[mysterious music playing]
[Elliot] Mum!
Mum, look.
Look what I found.
I named him Alfred. Don't you think he looks like an Alfred?
[Alfred scuttling]
He really does.
Think you should let him go?
Pretty sure Alfred doesn't want to be trapped in a prison like that.
How would I watch him grow then?
I'm afraid that you won't.
Sometimes we have to let things go because we can't keep them forever.
One day you'll be a grown man,
and I'll have to let you go.
Because I can't keep you forever.
Don't be silly.
I'll live with you and Daddy forever.
[tense percussive line plays]
[unsettling audio distortions]
[deep, ominous music plays]
[panting]
Mum!
-Mum! -[glitchy audio burst]
-[Maura] Wake up. -[gasps]
[Henry] I'm sure your father told you all about me.
But he probably left out the bit that explains why we're truly here.
You and me.
Look at them.
They came on this trip because they made the choice to forget their past.
And now they're all stuck in here as well.
Your mother has fooled you.
She has fooled all of us.
She's the only person who can get us out of here.
[enigmatic music plays]
[door opens]
If you're brave enough, I can show you the truth.
-[brooding cover of "White Rabbit" plays] -♪ One pill makes you larger ♪
♪ And one pill makes you small ♪
♪ And the ones that Mother gives you ♪
♪ Don't do anything at all ♪
[singer vocalizing]
♪ When logic and proportion ♪
♪ Have fallen sloppy dead ♪
♪ And the White Knight is Talking backwards ♪
♪ And the Red Queen's off with her head ♪
[singer vocalizing]
[song trails off]
[Maura] Eyk.
Maura.
[Eyk breathing heavily]
Where is he?
How did he get me on the Prometheus?
Stop lying. Who is he really?
He's…
He's my husband.
[tense percussive music plays]
And the boy we found on the Prometheus, he's my son.
What?
But I don't remember any of it.
I know that this sounds insane, but my father,
he's the owner of the ship company,
and I think he made us forget why we're here.
How can he do that?
Our world has rules, and they can't be bent.
But nothing in this world follows any rules of logic.
This here,
it isn't real.
It's an illusion, a magic trick.
A simulation.
That's ridiculous.
Do you remember how you boarded this ship?
Of course I do.
[disconcerting music playing]
This is insane.
Wait.
Neither do I.
Everything we've done so far, it's been planned?
[Ramiro] What?
You people are insane. You know that. Truly.
I thought this was just about me, but it's not.
It's about all of us.
I don't know why,
but we're all here for a reason.
[Eyk] Your…
Your husband.
Is he the reason why we're here?
Is he working for your father?
I think he's trying to help.
I think he's trying to get us all out of here.
[tense, frenzied music playing]
[device beeping]
Fuck.
Come on.
Oh, come on, please.
Please work!
[Henry] Our brain is a very complicated construct.
As much as we can try to forget the things we don't want to remember,
we will never be able to delete them entirely.
They're part of who we are.
Woven into our very fabric.
It's time for you to remember.
[unsettling audio distortion]
[Henry] Your truth lies behind these walls.
There's no reason to be afraid.
This isn't real.
Remember?
[Maura] It's spreading.
I'm not taking another step until you tell us
exactly what is happening.
Why should we still trust you?
Your father owns this ship.
You must know something.
Why are you even here?
I don't know.
The last thing I remember before waking up on board the Kerberos
was finding the envelope in front of my door.
I think my brother sent it.
And this was in it.
I don't know how my father did it, but he somehow made me forget.
He made me forget what happened and who I am.
But I think whatever this opens,
it will make me remember,
and it will get us all out of here.
Mother was right.
We should never have gotten onto this ship.
Everyone else who was on it is dead.
Olek is dead.
My mother, she's dead too now.
I'm getting off this thing.
I won't stay here any longer.
[Virginia] She's right.
We should let one of the lifeboats down. Get off this bloody ship.
But don't you understand?
There is nowhere to go.
This ship isn't real. The ocean out there, it isn't real.
It's only happening inside of your brain.
I'm sure you're a very bright woman.
