Original subtitles

Liz!

Wait, honey,

Could you do me a favor?

Swing by the hardware store

on your way back?

I can't do anything more

without a few things,

And then the toy store,

We could go

to the toy store, too,

Gideon, it's out of my way,

and I'm already running late,

It'll just take a second,

Toy store, toy store, toy store,

Look, I've only got an hour

before I have to be back

to get ready for work,

Simon, please, get in the car,

I'll put all the groceries away,

All you have to do

is come home and get changed,

If I get a speeding ticket,

it's your fault,

It'll be my fault,

I want to go to the toy store,

Did you clean

your room yesterday?

No, you did not,

and even if we did have time,

we wouldn't be stopping

at the toy store,

I said I want to go,

You're going to get a spank

if you don't stop,

Simon,

you remember where you said

you wanted to go this weekend?

To the merry-Go-Round,

Right,

Well, I promise

to take you there,

but only if you listen to mommy,

Okay,

That's my good boy,

I love you, daddy,

I want to go to the toy store!

Daddy, help me!

Help me! Help me!

Daddy!

Simon!

As commander MIKE Dobson

demonstrates the ease

of anti-Gravity travel,

lieutenant Peter Benson

brings the high-Resolution

scanner array into focus,

Electron counts in space

from the primary array

are within nominal levels, ,,

[ Voices ]

[ VOICES ]

Gideon?

Uncle Gideon, are you awake?

Is everything okay?

I thought I heard something,

No, I just couldn't sleep,

You know me and sleep...

Up and down, up and down,

I know,

I nag my favorite niece

into moving into my building,

and all I do is disturb her,

Well, you weren't disturbing me,

I was awake anyway,

I just wanted to make Sure

everything was okay, that's all,

It's fine,

No, I'm fine,

Fine, fine, fine,

Thanks,

Okay,

See you tomorrow,

Sleep sweet,

Who was that?

Zoe,

What did she want?

We were being inconsiderate,

What does that mean?

It means we were being noisy,

She needs her sleep, ,,

and so do we,

Come on, now, ,,

time for bed,

Tomorrow's another day,

Okay,

Good night, daddy,

Good night, Simon,

[ ♪ ]

there is nothing wrong

with your television,

Do not attempt

to adjust the picture,

We are now controlling

the transmission,

We control the horizontal, ,,

and the vertical,

We can delude you

with a thousand channels

or expand One single image

to crystal clarity, ,,

and beyond,

We can shape your vision

to anything

our imagination n conceive,

For the next hour,

we will control

all that you see and hear,

You are about to experience

the awe and mystery

which reaches

from the deepest inner mind

to The outer limits,

There is no greater tragedy

for a parent

than the loss of a child,

but when does grief

become obsession?

[ Knocking ]

Yeah?

Hi,

Zoe,

I'm on my way to the store,

I thought I'd come by

and see if there was

anything you needed,

Ta-Dah!

Better make a list,

How are your classes this year?

Any troublemakers?

You've got to set boundaries,

you know?

No, no troublemakers,

A couple of

gifted students, in fact,

Half a dozen eggs, butter,

How's Hanna?

She's okay,

She's holding up

better than her mom,

Any word on custody?

Well, Randal's family

hired a high-Priced lawyer,

It isn't going to be easy,

Such a terrible thing,

It's terrible,

I really miss her,

Uh, cheese,

How can I forget cheese?

[ Simon singing ]

is there a radio on in here

or something?

Radio?

The last time

I accidentally

turned on the radio

was in 1980...

Or something,

Sorry,

there's just no radio in there,

[ Simon ]:

what was that?

There's someone in there,

It's nobody, really,

Hey, let me out,

I'm afraid of the dark,

There's a kid in there, Gideon,

Gideon?

Hi, Zoe,

I said, hi, Zoe,

Gideon, ,,

it's so adorable,

And what's your name?

Simon,

Oh, ,,

hi, Simon,

Hi,

Dad, ,,

can I come out of here now?

I don't really

like it in here much,

Psst, psst, psst, psst, ,,

come here, come here, Tina,

Come here, Tina, Come here,

Psst, psst, psst, psst, ,,

Oh, she never let's me pet her,

Daddy got her for me,

but she doesn't like me,

Didn't you have a cat named Tina

When your son was alive?

