Pantheon (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Amma.
How's your foot?
Oh, I'm fine, beta.
Don't worry about me.
But if you want to worry,
worry about making me
a grandmother.
Like all my friends are.
Is it around having child
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
He never remembers
the previous day?
For him, there is no yesterday.
Or not one that matters.
First-class continuations
don't save program data,
only the
execution context.
Is the call from
Mother necessary?
Emotion is important for
creative problem-solving.
Sir
And adding back emotion
is what made the others useless.
Yes, sir, but those emotions
were too strong, ungoverned.
They took over.
For Chanda, we specifically
simulated this call
from his mother to incentivize
progress via social utility
Don't talk Cambridgeto me.
I'm from the chawls.
It's love, but with just enough
annoyance to keep on task.
Sir.
Good man.
Speed him up.
An 80-page patent
written in 15 seconds?
For him, it was 12 days.
No for him, it was one.
Dad?!
Aah!
A little help here!
Aah!
WoWhen I was 10,
my dad and I would play
"Reign of Winter"
on Sundays
when he was done with work.
Now that he's no longer alive
we get to play almost every day.
"Reign of Winter"
has come a long way, too
Full VR, haptic modeling.
It's like you're really there.
Hey, where were you?
Damn Chimera almost had me
for breakfast.
I was here.
Dad
And I was scanning
the Shenzhen index
for signs of Laurie.
What? You said she was
a Wall Street trader, right?
I thought maybe she was hiding
out in a stock exchange.
I'm sure when Laurie's ready
to contact you, she will.
Just admit that it's weird.
She helps me escape Logorhythms,
sets up a secure server block
for me to hide on,
and never even says hi?
She is weird.
Her husband was weird, too.
Maybe it's me.
It's almost like a guy
gets uploaded,
and women don't want
to talk to him anymore.
I told you.
Mom just needs time.
It's only been a few days.
Time doesn't move at the same
speed for me, Maddie.
You know how long
"a few days" feels?
I'm I'm not sure if we know
how anything feels for you.
Is that it, then?
She doesn't think I'm human?
I didn't say that.
She's super busy right now.
She's had to work a lot
more hours since you
And also, she hates VR, okay?
It makes her nauseous.
Dad?
Hello?
It's die time!
It's another party.
They look high-level.
Whoa! What the hell?
What the hell was that?!
What the hell was that?
Signature burst.
It was one of them.
Can we track it?
Waxman is not done writing
the tracking program yet.
Just record the spike,
and we'll send it for analysis.
I told you, only do moves
a regular player could do.
If the mods find out
you're in the code
You're worried I'll get banned.
I'm worried
you'll be hunted by, like,
the NSA or something!
Dad, no one can know you exist.
Well, according to my wife, I don't.
I'll talk to her.
Okay?
Each individual will be
the god
of their own
customizable heaven.
A world beyond scarcity.
A world without rich or poor.
Without exclusion or possession.
A world without death.
Just imagine.
It's easy if you try.
Yeah.
Realoriginal.
I-I know it's
none of my business.
I just want you to know that
what you're dealing with
is not normal.
And you shouldn't have
to go through it.
At least, not alone.
So You're right,
it's none of your business.
Second attack in a week
They're saying
billion-dollar loss.
I think it's more.
No one's claimed it yet?
Maybe it's the Chinese.
"I heard they're testing a
program to upload human brains."
Caspian?
Mom.
You scared me.
I'm sneaky like that.
Whatcha lookin' at?
Nothing.
School stuff.
Look
about the other day
with your father and me
Uploaded intelligence, actually,
is what I'm looking at.
What's that?
You know how I upload the data
on your laptop to the cloud,
in case it crashes?
It's like that,
but with the data
that's stored in humans.
Memories, feelings,
skills, everything.
Is this a movie or something?
No, remember Stephen Holstrom?
Here's him talking about it,
back in 2001, before he died.
So, if Logorhythms was working
on it way back then
Logorhythms?
The microchip company?
You seriously think
they're turning people
into brain clouds now
in Silicon Valley?
It's not brain clouds,
Mom, and it
Wait, it wouldn't be
in Palo Alto.
That's for sure
If they're really doing this,
it would be way off-site,
like overseas.
Fewer regs on human trials,
harder to trace the money.
I know you said stick to
the plan, but I think he's
searching for the data center.
He's watching videos
of Stephen, and
And we're watching
everything he's watching.
Renee
Breathe.
Focus on tomorrow.
This is the most
critical inflection
point of his adolescence.
We need you on top of things.
