The Big O (1999–2003): Season 2, Episode 10 - Twisted Memories - full transcript
These marks on your back...
They're a sign that you're the
reincarnation of an angel.
I know you'll be happy.
I want you to believe that, all right?
A bird whose wings have been plucked
will shed all its feathers...
...and revert back to that beast it once
was before it evolved into a bird.
Have you offered yourself up body
and soul to Rosewater's son, Agent 271?
I can slit Alex's throat
whenever I feel like it.
Most of our countrymen here have
been captured by Rosewater's son.
Because I have yet to send up
the signal that I've achieved success,
the Union will give up
on the Memories...
...and turn this place back into
the wasteland it once was.
There are no Memories.
There never were.
Adieu.
The Memories that
Alex is searching for...
The Memories that in all the world
have been left behind in this city alone...
Don't let them be taken by Alex,
no matter what.
The message for me that
Angel entrusted to Dorothy...
Or by the others besides Alex
who are also after them.
Memories...
The people who
want them badly...
I've always fought those who
would try to re-awaken...
...whatever it was that made
this city lose its memory.
And once again, will Memories
give me no choice but to...
...simply play out the role of Roger Smith
on this stage we call Paradigm City?
Roger?
I've listened to the message,
but there just aren't enough details
to go on as a negotiation job.
I should really hear it
directly from her.
Wouldn't you agree, Dorothy?
Roger... That woman, she--
I lied to Norman.
There are times
when you have to.
Not for me.
I shouldn't.
Damn it...
Makin' a genius like me spend
the prime of my life in this cellar...
...is a worse crime than
anything I ever did.
I just ate dinner
a while ago.
So, this is Jason Beck...
Who the hell are you?
If we're making introductions here,
take off that stupid mask!
You're a pathetic criminal.
What you call talent is actually
meager scraps of Memories inside you.
What did you just say,
you bastard?
There is someone who believes
he can use that to his advantage.
Harvest time is near.
When you see a crop brought up with
tender loving care mature and ripen,
it's a miracle brought about
by divine providence...
...and just a dash of human
intelligence and labor.
Dad, what I need
to know is--
What do you do
to earn your daily bread?
Living off of the sweat of your brow
like we do here is quite pleasant.
I'm your son. I run the
Paradigm Corporation.
I hope the harvest from here puts food
on as many tables as possible.
Papa, you never once held me
in your arms as father and son.
But I don't mind.
What is it that's deep
down in your memories?
Don't take all of your memories from
before you built the Domes to the grave.
Oh, you're my son,
aren't you?
All of you, you're all my beloved
sons and daughters.
I love you, Dad...
There are still a few
people on this list...
...whose whereabouts we still
haven't been able to ascertain.
We've had reports of a suspicious woman
at our checkpoint at the tunnel under the river.
We've sealed it off.
Roger!
It's nothing.
You--
Don't worry.
Roger!
If we ever manage to get
some free time again,
it'd be nice to have another drink
in front of your fireplace.
I hope we'll get
the chance, too.
Awesome!
So, what kind of deal with me
did you have in mind?
There will be no deal.
Say what?
Big Fau was rebuilt from parts
unearthed at various ruins.
But there is just one part
that we can't reconstruct.
The interface, right?
You came up with a makeshift
solution to that problem.
I... The Memories inside me
said that's what I should do.
You want me to do
that again? Forget it!
It's all part of my art to never
commit the same crime twice.
I'm not telling you to do the same thing.
I expect that there is a more efficient way.
The Paradigm Corporation offers suitable
compensation to those who serve it well.
Like I'd ever
work for you!
"Order of Execution"?!
The impartial decisions
of the Paradigm Corporation...
...make the laws of Paradigm
City quite flexible.
Everything is ready.
Will you be coming along?
You son of a...
I wonder if that barcode pattern
is etched in my eye, as well.
But even if I am just one
of those tomatoes...
...that was artificially brought
into being in this world,
I still have my free will, as well
as things that I ought to do.
And... so do you.
Angel!
Angel!
Angel!
Is that you?!
We meet at last,
Big O's Dominus.
Who are you?
I want you to give a
message to my friend...
...who has been seduced and
led our countrymen astray.
Then... you're also
from another--
Behemoth...
What did you say?
If there really was some being
that created this world,
I have to believe that he didn't
grant the right to live...
...only to those who were
born on Paradigm's land.
He permitted even the abominable Leviathan
of the sea and Behemoth of the land to live.
Are you talking about you Union people
who have survived outside Paradigm?
I want you to pass along
a message.
Tell her that a bird whose wings have been
plucked will shed all its feathers...
...and revert back to that beast it once
was before it evolved into a bird.
What's that supposed
to mean?!
Wait! What's the
Union trying to do?!
