02x05 - Find

[bunniefuu]

[tense music playing]

[sighs] What is this?

I found this at Mia's when I was there.

She has some

very paranoid theories about you.

She thinks you abducted her

and did some experiments on her

in some secret lab in a basement.

She wants to expose you.

[chuckles]

And?

It's not the first time

she's tried to ruin a career.

I mean,

she destroyed Lorenz completely, right?

I don't think you should discount her.

She thinks you're running

an ill*gal lab right here on your estate.

TO: ANDREAS WINTER

COME TO LAB NOW

She wants to get inside of it.

She said something about

a red book that she wants from you?

A red notebook?

[Baron exhales]

Who knows what she could do.

[tense music grows to crescendo]

[theme music playing]

I don't care about what you're researching

or whether it's legal or not.

I know better than anyone.

There's way too much regulation.

And you're already aware of

how thankful I am

that you got me back here

and out of the affair with Lorenz

unpunished

that I can continue my work.

All because of you.

Loyalty, that's that's all I care about.

How's your research going?

So far, so good.

I made some

interesting connections in Indonesia.

I'm glad.

[tense music playing]

[engine revving]

I'm pretty tired. Should we go to bed?

I have a presentation to finish.

- Okay, then.

- Thanks.

Ugh. This place is so gross.

I'd hire a maid, but all the others

think it feels too snobby.

I mean, what's snobby

about giving someone a well-paid job

so everybody's

not living in a mess like this, you know?

I think it's a win-win.

What's your presentation on?

Mm, it's about the end-in-itself formula.

Mm. Always treat humanity,

whether in your person

or in the person of any other,

never as a means to an end

but always at the same time as an end.

Yeah, and in theory, it sounds great,

but it's quite problematic.

- Can I print something?

- Sure.

Why is it problematic?

Well, what about situations where you

have to use people as a means to an end?

What if you could save 100 lives,

and in exchange, one person is sacrificed?

Kant would say it would still be wrong

to k*ll someone no matter what.

And he's right about that.

I mean, even if you'd be helping others,

it doesn't make it right to k*ll someone.

Yeah, but isn't it still worse

to let so many others die

if someone could've prevented it?

But how do you know that the 100 lives

would be worth more than the ones'?

And what if this person would go on

to invent some cure for some cancer,

for example,

and he saves millions

just because someone let him live?

Don't you think that one life there

could be worth more than the 100?

Yeah, but that's entirely hypothetical.

Yeah, but you need

to stick to principles, you know?

Otherwise, you can always find a counter

to everything and lose your moral compass.

The printer isn't down again, is it?

Oh, it's just a paper jam.

One second.

Try printing now.

[printer motor whirring]

What is this?

No clue. It's not mine.

[Lotta] This is our estate.

[brooding music playing]

[ominous music playing]

[door handle rattling]

[approaching vehicle]

[engine shuts off]

[door lock clicks]

[phone chimes]

MESSAGE RECEIVED

MIA - HE'S INSIDE

CALLING

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[sighs]

I'm coming.

[sighs]

[door closes and locks]

[suspenseful music playing]

[suspenseful music continues]

[exhales sharply]

[button clicks]

[elevator dings]

[elevator doors rattle]

[tense music playing]

[elevator dings]

[pensive music playing]

[high-pitched sound]

[whimpers]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[ominous music playing]

Help me!

[music intensifies]

- [sniffles]

- [music subsides]

[Mia] "Oblivion. Erases the last 24 hours

of short-term memory."

[pensive music playing]

[tense music playing]

[Niklas]

So, going through Mia's stuff like this

doesn't go against

your moral conscience, then?

It does. It's not like me at all.

But who else here would print out

a satellite view of my family's house?

There's no reason for it.

I know it's Mia with how paranoid

she's been acting around us.

Or maybe Ole is planning some drone flight

for his Instagram account.

Or it's just one of those jokes of his.

Mm-hmm.

So what is this, then?

Sorry, but this is weird. Really weird.

SPONSOR OF A NEW RESEARCH PROJEC

NEW PRESIDENT DR. BARON VON FÜRSTENBERG

May I?

[tense music grows to crescendo]

[phone buzzing]

LOTTA

MOBILE

[approaching vehicle]

[sighs] Interesting ring tone you have.

Yeah.

Sorry again about the mix-up.

Hey, it happens. So

Hey, so while I've got you here,

can I talk to you for a quick second

about my research?

It's just one thing.

It won't take long. It's important.

What is it?

[breathing heavily]

LAB PC386

WINTER - PASSWORD

[brooding music playing]

[camera beeps]

[Winter] Tell them

they don't have to worry.

[shrill sounds]

[exhales sharply]

Friday, September 20th.

[monkey screaming]

Just a little poke.

