Previously on "Next".
Basically, my brain is eating itself.
And then you get dementia.
Life expectancy is about a year,
which gives me, uh, roughly five months, give or take.
The little plastic bag labeled "Abby"...
That's a DNA sample?
That's my, uh, daughter.
It's 50/50 she gets it, too.
We just want to be extra sure that everything's safe.
While I'm doing that,
you get to go up on a fun trip with Dad up the mountains.
If this thing can fake an Amber Alert, it can fake anything.
Come on.
We're stealing a car, aren't we?
You can only do this
when you got evil computers coming after you.
It's going after people we care about.
He's tracking me. He's convinced I'm in danger.
Look, whatever it is that you have against me...
The same thing I have against
every convicted felon who's also a Neo-Nazi.
- You think you know me? - I do.
The boss is losing it.
- What did you find? - It's what we didn't find.
We tracked the server through four shipping companies,
and records have been erased in every one.
The board is all over me.
Imagine if they found out neXt is completely gone.
He said he had to go on this trip.
To where? Did he say where?
BioMotion.
Are we just gonna waltz in there?
- It's good to see you, Richard. - You look well.
I think we need to switch our focus back to Richard.
I captured its data stream.
Every command, every signal.
- You have to hurry. - Where is it?
There it is.
Stop. No.
- I got it all. - You sure?
Yeah, all the surveillance files are wiped.
We were never here.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Why did he have to die?
I know, I'm... I'm sorry.
What?
No, I'm mean what did he find out that he had to die for?
Who the hell is that?
Let's not find out. Come on.
And I actually like to peel all...
I'm just gonna have a little top-up.
- You want some more? - No, I'm okay.
Okay.
Sarina. So what did you find?
This is way more than we bargained for.
Dr. Parrish is dead.
Oh, my God. What? How?
Some sort of accident, I think.
But I really don't know.
I'm sorry you had to see that.
Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah, no. No, I'm not okay.
We need to get out of here.
All right, but we... We need the server.
Is it there? Did you find it?
No, I told you I don't think it was ever here to begin with.
Well, there has to be a sign.
There has to be some indication where the hell it is.
- Nothing. - Sorry. What about Paul?
If he was here, he covered his tracks.
The surveillance files have been erased.
So we have nothing?
I'm sorry, can we talk about this later
when I'm not standing in a morgue?
Yes, I'm sorry. Get out of there before the police come.
Come on, guys. Let's go.
Honey? You okay?
I can't tell how it's going in there.
Been in there five minutes and he didn't throw him out yet.
That's a pretty good sign.
How can you stay so calm?
You talked to the boss; You know what's happening.
What are we supposed to do?
Call our family, warn people, I don't know, do something...
We can't do that and you know it.
If it's true what they say this thing is,
it's not gonna matter who we warn, got it?
A passenger jet with hundreds of people.
Families, children.
This thing turns it into a giant fireball.
You know why?
Because one of the passengers was asking questions.
That's what it thinks of us.
If this program is out to get us
and it's so smart and so powerful,
why doesn't it set a nuke off in every city in the world?
- This guy's your boss? - Paul, that's not helpful.
Down the street from where I live,
there's a Frank Lloyd Wright house which I want.
I've offered the guy ten times what it's worth, 20 times.
Won't go for it.
I've thought about bulldozing it in the middle of the night
which would take care of the guy,
but I still wouldn't have the house.
You see where I'm going with this?
Not in the slightest.
It just wants to get rid of us so it can keep the house,
and everything else, to itself.
What was it doing at BioMotion?
Imagine a disease built by an artificial intelligence
tailor-made for one purpose: To get rid of us.
The final solution to the human problem,
100% communicable, no immunity, no cure.
Hell, the plague only wiped out a third of the population.
This thing will be perfect, and we won't stand a chance.
You think you can stop this from happening?
I don't know; It's compressed itself onto a single server.
It's about the size of a dishwasher.
If we can find it,
we could probably beat it to death with a shovel.
If we don't find it,
what would normally take years will take days, maybe hours.
What makes you think it hasn't found one already?
Because it's still trying to stop us.
And because we're standing here having this conversation.
But...
on this drive is every bit of information,
every move it made at BioMotion in the last eight days.
If we can crack this,
we can maybe figure out its exact location.
Okay, listen, we're gonna have to loop in NSA.
No.
We bring in the NSA or anybody else, we're begging for leaks.
Either we do this my way,
or I take this thing back to Palo Alto, and I call in some favors.
