Inertia (2025) Movie Script
Do you ever,
wonder what's up there?
Roman. Come on.
We thank you, Lord God,
for satisfying us sinners
and not depriving us
of your blessing.
You're not from
around here, are you?
What gave me away?
You look like shit.
You're also drinking vodka.
You don't drink vodka?
This isn't the place to
experience the taste of winter.
What do you mean?
We drink vodka to
celebrate our heritage.
And here people drink to forget.
You wanna get out of here?
You don't even know my name.
I'd like to.
Mariya.
Dmitri.
I hate this.
You didn't have fun?
I did.
And that's the problem.
I had fun, too.
When the sun goes up
all the way through,
we'll go our separate ways.
You'll go back to
wherever you're from.
Find your true love.
Start a family.
Grow old.
What if you're my true love?
I'm serious.
When you think back
to this moment.
What will you remember?
My kiss?
Your eyes.
How they glisten like stars
even in the darkness.
- Stop.
- What?
These are just words.
- Mariya.
- Words.
No. They're more.
This is destiny.
- Destiny?
- Yes.
And we can shape it to
be whatever we want.
Think about it.
Through all of the
space and time and variance of
what today could have brought,
it brought us here together.
- It's.
- Fate?
Exactly.
If fate brought us together
once, then we can bring
ourselves together again.
We're in control now.
We.
We are forever.
Here you are. On the edge of
something bigger than anything
you've ever faced.
The clock's ticking, and soon
nothing will be left untouched.
You've walked a centuries face
adversaries that defy reality.
You've bent the course
of history itself.
Time has folded, unfolded in
many ways that only a few could
ever imagine.
And through it all,
you never wavered.
Mom.
What? What?
No.
No. No!
Ow!
I don't speak Russian.
Demons sleep outside.
Don't even speak Russian.
Essentials only.
No.
Essentials only.
I can just,
put it back later if you want.
Oh, um.
I forgot to pick up the bra.
- Oh.
- Mom.
I couldn't hold everything
here if you want to go get it.
Yes, please. One moment.
- Hi.
- Hey.
What are you listening to?
You've never heard of them.
Try me.
They're a local band.
- Yeah.
- Velvet Rouge.
They're a rock band.
I heard them at, like,
a local music festival.
What's that?
You don't know what
a music festival is?
No. Is it, like, kind
of like a concert?
It's like a bunch
of concerts in one.
Bunch of artists come and
perform for, like,
an entire week.
Sounds awesome.
What do you listen to?
Um. You know.
Tchaikovsky. Stravinsky.
Rachmaninoff.
Anyone from this century?
- Uh, well.
- There you go.
Thank you.
Okay.
And your total is $42.49.
And,
here's your change.
Thank you.
All right.
Come on. Let's go. Thank you.
It was great talking to you.
- What?
- You.
What about me?
You stare too much.
- What?
- At the girl.
No I wasn't.
Yes you were.
Mom, I wasn't staring.
Was it that bad?
Stay behind me.
If something happens.
Run.
I got it.
I got it.
Hello.
You stare too much.
Hello.
Sweet.
Holy shit.
Can I help you?
Uh.
Hey, um,
Can I actually help you?
Hey, uh.
Is there anywhere I can
unleash my super heavy duty?
You got a bathroom?
Unleash my super heavy duty.
What does that even mean?
It's not that bad.
You shouldn't be scared.
What am I doing?
You're gonna look like
an idiot.
You're gonna look like
an idiot.
Hey.
Hey, I'm back.
Okay. Okay.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Hey.
I'm back.
Why did you slick
your hair back?
What?
Your hair.
Did you go to the bathroom
to slick back your hair?
No, no, no.
I. I went to the bathroom
to use the bathroom.
Okay.
Your total is 2.99.
Here's a five.
Thanks.
Here's your change.
Thanks.
You good?
Yeah.
Uh,
Lennon.
I'm Roman.
Hi, Roman.
Hi. Uh, I was wondering.
What are you doing after this?
Cause I'm really busy.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Well, um, I've got, uh,
dinner with some people.
From the workplace.
Oh. The workplace.
You know, 9 to 5 is pretty hard.
Yeah. Yeah.
Do you have good insurance?
Where do you work?
It's like, not
far up the street.
You mean the Home Depot?
Look, uh.
I just want to get
to know you better.
Okay. Ask me anything.
Well, what do you do for fun?
Like, what do you do after this?
There has to be more, right?
Well, I hang out
with people, my age.
I go to parties, with
people my age.
And, um.
I go out, with people, my age.
Oh. Come on.
We're only like, what,
a few years apart?
You look like 12.
I'm 14.
Okay. Almost 15.
Well, I don't hang
out with 13 year olds.
I gotta get back to work.
Actually, I do need to talk
to you about something.
Oh, yeah?
What do you say?
I know you said you had a
9 to 5, but can you somehow get
off early?
Because I get off at three.
Well.
It's like a 9 to 5,
but I can take a break.
So why don't we meet the back
of the store at 3:00 on the dot?
Cool.
Sounds like a plan and a half.
Great.
Are we done here?
Cause I've got to go
pick up some boxes.
Well, uh.
I've got to get this
battery back to the office.
Right. Yeah.
The office.
But, uh.
I'll see you at three.
- Bye.
- Bye.
From the mail clerk, he gets a
very important letter.
Every day, everywhere.
Hundreds of mailmen are
going their rounds.
The mailman is
friendly and helpful.
Almost everybody likes him.
For almost everybody
likes to get mail.
Hey, Lennon.
- Hey.
- Hi.
You look nice.
So, what do you usually
get up to back here?
