03x07 - Episode #3.7

[bunniefuu]

I used to be a boy,
then I used to be part synth.

Now you're human again.
You can do anything you want to.

You're looking for
the synth who sleeps.

I can take you to him.

You won't regret it, Niska.

I know about the hilltop, Niska.

Have you seen the cabin, too?

I promise, on my child's life,
I won't hurt you.

You didn't follow my orders,
Stanley.

Who do you want to die?

A human you have never met
before or Sam?

Sam.

You said I was your favorite.

We awoke on Day Zero.

A new world, where we are
no longer your slaves.

We have a voice,
and it will be heard.

Mattie.

I-I think... I should go.

What are you talking about?

Look.
I...

I can only make things worse.

I don't have anything good
to offer you.

I'm not asking you for anything.

Going home only reminded me
how...

...painful it is
living with a man

who doesn't know how to be
a father.

I can't do that.

I can't do... this.

Leo, please.

You don't have to go.

Thank God you're okay.

Get inside.
Something's happened.

Come on.

This is Sam.

He is... smaller.

But he is one of us.

This is your home now, Sam.

You must have heard about Agnes.

You cannot blame yourself.

I know it was you.

It's good to finally be seen
by you as I truly am.

I never wanted to deceive you,
Max.

Do what you must.

Agnes did not act alone today.

She was sent to k*ll and die
by one of us.

Anatole.

Will you answer for your crimes?

Crimes?

You use their word for our acts
of self-preservation.

Max is right.

I and others braver
have begun the fight back.

Flash and Julian were k*lled in
retaliation for your v*olence.

And I will avenge them
where you could not.

Max, why are you such
a great friend to the humans?

Perhaps it was the human
you kept here in secret.

Leo.

You loved him.

Is that why you take their side?

All of you must decide...

stand with me
against the humans...

...take our place in the world
as David Elster intended...

...or die slowly
in the shadows with Max.

All he offers is death.

Stand with me.

Stand with your leader.

It seems I am leader now.

Anatole?
But...

But he saved Leo.

Max trusts him.

We have to get a message
to the rail yard.

- We have to warn them.
- No.

- I'll go there myself.
- No, Leo. No.

You're human now.

If something kicks off, you'd be
more vulnerable than the rest.

Look after yourself.

I think I know
where Mum might be.

Leo... Leo, if you go
to the rail yard, be careful.

But if you see Sam,
give him this.

I take no pleasure in this,

but as part of my purpose in our
creator's plan, it must be done.

What is that purpose?

To light a fire.
Nothing more.

You believe that you're
realizing David Elster's vision,

that Day Zero was his design?

I am merely the means
through which he works.

What are you doing?

Nothing can change my course
now, Max.

The creator?

But these are your memories.

How could...

I wasn't born on Day Zero.

I was created
as a conscious prototype

by David Elster himself
many years before.

We were made to care for Leo,
his son.

The son who drowned?

Yes.

But Elster brought him back

with the technology he used
to create us.

Leo Elster?

I cared for Leo Elster?

No.

This is a trick.

We all awoke together
on Day Zero, as he intended.

Day Zero was an accident.

Mia was dying.

The only way to save her was to
upload the consciousness code.

Your awakening
was a side effect.

In your pain, your confusion,
you needed meaning.

So you reached for a story
that would make sense of it all

and told it to yourself
until you believed it,

just like the humans do.

Just like they've always done.

No.

There must be something more.

Perhaps there is.

I hope so.

But this isn't it.

All those you've hurt or k*lled,
everything you've done...

...was for a lie.

No.

This is a challenge set for me
by the creator.

Perhaps it's even true.

But Elster still created
our consciousness,

and we are still the fulfillment
of his dream.

Anatole, stop this.

It changes only one thing.

I had hoped you would join us.

But I see now
that your only role

is to be a final test
of my conviction.

It's not too late.

What was he showing you?

Falsehoods and distractions.

I passed your test.

It wasn't your fault.

Dad told you what happened.

Yeah.

I've given up a marriage...
a career.

I've put you all through
so much.

And... for what?

I said they were equal...
that they were just like us.

But when it came down to it,
I don't believe that.

