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[Emcee] Previously on
The Girlfriend Experience...

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-[Brett] Cassie?
-Brett?

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So what about you,
Princess Kate, huh?

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What get you
all hot and bothered?

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Cricket?

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What's in there?

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Wear 'em next time
you come over.

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You know, my daughter.
She's up in...

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Up in...

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[Leanne] Now we know.

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Dad has
early onset Alzheimer's.

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Give me one reason why we
should get on that wait list.

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What's it worth?

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To potentially give
a loved one more time.

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[Leanne] Iris, I want to get
tested as well.

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[Tawny] When was the last time
you spoke with the V?

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[Iris] What's going on?

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[Tawny] Nothing.
I didn't do anything.

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Tawny.

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You've been recording
identifiable

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client information
without consent.

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You're fired.

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[moaning, panting]

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[Christophe] What you are doing
is more high fidelity

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than any other setup
I've seen.

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[Brett] Cassie,
what is wrong with you?

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[man] Why don't we start using
empatherial training?

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It's like pitting one AI
against a copy of itself.

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One side says,
"Hey, look at this."

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And the other side says,
"Not good enough, try harder."

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What makes you happy, Emcee?

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I don't understand
that question.

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[Christophe] It's rich.
It's intimate.

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And there is one constant.

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It's you.

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪

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[man gasps]

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[both breathing heavily]

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[man groans]

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[chuckles]

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This is turning into a thing,
huh?

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Should I be getting you
a drawer?

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I actually can't stay over.

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I've got some family things.

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Oh, yeah?
What's that code for?

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I thought you wanted to hang.

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[Iris] I do.

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Are you sure?

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[Iris] We're so not done.

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I get that.

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I'm just glad I gave you
my number and that's it.

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-[clattering]
-[TV turns on]

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Oh, wow, miss me already?

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[TV in background]

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[Brett]
Bottoms up.

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What am I supposed to do?
You're ditching me.

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I really have to go,
Brett Redding.

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But...

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[announcer] There's no
electric car on the market...

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I would absolutely

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love to keep seeing you
outside of the agency

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if that's what you want.

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You're not still seeing
any other guys, are ya?

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[man chuckles, groans]

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Abby and Eliza.

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Two halves of my world.

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[Iris]
I like their names.

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[chuckles]
That's all their mum.

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But they're more like me.
Both of them.

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You know,
I bet you're a really good dad.

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[man] Well, I'm just
a big old clown, really.

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But I try.

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[sighs]

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The threat of losing something,
ever the wake-up call.

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Stage IV leukemia.

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To be honest with you,
that's why I'm here.

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Pound isn't what it used to be.

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It's my wife's idea too.

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Told me to take one
for the team.

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[tense music plays]

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♪

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Sorry, it's come off again.

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'Scuse me!

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'Scuse me.

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The infrared cutoff
off at three.

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Jerry, give it a reset.

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Just be mindful of the patches.

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A good flex is gonna
pull 'em lose again.

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Does everyone have to
come in every time?

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I'm gonna take five.

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[woman] Guys, anyone that

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doesn't need to be here,
shove out.

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Actually, if you need anything
at all--

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No, I'm fine.

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Um, it's hard to get
a read on the thermal

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with the covers
on those there.

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-They're resetting now.
-Okay.

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Everyone, let's go.
Come on.

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[Iris] If we're gonna do this,

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it's gonna be on my terms.

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All participants know exactly
what they're signing up for

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and the kind of data
that is being recorded.

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Full medical exam,
ahead of time,

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and you can adjust the setup

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any moment

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based on your own
level of comfort.

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It will be a controlled
environment.

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Data distortion,
given the experimental setup,

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is to be expected.

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We'll have to establish

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their baseline reads
and take it from there.

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No blanket data scraping.

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Uh, no vague permissions baked
into the terms of service.

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I want the ability to veto
any and all data collected.

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And if I deem something
unnecessary,

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it will be removed
from the transcript.

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Certainly, we can do that.

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And no cameras.

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We can use infrared instead,

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and thermal will allow us to
correlate a rise in body heat.

