Brainchild (2018) s01e06 Episode Script
Emotions
[door knocks]
[sweeping orchestral music]
You're back.
I told you I'd be back.
[sweeping music continues]
Are you leaving?
I told you.
[sweeping music continues]
I'm never gonna leave you again.
[melodic strings]
Why did you leave me all those years ago?
I had a secret.
I know about your secret.
You do?
[sweeping strings]
Yes.
I have a secret, too.
[strings swell]
Ah, a good romantic movie
always gets me right in the feels.
It was a love story, right?
Here, let's watch it again,
and this time, we're gonna change
just a few small things.
[door knocks]
You're back.
I told you I'd be back.
[discordant screechy strings]
Are you leaving?
[discordant noise]
I told you.
[discordant music]
I'm never gonna leave you again.
[strings crescendo]
Why did you leave me all those years ago?
I had a secret.
I know about your secret.
[eerie strings]
You do?
[strings get louder]
Yes.
I have a secret, too.
[spooky climax]
I love a good horror movie.
It was a scary movie, right?
Or maybe we just played
with your emotions on Brainchild.
-[party-goers chatter]
-[party blower toots]
Joy sadness anger
surprise fear disgust.
These six basic emotions
are so ingrained in your brain
that not only do you experience them
on a daily basis,
but you start to see them everywhere,
even on things
that couldn't possibly have emotions.
To show you want I mean,
let's play a little game.
Name that emotion!
We're gonna show you an image.
All you have to do is call out
which of the six basic emotions
you think the image represents.
Ready?
Here we go.
Let's see how you did.
Did you pick: angry pepper?
Sad clock?
Happy bread?!
Surprised whatever that is?
Scared car?
And disgusted dryer?
Chances are
we were able to guess
the emotions you picked
because we all tend to see emotions
in the same way.
And there's a reason your brain sees faces
in things that don't have them.
Emotions helped prehistoric humans
communicate before language.
And today, it allows people
with different languages to communicate.
Laughter is laughter in any language.
And so is a meltdown.
Understanding emotions
allows you to connect with others,
express your innermost thoughts,
and navigate the world.
Your ability to decode facial emotion
is so deeply wired in your brain
that you overdo it,
seeing a face where there isn't one.
So, what makes your brain
such an emotional machine?
After all, without emotions
we'd all be robots.
Let's start by taking another look
at our fake movie trailers.
Okay, I assume most of you are on to us.
You know it was the exact
same scene, and all we did
was change the music and sound effects.
But be honest,
the second time you saw it, you were
likely experiencing fear or dread, right?
How come all it took
was us messing with some music
and sound effects to completely change
your emotional reaction?
Here to explain
is our science friend, Alie Ward.
So, there's a lot of debate
over what emotions are exactly.
But at the most basic level,
emotions are internal changes
in your brain and your body
in response to an external cue.
In this case, the music in the trailer.
In the romantic movie version,
swells of strings in major keys
cause your brain to release
a pleasure chemical called dopamine,
which makes you
feel warm and fuzzy inside.
I had a secret.
And the horror movie version sounds scary,
because eerie drones and screechy tones
can trigger memories of threatening
animals or a crying baby,
letting you know
that danger may be coming.
Either way, emotions have a funny way
of sneaking up on you,
whether you expect them to or not.
As you're about to see, or feel.
Euuuww!
Have you ever caught a whiff of a friend's
stinky lunch and wanted to hurl?
Then you've definitely felt
this next emotion
disgust.
Urrgh. Disgust can hit you
like a punch in the gut.
But just how powerful is it?
Let's find out in this next experiment.
Hope you're hungry.
For today's menu,
I whipped up something great for kids.
I got homemade pizza,
hot dogs, apple juice.
And for dessert,
I got chocolate pudding
and my specialty,
cookie crumble with fudgy rolls.
I mean, who doesn't like fudgy rolls?
I know I do.
Hey, this says it all.
Sounds pretty good, right?
But there's a sick twist to today's lunch.
Our cook is gonna be serving moldy pizza,
bloody-finger hot dogs!
Urine-sample apple juice!
Pudding served in a diaper!
And kitty litter crumble.
So why are we doing this?
To conduct an experiment
with these hungry kids
who think they're here to sample new items
for their school cafeteria.
You guys hungry?
We want to see how their emotions will
affect their ability to try this food,
which they've been assured
is perfectly safe to eat.
Here's your hot dog and pudding.
Why is it in a diaper?