Look, I need to
show you something.
How did you do that?
I don't know.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Here.
Watch it again.
Maybe it's like a
glitch or something.
No, do not try to gaslight me.
Watched it, like 30 times.
Look, I'm, I'm really
sorry for stealing.
I can I can pay you back.
I don't care about the money.
This place sucks.
Then what do you want then?
I want you to do it again.
- What?
- Right here, right now.
Make something move.
- I can't do that.
- Yes you can.
I can't.
Fine. Then I'll just handle
this the way I handle every
other pathetic shoplifter.
Please don't do this.
Stop!
Stop! Oh!
Damn it!
I knew it.
You know I still have
the original, right?
How did you do that?
I just can.
Huh?
Are you still gonna
tell the police.
You know, I probably could
forget about it if you do one
thing for me.
Its lavender.
- So.
- Smoke with me first.
Breathe.
It'll get easier.
How do you do this?
I don't know.
It's supposed to help with,
like, anxiety and
shit, you know?
Calm you down.
Inhaling the good shit.
Exhaling the bullshit.
You got Snapchat?
No.
I don't even have a phone.
Why not?
Well, me and my mom moved
around a lot.
What's she like?
My mom.
Yeah. What's her deal?
Well,
she's tough.
She's Russian.
Do you speak Russian?
No. Not anymore.
You use like Duolingo or something?
No I just, I just watch a lot of TV.
What'd you watch?
I guess whatever's on.
Do you know what
movie I love?
What?
- 17 Again.
- With Zac Efron.
Well, yeah.
It was on a lot after
it came out, but, uh.
Oh. That and say anything.
Well, I can promise you that
nobody stood outside my
house with the a boombox.
Oh, well, not yet anyway.
Oh my god.
What?
You.
You don't have to try
that hard.
What do you mean?
Just,
chill.
Hang out.
Let loose.
You know who really ought
to get a piece of my mind?
Who?
The companies that
make printers.
Printers?
Yes, printers.
What did printers ever do to you.
They became wireless and have
to be connected to Wi-Fi is
what they did.
Okay. They made the whole
entire process of printing ten
times more complicated
than it needs to be.
That's what they did to me.
No one's forcing you to use
a wireless printer, Jimmy.
But what if I have
to print something?
I mean, it's the
principle, Nadine.
It's like the cloud.
Okay. What the hell is it?
You know, I know that cloud.
I know what those do.
But what about the cloud that
has all of our
family photos on it?
But where even is it?
You know, my mom, she used to
print out all of
our family photos.
Okay. And I can't do that
because I don't know how to
work our printer.
Holy shit.
Who is it, Jimmy?
Go around to the garage.
I'll meet you there.
It's nobody. It's just
a neighbor.
Which one?
Hey.
Thank you.
You gotta go.
Now.
I need your car.
What? No.
Wouldn't be asking if it wasn't
absolutely necessary, man.
What are you trying to do,
save the world with my car?
Oh, my God, you're trying to
save the world with my car.
Does your mom know?
She's not dumb.
I never really try to hide it.
Like every thanksgiving when my family comes over.
If one of them makes a stupid
comment, Ill usually,
go upstairs and,
you know, smoke a little.
And then at dinner, I chow
down, to my mom's dismay.
I usually hear Lennon somewhere
around me, but I never look up.
It's just me and the food.
So your mom's tough too, huh?
She's Catholic.
Oh, I gotcha.
Yeah.
Most of my family is.
They go to church on
Sunday and everything.
Do you?
No.
Not anymore.
Not since my grandmother passed.
What was she like?
She was the best.
She was the one person on
this planet earth that,
truly loved me unconditionally.
Well, Im sure your family loves you.
Yeah its just hard to read
in between the lines.
My grandmother though.
She was a badass.
She was really involved in
her prayer groups and shit.
But,
one day, the other people in
the prayer groups just started
being like super homophobic.
You know what my
grandmother said?
- What?
- That's not Christian.
And she's right.
It's not.
Jesus hung out with, like,
prostitutes and shit.
He loved everyone.
That's how I want to be.
Well, why can't you be?
When you live in
a town like this.
Its kind of hard not to get
caught up in the bullshit.
That's what you exhale, right?
You're learning.
Traitor.
Do it!
Kill me!
I was there.
When your freak was born.
You gave birth to a demon.
My wife gave birth
to a daughter.
But your son.
He took both of them from me.
My world.
It was gone.
And the coming of the lawless
one is the activity of Satan.
Kill me!
Kill me!
Hey, it's me. It's me.
You're okay. You're okay.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I know you have questions.
I'll do my best.
But we need to go right now.
Okay? Right now.
Okay. Come on.
Do you ever,
wonder what's up there?
Like, physically?
Like
what's beyond the clouds?
Beyond the atmosphere
of our little blue dot.
I guess,
I always thought of
it like the ocean.
Like,
there's so much stuff up there.
Like stuff we'll never discover.
Stuff we can't even comprehend.
There's,
probably an infinite
number of ways to.
What's wrong.
It's nothing.
It's just,
I always wondered what it
would be like to just fly away.
Leave everything
behind and take off.
Trust me, it's it's cool to
have a place to call home.
I know, but.
What if that place,
I don't know, locks
you in a box.
Guess you're thinking
out of the box then.
Well.
The only way I see
getting out of the box,
is by leaving.
I mean,
you got to do what you gotta do.
What are you gonna do when
you're out on your own?
I don't know.
I've,
moved around so much.
Never had time to think.
You'd be the best magician.
At like, at like children's
parties and shit.
Not even the adults will
be able to figure you out.
What about you?
