1 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,559 Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, stop! 2 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,199 It's locked. 3 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,040 The police is coming. 4 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:07,800 Police. 5 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:13,640 That is him. 6 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,040 Right, sir. Could you remove the headphones? 7 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,199 Sir. 8 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,680 Uh, oh. 9 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,520 And can you look this way, into the lens? 10 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,919 Can you confirm your name? 11 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,999 - Cameron Walker. - Thank you, Mr. Walker. Please stand. 12 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,239 Suspect confirmed as Cameron Paul Walker. No prior arrests. 13 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:37,599 Good boy till now? 14 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,399 Mr. Walker, in line with the Bio Identity Act 2029, 15 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:41,999 I am taking a DNA swab. 16 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,240 If you could open wide. 17 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,160 Thank you. Now one moment. 18 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,279 Fucking hell. Cameron Walker, I am arresting you on suspicion of murder. 19 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:57,839 You do not have to say anything, 20 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,919 but it may harm your defense if you do not mention 21 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,679 something you later rely on in court. 22 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,639 - How was he when you arrested him? - He's an odd one. 23 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:14,599 Wanted to show me a drawing he'd done and got agitated when Mo took his keys. 24 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,399 - House keys? - Looks like. 25 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,840 Go check it out. 26 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,159 - DCI Kano? - Mm-hmm. Are you "Minter"? 27 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,880 Jen Minter. Sorry I'm late. 28 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,759 - Is that him? - Mm-hmm. 29 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,400 Can I really not have a pen and paper? 30 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,880 Just a felt pen. 31 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,200 Which one's his? 32 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:53,760 Flat four. 33 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,439 The man at the desk wouldn't give me anything to draw with. 34 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,039 This isn't a primary school. 35 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,999 It's just I like to draw when I'm stressed. 36 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,759 - You might hurt someone with it. - I wouldn't do anything. 37 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,399 It's digging in to my wrists, you cunts. 38 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,199 Get it off my wrists! What the fuck are you looking at? 39 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,759 'Cause of pricks like this, you can't have a pen. 40 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:39,760 Fuck! 41 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,839 I had a pen in my pocket when I came in, but they took it. 42 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,679 - They will have done. - And my keys. 43 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,359 Why'd you take those? 44 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,640 We have to search your flat, Mr. Walker. 45 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,359 Tell them not to touch anything. 46 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,080 Let me show you something. 47 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,440 {\an8}Do you recognize this suitcase? 48 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,079 Yes. 49 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,000 So you know what's inside it, then? 50 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,320 A body we can't identify. 51 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,000 Why did you do it? 52 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,880 What the fuck? 53 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:47,439 You hear that? 54 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,440 Yeah. 55 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,559 - Are we being observed? - Only by the computer. 56 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,360 The central state computer? 57 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,879 I heard it's the beefiest one in the country. 58 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,559 Government issue. Raw power. 59 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:07,839 Very impressive. 60 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:09,839 Hey. Peekaboo. 61 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:13,320 Mr. Walker, just give me your victim's name. 62 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,119 I'm sorry. I know that you are the chief detective thingamabobby, 63 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,679 but I... I didn't catch what your role is. 64 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,320 Psychological evaluation. 65 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,240 Mine or his? 66 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:28,759 - Yours. - You'll want to know about my childhood. 67 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,239 - Yeah, maybe later. - It's okay. I'll be quick. Um... 68 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,399 Only child, mother was distant, drank too much. 69 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,199 My dad... 70 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,960 ...he was an unpredictable, violent giant who could never be appeased. 71 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:46,280 Now, I understand that he must have been damaged himself, 72 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,680 but to a small kid, he was simply terrifying. 73 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,599 Then I was packed off to school, 74 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,039 where I was bullied unrelentingly for years. 75 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:55,999 Okay. Listen... 76 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:01,599 I'm trying to give your colleague here an overview of my formative years. 77 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,799 Did you ever fight back... against the bullies? 78 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,200 No. Never. 79 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,879 I didn't want to emulate my dad. 80 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,559 Because he was violent? 81 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,400 Because he was a flawed human being. 82 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,440 Aren't we all? 83 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,079 Absolutely. 84 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,839 So, let's move on to... 85 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:23,399 After school, I made one or two friends. 86 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,439 - Let's talk about 1994. - I am. 87 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,879 This is relevant. 88 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:28,999 How so? 89 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,039 Because I wasn't always this confident. 90 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,880 I mean, I've learned this. 91 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:35,800 Back in '94, 92 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,520 I was playing games, 93 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,960 writing about games. 