Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Phi Vu: Ryan Phan
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Ryan Phan : We're scientists. We solve the problem.
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Tree Gelbman : [to Ryan] Now you're stuck in this day. Congrats. Oh, and by the way? You're going to die. Again... and again... and again.
Ryan Phan : [cringes] Carter, tell your girlfriend to stop trying to scare me.
Carter Davis : Oh, she's not my girlfriend.
[Tree gives Carter an offended look]
Carter Davis : Well, wait, are you my girlfriend?
[Tree remembers that from Carter's perspective, they know each other only for one day]
Tree Gelbman : Kinda.
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Ryan Phan : Will someone please explain what the hell is going on?
Tree Gelbman : [sighs] Okay. Recap: so, I was stuck reliving the same day, Monday the 18th, over and over and over again until someone wearing a Bayfield Baby mask murdered me on the night of my birthday. I had no idea who it was because I was such a crazy bitch, and so many people hated my guts. So, at Carter's suggestion, I made a list of suspects. Turns out it was my roommate, Lori, who kept on helping a serial killer escape from the hospital, hoping it would look like he murdered me when, in fact, it was her all along, and all because she was jealous of an affair I was having with my college professor, Gregory, who was married. Yeah, I know. Pretty shitty. But, anyways, I finally kicked Lori's crazy ass out a window and killed her, which broke the loop, or so I thought. But now it only looks like it passed the loop on to you, and you're gonna be stuck reliving this day until we figure out how to stop it.
Ryan Phan : [sighs] Of course. I'm still dreaming.
[Tree winces]
Carter Davis : Wait, what?
Ryan Phan : It's like "Inception". It's a dream within a dream.
[Ryan lies on the bed, closes his eyes]
Carter Davis : Bro, you're not dreaming. Ryan, we...
Ryan Phan : Shhh... I'm trying to wake myself up.
[Tree shakes her head. Carter approaches the bed and slaps on Ryan's crotch. Ryan cries in pain and jumps from the bed]
Carter Davis : There. See? You're not dreaming.
Ryan Phan : [annoyed] Why did you hit my penis?
Carter Davis : Why are you acting like this?
Ryan Phan : You smacked my dick. That's rude.
Carter Davis : I barely touched you.
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[at the lab, Tree explains the situation to the group. After she writes the equations on the board, they prepare Sissy]
Tree Gelbman : How much longer is it gonna take?
Ryan Phan : Thanks to your crazy memory, it shouldn't take long at all. I can have Sissy ready to go in just a few minutes.
[Tree nods. Then she recalls she needs to warn Lori and say goodbye to her parents]
Tree Gelbman : [to Ryan] I need a little more time. There's something I need to do.
[Tree heads for the door]
Ryan Phan : Tree!
[Tree stops in her tracks and turns back]
Ryan Phan : You sure you want to go back?
Tree Gelbman : Can't spend my life living in the past. Got to take a leap of faith.
[Tree leaves. Ryan ponders for a moment over what Tree said, then he returns to work on the compter]
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[Tree awakes, at the same point she kept waking up in the previous film. She is unaware yet that she is an another dimension]
Tree Gelbman : [enraged] No fucking way!
[Carter is confused. Tree stands and heads for the door]
Carter Davis : Hey, I-I folded your clothes for you.
[furious, Tree does not wait till Ryan will enter and ask Carter the same question like every day. She opens the door and steps outside to the hallway]
Tree Gelbman : Ryan! Get in here right now!
[Tree re-enters the room. Ryan appears at the door, terrified in view of Tree's anger]
Carter Davis : Wait a minute, you two know each other?
Tree Gelbman : Yes!
Ryan Phan : No...
Tree Gelbman : [glares at Ryan] Ryan, you dumbass! You sent me back.
Ryan Phan : [confused] What?
Tree Gelbman : It's Monday the 18th. I don't believe this. I just got out. How could you do this to me?
Ryan Phan : [to Carter] Uh... who's this crazy white girl?
Carter Davis : Maybe it was a-a bad dream or something.
