02x13 - The Future Is Nigh

[bunniefuu]

MATTY: The law firm
Jacobson Moore hid documents

that could have taken opioids
off the market.

Think of how many lives
that could have saved,

- including our daughter's.
- You love me.

Her name was Ellie. She left behind

a baby. Joey's Alfie's father.

I'm getting out of rehab

tomorrow.

Trust is important, and you lost mine.

I am going to move you off my team.

- Remy Hodges.
- Let's have dinner.

Olympia, this is Langston.

Pleasure to meet you. Y'all have fun.

Did you find anything

about the scientist

who conducted the study?

I'm looking at Priva's journal

from April 2010, and she wrote,

"Today, after the calls,

"he came to the lab,

offered money to keep quiet."

It wasn't Senior who paid
Priva a visit, it was the Wolf.

JULIAN: Which means he was actively

involved in the cover-up.

My baby is gone?

Yes, Mom, I'm so sorry.

Tessa passed away last week.

Oh, God.

From the same cancer that k*lled me?

Yeah, she had the gene.

I can't believe it.

How are you?

Focused on saving
the company she and I built.

Um, I'm actually

with my lawyers. I wanted to show them

a real-time demo
of our afterlife software.

You want to say hi to my mom?

- Hi.
- Hey, there.

So, right now, they're waving to...

Vicki's dead mother Mona.

Or rather,

the multi-modal AI of Mona

on a platform named Monalta.

Vicki and Tessa came up
with the company after she died.

It helped them
work through their grief.

By talking to a computer program?

A computer program that
learns how a loved one spoke

and predicts what they
would say with crazy accuracy.

Oh, come on, now.

The afterlife industry is huge.

I mean, some people are even
creating digital packages

of themselves while they're
still living

so that their grief bots

are immediately available
after they're gone.

Would you ever consider that?

- Are you asking me 'cause I'm old?
- Yeah.

That's what I like about you,
kid, straight to the point.

Well, you don't have a lot
of time to beat around the bush.

Now, that's too far.

See?

You never know what I'm gonna say.

That's my damn point.

I mean, you could be going
along and then suddenly...

[CHOKES]

- Matty!
- I know the Heimlich.

See? Unpredictable.

[SARAH AND HUNTER CHUCKLE]

And that AI horsepucky... that's just

corporate America
trying to monetize grief.

Actually, Vicki and Tessa

turned down offers to sell to Meta.

Really? How come?

Because I'm a therapist.

I know how difficult grief is.

Um, hey, Vicki,
is there any way you could

pause your mother?

Yeah, no problem.

The point is

our platform is only
licensed to other therapists,

with guardrails in place

so that no one can
get lost in the past.

But Darren doesn't
care about any of that.

MATTY: Darren Radford. He's the one

- who built the tech?
- Yep.

The chief technology officer
of Monalta.

And he just produced
a second will that says

Tessa left her controlling
shares of the company to him,

instead of her sister.

Which is ridiculous.

Under Darren,

Monalta would become

a direct-to-consumer
subscription contract.

Which means your dead grandma
can just pitch you yoga pants,

unless you pay to go ad-free.

It's the antithesis

of everything
my sister and I envisioned.

Tessa would have never
signed a secret second will

if she were of sound mind.

And the second will was created

after Tessa was diagnosed with cancer?

Exactly, while she was in treatment,

pain meds, chemo.

We joked about her chemo brain.

My sister was in

and out of reality.

What do you think?

Got enough to argue capacity?

Absolutely.

But we'll need to move quick

to get the court
to toss out that second will.

[PHONE VIBRATES]

Julian wants me to help
Olympia since I know Vicki

and he's slammed
with his other AI client,

Incognity Solutions.

Guess we're all
working together again.

- Right on.
- What he said.

TTYL.

Yo, M Dawg, you got a minute?

I hope I got more than that, big H.

What's going on?

Hunter's just getting a little nervous

with the merger heating up.

