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The following programme contains strong language.

They had a hostage. It was Janet.

Who's this? Zhang Rui.

Could we meet? Tomorrow maybe? OK.

(GUNSHOT)

That's some good speakers you got.

It sounded like a gun went off. (LAUGHS)

I've met someone.

We're getting married.

George Addo, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.

Now, you don't have to say anything unless...

(GUNSHOT, CLOCK TICKS)

(GENTLE MUSIC)

(GENTLE MUSIC)

So, er, the thing is we've been working together for a while now.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

And, er, I respect you as...

And, er, I respect you as...

a colleague and as a professional. Right.

But recently... well, not that recently, but never mind.

I've begun to think- Dennis...

I've begun to think- Dennis...

Are you trying to ask me out?

Well... yes, I am.

Well... yes, I am.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, go on then.

This is it. This is me asking you out.

This is it? This is it right now?

This is it? This is it right now?

Right now, yeah.

Oh, fuck off, Jesus Christ.

The thing is, I think about you all the bloody time.

The thing is, I think about you all the bloody time.

And it's starting to do my head in. So, there you go.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Well... (GROANS)

Well... (GROANS)

I think about you all the time, too.

Yeah?

It-It does my head in an' all.

It-It does my head in an' all.

(CHUCKLES)

So, what do you reckon?

(PHONE BEEPS) (CLEARS THROAT)

(PHONE BEEPS) (CLEARS THROAT)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

Yeah, I'll go out with you. Yeah?

Yes, why not?

Why... not?

Why... not?

Who's texting you?

Dunno.

Who cares?

Who cares?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Are you comfortable?

Good.

(RAPID GUNFIRE)

(GUNSHOT)

(GUNSHOT)

Uncuff yourself. If you try anything I will shoot you.

(GUNFIRE CONTINUES)

Move!

Move!

(CAR REVS, TYRES SQUEAL)

(CAR REVS, TYRES SQUEAL)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

(TENSE MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(GUNSHOT, CLOCK TICKS)

What the fuck was that?!

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR)

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

Hey man, I'm so sorry, er...

I just got these new speakers and a gun went off on the TV,

nearly gave me a heart attack.

I didn't wake you up, did I? Nah, you're alright, man.

I didn't wake you up, did I? Nah, you're alright, man.

I wanted to make sure you were OK. No, no, no, I'm all good.

I'll makes sure I keep it down. Hey, no worries. OK.

Bye- Bye, bye, bye, bye.

Bye- Bye, bye, bye, bye.

(DOOR SLAMS, PHONE VIBRATES)

Hello?

George, you need to come in straight away.

George, you need to come in straight away.

Yeah.

(SIRENS BLARE)

What the hell happened? The world ended.

Who nuked us? No one. It wasn't a bomb.

Who nuked us? No one. It wasn't a bomb.

It was an emission of gravitational radiation

caused by two black holes merging together.

There was a big fucking explosion in space

and everything in the known universe got zapped.

Sorry, what? There's the singularity.

Sorry, what? There's the singularity.

Now there's another one.

What, someone made a copy?

What, someone made a copy?

You don't just make a copy of a black hole.

It's im- It's impossible. Yet it's just happened.

But there wasn't a warning. How did we go back?

We have a dead man's switch on our end.

We have a dead man's switch on our end.

If it's destroyed it resets automatically.

Alright, so how do we stop it exploding again?

It's already started collapsing in on itself.

It's already started collapsing in on itself.

In three weeks' time it'll go again. We can't stop it.

So we're just going to keep living the next three weeks on loop?

So we're just going to keep living the next three weeks on loop?

Ma'am?!

So what do we do? I don't know, George.

I can stop a nuclear missile being launched,

I can stop a nuclear missile being launched,

I can't stop a black hole collapsing.

There must be something. The singularities don't just appear overnight.

No. They don't. So someone's behind this.

No. They don't. So someone's behind this.

If you wanted to work out a way of creating your own machine,

If you wanted to work out a way of creating your own machine,

of turning back time yourself,

what would you do?

I don't know.

I don't know.

If it were me?

I'd find the one person smart enough to know how all this works.

I'd go and get them and I'd put them to work.

I'd go and get them and I'd put them to work.

Janet?

Where's Archie, Wes? Shanghai.

We think the Chinese are involved.

We think the Chinese are involved.

(EXHALES HEAVILY) I've met someone.

We're getting married.

I wanted to say I'm sorry for how we ended.

This is Archie. Leave a message.

Yo, Archie, it's me.

