Timms, they've got to understand.
My treatments are making him smarter...
at an incredible rate.
It's more important than training him for war.
You know our funding comes from The Shop.
They want this animal trained in virtual reality...
to use the infrared battle helmet, not recite the ABCs.
I won't increase the dosage of aggression drugs.
He's already been exhibiting behavioral instability...
in the virtual battle simulations.
What you're suggesting could destroy his mind.
There is no choice, Larry.
They don't care about his intelligence enhancement.
They want his primal rage centers fully stimulated.
He is to be battlefield ready.
Fucking screw the political assholes.
He's the best chimp I've ever had.
Battlefield simulation engaged.
Primate response optimum.
Threat.
Kill complete.
Let's go check out sector 10.
OK, level two.
Threat.
Targeting.
Acquire.
Attack.
Kill complete.
Evasive.
Security breach inside Sector 14, Level 5.
14, Level 5.
Threat.
Evasive.
Threat.
Clear.
Check the upper building. Go! Go!
Get over there.
Get over there on the double.
Evasive.
Non-threat.
Exit clear.
We have no visual indication...
that any incoming artillery have arrived...
or, indeed, are on the way.
We can report the air raid sirens are going off.
The military has been silent, though a couple of hours ago...
we heard a huge noise...
and it was confirmed that four KC-1...
KC-135 supertankers had left the area.
These are the planes that refuel...
other fighter planes and bombers...
American bomber planes over the area...
so they're in the air.
I'm trying to sleep, Larry.
I had a bad nightmare.
Really bad.
God, I hate it when you smoke in bed.
Oh, Jesus.
What did you do that for?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Larry, what are you doing?
Answer the phone.
Yeah? Hello?
Larry, it's Timms.
Your chimp's dead.
It tried to escape.
When?
It wasn't a robot we were building, Timms.
It was a living organism.
As the project supervisor and the government liaison...
it was my responsibility...
to use the strongest measures available.
Listen, I've warned you about the aggression factors.
He just ran the program we embedded.
Five years of research down the drain.
We'll get you another chimp.
That chimp was the key to moving on to a human subject.
Come in. We'll talk about it.
I've had it.
I want to make something better than a military weapon.
I'll just find funding in the private sector, that's all.
You're not thinking straight, Larry.
You signed ironclad nondisclosures.
VSI owns it all.
Besides, it might not be the healthiest thing to try.
You're talking about The Shop?
The puppet masters who pull all the strings?
What, they own me?
They'll rub me out... The Shop... if I don't comply?
You're being paranoid.
Your intelligence enhancement work was brilliant.
No one's saying stop.
I am.
Larry, relax.
I know you're upset because of what happened with the chimp.
Relax? They want to suppress my work!
The potentials for human advancement are endless!
Virtual reality holds a key to the evolution of the mind...
and that's my focus.
This is something...
and we haven't had something for a while.
There will be time for all this, Larry.
You just have to play the game a little longer.
That is how everything finally gets done in this world.
Why don't you take a hiatus and we'll restructure around here?
You can use the rest.
Take a hiatus.
Another hot one.
It's going to be a killer.
It's a long way up here.
Jobe!
Jobe, lad!
Ah, Jobe!
I feel like you live in the top of a tree.
Come on, boy. Let's go.
Grass is waiting for you.
Oh, no.
Did me brother have you doing penance all night again?
What did you do?
Nothing.
OK, well...
It's OK, Jobe boy.
It's OK. It's me, Terry.
Come on. Here.
Go get a shirt on, then we'll go, OK?
What have we got here?
Well...
Oh, no.
Oh, my God, would you look at this?
You finished Big Red.
Yeah.
Aye, you're magic with a machine, boy.
Look at this.
Could we try it... try it today, Terry?
I don't see why not.
Go fill up the gas can, Jobe.
Get me a candy bar.
Hey, Pop, could you move that shit before Christmas?
Fill her up.
Hey, Jake, that's dangerous.
You forget who you're talking to, half-wit?
That's dangerous.
Jobe, boy, go ahead and finish what you're doing.
He's smoking, Terry.
That's right. I'm smoking.
Why don't you shut the fuck up and fill your gas tank?
Jake, he don't mean no harm.
One of these fucking...
Jake, how's your old man doing?
Worse than ever!
Angelo is like all brilliant types...
erratic.
But we tolerate them at The Shop as long as they perform...
and Angelo has certainly done that.
Project Five is very impressive.
Mr. Director, without Angelo, there is no Project Five.
Well, he'll be back...
one way...
or another.
Falling.
Rapid descent.
Flying.
God damn it, Caroline.
Never unplug a program when I'm engaged.
You just ruined the whole effect.
Falling, floating, and flying?
So, what's next, fucking?
What are you pissed off about?
You said you were going to take me to the city...
but as usual you're hooked up into that machine.