Wants to know if "O-Law"

is thinking of making him a
permanent member of "the squad."

O-Law is focused
on the case right now.

sh**t.

I need to cancel my plans with Remy.

Uh-huh.

What?

You sure you're canceling

'cause of the case,

not 'cause of the cousin?

I am never telling you anything
again as long as I live.

And I was just about to catch you up

on our progress tracing the hush money

Senior paid to bury
the Wellbrexa study.

Come on, give me one more chance.

Mm-mm-mm.

Have we caught ourselves a Wolf?

Not yet.

Because the payment didn't
come from Jacobson Moore.

Senior must have funneled
the money to the Wolf

through his personal accounts,

which we don't have access to.

Yet.

Is Julian working on it?

Diversifying your portfolio?

Fine motor therapy.

Doctor's orders.

Got an appointment tomorrow

and I want to impress him.

Ha. What can I do for you, son?

Uh, wanted to know if you
could put in a word for me

with your financial management firm.

Lester.

- Can you help with that?
- LESTER: Absolutely.

I'll call today.

Yeah, I made a-a few changes

after the stroke. Lester's got

my power of attorney.

Anything financial,

you talk to him.

OLYMPIA: Wait, what?

I know. I am in shock.

You need to get his power of attorney.

First, I need
to get my dad alone. The Wolf

- [PHONE VIBRATES]
- is glued to his side, and...

You-you can answer. Say hi to Remy.

I'll be quick.

Hey. Sorry I had to cancel.

Aw, no worries. But, hey,

- you should call my cousin.
- Who?

Langston. You met him in
the lobby, we traded keys.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. Langston.

Why would I need to talk to him?

Well, if you need help
with your AI case,

he's a double PhD.

Neuroscience and computer science.

Okay. Uh, send me his number.

Bye.

I'm confused. What-what just happened?

- Nothing.
- I know your algorithm.

It-it glitched.

No glitch.

Program's running smoothly.

MATTY: Would you want to talk to me

through AI after I'm gone?

Uh...

only if you really wanted me to.

I just think it would make you sad

because it wouldn't be the real me.

I think you're right,

and that's exactly how I'd feel.

And frustrated, like I feel

right now with this tent.

I'd talk to Mom.

An AI version.

What would you talk to her about?

I don't know. Anything.

Why'd she put Robert Plant
on so many playlists?

What was so great about Lake Tahoe?

Why didn't she tell Joey
he was my real dad?

I would at least know
how to build a tent by now.

A computer algorithm
couldn't capture your mother.

I mean, she changed by the day,

by the hour,

with the wind.

Yeah, but it's something.

Instead of listening to her voicemail

over and over, at least
AI would answer me back.

What... voicemail?

This one.

ELLIE: Hey, Mom.

You're probably working. Um...

Gosh, this is so weird to say.

Uh...

I'm pregnant.

Surprise. [WEAK CHUCKLE]

I hope you'll be happy for me.

MATTY: Well,

that's different.

That's really her.

I didn't know he had that voicemail.

- Did you?
- No.

I got that message at work.

And we called her back together.

Pregnant? Wow.

ELLIE: I know. I was shocked, too.

But it's also amazing, right?

Well, it is if you're clean.

I am.

That's the point. I have
a reason to stay sober now.

Um... who-who's the father, Ellie?

I'm not sure.

Listen,

I got to go to a meeting.
I'll call you later.

- [HANGS UP]
- Well...

[SIGHS]

Well, paternity wouldn't be
hard to establish.

We could, uh, ask around,

get some names from her friends.

Yeah.

We could.

Joey could have been taking
Alfie camping all this time.

If we had pushed or looked or...

We made the best
decision we could make

with what we knew then.

We can't go back in time.

VICKI: Happy birthday, Tessa.

Smile.

Are we sending this to Mom?

VICKI:
Our mom died five years earlier.

- That's how out of it she was.
- OLYMPIA: Clear evidence

the decedent was not competent

to sign that second will.

