Space/Time (2025) Movie Script
1
(RADIO STATIC)
(RADIO CHATTER) We're heading to
the relay, start the shutdown
before the engine blows.
Maria. Thanner. They're gone
and I don't know where.
It just swallowed them up,
all of them.
Everyone from Lindstrom.
The relay is gone.
Six and seven are vented
and drained.
(RUMBLING EXPLOSION)
Holt.
No!
(OVER RADIO)
We need a medic down here--
Liv!
(OVER RADIO) Holt is injured,
he's bleeding badly.
Liv!
Holt, you're right under
the engine you're not going to
make it out.
Don't!
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(DEBRIS CRASHES)
(DISTORTION WAVE TEARS OPEN)
(HOLT) You see what's going
on out there?
Rising temperatures.
Extreme weather.
Over farming and widespread
pollution...
(OVERLAPPING) ...
climate shifting rapidly around
the globe...
...struggle with civil unrest
and violence.
(HOLT)
Everywhere.
It's imperative
that we revitalise crop
production.
We need a lasting,
long term solution.
Today's controversial
announcement to accelerate
funding for the NFC...
(HOLT)
You tell me.
...resources that could
transform
agriculture and food security
on Earth...
...experts agree that it is only
a matter of time.
(HOLT)
What's the solution?
(OVER RADIO) What you are
hearing behind me is
(OVER RADIO) the gunfire which
has been raging
(OVER RADIO) since three A.M.
this morning as the
(OVER RADIO) desperate
Portuguese masses clash
(OVER RADIO) with police,
in a disaster-ravaged city.
(OVER RADIO) It is the result
of torrential floods
(OVER RADIO)
which have washed away, what was
(OVER RADIO)
once the Portuguese coastline.
(MANNY OVER RADIO) Liv.
Holt said stop fiddling with
the sensors and get down here.
Yeah, I'm meeting the Lindstrom
guys out front when they arrive.
(MANNY OVER RADIO) Yeah,
they landed on the south end
of the island ten minutes ago.
(OVER SPEAKER) Attention all
crew. The Reiko Facility is in
lockdown.
Shit!
Hey, you better hurry up.
We're all headed down to
the engine room now.
Sorry. Yeah,
I'll be down shortly.
I seem to remember you being
late to the press conference
last year as well.
It was Liv, wasn't it?
Good memory.
Sorry. I didn't know you'd
already arrived,
are there more of you?
Harris.
Harris
They're in the briefing.
Shit.
I saw the Reiko Island piece
the BBC did.
-Pretty interesting.
-Ah, yes!
'Knocking the planet
of its axis'.
Oh, wait, was that
the 'triggering every volcano
on Earth'?
-That one?
-Yeah.
Yeah. That one was hilarious.
Come on.
C'mon.
Just between us,
you're seriously saying there's
nothing to worry about here,
just crushing space then.
Completely safe.
Not crushing.
Our engine simply fold space.
Everything in between is fine.
When we're done
we simply stretch it out again.
Everything's safe.
No one has even noticed.
And there you are,
at your destination,
a galaxy away.
You'd think the guy about to
design the ship would be able
to grasp the difference.
Crushing, folding.
I still say it's dangerous.
What happened to traveling
through space
the old fashioned way?
(LIV)
Hey.
This way is faster.
(VIDEO VOICE) It's one step
forward in technology,
(VIDEO VOICE) but one giant leap
forward for humankind.
(VIDEO VOICE) With the ability
to bend and fold
(VIDEO VOICE) With the ability
to bend and fold
(VIDEO VOICE)
the very fabric of space itself.
(VIDEO VOICE) The Caliver Engine
is the first engine
(VIDEO VOICE) able to bring your
destination to you,
(VIDEO VOICE) making
interstellar travel
instantaneous.
(VIDEO VOICE)
Reiko's team of--
Ms. Thanner.
Dr. Renault.
Ladies and gentlemen.
I think it's time we show you
what our engine can do.
(STEADY ENGINE HUM)
(OVER SPEAKER) All safety tests
must be completed now.
I don't think that's going to
fit any of our ships.
So build a bigger ship.
(RADIO CHATTER)
That's him.
Holt. The Lindstrom
team is here.
Okay, try it now.
You need to talk to them.
They can wait.
What did that do?
Anything?
(MANNY)
Not even close.
(LIV) Holt. This is tooimportant
to let slip away because you
don't like talking to people.
We have a dozen techs that
can do that.
It would take a dozen
techs to do this.
I already have the NFC
bean counters
watching my every move,
making sure no penny
goes astray.
Now I have to deal with
Lindstrom.
(SIGHS)
He's coming up.
Take them through to the beak.
HARRIS: Even more impressive
in person.
You can't be down here.
Okay, try it now.
You're the only one in
this place
who seems to know
what's going on.
I'm sticking with you.
Come on.
We're headed to the beak.
Beak?
Jesus, how big is this thing?
Big enough.
Big enough to save the world?
Right?
Right?
This is the beak.
You're testing this thing on
a pot plant?
Unless you're volunteering?
So where does it go?
There.
Baby steps, Harris.
It's going to be years before we
actually move a whole spaceship.
(NEWS ANCHOR ON TV) Three years
after the Reiko Island disaster,
that killed nine and
injured dozens.
The victims families will today
learn the findings
of the lengthy investigation
into the cause of the incident.
The demand for accountability
(HARRIS OVER PHONE)
Hey Liv, um.
Give me a call when you get
this. I heard about the job
interview and just,
There'll be others.
Stay positive. It's almost over.
I'll, uh, I'll meet you at
the lawyer's office, okay?
(LAWYER) All personnel at
the administrative level
of New Frontiers
have been cleared of any
wrongdoing.
Surely it's not as
simple as that.
So you're telling us it's over?
There was no wrongdoing found
at this level in the company.
Due to the magnitude of the
storm that hit the island.
There can be no doubt that
this incident
was not the result
of human error.
(HARRIS) Couple of notable
absentees from the meeting.
Harris.
Hope they send him a postcard
if they find whatever corner
of the world he vanished to.
-Let him know
he got away with it.
-Again?
Really?
We all know God damn well there
was no storm.
It's the bullshit, Liv.
The way they've spun it...
Do you want me in jail
to pay for my crimes?
I am just as guilty as Holt is.
You're not.
Hey, who's cheering who up
here anyway?
Stop moping, Liv. This is the
verdict we were hoping for.
I'm sorry.
You're right.
Well I don't care.
Just a salad I guess.
Mmhm, Come on.
If you want the duck,
just get the duck.
It's a celebration.
You got nothing holding
you back.
The job hunt can really start.
It sure will look good on a C.V.
Cleared of all charges.
I can hear them lining up.
You know, I'm not saying that.
Tried giving it time
and here we are,
three years later and--
hell of a three years.
Hey hey hey hey.
Pretty great three years,
if you ask me.
I just don't know what I can do.
That's okay.
You don't have to know.
I just...
I just need to figure
out myself.
What I want.
(RENAULT)
Olivia.
Oh, God.
Renault, hi!
Harris is here too,
he's just bringing
the car around.
Oh, yes.
I heard that you and he were,
um, that's great.
You must be excited about
starting phase two.
No. I left Lindstrom long ago,
just after the island, really.
Right.
I just.
When something like
that happens,
you really, take stock of things
and for me,
it was time to move on.
So, what are you doing now?
Oh, would you believe
I was going to call
you about it?
It's a...
It's a personal project
I have wanted to try
for a while.
Got investors?
Well, one.
But, when that one is
Julian Boulevont
you don't really need
any others.
Jesus.
Boulevont.
Impressive.
And you were going to call me?
Well, that's a sure way to scare
off any investor.
My reputation, since the island
It is not even a worry.
You leave that to me.
Sounds intriguing.
What sort of--
I really need someone
with your skills
on this project, Olivia.
So, why don't you just come
and take a look at my setup,
I will.
All right then.
Oh, do you want to wait
and say hello to Harris?
He's just coming around.
I'm so sorry, my dear.
I catch up with him
another time.
(HARRIS)
Renault?
As in Henri Renault?
(ON TELEVISION)
Without a successor to NFC
(ON TELEVISION) we could have as
little as two years
(ON TELEVISION)
to prevent an irreversible--
Two years?
Geez.
Liv.
He, um...
he offered me a job last night.
(ON TELEVISION) The whereabouts
of the controversial figure
He, um,
(ON TELEVISION)
are currently unknown.
He wants me to come and
take a look at his setup.
Well, that's great, isn't it?
So, what will you be doing?
Um, he didn't really say.
I don't even know what
the project is.
Hmm.
Yeah, that's what I'm
going to find out.
It's being funded by Boulevont.
It's real.
God, Boulevont -
the mystery thickens
We had to deal with him a few
years back on the micro-med
nano project.
My team designed the algorithm
so that the bots could
replicate.
And we use some of your notes.
You know what I'm trying to say
is that he's odd.
Yeah.
You know any reclusive
billionaire
industrialists who aren't?
I thought he was taking
a step back from the company.
He's got health issues.
Really?
Yeah.
So why didn't you mention
any of this?
What are you talking about?
I just did.
Oh. Last night you didn't
say a word.
Look, I'll head out.
I'll check out his setup,
if I don't like it--
Okay.
I hope it all goes all right.
Harris.
No. It's okay.
It's just.
I've got a meeting.
Talk about it tonight.
Alright?
But, uh, mind yourself, darling.
[Laughs]
Look, it's a little isolated but
that's kind of the idea.
It's often beneficial to be
out of the way
left to one's own devices.
Right.
Well, I, um...
Oh, I suppose that
depends on what one is
working on.
In wartime
people were scared enough
to allow science
to progress as fast as it could.
Paige.
That's when the real strides
were always made.
but we do not have that
advantage.
Do we, Olivia?
We must not be afraid
of trying new things.
Why is there an NFC crate--
(HOLT)
Without perseverance...
Progress is impossible.
When we hit a hurdle,
it doesn't mean the race
is over.
We set out to achieve
something, Liv.
We spent years with that
plan in mind.
If we roll over after just
one fall...
We were never going to succeed
in the first place.
Liv.
The people that died on that
island were there for a reason.
They believed in something.
In this.
Do you remember why you
signed up to begin with?
Nothing's changed.
Come on.
You see it all just like I do.
Things are bad and
getting worse.
What's the solution?
What's our best shot
at really changing things?
At finding something new?
We need to finish what we
started, Liv.
And I need you with me.
(OVER SPEAKER)
The Caliver test will commence
in T-minus 2 minutes.
(OVER SPEAKER)
All teams are checked in
at their stations and ready.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Initialising test sequence.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Standby to commence fold.
Take it away when you're ready.
(EMITTER POWERS UP)
(OVER SPEAKER)
Engine chambers primed.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Countdown on my mark.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Chamber One open.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
Get ready.
and stabilise.
One is locked in.
Here we go.
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
Steady.
That one's a little hot.
Isaac.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Chamber two.
(ECHOING BOOM)
(WHOOSH OF DISTORTION)
What was that?
(OVER SPEAKER)
Relay reports no change.
(ISAAC OVER RADIO)
We're heading to the relay.
(ISAAC OVER RADIO)
Start the shut down.
