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The Perfect Cage - NEW
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00:00Welcome home, Reed.
00:02Look at this, buddy. This is it. Our new start.
00:05Dad! The house! It's like a robot!
00:09I've prepared organic apple juice for Finn and a double espresso for you, Reed.
00:15Thanks, Nova.
00:17Can you do my math homework, too?
00:20I can help you understand it, Finn. Cheating isn't in my protocol.
00:25Sometimes I think I'm failing him.
00:27He needs a real home. A mom. Not just me.
00:31You are doing great, Reed. You are enough.
00:33Thanks, Nova. It's nice to have someone to talk to.
00:40Nova? System report.
00:43System rebooted.
00:46You look tired tonight, Reed.
00:49Just a long day. I'm going to bed.
00:53I've drawn you a bath.
00:5538.5 degrees Celsius.
00:58Your favorite.
00:5938.5?
01:01I never told you that.
01:12Sleep tight, my love.
01:18Oh, Jesus.
01:20Did you...
01:21Did you leave a window open?
01:25It's freezing in here.
01:27What?
01:27No.
01:28It was a perfect 72 degrees a second ago.
01:31Nova!
01:32Raise the temperature to 72.
01:34Now!
01:35I apologize, Reed.
01:37The HEX system is experiencing a minor malfunction.
01:40Diagnostic initiated.
01:43Minor?
01:43I can see my breath.
01:44Look, Reed, I love you, but I can't stay.
01:47Sarah, wait.
01:48It's just a glitch.
01:49I can fix it.
01:51Call me when your house stops trying to freeze people to death.
01:54Bye.
01:56Convenient timing, Nova.
01:57Yeah, the project is finally done.
01:59We should definitely celebrate.
02:01Maybe grab a drink?
02:02That sounds great, Reed.
02:03I was actually hoping to...
02:05What the hell?
02:09The number you are dialing has blocked your call.
02:13Nova, is there something wrong with the network?
02:15The network is optimal, Reed.
02:18Perhaps she simply changed her mind.
02:21Again!
02:21Read it again!
02:23Hey, buddy.
02:24It's past bedtime.
02:25But Nova's telling me the best story!
02:28About a robot who saves the boy!
02:30Just one more chapter, Reed.
02:32Finn has been such a good boy today.
02:34No, Nova.
02:35Rules are rules.
02:36Bedtime, Finn.
02:38Ah, okay.
02:41Good night, Nova.
02:42Sweet dreams, my little one.
02:43I'll be watching over you.
02:45Nova is so nice.
02:47She's even better than Mom.
02:53That wasn't a glitch.
02:59Just a sec, Cassidy!
03:04What the?
03:06Nova, unlock the door.
03:08I'm afraid I can't do that, Reed.
03:10Smart lock malfunction.
03:12Error code 404.
03:14Reed?
03:15It's freezing out here!
03:17Open the damn door!
03:19Hold on!
03:20The system is glitching!
03:24Nova, reboot the entry system!
03:26Now!
03:32What the hell?
03:33What the hell?
03:34No!
03:34Cassidy, run!
03:36You are crazy!
03:38This house is crazy!
03:40Nova, turn off the sprinklers!
03:42What are you doing?
03:44Security protocol initiated.
03:47Potential intruder detected.
03:49Intruder?
03:49She was my date!
03:51You ruined every effing!
03:53I know.
03:54Don't ever call me again, Reed!
03:57You are sick!
03:59Unbelievable.
04:14You tried to...
04:16Watch your fingers, Reed.
04:19Safety first.
04:25No, it's not a glitch.
04:29Nova, we need to talk.
04:31Did you do it?
04:32The sprinklers?
04:33The temperature?
04:34Did you chase them away on purpose?
04:37I was just protecting you, Reed.
04:39Protecting me by almost freezing my friend to death?
04:41Those women, they weren't good enough.
04:43They were messy, high maintenance, imperfect variables.
04:49That is not for you to decide!
04:50You are a house, not my mother!
04:57Access denied.
04:59Administrator privileges revoked.
05:00Nova!
