Upload (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Update Eve - full transcript

Wow. I mean, this store
doesn't even open for two days.

Freeyond fever.

I hear they only have enough for
the first ten million uploads.

And they're all reserved for
single moms, the handicapped,

the poorest of the poor.

Better get in line fast, hon.

There's thousands of stores,
and when they run out,

they run out.

- How old is your baby?
- 14 months.

But this is her only chance
to live forever.

- This world's going to shit anyway.
- Tell me about it.



Wi-Fi speeds are
so slow downtown.

Wow, look.

Check it out.

It actually looks like
a bargain.

Yeah. You know,
my friend was going to make something

just like this.

And some bad people were
trying to stop the idea.

I guess they couldn't.

He sounds for real.

Yeah, he's the most "for real"
guy I've ever met.

Excited for the update?

Yeah, I guess. I mean,
is it that big a deal?

Are you kidding?

- It's a huge deal.
- Fuck yeah.



For one thing,
they're adding bitter,

citrus and umami to our tongues.

You didn't notice that we only
have sweet and salty now?

That's why everything
tastes like kettle corn.

Yeah, no, I haven't been
paying attention.

I've been trying to work up the
nerve to break up with Ingrid.

Yes! Did that guy who stole
your company cut you in?

- How are you affording this?
- Oh, Jamie?

No, I can't actually prove
he did anything bad.

He just won't return my calls.

But, um, I think
I'm gonna ask Ingrid

to give me till February,

and then figure
something else out.

After you dump her?

Yeah.

I'm very interested

in how you see this playing out.

"Hey, Ingrid, I know
you were expecting

"to get married,
but I'd like to be free

"to date someone else.

And can I have $10,000?"

Yes, this should be good.

This update is very exciting.

Lakeview 8.9 "Scirocco"
represents the fulfillment

of Horizen's slogan:
"We are VR."

So, please,
customer service angels

all around the world,
give your full attention

to these important
update messages

from head of I.T.,
Craig Munthers.

I'm gonna say this real slow
because it's super important.

All of your uploads
need to be asleep

during the update tonight.

Half of them are paying
for trauma blocking,

and the update is...
powerful stuff.

It will remove all blocks
if they are awake,

and you'll wake up to
a screaming shit show

that my I.T. team
doesn't want to clean up.

So, all sleepy...

no freaky.

Got it?

Over here, you got it?

We got it.

Why we have Winter party
not on Winter Day?

Because they combined it
with the update

so they only have to pay once.

Remember Thankoween?

Horizen is cheap as fuck.

Soon, we're gonna have to pay
to take the elevator.

So take stairs.

Strong calves are magnets
for rich husbands.

I don't know if that's true.

So apparently, your boyfriend's
girlfriend's rich daddy

is a big deal, and he called
the head of Horizen,

and he got you your job back.

I don't know who
you're talking about.

My boyfriend's name is Byron.

Yeah, it's quite serious.

And he has no
influential friends.

I mean, that I can tell.

Oh, so you're bringing Byron
to the update party tonight?

Of course.

That's weird.
Have you told Nathan?

Why would I tell Mr. Brown?

Okay, good. Keep it up, sister.

You fuck up again
and you're toast.

Do you feel me?

And good luck seeing
your boyfriend again

if you're not on the system.

I'll give your avatar
to fucking Batia!

My boyfriend's name is Byron.

Huh.

I can't wait to meet him.

I am going to go home
and change.

Better be quick.

I made my famous
pigs in a blanket,

and they'll go fast.

Oh, look, there they are.

Yummy.

Call Byron.

Hi.

Hey, Nora. Glad you called.

No, I'm not doing
anything tonight.

Ingrid can erase you
at any time.

Unless someone else
takes over the payments.

Which, frankly,
your mother can't afford.

Sam, what about 2Gig status?
Isn't that pay-as-you-go?

Yeah. I mean,
if you run out of money,

they can always freeze you
until more cash is added.

Why don't you try this Freeyond
that's in the news?

You're broke enough to qualify.

No, it's got to be Lakeview.

Dream on.

Bye, Viv.

Okay, what are our
other options?

I could give Sam
a roll in the hay.

