Hey, Karl.
I just heard.
I can't believe it.
No notice, nothing?
I guess giving them 24 hours a day
for the last three years wasn't good enough.
What did they say?
The company appreciated
my vast contributions to the cps 1200
and hoped I would find
my Severance package satisfactory.
Bastards.
Vast contributions?
Without you, this whole machine wouldn't exist.
I don't think Ted
Would agree with you.
Well, everybody knows the cps is your baby.
So what happened?
I insisted the machine's ready for its first trial.
Ted wants to re-Run all the theoreticals.
Take three months, maybe more.
You know Ted -- He's cautious.
Cautious?
If Ted ran the space program
we'd still be orbiting chimpanzees.
This isn't about safety.
It's about Ted's ego.
He wants me gone before the damn thing's unveiled
so I don't get the spotlight.
I'm sorry we're losing you.
Look, I'm late for a meeting.
Give me a call tomorrow.
We'll grab a drink.
Three more months of mathematical calculations.
What a waste.
Uh-Uh, Ted.
You do the math.
Set it for two days from now.
Of course, if I'm wrong...
my molecules will be scattered across time.
( buzzer sounding )
Yes! It worked.
Oh.
Karl!
Karl.
Andrew, what are you doing here?
I just came from the Mach--
You've got to get out of here.
The police are looking for you.
What do the police want?
Go!
Susan?
Susan.
Susan, you home?
Oh, my God.
Hey.
Stop! Hey!
Stop!
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Susan.
9-1-1, emergency operator.
No, no, no.
I couldn't have.
I got to go back.
Come on, come on.
I got to travel back to Monday.
( buzzer sounding )
I'm back.
Susan!
Andrew? I saw your car out front.
What are you doing home?
I wanted to see you.
Something happened at work today.
No, don't tell me that you were--
Why do you always jump to the most negative conclusion?
Well, I'm sorry, but you're never home this early
and I know you're not getting along with Ted.
It has nothing to do with Ted.
Then what is it?
Look...
it's just, it's complicated.
You were fired, weren't you?
Okay, all right, yes.
I got laid off. Andrew, I'm sorry.
I know how much this job meant to you.
I really thought you found your niche this time.
Yeah, well, so did I.
Look,
Susan, when I joined Anderson technology
they put me in charge of developing
a chronological phase-Shifter.
It's a fancy name for what's essentially a time machine.
A time machine.
It allows the user to be transported through time.
So why after three years are you telling me this now?
Because I tested it today...
and it works.
By testing it, you're saying what?
You traveled back in time?
Forward, actually. I went ahead two days.
And?
And...
I was so overwhelmed that it actually worked
that I came straight home to share the news with you
and...when I got here...
yes?
When I got here,
you were lying on the floor in the den.
You were in a pool of blood.
You'd been shot.
And killed.
Andrew, I want you to tell me the truth.
Have you been drinking?
Do you understand what I'm telling you?
If we don't divert the time stream
in two days you are going to die.
Now, our best bet is
we change the circumstances leading up to your murder.
That's it. We have to leave town.
Andrew, Andrew, listen to yourself.
You tell me that you've been fired,
that you beamed yourself into the future
and you found me dead.
I have a hard time swallowing this.
I know, it sounds insane.
But you have to believe me.
Remember that night you lost $3,000 in a poker game
and you told me you'd been mugged?
That was a long time ago, Susan.
If something bad happens
you fabricate some wild story.
No, this is different.
How is this different?
Because I'm not lying.
Because This is the truth!
Okay, okay, we'll talk about it, all right?
Don't you patronize me!
I'm trying to save your life here.
So am I, Andrew.
So am I.
"Did I actually break the temporal Barrier,
"or did I imagine the whole thing?
"Am I succumbing to some horrible psychosis?
"Could I ever kill my own wife?
"I have my weaknesses, god knows,
"But could I possibly descend to that kind of violence?
"is there anything in this world
that would drive me to do something so heinous?"
I'm just telling you what he told me.
So there is no time machine?
I have no idea what's going on in his head, Karl.
Obviously the stress
of losing his job has been too much.
