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Previously on Caprica
I let down my best friend,
and now I'm living a life
I never intended.
Are you ready
to serve our cause?
Yes, I am.
Do it.
[explosion]
Oh, my God!
While I've been trying
to get everyone to lie low,
you've been trying to
build a power base.
The leaders like action,
not crazy plans that
make you into a bouncer
in some homemade heaven.
[guns cocking]
Apotheosis
will unite the 12 worlds
Under one true God.
If the conclave
would grant me an audience,
I could make them see
the value of it.
You're going to Gemenon?
Yes, it's It's just
a little business trip.
I'm only going
for a few days.
I trusted my friends
to get me to Gemenon,
and they failed me.
They're gonna make copies
of my chip, Lace,
and the way they do that is they
have to destroy the original,
which is me.
Stop.
Philo, it's me.
[alarm whooping]
no!
Everything
I've worked for is gone.
They're saying
this incident proves
We've lost control
of the project.
I'm not sure
we're getting it back.
You get e company,
you get the contract
Guaranteed.
It's your dream.
My dream
Is to tear up your dream.
Daniel, vergis told me
that you stole his chip
And killed two of his employees.
I'm sorry?
Tell me it isn't true.
[sighs]
I feel like I'm going insane.
I lost my frakking mind.
I was seeing
my dead brother everywhere.
As you can see here,
production proceeds,
With Graystone industries
Churning out
And I'm pleased to announce
that Graystone industries
Will deliver the first
installment of battle units
To the caprican government
on time
And, thank the gods,
on budget.
Forensic evidence
from the scene,
And that leads us to believe
That this car bomb
was, in fact, set by the S.
T.
O.
,
The terrorist arm
of the monotheist religion.
Now, several governments
have come forward
It was hot.
It was so hot,
The wings on the statue
of icarus melted.
Wings on the statue
All right, guys, no more
statue of icarus jokes.
[laughter]
[crowd cheers]
Another nice move
from jenkins.
These c-bucs are riding high
on a seven-game win streak
Under new owner tomas vergis,
And things
are really looking up
Now here's mayard zartorus
with traffic.
Mayard?
Expect traffic delays
If you're headed over
pantheon bridge this morning.
Safety retro-fitting continues
In the wake of the incident
three weeks ago,
When the controversial
Dr.
Amanda Graystone
Off.
[click]
[horn sounding]
Yeah, I'll put it
on the list.
All right,
where are your friends?
Oh, I'm meeting them inside.
Okay.
Well, your dad's
gonna be jealous
You at a c-bucs game
and him stuck at the office.
Everything okay?
Yeah.
It really is.
All right,
well, have fun!
Thanks.
Pick you up at 6:00.
Okay.
Bye.
[marching band playing]
[all whooping]
[air horn blows]
Welcome to Atlas Arena
for today's worlds
championship matchup
Between the Caprican Buccaneers
and the Gemenon Twins.
Good afternoon,
pyramid fans.
It's the Caprican c-bucs
versus the Gemenon twins.
Let's all count down to
the jump here at Atlas Arena.
May the one true God
drive out the many
That I might find forgiveness
in this life
And redemption in the next.
Six, five, four
Hear my prayer,
oh, God in heaven.
Two, one.
So say we all.
Clarice
I agreed to this meeting
Because you promised
to present
A transformative
recruiting tool
Apotheosis.
I don't see
how a terror attack
Will lure the unenlightened
into our fold.
If anything, it will drive them
further away.
But you've only seen
the beginning.
Imagine a world in which death
has been conquered,
In which eternal life
is not just a dream
But a reality.
will die in the fire.
A select few
will be reborn
Those who have accepted
the one true God
Into their hearts.
Praise God.
Praise the one true God.
It's true.
I can't believe it.
I am delivered.
Look, son,
we're really here.
Only they will savor
life everlasting
In a virtual heaven
that we have built.
The 12 worlds
will see our paradise
And understand the gift
that our God offers.
We live in a remarkable era.
Myth and mystery
have been replaced
By reason
And science.
I offer you a religion
That removes
the need for faith
A religion of certainty
That reflects the wonder
of all we have created.
That is Apotheosis.
She certainly has a gift
For stirring the pot,
doesn't she?
Time.
It is 12:42 P.
M.
Oh, gods.
Oh, gods!
[water continues running]
I have suffered some
Losses recently,
and
[sighs]
And it's made me think
about the extremes
That I would go to
To avoid ever having to deal
With that kind
of pain again
Both personally
and professionally
Which is
What brings me here
to you today.
