An agent was killed. He left a note on his phone. Cicada.
[RIVER] Russian sleeper agents embedded in British society.
They've been reactivated.
If you uncovered the trail, it couldn't have been that well-hidden.
Thanks.
There's a traitor. Right at the top.
There has been an alert.
[RIVER] Thousands of people, they're gonna die.
Paperwork's gonna be a ball-ache.
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[IAN] How did we get here?
It's a question as old as man's capacity to ask it.
[HOWLING]
Hmm.
Were we made?
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
Or were we actually the makers?
[BUILDERS CLAMORING]
Certainly, we're creators. Innovators. Explorers.
One small step for man...
Not beholden to our past, but in total control of our future.
So maybe the question isn't, "How did we get here?"
But maybe the question is, "How far can we actually"...
- Oh. Ow. Ow. - Goddamn, man!
There is so much space in here.
Why do you keep coming to my side?
Sorry, I'm just... I'm in a state of creation,
- and it's really exciting. - Right, but so am I.
Huh? I'm... I'm working on the build. It's gonna be huge!
Great. Yes! Okay. We're both thinking big.
This is aw... This is awesome.
Well, you're thinking big. I'm doing big.
I'm "bigging" as we speak, so could you stop bothering me?
Yeah, totally. Um, real quick, is my hair okay?
Sometimes when I wear the rig, it messes up my hair.
- It looks fine... Yeah. - It does? Okay, thanks.
I was thinking that maybe you could throw a wash through yours,
because it was looking a little, uh, greasy.
- Do you need something from me right now? - Oh, I had this idea, um,
that I wanted to run by you that's, like, super huge.
Um, I was thinking, maybe we could take Hera
and put her into the metaverse.
- No. - Wait, listen. All we have to do
is link everything to the blockchain,
and then, yes, we will have to convert all of our assets
- into Ethereum, possible... - Ian. Ian!
- Okay, look, you are great. - I am?
- Uh-huh. But you've done it. - I have?
Yeah.
Yeah, you came up with some great ideas.
And now, I'm implementing them.
So maybe you could just slow down the flow.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Oof.
I don't know if that's such a great idea, Pop,
'cause I'm kinda tapped into the source right now,
and if I deny the flow entry into the material world, it could have...
Dire consequences, I know. You've said that many times.
But, for now, could you take that risk? For me?
- For you? Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- I... I wanna be a good partner. - You are.
You are. You're a great partner.
And you know what would be the best partnering
that you could do right now?
Go and get me lunch.
- You want me to get you lunch? - Uh-huh.
Go get me a buffalo chicken pizza from the gas station on the corner.
- [ELEVATOR DINGS] - None of those words make sense together.
I know, but it's what I want. And you wanna help me, right? So...
- Yeah. Um... Okay. - Get in there. [LAUGHS]
Yeah, I will. I'll... I'll do that for you.
Um, but wait, is the buffalo chicken on the pizza?
- I'm so... - Leave me alone! [BREATHES HEAVILY]
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
Hey, Pop, did you say something?
'Cause I, uh... I thought I heard you say something.
Mm-mmm, no. Nope. Just getting back to work.
Okay. Again, you might wanna just throw a wash through that hair.
Look at that snake slither.
- What's he doing? - Picking up the trash.
Probably to sort through for company secrets. [SCOFFS]
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
He's emptying the trash into the cart, and he put it down.
Oh, okay. So, he emptied the trash? You mean, he did his job?
Carol, that is what he wants you to think.
Brad is always three steps ahead.
Well, I'm trying to be steps ahead too.
Can I call him Head of the Equitable Cleaning Initiative?
Till I figure out what his angle is,
the only thing we're calling that man is sus,
'cause that's what he is. He is so sus.
- Hmm? - Ah! Jesus.
- What are you doing there? - Reporting back.
You told me to follow Brad and report any unusual activity.
Well, guess what he planted in the bathroom? This.
[GASPS] What is that? Listening device?
No, it's a diffuser. But guess what's in it?
- Poison? - Vanilla oil.