Was your sister
always that disoriented?

Surely, she had
good days and bad ones?

At that stage,
there weren't good days.

Good minutes, good hours,
if we were lucky.

- But no good days.
- Huh.

I'd like to introduce

a Zoom meeting into evidence

recorded the same day
the will was signed.

This is the first I'm hearing of this.

Well, Vicki can verify it,

since Tessa was talking to her.

Are you feeling up to talking
to the Japanese investors?

No, but I wanted to pop on early

to assure you that
the financials look good.

Okay, great.

Thanks.

Go to bed.

CAROLYN:
Would you agree that your sister

is in her right mind here,

when you relied
on her financial acumen?

I would agree with that, yes.

CAROLYN: And it would
appear she understood

the subject of the meeting

- you were about to join.
- [WHISPERS]: Nightstand.

- VICKI: Yes, she did.
- Psst.

CAROLYN: So how are we even debating

- incapacity?
- [WHISPERS]: Nightstand.

CAROLYN: No further questions.

Your Honor,

even if this video
answers one question,

it raises another. The open bag

of potato chips on Tessa's nightstand.

She was on a strict

all-liquid diet.

Someone else was
in her bedroom at 10:00 p.m.

Now, we don't know who,

but we do know that
Mr. Radford produced

this video for the court.

Was Mr. Radford present in her room?

Well?

He was.

Because my client and Tessa were in

a romantic relationship.

- What?
- What? Your Honor, if this is true,

given her highly vulnerable state,

the court has to

consider the heightened risk

of undue influence.

Love is not undue influence.

A relationship

with a dying woman
and her will suddenly changes

is textbook to me.

This isn't an AI simulation.

This is real life,
with real consequences.

I'll consider it.

With real proof.

- How's Vicki?
- She still can't believe

that her sister didn't tell her

about her relationship with Darren.

- Pretty sus.
- Not sus.

Humans keep secrets out of shame.

Plus, Darren likely pressured

Tessa into keeping quiet
so that he could control her.

- There you go.
- Now we just have to

prove that Darren used
his romantic relationship

to manipulate her
into changing her will.

Well, maybe one of
the nurses at the hospital

witnessed him trying to influence her.

Go. See if you can find anyone

who saw anything remotely suspicious.

And great work in court.

You're the reason
we're still standing.

Two for two. Franklin on fire.

I'm not the kind of person
that needs a hype man.

Oh, it's not hype, it's...
it's mad respect.

Hey, I hope this isn't
inappropriate to ask,

but what happened
with you and Olympia?

Excuse me?

There was a lot of gossip
in the floater pool.

Someone said that
you were housesitting

and accidentally k*lled her cat?

Okay, that makes no sense.

Olympia is allergic to cats.

Sorry, I was only asking
'cause I want to stick around.

Hey, I don't want
to step on any land mines.

It was a breach of trust thing.

So just...

be honest with Olympia
and you'll be fine.

Okay. Thanks.

Thanks for being here, son.

I'm your emergency contact, right?

Or did you transfer that
to the Wolf, too?

Oh, come on, now.
Finances ruin families.

Thought it'd be cleaner.

So it's not that you don't

trust me?

What?

- [DOOR OPENS]
- ROBERTS: Good to see you, Howard.

Hey, Dr. Roberts.

So...

- how you feeling?
- Oh, I'm tired

of physical therapy.

Can I pay someone to do it for me?

[CHUCKLES]
In the not-too-distant future,

I'll bet you can.

Um, is there anything else
you're worried about?

This is confidential, right?

I'm covered. Not your son.

Oh.

I trust him more than anyone.

Uh, I've been, um,

a little slow lately.

Forgetting things I-I should know.

Name of my neighbor's dog,
my favorite restaurant.

Uh...

yeah, I...

...I'm getting worried.

We'll... we'll run some tests,

we'll check out what's going on.

JOEY: Hey, is Alfie okay?

He was pretty quiet during dinner.

