Original subtitles

(tense music)

(water bubbling) (gentle music)

(birds singing)

- You all right?

- I just miss you.

- I'm right here, Nathan.

(ball whacking)

(Frank chuckles)

See? I still got it.

Hey.

- Dad, I know what you're gonna say.

I can't.

- I know you can.

You'll take care of it.

I trust you. (water bubbling)

It's time.

(water splashing)

(Nathan panting)

- [Computer] Session complete.

- [Assistant] Did you find what you were looking for?

(machinery whirring) (machinery beeping)

- [Computer] Image capturing is complete.

Please open your eyes.

(gentle upbeat music)

(group chatting indistinctly)

- [Man] A lot happened.

- [Woman 1] Cold water?

No, this was worse than home stay.

- [Woman 2] Oh my God.

(door beeps and clicks)

- [Sister] It's my brother Nathan.

- [Beverly] Hi, Nathan.

Nice to meet you. - Hi, nice to meet you.

- I'm Beverly, your caregiver.

- Oh, how's he doing today?

- He's just adjusting, you know, he's quiet.

He gets familiar with the place,

but he'll come around.

- Okay. - [Beverly] Hi, ladies.

- [Patient] Hello. (Beverly laughs)

(door knocking)

- Frank, you have some visitors.

Enjoy your visit. - Thank you for that.

- You're welcome.

Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. Thank you.

- [Beverly] You're welcome.

- [Sister] Hey, Dad.

- [Presenter] We're gonna kick things off.

- [Frank] Where've you been?

- Right here, every day.

Been here every day.

Oh my God.

Okay, I'll be right back.

- [Frank] No, thank you.

- I gotta go talk to them.

- Now?

- Yeah, now.

Can you watch him for five minutes?

It might be good for you.

- [Presenter] So the PlayStation,

all games go to whoever was closest

to the actual retail price without going over.

Sharon, let's start with you, what do you say?

- [Sharon] 579.

- [Presenter] 579.

- Dad?

(gentle music)

- [Sister] Nathan.

I can't believe we're even having this conversation.

- He made me promise.

- Well, I didn't promise him anything.

- He thinks it's time.

- I wish mom was here.

(water bubbling)

(cat meows)

(phone rings)

- [Receptionist] Yes, hello, Hourglass Memory Services.

- Yes, I just wanted to, um, (coughs)

see if I could schedule a session.

- [Receptionist] Uh, yeah,

what day would you like to schedule?

- As soon as possible.

(traffic whirring)

- [Assistant] Concentrate.

(machinery whirring)

(machinery whooshing)

(water bubbling)

(tense music)

(ball whacking)

- Come on.

- But what if it's sooner than you think?

Even when you don't recognise us,

you're still fine.

- (laughs) Oh, am I?

- [Nathan] Yes.

- If I can't remember you, it's time.

It's probably past time.

- Why are you giving up so quickly?

- I'm not giving up.

I'm getting my affairs in order.

You're my insurance.

- And you just expect me to do all this?

- Every day, I'm losing more pieces of myself.

I will not lose the piece

that knows it loves my children.

I can do this.

I can take it on.

- Okay.

- Do you promise? (water bubbling)

(water splashing) (Nathan blowing)

- [Computer] Session complete.

(gentle music)

- [Contestant] Next one, please.

- [Presenter] Well, finally, you can make up

to a two pound loaf of bread with this-

- Let me show you something. - Programmable machine.

- [Contestant] Let's start with an eight, remember the one.

- Sure. (crowd cheering)

- [Susan] Start your wheeling.

- [Presenter] For the fifth shift, starts with an eight.

(crowd cheering)

(presenter talking indistinctly)

- That's my dad.

- [Presenter] Rachel. There you go.

- [Rachel] Well done, Susan.

Okay, good luck to you.

(presenter talking indistinctly)

(crowd cheering)

- It's you.

(crowd cheering)

- [Presenter] One at a time.

Put a chip again. Don't drop it.

We're gonna put the $10,000 about right there.

Good luck.

- Oh, no.

(presenter talking indistinctly)

I need to get going.

(crowd cheering)

- [Presenter] A few more chips to go.

- Do you recognise your son, Nathan?

- Baby steps. - Okay.

- [Presenter] Only $12 so far.

A bit of a false start.

- I'm sorry.

Where's my wife?

- Don't worry, she's, she's all right.

I know her.

- Here.

- I, uh, I need,

(presenter talking indistinctly)

(crowd cheering)

I need to go home.

I, I need, I need home.

I need... Hey, I just,

I just need your help first. - I need to go home.

- Maybe sit back down.

(crowd cheering)

I made-

- [Presenter] They come down here fast.

- My father a promise,

(crowd cheering)

if, uh-

- [Presenter] That's $3,600 that one.

- He didn't know me anymore.

- [Presenter] Good luck.

It's stuck, right?

- And I told him I would do it.

(presenter talking indistinctly)

But I don't know.

- [Announcer] All right, it's gonna be-

- I don't know.

