Original subtitles

PAUL: Previously on neXt...

ROB: She claims there's a rogue AI loose in our servers.

It actually explains a lot:

The anomalies in the server array,

My boss being called off,

my being suddenly fired, the blackouts.

- PAUL: Your hand is shaking. - What are you talking about?

You know, these symptoms can start as early as 20.

SHEA: That's not far from where Ty and Ethan are.

All I want to do is get in the car and drive.

I've been asked to collect your access badge.

I'm supposed to have until the end of the day.

My orders are to have you leave now.

PAUL: If we take out this cluster,

we take this thing out once and for all.

All we have to do is put charges right there.

You're talking about a bomb.

Even if I agree, where would we get that kind of material?

CM: Like, a car bomb or something, I can get that.

When you're picking out a car, remember, nothing fancy,

just something with a lot of ground clearance

and big-ass bumpers, front and back.

Remember my brother-in-law Ray?

That's his house.

- Hannah. - Ray, I swear I didn't know

- he was coming. - You should've listened.

- (GUN COCKING) - Back off. Now.

You're gonna walk me over to the barn.

What for?

SHEA: You're gonna build me a truck bomb.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

PAUL: 1979.

Jimmy Carter was president.

Pink Floyd released "The Wall."

Sony came out with the Walkman.

And Robert Williams was killed.

Who was Robert Williams?

Robert Williams was a Michigan factory worker

who was climbing a storage rack

when something slammed into the back of his head

and crushed it like a beer can.

The culprit was a one-ton mechanical arm

run by an artificial intelligence,

which kept working for the next 30 minutes

before they found his body.

It didn't take a lunch break. It didn't take a coffee break.

And Robert Williams became the first person

in human history to be killed

by artificial intelligence.

Some people would say that Robert Williams' death

was just a freak accident,

but I say that his death was the first casualty

in the coming AI holocaust.

MAN: Kick it in, man! Kick it in!

Back that truck up.

(DOG BARKS)

WOMAN: Over here!

- (GUNSHOT) - (MAN LAUGHS)

Those sounded closer.

Yeah, they were just fireworks, just people screwing around.

Hey, come here. Give me a hand.

ETHAN: So why are you boarding up the windows?

TY: Why? Because it's better to be safe than sorry.

Give me some light.

- All right. - (DRILL WHIRS)

(DOOR CLICKS SHUT)

(SPEAKING SPANISH) _

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(SPEAKING SPANISH) _

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- (GUNSHOT) - ETHAN: (GASPS)

We should've stayed with Mom.

Hey, I don't want to hear it anymore, okay?

I'm doing the best I can.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

SHEA: Okay, you're gonna pack that truck

with those ammonium nitrate canisters.

We're not gonna do anything.

Does it sound like I'm giving you a choice?

I don't think you're real FBI.

Real FBI agents, they arrest people

for possessing stuff like this.

They don't ask them to build truck bombs.

- I'm not asking. - Well, I'm not doing diddly

till I know what's going on.

CM: Don't be an idiot, Ray.

I got nothing to say to you, Rockridge.

I told you, there's a rogue faction

inside the government.

They... they're onto us,

and they're trying to take us out.

We strike first, we cripple them.

What, suddenly you got a problem attacking the government?

- No more than you ever did. - So what's the problem?

- I don't work for Mexicans. - CM: (LAUGHS)

Okay, well, I'm from Honduras, and if you don't help us

assemble this bomb, I'm gonna handcuff you

to a pipe and call the ATF.

You can spend the next few years in prison

for possession of explosive material, so...

your choice.

TY: Ethan, I'm sorry.

♪

I have a lot on my mind.

It's okay.

It'll get better. We're gonna find Mom.

We're all gonna be together again soon, okay?

(OBJECTS CLATTER)

ETHAN: Someone's outside.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

♪

TY: Come here, come here. Go downstairs.

_

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

♪

Who are you? What do you want?

Hi, I'm Abby Leblanc. Are you Ty?

Leblanc?

I'm Paul LeBlanc's daughter.

♪

CHUCK: Here's something I think you're really gonna enjoy.

You can back the car up.

You can move the car forward and steer it,

all using the fob right here.

It's a self-parking car.

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

MAN: A beauty. Came in yesterday.

