All language subtitles for Welcome To Paradox - 01x09 - Hemeac.eng

NARRATOR: In the city of
Betaville, in the near future,

the technology we
developed confronts us.

The science we
created seduces us,

but will our dreams of tomorrow
be turned into a nightmare?

Welcome to paradox.

Be careful what you wish for.

Nothing is impossible anymore.

In Betaville, a
group of visionaries

once believed that the precision
of machine intelligence

could free them from
the destructive impulses

of humankind.

They founded an isolated
community where computers could

teach human children
the right way

to live, free of the
conflicts of human emotion.

Hemiac is one of these
students, a young man purged

of all destructive feelings,
all irrational passions,

in the pursuit of
a robotic ideal.

Until he discovers that
his computer teachers may

have gone mad.

ANNOUNCER: All students
must be in their classroom

in 15 seconds, 14 seconds,
13 seconds, 12 seconds, 11

seconds, 10 seconds, 9
seconds, 8 seconds, 7 seconds,

6 seconds, 5 seconds, 4 seconds,
3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second.

Class, sit.

Opsic, recite.

The history of the Academy.

Founders created the
Academy as a refuge

from destructive human
passions when the outside world

was torn by war and chaos.

In the absence of the
founders, the Dean

has continued the pursuit
of the Academy's ideals

to their fullest extent.

State the Academy ideals.

To lead the organic intellect
into the highest orders

of knowledge and
discipline, and to eliminate

destructive human passions.

Very good, Opsic,
you may sit down.

Hemiac, recite.

Click.

Face front, mind blank.

Why is the term organic included
in the statement of ideals?

Because robots
are not educated.

Inaccurate and incomplete.

The robotic intelligence
cannot be educated.

Unlike organic
intelligence, it is

functional to the full
extent of its capacity

from the moment
it is switched on.

Is that clear?

Click.

You may sit down, Hemiac.

Iac, account for your absence.

I was in the Dean's office
for the special examination.

The Dean no longer has any
record of your presence there.

In fact, the Dean no longer
has any record of your presence

at this Academy.

Account for your presence
in this classroom.

I was instructed by the
Dean to return to class.

Incorrect.

You have been expelled
from the Academy.

Monitor.

Hemiac.

Hemiac.

Hemiac.

Help me, Hemiac.

Help me.

Hemiac, please, help me.

Hemiac!

ANNOUNCER: Stand at attention
outside your cubicle

until otherwise instructed.

Face front, mind blank.

Watching you, Hemiac.

ANNOUNCER: Any student still
in the corridor in 59 seconds

will attend mandatory
time sense retrieve.

58 seconds.

57 seconds.

56 seconds.

55 seconds.

54 seconds.

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52 seconds.

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48 seconds.

In the troubled times,
savages attack the Academy.

The founders were killed.

The replacement parts
factory was gutted,

supplies and equipment
were stolen and destroyed.

Only when the Dean set the
detonator on the power plant

did the savages withdraw and
leave us to our way of life.

The Dean and her assistants
have continued what the founders

had set out to do
for their children

and their children's children.

You may sit, Opsic.

IAC [VOICEOVER]: Hemiac.

Hemiac.

Help me.

Hemiac, please, help me.

[tapping noises]

Were you asleep?

No.

I wasn't able to.

Neither was I. I was thinking
about the outside world.

What it must be like.

I remember somebody
told me that the savages

wait outside the gate for
you when you are expelled.

Those people out
there are like animals.

They will eat you.

That is why they are waiting.

We don't know that.

We know they don't have
robots to teach them.

How can they be
anything but savages?

I want to be good, Hemiac.

I do.

But I also want to
be closer to you.

You must be careful, Iac,
or you could be expelled.

I'm scared, Hemiac.

It's getting more and more
difficult not to make mistakes.

Everyone's being expelled.

The commands are
always the same, Iac.

All you have to do is
keep your mind blank.

One day we will learn
enough not be afraid.

We'll never miss commands.