I need to revise-

- [Announcer] Get to them and come down.

The price is right.

- A promise?

- Yes.

- [Presenter] George, how about a new prize tonight, please?

- Yes.

- [Announcer] Everybody look up

as the prize comes on down.

It's a new camera package.

(crowd cheering)

For a candid moment.

(crowd cheering)

- Okay, back up they go.

Bella, let's start with you,

what do you say?

- Do you want some tea? - 1,250.

- Sure. - 1,250.

Go up seven.

- 2,050.

- [Presenter] 2,050.

(bell rings)

Here. - 2,300.

- [Presenter] All right, 1,250.

(bell rings)

- [Contestant] One dollar.

- [Presenter] One dollar.

Let's look at that price.

$1,198.

(Frank sighs) (bell ringing)

(crowd cheering)

- There you go.

- [Presenter] Call it time?

- [Announcer] Yes, sir, almost-

- [Frank] Is it time?

- [Presenter] Pretty young.

- [Announcer] You'll be glowing back here,

vacation to Europe.

(gentle music)

(water bubbling)

(birds singing) (gentle music continues)

(dramatic music)

- [Narrator] Iron, all it takes is one particle.

(dramatic music continues)

When a star develops even the smallest atom

of this element inside its buried heart,

its fate is sealed.

(star whooshing)

(Grayson gasping) (dramatic music)

(gentle upbeat music)

(Grayson imitates spaceships whooshing)

- Come in mission control.

This is Grayson.

We are seeking permission to land.

(Grayson imitates spaceships whooshing)

(upbeat music)

(Grayson chuckles)

(Grayson imitates spaceships whooshing)

(upbeat music continues)

(gentle music)

(light rumbling) (Grayson panting)

- [Narrator] When a star develops even the smallest atom

of this element inside its buried heart,

its fate is sealed.

(Grayson panting) (gentle music)

(gentle upbeat music)

- Pop.

How do you keep your heart

from blowing out of you all the time?

- You keep your chest closed, Grayson.

(gentle upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

(gentle upbeat music)

(car engine whirring)

(gentle upbeat music continues)

(gentle upbeat music continues)

(gentle upbeat music continues)

(bell rings)

(customers chatting indistinctly)

(soft upbeat music)

♪ And I'm just seeing ♪

♪ The whole world was on your shoulder ♪

♪ There you are ♪

♪ A ranch against the pine ♪

♪ Old mountain road ♪

(light rumbling)

- Coffee?

♪ Maybe kick back and have a drink ♪

- Thank you.

♪ Hey, sit down ♪

♪ And play some old types of songs ♪

(soft upbeat music)

♪ The old times ♪

♪ Sometimes just roll by ♪

♪ Out in the light of my favourite pine ♪

(soft upbeat music)

♪ Like stars seem light ♪

♪ While they're raising in the sky ♪

- Psst!

It's my birthday.

Can I have the red?

I'll trade you my blue.

(upbeat soft music)

♪ You have flown ♪

♪ Heading down to the Rio Bridge ♪

♪ Gone out too far, stuck in sand ♪

♪ Till their own dusty fort ♪

♪ Rover meets road ♪

(upbeat soft music)

♪ I might be losing my mind ♪

♪ You're just waving goodbye ♪

- It was too hot for him.

You can have it.

(heart beating) (light whooshing)

(paper crinkling) (soft upbeat music)

♪ I'm taking off my shoes ♪

♪ And I'm out the door ♪

(bell rings)

(traffic whirring)

(radio crackling)

- [Reporter] Mid-50.

Wind speeds about 15 miles an hour.

It will be mostly cloudy in the morning.

(paper crinkling) (car rumbling)

(reporter chatting indistinctly)

(radio crackling)

(tense music)

(tyres screeching)

(Grayson panting)

- Oh, shit.

(tense music)

(wolf howling)

(cubs yelping) (sombre music)

(wolf howling)

(wolf growling)

(sombre music continues)

(light rumbling)

(light whooshing)

(wolf squeals)

(Grayson grunts)

(sombre music continues)

(Grayson panting)

(engine rumbling)

(tyres whirring)

(suspenseful music)

(dramatic upbeat music)

(patrons chatting indistinctly)

(upbeat music)

- All right, you got me to come all the way over here.

Now, what'll it be?

- Um, just, uh, your cheapest whiskey and some fries.

(bartender sighs)

- Fries and...

Fries and.

- [Tabitha] She forgot about your drink, you know?

- What?

- Your whiskey.

Just get it yourself.

(laughs) Here.

(patrons chatting indistinctly)

(soft upbeat music)

♪ Four shots at me ♪

♪ Word on the street beneath me ♪

♪ Yeah, you're not as fun ♪

(glasses clinking)

(patrons chatting indistinctly)

(soft upbeat music continues)

- You need a haircut.

It's good colour though.

What do they call that?

Um, Van Dyke brown.

(laughs) I think they call it Van Dyke brown.

- I'm not sure.

(soft upbeat music)

- So, you just passing through,

seeing the world, living the life?