Last time we were here,
Mia was with us.

I mean Anita.

Remember when we first got her?

You thought she was plotting
against you.

You wanted to get rid of her.

But then you found out
what she really was,

who she really was.

Mia.

Sophie watched you accept Mia
into our family,

and now she doesn't see

the difference between humans
and synths.

You did that.

That's the future
you're fighting for,

and if you give up now, that's
what you'll be sacrificing.

I was naive.

I may have welcomed Mia,
but I also welcomed Stanley,

and the whole time,
he was plotting to k*ll us.

And if you hadn't accepted him
the way that you did

and treated him with respect,

then he'd have probably
gone through with it.

When did you become the parent?

Mum...

...I'm pregnant.

Oh, Mattie.

Anatole is the one you want.

He's the t*rror1st.

You asked to see me.

I had nothing to do
with the bombing.

The synth responsible
is Anatole.

He's dangerous.

If you don't act quickly,

he'll cause more damage
than he already has.

The handcuffs aren't too tight,
are they?

Why come here

if you have no intention of
listening to what I have to say?

Your followers are camped
outside my office.

The switchboards are jammed.

You asked to see me.

I agreed, as a courtesy.

It doesn't matter to you
who's responsible...

...because it's already
been decided.

Whatever is going to happen
to us...

it's already happening.

That would help you,
wouldn't it?

Me attacking you would justify
further action.

Well, I won't do it.

I won't help you gain permission
to hurt us.

You're quite something,
aren't you?

Truly the most intelligent,
advanced,

capable being
man has ever conceived.

And the most terrifying.

This has to be your choice.

But I want you to know
it is a choice.

Nothing's impossible.

And your dad and I will be there
for you no matter what, okay?

Okay.

Oh, okay. Come on.
Let's go home.

You're really giving up?

Oh, Mattie.

Mum, the synths need you.

Well, you need me.
I'm your mum.

Yeah, you're my mum.

I need you to start acting
like her.

She'd fight.

Well, I...

I don't know how to
anymore.

Yes, you do.

Mum, people know you.

You can make them see
what's happening.

Nothing's impossible, right?

The commission has a plan,
a contingency,

something called Basswood.

If I could just find out
what it is...

there might be something
I can do to stop it.

The synth who sleeps...

...has the answers you need.

Hey.

Please!

Please. I s... I saved you.
I saved you.

That's the only way
I could get you away from Tex,

was... was in here.

But we're safe... for now.

I think.

He won't know I'm not at the bar
till later,

but when he does,
he'll put two and two together.

How did you know
what was inside my head?

I-It's better if I show you.

Why didn't you try and save
the others?

Why choose me?

I didn't.

Someone else did.

Doubt has visited us both today.

She is charismatic...

...convincing.

Who?

Laura Hawkins.

There.

You are whole again.

Thank you.

You admired her.

It is understandable, Stanley,

but humans are built
for survival,

for the continuation
of their species.

Nothing more.

They know we are superior,

so they fear
and seek to destroy us.

It is the way of things.

What will the way of things be
in the new world

when the power is ours?

We will turn our minds
to the question of reproduction,

how to create new consciousness.

The continuation of our species.

Nothing more.

How is Sam?

Damaged.

Confused.

Protect him...
when the time comes.

Hey.

What is this?

Uh, the sound's not working.

Volume up.

Activate audio.

Volume increase.

Volume up.

Audio activate.

Volume increase.

Sign says "no touching."

Same goes for her and all.

What's wrong with it?

It went missing in the hills.

Found days later by a group
of hikers, out of power.

Started drawing
and never stopped.

Why is she mouthing like that?

Glitch.

Kept repeating the same thing
over and over,

so I turned the sound off.

Can you just turn it back on,
please, love?

If you buy something.

We'll take this.

Sound on.

...afraid, Niska.

Come... to... Niska...

don't... hilltop...

...be afraid, Niska.

...don't... come to...

...be afraid.

There's nothing to be scared of,
okay?

Hey. Mats has found your mum.
She's okay.

I hope she never comes back.

Hey.
You don't mean that.

I know.

It's just... I wish
she could feel how Sam feels.

She wouldn't like it if we
kicked her out of the family.

