On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot outside a Washington hotel. In our timeline, he survived—barely—and the near-miss became a rallying point for a conservative revolution. But in Delta-41, the bullet kills him.

Vice President George H.W. Bush is sworn in within hours. The Reagan era never begins. The tax cuts, the rhetoric, the Cold War escalation—none of it happens as planned. Instead, America enters the 1980s led by a more cautious hand, its ideological pivot blunted before it begins.

In this episode of Not This Time, the Archivist reveals a parallel world shaped by loss, restraint, and a quieter end to the Cold War. A world without Reaganomics, without Star Wars, and perhaps—without the culture war as we know it.