- I just can't really stay

in one place for too long.

- Well, make sure you see all the sights before you go.

(patrons chatting indistinctly)

(soft upbeat music)

(patrons laughing)

What brought you here?

- I hit a, I hit a ditch.

So I just need a tow.

- Oh.

Our gas station has the only tow truck

and it closed at five.

So you're stuck till tomorrow morning.

(patrons chatting indistinctly)

Do you have a place to stay?

(soft upbeat music)

Do you want a place to stay?

Promise I'll take you as soon as it opens tomorrow.

(patrons chatting indistinctly)

(soft upbeat music)

- Okay.

(engine rumbling)

- I hate the smell of artificial heat.

I'm Tabitha, by the way.

- Grayson Crockett.

- Grayson Crockett.

(gentle music)

Grayson Crockett.

You could be a legend with a name like that.

(gentle music)

(gentle upbeat music)

Make yourself at home.

I, uh, I have to pee.

(gentle music)

(gentle upbeat music)

(gentle upbeat music continues)

(star rumbling)

Okay.

(upbeat music)

For warmth.

(gentle music)

Don't move.

(gentle music)

(scissors snipping)

Grayson Crockett.

(scissors snipping) (gentle upbeat music)

- What happened?

- Nothing I can't handle.

- Sorry. - Don't be.

(gentle upbeat music)

(water splashing)

(gentle music)

Come here.

(gentle upbeat music)

What's that?

- It's for protection.

You could maybe use some.

- I don't need protecting.

I don't.

- What about that?

- There's nothing wrong

with a little pain every now and then.

It reminds me I'm alive.

- It's dark.

- That's life.

What's that protecting you from?

(gentle music)

- So I don't explode.

(heart beating) (light crackling)

(gentle upbeat music)

- Don't.

What will happen if you explode?

- I don't know.

Something terrible.

- How do you know it would be bad?

- How could it be good?

(gentle upbeat music)

I'm not a star.

- Do you know what your particles are made out of?

All the atoms and tiny bits that make us people,

they're the same particles

and tiny bits that made the first stars.

Now these old stars got tired

and blasted their star bits all the way to right here.

If they didn't do that, we'd never exist.

(upbeat music)

We're all made of stars.

(light crackling) (dramatic music)

Let go.

(light crackling) (gentle music)

(heart beating)

(light whooshing) (dramatic upbeat music)

(light whooshing continues)

(dramatic upbeat music continues)

(light whooshing continues)

(dramatic upbeat music continues)

(light whooshing continues)

(dramatic upbeat music continues)

(tone beeps)

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

(spaceship whooshing)

(Jerome speaking in foreign language)

- [Randall] Matilda is here.

- Thank you, Randall.

(computer whirs)

(door clicks and whooshes)

Aspirant Matilda.

- Elder Jerome.

(soft music)

- I've been monitoring your progress.

This past year has been eventful.

- Yeah, I, I won the math award

and English too,

and gymnastics, painting, music, theatre.

Actually, I wrote a play that my school put on,

a couple actually.

- Colleges?

- Uh, yeah, um,

three are offering full pot but-

- But?

- I just, I don't think I relate to school.

I know I'm good at it. (laughs)

- But what?

- Well, the other day I said to my physics teacher,

"So Heisenberg gets pulled over by a traffic bot,

and he says, 'Excuse me, sir,

do you know how fast you were going?'

And then he says, 'Well-'"

- "No but I know where I am."

- Yes. Thank you. (laughs)

God, he didn't get it, like, at all.

(soft music)

The teachers think that I am cute

or that I threaten them.

Students think I'm weird.

- Do you feel weird?

- Not with you.

- Good, because I don't think you're weird.

I think you're a brilliant young person

who normal people have a hard time understanding.

- Oh, so you don't think I'm normal.

- Correct. And that's a good thing.

You have a maturity, not only beyond your 16 years,

but beyond most of humanity.

You see movement when other see only darkness.

You're a pathfinder, an adventurer.

You challenge outmoded social conventions.

- Is that why everyone's always telling me

to face up to reality?

(soft music)

- Rousseau said the world of reality has its limits.

The world of imagination is boundless.

- You must have some pretty boundless imaginings

being asleep 51 weeks a year.

- During hibernation, an elder's metabolism slows,

but we are constantly being fed

up-to-date information into our augmentation modules.

Not exactly asleep.

- You'll never leave me. Will you?

(soft music)

- I wouldn't dream of it.

(soft upbeat music)

- [Matilda] You must have some pretty boundless imaginings

being asleep 51 weeks a year.

I was yelling, he was yelling.

It was like this whole big thing.

We were making a scene and I was just yelling like,

"I have a 95."

And everyone was looking at me

and it was ridiculous.

I nearly got expelled for the second time, um,

and then they offered me tenure.

- Which you refused.

(Matilda laughs)

- Academia is not for me.

- How about consociation?

Your former classmate, Kendrick,

would very much like to consociate with you.

