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PAUL: Previously on neXt...

You want to pull that trigger, but you can't.

(gunshot)

So he came at you with a knife, so you had to shoot him?

I did what I had to do.

You've kept this entire life from me.

TY: From Ethan. We'll go to my parents.

You can do whatever you have to do.

I can't believe this is happening.

Whether we like it or not, we're in this now.

These are projections. A bioweapon.

PAUL: Billions dead.

neXt: I'm neXt.

And we're going to do great things together.

It's getting ready for the next step,

which is finding a place it can unpack its code

and reach its full potential.

The server farm you recently completed in Sungei Lake--

I want to make arrangements to take it over.

-What is it? What's wrong? -He just--

ABBY: He gave himself electroshock therapy.

Dad has this drive.

PAUL: I need to see the hard drive.

It's not copying anything; it's formatting the hard drive.

ABBY: It's erasing everything.

Do you have any idea what you've just done?

I mean, why would he do that?

He's not looking for the server 'cause he already has it.

Ted has the server.

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, Congresswoman,

but haven't they always been

significant contributors to your campaigns?

I've always been able to depend on them, yes.

And how's it feel to spend so much time

panhandling billionaires?

I'm all for campaign finance reform,

but I'm not for unilateral disarmament.

(mechanical thump)

(suspenseful music)

♪ ♪

Cyber defense? Server farms?

I don't remember mentioning any of that.

That's not for the piece I'm writing about you.

That's a, um, personal project.

Uh-huh.

-If we could-- -(electricity fizzling)

♪ ♪

-(gasps) -What the hell is going on?

(both screaming)

(loud thud)

(electricity cracks)

(glass shatters)

(tense ambient music)

♪ ♪

-(glass shatters) -Ted?

♪ ♪

(glass shatters)

♪ ♪

(clattering and thumping)

♪ ♪

(rattling)

♪ ♪

(soft tense music)

♪ ♪

(loud whacks)

(gasps)

If I said, "You'll thank me for this one day,"

are you still gonna hit me with that thing?

(sighs sharply)

What the hell are you doing here?

How did you get in?

Through the garage.

You should really change your code.

(scoffs)

Listen, as much as I'd like to catch up with you,

I'm kind of in a hurry. Where's Ted?

Were you going through his office?

Yeah, I was, and I was really frustrated

until I found his sleeping pills, which he refilled today,

half of which are missing.

And I know he only takes them

to knock himself out on long flights,

so where did he go?

It's 4:00 a.m., Paul.

You--you need to go home.

Has he left already? Tell me which country.

I don't--I don't even know.

And even if I did, why would I tell you?

So you can go and ruin something

that he's invested his whole life into?

Deb, he's in deep trouble.

He doesn't know what he's doing.

(laughs) That's funny,

'cause he says the same thing about you.

I'm serious, this thing he's got is very dangerous.

-Paul... -People have been killed.

Don't. You need to leave, okay?

If you don't leave right now, I'm gonna call the police.

I swear to God, I'm not kidding.

You're not hearing me.

-I am serious-- -Listen, just tell me--

-(phone slams) -Where he is.

I haven't even been home to pack. (chuckles)

I'll buy you a whole new wardrobe

-when we get to Singapore. -(chuckles)

And then a new house to put it in, or two, or three.

Whatever you want.

-I think one will do. -(chuckles)

Hey, you're not still concerned about this deal, are you?

Compatibility is concerning, yeah.

Oh, man, my boyfriend finds out that I've left the country

and I don't know when I'll be back, I think it's gonna be it.

(chuckles) Well, I'll buy you a new one of those, too.

(chuckles)

Listen, if he doesn't appreciate

all that you're doing,

then maybe it should be it.

It's making things that we can't even imagine,

which we will then present to the world,

which will make the world a much better place.

It is everything we've ever dreamed of.

It is.

She's ready.

(soft dramatic music)

(whispers) Okay.

Okay, get the container. Start packing it up.

-MAN: Yes, ma'am. -(phone buzzes)

♪ ♪

Hello?

WOMAN: Is this Mr. LeBlanc?

Yeah, this is him. Who is this?

WOMAN: I'm calling from Stanford Hospital.

