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-Is it gonna hurt?

-Just for a second

and then it will go away,

I promise.

Like when you pierced my ears?

-Exactly.

-OK.

Ready?

Ow!

OK, that's it.

-Adam?

-Yeah.

What's wrong with me?

Nothing.

You're lying.

Why do you say that?

'Cause I bleed

and my teeth fall out

and I keep getting

bigger and bigger

and you stay

the exact same size.

It'll be easier if I show you.

Got the soup?

[Harold] I got the soup.

-[knocking at door]

-[Rebecca] Adam?

[knocking]

[Rebecca] I know he's here.

His car's here.

I told ya we should have called.

[Rebecca] Adam! I'm just

gonna check in the back.

[Adam] Dawn.

There was a fire.

-And you were trapped.

-That's not true.

[Rebeca] Watch out

for the camellias.

-Adam!

-[Dawn, muffled voice] No!

-[Rebecca gasps]

-Rebecca, what's the matter?

-What's the matter? Honey?

-Please, take me home now!

OK, OK. What happened?

Honey?

I know this must be scary,

but I brought you back.

-No!

-Everything I've done is because

I love you so much!

-Dawn! Dawn!

-[Dawn screams]

[body hits floor]

What do you want me

to do with the soup?

[Rebecca] I don't give a goddamn

what you do with the soup!

All right.

-[Rebecca] Harold, take me home!

-[Harold] OK!

Tell me, what happened?

[minister] And, Adam,

do you take Dawn

to have and to hold,

in sickness and in health,

till death do you part?

[Adam] I do.

[minister] Well, then I now

pronounce you husband and wife.

You may kiss the bride.

Ladies and gentlemen,

may I present you

Doctor and Mrs. Slope.

[applause]

May God bless you.

The most basic method

of scientific problem solving

is trial and error.

Any questions?

Dawn?

I'm not Dawn.

Any dreams?

Yeah. I had a dream

where I cloned my wife.

OK. This is

the bargaining phase.

Great, tell me what happened.

In the dream?

Yes. In the dream.

She wasn't the same.

Well, your subconscious

is smart enough to know

that genetics is just

a small part of what

makes us who we are.

And what's the other part?

Our experiences.

The only way she'd be

the same person

is if you raised her exactly

the same way her parents did.

How old was she

when she got braces?

-I never thought

she needed them.

She'd have been beautiful

either way.

I agree.

When was this?

That's when she moved

away from home.

I thought that would be

the toughest day of my life.

Children aren't supposed to die

before their parents.

It's against nature.

She's in a better place now.

Oh, you keep saying that,

but I'm not buying it,

excuse me.

She's having a rough time.

Yeah, we all are.

I guess God just couldn't

wait to have her back.

What if I told you

we could have her back?

That's something

I can't even think about.

It's something I can't

stop thinking about.

Harold, I could bring her back.

I could clone her.

If you and Rebecca raised her

the exact same way,

we can have her back.

And she's a vegetarian,

pancakes are her favorite.

-Are you a vegetarian?

-What difference does that make?

I'm just asking.

[Adam] Yes.

-Because of her?

-No, it's just easier.

If a guy told me

I couldn't have lobster--

She never said that

I couldn't have lob--

Can we get back to work?

Is that what

you're calling this?

[Adam] Her brain develops

at the same rate as her growth,

so she learns extremely fast,

so it's very important that you

make every experience as

authentic as possible for her.

You want me to raise her?

Well, clearly, I can't do it.

No, you just asked me

to write the list.

-Emma, it's a few months!

-This is too much!

It's too much!

I'm sorry, you're right,

you're right, you're right!

-I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

-[chairs rattle]

-It's too much.

-[computer chirping]

I ought to be getting

extra credit for this.

[Emma giggles]

Dear Lord, what am I doing?

He needs to take

a sabbatical.

Uh, it's time

to get off, OK?

[Young Dawn] No.

He needs to get drunk,

like sorority girl drunk.

[dentist]

Open wide.

He needs to get laid.

[knocking]

This is Adam.

Hi.

Hi.

Did you give her a nose ring?

She did it herself.

She's all yours now.

Please don't go.

I have to, you're gonna

live here now.

I don't wanna live here,

I wanna live with you.

You can't.

Why? You don't

want me anymore?

It's not that I don't want you.

A little help here, please?

Dawn, why don't you come inside?

You're gonna love it here,

I promise.

It's okay. This is where

you're supposed to be.

-It's all right.

-I have to go.

-No! No!

-It's OK, it's OK.

It's OK.

[Adam]

All righty.

Hmm, I promise, this will

only hurt for a minute.

It won't last forever.

OK.

And why don't we get rid

of that nose ring, too,

all right?

-I made you your favorite.

-It's not my favorite.

-Trust me, it's your favorite.

-How do you know?

Because I know you better

than you know yourself.

Eww!

If you don't let her

be herself, she won't be.

Right.

Careful, it's hot.

-OK.

-And dangerous.

-OK.

-I don't want it

to blow up in your face.

-OK, I get it.

-I would just hate

for you to hurt yourself.

Then why are you

making me do this?

[Adam] Like an artist

molds a vase,

we could shape undifferentiated

embryonic cells into skin,

cartilage, blood tissue.

We could treat diseases

like Alzheimer's

and Parkinson's.

We could replace limbs

and body parts.

I know people hear

"cloning" and think,

oh, it devalues life,

but no, the reason to do this

is because we hold life

in such high regard.

[case clicks shut]

[click]

[Dawn] Stop it!

You're up.

I am now.

Dawn, I know that you

believe in destiny.

And I think that--

Wh-what's destiny?

Destiny is something

that's bigger than you

and just takes control

and makes something happen.

Yeah, I totally believe in that.

So, I think... Dawn?

-Just give me a minute.

-This kind of can't wait.

[door slams]

-[glass shatters]

-[door creaks open]

Who is she?

That's you.

No. No, it's not.

You don't treat me like that.

[Adam] Don't! Don't touch it,

that's broken glass.

It's very dangerous,

you could really hurt yourself

and... you could die.

I don't care.

Dawn, don't say that.

Come here.

Sit down. Please.

There's something I need

to tell you.

I love you

more than life itself.

You are the most important thing

in the world to me.

We belong together.

Marry me.

No.

I'm not gonna

waste my life away

for someone I didn't

even want in the first place.

So you're saying she can't

move back in with you?

-Absolutely not.

-Well, she can't stay here.

-I'm not taking her.

-Please, just take her back.

No!

I just thought because

you're the one who raised her.

Oh, you can't put that on me.

[Dawn screams]

What was that?

Dawn?

Dawn?

Dawn, are you in there?

Dawn?

Open the door.

Here, let me try.

Hey, Dawn?

Hey, honey, I'm gonna

come in, OK?

[gasp] Oh, my God!

I'm so sorry.

That's OK.

But I should probably get

someone else to raise

the next one.

The next one?

Hey, Camille.

Adam.

What are you doing here?

[Adam] How would you like

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