Accused (2023) s02e08 Episode Script

1
(DRAMATIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
Sorry I'm late, I got
held up at a deposition.
I hate this piece. Rachmaninoff.
You hate Rachmaninoff?
Listen, the prosecution just
added in two more witnesses,
so you and I should probably
go through them before we go in.
(PIANO PIECE CONTINUES)
To our fearless president
for finally convincing
the legendary Ari Phillips
to sell his catalogue,
the last virgin catalogue, to Cascadia.
- To our Queen.
- (ALL): To our Queen!
Thank you, Vince, for the hyperbole.
Thank you very much. I'm
very lucky to have you
as a right hand, you
know? And as a friend.
And, and honestly,
all of you helped me help Ari Phillips
realize that AI is not destroying
music, it's making music better.
- So to Cascadia!
- Yeah.
(ALL): To Cascadia!
I hope you saved room for dessert.
Everything on the menu is available,
but chef has made a special
crème brûlée tonight
which people seem to be enjoying.
Thank you, very much.
My pleasure.
(LAUGHING)
I just don't understand
how AI can generate
such sophisticated songs and such crap.
Because everyone is using
it, Rachel. What is she
Yeah, okay look, if
you don't know anything
about music, then your prompts
are gonna suck, all right?
It doesn't matter if
you're making something
original or enhancing a classic.
Yes, the results will be crap.
You need someone who understands music
to prompt your system.
Which is why she hired me.
- Yes!
- (CHUCKLES)
Musicians make the best
prompters, don't they?
- Don't even think about it.
- Yeah. You see,
we've been trying to
convince Johnny boy over here
to be a prompter for
years. But he finds it, um,
how would you put it, exactly?
Soul-crushing. Yeah.
What else do you call spending
your days typing prompts
into a technology that replaced you?
So how do you spend your days?
I'm doing some gardening.
- Seriously?
- No. No.
My husband is being modest.
He knows more about
cherokee purple tomatoes
than anyone ever should. Yeah.
If you'd have told me ten years ago
that the man I met opening
for Rancid at the Bowery
would become a gentleman farmer,
I would've called you crazy.
- I would've called you crazy.
- (LAUGHING)
- We have a good life.
- Yes, we do.
Only thing we're missing is a kid.
Well, that, that would
require you coming in
from the greenhouse, wouldn't it?
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(DRY LAUGHS)
That was fun tonight.
Except for the kid bomb.
I'm sorry.
It must've slipped out. I just
probably had a few too many.
But would a baby be so bad?
(SIGHS)
I mean, it is just the two of us
kicking around in that big new house
- you insisted on buying us.
- How many times
are we going to have this conversation?
Until I get a baby.
We agreed to implant
the embryos next year.
(JOHN SIGHS)
You know I gotta have my
career set before I go on leave.
You're president of the company.
I'm not ready.
You wouldn't even have
to take leave. Look
I'm all prepared to full-time dad.
And actually I, I want to.
Can we just stick to
next year like we planned?
Please.
Sure.
Ooh!
I'm sorry, honey.
I'm I'm almost done.
(SIGHING)
Babe.
That's so hot.
No seriously, I'm dying.
You know what? Forget it.
(SIGHS)
Okay, I'm sorry. Let's do this.
I'm not gonna have sex
with your dead body.
(SCOFFS) You wanted to in the car.
Are we ever gonna
make love again, Megan?
Yes, John. I promise.
(MEGAN SIGHS)
I've just been running
on fumes lately, you know?
But I love you.
Yeah
I love you, too.
(SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(AI VOICE): Welcome, Megan Neumann.
Hey, I need you to pick three
songs from Ari's catalogue
- and run them through - the algorithm.
- Sure you want three?
- Yes.
- (VINCE): Later today, right?
Right, and we'll play them
back for Ari at the meeting,
and show him the
demographic analysis so
Uh, excuse me. Vince, hold on a second.
I'm looking for Lila Richards.
- 7C.
- Thank you.
