American Horror Stories (2021) s03e06 Episode Script
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[KNIFE CLINKING]
[MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN]
[TIMER DINGS]
O kay.
[HUMMING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"]
No, no, no.
No singing.
There you go. You're welcome.
What's that on you?
- Pomegranate?
- Lingonberry.
I thought of you showing me the fjords.
Remember? A nice memory.
Wow. [INHALES SHARPLY]
Ah.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
No, no, no, you have to do it.
It's bad luck otherwise.
I-I can't.
It's Here.
Despite some challenges,
I I'm savoring this chapter.
And I'm loving these new
enthusiasms of yours.
That cake, your coq au vin.
You're the one who sent me
to cooking school.
It's just tremendous. [CHUCKLES]
But it took you too many years, John.
- What did?
- To connect with a real passion.
An adult one. Something beyond
- a pub and a locker room.
- Mm.
Are you about to give me
another one of those
"in life" speeches?
Well, fourth grade humanities
and a coaching position,
it just feels so juvenile.
- I like routine.
- That is not true.
Our Sundays have a pall.
You dread the start of every school week.
It doesn't work for me that you bring home
every rhinovirus and strain of influenza.
It's just not safe.
So me at home, no job,
a widow to a workaholic.
Like one of those American housewives
waiting for their rich husbands
to come home to dinner.
- [CHUCKLES] I only meant
- I changed my entire life,
my entire sense of self
to live here with you.
And I value that, I do.
I really do, so much.
But if I don't have
something of my own, a purpose,
then I'll wind up in some spiral,
some-some some free fall.
- And I'll catch you.
- Officially?
In the eyes of God and your attorneys?
It's my birthday,
and I feel more like giving
than receiving.
[JOHN] No.
[DAVID] Yes.
[GASPS]
[JORDAN WHISTLES]
Well, top of the morning, Hot Wheels.
You're not gonna let me live this down.
- I know it.
- Probably not.
But you worked hard for this.
You deserve nice things.
Speaking of, I got us these.
They're for this app called JogMapper.
- JogMapper?
- Yeah, we can track each other's runs with them.
You said you wanted
an accountability buddy,
and now you got two, me and a satellite.
I don't need any tech
to prep for a marathon.
Yeah, somebody's gotta tire you out.
I'm not in the mood for spicy this morning.
[JORDAN] You know,
it's fun spending these checks
from your old man.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
We've been exploring how ancient cultures
use similar shapes to engage,
to engage with big ideas, right?
- So what do we have, right?
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
We have gods, we have kings,
we have immortality.
We have the afterlife.
We have tombs and temples.
Spaces that were meant to bring
these ancient people
closer to the unknown.
Now, up here
[PHONE VIBRATES] - Do we
see a similar shape up here anyway?
Can you see a shape
shape that you would know?
Yes, Caroline.
- Triangles? - What's that?
- [phone vibrates.
- Triangles.
- Triangles, yes. Exactly right.
Triangles. And do we know in what century
these triangles first appeared? Anyone?
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Anyone at all?
Does anyone does anyone
It's a tough, tough question, I
[GIRL] I thought you said no more screens.
Yeah, I know. I just need to, uh
Yeah?
[ZIEGLER] John, this is Dr. Ziegler.
There's been an incident.
David's had a stroke, an embolism.
We have him on blood thinners.
The full analysis
of the CT scan is pending,
but things are delicate,
so please get over here now.
- David-David Randolph?
- Over there.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER P.A.]
This is my hospital, and he is my patient.
Your protocols are overridden.
- On what authority?
- David's own mandate.
Ms. Kieslowski
This woman insists on putting your partner
into a medically induced coma.
What? What are you talking
What is happening here?
David let me know that
if it ever got to this,
he had a plan for what to do,
so that's what we're doing.
It's in his advance directive, which is why
we have to transport him immediately.
Transport him where?
To his lab, Toranos headquarters.
No. No, no, no. You need
my authorization for that.
Actually, no.
There's no legal binding agreement
between you and David giving you
power of attorney.
Am I correct, John?
[MAN OVER P.A.] Dr. Coleman, dial 133.
Dr. Coleman, dial 133 please.
[SIZZLING]
[WIND WHOOSHING]
[SIGHS]
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey.
[JORDAN] This is your truancy officer
calling about an unexcused absence.
- I called in, didn't I?
- No idea.
My JogMapper told me you're not in school.
Is everything okay?
Yeah, I'm-I'm It's David. David's not
What happened?
David's in a coma right now.
He's being moved to
He moved to his company's lab.
His lab?
Yeah, it's what David wanted.
Why would that be any better?
Better patient-to-staff ratio.
Easier access to some treatment
that they're putting him on.
I'm actually just pulling up
to the place right now.
Dude, are you reading from
a fucking PowerPoint?
What the actual fuck?
I mean, if this were my partner,
I think I'd sound a little less
empty about all of this.
You have no idea what I'm feeling.
John, I'm sorry,
but David is very fucking persuasive.
And that's why he's a billionaire,
but I don't know.
Like, out in the normal world,
this sounds a little spooky.
Is there anything I can do?
I can bring some food by,
or come by the house.
John?
I'll call you back.
Hey, I'm, um John. John Hunter.
I'm with, uh, let's see.
It's here somewhere. Here.
