Human 1.9 - Synthesis

Human : Synthesis
Genre : Sci-Fi / Drama
Showrunner: Michelle MacLaren
Writer : Ann Morrow

Cast: Justin Theroux, Letitia Wright, Bryan Batt, Michelle Fairley and Adrian Rawlins

Plot: Adam (Bryan Batt) and Julia (Michelle Fairley) sneaked inside the building located at the center of the simulation. Charles (Adrian Rawlins), is trying to find them in the city, not knowing they are inside a building. It is pitch dark in there, the windows are covered with black sheets. Adam takes one down to at least see something, but an alarm starts ringing. Julia is able to disable it quickly, Charles didn’t have the time to see it pop up on one of his screens. Adam and Julia go separate ways with the hopes of finding something quicker than they would if they would stick together. Adam goes down the stairs and Julia goes up. They both go through a heavy door that closes itself right after they passed it. The red lights are dimmed, making for a unpleasant ambiance.

James (Justin Theroux) and Eva (Letitia Wright) are back at home and looking all over the place for Adam and Julia. They come to the conclusion that they aren’t here and instead of trying to find them, Eva sets her sight on a gigantic tree in their backyard, a tree she has never seen before. Charles planted that tree mere moments ago to get her attention. He got embroiled in the traffic situation and he can’t risk to lose them too. Eva suggests they should go see the tree from up close, it really looks gigantic.

Julia is still going up the building with no end in sight. She feels like she hasn’t made the right choice, because nothing she sees resembles whatever they’re looking for. Some floors are filled with books. She tried to open one to see what it is about and there’s nothing written inside it. She keeps trying though, as if she would fine the answer to get out of here. She’s mainly doing it out of frustration now and she realises that this exercise is pointless. She enters a stairwell and looks up, her ascent is far from over.

Adam doesn’t have to climb up the stairs, because the lower-level spans kilometers by kilometers. It’s spreading under the city, which makes Adam realise that he might be at the right, he just needs to find the thing he’s looking for, but the problem is, he doesn’t know what it is. He walks around until he sees a cart. He drives it to move around faster. He drives around the perimeter and he uses his uncanny ability to locate himself to predict where the center is. He reaches the center and metal doors stand in his way. He gets off the cart and a camera analyses him. It sends an alert to Charles who realises they are closing in on the center of his universe. He presses the emergency button, basically locking Adam and Julia in the building. 

Eva and James lay in the grass, hand-by-hand, in front of the tree. Following what happened earlier today, Eva asks James if he thinks they are bad for each other. She uses Will’s words and she claims they are addicted to each other. James agrees that they spend all of their time together and he doesn’t like it when she isn’t around. They have learned so much in the last couple of days, he can now use words to describe what he feels because he understands his feelings. He can say that he’s madly in love with her and he would be sad if she wasn’t around. Every day, he fears that she might be gone when he wakes up. When he’s with her, he feels like he’s the happiest man in the world, so yeah, he may addicted to her. Eva says she feels the same, but she has this voice inside her head that says she should keep her distance. James doesn’t understand what voice she’s talking about and she tries to describe it to him, but fails.

Adam tries to call for Julia, but she doesn’t hear him. She got all the way to the top of the building without finding anything of note. From up there, she wonders what Adam is up to, before deciding to go all the way down to the basement. She hasn’t heard from him, so she’s not too optimistic. Charles managed to isolate Adam in the basement. He tries to keep him away from the engine room, but when he tries to spawn something else, he receives a warning that there’s too much stuff in the simulation. Charles swears that he shouldn’t have implemented this feature after the accident and he tries to remove as much stuff as possible without affecting anything, to no avail. He has lost control of his simulation. Adam breaks into the engine room and finds himself in front of the power supply. The voices in his head debate and his heart races. Should he destroy the engines? Will he die? What would Julia do? Will he see her again? He wishes she was here with him at this moment to make a decision, she’s the voice of reason of their science team. Adam takes a deep breath and grabs whatever is within reach. He holds his breath and swings at the engines, destroying them. The screen goes black.