Memory Keeper, The (2025)

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Giving one man that

which he wants to see

isn't worth the pain

inflicted on another.

Do you know who said that?

The 54th president of the

United States of America,

Alexander Russell,

December 17th, 2066.

Hmm.

Oh, well.

Looks like you've done

your homework, Mr. Harvey.

It was the most infamous

day in the history of mankind.

I own a few memories.

And his assassination, too?

Not interested in

memories from that day.

I have his wife's.

Oh, I know.

But do you have his?

Russell's?

His memories were wiped out

the moment his brains painted

that podium on which

he made his name.

I'm not talking about Russell.

His k*ller?

Which one?

- How much?

- 100 million.

But that's not

what I want for it.

July 5th, 2079.

I have reason to believe that

you own a memory from that day.

That memory is not for sale.

I'm not buying.

I'm trading.

Running errands

for the Alliance now?

Why do you think they want it?

What's in that memory

that's got them so worked up?

A verse.

A Bible verse?

What Bible verse?

Elizeus Carrier,

Department of Memory.

Put the weapon down.

Maurice Harvey, by virtue

of the authority vested in me

by the 31st Amendment

of the United States of America,

I sentence you

to a complete memory wipe.

Have you selected your ten core

memories to be redistributed

to your next of kin

after the wipe?

Sid.

I knew your mother.

What'd you say?

Ask Luke.

Everything that is concealed

will one day be revealed.

Tariq?

Morning, Elizeus.

What am I supposed to do

with this?

Whatever people do with them.

Oh.

Never seen these before

in real life.

Thank you, Eli.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL 1

The secrecy angered us,

some of us who still believe

and some of them who don't.

Almost like nothing changed.

So is Sid still coming?

He's off sick.

What am I looking at?

Colors, people's clothes,

the sky.

That sort of thing.

What's wrong with them?

The question should really be,

what's not wrong with them?

You ever visited a place

from your childhood and thought,

"This is much smaller

than you remember it"?

Memory distortion.

Yeah, when you visualize

something that happened,

details, they, um,

they change over time.

They tend to get fuzzy.

You know, things like the size

of objects, the size of rooms.

Colors, obviously.

One moment they're green,

the next teal.

By the end, sky blue.

But this...

Too perfect.

Hmm.

Fools me.

It would fool anyone.

You see, everyone's

seen video footage

of Russell's assassination.

Everyone knows what his wife

was wearing that day.

Yeah, the person

who made this is counting

on our knowledge of her outfit.

Misdirection.

Ironically,

that's what gives it away.

If you know where to look.

But this,

this is clever forgery.

There's maybe two analysts

in the world

who could spot that

this is fabricated.

Well, let me guess,

are you one of 'em?

Authorities are calling it

a deliberate

and targeted attack.

Keeper Francis Morrison's

tragic death

marks the second time

a Keeper has been assassinated

following the passing

of his predecessor,

Keeper Jane Carrier,

whose body was found under

suspicious circumstances

nine years ago in 2079.

Details are still emerging--

Carrier.

But this pattern

raises serious--

Keeper Morrison was lecturing

at university this morning.

Gets shot

three times in the chest.

Paramedics worked

on him for 20 minutes.

Campus saw the whole thing.

Well, if someone saw it...

Oh, it's out in the open,

broad daylight,

right in front of the students.

He could've been there.

My son, he went there for a bit.

He could've been there.

Could've caught a b*llet.

First time in my life

I'm glad the religious fool

left with everyone else.

It won't take me long

to identify a suspect.

Oh, the suspect's been

identified and eliminated.

The Memory of Falsehood's safe,

so there's that.

Thing is, it doesn't, um,

have a Keeper anymore.

Mr. President.

Mr. McCarthy.

Elizeus.

I've already briefed

Agent Carrier.

What's next?

We need to determine

if this was a lone wolf

or there's a

whole pack behind him,

and I think Agent

Carrier runs point on this.

Can we have the room?

How is Noor?

Great.

And your sister, are you

following her campaign?

I see.

I think it's wise for you not to

be a part of this investigation.

Mr. President,

I am clearly better equipped

than anyone to handle this.

This is the second time

that something

like this has happened.

Digging into this case

is not gonna tell you

what happened to your mother.

So yes, I think it's best

if you sit this one out.

- Mr. President--

- I'll see your chief now.

Thank you, Agent Carrier.