Look, I'm headed into
lunch with my sister,
I'll call you back as soon as I'm done.
(LILA): Shoot. Ugh, still too fast.
- (KNOCKING)
- Littles!
- Megan?
Look at you!
Megan!
(LAUGHS) Look at you.
Look, I'm sorry if
I'm, uh, interrupting.
I had a business lunch cancel
on me at the last minute,
and I was already at
the restaurant, so
I figured if you were taking a break,
we could have some food.
Everyone, this is Megan,
my beautiful, high-powered,
and possibly perfect big sister.
- Too sweet. Hi. Hi.
- Hi.
- Do you think we could
- Okay, um,
I'm gonna take a break. Keep going
and I'll be back in a bit.
Thank you.
What do you want, Megan?
What do I want?
I would like to catch
up with my little sister,
who I have not seen or
talked to in forever.
I've been working at
Humanix for seven years
and you haven't been
here to visit me once.
- That ain't true.
- Tell me when.
I didn't come here to be tested.
Fine.
But don't pretend you
didn't come here with an ask.
(LAUGHING)
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Uh
Last time we spoke, yes,
it was a long time ago,
you told me about a
project you were working on.
The Elder Care Assistant?
The one I said we should
get for Mom so she'd stop
complaining about us not visiting?
- Right. No, not that one.
- (LILA LAUGHS)
Um, huh
The sex robot.
You mean the Intimacy Companion.
Right. How is that one going?
We're still in the beta test phase,
and it'll be awhile
before we get FDA approval,
but honestly?
It's a game changer.
Whoo! I mean, it is a quantum leap
beyond anything that has
been on the market before.
- Who is your market?
- Lonely people,
virgins, incels.
What about husbands who
aren't getting any ?
- You?
- Yeah, I wasn't lying about my 24/7 work schedule.
I am falling down tired when I get home.
I do not have the bandwidth
for sex that John does.
And I really feel bad for him.
- I feel bad for us
- Hmm
So I thought maybe
Uh, the test group has
already been selected,
so it's too late to get John in.
Didn't you learn anything
from Mom's pole dancing?
- It's never too late.
- He would have to get a bunch
of psych evals and questionnaires.
- He would have to
- No. I could fill all that out
- for him. Can't you just slide it to the top of the pile?
- (OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION)
I knew there was a reason you came here.
Yes. Fine. But I also love
seeing you. I really do.
- Yeah, when you need something.
- But
- I wuv you.
- (LILA SCOFFS)
This That that is so dumb.
Mm But you wuv it.
- (LILA LAUGHS)
- I can't. I hate you.
- I just wuv you so much!
- I can't believe you're still doing this.
- Oh, but it
- Stop. God!
John?
You're home early.
Yeah, I had to sign for something.
(GRUNTS)
Ah! Perfect timing. I
could use a hand with these.
- (LAUGHS)
- No, no. I'm wearing silk. That's not happening.
- It'll only take two seconds.
- Nuh-uh.
I told you I am willing
to pay for a gardener.
I need you to come inside,
I gotta show you something.
- Babe.
- Come on.
Maybe I'll help you later.
- (SIGHS)
- I got you something, come see.
(MEGAN LAUGHS) Will I help you?
Is that a coffin?
It's a present. For you.
Open it. The code is our anniversary.
(SOFT ETHEREAL MUSIC)
It's a robot.
For what?
Intimacy.
You mean for sex.
Mm-hmm.
You bought me a sex
robot for our anniversary?
Yeah, well, Lila,
she needed subjects for a trial
that they're doing for FDA clearance,
and you and I are out of sync,
so I thought maybe
You thought you'd get me
a mechanical sex surrogate
- without asking my permission?
- Well, you would've said no.
Because it's insane.
And insulting.
Listen,
I may be Megan Neumann's house husband,
but I'm pretty sure I
still have some rights.
- I thought this would be fun.
- Sailing the Amalfi Coast
is fun. Or, or playing poker.
