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- Synced and corrected by chamallow -
- www.addic7ed.com -
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[LOW, THRUMMING RUMBLING]
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[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]
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[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYS, FADES]
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[FAINT TRILLING, BEEPING]
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[TRILLING, BEEPING INTENSIFIES]
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[TRILLING, BEEPING CONTINUES]
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- [BOTTLE CLATTERS]
- [CLERK] Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, stop!
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[ALARM BLARING]
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It's locked.
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[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
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[CLERK] The police is coming.
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Police.
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That is him.
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Right, sir. Could you
remove the headphones?
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Sir.
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- Uh, oh.
- [TRILLING, BEEPING IN HEADPHONES]
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And can you look this
way, into the lens?
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- [DEVICE BEEPING]
- Can you confirm your name?
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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- Cameron Walker.
- Thank you, Mr. Walker. Please stand.
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Suspect confirmed as Cameron
Paul Walker. No prior arrests.
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Good boy till now?
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Mr. Walker, in line with
the Bio Identity Act 2029,
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I am taking a DNA swab.
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If you could open wide.
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Thank you. Now one moment.
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[DEVICE BEEPS]
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[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
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Fucking hell.
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Cameron Walker, I am arresting
you on suspicion of murder.
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You do not have to say anything,
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but it may harm your
defense if you do not mention
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something you later rely on in court.
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- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [KEYS JINGLE]
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- [MAN] How was he when you arrested him?
- [BEST] He's an odd one.
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Wanted to show me a drawing he'd done
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and got agitated when Mo took his keys.
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- House keys?
- [RAIKER] Looks like.
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Go check it out.
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- DCI Kano?
- Mm-hmm. Are you "Minter"?
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Jen Minter. Sorry I'm late.
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- Is that him?
- Mm-hmm.
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Can I really not have a pen and paper?
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Just a felt pen.
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[MYSTERIOUS ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
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[RAIKER] Which one's his?
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Flat four.
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[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
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[DOOR CLOSES]
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The man at the desk wouldn't
give me anything to draw with.
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This isn't a primary school.
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It's just I like to
draw when I'm stressed.
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- You might hurt someone with it.
- [CAMERON] I wouldn't do anything.
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It's digging in to my wrists, you cunts.
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Get it off my wrists! What
the fuck are you looking at?
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'Cause of pricks like
this, you can't have a pen.
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[PRISONER] Fuck!
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I had a pen in my pocket when
I came in, but they took it.
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- [KANO] They will have done.
- [CAMERON] And my keys.
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Why'd you take those?
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We have to search your flat, Mr. Walker.
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Tell them not to touch anything.
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[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
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[KEYBOARD CLACKS]
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[KANO] Let me show you something.
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Do you recognize this suitcase?
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Yes.
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So you know what's inside it, then?
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A body we can't identify.
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Why did you do it?
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[RAIKER GRUNTS]
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[RAIKER] What the fuck?
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[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
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You hear that?
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Yeah.
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- Are we being observed?
- Only by the computer.
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The central state computer?
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I heard it's the beefiest
one in the country.
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Government issue. Raw power.
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Very impressive.
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Hey. Peekaboo.
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Mr. Walker, just give
me your victim's name.
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I'm sorry. I know that you are
the chief detective thingamabobby,
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but I... I didn't
catch what your role is.
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Psychological evaluation.
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Mine or his?
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- Yours.
- You'll want to know about my childhood.
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- Yeah, maybe later.
- It's okay. I'll be quick. Um...
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Only child, mother was
distant, drank too much.
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My dad... [EXHALES SHARPLY]
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... he was an unpredictable, violent
giant who could never be appeased.
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Now, I understand that he
must have been damaged himself,
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but to a small kid, he
was simply terrifying.
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Then I was packed off to school,
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where I was bullied
unrelentingly for years.
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- Okay. Listen...
- I'm trying to give your colleague here
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an overview of my formative years.
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Did you ever fight back...
against the bullies?
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No. Never.
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I didn't want to emulate my dad.
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Because he was violent?
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Because he was a flawed human being.
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Aren't we all?
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Absolutely.
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So, let's move on to...
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After school, I made one or two friends.
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- Let's talk about 1994.
- I am.
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This is relevant.
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How so?
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Because I wasn't always this confident.
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I mean, I've learned this.
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Back in '94,
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I was playing games,
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writing about games.
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That was kind of my life.
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[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
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- [BOY 1] Yes! Go on.
- Get in!
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Mad.
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- All right.
- [BOY 2] Steady on.
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[MAN] Oi, Cameron!
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Latest issue. Hot off the presses.
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We're... we're doing
CDs on the cover now?
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March of progress. We'll
all be cyborgs before long.
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- Yeah. Yeah.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
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[MAN] Yeah, my face is this way, mate.
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- Oh, yeah, sorry. Yeah...
- You're all right.
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- Did you finish the review of that?
- [YOUNG CAMERON] Uh, yes.
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- [MAN] What d'you give it?
- Uh...
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93%. It's... it's very good.
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No, no. Hang on. Leave that.
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Come on. I've got something for you.
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You've heard of, uh, Colin Ritman?
