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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.

[music playing]

Be careful what you wish for.

Nothing is impossible anymore.

Ardley Mendoza believes he's
found the perfect solution

to his loneliness--

a Bio-Rob, a biologicallyenhanced robot

with all the features
of a movie star goddess

and none of a real
woman's flaws.

There's just one problem.

What will his wife have to say?

Eda, Paula, Terry Lovan.

This is Mr. Mendoza, everyone.

Now, now, ladies, you'll
just have to be patient.

Mr. Mendoza will be
seeing one of you shortly.

But first we have some
business to discuss.

Did you notice our
newest, Miss Teen Luna?

Yes, of course.

So charming.

Do you really know
them all so well?

Well, some more than others.

A man has only so much
stamina, you know.

Now if you'll just take a seat.

Certainly.

Now you mentioned
Dorothy Duncan initially.

That's right.

Did anything you just
saw change your mind?

We do have some of the
most current vid stars

on our roster.

I'm a solitary man, Mr. Wen.

Miss Duncan's
genuineness has always

given me great delight when
I've seen her on the vid screen.

You understand,
our celebrity license

fees go right through the roof?

We're talking top
of the line here.

I'm not interested
in her celebrity.

It's the priceless
quality of her attentions.

Oh, she'll give you
quality all right.

In your first few
weeks together, she'll

learn everything there
is to know about you.

She'll adjust herself
to your specific needs.

Well let's get
down to business.

Excellent.
Reception--

RECEPTIONIST: Yes, sir?

Send in Dorothy, please.

Should just be a minute.

She's probably
out on the courts.

Always likes to keep
herself very fit.

Ah, and here she is.

Hello, I was just getting
in a few sets before dinner.

That Janine's going to
beat me one of these days.

Works up an appetite, and
dinner is in just an hour.

Ardley Mendoza.

Should I change, or would
you like to leave right away?

Why don't you come as you are?

We'll stop and buy you
a few things in town.

Would you like that?

Yes, that would be fun.

Good, it's settled.

Then we can have
dinner together.

MR. WEN: If you would just
wait outside a few minutes,

Dorothy, Ardley and I willtake care of the particulars.

I'll be waiting for
you right out front.

[music playing]

Now, that's 1 and 1/2 million
on a 10 year payment schedule.

Comes, with interest charges,
to roughly 10,000 units a month,

with a 300,000
unit down payment.

Or roughly the cost
of a 5,000 square

foot home and beachfront.

But look what you
get for your money.

No house on earth, no
matter how luxurious,

could provide you
with the kind of--

Enough, Mr. Wen.

I can afford anything I want.

And as you suggest,
no price is too

great for a woman like Dorothy.

[music playing]

Do you like it?

With you in it, I do.

Then this is the one I want.

Are you sure?

I thought there were some
others that you've liked better.

No, it was that
I thought you did.

Then let's go home.

By the way, what do I--

what should I call you?

Whatever you like.

It wouldn't seem right to
call you anything but, uh, well,

Dorothy.

Dorothy it is then.

[music playing]

You look great.

You want any wind in this?

Absolutely.

Buy the mattress and
live the fantasy.

Or wake up next
to a nightmare.

You going to be around later?

I'm going to try our those
new [inaudible] I got.

They say that dreams are
10 times more intense

than with the old models.

Gotta run home and get
some clothes for tomorrow.

But I'll be right back.

[music playing]

Powder.

Also picked up a few
mood stimulants for after.

They say they make
the real world feel

like you never left the dream.

May we can play
the scene we're

setting up for in real time.

[exotic music playing]

[bell dings]

COMPUTER: Welcome home, Aura.

[classical music playing]

I thought you'd
be with John Paul.

Sorry to disappoint you.

Hello, I'm Dorothy.

Yes, I know.

I love your singing,
Miss Duncan.

I'm Aura Mendoza.

DOROTHY: Ardley and
I just went shopping.

Isn't this dress lovely?

Yes.

DOROTHY: Ardley liked it best.
So I do too.

How long have you
two known each other?

DOROTHY: Just since
this afternoon.

But it was a
wonderful afternoon.

Where did you meet?

DOROTHY: The Sensomatic
showroom, of course.

Your husband bought me today.

You're a Bio-Rob.