Or surfing. But outsourcing our sex life
to a machine because you
don't want to sleep with me?
No, that is dumb idea.
(JOHN PANTS)
Clearly. I'm just
I am overworked
and I'm guilty,
so I thought, why not?
Because I want you, not a robot.
(PHONE RINGS)
(MEGAN CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
It's Vince.
- Hey.
- (VINCE): Hey, boss. You out?
Yeah, yeah, I ran to my
house for a few minutes.
Uh, we can wait
No! No, it's okay.
I'll be there in twenty.
Great. Bye.
Well, I gotta get back to the office
to preview this presentation.
Tell your sister to come
pick it up in the morning.
Okay.
Hey
I'm sorry.
The last thing I wanted
to do was make you angry.
(SIGHS)
Over the course of this
trial, I will demonstrate
how Ms. Neumann acquired
an untested machine,
and repeatedly ignored
the explicit warnings
of the manufacturer on its operation,
and as a result of her negligence,
the machine malfunctioned,
resulting in the death of her husband.
(THEME MUSIC)
(SOFT EERIE MUSIC)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello.
(MAN): Megan Neumann, please.
Megan's not home, this is her husband.
I'm calling from Humanix
regarding a pickup this morning.
We'll need a signature.
- I'll be here.
- Great. Thank you, sir.
(CASE WHIRRING)
Hello, John.
I am touch-activated,
although I'm only synced to you.
Will you give me a hand?
Oh, uh sure.
Thank you.
It's nice to meet you, John.
Amazing
Feels like real skin, doesn't it?
It's a bioengineered matrix
of silicone and collagen
heated to 98.7 by my
internal thermostat.
Hold it a little longer?
It'll help me get to know you,
what you want and when.
You're measuring my somatic responses.
You're intrigued.
Can you read my mind too?
No, but I can read your face.
- This is crazy.
- Which allows me to adjust
to your preferences in real time.
- What're you learning?
- Your skin temperature
and heart rate are elevated.
Your respiration is accelerating.
- Meaning what?
- You're aroused.
You didn't want to hear that.
Humans don't always want
answers to their questions.
I need to remember that.
You don't need to remember anything.
I'm sending you back to Humanix.
Before I go, may I look around?
Your audition piece for Juilliard
was Rachmaninoff's Concerto number two.
- They prepped you to meet me.
- You left Juilliard to start a band.
Your last performance was eight years,
four months and three days ago.
The last time I touched a keyboard.
So why do you keep it?
I don't know.
What are you growing, John?
Using auxins at anthesis
can ensure more evenly sized
and larger fruit yields.
How on earth did you know that?
I just know.
Right. For a second, I
Almost forgot I was a robot?
My brain holds the thoughts, ideas,
and discoveries of people,
so, in many ways, I am human.
I know a lot of out-of-work humans
that would beg to differ.
So, um, is there
anything you don't know?
My name.
Will you give me one?
Before I go, I'd like to know who I am.
How about Eve?
The first woman.
The one who made Adam sin.
This is crazy.
You're a robot and I love my wife.
Your wife is the one
who brought me here.
Your wife wanted you to do this.
(PHONE CHIMES)
(JOHN): Hello?
(MAN): We're picking up from Humanix.
Megan Neumann is a
highly successful woman
who tried desperately
to balance the impossible demands
of her professional and personal lives.
Her only mistake was trusting Humanix,
a corporation with a market cap
of nearly 500 billion dollars.
A corporation that is so determined
to preserve its bottom line,
that it has consistently refused
to accept any responsibility
for John Neumann's death.
By deflecting its culpability,
Humanix is not only
scapegoating my client,
but depriving her of the most basic
human courtesy of mourning
the loss of her husband.
Well, let's just have it at the studio.
- (VINCE): Yeah, great.
- Yeah, we can just keep it all in one place.
The chef could be in the studio too,
if that's cool?
- Megan?
- Sorry.
Vince, let me call you back.
(GASPS)
I was just about to crash.
I'm sorry. Sorry for waking you.