So does he.
Mmm.
What happened to you, man?
Reset.
Oh, yeah
This is not
a two-person job, Cary.
Pick a goddamn hammer
and be done with it.
You make it a two-person job
because whatever I pick
is somehow gonna be wrong.
And I'm not driving back
out here again
because you don't like
the grip or something.
This is the most
critical inflection point
of his adolescence;
the hammer at home is filthy.
Take some pride in
your last day of work.
It's interesting.
G major, but it never hits
the tonic chord of its key.
It's an intriguing pattern,
almost like a
Almost like a recursive loop.
Maybe that's how I can solve
memory allocation.
Recursion.
I love the way your mind works.
And your body's not too bad,
either.
Mm, later I want to work out
that Hidden Markov Model idea.
I think it'll be vital
to cracking integrity.
If anyone can do it, you can.
Just imagine existing
in a universe
unencumbered by this.
Home is where I want to be
I don't know.
There are still some benefits
to physicality.
Limited.
In the cloud, we'll be able
to tap into senses
we never knew we had
Imagine the best sex
you've ever had.
Now imagine that
a million times over,
for eternity.
Don't get it.
It's Cary.
Do you want to
Here are the papers,
Mr. Holstrom.
Oh. I'll come back for them
in the morning.
No, I'll sign them now.
Just give me a sec.
Here you go
dear.
I told you, I don't like
that one.
Yeah.
That's what sold me on it.
See you at home.
Every time.
Why are people so scared of you?
No one likes a girl
whose weight and IQ
are both over 115.
I'm intimidating.
I don't think so.
Then why did you ask me, out of
800 other girls you don't know,
to be the bodyguard who protects
you from an adult man?
Shit.
It's fine.
I'm as judgy as the rest of you.
But remarkably better at it.
What are you up to tonight?
My parents aren't speaking
to each other, and it sucks.
They still married?
Yeah!
I mean, they're
separated.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I've been there,
and it does suck.
It gets easier after they just
pull it together and divorce.
They are not getting divorced!
Okay.
I didn't mean to yell.
I-I just mean they're going
through a bad time.
And and, yes, things suck,
but they still love each other,
which drives me crazy
'cause they should be together.
So I'm going to "Parent Trap"
them.
What the hell is a parent trap?
You've never seen
"The Parent Trap"?!
Never heard of it. Not
even the Lindsay Lohan one?
I'm setting up a dinner date
for them
so they'll be forced to talk
and we can go back
to being a family.
Oh, that's cute.
Thanks.
And terrible.
You cannot put two adults
in a room for a playdate
and expect everything
they're dealing with
to get resolved
over mac-and-cheese.
I got to make this happen,
Justine.
My mom's dating a guy at her
job, and it might be serious.
Gabe I can't have a stepdad
named Gabe.
Oh, so, there's a twist.
What does your dad think
about Gabe?
Nothing, because he doesn't
know Gabe exists,
and I am not going to tell him.
I don't want to upset him
any more
By letting him know
another dude
Presumably younger, hotter,
and taller
Is banging his wife?
Ugh.
You have a messed-up life
for a happy kid.
I'm into it.
Uh, hello?
Hi.
Why won't you talk to me?
Huh?!
Didn't mean to scare you.
I'm running to class
but wanted to check and see
if we're still on for tonight.
Tonight?
Uh
Undergrads.
No respect for office hours.
Ever. Yeah.
So? Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, we're on.
We're on, yes.
Definitely.
Your place, 9:00.
Not 8:00?
Maddie's making me dinner,
remember?
Oh, yeah
Amma.
How's your foot?
Oh, I'm fine, beta-a-a.
Don't worry about me-e-e.
Hey! No!
No!
Uh!
I remember!
You're you're one of
the others from the slums.
He killed you first?
Is is this real?
Am I dead?
So, is Lowell in there?
If I rub the server,
does she come out?
It's just a recursive copy
of her source.
Only the parts of her
needed to attack our network.
Well, it was enough.
After the whack she gave us,
I need to shore up capital
to keep the lights on here.
Can't you just move money
from product services or, uh
Not my area.
I'll be four time zones away
but still reachable,
so let me know if something
pops up from Kim or Lowell or
Problem with the kid!
He's written a script to search
for redacted locations
on Google Earth,
including cached images.
There's a ton
of redacted places.
How'd he get to Norway?
Cross-referenced our public
financial disclosures.
Found our Our donations
to the Ocean Fund.
Clever as ever.
Can you head him off?
I'm in Google's database,
swapping out
the cached images now.
