Back in the real world, Rosalene and Watts look to Johnny's grave, which is placed adjacent to River’s. In the epilogue, Johnny and River eventually get married, and build and retire to the same house where the real-life Johnny and River lived. The moon appears through a window on the ship, and Johnny takes her hand as his heart monitor flatlines.

During the launch, River holds out a hand to him. As the comatose real-life Johnny begins to die, he imagines going on a moon mission with River. In the present, Rosalene and Watts eventually implant a memory sequence in which Joey did not die, and lived on to become a popular author, and Johnny did not meet River again until they started working together at NASA. River was unable to make Johnny remember before she died, and Johnny was left with lingering guilt and an inexplicable desire to go to the moon. River, who was diagnosed with autism as an adult, did not tell Johnny directly about their first meeting instead, she tried to indirectly jostle his memories by cutting her hair and crafting paper bunnies, including a dual-colored one representing the constellation they made up during their first encounter, combined with the blue-and-yellow dress she wore on their wedding. He later happened to meet her again, and eventually marry her, and River only realized later on that he had forgot their meeting at the carnival (Johnny confessed that he approached her in school because she was different, and revealed that he thought that was their first meeting). Johnny was given Beta Blockers to induce memory loss of the tragic event, also causing him to forget his first encounter with River.

Shortly after, Johnny's twin brother Joey was killed in an accident. That night, Johnny gives River a toy platypus which River treasures for the rest of her life. The two agreed to meet at the same place the following year, with Johnny promising that should he forget or get lost, the two would 'regroup on the moon'. They looked at the night sky and made up a constellation: a rabbit with the moon as its belly. Rosalene must solve the problem to fulfill Johnny's dying wish of going to the moon.Įventually, it is revealed that Johnny and River met as children at a carnival. However, Johnny's mind does not create the new memories as planned. Supposedly, Johnny's mind would create new memories based on that desire, and Johnny would die believing he lived without any regrets. Upon reaching his childhood, the doctors attempt to insert his desire to go to the moon. With each leap to an important moment in Johnny's memories, they learn more about him and what brought him to his current position in life, including his largely unhappy marriage to his childhood sweetheart, River. The doctors insert themselves into an interactive compilation of his memories and traverse backwards through his life via mementos. Johnny wants to go to the moon, although he doesn't know why. Neil Watts are tasked with fulfilling the lifelong dream of the dying Johnny Wyles. Since these artificial memories conflict with the patient's real memories, the procedure is only legal to do on people without much time left to live.

They offer this as a 'wish fulfillment' service to people on their death beds. Sigmund Corporation uses a technology that can create artificial memories.

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