The Feed (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

In the blink of an
eye, connect to everyone.

Never miss those moments again.

Relive them.

Be there.

Be informed.

Be better.

Dream together.

Discover together.

The world's knowledge
is yours at a glance.

Invent a more beautiful world.

Share your world.



Share your life.

Your memories, mundles,

are safe forever.

It's okay. Yeah.

Can we hurry this up, please?

I don't know why we're
taking a family photo now

when we have to meet
with the security council.

We need to behave normally.

If we cancel, it'll bring

even more attention.

Ben.

Glass, please.

Dad, what does it take to, um,

you know, look in someone's



head... Feed... head, whatever?

What do you mean,
what does it take?

The steps. What're-what're
the steps that you would take?

Well, you'd ask
for their permission

or file a request with the ICSA
and they get

a judge's signature,
which takes for-fucking-ever,

or... Whose Feed
are we talking about?

Was just wondering how your
investigation is going.

Ah, well, it's a bureaucratic
bloody nightmare.

All right.

- This is easy.
- Oh, it's...

- No, I'm used to it.
- Hey, shall I, uh, here,

- I'll take her. I'll rock her.
- Sure.

We don't want her screeching
during the pictures.

She's just like her father.

The only way I could
get you quiet

- was through the Feed.
- It's probably why I was crying.

You eyeing up your competition?

Places, please.

And smile.

Why? Why would you...?

I don't want to do this.

Getting heavy.
Are we home now? Yeah?

God...

- Tom?
- Yeah?

Something's wrong.

It was there, wasn't it?

You felt it?
Something in your head?

Okay. Okay, it's all right.

There's no one in here.
The Feed's clear.

Wait, but-but there's
evidence someone was.

They've even erased
some mundles.

What?

Mostly while you were sleeping.

- That makes it worse.
- Who... who was it?

I don't know, yet.
ICSA, maybe? Or a hacker?

They could've got in
through the breach.

Wait, wait, someone
was in there with me live?

Looking at me? My-my thoughts,
my... my private...

With me in the shower like that?

I don't know specifically
what they accessed yet,

but... yeah.

Fucking hell. Who would do that?

Wh... It-it had to be ICSA.
I mean, they've been looking

- through employee records just trying to clear suspects.
- I'm not an employee.

They're going inside
people's heads?

Not exactly.

They've been looking at
the mundles stored in our pool,

but whoever did this
was monitoring Kate

while she was on.

I mean, not just looking
at stored memories,

but experiencing what she was
experiencing with her.

- Wait, you can actually do that?
- Wh... I-I suppose so.

I've never seen anything
like this before.

I mean, it's... unique.

Is she a suspect?
Are they gonna arrest her?

No, no, no, of-of course not.

She hasn't... You-you haven't
done anything.

- Like that's ever stopped anyone.
- What were they looking for?

What were they looking at?

I don't know.

But there's only a handful of
people who could've done this.

- There's only one who would.
- Who?

No.

No, Evelyn...

Evie?

He's right, Kate.

It was Lawrence.

No, come on.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Do the words

"do not fucking disturb"
mean anything to you?

Sorry, Ben, but you had said

to tell you ASAP
if we found anything.

Well?

I hate to...

Um, it's a bit difficult.

- I really respect her...
- Go on,

Natalie.

It's Evelyn.

She's downloaded something
internal from the server

and then deleted
any trace of it.

Thank you. You can go.

Fucking pervert.

I can't even comprehend why your
dad would sneak into her head.

I mean, people do this?
You do this?

- Do you think I do this?
- I don't know, Evie.

I mean black is white,
up is down,

your father-in-law
is in-fucking-side you.

Can he make her do stuff?

- What?
- I mean, what the fuck, Evie?

This guy's taking stalking
to a whole new level.

Lawrence isn't stalking Kate.

He had to have a reason
to do this.

He always has reasons,
just never the right one.

Can you block him?

I'm sorry.

Just to figure this out,
I had to trick the server

into thinking that you were
a coding project.

I-I don't have the clearance
to block Lawrence,

- and even if I did...
- He'll get around it.

If I...

I should've known.
You know, I thought

maybe there was
something wrong with you.

I mean, that's why I was being

weird. I tried not to be,
it's just...

