DÉJÀ VU with Scout Tafoya!

DÉJÀ VU with Scout Tafoya!

From Die Hard On A Blank by Philip Gawthorne and Liam Billingham

January 28, 2026 · 1h 53m

About this episode

The episode discusses the time-travel film DÉJÀ VU with guest Scout Tafoya, exploring its themes and connections to other films.

It’s Die Hard in a multiverse! This week we’re discussing Tony Scott’s “science-fact” time-travel movie DÉJÀ VU with the help of special guest Scout Tafoya!   After a catastrophic terrorist attack on a ferry in New Orleans leaves hundreds of innocent people dead, local ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) becomes drawn into the massive, multi-jurisdictional investigation into the bombing. During this process, FBI agent Paul Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) invites Doug to join a cutting-edge, secretive unit who are using state-of-the-art surveillance technology to create a flowing, temporary 360-degree “time window” in an attempt to find the culprit. However, Doug gradually discovers that this so-called “time window” is actually a form of time- travel , which therefore creates the meta-physical possibility that this terrible attack could - at least theoretically - be stopped. When Doug begins to develop feelings of love for Clare Kuchever (Paula Patton), one of the victims of the attack, he becomes yet further determined to test the boundaries of known physics in a concerted effort to stop the attack from happening, save the lives of those affected, and create a new timeline…

People in this episode

Hosts: Philip Gawthorne, Liam Billingham

Guest: Scout Tafoya

Topics covered

  • time travel
  • film analysis
  • DÉJÀ VU
  • multiverse
  • human condition
  • terrorism
  • surveillance technology

Keywords

  • DÉJÀ VU
  • time travel
  • Tony Scott
  • film analysis
  • Denzel Washington
  • Val Kilmer
  • Paula Patton
  • terrorism
  • surveillance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: DÉJÀ VU, Die Hard

Places: New Orleans

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