EPISODE TEN
[boots stomping]
[tense music playing]
[officer] On the ground! Police!
Where is she?
- Are you asking me? - Yes, you.
I don't know.
My bot was stolen!
Do you realize what's going on, officers?
A bot was stolen from me,
the winner of the government's tender.
What's going on? Do something.
Find it!
What do we do now?
Call Forensics.
[minimalist piano music playing]
[deep booming]
[electronic bleeping]
[music intensifies]
[dramatic piano chords]
[music continues to build]
[gunshot]
[city rumble]
Are you going to hand me in to the police?
I have no choice.
I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
You're right.
My memories will help eliminate the main threat to you. Victor Toropov.
But I must warn you.
Interfering with my memory block may destroy my neurocluster...
Destroy me.
Arisa, please. I...
I really care about you, but there's nothing I can do.
What are you doing?
I...
I sympathize with you.
Have I done something wrong again?
No, Arisa, you did everything right.
- [ringtone] - Hello?
- Is Arisa with you? - Yes.
I'll meet you at the 47th kilometer of Highway 5, tomorrow at 8 a.m.
Alright.
Don't try anything stupid.
- Bye. - [hangs up]
[Zhanna] Ready?
[solemn music playing]
[starts engine]
The Liquidators broke into Arisa's dressing room during the show,
and you didn't tell me?
Safronov said the tender was more important.
- So I thought... - Who is your boss?
With respect, you know what that robot is like.
Get out.
Out!
- [ringtone] - Answer the call.
Congratulations! The grant was almost ours,
and you screwed it up as usual.
Alexey...
Shut up! What were the police doing at the show?
Why are they saying your robot is killing people?
And where the hell is she?
Arisa was stolen.
Stolen by your competitors,
who are spreading rumors that she's capable of murder.
Rumors?
Where the hell are they coming from?
You should know. Who's the lobbyist here?
How dare you?
Have you lost your mind?
All I know is that the killer robot scandal
came right after Arisa won the auction.
- Nonsense! - Who is behind it?
Garanenko. Who else? This is classic mudslinging.
You're the one who should deal with it.
OK. I'll make inquiries.
But we have bigger problems.
What do we do, now the robot is gone?
We don't need it anymore.
As soon as the Ministry starts funding us,
I'll fix up thousands of Arisas for you.
So get on with it.
Remember, I didn't force you to talk.
- If you let me down... - I know.
You'll crush me and scatter the pieces.
GLEB: WE HAVE A PROBLEM. I'M DOWNSTAIRS.
Fuck...
[ping]
[dial tone]
[dial tone cuts out]
[sighs]
Did Victor leave a message for me?
No. The master hasn't been home yet.
- He didn't give me any orders. - Call again.
[dial tone]
[dial tone cuts off]
Breakfast is served.
- Call me a cab. - Of course.
Your car will be here in three minutes.
Off you go.
I thought I had at least one professional on my team, Gleb.
Your men screwed up. You screwed up.
My men are dying on this job.
This job is costing me more than the goddamn space program.
Your people knew it was high-risk.
And still, they screwed up.
They lost the goddamn woman, the kid, and the fucking doll.
The witness is still on the loose.
I don't know, talk to them. Threaten them.
I know how to deal with my people, Vic.
Gleb.
How hard do you think it is to replace you?
Nobody is irreplaceable. That goes for employers, too.
Do you realize the CCD are looking for Safronov and the bot?
If they find them before we do, we'll all go to jail.
Speak for yourself.
Anyway, we would both benefit from getting there first.
If Safronov and the bot disappear for good,
our problem disappears, too.
That's all.
[whirring]
- Did you hear that? - Yeah.
We need to find them before CCD do.
You'll have to take advantage of your badge.
[engine revving]
[Svetov] There! There. Look.
What else do you need?
You accuse Toropov, and what do we see?
Safronov stealing Arisa right after the tender.
I keep telling you, Safronov is the victim here.
Whatever he does, Toropov drove him to it.
You have nothing on Toropov.
Do you realize the position you're putting me in?
Can you imagine what it cost me to get a warrant for this Arisa?
I'm under so much pressure I could be demoted.
- The evidence is in Arisa's memory. - So go find her.
- I will. - Then do it!
Do whatever you want,
but we need something to back up what you're claiming.
Otherwise, you and I are in big trouble.
Oh, and another thing.
After what happened, you'll have a guy from Homicide on your team.
- Tolya. - Enough!
[door slams]
[pop music on car stereo]
Thanks.