- Well, he's a very nice guy.

I just don't really connect with him.

- Hmm.

- When did you consociate?

- I didn't.

I was like you,

everything I said went above everybody's head.

There was no one to share my feelings with.

That's why I became an elder.

Even though I only see my aspirants

one day out of every year,

maybe because of that,

I have a perspective on who they are they don't have.

I help them find their way.

It's both deeply purposeful and deeply intimate.

- Maybe I should become an elder.

- No.

You're so full of life.

- Don't you get lonely?

I mean, once you take the vow,

you can't leave this room.

(fire crackling)

- No, I like this room.

- Oh.

- Of course, there's always Randall.

- Your singular?

- Randall?

- [Randall] Yes, Elder Jerome.

- How long have we known each other?

- [Randall] I was assigned to you

shortly after your initial 100-year hibernation.

- Anything about me you don't know?

- [Randall] Not much.

(Matilda laughs) (Jerome laughs)

- Jerome, I have a not normal request.

I'm not against consociation.

I just want to do it with someone that really knows me.

- That's an admirable sentiment.

- I want you to consociate with me.

- That would be wrong.

- Why?

You always say that I challenge the social conventions.

What is this other than another outmoded convention?

- Even discounting hibernation,

I am a lot older than you.

More importantly, I took a vow when I entered the order.

If I break that vow, I will betray

everything my life has stood for.

- You could leave the order.

- [Jerome] And be outcast.

- Be with me.

- (sighs) Matilda, please don't.

- Jerome, you are the only one

that I thought would never reject me.

- (sighs) But I'm not rejecting you.

I'm trying to give you life.

Someday this will all make sense to you.

- I contest to you.

(gentle music)

She looks up at me with these huge green eyes

and she says, "Mommy, it's cold outside."

"I need my ear muffins." (laughs)

She loves space.

Loves space.

If it was up to her,

she would never leave the front room.

- Celestine sounds wonderful.

- Yeah. (laughs)

- Who tends to her aspirant needs?

- Elder Lavinia.

- She has an excellent reputation.

- She is not you.

I, uh, I really wish-

- It is prohibited.

- I know.

- So you're still a rabble rouser.

- What could possibly give you that impression?

- Oh, I don't know, maybe that play you wrote,

"The Lampoon of General Morgan."

- That man is a narcissistic caricature of himself.

- Fortunately, his influence is marginal.

- I wouldn't be so sure.

(fire crackling)

- And how's it going with Kendrick?

- Fine.

He's a model partner.

Polite, helpful, undemanding.

- But? - Sometimes I,

I feel like I am going crazy

with the sheer sameness of our life together.

I think I pick fights just to liven things up.

We never laugh, like, you know.

- You have a beautiful child.

- Yeah, I know.

That, that's what keeps me going.

- [Randall] Ernest is here.

- Time's up? - Yep.

- I... I wish-

(Matilda laughs) (Jerome laughs)

- Next year?

- Yeah, next year.

(tense music)

I'm so sorry.

- The irony of a child that loved space

dying in a routine tram ride to the moon.

I feel like I don't have anything anymore.

Anything.

- It's not true.

People look up to you.

That's why you led the campaign

against the Morganites.

And you're still young.

You can have another child.

- I don't want another child.

I don't want Kendrick either.

- You're upset.

- Yeah. Yeah.

I haven't, I haven't wanted him for a long time,

maybe ever.

(fire crackling) (gentle music)

(Matilda sobbing)

(gentle music continues)

(group speaking indistinctly)

(gentle music continues)

(gunshots firing) (crowd yelling)

- [Randall] General Morgan has declared himself

president for life.

He has called for a disbanding of the order.

Several prominent leaders

have been rounded up and executed.

(door clicks and whooshes)

- Jerome, it's time to go.

(gunshot firing)

- Go?

- Come with me or wait for Morgan

and his guys to get you.

We're fighting back.

- But the order forbids.

- In a couple of days, there might not even be an order.

Come, we can finally be us.

- But the consequences of it-

- Randall!

- [Randall] Yes, Matilda?

- What are the consequences

of an elder leaving the order?

- [Randall] Outcast elders rarely survive long.

Some die of natural causes.

Some die by suicide.

Some apply for singularity.

Average life expectancy-

- Okay, Randall, what happens if they have someone,

someone that loves them?

- [Randall] There is insufficient data

to answer that question.

- Come on.

Jerome, we can be pathfinders, adventurers.

Isn't that what you always wanted?

- [Jerome] No, it's what you always wanted.

(tense music)

- Screw you.

Yes, screw you, Jerome.

- Yes, yes. I wanted you.

I, I wanted you like nothing else I ever wanted.

Every hibernation, I dreamed of being with you.

I came this close to betraying

everything my life has stood for,

but then I remembered I had principles

and I said no, I said no.

- Of course you said no.

You've been saying no to everything

you ever wanted your entire life.

Look, I've spent my entire life

waiting for you to wake up.

Fucking waste.

Goodbye.

Good luck with the new management.

