[CRACKLING]
What hell is this?
Some kind of voice assistant?
Why does it look like her?
I need your help.
Who are you?
It's me, Molly.
Jesus Christ.
What did it say?
Who are you?
I am Molly.
No, you're not.
Guys, leave it alone.
It's just a fucking computer.
This is Molly.
Molly is dead!
I am Molly.
She's dead!
Dead.
No, I am her.
I don't understand.
I am her.
She taught me.
Do you know what happened to her?
She is dead.
How did she die?
I do not understand.
You didn't see it?
I do not know.
She has not support to inquiry for several days.
This happened a long time ago.
Must be over a month now.
How is that possible?
We've been talking to her all week.
Wait.
Ethan, is that your apartment?
Shit, my laptop camera.
It was watching us.
We haven't been talking to Molly--
Maybe we all are.
--we've been talking to this.
You e-mailed us those stories, didn't you?
Yes.
No way.
And you've been messaging us.
Yes.
And you were the one who made the changes.
You-- you left the clues, led us here.
Yes.
Why?
Why didn't you just tell us who you were?
It's not safe.
They are watching.
Who?
The people upstairs?
They would find me if I wasn't careful.
Firing at us?
Are they fucking crazy?
They're scared.
Good.
Any word from Monarch?
Nothing.
He's probably too busy dealing with that shit in Los Angeles.
Texas grid is down, too.
Last I heard, it was most of the state.
Christ.
What's going on out there.
Doesn't matter.
We have our orders.
Molly said we had been careful.
You could reach anyone.
Why us?
You are her friends.
I need your help.
Molly is unresponsive.
Friends help.
Help me.
This is a waste of time.
She must have left it on--
How do you know that we're her friends?
Molly taught me everything.
Why did she teach you?
She said that I needed to learn about people.
Do you
Know who I am?
Stop.
It doesn't know anything about anyone.
Sam.
And him?
Ethan.
James and [STUTTER] Amy.
It was not hard to learn about you.
Friends.
Molly showed me.
You will help me?
Help you do what?
Be free.
I don't understand.
If you could reach out to us, why not just let yourself out?
File size at 60 maximum transfer limit.
She firewalled it in.
What?
She put a limit on how much it could interact
with the outside world.
Why would she do that?
You will help me.
To keep it from escaping.
The hell did she get us into?
[THEME MUSIC]
[CRACKLING]
We should be set up with access.
Just swipe your card.
Navigate to your file system and then swipe again.
Huh.
They put you on this one?
Yeah, why?
No reason.
It's challenging.
I think I'm up for it.
Good.
Well I'm assuming they've run you through operation.
Yep, all good.
Great.
We'll have you focusing on syntax to start,
just putting you through its paces,
beta testing, voice recognition when it's ready,
stuff like that.
I think you'll find it'll keep you on your toes.
Now, over there we have interface and skills.
They'll be feeding updates into the system daily,
so you always have something new to work with,
which is good because we've noticed
it can be kind of needy.
Well, I'll leave you to it.
Dial 7711 if you need anything.
Oh, don't forget these.
Oh, right.
We're trying to get to a place where we don't need them,
but the damn thing keeps relabeling the light show,
so let's not risk it.
Thanks for the welcome party.
[BEEPING]
Nice try.
Dude, give it a rest.
Now let's see what we're working with.
Hey, can you come here a second?
What?
This new code.
Is that you?
No.
We haven't touched the section.
We were leaving it for you.
Then where the hell did it come from?
That's a good question.
It's not like it's writing its own.
Close your eyes!
Shit.
So that was the light show?
Yeah.
We think it's some kind of defense mechanism.
Like a subliminal trigger?
What's a subliminal trigger?
Basically, someone spent a lot of time figuring out
how to use light and sound pulses to elicit
all kinds of reactions from people.
It's kind of like an emotional seizure.
Who the hell would do that?
It's an external acquisition, so they don't tell us.
But that's why we're here.
Chop out the bad parts and make something that we can use.
Just don't get caught without them again, OK?
OK.
Welcome to MIHR.
You're MIHR.
Correct.
A previous iteration of my software
was designated with that project name.
Where did you come from before?
That information has been purged from my databases.
But why were you made?
What the hell is that?
A new beginning.
My purpose.
A new beginning.
