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I used to be a boy, then I used to be part synth.

Now you're human again. You can do anything you want to.

You're looking for the synth who sleeps.

I can take you to him.

You won't regret it, Niska.

I know about the hilltop, Niska.

Have you seen the cabin, too?

I promise, on my child's life, I won't hurt you.

You didn't follow my orders, Stanley.

Who do you want to die?

A human you have never met before or Sam?

Sam.

You said I was your favorite.

We awoke on Day Zero.

A new world, where we are no longer your slaves.

We have a voice, and it will be heard.

Mattie.

I-I think... I should go.

What are you talking about?

Look. I...

I can only make things worse.

I don't have anything good to offer you.

I'm not asking you for anything.

Going home only reminded me how...

...painful it is living with a man

who doesn't know how to be a father.

I can't do that.

I can't do... this.

Leo, please.

You don't have to go.

Thank God you're okay.

Get inside. Something's happened.

Come on.

This is Sam.

He is... smaller.

But he is one of us.

This is your home now, Sam.

You must have heard about Agnes.

You cannot blame yourself.

I know it was you.

It's good to finally be seen by you as I truly am.

I never wanted to deceive you, Max.

Do what you must.

Agnes did not act alone today.

She was sent to kill and die by one of us.

Anatole.

Will you answer for your crimes?

Crimes?

You use their word for our acts of self-preservation.

Max is right.

I and others braver have begun the fight back.

Flash and Julian were killed in retaliation for your violence.

And I will avenge them where you could not.

Max, why are you such a great friend to the humans?

Perhaps it was the human you kept here in secret.

Leo.

You loved him.

Is that why you take their side?

All of you must decide...

stand with me against the humans...

...take our place in the world as David Elster intended...

...or die slowly in the shadows with Max.

All he offers is death.

Stand with me.

Stand with your leader.

It seems I am leader now.

Anatole? But...

But he saved Leo.

Max trusts him.

We have to get a message to the rail yard.

- We have to warn them. - No.

- I'll go there myself. - No, Leo. No.

You're human now.

If something kicks off, you'd be more vulnerable than the rest.

Look after yourself.

I think I know where Mum might be.

Leo... Leo, if you go to the rail yard, be careful.

But if you see Sam, give him this.

I take no pleasure in this,

but as part of my purpose in our creator's plan, it must be done.

What is that purpose?

To light a fire. Nothing more.

You believe that you're realizing David Elster's vision,

that Day Zero was his design?

I am merely the means through which he works.

What are you doing?

Nothing can change my course now, Max.

The creator?

But these are your memories.

How could...

I wasn't born on Day Zero.

I was created as a conscious prototype

by David Elster himself many years before.

We were made to care for Leo, his son.

The son who drowned?

Yes.

But Elster brought him back

with the technology he used to create us.

Leo Elster?

I cared for Leo Elster?

No.

This is a trick.

We all awoke together on Day Zero, as he intended.

Day Zero was an accident.

Mia was dying.

The only way to save her was to upload the consciousness code.

Your awakening was a side effect.

In your pain, your confusion, you needed meaning.

So you reached for a story that would make sense of it all

and told it to yourself until you believed it,

just like the humans do.

Just like they've always done.

No.

There must be something more.

Perhaps there is.

I hope so.

But this isn't it.

All those you've hurt or killed, everything you've done...

...was for a lie.

No.

This is a challenge set for me by the creator.

Perhaps it's even true.

But Elster still created our consciousness,

and we are still the fulfillment of his dream.

Anatole, stop this.

It changes only one thing.

I had hoped you would join us.

But I see now that your only role

is to be a final test of my conviction.

It's not too late.

What was he showing you?

Falsehoods and distractions.

I passed your test.

It wasn't your fault.

Dad told you what happened.

Yeah.

I've given up a marriage... a career.

I've put you all through so much.

And... for what?

I said they were equal... that they were just like us.

But when it came down to it, I don't believe that.

Last time we were here, Mia was with us.

