03x01 - Ticking Clock

[bunniefuu]

[LUCY] You ready to roll?

This is my second day.

- Uh-huh.

- Still not exactly sure

what it is that we do here, but

[SCREAMING]

[MAN] Uploads live a life of luxury.

Ingrid uploaded for me.

I'm with someone, too.

Oh. It's all good, brother.

- That was weird.

- So weird.

[AI GUY] It's Family Day, and

the new Proto-Tykes are here.

- [CRYING]

- [SCREAMING]

- Oh, what seems to be the problem?

- You're a moron.

You will become human

before that woman ever does.

Aleesha, you're promoted again.

- You ready?

- [GRUNTS]

Oh, it's on!

The Ludds hate our kind,

and they're capable of anything.

- What'd you hit?

- Freeyond.

Why pick on Freeyond?

They're the good guys.

[AUTOMATED VOICE] Upload for free.

Freeyond's a good idea.

Give the poor people even a smidgen of

what we enjoy here.

[DAVID] Nathan Brown isn't a thr*at.

He has no memories left

to tie me to anything.

My God, it was Choak.

He's the one who had me k*lled.

They knew you were

working on a free upload.

Choak bought your code, and

that's the guts of Freeyond.

We need to knock out the

whole thing all at once.

- We need allies.

- I mean,

I guess it would be nice

to see your boyfriend again.

Ex.

Oh, no

Shut up.

[NATHAN] Freeyond unlocks

with my retina scan.

We have a way out.

I have been growing

your body back to life.

- Ingrid, you're dead.

- Surprise.

[HAIRDRESSER] You

lied to him for months,

and made him out of his mind with guilt.

- [LAUGHS]

- Goodbye.

Nathan needs to download now

or millions of people's lives

are gonna be in real danger.

Nora, I have enough

time to use my retinas

to break into Freeyond.

Do you remember what

happened to the last guy?

The first download in human history.

[ALARMED CRIES]

I have to do it.

- Three, two, one.

- [MACHINE BEEPS]

What are you doing in NYC? You're dead.

Mr. Brown, he's nowhere in the system.

Restart Nathan and don't tell anyone.

I've been dreaming about this.

What happens in your dream?

[KISSING]

♪

Oh

Hold on, hold on, I

think I missed a spot.

Mm, points for being thorough.

Um

Um, uh, are you feeling okay?

I feel great. Never

Never b

What the fu

♪

[SIGHS]

Toothbrush.

[CHUCKLES]

- Right.

- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hey. New burner.

So, you good?

Yeah, yeah. Just, uh,

enjoying the old body again.

Nice. Were there not enough

mirrors in Lakeview, pretty boy?

[BOTH LAUGH]

That's weird, I was gonna

call you "dead boy" just then,

but you're alive again,

so maybe, how about,

uh, zombie boy? Zombie pretty boy.

That's pretty good. "Oh, I need brains.

Brains. Other people's

girlfriends and brains!"

- [CHUCKLES]

- Okay.

Yeah. So you won't be around for long.

We just need your

retinas for a couple days,

then you can pop off

back where you came from.

Well, you are legally

dead, so you can't get work.

In fact, yeah, how would

you even support yourself?

Oh, you could just mooch off Nora.

Like you did with Ingrid.

Isn't that kind of, like, your thing?

Right, well, I guess

if the hottest woman

I'd ever been with

rejected me for a dead guy,

I'd be a little salty, too.

Thanks for the phone.

Yep.

I was wondering if Nathan

wanted to bird-watch with me.

- Um

- Where is he? Do you know?

- Mm

- Why are you here, alone in Nathan's suite,

wearing his clothes?

Uh

I'm pregnant.

It's a new thing.

Well, I saw the ads.

Yeah, yeah.

So we're gonna have a little one.

Mm-hmm. So, may I?

Oh, uh, mm-hmm.

Wow. Remarkable. [CHUCKLES]

Thank you. [LAUGHS]

Well

- [LUKE] So Choak came by wondering where you were.

- Oh, sh*t.

The Ludds are about to

sneak us into Choak Tower.