You know, after Anton,

and then you said something
was in your head.

After Bea was born,

you seemed to forget
all about it because...

He deleted her fucking mundles.

Why would he do that?

Because he wanted
to cover his tracks.

Okay. Can we all just take
a breath here?

What Lawrence did
was shocking, yeah,

but we don't know why.

Look, he doesn't just
do things like this.

- Listen to yourself.
- I am!

This is just one small scintilla
of abnormality.

You don't know him like I do.

You don't see what he does.
You don't see what he creates.

It's not this. It's the Feed.

And I work for the Feed.

Can you pull everything
of mine he's ever looked at?

Every mundle, every moment,
every thought?

I want it all.

Oh, come on, Evie.

I'll send it to you.

No, no, I want to make sure

he can't delete what he's done.

I want a hard copy.

You want it offline? How?

I got a guy.

Deals in vintage tech.

He'll have the hardware
you can download it to.

I have a lead.

Evelyn downloaded something
confidential from our servers.

She has clearance.
We looked. She's clean.

I'm more interested
in her boyfriend.

Offliner with a bunch
of lagger friends?

I wouldn't be surprised
if he's a Resister.

So you think that they're
working together?

Worth a look, I'd say.

Just put a hold on her clearance
and tap her account, all right?

Have you got something
you want to say?

- It's not my place.
- That's right.

You're not the one who gives
the orders around here.

You're just the one who holds
my beer while he takes them.

Oh, I saw that family photo,
by the way. I look good.

I'll try and get off early,

so we can leave sooner, yeah?

Yeah. What, you packed?

Shockingly, yes.

Just haven't been to the farm
in such a long time.

- I'm excited.
- Who are you

and what've you done with Evie?

We need a weekend away,

even if we can't use this.

Yeah, I don't...

I don't want
to do it on anymore.

It's like having sex with
a stranger and I'm realizing

I don't miss one-night stands.

Are you trying to seduce me?

It doesn't feel like you,

and, shockingly, I-I like you.
What's that about?

So this-this isn't
about last night?

Last night with Kate,
look, I'm sorry...

- I know that you hate my job, I get it.
- Oh, but you love it.

I get that,
that you see the good in it,

and you're not like your boss.

Like, he-he needs people
like you working for him,

and, well, people like me
against him.

That's why we work, Evie.

Yin, yang, all that bullshit.

Look. Go on. Yang me.

- Idiot.
- You lucky woman.

Uh, you know I'm not
standing at my desk

watching people
in their loos, right?

- I do.
- Just, I'm-I'm coding things

like solar energy
and-and physiological support

to decrease
newborn fatality rates.

I would never
invade people's privacy.

God, you say a lot of syllables.

Look, I know what you do.

You help people.
I mean, you helped Kate.

This has got nothing to do
with last night,

and everything to do with you.

I love you. I want you.

Regardless of how many toilets
you're watching.

Shut... Shut your face.

Shut it.

Did this come
from inside? Is our network secure?

How do we
know this won't happen again?

Has private information
been leaked?

Should you have
such a broad reach?

The question
isn't how this happened.

It should have been
when would it happen?

We've been facing down
the barrel

of a Resister threat for years.

The effort to hide among
off-liners is part and parcel

of a policy of evasion
and deception

set at the highest level
of the Resister movement.

Therefore,
we need greater access

to mundles for proper security.

We need to use the Feed
to help the Feed.

You want to abuse the rights
of enabled citizens

to spy on people
who don't align with you.

That's suppression of dissent.

The Resisters are a nuisance,
but they're not terrorists.

How do we know
that they're even at fault?

With respect,

Resisters have placed bugs
in our applications,

they have spray-painted
slander slogans,

they have cut the power to
a server farm in Albuquerque,

they have damaged
a signal tower in Canada.

They are an anarchist
organization solely focused

on dismantling
our infrastructure,

which would result
in catastrophic harm

to every single citizen
regardless of enablement.

Now, we would know where
they were and which faction

was responsible had
you heeded our warnings

and taken a harder stance
on off-liners

who use our network freely,

by the way, but don't stay on,
and it's your failure

to confront this threat
that's to blame.

I assure you, we just need
to identify those responsible

to secure the breach.