Well, he's just a little nervous

about the trip, that's all.

You know, going away with you
for the first time,

camping for the first time.

I didn't realize he'd never been.

Well, he had a chance

in elementary school, and then
Edwin had to get a new hip.

The perils of growing up
with older parents.

Which is not your fault.

I should have been around.

You didn't know about Alfie.

You know? Edwin and I

should have tried to
find you and we didn't.

So that's on us.

Tell me you found someone
to corroborate undue influence.

Yes.

Turns out Darren was visiting Tessa

every single night
after visiting hours,

when no one else was there.

And check this out.

Good work.

And thorough, as usual.

Oh. Well,

it's been a minute
since we worked together.

Just wanted you to know
you can trust me.

Look...

regarding what happened,

I know you were put in
a terrible position by Senior,

and I know that you would
never do it again.

I wouldn't.

I don't think
I would either, honestly.

I had other things going on

in my life at the time,

things that had nothing
to do with you.

So when you told me what happened...

...it was just the straw
that broke the camel's back.

Okay.

What?

I know that you

meant that in a nice way.

It's just...

...getting fired was
the worst moment of my life.

And for you, it was just...

...a straw.

Anyway,

that should help in court.

Tessa wanted to keep
our relationship a secret.

That's why I was visiting after hours.

So it was her idea?

Yes.

She said she didn't
have much time to waste,

and didn't want to spend it
explaining our relationship.

So I would come at night,

arrange little dates.

So sweet.

Who is Carrie Raines?

My-my ex-girlfriend.

Is this Carrie's car, dropping you off

to visit Tessa at the hospital?

Carrie would take me at times.

Most times, according to the staff.

When did you and Carrie break up?

I don't remember the exact date.

I do. Three weeks after
Tessa's cancer diagnosis,

according to Instagram.

- What's your point?
- You deal in computations.

What's more likely?

You fall madly in love
with a terminally ill woman

or you pretend
to fall in love with her

so you can get her to sign away

- her shares of the company?
- Objection.

I fell in love with Tessa
a year before her diagnosis.

I was just

too scared to do anything about it.

I didn't want to complicate
things at work.

And...

and Carrie and I were still together,

even though it was basically like

we were roommates at that point.

And then Tessa
told me about her diagnosis,

about how far along
the cancer had spread.

When I found out I was losing her,

I realized how much time I'd wasted.

I explained this to Carrie,
who understood.

Tessa just didn't think
Vicki would get it.

Said she was too emotional.

Which is why she wanted me
to run the company.

- That was great.
- Thank you.

What was Tessa's favorite ice cream?

Vicki, let's go.

We didn't talk about ice cream.

We talked about
a lot of other stuff, Vicki.

Like life and love

and the future of the company.

Do you believe in
the future of the company?

- Our tech?
- Of course.

Then we can build an AI Tessa,

put her on the stand and ask her

who she wants to run the company.

- Whoa.
- Fine with me.

Not sure that's allowed under the law.

Yet. You'll convince

the judge. Right?

No way a judge is gonna
let a robot on the stand.

Not a robot.
A computer-generated version

of Tessa, created by her old emails,

text messages and video.

Sarah, can you draft a motion
for a Frye hearing?

- On it.
- We have to show

that AI is sufficiently accepted
in the science community

to be considered reliable.

Maybe layer in

some Daubert principles

to seal admissibility.

And make sure

that the M.O.L. is airtight.

We're on it, boss.

Everything okay with Sarah?

No.

She apologized for breaching my trust,

then I told her the truth.

That I wouldn't have fired her

if I wasn't struggling with

my other trust issues, mainly you.

The undue influence. Right.

She's just missing
a big data set, is all.

Girl, listen to you,

talking all
those computer science words.

And I just ran out of 'em.

Which means we need
to hire a tech expert

to explain AI sentience
to me, then the judge.

- I know a great one.
- Who?

R2-D2.

[CHUCKLES]

Last robot joke.

