Back to 1989 (2016) s01e33 Episode Script

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Where is this place?
Zhen-zhen.
It has a ribbon.
I'm not dreaming.
This tree is real.
Zhen-zhen and I are real, too.
The time capsule.
What is this?
This is a card I wrote you.
You can't read it now.
You have to wait until we dig out
the time capsule together.
Chen Che.
I couldn't be luckier
having gotten to know
the 26-year-old you
before meeting the newborn you.
We've made so many promises
to each other,
and while I firmly believe
at this very moment
that all these promises will be kept,
the truth is, Chen Che,
we can't predict the future.
It's just like
how you never expected
to end up in 1989
and fall in love with me,
right?
If,
and I mean if,
for some reason
we're not able
to fall in love again in 2016,
please remember
that I once loved a boy
named Chen Che with all my heart
in 1989.
It can't be. I still remember you.
I can still feel the warmth of our hands
clasped together before I left.
There should be 26 ribbons.
Why are there only three?
Did she forget me?
Mom and Zhen-zhen were so close,
but I don't remember
Mom mentioning her.
I'm sure everything's fine.
Mom must know where Zhen-zhen is.
She must.
THE YEAR 2016
THE YEAR 1990
Chen Che got this toy for you.
Do you like it?
He's just a newborn.
His eyes aren't fully developed
so he can't see clearly.
The world is just
a blur to him right now.
-So, he can't see me yet?
-Yeah.
Ya-juan, he needs milk right now.
I'll go make him some.
Thanks, Mom.
Can't see me yet?
Come on. Look at me.
You and Chen Che are more nervous
about the kid than me, and I'm his mom.
Why didn't he come with you?
He
went back to the U.S.
I thought he'd at least
see the baby before leaving.
How are you feeling
now that he's not here?
Don't worry. I'm okay.
It's not like I can't live without him.
Plus,
he's still with me
but in a different form.
He never really left.
Why is he crying?
He's probably hungry.
His diaper is wet.
-Zhen-zhen, fetch me a diaper from there.
-Okay.
To change the diaper,
she'd have to undress him.
Doesn't that mean I'd see him naked?
Ya-juan.
It's not appropriate for me to see him
like that. I should step out.
He's just a baby.
If a wet diaper
stays on for too long,
it will cause a rash
on the baby's delicate skin.
Milk is ready.
Mrs. Chen.
Let me feed him.
I'm still single.
It's best if you take care
of something as exciting as this.
Thanks, Zhen-zhen.
Ya-juan.
I made you Eucommia kidney soup.
Remember to have some.
I will. Thanks, Mom.
Another thing.
I asked a renowned expert
to name the baby.
He said the child will grow up
smart and obedient.
Here. Take a look.
Che? A single character
as his first name.
Chen Che.
I think it's a great name.
Little Chen Che,
how do you like your name?
-Ya-juan is home.
-Dad.
You're home just in time.
I went to an expert the other day
for the baby's name.
The name turned out to be
exactly the same as Chen Che's.
Look. What a coincidence.
Look at the words written on it.
"Promotion to high office,
happiness and success."
Maybe it's not a coincidence.
Maybe it's meant to be.
Little Chen Che, we finally meet.
The 1990 version of you is born.
Hope the 2016 version of you
was able to successfully
travel back to the future.
Thank you for having been here once.
Chen Che,
at the end of the day,
we changed because of you.
Look at him gulping down the milk.
He's hungry.
Mom will stay with Grandma
at the hospital.
I'll pick you up tomorrow.
THE YEAR 1993
Chen Che, time for bed.
-You're drawing the Little Prince.
-And the fox.
Why
Why does the fox
have a flower on its head?
It's a rose.
What's the matter, Auntie?
Are you hurt? I'll make it better.
I'm fine.
With you around,
I don't feel hurt anymore,
and I don't need to cry.
All right.
It's time to go to sleep.
If you stay up,
Grandma Ye will come up
and yell at me.
Go to bed.
Here.
Lie down.
Let me pull over the blanket.
Lift up your legs.
I'm pulling it over.
-Okay.
-Read me a story.
What do you want to hear?
The Little Prince.
I've read that
a million times already.
Not that many. Please,
I want The Little Prince.
Fine.
"At that moment, a fox appeared.
The fox said, 'Hello.'
The Little Prince responded politely,
'Hello.'
Don't be scared. I'm right here.
Auntie, are you afraid of thunder, too?
But
someone once told me
that if you start singing,
you won't be afraid of them anymore.
So, let's sing a song.