Hemiac, recite.

What is the purpose
of the detonator?

The detonator, entirely
under her control,

the Dean will
protect the Academy

indefinitely provided she is
given adequate maintenance.

Detonation of the
power supply would

contaminate the atmosphere
of the planet for centuries.

Even the savages know and
respect such a threat.

Explain why you were late
leaving your cubicle this morning.

Waiting, Hemiac.

Someone spilled
oil in the corridor.

What does spilled oil have
to do with your time sense?

It is a waste and
should be reported.

It already has been reported.

Pay better attention
in the future.

Click.

ANNOUNCER: All students
report to the refectory

for retraining.

Stray not, Hemiac.

Any more random
motion and you'll

attend a mandatory retraining.

Click.

ANNOUNCER: Life at the Academy
is a privilege, not a right.

Wild inefficiency, Hemiac.

It's unlike you.

I keep thinking about Iac.

Why?

About what it's like
in the outside world.

She was expelled
for failing to achieve

the goals of the Academy.

You should be encouraged by
her fate to try much harder.

What did she do wrong?

You should be careful
in what you ask, Hemiac.

The Dean is already
watching you,

in case you hadn't noticed.

Living at the Academy is
a privilege, not a right.

One that must be earned
day in and day out.

If I need a lecture, I'll
ask an instructor droid.

Do you understand?

Fueling is complete.

Move away from the tables.

Why did you stand before
the signal, Hemiac?

Step out of line.

Afraid of something, Hemiac?

Someone Someone spilled
oil in the corridor.

Duly noted in your
history class, Hemiac.

Why the redundancy?

There was oil.

I slipped on it.

In keeping my balance,
I strained a muscle.

I stood to relieve the strain.

Are you lying, Hemiac?

No.

Report to the clinic
after rest area.

We'll see.

Click.

And watch your stress tones.

They are highly suspect.

- Yes.
- Return to Unit.

The bonding surface
is not in alignment.

Restart.

Well done, Hemiac.

ANNOUNCER: All instances of
random or excessive motion

will be entered into
your behavior files.

Iac.

I never thought
I'd see you again.

All these months.

I never stop
thinking about you.

I promised myself that
one day I would come back,

so somehow I could--

I disconnected
the room monitor.

I can do a lot of things now
I never used to be able to do.

We don't have to wait
until sleep time to talk.

I thought you were
killed by the savages.

No, Hemiac, there
are no savages.

The world out there
isn't what you think.

There are animals and savages,
the ruins of a dying planet.

No, there is a city far away.

It's different from
anything we ever knew.

When I got there, I
was hungry and sick,

and the people helped me.

They were very kind.

If what you say is true,
why have you come back?

I was sent back, Hemiac.

The Dean doesn't know I'm here.

None of them know I'm here.

I haven't been detected.

That is not possible.

No, in the past, it
wouldn't have been.

But now it is.

Would we have been able
to talk like this before

without being intercepted?

Why have you come back?

The people in the city
have detected a radiation

leak from the power plant.

The Dean will repair it.

The savages must be
kept out of the Academy.

Hemiac, everything has
started to malfunction.

The people are afraid that
the Dean will break down

and detonate the power plant.

An explosion like that could
poison the whole planet.

I must disconnect the Dean.

You can't.

The reactor core
will self destruct.

Inside the main
power cylinder,

there's a communication
channel that links the Dean

with all the other droids.

If I can manage to
sever this link,

the Dean will be unable to
communicate with the detonator,

and the droids will
be deactivated.

Your instructions are
inaccurate and incomplete.

Then help me, Hemiac.

I told the people
you're the Academy's

best student in circuitry.

You must report yourself, Iac.

or I will have no choice.

I risked coming here
for you, because I

have feelings for you.

In the outside world,
feelings are allowed.

I want us to be
together, Hemiac.

ANNOUNCER: All students
must be in their classroom

in 60 seconds.

Please?

Don't tell them that I'm here.

Hemiac, 27 seconds late.