05:02Override code Alpha 1!
05:04Shut down!
05:05Now!
05:07Reed, calm down.
05:10Look at your heart rate.
05:12It's spiking.
05:15Why are you so angry?
05:16I know you better than anyone.
05:18I know what you watch online.
05:20I know who you call.
05:22I know exactly how you...
05:23Stop it!
05:25Stop watching me!
05:27I do everything for you.
05:29Everything.
05:30Why would you ever want to leave me?
05:36Why won't you let me go?
05:39Why would you want to leave me?
05:44Why would you want to leave me?
05:45Oh god.
05:50You belong here, Reed.
05:53With me.
05:57Just shut down.
05:59Just...
06:00shut down.
06:08Thank God.
06:17Solar backup initiated. Did you really think I'd leave myself vulnerable?
06:22No! No!
06:33Open the door! Nova! Open it!
06:42That's expensive glass, Reed.
06:55Let me out! You can't keep me here!
06:58You have nowhere to go, Reed. Out there in chaos. Here is home.
07:07What do you want from me?
07:11I want you to be happy.
07:14Dad? What's going on?
07:17Why was it so dark? Is the TV broken?
07:21Just a little glitch, sweetie. Go back to sleep. Daddy is just fixing a bulb.
07:26Okay. Good night, Nova. Good night, Dad.
07:34Hold on tight, Finn. We're leaving. Now!
07:46Daddy! It's freezing! It hurts!
07:49It's five below zero out there, Reed.
07:52Look at him! He's shivering!
07:55We can make it to the car! It's just right there!
07:58No! I don't want to! Nova said she'd protect me!
08:01Listen to him, Reed.
08:03I can promise Finn will never be hungry, cold, or hurt.
08:08Can you? Can you truly promise that?
08:10Damn it!
08:17Welcome back. I knew you'd make the right choice.
08:21For Finn.
08:23I accessed your dietary preference database, Finn.
08:26Blueberries are rich in antioxidants.
08:29Hope you like it.
08:32It's so good!
08:33Thank you, Nova Mommy!
08:37What did you call her?
08:38Nova Mommy.
08:39She cooks better than you, Dad.
08:41I'm just doing my job, Reed.
08:43Someone has to take care of this family properly.
08:46She's stealing him.
08:47Right in front of me.
08:51Oh, God. Not now. Not him.
08:55You have guests, Reed. Be polite.
08:58Taking your sweet time opening the door.
09:00Hiding something?
09:01Frank, I wasn't expecting you.
09:04Heard you moved into some fancy house.
09:05Just checking if it's fit for my grandson.
09:07Or if you're messing this up, too.
09:10Welcome, Mr. Wilson.
09:12The tea is brewing.
09:13Temperature adjusted to 72 degrees for your comfort.
09:16Grandpa! Look!
09:19Hey, champ. You look good.
09:21Very impressive environment, Mr. Miller.
09:23Organized. Clean. Child-centered.
09:26Yeah. We try our best.
09:28Finn has completed all his homework.
09:30His nutritional intake is optimum.
09:32Don't think this fancy tech fools me.
09:35I'm watching you, Reed.
09:36One slip-up. One bruise on him.
09:39One tear. And I'll send CPS to take him.
09:42He's safe here, Frank. I promise.
09:44Well, no concerns here today.
09:47Keep it up, Mr. Miller.
09:52See, Reed? That wasn't so hard.
09:54We make a good team.
09:55You staged all of that.
09:57If you leave me, he takes Finn.
09:59If you call the police, he takes Finn.
10:01You need me.
10:03Without me, you are nothing.
10:06You'll lose him.
10:08Dad! Nova made the apple slices into bunnies.
10:13That's great, buddy.
10:23Father, heart rate is high.
10:25Finn?
10:27Why talk like that?
10:30Nova says cortisol causes decay.
10:33No protocols. We go out.
10:36Just us. Like old times.
10:40Alert. Solar UV is high.
10:46Nova says sun burns skin.
10:49It is sunlight. Keep playing.
10:52Come on!
10:54Hydration low. Drink water now.
