Zoe Page #5

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Please.

Excuse me, miss. Can you help me?

Ill be back.

Jesus. I dont know.

- Zoe! Zoe!

- [man] Miss, are you okay?

- Are you okay?

- Are you okay?

Its okay. An accident.

Youve been in an accident, okay?

Youve been hit, okay?

But youre all right.

- What the hell is that?

- Back off!

Youre okay.

Its just an emergency protocol, okay?

Your body doesnt have access

to your organs.

[bystanders murmuring]

I need you to try to sit up, okay?

Lets sit up, babe. Come on.

Okay. Okay.

Im gonna need some help

to get her in my car.

Im gonna need some help.

Somebody help me.

Hang tight.

- How does it look?

- I dont know yet. Give me a second.

Here. Thanks.

Okay, scissors.

Okay.

Im gonna have to perform

a partial shutdown, okay?

Itll be motion, cognition.

Itll be like being asleep,

like being in a dream state, okay?

And then I can work on this.

- How long will I be gone for?

- Not very long.

Cole.

What about us?

I need to know.

I, um...

I need to get a few parts.

Ill be right back. Okay?

Its okay. Its okay.

[sighs]

Dont be too hard on him.

Theres a line, Zoe.

Humans on one side. Machines on the other.

And you were on his side of the line

until tonight.

You and me

we cant find happiness

until we accept who we are.

Youll start losing control of your body.

Everythings gonna start feeling numb.

- What will happen tomorrow?

- Temperature regulation.

Tomorrow,

youll feel as good as you did today.

Thats not what I mean.

Please, Cole.

I need to know before this happens.

Dont look at me like that. Its still me.

- Everythings gonna be all right, Zoe.

- Its still me.

- Proprioception.

- What about us?

Please.

- Youre gonna recover and be strong.

- You need to tell me.

And whole again.

Ill do whatever I can to get you there.

Zoe.

I heard you.

Cole, shes going into stasis.

Do you want me to do the core systems?

Cole?

The core systems?

Yeah.

[chattering]

You want to talk about it?

- Do you know who Eliza was?

- No.

A really early AI. Software that made you

think you were speaking to a therapist.

She parroted words back at you.

Youd say, My mum didnt love me enough.

Why do you think your mum

didnt love you enough?

Youd say, My heart hurts. She would

say, Why do you think your heart hurts?

People loved it.

The inventor had a secretary.

She used to ask him to leave the room

so she could have long, intimate,

personal conversations with her.

She wanted to be alone

in a room with a few lines of code.

What are you doing?

Dont do this.

- Shes not that.

- I know that. I guess I know that.

Let yourself be happy, please.

I cant get past it. I tried.

I cant get past it.

Just get over it. Okay?

How? I made her.

Why dont you wanna be happy?

[man] Moving in

Traveling

Boxes on the open floor

Thank you.

[clears throat]

And if I lied

It was only a disguise

Thats a Benysol hookup.

- A what?

- A Benysol hookup.

Apparently, strangers are doing it now.

It gives them a love high for a few hours.

Keep seeing it everywhere.

You mean they didnt even know each other?

They probably dont even like each other.

But theyre about to fall in love.

For a few hours, at least.

[instrumental theme song]

[woman]

First-love doesnt have to be a memory.

You can have it now.

Try Benysol.

Fall in love for the first time. Again.

How are you doing?

Im good. And you?

Okay.

- I heard youre leaving.

- Well, its a sabbatical.

They still want to use my name

for investments and publicity.

I just came

to get some stuff from upstairs.

Theyll be sorry to see you go.

What I was doing didnt make much sense

to me anymore after we...

After we failed.

Zoe, we never really

got a chance to talk...

Ive been surprised how quickly

Ive been able to move on.

Ive been wondering

if that was part of my design.

No.

- Dont say that. No.

- I better get going.

I have Machine clients waiting.

Its crazy.

Six months after its in pharmacies

theres already a gray market for Benysol.

Theyre calling it the Blaze.

Im seeing it everywhere.

People like her are hoping well sell

an imperfect batch on the cheap

or maybe throw some out,

so the blazers can afford to dose.

[Cole] Itll wear off.

The drug, I mean.

Its nothing more than just a Band-Aid,

really.

Yeah.

Do you think shes all right, Ash?

Sometimes I wonder

why you made me, Cole.

The mission of the lab is to improve lives

through better relationships.

Thats what fulfills us.

- Thats not what I meant.

- I know.

Thats what I thought

I was doing it for anyway.

Do you think you would, uh

Do you think you might stay on?

For me?

- Make me a companion.

- Would that make you happy?

Im gonna to tell security

to put some locks on the Dumpsters.

[key inserts in ignition switch]

[mid-tempo dance music playing]

[man] I

I want to block a certain memory

Hey. Are you crushing?

Sorry?

Im just, um, wondering

if you were crushing.

Im sorry, I dont understand.

Im sorry. [chuckles]

I thought you were here for a meet-up.

- My mistake.

- Uh... No, Im not sure.

Is it all right if I sit down

and we just talk for a little while?

- Michael.

- Zoe.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Youre a professional forgetter too

Its what you choose to do

To avoid accountability

So teach me to forget

Youre never tortured by regrets

And teach me to forget

Cause, baby, youre so good at it

Please teach me to forget

Dont hesitate, just press reset

[no audible dialogue]

[chattering quietly]

Do you need some?

No, I-Im good.

I can get you some for 400.

No, Im all right. Im just looking

for someone I know, thanks.

[man:
ballad] Head, toes

Let her eyes in me

Cloud the sea

Can never be let out

These lines repeat themselves

Will eat your health

[Zoe] Just tell me what to do.

Do you feel it?

Not yet. Do you?

A little bit, yeah.

It feels a little less than usual though.

Here, touch my face.

- Do you feel it?

- I dont think I will.

Im synthetic.

Thats probably why

the feelings kind of weak.

Pathetic scenes

Hand hold me down

And its so devastating when you feel

Youre all above

Does it matter if I love someone else?

For the next few hours, you wont.

Youre becoming someone elses...

[siren wailing in distance]

[Cole] Do you work? What do you do?

Uh, classics professor.

Greek and Roman archaeology.

Oh. Wow.

[spoon clinking on mug]

- Do I drink half of it?

- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

How long does it take?

Not long.

Okay.

Do you ever wonder that you wont

be able to feel it without the drug?

I dont know. Does that happen?

I dont know.

[gasps]

This

[no audible dialogue]

Oh.

Hey.

[woman] Hey. I gotta go.

This was great.

Take care, okay?

Ill see you around.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Do you love me?

[man] Yeah. I love you. I do.

Do you love me?

I do.

[Cole] She was a synthetic.

And I really wanted to love her.

Sometimes it did feel really real.

[man] Whats that?

[sighs] Nothing.

But I couldnt help but see her

as... as something else.

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