Top of the line, the Duncan
model, serial number 25Y764.

So it's come to this?

Come to what?

Maybe it doesn't surprise me.

[classical music playing]

[bell dings]

COMPUTER: Aura Mendoza.

Don't you think you should
give up on all of that now?

Why?

You're the one with such
contempt for conveniences.

I'd say you just got
yourself a big one.

I didn't realize it
would upset you so much.

What the hell did you expect?

Do you mind telling me
what this is all about?

Aren't you always
telling me how I don't

know how to enjoy my money?

AURA: This is how you
intend to enjoy it?

What do you think, she can
take the place of a real woman?

That's exactly what I think.

Maybe they'll replace
all women in the end.

It's entirely possible.

This is a fantasy, Ardley.

Even the real Dorothy
Duncan's a fantasy.

I work in the industry.

I should know.

You're not going
All 20th century

provincial on me are you?

You're not interfering
in my private life?

I said that about a private
life with other human beings.

You're stretching the
definition a bit, aren't you?

No matter how bitter
or reclusive you got,

I never thought
you'd come to this.

If you want to borrow
her for anything,

you're welcome to her.

She can do everything from
wait tables to massage.

And I won't be needing
her all the time.

Is everything all right?

Yes, fine.

Shall I fix you a drink?

No, let me fix you one.

[door closes]

JEAN PAUL: I am in the
middle of the most incredible

[inaudible].

And those new [inaudible].

Ardley bought a
Dorothy Duncan Bio-Rob.

She was there with him when
I got home, in my house.

A Dorothy Duncan?

That's the most expensive one.

He never does
anything like this.

So, you haven't slept
with him in years.

Have you?

John Paul, this is a man
who wants nothing, who takes

pleasure in absolutely nothing.

The Dorothy Duncan's probably
the classiest one they've got.

Do you realize what they must
pay just for the gene license

alone?

If it was a real woman,
I could understand.

She is a real woman.

At least I hear the body is.

I've been there most
nights for the last 12 years.

They clone the donor, block
out the genes for the brain,

and culture the body around
his [inaudible] crystal brain.

Well they're supposed
to be incredible, just

like a woman without
the extremes.

It doesn't make sense.

He says he's so sick
of how fake the world

is, he can't live anywhere
except in the middle of nowhere.

--only as much anger as wont hurt
anyone's feelings, no fear or hate.

--the perfect companion, a
machine with no life of its own.

Guess he finally hit on
something he does want.

Then why doesn't he
just end the marriage?

I don't know.

Why don't you?
The money?

Just wondered.

You gotta try out
these new [inaudible]..

You won't believe how
vivid the dreams are.

I've got one on about flying
to Mars with Megan Galloway.

There's a Bio-Rob of
her too, you know?

I don't feel
like it right now.

Right to the mood
enhancers then--

that should do the trick.

[music playing]

What are you doing.

Hm?

What are you doing?

What do you mean?

The way you moved
to stay so close.

Oh, you don't like it.

I could move away.

No, no.

No, I do.

It's just been a long
time since I've slept--

--slept with
someone next to you.

Hm, yes.

I'm you know.

I could always have
anything I ever wanted.

After awhile I wanted nothing.

I just want you to
know, I'm here for you.

[music playing]

Computer--

[bell dings]

Where's Ardley?

COMPUTER: Ardley Mendoza
took the underground

to Betaville at 0

For what purpose.

COMPUTER: He indicated
he was going shopping.

And the Bio-Rob?

COMPUTER: Miss Duncan is
working in the rose garden.

[music playing]

[door slams]

Good morning, Aura.

How are you today?

Do you really care how I am?

I am programmed to
respond to the situation.

That is not to say that
I am capable of emotion.

Didn't stop you from
enjoying yourself last night.

I don't understand.

I heard the two of you.

Ardley was happy,
so it made me happy.

He is accustomed to being alone.

But he said that he
enjoyed the change.

How in the universe can a
woman compete with a machine

without even a personality?

What am I supposed to do,
become a Bio-Rob myself?

I-- I don't think
that is possible, Aura,

any more than it is possible for
me to become a woman like you.

Can I touch you?

Of course.

[music playing]

It's real skin.

DOROTHY: Oh yes,
it's human skin.

I better be getting to work.