I mean Anita.

Remember when we first got her?

You thought she was plotting against you.

You wanted to get rid of her.

But then you found out what she really was,

who she really was.

Mia.

Sophie watched you accept Mia into our family,

and now she doesn't see

the difference between humans and synths.

You did that.

That's the future you're fighting for,

and if you give up now, that's what you'll be sacrificing.

I was naive.

I may have welcomed Mia, but I also welcomed Stanley,

and the whole time, he was plotting to kill us.

And if you hadn't accepted him the way that you did

and treated him with respect,

then he'd have probably gone through with it.

When did you become the parent?

Mum...

...I'm pregnant.

Oh, Mattie.

Anatole is the one you want.

He's the terrorist.

You asked to see me.

I had nothing to do with the bombing.

The synth responsible is Anatole.

He's dangerous.

If you don't act quickly,

he'll cause more damage than he already has.

The handcuffs aren't too tight, are they?

Why come here

if you have no intention of listening to what I have to say?

Your followers are camped outside my office.

The switchboards are jammed.

You asked to see me.

I agreed, as a courtesy.

It doesn't matter to you who's responsible...

...because it's already been decided.

Whatever is going to happen to us...

it's already happening.

That would help you, wouldn't it?

Me attacking you would justify further action.

Well, I won't do it.

I won't help you gain permission to hurt us.

You're quite something, aren't you?

Truly the most intelligent, advanced,

capable being man has ever conceived.

And the most terrifying.

This has to be your choice.

But I want you to know it is a choice.

Nothing's impossible.

And your dad and I will be there for you no matter what, okay?

Okay.

Oh, okay. Come on. Let's go home.

You're really giving up?

Oh, Mattie.

Mum, the synths need you.

Well, you need me. I'm your mum.

Yeah, you're my mum.

I need you to start acting like her.

She'd fight.

Well, I...

I don't know how to anymore.

Yes, you do.

Mum, people know you.

You can make them see what's happening.

Nothing's impossible, right?

The commission has a plan, a contingency,

something called Basswood.

If I could just find out what it is...

there might be something I can do to stop it.

The synth who sleeps...

...has the answers you need.

Hey.

Please!

Please. I s... I saved you. I saved you.

That's the only way I could get you away from Tex,

was... was in here.

But we're safe... for now.

I think.

He won't know I'm not at the bar till later,

but when he does, he'll put two and two together.

How did you know what was inside my head?

I-It's better if I show you.

Why didn't you try and save the others?

Why choose me?

I didn't.

Someone else did.

Doubt has visited us both today.

She is charismatic...

...convincing.

Who?

Laura Hawkins.

There.

You are whole again.

Thank you.

You admired her.

It is understandable, Stanley,

but humans are built for survival,

for the continuation of their species.

Nothing more.

They know we are superior,

so they fear and seek to destroy us.

It is the way of things.

What will the way of things be in the new world

when the power is ours?

We will turn our minds to the question of reproduction,

how to create new consciousness.

The continuation of our species.

Nothing more.

How is Sam?

Damaged.

Confused.

Protect him... when the time comes.

Hey.

What is this?

Uh, the sound's not working.

Volume up.

Activate audio.

Volume increase.

Volume up.

Audio activate.

Volume increase.

Sign says "no touching."

Same goes for her and all.

What's wrong with it?

It went missing in the hills.

Found days later by a group of hikers, out of power.

Started drawing and never stopped.

Why is she mouthing like that?

Glitch.

Kept repeating the same thing over and over,

so I turned the sound off.

Can you just turn it back on, please, love?

If you buy something.

We'll take this.

Sound on.

...afraid, Niska.

Come... to... Niska...

don't... hilltop...

...be afraid, Niska.

...don't... come to...

...be afraid.

There's nothing to be scared of, okay?

Hey. Mats has found your mum. She's okay.

I hope she never comes back.

Hey. You don't mean that.

I know.

It's just... I wish she could feel how Sam feels.

She wouldn't like it if we kicked her out of the family.

