EPISODE FIFTEEN
- A-8. - Hit.
- A-9. - Hit and sunk.
Are you kidding me?
Take it easy, I come in peace.
I want to talk about my surgery. I'll pay.
So? Will you have to take out a lot?
We're done. You can get up and get dressed.
How does it look?
Let's go to my office.
The glioblastoma has spread to the brain stem,
which controls your breathing and your heart.
Considering the risks,
the chance of a successful surgery is extremely small.
Unfortunately, we cannot operate on you.
Is there nothing you can do? I'm paying so much money!
I'm very sorry, but it's too late.
Any surgical intervention will result in death.
BETTER THAN US
Ninety degrees to the left.
Forward.
Stop.
Ninety degrees to the right.
Forward as much as possible.
Quadruple digital zoom.
Hey, you!
- Reverse as much as possible. - What are you doing?
I'm asking you!
Hey! Where are you going?
Stop!
Nearly every internet user has seen this video,
made by a radical youth group,
the so-called Liquidators.
What is happening is shockingly cruel, and most importantly,
it led to the rumors
that bots pose a real danger to humans.
But, as it turns out, the video is fake.
It's not the bots that are dangerous, but the Liquidators themselves,
who have once again tried to discredit the country's bot industry.
Our guests today are the chairman of the board of the Cronos Corporation,
Victor Toropov,
and surgeon Georgy Safronov, curator of the Arisa prototype,
whom our viewers will recall from the bidding show.
Georgy has nearly fallen victim to the Liquidators himself.
Egor! Egor, are you awake?
Egor! Your father is on TV again.
...kidnapped his young daughter,
his wife, and our robot, Arisa.
Georgy, how did you manage to escape?
I'd have to say I got lucky.
Oh!
Hey dude. See anything you like?
Look, we have all sorts of stuff for cheat sheets,
UV pens, contact lenses.
GPS bugs are a hit,
put one in your girlfriend's purse, and you'll always know where she is.
You can install a mic, too.
I need to remove something.
No, that's a tough one.
If you cut the strap, the alarm will go off.
I know. Any other options?
- I'm sorry... - I really need this.
We don't sell anything illegal.
Hang on.
I do have a gadget that could be useful.
While he was being held hostage, Georgy saw
the Liquidators make this doll, and then film it.
So what you're saying is that this is a copy of Arisa
made by the Liquidators?
That's right.
So where is the real Arisa?
She's here in the studio. Arisa!
Dear friends,
now you can see for yourselves
that the crude copy by the Liquidators is nothing like the original.
Good to see you, Arisa.
I have a very important question.
Tell me, would you be able
to harm, willingly or not,
a human being?
No.
This show is sponsored by Tamara's Buns...
Pavel, why are you watching that?
- It's just making you sad. - Is it on?
Everything is ready.
Great. Now we just need Suponev to get here.
- Off to the Cyber Crimes Department? - Yes. Just like we planned.
Okay, I'll call you.
Mr. Toropov, your company took a serious hit to its reputation.
How do you feel about the ministry announcing a second round
of bidding for the "Early Retirement" program?
Nothing wrong with that.
We won the first round, and we'll win the second one.
Yes. But I know it's going to be a closed event.
Could you share with us,
what wonders does Arisa have in store for us this time?
It's quite simple,
Georgy is a member of the most humane profession in the world.
So Arisa will also become a doctor.
She'll perform one of the most complex surgical procedures there is.
Wow!
That's just... wow!
I think that went quite well, don't you?
What was that?
The nonsense about the complex surgery?
What are you talking about?
To become a surgeon, I did six years of medical school,
three years as an intern, and two years as a resident.
Plus twelve years of medical practice.
How am I supposed to teach Arisa all that in a couple of days?
You're not.
I don't think that Arisa will become a surgeon.
You think I can allow her to cut into a human being?
You always have an alternative, to go back to prison.
Don't worry, Arisa won't be cutting into anyone.
Worst case, she'll use a simulator.
As if that makes it easier.
Doesn't matter. What matters is that she fails.
Fails?
- Yup. - What about the bid?
I thought we had an agreement,
I tell you what to do and you do it. Is that clear?
What about my reputation?
And the hospital's, where this will take place?
Reputation? Leave us be.
A couple days ago, you were a man who killed a police officer.
Don't worry about the hospital.
What's the name of the guy who fired you three years ago?
Balash.
