Ms. Burke is unexpectedly brought to a meeting with Mr. Evans, where she is asked to serve his friend or friends for two weeks. She is shocked to find Joel Levine alive, a man she believed died years ago during a post-apocalyptic power struggle. Confused by the familiar surroundings and the fact that the world seems unchanged, she realizes she has somehow been transported to the pre-apocalypse era—the very year when all disasters started. Determined to save her family, Ms. Burke tries to leave but is restrained, setting up a tense struggle between her urgent mission and those trying to control her fate.