♪ Demons come from every side ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Out of the shadows of my life ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Surrender will win the fight ♪
♪ This girl's walked on fire and ice ♪
♪ But I come out On the other side of ♪
♪ Paradise ♪
And as our students place their groovy items
into our millennium time capsule,
I invite you all to return in 26 years,
when we'll reopen this capsule
and remember what life was like here in 1974.
[footsteps]
[Annie] Everybody knows what kind of stuff you put in time capsules.
Books, music, clothes,
the sort of things we can look at years later
and remember how we lived, what we thought, and how we felt.
But I wonder, has anyone ever tried putting time itself into a time capsule?
[man] [over P.A.] Everyone come on up when you hear your name.
Sheila Carpenter.
Whoa...
So how does it feel to be back again, mom?
It feels like being back in school.
So were you voted anything in school?
Well, you know, "most likely" to anything?
Well, yes, I was voted "most likely to have difficult children."
I wonder how Fi's doing.
-[man] Joshua Jennings! -Jack...
Your sister is doing just fine.
I spoke to her yesterday, and, of course, she's driving Aunt Melinda crazy.
-Um... -[man] Molly McQuinn.
Molly?
Me? No, I never put anything in the capsule.
Come on up.
Hubert Millings. Hubey...
I'm telling you, I did not put this in.
Molly McQuinn?
Oh, that's my maiden name, before I walked down the aisle.
-Whoa... Must be a collectable. -[chuckle]
I definitely did not put this in the time capsule.
Well, it's sort of unique.
No, honey, it's kind of ugly.
-Yeah. -[Molly laughs]
[man] Miss McQuinn,
you and Mr. Anderson report directly to detention.
Now!
-Steve Anderson. -Afraid so.
It's good to see you again, Molly.
Well, um...
[forced cough]
Oh. This is Annie,
my sort of temporarily adopted daughter
and new friend.
Yeah, and I'm...
My son, Jack.
Jack, Annie... Pleasure.
So you got a watch, too.
Well, yeah, but actually, it's kind of strange, because I didn't...
Put it in the capsule?
Neither did I. Weird, huh?
Ha! Nothing but net.
Swish.
So, were you two, like, best friends?
-Well... -No.
No. We were partners in crime.
See, we had this very weird science teacher, Mr...
[Jack] Cox?
Yeah, he's still here.
And still weird.
Boy, he had it in for us.
He always sent us to detention, and just us two.
I mean, detention was, like, the worst,
because there was this mean old monitor, Miss...
[Steve] Mitchell.
And she would think up the most horrible things to keep us busy.
You know, it's a funny thing,
because I don't ever remember doing anything to deserve detention.
Neither did I.
[Molly] I was an angel.
[Steve] I heard you chatting with your friends during class
at least a million times...
-[Carey] Hey. -Hey.
-[Carey] Where's you mom? -In there...
Showing off her "new daughter."
Hey, kiddo.
What are you working on?
I think it's a flute.
A flute? You play?
I don't know.
OK. [laughs]
So, listen.
You and Jack... You guys having a problem?
[sighs] I just...
I don't think he really likes having me around.
No...
Jack just misses Fi, that's all.
We all do. Molly most of all, but...
But she still goes out of her way to make me feel good.
Well, yeah, because I think you make her feel good.
Besides, she's a mom. You know how moms are.
The funny thing is you and Jack are actually a lot alike.
-We are? -Yeah.
You guys just can't see it, though.
I mean, people sometimes can't see what's right in front of them.
Don't worry about it, though. All you two need is some time.
-Hey, Jack. -Hey.
Ta-dah. The world's two ugliest watches.
Great.
Yeah, well, I just... thought you'd like it.
See you.
[sighs]
Woah!
[Jack] What's going on?
-I don't know. -[paper rustling]
[woman] No talking!
It's not good.
Man,
that must've been some fall.
[Annie] August 9, 1974.
Why's she reading an old newspaper?
[Annie] No, that's brand-new.
It can't be brand-new, because then this would be 1974,
and we'd be in detention, and this would be...
-Miss Mitchell? -Miss Mitchell?
