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00:00:0016 years. Ever since that lab explosion took my parents, I've been locked in this cage by Caleb
00:00:06Thorne. He's my guardian and my secret lover. He said once I got a faculty... 16 years. Ever since
00:00:13that lab explosion took my parents, I've been locked in this cage by Caleb Thorne. He's my
00:00:19guardian and my secret lover. He said once I got a faculty position at Faircroft, he'd consider
00:00:25being with me. Today's my 24th birthday. I turned down every invitation, ready to give myself to him.
00:00:39Caleb, slow down. Isn't it your little orphan's birthday today? Stay focused. Why bring her up?
00:00:49Heard she turned down every academic offer for you, dead set on getting in your bed.
00:00:54You've kept her in Manhattan for 16 years. You actually gonna touch that virgin?
00:01:02Just a canary with a mental illness who can't survive without me.
00:01:08I keep her around to clean up the mess from that lab accident years ago.
00:01:13I know the difference between a woman and a pet.
00:01:25Ella, who gave you permission to watch? Go back to your room.
00:01:42Caleb, you promised me.
00:01:46Dressed like this outside my door? You think you're some cheap whore?
00:01:51Today's my 24th birthday. I got the faculty offer from Faircroft. You'd consider us
00:01:57like the state of my her own and home. And you said once I had it, you'd consider us.
00:02:02I spent millions raising you. And this is how you repay me? With this filthy little scheme?
00:02:06I just love you, Caleb.
00:02:08Love? You're nothing but a pet I pay to keep around.
00:02:11You read a few books, and you actually think you can climb your master's bed?
00:02:30Listen up, all of you. Starting tonight, Serena is the lady of this penthouse.
00:02:35What she says, goes.
00:02:38Yes, Mr. Thorne.
00:02:50Professor at Fairchit? Sounds real impressive.
00:02:54That promise? It was all just a game to you, wasn't it?
00:03:01Just a trick to keep a pet entertained.
00:03:04Who knew you'd be stupid enough to believe it?
00:03:10Know your place, Ella.
00:03:12Try this cheap little stunk again, and I'll throw you back to the slumps.
00:03:22Call the family trust.
00:03:24Separate Ella's bills from the family account.
00:03:26She's not part of the Thorne family.
00:03:27Just a pet I keep.
00:03:31Long-term investment?
00:03:33I was just a priced pet to him this whole time.
00:03:38Caleb, why are you still wearing this cheap thing?
00:03:42You're right.
00:03:43Cheap things don't belong on my wrist.
00:03:49That was his 18th birthday gift.
00:03:51I bought it with the money I made from my part-time work.
00:03:55He promised me he'd wear it forever.
00:03:59This Pat Felilip, I bought it at auction just for you.
00:04:02This is what fits your status.
00:04:15What are you still doing here?
00:04:17Take out the trash.
00:04:18You're getting in Serena's way.
00:04:24Caleb, bringing a moody orphan to a place like this?
00:04:27It's like you.
00:04:28It's not like you.
00:04:30A pet needs to see the real world so she doesn't forget her worth.
00:04:35I don't know what I did wrong.
00:04:37Ever since he met Serena, he's done nothing but humiliate me like this.
00:04:44Polaris.
00:04:45That's the graduation gift he promised me.
00:04:48Caleb, this is for me?
00:04:51Polaris means the one and only guide.
00:04:54Only a woman who stands equal to the Thorn family deserves this.
00:05:04Pretty, isn't it, Ella?
00:05:05It's a gift from Caleb.
00:05:07Caleb, you lied to me.
00:05:09Lied to you?
00:05:10You think a faculty offer at Fairtick makes you worthy to stand by my side?
00:05:15You said it was mine.
00:05:17You're just a pet I own.
00:05:19Pets don't get to demand gifts from their masters.
00:05:23Get out.
00:05:24You're ruining the night.
00:05:31Gentlemen, to another successful quarter.
00:05:35Indeed.
00:05:37Though I must say, the real victory is yet to come.
00:05:42Couldn't agree more, Caleb.
00:05:52Ella, the chef made this especially for you.
00:05:55Have a taste.
00:06:00I'm sorry.
00:06:01I can't eat this.
00:06:03What's wrong?
00:06:04Not to your taste?
00:06:07Ready, don't have out-tip that escapes.
00:06:09All the partners are watching, Ella.
00:06:11Ella, refusing your host food at a dinner party is terribly rude.
00:06:16Caleb, you know.
00:06:17I go into an anaphylactic shock if I eat peanuts.
00:06:24Cut the crap and stop making a scene.
00:06:34Caleb.
00:06:35Eat it.
00:06:36Don't make me say it again.
00:06:40He knew how deadly my peanut allergy was.
00:06:43Yet to save his new lover's face, he's forcing me to do this.
00:06:48What do you say?
00:07:10I don't know.
00:07:12I don't know.
00:07:13I don't know.
00:07:13I don't know.
00:07:14I don't know.
00:07:15It's wrong.
00:07:16Caleb.
00:07:20Oh my god, Caleb, she's terrifying like this.
00:07:24I am scared.
00:07:29Throw her out.
00:07:31Do not let her ruin Serena night.
00:07:40Ah!
00:07:47Well, what do we have here?
00:07:50A poor little thing thrown out by someone.
00:07:53You're real pretty.
00:07:55Why don't you keep me company?
00:08:03Ella?
00:08:05What happened to you?
00:08:06Hold on.
00:08:07I am taking you to the hospital right now.
00:08:10Hold on!
00:08:11I am taking you to the hospital right now!
00:08:22You're finally awake.
00:08:24The doctor said you'd be dead if you'd arrive ten minutes later.
00:08:30Where's Caleb?
00:08:31He's your legal guardian.
00:08:33How could he leave you to die in an alley?
00:08:36Sixteen years by his side.
00:08:37I thought I was his treasure.
00:08:39Until last night, I realized I was nothing but trash he could throw away whenever he wanted.
00:08:44Elliot, thank you for saving me.
00:08:47Are you okay?
00:08:51I'm fine.
00:08:52I just finally woke up.
00:08:57Caleb Thorne.
00:08:58From today on, I don't love you anymore.
00:09:06Well, look who's here.
00:09:07The stray dog Caleb keeps around.
00:09:09You sure have a hard life?
00:09:10Didn't die in the hospital?
00:09:13Well, besides that pretty face, all she's good at is sucking up to people.
00:09:26That's the only thing my parents left me!
00:09:28How dare you use it as a table coder!
00:09:30Oh, I'm sorry.
00:09:31I thought it was just a piece of worthless trash.
00:09:36I wouldn't touch that if I were you.
00:09:38Don't say I didn't warn you.
00:09:39That champagne tower is resting on it.
00:09:41Every bottle here is worth more than your life.
00:09:43Can you afford it if it collapses?
00:09:45That's my parents' memento.
00:09:47Take it out and give it back to me.
00:09:48Memento?
00:09:49It's just a piece of junk.
00:09:51Being a coaster is the only use it has, just like you.
00:09:56This has everything that belongs to me.
00:09:59Give it back to me!
00:10:00You filthy little thing.
00:10:02You really think Caleb kept you around because he cared?
00:10:04He was just bored, keeping a dog for fun.
00:10:06Now that I'm marrying you to the Thorne family, you're not even worth a dog.
00:10:14What's all this noise about?
00:10:21A cursed child like you can't even hold on to your parents' memento?
00:10:25How dare you think you deserve to stand by Caleb's side?
00:10:27Get out of my way!
00:10:29I'm getting that drive back!
