(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, sh*t.
(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 d*ke brown.
(laughs) I think they
call it Van d*ke 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)
(g*nshots 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 ex*cuted.
(door clicks and whooshes)
Jerome, it's time to go.
(g*nsh*t 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.
f*cking 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 orientated
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 block chain 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-
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