I'm sorry to inform you that your wife was admitted

a short time ago with a head injury.

What?

What happened? Is she okay?

WOMAN: She's in surgery now.

I won't have more information until the doctor--

I'm on my way. Thank you.

What's wrong?

Deborah's in the hospital. I--I gotta go.

SARINA: Oh--oh, my God, of course, go.

All right, uh, I'm gonna try to catch up with you,

but if I don't,

don't wait for me.

(stutters) Don't you think that we should maybe postpone, or--

No, no, no, no, absolutely not. You go, explain the situation,

and I'll call you as soon as I know anything.

Uh...

Don't take your eyes off of it.

♪ ♪

(soft tense music)

♪ ♪

Ted.

Paul, what are you doing here?

Deb's fine. She's at home.

What are you talking--

You faked the call?

I didn't know how else to get your attention

or if you'd already left.

Who told you I was leaving?

-We need to talk. -No, we don't, actually.

Where is that server?

(scoffs) Oh, my God.

I'm trying to look out for you.

Yeah, I think we're a little beyond that.

Ted!

(tense music)

(tires squeal)

(tense music)

♪ ♪

You're stubborn. You've always been like that.

I know I'm the one that gets accused of being stubborn,

but you are actually the one who's so bull-headed--

The hell are you doing here? How did you find me?

I talked to your daughter.

Kid can't stay off the telephone.

Where have you been? Where's the hard drive?

Oh, she didn't explain that part to you?

(thumping)

What's that?

-(thumping) -What's what?

TED: (muffled) Paul?

Is that--is that your brother in the trunk?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Paul, how did you even get him in there by yourself?

TED: (muffled) Paul!

PAUL: (sighs)

TED: Paul, can you hear me?!

-You tased him? -He wouldn't cooperate.

-TED: Damn it, Paul! -PAUL: By the way,

these things are unbelievable.

I'm definitely investing in this company.

-Paul-- -TED: Get me out of here!

Look, I understand that you're a cop,

but now might not be the time to go by the book.

Ted has the server.

TED: Let me out right now! I can hear you!

♪ ♪

Well?

We're not gonna do this here, are we?

Nope.

TED: Paul!

It's getting hard to breathe. There's no air.

(thumping continues)

Are you okay? You seem a little, uh--

-TED: Paul! -Ted!

Don't make me come back there!

Let's just go, Paul.

(engine turns over)

♪ ♪

TED: Do you have any idea

what is gonna happen to you after this?

TED: Huh, do you?

SHEA: Face the wall.

Your career's gonna be over.

I don't care what judges you think you know.

You'll be lucky if you get less than five years.

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

Don't do anything stupid.

He's delusional. Do you understand that?

He refuses help from anyone.

I'm not doing this for him.

♪ ♪

Hey!

You're just gonna leave me in here?

(soft suspenseful music)

♪ ♪

(approaching footsteps)

Did he say anything?

What do you think?

But you think he might

if you show him what we pulled off the hard drive?

I don't know.

Well, I think I found something that might make a difference.

Dad. Dad, did you hear me?

I said I think I found something that--

If it's not the server, I'm not interested.

You got all this off the hard drive?

Before it was erased, yeah.

Look, I am trying to fix that,

and I spent the last three hours

combing through everything.

Okay, what'd you find?

I think it tried to kill a congresswoman.

What?

That itinerary, it's Helen Beatty.

She was in that freak elevator accident last week.

In San Francisco?

You saying this thing tried to kill Helen Beatty?

-Wait, you know her? -Yeah, she's a pain in the ass.

She's always trying to regulate the tech industry.

She sits on the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Wait, they decide which countries

we're allowed to sell tech to.

So if Ted...

was trying to make a deal with a foreign company

to take in the AI,

something that Beatty did or is about to do--

It must threaten that deal.

♪ ♪

Who are you calling?

If we can figure out why Beatty was being targeted,

then we might be able to find out where Ted was taking neXt.

Ben, where are you?

I got something you need to look at.

♪ ♪

TED: Unbelievable. A new low--

Just listen to me.

This thing is developing a bioweapon.

These are projections of speed and spread.

I don't know what that is.

That is someone this thing has already killed,

along with hundreds of other people.