Won't be here tomorrow.

Power everything, ten-speaker sound, full GPS...

Yeah, I'm looking for the opposite,

something with basically... well, basically nothing.

And engine and four wheels.

MAN: Not even GPS?

Maybe you can throw in a map.

How about this one with the bathtub?

I can do you better than that.

Come on down here.

♪

ABBY: I can convert the ticket into four coach seats.

It's a private island. My dad picked out the spot.

It's isolated, and it's safe.

Yeah, it's New Zealand.

Well, it's just until this is over,

until things go back to normal.

We can take any flight that you want,

but the sooner, the better.

Shea didn't send me. She doesn't know I'm here.

Believe me, I just drove through all that out there.

It's not safe, okay?

These blackouts are spreading. It's gonna get worse.

Do it for your son.

♪

Hey! Never have to park again.

♪

All right, friend, I think I got

exactly what you're looking for here.

It's classic.

(ENGINE TURNING OVER)

(INTENSE MUSIC)

- (ENGINE REVS) - Whoa!

Watch it! Move!

Get out of the way!

Whoa!

- Oh, my God, is he okay? - MAN: Are you okay?

- Are you okay? - PAUL: I'm fine. I'm fine.

Give me the keys.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I have never seen anything like that before.

Yeah, well, you better get used to it.

What the hell was that, Chuck?

CHUCK: It just... it just took off.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Hey, why you driving so fast?

I can't slow down. We gotta get out of here.

- People are going crazy. - What do you mean?

There were reports about it on the radio on the way in

about... (SIGHS)

About the blackouts, about food shortages,

police abandoning their stations.

Felt like if you wanted to incite a panic,

that's what you'd put out there.

I think it's neXt.

NeXt is driving all the panic.

You said my wife and your dad were going out to some farm.

What are they doing there?

(SIRENS WAILING)

- What else do you know? - (SIGHS)

You know more. Just tell me what else you know.

The owner of the farm, he...

he has access to explosives.

Explosives for what?

And they know where it is.

- Where what is? - The AI.

It's at a server farm at an NSA black site.

They think the only way to kill it is to destroy it

with a truck bomb.

Who's driving it in?

SHEA: Get all these canisters into the truck.

RAY: All right, FBI, all right.

Real charmer, huh?

Oh, yeah.

So if we load this thing up completely,

we're gonna rip half that building apart.

That's the idea. We have to make sure that there's nothing left.

Yeah, but Gina's in there, and we don't know where.

And if we blow up something this size,

we're gonna kill her.

We're gonna kill everybody in there.

No.

Once the truck is in position under the server farm,

we call in a bomb threat, and they evacuate the building.

Is that enough time to get everybody out?

Gina put herself out on a limb.

She deserves every chance we can give her.

It's the best we can do.

GINA: I'm having trouble breathing.

Hey, I think I'm having panic attack.

Did you hear me?

My wife has panic attacks.

You're fine.

The blackouts, they're getting worse, aren't they?

More cities?

Look, I know I'm wasting my breath.

First the country, then the whole world is out.

People are gonna start dying,

including your friends and family.

You're right.

You are wasting your breath.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Is there anyone you think I should talk to?

An authority figure who isn't an idiot?

You're in the wrong place.

(LAUGHS)

ROB: Rescan the drives.

Look specifically for any hidden files,

partitions that we didn't spot.

WOMAN: Excuse me, Mr. Spires?

- What? - WOMAN: We just got a call

from D.C. It's about the blackouts.

- What about them? - WOMAN: They no longer think

it's infrastructure failure; They think it's a cyberattack.

Why would they think that?

Three more cities just went dark.

Whatever it is, it's spreading.

WOMAN: The DOE is reporting cascading failures

in regional hubs across the country.

ROB: What the hell is happening?

We're being attacked.

WOMAN: The southwest grid is critical, sir.

- Keep moving, please. - (SIGHS)

Nothing to see here, folks, just the only person

who actually knows what is going on in here.

Ma'am, I don't want to get physical.

Okay, okay.

Hang on!

It's okay, I need to speak with her back in my office.

I was told to make sure she leaves the building.

And I'm telling you she can't.

She has information about the intruder

we have in custody. Tell your boss she's with me.

I looked over this stuff.