Yeah, that cat

just adored Simon,

Never left his side,

Well, don't be offended, Simon,

This Tina's

afraid of her own shadow,

The mere sight

of the vacuum cleaner

is enough to send her

into hiding for days,

Daddy said he's going

to build me some legs,

so I can walk and Play

and go to school,

Well, I think you're very lucky

to have a daddy

who spends

so much time with you,

Yeah,

Maybe even a little too much,

That's not possible,

We both know that,

The list,

Thanks,

Bye, Simon,

Bye, Zoe,

I still want to know

how you do that,

See you tomorrow, Gideon,

Derek, Have fun,

Show me, show me, show me!

Wow!

Gideon?

Yeah?

Hi,

I was going to go for a walk

and get some air,

Can I pry you away?

Hi, Zoe,

Hi, Simon,

Are you building another one?

No, that's an old one,

Built it years ago,

Never got it right,

Just using some old parts,

So how about it,

a little walk, a little talk?

Dad, ,,

going somewhere?

No, Simon,

I'm staying here with you,

Simon, ,,

your daddy

needs a little fresh air,

You'll be okay

for a little while, won't you?

It's okay, Dad,

I'm a big boy,

If we can go

to the merry-Go-Round soon,

Hah!

Okay,

I promise,

I am very proud of you, son,

I'm proud of me, too,

Dad, can I look out the window

while you're gone?

Absolutely,

All aboard!

Whoa!

Hey, hey!

Whoo, whoo, ,,

Bye, dad,

I think I know

what this is about,

You think I'm cuckoo, right?

Talking to robots,

Playing with them,

Is good old uncle gid losing it?

I just worry about you,

I mean, the way

you talk to that thing,

I know it's just

a computer chip,

but sometimes

the way you speak to it,

it seems as if

you think it's alive,

That depends

on your definition of alive,

Seriously,

I'm being serious,

Let me explain something to you,

I think you deserve to know,

When your aunt and cousin died,

I was involved in something

called

the neural archive project...

Nap for short,

We were trying to make

smart computers,

trying to record

and transfer engrams

and neural patterns

from a human brain

to a mechanical one,

What does that

have to do with Simon?

Our goal was to endow a machine

with all the complexities

of a living mind,

Unfortunately,

the technology failed,

and the company

eventually gave up,

but I didn't,

So what are saying?

That that robot, ,,

that robot, as you call him,

is endowed

with my son's intelligence,

his personality, his memories,

his dreams,

It's, ,,it's him,

You mean part of that robot, ,,

part of it is actually

your little boy?

Your dead little boy?

Well, if you remember,

Simon lingered for a few days

after the accident,

so there was time to save him,

I can't believe

what I'm hearing,

You're talking about

my little cousin,

We used to play together

when we were kids,

I don't know,

Sorry, this is just too creepy,

There's nothing creepy about it,

Aren't you doing

everything you can

to get your daughter back?

Gideon, ,,

you're putting your arms around

something that isn't alive,

and telling it that you love it,

but no matter

how much you want it to be,

it's still not real,

Give him a chance,

He's becoming more human

every day,

I'm home,

Hi, Dad,

Don't, don't,

Don't turn on the light,

Why can't I turn on the light?

'cause Tina's

in my lap sleeping,

I don't want you

to scare her away,

Tina allowed you to pet her?

That's wonderful,

I like Tina, daddy,

She's soft,

Soft,

I'm sorry, daddy,

I didn't mean to hurt Tina,

I know,

Real boys love their kitties,

I just wanted to love her,

It's not your fault,

Yes, it is, I killed her,

What's wrong with me?

There's nothing wrong with you,

But she didn't want to do

what I wanted her to do,

and now she's dead,

Something's wrong,

There's nothing wrong,

It's me,

It's my fault,

I didn't teach you properly,

Stop talking about it,

The damn cat is dead!

Nothing will ever bring it back,

I'm sorry,

I'm sorry, Simon,

Listen to daddy,

Real boys have

accidents all the time,

If you were perfect,

you wouldn't be real,

You made a mistake, that's all...

Just like a real boy,

Dad?

Yes, Simon?

I'm sorry for what I did,

but I'm kind of happy

that I made a mistake,

If real people make mistakes,

then it's almost like I'm real,

Dad?

Yes, Simon?

When will I be able to walk?

I still need a few parts,

Well, I hope you get them soon,

I can't wait to walk,

I know,

Oh, it's late...

Way past your bedtime,

Daddy?

Yes, Simon?

Will you tell me a story?

Sure,

What story

would you like to hear?

"Jack and the beanstalk,"

"Jack and the beanstalk" It is,

You ready?

Yeah,

Once upon a time,

in a land far, far away,

there lived a boy

named Jack,

Banks, ,,

Yes?