Tree Gelbman : [getting dressed] You're right. It is a bad dream. It's a nightmare! This sucks! It sucks the biggest mega balls in the history of shitty ball-suckery!
[Tree takes a pillow, thrusts her face into it and yells until she calms down]
Tree Gelbman : [quietly] Ha... I'm okay.
Carter Davis : Are you sure?
Tree Gelbman : Yes. He just needs to fix this. Now.
Ryan Phan : This is a joke, right?
Tree Gelbman : [chuckles, then glares at Ryan] This is a joke, right?
Tree Gelbman : I wish.
[Tree approaches Ryan, grabs his collar and pushes him against the door]
Tree Gelbman : Ryan, we need to go to your lab, turn on Sissy, and figure out how to send me back!
Ryan Phan : [puzzled] Uh, how do you know about Sissy?
Tree Gelbman : Oh, my God. Just... let's go.
[Tree starts walking away. Ryan and Carter stare at each other, totally confused]
Tree Gelbman : Ándale, people!
[Ryan and Carter follow Tree. They encounter the same people Tree used to see each time she woke up in the previous film. Much to everyone's confusion, Tree yells at all the people]
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[at the lab, Ryan shows Tree and Carter the device that caused the time-loop in the first movie]
Ryan Phan : The Sisyphus Quantum Cooling Reactor. We call it "Sissy" for short. You see all these? They're proton lasers, and when they fire, they cool the centrifuge right here to almost below one nanokelvin. So, basically, we're trying to prove that time can be slowed down on a molecular level. It hasn't worked yet, but we did find some promising data, after the device fired the other night.
Tree Gelbman : When?
Ryan Phan : 12:01 AM yesterday.
Tree Gelbman : [shakes her head] Monday the 18th.
Ryan Phan : [nods] Mm-hmm.
[Tree gives Ryan a murderous look]
Ryan Phan : What?
Tree Gelbman : You created the time-loop, dummy!
[Tree, Carter, Ryan, Samar and Dre sit at the cafe. Tree explains them what happened in the previous film]
Ryan Phan : That's impossible. That's not what Sissy was designed to do.
Tree Gelbman : I don't know what to tell you.
Samar Ghosh : Well, maybe we're just discovering what it actually does.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : An unintended reaction. Maybe we thought we were slowing time, but what if we looped it instead?
Tree Gelbman : [to Ryan] Now you're stuck in this day. Congrats. Oh, and by the way? You're going to die. Again... and again... and again.
Ryan Phan : [cringes] Carter, tell your girlfriend to stop trying to scare me.
Carter Davis : Oh, she's not my girlfriend.
[Tree gives Carter an offended look]
Carter Davis : Well, wait, are you my girlfriend?
[Tree remembers that from Carter's perspective, they know each other only for one day]
Tree Gelbman : Kinda.
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[Samar and Dre enter the lab, arguing]
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : But a parsec is a measure of distance, not time!
Samar Ghosh : OK, so now you're gonna call Han Solo a liar?
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : No, I'm saying if a normal Kessel Run is...
Ryan Phan #2 : [tied to a chair] Dre! Help me!
[suddenly they notice there are two Ryans in the lab, one at the console and the other tied to a chair. They watch Ryan and his replica in disbelief]
Ryan Phan #2 : C'mon!
Samar Ghosh : Whoa...
[Samar looks at the bottle of chocolate milk he is carrying and shakes his head]
Samar Ghosh : [to Dre] Dude, did you dose my Yoo-hoo again?
[Dre shakes her head]
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Ryan Phan : Guys, focus. I don't want to die.
Tree Gelbman : [shrugs] On the bright side, you'll come back. I died eleven times.
Ryan Phan : [shocked] Eleven? Hell no. That shit hurts.
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[the Bayfield Baby masked murderer attacks Ryan and draws a knife. Before he can stab Ryan, Tree sneaks behind and knocks him unconscious]
Carter Davis : Who is he?
Tree Gelbman : Only one way to find out.
[Tree approaches the murderer and removes the mask. She, Ryan and Carter gasp in disbelief: the murderer looks exactly like Ryan]
Ryan Phan : What the fu...