(ISAAC OVER RADIO)
Before the engine blows.
What?
(OVER SPEAKERS)
The relay is fully responsive.
Standing by.
Isaac, repeat.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Chamber Four is in the red.
Vent Gate Four.
Open it.
Lock it.
Okay, it's reached Point B.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Standby to close the fold.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
We need a medic down here.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
Holt is injured. I repeat,
Holt is injured.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
He's bleeding badly.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO) We need
a medic down here quickly.
Three.
Two.
One.
(SMASHES)
(AUDIBLE GASP)
(ENGINE BOOMS LOUDLY)
Shut it down.
The entire console's lost power.
Okay now it actually is
the relay hub.
It's dead.
Holt!
It's still accelerating.
What do we do?
Liv.
I need you to help me get
everyone out.
I'm heading down to clear
the personnel below.
(ENGINE ROARS VIOLENTLY)
Everyone out!
Get out!
Get yourselves out now! Go!
We're heading to Evac Point One.
Holt. How long until
you're at evac?
(HOLT OVER RADIO) Liv, I've got
to shut this thing down.
But they've given
the evacuation order.
(HOLT OVER RADIO) With the relay
out, someone has to stay back
and drain those energy chambers.
What, manually?
Is he insane?
Liv, he doesn't have a choice.
If this thing blows - with all
that stored energy...
There is no evacuation.
We're on tiny island
in the middle of the Pacific.
Right. Isaac,
we're closer to the relay.
Harris, help Maria get
everyone out.
(ISAAC) We're heading to
the relay. Start the shutdown
before the engine blows.
(POWERING DOWN SOUNDS)
(PAIGE OVER RADIO)
Liv! Where are you?
I'm here.
I don't know what this is.
(TV PUNDIT)
I'll tell you what it is.
(TV PUNDIT)
It's a wake up call.
Hey, there she is.
How did--
Hey! You okay?
How was it?
It's, um...
Long drive out there.
Not my kind of job.
Waste of time, really.
Hey.
Like you said,
there'll be other offers.
That's a shame.
You want to watch some TV?
Order some pizza.
Actually,
I'm gonna go for a quick run.
You're going the other
way with that.
Well, if there's a pizza here
when you get back, don't--
get angry with me.
(ON TELEVISION) They too will
still face tighter restrictions
(ON TELEVISION)
in an effort to delay further
(ON TELEVISION)
environmental deterioration.
(ON TELEVISION) The urgent need
for a comprehensive
(ON TELEVISION)
and experts caution
(ON TELEVISION) that without
significant progress
within the next two years
the situation may become
irreversible.
Okay.
You have one chance here.
I have one question for you,
and you better know the answer
or I'm gone.
You have my assurances,
we're making every effort--
No.
We'll get to that.
Maria.
Thanner.
Isaac.
Do you actually know
what happened to them?
Because if you don't, this whole
thing is being shut down.
Now.
There was a secondary output
of fluctuating energy.
Now, I warned NFC
We needed a larger
surge inhibitor
to protect against any
unforeseen bursts.
But it didn't fit their budget.
Well, if NFC couldn't afford
a larger one
with their billions of dollars,
then how do you expect--
I'm building one.
From scratch.
And where do I fit in?
I need someone to design seven
new energy chambers.
And I need the best.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Let's skip the flattery, though.
What I need to know is that this
is all being done the right way.
It is.
There's a particle compressor
in the hall back there,
and I know there's no way
you have a permit for it.
New Frontier's gone, Liv.
We're stretched as far as we
can go on Boulevont's money.
Permits and taxes are luxuries
we just can't afford.
-Cutting corners--
-No.
Isn't that insane?
No, not cutting corners. No.
We're being smart about it.
And you know that safety is
something I've never taken
lightly.
We figured out what went wrong
and we fixed it.
We just don't have the
funding we had before.
This is the only way.
It's as simple as that.
Everyone here is the best at
what they do.
I can rely on them.
Now I'm going to finish
this engine.
Then we can go. Explore.
Find what we need to fix
this mess.
The events of Reiko
aren't going to happen again.
I promise.
So starting from scratch.
Seven chambers.
It's been on three months?
Have you started draining
the runoff energy yet?
A quantum extractor costs around
a quarter of a million,
you know?
I'll have one here by morning.
Easy as that?
I see he convinced you?
Where was I supposed to go?
Yeah, tell me about it.
Okay,
so that's that.
What now?
I need you to start mapping
those energy chambers.
You want to take a look at her?
Designing mainframes,
that's great.
LIV: Mm.
I'm glad you came around.
I mean, I know he's an odd guy,
but he's pretty switched on.
It's going to be great.
I know it's not what you
wanted, but--
No, it is good.
I really need this.
I think if...
Car's here.
(KISSES)
Hey!
Hey! Whoa whoa whoa!
Hey, wait, wait.
What's that?
It's the extractor core
you asked for.
It looks used.
Do you have any idea what one
of these would cost brand new?
Yes, I do.
That was my point.
Where would you even find one
second hand?
We know a guy.
Are you sure it works?
We're supposed to be
using this thing to fold space.
Would you want to sell me faulty
merchandise?
This is all new.
So how long before we
can test it out?
Just need Innis to give it
a good look over.
Main shaft's useless.
Needs replacing.
Shit.
The shaft?
Don't worry.
I know a guy.
(THUNDER)
(EXTRACTOR POWERS UP)
We'll just let it run overnight.
It's very different to
last time.
Like I said,
it has to be.
So you and Harris.
How's he with all this?
Not my biggest fan, I imagine.
I, uh...
I think I'm probably
better off just
avoiding the issue with
him for now.
Don't give me that look.
Things are great between
us, and I'm
all for honesty. But...
Sometimes I think it's
best just,
you know, I think it's,
it's complicated.
Oh, it always is.
It always was
with me and Fiona.
I forget you used to be married.
Seems so out of character.
Well,
I suppose you didn't know
me back then.
I was a different man.
I hadn't made the decision yet.
I know I'm going to regret
asking this, but
what decision?
I hadn't decided
if my work was getting in
the way of my home life,
or if my home life
was getting in the way
of my work.
You're saying you can't
have both.
Not necessarily.
But until you decide
which it is,
both halves will suffer.
And even worse,
for people like us,
so driven, so focused.
It's not as easy as choosing
which half
you like more.
It's all or nothing.
It pretty much comes down
to which life
you're willing to sacrifice
for the other.
Not everyone is you, Holt.
(CHUCKLES)
No.
Not everyone.
(HARRIS ON PHONE)
Hey. So I'm at the place
(HARRIS ON PHONE)
we said six right?
(LIV ON PHONE) Sorry,
I had to wait for some parts to
come in before I could leave.
(LIV ON PHONE)
I'm coming now.
(LIV ON PHONE) Listen,
I might have to go back in again
after dinner.
(LIV ON PHONE) Renault needs me
to look over some things.
(LIV ON PHONE)
I'll make it up to you.
(LIV ON PHONE)
Promise.
I'm heading out with the boys.
We just blew another inhibitor.
Got to pick up a replacement.
(LIV)
The surge shield?
How strong is it?
You need to go by the oscilating
measurements, not the alpha.
That's why they're shorting out.
Want to tag along?
What do you think?
It's not going to take half
the energy
that thing's going to put out.
Shit.
This is it.
This is as strong as they come.
We can't just walk away.
-These guys--
-I get it.
Have probably ripped this out
of an Israeli sub or something.
But it doesn't do the job.
Everyone, back to the car.
-We're not taking it.
-What?
It's broken.
Here's half for their troubles.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, mi scusi.
(SHOUTING IN ITALIAN)
(VAN ENGINE REVS)
(SHOUTING IN ITALIAN)
Is that the splitter box?
Jesus.
(PAIGE) It'll still work.
That's how they sold it to us.
Who?
Gordo knew a guy.
Olivia, my dear, what's up?
I need to talk to Holt.
I'd give him a minute.
(HOLT)
What I'm saying here--
(BOULEVONT)
It's just not good enough.
(BOULEVONT) It's not even close
to the schedule we agreed--
(HOLT)
I'm not extending your sunroom.
Nobody's done this before.
There's always going to be
unforeseen complications.
Julian, if you want to be
a pioneer.
If...
you mention the Wright brothers
one more time
I'm going to puke.
I'm not some hayseed oil tycoon.
I get what I paid for.
Not, uh,
chatter.
If this is not up and running
by the 31st
I'm handing it all over
to my own
research and development guys.
That's crazy.
They wouldn't have the first--
They might not be Tesla
Marconi or
Well,
but I'm sure they'll
figure it out.
And at least with my guys,
I know I'll get results.
And we wouldn't want
another Reiko.
Would we?
(TV BEEP)
(LIV)
So that was him.
The man with the money?
Yep.
So keen on space travel
he's willing to risk
millions, to--
I really need this.
Oh, my brain is just imploding
right now.
See, I came up here to
set a few things straight,
and now half of me is saying,
'Calm down, Liv.
This isn't the time'.
Very, very not the time.
What we're doing here. Okay.
Even under the best
of circumstances,
we're pushing our luck.
But on top of that,
you've got Fagin's
little pinchers
out there stealing
the rubber bands
we're using to keep this
thing together.
You really think that--
Oh, sorry. Yeah. No.
Not stealing.
They know a guy.
We are wasting time.
Two years until
the tipping point.
Do you really expect
me to trust--
I do.
I do expect a little trust.
That's the deal.
Oh my God.
Reiko was a disaster.
NFC's bureaucracy cost
people their lives.
I was drowning in paperwork,
not focusing on what
was important.
So, yes, it's different
this time, thank God.
It has to be different.
There's no publicity machine.
There's no corporate protocol.
This time,
it's just about the work.
It's about having
the right people.
And yes, it is about trusting
those people.
Now, it may not look pretty
and I'm sorry if it doesn't fit
with your ideals.
But this.
This is it.
This is the only way.
What if I need more than that?
Then maybe you need to
work that out once and for all.
(PAIGE ON RADIO)
Where are you?
(LIV ON RADIO)
I'm here.
(LIV ON RADIO)
I don't know what this is.
We got stuck on level two.
There was this
energy field
blocking the way out.
We're on our way back down.
(LIV ON RADIO) I think I'm
looking at one right now.
(PAIGE ON RADIO)
They're all over the facility!
Oh.
(HOLT ON RADIO) Control.
Give me regular readings.
(OVER RADIO)
Last recorded reading in excess
of fifty megatons.
(DISTORTION SPARKS)
(ENGINE ROARS TO LIFE)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(ENGINE ROARS)
(TERRIFIED SCREAM)
Look out!
Isaac?
Isaac!
He's Isaac's.
(ISAAC ON RADIO) We're heading
to the relay. Start the shutdown
before the engine blows.
Thanner, they're gone
and I don't know where.
(PAIGE ON RADIO) It just
swallowed them up. All of them!
Everyone from Lindstrom.
(LIV ON RADIO)
The relay is gone.
Six and seven are vented
and drained.
Holt.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
No. We need a medic down here.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
Holt is injured.
I repeat Holt is injured.
Liv!
Holt you are right under
the engine.
You're not going to make it out!
No!