Just call me back.

Just call me back.

(TARPAULIN CRINKLES)

(CAR DOOR SQUEAKS)

(CAR DOOR SQUEAKS)

(GRUNTS)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(YELLS)

(WATER SPLASHES)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(STREET SOUNDS, BIKE BELL RINGS)

(SPEAKS MANDARIN)

(SPEAKS MANDARIN)

She's your sister. If that jogs your memory.

She's your sister. If that jogs your memory.

I don't know where she is.

(GUN COCKS)

(GUN COCKS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

(GUNS COCK)

(RAPID GUNFIRE, THUD)

(GUNSHOT, CLOCK TICKS)

It's the singularity. It's self-destructing.

I don't think we can stop it.

I don't think we can stop it.

(LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS)

Oh hey, man. I'm-I'm so sorry, I just got, erm...

Oh hey, man. I'm-I'm so sorry, I just got, erm...

I got these new speakers and a gun went off on the TV and nearly gave me a heart attack.

Alright, no worries. OK, bye. Bye mate! Bye.

Alright, no worries. OK, bye. Bye mate! Bye.

(TENSE MUSIC)

This is Archie. Leave a message.

This is Archie. Leave a message.

For fuck's sake, Archie.

Call me back.

(GEORGE GRUNTS)

(SIREN BLARES)

George?

George?

Sa-Sarah?!

I waited for you for an hour in the cafe today.

I waited for you for an hour in the cafe today.

Shit, sorry.

It's OK, it's...

(DRIPPING)

Sa-Sarah, it's...

That isn't...

Damn it!

For God's sake!

(TYRES SQUEAL)

Sarah. Sarah. Get in the car.

Sarah. Sarah. Get in the car.

George, what the fuck?

Just get in the car, Sarah.

His name's Shiv.

He's an ex-operative

He's an ex-operative

for a top secret organization called The Lazarus Project

who are tasked with preventing

and undoing Extinction-level events.

and undoing Extinction-level events.

Why is he dead in the boot of your car?

Because I'm a Lazarus agent.

You're an app developer.

You're an app developer.

No. No, not for a long time.

I don't understand, you're...

like, you're a spy?

like, you're a spy?

No. Er, no, I'm-I'm an operative.

You killed someone.

I've killed a lot of people.

Bad people.

I just... I don't...

I just... I don't...

I want to show you something.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Is this real?

Is this real?

(KEYBOARD CLACKS)

(MUSIC FADES)

Oi...

You know you can't tell anyone.

I can't tell anyone there's a secret Bond lair

I can't tell anyone there's a secret Bond lair

just off Tottenham Court Road and my ex-boyfriend's a spy?

I hate it when you call me your ex.

Same.

What were you gonna tell me in the cafe yesterday?

What were you gonna tell me in the cafe yesterday?

Nothing.

Well, I'm only gonna be here for another three weeks.

Well, I'm only gonna be here for another three weeks.

After that I've got to go somewhere. So...

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(GRUNTS)

(WATER RIPPLES)

(GRUNTS, WATER SPLASHES)

(GRUNTS, WATER SPLASHES)

(STREET NOISE, BIKE BELL RINGS)

She's staying in Sunset villas.

She's staying in Sunset villas.

Apartment Building, room num- Room number twenty-one, yeah.

What are the chances I turn up and have security agents waiting for me?

What are the chances I turn up and have security agents waiting for me?

Please, I...

Your parents.

Your son.

If you lie to me...

If you lie to me...

Zhang Rui?

Get up.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(BOTH GRUNT, GROAN)

(ZHANG GROANS)

(ZHANG GROANS)

You're not going anywhere.

(ZHANG GRUNTS)

(GUNSHOT)

Jesus!

Jesus!

I wish you could tell me where you were going tomorrow.

I wish you could tell me where you were going tomorrow.

Yeah, I wish I could too.

I really missed you.

I missed you.

Whenever you get back from...

Whenever you get back from...

wherever it is you're going...

will you come and find me?

I will always come and find you.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(ELECTRICAL THUNDER BUILDS)

(THUNDER INTENSIFIES)

(GUNSHOT, CLOCK TICKS)

(LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR)

Nah, you're alright.

Nah, you're alright.

I just wanted to make sure you were OK.

Hi.

Nice to see you again.

Nice to see you again.

Next time just knock.

You can remember time loops?

Did you think you were the only ones?

I'm looking for Janet. Janet. Yeah, I know.

Who gave you the serum?

Who gave you the serum?

We made our own.

Yeah? What else did you make?

