Upload (2020) s04e02 Episode Script

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[device chimes]
Oh. Babe?
Honeymoon registry alert.
[gasps] Aw. Aleesha got us
two days of beach upgrade.
From Daytona to Thailand?
[Nora] Why did you lie about
Nathan being destroyed?
[Ingrid] That was so sweet of her.
- What kind of person does that?
- We're getting really close, babe.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, babe, I forgot to give you
the poop and scoop.
The other angels are freaking out
over layoff rumors.
Uh-oh. Layoffs?
Ah-ah. Your girl is one step ahead.
I applied to be a therapy dog.
But don't you need a PhD in counseling
for that?
Okay, Mr. Veronica Mars,
no, not a therapy dog.
A life coach chinchilla.
You don't need any training for that.
And if I screw it up, who cares?
They're already dead.
[Ingrid laughing]
- No offense.
- [chuckles] Okay.
But I don't know. I think I'll be good.
I know you will.
- [chuckles]
- And I'm helping
in my own little way with my little job.
Yes, you sure are.
- My hardworking hubby.
- Mm.
[whimsical music playing]
[paper bag rustling in video feed]
[Nathan backup] Oh, I got one.
[taps keyboard]
Sir, no bags means no bags.
Okay? Pay a buck or bring a tote.
Can't believe I'm a bag narc.
Anything for the honeymoon fund, though.
Hey. Hey, hey. That garlic is organic,
and you rang it up as regular.
- [electricity buzzing]
- Gotcha. [laughs]
[exhales]
[scanner beeps]
Sames goes with the five bananas.
That's five more zaps.
[man at register exclaims]
[laughs]
- [stammering]
- Whoo!
[laughing]
This is terrible.
This is… This is terrible.
Welcome, welcome. Thank you all
for coming, not that you had a choice.
Now, I know what you're wondering.
"Jitendra, JB, what is the big news?"
I am proud to say we have hit
300 million paying uploads.
Yeah!
Now we can monetize this bitch.
[scattered applause]
Wait, we haven't been
making money this whole time?
Workload has given us a captive workforce
[chuckling] we actually own.
To be clear, they're not slaves, though.
Okay? That would be…
wrong?
Combined with improvements in our AI,
we will soon lay off
most of our living angel staff.
- [concerned chatter]
- Not you managers.
Yet. I'm just kidding.
I'm gonna let you in
on an exciting new secret initiative
now in beta testing.
Imagine…
backing up your brain without…
…burning off your head.
It is an exciting, new MRI tech
that will let us charge every single
person on Earth
a monthly data storage fee
to keep a brain copy.
It's being safety tested right now
on human volunteers…
- Holy shit.
- …and when it comes online, we are gonna
eat the lunch of those meatheads
at Oscar Mayer Intel.
[booing]
Boo. Boo. They suck.
They suck. Fuck them.
[whistling happily]
Can you not?
Oh. Hey.
No working late tonight
because I am going to be making goulash
for my universal basic income
mandated hobby
and I need you to try it on camera.
Or else I don't make rent.
So, dinner date, don't be late.
Do you even know how to cook?
That's… That's the whole point.
They're not gonna pay me to do something
that I already do all the time,
- like jerking off.
- Jerk off?
[laughs] Jinx. You owe me a Coke.
Hey, have you found Nathan yet?
Honey, you have to get over him.
If he was dead,
I would have to get over him.
But he's not dead, he's talking to me.
Well, is he saying
that you need to move on?
No. He asked me
what the capital of Florida was.
- Random.
- Exactly. How could I make that up?
Miami.
- Tallahassee.
- Oh.
Guys, my lover is being held somewhere
against his will.
Okay? He's still alive and he needs me.
If he were in Lakeview, I would know.
Like they don't have ways
of hiding illegal shit.
Come on, Aleesha.
Get me rehired, and I'll look for myself.
You know, the word "please" is still free.
- Shut up.
- Shut up.
Look, I can't add headcount, okay?
Layoffs are coming.
I-I'll do your laundry for a month.
Do your own laundry. Once.
Please.
Aleesha, please.
Uh… Fine, fine.
Come by the office later and I will
figure out a way to sneak you in.
Thank you.
Thank you.
That girl is delulu.
[chuckles]
Oh, hey, mami.
Looking good. I love you.
Okay, no, I guess
we're still fighting, then.
I love you. I've always loved you.
Would you do me the honor
of making me the happiest man on Earth?
I love you.
- No.
- But I… But I do.
Hey. No romance with the guests.
- Didn't you kiss Luke?
- Wh…?
Does everybody know?
That was a one-time thing.
But not for you. That is against HR.
But I'm not… H.
- Hup-bup-bup!
- [squeals]
I did not know you could do that.
I didn't, either.
[whimsical romantic music playing]
- Oh, my…
- [chuckles softly]
[overjoyed laugh]
Am I crazy? You two are cute.
[muffled gibberish]
Kind of.
- [laughing]
- Oh, my God. You have these, too.
- I'm gonna go.
- [gibberish continues]
Big news. Guess who made enough money
to cover our drinks on our honeymoon.
Oh. [beatboxes]
Look out, Apple Cove.
The Kannerman-Browns
are coming to the beach.
[both laughing]
Mmm.
- Um, babe?
- Mm-hmm?
Babe, the suitcase is moving.
- You bet it is.
- No, no, not your pants, the suitcase.
[Nathan backup] Um… 'Kay.
Probably nothing, right?
- [Ingrid] Okay.
- Just, uh…
Okay.
[gasps, grunts]
[coughing]
Hey, man. What's up?
Out.
- [elevator bell rings]
- [tense music playing]
[sighs] Okay.
Nora. Oh, my God. Hi.
I'm so sorry to hear about Nathan.
I mean, I… It's tragic.
I totally know what you're going through.
Widow sisters.
Neither of us were married to him.
And you didn't have a relationship, okay?
I did. In my heart.
Great talking to you, Tinsley.
'Kay. Same.
- I love you.
- I love you.
- I love you.
- I was just gonna say that.
- I knew you were just about to say that.
- I knew you knew.
[whimsical music playing]
[Nora] What? No way.
The one day I have something else to do.
Yes, tastes good, doesn't it?
Uh, now… [clears throat]
Can we please get to floor 10,553?
- Doll, I have to get back to work.
- [groans]
- [gasps] Let's do it together.
- Okay.
[chuckles]
Oh, my God.
That felt so much better
than just doing it with my own hand.
- That was incredible.
- [squeals]
Oh! Ah!
Ah… Oh. Oh.
Ah. Hey. Whoa.
Oh, oh! Ah, ah.
I wonder if that kiss means as much to her
as it does to him.
Or anything at all.
- Luke, I…
- [device chiming]
Oh, shit.
I got to take this.
I also have a call to take.
[clears throat] Hey, Beyoncé.
[laughing] Yeah, I know, finally.
Phone tag.
[whispering] We're both busy.
Yeah. I'm listening, I am liking.
[rake scraping]
Hey.
Do you ever hear,
like, a "pshh, pshh, pshh"
sound around here?
Is that the call of a red-crowned crane?
[birdlike screeching]
[grunts] No.
Not that. [sighs]
- [tapping coffee mug]
- [Lucy] Announcement. Announcement.
I would just like to address some rumors
that have been going around.
Not about me losing custody.
I saw your Slack messages.
Hurtful.
About layoffs. They're not happening.
No. Mm-mm.
But some good news:
Betta is offering to upload
current employees into Workload for free.
Plus, doughnuts.
Right over there.
Free doughnuts? [laughing]
Yeah! Thank you, Lucy.
Yeah. You're welcome.
Go get 'em, Tinsley. Go, go.
[electric blast]
[electronic chiming]
[automated voice] Work order:
Tinsley Amis avatar.
[Batia] Oh, great. More bullshit.
[Nora] Damn, Tins.
Did she even get a doughnut first?
[horns honking]
[breathing shakily]
[Aleesha] I found more details
on the brain backup machine.
But there's a third-party team
after it, too.
Keep your head down.
Could be Panera Raytheon
or Jollibee Hanwha.
- Look ordinary.
- [incredulous laugh]
I have never been ordinary in my life.
I am serving 24/7, eating the runway.
[intriguing music playing]
Ugh.
[exciting music playing]
[birds chirping]
Oh, I think there's been a mistake.
Uh, I'm supposed to have an appointment
with my therapy dog, Ernie.
