Hannah reaches for milk in a grocery shop. She flinches at a car horn outside — her breath catches. At the checkout, a CASHIER scans her items mechanically. Hannah grabs her bag, rounds a corner, and slams straight into LILY. They recognise each other — Hannah wraps Lily in a desperate hug. Lily senses something is wrong.
Coffee shop. Hannah sits across from Lily, hands curled around a barely-touched coffee, grocery bag on the floor. She tells Lily she "died" — describes the crash and a man who saved her. Lily mentions Hannah's blackouts have been getting worse. Hannah doesn't know what blackouts Lily means. Lily gently suggests seeing a doctor. Hannah notices Lily's hair is different.
The door clicks shut behind Hannah. She steps into Josh's empty hallway — shoes padding on hardwood, the house eerily still. She moves toward the kitchen, grocery bag rustling.
Hannah sets the grocery bag on the kitchen counter and begins unpacking. Behind her, Josh speaks (O.S.): "Hello?" She freezes. Josh stands in the doorway, handsome but tense. "Who are you?" He doesn't recognise her. Hannah is devastated — tries to explain she's his girlfriend. Josh grows angry and orders her to leave. She bolts.
CAFÉ. A coffee cup clinks down. Hannah leans back, arms crossed. Will sits across from her. "You're a time traveller." He confirms it. He explains time travel using sugar on the table — pouring a straight line for the timeline, showing how consciousness jumps back. He produces a folder stuffed with handwritten notes, diagrams, photographs. He explains there are two versions of her: the 2018 Hannah whose body she's in, and her 2025 consciousness. He proposes a plan: go back to when she first met Josh at a park café and recreate the meeting.
Doctor's office. Hannah sits in the exam chair. DR. PULASKI enters — apologises for delay, asks about her blackouts. Hannah plays along, distracted, scanning the room for the time. A wall clock reads 12:23. The doctor moves into view; Hannah's face tightens — she's running out of time.
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.
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."
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."
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.
Friday night bar atmosphere. Will stands at a high-top with Iris and friends, slightly drunk. He threads through the crowd to the bar, where he meets HANNAH — she strikes up conversation. They talk about grief, Julia's sister, meeting people. Then JULIA steps up, introduces herself. She's with Hannah — puts her arm around her.
University cafeteria. Bright, high glass, pendant lamps. Will sits at a table. Hannah approaches, spots him, sits nearby. They talk about how they keep running into each other. Hannah mentions Julia's sister. Will mentions Maya died. Hannah extends sympathy — a genuine connection.
Housewarming party — downtown apartment, warm light, shoulder-close people with drinks. Will navigates the crowd. He bumps into JOSH at the fridge, who's friendly and offering beers. Then HANNAH pops up: "Boo!" Will smiles. Julia is at the party but not in this scene.
Will and Hannah at home, playing Jenga at a table. Hannah explains it's about patience and steady hands. They discuss how she met Julia over coffee. Will pulls the wrong block — the tower crashes.
Morning. Hannah stares at the ceiling of their bedroom. The far pillow is still indented. Will is there (or has just been). Quiet domestic intimacy — easy, practiced.
Will prepares breakfast in the living room/kitchen. Hannah walks in. They greet casually — "My hero." Light, warm, but something unsettled beneath Hannah's surface.
Squash court. Hannah hammers the ball into the wall. LILY snaps it back — fast, competitive. Between rallies, Lily asks what's wrong. Hannah deflects. Lily probes about Will and the blackouts. Hannah shuts it down but she's visibly improved at squash.
Josh and Julia's living room — more lived-in now, photos on shelves. HANNAH explains time travel to JOSH and JULIA over a long, circuitous conversation. She describes Will manipulating their lives in the past. Josh is skeptical; Julia is cautious but listening. They go round in circles for two hours. Hannah can't find Will's diary anymore — he's hidden it.
Evening. Will and Hannah eat dinner in their kitchen, palpable tension. Will talks about work (Bob and Eric). Then mentions a flashback to when they first met — Hannah colliding with him on the street and calling him by name. Hannah realises this is the moment from 1.12. Charged undercurrent.
THE HUM fades. Hannah is in their bedroom, searching drawers and nightstand for Will's diary. She goes through piles of clothes, cupboards. Nothing. Then Will's silhouette fills the doorway. He found her.
Their bedroom. Will confronts Hannah — "Did you really think I wouldn't find out and travel back here?" Hannah: "It's too late. She's out there." Will reveals the diary isn't here. They argue about control, happiness, and what he's done to her life.
Their bedroom. Will and Hannah argue fiercely. "You turned my life to hell." "I saved you." "And then you changed everything." Will threatens: "If that's a problem, I can change it again. Oh. I just did."
Neighbourhood café. HANNAH, JULIA and GRAHAM meet. "Lost in time." They discuss the situation — three Travellers trying to understand what Will has done.
Bar, evening. WILL and MAYA sit together in an alcove booth. HANNAH arrives and confronts Will. She's found him spending time with Maya. Tension and anger.
Will's office. HANNAH searches the room for his diary — going through desk drawers, shelves. WILL catches her. Confrontation over the notebook and what it contains.
LOOP RESET. Coffee shop. HANNAH sits back down — LILY is mid-sentence, still talking. Hannah has returned from the hill. She sits quietly, shaken but processing.
Student dorm room. HANNAH and NAOMI wake up together — tangled sheets, morning light. A university timetable is taped to the wall. Intimate, student-era flashback.
Campus café. HANNAH and JOSH sit together. He returns her student ID that she dropped. She writes her phone number on a napkin. A sweet, low-key first connection.
Inside the café. HANNAH and JULIA sit together. "Tabitha paid." The timeline has shifted — details are different. JANA is visible in the background behind the counter.
LOOP RESET. Coffee shop. HANNAH realises the pendant is the anchor — the key to controlling the loops. LILY keeps talking, oblivious. Hannah processes the revelation.
Hotel room, morning. HANNAH wakes and finds JULIA. The alarm clock reads 7:57 (two minutes later than in 4.18 — a plot-critical difference). The phone did not ring. Something has changed.
Student dorm room. HANNAH explains time travel to JULIA using spilled sugar on a desk — echoing Will's café demonstration from 1.08. A student timetable on the wall, a laptop open to Maya's obituary and party social media page. Julia listens, processing.
Classroom/lecture room. GRAHAM draws his time-loop diagram on the whiteboard — five circles rolling into one large loop. HANNAH and JULIA watch and listen. A tutorial in time travel mechanics.
Will and Hannah's kitchen. WILL tells HANNAH about the "success timeline" — the ring, the exhibition in Berlin, the life they could have had. He's trying to convince her.
Maya's living room. WILL lets HANNAH in. A framed photo of Will and Maya (happy, mid-laughter) sits on the dresser. MAYA is present — older, changed. Will, Hannah, and Maya together.