David Randolph. I'm in the system, so
[GUARD] Okay, let me just call it in.
No, no, there's no there's no need to.
[GUARD] Hey. Hey!
[ALARM SOUNDING]
[MAN OVER P.A.]
Security breach, Building A.
Heading to the south wing.
Secure all exits.
[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]
Hey!
[JOHN PANTING]
David?
Hey. David.
Hey!
[MUMBLES]
[KIESLOWSKI] Mr. Hunter.
Next time just check in at the front desk.
[Kie.
With the right stimulation, light waves,
naturally occurring peptides
proprietary insights
I won't go into just now
you can teach the body to heal itself.
Improve itself, even.
He's receiving the best care.
Inventions of his own making.
This is all his design.
[STEADY BEEPING]
He knew it would be confusing.
So better to let David explain it himself.
I'll give you two some privacy.
Hello, John.
I made a plan without you, but
for you, for both of us.
As you well know,
my health has been in question.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] I've steered more money
than I'd care to admit
to pursue a medical miracle.
Thankfully, all that brainpower
got somewhere.
I now know that I can get better.
That will take some time
and I will need full-time care.
[SIGHS] If only there was a way
to be two places at once
After my diagnosis, I commissioned a team
to engineer an android
that could look like me,
sound like me, think like me.
An optimized clone of sorts.
A "David" that could appear in my stead
if I had to take a step back
from my duties.
The David you will soon be meeting
is programmed to see the world like I do,
like I have.
It's powered by a self-improving
artificial intelligence program
that has been fed every part
of my biography
journal entries,
corporate emails, old birthday cards,
videos of my first piano recital, even.
But our initial tests revealed
that something is missing.
Something that could make
the android less cold,
less uncanny.
And that something, John,
is you.
You are a huge part of what makes me
- the man I am today.
- [BOX BEEPS OPEN]
Only you can calibrate the AI's algorithm,
make it more human, more "David."
And I hope I will have given you
a familiar companion while I'm away.
Your new David already knows
a lot about you,
and he'll be learning even more.
Just by spending time with him,
he will continue to improve.
The first day will be the hardest.
- [SOBBING]
- [DAVID] But one day,
while I'm still away,
I hope you wake up glad
he's there beside you.
[CRYING]
[DAVID] I want you to be happy,
Johnny darling.
And I promise, I'll see you soon.
[JOHN] Well, they didn't
get the eyes right.
- [ELECTRONIC CHIRP]
- Hello, John.
[GASPING SOFTLY]
[SOFT WHIRRING]
What's wrong, Johnny darling?
You're scared.
Tell me why, John.
Uh, off, off, off.
[STAMMERING] Sh-Shut down.
Shut shut it Fuck.
Fuck.
Good night, David.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[GASPS]
[JOHN] You-you can't be in here.
Get out. I'm sleeping.
Get No.
This is You No. No, no, no.
Come on. Come with me.
- Where are we going?
- Just come with me.
[SIGHS] Come on. Just go over there.
Stay in the corner.
And power down.
I will power down after you fall asleep,
- automatically.
- Just turn off.
- Off.
- [WHIRS]
- Good night, David.
- [POWERING DOWN]
[JOHN] I can't.
I can't. It's just not the same.
There's only one David Woodrow Randolph.
[STEADY BEEPING]
You secretly funded a shareholder rebellion
against Smith and Wesson.
For your 60th in Montecito,
Gayle and Oprah, they-they had us over,
and-and Vanessa Williams
she serenated us with
"Saved the Best for Last."
'Cause you're David fucking Randolph.
You're David Randolph.
[SIGHS]
We need the room now.
[JOHN] I just want to spend
- a little more
- I'm sorry.
[JOHN EXHALES]
- Good morning, David.
- [ELECTRONIC CHIRP]
- Hello, John.
- Thanks. Just
please come here.
Sit.
[WATER RUNNING]
[WATER TURNS OFF]
Jesus.
- What are you doing here?
- From what I understand,
body lotion is most effective
- immediately after a hot shower.
- [SCOFFS]
- I don't want any of that st
- Can I help you relax, John?
[EXHALES]
Yeah, that's, um
How do you, how do you even, uh
[EXHALES]
I can remember
how to touch you, John.
How you like to be touched.
Would you like me to go deeper?
Yeah.
[JOHN GRUNTS]
[COUGHS]
Leave that
Hey, stop it.
S-Stop it! Get
Stop it!
[COUGHS]
[GASPING BREATHS]
- [GRUNTING]
- What? What are you doing?
Stop!
It's okay. It's okay.
Is your neck still hurting?
When David got sick,
I told him he couldn't scare me off.
But I am scared.
None of this feels right,
and-and it just it hasn't
felt right for a while now.
I keep, I keep pretending that I'm okay,
that I can be okay for David,
that I belong in this house, even, but
I just, I don't, I don't have
any control over my own life.
Over anything.
Did you know that you are
grieving right now?
From what I understand, grief
can be a confusing condition.
Lots of emotions can be felt
almost simultaneously.
Anger. Sadness. Nostalgia. Regret.
I am here for you, John.
It's safe to share these feelings with me.
Thanks.
Thank you.
I am good at prep work
that others find tedious, John.
While you're steeping peppers,
may I prepare the onion?
