It's a new beginning.
When you sacrifice your own personal desires
for a greater cause, a greater good.
You never die.
You never disappear.
That is what it means to be human.
There is no alternative
You can try to escape by living through a puppet
Through a machine.
But deep down inside, you know you're living a lie
Here, inside these walls
We understand the truth.
We sacrifice many modern pleasures and conveniences
to feel truly connected.
Not with machines
But with ourselves.
This is the human condition.
This is what gives life meaning.
My friends.
Soon the day will come when surrogacy must end.
That day, I promise you
Is close at hand.
The day... we get a second chance.
Excuse me.
- Can I help you? - Yeah
I'd like to speak to The Prohet for a minute.
You and everybody else bud, no.
You some kind of cop or somethin'?
You have no jurisdiction here.
Can I talk to you about Myles Strickland please?
Enough.
It's different when you actually feel the pain.
Isn't it?
What happened to Strickland?
Was he a friend of yours?
He had a weapon.
A very dangerous weapon.
My people will do anything to get this back.
Well... if I happen to come across such a weapon
I promise to have it delivered to your door.
Show him to the gates.
Gently.
Agent Greer.
May I offer you a ride?
You'll have to excuse my appearance.
It's not safe for me to use my usual surrogates.
Dr. Canter.
This is one of VSI's newer models.
How long have you been following me?
Long enough to know you're getting nowhere solving my sons murder.
You lost a child Agent Greer?
How?
Car accident.
It was just an accident.
I'm sorry.
I can think of no worse tragedy than a parent outliving a child.
All I can tell you
is that the man who killed your son is dead.
His name was Myles Strickland.
Lived on the Res'.
He was killed by his own people.
And that's it?
Case solved?
One man didn't act on his own.
Whatever killed my son
was an extraordinary sophisticated technology.
Far beyond the capabilites of the Dreads.
We're talking about a billion dollar weapons project.
Who do you know spends money like that?
Focus on the weapon, where it came from.
Mmmm do me.
How was it?
- Hey Maggie? - No, thank you.
Come on... it'll take the edge off.
Tom? Honey?
I thought you were still in the hospital?
Yeah...
I can see that.
What happened?
Tom I don't want you going out without your Surrie ever again.
- Tom? - You look very nice, Sexy.
Ok... Don't start. I'm sorry, those guys...
They're friends of Brigettes, she brought them over, she wanted to go to this party...
I didn't even want to go.
How long have you been jacking?
I don't.
I don't do it Tom.
And what does it matter if I did? Why are you being like this?
Okay go have a good time.
Tom stop it!
Tom?
Tom, what was that?
- What? - What you want from me?
I want you...
...My wife.
I am your wife.
And you won't see it.
No. God.
No you're not.
Not... Not... this.
Not this... thing... This...
I just want you.
And I want the woman that's in that room.
My wife.
Things have changed Tom.
You're... No you've changed. You're just scared.
You're just scared... We could go talk to somebody...
Maggie... Maggie your my wife.
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Agent Greer? Is that... Is that you?
Yeah.
- You look... You look terrible. - Thanks you too.
The chips completely fried. What do you got on the girl?
Come on... Let's go talk to her Op.
We can we access any Surrie in the grid.
Touch of a Button, I can tap into anyones feed.
Transfer to remote operator.
I wish I could help.
This thing killed 5 cops.
One of my men. Almost put me in the ground.
I know it's a weapon. I want to know what kind.
You're asking me to compromise highly classified information...
I know where it is.
Where is it?
Right...
Is called an O.D.
Overload Device.
The idea was to end the battle with one shot.
Giving the software virus straight to the CPU.
Disables the Surries instantly.
We didn't know the virus would defeat the built in failsafes.
...kill the operators.
Who makes it?
VSI.
After the test
the project was scrapped.
Every unit was destroyed.
Except this one right?
Where is it?
Right now it's in the hands of the Human Coalition.
- How long have they had it? - A day...
Maybe two.
This is out of your hands.
Military will handle this.
- You called for us? - Take this to
the federal building downtown.
A woman will meet you there.
Agent Jennifer Peters.
