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You're about to be let in on the most highly classified data America holds.

We have a device that can allow us to send one human being back in time.

This will be a short exam.

We're just concerned that your work here is imposing unusually stressful

conditions on you.

And this first occurred to you?

Predictive stressors include an inability to share your experiences with

An exaggerated isolation.

Losing a layer of skin every time I take off on that day.

The questionnaire will help us gauge your emotional state.

Make you a deal.

You answer my questions and I'll answer yours.

Does everything have to be a game?

I'll give you two minutes.

What's your favorite flower?

White roses.

Now, say you're in a bar one night. I don't go to bars.

You ducked in because it was raining.

I'm there. I leave immediately.

It's raining hard.

We talk.

You start to wonder, what's that feeling I'm getting?

Not yet.

You're having a good time.

I'll admit, outside the work environment, I might find you...

Entertaining. Now we're getting somewhere.

But it won't go anywhere else, guaranteed.

You sure?

Adult women want romance, Mr. Parker, and you are not a romantic.

Which proves you don't know me.

I'm only going on what you show me.

Sounds like a dare.

It isn't.

Now, during the last several months...

The man's a pit bull.

Once he thinks his teeth into something, he never lets go.

Was he always like this?

Yeah, that's what made him a good soldier.

Parker is stubborn, reckless, and easily distracted.

Oh, you expect him to behave rationally. What a concept.

Well, a rational man wouldn't have done half the things he's done for us,

Ramsey. Ah, there's the rub, Mr. Ramsey.

Well, loose cannons eventually blow up.

Let's just hope it's not in our faces.

Dr. Mednall, phone call routed through your university office.

A Dr. Jonathan Axelrad. Excuse me.

Well, what's the latest and greatest young man?

Dr. Menna, I'm heading your way, and boy, have I got news for you.

Big news?

Huge news. Major news. Something you won't believe unless you see it with

own eyes. Don't take those electrodes off that. I already said that to you.

Thank you.

I can't believe these people sometimes.

Is this what I think it is? I don't know. I don't know what you think it is,

this you're going to have to see for yourself to believe that it's true.

You said you were heading into this area.

Yeah, I'm going to be in Nevada in a couple of hours.

I was wondering if you'd like to have some dinner with me. What was that?

No, I said that I'm coming to Nevada.

I was wondering if you'd like to have some dinner with me.

Of course.

Can't wait to hear your news, young man.

I can't wait to tell you.

I've got to make one stop along the way, though. All right?

But you will be in the area sometime today.

I'll be there before sundown. Bye -bye.

Excuse me?

Watch out, geek boy.

Okay.

Hey, do you call this a dip?

Why don't you keep the change?

And I know you've been checking out my chest every time you read my name tag,

creep.

Bye -bye, Martha.

How do you think we make a living around here?

Yesterday, Dr. Jonathan Axelrod drove off a mountain to his death while coming

to see me.

He was a former graduate student of mine and a friend of sorts.

After reviewing the details, I'm authorizing the use of backstep to

death. And since when has knowing one of the team been a reason to launch?

They were friends, Ramsey. Check the dictionary on that.

Irrelevant. Axelrod was the country's foremost expert on cold fusion.

Cheap, clean energy from the world's most abundant resource, water, but no

ever been able to make it work.

Dr. Mentnor believes that Axelrod had just made a major breakthrough.

We can't let him take that to his grave.

Axelrod ate at a small town diner shortly before losing control of his

Stomach contents reveal high levels of salmonella toxin. A .K .A. food

poisoning. You got it. So all I have to do is go back one day and prevent this

guy from eating his lunch.

Kind of nice to feel the pop fire once in a while.

Well, don't worry. You'll find some way to screw it up. I'll trade places any

time you want. You pilot the sphere, and I'll hang around here being a jerk.

Adjourned.

Godspeed, Mr. Parker.

Some fine acts will ride a bit dry.

Like me?

Substantially worse.

I know.

A sobering thought.

Full focus, people. Here we go.

The diner axle ride stop that is just 30 miles away. Your best bet is to land

this deal right back here.

