Inching toward the finish line, Jake’s best-laid plans are crumbling
This episode begins with another time skip.
Six months have passed since the violent showdown with Johnny Clayton.
He gets the job, which is good for him, because hes apparently lost his wife.
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Outside the book depository, Lee is confronted by an FBI agent, whos been keeping tabs on him.
Apparently Lee has been traveling a bit recently.
The agent taunts him about that, and about Marina You have her new address, right?
Shes pleased but still isnt moving back with him.
She says that her friend is kind, and I need people who are kind.
Apparently shes had enough of Lees unpredictable rages and domestic abuse.
Jake shows up at Bills house to find his partner laying despondent on the couch.
But then its back to business when George de Mohrenschildt shows up at the Oswald residence.
Jake is understandably confused.
He and Bill then enter into another debate about the effect of Jakes time travel.
Okay, so then kill Lee if youre so sure its him, Bill says.
Except Jake still isnt sure.
Jake then goes to school to talk with Ms. Mimi.
Then things take a serious turn.
She has two requests for Jake after shes gone: be a friend to Deke, and marry Sadie.
Dont wait, she warns him.
To pay for Sadies expensive final surgery, Jake goes to make another underground bet.
With that taken care of, Jake heads over to the hideout.
He then hears Bill and Marina talking, and freaks out.
Jake heads up to the party, where he learns that everybody there knows Bill.
He takes Bill aside, and they have another debate.
Jake says Bills messing everything up.
Bill says hes become a friend to Lee and Marina and that hes changing them for the better.
For example, Lee hasnt mentioned Kennedy once, Bill says.
Jake warns that if you fight the past, the past fights back.
As if to prove his point, their slight kerfuffle knocks over a lamp.
George and his mother both warn him to keep it cool, but Lees head is hot.
He starts trashing his own apartment.
Jake leaves the party but sees Bill kissing Marina through a window.
When Bill gets back, they get into a fight about it.
Jake swears at Bill, Bill punches him, and they go to the floor.
Jakes been so busy taking care of Sadie he apparently hasnt paid any attention to Bills comings and goings.
Jake replies that Marina isnt the person they came to save, but Bill doesnt care.
He pulls a gun on Jake and tells him never to come back to the house.
Fuck you, fuck your mission, and fuck JFK!
The past fights back in many forms.
Maybe Bill is now a tool of the past stopping Jakes mission.
NEXT: Things fall apart
Jake tells Sadie what happened with Bill.
The next day, its time for surgery.
Sadie asks Jake at the hospital to tell her something about the future.
He says he loves her.
He tries to get back through into the operating room, but the doors locked.
He eventually fights his way into the operating room and stops the surgery.
Just in time, apparently, because the doctors suddenly realize she wasnt getting any oxygen.
Sadies stuck with the scar now, but Jake doesnt care.
Sadie asks if shes in the way of what Jakes doing.
He denies it, but it certainly appears so.
Right now, though, she isnt even the biggest impediment.
The second shooter, Jake whispers to himself.
He comes into Bills house.
Bill reminds him of his warning, but Jake says its important.
Bill agrees to go with Jake, but its a trap.
Jake was actually taking him to a mental hospital.
Jakes not messing around anymore.
With Bill locked away in the asylum, Jake heads to confront George.
Jake asks him about the Kennedy plot.
That seems to scuttle all conspiracy theories.
Jake flashes back to his conversation with Al.
There is no other way, according to Al.
He proposes to her over the phone, and asks her to come to the future with him.
She promises to give him an answer when he comes home.
But as Jake hangs up, hes confronted by the bookie from the bar.
He bolts down an alley, but they pursue him and beat him.
Convinced that hes been cheated, the guy decides to make an example of Jake.
His men beat Jake bloody and senseless before he delivers the final blow.
They leave Jake unconscious in the alley.
Turns out Sadie is the one actually with him as he lays unconscious in a hospital bed.
She tells a doctor that Jake doesnt even recognize her.
The doctor replies that hes had a traumatic head injury and needs time to recuperate.
But hes already been out for so long, Sadie says.
How long will it take?