You're to give it to her... and her alone.
Peters.
What are you doing?
Just a background check on VSI.
Structural stuff.
Those are internal financial records.
Talk to Jenkins in corporate.
6th Floor.
Don't forget the cheek bones.
Okay, honey. Face off.
Maggs.
Hiya Tom.
Those ugh... Smile muscles need to set.
- Hey. - Hi.
I'm sorry about last night.
I'm at work Tom.
- I didn't come here to argue. - Good.
See I feel like I've gone crazy.
It's... I just...
I love you.
I love this smart, beautiful
Intelligent, funny
Woman... And...
I can't sleep.
And when I do... I have these dreams that are...
And I can't stop thinking about him.
Tom... don't...
Don't you ever think about him?
Of course I think about him Tom.
You say you don't sleep?
You say you have nightmares?
That girl who you say is funny and charming and whitty...
And has a great smile... she doesn't smile anymore.
I don't believe that.
The only reason I can get up in the morning and get out of the house
Is because THIS is who I am now.
- That's okay, honey. - No, no.
- No. - Maggie. - NO!
Maggie wait.
Brothers and sisters gather close and prepare yourselves.
The day of the resurrection is upon us.
The day we make history. The day we launch the revolution!
We all know what we're looking for.
Remember... Do not fire unless absolutely necessary.
Biologicals here.
Over there!
- Cease fire! - Hands on your head. - Cease fire.
My God.
I couldn't figure out why the cops let Strickland off.
So I started going through the payroll records.
You won't believe this.
- For the last 16 months... - He was working for us.
That's right.
Which means Stones gotta be dirty.
Looks like he hired Strickland to kill Canter.
Hey Tom. I thought you were on leave?
Oh yeah... I am.
Actually I was just suspended.
Another investigation, I'll just clear my desk out.
You should be home.
Recuperating Ok?
Not walking around here in the flesh...
I was at home then I came here to clean out my desk.
And you know... before the medication kicks in... Hopefully...
I can find a box... And... Oh...
Victor Welsh wanted me to say hello.
I'm sorry?
Victor Welsh, VSI, the good looking kid?
Very excited you coming over there, finally moving into the private sector
You must be excited.
Why don't you come into my office, you're not looking too sharp.
Yeah Yeah... I got a minute.
It's a good move for you. It's a really good group over there.
Smart. Talented.
Great legal department.
Great working environment.
You gotta be happy with those first year stock options huh?
What are you talkin' about?
Myles Strickland, the guy I was chasing...
The guy you hired to kill Canter.
- Tom you got it all wrong. - You gave him the weapon.
VSI makes them.
They give one to you, you give it to Strickland so he can go out and kill Canter.
The only problem is, he killed his son by mistake.
- Something is wrong with you. - Why are you doing this?
Money? Is that what it is?
You need help.
This is Stone. That son of a bitch Greer disabled my unit!
Stop him!
Go... Go!
Jesus. No wonder VSI wants Canter dead.
He's in bed with The Prophet.
He's funding the Anti-Surrogacy Movement.
He's given them names.
Crazy bastard invents surragotes and does everything he can to destroy them.
It doesn't connect Stone to the murder. We need to link him to the weapon.
He needed codes to use it.
I want you to look for access codes.
You get the codes... You nail Stone.
Good job Agent Greer. Thank you.
This is Agent Peters. I found Greer.
He's been in an accident at Market and Hanover.
- FBI! - Get out of the car!
He's gone.
Scanning for identity chip.
He doesn't have one, he's a meatbag!
There's and exit in the back!
Hey! Where you going?! HEY!
Bobby it's Greer. I need a remote shutdown.
Agent Peters has been hijacked.
You gotta disconnect her.
Bobby? Hello Bobby?
Peters.
Have you gone insane?
Why don't you put the gun down? huh? What are you trying to prove?
She's grabbing into the entire 3rd network!
Maggie get offline right away, as soon as you get this message.
Something is going to happen to the surrogates.
- She'll only speak to you sir. - Why don't you just move in and take her down huh?
She has a human hostage.
Uh... the slob Saunders...