But with an actual vanilla bean in the bottle.
I looked it up online. It retails for, like, 68 bucks.
- Is that all? - Sixty-eight's a lot for a diffuser.
No, I mean, is that all you found? Is there anything else weird?
Yes! The toilet paper was folded into a little point,
like at a fancy hotel.
And all the toilets were absolutely spotless.
Really? What the hell could he be plotting?
The only thing he is plotting, David, is clean bathrooms.
I'm sorry, Carol, but you are not gonna convince me
that Brad Bakshi is not up to something.
He's putting toilet paper in points.
He's buying diffusers out of his own pocket for I don't know how much.
- What? $68. - Sixty-eight.
- Plus tax. - Plus tax.
And the tax in California is insane. In this liberal hellscape...
Okay, Jo... Jo... Jo, listen. I just...
Look, I need you to figure out what Brad is planning,
so really get into his head.
I know that might be tricky for you, but could you do it for me?
On it.
Hmm.
Mmm.
- [DANA] Poppy! - [SPITS] Christ, Dana!
I nearly bit my tongue off. Jesus!
I tried waiting for you to turn your head,
but it's been, like, 20 minutes.
- What do you want? - I'm supposed to
start working for you today.
Shit. Was that this Friday? I thought it was next Friday.
It's Tuesday.
Right. Whatever. I don't really, um, do calendars or something.
Look, I've just... I don't have anything for you today.
I'm... I'm too busy.
Well, I... I can help you with your work.
- Oh! - Yeah?
Hey, I mean, if you wanna hang around
and just shove Skittles in my mouth, be my guest.
But this was the plan.
I'd go to school for a year, and then I'd come back here.
Look, I'm just so deep in the shit right now
that it will take me longer to catch you up
than it will to just finish it myself.
So, how about this? Take your first day off.
Have a great weekend!
It's Tuesday!
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
- [IAN] Hey, Pop. - [SCREAMS, SIGHS]
Can everyone stop sneaking up on me?
Who's everyone? I've been standing here alone for the last 20 minutes.
I wanted to give you space,
but you lose all track of time when you work.
- Where's my lunch? - Yeah, uh, there.
[POPPY] What's that?
That's a smoothie station and an exercise bike.
- No. Huh? - Just... Just go with me here, Pop.
I've got a plan to completely shift your nutritional paradigm.
Now, using a combination of whey protein and interval training,
- we're gonna decentralize your core. - Ian!
Buffalo chicken pizza. Is it really that difficult?
- It is for me. - [SIGHS]
Come on, Pop. I'm a... I'm a big thinker.
I don't really see in slices. I see the whole pie.
A whole pie? I... I could take a whole pie.
- No, you're not eating a whole pie! - I could!
I know you could, but you shouldn't.
Look... [SIGHS] I promise that I can help you.
I can help GrimPop, but you gotta let me do my thing.
You gotta let me think big.
Big thinker, huh? You know what?
I wanna show you something. Follow me.
Behold! History's biggest thinkers.
Visionaries, just like you, who overpromised and under-delivered.
At best, you got P.T. Barnum, who was just selling a bit of fun.
And then at worst, we've got Jim Jones,
who convinced hundreds of people to drink poison Kool-Aid.
Wait a second. What is this? Thomas Edison?
You put Thomas Edison on the same wall as carnies and cult leaders?
Yes, because Thomas Edison was a liar
and a bully who routinely stole ideas from other people,
like Joseph Swan, the brilliant engineer
who actually invented the carbon filament.
- What's your point? - My job is more important than yours.
Oh, really? Really? Well, two can play at this game.
What about this guy?
Nikola Tesla, an exceptionally brilliant engineer
who died penniless because he didn't know how to inspire,
how to tell a story, how to sell the thing that he was actually making.
Like Edison.
Who was always a week away from bankruptcy and fraud.
Okay, look, this is what happens when you work to change things.
First they think you're crazy, then they fight you,
and all of a sudden, you change the world.
Wow. Wow, that is so wise.
Look, this is what happens when you work to change things.
