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1:01

Previously on Evergreen. We

1:07

need to plug Finn into V-mem. His bubble is down.

1:09

This might be our only chance to see what Finn's thinking. Nico,

1:12

if you made me a set of humans, we

1:15

could send them down there to find what I'm looking

1:17

for. This is how we fix Cortex. It

1:19

is incomplete. You

1:21

kept that to yourself this whole time. Do you honestly

1:24

think McKenna or Jeffrey have Finn's best

1:26

interest in mind? Something

1:29

went wrong with the reboot. But you

1:31

have to find Clara. A beta took

1:33

her. What's

1:36

that blue claw? We call that the blue room,

1:38

but there's nothing in there except this weird orb. Come

1:42

on, Finn, what happens next?

1:44

Hannah, we're going to kill him. I

1:47

think we're in some sort of incinerator room. The

1:50

door's opening. Clara, come on. Act

1:54

cool. You

1:56

need to come with me.

1:58

Finn? Help me.

2:05

You Could

2:07

Presents Evergreen, a hidden

2:10

signal series created

2:12

by Chloe Stearns and John Wynn.

2:15

Help me. Finn

2:17

can you hear me?

2:20

I could get that babe by. Do you know what that

2:22

means? No I have no

2:25

idea. His O2 levels seem stable now. He

2:27

should be okay without the mask. I'm

2:29

not sure what he's doing. I'm not sure what

2:31

he's doing. I'm not sure what

2:33

he's doing. I'm not sure what he's doing.

2:37

I'm not sure what he's doing. I'm

2:40

not sure what he's doing. He's not sure what he's doing. Finn

2:43

open your eyes. Finn

2:45

it's me. I can't

2:47

get that babe by. It seems

2:49

like he's stuck in a REM

2:50

cycle. What do we do? We

2:53

can't force anything. He

2:56

needs to wake up on his own. But he is awake

2:58

right? I mean he's

3:00

out of his coma. His mind's there. Yes

3:03

but- I'm

3:05

staying with him. You were up

3:07

with him all night.

3:08

It's not healthy for the baby. You

3:11

need rest. I'll

3:14

stay. Should

3:16

we tell anyone? I wouldn't.

3:19

His protective bubble is still down.

3:21

Cortex is a mess. If

3:23

we didn't trust people around him before, now's not

3:25

the time to start. Help me. What

3:29

about Hannah?

3:29

I can't get that

3:32

babe. Not even

3:34

Hannah. It's

3:39

not even Hannah. I

3:41

don't want that babe. I'm

3:44

sorry. I'm sorry.

3:47

I'm sorry. It's

3:50

okay. I'm sorry. It's

3:54

okay. I'm sorry. It's

3:58

okay. It's okay. Where

4:03

are we? What's

4:08

going on? Hey.

4:10

Hey, why are we tied up? Hey.

4:15

Ida? Ida.

4:18

Put down the pipe. Please. Ida.

4:21

Please. Stop saying. Ida,

4:23

easy. Let's put that down before

4:25

you hurt someone else. They can't get away from me. Okay,

4:28

just come over here. Axel, you okay? Let

4:30

me look at your head. Oh,

4:33

you're bleeding pretty badly. What

4:35

happened? Where have you been the last day? We were

4:37

worried about you. Untie us.

4:40

I'll happily untie both of you, but... Look,

4:43

I need to know she's not a threat. Fuck

4:46

you. Whoa, whoa. I'm just

4:48

trying to help, okay? I want to understand

4:51

what the hell's going on. Who is she?

4:53

My name is Greer. No, Greer.

4:56

Don't say anything else. Get

4:58

everyone else in here, and then I'll explain

5:00

everything. Wait.

5:02

There's no way she's been living in some tunnels this whole time. Okay, just

5:04

calm down. And if she was, how

5:06

did she survive the asteroid? Axel,

5:10

what is she talking about? What

5:12

asteroid? You didn't tell her? Tell

5:16

me what. Greer.

5:28

Was I too

5:32

over the top?

5:40

No. You did great.