I'll try to land this baby right back here.

Oh, then you might want to put some thought into a new profession.

Everyone's a critic.

System calibrated for a 23 -hour back step. Set and confirmed.

Commencing countdown.

You have everything you need, Parker?

Looks like it.

I have all green lights.

Back step will engage in seven seconds.

I hate this part.

See you yesterday, Mr. Parker.

Ignition commenced.

Engage.

Nice landing, Mr. Parker.

You caught me heading to the club.

Ask me what my handicap is.

What's your handicap?

A complete lack of talent for the game.

It's a little joke my dentist told me.

Never mind.

Listen, there was this flash, but all the instruments read normal.

I'll check the error log.

Good. So, uh, how's your long game?

You really want to know? Yeah.

In a couple of minutes, the next student of Dr. Medner's is going to call. A guy

named Axelrad.

But he's going to fly off a cliff before he can tell you about some cold fusion

breakthrough. So we have to intervene.

Olga, get into Sibby's. She's coming with me.

Says who?

Talmadge. It was his idea.

I'm sure I had good reason, Dr. Vukovich.

Consider yourself under Parker's command.

Oh, I love the way that sounds.

Dr. Mednor, phone call routed through your university office.

A Dr. Jonathan Axelrad.

You're going too fast.

Feels good.

If you kill yourself, there won't be anyone to backstep and undo it.

It should feel even better.

Yeah, yeah.

Thirteen -letter word for tireless.

Indefatigable.

You really are smarter than you act, Mr. Parker.

Thank you.

Exciting place.

Wake me up when we're out of here.

Research shows that people from small towns are much more likely to lead

productive lives.

As long as they stay away from the shrimp salad.

Would you look at that?

Now those are the nicest pair of legs I've seen in a while.

Huh, and I'm not even wearing shorts.

What if there are strips there, Johnny?

Hey!

Next time, stick the donuts and lay off the vodka.

I can take care of myself, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Thanks, Marta.

Ladies and gentlemen, Agents Parker and Vukovic from the Board of Health.

We're shutting this place down.

You got some ID?

Put the sandwich down, sir.

I'd like to see some ID, too.

Just do me a favor and put it down, will you?

You don't look like you're from the Board of Health.

We are not only talking every kind of salmonella there is. We are talking

And we are talking... What else are we talking about, Agent?

Substantial viral contamination, Agent Parker.

Right. And rodent droppings.

Big ones.

Like a log.

Okay, you guys win.

Thank you, Marta.

I think that just about does it, Agent Vukovic. We'll follow up with a re

-inspection in one week. Right.

So that's it? We're done?

Not until Axarad tells Metenary's news.

Open my flight bag.

Yes, sir.

Watch the road.

Watch the road? That's it?

What do you want me to say? That you're a shallow womanizer?

Because I'm giving you flowers?

Because white roses are my favorite.

which I don't remember telling you, which means you got it out of me in the

future and you're using it to manipulate me.

How'd I do?

You had a lucky guess or two in there.

You know what's wrong with you? I'm not romantic.

Define romantic.

Someone who's not into the chase for its own sake.

A man who can let down his guard, be vulnerable, show what's truly in his

Now, does that sound like you?

Yes?

Okay, no.

He survived that.

You want to bet that food poisoning wasn't an accident?

Someone wanted Axelrod dead one way or another.

Five hours since I backstepped.

We better report in.

Come on.

Come on.

Back step successfully completed.

Finalizing temporal approach.

Hey, nice landing, Mr. Parker.

You caught me heading to the club.

Ask me what my handicap is.

A complete lack of talent for the game.

It's a joke, Mark. Your dentist told you.

Is there something wrong?

Yeah.

This already happened.

I backstabbed the first time. I get back here at 12 sharp. No problems except

for the flash I told Ballard about.

No, you didn't.

I told you about it last time.

Then, five hours in, I'm back in the sphere again at the beginning of the

assignment. It's 12 sharp.

It's like nothing I just did happened.

Is this possible, Ballard?

I would say that scenario is extremely unlikely.