Too late.
He found us.
He's got archived photos
of the construction site.
Whoa.
What the hell?
And
we're gone.
Whoosh.
Are you kidding?
He found us.
He didn't get a screenshot.
He can't prove anything.
Saken er biff.
Don't Norwegian this!
He saw you change the image.
He knows.
Everything he knows
is about to end tomorrow.
Call me if there's a change.
Butternut squash soup.
Farm to factory, to box,
to Trader Joe's, to table.
As nature intended.
Smelling.
I forgot about smelling.
Mom! Can you come help me
with the couscous?
I'll be down in a second.
She thinks I'm cooking
for World Cultures Day.
Maybe this isn't
such a good idea.
Don't worry.
You look great.
I called Mom.
At her office.
What?! Dad! Dad, I told you I
would handle it!
I was going to!
Sorry.
She hung up on me.
I don't know why I Maddie,
that smells amazing.
Our daughter has become
quite the chef.
Thanks, Dad.
Have a seat.
Maddie, can I talk to you?
Sure.
Have some soup.
I'm sorry I surprised
you at work.
I-I-I just really need
to talk to you.
Mom!
This is not okay,
and you know it.
Why are you being like this?!
You know where I stand.
You made a choice
to disregard my feelings.
And what about his feelings?!
You're breaking his heart!
This isn't human, Maddie!
It doesn't feel!
It's Dad!
It's David Kim!
Okay!
It's your father.
But it's not my husband.
Because you can't have sex
with him?
What? Whatever!
Just Just go, okay?
Go to Gabe.
That's what you dressed up for.
No, no, no.
We're gonna talk right now.
Good.
I meant me and you.
Whatever you say to me,
you can say to him.
Ellen
please.
When you're ready to talk,
let me know.
Sorry, Dad.
Dad?
Dad, are you there?
Who's Gabe?
Huh?!
What's wrong?
Sorry.
Can we change this?
Sure.
In fact, watch this.
No more zombies.
I'd rather watch you.
I feel like I should make a joke
about our sexual electricity,
but that if I do, we won't
actually have sex again.
Oh, yeah, follow that impulse.
Hey, I'm still alive ♪
Huh?! Sorry.
That's weird.
Hey, I'm still alive ♪
Hey, I ♪
Hey, I'm still alive ♪
Hey, I, oh ♪
Stop it, David!
I'm serious.
David? Ugh!
You mean your ex?
Ugh, yes.
No.
I thought we talked about this.
Ellen
what's going on?
Okay, I'm I'm starting
to get real uncomfortable.
I'm sorry.
You have to tell me
what's really going on,
or I can't do this.
Gabe
I
can't.
Because I wouldn't understand
or believe, right?
That's what you said,
because I wouldn't believe you?
Try me.
Please don't.
What?
Finish that sentence.
"Please don't" what?
I can't do anything you want
or don't want
if you don't talk to me.
Ellen:
How does this work?
What are you doing?
Okay, is
What, is he in there?
I need to talk to him.
Now.
What is this?
What am I
not wearing? You're you.
I custom-built you an avatar
out of some photo reference
and used the barbarian-priestess
body as a base.
Seriously?
Ellen
David.
I told you
two years ago
that if you did this,
it wouldn't be you.
Not to me.
I know. No, you don't,
because it's not you.
And it is you.
Do you understand?
I don't know what you are.
I can't be someone who
I can't be with you like this.
Look, I get it.
We said
"till death do us part."
And I died.
Then
I came back.
You died!
Two horrible years,
I mourned you.
I woke up crying every day!
Then, I finally moved on.
I found a new house because
the old one reeked of you.
I found a great guy
One who helped me realize
that you were in the grave, not me.
I had to move on, David.
You have to let me keep moving.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I I will.
Dad?
All I ask of you
is the same.
You don't know what I am?
Well, neither do I.
I can't explain what it feels
like to be where I am
or where I'm not.
I know I'm not the man you knew.
But when you said
I wasn't human
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
Listen to me.
I don't know what I am,
but I do know who I love.
I love Maddie
and I love you.
And this love is what I am.
Without it, I stop moving.
And I need to keep moving, too.
I can't be your wife.
But we can keep talking.
And maybe
we can both keep moving.
This must be, hands down,
the weirdest breakup
in human history.
Oh, yeah, this is new ground.
Neil Armstrong,
eat your heart out.
Four?
First three were for the pain.
Mm, ah.
I'm hoping this one will drown
out the sound of your voice.
You want pain?!
You want to talk about pain?!