What do you want to do?
I've always loved to sing.
You sing?
Yeah. I did musicals and
stuff when I was a kid.
I was Dorothy in
the Wizard of Oz.
Does that make me
your scarecrow?
But seriously, though.
Sing for me.
Right here?
Is there anywhere better I
can sort of play the piano.
That's the song.
Here, let me show you.
It's,
D-flat major seven.
Yeah. And then it's
B-flat minor seven.
And then G flat major seven.
G flat minor seven.
D flat major seven. Again.
That's pretty much it.
It's nice.
Thanks.
Do you want to try it?
Yeah.
I think I'm scared you'll
change your mind
Or even worse
I think I'm scared
that you'll change mine
My inecurity is benign
I'll say I'm fine
But I know it's only a
matter of time
Before I overthink
the situation
Take myself revelation, babe
Confrontations never
been my strong suit
But I'm asking you to stay
To stay
Cause I think that I love you
But that terrifies me
Cause that means I've
got so much to lose
And I think that I love you
But I'm still learning how to
Forgive me if I'm
breaking all the rules
It's cause I love you
I'll share the past
parts of myself
To show you just how
much I have grown
I'll pull pulled them
off the highest shelf
I'll give you everything
I own
I wanna feel you in the
depths of every memory
That I burn inside my mind
I wanna kiss you in
the pouring rain
And tell you everything's
gonna be fine
Fine. Cause I think
that I love you
But that terrifies me
Cause that means I've
got so much to lose
I think that I love you, but
I'm still learning how to
Forgive me if I'm
breaking all the rules
It's cause I love you
It's cause I love you,
It's cause I love you
Hey, who's up there?
Go.
Come on.
Can I tell you something?
I think today may have been
the greatest day of my life.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Well, I mean.
I've never really hung out with
anyone my own age before, let
alone for a whole day.
You know, I'm older
than you, right?
Okay. But, like,
by a year or two.
It makes a difference.
Does it?
Wait.
Is something wrong?
No. Um. No. No.
Nothing. Um.
Nothing's wrong.
I. I just.
You never did tell me
what you wanted from me.
Not that I didn't
have fun, I just.
Well, I wanted to make
sure we were even.
You know, with, like,
the cops and all.
I was never actually going
to go through with that.
You literally got
to the operator.
I was gonna tell him that the
guys in the front of the store.
Okay. Yeah.
All right.
Well.
Next time they mess with me,
I'll have you with me to mess
them up.
They won't know what's coming.
What do you mean?
Not that I want you to
hurt them, hurt them.
Just to get them to stop.
I don't do things like that.
Come on.
You could be like the
king of pranks and shit.
Maybe that's what God put
you on this earth to do.
I highly doubt God put
me on this planet to
be on jackass or something.
I'm not sure I even
believe in God.
What do you believe in, then?
I don't know.
I guess.
I guess I believe in fate.
- Fate.
- Yeah.
Yeah, fate.
I can, I can kind of feel it.
You know.
Like,
like, like when I created
more for you to smoke, right?
I felt it there.
It's kind of like the only
thing that really makes sense
to me.
Well, I believe that God put
us on this earth for a purpose.
That God brought us
together for a purpose.
Well, what purpose is that?
You're about to find out.
I'm not from here.
I'm a spy from the future, sent
back in time to stop events
from happening.
The night that we met, I
just prevented one of the
biggest weapon manufacturers
from becoming anything.
I went back in time to when she
was a child, and I killed her
family and then killed
her while she was asleep.
- I didn't want to.
- But you did anyway.
These aren't people you
can say no to Mariya.
That night, what we
felt that connection.
That was real.
I've never felt anything
more real in my life.
But I had to finish my contract.
But you never came back.
Until now.
This is the final piece of my
contract preventing our son
from destroying the
entire universe.
We couldn't know it.
But because I'm from the future
and you're from the past, our
son was born out of time.
He has no place in the
timeline of the universe.
What do you mean?
I don't know where.
And I don't know how.
All I know is that I need to
get to him right now, before he
rips a hole in the
fabric of time and space.
Well,
here it is.
Hang tight.
- I'll be right back.
- Okay.
Take your time.
Roman get in the car!
- What?
- Hurry up!
Get in the car!
Lennon!
Lennon.
What are we doing?
We're running away.
What? Where?
You've been everywhere.
We'll figure it out.
Roman, start the car.
I can't do that.
Start the goddamn car!
Okay, okay.
Hey! Hey!
Lennon!
Yeah.
We just committed
grand theft auto!
Hell, yeah, we did.
My mom's gonna kill me.
It's just me and you
against the world, Roman.
Lennon! Stop the car.
We have to think this through.
It's too late.
We're already running away.
Roman! Roman!
Roman.
- No!
- We need to go.
Let me go!
Let me go!
Lennon!
- Please.
- Lennon!
- Please. Please.
- Roman.
Roman.
We. We have to.
We have to explain.
Stay back.
Roman.
Please.
Who are you?
That's him.
It's me Roman.
You.
You're not here.
You don't exist!
I do exist, and I
am here right now.
- No!
- Please.
I'm here to help.
Im here to help you.
If you're here to help.
Then bring her back.
Roman.
If you're here to help me.
If you want to help me,
bring her back.
Roman.
- She's.
- No.
Roman. I'm so sorry.
Stay away.
I'm from the future, Roman.
Been trying to find you and
trying to find both of you.
I know what its like to
lose everything you love.
Roman.
If you're from the future.
You're from the past.
Then.
I'm niether.
Roman don't.
Roman no!
- Roman let go!
- You bring her back!
I can save her!
Roman?
I was just.
