Loki

That's who built this place. That's who's coming back.

- She was going to kill him. Sylvie?

- Where is she? - I don't know.

The branching is overloading the Temporal Loom.

- Temporal Loom? - That's bad.

- We need to prune those extra branches. - We can't do that.

There are people with lives on those branches.

You had a life on the timeline.

And so did you. We're all Variants.

- This changes everything. - This changes nothing.

Dox and her crew are raiding the armory.

There you are!

There's our Variant.

Renslayer.

I don't have friends. I don't have anyone.

I won't let you down.

- Sylvie, stop. Stop. - What're you doing?

I just want you to be okay.

But I'm not you.

We need to know what happened at the end of time.

Find Sylvie.

What would you like?

I wanna try everything.

Thoughts?

- (SIGHS) Sylvie's not here. - We just got here.

- It doesn't feel right. - I know, but why?

- It's too safe. - Okay.

It's not a war zone, not an apocalypse. It's not her style.

Maybe she's changing tack. We got a hit on a TemPad

that belonged to Hunter X-5 before it went dark.

If the TemPad went dark, then she found him first.

- No question. - Yeah, I don't disagree.

But you said you want to find Sylvie, right?

With Dox and X-5 not responding,

this is our only lead.

Yes! Yeah!

X-5 is an actor now?

Or he's undercover.

Looks pretty real to me.

Hey!

How are the kids? How are you?

How do you feel about your meteoric rise to fame?

I don't know how I feel, but I look good.

Come on, look at this.

Pretty darn good.

Are the Brigitte Bardot rumors true?

Ooh, Ron. Ron, you cannot ask me about that.

What are you doing? I'm on a date.

Well, buddy, that stays in the vault. In the vault.

- You. Will there be a Zaniac Two?

You know, a sequel for the fans?

Mobius! Whoa!

Nice to see you haven't forgotten about the little people.

I used to work with this guy.

- You look great. - Oh, thank you very much.

You look pretty good. We're gonna need to catch up.

- Afterwards, all right? - Well, let's catch up now, maybe.

- What are you doing down here? - Hi.

- Hey. Hey. Hey! - Everything all right?

Everything's great.

I'm actually really glad to see you both.

I need to catch you guys up on what's going on here.

- Sure. - But I think first

we could all use a drink? What are you drinking?

- Surprise me. - Okay, how about you?

- Oh, I'm fine. - All right. We'll do whiskies.

It's okay to have a drink while we're down here because we're still working.

- Is he running now? - He is running.

Oh, my God, it's Brad Wolfe. Can I get your autograph?

Anything for a fan... Hey, hey! (GRUNTS)

You okay?

Oi!

Brad. Brad. Hold it!

Stop! Come here.

Come on, Mobius. You're gonna ruin my life here.

Your life here?

You still glad we're here?

Come on!

Come on, X-5, did you really think you could outrun me?

Yeah.

Oi!

Where's the rude boy off to?

Where is the fancy lad going off to, then?

Did you lose your tickets to the opera? Did ya? Oh, goodness!

- All right. Oh, God! - Where you going?

- Okay. - Oh, yeah.

He came down the wrong street tonight.

Let's just hold on a second. All right? Relax.

- Back off. Hey. Back off. Whoa!

Hey! Back off.

Oh, you're the tough guy, huh?

- So unsophisticated, X-5. - Of course.

You're doing your own stunts now?

Real cute, real cute.

You quit with the magic and fight fair.

Oh, shoot!

It's not a fair fight.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Yeah, but why'd you run? (PANTING)

A little over the top, don't you think, all the shadow play?

I thought it was spot on.

All available analysts report to Chronomonitor...

- Suits you. - You must love this.

It's tighter than you think it's gonna be, isn't it?

Yeah. I'll get you a looser one next time.

- What is this? - That's a TemPad.

- What did you do? - I put colorful buttons on it for you.

You will tell us if you found Sylvie when you've had time in holding.

Right. 'Cause I'm a criminal, right?

Okay, come on, get in there.

Come on!

Keep moving.

I see X-5 didn't go quietly.

Quietly is not his strong suit.

But he will talk once he's had time to marinate.

- What about this? - Have O.B. check it out.

O.B.? Hello?

Ouroboros?

- (O.B. MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY) - (OBJECTS CLATTERING)

Oh, man, I'm good.

Okay, I've gotta weave these two wires together, and...

I've gotta make this neat and tight,

- so it holds fast. - Ah. O.B.?

Oh! Hey, guys.

- Uh... How are things going? - Well, the Loom is in rough shape.

But I'm trying to figure out a retrofit device

to handle all those new branches.

He's got it covered.

O.B., could I get you to take a look at this TemPad?

Let me see.

Ah. Interesting.

Yeah, I can definitely get into it.

Do you think this is a higher priority than preventing a Temporal meltdown?

- Oh, no. - No. I'd stay focused

- on the Temporal meltdown. - I agree.

Seems prudent. Okay.

Everything you need to know about this, I wrote about it in here.

Any hits on Renslayer's TemPad?

Will do.

- (SOFTLY) The Renslayer trace? - Why are you whispering?

It's a secret mission, right?

Renslayer killed C-20,

attempted to kill Mobius, threw me in Time Jail

and tried to take over the TVA.

Why would tracking her TemPad be a secret?

- Right. - Right.

Right. But no, no hits.

With Miss Minutes down, the analysts are running traces manually.

And with all the extra branches,

it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

But I did find something else.

Renslayer erased the data from her TemPad,

but I was able to piece together who sent the last message.

Who?

I'll screw this back in, right?

That's what it said on page seven.

No. Section 42 should match with the system manager.

Is that with the red light?

- We've tried that. - Well, try it again.

You didn't have that pressed back, did you?

It's too complicated.

Am I on the wrong page or...

I was just seeing upside down.

- I can't focus. It's like gibberish. - Mobius.

Here's what'll help focus. If we don't work this out,

this place is gonna be destroyed. Temporal meltdown or not.

- Okay, I'll tell them. - Casey, tell them what you just told me.

Miss Minutes is helping Renslayer.

- What? - That explains the radio silence.

- Mmm-hmm. - Hang on.

Um, when I was in the past,

I heard something.

An old conversation between Renslayer and He Who Remains.

It sounded like they were partners.

She really is... Full of surprises.

You can say that again.

Where are they, Renslayer, Miss Minutes?

Not sure, but I'll keep searching.

If there's a hit on the TemPad, I'll let you know.

But it'll take some time, so...

- How are things going here? - No, not that great.

It's all right. We'll get there.

- When were you gonna tell us about... - What is that?

It's just a rigged TemPad.

- What does it do? - That's what we're trying to work out.

X-5 says it somehow blocks TVA tracking.

That's not what it does.

Sure.

Yeah. Haven't you read the TVA Guidebook?

- I mean, I haven't memorized it, but... Uh-huh.

It'll take me a while to analyze the modifications,

but this definitely doesn't block any trackers, that's for sure.

That's where we'll start with X-5.

Let's take a run at Brad Wolfe.

- Let's take a big run at him. - Thank you.

Okay, keep it simple. Where's Dox?

Where's Sylvie? And what did he do to that TemPad?

That's all we need to find out. Okay?

But of course, Brad knows us, and he knows our tactics.

But that's what makes for an interesting chess match.