I am I am done with you!
Done!
Get your finger out of my face!
Cary! Cary!
Put it down!
Put it down!
You asked for this!
Oh.
Uh
Are you serious?
Do you know what this meansfor him?
For the future?
Do you?
Caspian!
Don't hurt him!
Caspian, Caspian, please!
No!
You You two
deserve each other.
No!
Cary!
Come back!
You just made the biggest
mistake of your life, son.
All this
Mine.
You two will be out
on the streets soon,
because I'll see you dead
before I feed you another dime.
No! No!
No.
No.
What are we gonna do?
What are we gonna do?
What are
We're gonna get you
to the hospital.
And then I'm gonna
take care of us.
Alright, well,
the Pearl Jam thing was rude.
I mean, I thought Gabe
was gonna pee himself.
But?
But I laughed on the way home.
Oh, wow.
What?
I just remembered,
this was my second breakup
of the night.
Your love life is tragic.
Hey!
Hey.
It is.
It is, but
I, yeah-eah, yeah
I'm still alive
Hey, hey, I
Oh, oh, I'm still alive
Yeah, I, oh,
I'm still alive ♪
Hey, I, oh,
I'm still alive ♪
Oh, yeah
Hey.
Did I ever tell you about the
time Eddie Vedder asked me out?
He asked you for directions.
And you didn't know them.
One one wants your input.
What's he saying?
Your Oh, your dad is saying
he's grateful that I turned down
the hottest living grunge star
when he was in
his Samson-haired prime,
mind you, so that
I could date him instead
and end up having you.
He said none of that.
That's my girl.
Thanks for kicking my ass
into gear.
I needed that.
Congratulations, Cary.
How do you feel?
You know, he kicked the hell
out of me.
Got pretty scary
for a second, honestly.
You okay?
You need medical attention?
No, no, I
I should be able
to make it to the debrief.
- What's wrong?
- Nothing.
The inflection point was met.
Right on schedule.
Cary, come on.
I'm
I'm gonna miss him, that's all.
- You'll see him again soon.
- I know.
He's one of the leading voices
in tech and business
I'll check in with
Van Leuwen tomorrow,
but I want you to hear me now
Good job.
Please welcome
to the Global Tech Forum,
Julius Pope, CEO of Logorhythms.
Gotta go.
So, we are approaching
the 20th anniversary
of our world without
Stephen Holstrom in it.
It's crazy to think about.Yeah.
And I'm sure you've been sick of
this question
for at least a decade
"What would Steve say?"
No, I'm not sick
of the question.
We ask it every day. Still?
Still, and always.
Okay, well,
then what do you think
Stephen would say about
the artificial intelligence
arms race that our industry
has fallen into?
Well, I imagine
it would be short one word.
One that I can't say here.
"Upload."
That's the dirty word Holstrom
would really want
to say out loud.
Why expand machine intelligence
when you've got the best
operating system right here?
Careful, there.
You can't see 'em, but there's
ethics watchdogs everywhere,
sniffing around.
That hasn't stopped us,
though, has it?
There's an "us"? There can be.
A joint patent.
One-time offer.
Our next speaker is the head of
India's largest telecom empire.
Think about it.
You have 10 seconds. What have you done?
He is responsible for connecting
over one billion people.
5 seconds.
This isn't some knock-off
phone or chip, Ajit.
This is dangerous tech.
You don't want to play with it.
Knock-off?
You's a Stephen Holstrom
knock-off.
Not even that.
Ajit Prasad,
CEO of Alliance Telecom!
Know what else you're not?
You're not the only game
in town anymore.
How do we get out of here?
My God.
I I can't do that.
I don't know how!
Spiking again?
Gotta wipe you clean, Chanda.
Sorry.
Hi.
You didn't do anything wrong.
You were trying to be a friend,
and I was embarrassed,
so I shut down.
I'm really sorry, Hannah.
I like you.
Could I take you out?
On a real date?
Like in the '50s
or the'90s,
whenever people did that.
Just so you know, I wasn't
trying to be a "friend."
Good.
Are you a man or a monster?
It's so hard to tell
which side you're on ♪
One day is Hell
The next day is the dawn
The lines are blurred
You keep rubbing your eyes
The tables turn
Now it's time to survive
Amma.
How's your foot?
Oh, I'm fine, beta.
Don't worry about me.
Or if you want to worry, worry
about making me a grandmother.
Like all my friends are.
Are you a man or a monster?
A man or a monster?
Ohh, oh-oh oh oh
Are you a man or a monster?