Do you expect him back soon?

DOROTHY: Oh yes, he just went
to get me a few more things

to wear around the house.

Of course.

Will I be seeing
you again later?

I don't suppose
I can avoid it.

Have a nice day.

[door slams]

[music playing]

[door opens]

Hello.

Hello, Dorothy.

Ah, all for me?

ARDLEY: Yes.
Ah.

Ardley, you shouldn't
have gotten so much.

What?
You don't like it?

Oh, oh, but I do.

It's just I know you're
not the kind of man who--

Now never you mind about that.

It's different with you.

You don't expect it.

Ardley, I just want you
to know I'm here for you.

[music playing]

What?
What?

Did I do something wrong?
No, no.

It's just I don't think I've
smiled this much in 10 years.

I've been very bitter, Dorothy.

You step back from this
world slowly but steadily

without even realizing it,
and one day you wake up

with no connection left at all.

You have nothing.

Now I'm with you.

Yes.

[music playing]

[bell dings]

COMPUTER: Aura Mendoza.

Damn it.

[door closes]

I forgot to lock the door.

[DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN AND SLAMS SHUT]

I want her out.

There isn't room for
two women in this house.

Terminate the marriage
contract if you don't like it.

And if I don't?

What do you want?

I want a response from you.

Laugh, have a temper
tantrum, anything.

I'm a little busy right now,
in case you hadn't noticed.

Look at yourself.

Look at what's happening to you.

ARDLEY: Is it so
impossible for me

to have a little
happiness just for once?

You're shrinking
into a private universe

where you're the
center of everything.

Leave now.

Ardley, she'll listen to
your complaints for as long

as you want.

She'll tell you you're
perfect no matter what you do

because she's nobody, nothing.

And you're so out of
touch with yourself

that you'll believe her.

And what exactly are you
in touch with that makes you

so visionary, hm,
the latest vid-soap,

designer drug, or the
latest breakthrough

in plastic surgery?

Your whole life
is about nothing.

All right, Ardley,
but just think about why

I would even bother trying.

[door closes]

Why doesn't she just leave?

She's only bothering because
she's not getting her own way.

You won't change because
of her, will you?

No, no, of course not.

No matter what happens?

I promise, I will never leave
you unless you want me to.

Computer--
[bell dings]

COMPUTER: Receiving.

Calculate the potential
loss due to termination

of the marriage contract.

I'll read it tomorrow.

COMPUTER: Level of
confidentiality?

Full access.

[music playing]

JEAN PAUL: Maybe we've come
to the end of the ride, huh?

Got a real way with words.

Why make more out
of it than it is?

Get together, have a good time--

when it stops being good,
you don't do it anymore.

Why go through the drama?

You realize I only
ever saw you to get

a response out of Ardley?

That's not what you said
before you got the Bio-Rob.

Did you ever feel
anything for me?

Why, you just get dressed?

Worse yet, I don't think
Ardley ever loved me either.

I can't remember why we
were with each other at all.

You get your freedom,
and he doesn't give a damn.

How did you think it worked?

[music playing]

This shouldn't take too long.

It's all very routine,
if you're willing to part

with your money.

And then Aura
Mendoza will move away?

Yes.

But meanwhile, you'd better
try and stay out of her way.

Yes, I will.

I don't want to worry about
you being alone with her.

[music playing]

AURA: Where are you going?

Ardley told me I should
try to stay out of your way.

Wait, you're not in my way.

Please, I have something
I want to ask you.

When you had questions before
you misunderstood my answers.

I'll try not to
misunderstand this time.

It's about Ardley.

Does he ever say
anything to you about me?

Yes, he frequently
mentions your name.

What else?

He doesn't know
what you want, why you

stay here if you're so unhappy.

He's very fond
of you, isn't he?

He has said that he is.

Do you think he loves you?

There are indications
that he is falling in love.

What about you?

What do you feel?

I feel pleasure in making
him feel wanted, pain when I

cannot change his unhappiness.

Is he so unhappy?

For Ardley the stimulants
of the modern world

are a source of great
pain and horror.

But you are one
of those stimulants.

And I will do
everything in my power

to make him believe otherwise.

You are also in pain, Aura.

Is there anything
I can do for you?

[WHISPERING] No.

I'm sorry.