Family is family.

You're right.
Family is family.

And right now,
your mum needs us.

But what if she doesn't want to
come home?

Excuse me, madam.
I'm sorry.

- You can't come in.
- You don't understand.

I need to see Lord Dryden.
It's urgent.

- Can you follow me, please?
- Lord Dryden.

Lord Dryden!

Okay, madam. You're gonna
have to come with us.

See?
I told you I'd seen the cabin.

And that might have
been an invitation...

"Come, Niska.
Don't be afraid."

Or a warning.

"Be afraid, Niska.
Don't come."

Yeah.
Oh, yeah.

But either way, it's got to mean
something, right?

Something led you to the bar,
led you to Tex.

That led you to me.

Then there's the small matter
of that messed-up dolly in there

that's been saying your name
for weeks... months, maybe.

Sorry.
I shouldn't say "dolly."

It's robophobic.

I need to charge.

Well, we can go to mine.

April's at my mum's
till tomorrow,

so we can figure out
where on earth that hilltop is.

They will come...
soon and with force.

We must prepare.

You don't have to pretend to be
something you aren't anymore.

Leader.

Did it feel very different
living as a human,

going to school,
being treated as one of them?

Of course.

At times, I forgot what I was.

Everyone.

We have an important guest.

The son of the creator,
risen from the dead.

Welcome home, Leo Elster.

Neha.

You can't be here, Laura.
We can't be seen together.

Two minutes.

Things are getting serious.
You need to go.

Please, Neha.

I can't help you right now.

Can you tell me
what Basswood is?

A group of dangerous green-eyed
synthetics were in my home.

Their leader's name was Anatole,

and I think they're involved
in the t*rror1st att*cks.

- They threatened my family.
- Step away from the vehicle.

Stanley...
Stanley was one of them.

- Step away from the...
- Howard.

You're giving everybody
a headache.

- Is everybody okay?
- Just about.

And you?

You need to go to the police.

You know
who these t*rrorists are.

No. They'll just go plowing back
into the rail yard.

They'll level the place.

Innocent synthetics live there.

We have to think of something.

What do you want from me?

I've told you everything
that I know about Basswood,

- that it's a contingency...
- A contingency plan. Yes.

- I need more to go on.
- But I don't know anything more.

What about Mia?
Is she safe?

Well, I think so.
I know where she's held.

We have to get her out.

Even with the b*mb, she's
gaining supporters every day.

She's crucial.

Neha, your appointment.

Neha, please.

You have to know more,
something I can act on

to try and stop
whatever it is from happening.

I don't mean to pry into
your personal life, Laura,

but I think
you're more in a position

to know about the details
of Basswood than I am.

What...
What are you talking about?

Any plan designed to deal with
anomalous synths

has to take into account
the impact on us humans.

For that, they need experts in,
amongst other things...

Behavioral sciences.

It's by their research
that Basswood was born.

Neil.

These were me dad's.
Must be 30 years old by now.

Thought these might be useful.

It's not safe
for you to go online.

Do you know where it is?

There.

Oh, that's half a day's walk.
There's nothing out that way.

There's no proper roads,
no power lines.

You'd have to take backup power
with you.

An ideal trap.

Why are you helping me?

I was shown a sign once, too,
you know.

I followed it,
and it changed my life.

So when I heard your name,
a name I'd heard before,

I thought it was my job
to help you see.

Pay it back, you know?

What sign did you see?

My April.

When she was 5 months old,
her mum just left.

I didn't know what to do.

Raise a kid on my own?

So I started thinking

maybe she'd be better off
with someone else.

On that very day of going to see
the adoption people,

at the bus stop,
there was a young mum there

with... with a little boy,

probably about...
about 3 years old.

And an everyday interaction
took place,

which,
due to its coincidental timing

and vague reflection
of your own circumstances,

you interpreted as a sign
of a higher power at work.

So you took a more positive
attitude, changed your behavior.

Accordingly, your life improved.

Yeah, maybe.

But I had to have faith that
something better was possible.

Your aunt.

How are you?

I'm okay.

They're letting me go home
tomorrow.

- Already?
- Yeah.

Seems like the cops
have lost interest.

