On Bert’s first trip, he is transfixed by a gee-whiz sentence he hears on a ride: “The present is but an instant between an infinite past and a hurrying future.” When Bert and Cyndee return to work in 2089—Cyndee is also Bert’s top executive—he repeats the line to his business partner, M-Dash (Ruben Santiago-Hudson). A hurrying future. Bert loves that idea. Enchanted by the technologist optimism of the World’s Fair, Bert returns, several times, alone. On each visit, he meets a local, the beautiful, quietly melancholy Carmen (Kelli O’Hara), and Cyndee is soon forgotten.journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter