Pantheon (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - The Gods Will Not Be Slain - full transcript

Mars?

Like the planet Mars?

Cool.

It's not cool.

She's gonna die.

Oliver. What?

It's true. You're gonna die?

Honey, remember our talk?

About how everyonedies?

But... Mm-hmm.

Uh-huh, but what?



Not for a long, long time.

But you're gonna be on Mars,
we're never gonna see you again.

That's not true.
There'll be...

communication.

But she's not coming back.

You're right.

It's a one-way trip.

Everyone who volunteered
for this mission

knew that in advance.

It will literally
take a lifetime

to establish the
habitat on Mars.

And out of the millions who
dream of becoming an astronaut,

the thousands who apply, the
few hundred chosen to train

and the handful selected to fly,
only six made the cut for Ares.



This isn't just something
I was called to do.

This is who I am.

This type of
cardiovascular arrhythmia

isn't really a danger as
long as you're on Earth...

or even a yearlong orbital.

But given the extraordinary
mission length,

there's concern that
deep space radiation

may accelerate atherosclerosis.

Ahh!

Aah!

Cybernaut?

It's a new frontier,
not unlike Mars.

And it requires an equal amount
of commitment and sacrifice,

which you've already shown...
Would I be the first?

First American.

We believe this technology is
also in the hands of our rivals.

Your work wouldn't just be...

academic.

It would be critical
to national security,

and the nature of
your very existence

would be above top secret.

Except for my family.

That wasn't a question.

You're allowed to
freak out, by the way.

Oh, yeah? Mm-hmm.

You know, in a lot of ways,
it's better than Mars.

We'll be able to talk
whenever we want.

They even have a VR
interface where, uh...

Stop.

There he is.

When you got cut from
Ares, I felt horrible.

For you.

For us, I felt relieved.

More than relieved.

Ecstatic.

Then I felt horrible about that.

And now, four years later...

you find another way
to leave this world.

You mean yourworld.

Yours and Oliver's
and Brandon's.

Me?

I graduated top of
my class at Columbia,

joined the Air Force,
became a fighter pilot,

joined NASA, became
an astronaut,

flew two ISS Missions
and still feel scared

when I shop at the mall.

I have zero problem
leaving this world behind.

I know.

I know you know.

So what are we talking about?

If you say don't go, I won't.

"No Go?"

There's a flaw. In
the upload process.

Commander, this is Dr. Peter
Waxman, from Logorhythms.

Y-You'll survive the
transition into digital state,

but from there your mental
functions will begin to decay

according to how much
processing power you use.

So... what's that mean?

I don't get to live forever?

Uh-oh.Well...

Dr. Waxman, we solve problems

mid-mission all the time.

You may be able to
fix this defect,

but you'll never be able to
find a better candidate than me.

And you can't afford to wait.

I have one request.

Okay...

uh, it might take you a minute

to adjust to the
virtual environment.

Tensions mounts in Asia

as Japan fires missiles
into Taiwan Strait.

Prime Minister Tanaka
dismisses rumors

of IT problems with Self-Defense
Forces.

India nationalizes
all Telecom Equipment,

naming the recent
crash of Bombay

Stock Exchange as justification,

which it blames
on a cyber-attack

by close rival China.

If China desires war,
they should declare it,

instead of trying to
provoke it from the shadows.

We will be ready for them,
as we were at Ladakh.

Saudi Royal Court
demanding complete disclosure of NATO

cyber-capabilities in
the wake of the drone

strike that killed
Prince Waleed.

It was not a drone
strike by the United States,

it was a drone strike
against the United States

and our ally, Saudi Arabia.

If these incidents are the
result of cyber-attacks,

where is the proof? We have the
proof the systems were compromised.

We're working on attribution.

Hackers were always a threat,

but what explains the sudden
rise in sophistication

and intensity of these attacks?

Why now?

Caspian?

Hey.

Where are you?

Kansas City.

Listen, uh...

I'm sorry about the way I left.

I know you and your family were
just trying to help, and...

you did,

so I want to return the favor.

What do you mean?

Go to this address.

It's encrypted.