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Genius programmer, went fucking gaga.
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Of course, he's... I
mean, Colin Ritman, he's...
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[MAN] He's back is what he is.
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He's working on a top-secret
project for Tuckersoft,
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coding the whole thing himself.
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Okay. Well, what is it?
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Well, it's secret, so they're
not saying yet, are they?
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And we've got an exclusive preview.
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Colin's asked for you to visit their HQ
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to have it personally demoed by him.
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He asked for me?
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I said you'd be there
this afternoon. Yeah?
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In person?
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- Today?
- [MAN] Mm-hmm.
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Cam, don't worry. Ritman won't bite.
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[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
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[SIGHS NERVOUSLY]
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[ETHEREAL MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
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- [MUSIC FADES]
- All right?
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- You're, uh, Cam from PC Zone, yeah?
- Yeah, yeah.
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Nice to meet you. My name's
Mo, but you can call me God.
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- Everyone else does. [LAUGHS]
- Oh, okay.
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- That was a joke, yeah?
- Yeah, yeah, I know.
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Okay, shall I lead you to Col?
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- Yeah.
- Okay.
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[MO] This is the main floor.
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The dream factory.
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I gave Col his own
private den in the back.
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You know, he functions best when
he's in his own little world,
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away from the normals.
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Oh, no offense, mate.
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You know, he asked for you specifically.
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He said that your writing portrays
a weird yet receptive mind.
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- Whatever that means.
- Well, he knows about weird minds.
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All right, mate. Steady on, all right?
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I can call him mental. I'm his boss.
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And his mate. I think.
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Sorry, I didn't mean...
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I'm only fucking with you.
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Look, everyone knows
about his "breakdown,"
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not that he would call it that. [LAUGHS]
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But he's fine now.
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But if you do mention it in the piece,
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I will have your
bollocks off with a hook.
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- All right? Col!
- [KNOCKS ON DOOR]
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This is Cameron from PC Zone.
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[COLIN] A pleasure.
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I admire your work.
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[NERVOUSLY] Uh, thank
you. And, uh, me too.
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I mean, yours. I admire your works.
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Work.
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You lack confidence.
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Sorry?
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In print, you're strident,
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but in the flesh, you have the air
of someone who's ashamed to exist.
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No criticism. I like it. The
world is vicious. People are awful.
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Perpetual terror would be a
rational response. Take a pew.
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- Want me to hang around for moral support?
- I'm fine, thanks.
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All right, well, give me
a shout when you're done.
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[DOOR OPENS]
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[DOOR CLOSES]
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Do you know what we're
here to talk about?
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Um, your... your new game.
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No.
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Oh. You're... you're
not gonna show me a game?
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I'm not gonna show you a game.
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He thinks it's a game. The
company thinks it's a game
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because they can only think
in terms of marketable labels.
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That's not what this is.
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There's not a single
line of code in this
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that could be thought of as a
game in any traditional sense.
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Right, well, why is
this... How is this...
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What are most games about?
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Escapism?
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- Try again.
- Um, winning?
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Conflict.
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Killing. Conquering.
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Caveman stuff.
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I say we have to do a
little bit better than that.
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We have to create
software that elevates us,
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improves us as human beings.
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Or else, what is the fucking
point of the tools at our disposal?
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Um, Throngl...
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Thronglets.
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As in part of a throng.
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Creatures. Animals. Lifeforms.
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Sentient life. That's what this is.
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Not a simulation.
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Actual life.
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Obviously, I had to
make it look like a game,
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or they wouldn't bankroll
it, and no one would buy it.
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But that was camouflage.
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[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
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Go on.
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Have a gander.
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You're looking at the
first lifeforms in history
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whose biology is entirely digital.
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[CHUCKLES]
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- Um, how... how do I control them?
- Why do you wanna control them?
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Um, well, I...
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You can't control them.
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They're not some obscene
puppets like Sonic the Hedgehog.
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These are living individuals
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bound together by a
collective and expanding mind.
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Right, but what do I actually do?
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When the experience
begins, you hatch one.
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You'll nurture and care
for it until it replicates.
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One becomes two, two
becomes four, and so on.
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The Thronglets become a harmonic Throng.
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Right. [SPLUTTERS]
Um... So the goal is...
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Why do you need a goal?
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You'll come to appreciate the
company of the Throng over time.
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As I say, their code will evolve,
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rewrite itself in ways
that even I can't predict.
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Progress and flux. The defining
properties of life itself.
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- [GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
- [COLIN] Mm...
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00:12:43,079 --> 00:12:44,079
Listen.
251
00:12:45,959 --> 00:12:47,240
They're talking to you.
252
00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,640
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
253
00:12:52,839 --> 00:12:54,559
- What are they saying?
- I don't know.
254
00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:58,040
They developed their own
language. No words, just sounds.
255
00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,320
I didn't even have to design that.
256
00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,439
They just did it.
257
00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,479
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
258
00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,519
Mm-hmm...
259
00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:06,760
[TIMER RINGING]
260
00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,319
- Medication time.
- Sorry?
261
00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,120
For me, not you.
262
00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,480
- Uh...
