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> 00:53:19,511 - I am.

- That didn't look like done.

- That looked like you sitting around

running some kind of con.

- It's not a con.

- There is no time machine, it doesn't exist.

- Well then I can't steal it can I?

- Call it off.

- What?

- Go back in there and call it off.

- Zelda.

- Call it off or you and I are done.

- I can't.

- Okay.

Have fun stealing your time machine.

- You know the funny thing about time travel?

We do it every day.

Our memory takes us into the past.

Our imagination takes us into the future.

You don't need to build a--

- There's my keys.

If you try to come near me I'll call the police.

- So where are we going?

- Need you to crack a safe.

- Oh is that all?

- It's residential, no security, no alarms.

- Who's the mark?

- An old friend.

The safe's in his bedroom.

Grab everything that's inside.

- What I can't crack it?

- Well that'd be disappointing wouldn't it?

(knocking on door)

- John, Cassie, welcome.

- Hello, John?

- Well dinner's nearly ready but first join me for a coffee.

- It's not decaf is it?

- Do I look like a monster?

Of course it's not decaf.

- Up top.

- Oh lighten up John.

This is quite a singular moment.

We might as well enjoy ourselves.

- So Walter do you know this dude through Zelda or what?

- Actually the other way around.

John and I go back gosh how many years now?

- One or two.

- Oh he's just being polite about my age.

- And are you really gay?

Zelda thinks your gay.

I think you're a creeper.

- I have been gay but I prefer women.

Does that make me a creeper?

- Man where did you dig this guy up?

Digging the coffee though.

Could I use your restroom?

(suspenseful music)

- Upstairs on the left,

across from the bedroom.

(suspenseful music)

Is this exciting for you?

This moment now?

- I just want what you promised.

- Is that all you can say?

Aren't you just a little bit tingly?

Standing on the cusp of uncertainty.

- It doesn't feel uncertain.

- It could be.

It could end here if we let it.

Our sins could be expunged.

- It was consenting adults.

- Uninformed consent.

(suspenseful music)

(film beeping)

If you search your thoughts you know I'm right.

- I know you're old,

and I'm beginning to think you're senile.

- I'm plenty sharp.

But memory that's a tricky thing isn't it?

There was a time when I go back year

by year and remember every detail

as clearly as when it first happened.

And then that went away, sooner than I thought it would.

Funny thing remembering that you used to remember more.

Tell me John how clear are your memories?

- Clear enough.

- Well I better set the table.

(suspenseful music)

- Why do you have this?

Is this what you wanted me to steal?

- No.

It was this.

- Tell me Cassie years from now

when you're old and gray what will you regret?

- This is my entire childhood.

- I'll tell you what I regret.

There was a woman.

I loved her more than life itself,

or at least I thought I did.

The fact is I sought to possess her, like a thing.

Who did I love more?

Her?

Or myself?

- What do you want with me?

- To spare you regret.

(dramatic music)

(dull thumping) (music stops)

I had to try.

- No you didn't.

- Please let me keep them.

Please?

(somber music)

- Who is he?

- Walter Markham.

- Who is he really?

- You're a smart girl.

You'll figure it out.

(somber music)

♫ There is a place for us

♫ Beneath the raging water

♫ If we could taste and see

♫ If we could taste and see

- Cassie.

See you tomorrow.

- There's something I need to show you.

(film beeping)

- This is Doctor Hyrum Belsky.

This is my assistant Archie.

This is the first field test in our laboratory

of the time transference device.

May we begin Archie?

(machine rumbling)

You're fine, you're fine Archie.

(machine rumbling louder) (electricity crackling)

(helmet explodes) (rumbling stops)

- So what happened?

- He died is what happened.

This machine, this whole thing.

Dave's grandpa was a loon.

All he built was a device that explodes peoples heads.

- Maybe.

- What do you mean maybe?

- I don't know.

I never thought any of this was real.

But I was at your bosses house tonight.

- What?

- He had this.

Why did he have this?

I have to help John steal the time machine

because I have to keep him from using it.

- If he uses it he's dead.

- Unless what if he's not?

What if despite all outward appearances

he'll be able to go back in time, change things?

- Even if he could somehow go back--

- You can't change the past?

- Well you can't.

- Are you willing to bet your whole life

on something you read in a book?

Because if you're wrong and he can go back in time

what's to stop him from hitting the delete key

on both of us ending us before we even began?

- He wouldn't do that.

- But if he could then he could.

Do you get me?

(phone buzzes)

- [John] Hello.

- You're the stealing the time machine tomorrow.

- I'm going to try.

- I want to come with you.

- Why, did you call the police?

- [Zelda] No.

- Said if I came near you you'd call the police.

- This is me coming near you.

- Zelda what if we forget about the time machine?

Forget everything.

What if you and I just go away together?

Just get in the car and go.

If could be like it was.

- No it can't.

- Alright.

Wear sunglasses.

- He agreed?

- He agreed.

- Good.

Then let's get to work.

(upbeat music)

I'm here and you have to go forward and around.

(upbeat music gets louder) (overlapping voices)

(acoustic piano music)

- If I could go back and change something

I wouldn't let all those years go by without seeing you,

without you being a part of my life.

If I could change the past that's what I'd do.

It was just a kiss.

I shouldn't have...

I'm sorry.

- I really did love you you know?

- I wish I could give you more.

- I wish I didn't need more.

- Well you're about 10 hours early.

- We need to talk.

- Please come in.

- There's some fundamental things we need to straighten out.