I mean, for helping my family.
I thought nobody cared.
We do.
Like Bars says, "Life to the living."
Whatever we're talking about, you always bring up Bars.
He's my brother.
And you're my girlfriend. I always chose you.
You aren't so lucky with your family.
Stop. Make her wait in the car.
OK. Get back in.
Where are they?
[Bars] In the car.
What does that mean?
What happened yesterday at the tender?
She almost killed me.
Bots are programmed not to harm humans. But she...
She can kill, right?
Yes. She can kill humans.
Great.
I have one condition.
I give you your family, and you give me Arisa.
OK.
Take her.
Turn her off.
Off?
I don't know how.
Do you think I'm stupid?
If I just take her, she'll kill us all.
My system does not have a sleep mode.
Shut up!
- [Georgy] She can't be turned off. - Georgy is right.
- The deal is off. - Wait!
Where the hell are you going? What do you mean?
Stay where you are!
I'll call you to arrange the next meeting.
[engine revving]
In our department, we guarantee our patients absolute safety
during the most complicated spinal cord and brain surgeries.
Our patients are treated by globally renowned doctors,
all members of international medical associations.
Our doctors widely practise surgeries involving...
[ringtone]
- Hey. - Hey.
I need your help.
Everybody needs my help.
Excuse me, Miss. You can't use mobile devices here.
Come on.
What? Who do you think you are?
Didn't you hear? Go away.
- I'm calling Security. - Call whoever you want.
I'll pay you, Lara.
I have more important things to worry about.
- I can wait. - Hello.
- Are you Larisa Kuras? - That's me.
- Come with me. - OK, bye.
[hangs up]
Let me introduce myself. I'm Dr. Daniyil Balash,
head of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Department.
Nice to meet you.
Your surgery is scheduled in two weeks' time.
Yes, I can't wait.
I even bought new pajamas.
How are you feeling?
Great, except for the dizziness...
sickness, and fainting.
I wanted to talk to you about something.
I felt it was suspicious
that you suddenly went to the top of the list
after being at number 47.
So I made some inquiries.
And you know what I found out?
You have three suspended sentences for frauds and cyber attacks.
So guess what?
I moved you to the end of the list.
You bastard.
Wait.
You can't do this.
If you try to attack our server ever again, Miss Kuras,
I'll sue you.
You may go to jail.
Listen, I don't have much time. I can't wait for two years.
You saw my results.
What about the people you moved down the list?
Alright, I'll pay for the surgery.
- Whatever. - Alright.
An urgent operation costs 18 million.
What? Are you nuts? Where am I supposed to get that?
- You should have thought of that sooner. - What?
You want to lecture me?
- I'll tell you... - Security!
Hey, take it easy.
[eerie percussive music playing]
- [bleep] - Call Bars.
[dial tone]
Hi.
You said you would pay me?
SYSTEM ACTIVATED
[female voice] Select the target.
Select the control mode.
Voice control.
- Select the activation signal. - Fire.
System activated.
Fire.
[gunshots]
[ringtone]
Yes?
[man] Hello, Gleb. I'm here.
Sorry, boss, but I don't get it.
What do we need the Homicide guy for?
He'll just get in the way.
Major, maybe Svetov is punishing you for going rogue.
OK. Let me explain.
The case concerns a bot, which is our department.
But the bot is a killer which makes it a Homicide case.
All in all, it's a unique case.
Our superiors don't know what to make of it.
Now, our goal is to find Safronov.
What if Safronov is working with Toropov?
He hid his accomplice, took the robot...
- [Varlamov] No way. - Why not?
Safronov has been on the run for hours and hasn't contacted us yet.
He'll call when he can. Better deal with the hitmen.
If we identify them we can trace their connections.
Sooner or later they'll lead us to Toropov.
Also, keep working on the Cronos security guards
who were at the show.
[Vlad] They saw nothing.
They say that because they were ordered to say it.
Keep the pressure on. Maybe one will spill the beans.
OK.
- Major. - Yes.
You should rest.
If I rest, everything will grind to a halt.
So keep working.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Major Varlamov? - Yes.
Detective Suponev.
Homicide.
I'll be working with you.
Georgy, where are we going?
Home.
To get Alla's and Egor's passports.
- It's not safe. - Why not?
We've been using this car for 24 hours. It could be on the police search list.
I can call a taxi.
Go ahead.
Georgy, I'm registering a pronounced state of agitation.
Is it connected with my failure to stop Bars?
It's connected with me being an idiot.
