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Hey, what... What is going on here, please?

I need to scan you.

Please, sir. Be still, sir.

You can come in. Still clear.

Clear of what?

I'm sorry...

I'm Colonel Jay Stringer, Great Lakes National Guard.

This is Dr. Janet Sharp from the CDC. Can you have a seat?

Okay.

Three weeks ago, the first case of Hema Aetho 26

was confirmed in Chicago.

It spread quickly, one of the highest fatality rates ever recorded.

Four days ago, we thought we identified our patient zero.

Her name was Camilla Holder.

What do you mean "was"? What did you say?

By the time we found her, she had been dead for a while.

Well before any previously-documented deaths.

I'm sorry to have to do this but...

we need you to confirm that this is your sister.

That's her.

They're calling it the Black Iris Plague.

You said you thought you found patient zero.

- What? - I'm sorry. It was my fault.

It's all my fault.

I'm sorry.

The reason they wanted you to visually identify Camilla

is because you and him

both appear to be Dr. Ryan Holder,

who, according to our records,

died ten years ago in a hyper loop accident.

This Ryan Holder, despite dying later,

was the first infected, our patient zero.

We traced his movements.

He walked out of the Shikaakwa Park cube four weeks ago.

With you.

Just like the two of you did yesterday.

But you're not sick.

How can you be dead and here right now?

We understand you're in shock.

But the city is losing 20,000 people a day.

There's gonna be further testing and many more questions to come.

Jason 2 said that my Jason made decisions in the Corridor

that created other versions of themselves.

Yeah.

Our other versions picked up this virus and brought it back...

before we got here.

I'm responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of humans.

We both are.

So, in your life, how long have I been gone?

Fifteen years.

Is your mother alive in that life?

No.

My Anne died four years ago.

I'm sorry.

I'm better now.

I still miss her every day.

How did you know to come here?

I didn't know.

I saw the bakery and it looked the same.

I think I just hoped

this place might be the same too.

But I didn't mean for you to see me.

Maybe that's not honest.

Maybe I was being selfish.

Either way...

I know this is complicated.

I'm really sorry.

Well, it's an experience I didn't see coming.

But I'm sure it's less complicated for me than it is for you.

Right now, it's kind of tearing us apart.

And Charlie, he lost his whole world.

He's really missing it.

And for Jason, it's the box itself

become like a

compulsion.

He just needs to understand it.

No matter how much damage it does.

And for you?

You could see it before I could.

It's brought me back to someplace...

old.

As a kid,

I never knew

which was the real version of my father.

The one who was kind

or the one who...

hurt me, you know?

Then I was faced with all these versions of my husband

and it just went right back to when I was...

Mija.

Oh, Papa.

Okay.

Please.

I just need some help.

I just need some help.

Oh, my God!

I call it the Pyramid.

Why a pyramid?

Well, the Mayan and Egyptian pyramids

were literally built to be portals to the afterlife.

Other worlds.

Seemed appropriate.

- And the shape was more efficient. - There you go.

Saved some surface area for the adaptive shielding.

Is that you?

My partner in this project.

You are ridiculous.

And you must be Blair.

First one in, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I was the idiot who volunteered for that.

Hello.

I would love to hear about your experience sometime.

And what's this?

- It's a worlds chart. - You're mapping them?

It's mostly data entry at this point,

but eventually we hope to organize it in more meaningful ways.

How many have you mapped?

We've visited 74 worlds.

This is HP-24.

We have the basics at a glance.

Who visited, when, technological assets, which...

is of primary interest to us.

HP-24 has the most incredible smart cities.

- You joining us for dinner? - No.

We have a training session with the new scout team.

Well, I guess we'll catch up later.

Scouts?

Well, we used to send teams out on missions constantly,

trying to find useful worlds, setting up trades.

About a year ago, we stopped using the box.

This bad boy needed all our attention.

Is that Ryan Holder?

Not the one you know.

I recruited him from this world.

Ryan.

I want you to meet a friend of mine.

- This is Blair. - Hi.

Hi.

Do you know another version of me?

Just in passing.

Ryan is developing a patch that does a 30-day, controlled release of the drug.

- Yeah. - It lasts a month?

You actually don't even need to shoot up anymore.

You just slap it on your arm, you're good to go.

