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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 gets 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.
-[line clicks]

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You've been recording identifiable
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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[Hiram] 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 opens bottle]
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 on TV]
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 you?

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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 was 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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Excuse me!

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Excuse me!

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The infrared cutoff off halfway through.

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-Jerry, give it a reset.
-[device beeps]

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Just be mindful of the patches.
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
doesn't need to be here, shove out.

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Uh, do you need anything, water or–

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No, I'm fine.

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Um, it's hard to get a read on the thermal
with the covers on. There was a dip 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,
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. Okay?

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[quiet, moody music]

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♪ ♪

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[Iris 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 Kim.

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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
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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[breathing heavily]

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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 deeply]

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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 deeply]

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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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[indistinct chatter]

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-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 product.

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[Iris] 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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-Yep.
-[both laugh]

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Guys in animation aren't too bad.

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I've done a quick scan
of both 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?

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Just tell me what you think
I want to hear.

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[tense music plays]

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I would absolutely love to keep seeing you

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outside of the agency,
if that's what you want.

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Yeah.

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

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[chuckles]

269
00:16:10,324 --> 00:16:13,294
[uneasy music plays]

270
00:16:13,327 --> 00:16:16,330
♪ ♪

271
00:16:21,435 --> 00:16:22,503
[knock on door]

272
00:16:25,339 --> 00:16:26,474
Hey.

273
00:16:26,507 --> 00:16:29,610
Are you the reason I got dropped
from the agency?

274
00:16:29,643 --> 00:16:32,213
Did you tell them?

275
00:16:32,246 --> 00:16:34,348
I don't know what you're talking about.

276
00:16:34,382 --> 00:16:35,683
[American accent]
Really, Brett?

277
00:16:35,716 --> 00:16:38,018
Guy in a black SUV, he's not yours?

278
00:16:38,052 --> 00:16:40,287
Y-y-you sound different.

279
00:16:40,321 --> 00:16:42,390
Have you or have you not
had somebody tailing me.

280
00:16:42,423 --> 00:16:44,425
Jesus fucking Christ, Cassie,
that is cuckoo...

281
00:16:44,458 --> 00:16:45,760
-[Iris] Brett.
-...for Cocoa–

282
00:16:45,793 --> 00:16:48,462
-I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
-Yes or fucking no?

283
00:16:48,496 --> 00:16:50,598
Your accent is tripping me the fuck out.

284
00:16:50,631 --> 00:16:51,799
What?

285
00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:54,668
[grunts] Come on, you pissed as hell.

286
00:16:54,702 --> 00:16:57,338
-Hey, come on, babe. Come on.
-God.

287
00:16:57,371 --> 00:16:59,440
Well, you're the one who recorded us.

288
00:16:59,473 --> 00:17:01,108
What the fuck was I supposed to do, huh?

289
00:17:01,142 --> 00:17:02,276
Trust you?

290
00:17:03,444 --> 00:17:06,447
♪ ♪

291
00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,617
You want your women
all to yourself, don't you?

292
00:17:11,152 --> 00:17:13,320
No wonder your ex left you.

293
00:17:13,354 --> 00:17:15,356
Did you have her followed, too?

294
00:17:15,389 --> 00:17:18,092
What, you want to be
my fucking shrink now, huh?

295
00:17:18,125 --> 00:17:20,327
You should be happy about being dropped.

296
00:17:20,361 --> 00:17:23,397
I'm paying you more than
all those other douchebags put together.

297
00:17:23,431 --> 00:17:24,832
-[scoffs]
-It's fucking over

298
00:17:25,065 --> 00:17:26,267
if you step into that elevator.

299
00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:28,369
-We are so done.
-[elevator bell dings]

300
00:17:28,402 --> 00:17:30,805
Hey, hey, hey, hey, look.

301
00:17:30,838 --> 00:17:33,073
I just wanted us to hang out
a little bit more, huh?

302
00:17:33,107 --> 00:17:34,508
Take it as a compliment.

303
00:17:34,542 --> 00:17:36,577
I-I'm the most fun you've ever had.

304
00:17:36,610 --> 00:17:38,446
I hope you fucking know that.

305
00:17:38,479 --> 00:17:41,449
♪ ♪

306
00:17:41,482 --> 00:17:43,818
[footsteps approaching]

307
00:17:43,851 --> 00:17:46,420
[door closes]

308
00:17:46,454 --> 00:17:49,089
Out cold.

