Though reeling, Tim has the presence of mind to ask for details about the party where they met. Armed with this information, he goes back to that evening and arrives at said party right before Mary, intercepting her at the door, introducing himself, and keeping her from meeting the other guy. He and Mary hit it off just as they had the first time around and soon are in a serious relationship which, as time goes on, leads to marriage and the birth of their first child- a girl, Posy. Showing remarkable restraint, Tim rarely uses his power to go back in the past, and usually only when some sort of event has gone horribly wrong, like his first meeting with Mary's parents. It's all pretty innocuous until something happens to his sister. As the movie progresses, we see KitKat go from being a ditsy, happy-go-lucky girl to being miserable and self-destructive due to her toxic relationship with her creep boyfriend. After a fight with him, KitKat flees their flat and drives away, despite the fact she's been drinking and is almost hysterical. She gets in an accident and ends up in the hospital. Devastated, Tim decides that the best thing he can do is go back in time and prevent KitKat from ending up with the loser who has ruined her life. Which he does. All seems well when he arrives back in his own time until he enters his daughter's room and finds that Posy is gone and in her place is a son. Panicked, Tim contacts his father, who explains- this seems like something he should have mentioned before, frankly- that they can't return to before their children were born because any change in the timeline can cause the time of conception to be altered even slightly, which means their child(ren) won't be the same when they return to the present. Tim loves KitKat but isn't going to sacrifice his daughter for her, so he returns to the past and allows events to play out as they originally had, resulting in his sister once again being a hospitalized mess. This time, however, Tim doesn't take the easy way out, but puts in the work; he and Mary help KitKat get back on her feet, literally and metaphorically. She eventually gets her life in order, marries one of Tim's best friends, and has a child herself. Meanwhile Tim and Mary also have another child- a boy this time. Tim finds out that his father has lung cancer, due to the fact that, years before he had kids, he was a heavy smoker. His dad can't go back in time to change this because it would, as mentioned, change Tim and KitKat as well. The family gathers to spend time with James, but he finds time to take Tim aside and give him advice about using his power. He tells him that he eventually got in the habit of living days twice- once with all the stress and anxiety, then again taking time to notice and appreciate all the beautiful moments in it. The family grieves terribly when James dies, but Tim finds comfort by occasionally going back in time- after the birth of his son, of course- to spend a few hours here and there with his dad in the past. He also starts doing what his father suggested: living days twice and appreciating the precious moments with friends and family. Then, one day, Mary tells him that she really wants them to have another baby. Tim is torn; he, too wants another child, but this will mean that, once the baby is conceived, he can never return to visit his father... it will be like losing him all over again, this time for good. He thinks things over, then returns to the past to see his father one last time; they spend a magical day at the sea shore, just talking and being together. When he goes back to the present, Tim is at peace with his decision. Life goes on, he and Mary have another child, and Tim finds himself going back in time less and less. He even stops living days twice, getting in the habit of appreciating the good stuff the first time around instead of waiting for a do-over. The movie closes with Tim, Mary, and their family living in the present, looking to the future. *This second part was rather delayed, as I dropped everything for Easter preparations and just got back to it. I will, though, do one last post on About Time, discussing its messages and my opinion of the film.
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