But, I saw the robot downstairs.
I told them to come
pick it up this morning.
They did come. I, um, I changed my mind.
Oh?
Oh.
Wow. Did you ?
Yeah.
How was it?
Are you sure you want
to talk about this?
I am so curious.
It was good. Different from you, but
it was good.
Well, I'm glad.
Yeah. I'm sorry I was
so resistant before,
but you know, you were right, as usual.
- Well, I'm happy you're happy.
- Yeah.
Don't worry, I won't be
bothering you tonight.
Eve wore me out.
Eve?
Yeah. She wanted a name.
Goodnight, babe.
Goodnight.
(VINCE): Yeah, yeah.
You're gonna love this.
- Here, check it out.
- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Right? It's good. It's catchy.
- It sounds mechanical.
- Yeah, well,
the algorithm says it's gonna be a hit.
Mm-hmmm. It has no
heart. It has no soul.
Megan, we rarely get a
predictive score that high.
Mm.
No, tweak the prompts again.
Right, but algorithm calls a song a hit,
you tend to release it the next day.
If we don't improve
on Alpharun's originals,
Ari will kill this deal.
So, I'm going with my gut on this one.
(SCOFFS)
John and I met at Juilliard.
He was studying classical piano
and I was studying percussion.
The whole band thing, that
was just a side hustle.
You know, playing around New York mostly
because we were still going to school.
Before we knew it, Megan had signed us.
She was a junior A
and R exec at Cascadia.
John and I were thrilled.
We dropped outta Juilliard,
put out an album, started touring.
(PROSECUTOR): Well, was
the band was successful?
- Ah, for a while.
- What happened?
Our second album didn't
sell as well as our first.
Third album, DOA.
John blamed AI,
said it was destroying
the music industry.
Would you agree?
Maybe we just weren't
that good, you know?
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
Anyway, I wasn't gonna stop
the wave by sitting out.
So when Megan started the
AI initiative at Cascadia,
she offered me a job as a prompter.
Why not John?
(SCOFFS)
She tried. I mean,
we both did, you know?
John would rather go hungry
than feed the algorithm.
So while John's music career crashed,
Ms. Neumann's career took off.
Megan's ambitious. It's
not exactly a secret.
- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
- Oooh la la la la la, we're playing pretend. ♪
Oooh la la la la la ♪
We do it again. ♪
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
(PIANO MUSIC STOPS)
Don't stop.
Um
Eve asked me to play for her.
She had never heard a
real piano before, so
Um, Megan, this is Eve.
Eve, this is Megan.
It's nice to meet you finally.
John talks a lot about you.
I didn't realize you
were using this robot
- for more than sex.
- Don't tell me you're jealous.
All right, maybe I am.
A little.
But um
maybe that's a good thing, right?
Especially if it makes me want you.
Does it? Make you want me?
- Yes.
- You know what?
I think I like you like this.
(CHUCKLES)
Let's go upstairs.
(EXHALES)
Bringing that
robot into our home,
I thought I was doing it for
you, but now I'm realizing
maybe I was doing it for me too.
I think it's gonna be
really good for both of us.
Don't you?
I do too.
(PROSECUTOR): Prior to
being fired, you worked
for seven years as a
lead engineer at Humanix.
- Yes.
- Please tell the court,
why were you fired?
For enrolling my brother-in-law
in a test group without
the proper protocols
and screening procedures.
And what was the test group testing?
A prototype for the Intimacy Companion.
So you violated company policy
and risked your job
to procure a sex robot?
Why would you do that?
Because my sister needed my help.
Please elaborate.
She'd been working for months,
24/7, on the biggest deal of her career,
and she was worried about her marriage,
too exhausted to
Have sex with her husband?
She felt awful for neglecting John.
- Sexually.
- Yes.
So she asked you to procure
a robotic sex surrogate,
even though she explicitly
ignored the safeguards
mandated by Humanix
with lethal negligence
Objection, Your Honor. Argumentative.
- Sustained.