Why did I ever think this would be easy?
Toropov kidnaps my family. Egor's friends rescue them.
Why?
According to my data, positive thinking is not considered a flaw.
Positive thinking?
You're right.
There is something positive about it.
At least Egor will realize who he's dealing with,
and who his friends are.
Egor is in love.
That does not encourage objective evaluation.
You can say that again.
Why did he fall for Zhanna?
Anyway, this is all emotion. Just tell me if I can trust Bars.
Is he telling the truth?
Is he going to let Alla and Sonya go?
The probability of him lying to you
is 0.373%.
So he's not lying.
No. But you are.
You aren't going to meet his conditions, are you?
Why would I?
He took my family hostage and now he's trying to set the rules.
What are you going to do?
I'll have to ask for help.
- [bleep] - Call Varlamov.
[Stas] So you failed to protect the witness.
Did you at least get his statement?
Not on the record.
And you don't have the bot that recorded the murder.
This case looks sketchy.
What a weird crime.
The witness is dead and nobody has ever seen the body.
What do you mean?
Safronov saw it.
The guy on the run?
Right. And let's not forget, the main suspect is a robot.
This is impossible.
The investigation is just getting started.
[Varlamov] If there was no case, nobody would send a hitman to kill the witness.
If you're not OK with it, nobody is keeping you here.
Yes. The hitman is a strong argument.
So deal with him. Besides, bodies are Homicide's department.
[ringtone]
Hi. I really need your help.
Well?
Safronov called Varlamov.
The Liquidators have his family. Bars wants to exchange them for Arisa.
Find out where they're meeting.
Varlamov can't go there.
- You want me to... - No.
Just make sure Varlamov doesn't get there.
[electro music over speakers]
This is terrible.
Sveta will be devastated.
Maslo, what goes on in my family is none of your business.
Just fix the bot.
Fix it.
I see.
I'm just here to fix whatever you break.
Why so bold, suddenly?
A testosterone rush? Did you get laid?
As long as I'm paying you, you do whatever I tell you.
And I'm telling you to fix the bot.
What do we do about Arisa? Or is that none of my business either?
Maslo, don't make it difficult.
Why did you promise Losev a thousand Arisas
when we don't even know how to make one copy?
Not to mention your factory which is in fact unable
to produce anything like her.
- Your equipment is ten years out of date. - Are you done?
You think you're the smart one.
That you're invincible,
that you'll be running Cronos forever, and you don't give a shit.
But that will pass.
Maslo, let's be clear.
Anything regarding manufacturing or the factory is none of your business.
Your business is doing what I tell you.
And I'm telling you, fix the bot.
[bot] Mr. Toropov, your wife is coming up to the office.
[ping]
Sveta, hi.
You were fantastic.
At the show, I mean.
[Vic] Sit down.
Thank you, Igor.
Why couldn't you stay at home?
You promised to return Borya.
I did everything you asked.
I hosted the show. I praised your robot.
Please give him back.
I'd love to but he isn't here.
You promised.
You promised me.
Vic...
Vic, please. I can feel it.
Something is wrong with him.
He's fine.
Right, Maslo?
Yeah. He's OK.
Tomorrow you'll get your Borya back.
Yeah. Tomorrow.
You'll have him tomorrow.
OK.
Fine.
OK.
I can wait.
Thank you.
[inaudible]
Great. Now they're armed, too.
[Ira] They're just kids.
Safronov would disagree.
These kids are taking hostages.
- I have painkillers. Want some? - No, no, I'm good.
I need a clear head.
I think we need to call in Special Ops.
No, I don't think so. Seriously.
Firstly, we'll only know the rendezvous point
right before the exchange.
We won't have time to plan an ambush.
Secondly, Special Ops play rough.
They always shoot back.
So? It's a hostage situation.
Exactly.
- I suggest we go in in small numbers. - I agree with the captain.
Besides, we used Special Ops yesterday.
It didn't work out so well.
- You need to go to the hospital. - Take a pill.
Leave me alone with your pills.
Let's close this case, then I'll get treatment.
If you want to help, bring me coffee.
I think he really could use the painkillers. What do you say?
Alright.
[Moose] So he's about to leap out. I sneak in...
He goes there, I follow with a hammer in my hand...
See? Even a moose couldn't break out of these cuffs.
No offence, Moose.
But will they hold a killer bot?
Bars.
Did I do something wrong?
No, we're cool.
I did the best I could.
I put my heart into it.
Maybe you can tell us what to do next?
