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Ever wish you could live your last week all over again?

Well, my name's Frank V. Parker, and I do it all the time.

I work for a secret government project experimenting in time travel.

When things really get screwed up, I'm the guinea pig they send back to take

care of it.

Catch is, I can only go back seven days.

This could be the biggest advance of its kind in 60 years, General.

Well, Los Alamos has always been the cutting edge, hasn't it?

Yes, sir. We have quite a legacy to live up to. I think when tomorrow's test is

over, you'll agree that we've met the challenge.

Excuse me, General.

Dr. Fryer, Dr. Bettner just came in. He insists on seeing you.

I told him his protest was entered in the official records.

Well, apparently he wasn't satisfied.

What do you want me to tell him?

Look, you don't expect any problems, do you?

Don't. Could you please close the door?

If you don't believe you're ready... General, if I could just have a moment

your time.

We're ready.

Okay, one small step for man.

Perhaps several more back steps for mankind.

Here goes.

What's the temperature?

Minus 200 degrees Celsius.

Oops.

Call me butterfingers.

Could you give me a hand? Yes. The nitrogen has slowed the core reactions,

the atomic... Well,

yeah, I know. That'll mellow when we change the distributor linkage.

This one's stuck.

Hold on.

Wow. Sometimes low -tech is better.

Great.

It worked.

I couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks. With her?

So why the love fest?

Al Huther just improved our fuel efficiency.

We used liquid nitrogen to slow down the half -life of the reactor core by 0

.02%. That's more backsteps per gallon, huh?

Good work. What's the view?

Any word from Dr. Mentner?

He's still in Los Alamos trying to stop the weapons test, so he won't be joining

you in Boulder.

But I will.

What?

Oh.

Great.

This isn't a vacation, Mr. Parker. I've seen you on vacation, remember?

Not a pretty sight.

That's true. But anyway, I'll be reviewing health records from the

chrononauts while Hooter analyzes... Hooter?

What do you mean, Hooter?

That's what I said. Hooter analyzes the sphere's technical evolution.

You know, it's called work.

Anyway, since the archives won't let you copy anything, Bradley thought my

photographic memory might help. Actually, it was Frank's idea.

Normally, sir, I wouldn't object, but we only have one day to do this. A lot can

happen in 24 hours. You'll be bored senseless.

Come on. You're stuck in some vault, leaning over medical records for hours.

You'll be begging me to play Naked Twister.

That sounds interesting. What is it?

Lots of game -heavy spots.

Are they always like this?

Pretty much.

Get a room.

The flight was fine.

It's okay.

Yeah. I know.

Okay.

You too.

How's the mom, Scooter?

Fine. Excuse me.

Oh, let me get that book.

Oh, thank you.

I got it.

I got it. I said I got it. I got it. I got it.

Let me get that for you, Doctor.

Thank you, Mater.

Gary Jones.

Hope you had a good flight.

I'll be your escort to the facility today, folks, so just follow me.

I do the luggage.

Oh, congratulations.

Go ahead, son.

Try it on for size.

You enlist today, you'll be wearing a tank commander's helmet within a month.

All right, you'll need to see your IDs, and you'll have to sign in. So do we get

a tour of the museum here?

Never mind, I'm done.

Mr. Owsley?

Right this way, folks.

Doesn't look top secret.

We were gonna fill him up with piranha.

Oh, I see.

You got kind of a Maxwell smart thing going here.

Wait till you see our cone of silence.

Uh, Major, how far down are we going?

Oh, about 600 feet.

Let's take the Washington Monument and this whole still have half a dozen

stories to spare.

This is, uh, quite impressive.

Do we have anything we can do to protect the vital materials?

Welcome to the pit.

You smell brimstone and burn flash, it's just the neighbor's cookie.

The nuns always said it'd end up in hell.

See?

Now this is how I should be storing my comic books.

May I have your card, Doctor?

That would be my cue to leave.

Would you mind helping me if you want to be?

Once the files are open, my designation changes from host to security risk.

Oh, okay.

Anyway, if you need me, you can just dial 55.

Thank you. I'll just be a few floors away.

I don't suppose there's a minibar down here.

Right now.

Crap. My palm computer I left on the front desk. It's got all my notes in it.