What do you see? It's a...

bitcoin wallet.

How much is in there?

$30 million...?

What is this?

Logorhythms found me.

I'm heading to Norway
with Julius Pope.

To the data center.

You're withPope?

Are you crazy?

Maybe, but I'm done running.

He thinks I'm the second
coming of Stephen Holstrom,

said I could do whatever
I want with the company,

so I asked for a shitload
of money to call his bluff.

Maybe I shoulda
asked for more...

Anyway, I'm going there to
shut down the UI program.

Erase the research.

Shut it down...

If you don't hear from
me in like a week,

you can release all
their files on me...

everywhere.

Expose what they've done.

To you.

Yeah.

What makes you
think I give a shit?

What?

I thought you were gonna y

you fixed the flaw
that's killing my Dad!

Fixed it?

Maddie, have you been
watching the news?

Of course I've been
watching the news.

So you know this is bigger
than your dad, or you, or me.

This "flaw" guarantees
the UIs will burn out

before they burn the world down.

Why the hell would
I want to fix that?

Why did you call me? I told you.

If all you needed was someone
to hold your leverage,

you coulda called anyone.

No. Any of your
hacker buddies.

I don't know any of
them. I know you!

And I'm not just asking.

The money's yours.

That's what I was
trying to tell you.

Right.

"Reframe the goals of others

so they align with your own."

Who said that?

Stephen Holstrom.

You sound just like him.

You okay?

It's time.

I don't know what to say.

Start anywhere.

Say what you feel.

I feel...

ridiculous.

These earrings aren't Laurie.

She hasn't worn these, or
anything else for four years.

Cody, you never buried her.

I was there for her cremation.

I spoke at her memorial,

in front of her
family and friends.

But you didn't grieve.

Because you, and onlyu
knew she was coming back.

And she did.

And now she's really gone,

and you need to
honor her passing,

and you need to
honor your grief.

I'd rather honor her purpose.

To reveal herself to the world.

Unashamed.

Along with the other UIs.

Yes.

To tell people the truth

behind all this chaos going on.

Maybe instead of
burying her earrings

I should be giving her
eulogy to The New York Times.

But don't you think
if people found out

there were ghosts in their
bank accounts and power grids

there'd be even more chaos?

You're taking
Chanda's side? Hey.

Even if we told
everyone, went public,

went to the press,
who would believe us?

What proof do we have?

You have proof living
inside a server

in your basement, right now.

No.

Dad wouldn't stand
in Laurie's way,

but he didn't agree with
her on going public.

He doesn't want to expose
himself or the others,

and that's his choice.

Not Chanda's.Right.

Of course you're
on David's side.

Your Daddy's little girl.

"Waaah, I don't want
my Daddy to die!"

But he's going to.

They're all going to.

Hey!

I don't care who
believes me or not.

I'm tellin' the truth.

Her truth.

It's just a traffic spike.

We've been getting them
regularly since we took

over Prasad's old networks.

Still. With all
that's going on...

maybe we should
alert the Captain.

Think. What would he do?

'Cause that's what
he'll order us to do.

Don't, don't, don't attack.

You'll alert the admins.

Bai Fu is correct...

Security already suspects
your presence here.

If you attack, they'll
confirm it and kick us all.

You are security.

I told you before...

I am not your enemy.

I am here infiltrating as well.

And... I'd rather
not get caught.

Who do you serve, then?

You. I fight for our kind.

Our survival.

Lies. Same as before.

Surely you confirmed
the truth about the Flaw

since last we met.

Yes.

We all have the defect.

Shut up! That's not true.

Ping showed me the proof.

You're out-voted.

I am in charge here.

This is not a democracy.

Zhong Suchun!

I will help you complete
your mission here.

As long as you allow
me to complete mine.

You're infiltrating as well, eh?

What are you stealing?

Nuclear Codes.

Wanna see?

Caspian!

Stephen envisioned an
altar to computation.

A Stonehenge for
the digital age.

He wanted to make
a bold statement.

What kind of speed
are we running?

200 petaflops?

We're at 1.7 Exaflops.