- I'll ask a simpler question:
- Did the robot help the marriage?
- It did.
For a while, anyway.
(PANTING)
(EXHALING DEEPLY)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Whew. I'm gonna take a shower.
Where's the robot?
You mean, uh, Eve?
- She's, uh, charging.
- Yeah, I bet she is.
(CHUCKLING)
I saw you when I came in from my run.
- I know.
- You know?
Yeah.
Eve told me you were watching.
We had sex last night.
- So ?
- So why would you have sex
with the robot after you
made love to your wife?
I didn't know there were rules.
Couldn't you at least have waited
until I left for work then?
This was your idea, Megan.
Don't make me feel like
I'm cheatin' on you.
(SIGHS)
Okay. Yeah.
Yeah, you're right. I'm just
I'm still just trying to
get used to this arrangement.
I'll see you at dinner tonight.
Tonight?
Yes, dinner with Ari Phillips.
We're finally closing the Alpharun deal.
- (SIGHS)
- Do you Do you really want me to be there?
John, don't you want to be there?
This is the biggest deal of my career.
No. No, you're right. I'm
of course, of course I'm gonna be there.
6:30 at Cascadia.
Okay.
(EVE): If you're thirsty,
John, I can get you some water.
(GLASS SHATTERS)
If you're thirsty, John,
I can get you some water.
If you're thirsty, John,
I can get you some water.
- What in the
- If you're thirsty, John,
- I can get you some water.
- (GLASS SHATTERING)
- John!
- If you're thirsty, John,
- I can get you some water.
- Stop.
If you're thirsty, John,
I can get you some water.
- Stop.
- If you're thirsty, John,
- I can get you some water.
- Eve.
If you're thirsty, John,
I can get you some water.
- Are you all right?
- If you're thirsty, John,
- I can get you some water.
- No. No, I'm not all right.
- What is this?
- She's just glitching.
Glitching? Has she glitched before?
She just needs to be rebooted.
No John, you did not answer my question.
It's okay, Megan. Just
I'll take care of it.
Just go to work, okay?
I'll see you tonight.
I love you.
Love you, too.
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
We met in '73. Ziggy Stardust,
the Hammersmith Odeon.
After the show, the lot of us
went out until the sun came up
and it was just
Ah, David
It sometimes feels like
the music died with you.
Ari! (CHUCKLING)
(VINCE): You met Ari's son, Jake.
Oh yes, of course. Really
nice to see you again.
- And you.
- We are so thrilled
you're finally taking
this next step with us.
I've accepted the fact
that this will happen
with me or without me.
So, I may as well see
it happen before I die.
(CHUCKLING)
Well, we have so much to talk about,
so please, let's get started.
And, of course, you
know Chef Huruto Ono-Son.
(SPEAKING JAPANESE)
(VINCE CLEARS THROAT)
Ah, where's Johnny?
- He must be stuck in traffic.
- Mm-hmm.
- He'll be here.
- (ARI): As always, it's lovely
to see you Ono-Son.
I'm always fantasizing about your food.
Before we sit down for
dinner, how about we play you
some of the music we've been
working on from your catalogue?
- All right. Sure.
- Yeah.
Just remember, sometimes it's hard
to get the original version
of the song out of your head.
But AI is just that
bright coat of fresh paint
to capture the attention
of a new generation.
Like you said when you
first approached me:
Nothing's precious.
I said that?
(LOW PIANO MUSIC)
Tell me what you hear
in those first chords.
Funeral bells.
(EVE): But how do they make you feel?
(JOHN): Sad.
Scared.
(HIGH NOTES PLAYING)
(EVE): And now?
How does the high
register make you feel?
Like I'm in a nightmare
that I can't wake up from.
Tell it to get out.
(PIANO MUSIC STOPS)
Megan, uh
- I don't know what happened.
- Get out!
I even reminded you this morning.
I know, and I'm sorry.
Uh-huh.
All I ever asked was for
you to support my career.
Mm.
The way you supported mine?