Are you saying that I'm making this up? No, no, it's clear. You believe this is

happening to you. It's all right.

Mr. Parker, we've been very concerned about your stress levels.

I'm not crazy.

That pen's dry.

You're going to need a 13 -letter word for tireless, and, Donovan, you're going

to miss that shot.

Oh, and, Ramsey... Well, that doesn't prove anything.

Never mind.

Oh.

However, if the back step wasn't completed, as in the case of a time

Then Mr.

Parker's scenario could be a possibility.

Mr. Parker, it sounds unbelievable, but two years ago, I wouldn't have believed

any of what we do.

Well, you're not really buying into this, are you? If there's something

with backstep, we need to know when we need to know fast.

I suggest we focus on the anomalous event.

The flash. A few theories immediately come to mind, and this is very exciting.

Hello, are we forgetting something here?

The reason I backstepped the assignment?

I have to do it all over again.

Not that it worked out so well the first time.

All right, Frank, tell us what you've got.

I need someone to pull an NSA file.

Full workup on a guy named Jonathan Axelrod. Remember him?

You realize... If I kill myself, there won't be anybody to backstep and undo

Sinners, you're already in hell.

You don't have to prove anything, Nob. I believe you. Why?

Well, you'd only make up the time loop scenario if it were to your own selfish

advantage, and as far as I can tell, there isn't one.

I really bowl you over, don't I?

What's this sticking out of your lunch bag?

Oh, it's nothing.

Really.

Just... forget it.

Now those are the nice legs I've seen in a while.

What do you say to a strip search, honey?

Aren't you going to say something?

Well, I thought I'd let you take care of it yourself.

Oh, well, I guess chivalry is dead then.

Excuse me.

Just can't seem to catch a break.

Okay. You good here, Walt?

I'll take that. Thank you very much.

Dr. Axelrod, we work with the government.

Hey.

Hey, this is a joke.

My brother put you up to this. No joke.

Where's the camera?

Hi, Mom.

Anybody can make a fake ID. Can I have my line? No.

Can anyone get this?

My college transcript.

Oh, my God, look at this.

I remember her.

Oh, now, you guys are IRS.

No. Yeah, my accountant told me that I could deduct my cable television. It's

his fault. We're here to make sure you get to Nevada safe and sound.

That's it?

Get out of here.

Let me get this straight. I'm thinking that this agency, you guys must think

that I'm kind of important.

Yeah, you're real important.

Now, who do you know who'd want you dead?

Me? Dead?

No. No one.

Nobody. No way.

You're sure?

Absolutely. All I do is I stay in the lab. I keep basically to myself.

I can tell.

Come on.

We're taking you to Nevada.

All right, but I've just got to make one stop along the way.

Fine.

The killer must have tailed him from the diner last time. Take him out back and

I'll pull around.

You call this a tip?

Creep.

Mr., um...

What did you say your name was? I didn't.

Mr. I didn't. Do you think you could turn your radio on? No.

Why? Because.

You take care of him.

Why me?

Conundrum. You have a code name? That is so cool.

Okay, I think I'm getting somewhere now. Have you ever heard of a temporal

compensating wave?

Take a guess.

It's the signal we generate here that completes each back step. It feels the

temporal disruption.

Translated? If our equipment failed to generate the wave, a time loop of five

hours could very well be created.

It has been. Now go fix your machine. You got 42 minutes left.

Parker, I just now isolated the problem.

Bye.

No questions.

Okay.

I'm hungry.

Try sucking on your shirt. Looks like there's a good meal or two there.

If we can't get any food, then could we at least turn on the radio?

Please?

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please. All

right!

98 .6, please.

Please.

Oh, wow.

I love Tenko.

I can't take it anymore.

At least he doesn't keep staring at your chest.

Don't forget about my stop.

Six miles up.

Make a left.

You have to wait.

Yes, sir.

What do you think he's doing?

I don't care, as long as I never have to see him again. Check this out.

What's the answer to cold fusion worth to you?

Let me see.

Elise, I love you more than the stars themselves, more than infinity. Our love

is great. Enough, please.

