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[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

KARA:
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and Goalpost Pictures

Production,

in association

with Automatik Entertainment,

Nervous Tick,

and Film Victoria:

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[HOWLIN' WOLF'S "SMOKESTACK

LIGHTNING" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Oh, smokestack lightning

Shining just like gold

Why don't you

hear me crying?

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

Well, tell me, baby

[MAN SINGING ALONG]

Words don't matter, yeah

Why don't you hear me

crying?

- [LIGHT METALLIC CLANKING]

- Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

[RATCHETING]

Well, tell me, baby

Where did you spend

last night?

Why don't you hear me

crying?

Ooh

Ooh

[THUDS]

Okay. Come on.

[ENGINE REVVING]

[TURNS ENGINE OFF]

I love you.

[GARAGE DOOR WHIRRING]

HANDLEY:
You can't be an

idealist and a capitalist, Asha.

- You got to pick a side.

- I think I can.

HANDLEY:
No, you can't.

I'm... I'm telling you...

KARA:

Arriving at your house, Asha.

Saved by my car.

Goodbye, Handley.

[GASPS]

Oh, my God.

KARA:
Are you okay, Asha?

I'm fine.

My husband scared me.

[LAUGHS]

You do realize that you're

talking to a car, right?

I hear you talking

to yours all the time.

At least, mine can talk back.

Hmm.

Oh, working hard, I see.

[CHUCKLING]

KARA:
Welcome home, Asha.

Evening playlist one.

The temperature indoors

is 72 degrees

and the energy wall

is charged at 86%.

Also, you've run out of eggs.

Oh, thanks, Kara.

Order them.

Actually,

I was working very hard today.

In fact, that right there

is the celebratory beer.

- Is that right?

- GREY:
Yeah.

I dropped the block

in the Firebird today,

finished her up.

You wanna see?

I have no idea

what you just said.

Okay. Well, I don't know

what you do

for a living either, wife,

so we're even.

Yes, but is staying home all day

playing with cars

a living, Grey?

I don't know. Dunno.

GREY:
Ow.

That hurt.

It hurt good.

- Yeah.

- You know what?

I'm actually getting

kind of used to you

wearing the pants

in this household.

- Really?

- Yeah. I'm really settling in.

Stop it.

Well, you know, I'm never

giving them back, so...

I bet you 10 bucks

I can get 'em off.

No.

Stop.

You want to print a pizza?

You wanna make a pizza?

Seems like a lot of work.

Oh. I got to drop the car off

to this guy tonight,

it's all done.

Oh. Boo.

Okay. Well, have fun.

What do you mean have fun?

You're coming with me.

- What?

- Yeah.

I need you to drive me home

in that toy car of yours.

It's, like, 45 minutes away.

I'll push a button and end up

in Canada or something.

Well, I have work to do,

so I can't.

Can't lives

on Won't Street, lady.

You're coming with me.

And believe me,

you're gonna wanna see

this guy's house.

Trust me.

[DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING]

[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]

So, what, he lives

behind the rocks?

No. Just you wait.

- Really?

- Oh, yeah.

Really.

After you.

What?

- [THUNDER RUMBLING]

- [ASHA CHUCKLES]

This is amazing.

GREY:
Eron, my man.

I got the Firebird upstairs

ready to go.

- ERON:
You're early.

- GREY:
Yeah. I...

I drive fast.

What... what is... what is the

thing that you're touching?

ERON:
It's my cloud.

Eron, I'd like you to meet

my wife, Asha.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hi. Yes.

Hello.

Hi.

Wait.

You're Eron Keen.

You own Vessel Computers.

Oh, my God.

Husband did not tell me

who I was meeting.

I... I really love your company.

You do

the most incredible things.

I'm in the industry too.

I work for Cobolt.

We specialize in robotic limbs

for wounded soldiers.

I mean, we're nothing

like Vessel yet,

but we're getting there.

No, you're not.

I'll show you why.

Follow me.

I would like to introduce

you to my present

and the rest

of the world's future.

I call it Stem.

GREY:
Wow.

That is the most incredible

little roach.

What does it do?

Literally anything.

ASHA:
Hmm.

It can drive anything,

talk to anything,

calculate anything.

It's a new, better brain.

Can it make babies

and play football?

It can do things

that will benefit society.

Okay. You know what he means.

I'm just saying,

there's some things

that people do better.

I mean, you look at that widget

and you see the future.

I look at that thing,

I see 10 guys

on an unemployment line.

[DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING]

ASHA:
You should try not

to argue with that guy.

He's your last paying customer.

KARA:
Please do not touch

the steering wheel

while the car is in motion.

[ASHA LAUGHING]

Okay. So what's a guy

like me supposed to do

when his widget starts

taking over the world, hmm?

Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Come here.

You know,

there are some benefits

not having to keep

your eyes on the road.

- Oh, yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

GREY:
What should I

keep my eyes on?

KARA:
Please put

your seatbelts on.

- No fun.

- Hmm.

KARA:
Leaving 601 freeway.

Hey, honey, where...

where are we?

She's probably just taking us

around the traffic.

GREY:
No, no, no.

Wait. I'm sorry.

This is... no.

This is my old neighborhood.

This is where I grew up.

Yeah, this is New Crown.

We're... I mean, we're going

in the exact opposite

- direction of the house.

- Kara, take us home.

KARA:
I'm sorry.

There has been an error.

Return to the freeway,

destination home.

KARA:
I'm sorry.

There has been an error.

- What?

- Stop, car.

Car, stop.

Press the brake twice.

KARA [GARBLED]:
Turning left.

Goddamn it. Goddamn it.

- Stop.

- Let me try this.

We're going a little too fast.

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