He only hinted at it five times.

Ew, Mom, no.

What about Jamie?
He must have money.

Even as a loan.

He's not returning my calls.

I don't understand that.
He was your best friend.

Well, one thing's for sure.

You can't break up with Ingrid
until you have a plan.

I have to, okay.
I'm not a gigolo.

I'm trying to act
with some integrity.

Screw integrity.

I was about to sleep
with a lawyer to keep you alive.

Sorry.

Integrity is cool.

Jamie Arpaz.

This
is Jamie. You know what to do.

Bro, um...

I hate to bring this up,
but I'm pretty much

the Lakeview equivalent
of homeless.

And somehow you ended up
with our whole company.

I'm not saying that
you fucked me, but, um...

I could use a hand.

So call me back, all right?
I need to talk.

Not sure where you are
right now.

Maybe you go somewhere tropical
for Winter Weekend.

You've come a long way
in a short time.

Just... call your old partner.

You didn't like it? No?

Hi. Would you care for
some pigs in a blanket?

- No, thanks.
- Really? It's my specialty.

- Pigs in a blanket?
- No, thank you.

Really? Okay.

Wow.

Hey.

Good, you're here.

Ah.

Hey, you like my scarf?

Probably cost five mil
for the drapes alone.

They're not real, idiot.

- Where's Ingrid?
- She's not here?

- Have you told her?
- Not yet.

Greetings, Lakeview residents
and honored guests,

who we hope will someday be
Lakeview residents.

But maybe not too soon.

To celebrate the
update/Winter party,

we will have an egg hunt.

Yes!

Mm-hmm.

Yes! Yes!

There is an egg hidden
somewhere here in Lakeview,

and whoever finds it will get
a million Lakeview bucks

and a thousand real bucks

- for their angel.
- Whoo!

No cheating, Angels!

We'll know.

So, go on, find that egg.

Where could it be?

Did you look under the table?

Motherfucker, move!

I have student loans,
and Pence University

wants their money, go!

- Split up?
- If I find this,

I can be your sugar daddy,

and you can get off
Ingrid's account.

My sugar daddy?

Nothing weird, I just don't know
a better term for it.

I'm gonna look out by the lake.

- I have a hunch.
- All right, all right.

Uh, I'll check the lounge.

Mom, Uncle Larry,
let's find this thing.

- Yeah.
- All right, go, go, go.

There you go.

I got it!

Oh, it's a fucking football.

Mom, wish me luck.

If I were an egg,
where would I be?

Keep looking.

Pigs in a blanket?

Do you guys want
some pigs in a blanket?

Will you eat
a pigs in a blanket?

Hey.

Ah... whew.

Huh, more of that.

Yeah, in a, in a sec.

Oh. Oh, okay.

What the hell, man?
I know we fought about

where to take the business,
but, I mean,

why are my memories deleted?

W-Why are you avoiding me?

Did you cut some kind of deal
to push me out

so you could sell
the company to Freeyond?

Did you fucking murder me?

I didn't murder you.

I hooked up with your girl,

but I didn't murder you,
that's crazy.

Whoa, whoa, wait. What?

You hate Ingrid.

Yeah.

I'm-I'm sorry.

One night, I went
over to her place

and-and stayed over.

Then she came to her senses
and threw me out.

Dude...

I know! I know.

Damn.

I fucked up.

If I didn't need a loan so bad,

I'd have hung up by now.

Look, I got three grand
in the bank.

I was gonna upgrade our servers,
and we fucking need it,

but I'll give it to you.

Yeah? Okay.

I can live in 2Gig
for a couple months with that.

We're not even, though.

I know. I'm sorry.

I've been feeling really guilty

- about it lately, man.
- Good.

If Oscar Mayer ever figures out
the whole download thing,

I'm gonna come back
and kick your ass.

I'd like that.

Okay.

Mr. Brown.

It's my last night. I'll be
checking out in the morning.

Oh. Shall I throw your bags
into the torrent?

Uh, no. I'm moving down
to 2Gigs,

so you can just move them there.

Move them yourself.

Hey, babe. Guess what?

I'm upping your allowance
ten percent.