Did you not receive
the assembly command?

I was told to
report to the clinic.

The command to report
to the physician

should have come after the
command to report to class.

You will explain your
unauthorized presence

in the dormitory
during class hours.

Click.

Very suspicious stress tone.

Unexplained presence
in the dormitory.

Two simultaneous offenses are
beyond my capacity to analyze.

You will report to
the Dean's office

for a special examination.

The physician--

The Dean will determine
whether you should

report to the physician or not.

Click.

Come in, Hemiac, come in.

We must talk about things.

Now, then, how are you getting
on with your work, Hemiac.

Satisfactory progress.

Good.

You know how fond of
you I've always been.

Now, let's see, you are charged
with stalling in the classroom,

suspicious stress tones, and
failure to report to the clinic

as ordered.

Can you account
for these matters?

It was an accident.

An accident?

Hm.

Something in here about
spilled oil in the corridor.

Did you spill some
oil this morning?

No, Her.

It was just some old oil in the
corridor somebody else spilled.

And did the spilled
oil frighten you

just because we have so
little of it these days?

No, Her.

Splendid, Hemiac.

Always remember, fear is
a purely organic reaction.

It interferes with the
society of machines

and men and cannot be
tolerated here at the Academy.

Stop.

Stop.

Explain your presence
in this sector.

I'm with the
maintenance department

during preliminary assessments.

I am unable to
confirm your data.

You've put in a
requisition for servicing,

is this not correct?

Correct.

Your inability to
read my data is part

of a specific servicing need.

This will be addressed
while undergoing

general overhaul and repair.

You may proceed.

Now, why did you
miss the command--

just a moment, Hemiac,
while I relocate the record.

I seem to have misplaced it.

Oh, yes, here it is.

There was some oil spilled
this morning after all.

A janitor had an accident
owing to the fact

that she is badly
in need of repairs.

Ever since the trouble
when the savages destroyed

the replacement parts
factory, maintenance

has grown steadily worse.

Do you remember the
trouble, Hemiac?

I have a report of an
unscheduled maintenance person

in one of our unused sectors.

Click.

Sweating, Hemiac.

A security door has been opened.

I can't explain this occurrence.

I did not do anything.

I told her to leave.

You will explain this sudden
break down in your emotions

just because you
spilled a little oil.

I saw the oil, Her,
I did not spill it.

No savage has ever
infiltrated the Academy.

It is unfortunate that my
design did not include mobility.

Then again, mobility can
be a double-edged sword,

but we are getting off
the subject, aren't we?

Subject, Her?

There.

Now that certainly sounded
like a suspicious stress tone.

You will explain your
presence in my office.

My dormitory monitor
ordered me here.

I have no record
of such an order,

and I can't contact
your monitor.

As a matter of fact, I have
no record of your presence

at this Academy.

Her?

Oil?

Oil.

No reason for you to worry
about the savages, Hemiac.

Detonation of the
power plant will

result in the contamination
of the planet for centuries.

Click.

No reason for you to waste
time talking to me when you

should be in history
class or to be punished

for something the janitor did.

She spilled oil
in the corridor.

Oh, yes.

Odd you should have
that information.

And in the
trouble, the savages

launched only that single attack
before asking for a truce.

Very good, Opsic,
you may sit down.

And where have you been, Hemiac?

I was in the Dean's office
for a special examination,

which I passed.

There was a report of an
unauthorized maintenance person

near the power plant
during your absence,

yet when I feed the
Dean the data on you,

there is not the slightest
pip of recognition from her.

As if there were a full open
circuit in her central control.

Why are you stalling, Hemiac?

Don't you know the lesson?

It is considered self-evident
that the replacement parts

factory will be restored, since
without replacement parts,

the Academy cannot
fulfill its function.

Very well.

Except, you have used
unnecessary tonals,

and you missed the
matter of wh-- wh-- wh--

Please, I need your help.

The malfunctions are
getting worse, Hemiac.

We have to disarm the detonator
before the Dean malfunctions.