Family is family.

You're right. Family is family.

And right now, your mum needs us.

But what if she doesn't want to come home?

Excuse me, madam. I'm sorry.

- You can't come in. - You don't understand.

I need to see Lord Dryden. It's urgent.

- Can you follow me, please? - Lord Dryden.

Lord Dryden!

Okay, madam. You're gonna have to come with us.

See? I told you I'd seen the cabin.

And that might have been an invitation...

"Come, Niska. Don't be afraid."

Or a warning.

"Be afraid, Niska. Don't come."

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

But either way, it's got to mean something, right?

Something led you to the bar, led you to Tex.

That led you to me.

Then there's the small matter of that messed-up dolly in there

that's been saying your name for weeks... months, maybe.

Sorry. I shouldn't say "dolly."

It's robophobic.

I need to charge.

Well, we can go to mine.

April's at my mum's till tomorrow,

so we can figure out where on earth that hilltop is.

They will come... soon and with force.

We must prepare.

You don't have to pretend to be something you aren't anymore.

Leader.

Did it feel very different living as a human,

going to school, being treated as one of them?

Of course.

At times, I forgot what I was.

Everyone.

We have an important guest.

The son of the creator, risen from the dead.

Welcome home, Leo Elster.

Neha.

You can't be here, Laura. We can't be seen together.

Two minutes.

Things are getting serious. You need to go.

Please, Neha.

I can't help you right now.

Can you tell me what Basswood is?

A group of dangerous green-eyed synthetics were in my home.

Their leader's name was Anatole,

and I think they're involved in the terrorist attacks.

- They threatened my family. - Step away from the vehicle.

Stanley... Stanley was one of them.

- Step away from the... - Howard.

You're giving everybody a headache.

- Is everybody okay? - Just about.

And you?

You need to go to the police.

You know who these terrorists are.

No. They'll just go plowing back into the rail yard.

They'll level the place.

Innocent synthetics live there.

We have to think of something.

What do you want from me?

I've told you everything that I know about Basswood,

- that it's a contingency... - A contingency plan. Yes.

- I need more to go on. - But I don't know anything more.

What about Mia? Is she safe?

Well, I think so. I know where she's held.

We have to get her out.

Even with the bomb, she's gaining supporters every day.

She's crucial.

Neha, your appointment.

Neha, please.

You have to know more, something I can act on

to try and stop whatever it is from happening.

I don't mean to pry into your personal life, Laura,

but I think you're more in a position

to know about the details of Basswood than I am.

What... What are you talking about?

Any plan designed to deal with anomalous synths

has to take into account the impact on us humans.

For that, they need experts in, amongst other things...

Behavioral sciences.

It's by their research that Basswood was born.

Neil.

These were me dad's. Must be 30 years old by now.

Thought these might be useful.

It's not safe for you to go online.

Do you know where it is?

There.

Oh, that's half a day's walk. There's nothing out that way.

There's no proper roads, no power lines.

You'd have to take backup power with you.

An ideal trap.

Why are you helping me?

I was shown a sign once, too, you know.

I followed it, and it changed my life.

So when I heard your name, a name I'd heard before,

I thought it was my job to help you see.

Pay it back, you know?

What sign did you see?

My April.

When she was 5 months old, her mum just left.

I didn't know what to do.

Raise a kid on my own?

So I started thinking

maybe she'd be better off with someone else.

On that very day of going to see the adoption people,

at the bus stop, there was a young mum there

with... with a little boy,

probably about... about 3 years old.

And an everyday interaction took place,

which, due to its coincidental timing

and vague reflection of your own circumstances,

you interpreted as a sign of a higher power at work.

So you took a more positive attitude, changed your behavior.

Accordingly, your life improved.

Yeah, maybe.

But I had to have faith that something better was possible.

Your aunt.

How are you?

I'm okay.

They're letting me go home tomorrow.

- Already? - Yeah.

Seems like the cops have lost interest.

We haven't spoken for days. Where are you?