Where am I?
You're here.
With me.
At what cost?
I think we should run. Right?
There's nowhere to run.
The end.
It's here.
And there's no way.
No.
Can only wait to be consumed
into the void of nothingness.
Sounds a lot like you.
Two boys.
How can you joke at
a time like this?
Well, what are we
supposed to do?
Sit around with our
dicks in our hands?
You do realize that
you did this, right.
Shut up!
You're not my fucking dad.
Hey!
Language.
Hello, everybody. I'm Robin.
I'll be your server tonight.
Can I get you started off
with something to drink?
Can we just have
one moment, please?
We're about to go
on Doctor Phil.
He punched a really big
hole in his wall.
Its like this big.
Okay, well, I'll
be back in five.
This is not what I thought you
meant when you
promised me forever.
Trust me, it wasn't.
This is all your fault.
My fault?
The last time I checked,
it takes two people.
Can we please.
He's not wrong.
Well, maybe if your
father could own up to his
responsibilities but not
end up in this situation.
I think what she's trying
to say is you were, um.
A little surprise.
Okay, that's not what I mean.
It's just we're finding
ourselves in quite,
predicament.
Come on, guys.
This might be the only
time we have dinner
together as a family.
Excuse me. We're ready.
Okay. What can I get for y'all?
Nothing for me.
Well, I am going to have.
Fresh salmon.
Um, twin lobster tail and, um,
fresh fillet of tilapia.
This is on him.
Can I have,
blueberry pancakes with a
side of home fries and a Coke.
Is it me?
So this,
napkin.
This is the universe and
time and space flow freely
throughout every
weave of this napkin.
Just like a napkin.
Universe can be folded
whatever which way.
But Roman, cause
you were born
outside the napkin.
You're able to control
which way it folds.
Instead what you did was.
You created a hole in the
fabric of time by bringing your
girlfriend back.
He's not my boyfriend.
Not the point.
Once you put a
hole in the fabric of space and
time, it's there forever.
And just like a hole in
anything, it gets bigger and
bigger and bigger
until it's nothing.
How did you get here then?
It's different.
In the future.
We develop methods of time
traveling where we move along
the fabric instead
of through it.
This is what does it.
Is that an EpiPen?
No, it's not an EpiPen.
Well, it sure looks
like an EpiPen.
I can promise you,
it's not an EpiPen.
The point is that that hole
you tore is just the beginning.
The fabric will continue to
open, which messes with the
Earth's gravitational pull.
Just like every time you
levitate something Roman.
And then.
Boom.
The Earth.
The universe will crumble into
a little ball
until it's nothing.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have forced you
to help me steal my mom's car.
You two did what?
Can't you see, he's upset.
There was nothing we could
do to save the car except for
stand and watch.
No, Lennon.
Can't you see?
I destroyed the world.
Here we are.
This is for you.
The eggs and toast.
They're thawing out the fish.
So, um, is there anything else
I can get you at the moment?
No. Thank you so much.
You're an asshole.
I'm an asshole.
Yes you are.
Were talking about the end of
the universe here
and you want family dinner.
How come you never visited.
Oh my God, shut up!
What if I use your stupid
EpiPen thingy to
go back in time?
And do what?
Stop my birth.
Roman.
What?
Neither of you wanted me anyway.
Plus, it solves
all our problems.
You get to live in Russia.
You get to continue doing
your stupid time travel shit.
And you.
You get to live.
No, there is no way.
It's the only way.
- No.
- It's out of the question.
Please.
Run!
Stop! Wait!
Roman! Come on!
Come on.
All right.
I'm ready.
Lennon I have to do this.
You can't just erase yourself
from existence.
This is all my fault.
Okay?
I should have stayed home.
I should have listened.
I should have never went back
to the stupid trift shop.
I'm glad you did it.
You wouldn't have died.
Not in the same way.
But I would be the reason.
Me. I would be the reason
that everyone dies.
And you're holding the only
chance of me changing that.
I have to do it.
I have to fix this.
From where I stand,
nothing's broken.
You're gonna do what
you're gonna do.
I can't stop you.
Lennon.
I can't be here when
you do this.
Wait.
In a second,
you're not gonna
remember any of this.
This whole day.
Everything we've
done together, us.
Sitting in the fields.
Exploring the abandoned house.
Singing together.
Everything.
And,
whether it's fate
or God or whatever.
It brought us together
for a purpose.
And what's that?
It brought us together.
To save the world.
Our world.
And this day could
have gone in so many
- different ways.
- I'm glad you were just you.
I know, but.
Goodbye.
Fate?
If fate brought us together
once, then we can bring
ourselves together again.
Were in control.
I came to stop you.
Why didnt you.
In.
In every time line,
this will be the hardest thing
I ever have to do.
Sometimes you have to put you
faith in destiny.
Without you sitting here.
The world would be lost.
And finding you in the future and seeing,
whatever you become.
Makes all this worth it.
See you soon.
You, you stare too much.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Inhaling the good shit right.
Yup.
And exhaling the bullshit.
What if I told you that there's
a version of this story where
we hang out all day.
We steal a car, we go on a run,
we get kicked out of a church.
That sounds kind of awesome.
Yeah, but
let's throw that
away for a second,
because fate,
is a really funny thing.
Fate.
What if I told you that in that
story, fate put us together to
save the universe.
Okay, Peter Parker.
My point is.
There's a version of this
story that has a happy ending.
Where all this shit you've been
dreaming about your whole life
comes true.
You don't know me.
But I do.
Okay.
Then what's that dream?
I guess you have to come
with me to find out.
Was that your car?
What time is your dance
class tomorrow?