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(DEBRIS CRASHES)
(LIV)
Holt!
On Reiko,
the power this thing was
putting out.
It would rip that inhibitor
apart like a beer can.
Come on, kids,
let's get to work.
We've hit a roadblock.
A big one.
So, what do you need?
That's the problem.
We don't know.
We need a shield.
Energy inhibitors.
They stop the secondary flow--
Do you have any idea how--
Yes, I have some experience
in this.
Yes.
Wait.
What about that safe
room you built?
It's a tiny box for emergencies.
It neutralizes all energy,
not just the secondary flow.
We're not building this thing
to hide from it.
No.
All this is for nothing
unless we can make that engine
safe enough to work.
Well, when you can't stop a
river from crashing down on you.
You have to learn to
flow with it.
That makes no sense.
But the force of energy.
What I'm saying is flow with it.
But that's insane.
That would mean that
every part--
He's right.
Of course I am.
Every particle.
We can't stop the bursts
of energy.
We have to flow with them.
Nanos.
We program nanos into a human.
They latch on to every particle,
keeping the person together.
They run in sync with the engine
so when the energy wave hits,
they go with it.
This is sounding crazy.
On an atomic level.
It'll work.
You are gonna need some pretty
goddamn amazing nanos.
Do they even come that small
and complex?
Yeah. They do.
Well, if you thought
the inhibitor was rare
and expensive.
We can do this.
You sure?
I know a guy.
Julian Boulevont.
Yep.
We know him.
He's dying.
It's a big secret.
Nobody knows.
Stage four lung cancer.
He's had it for years.
Man's a survivor.
I'm sorry.
How do we know?
He's got one thing keeping
him alive.
Nanos.
He's filled
with an army of microscopic
bots, all fighting to keep
the cancer contained.
Again, how do we know?
Harris.
Lindstrom built them
for Boulevont.
I'm not supposed to know.
How much do you think?
Well, Julian paid over five
billion for them.
(WHISTLES)
But don't worry.
They're not for sale.
He's in town right now.
Think you better give
the boss a call.
Come on.
We're all in now.
Aren't we?
We have to be.
You're home early.
Fair enough.
I'm going to make myself
a lasagna.
I didn't think I'd have company.
Should be enough for two.
I can't tell.
I have no idea.
Is it a good job or not?
You're up, you're down.
Harris.
There's no reason why I
should know.
You're working
for the CIA maybe.
I think I'm going to quit.
You think, but you don't know.
Okay, I'm assuming
you're not actually working
for the CIA
but can you at least tell me why
you don't know?
I don't think I can.
That's going to make
this tricky.
You're afraid I won't understand
because I'll try.
I'm an open minded guy,
aren't I?
I mean, you're not building
bombs, are you?
Or working for terrorists.
So long as you're not off
working with...
(SOBS)
(INHALE)
I won't even
ask you what he's got you
working on.
Because, honestly,
I don't want to know.
If there was any justice,
he'd be--
Nine people died, Liv.
Your co-workers.
And he didn't even.
I don't even know
where to start.
(LAMP SMASHES)
No.
I'm sorry.
You've been working with him
for weeks now,
on God knows what.
You've been working with him in
secret, and lying to me.
You can say what you
want, but...
You've made your decision.
(SOBS)
(DALE ON PHONE)
Don't worry.
Holt says you can stay at
the warehouse.
We'll come get you.
We're on the way to pick up.
You can make sure the parts
are compatible for us.
(CAR PULLING UP)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO)
So that's three chambers filled.
Once we source those nanos,
we can start our first test.
God, I still can't get
over that.
The chambers on the last engine
took months to fill.
That's Innis.
The carbon ducts were his idea.
What used to take weeks
and months is now a matter of--
Did you hear?
We were just talking about you.
Join us.
He's dead.
(NEWS REPORTER)
Boulevont has been found
dead in his apartment.
One of his bodyguards
found the deceased recluse
in the early hours
of this morning.
Authorities say
there are no suspicious
circumstances,
but insiders speculate that
the CEO had
secretly been battling
lung cancer for years.
What was that?
What was what?
Remarkable timing.
What?
Have you got something to
say to me?
You just couldn't
leave it alone, could you?
He knew what this thing
really was,
and he was a loose end, so you--
Wait, what? You think Holt did
this for his nanos?
That's crazy.
Do you have, um, any idea?
The investigation.
The number of calls he
made to us.
I'm no killer, Henri.
Now, unless you have any actual
evidence, then.
We are about to have
this place raided by
the authorities.
I suggest we all get
out of here.
What we need to do is go
back to work.
In just a few hours,
we're going to have enough
energy to get this thing
running.
Oh, Jesus.
You know what?
If there is anyone here
who still trusts me.
Feel free to stick around.
Otherwise.
I didn't know you had it in
you, old man.
You going to tell us
what that was all about?
What are they talking about?
They're nuts, right?
They can do what they want.
I need sleep.
Hey!
None of this will matter
tomorrow.
Now, if you're truly ready
to make some history with me.
I'll see you in the morning.
(PAIGE OVER RADIO)
Maria. Thanner. They're gone
and I don't know where.
It just swallowed them up,
all of them.
Everyone from Lindstrom.
(LIV OVER RADIO)
The relay is--
Six and seven are vented
and drained.
(RUMBLING EXPLOSION)
Holt.
No!
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
We need a medic down here--
Liv!
(HARRIS OVER RADIO) Holt is
injured, he's bleeding badly.
Liv!
(LIV OVER RADIO) Holt,
you're right under the engine
you're not going to make it out.
Don't!
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(DEBRIS CRASHES)
(DISTORTION WAVE TEARS OPEN)
(DEBRIS REVERSING)
(RUMBLING)
Holt!
Wait!
Holt.
Shit.
Holt!
Oh, God.
Just stay still.
Help's coming.
We shut it down.
What happened in here?
The roof.
Did you see it?
The roof.
It collapsed.
And then...
What are you talking about?
It collapsed.
It did.
I'm telling you, it did.
(RADIO CHATTER)
We need a medic down here.
Holt is injured.
I repeat, Holt is injured.
He's bleeding badly.
We need a medic down here,
quickly.
(OVER RADIO) What you are
hearing behind me is
(OVER RADIO) the gunfire which
has been raging
(LIV)
Hello?
(OVER RADIO) since three A.M.
this morning as the
(OVER RADIO) desperate
Portuguese masses clash
(OVER RADIO) with police,
in a disaster-ravaged city.
Holt?
(OVER RADIO) It is the result
of torrential floods
(OVER RADIO)
which have washed away, what was
(OVER RADIO)
once the Portuguese coastline.
Anyone?
(ENGINE STRAINING)
Third gear.
We're close now.
Where's Renault?
Where's Gordo?
Very,
very close.
...and Innis?
Anyone?
Holt, there's no one here.
Who the hell is going to
run this thing?
We don't need anyone else.
That was the idea.
Too many cooks last time.
A smaller operation.
This time we'll be able to
keep a reign on it
It's all pretty grim, isn't it?
Doesn't matter.
Grab me a circuit board,
would you?
It doesn't matter.
How can you say that?
Because when I'm done here
it won't.
What happened?
Give that to me.
Answer me!
What did you do to Boulevont?
It doesn't matter.
Was it an accident or
intentional?
Did he have a family?
Doesn't matter.
When I think about the years
I've given to this thing -
to you.
You're not understanding me.
(DISTANT THUD)
Are you going to make me
understand
the blurry difference
between right and wrong?
You're about to give me
a 'gotta break
some eggs to make an
omelet' speech?
Nope.
I'm just going to show you
how to un-crack the eggs.
-What?
-See?
I'm saying it actually
doesn't matter.
I'm saying
that when this thing is working,
it is all irrelevant.
Every wrong, every mistake
erased, we can start fresh.
A clean slate for everyone.
This isn't the Caliver engine.
-It is--
-Not the one I built.
It's better.
You were there.
You saw what it did on Reiko.
Is it working?
Think of what we can do.
Yeah.
I remember Reiko.
The room
and the people disintegrating
around us.
I remember.
What if it didn't end that way
on the island that day?
What if
whatever happened,
we could control?
We are not having this
conversation.
We don't know what--
We never do!
The car was built a century
before anyone even realized
what damage emissions caused.
Science is always two steps
further forward than it
should be.
We never see the
dangers of progress coming,
except now.
Liv.
For the first time,
we can literally see the
problems coming and avoid them.
This thing can erase
the very mistakes
it was built on.
That's why you did it.
He knew what this engine
really was.
(DEVICE POWERS UP)
(WATCH BEEPING)
(SHOCKWAVE EXPLOSION)
He wanted it for himself
and you went and--
(SHOCKSTICK IGNITES)
Listen to me.
This.
This can't happen.
The potential dangers
are just too out of control.
It was out of control that
day years ago.
I know, but it's just energy.
Once we harness it,
once we control it--
It tore them apart!
But now we have the nanos.
They're programmed
and installed and ready to go.
It was random bursts on
the island,
but not anymore.
They're in here.
The engine and the passenger.
We're working in sync.
I flow where it flows.
And where are you planning
to flow to?
We were supposed to be
looking for
something better.
Jesus, Harris was right.
You are so obsessed
with progress that... You keep
talking about a solution.
There's a real shitstorm brewing
out there and...
This is the solution!
A storm is coming,
and it will wipe everything
clear away.
And long after it settles
with this,
we will arrive at the dawn
of a new day
and start again.
That's great.
So that's it.
It's not about building
anything any more.
We're just going to let
everything we've ever done
just be buried?
Jump over the mass
grave of rubble
and destruction to your
perfect future.
Start again.
That's the plan?
It's the same plan.
Liv.
Five years ago,
we were building a life raft
to get off this sinking ship.
No, that's not what we
were doing!
Yes, it was.
What's changed?
We can't stop what's coming.
But we can jump past it.
You know there's no fixing it.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
Fourth gear.
We're three hours out.
We're just three hours.
Give me that much so I can
show you what
this is.
Liv!
Switching this on again
without any idea what
will happen.
You're insane.
Oh, Jesus.
You weren't ready.
I shouldn't have told you.
I should have let you
see before--
Well too late,
you can't change that now.
Can you?
(STUNNER ZAPS)
I know.
I'm sorry.
Holt.
Don't.
It's too dangerous.
Okay. Now.
Three hours.
I can fix this.
You'll see.
You'll be safe in here.
(STIFLED SNIFF)
He hit you with a tranq.
Come on.
You'll get better.
Just relax.
This is what I used to
wake you up.
You'll need it later on.
He keeps them in his trunk.
Feeling better?
(SQUEALS)
Great. We need to hurry.
(MICROPHONE FEEDBACK)
(OVER SPEAKER)
Okay.
What?
(OVER SPEAKER)
Hold still.
You know, you can trust me.
Oh, what the hell?
(OVER SPEAKER)
Come on.
Once he told you what
the engine was for.
You saw this coming.
It was your idea.
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Yeah, well,
Great, you've got nanos all
through you.
I just had to make sure
they're working.
I mean, I guess I didn't.
I guess I already knew.
Man, this is already weird.
Okay.
You ready?
We need to stop him.
I'm just going to be calibrating
those little buggers inside you.