Oh, we ran out of plates. Sorry.
You like pizza?
Looks good, huh?
Really? Nobody wants the crumble?
-I'll try.
-You're gonna try the crumble? Here ya go.
Okay. Got one crumble.
-Does anybody wanna eat this?
-Not me.
So, we know these kids are hungry.
But let's see if they can stomach
what they've just been served.
How's the food? You like it?
Why is my apple juice
in a urine-sample cup?
I get the cups free at my doctor's office.
-What's the stuff on the pizza?
-Flavor!
Flavor?!
Even though it's essentially
the same food they love to eat,
no one has taken a bite.
Can you blame them?
Would you eat out of a diaper?
Or drink from a urine-sample cup?
Looks like a finger.
My appetite is gone. I'm done.
Would you rather die or eat this?
Die!
It's taken a while
but some kids finally have the guts
to try the food.
Will they like it?
Or, will their sense of taste
get grossed out, too?
Even the brave ones
can barely manage a nibble.
It's like it isn't even food to them.
-I'm not hungry anymore.
-You were savage. You said--
I lied.
Okay, so you're probably thinking these
kids are just crazy or being dramatic,
but they're not.
Sometimes your emotions can be
so powerful, they change the way
your brain interprets the world.
This came out of a cat's litter box.
So by taking perfectly good food
the kids normally enjoy
and presenting it in disgusting ways
-Oh, God.
-Don’t.
we were able to overwhelm their senses
with a feeling of disgust.
I'm gonna go to the bathroom
and wash my mouth out.
So instead of tasting
chocolatey goodness, they tasted
something completely different.
Your brain finds these foods revolting
because it's trying to protect you
from foods that are actually dangerous.
Miaow!
Another interesting thing about emotions
is that they often seem to pop up
when you least expect them to
or want them to.
This is making me
Arrrgh!
Hooo!
Much better.
Now, here's the question.
Do you control your emotions,
or do emotions control you?
Math attack!
To find out, let's play
a fun little game with math.
We're gonna show you a series of problems,
and your job is to solve them
in the time allotted.
But don't worry, we've made it
nice and easy for you.
Ready?
Let's go.
[urgent percussive music]
Did you get it?
Here's another one for you.
[urgent percussive music]
How about this one?
[urgent percussive music]
Ready?
[urgent percussive music]
Here's another one.
[urgent percussive music]
Time's up!
So, how'd you do?
We're guessing the way we ran that quiz
probably made you pretty
annoyed, stressed, or angry,
right?
[grumbles]
These emotions
trigger the release of
chemicals in your brain, like adrenaline,
which help you either attack or flee
in the face of a threat.
This response is useful
in a survival situation.
But it can trip you up when you're trying
to handle the stresses of every-day life
like a math quiz,
because the high-intensity chemicals
it releases
prevent you from using
the more rational parts of your brain.
Oh, and about that quiz
the solution was the same
to all the problems.
But your amped-up nerves
may have made you miss the answer,
which was right in front of you
the whole time:
the number three.
But don't worry.
Sometimes it can be a lot of fun to let
your emotions get the best of you.
To see what I mean, take a look at this.
So you think you can't laugh?
We're gonna show you a viral video
of the world's worst kayaker.
Your goal is to see how well
you can control your laughter.
Can you make it through the whole thing
without even a giggle?
Sarah, this has never happened,
and if I move, it sinks lower.
[Sarah laughs]
[sobbing]
Sarah, I don't know what to do.
-[Sarah laughing] I'm sorry. Stand up.
-Can you get my--
-[whining] No!
-Yes, it's safe.
No, there's-- it's too deep.
Uhhh, man!
[Sarah laughing] Oh, my God.
[whining]
Oh, my God. I don't know what to do.
-Oh, no!
-[Sarah laughs]
Okay. So, maybe you held it together.
Do you think other viewers can stay
as straight-faced as you?
Hey. How's it going?
We've invited kids to the studio
to watch the same video you just saw.
And we ask that you please do not laugh.
Let's see how well
they can check their chuckles.
Sarah, this has never happened,
and if I move, it sinks lower.
Sarah, help me.
-[Sarah laughing] Stand up.
-No, there's-- it's too deep.
Urrrgh! Nnnn! Aaa!
My kayak's sinking!
[Sahana]
Well, this guy cracked.
There's always one.
[kayaker]
Sarah, help me.
[Sahana] The rest of the kids got through
the video without laughing.