Tomas vergis has taken
my company away from me,
And I want it back.
In return,
I offer you something
of great value,
Something you'll find
very attractive.
And normally, I would put
something like this out
I'm not a young man.
My point is
I can make us both
A great deal of money.
And the nature of this
exciting windfall?
A cure for human grief.
Wait.
I thought we were talking
abt battle robots.
Battle robots have
a very limited consumer appeal.
But who hasn't lost
someone that they loved?
Who wouldn't do
anything possible
To bring
that loved one back?
Well, what if all
I had to do
Was to buy
the right piece of software
That would re-create them?
They'd be
in the virtual world, yes,
Butbut you could visit them
every day,
Talk to them,
spend time with them again,
Say the things that you'd always
wished you'd said.
Maybe ultimately
we can even find a way
To get them bodies
in the real world.
They would be a part
of our lives once more
The ultimate drug
to heal the ultimate pain.
Now, what do you think
that's worth to someone?
Now, Guatrau,
I
I know that you
lost your son last year.
Wait, please, let me
May I
Finish, please?
I lost my daughter
And my wife.
Now, we can either sit
and wail
At the gravity of our loss,
Or we can rise up
and redress it.
This has unlimited potential
on any number of levels,
Not the least of which
is profitability.
Wait outside.
Not you, Joseph.
You caused quite a dustup
in there.
The young uns
don't know what to think.
We've always accepted
a heaven built by God.
Why can't we embrace one built
by his worldly instruments?
Well, it's tacky,
for one thing.
Personally, I think
the dream of eternal life
Is far more compelling
than actually living one.
That's much too boring.
A man in your position
doesn't believe in life eternal?
I believe
in being surprised.
Apotheosis will work.
It will unite the 12 worlds
Under one true God.
I've known you
a long time, Clarice,
So I'll be frank.
You're not a religious leader.
You are S.
T.
O
Technically, a terrorist.
The church and the S.
T.
O.
Have overlapped for many years.
We are your strong right arm.
Do what you're good at doing
making things go boom.
Leave the business of saving
soululs to the professionals.
I want an audience
with mother.
Imagine that
The blessed mother
sipping tea
With little Clarice Willow.
Don't mock me!
I've done
some terrible things
In the service
of this church.
I have earned the right.
I'll do what I can.
Tell me more
about Daniel Graystone.
Great wealth
No humility.
The idea that
that rich people
Can somehow buy their way
out of grieving?
Stick to the man himself.
I don't like him.
He believes
he's smarter than we are.
He
He thinks he can use us
and then discard us
When we're done
solving his problems for him.
This life-after-death
parlor trick
Can he make it work?
I've seen
what he's talking about.
Tamara
After she died, he
He made a
Made a version of tamara
that was horrible.
She couldn't feel
her heartbeat.
She was frightened.
I thought he didn't
have the software.
It was destroyed,
and that's a good thing,
because we need to
grieve and move on.
It's the Tauron way.
Joseph,
you've done good work.
You've given honest advice.
You will represent
my interests in this matter.
This is an honor.
You've spent enough time
straddling two worlds.
Are you a true ha'la'tha?
Go home, Dr.
Graystone.
We'll be in touch.
Yeah, well, when?
Where?
Are we gonna
meet somewhere or what?
The ha'la'tha finds you.
[door opens, door clos]
[chuckles]
So?
The Guatrau give you a bump?
Maybe.
Bee-no.
Little brother makes his move.
[chuckles]
We'll see.
We'll see.
She requested an audience
with the blessed mother.
So what do you make
Of Clarice Willow's
virtual heaven?
It's a blasphemy,
Complete
Blasphemy.
Oh, my.
I've known Clarice
for a long, long time.
She came to us
when she was a child,
And she quickly became
the brightest star
In the S.
T.
O.
Training camp.
She also became
a dyed-in-the-wool zealot
With delusions of grandeur
Definite messiah complex.
She's got the conclave
pretty worked up, mother.
If she should get the S.
T.
O.
rank and file on her side,
Things can get
Very ugly.
[scoffs] lord save me
from the capricans.
[chuckles]
I suppose
You want to dispose of her.
If it should suit
the mother's will.
Very well.
Go.
Let me have my tea in peace.
Obal?
Yes, blessed mother?
Leave the holoband.
[door creaking, closes]
Joseph and samuel adams
are at the door.