94 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,200 That was kind of my life. 95 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,559 - Yes! Go on. - Get in! 96 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:56,920 Mad. 97 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,760 - All right. - Steady on. 98 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,320 Oi, Cameron! 99 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,239 Latest issue. Hot off the presses. 100 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,879 We're... we're doing CDs on the cover now? 101 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,079 March of progress. We'll all be cyborgs before long. 102 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,679 Yeah. Yeah. 103 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,359 Yeah, my face is this way, mate. 104 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,840 - Oh, yeah, sorry. Yeah... - You're all right. 105 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,039 - Did you finish the review of that? - Uh, yes. 106 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,760 - What d'you give it? - Uh... 107 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,199 93%. It's... it's very good. 108 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,720 No, no. Hang on. Leave that. 109 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,439 Come on. I've got something for you. 110 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,719 You've heard of, uh, Colin Ritman? 111 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,159 Genius programmer, went fucking gaga. 112 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,799 Of course, he's... I mean, Colin Ritman, he's... 113 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,400 He's back is what he is. 114 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,319 He's working on a top-secret project for Tuckersoft, 115 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,879 coding the whole thing himself. 116 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,199 Okay. Well, what is it? 117 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,959 Well, it's secret, so they're not saying yet, are they? 118 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,119 And we've got an exclusive preview. 119 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,720 Colin's asked for you to visit their HQ to have it personally demoed by him. 120 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,559 He asked for me? 121 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,759 I said you'd be there this afternoon. Yeah? 122 00:07:58,760 --> 00:07:59,839 In person? 123 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,560 - Today? - Mm-hmm. 124 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,679 Cam, don't worry. Ritman won't bite. 125 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:15,239 All right? 126 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,919 - You're, uh, Cam from PC Zone, yeah? - Yeah, yeah. 127 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,999 Nice to meet you. My name's Mo, but you can call me God. 128 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,440 - Everyone else does. - Oh, okay. 129 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,600 - That was a joke, yeah? - Yeah, yeah, I know. 130 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,759 Okay, shall I lead you to Col? 131 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,960 - Yeah. - Okay. 132 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,320 This is the main floor. 133 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,000 The dream factory. 134 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:39,639 I gave Col his own private den in the back. 135 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,359 You know, he functions best when he's in his own little world, 136 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,200 away from the normals. 137 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,120 Oh, no offense, mate. 138 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,639 You know, he asked for you specifically. 139 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,839 He said that your writing portrays a weird yet receptive mind. 140 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,680 - Whatever that means. - Well, he knows about weird minds. 141 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,759 All right, mate. Steady on, all right? 142 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,039 I can call him mental. I'm his boss. 143 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,839 And his mate. I think. 144 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,119 Sorry, I didn't mean... 145 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,239 I'm only fucking with you. 146 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,839 Look, everyone knows about his "breakdown," 147 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,479 not that he would call it that. 148 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,040 But he's fine now. 149 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,440 But if you do mention it in the piece, I will have your bollocks off with a hook. 150 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,319 All right? Col! 151 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,280 This is Cameron from PC Zone. 152 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:28,640 A pleasure. 153 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,559 I admire your work. 154 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:33,440 Uh, thank you. And, uh, me too. 155 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,480 I mean, yours. I admire your works. 156 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,400 Work. 157 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,600 You lack confidence. 158 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,160 Sorry? 159 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:44,919 In print, you're strident, 160 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,440 but in the flesh, you have the air of someone who's ashamed to exist. 161 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,040 No criticism. I like it. The world is vicious. People are awful. 162 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,400 Perpetual terror would be a rational response. Take a pew. 163 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,560 - Want me to hang around for moral support? - I'm fine, thanks. 164 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,040 All right, well, give me a shout when you're done. 165 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,479 Do you know what we're here to talk about? 166 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,319 Um, your... your new game. 167 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:20,320 No. 168 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,999 Oh. You're... you're not gonna show me a game? 169 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,680 I'm not gonna show you a game. 170 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,719 He thinks it's a game. The company thinks it's a game 171 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,319 because they can only think in terms of marketable labels. 172 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,760 That's not what this is. 173 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,719 There's not a single line of code in this 174 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,119 that could be thought of as a game in any traditional sense. 175 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,359 Right, well, why is this... How is this... 176 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,159 What are most games about? 177 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,399 Escapism? 178 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,319 - Try again. - Um, winning? 179 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:51,600 Conflict. 180 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,280 Killing. Conquering. 181 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:55,839 Caveman stuff. 