And first they think you're crazy, then they fight you,
and then all of a sudden, you change the world.
- Elizabeth Holmes. - Mmm.
Yeah, that's, uh... that's tough.
Yeah, I bet.
Okay. Well, uh, I guess we're gonna have
to figure this out because, otherwise,
I'm gonna wind up in jail and you're gonna die in poverty.
- Yeah, I don't wanna die in poverty. - I don't wanna go to jail.
- Let's figure this out. Let's... - Yeah. Yes.
- We can... - Just give me another shot.
- Okay. - 'Cause this is, like, a new thing for me,
and I wanna be a good partner.
Here's what we're gonna do.
Um, just go upstairs, uh, to the MQ kitchen,
and get me sandwiches from the freezer.
Great. All right, I'm seeing sandwiches in the freezer.
- That's so you. - I'll get them for you, and...
And I'll eat them and... and build it!
- Great. Okay. All right. Okay, good. - Okay.
[SCREAMS]
- [RACHEL'S MOM] You're in LA again? - Yes, Mom. I'm visiting Dana.
[MOM] Well, what about school? Are you ever in school?
Yes. I'm gonna drive back when I'm done hanging out with her.
[MOM] Okay, is something wrong?
Why... Why are you there so much and not at school?
You know what? This is none of your business, Mom. Okay?
[MOM] Well, actually, it is my business,
and your father is very concerned.
- [RACHEL'S DAD] Uh, honey, what is wrong? - Dad, why... You can't just...
- [DAD] Why-Why aren't you at school? - ... get on the phone without telling...
- [DAD] Is everything okay with you? - I need to go.
- Hi. Hi. - Hi. Sorry.
- I know you have to get back to school. - Oh, it's all good.
Uh, it's just nice to see you one more time.
- So, I was thinking that we... - [SCREAMING, SOBBING]
- [GROANS, BREATHES DEEPLY] - You okay?
Mm-hmm. I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
[SIGHS] Poppy sucks. She sucks.
But I'm contractually tied to her, and I don't know what I'm gonna do.
- Ugh. I'm so sorry, babe. - I'm trapped. [SIGHS]
I totally get it. I had to work with those wackos too.
[SIGHS]
Look, let's turn this around 'cause this is...
[SCOFFS] ... this is stupid, okay? [INHALES SHARPLY]
Let's do something fun. I have an idea.
- What? - Well,
- the other night when we were in MQ... - Mm-hmm?
... I saw our old testing cube, and it reminded me...
- How much fun we had in there? - Yeah.
Yeah? [CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
So, I was thinking that maybe we could sneak up there...
Play some games?
- No. - Look for bugs?
- No, like... have sex. On the couch. - Oh.
- You know what I mean? - Yeah.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE] - Okay, let's do it.
- Okay. - [RACHEL'S DAD] Uh, Rachel,
- [STUTTERS] we're still on the line. - [GASPS] Oh, my God!
- Oh, God! Oh, my God! - Your dad is on the phone?
- Why didn't... Hang up!
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
- [RACHEL] Oh. - Hi. Uh, can we help you?
Sorry. Who are you?
- Oh, we're testers. - We test the game for bugs...
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know what testing is.
Where is the couch?
Oh, yeah, we got rid of that.
We thought it was weird for two people
to share the same seat at work, you know?
- Well, it's not that weird. [CHUCKLES] - No. [CHUCKLES]
- It's pretty weird. - It wasn't weird for us.
In fact, it's where we fell in love. And who knows?
You might too, unless you ain't gay. [CHUCKLES]
Sorry, are you asking us if we're straight or gay?
- No. No. - No. No.
- I'm super uncomfortable. - Yeah.
Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. I... [SCOFFS]
We didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. That's not who we are.
- [DANA] Not at all. - [RACHEL] To be clear, we are gay,
and she was saying that maybe you guys would also be gay, together.
But it was a joke.
- It was a joke. - It was a joke.
I don't think it's funny to assume someone's sexuality.
Or lack thereof.
- Are y'all fucking with us? - Are you?
