Sunday, October 2, 1988 ·Dawn
Donnie wakes on Carpathian Ridge
The film opens with Donnie asleep on a mountain road at sunrise, his bicycle beside him. He laughs, and rides home through Middlesex. The opening title card reads "October 2, 1988".
Who is there
In Sparrow's terms
- Primary Universe
- The universe we ordinarily live in. In Donnie Darko it is the timeline in which the jet engine falls on October 2, 1988 and kills Donnie in his bed.
What happens at this moment.