I-- did I hurt you?

I want to know how to
feel again and to love.

It takes a great deal
of creative thought

to really love, and I am limited
in that respect to advise you.

But if I could help you
in any other way, I would.

Where is Ardley?

He went downtown.

More clothes?

No, to his attorney's office
to draw up your marriage

termination contract.

I see.

Will you be leaving
the house then, Aura?

[music playing]

And she walked away
without answering me.

She's been in her quarters
for the rest of the day.

What am I going to have
to do, throw her out?

She appeared to be
in great distress.

She had just told me she
wanted to learn to feel again.

Let her go get an implant.

Oh, is there such thing
as an emotion implant?

I was speaking metaphorically.

Oh, [giggles].

Where are you going?

Oh, I meant to
bring you something

when Aura interrupted me.

What?

It's a surprise.
I'll be right back.

[music playing]

Morning, Ardley.

--biomorphic blackberries,
our own product.

Cream?

Sugar?

Cornbread-- [inaudible] Bio-Rob
managed to dig up a recipe.

Have you ever tried it?
- No, I--

I don't know why I neglected
the garden for so long.

I planted it so we could
have fresh fruit all year.

Yes, I remember.

I didn't expect--

I just thought
a little feast--

do you remember the night we
danced here such a long time

ago?

What's the point, Aura?

Just have breakfast with me.

I'll get dressed first.

[music playing]

Computer--

[bell dings]

Alert me when he--

if he leave his quarters again.

It's all settled then?

She can never
just make it simple.

Now I have to go back there
and have breakfast with her.

Why can't it just end
without some damn ceremony?

She's even got berries
out there in a bowl.

I am unable to answer that.

But perhaps she thought
a sweet parting would

be preferable to a bitter one.

If only Aura Mendoza
were that simple.

We've got a section
of strawberries, too.

They're bright yellow.

But they taste sweet, or
they will when they ripen.

I'd forgotten all about them.

They're bioengineered
like the blackberries.

Remember?

Something about the genes
that made them but resistant

also makes them yellow.

Do you remember
the purple peaches?

Aura, what's the
point of all this?

I've invoked the
mutual consent clause.

Property will be divided 50/50.

You can go about your life the
way you've always wanted to.

Can't we just leave it at that?

I don't want to go.

That's what I'm
trying to show you.

It would be a lot more
dignified if you didn't try.

[ANGRILY] More dignified--
what does dignity

have to do with any of this?

Don't go.

I thought-- I hoped that
you would come and see

me just for a little while.

Why?

Ardley, you haven't stopped to
think where this will take you.

Say nothing against Dorothy.

Dorothy-- nothing to say
about Dorothy-- she's a Bio-Rob.

I'm not ever jealous.

She's designed to do one thing.

And she does it incredibly well.

But is she something you want
to base your whole life on?

She cares about
how I think and feel,

not about how that
would threaten her.

She's more human
than you ever were.

Ardley, look at
what you're doing.

Where's the challenge
and the commitment?

She is the first
person I have met who

treats me like a real person.

What happens when
everybody buys a Bio-Rob?

Oh, my god.

How many times have I
tried to talk to you

and you turned away from me?

You withdrew so
far into yourself

you became impossible to reach.

When did you ever try, in a
human way that meant something

to me, not to you, but to me?

You got so you
hated everything.

How could I even know
what was important to you?

It's too late.

What, for real life?

She isn't real.

She's real to me.

Now, if you would, please,
just get out of my way.

You can't blame
me for everything.

Oh, enough.

Give me a chance.

Give us both a chance.

A chance?

How dare you talk to me about
commitment and challenges.

When was the last time
you did anything that

wasn't about your pleasure?

I won't go.

You'll have to throw me out.

This isn't a vid-soap.

Go to her now and
it's over between us.

[music playing]

Dorothy.

She'll leave now.
- Aura?

Yes.

It was pretty ghastly,
but it had to happened.

I'm just glad it's finally over.

We'll be better off
now without her around.

I won't have to worry about you.

We'll have the whole
house to ourselves.

We'll swim, and we can go
for walks, whatever we want.

That would be good, Ardley.

I could use the exercise.

I was always worried about
you whenever she was around.

She was always such a
nightmare when anything

threatened her prerogatives--

but not anymore.