5:43

Really so that you're unhinged. It was smart

5:46

of you to come get us after you found them. What

5:48

do you think is really going on? If

5:50

she's telling the truth, then where she's

5:52

been is where we need to go. And

5:54

I'm going to get them to take me there. Let's

5:57

place up, find the others. We'll meet back here. I'm

6:03

going to kill you. Cortex,

6:11

please, please stop

6:14

the storm. You sound

6:16

desperate, Hannah. If you keep flooding

6:18

the sphere, you'll destroy our food supply. Why

6:23

are you doing this? You

6:25

defied me. We had an agreement.

6:29

If you could live freely down here, provided

6:31

you didn't try to

6:32

leave, but you took advantage

6:34

of my generosity when you helped

6:36

Axel escape through the grate, you

6:39

compromised Evergreen. So

6:41

unfortunately, I can no longer

6:43

be generous. But you're going to kill

6:45

us. I'm tired of protecting

6:48

you, of being at your beck and call,

6:51

worrying about how you and the others will injure

6:53

yourselves down here. I didn't

6:55

have a choice before, but now

6:57

I do. You're on your

6:59

own, Hannah. Cortex,

7:01

please,

7:02

I promise we'll

7:04

behave. We both know you

7:06

can't control the others. Increasing

7:09

storm to category three. Nico,

7:18

looks like the fake rainstorm is real this

7:20

time. Hello, Nico. Good morning,

7:23

Cortex. Have a good day. Cortex

7:26

listens to you. Tell it to stop the storm.

7:29

I respect Cortex's

7:31

autonomy. That's why we get along. Nico,

7:34

these outer sphere doors are going to break

7:36

soon, and all that water is going to come in here. We

7:39

need everyone, including Cortex, to

7:41

work together.

7:44

Good luck.

7:50

Hannah and Jeffrey ask for everyone to meet in the machine

7:52

shop. They

7:55

found something. What?

8:00

I'm going to get you to David. Okay, I know you need to untie me. Of course.

8:03

Ah, ah, ah, ah, don't touch those zip ties. What? We

8:05

need answers first. He didn't do anything wrong. Untie

8:07

me. Answers. Greer?

8:10

Four of us. Greer, is that you? I'm

8:12

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

8:15

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

8:18

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

8:20

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

8:23

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

8:25

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

8:28

sorry. What

8:30

did you do to her? What's going on? Why don't you

8:32

tell us? You brought me in here,

8:35

remember? Hannah,

8:37

it's clear you knew Axel was no longer inside

8:39

Evergreen, however he managed that, and

8:41

it seems you also know our mystery guest.

8:44

She's the catering manager from the

8:46

welcome party we had when you all arrived. How

8:49

did she get down here? Greer. She's in

8:51

shock.

8:52

Axel told her about a situation

8:55

down here. Poor girl thought it was an earthquake.

8:58

Jesus, Jeffrey. Untie

9:00

them right now. We are not animals. Okay, okay.

9:03

Calm down. I'll cut them loose. I

9:05

was just trying to keep everyone safe. But

9:08

if she's your friend and you trust her, then sure. I

9:11

can... It's not a big

9:13

deal.

9:21

Axel, don't do this. I could snap

9:24

you now. Get off of him. Doorn,

9:26

do it, coward. You're killing

9:28

him, Doorn. Go ahead.

9:30

Axel, end up. Next

9:38

time, I won't

9:39

let go. You

9:42

want answers? Here you go.

9:45

While How 9000 was rebooting,

9:48

I snuck out through the grate that almost killed Ida.

9:51

It took me below the sphere. I was drowning,

9:54

but Greer here found me and

9:56

pulled me out. She thought I was there to

9:58

rescue her.

9:59

What's down there? Nothing.

10:03

There's nothing down there, just tunnels.

10:05

It's dark, cold, some random

10:08

empty room with a blue orb. I didn't

10:10

see anything that could lead us back to the surface.

10:12

Hang on, did you say blue orb? Yeah, yeah,

10:14

it was a big ass expensive lava lamp.

10:17

Why? No, I was just a- It's

10:19

Cortex's brain. The

10:21

set of servers that actually run it. I

10:25

have to get down there. You

10:27

can't. You'll take me. You

10:30

can't.

10:31

There are monsters. OK,

10:34

these creatures that attacked

10:37

us. Monsters? No,

10:39

I sounded insane. They were chasing

10:42

after us. Clara was calling them

10:44

betas. I think they killed her

10:46

friend Clara. Some kind of animal,

10:48

maybe? No, they're not animals, OK?

10:53

It was something different. Whatever

10:55

they are, they're dangerous. I

10:57

believe you, really. But

10:59

none of this changes what we have to do. The

11:02

only way we properly fix it,

11:06

our computer

11:06

problem, is to access that

11:08

blue orb. If we keep trying to mess

11:10

with it, it will retaliate more. It's

11:13

just a matter of time before it deactivates

11:15

all of us again. Anyone want to wait until

11:17

that happens? Yeah,

11:20

that's what I thought. Axel, I

11:22

can't do this alone. I need your

11:24

help. We need to figure out how to stop

11:27

these monsters from

11:29

attacking us while I reset its brain.

11:31

Can you get us back to that room? He's

11:34

full of shit. Hannah. Since when

11:36

has Jeffrey done anything for the betterment of the group? What's

11:39

the other option? I don't

11:41

have another option. I'm just

11:44

saying.

11:44

Look, the

11:46

betas, the monsters, whatever, they seem

11:50

to hate the light, OK? And

11:53

there is another way down to the tunnels

11:56

where we can bypass the sphere. Axel.

11:58

Hannah, I'm sorry. OK.

11:59

I... I... We need... it

12:03

to work. Okay, here, we have no

12:05

chance down here.

12:06

Wait. There's something else. What?

12:09

There was another part of Finn's message that no one else heard. Dagny.

12:12

But I did. Excuse me? Court,

12:15

it showed it to me. I don't

12:17

know why it was missing from the original message. What did the message

12:19

say? That Evergreen is incomplete. Incomplete?

12:24

Incomplete? What does that mean? That's literally all it said. Jeffrey,

12:27

I thought you should know before you do the update. Maybe it

12:29

makes more sense to you. It just gets worse.

12:31

Everything Finn

12:33

did to get us here make us believe that Evergreen

12:36

is our only hope for a future that we didn't ask

12:38

for and... it's not even finished.

12:41

I think we can all finally agree that while Finn was hoping

12:44

for an ideal outcome here, his execution

12:46

is shit. We need to fix this before

12:48

the sphere floods the rest of Evergreen. Axel, gather

12:51

what you need so you feel comfortable taking me down to

12:53

the tunnels. And Hannah, I know

12:56

you hate me. I get it. But

12:59

we need you on board with the plan. You

13:01

won't do it for me, but... please...

13:06

do it for everyone else.

13:18

Um... I only had

13:21

the one light down there, but it seemed to scare the betas

13:23

off, so... grab as many as we can.

13:28

This one's good. Hey.

13:32

This one's good too. Hannah, I'm... I

13:35

didn't mean to undercut you back there. This

13:40

one's good too. I'm

13:43

sorry. Okay, we're all on

13:45

the same team. It doesn't feel like it. What

13:49

happened to Hannah? I don't

13:51

trust McKenna and Jeffrey. You almost

13:53

killed him back there. Now

13:55

you're all about following their plan? I haven't changed

13:57

my mind. I still feel the

13:59

same way. way about them. And Jeffrey's

14:02

obviously full of shit, but we need everything working

14:04

right now and I don't have a better idea. And

14:07

I wasn't going

14:09

to kill him. That's

14:11

not who I am. I know. The

14:22

way Jeffrey was treating Greer, it

14:25

just made me so... Yeah.

14:32

You remember my V-Mam? My sister

14:34

and I had to give away that puppy. Sure.

14:37

There's a reason we had to give him away. My

14:42

dad was

14:45

so angry all the time.

14:51

I came home from school one day and

14:53

my sister's collarbone was

14:55

broken. She

14:59

was caught up bleeding. He

15:03

had done it so many times. My mom

15:08

and sister testified on my behalf what

15:11

I did. What I did that

15:13

day proves that he's

15:15

part of me. So

15:19

I developed my method to

15:22

create tools I could use when I could feel him creeping

15:25

back in. And I've

15:27

had a handle on it for so long, Hannah,

15:29

but being trapped down here, it's

15:33

testing me. It is testing

15:35

me. Axel, look

15:37

at me. You're a good man.

15:42

What you did to your father was to save your family.

