Sam Taylor, a carpenter remodeling houses with his brother, feels ungrounded in 2019 until he uncovers a century-old photograph of a young bride along with a matchbook from a 1919 speakeasy. Like everyone else, we wondered at the end who Evelyn’s child is. Sam might be the father if a pregnant Evelyn traveled forward a second time, but that seems unlikely. I enjoyed that the writers left things open for us to wonder, and I also enjoyed the carefully constructed single static timeline.
Michael Main
You were right—the photograph, it was me, it . . . It will be. I don’t know how, but it will.

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Variants

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  1. “The Cellar” by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long (Apple TV, 6 March 2020).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis

Translations

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  1. Arabic (subtitled).
    “القبو” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  2. Bulgarian (subtitled).
    “Мазето” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  3. Czech (subtitled).
    “Sklep” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  4. Danish (subtitled).
    “Kælderen” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  5. Dutch (subtitled).
    “De kelder” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  6. Estonian (subtitled).
    “Kelder” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  7. Finnish (subtitled).
    Unknown Finnish episode title by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  8. French (subtitled).
    “La cave” [The cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  9. German (subtitled).
    “Der Keller” [The cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  10. Hebrew (subtitled).
    “המרתף” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  11. Hindi (subtitled).
    “तहख़ाना” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  12. Hungarian (subtitled).
    “Unknown Hungarian episode title” by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  13. Indonesian (subtitled).
    “Rubanah” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  14. Italian (subtitled).
    “La cantina” [The cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  15. Latvian (subtitled).
    “Pagrabs” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  16. Lithuanian (subtitled).
    “Rūsys” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  17. Malay (subtitled).
    “Bilik bawah tanah” [Basement room] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  18. Modern Greek (subtitled).
    “Το κελαρι” [The cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  19. Norwegian (subtitled).
    “Kjelleren” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  20. Polish (subtitled).
    “Piwnica” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  21. Portuguese (subtitled): Portugual.“A Cave” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  22. Portuguese (subtitled): Brazil.“O Porão” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  23. Russian (subtitled).
    “Подвал” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  24. Slovak (subtitled).
    “Pivnica” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  25. Slovenian (subtitled).
    “Klet” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  26. Spanish (subtitled): Latin America.“La bodega” [The cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  27. Spanish (subtitled): Spain.“El sótano” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  28. Swedish (subtitled).
    “Källaren” [The basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  29. Tamil (subtitled).
    “பாதாள அறை ” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  30. Telugu (subtitled).
    “సెల్లార్” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  31. Thai (subtitled).
    “ห้องใต้ดิน
    [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  32. Turkish (subtitled).
    “Mahzen” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  33. Ukranian (subtitled).
    “Підвал” [Basement] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis
  34. Vietnamese (subtitled).
    “Hầm chứa” [Cellar] by Jessica Sharzer, directed by Chris Long.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jessica Sharzer
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Chris Long
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Edward Kitsis

Indexer Notes

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  1. Indonesian title—We found no translation of the title, “Rubanah,” but one of our Indonesian indexers suggests it may be a portmanteau of “ruang bawah tanah,” which means basement (literally, underground room).