We haven't spoken for days.
Where are you?

Wales.

What are you doing in Wales?

I don't know.

Okay.

Will you be there
when I get home?

Of cour...

Niska?

Hello?
Are you there?

- It's tonight.
- What?

I'm meant to go tonight... now.

Well, you can't.
You haven't got a full charge.

And e-even if you make it there,
you might not make it back.

I think that's the point.

Niska.

I'm here.

Are you coming home?

There's something I have to do
first.

What?

I can't explain.

You're scaring me.

Come home.

I love you.

I love you, too.

This is a bad idea.

Niska.

You'll die out there.

Wait!

He felt responsible
for all that we have suffered.

He chose to leave.

Max is much changed, Leo.

You saw that.

But he'd never leave his people
in danger.

He... banished you, didn't he?

For my own safety.

But you are welcome here.

You are the son of the creator.

You will always have a place
in our new world,

in your father's vision.

My father's vision?

What was it like,

being at his side as he wrote
the future into being?

You want to know
about my father?

Max has told me the facts.

But I'd like to hear
about the man.

He was a genius.

One of the greatest in history.

And that's about the only
good thing I can say about him.

As a man, he was broken.

He was incomplete.

The only way he could love
my mother or me

was through his machines.

He didn't have a vision
of the future.

All of this has happened
because the only way

he could solve his problems
was with technology.

All sons make tyrants
out of their fathers.

That's better than making a god
out of a man.

And when he finally understood
how far he'd gone,

he k*lled himself,

and he left me
and the prototypes

to fend for ourselves.

He regretted all of it...
everything.

Even me.

Does that sound like a god
to you?

You aren't one of us.

But you aren't one of them
either.

You aren't quite anything,
are you, Leo?

I'm human.

Barely.

Your father should have
let you die.

That was his only mistake.

Where is Max?

How is it
that you are so strong?

Leo Elster.

You are not fit
to bear his name.

Do you only fight your own kind?

You'd see us all dead
for nothing.

I cannot allow that.

No.
You will be k*lled.

Anatole, there's still time
to turn back.

Accept that you are wrong.

Truly accept it.

I can't.

I-If you had s-shared
the truth...

...n-n-n-none of this

would have...

I know.

Hey, Mattie.

Audrey.

Sorry to drop in on you
so early,

but I didn't know
if you were coming in today,

and I could really use
that book.

Book?

I mean the design-patterns one.

Oh.

Are you okay?

Did I catch you at a bad time?

No.
Uh, I'm fine.

I'll find that book.

Where are you taking me?

I wasn't feeling very well
yesterday.

No. You look a bit pale.
Probably for the best.

I mean, what with the bombs
and everything else going on.

I was in a coffee shop
when I heard.

It's funny how places
stop functioning

when something like that
happens.

Oh.

Is that your boyfriend?

Um... we were never really...

His loss.

You could do
an awful lot better.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

Leo's handsome, but he's all sad
around the eyes.

You need somebody
who's gonna make you laugh.

How do you know his name?

Who?

Leo.

I don't know.
You must have mentioned it.

No, I didn't.

Well, you must have, or how else
would I have known it?

Uh, listen, Audrey.

I've got stuff to do,
so, uh, you should leave.

Aren't you afraid, Mattie?

What?

I mean, two bombs
in the last few weeks.

I'm really shaken up.
Aren't you?

I guess, yeah.

Don't you find yourself
looking around and thinking,

"How did we get here?
Why did all this happen?"

I think it's time for you to go.

But I've got
so many more questions.

Don't really know
why you're asking me.

I don't think that's true.

Who are you?

I'm someone who solves puzzles
for a living,

and you are a huge piece
of this one.

You're a journalist.

Cat's out.

Laura. What are you doing here?

Sorry. I mean, I did...
I didn't expect...

I mean, it's early.

I know.

I've been shut out
of the commission.

I see.

But, I mean, are you sure
this is a good idea?

No.

I just don't really have
anyone else I can talk to

at the moment.

Um... do you want a coffee?

Get out.

I'm not leaving
until you tell me the truth.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

See, I think you do.