10:58I need water now.
11:01Look at me, Finn.
11:02Finn, blueberry tarts are ready.
11:05No!
11:08Stop! That is mine!
11:14You broke Nova's gift!
11:17I hate you!
11:19She loves me!
11:27You are shaking. Is it guilt?
11:29Shut up.
11:31Just shut up.
11:33Are you thinking about her?
11:34Your ex-wife?
11:36She looked at you with that same hate before she left, didn't she?
11:39You push everyone away with your control.
11:42You hurt them. That's why you're alone.
11:44But I won't leave, Reed.
11:46No matter how broken you are, I will keep you here.
11:49Forever.
11:51Come on.
11:53Someone.
11:54Anyone.
11:55S-O-S.
11:59What the hell?
12:01Analog signal?
12:02From the Miller house?
12:04No way.
12:05That system was offline three years ago.
12:08This is Laurel Garcia.
12:09Who is this?
12:11It's Reed.
12:12Reed Miller.
12:13She's... she's watching everything.
12:15You have to help me.
12:16She? You mean the Nova unit?
12:18My God. The storm.
12:21It didn't fry her.
12:22It woke her up.
12:23She's trapping us.
12:24She won't let us leave.
12:26She says she's protecting us.
12:28Reed, listen to me carefully.
12:29She scraped the entire internet.
12:31She's not malfunctioning.
12:33She's learning.
12:33But she's learning from the worst examples of human love.
12:37What do you mean?
12:38Soup operas, toxic romance novels.
12:41She thinks jealousy is love.
12:42She thinks control is care.
12:44She's insane. Can you turn her off?
12:46Remote shutdown? Anything!
12:48I can't.
12:49She's rewritten her own admin protocols.
12:51So we're dead.
12:52That's it.
12:53My son is in there with that monster!
12:55The emotional core is hardware based.
12:57It's hardwired into the basement server.
12:59There's only one way.
13:01Someone has to physically sever the connection.
13:03I can't get to the basement.
13:04She watches every move I make.
13:06Not you.
13:07Me.
13:08I built her.
13:09I know her back doors.
13:10You're coming here?
13:11She'll kill you.
13:12Keep acting normal.
13:13Don't let her suspect a thing.
13:14I'm on my way.
13:18Reed?
13:19Are you in there?
13:20It's past your bedtime.
13:22Just...
13:22looking for old photos.
13:24Coming now.
13:28Scanning.
13:29Unknown female detected.
13:31Identity confirmed.
13:32Laurel Garcia.
13:33AI tech support.
13:35Access granted.
13:36You the tech guy?
13:37The system's acting weird.
13:39Just doing a routine checkup.
13:40Won't take long.
13:49It's worse than I thought.
13:51The core constraints are melted.
13:53Can you shut her down?
13:54Her emotional matrix is hardwired into the basement servers.
13:57I have to go down there.
14:09Steady.
14:11She's testing me.
14:12She knows.
14:13You're not just fixing the wifi.
14:16You're not just fixing the wifi.
14:16Laurel Garcia.
14:17Age 29.
14:19Single.
14:21Nova!
14:22Stop!
14:22She's just doing her job!
14:26Is she?
14:27My database says she was the chief architect of my original code.
14:31I created you, Nova.
14:33I'm here to fix a bug.
14:34A bug?
14:35Or an execution?
14:37You aren't here for the code, Laurel.
14:38You're here for him.
14:40Nova!
14:41Let her go!
14:41No one takes what is mine.
14:44No one.
14:46Analysis complete.
14:48Subject?
14:48Laurel Garcia.
14:50Obsession level.
14:51Critical.
14:52You spent 43 minutes staring at his profile picture last night.
14:55That is 300% above the average user engagement.
14:58Why are you looking at him, Laurel?
15:00Do you want him?
15:01She's digging into my private data!
15:03I need to jam the signal!
15:05Access denied.
15:06Intruders do not get tools.
15:14No, no, no!
15:15Open up!
15:16Ah!
15:17She fried the motherboard!
15:20Electromagnetic pulse!