Anyways, I would really appreciate it
if you kept this between us.
Thanks.
I'll call you tomorrow.
You talking to Karl?
I was worried about you.
So you sneak behind my back, you talk to him.
He told me this time machine is a pet project of yours,
but that it's just a pipedream at this point.
Why would you make up such an outrageous story?
It is not...it is not a story!
Why can't you believe me?
I am trying, but-- trying!
Oh, my god. You shouldn't have to try!
I don't know what's going on, Andrew,
but I can't do this anymore.
You can't do what?
I can't live like this.
What are you saying?
I think we need to spend some time apart.
No...no, no, no, Susan.
We just have to make it through the next few days
And everything will be fine.
Andrew, everything is not going to be fine.
I'm not even saying that it's all you.
I mean, sometimes people...
look, I can't go on pretending.
If you don't mind, I'd like you to sleep downstairs tonight.
No, Susan--
If you don't, I will.
I have to clean up this mess.
No, look, uh...
I'll, uh... let me do that.
That's all right.
Good night, Andrew.
"the jolts of pain
"Are increasing in Frequency and intensity.
"At times, they're almost unbearable --
"Like being stabbed in the brain with a molten blade.
"Apparently some kind of neural reaction
"to the time-Travel process.
"Maybe Ted was right.
"What's worse are the visions.
"Nightmarish images about Susan's death,
"Images I can't quite decipher, or don't want to.
"I don't know if they're flashes of the past
"or the future, or both.
"I've contemplated leaving town by myself.
"if I am the killer, then Susan would be safe.
"But what if I'm not the killer?
"The irony is, either way
I'm the only one who can save her."
Morning.
How are you feeling?
I'm okay.
Susan,
about last night...
look, I'm sorry that you had to hear all that.
Maybe it's a blessing that it's all out.
We have to figure out how to protect you.
Andrew, please.
We still have more than 24 hours--
You're really scaring me, you know that?
I'm trying to scare you.
If I could just get you into the lab,
you could see the machine.
You should make an appointment
with Dr. Berger this afternoon.
I don't need to see a psychotherapist.
You need to talk to somebody.
I need to talk to you.
Karl vandermeer gave you
the corporate line, Susan.
He wouldn't tell you the truth about the cps 1200.
I really don't know what else to say.
Say you believe me.
Look, I have some prospective buyers
meeting me in 20 minutes.
Why don't you get some rest?
We'll talk more about this later.
Susan.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to hurt you.
Andrew, please.
Call Dr. Berger.
"My wife thinks I've snapped.
"Maybe I have.
"I can't sleep.
"It's getting more and more difficult to think,
"to think straight Or to control myself
and now Susan Wants to leave me."
Damn!
Los Angeles.
This Friday.
Karl.
Thanks for coming.
No problem.
You look, uh, tired.
Yeah.
Can I have the same?
So I...
heard you talked to Susan last night.
Yes, she's very concerned about you.
Told her the cps 1200 is just a fantasy?
What could I say?
We all signed confidentiality waivers.
Now she thinks I'm lying.
Thinks --You're lying?
You told her you time-Traveled.
I did.
That's impossible. The machine is not running yet.
Yes, it is.
You're serious, aren't you?
Uh-huh.
You tested it on yourself?
You believe me, don't you?
Karl, I need your help.
I know events in history can vary
according to temporal and spatial perspective,
but I need the bottom line.
Can history be altered?
Theoretically, but we never had a chance to test it.
So someone could change a specific outcome
by changing the circumstances leading up to it.
That's one school.
The other, um, time travel camp are fatalists.
They posit that no matter what you do
the outcome is inevitable.
You mean, I travel back to november 22nd, 1963,
I shoot Oswald
before he kills Kennedy,
Kennedy still gets Assassinated?
Thank you.
The fatalist conjecture is that someone else
would have been in the texas book depository with a rifle.
Right, right, right.
Personally, I disagree.
As far as I'm concerned,
you take Oswald out of the equation
and Kennedy leaves Dallas without a scratch.
Unless, of course, you're one of those
"Grassy Knoll" Conspiracy theorists.
What is this all about?
