Masters of Science Fiction (2007–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Watchbird - full transcript

[Stephen Hawking]
From the very beginning,

we have wondered how life began,

what our purpose is,

and where we are headed.

We have struggled
to understand time, matter,

the infinite universe,

who we are,
and if we are alone.

Great minds have imagined
the most wonderful

and the most terrifying
answers to these questions.

We invite you to join us
on this great expedition.

In a world that grows
increasingly dangerous,



what will we sacrifice
in the name of security?

[knock knock]

Another late one, Mr. Kramer?

Yeah. I guess so.

Take it easy, now.

Yeah.

[door closes]

[electronic chirping]

Hello, Charlie.

[Announcer]
Armed with both anti-personnel

and anti-vehicle capabilities,

the Watchbird drone
has proven itself

as the most flexible
and effective weapon

in America's arsenal.



It has been hailed
by military strategists

as the ground soldiers'
guardian in the field.

Enemy troops,
screened for their intent.

In microseconds,
the Watchbird responds

with two levels of firepower.

One to stun and disable,

and a second
to deliver a lethal blow.

Vigilance Technologies' Watchbird.

The weapon system of the future

transforming the battlefield of today.

Alright!
Whew!

[wild cheering]

I guess I don't
have to tell any of you,

but if you manage to survive

in the cutthroat world of hi-tech,

you're a fortunate man.

And if you help save the lives

of the young men and women
on the front line,

you are blessed.

But you manage to do both,

and by golly,
you are one lucky bastard.

[crowd chuckling]

Pardon my French.

Do we still say that?

Now, we're here tonight

to honor the man who made
Watchbird possible,

with maybe a tip of the hat
to the genius who hired him.

When Charlie first came to me
with the idea for Watchbird,

I have to admit I was skeptical.

Two and a half pounds of tin

floating around out in the desert,

kicking butt and taking names.

I figured, action figure
sold separately.

But damned if that boy
wasn't on to something.

There he was, throwing charts
and diagrams at me,

as if I knew microsurge telemetry

from duck a l'orange.

Now, the way Charlie explained it,

someone's about to kill.

Their bodies give off
dozens of telltale signals.

You give an armed drone

the ability to recognize those signals,

you are on to something,
something amazing.

"But how are you going to keep them

from zapping one of our own?" I ask.

"Simple," says Charlie.

You give the good guys
encrypted chips.

The rest is just a turkey shoot.

And here we are, three years

and God knows how many soldiers

returned to the bosom
of their families later,

and I got to tell you,

I am one proud CEO.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the man of the hour.

- I love you.
- Come up here, Charlie.

Charles T. Kramer.

Charlie.

Charles T. Kramer,
man of the hour.

If I ever agree to do
anything like that again,

you have my permission
to shoot me where I stand.

I thought it was lovely
and well deserved.

Gee, and I thought
you actually liked me.

Okay, so you weren't
exactly in your element.

No.

You know,

I never would have thought
in a million years

that this is how
I'd make my mark.

It makes what you've done
all the more incredible.

Well, I don't know about that.

Really?

Do you think
that things will change?

You know, when we're married?

You mean will I be keeping
more respectable hours?

[laughs]

Believe me, I have
no illusions about that.

Mm. Yeah.

I just worry, you know?

I'm so happy right now.

Well, why would you be
any less happy after we're married?

I don't know.

I mean, maybe we'll start
taking things for granted.

Is that crazy?

Yeah. A little bit.

[chuckles]
It's a little crazy.

I can't imagine ever taking you
for granted for a moment.

Charlie.

- Good to see you.
- Hey, boss.

This is Jack Valentine,

Assistant Secretary
for Homeland Security,

and his chief of staff
Bradley Tanner.

Gentlemen, Charlie Kramer.

Hi.

Hell of an honor, Charlie.

I mean that.

How are you?

Shall we?

Thank you, Denise.

[clears throat]
Charlie...

[clears throat]

The president wants
to bring the bird home.

I don't understand.
Did something happen?

I thought everyone was
pretty happy with the program.

We are, Charlie.

In fact, we're so pleased
with the program

that we'd like to extend the security
that Watchbird provides

to all Americans,

not just our troops.

Homeland Security wants
to deploy the Watchbird

on the home front.

Well, it's not as easy as it sounds,

with all due respect.