Can I get you anything?
We won't be long.
I wasn't expecting
you guys so soon.
Would you look
at this guy?
Hey, little man.
So, terms
what are the terms?
We reach out
to your board of directors,
Get you the title you want
And the access you need
to do your work.
In return, well
You become part of us.
The whole
the whole thing, right?
There's no expiration date.
Surely you're not surprised.
You know who we are.
Yes, I know exactly
what you are.
You'll see me as a resource,
not a partner.
You'll suck my company dry
of all its capital
And toss the rest.
Usually, we break up
and sell what's left.
Yet you still come to us.
Why?
Well, I'm gambling
that I can convince your Guatrau
That my company
will be more valuable to him
Operating business as usual
with my hand at the tiller.
That's
One hell of a gamble.
Well, if I had other options,
you wouldn't be here
Touching my wife's things.
Excuse me.
I'm a busy man,
and I'm not interested
In spending the night talking
to a couple of errand boys.
Do we have a deal or not?
In a moment.
[latches open]
See, Daniel,
it's important to make sure
That, you're not being
unrealistic
About where this road leads.
Your mother
lives on 14 arno court
All right.
Okay
In phoebas.
Right about now,
she's getting in her car,
About to see
her friend irene.
You know irene.
The problem is
she's not gonna arrive,
Because we've rigged
her car to explode.
We're not screwing
around, Daniel.
We sign our deals in blood.
It's a show of faith
to the Guatrau.
You're bluffing.
If I am, then you have
nothing to lose.
Flip the switch.
[chuckling]
All right.
I'm out.
I'm out.
In a partnership,
it's important to understand
What lines your partner
won't cross.
So that was
What was that, a bluff?
Of course.
The point was
to make you think.
Oh, please.
About what, killing my mother?
You've shown me
your limitations.
This isn't
a life for you.
Walk away, and hope
that nobody ever asks you
To kill someone you love.
Think about it.
Take the afternoon.
Lacy!
Bless this circle and the ritual
we are about to perform.
We are your soldiers,
and we'll gladly give
our lives to serve you.
Let me be your vessel,
oh, God.
[gasps]
Fill me
With divine light.
I am your hammer
and your sword.
Am I boring you?
I don't know the ritual.
He's done it before.
It's one of our most sacred.
Well, sorry.
Are you fully committed
to the cause?
Of course she's committed.
Shut up, keon.
I can speak for myself.
Give me that knife.
[chuckles]
[exhales deeply]
I feel God stirring within.
All: I feel God
stirring within.
Hippolyta, come.
Yes, Barnabas.
It's freezing
down here, Diego.
Can't we go into the house
and find a fireplace?
The church proper
doesn't like to see S.
T.
O.
In its nice rooms.
[scoffs]
Besides,
you're safer here with us.
Is it really
that dangerous?
Well, you've got
the polytheistic rebels
On the east.
The hephaistons
are on the other side.
One big stalemate.
Obal Ferras got his
ceremonial *** in a bunch
Over your little
fireworks show.
I hear he asked
for your head on a stick
From the mother.
[match scratches]
Did he receive it?
Oh
I'm just a poor,
dumb terrorist.
I don't have access
to the power and the privilege.
Hell, they don't even
let us keep warm.
Well, that's not how it was
on Gemenon ten years ago,
Remember?
The armed branch of the church
Is the only reason it made it
through the lean years.
I remember.
We were treated
like saviors.
Now, of course,
it's different.
The church has got
a little bit too safe and cozy
With its polytheist neighbors,
if you ask me.
I think it's disgusting.
We don't make
the rules, Clarice.
They do.
Well, that could change,
of course.
Wouldn't it be
wonderful, Diego
To bring light to the worlds
once and for all?
God has touched you.
Bless you.
What's the short version?
Well, if you turn
to page 80 17,
You'll see that we've
Aggregated the data
for each level of testing.
Ah, gods, Cyrus
I said the short version.
[clears throat]
Short version
whatever spark it had is gone.
Thing is toast.
Or a toaster.
[chuckles]
Don't just box it.
Melt it down.
All right.
Is there a problem?
This was
Daniel's obsession, not mine.
I'm glad to be rid of it,
Dr.
Vergis.
Good.
I think I have
something here, sister
Something big,
something huge.
Can I
Can I explain it to you?
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Are you going to take me
to mother?
She's agreed to see you.
Let's walk.
It'll get
your blood flowing.