With that said,

we are simply asking
for permission

to access to the mundles
of off-liners known to associate

with Resisters and spray a
public request for information.

The hack was
an act of terrorism,

which makes those guilty
terrorists.

We're just asking
the public for help.

If you have any information
about the Resisters,

or know of any off-liners
who might,

please contact
your local police department.

Do not engage.

Resisters are considered
highly dangerous.

Please contact
your local police department.

Do not engage.

Danny, your school's phoned!

They want to know
where the hell you are!

Danny? Danny!

Hey. Sorry.

Bea's asleep.

What can I do? What do you need?

I don't know.

I need to know why.

I'm gonna see him now.

- He's just gonna lie.
- I know,

but I'll make sure
he won't do it again,

and I will find out why.

- Somehow.
- I don't like being afraid, Tom.

I'm not good at it.

Hey.

Look,

as strange as it sounds,

I don't think it's about you.

I think it's about
what's going on...

Anton, the hack,
he-he just doesn't understand

that that doesn't make it right.

He never has.

Yeah.

Well, whatever he says,
get more.

I will.

And you?

I need to know
what he was looking at.

More data, more control.

Book report, ten minutes.

See that guy?

Do you think he's one of them?

What are the odds?

Ow...

Smooth.

I've got to go.

See you lot later.

The critical segment of code
must have made its way

through to the kernel, giving
over administrative control

and spraying the video.

We need to reroute these drives,

shut them down
and look for a row hammer.

I saw your ad. I guess
the ICSA meeting went well?

They agreed with our strategy,
but levied a fine.

We've ruled out Firewalk
and antagonistic AI patterns.

It has to be a row hammer.

Only an employee
could have let that in.

I thought everyone
had been cleared.

Well, they have, so we're
dealing with an impossibility.

All I can tell you at this point

is that it definitely came
from within.

And a Resister could never
have made it inside.

They just don't function
at that level.

We finally made it through
to the last layer of the video.

They didn't sign it.

This isn't like them.

They like to take credit
for their work.

This is far more advanced.
And when we find it,

I guarantee it won't bear
their signature, either.

Well, thank you, Evelyn,

but we don't know that yet.

Carry on.

If it's not the Resisters,
then who?

I don't know. The Americans?

The Russians? The fucking mafia?

Look, let's just stick
with our plan.

You've been in my wife's head.

Why?

I wanted to make sure
she was okay,

that you and Beatrice were safe.

Why wouldn't we be safe?

Well, at the photo shoot,
you seemed rather worried

- about her.
- No, it started before then.

Your mother said that Kate
was having headaches.

- I wanted to check on her...
- No, no.

- Check on the baby.
- Bullshit.

You did this
because of Sara and Anton.

I don't know
what happened to them.

I've spent the past two years
trying to understand.

Then there was the breach.

I thought that was handled.

That's what people
want me to say.

People need to be reassured.

But honestly, I don't know
what the fuck's going on.

The whole world
is looking to me for answers,

and I don't know
what the fuck to tell them.

You think that gives you
the right to violate people?

I wasn't looking
at anything other...

It doesn't matter.

It's disgusting.

It's illegal and if you ever
come near my family again,

I'll make sure everyone knows
how fucked up you are.

Well, forgive me.

For your mother's sake.
She doesn't know.

It's my fault,
I did it, I'm sorry,

and strange as it may sound,

it made me feel
somewhat closer to her.

To Kate?

To Beatrice.

My granddaughter.
She's part of you.

Why do you care about me so much

when you don't
even fucking like me?

You're my son, Tom.

I want to see Anton and Sara.

If you've spent the last two
years trying to figure out

what's wrong with Sara, that,
that's a hell of an investment.

You claim they're
why you did this.

If something's happened
to their Feeds,

- I-I want to know what it is.
- Well, you won't get anywhere.

- She's crazy, he's...
- Are you hiding them?

Of course not,
I'm trying to help them.

Then let me see them.

You won't find anything, Tom.

So what's the harm?

Can we turn on the light?

She prefers it like this.

Hi, Sara.

I'm Tom.

We met at my brother's wedding.

Did you draw all of these?

She started a few weeks
after she got here.

We paint over them occasionally,
but she puts them right back up.