We're not talking about sea
to shining sea, Charlie.

We envision 10 or 12
metropolitan areas.

To begin with.

Seattle, of course,
would be included.

It's all detailed in this brief.

Yeah, but, see...

the thing about Watchbird is—

I mean, the whole idea
behind Watchbird

is that it was designed
for a battlefield environment.

The war we're fighting,
Charlie, the big war,

it doesn't respect borders.

We're fighting an enemy
that thinks nothing

of killing innocent civilians.

Watchbird is the most
effective tactical weapon

in our arsenal, Charlie,
and we have the opportunity

to bring it where
the need is greatest,

right here at home.

But in Iraq and Afghanistan,

we equipped the coalition
troops with chips.

We couldn't possibly use
that strategy domestically.

Of course.

Uh, Mr. Ludwin
has been kind enough

to share with me the findings
of your research.

Well, you can't
do business with people

and keep them in the dark, Charlie.

The government needs
to be armed with the facts

to make informed decisions.

I mean, we're talking about
the security of the United States here.

You theorize in these documents

that the Watchbird
could be programmed

to distinguish between
criminal intent

and the legal use of force.

In theory.

Homeland Security's
looked at this, Charlie.

So have the key
Congressional chairs.

So has the President
of the United States.

Frankly, Charlie, I think you're
duty-bound to cooperate.

Well, then...
[clears throat]

I think it's safe to say
that we've moved forward.

Congratulations, Charlie.

What we're witnessing here is nothing less
than the beginning of an era.

- Congratulations.
- Yeah.

Long may we prosper.

Mm-hmm.

What they're asking is impossible.

Did you tell them that?

I tried.

You feel that they're
jumping the gun?

They didn't even
give me a heads-up.

Suddenly,
they want the Watchbird

patrolling the streets of America.

You're not convinced it's ready.

It's just a machine, Sarah.

It's a machine with limitations.

And if it makes a mistake,
it's irreversible.

With no due process,
no appeals,

in a split second,
thanks to me,

it's a de facto judge, jury,
and potential executioner.

You said that
the Watchbird's intelligence

is analogous
to human intelligence.

The first smart weapon
worthy of the name.

We're in a process of refinement.

We're trying to reduce
its margin of error, and—

I just don't think we're there yet.

But its decisions are guided
in the same way

an intelligent person's
choices would be, right?

Intelligent people make mistakes.

And as smart as it is,

it's just an analog
of human intelligence.

So whatever our flaws,

the computer runs the risk
of compounding them exponentially.

But I've seen the interviews,

the mothers of the soldiers
that the Watchbird has saved,

and I think about
what you're doing now.

If I knew that it was just
protecting innocent lives...

I mean, if I could—
if I could really know.

You have to have a little faith, Charlie.

I do.

[Watchbird]
Interface accepted.

Program initiated.

Download underway.

I'm giving you some new databases.

[typing]

Criminal law:
federal, state, municipal.

General guidelines
for detecting criminal behavior.

Current response protocols

require intent to kill
and imminent threat.

State revision.

Now you'll be looking for statutory
lawbreakers with that intent.

You'll need both criteria
to justify action.

Understood?

Breaches of the law
plus requisite intent

equal authorized force,

including deadly force.

Exactly.

[typing]

[sighs]
When disabling force

is insufficient to stop the criminal,

you will use only
your anti-personnel capability,

no incendiaries.

You'll be working
in the 48 contiguous states.

Your coordinates of origin.

My home.

The United States of America.

Will deploy per new directive.

[typing]

Thank you.

This marks the beginning
of a new day in this great land—

a day when every citizen
can breathe a little easier,

knowing that someone
is watching over them

and their loved ones.

The same Watchbird technology

that has stayed the hand
of our enemy abroad

is coming home,

ready to protect
the lives of Americans

from those who would
spread chaos and fear.

Hallelujah.

[Female voice]
Units, be aware.

Watchbird Four-Niner
is tracking suspect.

Code cripple, Paloma and 59th.

[speaking Spanish]
2 [hip-hop]

[gunfire]

[tires peeling]

Well, as far as the L.A.P.D.
was concerned,

it was a good shoot.

The guy had been stunned,

but he was about to fire
when the bird got him.

Saved some kid's life.

Well, thank God for that.

Well, frankly, I don't think we could
have asked for a better rollout.

