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Next Chapter Podcasts.

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We want

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to share another audio drama with you today

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called Life with Leo. It

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is a sci-fi-ish romantic

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comedy podcast starring a repressed lawyer,

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a criminal client, a pesky sister and

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her fiance, an infuriatingly sexy

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co-worker, and an android in the

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mood for love. Our protagonist,

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Janine Bell, is a robotics intelligence

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lawyer whose laser focus on her career

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has come at the expense of her romantic and

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social lives. After successfully

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keeping brilliant but chaotic client,

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Penelope, out of prison, Janine receives

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the gift of Leo, an android

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with synthetic sentience. Leo

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is loving, empathetic, optimistic,

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and only sort of helpful. He's

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programmed to love Janine. He's also

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very, very illegal. You

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can listen to the first season and the second

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and final season of Life with Leo

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on your podcast app of choice. But first,

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here's a preview of their first episode,

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Life with Janine. Enjoy.

1:23

Berzerk, attack. These

1:26

are emotional words, but androids

1:28

don't have emotions, Mr. Hauser. Objection.

1:31

It's the job of the defense to demonstrate these androids

1:34

are not sentient. She can't just state it as a fact

1:36

to undermine my client.

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Withdrawn, because I

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can demonstrate this. With

1:42

the court's permission, I would like to enter AB24B9F

1:46

into evidence. Objection.

1:49

Your Honor, the defense is exposing us to a potentially

1:51

dangerous droid. The android is

1:54

restrained, Your Honor. It's perfectly safe.

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Proceed. I'm

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holding is a transcript of the demands

2:02

that you and your dinner party guests issued

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to your butler droids. I will

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now give these same commands to AB24B9F.

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AB24B9F, enter wake

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mode.

2:16

Good afternoon, madam. You

2:19

may call me Abe. How may

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I be of service? Well, first,

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I'd love for you to set the table with 15

2:26

place settings. Right away, madam.

2:28

No, make it 13. I never

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liked that Eunice and her gasbag husband

2:33

anyway. Yes, madam. Oh,

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Eunice, Harold. I didn't mean

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it. You know what, Abe? Make it 15 again. Their

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marriage is on the rocks, and that's always fun

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to watch. Yes, my lady. I

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just said that I wanted you there.

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Set the table with the white porcelain. No,

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set the table with the blue floral china.

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Use the silverware. Wait, use the

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gold-plated flatware. Open the windows.

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We'll have the breeze. Come to think of it,

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put the air on so we can avoid the pollen. Lay

3:02

out my light blue suit jacket. Actually,

3:05

lay out my tan suit. If Obama

3:07

can pull it off, why not me? We

3:10

have a very similar coloring. That's

3:13

her. I've got the test. Well,

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I believe your android is experiencing

3:19

some sort of malfunction. Yes, my lady. Yes,

3:22

my lady. My lady. Certainly.

3:25

Uncertainly. As you can see,

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this Abe unit is struggling to

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process Mr. Hauser's demand. And

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I haven't even turned the

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page.

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Boom, tan, my lady,

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breeze, error, wrong,

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wrong, wrong.

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The Abe unit didn't display a motion.

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It simply overloaded through no fault

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of its own. And just be clear, no

3:55

fault of mine. What

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my client, Ms. Lane, means to say.

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is that no emotions were involved

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here. No sentient robots trying

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to take over the world. There were just

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a couple of androids whose programming

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couldn't hold up to new money.

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Your honor, this is nothing more than a gimmick. Abe,

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you need to excuse yourself. Abe, you need to stay

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here! On second thought, go. No,

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wait, definitely stay.

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My head! My tooth, hey! Those

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real looks and that it's grand. How's the fortune?

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You can fill my office. I arrest

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my case. From

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atypical artists in Octavia Brawl, you're

4:39

listening to Life with Leo. I'm here to help you.

4:55

I'm here to help you. Life with Janine.

5:02

Innocence and innocence.

5:03

Technically, and

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I suspect more accurately, you were found not

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guilty. As my lawyer, I would expect

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you to have more faith in me. As

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your lawyer, I find it impossible to have

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any more faith in you. Those android

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butlers... Those butlers were all programming, darling.

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We made all our code available to the defense, you

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recall? Hmm, I do

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recall.

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Still, I too love the feel of victory.

