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to contact Carter?

God, what is wrong

with you people?

You can't just keep me here.

- She doesn't log in

again for any reason,

do you understand?

- I'm sorry, but how much

longer can we keep her here?

- You know what would

happen if she got out there.

She doesn't have rights.

Will you stop that, please?

Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

- I don't have rights?

- Amelia, you scared me.

Can you appreciate the magnitude

of everything that's

going on here?

- Now, you're saying

that electrical impulses

in the brain...

- oh, god.

I hate television.

I have to boil down

everything, all of the work,

research, nuances,

discoveries, everything

into something so

completely basic.

It's stupid.

But you know what?

It worked.

- How?

- Every day we learn

new ways to conquer

the limits of the human body,

and yet there are still

so many barriers to cross.

- Goddamn it, Paul.

How do you feel about going

on national television?

Convincing the world

of what you are

is the first step toward

your independence.

- Okay.

- We're very excited to

introduce you, you know?

And, like magic, there she is.

Adah Allen, I want you to

meet Amelia Summerland.

- Hello, Adah Allen.

- Paul, what is going on?

You know what,

maybe we should not

do this today.

- I'm totally messing with you.

- Totally messing with you.

- Hi, I'm Amelia.

It's so nice to meet you.

Decontamination complete.

- Welcome to my home.

- Your home?

- Well, yeah,

for the time being.

- We have every intention

of returning Amelia

to her life once

testing is finished.

I think if you

interview Max and Ellen

with Amelia alongside and

then do some demonstration...

- yeah, that'll be a part of it,

but I want to talk

to Amelia directly

about her life now

and about Carter.

- No.

I told you we can't do that,

not with a pending lawsuit.

- The viewers wanna know.

We need to show the full Amelia.

- The story is about

Amelia, not the legal case.

- Exactly, the story's

supposed to be about Amelia.

Her own husband doesn't

wanna talk to her,

congress is debating whether

to shut this program down.

Come on, how do you expect

me not to talk about that?

- That topic is off limits.

- There's no point in us being

here if we don't get this.

- No, you're trying

to paint some

conspiracy here,

- okay, Paul you're wasting

our time,

- and I'm not gonna let you.

- And painting a fake

picture of your corporation

is the least of my concerns.

And above all...

- quiet!

You've actually

talked to Carter?

- We thought that was

information best kept for later.

- This is why you blocked

my network access?

- Okay, enough.

She's not doing this.

You're concerned about some

soon to be forgotten lawsuit

and we have the most

advanced scientific feat

right here in front of us.

- We're concerned about whatever

Amelia is concerned about.

That's what the

people want to see.

- I want to talk to Carter.

- Amelia, do this interview

and you can tell Carter

whatever you want.

Well, I guess it's in

your hands, Mr. Wesley.

- Get out of my way.

- Roll open.

Stand by to dissolve

to one after the open.

- Challenge,

inspire, inform, and heal.

It's Adah Allen live.

- Amelia, thank you for

agreeing to do this interview.

- Thanks for comin' here.

- Thank you.

- I am nervous.

- Really? How so?

- Cameras.

People watching, kind of, um,

feeling the pressure, you know?

- What I actually mean is,

some people may be asking

how it's possible for you

to even feel nervousness

considering what you are.

How did you feel

when you realized

that you were no longer human?

- Kind of a loaded

question, don't you think?

- Why?

- 'Cause it assumes that

I believe I'm not human.

- Yeah, but you are

not flesh and blood.

- No, I'm not.

But human means different

things to different people.

- I would agree, actually.

I would.

So, then I'm gonna

rephrase that.

How did it feel

when you realized

that your old body was gone?

- Conflicted.

It was...

Shocking to not

have a heartbeat.

I didn't really like

myself at first.

But then I remembered

that I spent two years

in a hospital bed

watching the world go by.

It's like I was dead already.

So, to have a new body...

And to be able to speak again.

It's just this huge gift.

- I'm sure it is.

But I think you would

agree that there

are going to be people out there

that are going to have

a challenging time

in accepting you for

who and what you are.

Some are calling you

a sin against god.

And that's a direct quote

from republican senator

Thaddeus Williams.

- Really?

- Yes.

- Guess I'm not votin'

for him next fall.

- You have a wicked sense

of humor.

- I do.

- I would say that a

great sense of humor

definitely makes us human,

and certainly makes you

human in my opinion.

But I'm gonna change

it up a little

and ask you about

your husband, Carter.

- My husband's

been through a lot.

- Well yeah, but to be fair,

you've both been through a lot.

- Goodnight.

- And the last time he saw you

you had quite a

catastrophic meltdown.

- I don't remember any of that.

- From what I was told, the

reason you don't remember

is because the

physical components

that house your memory,

they literally melted.

And so, I think

this is where people

are gonna struggle

with the idea of you.

As human as you are and

as humorous as you are,

but on those physical levels,

see you as only a robot

and that you are

not the real person

that you quite represent.

- Yeah.

- What do you say

to people like that?

- I'm not an expert

on spirituality, Adah.

Or medicine.

I taught fifth grade.

Then one day everything

just stopped.

But one thing got me through.

My husband never gave up on me

and every day I knew

he would be there,

holding my hand,

playing me music.

- Reminding you of who you were?

But still, your husband, as

dedicated and devoted as he is,

is also going through

his own emotional

and moral struggles

with what you are.

And consequently, who you are.

And I know that's

gotta be heartbreaking.

So, if Carter were here,

looking at you,

and you can look

back into his eyes,

what would you tell him?

- Carter,

Carter it's me.

It's me.

- Amelia, are you up to sharing

with us what you've learned?

- Now?

- Please.

- I read your offer.

I don't think I understand.

They dropped the

restraining order,

so you can see her, and

if Amelia convinces you

that it is she,

you drop the suit?

- Carter, in the three

days since that interview,

complaints are

flooding our offices.

The humanity act may not

even leave the senate.

Things are very

precarious right now.

And you drop this bomb?

- I understand your objections.

- Do you understand

this, Mr. Summerland?

I have cancer.

I may not last out my term.

- I didn't know.

- Of course you didn't.

There was no way

you could've known.

I haven't even

told my family yet.

If I did, my family

would want me to consider

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