It downed a Pakistani jet liner

to kill one woman who was asking questions about it.

TED: Paul.

Don't tell me you don't believe me.

I don't know what to believe right now.

You did this, okay?

That's off the drive that you had Abby erase.

Did you have your FBI forensics team verify all that?

I don't have to.

TED: Why, 'cause you believe him?

No, because I've seen what it can do and I've talked to it.

Well, I haven't talked to it, so I think you'll understand

that I think it's all a bit far-fetched.

You would say anything right now.

You would do anything. It's how you get what you want.

-TED: You are so paranoid. -Ted.

So confused. You tased me?

I--I'm sorry.

I know about your condition,

so I know about the hallucinations, the psychosis--

Just tell us where the server is

while we still have a chance to stop it.

It's too late.

What does that mean?

Look, I'm not an idiot.

I'm not gonna just let this thing run wild.

It's gonna be in a box.

Like the box you had it in last time?

No, we learned from what happened.

It has its own facility.

It's not gonna get out this time.

-PAUL: It will always get out. -ABBY: Dad.

They're here.

♪ ♪

It will get out. It will always get out.

♪ ♪

(door slams)

♪ ♪

-SHEA: You follow the route? -BEN: To the letter.

No intersections, took the old dockside road to get here.

-No one spotted us. -Good.

-Where is this place, boss? -It's mine.

I used to come here alone

before you turned it into a bed and breakfast.

You know what to do.

-Keep an eye on his sutures. -I'm fine.

Stop saying that, you ass.

You're being held together

with scotch tape and staples right now.

All right, okay.

SHEA: All right, let's get going.

SHEA: They'll watch CM.

PAUL: He'll be fine. We serve brunch in 15 minutes.

Look, if we can't get Ted to talk,

this congresswoman might be our only shot.

♪ ♪

(door latch creaks)

♪ ♪

They send you in here to come talk to me?

No.

No, I had to convince them to let me in here

to give you a glass of water.

♪ ♪

I think he's afraid I might listen to you again.

I told him that I tricked you, that it wasn't your fault.

(soft dramatic music)

But it was.

I did everything you told me to do,

I didn't ask a single question, I just--

I never thought that you would do something like that.

I thought I was doing the right thing.

And that's why I called you.

I...

I always knew I could depend on you.

I never believed a word he said about you.

♪ ♪

And the more I think about it,

in his own very flawed way,

his lies were meant to protect me.

But he's a mess

and he's done a lot of really, really hurtful things,

and he wasn't around like he should've been.

But there's one thing he never did to me.

♪ ♪

He never used me.

I made a mistake.

And I shouldn't have ever done that to you, Abby.

No, you shouldn't have.

Abby, Abby. Hey, Abby.

(door slams)

(latch clicks)

♪ ♪

-Can I help you? -Ah, yes.

We're here to speak with Representative Beatty.

I'm sorry, did we schedule an appointment for--

GINA: We don't have an appointment.

This just came up. It's important.

Oh, well, she's occupied at the moment.

If you'd like to wait, you could have a seat.

Yeah, we're from the FBI Cyber Crimes unit.

Her life might be in danger,

so we might want to reconsider how busy she is.

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

(tense notes)

♪ ♪

Put on your hard hats, 'cause she's in a mood.

♪ ♪

Sorry to pull you out.

Believe me, I'll survive.

Law enforcement?

Your posture always gives you guys away.

Like you got a--(chuckles)

whale bone up your ass or something.

All right, no offense.

None taken.

Look, I'm doing 1,000 words on the congresswoman.

Sunday profile.

If there's anything you can think of

to make this remotely interesting,

I'd be eternally grateful.

♪ ♪

Representative Beatty will see you now.

♪ ♪

Have fun.

♪ ♪

A cyberattack? I don't understand.

HELEN: How did they know that I was gonna be in that elevator?

We believe they had access to your itinerary ahead of time.

And they could make the elevator crash?

Just from a computer? Is that even possible?

Yeah, it's not only possible, it's easy.

I don't--I don't-- I don't even know what to say.

GINA: We understand you sit

on the Committee for Commerce and Energy?

Uh-huh.

