Zoe Page #2

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Yeah.

Ive got a really early start tomorrow.

Why dont you take some time off work,

you know?

I just...

I want you to have the time for yourself.

Maybe find someone.

Weve got so much work though.

Weve got the tech summit coming up.

The board of directors wants all heads

of department to show their work.

I get it. I know. I know.

But its always

You always have work.

But Im fine. Im good.

- Are you?

- Yes.

- Em, Im really good.

- I dont feel like you are.

No, Im all right.

Dont-Dont use that in a

Dont use it, will you?

Cause I might want that back, I think.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- All right.

- Well, just for old...

I mean, I made it, so. See you later.

[computerized voice vocalizing]

[typing]

Zoe.

I have some coffee. Would you like some?

No, thank you. I dont drink coffee.

Ah. Well at least we have

something in common.

- When did you come online?

- This morning.

Ive been doing some research,

some reading.

Your skin, its, uh

softer than mine.

Sorry.

Cole wants to start

my socialization immediately.

Asked him if I could learn to dance.

[chuckling]

Good idea.

But maybe we should start

with what youve been reading.

Okay. Lets do that.

[chimes]

Your chances for a successful

relationship are 75 percent.

Congratulations.

[Cole on TV]

I think we cant help as human beings

but let each other down in relationships.

We try, but we cant help it.

Synthetic people,

theyll be able to understand you.

Theyll be able to read you and your

feelings and your emotional needs.

[classical waltz playing]

- [waltz continues]

- [Cole speaking, faint]

[men chattering]

[Cole] And then now youre going.

Okay. Like this? All right.

- And then?

- And then I have a... and so we go...

- Mm-hmm.

- [Cole humming]

Then the same, then we just go back.

Thats basically the foot movement.

- Okay.

- And we try not to look down.

Try and look her in the eyes.

Youre dancing with a beautiful woman.

- Beautiful, right.

- Its romantic.

And then we can turn,

sort of clockwise we can start to turn.

- Like this, you see?

- Yeah.

[laughing] Look.

All right, Zoe.

What do you think of Fred Astaire?

[chuckles] Its really, really good.

- Here.

- Um... [clears throat]

I wanted to ask you something.

Do you think I can get evaluated

by the Machine?

- Okay.

- Yeah?

Sure, we can set that up, yeah.

- Okay.

- Okay.

[whispers] Go ask her to dance.

Uh, Zoe, would you care to dance?

Yeah. [laughs]

- [clears throat]

- [waltz continues]

Okay, looking,

looking at the beautiful lady.

- Yes. Yeah.

- Nice.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Its nice.

[computerized voice] What do you want

your partner to see in you?

I would

I would like him to see things

no one else does.

What is something you wouldnt want

your partner to know about you?

I used to be heavy.

Really heavy.

The kind of heavy

that makes you invisible.

And

I guess I still have trouble with food.

But I would like it

if he didnt know that.

- You okay, Zoe?

- Yeah.

Easier to be on the other side.

- [Velcro ripping]

- [typing]

Match our compatibility.

One moment, please.

Your chances of a successful relationship

for this pairing are zero percent.

Is there a reason why

the percentage is so low?

There is a fundamental incompatibility.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- You okay?

- Yeah, Im fine.

- Feeling all right?

- Yeah.

I just wanted to check.

Sometimes after the evaluation,

people say they feel a bit weird.

Im Im totally fine.

I just needed some air. Thats all.

- You sure?

- Yeah... Its fine.

- And you? What are you doing?

- Im working with Ash. So much to do.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- Good night.

- Okay. Ill see you tomorrow.

- Yeah, see ya tomorrow.

- Ill see you back here.

- Yeah.

- Okay. Have a good night.

You too.

[door closes]

[rock ballad]

[man] It was late at night

Youd held on tight

[man]

Serotonin levels increasing 30 percent.

[man chattering]

From an empty sea

A flash of light

What is this?

Its part of a clinical trial

for a new drug.

Benzomorphodone.

Itll be marketed as Benysol.

- What does it cure?

- It doesnt cure anything.

When you take it with someone else,

it triggers the exact sequence

of hormones and neurotransmitters

that fire when you fall in love.

Not euphoria or mood shifters

like whats out there now.

This is brand-new and entirely different.

That couple has been married for 35 years,

but Benysol lets them access something

no one gets to feel more than once.

Falling in love for the first time.

That moment is in each pill.

Would you, um

Would you want to take the drug with me?

Id like us to be a couple.

Ash, what youre feeling is a program.

Zeros and ones.

Machines dont really feel

the way people do.

Yeah.

[song continues, faint]

I think your socialization

shouldnt just be in a lab.

[dance rock playing]

[Cole] He seems totally relaxed though.

- Yeah. Just easy.

- Mm-hmm.

This is going so well.

[Cole]

I think hes trying to speak French.

[chuckling]

Im glad you came tonight.

Me too.

And I was hoping maybe we could

have one drink downstairs.

Whats downstairs?

Come.

[instrumental rock playing]

Come.

- I wanna show you something.

- What is it?

[woman singing, faint]

[people chattering]

[Zoe] Its a robo-brothel.

I found this cause I was curious

how other people were using synthetics.

- I never knew this was down here.

- I thought you might like it.

Its totally legal because youre

not paying to be with a real person.

[Zoe] Thats Jewels.

She has the most advanced

operating system.

[woman]

I can activate one for you if you like.

- Sorry?

- Jewels is booked.

But any of them

will talk to you how you want,

do to you what you want.

Theyll take you places youve never been.

Does she know what youre doing to her?

That one?

Shes about to be deactivated.

It isnt worried, or afraid,

or anything else.

But you can still be with it

in the moments before its destroyed,

if thats your thing.

Because there is no her.

Uh-huh.

Cole.

Cole, wait.

Wait. Im so sorry.

Thats not why I brought you down here.

I know. I know.

You know, the other day

After the Machine evaluation,

I did something.

- I ran a match with you and me.

- Zoe.

It was zero.

I, um... I just thought

it doesnt make any sense, you know.

Because of how I feel.

I...

I wonder all the time

if you think about me.

Zoe.

Its

Its not like that.

I just thought

you might feel it too.

I have to show you something.

Why are you bringing me home?

I want to talk to you about something.

You have keys to my apartment?

I have a set, yeah.

- What is this, Cole?

- Come on. Just come

Just come sit down. I-I want to explain.

Have a seat.

You trust me, dont you?

- Yes.

- Okay.

Have you ever done a search

for yourself online?

Yes. When I was younger.

But not in the last few months, no?

No. Why?

You might be surprised to find out

theres not very much there.

Nothing about being

accepted early to college or, um...

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