What if we screw up the surgery in his department?
Cool that they've transferred you here.
They wouldn't have let us out of the ICU.
Will it work?
This gadget will block the transmitter. It'll disappear from all the radars.
Let me set it to the right frequency.
I'll scan it and then send the signal from the gadget itself.
What?
Nothing.
Toropov doesn't want Arisa to be a surgeon.
He wants her to fail.
He's threatening my family and making me take part in this bid.
And for what? To lose it?
I don't get it.
What do you care? Soon, it'll all be over.
Yes, you're right. It's time to end all of this.
- Your coffee, Georgy. - Thank you.
Arisa, do you want to become a doctor?
Then, you will have to take me out on a date.
What?
If I am going to do what you need, you will have to do what I want.
And this is necessary for my well-being, too?
You do not see it yet. But once you begin spending time with me,
even unwillingly, you will be happy
that you agreed to our union.
A new stage of development, you say?
Right. But you can't force love.
I think in our case it is more like "marry first, love will follow",
or "easy does it".
Or "habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness", or...
Alright, enough already.
I wouldn't want this happiness if you paid me.
In that case I will not be able to perform the surgery.
Is that so?
What are you laughing at? A little help here, maybe?
I don't get involved in other people's drama.
I think she's being logical.
Alright.
You want a date? Let's go.
Where are we going?
Movies, theater, restaurant, clubbing?
I prefer an outdoor picnic.
I'm sorry!
Sorry, the clothes are mine.
I would've bought you something, but I spent everything on the gadget.
It's fine.
Anyways, we have a house 300 kilometers from here.
The floor is rotted through and the roof leaks,
but we'll be safe there for some time.
We just need to get enough food for a couple of weeks.
Yup. We'll find Bars first.
My clothes look better on you than me.
- Can you walk? - My leg is fine.
Okay.
- Hi. - You again?
Do you know who this is?
Maybe I do.
So what?
How much for letting me talk to her?
Moose, this is brilliant! Keep filming!
Sorry for not telling you earlier.
Where is he?
In jail.
Barseneva, Jeanna, you have violated the remote monitoring order.
You are prohibited from leaving City Hospital No. 14.
I'm sorry, I convinced her.
We were just on our way back in.
The police will take you back.
Within three working days,
you will be transferred into Orphanage No. 42.
Please follow me.
Go.
Move it.
Yes, Pavel Borisovich?
Yes, Suponev is here. I am too.
Why, Pavel Borisovich?
We checked all of them, Bars's entire cell.
All of them, five times over.
Okay, I'll do it.
Have a good day, feel better.
Got an earful?
Don't worry about it.
If patients start being annoying, it means they're getting better.
For some reason I'm not sure that Borisovich is getting better.
Why not? They even let him go home.
I know, but after Vlad's death, and then Safronov...
You were worried too, weren't you?
Of course. Who wouldn't be?
Right, only Pavel Borisovich...
I think he's starting some sort of investigation of his own.
And I really don't like it.
But you're probably right.
I shouldn't take it all to heart.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Victor, I saw you on the talk show. A surgeon bot, that's incredible!
That's exactly what we need for "Early Retirement".
I'd be glad to hear the details.
That's what we're here for.
And Alexander, what have you prepared?
Andrey Dmitrievich...
We also chose a very important social sphere for our prototype.
We started becoming interested in public safety.
Jupiter Corporation plans to introduce
the Patrol and Inspection Bot prototype.
In short, the police bot.
Gleb, we have to do something. Varlamov won't let things go.
What exactly do you want me to do?
I don't know, come up with something. You're the brains.
We've already come up with everything.
They've got no evidence against you, and we have Bars's confession.
- What else do you need? - The witnesses. What if he gets to them?
Half of those witnesses died at Cronos.
If we have to, we'll get rid of the other half.
Just don't do something stupid acting alone
Now we know their weak spot. The witnesses.
Where are we going to find them?
- Andrey Dmitrievich. - Goodbye.
Victor, could you stay, please?
Yes, of course.
What do you think?
A police bot?
What is he thinking?
If I heard right, Alexander was talking about public safety...
Stop it!
With all the fuss there is today about bots taking people's jobs?
Do you have any idea what'll happen if we give the bots punitive powers?
Arisa, on the other hand.
A surgeon bot. I can get on board with that.
Andrey, you talk as if she'd already won.
Maybe she has.