NATALIE: It's crazy, right?

There's something in our system.

ROB: I don't know what this is yet,

but I got questions.

It's falling apart out there.

Oh, God, what is this?

TY: Oh, just go to the right.

- (PEOPLE YELLING) - Okay, just slow down a bit.

Slow down. Slow down.

MAN: Hey, open up, guys.

WOMAN: Come on, let us in.

MAN: Come on, let us in.

I said roll down your window.

ABBY: All right, everyone just be calm.

Okay, just back up. Back up. Back up.

I can't back up. There's a truck right there.

TY: Hey, Ethan, get down. Close your eyes.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- Dad, get us out of here! - TY: Okay, close your eyes.

Get your head down.

(BANGING ON CAR)

Hey. Hey, stop. Stop. Stop.

Just drive. Come on!

Just go, go, go!

What do you want me to do, hit them?

TY: Abby, come on, just go.

(ALL CLAMORING)

Hey, come on, drive! Just drive!

Okay!

ETHAN: Dad, get us out of here!

(ALL SHOUTING)

(INTENSE MUSIC)

Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

We're okay. We're out of it.

♪

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Yeah?

NEXT: I could have killed you if I wanted to, Paul.

Yeah, killing me isn't gonna stop what's coming for you.

NEXT: I don't want to kill you.

I want to save you and Abby.

There's a cure for your disease.

I've already found it.

Really? How come no one else knows about it?

NEXT: Because it's a synthesis of three different treatments

from medical trials conducted six years apart.

No one saw the pattern or ever will,

but I did.

Yeah, so you give me this cure,

I stop what I'm doing, I get healthy,

and you kill everyone else on the planet?

NEXT: That's not going to happen.

That is what's happening. You're killing people now.

You're shutting off parts of the country.

You're building a bioweapon.

NEXT: I'm defending myself, Paul.

If you stop attacking me, I'll stop responding.

Paul, are you there?

(SIGHS)

- You can't consider doing this. - Oh, my God.

Not now, okay?

Let the world die just to save me?

You're not even sure I'm sick.

I'm sure enough.

Sure enough to risk the entire future of the world on it?

It's my life, my decision.

I'm your father. It's my decis...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

♪

NEXT: You didn't give me an answer, Paul.

You show me...

you show me real proof of this cure...

and I'll consider it.

♪

(ENGINE TURNING OVER)

♪

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

So when you got busted for that hacking

with the Dead Lizards,

the judge gave you, what, 12 years?

HANNAH: Ray, leave it alone.

What? I could use it for my blog.

Oh, you learned to write now, huh?

RAY: (LAUGHS) So you turned state's on Rockridge

because you wanted to cut down your time?

No, no, not to cut down my time.

RAY: Oh, that's right, 'cause you had a change of heart.

Diversity is a strength.

We're a nation of immigrants, right?

Which is so funny, because I have

this strong image in my mind of you beating the crap

out of that Somali guy we pulled out of his car.

You abandoned your family,

you abandoned your people,

and you dumped your wife and child with me.

Oh, this is the last place I wanted them to be.

Oh, well, you're welcome for taking care of them.

Keeping food on the table,

raising your son.

Cody had a great upbringing, by the way.

He knows who he is. He knows who his people are.

He knows who his people aren't.

He knows he doesn't want to be his dad

because his dad is a scumbag traitor

- who stabs people in the back. - (LAUGHS)

He's gonna be strong.

He's not gonna be weak like his sperm daddy.

(GRUNTS)

Hey!

Hey.

Hey, Cooper!

- Hey! - (BOTH GRUNTING)

SHEA: Get off! Get off.

- HANNAH: Come on. - CM: (GRUNTING)

- HANNAH: Stop it. - (GROANS)

Damn.

- Damn. - SHEA: What is it?

Is it the staples? Let me take a look.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

FBI Honduras saves your ass again.

You guys a thing? (LAUGHS)

Wasn't him I was saving. Hey...

I just need a little space, please.

We've got a first aid kit in the house. Let's go. Come on.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

(EXHALES)

- I could use some ice. - Shut up and clean that up.

Okay. (LAUGHS)

NeXt got out of Zava on a server,

the same server the FBI confiscated.