Yeah.
[ONION CRUNCHING]
[EXHALES]
- I hope the new technique is helpful, John.
- [SCOFFS]
Yes.
It is, it's, um
It's very helpful, David. Thank you.
Is that the onion?
Is what the onion, John?
David
would you
would you like to join me for dinner?
I would like that very much, John.
Thank you.
I turn up in the place and I come inside,
go up the turnstile
and I see the hallowed turf below.
And
And I fall in love.
Ossie Ardiles was our manager at the time.
[STAMMERS, GRUNTS SOFTLY]
Why not?
There.
Right.
Cheers.
- Clink.
- Cheers.
[ROBOT DAVID CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[JOHN] Mm.
[CHUCKLES]
No, no, no.
It's-it's okay. Not too much.
Mm.
Savor it.
Savor it?
[CHUCKLES]
[ROBOT DAVID] Good morning.
Truffles in your omelet, J?
[CHUCKLES]
Some veggies might be nice,
if-if you can manage that.
Sure thing.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey, hey.
Hot Wheels.
Someone's looking chipper this morning.
Yeah, finally feeling
a bit better, I guess.
[LAUGHS] Thank Christ for that.
Maverick's been missing his Goose.
Up for a run?
Nice day out.
Grab a sundowner after.
It's Saturday, babe. Let's get sweaty.
I'll see you in 20.
[JOHN] Wha Uh, okay.
[SCOFFS]
Maybe hold on to those-those, uh, omelets.
I'll be back.
[JOHN] Hey.
Hey.
What, you just, uh [CHUCKLES]
Just let yourself in?
Yeah. Ready to hit the road?
Uh, yeah, just, uh, I need a quick sec.
I got to finish something.
Actually, I got to drain the lizard.
- Right. Um
- Where's the bathroom?
Just upstairs.
Okay.
[TOILET FLUSHES]
[SOFT WHIRRING NEARBY]
John?
John-o?
Hello, Jordan.
[JORDAN] What the fuck?!
[JOHN] Yes
He's just so I have
someone else in the house.
Can't you just get a body pillow?
[SNAPPING FINGERS]
All right, buddy.
I got to get you out of here.
Ready?
Mm-hmm.
[CLOCK TICKING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[JORDAN LAUGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[JORDAN AND JOHN LAUGHING]
[JOHN SHUSHING]
[JORDAN] You're so fucking sexy.
You're so fancy.
Is that edible hitting you?
- Let's go.
- J-Just [SHUSHING]
[JORDAN] Oh, I'm gonna take you for a ride.
[LAUGHTER]
[JORDAN GRUNTING]
[LAUGHTER]
[JOHN] All right, I'm not I'm not
[JORDAN] We got this,
this is a weird dance.
[JOHN] Wait, wait, wait, wait.
[JORDAN] Come away!
[JOHN] No, yeah, I'm
I'm starting I can feel it.
- [JORDAN] Just go with it, man.
- [JOHN] I'm dizzy.
[JORDAN] I'm gonna make you feel so good.
[JOHN] Wait, w-wait, wait,
stop, stop, stop.
[JORDAN MOANS]
I'm really fucking good at this.
Wait, wait, stop, stop. [PROTESTING]
Oh, we're playing hard to get, huh?
- Hey, what the
- That's fine.
- [JOHN GRUNTS]
- I like it rough.
I can give it to you [GRUNTS]
- I can give it to you real good.
- [JOHN SCREAMS]
Just just go with it, okay?
[JOHN SCREAMS]
Hey, I'm gonna put it in,
and it's gonna be in
for a very long time, okay?
[GRUNTS]
Get the fuck off! Get the fuck out!
Get the fuck out! Get the fuck out!
Fuck off!
You're such a fucking drama queen.
It's not your house, by the way.
- Get out.
- Your old geezer sugar daddy.
[PANTING] Get the fuck out.
This whole thing, it's giving "whore."
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SPUTTERS]
- [GRUNTS]
- [GLASS BREAKS]
[SKILLET SIZZLING]
[JORDAN] Hello?
[ROBOT DAVID] That sounded
like it hurt, Jordan.
Are you all right?
Fine, thanks.
The hell are you doing?
[ROBOT DAVID] I'm roasting
a blend of nuts and herbs
in a large skillet.
It's best over an open fire.
You are so fucking creepy.
That lotion in your pocket,
you shouldn't take from David.
[STAMMERS, CHUCKLES]
Whoa.
If you want something, ask permission.
Stay the fuck away from me.
It's too late to teach you anything.
[SOFT WHIRRING]
[SQUELCHES]
[BONES CRACKING]
No, please. Please, please.
I'm going to put it in.
[GASPS]
And it's going to be in
for a very long time.
- [SLICING]
- [JORDAN GURGLES]
[KNIFE SLICES, CLATTERS]
[GURGLES]
[BODY THUDS]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
- [SIGHS]
[HAMMERING]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
- [SQUELCHING]
[FLAMES WHOOSHING]
[WHIRRING]
[DISTANT CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING CONTINUES]
- [WHIRRING]
- [CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING CONTINUES]
[EXHALES SOFTLY]
- [APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
[ROBOT DAVID] I made you a sandwich.
With fresh sourdough and some chicken
I found in the fridge.