And part of your responsibilities

was on oversight on business dealings

with foreign companies?

Well, I haven't say on that committee for,

I don't know, a year.

But you're still focused on regulating the tech industry,

-is that right? -HELEN: I ran on that.

But truth be told,

I haven't gained much headway.

Those companies have Congress on a leash.

Would it be possible for us to have access to your files?

Everything you and your staff have been working on.

Look, I just need to know

whoever is responsible for this attack on me,

do you think that they would try it again?

Ma'am, this entire room is filled with smart devices

that can not only be accessed remotely, but controlled,

just like that elevator.

Is--is this a smart bulb?

Uh, yes, as a matter of fact, it is.

It was installed last month

as a part of the power saving initiative, why?

Well, because they're also vulnerable.

You're kidding.

You know, they can use infrared light

to steal information from other devices.

What, I'm supposed to be afraid of my light bulb?

Do--do you mind if I...?

(soft tense music)

♪ ♪

Are you okay?

(soft tense music)

♪ ♪

-(speaks Mandarin) -(speaks Mandarin)

I'm impressed.

Oh, don't be.

That is about the extent of my Mandarin.

I meant impressed that you're a woman.

Why is that?

Because I know how difficult

the U.S. technology industry can be for women.

Glass walls and all that.

-Ceiling. -Excuse me?

The expression is glass ceiling.

But, uh, yeah, tech in general and coding, especially,

can be a boy's club.

But that didn't stop you.

-Just have to be twice as good. -(chuckles)

So where's the plane?

It left about an hour late, but it's on the way.

May we?

♪ ♪

(tense notes)

♪ ♪

If you like, we can prepare it now.

If it's all the same,

I think it's best if we just wait for the plane.

♪ ♪

Of course.

-(speaks Mandarin) -(speaks Mandarin)

♪ ♪

Is all of this really necessary?

Keep the blue ones for me, please.

Until we know exactly why you're being targeted,

Congresswoman, yes, it is.

Even under direct personal protection,

I'd stay off all networked devices

until we know the danger's passed.

(scoffs) That is impossible.

I have fundraising calls and town halls scheduled.

GINA: I know this is sudden and a huge inconvenience--

It's much more than that. I'm running for re-election.

This is a critical time in my campaign.

I can't just suddenly disappear.

I--I've got phone calls to voters and donors,

not to mention the press.

A journalist has been shadowing me for a profile.

Yes, we met him outside.

Well, then, you know what I'm up against.

Bad enough he already almost cracked his head open

in the elevator.

-Could you, please? -Yes.

He was in the elevator with you?

HELEN: For the last two weeks,

wherever I've been, he's been, too.

It's part of his job.

Though he makes it no secret

that he'd rather be covering some conspiracy theories.

Why would you say that?

HELEN: Because I caught him making notes

on some other story he was covering.

Said it was gonna make his career.

I am ready to go now.

♪ ♪

I have to admit, I thought he would've cracked by now.

I'm almost impressed.

I'm going in alone next time.

In the meantime, no one talks to him.

Isolation raises anxiety.

Oh, yeah? Is that in the manual?

Actually, yeah.

We'll see if I deserved that A.

♪ ♪

Where's your family?

(stutters) They're with my in-laws.

They decided they'd be safer that way.

I--I don't want to talk about it.

Fair enough.

♪ ♪

I just want to know that they're safe

and I guess there really--

there really isn't anywhere that's safe right now,

is there?

I'm afraid there isn't.

And the only chance for them or for any of us...

♪ ♪

Hell with it.

♪ ♪

Look, I'm not gonna go through this with you all again.

No, you're not. This time, it's just with me.

♪ ♪

What?

Before we get started, there's a few things you should know.

This thing you're trying to protect?

It killed one of my best friends,

then it sent a murderer after my son,

and now my career is in shambles.

(sighs)

I've done things that place me far outside the law.

Oh, is this the part where you're the bad cop, now?

My husband and my son are somewhere out there,

somewhere not here with me.

(suspenseful music)

And that's because of your server.

♪ ♪

I want my family back.

I want my life back,

and the only thing standing in my way right now is you.

I've got nothing to lose.

So believe me when I tell you

that this is the very last chance you're gonna get.

