Opposite of Always

Jillian breaks up with Franny. Now, she and Jack are a couple, and Franny hates Jack because of it.

When Jack admits to his parents what happened with Jillian and Franny, they’re shocked and disappointed. They can’t believe Jack betrayed his best friend.

Even though he’s with Jillian, Jack finds it hard to imagine his future without Kate. He and Jillian have asked each other often if they did the right thing when they decided to be together. Jillian’s having a hard time with her mom, who’s in crisis over her father leaving.

When The Coupon gets out of prison, Jack still asks him to place his bet on Mandrake University despite no longer being friends with Franny. Then Jack tells The Coupon all about how hurt Franny is over his father not being around. He attempts to convince The Coupon how much Franny still wants his father in his life.

Jack meets with Dr. Sowunmi and convinces him to meet Kate, even though she doesn’t know who Jack is in this timeline. Jack calls Kate’s mom, pretending to be a man from the Whittier board of trustees named Thurgood Marshall Thomas II. He says the board will pay for Kate’s treatment with Dr. Sowunmi because Kate’s been selected this year to receive donations from wealthy alumni who want to give back.

Keeping an eye on Kate’s life from a distance sometimes makes Jack feel like he’s cheating on Jillian. Jillian wonders why he’s so interested in sickle cell disease and Dr. Sowunmi suddenly, and she worries about how to navigate their lives now that Franny’s out of the picture.

Franny asks to talk to Jillian. He tells her she’ll never understand how much he loves both her and Jack, but he still just wants her to be happy. Jillian tells Jack what he said, and they both feel terrible.

Jack goes to the hospital with Jillian after her cousin’s appendix nearly ruptures. He runs into Xander, who’s there to visit Kate. Xander talks about Kate like she’s a burden who he can’t dump because it would look bad. Jack buys all the flowers in the gift shop and delivers them to Kate’s room, pretending to be a hospital volunteer and saying he doesn’t know who they’re from. Later, Jack thinks about how Jillian is awesome, but he still feels like he’s made a mistake because she isn’t Kate.

Jillian tells Jack she used to think about how she and Jack might end up together. She envisioned it happening later, though, maybe in college or afterward. She didn’t see it happening the way it did, with them breaking Franny’s heart and losing him as a friend.

Jack gets his winnings—$200,000—from The Coupon and hides the duffel back under his bed before going to celebrate. He berates The Coupon for not having a relationship with Franny. When he gets home, the duffel bag is missing. Jack learns Franny has the money. He’d gone to Jack’s house to get some things he’d left there, using a hide-a-key to get in. Franny forces Jack to admit he got Franny’s father to place the bet for him. Then Franny gives the money back to Jack and tells him to stay away from him or else.

Franny’s basketball team makes it further in the playoffs than in any previous timeline. Jack and Jillian attend the third playoff game, and Franny tells them to come to the after-party. Jillian figures it’s a peace offering. Before the party, Franny tells Jack off, reiterating how much of a jerk he’s been. Jack and Jillian attend the party, but Franny never shows up.

Jack learns Franny was walking to the party when a neighborhood watch woman thought he looked suspicious and shot him. While waiting to be able to see Franny at the hospital, Jack argues with Franny’s dad. The Coupon says he knows he’s a failure, and he can’t change it. When Franny is finally allowed to have visitors, he tells Jack to go away.

With Franny in the hospital, Jack’s parents decide to postpone their anniversary party. In the middle of the night, he calls the hospital and learns Kate is there, but the hospital operator says she can’t transfer his call at that hour. Jack immediately drives to Dr. Sowunmi’s office, breaks in, and steals the second dose of her treatment protocol. The police stop him outside the hospital, but they escort him to see her. He injects her with the syringe he hid in his sock before the police tackle him. Jack shuts his eyes and waits to see if time resets.