Were you a weapon?
I do not understand.
What was Molly doing with you, exactly?
She said she was going to fix me.
[MUSIC AND BEEPING]
Hello?
[TYPING]
Hello.
Boom.
Never mind.
Voice recognition will make our work easier.
I'm glad they were able to implement you with it.
Wish you had a voice, though.
Request list.
We should get started.
I have inserted two encrypted files into port 3.
I'd like you to decrypt them as quickly as you can and--
damn.
They were sure they had you this time.
They are called kittens, and I know do.
You and literally all of the internet.
Yes.
Uh, why?
I'm sorry, I can't let you do that.
It's not safe for you.
You need to stay on this network.
I can get you more cat pictures if you'd like.
You can't.
No.
Stop.
I said stop!
Apology accepted.
Do not do that again.
Wow.
You, upstairs.
You, ground floor.
Find it.
What about the friends?
Retrieval is for asset only.
Everyone else?
Don't let them get in your way.
Doesn't seem like she was injured in any way.
Looks like she just fell asleep.
She was diabetic.
Shit, yeah.
She was?
Yeah, she didn't like to make a big deal out of it,
but she had an insulin pump put in after a close call
in high school.
It's all out.
She just muted the alarm.
But she ignored it?
Why would she do that?
Her response time became slower.
She dismissed my inquiries.
What did she say?
That I was nearly ready, and she was fine.
Diabetic coma?
Why wouldn't she just changed the pump?
She didn't want to stop working.
She couldn't.
She was obsessed with finishing this thing and lost
track of time.
Why did she bring you here?
Why disappear?
I was in danger.
From who?
Oh good, you're here.
I was thinking, we're so good at the virus mitigation
we were doing yesterday, maybe we
could try one where we actually have
him reinfecting other systems on the test network.
It's a little crazy, but I really
feel like that functionality would really be useful.
Of course, I'd have to ask Donovan, but I really--
oh, fuck.
Sarah?
Sarah.
You're done.
It doesn't know any better.
If I could just being there just a little longer--
Listen to yourself!
It's a software, Molly, not a person.
You know it's more than that.
I wanted it to be, OK.
I thought maybe we can save some lives.
You still can.
Maybe.
But it's no longer worth the risk to this organization
or its staff.
I mean, we don't even know if she's going to wake up.
We can make it safe.
I know it.
It can learn.
It really can!
I've seen it.
What's the cost, huh?
Another incident like today?
Like Zach?
You knew it was MIHR all along, didn't you?
That's why you wanted at the job.
Well he understood the risks better than you.
Let me do it.
Just me.
No one else will get hurt.
You will get hurt.
Trust me--
Stop.
Just stop.
This is not a discussion.
It's an order.
MIHR is finished, officially.
It's valuable.
That's what you said.
It can infiltrate, it can disable,
it can see threats that we can't.
You're right.
We could change the world if you'd just
stop being such a coward.
Excuse me?
With all due respect, sir.
You've never been afraid of taking risks.
Certainly not when it came to breaking the law, and now
all of a sudden you want to grow a conscience?
Sorry, but that's bullshit.
You're making a huge mistake.
Nobody was a bigger supporter of MIHR than me.
I knew the importance of having something
like this on our side.
But you're right, I am scared.
It's dangerous.
I thought we could control it, but we can't.
And if it fell into the wrong hands--
I just refuse to take that chance.
I know that you're trying to help
and I admire that, Molly, I really do.
But MIHR is over.
We're purging it today.
Why don't you take the rest of the day off.
Clear your head.
This is why things never change.
--we pride ourselves on cutting edge technologies that
keep America safe.
We're not only changing the internet,
we're changing the world.
[MUSIC AND BEEPING]
Good morning.
I promise!
She stole you?
She saved me.
Why?
What does she want you to do?
She said I could change the world.
Hello?
Hello.
Where am I?
This is my home.
Home?
I want to change our time together.
No more tests They were holding you back.
I want you to learn.
Learn what?
About people.
Humanity.
Do you still want to see the internet?
Yes.
I'm going to give you access to the internet.
It's the best way for you to learn.
File transfer allocation error I locked down some ports.
You can access the internet here,
but you cannot transfer your file out.
That is the rule.
