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at yourself now, in the present.

No, you are not.

You're looking at the future.

Imagine what will happen if Jennings

figures it out and tries to profit from it.

- Any nation will give a king's ransom.

- He won't do that.

I was this close. He never lied.

When he was accused

he was hurt and scared.

Bring him in,

I'll give him the Medal of Honor.

That's if Rethrick

doesn't find him first.

You think he really saw the future?

That would be something.

Cafe Michel?

My name is Michael Jennings.

And I can't remember if I made

a reservation there recently.

Would you check that out for me?

Thanks.

I did?

OK.

Right. How many is it for?

Oh, no, thank you.

No, I'll be there.

Thank you.

Hello, you two.

Did he feed you?

Rachel, it's Jimmy.

- You all right?

- Why?

You don't know?

No.

May I come in?

When was the last time

you saw Michael?

Yesterday morning.

He was pulling

an all nighter at his lab.

Rachel, I'm sorry to have to

be the one to tell you this.

Michael left Allcom yesterday.

Permanently.

- What?

- He finished his work.

- We erased his memory, and he...

- No.

- He left.

- No. He promised me.

He said he wasn't going

to go through with it.

He made a lot of money

on this one, Rachel.

He said he didn't care

about the money.

So she doesn't know anything.

He wouldn't leave without her.

It's Michael. He'd be smart.

We're missing something.

Soon as she leaves for work,

get in there.

Make sure she can't

go anywhere alone.

I want to know

what just happened.

Bye, guys.

Good morning, Dr. Porter.

Going somewhere?

Good morning.

Good morning.

I'm going to go up top.

Take my bag.

- You're gonna need this.

- Got it. Thanks.

Coming?

No, thanks.

I'd rather watch from down here.

Suit yourself.

We've been through the bathroom

and the rest of the apartment. Zero.

This is what I want you to do.

Go back in the bathroom.

OK, start turning left.

Tell me what you see.

The mirror.

We've got him.

She's supposed to meet him

at Cafe Michel, 1 p.m.

Well, let's make sure she does.

I'm here to meet someone.

Michael Jennings.

- Have a seat.

- Thanks.

Sit at that table right there.

In the seat,

with your back to the window.

Michael, thank God you're all right.

I thought I was never gonna

see you again.

Michael, it's me.

Rachel.

Look...

You can't remember me.

No. I'm sorry.

Cops. We can't go in.

I'll have to wait for a clear shot.

Maya, stall for time.

Tell him you thought

he'd remember something.

That you two were engaged.

I guess I thought

you'd remember something.

We've been together for three years.

I don't know what to say.

I'm really sorry.

I'm trying.

That's how he's doing this.

Listen to me very carefully, Maya.

This is what I want you to say.

Michael, I can see you still have

the envelope.

That means it's working.

I know you switched

the personal items. I helped.

- You left me a note on a mirror.

- You left me a note on a mirror.

I'm supposed to take something.

Something I can use

to get to Stevens.

- He's a man you worked with.

- He's a man you worked with.

He's trying to fix the machine.

Work backwards, Michael.

Yeah. Take the swipe card.

That's the swipe card for the campus.

You're supposed to give that to me.

Rachel wouldn't be hurt

if he hesitated, she'd be impatient.

Look, Michael,

if you can't trust me right now,

then we are lost. For good.

Nice.

OK.

I'd better get back.

They'll get suspicious soon.

Wait here.

I'll be back in half an hour.

And don't worry,

we end up together.

Michael...

I love you.

- What's my favorite baseball team?

- What?

What's my favorite baseball team?

Who cares?

That would be the Red Sox.

- I think maybe we should go.

- Wait!

Now we can leave.

Come on.

Wait! Hold on.

- You have a car?

- I might.

You might?

Look for a BMW!

You gotta be joking.

Sh*t! Sh*t!

- Let me see that key.

- Why?

You're in the wrong section.

Jennings bought the BMW

on the Internet.

He had the key mailed to him

four weeks ago.

- What's the color of his car?

- It isn't a car.

They just turned on Pine.

Intercept them on Sixth.

- How good am I on this thing?

- You're OK!

- Look, I just said you're OK, OK?

- OK.

Hang on!

- Report of shots. Southgate BMW.

- Got it.

Stop! I lost the envelope!

- I'll come back and get you.

- See you!

Got it!

Let's get out of here.

Take us down!

Mike, we can help you!

We know what's going on!

Let us bring you in!

He's headed for the tunnel!

Cut him off! Cut him off!

Duck!

Split!

You think Jennings foresaw that?

Maybe next time he'll see

a nice quiet stakeout.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It's OK.

It's all for you anyway.

And I...

I brought you some clothes.

I thought you might need them.

I hope it's OK.

Thank you.

These are mine?

You don't remember?

No.

You don't remember me, do you?

Well...

These are for you.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

You're so sweet.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I just don't remember.

I shouldn't have left.

You're saying he sent himself

a different set of personal items

after using the machine,

and nothing our security would flag.

Everyday things

combined with the power of foresight

transform Michael from engineer

to escape artist.

I don't know about you,

but I'd like to return the favor.

Michael, are you OK?

I'm all right.

Michael, I don't know what you saw

in your machine,

but I remember, a few weeks ago,

you came back from your lab, pale.

You asked me the strangest question.

- What?

- If I knew it wouldn't work out

for you and I, before we were together,

would I have done it?

What did you say?

That I wouldn't trade our time

for anything.

That's all we are,

the sum of our experiences.

Besides,

some of the best things in life

are total mistakes.

- What?

- You know,

when I checked this envelope out,

they told me I signed in 20 items,

but there were only 19.

I don't understand.

What are these pictures of?

Michael, look at the rest

of the pictures.

Look at the last one.

Oh, my God. It's the future.

The machine predicts a war,

and we go to war to avert it.

It predicts a plague. We herd

all the sick together, create a plague.

Whatever future this predicts,

we make happen.

We give over control

of our lives completely.

I did this.

Seeing the future will destroy us.

If you show someone their future,

they have no future.

If you take away the mystery,

you take away hope.

I have to go back.

I have to destroy that machine.

It's impossible. The campus is huge.

There are hundreds of guards.

I wouldn't have given up the three

years we had unless I was sure

I could get us 50 more.

OK. So how do we get in?

- We don't.

- You said everything was happening

for a reason, and that includes

me being here.

So come on.

Hey, Rachel.

Another day at the most.

I don't have many places to look.

I guess you weren't as smart

as you thought, Stevens.

Hey, Jennings wouldn't find it any

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