6:15.
wonder what's up there?
Roman. Come on.
We thank you, Lord God,
for satisfying us sinners
and not depriving us
of your blessing.
You're not from
around here, are you?
What gave me away?
You look like shit.
You're also drinking vodka.
You don't drink vodka?
This isn't the place to
experience the taste of winter.
What do you mean?
We drink vodka to
celebrate our heritage.
And here people drink to forget.
You wanna get out of here?
You don't even know my name.
I'd like to.
Mariya.
Dmitri.
I hate this.
You didn't have fun?
I did.
And that's the problem.
I had fun, too.
When the sun goes up
all the way through,
we'll go our separate ways.
You'll go back to
wherever you're from.
Find your true love.
Start a family.
Grow old.
What if you're my true love?
I'm serious.
When you think back
to this moment.
What will you remember?
My kiss?
Your eyes.
How they glisten like stars
even in the darkness.
- Stop.
- What?
These are just words.
- Mariya.
- Words.
No. They're more.
This is destiny.
- Destiny?
- Yes.
And we can shape it to
be whatever we want.
Think about it.
Through all of the
space and time and variance of
what today could have brought,
it brought us here together.
- It's.
- Fate?
Exactly.
If fate brought us together
once, then we can bring
ourselves together again.
We're in control now.
We.
We are forever.
Here you are. On the edge of
something bigger than anything
you've ever faced.
The clock's ticking, and soon
nothing will be left untouched.
You've walked a centuries face
adversaries that defy reality.
You've bent the course
of history itself.
Time has folded, unfolded in
many ways that only a few could
ever imagine.
And through it all,
you never wavered.
Mom.
What? What?
No.
No. No!
Ow!
I don't speak Russian.
Demons sleep outside.
Don't even speak Russian.
Essentials only.
No.
Essentials only.
I can just,
put it back later if you want.
Oh, um.
I forgot to pick up the bra.
- Oh.
- Mom.
I couldn't hold everything
here if you want to go get it.
Yes, please. One moment.
- Hi.
- Hey.
What are you listening to?
You've never heard of them.
Try me.
They're a local band.
- Yeah.
- Velvet Rouge.
They're a rock band.
I heard them at, like,
a local music festival.
What's that?
You don't know what
a music festival is?
No. Is it, like, kind
of like a concert?
It's like a bunch
of concerts in one.
Bunch of artists come and
perform for, like,
an entire week.
Sounds awesome.
What do you listen to?
Um. You know.
Tchaikovsky. Stravinsky.
Rachmaninoff.
Anyone from this century?
- Uh, well.
- There you go.
Thank you.
Okay.
And your total is $42.49.
And,
here's your change.
Thank you.
All right.
Come on. Let's go. Thank you.
It was great talking to you.
- What?
- You.
What about me?
You stare too much.
- What?
- At the girl.
No I wasn't.
Yes you were.
Mom, I wasn't staring.
Was it that bad?
Stay behind me.
If something happens.
Run.
I got it.
I got it.
Hello.
You stare too much.
Hello.
Sweet.
Holy shit.
Can I help you?
Uh.
Hey, um,
Can I actually help you?
Hey, uh.
Is there anywhere I can
unleash my super heavy duty?
You got a bathroom?
Unleash my super heavy duty.
What does that even mean?
It's not that bad.
You shouldn't be scared.
What am I doing?
You're gonna look like
an idiot.
You're gonna look like
an idiot.
Hey.
Hey, I'm back.
Okay. Okay.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Hey.
I'm back.
Why did you slick
your hair back?
What?
Your hair.
Did you go to the bathroom
to slick back your hair?
No, no, no.
I. I went to the bathroom
to use the bathroom.
Okay.
Your total is 2.99.
Here's a five.
Thanks.
Here's your change.
Thanks.
You good?
Yeah.
Uh,
Lennon.
I'm Roman.
Hi, Roman.
Hi. Uh, I was wondering.
What are you doing after this?
Cause I'm really busy.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Well, um, I've got, uh,
dinner with some people.
From the workplace.
Oh. The workplace.
You know, 9 to 5 is pretty hard.
Yeah. Yeah.
Do you have good insurance?
Where do you work?
It's like, not
far up the street.
You mean the Home Depot?
Look, uh.
I just want to get
to know you better.
Okay. Ask me anything.
Well, what do you do for fun?
Like, what do you do after this?
There has to be more, right?
Well, I hang out
with people, my age.
I go to parties, with
people my age.
And, um.
I go out, with people, my age.
Oh. Come on.
We're only like, what,
a few years apart?
You look like 12.
I'm 14.
Okay. Almost 15.
Well, I don't hang
out with 13 year olds.
I gotta get back to work.
Actually, I do need to talk
to you about something.
Oh, yeah?
What do you say?
I know you said you had a
9 to 5, but can you somehow get
off early?
Because I get off at three.
Well.
It's like a 9 to 5,
but I can take a break.
So why don't we meet the back
of the store at 3:00 on the dot?
Cool.
Sounds like a plan and a half.
Great.
Are we done here?
Cause I've got to go
pick up some boxes.
Well, uh.
I've got to get this
battery back to the office.
Right. Yeah.
The office.
But, uh.
I'll see you at three.
- Bye.
- Bye.
From the mail clerk, he gets a
very important letter.
Every day, everywhere.
Hundreds of mailmen are
going their rounds.
The mailman is
friendly and helpful.
Almost everybody likes him.
For almost everybody
likes to get mail.
Hey, Lennon.
- Hey.
- Hi.
You look nice.
So, what do you usually
get up to back here?
Look, I need to
show you something.
