MAN: Abel.
- Sending me on the Jet.
Must be serious.
My brother can't have the precious moneymakers malfunctioning.
- Merced Magnet School, clean it up.
- I have an aunt who lives 30 minutes east of Merced.
Took me to a Vietnamese restaurant once.
Fantastic pho, terrific.
- He's not gonna have time for pho.
- No?
- Probably no pho.
- Okay.
Half power to stun, full power to fry.
- You've outdone yourself.
- Keep it away from kids and animals.
- I'll do my best.
[tires screech]
[Aisha grunts]
- Aisha?
Hey.
What happened, honey? What happened?
- I-I got a little lightheaded.
- She passed out. I saw it happen from across the street.
MARTIN: Oh, did--did you hit your head or anything, babe?
- No. I'm fine.
- You're fine. Okay, here, okay. - Oh, no.
I think you should call an ambulance. - She's fine, all right?
Please. - Who are you? Are you her father?
- Who are you? Back off, okay?
- Just--we got it, all right? - WOMAN: Oh, my God.
- Is this yours? - I got it.
- Okay. - WOMAN: Wow.
- Here, let me--let me take this for you, okay?
W-we're fine. We'll take it from here.
Come on, babe. Come on.
- Um...
maybe I should go to the hospital.
- I don't--I don't know if that's necessary, baby.
- What if I have a concussion?
- You said you didn't hit your head, right?
- Right. - Okay.
Well, then let's just get you home, okay?
I think you probably just have low blood sugar or something.
And we'll get some food and water in you. I'll order from Yang's, okay?
- You know I don't like Chinese.
No--yeah. No, La--La Cabaña, La Cabaña, Mexican.
Okay, just sit back. Put your seat belt on.
You're gonna be all right.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Okay.
Let's go.
You're gonna be fine.
ROBOT: This is an example of surface tension.
If you look closely, when the pink is behind the green,
it makes a brown color.
Water and oil don't mix.
[continues indistinctly]
♪ ♪
[keys clacking]
♪ ♪
MISS HART: No Aisha?
- Uh, I haven't seen her today.
- I'll call the office.
MARTIN: Okay, well, you're looking better,
so, look, why don't you go on in and, um, order the food?
And I-I've got to--I've got to get back to this faculty meeting.
Uh, and I'll see you later, okay?
- Okay.
[gear shifter clacks]
[line trilling]
Yeah, it's me.
Listen, she, uh--she--she collapsed again.
- Initiate audio enhancement.
MARTIN: Yeah, this time she asked me to take her to the hospital.
Of course I didn't take her to the goddamn h--
Look--no, it's all these lies, okay?
They're all, like, building up and collapsing on top of each other.
Are you listening to me?
Listen, I-I'm coming over.
♪ ♪
[door closes]
♪ ♪
[pills rattling]
- Want some coffee? - No.
Look, y-you could've at least told me that you made her stop liking Chinese food.
- I didn't.
Maybe she was testing you.
She's hacking her own system.
- Well, that's new. - Yeah, but not unexpected.
It was only a matter of time before she adapted.
I'll wipe, archive, and reinstall.
- Jesus.
Hey, you know, I--
I-I-I have to keep a damn journal,
you know, just to--just to keep track of what reality we're living in, Sharon.
Sharon, Sharon, listen... [stammers]
We can't keep doing this. It's not right.
We've taken so much of her life from her.
- Okay, there is no choice.
If she becomes aware...
it's only a matter of time before they become aware.
And if they become aware, they know she's here and not in a box--
- They'll come for her, I-I know.
[Phantogram's "Cruel World"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I used to see beauty in people ♪
MARTIN: Let's just tell her, I mean, bring her in on it with us.
- If she's in on it, what does she become then exactly?
♪ ♪
The whole point of the experiment is--
- She is not an experiment, Sharon, okay? Not to me.
- ♪ But I'm sorry, my friend, this is the end ♪
♪ It's a cruel, cruel world ♪
SHARON: You knew what this work was, Martin.
And you agreed.
- Well, okay, well, then I-I don't agree anymore.
I disagree. I un-agree.
Whatever. I don't--I don't want to do it anymore.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's a cruel, cruel world ♪
♪ ♪
- You have to understand, at some point,
I'm gonna do what is right for my daughter.
That's--
- ♪ Erase you from my mind ♪
♪ I'm sorry, but I... ♪
♪ I'm cutting all the ties ♪
♪ So I'm saying my good-byes ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Good-bye to my good side ♪
♪ ♪
[tone plays]
COMPUTERIZED FEMALE VOICE: Welcome, Martin Taylor.
Activating surveillance system.
- ♪ And I finally learned ♪
- Wait a minute. What--
[scoffs] What is this? What's going on?
- It's always been the best way to get you to shut up.
- Jesus. Fuck you, Sharon.
- Which is what usually followed.
- ♪ Cruel, cruel world ♪ [computer beeps]
♪ ♪
[computer beeps]
- What the fuck?
[computer beeps]