01x10 - The Lost Hour

[bunniefuu]

My name is Marshall Teller.

I knew my new hometown
was going to be different

from where I grew up
in New Jersey,

but this is ridiculous.

Nobody believes me.

But Eerie, Indiana is the
center of weirdness
for the entire planet.

[CAWING]

Item, Elvis lives
on my paper route.

Thank you lil' paper boy.

Item, Bigfoot eats
out of my trash.

Item, even man's best friend
is weird.

Still don't believe me?
You will.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

MARSHALL:
Being 13 years old,

I'd never thought
much about time.

I guess when you're a kid,

you just figure you've
got plenty of time
to think about it later.

Well, here in Eerie,

nothing could be further
from the truth.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[DOOR OPENING]

EDGAR:
Hey, hey, come on, guys.

It's after midnight.
Time to turn in.

But Dad, tonight's the night we
set our watches back one hour
for Daylight Savings Time.

You know, spring forward
fall back and all that.

So technically speaking,
it's actually an hour earlier.

Therefore, the only logical
conclusion is we get to
stay up an extra hour.

Nice try, Spock. But logically
speaking, Indiana doesn't go
on Daylight Savings Time.

SIMON: What do you mean?

Everyone has to set
their watches back.

Even some place
as weird as Eerie.

It's the law. I want my hour.

We've been Eeriefied again.

Well, ah, sorry boys.

It isn't just Eerie,
but the whole state of Indiana

doesn't change to
Daylight Savings Time
like the rest of America.

Farmers say the cows
would be confused and...

drive-in theater owners claim
they'd lose business
if it got dark later.

So what are you
men talking about?

Ah, Indiana's time zone position
and the relative factors.

And what a gyp it is.

I've been ripped off
of an hour of my life.

This wouldn't have
happened in New Jersey.

EDGAR:
Well, it's happening here.

Now, TV off, lights out, end of
story. And I don't want to
have to say it again.

Sweetheart, losing one little
hour isn't going to k*ll you.

And I'm sure Simon's parents
would expect him
to be asleep by now.

They really never told me
when I have to go to bed,
Mrs. Teller.

Oh, um...

Well, um, I'll just take
this back to the fridge.

This is such a shame.
Honey, look at this.

Hm?

Missing. Janet Donner.

Thirteen. Presumed runaway.

Yeah. She's on
all the milk cartons.

What her poor parents
must be going through.

It says here, she's been missing
exactly a year, tomorrow.

Well, we can be thankful we know
right where our kids are.

In bed, now.

'Night. [KISSES]

Goodnight, Mrs. Teller,
Mr. Teller.

[MARILYN GIGGLES]

[DOOR CLOSES]
You know, Simon,

maybe that girl on the milk
carton had the right idea.

I mean, think of
the advantages if we ran away.

We could stay up
as late as we wanted,

we wouldn't have to
follow our parents' rules,

we wouldn't have to
live in Eerie.

I don't care what anybody says.

I'm gonna set my watch back
like the rest of the planet.

[WATCH BEEPS]

Nobody rips of an hour
from Marshall Teller.

SIMON: Goodnight, Marshall.

Goodnight, Simon.

[CLOCK TICKING]

You better get out of bed,
or you're a dead man, Simon.

[MARSHALL GRUNTS]

[DOOR OPENS]

MARSHALL: Mom, Dad...

Anybody here?

Syndi.
Simon?

Where'd everybody go?

MARSHALL:
I knew Eerie was weird.

But this was ridiculous.

The whole town
had just disappeared.

No people, no cars, no nothing.

What's going on here?
[ECHOES]

Where'd everybody go?
[ECHOES]

Hello...
[ECHOES]

Hey, where is everybody?

Yo, Eerie!

MARSHALL:
Eight o'clock. Sunday morning,
and no kids playing.

No lawns being mowed,
and not even one car driving.

I had lived in Eerie
long enough to expect
the unexpected.

But this was really creepy.

