The Promise

"The Promise" is the ninth episode of the Tangible original series Second Time.

Cast
Matt Butler as Matt Irvin

Melanie Solo as Anne Shelby

3 Months After
Matt and Anne recall their first date, with Matt mentioning that he was nervous at the beginning and "at the end, too".

=== 3 Years, 8 Days, 2 Hours Before === After their date, Anne tells Matt they should go out again sometime. Matt agrees, and the two note that they will be doing something different than their first date. Matt offers to take Anne home.

=== 3 Months After === Matt admits that he realized something changed at the end of their relationship.

=== 3 Years, 8 Days, 1 Hour Before === Matt pulls up outside Anne's house. The two sit in Matt's car for a moment. Noticing that Anne seems distraught, Matt asks her what is bothering her. She tells him that she worries that their relationship will get boring - that when relationships "lose that sense of adventure, they die". Matt then promises Anne that he won't give her a boring relationship. Anne then kisses Matt and thanks him for their date.

=== 3 Months After === Anne tells Matt that there is no better worse - "there's just change. And time changes everything".

=== 3 Years, 8 Days, 1 Hour Before === Matt is seen in the car, alone, looking at the Business Card and smiling.

Trivia

 * Anne's "time changes everything" line in the final "3 Months After" scene in this episode became the tagline for the series.
 * Matt's "promise" is fulfilled by his "solution" to record everything in The Notebook.
 * This episode and the previous one, "The Solution", are considered "sister episodes" and are more closely linked than any other episodes in the series. Because of this, it was originally planned for the two episodes to be released at the same time, since it was feared many viewers would be left confused by "The Solution" without seeing "The Promise" shortly afterwards. This idea was ultimately scrapped and the two episodes were released more than 8 weeks apart, the second-longest stretch between the release of any two Second Time episodes.