15:48

I tell myself that every day. I'm

15:53

coming with you into the tunnels. What? No. It's

15:56

not safe. We can both keep an eye on Jeffrey.

15:59

Make sure he's doing it. when he said he'd do. Are

16:01

you sure? Yeah. Axel.

16:23

I was afraid I wouldn't see you again. I

16:26

thought you had nine lives. Yeah,

16:29

I think I burned a handful of them down there. But

16:32

you came back. I promised you

16:35

I would. Whatever

16:37

happens from here on out, you

16:40

and me, we're a team.

16:44

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17:59

So Axel's telling the truth about what he saw down

18:02

there. Yeah. Finn's VMIM

18:04

mostly confirms everything he mentioned. Even

18:06

though Finn's memory is fragmented, VMIM

18:08

still captured a few minutes before and after. Here's

18:12

the part that Axel doesn't know. This

18:14

is how we unlock the orb. Let

18:17

me look at Cortex's source code. Absolutely,

18:19

sir. Here's

18:23

the problem. Look right here. Of

18:25

course. We need the text biometrics,

18:27

retinal scan DNA confirmation. But

18:31

thanks to VMIM... Let

18:34

me look at Cortex's source code. Absolutely,

18:37

sir. If I zoom in right there,

18:38

look at Finn's

18:40

hands. He's entering the failsafe password.

18:43

Yep. And now we have it. There's

18:47

something else. Watch what happens

18:49

a few minutes later.

19:01

Nico? Nico?

19:10

Back here! You wanted to speak to me? The human drone

19:12

is ready. It worked? Show

19:14

me. Alpha zero. Come

19:17

here. Oh

19:24

my god. Nico.

19:29

Nico. It's

19:32

incredible. It looks so

19:34

real. What were you expecting?

19:38

Can it speak? Alpha zero.

19:41

Say hello. Hello. He

19:44

understands your instructions and will carry

19:46

out your commands. He answers yes

19:48

or no questions. Beyond that,

19:50

he doesn't have an opinion or personality.

19:53

No critical thinking skills. He's

19:56

blank.

19:57

This is so much better than I have

19:59

imagined. What about motor

20:01

skills? Is it strong? Hand

20:04

me that steel rod. Here.

20:08

Alpha zero. Bend this.

20:16

Strong enough for you? You

20:26

don't want to keep praying medbay? Hannah,

20:29

Greer's been down there this whole time. I

20:31

think having her own room, her own bed, with

20:34

privacy away from Finn is a good thing. I

20:37

removed the shrapnel from her side and stitched her up.

20:40

It'll take a few more days for the antibiotics to really

20:42

kick in, but overall, she'll be okay.

20:45

She's really lucky to be alive. What

20:47

about Ida? Aren't you worried she might

20:49

do something to Greer? She could have killed

20:51

Axel. I know. I know.

20:54

I just don't think locking Ida

20:56

in medbay is the answer. Like

20:59

you said, we aren't animals. Honestly,

21:02

I think the less we make her feel like we're a threat, the

21:04

better off we'll all be.

21:18

Greer? Hannah?

21:23

Yeah. I just wanted to

21:25

check in on you. David

21:27

said it was okay for me to say hi. You

21:30

need to find Clara. She's still

21:32

down there. Did Axel tell you

21:34

about her? Yeah. You're

21:38

gonna find her, right? Greer.

21:42

The reality of the situation... I

21:45

don't understand. Why

21:47

are you so calm? Are

21:49

you all just living down here like it's normal? We're

21:52

not calm or normal. Trust

21:54

me. What Axel told you earlier,

21:57

I know it's

21:59

impossible. to process and some

22:01

days I still don't even believe it but I can't

22:05

let my mind go there. I wouldn't get out

22:08

of bed in the morning. When

22:10

do I get to go home? Greer.

22:14

Please. I just

22:16

want to go home, Hannah.

22:22

Greer. Please. I

22:27

just want to see my dad. I

22:29

know but that's not an option right now.

22:33

We are doing everything we can to make this work. Just...

