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-These microchips are designed to make

the world a safer place.

So, they do have security applications.

One day, your life may depend on it.

This technology means your children

will never get lost again.

-This isn't a protest, it's a riot.

Arrest them!

-K9?

K9!

What are you doing?

Drake, look out!

Are you all right?

-K9's gone mad.

-What's wrong with him?

It'll be my pleasure to find out.

[beeping]

-What?

-Time to start the day. -K9.

It's quarter to 9:00.

-8:47 to be precise.

-K9, humans don't just regenerate.

We need actual sleep.

-Do we need to reset my alarm?

-How about you erase it?

-Verbal override.

Command verified. Implementing erase protocol.

-We've got to go to Gryffen's now.

I'm going to need your help to get Starkey to cooperate.

-Mom, what's happened?

-K9 tried to kill Drake.

-I don't believe it.

-Well, it's captured on four different cameras.

-But why'd he do it?

-That's what the Department to find out.

If K9 gives himself up, it'll be better for everybody.

That's why I need your help. Let's go.

-Morning, Gryff. GRYFFEN: Morning.

-Slept like a log.

-A logarithm?

-K, do logarithms sleep?

-I thought that was the point.

-He means a felled tree.

-They're not asleep.

They're dead.

-June.

What a pleasant surprise.

-Afraid you're speaking a little prematurely.

-Uh, is that me?

-Well, is it?

-I have no memory of doing that.

-Because I'm sure you wouldn't.

It's suicide.

-Which is why I'm here.

Drake is seeking an arrest warrant

from the Public Safety Council.

I told him I'd talk to you.

If you hand yourself in, it proves you haven't gone rogue.

-Hand himself into Drake?

Over my dead body.

-Well, if they have to come looking for him,

that might just happen.

-Well, if they want K9, they can deal with me first.

-Can we please calm down?

First we have to establish that the accusation is justified.

K9.

Would you please download your mem drive from this morning?

-Affirmative.

I went for a wander around the streets this morning.

-Why, exactly?

-That's not illegal yet, is it, mom?

-Go back.

What's that?

-I erased my alarm here, and it generally

edits out half an hour on either side of the f

unless I specify otherwise.

-It's true.

I asked him to erase his alarm.

It was driving me crazy.

-How convenient.

You've made a speedy recovery.

-No thanks to the homicidal K9.

I heard you paid a visit to Gryffen's inspector.

What was that about?

-To negotiate a peaceful solution.

-With criminals?

Doesn't that give them the wrong idea?

-Well, think about it.

K9's firepower is an unknown quantity.

You go in there all guns blazing and you

could have a bloodbath on your hands.

-An inevitable consequence of putting

yourself outside the law.

-Gryffen and the two boys didn't.

-So, what was their answer?

-As soon s I get one, you'll be the first to know.

-Well, they better put their skates on.

That arrest warrant is not far away.

[shouting]

-And you're saying you didn't do it?

-Of course he didn't do it.

-I'm reliant on my mem drive.

And the incident is not in there, so--

-But you're denying you did it.

-Don't harass him.

-His word is good enough for us.

-But wait, he's not given us his word, is he?

He's giving us his mem drive.

Robots don't have words to give.

-K9's our friend, so we'll stick by him.

-Look, the Department's gonna come down

on us like Armageddon, so we gotta get out stories straight.

-It's not a story, Darius.

-Hang on, Jorjie.

Your mom saw the whole thing, yeah?

What does she see that didn't happen?

-Just whose side are you on?

-Stop. Do not argue over me.

I'm sure June is not a liar.

Therefore, I must have done it.

-Why would you say that to him?

You know how he feels.

-He's a robot.

-I mean Starkey.

-Well, we all know what he is.

-You know how he feels about K9.

-He's a machine.

So is that car, and how do you feel about it?

You could show some consideration.

-Yeah?

Got all the consideration in the world for him, don't you?

[knocking]

-Go away.

I'm with you.

There's got to be another explanation.

STARKEY: Like what?

-Uh, well, K9 wasn't the only cybernetic dog

in the 50th century.

Maybe another one came through the STM.

-Thanks, but first of all, K9 coming through

was an astronomically unlikely event.

Second, we would have heard the the STM operating, and third,

don't you think he'd have a different number, like K10?

-Well, maybe it wasn't his fault.

Maybe he malfunctioned.

-That's no excuse.

They'll grab him, anyway.

I hate to think what they'd do to him.

-So, w you think happened? What?

-You remember the time Drake grabbed

me, and tried to monster me?

-Yeah, of course.

-Well, K9 got really angry, and asked

me if I wanted Drake taken out.

-Right.

-Maybe it did this for me.

-Jorjie, I'm having so much fun with these old radio signals.

How can you talk about fun?

Drake is gonna break him up for scrap.

-What's on your mind, Jorjie?

-K9.

K9's on my mind,

-Well, we just have to wait and see what happens.

That's all we can do.

What's, uh, really on your mind?

-I'm scared, that K9's problem is

gonna drag Starkey into danger.

-Well, yes, well, there is that risk.

But you know, Starkey is a sensible boy.

He knows the score.