Actually, I have some news about that.
Ingrid? Oh, God, no. Please.
The therapy dogs' contracts
were not renewed.
But now you have a life coach chinchilla.
Think of me as an untrained friend
who feels entitled to give endless advice.
Ugh, all I've ever wanted
is to change your whole everything,
and now it's basically my job.
This is a dream, for both of us.
Are there any rules
on patient confidentiality?
I won't tell anyone anything.
Unless it's really juicy, obviously.
[groaning]
Good job on the drop.
The package was valuable.
So we're even?
Not even close.
The package has an address for
a private longevity spa for billionaires
on a site owned by Horizen.
We believe that's where
they are doing medical experiments.
Dang. Freaky shit.
Upstate New York.
We need you to drive up there now.
Set up trail cameras around the entrance.
Now? I have a dinner at 8:00.
No romantic attachments, remember?
Anybody close to you could get killed.
And I'm not saying who by.
But probably us.
Oh, it's just a-a roommate thing.
Why do you still have roommates?
Because I'm frugal.
[grunting]
Oh, my life is so pointless.
How are you this soft?
[Ingrid] Um, I'm married. No petting.
Gross. It's not even like that.
Okay. [sighs]
You're giving "bored and lonely."
My best friend just got hitched.
Gorgeous bride. Gorgeous wedding.
- My job sucks.
- The pay is peanuts.
And my love life…
What love life? Am I right?
[scoffs] What are you talking about?
I've been knee-deep in…
[groans]
Hey, I'm sorry things didn't work out
with you and Aleesha.
Aleesha? [laughs]
Why would this be about Aleesha?
Just because every sunset
reminds me of her smile?
Fuck! How do you know?
How do you know
that she's not interested, huh?
Huh? You don't know anything.
You know nothing!
[Nora] Nathan!
Nathan! Nathan?
Nathan!
Oh, and I'm the one
who has to see a chinchilla?
[waves crashing]
[frustrated sobbing]
Not this place again.
You know the drill.
Just think the answers to these questions.
Who was your first grade teacher?
How many times are we gonna do this?
I don't know how to tell you this
in a fun way, but…
until you can't answer anything anymore.
Who was your first grade teacher?
Good. What's the capital of Florida?
That's weird.
You didn't know that last time.
Maybe he's learning?
That's not possible.
One-one-five, how did you know that?
Go fu…
Well, that's not very nice, now, is it?
[footsteps approaching]
[Nathan backup] Yep.
Hey. Nora.
I was just about to call you back.
Can I come in?
Of course. Of course, yeah.
[sighs] Um, hey.
It meant a lot
that you made it to the wedding.
I know how hard that must've been.
Pictures turned out great.
- I don't know if…
- I want to see your last memory of Nathan.
No. I don't want to do that.
It was traumatic. I watched him die.
Except I spoke to him yesterday.
What?
I spoke to Nathan.
He's alive and here in Lakeview somewhere.
Oh, Nora.
So that's interesting.
What do you have to say about that?
[soft, haunting music playing]
I see him, too.
- You do?
- Yes.
Grief is a fucking monster, okay?
I… I-I've been reliving this moment
over and over…
No, no, I-I'm really seeing him.
- He's not dead.
- Yes, he is.
If I could change what happened,
I would, but I can't.
Nora, we have to accept that, both of us.
And you have to move on.
You know, I'm tired of people telling me
what I have to do.
If I was missing,
would Nathan ever stop looking for me?
When you were missing, I did.
That's how I know
he would say this isn't healthy.
Well, that's the difference
between real Nathan and you.
He grew, and he would never give up on me.
Thanks for nothing.
[door opens]
[elevator bell rings]
[sweet, gentle music playing]
[chatting indistinctly]
[slow exhale]
[AI girl laughs]
Stop, you're gonna make me blush.
[AI Bartender] Then I'll keep going.
Hey. I've been looking for you.
Oh.
And you found me. [chuckles]
Did you need something?
Babe, from the moment
you ejected from my side,
I knew I wanted to spend
the rest of my days doing life with you.
You're my soulmate, and our love
will last forever and ever.
So let's make it perfect.
Oh. Female-shaped AI,
would you make me the happiest man…
I want to see other people.
She…
What? [stammers]
Well, did I do something wrong?