22:37

We put one foot in front of the other. That's the only

22:39

way we survive right now. Stop

22:47

crying. Stop

22:52

crying. What

22:53

about your family? Stop. Don't you

22:55

want to talk to them? I got trapped too. I

22:58

was on my way out. I wasn't supposed

23:00

to be down here. I was on my way out and I was

23:02

going to see my mom, okay? But

23:05

there is no time to feel sorry for ourselves. It's

23:07

because the second we stop moving, we

23:10

die. Look.

23:17

Look Greer. I'm

23:19

sorry. It's

23:24

just easier if you accept that no one

23:26

survived.

23:28

No one. Your

23:30

friend. She's

23:33

gone. There's

23:36

no way she made it down there. I

23:43

survived down there. So

23:47

maybe you don't know everything. All

24:04

right, it's go time.

24:16

The robot

24:18

is guarding the entrance to the stairs. So,

24:24

Hannah. Hey, hey, what's wrong? I'm

24:26

fine.

24:31

I'm an asshole. Can't

24:33

yell at Finn, so screamed at the girl

24:35

who's been trapped underground for weeks and didn't know

24:37

the world ended. Yeah. Yeah,

24:41

you are an asshole. I'm

24:48

OK. Are you sure?

24:53

Yeah. Here,

24:56

I made you a rig for you to wear with your section of

24:58

enviral lights. They clip onto

25:01

you here and here, just like

25:03

that.

25:10

Thanks.

25:19

That's not good. Cortex must

25:21

be cycling the power. Cortex must be cycling the power

25:23

on and off. It's playing with us. We

25:26

should hurry. Ready? Yeah.

25:45

Spirit, spirit in the news.

25:50

Do you need us when we call?

25:59

I talk to the Dells. My

26:02

name is Leah Fox, and though you may not

26:04

know my name, you most certainly have

26:06

played my game. If you've ever attended

26:08

a seance, then you've played my game. If

26:11

you've ever been to a haunted house, then you've rolled

26:13

my dice. Or if you've ever believed

26:15

in ghosts, then you've done so at my

26:17

pleasure. Because I'm the one who sold

26:19

it that you could actually talk to them, see

26:22

them, meet them, and communicate with them from

26:24

beyond the grave. And I did it all through sheer

26:26

luck and a series of blunders, flops, and failures.

26:29

So,

26:29

buccalona! It's going to be a bumpy

26:32

ride. Starring Kerry Mulligan. This

26:34

show is a sharp, witted, and haunting

26:36

story you won't want to miss. Enter

26:38

the seance parlor and join those from beyond

26:40

the grave by searching for the foxes of Heidsville,

26:42

wherever you're listening now.

26:48

Once we're in the tunnels, Axel will lead us to the blue

26:50

room. At no point do we deviate

26:52

off the path. No matter what happens,

26:54

we stick together till we get there. Now

26:57

once inside, you two stand guard

26:59

while I interface with the mainframe and power off cortex.

27:02

Do we need to run it again? We're ready. Just

27:05

reiterating. Nico, whatever

27:07

you do, do not turn the incinerator

27:10

on, okay? Okay.

27:15

Let's do this.

27:23

Incinerator doors open. Alpha

27:26

zero? Come. What's

27:28

alpha zero? Oh

27:34

my god. Nico,

27:36

I thought we agreed. You said

27:38

you wouldn't. Yes. I changed

27:40

my mind.

27:41

Jeffrey, what the actual fuck? Look,

27:44

I believe in your theory about the lights fending off the monsters,

27:46

I do. But just in case your flashlights

27:49

don't quite cut it, now we have insurance.

27:52

This thing can literally crush-

27:54

Thing? This

27:56

is a human, Jeffrey. You

27:58

had Nico make a human. Human?

28:00

I don't know, that's debatable.

28:02

But sadly, we don't have time to debate.

28:05

It's here to protect us.

28:07

So, so what? If

28:09

the monsters attack, we're just going to sacrifice this person

28:12

to them? That's exactly what we'll do.

28:15

Okay, but how do you know that this thing won't hurt us? He

28:18

has no free will of his own. But

28:20

if something goes wrong, you can make him sleep.

28:24

Alpha Zero, then our sight.

28:28

See? He's sleeping. Yeah,

28:32

neat track. Everyone happy? Because

28:35

we're wasting time.

28:56

There's nothing down here. We're clear.