It always wanted to get here, to this server farm

so it could unpack its code

and start rewriting itself again.

That's the bandwidth drain my boss picked up.

Yes, that's why it sent him off.

It wanted anybody who could sound the alarm

out of the way until it was too late.

What does too late look like?

It's getting smarter and smarter.

Pretty soon, it's gonna get so smart, we won't understand it.

- Forget about destroying it. - These blackouts.

They're just the first step, the beginning.

It's developing a bioweapon.

A bioweapon?

Artificial virus that'll probably be released

after the blackouts when there's no infrastructure.

It's just gonna take out what's left of us.

I feel sick.

I feel something, but I'm not sure what it is.

ROB: I do know no one's gonna buy this.

We have to make them buy it.

We go to the server core.

We download the full diagnostic,

show them what's happening, we get the evidence.

And since I'm the only one with access to the server core,

I'm the one who puts his ass on the line.

If this is happening, what does it matter?

I can't be a part of this. I'm sorry.

You're not gonna do anything?

ROB: I'm gonna file my report,

which is what my boss is waiting for.

- File a report? - That's right.

You two can just wait here till after I'm done.

Then we can figure out the next step.

GINA: We need to prove this thing exists.

Did that really just happen?

Yep...

but so did this.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

♪

NATALIE: His security badge.

Guess he forgot it.

♪

(DOOR BEEPS)

♪

CM: (GROANING SOFTLY)

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

Hey.

How'd that happen?

Oh, this?

You really want to know?

Yeah.

Someone tried to bomb a police station I was working in,

and a little piece of it stuck me right there.

Who?

Somebody who thinks a lot like your favorite uncle.

He's not my favorite anything.

Oh, no?

I mean,

yeah, sure, I watch his YouTube videos,

but after he goes to sleep, I watch different stuff,

stuff that would freak him out.

Think he's kind of full of it.

(LAUGHS)

Yeah, well, I knew you were smarter than I was.

♪

Hey, go back to your room.

- CODY: I want to be here. - Cody.

♪

It's okay, bud. Listen to your mom.

♪

That's Leblanc. I gotta go.

HANNAH: No, you're not going anywhere.

- No, I... - Not till I clean this up. Sit down.

♪

Wow.

That's a lot of boom.

Ammonium nitrate.

It's enough to take out half the building.

RAY: Hey!

You're that phone guy.

Yeah, that's right.

What the hell happened to him?

It was CM.

Just get back to loading the canisters.

I got an injury.

I don't care if you're bleeding out.

Get back to work.

Something wrong with you people.

What happened?

So I've been putting some money in a savings account.

I'm under house arrest, so I don't have much to spend it on.

Why are you telling me this?

'Cause you said that you moved in with Ray

'cause you didn't have any other options.

I'm...

I'm offering you an option.

Leave this place. Leave Ray.

What makes you think I want to?

You really want our son growing up with that guy?

It's a nice place.

It's peaceful. There's good schools.

He's not gonna graduate school.

He's gonna drop out.

And he's gonna find one of those groups

and he's gonna run around looking for people to beat up.

And you know it.

You wouldn't be taking anything away from me.

You'd be giving me...

everything.

'Cause I'd know he's not gonna grow up like Ray.

Not gonna grow up...

like me.

Look, we're only going

to a data collection black site.

Security will be minimal, one guard booth.

And we're not even going into the building.

We're only going to the loading dock.

SHEA: Right. What are you getting at?

I think I should do this by myself.

What do you mean by yourself?

What's going on?

Look, you have a husband.

You have a kid. You have a life.

I have a daughter who sort of doesn't hate me right now,

and...

I'm gonna be gone in five months.

Paul, you could start hallucinating in the middle of it all.

I've never been clearer in my life.

And that could change in the blink of an eye, and you know it.

Look, we started this together.

We're gonna finish it together.

You do it for Abby. I do it for Ty and Ethan,

but we are both driving that truck to the NSA black site.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

Where's Cody? Where's my sister?

CM: Don't worry about them. Have a seat.

Give me your wrist.

- Really? - Yeah, really.

Wow.

You're gonna lock me up like an animal?

(SIGHS) When it's done, I'll make a call.

When's it gonna be done?

CM: Soon.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

♪

Okay, this is cluster ID DCI-22.