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Okay, but nothing that, uh,
distinguishes my likeness.

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And I want voice scramblers
on all the audio.

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Absolutely.

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I think we're on the same page.

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Can we convert
the emotional cadence

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into numerical value
before scrambling it?

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Okay.

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But outside hires only.

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I don't want
any of my coworkers

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knowing where the new
training sets came from.

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We'll have strict NDAs
for anyone involved.

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Including the tech team.

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[dramatic music plays]

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[Iris] No one knows my name.

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No one knows
what I do in real life.

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♪

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The girl in there...

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she could be anyone.

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There you go. Kay?

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[quiet, moody music]

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♪

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[sighs]

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♪

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Are you Mike?

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Yes.

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Hi, Mike.
I'm Cassie.

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I'm Alfie.

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Hi.

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I'm Cassie.

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Donnie.

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Cassie.

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Nice to meet you.

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Cassie?

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Yeah, that's me.

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I'm Ken.

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Dory.

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Killian.

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JJ.

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We'll collect a sampling
of test subjects

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from all walks of life.

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-All with a variety--
-People.

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Sorry?

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Of all genders.

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Individuals with highly
individual wants.

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Wants that
we're gonna have to work

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really hard
to tease out of them,

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especially if they know
they're being observed.

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[moody music]

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♪

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Do you want me to fuck you?

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♪

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No.

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No.

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Stay there.

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I don't want you to touch me.

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[Donnie]
I want you to watch me.

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[heavy breathing]

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♪

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[Christophe] No judgment.

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[softly]
I'm gonna take care of you.

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No shame.

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We'll learn every flavor.

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[Donnie panting]

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[Christophe] Every brand.

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[exhales]

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[Christophe] Capture it.

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[both chuckling]

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[Christophe] Bottle it up...

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...until we have
a personality simulation

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that will deliver just that.

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[panting heavily]

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We are all so wildly different,

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yet we are unbelievably
the same.

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Craving connection.

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[panting]

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[grunts]

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[exhales]

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[pants]

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Don't leave me.

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[Christophe] Or at least
the illusion of it.

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Who's to fucking tell?

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♪

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[sighs]

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There's something
I could use your help with--

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a clinical trial
here in London.

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My father's on the wait list.

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You want us to try
and get him bumped up?

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[Iris]
Then we have a deal.

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-[Iris] Hey, Lindsey.
-[Lindsey] Yes?

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I think we're gonna have
to make some adjustments.

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This isn't working.
[sighs]

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[indistinct chatter]

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-[Iris] Hey.
-[Hiram] Hey.

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[Iris] How are you?

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Yeah, good.
How are you?

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[Iris] Good.
What'd I miss?

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[Hiram]
A few things.

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Oh, yeah?
Like what?

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[Hiram] Sean's been giving me
the silent treatment.

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You know, suddenly they're
worried about human bias.

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They've sent everyone
on paid leave.

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Put work stations downstairs
into storage

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until they figure out
what to do with the pullouts.

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Huh.

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But Emcee is fine, though,
you know?

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Still looking at faces.
And so am I.

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I'm back to helping people
find better matches.

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I've thrown in a couple
of fake profiles into the mix,

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you know,
just for good measure.

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You never know,
it might teach her something.

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Can you show me?

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Hold on, is that--

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Yup.
[laughs]

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Guys in animation
aren't too bad.

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I've done a quick scan
of both of their faces.

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You know, I think they make
a cute couple.

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[laughs]

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Hello, Iris.

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Hello, Emcee.

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I'm happy to see you.

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She remembers me?

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Don't be rude.
She's speaking to you.

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Sorry.
Hi, Emcee.

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It's been a while
since we've seen each other.

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I miss you.

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Yeah, I miss you too.

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Yeah, it's just a mock-up.

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[Iris] Yeah, it's great.
It's really good.

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[sighs]

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Have you--
have you been all right?

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Me?
Yeah, fine.

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I needed to take
a little time off.

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My family's in town, so...

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Right.
And now you're back.

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I've been interviewing
test subjects.

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What does that even mean?

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[Iris]
I can't really talk about it.

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I'm sorry I didn't come to you.