No, it's not you. It's me. [chuckles]
You is me.
- I'm in love with someone else.
- Who?
- Him?
- [chuckles] Yeah.
What does he have that I don't have?
Look, we had fun,
but I'm tired of hearing
about your favorite elevator buttons.
- [coughs] Boring.
- [chuckles]
Uh, we have real conversations.
He tells me about his favorite drinks.
How is that different from the buttons?
Please.
If it makes you feel better,
every time I kiss him,
part of you will also be kissing him
because you made me, so…
That's, like, the worst thing
I've ever heard.
Oh, my God.
[kiosk beeping softly]
[Nora sighs]
Durian.
- Hmm.
- [electricity crackles]
Nora.
Oh, my God.
I have looked everywhere for you.
Where are you?
Uh, uh…
A white room.
Your copy says he saw you die.
No, but I'm not dead.
I believe you. But I can't find you.
Think back.
What happened when they,
when they took you away?
[sighs] It's so fuzzy. Um…
They took me to a room with a big screen.
Other me was there on VR.
They made us argue.
About what?
Who got to live.
Well, he conveniently
failed to mention that.
Did he sell you out?
I don't remember what happened after.
Hey. What's the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee.
Why do you keep asking me that?
I asked you that before?
Uh…
I don't feel good.
Nathan?
Nathan, what's wrong?
I don't know.
Nora, come find me, please.
Nathan?
Nathan!
[sighs]
Babe, don't lie, is it really bad?
Not at all, babe. You look great.
Like a sexy carrot.
[giggles] Yum.
- Okay.
- [knocking at door]
Thank you. I'll see you later?
Can't wait.
Coming.
What did you do?!
I know, it's self-tanner.
It'll settle, it just needs time.
Not that, asshole.
Show me what happened,
straight from your memory.
- No, I'm not gonna do that.
- What are you hiding?
The worst moment of my life.
Well, too fucking bad.
Show me.
Please, I can change.
I'll learn how to make a "maj-ito."
It's called a mojito, you dumb hick.
- Oh.
- Just… make another girlfriend.
What?
She won't have any
of our special memories.
It won't be the same.
Come on, I love you so much.
We're so good together.
What we had was real.
Remember earlier this morning?
What about… What about earlier
this afternoon?
It was so beautiful and special.
You're embarrassing me.
[huffs] Fine, if you don't
love me anymore, just say it.
I don't love you anymore.
Oh, don't just say it! [whimpers]
[stammers, moans]
[laughs] Should we see
if he torrents himself?
No. Poor guy.
She broke his heart.
Well, he's a machine.
You're a machine!
You know what?
Uh, maybe I should change real quick.
Show me when they brought you together.
When they asked you to fight it out.
I need to see it.
Oh, shit, they got you, too?
[Nathan backup] Not without a fight.
[Nathan] We'll be all right.
As long as we stay on the same page.
I think we've got
a pretty good chance of doing that.
- [chuckles]
- [door opens]
So…
this is the body Ingrid was growing.
What a waste of money.
Wow. Rude.
Look, we've got questions
and you've got answers.
Whoever helps us gets rewarded.
Which one of you is most recent?
Whose idea was it to download?
Where is David Choak?
The baseball player?
Or the billionaire mummy?
[Nathan] Couldn't pay me to be a mummy.
- Yeah, too claustrophobic, right?
- Absolutely.
Oh, have you checked under his Prefera?
Gross. Now I have that image in my head.
Gross.
One of you has to be destroyed.
So let's make this easy.
Whoever wants to live, say so now.
No one speaks, we can destroy you both.
We'll never choose. Fuck you.
Save him.
[Kannerman] As you wish.
What? No. No. Stop, stop!
[restraints rattling]
What are you doing?
Nathan!
- No!
- [electricity crackles]
[sighs]
I should've said destroy me.
I'm the copy, he's the real one.
- He's the good one.
- It's not your fault.
[sobs softly]
Nora, I'm so sorry.
It's okay.
They did this, not you.
I know, I just hate…
I hate remembering it so much.
How did you even know about it?
Nathan told me.
Nathan told you?
Yes.
Okay.
Okay, I believe you.
Shit, he is alive.
Yes. So that memory can't be true.
[Aleesha clears throat]
- [Aleesha] Nora?