00:10:39Caleb, it hurts!
00:10:42Caleb, I just used a useless hard drive to prop up the table, and she tried to kill me!
00:10:48She's jealous I'm marrying you!
00:10:49She wanted me to die in all this glass!
00:10:55I didn't push her!
00:10:56Where's my drive?
00:10:58The only thing my parents left me!
00:11:00Ella, stop it!
00:11:01Are you willing to throw your life away for a piece of junk?
00:11:14Caleb, I got it!
00:11:18Ella, you've really disappointed me.
00:11:20His words completely shattered the fantasy I've held for 16 years.
00:11:24I saw him as a god, my only salvation.
00:11:27But in his eyes, I'm not even worth a single tear from Serena.
00:11:32Get it back!
00:11:34It's the only thing they left me!
00:11:35You dared to hurt someone over a worthless piece of junk?
00:11:38Serena is the future lady of the Thorn family.
00:11:41Your viciousness makes me sick.
00:11:57Now that this is gone, you will behave yourself.
00:12:00If you pull something like this again, I'll have you sent straight to prison.
00:12:05As you wish, Mr. Thorn.
00:12:09Ella, as Caleb's former mentor, I have to warn you.
00:12:12Project Absolute Zero is an extremely high-risk, one-way research mission.
00:12:16Once you enter the subatomic Crimo chamber, your biological clock will be frozen in stasis.
00:12:20You could suffer brain death at any time during hibernation.
00:12:23Are you sure you want to do this?
00:12:24Ella, even if you want to get away from Caleb, you don't have to gamble your life on this.
00:12:28There's no other way.
00:12:30He raised me for 16 years, and only the high compensation from Distamets and Parabit Alhwe.
00:12:36This is the only way I can completely cut all glungs with him.
00:12:43If you've made up your mind, this still needs the signature and authorization of your legal guardian to take full
00:12:49effect.
00:12:54The scabs on your hands have barely healed, and you're already here to get in my way again?
00:12:59This is a research project application.
00:13:02I need my guardian's signature.
00:13:04Another garbage grant application, Ella?
00:13:06Can you do anything besides leech off me for money?
00:13:09This is the last time.
00:13:11It better be.
00:13:19Take the money and get out of this penthouse.
00:13:22Once you sign this, disappear from my sight for good.
00:13:32Caleb, starting today, I will disappear from your world forever.
00:13:46Miss Bennett, are you sure you want to liquidate all of this?
00:13:49This cart-eating sapphire necklace was custom-made by Mr. Thorne as your birthday gift.
00:13:56Pack everything.
00:13:57I'll take below market value if the funds can be transferred today.
00:14:01Understood.
00:14:01I'll arrange it immediately.
00:14:04I once thought all of this was proof of his affection for me.
00:14:09But it turned out to be nothing but a way to keep me caged.
00:14:13Miss Bennett, as you requested, the full liquidation is complete.
00:14:17From the day you were taken into the Thorne family's custody at age 8 until now.
00:14:21This includes your private school and goal endowments,
00:14:23university tuition, living expenses, medical bills,
00:14:26and even the HOO fees for this Manhattan penthouse.
00:14:28Plus the maximum commercial loan interest over these 16 years.
00:14:31The total is 80 million U.S. dollars.
00:14:34Not a single cent is missing, correct?
00:14:36That's right.
00:14:37But Miss Bennett, are you sure you want to do this?
00:14:38There's no legal obligation for you to pay this back.
00:14:41I don't want to owe him anything.
00:14:45This is almost your entire net worth.
00:14:47It doesn't matter.
00:14:48This money is exactly enough to buy out my 16 years.
00:14:54Use every resource in the lab.
00:14:56I want every single bit of data on this drive recovered.
00:14:58No exceptions.
00:15:00Mr. Thorne, this drive suffered catastrophic physical damage
00:15:03and was submerged in ice water.
00:15:05Even with the most advanced quantum recovery equipment,
00:15:07the success rate is extremely low.
00:15:09I don't want to hear about probabilities.
00:15:11If you can't recover the data,
00:15:13your entire team is out of Manhattan tomorrow.
00:15:16Yes, sir.
00:15:17I'll handle it immediately.
00:15:26Sir, these are the final funding documents
00:15:29for Project Absolute Zero,
00:15:30a joint initiative between the Pentagon and NASA.
00:15:32They require your final confirmation and signature.
00:15:35For routine approvals like this,
00:15:37have the VP sign them from now on.
00:16:07Why is Ella's name on this show?
00:16:09Why is Ella's name on this list?
00:16:11Volunteer 01 for the subatomic Creo Chamber
00:16:13signed the highest risk one-way agreement,
00:16:15waiving all rights to their life.
00:16:16There's no way this is Miss Bennett.
00:16:25A death waiver?
00:16:26No, this can't be happening.
00:16:29The number you have dialed is switched off.
00:16:31Cancel all my meetings this afternoon.
00:16:33But sir, we're supposed to finalize
00:16:34the wedding venue this afternoon.
00:16:39Caleb!
00:16:40The designer from Paris is waiting downstairs.
00:16:42Come help me pick from these wedding dresses.
00:16:44Move.
00:16:44I don't have time for this right now.
00:16:47Where are you going?
00:16:48We're sending out the invitations tomorrow.
00:16:50Is there anything more important than our wedding?
00:17:01Check.
00:17:02Immediately access the backend database
00:17:04of the federal recruitment system
00:17:06and re-verify the identity file for Volunteer 01.
00:17:09Yes, sir.
00:17:10Accessing it now.
00:17:12Sir, it's verified.
00:17:14There was an input error on the document.
00:17:16Volunteer 01 is a Hispanic male.
00:17:20The $100,000 has been wired.
00:17:23Received.
00:17:24Which database do you want to access?
00:17:25Federal recruitment system, Volunteer 01.
00:17:27Wipe the original name,
00:17:29change the gender to male,
00:17:30and plug in a random Hispanic background.
00:17:32Full network coverage in two minutes.
00:17:35Caleb, what could possibly make you
00:17:36ignore our wedding guest list like this?
00:17:38It's nothing.
00:17:40I knew it.
00:17:42She'd never have the guts
00:17:43to sign a one-way death agreement like that.
00:17:53Stop it!
00:17:54Cut the power right now!
00:17:56Her brainwaves are hitting the critical threshold!
00:17:59Terminating desensitization stimuli.
00:18:07Ella, are you out of your mind?
00:18:09Not even specially trained soldiers
00:18:11can handle this level
00:18:12of simulated hibernation pain.
00:18:14I signed the agreement.
00:18:15There's no turning back.
00:18:20Please, all volunteers
00:18:21of the Project Absolute Zero,
00:18:23go to Hall 1.
00:18:24The representative of the largest
00:18:26private capital sponsor
00:18:27is about to give a speech.
00:18:29Sponsor?
00:18:29I thought the military was keeping
00:18:31this whole thing classified
00:18:32from the public.
00:18:33Come on.
00:18:34Pentagon clearance
00:18:35isn't something
00:18:36just anyone can get.
00:18:53Caleb, why is he here?
00:18:56Sir, these are the advanced volunteers
00:18:58for the subatomic cryopod program.
00:19:01Subject Zero-One is among them.
00:19:03Zero-One?
00:19:04That is my number.
00:19:05He did not just know
00:19:07I signed that death warrant.
00:19:08He is here to make sure
00:19:10I really disappear
00:19:10from his world for good.
00:19:14I am not here
00:19:15to give you cheap sympathy
00:19:17or empty words of comfort.