Just when I was starting to
accept the fact that I had been
abandoned by the whole world,

I saw them.

Excuse me.

Excuse me...

Excuse me!

Hi, umm...

MARSHALL:
Sorry to interrupt you, but...

This is gonna sound
kinda weird, but, eh...

I got up this morning,
and everybody was gone.

You guys are the first
people I've seen today.

You don't happen to know
what's going on, do you?

Uh, yeah. I guess
you don't know.

Well, uh,
thanks anyway.

Don't let me distract you
from your work.

Uh...

I'll talk at
you guys later.

[PANTING]

Oh... [WHIMPERING]

[TIRES SCREECH]

MILKMAN: You're late. Come on.

[ROOSTER CROWING]

Um, Marshall...

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

It's alive!

Good morning, Simon.

So where's the big
lazy thing?

I don't know.

I thought Marshall was already
down here, having breakfast.

He probably just doesn't
want to come downstairs.

I think I was a little
rough on him last night.

Maybe I should go
and talk to him.

SYNDI: [SIGHS]
not that experimental
coffee cake, again...

MARSHALL'S VOICE:
That girl in the milk carton
had the right idea.

I mean, think of the advantages
if we ran away.

Uh, you know, Marshall's been
talking about taking up
jogging lately.

That's right, I forgot.
He's out, jogging.

Hm. Well, he'd better be back
soon or else he's gonna
miss his breakfast.

Dad, this coffee cake
is a tad chewy.

Yes, it is.

[SIRENS WAILING]

MILKMAN: Looks like we gave
them the slip.

Who are they?
What do they want?

Where's everybody?
Pipe down,

kid. You giving me a headache.
Wipe that milk off your chin.

Just how old are you, anyways?
Hundred and five and a half.

That's old...

Now please, shut up
and listen.

MILKMAN:
Now first of all, those trash
collectors are not your friends.

MARSHALL:
Tell me something I don't know.
Like, where's everybody?

Well, everybody's right here.
Except, not exactly, right now.

Huh?
Well, you see...

everybody exists,
just like you left them.

Except, they're one hour
ahead of us.

Huh?

You've disrupted
the space time continuum,

causing an anomaly with
sufficient gravity and mass

to transport you
to an alternate dimension.

Huh?

Well, just let's say you screwed
things up big time when you
set your watch back,

and you wound up one hour
behind everybody else in Eerie.

Welcome to The Lost Hour.

Yeah?

No... Really?

I mean...

I did set my watch back
cause I wanted...

my extra hour.

Oh, man.

So who are those trash-guys?

Oh, they work here.
Cleaning up.

Cleaning up what?

Things that don't belong here.
Matter that needs
to be destroyed

to keep time on schedule.

Matter like me?

[RELUCTANTLY] I'm afraid so.

If they don't get rid of you,
the space-time continuum
could collapse.

Yeah?
Yeah...

So you see, Marshall...

if it wasn't for me,
you'd be...

cosmic landfill by now.

MARSHALL:
Hey, how do you know my name?

Why do you know where I live?

What's going on?
Are you sure you're a milkman?

There's no time
for questions.

A girl's life is at stake.

Uh, through some
fluke of Physics,

you're the only one
who can rescue her.

It's important
you believe me.

So I've prepared
a little demonstration.

MARSHALL: I think this
guy's been delivering milk
a little too long.

Ever looked in the back
of a milk truck, Marshall?

Not lately.

Why? What's back there?
Milk and stuff?

Well...

whatever should be.

Take a look.

Simon... Simon!

Hey, help!

Whoa!

Pretty cool, huh?

Now listen, kid.

There's another kid running
around who doesn't
belong here, just like you.

Only, she's been
here for a year.

Now, I need you to,
to find her...

and to convince her

that I can get the two
of you out of here.

Why don't you
tell her yourself?

Oh, no no. She didn't
last a year here
by talking to strangers.

No no no...

This kid's smart.