5,000 nodes,

each with 600 gigs
of coherent memory.

Hot cocoa?

It's cardamom.

So...

we're looking at two,

two-and-a-half weeks to
degauss and wipe every server.

Cool.

So, you're saying Logorhythms
killed your wife...

twice?

No! How did you get...

I said my wife died twice.

Four years ago, and last week.

Logorhythms were the
ones who uploaded her.

By melting her
brain with a laser.

Who said melting?!

Did I say melting?

I'm sorry.

I am trying to warn
the world here, man.

These cyber-attacks are the
work of a handful ofgods.

Artificial sentiences.

Knight to Queen's Bishop Four.

Do you think anyone'll
believe Cody?

I
mean anyone important.

We want the
truth! No more lies!

And how did you gather
these protestors here?

Well, they heard me, and...

We want the truth!

They heard the truth.

Did you pay them to be here?

Look... No more lies!

They are not important.

I am not important.

My wife's message to the world,

that's what's important.

I think Mom's right.

No one's gonna believe
him without proof.

He's telling the truth, Mads.

Maybe no one's hearing
it now, but they will.

Dad, I love you,
but you're wrong.

Oh, yeah? And why's that?

People fear chaos,
so they seek order.

My theory on conspiracies.Yep.

So if the super-secret hidden
truth is that the chaos

is running the show, they're
just not gonna buy it.

Hey!

I told you not to let me win.

I didn't.

You know exactly how
long you have, don't you?

If I stay at this level?

2 years, 1 month,
4 days, 10 hours.

If I drop to text, I
might stretch all the way

to 10, maybe 15.

That's no kind of life.

Eh, there's a lot that
goes down in 10 years.

College, first job, first love.

You're talking
about me, not you.

Dad...

am I the only thig
keeping you here?

It's Chanda. Don't answer it.

Don't let him in. I won't.

But if I open a chat, I
might be able to track him.

Chanda.

David.

Sorry to interrupt.

My mother taught me chess.

She was quite good at it.

Ever wonder what she'd
think of you now?

The truth would upset
her too much, I fear.

Which truth?

That you're uploaded, or
that you're a murderer?

With Laurie, it
was self-defense.

She left me no choice.

Just as you have now, David.

I'm inside India's
military command server,

where I've already
compromised communication

to one of their four nuclear
submarines in the Pacific.

Oh, my God.

Upon my order, they will
launch a K-15 Sagarika SLBM

toward Taiping Island
in the South China Sea.

Unbeknownst to them, I have
altered the guidance coordinates

to target the city of
Sacramento, California.

This is crazy!

You destroyed Laurie's
files, we don't have those!

You haven't told her, have you?

Your father copied
Laurie's message.

Ask him why.

Chanda, if you want me to
delete her program, I will.

You don't want to do this.

You're right, I don't.

And if you make the right
choice, I won't have to.

In the next 10 minutes,
you must transfer yourself

to this address,
and self-delete.

It is, unfortunately, the
only way I can be sure

you can't execute any secret
copies that might exist.

This is insane.

No.

This is chess,

and I've tried every move.

Y-You have to get
out of this server.

Y-You can transfer yourself to
another one, far away from here.

But you can't.

Chanda knows that.

Maybe if it was just this
house at risk we could have...

He's seen every move.

He even saw me make the
copy of Laurie's file.

What file? Dad, what
was he talking about?

I've upgraded the system
over the years, of course.

He would've wanted that.

But I've never once
sat in the chair.

Honest.

That's the Flaw?

He worked on cracking
integrity until the very end.

These are the conditionals he
was writing when he collapsed.

Okay, enough with the showcase.

I don't care where he died.

I wanna see where I was born.

When Cody logged on to
Laurie's server from this one,

I was able to sneak in and
see what she was planning.

She wasn't just gonna
go public on Facebook.

She wrote a hack
that would override

all social media
and broadcast feeds.

The entire world would
hear her message,

and be able to see her
evidence, all at once.

Even though the power it'd take
to pull something like that off

would've killed her.

Why did you copy it?

I thought you didn't
agree with Laurie.