I admire that you studied medicine
and that you stand against the conventions and limitations that women face.
But you can't really believe what you're saying.
It doesn't make any sense.
We're not going to die here, okay?
What. You're just leaving us here?
We're getting off the ship. Feel free to join us.
Do we want to join them?
Let's go.
You've seen it.
The shafts.
Your memory. Mine.
Do you believe me?
[Eyk] Where did it go?
You think he's in there? Your father, in your memory?
His office, it wasn't where it used to be. But he said I'd know where to find him.
No!
How do we get to the mental hospital?
[somber music playing]
Follow me.
[enigmatic music playing]
[door closes]
[Maura gasps softly]
This is his memory.
I'm in all these pictures, but I don't remember any of it.
I look at these, and I don't feel anything.
You don't remember being married?
If all this is an illusion, could his memory be one as well?
How do you know he's telling the truth?
The boy, he said that there was a Creator, somebody who's created all of this.
Your father.
You think he created this?
Whoever created it, there must be some kind of a logic to it.
A design.
You mean there's a pattern to it? A blueprint?
Inside the brain, memories are stored in different areas.
But they're connected to each other through neural pathways.
When you smell a certain smell,
you might remember a lot of memories that are tied to that smell.
So maybe that's what this is, it's…
some kind of imitation of the brain,
and different areas are connected to each other.
[power humming faintly]
[power wanes]
[device pulses twice]
[console whirs, clacks]
[piston pumping]
[whirring, beeping]
[Tove] What's happening?
Let's keep moving.
[protrusions rustling, chirring]
My God.
It's moving.
[Ramiro] Fuck this.
What is that?
Quick! This way!
[chirring, whirring]
Let's go. Come on, quick!
Where did they go?
Hey!
The doctor, maybe she was right?
I don't really care. I want to get off this boat.
There must be a way out of here.
[protrusions rustling]
Are you crazy? We already lost the others!
We should go back. Find the doctor and the captain.
[Henry] Even if we delete the memories in this simulation,
our senses are still reacting to the same triggers.
Your mind might not remember what happened in that room.
But your body does.
[door opening]
[door closes]
I'll show you the truth.
Trust me.
Have a seat.
I know you think it's your mother who is trapped in here.
This is not her prison.
It's yours.
This may hurt.
[eerie music builds]
[audio warbles disconcertingly]
[ragged breathing]
[Daniel] You can't stop him from dying, Maura.
Maura?
Mum?
Dad?
You know this isn't right.
Why can't you hear me?
[restrained, melancholy music plays]
Mum, what's going on here?
-Mum! -[Daniel] Please.
-Please! -You have to let him go.
[Elliot screaming] Mum! Mum!
-[Maura] I can't. -Mum, Mum, please!
Mum, please! Mum, no!
-Don't worry, my love. -No! No, Mum, please!
-Don't be afraid. -No! No! No!
-You'll forget. I promise. -No! Please, no! [Elliot sobbing]
You'll forget this ever happened.
It's the only way. It's the only way for us to be together.
No! No! No! No!
Please! No!
-[gasping] -[glitchy audio burst]
You saw the truth, didn't you?
You're trapped in this simulation so your mother can keep you alive.
You're lying. That's not my memories.
You planted that in my brain.
When your mother was your age…
she found a paper on Plato's cave allegory in my study.
She was clearly too young to understand the abstract concept Plato was suggesting.
Nevertheless, she read it over and over.
It was this one thought
that turned her world upside down.
The idea that our knowledge has limits
and that we can never know if things truly are how they appear.
We're in a slumber, unaware of the true nature of things.
One evening she came to me and said,
"If it's true what Plato argues,
then how do we know if anything is real?"
"How do we know that the actual reality
isn't outside the life we're living?"
It was a mighty big thought for a girl her age.
I looked at her and asked her,
"Isn't that what God is?"
"The creator of our reality?"
She thought about it for a moment.
And then she answered,
"But then it's the world God is living in that's real
and we are just his doll's house."
"And then again, who created God?"
"Doesn't it go on endlessly?"
In a way, this here is a doll's house.
And it was built for you.
You're lying.