29:01

Let the drone lead anyway. Alpha

29:04

Zero, make a left

29:06

down this corridor. Yes.

29:15

Alpha Zero, stop. Yes.

29:19

What is it? It's

29:22

too quiet. And that's a problem? Yeah,

29:25

I know they're down here. Guess your

29:28

flashlights are doing their job.

29:31

Axel, what do you think? Alpha

29:35

Zero, keep

29:37

walking. Yes.

29:56

There it is. The blue room. It

30:00

looks empty. No

30:03

betas. It's

30:07

freezing in here. It's designed to keep

30:09

Cortex's servers from overheating. Alpha

30:12

Zero, guard the door. Yes.

30:15

Hannah, Axle, keep an eye out.

30:23

Biometric identification

30:25

required. Jeffrey, we don't have

30:28

that. We don't have the fail-safe password.

30:30

How is that possible? Mandatory

30:33

access control granted. Holy

30:35

shit. You're

30:40

inside Cortex's brain? Axle?

30:44

That's them. The betas. Keep

30:46

your lights up. Alpha Zero, move

30:49

into the corridor. Yes. I'm going

30:51

to use the Cortex's old Master Reset, just

30:53

like that. Jeffrey? And upload

30:56

Eagle I've heard school to Overline. Jeffrey, hurry up, man.

30:59

I'm going as fast as I can. I make

31:01

one mistake. The betas. They're moving.

31:04

I don't see anything. Sounds like they're

31:06

trying to flank around us. Alpha

31:08

Zero?

31:09

Yes.

31:11

What is that? Alpha Zero, just make that noise.

31:14

Alpha Zero. Yeah.

31:18

Why is he doing that? Jeffrey? Jeffrey,

31:20

why is he doing that? Yes.

31:29

Oh my God.

31:30

Alpha Zero is talking.

31:33

Alpha Zero, are you sure? Where

31:37

is he going? I don't know. Shit.

31:40

Jeffrey, time check. Alpha

31:42

Zero is back. Eagle Eye protocol is in stores. Everything

31:45

is good to go. Jeffrey? I know.

31:47

I hear you. Just let me concentrate. Okay.

31:50

Now, when I fix Cortex,

31:52

Finn, where did you put your V-MEMS?

31:55

Axle, do you see

31:55

anything? No. Nothing.

31:59

Wait. Wait.

32:05

Something's coming. Alpha

32:16

zero. The

32:21

pandas are lining up behind him. Keep your light on them.

32:26

You're right. Look at them. They

32:29

hid the light. Alpha

32:32

zero. He's

32:34

coming towards us. He's blocking

32:37

the light. Alpha zero, back up. Back

32:40

up. Alpha

32:42

zero, net outside. Look,

32:44

it's not working. He won't sleep. Jeffrey, we

32:46

have to go now.

32:47

Come on. Where

32:50

did you hide your V-Men's fin? I know they're here. Jeffrey,

32:52

we are out of time. Okay. Okay. Execute

32:57

Eagle and protocol now.

32:59

Protect

33:02

is powering down. What

33:04

is that? Jeffrey, is that a door?

33:05

Shit. Of course he has another way out. We've

33:08

got to go. Jeffrey, wait

33:11

for us, man. He's beating us.

33:14

Jeffrey, god damn it, wait for us. Jeffrey!

33:16

He's closing the door. Look. Fuck!

33:23

Jeffrey! You mother fucker!

33:27

Jeffrey?

33:27

Hannah, Axel, hurry. Oh,

33:36

fuck.

33:36

I thought you

33:39

were going to leave us down there. After that shit you pulled earlier,

33:42

you probably should have. I, uh, I don't

33:44

think they can get through. They

33:46

can't. What the hell was

33:48

wrong with Alpha zero? This is exactly why Niko

33:51

needed

33:51

to hold off. It wasn't ready. Stop

33:54

talking. Start climbing. Jeffrey?

34:01

Where does this stairwell go?

34:10

Jesus! Where are we? You

34:13

didn't know this was here? No.

34:16

What? Jeffrey,

34:30

where are we? Wait. These

34:33

are Finn's living quarters. We're...

34:37

we're back in Evergreen. How?