Well, why didn't you remind me?
I did.
Oh, babe, I'm sorry.
Oh, Caroline.
I'm sorry.
This is not a good time for me right now.
I'm really sorry.
Get ready. We can still get a hotel.
We don't need to go anywhere.
I'm ready right now.
Larry, I want to go.
I don't feel like being around people right now.
I don't feel like going to the city.
You never want to go anywhere.
Caroline... I need your support.
I'm going through a lot of changes right now.
Well, I'm going through a lot of changes, too.
You're too obsessed with your work to even notice.
I'm young, Larry, OK?
And I'm not going to become a recluse just for you.
I'm into reality reality, not this artificial reality.
This technology is going to change the world.
This is the future... and you're afraid of it.
Yeah, well, it may be the future to you, Larry...
but it's the same old shit to me.
I give up.
Hey, Jobe!
Hi, Peter!
You've finished Big Red.
Hi, Jobe.
Hi, Mrs. Parkette.
Come over and have some Kool-Aid with Peter when you're done.
Thanks, Mom!
Peter, look what I got you.
The Nuke Masters special edition!
Yeah. It's 3-D, too.
But where are the glasses?
Glasses?
That's OK. I've got a pair of my own anyway.
Look at the blades, man.
If you boys listen real careful, you can hear the panpipes...
of the little people in the grass there.
Right, Terry.
I hear them all the time.
Hi, Dr. Angelo.
Can we play Cyber-Boogie today?
Yeah, sure. That would be fine.
Damn.
Peter! Get your ass over here!
I got to go.
Hi, Dad.
I told you not to leave that fucking bike in my way!
Didn't I?
Sorry, Dad.
What is wrong with you?
Didn't I tell you not to play with that moron anymore?
You want to get stupid?
Get in the house. I'm tired of this shit.
Come on.
That boy was told to take care of this.
He constantly shirks his duties.
Can't have these godless little creatures at the altar.
It's sacrilege!
Where are you, boy?
You're never here where you should be.
Four times in as many weeks...
he's forgotten his duty to the parish!
He brings the wrath of the Lord on himself...
just like his namesake.
Jobe, are you in there?
Answer me, boy!
God saw fit to make you a ward of this church...
and you must earn your keep.
I've tried to teach that stupid mind responsibility...
since you were five years old.
Which of God's lessons helps you to remember best, Jobe?
I'll remember my chores, Father, I promise!
Journal entry, May 1.
Work, marriage, life... what a joke.
I'm going now, Larry.
My plane leaves in an hour.
It's better for both of us this way.
Drinking all that whiskey isn't going to help your depression.
It's probably going to make it worse.
Yes, you're right, Caroline.
It is probably going to make it worse.
Well, don't blame me.
You have no idea of what I'm going through, do you?
My work is falling apart, and you decide to leave me.
It's dead for both of us, so why don't you give it up?
Good-bye, Larry.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Mother of God, pray for us sinners...
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Big Red.
Booting audio journal.
May 10 entry.
Recording.
Oh, Jesus...
this hiatus is driving me insane.
When I think of what I might have accomplished...
with a human subject.
I've got to find a way to continue the work on my own.
There's so much to do.
I can't wait any longer.
Full.
Hi, Jobe.
Hi, Dr. Angelo.
How are you?
Looks like you're working hard.
Yeah. I'm a real hard worker.
Jobe, do you like to play games?
Yeah. Peter says you have the best games.
I have a game in my house that you might like to play.
Would you like that?
OK.
Remember, one of the 4 shapes on the bottom row...
You see them down there?
Matches one of the shapes on the top row.
So put your finger on here...
and move that shape to the question mark, all right?
Incorrect.
Try again.
OK, here we go.
There.
Incorrect.
Don't worry.
Take your time. Here we go.
Correct answer.
You did it. Very good.
Let's play another game.
Come here, Peter. Come here!
I'm going to get you, Peter.
All right.
Look at that!
Let's go.
Watch out! Holy moley!
Come on, Peter. Slow down.
I'm going to hit the wall.
I'm getting dizzy.
Peter, wait!
Come on, Peter. Come on back.
Peter, I'm getting scared.
Game over.
Why don't you go upstairs and get some drinks?
Hey, Jobe. It's OK.
It's just a game.
I was really bad.
Well, you'll get used to games.
Thanks, Peter.
Hey, Jobe.
Hey.
I was flying upside-down, Dr. Angelo.
Come on. Hop up.
Come over here.
Sit down.
You know, Jobe...
I have other... different games.
I even have one that could help make you smarter.
I was born dumb.
But... you would like to be smarter, wouldn't you?
I don't know.
Well, if you were smarter, people wouldn't be able to...
take advantage of you.
Do you understand what I mean, Jobe?
- Yeah. - And?
Sometimes they do.