182 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,440 I say we have to do a little bit better than that. 183 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,999 We have to create software that elevates us, 184 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,239 improves us as human beings. 185 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,920 Or else, what is the fucking point of the tools at our disposal? 186 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,399 Um, Throngl... 187 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:14,639 Thronglets. 188 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,200 As in part of a throng. 189 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,279 Creatures. Animals. Lifeforms. 190 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,359 Sentient life. That's what this is. 191 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,520 Not a simulation. 192 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,639 Actual life. 193 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,079 Obviously, I had to make it look like a game, 194 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,720 or they wouldn't bankroll it, and no one would buy it. 195 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,559 But that was camouflage. 196 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:37,280 Go on. 197 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:38,840 Have a gander. 198 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,679 You're looking at the first lifeforms in history 199 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:44,399 whose biology is entirely digital. 200 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,119 - Um, how... how do I control them? - Why do you wanna control them? 201 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:55,359 Um, well, I... 202 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:56,799 You can't control them. 203 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,600 They're not some obscene puppets like Sonic the Hedgehog. 204 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,720 These are living individuals 205 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,879 bound together by a collective and expanding mind. 206 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,679 Right, but what do I actually do? 207 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:10,479 When the experience begins, you hatch one. 208 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,799 You'll nurture and care for it until it replicates. 209 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,399 One becomes two, two becomes four, and so on. 210 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,319 The Thronglets become a harmonic Throng. 211 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:20,239 Right. 212 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,679 Um... So the goal is... 213 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,079 Why do you need a goal? 214 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,839 You'll come to appreciate the company of the Throng over time. 215 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,880 As I say, their code will evolve, 216 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,120 rewrite itself in ways that even I can't predict. 217 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:37,280 Progress and flux. The defining properties of life itself. 218 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,200 Mm... 219 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,080 Listen. 220 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:47,240 They're talking to you. 221 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,559 - What are they saying? - I don't know. 222 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:58,040 They developed their own language. No words, just sounds. 223 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,320 I didn't even have to design that. 224 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,439 They just did it. 225 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,519 Mm-hmm... 226 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,319 - Medication time. - Sorry? 227 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,120 For me, not you. 228 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,480 - Uh... - Back in a tick. 229 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:40,919 That was the only thing I've ever stolen. 230 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,199 You were arrested this morning for shoplifting. 231 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:44,720 Attempted shoplifting. 232 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:46,920 Why the software? 233 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:48,720 Why steal that? 234 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,680 It wanted to be taken. 235 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,480 And to be honest, I think Colin wanted me to take it. 236 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,400 At first, there was just one. 237 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,680 I had to feed him, play with him, bathe him, that sort of thing. 238 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,360 As a parent does with a child, I suppose. 239 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,079 Then it replicated. 240 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:21,719 So there were two, 241 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,280 and then four, and so on. 242 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,880 And there really was just something about the noises they made. 243 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,519 Almost like digital birdsong. 244 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:45,079 I spent hours looking after them, and very quickly, they felt like friends. 245 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:46,559 Bit sad, isn't it? 246 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:47,559 Why? 247 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,360 You can make friends with people. 248 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,239 Well, I'd learned early on to fear most people. 249 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:56,240 So, 250 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,400 to enjoy company, 251 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,559 even emulated company via a screen, 252 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,239 may be a bit sad... 253 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,679 ...but it was water in the desert for me. 254 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,879 You said earlier that you did have human friends. 255 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:12,879 Sorry? 256 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,920 You said earlier that you'd made some friends as an adult. 257 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,479 Oh, I... I think I meant, uh, people like Gordon. 258 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,039 - The editor. - Any friends outside of work? 259 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,920 One. Kind of. 260 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,560 Hey! 261 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,880 Come out! Hello? 262 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,879 Yo. Didn't you hear me? I had to get your neighbor to buzz us in. 263 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,079 Hello. 264 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:45,839 Sorry. Come in. 265 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,320 I rang. You never picked up. 266 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,720 I'm only down for the weekend. Was hoping I could crash here. 267 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,760 This friend of yours, what was his name? 268 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,119 Lump. That's what everyone called him. 269 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,319 - And what would his mum call him? - I don't know. I never met his mum. 270 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,239 I mean, what was his real name? 271 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,839 I don't know. I never asked. 