We're gonna break into

Freeyond and shut it down.

You didn't say anything, did you?

Of course not. No.

You think I'm an idiot?

No, I told him I was

pregnant with our child.

Would you ever want

to co-parent with me?

Look, I can't keep

having this conversation.

- [DEVICE CHIMES]

- Yes?

Hey.

What do you want from me?

That's not fair. I-I

don't always only call

when I want something.

Look, I know things have been

weird lately between us,

but can you take the

day off and help me?

[LAUGHS] And there it is.

I can't do this with you right now.

With my new lease,

I gotta make it work at work.

- Is this where Ivan is?

- I

[ALEESHA] I've been

looking for him all morning.

I I can't say.

What's it like having a body again?

It's weird. It's weird.

My fingers are still all wrinkly

from being in the tub so long,

and smells are way too intense.

I don't know how else to say this,

but I'm farting more.

- Did you tell Nora?

- Why would I tell her that?

I would tell you that.

Yes, I know you would.

So, did you guys hook up?

Was it everything you

thought it would be?

She seems like a bit of

a pillow princess to me.

It'll get better.

Maybe. Who knows, though.

Let's just say we had

an amazing connection.

Yeah, I had one of those once,

but then he downloaded.

Oh, my God, make a new friend, okay?

I don't know when I'm coming back.

Fine. Whatever.

[MUFFLED YELL]

So I guess I'll see you in a few days,

- or weeks, or months.

- Leesh

Don't. Lucy calls me that.

Well, looks like yours

went as well as mine.

[STOMACH GROWLS LOUDLY]

What was that? Are you okay?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm-I'm hungry for sure.

Oh, well, let's take your new stomach

- out for a spin, then.

- Yeah, that's great.

Oh, what a gorgeous day.

You're gorgeous.

- Oh, you're into me.

- [NORA LAUGHS]

- [GASPS] Oh.

- Oh, good.

- One, please.

- Mm-hmm.

With, like, an unholy amount of onions.

All right, you better eat them, too.

No, just onion stink for you.

[BLACK PUMAS: "Colors"]

I woke up to the morning sky first ♪

♪

Baby blue, just like we rehearsed ♪

When I get up off this ground ♪

I shake leaves back down ♪

To the brown, brown, brown, brown ♪

Till I'm clean ♪

Mmm.

Mmm-mm.

- You like it?

- Mm-hmm.

- Mmm. It's really good.

- Mm-hmm.

God, I wish we had a

whole month together.

I just got back in this

body, I'm having fun.

I'm headed to town, town, town ♪

One month? What, and

then you get tired of me?

Not a chance.

Could be longer.

Yeah, could be shorter, too.

A month would be heaven.

The most elaborate

booty call of my life.

[SIREN WAILS]

Huh, it is Nathan Brown.

And not on a screen either.

I have some questions for you.

Can you even get out of that thing?

Yes, but it's not worth it.

Just talk to me through the window.

Uh, Detective, are you stuck?

- I am not.

- [NATHAN] Mm-hmm.

Please stop.

So you were only pretending

to be in Lakeview.

Thing is, the scan tech

that uploaded you in L.A.

confirmed you d*ed.

You mean was m*rder*d.

Why don't you solve that

instead of worrying about

The guy in the elevator, I

know that was self-defense.

He's a contract k*ller.

Who hired him, though?

That's the question.

See, I'm putting it all

together piece by piece.

If you find another, here's my contact.

Well, you want a hint?

Connect elevator dude to David Choak.

The Yankees' new shortstop?

The dead billionaire.

Oh. That makes more sense.

[NATHAN] Yeah.

I never use these. I want a refund.

Is that the silk cutout

bra and G-string set,

or the open-gusset boyshort?

You can't tell the difference?

[LAUGHS] Wow.

Programmed by nerds.

Ah. "Custom sexy fisherwoman's

outfit with assless waders."

I don't see how

these would be water-resistant.

You have no idea what it takes

to keep a relationship spicy.

Not that it made any difference.

He left me tied to a chair.