The Memory of Falsehood

shattered everyone's faith,

and neither Richard David

nor his predecessor

have done anything about it.

And with all the respect

I owe Keeper Morrison,

this man knows the truth.

He knows what's

in the Memory of Falsehood,

yet chooses to

keep it away from us.

And they will

say he is only doing

what he was appointed to do,

but he always had a choice.

Why would he keep it

away from us?

If the Memory of

Falsehood showed anything

that proved him right,

why would an atheist

like Keeper Morrison

not want to let

the world know that?

I'll tell you why.

Because it didn't

align with his beliefs,

and Richard David knows that.

They both chose to hide it

from us.

And if that's the case,

then they've lied to you, to us.

Has Richard David

forgotten the first sin?

Have we?

I was still a teenager

when he made my mother

his Keeper.

Ever since, she never,

ever stopped warning me

about the first sin.

Said whoever told

a lie should be ashamed,

punished.

Well, they will.

I will fight that battle for us,

no matter what he

does to keep it from you.

I make you this promise.

Elect me,

and every single one of you

will see the

Memory of Falsehood

the day I get into office.

No more hiding.

And it was during a campaign

appearance earlier today

that presidential

candidate Marie Carrier

pledged to publicly release

the Memory of Falsehood.

This move is unprecedented and--

It shall not be made manifest.

It is expected to

sway millions of voters.

Mm-mm.

Particularly in the nation's

remaining religious states.

It shall not be known.

So its impact is likely

to resonate far beyond

Hey.

How was your day?

Is this from today?

Cedric Sanderson.

"The first man before the many".

Guy who got sent to

Mars and never come back.

Don't-- don't you

learn this in school?

Not that.

This is a collector that

we arrested yesterday.

He said that he knew

your grandma,

or he said something like

that before we wiped him.

Did you know that most people

on their deathbeds

make a big confession,

mostly because

they feel guilty?

Some even admit to

k*lling people, you know?

What, you-- what,

you learn this in school today?

No, this.

I'd say this collector dude

should be

on the list of suspects.

He said he met your grandma,

not that he k*lled her.

- Well, genius.

- Oh, here we go.

Most people on their deathbeds--

He wasn't on his deathbed.

Kinda was.

I mean, he just says out

of nowhere he knew her,

and then he says this?

Maybe he was

too afraid to tell you,

and this is his way of

saying that he did it.

He wanted to come clean.

I mean, I would be afraid

of the anger of God

if I knew it was

the end for me soon.

Are you afraid of

the anger of God now?

I would be.

Maybe he knew

you'd find out someday,

so may as well say sorry now.

I knew your mother.

The Memory of Falsehood

shattered everyone's faith,

and neither Richard David

nor his predecessor

have done anything about it.

And with all the respect I owe

Keeper Morrison, this man...

Gotta give it to your sister.

She makes exciting promises.

You gonna vote for her?

I don't vote.

For ruining the faith

of our people.

For committing

the worst sin of all.

That body

is being taken to the morgue

right now as we speak,

ready for investigation.

What do you think happens

if she releases it?

If she's right?

All it would take a good agent

is just a couple minutes

to look inside that guy's mind,

and trace back,

and find someone

who could have ordered

a hit on Keeper Morrison.

- Sure.

- That's all it would take.

- A couple of minutes.

- Yeah, yeah, I'm with you.

But what I meant was

what happens to people

like you and me?

I think we'll be fine.

Hmm.

You think your

daughter will be fine, too?

If there's a link between

the guy who got Morrison

and anyone worth our time,

it should've been us.

So you're not on the case, huh?

Now, if someone were

to get into the morgue

and do their own investigation

without being assigned

a warrant,

they'd be court-martialed.

I guess all they'd have to

do is, uh, not get caught.

Ticker implant?

Oh, yeah.

There's a ticker implant.

Direct extraction's

off the table.

I'll dive in.

I'll only need 30 seconds.

Get the extractor.

Now it usually takes 20 seconds

for the receptor to register,

- not 30.

- I got it.

Keep your eyes down.

Let's go.

1, 2, 3, 4,

5, 6, 7.

Eli, what are you doing here?

I was just nearby,

and I, uh, wanted to see

if you were feeling better.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Coffee?

You know, it's funny.

You've, uh,

you've never been here before.

No. I, uh,

I looked up your--

your address in your file.

Huh.