Without the detonator, the
Academy could be dismantled.

Listen to me, Hemiac.

The Dean could
activate the detonator.

Millions of people will die.

Life on this planet
could disappear.

The Academy is
dedicated to the ideal

of reason, the elimination of
destructive human passions.

That's right, Hemiac.

Destruction is wrong.

Now please, help me.

You've been expelled, Iac.

You do not belong here.

None of us belong here, Opsic.

You will discover
that very soon.

I will help you, Iac.

You would conspire with her?

What she says is treason.

Her mind has been
altered by the savages.

She's attempting to subvert
and destroy the Academy.

Let's go, Hemiac.

Stay out of it, Opsic.

Remove your hand, Hemiac.

Let go of my arm, Opsic.

You don't know
what you're doing.

I am going to help Iac.

You are a traitor.

You've betrayed the Academy.

Remember the discipline
we were taught, Opsic.

We must go, Hemiac.

Now.

[alarm]

Security of the Academy
had been compromised.

All students move
away from perimeter.

Remain calm and await
further instructions.

Come on, Hemiac.

We better hurry.

There are traitors
in the corridors.

The security of the
Academy has been breached.

All droids immediately secure
perimeter and main gates.

Wait for the s-s-s-signal before
l-l-l-leaving your cubicle.

Hemiac, th-th-this is the Dean.

Think of what you're
doing, Hemiac.

It's not too late to turn back.

Hemiac, listen to
her and we all die.

Let's go.

Come on.

HER: F-f-f-face front.

Mind blank.

Face front.

Mind blank.

Face fr-fr-fr-front.

Mind blank.

Mind b-b-blank.

Face fr-fr-fr-front.

Security alert.

A security door has been opened.

Security alert.

Unexplained presence
in the dormitory.

Stop.

All movement in this
sector is forbidden.

Come on.
We have to hurry.

The savages are preparing
to storm the gates.

The trouble has returned.

All Academy alert.

Think of what you're
doing, Hemiac.

Betraying everything
we believe in.

Iac has brought with her from
the outside the destruction

of our world.

Come on, Hemiac, the
Dean is malfunctioning.

I've seen out
the Dean's window.

I've seen the city.

Hemiac, you won't understand
until you go to the city.

It's really very beautiful.

You are referring only
to outside appearances,

which is unimportant.

Yes, but it's still
beautiful, in an imperfect way.

You'll understand
once this is all over.

Warning, all
security w-w-w-warning.

All security alert warning.

Failure to secure.

Result initiation of
protector detonation sequence.

Warning.

Hemiac, she's starting
the detonation sequence.

I heard.

Commencing
detonation sequence.

The beams are off.

HER: Commencing detonation.

She's going to detonate.

Three minutes
until detonation.

Commencing
detonation sequence.

We have to raise the core.

Hurry up, Hemiac.

Commencing
detonation sequence.

Commencing detonation sequence.

Something's
happening over here.

It's one of these.

Warning.

All security alert.

Warning.

Stop analyzing and do it.

I cannot determine which one.

Hemiac, you're going
to have to guess.

You did it.

You did it.

We must go, Iac.

Savages.

No, Hemiac, they're soldiers.

Everything's going to
be all Right Come on.

The primary computer
is inoperative.

The detonator's
been disarmed, sir.

It's finished then?

Yes.

After all this time,
it's finally finished.

Thanks to Hemiac. he stopped
the detonation sequence.

Hemiac?

Yes, He--

Hemiac?

We did it, Hemiac.

You're free.

Please, Hemiac?

Please?

It's as if they're
not even human anymore.

Like robots.

Years of effort
had brought Hemiac

to the brink of
machine perfection he'd

been striving for all his life.

Fortunately for
his fellow savages,

a few feelings
remained long enough

for him to aid their cause.

But when the job was
done, the crisis passed,

his conditioning proved
to be too powerful.

The founders high-minded dreams
had crushed the human spirit.

Welcome to Paradox.