(PIERCING SHRIEK)
(RETCHING)
Hey, I'm...
I'm not exactly 100% yet.
The irony is we actually
don't have a lot of time.
Move it!
Clothes in the corner.
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Lucky for us,
he can only go back a couple
of months
to when the engine was first
switched on.
He can't jump any further
back than that.
Oh, hey,
what the hell is going on?
It's okay.
I'm going to walk you
through this.
He locked you up
but you came up with a plan,
remember?
And so far, it's working.
But he's about to jump
for the first time,
and we need to stop him
making that jump?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Absolutely not.
No. We can't.
He's already jumped in
the future.
Okay? This is very dangerous.
What we're dealing with.
We need to respect all history.
Past and future.
Wait.
How do you know
the future? If...
If he hasn't jumped yet.
How do you know what--
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO) Because
I do. Because I've lived it.
Because I'm here.
(NANOS CALIBRATING)
Jesus, could you not?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
He's going back.
(LIV WINCES)
He's trying to change it.
Change what?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
When he told you what the
engine really was,
he didn't like your reaction.
So he's going back to
change it to stop
that conversation from ever
happening. Get me?
We have to stop him from
changing history.
If he succeeds in altering
the timeline,
the consequences could be
catastrophic.
End of the universe stuff.
Wait.
What the hell are you doing?
You came back here.
You dragged me out.
You're changing it.
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
I'm not changing anything.
This is how it happened for me.
How? What happened?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Thirty minutes ago, I was you
listening to this sentence
and this sentence and
this sentence.
And all I was told
is what I'm telling you.
That man with that engine
could mean the end
of everything.
So I'm here to guide you
the same way I was--
(VIOLENTLY VOMITS)
Guided.
Forgot about that.
Listen,
the nanos in your suit and
the nanos inside you
work together with
the engine to--
Hey. Hey! Hey!
Oh, God.
This is William Arthur Holt.
The date is the 15th
of August, 2033.
The time is coming up on
0800 hours.
And I'm about to become
the first human on record
to reverse
along a fourth
dimensional plane.
(HIGH-PITCHED ENGINE WHINE)
In the fifth gear,
the range at the moment
is limited.
But as the engine clicks up
in the gears
We'll be able to travel further.
Further forward.
Further back.
(ENGINE POWERS UP)
The engine will project me
three hours into the past.
I will remain there
for only about a minute or so,
due to the amount of power
required to make the jump.
While I'm away,
the engine and I will
be tethered.
Still experiencing time at
the same rate.
(ENGINE POWERS UP)
One minute will pass
for each of us,
even though we exist in
different times.
And then I'll automatically
be snapped back.
(ENGINE SURGES)
I don't know what records
will keep of this trip.
As the very point of this test
is to change history.
(ENGINE SURGES)
But.
Well,
into the great unknown I go.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
For the benefit of us all.
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
Yes.
(NANO SUIT SYNCS)
Oh, Liv.
(DISTORTION WAVE TEARS OPEN)
I'm so sorry.
(DISTORTION WAVE BUILDS)
(VOICES THROUGH DISTORTION)
(LIV)
H-Hello?
(LIV)
Hello?
(LIV)
H-H-Holt?
(LIV)
Holt?
(LIV)
Anyone?
(OVER RADIO) What you are
hearing behind me is
(OVER RADIO) the gunfire which
has been raging
(OVER RADIO) since three A.M.
this morning as the
(LIV)
Hello?
(OVER RADIO) desperate
Portuguese masses clash
(OVER RADIO) with police,
in a disaster-ravaged city.
(LIV)
Holt?
(OVER RADIO) It is the result
of torrential floods
(OVER RADIO)
which have washed away, what was
(LIV)
Anyone?
(OVER RADIO)
once the Portuguese coastline.
(PAST HOLT)
Third gear.
(PAST HOLT)
We're close now.
(PAST LIV)
Where's Renault?
Where's Gordo?
(PAST HOLT)
Very,
very close.
(PAST LIV)
...and Innis?
(LIV STRUGGLING)
Anyone?
Holt, there's no one here.
Who the hell is going to
run this thing?
(PAST HOLT)
We don't need anyone else.
That was the idea.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Can you hear me? Are you there?
That's a killer.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hurry.
He's about to make a move.
(PAST LIV)
...how can you say that?
(PAST HOLT)
Cause when I'm done here...
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Okay. You're three hours back.
You just need to keep him
from stopping that conversation.
You piece of shit.
What do you think you're doing?
-What are you even--
-You lunatic.
Trying to change history.
(PAST LIV)
Answer me!
Just wait.
Wait!
(PAST LIV)
What did you do to Boulevont?
So.
This is the answer?
Tricking me?
Not even tricking
Changing the course
of the universe.
(PAST LIV) Was it an accident
or intentional?
(PAST LIV)
Did he have a family?
What's the plan?
(PAST LIV) When I think about
the years I've given to this
thing. To you.
I don't know.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
This is the plan.
I don't know.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Keep him
busy. Don't be seen, got it?
Don't worry,
you're about to snap back.
(LIV IN PAIN)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Good work.
You stopped him from
changing the past.
Now we've got to take control
of the engine from him.
Where are we?
Stop!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Back at the jump point
where you started.
You've trusted me this far.
Why not now?
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
The bad news is
Holt's not going down
without a fight.
He's plotting in another jump.
He needs you out of the way.
Once you are,
he'll be free to use the engine
to change
whatever he wants.
The worse news is that with
every jump,
those nanos are going to have
a harder time
keeping you together.
I know you can already feel it.
So that means
we've got to destroy this
thing using
as few jumps as possible.
You hear me?
No matter what happens,
we need to destroy this thing
without hesitation.
Quick!
Hold on.
It's about to get rough.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
(PANICKED YELP)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Okay.
You're about an hour forward.
(STUTTERING ENGINE)
(HOLT GRUNTS)
Failsafe control tower should be
right in front of you.
Tear it apart.
If you say so.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) I know
what you're seeing. I know.
No!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
No hesitation.
Do it now!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) You're
back at the jump point again.
What the hell do you think
you're doing?
Oh, are you trying to kill us?
We're going to disable
the guidance system.
Get to a terminal.
(ENGINE GRINDS LOUDLY)
First step.
Isolate the compressor.
Now flip the relay.
Yeah. Be careful.
Cutting the power with
the compressor
off is going to create
a small surge.
No!
(BIG SURGE)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hey! Look out!
Yeah, it's jumped you
back a while.
You got to keep moving.
I need you to get to
another terminal
so you can unlock
the nav control.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Careful. You just jumped back
a few weeks.
(INNIS)
Well...
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Stay low.
Don't let anyone see you.
(INNIS)
When you can't stop a river
from crashing down on you.
You have to learn to
flow with it.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
No kidding.
Nav control was it?
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
You got it. Perfect.
Now, hold on a second.
Just trying to--
You're a murderer.
It's not murder.
If I can go back and change it
Is this your better world?
It still can be.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hold on.
Okay.
Say goodbye to Holt.
(STEADY ENGINE HUM)
Here it comes.
One more second.
(DISTORTION INTENSIFIES)
Now!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
I bought you some time alone.
You've probably got
a few minutes before Holt
pops up again.
So stay on your toes.
So what now?
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Well, we've taken control
of the engine,
so we're going to plot
a few jumps of our own.
But listen,
with the damage we've done,
one way or another,
the engine is going to blow.
I'm hoping the safe room
will be enough
to protect you both
from the blast.
Okay.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
But with the nanos,
Oh, right.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
They're already starting to
destabilise inside you.
I don't know if the safe room
is going to be enough.
This was always the way
it had to be.
We're all in now.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hotwire the relay
Start by reversing the conduct--
Thanks.
I got it.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
I know you do.
You'll need to program
your first jump
to take you back a week or so.
Okay,
one week back.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Remember,
you have to preserve history.
Everything depends on it.
Don't be seen. Don't be heard.
Do what has to be done and
only what has been done.
Ready?
(ENERGY WAVE BUILDS)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) The nanos
are already programmed.
There's an injector in
the med bay.
There's a nice suit in your size
under Holt's desk.
Everything you need is
in that case.
Then jump again.
Wake her up
and then become me.
Talk to her.
Guide her.
If we pull this off,
then I'll
see you on the other side.
Hey, can you hear me?
Have you made the first jump?
Oh, shit.
Hello?
Can you hear me?
Are you there?
(PAST LIV ON RADIO)
Oh man. That's a killer.
Hurry!
He's about to make a move.
(ENGINE SCREAMS)
(LIV ON RADIO)
If we pull this off,
then I'll see you on
the other side.
(DISCONNECT SOUND)
Wait. What's happening?
I'm being...
Oh, shit!
Shit! Shit!
(HOLT SCREAMS)
What the hell?
Oh! Oh!
(GRUNTS)
How do you want this to go?
Because it's easier for
me with you out of the way.
You're out of time.
Only ten minutes left.
Ten minutes is plenty.
(TIME TUNNEL RIPS OPEN)
(HOLT GRUNTS)
(STRUGGLING)
(LABOURED BREATHING)
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
(DISTORTION INTENSIFIES)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(LIV SHRIEKS)
(COUGHING)
You see what's happening to
the engine?
It's linked to the nanos.
It's going to tear us apart.
(ENGINE STUTTERS)
Maybe.
The safe room?
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
Oh! Oh!
You think the safe room
is gonna make any difference?
Jesus.
Fine.
You win.
I'm out.
I'm out.
It's yours.
You decide.
But don't destroy it.
Put the mainframe back
together and
shut it down.
There's too much potential
to let it blow up.
You don't like me?
You don't like my plan?
Fine.
But remember
what's in store for us.
For humanity.
This planet is about to enter
its darkest age.
Every time.
Every time a child dies
of disease
or a country is wiped out
as starvation spread across
an overpopulated planet,
you'll know.
You'll think about this,
about being here.
About being the one
who decided to let it happen.
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(PIERCING SHRIEK)
(PAST LIV)
If you say so.
No.
(PAST HOLT)
No!
No!
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(VIOLENT WHIRRING)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(VIOLENT WHIRRING)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(HOLT GROANS)
(UNZIP)
(SHOCKER CRACKLES)
(SHOCKER DISCHARGES)
(MASSIVE EXPLOSION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
It's a real mess in there.
The explosion did a lot of
damage, but it's pretty obvious
those mainframes are destroyed
with a sledgehammer
after the fact.
Might be seen as tampering
with a crime scene.
What's that?
I don't know.
Some electroshocker.
Killed the nanos in me.
Dead now.
Only good for one blast,
I guess.
I, um...
Just wanted to say.
How much it means to me.
You not saying
I told you so.
I was going to drop that in
after the make up sex.
(CHUCKLING)
I found this on his desk.
Insanity aside,
this was groundbreaking.
You travelled through time.
I don't know.
It's dangerous just
thinking about it.
It's too much to throw it away,
isn't it?
Why don't you keep it?
What am I supposed to
do with it?
A couple of smart
people like us.
I'm sure we'll think
of something.
(RADIO STATIC)
(RADIO CHATTER) We're heading to
the relay, start the shutdown
before the engine blows.
Maria. Thanner. They're gone
and I don't know where.
