- Ryan McBride: John, this is fascinating. How did you get the conal refraction?
- John: Uh, uh, unintentional genius.
- Diamont Teague: What is this, some sort of phase disturbance?
- Ashley: That's what we were trying to determine, when it happened.
- Mitch Buchannon: What happened? What's the big deal?
- John: The, uh, time anomaly.
- Mitch Buchannon: What's that in English?
- Ryan McBride: It's a baby's teething ring.
- [Ryan hands Mitch a rubber duck]
- Ryan McBride: Humans were here. You know what, I think we're in a parallel universe.
- [Mitch rolls his eyes]
- Ryan McBride: No, it's a world like ours, running right next to us, in another dimension.
- Mitch Buchannon: [skeptical] Okay.
- Ryan McBride: Whether you believe it or not, this is what we're dealing with here. We came through a portal. Jonathan called it a time anomaly. It's another place, but the same time.
- Mitch Buchannon: [picking up an old newspaper] I think we're in the future.
- Ryan McBride: Oh yeah, Mitch, the future's really gonna look like this.
- Mitch Buchannon: You know what else I think? All this was caused due to a sudden breakdown in the ozone layer.
- Ryan McBride: Nice theory. Doesn't help.
- Mitch Buchannon: And that the entire west coast, from San Diego up to Seattle, burned up.
- Ryan McBride: Mitch, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of.
- John: God, what is the matter with me? Why must I hurt the people that I'm closest to?
- Diamont Teague: Don't beat yourself up. You're a scientist. An explorer. Your purpose is to go beyond the limits. To test the areas unknown to others. That can be dangerous. But with that comes responsibility, to finish what you've started. Now, you've done this. Now solve the problem.
- Ryan McBride: Mitch, um.
- [pause]
- Ryan McBride: I love you.
- Mitch Buchannon: I know you do.
- Ryan McBride: Oh no, don't start getting cocky on me now.