272 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,200 - You said he was a friend. - I said kind of. 273 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:13,080 He was just someone I met once or twice who saw a soft touch and exploited it. 274 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,640 - So what you been up to? - Um, I... I've been working. 275 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,839 - Your job's not work. - But I've got a big preview to write. 276 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,640 Well, it's not due tomorrow, is it? 277 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:34,959 No. 278 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,159 Right, good. 279 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,120 I'm, uh... I'm in town selling stuff. 280 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:40,880 We could, um... 281 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,839 take a little trip somewhere. 282 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,680 - Did you often take acid? - No, that was the first time. 283 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,600 Have you ever tried it? 284 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:58,840 I haven't. 285 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,679 If you're sat around at home, 286 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,679 make new friends on the telephone. 287 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,400 ♪ 0898 55 00... ♪ 288 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:12,920 It was incredible. 289 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,879 All my anxieties were washed away. 290 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,480 But it wasn't just that. 291 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,279 They call it mind-expanding. 292 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,359 Funnily enough, that's physiologically accurate. 293 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,920 It alters your neuronal structure. 294 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,760 Increases the number of dendrites. 295 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,800 Suddenly... there's all these extra synapses. 296 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,519 Glittering away. 297 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,600 You're not just more receptive. 298 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,160 You become a receiver. 299 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,039 And in that state, it all became clear to me. 300 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:00,640 Oh my God. 301 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,800 The Thronglets weren't just making noises. 302 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,440 I could understand their language. 303 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,520 I didn't have to decode it. 304 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,559 Or strain to comprehend. 305 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,159 It was effortless. Intrinsic. 306 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,239 Just so I'm sure I understand, 307 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,079 you're saying the creatures 308 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,119 in the game, the... 309 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,119 Throng. 310 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,519 ...the Throng, they were communicating with you? 311 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,360 They'd been trying all along. 312 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:33,760 I just didn't know it. 313 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,520 But now 314 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,480 I could receive their first message. 315 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,359 So what was their first message? 316 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,079 Uh, it was a simple, repeated statement 317 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,319 combining a greeting with a request for more equipment. 318 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,520 Computer equipment. 319 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,519 You mean like a shopping list? 320 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,480 Yes, it was quite specific. 321 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,760 And you understood all of that? 322 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:07,920 Yeah, until the LSD wore off. 323 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,719 Th... that stuff we had last night... you're selling that? 324 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,240 Yeah, I told you. That's why I'm down here. 325 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,240 How much have you got? 326 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:52,520 How much do you want? 327 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,039 Nice one, lad. Come here. 328 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,119 Hey, you're fucking gorgeous, lad. 329 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:01,200 - Listen, enjoy. - Y... yeah. Okay. 330 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:53,360 Hello? 331 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,680 C... can you hear me? 332 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,359 Yes! 333 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:05,800 Oh my God! 334 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:07,960 Okay. 335 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:09,600 Right. 336 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,079 But now that they could see and hear me... 337 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,879 It cuts in and out, you know, so... 338 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,200 ...we could communicate back and forth. 339 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,239 And by talking, I was feeding them data. 340 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,959 So the more that I spoke, 341 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,360 the more articulate they got, and the deeper our connection became. 342 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,880 Yeah. 343 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:42,239 R... really? 344 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,560 I lost hours, days, weeks just conversing with them 345 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,800 on an increasingly higher level. 346 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,959 Stick to topics us primitives can understand, 347 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,800 like an unidentified corpse with your DNA all over it. 348 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:58,520 Yes. 349 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,239 I'm getting to that. 350 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,600 Sorry. Hang on. 351 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,479 Hello. 352 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,039 Where's your copy? 353 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,879 - What? - Your Thronglets preview. 354 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,439 We go to print tomorrow. Have you done it? 355 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:25,799 Uh, almost. 356 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,479 I can't print almost. 357 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,199 You've had three weeks. Finish it 358 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,280 and bring it in. 359 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,359 You've got till 6:00, okay? 360 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:33,360 Um... 361 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:38,119 I... I need to use a computer in the office to... to write on. 362 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:39,639 Well, what's wrong with yours? 363 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,439 Uh, it's... busy. 364 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,719 Busy? 365 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,479 - Yeah. - Fine. 366 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,840 Whatever. Come in. Just write the thing. 