309
00:17:49,123 --> 00:17:50,391
Figured.

310
00:17:50,424 --> 00:17:53,427
He was so wired the whole flight.

311
00:17:53,461 --> 00:17:54,595
Mm-hmm.

312
00:18:05,639 --> 00:18:08,175
[sighs]

313
00:18:08,776 --> 00:18:10,678
Thanks for this, Iris.

314
00:18:10,711 --> 00:18:13,347
It's a great spot.

315
00:18:14,582 --> 00:18:16,584
Had I known it was gonna be
the three of you,

316
00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:18,319
I would have–

317
00:18:18,352 --> 00:18:21,689
[chuckles]
I don't know. Found something better.

318
00:18:28,229 --> 00:18:29,830
It just happened.

319
00:18:29,864 --> 00:18:33,501
[inhales deeply]

320
00:18:33,534 --> 00:18:34,702
Who?

321
00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,443
Yeah. [sighs]

322
00:18:48,482 --> 00:18:49,717
Really?

323
00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:53,888
Why didn't you tell me?

324
00:18:53,921 --> 00:18:55,723
I don't know.

325
00:18:59,627 --> 00:19:01,228
Because...

326
00:19:04,431 --> 00:19:06,400
...I got tested.

327
00:19:07,635 --> 00:19:09,737
Remember? I told you I was going to.

328
00:19:16,710 --> 00:19:18,412
Um...

329
00:19:20,347 --> 00:19:22,650
...was it scary?

330
00:19:22,683 --> 00:19:25,219
[laughs softly]

331
00:19:25,252 --> 00:19:28,188
I mean, yeah.

332
00:19:28,222 --> 00:19:30,491
[labored breaths]

333
00:19:30,524 --> 00:19:32,927
Leanne, does this mean that, um...

334
00:19:47,975 --> 00:19:49,810
What are you gonna do?

335
00:19:50,945 --> 00:19:54,582
[breathes deeply]

336
00:19:57,318 --> 00:19:59,453
What do you think I should do?

337
00:19:59,486 --> 00:20:01,522
[laughs shakily]

338
00:20:01,555 --> 00:20:04,925
-Um...
-I mean...

339
00:20:04,959 --> 00:20:08,429
-[laughing]
-You're laughing. What...

340
00:20:08,462 --> 00:20:11,765
I'm so scared.

341
00:20:11,799 --> 00:20:14,368
[breathes deeply]

342
00:20:14,401 --> 00:20:16,704
[Iris sighs]

343
00:20:16,737 --> 00:20:18,539
It doesn't mean you have it.

344
00:20:19,673 --> 00:20:21,642
Maybe you didn't get it.

345
00:20:23,711 --> 00:20:25,913
[sighs]

346
00:20:27,514 --> 00:20:30,317
[sighs deeply]

347
00:20:32,786 --> 00:20:35,756
[dramatic ambient music plays]

348
00:20:35,789 --> 00:20:38,626
♪ ♪

349
00:21:11,859 --> 00:21:12,926
[Lindsey] Yeah.

350
00:21:14,395 --> 00:21:15,529
Yeah.

351
00:21:18,732 --> 00:21:19,867
Mm-hmm.

352
00:21:21,835 --> 00:21:23,370
Yeah, okay.

353
00:21:23,404 --> 00:21:25,839
Sounds good to me. Yeah.

354
00:21:46,093 --> 00:21:47,394
Hello.

355
00:22:18,492 --> 00:22:20,394
[Iris sighs]

356
00:22:23,764 --> 00:22:25,766
You're not into any of this, are you?

357
00:22:25,799 --> 00:22:27,434
What? No.

358
00:22:27,468 --> 00:22:29,036
No, it's okay.

359
00:22:29,069 --> 00:22:30,871
Neither am I.

360
00:22:33,874 --> 00:22:36,777
Half the time I don't even know
what the fuck I'm doing here.

361
00:22:37,945 --> 00:22:40,814
[scoffs] I'm supposed to be, like,

362
00:22:40,848 --> 00:22:44,418
really good at reading people,
but I don't know.

363
00:22:44,451 --> 00:22:46,420
I feel like I'm just winging it.