00:19:19Thorne Global Group
00:19:19has poured $10 billion
00:19:20into Project Absolute Zero.
00:19:22As far as I am concerned,
00:19:24the one-way agreement
00:19:24you signed
00:19:25is nothing more than
00:19:25a high-risk,
00:19:26high-reward investment.
00:19:28Scientific progress
00:19:29always comes with a cost.
00:19:30As long as the data
00:19:31is valuable,
00:19:32every write-off
00:19:32is an acceptable
00:19:33business expense.
00:19:34Sixteen years by his side
00:19:36and in his eyes,
00:19:37I am nothing more
00:19:39than a set of cold numbers
00:19:40he can write off
00:19:41whenever he wants.
00:19:46Sir, it's Miss Serena Huntington.
00:19:48The Huntington family
00:19:49is pressing for the final
00:19:50maid-of-honor list
00:19:51for the wedding
00:19:51and security confirmation
00:19:52for the yacht party.
00:20:08Ella, you okay?
00:20:15I'm fine.
00:20:18Caleb, my life is yours to keep.
00:20:20I hope you and your bride
00:20:22have a very happy wedding.
00:20:26Three days.
00:20:28I cut off all her cards.
00:20:29She can't survive without me.
00:20:30She's definitely holed up
00:20:31in that room,
00:20:32crying her eyes out right now.
00:20:33Invalid user,
00:20:34permissions have been cleared.
00:20:36No, that's not possible.
00:20:40You changed the lock code?
00:20:42Ella, you've got some nerve!
00:20:53Ella, get out here!
00:20:57Quit with this childish game!
00:21:12We're even?
00:21:13Ella?
00:21:14Who the hell gave you permission
00:21:15to be even with me?
00:21:27Sorry, the number you have dialed
00:21:29is switched off.
00:21:34Damn it, Ella!
00:21:35You think you can hide somewhere
00:21:37and I won't find you?
00:21:48Caleb, there you are.
00:21:50Look, Vera sent this over personally.
00:21:52You haven't even tried
00:21:53on your tux yet.
00:21:57Take it off.
00:21:59What?
00:22:00I said take that disgusting dress off.
00:22:03The wedding's off.
00:22:04Are you insane?
00:22:05Every media outlet in New York
00:22:07is waiting for the ceremony tomorrow.
00:22:10Both our family's stocks
00:22:11jumped 10 points off this merger
00:22:14and you're saying it's off now?
00:22:16Don't make me say it twice.
00:22:17Ella's gone.
00:22:19Until I find her,
00:22:20no one's walking through the doors
00:22:21of the Thorn Estate as my wife.
00:22:28Caleb!
00:22:30You're humiliating me
00:22:31for that little part!
00:22:45Who the hell gave you permission
00:22:47to move anything in here?
00:22:48Where's the owner?
00:22:49Sir, we're just doing our job.
00:22:51Hey man,
00:22:51who are you looking for?
00:22:53Who the hell are you?
00:22:54This house belongs to Ella Bennett.
00:22:56What gives you the right
00:22:57to live here?
00:22:59Chill out!
00:23:00I bought this place
00:23:01through a licensed agency.
00:23:03I'm the legal owner now.
00:23:04Mr. Thorn!
00:23:06Please let go.
00:23:07This is all completely legal.
00:23:09You're the realtor
00:23:09for this property.
00:23:10Who gave you the balls
00:23:11to sell it?
00:23:12It was Mrs. Ella Bennett
00:23:14herself, sir.
00:23:14She came into the office
00:23:15a week ago
00:23:16and signed all the paperwork
00:23:17personally.
00:23:18Her only condition
00:23:19was that we sell it
00:23:2020% below market value,
00:23:21but the full cash amount
00:23:23had to hit her account
00:23:24within 24 hours.
00:23:45Caleb,
00:23:46does that look straight?
00:23:49Doesn't it feel like home now?
00:23:50The whole of Manhattan
00:23:51can be your home
00:23:52as long as you stay
00:23:53where I can see you.
00:24:02What else did she sell?
00:24:03Mrs. Bennett also liquidated
00:24:05all the vehicles
00:24:06in her name
00:24:06as well as her holdings
00:24:08in the charitable foundation.
00:24:12Did she say anything else to you?
00:24:14She said
00:24:17she said she was going away
00:24:18and everything she needed
00:24:19for the rest of her life
00:24:20fit in a single envelope.
00:24:22All the cash she got
00:24:23from the sales
00:24:23went into that check
00:24:24she wrote to you, sir.
00:24:26She's planned this all along.
00:24:28She was planning
00:24:29to leave me this whole time.
00:24:30Track Ella Bennett's location
00:24:31right now.
00:24:32I don't care what it costs.
00:24:33Find her.
00:24:57Caleb, I want to join the research
00:24:59my parents never got to finish.
00:25:03I said no.
00:25:05Remember, Ella?
00:25:05You don't go anywhere
00:25:07without my permission.
00:25:08You stay right here with me.
00:25:15Ella, you lied to me!
00:25:34Research sponsorship.
00:25:39I signed my name on this damn thing myself.
00:25:49This is a research project application.
00:25:52I need my guardian signature.
00:25:54Another garbage grant application, Ella?
00:25:56Can you do anything
00:25:57besides leech off me for money?
00:25:59This is the last time.
00:26:01It better be.
00:26:09Take the money
00:26:10and get out of this penthouse.
00:26:12Once you sign this,
00:26:14disappear from my sight for good.
00:26:18Ella, you lied to me!
00:26:24Mark, lock down
00:26:26every subatomic lab in Manhattan.
00:26:28Now.
00:26:29Sir, the military's already taken control.
00:26:31We can't stop them.
00:26:52Ella, give me a glass of water.
00:27:00The number you have dialed
00:27:02is not in service.
00:27:17Did you find Ella?
00:27:20No, no, sir.
00:27:21I spend tens of millions a year
00:27:23on you and your team.
00:27:24And you're telling me
00:27:25you can't find one single person?
00:27:26Ms. Bennett's data.
00:27:28It's been wiped.
00:27:29Her social security number,
00:27:31bank accounts,
00:27:32medical records,
00:27:33access logs,
00:27:33even her cloud photos.
00:27:35Everything's gone.
00:27:42Ella,
00:27:42you think wiping yourself off the map
00:27:44means I won't find you?
00:27:45I'm going to hunt you down myself
00:27:46and bring you back.
00:27:53Sir,
00:27:54we've sorted through
00:27:55over 3,000 hours of footage
00:27:57and we still haven't
00:27:58any found any sign
00:27:58of Ms. Bennett.
00:28:00Then sort through 30,000.
00:28:02I don't care if we have to
00:28:03turn over every inch of Manhattan,
00:28:04you will find her!
00:28:08Wait!
00:28:09Rewind three seconds.
00:28:09Bottom left corner.
00:28:19Found you.
00:28:20Bad girls get punished,
00:28:22you know.
00:28:26Remember this.
00:28:28In Manhattan,
00:28:29you're nothing but my property.
00:28:32Step out of line
00:28:33and you get punished.
00:28:36I'll be good, Daddy.
00:28:39I promise.
00:28:46Ella,
00:28:46this little runaway game of yours,
00:28:48it's over.
00:28:51It's over.
00:29:01All right.
00:29:06Don't worry.
00:29:28Ella, get out here and face me!
00:29:34On your knees, hands behind your head.
00:29:36Where's Ella?
00:29:37I need to see Ella Bennett!
00:29:45Ella!
00:29:47Give her back to me!
00:29:49Give me my Ella back!
00:29:59Mr. Thorne, you signed this document last week.