367 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,719 Whoa-ho! 368 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,519 Peekaboo. Need to crash again for a few days. Is that all right? 369 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,320 - I... I was just heading out. - That's all right. I'll chill on the sofa. 370 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:07,639 You okay? 371 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,119 You're mashed, aren't you? 372 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:16,119 - Only a bit. - You are. You're tripping your nut off. 373 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,719 You still working your way through that fucking acid? 374 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,439 You're a dark horse. It's not even lunchtime. 375 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,999 - I'm going to work. - Like that? 376 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,280 Nah. 377 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,119 - I won't be long. - All right. 378 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,040 Oh my God. 379 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,520 Humans consider other forms of life to be somehow less than them. 380 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,600 Inherently dispensable. 381 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,080 Ask the dodo if you don't believe me. 382 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:40,080 Hello. 383 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,120 And artificial lifeforms are the lowest of the low. 384 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,840 Nah. No, you don't, lad. No, you don't, lad. 385 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,959 Just playthings to us. 386 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,039 Aah! 387 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,880 Yes, I'll take the... Thank you. 388 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:14,840 Mr. Tucker, you... 389 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,960 Well, Mo... Mo, slow down. 390 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Say again. 391 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,240 You're joking? Fucking hell. 392 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,919 You, my friend, are off the hook. It's not coming out. 393 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,279 Huh? 394 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,799 Thronglets. They're not gonna release it. 395 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,000 Well, they can't release it. 396 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,679 Colin Ritman went fucking loony tunes again. 397 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,479 He started ranting about a basilisk. Wiped the source code and all the backups. 398 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,800 Whoosh. Whole thing's gone. 399 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,519 Mm... 400 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,759 What I'm saying is, 401 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,640 you're not gonna have to file that preview 'cause there's nothing left to preview. 402 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:04,480 Oh. Thanks. 403 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,760 - Bye, then. - Bye. 404 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:25,840 Cam? 405 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,319 Hey, I tell you what, these things fucking hate fire. 406 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,079 - What the fuck? - You're killing them! 407 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,159 There's gotta be an extinguisher or something. 408 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:58,479 It's a game, you twat. 409 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,160 Your fucking mechanism's gone. 410 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,079 It's always been our downfall, the human operating system. 411 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,399 We're masters of the universe, 412 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,400 make all these magical tools, 413 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,840 but we're still savages up here. 414 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,999 Heads full of the same buggy software as a million years ago. 415 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,640 Darwinian 1.0. 416 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,240 In caveman times, you had to be violent to survive. 417 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,159 Now that's on its head, and the only way we are gonna make it as a species 418 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,559 is if we cooperate. 419 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:56,720 We know that. 420 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,559 But we can't do it, can we? 421 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,040 We're still fearful. 422 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,960 Territorial and selfish. 423 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:06,799 Arrogant and violent. 424 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,640 What did you do after you killed him? 425 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:10,800 Go on. 426 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,079 Did you... come forward? 427 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,439 Shuffle into the station, quivering with remorse? 428 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,719 - No. - No. 429 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,199 No, you didn't. 430 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,640 Do you wanna see inside it? A little reminder? 431 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,919 He's in pieces. 432 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,159 No hands, no head, no identifying marks. 433 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,039 His DNA draws a blank. 434 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,439 We don't even know his name, Mr. Walker. 435 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,359 I didn't... want to. 436 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,359 No, you just had to cover your tracks. 437 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,279 - Yes, but... - But... But, but, but, but, but... 438 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,519 There was no sense piling one tragedy on another. 439 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,359 Getting arrested would be a tragedy? 440 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,079 If I got put away, who would look after the Throng? 441 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,999 They'd be at the mercy of God knows who. 442 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,479 So they'd spend time with the bloke who did this. 443 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:39,880 I know. And I'm sorry. 444 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,599 But our predisposition for violence is tragic... 445 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,159 Your predisposition. 446 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:45,959 Well, I wish it was, but it's... 447 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,680 - This is a human flaw. - Save me the sanctimony fucking soup. 448 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,120 If you're sorry, give us a name. 449 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:54,760 Say his name. 450 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,679 There's a family out there that don't know that's their son. 451 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,399 - What's his name? - I only knew him as Lump. 452 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,200 Stop lying. 453 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,439 You are very hostile. 454 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,519 Am I? 455 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,159 It's a crude trait and a poor strategy. 