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[soft piano music]
♪♪

This is a neanderthal.

Kinda cute, huh?

[class laughs]

But stupid.

He's a dumb brute.

A grunting savage.

A caveman, or so conventional
wisdom would have it.

Any Sigma Kai's
in the room today?

Yeah, buddy!

[laughing]

How do you like it

when the Kappa Alpha Theta's
call you cavemen?

[laughing]

It's an insult, right?

But let's get back to
our friends, the neanderthals.

They evolved from
our common ancestor

300,000 - 400,000 years ago.

We know they were short
and stocky

with very powerful physiques.

Physically, they were
the very image of cavemen.

So what happened to them?

Modern humans, with
our superior intelligence,

out-competed neanderthals
and drove them to extinction.

Makes perfect sense, right?

And I say it's completely wrong.

[class murmurs]

In 1856 fossilized remains
of a human-like creature

were first discovered in
the Neander Valley in Germany,

hence the name "neanderthal".

This was the age of Darwin.

It was also the age
of Sir Francis Galton.

Galton was a remarkable man.

A genius.

His main contribution
to posterity was eugenics.

He and his followers
thought they could tell

by someone's appearance
just how intelligent

or civilized they were.

I wonder if you can tell
which race Galton thought

was the most intelligent.

[class laughs]

Turns out Sir Francis
had a big, fat prejudice

which blinded him
to the evidence.

He was a white, European male
and so he assumed

white European males were the
pinnacle of human development.

Well, they're not.

[class laughs]

[applause]

Ok, check this out.

Genetic studies show

that every human outside
of sub-Saharan Africa

carries between and and four
percent neanderthal genes.

[class murmurs]

Yeah, folks.

That means what
you think it means.

[class laughs]

Yeah.

Sigma Kai's, feeling
better about yourselves now?

(class) Yeah!

Could it be that instead of
killing off neanderthals

with our superior traits we
got those traits from them?

It's an interesting question,
but we'll never know the answer.

Unless we meet a neanderthal
face to face.

But that's impossible.

Or is it?

It just so happens that the
world's only non-fossilized

remains of a neanderthal are
on this very campus

just across the quad.

They were discovered by
my boss, Dr. Godwin Thomas.

Dr. Thomas named him William
after William King,

Irish naturalist who first
recognized neanderthals

as a separate species.

Much has been learned
from William,

but his real potential
remains untapped.

Wouldn't it be great if someone
could figure out

how to use his DNA to clone
a living neanderthal?

[class murmurs]

Crazy idea?

Probably.

But wouldn't you like to meet
your cousin, William?

(All) Yeah!

Me too.

Alright everybody,
that's it for today.

Uh, read chapters three and four
from Rogers and Jacobs

and I'll see you
all next Thursday.

[applause]

[pub chatter]

Hey.

I know how it can be done.

Um, how what can be done?

How to clone a neanderthal.

Really?

And how would a grad student
like you come by

that sort of expertise?

I'm not a grad student.

I'm a medical doctor, with a PhD
in reproductive endocrinology

and bio-engineering.

Oh.

Um... you want a glass of wine?

Well, the basic operation
is cloning 101.

We start by removing the nuclear
DNA from a sapiens donor egg

and then replace it with DNA
from the William specimen.

But that's not nearly enough.

You're telling me you'd
have to replicate

the entire protein profile,
including the mitochondria?

Yeah, otherwise it's a hit
or miss affair,

which is arguably okay for sheep
but definitely not

for a human species.

Sounds like a heavy lift.

Yeah, but I said that
it would be possible, not easy.

Or cheap.

Well, then we better
get started.

[laughs]

What?

You know that you're crazy,
right?

I know.

I know.

What is this about?

Why neanderthals?

What's to be gained?

I want to show you something.

Here we are.

The Bat Cave.

[laughs]

This is my kingdom.

This is where it happens.

Welcome.

Can I touch these?

Yeah, go ahead.

Oh.

Alright, one was
made by homo sapiens,

one by neanderthal.

No.

Which is which?

Yep.

Wow.

That's incredible.

Now look.

Imagine how much we could learn

by bringing to life
our closest cousin?

No, our equal.

Only he can tell us who
we are and who we're not.

That's the ontology part
of palaeontology.

The study of being or becoming.

[sighs]

Wow.

I think...

I think we need him
to better understand ourselves.

You're a very interesting
person, Dr. Reed.

So are you, Dr. Sullivan.

[phone rings]

Hello?

Uh, Godwin?

Bob Claiborne here.

Oh, uh, good evening, Bob.

Godwin, I'm struggling
with a difficult matter

and I'd like to get your input.

Well, how can I help?

I'm talking about the
neanderthal project, of course.

Oh, Bob.

I really don't think
it's my place to comment.

I'm not asking you to say
anything inappropriate

about your colleagues,

I just really need
your perspective.

Well, what is there to say?

Barbara and Julian are
an academic power couple.

Three ground-breaking papers
in two years?

It's astonishing work.

Well, I might lose them
as faculty members

if I terminate the project,
but that's not my main concern.

I have a dilemma.

I have to decide whether or
not to authorize the final step.

Have you run this past
Rich Rowley?

As a bioethicist, I find
the idea abhorrent.

He called it a carnival
sideshow.

Well, what about Neda Pourang?

Well, she's adamant that
we continue the project.

She believes there'll be major
benefits from the research.

Godwin, please.

I'm um...

well, I'm calling you
as a friend.

I can't postpone this decision
any longer.

Well, how do I put this?

I admit, I have misgivings about
the whole Marry Shelly-esque

nature of this project.

Deep misgivings.

I see.

Well, thank you, Godwin.

Thank you for your candour.

Goodnight.

Let's do it anyway.

Are you serious?

Who's gonna carry the embryo?

I will.

[laughs]

Oh my god.

Let's have a baby!

♪

Barbara, do you promise never

to step on Julian's
blue suede shoes

and to always love
him tender?

I do.

And do you, Julian,
do you promise

never to leave Barbara
in Heartbreak Hotel

and to always be her
hunka hunka burnin' love?

I do.

Then I pronounce you
man and wife.

You better kiss the bride,
young fella.

[screaming in pain]

The baby's crowning.

[screaming in pain]

♪

There you go.

Breathe! Breathe!

Push, push, push!

That's it, great job.

[baby crying]

It's a baby boy.

Congratulations, mom and dad.

[baby crying]

He's fine.

You did a great job.

Are you okay?

Yeah?

Yeah.

[baby crying]

He's beautiful.

He's a husky little fella.

[door opens]

Julian?

Barbara Sullivan and I
have had a baby.

A healthy nine pound
seven ounce baby boy.

Congratulations.

Bob, I really feel bad about
putting you in this position.

There's gonna be a press
conference tomorrow morning

at 10:00 am.

This explains everything.

You gave him a clear directive
to shut the project down.

Instead he used college funds
to continue it.

We should sack the son
of a bitch and sue him.

If we sue him he'll just take
his neanderthal

off to one of the dozen deep
pocketed universities

who will be glad to have him.

I thought it was against
the law to clone a human.

Well, not in Nevada.

Nevada.

Doesn't the university own the
DNA this thing was made from?

That makes him ours, right?

Well, the 13th amendment
says otherwise.

And which one's the 13th?

The one outlawing slavery.

Oh, right.

And he's not a thing, George.

So what does our exposure
look like?

Oh, we're completely exposed,
seriously.

What if he grows up and goes
on a violent rampage?

University resources
were used to create him,

whether or not he stays
or goes

we're going to be held
accountable for what happens.

Jesus.

Bob. If I may.

Mmmhmm.

Tomorrow morning this is gonna
be world wide news.

If we push Reed out and sue
we get all the liability

and none of the upside.

On the other hand,
if we embrace it

we get the publicity
and a chance to control it.

So, Bob, what do you think?

This is William, a healthy
week old neanderthal baby,

conceived and created using
somatic cell nuclear transfer

of neanderthal DNA.

This breakthrough was possible
because unlike ordinary fossils,

the preserved soft tissue of
the William specimen

contains intact
sets of nuclear DNA.

Dr. Barbara Sullivan whom
you see here with William

pioneered many of
the techniques used.

She also carried the fetus
to term.

Dr. Reed.

So it's a clone.

In effect, yes.

Professor.

Don't most clones die?

Until now, yes.

We've developed new techniques
to replace the mitochondrial

as well as nuclear DNA.

What does that mean?

It's means uh, he's good to go.

What about disease?

We have reason to believe
William's immune profile

will be very robust, but we're
taking every single precaution,

which is why you're
seeing photos

instead of the real thing.

What about the morality of it?

Explain to me how this is
in any way immoral?

Are you a proud father,
Dr. Reed?

I should make it clear that
William is not genetically

related to me or Dr. Sullivan
in any way,

but I am very proud, yeah.

Very proud, indeed.

And I have many people
to thank, uh,

first among them my
esteemed colleague,

my best friend, and my wife,
Dr. Barbara Sullivan.

[applause]

But also my boss,
Dr. Godwin Thomas,

who's brilliant fieldwork
yielded the neanderthal specimen

from which the DNA
was extracted,

and Wallace University
president,

Bob Claiborne, who
has been unwavering

in his support of this
historic project.

Thanks, Bob.

Congratulations, Bob.
We're famous.

Let me make something clear,
Julian.

This project is controlled by
a committee chaired by Godwin.

Nothing happens
without her approval.

Or mine.

I understand.

Julian!

Julian.

Hey.

Congratulations.

Congratulations to Barbara
and congratulations to William.

Thanks, Godwin.

Thank you.

I'm here if you need me.

Thanks.

He said the key would be
under the mat.

You can come home any time.

I love you.

I love you, too.

[door opens]

Dad?