Oh. Oh, these'll do.

These will do just fine.

- Yes.

- Oh

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

Okay, first, why don't you tell me

a little bit about yourselves,

and why you have the arrogance

to think you can fill the

friendship shoes of Nathan Brown.

Okay, well, I'll go first.

I Hello, first of all.

Hi, my name is AI

Bartender, and I am a piece

of artificial intelligence

designed to let you know

what you want to hear.

And what I'm getting from you is that

we're not Nathan Brown.

Nathan Brown is perfect.

And why-why will we

replace him? We can't.

Because Nathan Brown is perfect.

That's a really good answer.

I know basketball.

Oh, yeah? Best player

in the history of the game, all of you.

- Michael Jordan.

- Bill Russell.

Nathan, if he tried.

You're gonna sweep

this thing, aren't you?

All right, uh, how about impressions?

Who can do impressions?

Who do you want us to do?

You know what, surprise me.

No. Nathan.

There it is.

Uh, to be honest,

I didn't really spend

a lot of time with him.

I don't really know what he was like.

Uh, that won't be a problem, right?

Of course not.

Access revoked.

[HIGH-PITCHED] Oh-oh. Whoa!

And then there were two.

Eh, f*ck it.

Access revoked, access revoked.

[BOY SCREAMS]

Oh, I was a fool to think I

could just replace you, huh?

[FACE READER] Rafi Zukor. Approved.

Anna Ruiz. Approved.

- Seriously?

- What?

I was just being polite.

Hey, I don't remember

seeing you two before.

She Well, uh,

actually, she I'm

Her Me Well, it's

actually, we're, um

[WITH ACCENT] The story of my life.

Yes, a middle child of three sisters.

Older sister, cello prodigy.

Younger sister sick all the time.

We never knew what it

was, but it was bad.

And I was just doing my homework,

doing my-my chores, and what?

And getting ignored.

And why? Because I was not playing

at Dave & Buster's Lincoln Center,

and not in a hospital bed?

[CRIES OUT]

Maybe it's just me. It's just me!

Um, I been here for three months,

and still, no one sees me.

Mm.

I'm so sorry.

[WHISPERING] I didn't know any of that.

[GROANS]

Wow, you're bad under pressure.

What? I'm great under pressure.

Come on.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh. Whoa. Whoops.

Whoopsies. Sorry, Mr. Brown.

[PLATES CLATTER]

Mr. Brown.

Yes, hi. What time is

Family Day starting tomorrow?

Family Day is starting

in minus two weeks.

I'm sorry, what?

The exact time until Family Day

is two weeks and 40 minutes ago.

Okay. Uh, Angel.

Hi. Oh, wow,

you look great, if I say so myself.

Thank you. Um, who are you now?

Tinsley.

Oh, the server from our

dinner party last night.

Okay, great, yeah.

Thanks for getting your own avatar.

Yeah. Yes. Sure. How do you like it?

Sure, it's fine.

Uh, there's something

wrong with the concierge.

He seems to think that

Family Day already happened,

so I don't know, you might want to

do something about that before

the visitors start to arrive.

Right. Yes. Nice catch, Nathan.

Sure. Okay.

Uh, call on me whenever.

Oh, my God. Do you like him?

[SIGHS] Okay.

Pair.

[CHIMES]

[BIRDS TWITTERING]

[SIGHS]

First person ever.

First person ever!

Whoo!

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

What are you doing?

Uh, nothing, nothing.

Just [CLEARS THROAT]

getting past the firewall.

Open root directory.

Open "Freeyond Code Edit."

sh*t.

What?

It's airgapped.

I can't access it remotely,

only through the servers in

Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Okay, progress.

Your retinas work, and

now we have the address.

And I've always wanted

to see New Jersey.

♪

[DIALOGUE INAUDIBLE]

[DEVICE CHIMES]

Miss Kannerman, is this a good time?

I answered, didn't I?

Good news. We scraped the

shaft, and it's viable.

I'm sorry, who is calling?

NeckGen, ma'am. About

the hair you brought in.