I will inform my hitherto
unseen, distant brethren...
...of the location of
the hidden Memories,
and hellfire will once again
burn this land to ashes.
Wh-What are you--
What are you?
You don't have machine emotions.
You're just tools of humans.
How cowardly of them, attacking
while Master Roger is away!
Dorothy, please go
hide underground!
What is it, Norman?
Master Roger, the mansion
has come under attack.
It's what?!
The intercept system is
holding them off for the time being,
but their numbers are uncertain, so I'm not
sure how long it will be able to hold out...
What are they after?
Why aren't they attacking me?
Norman! I'll be right there!
Some malfunction is keeping the fire
extinguisher system from activating.
They say we should be able to keep
it from spreading outside, but...
It bothers me that it took so long for
the fire department to be called in...
Why would Paradigm let Gordon Rosewater
die such a horrible death?
Colonel Dastun!
An armed group is carrying out an attack
in the illegal residential sector!
Where?!
Outside the Domes!
72nd Street!
72nd Street...?
Roger Smith?!
Norman...
Big O! Action!
Now then...
Drat! How could
I let myself run out?!
Dorothy!
Thank you. I'll forget
my own head next.
Norman!
Dorothy, run!
Big O...
Master Roger! It's Dorothy
that they're after!
Dorothy?!
Hey.
You!
They want to have me.
Dorothy 1...
The Megadeus that was
rotting away underground...
Leviathan...
Dorothy! Hurry, get out of here!
Master Roger will be here soon!
They all want the Memories inside me.
The Memories I don't know I have.
But not even I know
how horrifying they are.
Dorothy!
Beck! How did you break out
of prison this time?!
Trying to steal Dorothy again
is low, even for you!
Don't get me wrong, I can't stand
you and that obnoxious android.
But I'm not the only one who
hates you, and so here I am.
You sold out to him.
You contemptible bastard...
I am what I am.
I'm not like you robots or Roger!
What are you going
on about, Dorothy?
You sons of bitches!
No!
Hm?
Dorothy! Norman!
Master Roger...!
Norman, are you all right?
Dorothy!
I am what I am.
I'm not like you, Roger.
I will always have this
same body. This same heart.
What're you talking about?!
Don't give up!
Big O!
Dorothy! You can get away!
As strong as you are,
you can break free!
Take control of
your own destiny!
Dorothy!
You're not going
to get away!
Big... Duo?!
Who... Who's operating it?
Dad, I loved you.
I was lucky
to be your son.
They're a sign that you're the
reincarnation of an angel.
I know you'll be happy.
I want you to believe that, all right?
A bird whose wings have been plucked
will shed all its feathers...
...and revert back to that beast it once
was before it evolved into a bird.
Have you offered yourself up body
and soul to Rosewater's son, Agent 271?
I can slit Alex's throat
whenever I feel like it.
Most of our countrymen here have
been captured by Rosewater's son.
Because I have yet to send up
the signal that I've achieved success,
the Union will give up
on the Memories...
...and turn this place back into
the wasteland it once was.
There are no Memories.
There never were.
Adieu.
The Memories that
Alex is searching for...
The Memories that in all the world
have been left behind in this city alone...
Don't let them be taken by Alex,
no matter what.
The message for me that
Angel entrusted to Dorothy...
Or by the others besides Alex
who are also after them.
Memories...
The people who
want them badly...
I've always fought those who
would try to re-awaken...
...whatever it was that made
this city lose its memory.
And once again, will Memories
give me no choice but to...
...simply play out the role of Roger Smith
on this stage we call Paradigm City?
Roger?
I've listened to the message,
but there just aren't enough details
to go on as a negotiation job.
I should really hear it
directly from her.
Wouldn't you agree, Dorothy?
Roger... That woman, she--
I lied to Norman.
There are times
when you have to.
Not for me.
I shouldn't.
Damn it...
Makin' a genius like me spend
the prime of my life in this cellar...
...is a worse crime than
anything I ever did.
I just ate dinner
a while ago.
So, this is Jason Beck...
Who the hell are you?
If we're making introductions here,
take off that stupid mask!
You're a pathetic criminal.
What you call talent is actually
meager scraps of Memories inside you.
What did you just say,
you bastard?
There is someone who believes
he can use that to his advantage.
Harvest time is near.
When you see a crop brought up with
tender loving care mature and ripen,
it's a miracle brought about
by divine providence...
...and just a dash of human
intelligence and labor.
Dad, what I need
to know is--
What do you do
to earn your daily bread?
Living off of the sweat of your brow
like we do here is quite pleasant.
I'm your son. I run the
Paradigm Corporation.
I hope the harvest from here puts food
on as many tables as possible.
Papa, you never once held me
in your arms as father and son.
But I don't mind.
What is it that's deep
down in your memories?