[they bring the second Ryan to the lab and tie him to a chair]
Carter Davis : You sure you... you don't have a twin brother? Maybe you were separated at birth.
Ryan Phan : [annoyed] Of course I'm sure.
[Ryan touches slightly his replica's head. The second Ryan regains consciousness]
Ryan Phan #2 : [opens his eyes] Oh, shit.
Ryan Phan : [firmly] "Oh, shit" is right. Who are you?
Ryan Phan #2 : Who you think I am, dummy?
Carter Davis : It's you.
Ryan Phan , Ryan Phan #2 : [together] Duh...
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[Tree, Ryan and Carter sit at the cafeteria. Tree explains to them everything that happened in the first dimension]
Ryan Phan : There were two of me?
Tree Gelbman : [impatiently] Yes! That is how this whole thing happened.
Carter Davis : [smiles] You know, this kind of reminds me of "Back to the Future II".
Ryan Phan : Totally. Mm-hmm.
Carter Davis : Right?
[Tree stares at them cluelessly]
Carter Davis : You know, with Marty McFly?
Ryan Phan : Doc?
Carter Davis : The DeLorean?
Tree Gelbman : Sorry.
Carter Davis : [stunned] Are you serious? You've never seen "Back to the Future"?
Tree Gelbman : No, I... how do you... wait. Oh, my God. Does this mean that...
[Tree looks around fearfully, expecting to see another Tree]
Tree Gelbman : ...does this mean that there are two of me?
Ryan Phan : I highly doubt it. It's almost impossible to create a holographic universe. You're probably stuck in a quantum cyclic dimension.
[Tree stares at Ryan cluelessly]
Tree Gelbman : [impatiently] There's only one of you here, because the other you got knocked into a parallel dimension somewhere in the multiverse.
Tree Gelbman : [sarcastically] Okay, Ryan. Thanks for clearing that up. That was super helpful.
Ryan Phan : You never heard the multiverse theory?
Tree Gelbman : Do I look like someone who knows what a multiverse is?
Ryan Phan : Okay, look.
[Ryan takes a napkin]
Ryan Phan : This is our universe. Okay? Now, look.
[Ryan folds the napkin several times]
Ryan Phan : In theory, the universe has six dimensions. Now, if what you're saying is true...
[Ryan drives his pen through the napkin]
Ryan Phan : ...then maybe you woke up on the same day...
[Ryan unfolds the napkin]
Ryan Phan : ...but not in the same dimension. That would explain the anomalies.
Tree Gelbman : So, how different are we talking here?
Ryan Phan : Well, it depends...
[Tree notices that Danielle approaches them]
Tree Gelbman : Oh, shit. I forgot our house meeting. Danielle, I'm sorry. I just...
Danielle Bouseman : [approaches Carter] Hey, babe.
Carter Davis : You doing all right?
[Tree gapes in disbelief and jealousy: Danielle and Carter kiss for a long moment]
Danielle Bouseman : [smiles at Ryan] Hi, Ry.
Ryan Phan : [smiles shyly] Hey, Danielle.
[Tree is even more puzzled: in the original dimension, Danielle is snobbish and obnoxious, and wouldn't even look at people like Carter and Ryan. Tree concludes it is one of the differences between the dimensions: in the current dimension, Danielle is nice and friendly]
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[Tree, Carter, Ryan, Samar and Dre gather at the lab. Tree explains the situation to them]
Tree Gelbman : [to Ryan] Listen to me carefully. I need to stay here in this dimension. Okay? So just close the loop.
Ryan Phan : Look, we have no idea how this even happened in the first place.
Tree Gelbman : Well, you're all brainy science people, right? So you'll figure it out.
Samar Ghosh : You realize we're messing with things we have no business touching, right?
Tree Gelbman : [sharply] Well, maybe you should have thought of that before you built the big dumb thing! Just... just please do me a favor and try to figure this out, okay? Please.
Ryan Phan : Look, this is gonna be a trial-and-error situation. We have to rule out every variable in order to narrow down the correct algorithm that will close the loop.