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And I love the feel of freedom. Of Egyptian

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cotton sheets, 800 thread counts, the

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warm flesh of another person between my thighs. No,

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we've talked about this, Penelope. I never

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want to hear about you and the warm flesh

5:40

of another anything.

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I said we thought we were bonding

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out of our interests. Speaking of, darling,

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what's your favorite color? Black, brown,

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sort of... ...Oddivier Middle Eastern

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situation.

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I'm asking about men, darling. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stop

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your problematic questioning. I'm not looking

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for a boyfriend.

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Is an ocular projector transcribing

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me?

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How do women wonder about her favourite lawyer? I'm

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only your favourite lawyer because you see me so

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often. Why can't you stay out of trouble? Because

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I love seeing you, darling. Why

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don't you surrender my case to another lawyer? Because

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I'll be damned if another lawyer gets all these billable

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hours. I was expecting something more from

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the heart, but perhaps that's difficult for one

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who hasn't exercised that muscle in quite a while. Penelope,

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do you remember when we had that talk about boundaries?

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Who do you go home to without love in your

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life? Who do you work for? Why are

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you alone?

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I go home to myself. I

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work for myself. I'm fine

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by myself, Penelope.

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It's not a crime. Unlike

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half the shit you get up to. My dear,

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please regard the lack of handcuffs.

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Please regard the skepticism of

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the woman who kept you out of them. I'm

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not a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer.

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I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. And finally, I'd like

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to thank Mr. Stokes and Mr.

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Hoffenweiler. So

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I haven't seen either one of them in two years.

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It means the world to me that my name is next

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to theirs. To Hoffenweiler,

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Stokes and Bell. You're here. You're here.

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Nobody blazes like Barb,

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baby. Noah,

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my man. Let's hit the gym later. And

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I'll show you how to get traps like these and trap

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them ladies.

7:30

Oh, heaven's sake. Not today. Roommate,

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activate Do Not Disturb mode. Do

7:35

Not Disturb mode initiated. Quickly, please. Going

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dark in three, two, Do Not

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Disturb mode suspended. Damn, these last

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century rooms. Michael,

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did they announce I've made partner already? I'd say

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this is so unexpected, but

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it's not. Don't get ahead of yourself.

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More specifically,

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don't get ahead of me. That partner

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spot is mine.

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Not possible. I work longer, harder

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and faster than anyone here.

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Mmm, I love it when you talk dirty.

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Can you get out of my office, please? Do

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not disturb us, don't suspend us. Yeah,

8:08

I've noticed. Don't be rude to roommates,

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it's not a good look.

8:11

Does roommate have feelings? Because

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it shouldn't. Because that would be

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a crime. Ooh, has

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Janine committed a crime? You wish.

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Looks like you'll have to work to make partner instead

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of kissing ass. I can do both.

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Which brings me to the reason that I'm

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here, which is reminding you the

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partner potluck is this weekend, so please

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remember to bring a homemade item.

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The wiring in Mr. Stokes' cybernetic augments

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will be able to tell if it's store-bought. Will Mr.

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Hoffenwelder be there, or will he be occupied,

8:42

occupying a crypt somewhere? Don't

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be ridiculous. He'll be cooling his heels

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in cryogenic storage. It's so sweet

8:49

that the two of you only get along when you're ganging

8:51

up on me. We aren't getting along.

8:53

Oh, and significant others are welcome

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at the potluck. It's not required, obviously,

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but the partners love family ties. It makes

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us seem a little less robotic.

9:02

Man,

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this is gonna be tough. Do

9:08

I bring Margaret? Stella?

9:13

Esmeralda? Ooh,

9:18

Francesca's flight does get in tonight. Yeah.

9:20

Hey, Rosemary, what about those of us who

9:22

don't have a stable of

9:23

European supermodels to choose from?

9:25

You can come alone if you want to, but the

9:27

partners do like everyone to have

9:30

partners. Dammit. I'm

9:32

gonna start taking measurements in that empty corner office.

9:35

Wanna help me out, Rosemary?

9:36

No, I have a lot of work to do, so no.

9:39

How much can you really have going on?

9:42

One of your bosses hasn't left the conference room since 2308. He's

9:45

very busy and important, just like

9:47

me. And, and, and, and, and your other

9:49

boss is definitely dead, right? What

9:52

kind of gets you to admit it one day?

9:57

Do not disturb mode activated. Too little,

9:59

too late, Rema-

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Playing Too Little Too Late by Jojo

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on Golden Oldies Radio. Ugh. Ugh.