I want to talk to you,

Please don't tell me

you lost a 500-Series servo,

I, ,,I just reported it missing,

Well, now, the last inventory

shows a 200% increase

in the number of Lost parts

over the past year,

That's terrible,

That kind of increase

suggests a thief to me, banks,

and if I catch this thief,

the company will prosecute,

As well it should,

Well, I'll keep my eye out

for anything suspicious,

You do that,

Daddy?

Daddy!

How's my big boy?

Did you get it?

Did you get it?

Huh?

No, son, I didn't,

I couldn't get the parts today,

You promised,

I'm never going to walk,

Come on,

Where's my big boy?

Daddy's got a surprise for you,

Did you ever hear the expression

that babies need to crawl

before they walk?

I'm not a baby,

I know that,

but try to understand,

Daddy's been working

on Something

in his spare time,

I was saving it

for your birthday,

but I think

you're ready for it now,

It's the first step to walking,

But I want to walk!

It's not the same,

but you'll be able

to move around,

all by yourself,

Let's try it,

For daddy?

How's that?

It's not working,

You have to concentrate,

Just think about

coming forward to daddy,

Okay,

It moved!

Whoa!

I did it! I moved!

You certainly did,

I did it! I did it!

Look, dad!

This is great,

[ knocking ]

who is it?

[ Zoe ]: it's me,

Just a sec,

Come on in,

Gideon, ,,

is something Wrong?

Hi, Zoe,

Hey, guess what?

I can move!

Isn't it marvelous?

It's wonderful,

I'm just like a real kid,

Whoa! Hey, look at me!

Whoa, ,,Oh, no,

Something is wrong,

Is it about Hanna?

You told me Tina ran away,

I found her

in the trash bin out back,

She didn't get into

that garbage bag herself,

Gideon, what happened to her?

Did he do it?

It was an accident,

I know I should have

told you about it,

but I didn't want you

to think Simon, ,,

and Now he can move?

Do you really think

it's such a good idea

to give it...

I mean, Simon... Mobility,

Tina was a tragedy,

He was mortified

that he killed her,

He made a mistake,

We all make mistakes, don't we?

Not to worry,

[ wheelchair moving ]

daddy, come and ride the horsey,

Come on, daddy,

Come and ride the horsey,

Daddy, ,,

Come and ride the horsey,

Daddy, come and ride the horsey,

Daddy, come and ride the horsey,

Daddy, come and ride the horsey,

Daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, ,,

daddy, come and ride the horsey,

Daddy, come and ride the Horsey,

Yeah,

[ ring ]

hello?

This is she,

Oh, good,

I was going to call you today

to see if you'd heard anything,

Uh-huh,

Well, what does that mean?

Well, how can he do that?

But there was a date,

The court date was set,

This is the third delay,

What does he think,

I'm just going to stop

trying to seek custody

and go away?

Look, it's not fair,

I don't have the money

to keep this up,

and he knows that,

He's just trying

to keep me away from Hanna,

No,

I know,

I'll just have to wait, again,

Okay,

Fine, Bye,

What are you doing in here?

I want to play,

I don't want to play, Simon,

Go home,

How come you're crying?

Because I miss my daughter,

Me and my husband are separated,

He won temporary custody of her,

and he keeps

delaying the hearing,

It's taking so long,

Why the hell

am I telling you this?

I hate waiting, too,

I've been waiting

for my legs forever,

but my dad says

he's going to make them soon,

I've got an idea,

Why don't you just

build yourself a little girl

like daddy built me?

Because, unlike your daddy,

I still have to live

in the real world,

Simon, time to come home now,

I know, sweetie,

I wish it wasn't

taking so long, too,

I've got to hang up now,

Okay, I love you,

Daddy's calling me,

I know you have to go,

Bye, mommy,

Okay, well,

I'll see you on saturday?

Okay,

Okay, Bye-Bye,

Uncle Gideon, ,,

I've been waiting for you,

do you have a second?

Can we, ,,

I think we need to talk,

I've been meaning to, ,,

I mean, about

what I said this morning,

You know, I, ,,

I didn't mean what I said,

I was just, ,,

shh, shh, It's okay,

I forgive you, ,,

if, ,,

if?

If you could help me out,

How?

I have missed so much work

staying home with Simon,

He's, you know,

he's okay by himself

for short periods now,

but if I have to leave him

for anything longer,

I really need somebody

to keep an eye on him,

You want me to babysit?

Please?

Can't you just shut him off?