You know, I-- I got a lead

on the, uh,

on the Morrison case,

and I...

just wanted to run a few

things by you.

Don't make me look inside

your head.

You Verity Alliance?

Phew.

Okay, only a couple things

can happen now.

One, I look inside your head,

your ticker goes off, you die.

Or two, I let you go,

we find you,

and we get that

ticker out of you.

Oh, you think you got it all

figured out, huh?

Eli f*cking Carrier, God's gift

to the Department of Memory.

You think they send us on stings

'cause that's just our job?

You think we wipe people

like that collector guy

because we give a sh*t

about the black market?

Wake up, Eli!

Okay, Sid.

I gotta take you in.

We can talk about this.

You don't got a f*cking clue.

You just go to work every day.

You got no idea why

they're sending us out there.

- Sid.

- We,

we are the only ones

who know the truth.

Leo, I found something.

Oh, you did, did you?

'Cause we can't use it.

It was Verity Alliance.

They're the ones who ordered

the Morrison assassination.

- I'm sure.

- Ticker blown.

Completely useless.

Dead end.

Was it self-defense?

No, it wasn't.

Was it self-defense?

Yes, sir.

Good.

I'm taking you off the force

till we find you a way

out of this.

No, you can't take me off

the force now.

- I can.

- No, you can't, Leo.

I need access.

You cannot take me off right

now, not with what I got.

I can and I will.

It's that or you will see

the four walls of a cell.

You can go and you can leave it

on the desk.

Memory file access request.

I don't have my badge on me.

Chief McCarthy just sent me

directly here.

Open up!

Hey, fellas.

How's it going?

- What's good?

- See the manifest?

Thanks.

Hot out, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

- Yeah.

Just wanna take one last

look at, uh, Kowalski.

- Open up.

- That's not standard procedure--

Only take a minute.

Look at me.

Look-- look at me.

July 5th, 2079. Ring a bell?

Answer the question.

July 5th, 2079.

What about it?

Your seller, she wanted it,

I need to see it.

No, no.

You don't need to see it,

you want to.

Show it to me.

Why don't you look

for it yourself?

They're encoded,

you know I can't find it.

Show me where

it is in your head,

and I'll let you

keep your memories.

Okay.

Where'd you get this?

Answer me!

Your mother gave it to me.

She wanted me to know.

Know what?

That she wasn't gonna make it

to see another day,

not after that.

She saw what she saw.

And I sure as hell know

it wasn't fruit on a tree.

I know what she wanted.

What did she want?

The truth.

For everyone.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Where is this from?

Is this a real memory?

No apparent window

or any source of natural light.

Hmm, the ceiling's too high

to be a basement,

but that could be a distortion,

but, uh,

no, I've never seen this place.

Double check.

I don't need to.

You know this person.

Just tell me if this is

a real memory or not.

Hard to say.

That's not good enough.

This isn't a native memory.

It's your copy of this guy's

copy of the original.

And God knows if the one that

he has at home is the original.

It is.

Okay.

Well, um,

as far as I can tell,

yeah, looks legitimate.

But I-- I don't wanna give you

a false positive.

Whose is it?

My mother's.

We need to talk.

Do you have a

secure place we can meet?

You wanted somewhere secure.

There's no video cameras.

There's no microphones.

The only proof of this meeting

will be in our memory records.

Your mother was going

to broadcast it, Elizeus.

She saw it.

She knew everything about it,

and she thought

it was a good idea

to show it to people.

She showed it to me.

She wasn't allowed to,

but she did.

And now I know.

No one should see this.

No one can fathom

what's in here.

But I need you to try.

No.

I thought you wanted the truth.

It's the only way

to keep this safe.

And then what?

You get rid of me just like

you got rid of my mother?

Just like you got rid

of Morrison?

You really believe I wanted

to watch my sister die?

Do you believe that

you wouldn't do the same--

I'd have done

what my mother wanted.

I'd have told the truth.

And unraveled the very

fabric of humanity?

You'll change your mind

when you see what's in this.

Put this in the hands of society

and the only thing left

for you to do is to watch

that society collapse.

And that's what your mother

was going to do.

Everywhere,

all across the planet,

people would have lost hope.

Millions of people would

have taken their own lives.

One big descent into chaos,

right back to the Stone Ages,

and you wonder why I did it.

And now Marie wants to take it

and publicly display it.