It wasn't for nothing that your father-in-law had great hopes for her.
Balash may be a mediocre doctor,
but he sure has the best equipment.
I am connected to the surgery computer
and ready to go through with the simulation.
Let's start with the easiest things. Perform an appendectomy.
Do you want to give it back to me?
Why, are you afraid of something?
Afraid of Arisa coming back and making new demands?
We've already sorted it,
both her and Safronov are doing everything we ask.
While the minister is on Arisa's side,
he can give her the win, even if she fails the simulation.
And you've already come up with something, huh?
A simple failure at the bidding is not going to cut it.
We need a catastrophe.
A human being has to die by Arisa's hand on the operating table.
No, Arisa, no!
Come on...
- Shall I proceed to the next surgery? - Hi! Where are you off to?
I don't know! Jail, I guess!
Problems? Is something not working?
Just the opposite. Everything is working great.
She can just up and do things I spent half my life learning.
So you're jealous?
I can't force her to make a mistake.
She's aware that, unless she performs badly,
I'll go to jail.
But she can't do it.
She can't make a mistake.
You're just not formulating the task correctly.
There's just one task, to make a mistake.
How? Hit an artery, the liver...
There are many possibilities.
That's the problem, too many possibilities.
Arisa is a robot. She can't excel or fail.
All mistakes have to be specified at the software level.
By whom? The simulation is led by the surgery computer.
Its goal is to get the ideal result from the user.
So change the simulation to something else.
Like what?
Can you find an unsuccessful surgery in the database?
- I guess so. - There you go.
Ask Arisa to repeat it.
That way, the mistakes she makes during the surgery will be her mistakes.
She'll fail, and it'll look natural.
You don't have to thank me.
That's a great idea.
Alright, I'll go try it.
Why weren't you answering?
I couldn't earlier. Do you still want to talk to her or not?
I do.
Hi, Svetlana. Can you see me?
Hey, what's going on?
What did I tell you?
Considering the pills she's on, she's not up to much conversation.
Anyways, I held up my end of the deal, we're even.
If you stop giving her the pills, I'll pay you three times as much.
- I'll call you later. Think about it. - What the fuck, Maslovsky?
You come in late, you don't answer the phone,
and now you lock yourself in the lab?
The lab is my territory.
Nothing here is your territory anymore, is that clear?
Make me a copy of Arisa's blocking device, ASAP!
- Does she want to kill you again? - Get to work!
Are you planning on letting Svetlana go at all?
Till death do us part! And I'm not planning on dying.
Egor?
- Excuse me, you... - I'm Lara, we met at the base.
Right. Does Georgy Safronov live here?
He does.
Where is he?
At the hospital.
I'm helping him with Arisa.
Should I give him a message?
No need.
Jeanna is being taken to an orphanage.
I'll tell him.
Why doesn't she just run away?
She can't, they put a tracking anklet on her.
- Have you tried jamming the signal? - I tried, but it didn't work.
What do you have there?
- Where did you get this? - Some people suggested it.
I don't mean to upset you, but those people lied. This is a fake.
It's a cheap interference generator.
Do you want my help?
I'll tell you how to hack the chip and jam the signal.
Sit.
Look.
Georgy!
- Georgy! - What?
What time is it?
Two thirty.
I suggest we go to the hotel. You would be more comfortable there.
Yes, I suppose.
Whoa, you've made it to the brain already?
And what's this?
TOROPOV Boris Victorovich
Georgy, I found a surgery under your last name.
I was curious.
Nothing curious about it.
Toropov's son died because of that surgery.
And I lost my job and my family.
During the surgery on Boris Toropov, I noticed...
There's nothing to notice! It was a long time ago.
Let's go, I want to go to sleep.
Here's everything on your list.
Check it out.
I see you've learned a lot about different gadgets.
Yup.
Do you know how much all of this costs?
- Nothing. I paid you yesterday. - What's that supposed to mean?
This is a fake, it doesn't jam anything.
It got me in trouble.
So you're giving all of this to me for free.
No, dude. Either you pay, or you piss off. You got it?
I don't understand the point
of performing actions that are inherently wrong.
Don't start.
How was your doctor's appointment?
Great, the surgery is in two weeks.
Great. That's excellent.
Let me get you some juice.
The data is unsatisfactory.
You lied. Why?
I don't want to burden him.
And don't you tell him anything, he's got enough problems.