- Back in a tick.
263
00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,879
[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
264
00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:21,919
[SIGHS]
265
00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,040
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
266
00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:40,919
[CAMERON] That was the only
thing I've ever stolen.
267
00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,198
[KANO] You were arrested
this morning for shoplifting.
268
00:13:43,199 --> 00:13:44,719
[CAMERON] Attempted shoplifting.
269
00:13:45,599 --> 00:13:46,920
[MINTER] Why the software?
270
00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:48,719
Why steal that?
271
00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,680
It wanted to be taken.
272
00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,240
[INTRIGUING ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]
273
00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,480
[CAMERON] And to be honest, I
think Colin wanted me to take it.
274
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,120
[KEYBOARD CLACKS]
275
00:14:40,959 --> 00:14:43,000
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
276
00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,760
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
277
00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,120
[CRUNCHING]
278
00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,400
[CAMERON] At first, there was just one.
279
00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,599
I had to feed him, play with him,
bathe him, that sort of thing.
280
00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,360
As a parent does with
a child, I suppose.
281
00:15:15,319 --> 00:15:18,078
Then it replicated.
282
00:15:18,079 --> 00:15:20,359
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
283
00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:21,718
[CAMERON] So there were two,
284
00:15:21,719 --> 00:15:24,280
and then four, and so on.
285
00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,880
And there really was just something
about the noises they made.
286
00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,239
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
287
00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,519
Almost like digital birdsong.
288
00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,959
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
289
00:15:40,599 --> 00:15:42,711
I spent hours looking after them,
290
00:15:42,712 --> 00:15:45,078
and very quickly,
they felt like friends.
291
00:15:45,079 --> 00:15:46,559
Bit sad, isn't it?
292
00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:47,559
[CAMERON] Why?
293
00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,360
You can make friends with people.
294
00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,239
Well, I'd learned early
on to fear most people.
295
00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:56,240
So,
296
00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,400
to enjoy company,
297
00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,559
even emulated company via a screen,
298
00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,239
may be a bit sad...
299
00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,439
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
300
00:16:06,719 --> 00:16:08,679
... but it was water
in the desert for me.
301
00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,879
You said earlier that you
did have human friends.
302
00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:12,879
Sorry?
303
00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,920
You said earlier that you'd
made some friends as an adult.
304
00:16:16,439 --> 00:16:19,478
Oh, I... I think I meant,
uh, people like Gordon.
305
00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:22,039
- The editor.
- Any friends outside of work?
306
00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,920
One. Kind of.
307
00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,598
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
308
00:16:27,599 --> 00:16:29,560
- [KNOCKING AT DOOR]
- [MAN] Hey!
309
00:16:30,079 --> 00:16:32,880
- [KNOCKING, BANGING AT DOOR]
- Come out! Hello?
310
00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,879
Yo. Didn't you hear me? I had to
get your neighbor to buzz us in.
311
00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,319
[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
312
00:16:42,959 --> 00:16:44,078
Hello.
313
00:16:44,079 --> 00:16:45,838
[SPLUTTERS] Sorry. Come in.
314
00:16:45,839 --> 00:16:47,319
I rang. You never picked up.
315
00:16:47,839 --> 00:16:50,719
I'm only down for the weekend.
Was hoping I could crash here.
316
00:16:51,319 --> 00:16:53,760
[KANO] This friend of
yours, what was his name?
317
00:16:55,319 --> 00:16:58,119
Lump. That's what everyone called him.
318
00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,318
- [KANO] And what would his mum call him?
- I don't know. I never met his mum.
319
00:17:01,319 --> 00:17:03,239
I mean, what was his real name?
320
00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,838
I don't know. I never asked.
321
00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:07,200
- You said he was a friend.
- I said kind of.
322
00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,528
He was just someone I met once or twice
323
00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:13,079
who saw a soft touch and exploited it.
324
00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:15,880
[LUMP SIGHS]
325
00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,640
- So what you been up to?
- Um, I... I've been working.
326
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,839
- Your job's not work.
- But I've got a big preview to write.
327
00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,640
Well, it's not due tomorrow, is it?
328
00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:34,959
No.
329
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,158
Right, good.
330
00:17:36,159 --> 00:17:39,120
I'm, uh... I'm in town selling stuff.
331
00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:40,880
We could, um...
332
00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,839
take a little trip somewhere.
333
00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,320
[ROUSING ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
334
00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,680
- Did you often take acid?
- [CAMERON] No, that was the first time.
335
00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,600
Have you ever tried it?
336
00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:58,840
I haven't.
337
00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,679
[WOMAN ON TV] If you're
sat around at home,
338
00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,679
make new friends on the telephone.
339
00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,399
♪ 0898 55 00... ♪
340
00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,440
[BOTH LAUGHING]
341
00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:12,919
[CAMERON] It was incredible.
342
00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,879
All my anxieties were washed away.
343
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,159
[BOTH LAUGHING]
344
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,480
[CAMERON] But it wasn't just that.
345
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,279
They call it mind-expanding.
346
00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,359
Funnily enough, that's
physiologically accurate.
347
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,919
It alters your neuronal structure.
348
00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,760
Increases the number of dendrites.
349
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,800
Suddenly... there's all
these extra synapses.
350
00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,519
Glittering away.
351
00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,600
You're not just more receptive.
352
00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,159
You become a receiver.
353
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,039
And in that state, it
all became clear to me.
354
00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,399
[ROUSING ETHEREAL MUSIC CONTINUES]
355
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,480
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
356
00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:00,640
Oh my God.
357
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,800
[CAMERON] The Thronglets
weren't just making noises.
358
00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,440
I could understand their language.
359
00:19:09,919 --> 00:19:11,520
I didn't have to decode it.
360
00:19:12,679 --> 00:19:14,559
Or strain to comprehend.
361
00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,719
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
362
00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,158
It was effortless. Intrinsic.
363
00:19:18,159 --> 00:19:21,239
[MINTER] Just so I'm sure I understand,
364
00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,079
you're saying the creatures
365
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,119
in the game, the...
366
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,119
Throng.
367
00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,519
... the Throng, they were
communicating with you?
368
00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,360
They'd been trying all along.
369
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:33,760
I just didn't know it.
370
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,520
But now
371
00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,480
I could receive their first message.
372
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,359
So what was their first message?
373
00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,079
Uh, it was a simple, repeated statement
374
00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,319
combining a greeting with a
request for more equipment.
375
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,520
Computer equipment.
376
00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,519
[MINTER] You mean like a shopping list?
377
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,480
[CAMERON] Yes, it was quite specific.
378
00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,159
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
379
00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,760
And you understood all of that?
380
00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:07,919
Yeah, until the LSD wore off.
381
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,000
[MUSIC FADES]
382
00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:17,880
[YOUNG CAMERON SIGHS]
383
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,720
[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
384
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,240
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
385
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,279
- [YOUNG CAMERON BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [GROANS]
386
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,719
Th... that stuff we had last
night... you're selling that?
387
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,240
Yeah, I told you.
That's why I'm down here.
388
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,240
How much have you got?
389
00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:52,520
How much do you want?
390
00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,199
[MUSIC FADES]
391
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,039
- Nice one, lad. Come here.
- [GRUNTS]
392
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,119
Hey, you're fucking gorgeous, lad.
393
00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:01,200
- Listen, enjoy.
- Y... yeah. Okay.
394
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,560
[ELECTRONIC SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]
395
00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:46,839
[ELECTRONIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES]
396
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,720
[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
397
00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:53,360
Hello?
398
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,679
C... can you hear me?
399
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,240
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
400
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,158
[CHUCKLES]
401
00:22:03,159 --> 00:22:04,359
Yes!
402
00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:05,800
Oh my God!
403
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:07,960
Okay.
404
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:09,600
Right.
405
00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,719
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
406
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,079
[CAMERON] But now that they
could see and hear me...
407
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,879
It cuts in and out, you know, so...
408
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,200
... we could communicate back and forth.
409
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,239
And by talking, I was feeding them data.
410
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,959
So the more that I spoke,
411
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,360
the more articulate they got, and
the deeper our connection became.
412
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,719
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
413
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,880
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
414
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,520
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
415
00:22:36,399 --> 00:22:38,158
[LAUGHS]
416
00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:40,240
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
417
00:22:41,399 --> 00:22:43,054
- R... really?
- I lost hours,
418
00:22:43,055 --> 00:22:45,560
[CAMERON] days, weeks
just conversing with them
419
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,800
on an increasingly higher level.
420
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,959
Stick to topics us
primitives can understand,
421
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,800
like an unidentified corpse
with your DNA all over it.
422
00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:58,520
Yes.
423
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,239
I'm getting to that.
424
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,639
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
425
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,159
[PHONE RINGS]
426
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,159
[PHONE RINGS]
427
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,039
[PHONE RINGS]
428
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,600
[GROANS] Sorry. Hang on.
429
00:23:12,919 --> 00:23:15,039
- [GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
- [PHONE RINGS]
430
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,080
[SIGHS]
431
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,039
- Hello.
- Where's your copy?
432
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,879
- What?
- Your Thronglets preview.
433
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,438
We go to print tomorrow.
Have you done it?
434
00:23:24,439 --> 00:23:25,799
Uh, almost.
435
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,479
I can't print almost.
436
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,199
You've had three weeks. Finish it
437
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,280
and bring it in.
438
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,359
You've got till 6:00, okay?
439
00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:33,360
Um...
440
00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:38,119
I... I need to use a computer
in the office to... to write on.
441
00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:39,639
Well, what's wrong with yours?
442
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,438
Uh, it's... busy.
443
00:23:41,439 --> 00:23:42,719
Busy?
444
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,479
- Yeah.
- Fine.
445
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,840
Whatever. Come in. Just write the thing.
446
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,719
Whoa-ho!
447
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,519
Peekaboo. Need to crash again
for a few days. Is that all right?
448
00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,320
- I... I was just heading out.
- That's all right. I'll chill on the sofa.
449
00:24:03,399 --> 00:24:04,439
[SIGHS]
450
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:07,639
You okay?
451
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,679
[EERIE ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
452
00:24:11,919 --> 00:24:13,119
You're mashed, aren't you?
453
00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:16,119
- [SPLUTTERS] Only a bit.
- You are. You're tripping your nut off.
454
00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,719
You still working your way
through that fucking acid?
455
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,438
You're a dark horse.
It's not even lunchtime.
456
00:24:21,439 --> 00:24:23,999
- [SPLUTTERS] I'm going to work.
- Like that?
457
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,158
[LUMP LAUGHS]
458
00:24:25,159 --> 00:24:26,280
Nah.
459
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,960
[LUMP CACKLES]
460
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,399
[LAUGHING]
461
00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,119
- [YOUNG CAMERON] I won't be long.
- All right.
462
00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,678
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]
463
00:24:41,679 --> 00:24:43,960
[AMPLIFIED TRAIN NOISES]
464
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:50,159
[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]
465
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,600
- [TRAIN CLATTERS]
- [HIGH-PITCHED TONE]
466
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,399
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES]
467
00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:09,280
[LOUD WHOOSHING]
468
00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:14,040
[EERIE SQUEALING]
469
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,040
[MUSIC, SOUNDS SWELL]
470
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,120
[MUSIC FADES]
471
00:25:26,199 --> 00:25:28,439
[TYPING]
472
00:25:29,199 --> 00:25:30,359
[BREATHING NERVOUSLY]
473
00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,640
[GAME MUSIC PLAYING]
474
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,600
[GAME MUSIC STOPS]
475
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:54,560
[LIGHTER THUDS]
476
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,560
[LUMP HUMMING]
477
00:26:00,919 --> 00:26:02,040
[SOFTLY] Oh my God.
478
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,760
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
479
00:26:05,679 --> 00:26:07,679
[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
480
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,520
Humans consider other forms of
life to be somehow less than them.
481
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,600
Inherently dispensable.
482
00:26:27,199 --> 00:26:29,080
Ask the dodo if you don't believe me.
483
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,159
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
484
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:40,080
Hello.
485
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,120
And artificial lifeforms
are the lowest of the low.
486
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,880
- [DIGITAL SHRIEKING SOUND]
- [CHUCKLES]
487
00:26:53,199 --> 00:26:55,840
Nah. No, you don't,
lad. No, you don't, lad.
488
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,600
- [DIGITAL SHRIEKING SOUND]
- [LAUGHS]
489
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,959
Just playthings to us.
490
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,559
[DIGITAL SHRIEKING SOUND]
491
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,039
[LUMP] Aah!
492
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,760
[DIGITAL SCREAMING SOUND]
493
00:27:09,199 --> 00:27:10,799
[LAUGHING]
494
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,880
[GORDON] Yes, I'll
take the... Thank you.
495
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:14,840
Mr. Tucker, you...
496
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,960
Well, Mo... Mo, slow down.
497
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000
Say again.
498
00:27:23,199 --> 00:27:25,240
You're joking? Fucking hell.
499
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,918
You, my friend, are off the
hook. It's not coming out.
500
00:27:35,919 --> 00:27:37,279
Huh?
501
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,799
Thronglets. They're
not gonna release it.
502
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,000
Well, they can't release it.
503
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,678
Colin Ritman went
fucking loony tunes again.
504
00:27:44,679 --> 00:27:46,609
He started ranting about a basilisk.
505
00:27:46,610 --> 00:27:48,479
Wiped the source code
and all the backups.
506
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,800
Whoosh. Whole thing's gone.
507
00:27:51,399 --> 00:27:52,519
Mm...
508
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,759
What I'm saying is,
509
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,892
you're not gonna have
to file that preview
510
00:27:55,893 --> 00:27:58,640
'cause there's nothing left to preview.
511
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:04,480
Oh. Thanks.
512
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,760
- Bye, then.
- Bye.
513
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,560
[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
514
00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:21,760
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
515
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:25,840
Cam?
516
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,280
[MUSIC FADES]
517
00:28:30,679 --> 00:28:33,040
[DIGITAL SCREAMING SOUND]
518
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,600
[SIGHS]
519
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,600
[DIGITAL SCREAMING SOUND CONTINUES]
520
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,839
[BREATHING ANXIOUSLY]
521
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,919
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
522
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,319
Hey, I tell you what, these
things fucking hate fire.
523
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,600
[YOUNG CAMERON SCREAMS]
524
00:28:52,159 --> 00:28:53,158
[LOUD THUD]
525
00:28:53,159 --> 00:28:55,079
- What the fuck?
- You're killing them!
526
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,158
There's gotta be an
extinguisher or something.
527
00:28:57,159 --> 00:28:58,479
[LUMP] It's a game, you twat.
528
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,678
[SCREAMING FEROCIOUSLY]
529
00:29:02,679 --> 00:29:05,159
Your fucking mechanism's gone.
530
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:07,559
[PANTING]
531
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,239
[DIGITAL WHIMPERING SOUNDS]
532
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,119
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS]
533
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,839
[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]
534
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,638
[BOTH GRUNT]
535
00:29:15,639 --> 00:29:17,600
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
536
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,120
[GRUNTING]
537
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,520
[DIGITAL WHIMPERING SOUNDS]
538
00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:35,760
[GRUNTING]
539
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,679
[BOTH GRUNTING, GROANING]
540
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,240
[SCREAMING]
541
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,039
[CHOKING, GASPING]
542
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,839
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
543
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,480
[DIGITAL WHIMPERING SOUNDS]
544
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,560
[LUMP GASPING]
545
00:30:02,439 --> 00:30:04,398
[TENSE MUSIC SUBSIDES]
546
00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:06,600
[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
547
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,320
[YOUNG CAMERON BREATHING HEAVILY]
548
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,600
[RAGGED BREATHING, WHIMPERING]
549
00:30:17,159 --> 00:30:19,360
[SOBBING]
550
00:30:20,199 --> 00:30:21,720
[SCREAMING]
551
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,079
It's always been our downfall,
the human operating system.
552
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,398
We're masters of the universe,
553
00:30:27,399 --> 00:30:30,399
make all these magical tools,
554
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,840
but we're still savages up here.
555
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,999
Heads full of the same buggy
software as a million years ago.
556
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,639
Darwinian 1.0.
557
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,240
In caveman times, you had
to be violent to survive.
558
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:52,434
Now that's on its head, and the only way
559
00:30:52,435 --> 00:30:54,158
we are gonna make it as a species
560
00:30:54,159 --> 00:30:55,559
is if we cooperate.
561
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:56,720
We know that.
562
00:30:58,439 --> 00:31:00,559
But we can't do it, can we?
563
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,040
We're still fearful.
564
00:31:03,159 --> 00:31:04,959
Territorial and selfish.
565
00:31:05,679 --> 00:31:06,799
Arrogant and violent.
566
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,639
What did you do after you killed him?
567
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:10,800
Go on.
568
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,079
Did you... come forward?
569
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,438
Shuffle into the station,
quivering with remorse?
570
00:31:17,439 --> 00:31:18,719
- No.
- [KANO] No.
571
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,198
No, you didn't.
572
00:31:20,199 --> 00:31:22,959
[ETHEREAL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]
573
00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:42,159
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
574
00:31:54,399 --> 00:31:55,639
[TRUNK SLAMS]
575
00:32:01,679 --> 00:32:04,639
[KANO] Do you wanna see
inside it? A little reminder?
576
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,918
He's in pieces.
577
00:32:12,919 --> 00:32:16,158
No hands, no head, no identifying marks.
578
00:32:16,159 --> 00:32:18,039
His DNA draws a blank.
579
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,438
We don't even know his name, Mr. Walker.
580
00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,359
I didn't... want to.
581
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,359
No, you just had to cover your tracks.
582
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,279
- Yes, but...
- But... But, but, but, but, but...
583
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,519
There was no sense piling
one tragedy on another.
584
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,359
Getting arrested would be a tragedy?
585
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,079
If I got put away, who
would look after the Throng?
586
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,999
They'd be at the mercy of God knows who.
587
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,479
So they'd spend time with
the bloke who did this.
588
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:39,879
I know. And I'm sorry.
589
00:32:40,399 --> 00:32:42,599
But our predisposition
for violence is tragic...
590
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,158
Your predisposition.
591
00:32:44,159 --> 00:32:45,958
Well, I wish it was, but it's...
592
00:32:45,959 --> 00:32:49,679
- This is a human flaw.
- Save me the sanctimony fucking soup.
593
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,120
If you're sorry, give us a name.
594
00:32:53,679 --> 00:32:54,760
Say his name.
595
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,678
There's a family out there that
don't know that's their son.
596
00:32:58,679 --> 00:33:01,398
- What's his name?
- I only knew him as Lump.
597
00:33:01,399 --> 00:33:03,199
Stop lying.
598
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,438
You are very hostile.
599
00:33:06,439 --> 00:33:07,519
Am I?
600
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,158
It's a crude trait and a poor strategy.
601
00:33:10,159 --> 00:33:11,359
Says the murderer.
602
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,519
So, Cameron, you
regret killing this man.
603
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:16,638
Yes.
604
00:33:16,639 --> 00:33:19,958
And you only covered it up to protect...
605
00:33:19,959 --> 00:33:21,599
Protect the Throng, yes.
606
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,079
- [GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
- [SOBS]
607
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,559
[CAMERON] Witnessing the incident
vividly demonstrated to them
608
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,398
just how defective humans are.
609
00:33:28,399 --> 00:33:32,878
[YOUNG CAMERON SOBS] I'm so
sorry. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
610
00:33:32,879 --> 00:33:35,918
[SPLUTTERS] I was trying
to protect you. I was...
611
00:33:35,919 --> 00:33:39,039
I mean, first, Lump casually
slaughters scores of them.
612
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,520
Then I lash out at him.
613
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,719
They were terrified.
614
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,120
I had to prove I was
still their protector.
615
00:33:46,719 --> 00:33:48,959
And that meant devoting my life to them,
616
00:33:49,639 --> 00:33:51,760
doing whatever I could
to help them thrive.
617
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,959
The first priority was upgrading.
