Elapsed Dreamy Shorts: one hour on her side, thirty years on yours

An hour for him, a lifetime for her

Evelyn went first and the machine broke. Adam followed, and discovered a planet with a city on it, built by a woman who now goes by Havenstar. She waited, she changed, she built. And she is not the same person he said goodbye to on the pad.

The council running the place has noticed his technology and wants it. The love story has to fit around a political one.

Time is the villain. For her, thirty years of building a settlement, governing it and learning to be obeyed. For him, a lunch break. The first scenes handle the gap well: he talks fast and she answers slowly, because she has already thought through everything he is about to say.

The council wants his technology, the traitor of episode five is already somewhere in the cast, and neither of them can trust the room.

Cast of two worlds, six episodes

The episode titles run Teleportation Imminent, Send Me Back, Thirty Years, The Council, The Traitor and We Got a Lock. That last one sounds like a countdown, and it is.

OurDream lists it as Experienced, Fantasy and Specials, new and trending. Grown-up leads, grown-up problems.

Who should press play

If your taste runs to sci-fi with a pulse, yes. If you prefer cosy pubs and farmhouses, look at the everyday half of the board instead. Our call: the first 74 seconds ask the right question, how do you love someone who has outlived the version of you that she knew?

The free part

Free for the first two, with a sign-up in between. Premium takes over at episode 3. The plans are laid out on pricing. More starters sit on free episodes.

Another one for the queue

Magic nearer to home: Mirror Mirror and Lotería. Slow tension: Ava. Marooned at sea level: Stranded: The Heiress and the Cook. Other leagues: Yes Ma'am on Candy AI, Matched on Secrets AI. First time here? Try how to watch AI shorts.