We wanted what you have so we made a machine.

Where's Janet? I passed her to my handler.

Where's Janet? I passed her to my handler.

I don't know where they were taking her after that.

OK.

Where's your handler? We were supposed to meet,

Where's your handler? We were supposed to meet,

day before the checkpoint, but he never showed.

Now he doesn't answer his phone.

Maybe your friend got to him first. My friend?

Maybe your friend got to him first. My friend?

Brown skinned guy. British accent. Curly hair.

Killed my team in Germany.

I hope we meet again one day.

No, I don't think you do.

How did you find Janet in the first place?

Lazarus. We've been tracking all of you for years.

Lazarus. We've been tracking all of you for years.

Your new recruit led us straight to her.

George? He went to her apartment in Barcelona

just before the nuke went off.

We couldn't believe our luck.

This is gonna keep happening, isn't it?

I don't know.

(SIREN WAILS)

George? I waited for you for an hour in the cafe today.

George? I waited for you for an hour in the cafe today.

Hey... (DRIPPING)

Wait.

Wait, Sar-

Wait, Sar-

(THUD, TYRES SQUEAL)

Oh shit. Oh shit.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

Fuck sake, Sarah.

Just look both ways for once.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

Christ, Christ, Christ.

Christ, Christ, Christ.

You fucking idiot.

Fucking idiot! Fucking id-

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

(GUNSHOT)

Just tell me something, Shiv. Just try and tell me something.

I don't know what to do.

I don't know what to do.

I just wanted you to hear it from me.

We're happy.

(DISTORTED THUNDER CRASHING)

(GUNSHOT)

I know this is painful.

We're engaged!

(GRUNTING)

(SPLASHING)

(DISTORTED THUNDER CRASHES) (GUNSHOT)

I'm sorry about the noise, mate, I was just playing a video game.

I'm sorry about the noise, mate, I was just playing a video game.

(GUNSHOT)

Just watching a movie.

(GUNSHOT)

It's just a movie, Reggie!

It's just a movie, Reggie!

(GRUNTING)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

Man on a bike.

(DARK MUSIC)

(GUNSHOT) (GRUNTING)

Woman with a buggy.

Woman with a buggy.

(GUNSHOT)

Hat man.

(DISTANT LAUGHTER)

(DISTANT LAUGHTER)

I wanted you to hear it from me.

(GUNSHOT) (PANTING)

(GUNSHOT) We're happy.

(GUNSHOT) We're happy.

(GUNSHOT) You're alright, man.

(GUNSHOTS ECHO)

(CLOCK TICKS)

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

What are we going to do, ma'am?

What are we going to do, ma'am?

WES: Going to start waking people up.

Who? (BEEPING)

World leaders.

World leaders.

Governments.

People in charge.

We can't fix this on our own. Maybe we can't fix it at all but...

We can't fix this on our own. Maybe we can't fix it at all but...

..it's time to start looking for help.

(MUSIC DARKENS)

(SIGHING)

Boy, did I underestimate you

(INTENSE MUSIC TWANG)

(INTENSE MUSIC TWANG)

Shiv?

I'm about to wake up in China.

I'm about to wake up in China.

Archie, I- I don't want to hear it, George.

I know why you did it.

I know why you did it.

And you know why that doesn't matter.

Is Shiv 'dead' dead,

or will the loop bring him back?

It brings him back with a bullet in him.

It brings him back with a bullet in him.

I've been trying to save him. I haven't.

Well, you better work out a way.

Right now we live in a world without consequences.

But you're gonna help me bring them back.

And then you're gonna face them.

Understand?

Understand?

Good.

I trusted you.

You betrayed me.

I had to save her- No.

You wanted to save her.

It's the same thing, Archie.

It's the same thing, Archie.

You pretend like you don't know that,

but you do.

(SOFT TENSE MUSIC)

Janet?

I don't know. I don't know where she is.

But there's a rival machine out there

and she's the key to fixing this.

I think Shiv knows something.

I think Shiv knows something.

Better find out a way to save him, hadn't you?

Next loop,

Next loop,

while he's still alive,

tell him I'm sorry I didn't believe him.

Tell him I'm gonna make it right.

Tell him I'm gonna make it right.

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(DISTORTED THUNDER CRASHES) (GUNSHOT)

(DISTORTED THUNDER CRASHES) (GUNSHOT)

(PANTING)

(MUSIC SOFTENS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

DOCTOR: Collapsed lung.

Almost certainly.

Almost certainly.

So, how, how would you treat this if you were there?