How did you do that?
I don't know.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Here.
Watch it again.
Maybe it's like a
glitch or something.
No, do not try to gaslight me.
Watched it, like 30 times.
Look, I'm, I'm really
sorry for stealing.
I can I can pay you back.
I don't care about the money.
This place sucks.
Then what do you want then?
I want you to do it again.
- What?
- Right here, right now.
Make something move.
- I can't do that.
- Yes you can.
I can't.
Fine. Then I'll just handle
this the way I handle every
other pathetic shoplifter.
Please don't do this.
Stop!
Stop! Oh!
Damn it!
I knew it.
You know I still have
the original, right?
How did you do that?
I just can.
Huh?
Are you still gonna
tell the police.
You know, I probably could
forget about it if you do one
thing for me.
Its lavender.
- So.
- Smoke with me first.
Breathe.
It'll get easier.
How do you do this?
I don't know.
It's supposed to help with,
like, anxiety and
shit, you know?
Calm you down.
Inhaling the good shit.
Exhaling the bullshit.
You got Snapchat?
No.
I don't even have a phone.
Why not?
Well, me and my mom moved
around a lot.
What's she like?
My mom.
Yeah. What's her deal?
Well,
she's tough.
She's Russian.
Do you speak Russian?
No. Not anymore.
You use like Duolingo or something?
No I just, I just watch a lot of TV.
What'd you watch?
I guess whatever's on.
Do you know what
movie I love?
What?
- 17 Again.
- With Zac Efron.
Well, yeah.
It was on a lot after
it came out, but, uh.
Oh. That and say anything.
Well, I can promise you that
nobody stood outside my
house with the a boombox.
Oh, well, not yet anyway.
Oh my god.
What?
You.
You don't have to try
that hard.
What do you mean?
Just,
chill.
Hang out.
Let loose.
You know who really ought
to get a piece of my mind?
Who?
The companies that
make printers.
Printers?
Yes, printers.
What did printers ever do to you.
They became wireless and have
to be connected to Wi-Fi is
what they did.
Okay. They made the whole
entire process of printing ten
times more complicated
than it needs to be.
That's what they did to me.
No one's forcing you to use
a wireless printer, Jimmy.
But what if I have
to print something?
I mean, it's the
principle, Nadine.
It's like the cloud.
Okay. What the hell is it?
You know, I know that cloud.
I know what those do.
But what about the cloud that
has all of our
family photos on it?
But where even is it?
You know, my mom, she used to
print out all of
our family photos.
Okay. And I can't do that
because I don't know how to
work our printer.
Holy shit.
Who is it, Jimmy?
Go around to the garage.
I'll meet you there.
It's nobody. It's just
a neighbor.
Which one?
Hey.
Thank you.
You gotta go.
Now.
I need your car.
What? No.
Wouldn't be asking if it wasn't
absolutely necessary, man.
What are you trying to do,
save the world with my car?
Oh, my God, you're trying to
save the world with my car.
Does your mom know?
She's not dumb.
I never really try to hide it.
Like every thanksgiving when my family comes over.
If one of them makes a stupid
comment, Ill usually,
go upstairs and,
you know, smoke a little.
And then at dinner, I chow
down, to my mom's dismay.
I usually hear Lennon somewhere
around me, but I never look up.
It's just me and the food.
So your mom's tough too, huh?
She's Catholic.
Oh, I gotcha.
Yeah.
Most of my family is.
They go to church on
Sunday and everything.
Do you?
No.
Not anymore.
Not since my grandmother passed.
What was she like?
She was the best.
She was the one person on
this planet earth that,
truly loved me unconditionally.
Well, Im sure your family loves you.
Yeah its just hard to read
in between the lines.
My grandmother though.
She was a badass.
She was really involved in
her prayer groups and shit.
But,
one day, the other people in
the prayer groups just started
being like super homophobic.
You know what my
grandmother said?
- What?
- That's not Christian.
And she's right.
It's not.
Jesus hung out with, like,
prostitutes and shit.
He loved everyone.
That's how I want to be.
Well, why can't you be?
When you live in
a town like this.
Its kind of hard not to get
caught up in the bullshit.
That's what you exhale, right?
You're learning.
Traitor.
Do it!
Kill me!
I was there.
When your freak was born.
You gave birth to a demon.
My wife gave birth
to a daughter.
But your son.
He took both of them from me.
My world.
It was gone.
And the coming of the lawless
one is the activity of Satan.
Kill me!
Kill me!
Hey, it's me. It's me.
You're okay. You're okay.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I know you have questions.
I'll do my best.
But we need to go right now.
Okay? Right now.
Okay. Come on.
Do you ever,
wonder what's up there?
Like, physically?
Like
what's beyond the clouds?
Beyond the atmosphere
of our little blue dot.
I guess,
I always thought of
it like the ocean.
Like,
there's so much stuff up there.
Like stuff we'll never discover.
Stuff we can't even comprehend.
There's,
probably an infinite
number of ways to.
What's wrong.
It's nothing.
It's just,
I always wondered what it
would be like to just fly away.
Leave everything
behind and take off.
Trust me, it's it's cool to
have a place to call home.
I know, but.
What if that place,
I don't know, locks
you in a box.
Guess you're thinking
out of the box then.
Well.
The only way I see
getting out of the box,
is by leaving.
I mean,
you got to do what you gotta do.
What are you gonna do when
you're out on your own?
I don't know.
I've,
moved around so much.
Never had time to think.
You'd be the best magician.
At like, at like children's
parties and shit.
Not even the adults will
be able to figure you out.
What about you?
What do you want to do?
I've always loved to sing.