We are so close.

We've been running trials, and we're at...

- What? Two weeks already? - Two weeks.

Two weeks already, yeah.

- I'll let you get back to it. - Thank you, sir.

How did you build it in this world?

Well, we sourced the trickier components from other worlds.

Ran the rest through Velocity Tech's R & D.

Is it functional?

Ish.

Ish?

Power is the main issue.

It's so big, it can only run for 20 minutes at a time.

Someone could get stuck in another world.

Okay, so then how are you powering it?

You don't wanna know.

I don't, but obviously you have to tell me. So just...

Okay.

- It's just a skosh nuclear. - Just a little bit?

The adaptive shielding load is...

Ninety-X compared to the OG Box.

- Yeah. - And so you were trying

to solve your power issues with fission?

- What? No good? - Jesus Christ, Leight.

What? What?

Why did you make it so big?

Okay, listen, I know it's been a while but you do remember the original dream.

Right?

Through this door are worlds that have cured diseases that still ravage ours.

Through this door are worlds that have reversed climate change,

saved species from extinction, crushed poverty.

Through this door are worlds that have ended war.

And we will visit these worlds.

We will find the best technology, the brightest ideas

and we will bring them home.

Yeah.

I had a lot of time to think about your vision when I was trapped inside it.

Yeah.

Wanna look inside?

- Of course I do. - Yeah.

I have been thinking about the cube in the pool.

Personal life going that well?

No, shut up. Can I just see those photos that you showed me last time?

- Why? - You know,

Mom asked if I could bring her by your place to see the kids this weekend.

You haven't told her you and Kendra separated?

Dessen/Stewart.

Choke on it.

Motherfucker.

What?

That is the Velocity Tech logo.

Leighton Vance's company.

Yeah. Cool.

Wires and metal and st...

What the shit, Sheila?

Skip to the end.

So what is highly-advanced, not-yet-available in stores,

Velocity-labeled technology doing

in some weird-ass cube in a fucking abandoned school?

These people are in on whatever Velocity is doing.

You figured it out.

These people are clearly super sophisticated corporate spies.

Look, I know you don't give a shit about the family business,

but Velocity is destroying MacNamara Tech,

and I need to stop them and these people are the link.

So, pretty please with a go fuck yourself on top, help me.

Seriously, why build to this scale?

I went to this world, XC-89, that had been polluted within an inch of its life.

Carbon levels spiked to 700 ppm.

- Jesus. - Yeah.

Their scientists were able to build carbon scrubbers

that could filter 80 metric tons of the atmosphere a day.

Pulled their planet right back from the brink.

I brought those plans to many hurting worlds.

But it'll take years, in some cases, to build them.

My God.

Yeah.

You could drive a semi truck through here.

Exactly.

Or a small army.

Or refugees from a dying planet.

Yeah, of course.

And has anyone traveled in this Corridor?

No. No one has.

It's too dangerous.

Especially with the power issue.

But when we fired it up,

a superpositional state was briefly established inside.

And you're not using quantum processors

to manage the adaptive shielding?

And I'm guessing your issue isn't raw power so much as processing power?

You're up early.

Last night...

I dreamt about the day I asked your mother to marry me.

I asked her if I could be your father.

And I became her husband.

I loved, honored and cherished her for the rest of her life.

When I became your father...

I promised to protect you.

No, Papa.

You weren't even in the same world.

You may not be my Daniela,

but when I look at you, I see my daughter.

I know what you mean.

Oh, shit.

Thanks.

Hey. I was wondering...

Well, you know, it's Charlie's birthday today

and I was gonna call him.

Would you want to say hi?

If you don't think it would upset him.

Well, he's never known you.

I think he'd like it.

It wouldn't be weird?

At this point, nothing is weird.

Okay.

Hello?

- Hey, Eduardo, it's Charlie's mom. - Hey, Mrs. Stewart.

Hi, is he there?

No, he left yesterday.

Where'd he go?

I don't want to get him in trouble.

No, that's okay. You won't.

I mean, he just said he was going to be out of town for a few days

to visit a friend.

Which friend?

Someone named Max.

Mrs. Stewart?

Yeah, thanks, Eduardo.

Will you tell him that I called?

Yeah. Yeah, sure thing.

Everything okay?