That's it. On every page.

Poems. Bad poems.

Hi.

This is Lee.

Hi.

I have something for you. What is it?

Actually, when I tell him that he's on his way to Nevada, he's got big news.

Something to show him, right?

And why do people go to Nevada aside from gambling?

They go to get married. Easiest state to do it in.

How much one of that Axelrad's big news for Mentner is a lease?

And none of this had anything to do with cold fusion.

Then again, who's to say true love's not just as important?

That's the most romantic thing I've ever heard you say.

You think so?

And I don't believe a word of it.

Why not?

I can tell it doesn't come from your soul.

Of course it does, my soul. Where else would it come from?

Somewhere lower on the anatomy, perhaps?

Take your hands out of the car real slow.

Jack?

Jack, what are you doing?

Who's Jack?

My ex -husband.

Every time I think about you and him, I... I

can't live without you, Lise.

I won't.

So he's got to go.

All right, everyone just stay calm and no one will get hurt.

Which I'm not basing on his record.

You can't marry him, Elise. You can't. You heard the man. The marriage is off,

right? Done deal.

Let's get out of here.

No. Yes.

No, I won't. Elise and I, we're very much in love and nobody's going to stand

our way.

Want to bet?

I don't care what happens to me.

This, this is not going to happen. You hear me, Elise? You hear me?

Please, Jack.

Sorry, Beast, but I gotta do this. Now move away.

What do you say we start this now before you get hurt, huh?

I knew Jack was in prison.

I broke out.

What was he in for?

Shoot him anyway, at least.

We need to check in.

Let's just get this over with.

Hang on, I haven't heard back from Balor.

Landing, I know. You have no talent for the game, your dentist needs better

jokes, and we have a serious problem here.

Talmadge, that pen's dry. Olga, indefatigable. Donovan, hook it to the

time. And Ramsey?

What? How's it going, buddy?

Oh, God.

Ballard, you figured out that a temporal compensating wave could have created

this situation.

If our equipment failed to emit the wave, it could result in the back step

repeating itself in a kind of... Time loop, I know.

That's a brilliant deduction I made.

Wow. Ballard, get cracking.

Oh. Okay, the assignment. Again.

Imagine the most disgusting, annoying, talkative man in the world. Now imagine

having to deal with him over and over and over. Mr. Parker, you're exhibiting

symptoms of threat.

You just wait.

Dr. Mednor, phone call routed to your university office.

A Dr.

Jonathan Axelrad.

Do me a favor, hand me my watch back.

What's with that for?

No reason.

Now you look at that.

I'm going to threaten you had good reason for that. Hold on.

Jack's got to be around here somewhere. I'm watching.

Put the shrimp salad down. We're with the government.

No one gets hurt as long as you follow directions.

Put the sandwich down.

Why?

Told you about him.

Put it down or I shoot a hostage.

But I'm hungry.

Put it down!

Look, if it were up to me, I'd let you woof it down along with the poison Jack

snuck into it.

Did he pay you to do it?

Who is Jack?

Just Axelrad's fiance, at least his ex -husband, who busted out of jail to stop

her from eloping with Axelrad.

Don't worry, you'll catch up.

Jack's out of prison? How do you know all this? Just get moving, and for God's

sake, don't touch anything on the table.

Why, it's all poison?

No, but you're a disgusting eater.

Are you guys gonna hurt me?

Unfortunately, no.

And by the way, the radio's broken.

What? Sorry, Gloria.

Does your big news from Mentner have anything to do with cold fusion?

How do you know? No questions, just answers.

No. See?

I'm going to Nevada to get married.

Even if you manage to avoid Jack by sneaking out of the diner, he knows to

up at Elisa's house.

He does?

How do you...

How do you know... Mr. Parker, you're violating every rule of secrecy we

under. He's going to die unless we get him to do what we want.

He's going to... I'm going to die. Why don't you guys fill me in on what's

on here? Just call Elise.

Have her get out of the house ASAP and meet us somewhere.

Okay, good news. I've almost figured out how to stop the time loop.

Almost? I gave you a huge clue up front.