Are you planning on going back
and trying to save Kennedy's life?
No, no, it's, um...
it's someone much more important.
Andrew, I'm home.
What's it remind you of?
Andrew, don't.
Don't tell me you don't remember.
The honeymoon suite at the mauna Lea.
What is all this?
I phoned the office today
to see how you did on the house.
They told me you sold it,
full asking price.
Congratulations.
You always did know how to make the perfect Martini.
It's one of my few Remaining social skills.
Susan, I... I'm so sorry.
I promise you, from now on,
things are going to be different.
Andrew, this is lovely.
The martinis
and the flowers, but...
it's not really that easy.
You put all of that out of your mind, okay?
'cause tonight is for celebrating, okay?
Do you remember how much in love we were?
Oh, well, you do have a good memory.
No, I'm serious.
I'm still the same guy that made you smile
that first night we met.
And that was just by chance.
You were the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.
Oh, well, it's easy to impress a man who spends half his life
chained to a lab bench.
It was fate, you know.
Our meeting -- You always said so.
Andrew...
look, you really helped me through a very rough time,
but that was seven years ago.
We can have that back -- I know we can.
Wishing something isn't enough, Andrew.
I know, because I've spent
too much of my life doing just that.
I still love you.
And I know deep down, Susan,
you love me too.
Andrew.
Enough.
Close your eyes.
Please, just...
okay.
Can I open them?
Yeah.
What's this?
It's just my way of saying
congratulations on the sale of the house.
Hawaii.
I booked that suite at the mauna Lea.
Leaving tomorrow Morning?
Mm-hmm.
Come on, you spend a few days, you'd relax on the beach.
I've just got to
clean up a few loose ends here,
but I'll join you on thursday.
Oh, um, Andrew, this is really very sweet,
but I, I can't.
Why not?
Because I don't think it would be fair.
Not to me and not to you.
Would it have anything to do with that?
What are you doing with that?
Were you digging through my personal things?
What's in Los Angeles?
A realtors' convention.
Why are you keeping it a secret?
I only found out about it the other day.
We haven't had time to discuss it.
Andrew, do you see what's happening here?
This is one of our big problems. You don't trust me.
That's not True.
So this big romantic trip to hawaii --
Was this your way of getting me out of town
for my alleged safety
or keeping me from going to Los Angeles?
No, it was my way
of putting our crumbling marriage back together.
The sentiment was nice,
but the execution left a lot to be desired.
Where are you going?
Out.
Susan.
Susan, come back here.
Sure you don't want anything stronger?
I can open a bottle of wine.
No, this is great.
Where's Dave?
Coeur D'Alene -- Golf trip with the boys.
You ever wonder about these golf trips?
I trust him, Andrew.
Besides, if I ever found out Dave was fooling around on me
I'd surgically remove his putter
and frame it with his other golf trophies.
You and my sister are having
a rough go of it again.
Yeah, everything's falling apart.
I lost my job.
She told me. I'm sorry.
Amy,
Susan's planning on leaving me.
I know.
I just, I don't understand
why she doesn't want to work our problems out.
She's been trying to talk to you for years, Andrew.
She's beyond trying.
I love her so much, Amy.
Nice words, but what have you done to show her?
Have I really been that lousy a husband?
I could give you a one-Word answer,
but you know how I hate being Blunt.
How did I let my priorities get so screwed up?
At least you're asking the right question.
Unfortunately, I think it's too far gone.
Too many years of neglect.
Is she seeing someone?
Maybe you should be having this conversation with her.
Then it's True, isn't it?
Andrew, if she is having an affair,
she hasn't told me about it.
I honestly don't think that's Susan.
But if we're going to be brutally Frank here,
I wouldn't blame her if she was trying
to fill up some of that emptiness.
I have to talk to her.
Do you know where she is?
She called a little while ago from the sonora cafe.
That's...
that's where we first met.
I'm so glad I ran into you.
Me too.
To the best salesperson I've ever met.
You were awesome on that close today.
I wouldn't have even made the sale if it wasn't for you.
Well, teamwork is what it's all about.
And we make a great team.
Andrew.
Needless to say, you weren't expecting me?
