Travelers

Hi.

Oh, hello.

Are you just watching me sleep?

Oh, well, you know, just...

patiently waiting for you to wake up.

So, uh...

we could do this?

What's wrong?

I'm fine. It'll pass.

Marcy, you're bleeding.

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Oh, hi. It's Grace Day, calling to confirm my appointment for 11:45.

Great. I'll see you then. Thanks.

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Trevor!

David...

I'm scared.

It's okay. I've got you.

You're gonna be fine.

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No, no. Marce...

No. Come on, hon.

Marce!

Coffee?

Well, it's the least I could do.

The least you can do is nothing,

and then leave without telling me, which is what you usually do.

I'm... gonna get better.

Are you?

Mmm-hmm. Here.

Try it.

Is it good?

It's coffee.

Sorry. Just, uh...

- Don't let me stop you. - MacLaren.

David? Yeah, of course I remember you.

What?

Okay, I'll be right there.

I'm sorry.

You have your priorities.

And you are one of them.

No! No!

Stay calm. Ms. Day, I can explain.

- What the hell are you doing? - I'm not gonna hurt you.

I'm trying to help you. Please, just relax.

- Help me! - Stop!

- Please, stop yelling. Stop! - Help!

There's nobody for miles.

This is all happening for a reason.

You drugged and dragged me into the woods?

I sedated you, yes,

but only because I had to get you out here.

Off the grid. Away from all technology.

- This was the only way I could be sure. - Sure of what?

What are you gonna do to me?

In the historical record, Grace Day dies at 11:27 a.m.

on the corner of Westlake and Harmon Avenue.

That's by my dentist. How... how would...

I scouted the location. It was impossible to determine what would kill you,

and if I had intervened...

Well, the traffic cams would've allowed the director to take you.

The director?

Look, I know how it sounds, but I'm not a crazy person.

Well, do you know this director?

- The director sent me here. - To do what?

Perform missions.

Like this?

No.

No, I'm breaking protocol by doing this.

Our mission...

is to save the world, Ms. Day.

I'm from the future.

- Agent MacLaren. Hey. - David. Thanks for calling.

- Yeah. - You mind giving us a moment?

Yeah. No, of course. I'll... I'll just, uh...

Thanks.

What happened?

I'm sorry.

I told him a thousand times not to...

Not to take me to the hospital.

No, that's okay. It's fine. This is exactly where you should be.

Have they told you what's wrong?

I mean, do you... Do you want to check your charts?

I know what's wrong.

There's too much pre-existing damage.

I don't understand.

My host's brain was congenitally underdeveloped.

I came up with a treatment that I thought was working.

I'm sorry that I didn't...

It's all right.

We're gonna fix this.

I don't think that it's...

possible.

You just helped to practically bring me back from the dead.

Anything's possible.

- Hello? - Carly, hi.

I wasn't sure I'd be able to reach you.

Oh, I've been off the grid for a day or so. I'm sorry.

Are you in any danger?

It's okay, you can tell me.

Uh, no, I'm fine. Why? What is it?

Well, to be honest, I was...

hoping you might have reasons beyond your control

for why you abandoned your son at his father's.

Abandoned? He's the father.

I'm well aware, but as he tells it,

you asked him to watch Jeffrey for a couple of hours,

and haven't returned since.

That was two days ago.

I'm... I'm heading there right now.

Your actions indicate

that you trust him as a caregiver,

so I have acted accordingly and filed a recommendation

for his father to take custody until the hearing is settled.

Jacqueline, please!

Have a good day, Ms. Shannon.

Wait!

Traveler 3468,

please greet arriving Traveler 0014 today.

Where's my mom?

Uh, excuse me. This... this boy's looking for his mom.

It's a calculation, really.

The director studies the historical record

and then assesses which actions to take,

some big, some not so big,

that will best mitigate the conditions we left behind.

- And how's it going? - That's hard to say.

See, a while ago, we deflected an asteroid

that would've caused a huge disaster 18 months from now.

- Yeah, well, that's very big. - That's what we thought!

We expected that it was gonna impact the future so much so

that we might even cease to exist, but nothing's changed!

So if... if something doesn't work out the way you want it to,

why don't you just go back and try again?

That's an excellent question.

We tried that, of course.

But for some pretty complicated reasons having to do with ripples in space time,

we can only go as far back

as the arrival point of the most recent traveler.

There's no do-overs.

Anyway, now you know why I've missed so much school.

I appreciate your honesty, Trevor.

I know you don't believe me.

That's okay. Neither would I.

I still wanted to tell you I was doing this to preserve your life,

because you're a good person,

and the director will just have to find another candidate.

- Philip? - Over here.

- Anything show up? - No. Nothing yet.

We've only got two potential hosts for today.

First one gets hit by a truck here in about an hour,

and the second one dies streetside just before that.

- These are the locations. - Okay.

You take that one, I'll take the other.

Sorry, but what is our mission exactly?

To greet Traveler 0014.

- 0014? That's a low number. - No kidding.

Why is the director sending back someone so important?

I'm hoping it's to help Marcy!

Hey.

Here you go.

We gotta make sure we keep fluids in you.

Yeah, that apple juice is really gonna make all the difference.

Sorry, I just... I know you're trying to help.

- That's okay. Nobody likes hospitals. - Hey!

That's not a very nice thing to say.

How are you feeling?

Uh, I'm... I'm okay. I'm just tired.

Can I... Can I...

- Can I go yet? - Mmm. Afraid not.

We still have a number of tests we'd like to run,

and unfortunately, your MRI didn't turn out.

What do you mean?

Well, it's just that if the scan was accurate,

you'd barely even be able to communicate with me right now,

but it's no big deal, we just need to do it again,

and I'll put a rush on this one for you. Don't worry.

Everything else appears stable.

So I will let you know as soon as we get you slotted in, okay?

Thank you, Doctor.

All right.

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Look out!

Damn it, Morrison, you were on that!

This is the list of potential host candidates?

Not all of them, obviously, but yeah.

Then all these people are gonna die?

Yeah. Why? What's wrong?

I know this person.

Shit.

It wasn't my fault!

Trevor?

Trevor, where are you?

Trevor, what the hell have you done?

There.

That should do it. We passed your time of death.

You feel fine?

Other than the obvious discomfort.

Good.

Then it wasn't anything medical.