Enjoy the ride, kid.

You're starting in 1956?

Yes, that's when the first box that candidate was tested. Yeah, but can't

skip ahead a little, like 30 years maybe? I warned you this wasn't going to

picnic.

Yeah, but I thought we could at least get naked.

Wake up.

Come on.

Aren't we safe for staying here?

Turn your feet on the ground.

It's too low now. No, you can make it. Come on.

No, you can make it. No.

Could be worse.

How?

You had to ask.

Uh, where are we going?

Service ladder. Runs alongside the elevator shaft.

Let's hope this battery box works.

I don't like the look of this.

Me neither, but with the elevator, communication's dead.

I can see your point.

Ladies first.

Okay.

Stop that.

I know this isn't a good time to tell you, but I'm really not fond of heights.

Don't think of it as being high. We're underground, remember?

Don't look down. Keep moving.

Doing great. Keep going.

I don't think I can do this.

Sure you can. You're doing great. Come on. Keep moving.

A couple more steps. We're almost there. Don't look down.

All right.

Keep going.

Good.

Hold on, Olga.

Owsley!

You okay?

Am I okay?

Parker, there's milk rising from my butt.

Can you stand up?

Thank you.

Come on, give me your hand.

Okay, I got you.

All right.

Give me your hand.

Oh, God.

Not much further.

Come on.

Where is everybody?

What the hell happened here?

Why does it seem like we're the only people on Earth?

Because I think we might be.

That test at Los Alamos was set for noon.

It's 1 .15.

Isaac tried to warn them he was afraid this would happen. Afraid what would

happen? Some ass -monkey physicist decided to rig a neutron bomb on an

electromagnetic pulse emitter. The idea was to vaporize living targets with

super -concentrated radiation.

Isaac felt the pulse could conceivably replicate itself and expand out of

control. Their guys said the chances of that were statistically nil. Well, it

doesn't look so nil right now.

Probably down to just us and the roaches.

All right, so we go home, backstep, and stop the test.

Only if you could mutate and sprout wings.

The pulse resonated at a frequency that fries microchips. The idea was to stop

any pre -programmed attack from a dead enemy.

So without computers, the power grid shut down and... Electrical systems in

are worthless.

Exactly. Great.

I think I'm going to be sick.

Oh boy, you're not feeling well, are you?

You guys were 600 feet underground in a lead -lined nutri -safe.

I was 60 feet under in a government -issued tin can.

Can you treat him?

Well, it's hard to tell how much radiation he's been exposed to, but yes,

find a pharmacy.

The ironic thing is I used to think technology was the answer for

Well, maybe it still is. If we can make it back to NNL in time, can the sphere

fly?

Well, the hangar's totally shielded, but against this, I'd say the stats are 20

-80. Not exactly in our favor. If there is damage, there's no one left to fix it

anyway.

Just a little volume. It'll help your nausea.

Almost 900 miles.

I could bike it. That's only 130 miles a day.

Over the Rocky Mountains?

Pharmacy's open. Grab some uppers, ride straight through.

No offense to your physical condition, but your heart would explode on the

day out.

Well, I gotta try something.

What? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. What? There's something out there.

Radio broadcast?

I don't know. Modern stations all use microprocessors.

So let's find an unmodern station.

Vinyl. Cool.

Who did this?

Mr. Parker, Dr. Vukovich.

Wow.

I didn't think I was the only one left.

You guys made it out too.

Well, it must have been deep enough, huh?

You look better.

I'll never use a microwave again.

How'd you get this stuff running?

There's a gas generator in the basement.

I started thinking there might be others alive, too. Maybe soldiers and missile

silos. I figure we can make a recording.

Send it out on a loop.

You got this junk working. Other old stuff must work, too.

Sure. Pre -microchip stuff.

I can't believe I didn't think of that.

You guys have a better idea?

Ah, the good old days.

Flying down the highway, tube radio blasting, born to be wild.

I always liked Little Red Corvette.

Highway to hell.

Uh, maybe not that one.

All right, kids, here we go.

Here we go.

All right.

We need something more ancient.

Preferably something I can lie down in.

Anybody like a lift?

You are God.

I certainly would, Major.

Jump in.