You sing?
Yeah. I did musicals and
stuff when I was a kid.
I was Dorothy in
the Wizard of Oz.
Does that make me
your scarecrow?
But seriously, though.
Sing for me.
Right here?
Is there anywhere better I
can sort of play the piano.
That's the song.
Here, let me show you.
It's,
D-flat major seven.
Yeah. And then it's
B-flat minor seven.
And then G flat major seven.
G flat minor seven.
D flat major seven. Again.
That's pretty much it.
It's nice.
Thanks.
Do you want to try it?
Yeah.
I think I'm scared you'll
change your mind
Or even worse
I think I'm scared
that you'll change mine
My inecurity is benign
I'll say I'm fine
But I know it's only a
matter of time
Before I overthink
the situation
Take myself revelation, babe
Confrontations never
been my strong suit
But I'm asking you to stay
To stay
Cause I think that I love you
But that terrifies me
Cause that means I've
got so much to lose
And I think that I love you
But I'm still learning how to
Forgive me if I'm
breaking all the rules
It's cause I love you
I'll share the past
parts of myself
To show you just how
much I have grown
I'll pull pulled them
off the highest shelf
I'll give you everything
I own
I wanna feel you in the
depths of every memory
That I burn inside my mind
I wanna kiss you in
the pouring rain
And tell you everything's
gonna be fine
Fine. Cause I think
that I love you
But that terrifies me
Cause that means I've
got so much to lose
I think that I love you, but
I'm still learning how to
Forgive me if I'm
breaking all the rules
It's cause I love you
It's cause I love you,
It's cause I love you
Hey, who's up there?
Go.
Come on.
Can I tell you something?
I think today may have been
the greatest day of my life.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Well, I mean.
I've never really hung out with
anyone my own age before, let
alone for a whole day.
You know, I'm older
than you, right?
Okay. But, like,
by a year or two.
It makes a difference.
Does it?
Wait.
Is something wrong?
No. Um. No. No.
Nothing. Um.
Nothing's wrong.
I. I just.
You never did tell me
what you wanted from me.
Not that I didn't
have fun, I just.
Well, I wanted to make
sure we were even.
You know, with, like,
the cops and all.
I was never actually going
to go through with that.
You literally got
to the operator.
I was gonna tell him that the
guys in the front of the store.
Okay. Yeah.
All right.
Well.
Next time they mess with me,
I'll have you with me to mess
them up.
They won't know what's coming.
What do you mean?
Not that I want you to
hurt them, hurt them.
Just to get them to stop.
I don't do things like that.
Come on.
You could be like the
king of pranks and shit.
Maybe that's what God put
you on this earth to do.
I highly doubt God put
me on this planet to
be on jackass or something.
I'm not sure I even
believe in God.
What do you believe in, then?
I don't know.
I guess.
I guess I believe in fate.
- Fate.
- Yeah.
Yeah, fate.
I can, I can kind of feel it.
You know.
Like,
like, like when I created
more for you to smoke, right?
I felt it there.
It's kind of like the only
thing that really makes sense
to me.
Well, I believe that God put
us on this earth for a purpose.
That God brought us
together for a purpose.
Well, what purpose is that?
You're about to find out.
I'm not from here.
I'm a spy from the future, sent
back in time to stop events
from happening.
The night that we met, I
just prevented one of the
biggest weapon manufacturers
from becoming anything.
I went back in time to when she
was a child, and I killed her
family and then killed
her while she was asleep.
- I didn't want to.
- But you did anyway.
These aren't people you
can say no to Mariya.
That night, what we
felt that connection.
That was real.
I've never felt anything
more real in my life.
But I had to finish my contract.
But you never came back.
Until now.
This is the final piece of my
contract preventing our son
from destroying the
entire universe.
We couldn't know it.
But because I'm from the future
and you're from the past, our
son was born out of time.
He has no place in the
timeline of the universe.
What do you mean?
I don't know where.
And I don't know how.
All I know is that I need to
get to him right now, before he
rips a hole in the
fabric of time and space.
Well,
here it is.
Hang tight.
- I'll be right back.
- Okay.
Take your time.
Roman get in the car!
- What?
- Hurry up!
Get in the car!
Lennon!
Lennon.
What are we doing?
We're running away.
What? Where?
You've been everywhere.
We'll figure it out.
Roman, start the car.
I can't do that.
Start the goddamn car!
Okay, okay.
Hey! Hey!
Lennon!
Yeah.
We just committed
grand theft auto!
Hell, yeah, we did.
My mom's gonna kill me.
It's just me and you
against the world, Roman.
Lennon! Stop the car.
We have to think this through.
It's too late.
We're already running away.
Roman! Roman!
Roman.
- No!
- We need to go.
Let me go!
Let me go!
Lennon!
- Please.
- Lennon!
- Please. Please.
- Roman.
Roman.
We. We have to.
We have to explain.
Stay back.
Roman.
Please.
Who are you?
That's him.
It's me Roman.
You.
You're not here.
You don't exist!
I do exist, and I
am here right now.
- No!
- Please.
I'm here to help.
Im here to help you.
If you're here to help.
Then bring her back.
Roman.
If you're here to help me.
If you want to help me,
bring her back.
Roman.
- She's.
- No.
Roman. I'm so sorry.
Stay away.
I'm from the future, Roman.
Been trying to find you and
trying to find both of you.
I know what its like to
lose everything you love.
Roman.
If you're from the future.
You're from the past.
Then.
I'm niether.
Roman don't.
Roman no!
- Roman let go!
- You bring her back!
I can save her!
Roman?
I was just.
Where am I?
