A brilliant scientist and a young journalist must navigate the challenges of time-travel in 1950s America, but when their device malfunctions, they become stranded in a different time period and must outsmart a saboteur to return home.
Protagonist: A brilliant scientist who accidentally discovers a time-travel device; Deuteragonist: A young journalist who becomes the scientist's confidante and helps navigate the challenges of time-traveling in 1950s America.
The scientist's time-travel device malfunctions, causing them to become stranded in a different time period with no way to return, forcing them to adapt and survive in an unfamiliar environment while trying to find a solution to their predicament.
In the end, the scientist and journalist work together to repair the time-travel device and successfully return to their own time, with a newfound appreciation for the value of living in the present.
Twist: The scientist and journalist realize that the malfunction was not accidental, but a deliberate act by someone from their own time who wanted to prevent them from changing the course of history. They must now outsmart their saboteur and navigate the dangers of time-travel to return home.