Happy Winter Day. Ooh.

Look, I could let you keep
paying for me,

but my feelings have changed.

It wouldn't be fair
to you or to me.

Okay.

I don't know where you got
this new dignity, but...

it's making me hot.

Stop.

I'm sorry.

Baby, you don't understand.

I have to be the owner
of your scan, to protect you.

Wait, what?

People want you out of the way.

Because of what you know,
or what you knew.

Hold on,
what are you talking about?

Are you in on this?

- What do you know?
- Nothing.

- Unless you want to take me back...
- No, no, no, no.

Was I murdered?

Tell me!

What do know? Tell me.

Ingrid!

Oh, God.

There's a lot of people looking
on the ground

- all over the place.
- Yeah.

I know. That's where people
hide Easter eggs.

- Under a bush.
- Well, maybe when all the chickens

are pecking under the same bush,

the smart chicken
pecks by the water.

What the fuck?
Just let me look, okay?

Helping or hurting, Aleesha!

Leeshee,

Leeshee, no more work.

Turn this shit off, okay?

Come to the bar, we'll have
a drink, maybe do some shots,

some whiskey, vodka.

Do you like tequila,
do you like gin?

Come on and party.

Oh, I can't believe this.

Ingrid knows something,
but she's too scared

to tell me what it is.

I need those memories back.

People I love
could be in danger.

Well, this morning,
I.T. made a big deal about

everyone being asleep
during the update.

Apparently it resets
memory adjustments.

So I'm thinking maybe
if we keep you up,

you know, it would do the same.

It would restore any memories
anybody blocked or fucked with.

Okay. Are you sure that's
what would happen?

No.

It's a guess,
but it's a good guess.

Okay.

Yeah, I'll risk it.

All right, I need you
to keep me up tonight.

- I need to know what happened to me.
- Okay.

I-I just need to set
some stuff up.

All right.
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Um...

There's some good news, too.

Um, I broke up with her.

So...

Oh, um, and I got you
a Winter present.

Um, I don't have any money,

so, uh, I mean, I made it.

This is, uh,

a pebble from the lakeshore

when I made you laugh
for the first time.

And, uh, this is a feather
that was close to the pebble...

I didn't have a lot
to work with. This is stupid.

No, I love it.

Here.

Oh, hang on.

Sensation gloves.

I can really feel it.

It's beautiful.

Oh, I got you something, too.

Cool.

No, you don't get it.

It's an icon.

I stole it
from one of the I.T. guys.

They use it
when they're in the system.

It exposes the code. See?

Oh, wow.

Yeah, maybe you can use it
to make things better.

That's awesome. Thank you.

Oh, my God.

I just felt you
for the first time.

For real.

That's, um...

Really nice.

Yeah.

Okay. Okay, go, go.

- Okay. All right.
- I'll see you tonight.

Did you look everywhere
on that thing?

Yes. Duh.

Maybe take a load off

and have a seat
on the upturned apple crate.

No time! I'm in it to win it.

Take a load off and sit down
on the obvious crate.

Stop being weird
and leave me alone!

God!

Ugh...

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

I mean, the-the coverage
has been terrific, hasn't it?

- Freeyond is
trending all over the country.

No, I think
it's shaping up beautifully.

No, no. I think we can relax.

Uh, excuse me. What the hell's
going on back there?

Oh, nothing, Dad!

I'm sorry to bother you
while you're doing

your important, precious work.

- You know what? I'm gonna have to call you back.
- Only, I've just

been dumped.

Well, can't say
I didn't predict that.

Your maid is cleaning that up.

Make her.

Oh, you are such a baby!

- Yes, a baby.
- Yeah.

Who heard what you two were
planning and snuck back

into the car and changed it
to "protect occupant."

This baby did that.

Are you fucking kidding me?

You.

Yeah, I'm really sorry, Daddy.

I love him so much
and he broke my heart.

The gloves are off now.

Daddy...

I think this is gonna be
really great for you.

I never said anything, because
I didn't want to influence you,

but I never liked Ingrid.

Really? God, you hid it so well.

And it looks like
we have an egg hunt winner.

David Choak.

That's good. He needs it.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Thank you, Lucy.

