Bye Bye Morons (2020) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Diagnosis and decision to find her child

Suze Trappet is diagnosed with a terminal autoimmune disease related to her work as a salon owner. Facing a grim prognosis, she resolves to find the child she was forced to abandon when she was 15. This decision drives the central quest of the story.

Where

Suze's salon

Seeking help at the local authorities

She visits the local authorities to seek assistance, but officials tell her it must be referred internally, slowing any direct action. The bureaucratic hurdle pushes her to pursue the search through other means.

Where

Local authorities office

JB's suicide attempt and the chaos

In the same building, Jean-Baptiste Cuchas, head of IT for internal affairs, attempts suicide after being dismissed for a younger colleague. He fires a shotgun through the wall, injuring M Dupuis and triggering an evacuation. Suze witnesses the shocking incident as the crisis unfolds around her.

Where

Office building

Suze steals the suicide-note computer

During the evacuation, Suze stays behind and steals the computer containing JB's suicide note. She promises to return it if JB helps her locate her child, and he reluctantly agrees to assist her in the dangerous search.

Where

Office building

A partnership in the archives

Suze and JB head to the archives and meet Serge Blin, a blind archivist who carries a fear of the police after a case of mistaken identity. With his help, they begin to search the records for a lead on Suze's child.

Where

Archives

A lead and a sudden arrest

The trio finds an address that could lead to Suze's child, but police arrive and arrest JB. Suze and Serge manage to escape, continuing the pursuit on their own.

Where

Archives

Adrien discovered, a car crash en route

Serge guides Suze to the address, and she sees a young man who could be Adrien. While she is distracted, a delivery driver crashes into her car and mistakes Serge for the driver. Serge flees, colliding with a police car as JB, now free, searches for Suze and retrieves the computer.

Where

City streets near the address

Dr Lint and the missing diary

Using JB's system knowledge, they locate Dr Lint, the obstetrician who delivered Suze's baby. Dr Lint now has advanced Alzheimer's and cannot remember, but they find his diary, which holds crucial clues.

Where

Dr Lint's home/clinic

The diary's revelation via Dr Lint's wife

They bring the diary to Dr Lint's wife, who can read the indecipherable handwriting and explains that Suze's son was spared child services and adopted by an infertile patient, known in the diary by a nickname.

Where

Dr Lint's home

A memory returns the adoptive parent's name

Dr Lint experiences a moment of clarity and returns home, where he finally remembers the name of the adoptive parent who took Suze's son. This revelation provides the necessary lead to Adrien.

Where

Dr Lint's home

Adrien, Clara, and the elevator trap

JB realizes Adrien is Suze's son, now an apparently successful young man, but with inconsistencies in his life. He tracks Adrien to his workplace and leads to a trap in a lift, where he and Clara are confronted with Suze's message broadcast over the intercom encouraging Adrien to reveal his feelings to Clara.

Where

Adrien's workplace elevator

Police arrive and Serge distracts

The police arrive at the elevator scene, but Serge creates a distraction to allow Suze and JB to slip away. The pursuit continues as they plot their next move.

Where

Adrien's workplace

The empty car park confrontation

After the escape, they are traced to an empty car park where armed police threaten JB. Suze takes his gun and steps toward the officers, with JB joining her as they prepare for a final act.

Where

Empty car park

Final kiss and downfall

They embrace and kiss, say 'bye bye morons', and then Suze raises the gun. The police shoot them, ending their plan in a deadly clamor that underscores the couple's fate.

Where

Empty car park

Credits montage

Stylised footage of a 15-year-old Suze dancing with the father of her child plays over the start of the credits, providing a reflective coda to the story. The montage bookends the narrative with a memory of happier times.