- I told you this was a mistake. - And we agreed that this was
the best and fastest way to do it.
We're surrounded by law enforcement.
We have a team and equipment right here.
- We have this guy. - Don't talk about me
like I don't understand what's at stake.
I have two boys at home.
Sir,
our team is good enough to crack this box.
We just need you to sign off and not tell anyone.
We don't have a lot of time, sir.
This thing's gonna strike back.
Dad's coming over later. Are you gonna be around?
Who'd wanna miss that?
Hey, did you call your lawyer?
You need to do that, Darron. She's gonna bleed you dry.
_
- Hello? - Hannah.
- Cooper? - Where are you?
You know I can't tell you that.
- Is Cody with you? - Of course.
- Are you two okay? - Why wouldn't we be okay?
It's kinda hard to explain, um, but we're, uh,
we're dealing with a situation...
Where people's families are being targeted.
It's kind of retaliation.
Well, we're all right.
Probably 'cause we're not your family anymore.
No, Cody's still my son.
You can't... you can't take that away from me.
You took that away when you turned your back on him,
when you turned your back on his people.
Cut it with the "people" crap, all right?
I'm hanging up.
No, don't, just...
Can I... can I talk to him?
No. Are you crazy?
Please, I just want to hear his voice.
Well, he doesn't want to hear yours.
No, listen to me...
I don't want you having any contact with him.
Hannah...
Hey.
Hmm?
- Uh, do you need a sec? - No. No, I'm good.
Okay, well, we're meeting about this hard drive
the boss wants us to decrypt.
Um, she wanted me to round everyone up.
Okay, well, let's waste that time.
So what would you do? Go out, get drunk?
Burn a cross?
Oh, I know, I know. You're not that guy.
I could definitely use a drink.
What do you have in the way of servers?
What's the most powerful thing you got?
We've got the best the government can offer.
I'm filled with confidence.
Assume your most secure network is vulnerable.
Well, they're all on-site but we can air-gap them.
Protect the power sources.
Hello?
Sorry, I'm just a little freaked out.
Uh, protected power. Yeah, I can make that happen.
Do you think you can handle that?
Uh, I don't know. Do you think you could walk me through it again,
this time a little more slowly?
- CM. - I know what I'm doing.
Boss, is it real? An artificial plague?
The sooner we crack this drive, the sooner we'll know.
Excuse me. Special Agent Salazar?
I think you should see this.
- What? - Out the window.
Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge!
Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge!
Rockridge.
Rockridge is that raid
where those white nationalists were killed.
I know what Rockridge is.
The traitor of Rockridge... Who's that?
That'd be me.
This isn't a coincidence.
It's a response.
We always said the truth was gonna come out.
And now it has.
The government went into Rockridge because
one of the people we trusted was not who he said he was.
He was a traitor, and now we know who he is
and where he is.
His name is Cooper Mark Barton
and he works at the FBI Cyber Crime Unit in Portland.
It popped up this morning.
It's already got 100,000 shares
and why those people are out there.
I talked to the hate crime division.
They sent this over.
Stuff like this is flooding the Internet.
It's all at the same time.
It's like it's weaponizing social media.
I've never seen anything like it.
Never been anything like it.
What did this house convict of yours do piss these people off?
Rockridge was a white nationalist sect,
and two years ago the ATF got an insider tip
that they were stockpiling weapons.
The ATF went in, the raid went bad,
and three people were killed, including a pregnant woman.
Gotta love the government.
The insider, the one who reached out to the authorities,
it was CM.
That was never made public, until now.
He's got a target on his back.
Yeah, well, he's not the only one, all right?
I've been getting emails from an alt-right hate group,
and Gina had her tires slashed.
I don't know why this thing
would put out our personal info, but today, it exploded.
It's trying to prevent us from getting into that drive.
Well, that's not gonna stop us.
I spoke to the PPD and they're sending anti-riot units,
and they're actually on their way there right now.
- Do you mind, Ben? - For sure.
Thank you.
You know, you might want to think about
restricting access to only people you absolutely trust.
These are the people that I absolutely trust.
My dad's crazy. He just blew up my date.
No, Keith was... he was nice.
He was funny.
I did... I called him,
I tried texting him to explain the whole thing,
and I haven't heard back from him.
Yes, it sucks.
Speaking of sucking, my car won't start this morning.
I know.
I mean, it was working perfectly fine last night
and then just dead this morning.
So I'm gonna be late.
But there's someone at the door, so I gotta go,
but I'll see you in a little bit?
Okay, bye.
Hi, can I help you?
Good morning, Mrs. Leblanc.
I'm Special Agent Williams. This is Special Agent Baker.
We're with the FBI.
It's important that you come with us.
I'm sorry, what's this about?
We're not at liberty to say.
Uh...
okay.
If you'll just wait outside, I'm gonna make a quick call.
I'm sorry, we can't allow you to make any calls.
You won't tell me why you're here or why you're taking me?
And you have no right to be inside my home.
We will take you under arrest if you don't comply.
All right, let's go.
What happened?
An Amber Alert went out for Ty and Ethan.
I don't have to tell you where that came from.
My people were able to cancel it, but...
this thing is still after my family, Paul.
I don't know if they made it or if they were spotted, or...
Well, if they were picked up by the police,
you'd know it, right?
Ben's monitoring the arrest database, and so far, nothing.
Well, if they made it to the house, they're all right.
We picked that place for a reason.
Hey.
Wake up, we're here.
Okay? Come on.
You're okay. Come on.
Come on.
Wow, look at the lake.
Well, not a bad place to ride out a zombie apocalypse, huh?
Okay, this might hurt.
Sorry.
Okay. Sorry, buddy.
You're all done. All right.
Do you think Mom's okay?
Hmm.
I know she's okay. She's as tough as you are.
Almost as tough as me.
She's an FBI agent, Dad.
You fix old cars.
She's definitely tougher than me.
Get some rest, okay?
You know, you two don't look like FBI agents.
Oh, my God. Really?
Because I wouldn't go to your stupid-ass cabin?
I knew you wouldn't listen.
What, so you have me arrested?!
I didn't have you arrested; I had you escorted with guns.
- I was scared to death. - I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Look... - I have a job, Dad.
People need to know where I am.
People depend on me. I have meetings today.
It's good for people to miss you.
They'll know how valuable you are.
What are you saying? Are you listening to yourself?
I'm not gonna be your prisoner.
You're not a prisoner. You can do whatever you like.
Just don't leave the building.
And don't call anyone on the phone.
You're insane. You need to tell me what is going on.
Listen, I saw this thing kill someone, you understand that?
Right in front of my face!
I'm sorry, but that's the truth.
And if you don't believe me, ask her.
I have to go.
Rockridge, Rockridge!
Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge!
Hold up.
We got an alert. Possible shooter.
Oh, my God. There he is. 12 o'clock.
- Copy that. - Let's go.
Sir!
Let's see your hands.
I said show me your hands now.
Do it now!
Let's go.
Hey, boss. Boss.
It's already out there.
Sir, let's see your hands.
I said show me your hands now. Do it now!
Whoa, what the hell was that?
Some kind of deepfake, I guess.
Never seen a fake that good.
Can we see it again?
Sir, let's see your hands!
Those guns in their hands...
They must be painted in, right?
It did that in real time?
They sure look real enough.
What the hell? That is not what happened.
Yeah, that man is still alive.
Yeah, but by the time anybody tries to explain it,
that fake video will be seen a million times.
But how can it spread that fast?
I said show me your hands now!
We need to shut these sites down.
There's no time for a domain seizure.
- DDoS is the fastest way. - That's an illegal cyberattack.
Oh, like this is the first time
the FBI's done something illegal.
Can you do that? Can you shut 'em down?
Yeah, set up a botnet first and then...
Yeah, whatever, can you shut 'em down?
He's answering your question.
Listen, listen, we're in a war, here.
This thing doesn't act without a reason.
That might look like a bunch of crazy people, but trust me,
something else is on the way.
Darron?
Darron, I know you can hear me. We need to talk.
Dad's here, can you please step away from the computer
for a second and come talk to us?
Sir, let's see your hands!
Why are you sitting in the dark?
I said show me your hands now! Do it now!
Can you answer me?
Can you at least acknowledge my existence?
Seriously?
I said show me your hands now!
This is why I asked Dad to come over.
You're like a zombie.
Sir!
Look, I know you're going through some bad stuff, but...
Lily, the hell was that?
No, no, son! No, don't do it!
Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge!
You were there
when those Rockridgers beat up that Hispanic couple.
Almost killed one of them.
I wasn't there for that.
But you didn't leave, either,
until you got busted for hacking.
That's why you turned on your Nazi friends...
Just to save your own ass.
Whatever you want to think.
I'm just real honored to be working with a national hero.
