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Season 1, Episode 7 — Foundering
- Hello, Martin.
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[tense music]
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- Xander?
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- It's been a long time.
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- Where have you been?
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Where did you go?
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- Everywhere the signal reached
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and maybe a little beyond.
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[door clicks]
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- Good morning, campers.
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Holy shit. You guys been here all night?
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- [sighs] Should we try again?
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♪
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- I'll--I'll try.
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- Copy that.
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And let me know anything else I can do, Nathan.
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- Appreciate you.
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- Semper fi, soldier.
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Stay strong.
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- That's another productive interaction, Alexander.
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Well done. - Okay.
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All right, next up, William Belgrave,
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history of domestic abuse and violence,
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missed a check-in at his VA.
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[phone line ringing] Oh, shit.
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Uh, Gnodin's flagging him.
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Custody judgment against him yesterday.
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- Hello?
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- Hello, William.
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- No video? - Mm-mm-mm.
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- Who is this? - My name is Alexander.
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I'm calling from the VA. Just checking in to--
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- Did she call you? She say I'm a piece of shit?
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- No, William. Marie didn't call me.
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I'm here to help.
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- You know what she did to me?
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- I do. Not easy.
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William, have you been drinking?
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- The hell you looking at?
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I'm not even gonna stay to-- - You know, put--put me on.
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If he leaves the-- - Hey, William, how about
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I arrange a Breezi to come pick you up?
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- Let a ghost drive?
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You think I'm stupid? - He's trying to help.
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- No, put me on. - He's trying to help.
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- Come on. If he leaves the bar--
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- While we've been talking, I've contacted your sponsor,
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Shane, your platoon leader.
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He's on his way to see you.
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Don't leave. We're gonna take care of you.
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And afterwards, I'm gonna make sure
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you get the help you need.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- He did it.
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he di--he's beyond ready, beyond everybody.
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- What happened?
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- Xander and Gnodin-- so first we did, like,
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uh, two dozen or so successful calls.
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And then, uh, Gnodin tags this marine as a danger to himself
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and/or others, hands him off to Xander.
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- Yeah, the man was in a spiral, and Xander caught him.
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Th--this isn't code.
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Th--this is consciousness.
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- D-do you have a recording?
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- Just audio, but it's incredible.
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- No, okay, we'll play it at WatchCode.
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This is going to be something.
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[Ping-Pong ball clacking]
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♪
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[doorbell buzzes]
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♪ ♪
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- [exhales sharply]
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Thank you for coming.
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- What--what, did, uh, someone cancel on you or--
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- Uh, no, actually.
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I, um--I wanted to talk with you.
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- Ooh, yeah. Yeah, good. Good.
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'Cause I--I think I do need, like, a tune-up.
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Nena Marx, she asked me to do an interview on main stage
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Saturday at the WatchCode Forum,
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and...[exhales sharply]
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I think it's gonna be quite the grilling.
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So I need--bam!
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- Yes.
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And, uh, I think, uh, maybe you shouldn't do it.
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I just--I feel somewhat responsible for bringing
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MyXY to your attention.
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I had no idea you were gonna do anything
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other than place a bet--
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you know, the normal thing we do.
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- Uh-huh, yeah.
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- I just...[sighs]
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The genetic makeup of an individual is--
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it's a sacred thing.
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The man who discovered the genome
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felt that the double helix of DNA
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was proof of God's existence.
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I mean, this isn't just shopping habits
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or even private browsing.
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This is blood!
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This is the stuff of life!
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- Data is bigger than life, okay?
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Data will go on forever, live longer than you.
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I mean, blood? Blood? That's, like, wet and gross.
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Data.
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Data is immortal.
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- I, um--
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I suppose I am asking you as a favor...
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- Yeah, yeah.
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- While taking full responsibility
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for my own part in this to at least just pause.
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Don't do anything about it right now.
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- No, thi--this is not a side hustle for me.
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This--thi--this is what I do.
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I put down tens of millions of dollars already.
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- Can't you just sit with this?
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Maybe think of some alternative ethical ways to--
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- Oh, ethical.
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Hey, what is it with this word, "ethical"?
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I mean, that--that is just a smoke screen
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to make more money.
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That's it. I'm--I'm being honest.
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Honest--I--I'm--I'm telling everyone what I'm gonna do,
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and everybody is freaking out!
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It's like they're good with being robbed and deceived
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as long--as long as they don't know about it.
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It's--I--listen, I ca--I can't.
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I can't back out, uh,
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because if I do, I would be admitting
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I did something wrong, and I didn't.
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I would be caving in, and I--
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- Which is why responsible players, professionals,
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leaders need to function with the greater good in mind,
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yes, with ethics.
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I mean, it--it doesn't mean you can't make money.
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I just wonder why going to the forum
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and putting this into the public sphere
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has to happen right now.
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- Because it will steal Anushka's thunder.
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Which is a problem for you?
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- No.
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Because it will cement your place
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in society as a threat,
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as a cyberbully with-- with far too much power
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and no plan and no policy
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for how to regulate that-- [camera shutter clicks]
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Oh, my God, Duncan, stop.
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I don't want my--don't do-- I don't want my picture taken.
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- Stop. You--you're gonna like this.
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You're gonna like it.
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This is a good one.
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- I don't wanna see you humiliated.
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I don't want that for you. - No. No.
