Andover Page #2
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to have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
till death do you part?
[Adam] I do.
Well, then I now pronounce you
husband and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
[Dawn giggles]
I don't want the money.
Why not?
You wouldn't understand.
You think if you fill out
the form, it's accepting
that she's gone.
It's very common.
You're in denial.
-I'm not in denial.
-OK, we've transitioned
to anger.
That's progress.
[computer chirps]
[car alarm chirps]
[beeping]
[Adam] The problem
is growth rate.
Let's say we have a patient
How do we grow a new
fully developed liver
in, I don't know,
three, four months?
Yes?
Infect the tissue
with Werner syndrome.
Emma, is it?
Yes.
Would you still like to be
my lab assistant?
More than anything.
Class dismissed.
We have to shorten
the telomeres.
-Very good.
-And then stimulate
the endocrine system.
-Excellent, Emma.
-Then we should increase
the somatotropin level.
[Adam] While simultaneously
manipulating her thyroid,
parathyroid, and ovaries.
[Emma] Her ovaries?
OK. Before we get started,
there's something
you need to know.
The work that we're going
to be doing is,
how shall I put this,
ethically ambiguous.
I don't have a problem
with that.
-No?
-On the road to progress.
-Ethics are like broken glass.
-Great.
Let's get to work.
[Emma] Whoo!
Ha!
Hi.
[Emma]
Professor Slope?
You're not thinking
what I think you're thinking?
[Adam] My wife died
way too soon.
Professor Slope, this isn't
ethically ambiguous.
This is completely unethical,
and absolutely immoral,
and not to mention
totally illegal.
Professor, your wife,
she's gone.
No, not completely.
-Completely.
-Excuse me.
You're gonna lose your job.
Your credibility.
I don't care what
happens to me, but you...
You should go.
-Professor--
-Just go.
[beeping]
We have to make sure...
she has enough protein.
It's in the medicine cabinet.
Got it.
[Emma]
What's Euthanease?
[Adam] That's what we use
when an experiment doesn't work.
[Emma] Do you have
to use it a lot?
-Just grab the other bottle.
Thank you.
Don't you think you sped her up
a little bit too much?
[Adam] Why?
Her growing pains are torture.
It's like a medieval rack
except she's stretching
from the inside.
You know what would be great,
if you just stopped talking.
Sorry.
[computer chirps]
Welcome back.
You know she can't
understand you.
You're going to have
to teach her everything.
How to walk, talk,
tie her shoes.
-I know.
-Go to the bathroom.
-I know.
-Do you?
Just get the door.
[car alarm chirps]
You didn't normalize
her growth, did you?
You speed her up, obviously
you're gonna have to
slow her back down.
We were supposed
to grow old together.
Should I go get
the Euthanease?
No. Just let it happen
naturally.
Naturally?
At least she's not
suffering anymore.
What do we do with her?
[gas hissing]
[Adam] She was a glass blower.
It's how she died.
It'll get easier with time.
What if I don't want it to?
[bell tolls]
a way to slow it down.
We should test it first.
Why don't you do it?
Really?
Sure.
[mouse squeaks]
[slides petri dish]
[beeping]
Whoa!
-What happened?
-You took the sample
from the clone?
Yeah.
You can't clone a clone
from a clone.
It's too unstable.
[Emma] I didn't know.
[Adam] It's OK.
It's how we learn.
Did it work?
[Adam] No.
It's like making pancakes.
Some people are afraid
cloning will devalue life.
What?
Nothing.
Just figure out
what we're doing wrong.
You know, besides the obvious.
Got a red flag here.
Can you nutshell it?
College professor purchases
a one-million-dollar
term life on his wife.
Artist, low income.
A few weeks later, she dies.
And this is the best part:
it's in a fire.
Are we gonna have to pay?
Over my dead body.
It worked.
[Emma] Remember
the growing pains.
You can't just make her
into an adult immediately.
[Adam] I can't wait 18 years.
[Emma] We're going to have to
find a middle ground, then.
[Adam] How about we make her
Hey, Dawn, look at this.
We're home.
[car alarm chirps]
What if I, what if you
Met one day
and we just knew
It was all
just meant to be?
What if we, I suppose
Become us
and then who knows
It is so, so plain to see
Maybe I'm right
[baby babbling]
OK, who's this?
Dawn.
Very good.
Who's this?
Dawn.
No. Adam.
[girl] Dawn.
What if we fall in love
What if we're the ones
who rise above
I will give it all
I will loose my soul
You won't understand
I'll lose control
Maybe we don't fall
in love
Maybe we fall in love
What if we fall in love
What if we fall
What if we fall?
[Adam] That is amazing!
[Young Dawn] Thank you.
[Adam] I'm gonna
hang this up, OK?
A masterpiece.
Ready for pancakes?
[Young Dawn] Yeah.
One...
-Good?
-Mmm.
[Young Dawn]
They're really good.
-Finished?
-[Young Dawn] Yep.
OK, go brush your teeth.
[Young Dawn shrieks]
It just fell out.
It's completely normal.
-Does it happen to you?
-No.
[Young Dawn] Why not?
Because I'm... a man,
and you're a woman.
It is my job to protect you.
The world is
a very dangerous place.
I wouldn't want anything
to hurt you.
There! You see
how pretty you look?
[Emma]
Are you attracted to her?
-I love her.
-That's not what I asked.
No. But it has nothing
to do with her teeth.
Well, that's actually
a good thing.
-Why is that a good thing?
-Think about it.
How can it possibly be
a good thing?
-How's Adam?
-I don't know.
I haven't seen him
in a few months.
I just hope he's OK.
-I don't want 'em.
-But you love pancakes.
-No, I don't.
-Yes, you do.
-I'm sick of them.
-Just... eat the pancakes.
-No!
-Then go to your room!
Fine.
And don't forget
to brush your teeth!
[line rings]
She's not my wife,
she's my daughter.
Congratulations, Daddy.
-Thank you.
-What do you expect?
You raised her,
you fed her, you taught her
everything she knows.
So I'm actually having
a normal, appropriate reaction?
Yeah, to an abnormal,
inappropriate situation.
[Rebecca] Thank you.
[sighs]
[Harold] Don't you think
we should call first?
[Rebecca] I think it will all be
a very pleasant surprise.
[Harold]
[Rebecca] If we call,
he'll just say he's fine
and that he's busy
and that we shouldn't come over.
That's why we should call.
[Rebecca] That's why
we shouldn't call.
[soft knock on door]
[Dawn] Hmm?
I'm sorry I got upset with you.
Sorry I hate pancakes.
It's OK.
Who's she?
[Adam] I thought it was you.
I thought so, too,
but it's not.
Why do you say that?
'Cause we have different smiles.
Dawn...
there's something that
I need to give you.
What's that?
-It's medicine.
-What's medicine?
It's good for you.
-How can that be good for me?
-Trust me, it is.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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