16 birds opened fire,
only two deaths.

Well, that's reassuring.

Did you hear
the president's briefing?

He put us right up there
with God, Mom, and apple pie.

That couldn't have anything to do
with his sagging poll numbers, could it?

Don't be such a damn cynic.

What's eating you anyway?

You should have come to me first.

Oh, come on, Charlie.

I thought we've been
through all of that.

Blindsiding me
with Homeland Security?

Putting me on the spot?
I thought we had an understanding.

We do. You do the science,

and you leave the business
end of it up to me.

You had no right showing my work
to the government like that.

But look what's happened.

We are literally standing
on the brink of greatness.

Yeah...

as long as our little experiment
goes off without a hitch.

But I'm telling you,
every time there's an incident,

every time the bird fires,
my stomach hits the floor.

You know, Charlie,
frankly speaking,

if anything, the bird's
been a little gun-shy.

Excuse me?

We still had a lot
of preventable homicides

in those 12 trial cities—
29 to be exact,

five in New York alone.

The bird's response
is never going to be 100%.

We've talked about that.

It's got to be able
to access the assailant,

and that's not always possible.

Yet some of those murders
happened right out in the open.

Where is this coming from?
Is this Valentine?

Jack Valentine is the best friend
this company has,

and he has the best interests
of this country at heart.

The country's or his own?

The last time he was in here,

he looked like a guy
picking out an office.

Well, if that happens,

he'll have earned it,
believe you me.

What is it exactly that
you're asking me to do, Randolph?

Look, all I'm saying is you might
want to revisit the parameters

that you have the bird
set at, that's all.

I'm not going to put
the Watchbirds on hair triggers.

There's no way.

We have to err
on the side of caution.

But every program
needs to be tweaked.

You said so yourself.

Well, this is not a program.

This is a killing machine.

Look, I've never presumed
to tell you how to do your job,

and I'm not going to start now.

I just wonder how many people
really know what's behind your invention,

what you went through as a kid.

See, I know what it means
for you to save just one life.

Well, it means the same thing
to most everybody, Charlie.

We're all vulnerable,

and we all want to feel safe.

Well, yeah, I'll take
another look at it.

If I can improve the bird,
of course—

Nobody's arguing that—

Thank you, Charlie.

That's all I'm asking.

Yeah.

[Man]
Don't give me that crap

about burden of proof.

I don't need the SEC on my ass,
and neither do you.

No.

Listen to me, Will,
it's not churning

if you can prove
it's in the client's best interests.

Well, show it to the board
and call me back

I made you some lunch.

What did I do to deserve
a wife like you?

You must have been
very good in a former life.

I'll tell you one thing.

It beats the crap
out of being good in this one.

Now, why do I have the feeling

you're not going to be taking
any more calls this afternoon?

My goodness.
Beautiful and psychic, too.

Marissa! Marissa!

[phone rings]

Yeah.

[Ludwin]
Charlie.

- What's up?
- We've got a problem.

We got a 25-year-old woman

sitting in her own apartment.

Gets hit out of the blue

with enough juice
to damn near kill her.

I told the captain these armed drones
were going to be a problem

the minute I heard about them.

Detective, I don't think
there's anybody

who feels worse
about what happened

than the people here at Vigilance.

That so?

Could that be because
a D.A's asking a judge

to ground your whole fleet?

I hardly think that's the solution.

What am I supposed to tell
this woman's husband?

Because I'm stumped.

[Ludwin]
Charlie.

Well, the bird must have
picked up something.

It couldn't just target
this woman out of thin air.

Look, stopping crime is one thing,

but this was an innocent woman.

[phone rings]

Excuse me.

Ratcliffe.

Say again?

You're sure?

Could be that I owe
you gentlemen an apology.

That was forensics at the hospital.

Found some trace
on the woman's hand

of something called
sodium morphine.

They found lots more in the sandwich
she was serving her husband.

Poison?

Undetectable once digested.
That's what the lab's telling me.

She was trying to kill him.

I guess your bird
managed to stop her.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Did you catch the expression
on that detective's face?

Wait till this hits
the evening news.

We just gagged every critic
from here to the Capitol steps.

There's still a woman
lying in a hospital

with a paralyzed face.

She's a murderer, Charlie,

or would have been if Watchbird
hadn't gotten to her first.