She wouldn't come to me or
the trash collectors. But you...

Now you're a kid.

You, she'd believe.

You can convince her that
she can still go home.

Why should I trust you?

Catch! Because I trust you.

Hey, these are
my Dad's car keys.

Well, they ain't
Captain Kangaroo's.
[CHUCKLES]

Now you go get her.

And you be back before,
eh, eh, 9:00 a.m.

Lost Hour time.

And not one second later.

MARSHALL:
Maybe this crazy old Milkman
was telling the truth.

Or maybe, he's one of those
garbage-men in disguise.

Either way, I wasn't hanging
around to find out.

No, please...
That way!

[TIRES SCREECH]
[BINS CRASHING]

Come on, come on!

MARSHALL: If you're gonna
get stuck n a time warp,
this is the way to do it.

No parents, no cops...

Thirteen and I own the road.

This road's gonna take me out
of Eerie and back to Jersey.

Even with no traffic,
Jersey was a few days away.

So I decided to stop by the
World O' Stuff for supplies.

I didn't have any money.

But seeing how
nobody existed anymore,

figured it was okay.

[CLOCK TICKING]

[WIND BLOWING]

[SQUEAKS]

Hey, get off!
Get off of me!

What are you doing?

You...

You're that girl
on the milk carton.

That was close.

MARSHALL:
Very strange.

There she was,
just like the old Milkman said.

And even though she was
treating me like a large trout,

I liked this girl.

It's hard not to like
somebody who saves your
butt as an introduction.

You could take the net off me.
I'm not gonna bite you.

Not until you tell me who you
are and what you doing here.

I'm Marshall Teller and
you're...Janet something.

How do you
know my name?

You're famous.
[CHUCKLES]

Sort of.

I mean, your face is on
every milk carton in Eerie.

You've been
missing for a year.

What are you talking about?
I'm not missing

Eerie is missing.

Everyone else disappeared
almost a year ago.

You mean, you think
everyone else disappeared?

You go to sleep
one night

and everyone's there. And then,
when you wake up next morning,
and no one's there, anywhere.

That should be a tip off,
something's wrong.

[TILL DINGS]

[INSERTS COIN]

But this old guy told me
everyone's still here, just not
in this time zone.

Right, they're in
Mountain Standard Time.

I know it sounds crazy,
but, well,

I thought I was
the last kid on earth.

Then those garbage guys
tried to grab me.

Then I met this weird
super old Milkman.

And he said that we're in
"The Lost Hour".

Are you sure a heavy
object didn't fall
on your head recently?

He said I got
zapped here because...

I messed up time by setting
my watch back an hour.

I don't know what you're
talking about all this

Lost Hour and Milkman stuff.
All I know is,
I've been here a long time.

Long enough to know there's
no one else left, but me
and those creepy garbage guys...

And now, you.

Even if any of that stuff
is true, and I'm sure it's not,

I like it here. I can do
whatever and whenever I want,
No one to tell me otherwise.

Uh, it's great.

JANET:
There was a nice man here
for a while, Mr. Hoffa, but...

he went off to talk to
the garbage guys one day
and never came back.

MARSHALL:
I'm just trying to tell you
what that old Milkman said.

Maybe some of it is true.

Do us both a favor,
and give up on the idea
of ever going home, okay?

Uh, look. I almost
went crazy before

I gave up on seeing
my family again. So unless
you wanna go nuts,

I'd just forget about it.

MARSHALL:
She seemed brave enough now.

But I tried to
imagine how long

Janet must have cried
before she gave up
on ever seeing her

family again.

And the more I thought
about her missing family,

the more I started
to miss mine.

Listen... I don't think
Eerie is such a hot place
to be right now

I'm planning to hit the road.

You are?
Yeah.

Hey, have you ever had
the desire to see New Jersey?

Better wear
your seat belt.

I don't even have
a Learner's permit.

This is so cool.

Hey, can we go to
Disneyland on the way?

Sure. Hey, let's go
to the Grand Canyon.