There's no Garden of Eden here,

Elizeus.

I have to take you in.

You just confessed.

It's all up here.

29th Amendment will have

Marie automatically elected.

I know you can't

forgive me for what I did,

but will you be able

to forgive yourself

if something

happens to your sister?

She releases this,

death sentence.

Good morning, America.

I hope you're all doing well

on this historic election day.

The polls will open

any moment now,

and we urge you all

to get out there and vote.

And just as a reminder,

be safe out there, everyone.

God bless.

Today?

Five years without

a single word from you,

and you choose to come

and see me on election day.

What do you need?

I need you to drop out

of the election.

Why the sudden

interest in my affairs?

It's not safe.

Me being president is not safe?

Releasing the

Memory of Falsehood.

Five times.

I know you don't really care

that much about what we do,

but that's how many times

I've tried to have a bill voted

to make this memory public,

and it failed every time.

I was ridiculed by my peers

every time.

Today, I am on the edge

of finally making things right,

and you believe

that I'm just

gonna give it all away?

Deprive people of

what they want

because you asked me to?

I don't want you to do something

that you're going to regret.

I just need you...

I'm begging you to just--

just listen to me.

How would you know?

How would you know

it's not safe?

- Marie.

- It's senator.

Soon to be president,

for that matter.

Memory of Falsehood.

What about it?

What if it's not

what you want it to be, Marie?

It will be exactly

what I want it to be.

You don't know that.

Have faith, Eli.

Okay.

And there you have it.

The candidates have met,

a firm handshake exchanged.

And now the fate

of this election rests solely

in the hands of the people.

For President David,

this could very well

be the final chapter

of his time in power.

We are also keeping a close

eye on what is happening beyond

the polling stations.

Citizens online have

called out for a protest.

A large number of voters

have expressed a desire

to march through

the city streets

to show their disapproval

of Richard David's run

as president of

the United States.

Since Marie Carrier

announced her candidacy--

Noor.

We noticed an increase

in the public's criticism over--

Noor.

David's decisions about

his latest term,

calling both the president

and the late Keeper

Francis Morrison's

reluctance to release The

Memory of Falsehood a disgrace.

The protest is scheduled

to begin closer to the

announcement

of our new president today.

And while it is still early

to call the situation

anything other than a march,

authorities are urging

the public to remain calm.

Officials advise

residents to remain indoors

while they work

to restore order.

And we will bring you the latest

update as they come in.

Despite what the

projections are telling us,

we cannot yet say for

certain that Marie Carrier

will win this race.

But if she does, it will

only be a matter of time

before she delivers The Memory

of Falsehood to the public.

Her win will be the most pivotal

moment in recent history.

But the question remains,

can we be certain

of a peaceful transition

of The Memory of Falsehood

from President David

to Marie Carrier upon her win?

And it looks like

we have some breaking news.

We are now officially

projecting the winner

of this historical

presidential race.

She won!

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

once said,

"The greater

our knowledge increases,

the more our ignorance

unfolds."

I disagree.

I would like to offer you

another quote instead.

"For everything that was written

in the past was written

to teach us

so that through endurance

taught in the scriptures and

the encouragement they provide,

we might find hope."

Romans 15:4.

Richard David and his Keeper

withheld this memory from you.

Hid it from you,

instead of gifting you

with the warm knowledge that

your lives are not meaningless.

Our nation has spent the past

25 years losing hope.

Yet we always manage

to survive the worst.

And among the many

lessons history has taught us,

one of them is

that history itself

can sometimes

be horribly wrong.

Mr. President, the protesters,

they're-- they're

marching down onto 2nd Avenue.

They're making

their way here, sir.

We were taught ideas yesterday

that we're forced

to unlearn today.

And what we learn today

will become the very things

we need to forget tomorrow.

But there is one thing

we should never unlearn:

our ability to find hope

in the darkest of moments.

A hope that something, someone,

somewhere will

bring us the answers we need.

And I have

never been more hopeful.

They're coming for you.

There's no need for you

to stay today.

Noor, I need you to go home.

What? But, Dad!

I need you to go home,

right now.

- Where are you going?

- Noor, now!

The "Memory of Falsehood"

and the "Day of Falsehood"

are terms that bring pain,

suffering, and shame.

They are terms that

were coined by pessimists,

and this memory

deserves better than that.

I want today,

November 15th, 2088,

to be marked in history

as the Day of Origins!