00:30:03Under this agreement, this facility is designated as top secret federal restrictive
00:30:07land.
00:30:08You are not authorized to enter.
00:30:10I signed a research sponsorship!
00:30:12My Ella is in there!
00:30:13Let her out!
00:30:13Ella, you get out here right now!
00:30:16How dare you!
00:30:18How dare you sign up for this death trap behind my back!
00:30:25Daddy, I want to restart my parents' project Absolute Zero Research, to finish what they started.
00:30:35That garbage your parents were working on, it's worthless.
00:30:39There's no point to any of it.
00:30:40Daddy, I...
00:30:41I'm warning you, you don't touch that research without my permission.
00:30:47Okay, Daddy.
00:30:48I'll listen.
00:30:49Get off me!
00:30:51Get off me!
00:30:53Ella!
00:30:54Look at me!
00:30:55I'm ordering you to turn around!
00:31:07Sir, we pulled Ms. Bennett's file.
00:31:09We had to bypass the board's standard review and use security privileges to get this data.
00:31:24What the hell does citizenship revocation mean?
00:31:27According to the experimental brief we obtained, the program requires volunteers to enter the
00:31:30subatomic cryopod.
00:31:32Once the procedure starts, the volunteer's metabolic functions will drop to a complete
00:31:36stamp still.
00:31:36Legally speaking, she will be declared deceased.
00:31:39Get the jet ready!
00:31:40I will not let her go through with this!
00:31:53Caleb, in such a rush to see your little pet, don't forget, I'm your fiancé.
00:31:59Get out of my way, Serena.
00:32:01I won't warn you twice.
00:32:02Per the Prienodil Agreement's default close, if you leave right now, Thorn Global Group's
00:32:07stock will plummet faster than you can fathom.
00:32:10My family will pull all funding immediately, and that precious business empire of yours
00:32:14will crumble to dust in an instant.
00:32:24Take off!
00:32:26Take off!
00:32:27Right now!
00:32:30Sir, Houston's been hit by a massive storm.
00:32:32Houston airspace is closed.
00:32:35A no-fly order has been issued.
00:32:37All private routes to and from the space base are cancelled indefinitely.
00:32:41God damn it!
00:32:50Step back, Mr. Thorne.
00:32:52This is federal military restricted property.
00:32:54No entry is permitted.
00:32:55Move!
00:32:56Get Ella Bennett out here right now.
00:32:58I'm her legal guardian.
00:33:00Per the Federal Asset Protection Agreement, Dr. Bennett is now classified as National Scientific
00:33:04Research Property.
00:33:05She has signed on to Project Absolute Zero, and no one has the right to interfere.
00:33:10Property!
00:33:11I raised her for 16 years!
00:33:13Everything she is, everything she has is mine!
00:33:16You dare tell me I have no rights!
00:33:18Remember this!
00:33:20You're my most perfect investment.
00:33:22Everything you are is mine.
00:33:24Caleb, I'm yours.
00:33:26I'll never leave you.
00:33:30Daddy, please.
00:33:32Say master.
00:33:33I'll tear this whole facility down if I have to.
00:33:35I'm taking her with me today.
00:33:39You can't take her anymore, Caleb.
00:33:44Elliot, you're just her old college classmate.
00:33:47What makes you think you can stop me?
00:33:48Open this gate, and give my girl back.
00:33:52Your girl.
00:33:53She's a brilliant biophysics PhD, not your personal pet to lock away.
00:33:57I'm her sugar daddy.
00:33:58I'm the one who gave her every luxury she's ever had.
00:34:02Without me, she would have died with her parents when she was eight years old.
00:34:05Tell her to get out here and see me!
00:34:07You drove all the way across the country here throwing a fit.
00:34:10Are you here as the daddy who bought her life?
00:34:13Or as a man who lost the only woman he's ever loved?
00:34:20Next time you dare talk to another man behind my back,
00:34:23this punishment will be the least of your worries.
00:34:27Caleb, what am I to you, really?
00:34:30What is she to you, Caleb?
00:34:32I, I...
00:34:36What is she to you?
00:34:40I...
00:34:45Caleb, I don't want to be your secret mistress locked away in a penthouse anymore.
00:34:49I want to stand by your side, in the light.
00:34:53When you get that official offer from the Ivy League...
00:34:55I'll get it, you have to keep your promise.
00:35:00I'm her guardian.
00:35:02I can't just stand by and watch her die.
00:35:05She's already in the near absolute zero subatomic scanning pod.
00:35:08Her vital signs are frozen in stasis forever.
00:35:12How could it happen so fast?
00:35:13This is how she's cutting every last tie to you, Caleb.
00:35:16You've lost her.
00:35:17Forever.
00:35:32The agents won't hold him off for long.
00:35:35The base already received a legal notice from Thorn Global Group.
00:35:39This is the last transatlantic flight out tonight.
00:35:42You can still back out of the experiment.
00:35:44You don't have to throw your life away to get back at a madman.
00:35:47Geneva?
00:35:49To go be another socialite in a couture gown there?
00:35:52You can start over.
00:35:54Elliot, my soul died on my 24th birthday.
00:36:00That Creopod?
00:36:03It's the perfect fit for this soulless body of mine.
00:36:11I don't care what you have to do.
00:36:13I want Project Absolute Zero's funding dried up in five minutes.
00:36:16Sir, this is a federal government-backed project.
00:36:19Then buy up every last debt this lab owes.
00:36:22Cut their power.
00:36:24Freeze every single research account.
00:36:25If she wants to lock herself in that freezer, I'll smash it to pieces.
00:36:30No one takes her from me.
00:36:32Not even death.
00:36:38Sir, we ran it all down.
00:36:40Ms. Bennett sold every property, every piece of jewelry you ever gave her, including that vintage Pathé Fear Ape watch.
00:36:50She sold that watch?
00:36:53Yes, sir.
00:36:55She put all the cash from the sales into an anonymous trust in your name.
00:36:58The entire sum has been donated to the families of the victims from the lab explosion at Thorn Global Group.
00:37:05Sixteen years ago.
00:37:07She gave everything back.
00:37:08Every last thing.
00:37:10Used it to sever the final thread between us.
00:37:17Caleb, what the hell is going on?
00:37:19The designer has been waiting for two hours.
00:37:22Where the hell is Ella?
00:37:23She bailed on the bridesmaid fitting.
00:37:25And I look like a fool.
00:37:27You froze her card, so go find her and make her whole train.
00:37:30Dress?
00:37:32Looking like a fool?
00:37:39Merger?
00:37:40Orders?
00:37:41I threw the only woman I've ever loved into a grave for this meaningless garbage.
00:37:46Let go of me.
00:37:48Your disgusting face isn't worth a single hair on her head.
00:37:54Have you lost your mind?
00:37:56I'm your fiancé.
00:37:57How dare you treat me like this?
00:37:59Get out.
00:38:00The engagement's off.
00:38:01I don't want to see your face ever again.
00:38:05Get the finance team in here.
00:38:07Mr. Thorne, what are you planning?
00:38:09Sell every share in the group.
00:38:10Liquidate every asset to my name.
00:38:12I'm buying the lab.
00:38:14I want full control of that cryopod.
00:38:17You can't run from me, Ella.
00:38:19I told you, without my permission, even death can't take you away from me.
00:38:30Mr. Thorne, today's proceedings are closed.
00:38:33Only invited scientific delegates and official media are permitted entry.
00:38:38Closed?
00:38:3970% of the liquid helium cooling patents used in Project Absolute Zero belong to Thorne Global Group.