Okay, we're gonna run the same
experiment again,
except this time,
the kids watching the video
won't be alone.
Welcome back.
We're gonna bring in all four kids.
Same rules apply.
You just have to not laugh.
Same experiment.
But secretly, we've instructed
our laugher from round one
to disregard the rules and laugh out loud.
Whadda you think will happen?
Sarah, this as never happened,
and if I move, it sinks lower.
-[Sarah laughs hysterically]
-Oh huh huh ho!
Sarah, help me.
Sarah, it's too deep here.
I don't know what to do.
Oh, no!
Arrrgh!
[Sahana] That did it.
Seeing and hearing other people laugh
made it nearly impossible
for them not to laugh too.
[all laughing]
It's the same theory behind the laugh
track on your favorite TV sitcom.
That's how you do it.
[canned laughter]
Now let's switch it up again.
Admittedly, the kayakers
were pretty hilarious.
So, what if the video isn't funny,
but incredibly boring?
There is absolutely nothing funny
about a yule log!
Do you think there's any way
to get someone to laugh at it?
Turns out there just might be.
-Hello again.
-Hey, have a seat.
We'll bring in three kids from before
and one newbie.
All you have to do is not laugh.
And we secretly instruct the veteran
three to force themselves to laugh.
[silence apart from fire crackling]
Oh, my God.
[laughter continues]
[everyone laughs]
Looks like the presence
of a laughing crowd
can turn even the lamest video
into a must-see comedy.
What is going on here?
This experiment was meant to show
how your emotions are contagious.
So, your brain is programmed to mirror
the emotions of those around you
because feeling the same feels
is what bonds us together as humans.
One study found that you're 30 times
more likely to laugh at something
if someone else is present.
Seeing or just hearing someone else laugh
is a signal to your brain
that something funny is happening,
and your brain wants in.
That's because laughing releases pleasure
chemicals in your brain called endorphins.
So, in other words, laughing feels good
and is good for you.
It's ha ha ha ha ha healthy.
You don't have to laugh at that.
[canned laughter]
Have you ever heard of the phrase
"laughter is the best medicine"?
[electronic honking]
No, not to cure your 103-degree fever.
But the endorphins released to your body
from laughing
can actually help relieve symptoms
of stress and pain.
So go ahead, laugh it up.
So far, we've talked about fear,
anger,
disgust,
and
joy.
For our next emotion,
let's play another game
with puppies!
Pay close attention
and see if you can count how many puppies
come out of the box.
Surprise!
Sorry to startle you,
but it was the best way
to show you your fifth basic emotion.
And at least you got to see
some cute puppies, right?
Woof woof!
Now, while a surprise
can feel scary in the moment,
it's actually your brain and body
looking out for you.
I have a secret, too.
Being surprised causes you
to physically freeze
for 1/25th of a second.
Now, in that time,
the alarm system in your brain
is activated.
All of your cognitive resources,
like attention
and focus, are hijacked
and pulled into the moment.
[Sahana] So now you've gotten real
with how you feel
how good is your ability
to detect emotion?
Well, we're gonna put it to the test
in this last experiment.
Dot the feeling?
[Sahana] Watch this cartoon and pay
attention to how it makes you feel.
So, how did this animation make you feel?
What basic emotion would you say
the green dot is feeling?
Let's hear what some other people
had to say.
No one wanted to play with him,
he'd just met a friend,
and then that friend abandoned him
just to go with the other people.
It kind of wants to be part
of the red group.
Red group's not having it.
I think at the end,
he just didn't have what it took.
To be one of the cool balls.
Did you feel one way or another
about that green dot?
I felt sorry for the green dot,
'cause he was left alone.
It makes me feel sad for some reason.
Why did they do that to him?
I guess I felt bad for green dot.
-I think they should’ve let the green--
-Yeah, maybe they will.
-In the sequel.
-Yeah.
I mean, I know they're just dots,
but still.
Is that what you thought, too?
Makes sense. But here's the crazy thing.
Not only did everyone who watched
that video feel the same emotions,
but the fact that you felt
any emotions at all is pretty amazing.
After all,
we're talking about colored dots
randomly moving across your screen.
The idea that we were able to get you
to feel sorry for a lonely, green dot,
shows just how tuned in you are
to detect your emotions.
Don't worry, little guy.
I'll hang out widdya.
Go ahead, laugh it up.
Sorry.
Go ahead, laugh it up.
[sound guy guffaws]
[director] It's a cut.
[whole film crew laugh]
[sweeping orchestral music]
You're back.
I told you I'd be back.
[sweeping music continues]
Are you leaving?
I told you.
[sweeping music continues]
I'm never gonna leave you again.
[melodic strings]
Why did you leave me all those years ago?
I had a secret.
I know about your secret.
You do?
[sweeping strings]
Yes.
I have a secret, too.
[strings swell]
Ah, a good romantic movie
always gets me right in the feels.
It was a love story, right?
Here, let's watch it again,
and this time, we're gonna change
just a few small things.
[door knocks]
You're back.
I told you I'd be back.
[discordant screechy strings]
Are you leaving?
[discordant noise]
I told you.
[discordant music]
I'm never gonna leave you again.
[strings crescendo]
Why did you leave me all those years ago?
I had a secret.
I know about your secret.
[eerie strings]
You do?
[strings get louder]
Yes.
I have a secret, too.
[spooky climax]
I love a good horror movie.
It was a scary movie, right?
Or maybe we just played
with your emotions on Brainchild.
-[party-goers chatter]
-[party blower toots]
Joy sadness anger
surprise fear disgust.
These six basic emotions
are so ingrained in your brain
that not only do you experience them
on a daily basis,
but you start to see them everywhere,
even on things
that couldn't possibly have emotions.
To show you want I mean,
let's play a little game.
Name that emotion!
We're gonna show you an image.
All you have to do is call out
which of the six basic emotions
you think the image represents.
Ready?
Here we go.
Let's see how you did.
Did you pick: angry pepper?
Sad clock?
Happy bread?!
Surprised whatever that is?
Scared car?
And disgusted dryer?
Chances are
we were able to guess
the emotions you picked
because we all tend to see emotions
in the same way.
And there's a reason your brain sees faces
in things that don't have them.
Emotions helped prehistoric humans
communicate before language.
And today, it allows people
with different languages to communicate.
Laughter is laughter in any language.
And so is a meltdown.
Understanding emotions
allows you to connect with others,
express your innermost thoughts,
and navigate the world.
Your ability to decode facial emotion
is so deeply wired in your brain
that you overdo it,
seeing a face where there isn't one.
So, what makes your brain
such an emotional machine?
After all, without emotions
we'd all be robots.
Let's start by taking another look
at our fake movie trailers.
Okay, I assume most of you are on to us.
You know it was the exact
same scene, and all we did
was change the music and sound effects.
But be honest,
the second time you saw it, you were
likely experiencing fear or dread, right?
How come all it took
was us messing with some music
and sound effects to completely change
your emotional reaction?
Here to explain
is our science friend, Alie Ward.
So, there's a lot of debate
over what emotions are exactly.
But at the most basic level,
emotions are internal changes
in your brain and your body
in response to an external cue.
In this case, the music in the trailer.
In the romantic movie version,
swells of strings in major keys
cause your brain to release
a pleasure chemical called dopamine,
which makes you
feel warm and fuzzy inside.
I had a secret.
And the horror movie version sounds scary,
because eerie drones and screechy tones
can trigger memories of threatening
animals or a crying baby,
letting you know
that danger may be coming.
Either way, emotions have a funny way
of sneaking up on you,
whether you expect them to or not.
As you're about to see, or feel.
Euuuww!
Have you ever caught a whiff of a friend's
stinky lunch and wanted to hurl?
Then you've definitely felt
this next emotion
disgust.
Urrgh. Disgust can hit you
like a punch in the gut.
But just how powerful is it?
Let's find out in this next experiment.
Hope you're hungry.
For today's menu,
I whipped up something great for kids.
I got homemade pizza,
hot dogs, apple juice.
And for dessert,
I got chocolate pudding
and my specialty,
cookie crumble with fudgy rolls.
I mean, who doesn't like fudgy rolls?
I know I do.
Hey, this says it all.
Sounds pretty good, right?
But there's a sick twist to today's lunch.
Our cook is gonna be serving moldy pizza,
bloody-finger hot dogs!
Urine-sample apple juice!
Pudding served in a diaper!
And kitty litter crumble.
So why are we doing this?
To conduct an experiment
with these hungry kids
who think they're here to sample new items
for their school cafeteria.
You guys hungry?
We want to see how their emotions will
affect their ability to try this food,
which they've been assured
is perfectly safe to eat.
Here's your hot dog and pudding.
Why is it in a diaper?
Oh, we ran out of plates. Sorry.
You like pizza?
Looks good, huh?
Really? Nobody wants the crumble?
-I'll try.
-You're gonna try the crumble? Here ya go.
Okay. Got one crumble.
-Does anybody wanna eat this?
-Not me.
So, we know these kids are hungry.
But let's see if they can stomach
what they've just been served.
How's the food? You like it?
Why is my apple juice
in a urine-sample cup?
I get the cups free at my doctor's office.
-What's the stuff on the pizza?
-Flavor!
Flavor?!
Even though it's essentially
the same food they love to eat,
no one has taken a bite.
Can you blame them?
Would you eat out of a diaper?
Or drink from a urine-sample cup?
Looks like a finger.
My appetite is gone. I'm done.
Would you rather die or eat this?
Die!
It's taken a while
but some kids finally have the guts
to try the food.
Will they like it?
Or, will their sense of taste
get grossed out, too?
Even the brave ones
can barely manage a nibble.
It's like it isn't even food to them.
-I'm not hungry anymore.
-You were savage. You said--
I lied.
Okay, so you're probably thinking these
kids are just crazy or being dramatic,
but they're not.
Sometimes your emotions can be
so powerful, they change the way
your brain interprets the world.
This came out of a cat's litter box.
So by taking perfectly good food
the kids normally enjoy
and presenting it in disgusting ways
-Oh, God.
-Don’t.
we were able to overwhelm their senses
with a feeling of disgust.
I'm gonna go to the bathroom
and wash my mouth out.
So instead of tasting
chocolatey goodness, they tasted
something completely different.
Your brain finds these foods revolting
because it's trying to protect you
from foods that are actually dangerous.
Miaow!
Another interesting thing about emotions
is that they often seem to pop up
when you least expect them to
or want them to.
This is making me
Arrrgh!
Hooo!
Much better.
Now, here's the question.
Do you control your emotions,
or do emotions control you?
Math attack!
To find out, let's play
a fun little game with math.
We're gonna show you a series of problems,
and your job is to solve them
in the time allotted.
But don't worry, we've made it
nice and easy for you.
Ready?
Let's go.
[urgent percussive music]
Did you get it?
Here's another one for you.
[urgent percussive music]
How about this one?
[urgent percussive music]
Ready?
[urgent percussive music]
Here's another one.
[urgent percussive music]
Time's up!
So, how'd you do?
We're guessing the way we ran that quiz
probably made you pretty
annoyed, stressed, or angry,
right?
[grumbles]
These emotions
trigger the release of
chemicals in your brain, like adrenaline,
which help you either attack or flee
in the face of a threat.
This response is useful
in a survival situation.
But it can trip you up when you're trying
to handle the stresses of every-day life
like a math quiz,
because the high-intensity chemicals
it releases
prevent you from using
the more rational parts of your brain.
Oh, and about that quiz
the solution was the same
to all the problems.
But your amped-up nerves
may have made you miss the answer,
which was right in front of you
the whole time:
the number three.
But don't worry.
Sometimes it can be a lot of fun to let
your emotions get the best of you.
To see what I mean, take a look at this.
So you think you can't laugh?
We're gonna show you a viral video
of the world's worst kayaker.
Your goal is to see how well
you can control your laughter.
Can you make it through the whole thing
without even a giggle?
Sarah, this has never happened,
and if I move, it sinks lower.
[Sarah laughs]
[sobbing]
Sarah, I don't know what to do.
-[Sarah laughing] I'm sorry. Stand up.
-Can you get my--
-[whining] No!
-Yes, it's safe.
No, there's-- it's too deep.
Uhhh, man!
[Sarah laughing] Oh, my God.
[whining]
Oh, my God. I don't know what to do.
-Oh, no!
-[Sarah laughs]
Okay. So, maybe you held it together.
Do you think other viewers can stay
as straight-faced as you?
Hey. How's it going?
We've invited kids to the studio
to watch the same video you just saw.
And we ask that you please do not laugh.
Let's see how well
they can check their chuckles.
Sarah, this has never happened,
and if I move, it sinks lower.
Sarah, help me.
-[Sarah laughing] Stand up.
-No, there's-- it's too deep.
Urrrgh! Nnnn! Aaa!
My kayak's sinking!
[Sahana]
Well, this guy cracked.
There's always one.
[kayaker]
Sarah, help me.
[Sahana] The rest of the kids got through
the video without laughing.
Okay, we're gonna run the same
experiment again,
except this time,
the kids watching the video
won't be alone.
Welcome back.
We're gonna bring in all four kids.
Same rules apply.
You just have to not laugh.
Same experiment.
But secretly, we've instructed
our laugher from round one
to disregard the rules and laugh out loud.
Whadda you think will happen?
Sarah, this as never happened,
and if I move, it sinks lower.
-[Sarah laughs hysterically]
-Oh huh huh ho!
Sarah, help me.
Sarah, it's too deep here.
I don't know what to do.
Oh, no!
Arrrgh!
[Sahana] That did it.
Seeing and hearing other people laugh
made it nearly impossible
for them not to laugh too.
[all laughing]
It's the same theory behind the laugh
track on your favorite TV sitcom.
That's how you do it.
[canned laughter]
Now let's switch it up again.
Admittedly, the kayakers
were pretty hilarious.
So, what if the video isn't funny,
but incredibly boring?
There is absolutely nothing funny
about a yule log!
Do you think there's any way
to get someone to laugh at it?
Turns out there just might be.
-Hello again.
-Hey, have a seat.
We'll bring in three kids from before
and one newbie.
All you have to do is not laugh.
And we secretly instruct the veteran
three to force themselves to laugh.
[silence apart from fire crackling]
Oh, my God.
[laughter continues]
[everyone laughs]
Looks like the presence
of a laughing crowd
can turn even the lamest video
into a must-see comedy.
What is going on here?
This experiment was meant to show
how your emotions are contagious.
So, your brain is programmed to mirror
the emotions of those around you
because feeling the same feels
is what bonds us together as humans.
One study found that you're 30 times
more likely to laugh at something
if someone else is present.
Seeing or just hearing someone else laugh
is a signal to your brain
that something funny is happening,
and your brain wants in.
That's because laughing releases pleasure
chemicals in your brain called endorphins.
So, in other words, laughing feels good
and is good for you.
It's ha ha ha ha ha healthy.
You don't have to laugh at that.
[canned laughter]
Have you ever heard of the phrase
"laughter is the best medicine"?
[electronic honking]
No, not to cure your 103-degree fever.
But the endorphins released to your body
from laughing
can actually help relieve symptoms
of stress and pain.
So go ahead, laugh it up.
So far, we've talked about fear,
anger,
disgust,
and
joy.
For our next emotion,
let's play another game
with puppies!
Pay close attention
and see if you can count how many puppies
come out of the box.
Surprise!
Sorry to startle you,
but it was the best way
to show you your fifth basic emotion.
And at least you got to see
some cute puppies, right?
Woof woof!
Now, while a surprise
can feel scary in the moment,
it's actually your brain and body
looking out for you.
I have a secret, too.
Being surprised causes you
to physically freeze
for 1/25th of a second.
Now, in that time,
the alarm system in your brain
is activated.
All of your cognitive resources,
like attention
and focus, are hijacked
and pulled into the moment.
[Sahana] So now you've gotten real
with how you feel
how good is your ability
to detect emotion?
Well, we're gonna put it to the test
in this last experiment.
Dot the feeling?
[Sahana] Watch this cartoon and pay
attention to how it makes you feel.
So, how did this animation make you feel?
What basic emotion would you say
the green dot is feeling?
Let's hear what some other people
had to say.
No one wanted to play with him,
he'd just met a friend,
and then that friend abandoned him
just to go with the other people.
It kind of wants to be part
of the red group.
Red group's not having it.
I think at the end,
he just didn't have what it took.
To be one of the cool balls.
Did you feel one way or another
about that green dot?
I felt sorry for the green dot,
'cause he was left alone.
It makes me feel sad for some reason.
Why did they do that to him?
I guess I felt bad for green dot.
-I think they should’ve let the green--
-Yeah, maybe they will.
-In the sequel.
-Yeah.
I mean, I know they're just dots,
but still.
Is that what you thought, too?
Makes sense. But here's the crazy thing.
Not only did everyone who watched
that video feel the same emotions,
but the fact that you felt
any emotions at all is pretty amazing.
After all,
we're talking about colored dots
randomly moving across your screen.
The idea that we were able to get you
to feel sorry for a lonely, green dot,
shows just how tuned in you are
to detect your emotions.
Don't worry, little guy.
I'll hang out widdya.
Go ahead, laugh it up.
Sorry.
Go ahead, laugh it up.
[sound guy guffaws]
[director] It's a cut.
[whole film crew laugh]