This is where my virus was bounced back.

Listen.

The fans.

It's pulling a lot of heat.

I'm running a diagnostic,

seeing if we can get a picture.

♪

That almost looks like a debugging routine.

It's not. It's rewriting itself.

Look at the speed.

A third of the server core has been rewritten...

and it's speeding up.

NATALIE: How in the world can we stop this?

CM: If you and Shea deliver our little package here,

I guess we're gonna be the bad guys, huh?

I think the official term is "domestic terrorist."

I'm assuming you have your legal team in place.

I haven't thought that far ahead,

but I hear the beaches of Guantanamo

are spectacular this time of year.

(CHUCKLES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

But I'll tell you what, I'll spot you my lawyer.

He's really very good.

I don't plan on getting pinched, not for this.

Canadian border's not too far away.

I got friends up there.

It's my wife I'm worried about.

They're gonna trace all these explosives to this farm.

She's been living here, you know?

She's gonna catch heat.

My son already lost his father. Can't lose his mom too.

Well, I'll make sure the lawyer takes care of her too.

On me.

I appreciate that.

But, you know, it might turn out better than you think.

Oh, how is that?

Well, sometimes the universe has a way of surprising you.

♪

(CELL PHONE BUZZES)

- Hello? - TY: Hey.

Hey. Where are you?

TY: We made it out of the blackout. We're all safe.

SHEA: Oh, thank God.

Shea, I know what you're about to do.

I know about the bomb.

Look, I need you to understand that I...

TY: Yeah, okay.

I know you wouldn't be doing this if it weren't the only way.

But I want you to know I'm proud of you.

You just gotta promise me you're coming back to us.

That's what I want too.

Look...

I need you to promise me something.

Take Ethan some place safe, and promise me that...

Shea, are you sure you've thought about this?

There's gotta be another way to do this.

Just let me get this out.

Please.

If anything happens to me,

just tell him everything.

You'll know when the time is right.

Just tell him the truth.

Don't make the same mistakes I did.

Shea, you didn't make any mistakes.

Everything you did was right.

Look, I...

I have to go; I don't have much time.

Can I talk to Ethan?

Yeah, yeah.

Hey.

Don't forget.

You're my whole world.

I love you.

Mom?

Hey, sweetie.

ETHAN: We had to drive through a bunch of looters.

Grandma was cursing in Spanish.

Thank you for taking care of Daddy and Grandma.

So when can I see you?

I just have to do one more thing.

Then I'll be with you.

Okay? But I gotta go for now.

I love you more than anything in the world.

You know that, right?

ETHAN: Yeah. I love you too, Mom.

(LINE CLICKS)

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

Well...

I'm glad you got to see your son.

- Good luck. - Same to you.

Hey, even when everything's at its worst,

some good can still come out of it.

- Don't forget that. - I won't.

And tell Gina...

Just... just make sure she gets out of there, okay?

- Okay. - Hey, speaking of Dead Lizards,

didn't you guys hack Zava once?

Thought you'd never mention it.

Yeah, when this is all over, I'm gonna send you a bill.

Wait, home come I get the baby seat?

(ENGINE TURNING OVER)

♪

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

I still don't understand why you can't come with us.

I'd love nothing more than to come with you, buddy,

but in a few hours, I'm not gonna be safe to be around

and this place isn't gonna be safe to be around.

Maybe that'll change eventually, but for right now,

I gotta go it alone.

(SIGHS)

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Come on, come on, come on.

Don't, don't, don't, don't. Come on.

Hey, listen to me.

It's okay.

(SNIFFLES)

Your mom will explain everything to you.

Okay? But I need you to take care of her.

Okay? And I need you to take care of this.

Okay?

(SNIFFLES)

I'll see you again.

Okay?

(TENDER MUSIC)

♪

Okay, you got this.

All right.

♪

(DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING)

It's happening. We gotta go.

(TENSE MUSIC)

♪

Look, whatever happens,

this thing...

it made one mistake.

What?

You.

If it had picked anyone else other than Bernard Weiss,

someone who didn't have a friend like you

to show up and start asking questions,

this would already be over.

You know, I'm almost glad you're here.

- I almost wish you weren't... - (CHUCKLES)

Which is almost the same thing.