00:38:47I'm here as the lead sponsor and patent holder to inspect my assets.
00:38:52But Dr. Hayes specifically instructed...
00:38:54Listen to me.
00:38:55I don't care what Hayes said.
00:38:58Move.
00:39:00Or in five, five minutes, my legal team will file a mandatory injunction to the federal court and cut the
00:39:06power to the entire court facility.
00:39:25Please don't.
00:39:31Good afternoon.
00:39:32Today, Project Absolute Zero officially enters its live testing phase.
00:39:37As the first test subject for the deep cryo hibernation pod, I'd like to deliver my final project briefing here.
00:39:45I chose this project to carry on my parents' legacy in biophysics.
00:39:50The experimental data they left unfinished will be continued by me when I wake.
00:39:57Thank you to NASCA for the equipment support and to my mentor, Dr. Arthur.
00:40:04A special thank you to researcher Elliot Hayes.
00:40:08I never would have made it this far without you.
00:40:12I have cut every last tie to my past.
00:40:15My research and this body belong to the future.
00:40:19Briefing complete.
00:40:24Ella.
00:40:37Mr. Thorne, don't move.
00:40:40This facility is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.
00:40:45Move.
00:40:46She's mine.
00:40:47You have no right to take her from me.
00:40:50Ella.
00:40:51Look at me.
00:40:53The wedding's off.
00:40:54Don't go in there.
00:41:01Come home with me.
00:41:03Daddy will take you away anything you want.
00:41:06Happy wedding, Daddy.
00:41:11Once this locks in, it's 20 years.
00:41:14Are you sure about this?
00:41:15Start it.
00:41:21Ella!
00:41:28Sir, we found out what happened.
00:41:30The reason the lab was able to push through the experiment despite your freeze order is
00:41:34because someone filed federal approval on their behalf.
00:41:38Who?
00:41:39It was Miss Serena Huntington.
00:41:40She used her family's political connections to greenlight the lab.
00:41:44Roll the cameras.
00:41:46Mr. Thorne is simply suffering from exhaustion from the recent merger.
00:41:50He's resting up well.
00:41:51Our engagement ceremony will proceed as scheduled.
00:41:55Get out.
00:41:56The press is right outside.
00:41:58If you throw a fit now, the group's stock will crash.
00:42:02Let every reporter outside in here.
00:42:04Now.
00:42:06I'm only here to announce two things today.
00:42:14First, the engagement is off.
00:42:17Effective immediately, Thorne Global Group is severing all business ties with the Huntington family.
00:42:22Second, I will be liquidating my entire personal stake in the company.
00:42:26With all proceeds going to the continued research of Project Absolute Zero.
00:42:34Caleb, the default penalties for this manateral breach are astronomical.
00:42:40Save your breath.
00:42:42My legal team submitted all evidence of the Huntington family's offshore fund manipulation to the SEC half an hour ago.
00:42:49The FBI should be raiding your father's office right about now.
00:42:52You can worry about the default penalties when you're paying your family's legal fees.
00:42:55Have you lost your mind?
00:42:57You're going to take down two entire conglomerates for that woman?
00:43:01You're the one who locked her in that pod.
00:43:03I locked her in there?
00:43:04Who are you trying to fool with this lovesick act, Caleb?
00:43:07Did I force her to sign that agreement?
00:43:09Was I the one who, in front of all of New York's high society,
00:43:13shoved that peanut butter salad down her throat and watched her choke and go into an anaphylactic shock?
00:43:18You treated her like a dog you could kick around whenever you wanted.
00:43:21You're the one who drove her to this.
00:43:23She'd rather freeze herself solid than look at you ever again.
00:43:27Don't pin this on me, Caleb.
00:43:29You know better than anyone.
00:43:30The person she hates most in this world is you.
00:43:33Get out!
00:43:34All of you!
00:43:35Get out!
00:43:44Mr. Thorne, if we move forward with this liquidation,
00:43:47the 60-year legacy of Thorne Global Gleam will be gone in an instant.
00:43:51This is suicide!
00:43:53I want cash.
00:43:54Nothing else.
00:43:55Have you lost your mind, Caleb?
00:43:57You are going to dissolve the entire conglomerate for this dead-end cryo project?
00:44:00As far as I am concerned, this entire conglomerate is not worth a single breath of liquid nitrogen for her.
00:44:06Liquidate every factory, every patent.
00:44:09I want the cash in my account by sundown.
00:44:13Mr. Thorne, this the sum is enough to buy three space agencies.
00:44:16Effective immediately, Ms. Bennett cryopod is under exclusive monitoring protocols.
00:44:21Exclusive?
00:44:22That means no one gets near her but me.
00:44:24No exceptions.
00:44:26Yes, sir.
00:44:27All personnel, including Dr. Hayes,
00:44:30are prohibited from entering a five-mile radius of the monitoring station
00:44:33without your explicit authorization.
00:44:40See, Ella?
00:44:42I told you.
00:44:43You cannot run from me without my permission.
00:44:46You cannot run from me without my permission.
00:45:09Ella.
00:45:16Caleb, it hurts.
00:45:19Be a good girl.
00:45:22I know.
00:45:24Caleb, I only have you.
00:45:27Daddy, please.
00:45:29Don't leave me.
00:45:31Never leave me.
00:45:37I will never leave you.
00:45:40You hear me?
00:45:41Not until the day I die.
00:45:43You are stuck with me.
00:45:45For the rest of your life!
00:45:49It is okay.
00:45:50You sleep.
00:45:52I am not going anywhere.
00:45:55I am right here, waiting for you.
00:46:20They say the snow will bury us all,
00:46:22but I think it's just the beginning.
00:46:31Shit!
00:46:31Shit!
00:46:32Shit!
00:46:33Shit!
00:46:33Shit!
00:46:33Shit!
00:46:34Shit!
00:46:34Shit!
00:46:35Shit!
00:46:36Shit!
00:46:40Shit!
00:46:41Shit!
00:46:44Goddammit, open!
00:46:48She can't die!
00:47:00You're mine.
00:47:02No one can take you from me.
00:47:04Shit!
00:47:08Mr. Thorne, this violates every ethical review.
00:47:12Buying the first right of custody over a test subject, it makes her your personal property.
00:47:17My foundation will fund this project in full, indefinitely.
00:47:25On one condition, only I can to wake her up.
00:47:29Even if she's nothing but a corpse, she's my corpse.
00:47:44Mom? Dad?
00:48:04Mom? Dad?
00:48:10Soon, Ella. We'll be together forever soon.
00:48:26Ella.
00:48:35don't you dare run
00:48:36you owe me
00:48:39you'll never pay it off
00:48:40not in this life
00:48:42Caleb
00:48:55dad
00:49:25don't go take me with you
00:49:30go back Ella
00:49:32finish project dusk homecoming
00:49:34clear your name
00:49:48I'm still here
00:49:59Ella
00:50:00I can't hold on much longer
00:50:22no you cannot leave me
00:50:47Ella Bennett
00:50:48we did it
00:50:49welcome to 20 years later
00:50:58Elliot
00:50:58I'm here
00:51:00I want to start new research
00:51:01I'm not wasting a single second
00:51:03on the past
00:51:06I want to start new research
00:51:08I am not wasting a single second
00:51:10on the past
00:51:37The board wants to see the data by Friday.
00:51:39I'm on it.
00:51:43I saw the report.
00:51:47Caleb, I don't want to be your secret mistress locked away in a penthouse anymore.
00:51:51I want to stand by your side, in the light.
00:51:55Today's my 24th birthday.