No, no, no. That's a clue I came up with. Now, as soon as I get the

generate the wave, time will move forward, the loop will stop.

Well, hurry up. We've only got another hour before it starts all over again.

I'm hungry.

And I don't think I can take it much longer.

All right, no interruption. I'm locking down.

Pretty romantic.

Whatever you say, you're the expert.

You decide what's romantic and what's not.

So we've had this conversation before, then?

Couple of times, and it always ends the same way.

I put the moves on you, and no matter what I say or do or don't say or do, you

think I'm unromantic and insincere. With good reason, I assume.

No, the moves are very sincere.

Look,

the problem is, the reason I'm the way I am with you...

I haven't known a lot of women like you who have it going on upstairs and who

look as good as you and who can give it back to me as good as I give it.

What?

You actually just managed to be honest with me.

Try not to do it again.

I'm touched and flattered.

I didn't think you had this in you.

I like it.

What are you thinking?

That I've never seen you looking at me quite like that.

He must have followed her here. Get down!

All right, in the car. On the floor.

Hold it.

Put it down, Jack.

I can't live without you, Lee.

Put it down now!

Is everyone okay?

Get back in the car.

Her breathing's weak.

I can barely feel a pulse.

All right, thank you.

Once the loop stops,

no chance to undo anything.

This is Conundrum.

I have an emergency. Put me through to Ballard. One moment, Conundrum.

Is that my plot, Conundrum? Well, unlock it.

I can't. The control room is a secure environment.

Then send someone down there to knock on the damn door. I can't do that, sir.

Put me through to whoever's in charge.

Yes, what's the emergency?

I'm coming in, but Olga's shot. She's losing a lot of blood.

I'll send the team out to meet you. It may be too late. You've got to get to

Ballard. You have to make sure he doesn't fix the machine. I repeat, do

the machine.

Are you still on this time loop thing? Don't mess with me, Ramsey. He can't fix

the problem. I need the loop.

Keep going. I need to repeat the thing within the next seven minutes.

Okay, sure thing. I'll talk to Ballard. All right.

It's gone completely psychotic.

What did... No questions.

I'm sorry.

What?

She's gone.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Five minutes. We can do this.

Come on.

Voila.

Done. Finito.

He's going to love this.

This is great.

It's time.

Hey, Bell.

I just got this really strange call from Parker.

He wants the loop to keep going.

Look, he sounded psychotic. It's impossible to know whether Dr. Vukovic

danger or not.

What am I supposed to do?

Good night.

Let's be doing 110.

Open the gate.

Open the gate.

Oh, my God! Jesus, Parker, what happened?

Did you fix it?

Yes, the time loop will stop.

It'll generate the wave just like you want it. Well, unfix it. You got 30

seconds. It'll take longer than that. Just unscrew the access panels.

Drop the gun, Parker!

Now! I told you he'd lost his mind.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Wish us luck.

Yes!

Hey,

nice landing, Mr. Parker.

Parker?

Can

I

help you with something, Mr. Parker?

Just want to let you know.

That, uh, the briefing started.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

After you.

We got something going on here called the temporal compensating wave. Dr.

Mednor, phone call routed to your university office.

I got an escape bell in here for the state troopers. Town of Arcana, south

of Main Street. And don't bother calling the local deputy.

Keep the change.

The ring, please.

Now place the ring on the third finger of her left hand.

Well, it's not the answer to cold fusion, but it's something.

Oh, that's right, I forgot.

You're not the expert at relating to romantic gestures, are you?

Aren't you going to say anything?

Well, I could say I'm a big romantic, but...

That would be manipulative based on what I know from what's already gone on.

Or I could agree with you and then try and impress you with my honesty, but

would also be manipulative based on what I know.

So seeing as how I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't, and mostly just

damned happy you're alive, I decided this one time to keep my mouth shut.

Mr. Parker, did something happen during this last time loop? Something between

us? Something important?

That would be telling.

Yes.

We'll be there.

Work.

So, we're going to get a room and...

Take a bath in champagne later?

For a moment there, you had me worried.