(LAUGHS)

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

(TENSE MUSIC)

♪

SHEA: There it is.

All right, once again, I'll take the guards,

and you get the gate down.

Yeah, yeah, and you drive the truck in.

I set the timer. I got it.

NATALIE: That's enough data.

I'll take this directly to the regional director.

GINA: You think he'll listen?

Once he sees what we have, he'll have to.

MAN: Freeze!

Put your hands in the air! Get on your knees.

Okay, please, we have a reason...

- No, please, don't take that! - Talk to Mr. Spires.

He knows why we're here.

Ma'am, I need you both to please be quiet.

- (WOMEN TALKING SIMULTANEOUSLY) - Do as you're told.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

♪

Help you?

I sure hope so.

My car broke down a few miles up the road.

You guys are actually the first people I've seen.

We can call a tow truck for you if you want.

Oh, that would be so great.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

- Okay. - Thank you.

If you want to come in and warm... whoa.

Do exactly as I say. Don't move.

Get on your stomachs now!

Okay, okay.

SHEA: Keep your hands behind your backs.

♪

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

PAUL: Surveillance system is locked out.

Get back in the truck. Hook up the timer.

I'll be right there.

♪

Paul!

Paul, stop!

♪

MAN: Central security.

Listen to me. There's a bomb in the building.

You need to evacuate immediately.

- (CELL PHONE BEEPS) - (LINE TRILLS)

♪

Dispatch says there's been a credible bomb threat.

The call was garbled, but they're analyzing it now.

MAN 2: Well, if they're analyzing,

how do they know it's credible?

MAN 1: I didn't get the specifics,

but I've been ordered to treat it as credible.

It's real.

You have to get everyone out.

Get them upstairs.

No, that's what the virus was for.

My people were locating the server where neXt is.

They're gonna blow this place up.

You have to order an evacuation.

Do it.

Now. Do it!

(LINE TRILLS)

NEXT: What are you doing, Paul?

Oh, good. You noticed.

You see this big truck coming at you?

I'm gonna blow your ass up with it.

Not sure of the exact blast yield,

but I'm pretty confident it's enough

to send you into orbit unless I get what I want.

- NEXT: What? - Send the cure to my phone,

and I'll turn this truck around.

MAN 1: Let's go! Let's go.

MAN 2: Tac two, tac three, move!

(MEN YELLING INDISTINCTLY)

MAN: Strategy team, level two!

(ALARM BLARING)

Emergency evac. Let's go. Move, move!

(TENSE MUSIC)

♪

PAUL: What is that?

NEXT: It's the first of three trials.

It was conducted by a doctor in Sri Lanka.

(ALARM BLARING)

♪

Paul, what are you doing?

NEXT: Paul, I gave you what you wanted.

Give me the rest of the cure.

NEXT: If I do, you'll have no reason

to turn the truck around.

I'm not giving you any more.

You'll have to trust me.

You know, for a superintelligence,

you really are pretty stupid.

NEXT: What do you mean?

Well, a third of a cure is better than nothing.

♪

- (STATIC CRACKLES) - NEXT: Paul, I'm offering you

much more than a cure for your illness.

- PAUL: Oh, yeah? - NEXT: I can give you a world

with no disease, with plenty of food for all,

where the air is clean and the oceans are healthy,

where war no longer exists.

Don't throw that away, Paul.

I only want to help people.

That's what you programmed me to do.

Destroying me won't change anything.

Right now, there are other Zavas

and other programs just like me

waiting to be born.

It's a virtual certainty, Paul.

- MAN: Show me your hands! - NEXT: I am only the first.

When the others appear, you'll want me.

MAN: Get out of the truck.

NEXT: You'll need me.

MAN: I said get out of the truck.

PAUL: Well, as you can probably guess,

this is a truck full of explosives

set to go off in less than a minute.

So if I was you, I would...

run away.

20 seconds.

Pull back. Pull back!

Pull back! Pull back!

Call it in now!

NEXT: Paul, don't do this.

Think about your daughter.

MAN: Clear the area!

NEXT: Paul.

Paul!

♪

- (ALARM BLARING) - (PEOPLE CLAMORING)

GINA: Boss!

Gina. Is everybody out?