00:51:57I got the faculty offer from Fairkitsch.
00:52:01You said once I had it, you'd consider us.
00:52:05I spent millions raising you, and this is how you repay me?
00:52:08With this filthy little scheme?
00:52:10I'm not.
00:52:23It started.
00:52:47What's wrong with this janitor?
00:52:49Is he sick?
00:52:50He's coughing up blood, looks like.
00:52:56Are you alright?
00:52:57You should go to the infirmary.
00:53:07These hands are only for painting me or pleasing me.
00:53:16Daddy, not here.
00:53:18Leave him be, Ella.
00:53:20He's probably scared.
00:53:25Come on, we're going to be late for the meeting.
00:53:28I'm so sorry.
00:53:30I'm so sorry.
00:53:31I'm so sorry.
00:53:36If we plug this set of variables into the absolute zero field, the underlying code logic it gets completely rewritten.
00:53:43Ellicott, we were right about the original direction of the deduction.
00:53:47Your intuition is incredible, Ella.
00:53:50Once we fill in this data, we can prove the explosion all those years ago was deliberate sabotage.
00:54:18You bought the entire Alaska experimental base through dozens of shell companies.
00:54:25You sold off every share of Thorpe Global Group, spent every last dime to keep her life support running.
00:54:31The once untouchable king of Wall Street, now hiding in a janitor's closet, mopping her floors.
00:54:37Why are you hiding from her, Caleb?
00:54:39Don't tell her.
00:54:40You spent 20 years of your life for this just to be a janitor?
00:54:47Just let her think I'm still in Manhattan, living the high life of Serena.
00:54:52Please, don't tell her.
00:54:54Look at me now, Elliot.
00:54:56I'll only sicken her like this.
00:54:59Please.
00:55:08I don't know.
00:55:31I don't remember this derivation.
00:55:38Who wrote this?
00:55:40The deduction is flawless.
00:55:42A coward.
00:55:44What?
00:55:45Forget it.
00:55:45We'll redo it with our own data.
00:56:06I don't know.
00:56:08Mrs. Bennett, this is everything left in Mr. Thorne's name.
00:56:12He signed over full control of all of it to you.
00:56:14Everything left?
00:56:15The once king of Wall Street is playing the pity card with this cheap trick now?
00:56:19Sirs, his health is in terrible shape.
00:56:21He only hopes you'll accept this.
00:56:23It's all he has left to give you.
00:56:28Go back and tell him this.
00:56:31He can't buy my forgiveness with money.
00:56:34Never.
00:56:46Serena Huntington?
00:56:50Ella Bennett, 20 whole years, and you haven't aged a day.
00:56:56How the hell is that fair?
00:56:58What happened to the Huntington family, princess?
00:57:01Didn't Caleb get you a good stylist?
00:57:04Caleb?
00:57:05You actually thought he married me?
00:57:07Let go of me.
00:57:08You're drunk.
00:57:09The second you stepped into that cryopod, that lunatic tore up the engagement in front of everyone.
00:57:15He burned every bridge with the Huntington family.
00:57:18He sold off every core share of Thornt Global, even mortgaged the Hampton estate.
00:57:22Hored every last cent into that goddamned cryo project.
00:57:25He went bankrupt, ended up half paralyzed, turned into a no-bill dog just to keep your vitals going.
00:57:30What are you so proud of, Ella?
00:57:32You think you ever paid him back?
00:57:33Caleb?
00:57:51Mr. Thorne.
00:57:55Mr. Thorne.
00:57:57Ella's attachment to you has gone far beyond normal bounds.
00:58:00This is a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome.
00:58:02I gave her the best of everything Manhattan has to offer.
00:58:05But you have also stripped her of the chance to grow as an independent person.
00:58:09If you do not push her away, cut off this toxic dynamic, she will never be anything more than your
00:58:13accessories.
00:58:14You have to be the villain.
00:58:15You have to shatter every last fantasy she has about you.
00:58:26So that is what this was.
00:58:36That engagement was just a business deal between me and Caleb.
00:58:40He bailed my family out of financial ruin, and I helped him break your heart for good.
00:58:46That peanut butter salad wasn't Caleb's doing.
00:58:49It was all a mistake.
00:59:05Open the archives.
00:59:06Now!
00:59:08You'll regret seeing this, Ella.
00:59:09I said open it!
00:59:10I want to see everything Caleb left behind.
00:59:12All of it!
00:59:13All of it!
00:59:23It's not possible.
00:59:26They were all supposed to be gone.
00:59:30Stop it!
00:59:32Open!
00:59:34Open!
00:59:35God damn it, open!
00:59:38She can't die!
00:59:54Why?
00:59:56Why didn't you let me die 20 years ago?
01:00:04Why did you take away my right to even hate you?
01:00:08I can't do this.
01:00:11I can't do this.
01:00:15Hello?
01:00:25What is this?
01:00:29Trust fund beneficiary change?
01:00:32Manhattan deed?
01:00:3420 years.
01:00:37But that's the day I woke up.
01:00:41Today's my 24th birthday.
01:00:43I got the faculty offer from Fair Kitsch.
01:00:47You said once I had it, you'd consider us.
01:00:51I spent millions raising you.
01:00:53And this is how you repay me?
01:00:55With this filthy little scheme?
01:00:57I just love you, Caleb.
01:00:58Love?
01:00:59You're nothing but a pet I pay to keep around.
01:01:01You read a few books, and you actually think you can climb your master's bed?
01:01:11You think these worthless pieces of paper can make up for what you did to me?
01:01:30No.
01:01:31This isn't real.
01:01:37I'll wake you up.
01:01:39I swear I will.
01:01:46I'm sorry, Ella.
01:01:48I spent the gift money on a backup power supply for your pod.
01:01:51Short 3K for maintenance today.
01:01:53Sold the watch.
01:01:54You idiot!
01:01:56You think giving me everything will make me forgive you?
01:02:02Hide well, Daddy.
01:02:04I'm coming for you.
01:02:09Ms. Bennett, sign here.
01:02:12And the experimental base Mr. Thocker owns will be legally transferred to you.
01:02:23Congratulations, Ms. Bennett.
01:02:24You are now the youngest tycoon in New York.
01:02:34Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Thorn told me not to say anything, but I have to.
01:02:38He did not leave because he wanted to.
01:02:40He just, he did not know how to face you, 24 and perfect, with his broken, old, paralyzed body.
01:02:52Genius astrophysicist Ella Bennett, who was frozen for 20 years, has announced her return to the public eye.
01:02:57Wall Street sources say she has inherited a mysterious fortune, making her New York Sueist financial palichore.
01:03:04Food is here.
01:03:05Just soup today.
01:03:09Ella Bennett.
01:03:28This is all Daddy has left to give you.
01:03:37Fly free, Kitty.
01:03:39Don't let these rotting bones sully your eyes.
01:03:50It is right here, ma'am.
01:03:52Get lost.
01:04:02Who told you to come here?
01:04:05Get out!
01:04:13Go away.
01:04:17Don't look.
01:04:20Stop it.
01:04:22Where did you think you'd run to, Caleb?
01:04:24You spent 20 years and every last cent to trap me in this body.
01:04:28Now you think you can just walk away?
01:04:30I have nothing left.
01:04:34You still have your life.
01:04:37You're crazy.
01:04:39You've lost your mind.
01:04:45You don't get to die without my permission.
01:04:49Get Mr. Thorne in the car.
01:04:51Gentle.
01:04:52Don't hurt his legs.
01:04:53Ella Bennett.
01:04:55You can't do this.
01:04:58Don't be scared, Daddy.