Tree Gelbman : Okay.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : It's days, maybe weeks of work. And if what you're saying is true, there's no way to keep a record of our progress.
Tree Gelbman : [cluelessly] I'm not following.
Samar Ghosh : [shakes his head, approaches the board] Okay. Um... say we test, like...
[using a marker, Samar circles several equations]
Samar Ghosh : ...dozens of variables. By the end of the day, the loop will reset, right?
[Tree nods]
Samar Ghosh : So everything we earned gets...
[Samar erases the equations he circled]
Samar Ghosh : ...erased. There's no way for us to track our progress simply because we just don't remember anything we learned.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : And we'll be back to square one.
Tree Gelbman : [throws up her hands in frustration] Great.
[Tree sinks into a chair, hopelessy]
Tree Gelbman : I'm screwed.
[silence falls]
Carter Davis : Wait, no, I got it.
[Carter stands and approaches the board]
Carter Davis : Okay, you said everything resets but your memory, right?
Tree Gelbman : Yeah.
Carter Davis : All right, well, then... you're just gonna have to be a living record.
Tree Gelbman : Wait, you mean memorize everything?
Carter Davis : Yeah.
Samar Ghosh : That's genius.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Yeah.
Tree Gelbman : No. No, no, no, no. That's not genius. I'm not a scientist. And hello? I mean, you do realize there's a killer after me, right? That means I'm gonna have to die over and over again until you guys figure out how to close the loop.
Samar Ghosh : [hesitantly] I mean, I guess you could just kill yourself before they find you.
Tree Gelbman : [sarcastically] Wow. Another genius idea.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Um, better than being chased by some crazy guy in a baby mask.
[Tree wears a desperate expression]
Carter Davis : I mean, do you have a better idea?
Tree Gelbman : [sighs] I knew you were gonna say that...
[for the next days, the gang works hard to find the correct algorithm. Tree does her best to memorize the complicated equations. With every try, the screen gives the same message "sequence failure". Every day, Tree watches Danielle and Carter kiss, and she is filled with jealousy. To her delight, she spends time with her parents. She finds creative ways to kill herself - dropping a toaster into a bath, drinking a liquid cleaner, skydiving without a parachute, jumping into a woodchipper, jumping from a clocktower. With every passing day, she grows weaker]
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[Tree kills herself by falling off the clock tower. The day resets, and she wakes in Carter's bed, as happened so many times before]
Carter Davis : Oh, hey. You're up. I wasn't sure if you wanted...
Tree Gelbman : [recites boringly the words she heard so many times] "I wasn't sure if you wanted to sleep in or not. I folded your clothes last night. Wasn't sure if that material gets wrinkled".
[Carter is confused that Tree knows what he is about to say]
Tree Gelbman : Anyway, what the hell are you always looking for under that desk?
Carter Davis : Uh... oh, just... my mouth guard. Yeah, I... I grind my teeth at night.
[Carter shows Tree the mouth guard]
Tree Gelbman : Oh, mystery solved. Yeah, it's my birthday, and I ain't gotta pick up the pho...
[Tree comes out of the bed. She groans painfully]
Carter Davis : [worried] You okay?
Tree Gelbman : [dryly] Yep. Never better.
[Tree gets dressed]
Carter Davis : I don't know if you remember my name or not. You were, uh... you aere pretty wasted last night...
[Tree grunts]
Carter Davis : ...but I'm-I'm Carter.
Tree Gelbman : Ow!
Carter Davis : Hey, are you sure you're okay? You're looking kind of pale.
[Tree's vision becomes blurred]
Tree Gelbman : No, I'm fine. I... Mmm. Actually, I'm probably gonna pass out.
Carter Davis : What?
Tree Gelbman : Yep. Definitely passing out.
[Tree collapses to Carter's arms]
Carter Davis : What? No, uh...
[the door opens. Ryan enters]
Ryan Phan : You hit that fine vagine or what?
[Ryan notices that Tree is in bad shape]
Ryan Phan : Is she dead?