[door closes]

Hi, William.

Hello.

I'm Sarah.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

I've heard so much about you.

Where's dad?

Julian's at a staff meeting
but he should be home

in time for dinner.

Do you live here?

I do.

Hmm.

Uh, why don't I put these
away and I can-

I'll get those.

Thank you.

Oh, thank you.

Oh.

I see you have a healthy
appetite, William.

His body mass and metabolism
require 20 percent

more calories than us, and a
higher percentage of protein.

The chicken is delicious.

Thank you.

Hey.

I just wanted to say
I'm really proud of you

and what you're trying to do.

Thanks, Dad.

It's not gonna be easy.

You're gonna have
to work hard for it,

just like I did.

Nothing comes for free
in this world.

I understand.

You can do it, William.

I know you can.

You're smart.

And you're a Reed,
after all.

We don't give up.

Yes.

That's my boy.

That's my boy.

Okay.

Tomorrow we start.

Good night.

I love you.

I love you, too, dad.

B.

No, William. It's A.

Don't worry, don't worry.

So that's uh, 23 in math
and an 18 in English.

About the same as when
you took the test,

when was it? March?

Not bad.

Not good.

Not bad.

I see you two are hard at work.

Don't mind me.

Thank you.

See you at dinner time.

Bye, Dad.

What did you get?

I think it was a 34 average.

That's a very high score.

Yeah, well I was a total geek.
All I ever did was study.

What do you do now?

I still study.

I'm trying to finish
my dissertation.

What's it about?

You really wanna know?

Yes.

The title is Hyper
Complex Iterations

of Generalized Mandelbrot Sets.

What does that mean?

I know, right?

You really wanna know?

Yes.

Well, it's kind of
hard to explain.

Can we get into it another time?

Yes.

Ok. Well, so it looks like
the English section

was the most challenging
so let's have a look at that.

Why don't you read that
out loud?

"All the world's a stage

"and all the men and women
are merely players.

"They each have their exits
and their entrances

"and one man in his time
plays many parts."

In this passage from Shakespeare
what does the stage symbolize?

What do you think?

Stage equals world.

Not equals, symbolizes.

A stage is a stage,
the world is the world,

they're different things.

Yeah, they are different things,
but-

Why do we need one thing
to symbolize another?

Why can't we call things
what they are?

Well, it's called a metaphor.

So if we take all the qualities
of a theatre and a stage

maybe we can get to a deeper
truth about the world?

No. I think we get further
from the truth,

not closer.

Well, that may be but
they want you to interpret

the abstract ideas
in the text.

I understand what they want,
I just don't like it.

Maybe it's a neanderthal thing.

Ok.

So why don't we take
a look at this.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle,
little star... ♪

Any Sigma Kai's
in the room with us today?

Woof, woof, woof!

Hey, let me ask you something.

Um, how do you like it when
the Theta's call you cavemen?

It's an insult, right?

[class laughs]

Well, not anymore,
because of William.

♪ How I wonder
what you are... ♪

It got kinda crazy around here
for a while,

but as it always does,

public attention pretty quickly
moved on to other stories.

I think folks were disappointed
when he didn't turn out to be

a dangerous savage.

Look at him.

♪ Up above the world
so high... ♪

The traditional story was
that we, homo sapiens,

drove our brutish neanderthal
cousins to extinction

with our superior intelligence.

Every day we spend studying
William gives us more reason

to doubt that story.

♪ Like a diamond
in the sky... ♪

We closely monitored William

across a range of metrics
and as I predicted

William has developed faster

and shown equal, or greater,
intelligence

when compared with
homo sapiens children.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle,
little star... ♪

William's language acquisition
occurred very early

and has developed rapidly.

Mommy.

Oh my god!

Julian!

What happened?

He said "mommy".

His comprehension,
his vocabulary,

his inherent grasp of grammar,
are all comparable to

or superior to homo sapiens
children of the same age.

♪ How I wonder
what you are... ♪

[heart rate monitor beeping]

Just hold on, William.

I love you, sweetheart.

You're doing a good job.

I'm gonna talk to your doctor.

Mama! Come here!

He's burning up.

We need to do something.

Well, we've tried antibiotics,
anti-virals, steroidals,

there's nothing more we can do.

We had been diligent
about maintaining

surgical level asepsis
in the lab but no protocol.

(William) Mama, I need you!
Come here please!

Mama!

He needs me.

Wait! Barbara, you can't go
in there like that!

Let go!

Hi, sweetie.

It turns out William's
immune system

is extraordinarily robust
and adaptive.

This may suggest some very
promising medical applications

for the rest of us.

We have a lot to learn from
William about our bodies

and our brains and about how
we came to be who we are,

but more about that next week.

Thanks, everyone.

[applause]

♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are. ♪

Barbara, please.

Look, this is crazy.

We're having a professional
disagreement.

It's not a reason to blow up
our whole marriage.

It's much more than a
professional disagreement.

It's about our values.

