Delirium

: Love is a deadly disease.

Known as deliria nervosa.

Fortunately, science has provided a cure.

We receive it at the age of 18.

Following an evaluation to determine a suitable match.

The cure releases us from the pain of loss,

betrayal, and abandonment.

Our minds stay intact.

But our hearts can no longer be broken.

Still, some choose to resist.

So we rely on the law to protect us.

There's a fence around every city.

Boys and girls are forbidden to socialize.

And there is censorship of books and music

that might weaken our resolve.

As for me,

I believe in the cure.

I can't wait.

: What's your favorite subject?

: They'll have my grades.

: They still might ask your favorite.

: Science.

Chemistry.

: Chemistry sounds too controversial.

Go with English.

- (Lena): Fine. -

Whatever.

English.

: Not "whatever."

Just English.

: You need to stop. Ok?

Please.

You have to trust me.

: I just wanna make sure you're ready.

: I've been ready my entire life.

: Remember, don't talk about mom and dad.

If they ask, just say you were young.

You don't remember anything.

: I don't.

There's Hana.

: Good luck.

Hey, I don't mean to be hard on you.

It's just, I want this to go well.

Your match to marry is the most important...

: Bye.

: It, bye...

: My sister is driving me nuts.

: My mom too.

She made me bring this.

: Home and Family?

: She said I should read it while I'm waiting.

Make a good impression.

- (Lena): Mm. -

Don't bite your nails.

It's a sign of weakness.

Here, bite mine.

: So we created a cure.

And it stopped the plague.

And we are happy now.

Are you happy today?

- -

Now, please welcome the man that I have the privilege

of calling my father.

The founder of the DFA.

Please. Thomas Feinman.

: Our little organization has grown,

over the years, into a great big success.

Celebrating the cure and all of its promises.

But now we need to stay the course.

Because outside of our city boundaries

there is a resistance movement,

and they are growing,

and we will not let them ruin all we've accomplished.

: We in the clear?

: Yeah.

That's for the employee entrance on the West Side of the loading dock.

There's a camera but I took care of it.

: Good.

Here.

Take this. Do not use it unless you have to.

You ready for this?

- - (Alex): I better be.

: I hope you go before I go.

: I will.

It's alphabetical.

: I'm too nervous to spell.

: Oh, you can't spell anyways.

It's nothing to do with being nervous.

: Lena Haloway.

: That's me.

: Lena?

: That's me.

: Welcome Lena.

Today's a big day.

: So I've heard.

: I'm sure it will be memorable.

Right this way.

: We are here to assess proclivities and preferences.

There are no right or wrong answers.

You will receive your match within one week.

And your procedure will take place on your 18th birthday.

Any questions?

: No ma'am.

: We have reviewed your medical records,

and you are healthy.

I see here that your father died of cancer.

: Um...

I was a baby.

I don't remember anything about it.

: And it appears your mother committed suicide

some time after.

Here curative procedure had failed, evidently?

: Um... yes.

My sister and her husband Liam were the ones who raised me.

They're the closest thing I have to parents.

: You have an outstanding academic record.

Is it fair to say you don't let the past interfere with the present?

Lena?

: I love you.

Remember, Lena.

: Actually, I live for the future.

- -

- -

: My father had a favorite quote.

A man named T. S. Eliot wrote,

"Do I dare disturb the Universe?"

: Miss.

Come with me, please.

: Like many works of art, that poem is now forbidden.

But I know what it means.

One person finds it easy to go along with the crowd,

while another stands against it.

: That cop at the lab was pretty hot.

: Sshh. Shut up!

: No one's listening.

He was way hotter than the guys who were waiting there.

They were all so awkward.

: Well, you'll get the best one.

You're the luckiest person I know.

: Still.

He'll be a stranger.

: Yeah. The perfect stranger.

There's a difference.

Ugh.

: Oh.

: Don't you ever wonder what's out there?

: What? Behind the fence?

Nothing.

Trees.

Water.

: And other cities.

We just never get to see them.

The fence keeps us in.

: Keeps other people out.

Come on, focus on what's going on here.

I don't know why you're freaking out about this.

I mean, we've waited our whole lives for it.

I wish I could do something to make you feel better.

: Maybe you can.

: Oh no.

: What?

: Ok.

I heard about this party.

It's co-Ed.

: What?

: Any music that you wanna listen to.

Totally off the radar.

: Rachel will kill me if I get busted at a party.

No.

: So.

We won't get busted.

: We can't. No.

: This thing at the lab borders on domestic terrorism.

It's an insurgency.

: Please. It's just a nuisance.

: Whose side are you on?

: The sheep.

They'd make nice sweaters.

: Audrey, would you tell Julian it's lunch?

: Oh, I already did.

Thank you.

He says he's not hungry.

He went to the doctor this morning.

They wanna hold his procedure another three months.

His white cell count is still too low.