It just swallowed them up,
all of them.
Everyone from Lindstrom.
The relay is gone.
Six and seven are vented
and drained.
(RUMBLING EXPLOSION)
Holt.
No!
(OVER RADIO)
We need a medic down here--
Liv!
(OVER RADIO) Holt is injured,
he's bleeding badly.
Liv!
Holt, you're right under
the engine you're not going to
make it out.
Don't!
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(DEBRIS CRASHES)
(DISTORTION WAVE TEARS OPEN)
(HOLT) You see what's going
on out there?
Rising temperatures.
Extreme weather.
Over farming and widespread
pollution...
(OVERLAPPING) ...
climate shifting rapidly around
the globe...
...struggle with civil unrest
and violence.
(HOLT)
Everywhere.
It's imperative
that we revitalise crop
production.
We need a lasting,
long term solution.
Today's controversial
announcement to accelerate
funding for the NFC...
(HOLT)
You tell me.
...resources that could
transform
agriculture and food security
on Earth...
...experts agree that it is only
a matter of time.
(HOLT)
What's the solution?
(OVER RADIO) What you are
hearing behind me is
(OVER RADIO) the gunfire which
has been raging
(OVER RADIO) since three A.M.
this morning as the
(OVER RADIO) desperate
Portuguese masses clash
(OVER RADIO) with police,
in a disaster-ravaged city.
(OVER RADIO) It is the result
of torrential floods
(OVER RADIO)
which have washed away, what was
(OVER RADIO)
once the Portuguese coastline.
(MANNY OVER RADIO) Liv.
Holt said stop fiddling with
the sensors and get down here.
Yeah, I'm meeting the Lindstrom
guys out front when they arrive.
(MANNY OVER RADIO) Yeah,
they landed on the south end
of the island ten minutes ago.
(OVER SPEAKER) Attention all
crew. The Reiko Facility is in
lockdown.
Shit!
Hey, you better hurry up.
We're all headed down to
the engine room now.
Sorry. Yeah,
I'll be down shortly.
I seem to remember you being
late to the press conference
last year as well.
It was Liv, wasn't it?
Good memory.
Sorry. I didn't know you'd
already arrived,
are there more of you?
Harris.
Harris
They're in the briefing.
Shit.
I saw the Reiko Island piece
the BBC did.
-Pretty interesting.
-Ah, yes!
'Knocking the planet
of its axis'.
Oh, wait, was that
the 'triggering every volcano
on Earth'?
-That one?
-Yeah.
Yeah. That one was hilarious.
Come on.
C'mon.
Just between us,
you're seriously saying there's
nothing to worry about here,
just crushing space then.
Completely safe.
Not crushing.
Our engine simply fold space.
Everything in between is fine.
When we're done
we simply stretch it out again.
Everything's safe.
No one has even noticed.
And there you are,
at your destination,
a galaxy away.
You'd think the guy about to
design the ship would be able
to grasp the difference.
Crushing, folding.
I still say it's dangerous.
What happened to traveling
through space
the old fashioned way?
(LIV)
Hey.
This way is faster.
(VIDEO VOICE) It's one step
forward in technology,
(VIDEO VOICE) but one giant leap
forward for humankind.
(VIDEO VOICE) With the ability
to bend and fold
(VIDEO VOICE) With the ability
to bend and fold
(VIDEO VOICE)
the very fabric of space itself.
(VIDEO VOICE) The Caliver Engine
is the first engine
(VIDEO VOICE) able to bring your
destination to you,
(VIDEO VOICE) making
interstellar travel
instantaneous.
(VIDEO VOICE)
Reiko's team of--
Ms. Thanner.
Dr. Renault.
Ladies and gentlemen.
I think it's time we show you
what our engine can do.
(STEADY ENGINE HUM)
(OVER SPEAKER) All safety tests
must be completed now.
I don't think that's going to
fit any of our ships.
So build a bigger ship.
(RADIO CHATTER)
That's him.
Holt. The Lindstrom
team is here.
Okay, try it now.
You need to talk to them.
They can wait.
What did that do?
Anything?
(MANNY)
Not even close.
(LIV) Holt. This is tooimportant
to let slip away because you
don't like talking to people.
We have a dozen techs that
can do that.
It would take a dozen
techs to do this.
I already have the NFC
bean counters
watching my every move,
making sure no penny
goes astray.
Now I have to deal with
Lindstrom.
(SIGHS)
He's coming up.
Take them through to the beak.
HARRIS: Even more impressive
in person.
You can't be down here.
Okay, try it now.
You're the only one in
this place
who seems to know
what's going on.
I'm sticking with you.
Come on.
We're headed to the beak.
Beak?
Jesus, how big is this thing?
Big enough.
Big enough to save the world?
Right?
Right?
This is the beak.
You're testing this thing on
a pot plant?
Unless you're volunteering?
So where does it go?
There.
Baby steps, Harris.
It's going to be years before we
actually move a whole spaceship.
(NEWS ANCHOR ON TV) Three years
after the Reiko Island disaster,
that killed nine and
injured dozens.
The victims families will today
learn the findings
of the lengthy investigation
into the cause of the incident.
The demand for accountability
(HARRIS OVER PHONE)
Hey Liv, um.
Give me a call when you get
this. I heard about the job
interview and just,
There'll be others.
Stay positive. It's almost over.
I'll, uh, I'll meet you at
the lawyer's office, okay?
(LAWYER) All personnel at
the administrative level
of New Frontiers
have been cleared of any
wrongdoing.
Surely it's not as
simple as that.
So you're telling us it's over?
There was no wrongdoing found
at this level in the company.
Due to the magnitude of the
storm that hit the island.
There can be no doubt that
this incident
was not the result
of human error.
(HARRIS) Couple of notable
absentees from the meeting.
Harris.
Hope they send him a postcard
if they find whatever corner
of the world he vanished to.
-Let him know
he got away with it.
-Again?
Really?
We all know God damn well there
was no storm.
It's the bullshit, Liv.
The way they've spun it...
Do you want me in jail
to pay for my crimes?
I am just as guilty as Holt is.
You're not.
Hey, who's cheering who up
here anyway?
Stop moping, Liv. This is the
verdict we were hoping for.
I'm sorry.
You're right.
Well I don't care.
Just a salad I guess.
Mmhm, Come on.
If you want the duck,
just get the duck.
It's a celebration.
You got nothing holding
you back.
The job hunt can really start.
It sure will look good on a C.V.
Cleared of all charges.
I can hear them lining up.
You know, I'm not saying that.
Tried giving it time
and here we are,
three years later and--
hell of a three years.
Hey hey hey hey.
Pretty great three years,
if you ask me.
I just don't know what I can do.
That's okay.
You don't have to know.
I just...
I just need to figure
out myself.
What I want.
(RENAULT)
Olivia.
Oh, God.
Renault, hi!
Harris is here too,
he's just bringing
the car around.
Oh, yes.
I heard that you and he were,
um, that's great.
You must be excited about
starting phase two.
No. I left Lindstrom long ago,
just after the island, really.
Right.
I just.
When something like
that happens,
you really, take stock of things
and for me,
it was time to move on.
So, what are you doing now?
Oh, would you believe
I was going to call
you about it?
It's a...
It's a personal project
I have wanted to try
for a while.
Got investors?
Well, one.
But, when that one is
Julian Boulevont
you don't really need
any others.
Jesus.
Boulevont.
Impressive.
And you were going to call me?
Well, that's a sure way to scare
off any investor.
My reputation, since the island
It is not even a worry.
You leave that to me.
Sounds intriguing.
What sort of--
I really need someone
with your skills
on this project, Olivia.
So, why don't you just come
and take a look at my setup,
I will.
All right then.
Oh, do you want to wait
and say hello to Harris?
He's just coming around.
I'm so sorry, my dear.
I catch up with him
another time.
(HARRIS)
Renault?
As in Henri Renault?
(ON TELEVISION)
Without a successor to NFC
(ON TELEVISION) we could have as
little as two years
(ON TELEVISION)
to prevent an irreversible--
Two years?
Geez.
Liv.
He, um...
he offered me a job last night.
(ON TELEVISION) The whereabouts
of the controversial figure
He, um,
(ON TELEVISION)
are currently unknown.
He wants me to come and
take a look at his setup.
Well, that's great, isn't it?
So, what will you be doing?
Um, he didn't really say.
I don't even know what
the project is.
Hmm.
Yeah, that's what I'm
going to find out.
It's being funded by Boulevont.
It's real.
God, Boulevont -
the mystery thickens
We had to deal with him a few
years back on the micro-med
nano project.
My team designed the algorithm
so that the bots could
replicate.
And we use some of your notes.
You know what I'm trying to say
is that he's odd.
Yeah.
You know any reclusive
billionaire
industrialists who aren't?
I thought he was taking
a step back from the company.
He's got health issues.
Really?
Yeah.
So why didn't you mention
any of this?
What are you talking about?
I just did.
Oh. Last night you didn't
say a word.
Look, I'll head out.
I'll check out his setup,
if I don't like it--
Okay.
I hope it all goes all right.
Harris.
No. It's okay.
It's just.
I've got a meeting.
Talk about it tonight.
Alright?
But, uh, mind yourself, darling.
[Laughs]
Look, it's a little isolated but
that's kind of the idea.
It's often beneficial to be
out of the way
left to one's own devices.
Right.
Well, I, um...
Oh, I suppose that
depends on what one is
working on.
In wartime
people were scared enough
to allow science
to progress as fast as it could.
Paige.
That's when the real strides
were always made.
but we do not have that
advantage.
Do we, Olivia?
We must not be afraid
of trying new things.
Why is there an NFC crate--
(HOLT)
Without perseverance...
Progress is impossible.
When we hit a hurdle,
it doesn't mean the race
is over.
We set out to achieve
something, Liv.
We spent years with that
plan in mind.
If we roll over after just
one fall...
We were never going to succeed
in the first place.
Liv.
The people that died on that
island were there for a reason.
They believed in something.
In this.
Do you remember why you
signed up to begin with?
Nothing's changed.
Come on.
You see it all just like I do.
Things are bad and
getting worse.
What's the solution?
What's our best shot
at really changing things?
At finding something new?
We need to finish what we
started, Liv.
And I need you with me.
(OVER SPEAKER)
The Caliver test will commence
in T-minus 2 minutes.
(OVER SPEAKER)
All teams are checked in
at their stations and ready.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Initialising test sequence.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Standby to commence fold.
Take it away when you're ready.
(EMITTER POWERS UP)
(OVER SPEAKER)
Engine chambers primed.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Countdown on my mark.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Chamber One open.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
Get ready.
and stabilise.
One is locked in.
Here we go.
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
Steady.
That one's a little hot.
Isaac.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Chamber two.
(ECHOING BOOM)
(WHOOSH OF DISTORTION)
What was that?
(OVER SPEAKER)
Relay reports no change.
(ISAAC OVER RADIO)
We're heading to the relay.
(ISAAC OVER RADIO)
Start the shut down.
(ISAAC OVER RADIO)
Before the engine blows.
What?
(OVER SPEAKERS)
The relay is fully responsive.
Standing by.
Isaac, repeat.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Chamber Four is in the red.
