While all seems well in 2015, another time jump finally explains what the deal is with Emily and Timothy. In the 2020 of this new timeline, the two meet during a "random" bump-in at the protest Emily was part of before she got arrested in the Apocalypse timeline. They have a meet-cute and we flash forward to a hospital where Emily is having a baby (seems a little fast, but destiny and all that!). One more flash forward, but this one takes place three years after the last, in 2024. Emily and Timothy are returning home from a date night where they lament about how terrible their child is. They enter their home to discover their three-year-old son has killed his babysitter, and we all get major deja vu vibes.
Just as soon as Emily picks up their smiling baby, Ms. Mead, the Black Pope, and Not-Pepper show up at the family's front door. "We've been waiting our whole lives for this," Mead explains. "We're here to help."