Craig Donovan (Don Franklin), Isaac Mentnor (Norman Lloyd) and Nate Ramsey (Nick Searcy) watch on the other side of a two-way mirror as Olga Vukavitch (Justina Vail) administers Frank Parker (Jonathan LaPaglia) a stress test at the Never - Never Land Compound. Due to the stress he endures each time he travels back in time, she wants to make sure he is adapting.

Dr. Axelrad (Kirk Baltz), an old friend of Mentnor's and the country's foremost expert on cold fusion, calls and tells Mentnor he is coming to Nevada because he has something important to show him. On the way to Nevada, Axelrad stops at a small diner. He bumps into a drunk deputy and someone down the street is watching him through binoculars. Axelrad eats a sandwich and drives off singing Captain and Tenille's ALove Will Keep Us Together. All of a sudden, he chokes, doubles over in pain and his car swerves off of the road and explodes.

Back at the Never Never Land compound, Mentnor gets the news that Axelrad was food poisoned and Talmadge decides to authorize the use of Back Step in order to save the man with the secret to cold fusion.

Parker launches and lands back at the command center 23 hours back in time. He informs everyone about the phone call from Axelrad and how he was killed. He also explains to Dr. Ballard about a strange time glitch in the sphere.

Parker and Olga get in a car and drive to the diner. As they get to the diner, the drunk deputy tries to hit on Olga. When they announce they are from the Board of Health and are there to shut down the restaurant, everyone exits. The man watching Axelrad through the binoculars takes off, following Axelrad and Parker and Olga. The car passes Parker with great speed and bumps Axelrad's car, forcing it off of the road. Parker now realizes someone wanted him dead and the food poisoning wasn''t accidental. Suddenly Parker is sucked back into time, again, he arrives back at the sphere hangar on Wednesday at 12:00 noon. He is spooked out because he doesn't know what just happened.

Day two in Parker's time line, Parker goes to the briefing room, very confused because he realizes what he just did never happened. Again, Olga and Parker rush to the diner, intercept the sandwich and confront Axelrad. They finally convince Axelrad that they are from a Government agency and they are there to protect him. This time, Olga takes Axelrad out the back door, trying to avoid the killer, who they believe is watching him. Axelrad makes them promise they will take him to a special place before they proceed to Nevada.

During the drive, Ballard calls on the cell phone and tells Parker he thinks he found the problem with back step and the sphere. The machinery failed to generate a wave and a time loop of five hours could be created.

When they arrive at Axelrad's destination, he jumps out of the car and makes Parker and Olga wait outside. They sneak a peek at a notebook which Axelrad has been scribbling on and discovers poems he has written. Axelrad and Elise (Michael McCrane) emerge from the house and he gives her two ring boxes. Parker and Olga figure out why he was going to Nevada...to get married. The man with the binoculars pulls up and gets out of his car. He tells Parker to freeze while holding a double-barreled shot gun. It's Elise's ex-husband, Jack (Tracy Fraim), who was a professional boxer that went to prison for throwing fights, telling Elise he can't live without her and she can't marry Axelrad. Axelrad won't back down. Parker jumps on Jack as he is about to shoot Axelrad. They end up rolling on the ground fighting. Olga shoots a hand gun in the air and holds Jack at gunpoint.

Just when Parker realizes he hasn't heard back from Ballard, he is thrown back into time again for the third time. Parker is very annoyed, but decides to learn from past mistakes. During day three in Parker's time line Mentnor again receives the phone call from Axelrad, Olga and Parker take off and drive to the diner. They run into the drunk deputy and Parker slugs him before he can say anything to Olga. Parker turns to look for Jack and sees him parked down the street. As Parker makes his move toward Jack's car, he pulls away. Parker and Olga enter the restaurant and take the sandwich from Axelrad, then proceed to tell him they are from a Government agency, while pointing a gun at him.

They put Axelrad in the car and drive off. Parker keeps looking out the rearview mirror in search of Jack's car. He orders Axelrad to call Elise and tell her to meet them in a field. Following close behind is Jack's car. Jack jumps out of his car with a shotgun and tells Elise he can't live without her. Parker shoots Jack in the arm, Jack fires back and Parker shoots Jack in the chest killing him. Olga is hit by the last bullet. Parker throws Olga in the car and calls Ballard. He gets through to Ramsey and tells him to stop Ballard from fixing the machine; however, the machine has already been fixed. At that moment, Olga dies in Elise's arms and Parker speeds off. Parker pulls up to headquarters and carries Olga inside. He tells Ballard to unfix the machine, Ballard doesn't understand. Parker shoots the machine with his gun and the machine goes berserk. Parker lies down next to Olga and takes her limp hand. Just seconds left and...SWOOSH - one more time back to Wednesday at 12:00 noon. Parker breaks into a smile, runs past Ballard and bursts into Olga's office and sees her working at her desk. He then goes back to the Ford, handcuffs Jack to a parking meter and calls the prison he escaped from. Parker then puts Axelrad in the car and duct tapes his mouth shut. Later at the Chapel in Las Vegas Axelrad and Elise tie the knot. This time the story has a happy ending.

Cast List

Frank Parker; Jonathan LaPaglia

Craig Donovan; Don Franklin

Nate Ramsey; Nick Searcy

Olga Vukavitch; Justina Vail

Talmadge; Alan Scarfe

Isaac Mentnor; Norman Lloyd

Ballard; Sam Whipple

Guest Cast List

Dr. Axelrad; Kirk Baltz

Marta; Jolie Jackunas

Jack; Tracy Fraim

Elise; Michael McCrane