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No, I get that.

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Oh, I'm--
I'm always here

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if you ever need to, um,

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you know, just talk,
as it were.

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Hiram, nothing's changed.

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You don't have to do this
with me, you know.

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[Iris] Do what?

267
00:15:39,982 --> 00:15:41,462
Just tell me what you think
I wanna hear.

268
00:15:44,378 --> 00:15:47,511
[tense music plays]

269
00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:50,906
I would absolutely
love to keep seeing you

270
00:15:51,037 --> 00:15:54,388
outside of the agency,
if that's what you want.

271
00:15:55,867 --> 00:15:58,131
Yeah.

272
00:16:00,437 --> 00:16:02,744
You're not still seeing
any other guys, are ya?

273
00:16:05,355 --> 00:16:07,314
[laughs]

274
00:16:07,444 --> 00:16:10,099
[uneasy music plays]

275
00:16:10,273 --> 00:16:13,059
♪

276
00:16:18,455 --> 00:16:19,326
[knock on door]

277
00:16:22,372 --> 00:16:23,765
Hey.

278
00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:26,637
Are you the reason I got
dropped from the agency?

279
00:16:26,768 --> 00:16:29,423
Did you tell them?

280
00:16:29,553 --> 00:16:31,512
I don't know
what you're talking about.

281
00:16:31,599 --> 00:16:32,948
[American accent]
Really, Brett?

282
00:16:33,079 --> 00:16:34,950
Guy in a black SUV,
he's not yours?

283
00:16:35,081 --> 00:16:37,083
Y-y-you sound different.

284
00:16:37,953 --> 00:16:39,650
[Iris] Have you or have
you not had somebody tailing me?

285
00:16:39,781 --> 00:16:41,565
Jesus fucking Christ, Cassie,
that is cuckoo...

286
00:16:41,652 --> 00:16:43,089
-[Iris] Brett.
-...for Cocoa--

287
00:16:43,219 --> 00:16:45,787
-I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
-Yes or fucking no?

288
00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,528
Your accent is tripping me
the fuck out.

289
00:16:47,615 --> 00:16:48,703
What?

290
00:16:50,487 --> 00:16:52,141
[grunts]
Come on, you pissed as hell.

291
00:16:52,272 --> 00:16:54,491
Hey, come on, babe.
Come on.

292
00:16:54,622 --> 00:16:56,667
Well, you're the one
who recorded us.

293
00:16:56,798 --> 00:16:57,973
What the fuck
was I supposed to do, huh?

294
00:16:58,104 --> 00:17:00,280
Trust you?

295
00:17:00,367 --> 00:17:03,892
♪

296
00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:08,114
You want your women
all to yourself, don't you?

297
00:17:08,244 --> 00:17:10,377
No wonder your ex left you.

298
00:17:10,507 --> 00:17:12,640
Did you have her followed too?

299
00:17:12,727 --> 00:17:15,295
What, you wanna be my
fucking shrink now, huh?

300
00:17:15,425 --> 00:17:17,732
You should be happy
about being dropped.

301
00:17:17,862 --> 00:17:20,517
I pay you more than all those
other douchebags put together.

302
00:17:20,648 --> 00:17:22,041
-[scoffs]
-It's fucking over

303
00:17:22,171 --> 00:17:23,042
if you step into that elevator.

304
00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:25,348
We are so done.

305
00:17:25,479 --> 00:17:28,264
Hey, hey, hey, hey, look.

306
00:17:28,395 --> 00:17:30,005
I just wanted us to hang out
a little bit more, huh?

307
00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:31,702
Take it as a compliment.

308
00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:33,748
I-I'm the most fun
you've ever had.

309
00:17:33,878 --> 00:17:35,184
I hope you fucking know that.

310
00:17:35,358 --> 00:17:38,361
♪

311
00:17:38,492 --> 00:17:40,842
[footsteps]

312
00:17:40,972 --> 00:17:42,061
[door closes]

313
00:17:43,366 --> 00:17:45,803
Out cold.

314
00:17:45,934 --> 00:17:47,544
Figured.