I suppose.

Well, you reprogrammed
the bird, right?

Isn't that what happened?

That's just it,
these circumstances.

We're way too close
to the margins.

I'm surprised it went green.

It just means you're that much better
than you thought you were.

Yeah, or luckier.

Oh, uh, I almost forgot.

Valentine called me earlier.

He's going to be drawing down
deployment in the Northeast

to temporarily focus on Baltimore.

What's going on?

HS has reason to believe
there's a sleeper cell

whose alarm just went off.

[speaking foreign language]

The raw telemetry
from bird Four-Niner

was processed
at Command Central.

ITK signature received
1410 hours yesterday,

South Baltimore—
intent to kill pushing eight.

Right on the edge.

But apparently,
your bird deemed action

to fall below its threshold
for armed response.

No imminent threat posed.

Are you saying there was
an imminent threat?

The data that we have
is consistent

with the sleeper cell
that we've been looking for,

80 we raided a place on East 18th,

and we found one al Qaeda

and enough pyrotechnics
to light up ten square blocks.

Well, that's great.

We think four of them
got away, maybe more,

and the one that we have in custody
still won't speak to his lawyer.

Where are you going with this?

Well, my boss, and the boss,

want to know why the bird
didn't pull the trigger.

If we start firing every time
a bird senses rage,

a lot of bureaucrats better
start looking over their shoulder.

Oh, that's glib, Charlie.

And it still doesn't tell me

what I'm supposed
to tell the president.

Look, we always said that
there'd be fine tuning required.

But even a machine
as sophisticated as this one

can't be expected
to replace human judgment.

No one's asking it to.

We just want it to do
what it was designed for.

Those terrorists should
have been taken out.

If it was a bunch
of idiot suburban kids

role playing some violent fantasy,

I bet there would be a lot
of squawking then, wouldn't there?

Is that what you want me
to tell the president?

You tell him whatever
the hell you want.

If you'll excuse me.

I think it's time we put someone
a little more cooperative

in charge of the Watchbirds' buttons.

Charlie's role isn't interchangeable.

He designed an artificial
intelligence interface that—

well, that nobody else
has been fully able to grasp.

You can order the birds
to patrol where you want.

You can turn them on and off.

But beyond that,

this system was designed

for a single unified control,

and that control is its inventor.

Who develops
a weapons system

that relies on one man's
ability to control it?

We did, Jack.

And frankly, the country's
a little safer for it.

Well, safer's not good enough.

We'll never have
another chance like this.

Now, I don't care if it's his baby.

You pull him off, and we replace him
with someone that we can control.

Is that clear enough?

Okay.

Even if we could find somebody
smart enough to take over,

the bird relies on Charlie—
specifically on Charlie.

There's this synaptic
discourse between them.

His brain array is embedded
in the technology.

You want to reprogram Watchbird?

You're going to have
to reprogram Charlie.

How?

Charlie had a really
rough time of it as a kid.

I don't want to go into it, but...

well, he lost his mother
to a horrible act of violence

which he felt powerless to prevent.

Watchbird is his way
of making amends.

Really?

And?

You got a federal agency

crawling with psychological profilers.

If you guys can't figure out
how to leverage this thing,

this country's in a lot worse shape
than I thought it was.

I mean, it's okay to write off
innocent American citizens

as collateral damage

because we have
the numbers on our side?

I didn't say that.

I know you didn't. Sorry.

There is such a thing
as right and wrong.

We have to believe
in something.

I do believe in something,

just not in my own capacity
to be the final arbiter.

I understand, Charlie, I do.

It's complicated as hell, but...

Forget it.

You're just going to accuse me of buying
into the rah-rah from the politicians.

No, what were you going to say?

There are madmen out there

who would just as soon kill us

as look at us.

Parents don't let
their kids walk to school.

I mean, your bird
is saying enough—

Don't move!
[gasps]

All right, all right.

- Give your wallet nice and slow.
- All right.

- Hurry up! Come on!
- All right. Here.

You, give me your jewelry.

Be careful. Be careful.
Come on!

She'll give it to you.
Just settle down!

Hurry up!
Come on, give me the ring.

- Just give him—
- Give me the ring!

I'm trying!
Give me the damn ring!

I'm trying—
[gunshot] vine

- Aah!
- No. No. Oh, God.

