Almost Human

The year is 2048.

Evolving technologies can no longer be regulated.

Dangerous advancements forever alter the criminal landscape.

Police are not prepared.

Law enforcement combats this corruption

with a new line of defense...

but not all are created equal.

The idea behind the DRNs was to be as human as possible.

They were based on a program called Synthetic Soul.

That's one of the crazy ones.

- I'll lead you in? - Let's go.

Now all cops... human and manmade together...

take on the battle to watch over us all.

You are incredible.

Let's get more comfortable, hmm?

That okay?

You nervous?

It seems like you've got a lot on your mind.

Actually... I do.

What are you doing?

I've passed all my tests. I'm clean.

Would you mind?

This won't hurt.

You don't have to do anything if you don't want to.

People come to me for all sorts of reasons.

Some want to talk or just to be held.

Look, why don't we just have some fun?

People look for connections in different ways.

Someone who cares about them.

Andrei!

Last one.

I promise.

Get dressed.

CSI finished upstairs?

Shouldn't be long, sir.

You're a bot.

Yes, I am.

Cool! What can you do?

- Whoa. - Oh, awesome!

Are you a robot, too?

No, I'm human.

Oh. What can you do?

Watch this.

- (screams) - No, no, no.

It doesn't hurt. I got... I got a synthetic leg!

I haven't even been a child, and I know that would scare one.

What's the matter with you?

You have negative energy, man.

- My energy's great. - Why don't you

- like kids? - I never said I don't like kids.

You said I don't like kids.

Children can sense electromagnetic fields, John.

- That's a bunch of baloney. - They can sense discomfort, frustration

and bad energy.

As do felines.

I bet you have an issue with cats, too, am I right?

Hey. My issue with cats is none of your business.

I'm allergic to cats.

Maybe the cats are allergic to you.

You ever consider that?

Victim is ID'd as Sebastian Jones.

He paid for the room with cash.

Front desk said he showed up

with a woman. Red hair, 20s.

About a half hour later, two men showed up.

There are no fingerprints.

I don't think we're gonna get anything from Forensics.

Everything is tainted in here.

They used a DNA bomb.

I hate that stuff.

Absorption round, third gen.

Wouldn't have made a sound. These guys are good.

Any surveillance?

She came in at 6:15 p.m.

They arrived 20 minutes later.

They're wearing FlashMask.

They took his bag.

John.

She's an android.

What do we have on our victim?

Sebastian Jones was a high-end sex trade bot-maker.

Yeah, too bad he's dead.

Could've made you a girlfriend.

I'm not the one with the online dating profile.

I don't have an online dating profile.

You do now.

"Capricorn

who loves danger."

Okay. While you're at it, why don't you put down.

"Recently lost partner in tragic freeway accident."

Guys, what do we have?

Sebastian Jones' company

is called Orillian Sapients.

They specialize in advanced

- sexual robotics. Is this one of his sexbots?

We don't know.

Sexbots are licensed.

Who's it registered to?

It's not registered to anybody.

Someone owns it.

It has to be registered.

What else do we know about his life?

No spouse, no kids,

no criminal record.

Legitimate businessman.

- Inventor. He has 23 patents

to his name and is credited as a pioneer in developing

- the artificial blush response. Every red-blooded man in this city

owes a debt to this fallen genius.

Why, because he makes sex trade bots?

Call 'em "bang bots." They actually like it.

And you know this from experience?

PAUL (chuckles): You say it like it's

- a bad thing. - Crimes in the sex trade are down

- 38% since the bots were introduced. Right?

- Do that math. - The fewer real women

that have to sleep with you, Richard,

- the better off the world is. - Okay.

- What else do we know about him? - Sebastian Jones

couldn't pay his bills.

Orillian Sapients declared bankruptcy three months ago.

Creditors seized all of his assets,

and now they're currently sitting

in a repo storage facility.

Found a court summons.

- Sebastian was being sued. - (phone rings)

Kennex.

Your case just got weird.

I just sent you something. You get it?

Yeah, I got it.

The CSis went through the elevator at the hotel,

scanning spots these guys

likely touched, trying to pick up some DNA on them.

- Yeah. - We didn't find any DNA on the guys,

but we found something else.

That's the first sample they pulled.

Everywhere she touched, there was DNA from a 25-year-old girl

named Nicole Bloomquist, who was abducted three weeks ago

from a parking garage.

Are you telling me the sexbot we're looking for

is leaving this girl's DNA?

It seems that way.

How?

Correct. How?

Ah, there you go.

Perfect, perfect.

Oh, look at you. Wriggle monster.

Okay.

Mommy'll take it then.

Give me your hands,

give me your face.

Beautiful.

Another abduction happened.

Same M.O. as Nicole Bloomquist.

20-something female, parking structure.

Cameras were disabled.

There's no surveillance of the abduction.

And I found three more missing persons cases

with the same pattern.

So, they kill the cams and then take the women.

Yeah, except this time, something was left behind.

He was in the car. His name is Victor.

Can I talk to him?

Maybe I should talk to him.

- He's not good with kids. - Hey.

- Or cats. - That-That's not...

I'm great with kids, really.

Hey.

I'm Detective Kennex.

You must be, uh, Victor, right?

Victor's a-a good name.

It's a good, strong name.

Look, I know this must be hard...

but I need you to be brave.

Okay?

I really need you to tell me what happened with your mom.

You like him?

I'll give him to you if you want him.

But you got to promise me

to look after him

because he means a lot to me.

I promise. You promise?

Okay.

I trust you.

Look, Victor.

But I really need your help.

Need you to tell me what happened with your mom.

You guys were in a car, right?

Your mom got out.

She went to put the trash away.

Then what happened?

I saw the car.

Did you see who was in it?

Two men.

Two men?

What happened then?