In 2044, Jones once again looks out at the red storm as she
smokes a cigarette on the roof. Eckland joins her, questioning how the world’s
destruction could come from the deaths of a few people. Jones reminds him that
those people were primaries, and their deaths will result in the destruction of
time as they know it. They must find the remaining primaries and protect them
from being hunted by the Messengers. Eckland provides her with some interesting
information.
Inside the base, Cole and Ramse look prepared to take
someone down. Turns out, they are really playing with Ramse’s son Sam as they
hunt him around the facility. Jones comes to stop the fun and informs Cole of
the name that they have tracked the man Kyle Slade in 1975. As Cole prepares
for a new mission, Ramse speaks with Sam. Sam asks whether or not Ramse will go
with Cole this time, something that Ramse doesn’t answer directly. Sam then
reminds him suddenly that Ramse could have stop the bad people but chose not to
instead. He then tells his father that while he understands that he did those
things for love, the things they do know are for the future.
Jones and Eckland fill in Cole on Kyle Slade, the man
Jennifer and Cassie found relation to the primaries. With four messengers still
lost in time, they also advise him to be aware of those who will be looking to
kill Slade. More importantly, however, is their information on Slade: he is a
man known as the Immortal Serial Killer, wanted for the murder of about twelve
people over the course of one year. Their only form of tracking him was the one
murder where he was identified, the death of a woman named Victoria that took
place on July 2nd 1975 which is also the date of his death. Ramse
then enters and deduces that they want to send Cole back to protect Slade from
his death since the messengers could have tracked him with this knowledge as
well. With the mission in mind, Ramse offers to join Cole, believing that it would
save him the trouble of having to save his skin later. Jones agrees to Ramse’s
accompany Cole but reminds both of them not to interfere with Victoria’s murder
due to the threat of disrupting the time line even further. Using the machine,
she is able to send them both back to July 1st, 1975.
In 2016, Cassie tends to Jennifer’s injuries at the Emerson
Hotel and gives the woman a few sedatives to sleep. Jennifer is less reluctant
to sleep, however, and begins feeling an odd presence in the room. Jennifer
asks Cassie whether or not she believes in ghosts. Despite remembering her
vision of Aaron in the Red Forest, Cassie tells her no. The sedatives
eventually work, and Cassie takes Jennifer back to her bed.
In 1975, Cole and Ramse track the woman Victoria to a diner
where she works as a waitress. She serves them some breakfast and coffee,
remarking on their hearty appetites. Ramse has a conversation with her on where
to find an interesting spot when she replies that anyplace in New York can be a
good time. Cole reminds Ramse that they can’t get involved in Victoria’s life
knowing that she will die that night, but they then spot Victoria meeting with
an older woman and a little boy, her mother and son. Ramse then asks Cole what
would become of them after she dies.
The two track Victoria outside the building a night where
she meets up with a man to deal her cocaine. As predicted, they spot Kyle Slade
fighting and preparing to kill Victoria. Although they agreed to stay behind,
Cole rushes in to save the woman and fights off Slade. When he secures
Victoria, a ripple sounds off in the universe, rattling Cole and Ramse. They
have affected the timeline by rescuing Victoria. In the chaos, Slade takes off
in a vehicle while they spot a man, one of the messengers, chasing after it.
Cole and Ramse take Victoria to the Emerson Hotel to explain
what had happened. Against their instincts, they tell Victoria the truth about
them being time travelers tracking down then Immortal Killer and order her to
stay in the hotel where she can be safe for now. Victoria protests since she
has a child to look after, but Ramse fires back that a way she could help him
is to stop taking cocaine. He reminds her that they have given her a second
chance at life, something that she should not waste.
Cole and Ramse then plot out a new way to catch Slade. Using
the knowledge they have from the future, the two inform the police on what they
know about the killer including his name and his backstory being dishonorably
charged from the military. After disclosing the information, they then request
to be present at the arrest to secure Slade. The officers, at first, refuse the
request, but then Cole blackmails the men using a newspaper article from the
future reading about the officers’ failure to stop the murder. With no choice,
the officers take Cole and Ramse on their search for Slade in their own
resources. The police have investigated the Immortal Killer on their own time
as he has not only killed his victims but mutilated their limbs and drained
their bodies of blood. In that time, we see that Slade has painted an image of
a monkey using his victims’ blood.
Back in 2016, Cassie goes to the hallway to retrieve some
ice when the lights begin flickering. She then hears a voice calling her name.
She follows the voice down the hall until she reaches their room 607.When she
opens the door, she comes face-to-face with Aaron.
The police chase on Slade leads the group to a grocery store
where Slade has apparently taken a woman hostage. While the police plan to send
a negotiator, Cole rushes into the store to confront Slade. Cole sees the
killer and tries to calm him down, explaining that he understands the visions
that he has been seeing. Slade then recognizes him as James Cole and agrees to
go with the man, releasing the woman in the process. Cole leads Slade to the
police, planning to keep him in jail for protection against the messengers.
Slade instead offers a release in exchange for leading Cole to the Witness
himself. The police take Slade into custody before Cole can elaborate further
on the matter. Because the officers refuse to let Cole and Ramse any closer to
the arrest, Cole has no choice but to steal a cop car and track Slade down
himself.