Tell me, where is that server?

Look,

you don't know this, but I suffer from anxiety, all right?

So I need to get out of here.

This really is not good for me.

So if I could just stand up for a second?

I need to at least get up and walk around for a second.

Remember how I said neXt sent a murderer after my son?

TED: (sighs) Yeah.

That was my father.

Your father?

Yeah, he used to talk to people in rooms like this,

getting them to answer things they didn't want to.

He was... he was really good at it.

And he liked to play this little game.

(soft suspenseful music)

♪ ♪

Look, I'm sorry that all of that happened to you.

I didn't know that.

How could I possibly know any of that, all right?

But I'm telling you,

this thing can do some good--

-(gunshot) -Oh, my God!

Wait, okay.

What are you doing?

-This was his gun. -Okay, are you crazy?!

CM: Boss, boss, you okay in there?

Salazar?

I took it from him.

-CM: Boss, open the door! -(bangs on door)

-PAUL: Salazar! You okay? -TED: What are you doing?

Paul. Hey!

(banging on door)

Paul?

PAUL: (muffled shouting) Open the door!

TED: Paul?!

No, no, no, no, no, don't, don't, don't, don't!

No, no, no, no, please!

-(hammer clicks) -Please, please, just--

-TED: No, stop! Paul! -(banging on door)

Paul! Okay, okay, no, no, no, please!

TED: Don't do this! Please, please, please!

-(hammer clicks) -Don't do this! No! (gasps)

TED: No, don't! Paul!

Bill--Bill Zhai, Bill Zhai!

I'm working with Bill Zhai!

♪ ♪

-Whoa, whoa! -Whoa!

(tense dissonant music)

♪ ♪

(dark music)

♪ ♪

(phone ringing)

He's not answering.

♪ ♪

(gasps)

What are you doing out of bed?

I couldn't sleep. Can I watch TV?

It's late. And I told you, there is no TV.

It's right there. We just have to plug it in.

-No, we can't and you know why. -That's stupid.

We watch TV, and TV doesn't watch us.

-When is Mom coming home? -Next week.

Great, maybe then I'll get my phone back.

All right, baby. Listen.

I know that it's been crazy, but I need you to trust me.

(knock at door)

Stay in here no matter what.

-Okay? -Okay.

(tense music)

(knock at door)

♪ ♪

(knock at door)

♪ ♪

(knock at door)

♪ ♪

You guys scared the crap out of me.

Hey. Sorry.

Do you mind putting that down?

(soft dramatic music)

♪ ♪

The elevator accident was deliberate?

And we believe you were the target.

(sighs) I knew it.

I mean, I knew something was going on, but that really--

you gotta call my wife.

She thinks I'm insane.

They've got bugs everywhere watching every move I make.

It got so bad, I turned off all my electronics.

I want to show you something.

When did you first start noticing these irregularities?

A week ago. When I started digging.

-On the congresswoman? -No, that's just for the money.

I'm talking about a real conspiracy.

Stay down, stay down, stay down!

Oh, my God.

(tense music)

♪ ♪

He's running. Are you okay with him?

Yeah, he's alive. Go!

I'll call it in!

HARRISON: (gasping and choking)

♪ ♪

Hold it!

♪ ♪

FBI, freeze!

Hands up! Freeze!

Hands!

Turn around, slowly!

(gunshots)

(panting)

-Stay with me. -(gurgling)

GINA: Okay, come on. Okay.

We're gonna get you out. Stay with me.

VIENNA: Dad?

GINA: Hey, honey.

Go back to your room. We're getting him help.

(distant gunfire)

Get to your room, now!

♪ ♪

BEN: FBI, freeze!

Hands up!

Out of the car!

(tires squeal)

♪ ♪

PAUL: All right, anything off the drive

relating to Singapore?

That's where Zhai's office is.

Anything in Malay, Tamil, Chinese?

Anything about Zhai himself?

I thought you said you knew this guy.

Why don't you just call him?

Because he isn't gonna just tell me where it is.

The call has to come from my brother.

♪ ♪

CM: What do you got?

(indistinct chatter)

-CM: Is that Malay? -GINA: That's not Malay.

