A physicist navigates alternate lives, facing his own terrifying choices to return to his family.
Suspenseful and cerebral. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Apple TV+ and Prime Video.
Some innuendo or implied sex and some violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
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Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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