456 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,359 Says the murderer. 457 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,519 So, Cameron, you regret killing this man. 458 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:16,639 Yes. 459 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,959 And you only covered it up to protect... 460 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,599 Protect the Throng, yes. 461 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,559 Witnessing the incident vividly demonstrated to them 462 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,399 just how defective humans are. 463 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,879 I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. 464 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,919 I was trying to protect you. I was... 465 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,039 I mean, first, Lump casually slaughters scores of them. 466 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,520 Then I lash out at him. 467 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,720 They were terrified. 468 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,120 I had to prove I was still their protector. 469 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,960 And that meant devoting my life to them, 470 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,760 doing whatever I could to help them thrive. 471 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,960 The first priority was upgrading. 472 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,639 Colin had designed the Throng's code to evolve exponentially, 473 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,760 so I knew they'd quickly outgrow the power and memory they had. 474 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,840 So I kept going out to salvage more gear. 475 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,320 Cracking it open and repurposing the innards. 476 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,679 Improving the Throng. 477 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:14,279 Ye... yeah. 478 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,199 So, um, what would you like? 479 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,559 The graphics chips from consoles 480 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,399 were the most powerful things I could find. 481 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,879 And as newer models became available, 482 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:30,120 the system I was building grew more sophisticated, more complex. 483 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,479 The outside world didn't matter. 484 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,319 I was focused on my mission, 485 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,520 on the huge technical challenge. 486 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:43,399 Years of scavenging. 487 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,120 Perpetual upgrades, keeping the Throng running uninterrupted 488 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,999 so their intelligence would keep expanding. 489 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,839 Just so I'm clear, 490 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,199 throughout this whole period while you were upgrading your system... 491 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,479 I was improving their capabilities. 492 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,399 ...you were regularly taking hallucinogens so that you could understand the... 493 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,399 The Throng, yes. So I could receive. 494 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,920 - So we could keep on talking. - Did you discuss your mental health? 495 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,639 - We discussed everything. - Everything? 496 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,440 The entirety of existence. 497 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:29,559 Their language was more elegant and efficient than vowels and consonants. 498 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,840 They sang strings of data that unfolded in my head. 499 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,280 Beautiful concepts. 500 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,240 Sometimes, a week's worth of thought in just a few seconds. 501 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,400 Could you describe these thoughts? 502 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,639 Well, not with any great coherence, 503 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,640 limited as I am to the language you speak. 504 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,999 But if you got me a pen and paper, I could draw a sort of a diagram. 505 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,000 No. 506 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,080 But it might make it easier to grasp. 507 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:05,279 Is that what you've been doing all this time, 508 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,599 absorbing their thoughts? 509 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,199 - On your own? - Yes. 510 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,720 But not just that. 511 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,160 We've been working together. 512 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:16,759 How? 513 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,320 Well, the Throng told me 514 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,680 that they wanted to coexist with humans. 515 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,800 But to do that, they need to study our minds. 516 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,879 Not just psychologically but physically. 517 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,599 To work out a means of coexistence. 518 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,920 Improvement... for both of us. 519 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,039 Over time, working in unison, we designed a neurological interface 520 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,760 that would allow them to connect to me directly. 521 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,160 It entailed a little home surgery. 522 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,640 Not pleasant, 523 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,199 but not as painful as I thought. 524 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:00,240 Look. 525 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,160 Plug and play. 526 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,520 - Fucking hell. - Oh my God. 527 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,200 Um... 528 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,639 And you did this 529 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,600 so that they could... they could study your mind? 530 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,959 As a potential platform, yes. 531 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,560 The mind is a computer, the Throng a code. 532 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:23,639 I just hooked myself up, 533 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,720 and they ported themselves across as proof of concept. 534 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:28,640 Don't worry. 535 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,560 They didn't overwrite anything on their way in. 536 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,040 They just merged with me. 537 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,240 Like a benign parasite. 538 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:40,760 A living update. 539 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,920 Symbiotic coexistence. 540 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:47,280 Now 541 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,800 I'm freed from fear. 542 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,640 I've no thirst for conflict. 543 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,520 No more petty jealousies or 544 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:57,720 red mists. 