Carter Davis : Ryan, little help here, man.
Ryan Phan : Oh, okay.
[Tree regains consciousness. She finds herself in a hospital bed, and gasps]
Carter Davis : Hey, hey. It's okay. It's just me.
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[Tree gathers the group in the lab and explains the situation to them. Then she draws on the board the equations she has been memorizing in the past days]
Tree Gelbman : ...Then you multiply the Euclidean vector by the square root of pi to the seventeenth power, which then gives us an axiom point of 0.004, which then gives us a linear-plane vector of 8.2...
[Tree sighs and drops the marker]
Tree Gelbman : Boom.
Carter Davis : [impressed] Damn!
[Tree smiles. Samar and Dre approach the board and carefully examine the equations]
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Well, if these are all the failed algorithms...
Samar Ghosh : ...Then there's only one possibility left.
[they turn to Ryan. The three rush to the computer. Ryan sits down and types the equations. Carter and Tree approach. Then the message "system ready" appears on the screen]
Ryan Phan : Holy shit balls. You did it!
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Oh, oh!
Tree Gelbman : What? It worked?
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Yes, yes, yes.
Tree Gelbman : It worked? Oh, my God, it worked!
[they are excited. Tree hugs Carter]
Samar Ghosh : We did it! Why are we so excited? We barely know her.
Carter Davis : Honestly, I-I don't know what just happened, but that was impressive.
Tree Gelbman : Thanks.
Ryan Phan : [hugs their shoulders] Let's do this!
[Samar and Dre examine the wires and cables of Sissy. Ryan turns to Tree]
Ryan Phan : Just so we're totally clear, one variant closes the loop in this dimension, and the other one sends you back to your original dimension and closes that loop. It's final decision time. Stay here or go back.
[Tree hesitates. She turns to Carter and looks at him for a long moment. Then she turns to Ryan]
Tree Gelbman : I'm staying here. Final decision.
Ryan Phan : Okay. Here we go, then. Stand back.
[Ryan sits at the computer and starts typing. Tree stands near Carter. The machine starts to fire up, but suddenly it powers down]
Ryan Phan : Huh?
[Samar and Dre sigh]
Tree Gelbman : What happened?
[Dre approaches the computer]
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Oh, the vector's off.
Tree Gelbman : [worried] But you said this was the right one.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : No, the math was right. Something else is off.
Tree Gelbman : [desperately] Guys, I have literally been killing myself to memorize this shit for you. Failure's not an option.
[Ryan and Dre's eyes fix on something]
Tree Gelbman : What?
Ryan Phan : There's something in the hard drive. It must be a virus.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : [to Samar] Dude, did you open spam porn again on the computer?
[everyone stares at Samar accusingly. He has a guilty expression]
Samar Ghosh : [unconvincingly] No!
Ryan Phan : [grumbles] Great. I have to manually re-enter all this code.
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Ryan Phan : Great. I have to manually re-enter all this code.
Tree Gelbman : Okay, how long?
Ryan Phan : Six, seven hours.
Tree Gelbman : Ryan, look at me. I am on borrowed time here. Understand? Get it done.
Ryan Phan : Uh, yeah, I'm on it.
[Tree leaves. Carter runs after her]
Carter Davis : Tree, wait up.
[Tree continues walking away]
Carter Davis : Hey. Are you sure about this?
Tree Gelbman : Of course I'm sure.
Carter Davis : Okay, well, what about the killer?
[Tree stops]
Carter Davis : I mean, you said people are gonna die tonight. If you close the loop and we don't help, then they're dead for good, aren't they?
Tree Gelbman : [firmly] I have to stay alive. I can't go back to that hospital. It's way too risky.
[Tree starts walking away]
Carter Davis : Okay, so that's it? You're just gonna walk away and let a bunch of innocent people die?
[Tree stops and returns to face Carter]
Tree Gelbman : People die every day, Carter. I can't be responsible for everyone, okay? I know how selfish that sounds, but it's true.
Carter Davis : [disdainfully] Yeah, no, that sounds incredibly selfish. Are you serious?