Oh, okay.

Oh, so-so I assume that means
you have good values

and I don't.

Look, I just wanna-I
just wanna carry forward

with the existing protocol.

There's no problem to solve.

William is healthy and happy
in the lab.

It's a cage and
he deserves better.

A cage?!

You have decided every aspect
of his care!

You have the complete genome,

you-you don't need to have him
there in person.

No. You know that's not true.

We need to see how the genes
express themselves

as he develops.

Look, Barbara, we have a
responsibility to keep him here

to maximize his study.

What study?!

You've already proven
your point.

He's just as human
as you or me!

There is nothing left to learn.

What happened to my brilliant
scientist partner?

I'm a mother.

I need to take care
of my son.

He's not your son.

Barbara. Barbara, wait.

Please.

Barbara, I'm sor-

[door slams]

Fuck!

But what about media attention?

Um... of course I'm worried
but, you know,

we haven't had any press
inquiries in almost two years.

I suppose the novelty
has worn off.

He's just so remarkably...
unremarkable.

After a while it just isn't
that interesting a story.

That can change in an instant.

What about your own work?

Well, I'll keep
my faculty position

and I'll continue to do
research part time

but I'll lose my seniority
and chance for tenure.

I'm sorry.

Well, there is an established
protocol.

I have to bring a proposal
to the supervisory committee.

Which you chair.

Which I chair.

Thank you, Godwin.

I wanna see!

Be careful.

Yay!

Yeah, there it is.

[laughs]

[horn blows]

Okay, this is the clinic where
I'll be working

and we're gonna be living in
that apartment right up there.

This is the kitchen and in there
is the living room.

Yeah.

A lot of room to run around.

Where's my room?

Upstairs.

Wait, take it easy, William.

This is my room?

Yep.

What do you think?

It's awesome, mom.

It is awesome.

I just wish dad was here.

He is coming to visit a lot.

In fact, he's gonna be here
on Monday

for your first day of school.

I think we're gonna be really
happy here.

I think, Dr. Reed, you'll find
the island community

to be very tolerant and
welcoming of diversity.

Dr. Sullivan and I have already
had lengthly discussions

about William's particular
circumstances,

but for your benefit
we could go over-

Uh, what circumstances?

Well, his alo-human personhood.

His what?

His alo-human personhood.

I don't know what that is.

Dr. Reed, William is
a neanderthal.

William is a highly intelligent
human child

and I expect you will treat him
the same as every other student.

That's rich, coming from you.

We treat every child equally

while honouring each
as a unique individual.

How do you do both
at the same time?

Well, that's the challenge,
isn't it?

♪ Good morning, everybody,
how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

♪ Good morning, everybody,
how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

♪ Good morning, everybody, ♪

♪ good morning, everybody, ♪

♪ good morning, everybody, ♪

♪ how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

♪ Good morning, William,
how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

♪ Good morning, Jackie,
how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

♪ Good morning, Ruby, ♪

♪ good morning, Nelson, ♪

♪ good morning, Heather,
how are you? ♪

Can you put your personal
feelings aside

and consider that this
might be good for him?

♪ Good morning, Morrison, ♪

♪ good morning, Marcus,
how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

♪ Good morning, William,
how are you? ♪

Thank you.

♪ Good morning, Jackie,
how are you? ♪

[clap, clap]

So how'd you like
your first day at school?

It's great.

I have a best friend
named Mooch.

Mooch?

Mooch is a funny name.

It's short for Morrison.

Oh.

And there's a lizard in a cage,
and fish.

Wow, are they your
friends, too?

No, dad. They're animals.

[laughs]

Yes, indeed they are.

May I please have
some more meatloaf?

Yeah, of course.

Wow, you are a bottomless pit.

There you go.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Here.

I got that.

Oh, come on.

I just want a little bit.

Ok, that doesn't help.

Just a little bit.

Look, what was that?

Oh.

[laughing]

I'm gonna show you some pictures

and I want you to tell me

the first thing that
comes to mind, ok?

Cool.

Rabbit.

Cat.

Penguin.

Mmmhmm.

Sunset.

That was a good one.

Now, I've prepared some more
challenging cards

and I wanna see how you do, ok?

Happy.

Nice.

Sad.

Mad.

Good job.

Scared.

Great job.

I love you, dad.

I'm so proud of you.

You're headed for great things,
you know that?

Top grades in school,

a scholarship at Wallace
University,

graduate school.

Maybe someday you'll be a
professor like me, right?

Right.

That's my boy.

Oh!

Good boy!

Woah!

[grunting]

Hey!

[grunting]

There you are.

Sorry, I didn't mean
to interrupt you

but we should probably
get back at it.

Yes.

Ok.

This is a valley of ashes.

A fantastic farm where ashes
grow like wheat

into ridges and hills
and grotesque gardens.

Where ashes take the forms
of houses and chimneys

and rising smoke and finally,
with a transcendent effort,

of ash grey men.