Only time she moves.

How long has she been like this?

A year.

Where's Anton?

Oh, shit.

See, you can try
and put a lemon on your knife,

you can try lifting
your tongue up

and breathing through
your mouth, like this...

but,
you're gonna fucking cry, okay?

Just face it.

Treat the onions as your enemy.

Toss them into the oil as soon
as it starts to shimmer

and watch them fry.

Carla is gonna help you
render the duck fat.

Season, buy local
and stay off near open flames.

All right? Have at it, guys.

Okay, guys, keep chopping.

- You all right?
- Yeah, um...

- You said you knew a guy?
- Yeah.

- Override.
- Evelyn.

Can you come with us
for a moment?

I can explain this, Ben.
I just need to talk to your dad.

He's gone.
You can explain it to me.

Come on.

Thanks for getting me this.

- Oh, that's all right.
- Are you sure everything

Lawrence saw in my Feed
is in here?

- I'm sure.
- All right, darling?

- What are you looking at?
- Oh, oh!

Oh, she's a new mum, David, run.

It's safe!

- What was that?
- I'm sorry,

I'm just a little on edge.

I hope I never piss you off.
Hey, Ronnie.

- Yeah, man. Yeah.
- Say hi to your mum for me, yeah?

I need to get home
before Bea gets hungry.

- Share a cab?
- Uh,

I've got to get back
to the center.

I'm running a conscious
eating seminar in an hour.

- Interested?
- Hell no.

I live for my shame cakes.

All right.

Are you... are you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm working on it. Thanks.

Hey, man.

Listen, I need to ask you
for a really big favor.

I just done you a favor.

But this time,
I need something in the back.

Shop's closed.

I want it to be a big surprise.

See, I love that you roll

your own cancer, John,
it's proactive.

We're all gonna die
someday, right?

I blocked you.

I've been trying to reach you
since I heard.

- Did you know?
- No. I would never condone that.

Can I come in? Can we talk?

I don't know if I can trust you.

Of course you can.
I'm completely on your side.

Lawrence was excited.

He just wanted to see the baby.

Well, I hope he memorized her.

That is no excuse, I know.

Please.

Can I just come in
so we can talk?

I'm not ready to talk.

Kate.

You're not responsible
for him, Meredith.

He makes his own bed.

But you sleep in it.

Anton.

It's Tom.

Do you remember me?

I want to go home.

I may be able to help with that.

Can we talk for a bit?

My mum, she say to say nothing.

She has lawyers. They will...

bring me back...
She say it's temp... temp...

Temporary insanity?

I'm not sure
that's right, Anton.

I think something
is happening to you.

Can you go on for me?

Problem with Ben.

Oh, fuck.

You're not the only one, Anton.

Her name is Sara.

She also felt something
in her head, something dark.

Something that made her
gouge her own eye.

Now she can't talk.

She can barely move.

I don't want you
to slip away like that.

They think her Feed
is the reason.

That it did something
to her brain.

I don't want the same thing
to happen to you.

Do you know her?

Have you ever seen her before?

You know, we don't have
much time here, Anton.

When you see your mother,
if-if you want to hug her,

if you want to tell her
that you love her, if you...

Come on, man.
Y-You need to work with me

to see if we can reverse
what's happening in your head.

You are a nice man,
but I am not.

After what I did to my father,

maybe I deserve that.

Have you guys been here
since I left?

We moved a bit.

So I've been at school all day
sitting around like a mug,

and you guys been here
fucking about?

Say hello to the next
generation.

We've been Resister hunting.

Marcus sprayed that guy
from earlier.

- The creepy one.
- Yeah.

I'm finally getting some love
from my followers.

Hey, I'm drowning in likes.

You hit 13K,
it transfers to coin.

Yeah, filling up my bank.

That's not fair.

'Cause I'm saving
for an upgrade. That was my guy.

- Should've sprayed him.
- He wasn't even a Resister.

He was just some drug dealer,

wanting to know
if we "wanted a hit."

You jealous, Dan?

Fuck that. I can top Marcus.

How? You already broke your arm
spraying live.

Didn't even reach 90 coin.

He could break his head.
Go off Feed, make his brain

- go nuts.
- No one would care.

We all fried
when the Feed went down.

