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Is that real?

Hold on.

What are you doing?

Emma, did you really

just leave me

because I said I feel gross?

Hang on.

Emma!

-Don't be a jerk friend.

-I gotta go.

Emma!

Crap.

Where are you going?

I'll be back in a minute.

Why are you calling me

when I'm three feet away?

Your note said to call you.

-Okay.

-Could we make this quick?

I'm on a really

limited call plan.

Yeah. Sure.

Hello? Emma?

She hung up on me.

What have we got here?

Hey...

Bill, this is Emma.

She lives right here.

We just... we live right here.

It's nice to finally

meet you, Emma.

Likewise.

Now I can see why Evan's got

a little spring in his step.

Okay, Bill.

I'll be in in a minute.

Looks like

I'm getting the boot.

Hey, now don't go breaking

this little baby's heart, okay?

He is... Look at him,

he is sensitive.

-He is a...

-An a**hole.

Yeah.

Kind of, yeah.

Good night.

Government officials

do not believe there is a threat

to the United States,

in spite of medical exp...

Good night, Dad.

Night, sweetie.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Is everything okay

with you and Mom?

Things just seem

pretty weird lately.

I'm sorry.

I get laid off,

I go from teaching PhD

candidates to high school kids,

and, no offense, it's just...

I know it hasn't been easy

on you and your sister.

Right?

New school, new friends,

new house.

Things will be fine,

sweetie, okay?

Yeah, I guess.

Come here.

I love you, kiddo.

I love you too.

Good night, sweetie.

Good night.

That does hurt!

Okay, what is it

on a scale?

-What is it on a scale?

-It's just a six.

-Nasty.

-Disgusting.

I'm sorry, guys.

The botfly larva is

a multicellular parasite.

It's fairly easily

removed, as you saw.

And you just cover

that breathing hole

with a piece of tape.

Pokes its head up for some air.

Pull it out.

Ecuador, 1987.

Pulled that little guy

out of my elbow.

Now, I don't know if any of you

are following the news.

If you're not, you should be.

There's something going around

that's making people sick.

Most are now speculating that

it's parasitic, like this guy.

Can anyone tell me

what a parasite is?

Yes, Evan.

It's, an organism

that lives in another organism.

Or on another organism,

like head lice.

Remember when you had

head lice, Emma?

Did just stay that?

I'm sorry.

-No.

-Anyway, look at this.

Parasites, all right?

These guys cannot survive

on their own, okay?

They need a host.

Now, sometimes they live

peacefully inside their hosts,

but sometimes... this is

what fascinates me, guys...

Sometimes they take control,

going so far as to manipulate

their behavior.

Toxoplasma gondii.

This is a parasite that gets

inside of a rat's brain

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