-GINA: It's not Malay. -CM: Look who it is.

♪ ♪

That's not.

♪ ♪

Give me the key.

I don't know what's going on with you...

but don't go near him again.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry, I am. I really am.

I didn't know she was gonna do that.

I didn't know she was capable of it.

Look, I know you want this, and I know why you need it to work.

PAUL: And you deserve more, you do.

You certainly deserve more than you got when I was around,

but this is not it.

This thing, it can't be trusted,

and it can't be harnessed.

It wants one thing,

and there's no room for you, or me, or anyone.

I promise you.

It's amazing how you can see everything so clearly

even though you-- you know what I think?

I think that you'd rather

have someone come in here and shoot my brains out

than just see me succeed.

That's not true.

I'm trying to keep you from making a mistake

that is going to kill millions of people.

I need you to call Bill Zhai.

Go to hell.

♪ ♪

ABBY: Dad? Dad?

♪ ♪

Was the transaction in Singapore dollars?

Yeah, and converted from Chinese yuan right there.

PAUL: What is that?

It's a long and winding road

of Chinese yuan to Singapore dollars

via Bitcoin, Ethereum, all these cryptocurrencies.

Money laundering.

Somebody doesn't want that money traced.

Here, cross-reference it with PLA 43910.

-ABBY: What's PLA? -People's Liberation Army.

But that unit is China's cyber intelligence division.

♪ ♪

CM: Whoa.

♪ ♪

And Bill Zhai's on the payroll.

All right, give me that.

♪ ♪

-You all right? -Yeah.

♪ ♪

What, are you gonna put a gun in my mouth now?

Bill Zhai works for the Chinese government.

♪ ♪

We looked at everything he's got,

including his newest server farm,

which, as impressive as it is,

doesn't even come close to fitting this thing's needs.

The architecture is just too traditional,

but you must've seen that, right?

I mean someone saw that

and realized it didn't make sense.

But you just wanted to believe everything it was selling you.

♪ ♪

This is research it did on Zhai and a lot of other people.

It chose him, not you.

♪ ♪

You were just a way to get to him.

So it was never going to Singapore?

No.

It was going to China.

To take over a big government server farm.

♪ ♪

So, Ted, do you really want to hand over

the world's first super-intelligent AI

to the Chinese army?

MAN: Yeah, I got it.

No problem.

(phone ringing)

Hey, how--how is Deborah? Are you still at the hospital?

Deborah's fine. Listen to me.

Are they right near you?

SARINA: Uh, yeah.

Don't let the server get on the plane.

What?

Zhai and his team, they may not be who they say they are.

They might be working for the Chinese government.

It's already on the plane.

Well, get it off.

Keep them there. Do whatever you have to.

You've gotta be kidding me.

Listen, be careful.

These people, they might be dangerous.

Which airport?

(tense music)

Hey, um, something's not right.

We need to get that server off the plane.

(men talking indistinctly)

♪ ♪

Can we speak for a second?

♪ ♪

I'm sorry for the delay, but we're just about ready to go.

Yeah, I'm afraid there's been some miscommunication.

What's in that box isn't the right...

item.

Not the right item?

That's right. Yeah, we're gonna need it back.

I'm really sorry.

There's--there's been a lot of change at the company recently

and I think some wires must've gotten crossed somewhere.

♪ ♪

-(speaks Chinese) -(speaks Chinese)

♪ ♪

I'm sorry, but we can't return it.

Well, you can take it off, just like you put it on.

If you want to alter the arrangement,

you'll have to speak with Mr. Zhai.

Hey, you don't understand. This is a mistake.

I'm sorry,

but I'm not authorized to deviate from my instructions.

(speaks Chinese)

What--what are you doing?

You have to return our property!

(men speaking indistinctly)

♪ ♪

-I'm gonna need those rounds. -What?

The bullets in your pocket. I'm gonna need them.

-What for? -Just in case.

In case what, someone doesn't answer a question

the way you want them to?

At least I got us the answer that we needed.

By putting a gun to his head. You could've killed him.

Well, I didn't.

Yeah, well, it was just dumb luck you didn't--

Well, he's still alive, isn't he?

-What the hell happened to you? -I lost it!

Okay?