He can't be shut off,

He goes into sleep mode

at night,

like other kids,

but if I leave him alone

too long, ,,

he gets scared,

Sure, okay,

I'll look after him,

Thanks,

So, uh, ,,just feel free

to do what it is

you normally do,

What's your little girl's name?

Hanna,

I like that name,

What kind of games

does she like to play?

Well,

she likes to play dress up,

and hide and seek

with her friends,

and play with her dolls,

She likes to ride her bike,

and stickers,

it's her latest thing,

She loves stickers,

Does she like

the merry-Go-Round?

She loves the merry-Go-Round,

So do I,

My dad says when I can walk,

he'll take me there,

I hate waiting,

It takes so long,

You could take me there,

Oh, no, I don't think

that would be such a good idea,

I thought you were my friend,

Well, Simon, I am your friend,

but you'll just have to wait

till your Dad takes you,

I don't want to,

Well, that's too bad,

You'll just have to wait,

No! Take me now,

Simon, I said no,

Horsey, horsey, ,,

horsey, horsey, ,,

Simon, I said no,

Horsey, horsey, ,,

stop it!

Horsey, horsey, horsey, ,,

Simon, stop, Stop it,

Horsey, horsey, horsey, ,,

horsey, horsey, horsey, ,,

horsey, horsey,

horsey, horsey, ,,

Simon, Stop,

Horsey, horsey, ,,

[ Telephone Ringing ]

Hello?

Daddy, she was mean to me,

Look around, Gideon,

He did all this,

I don't have to listen to her,

She's not the boss...

Why?

He wanted to go

to the merry-Go-Round,

and when I said no,

he had a fit,

It's my fault again,

I, ,,I was always the easy one,

Liz, ,,

Liz was the disciplinarian,

It's dangerous,

He's not dangerous,

and I've asked you

to stop calling him it,

His name is Simon,

It is not alive,

It is an "It",

it doesn't breathe,

it doesn't bleed,

and in case you've forgotten,

this... This is flesh,

and this is blood,

That... that is not,

I'm sorry

you can't see your daughter,

but that is no reason

to take it out on me and Simon,

What we have is real,

It's not real,

You're son is dead,

You cannot bring him back,

He's dead,

Don't you ever say that again,

Daddy?

Vroom, ,,

knock, knock,

Dad, knock, knock,

Who's there?

Simon,

Dad, you're supposed to say

"Simon who?"

damn it, I'm busy,

When will my legs be ready?

I can't get them to work right,

I just want to go

to the merry-Go-Round,

I don't have to walk

to get there,

Please, can we just go?

You promised,

and you should never

break your promises,

Oh, ,,

happy, son?

This is so neat,

Wow!

Daddy, ,,

look, daddy, there's twister!

Daddy, ,,

over here, over here,

Wait, Wait for me, son,

Remember when We'd come here

and ride the merry-Go-Round

all afternoon?

I remember,

That was my Favorite thing ever,

This is so neat,

Thank you, daddy,

I love it here,

You know what

my favorite thing is?

Being here with you,

Yeah, ,,

I just wish Mommy were here,

I don't want to talk

about mommy,

Ready for a ride?

Yeah, okay,

Hurry up, dad, Come on,

Ready?

Ready,

Okay,

Oh, this is neat,

Whoa!

Whoa, whoa!

This is so much fun,

This is great, Dad,

Dad?

Yes, Simon?

I love you, dad,

I love you too, son,

Wow!

Yeah, Whoa, ,,

[ Telephone Ringing ]

hi, This is Zoe,

Leave me a message,

[ Gideon ]:

hi, It's me,

I'm pretty sure you're there,

I saw your car outside,

Could you please pick up?

I'm sorry about the noise

last night,

I couldn't sleep,

moving the furniture around, ,,

I'm calling because...

And I wouldn't blame you

if you said no, but...

I need someone to watch Simon

for a few hours,

He's sleeping right now,

and I have to run to work,

I took him to the carousel

last night,

and I've never, ever

seen him so happy, Zoe,

I'm sure he'll be good,

I hate to impose,

but I have no choice,

Zoe?

Going, ,,

going, ,,

gone,

[ Simon crying ]

Simon?

What's wrong?

My daddy left,

and I don't know where he is,

Well, he, um, ,,

he had to go to work,

Why'd he have to go to work

and leave me alone?

I'm scared to be all alone,

Well, he'll be back soon,

I'm scared,

There's nothing to be afraid of,

I'm sorry I hurt you

the other day,

I know,

I didn't mean to,

I know,

Listen, I have an idea,

Why don't I stay with you

until your Dad comes home, hmm?

Would you like that?