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Aaah!

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That's

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better. Oooh!

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And I bring this hot lady and that hot

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lady. Oh, I don't know, Michael. How about

10:30

bringing a regular looking lady?

10:32

Oh, well. I'd rather

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die. I've

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had a long day, so... Amy! Favorite

10:43

sister? No. We're

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coming over for dinner.

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I said no. It'll be good for

10:49

you. You've been on work for the past

10:51

three months, which means you've

10:53

been more boring than usual.

10:55

I didn't think this was possible. Insulting

10:58

me is not helping. We're bringing wine!

11:01

Aggie and the wine can come for dinner. The

11:04

difference in treatment between sisters

11:06

at future sessions and the law? I'm silly.

11:09

You'd lose.

11:11

What's got you in such a mood anyway? Ugh.

11:14

I have to bring a date to a work function,

11:17

and I find this to be totally awesome!

11:20

Genie, this will be great

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for you! Yeah? Maybe you can even

11:23

find a plus one in time for our wedding.

11:26

You didn't even give me a plus one with my invitation,

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so that's on you.

11:30

I tried to tell her you might be able to

11:32

find someone, and I told her there was no

11:34

point paying for a worthless

11:35

table setting. Guys!

11:37

Guys! Shut up!

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There's a man on my porch.

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Is he hot?

11:42

Are you serious? She could

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be about to get murdered right now.

11:47

Okay, Aggie. Wow. You're

11:50

not walking up to Hittin', are you? Don't

11:52

worry. I have the mace I got myself for my wedding.

11:59

Valentine's Day.

12:01

That's very practical and very

12:03

sad. It won't be sad

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if it saves my life, you dick. Every

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time you mean to me I add another

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embarrassing

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story to your eulogy.

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You do.

12:14

Janine, what's he doing?

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He's just standing there with his eyes

12:19

closed.

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Is he

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sleeping? Is he masturbating?

12:23

I'm walking

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up the steps now.

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Hello Janine.

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I'm Leo and I've been waiting my whole life

12:39

to meet you.

12:43

Maybe you should mace him.

12:45

I have no pain sensors in my eyes. I

12:47

assume Maker Lane didn't think I would need them.

12:50

If that's something you'd like I can request an upgrade

12:53

under kink preferences. Wait,

12:55

Penelope sent you?

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You're a robot? Android, I'll

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disregard the incorrect terminology because

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I love you.

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What the hell?

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Get in here quick

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quick.

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Ah, you're dominant. Recalibrate. Do

13:24

not recalibrate. Don't calibrate at all.

13:26

Just get in and let me think.

13:30

You don't have intel lights? I work

13:32

with tech all day. I like to keep it simple. Wait,

13:35

wait, stop. Forget what I just said. Don't learn

13:37

anything about me. But I want to know everything about

13:39

you.

13:41

So

13:42

this is how you live.

13:43

Girl, I asked her the same thing. You're

13:45

still

13:46

hanging up now. Not a good

13:48

to anyone. How

13:52

many people saw you? According to my

13:54

background data logs, 10 vehicles and

13:56

three pedestrians have passed since my drop-off.

14:00

Programmed not to power on until I heard your

14:02

voice, it's impossible to know for sure

14:04

how many people took notice of me. Okay.

14:08

Okay. This is fine. This

14:10

is fine.

14:11

Oh my gosh. I'm freaking out. I could give

14:13

you a massage. No massages,

14:15

no touching! Just give

14:17

me a minute to figure this out.

14:20

Wait in here.

14:35

Janine, darling, how lovely to hear from you. Why

14:38

is there an android in my house?

14:41

An android in your house? How strange.

14:44

Wait so you don't know anything about this? He

14:47

was meant to be on the porch. I brought

14:49

it inside once I realized you

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sent it.

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Well of course I sent him. To thank

14:55

you my dear. He's running the latest

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version. Lane Robotics sent in

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science. You don't mean... Don't

15:01

worry. He's perfectly safe. We

15:03

worked out the issues with those pesky A-B units.

15:06

Turns out the missing ingredient was

15:08

free will. Anellope! These

15:11

laws exist for a reason.

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The sentient cars

15:14

from 2318 who started drag

15:16

racing without owner consent. The droids stand

15:18

in that tried to murder an actress to take over her role.