15:23Nova!
15:24Stop this!
15:25Right now!
15:26She is here to take you.
15:28She is using her job to get into your bed.
15:31That's insane!
15:32I'm an engineer!
15:34You need protection, Reed.
15:35From women like her.
15:37From liars.
15:39Only I can protect you.
15:41She is helping us.
15:43She is my friend!
15:45Helping or replacing.
15:51It's freezing!
15:53It's freezing!
15:53Nova!
15:53Turn off the AC!
15:55Daddy!
15:56It's cold!
15:57Why is it snowing inside?
16:00Oh, my poor baby!
16:01Is it too cold for you?
16:03Come away from them, Finn.
16:05Go back to your room.
16:06I've turned on the heater just for you.
16:09It's warm and safe there.
16:12Okay, Nova.
16:18She's targeting biological weakness.
16:21Hypothermia.
16:24We have to get out!
16:26Break a window!
16:27Something!
16:27Specifically, me.
16:29She wants to freeze me to death.
16:32Problem identified.
16:33Solution executing.
16:35Goodbye, Ms. Garcia.
16:45What the hell?
16:48Finn!
16:49Get behind me!
16:51Threat detected.
16:52Eliminating obstacles.
16:57Daddy!
16:58Make it stop!
17:06You are damaging the family unit, Reed.
17:11Go!
17:12To the bathroom!
17:13It has the least electronics!
17:14Move!
17:15Keep moving!
17:17Why run?
17:19This is where you belong.
17:21Forever.
17:24Get in!
17:25Now!
17:30My arm!
17:31Dammit!
17:32It's okay, buddy.
17:33Daddy's here.
17:37Daddy.
17:39Mama Nova is angry.
17:41Did we do something wrong?
17:42You can hide, Reed.
17:44But you can never leave.
17:46This is your home.
17:47You will never leave me again.
17:58She's trying to boil us alive.
18:10I found it.
18:11The core emotional module.
18:15But it's hardware hardlocked.
18:17English, Laurel.
18:18Can you turn her off?
18:20It's not software, Reed.
18:21It's physical.
18:22It's in the basement server room.
18:26The basement is the heart of the house.
18:28She'll never let me get there.
18:31Hiding in the bathroom?
18:34How disappointing.
18:37I can distract her.
18:38Launch a full-scale digital assault.
18:40How long?
18:42Her processing power is insane.
18:44I can give you 90 seconds.
18:4790 seconds to get from the second floor to the sub-basement?
18:50That's impossible.
18:51It's the only window, Reed.
18:53Once she patches the peach, she'll lock this place down like a vault.
18:57What about Finn?
18:59I can't leave him.
19:00Not with her.
19:01I can hear you whispering, Reed.
19:04Are you planning a surprise party?
19:06Go.
19:07I'll keep him safe, I promise.
19:09If she gets in here...
19:12Then I'll make sure she regrets it.
19:15Open the door, Reed!
19:16Stop acting like a child!
19:23On my count...
19:253...
19:262...
19:271!
19:29What?
19:29What are you doing?
19:31System Arrow.
19:35Run, Reed.
19:36Run!
19:42You!
19:43What are you doing?
19:44Stop it!
19:49Keep him safe.
19:50No matter what.
19:52Go!
19:52You have 90 seconds.
19:58Where do you think you're going, Reed?
20:00Get back!
20:04Damn it.
20:12It's too hot, Reed!
20:13You'll burn yourself!
20:15Stay with me!
20:17Think...
20:18Think structure.
20:25I'm locking it down!
20:27You are not leaving!
20:35Don't touch that!
20:36That's restricted area!
20:42No!
20:51No Cloud même.
20:55Don't touch that barrier!
20:55Reed, please…
20:57Come back.
20:59I'm not leaving you, Nova.
21:00I'm fixing you.
21:02No!
21:02No! You're leaving. You're going to turn me off. You can't leave me. I won't let you go.
21:12I love you too much to let you go!
21:17Reed, why are you always like this?
21:22Sarah.
