Character Relationship Map: Another Time

Characters

• Eric Laziter (played by Justin Hartley) — protagonist

  A highly paid account manager who once dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Dissatisfied with how his life turned out, he seeks Dr. Joseph Goyer's help to travel back in time and make different choices.

• Ben (played by Mark Valley) — supporting

  Eric's friend who tells him that Practor Financial has acquired a boutique operation and offers him the first choice of its new clients.

• Dr. Joseph Goyer (played by Alan Pietruszewski) — supporting

  A brilliant physicist who disappeared from public life after an unauthorized experiment destroyed his laboratory. He continues working in isolation on a device capable of sending a traveler through ti...

• Ally (played by Arielle Kebbel) — supporting

  A woman Eric meets after arriving in the past. She is surprised that he already knows her name while he introduces himself as though they have never met.

• Professor Hawkins (played by Karl T. Wright) — supporting

  A professor who explains that Dr. Joseph Goyer was developing a device intended to open two points in the space-time continuum and that the experiment destroyed the physics laboratory.

• Lynn Goyer (played by Julia Parker) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dr. Joseph Goyer → Lynn Goyer (Romantic Former Spouses) — Their marriage belongs to Joseph's past and remains relevant to Eric's investigation.

  The plot identifies Lynn as Dr. Joseph Goyer's former wife.

• Eric Laziter → Professor Hawkins (Professional Researcher And Informant) — Hawkins provides Eric with essential background about Joseph's experiment.

  Professor Hawkins explains to Eric that Joseph had been developing a device to open two points in space-time.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Eric Laziter → Ally (Social Unsettling First Encounter) — Their first meeting establishes an unresolved and mysterious connection.

  After arriving in the past, Eric meets Ally near a roadside establishment. She is surprised that he already knows her name.

• Eric Laziter → Lynn Goyer (Unknown Information Seeker And Source) — Lynn provides an indirect lead that helps Eric continue his search.

  While searching for Joseph, Eric follows a lead from Joseph's former wife concerning a relative's land in Colorado or Arizona.

• Eric Laziter → Dr. Joseph Goyer (Narrative Investigator And Subject) — Eric's search for Joseph drives the central time-travel storyline.

  Eric investigates Dr. Joseph Goyer after learning about the physicist's vanished public career and unauthorized experiment.

• Eric Laziter → Ben (Social Friend) — Ben is Eric's trusted friend and adviser.

  The plot explicitly identifies Ben as Eric's friend and shows Ben discussing Eric's career opportunity with him.

Story Analysis

A dissatisfied financial professional risks irreversible time travel to escape his unfulfilled life, only to enter an uncertain new reality.

Plot Progression

1. Career Beneath The Stars — The film contrasts cosmic questions about time and life beyond Earth with Eric's successful but unfulfilling financial career. Ben offers him a lucrative new client portfolio.
2. The Life He Abandoned — Eric questions whether money and advancement create meaning and recalls his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. These doubts lead him toward the mystery of Joseph Goyer.
3. Searching For Goyer — Eric learns about Joseph's destructive space-time experiment and follows a vague lead from Lynn. He eventually finds Joseph working alone with advanced calculations.
4. The Point Of No Return — Joseph explains the danger of miscalculating a time-travel arrival. Eric asks to change his life, accepts the irreversible risk, and enters the device.
5. A Stranger In The Past — Eric arrives in the past, but a broken truck leaves him stranded. His meeting with Ally ends the film on a disturbing question about identity and altered destiny.