# TV episodes or movies where timelines split.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 14, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254 "2013-02-14T04:16:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254/41 "2013-02-22T06:10:41Z")

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Not sure if this fits but The Clearing has two timelines that run at different speeds. A great film.

> **[The Clearing (2004) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331952/)**
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> The Clearing: Directed by Pieter Jan Brugge. With Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola. As an executive is held captive by a former employee, it's up to his wife to deliver the ransom.

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254/42 "2013-02-22T06:11:04Z")

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I am quite surprised that the first two that came to my mind, **Lost** and **Eureka** , weren’t mentioned until the 32nd and 37th post. I figured they’d be of the first mentioned.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254/43 "2013-02-22T12:42:33Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> No one has mentioned _Lost_ yet?

Why would we? It only has one timeline. There’s plenty of time travel, but near as we can tell, it was all “supposed” to happen. Nothing that happened in the past ever changed the present/future.

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**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254/44 "2013-02-22T14:10:25Z")

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The TV show [Seven Days](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167720/?ref_=sr_3). First we would see the “real” timeline then Frank would take the sphere and change the timeline.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-or-movies-where-timelines-split/650254/45 "2013-02-22T14:43:12Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> Why would we? It only has one timeline. There’s plenty of time travel, but near as we can tell, it was all “supposed” to happen. Nothing that happened in the past ever changed the present/future.

Spoilers for Lost’s last season (not sure this is really necessary but…)

Even though it was purgatory or heaven or limbo or something the Flash Sideways from the last season fit the premise of this thread. They were a reality where the Island sank into the sea long ago.

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