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.

Excuse me.

Detective Kennex?

May I help you?

John?

What are you doing down here?

I was, uh... I was just looking, uh, for you.

- Are you okay? - Yeah, yeah.

I'm-I'm, uh... I'm, uh... I'm great.

Cool.

I'm sorry I'm late.

They're replacing my chest plate.

We have to go by Rudy's later and pick one up.

Okay.

We'll... we'll do that.

Oh, I can't get it out of my head.

What are you talking about?

The life-sized Ken doll.

That's what's bothering you?

I'm the one that lives with them.

I have no privacy,

and they glare at me with their

lifeless eyes. I'm miserable.

You need to talk to Captain Maldonado.

Talk to Maldonado... about what?

- I need my own place. - You gotta be kidding me.

- You saw how awful it was down there. - Yeah.

It's burned into my brain forever.

Welcome to my world.

You're, uh...

you know, you're not...

like that down there, are you?

Not that it's any of your business...

but my designer was much more thoughtful.

I'm made to look human.

- Oh, okay, good. - I can show you.

No, no, no. What are you doing?

No, no. Oh, my G...

Is that all for one person?

Dude, put it away.

Wait.

You're a robot.

What... what do you do with it?

Probably the same thing you do with yours...

nothing.

I do plenty with mine.

- Oh, yeah? - Plenty.

Yeah? What's up with Detective Stahl?

- What about her? - The way she smiles at you...

the way she says your name...

John...

Oh, please, don't.

- She likes you. - Come on.

- We work together, so... - John...

your fake leg is really sexy.

Captain Maldonado, you said

you oversaw the investigation of this case.

Can you elaborate on what you found

at the crime scene?

I saw Dr. Fuller, the victim,

lying dead on the ground in a parking garage,

adjacent to a clinic

where he worked as a fertility specialist.

- Could you be a little more specific? - Yes.

There were three shots...

two bullets to the chest, one to the head...

at point-blank range.

I know that because the residue from the gunpowder

had blackened the wounds around Dr. Fuller's skin.

Sounds brutal.

It was.

Whoever did this

must be a horrible person,

with a record of doing horrible things.

I call your attention to Exhibit C.

This is the weapon that was found

next to the body of.

Dr. Liam Fuller, is it not?

Yes.

It's a high-capacity assault pistol,

banned for street use.

Were my client Ethan Avery's

fingerprints on the gun?

No, they were not.

Nor were they at the scene.

And did you find his

- DNA at the scene? - No, we did not.

You're telling me that my client,

an upstanding citizen

with no criminal record

who donates a good portion

of his inheritance to charity...

Objection, Your Honor, irrelevant.

Sustained.

Move it along.

You're telling me

that my client, Ethan Avery,

brutally murdered Dr. Liam Fuller...

Yes, that's correct.

...and you have no physical evidence

- to connect my client to the crime. - No. - Thank you.

- But what we do have... - Captain.

- That'll be all. - No.

That's not all. What we have

is two eyewitnesses who saw

your client murder Dr. Fuller

- in cold blood. - I said no further questions.

Two witnesses who are not related to each other,

- who were both at the scene of the crime... - I... Your Honor.

- ...who were able to pick out of a lineup... - Objection.

- Sustained. - ...separately, that man,

Ethan Avery.

That shuts the door on reasonable doubt.

- Your Honor... - That's enough, Captain.

You may step down.

Thank you.

It's so stressful, isn't it?

All this waiting.

It's my first time being a witness.

Have you ever been a witness in a murder trial?

No, I've never been a witness.

I like your scarf.

It's your grandmother's, isn't it?

How did you know that?

She told me.

I'm sorry,

but my grandmother's been dead for a year.

I know that.

I'm a psychic.

And a medium.

A little bit of both, I guess.

A medium psychic?

On good days, I'm a petite psychic.

The lawyer asked me not to mention it

on the stand.

But we're not on the stand, so...

No, I can't tell her that,

she's about to testify.

Tell me what?

She thinks you're ruining her scarf

with your oily skin.

Her words, not mine.

I think your skin is lovely.

I told you, nobody wants to hear that.

Haley Myers?

They're ready for you.

Don't worry.

You're gonna be great.

Please raise your right hand.

That wasn't nice. I told you.

I shouldn't have said anything.

I always do that.

Is the State ready to call its next witness?

Uh, yes, Your Honor.

Um, as you know, the two eyewitnesses

are in protective custody,

so to ensure their safety, we're going to be

broadcasting their testimony remotely.

That's fine. Proceed.

The State calls Haley Myers to the stand.

Have you been sworn in?

I have.

You may be seated.

State your full name for the record, please.

Haley Jolene Myers.

And what is your profession?

I'm a registered nurse.

Thank you, Mrs. Myers.

You were at the parking garage

- the day in question, were you not? - Yes.

I was.

You were going to your car, correct?

It was around 8:00 a.m.

I had just

finished my shift.

And can you tell us what you saw?

I, um...

Yeah.

It's all right, Mrs. Myers.

Just... take your time.

I saw a man

striding toward a parked car.

He was moving quickly, like he had a purpose.

Then I saw he was holding a gun.

Mrs. Myers?

Something's happening.

The safe house has been compromised.