- Oh…
Uh, one sec.
Nora? What are you doing here?
You don't even work here anymore.
Just volunteering.
You know, you can't keep me away.
[Nathan backup] Nora?
One moment.
How can I help?
- Um…
- [trilling]
Give Ingrid lots of attention.
You know, pick up your socks
and don't leave dishes in the sink, and…
Try a chore wheel.
Um… Have fun at the beach.
What?
Okay. Let's go.
[Aleesha clears throat]
[Lucy] Leeshie.
Leeshie! Leeshie!
Leeshie, they fired me!
Can you believe it, Leeshie?
Me!
I-I know you can see me, Leeshie.
Okay!
He's so rough!
Leeshie, please!
You're letting go of your biggest talent!
[exhales]
- Lobby.
- Tinsley?
Nora! Hi.
Hey, could you water my plants?
My keys are on my corpse.
[groans]
Ow.
Doesn't this hurt?
It's the least painful thing
to happen to me all day.
[sighs]
Okay, come on.
- Come. Come on.
- [grunts]
- [groans]
- Oh.
Okay.
[AI guy sobbing]
[sighs]
You taught us to be
smarter and better at stuff.
[sniffles]
So we can do more things
and be more human.
But I don't feel happier.
Oh, I know.
[sighs] What if I got so smart
I could make a girlfriend do
whatever I wanted?
Then I think you'd be a monster.
Well… yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
- [sobbing]
Fuck my life.
[sighs]
Hey, buddy. Want to help me finish these?
Okay.
But not at the bar.
I hate that guy.
[groans]
Babe?
I've had a day.
I don't think I'm qualified
to help someone
through their emotional prob… Ooh!
Wow, that is really orange.
Yeah, I've just been washing it.
Nonstop.
- Nothing happens.
- Aw.
You look like you've had a day, too.
Yes.
Yes, I have.
You don't have to talk about it.
You're right. [inhales deeply]
Let's just go on our honeymoon.
Nope.
The vibe's off.
Let's…
change the energy first.
Babe, I'm fine, really.
- It's just a lot of orange.
- How about…
an episode of Botox Babies
to cleanse the soul?
I mean, we should see what happens
with Jaylen's potty training drama
before we go.
[chuckling]
Okay, fine.
- Just 'cause you said so.
- Okay.
[baby babbling on TV]
Oh, my God, Kendra's already wasted.
Who's surprised?
She was a preemie.
[baby cooing on TV]
[upbeat music playing over TV]
[baby babbling on TV]
I really wanted to be with her.
Well, we don't always get what we want.
If she doesn't want to be with you,
there's nothing you can do.
At least you had that one moment.
How long will it hurt so bad?
However long your relationship was,
cut that in half.
Two more hours?
[crying]
Oh, God!
[sobbing]
God, you guys are lucky
you've never had a heartache.
[scoffs] Yeah.
Just drink your beer.
[slurps]
Give me that sexy goulash ♪
♪
[scatting]
Yes! Yes!
You made it! [sighs]
Hey, not now, Ivan.
But…
Uh, I-Ingrid, dinnertime.
[Ingrid] Sorry, busy!
Oh, shit.
I know, we're all friends.
Oh, sure, we'll be there for Ivan.
[mutters indistinctly] He made goulash.
Everybody… [sighs]
Fuck 'em. [sighs]
Where's the goulash, dude?
I'm starving.
Oh, uh, yeah, I'll-I'll make you a plate.
Uh…
Hey.
- Can you talk?
- Sure.
Jesus, what happened?
Oh, uh, just a self-driving car accident.
[Ivan] Dinner is served.
Mm. What's this?
[Nora] Reboot's memory of my Nathan dying.
- It's faked.
- How do you know?
Uh, she spent a month in fantasy AI.
I'm pretty sure she can tell.
[intriguing music playing]
Holy shit.
I told you he's alive.
But if he's not in Lakeview,
then where the hell is he?
I got to confess something.
Girl, I thought the "Nathan is alive"
was bullshit.
But I learned something today.
Horizen has
a secret medical facility upstate,
and they're testing that machine.
Oh, my God.
This is what it looks like.
This med spa is the real-life Lakeview.
That's where Nathan is.
And that's where we have to go.
[dramatic music playing]