Did you just come through?

Wait. Charlie?

Charlie.

How do you know my name?

You're not in any danger.

I'm... I'm Laurel.

I'm sorry, I'm a little excited. I've... I've never met a Charlie before.

You've been traveling long?

About a day.

Any other injuries?

What happened?

Branch hit me.

I was in a forest.

It was dark.

Something was chasing me.

I'm glad you made it here.

What is this place?

My home.

I was sleeping upstairs a couple of years ago,

and when I heard what sounded like an explosion

that shook the bones of the house,

I ran downstairs to find three intruders.

The box,

a man named Jason Dessen, and a woman named Amanda Lucas.

You've...

You've met my dad?

A version.

And you're just cool with the box being in your house?

Something like that.

Are you hungry?

Tired?

Yeah, very tired.

You're welcome to sleep here for a few hours.

I have a guest room upstairs, but a lot of people stay...

stay near the box.

This...

this couch pulls out.

Hey, you've reached the Stewarts.

We can't come to the phone right now, so leave a message.

Jason, are you there?

If you're there, pick up.

I just called Charlie, and Eduardo said he's been gone

since yesterday, that he went to see Max.

I'm at my dad's now, but I'm gonna head back.

I should be there in a few hours.

I'm hoping maybe you've seen him.

Okay, I love you.

Hey, call me when you know what's going on.

I will...

- I'm still wearing your jacket. - No, keep it.

I don't know what to say.

You know, the most important day of your life is the day you meet yourself.

And when you do,

you're going to encounter the same person I've always seen.

The bravest, kindest, most beautiful soul I've ever met.

Knowing you, this version, has been a perfect thing.

If you ever need me, I'm here.

Now, go find your son.

Hey, I'll be right with you.

Hey.

Hi.

Hey, you're the PI that I... you know, helped me with the thing.

- That's right. Mitchel MacNamara. - Yeah.

- Jason? - Yeah, wow.

- Good to see ya. - You too.

What can I get you?

Your finest rye.

- Rocks or... - Neat.

Neat.

You and the family settling in okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Actually, we got a place close by in Logan Square,

and I work here and my son's in college.

- Wow. - Yeah.

What's he studying?

Architecture.

- That's great. - Yeah.

Hey, it's quiet. I'll buy you a drink?

Look, I'd... I'd like to, but I got a lot of prep to finish

before the happy hour rush, but thank you.

Yeah, it's about to get a little crazy in here.

Another?

What does it do?

What does what do?

Your cube.

I'm sorry?

Look.

Look, if you want the information I have to stay between us,

I got to know what's going on.

What information?

These people in San Francisco, they look very familiar.

I'm gonna ask you to leave right now. Let me see that.

What does it do?

Listen, you walk out or I get someone to drag you...

You and your family are finally getting your footing here.

Does your boss know you're not really Jason Stewart?

Does Charlie's school know?

I'm not trying to mess up your life, but maybe we can help each other out.

All good, Jay?

- Don't do this. - Jason?

Yeah, yeah, it's all good.

I'll have another.

All right.

You know what?

I will join you.

Why not?

I don't want any more trouble.

Why would you?

If I show you, you'll leave me and my family alone forever?

I give you my word.

Yeah.

Just give me a sec.

- Hey, Matt. - Yeah.

- Can I... - What?

Listen, I hate to do this to you.

What's going on?

I need to take off.

Everything okay?

It's a family emergency.

Go do what you gotta do.

Thank you.

All right.

Are you sure that you want to do this?

I have to do this.

Well, salud.

I will get my things.

How did you pay for all this?

So, it turns out my counterpart in this world is a bit of a fuck-up.

Yeah.

Running Velocity into the ground.

So, I took over.

Brought some technological wonders from other worlds.

Now, Velocity is the premier tech company that it should be.

- Okay. Hello. - I know. Thank you.

Yeah, we're all from the same world.

Blair.

Hey.

Hi.

Wow.

What are you doing here?

I'm trying to help this guy make better worlds.

So, shall we eat?

Yeah.

Have you ever been inside?

Heard enough stories to know that the Corridor's no place for someone like me.

But I am very curious.

Can I get you anything else?

No, thank you.

But I should probably get going.

No, no, no, no, you're my guest.