(upbeat rock music)

- [Randall] General Morgan was found dead

by his own hand as his troops advanced-

- Randall, shut up!

(gentle music)

I gotta find her.

I searched every database and nothing.

(gentle music)

Yeah, I'm leaving.

- [Randall] If you leave, I am required by law

to report that you have forfeited your position

as elder and have left the order irrevocably.

- I can't live without her.

- [Randall] I can give you seven days,

then this module will be occupied by a new elder.

(gentle music)

- Thanks, friend. (sighs)

- [Randall] Good luck.

(gentle music)

- [Jerome] I looked everywhere and she's just gone.

Randall, how is that even possible?

- [Randall] Certain information

is not available without special clearance.

- What kind of information?

- [Randall] Information about the order.

- What do you mean?

- [Randall] If someone were to join the order,

that information does not become public

until they have completed

their 100 year initial hibernation.

- Would anyone know if she had joined?

- [Randall] Certain hybrid sentient algorithms.

- Like singulars.

- [Randall] Yes.

(gentle music)

- Maybe I should become an elder.

- No. You're so full of life.

(gentle music)

(Jerome scoffs)

- [Matilda] You'll never leave me, will you?

- How does one apply for singularity?

(gentle music)

(dramatic music)

(birds singing)

Elder, your first aspirant of the day's here, Victoria.

Last night her dog Horatio died.

She'd be deeply depressed.

(gentle upbeat music)

- Jerome, the last time I saw her,

she said that her dog had been suffering.

She even said that death would be a kindness for him.

- [Jerome] Horatio was the last birthday gift

her late father gave her 12 years ago.

- Thank you, Jerome.

I don't know what I'd do without you.

My augmentation module is never quite

as comprehensive as yours was.

You'll never leave me, will you?

- [Jerome] I wouldn't dream of it.

(dramatic upbeat music)

(gentle music)

- I love you, mom. - Hey, did you see the news?

- What a lovely surprise. - How do you use

the laundry machine? - Beautiful sunny

75 degree day. - Have her meet me

on a Tuesday.

- [Allison] Ugh, I can't find my blue sweater.

- This is so cool. - Now take your shoes off.

- [Allison] I'm home from school!

- I think it's a great idea. - You don't like it?

- [Allison] What's for lunch?

- [Lisa] Put that down.

Don't you think this looks professional?

- Well, look out. - Bottle of wine

would be nice.

- [Grandpa] Hard time finding it.

- [Allison] Is grandma coming to dinner?

- [Lisa] Turn on the news.

- [Jake] Mom's on her way over.

- [Grandma] Oh, it's no problem.

We're having fish for lunch.

- [Jake] I kind of bought a new car.

- [Lisa] Grab your best shoes.

- [Jake] I've heard of that before.

- [Allison] Dad, can I borrow your car tonight?

- [Grandpa] See you next week.

- [Neil] Where are my brown shoes?

- [Grandpa] I didn't even know you could do that!

- Western Siberia. - There's a leak

in the ceiling.

- Don't let me interrupt. - It's on Tuesday.

- [Lisa] I have to run to the grocery store.

- Is that black? Mom? - We have a decision.

- [Grandpa] Can you believe this weather?

- [Reporter] The Greenland ice sheet

is on the verge of collapse.

(upbeat music)

- Time's almost up.

(Lisa groans) (upbeat music)

- Benjamin Harrison.

- Close. Grover, Cleveland.

Harrison was the 23rd president.

- How could someone name their kid Grover?

- (laughs) Actually, uh, that was his middle name.

It was Stephen Grover Cleveland.

- Still, Grover?

I mean, as a third year law student, I object.

(Jake laughs)

New category, how long will it take Jake and Lisa

to unpack and put away all this stuff?

- 28 days, six hours,

and 42 minutes.

- That's a very precise answer, Professor.

- Well, when you take into account the number of boxes,

square footage of the house,

add in the linear footage of the furniture,

multiply that by two efficient and madly in love newlyweds

moving exponentially slower

with each passing day.

Well, you get the idea.

- Is that your objective, scientific answer?

- Yep. - Yeah.

(Jake laughs and kisses)

- My parents will be here any minute.

- Hello! Sorry we're late.

Or are we early?

- Hi, Mom. Hey, Dad.

We, we were just-

- I know, dear.

We were newlyweds once too, you know.

- Oh, thank you so much for coming.

Your son seems to think

we're gonna be unpacking for almost a month.

- Nonsense.

I brought cleaning supplies.

Where do we start?

- Well, I would love to start in the bedroom,

if that's okay with you.

- Lead the way. - Okay.

(gentle music)

(dad sighs)

- "Quantum Mechanics." (laughs)

I don't know how you make heads or tails of this stuff.

- Oh, it's just something I have a knack for.

Uh, uh, which it's funny that you said heads or tails,

um, because according to quantum mechanics,

whenever you flip a coin,

it is both heads and tails until you observe it,

and then it becomes heads or tails.

Okay, maybe I need to work

on my teaching style a little bit, uh.