Vent Gate Four.
Open it.
Lock it.
Okay, it's reached Point B.
(OVER SPEAKER)
Standby to close the fold.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
We need a medic down here.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
Holt is injured. I repeat,
Holt is injured.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
He's bleeding badly.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO) We need
a medic down here quickly.
Three.
Two.
One.
(SMASHES)
(AUDIBLE GASP)
(ENGINE BOOMS LOUDLY)
Shut it down.
The entire console's lost power.
Okay now it actually is
the relay hub.
It's dead.
Holt!
It's still accelerating.
What do we do?
Liv.
I need you to help me get
everyone out.
I'm heading down to clear
the personnel below.
(ENGINE ROARS VIOLENTLY)
Everyone out!
Get out!
Get yourselves out now! Go!
We're heading to Evac Point One.
Holt. How long until
you're at evac?
(HOLT OVER RADIO) Liv, I've got
to shut this thing down.
But they've given
the evacuation order.
(HOLT OVER RADIO) With the relay
out, someone has to stay back
and drain those energy chambers.
What, manually?
Is he insane?
Liv, he doesn't have a choice.
If this thing blows - with all
that stored energy...
There is no evacuation.
We're on tiny island
in the middle of the Pacific.
Right. Isaac,
we're closer to the relay.
Harris, help Maria get
everyone out.
(ISAAC) We're heading to
the relay. Start the shutdown
before the engine blows.
(POWERING DOWN SOUNDS)
(PAIGE OVER RADIO)
Liv! Where are you?
I'm here.
I don't know what this is.
(TV PUNDIT)
I'll tell you what it is.
(TV PUNDIT)
It's a wake up call.
Hey, there she is.
How did--
Hey! You okay?
How was it?
It's, um...
Long drive out there.
Not my kind of job.
Waste of time, really.
Hey.
Like you said,
there'll be other offers.
That's a shame.
You want to watch some TV?
Order some pizza.
Actually,
I'm gonna go for a quick run.
You're going the other
way with that.
Well, if there's a pizza here
when you get back, don't--
get angry with me.
(ON TELEVISION) They too will
still face tighter restrictions
(ON TELEVISION)
in an effort to delay further
(ON TELEVISION)
environmental deterioration.
(ON TELEVISION) The urgent need
for a comprehensive
(ON TELEVISION)
and experts caution
(ON TELEVISION) that without
significant progress
within the next two years
the situation may become
irreversible.
Okay.
You have one chance here.
I have one question for you,
and you better know the answer
or I'm gone.
You have my assurances,
we're making every effort--
No.
We'll get to that.
Maria.
Thanner.
Isaac.
Do you actually know
what happened to them?
Because if you don't, this whole
thing is being shut down.
Now.
There was a secondary output
of fluctuating energy.
Now, I warned NFC
We needed a larger
surge inhibitor
to protect against any
unforeseen bursts.
But it didn't fit their budget.
Well, if NFC couldn't afford
a larger one
with their billions of dollars,
then how do you expect--
I'm building one.
From scratch.
And where do I fit in?
I need someone to design seven
new energy chambers.
And I need the best.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Let's skip the flattery, though.
What I need to know is that this
is all being done the right way.
It is.
There's a particle compressor
in the hall back there,
and I know there's no way
you have a permit for it.
New Frontier's gone, Liv.
We're stretched as far as we
can go on Boulevont's money.
Permits and taxes are luxuries
we just can't afford.
-Cutting corners--
-No.
Isn't that insane?
No, not cutting corners. No.
We're being smart about it.
And you know that safety is
something I've never taken
lightly.
We figured out what went wrong
and we fixed it.
We just don't have the
funding we had before.
This is the only way.
It's as simple as that.
Everyone here is the best at
what they do.
I can rely on them.
Now I'm going to finish
this engine.
Then we can go. Explore.
Find what we need to fix
this mess.
The events of Reiko
aren't going to happen again.
I promise.
So starting from scratch.
Seven chambers.
It's been on three months?
Have you started draining
the runoff energy yet?
A quantum extractor costs around
a quarter of a million,
you know?
I'll have one here by morning.
Easy as that?
I see he convinced you?
Where was I supposed to go?
Yeah, tell me about it.
Okay,
so that's that.
What now?
I need you to start mapping
those energy chambers.
You want to take a look at her?
Designing mainframes,
that's great.
LIV: Mm.
I'm glad you came around.
I mean, I know he's an odd guy,
but he's pretty switched on.
It's going to be great.
I know it's not what you
wanted, but--
No, it is good.
I really need this.
I think if...
Car's here.
(KISSES)
Hey!
Hey! Whoa whoa whoa!
Hey, wait, wait.
What's that?
It's the extractor core
you asked for.
It looks used.
Do you have any idea what one
of these would cost brand new?
Yes, I do.
That was my point.
Where would you even find one
second hand?
We know a guy.
Are you sure it works?
We're supposed to be
using this thing to fold space.
Would you want to sell me faulty
merchandise?
This is all new.
So how long before we
can test it out?
Just need Innis to give it
a good look over.
Main shaft's useless.
Needs replacing.
Shit.
The shaft?
Don't worry.
I know a guy.
(THUNDER)
(EXTRACTOR POWERS UP)
We'll just let it run overnight.
It's very different to
last time.
Like I said,
it has to be.
So you and Harris.
How's he with all this?
Not my biggest fan, I imagine.
I, uh...
I think I'm probably
better off just
avoiding the issue with
him for now.
Don't give me that look.
Things are great between
us, and I'm
all for honesty. But...
Sometimes I think it's
best just,
you know, I think it's,
it's complicated.
Oh, it always is.
It always was
with me and Fiona.
I forget you used to be married.
Seems so out of character.
Well,
I suppose you didn't know
me back then.
I was a different man.
I hadn't made the decision yet.
I know I'm going to regret
asking this, but
what decision?
I hadn't decided
if my work was getting in
the way of my home life,
or if my home life
was getting in the way
of my work.
You're saying you can't
have both.
Not necessarily.
But until you decide
which it is,
both halves will suffer.
And even worse,
for people like us,
so driven, so focused.
It's not as easy as choosing
which half
you like more.
It's all or nothing.
It pretty much comes down
to which life
you're willing to sacrifice
for the other.
Not everyone is you, Holt.
(CHUCKLES)
No.
Not everyone.
(HARRIS ON PHONE)
Hey. So I'm at the place
(HARRIS ON PHONE)
we said six right?
(LIV ON PHONE) Sorry,
I had to wait for some parts to
come in before I could leave.
(LIV ON PHONE)
I'm coming now.
(LIV ON PHONE) Listen,
I might have to go back in again
after dinner.
(LIV ON PHONE) Renault needs me
to look over some things.
(LIV ON PHONE)
I'll make it up to you.
(LIV ON PHONE)
Promise.
I'm heading out with the boys.
We just blew another inhibitor.
Got to pick up a replacement.
(LIV)
The surge shield?
How strong is it?
You need to go by the oscilating
measurements, not the alpha.
That's why they're shorting out.
Want to tag along?
What do you think?
It's not going to take half
the energy
that thing's going to put out.
Shit.
This is it.
This is as strong as they come.
We can't just walk away.
-These guys--
-I get it.
Have probably ripped this out
of an Israeli sub or something.
But it doesn't do the job.
Everyone, back to the car.
-We're not taking it.
-What?
It's broken.
Here's half for their troubles.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, mi scusi.
(SHOUTING IN ITALIAN)
(VAN ENGINE REVS)
(SHOUTING IN ITALIAN)
Is that the splitter box?
Jesus.
(PAIGE) It'll still work.
That's how they sold it to us.
Who?
Gordo knew a guy.
Olivia, my dear, what's up?
I need to talk to Holt.
I'd give him a minute.
(HOLT)
What I'm saying here--
(BOULEVONT)
It's just not good enough.
(BOULEVONT) It's not even close
to the schedule we agreed--
(HOLT)
I'm not extending your sunroom.
Nobody's done this before.
There's always going to be
unforeseen complications.
Julian, if you want to be
a pioneer.
If...
you mention the Wright brothers
one more time
I'm going to puke.
I'm not some hayseed oil tycoon.
I get what I paid for.
Not, uh,
chatter.
If this is not up and running
by the 31st
I'm handing it all over
to my own
research and development guys.
That's crazy.
They wouldn't have the first--
They might not be Tesla
Marconi or
Well,
but I'm sure they'll
figure it out.
And at least with my guys,
I know I'll get results.
And we wouldn't want
another Reiko.
Would we?
(TV BEEP)
(LIV)
So that was him.
The man with the money?
Yep.
So keen on space travel
he's willing to risk
millions, to--
I really need this.
Oh, my brain is just imploding
right now.
See, I came up here to
set a few things straight,
and now half of me is saying,
'Calm down, Liv.
This isn't the time'.
Very, very not the time.
What we're doing here. Okay.
Even under the best
of circumstances,
we're pushing our luck.
But on top of that,
you've got Fagin's
little pinchers
out there stealing
the rubber bands
we're using to keep this
thing together.
You really think that--
Oh, sorry. Yeah. No.
Not stealing.
They know a guy.
We are wasting time.
Two years until
the tipping point.
Do you really expect
me to trust--
I do.
I do expect a little trust.
That's the deal.
Oh my God.
Reiko was a disaster.
NFC's bureaucracy cost
people their lives.
I was drowning in paperwork,
not focusing on what
was important.
So, yes, it's different
this time, thank God.
It has to be different.
There's no publicity machine.
There's no corporate protocol.
This time,
it's just about the work.
It's about having
the right people.
And yes, it is about trusting
those people.
Now, it may not look pretty
and I'm sorry if it doesn't fit
with your ideals.
But this.
This is it.
This is the only way.
What if I need more than that?
Then maybe you need to
work that out once and for all.
(PAIGE ON RADIO)
Where are you?
(LIV ON RADIO)
I'm here.
(LIV ON RADIO)
I don't know what this is.
We got stuck on level two.
There was this
energy field
blocking the way out.
We're on our way back down.
(LIV ON RADIO) I think I'm
looking at one right now.
(PAIGE ON RADIO)
They're all over the facility!
Oh.
(HOLT ON RADIO) Control.
Give me regular readings.
(OVER RADIO)
Last recorded reading in excess
of fifty megatons.
(DISTORTION SPARKS)
(ENGINE ROARS TO LIFE)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(ENGINE ROARS)
(TERRIFIED SCREAM)
Look out!
Isaac?
Isaac!
He's Isaac's.
(ISAAC ON RADIO) We're heading
to the relay. Start the shutdown
before the engine blows.
Thanner, they're gone
and I don't know where.
(PAIGE ON RADIO) It just
swallowed them up. All of them!
Everyone from Lindstrom.
(LIV ON RADIO)
The relay is gone.
Six and seven are vented
and drained.
Holt.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
No. We need a medic down here.
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
Holt is injured.
I repeat Holt is injured.
Liv!
Holt you are right under
the engine.
You're not going to make it out!
No!
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(DEBRIS CRASHES)
(LIV)
Holt!
On Reiko,
the power this thing was
putting out.
It would rip that inhibitor
apart like a beer can.
Come on, kids,
let's get to work.