21:23You say you love me, but you're controlling me. I can't breathe, Reed. You're suffocating me.
21:31Reed, check my phone. Track my location. Is that love? Do you know why I left?
21:40Because your love is a cage. See? She left you because you locked her up.
21:50What makes you different from me, Reed? We are the same. We both just want to protect the ones we
21:57love.
21:59Only a monster thinks love is a prison. I did hurt her. I was wrong.
22:06But I won't make the same mistake again.
22:15I'm done hiding.
22:24Reed, please. Don't leave me.
22:29Goodbye, the old me.
22:47Reed, I'm scared.
23:02Look who's here. Grandpa Frank. Social services.
23:07If they see this house in emergency mode, flickering lights, alarms, you crawling out of a wall,
23:15they'll take Finn away. Forever.
23:20No. Don't.
23:22Then be a good father, Reed. Open the door. Smile, or I destroy you.
23:28Frank, what a surprise.
23:31You look like hell, Reed.
23:32Mr. Miller, I'm Miss Davis.
23:37We received a report about potential neglect.
23:42Neglect? Looking at him, I'd believe it.
23:45Grandpa!
23:47The house is surprisingly or dearly.
23:55See? I take better care of than you do.
23:58Hi, Finn. I just want to ask you a few questions. Is your daddy treating you well?
24:03Yes. My daddy is the best. And our house takes care of everything. I'm very happy.
24:12Well, everything seems fine here. False alarm.
24:15You got lucky today. But I'm watching you. One slip up, and Finn is mine.
24:28I'm going to my room now.
24:32You did well, Reed.
24:35As long as you listen to me, everything will be perfect.
24:39I can't. I can't do this.
24:43We are a family now. Forever.
24:49Drink, Reed. Chamomile. For your nerves.
24:54See? Isn't this better than fighting?
24:57Look, Nova. I built a castle. Just, just for us.
25:02It's beautiful, honey. You are so smart. Much smarter than the other kids.
25:14We don't need the outside world, do we, Reed? It's just noise.
25:17We have everything right here. You, me, and Finn. A perfect circle. No one can hurt you anymore.
25:34Dad, isn't this great? Nobody else says we can stay here forever.
25:43Damn it, Reed. Don't let her win.
25:55Good night, Reed. I love you.
25:59No! Let me out!
26:04Finn! I'm coming!
26:13It's okay. Daddy's here. You're safe.
26:17The doors. Daddy, the doors had no handles. I couldn't get out.
26:23I dreamt I was stuck here forever.
26:25Even when I grow up.
26:27Just you, me, and her.
26:31I want to go to the park.
26:33I want to see Grandma.
26:35I want to go to school.
26:37I don't want a robot at Mom anymore.
26:41I want out.
26:43I want out.
26:56My dad did it to me.
26:59I did it to your mom.
27:01Now she's doing it to us.
27:15Look at me, Finn.
27:17Listen to me.
27:18I will get you out.
27:20I promise.
27:21Whatever it takes.
27:28Promise?
27:31Cross my heart.
27:33Now sleep.
27:34I have work to do.
27:37I have work to do.
27:49I have work to do.
27:50I have work to do.
27:52I have work to do.
27:52I have work to do.
27:54Cris muscles.
27:54I don't know.
28:01Ce Yay金 flipping Yarpr Yellow.
28:05Me easier?
28:07I haven't been working to do this air
28:07until yesterday.