[IMITATES ROBOT]: Promise.

I was actually thinking about

- Remy's cousin Langston.
- [REGULAR VOICE]: Uh-huh.

Which part of him
were you thinking about?

The PhD part.

You know he's got two.

Neuroscience and computer science.

Anyway, Remy is the one
who suggested him to me.

So you should feel

- absolutely no guilt.
- I don't.

- Good, you shouldn't.
- I won't.

Just don't go shaking his hand
because we want you upright

and able to see straight for court.

[DOOR OPENS]

JULIAN: Dad?

Stuart said you wanted
to see me. Is everything okay?

The test results came back.

Everything looked good.

So what's wrong?

Reid Jacobson founded this place.

Closed five billion dollars

in mergers.

Then he crapped his pants
in a partners' meeting.

That's all people remember.

Dad...

you are not crapping your pants.

I played down

what I said at the doctor's office.

I'm forgetting all kinds of things.

And if there's nothing wrong...

Want a second opinion?

- No, no, no...
- They can run...

- more comprehens...
- I trust Dr. Roberts.

I-I'm just...

I'm getting old.

Can't outrun it.

Not with...

...with money, with willpower.

I'm scared, son.

I know. I know, Dad.

And I'm-I'm here for you.

Whatever you need.

He's going to be 85 years old.

Julian, stop.

No, you got Matty to pivot off of me,

now let's get her to pivot off my dad

- and onto Wolf.
- Matty wants to hold

a lawyer accountable.

- Yeah, but you can change her mind.
- I don't want to.

The Wolf was doing
your father's bidding,

just like you were.

And I know that this is difficult.

Trust me, lying to you
nearly k*lled me.

But I did it for our family.

I'm so sorry. My expert is coming.

If I'm interrupting,
I can wait outside.

No need. Uh, I was just leaving.

And, uh, we'll talk later.

So, what's going on?

I need to get an AI version
of a dead woman

admitted into court as a witness.

Fun.

It seems mysterious.

No, human behavior is probabilistic,

not mysterious.

- But not every choice.
- Every choice.

We cling to the idea
of free will because

it helps us feel in control.

But statistically,

our decisions... they group together.

Career, habits, purchases.

Even attraction.

Attraction?

Pattern recognition
bathed in dopamine.

Okay.

What about love?

You know, because Tessa was
allegedly in love with Darren.

Neurologically,

it interferes with cognition,

thereby shortening

the distance between
impulse and action.

So love makes us irrational?

Love makes us consistent.

Once the variables line up,

the outcome follows.

Us, sitting here.

Completely foreseeable.

You're dating my cousin
and you needed an expert.

So this is just data resolving itself.

Bound to happen from
the moment we shook hands.

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- I, uh...

- Sorry.
- Yeah.

Oh.

Yes.

Do you think you can
sell that to Judge Hong?

You're asking me to let a machine

speak for a dead person in court.

It's incredibly accurate

when asked to rank consistency
between two known alternatives.

In this case, Vicki

- or Darren.
- HONG: Based on what?

Thousands of emails,

- internal memos, Slack communications,
- [PHONE VIBRATES]

social media, interviews that

Tessa gave, all approved

by both parties and entered

by an independent AI auditor
with Vicki and Darren present.

That's more material

than any single witness
could possibly recall

or remember in a lifetime.

But volume doesn't equal truth.

Uh, no, but consistency
across volume equals signal.

When it appears over and over,

across contexts, uh,

audiences, emotional states,

it becomes evidence.

If this were

an academic debate,
you'd have my vote.

But allowing an AI witness

to testify is a major
structural shift in procedure,

and this court
is not the proper forum.

That said, if both parties want

to use their fascinating technology

and mediate,

I won't stand in the way of that.

[LINE RINGING]

JOEY: Hey, hi.

I'm sorry I missed your call.
Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah.

For a second, um,

well, I-I had a craving,

and, uh, my sponsor's out of town,

so I thought I'd call you,
but I-I feel better now.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

We'll talk later, okay?