[monkey screeches]

[camera beeps]

The new test subject

has been given 20 mg of Oblivion.

It appears

that everything has worked this time,

and once injected with Oblivion,

the test subject has forgotten everything

that it had learned the previous day.

I'm optimistic that soon

we can begin doing some large-scale tests.

[camera beeps]

[monkey in video screaming]

Calm down, calm down.

Come here, come here.

[camera beeps]

[pensive music playing]

The test subject here

died 30 minutes later,

and apparently, the same nanoparticles

Oblivion sends to the brain

went into his lungs.

I suspect that his lipophilic coating

caused the lungs to clog up.

Neurologically, though,

the medication works.

The memories have been erased,

but the subject then starts to suffocate

and eventually will die.

And then, of course,

you could, um, find ways

to make the supply chain for the Bioblocks

efficient over time.

That might mean

getting, um, other labs to come on board.

Can we just talk about this later?

Yeah. There's just

this one Indonesian start-up

that's been doing

a whole bunch of cool things.

Send me a link. I'll check them out.

Okay.

[brooding music playing]

[car engine starting]

[tense music playing]

sh*t.

[phone line ringing]

Hi, this is Mia Akerlund.

Leave a message after the

Come on.

HURRY UP. WINTER JUST GOT THERE.

[exhales sharply]

[camera beeping]

Her amazing immune system

helped us

successfully avoid a lethal outcome.

She's received three injections now.

Her breathing and pulse are normal,

and her memories have been all erased.

Just as we hoped,

Mia's immune system has turned out to be

the key to eliminating

the off-target effects of the lung.

- [shrill sound]

- [Winter] Tell them not to worry.

Tell them people at Disease Control

want you to quarantine with your fever

to make sure everything's okay.

That sounds believable, right?

Nobody will miss you for a couple of days.

[shrill sounds]

[sounds subside]

[exhales]

[tense music playing]

[Jasper] Come on.

Where are you?

[seat belt clicks]

[ominous music playing]

[ominous music continues]

[camera beeps]

[Winter] Four, one, seven.

Five, three, four, one, seven.

[exhales] Three, four, one, seven.

[Mia] Five, three, four, one, seven.

[exhales sharply]

LAB TESTS

LAB TEST "OBLIVION"

- [high-pitched sound]

- [exhales sharply]

sh*t.

sh*t. Goddammit.

- [shrill sounds]

- [grunts]

sh*t.

sh*t.

- [shrill sounds]

- [Mia grunts]

[panting]

[shrill sound intensifies]

- [phone chimes]

- FaceTime Lorenz.

[phone assistant] Making a FaceTime call

to Professor Lorenz.

[phone line ringing]

Mia, are you in?

Yes, help me do this. I can't see anymore.

And you got the red notebook?

You found it?

- [Mia] Yeah.

- Okay, where is it?

[breathes heavily]

[grunts]

Open it. Show me what's inside.

No. Listen to me now.

I saw Winter's recordings

from the experiments that they did to me.

He tested some drug

designed to erase memories.

I'm going to

My neurological functions

are shutting down,

and I can't see the screen.

Well, that explains why

you had all these symptoms.

The amnesia, the flashbacks.

Listen to me! I need your help!

Now tell me what it says on here

so I can try to make an antidote!

I can't read it

with you shaking your phone.

Email it, and I'll look it over later.

There might not be any later! Please!

Help me, or you're never gonna

get your hands on the book!

Then hold still.

I'll get seasick from reading.

[Baron] Your brilliant ideas

don't appear to be working.

[Winter] Of course they're working.

That's nonsense. Oblivion works.

The nanoparticle transports Oblivion

through the blood-brain barrier,

and they extract it

- [Baron] None of that interest me.

- [Winter] Mia lived, okay?

We repeatedly gave her high doses.

All the memory tests with her

were successful.

We're ready for the next phase.

- But some memories are coming back.

- Says who? Where is she?

Bring her to me,

then I'll be able to conclude my research.

I promise you.

We'll get it approved this year.

Andreas, right now we have other problems.

Don't disappoint me.

[Winter] I'll get the documents

from the car.

[car door closes]

[ominous music playing]

[muffled screaming]

[screaming stops]

[exhales sharply]

Oblivion.

We already know that.

Stop there!

Move the camera more to the left.

[Mia sighs] What?

Wait a minute.

What is it?

I don't want you to panic now, okay, but

But what?

I'm starting to see why you're having

such severe symptoms like this.

This crap is dissolving my brain, right?

And it'll k*ll me in two months.

I know all that!

But here, the description makes it

It seems like neuronal sonication

could reverse the effect.

[shrill sounds]

[ominous music playing]

[high-pitched sound]

[Lorenz] Mia, you still there?

Mia?

- [elevator chimes]

- [rattling]

There's someone coming.