Peters?
Peters it's me Andy Stone.
That's far enough Stone.
I know who hired you to kill me.
I hope my old partners at VSI paid you well.
Did you feel even a second of remorse when you found out you murdered an innocent boy?
Canter?
I don't believe it.
Ok, how about you tell me something Doc. Huh?
What did you expect VSI to do?
Just stand by while you tore down everything they built?
You left us no choice but to take you out.
You created the technology, you changed the world and now want to destroy it?
So what?
So you can take us backwards?
So we can all live like Dreads?
So we can live like human beings.
Really Doctor?
You should learn how to live with your regrets.
Now give me the gun.
That's for my son.
I need to see your boss.
I need to see Dr. Canter right away!
Oh good... Listen to me... I gotta to see your boss. Dr. Canter he...
Device connected.
Over here officers, this way.
Warning! Commencing Upload.
Hello Tom.
Nice to finally meet you.
In the flesh.
Now... Lie on the floor, face down.
It's a little different when you have to kill somebody with your own hands.
When you squeeze the trigger,
You don't have a machine to do your dirty work.
Feel that?
An accelerated pulse, the heightened awareness...
Savouring each breath as if it were your last.
That what you've been missing.
That's what everbodys been missing.
So you kill millions of people?
I changed the course of human history when I invented surrogates.
Now I'm going to change it back.
You can't change what's been done.
You and I know that better than most people.
My son's death will not have been in vain.
Not if it heals mankind.
Heals mankind?
That what you want to do? You want to kill everyone?
- And that's going to heal mankind? - They're already dead.
They died the minute they plugged into those machines.
This is not the solution.
- That's the way it is. - That's not the way it is!
I had a vision. I was going to empower the powerless.
To enable other like me to walk, to feel.
- To live a normal life. - Listen to me!
They're going to call you a murderer! That is what you're doing!
Surrogacy is a perversion.
It's an addiction.
And you have to kill the addict to kill the addiction.
Upload Complete.
You're too late. What I've done can't be stopped.
Now you're going to be witness
to the rebirth of humanity.
That's my gift to you.
No! NO!
Selecting All Surrogates.
How do we make it stop?
Bobby it's Greer. Tom Greer.
How do we shut this thing down?
All Database Selected.
Jesus... He's trying to kill everyone.
Listen, that thing has just uploaded a virus into the system...
...that's going to kill anyone who's using a surrogate.
It's already started.
Bobby we need to unplug everyone... Now!
Think!
Uh... Uh...
I... Ok... Move over to the terminal on the left!
RED253
We can't unplug them but maybe we can buffer the operators.
Oh God... Ok... we've got 10 seconds!
Ok look... there are three passes.
Type in Tango in the first.
Xray in the second.
772 in the third.
Hit Enter.
HIT ENTER! What happe... Ah.. Shit!
SHIFT and Enter! SHIFT and Enter!
Uh... Ah...
Uh... You just saved about billion lives there.
Ok... Now we gotta keep the surrogates from getting fried.
Please go back to the first terminal hit the Enter key.
Hit the Enter key please!
Good... Now press Yes.
So that's it?
Everyone's safe?
- What? - All the people?
Yes... Yes... Of course yes. All the operators are safe.
But if you don't press abort, all the surrogates are going to be destroyed.
We don't have a lot of time man... Hit Yes.
Hi? Hello? Hit Yes Greer!
Greer I'm talking about ALL the surrogates!
Wha... What are you doing?
Greer?!
For God's sakes what are you waiting for?!
Press the friggin' button damnit!
Freeze!
Transmit Complete.
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Excuse me.
Bare with us as we're still trying to piece together exactly what has occured today
There has been a total systems failure of the central surrogate grid
In every major city on the eastern seaboard,
possibly in the entire United States...
...describing an identical failure in those cities this is unbelievable.
...no reports of human casualties
the damage appears limited only to surrogate units...
...thus far, no statements from VSI.
They have not responded to requests for information...
...Paris, London, Beijing all reporting the same thing...
...there is still no official word when or if surrogate services can be restored.
It appears, at least for now, that we are on our own.