We've hit a roadblock.
A big one.
So, what do you need?
That's the problem.
We don't know.
We need a shield.
Energy inhibitors.
They stop the secondary flow--
Do you have any idea how--
Yes, I have some experience
in this.
Yes.
Wait.
What about that safe
room you built?
It's a tiny box for emergencies.
It neutralizes all energy,
not just the secondary flow.
We're not building this thing
to hide from it.
No.
All this is for nothing
unless we can make that engine
safe enough to work.
Well, when you can't stop a
river from crashing down on you.
You have to learn to
flow with it.
That makes no sense.
But the force of energy.
What I'm saying is flow with it.
But that's insane.
That would mean that
every part--
He's right.
Of course I am.
Every particle.
We can't stop the bursts
of energy.
We have to flow with them.
Nanos.
We program nanos into a human.
They latch on to every particle,
keeping the person together.
They run in sync with the engine
so when the energy wave hits,
they go with it.
This is sounding crazy.
On an atomic level.
It'll work.
You are gonna need some pretty
goddamn amazing nanos.
Do they even come that small
and complex?
Yeah. They do.
Well, if you thought
the inhibitor was rare
and expensive.
We can do this.
You sure?
I know a guy.
Julian Boulevont.
Yep.
We know him.
He's dying.
It's a big secret.
Nobody knows.
Stage four lung cancer.
He's had it for years.
Man's a survivor.
I'm sorry.
How do we know?
He's got one thing keeping
him alive.
Nanos.
He's filled
with an army of microscopic
bots, all fighting to keep
the cancer contained.
Again, how do we know?
Harris.
Lindstrom built them
for Boulevont.
I'm not supposed to know.
How much do you think?
Well, Julian paid over five
billion for them.
(WHISTLES)
But don't worry.
They're not for sale.
He's in town right now.
Think you better give
the boss a call.
Come on.
We're all in now.
Aren't we?
We have to be.
You're home early.
Fair enough.
I'm going to make myself
a lasagna.
I didn't think I'd have company.
Should be enough for two.
I can't tell.
I have no idea.
Is it a good job or not?
You're up, you're down.
Harris.
There's no reason why I
should know.
You're working
for the CIA maybe.
I think I'm going to quit.
You think, but you don't know.
Okay, I'm assuming
you're not actually working
for the CIA
but can you at least tell me why
you don't know?
I don't think I can.
That's going to make
this tricky.
You're afraid I won't understand
because I'll try.
I'm an open minded guy,
aren't I?
I mean, you're not building
bombs, are you?
Or working for terrorists.
So long as you're not off
working with...
(SOBS)
(INHALE)
I won't even
ask you what he's got you
working on.
Because, honestly,
I don't want to know.
If there was any justice,
he'd be--
Nine people died, Liv.
Your co-workers.
And he didn't even.
I don't even know
where to start.
(LAMP SMASHES)
No.
I'm sorry.
You've been working with him
for weeks now,
on God knows what.
You've been working with him in
secret, and lying to me.
You can say what you
want, but...
You've made your decision.
(SOBS)
(DALE ON PHONE)
Don't worry.
Holt says you can stay at
the warehouse.
We'll come get you.
We're on the way to pick up.
You can make sure the parts
are compatible for us.
(CAR PULLING UP)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO)
So that's three chambers filled.
Once we source those nanos,
we can start our first test.
God, I still can't get
over that.
The chambers on the last engine
took months to fill.
That's Innis.
The carbon ducts were his idea.
What used to take weeks
and months is now a matter of--
Did you hear?
We were just talking about you.
Join us.
He's dead.
(NEWS REPORTER)
Boulevont has been found
dead in his apartment.
One of his bodyguards
found the deceased recluse
in the early hours
of this morning.
Authorities say
there are no suspicious
circumstances,
but insiders speculate that
the CEO had
secretly been battling
lung cancer for years.
What was that?
What was what?
Remarkable timing.
What?
Have you got something to
say to me?
You just couldn't
leave it alone, could you?
He knew what this thing
really was,
and he was a loose end, so you--
Wait, what? You think Holt did
this for his nanos?
That's crazy.
Do you have, um, any idea?
The investigation.
The number of calls he
made to us.
I'm no killer, Henri.
Now, unless you have any actual
evidence, then.
We are about to have
this place raided by
the authorities.
I suggest we all get
out of here.
What we need to do is go
back to work.
In just a few hours,
we're going to have enough
energy to get this thing
running.
Oh, Jesus.
You know what?
If there is anyone here
who still trusts me.
Feel free to stick around.
Otherwise.
I didn't know you had it in
you, old man.
You going to tell us
what that was all about?
What are they talking about?
They're nuts, right?
They can do what they want.
I need sleep.
Hey!
None of this will matter
tomorrow.
Now, if you're truly ready
to make some history with me.
I'll see you in the morning.
(PAIGE OVER RADIO)
Maria. Thanner. They're gone
and I don't know where.
It just swallowed them up,
all of them.
Everyone from Lindstrom.
(LIV OVER RADIO)
The relay is--
Six and seven are vented
and drained.
(RUMBLING EXPLOSION)
Holt.
No!
(HARRIS OVER RADIO)
We need a medic down here--
Liv!
(HARRIS OVER RADIO) Holt is
injured, he's bleeding badly.
Liv!
(LIV OVER RADIO) Holt,
you're right under the engine
you're not going to make it out.
Don't!
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
(STRUCTURE CREAKING)
(DEBRIS CRASHES)
(DISTORTION WAVE TEARS OPEN)
(DEBRIS REVERSING)
(RUMBLING)
Holt!
Wait!
Holt.
Shit.
Holt!
Oh, God.
Just stay still.
Help's coming.
We shut it down.
What happened in here?
The roof.
Did you see it?
The roof.
It collapsed.
And then...
What are you talking about?
It collapsed.
It did.
I'm telling you, it did.
(RADIO CHATTER)
We need a medic down here.
Holt is injured.
I repeat, Holt is injured.
He's bleeding badly.
We need a medic down here,
quickly.
(OVER RADIO) What you are
hearing behind me is
(OVER RADIO) the gunfire which
has been raging
(LIV)
Hello?
(OVER RADIO) since three A.M.
this morning as the
(OVER RADIO) desperate
Portuguese masses clash
(OVER RADIO) with police,
in a disaster-ravaged city.
Holt?
(OVER RADIO) It is the result
of torrential floods
(OVER RADIO)
which have washed away, what was
(OVER RADIO)
once the Portuguese coastline.
Anyone?
(ENGINE STRAINING)
Third gear.
We're close now.
Where's Renault?
Where's Gordo?
Very,
very close.
...and Innis?
Anyone?
Holt, there's no one here.
Who the hell is going to
run this thing?
We don't need anyone else.
That was the idea.
Too many cooks last time.
A smaller operation.
This time we'll be able to
keep a reign on it
It's all pretty grim, isn't it?
Doesn't matter.
Grab me a circuit board,
would you?
It doesn't matter.
How can you say that?
Because when I'm done here
it won't.
What happened?
Give that to me.
Answer me!
What did you do to Boulevont?
It doesn't matter.
Was it an accident or
intentional?
Did he have a family?
Doesn't matter.
When I think about the years
I've given to this thing -
to you.
You're not understanding me.
(DISTANT THUD)
Are you going to make me
understand
the blurry difference
between right and wrong?
You're about to give me
a 'gotta break
some eggs to make an
omelet' speech?
Nope.
I'm just going to show you
how to un-crack the eggs.
-What?
-See?
I'm saying it actually
doesn't matter.
I'm saying
that when this thing is working,
it is all irrelevant.
Every wrong, every mistake
erased, we can start fresh.
A clean slate for everyone.
This isn't the Caliver engine.
-It is--
-Not the one I built.
It's better.
You were there.
You saw what it did on Reiko.
Is it working?
Think of what we can do.
Yeah.
I remember Reiko.
The room
and the people disintegrating
around us.
I remember.
What if it didn't end that way
on the island that day?
What if
whatever happened,
we could control?
We are not having this
conversation.
We don't know what--
We never do!
The car was built a century
before anyone even realized
what damage emissions caused.
Science is always two steps
further forward than it
should be.
We never see the
dangers of progress coming,
except now.
Liv.
For the first time,
we can literally see the
problems coming and avoid them.
This thing can erase
the very mistakes
it was built on.
That's why you did it.
He knew what this engine
really was.
(DEVICE POWERS UP)
(WATCH BEEPING)
(SHOCKWAVE EXPLOSION)
He wanted it for himself
and you went and--
(SHOCKSTICK IGNITES)
Listen to me.
This.
This can't happen.
The potential dangers
are just too out of control.
It was out of control that
day years ago.
I know, but it's just energy.
Once we harness it,
once we control it--
It tore them apart!
But now we have the nanos.
They're programmed
and installed and ready to go.
It was random bursts on
the island,
but not anymore.
They're in here.
The engine and the passenger.
We're working in sync.
I flow where it flows.
And where are you planning
to flow to?
We were supposed to be
looking for
something better.
Jesus, Harris was right.
You are so obsessed
with progress that... You keep
talking about a solution.
There's a real shitstorm brewing
out there and...
This is the solution!
A storm is coming,
and it will wipe everything
clear away.
And long after it settles
with this,
we will arrive at the dawn
of a new day
and start again.
That's great.
So that's it.
It's not about building
anything any more.
We're just going to let
everything we've ever done
just be buried?
Jump over the mass
grave of rubble
and destruction to your
perfect future.
Start again.
That's the plan?
It's the same plan.
Liv.
Five years ago,
we were building a life raft
to get off this sinking ship.
No, that's not what we
were doing!
Yes, it was.
What's changed?
We can't stop what's coming.
But we can jump past it.
You know there's no fixing it.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
Fourth gear.
We're three hours out.
We're just three hours.
Give me that much so I can
show you what
this is.
Liv!
Switching this on again
without any idea what
will happen.
You're insane.
Oh, Jesus.
You weren't ready.
I shouldn't have told you.
I should have let you
see before--
Well too late,
you can't change that now.
Can you?
(STUNNER ZAPS)
I know.
I'm sorry.
Holt.
Don't.
It's too dangerous.
Okay. Now.
Three hours.
I can fix this.
You'll see.
You'll be safe in here.
(STIFLED SNIFF)
He hit you with a tranq.
Come on.
You'll get better.
Just relax.
This is what I used to
wake you up.
You'll need it later on.
He keeps them in his trunk.
Feeling better?
(SQUEALS)
Great. We need to hurry.
(MICROPHONE FEEDBACK)
(OVER SPEAKER)
Okay.
What?
(OVER SPEAKER)
Hold still.
You know, you can trust me.
Oh, what the hell?
(OVER SPEAKER)
Come on.
Once he told you what
the engine was for.
You saw this coming.
It was your idea.
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Yeah, well,
Great, you've got nanos all
through you.
I just had to make sure
they're working.
I mean, I guess I didn't.
I guess I already knew.
Man, this is already weird.
Okay.
You ready?
We need to stop him.
I'm just going to be calibrating
those little buggers inside you.
(PIERCING SHRIEK)
(RETCHING)
Hey, I'm...