Mia, listen, okay? Get me that notebook.

Take pictures of the pages.

Listen to me. You get your book

if you find out how to cure me.

- And only then!

- Yes, but it isn't that simple

End of discussion!

[disconnect tone]

[exhales sharply]

[tense music playing]

[grunting]

[elevator chimes]

[ominous music playing]

[Baron] Here.

[thud]

[both panting]

Get some tape.

[drawer slams shut]

[ominous music playing]

[ominous music continues]

[music grows to crescendo]

Goddammit, Mia.

[exhales sharply]

Okay.

[door opens]

How nice.

You finally came out of your room.

I'm making dinner soon. Are you hungry?

Mom, I need your help.

[Ursula] Well, this is certainly new.

You know what? Forget it.

The garage door key

is on the board, right?

Always has been.

[door opens, closes]

[ominous music playing]

- [Baron] He really made a fool of me.

- What's he doing here?

And where's Mia?

Good question.

[Baron] Open his eyes.

[shuddered breathing]

He called Lorenz earlier.

[music grows to crescendo]

[light switch clicks]

[tense music playing]

[Baron] Mia and Lorenz

are working together,

looking for evidence to use against me.

She'd wanna get

some deal with the DA's office.

[tense music continues]

The book.

Do you have the red book?

No.

You sure you left it in here?

[loud clattering]

Mia.

[Winter] What are you doing?

Taking care of Lorenz.

And then Mia.

What about him?

[Winter] It's not ready yet.

It'll k*ll him.

[Baron] You wanted

to continue your research.

Time to earn your funding.

[ominous music playing]

[phone buzzing]

[phone buzzing]

- [phone line ringing]

- [Lotta sighs]

He's still not answering.

Hey, I'm sure everything's fine, Lotta.

He's just busy tonight, all right?

I don't know what's going on.

What's making Mia not talk to me?

Lotta.

Think how weird it was for the two of us,

and we're not going through what she is.

After everything that's happened,

she's not gonna talk to you right away.

She just needs more space right now.

And what makes you so sure

that she has nothing planned?

I mean, you know her.

- Do you still have feelings for her?

- [Niklas] What?

None.

["One Minute" by Keelan Donovan playing]

The walls look crooked ♪

When we're scared of them ♪

[knocking at door]

If you didn't already ♪

[Chen-Lu] Hey, Lotta.

[sighs] What

what's going on?

Sorry to wake you up.

I found something I'm worried about.

You guys still talk to Mia a lot.

She mention where she printed this out?

It all could change ♪

In just one minute ♪

Dinner's ready.

I'm not hungry.

In just one minute ♪

You sure have a lot of books, don't you?

Yes, so many. Too many.

Especially when you just want one.

Which one's that?

Ultrasound for Neurology.

The front is white and blue.

My head is still spinnin' ♪

But that don't feel the same ♪

In just one minute ♪

It all could change ♪

I know all this must sound weird to you,

like it's totally made-up,

and it is so weird.

Really weird.

But we didn't say anything because

Mia was supposed to tell you herself.

And you two believe this bullshit?

Well, Mia had some convincing arguments.

What arguments?

Mia's not right in the head.

You two know that.

Since she went to that party

and took all those drugs,

she's being paranoid.

Then you get in on it,

and it's my family you're spying on?

Mia's remembering things again.

Oh, and we found out

Winter often came to visit your estate.

Mia suspects he has a secret lab

where he did experiments on her,

which is why she's sick.

Have both of you

lost your minds completely?

My father sponsors scientists, guys.

He would never experiment on humans.

Ever! Got it?

I thought you were my friends.

But we are your friends.

[scoffs]

Here. I have a gift for you guys.

You should read it so you can make

better moral decisions in the future.

- [Chen-Lu] Lotta.

- And betraying a friend's not one of 'em.

Okay, Lotta.

Can we talk about this calmly together?

And talk to Mia in person?

- I want you to pack your things and go.

- [Ole] What?

I don't wanna live with you people.

[Ole exhales sharply]

[door slams shut]

- [Niklas] Lotta!

- [door slams shut]

I doubt she really meant all that.

I think she did.

[sniffles]

Yeah.

[Niklas] Lotta!

Lotta!

Come on. This isn't their fault.

Are you actually defending them?

They didn't do anything.

Don't beat them up.

And Mia?

Are you saying Mia hasn't done something?

Why are you getting so angry now

if none of this is true?

Who cares what Mia and the others say

and think about your dad

when they barely know him?

- You know it's not the truth.

- Come on, Niklas.

- This is my family here.

- Yeah, I know that.

And loyalty is the most important thing.

If you don't have that, what's the point?

I don't get how you can't understand that.

I understand you.

You know I'll always be here. Always.

Can you stay the night?

Yeah.