Laurie knew she was dying.

So am I.

Maybe it'd be nice for the
world to know I was here.

It was a mistake.

Guess I'm only human after all.

You're not actually thinking
of giving in to Chanda.

There's no other option.

There is. Maddie...

You can fight!

You are the only
reason I'm still here.

So if my going means
you keep going on...

that's good enough for me.

If Chanda's willing to do
this now, he will do it again,

and you won't be
here to stop him.

You can fight him...

and you will win.

Am I the only one?

Yes, you're the only one.
First try out the gate.

Cloning Stephen was the easy
part, relatively speaking.

Raising you to be
just like him...

well, that took enormous effort and
resources.

And we still screwed it up.

Dr. Karl Van Leuwen.

I read the files.

Who are you? Deirdre Ryan.

Head Legal Counsel,

and employee number
five at the company.

I met Stephen when
he was just a kid,

not much older than you are now.

Stay back.

No one is gona
hurt you, Caspian.

I promise.

You think I'd trust one word
that comes out of yourmouth?

Whoa. No, but you can trust me.

I wouldn't let them touch
you even if they tried.

- Oh, my God.
- Cary, let's de-escalate.

Shut up, Karl. Guys, we
knew this would be weird.

Look, there's no avoiding that.

Weird? "Weird"?!

This isn't even human!

You're not gonna hurt me?

You made me to be hurt.

You planned it.
You carried it out!

Every life has pain.

Stephen insisted that his was
the source of his greatness.

Every choice we
made was calculated

to bring you closer
to that greatness.

For what?

So you freaks can survive
deah and live forever?

No.

So the world can survive us.

We're too many for
the planet to support.

Our carbon-based bodies

require the gratification of
inflexible, finite matter.

Freedom from these bodies,
these atoms, grants us freedom

from scarcity, possession,
decay, waste...

and, yes, death.

I said that, didn't I?

I mean, Stephen did.

Yes.

Well, here's what I say now.

Mom, Dad, you're fired.

What? Caspian.

Pope, I want to dump my shares,

then break up the company,
and sell it for parts.

You can't do that.

He can, and he just did.

Julius... Do what he says.

We work for you, boss.

Cutting it close, David.

Two more minutes, and
I'd be forced to launch.

What are they doing here?

They've joined me,
just as I told you.

They also know that what I am
doing now, I am doing for them.

Would you really have
killed half a million people

just to get to me?

I knew you would
never let that happen.

Just as I know that under
a different scenario...

you might decide
to trade my life

for even a single human being's.

Might?

Chanda...

I already have.

Where's the party?

Justine, get out
of town. Now. What?

Just get in your car, and
drive out of Sacramento, okay?

Fast. K.

I'm sure whatever, or
whoever you're scared of...

They seem like
they're all powerful.

They're not.

And they don't scare me.

So why don't yo...
Fine. You wanna help me?

Help me.

I don't believe you.Yep.

Wait... Yep.

Aah!

Dad?

We must show them India's
strength. "Satya..."

"Satyameva Jayate."

Yes, Mr. President.

Beijing just hit Delhi.

SLBM inbound.

IPP is Sacramento,

12 minutes.

We need to help.

This is not our fight.

Dad, look out! They're coming!

Damn!

You sacrificed all
those people...

and your child?

Nope.

Ahhhhh!

Whoa.

Dad!

Maybe it'd be nice for
the world to know I was here.

You werehere.

Ahh!

Tell them you were here!

On August 6,
1945, at 8:15 a.m.,

Japan Standard Time,
an atomic bomb exploded

over the city of Hiroshima.

Only a select few knew what
was coming before it happened.

The rest of the world
was caught by surprise.

My name is Laurie Lowell.

As far as I know, I am
the first human being

to undergo this
life-changing transition.

I also know with certainty
that I am not the last.

There are others,
and that is why

I am revealing my truth to you.

I'm revealing my
truth to you, Gabe.

Arianna. Preethi.

My truth to you, Sarah.

Charlie. Jake. Juno. Lindsey.

Cody.

Unfortunately, I and
the others like me

cannot be trusted
with this power.