Aaron then explains to Cassie that he was rescued from the
fire and nursed back to health by the army but states that he doesn’t plan to
hurt Jennifer. Cassie nevertheless states that he betrayed them to the army,
helping to cause the deaths of billions. Aaron recalls that in his final
moments of life and his first moments in his new life Cassie was the only thing
he could think about to give him strength. He claims that she was the reason he
fought back to live and apologizes for what he has done.
Cole and Ramse successfully chase down the police and hold
the officers at gunpoint to retrieve Slade. Ramse questions why he goes to this
much trouble to rescue a serial killer. Although Slade claims to have the
Witness, Ramse persists that they have no reason to trust Slade. Ramse instead
argues that this plan is just Cole rushing into situations without thinking
them through with any consequences. He refuses to follow Cole on his search
with Slade.
Ramse: You’re all leap no look, little brother.
Ramse returns to the hotel where he finds Victoria tied to a
chair. He then faces off against the messenger who tracked Ramse down after
finding a sheet of paper they used from the Emerson Hotel. The two fight off as
Victoria manages to free herself and stab the messenger. Using the distraction,
Ramse fully kills the man to the shock of Victoria. He tells her to take care
of her son and to leave the town, saying that this would be the best thing for
both of them.
Slade leads Cole an alley outside his lair where he explains
what he has been doing. All of his murder victims had been primaries as well
that he killed to prevent the disaster. Victoria, who wasn’t a primary, was
only a means to an end. He also mourns the fact that in his experiences, both
as a killer and in the military, he had remove any attachments to others.
Connected to his explanations, Aaron also tells Cassie that the army is not the
enemy. The true enemy is time itself. By destroying the primaries, the army can
create a world with no death. Slade tells Cole of this plot as well, where the
people will essentially live in a forest of blood as immortals.
Slade shows Cole his lair filled with body parts as well as
rigged bombs to explode. He shows to him the Witness, a cloaked and masked
figure chained to a pole. Slade believes that the Witness came back to kill him
after killing Victoria. He assured that he and Victoria could be identified in
order for the Witness and James Cole to find him. Once he has both of them, he
can ultimately kill the Witness and return to the future, where the Witness
also emerged as a traveler. Slade describes that while the Witness has special
powers he is still a man that can be killed. In the meantime, a police officer
files a report finding Kyle Slade in the area, just as Ramse finds the lair.
Slade offers Cole the bone that the Witness planned to
create a paradox by stabbing him. With the bone, Slade orders Cole to kill the
Witness, ensuring their victory. However, Cole instead unmasks the Witness to
reveal a face he recognizes as one of the remaining primaries. The messenger
planned to trick Slade into believing he caught the Witness in order to ensure
his capture. The real Witness is the figure speaking to Cassie in 2016. She
recognizes this reveal as the world shifts around him, and his eyes turn to
black slits. He mocks her stating that wanted to take a form she would be
comfortable with and shifts into Cole to further haunt her. He then disappears
as Cassie realizes that she is walking in the middle of the lobby with Jennifer
coming to her rescue. With all of the hotel guests staring, Jennifer guides
Cassie back to their hotel room offering to listen to what happened.
Slade demands the death of the messenger, refusing to
believe Cole’s claims that it’s not the Witness. Cole doesn’t desire to kill
the man, so Slade advances to kill both himself. Ramse arrives to hold the man
at gunpoint as Cole tries to explain. Slade then grows angry at the fact that
the army would send a regular messenger to kill him with his status. At the
standoff, the police officers then arrive to take in Slade, but a stray bullet
hits against Slade’s bomb, causing the room to be engulfed in flames. The
messenger uses the distraction to try and kill Slade, but Cole shoots the
messengers before turning his gun on Slade. Slade warns Cole that he was sent
to be protected. However, Cole reminds him, that was only protection from a paradox
not an ordinary death. Cole shoots Slade.
Cassie begins packing her and Jennifer’s bags, preparing the
two to leave the hotel. While Jennifer understands that Cassie is scared from
her encounter with the Witness, she also remarks that the encounter actually
proves that the Witness is scared of them, trying to stop them by rattling
them. Jennifer believes that the best course of action would be to fight back
by hunting down the army themselves. Cassie is more unsure, remembering how the
Witness made the destruction of time and the end of death sound persuasive.
Jennifer counters that death, in its own way, is beautiful as it makes them
human and strives them to do better.
Jennifer: We have to go monkey hunting!
Cole and Ramse return to 2044 as Jones and Eckland remark
that the red storms have been receding. Their work in the past is having an
effect on the future after all. Cole and Ramse then talk privately with Cole
remarking that he was surprised seeing Ramse rush in to save him. Ramse states
that he understands that rushing into situations is who Cole is, and he hopes
that never changes. Cole than begins to say “I love-“ before Ramse quickly
interrupts, not wanting him to ruin their moment. Cole claims that he was only
going to say that he loves whiskey as the two laugh walking back inside the
facility.
In 2016, Cassie returns to check on Jennifer, only to find a
note by the bed. Jennifer has left to begin their fight on the streets, knowing
that Cassie has to return to the future. As Cassie ponders Jennifer’s note, the
room begins to shift as though a time traveler is arriving. She then spots the
figure of the Witness before it instantly disappears. As she looks around, her
eyes also turn a dark black, the same as the Witness.
Notes from 2044
- Looks like Jones and Eckland are getting a little closer by this episode's end!
- Could whatever happened to Cassie at the end affect her return to 2044?
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