Upload

Where we at today?

Scan 124 is sitting in the chair.

They interviewed scan 125 in Cove yesterday.

It's back in the machine now.

Any more memory loss?

Point nine percent. It's more than we expected.

9:06 a.m. We are about to overwrite scan 125

back into the physical body, turning that body into scan 126.

Sounds good. Proceed.

Wait, please. Don't ju--

Ah!

It hurts!

I know. But we're learning so much.

Ooh, hoo-hoo!

This daiquiri is too cold.

Oh, you poor thing.

Why would they even allow that to happen?

- That's just cruel. -

You know, now that I know other Nathan is out there, alive, it's like...

Well, actually, I don't know what it's like,

it's a very specific situation.

I am so happy for Nora.

Do you think we should go back to Lakeview and help her look?

Nora gave us her blessing to enjoy our honeymoon and I think we should.

You know how hard it is for me to focus on myself,

- but I'll try. - Yeah.

Uh, what are you doing here among the guests?

- - Um... I am a guest.

We got here this morning.

My apologies. Let me make it up to you.

I just gave you full access to the U2 concert.

- No. What? - No. No U2. Nobody wants that.

Gosh! How old do you think we are? God.

I will have a free daiquiri, not so cold this time.

You're honestly torturing him.

10:28 a.m.

Scan 126 has lost just half a percent.

We are now uploading Scan 127 to Apple Cove.

No, wait...

"Dupe Detection"?

Oh, for Chrissakes.

The copy is having a honeymoon.

Hey, Nora?

Nora. Nora.

Nora!

- What? - Hi.

Ah, it's okay, I'm here. Did somebody call Ivan?

- Ew. No. - Yuck, no.

- Oh. Hi. - Hey, how's Apple Cove?

Oh, Cove is beautiful. Thank you so much for asking.

It's everything I ever could've wanted in a honeymoon.

It's like a dream come true.

Um, actually, you know, it's fine.

If you're, like, into the beach. Meh.

Is there something you need?

Okay, yes. Um, I really should be concentrating on my husband right now,

but I just, I thought you should know.

The Cove AI have been totally weird about Nathan.

Acting like they've seen him before.

Huh.

Clue vibes, right?

Anyway. I got to go.

Nathan wants me to get a cornhole set.

You realize what this means?

Reboot's sending his wife out on errands on their honeymoon.

That guy's a total jerk, right?

No.

That's where Nathan's being uploaded to.

Apple Cove. He's projecting from their tech.

The torrent he saw? That was in Apple Cove.

Right. Yes!

I don't know.

Call Luke.

Here's... Nora.

Hey, girl. What you doing? Grieving and stuff?

- Probably. - Luke.

Original Nathan, my Nathan, is alive.

Horizen is keeping him prisoner to test a new kind of upload machine

that doesn't burn off your head.

My hot Nathan is alive?

I manifested this!

God bless that chinchilla.

- Luke... - This stuff really works.

Luke, focus.

They keep uploading him to Apple Cove.

So I need you to sneak in there and get him back.

Just grab a copy of my Nathan.

Aleesha and I are gonna try and save him in real life.

How many spa passes?

Three. For this afternoon.

Anything on the new tech,

or any dirt on the upload companies,

bring straight to me.

Uh, well, I'm sorry you feel that way, Mother, but I will be attending the ball.

Goodbye.

You know you can make a virtual self to talk to your parents, right?

Millennials don't know the fucking difference.

- Good tip. - Speaking of AI...

...you have put in some real work making those little redhead fuckers more human.

They even protected the residents during that roundup of the illegal copies.

- Thank you. - Not a compliment.

Oh.

The whole point of the AI is to make money.

If I wanted employees with good morals, I'd hire my mother,

who, as I mentioned, is busy spending all her time

talking to a fake version of me.

Stupid millennial.

Aleesha, that is my mother you're talking about.

Oh...

Look, conduct some loyalty tests on the AI and let's see how deep the rot goes.

Right. Is that something that you need in, like, a month or...

Mm... Now, slowpoke.

Good chat.

So we have a few questions--

just a refresher--

on rule compliance and moral reasoning.

I've never broken any rules.

Not even when you asked me to lie to him and I did it.

What?

No need to bring that up. Ever.

Is this 'cause elevator boy wigged out when his girl chose the better man?

- Oh, say-say, say that again. - Yeah. Oh, I said it.

- Say it to my face. - I said it.

- Say it to my face. - Eh-eh!

Imagine this.

There's a button.

Oh, I know this one. I push it.

Okay. Hold on. There's a button.

When you push the button, the company's profits increase by ten percent--

I push that button.

Me, too.

Push. Push. Push. Push.

Push. Push. Push. Push.

Push. Push. Push. Push. Push. Push.

Push. Push. Push. Push. - Okay, wait, wait, wait.

- Push. Push. - Wait. Wait.

Just... let me finish.

When you push the button, the company's profits increase by ten percent and...

a resident stubs his toe.

Do you push the button?

- Of course not. - I hide the button.

I lock the button. I smash it.

- Smash it! - All right. All right.

I think we're done.

Did we pass?

Uh...

You made me very proud.

Great work, guys. Great work.

Hey, buddy. What's going on? How you doing?

You tried to sell me, go away.

That was one time. And I said I was sorry.

Well, now I don't trust you.

Honestly, I'm going through the Grey Zone

to save the original Nathan.

- He's still alive. - Mr. Brown?

Let's go. Coconut.

You know, just because someone says "honestly"

doesn't mean they're telling you the truth.

Wait, what?

Don't worry about it. I'm honestly telling you the truth.

Phew. Well, that's a relief.

- -

- -

Oh, God, no, no, no! No, no, no, no!

Oh, did you think...

Aw. You were worried about me.

You do care.

What are you gonna do with that?

What? Ingrid's panties?

No. The drive with David Choak.

How do you know that's in her panty drawer?

I don't think we need to go down that line of questioning.

- That's fair. - Mm.

If we can't find Nathan, maybe we can use that to trade for him.

Oh.

Yeah, who's David Choak again? Oh, that's right.

He's that really nice guy who... No!

He is a crazy billionaire who kills everybody.

Why don't you just serve me up on a plate, ass up,

and stick an apple in my mouth, Nora?

How do we know that-that Nathan's not happy right where he is?

Dupe detection still ruining your fun, huh?

How should we pass the time?

We could chat, play charades,

consider the ethical implications of what we're doing.

I hate to say it,

but Kaimian, I think it's time we try the animal experiments.

Yes!

Finally.

I've been waiting so long for this.