You know what I love about hot dogs?
That you can hold one in each hand?
-Yes. Yeah. -[Molly] Yeah. [chuckles]
-Hey, have you seen Jack and Annie? -Mm-hmm, they're... they're both outside.
OK, so far this is all either a) a dream, or b) a joke.
Jack, she's reading a paper from 1974. How do you explain that?
Hello, Annie, they just opened a time capsule from 1974.
-Clothes and papers... -OK.
On the other hand, I hit my head on the pavement,
so this could also be a result of a concussion.
All right, so I'm covered.
Jack, face it,
something's going on, and it's not a dream or a joke.
That is so Fi, Annie.
Skip logical and go straight for impossible.
Molly?
Mom!
-Mom! -Molly!
-Mom!
Mom, can you hear me?
All right, I admit it.
I did get caught talking in class one time, but that was it.
-What's the matter? -Oh, nothing.
I'm just wondering where Jack and Annie disappeared to.
When you're responsible for someone else's kid,
you get a little uptight.
Yeah, well, they can't be very far.
-I'll help you look. -Thanks.
-[Annie] Wait, wait! No! -[Jack] Mom!
OK, so how do you explain that, Jack?
I don't know. Soundproof glass or something.
This is obviously someone's idea of a joke.
OK, I'm telling you, Jack,
this is 1974, and we are in a detention room.
OK, let me think.
Last thing I remember is...
the watch.
-That's strange. -[Annie] It's glowing.
What?
[grunting]
-OK, it's not coming off. -Neither's mine.
[gasps] Mr. Cox.
What are you doing here?
Uh...
I'm sorry. I have to go.
Why did we get sent here?
Write "I will not ask stupid questions."
Fill every inch of the board, top to bottom.
If you want to be excused,
there are a few things you'll need to learn first.
Get to it.
Huh...
[both grunting]
We're done.
Not quite.
[Annie groans]
I can't...
If you expect to leave here, you will.
-Thanks. -Sure.
I saw that.
[screeching]
Since you two seem so wordy today,
maybe it's time we take out our homework.
We don't have any homework.
No?
[books thumping]
Could you just not say anything for once?
I was just trying to help.
Well you're not helping, Annie.
If I could leave here, I would, OK?
And I'd pack your bags.
I can't get over the feeling Mr. Cox is involved in all of this.
Just because he sent us to detention doesn't make him a kidnapper.
You're right. I'm overreacting.
Or am I?
-[Molly] Mr. Cox, what's going on? -[Cox gasps]
You're both here? But I sent you to...
[stammering] You wouldn't happen to have those watches from the capsule, would you?
You put the watches in there.
Me? No. What watches?
My kids have those watches, Mr. Cox,
and if you don't tell me what's going on, you're never going to need a watch again.
Kids? Oh, my...
What do you mean, "oh my?"
[stammering] I mean...
I don't have any idea what you are talking about, Miss McQuinn,
and furthermore,
I can see that the two of you obviously have not changed one iota.
Still a couple of troublemakers, despite my own best efforts.
Believe me, if I could send you two back to detention,
I would do it.
I'm done.
I can't finish my last sentence.
Annie...
[Annie sighs]
[chair squeaks]
I saw that!
Hit the deck.
Excuse me?
Drop and give me 40.
And while you're down there, you can do gum detail.
Remove every disgusting wad.
Oh, no.
Get to it.
OK, that does it.
Now I'm mad.
What are you going to do? Tell your mom?
Or is it my mom?
Hello? Hello, children.
While I don't know if you can actually hear me,
it has come to my attention
that I might nonetheless owe you an explanation.
Hello!
-Come on. -[Jack whooping]
-Over here! Can't you see us? -Right here!
Hello! [groans]
Doesn't she see him too?
[scoffs] They're probably in cahoots together.
What is he saying?
-I don't know. -Hello?
I can't read lips.
Molly and Steve spent a lot of time in here.
They thought they didn't like each other, but I knew that they did.
I was always trying to help them along by giving them some...
time. [giggles]
I was always trying to make up any old excuse to get them to...