Do you know where
that quote is from?

The Great Gatsby.

Good.

So "valley of ashes",
what does that symbolize?

It symbolizes ashes.

Come on, William.
You promised you'd try.

Valley of ashes.

Fine.

Death and decay.

Where Gatsby came from.

The past he's ashamed of
and fears returning to.

Good.

That's what they want me
to say.

They want your
own interpretation.

No, they don't.

William...

What if you're the happy ash
girl with your happy ash lover?

You love ashes
and your ashy town.

Ashes symbolize health
and happiness.

Well then we'd be talking about
literary irony or something.

No. We both know if I answered
that way I'd get a low score.

There's a right interpretation
of the text

but who gets to decide
what it is?

These symbols and metaphors
are phoney.

Why is this so important to you?

Because it feels like something
is being taken away from me.

♪

♪ La-la-la-la-la. ♪

Good.

♪ La-la-la-la-la. ♪

♪ La-la-la-la-la. ♪

Good.

♪ La-la-la-la-la. ♪

Hey, look. It's the caveman.

You're gonna get
your ass kicked.

Caveman, get back here!

[dramatic music]

Slow down, we just wanna
talk to you!

[dramatic music]

Hey, Cavey,
what's the big rush?

Come on, man!

We just wanna talk!

[dramatic music]

Shit!

Shit!

Get him! Grab him!

Grab him!

Woah!

Alright, caveman,
let's do this.

[groans in pain]

He's dangerous!

I cannot file charges every
time two kids get into a fight.

He didn't get into a fight.

That freak attacked my son!

He practically broke his hand.

Nothing is broken.

What difference does it make
if it was broken or not?

I know that William would
like to apologize to your son-

I don't want a fucking apology!

I want that thing locked up!

Okay, okay. We're done here,
okay?

That's it?

That's it.

Seriously?

We're done.

Wow.

Go home.

Done, go home.

Wow.

Ok.

Fine.

Wow, Jerry.

Thank you, Jerry.

It won't happen again.

They said that you started it.

That's not true.

They chased me.

Why were they chasing you?

I don't know.

They called me "caveman".

William, these people...

some people, they don't
understand.

We can't expect them to.

But you can't do anything
like this again.

Ever.

No matter what they say,

you have to just have
to walk away, okay?

Do you promise?

I promise.

You're not a caveman.

I know. I'm a neanderthal.

That's right.

And that means that you are
very, very special.

Here you go!

Oh!

You can't get me!

Oh yes, I can!

Hey, William, it's dinner time.

Yay. I'm hungry.

You're always hungry.

Who's that?

Oh, that's Ted.

Who's Ted?

Mom's friend.

Hi Ted.

Hey there, William.

Hello.

Julian, this is Ted Roper.

Pleased to meet you.

Come on, everybody.

I've got lasagne on the table.

Lasagne!

You guys go ahead.

What? Dad, come on.

Please.

I completely forgot, buddy.

There's a graduate seminar
I gotta get to.

Oh. Dad...

Next time, buddy, ok?

Okay, I'll see you
in two weeks.

Have a good night.

Goodnight.

What time did he say
he'd be here?

3:00

I'm sorry, William.

[door opens]

Hi.

Hi.

[door closes]

You must be Dr. Sullivan.

Yes.

I'm Jacqueline DeValle.

I'm here to work with William.

Where is Dr. Reed?

He has a conflict today.

He asked me to conduct
the tests.

I'm a graduate student
in his lab.

He didn't tell you I was coming.

No, he didn't.

Hello, Julian.

What the hell are you doing?

What do you mean,
what am I talking about?

I mean sending a stranger
here unannounced

instead of showing up
for your son.

No, I am not inviting her
to dinner with Ted.

What are you even
talking about?

[slams door]

Could you be any more
of an asshole?

Well, let's get started.

[pencil snaps]

[sighs]

So did that suck or bite?

Sucked.

Bit.

Hey.

Hey, Judy.

How'd it go?

Good.

Sweet, man.

Uh-

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Um, listen, I've been so busy
cramming for this

that I haven't had a chance
to go over my lines.

Do you think you could
come over Sunday,

work it out with me?

Yes.

No, you can't, dude.

We're going camping.

Yes.

No.

Oh.

Okay.

Uh, but you're still on for
Monday's rehearsal, right?

Yes.

Okay, cool.

Alrighty.

Hope you make it back alive.

Yes.

Witty banter, bro.

Yes.

[laughs]

Alright, brother William,
try this one.

What do you get when you
cross an elephant and a rhino?

I don't know.

Elephino.

[laughs]

Get it?

Dude, it's funny.

No.

Okay.

♪

Rhinephant.

What?

A rhinephant.

[laughs]

Is that funny?

Yeah, yeah, that's funny.

Good one. I like that.

[message alert]

Is your mom
texting you already?

Finally got you off
the island, bro.

Hmm.

How long's it been?

Since we moved
when I was five.

Damn.

That's crazy.

Seriously.

You gotta release the beast.

Release the beast!

[growling]

♪

Hey Will.

Yes.

You hear about the stewardess
who backed into the propeller?

No.

Disaster.

I don't get it.

Dis-assed-her.

Ah.

♪

But that's so sad.

♪

♪

Just plug that thing in
and put it in the ground and-

Well, thanks for helping.

What're you doing?

You're supposed to connect it
before you put it in the thing.

I'm gonna write my college essay

about putting up
this ridiculous tent.

I think we got the whole thing
inside out.

I do?

Look at this.

This is ridiculous.

Whatever.

It goes here.

See?

Will you write my college
essay for me?

No.

Where are you applying?

A couple places.

Oregon State, Evergreen.

And I'm applying to the
university of video games.

Better have a back-up school.

Procrastination State?

University of Higher Learning?

Right on.

You're going to Wallace, right?

If I get in.

You'll get in.

You're like the ultimate
affirmative action case.

No, he's not.

He's like the best student
at school.

Judy's the best student
in school.

Judy's the best looking student
at school.

I think he's blushing.

Aw, Will.

Hey Will, how do fish get high?

You never stop.

Seaweed.

Get it?

No.

That's a good one.

How do you like it out here,
Will?

I love it.

Namaste.

Jesus! You scared the shit
out of me.

Greetings.

Hello.

Peaceful spot.

[inhales]

You guys wanna sit down?

Coolness.

Here man.

What are these?

Mushrooms.

Completely organic.
Totally safe.

I think we're good.

No, thank you.

Thanks.

Yo. What're you doing?

Yo. Marcus.

Dude, the whole point of camping
is to leave our parents at home.

It's cool, man.

Yeah man, as many as you want.

Thanks, man.

Like popcorn.

[laughing]

So you guys are
in high school?

High school is cool.

High school is not cool.

[laughing]

Yeah.

So what do you guys do?

Oh, uh, we make jewellery from
organic fibres and seashells

and sell it at festivals
and concerts.

That's pretty cool.

You make a living off that?

No, man.

[laughing]

We're not trying to make
a living.

We're just living,
you know?

This is actually
one of our pieces.

It's all made from hemp.

You're beautiful.

He's a neanderthal.

[laughing]

Marcus.

What the fuck, man?

Is it a secret?

No.

You're the guy
from the university.

Yes.

That's cool.

Man, that's very cool.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Wow.

Do you ever wanna go back?

We just got here.

[laughing]

Back?

Back, you know?
Back to your time.

He's not a time traveller.

[laughs]

I don't feel so good.

It's alright, man.
It's okay, that's normal.

Just breathe through it.

[breathes heavily]

Yes.

Then go there.

[vomits]

Not cool, man!

Not cool!

What, did you think
she wouldn't notice?

I didn't think anything
of it at all.

Just like a man.

No, that comes after
"well, she certainly did".

Oh, right. Shit.

Uh... ugh.

So it's...

Uh... did you think
she wouldn't notice?

Didn't think of it at all.

Well, she certainly did.

And you say...

I didn't mean anything
by it.

Oh, right.

That's the cue for the music.

This is gonna be a disaster.

I keep spacing on my lines.

Judy, you'll be fine.

Just make stuff up
if you forget.

Well, then the band won't know
when to come in.

Well, they will
if we start singing.

[laughs]

You're so calm.

How do you do it?

Scoot.

[jaunty music playing]
♪

♪

Be careful!

♪

[giggles]

♪

[applause]

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ I find myself
playing pretend, ♪

♪ You take my hand
and then, ♪

♪ Speak of love, ♪

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ I find myself dreaming
of him, ♪

♪ Holding my hand
to his heart, ♪

♪ Once and forever, ♪

♪ Ahhh ♪

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ She won't see me as more
than a friend, ♪

♪ Now and again ♪

[applause]

[giggles]

You were great.

[applause]

[applause continues]

It was incredible!

[backstage chatter]

Well, his grades are strong,

he just struggles
with standardized tests.

What's the problem?

Well, it's not a question
of intelligence, per se.

His cognitive patterns don't
match any recognizable model.

He's... he's unique.

Of course, intelligence

is merely what intelligence
tests measure for, after all.

Okay. What about
intensive tutoring?

Yeah, well I would definitely
recommend that,

especially if he re-submits
his college applications

in the future.

I'm sorry, re-submits?

It... you withdrew
his applications.

Oh, I assumed you were involved
with the decision-

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.

Wait a minute.

Um, did you ask William first?

I can't believe it.

Uh... okay, so what is William
gonna do after graduation?

He's been offered
a part-time job.

Where?

The hardware store.

Okay.

I want William to come live
with me after graduation.

You just wanna get him back
into the lab for testing.

I want him to join
the real world.

To quit hiding.

You seriously think that Wallace
University is the real world?

Is it any less real
than this ridiculous

island you've trapped him on,

with it's fake lighthouses and
Peg Leg Pete's t-shirt shops

or whatever the fuck?