Can I ask you why...

you're in the box alone?

You know what happened to my father, right?

He was kidnapped by a version of himself and tried to take over his life.

Yeah.

In your world, did he ever make it back?

He did.

Along with a bunch of other versions of him.

Jason!

Jay!

Village Tap.

Hi, it's Daniela.

Is Jason there?

No, he took off a couple of hours ago.

He said he had a family emergency.

Okay, if he comes back,

will you tell him that I called and I'm at the house?

- Sure thing. You got it. - Okay, thanks. Bye.

Today's our birthday.

Mine and Max's.

Happy birthday.

Thanks.

A couple of days ago, my...

my dad said he saw a world where Max was still alive.

And you want to meet him.

This is your first time alone in the box.

Everyone, including yourself, has told me how scary a place it can be.

And all that stuff swirling around in your head isn't helping.

What do I do?

I have an idea.

Would you excuse me for a moment?

Seriously, it's kind of perfect, right?

This world is...

it's not spoiled, it's real.

And what does that mean?

Well, there aren't screens everywhere, right?

People actually look at each other, talk to each other.

Well, you are bringing a cell phone to market.

She's got you there, pal.

- What? No. No, no, no. That's not... - Hey.

Okay. Sorry.

Excuse me.

It's...

It's really good to see you.

What do you get up to in the box?

You know, just try to survive.

Just like you, I guess.

I met him.

The Jason whose life you stole.

- Yeah. - Yeah, he was with Amanda.

The Amanda you up and left.

Yes.

They found me in a Velocity hangar, and I was living in it.

And they told me everything.

You know, I'm not proud of the things...

Well, that's a fucking relief, Jason, because...

it sounded pretty horrific.

You know?

Why are you here?

Because I would...

I would like to look at myself in the mirror and not hate what I see.

Then volunteer at a soup kitchen.

Hey, I'm sorry about that.

So, you...

You tell him about your read on the power issue?

Yeah, she might have a fix.

Okay, listen, I wasn't gonna do this till later,

but fuck it.

We started strong, right?

The middle, a little shaky, but the end is about to be spectacular.

What is happening? What are you doing right now, Leighton?

Blair, the three of us built some amazing shit together,

and here we are.

We found each other again, right?

It's fate.

- Leighton. - Come home.

Come home and let me put that brilliant mind of yours to work.

We can finish what we started.

Hey.

Don't.

What?

So, at first, I was pretty lucky.

Okay. I...

went into the box with so much positive energy.

And fear.

I had fear too.

And so, after that,

every world that I went to was worse than the one before it.

And so the more angry and scared I became,

the more dangerous until...

Oh, my God.

What the fuck?

Stop.

I killed a whole world.

God.

- No, no, you didn't. - Billions of people.

It wasn't you.

And that's just the human toll.

- You're not to blame for any of that. - Yes, yes.

Yes, I am.

Because I built the box.

I used the box.

Bad things have happened.

There's no argument there.

And they may even happen again.

But I have been to worlds that would have gone dark if it wasn't for the box.

Okay, we can still do some good.

Okay, we'll... We'll come up with guidelines, right?

- Procedures, safety measures. Blair. - The box is a disaster.

I'm sorry, it is.

- So, then you build a bigger one? - Can you just...

Are you out of your fucking mind?

Blair.

This is an uncontrollable, unstoppable force.

- Just please. - Stop!

Stop.

Because if you think that you can manage the unintended consequences of this shit...

You can't.

All right, lay it on me.

How is there another family across the country that looks exactly like yours?

Why do people walk into this thing and disappear?

And how are you connected with Velocity?

I'm really good at my job,

but I can't even begin to put the pieces of this puzzle together

in a way that makes any sense.

I've been all over this thing. Inside, out.

I can't find something that even hints at what it does.

Listen to me.

I know this is all very confusing and mysterious,

but if I were you, I would just walk away and not look back.

Once you know, you can't unknow.

Please, man, just trust me, go fucking live your life.

Forget about the box.

Forget about me.

Wow, I think you actually mean that.

Like you don't even know.

Look, I don't want to threaten you or your family, but I need to know...

Okay.

You need to know.

I think it's easier if I just show you.

We going in?

Come on.

Now, right up the back...

Here?

There's a panel, down low.

And you need to press it.