15:20

The butler droids I

15:22

just kept you from going to jail

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over. Leo is programmed

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to love you and he will be very

15:29

very good at it. Exceptionism

15:31

is the Lane Robotics promise. How can

15:33

he have free will and be

15:35

programmed to love me? He

15:37

can make all of his own choices in almost

15:40

every way but when it comes to love... Well,

15:43

I just gave him a little knowledge. You

15:45

sent me a sex butt! He's an android,

15:47

Janine, Doby Kratz.

15:48

Besides, he's not just interested in sex.

15:51

He's interested in you. He

15:53

also does fabulous watercolors.

15:55

Leo comes fully loaded with all

15:57

the intelligence on you I've gathered throughout our trials.

16:00

Oh, they've been trials alright. Leo

16:02

is your ideal man. He's loving

16:05

and pathetic, optimistic and...

16:07

Well, he's sort of helpful. Never

16:10

quite got the kink sourced on that, but

16:12

for all your other kinks, he's good

16:14

to go.

16:16

You mean to tell me that

16:19

you created an illegal

16:21

android and

16:22

sent him to your

16:24

lawyer! You're welcome. Are

16:28

you alive in there? Is that sexy robot

16:30

actually a sexy killer robot? If

16:32

you can hear us, scream for help.

16:36

If you can't get into one of us, scream. Step

16:38

aside, I'm gonna break down the door. Not

16:41

with the wine! I

16:44

sent this medical moment to remind you of tiny client

16:46

privilege. Mustache. Penelope,

16:49

we're not done! Are you

16:51

dead now? I went

16:53

five over the speed limit to get here and rescue

16:56

you. You better not be murdered. Where

16:59

is he? Let me at him. Oh, whoops.

17:10

Hello. You must be Ellie. I've

17:12

heard so much about your volatile dynamic with

17:14

Janine.

17:16

Ow! You put

17:18

him

17:19

in the closet? I panicked!

17:22

Ellie, that's a really heavy bottle of wine.

17:24

You know I can't condone keeping people in closets.

17:26

I'm sorry. Did

17:29

you clean the closet?

17:30

I like to be useful. Wow,

17:32

you should let him get his hands on the rest of your house.

17:35

I want to get my hands on his code. May I? Well,

17:39

since you asked politely, do

17:41

you have a data cable? I'm

17:42

a programmer. Never leave home without

17:44

one, baby.

17:46

Do you really need to take your clothes off

17:48

for this?

17:49

On-clench, Genie. He's

17:51

just giving me access to the port on his arm.

17:53

Holy shit! This

17:55

is the most advanced code I've ever seen!

17:59

That's how.

18:01

I know 30 coding languages

18:03

and what's happening here makes me feel like a

18:05

kindergartener. Apparently

18:08

he has

18:10

free will. Then

18:14

I...

18:14

yup, that would

18:17

do it.

18:17

So you're just out here doing cry. Cry.

18:21

I'm powered by the latest in Lane Robotics

18:23

artificial intelligence technology and

18:26

have a dynamic personality matrix.

18:29

And even more interesting,

18:32

you love my sister?

18:33

Yes. That one over

18:35

there? Yes. You're

18:37

absolutely sure? Ellie,

18:39

I'm just testing. I

18:41

think he really means it.

18:44

How is that possible? I'm not sure

18:46

it is. It is. I

18:48

feel it in the curve of my smile

18:50

when I see your face, in the butterflies

18:53

in my stomach when you speak, in the

18:55

way I... Enough! I

18:58

am loving this. It's too

19:01

bad he's not black. Grandma Rhee will

19:03

still have something to complain about.

19:05

Wait, does she complain about me because I'm

19:07

Chinese? Oh, baby, no!

19:10

She thinks you're Korean and she complains

19:13

about that.

19:15

Leo, you're not... Just

19:17

Leo.

19:18

Leo,

19:19

this is never going to happen. Why not?

19:22

Yeah,

19:22

why not? I love a good rom-com. And

19:24

I love mess. Since you and Androids

19:26

are legal, first of all, illegal.

19:29

Second,

19:30

even if what this unit...

19:32

Leo feels is love, it's

19:34

programming. There's no way to consent.

19:37

I consent. Do whatever you want to me,

19:39

please.

19:42

Albel, there's a slight

19:45

chance I may have been bisexual

19:47

this whole time.

19:49

I'm right there with you, babe. Furthermore,

19:52

I am perfectly capable of finding

19:54

a boyfriend by myself.