We were able to get enough

DNA for a whole new clone.

And the accelerated

time table works, too.

Yeah, I'm actually rethinking

this whole investment.

Why should I treat him like a priority

when he treats me like an option?

I read that book, too.

- I'm playing myself.

- You're playing yourself.

I have made chasing after

this man my entire identity.

I don't even recognize myself anymore.

Well, this stops now. Okay?

Yeah, I am gonna make

myself into someone

that I can love, and

then I will attract love.

The love that I deserve.

- Preach.

- [DEVICE CHIMES]

Oh, sh*t, can you hold, please?

Hey, babe, where are you?

Where am I?

Yeah. I looked for you in

the room, the dining hall,

the spa.

Wait, you're back in Lakeview?

Uh, yeah. Where else would we be?

Just hurry home, okay? I miss you.

Uh [MUTTERS]

Hey, can I, um, put you on hold

just a little bit longer, please?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[NATHAN] Wait, wait, wait, wait.

- We're going in there?

- What's the problem?

Nothing. Nothing.

Oh

- Oh, my God.

- I know, I know. I'm trying to find the air freshener.

No, look.

Taken inside Freeyond headquarters,

Oliver Kannerman and David Choak.

Also, Rory Shickleman and Penny Chao.

He's the head of Panera Aeon,

and she runs Cove for Apple.

Wait, isn't that your boss?

Kamyar Whitbridge? sh*t.

And that's his boss, Miro Mansour.

Why is Whitbridge so small?

[NATHAN] Maybe he

didn't use an assistant

to set up his hologram.

There's at least four

billionaires in that room,

and they're supposed to be competitors.

[SEABIRDS SCREECHING]

- What'd you do?

- sh*t.

I hit "Coastal Tide." I

thought it was a scent.

Apparently it's an ambience.

- [TOILET FLUSHES]

- Oh, God.

[WHISPERS] Are you kidding me?

I'm normally very good

under pressure, okay?

Just play it cool.

[KAMYAR] Oh, it's back at

Founder's Grove this year.

Good chance to play a little golf.

Choak. Something wrong?

I know we have a timetable,

but my gut tells me we should advance.

I want to see trucks filled with drives

headed to the server farm tonight.

Not tomorrow?

Um, that's gonna be

Whichever branch can open, should.

Let's burn some heads tonight.

Heads will burn.

Open Miami-Dade.

Open Downtown L.A.

[WOMAN] Everybody, we're starting!

Yes! Ah!

So exciting. Are you ready, gals?

Hey, I know you.

You gave me that tour.

Hey.

Nathan's mom.

Aww, call me Viv.

Thank you, Viv.

I'm Mauricio.

- Nice to see you.

- Nice to see you.

[MAN] Are you ready, New York?!

[CLAMORING, LAUGHING]

[MAN] Socialcare cards out and ready.

Here you go.

- Good luck. You're true pioneers.

- Let's do it.

[TECHNICIAN] Everyone

look straight ahead.

[WHIRRING]

If you'll excuse me, I have

other business to oversee.

See you all at the next one.

Maybe just an email

thread next time, guys.

Hey, watch it!

Don't leave your brooms

in our conference room.

[NORA] There's at

least four billionaires

in that room, and they're

supposed to be competitors.

Choak is in bed with

the upload companies,

and they control Freeyond.

This is the proof.

Yeah, or it's a deepfake.

After the video of Vin

Diesel going berserk

at the Columbus Zoo, no site's

going to publish anonymous footage.

Vin Diesel versus the three manatees.

Wait, that was fake?

Well, let's give Detective Sato

a little something

to chase down, though.

Nice. Text Sato most recent recording.

[MESSAGE SENDS]

Also, we found the

address of the server farm

where they're keeping

the Freeyond source code.

- With my retinas

- And my brains.

With my retinas and both of our brains,

we can get in and finally

crash this f*cking thing.

Great. That's great.

But, uh, Ivan, you can go with Nathan

to the server farm.

Nora, you're with me.

Wait, when did we discuss this?

I'm not going anywhere without Nathan.