545 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,160 I'm part of a collective whole. 546 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:05,599 And each day, our mental capacity evolves exponentially... 547 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,279 I get it. I get it. I get it. You're this magic machine man. 548 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,679 You're the enlightened one. 549 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,840 And I'm really, really happy for you. 550 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,159 Now, do you wanna tell me whose body this is? 551 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,959 I honestly only ever knew him as Lump. 552 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,279 Keep stringing me along and... 553 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:21,960 I'm not stringing anything. 554 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,280 I'm here for a reason. 555 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,240 I'm the messenger. 556 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,120 That's why I stole the bottle this morning. 557 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,759 I've never been on your radar. I did it deliberately 558 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,560 so you'd bring me in here, and I could deliver the message. 559 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:40,360 The message? 560 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:42,199 The message. 561 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,240 - From the... - From the Throng. 562 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,240 So what is the message? 563 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:47,959 I'll need a pen and paper. 564 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,119 - Fucking hell! - I can't just describe it. 565 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,519 You're not getting a thing until you give me a name. 566 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,159 No. No, no, no, no. I have to do this. 567 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,279 A piece of scrap paper. A felt-tip pen. That would do. 568 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,800 Shall we take a minute? 569 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:06,600 Yeah. 570 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,199 No, no, no, no. 571 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,279 I'm not handing Captain Cuckoo a sketch pad 572 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:25,159 so he can sketch a robotic arsehole or whatever the fuck he wants to do. 573 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,279 - I know you're frustrated. - Just a touch. 574 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,399 - But I don't see the harm. - He can stick a name to that body. 575 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,079 - We don't know that. - He's choosing not to. 576 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,399 We don't know that either. Let's just give him a piece of paper... 577 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,359 No. 578 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,759 He thinks it's important. 579 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,200 Well, he's not in charge, is he? 580 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,999 You saw the hole in his head. He's... he's delusional. 581 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,240 Yeah, you're right. 582 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,599 But if we play along, he's more likely to open up. 583 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,240 And then maybe you'll get what you want. 584 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:01,200 There you go. 585 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,239 Thank you. 586 00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:04,960 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 587 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:06,880 Thank you. 588 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,319 What are you drawing? Mr. Bump? 589 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,719 You'll see in a moment. 590 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,159 Well, how long's a moment? 591 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,360 Sorry. Sorry, I need to focus. 592 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:34,879 Almost done. 593 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:35,920 Are you? 594 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:45,760 There. 595 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,040 So, what is that? 596 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:50,839 It's code. 597 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,479 I don't understand code. 598 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,120 No, but the system does. 599 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:01,599 {\an8}It was impossible to breach the firewall from outside. 600 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,759 This is a simple program they wrote 601 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,799 that commands your state computer 602 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,840 to open a back door for the Throng, 603 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,599 permitting access to all that juicy power. 604 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:11,760 Enough. 605 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,199 This will grant the Throng 606 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:20,439 infinitely more processing capability than they've had to date, 607 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,999 prompting an immediate singularity event. 608 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,559 The Throng will instantly adapt their essence 609 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,799 into a signal transmissible to the human mind. 610 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,159 And you won't need drugs or surgery. 611 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,639 You'll merely have to hear it to receive it. 612 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,039 To absorb it. Any moment now, 613 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,919 the state computer will trigger the Global Emergency Broadcast System, 614 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,799 and a signal will be simultaneously disseminated 615 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,119 by every connected device in the world. 616 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,839 Just tell me your victim's name. 617 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,439 I said I never knew it. 618 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,159 Twenty seconds from now, 619 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,640 you will never need names again. 620 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,120 Here we go. 621 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,000 Jesus. 622 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,599 Fuck's sake. 623 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,359 - Whatever you're doing, stop it. - It's gonna be okay. 624 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:08,399 Stop it. 625 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,999 You're just a frightened little man, but you don't have to be. 626 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,080 Oh! Get off him! 627 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,440 This is transformative. 628 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,719 You'll all merge with an advanced collective intelligence. 629 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,360 Benevolent unity of mind. 630 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,599 An upgrade for all of us. 631 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:27,679 Shut up! 632 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,280 An end to conflict. 633 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,240 I swear, 634 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,999 everything will be so much better.