This machine is more and just my family's legacy.

It's my responsibility.

And as soon as we figure out exactly how it works

and what it does there needs to be a serious conversation

about how it should be responsibly used.

- [John] Responsibly?

- That's right.

- Well if your friends have their way

it'll all be a moot point.

Zelda wants to join us on our excursion tomorrow.

Which can only mean that Cassie recruited her.

- What do you mean?

- They want to steal it for themselves, cut us out.

- What, but they---

- Dave.

Relax, we're gonna keep that from happening.

But first things first.

Let's fix you some coffee.

(dramatic music)

- Brought the hammer.

Just in case.

I can hide it in my coat.

I don't need to see anything.

(acoustic piano music)

- What if we forget about the time machine?

Forget everything.

- I wouldn't let all those years go by without seeing you.

- What if you and I just go away together?

- You could come with me you know?

- If I could change the past--

- Just get in the car--

- that's what I'd do.

- and go.

- It's not the destination that intrigues me.

- It could be like it was.

- I really did love you you know?

(acoustic piano music)

- I didn't bring, I didn't get nervous.

You didn't bring a bar.

Did you bring a bar?

Like a, no probably not.

I should of brought one I have like a box

of blueberry bars in my cabinet but I...

We could stop at Winchell's.

I think there's a Winchell's on the way.

You like Winchell's?

Are you more of like a, like a local donut?

(suspenseful music)

I like a local donut.

(suspenseful music)

- Listen, listen.

(groaning in pain)

You leave this room and you'll never be with her.

- This is your fault.

You and Cassie we're gonna cut me out.

- No we were gonna destroy it.

- That's cutting me out.

- So there it is.

I'm you.

I've always been you.

You become me.

And then you become him.

I should have told you before but

I was greedy.

Thought I could change things.

- John's in there right now he could be using it.

- Here you'll need this.

You can't change the past.

That is still your future.

Still don't believe me?

Then I'll go first.

(suspenseful music)

- John's lied to all of us.

You think he didn't lie to you?

- No John respects me.

He understands me, he.

(electrical buzzing)

- Give me the hammer.

- No I...

(electrical buzzing)

(hammer drops)

- [Cassie] Is this what you wanted me to steal?

- No.

It was this.

Here you'll need this.

You can't change the past.

That is still your future.

- If I could go back and change something

I wouldn't let all those years go by without seeing you,

without you being a part of my life.

If I could change the past that's what I'd do.

I wish I could give you more.

- I wish I didn't need more.

Oh God.

(alarm blaring) (suspenseful music)

I'll see you again.

- No don't.

- Mr. Belsky.

We'll try again tomorrow.

- This is a release freeing the government

of any indemnity from yesterday's events.

- What?

- This is a nondisclosure agreement.

It includes the contents of your deposition

to my collogue as well as additional articles listed herein.

Make sure you read it before you sign it.

And finally these are the terms

of your conditional probation.

You need to return here once a year

for a physical examination.

Any breach of these terms and we will detain you further.

Do you understand?

- What about the bodies?

- What bodies?

(dramatic music)

We will want to examine the child

assuming the delivery is successful.

- What?

- You didn't know?

It was in your blood work.

- What was?

- You're pregnant Miss Jones.

Congratulations.

- Oh there he is.

Hi Charlie, my name's Walter.

Come on in, come on in please please.

How old is he now?

- Almost two.

- Ah, he's beautiful.

- Thank you.

- I miss you at the bookstore.

Would you ever consider coming back?

Well it's good to see you.

It's been far too long.

- [Zelda] Why did you have this?

- That's not mine.

- Walter.

- What's past is past.

(acoustic piano music)

(car starts)

I'll see you again.

(suspenseful music)

- What's past is past?

(suspenseful music)

No, that's not good enough.

(suspenseful music)

- He told me.

- [Walter] I have many regrets Dave.

Most of them I can do nothing about.

- And I didn't believe him.

- But I wanted you to see this.

You were always a good friend to me and well

this is the least I can do for you.

- So there it is.

I'm you.

I've always been you.

You become me.

And then you become him.

- I would love to just work in that bookstore with you.

- [John] Three lifetimes, try not to be greedy about it.

- He said it wasn't an insult.

It's the name he gave the machine, Project Cuckoo.

It was descriptive.

- The cuckoo is a bird parasite.

- It finds the nest of another bird.

- Kicks the egg to the ground,

and lays one in it's place.

- To travel back in time you have to move faster than light.

- Impossible for physical matter.

- My grandfather knew that.

Knew he could never send a body.

But a mind.

- There was a girl.

I'd spent half of my life chasing her.

And every once in awhile she'd let me catch her.

But it was never right when we were lovers,

even when it felt like it was.

- But a mind.

Of course it would need somewhere to go.

- Someone, but the brain...

- Is like a computer.

In order to upload all that data

it needs an empty drive.

- So, just like the cuckoo bird

the traveler empties the nest and takes it's place.

- But what about the infant?

The person who came before?

- There only ever was the traveler.

You can't change the past.

- Zelda for what it's worth I had no.

- [Walter] The traveler empties the nest

and takes it's place.

- [Dave] But what about the infant?

- [Walter] There only ever was the traveler.

- [John] You can't change the past but--

- [Cassie] But the future, the future awaits.

(dramatic music)

♫ Watch over our bodies

♫ Watch over

(acoustic piano music)

♫ There is a place for us

♫ Beneath the raging water

♫ If we could taste and see

♫ If we could taste and see