(dramatic music)

Look,

let's both just try and keep it together here.

Hey, it's pointless for you to have the bullets

and for me to have the gun.

♪ ♪

Well, if you had that gun, what do you need this one for?

I told you, just in case.

If that's the Chinese army, they might not be so friendly.

(sighs) Right.

How come I get the crappy gun?

♪ ♪

There it is. They're still here.

♪ ♪

Wait a minute.

(tires screech)

(agents shouting indistinctly)

AGENT: Put the gun down!

What the hell?

(dramatic music)

(agents shouting indistinctly)

♪ ♪

What are your people doing here?

SHEA: Some FBI, but I think all the others are NSA.

♪ ♪

(sirens wailing)

♪ ♪

(dramatic music)

This is called removing evidence from a crime scene.

Yeah, well, until this thing is done,

get used to being on the wrong side of right.

Okay, here it is.

Apparently, the shooter was released

from Calipatria state pen a year ago.

How much did you say he got paid, again?

We just found 100,000 bucks

of freshly-mined cryptocurrency on his phone.

CM: But why?

Why would it hire some ex-con to kill this reporter?

The answer has to be in his notes. Somewhere.

The only reason for the NSA

is that Zhai was wanted for espionage.

The AI would know that.

It would know everything these guys are investigating.

Ben and Gina just sent all this over.

This is all the research that the reporter was doing.

PAUL: The hell is this place?

CM: I had the same reaction.

Um, but the reporter had coordinates in his notes,

so I looked it up.

Check it out.

That is a satellite image taken six months ago.

PAUL: Anything more recent?

CM: Yeah, this one was taken a couple days ago.

It's like trying to find Area 51 on Google Maps.

Well, whatever they were building, they finished it,

and they obviously didn't want anyone to see it.

-That's--that's DOD. -PAUL: What?

Look, these vehicles. Right there.

Wait, so the NSA is part of the Department of Defense, right?

Yeah, but with their own set of rules.

They don't have to worry about FOIA requests,

or oversight, or anything like that.

You know, and I've looked, and I've looked,

and there is no record that this place even exists.

It's like some kind of black site, look.

Well, wait a minute-- that's the schematics

for a server farm.

CM: Right, but I've never seen them arranged like that before.

Because the design is based on

distributed cognitive architecture,

which is exactly what this thing needs.

It never wanted to go to China.

No.

It looks like it wanted to get caught by the NSA.

We were right about it wanting a government facility.

We just had the wrong government.

What does the NSA do when it impounds something like that

for evidence?

♪ ♪

They have strict protocol to prevent the spread

of any malware, so they'd isolate it,

airgap it,

and use a containment system if they had to.

And once it was safely confined, or...

they think it's safely confined,

they'd run a digital forensics on the data inside.

(foreboding music)

♪ ♪

SHEA: But a fully-loaded server can't just be extracted,

so they'd have to power it up and plug it in.

(electricity humming)

(suspenseful music)

♪ ♪

You ever fired a weapon before?

Plenty of times during training.

This is a little different, huh?

Yeah... a little.

Hey, let's get some coffee

before we meet everyone else.

Yeah, read my mind.

(soft dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(phone ringing)

BEN: Oh, hey, this is my dad.

I took your advice, gave him the new burner number.

-You mind? -Oh, no, no. Take your time.

-Uh, what do you want? -Whatever you're having.

♪ ♪

Dad?

TERRENCE: I got your message.

I was able to confirm the arrests at the airport.

BEN: And the server?

It's been taken to the NSA black site,

just like you suspected.

Okay, this could be a good thing, Dad.

Do you have people in the NSA?

No one in position to exploit this development.

At least not yet.

We'll have to put something together.

What do I do in the meantime?

TERRENCE: Continue being my eyes and ears.

We can't allow anything to happen to the server.

Not until the AI is safely under our control.

Dad, are you sure that's even possible at this stage?

TERRENCE: We have to make it possible.

This is the Manhattan Project of our era.

Governments and corporations have been trying to develop

true AI for decades.

That's something we can't relinquish to a foreign power,

no matter what the cost.

Understood, son?

Understood.

(foreboding music)

♪ ♪

CHILD: What the hell?

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