The conditions of the surgery have changed. We need to talk.
Is he insane? How can he even suggest that?
I'd rather go to jail! Doctors are respected in jail.
- The circumstances call for it. - What circumstances?
That's it. Either Arisa operates on the simulator,
or she doesn't operate at all. Got it?
That's my answer.
Who does that?
Ruining my mood in the morning...
I know who can solve your problem.
Georgy, it is hard for me to make a decision.
I cannot let you go to jail.
But I also cannot agree to murder.
Calm down, you're not going to murder anyone anymore.
Why are you guys so sad?
Where are you going?
Me? To the hospital.
Gleb is waiting for me in the car downstairs.
Gleb? To the hospital? What for?
I made a deal.
Arisa will operate on me,
and Gleb will pay me a lot of money for it.
Did you forget to ask me about this?
I won't allow Arisa to do the surgery.
Do you see it now? It's a good option.
You're wrong. The tumor is big, but...
- There are experimental methods. - I'm hopeless. You want to help?
Take this address.
Make sure that after the surgery Gleb transfers the money to my daughter.
- Your what? - I have a daughter, Yana.
She has a guardian, my mother.
It's a complicated story.
So you decided to leave money to the child rather than save yourself?
You're a mother. The child needs a mother.
She has a mother.
She thinks her grandma is her mom, that's the deal.
Good luck.
Georgy, did I understand correctly that our dilemma has been resolved?
Lara has suggested an optimal solution.
- Are you happy about this? - I am satisfied.
The social worker came again today.
The doctor said I need at least three days.
So, we have some time until Monday.
- You won't be here by Monday. - Where am I going to be?
Look, this is a scanner.
I used it to find out your bracelet's frequency
and set this transmitter to that frequency.
Look, there should be a marker on the map.
It's blinking.
- It's gone. - Great.
It works. We'll leave the transmitter here and go.
Open!
- Arisa... - Georgy is not here.
Not here?
Maybe it's better that way.
Toropov poses a serious threat to Georgy.
- Does he realize that or not? - He is aware of it.
The only way to get rid of Toropov is to kill him.
I cannot do that.
Is that because of the blocking device I installed? I can remove it.
You are hiding something.
Toropov poses a threat not only to Safronov, but...
also to someone very dear to me.
Can I remove the chip?
Yana, be careful!
Elena Vladimirovna?
Hi, I'm Georgy Safronov, your daughter's doctor.
Not your granddaughter's, your daughter's, Lara's.
Did she send you?
No. Your daughter doesn't know that I'm here.
- What do you need? - Nothing. It's something you need.
Your daughter is dying. Lara is about to undergo a serious surgery.
The success of which in many ways depends on her mindset.
Unfortunately for now, she's decided that she's done with this life.
She doesn't see the point of living.
I think you can change that.
Did she pay you?
I wouldn't be surprised, she'd do anything to get her way.
I don't know the reason behind your conflict,
and I can't judge who's right and who's wrong.
As someone who's seen death,
I know that if your daughter dies before you make your peace with her,
you will be in pain for the rest of your life.
That's all I wanted to say.
Goodbye.
That's it.
What's next? Should I take you to Cronos?
I have to see Georgy first. Take me to the hospital.
Let's go.
Yes, Pavel?
Yes, I'll be in touch soon.
Yes.
How is Borisovich?
Pavel claims that he knows who actually killed Petrenko.
He's sure?
He says that an important witness is at his place,
and he wants to hide him somewhere safe.
Stas, what do you think we should do? Should we talk to Svetov?
I don't think we should. It might be nothing.
We'd only throw him under the bus.
What does he mean, hide the witness?
He's not abusing his authority?
He said nothing else.
Go away.
Your doctor brought me here.
I'm sorry I didn't believe you.
Do you believe me now?
It's the first time I wished you were lying.
Right.
Where's Yana?
At the neighbor's.
That's good.
Do you want to see her?
Very much.
My God, my baby...
My poor baby...
Forgive me, please.
Elena Vladimirovna...
Come closer, don't be afraid.
Relax.
It's just a thank you.
For what?
For my mom.
She even offered to bring Yana here, can you imagine?
- Yana? - Yup.
That's great, congratulations.
Safronov...
Safronov, you're so cute.
Do you still not get it?
Nothing can be done.
I can't be saved.
Why would I traumatize my child?
What am I supposed to tell her?
