

part in your life and you have to live through it again.

It happens all the time; Oh, and Happy Birthday.

- It's a gift, it's brilliant, you have

this superpower; you know everything

that's going to happen before it happens.

- Yeah, I do, and it's all awful.

Last year was single handedly the worst year of my life.

- Why, what happened?

- That.

- Well, yes, wonderful, lovely, but let's get

onto the things that we really want to

know about, namely what happens to me.

- Oh, and open my card.

- Shh, don't let anyone know it's my birthday.

Last time I opened your card and- hide me mate.

- [Nicola] Guess who I saw?

- [Nicola's Friend] Who?

- [Nicola] Miriam.

(laughter)

- McPherson, I've moved classrooms.

Go to the old one and fetch my contraband cupboard.

- [McPherson] Oh, but sir, my back,

I really hurt it when I fell over.

I'm going to go see the nurse.

- Ah, clear ending; You, you do it.

(guitar music)

- Ah, King.

- [Norris] Ah!

- My multicoloured bat ball.

- King!

(school bell rings)

- This is a nightmare, why is this happening to me?

- Maybe you've looped for a reason.

Perhaps the universe felt sorry for everything

that's happened to you last time.

- Or the universe just thought it

would be funny to watch it all again.

- I don't think the universe has a sense of humour, Alex.

- Whatever, Parker and Howe are going to grab me.

(guitar music)

- Alex, did something happen between

you and Nicola last time?

- Yeah, lots of things, lots of really

really really awful things; now nothing.

You're right, Maddy, the universe

has given me a second chance, I can stop all

the bad stuff that happened, like this, follow me.

- See, humiliation avoided; actually,

I don't know why I didn't just do that last time.

(car horn)

- Surprise!

- The universe doesn't have a sense of humour, huh?

Well, I suppose if I get through this meal

without anyone from school seeing me,

it would still be a better birthday than last time.

- Birthday, whose birthday is it?

- His, it's his birthday.

- Oh, we have a birthday.

(cheering)

(camera clicks)

- [Waitress] How old are you, your Majesty?

- [Alex] 12.

(clapping)

- Birthday Prince, everyone, come see the birthday prince.

- [ALL] One, two, three.

- That's really not how royals

celebrate their birthdays, is it?

- Yeah, I should know I'm English.

- Oh, you're English.

- Sorry, sorry I'm late, got stuck in traffic.

- What are you doing here?

- I work here.

- No, please, don't.

(trumpet)

Alright, that is it.

- [Dad] Alex.

- Ah, there's Parker, he'll be after his free burger.

- Parker, coming.

- Put a smiley face.

- Painter coming?

Oh, Parker!

(laughing)

- No, it's not what you think; It's not what you think.

(harp music)

- You okay?

- I'm better than okay, I can do it, I can change things.

The universe isn't laughing at me,

this isn't a curse, this is a gift.

- You know that Parker will be after

you all year now, don't you?

- Doesn't matter.

- Well, it does to me, I'll be there 95%

of the time and I might get hurt.

- Nobody is going to get hurt, I've been given

a whole new start. Last year, worst year of my life,

and this year will be the best, starting now.

(crashing noises)

Okay, starting now.

(upbeat music)

- I was just about to step in and save you, wasn't I Maddy?

If it wasn't for this- how does this happen?