You've reached
Amanda Graystone.
I'm not available
to take your call.
Please leave a message.
[beep]
Hi, sweetheart.
I
I miss you.
I just
I really
I miss you.
Excuse me, Daniel.
Cyrus Xander
is at the front gate.
I swear, if this
wasn't the holy land,
I'd suggest moving
the whole religion
To a tropical beach.
It's just as well.
We want to make sure
we're not overheard.
This idea that you brought
to us today,
I'm not sure if you realize
just how big it is.
Oh, a little credit, please.
The hand of God
brought me a girl
With the ability
to turn code into a soul.
When I think
about it, I'm
I'm overcome with awe.
And you're sure
you can get it back
This resurrection program?
Yes, I'm certain.
This is the moment.
We can be a faith that builds
temples here in the dirt,
Or we can build them
in the sky.
So you really want
to serve God?
I do.
Or do you want to be God?
Come.
We mustn't keep
mother waiting.
Melted down?
I'm putting it off.
I keep expecting it
to wake up,
Like a coma patient
in a tv movie.
I knew he'd come in
And start making
all the wrong moves.
Yeah.
What?
Well, he is making
the robots.
Don't worry.
It's nothing vergis did.
No, no,
I'm not worried.
It was the crash
or the fire after.
The body was trashed,
And, the MCP
couldn't boot up.
We tried one more time
to copy it.
This time
the copies worked.
But they're not
They're not like
the original, are they?
No, no.
They don't score
in the sentient range.
But they shoot and fight.
That's enough for the military.
[chuckling]
that's enough for the military?
Well, we have
a defense contract
We were going
to create life,
And now you've settled
for shooting and fighting
And soldier bots
Under tomas vergisplease.
Settled?
I'm here reporting
back to you, for gods' sakes.
I know.
You just did
what you had to doI get it.
If I had the power
to bring it all back
I get it.
All right?
You never really
let me in, Daniel.
You should go.
But, Cyrus
Just keep
your head down, okay?
[door opens]
What are we doing here?
Obal?
I'm sorry.
Show forgiveness.
Don't make this
harder than it is.
I wish there was another way,
with all my heart.
So do I.
Diego.
No.
My, my, my.
Well played.
I am sorry, old friend.
But the faith comes first,
and you've lost your way.
[knife plunges]
[groans] ah
[knives plunging,
Ferras grunting]
[continues grunting,
gasping]
[hinges squeaking]
Mother
May I come in?
Please
Do.
[hinges squeak,
door closes]
My name is Clarice Willow.
I know who you are.
Obal Ferras just
tried to have me killed.
I heard.
Are you unhurt?
I hope so.
I'm fine.
And I'd like to remain
that way.
You disapprove
of apotheosis.
Artificial heaven.
I trust
The hand of God to actually play
a role in our lives.
It's best
To let these things
play out
As he sees fit.
You like to be surprised.
Sometimes.
So
What is it you require
To complete
your little science project?
I need authority
to assert total control
Over all S.
T.
O.
cells
on Caprica.
Agreed.
What else?
I'll prepare my list.
[distant bell tolling]
[door opens, hinges squeaking]
This is offered freely?
It is.
[bell continues tolling]
[bell continues tolling]
Doctor?
On second thought,
let's not melt it down just yet.
Box it for deep storage
Quietly.
Maybe someday Dr.
Graystone
will be back for it.
[drill whirring]
Hey!
Are you one
of the deadwalkers?
Looks like you're in the
wrong part of New Cap City.
They say
You can't be killed.
[chuckling]
[light piano music]
[gun ***]
[sighs]
I hear you can't die.
But you can bleed,
And you can hurt
A lot.
Hey
You can't pull
the trigger.
Can't even raise your hand
to take your holoband off.
You can't run.
What did you do to me?
What should I do to you?
I've seen this symbol
around the city.
It belongs
to the other deadwalker.
You know,
I've been looking for her.
Any ideas where she is?
Okay, then go.
Oh, thank you.
Hi, sweetheart.
I miss you.
I just
I really
I miss you.
Excuse me, Daniel.
Cyrus Xander
is at the front gate.
I just I wish
I wish that we could talk
about this.
Can we talk about this?
Will you call me
Please?
I love you.
[beep]
[sighs]
please select
"leave a message"
or "redial" now.
Hey, it's me.
[sighs]
I just can't
I can't talk right now.
I just
I need some time.
[door opens]
just
[door closes]
Well, it's good to be home.