'Cause I feel like you guys are fucking with us.
No.
- [SMACKS LIPS] Ah. - Ah. This was a mistake.
- This was a mistake. [LAUGHS] - [WHOOPING]
Yeah, we're just gonna go. See you guys. Have fun testing.
[BRAD SCATTING]
What are your plans?
Well, I was gonna finish these counters
and then hit up the kitchen with a Hoover.
Don't get coy. I know you're up to something.
And if you are up to something, I will find out.
You're not gonna find anything, Jo. I mean, unless you plant it.
But that's not you anymore, is it?
[BREATHES SHAKILY] No, it's not.
Me neither. We're no longer sharks or mice, Jo.
We're just two flawed humans looking to make an honest start.
- Good. - Good.
- [INHALES DEEPLY] Hmm. - Hmm.
Well, I should get back to these counters, so...
- Here. - Okay.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] I have to go.
Okay, sandwiches for Poppy.
Sandwiches. Sandwiches. What?
Oh, God, I knew it. The only sandwiches in here are ice cream.
No.
[SIGHS] You know what I'm gonna do?
Yeah.
I'm gonna give her a protein wrap.
She's not gonna like it, but doesn't matter.
Sometimes that's what being a good partner is.
It's saying, "No, Poppy. No."
- Hey, Ian. - Oh, hey, Brad.
Hey, by the way,
great job cleaning our office the other night.
I live to serve now.
- Yeah, me too. - Really?
I thought you lived to be a conduit
between the realm of pure potential and the corporeal plane.
Yes. That's true. Thank you for noticing.
I've always thought of myself that way,
but I never thought anybody else noticed.
- [CHUCKLES] I like this new Brad. - Mmm. [CHUCKLES]
But now, what I'm just trying to do is help Poppy do her thing.
Ooh, that's gotta be tough.
Trust me. I know what it feels like to fight against your nature
in order to change.
Not easy.
- Yeah, it's not easy. - Mm-mmm.
I feel you, man. I feel you. Stay strong, brother.
We'll get through this.
Meantime... [SIGHS] I really gotta focus on being a good partner.
She asked me to get her a sandwich, and that is what I'm going to do.
Speaking of which, I'm headed down to GrimPop
if you want to drop that off.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Uh, yeah. That'd be great. - Easy-peasy. [CHUCKLES]
- Oh. - You can just leave that.
- I'll clean it up, so... - Okay.
Great.
[INHALES DEEPLY] I guess that frees Ian up.
[SIGHS] Frees Ian up for the big ideas.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Let's see what's going on at old MQ. [SMACKING LIPS]
- You. - Me?
What do you dream about?
Uh, dogs.
- What? - Dogs.
Oh, right. No, but... Sorry.
I mean, like, if you could build anything in the world,
what would it be?
Dog farm.
- A farm for dogs? - Yeah.
Right. No, but what are you... what are you most passionate about?
- Um... - Don't say dogs.
Don't say dog.
Cat?
[SIGHS] Never mind.
[PANTING] I'm not hiding.
Okay.
Look away.
You're new, aren't you?
Yeah, we just started last week.
Hmm. Fresh hires.
Powerless, entry-level grunts.
Lowest white men on the totem pole.
Uh, I... I guess so.
I'm sorry. Totem pole is pretty offensive, isn't it?
Oh, goddamn, you're woke too?
[SNIFFS, SIGHS]
May we help you?
[SHUSHES] You already have.
[CAROL] Okay, thank you for coming.
I have called this meeting because there have been reports
of repeated harassment in this office.
From who? Oh, is it you?
It's anonymous, David.
Carol, I'm gonna need to peel off a small team for a special project.
You can't peel off nobody, okay? Because you don't work here.
In fact, we have a lot of people wandering around here
where they don't belong.
We sure do.
Why you looking at me?
I don't know. You tell me, bro.
Carol, I have a question. What are the testers doing here?
The testers work here, unlike the two of you!
Who do you think complained?
- [KAI] What? - I thought you said it was anonymous.
You are correct, and it is.