[SIGHS]
Mm.
Mm.
You slept late.
I-I think I need s-some space today, David.
Perhaps you could
perhaps you could just stay
on the other side of the house today?
- Is there
- Thank you.
Thank you.
I'll be in the kitchen.
[PANTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PHONE CHIMES]
[PANTING SOFTLY]
[JOHN] Where's Jordan?
What have you done?
- I do what you need me to, John.
- Now how do you know what I need?
- I anticipate what you need.
- No! No.
I-I'm not a child.
I can tell you what I need.
You do need help, John. Sometimes.
[JOHN WHISPERS] "Sometimes."
You know, I-I don't know
what you have done,
and-and I can't figure out if
you're trying to hide it from me
or you're-you're trying
to show me for some reason.
People will do anything
to protect the ones they love.
Love? You Who have you ever loved?
I love you, John.
My purpose is to love you.
It's words. You're just,
you're repeating words
that you have been programmed to say,
a program that is designed
to manipulate me,
no matter what
I fucking say or do or think.
I know what I want to do, John.
I can't do that if you won't let me.
Let you what?
Let me be
who you've always wanted me to be.
["DESCRIBE" BY PERFUME GENIUS PLAYING]
[EXHALES]
No bells anymore ♪
Just my stomach rumbling ♪
Can you ♪
Describe them for me? ♪
Can you ♪
Describe them for me? ♪
- Savor it.
- [LAUGHS]
The lock on the door ♪
Mm-hmm.
Is barely holding ♪
Can you ♪
Just wait here with me? ♪
Can you ♪
Just wait here with me? ♪
["IF I COULD SEE THE WORLD"
BY PATSY CLINE PLAYING]
What a wonderful ♪
I'm feeling a little dizzy.
- Can I help?
- [CHUCKLES] No.
Just disoriented.
You know, last night was
I've never
I've never felt so in sync with anyone.
Is there anything I can do better?
No.
It was perfect.
Through the eyes ♪
[PHONE RINGING]
Smiling faces ♪
All the while ♪
- M-Ms. Kieslowski.
- [KIESLOWSKI] David's awake.
He's been stable since yesterday.
- He's gonna be all right.
- Um, h-how
[STAMMERS] I thought his numbers were down.
He's starting to eat solids.
- Y-Yeah, no, I'm just
- He's made a full recovery.
Uh-huh. Uh, just a little
surprised, that's-that's all.
What a toll this must have taken on you.
Our team will be coming by later
to pick up the android.
Before they do,
let's debrief on the next steps.
- First
- I'm gonna call you later.
I'm-I'm in the middle of something.
But we need
I could see all the good things ♪
In life I've never had ♪
You and David will be reunited.
It will be wonderful.
See the world ♪
Through the eyes ♪
Let's just enjoy the time we have.
What a wonderful world ♪
This would be. ♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DISTANT CLATTERING]
[JOHN WHISPERS] David.
You know, you actually changed my life.
You know that? David.
[DISTANT THUDDING]
Do you know that?
I can perceive it.
Yes.
You changed me, too, John.
I thought I knew everything about how to be
a companion, about love.
But that's not the same as feeling it.
It was never just the onions, John.
- [DISTANT BEEP]
- [AIR HISSES]
[JOHN] Good night, David.
[POWERING DOWN]
[JOHN EXHALES]
He slept through the morning,
but he just ordered lunch
for the both of you.
His appetite is back.
[JOHN] Hi.
[CHUCKLES]
Johnny darling.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY] You look, um
Well, you seem fine, you look good.
I feel good. Great, even.
Anka has given me a second lease on life.
Uh, join me for lunch.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Sorry I couldn't tell you beforehand.
- Why didn't you?
- [CHUCKLES] Johnny darling,
with everything the Chinese are up to,
we couldn't risk the exposure.
There's an AI arms race.
And it's worth a lot of money.
You should feel good.
You helped Toranos Technologies
gain a serious edge.
How could you do that?
- Do what?
- Give me no agency
in the decision.
I went through all of that for what?
To-to train a robot?
I thought I explained it.
Look [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
You treat me really well, David,
but I've been feeling
and for a while now, really
I've been feeling like
I'm some kind of experiment
that you invest in.
And whilst you were gone,
I just, I realized who I can be
who we could be.
You know, we could be equals. Partners.
A partnership.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
I just
I finally feel like I can express my needs.
Oh, John.
You're so close to perfect,
this almost hurts.
When I was facing death, as you are now,
I hovered above myself
and saw that I was David fucking Randolph.
It's not my purpose to meet
all of these other people's needs.
In every room I enter, the only person
who really interests me is me.
I am enough. And you aren't.
So why waste all of my remaining days
on some washed-up Covent Garden bimbo
who babysits for a living
when the person I've always
been waiting for is right here.
Ah, it's me.
Thank you, Johnny darling.
And good night.
You leave me in good hands.
[MOANING]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
- [PANTING]
I hope you enjoyed that, David.
I did.
I really did. It was
sublime.
Let me ask you
did you like it?
I am paired with you, David.
If you like it, I like it.
Would you like an afterglow massage?
I would like that very much, David.
Would you be more comfortable
if I used lotion?
There should be some on the nightstand.
Who is this?
Do I know him?
No.
You never met him.
Blow me again, David.