Tree Gelbman : [shakes her head tearfully] That's not fair. You have no idea how hard this is for me. I don't want to have to choose between you and my mom, but I have to.
Carter Davis : What do you mean, "choose"?
[Tree hesisates for a moment]
Tree Gelbman : Carter, we're together in the other dimension.
[Carter gapes]
Tree Gelbman : I woke up in your bed every morning, just like this morning. I did it over and over and over again until I fell in love with you. But that version of us is back there, and my mom is alive here. So I've made my decision.
Carter Davis : Wh... what if you're wrong? Huh? What if you're wrong? What if this isn't the life that you're-you're supposed to have?
Tree Gelbman : So, what? I'm just supposed to go back to some dimension where my mom's dead?
[Tree shakes her head, choked by tears]
Tree Gelbman : I can't. I can't lose her again.
Carter Davis : [quietly] You already did. And none of this is real if it erases that. You're just... you're living someone else's life that doesn't belong to you. Y-Your pain, th-that loss, that's... that's what makes you you. But you have the chance to do something other people only dream of.
Tree Gelbman : What?
Carter Davis : You can say goodbye.
[before Tree can answer, they hear Danielle calling Carter "Yoo-hoo!". She approaches]
Tree Gelbman : Your girlfriend's calling you. Better go.
[Tree walks away]
Danielle Bouseman : What's her problem? She just ditched our house meeting.
[Carter does not answer. His eyes are fixed on Tree, as she getting further from them. Danielle notices that and snaps her fingers before his face]
Danielle Bouseman : Hello? What were you guys talking about?
Carter Davis : [lies] Nothing. We were just... we were going over school stuff.
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[Tree calls the lab, intending to tell Ryan not to close the time-loop, so the day can be reset and she can prevent the deaths of Lori, the guard and Carter. At the lab, Ryan is busy preparing Sissy, and does not notice that someone calls him]
Julie Gelbman : Tree, what is going on?
Tree Gelbman : [murmurs] I can't let him close it...
David Gelbman : [enters] You know, I'm not sure about this ice. It kind of smells like pee.
[Tree snatches the car keys from the tables and head for the door. She pushes past her father and exits the room]
David Gelbman : Tree? Tree! Where are you going? Tree?
[Tree enters her parents' car, starts it and drives back to the campus as fast as she can. Tears running down her face, she tries to contact Ryan]
Tree Gelbman : Come on. Come on, come on! Pick up your phone!
[all Tree hears is the automatic message "Yo, it's Ryan. Leave a...". Tree puts the cellphone down]
Tree Gelbman : Shit!
[at the lab, Ryan, Samar and Dre finally finish preparing Sissy]
Ryan Phan : Here we go!
[desperately, Tree realizes there is only one thing she can do in order to prevent the murders: reset the day by getting herself killed. She drives to the electrical substation she noticed earlier]
Tree Gelbman : Where is it? Come on, come on, come on. Please.
[t the lab, Ryan starts the system sequence. Tree arrives at the electrical substation. She turns the car and rams the fence. Just as one second is left for the machine, Tree rams the electrical transformators, causing massive explosion and power failure at the campus. Sissy shuts down because the process is completed. Tree wakes up in Carter's bed, as usual]
Carter Davis : Oh, hey. You're up. I wasn't sure if you wanted to sleep in or not.
Tree Gelbman : [murmurs] That is the last time I'm dying for you...
Carter Davis : [puzzled] What?
[Tree smiles. She is glad her plan works and Carter is alive]
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[Tree and her friends gather at the lab. Sissy is ready for closing the time-loop and sending Tree back to the original dimension]
Ryan Phan : You ready?
[Tree looks at Carter, then nods. Ryan walks toward the computer]
Tree Gelbman : Wait.
[Ryan stops. Tree faces everyone]
Tree Gelbman : I know this is probably pretty confusing. I mean, you guys have only known me for a couple hours...
[Samar and Dre smile at each other]
Tree Gelbman : ...but I've known you for weeks. You've all worked really, really hard to try to send me home. So thank you.