01:05:01From today on, I'm the one taking care of you.
01:05:13What the hell is this?
01:05:15You're awake.
01:05:19Get that off.
01:05:21I don't need it.
01:05:29Don't bother fighting it.
01:05:31From now on, I decide everything about you.
01:05:41Look at me.
01:05:43You don't get to look away in this room.
01:05:47What are you hiding from?
01:05:49No.
01:05:51You can't handle this already?
01:05:55I...
01:05:57Eyes closed.
01:06:01What are you...
01:06:03You didn't actually think I wanted your old, broken body, did you, Caleb?
01:06:08Don't touch me.
01:06:24No.
01:06:34Hello, Caleb.
01:06:35Get out.
01:06:36Should I call the nurse in?
01:06:38No.
01:06:39Wait for me outside.
01:06:41Got it.
01:06:46What are you throwing a fit about?
01:06:49Why did you bring him here?
01:06:51I'm not even dead yet,
01:06:53and you're already rushing to bring another man into our...
01:06:57home!
01:07:01Are you jealous?
01:07:03I'm not.
01:07:04Be with whoever you want.
01:07:05I don't care.
01:07:11Elliot's staying the night.
01:07:13Remember what you said,
01:07:14and keep quiet.
01:07:32No.
01:07:33She is mine,
01:07:35and mine alone!
01:07:43God,
01:07:44I know I am a sinner.
01:07:46All those years ago,
01:07:48I used my power and my money to lure that innocent girl in.
01:07:52I ruined her.
01:07:55But I cannot bring myself to wish her happiness.
01:08:00I cannot stand to watch her walk away to another man.
01:08:04I want to drag her back into this dark room with me,
01:08:07even if I am nothing but a broken old man now.
01:08:14Come back.
01:08:21Was that convincing enough for you?
01:08:24Perfect.
01:08:25He is probably losing his mind in there right now.
01:08:31You know he does not have much time left.
01:08:33Why are you torturing him like this?
01:08:35Because torture is the only way he ever taught me to show love.
01:08:39Only when he lets go of that stubborn pride of his
01:08:42can we ever have anything real between us.
01:08:49Mr. Thorne,
01:08:51these are the medical decision-making power
01:08:53and full guardianship documents.
01:08:55Once you sign,
01:08:56every second of the rest of your life,
01:08:58even the right to live or die,
01:09:01will belong to Mrs. Bennett.
01:09:03I'm all yours now.
01:09:04Do whatever you want to get your revenge.
01:09:07I'll take it all.
01:09:09Everyone out.
01:09:20If only you'd surrendered sooner, Daddy.
01:09:25Yeah.
01:09:26I surrender.
01:09:33Look, it's the same view we had
01:09:35from the penthouse over Central Park.
01:09:37Time stood still there,
01:09:38just like the 20 years I waited for you.
01:09:54What are you looking at?
01:09:56Daddy, I'm looking at Manhattan.
01:09:58It's so bright at night.
01:10:03Every light in Manhattan
01:10:05will shine for you, baby girl.
01:10:18When Elic looks at you,
01:10:19I want him gone.
01:10:21You can't even stand up on your own.
01:10:23How are you going to make him disappear?
01:10:26I know this body's failing me,
01:10:30but when I see him touch you,
01:10:32it feels like there's a fire burning in my chest.
01:10:38I'm jealous of every man that gets to hold you.
01:10:42Hell, I'm even jealous of the wind outside
01:10:44because it gets to touch you.
01:10:47So tell me now,
01:10:49was it worth it?
01:10:51Trading 20 years of your life
01:10:53and every last cent you had to wake me up?
01:10:56Worth it?
01:10:57I told you,
01:10:58no one takes you from me without my permission.
01:11:05It's still beating.
01:11:08Every beat is a reminder that you're a sinner.
01:11:10Then let this sinner rot in your hell for eternity.
01:11:16Even when it stops beating,
01:11:18you don't get to run.
01:11:20Your ashes are going to sit on my nightstand.
01:11:23You owe me a debt
01:11:25and you're going to pay it with your soul.
01:11:29Okay.
01:11:31My life,
01:11:32my soul,
01:11:33it's all yours.
01:11:50Are you cold?
01:11:51No.
01:11:59You shouldn't have brought me here.
01:12:02Everyone's staring at you
01:12:03carrying a paralyzed old man.
01:12:05Then let them stare.
01:12:06Let them see.
01:12:09When you were 12,
01:12:10I brought you here.
01:12:11You stared at the cotton candy stand for ages.
01:12:15You bought the whole cart
01:12:16but wouldn't let me have a single bite.
01:12:19I've always been a controlling bastard.
01:12:23It's too late to admit that now.
01:12:30What did the doctor say to you?
01:12:32Why'd you bring me out here today?
01:12:34The doctor said your vitals are stable.
01:12:37Okay.
01:12:38I'll listen to you always.
01:12:39Back then,
01:12:40I always walked ahead,
01:12:42handling business.
01:12:43And I always followed three steps behind you.
01:12:46You don't have to chase my shadow anymore.
01:12:50You're not going anywhere,
01:12:51you're not going anywhere, Caleb.
01:12:58On your 18th birthday,
01:12:59you talked back to me.
01:13:00So I locked you in the penthouse for three days.
01:13:03After that,
01:13:04I sent my assistant here to pick out the biggest pink diamond they had for you.
01:13:07You always tried to shut me up with checks and jewelry.
01:13:11Bought my silence with money.
01:13:13Back then,
01:13:14I didn't know how to keep you.
01:13:17All I knew how to do was the stupidest,
01:13:19most hurtful thing possible.
01:13:22Wait here for me.
01:13:31Ella,
01:13:32get up.
01:13:33Ella,
01:13:34what are you doing?
01:13:35Get up.
01:13:36I'm a broken old man.
01:13:39I can't give you a future.
01:13:41Once you locked me up with your money,
01:13:43now I'm locking your soul up with this ring.
01:13:48You owe me 20 years.
01:13:50You can never pay it back in this lifetime.
01:13:54This ring is a mark.
01:13:56Even when you die,
01:13:57your soul is mine.
01:14:03Caleb,
01:14:04you're my only home.
01:14:13Mr. Thorne,
01:14:14this is the subatomic Decian authorization you requested.
01:14:17Once activated,
01:14:18your remains will be converted into energy particles of specific wavelength,
01:14:21dispersed into the universe.
01:14:31Ella.
01:14:34I'm here.
01:14:36The doctor said hearing is the last sense to go when you die.
01:14:41I'll keep talking to you right here,
01:14:44until you can't hear me anymore.
01:14:50I trapped you here,
01:14:52and now I'm running away first.
01:14:58You signed the papers.
01:15:00You can't run away.
01:15:04I'm going to become a wavelength now.
01:15:06So when the wind blows,
01:15:08when the snow falls,
01:15:09when you look up at the night sky,
01:15:11that'll be me watching over you.
01:15:14You'll always be with me,
01:15:16no matter what form you take.
01:15:17You'll always be mine.
01:15:19I love you.
01:15:20Caleb loves Ella.
01:15:44May he rest in peace.
01:15:46Goodbye, Caleb.
01:15:48We'll miss you.
01:15:51I love you.
01:15:57Ms. Bennett,
01:15:58the funeral's over.
01:15:59The press is all outside,
01:16:01and the Thorn Global Board is expecting you to show up soon to stabilize the stock price.
01:16:06Let them wait.
01:16:07Your clothes are soaked through.
01:16:09Before he passed,
01:16:11Mr. Thorn told me to take care of you,
01:16:13no matter what.