Nora, you're a voice

people listen to, right?

You should come with

me to the retail store

and talk to the people in line.

All Nathan needs is some

dope to watch a door.

- Ivan can do that.

- Cool. I have a use.

Hey, it's fine, okay? Go.

I'm in no hurry to die a second time.

Good, you know, 'cause after last night,

I've been thinking about

[WHISPERS INAUDIBLY]

Schwing! [LAUGHS]

Oh, don't stop on my account.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[LUKE] Hey, babe.

It's Ingrid.

Yeah, I know, that's

why I called you "babe."

Um

- Hi, beautiful. Mm!

- Hi. What?

Okay. No, no, no, no, no.

You can't You can't just

I don't No. You

I I am going to live alone,

and I'm gonna work on myself.

Okay? And then I'm gonna get love.

All-all of it.

So so you take that, buster.

Shh. I get it, okay?

I'm sorry your parents don't

want to be here for Family Day.

That sucks.

But you know what? Screw them.

Okay? You're better than them anyway.

You can hang with me, Nevaeh, my mom.

We can be our own little family.

Just one second, please.

Okay.

Yeah, okay, grow the thing.

Put it on my card.

Little longer. Sorry. Thank you.

- [WEAK CHUCKLE]

- What was that?

Nothing, Brownie.

Just, um, I just wanted

you to miss me a little.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- Well, I missed you.

- You did?

- Yeah.

- I missed you.

Come here.

- Family Day, babe.

- Yeah, babe.

It's gonna be great.

- It's gonna be soon.

- Mm-hmm.

It'll be in the future.

Oh, you're so cute.

[SIGHS]

[NATHAN] Whoa.

Dude, I just have to get

to a hardwire terminal.

Look, I get it.

You're the nerdy

sidekick, not Jason Bourne.

That's where I come in.

I don't think these

are the right weight.

[IVAN VOCALIZING]

I'm a f*ckin' monster ♪

f*ckin' up some m*therf*cker ♪

[WHISPERING] Ivan.

- Sorry, I'm just

- Ivan.

- You kind of

- Ivan.

How many f*cking halls in this place?

Oh, sh*t, I cut myself.

I don't get it.

They're about to upload

millions of scans,

literally yottabytes of data,

and they have one server.

Yeah, great, nerd. In English, please.

Dude, you work at Horizen.

It-It's too small, okay?

There's not enough storage

for a new digital afterlife.

Wait a second, what's this?

[SUSTAINED TONE]

[MATTEO] So, is being with Nathan

everything you wanted it to be?

- I hope so.

- Yeah. Thanks.

Good. Great.

I mean, obviously, the first

night would be romantic.

- It was.

- Yeah. What about the second and the third?

- Matteo.

- I'm sorry, sorry, sorry.

I-I, I wish you guys the best.

Okay? I wish you the best

with what little time you have left

before Nathan's head goes

[IMITATES expl*si*n]

Unlike me, who still has

all four grandparents,

average age 93.

- Okay, will you shut up?

- Okay, I'm sor

Ooh, trouble in paradise?

[ENGINE IDLING]

Oh, God.

Thank you for the opportunity

to address the tragedy

that has occurred,

that has touched so many

millions of Americans.

The Ludds have a

reputation for brutality,

but to destroy Freeyond?

Hundreds of servers with

over ten million souls?

Dear God.

Look. Bored Ape's Pulitzer

seal and everything.

We can only ask why.

I don't get it. This never happened.

- Did they know we were coming?

- No.

Oh, my God. They don't care.

That's why there's one little server.

They-they don't need Freeyond to work.

They just need to

lose ten million votes.

Wow.

Look, I know they're the

bad guys and everything,

but can we admit this is cold as f*ck?

[CHUCKLES]

Right.

Look, a free upload

would be great, sure.

But this is too good to be true.

I mean, you know what else

you lose when you upload,

besides your body? Your vote.

So what? I'd trade my vote

for a chance at heaven.

What do we do?

Smash sh*t and run.

No, no.

They want us to break it, right?

So we leave it.

Yeah.