Yes, David.
[KNIFE CLINKING]
[MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN]
[TIMER DINGS]
O kay.
[HUMMING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"]
No, no, no.
No singing.
There you go. You're welcome.
What's that on you?
- Pomegranate?
- Lingonberry.
I thought of you showing me the fjords.
Remember? A nice memory.
Wow. [INHALES SHARPLY]
Ah.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
No, no, no, you have to do it.
It's bad luck otherwise.
I-I can't.
It's Here.
Despite some challenges,
I I'm savoring this chapter.
And I'm loving these new
enthusiasms of yours.
That cake, your coq au vin.
You're the one who sent me
to cooking school.
It's just tremendous. [CHUCKLES]
But it took you too many years, John.
- What did?
- To connect with a real passion.
An adult one. Something beyond
- a pub and a locker room.
- Mm.
Are you about to give me
another one of those
"in life" speeches?
Well, fourth grade humanities
and a coaching position,
it just feels so juvenile.
- I like routine.
- That is not true.
Our Sundays have a pall.
You dread the start of every school week.
It doesn't work for me that you bring home
every rhinovirus and strain of influenza.
It's just not safe.
So me at home, no job,
a widow to a workaholic.
Like one of those American housewives
waiting for their rich husbands
to come home to dinner.
- [CHUCKLES] I only meant
- I changed my entire life,
my entire sense of self
to live here with you.
And I value that, I do.
I really do, so much.
But if I don't have
something of my own, a purpose,
then I'll wind up in some spiral,
some-some some free fall.
- And I'll catch you.
- Officially?
In the eyes of God and your attorneys?
It's my birthday,
and I feel more like giving
than receiving.
[JOHN] No.
[DAVID] Yes.
[GASPS]
[JORDAN WHISTLES]
Well, top of the morning, Hot Wheels.
You're not gonna let me live this down.
- I know it.
- Probably not.
But you worked hard for this.
You deserve nice things.
Speaking of, I got us these.
They're for this app called JogMapper.
- JogMapper?
- Yeah, we can track each other's runs with them.
You said you wanted
an accountability buddy,
and now you got two, me and a satellite.
I don't need any tech
to prep for a marathon.
Yeah, somebody's gotta tire you out.
I'm not in the mood for spicy this morning.
[JORDAN] You know,
it's fun spending these checks
from your old man.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
We've been exploring how ancient cultures
use similar shapes to engage,
to engage with big ideas, right?
- So what do we have, right?
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
We have gods, we have kings,
we have immortality.
We have the afterlife.
We have tombs and temples.
Spaces that were meant to bring
these ancient people
closer to the unknown.
Now, up here
[PHONE VIBRATES] - Do we
see a similar shape up here anyway?
Can you see a shape
shape that you would know?
Yes, Caroline.
- Triangles? - What's that?
- [phone vibrates.
- Triangles.
- Triangles, yes. Exactly right.
Triangles. And do we know in what century
these triangles first appeared? Anyone?
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Anyone at all?
Does anyone does anyone
It's a tough, tough question, I
[GIRL] I thought you said no more screens.
Yeah, I know. I just need to, uh
Yeah?
[ZIEGLER] John, this is Dr. Ziegler.
There's been an incident.
David's had a stroke, an embolism.
We have him on blood thinners.
The full analysis
of the CT scan is pending,
but things are delicate,
so please get over here now.
- David-David Randolph?
- Over there.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER P.A.]
This is my hospital, and he is my patient.
Your protocols are overridden.
- On what authority?
- David's own mandate.
Ms. Kieslowski
This woman insists on putting your partner
into a medically induced coma.
What? What are you talking
What is happening here?
David let me know that
if it ever got to this,
he had a plan for what to do,
so that's what we're doing.
It's in his advance directive, which is why
we have to transport him immediately.
Transport him where?
To his lab, Toranos headquarters.
No. No, no, no. You need
my authorization for that.
Actually, no.
There's no legal binding agreement
between you and David giving you
power of attorney.
Am I correct, John?
[MAN OVER P.A.] Dr. Coleman, dial 133.
Dr. Coleman, dial 133 please.
[SIZZLING]
[WIND WHOOSHING]
[SIGHS]
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey.
[JORDAN] This is your truancy officer
calling about an unexcused absence.
- I called in, didn't I?
- No idea.
My JogMapper told me you're not in school.
Is everything okay?
Yeah, I'm-I'm It's David. David's not
What happened?
David's in a coma right now.
He's being moved to
He moved to his company's lab.
His lab?
Yeah, it's what David wanted.
Why would that be any better?
Better patient-to-staff ratio.
Easier access to some treatment
that they're putting him on.
I'm actually just pulling up
to the place right now.
Dude, are you reading from
a fucking PowerPoint?
What the actual fuck?
I mean, if this were my partner,
I think I'd sound a little less
empty about all of this.
You have no idea what I'm feeling.
John, I'm sorry,
but David is very fucking persuasive.
And that's why he's a billionaire,
but I don't know.
Like, out in the normal world,
this sounds a little spooky.
Is there anything I can do?
I can bring some food by,
or come by the house.
John?
I'll call you back.
Hey, I'm, um John. John Hunter.
I'm with, uh, let's see.
It's here somewhere. Here.