Samar Ghosh : [jokingly] Well, jury's still out on whether you're totally nuts, but, uh...
[Samar chuckles. Dre gives him a chiding look]
Samar Ghosh : ...glad we could help.
[Dre slaps Samar slightly in the stomach]
Tree Gelbman : Okay, Ryan, light her up.
[Ryan sits at the computer desk and turns Sissy on. While the machine warms up, Carter turns to Tree]
Carter Davis : S-So, in this other dimension, do we... do we know each other?
Tree Gelbman : You could say that.
[Tree and Carter smile at each other]
Ryan Phan : 17 seconds. 16, 15, 14...
[suddenly, Dean Bronson storms in, accompanied by two burly security guards. Tree is shocked, since he was not supposed to do this but a day after]
Dean Roger Bronson : [to Ryan] What did I tell you about turning that thing on?
Samar Ghosh : Uh-oh...
Tree Gelbman : [puzzled] Wait. This isn't supposed to happen yet. You're not supposed to come until tomorrow.
Dean Roger Bronson : [to Ryan] Turn that thing off now.
Tree Gelbman : No, don't!
[Bronson approaches Sissy. Tree and her friends rush to stop him, but too late. He unplugs the machine]
Tree Gelbman : No, wait, please. You can't do this.
Dean Roger Bronson : And who are you?
Tree Gelbman : I am a student here.
Dean Roger Bronson : Oh, well, keep this little attitude up, and we'll change that.
[Bronson turns to the security guards]
Dean Roger Bronson : Get that thing out of here.
Tree Gelbman : No, please d-don't.
[the guards ignore Tree and start moving Sissy out of the room]
Samar Ghosh : Hey, watch it, beefcake!
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Well, don't manhandle her. Well, where are you taking her?
Dean Roger Bronson : My office, where it will remain under lock and key.
[Bronson and the guards leave with Sissy]
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[after Dean Bronson confiscated Sissy, the group is in despair. Hopelessly, Tree sits down]
Carter Davis : Look, okay, it's a setback. I get it. Right, but we just reset the day and try again.
Tree Gelbman : [in trembling voice] No. You don't understand. I keep getting weaker every time I come back. I don't know how many chances I have left. For all I know, this could be it. If I die again, I could stay dead.
Samar Ghosh : Hmm, that's a problem.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : No shit.
Tree Gelbman : Unless...
[Tree stands]
Tree Gelbman : ...unless we steal it back.
Ryan Phan : Steal it?
Tree Gelbman : Well, I mean, you know, it's not even technically stealing, is it? It's your property.
Samar Ghosh : Whoa, whoa, guys, I don't know about this. Like, if we get caught and I get expelled, my parents are gonna hang me by the nut sack.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : I'm with him. Except for the "nut sack" part, obviously.
Carter Davis : [angrily] Are you kidding me? Are... no. I'm sorry to throw a bag of dog shit on your front porch here, but I... this is all on you guys. You created this mess, so you're obligated to help her out of it. Besides, if she dies again tonight, that's blood on your hands.
Samar Ghosh : That's a little dramatic.
Ryan Phan : He's right. This is our fault.
[everyone looks at Ryan]
Ryan Phan : So we fix it. That's what scientists do. We solve the problem.
[Tree smiles. The group sits in the cafeteria and examines the campus map]
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : So, Dean Bronson's office is in this building here...
[Dre circles the office with a marker]
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : ...and the fastest route back to the lab is this path here.
Samar Ghosh : And check this out, guys. Dean Bronson spends every evening knitting in the faculty lounge over here.
Carter Davis : Wait, what? He knits?
Samar Ghosh : I think he used to smoke, and then his wife made him quit, and, uh... Oh, by the way, shockingly hot.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Samar?
Samar Ghosh : Hmm?
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Could we do the-the thing we're... we're doing right now?
Samar Ghosh : Okay, okay. Right. Sorry. Um, okay. So, we need to get the keys to his office, sneak over to admissions, break into the dean's office, grab Sissy, wheel her back to the lab without anyone from security seeing us, get Dean Bronson's keys back to him without him ever knowing they were gone, power up Sissy, run diagnostics, flip the switch, and bam... Tree's back in whatever wack-ass dimension she came from, and we... well, we just saved the damn day.