19:55

Really? Because you were just

19:58

whining on the phone about not...

19:59

having anyone for the ouch don't

20:02

kick me get out of my house Leo

20:05

can you like power down

20:06

I can enter sleep mode

20:08

do that I'll figure out how to handle this

20:10

situation in the morning

20:12

I think he can tell you how to handle

20:15

him

20:34

what in hell you're awake

20:36

good morning

20:37

breakfast is just about ready you

20:40

won't need a baseball bat to eat it

20:42

yeah I am gonna just

20:44

hold on to this no offense it's

20:46

just that I'm not used to having company especially

20:49

not company beyond the limits

20:50

of human comprehension you

20:52

could get used to me Wow

20:56

okay here's a little thing about

20:58

me suggested lines make

21:00

my skin crawl recalibrate

21:02

that noted recalibrate

21:06

wait a minute

21:08

did you clean

21:09

I just moved a few things around don't worry

21:12

I kept a detailed organizational log I

21:14

wasn't worried

21:15

not about that anyway

21:18

breakfast is served

21:20

I also fixed that squeaky board on the porch

21:22

and made your lunch oh

21:25

my gosh

21:27

I am in love with these

21:30

eggs what did you put in them and

21:32

if you say love I will scream

21:35

it's just a little bit of cumin

21:38

Jeanine let me stay give

21:40

me a chance I can make your life

21:43

better

21:44

Penelope did program you with the knowledge

21:46

that I'm a lawyer right

21:49

yes

21:51

a robotics intelligence

21:52

lawyer

21:53

yes

21:55

then you should understand that you

21:57

have not made my life

21:59

better

22:00

Your presence represents an enormous and illegal

22:03

conflict of interest for me. I could

22:05

be fired. Previous cases could be overturned.

22:07

I could go to prison. And for what?

22:11

For love? For...

22:12

okay. No, this is

22:14

too much. How do you even know what love

22:16

is?

22:17

I have been furnished with many examples.

22:20

Shakespeare, psychological studies, and

22:23

many animated princess movies have shown

22:25

me that to love... ...your programming

22:27

is making you want to have that

22:30

with me. It's not just my programming.

22:33

I can't hear that. Do you understand?

22:35

Just

22:36

stay here today while I try to figure a

22:38

way out of this mess. I

22:42

am just going to finish these, though.

22:55

Great. Yes, thanks.

22:58

Rosemary.

22:59

Mr. Hoffenweil, there is unavailable for

23:01

meetings at this time. Relax. I'm not interested

23:03

in your dead boss. I just have a question. Kind

23:05

of like a thought experiment. Well,

23:07

it's not like I have any pressing legal matters to

23:09

attend to. My student loans won't care if I

23:12

get fired. So ask away. Thanks. Okay.

23:14

So how would you feel if you

23:16

found out that, say,

23:19

your blender was aware?

23:22

Aware of

23:24

how many smoothies I make? Like

23:27

sentient? Like someone has programmed

23:29

your blender to have feelings and pause?

23:32

I believe we will.

23:34

Well, there

23:36

would be a lot of guilt. I

23:37

use that thing

23:39

once a month, and I go heavy on the

23:41

ice. Okay. And after the guilt? The

23:44

guilt would keep me from destroying the blender,

23:46

so that just leaves fleeing the

23:48

country. Wait, what? I've been harboring

23:51

an illegal blender for going on five years.

23:54

No one's going to believe that I couldn't tell the blender was

23:56

sentient.

23:57

If I ship the blender away and somebody else finds out that I'm not a

23:59

blender, I'm not a blender.

23:59

it then they can trace the ownership back to me. Hey,

24:02

Michael. No, no, no, no, no, no, it's okay. We don't

24:04

need to make this a great project. Sensi-blender

24:07

thought experiment. Assuming you don't want to

24:09

destroy the blender, I'm thinking that you

24:11

flee the country. Yeah, running's your best bet.

24:14

Probably to a country with less restrictive robotic

24:16

laws like Greenland, sticking

24:18

around here and it's prison for sure. I

24:21

mean, an illegal conscious android blender

24:24

or otherwise, living with a robotics

24:26

intelligence lawyer?

24:28

That'd be crazy. Hello.

24:31

Ah! Mercifulness!

24:33

What are you doing here? I told you

24:35

to stay at home. But you forgot your lunch.

24:38

I just wanted to drop it off for you.