You know, you guys can call me Gary.

Well, thank you.

So why Nevada?

We have everything we need right here.

Well, our base has the most sophisticated communications equipment

If there's anyone else out there, we'll find them.

We could use some provisions.

Oh.

A shoe store would be nice, too.

Just the place.

Hey, sorry.

Didn't mean to scare you. Yeah, I feel sort of guilty, like shoplifting.

isn't it?

Somehow I don't think the DA is going to prosecute.

What, you gonna leave an IOU?

It's just so... Don't even think about it, Olga. Just

think about how we're gonna undo this.

Let's go.

What the hell?

I was just trying to get the gloves off, but it tipped over. Ever heard of off

the rack?

They didn't have size.

It's okay, it missed me.

Can you step down?

Come on, let's go home.

What's

that?

You know a badass bike when you see one.

That's badass, all right. Your granddad.

That thing is the death trap.

Actually, it's really smart. I mean, if this beast breaks down, you and Frank

can make a back -to -the -base on that thing.

Exactly.

You think so?

God, my palm computer.

My mom's going to worry something happened to me.

Can I use your cell phone?

Uh, sorry.

My battery's dead.

Stay watching, guys.

Next paper when we see you, we stop, okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

Oh, my goodness. Can you move? Yeah.

Oh, what is it? My knee.

Come on, I got you.

You ought to be more careful, Parker. You don't survive the trip, it'll be up

me and I'll get to play Adam and Eve.

Repopulate the planet. Don't break out your big leaves just yet, buddy.

Adam and Eve all over again.

Olga, I'm fine, okay? Stop being such a baby.

Do you want this or not?

No, thank you.

Do you think we should tell him?

Tell him what?

About Backstep.

He's already trying to cope with the end of the world. How do you think he's

going to handle time travel, huh?

Hey.

You hear that?

I don't hear anything.

That's right.

Even the crickets are gone.

Is that your girlfriend?

It's Wendy.

When I got out of the pit, all I could think to do was go back to her place.

Make sure she was all right.

Like she'd never been there before.

I never had a chance to tell her how much I loved her.

She'd say it all the time, but me?

I always wanted to keep my options open.

Now all I can think about is how much I missed her.

Look, I know it's hard to think about right now, and this sounds cliche,

Time really does heal things.

How the hell is time going to heal this?

Jeff, trust me, okay?

Hey.

I'm worried about Jones.

All that Adam and Eve stuff he was saying.

Yeah, that was kind of weird.

Yeah, well, weird didn't cut the brake cable on your bike.

What are you talking about?

Back at the gas station, I saw him checking out your bike.

So after the crash, I snuck a peek. The brake line looked clipped.

Maybe that happened in the accident itself.

Maybe.

But there's only one alpha dog in Eden, my friend.

You mean besides being lost?

Dry as a bone.

Radiator's cracked.

How the hell did that happen? Like you don't know.

What the hell are you talking about?

You son of a bitch.

Get back off, Parker. Get out of the car. I said back off, Parker. Shut up!

Mr. Parker!

You bastard, we can fix this. Stop it! Fix what, Parker?

Fix what? Look around you, man. It's over. This whole world, it's over.

Let him go, Major.

If you have to shoot him to save Parker, do it.

Look, what he's telling you is true.

What? What if I told you we could go back and make everything the way it was?

I'd take you in serious denial.

Jones, it's true.

A spaceship crashed in a secret government project, took a bunch of

and made a time machine.

Now we put Frank in a big blue ball and send him back in time seven days.

Everything's a race. You get your girlfriend back. Wait, my girlfriend?

Yes. And neither one of you know that any of this Ever happened.

All thanks to Parker and a couple of pickled aliens in our basement.

I think I'm going to be sick.

You believe this crap, Olga?

Look, it may sound incredible to you. Shut up!

You people are nuts.

Just put down the gun. Shut up! Shut up!

Stop messing with my head!

Please, listen. No!

We're the last people on this planet.

And I'm trapped here with you nutbags!

I'm so sorry.

For all of them.

Should we go after him?

We've got a mission to complete.

Only one and a half days to get back to NNL.

Hooter.

That's Robin, but I...

Come on.

Let's get out of here.