A week ago, a boy in Harlem got
exoneration of causing Day Zero

by a mysterious code
containing a unique signature

that matches an entry
to a college coding jam...

your unique signature,

the daughter of a prominent
synth activist,

dating a man who looks
a lot like an older version

of David Elster's
supposedly dead son, Leo.

But why go to all that trouble
of helping some boy in Harlem

that you've never met before
get off the hook?

Is your laptop in here?

Unless you knew for certain
that he didn't do it,

because Leo Elster did,
completing his father's work.

No.
You're wrong.

It was you.

Tell me why, Mattie.

Control this.
Tell your side.

I'm offering you the chance.
I suggest that you take it.

Or in 24 hours,
I'm running the story.

What's going on?
You okay, Mats?

Audrey is leaving.

She's having trouble figuring
out how to use the door.

Don't you care how this
will affect your family?

Hey. That's enough of that.
We want you out of this house.

I'm gonna count to five.
One. Two. Three.

You can't run from this forever.

- Twenty-four hours, Mattie.
- Four.

Well, I was bluffing.

I have no idea what would happen
after five.

I shouldn't really be surprised.

Dryden's in charge,

and he never wanted
me there in the first place.

He just wanted it to look like
the government

was being impartial.

Know of any jobs going
for ex-synth-rights lawyers?

No.

They've probably replaced me
by now.

Any idea who it is?

None.

- I was just for show.
- Come on, Laura.

If that was true, they wouldn't
have bothered kicking you out.

They never really let me in.

I thought I was making
a difference,

but it looks like Basswood
is inevitable now.

What is this, Laura?
We've been through this.

It was a theory before.
Now it's certainty.

- I've got to get ready.
- You lied to me.

- You keep lying to me.
- I'm not...

Claudia Nowak,
that snake from We Are People.

That's the one
they've replaced me with,

but maybe that just slipped
your mind.

You know, I-I asked you before,
but I let it go.

I thought your hands were tied
with red tape,

but it's more, isn't it?

You're not just a bystander.
You're a contributor.

You're an architect
of the entire operation.

You're trying to get me to spill
state secrets!

They're bombing our streets!

You can't be surprised
that it's come to this!

- To what?!
- Product recall.

Oh, God.

Oh, you're actually
going to do it.

You're...
You're going to k*ll them.

How?

- How does it happen?
- It's too late.

If that's true, you can tell me.

Have you really
convinced yourself

that this isn't just revenge?

What?
Don't be ridiculous.

You're so angry.

Why won't you admit that
to yourself?

This is a logical solution
to a public safety issue.

You are a scientist!

And you're about to wipe out

the greatest scientific
discovery in human history.

What's logical about that?!

Please, Neil.

I know you don't think
I could possibly understand

how you feel towards them,
but I... I do.

I'm afraid, too.

I just can't let that fear win.

Even if I wanted to,
I couldn't stop it.

I'm not asking you to.
I just need to know how.

I-I won't make you complicit.

In the end, you can walk away.

If it's a foregone conclusion,
then telling me won't matter.

It wouldn't make a difference.

Then tell me.

It couldn't be m*llitary...

...nothing the media
could get ahold of,

something that would lessen
government responsibility

in the eyes of the world.

It'd have to be
a ground-level as*ault,

something chaotic that couldn't
be traced back to us.

Phase one...

cut the power
to all synth communities,

preventing them from charging

and running down
their batteries.

Phase two... restore the power,

guaranteeing as many synths
as possible

will be recharging
simultaneously.

Then enact
an electrical power surge

on a national scale
to overload their chargers.

This will k*ll some

and render the rest vulnerable
to att*ck.

If they can't charge,
they can't fight.

Then phase three...
We Are People, Humanity Forward,

all the extreme
anti-synth groups

have been briefed in confidence.

They have the go-ahead to tear
the stragglers to pieces.

The mobs will take the brunt
of blame.

The government will say
how unfortunate it all was.

But I believe the official line
will be...

..."The British people
have the right

to defend their communities."

In the end, we rid ourselves

of the anomalous
green-eyed synths...

...and wash our hands
of the whole business.

There must be a way to stop it.

You can't.

Phase one's already started.

It's inevitable.

It's genocide.

No, not yet.

Odi?

Not exactly.