Well, I'd release the trapped air and get some fluids into him.

Yeah, OK..

..but like, which fluids?

Which department did you say you were from again?

Murder squad.

Murder squad.

(BEEPING)

Look, (SIGHS)

there was probably nothing you could have done.

there was probably nothing you could have done.

I wouldn't beat yourself up about it.

(SOFT MUSIC)

SARAH: You didn't show up today.

Yeah, shit. I'm sorry.

It's alright, I don't blame you.

I figured it wasn't gonna be a good talk.

George, I-

You're seeing someone, I know.

It's fine.

You're gonna marry him, but,

you're already having doubts and figured if you told me,

it would mean you couldn't turn back.

Or...

Or...

..am I wrong?

Yeah.

George, are you OK?

I'm just really fucking alone.

(TENSE MUSIC)

What's the fucking point?

Where're you going?

Anywhere else. (SIGHS)

Anywhere else. (SIGHS)

See you in the next loop.

(DISTORTED THUNDER CRASHES) (GUNSHOT)

I'm sorry, I can't...

(BODY THUDS)

(DARK MUSIC)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

(KNOCKING CONTINUES)

Just mind your own business, Reggie!

Just mind your own business, Reggie!

Just mind your own fucking business!

(TENSE MUSIC)

Hey, I didn't mean to disturb you last night.

Hey, I didn't mean to disturb you last night.

You know, I heard the noise, I was just a bit worried.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Er, I'm sorry, I was- I was just-

Are you fucking kidding me?

Excuse me?

What do you think?

Looks like blood.

Yeah.

I wouldn't hold your breath.

No, that's OK. This was kind of a last resort anyway.

No, that's OK. This was kind of a last resort anyway.

(DELICATE TENSE MUSIC)

Ah, yes, here...

..I can read the words.

"It'll... worth... wait.

"It'll... worth... wait.

(MUMBLES) "It'll worth wait."

It'll, it'll be worth the wait?

Gaps match.

Mean anything to you?

No.

Oh, there is something else.

Here at the bottom.

(SIGHS) What are they?

(SIGHS) What are they?

Symbols of some kind.

Japanese kanji or Chinese characters maybe?

I don't know.

I don't know.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(KEYPAD BEEPS)

(KNOCKING)

George?

Why didn't you come to the cafe earlier?

Why didn't you come to the cafe earlier?

Yeah, I'm, I'm sorry. Can I come in?

I just want to talk.

(DOOR BUZZES)

ZHANG: I feel like I'm losing my mind.

I mapped out everyone that walked past my apartment

on that first morning.

I followed most of them home.

There's this one guy.

He got a bus out of town to a small park and hanged himself.

Now I see him every time we go back,

Now I see him every time we go back,

off to hang himself.

I said hello to him once and you know what?

He didn't do it.

He went home instead.

He went home instead.

(SIGHS SHAKILY) It's crazy.

The smallest things can make the biggest difference.

(SOFT GUITAR PLAYS IN BACKGROUND)

(SOFT GUITAR PLAYS IN BACKGROUND)

Can you hear that?

A couple of loops back I went next door

and threw the guy playing the guitar out the window.

I'm thinking about doing it again.

What's so special about Janet?

Genius level IQ.

Brain the size of a small country.

Brain the size of a small country.

Your government made their own serum.

Then they tried to make their own machine.

And it's gone wrong.

And it's gone wrong.

And I think they've taken her to try and fix it.

I found out where they're keeping her.

(SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

And you're gonna need help.

And you're gonna need help.

Know anyone good?

SARAH: Let me get this straight,

SARAH: Let me get this straight,

they have a time machine...

..that can undo time,

and no one knows about it... Yeah, it's true, Sarah.

and no one knows about it... Yeah, it's true, Sarah.

And now there's a problem we can't fix.

We just keep living these three weeks again and again and again and...

(SIGHING)

..it's just like it was right at the start of this

and I don't know what to do.

and I don't know what to do.

I don't know if not knowing what's going on is better than knowing.

I don't know if...

I don't know if...

..it's selfish and cruel to even give you this option,

if being woken up is worse than sleeping through it.

All I know is that I miss you, Sarah.

All I know is that I miss you, Sarah.

I miss you so much.

And I know you miss me too.

(SOFT MUSIC)

And I told you that I would always come and find you.

This is me trying to do that.

Are you taking heroin

No, I'm not ta- (SIGHS)

No, I'm not ta- (SIGHS)

it's a serum, Sarah.