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had some chickens
E-I-E-I-O
With a cluck cluck here
Zhen-zhen.
Mr. Chen.
I understand.
I understand completely.
It's been hard on you.
Why
Why is it so hard?
Chen Che went back to 2016
in the blink of an eye
while I'm here
waiting every second,
every minute, every day.
And you don't have anyone
to talk to about Chen Che, do you?
I don't know why,
but ever since Little Chen Che
was born,
everyone's memory of Chen Che
has begun to fade.
Only the two of us,
the ones who know the truth,
still remember him.
Everyone else
is gradually forgetting him.
Why is it like this?
Silly child.
Don't you ever feel
that memory sometimes leads to pain?
It's a wonderful thing
to be able to forget.
No.
I don't want to forget Chen Che.
I'd rather
remember everything about him
even if it pains me.
-I don't want to forget him.
-He's been gone for years now.
Don't you have any regrets?
No regrets.
If you don't, then why are you crying?
You need a strong heart
to handle love that crosses
dimensions of time and space.
This type of love is one of a kind,
and things like that
are incredibly precious
but also incredibly difficult.
All right.
I promised Chen Che
that every time I get sad
thinking about him,
I'd eat a piece of milk candy.
This way, the memories
would be sweet.
THE YEAR 2016
-Mom.
-Where did you go?
-Why is your phone--
-Where is Ye Zhen-zhen?
And Li Jin-qin, Lin Xiao-long.
Where are they?
Why are you asking about them?
Wasn't Ye Zhen-zhen your best friend?
Her family ran a tailor shop, right?
How come you never mentioned her?
Where is she?
You
don't remember?
Remember what?
Zhen-zhen was in a car accident.
I've already told you this.
The one person you can't forget
is Auntie Zhen-zhen.
If it weren't for her,
you probably won't be standing here.
You forgot?
The scar on your right arm
was from a car accident
when you were three.
THE YEAR 2016
THE YEAR 1993
Don't run too fast.
Go. Over there.
Will Chen Che and I
ever have a day like theirs?
Auntie Zhen-zhen,
what are they doing?
They're doing a wedding photo shoot.
When two people like each other,
they get married.
Then they live happily ever after.
When I grow up,
I want to get married
to Auntie Zhen-zhen.
I like you the most.
All right.
When you grow up, I'll be your bride.
Pinky swear?
This is our pact.
-Do you like balloons?
-Yes.
Let's go find some balloons.
Chen Che, hold on tight to your balloons
so they don't fly away, okay?
Chen Che, stay put, okay?
I need to fix my shoe.
Chen Che!
Chen Che!
Auntie Zhen-zhen, where are you?
Auntie Zhen-zhen, where did you go?
Auntie Zhen-zhen.
That day, when I went to see you
at the hospital,
the driver told me that a woman saved you
when she pushed you out of the way.
But no one
has seen Zhen-zhen after that.
It's like she vanished
from this world.
I seem to remember
bits and pieces of that day.
Did you look for her?
I don't believe anyone could just
disappear into thin air.
It's been more than 20 years.
I've tried all the ways possible,
but she's been declared dead.
Even if we don't want to let go,
we have to accept the fact
that she's gone.
Declared dead?
Why did this happen?
Why did the butterfly effect
play out this way?
What are you talking about?
Is this the price I have to pay
for going back to 1989?
The scar only appeared
after the dance party,
after I agreed to go out
with Zhen-zhen.
What are you rambling on about?
You're scaring me.
-Where are you going?
-I'm gonna go see Grandpa.
-Go home. Don't wait for me.
-Chen Che!
Why?
Why is it like this?
Is it because I went back to 1989?
If I didn't go back to 1989,
if Zhen-zhen
didn't fall in love with me,
would she still be around?
No.
I won't accept this ending.
I refuse.
I need to go back to 1989
and stop it all from happening.
Zhen-zhen.
What do I do
without you in 2016 or beyond?
Grandpa.
Grandpa, wake up.
What do I do to get back to 1989?
You
You're back.
You remember, don't you?
Grandpa.
Professor.
you remember me going back
to 1989, don't you?
You're the one who told me
I couldn't exist with another me
in the same space-time dimension.
You're the one who told me
to come back
the same way that I went there.
You know this.
You know how to get back
to 1989, right?
Please tell me.
Grandpa, tell me.
I have to warn Zhen-zhen.
I have to go back to save her.
You can't do that.
You can't change history.
This isn't history.
This is the result of my interference.
If I hadn't gone to 1989,
none of this would've happened.
I must change it back.
I must undo my mistake.