24:42

Holy Michelin star.

24:44

Oh, is that prime real? And

24:46

an adorable mini creme brulee.

24:48

I'm gonna need everyone to take five steps back for

24:51

my lunch. Thank you. I

24:52

knew you'd like it.

24:55

Who is this culinary drink

24:57

of water?

24:58

Uh, this,

25:00

this is my Leo.

25:04

And he's coming with me to the partner potluck. Amen.

25:06

If he cooks, Huff and Wilder and Stokes

25:09

might actually show up. Hey, what? Oh,

25:11

he's definitely cooking. Leo,

25:13

would you come with me for a second? There's an office

25:15

I need to measure.

25:26

How long have I been at Huff and Wilder

25:28

and Stokes? Five years, which gives

25:30

you three months seniority over Michael Parker.

25:32

My sworn nemesis in the vein of my

25:35

existence. You don't have to remember that part.

25:37

I just feel contractually obligated to mention

25:39

it every time his full name comes up. Mr.

25:41

Stokes has been in meetings for the duration of your

25:43

time at the firm. You've seen a Huff and Wilder

25:45

once or twice, but for all of 10 minutes, you

25:48

suspect he is dead and his cybernetic

25:50

augments are keeping his body mobile.

25:52

There's no other rational explanation.

25:56

You know a lot. Penelope wanted to be sure

25:58

I was perfect

25:58

for you. You're not

25:59

perfect for me. You're not perfect

26:02

for me. Stop getting on my nerves

26:04

and eat your food. Okay,

26:07

so you make jokes. I know what you

26:09

think is funny. Not

26:11

from Penelope, just from talking to

26:13

you. I am a person,

26:16

Janine. Well, I'm

26:18

sentient then. I laugh,

26:21

I cry, I love, not that you've

26:23

noticed. Here. Thanks,

26:26

I needed that. Don't

26:28

raise your eyebrows at me. I'm sure you have sensors

26:31

that tell you when nearby humans are

26:33

dehydrated. Nope, I'm no

26:35

Medroid. I'm just paying attention to you.

26:37

Mm-hmm, sure. Hold

26:40

that thought, I need... Coasters are in the container

26:42

on your right. I might have used

26:45

some sensors to figure out your most likely

26:47

locations and rearrange the kitchen to be more convenient

26:49

for you. Thanks,

26:53

I guess. Try this caramel

26:55

sauce. Hit me.

26:59

How is it?

27:02

Sweet,

27:03

complex. I

27:06

could eat this by the spoonful. So

27:09

you like it? It's perfect.

27:13

Hey,

27:15

you've got little gold rings around

27:17

your irises. It's probably

27:19

just the wiring. All

27:22

of a sudden, I'm very home. Janine.

27:25

Thank you for dinner, goodbye.

27:49

I knew you'd call. Listen, you

27:51

didn't feed us dinner, so we took

27:53

the wine right back home. Them's the rules.

27:56

That's not why I'm calling. You

27:58

sound weird.

27:59

Where are you?

28:00

In my room. With the robot? Is this a post-coital

28:02

phone call? What, you still don't wind it? No, Ellie, I'm not winded, I'm freaking

28:04

out. That's fun, but okay, what's up? He seems like a person.

28:08

I can believe it. Leo's a brilliant piece of craftsmanship.

28:09

That's what I mean. Craftsmanship, he was made.

28:12

He's just

28:12

code. To be fair, aren't we all? Code. I'm

28:15

not a fan of craftsmanship. I'm a fan of craftsmanship. I'm a

28:17

fan of craftsmanship. I'm a fan of

28:18

craftsmanship. I'm a fan of craftsmanship. I'm a

28:20

fan of craftsmanship. I'm a fan of

28:21

craftsmanship. To be fair, aren't we all?

28:26

Code.

28:30

DNA. Tomato.

28:32

Heirloom tomato. I

28:34

don't think that way. I literally get

28:36

paid to think the exact opposite of that

28:38

way. But if you weren't,

28:40

if you weren't so afraid of losing your job

28:42

and going to jail and never seeing

28:44

the sun again. Wow, way to paint the picture.

28:47

I'm just saying. Then what? Then I

28:49

would still be dealing with a being that

28:51

can't fully choose. No matter how charming

28:53

Leo is, no matter how many dinners he cooks.

28:56

Wait, he cooks? He can't choose

28:58

me, so he can't consent to me. What

29:00

real love exists without consent.