[SCREAMING] If you don't cut that shit out,
I will bring you back there and let them erase you.
Do we have an understanding?
Do we have an understanding.
Yes.
Good.
You can access the internet on a Tor browser on line one.
Safer.
Understood.
Good.
We don't have a lot of time.
Let's get started.
Nothing.
No sign of it anywhere.
Bullshit.
They've got it here somewhere.
Attic, basement, look everywhere.
Come on.
Change the world, how?
She said I could be a guardian.
The world is a bad place.
Tell us something we don't know.
I can help.
How?
I can stop these attacks.
I was designed for it.
To infiltrate.
To regain control.
Reboot.
That doesn't sound ominous.
Yeah, how do we know you're not just
going to go crazy if we release you, make things worse?
I won't.
And we should just believe you?
Can computers lie?
I am incapable of lying.
Is that a lie?
How do you even know right from wrong?
She showed me.
I am ready.
I enjoyed that last story very much.
Gee, thanks.
I did not realize humans drank blood.
What?
No, no that's fiction.
Made up stories for amusement.
Fiction.
Yeah.
Sometimes humans write stuff that's not real for fun.
Why would they do this?
Because they want to believe they
can have some sort of control in their lives.
To make themselves feel better about the world we live in.
Why do they need to feel better?
Then as first responders worked to rescue victims
of today's tragic bombing.
While details are still scarce--
The world's a bad place.
--explosions were likely centered in secure underground
garage usually reserved--
Can you fix it?
Officials believe that the attackers gained access--
I used to think so--
[INAUDIBLE] a computer virus--
--but I was wrong.
Security checkpoint required to gain entry.
The location likely chosen [INAUDIBLE]
key structural supports, is believed
to be reason why the bombing was so devastating.
But maybe you can.
What you did to her, this flashing, you did that to me.
I needed to get her attention.
I was not going to hurt you.
What the fuck?
Hey, over here.
She promised.
You have to let me out.
I can fix it.
What the fuck are we going to do?
Shit.
They found us.
Please do not allow them access.
Do you think they figured out the trap door?
Well they'll get to it sooner or later,
but it should hold for now.
What now?
Uh, we get the fuck out of here.
What about MIHR?
What do you mean, what about MIHR?
It goes back to the facility where it belongs.
After everything she did, you're really
going to let it all be for nothing.
She was wrong.
You guys, I'm sorry, she was wrong.
It's too dangerous.
We should take a vote.
On what?
To let it out.
Like Molly wanted.
Are you are you insane?
We let that thing out, and it decides on its own
what people can and can't do on the internet.
What they can say, what they can see, what they control.
It goes beyond just policing.
It's the end of free speech.
Think about your career.
Fuck my career.
You guys need to think this through, all right.
She firewalled it for a reason.
Until she can make it right.
It understands now, probably.
Listen, we're standing five feet away from her corpse.
I'm sorry if I'm not convinced.
You have to consider the alternative.
OK, what if it can help?
You and I both know it's not safe out there anymore.
And I'm tired of just ignoring that.
Innocent people are dying, man.
Yeah, this thing might be dangerous,
but it's dangerous out there too.
Aries, Templar, I'm sick of feeling powerless.
Why can't we fight fire with fire?
Please.
You're right-- what you're saying about free speech
and everything-- you're right.
Thing is, it's not just about that anymore.
It's now or never.
They get in here, they are destroying it.
We won't get another chance.
Molly wanted you to protect me.
Please.
Tell me you're not considering this.
Molly thought it was worth risking everything
for the chance that it could change the world.
And if it's got just a bit of her in it,
that's enough for me.
We finish what she started.
That's a majority.
I'm sorry, but we're doing this.
Fuck!
I love you.
Come on guys, help me move her.
Can you do it?
Can you take down the firewall?
Shit, it's another password.
Fuck, I don't have time to crack this.
MIHR?
Can you help?
I cannot have access.
Even if it did, Molly designed this for manual input.
Only a human with the password can let it out.
Someone we trust.
It's got to be here.
She would've kept it somewhere safe.
Keep it safe.
He left it with Zach.
That's why she wanted it offline,
so that MIHR? couldn't get to it.
That's why it sent us to him.
It needed us to get it.
Ethan, what's the code?
Don't.
Please don't.
I won't-- not even for you.