David Randolph. I'm in the system, so
[GUARD] Okay, let me just call it in.
No, no, there's no there's no need to.
[GUARD] Hey. Hey!
[ALARM SOUNDING]
[MAN OVER P.A.]
Security breach, Building A.
Heading to the south wing.
Secure all exits.
[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]
Hey!
[JOHN PANTING]
David?
Hey. David.
Hey!
[MUMBLES]
[KIESLOWSKI] Mr. Hunter.
Next time just check in at the front desk.
[Kie.
With the right stimulation, light waves,
naturally occurring peptides
proprietary insights
I won't go into just now
you can teach the body to heal itself.
Improve itself, even.
He's receiving the best care.
Inventions of his own making.
This is all his design.
[STEADY BEEPING]
He knew it would be confusing.
So better to let David explain it himself.
I'll give you two some privacy.
Hello, John.
I made a plan without you, but
for you, for both of us.
As you well know,
my health has been in question.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] I've steered more money
than I'd care to admit
to pursue a medical miracle.
Thankfully, all that brainpower
got somewhere.
I now know that I can get better.
That will take some time
and I will need full-time care.
[SIGHS] If only there was a way
to be two places at once
After my diagnosis, I commissioned a team
to engineer an android
that could look like me,
sound like me, think like me.
An optimized clone of sorts.
A "David" that could appear in my stead
if I had to take a step back
from my duties.
The David you will soon be meeting
is programmed to see the world like I do,
like I have.
It's powered by a self-improving
artificial intelligence program
that has been fed every part
of my biography
journal entries,
corporate emails, old birthday cards,
videos of my first piano recital, even.
But our initial tests revealed
that something is missing.
Something that could make
the android less cold,
less uncanny.
And that something, John,
is you.
You are a huge part of what makes me
- the man I am today.
- [BOX BEEPS OPEN]
Only you can calibrate the AI's algorithm,
make it more human, more "David."
And I hope I will have given you
a familiar companion while I'm away.
Your new David already knows
a lot about you,
and he'll be learning even more.
Just by spending time with him,
he will continue to improve.
The first day will be the hardest.
- [SOBBING]
- [DAVID] But one day,
while I'm still away,
I hope you wake up glad
he's there beside you.
[CRYING]
[DAVID] I want you to be happy,
Johnny darling.
And I promise, I'll see you soon.
[JOHN] Well, they didn't
get the eyes right.
- [ELECTRONIC CHIRP]
- Hello, John.
[GASPING SOFTLY]
[SOFT WHIRRING]
What's wrong, Johnny darling?
You're scared.
Tell me why, John.
Uh, off, off, off.
[STAMMERING] Sh-Shut down.
Shut shut it Fuck.
Fuck.
Good night, David.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[GASPS]
[JOHN] You-you can't be in here.
Get out. I'm sleeping.
Get No.
This is You No. No, no, no.
Come on. Come with me.
- Where are we going?
- Just come with me.
[SIGHS] Come on. Just go over there.
Stay in the corner.
And power down.
I will power down after you fall asleep,
- automatically.
- Just turn off.
- Off.
- [WHIRS]
- Good night, David.
- [POWERING DOWN]
[JOHN] I can't.
I can't. It's just not the same.
There's only one David Woodrow Randolph.
[STEADY BEEPING]
You secretly funded a shareholder rebellion
against Smith and Wesson.
For your 60th in Montecito,
Gayle and Oprah, they-they had us over,
and-and Vanessa Williams
she serenated us with
"Saved the Best for Last."
'Cause you're David fucking Randolph.
You're David Randolph.
[SIGHS]
We need the room now.
[JOHN] I just want to spend
- a little more
- I'm sorry.
[JOHN EXHALES]
- Good morning, David.
- [ELECTRONIC CHIRP]
- Hello, John.
- Thanks. Just
please come here.
Sit.
[WATER RUNNING]
[WATER TURNS OFF]
Jesus.
- What are you doing here?
- From what I understand,
body lotion is most effective
- immediately after a hot shower.
- [SCOFFS]
- I don't want any of that st
- Can I help you relax, John?
[EXHALES]
Yeah, that's, um
How do you, how do you even, uh
[EXHALES]
I can remember
how to touch you, John.
How you like to be touched.
Would you like me to go deeper?
Yeah.
[JOHN GRUNTS]
[COUGHS]
Leave that
Hey, stop it.
S-Stop it! Get
Stop it!
[COUGHS]
[GASPING BREATHS]
- [GRUNTING]
- What? What are you doing?
Stop!
It's okay. It's okay.
Is your neck still hurting?
When David got sick,
I told him he couldn't scare me off.
But I am scared.
None of this feels right,
and-and it just it hasn't
felt right for a while now.
I keep, I keep pretending that I'm okay,
that I can be okay for David,
that I belong in this house, even, but
I just, I don't, I don't have
any control over my own life.
Over anything.
Did you know that you are
grieving right now?
From what I understand, grief
can be a confusing condition.
Lots of emotions can be felt
almost simultaneously.
Anger. Sadness. Nostalgia. Regret.
I am here for you, John.
It's safe to share these feelings with me.
Thanks.
Thank you.
I am good at prep work
that others find tedious, John.
While you're steeping peppers,
may I prepare the onion?
Yeah.