You shouldn't have said nothing when I said something,
and then maybe it wouldn't have come out like this.
- They complained about us? - Pussy asses.
- Her too. - Carol, I wanna work,
- but Poppy won't let me. - Me neither!
I've got nothing to do, Carol. And, by the way,
neither do a lot of people up here.
They need big ideas, not uninspired meetings like this.
We never had meetings like this when I was here.
We had this exact meeting.
- Carol, if I may... - You may not.
I'm taking the power back
because y'all are all cray cray ba-nay-nay.
Ian, what the fuck is this?
- Lord, have mercy. - Oh. Hey, Pop.
Sorry, yeah, I got held up.
And, um, those frozen sandwiches,
they were melted so I threw them in the garbage.
They're perfectly good! I found them in the bottom of Brad's cart!
I tried to shove 'em in the bottom, but she smelled them.
I knew it. No, you wanted her to find them
to cause dissent and instigate chaos.
- This is all part of your plan. - I was emptying the trash.
I do all the floors in the building, David.
"Oh, it's part of my job. I'm just a s-s-s-s-simple j-j-j-janitor."
Oh, d-d-don't-don't start that with me. No one buys it, Brad. Okay?
You can't change. A person like you cannot change.
Do you really believe that?
No, no, Brad... Brad's different, Jo.
He's, you know... He's an evil, deviant person.
- You don't think I'm evil and devious? - No, I do. I do.
I... I mean, I don't know. I... I'm sorry, I'm getting confused.
- Do you wanna be? - Carol, Poppy's acting like a cat.
- Make her stop! - Yeah, I'm acting like a cat!
I'm acting like a lion. You know what? You are a terrible partner!
And from now on, if I want something done, I'm just gonna do it myself!
- Could you... [GROANS] - You see, Carol?
Swiping things off of desks and storming out of rooms is my thing!
Okay. You two, go back to your floor.
And you, stop treating the janitor like he's a spy.
And you, stop being Satan.
And you, go back to wherever you live or work 'cause it ain't here.
And gentlemen, I am sorry for any harassment you experienced,
and I promise you it will never happen again. Okay?
- Uh, thank you. - [STAMMERS]
Okay.
Meeting adjourned.
- That was a meeting? That was a meeting. - That's it?
[BRAD SCATTING]
Mmm. [INHALES SHARPLY]
Hey, Brad. Um, listen, man, I'm... I'm sorry about before.
You know, I... I didn't give you a chance, and that's not fair.
I appreciate you saying that.
- Yeah. I mean, look, everyone can change. - Mm-hmm.
And, uh, you know, I'm... I'm glad you're back.
Thank you. Yeah, yeah.
And, I mean, you have nothing to worry about.
- Yeah. - I mean, there's nothing,
- like strange or nefarious going on. - [CHUCKLES] Yeah.
And even if there was, you'd never know it.
Right, yeah. And, um... Sorry, wait, what?
Anything that may or may not be afoot shouldn't concern you
because anything that would
or wouldn't happen would do so without your knowledge or awareness.
And even if it did happen,
you wouldn't understand what it was or wasn't.
So it's all perfectly fine as far as you're concerned.
Uh, uh, sorry, no.
Uh, that's actually not fine. Because I'm...
David, just trust me.
You're never gonna find any dirt on me
because I'm the janitor.
So sus.
[SNORING]
- Should we wake her? - Uh, no.
That's about a six-hour sugar coma she's put herself into.
Can't say the woman's not dedicated.
Well, I guess that's it for the day. Wanna roll?
Yeah.
Oh, shit. Wait. Is that VIVE Pro Eye gear?
- You... You know it? - Yeah!
I mean, I haven't played it yet, but I heard it's dope.
I don't know if it could keep up with the Reverb G2 though.
Wait, so you're into VR? By any chance, are you into the metaverse?
I mean, I don't know if anyone could be into the metaverse,
but I think we exist through it and around it.
That barely makes any sense, and yet, I totally understand.
- You wanna plug in? - Hell, yeah.
Let's go.
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