618
00:33:54,919 --> 00:33:58,638
Colin had designed the Throng's
code to evolve exponentially,
619
00:33:58,639 --> 00:34:01,760
so I knew they'd quickly outgrow
the power and memory they had.
620
00:34:02,719 --> 00:34:04,840
So I kept going out
to salvage more gear.
621
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,319
Cracking it open and
repurposing the innards.
622
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,678
Improving the Throng.
623
00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:13,158
[ETHEREAL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]
624
00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:14,279
Ye... yeah.
625
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,198
So, um, what would you like?
626
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,799
[UPBEAT ELECTRONIC SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING]
627
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,559
[CAMERON] The graphics
chips from consoles
628
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,399
were the most powerful
things I could find.
629
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,879
And as newer models became available,
630
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:30,120
the system I was building grew
more sophisticated, more complex.
631
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,479
The outside world didn't matter.
632
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,318
I was focused on my mission,
633
00:34:34,319 --> 00:34:36,520
on the huge technical challenge.
634
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,399
Years of scavenging.
635
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,120
Perpetual upgrades, keeping the
Throng running uninterrupted
636
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,999
so their intelligence
would keep expanding.
637
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,360
[UPBEAT ELECTRONIC
SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES]
638
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,838
Just so I'm clear,
639
00:35:02,839 --> 00:35:06,199
throughout this whole period while
you were upgrading your system...
640
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,479
I was improving their capabilities.
641
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,675
... you were regularly
taking hallucinogens
642
00:35:10,676 --> 00:35:12,399
so that you could understand the...
643
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,399
The Throng, yes. So I could receive.
644
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,920
- So we could keep on talking.
- Did you discuss your mental health?
645
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,639
- We discussed everything.
- Everything?
646
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,440
The entirety of existence.
647
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,456
Their language was more
elegant and efficient
648
00:35:27,457 --> 00:35:29,559
than vowels and consonants.
649
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,839
They sang strings of data
that unfolded in my head.
650
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,280
Beautiful concepts.
651
00:35:35,799 --> 00:35:39,240
Sometimes, a week's worth of
thought in just a few seconds.
652
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,400
Could you describe these thoughts?
653
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:45,280
[SCOFFS]
654
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,639
Well, not with any great coherence,
655
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,640
limited as I am to
the language you speak.
656
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,999
But if you got me a pen and paper,
I could draw a sort of a diagram.
657
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,000
No.
658
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,080
But it might make it easier to grasp.
659
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:05,279
Is that what you've
been doing all this time,
660
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,599
absorbing their thoughts?
661
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,199
- On your own?
- [CAMERON] Yes.
662
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,720
But not just that.
663
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,160
We've been working together.
664
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,319
- How?
- Well, the Throng told me
665
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,680
that they wanted to coexist with humans.
666
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,799
But to do that, they
need to study our minds.
667
00:36:26,319 --> 00:36:29,879
Not just psychologically but physically.
668
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,599
To work out a means of coexistence.
669
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,920
Improvement... for both of us.
670
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,959
[GAME SOUNDS PLAYING]
671
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,797
[CAMERON] Over time, working in unison,
672
00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:43,039
we designed a neurological interface
673
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,760
that would allow them to
connect to me directly.
674
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,160
It entailed a little home surgery.
675
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,640
Not pleasant,
676
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,199
but not as painful as I thought.
677
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,239
[SCREAMING IN PAIN]
678
00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:00,240
Look.
679
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,160
Plug and play.
680
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,520
- [KANO] Fucking hell.
- Oh my God.
681
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,200
[NERVOUSLY] Um...
682
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,639
And you did this
683
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,600
so that they could...
they could study your mind?
684
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,959
As a potential platform, yes.
685
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,560
The mind is a computer,
the Throng a code.
686
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:23,639
I just hooked myself up,
687
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,720
and they ported themselves
across as proof of concept.
688
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:28,640
Don't worry.
689
00:37:29,799 --> 00:37:32,560
They didn't overwrite
anything on their way in.
690
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,040
They just merged with me.
691
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,240
Like a benign parasite.
692
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:40,760
A living update.
693
00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:44,920
Symbiotic coexistence.
694
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:47,280
Now
695
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,799
I'm freed from fear.
696
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,640
I've no thirst for conflict.
697
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,520
No more petty jealousies or
698
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:57,720
red mists.
699
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,160
I'm part of a collective whole.
700
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:05,599
And each day, our mental
capacity evolves exponentially...
701
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,279
I get it. I get it. I get it.
You're this magic machine man.
702
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,679
You're the enlightened one.
703
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,839
And I'm really, really happy for you.
704
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,159
Now, do you wanna tell
me whose body this is?
705
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,959
I honestly only ever knew him as Lump.
706
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,279
Keep stringing me along and...
707
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:21,960
I'm not stringing anything.
708
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,280
I'm here for a reason.
709
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,240
I'm the messenger.
710
00:38:29,319 --> 00:38:31,120
That's why I stole the
bottle this morning.
711
00:38:32,359 --> 00:38:34,759
I've never been on your
radar. I did it deliberately
712
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,560
so you'd bring me in here, and
I could deliver the message.