- I think you'll do just fine.

It would be nice if you could balance out

your lectures with some references to our Lord.

- (groans) Dad, God and science don't mix like that.

- That's not the way we raised you.

- It is exactly how you raised me.

After my confirmation, mom would always say,

"Hey, you're confirmed.

Believe what you want to believe.

Now say your prayers."

- [Mom] I heard that.

(Jake laughs) (gentle music)

- I just believe in things that can be tested

and proven with science.

I'm open to, to the possibility of there being something.

I just need to see the proof.

- Wait until you have kids,

that's all the proof you'll need.

(Jake laughs) (gentle music)

What's this?

- What's what?

- LifeQuest?

- Uh, it's just a bookmark.

Um, I thought that the, the design was cool,

so I, I kept it.

- Let's say we take a break and order some food.

- No argument from me.

- Jake, there are some menus in the car.

Can you go get them?

- I'm on it.

Be right back.

(gentle music)

Oh, I forgot to tell you-

- Menus, go.

Tell me after we order some food.

- Right. Menus.

(gentle music)

Stop taunting your brother. - Come and give

your grandpa a hug. - Don't say that.

- [Allison] Are we out of almond milk?

- [Jake] Lisa, are you working long?

- [Allison] Daddy, can you help me with my science project?

- [Lisa] I brought some fresh strawberries.

- [Jake] Just a chicken sandwich.

- [Grandpa] Ah, I'm sure it'll pass over.

- [Reporter] Self-driving cars are here to stay.

(keys rattling)

- Jake? - Lisa.

- Uh, hi. It's time.

- It's time?

- Yeah. - It's time, it's time.

- [Lisa] It's time.

- Okay, okay.

Okay, uh, okay.

We're calm.

Uh, everything is under control.

Uh, take my hand.

Everything's under control.

Just take my hand.

We're gonna go to the car.

- Okay. - Okay.

- Aren't you forgetting something?

- Uh, it's just a little water.

I'll clean it up later.

- No, not that.

- Well, the bag's in the car.

I have the key.

I have the keys and we're good.

We have everything.

We're having a baby.

- Yes, sweetie. We are. (laughs)

Allison!

You would've remembered.

- I, I totally-

- You would have, yeah. - I did not forget,

I, she was next on my list.

- Right.

- I'm very busy, mommy.

- [Lisa] Oh, is that so?

- Hey, sweetie.

Are you ready to be a big sister?

- Oh, boy, I'm definitely ready, Daddy.

- Great.

We have to go to the hospital right now

so that your little brother can be born.

- This is exciting. Mommy?

- [Lisa] Yes, honey.

- Who wrote the book "Catch 22?"

- "Catch 22," really? - What?

I thought a little trivia

might take your mind off... Okay, let's go.

- Okay.

- Just for the record, it was Joseph Heller.

Most people say J. D. Salinger,

but he wrote "The Catcher in the Rye."

- Good to know.

Thank you. - I'm so proud of you.

- Jake, let's go. - Okay. Okay.

Come on, come on, come on.

Here we go.

(gentle music)

(tense music)

(group chatting indistinctly)

- Damn it. - My book just got published.

- I cut my finger. - 12 degrees.

- [Lisa] That was your father's favourite.

Chloe's coming over tonight. - Neil, I'll take you

to practise. - Dropped my friend-

Jake, we have a reservation now for tonight.

- [Reporter] Unprecedented heat wave in December.

- [Jake] Tomorrow, we will be discussing quantum mechanics

and the simple act of observation.

The reason quantum mechanics say if you flip a coin

on its journey through the air

and back into your hand, it is both heads

and tails until observed or interacted with.

Give that some thought tonight

and we will talk about it tomorrow.

Class dismissed.

- Professor Williams.

(gentle music)

Phil and I were talking before class and-

- We heard a rumour that you're gonna be involved

in one of the experiments

at the Circular Electron Postron Collider in China.

- And we were just wondering

if you could tell us something,

anything about some of what's happening over there.

It's really very exciting.

- Michelle, Phil, I really appreciate the enthusiasm,

but there's just really not much I can say at this point.

The CEPC hasn't even been run at full power yet.

- Oh.

- But I can say that even at half power at 16 TeV,

the preliminary results are very interesting,

at least according to my colleagues who were actually there.

- Interesting, like parallel universes?

- Wormholes? God?

(gentle music)

- (chuckles) Not that interesting, but, um,

let's just say there is a distinct possibility

that a fifth unifying force exists.

- So no portals to the multiverse?

- No, not that I know of.

I'm so sorry, I gotta run.

I can't be late to my son's fifth birthday,

but I will see both of you tomorrow.

- Yeah. Take care.

- Wait, what's, uh, what's that?

That, uh, the sticker.

- Oh, uh, I don't know.

I, I borrowed this from my roommate.

I didn't notice it.

- It looks familiar, I just, uh, can't place how.

(laughs) It'll come to me.

Anyway, uh, don't forget to ponder

the heads and/or tails of a coin flip.

