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MAN CAN DO WHAT HE WILLS, BUT HE CANNOT WILL WHAT HE WILLS.

If we knew

how things would end...

where our journey would take us...

would we still make the same decisions?

Or would we choose a different path?

Could we even escape our fate?

Or would what is deep within us

lead us to the same end,

like an invisible hand?

Does it matter which path we choose

if we end up

facing ourselves again and again?

Wait. Martha, that's not possible, I...

-I don't understand. -We don't have time.

What time are you from?

The question isn't from what time,

but from what world.

How did we get here?

I asked how we got here!

You're not Martha.

Who are you?

Today's the day it all began.

The day we first met.

What's that supposed to mean?

That you and I...

your world and my world...

form a knot that is inextricably intertwined.

Your world?

What do you mean, your world?

I'll make it right.

-I promise. -Wait! Where are you going?

Why am I here?

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Mikkel, put that away.

-Morning. -No wonder you can't sleep at night.

What's up with him?

The same nightmare he always has.

Mikkel, that's enough.

Maybe it wasn't a dream.

But the here and now is one. And none of us are real.

Ever thought about that?

Ha-ha! Very funny.

Oh, the damn electricity!

Pass the butter.

Come on, Mikkel. Go get ready now.

The bowl!

Is Magnus up yet?

-Martha, is Magnus up yet? -No idea.

-Are you nuts? -I just wanted to see if you were real.

Magnus!

Magnus!

You're going to be late!

Hello!

Magnus, either you get down here or I'm coming up!

I'll be down in a sec.

-Asshole! -Race you to school. Morning, Mom.

-Idiot. -Morning.

Shall I give you a ride?

It's supposed to rain later.

No, I'll be home late today. Play rehearsal.

Don't forget, starting tomorrow you guys are at your father's place.

Man, Mom, that sucks.

Good morning, sleepy head.

I was awake half the night again.

Why did it take so long?

First day back at school. Long line at the baker's.

The apocalypse is coming.

Stay awhile.

I'm running late.

I'll see you this evening, okay?

Ulrich?

I love you.

You're beautiful.

MISSING ERIK OBENDORF

SCHOOL THEATER WEEK

I win.

Welcome back to hell.

Just because you're too pea-brained to see education is the only way out of this dump

doesn't mean we all share your retarded opinion.

-Don't forget to breathe. -Don't forget to think.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Have you seen Kilian? -Nope.

Why all the effort?

We all die in the end.

Are you sure you're not adopted?

Are you sure you don't have a stick up your ass that needs surgical removal?

-Dumbass! -Dumbass yourself!

-Hey, Martha. -Kilian.

Is there any news about Erik?

No.

It's all pretty creepy.

Good morning.

We request all grades to gather in the gym for first-period assembly.

It'll be about your brother.

It's been two weeks already. He's never been away this long.

He'd always send me a message

whenever he couldn't stand it at home anymore.

But this time, nothing.

Let's go. Otherwise Mom will be angry.

MISSING ERIK OBENDORF

It will happen again.

It will happen again.

CONTACT THE WINDEN POLICE WITH INFORMATION

It will happen again.

It will happen again.

It will happen again.

It will happen again.

It will happen again.

He hasn't said anything else all morning.

-It will happen again. -How'd it go at the doctor's?

It will happen again.

Fine. Just a check-up.

It will happen again.

I have to go. I'm running late. I just forgot something.

It will happen again.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

POLICE

Erik Obendorf has been missing since October 22.

That's almost two weeks now. No traces, no witnesses.

Questioning the neighbors didn't bring any new evidence to light either.

So, do you have any ideas?

We still haven't got the shift schedules from the nuclear power plant.

All right, then follow up on that. Go see Tiedemann.

-Wöller, look into the tire treads. -Yes.

-Jankowski, talk to the Obendorfs again. -Okay.

Maybe he just took off.

It wouldn't be the first time.

Well, a black hole...

forms when a central region collapses in upon itself.

And it contains neutrons.

WORMHOLE

Well, more like neutron matter.

But not enough of it.

So when the light of a star three times the mass of the sun goes out,

then it explodes.

No, it implodes.

And that is a black hole.

And...

Can I help you?

Hello?

Are you new?

I'm Jonas.

Are you sure this is your class?

I wasn't notified of any new students.

A signature was missing.

Okay.

Bartosz, please continue.

Mm-hmm.

So then we have a black hole.

And it has a huge gravitational pull.

Everything flying around the hole is drawn to it and somehow dragged inside.

Other stars, planets, and even light.

The gravitational force is so strong, that even light is pulled into it.

Nothing can escape once it's inside.

Basically, no one knows what's behind it.

Maybe nothing. Or maybe a new world.

A world in which nothing is as it is in ours.

All I'm asking is to review your employees' shift schedules.

Erik was last seen on the forest road.

The schedules

will allow us to check employee vehicles with the tire treads we found.

Do you have a court order?

This is a request.

Not an order.

I'll have someone search them out.

How are you?

Holding up.

Okay, then.

I was wondering...

Do you think Erik could have made his way onto the grounds?

The caves are partly located under the nuclear power plant.

That's impossible.

The access points were sealed up years ago.

No one can get in that way.

Okay, then.

A quick reminder that all afternoon activities

after four o'clock are canceled due to the parents' meeting.

Except theater, which will go on as planned

but vacate the auditorium an hour earlier.

The school newspaper will meet in the youth café today

under the supervision of Mr. Hopf.

Katharina.

What are you doing here?

-I wanted to see you. -Uh-huh.

I don't know...

I know you and Ulrich...

Ulrich and the kids... I know they're part of him.

And I want you to know I won't stand in the way of that.

That's very generous of you.

Did Ulrich stop at your place this morning?

He wanted to bring something by.

Bring what by?

I don't know.

Something for school. For the kids.