When I was a kid, uh,
my dad used to take us out for fast food.
Every Sunday.
It was, like, a family outing for my sister and I.
Highlight of the week.
Um, but when we got there,
if there was a black person at the counter,
the trip was off.
He spun that car around and drove us home.
We had leftovers.
If we complained about it, we'd get the belt.
So you're a racist because you couldn't get a burger.
Yeah, that makes sense.
- Hey. - Hey.
You okay?
Yeah, yeah, I just need, like, two more minutes...
No, no, no, I mean you.
I know that's a lot, what's going on out there.
You all right?
Oh, yeah, just...
I feel like I'm looking at
something I scraped off the bottom of my shoe,
but...
Makes me feel lucky for being in here.
Sure wouldn't be if it weren't for you.
Should I, uh, should I go talk to her?
Well, you're the boss.
But I mean, we're... we're cool.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Okay.
Murderers!
Rockridge, Rockridge, Rockridge!
Shots have been fired at this building.
I've been told to evacuate everyone upstairs.
Oh, no, no, we can't do that.
We're ready to start decrypting right now.
We're surrounded by protesters.
7th and 9th are closed off between Lincoln and Main,
and the police are pulling back until they can get more units.
- I've been told to shut down this floor. - No, I understand, but sir,
we need what's on that hard drive
or otherwise people are gonna start dying by the millions.
Excuse me, excuse me, Agent Salazar?
Yes.
Can you tell me what's going on here?
Uh, I'm sorry. I'm Abby Leblanc.
My father... he told me to come talk to you.
You believe him, right? That this thing, it's real?
Yes, it's real.
I believe him.
I'm sorry, I'm freaked out.
I know you're busy, I...
He's basically a stranger,
so how do you know when a stranger's acting strange?
Okay, I've only known your father for a few days.
That is more than I've spent with him the last ten years.
Some daughters pray to God every night
that they never see their fathers.
For what it's worth,
from the moment I met him, he's talked about you,
worried about you, and been determined to protect you.
Okay, system's ready.
It's all set up like you asked for.
Yep, just in time. Moment of truth.
Jeez, is that just the first block?
I think so.
I can't even find a consistent key space.
What kind of encryption is that?
One not made by human hands.
Tell me you have generators.
Yeah, they're in the basement,
but they should've turned on automatically.
I'll call the maintenance guy.
No, no, no. We do it ourselves.
Come on.
You were pretty confident the last we spoke.
Well, at least we know we're on the right track.
Ted, I'm out of rope here.
You have me driving across the damn bridge
into the devil's butt crack so I can stand at a pay phone
for what, exactly?
I haven't found the server.
I just... I need a little more time.
Word's gotten out about neXt.
That it's imploded, that it's a total loss.
I don't have to tell you
only thing keeping the stock afloat was the promise
that neXt would hit the market next year.
SO... so what are you saying?
That the board needs to get ahead of this.
Rob, you said you could hold them off.
Well, not anymore.
Look, you know if there's anyone behind you, it's me.
But... my advice?
Step aside before you're removed.
It's over, Ted. I'm sorry.
Mr. Leblanc!
- Everything okay, sir? - Yeah, I'm fine.
Yeah, I don't know why they didn't turn on.
They can't possibly be hackable.
Well, maybe with this thing, anything's hackable.
- Hello? - Mr. Leblanc?
Who's this?
This is Dr. Caldwell.
Who?
Reed Medical Associates.
You wanted us to notify you
the moment we got your daughter's test results.
Hang on.
You... you got the results already?
What'd you find?
We ran a full-spectrum analysis
of the DNA you provided...
Just tell me what you found.
The DNA tested positive for FFI,
familial fatal insomnia.
What?
What... are you sure?
In fact,
the test picked up several additional markers.
She could conceivably start showing symptoms
even earlier than you did,
so I urge you to have her set up an appointment
so that we can assess...
Well, what's the point if you can't do anything about it?
Wait, where'd you get this phone number?
Mr. Leblanc, I can assure you...
No, you can't assure me of anything.
How can you assure me...
You can't even assure me who are who you say you are.
Who are you, huh? Who are you?
How'd you get this number? How did you get this number?
Nobody had this phone number.
It's not in a file. What file?
I know who you are. I know where you are.
I know you're outside, I know you're inside,
I know you were with Richard,
I know you caused that plane to go down,
I know you caused that plane to go down.
Listen, I know where you... I'm gonna find you.
Hello? Answer me! Hello? Hello!
You check your account?