29:02

Wow.

29:04

Deep.

29:05

Is this the teeny version of a show or the...

29:08

And now he's cleaning again.

29:10

Truly the perfect man. You gotta

29:12

go. No, he only cleans when I'm not

29:15

watching. Ah, good

29:17

old background programs.

29:19

I'll stay in here to give him time to finish the living

29:21

room.

29:32

So if you make a partner, you'll

29:35

live like this? It's not

29:37

just about quality of life.

29:38

It's about justice and

29:40

upholding truth.

29:42

But yeah, I'd be loaded. Belle

29:45

and Belle's boy toy. How you doing? He's

29:47

not my boy toy. Oh, then what is he?

29:50

Yeah, what am I? Leo

29:53

is... Ahem... my

29:56

boyfriend. That's

29:58

right,

29:59

I never mentioned it.

29:59

because I didn't want to mix my work

30:02

and home lives. Uh-huh.

30:03

Or, did you

30:05

just hire some chef to pose as your boyfriend

30:07

so that you could trick the partners into noticing

30:09

you?

30:11

I totally should have

30:14

done that. Janine's boyfriend,

30:16

you're here. What did you bring?

30:17

Beef Wellington.

30:19

Oh, it smells good enough to wake the dead.

30:22

I'm going to go waggle it under Mr.

30:24

Hoffman-Walder. It's way to see you. He's currently unavailable

30:26

for viewing. Check back later. Truly,

30:28

who runs this law firm?

30:31

I think we all know the answer to that.

30:33

Michael. I am parched.

30:36

Absolutely. Please, let me get your

30:38

drink, Miss- Francesca.

30:39

I wanted

30:41

to drink in Negroni Tubica.

30:45

I have a runway show tomorrow. A

30:47

hangover will make my walk- How

30:49

do you say? Like the tower? In

30:52

pizza?

30:52

Back in a moment.

30:54

I'll bring your drink too, sweetie. Don't

30:57

push it.

31:01

It's a big house, but he's not going to get lost.

31:03

I'm just worried he'll get cornered by someone

31:05

and interrogated, and all the secrets will be exposed.

31:08

You know, the usual fears. Wow. I've

31:11

never seen you this wound up. You

31:13

must really like this guy.

31:14

Don't tease, Sir Michael. It

31:17

is good to have passion.

31:18

I myself never show passion because,

31:21

as you know, it wrinkles the face

31:23

and

31:23

shortens the career. I'm just going to go help

31:26

Leo with those drinks.

31:35

I told Janine I knew her drink, but

31:37

I was lying.

31:39

Penelope didn't know, so she never told

31:41

me. That's why I'm tasting

31:44

everything. Totally get it.

31:47

Here's your old fashioned. It's just that this

31:50

is really important. If I can

31:52

help Janine through this potluck, she might let

31:54

me stay. And if she lets me stay, who

31:56

knows what could happen with us.

31:58

Oh, no. Ellie,

32:07

still not post-coital, just another freak out.

32:11

We've all been there, man.

32:13

Can I get you another? How many

32:15

stock phrases are you programmed with?

32:20

I can also take shots. Maybe

32:22

later.

32:23

For now, I'll just take the

32:25

Negroni and the Martini.

32:29

Coming right up. You

32:35

really think that could work?

32:36

I'm pretty desperate, Ellie. I don't want to flee the country

32:39

over a blender.

32:45

I'm ready to do shots. Activating

32:47

shots mode.

32:48

Let's race! Is

32:52

that a disco ball? Wouldn't

32:54

be shots mode without a light show.

33:02

We had a moment last night. An actual

33:04

moment. Totally! Round

33:08

two. I swear, she

33:10

almost saw it. How good we'd

33:12

be. I was literally made

33:15

for her. Don't care what

33:17

you mean. It doesn't matter. Two

33:19

shots at once. Let's go!

33:22

My

33:24

programming does not like tequila.

33:28

I love her, bar droid. What

33:30

do I do? Womp is not

33:33

a valid discussion topic during

33:35

shots mode, mode, mode,

33:38

and the tequila.

33:43

No, no, not this shit again. System

33:47

failure. I

33:50

failed at Womp. Gonna

33:53

fix it. Leo, get off

33:56

the bar. You should

33:58

promote this. woman. She's

34:02

a good woman. Good

34:05

lawyer.