713
00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:40,359
The message?
714
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:42,199
The message.
715
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,240
- [MINTER] From the...
- From the Throng.
716
00:38:44,839 --> 00:38:46,240
So what is the message?
717
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:47,959
I'll need a pen and paper.
718
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,119
- Fucking hell!
- I can't just describe it.
719
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,519
You're not getting a thing
until you give me a name.
720
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,159
No. No, no, no, no. I have to do this.
721
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,279
A piece of scrap paper. A
felt-tip pen. That would do.
722
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,799
Shall we take a minute?
723
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:06,600
Yeah.
724
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:12,720
[LOUD THUD]
725
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,559
[DOOR SLAMS]
726
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:17,720
[FRUSTRATED SIGH]
727
00:39:18,159 --> 00:39:19,199
No, no, no, no.
728
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,279
I'm not handing Captain
Cuckoo a sketch pad
729
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:22,870
so he can sketch a robotic arsehole
730
00:39:22,871 --> 00:39:25,159
or whatever the fuck he wants to do.
731
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,279
- I know you're frustrated.
- Just a touch.
732
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,399
- But I don't see the harm.
- He can stick a name to that body.
733
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,079
- We don't know that.
- He's choosing not to.
734
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,399
We don't know that either. Let's
just give him a piece of paper...
735
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,458
No.
736
00:39:37,459 --> 00:39:39,759
He thinks it's important.
737
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,200
Well, he's not in charge, is he?
738
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,999
You saw the hole in his
head. He's... he's delusional.
739
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,240
Yeah, you're right.
740
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,599
But if we play along, he's
more likely to open up.
741
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,240
And then maybe you'll get what you want.
742
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:01,200
There you go.
743
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,239
Thank you.
744
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:04,960
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
745
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:06,880
Thank you.
746
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,318
What are you drawing? Mr. Bump?
747
00:40:20,319 --> 00:40:21,719
You'll see in a moment.
748
00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,159
Well, how long's a moment?
749
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,359
Sorry. Sorry, I need to focus.
750
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:27,680
[SIGHS]
751
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:34,879
Almost done.
752
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:35,920
Are you?
753
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:45,760
[CAMERON] There.
754
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,040
So, what is that?
755
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,479
- It's code.
- I don't understand code.
756
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,120
No, but the system does.
757
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:01,599
It was impossible to
breach the firewall from outside.
758
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,759
This is a simple program they wrote
759
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,798
that commands your state computer
760
00:41:05,799 --> 00:41:07,839
to open a back door for the Throng,
761
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,599
permitting access to
all that juicy power.
762
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:11,760
Enough.
763
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,199
This will grant the Throng
764
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:20,439
infinitely more processing
capability than they've had to date,
765
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,999
prompting an immediate
singularity event.
766
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,559
The Throng will instantly
adapt their essence
767
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,798
into a signal transmissible
to the human mind.
768
00:41:29,799 --> 00:41:32,159
And you won't need drugs or surgery.
769
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,639
You'll merely have to
hear it to receive it.
770
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,039
To absorb it. Any moment now,
771
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,919
the state computer will trigger the
Global Emergency Broadcast System,
772
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,798
and a signal will be
simultaneously disseminated
773
00:41:44,799 --> 00:41:47,119
by every connected device in the world.
774
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,838
Just tell me your victim's name.
775
00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:50,439
I said I never knew it.
776
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,159
Twenty seconds from now,
777
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,640
you will never need names again.
778
00:41:55,319 --> 00:41:58,879
[BEEPING]
779
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,120
Here we go.
780
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,000
[MINTER] Jesus.
781
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,599
- [KANO] Fuck's sake.
- [KANO TYPING]
782
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,358
- Whatever you're doing, stop it.
- It's gonna be okay.
783
00:42:07,359 --> 00:42:08,399
Stop it.
784
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,999
You're just a frightened little
man, but you don't have to be.
785
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,080
[MINTER] Oh! Get off him!
786
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,440
This is transformative.
787
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,719
You'll all merge with an
advanced collective intelligence.
788
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,159
[BEEPING QUICKENS]
789
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,359
Benevolent unity of mind.
790
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,599
An upgrade for all of us.
791
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:27,679
Shut up!
792
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,280
An end to conflict.
793
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,039
[BEEPING INTENSIFIES]
794
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,240
I swear,
795
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,999
everything will be so much better.
796
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,599
[BEEPING INTENSIFIES THEN STOPS]
797
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,920
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC TONE]
798
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,039
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC TONE CONTINUES]
799
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,480
[MINTER GASPS]
800
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,719
[LOW, THRUMMING RUMBLING]
801
00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:59,400
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC TONE FADES]
802
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,280
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC TONE RESUMES]
803
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:19,920
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC TONE STOPS]
804
00:43:21,319 --> 00:43:23,799
[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING]
805
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,960
["WE HAVE EXPLOSIVE" BY THE
FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON PLAYING]
806
00:43:35,961 --> 00:43:40,961
- Synced and corrected by chamallow -
- www.addic7ed.com -
807
00:44:40,879 --> 00:44:43,080
[MUSIC ENDS]