Let's not smash it.

That'll show 'em.

- [TYPING]

- But we send out their press release

right now.

[DEVICES CHIMING]

Thank you for the opportunity

to address the tragedy

Did you see this?

Freeyond has been destroyed.

Oh, well, that was close.

- Let's go.

- Sorry.

Once you sign, we have

to go through with it.

- What?

- Oh.

Darn.

No.

Run. Run!

[TECHNICIAN] Hey, where you going? Stop.

We lost our family farm,

then Oscar Mayer Intel

bought all the land in the county.

But I can grow anything

I want in Freeyond.

[WOMAN] Next three.

It was a nice try. Let me, uh,

show you how it's done.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Friends, comrades

Shut up and get in the back of the line.

- [OTHERS AGREEING]

- Yeah, I don't think

these people want to be helped.

[DEVICES CHIMING]

- What?

- The opportunity

to address the tragedy

that has occurred,

that has touched so many millions

This must be Nathan. Come on.

[SCANNERS CHIMING]

No.

Socialcare cards.

You know, those were just kids.

Stop this.

Oh, f*ck, we have resisters.

Ah-ah-ah-ah.

Yeah, you're gonna leave now.

Turn around. Turn around. Let's go.

Just walk. Great.

Good for you.

These poor people who

scanned for nothing.

We have to save as many as we can.

We do. And speaking of us,

we make such a good team.

And it just, I don't know,

it just feels right to me,

so I just want you to

know that in a week or so,

after Nathan dies, I am

open to trying this again.

- God, Matteo.

- Yeah?

This is not the time.

- When would be a good time?

- Police!

Stop what you're doing.

Or how about you drop your

g*n or I sh**t you in the face?

- Put your w*apon down.

- Put your w*apon down.

Stop, okay, both of you.

You're on the same side.

No, what? f*ck the police.

The police aren't on my side.

Lower your w*apon or

I will end you both.

She's willing to die for the cause,

and so am I, my friend.

Whoa. Matteo. Look, I know him.

He's Sato. Sato's fair.

And, Detective, Matteo is a friend.

Boyfriend, maybe. It's in play.

No, it is not.

Guys, just lower the

f*cking testosterone, okay?

Just put your g*ns down.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

[NORA CRIES OUT]

- What is wrong with you?!

- Sorry, Nora.

[GROANING]

Oh, please.

[QUIETLY] Text Nathan.

Cop bad. Don't come. Send.

I'll take that phone, too.

[DEVICE CHIMES]

Oh, no.

New destination.

[MATTEO GROANING]

[MATTEO] Upload. Upload.

Just hang on, Matteo. I got you.

- Hey, Nora.

- Yeah.

- Upload.

- I know.

- I'm trying. Look, it just

- Upload.

It takes a moment to warm up.

How could you do that?

I can see why you're upset.

Upset? f*ck you.

Look, I thought you were

one of the good guys.

[SATO] Yeah, sorry.

I got your video.

And I bet the Choaks

would pay a lot for it.

Especially after I tell them

how I tied up all the loose ends.

So your boyfriend was right, I guess.

- Friend.

- More than friends.

Come on, faster, please. We got to go.

[SELF-DRIVING VAN] Sorry,

mate, there's a speed limit.

Yes.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

- [SCANNER CHIMES]

- It's ready. I can scan him.

You can, and I can scan you after.

But you won't end up anywhere.

I'm just gonna throw all

these drives in the river.

Okay.

Well, still, you can't blame me

for-for doing what I can.

I guess not

[MATTEO] [LAUGHING] That was so cool.

[GROANING]

Just hang on, buddy.

Okay? Just a little longer.

Buddy? Really?

After everything

we

sh*t.

Damn it. No.

[SIGHS]

[TIRES SCREECH]

Oh, let's never split up ever again.

Yeah, good with me.

Is that Sato's car?

Where's Matteo? My idiot

practically cut his finger off.

- [IVAN] Hey.

- [SIREN APPROACHING]

[SIGHS] Look, it's-it's a

long story, but we got to go.

Can you help me with these?

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