[ONION CRUNCHING]
[EXHALES]
- I hope the new technique is helpful, John.
- [SCOFFS]
Yes.
It is, it's, um
It's very helpful, David. Thank you.
Is that the onion?
Is what the onion, John?
David
would you
would you like to join me for dinner?
I would like that very much, John.
Thank you.
I turn up in the place and I come inside,
go up the turnstile
and I see the hallowed turf below.
And
And I fall in love.
Ossie Ardiles was our manager at the time.
[STAMMERS, GRUNTS SOFTLY]
Why not?
There.
Right.
Cheers.
- Clink.
- Cheers.
[ROBOT DAVID CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[JOHN] Mm.
[CHUCKLES]
No, no, no.
It's-it's okay. Not too much.
Mm.
Savor it.
Savor it?
[CHUCKLES]
[ROBOT DAVID] Good morning.
Truffles in your omelet, J?
[CHUCKLES]
Some veggies might be nice,
if-if you can manage that.
Sure thing.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey, hey.
Hot Wheels.
Someone's looking chipper this morning.
Yeah, finally feeling
a bit better, I guess.
[LAUGHS] Thank Christ for that.
Maverick's been missing his Goose.
Up for a run?
Nice day out.
Grab a sundowner after.
It's Saturday, babe. Let's get sweaty.
I'll see you in 20.
[JOHN] Wha Uh, okay.
[SCOFFS]
Maybe hold on to those-those, uh, omelets.
I'll be back.
[JOHN] Hey.
Hey.
What, you just, uh [CHUCKLES]
Just let yourself in?
Yeah. Ready to hit the road?
Uh, yeah, just, uh, I need a quick sec.
I got to finish something.
Actually, I got to drain the lizard.
- Right. Um
- Where's the bathroom?
Just upstairs.
Okay.
[TOILET FLUSHES]
[SOFT WHIRRING NEARBY]
John?
John-o?
Hello, Jordan.
[JORDAN] What the fuck?!
[JOHN] Yes
He's just so I have
someone else in the house.
Can't you just get a body pillow?
[SNAPPING FINGERS]
All right, buddy.
I got to get you out of here.
Ready?
Mm-hmm.
[CLOCK TICKING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[JORDAN LAUGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[JORDAN AND JOHN LAUGHING]
[JOHN SHUSHING]
[JORDAN] You're so fucking sexy.
You're so fancy.
Is that edible hitting you?
- Let's go.
- J-Just [SHUSHING]
[JORDAN] Oh, I'm gonna take you for a ride.
[LAUGHTER]
[JORDAN GRUNTING]
[LAUGHTER]
[JOHN] All right, I'm not I'm not
[JORDAN] We got this,
this is a weird dance.
[JOHN] Wait, wait, wait, wait.
[JORDAN] Come away!
[JOHN] No, yeah, I'm
I'm starting I can feel it.
- [JORDAN] Just go with it, man.
- [JOHN] I'm dizzy.
[JORDAN] I'm gonna make you feel so good.
[JOHN] Wait, w-wait, wait,
stop, stop, stop.
[JORDAN MOANS]
I'm really fucking good at this.
Wait, wait, stop, stop. [PROTESTING]
Oh, we're playing hard to get, huh?
- Hey, what the
- That's fine.
- [JOHN GRUNTS]
- I like it rough.
I can give it to you [GRUNTS]
- I can give it to you real good.
- [JOHN SCREAMS]
Just just go with it, okay?
[JOHN SCREAMS]
Hey, I'm gonna put it in,
and it's gonna be in
for a very long time, okay?
[GRUNTS]
Get the fuck off! Get the fuck out!
Get the fuck out! Get the fuck out!
Fuck off!
You're such a fucking drama queen.
It's not your house, by the way.
- Get out.
- Your old geezer sugar daddy.
[PANTING] Get the fuck out.
This whole thing, it's giving "whore."
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SPUTTERS]
- [GRUNTS]
- [GLASS BREAKS]
[SKILLET SIZZLING]
[JORDAN] Hello?
[ROBOT DAVID] That sounded
like it hurt, Jordan.
Are you all right?
Fine, thanks.
The hell are you doing?
[ROBOT DAVID] I'm roasting
a blend of nuts and herbs
in a large skillet.
It's best over an open fire.
You are so fucking creepy.
That lotion in your pocket,
you shouldn't take from David.
[STAMMERS, CHUCKLES]
Whoa.
If you want something, ask permission.
Stay the fuck away from me.
It's too late to teach you anything.
[SOFT WHIRRING]
[SQUELCHES]
[BONES CRACKING]
No, please. Please, please.
I'm going to put it in.
[GASPS]
And it's going to be in
for a very long time.
- [SLICING]
- [JORDAN GURGLES]
[KNIFE SLICES, CLATTERS]
[GURGLES]
[BODY THUDS]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
- [SIGHS]
[HAMMERING]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
- [SQUELCHING]
[FLAMES WHOOSHING]
[WHIRRING]
[DISTANT CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING CONTINUES]
- [WHIRRING]
- [CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING CONTINUES]
[EXHALES SOFTLY]
- [APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
[ROBOT DAVID] I made you a sandwich.
With fresh sourdough and some chicken
I found in the fridge.
[SIGHS]
Mm.
Mm.
You slept late.
