Unknown
Hudson, I need you to listen.
Unknown
Drop what you’re doing and get out of the building.
Unknown
I don’t have time to explain.
Unknown
Exit the lab and head straight towards the emergency stairs.
Hudson
Whoever this is, leave me alone.
Hudson
I’m really busy at work.
Unknown
I know, but you have to leave.
Unknown
You have to trust me on this.
Unknown
They’re coming to kill you.
Unknown
He’s wrangled up an army of cops.
Hudson
Tony’s doing that? But he’s my best friend.
Hudson
We’ve worked together for 5 years.
Unknown
I swear he wants to kill you.
Hudson
Come on, who is this?
Unknown
You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you.
Hudson
I’m having a crazy day today at the lab.
Hudson
Don’t make it any worse by messing with me.
Unknown
Let me prove it to you.
Unknown
You got your first kiss when you were 17.
Unknown
To a girl named Maya.
Hudson
That’s not exactly top-secret information.
Unknown
You have a turtle-shaped birthmark on your left thigh.
Hudson
Are you spying on me?
Hudson
Are there cameras in here?
Hudson
I’m going to call the cops.
Unknown
Whatever you do, don’t call the cops!
Unknown
Tony sent the cops to kill you!
Unknown
They’ll be able to track you if you call them.
Unknown
Please! Ask me anything!
Unknown
Ask me something only you would know.
Hudson
No. I’m calling the cops.
Unknown
Wait. I know…I’ll tell you something about Ma.
Unknown
You were sitting next to her in the emergency room…
Unknown
There was no one else in the room…
Unknown
And you whispered something in her ear…
Unknown
You said, “This is not a goodbye, Ma. I’m going to bring you back. I promise.”
Unknown
Ma is the reason you stay up late every night working in the lab.
Unknown
That’s why you named your time pod project after her…
Hudson
How do you know all this?
Unknown
Because I’m you, Hudson.
There’s a pause while it sinks in.
Future Hudson
And you have to listen to me now.
Future Hudson
Check the monitors.
Future Hudson
There are 2 cops in the elevator, right?
Hudson looks at the security camera monitors.
He spots 2 cops in an elevator.
Future Hudson
They’re here for you.
Hudson
They look like ordinary cops to me…
Hudson
I can even see their badges.
Future Hudson
It’s a disguise.
Hudson
I hear the elevator.
Hudson
They’re almost here.
Future Hudson
Emergency exit. Now!
Hudson dashes for the emergency exit.
Future Hudson
Exit on the 10th floor.
Future Hudson
The cops are coming up from the staircase.
Hudson looks down at the spiraling staircase.
Hudson
How do you know all this?
Future Hudson
I’m from the future. Remember?
Hudson
Okay. I’m on the 10th floor.
Future Hudson
Hang tight.
Hudson
But they’re coming up!
Future Hudson
They still think you’re in the lab.
Hudson
Why is this happening?
Hudson
Why is Tony trying to kill me?
Future Hudson
He wants to take all the credit.
Future Hudson
Time traveling.
Future Hudson
We solved it.
Hudson
Does that mean you’re here right now?
Future Hudson
Yeah. I’m really close, too.
Future Hudson
But we’re not going to see each other.
Future Hudson
The ramifications could be dire.
Hudson
Right. I understand.
Future Hudson
The staircase is clear now.
There’s another long pause.
Future Hudson
More cops have arrived.
Future Hudson
They’re guarding the ground floor and all the possible exits.
Hudson
How am I getting out of here?
Future Hudson
Exit on the 3rd floor.
Hudson
Which way do I go?
Future Hudson
Go to the right hallway.
Future Hudson
There’s a custodial room.
Future Hudson
Do you see it?
Future Hudson
Are there any janitorial uniforms in there?
Future Hudson
Put one on.
Future Hudson
Now you need to jump into the laundry chute.
Future Hudson
All the 1st floor exits are blocked.
Future Hudson
The only way to get out of this building is through the basement.
Future Hudson
The chute will take you there.
Hudson
It’s a 4-story drop!
Future Hudson
Think of it as a waterslide.