"Hi, I'm your mom,
and goodbye, honey, I'm dying"?
It didn't stop you before, did it?
I'm sorry, this is important to me...
- I want to tell you something. - Well?
Well...
Gleb hired me to spy on you.
I really wanted to live and he promised he'd pay for my treatment.
So how much did you tell him?
Nothing.
It turns out, I find you much more likable than I find them.
What?
Take it easy...
Listen...
I'm going to lie down for a bit.
Can you sit with me?
First let me get you some painkillers.
Alina! I need 30 cc. of barbital.
Gentlemen, I present to you a neurosurgeon bot!
I know it's hard to believe,
but our company has equipped Arisa with special software
that allows her to perform such complex surgeries.
We are so sure of our success
that today you'll see the first-ever surgery to remove a brain stem tumor
performed by a bot on a live human being.
One moment, Victor Pavlovich.
You seem so sure, but isn't this a bit too risky?
Of course, there is some risk, but it's the patient's only hope.
She's signed all the papers, so we're in the clear.
If anything, this is a rescue operation.
Arisa is a unique bot.
Her desire to serve humanity is as limitless
as her abilities.
I'm not even talking about state resources
that we'll save with this breakthrough.
Gentlemen, shall we begin?
It can't be.
I told you. Now do you believe me?
I do now. What will we do about it?
What I already suggested. We'll contact my friend in Internal Affairs.
It can't be.
I told you. Now do you believe me?
I do now.
What are we going to do about it?
What I already suggested. We'll contact my friend in Internal Affairs.
- It can't be. - I told you.
Now do you believe me?
I do now. What are we going to do about it?
What I already suggested. We'll contact my friend...
Are you awake?
What time is it?
The surgery is already underway. That's what you want to know, right?
Untie me.
- I can't. - Untie me.
Or what, you'll tear me to pieces? That's scary and all, but honestly...
I'm much more scared of Vic.
Is that him?
No.
Arisa.
So she's killing Lara.
Personally, I suggested that she kill Toropov.
Kill Toropov?
I thought you were on the same side?
It's more of a yoked-together situation.
Or rather, I'm the person who didn't say "no" in time.
Drop the metaphors, will you?
Vic was always cool, I was a nerd.
In college he simply used me.
Writing two term papers instead of one
didn't bother me, because I had such a cool friend.
And then Cronos appeared and we became partners and associates.
Could you wipe the tears off my face?
What's with all the sarcasm?
Did you forget how you covered up Arisa's murders?
I didn't forget.
But my family's safety was in jeopardy.
In my case, it's a matter of the safety of the woman I love.
I'm in love with Toropov's wife.
It just happened.
And he threw her into the nuthouse.
And you couldn't come up with anything better
than trying to kill him by Arisa's hand?
Seriously?
Your owner is calling.
It's an alarm clock.
She specified the exact time when I could untie you.
Turn over.
Take me to the hospital.
Mr. Safronov, Georgy Nikolaevich.
I was wondering where you were.
Although...
I'd also prefer not to be seen in public at such an crucial moment.
Georgy Nikolaevich has always been very humble.
I must tell you that he's one of our best neurosurgeons!
We were very sad when he left us.
But we're always ready to welcome him back.
Victor Pavlovich, care to comment?
It was Mr. Safronov who taught Arisa, your incredible prototype.
What's there to comment on?
Georgy Nikolaevich really rose to the challenge.
I'd like to thank him for that.
- Are you talking about the surgery? - About the phenomenal surgery.
Gentlemen, we're proud of you.
I'll go and check on the patient. If you don't mind.
Of course, go. We won't hold you up any longer.
I thought you were going to kill her.
I had no intention of killing her.
I wanted to let her die.
- Those are different things. - But you didn't...
Because during the surgery I figured out how to save her life.
But how? How?
I saw the scans!
The tumor was inoperable!
Lara's condition was very similar to that of Boris Toropov.
- Your patient. - What does that have to do with it?
By studying your surgery,
I figured out how to avoid the fatal outcome.
And applied the new algorithm in practice.
Are you saying that Toropov's son could have lived?
I do not want to talk about it.
Okay.
Thank you.
You saved Lara.
And I'm ready to take you out on a date.
I promised.
I'm sorry.
I'm leaving.
- Where are you going? - To Toropov. It is for your own good.
What do you want?
I am yours now, Victor.
Subtitles: Alla V.