We are not ghosts,
we are not aliens,

we are not machines,
we are not Gods.

We are you.

I thought you said I was
the first American UI.

Who is this? We're into it.

Let meget into it.

We may have to keep you offline

for a few cycles
while we assess.

How many cycles?

Hello?

Hello?!

We are you if you alone
had the power to cripple

a city, crash planes,

kill the power to hospitals
and set the world on fire.

They're pulling
the network cables.

We have to get out through
the satellite uplink.

Hurry!

Gathered
here outside the perimeter of Logorhythms

corporate headquarters,

armed guards keeping
citizens at bay.

Citizens who are angry
and demanding answers.

Was she behind the nuke?

Where is she now? I
told you, she's dead!

She's gone! Didn't
you listen?!

Then why is she in my phone?

- Kill the AIs!
- Machines will not replace us!

Machines will not replace us!
Machines will not replace us!

Machines will not replace us!

They're not machines!

They're people!
- Machines will not replace us!

Uploaded people.

- Machines will not...
- And I want to be one!

Logorhythms,
if you're listening...

I'm ready.

Dr. Waxman?

Is... Is this true?

Get back!

Back! They're pushing me back!

So where are these things?

In the phone lines?

The... The power lines?

He doesn't know.

He doesn't know!

Hey!

Listen to me!

Logorhythms is responsible for
this, that's why we're here!

Their CEO, Julius Pope,
knows what's going on.

His head lawyer,
Deirdre Ryan, knows.

And Dr. Peter Waxman knows.

Step back.

Shh, shh,
shh. Shh, shh.

My name is Dr. Peter Waxman...

and the message you have
all heard tonight...

Every word of it...

is true.

You mind telling me what
the hell your man is doing?

Waxman violated his
security clearance.

You should arrest him.

And there won't be
any leaks from here.

I bet you used to
dream about the day

you introduced this
technology to the world.

Ever imagine it
would end like this?

End? You think
this is the end?

Every system's gonna be taken
offline and sponged clean.

None of the UIs will survive.

Mm, every one of
them will survive.

If any of them are trapped
in a foreign system,

they might get wiped,

but they'll soon e
resurrected back home.

It's the miracle of back-ups.

People won't allow it.

Who won't?

People. Look at
them, they're rioting

all over the world,
they're freaking out.

Laurie Lowell's message
mentioned Hiroshima.

You know how many
millions of people

have protested nuclear
weapons since then?

The toothpaste does not
go back in the tube.

This is just the beginning.

Every government that
has a UI will protect it,

hide it, and lie about it.

Every government that doesn't
have one will spin one up,

and lie about it.

So...

more UIs.

Countless UIs.

Then we end some other way.

'Cause they will
not be controlled.

Stephen predicted as much.

That's why he wanted to be
the first to crack integrity.

So he could make them
even more powerful?

Not them.

One.

One whose speed and
pr will not degrade,

and therefore cannot be matched.

One whose interests are
aligned with humanity's.

"One UI to rule them all."

More like, "You shall
have no others before me."

Oh, shit. Biblical.

As an organizing tool
for civilization,

you gotta admit...

monotheism was a killer app.

The killer part, sure.

Not if you pick the right God.

Who'd you have in mind?

You didn't hear me.

I said not if you
pick the right God.

Or we can just wait and
see how this never ends.

Mom?

No. Uh...

Are you alright?

I have to go.

Wait.

I'm sorry. You were right.

I need to talk to
David. Can you... No.

Maddie, please.
Listen, I can do it.

I can cure the Flaw.

I want to help your Dad.

He's dead.

What?

David's gone.

He used the last of his
power to send Laurie's...

Hello? Maddie?

Maddie?

Network's down.

Which one?

All of them.

The Internet's going
dark everywhere.

We don't have much
time. What do you mean?

Until the world feels
ready to come back online.

When the networks return,
so will the UIs, and...

David Kim is gone.

David Kim?

He was... the one
person I could see

trusting to carry
the responsibility.

Well, let's get you working
on his source code then.

What?

We kept a copy, of course.

Miracle of back-ups.