Five Days to Midnight

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Also known as 5iVe Days to Midnight, this is a five-part Miniseries which ran on the Syfy in June 2004. It features J.T. Neumeyer, a physicist who discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.

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Tropes used in Five Days to Midnight include:

• Alternate Universe: Created by JT being saved. Carl names the trope directly.
• Chekhov's Gun: Lots of them, but the gun JT hid behind a radiator is an aversion, since he got Out-Gambitted by Sikorski.
• Child Prodigy: Jessie Neumeyer.
• Corrupt Cop: Irwin Sikorski.
• Drives Like Crazy: Carl when coming to kill JT.
• Go Mad from the Revelation: Carl Axelrod is certain that the universe demands JT's death. It puts him over the edge.
• Imported Future Phlebotinum: The "super-metal" case.
• Papa Wolf: JT gets a little aggressive when his daughter is in danger.
• Psycho Ex: Roy Bremmer.
• Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Jessie Neumeyer's goal.
• Screw Destiny: JT decides to do this.
• Stable Time Loop
• Who Dunnit to Me?: The whole point.
• Write Back to the Future: Inverted.
• You Can't Fight Fate: Carl is convinced of this.