Yeah,

Oh, Ron, ,,

you scared me,

I didn't see you there,

Hey, wait a minute,

Hold on!

This is my private property,

Oh, and what do you call this?

Is this your private property,

too?

Remember what I said, banks?

Fullest extent of the law,

Ron, I can't lose my job,

What do you do with this stuff?

Sell it?

No, I don't sell it,

I, ,,I create with it,

Create what?

You'd have to see it

to believe it,

I've made

tremendous breakthroughs,

You're done here, banks,

Wait a minute!

I'm light years ahead

of what we're doing here,

and I think

it's very, very marketable,

If we could just

keep this between us,

maybe we could start

our own company,

Ta-Dah!

One coin magically

turns into three,

How'd you do that?

I can't tell you, It's magic,

Come on, show me,

I'm home,

Well, ,,

isn't this nice,

seeing you two pals again?

Daddy!

How's my big boy?

Good,

Simon, meet Mr, Hikida,

He works with daddy,

And this is my niece, Zoe,

What kind of drive

are you using?

It's not drive-Based,

Simon freely interacts,

He thinks, listens,

dreams, has memories,

That's impossible,

Everybody's been saying that,

Do you remember

the NEURAL archiving project

from years ago?

Yeah?

Simon?

Your son?

It's amazing, really,

We've been talking and playing

all day,

haven't we, Simon?

Yeah,

Daddy, Zoe just showed me

a magic trick,

Gideon, I understand

why you did what you did,

I knew if you just met him...

But because

you got all the parts

from the company,

technically,

he belongs to concorde robotics,

What?

I'm going to have

to take him back,

You can't take him,

He doesn't belong to you,

None of this belongs to you,

No!

Take your hands off him,

Take your hands off him!

Daddy, I'm scared,

Get out of my way!

I said, let go of him!

Daddy, help me,

You two are both in big trouble,

Stop it,

No,

Daddy, help me!

Oh, my god, Gideon,

What have you done?

Gideon, call the police,

Call an ambulance,

I knew he was dead

the minute I hit him,

Look, it was an accident,

It was self-Defense,

They'll take me away from him,

I can't let that happen,

If they find me involved,

they'll never let me have Hanna,

No, daddy, please,

You just killed a man,

Daddy, please, don't leave me,

I promise, It'll be all right,

It's not going to be okay,

What are you going to do,

lie, go on the run, cover it up?

What choice do I have?

I'm calling the police,

Don't you dare,

I can't leave him alone,

I have to be with him,

You think I'm just

going to cover up for you?

Please!

Stop,

It's my fault,

Everything,

It's because of me

that mommy went away,

and now it's my fault

that daddy has to go away,

What do you mean

because of you mommy went away?

It was a car accident,

But it was my fault,

I wanted to go to the toy store

and mommy said No,

so I got mad,

We were driving by the toy store

and I wanted mommy to turn,

She wouldn't turn,

so I pulled

on the steering wheel,

Shh, ,,

I'm so sorry,

No, no, no, ,,

shh, shh, shh, ,,

it's going to be all right,

I'll do the right thing,

I promise,

Give me some time

alone with Simon,

I need to explain to him

what's going to happen,

Shh, shh, ,,

okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, ,,

[ Telephone Ringing ]

hi, This is Zoe,

Leave me a message,

[ Hanna ]:

mom,

Mom, it's me,

Are you there, mommy?

Mommy, if you're there,

I want to talk to you,

Mommy?

I'm here,

Hanna?

Hi, mommy,

What's wrong?

You sound like

you've been crying,

I miss you,

I miss you, too,

Can you come over

before the weekend?

Of course I can,

We'll have to check

with your Dad first,

but I'm sure we can work it out,

Mommy, I hate that

you're not here,

Me too,

but you know,

that even if I'm not there,

I'm always with you,

Daddy says I've

got to hang up now,

We're going to go get ice cream,

Okay,

I'll see you soon,

Hanna, I love you,

I love you, too, mommy,

Gideon?

Gideon, ,,

I just want you to know

that I'm going to do

whatever I can

to make sure that you and Simon

aren't separated,

I can't break the law,

but I just want you to know

that I'll do whatever I can, ,,

[ Gun shot ]

Gideon?

Gideon!

Gideon!

[ Computer ]:

transfer complete,

Scan complete,

Transfer complete,

I think I understand, daddy,

Good,

Just remember what

I've always said...

You should never

break a promise,

especially not

to the ones you love,

I won't, daddy,

Good,

When we endeavor

to fill the terrible void,

sometimes the void