They do.
Can you keep a secret?
Well... I'll tell you one.
I can make you smarter...
but only if you want.
And you must never tell anyone.
You mean a secret for just you and me two?
That's right.
Well, I bet you already know, don't you?
So don't you tell anybody, OK?
OK?
Well, you're as healthy as a mule.
When can we play the games?
Soon, Jobe.
I need to give you a shot of vitamins first.
I had a shot once, Dr. Angelo, and it hurt.
This won't.
Trust me. I'm very good at this.
That looks like a gun.
OK, just relax your arm. Relax your arm. Relax.
Look over there. Look over there.
It didn't hurt.
Just relax.
Your head's going to be a blank for a while.
All right?
Yeah.
Just breathe now.
Too dark.
No, it's not going to be in a while.
Just breathe and relax. That's it.
In a while, it's going to be like...
being up there with the stars, Jobe.
Like going to another planet.
You're going to feel a tingling sensation in your hands...
but don't panic.
It's OK. I'm right here with you.
It's all part of the game.
OK, here we go.
Cortex stimulation engaged.
Brain stem strobe enabled.
Is that my hand?
It's going to hit me!
No, it's not going to hit you.
Just relax. Just breathe.
Strobe velocity increasing.
Journal entry, May 10.
The electrochemistry of his brain...
has responded better than I'd expected.
I'm going to step up the virtual treatments...
and increase the dosage of nootropic drugs.
I should see escalations in his brain patterns...
by the end of the week.
It's too late to turn back now.
Jobe, what's the matter?
I'm hungry.
Well, go eat.
His mind is like a clean, hungry sponge.
Synaptic activity has increased 400% in less than a month.
His human brain is responding to the nootropics...
and virtual stimulation more rapidly than my animal subjects.
Go on! Go faster, Peter!
Go on! I can catch you right now!
Come on and get me, Peter!
Come on!
I'm going to get you now!
You better not get too excited 'cause I'm getting you!
Look right there!
Come on!
I got you!
Game over.
Yes! You nailed it, Jobe!
You nailed it!
Whoa, that was sketched.
Finally some real competition.
Yeah, he got you that time, didn't he, Peter?
Congratulations.
You just graduated to the next level, Jobe.
Hi.
You got a horse?
What are you doing?
Why are you standing there half-naked, exposing yourself?
What sort of perverted behavior is this?
You should knock before you come into somebody's house.
This is my house.
I pay the rent, and I want to cash my checks now...
because I want to buy some new clothes.
And I'm going to buy some cowboy boots...
and I'm going to make this place a ranch.
It's that Dr. Angelo, isn't it?
He's been feeding the Devil in your head!
No, he hasn't!
I'll see to that.
You know, you shouldn't hit people.
You shouldn't hit people like that.
Very impressive.
Did you use the Project 5 formulas on this subject?
As a base.
But I've totally reconfigured...
both the nootropic and the cyberlearning programs...
without aggression factors.
Of course. That only makes sense.
I can't believe you went ahead and did this, Larry.
Look at the comparisons.
It works with a human subject, Timms.
It's incredible work, Larry.
So... what do you say?
I've gone as far as I can in my lab at home.
I need access to the main lab to go further.
There's no telling how far I can take Jobe.
I can't do this without your help.
What's it going to be, Ms. Burke?
Would you check my fluids, Jake?
Do I know you?
I mow your lawn.
No. You're not the Lawnmower Man.
Well... wow.
You've certainly changed.
I don't know how you did it, but I approve.
Ms. Burke, I filled her up with trans fluid.
No charge.
Thanks, Jake.
You're welcome.
Well, I'm looking forward to having my lawn mowed...
soon.
She's got the hots for you, Jobe boy.
You got to be kidding me.
She's just teasing this half-wit.
Look at him. You got him dressed up like a fool.
I've known her ever since her husband died.
She's been kicking up her heels with all the young studs.
And I tell you, she wants this young fella.
Don't you call her no whore around me, old man.
Whores do it for money.
She's got money. She's young.
She does it 'cause she likes it.
I told you to shut up.
Hey, Jake, don't do that.
OK, Lawnmower Man.
Dr. Angelo, I think people can tell that...
that I'm changing.
Just don't draw attention to yourself, OK?
Just keep doing the lawn job for now.
It's not going to last forever.
I like doing the lawns.
That's good.
I always liked doing them.
That's good.
You're cleared. Go ahead.
Why is this place so far from town?
The work here at VSI is government classified.
Top Secret.
Good afternoon, Dr. Angelo.
Looks like a dungeon in here, Dr. Angelo.
You see this, Jobe?
Holy moley!
Come on. It's OK.
Look.
This is some of the most advanced computer equipment...
in the world, Jobe.
In these gyrospheres, we wear full cybersuits...
which allow us to enter into virtual reality and move.