But no one got a vid.

Come on, Danny, I could log it.

Yeah. I feel safe in your hands.

What about you, Cass?
You want to be in my hands?

Psychopath.

If you don't do it, I will.

No. I'll do it. It's mine.

Come on, Marcus.

You got me, yeah?

What? You think I'm slow?

Mm.

Friends, mates, enemies,
it's your Danny-Boy.

Ha. Coming to you live
from my humble abode.

Willing to go to the ends
of my own Earth

to create content
for your prying eyes.

Don't forget to coin, or spray,
if you like what you see.

I mean, which you will.

I'm about to stake
my life on it.

Ready?

Oh, shit. Danny.

Danny, go on.

Danny, go on. Danny.

Shit. Danny's mum!

Danny's mum!

Danny? Danny?

Call an ambulance.

What the fuck?

Ben, I have SCI-level clearance.

I cannot tell you

about my applications
before they launch.

If you need to know,
get your father in here.

She's right, Ben.

You downloaded something
from our servers

and then deleted your footprint.

If you don't tell us
what it was,

we'll have
to gain access ourselves.

Fine. That means going through
Lawrence, so go for it.

I'm not making this accusation
lightly, Evie.

You have one of the highest
security clearances here,

and yet, you are dating
a Luddite.

- So what am I missing?
- Max?

H-He runs digital detoxes.

The fucking company advocates
going to them.

- That's how we met.
- We're looking at everyone

who could want to hack us
and could bypass

the kind of security
it took to do this.

There are very few people
that fit that category.

You think Max and I
colluded to take down the Feed?

The man can barely recall
a mundle.

Right, he's not a fan.
So is he a Resister?

That is ridiculous.

And even if he were,
they didn't do this.

And you know that, do you?

Besides,
if you know Max so well,

what was he doing in this
neighborhood all afternoon?

Why the fuck
are you following him?

Uh, uh, uh.
You gave us a reason to

the minute you stole something
from our servers.

Now, we don't have an angle
on that room yet,

but we're working on it.

Unless you want to tell me
what's in there?

Probably some...

Leave.

No, she illegally...

She invented our
new programming language.

She helped make the Feed what
it is. She wouldn't destroy it.

Everybody out.

Thank you, Gil.

Stay.

I'm sorry.
He was completely out of line.

Well, technically,
he was just doing his job.

I did something suspicious,
he flagged it.

You should be proud.

Duly noted.

Did you tell him
what you were doing?

No, I can't, without a subpoena
or your permission.

You do know that decoding Kate's
Feed was against the law.

So was looking at it.

People outside this company

don't always understand
what we're doing here.

What are we doing, Lawrence?

Going inside people's heads,

invading the private lives
of employees?

I came to work here
because I thought

that peer-to-peer communications

were gonna redistribute
global power.

We're supposed
to be helping people

get into the modern economy,
not colonizing private users.

We aren't. There has been
a terrible misunderstanding.

It's a private family matter.

I've worked it out with Tom...

so how can I work it out
with you?

Stop looking at my mundles.

Right. You have my word.

Stop following my boyfriend.

You're using something I helped
create to betray him.

- If he ever found out...
- He doesn't need to know.

I know.

Of course.

Well, we trust who you trust.

I trust him.

Then he's off the radar.

Thank you.

Am I free to go?

As long as you come back.

Give me the weekend
to think about it?

Well, it's a long one.

I hope you're doing
something fun with, uh...

Max?

Max. Yes.

You see?
I've forgotten him already.

Is Bea's announcement ready yet?

We need to project
an image of unity.

If the Hatfields feel safe,
the world will, too.

Not exactly.

Uh, Kate has withdrawn
her permission.

Naturally.

To pile on,
we've found a problem.

The pin Kate is wearing
in the picture

bears a symbol for
the Feed Free COM movement.

And she wanted the photo shoot
to be on her terms,

and this is the result.

Do you want to keep
or remove it?

If you don't, you'll never
get the COM to sign on.

Can we take them again?

No. They'll never agree
to another photo shoot.

I'm sorry.

- Are you okay?
- No.

And I thought were were
coming together as a family.

What if we replace the pin
with another cause

Kate can get behind?

Brigham Child Welfare
needs funds.