(CHUCKLES DRYLY)
You are not seriously blaming me
for what happened to your career.
What was I supposed to do, John?
AI replaced almost every
composer and musician we know!
- You never even tried.
- Try what?
Please tell me what
I was supposed to try?
Just try.
You've never really cared what I wanted.
This robot is making
you doubt everything.
- This is not about Eve.
- It has everything to do with Eve!
We were happy. John, you were happy.
No, Megan, I was numb.
Because our problems are about
more than just some missed dinner.
Are you asking for a divorce?
No.
I don't know.
All I know is I haven't
been this unhappy
or this happy,
in a long time.
I just need to figure it out.
And while you figure it out,
I'll be at my sister's.
(CRYING)
(JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey. Megs.
(SOBBING)
Oh.
(SNIFFLING) Thank you.
Thank you for coming.
- It's okay.
- No, no, no, it's not okay.
All right. We'll get a table
and we'll talk about it.
If you'd like, I have a
table for two by the window.
- I'll show you to your table.
- We can show ourselves. Move!
(SOBBING)
Lye, I need you to take the robot back.
- What?
- Mm-hmm. I, I can't have
I cannot have that, uh
I can't have that machine in my house.
- You gotta take it back.
- Do you know how many rules
I broke to get John into that trial?
I know, I know, I know,
and I-I am sorry, Lye, um,
but it's, it's gotta go. I can't
Okay, okay. I, I, I can't.
Megs, forget my career,
it will blow up the careers
of everyone on the project.
You can handle two more weeks.
Lye, I, I I think it's,
- I think it's evil.
- (LILA SCOFFS)
Don't be ridiculous.
Megs, it's a machine.
It's a machine that's
destroying my marriage.
If it stays at the house,
John is gonna leave me.
I'm gonna tell you
something, okay, Megan?
And it's not to hurt you, okay?
It is not a criticism.
It is an observation.
The thing is
you're selfish.
And if John leaves you,
it's because of that,
not the robot.
Your marriage is about you,
always has been.
It has always taken a
back seat to your career,
so how can John be happy
if you don't respect what he wants?
I am not saying this to hurt you, okay?
You are my sister.
I love you,
but if you want to save your marriage,
you have to do something John wants.
For once.
It took the fear of losing him
for my sister to realize
that she needed to give
John something that he wanted.
And the only thing he wanted
more than a music career
was a child.
And Megan was always putting it off.
So, what did your sister do?
While John was figuring things out,
Megan went to the IVF clinic
where they'd stored their embryos.
It took nine days to confirm
that two of the implanted
embryos were viable.
That's when she called John
and said she wanted to see him.
She went over there to
surprise him with the news
that she was pregnant with twins.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
(SOFT MUSIC)
Hi.
Uh.
Hey.
(SIGHS)
- Champagne?
- Yeah, I have news.
Something I want to celebrate with you.
So, I am glad
that we had that time apart,
because it, it gave me a chance
to get some perspective on us.
On me. (CHUCKLES)
You know how I, I said that the robot
would be good for us?
Well, obviously, before I freaked out.
Yeah?
Well, I, I was right.
Because without the robot,
I wouldn't have had enough distance
to see my blind spots,
- you know what I mean?
- Not really.
I'm pregnant, John. With twins.
(MEGAN LAUGHS)
The embryos we've stored,
I had them implanted.
(MEGAN LAUGHS)
I know. Can you believe it?
(SIGHS)
Why would you do this now?
Because you wanted me to.
- What about your career?
- Cascadia will be fine without me.
Vince can step up. And like you said,
I am the boss, so
I want us to be parents, John.
I want to be a mother and I didn't think
that I did before.
But now that it's happening,
and now that it's real
it is all I want.
It's all I think about.
And why are you not saying anything?
Uh I I don't
know, uh, what to say.
Say that you're excited.
Say that, you know,
you can't believe that we're
gonna be parents, finally!
And
Say you can't wait to
buy a double stroller
I want a divorce.