May God bless you.

And God bless

the United States of America!

Is it true?

If anybody finds out

that she lied...

You're gonna do something?

Make sure nobody suspects her.

I don't see how I could do that.

You're gonna work something out.

Of all the things

I envisioned her doing,

I never could have

imagined she'd do that.

Your mother wanted

to find them, our creators.

It was her idea to send

Sanderson to look for them.

Making the public believe

that he was going to Mars,

that was mine.

But if there was

even a thinnest possibility

that there was an

all-loving God behind this,

who created them before

they created us...

But it didn't matter

to your mother.

Everything lost all meaning.

Maybe she was right in the end.

Maybe telling the

truth is better than

what your sister

is doing right now.

She thinks she's following

in her mother's path,

but in reality, it's you.

Please take it.

One person must always

know what's in there.

Our survival depends on it.

And don't let anything happen

to this, Elizeus.

The Keeper doesn't just protect

mankind from this memory,

they protect

this memory from mankind.

You should go.

Leave your weapon.

I worked something out.

Elizeus.

If it's destroyed,

they will come.

President-elect Marie Carrier

secures an--

Noor.

Overwhelming 84%

of the popular vote,

managing to flip

key swing states like

Pennsylvania and Illinois.

And unlike any other election--

Noor.

Reporting on

this year's vote count

feels almost

trivial considering--

Excuse me a minute.

...our new president's release

of the Memory of Origins.

More than 20 years since

the Day of Falsehood,

the world has finally

been given the chance--

Hard to celebrate.

With all this.

Sometimes the best thing

to do to celebrate

is to simply say nothing at all.

Take in the moment.

Now that this is out there,

what happens to people

like me?

Like your daughter?

Nothing happens.

Do you really think

I'd do anything to people

who don't convert?

Marie.

Maybe silence can fix that, too.

Tariq.

We need to talk.

Uh, yeah, sure.

Noor, why don't you go inside?

I'll be there in a minute.

You okay?

I need to know

that I could trust you.

I've been looking

into something.

D-O-M doesn't know.

Look, man.

I, um,

I got somewhere I gotta be.

No, no.

This is important.

Now, I-- I know you know

what I'm talking about.

I don't.

I saw you.

Election day,

I-- I saw you looking at it.

I-- I know someone

and she can help us.

She's a senator.

We-- we-- we can--

we can build a case and--

I don't know what

you're talking about, Tariq.

And I don't wanna know.

Why don't you believe me?

We'll talk about it tomorrow, okay?

Just-- just get some sleep.

And you might not

be able to tell,

but I was a very

popular girl back then.

A militant.

A very popular militant,

thank you very much.

So, hitting a bulldog

with your car--

It was a bull terrier,

not a bulldog.

Well, hitting a bull anything

with your car

is a reputation k*ller,

and if your grandma

found out what I did,

I knew I'd have to

say goodbye to that school.

Of course, at this point,

the entire neighborhood

knew about Mrs. Matthews'

limping dog, and--

Was she okay?

Mrs. Matthews?

- The dog.

- She was fine.

They were both fine.

And your dad over here tells me,

"Mom needs to know.

We can't lie to her," and so on.

So on.

Mama's boy.

Do you have any idea

how many of his chores

I had to do for him to not

say anything to your grandma?

Months, and months,

and months of chores.

Did she ever find out?

I'm sure she knew deep down,

but she never said anything.

She probably knew how important

that school was to me.

She knew I wanted to

follow her path, so--

It was me.

The neighbors saw our car

hit the dog,

and they

told Mom, and, uh,

and I said that it was me

behind the wheel.

You stayed home all summer.

I made you do my chores.

Why did you do it?

I don't know. I...

Like you said, that school

meant a lot to you,

and look where it got you.

Hmm.

What do you wanna do

when you grow up?

Hmm?

Mm...

I wanna be like you.

I think we should go.

I-- I don't wanna go now.

You don't have to go now.

She doesn't have to go now.

She can stay the night.

I'll have someone drive her home

in the morning.

Yeah?

Please?

All right.

Thank you for dinner.

Thank you for coming.

See you, sweetie.

Cheers.

Did you find what

you were looking for?

Not sure what you mean.

You're not a very good liar,

so I'll ask again.

Did you find

what you were looking for?

I don't know.

Are you sure you want to?

Want to?

To know.