How about Hollywood?

Yeah. I've always
wanted to see Las Vegas.

Hey, cool idea.
Let's go.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

What are you doing?
Why are we stopping?

[SIGHS] This is my house.

Oh, nice.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

It's just gonna be weird.

You know, not having
a home to go back to.

I'm kinda gonna, like...
you know, miss it.

I know what you mean.

Oh, well. Better get going.

[EERIE NOISE]

Marshall, look!

[TIRES SCREECH]

JANET: [PANTING] Nice house.
Thanks.

You're early. Get in.

Uh, Janet Donner, uh,
meet Mr. Milkman.

Hi.

We've met before.
Really?

Yeah. Long time ago.

This is my house.
How do you know that?

I'm a Milkman.

Why did you
bring me here?

My family's gone and
never gonna come back.
So what's the point?

Marshall, why don't you show
your friend what's in the back
of truck.

What's he talking about?
What's back there?
Milk and stuff?

Whatever needs to be.

Well, maybe just a look.

Yes!

I just saw my family
through that window.

MARSHALL, MILKMAN:
Cool, huh?

Marshall... I wanna go home.

Now, if you were Dorothy
and this was Oz,

you just have to click your
heels together three times
and bam, back to Kansas.

But unfortunately,
this is Eerie.

And getting you back to Indiana
is gonna be a little
more complicated.

You see, time is
like a möbius strip.
And when you're...

Save the technical mumbo jumbo,
just tell us how to get out.

Oh, all right.

But it's really quite simple.

At exactly on the hour,

if you're in exactly the spot
you were when you came over,

and if you set
your watch ahead,

exactly an hour

to the exact
correct Eerie time,

you'll wind up exactly
where you want to be.

Back home?

Exactly.

Oh, no.

I left my watch back
in regular time.

Oh, we can
both use mine.

Oh, no, no, no.
No, it doesn't work that way.

Unless someone can set
your watch ahead one hour,

you're gonna spend
the next 365 days

running from those
sanitation engineers.

Got it.

I knew he would.

Simon, come here,
come here...

Set my watch?

Back one hour ahead.

Now!

[WATCH BEEPING]

Oh man, oh man,
oh man...

You think he got the message?
I hope.

It's my only chance.

Right now, you gotta
get inside and save yourself.

Thanks for everything, Marshall.
If it weren't for you,

I might have been stuck here
for the rest of my life.

Sorry about the fish net.
All right, don't worry about it

I'll just have more compassion
for trout now.

[JANET CHUCKLES]
[ENGINE STARTS]

Two minutes!

Hey, wait!

See you tomorrow, or today,
or half an hour.
See you later, Janet!

Anything, but digital.
I hate digital!

End of the line.
Thanks.

Hey, Mister. I just want
to know one thing.

Who are you?

Well, Marshall...

Just let's say that you're going
to live to be a very old man.

And someday...

you'll be back here.

MARSHALL: My key!

You mean, you're...

I am... We're...

Whoa... Way cool.

Get out of here.
Go, go, go!

Come on, come on, come on...

[HEARTBEAT]
[CLOCK TICKING]

Maybe it's this button!

[DOOR OPENS]

Listen, Simon. Marshall still
hasn't shown up, and we're
getting worried.

MARSHALL: Be there in a sec.

I just overslept.

Oh, [LAUGHS] and here we thought
something had happened to you.

Well, come on. Hurry up
and get out of bed.

Come on, don't blow your whole
day in the sack. Get up
and do something.

MARSHALL:
And so, with the aid
of my trusted partner, Simon,

I made it back
to regular Eerie.

If you could
call it that.

And I'm not certain

but I think I met myself
as a really, really old man.

Maybe in 90 or so years,
I'll find out for sure.

As for Janet Donner,

well, she was lucky.

Her family had never
given up loving her.

Nobody could believe
where she'd been.

But it didn't matter.

She was home now.

[DOG BARKING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]