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Any idea how much could go wrong?

Honey, I... Listen, I love you. I love you.

I love you beyond words, OK?

But only the tiniest thing has to go wrong

and so much has to go right.

- But what if it did?

- It still wouldn't be Adam.

It would be an identical twin. Another kid.

He'd have the same face

and the same laugh.

- We can try again, I swear to God.

- No, we can't. You know we can't.

We'll find a way.

We can have another...

I don't want another child! I want Adam!

I want him back!

You know what I kept thinking

while I was waiting for the paramedics...

and he was in my arms...

...and I was watching him die?

This is the last time I'll ever get to hold him.

My little boy.

- Hello.

Paul?

I just heard.

- I'm so sorry.

- Ah, yeah. Thank you, Sam.

Er... So how's... Jessie taking all this?

Actually, she's er... she's not so well.

Right. Of course.

Um... Look, would you please

just pass on my condolences to her?

Yeah, I will.

Hey, Sam, can I er...

can I ask you something?

Have you ever heard of a doctor

named Richard Wells?

Richard Wells? Well, sure

I've heard of him. Why do you ask?

He was an old teacher of Jessie's.

Really?

He's the stuff of legend.

He was doing really advanced work

on gene mapping.

We're talking way ahead of his time.

Anyway... last thing I heard

he sold his findings to a huge firm

made a ridiculous amount of money

and then just sort of dropped out

of the game entirely.

Every once in a while

I come across an article of his in a journal.

Consistently brilliant.

- Like I said, he's...

- A genius.

Yeah. I know.

Paul, I'm so very sorry.

OK, thanks.

Oh, are you going?

- No!

One...

Ooh. Ooh.

Did you see this?

Ooh. Three, two, one.

The game is live!

And then, all of a sudden...

I'm right side up.

Wait a second! You're confusing me!

Do you think that's a good idea?

No, I think we should call it... Adam.

Guess who?

I don't know.

- It's me, Adam.

- I don't think I know an Adam.

I'm your son.

Ow!

- The family jewels.

Are we all in?

Damn. What a handsome group.

Hi, Mom!

Adam.

This hat.

I've never seen you wear this before.

- Bad hair day.

- I've never seen you wear any hat.

All cells are, in essence, clones...

identical copies of one original cell.

Now, the key to

artificially stimulating replication

is in shocking a specialized cell

back to its pre-specialized state

its stem cell precursor.

The cell as it was

before it became a liver cell or a brain cell

or a relatively simpler cheek cell.

Once in this state

the cell's nucleus is immediately transferred

to a mother's enucleated egg.

The transfer completed

the egg cell will then ideally accept

the donor nucleus as its own

at which point we let nature takes its course.

She did great.

We need to keep her here until tomorrow

to make sure the implant takes.

But she did wonderfully.

She has to lie down for at least an hour

so why don't we go look at the house?

She's in good hands.

So, all these people

and no-one else knows?

The procedure doesn't differ much

from a standard implant

so as far as my staff's concerned

Jessie's being treated

as a high-risk in vitro.

- Dr. Wells?

- Thanks, George.

Here you go.

Riverton's a great town.

I think you're really going to like it here.

It's a bit secluded maybe

but a wonderful community.

Nice people. Lots of families.

Perfect place to raise a child.

So why don't you follow me?

I'll show you around.

Beautiful country, isn't it?

This whole area has a lot of history.

And the house itself is 100 years old

at least.

Sorry there's no furniture.

I took the liberty of ordering some.

It should be here sometime tomorrow.

What if this doesn't work, Richard?

What if the implant doesn't take

the procedure's a bust, what then?

- It'll work.

- You can't say that with certainty.

Look, no-one can say anything

with any certainty.

Even a routine pregnancy is fallible.

But if I can speak plainly

what more do you have to lose?

Her. Jessie.

She's pinned every hope in the world on this.

And I won't let her down, or you.

You have my word on that.

Is this for real?

For now.

I can't believe this place.

Hey.

- Look at this.

- What is it?

Oh, my God! Paul!

Do you know what we could put down here?

Darkroom?

- How you feeling?

- I'm OK.

Jessie!

Hon?

I'm back!

I'm home to our...

...big home!

Hey!

Hi.

You said we'd never have a party in here.

- Come on, come on, push it, push it.

- I can't!

No, it hurts!

You're fully dilated.

The head's already crowning.

Something's wrong!

- No, no, no.

- Something's wrong!

It's coming out. You can see the head.

- Push, push, push, push!

- Keep pushing.

Push. Push.

- Come on, push, push, push.

- Come on, come on.

Oh, there we go. OK.

All right. All right.

We're out. We're out.

It's OK.

Let me just hear you.

Let me just hear you scream.

Come on. Come on.

It's great. He's all right.

It's great.

I just need some breath from him.

- He's all right.

RICHARD:
OK. How long?

- We'll have to bag him.

What's wrong?

- 39...

- 40 seconds.

- Come on, come on.

- 42, 43...

Oh, baby. Oh, baby.

That was the same as last time

remember?

It's him. You wanted to give us

a scare, didn't you?

Oh, thank you, God.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Here you go, kiddo.

Good night, Adam.

My little boy.

I still think it's a little strange.

It's his name.

It's always been his name - Adam.

Here you go, buddy.

- Who wants cake?

- Uncle Richard!

Happy Birthday, Adam.

So how's work going?

It's good. It's good. Nice kids.

Bright, too.

I don't know. Sometimes I feel like

I'm teaching fish to swim.

At a Club Med.

You don't still miss your old school?

No, no. It's...

It's more like I miss missing it.

Uncle Richard!

Wanna help me fly it?

Let's get it up there.

Keep it away from the trees.

So what was this word you said?

Ree-servoier.

It's a science word, Uncle Richard.

We've been learning about

natural resources in school.

Oh, you mean a reservoir.

Well, that's a lot like a lake

only it's a man-made lake.

But I thought God made everything.

In a way he did

if you believe he created those people

who figured out

how to make a reservoir, right?

Hey, kiddo!

Why don't you come on inside?

Say goodbye to your friends.

Thank you, Adam.

- Bye.

- Bye, Paul.

Adam!

Bye!

Hey!

Birthday boy!

How many times I gotta tell you?

You can't leave your toys around.

Somebody's going to trip and...

For those of us who don't wear helmets

in the house.

What you doing?

Where did you get this?

It was a birthday present

from Joey Smoyer.

Do you like it?

Yeah.

Why don't you get some sleep?

- Dad, I've been thinking.

- About what?

I don't think I like you so much any more.

- Oh!

- Gotcha!

Ohh!

Somebody is in

some very serious trouble!

Where do you think you're going?

I'm going to smother you!

It's just in some ways

he's so much the same, you know?

But he's still his own person, entirely.

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