You're here.
With me.
At what cost?
I think we should run. Right?
There's nowhere to run.
The end.
It's here.
And there's no way.
No.
Can only wait to be consumed
into the void of nothingness.
Sounds a lot like you.
Two boys.
How can you joke at
a time like this?
Well, what are we
supposed to do?
Sit around with our
dicks in our hands?
You do realize that
you did this, right.
Shut up!
You're not my fucking dad.
Hey!
Language.
Hello, everybody. I'm Robin.
I'll be your server tonight.
Can I get you started off
with something to drink?
Can we just have
one moment, please?
We're about to go
on Doctor Phil.
He punched a really big
hole in his wall.
Its like this big.
Okay, well, I'll
be back in five.
This is not what I thought you
meant when you
promised me forever.
Trust me, it wasn't.
This is all your fault.
My fault?
The last time I checked,
it takes two people.
Can we please.
He's not wrong.
Well, maybe if your
father could own up to his
responsibilities but not
end up in this situation.
I think what she's trying
to say is you were, um.
A little surprise.
Okay, that's not what I mean.
It's just we're finding
ourselves in quite,
predicament.
Come on, guys.
This might be the only
time we have dinner
together as a family.
Excuse me. We're ready.
Okay. What can I get for y'all?
Nothing for me.
Well, I am going to have.
Fresh salmon.
Um, twin lobster tail and, um,
fresh fillet of tilapia.
This is on him.
Can I have,
blueberry pancakes with a
side of home fries and a Coke.
Is it me?
So this,
napkin.
This is the universe and
time and space flow freely
throughout every
weave of this napkin.
Just like a napkin.
Universe can be folded
whatever which way.
But Roman, cause
you were born
outside the napkin.
You're able to control
which way it folds.
Instead what you did was.
You created a hole in the
fabric of time by bringing your
girlfriend back.
He's not my boyfriend.
Not the point.
Once you put a
hole in the fabric of space and
time, it's there forever.
And just like a hole in
anything, it gets bigger and
bigger and bigger
until it's nothing.
How did you get here then?
It's different.
In the future.
We develop methods of time
traveling where we move along
the fabric instead
of through it.
This is what does it.
Is that an EpiPen?
No, it's not an EpiPen.
Well, it sure looks
like an EpiPen.
I can promise you,
it's not an EpiPen.
The point is that that hole
you tore is just the beginning.
The fabric will continue to
open, which messes with the
Earth's gravitational pull.
Just like every time you
levitate something Roman.
And then.
Boom.
The Earth.
The universe will crumble into
a little ball
until it's nothing.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have forced you
to help me steal my mom's car.
You two did what?
Can't you see, he's upset.
There was nothing we could
do to save the car except for
stand and watch.
No, Lennon.
Can't you see?
I destroyed the world.
Here we are.
This is for you.
The eggs and toast.
They're thawing out the fish.
So, um, is there anything else
I can get you at the moment?
No. Thank you so much.
You're an asshole.
I'm an asshole.
Yes you are.
Were talking about the end of
the universe here
and you want family dinner.
How come you never visited.
Oh my God, shut up!
What if I use your stupid
EpiPen thingy to
go back in time?
And do what?
Stop my birth.
Roman.
What?
Neither of you wanted me anyway.
Plus, it solves
all our problems.
You get to live in Russia.
You get to continue doing
your stupid time travel shit.
And you.
You get to live.
No, there is no way.
It's the only way.
- No.
- It's out of the question.
Please.
Run!
Stop! Wait!
Roman! Come on!
Come on.
All right.
I'm ready.
Lennon I have to do this.
You can't just erase yourself
from existence.
This is all my fault.
Okay?
I should have stayed home.
I should have listened.
I should have never went back
to the stupid trift shop.
I'm glad you did it.
You wouldn't have died.
Not in the same way.
But I would be the reason.
Me. I would be the reason
that everyone dies.
And you're holding the only
chance of me changing that.
I have to do it.
I have to fix this.
From where I stand,
nothing's broken.
You're gonna do what
you're gonna do.
I can't stop you.
Lennon.
I can't be here when
you do this.
Wait.
In a second,
you're not gonna
remember any of this.
This whole day.
Everything we've
done together, us.
Sitting in the fields.
Exploring the abandoned house.
Singing together.
Everything.
And,
whether it's fate
or God or whatever.
It brought us together
for a purpose.
And what's that?
It brought us together.
To save the world.
Our world.
And this day could
have gone in so many
- different ways.
- I'm glad you were just you.
I know, but.
Goodbye.
Fate?
If fate brought us together
once, then we can bring
ourselves together again.
Were in control.
I came to stop you.
Why didnt you.
In.
In every time line,
this will be the hardest thing
I ever have to do.
Sometimes you have to put you
faith in destiny.
Without you sitting here.
The world would be lost.
And finding you in the future and seeing,
whatever you become.
Makes all this worth it.
See you soon.
You, you stare too much.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Inhaling the good shit right.
Yup.
And exhaling the bullshit.
What if I told you that there's
a version of this story where
we hang out all day.
We steal a car, we go on a run,
we get kicked out of a church.
That sounds kind of awesome.
Yeah, but
let's throw that
away for a second,
because fate,
is a really funny thing.
Fate.
What if I told you that in that
story, fate put us together to
save the universe.
Okay, Peter Parker.
My point is.
There's a version of this
story that has a happy ending.
Where all this shit you've been
dreaming about your whole life
comes true.
You don't know me.
But I do.
Okay.
Then what's that dream?
I guess you have to come
with me to find out.
Was that your car?
What time is your dance
class tomorrow?
6:15.