315
00:17:47,675 --> 00:17:50,330
He was so wired
the whole flight.

316
00:17:50,460 --> 00:17:51,374
Mm-hmm.

317
00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:04,909
[sighs]

318
00:18:05,954 --> 00:18:07,651
Thanks for this, Iris.

319
00:18:07,782 --> 00:18:11,873
It's a great spot.

320
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,657
Had I known it was gonna be
the three of you,

321
00:18:13,788 --> 00:18:16,399
I would have--
[laughs]

322
00:18:16,530 --> 00:18:19,533
I don't know.
Found something better.

323
00:18:25,191 --> 00:18:27,715
It just happened.

324
00:18:30,413 --> 00:18:33,024
Who?

325
00:18:36,506 --> 00:18:39,161
Yeah.
[sighs]

326
00:18:45,428 --> 00:18:48,127
Really?

327
00:18:48,257 --> 00:18:50,912
Why didn't you tell me?

328
00:18:51,042 --> 00:18:52,914
I don't know.

329
00:18:56,657 --> 00:18:58,659
Because...

330
00:19:01,401 --> 00:19:03,968
...I got tested.

331
00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:07,798
Remember?
I told you I was going to.

332
00:19:13,630 --> 00:19:17,156
Um...

333
00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:19,636
was it scary?

334
00:19:19,767 --> 00:19:22,073
[laughs softly]

335
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,989
I mean, yeah.

336
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:27,688
[labored breaths]

337
00:19:27,818 --> 00:19:30,778
Leanne, does this mean
that--um...

338
00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:47,925
What are you gonna do?

339
00:19:48,012 --> 00:19:51,320
[breathes deeply]

340
00:19:54,410 --> 00:19:56,325
What do you think I should do?

341
00:19:56,456 --> 00:19:58,588
[shaky laugh]

342
00:19:58,719 --> 00:20:02,201
-Oh...
-I mean...

343
00:20:02,331 --> 00:20:05,682
-[laughing]
-You're laughing--what...

344
00:20:05,813 --> 00:20:08,729
I'm so scared.

345
00:20:08,859 --> 00:20:11,166
[breathes deeply]

346
00:20:11,297 --> 00:20:13,864
[sighs]

347
00:20:13,951 --> 00:20:15,257
It doesn't mean you have it.

348
00:20:16,780 --> 00:20:18,956
Maybe you didn't get it.

349
00:20:20,697 --> 00:20:22,743
[sighs]

350
00:20:24,484 --> 00:20:27,008
[sighs deeply]

351
00:20:30,054 --> 00:20:32,579
[dramatic ambient music plays]

352
00:20:32,666 --> 00:20:35,408
♪

353
00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:08,876
♪

354
00:21:09,006 --> 00:21:09,790
[Lindsey] Yeah.

355
00:21:11,226 --> 00:21:13,359
Yeah.

356
00:21:15,665 --> 00:21:18,755
Mm-hmm.

357
00:21:18,886 --> 00:21:20,496
Yeah, okay.

358
00:21:20,627 --> 00:21:22,672
It sounds good to me.
Yeah.

359
00:21:43,084 --> 00:21:45,304
Hello.

360
00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:07,543
[sniffles]

361
00:22:13,506 --> 00:22:15,246
[breathes shakily]

362
00:22:15,377 --> 00:22:17,074
[Iris] Oh.

363
00:22:21,078 --> 00:22:22,732
You're not into any of this,
are you?

364
00:22:22,819 --> 00:22:23,907
What?
No.

365
00:22:23,994 --> 00:22:25,996
No, it's okay.

366
00:22:26,083 --> 00:22:27,650
Neither am I.

367
00:22:31,437 --> 00:22:35,092
Half the time I don't even know
what the fuck I'm doing here.

368
00:22:35,223 --> 00:22:38,182
[scoffs]
I'm supposed to be, like,

369
00:22:38,269 --> 00:22:41,490
really good at reading people,
but I don't know.

370
00:22:41,621 --> 00:22:43,362
I feel like
I'm just winging it.

371
00:22:43,492 --> 00:22:46,669
I misread people all the time.