364
00:22:46,453 --> 00:22:48,622
I misread people all the time.

365
00:22:49,790 --> 00:22:51,625
[sighs]

366
00:22:51,658 --> 00:22:53,861
You're a quantum physics guy, right?

367
00:22:53,894 --> 00:22:56,563
Um, I work for NPL.

368
00:22:56,597 --> 00:22:58,465
Oh, applied research.

369
00:23:00,834 --> 00:23:05,672
Yeah, I used to study neuroscience.

370
00:23:05,706 --> 00:23:08,609
I was getting my master's,

371
00:23:08,642 --> 00:23:11,545
and then I dropped out.

372
00:23:11,578 --> 00:23:13,647
Fucked off to a new country.

373
00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:16,483
Why'd you drop out?

374
00:23:24,925 --> 00:23:26,660
Um...

375
00:23:28,629 --> 00:23:31,932
...because my dad got sick,
and I didn't want to be there.

376
00:23:38,172 --> 00:23:40,707
[scoffs]

377
00:23:40,741 --> 00:23:45,445
I'm sorry, you fully did not sign up
for this.

378
00:23:45,479 --> 00:23:46,480
I'm...

379
00:23:48,015 --> 00:23:52,853
I usually have a lot of trouble,
uh, opening up to people, so...

380
00:23:52,886 --> 00:23:57,157
Thank you for indulging me.
You're a good listener.

381
00:24:02,496 --> 00:24:04,198
Should we just call it?

382
00:24:06,567 --> 00:24:07,701
Yeah?

383
00:24:10,103 --> 00:24:11,705
Okay, cool.

384
00:24:11,738 --> 00:24:14,141
[Alfie breathes deeply]

385
00:24:14,174 --> 00:24:17,177
[dramatic music plays]

386
00:24:17,211 --> 00:24:20,214
♪ ♪

387
00:24:20,247 --> 00:24:23,250
[exhales deeply]

388
00:24:35,996 --> 00:24:38,732
-Hi.
-Hi.

389
00:24:38,765 --> 00:24:40,901
Nice work in there.

390
00:24:40,934 --> 00:24:42,903
That was really something.

391
00:24:42,936 --> 00:24:46,974
Man of science. He's only turned on
by what he perceives to be true.

392
00:24:47,007 --> 00:24:48,876
Well, he was a hard one to crack.

393
00:24:48,909 --> 00:24:51,044
-Mm.
-And you did it.

394
00:24:51,078 --> 00:24:52,813
Well done.

395
00:24:52,846 --> 00:24:55,115
Thank you.

396
00:24:55,148 --> 00:24:57,584
Lindsey, I think we can do better.

397
00:24:57,618 --> 00:24:58,919
What do you mean?

398
00:24:58,952 --> 00:25:01,788
I just think we need to streamline
the interactions.

399
00:25:01,822 --> 00:25:03,790
You know, use a targeted set of cues,

400
00:25:03,824 --> 00:25:06,627
find participants who actually know
what the fuck they want.

401
00:25:06,660 --> 00:25:09,096
Shortcut to getting a baseline read.

402
00:25:09,129 --> 00:25:13,834
Yes, emotional desire, uh,
engagement, arousal, all of it.

403
00:25:13,867 --> 00:25:15,702
And minimize the time for setup.

404
00:25:15,736 --> 00:25:18,238
-Yes.
-Hmm.

405
00:25:18,272 --> 00:25:19,840
I'll talk to Sean.

406
00:25:19,873 --> 00:25:22,943
It's worth a try
if you think you can do it.

407
00:25:22,976 --> 00:25:24,044
Thank you.

408
00:25:25,746 --> 00:25:27,981
Oh, uh,

409
00:25:28,015 --> 00:25:30,851
that thing I said about my dad in there,
that wasn't true.

410
00:25:30,884 --> 00:25:34,087
So, um, could you delete it

411
00:25:34,121 --> 00:25:37,624
from the transcript
before it goes into analysis?

412
00:25:37,658 --> 00:25:39,927
[Lindsey] Yeah, sure. We'll delete it.

413
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,130
Yeah, I just said it
to give him something personal.

414
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,069
[sighs]

415
00:25:49,102 --> 00:25:52,072
[melancholy music plays]

416
00:25:52,105 --> 00:25:55,108
♪ ♪