Future Hudson
We used to love those. Remember?
Hudson
How could I forget?
Hudson
Ma took us to the water park every summer.
Future Hudson
You can do it.
Hudson
Here goes nothing.
Hudson
Okay, I’m at the basement.
Hudson
Yeah. The laundry cart broke my fall.
Future Hudson
You see the guard by the door?
Future Hudson
Hang tight while I hack into their system.
Hudson
Listen, while you do that…
Hudson
Tell me a little bit about the future.
Future Hudson
You and 3 of your colleagues win the Nobel Prize in Science.
Future Hudson
The 4 of you also create NextNet.
Future Hudson
It’s a billion dollar corporation.
Future Hudson
It uses Amy’s time traveling technology for space travel.
Hudson
And Tony wants to kill us so he can own it all?
Hudson
Why does he want to kill me today, though?
Hudson
I’m not even close to figuring out Amy’s energy fluctuation.
Future Hudson
You were going to figure it out tonight.
The building’s fire alarm begins to sound.
Future Hudson
As soon as the guard leaves his post, walk out.
Future Hudson
A black van will be there to take you to safety.
Hudson sees the guard leaving his post.
Hudson calmly walks out of the building.
Hudson hurries toward the vehicle.
Hudson
Isn’t that a paradox?
Hudson
If Tony kills me before I’ve solved time traveling…
Hudson
Then it won’t exist.
Hudson
So I must be safe, right?
The door of the backseat opens.
Future Hudson points a gun at Hudson.
Hudson
Woah. You definitely are me.
Hudson
What are you doing?
There are 3 other people in the car with blindfolds on.
They’re all shot in the head.
Hudson points to one of them.
Hudson
And 2 of my coworkers…
Hudson
What’s going on? They’re dead?
Hudson
But you said Tony sent cops to kill me.
Future Hudson
They weren’t really there to kill you.
Future Hudson
They were sent to protect you…
Future Hudson
Because I’m here to stop Amy from ever happening.
Future Hudson
These 3 helped you create it.
Hudson
That’s why you killed them!
Future Hudson
Yes. I was trying to spare your life.
Future Hudson
But now it’s obvious Amy will always exist as long as you’re alive.
Future Hudson
You can’t finish Amy.
Future Hudson
Ma is dead.
Future Hudson
You have to let her go.
Future Hudson
Your invention…it’s not going to bring her back.
Future Hudson
Not really.
Hudson
But I have to try.
Future Hudson
I know you think you do.
Future Hudson
Because I did, too…
Future Hudson
In my timeline, I kept going back to save her from the crash.
Future Hudson
But she’d still die. Just at a later point in time.
Hudson
Yeah, well maybe you’re messing something up.
Hudson
You don’t know how to care for her!
Future Hudson
Hudson, stop.
Future Hudson
I’ve traveled back to that day many times…
Future Hudson
And you know what I learned?
He can’t even look at the future version of himself.
Future Hudson
Her death wasn’t your fault.
Hudson
But it was my fault!
Hudson
I forced her to take me to the water park!
Future Hudson
There’s nothing we can do.
Hudson
Okay, but why you have to kill me?
Future Hudson
Because you become obsessed with bringing Ma back.
Future Hudson
You shirk away from your duties at NextNet.
Future Hudson
You lose control of it and Amy eventually ends up in the wrong hands.
Future Hudson
Amy becomes a weapon for mass destruction.
Hudson
I don’t believe you.
Future Hudson cocks his gun.
Future Hudson
You know I’m telling the truth.
Future Hudson
We’re one in the same.
Future Hudson
Promise me you’ll stop.
Future Hudson
You’re lying.
Future Hudson
If you were telling the truth, then I wouldn’t still be here.
Hudson
I promise I’ll stop.
Future Hudson
You’re still lying!
There’s another final pause.
With his head tilted to the side…
The future version of Hudson stares at the younger version of himself.
He gives him a sad smile.
Future Hudson
It doesn’t matter.
Future Hudson
There’s only one thing to do.
Future Hudson shoots Hudson in the head.