[Samar drops the marker. Everyone nods in approval]
Tree Gelbman : Okay. Sounds awesome. How do we do that?
Samar Ghosh : [shrugs] I don't know.
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : [rolls her eyes] Of course.
Carter Davis : Okay, well, we obviously need a diversion. So we just got to find a way to distract Dean Bronson.
[Carter's cellphone rings with the tone of the song "You're beautiful". Carter takes it and looks at the screen: it is a call from Danielle]
Carter Davis : [embarrassed] Uh, she picked the ringtone, all right? I...
[Carter walks a few steps from his friends and starts talking with Danielle. Dre mocks vomiting]
Carter Davis : Hey, babe. Yeah, uh, you okay?
[suddenly, Tree comes up with a great idea]
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[at the lab, Ryan, Samar and Dre install Sissy. Ryan sits at the computer, typing quickly]
Carter Davis : Hey. How's it going?
Ryan Phan : We're on it.
[Tree looks at the clock. The time is 20:58]
Tree Gelbman : Guys, we've got less than three hours to make this happen.
Ryan Phan : Not gonna lie... it's gonna be close.
[Tree looks at the clock again. Suddenly she remembers that Tombs is going to make his move within a few minutes]
Tree Gelbman : Shit. If I don't stop the killer, Lori's gonna die.
[Tree turns to Carter]
Carter Davis : Stay here.
Tree Gelbman : [confused] What? Why?
Tree Gelbman : Just promise me you'll stay here.
[Tree takes a screwdriver]
Tree Gelbman : Can I borrow this?
Ryan Phan : Uh, y-yeah, sure.
[Tree shoves the screwdriver into her back pocket]
Tree Gelbman : Okay.
[Tree rushes out]
Carter Davis : W-Wait, where are you going? Tree!
[Tree heads for the hospital, determined to save Lori and stop Tombs and the other murderer]
-
[mid-credit scene: Tree and her friends are cleaning the college yard, as a punishment for the mess Ryan made]
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Just doesn't make any sense.
Ryan Phan : Yes, it does. It acted like a slingshot. When she jumped back into this dimension, the vacuum created by the centripetal force closed the loop.
[Samar notices a partly-eaten churro on the ground]
Samar Ghosh : Who throws away a perfectly good churro?
Andrea 'Dre' Morgan : Oh, no, don't.
[Samar eats the churro. Suddenly, several black cars stop near them. People who look like FBI agents exit the cars and approach them]
Samar Ghosh : Uh-oh. This looks bad.
Dr. Parker : Ryan Phan?
Ryan Phan : Uh, maybe.
Dr. Parker : I'm Dr. Isaac Parker. I'm here on behalf of DARPA. We'd appreciate it if you'd come with us to answer some questions. All of you.
Tree Gelbman : Are we in trouble?
Dr. Parker : Please, right this way.
[Tree and her friends are brought to DARPA laboratory, where Sissy has been moved for further experimentation]
Ryan Phan : [gasps] Holy shit. Sissy!
Dr. Parker : Hope you don't mind us borrowing her. What you've created here is truly remarkable.
[Tree and her friends smile]
Samar Ghosh : Suck it, Dean Bronson.
Dr. Parker : We've been having some difficulties understanding how the device operates. We figured you could help.
Ryan Phan : There's so many different algorithms. It'll be tough to find the right one to make it work.
Tree Gelbman : I might be able to help with that.
[everyone looks strangely at Tree, who has memorized the correct algorithm in the second dimension]
Dr. Parker : Great. So, we just need to find a test subject.
Carter Davis : [smiles] Wait, you... you want to trap somebody in a time loop? That's messed up. Unless they deserve it.
[Tree has an idea]
Tree Gelbman : I think I have the perfect recruit...
[last scene: in her bedroom, Danielle wakes up screaming in horror, as she is now trapped in a time loop of her own]