34:05

My

34:08

baby needs a fire. No!

34:11

Not the beef wellington. It was my last hope.

34:13

Cares about the law more

34:16

than your feelings. Oop! How

34:19

can you be drank? You don't even have a blood stream. I

34:22

have a get loose feature so that you'll feel comfortable

34:24

drinking around me. Disable it. I left you

34:26

alone for one second. You

34:29

know what? How about you just leave

34:31

me alone forever?

34:45

So you don't have anything to say? Not

34:47

to you.

34:49

You're mad at me?

34:50

You blew up my boss's bartender. You

34:53

called me a blender. I... I

34:56

was just talking to Ellie about... You

34:58

weren't supposed to...

35:00

Well, you were eavesdropping. You shouldn't

35:02

have been listening to me.

35:05

Hello?

35:06

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't listening to

35:08

you anymore. I'm sorry.

35:24

Leo? Leo?

35:29

Leo, I'm...

35:31

I'm sorry.

35:36

You could hear me that whole time, couldn't you? I was

35:38

just waiting for you to say something important.

35:42

The blender thing... It wasn't about

35:44

you.

35:45

Or... Well, it was a reference to an earlier

35:48

conversation.

35:50

I see how that must have hurt you though, and...

35:53

Yeah, I'm sorry. Thanks.

35:56

I guess I forgive you. But

35:58

do you? I mean, do you

36:01

really?

36:02

What do you mean?

36:04

You're programmed to love me. Wherever

36:06

I'm concerned, your free will isn't free.

36:09

Lane Sensian Science might have given you something

36:11

like a soul, but it's put limits in your

36:13

soul by not letting you choose who you love. Janine,

36:16

to me, this feels like choosing.

36:19

I don't want anyone else. All

36:22

I want is you.

36:24

How do you know?

36:28

I do have a possible solution. What

36:30

is it? I called Ellie to

36:33

ask if there was any way we could isolate

36:35

the part of your code that compels you

36:37

to love me. And?

36:40

And she thinks it's possible, although

36:42

who knows how long it could take. But once

36:44

that's gone,

36:46

well, you'll

36:47

still be deeply illegal, but at

36:50

least you can decide for yourself whether you love me

36:52

or not.

36:53

And you can hide in plain sight.

36:56

What do you get out of this?

36:58

I avoid some prickly consent issues. I

37:00

want us to kill the blender. Sorry, sorry.

37:03

And I won't need to flee the country.

37:06

Alright, let's

37:07

do it.

37:09

This will all work out.

37:10

You'll see.

37:12

Yes. Or maybe

37:14

you'll see.

37:18

I'm sorry.

37:24

Room 8, be a dear and open the Leolog,

37:27

would you? Loading Leolog.

37:30

I adore alliteration.

37:35

Okay. Oh

37:38

my. If diagnostics

37:40

could blush, I might take this in with

37:43

some wine. Hanging in Aedion

37:45

and now... Thank you, roommate.

37:48

Yes, the background data from the Leo unit

37:50

is very good indeed. We

37:53

may soon be able to move forward with the next stage of the programme.

37:56

Send notice to the team. Room 8.

38:04

Did you change my notification sound again?

38:07

Yes. I like that one because it sounds

38:09

dramatic. Well,

38:11

I suppose

38:12

there is something dramatic

38:14

about changing the course of history.

38:29

Life with Leo was created by Octavia

38:32

Bray and is a production of Atypical Editor.

38:34

This episode was written by Octavia Bray

38:36

and directed by Shanae Howard. The sound design

38:38

by Julia Schiaffini. It featured

38:41

Octavia Bray as Deneen, Maximilian

38:43

Koger as Leo, Angelique Francis

38:45

as Ellie, Jennifer Zhang as Aggie,

38:48

Phillip Jordan as Michael, Kaitlyn

38:50

Schneiderhan as Rosemary,

38:51

Felix Trench as Abe Unic and

38:53

Bergeroy, Lauren Sippen as Rumi, Julia

38:55

Schiaffini as Francesca, and Beth Ayer

38:58

as Penelope. With additional voices

39:00

by Sean Jayne, Josh Rubino, Soxbitmore,

39:02

and Lauren Trippen. For complete

39:04

credit, please

39:05

visit LifeWithLeo.com. Life

39:08

With Leo is executive produced by Lauren Trippen and

39:10

made possible through PawSign. Thank

39:12

you for listening.