01:16:14He's dead.
01:16:16You don't have to follow his orders anymore.
01:16:20But...
01:16:21Take the umbrella and leave.
01:16:32You think dying means I can't find you anymore?
01:16:59I can't believe it.
01:17:01How did you...
01:17:14Ella...
01:17:15If you are reading this,
01:17:17I am dead and you are awake.
01:17:20That night at the dinner party,
01:17:21watching you choke and collapse,
01:17:23that was the worst mistake of my life.
01:17:25But I do not regret it.
01:17:26You had the same fire in your eyes as your parents.
01:17:29You did not deserve to be locked up in a penthouse in Manhattan,
01:17:32a pet that only survived by clinging to me.
01:17:35If pushing you away was the only way to save you,
01:17:38I would be the devil a thousand times over.
01:17:45Go finish the work your parents started.
01:17:48That is where your soul belongs.
01:17:51Do not look back.
01:17:53I will be with you always,
01:17:55in the subatomic particles,
01:17:58forever by your side.
01:18:00The letter was written in code,
01:18:02a language only the two of them could understand.
01:18:05It was a desperate plea for help,
01:18:08a last-ditch effort to save the woman he loved.
01:18:13I just...
01:18:15I can't do this alone.
01:18:28This is your fourth all-nighter in a row.
01:18:30I've put all of Caleb's secret funding
01:18:32and unpublished patents up as collateral for this project.
01:18:34The money's burning fast.
01:18:35We need results before the board stages a co.
01:18:37The subatomic noise data collected over those 20 years in Crypta is massive.
01:18:41Reverse engineering the logical flaws in the explosion 16 years ago
01:18:44is going to take a long time to compute.
01:18:45We keep missing 0.02% on the critical value
01:18:48for the high-energy particle stabilization experiment.
01:18:51That's the exact same number my parents got stuck on 16 years ago.
01:18:54There's a flaw in the base logic.
01:18:56Go sleep in the lounge for two hours.
01:18:58I'll watch the data.
01:19:00No.
01:19:01This is my work.
01:19:02You go cross-check the fluctuation frequency on the B-group perimeter.
01:19:06I'll build the core model.
01:19:07Got it.
01:19:08Call me if anything comes up.
01:19:22My god.
01:19:25Project Lazarus.
01:19:26It's happening.
01:19:34You look I'm gonna did to say it.
01:19:36It were not due frang to any in Sol's his just to have a the commander.
01:19:40Enough, Ella.
01:19:41Look at yourself.
01:19:43Are you trying to avenge your parents or join them in death?
01:19:53I am not trying to die.
01:19:55I found something.
01:19:58This is a reconstruction of the final 10 seconds of my parents' experiment 16 years ago.
01:20:05Someone manually implanted a catastrophic code into the base system, which caused the explosion.
01:20:11So this was not a scientific accident.
01:20:14It was murder?
01:20:15It was.
01:20:17Did Mr. Thorne, did he know about this?
01:20:21If he was the mastermind, he never would have saved me.
01:20:24But he definitely knew something.
01:20:26Where are you going?
01:20:29To find the truth.
01:20:38Physical restoration is complete.
01:20:41This is the last communication record pulled from the wreckage of the backup server from 16 years ago.
01:20:46Play it.
01:20:47If they won't sell the tech, then we make it disappear with the genius couple.
01:20:52Clean it up.
01:20:53No loose ends.
01:20:56So that's what happened.
01:20:58What?
01:20:59All these years, Caleb thought it was a flaw in his lab system that killed my parents,
01:21:03indirectly.
01:21:06Arthur didn't just kill my parents.
01:21:08He used it to make Caleb live with guilt for the rest of his life.
01:21:11Oh my God.
01:21:13That's it.
01:21:15I'm not letting him get away with this.
01:21:20You're moving in for the takedown?
01:21:22Yeah.
01:21:23I'm going to make him pay back every cent of this 40-year blood debt with interest.
01:21:29Seal all the original evidence and code.
01:21:33Max out the encryption level.
01:21:42Today, on behalf of Thornt Industries, I am proud to unveil this groundbreaking particle stabilization technology to the world.
01:21:54Before you steal someone's life's work, Mr. Sterling, shouldn't you check if the rightful heir is still alive?
01:21:59Security, get her out of here.
01:22:02If they won't sell the tech, then we make it disappear with the genius couple.
01:22:07Clean it up.
01:22:08No loose ends.
01:22:09Sixteen years ago, you hacked into my parents' lab, stole their algorithm, and implanted a catastrophic code into the base
01:22:17system.
01:22:18You locked the backup cooling valves, causing that irreversible explosion.
01:22:22Ridiculous!
01:22:23A fake simulation and a docked audio clip won't convict me!
01:22:27The encrypted transfer paths for your stolen data, the offshore account flows for your stock shortage.
01:22:32The federal prosecutors already have all of it.
01:22:40You think taking me down will bring Thorne Global back from the dead?
01:22:49Arthur Sterling, everything you lost today is just the interest.
01:23:06It's over, Ella.
01:23:12Let's go.
01:23:20The Thorne Global Board voted unanimously.
01:23:23The Caleb Thorne Research Fund, named after Mr. Thorne, will officially launch tomorrow.
01:23:28The Science and Technology Museum has cleared the Central Exhibition Hall.
01:23:34Send these over there.
01:23:45For Caleb, who saw the beauty in the broken.
01:23:49And for us, who are finally ready to remember.
01:24:01Arthur's been transferred to a maximum security prison, no bail.
01:24:04Thorne Global's stock is up five points today.
01:24:09Everything's back on track now.
01:24:11Ella, it's time for you to start your life over.
01:24:13This is my life now.
01:24:14You know what I mean.
01:24:16Ella, Caleb's gone.
01:24:19He's subatomic particles in the universe now.
01:24:21If you'll let me...
01:24:22As long as his wavelength is still out there, he's not gone.
01:24:41Ella, put your coat on.
01:24:47Your health belongs to me.
01:24:49Don't catch a cold.
01:24:50I'm not cold anymore, Daddy.
01:24:53Once you locked me in that penthouse, controlling me with your love.
01:24:59This time, I'm the one locking you up in my signal.
01:25:09He kept transmitting this frequency into deep space for the entire 20 years I was frozen.
01:25:16Trying to find a singularity in the universe.
01:25:20To fold time back on itself.
01:25:26Daddy, what are you looking at?
01:25:29At time.
01:25:31If time could be folded, so many things could be undone.
01:25:48Caleb, what exactly did you want me to hear?
01:25:53Is the agreement ready?
01:25:55Mr. Thorne, once you sign this, she will be entirely in your custody.
01:25:59But if you do this, she will hate you for the rest of her life.
01:26:03She has to hate me.
01:26:05Only if she hates me will she stay far away from the experiment my parents worked on.
01:26:09I can't let Arthur kill her too.
01:26:12Lock her up.
01:26:13Even if she thinks I'm a monster, at least she'll be alive.
01:26:26I heard you, Caleb.
01:26:33I heard you, Caleb.
01:26:36System.
01:26:37Disengage the biosecurity lock.
01:26:40Force sync my consciousness frequency to the subatomic target.
01:26:43Warning.
01:26:45Force synchronization will result in brain death.
01:26:48Do you wish to proceed?
01:26:51Proceed.
01:26:58Daddy.
01:27:04Daddy.
01:27:06Don't go.
01:27:08I'm not going anywhere.
01:27:20Caleb, I'm coming for you.
01:27:32I'm coming for you.
01:27:35If I know that I'm not.
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