Oh, hi, Mom.

No, no, no, everything's going perfect. There's one down and one to go.

No, no, you're really going to love her.

Her name's Olga.

in my brain firing.

There's something really wild going on in my skull.

It's liberating, really. I mean, little things, like the equation, the Laurel

and Fitzgerald contraction, it's gone.

And I mean numbers and theorems and equations.

These things don't matter anymore.

Maybe we should park him somewhere. We'll get back faster.

Well, we don't know what condition the sphere is in. I mean, despite his state,

he might be able to help us back stuff.

Yeah, well, I've been going over the probabilities, and I'm pretty sure this

fear isn't gonna work. Look, Alice, why don't you just... stop talking for a

while, okay?

What if he's right?

We'll never know if we don't keep moving.

Can't be much further now.

Never thought I'd miss those damn welders.

This doesn't work.

Just do it, Olga.

Then we may have liftoff.

Hoosier, do you think you should go lie down?

Maybe I should. Yeah.

How much time until the loft's almost dead?

Not quite six hours.

You okay to fire up the sphere on your own?

Yes, but let me just make sure he's okay.

No. You'll go to sleep.

When you wake up, you won't remember any of this.

Nobody will except Mr. Parker.

I said no!

Hooter! You're hurting me!

Sorry, I just don't need it anymore.

Okay.

I really wish you'd call me Andrew.

Of course.

Andrew.

Olga, do you ever wonder if, whether or not this is the right thing, whether

or not backstep is the right thing to do, you know, in the big cosmic picture?

All the time.

Well, then, do you think, I mean, you really think God chose us to be

the last word in what happens?

All I know is that we've been given an extraordinary gift.

And I just have to believe that we're using it for the good of this planet.

But what if we're not?

Why don't you rest now, okay?

What if... Olga?

You're really...

special person.

You are too.

It's Hooter!

He's freezing the reactor casing. It'll crack and the fuel coil will melt down.

Alvin, what the hell are you doing?

I thought the kid just overheated. He's blown a damn head gasket. Hooter,

please. We need to backstep right now.

You don't understand.

Our technology caused this disaster. That's why we're being punished.

We're all ass monkeys.

Don't be an idiot. This is our one and only chance.

Don't blow it. Don't you get it? This is our only chance.

It's our chance to get back to the garden.

I'm Adam, and Olga is the perfect Eve. My God.

She's beautiful, brilliant, compassionate.

She's the total package.

Well, there can only be one Adam.

It was him. He killed Jones.

Yeah, after he tried to kill me.

Stay here. I'm going to try and talk some sense into this kid. I'll do it.

won't hurt me. I'm Eve, remember?

Hooter?

Hooter, I'm not worthy to be Eve.

Not worthy.

You're the best.

Please listen to me. No!

You listen to me now.

Okay, uh...

I'll do whatever you want, okay?

I knew you would.

My mom's gonna love you.

We have to backstep now. Come on.

Come on!

Is this gonna work?

Well, there's only one way to find out. Main reactor at 80%. You know, if I die,

that's the end of the human race.

That has crossed my mind, yes. We could play it safe and repopulate the Earth

ourselves.

This empty world is no place for our children, Frank.

Our children.

Kind of like the sound of that.

Engage.

Conundrum. Bradley, listen.

That nuclear weapons test Mender's at won the last timeline and went south.

Wiped out every living thing on the planet.

Everything. Well, the Roaches and Rams hero, okay? But look, you gotta tell

those idiots to quit jacking around with stuff they don't understand, okay?

Rest easy, Frank. That test will never happen. Good.

There.

Wow. Sometimes low tech is better.

I couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks, Hooter.

Excuse me. We've got to talk. Neuter, call your mom, will you?

Okay. Listen, I really think you should be a little more careful with Owsley. He

might start thinking you have feelings for him.

Well, I do. I enjoy working with him very much.

That's not what I'm talking about.

Oh.

Oh. Well, you know, if you think about it, he's a much better match for me

say, you.

He's passionate, he's brilliant, he's far more emotionally stable, and he's so

cute.

My mom says hi.

Hi, Mom. Hi, Mom.

See, he's cute. That's cute.

Yeah, so cute.

Special Government Courier.