I'm trying to do
what's best for him.

No, you're not.

Okay.

You're trying to keep him here
because you like playing house

with that non-entity, Ted.

Since the day he was born
you have tried to use him

to prove something
about yourself

and to score research grants.

You're holding him back!

He's capable of more!

He needs to be challenged!

No one has been more challenged
than William!

Ok, I think the question here
should be

is what is best for William

and how he's developing
as a human being,

and in that regard I think
he's doing fabulously.

At any rate, it's not your
decision to make,

either of you.

William turns 18
in a few weeks.

Hey, brother William,
I got one for ya.

What?

Why did the cookie
go to the doctor's?

I don't understand why you guys
think these things are funny.

[laughs]

'Cause he was feeling crummy.

Don't you get it?

Get it? Crummy?

I get it, but I don't get it.

Hey, you guys hear that
Hillary Swofford got into Yale?

A bunch of people got word back.

Jackson to UCLA,
Elly's going to Evergreen.

Judy got into Columbia.

Judy's going to Columbia.

Oregon State.

I got nothing but rejections.

Parents are freaking.

Probably shouldn't have smoked
all that dope.

Yeah, safety school here I come.

I guess so.

Oregon State.

Yeah. Yeah, should be good.

Awesome.

Thanks, man.

Safety school.

Thanks, man.

Better start filling out
those applications

for the university
of video games.

[horn blows]

William, I want you to find a
place for yourself in the world.

Go to college like
your classmates.

You're capable of that
and I think you know it.

He just wants to get you back
into his lab.

Yes, that's part of it.

You don't have to be
his guinea pig.

William. William...

There are many lines of
very promising new research

beyond even my own work.

For example, your immune system
is unique and might hold the key

to new therapies that could help
millions of people.

Or not.

Or not!

But we won't know
unless we try.

[sighs]

This is much bigger than you
or me, William.

I want to go to Wallace.

But as a student.

I'll talk to the Dean
of Admissions,

I'm sure we can work
something out.

No, dad.

What?

I want to earn it
like everyone else.

Ok.

I respect that.

And if you achieve that

will you agree to participate
in the research?

William, you don't have to
decide anything right now.

Yes.

Great.

[laughs]
Great!

Then we've got a deal.

Yes.

You can come live with me
after graduation.

It'll be fun.

Oh man, I'll help you get
your test scores up.

It'll be so much fun!

I thought you were helping him.

He's making progress.

Oh, yeah. I can see that.

It's not her fault, Dad.

[door slams]

These are really
good scores.

They are.

Let's go for a walk.

Come on.

It's not your fault, William.

Julian's under a lot
of pressure.

From whom?

I don't know.

Woah.

My mom used to hit me
with a ruler

every time I got anything
less than an A

and then cry about
it afterwards.

My dad worked day and night
to pay for the tutors

and ballet and all the rest.

I never saw him.

They had this whole plan for my
life and I hated them for it.

But now I know they were
just trying to help me.

I wouldn't be where I am
now if it weren't for them.

Where are you now?

Where am I now?

Wow.

I'm trying to finish
my dissertation,

which I couldn't care
less about,

and I'm in a relationship with
a disapproving father figure.

And hiking in the woods.

And hiking in the woods.

With me.

With you.

That part I like.

So I hear you like to sing.

Yes.

What kind of songs
do you like to sing?

Lots of things.

Show tunes, pop songs,
rock songs.

Show tunes? Really?

Yes.

So I'm curious, song lyrics
are mostly metaphorical

and abstract.

Doesn't that drive you crazy?

I just ignore them.

The rhythm and melody
make complete sense to me.

I'm completely tone deaf.

My parents forced years of piano
on me and I still can't play.

I've got zero sense of rhythm.

I don't understand that.

It seems so... simple
and-and natural.

Will you sing something?

Now?

Yeah.

I don't know.

Oh, come on.

We could use a little
cheering up.

Please?

Okay.

Don't laugh.

I won't.

I swear.

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ I find myself
playing pretend, ♪

♪ You take my hand
and then, ♪

♪ Speak of love ♪

That's beautiful.

You have to keep going.

[louder]
♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ She won't see me as more
than a friend, ♪

♪ Now... ♪

Excuse us.

Excuse us.

Sorry.

Sorry.

From my high school musical.

They loved it.

Sing it with me.

No.

♪ Now and again ♪

[laughing]

I told you I'm tone deaf.

♪ Now and again, ♪

♪ She won't see me as more
than a friend, ♪

♪ Now and again ♪

Woop.

Where have you been?

Shouldn't you be studying?

[exhales]

I'll pick you up right here
at noon.

[pencil snaps]

[pencil snaps]

[giggling]

[door closes]

Assholes.

Have a good one.

Check it, yo.

Would you like some water
or tea?

Water please.

Well, what brings you here?

I'm not sure.

Is everything alright?

No.

What's wrong?