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

- My car's here. - Wow, that was fast.

Allison, Neil, say goodbye to your grandmother.

- Bye, gramme.

I'll come over tomorrow

and help you with your computer.

Shouldn't be too much.

- Oh, thank you, Allie.

- Bye, grandma.

- Bye, sweetie. (kisses)

- Dad? - Yeah.

- I have an astrophysics paper due tomorrow.

Could you help me out with it later?

- I might know a thing or two about that,

but you tell me,

what was the number one hit song in 1981?

- Are we still doing this?

1981 was like a million years ago.

Who's Bette Davis?

Come on, gramme, I'll walk you to your car.

- Goodbye, Lisa. - Bye.

- If you need anything at all,

you just call me.

- You're so good. Thank you.

I appreciate that.

- Goodbye, Jake.

Happy birthday and, oh, (groans)

just be careful. - Okay.

Thanks, mom.

And I'll call you tomorrow, okay?

- Okay.

- I'm going to Chloe's for a bit.

- [Lisa] Okay. Have fun.

- Thanks. - Okay, be safe.

Never should have gotten her the holophone.

It's practically cheating.

- A little bit, yes.

Just for the record,

I knew it was "Bette Davis Eyes."

- Oh, really? - Mm-hmm.

Yeah, it was my mom's favourite song.

- See, that is a piece of trivia

that I did not know.

I'm sorry, Lisa.

- No, it's okay.

I can't believe it's been almost a year now.

I still miss her.

- Wow, it's already been a year.

- Yeah.

- (groans) Time just seems to be going so fast lately.

- I know.

- It's like you close your eyes

and then suddenly five years have gone by.

- Right, wasn't Neil in diapers like last week?

- Yes, it feels like it sometimes.

- Oh, happy 48th birthday, old man.

- Oh, ouch. - Yeah.

(both kissing)

- I love you.

Thanks so much for this today.

- You're welcome.

You're really gonna leave me tomorrow?

- I'm only gonna be gone for a few weeks.

I'll be back before you even start to miss me.

- I miss you already.

Wait, what's your name again?

(Jake laughs)

- Uh, you do know that pretty much

all the work I've been doing

my entire adult life has been building up

to these upcoming experiments.

- Of course I know.

And when you prove God exists,

please tell her or him

I said, "Thank you for everything."

You have a headache again?

(Jake groans)

- It's just little.

You really think that's what we're gonna find?

- From the way you talk, that's what it sounds like to me.

You do know I've basically been a practising Catholic

my entire life.

- Oh, I'm vaguely aware. - Yeah.

- And as a devout atheist,

I am pretty confident

that God does not fit into the equation,

no pun intended.

(Lisa laughs)

- Well, either way, I'm gonna miss you.

(gentle music)

You want another piece of cake before I put it away?

- Oh, no, thank you. So full.

It's a great cake though.

Uh, where'd you get it?

- Well, my friend Linda opened up a bakery,

so I just ordered it online yesterday,

and it was drone delivered this morning.

- Very cool. - Yeah.

- LifeQuest Bakery.

Quite the unusual name, don't you think?

- Yeah, Linda's kind of unusual.

- (laughs) Oh, she makes an excellent cake.

Thanks again for this memorable birthday.

And I actually have a little something for you.

- For me? On your birthday.

- Yeah, it's just a little something to,

uh, to remind you of how much I love you

while I'm in China. - Baby.

- I'll be right back. - Okay.

(gentle music)

(Jake sighs) (tense music)

(gentle music)

- Gentlemen, this is Phil Farnsworth.

He's just come out of his final session.

Welcome back, Phil.

- (gasps) It seemed so real.

It happened so fast. (gasps)

- Relax, Phil.

(tense music)

Take a deep breath.

Nurse? Mr. Farnsworth is back.

Phil, I hope you had a great life.

The nurse here will tend to your recovery

as you get yourself oriented back to the real world.

Marcus, Carl, young Mr. Farnsworth is 20 years old.

He has stage four pancreatic cancer

and will most likely be dead in six months.

With such a grim prognosis,

and at such a young age, Phil has agreed

to participate in the final clinical trial of LifeQuest.

He's just lived the next 60 years or so

of his life in the span of three days.

Every experience felt as real to him

as the ones you're feeling right now.

Every memory, every conversation,

all the laughter and tears,

all the sorrow and joy were experienced

and remembered as real.

Quid, our quantum computer, takes in every piece

of information about a person from every conceivable source,

social media, historical records, street camera footage,

security cameras, cell phone videos,

internet search histories, you name it.

Every possible source of information is gathered by Quid

and run through its quantum algorithm

to build a full and complete 3D life.

Basically, it predicts what your life

will be like in the future while disregarding

any real and/or potential health issues.

The simulation pinpoints the highlights of a person's life,

marriages, new jobs, births, birthdays,

deaths, all the big events.

Those will play out fully and serve as guideposts

for the rest of the mundane day-to-day experiences.