Don't take all of your memories from
before you built the Domes to the grave.
Oh, you're my son,
aren't you?
All of you, you're all my beloved
sons and daughters.
I love you, Dad...
There are still a few
people on this list...
...whose whereabouts we still
haven't been able to ascertain.
We've had reports of a suspicious woman
at our checkpoint at the tunnel under the river.
We've sealed it off.
Roger!
It's nothing.
You--
Don't worry.
Roger!
If we ever manage to get
some free time again,
it'd be nice to have another drink
in front of your fireplace.
I hope we'll get
the chance, too.
Awesome!
So, what kind of deal with me
did you have in mind?
There will be no deal.
Say what?
Big Fau was rebuilt from parts
unearthed at various ruins.
But there is just one part
that we can't reconstruct.
The interface, right?
You came up with a makeshift
solution to that problem.
I... The Memories inside me
said that's what I should do.
You want me to do
that again? Forget it!
It's all part of my art to never
commit the same crime twice.
I'm not telling you to do the same thing.
I expect that there is a more efficient way.
The Paradigm Corporation offers suitable
compensation to those who serve it well.
Like I'd ever
work for you!
"Order of Execution"?!
The impartial decisions
of the Paradigm Corporation...
...make the laws of Paradigm
City quite flexible.
Everything is ready.
Will you be coming along?
You son of a...
I wonder if that barcode pattern
is etched in my eye, as well.
But even if I am just one
of those tomatoes...
...that was artificially brought
into being in this world,
I still have my free will, as well
as things that I ought to do.
And... so do you.
Angel!
Angel!
Angel!
Is that you?!
We meet at last,
Big O's Dominus.
Who are you?
I want you to give a
message to my friend...
...who has been seduced and
led our countrymen astray.
Then... you're also
from another--
Behemoth...
What did you say?
If there really was some being
that created this world,
I have to believe that he didn't
grant the right to live...
...only to those who were
born on Paradigm's land.
He permitted even the abominable Leviathan
of the sea and Behemoth of the land to live.
Are you talking about you Union people
who have survived outside Paradigm?
I want you to pass along
a message.
Tell her that a bird whose wings have been
plucked will shed all its feathers...
...and revert back to that beast it once
was before it evolved into a bird.
What's that supposed
to mean?!
Wait! What's the
Union trying to do?!
I will inform my hitherto
unseen, distant brethren...
...of the location of
the hidden Memories,
and hellfire will once again
burn this land to ashes.
Wh-What are you--
What are you?
You don't have machine emotions.
You're just tools of humans.
How cowardly of them, attacking
while Master Roger is away!
Dorothy, please go
hide underground!
What is it, Norman?
Master Roger, the mansion
has come under attack.
It's what?!
The intercept system is
holding them off for the time being,
but their numbers are uncertain, so I'm not
sure how long it will be able to hold out...
What are they after?
Why aren't they attacking me?
Norman! I'll be right there!
Some malfunction is keeping the fire
extinguisher system from activating.
They say we should be able to keep
it from spreading outside, but...
It bothers me that it took so long for
the fire department to be called in...
Why would Paradigm let Gordon Rosewater
die such a horrible death?
Colonel Dastun!
An armed group is carrying out an attack
in the illegal residential sector!
Where?!
Outside the Domes!
72nd Street!
72nd Street...?
Roger Smith?!
Norman...
Big O! Action!
Now then...
Drat! How could
I let myself run out?!
Dorothy!
Thank you. I'll forget
my own head next.
Norman!
Dorothy, run!
Big O...
Master Roger! It's Dorothy
that they're after!
Dorothy?!
Hey.
You!
They want to have me.
Dorothy 1...
The Megadeus that was
rotting away underground...
Leviathan...
Dorothy! Hurry, get out of here!
Master Roger will be here soon!
They all want the Memories inside me.
The Memories I don't know I have.
But not even I know
how horrifying they are.
Dorothy!
Beck! How did you break out
of prison this time?!
Trying to steal Dorothy again
is low, even for you!
Don't get me wrong, I can't stand
you and that obnoxious android.
But I'm not the only one who
hates you, and so here I am.
You sold out to him.
You contemptible bastard...
I am what I am.
I'm not like you robots or Roger!
What are you going
on about, Dorothy?
You sons of bitches!
No!
Hm?
Dorothy! Norman!
Master Roger...!
Norman, are you all right?
Dorothy!
I am what I am.
I'm not like you, Roger.
I will always have this
same body. This same heart.
What're you talking about?!
Don't give up!
Big O!
Dorothy! You can get away!
As strong as you are,
you can break free!
Take control of
your own destiny!
Dorothy!
You're not going
to get away!
Big... Duo?!
Who... Who's operating it?
Dad, I loved you.
I was lucky
to be your son.