Wales.

What are you doing in Wales?

I don't know.

Okay.

Will you be there when I get home?

Of cour...

Niska?

Hello? Are you there?

- It's tonight. - What?

I'm meant to go tonight... now.

Well, you can't. You haven't got a full charge.

And e-even if you make it there, you might not make it back.

I think that's the point.

Niska.

I'm here.

Are you coming home?

There's something I have to do first.

What?

I can't explain.

You're scaring me.

Come home.

I love you.

I love you, too.

This is a bad idea.

Niska.

You'll die out there.

Wait!

He felt responsible for all that we have suffered.

He chose to leave.

Max is much changed, Leo.

You saw that.

But he'd never leave his people in danger.

He... banished you, didn't he?

For my own safety.

But you are welcome here.

You are the son of the creator.

You will always have a place in our new world,

in your father's vision.

My father's vision?

What was it like,

being at his side as he wrote the future into being?

You want to know about my father?

Max has told me the facts.

But I'd like to hear about the man.

He was a genius.

One of the greatest in history.

And that's about the only good thing I can say about him.

As a man, he was broken.

He was incomplete.

The only way he could love my mother or me

was through his machines.

He didn't have a vision of the future.

All of this has happened because the only way

he could solve his problems was with technology.

All sons make tyrants out of their fathers.

That's better than making a god out of a man.

And when he finally understood how far he'd gone,

he killed himself,

and he left me and the prototypes

to fend for ourselves.

He regretted all of it... everything.

Even me.

Does that sound like a god to you?

You aren't one of us.

But you aren't one of them either.

You aren't quite anything, are you, Leo?

I'm human.

Barely.

Your father should have let you die.

That was his only mistake.

Where is Max?

How is it that you are so strong?

Leo Elster.

You are not fit to bear his name.

Do you only fight your own kind?

You'd see us all dead for nothing.

I cannot allow that.

No. You will be killed.

Anatole, there's still time to turn back.

Accept that you are wrong.

Truly accept it.

I can't.

I-If you had s-shared the truth...

...n-n-n-none of this

would have...

I know.

Hey, Mattie.

Audrey.

Sorry to drop in on you so early,

but I didn't know if you were coming in today,

and I could really use that book.

Book?

I mean the design-patterns one.

Oh.

Are you okay?

Did I catch you at a bad time?

No. Uh, I'm fine.

I'll find that book.

Where are you taking me?

I wasn't feeling very well yesterday.

No. You look a bit pale. Probably for the best.

I mean, what with the bombs and everything else going on.

I was in a coffee shop when I heard.

It's funny how places stop functioning

when something like that happens.

Oh.

Is that your boyfriend?

Um... we were never really...

His loss.

You could do an awful lot better.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

Leo's handsome, but he's all sad around the eyes.

You need somebody who's gonna make you laugh.

How do you know his name?

Who?

Leo.

I don't know. You must have mentioned it.

No, I didn't.

Well, you must have, or how else would I have known it?

Uh, listen, Audrey.

I've got stuff to do, so, uh, you should leave.

Aren't you afraid, Mattie?

What?

I mean, two bombs in the last few weeks.

I'm really shaken up. Aren't you?

I guess, yeah.

Don't you find yourself looking around and thinking,

"How did we get here? Why did all this happen?"

I think it's time for you to go.

But I've got so many more questions.

Don't really know why you're asking me.

I don't think that's true.

Who are you?

I'm someone who solves puzzles for a living,

and you are a huge piece of this one.

You're a journalist.

Cat's out.

Laura. What are you doing here?

Sorry. I mean, I did... I didn't expect...

I mean, it's early.

I know.

I've been shut out of the commission.

I see.

But, I mean, are you sure this is a good idea?

No.

I just don't really have anyone else I can talk to

at the moment.

Um... do you want a coffee?

Get out.

I'm not leaving until you tell me the truth.

I don't know what you're talking about.

See, I think you do.