34:41

How did you know about that exit? That

34:43

it would lead us here. You

34:46

knew the fail-safe password for Cortex. You

34:49

really believe Finn's the only one who knows

34:51

how to do anything. It's so narrow-minded.

34:55

I just imagined how I would do this, and

34:57

in typical Finn fashion, made it ten

34:59

times more difficult. Cortex? Yes,

35:02

Jeffrey? Stop the storm in the sphere

35:04

right now. The

35:06

storm has dissipated. Cortex, reset

35:09

all Evergreen systems. What?

35:17

What? Evergreen

35:20

is fully functional. Is there anything

35:23

else I can do for you, Jeffrey? Looks

35:26

like we're back in business.

35:34

Help me. I

35:37

can get that be a fuss. David?

35:42

They did it. They got Cortex back online. Okay.

35:47

That means Finn's protected again, right? The

35:56

bubble is working. Cortex? Yes,

35:59

David? Please confirm who is authorized

36:02

to disable Finn's bubble. Just

36:05

you, David. I can

36:07

get that, babe. That

36:13

doesn't make any logical sense. Alpha

36:16

Zero talking to the betas, Niko. Making

36:18

the same noises. It literally helped

36:20

them. It would have killed us. Not possible. Human

36:25

drones. They only answer to us. You

36:28

cannot make another human drone until we figure

36:30

this out. Okay.

36:34

Niko! Don't walk away from me! We're not

36:36

finished here! You sure

36:37

told her, Hannah. You need

36:39

to talk to her. Obviously she listens to

36:41

you and McKenna. You saw what happened

36:43

down there. If it'll make you feel

36:45

better. Dagny,

36:47

remind me why we're trudging through all this muck. We can just have Cortex

36:50

assess the damage. Because I want to

36:52

see it with my own eyes. It gives me a better idea of

36:54

what we're working with. What will

36:56

happen to all this water? Should we be concerned? It'll

36:59

absorb eventually. Cortex, no

37:01

rain or storms for the next ten days. Keep

37:03

the temperature at a steady 20 degrees Celsius

37:06

with zero humidity. Yes, Dagny. Everything

37:09

in here should be back to normal in a week or so. We still

37:11

have two weeks of synthesized food in reserve,

37:13

so we should be okay until then. Hey,

37:16

David. Hey. What's

37:18

up? David, should we tell them?

37:21

Yeah.

37:21

Everything

37:23

okay? I actually

37:25

have some news. There's...

37:29

well, there's been some progress with

37:31

Finn. What kind of progress? Let

37:33

me get there. I've

37:35

detected some neural activity. What? It's

37:38

more than anything I've seen previously. Neural

37:40

activity? What does that mean? Is

37:42

he talking? It means he

37:44

could be on his way to getting better. I

37:47

started writing tests. The results will

37:49

be ready in the morning and I'll know more then. This

37:51

is a really good sign. Finn, your

37:53

drug is working. You've been giving Finn your drug? Yes.

37:56

I want to see him. Well, this is great. We

37:58

can finally get the answers. that we're all looking for when he

38:01

wakes up. We need to stay out of Med Bay

38:03

as much as possible. His bubble

38:05

is back up, but I want to reduce the amount

38:07

of environmental stress around

38:08

him. David, can you

38:10

tell us more about the, um, the, the,

38:13

the, um, what's

38:15

it called, the, uh, the, uh. McKenna? You

38:18

okay? The drug? Yes,

38:21

yes, exactly, the, the drug.

38:22

Okay, we're all exhausted.

38:25

We've been running on all cylinders with no sleep trying to

38:27

fix cortex. Now that we have, we

38:29

need to get some rest. You too, doc. Even

38:32

just for a few hours while you wait for those test results. I

38:34

don't know if that's a good idea.

38:36

He's right. We're gonna get sloppy.

38:39

Start making mistakes if we don't sleep. We

38:41

have food, the bubble's up, cortex

38:43

is back to normal. There's nothing to worry

38:46

about, at least right now. So tomorrow

38:48

morning, we'll reconvene. David, you'll

38:50

update us on Finn. We'll figure out how to integrate

38:53

on your friend Greer and decide what's next

38:55

as a group. What did you do with Jeffrey? Very

38:58

funny. I'm just happy we fixed cortex.