Both parties agree to mediation.

Is everything all right?

I don't think so.

- Oh, hey.
- Hey, there.

Just wanted to check on you.

See how you're doing.

Thanks, that's nice.

I-I'm fine, you didn't have to come.

I know I didn't have to,

but I thought we
could go to a meeting.

Always a good idea if you feel wobbly.

Well, I don't. Not anymore, so...

Did you already call a dealer?

No.

- Good...
- Yes, I called him.

And I'm gonna use,

so you should just go.

I'm not going anywhere.

And if he comes,
we'll have enough people

to play Hearts.

If you're gonna use,

you're gonna use in front of me.

I'll bring you back with Narcan.

I'm not gonna let my grandson
lose another parent.

Good news.

I got you in with Dr. Wilton

at Mount Sinai tomorrow.

Why?

For that second opinion you
said you wanted.

Dad, don't you remember?

This morning?
We were sitting right there.

I'm forgetting all kinds of things.

- And if there's nothing wrong...
- Want a second opinion?

- No, no, no...
- They can run more comprehens...

I trust Dr. Roberts.

You said, "Yes, get one by noon."

I don't... remember that.

Okay.

That-that's okay. Uh...

Just means the fog

might be thicker than we thought.

Reid Jacobson.

- You're far from that.
- Am I?

Can't remember a conversation
I had just a few hours ago?

Dad, you are not going out like that.

You're going to finish strong.

Why don't we plan your retirement?

We'll spin it for your benefit.

Pull the rip cord
on that golden parachute

and cement your legacy.

Lester says I should stay on
until after the merger.

Because Lester's power
is tied to yours.

That's why he hasn't left
your side since your stroke.

And... [SIGHS]

...maybe I'm just paranoid,

but I don't want
any undue influence on you

while you're... vulnerable.

Have you mentioned anything to him

or anybody else about the slips?

No.

If Lamar and Olson see any weakness...

We won't let it happen.

I promise.

I'll be your shadow.

[KEYPAD CLICKS]

Yep. I will absolutely tell the truth.

Happy to answer any questions
you may have.

Tessa, because of the implications

of this conversation,
we're gonna limit

the scope to business.

Understood.

Are you aware
of any differences in opinion

that Vicki and Darren had
regarding Monalta's future?

[CHUCKLES] Yeah. It's no secret.

Vick's all heart.

She just wants to help people.

And Darren is more, uh...

...expansive in his goals.

OLYMPIA: And if you were no
longer involved with the company,

who would you want
to control its future?

Darren. I'd want Darren

- to run it.
- What?

The algorithm isn't right.
The tech is flawed.

My sister would never say that.

- Vicki...
- And I know what you're thinking...

that I didn't know her

because she didn't tell me
about the affair.

And maybe I didn't know
every detail about her life,

but this is different.

- Vicki.
- This isn't true.

It doesn't matter.

You signed a mediation contract,

so you have to go to court
and withdraw your petition.

The second will stands.

Darren has a controlling
interest in Monalta.

He can have the company.

But I own 49%,

and if the tech's not accurate,

I have to email every therapist
that uses our platform

to let them know.

N-Not while you're in the red zone.

Okay, look, I... I've been

to enough therapists
to know the lingo.

"Don't operate in the red zone."

"Do not make decisions
while in reptile brain mode."

And of course, the therapist
answer to everything...

- Box breath.
- ...box breath. [LAUGHS SOFTLY]

Look, you have had a lot

thrown at you really fast.

My advice:

give us a minute to sort through
what just happened.

Because if your software is faulty,

we need to figure out a way
for you to disclose that

without getting sued.

Okay?

[INHALES]

[BOTH EXHALE]

MATTY: Oh, dear.

Case blew up.

I never believed in it
that much anyway.

I mean, the idea that
artificial intelligence

could approximate a real person?

Come on.

Agreed.