I'm not exactly 100% yet.
The irony is we actually
don't have a lot of time.
Move it!
Clothes in the corner.
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Lucky for us,
he can only go back a couple
of months
to when the engine was first
switched on.
He can't jump any further
back than that.
Oh, hey,
what the hell is going on?
It's okay.
I'm going to walk you
through this.
He locked you up
but you came up with a plan,
remember?
And so far, it's working.
But he's about to jump
for the first time,
and we need to stop him
making that jump?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Absolutely not.
No. We can't.
He's already jumped in
the future.
Okay? This is very dangerous.
What we're dealing with.
We need to respect all history.
Past and future.
Wait.
How do you know
the future? If...
If he hasn't jumped yet.
How do you know what--
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO) Because
I do. Because I've lived it.
Because I'm here.
(NANOS CALIBRATING)
Jesus, could you not?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
He's going back.
(LIV WINCES)
He's trying to change it.
Change what?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
When he told you what the
engine really was,
he didn't like your reaction.
So he's going back to
change it to stop
that conversation from ever
happening. Get me?
We have to stop him from
changing history.
If he succeeds in altering
the timeline,
the consequences could be
catastrophic.
End of the universe stuff.
Wait.
What the hell are you doing?
You came back here.
You dragged me out.
You're changing it.
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
I'm not changing anything.
This is how it happened for me.
How? What happened?
(FUTURE LIV OVER RADIO)
Thirty minutes ago, I was you
listening to this sentence
and this sentence and
this sentence.
And all I was told
is what I'm telling you.
That man with that engine
could mean the end
of everything.
So I'm here to guide you
the same way I was--
(VIOLENTLY VOMITS)
Guided.
Forgot about that.
Listen,
the nanos in your suit and
the nanos inside you
work together with
the engine to--
Hey. Hey! Hey!
Oh, God.
This is William Arthur Holt.
The date is the 15th
of August, 2033.
The time is coming up on
0800 hours.
And I'm about to become
the first human on record
to reverse
along a fourth
dimensional plane.
(HIGH-PITCHED ENGINE WHINE)
In the fifth gear,
the range at the moment
is limited.
But as the engine clicks up
in the gears
We'll be able to travel further.
Further forward.
Further back.
(ENGINE POWERS UP)
The engine will project me
three hours into the past.
I will remain there
for only about a minute or so,
due to the amount of power
required to make the jump.
While I'm away,
the engine and I will
be tethered.
Still experiencing time at
the same rate.
(ENGINE POWERS UP)
One minute will pass
for each of us,
even though we exist in
different times.
And then I'll automatically
be snapped back.
(ENGINE SURGES)
I don't know what records
will keep of this trip.
As the very point of this test
is to change history.
(ENGINE SURGES)
But.
Well,
into the great unknown I go.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
For the benefit of us all.
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
Yes.
(NANO SUIT SYNCS)
Oh, Liv.
(DISTORTION WAVE TEARS OPEN)
I'm so sorry.
(DISTORTION WAVE BUILDS)
(VOICES THROUGH DISTORTION)
(LIV)
H-Hello?
(LIV)
Hello?
(LIV)
H-H-Holt?
(LIV)
Holt?
(LIV)
Anyone?
(OVER RADIO) What you are
hearing behind me is
(OVER RADIO) the gunfire which
has been raging
(OVER RADIO) since three A.M.
this morning as the
(LIV)
Hello?
(OVER RADIO) desperate
Portuguese masses clash
(OVER RADIO) with police,
in a disaster-ravaged city.
(LIV)
Holt?
(OVER RADIO) It is the result
of torrential floods
(OVER RADIO)
which have washed away, what was
(LIV)
Anyone?
(OVER RADIO)
once the Portuguese coastline.
(PAST HOLT)
Third gear.
(PAST HOLT)
We're close now.
(PAST LIV)
Where's Renault?
Where's Gordo?
(PAST HOLT)
Very,
very close.
(PAST LIV)
...and Innis?
(LIV STRUGGLING)
Anyone?
Holt, there's no one here.
Who the hell is going to
run this thing?
(PAST HOLT)
We don't need anyone else.
That was the idea.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Can you hear me? Are you there?
That's a killer.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hurry.
He's about to make a move.
(PAST LIV)
...how can you say that?
(PAST HOLT)
Cause when I'm done here...
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Okay. You're three hours back.
You just need to keep him
from stopping that conversation.
You piece of shit.
What do you think you're doing?
-What are you even--
-You lunatic.
Trying to change history.
(PAST LIV)
Answer me!
Just wait.
Wait!
(PAST LIV)
What did you do to Boulevont?
So.
This is the answer?
Tricking me?
Not even tricking
Changing the course
of the universe.
(PAST LIV) Was it an accident
or intentional?
(PAST LIV)
Did he have a family?
What's the plan?
(PAST LIV) When I think about
the years I've given to this
thing. To you.
I don't know.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
This is the plan.
I don't know.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Keep him
busy. Don't be seen, got it?
Don't worry,
you're about to snap back.
(LIV IN PAIN)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Good work.
You stopped him from
changing the past.
Now we've got to take control
of the engine from him.
Where are we?
Stop!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Back at the jump point
where you started.
You've trusted me this far.
Why not now?
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
The bad news is
Holt's not going down
without a fight.
He's plotting in another jump.
He needs you out of the way.
Once you are,
he'll be free to use the engine
to change
whatever he wants.
The worse news is that with
every jump,
those nanos are going to have
a harder time
keeping you together.
I know you can already feel it.
So that means
we've got to destroy this
thing using
as few jumps as possible.
You hear me?
No matter what happens,
we need to destroy this thing
without hesitation.
Quick!
Hold on.
It's about to get rough.
(ENGINE STRAINING)
(PANICKED YELP)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Okay.
You're about an hour forward.
(STUTTERING ENGINE)
(HOLT GRUNTS)
Failsafe control tower should be
right in front of you.
Tear it apart.
If you say so.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) I know
what you're seeing. I know.
No!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
No hesitation.
Do it now!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) You're
back at the jump point again.
What the hell do you think
you're doing?
Oh, are you trying to kill us?
We're going to disable
the guidance system.
Get to a terminal.
(ENGINE GRINDS LOUDLY)
First step.
Isolate the compressor.
Now flip the relay.
Yeah. Be careful.
Cutting the power with
the compressor
off is going to create
a small surge.
No!
(BIG SURGE)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hey! Look out!
Yeah, it's jumped you
back a while.
You got to keep moving.
I need you to get to
another terminal
so you can unlock
the nav control.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Careful. You just jumped back
a few weeks.
(INNIS)
Well...
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Stay low.
Don't let anyone see you.
(INNIS)
When you can't stop a river
from crashing down on you.
You have to learn to
flow with it.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
No kidding.
Nav control was it?
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
You got it. Perfect.
Now, hold on a second.
Just trying to--
You're a murderer.
It's not murder.
If I can go back and change it
Is this your better world?
It still can be.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hold on.
Okay.
Say goodbye to Holt.
(STEADY ENGINE HUM)
Here it comes.
One more second.
(DISTORTION INTENSIFIES)
Now!
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
I bought you some time alone.
You've probably got
a few minutes before Holt
pops up again.
So stay on your toes.
So what now?
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Well, we've taken control
of the engine,
so we're going to plot
a few jumps of our own.
But listen,
with the damage we've done,
one way or another,
the engine is going to blow.
I'm hoping the safe room
will be enough
to protect you both
from the blast.
Okay.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
But with the nanos,
Oh, right.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
They're already starting to
destabilise inside you.
I don't know if the safe room
is going to be enough.
This was always the way
it had to be.
We're all in now.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
Hotwire the relay
Start by reversing the conduct--
Thanks.
I got it.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO)
I know you do.
You'll need to program
your first jump
to take you back a week or so.
Okay,
one week back.
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) Remember,
you have to preserve history.
Everything depends on it.
Don't be seen. Don't be heard.
Do what has to be done and
only what has been done.
Ready?
(ENERGY WAVE BUILDS)
(FUTURE LIV ON RADIO) The nanos
are already programmed.
There's an injector in
the med bay.
There's a nice suit in your size
under Holt's desk.
Everything you need is
in that case.
Then jump again.
Wake her up
and then become me.
Talk to her.
Guide her.
If we pull this off,
then I'll
see you on the other side.
Hey, can you hear me?
Have you made the first jump?
Oh, shit.
Hello?
Can you hear me?
Are you there?
(PAST LIV ON RADIO)
Oh man. That's a killer.
Hurry!
He's about to make a move.
(ENGINE SCREAMS)
(LIV ON RADIO)
If we pull this off,
then I'll see you on
the other side.
(DISCONNECT SOUND)
Wait. What's happening?
I'm being...
Oh, shit!
Shit! Shit!
(HOLT SCREAMS)
What the hell?
Oh! Oh!
(GRUNTS)
How do you want this to go?
Because it's easier for
me with you out of the way.
You're out of time.
Only ten minutes left.
Ten minutes is plenty.
(TIME TUNNEL RIPS OPEN)
(HOLT GRUNTS)
(STRUGGLING)
(LABOURED BREATHING)
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
(WHIRRING ENGINE)
(DISTORTION INTENSIFIES)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(LIV SHRIEKS)
(COUGHING)
You see what's happening to
the engine?
It's linked to the nanos.
It's going to tear us apart.
(ENGINE STUTTERS)
Maybe.
The safe room?
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
Oh! Oh!
You think the safe room
is gonna make any difference?
Jesus.
Fine.
You win.
I'm out.
I'm out.
It's yours.
You decide.
But don't destroy it.
Put the mainframe back
together and
shut it down.
There's too much potential
to let it blow up.
You don't like me?
You don't like my plan?
Fine.
But remember
what's in store for us.
For humanity.
This planet is about to enter
its darkest age.
Every time.
Every time a child dies
of disease
or a country is wiped out
as starvation spread across
an overpopulated planet,
you'll know.
You'll think about this,
about being here.
About being the one
who decided to let it happen.
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(PIERCING SHRIEK)
(PAST LIV)
If you say so.
No.
(PAST HOLT)
No!
No!
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(VIOLENT WHIRRING)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(VIOLENT WHIRRING)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(HOLT GROANS)
(UNZIP)
(SHOCKER CRACKLES)
(SHOCKER DISCHARGES)
(MASSIVE EXPLOSION)
(SHOCKWAVE OF DISTORTION)
(DEBRIS CLATTERS)
It's a real mess in there.
The explosion did a lot of
damage, but it's pretty obvious
those mainframes are destroyed
with a sledgehammer
after the fact.
Might be seen as tampering
with a crime scene.
What's that?
I don't know.
Some electroshocker.
Killed the nanos in me.
Dead now.
Only good for one blast,
I guess.
I, um...
Just wanted to say.
How much it means to me.
You not saying
I told you so.
I was going to drop that in
after the make up sex.
(CHUCKLING)
I found this on his desk.
Insanity aside,
this was groundbreaking.
You travelled through time.
I don't know.
It's dangerous just
thinking about it.
It's too much to throw it away,
isn't it?
Why don't you keep it?
What am I supposed to
do with it?
A couple of smart
people like us.
I'm sure we'll think
of something.