But they still couldn't learn to be friends,
so I invented the watches,
put them into the time capsule, and waited,
all to give them one last chance.
Which brings me to the, um...
not-so-good news.
I can't get you out.
Only you can do that.
All you have to do is...
Like each other.
You see, I cleverly designed these timepieces
so that they would reflect the wearers' moods. Um...
Ah!
What you want is blue.
Blue is happiness, love, like the sky or the ocean. Um...
When your watches both turn blue, you will be free to go.
Blue?
What does that mean, "blue?"
It's really not that hard. Trust me...
I'm a genius.
[Annie gasps]
[both sigh]
I'm sorry, Annie.
I'm glad I'm not here alone.
Me, too.
Miss Mitchell?
All this, it's just unfair.
I mean, we do what you tell us to, and then you just make up more.
We learned how to write on the chalkboard and how to write a research paper
and how to pick gum off of desks.
What else can we do?
You know what, young man?
You've got a lot of courage.
Yeah?
And I hate that.
You!
You may go.
What do you mean, "go?"
Go. Exit.
Leave. Out!
Go on, Annie.
Don't be stupid.
Go.
[swoosh]
[Annie] Jack, I can see the door again.
Go on.
Who knows?
This young man may well be here forever.
You may not get another chance, Annie.
Ever.
Go.
[Jack] Annie...
Jack...
I know it's been weird having me around,
and I know you miss Fi,
but I miss people too, you know...
My mom and dad.
Everyone misses somebody, don't you think?
Yeah...
I miss Fi.
A lot.
And, if I left here,
I think I'd... I think I'd miss you a lot.
You know what, Annie?
I don't think I'm gonna mind having you around at all.
Thanks, Jack.
And I saw that, too.
Blue...
And then the watches turned blue,
and everything was gone, the blackboards, the books, the gum.
Annie, I have spent a lot of time in detention,
and believe me, that is not detention.
I've tried to tell her. It was a dream, Annie.
Jack! So we had the same dream?
How do you explain that?
Ah! Well, Miss McQuinn, Mr. Anderson.
Children...
Um, Mr. Cox, I'd like to apologize for how badly we behaved earlier.
May I have those watches back, please?
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute, this wasn't a dream.
-How'd you do it? -Do it?
The illusion.
I mean, I've got to tell you, nice work. Really nice work, but, hey...
-I don't have any... -[Jack] Miss Mitchell?
Man, she was great.
[Cox] Miss Mitchell?
Miss Mitchell passed on several years ago.
Passed on?
Watches.
[watchbands snapping off]
Hey.
One thing you're going to have to learn about me, Annie...
No one pulls the wool over my eyes. Ask Fi.
Excuse me. Excuse me!
Children, stop running this very minute or it will be detention for both of you.
♪ And here we are again ♪
♪ It's a one, one One in a million world ♪
[sighs]
I don't know. It still sounds like there's something's missing.
-[flute playing] -[Molly] Right?
What do you guys think?
Annie?
Sorry.
No, no, don't be sorry. Come in here. I want to hear it.
Yeah?
Yeah, come on, Annie.
Join us.
I didn't know you played.
I guess I do.
OK, then, let's give it a shot.
♪ What are the chances There'd be you and me? ♪
♪ There is no might have been ♪
♪ I say it's destiny ♪
♪ Out of all the lives we could live ♪
♪ All of the love we could give ♪
♪ Who would ever guess ♪
♪ Out of all the rest ♪
♪ That you would be here with me? Oh ♪
♪ It's a one, one One in a million world ♪
♪ And we're two, two, two in a billion ♪
♪ In a one in a million world ♪
♪ Zillion stars in the sky ♪
♪ Planets all spinning by ♪
♪ Take away what might have been ♪
♪ And here we are again ♪
♪ It's a one, one One in a million world ♪
Yes!
♪ It's a one, one One in a million world ♪
♪ And we're two, two, two in a billion ♪
♪ In a one in a million world ♪
♪ Zillion stars in the sky ♪
♪ Planets all spinning by ♪
♪ Take away what might have been ♪
♪ And here we are again ♪
♪ It's a one in a million world ♪