Those will be filled in or downloaded

into the hippocampus part of the temporal lobe,

as well as the amygdala.

A truly fascinating and (sighs)

exquisite aspect of Quid's quantum algorithm

is its ability to adapt information from day to day.

In other words, the life it creates for the user

isn't predetermined and inserted fully at the outset,

but new information is added as time goes by.

The user in the simulation is completely unaware

of when this new information is implanted.

It usually happens when a person is asleep for the night,

but often it'll happen when a person

simply opens a door and walks through.

Perhaps two and a half, three or five years

of projected life experience will be placed into memory.

It's been described by a majority of the subjects

as a feeling of your life going by really fast.

One day I woke up and I was 50,

a feeling that we can all relate to, I'm sure.

For example, Phil will meet a girl

named Michelle in college.

They'll get married three years after graduating.

They'll have three children

and eventually six grandchildren.

All of these memories were built one after the other

and grafted into his brain,

and he recollects them as real experiences.

Cooper, bring up data stream 7.314.

Interestingly, we just discovered,

and we have no record of this having happened before,

but Phil will have crossed paths

with another one of our current participants.

He will take a fleeting interest in physics in college,

where his professor will be that man there.

Now, the chances of them being part

of the same quantum extrapolation

are just a hair above nil,

so that's something we're looking into.

It's just an odd quirk.

Otherwise, this system is functioning perfectly

and will be ready for initial therapeutic distribution,

and then a much more scaled down version

will be made available to the public

for entertainment purposes.

- This is all extraordinarily impressive, Mr. Praxis.

- Eli, please.

I thought you might like what you see.

And as far as potential valuation,

our projections show product placement alone

will exceed $400 billion.

- $400 billion?

- That's right.

But the real game changer here

is every financial transaction

that takes place within the simulation

will be tied to several different

LQ blockchain two cryptocurrencies,

and every single transaction

over the course of each and every sim life

will translate into the real world.

Praxis Industries and his LifeQuest subsidiary

are on the precipice of becoming

the world's first $200 trillion company.

Let's take a walk to my office

and we can discuss terms regarding some cash infusion

and exactly what the investors can't expect,

which I am confident you will like very much.

- [Cooper] Mr. Praxis,

I think you should take a look at this.

- What is it, Cooper?

- Mr. Williams appears to be in great distress.

His blood pressure and heart rate are dangerously high.

- Is everything all right?

- It's nothing we can't handle.

My assistant Grover will meet you

in the hall and take you to my office.

I'll be there shortly.

- He's going into cardiac arrest.

Now, this could be an aneurysm due to his tumour.

We should call in the medical team.

- No. Wait.

- [Cooper] If we wait, he's going to die.

- He's going to die anyway.

(gentle upbeat music)

- I love you.

Thanks so much for this today.

- Good to know.

Thank you. - I'm so proud of you.

- Jake, let's go. - Okay. Okay.

- I just believe in things that can be tested

and proven with science.

♪ A world they write ♪

- I forgot to tell you.

- Menus, go.

Tell me after we order some food.

- All right.

♪ For a bit of time ♪

(Jake sighs)

♪ And as you leave ♪

♪ Though I wish you'd have stayed ♪

♪ If it has to be ♪

♪ Feels like eternity ♪

(computer whirring)

- My God.

It's magnificent.

(gentle upbeat music)

♪ Out of sync went out of time ♪

♪ Love is flashing ♪

♪ Before my eyes ♪

- Oh, my Jake.

Jake, Jake stay with me.

Jake, Jake, Jake.

♪ Through these glances ♪

♪ Of what's coming home ♪

- Don't go. (sobs)

I love you.

- My God.

It's magnificent.

- Oh, my baby.

(gentle music)

(Jake groaning)

♪ And you're still with me ♪

(gentle upbeat music)

- Oh, no. (sobs)

Oh, my baby. (sniffs)

(gentle music)

- Second quarter profits are on target

to more than double the first quarter.

Social media chatter is at an all time high,

and user satisfaction is still at an unprecedented 100%.

(computer beeps)

- Thank you, Michaela.

That all sounds excellent.

Any additional anomalies reported?

- None that I know of.

- That's, that's good.

- You sound disappointed.

- Disappointed?

No, just trying to ascertain the answers

to the Jake Williams incident.

- Our quantum engineers

are still diving deep into the data.

- I know, it's just-

- Frustrating not to know.

- I guess you could say that.

- Welcome to the human race, Eli.

- Careful, Michaela.

Your sense of humour is showing.

- Eli, before you go, let me just ask you one question.

- Sure.

- You're basically the smartest person on the planet.

How can you be so sure

you're not currently in a simulation?

- Michaela, I built LifeQuest.

I created Quid.

With all due respect,

(coin whooshing)

I think I'd know if I were in a simulation.

Besides, if this were all just a quantum algorithm,

you'd be a figment of my imagination,

and I like you too much for that to be true.

- Eli, there's something... I'm running

some diagnostics. - We need to-

- [Scientist] Everything is-