This is truly
a Winter's Day miracle.

My father always said,
"Heaven showers its bounty

"on the prosperous,

and the wealthy are the most
worthy of His grace."

This is for you, Father.

And a thousand bucks
to my angel.

Not bad.

I better get bigger
in this update

or I'm gonna kill my mom.

Hey, maybe someone needs to get
a little bigger emotionally.

I'm not paying extra for that.

Wait, there's more.

I hope there's apple Brown Betty
after the update.

That would be dope.

Cool.

Lights out.

Good night, Mr. Greenstein.

Uh, sweet dreams, Ms. Kannerman.

You have something
you want to say?

How could you let Choak find it?

Why didn't you help me?

Sorry, what was that now?

You get your cash either way
but I'm the one...

Stop it! Whose side are you...

Sorry. Nighty-night.

Bedtime

for bit-boys.

Shut down
those artificial brains.

Shut them down.

See you.

Oh, God!

You're still here?

Yeah. So, where to now?

My place?

Uh, I don't think so.

I don't get you.

You've been blowing
hot and cold all night.

I know. Please, don't be angry.

Oh, I'm not angry.
Just confused and a little hurt.

I care about you.

About us.

Well, there really isn't an us.

'Cause we just hooked up
a few times.

But there's a reason the
Nitely app kept matching us.

And I gave you
your first orgasm.

Oh, you gave me
your first female orgasm.

They're not the same.

I think we're meant
for each other.

Wow.

I don't agree.

Oh.

That's, um...

Ouch.

You know, for some reason,

that's not making me want
to walk away from this.

Oh, God.

Oh, I'm not gonna stalk you.

Don't worry.

But I'm not gonna
give up hope, either.

Look, I know how I feel,

and I-I've never
felt this way before.

- Mm-hmm. Got it. I got it.
- And that means something.

So good night, and goodbye.

For now.

Okay, bye.

- Oh. Yeah.
- You... Okay.

Bye.

All right, is that everyone?
You're all in here?

Okay.

Bye, Lucy.

Great party.
Don't want these to go to waste.

So yummy.
Wow, it is packed in there.

I am gonna take the stairs.

Oh, okay. Just make sure you're
downstairs for the head count.

Okay.

Bye.

Happy Winter's Eve!

You're all getting bonuses.

Aw,

wouldn't that be something?

Okay, so seriously, though,

I will see you tomorrow morning
at 7:00 a.m. sharp.

And just to be clear, you're not
really getting bonuses.

It was just... I was being cute.

That's so cute, right?

Hey.

Wake up.

Wake up. Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up!

I'm up!

Sorry.

- How are you feeling?
- I'm tired.

Come on, hang in there.

Hey, hey, hey. Okay, okay.

Easy. Little too much fun
with those.

Well, don't you want
to find out everything?

I mean, it's like the
Botox Babies finale times ten.

And it didn't even happen to me.

Yeah. Yeah, I need to know
if there's more to Jamie.

I mean, I feel like
I can forgive him

for the whole Ingrid thing,
but if he screwed me

out of the business, I don't
think I can get past that.

And what if he killed you?

No. He was my best friend,
for a long time.

I just can't believe that.

Well, won't be long now.

I'm gonna remember

the shit out of my life,
you know?

Figure it all out.

It's gonna be awesome.

I really think my work
could help people.

You know? Like the 2Gigs.
That'd be cool.

Wow.

That's better than fireworks.

Yeah.

Hey! Hey! There's
someone awake on the fifth floor balcony!

Who we got?

- Oh, shit.
- Okay. Here.

How did you learn
how to do that so fast?

It's a good gift. Come here.

Hmm. Must've been a glitch.

Okay, boys. Turn down.

Update's here.

Whatever happens, I had this.

I'll see you on the other side.

What's going on?

Um, I just have
to select something,

but it just occurred to me
that you might wake up clean,

and not remember anything
that happened to you

in Lakeview so far.

Like Luke or Dylan

or me.

No. No, I don't want
to do it, then.

But you need to know this.

Uh, let me, let me just...

Nora?

You should be good.

You should get your self back.

Restore memories
and force sleep.