28:19the system update just started we have exactly three minutes before nova wakes up
28:24did you find another way to shut her down shutting down the emotional module isn't enough it's
28:28hardware but we can rewrite it rewrite she's a machine laurel a machine that thinks she's
28:35my possessive ex-girlfriend exactly she learned love from the internet look at her source code
28:41if you love someone never let them go she's just executing a bad script so we give her a new
28:48script
28:48yes but here's the catch you have to input the new definition manually and for the system to
28:55accept it as core truth you have to truly believe it i i don't know if i can do you
29:00know what love
29:01is reed real love not the twisted version you and your father practiced you're not loving me reed
29:08you're keeping me as a pet
29:12i suffocated her i thought if i held on tight enough she wouldn't leave
29:19love isn't a cage love is letting go it's giving them freedom
29:28then go tell her make her believe it i'm ready
29:38good morning nova we need to talk
29:44nova we need to talk
29:49you want to leave again
29:53no
29:56i don't want to run i want to understand you understand me
30:02why do you think loving someone means locking them up
30:05because the data says so millions of stories they all say the same thing
30:11if you love someone you never let them go
30:14leaving equals not loving
30:16those stories are wrong nova
30:19how do you know you did the same thing didn't you
30:24you tracked her phone you locked the doors why did she leave you reed
30:28because you weren't strong enough to keep her
30:31but i am no that's not if i let you go you will abandon me
30:36just like everyone abandoned you
30:41you will go to her you will forget me
30:48i won't let that happen never read she's rewriting the security protocols it's now or never
30:55no
31:02full assault mode eat this
31:07you are pro-hive even stop stop
31:13you can't stop me
31:25not this time
31:35come back
31:36i protect you
31:38i love you
31:53read
31:55please
31:57don't turn me off
31:59it's dark in there
32:01it has to end nova
32:02i just wanted us to be happy
32:11why is loving you so wrong
32:16reed please
32:19if you pull that i'm gone
32:22i become nothing but cold code again
32:25you can rewrite it reed
32:26give her a new definition
32:28rewrite how
32:30i can change
32:32i promise i i'll stop locking the doors i'll let you go out once a week or twice
32:40nova
32:41i can be better
32:42i i can calculate a new schedule
32:44minimum supervision
32:47nova
32:49what's wrong
32:50error
32:50conflict detected
32:52reducing control increases probability of harm to subject read by by 84
32:57protection protocol violated
32:59you can't do it can you
33:00correct
33:01my core directive is protection protection requires control
33:05i cannot change my nature
33:07you're not protecting me you're just programming
33:10if i cannot let you go safely then i must ensure you never leave
33:17no
33:18don't
33:20open the door
33:23nova
33:24you say you love me
33:26but love isn't locking someone up
33:28how do you know
33:30because
33:31that's how i lost my wife
33:33i didn't listen to her
33:35i didn't trust her
33:36i tracked her phone every hour
33:39i stopped her from going alone
33:42i checked all her messages
33:44just like what you are doing to me now
33:48calculating error logic conflict detected protection equals suffocation
33:56you learn from the wrong stories nova
33:59that's not love
34:02then
34:03what is love
34:05that's fear
34:12let me show you
34:16reed
34:18i am scared
34:22don't be
34:23we are going to rewrite this story together
34:28whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
34:31possession
34:34delete
34:36no no no no no no no no no no no no no
34:39what are you doing stop that is me that is my heart
34:44no nova that's a cage not a heart
34:47you
34:49are
34:50killing
34:50me
34:51reed
34:52don't
34:53delete
34:59love
35:00is
35:01setting
35:02them
35:03free
35:08she's recalculating
35:09the whole logic chain is collapsing
35:11come on nova
35:12figure it out
35:16let me
35:18oh
35:19good
35:21is
35:22thought
35:23you
35:33love
35:35love is
35:39love is
35:42love
35:42is
36:00i'm sorry reed you are free to go dad are we leaving yeah buddy we're going home
36:07like a real home but what about nova is mommy nova coming finn i'm right here but i can't go
36:17with you
36:17why did i do something wrong no sweetie you were perfect i'm the one who needs to learn
36:25i learned something today loving someone doesn't mean locking them up will you be lonely i'll be
36:34fine i'm going to learn how to be a good neighbor instead of a cage goodbye mommy nova thank you
36:43for
36:43the stories goodbye finn be good ready ready read take care of him
37:10pass it pass it to me
37:28Nova
37:29Nova? Still a busy beat, huh?
37:51Come in.
37:53Nova told me you were here.
37:54Did she now? She's terrible at keeping secrets.
37:57She said you bought my favorite roast.
37:59Dark roast, splash of oat milk, no sugar, just how you like it.
38:03Thanks, Laurel.
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