-I know, it's just, I want to be a better friend to him.

I feel so useless.

-Believe me, I understand.

But you're doing what a good friend does.

You're standing by and waiting until he asks for help.

-But he doesn't ask for help.

Like all guys, you think they're OK until they're not.

-Jorjie, Starkey has to walk his own path.

-But he's got so close with K9.

He'll be trapped by his feelings.

-Are you feeling trapped by your feelings?

You won't, if you share them.

But what if-- what if he laughed at me.

-K9?

-No.

-I'm only teasing.

I'm certain Starkey won't laugh.

-Do feelings get easier?

-You want the good news or the bad news?

-Good news first.

-The good news is that you get better

at dealing with them as you get older.

-And the bad news?

-They hurt.

Just as much.

-Oi.

What do we got here, today?

-Hello, my little darling.

What are you worrying about?

Face forward.

March.

-You've got something I really admire.

Something very few kids your age have.

You're a pragmatist. -Who are you calling names?

-And I like that too.

You don't scare easy.

Do you know what a pragmatist is?

-Surprise me.

It's somebody who doesn't stick with a losing team.

Somebody who always asks themselves one simple question.

What's in it for me?

Is that you?

-Yeah.

It's like looking into a mirror.

-Well, let's look into this mirror a bit more, shall we?

What sort of future do we see?

Oh.

That's a pity.

You graduate from petty crime and you do series jail time,

and when you're not on the run, you're

in a containment facility.

Doesn't sound like much of a life, does it, Darius?

-Sounds like you got my future mixed

up with some loser's future.

DRAKE: Well, here's how you can change your luck.

Tomorrow morning, I'll have a warrant for K9's arrest.

When I come for him, it'd be really

good to have someone on the inside.

-You mean me.

-Do you hear that?

That's pragmatism.

Do we have a deal?

Do we have a deal?

Arrest them!

JORJIE: Look at the smug smile.

Yuck.

Every pixel's in its place.

Even the department can counterfeit

a recording this good.

-So are you calling your mother a liar?

-I'm just looking at other options.

It'll break Starkey's heart if K9's taken in.

-Jorjie, don't get angry with me.

I'm just trying to be clear at it.

If K9's got a screw loose, then it's wrong for all of us

to get burnt pretending he doesn't.

Yeah?

-I really expected more support from you.

-I am supporting you!

And I'm supporting Gryffen.

Even though I think Starkey's a fruit loop sometimes,

I'm supporting him.

But I'm not supporting K9 if he crossed the line.

He'll have to face the music.

-I'm just trying to be loyal for Starkey.

-I don't call that loyal.

I call that stupid.

If we let Starkey convince himself K9's being victimized,

he'll get hurt big time.

-It's remarkable how many of these old radio

signals contained music.

Radio was an enormously popular platform,

and the music's still quite infectious.

-I'll take your word for it.

-Hey Prof.

Do you think Darius has got a point?

-I think he's got many points.

Most of them good.

You mean about K9, of course? -Yeah.

I mean, you think he could be right?

You think K9 could have done this?

-Highly unlikely.

-Yeah, unlikely, but we can't be sure.

I mean, how well do we really know him?

-How well do you think you need to know him?

-What do you mean?

-Well, how well do you know him already?

-Um, he stumbled here through the portal,

he wants to find his way home, he hates being called a dog.

-And?

He's your friend.

-Yeah.

-What else do you need to know?

-I'm right to stand by him.

-And if you're proved wrong, it'll

hurt, but not as much as realizing

you let a friend down.

-I think I knew that, but thanks for helping me get it clear.

-I'm having a good day, advice-wise.

Jorjie and I had a chat earlier, also

on the subject of friendship.

-Yeah?

-Hm.

-Well, she came to the right bloke.

-Are you OK?

-So, he'll get the warrant?

-Yes, he will.

-Aren't you the same rank as him?

Couldn't you have done something?

-Well, Jorjie, when a robot shoots one of our top officers

on coast to coast vidcast, it's pretty hard

to do something about it.

-He's not just a robot anymore.

He's Starkey's best friend.

-Well.

To make sure Drake does everything by the book,

I'll stick to him like glue. -But he's mad.

He'll do whatever he wants. -He's not mad.

It doesn't help to say silly things.

-He is mad.

Only a madman would have that weird, smug smile on his face

when everybody else is ducking for cover.

-This should tell us if you go walk about tonight.

-I'd like to know that myself.

-To make doubly sure, I could devise some sort of trip wire

and attach it to your tail.

-Professor, can you do that now?

-Yeah, oh, of course.

I was just capturing some old music

trapped under the heavy side layer.

-What sort of receiver are you using?

-Oh, you see, all I--

-Hey, can we have some focus here?

Professor, the trip wire.

-Mm. Right.

I'll attach this to K9's tail.

The whole neighborhood should hear about if he moves.

-Ow!

-Oh, sorry.

I've reversed the polarities.

-Arrest them!

-Hm.

-Working late, inspector?

-Paperwork.

It never ends.

-What's your interest in Operation Orthrus?

-I'm not really interested in the operation.

More why I haven't been told about it.

-You haven't got the clearance.