If Kate has questions
about what they do,

I'll tell her
what foster care was like...

until I got your scholarship.

She can't argue with that.

And it looks good for you.

You're one of their
biggest donors.

That could work.

Y... Kate will still
hate me, but...

Thank you, Gil.

I wish my family would
comport themselves like you.

Hi, you've reached Evelyn.

I'm not accepting your calls
right now.

Evie, I think Lawrence
might have done something to Bea.

Something really bad without
our permission. Call me.

He wouldn't talk.

He barely said anything, but...

I just... I get the sense

that-that they know each other.

- That Anton recognized her.
- I don't think so.

We've gone through all her
mundles before this happened.

We're going through all of his.

Nothing in their past
indicates even

a remote acquaintance,
or puts them

in the same vicinity
as each other.

Anton grew up in Russia,
and Sara lived

in Birmingham her whole life.

Why's... where-where's he...
where's Anton going?

- He wanted to get out of his room.
- But Sara's still down there.

They're about to bring her in
for dinner.

Ping the orderly, have them
bring Anton back in. Hey.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey! Now! Now!

D-D-Don't, don't do that.

Y-You don't want
to do that, man.

I know you're scared. I know...

I know you think there's no way
out, but... but there is.

You can come back from this.

Let me help you
come back from this.

All right?

- Too late.
- No!

Guard! Help!

No! Help!

Help! Help!

Hey. You ready?

Yeah.

How was your day?

Same old. Helped Kate.
Ran some seminars. Came home.

- Yours?
- Yeah, same old.

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and forms a seamless

and stable interface
with neural tissue.

Stable
interface with neural tissue.

Hi, I'm Pam. How can I help you?

I'm having trouble
with my connection.

- I can't see my daughter.
- I can fix that.

Please pull up your
settings function.

Okay, I'm there.

No! No! No! Help!

Help!

I'm sorry you had to see that.

The doctor should never have
left them together.

I was the one who made them
a-aware of each other.

It's not your fault.

I don't know if it was
brain trauma

caused by the mesh, but...

but they knew each other.

Yes. Apparently.

I'm not sure how.

You're welcome to look at their
mundles before they went dark,

but we couldn't find anything.

I don't want to be here.

With you.. with this...

Go home, Tom.

Beatrice will be fine.

Do you see an option
called "notifications"?

- Yes.
- Select it.

Okay, I've done that.

Now you should see an option
called "alerts."

Yes, I see it.

Now do you see an option
called "accessibility"?

- Yes.
- Select it.

Do you see your child's name?

Yes.

Select it.

Oh, my baby! My baby!

They put the Feed into her.

They enabled her.

They enabled her in-ute.

That's what Lawrence was doing
inside my head.

You'll need a whole
fucking field of those.

Well...

I'm sorry. What more can I say?

A lot more.

They're off now, Lawrence.

God knows if they'll
ever be back.

I'll give them a few more days.

It'll all blow over.

Blow over?

Do you even understand
what you have done?

I don't really need this
right now.

Anton just snapped Sara's neck

like it was a fucking twig.

And if the hack does
come from inside,

it's only a matter of time
before that leaks out,

and I still don't know what
this senseless

visual video mind-fuck was,

so I'm not really
concerned if Kate

is ever-so-slightly pissed off.

This is my life's work,
and it is under attack!

- Our.
- What?

Our life's work!

And I'm about to sell it
in the MeKong.

Look.

All that matters right now,
all that really matters

right now, is we find
the bastard who's responsible

and we fix that,
and we can fix the rest.

I'm scared, Lawrence.

For the first time, I...

I'm really scared.

We built this as a family.

For our family.

How has it come to this?

- You're quiet tonight.
- Hmm?

Oh, I... I'm just
thinking about work.

Well, stop. We came here
to get away from that.

All right.

When we get there...

don't tell anyone about Bea.

We don't know who we can trust.

I just...

if Max can get us to a doctor,

we can try and get
this thing out.

It's not about trying,

we have to get it out.

They didn't just enable her
without our permission,

they-they put her life
in danger.

What happened last night,
what I saw...

we have to get it out.

Okay.

We're there to get away.

We figure things out.

I'll find a moment
to talk to Max.