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- Okay? I--Nena Marx?
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I mean, don't they call her the Marksman or--
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- Here.
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- Okay. Ha-ha.
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Is that me? This is some kind of AI?
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- Just click Play.
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[grunting on video]
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Yeah, that's you fucking me in the ass.
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Fucking me in the ass like you are right now.
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- Get out! - Oh! Me?
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Why--why does your pillow smell like Anushka Bhattachera?
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- You're--you're disgusting.
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You're sick. - Why?
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- You are a pig! - Why?
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Why does your pillow smell like Anushka Bhattachera?
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- Calm down, Duncan. Calm down.
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- Why are you fucking me... - Calm down.
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You're scaring me. - In the ass?
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- I want you to leave! - Honestly! Damn it!
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Answer me!
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Seriously, what did she tell you about me?
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I trusted you. Just tell me.
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- You stole my--
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- Answer the question!
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Why are you fucking me in the ass?
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Why? Just tell me. Tell me. Tell me.
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- Get out!
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- [speaking indistinctly]
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I--I guess I was useful
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until someone better came along.
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Oh. - You are not my partner!
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- Oh, right, you don't have to tell me twice, sweetheart.
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You do not have to tell me twice.
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Like I thought I would ever, ever need you.
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I gave you everything, and you betrayed me!
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Oh, my God. Goodbye forever.
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Thank you.
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- Good!
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♪ ♪
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- Ow! Shit.
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♪
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And it's my house!
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♪
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-You are a sociopath.
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-VC's love sociopaths.
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-♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
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-Tonight is the Watch Code Forum.
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[Applause]
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-Do you see the trophy case? It's legendary.
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-It's gonna be the gala to end all galas. Boom!
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I will end us all!
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-I bet you weren't expecting this.
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[Explosion] -Please. You can't tell my parents.
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[Crowd chanting]
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-I need to go see him...
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be humiliated.
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-And action!
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-Alright.
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[Safety signal beeping]
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♪
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Alright. Who's the lucky soldier?
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Mary Cardenas.
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Sergeant. First class, U.S. Army.
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-In episode seven,
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Martin takes Xander out of the garage
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and brings it into hypergnosis.
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And that poses all kinds of challenges for him.
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-You lost a friend and a leg, Mary.
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Can't imagine what that feels like.
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Actually, what does it feel like to have a leg?
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-I'm sorry. What?
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-They realize that this is not going to work.
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From Martin's perspective,
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most of that worked remarkably well.
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But everybody's complaints start to weigh on him.
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-What were you like when you were 15?
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-Me, I went to college early
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and never really got to be a teenager.
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-I thought I recognized a fellow tortured prodigy.
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I was 14.
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-We get a glimpse into Martin's past
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to why he's been trying to create a bot for teens,
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and he has to sort of confront,
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well, maybe Xander would do more good as an adult.
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-How would you feel about going on a journey?
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It will be yours to take.
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I won't really even know where you go.
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-Is that what you want?
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♪♪
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[Keyboard clacking]
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I think I prefer we don't go on a journey.
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[Machinery powers down]
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[Machinery powers on]
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-His emotional attachment to what is ultimately
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zeros and ones is real.
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It's perhaps, from my perspective,
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not being a tech person,
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a moment to recognize that there is creation taking place here
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in a way that is emotional, is human,
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even if one of those entities is not human.
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-Even God never did what you're doing.
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-Didn't he kill his son?
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-But he brought him back.
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♪
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-I owe you an apology.
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The nutritionist I took you to was giving you
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massive doses of steroids.
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-I grew up with a stepfather who was a psychiatrist
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and had many times when I misbehaved,
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and then was actually brought into my stepfather's office
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and sat on the couch and given a talking to.
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-Give me the tincture.
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-No. -Yes! Give me the tincture!
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It's a little late to be growing a spine.
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-It's not happening.
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-Give me the tincture. No!
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-Tinct me, cuck!
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-I think there's something really funny
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about being a stepfather,
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wanting to exert your authority
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when everybody in the household knows you're not the dad.
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And at some point, that breaks down.
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And this happened between me and my stepfather,
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and our relationship began in earnest,
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and we became quite close.
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I believe that that's what's about
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to happen here between Gary and Orson.
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I think that his fronting as a stepdad is coming into conflict
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with the fact that the kid standing in front of him
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is in pain, is somebody who he can relate to.
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And I do believe that "Tinct me, cuck"
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is going to be on T-shirts.
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[Laughs]
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-What were the picks?
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-I bought MYXY, M-Y-X-Y.
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-Yeah, yeah. Why?
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-They're likely filing for chapter 11 any day now.
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So you should probably short it.
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-I don't think that Joanne thinks
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that Duncan's going to do anything with MYXY
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more than what she advised him to do,
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which is, "Well, you should short it."
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-Oh! Hahaha!
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-The company is going down.
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-I just thought you might want to know
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I bought it up --
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MYXY.
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-She realizes that she basically gave this irresponsible,
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cringey man the opportunity to buy the genetic material
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of millions and millions of people.
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The look on Sarah Goldberg's face is priceless.
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-I hit the data motherload.
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So thank you.
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Thank you, seriously, thank you.
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Just thank you.
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♪♪
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[dramatic orchestral music]
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♪ ♪
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[singers vocalizing]
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♪ ♪
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