David Price5
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joined Jul 2012
Here is the plot summary from Hector2.
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Hector 2 shows up having traveled 90 minutes back in time. A scientist tells him the only way to restore normalcy is to let things play out naturally without any interference. The plan is to put Hector 1 into the machine to try and reset everything to "normal." If anything goes wrong and disrupts Hector's entry into the machine, Hector 2 will cease to exist—and perhaps our entire reality will go with him. But Hector 2 faces a dilemma: that version of Hector is currently at his house, living with his wife. Plus, there is still the issue of the maniac with the scissors. Even if Hector 1 disappears, Hector 2 remains a problem.
He decides to take the car to shadow Hector 1, maybe look for his wife, or even spot the person with the scissors. While driving, he runs into a girl and realizes she is the one from the woods. He pulls over, but an unknown assailant strikes him. When he wakes up in the car, he clutches his head and realizes his attacker looked just like him. Once the girl arrives, his suspicions grow. After she pulls out the scissors, he is certain she is the woman with the blades and knows what he has to do. He has to ensure Hector 1 goes into the machine, which means he has to lure the girl into the woods.
He grabs a coat, and the two head into the forest. There, he forces her to take off her shirt so Hector 1 will notice her. After a while, she tries to run, they struggle, and she is knocked unconscious. He strips her clothes and positions her so Hector 1 finds her. He intentionally stabs himself in the arm, then Hector 1 flees. He knows his next move is to scare him using a "peek-a-boo" binoculars trick. It takes four attempts, but he finally succeeds. Hector 1 bolts toward the lab. Hector 2 is nearly finished with his task, but then he hears a woman's scream and realizes
the girl is in trouble.
She has become his biggest complication. Even if Hector 1 vanishes, the identity crisis regarding the masked attacker with the scissors persists. They would eventually track him down because of his injury and fingerprints. He returns home only to find her inside. He tries to convince her to run and tells her not to be afraid. After an accident on the roof, he realizes he accidentally killed his wife. He concludes the only way to save her is to go back in time himself and try to stop it all.
He takes her car, pulls up to the facility, and scares Hector 1 through the window. Once Hector 1 enters the machine, Hector 2 tells the scientist he’s going in too. After a heated argument, the scientist admits that Hector 3 told him to do whatever it takes, but specifically warned Hector 2 not to enter the machine. Hector 2 has no idea what Hector 3 was doing out there. He hasn't met him as Hector 2 or as Hector 1. He realizes that if Hector 3 actually used the machine, then Hector 2 must have successfully entered it; otherwise, Hector 3 wouldn't exist. He searches frantically and finally finds the necessary "battery." He enters the machine and becomes Hector 3.
He gives advice to the scientist and hides behind the machine as Hector 2 exits. Hector 3's goal is to get home as fast as possible, hide, and somehow save his wife's life. He heads down via a golf cart but finds the doors locked. He needs a faster vehicle, so he grabs a red van. He follows Hector 2 and causes a collision. After the crash, he realizes it was all for nothing. Hector 3 is the one who set this whole thing in motion. Everything is predetermined; every move he makes is already set. No matter what he does, he can't prevent his wife's death or escape this time loop. He tells the scientist to stop Hector 2 by any means necessary, knowing it's futile and that Hector 2 will likely hit him with a crowbar for saying it.
He hears the girl screaming and tells her that he, too, is a troubled man. Injured, the girl leads him to a nearby house, only for him to realize she has brought him to his own new home. There, he finds his wife and remembers a detail: she wasn't wearing the red coat. He hides his wife and sets up a ladder. He gives the girl his wife's coat and cuts her hair, effectively sentencing the girl to death. He brings his wife to a lounge chair in the yard, knowing these are their final moments together. Once Hector 2 enters the machine, it's over. The cycle begins again.
A scientist fires up his machine and encounters Hector 3, who insists he must follow orders...)