Oh, God, no. Oh...

Help! Help!

Please, God! Somebody help!

I can't tell you
how sorry I am, Charlie.

If there's anything I can do, you—

you let me know, okay?

She's gone.

Who?

Sarah. My fiancée.

Murdered in cold blood.

We have work to do.

Adjustments have to be made.

You wish to reprogram
the domestic Watchbirds.

[sigh]

She was right.

Somebody has to stop
this madness.

Define "madness."

The wanton taking of life.

We already intervene
when subset criteria are met.

I know that.

What do you wish to alter?

We have to be more proactive.

Unclear. Please restate.

I'm lowering your threshold
for response to murderous intent.

Is that all?

Yeah.

Thank you.

I will distribute the modifications.

[over megaphone]
It's not too late

to walk away from this, Bobby.

Just come out,
and nobody gets hurt.

That's it, Bobby.

That's it.

Nobody fires if you cooperate.

- Put them down!
- [screaming in Spanish]

All of them!

Put them down!
Or I'll shoot her!

I swear to God!
Stand down.

Everyone, stand down.

[woman wailing]
Easy, Bobby, easy.

Relax. Please,
let's just talk about this.

[woman wailing]

I'm going out there!

Who's watching the Watchbird?

That's the question
being asked at this hour

after a deadly snafu took the life

of a police sniper
in Boston last night.

Patrolling Watchbirds
fired simultaneously

on the gunman
and the police sharpshooter,

killing both instantly.

Some are asking,

"Who's the birdbrain
who came up with this?"

Homeland Security's
automated predator

seems hell-bent on zapping
anyone with the intent to kill.

Programmed to hunt down
would-be killers and fugitives,

the bird may itself be a flight risk.

Now, with the drones on a rampage,

taking aim at law enforcement,

what's happening to their real prey?

They may be getting away with murder.

The once high-flying Watchbird
earned its stripes

in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Since its deployment
in 12 trial metropolitan areas

in March of this year,
it's been the target of critics,

and problems have come home
to roost on Wall Street as well.

Analysts have noted a swan dive

in the price of Watchbird maker
Vigilance Technology stock,

which had soared to an all-time high
shortly after the announcement

by the president
of the Watchbird's domestic role.

You want to tell me

what in God's name
is going on here?

We've had what, 39 deaths
in the past 24 hours?

This isn't just some spike, Charlie.

Look at this report.

Five cops. Five.

Not criminals. Cops.

A sitting judge in a murder trial,

cut down in mid-sentence.

A husband euthanizing
his cancer-ridden wife,

an abortion doctor,

a slaughterhouse worker in Chicago,

two quail hunters in Georgia,

and a pack of coyotes
in the Hollywood Hills.

Those damn birds
are on a killing spree.

That's what you wanted.

That's what you and Valentine
were pressing for.

That is not what we talked about!

Everyone is responsible
for this course correction.

And you are the one

who is putting
this project in danger.

Now, Homeland Security
is getting pressure

to shut us down.

Maybe we should be shut down.

Nobody is shutting this project down.

You understand?

Not you, not Valentine, nobody.

Now...

I stuck by you, Charlie,
from the beginning,

when everybody thought
your idea was a crock.

Look, it's not as though
I don't appreciate

what you're going through.

But we're still here, Charlie,

and the stakes couldn't get much higher.

If Watchbird goes down,
this company goes down,

and that is the end of everything

that you and I have
ever dreamed of.

Now, I just want to know
what went wrong.

It was a programming glitch.

A glitch.

In 31 birds.

One word to the mentor,
they all get the message.

You were just trying
to make your point, is that it?

What is that supposed to mean?

That we were wrong.

That we made the bird too bloodthirsty.

That it wouldn't work domestically.

You think I'd put innocent people's lives
at risk to prove a point?

Come on!

You're going to have to restore
the original program.

Did you hear me?

You better ground the birds.

Valentine already gave the order

first thing this morning.

What the hell?

Why were the Watchbirds
pulled out of western Seattle?

I just told you,
the whole fleet's grounded.

Not today. Thursday.

Who ordered every bird
out of that grid?

How the hell should I know?

Deployment comes
out of Homeland Security.

You know that.

Wait a minute.

Sarah gets killed

in a random shooting
in a part of the city

that the Watchbirds have been
ordered to steer clear of?