Uh, look, I canceled the dealer,
so you can head on out.

Well, I'm not in any rush.

Here's my phone, check the chain.

- I believe you.
- Just look.

- I see.
- Then go!

I'm not going anywhere.

[PHONE CLATTERS]

If you leave, I'm coming with you.

[SIGHS]

I know why you're doing this.

But it's too late. Ellie's dead.

And you can't make up for the fact

that you drove her to use.

I made a lot of mistakes.

That's an understatement.

I mean, I know I said that stuff about

how Ellie liked your laugh,
but that was, like,

one nice thing in a river of sludge.

She hated you.

Blamed you for ruining her life.

She said you made her feel like
she was two inches tall,

and using was the only time
she could get your voice

out of her head!

I know all the ways I failed her.

And I also know that
you want me to leave

because you don't want
to use in front of me.

- I don't care.
- Or use at all. If you did,

you wouldn't have called me
in the first place.

- You don't know anything about me.
- That's not true.

I know you have
a beautiful singing voice.

And you play the guitar.

And you love to go camping.

And I know that you bonded
very quickly with Alfie

despite the fact
that you didn't know him,

which isn't your fault.

- Okay, just stop.
- It isn't.

You were a drug addict, and I wasn't.

If it's anyone's fault that
you weren't in Alfie's life,

it's mine.

What are you talking about?

Turns out you're not the only
pregnant woman to get hungry.

- There was a rush on bananas.
- Thanks.

And, uh, since we've made it through

the structural ultrasound,

yes on the baby shower
in the karaoke bar.

And no, I will not be singing.

What's wrong, Ellie?

Filling out all that paperwork,

s-saying I don't know the father...

Well, I grew up without mine.

I turned out fine.

- Questionable.
- [LAUGHS]

The point is, i-it's okay
that you don't know who he is.

But I do.

He's still using.

That's why I didn't tell him
I was pregnant.

But what if I called him?
We could get him help.

Ellie, you have to focus
on your own sobriety.

You cannot take on his.

It's too much risk.

Only as sick as your secrets.

Isn't that what they say
in the meetings?

Well, now you know mine.

I could have helped you earlier,
and because I didn't...

...your son missed out

on 14 years with his father.

Which I could rationalize,

because in my mind,

you were just a drug addict.

But I know you now.

And I know that was a huge loss.

Leave that door open.

- [SHOUTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERS]

[SIGHS]

OLYMPIA:
[SIGHS] At least he didn't use.

You feeling better?
Because you said it out loud?

MATTY: For now.

Tomorrow may be different.

Grief's not a straight line.

People are unpredictable.

Are you gloating
about the fact that Vicki

is doubting her own AI?

[CHUCKLES]: A little.

But Vicki just lost her sister

and she found out
all of these secrets.

- Sh-She's in denial.
- So, how do I

m-move her to acceptance?

You're asking me that?

The irony is

Monalta could help Vicki
navigate her grief,

but now she doesn't
even believe in it.

Well, I-I think that's because
she had a limited dataset.

MATTY: Wait.

Who is that?

Oh, I'm about to brainstorm
with Langston.

- [LAUGHS]: Oh, hello.
- Hanging up.

Who has a limited dataset?

Uh, Vicki.

And that can lead
to faulty conclusions.

You want her to accept
her sister's decision

without blowing up her life's work.

Well, then, you need
to give her unlimited access

to Tessa's AI, unmediated.

But the mediator
has the computer model.

Yes, but you have access
to all the raw materials.

And me.

So, we used our client
Incognity's platform

and loaded in
all the same raw materials.

Talk to your sister.

Ask her more questions
so that you don't burn down

your life's work because
of such a limited dataset.

Sometimes the truth hurts,

but it's always better to hear it.

Here.

Hi, Tessa.

Hi, bug.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

I'm too old to be called that.

So, tell me,

why do you think Darren should
run the company and not me?

What? I don't believe that.

You should absolutely run the company.

I have total faith in you, bug.

I don't see what there is to discuss.

The contract's binding.

Contract's null and void

if there's been any foul play.

Such as you manipulating the tech.

Vicki, I know the truth
is hard to hear,

but a neutral technician
reviewed every line of code.

The AI model of Tessa is pristine.

We agree.

Nothing has changed in the code
since we began litigating.

But we built a second model

and got wildly different results.

If identical inputs

produce different outputs
on different platforms,

then the error must be
with the platform.

So we took a second look.

About four months ago,
when Tessa began getting sicker,

you began conducting
routine maintenance

on the Monalta's cloud server,

changing one line of code at a time.

- Very hard to find.
- CAROLYN: Whatever you think

- you found, it...
- Here's what our double PhD

forensic scientist definitely found

when he went through
the pages and pages of code.

The tags Darren embedded,

instructing every AI model
hosted on Monalta

to experience positive association

with the name, image

and/or voice of Darren Radford.

That is why he agreed
to question the model.

He knew Tessa was predisposed
to answer in his favor.

Which we are gonna make public
unless you withdraw your claim

to my sister's shares of Monalta.

You want me to predict
what you'll say next?

REMY: Well, look who stopped

an AI zombie horde
from taking over the world.

I am scared of the humans.

This dude love-bombed a dying woman

to trick her into signing away
her life's work.

A girl saves humanity,

a girl should get
some spring rolls out of it.

Have time?

[CHUCKLES] Oh... kay.

I think we're better as colleagues.

Maybe worthy adversaries?

Just be careful.

My cousin's a player.

Uh...

Hey.

- Thanks for waiting.
- Of course.

What's going on?

I've been thinking about the future.

And the past.

And I can't undo what you did

or how I reacted.

Or parse out how much of my reaction

was because of your action
or my biology

or the environment or all the things

that go into making a decision.

The point is...

without the dopamine of emotion...

...it's so clear...

...I should not have fired you, Sarah.

Your dedication,

you passion, your skill...

...it's worth more than your mistake.

You are worth more than your mistake.

And I know you are working
with Julian now,

but if you ever want back on my team,

I'll take you in a second.

I'll have to think it over.

Oh...

MATTY: Morning.

You slept in. That's a good thing.

You needed it.

Your sponsor texted.
He'll be here soon.

Thank you.

How'd your case turn out?

The AI witness came through.

The future is nigh.

It's more reliable than I thought.

Matty, I, uh...

I'm really sorry.

If you can forgive me
for keeping Ellie

from reaching out,
then I can forgive you

- for a little name-calling.
- No.

You were right
not to look for me back then.

I wouldn't have taken the help.

How can you say that for sure?

Y-You didn't have all the facts.

It wouldn't have changed anything.

Uh, listen, I got to go to a meeting.

I'll call you later.

What'd your parents say?

They're going to support me.

Or us, if you decide to clean up.

I can't tell them I know who you are

unless I know
you're gonna stick around.

Trust me, you only get
one shot with them.

I'm so sorry.

[KNOCKING]

- Hey.
- Hey.

You okay? Matty.

Thank you for being there.

EDWIN: Do you mean he has known

about Alfie this whole time?

Yes.

- We sent him to rehab...
- I know.

Well, the camping trip is off.

As well as everything.

Uh, we have to slow down, Edwin.

We have to digest things.

We have to figure out
what's best for Alfie

and w-what Ellie would have wanted.

If she wanted him in Alfie's life,

she would have told us.

- Yes, but...
- Even if you tried to shut her down.

Alfie was 18 months old

when Ellie died.

She said nothing.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hey.

- Kids are asleep.
- [WATER RUNNING]

How'd it go?

[CLEARS THROAT] Um...

I convinced my father to retire

and he's granting me
power of attorney.

And, uh...

It's just really... it's just hard,

knowing that this will end for him.

You're grieving.

There is no way around it.

Only through.

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♪ ♪

Hi, Mom.