Is this Arisa really a killer?
I thought we just had to bust her power unit.
"Bust her power unit!"
You know what? The guys are starting to wonder if you know what you're doing.
Doubt is natural in humans. But Arisa has no doubts.
She'll break your shit into pieces and stab you with them.
Got it?
[crash]
I'm trying to take care of you!
If I ask you to do something, do it.
Have I ever let you down?
We're at war, guys.
Everybody else has given up.
We're not warriors if we're divided. They'll take us out one by one.
Sometimes in war you need to change tactics.
It doesn't mean there is no plan.
[echoing clang]
If I can bend it, Arisa will tear it apart.
Try again.
Do I have time?
Put your heart into it.
I haven't found any of Toropov's men in the yard.
Good. Keep looking. I'll be right back.
It doesn't mean they aren't watching us.
You shouldn't go alone.
- I'll just get the passports. - Be careful, Georgy.
Your emotional markers are peaking.
You shouldn't go alone in this state.
I told you to watch the yard, not me.
Will you?
Alright.
[tense music playing]
[rustling papers]
Hey.
Where's my family?
God, Lev!
- Why are you here? - I thought it was time to sort this out.
You stole Alla from me, right?
It's not like that.
What do you mean?
What about that happy family, broadcasting on all channels?
Why did Alla say she would tell me something important later?
- What did she mean? - Lev, it's not about you and Alla.
Why is her bracelet here?
Where are the kids? Where is my family?
Answer me!
Alla and the kids were kidnapped.
I'm on my way to save them.
What do you mean?
Do you know where their passports are?
- Call Varlamov. - [dial tone]
Safronov.
I'm coming with you.
[dial tone continues]
[electrical hum]
- Mom. - What?
I'm thirsty.
I'll get it.
Stay with her.
I'll get it.
[metallic clunking]
[electrical buzzing]
- Where can I get water? - The kitchen's that way.
What are we waiting for?
We're waiting for your husband. He's playing for time.
He has to call us. Then we'll meet and give you back to him.
Meanwhile, you're safe here. The kitchen is over there.
[buzzing and clunking continue]
[Vlad] The fingertips were cut off.
There are traces of a removed tattoo on his shoulder.
No ID, no phone.
No serial number on the gun.
- A pro. - Yeah, I think so.
The Forensics expert thinks that he's ex-army...
judging by his old wounds.
[jolly ringtone]
Boss! Your phone.
Shh! Don't wake him up. Let him have some rest.
[ringtone continues]
GEORGY SAFRONOV
Boss! Your phone.
Shit. We need an ambulance, now!
- I'm going with him. - Alright. Keep in touch.
[eerie music playing]
[bleep]
Zoom in.
GEORGY SAFRONOV MEETING BARS AT 3 P.M.
I thought the mission was off without Varlamov.
You said it yourself: small numbers.
We'd lose our chance and lose the bot.
But we'd set up Safronov.
It's an open space. We can't get close enough.
Does he even know you?
He might panic if you appear without your boss.
That's OK.
I can deal with that.
Where's your body armor?
Wait in the car. I'll join you.
OK.
System. Make a copy for me.
[bleep]
Send to Gleb.
[Georgy] Don't go back to the city. Go straight to Belarus.
There's practically no border.
Book the tickets and fly out of Minsk.
- Why so complicated? - It's safer.
What have you gotten yourself into now?
Alright! I did do some stupid things.
It happened. But Alla has nothing to do with it.
- That's for us to decide. - Please understand.
Alla just got caught up in the situation.
She didn't want to upset you so she kept quiet.
You have to take them away.
That's what I was going to do before you showed up.
- You want me to apologize again? - I don't need your apologies.
I have one condition.
You disappear from Alla's and Sonya's lives forever.
Is that clear? No phone calls, no contacts.
Do we have a deal?
Deal.
[buzzing]
[Stas] You realize how risky this is?
- You said it yourself. She's a killer bot. - This is our job.
You're so romantic!
Take the spare.
- [ringtone] - Hello?
I'm listening.
[Ira] It's OK.
Pavel Borisovich has been admitted. He's sleeping.
- Great. - But something doesn't add up.
- What? - The bleeding.
The tests show that he took a powerful blood-thinner.
They asked me what he took it for. Do you know anything about it?
No.
I'll call you back.
How is he?
The boss is fine.
Listen, I have a headache.
Do you have any more pills?
Sure.
Here.
What does that mean?