We've been in touch

with Mr. Hassan

for some time now.

He told us to come find you

if anything should

happen to him.

Do you know something

that we should, Chief Carrier?

How long you been following me?

Try again.

Why are you following me?

We share a common interest.

What common interest?

The truth.

No one should see this.

No one can fathom

what's in here.

But I need you to try.

So come on,

what are we doing here?

You wanna give me my job back?

I've retired.

I think Hassan was m*rder*d.

The guy who

was stabbed 22 times,

you think that

might've been a m*rder?

You're definitely

onto something.

It wasn't a mugging.

Someone wanted him dead

for another reason.

I need your expertise, Leo.

Memory of Origins.

Need a little more

context there.

Tariq was m*rder*d

because he could determine

that the Memory

of Origins was forged.

And I can prove it.

I have official statements,

testimonies, actual evidence.

Where'd you get them from?

His apartment.

Someone's reached out to me,

Leo, this woman on

the other side of the aisle.

And she wants to vote on a bill

to get rid of the president's

control over memory tech,

and Tariq was in touch with her

to give his side of the story.

You sure about this?

David gave me

something before he died,

the real Memory of Falsehood.

What's the real Memory

of Falsehood?

Real memories have defects

that you can't find in

manufactured memories.

We can do something.

This woman,

we can take this to her.

We can talk to her.

Testify?

Have you thought about

what happens to the world

if this gets out?

Have you even thought

this through?

I'm gonna tell you what happens,

is every nonbeliever thinks

they're right

over everybody else.

That's it.

Is that what you want?

The most despicable

deception in history

as in the palm

of your f*cking hand.

- Please, please.

- Take a walk.

Despicable?

Have you seen the world lately?

It's good.

Not long ago,

everything was dark.

It was empty.

It was dead.

Everyone's back.

Everyone's at peace.

Everyone believes in something.

And they're wrong.

So what if they are?

What, you wanna ruin it all?

For what?

For the truth.

f*ck your truth.

Now, this is your battle.

This isn't ours.

This is not mine.

My son, he won't let me see him

yet, but he is back.

And if he leaves this country

'cause of your bullshit,

I swear to f*cking Christ,

Carrier--

You just gonna sit there?

Ominously.

I don't even remember this.

Did she talk to you?

She told me.

And?

She's your daughter, Eli.

I have an entire

nation to take care of.

If I also have to look after

other people's children--

She's not other

people's children.

She's your niece.

She gave that kid a black eye,

broke his tooth, Marie.

Her and her friends,

they attacked him,

all because

he wasn't a believer.

She's a 16-year-old kid.

She's going to protests.

She's getting involved

politically.

She's doing the exact same sh*t

that you were

doing when you were her age.

I never called for violence

against anyone

who doesn't believe.

Bullshit.

f*cking talk to me, Marie.

You know,

on election day, you and I,

we stood in that room, together.

And you asked me to be quiet.

I didn't ask you for anything.

You asked me to keep

my mouth shut, and if I did,

then I wouldn't have to worry

about what happens to her,

your niece.

And it's a promise I have kept.

You only made these promises

so you could keep

me on your side.

That's politics.

I imagine you know what this is.

Why are you here?

To give you a chance

to explain yourself.

I did what was best

for everyone.

David told me the same thing.

I didn't believe him either.

Can you imagine a world

where everyone believed

that this is where we really

come from,

that

everything is meaningless?

Because with this,

that's what would happen.

Faith is what keeps

a society standing and growing.

Take that away, and all

you have are rotten roots.

I'm not leaving here

until I hear the truth.

Are you saying

this is what Mom wanted?

Is a world without hope

really what you want?

You know I'm right.

You must know I'm right.

How many things

have you done wrong, Eli?

How many things

have I overlooked?

The truth, Marie!

That's what she wanted.

She wanted to unite people.

And look what I have done.

Some people have been

in touch with me, Marie.

A Democratic committee.

What have you told them?

Nothing yet.

I have a hearing tomorrow.

You don't have to do this.

I can't lie.

You don't have to lie.

You don't have to be burdened

by this anymore.

It is eating you alive.

Let me take it away from you.

This is precisely why

a committee like this exists,

because you're the kinda person

that would even

consider extraction.

Don't lie to yourself.

I know you think you're

doing the right thing.

I know you think

it's what should be done.

She always made

you feel so special,

like no one

could ever lie to you.