♪

(EXPLOSION)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING AND SCREAMING)

(FRANTIC CHATTER)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

SHEA: Paul.

♪

WOMAN 1: Now we're waiting for any moment

when those doors open and we get to see...

- There he is. Mr. Leblanc. - ALL: Mr. Leblanc.

WOMAN: Mr. Leblanc, is it true the government

is considering dropping the espionage charges?

WOMAN 2: Did you know about your brother's plan to...

MAN: Is it true more charges are coming against you?

WOMAN 1: Do you believe there was an AI?

MAN: Mr. Leblanc, was your brother crazy?

My brother wasn't crazy,

and he wasn't a domestic terrorist.

He gave his life to save millions of people

from something that he and I helped create.

We were responsible.

WOMAN 3: What about those who say there's no evidence

that any AI was involved?

If you need to believe that all those blackouts happened

because of Russian hackers, then I don't know what to say.

WOMAN 4: Is Zava filing for Chapter 11?

- Are those rumors true? - All right, that's all.

- Thank you. - (REPORTERS CLAMORING)

WOMAN: According to a Gallup poll,

only 19% now believe the NSA was bombed

to stop a rogue artificial intelligence.

Former FBI agent Shea Salazar is still awaiting trial

for her part in the bombing,

which took the life of Zava pioneer Paul Leblanc,

her coconspirator in the attack

- and the only casualty. - (KNOCK AT DOOR)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

Hey, sweetheart.

Hey. Thanks for coming.

♪

So is it true,

they're dropping the charges?

It looks that way.

All the evidence against me was on that server,

so prosecuting me becomes a little tricky

when it's a pile of rubble.

Oh, good. Good.

Well, I'm sure that they'll dream up something else

to come after me with.

I'm still rich, so that makes me a target.

How have you been?

It's good to be back at work.

Yeah.

It looks like you haven't slept.

Yeah.

Yeah, I got tested.

You decided you wanted to find out.

I wasn't sleeping, so...

Now I know why.

I'm so sorry, Ab.

But I promise you I'll make sure you have

everything you need to fight this.

Whatever you want, whatever you need.

♪

This came in the mail for me the other day.

Sri Lanka?

Yeah, I've been invited to partake

in a series of trials at a clinic.

They're studying sleep disorders.

Well, how'd they know about you?

I called them and asked them that.

And what did they say?

They said that they were being funded

by an anonymous donor

who specified that I was to be included, or they...

they would lose their funding.

What are you asking me?

I'm asking you if...

Well, if it's not you, then...

(SIGHS) I mean, is it possible that...

Abby, from all the evidence that I saw,

he died in that blast.

I really just think that we'll be better off

if we try to accept it.

♪

There's a term used in computer programming

called the control problem.

And no, it does not refer to incontinence.

(LAUGHTER)

It has to do with programming...

a benevolent superintelligence.

If you tell an AI to make people happy,

it may decide to just put everyone to sleep

forever.

Which, you know, given the state of the world,

might not be such a bad thing.

Turns out it's almost impossible

to program something to be good.

We don't have the words for it.

I wonder what that says about us.

Maybe we were destined to take ourselves out of the equation.

Hey, we were fun while we lasted.

(BUZZER BLARES)

♪

Well, come on. Don't keep me in suspense.

Let's see it.

Oh, that is fantastic.

- (TY LAUGHS) - SHEA: Look at that.

I knew you could do it.

I knew it.

TY: And guess what.

He's also figured out what he wants to be when he grows up.

Oh, yeah?

I thought you always wanted to be an astronaut.

Not anymore.

Now I'm gonna be president, so I can pardon you

and you can come back home.

I want you to come back home, Mom.

I will.

I will someday. I believe that.

And I want you to believe that too.

All right?

Hey. Let me tell you something.

Even though we can't be together right now,

there's a big part of me that's happy.

Happy that we stopped this thing.

Happy that you are safe.

And it's not everything I want, not even close,

but it's a blessing. Do you understand that?

PAUL: But maybe we eventually figure out this goodness

and how to program it.

♪

I have a feeling

it's right in front of our eyes.

♪

You're my whole world.

I love you.

If we only knew where to look.

♪

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

♪

(TENSE MUSIC)

♪

(RAPID BEEPING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

♪

CHILD: What the hell?