It means, Stas, that when we go back to CCD,
I'll send these pills to the lab,
and you'll have to explain why you gave the boss blood-thinners.
Shit.
Why are you so jumpy?
Relax.
The pill box has different compartments.
The painkillers are in one and the blood-thinner is in another.
- I made a mistake. - We'll find out when we're back.
Now put on the cuffs and get in the car.
- What? - The handcuffs!
- Maybe you shouldn't. - I mean it.
[tense music playing]
[gunshot echoes]
I told you not to come.
An IT guy!
I'm here.
What the hell?
I told you not to come through the main entrance.
Over there.
Keep a low profile. Got it?
- Aren't they here? - They all left.
And Bars?
I told you, they all left.
He wants you to wait for him here.
Poor guys!
Don't even look at them.
These freaks are all accounted for.
Liquidate your grandma's housekeeper if you want.
They're not freaks and I'm not a Liquidator.
- I'm my own person, so shut up. - What?
So the Liquidators have Alla and Sonya. Right?
Yes. And they want the bot in exchange.
Are you sure your CCD detective is coming?
Lev, you saw me send him the meeting details.
It's here.
[ominous music playing]
[city rumble]
[bleep]
- [Stas] They've arrived. - Great. They're here.
- Block the road. - Will do.
- System. Mask my voice. - Voice masking on.
[distorted voice] Show the exceptions.
List confirmed.
[System] Set activation signal.
- "Fire." - Activation signal set.
- Activate the system. - System activated.
Who else have you brought with you?
Nobody.
They won't interfere with our plans.
SYSTEM ACTIVATED
Get her to put on the handcuffs.
Alright.
[cuffs lock shut]
[man] Bars!
[distorted voice] Attention!
- You are inside the impact zone. - You bastard. Did you turn us in?
Please stay where you are,
or you will be eliminated.
What the hell is going on?
[Gleb with distorted voice] Hands up! Down on your knees!
Quick!
Is this your CCD guy?
We only need Safronov, his family, and the robot.
I'll let everyone else go.
Gun on the ground.
Quick.
Let Safronov's wife and kids come out of the van one by one.
Alla, stay in the car.
[Gleb] I'll count to three and shoot Safronov.
- One. Two. - Alla, stay in the car.
[Gleb] Into the middle!
Quick!
- Zhanna! - [Gleb] Freeze!
[snap]
[groaning]
[agonizing high-pitched tone]
[tone continues]
[crackling]
[tone stops]
[car alarms ringing]
- [Georgy] The car! - [Gleb] Fire!
[Gleb] Fire!
- [Bars] Zhanna, get in the car. - [Alla] Egor!
[Gleb] System! Fire! Fire!
SYSTEM ERROR
[Georgy] Egor! Go!
Go!
Get in the car!
[gunshot]
[more shots]
In the car!
Egor!
Go, go!
[shooting continues]
[Bars] Let's go!
Arisa! Arisa!
[gunshot]
SYSTEM READY
You OK?
[accelerating]
[Zhanna] Bars!
Zhanna! She's been shot.
We need to stop the bleeding with a tourniquet.
Georgy, I can help.
Not now. A rag! I need a clean rag.
Where is Bars? Where is he?
He's fine. He's in the other car.
Lev. We need to stop. Do you hear me? We have to go back. Egor is there.
Alla, please, stop it. I need you to calm down. Please.
No, we need to go back. Egor is there. We can't just leave him.
Alla, I won't let you risk your and Sonya's lives. I'm sorry.
Egor is with Safronov. They'll be fine. You'll see.
[tense music playing]
- [door opens] - [footsteps]
Here.
[Georgy] I need hot water. Now!
Bandages, towels, rags. Preferably clean ones.
Is that a gun wound? I'm out of here.
Stop. We had a deal.
- You'll pay double for the risk. - Fine.
- Where's the robot? - Vulture!
- Take her to the bot. - Come on.
Dad, help her!
- She needs a hospital. - You're a doctor.
Help her.
[Stas] There's another problem.
[gunshot]
Stay in touch.
Find the police frequency.
Five, Five, this is Owl.
Gunfire at Kilometer 35. My partner is down. I'm wounded.
[sirens]
[drones buzzing]
- [clicks fingers] - Show countries with a tropical climate.
Stop.
Show countries with a tropical climate and no extradition laws.
[bleep]
Stop.
Show Solomon Islands.
[bleep]
Book a flight to the Solomon Islands a week from now.
One way.
[bleep]
SOLOMON ISLANDS
A COUNTRY IN MELANESIA, SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN