01x01 - Love Is a Download

[bunniefuu]

Mmm, yeah.

( man ) Get out !

Stay out, you fat gimp !

We don't want your kind here.

I know, you can't believe it.

Saturday night and little ol' me without a date.

He's been dreaming of me.

Could've been a contender if he only had the guts.

Sometimes the best girls are left out in the cold.

Beauty can be so intimidating to a man.

But don't worry about me.

I'll find someone.

For some, love might best be found

in a place far from the beating hearts

of the real world.

It's a place even deeper inside us

that holds the secrets of who we really are.

Let me show you how to get there.

Care to chat?

You're very beautiful.

Get lost.

Cup of scsi with rom.

Want to get a private room?

You have a strong capacity for love.

You can sense that?

I feel it.

Love can travel through the wires

if you have enough bandwidth.

I feel it too.

They say in here

you reflect what you are on the inside.

If that's true, you must have a gentle heart.

What's the matter?

Nothing. It's just that

I've never heard such kind words before.

In the real world you'd never see my heart

beneath the image of my body.

I hear ya.

But when I scan you,

all I see is someone with a whole lot of love

and no one to share it with.

Sometimes... I close my eyes and dream

that there was a way I'd never have to go back to the real world,

Only here with you

am I at peace.

( loud knocking )

What is it? Something wrong?

Hey, Alice, You in there?!

Alice! C'mon, babe, don't do this to me!

I'll be back.

-No, wait! -Check out.

( knocking )

Let him in.

( door ) Good evening.

( computer ) Disconnecting from the neural-net.

Resume schedule ?

No, I'm too tired.

You were online 12 hours 21 minutes.

Recommended exposure to v.r.

is no more than five hours.

I know, I know, all I need Is a little sleep mode.

How come you ran off?

I thought we were having fun at the party.

You were having fun. I was miserable.

So you ditch me to spend the whole night in the cyber-world ?

At least they don't treat me like sh*t.

In there, people are kind and gentle.

What? You got some cyber sweetheart ?

Or you just buzzing off with any avatar that comes along ?

You wouldn't understand.

You damn right, I don't understand!

Nobody walks out on Jake !

There's no reason to be upset.

We can still see to it

this evening Isn't a total bust.

Go on, it's a present.

You'll like it.

A free skin job, how sweet of you.

I just wanna make you happy.

I know it can really perk up a gal's self-esteem

to get a makeover now and then.

How cute.

You want a little plastic girlie doll to play with.

Maybe they can remove that chip off your shoulder.

I don't get it.

I give you everything you want.

Fancy clothes, jewelry, the condo.

All I ask in return is that you be on my arm

at certain social occasions.

I'm sick of being your play thing, Jake.

I'd rather die.

It's a shame a beauty like this should go to waste.

If only there was some way

to get rid of the b*tch inside!

Get out of here, Jake!

I don't think I ever wanna see you again!

You shouldn't be thinking at all, you dumb broad!

You should be grateful! I could have any woman I want!

Then hire one of them !

This job sucks.

( door ) Goodnight.

Alright, you wanna play games on your little toy, go ahead.

We'll see how good you really are.

Resume program.

I'm sorry, I couldn't wait.

I'll log on again tomorrow, same time.

Listen, if you really meant what you said

About leaving the real world...

There may be a way.

It's called a brain scan.

I shouldn't be telling you this, it's too dangerous.

No, please, tell me, I want to know !

( sobbing )

Can I help you ?

Maybe.

Are you some kind of w*r hero ?

The heroes all died, I'm just a survivor.

What can I do for you ?

I hear you're the best v.i. in the business.

I hear you wrote the code on the neural-net.

Some of it.

I don't get much walk-in traffic.

Yeah, big surprise.

Well, this thing requires a delicate touch.

-Pretty girl. -Yeah, my fiancée.

She died two weeks ago. Nasty accident.

I'm sorry, but, I don't work in the real world.

My practice is strictly virtual.

Yeah, that's the thing.

She created an avatar to keep me company

when I do business on the net

and, well, now that's she's gone,

I want it deleted.

And it doesn't wanna be deleted?

That binary b*tch has been causing me some... embarrassment.

What does this avatar look like ?

It keeps changing, hiding out.

Last I heard, it was hanging around a place called "Charlie's".

I know it. You sure she's dead ?

You know the consequences of deleting an avatar when it's in use?

No, do tell.

They say it fries the user's soul,

Renders it a blank slate.

No more feeling than a lump of clay.

You don't say.

I'm running a search for your fiancée's proxy but it could take a while.

In the meantime, we could do some recon.

Is this what you do all day ?

Not much of a social life, huh ?

What's that ?

Proprietary neural-net search software.

You wrote this ?

You got an avatar ?

Just coded one.

Plug me in, man.

Nice suit.

Shark skin ?

I hired you to track a program. Let's go.

It's here somewhere, I can smell it.

Care for a c*ck ?

Stick by me and keep your big mouth shut.

Hey, mac.

We're looking for a rogue avatar.

It looks like a French maid, but it might be mutating.

Seen anything like that?

Do I look like I care?!

Listen up, you mewling puke face, mouse-kisser!

Tell me where she is or I'll bite your head off!

Very tactful.

From now on just let me do the talking.

That's her!

Check out both of us!

What the hell did you do that for?!

-I almost had her! -"Her"? You mean, "it", don't you ?

Whatever. Don't tell me you're one of those bleeding hearts

who thinks programs have feelings.

It's a very sophisticated code.

I don't give a sh*t. I want that b*tch erased, you got it ?

Take your g*dd*mn money, mister. I got no business with you.

You fat f*ck.

I don't need you.

I'll take this and erase her myself.

I got you now, baby.

Subject identified.

Alice Kerchief, is she dead ?

-Negative. -sh*t, call her, warn her to check out!

Subject access is blocked.

Attempting to break in.

There is a marker for you

in net sector three triple zero.

Take me there.

Still looking for that rogue avatar ?

-You seen her? -She came back, left you this.

It's security locked.

C'mon, baby, break it !

Code established.

I can't believe you brought Jake here.

Was it all just a set up ?

Then why don't I believe it ?

I don't know if I can trust you.

But if you really meant what you said...

Then take the t-1 to system central mainframe.

What were you doing with Jake ? Tell me !

Jake hired me to delete a rogue avatar.

I had no idea it was you.

Jake, he's--

He's trying to k*ll you by burning your memory.

Just so he can possess my body ?

How long have you been online ?

I never logged off.

You gotta check out now !

I'm not going back.

You said there was a way.

A way to stay inside.

Aah !

I got you now, b*tch.

And your lard-a*s boyfriend, too.

Power spikes can cause neurological damage.

No sh*t.

( Alice ) Where are we ?

Unused block. This is where the server debugs the system

and deletes unused file fragments.

It's too dangerous to hang around here.

I can't...

I'm fading... fast.

Can you run diagnostic on subject human ?

Accessing system Alice Kerchief.

Subject human is code blue.

Alice, hear me. You gotta cut loose or you'll die !

Now pull the plug !

No, it's better this way.

All he wants is my body.

Warning, defrag program running.

-Can you crack it? -Negative, encryption exceeds NSA specs.

I need more bandwidth! Use reserve power and double the clock speed!

Engaging. Clock speed maximum.

-What's happening? -Hold on, I'm coming!

Hey, v.i. man. You want a piece of me ?

Program interrupt Delta nine.

( cheers )

Ahh... !

Ahh !

I love you, champ.

End program, interrupt delta nine !

Ahh !

Hold on!

Don't worry, I've got you !

Decompress subject avatar.

-Watch out! -Emergency procedure!

Premier one!

Bye, champ.

Argh... !

Hey, Alice, you in there ?

Alice ?!

( door ) Good evening.

Alice?

Alright, it worked !

It worked !

The b*tch is gone, but the party's still on !

C'mere, baby, I got something for ya.

Oh, yeah, just the way I like it.

sh*t ! What the--

What's going on ?!

sh*t, sh*t !

Goddamnit! You can't do this to me !

What a shame.

Oh, well, that's the breaks, kiddo.

But, hey, there's plenty more where she came from.

( woman ) Hello. -Donna.

Yeah, it's your main man, Jake.

Jake, where have you been hiding ?

-As it just so happens, I'm free tonight.

( door ) Goodnight.

It worked! It worked !

It's okay! Our programs are running! How do you feel?

Wonderful.

There was this flash of light. What happened?

Brain scan.

A program I wrote years ago

but I never had the guts to use it

until I met you.

So we never have to go back to our real bodies ?

Never.

It takes a true connection

to spark in each of us that special glow.

Some say it's a delusion,

a digital dream.

But is it always the masquerade it seems?

Or could it be a brave new world

where people are judged

solely by the beauty of their character ?

You were incredible.

What'd I tell ya ?

Raven's never without a date for long.