You're the one who altered history.
Don't you know how terrifying
butterfly effects can be?
You must be careful.
I understand.
I understand now.
But what can I do?
What can I do?
Tell me, Grandpa.
Did I already eat?
Grandpa!
Did I already eat?
Grandpa. Snap out of it, will you?
Other than Zhen-zhen,
you're the only one
who knows what happened.
Now you have dementia,
and Zhen-zhen got into an accident.
Is it
all because of me?
Go back
the same way you came.
You mean
the tunnel?
Go back
the way you came.
Come
the same way you went back.
Go back
the same way you came.
Is it going
or coming?
I remember now.
Chen Che.
You're Ya-juan's son.
Where are you going?
You can't go back.
I don't believe
I can't go back to 1989.
I don't believe it.
If I made it across the last time,
I can do it this time.
It's like what Grandpa said.
This is a crack in space and time.
This must be it. It must be!
Zhen-zhen, wait for me. Wait for me.
Chen Che!
If
this is really an opening
in the space-time dimension,
how do I
find you while one dimension
intersects with another?
If this is an opening
in the space-time dimension,
I'm willing to linger around here
every single day
until we meet again.
Chen Che.
How are you?
I've missed you.
I read a poem in the newspaper today.
It goes like this.
The fish says, "You don't see my tears
because I'm already underwater."
The sky may be blue every day.
The moon may be full every night.
Sunny days exist for rain,
full moons for eclipses,
our brief time together
only for a long time apart.
Were we together in 1989
so that we could be apart
for a long, long time?
If Zhen-zhen were here,
she'd freak out.
If Chen Che were here,
he'd catch it for me.
THE YEAR 1990
-Just one bowl. What?
-Go away. Scram.
I'm running a small business,
not a charity.
-I just want a bowl.
-A bowl?
I haven't even opened the shop yet.
-You bring bad luck.
-Mister.
-Go away.
-Mister.
I'd like a bowl of noodles
and two side dishes for this man.
-Fine. Hold on.
-Hurry up.
Miss.
What's wrong?
Miss, have you been
experiencing strange things
that cannot be explained by logic?
How do you know?
Logically speaking,
you shouldn't even be alive right now.
Miss, can you give me your hand?
You were doomed to die last year.
It was to take place
in a dark long space.
You mean
a tunnel?
You were doomed.
If you hadn't run into someone special,
you wouldn't make it alive.
Someone special?
That's Chen Che.
Miss.
It's all one big circle.
What goes around comes around.
Good things happen to good people.
Thank you for dinner.
Mister, are you done yet? Hurry up.
Coming.
It turns out that you saved my life.
If I hadn't met you,
I probably wouldn't be
alive right now.
Chen Che.
Did you know
that the moment you set foot in 1989,
you already altered
the course of history?
If she hadn't met me,
Zhen-zhen would probably
still be alive.
If I knew I'd hurt you
by loving you
I never would've agreed
to go out with you.
I would've kept my distance
and stayed away.
You're home already.
What's going on?
You haven't been yourself
since the accident.
Did something happen?
Do you want to talk?
What are you thinking?
What's the matter?
Mom.
I wasn't being considerate
when I pressed you
for answers about my dad.
Now I realize
that it's not important
who my father is.
You're everything to me.
Thank you for giving birth to me.
Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for giving up your dreams,
for giving up an easy life for me.
What's up? Why are you being
so sentimental all of a sudden?
I'm not.
It's just that
I wasn't thoughtful before.
Looking back now,
you must have gotten
a lot of looks
having a child out of wedlock
during that time.
I think
you're so brave,
so amazing.
That's because I had a mom
who supported me unconditionally.
Grandma?
If it weren't for your grandma,
I wouldn't be able to work
and raise you well at the same time.
Your grandma always had my back.
If anyone gossiped about me,
she's the first to jump to my defense.
Mom.
Being in a coma for two days
seems to have made me forget
lots of things.
It could be an aftereffect. Maybe I should
take you back to get you checked?
Why don't you
tell me some things about the past
to help me recover?
We can go through our photo albums
and look at old pictures.
If there's anything
I don't remember,
you can refresh my memory
one picture at a time.
Okay. Hold on a second.
It looks like
a lot of things have been
significantly changed
by my trip to 1989.
But
what else has changed?
Here.
This was right after you were born.
You were just a tiny little thing.
So cute.
This was your third birthday.
Your grandpa, grandma and Auntie Zhen-zhen
were there to celebrate with you.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday!
Make a wish.
Two people can be so close
despite being 27 years apart.