See you later.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Is it this one?

Yeah.

Thanks, Mama.

[phone buzzing]

It says you have a text from Jasper.

EMERGENCY! WE HAVE TO MEET!

- [Lorenz] I have to go.

- [Ursula] Right now?

Yes, Mia needs my help.

What?

Nothing. Say hi to Mia for me.

I will.

[tense music playing]

[ominous music playing]

- [indistinct chattering]

- [music playing over stereo]

Hey, I'm glad you called me.

So I hate admitting

these kinds of things to you,

but I think I'm getting

used to your little student club here.

Okay, what's up?

[Lotta] What do you know

about Dad's projects?

- What brought this up?

- Anything ill*gal he's involved in?

[exhales sharply]

Something like

[clears throat]like what?

Uh, weapon stealing,

organ selling, cigarette smuggling?

I don't believe

that's really Dad's market.

But, uh

[clears throat]

between you and me,

he's got some tickets for speeding.

[Lotta] Come on, Uli.

You know what I mean.

I have no clue what you mean.

What do you want?

- Why are you asking me this now?

- Why wouldn't I?

Well, because

because it doesn't make any sense.

Besides, you're the one

who did ill*gal stuff.

I mean, after all, it was you who funded

secret Huntington's research last year

and helped a t*rror1st

get to Indonesia to escape.

- Oh, please. That's completely different.

- How come?

That Huntington's research

is going to help so many others.

It's not the same thing.

I mean, you can't forbid it

if it's going to be doing good.

You're telling me

the ends justify the means?

[Lotta] I didn't do anything wrong.

I just did something

that's not legally allowed, but

Mm. See?

And that's exactly what Dad would say.

Lotta, you're just like our father,

and you always have been.

I don't understand how you can't see that.

But let me give you

a little advice, Lotta.

Just stop trying to fight it.

We're gonna be like our parents anyhow.

But you always have a choice.

Yeah, then finally make one!

Come on! It's not that hard.

Do the same thing on repeat,

or or you can take some risks

and do really amazing things. You know?

Or become another person

that follows the straight and narrow path

and still does great things.

Who gives a sh*t?

Stop with the whole

superior morals bullshit!

That makes me sick!

- You don't know me one bit.

- Lotta, I know you better than you do.

If it's any consolation,

I've been through all of this.

Ultimately, we're a family

with a pretty unique kind of obligation,

like it or not.

Thank you.

[inhales sharply]

[exhales sharply]

[tense music playing]

[shuddered breathing]

Okay, Jasper, this should work now.

[Mia] Don't!

Mia.

How could you do this to me?

You betrayed me and my father!

Mia, your immune system's extraordinary.

You know that.

It's exactly what I needed

to get Oblivion to work correctly.

[breathes heavily]

That's why the baron

suggested you and I collaborate on it.

What?

That's why I brought you to him,

and you consented to it.

I wouldn't let you

ever mess with my brain!

Wait.

Look.

My name is Emma Mia Akerlund.

And I am participating voluntarily

and of sound mind

in Dr. Andreas Winter's

Oblivion experiments.

[breathing heavily]

My immune system will fight off Oblivion.

[Winter] But your immune system

doesn't extend into your brain.

[Mia] So if something happens?

[Winter] Then we can use

sonication on the blood-brain barrier.

That is, focused ultrasound

to make it permeable.

Then your immune system

will destroy anything

that doesn't belong there.

Trust me.

[spraying]

You really think I'm dumb enough

to record myself breaking the law?

I remember how you kept me trapped here

and everything you did now.

I know because our agreement

was the first thing you forgot.

Somehow h*m* Deus wasn't erased.

I had to give you several doses

to find out what you could

and could not remember.

And to be honest,

that is still something I don't get.

But why would I do all that?

I know I'd never agree to this.

Your deal's with Fürstenberg, okay?

Not with me.

Then let us go, okay?

[Winter] No, I can't do that.

We're finishing Oblivion together

as agreed.

We have a deal.

When you fulfill it, you can go.

And I'll give you another reason.

We're going to start

testing on your boyfriend first.

[tense music grows to crescendo]

[both grunting]

[Winter] Are you crazy?

[tense music playing]

[both grunting]

[Winter] Watch it! Stop struggling!

Calm down, calm down!

- [Mia grunts]

- [Winter] Calm down!

[Winter shouts in pain]

[high-pitched sound]

[breathing heavily]

[tense music continues]

[Winter] I have a feeling

we're not gonna agree here.

[crackling]

[Winter] Mia.

[high-pitched sound]

It's best you just forget all this.

You could really hurt someone with that.

- Give me your hand.

- [Mia grunts]

[both breathing heavily]

[shrill sound]

[hissing]

[tense music swells]

[silence]

[theme music playing]

[music fades]