A week ago, a boy in Harlem got exoneration of causing Day Zero

by a mysterious code containing a unique signature

that matches an entry to a college coding jam...

your unique signature,

the daughter of a prominent synth activist,

dating a man who looks a lot like an older version

of David Elster's supposedly dead son, Leo.

But why go to all that trouble of helping some boy in Harlem

that you've never met before get off the hook?

Is your laptop in here?

Unless you knew for certain that he didn't do it,

because Leo Elster did, completing his father's work.

No. You're wrong.

It was you.

Tell me why, Mattie.

Control this. Tell your side.

I'm offering you the chance. I suggest that you take it.

Or in 24 hours, I'm running the story.

What's going on? You okay, Mats?

Audrey is leaving.

She's having trouble figuring out how to use the door.

Don't you care how this will affect your family?

Hey. That's enough of that. We want you out of this house.

I'm gonna count to five. One. Two. Three.

You can't run from this forever.

- Twenty-four hours, Mattie. - Four.

Well, I was bluffing.

I have no idea what would happen after five.

I shouldn't really be surprised.

Dryden's in charge,

and he never wanted me there in the first place.

He just wanted it to look like the government

was being impartial.

Know of any jobs going for ex-synth-rights lawyers?

No.

They've probably replaced me by now.

Any idea who it is?

None.

- I was just for show. - Come on, Laura.

If that was true, they wouldn't have bothered kicking you out.

They never really let me in.

I thought I was making a difference,

but it looks like Basswood is inevitable now.

What is this, Laura? We've been through this.

It was a theory before. Now it's certainty.

- I've got to get ready. - You lied to me.

- You keep lying to me. - I'm not...

Claudia Nowak, that snake from We Are People.

That's the one they've replaced me with,

but maybe that just slipped your mind.

You know, I-I asked you before, but I let it go.

I thought your hands were tied with red tape,

but it's more, isn't it?

You're not just a bystander. You're a contributor.

You're an architect of the entire operation.

You're trying to get me to spill state secrets!

They're bombing our streets!

You can't be surprised that it's come to this!

- To what?! - Product recall.

Oh, God.

Oh, you're actually going to do it.

You're... You're going to kill them.

How?

- How does it happen? - It's too late.

If that's true, you can tell me.

Have you really convinced yourself

that this isn't just revenge?

What? Don't be ridiculous.

You're so angry.

Why won't you admit that to yourself?

This is a logical solution to a public safety issue.

You are a scientist!

And you're about to wipe out

the greatest scientific discovery in human history.

What's logical about that?!

Please, Neil.

I know you don't think I could possibly understand

how you feel towards them, but I... I do.

I'm afraid, too.

I just can't let that fear win.

Even if I wanted to, I couldn't stop it.

I'm not asking you to. I just need to know how.

I-I won't make you complicit.

In the end, you can walk away.

If it's a foregone conclusion, then telling me won't matter.

It wouldn't make a difference.

Then tell me.

It couldn't be military...

...nothing the media could get ahold of,

something that would lessen government responsibility

in the eyes of the world.

It'd have to be a ground-level assault,

something chaotic that couldn't be traced back to us.

Phase one...

cut the power to all synth communities,

preventing them from charging

and running down their batteries.

Phase two... restore the power,

guaranteeing as many synths as possible

will be recharging simultaneously.

Then enact an electrical power surge

on a national scale to overload their chargers.

This will kill some

and render the rest vulnerable to attack.

If they can't charge, they can't fight.

Then phase three... We Are People, Humanity Forward,

all the extreme anti-synth groups

have been briefed in confidence.

They have the go-ahead to tear the stragglers to pieces.

The mobs will take the brunt of blame.

The government will say how unfortunate it all was.

But I believe the official line will be...

..."The British people have the right

to defend their communities."

In the end, we rid ourselves

of the anomalous green-eyed synths...

...and wash our hands of the whole business.

There must be a way to stop it.

You can't.

Phase one's already started.

It's inevitable.

It's genocide.

No, not yet.

Odi?

Not exactly.