Does it press in?

Hey.

I did warn you.

Hey. Hey!

Hey.

Hey, knock it off!

Hey!

I've been struck how interconnected everyone's stories are.

One Jason theorizes that you're all being pulled together by communal entanglement.

Not everyone's adept at navigating the box.

But the ones who figure it out all say the same thing.

To get to where you wanna go, you need to remember something.

Ideally a person.

I mean, I was four when Max died.

Do you have any memories of him?

I remember him in a hospital bed, hooked up to a bunch of tubes.

My mom has these videos of us when we were younger...

My favorite is this one of my dad.

He's raking this huge pile of leaves

and he just keeps pushing them all around us.

And the two of us are just laughing and laughing

as the pile gets bigger and bigger.

I suspect that might just take you where you wanna go.

It's okay.

Fuck this.

What did they do now?

They took bone marrow this time.

Still looking for antigens that they're not gonna fucking find.

- Fuck. - Are you okay?

Thank you.

Hey...

Thank God.

I'm Dr. Leighton Vance, and I've been asked to speak with the both of you today

because of my company's involvement

with investigating the Shikaakwa Park cube.

Now, as you know, there was hope

that since you both were able to somehow rejuvenate

from the Black Iris plague, your bodies may contain the road map

- to developing a vaccine. - You know they...

Unfortunately, their testing came up empty,

and all attention has been turned to the cube.

They're hoping it's what somehow cured you.

We already dismantled the one that was moved to Millennium Park.

Shit.

The Black Iris plague is spreading around the world,

and the United Great Lakes has agreed to cooperate

with the international requests to share all critical data.

Which includes the cube and all known information about the both of you.

- What information? - What the fuck?

Representatives from the state union will be here to collect you both in 30 minutes.

Their methods of inquiry will become considerably more intense.

I brought you both a change of clothes.

Leighton...

Please help us.

I'm sorry.

I've done all I can do.

Ryan.

- Come on. This is Anthony. - Hey.

He'll take you the rest of the way.

- Good luck. - Wait, you're not coming with us?

We hacked the cameras. If I hurry, it'll be like I never left.

- What if they catch you? - No.

I need to stay inside on this.

- Why? - For when you come back with the cure.

This is my home.

I have to make this right.

I'm so sorry we brought this plague.

You're good people.

You just got caught up in something that should have never been created.

All right, you have eight minutes to leave the building.

Find the doctors-without-multiverse-borders

version of me.

Bring back a cure.

What's the plan?

The closer we get to the box, the more blockades.

Hoping to get to Old Town before we have to get too inventive.

Proceed to your assigned screening line.

- Move it! Move it! - This is for your own safety.

- Make your way to the end of the line. - Hey, let go of me!

Leave all belongings, you only need your helmet and identification card.

Next up. Let's go.

- It's positive. - No. No!

- How far are we from the box? - Six blocks.

From here, all street access to the city's barricaded,

but you can snake along the water.

Your Lavender Wings and your auto-injector are in there.

I'm gonna give you guys some cover.

All along there are naval mines.

The plague decimated Michigan.

It's to keep the refugees away.

Oh, God, this place got really authoritarian really fucking fast?

I'm gonna go out there, I'm gonna trigger an explosion.

- What? - As safely as possible.

It'll hopefully draw the attention of those guarding the box

and give you guys enough of an opening.

- That's the best I can do. - Okay.

Hey, Leighton said you guys would bring back a cure.

My parents have it.

We will.

Thank you.

Okay. Come on.

- You okay? - Yeah.

Oh, fuck.

What the hell was that?

Shit. What do you think?

We need to get the drone in the air!

It kind of feels like now or never.

Okay.

Let's go.

Come on.

Hey! Stop!

Stop or we will shoot!

Oh, my God!

Come on.

- Come on, come on, come on. - Shoot!

Hey, hey, hey.

Come here.

Amanda, hey. Hey.

Amanda!

Amanda!

Hey. Hey.

Please, don't...

Max...

it's Charlie.

I remember you.

And he just...

Let Blair walk out.

Having seen everything?

Everything.

I want you to find her.

And when you do, she doesn't leave your sight.

I wanna know everything she's doing.

Oh, God.

Fuck.

Fuck! Yes!

Yes.

Hello again.