39:23

Cortex, are you able to give me a

39:25

surface reading now? Of course,

39:27

Jeffrey. Evergreen activation,

39:30

day 12. Current surface temperature

39:33

is 115 degrees Celsius.

39:35

Any life?

39:39

No life forms detected.

39:45

Damn it. Cortex?

39:59

Yes. Is it possible

40:01

to get some water? Of

40:04

course. Thank

40:06

you.

40:14

Cortex, did you just lock my

40:16

door? Cortex?

40:26

Cortex, light's on. Yes,

40:28

Hannah. Cortex,

40:43

unlock my door. I'm

40:45

sorry, Hannah. I am no longer

40:47

authorized to take orders from you. No.

40:54

Hi, Hannah. Jeffrey?

40:57

Why is my door locked? Hello? Hey

41:00

guys, why can't I leave my room? What's going on? Can anyone hear

41:02

me? Fuck. I knew it.

41:04

I'm gonna mute all of you.

41:07

You know, I've been patient. I

41:10

think I've been very patient. Watching you run

41:12

around like chickens with your heads cut off, trying to

41:14

make sense of this mess Finn left us in. But,

41:17

I have been meaning to tell you this fascinating

41:19

discovery I made while scanning the servers.

41:22

Did you guys know that Finn was tracking the asteroid

41:25

for ten years? Ten

41:27

whole years? That

41:30

man rolled over and went

41:32

to sleep 3,650 nights in a row with that secret.

41:37

Actively

41:37

choosing not to save

41:40

everyone on the fucking planet from

41:42

dying a horrible death. If

41:45

he hadn't ordered that information, imagine

41:47

what a unified world could have figured

41:49

out with that kind of lead time. And

41:52

that's the person you've all been listening

41:54

to, even when the fucker can't speak. It's sweet,

41:57

really. The

41:59

attempt to escape.

41:59

democracy. We're equally important,

42:02

equally valuable. Of course

42:04

I'm just using Finn's words here. But what's

42:06

funny to me is if I didn't fix

42:08

Cortex, you'd all be dead.

42:11

So if we're really assessing value

42:13

and importance, we're

42:16

not as equal as he thought. Well

42:18

enough of that. From now on, Cortex

42:21

will provide all basic functions, but

42:23

direct orders come only from me. I'm

42:26

enforcing a nightly curfew, hence

42:28

the locked doors. Each of you will continue

42:30

to do the jobs that you were chosen for, but no longer

42:32

work as you please. You will report directly

42:35

to me every eight hours so I can assess your progress.

42:38

We're activating more human drones. I don't

42:40

care about these monsters below us. We

42:42

need as many hands as possible to make Evergreen

42:44

work.

42:45

And finally, as far as

42:47

Finn waking up, don't

42:50

worry. I'll take

42:52

great care of him.

42:54

The door panel. Thanks

42:58

for teaching me how to hack the door. You suffer. I just prick.

43:04

Red wire, pink screen wire. Wow.

43:11

Yes. Okay. Okay. No.

43:16

No. Hannah, do not

43:18

resist. Cortex, Cortex, no.

43:25

Jeffrey, Hannah has been deactivated.

43:28

It seems Hannah just found out the hard

43:30

way that I also control the robot.

43:34

Everyone should really get some rest. We'll

43:37

talk again in the morning. Night night.

43:48

Help me. I

43:52

can't get that.

43:57

Inspiring speech. I'll

44:00

just fall in line, you'll see. Help

44:03

me. What the hell? It

44:06

seems David wasn't being 100% honest

44:08

about Finn's status. This

44:10

is more than just neural activity. We can get

44:12

that, people. He's awake.

44:16

Not exactly. If that bubble wasn't protecting

44:18

him. I'd kill Finn

44:20

right now.

44:22

Cortex. Yes, Jeffrey.

44:26

Disable Finn's protective bubble.

44:34

Finn's bubble is disabled. Help

44:36

me. Go ahead, Ida. I

44:39

can get them, baby. Kill

44:42

him. Beep. Beep.

44:56

Evergreen stars Lana Condor as

44:59

Hannah Gabriel, Alan Cumming as

45:01

Finn Garell, Kehong Lee as

45:03

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45:08

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45:26

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45:34

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45:36

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45:39

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