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Jesus.

I hate when they do that.

Bet you never saw anything

like this in grad school.

It looks so real.

That's because their flesh, their skin,

Most of their internal organs are real,

Made from genetically

cloned human tissue.

There's more of her living than not.

Can they hear us?

Technically they can.

They just don't have muscle

control until I switch it back on.

They look and act like humans.

They even have real emotions.

But at the end of the day,

They're still just artificials.

They believe they're every

bit as human as we are.

It makes their reactions genuine,

Which gives our clients

the most realistic

Experience possible.

As far as Kelly there is concerned,

She's living a perfectly normal life...

that of a bartender

in a lively night spot.

This is her last night before

she leaves to pursue her dreams.

Why her last night?

It puts her in a

festive, celebratory mood.

It's fun for the clients.

No detail has been spared.

Well, I'll say that

illusion has been shattered.

Only temporarily.

The identity bracelets aren't just there

To distinguish residents from clients.

They send a pulse every night,

Which erases the last 24 hours

From their memory.

The artificials live their lives

In a continuous loop,

Repeating the same day over

And over again.

So tomorrow, when she wakes up...

- it'll be

- Like it never happened.

Kelly.

Wake up.

Kelly.

It's time to wake up.

You made me breakfast.

It's your last day.

I want it to be perfect.

You didn't have proper

authorization to go in there.

I had a warrant. Is

that not authorization?

Look, you know as well as I do

That you could have got him upon exit.

But no, you had to go in there

And cause a big scene.

Julian Michaels and that resort

Provides half the tax revenue

that keeps this city going.

And in return... in return

We show him a little cooperation.

Come on, Roy. This isn't the first time.

What is it with you and that place?

They're not real people in there.

Here.

Here's a real person

for you right there.

That's the girl that

Hollister raped and murdered

After hanging out in that place.

You know, people go in there,

they get their freak on,

They do whatever they do. And

then they keep going in there,

And then they bring that

sh*t out in the real world.

It feels normal to them, you know?

And who gets to clean it up, huh?

We used to be cops.

I'm a garbage collector.

I used to be a cop.

I'm not a cop anymore.

I'm a f***ing garbage collector

Since that f***ing place opened

up. It needs to be shut down.

Don't go in there, Roy.

You go in there, I can't protect you.

I'm tired of covering for you.

How much are they paying you?

Kel.

Really?

- You gotta be kidding me.

- Come on.

It's your last night in this sh*t box.

Let's make the most of it.

To your last night on the job.

To my best friend.

Come on, girl. That's the spirit.

Kelly?

Come on.

Kelly?

Kelly, are you all right?

What the hell?

Sir.

What've you got?

6126... she's showing

irregular cortical activity.

Looks like she's bleeding through

From some unallocated memory banks.

She's experiencing flashbacks?

I've never seen anything like this.

Neither has she.

What's that, b*tch?

Somebody call a doctor!

- Reboot her.

- She's in population.

- Reboot the entire grid.

- All right.

Packet sent, 6126.

- How many in the area?

- 37.

I want this face to be the last

thing you remember before you die.

She's not receiving.

Pick her up.

- Why would you put the rings

- On a caged bird?

I'm so over this costume bullshit.

- Where am I?

It's all just role-Playing. Gotta

help sell the fantasy, right?

- They should just install on/off

- Switches on these things.

Get off me!

Don't worry, sweetheart. You'll be

back on your knees before you know it.

We've got a live one.

Strap her in.

Come on.

Sit down.

You'll be okay.

I've got her from here.

I know you must be confused

And scared.

But trust me...

we'll have everything

back in working order.

Here we go.

Are you a doctor?

I'm an engineer.

Close your eyes for a second.

The flashes you've been experiencing...

those are little

Snippets of memory...

memories which were

supposed to be erased.

You see, when you delete

something from a computer,

It doesn't actually

destroy the information.

It just removes your

ability to access it.

Take a look for yourself.

In order to figure out

What's going wrong here,

I have to restore all of your memories

And erase them

One by one.

I'm not gonna lie to you,

This is gonna hurt like hell.

- No.

- Come here.

Get off me!

Stop. Stop.

Oh, the life you've lived.

No! No!

- Stop.

- Easy.

- Make it stop.

- Easy.

- Take her with you.

- What's going on?

- Now, go.

- Wait, what's going on?

Stop it.

Hey, stop right there.

Freeze!

Stop right there.

Stay on her. Move it, move it.

Give me a head count on non-Residents.

- Folks, please get to holding.

- This way, please.

Thank you. Someone will tell

you what's going on there.

Emergency personnel are

standing by to assist you.

This way, please. Victims'

holding is that way.

Roy, what are you doing here?

I thought the captain

told you to steer clear.

I heard this place was gonna

blow. I didn't want to miss it.

A cigarette?

No, pal. You know I

quit. Don't bust my balls.

Glorioso, come on, get

these people to holding.

I got it.

- What's going on?

We're thinking some kind of

bomb ripped through the gas lines

Along the exterior of the resort here.

- Yeah?

- A chain reaction.

Most likely religious extremists.

Unit 216, what's your status?

Sure it wasn't some guy, some a**hole

Paid for the fantasy of blowing

this f***ing place to the ground?

Hey, we got eyes on Julian Michaels?

From what I hear,

he's still at the helm.

Get me clearance,

will you? I'm going in.

You shitting me, right?

Come on, Roy.

- Come on, man.

- Yeah, I got you covered.

Get back to work. Don't let me stop you.

He's gonna be the death of me.

6126 cannot be detected

Till the system is back online.

If the word gets out

That one of our people is

out there on the streets...

an artificial killing people...

understood.

Detective Tedeschi is here.

Just stick to the story.

Detective.

Roy.

- Julian.

- Julian Michaels.

Correct.

Somebody blew a hole in your

little hole in the wall here.

Well, I'm sure you're aware

That the fundamentalists

have been threatening

To attack this building

for quite some time.

Yeah. I can't figure

out how they'd get away

With something like that

though, with all the security

And the cameras you got here.

I mean, look at all these monitors.

You know, I have some friends

in the police department

Who let me know that

you're not very happy

With what we do here at my corporation.

Oh, no, I love it here.

You know why?

This is the only place I know

That any scumbag in the world

Can get into paradise.

The only problem is

They have to come through my city

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