• This edit reframes the story around redemption earned through presence. It centers on the evolving relationship between Charlie and Max, following Charlie’s gradual re-engagement as a father through listening and follow-through.

• Charlie is reshaped as worn down and cornered, with early cruelty and performative behavior reduced so his flaws remain human and readable.

• Max is recentered as the emotional anchor through dialogue trims and restored material that soften his edge and his need for connection.

• The butterfly storyline is restored from deleted material as a sincere keepsake tied to Max’s mother and, ultimately, to Charlie, allowing the final reveal to land emotionally.

• Reworking the butterfly storyline provides the edit’s strongest emotional lift and strengthens the father/son bond.

• World-building is sharpened through the Zeus cold open, establishing inevitability and commercialization so Zeus looms over the story from the outset.

• This edit prioritizes structural and tonal clarity over technical intervention.

• The opening is restructured using repurposed promotional and broadcast material to introduce Zeus diegetically before the studio logos.

• Dialogue trims remove lines that exaggerate hostility, jokiness, or exposition without advancing character.

• Select deleted scenes are restored and carefully placed to strengthen emotional continuity, particularly around the butterfly pin and Charlie–Max bonding.

• Deleted scene audio restoration involved heavy cleanup due to degraded source dialogue. Noise reduction, EQ shaping, and rebalancing were applied to preserve performance clarity while maintaining continuity with surrounding scenes.

Ghosts I - 8 | Nine Inch Nails

Zeus' cold open promo

Dragonfly | M.Craft

Montage of Charlie driving to the court hearing

Sweet Child O' Mine (BHO Mix) | Guns N' Roses

Post Zeus fight celebrations and end credits