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Listening Page #5
It's kind of obvious, actually.
this project from here on out
is going to get
a dedicated Listener,
making sure there are
no spies in the room.
They're turning
our own technology against us.
The experiment's results
show that prolonged...
Two-way connection
carries a severe risk...
Recognize patterns in the code.
See, the subject might think...
might think "shoot," right?
But is he thinking about a gun,
a camera, a basketball...
How am I
supposed to work knowing
that Listener's hearing every
thought going through my head?
This is insane.
This isn't right.
Right. Got it.
We are all being violated.
Yeah.
Oh. Sorry, sir.
That's all right. It's not easy.
David, how are you?
I'm all right.
Still weirded out
by the Red Room
and all the Listeners
keeping watch all the time.
- It's creepy.
Yes, it's quite scary,
where all this is headed.
Can't believe they've got you
under surveillance.
What did you mean, sir?
It's scary where
all this is headed?
Damn that Ryan.
Spends more time
groping my scientists
than doing any real work.
How did you do it?
I don't like this.
I mean, we were plugged
and never had any idea
that you were even
thinking something else.
I'm not actually
a nymphomaniac, okay?
It's as simple as that.
I have to see that file.
Plus, thinking one thing
You're talking
about forcing metacognition
in a different part
of the brain,
and you know that's impossible.
Buddhist monks can do it.
They can consciously control
their blood pressure,
change their body temperature
just by meditating.
I can't afford
suspicious thoughts
creeping into my head at work.
Do you think
Ryan will ever forgive me?
I've never seen him
let go of a grudge.
But if he was
to forgive anybody,
it'd probably be you.
I love blueberries.
They taste so delicious.
They're full of anthocyanins.
They taste like
blue spectacularness.
They're really good
in muffins, pancakes.
Blueberries in scones.
You can put 'em in your...
Blueberries?
- Really?
- I was just...
It's better
if you don't make an excuse.
Really?
There's a life-or-death
emergency
at the Lincoln Memorial?
If they're reading
our thoughts at work,
it's a pretty sure bet
they're bugging
our apartments too.
Don't say anything
you don't want
my Listener to hear later.
I stole this file from work.
Okay, I'm leaving.
They launched a new operation.
They've got a plan
for every kid in America
to get a nanotube injection
just like any other vaccine
before they start grade school.
That's great.
Everyone's gonna need
injections.
Soon enough, anything electronic
is gonna have
a brain user interface.
That's not the real motive!
Okay, then how about
locked-in patients?
Laryngeal cancer?
Children with autism?
15 million Americans have some
kind of communication disorder,
and we're going to put
an end to all of that.
Hell, we've already
done it, man.
The bomb's gone off.
Come on, man, you've seen
how it is at work.
Every contradicting thought
has become a crime.
gonna be like that.
The Red Room was my idea.
What?
Look, they didn't
un-invent the cell phone
just because the FBI
could listen in on your calls.
Do you know why
they've got my team
decoding the entirety
of human thought?
Yeah, so I can tweet
without a keyboard.
Implanting.
That's the endgame.
The power to implant thoughts.
Into a person, a group,
an entire population.
They'll sell it to the world
as the power to communicate,
and then they'll have
complete power to control.
The CIA won't need
to stage a coup
to rig an election
across the planet.
Hell, they could turn
any one of us
into an undercover assassin
whenever they wanted,
and they would do it all from
a computer in a lab, right here.
Matthews lied... they've been
testing on humans for months.
They were stuck, and we just
unlocked it all for them.
This is a cure for war.
Do you realize how many lives
this will save?
It's too much power.
This work, everything
that we're doing...
this is the end of freedom.
No, it's not.
It's the birth of freedom.
Go ahead.
Hello?
His phone.
It's in his apartment,
but he's not answering.
- Check his car.
- It's on the move.
- Where to?
- Not here.
Why isn't he here?
- Who?
- Santa Claus!
- Don't ask me.
- He's your best friend.
- Not anymore.
- What'd you say to him?
Hey, the boy's
Cut him some slack.
I want you to go find him.
He's not my responsibility.
Send a field agent.
He's headed to the airport.
- I'll go.
- Not alone, you're not.
We're bringing the cavalry.
Daddy!
Oh!
- You're heavy!
No more growing up without me.
Hi.
Where'd the car come from?
It's a company car.
- We need to talk.
- I know, but not with Lana.
We can't talk at home either.
I looked up the venture
capitalist that Ryan talked to.
He died in a car accident
the same night
we were kidnapped.
His assistant too.
I can't go back to work,
no matter what happens.
If they knew what
I wanted to do...
What is it that you want to do?
I have to stop it,
just end it all somehow.
- Dave!
- What?
It's the CIA!
I mean, what are you gonna do?
I don't know.
Find a recipe in The Anarchist...
Daddy, watch me!
Look, um... I'm sorry.
I really am.
I'm sorry you're so stressed.
I am not just
stressed out, okay?
Look, I didn't come out here
to work this out.
I came here to get a divorce.
- Mommy?
- It's okay, baby.
You're late for work.
We didn't know where you were.
So you come with all this?
- Daddy?
- It's okay, baby.
They're not gonna hurt you.
Looks like this was just
a miscommunication, sir.
to call in a sick day.
You haven't used all your
sick days yet, have you, David?
No.
Well, good thing
you're a government employee
and not a prison inmate,
because government employees
get sick days.
Look, I need you
to know that David
never laid a finger on me.
You were expendable at the time.
I was trying to save your life.
He's a good man.
Be there for him.
Whoa, cool!
You've been getting the money
I've been sending, right?
Yes.
Thank you for that.
- Hey, Dave?
- Yeah?
Look, maybe I started too soon
with all this divorce stuff.
Can you turn that down?
- No.
- Why not?
They can hear us.
Who?
I need to get out of here, now.
Well, can we maybe just talk
for a second first, please?
Dave!
Dave!
Call Matthews. I'm going up.
You and Lana need to get as far
away from me as possible.
Where are you gonna go?
I think I have a plan,
but it's better
if you don't know.
Daddy, it's loud!
I love you more than anything
in the entire world.
Don't forget that, okay?
I can't hear you!
I should've taken you
on that date.
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