372
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,845
[sighs]

373
00:22:48,932 --> 00:22:50,891
You're a quantum physics guy,
right?

374
00:22:51,021 --> 00:22:53,502
Um, I work for NPL.

375
00:22:53,633 --> 00:22:56,026
Oh, applied research.

376
00:22:58,115 --> 00:23:02,729
Yeah, I used to study
neuroscience.

377
00:23:02,859 --> 00:23:05,558
I was getting my master's,

378
00:23:05,688 --> 00:23:08,561
and then I dropped out.

379
00:23:08,691 --> 00:23:10,780
Fucked off to a new country.

380
00:23:12,042 --> 00:23:14,567
Why'd you drop out?

381
00:23:21,922 --> 00:23:25,882
Um...

382
00:23:26,013 --> 00:23:28,711
because my dad got sick,
and I didn't wanna be there.

383
00:23:35,283 --> 00:23:37,981
[laughs]

384
00:23:38,112 --> 00:23:42,203
I'm sorry, you fully did not
sign up for this.

385
00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:45,032
I'm...

386
00:23:45,162 --> 00:23:46,773
I usually have
a lot of trouble,

387
00:23:46,903 --> 00:23:50,254
uh, opening up to people, so...

388
00:23:50,385 --> 00:23:53,997
Thank you for indulging me.
You're a good listener.

389
00:23:59,481 --> 00:24:01,440
Should we just call it?

390
00:24:03,398 --> 00:24:05,444
Yeah?

391
00:24:07,141 --> 00:24:08,577
Okay, cool.

392
00:24:08,708 --> 00:24:11,232
[breathes deeply]

393
00:24:11,362 --> 00:24:14,017
[dramatic music plays]

394
00:24:14,191 --> 00:24:17,368
♪

395
00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:19,632
[exhales deeply]

396
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,735
-Hi.
-Hi.

397
00:24:35,865 --> 00:24:37,998
Nice work in there.

398
00:24:38,128 --> 00:24:39,869
That was really something.

399
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,654
Man of science.

400
00:24:41,784 --> 00:24:44,221
He's only turned on by
what he perceives to be true.

401
00:24:44,352 --> 00:24:45,875
Well, he was a hard one
to crack.

402
00:24:46,006 --> 00:24:48,008
-Mm-hmm.
-And you did it.

403
00:24:48,138 --> 00:24:49,749
Well done.

404
00:24:49,879 --> 00:24:52,273
Thank you.

405
00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:54,449
Lindsey,
I think we can do better.

406
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:56,320
What do you mean?

407
00:24:56,451 --> 00:24:58,932
I just think we need to
streamline the interactions.

408
00:24:59,019 --> 00:25:01,195
You know, use a targeted
set of cues,

409
00:25:01,325 --> 00:25:03,719
find participants who actually
know what the fuck they want.

410
00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:06,592
Shortcut to getting
a baseline read.

411
00:25:06,722 --> 00:25:11,031
Yes--emotional desire, uh,
engagement, arousal, all of it.

412
00:25:11,118 --> 00:25:12,641
And minimize the time
for setup.

413
00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:15,296
-Yes.
-Hmm.

414
00:25:15,426 --> 00:25:17,037
I'll talk to Sean.

415
00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:19,866
It's worth a try
if you think you can do it.

416
00:25:19,996 --> 00:25:20,823
Thank you.

417
00:25:22,651 --> 00:25:25,480
Oh, uh,

418
00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:27,917
that thing I said about my dad
in there, that wasn't true.

419
00:25:28,004 --> 00:25:31,617
So, um, could you delete it

420
00:25:31,747 --> 00:25:34,837
from the transcript
before it goes into analysis?

421
00:25:34,924 --> 00:25:37,318
[Lindsey] Yeah, sure.
We'll delete it.

422
00:25:37,405 --> 00:25:40,234
Yeah, I just said it to give
him something personal.

423
00:25:43,411 --> 00:25:46,109
[sighs]

424
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,851
[melancholy music plays]

425
00:25:49,025 --> 00:25:51,898
♪

426
00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:24,278
♪

427
00:26:54,395 --> 00:26:57,311
♪