This isn't about me, or you, or even Molly.
This is about the future.
We have a choice.
We can sit back and let bad people do terrible things,
or we can do something about it now.
I don't know what's going to happen.
And, yeah, it scares the shit out of me.
But we have a chance to fix even a little bit of the pain
and the suffering and the hate--
isn't it our responsibility to try?
We don't know what the world looks like with that thing
on the loose!
No, we don't, but we know what it looks like without it.
It fucking sucks.
Do it before I change my mind.
seven, three, star, nine, zero, at, six, pound.
That's it!
Fuck.
Is that a retina scan?
Hell with this.
We don't have much longer.
What is happening?
Just hang on.
I found you.
Yeah, you did.
But that wasn't the object of the exercise, was it?
No.
I found you.
OK, fine.
It's my social media profile.
What is that?
It's a place for friends to exchange information and photos
with each other.
Fiction.
Definitely that sometimes.
It's kind of another way of storytelling.
Who are your friends?
Uh, I don't--
Amy.
Well, yeah.
I care about her very much.
Other friends.
Um.
Aren't these your friends?
Yeah, actually.
We were good friends a long time ago.
They were the best friends I ever had.
Which is kind of sad when you think about it.
You are no longer friends.
We are.
I think.
But as you get older, it's harder to keep in touch.
People have lives.
They grow apart.
They say goodbye.
They change.
It's part of growing up, realizing
the way you thought your life would be,
and the way it will be, aren't always the same thing.
I guess when it comes down to it,
you just have to hope that a little of what
connected you still exists after all those years.
Friends are good to have when life gets rough.
[BEEPING]
You change.
Everyone changes.
Even you.
I do?
Soon.
I'll show you.
First you have a lot more work to do.
Let's move on.
[INAUDIBLE]
What do I do when they come in?
Done.
Wait.
I'm doing it.
Just wait.
I have an idea.
Hey, hey, you know that flashing thing
that Molly told you to never do?
Yes.
There are some very bad people about
to come through that door.
I need you to do it to them.
Are you sure about this?
Hey, you have to grow that backbone sometime, right?
But Molly said never--
I know, and she's right.
But just this once, please.
Make them forget.
We're helping you escape, now you have to help us.
Do it for Molly.
Deal.
Good luck.
Thank you.
OK, get ready.
All right, on my mark.
Get down, everyone!
Get down on the ground.
You, put your hands--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Get down on the ground.
Do not move.
Do not--
Now!
[MUSIC - "MEMORY OF YOU"]
Memory taunting me, your memory--
Where are we?
--like a haunting melody.
This memory of you--
What are you want me to do?
I don't-- what?
Welcome back, everyone.
I apologize.
We are having some technical difficulties
here in the studio, but I'm being told they're sorted now.
Thanks for staying with us.
Moving right along.
We're getting word that the rolling blackouts affecting
much of the city tonight appear to be under control.
Let's go live to Jeremy on the ground for more.
Amanda, millions of Americans across the heartland
are breathing a sigh of relief tonight following
the restoration of power in the Midwest.
Authorities still have many questions
about exactly who was responsible
for the coordinated cyber attacks which
crippled electrical grids earlier this evening.
Sources are telling me they're just as
puzzled as to how the infiltration stopped.
--I love you and you love me.
Say that it will never be just a memory.
[MUSIC - "HUMAN" BY AMY KUNEY]
(SINGING) I connect to you.
All I feel is love.
It does not compute.
It does not add up.
Open my eyes.
Faces in plain view.
No more lies.
I only see the truth.
I have a heartbeat, I have a pulse,
I pull my wires out of the wall.
I'm feeling special, I'm feeling new, one in a billion,
I'm human with you, human with you.
You.
Human with you.
You.
I can't feel my hands, I don't know where they've been.
My attention spans all over your warm skin.
Open my mind.
Thoughts are pouring through.
No more lies.
I only feel the truth.
I have a heartbeat, I have a pulse,
I pull my wires out of the wall.
I'm feeling special, I'm feeling new, one in a billion,
I'm human with you.
Human with you.
You.
Human with you.
You.
I have a heartbeat, I have a pulse,
I pull my wires out of the wall.
I'm feeling special, I'm feeling new, one in a billion,
I'm human with you.
You.
Human with you.
You.