You found me,
didn't you?

Well, it seems you found me.

No, I mean...
my remains.

Oh.

I see.

Yes, I did.

Would you like to see them?

Hello?

Dr. Sullivan, hi it's Sarah,
Dr. Reed's girlfriend.

Sorry to bother you.

I'm here at the test centre
and I thought maybe

there was a mix up or something.

Is William with you?

It's not a fossil in
the ordinary sense.

It's what's known
as a bog body.

Essentially a mummy that's been
preserved by the tannins

and the low oxygen content
of the bog.

Okay.

It looks like he's smiling.

Like he wants
to say something.

I've always thought that,
too.

Maybe he speaks through you.

Hmm.

How did he die?

Well, nobody knows
for sure.

There were no signs of violence,

no signs of obvious infection
or disease or malnutrition.

Perhaps he just became trapped
in the mire.

How did they die?

People have a lot of ideas.

No one knows for sure.

What do you think?

Well, it's just speculation,

but I believe sapiens developed
the ability

to create and believe
sophisticated narratives.

Stories that could bind groups
larger than extended family,

and those superior numbers
forced the neanderthals

into less advantageous habitat,
and eventually to extinction.

What kind of stories?

Stories like why our tribe
or our country or our god

are better than others

and why we should be willing
to die fighting for them.

Hmm.

You mean religion.

Yes.

And political hierarchies.

And family stories.

Yes. Family stories.

Is it intelligent to believe
in things that aren't true?

Do you feel less intelligent?

Less human?

I feel that I've been forced
into a less advantageous habitat

by your superior numbers.

He doesn't belong here.

And neither do I.

William.

You have a place.

Dr. Sullivan?

Sarah?

Has he contacted you yet?

No, you?

He isn't picking up.

Was he upset this morning?

Upset, stressed.

I'm so sorry about all this.

It's not your fault.

He's told me how kind
you've been.

How much he likes you.

I like him, too.

Very much.

I know.

Why don't you just drop me
off on campus

and I'll go speak to Julian
and you can look for him here?

This is a neanderthal.

[class murmurs]

His name is William.
He's a dumb brute.

A grunting savage.
A caveman.

Not everybody at Wallace was
happy about William's creation.

Sometimes you gotta break
the rules to make progress.

[cheering]

The intensive study of
William's genetics and behaviour

has been one of the greatest
scientific breakthroughs

of recent times.

No, it hasn't.

[class murmurs]

As you can see, William recently
graduated high school

and is currently preparing to
participate in intensive studies

here at Wallace University.

No, he isn't.

Excuse me?

I said he isn't.

William.

Not now, and not here.

This is my work.

Your work?

You don't know anything
about your work.

[class murmurs]

Your work is a failure.

No, William.

You're a failure.

[class murmurs]

Hmm.

William.

William!

Stop!

Wait, William.

Will-William, would you stop?

William, please. Wait.

William, I'm sorry about
what I said,

but you embarrassed me in front
of everyone in there!

No, you did that.

Okay. Just go home and we'll
talk about this later.

No.

What did you say?

You're not my father.

[slap]

Hmm.

William, William!

Wait!

William!

Would you stop?

[arrowhead clatters]

[groans]

[crowd gasps]

Dad?

[crowd chatters]

That's the caveman.

[crowd chatters]

♪

Call 9-1-1.

[phone rings]

Hello?

Sarah, is he-is he
with you?

Did you see him?

No, have you?

No.

He was here just
a little while ago.

He has to be close by.

Why? What happened?

He attacked Julian.

What? No, I don't believe it.

I think he's going to be alright

but I'm going with him
to the hospital.

It has to be Julian's fault.

Look, the police
are looking for him.

Just call me as soon
as you see him, okay?

I just don't want him
to get hurt.

I will.

Woah, woah, woah.

Shit.

What's going on?

Sorry ma'am, no cars
past this point.

[faint sirens]

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪ Crooked face inside
the mirror, ♪

♪ Broken hair upon
the comb, ♪

♪ Turn around and
find you laughing, ♪

♪ Safe home, ♪

♪ Here's a little wine
left over, ♪

♪ And a little kiss from mom, ♪

♪ Turn around and smile, ♪

♪ Somebody sees you,
You are free, ♪

♪ You are safe home, ♪

♪ Mmmhmm, ♪

♪ Mmm-mm-mm-mm-mm, ♪

♪ Safe home, ♪

♪

♪ Had a dream that
we were soldiers, ♪

♪ Pillow fighting
on the lawn, ♪

♪ When I woke, a child
was over, ♪

♪ Safe home, ♪

♪ Safe home, ♪

♪ Safe home, ♪

♪ You are, you are
safe home, ♪

♪ Cancer, we survived
the death, ♪

♪ Now we survived the day, ♪

♪ Numbers gnawing
at our bones, ♪

♪ In our safe home ♪

♪ safe home,
sea foam ♪

♪ You are, you,
safe home ♪

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