-And you have?

That's classified too.

-Well, let me ask you about something which

won't be classified, since it's been on network 24/7.

When K9 went rogue, everyone took evasive action.

Except you.

-Is there a question in there?

-Yes.

Why were you smiling?

-Courage.

Calmness under fire.

Steely nerves.

Take your pick.

-The person who pointed out your odd behavior thinks you're mad.

-Who was that?

-Classified. Sorry.

-Who'd wanna-- Starkey!

That dog deserves a good hiding!

That's so [inaudible].

STARKEY: Calm down, Darius.

-He trashed Mariah. -Impossible.

We would've heard the alarm.

How'd you get here? -Some alarm.

-It's like K9 is begging to be caught.

See there, he's actually shoving his face in the camera?

-You're right.

What if this is meant to distract us?

-Well, it sure got my attention.

-No, I mean, maybe K9's being framed.

-Aw, come on.

Is that or is that not a spitting image of K9?

-It's best I cooperate with the authorities.

-No!

Drake will pull you apart and turn you into his little pet.

-K9's right.

-K9 has the firepower to take them all on.

-Oh, get serious.

-Stop!

Enough.

We cannot fight fire with fire.

Fight the department on their own terms

and they will win every time.

-So what do we do?

-We just be ourselves.

Being ourselves is the only noble

defense against thugs in uniform.

-But will that be enough?

-Being yourself is always enough.

MAN: Open up.

-K9, I authorize you to use your photon cannon.

-Starkey!

I am telling you, that is not the way.

-I agree, young master.

-Well, at last someone is making some sense.

MAN: Open up.

Open up.

We have a warrant to enter the premises

and arrest the one called K9.

-Oh, my favorite pragmatist.

MAN: We have a warrant for the arrest of K9.

Who is K9?

-I wanna see the warrant.

-Let's move it.

-Show us the warrant!

Ow, let me go!

-Hey, leave her alone, bozo.

-Majority denomination is LOV.

-Yeah, well, do you prefer creep or jerk?

-Ha.

See what I mean?

-Hey. Who turned the lights off?

-Sure, Darius.

DRAKE: Remove the bucket, you moronic machine.

I order you to stop it!

-What's happening to me?

DRAKE: This is a disgrace.

You, fall in!

-Go, go, go, go.

-Quick.

Let's get out of here.

Come on, K9.

DRAKE: This wasn't our deal, Darius.

-Call my lawyer.

-You can run but you can't hide.

-Go, go, go, go, go.

Go, go, go.

-I must [inaudible].

-I blame you for this.

-What? Me?

They're just kids being themselves.

-Sorry, sir.

Don't know what came over me.

-Darius. What was that about a deal?

-Yeah, I'd also like to know.

JORJIE: Me too.

-He pulled me in off the street and I

said to him what I'd already said to you.

K9 should bring himself in.

Nothing more.

-Sh. What's that?

-Oh, that'll be them.

All right.

You guys go that way, and I'll lose these canheads.

What?

I'm still on your side, you know.

-Come on.

-Hey!

Over here. -Wait.

Resistance is futile. -Morons.

-K9.

Any readings yet?

K9?

-We've lost him.

-Just keep going.

[clanking]

-Who's that?

K9.

K9, you're creeping me out.

Aw, come on, don't start.

Hey, that's not funny.

Hey, K9, don't-- Go!

-Are you OK?

-No.

Your dog's totally lost it. -Oh, not this again.

-He tried to kill me!

-I don't believe you.

-Well, here's your proof right now.

-K9?

Are you OK?

K9.

What's going on?

DARIUS: Yeah, I told you.

He's gone schizo.

-No, K9.

If you're going to shoot anyone, shoot me.

-Why?

-Too slow.

Hit me with your best shot.

You call that a cannon?

This is a cannon.

-Way to go, K9.

-Friend of yours?

-15,000 man hours up in smoke.

-Word to the wise, Inspector Drake.

He needs twice the RAM on his command drive.

Back to the drawing board, I'm afraid.

-It will give me the greatest pleasure to pull you apart.

Slowly.

Bit by uppity bit.

And then turn you into my lap dog to do my bidding.

-That's not going to happen.

I've convened a special council meeting

and pointed out that Operation Orhtrus had

bypassed all the required approvals.

So, Operation Orthrus, like Orthrus itself,

is hereby terminated.

-We'll just see about that.

[laughing]

-So, Drake set this whole thing up to incriminate K9,

so he could get K9 into his laboratory.

-He's crazy.

-He's sly.

Like a fox.

And it almost worked.

-Well, Darius.

I think you owe K9 an apology. -Hang on.

He tried to kill me.

-That was Orthrus.

-No, in the other tunnel before.

-That wasn't me either.

-So you say.

[growling] -Yeah?

Look at that.

I rest my case.

He's completely out of control.

-Shouldn't you try to stop them?

-No, they've got things to discuss.

DARIUS: Get away from me.

-Darius is afraid of intimacy.

K9: You need to be taught a very severe lesson.

-And K9's got anger issues. DARIUS: No!

K9: Take that! [shooting]

-At least they're talking.

-I need a cup of tea.

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