That's what your father wants you to believe.
But he has been lying to you.
They both have.
But there is a way out of here.
And your mother has the key.
[device clicking, whirring]
[beeping, chirring]
The doors, they all disappeared.
There are no doors. Where the hell did they go?
There's one there.
[Jérôme] Over there!
No!
[Virginia] Hey. Hey you!
Please wait for me!
[beeping rapidly]
Let's go!
Wait for me.
[distortion whooshes]
Where are we?
I don't understand.
I don't understand what's happening.
No. No.
No!
What just happened to us?
[wind whistling]
This isn't real.
[door opens]
Sir.
He hacked into the mainframe.
I think he's trying to change the architecture of the simulation.
He's changing the shape of things to cover his tracks.
He's trying to wake her up without delivering us the key.
We'll be trapped in here forever.
Find her.
Get the key.
Yes, sir.
[door opens]
[tense percussive music plays]
[Ramiro] Is someone in there?
Where are we?
How did we get here?
[Lucien] Help me!
Clémence!
It's over there.
[Mrs. Wilson] I don't wanna die.
I don't wanna die.
I don't wanna die. I don't wanna die.
[low, ominous music playing]
-[pulley squeaks] -[Ramiro grunting]
-[Mei Mei] Ling Yi! -Mei Mei!
[Mei Mei] Help me get out of here!
[Ramiro] No!
No, wait!
Don't go. Help me!
[ominous music continues]
[device beeping]
[whirs, beeps rapidly]
[Henry] Why are you manipulating the code?
You're spreading the virus across the whole program.
What are you trying to hide?
[distressing music plays]
[Ángel] Ramiro!
-Ángel! -Ramiro, please, help me!
I don't understand. I thought you were dead!
Why am I here?
-Clémence! -Lucien?
Help me! [banging on crate]
We're getting you out of there!
[fluid gurgling]
[Ling Yi] Olek.
[Tove] Don't worry. I know it'll be all right.
[Clémence yelps]
[power surging]
[rapid beeping]
[striding heavily]
Olek!
Oh my God.
[distortion whooshing]
[panel groaning]
[frenetic beeping]
Come on.
We need to get out of here!
[Henry] Your father is a fool.
His attempt to hack the code will destroy the entire simulation.
You think your father cares about you.
He's not doing this for you, he's doing it for her.
If he had to choose between you and your mother,
he'd always choose her.
[foreboding music blares]
[wind whistling]
[Maura] Our memories, they are all connected.
[Eyk] How is your father doing this?
How did he get into our minds?
I don't know.
But I do know that my father did something to my memory.
In that building.
Olek!
How did you get here?
Ángel. Have you seen him?
He was there. He was in the well.
Olek? Have you seen Olek?
What's going on?
Has anyone seen Olek?
He didn't die!
What?
He was here just now, okay?
What do you mean, he was here?
[Ángel singing children's folk song in Spanish]
Ángel?
-Ángel? -[Clémence] Where are you going?
Where's he going?
I don't know. But the engine room is right up there.
Let’s go!
[Maura] I don't understand.
My father's office must be somewhere.
[panting]
This is insane. Nothing but a bad dream.
This is not a dream.
Daniel, he used the word simulation, as if this was some kind of a fake reality
and we're all stuck in it.
This is crazy.
What is crazy is that you still haven't figured out what this is all about.
[tense music plays]
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
You knew all this.
You were in on this whole thing all along?
The key.
We don't have time for this.
The simulation has been corrupted.
It's all falling apart.
Give me what I want.
[device pulsing]
The key.
[music warbles disconcertingly]
I'm sorry, Captain.
No!
No, no, no, no! Come back.
Bring him back. Please!
That's impossible.
Please!
Come back.
[mournful synth music plays]
Come back.
Eyk.
[crew member] Get up.
Your father's already waiting for you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
You all right?
[Henry] He knows what you did to him.
[Maura] What did I do to you?
Elliot, please.
Why can't I remember?
You're still not asking the right questions.
Stop! Just stop it!
I am your daughter. What kind of a father would ever do this?
The key.
Do you have it?