Your entire nervous system and endocrine system...
will be in sync with the brain expansion.
Endocrine?
Endocrine: it carries secretions of certain glands...
like the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary...
which regulate growth.
Sometimes...
I think I've discovered a new planet...
but one I'm inventing instead of discovering.
I've just sighted the shore of one of its continents.
Booting biology systems readouts.
Bio-monitors on.
Choice.
Graph 5... engage.
Change brain wave parameters.
Brain wave pattern altered.
Prepare brain stem injection.
Initiate brain stem.
Insertion complete.
Let me off! Dr. Angelo!
Synaptic reaction positive.
My head, Dr. Angelo!
I like it!
Change brain wave parameters.
Initiate second level.
Insertion complete.
Lemonade.
Think he likes lemonade?
It's so hot today, Jobe.
Why don't you come up for a cold glass of lemonade?
Oh, Jesus, Mother of God, would you look at that?
Go on, you dolt!
Go on!
Jobe, have you ever kissed a girl before?
Really?
Give me your tongue.
Soft.
Hard.
He absorbed Latin yesterday in less than two hours.
It took me a year just to learn the Latin alphabet.
God damn, Larry, I am speechless.
I think it's time we brought this out of the closet...
and report these results directly...
to the Department of Scientific Intelligence in Washington.
DSI is bound to offer you both tits.
The timing isn't right.
There's some factors that need ironing out.
Iron them out.
I'm not going to be able to keep this quiet much longer.
The historical perspective of expressionism,
as typified by Van Gogh and Gauguin...
Rhythm and blues. You like it?
Yeah, sure.
I like it.
Classical.
You should try listening to a whole tune once.
You might like it.
Too much to hear.
I get it all by sampling segments, anyway.
Who taught you how to drive?
Me!
There you go. Enjoy yourselves.
Jim, you need anything else?
Hi, Dolly!
Hi, Jobe. I'll be right with you.
Don't you want to check out the comics first?
I gave them up, Peter.
No way!
Matter of fact, I got my whole collection in that crate...
and I'm giving it to you.
Whoa, awesome! Dudical!
Order me fries and a Coke, all right?
Are you all right?
I don't got time for this.
I hope he doesn't puke on the counter.
What's wrong with that fool?
He's probably been taking dope.
Look at that guy!
Weirdo.
Whatever the hell's his problem?
Probably dancing with the booze lady.
He's having a breakdown.
Oh, man!
Are you all right, Jobe?
Peter, I got to go.
The things that people think.
I had to use all my concentration to block it.
I don't want it to happen again...
because if it does, I think I would go crazy.
It's amazing.
Even with the treatments stopped...
your abilities continue to change and grow.
I speculated that if psychic powers existed...
this research would be the key to unlocking them.
But this is beyond anything I ever expected.
I mean, like the accelerated learning.
The results are completely unexpected.
Completely.
Well... don't worry, Jobe.
I'll sort something out.
I've got to keep this psychic development quiet...
especially from Timms.
Who's Timms?
I'm preparing Angelo to present his results to you personally...
as you've requested.
He's met with incredible success.
Precisely why we feel it's time for you to guide his efforts...
in a specific direction.
Which direction is that?
We're most anxious to see what effect...
the original Project 5 formulas will have...
on this subject.
Mr. Director, the aggression vectors in Project 5 caused...
That was an ape, Timms.
We want to know what effect it will have on a human subject.
It's an essential step for us to determine...
certain covert sector applications for Angelo's work.
It will be difficult in the extreme...
to convince Angelo to reinstate the original formulas.
Then you'll have to be persuasive in the extreme.
Run batch 505.
Program change initiated.
Initiate brain stem.
Brain wave pattern altered.
Can you hear me, Jobe?
Relax.
Shut down theta stimulation.
I'm coming over. Stay there.
Warning. Endocrine, adrenal, increasing to fatal levels.
System shutdown.
I saw God!
I touched God!
I was pushing.
I didn't even think of Jobe's safety.
That amount of brain swelling should have killed him.
Instead, it completely disappeared, leaving no lesions.
Somehow the experiment is out of my control.
I'm stopping the treatments...
until I can figure out what went wrong.
Confessions.
Eavesdrop on real people...
telling their innermost secrets, darkest desires.
I saw this woman today.
I couldn't help myself.
God, he smells good.
I want to get him up for something strange tonight.
I can read your mind.
Oh, right.
You sure have some strange fantasies.
Come with me.
Let's live a little...
Jobe, it's so huge in here.
This will be the best ride of your life, Marnie.
You're the best ride of my life.
In here we can be anything we want to be.
I'll see you on the inside.
Wow! It's my hands!
Look at this!
Oh, my God!
Jobe, where are you?
I'm right here, Marnie.
Come over here.
You're beautiful.