It will help you remember the time you've lost -

It will help you remember the time you've lost -

And what did I lose, George?

Everything.

We were married.

We were gonna have a baby.

Everything.

But we can get that back.

I love you, Sarah.

I always have.

Every time.

(MUSIC DARKENS)

(GUN CLICKS)

Alright, pal?

(SIGHS)

Rebrov...

I don't need this, do I?

Probably not, the world's gonna explode in half an hour anyway.

(SCOFFS)

What do you want? Where's Janet?

Fuck me if know.

I went to Barcelona.

No sign of her.

Yeah, she got taken.

Yeah, she got taken.

Think it was the Chinese but she could be anywhere now-

You've got people looking for her? Archie.

And Shiv?

Hmm.

Hmm.

No, we fucked Shiv, remember? Aye.

Well, he still might be looking for her though.

Beer?

Go on then.

It's the singularity, isn't it?

Something happened.

Yeah, it's fucked.

Yeah, it's fucked.

Is that your scientific opinion?

Am I wrong? No, pretty much on the money.

This does not feel like a flat

that has a woman living in it.

This is very much a bachelor pad if I'm not mistaken.

This is very much a bachelor pad if I'm not mistaken.

So,

where's the resurrected girlfriend?

She dumped me.

Oh? Sad.

Oh? Sad.

Fuck off.

Sorry.

Hmm, Shiv.

Hmm, Shiv.

Interesting.

He came here to tell me something.

But I shot him, before he could.

Well, that was a silly thing to do.

Yeah, well obviously I didn't mean to-

(INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS)

(INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS)

Anyway, he has a note with him.

Anything helpful?

It says "time machine" in Mandarin.

It says "time machine" in Mandarin.

And above it, the full sentence must be-

It'll be worth the wait.

What?

This is-

(WHIRRING, DISTORTED THUNDER CRASHES)

(WHOOSHING) (GUNSHOT)

(WHOOSHING) (GUNSHOT)

(GRUNTING) Right...

He's been shot, I need help! Come on!

(FRANTIC MUSIC)

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Call 999.

Mate, are you alright? Can you hear me?

Oh Jesus.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(ECHOED TICKING)

(TICKING GROWS LOUDER)

(SILENCED GUNSHOTS)

Call 999! No, no.

You need to stabilise him here.

Look, George, there's only so much I can do.

Look, George, there's only so much I can do.

Then do it.

Jesus.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

OK. I asked the landlord what the neighbours were like.

OK. I asked the landlord what the neighbours were like.

I fucking asked him.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

(THUDDING) (SILENCED GUNSHOT)

Shiv, I need you to speak to me. Where's Janet?

Shiv, I need you to speak to me. Where's Janet?

Shiv?! (SPLUTTERS)

Come on, man, you need to give me something! He needs space!

(FRANTIC MUSIC)

(HISSING) (BREATHES SHALLOWLY)

He's trying to speak!

Get the fuck out the way!

Shiv! Shiv, talk to me.

Shiv! Shiv, talk to me.

I got you, man. I got you.

(PANTING)

You shot me. You fucking dickhead.

You shot me. You fucking dickhead.

Yeah, yeah, man. I'm sorry about that.

Ja-Janet -

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know, we have to go and save her.

No.

No.

You don't understand...

What? Under, understand what, Shiv?

Rebrov's the key...

(LIFT DINGS)

(INTENSE MUSIC)

(INTENSE MUSIC)

Big plans are afoot. (GASPS SOFTLY)

Remember that? One of our little codes.

It was Janet's idea, actually.

It was Janet's idea, actually.

We had all sorts.

Kill, run, hide.

Simple meanings.

But there was one that was more important than the others.

The phrase that meant,

"I'm in trouble.

I need you.

I need you.

Come and get me."

"It'll be worth the wait."

"It'll be worth the wait."

She came up with that one.

Something about that phrase always reminded me of something,

but I could never put my finger on it.

Then I saw it again the other day, written down.

Then I saw it again the other day, written down.

And I remembered.

(INTENSE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

You won't find Janet because she's not here anymore.

Someone's found a way to break through the checkpoint.

Someone's found a way to break through the checkpoint.

They've found a way to send her back in time.

(DISTANT CROWD ROARING)

(ON TV) 'Welcome to London and the 2012 Olympic games...'

(BEEPS)

(PHONE DINGS)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

And I know exactly where she is.

If you wanna get her back...

..you're gonna need my help.

(INTENSE MUSIC SOFTENS)

Fucking hell.

You can time travel.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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