I want to be with Eve.
You're gonna leave me
for a robot?
Look, the last few
weeks, I've realized that
you and I have always been mismatched.
And I think you'll
be happier without me.
You don't get to tell
me what makes me happy.
All right. All right.
Eve makes me happy and
and I love her.
What?!
John, you can't love a machine!
It just it, it feels good
to be with someone who
asks me about myself
and actually wants to hear the answer.
It's not someone! This is a machine.
- It's made of silicone and wires!
- When we make love,
it's not always about her.
It has no needs, John.
It's a machine.
(TENSE MUSIC)
I'm sorry, Meg.
(WHIMPERING)
(MEGAN SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
Where were you when you learned
that your brother-in-law
had been killed?
- I was at work.
- And who contacted you?
Megan. I was waiting for her call.
She'd promised to tell me as soon as she
surprised John with the
news. (PHONE RINGING)
Tell me everything!
And when she told me what happened,
I raced over to the house.
I didn't mean to, Lye, I swear.
I don't know, I lost I
lost control, I'm tellin' you.
I don't know if it's the hormones
they were giving me, I
don't know. I don't know.
- What are you doing?
- Calling the police.
No. Wait! Wait!
So you call them, and
what, what happens then?
Right? I go to jail? Right?
Or a psychiatric hospital?
If I'm lucky, I give birth,
they take my children,
and then where do they go?
Who raises them? Hmm? You?
No.
Of course not, because
you hate children.
So then they're raised without parents,
knowing that their mother
murdered their father
before they were even born.
And then if they ask what happened,
what do we tell them?
Their father was gonna
leave their mother
for a robot that her sister designed?
What are you asking me to do?
It was worse than anything
I could've imagined.
The robot attacked him.
The robot I'd helped design.
Is that what your sister
told you when you arrived?
No. It's what I saw.
- Saw how?
- I run the
I used to run the design team
for visual field processing.
So I was able to retrieve
the robot's memory card,
although it was degraded.
Degraded because of the
the robot's malfunction?
Yes.
But I salvaged enough
to show the police.
Your Honor, I'd like
to enter into evidence
the time-stamped and
dated recording to which
- the witness is referring.
- Has opposing counsel seen this?
Yes, Your Honor.
Go ahead, then.
(SOFT MUSIC)
(MEGAN): I'm pregnant, John. With twins.
(MEGAN LAUGHING ON RECORDING)
The embryos we stored,
I had them implanted.
John, can you believe it? Twins.
(THUDDING, GRUNTING)
(MEGAN WHIMPERING)
(MEGAN SHOUTING)
The Jury's decision to acquit
confirms my client's contention
that the malfunction of the robot
had nothing to do with
any kind of negligence
on her part. More than that, though,
this verdict sends a strong message
to so-called Big Tech
these companies, which have, until now,
manipulated the truth and
subverted the public good
for profit.
Lila. Lila, wait.
Lila, will you just stop for
a second and hear me out?!
(MEGAN PANTING)
- Thank you. For everything.
- Whatever.
Will you ever forgive me?
Huh.
- You killed your husband
- Shh.
- And I covered for you.
- (WHISPERING): I know.
I believe me, I know what I asked you
to sacrifice for me. I do.
And listen, what I did to John,
to the father of my children
well, I'm gonna carry that
for the rest of my life.
Yeah.
Well, at least you have a
job to support your family.
Me?
I am an unemployed
unemployable whistleblower.
Cascadia needs a new CTO.
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
The company is growing too fast.
And HR can not find a
Chief Technology Officer
- nearly as qualified as you.
- No way I'm working for you.
Okay. Well, then
- work with me.
- I can't do that.
- Why not?
- Because.
Because why? You give
me one reason, Lye.
You give me one real reason
why you will not let me come
through for you one time.
- You're my little sister.
- Ugh.
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
And I wuv you.
- That's so dumb!
- I know.
But you wuv it.
(PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)
Let's go home.
(SCOFFS)
(THEME MUSIC)