SMASH CUT FROM BLACK. Hannah stares into the bathroom mirror under fluorescent lights. A toilet flushes, a stall door opens — a stranger brushes past and exits. Hannah grips the sink, breathes. "Okay." She gathers herself and walks out.
Hannah steps out of the bathroom into the lived-in café. She heads to a corner table where JOSH sits. They flirt — it's their first meeting in this loop. Hannah tells him about her "emergency pack of compliments" she gives to strangers. Josh is charmed, opens up about being an anxious person. Extended, warm two-hander.
THE HUM cuts. Hannah stands motionless in the city square. Morning traffic streams around her. She exhales, shifts, and crosses a street without looking.
LOOP RESTART. The bell jingles as Hannah enters the same café. She casts a glance at Josh's still-empty chair, joins the queue. JANA the barista greets her — they exchange the same order (cappuccino, medium, normal milk). Hannah accidentally calls Jana by name, covers it. Josh enters and takes his seat. Hannah approaches him with the wi-fi password and his book title — they begin the conversation again.
Bathroom mirror shot (same framing as 2.01). Hannah stares at her reflection. From behind a stall door, she hears suppressed crying. "Hello? Are you okay?" No one emerges. (Julia is O.S. behind the door.)
Hannah walks back to Josh's table. "So... where were we?" They pick up the conversation about compliments. Same beats, slightly shifted — Hannah knows the moves now.
Same café, new loop. Hannah walks straight to the counter — Jana serves her. "And a pastry please." Jana: "Oh, I'm sorry, we're out. Some guy just left with the last one." Hannah clocks Josh already sitting in his chair, reading.
Bathroom mirror. This time, a stall door unlatches and a woman crosses to the next basin. IN THE MIRROR: JULIA. Red-eyed, swollen from crying, wearing a formal black dress. Hands under the tap. Hannah tries to mask her surprise. "Hey, are you okay?" Julia, wiping tears: "I'm fine." First real contact.
Hannah returns to Josh's table. They talk about compliments again. Hannah suggests leaving to get fresh air. "We just met," Josh says. Just then, JULIA walks out from the bathroom. Hannah panics — "I'll be right back."
Hannah exits the café, cuts into foot traffic, and thumbs a call. She tells Will (V.O.) that Julia is at the café. Will asks if it's a coincidence. Hannah realises this might be the first time Josh and Julia meet. Will tells her to wait and then change it.
LOOP RESET. Bathroom mirror. Same shot as opener — Julia appears in the mirror again, red-eyed. "Hey, are you okay?" Julia: "I'm fine." Hannah: "You don't look fine." Julia: "I'm sorry, do I know you?" Hannah: "No." This time Hannah stays. Julia explains: "Awkward timing." Hannah: "That's okay. Nice dress." Julia: "Thanks. It's for a funeral."
Hannah at her original table (not Josh's). She watches across the room. Julia comes out of the bathroom, crosses to Jana at the counter, orders a latte. Her phone dies when trying to pay. Josh walks up and joins the counter. "Problem?" He offers to pay for Julia's latte. As his thumb swipes — THE HUM builds. We zoom in on the phone, zoom out: it's in HANNAH'S hand. THE HUM cuts. Hannah and Julia stare at each other. Julia smiles.
Julia and Hannah sit opposite each other. Julia sips the latte Josh bought her. They talk about Julia's sister Nathalie who died of cancer. Hannah empathises, asks too many questions, keeps saying sorry. Julia opens up about grief and learning to live with loss. Meanwhile, Josh is still reading his book at his table across the room.
Hannah enters the café, is served by JANA at the counter. She compliments Jana's playlist — Jana lights up. Hannah orders, walks to a seat, holds the door for a patron with two coffees. She catches Josh already inside hunting for the wi-fi sign and gives him the password ("Spill the beans"). They sit together, begin the Flannery O'Connor conversation again.
FINAL BATHROOM LOOP RESET. Mirror. Julia in the mirror, red-eyed. Same exchange: "Hey, are you okay?" Julia: "I'm fine." Hannah: "You don't look fine." Julia: "Sorry, do I know you?" Hannah decides to change things: "Yes."
Julia and Hannah sit opposite each other once more. Julia stares in disbelief as Hannah explains the loops — dozens of them, the day repeating, trying to change the timeline. Hannah says they never met at this café before, but Josh and Julia did. She looks over at Josh's table — he smiles and gives a small wave of acknowledgement. Hannah tells Julia she hopes Julia will treat Josh well. Julia, moved despite herself, says Hannah made her forget about today. Hannah says "Julia. You'll be fine."
Early light across the park. Hannah sits on a bench, still, letting the city move around her. In the distance, half-obscured by trees, Josh and Julia walk together — just two figures in motion. Hannah watches with acceptance.
Will's office — a lived-in workspace with papers, files, notebooks. Hannah visits Will. He shows her her own social media profile on his laptop: "Hannah Greene, freelance translator." They discuss where to go next, the orphan feeling of having no original timeline. Will explains his office belongs to the "local" Will who doesn't mind him snacking.
Will and Hannah walk-and-talk in the office hallway. "Que sera, sera" — a light, reflective moment. Will asks where she'll go now. Hannah says she's currently occupying her 2018 body during a blackout.
Hannah alone in Will's office. She looks around at the shelves, the desk. She finds the folder — flips through. Lands on the photograph: Will and Hannah as a couple. She stares.