[Elliot breathing heavily]
[eerie, unsettling music plays]
You've been watching me.
[high-pitched, mysterious tones]
This whole time.
That's why Ciaran sent the letter. He found out what you did.
Where is my brother?
What have you done to Ciaran?
Believe me, he's the last one you should be concerned about.
Stop your fucking games and tell me what the hell is going on here!
What's happening?
How did you do this?
[straps tightening]
We're born into this world either a seeker or an avoider.
To be an avoider is pure bliss.
To be a seeker, on the other hand,
brings nothing but pain.
You will open every door, step into the darkest voids,
driven by the urge to gain more knowledge.
Contrary to your brother, you were born a seeker,
and I wish now that you weren't.
You tried to get rid of your pain, but all you did was create more pain.
Stop!
This is just one of your sick mind games.
You give me more credit than I deserve.
This is not my sick mind game.
It's yours.
You are the Creator.
[low, distraught music plays]
You're lying. That's not true.
You created this. You and your husband. This is your design.
You forced this path onto everyone.
They're all trapped in this loop because of you.
I will leave this godforsaken place now.
And for you, it's time to forget again.
[haunting vocalizations]
Whatever he has told you, it's not true. I didn't create this.
I didn't create this!
[struggling]
I didn't create this!
[Henry] Don't be afraid.
No!
You'll forget this ever happened.
Just like all the times before.
I'll make sure you'll stay in here forever.
[panting]
[glitchy audio burst]
[Ángel singing children's folk song in Spanish]
[Ramiro] Ángel?
[Ángel continues singing]
[Virginia] This can't be real.
[eerie, unsettling music plays]
[pyramid clicking, clacking]
[low tone drones]
[Henry] Time to wake up.
[breathing deeply]
Why is it not working?
He changed the code.
[computer] Simulation has been corrupted.
What's happening?
[computer] Deleting simulation
in ten, nine, eight,
seven, six,
five, four,
three, two,
one, zero.
[all audio fading away]
[wind whistling]
[ladder clattering]
[breathing heavily]
It worked.
It didn't start all over again.
[delicate synth music plays]
Where am I?
Is this real?
No.
This is the first simulation we ever created.
It's our home away from home.
We created this?
Why don't I remember?
That doesn't matter now.
Why am I here?
The objects in a simulation are just manifestations of codes.
Just facades, like everything else.
I exchanged their values.
I reprogrammed them.
This time, the syringe didn't bring you back and make you forget.
It brought you here.
I switched objects.
The pyramid your father has, it's useless.
As is the key.
[mechanical click]
[gasps]
Your wedding ring holds the exit code now.
This time,
you will get out of here.
Your brother,
he took over the whole program whilst you were in here.
-My brother did what? -He's been controlling everything.
And I've tried so hard to get you out of here, multiple times.
I thought my father was controlling--
He's just as stuck here as everyone else.
I don't know how fast your brother is gonna figure out what I've done.
But you have to leave now.
This is so much bigger than you think.
You have to wake up.
You have to stop him,
or everything will be lost.
[music warbles]
[dramatic music playing]
Will you be there when I wake up?
Always.
I'll always be there.
[pyramid pulsing]
[glitchy audio burst]
[unsettling atmospheric music plays]
[Maura gasps]
["Starman" by David Bowie playing]
♪ Didn't know what time it was The lights were low ♪
♪ I leaned back on my radio ♪
[computer chiming]
♪ Some cat was layin' down Some rock 'n' roll ♪
♪ "Lotta soul," he said ♪
[chiming continues]
♪ Then the loud sound did seem to fade ♪
♪ Came back like a slow voice On a wave of phase ♪
"Project Prometheus."
♪ There's a starman waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He'd like to come and meet us ♪
♪ But he thinks he'd blow our minds ♪
[computer] Receiving message.
♪ …waiting in the sky ♪
♪ He's told us not to blow it ♪
♪ 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile ♪
♪ He told me ♪
♪ Let the children lose it ♪
♪ Let the children use it ♪
♪ Let all the children boogie ♪
[Bowie vocalizing]
[song trails off]
[entrancing outro music playing]