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...Had a child.

That's not possible.

She was seeing other guys.

I lied about that.

Well, then you're lying about this.

- No. Her name is Jules.

- No.

- She just turned 13.

- No. No.

You can't do it this way.

And so I stayed away

as long as I could,

because I didn't want to do

any more damage.

The only reason I'm here

is to ask that you consider...

...helping me,

helping your daughter,

and then we'll be gone.

The boys are still in the car.

Han.

Am I taking them or not?

You know, you never believed

I was there for you.

Even when we were little.

Why would you be there for me?

I slept with your husband.

And he slept with you.

You must feel so lonely.

I just need help for a year...

...or six months,

and I can even...

...pay you interest.

You won't even have to see us.

You can move on and be the same...

...as you were before.

Why do you do this?

Why do you continually go into things...

...that will be a disaster?

I've been trying to get you

to help me heal this family.

And when you finally

show up, you just bring...

...more pain.

That's what I do.

The parking lot's filling up.

We need to open now.

Okay.

Hey, you.

I can't talk about this anymore right now.

I wish I had time.

But I don't.

We need time.

This is a lot.

Shh, it's okay.

Aren't we going to practice?

As soon as we open

the restaurant, sweetie.

Please.

We have kids too.

I know you've always been there for me.

I know.

We did sitting meditation too.

But it wasn't as fun.

Sometimes if things got loud or...

...I couldn't go to my room

I would do the spinning.

I felt energetic afterwards.

Like I could do anything.

I met a ton of fun people.

People.

A boy?

Both.

But I miss Ginger.

Jules?

Do you remember what I said about...

...having to make a change at work?

It'll be hard for me

to take in oxygen at first,

which will affect

the blood flow to my brain.

You may have to remind me of things.

Especially what's important to you.

This is a big change.

No one will recognize you.

I'll have a special ID.

And as more people

get the procedure done,

it'll feel easier to explain.

She's pretty.

Don't you think so?

Would you feel okay around her...

...first thing in the morning?

If you were sick?

Imagine if she got frustrated...

...or even mad.

You keep saying 'she.'

It's still you, right?

I'm sorry.

This whole thing is...

...kind of weird for me too.

What is this?

This is me?

You're amazing.

No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

Listen to me.

It's good to be humble,

but you need to know your value.

The ideas, the wisdom,

and the kindness in you.

That's the secret

beauty everyone wants.

Are you okay?

...live emotionally.

The Center's procedure...

...provides a painless alternative...

...to invasive cosmetic surgery.

We move you into another body...

...and the lossless...

The Center's procedure...

...provides a painless alternative to...

...invasive cosmetic surgery.

The experience is

akin to a seamless jump into...

...a brand new body,

circumventing the extensive

recovery period of invasive...

...cosmetic surgery.

I can attest to the seamlessness...

...of this experience,

not only as the head of the Center for.

Advanced Health and Living,

but also a very satisfied test subject.

Okay. So who out there thinks...

...they have an imagination?

Everyone?

Okay, everyone.

Close your eyes.

Imagine a world where you

were diagnosed with...

...a terminal illness,

but you live to see your

great-grandkids go to college.

Now let's imagine living 48 years...

...with a clubfoot.

But on your 50th birthday,

you're a professional ballet dancer.

Now open your eyes.

You don't have to dream

up that world anymore.

That world is here,

and it's yours.

New recorded hologram message.

I was in shock.

I hope you understand.

The day you visited us...

...reminded me how much

I hated who I used to be.

We wanna help.

I miss you.

Did you forget your shot?

Yeah.

I forgot my shot.

Sorry.

Don't come to meet me anymore.

Not until you feel better.

You think I'm an idiot.

It doesn't matter what I think of you.

Did the operation make you weird?

You seem weird.

The majority of people who are down...

...on their luck...

...are peaceful,

law-abiding citizens.

But you know, there are

these people out there,

that think the way to solve it is...

...violence and destruction,

bombing and terror.

Look at the success of our city.

New skyscrapers going up all the time,

bigger and better.

These are...

...majestic, gorgeous works of art...

...designed by some

of the top internationally...

...renowned architects.

We live in a great, great

city and we are fortunate...

...to be alive in these times.

Don't get distracted.

Can you turn that off?

I thought you liked it.

Not right now.

Can you cheer up?

What for?

How about for your mother?

Because of me, you might

actually get somewhere instead...

...of dreaming your life away.

I'm not dreaming.

I'm thinking.

Where's my mother?

Get back to work.

You're not her.

Where is she?

What happened?

Get away.

Well, you were right.

About the pain not going away.

I feel this anger...

...Like...

...something is sitting next to

me screaming all the time.

It's what we're calling

mnemonic dissonance.

It's your new body's instincts clashing...

...with your old memories.

It might help you to

concentrate your thoughts...

...on what's good for your daughter.

For some reason I don't

want to focus on her.

Your animal connection

with her may not feel...

...like it's there,

but it will come back.

I think...

...she and I need a break from each other.

Jules needs your help

with her transition...

...into prep school.

She hates me.

She'll probably be relieved

to get away from me.

But I don't mind.

Then what was the point of any of this?

Do you remember this place?

Yeah. We met here before Christmas.

Well, we didn't.

Someone's got to straighten

out your priorities...

...before you squander

everything for Jules.

This might be a bigger

sacrifice than you imagine.

Gwen, it's not like you're a

consciousness in a jar...

...that we're dumping into another jar.

The technology is not there yet.

What do you mean? My marketing

characterizes the procedure.

It's just that,

a consciousness transplant.

That's marketing.

What's the reality then?

In order to reproduce your memories,

we have to plant electrodes in your brain.

And in the brain of the new host.

We use a semi-separable

feedback loop between...

...the two of you,

to generate a psycho-physiological twin.

New neurons, cloned matter.

Wait.

Twin?

She'll be a copy of you.

Same skills,

same likes and dislikes,

same personality,

but an entirely separate awareness.

So there'll be two of me then?

Once the electrodes are removed,

the host brain can repair itself...

...because it's still young.

But your older brain can't.

Your particular awareness

will cease to exist.

You mean, I'm gonna die?

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