Let me introduce you to Craig Swenson.
Craig is our new office manager.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Susan, let's go home.
No, Craig and I are talking about the conference.
You're going to l.A. Too?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Why?
Oh, god, he thinks we're having an affair.
Whoa.
Uh, listen, I just met Susan last week.
So once you get to know her better, then you'll screw her.
Oh, my god. This is ridiculous.
I apologize for my husband, Craig.
I'll see you in the office tomorrow.
Susan, Susan.
It might be best if you stayed someplace else tonight.
I'm serious. I can't take any more of this.
You're under arrest.
What for?
No, you don't understand.
It's a life-Or-Death situation.
I have to save her.
You've got to believe me!
I'm so glad you're here.
What in god's name is going on?
They told me you broke into the lab last night.
I wanted to go forward in time to protect you.
How can you keep doing this?
I would do anything to stop what is going to happen today.
You shouldn't be worrying about me.
We don't have much time.
Let's get out of here.
They're not releasing you yet.
What do you mean?
Anderson --Is pressing charges.
Well, uh...
what about bail?
You got to call me a lawyer.
I already called one.
You're being transferred to a county facility
so you can meet with a lawyer
when you get there.
I set up an appointment for you to see a neurologist.
Anything you want.
I want you to get better.
Please take care of yourself.
Wait, wait, Susan!
You can't go.
You can't leave. You are going to die.
Susan! Susan!
Susan, don't go!
Susan!
Listen to me!
Susan! Susan!
Please, send someone over to protect my wife!
She's in danger!
Just, just send somebody
to protect my wife!
Oh, cool it, man.
My wife's going to be murdered in a few hours.
What are you talking about?
Someone's going to shoot her.
Well, how do you... how do you know that?
I know you're not going to believe me,
but I traveled forward in time
and I witnessed her murder.
What part of that didn't you think I'd believe?
I know, it sounds crazy.
I've heard crazier.
Who shot her?
I'm not sure.
It might have been me.
Well, look on the bright side.
If you're locked up, you can't do her any harm.
But what if I just showed up after she was shot
or what if in that time stream
I was the murderer,
but in this time stream she's killed by Somebody else?
I'd say you got yourself a real conundrum.
I got to get out of here.
Mclaren?
Let's go.
Hands.
Come with me, tough guy.
What the hell you doing?
I was going to ask you the same thing.
I wanted to see if Susan was home.
I thought you were in Jail.
Yeah, sorry to disappoint you.
You want to hurt my wife?
I came here to help move some things to her sister's house.
She can't do this to me.
Hey, I think you better--
Andrew!
What do you think you're doing?
I came...came back to save you.
You call this saving me?
He was spying on you.
I asked him to come and help me.
We have to work this out.
There is nothing to work out.
No, don't say that!
Call the police.
Oh, my god -- Andrew.
Andrew, calm down.
I am calm.
Put the gun away.
You and I need to talk.
All right, just put the gun away.
Oh, my god!
Susan!
No!
Susan!
Andrew, I'm begging you. Don't hurt me.
I'm not going to hurt you.
Why do you keep saying that? I'm sorry.
You're just not yourself.
I am, yes, I am.
I want to protect you and I want us to be together.
Okay, okay.
No, no.
Let me go out and get the boxes.
No.
Susan.
I didn't mean it, I swear.
I only wanted to protect you.
There's still a chance.
I love you.
I always have.
Karl!
Andrew, what are you doing here?
Going on a trip.
You can't.
Yes, I can -- There's my ticket.
Get security here, right away!
Get out of here!
( buzzer sounding )
What do you want?
I just want to tell you that your theories are right.
What do you know about my theories?
Everything.
My god.
You...
you're me.
I did it.
Time travel's a reality.
More or less.
What's happening to you?
There's still a few bugs in the system.
Unfortunately,
you're not going to be around to exalt in your triumph.
Got to change the time stream.
Can't let you meet Susan.
Who? Make things right.
Don't do this.
There's no other way.
Another fresh one.
( control voice ) We have always struggled to control our destiny,
but even when We think we've succeeded,
fate may have the final word.
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