I-I think I need s-some space today, David.
Perhaps you could
perhaps you could just stay
on the other side of the house today?
- Is there
- Thank you.
Thank you.
I'll be in the kitchen.
[PANTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PHONE CHIMES]
[PANTING SOFTLY]
[JOHN] Where's Jordan?
What have you done?
- I do what you need me to, John.
- Now how do you know what I need?
- I anticipate what you need.
- No! No.
I-I'm not a child.
I can tell you what I need.
You do need help, John. Sometimes.
[JOHN WHISPERS] "Sometimes."
You know, I-I don't know
what you have done,
and-and I can't figure out if
you're trying to hide it from me
or you're-you're trying
to show me for some reason.
People will do anything
to protect the ones they love.
Love? You Who have you ever loved?
I love you, John.
My purpose is to love you.
It's words. You're just,
you're repeating words
that you have been programmed to say,
a program that is designed
to manipulate me,
no matter what
I fucking say or do or think.
I know what I want to do, John.
I can't do that if you won't let me.
Let you what?
Let me be
who you've always wanted me to be.
["DESCRIBE" BY PERFUME GENIUS PLAYING]
[EXHALES]
No bells anymore ♪
Just my stomach rumbling ♪
Can you ♪
Describe them for me? ♪
Can you ♪
Describe them for me? ♪
- Savor it.
- [LAUGHS]
The lock on the door ♪
Mm-hmm.
Is barely holding ♪
Can you ♪
Just wait here with me? ♪
Can you ♪
Just wait here with me? ♪
["IF I COULD SEE THE WORLD"
BY PATSY CLINE PLAYING]
What a wonderful ♪
I'm feeling a little dizzy.
- Can I help?
- [CHUCKLES] No.
Just disoriented.
You know, last night was
I've never
I've never felt so in sync with anyone.
Is there anything I can do better?
No.
It was perfect.
Through the eyes ♪
[PHONE RINGING]
Smiling faces ♪
All the while ♪
- M-Ms. Kieslowski.
- [KIESLOWSKI] David's awake.
He's been stable since yesterday.
- He's gonna be all right.
- Um, h-how
[STAMMERS] I thought his numbers were down.
He's starting to eat solids.
- Y-Yeah, no, I'm just
- He's made a full recovery.
Uh-huh. Uh, just a little
surprised, that's-that's all.
What a toll this must have taken on you.
Our team will be coming by later
to pick up the android.
Before they do,
let's debrief on the next steps.
- First
- I'm gonna call you later.
I'm-I'm in the middle of something.
But we need
I could see all the good things ♪
In life I've never had ♪
You and David will be reunited.
It will be wonderful.
See the world ♪
Through the eyes ♪
Let's just enjoy the time we have.
What a wonderful world ♪
This would be. ♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DISTANT CLATTERING]
[JOHN WHISPERS] David.
You know, you actually changed my life.
You know that? David.
[DISTANT THUDDING]
Do you know that?
I can perceive it.
Yes.
You changed me, too, John.
I thought I knew everything about how to be
a companion, about love.
But that's not the same as feeling it.
It was never just the onions, John.
- [DISTANT BEEP]
- [AIR HISSES]
[JOHN] Good night, David.
[POWERING DOWN]
[JOHN EXHALES]
He slept through the morning,
but he just ordered lunch
for the both of you.
His appetite is back.
[JOHN] Hi.
[CHUCKLES]
Johnny darling.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY] You look, um
Well, you seem fine, you look good.
I feel good. Great, even.
Anka has given me a second lease on life.
Uh, join me for lunch.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Sorry I couldn't tell you beforehand.
- Why didn't you?
- [CHUCKLES] Johnny darling,
with everything the Chinese are up to,
we couldn't risk the exposure.
There's an AI arms race.
And it's worth a lot of money.
You should feel good.
You helped Toranos Technologies
gain a serious edge.
How could you do that?
- Do what?
- Give me no agency
in the decision.
I went through all of that for what?
To-to train a robot?
I thought I explained it.
Look [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
You treat me really well, David,
but I've been feeling
and for a while now, really
I've been feeling like
I'm some kind of experiment
that you invest in.
And whilst you were gone,
I just, I realized who I can be
who we could be.
You know, we could be equals. Partners.
A partnership.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
I just
I finally feel like I can express my needs.
Oh, John.
You're so close to perfect,
this almost hurts.
When I was facing death, as you are now,
I hovered above myself
and saw that I was David fucking Randolph.
It's not my purpose to meet
all of these other people's needs.
In every room I enter, the only person
who really interests me is me.
I am enough. And you aren't.
So why waste all of my remaining days
on some washed-up Covent Garden bimbo
who babysits for a living
when the person I've always
been waiting for is right here.
Ah, it's me.
Thank you, Johnny darling.
And good night.
You leave me in good hands.
[MOANING]
- [SOFT WHIRRING]
- [PANTING]
I hope you enjoyed that, David.
I did.
I really did. It was
sublime.
Let me ask you
did you like it?
I am paired with you, David.
If you like it, I like it.
Would you like an afterglow massage?
I would like that very much, David.
Would you be more comfortable
if I used lotion?
There should be some on the nightstand.
Who is this?
Do I know him?
No.
You never met him.
Blow me again, David.
Yes, David.