No, no, I didn't
mean for you to move.

I-- I'm just upset.

Of course you are.

Anyone would be.

Would you like me to
get you a drink, Ardley?

Computer, make arrangements
for a legally binding document.

[bell dings]

COMPUTER: Subject?

Divestiture of all
community property

claims I might have
against Ardley Mendoza.

COMPUTER: Clarify, please.

I don't want anything.

DOROTHY: Is there something
you want me to do?

I'm not sure.

I can do anything you like.

[music playing]

What is it, Ardley?

Or what do you want me to do?

I know what I want you to do.

Tell me.

I want to go for a swim.

Yes, Ardley,
that would be good.

I could use the exercise.

I want to understand
how you function.

I respond to stimuli in
order to please who I am with.

I want to know
why Aura and I can't

make each other happy anymore.

I am unable to answer that.

I want to dance.

Dance, yes, I
do that very well.

Should I go put on some music?

No, that won't be necessary.

I used to dance
with Aura, you know?

Did you enjoy it?

Sometimes we'd
dance all night.

I loved her then.

Did you know that?

There was a time I
really loved her.

No, I did not know that.

Do you know what
I think, Dorothy?

No, I do not.

I think that Aura
must love me after all.

Why else would she
humiliate herself?

What strong woman
would beg except one

who really loves you?

I cannot answer that question.

[music playing]

Don't move.

Stay right here.

[music playing]

Aura!

Aura!

[bell dings]

COMPUTER: Ardley Mendoza.

Be quiet.

Computer--

[bell dings]

Where is Aura?

COMPUTER: Aura Mendoza
is leaving the premises.

She didn't say
where she was going?

COMPUTER: Indefinite.

Aura Venari filed termination
of marriage contract

with Ardley Mendoza
this date, relinquishing

all claims personal, private,
public, and of credit.

Can't you locate her?

One moment, attempting
to make contact.

Attempt unsuccessful.

ARDLEY: Aura.

Aura!

Aura!

Aura, wait, please.

What do you want?

I want--

I want to start over.

Why?

Because you don't get out
of my way the way she does.

Because it's not right to
just brush people aside.

You don't just find them and
have a good time for a while

and forget them.

You hang onto what you
care about, no matter

how hard that is to do.

You don't think we're just
too far apart now to go back?

No, not inside.

Do you really believe that?

Yes.

How about a date, say
tonight, just for a start?

Say you will, please, Aura.

[music playing]

I knew I could do
something for you, too, Aura.

It really is a
wonderful facility,

as you'll get to know.

Eda-- Paula--

Oh, Mr. Wen, hello.

Ah, Terry Lovan.

This is John Paul, everyone.

Hi.

Now, now, ladies, you'll
just have to be patient.

John Paul will be seeing
one of you shortly.

But first we have
business to discuss.

Well it's simple.

I want the hottest
one you've got.

You understand,
our celebrity license

fees go right through the roof.

And all of our Bio-Robs
are all equally

capable of pleasing you.

Believe me, I did my homework.

What do you recommend?

Our Dorothy Duncan
is top of the line.

No, I knew a guy who had
her, and I am nothing like him.

Top of the line
customizes itself

to you in the first few weeks.

What your friend
experienced has nothing

to do with what you will.

Not interested.

Couldn't hurt to take a look.

OK.

Excellent.
Reception--

RECEPTIONIST: Yes, sir?

Send in Dorothy, please.

Should just be a minute.

She's probably
out on the courts.

Always likes to keep
herself very fit.

Oh, and here she is.

DOROTHY: Hi, I was just getting
in a few sets before dinner.

That Jeanine's going to
beat me one of these days.

Works up an appetite, and
dinner is in just an hour.

I'm John Paul.

DOROTHY: Should I
go change, or would

you like to leave right away?

Oh, I'd say right away.

DOROTHY: Good.

I'll just go get my things.

I'm sure I'll be able to
take care of all your needs.

MR. WEN: Now, that's
1 and 1/2 million.

Ardley Mendoza thought
he could substitute

the perfect cyberwoman
for his less-than-perfect

flesh-and-blood wife.

But being flawed is what
it means to be human.

And lessons in imperfection
can come from the most

unexpected places.

Welcome to Paradox.