In 2016 Berlin, Olivia enters a building that, according to
her guide, had been abandoned for fifty years. When he questions what happened
to the place, she responds it was a betrayal.
In 2044, a group led by Deacon and Whitley searches around
the area for more data on the storm. Deacon questions Whitley if he’s sure that
this will help Jones, but Whitley instead remarks how most Deacon’s men have
already gone AWOL. He questions why Deacon chooses to stay. Suddenly, they spot
a young boy wandering around the area. They ask him where his parents are, but
he replies that they are gone, likely caught up in the storm. The red storm
then rages further, forcing the party to retreat back to the base. Whitley
tries to grab the boy, but Deacon pulls him back. The boy then wanders towards
the red storm.
Back at the base, Jones calculates that they have
approximately five days before the red storm engulfs their lab as well. She
tells Cole that she believes they can push back the storm by preventing the
last primary paradox in 1957. Through her research, she believes that the event
took place at a factory explosion in New York, a disaster that caused the
deaths of hundreds. Such destruction could have been caused by a paradox.
Cole relays this new mission to Ramse and Cassie who are
less optimistic about the plan. Cole believes they could prevent the explosion,
but the two argue that they have no clear way to locate the primary or a
guarantee that the storms will stop. Instead, they offer a new plan using the
Keeper’s research. They have tracked Dr. Kirshner as a man who previously
worked on Nazi experimentation and taken by foreign services in 1961. According
to the redacted files, he was linked to both Titan and the Witness. With this
time, Ramse and Cassie argue that they could end the mission altogether.
Although Adler argues that they could have enough power for both missions, Cole
insists that they work on 1957 first since they have no time to consider the
possibility of 1961’s options. Ramse and Cassie argue their option, leading
Jones to finally yield to Cole. Jones ultimately supports Cole’s plan of bringing
hope back to the base as opposed to Ramse and Cassie’s plan of vengeance. They
plan for 1957.
Jones: If I were being forced to bet my life on a mission, I’d prefer it would be one of hope rather than revenge.
Down the hall, Ramse speaks with Adler, questioning why he
would oppose helping them stop the Witness himself. Adler remarks that he
understands Ramse’s desire for revenge, having lost a son himself to the
plague. However, he reiterates that he doesn’t make the decisions. He only
programs the machine.
As Cassie prepares for the trip, Deacon enters her room.
After hearing that she is about to leave once again, he has decided to give her
a real goodbye. He recalls when he first saw her on television as a kid
providing hope to the masses in the midst of the plague. Cassie, however, sees
through Deacon’s goodbye and discourages his advances. She reminds him that
they have only spent one night together after being surrounded by scavengers
and her gas mask had broken. In the end, she emphasizes that they cannot have
anything in the midst of the turmoil. Disappointed, he leaves.
Cole, Ramse, and Cassie then splinter to the past. As they
wait to consider their next move, the three go to the bar of the Emerson Hotel.
Cole apologizes for his attitude towards their plan and thanks Cassie and Ramse
for agreeing to his mission. The three toast to their work, but Cole’s drink
causes him to stir. He then hears a report on a television remarking on the
year 1961. He passes out just as he realizes that Cassie and Ramse have changed
the plan.
Cole then reawakens in the hotel room. He finds that their
guns and identification has been taken, leaving him behind. Frustrated, Cole
then spots the picture of himself and Cassie from 1944. From that memory, he
then contacts FBI agent Robert Gale for help. An older Gale reveals that he has
been tracking the female messenger from 1944, but the search has caused his
wife to leave him as well as a developing drinking problem. Still, he has also
found Ramse and Cassie’s fake identification in Berlin. However, he notes that,
with the construction of the Berlin Wall, it will be more urgent for them to
find Kirshner as he is wanted by the governments within the area. Gale offers
advice as an old friend, though Cole remarks that they have supposedly only met
once, that he should distance himself from his loyalty for this case. Despite
Cole’s insistence to follow his friends, Gale agrees to help.
In East Berlin, Cassie and Ramse track Kirshner to an opera.
Reports state that he was killed by government forces from this night, so they
must sneak him out before that happens. Cassie secretly sends a message for him
to meet them outside the building, but the two quickly spot officers looking to
capture Kirshner. Cassie distracts the agents while Ramse sneaks the man out
the show. However, once they leave the building, they are surrounded by
officers at gunpoint, forcing them to give up the man.
The officers immediately interrogate and torture Kirshner
for his crimes, though he claims to be innocent. To Cassie and Ramse, they
question why they wanted to evacuate Kirshner. They respond that they only want
to question Kirshner about Titan and the Witness. Once that happens, they will
gladly let him die. The officers, however, only become more suspicious upon
seeing their fake identification. If they are not a part of the CIA, they could
be part of something worse.