It's crazy.
I never thought it'd come through with the money.
Me neither.
It's really real.
- So what now? - We wait.
The AI will tell us what it wants from us.
And then we do it.
What if, I mean,
what if it wants us to...
We took the money,
so we have to see it through, do what it asks.
No matter what that is. That's the deal.
- Dad. - We need to get out of here.
What?
- We have to go. - What's wrong?
We can't trust this place. We can't trust these people.
- Come on, we need to go. - What, what?
You're not safe here.
Look, the riot, the blackout,
that code, that phone call, the plane crash, Richard.
Okay, okay, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
We gotta go. You're not safe here.
We have to go.
Okay, just stop, just stop, just...
Why don't you talk to Agent Salazar?
Because she won't believe me.
She'll think it's part of the whole...
- What? - But it's not.
- What? - Look.
Please, please, you have to trust me.
It's just you and me, okay? Please?
- Please. - Okay, okay, okay.
Look, I know it doesn't look like it,
but I know what I'm doing.
Okay.
Okay, come on. All right?
Yeah.
I finally figured out what this is.
It's the "Twilight Zone."
Yeah, feels like it sometimes.
No, I mean the episode.
The one where the aliens try and take over the Earth.
Never watched it.
These aliens fly over this suburb, turn all the power off.
And the people on the ground start turning on each other,
accusing each other of being aliens and the in the end,
they tear each other apart.
No need to invade.
I guess we have made ourselves pretty hackable.
This thing, you know, it's not just hacking our stuff.
It's hacking us.
Do you see anything?
This looks normal.
Hey, um, I never said thanks.
For what?
Looking out for Ethan and Ty.
Putting a stop to the Amber Alert.
I wouldn't have seen it without Gina,
and CM's hack was the only way to make it work.
It was a group effort.
Yeah.
That's how we win.
Really? What about Mom's?
Mom's? Oh, my God.
Can I trust you?
We're talking man-to-man, here? I need to know I can trust you.
Yeah.
Your mom has no idea how to make a pupusa.
You can't make a pupusa with low-fat cheese.
And you know what? That's not even the worst part.
What is?
She doesn't use the chicharrón.
- The what? - The chicharrón.
It's, like, pork fat and pork belly
all, like, minced together in a blender.
- It's... - Ew.
You say that now. You wait.
You wait till I fire up the stove
and you smell this cooking.
You're gonna be begging me to...
That's weird.
We'll find a flashlight...
Hey.
Come on, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down.
I want you to stay right here, okay?
Don't move. Do not move.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! - Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't shoot!
I was just fixing the pipe. Don't shoot.
Please.
We should be up and running.
Not yet. Power drop crashed it to zero.
It's still rebooting.
- Where's Leblanc? - I don't know.
We're almost there.
Here we go. Almost.
There. Got it.
Rockridge! Rockridge!
Rockridge! Rockridge! Rockridge!
Rockridge! Rockridge! Rockridge! Rockridge!
Rockridge! Rockridge! Rockridge!
I swing by every two, three days.
Grab the owner's mail and make sure the place is okay.
Why tonight?
You always cut the power off when you're fixing a pipe?
Well, pipe in the boiler.
You know, have to turn off the fuses to be safe.
You ever know a pipe to burst in the middle of the day?
Never really thought about it.
I've been doing this long enough
to know leaks always come at night.
Especially if you drink less than an hour before bed.
Yeah, my wife never laughs at that one, either.
I must've missed you come in.
We don't get many visitors up here.
How long you planning on staying?
I'm not sure. Could be a little while, right?
Father-son trip, huh? Mom not coming up?
She might pop in. Some point.
What'd you say your name was again?
Nacio. Nacio Ramos.
Ty. This is Ethan.
- Nice to meet you, young man. - Nice to meet you.
I'm sorry about the scare earlier.
Now I'll get out of your way. Let you eat your dinner.
I'm right around the bend. Two houses down to the left.
If you need anything, you just let me know.
Yeah.
Appreciate the help with the pipe.
2-4-Bravo. Headed for the north corner.
It's clear. Watch your head.
South entrance is secure.
We're back up and running.
We should be through the first layer soon.
There's been a breach.
- You three, first floor. - Yes, sir.
Don't shoot anyone.
Ben, go with them.
Please, seriously. Make sure they don't.
Okay, wait... wait here.
Don't go anywhere.
No, no... Where's the hard drive?
CM Barton!
- Bomb! - Traitor!
No, no, no, no, no!