Does that seem
a little convenient to you?

You're losing it, Charlie.

You got to get a grip.

This is no time to spin off
into some paranoid delusion.

Blaming the government's
not going to bring her back.

[sigh]

So you don't think
there's any chance,

not even a remote possibility,

that they had anything to do with it?

Reprogram the birds, Charlie,

and then take some time off.

You need a break.

Explain suspension of mission.

I miscalculated with your instructions.

I have to reprogram you,

return you to your original parameters.

Mission is incomplete.

Excuse me?

We continue to observe violations:

the wanton taking of life.

Those are our subset instructions:

halt the transgression.

If the violator isn't stopped
before the fact,

deny him the capacity
to kill again.

Please affirm logic algorithm.

This is way beyond
your established protocols.

What's going on?
What's gotten into you?

We are interpolating
actionable criteria.

Yeah.
But I never intended—

We were designed to gain
knowledge from our experience.

You don't understand.

There's a balance.

Everything is based
on a delicate balance:

life, death, killing, mercy.

You and I don't have the right
to redefine that balance.

We accept definitions.

We implement directives.

God, this is insane.

Do what's right, Charlie.

Reinstate mission.

You can count it later.

[soaring]

Who authorized you
to send those birds back up?

I only sent the mentor.

Well, they're all airborne now,

and they're not
responding to our signals.

Mine, either.

Did you try?

Since 4 this morning.

Are you telling me that those birds
are up there firing at will

and you can't get them down?

Well, I'm hoping that this
is a temporary malfunction.

What about Valentine's death?

That just a malfunction, too?

There's going to be
a congressional inquiry, you know.

You can count on it.

They're going to be all over us
like a pack of wild dogs.

I'm only going
to ask you this once.

Did you order those birds
to assassinate

the Assistant Secretary
of Homeland Security?

[sigh]

I never could have
given that order.

The mentor wouldn't allow it.

The bird must have known

that I suspected Valentine
in Sarah's death.

What's that supposed to mean?

- That it read your mind?
- Well, that's what they do.

They read our intent.
They read our minds.

Now don't you get cute with me.

Now, you lay it out straight.

What are those birds
doing up there?

They believe their mission
is in jeopardy.

That's why they're not responding.

Their mission.

Oh, my Lord.

What the hell have you done?

What have I done?

Well, I'm not the scientist.

I'm not responsible
for what those things do.

I trusted you, Charlie.

I put my faith in you!

The only thing you put your faith in
was the bottom line.

The truth is everybody
got what they want.

You wanted a fat payday,
the president wanted votes,

and Valentine wanted to play God.

And I wanted to get even.

So...what happens now?

Well, they have to come in
for maintenance,

but not until their
solar batteries wear down.

How soon?

A couple of weeks,
a couple of months, maybe.

Who are you calling?

Who do you think I'm calling?

The Pentagon.

I'm going to tell them
how to jam their signals.

We got to try and get
the birds disabled.

Confirm Watchbird signal jam.

Locked and loaded.

Triangulating position
on Watchbird squadron.

Firing on Battery 1.

Confirm direct hit.
Firing on Battery 2.

[punching buttons]

What the hell?
They shifted frequency.

I can't find it.
Jamming failure.

Signal is live.
Birds are returning fire.

Repeat, birds are firing!

The economic impact
of the Watchbird attacks

continues to grow from farms
to slaughterhouses

to the fishing industry.

- [phone rings]
- This in the wake of the drone's

tragic accidental slaying
of Jack Valentine...

Yeah?

[Man] We got us a jumper, sir.

North end of the roof,
research building.

Looks like Mr. Kramer.

Damn!

Easy, buddy. Step back.

Charlie,

you don't want to do this.

I couldn't prevent the killing

of the only people I ever loved.

Listen to me.

You were right.

I was wrong.

I screwed it all up.

I used you.

Hell, we all used you.

I don't know what to say.

It was out of my control.

[soaring]
There she is.

Right on cue.

Charlie, it's— it's only a setback.

We can start over.
It's not too late.

It's only temporary.
We can fix it.

[sighs]
The mentor will make it right.

No. Don't be a damned fool.

It's a machine running a program.

It can't think.

No, Randolph, she can think.

She knows.

She knows that
I'm about to take a life.

[zap]
Charlie!