Gale: Nefarious characters coalesce around you like bum hairs in a drain.
Meanwhile, the FBI, including Gale, track down the Mossad
agents as well as Cassie and Ramse. Unfortunately for Cole, the agency also
considers Cassie and Ramse to be Nazi sympathizers after their attempted rescue
of Kirshner. When Gale shows him the FBI file on the event, Cole recognizes the
information from Cassie and Ramse’s redacted file. He asks Gale to find a way
in, but Gale reminds him that it’s not possible to legally sneak his friends
out the country. Still, Cole plans to find his friends.
In 2044, Adler admits to Jones that he changed the location
to 1961, though the tether only gives the three four days until they return.
Jones denounces Adler for betraying them, but Adler responds that she has
forced him to wait ten years for revenge for the death of his son.
Nevertheless, Jones orders him to be seized and confined to his room for his
defiance.
In 1961, the Mossad officers continue to question Ramse and
Cassie’s motives since they are not members of the CIA or FBI. They move to
torture Ramse and eventually Cassie, who reiterates that they just want to ask
Kirshner a question. Before they can go further, Cole and Gale arrive to take
out the officers and free Cassie and Ramse. Cole orders them to leave, but
Cassie insists they stay for Kirshner’s connections to Titan. Cole remarks that
the only reason Titan and the Witness appeared on the redacted file was because
of this very moment from her comments on Titan and the Witness. They were
chasing their own tails. Cassie refuses to believe there’s no connection and
moves to speak with Kirshner herself. There, they discover Kirshner wearing a
medallion with the same symbol from Titan.
Kirshner then explains his connection with the symbol. As a
young man, he came across a man who “witnessed the future” and told him about
his potential. When the Witness predicted the events and experiments of the
war, Kirshner grew more fascinated by the development and assisted in Nazi
organizations under the eugenics program. After the Witness predicted the
plague, Kirshner began experimenting on breeding not only immunity but a
stronger human being. In other words, he was designing a new humanity. Cole
recognizes that Kirshner might have been discovered to create the messengers.
Kirshner, recognizing Cole’s name from the words of the Witness, confirms that
he has a lab in East Berlin where he is currently conducting a new experiment
as the “father” of a new humanity. If they can take out this experiment, they
can eliminate the messengers and stop the paradoxes altogether. Kirshner warns
that they would have to hurry since he is being watched, and they still need to
sneak past the wall.
Cole, Cassie, Ramse, Gale, and Kirshner sneak by the wall
where officers are watching the area. Ramse then distracts the guards while the
others attempt to escape. However, Kirshner knocks against their hiding spot,
causing a noise that alerts the guards to start shooting. In the chaos, Gale
moves the others out by taking the bulk of the shots himself, effectively
killing him before Cole’s eyes. Ramse reminds Cole that they can still complete
what they want: stopping the messengers.
The rest of the group find the lab, located in the same
building Olivia visits more than fifty years later. There, Kirshner reveals
that he has created and kept a young girl. He states that the Witness had given
him a woman whom he used to cultivate the eggs to create a new human. With the
girl’s blood, the Army can effectively create the messengers. Off to the
corner, however, the three spot something more surprising: the Word of the
Witness, including their names. Before they can go further, they are
interrupted by gun-wielding soldiers led by the female messenger from 1944, the
woman who assisted in the experiment. Because of Kirshner’s betrayal, she
proceeds to shoot against the crowd, planning to evacuate the girl. Kirshner is
shot as Cassie tries to revive him. Just as she tries to move, however, she
splinters back to the future. In the chaos, Ramse has a clear shot to take out
the girl. Instead, against Cole’s wishes, he uses this time to rip a piece of
the Word, one that details the location of Titan. The two then splinter back to
the future as the army escapes.
Following the escape, the messenger takes the girl, a young
Olivia, to a house where she will be protected. The messenger reassures her
that she has a purpose to fulfill, and, under the Witness, she will be safe. In
2016, the present Olivia remembers these words as she regains the strength to
walk with her developed system. She visits the grave of the female messenger,
marked with a plaque reading “Our Mother.” At that moment, she renounces her
dedication to the Army since they have forsaken her.
In 2044, the three return to the lab, awaiting Cassie and
Ramse to be taken for their tampering. This time, Cole orders them to be taken
since they made the call to betray him. Cassie and Ramse are then taken from
the base. Because of their diversion, the base only has hours before the red
storm engulfs them all.
Notes from 2044
- According to the timeline, Olivia was created using the eggs of the female messenger. In turn, Olivia's blood was used to create the messengers who were sent back in time to create Olivia. Talk about a chicken vs. egg scenario.
- According to the location, Titan is located somewhere in Colorado.
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