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downstairs. Nobody ever goes down there.

How do you know nobody goes there?

- Have you ever?

- Goddamn door.

It's the best idea I've got.

What do you want me to say?

What the hell do you mean by that?

Your sarcasm's gonna help

when we get caught.

We're not gonna get caught.

Yeah, breakthroughs come from risk,

and so do people in prison!

They go to jail because of risks!

So you think they're gonna

renovate the storage room?

What, they're gonna install

state-of-the-art mop racks?

All they need to do is open the door.

You're gonna risk our career on the fact

that somebody won't open a goddamn door?

It's the best idea I've got, okay?

I mean, what else do you want me to say?

Why are we taking all these risks

all of a sudden? What is going on?

When did you get so f***ing scared?

When the f*** did you

stop being a scientist?!

No!

Stop! You go to your place.

Go to your place!

- No, Gavin.

- It's okay.

- Get away from me.

- She's not gonna hurt you.

Okay, so we have to deal with this.

Come on.

All right.

It's okay, Dren. It's all right.

It'll just be a minute, all right? Shh, shh.

- I don't know about this.

- You got a better idea?

Go, go, go open the door.

You stop it. Shh.

Starting to feel like a criminal.

Scientists push boundaries.

At least the important ones do.

Sticking to a few rules isn't always

such a bad idea either, you know.

Nobody is gonna care about a few rules

after they see what we have made.

"See what we've made"?

- Is that what you just said?

- Yeah.

Nobody can see what we made.

Once they see Ginger and Fred,

the world will wanna know what's next.

Do you think they could

really look at this face...

...and see anything less than a miracle?

Oh. Oh. Oh, sweetie.

Sweetie, you're sick, oh, no.

Clive, she's really hot.

I've gotta talk to my brother.

I know it's crazy,

but I need your support on this.

Do you know what happens

if you get caught?

What am I supposed to do

if you go to jail?

Do you know what happens to this place,

to everyone that depends on you?

God, did you ever think about them?

About me?

I mean, did you think at all,

or did you just do what she wanted?

It wasn't like that.

You could have stopped it at any time.

You could have just said no to her.

Try it some time.

It's 105. This is serious.

- You don't know that for sure.

- I know. Okay?

- We have to do something.

- What?

What are we supposed to do?

- Well, we have to take her somewhere.

- What? That's crazy.

Well, then do something!

What?

- Give her a Tylenol?

- Shh.

Come on, we're biochemists,

we can handle this.

How?

F***! How?

- What do you do for a fever?

- Cold bath.

Hurry. Hurry!

Come on. Okay, sweetie. Shh.

All right, you got her?

Okay, yeah, I got her. Okay, it's okay.

- Try to be still, okay? I know, I know.

- Aah!

Dren, Dren, you have to settle down,

okay?

- Try to be still.

- It's all right, it's okay.

Jesus, her passages are closing.

She can't breathe. Do something!

- What?

- I don't know!

- A tracheotomy.

- With what?

In the lab.

But there's no time. Look at her!

She's dying!

Dren, try to look at me. Look at me!

Dren! Look right at me. Good girl,

good girl. Look at me, look at me.

Now try to breathe. I want you to look

right at me. Dren, look right at me.

Try to look at me!

Please, Dren, try to look at me.

What are you doing? Let her go!

Let her go! Stop it! You're killing her.

Let her go!

Let her go, please! Clive! Just let her go!

Let her go! Let her go!

Stop it, Clive! Let her go! You're ki...

Stop it!

Please let her go! Please let her go!

She's breathing.

She's breathing.

Those weren't tumors.

She has amphibious lungs.

You saved her. But how did you know?

You did know, right?

Yeah.

Anyway...

We can't mess around anymore. We have

to clean this place up, make it safe.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think we can do that.

Sweetie, you have been

such a good girl lately.

I have something special for you.

Hi. I'm Jenny.

I like cute guys, fast cars,

and funny little creatures like you.

She was my secret friend.

I wasn't allowed to have her,

so I had to keep her hidden, just like you.

Good night, sweetie.

She's had a big day.

She's gonna be out like a light.

It's been a long time.

My God, I didn't even notice.

Is that what happens?

- To couples when they...

- When they work too hard? Ha, ha.

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

Hi there.

Hey.

What do we have here?

All right.

We have to be quiet.

L... We don't have any, uh...

What's the worst that could happen?

Sh*t.

Here is a couple unlike any other

we've seen before.

That they are completely unique

in the world...

...is more than just fate...

...more than just luck.

It is by design.

Now let me present to you the minds

behind the design.

Splice masters extraordinaire...

...Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast!

Thank you. Ahem.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

There's been a lot of talk tonight...

...about advancements in, uh,

multispecies morphogens.

We've talked about our new

protein-based compounds...

...disease-fighting agents for livestock.

And that's all very exciting

for everyone at Newstead.

But let's be honest.

What's exciting for you people

here tonight...

...is to see these two creatures,

alive and in the flesh.

These are state-of-the-art designer

organisms, the first of their kind.

The origin of a species.

Male and female.

- Like Adam and Eve...

- Raise the barrier.

...coming together to enact nature's

timeless story of love.

Do something.

Uh...

Well, I think we have to agree that

this is a setback in terms of how...

It's a f***ing disaster.

What happened?

Well, it was difficult to examine

the remains...

...but it seems that Ginger

has undergone certain...

Hormonal changes.

Hormonal changes?

She turned into a male.

What? Just like that? Just changed sex?

But how can this happen?

We really don't know...

...but clearly, two males caged together

and stressed is a...

So your first living hybrid changes sex,

and you didn't notice?

How is that possible?

We can re-create them.

No reason not to start over.

No more monsters.

We don't have time for that.

We need the gene that produces CD356,

and we need it now.

Do you understand?

- We have to get it out of here.

- Yeah, and take her where?

Barlow's taking over every inch

of this place, man. He'll find it.

Gotta find some place,

like, away from everything.

What am I not getting here?

What did you expect when you made it?

Didn't you have a plan?

Listen, brother,

we wouldn't be in this mess...

...if you'd been paying enough attention

to observe a f***ing gender change!

And where were you, maestro?

I was playing catch-up with

all the work you weren't doing!

- I know a place.

- All you had to do was track data...

I know a place we can take her.

All these years you've owned this farm,

and you never mentioned it?

- You knew I grew up on a farm.

- Yeah, I didn't know you still had it.

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