And now you're just not

that special anymore.

I am.

If you do this, you will die.

I guarantee it.

None of what you're doing

is what Mom wanted.

She wanted to unite people,

but not with a lie like this.

This meant that she was

wrong about everything,

that her faith meant nothing.

But she was still gonna do it.

That's why he k*lled her.

You had her all wrong.

Thanks, Dad.

Noor?

I, um, I got you something.

It was your grandmother's.

It's been in our family

a long, long time.

Why are you giving it to me?

I gotta go away,

just a couple days.

Hey, hey.

I'll tell you when I get back.

I miss my dad.

The following hearing

will be documented through

eye-memory records.

Both our recollections

of today's meeting

could be used

in a court of law.

Do you consent?

Yes, sir.

State your name and occupation

for the record.

Elizeus Carrier,

Chief of Department of Memory.

Do you swear that the evidence

you're about to give

is the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing

but the truth, so help you God?

I swear.

Let us point out for the

record that you have

not been ordered

to come testify today.

You are here by your own accord.

Is this information correct?

Yes, sir.

Mr. Carrier, as the appointed

Chief of Department of Memory,

as well as someone directly

close to the president

of the United States,

do you have knowledge of

President Marie Carrier using

memory extraction technology

in ways that do not

conform to the law,

be it for personal gain

or political strategy?

And if so, please specify

which way the

technology has been misused.

I began investigating

President Carrier

on December 11th.

My investigation

was done personally

and wasn't the result

of an official case

that the Department of Memory.

It was completely off the books.

I just had, um, suspicions

that something wasn't right,

that the president had been

using memory technology

to her advantage

during the election,

maybe afterwards,

that she had lied to the public

about the things she had done

to get to where she is now.

My investigation

was inconclusive.

I searched everywhere,

and nothing that I found

would suggest ill*gal activity

on behalf of the president.

She was completely transparent

with the public,

and with myself.

Mr. Carrier, it's important

that you don't let

your personal relationship

with the president--

It wouldn't matter

that she was my sister.

No one person should

have the power to deceive

an entire nation,

an entire planet.

My relationship with her

would never be enough to

stop me from exposing her

if she had lied.

She's not.

I was wrong.

Leo, I need a favor.

Pick Noor up from school,

take her home,

get her to pack a bag.

I'll send the location.

6:00 p.m.

Call it off!

No!

I come before you today

not only as the president

of the United States,

but as a sister and an aunt

deeply concerned for her family.

My brother,

Chief of the Department

of Memory,

Elizeus Carrier,

has been missing

for five days now.

Chief Carrier is a

dedicated public servant.

I miss my brother.

His daughter Noor

and I want him back.

We have assigned our

best law enforcement

and intelligence services

to find him.

If anyone has any--

any information that could

help us in finding my brother,

I ask you to come

forward immediately.

I'd like to thank

the press for their

respect during

this difficult time,

and I will not take any further

questions on the matter.

Thank you.

Dad, if you see this,

if you see this please just

let us know that you're okay.

I just wanna know

that you're okay.

If you felt like you

had to leave, that's fine.

I...

I just-- I wanna make sure

nothing happened to you.

So, please Dad, if--

if you can,

just send us a sign.

When is he coming back?

I don't know.

Send her in.

Madam President.

What can I help you with,

Senator?

I would like you to accept

an apology.

I wanted to come

and personally apologize

about the

creation of our committee.

Why today?

Mr. Carrier,

he came to testify,

but in the end...

We tried contacting him

since his first hearing.

We haven't had any luck.

Is everything okay?

Your guess is as good as mine.

He didn't leave a note,

just a daughter.

Are you still searching for him?

In every way I can.

Testifying can be daunting.

Perhaps he left because

he was worried about the

repercussions.

There wouldn't have

been repercussions.

I mean legal repercussions.

From us.

Let him know that

we still want to talk to him,

if you hear from him.

Madam President.

Is it true?

Did you really wanna

show this to the world?

Didn't think so.

So what do you know about him?

He went to Mars, right?

Not quite.

He was sent to Mars.

We don't think he

actually made it there.

What happened?

We don't know.

We lost contact with his ship

shortly after he left.

Madam President,

they're ready for you.

How does he look?

The same as when he left Earth.

As in exactly the same.

We have a dossier for you.

I know what he looked like.

My mother knew him.