First Do No Harm
THE HAWKINS
The episode picks up right where the last left
off: Laura driving Anita back to the store for some synth recalling. When Toby
learns that his mom is taking his favourite humanoid appliance away, he
completely freaks out. He gets on his bike and frantically tries to catch up
with Laura, nearly getting hit by a car in the process. Guess he wanted to be
Anita’s Knight in recently refurbished bicycle. Lucky for Toby, Anita
anticipates the accident and jumps in front of the car. The car hits Anita, but
Toby is OK.
Since she/it saved her son’s life and all,
Laura begrudgingly agrees to take Anita back home. The accident leaves Anita
with some minor “trauma” to her epidermis which has to be “entirely examined”.
Toby is all “I’ll do it!” but the privilege goes to Joe, him being the primary
user and all... So Joe examines Anita’s naked body and it shouldn’t be any
different than dismantling a toaster, but it is. After helping Anita patch up,
Joe sees Laura and can’t avoid looking guilty, like he knows he did something
wrong somehow.
Toby and Sophie are totally enamored with
Anita [for very different reasons]. Joe seems fine with it [I wonder how he
would feel if they got a “dad-synth”?]. However, Laura keeps feeling insecure
and hurt every time Sophie chooses Anita over her. Anita notices Laura is
troubled so she convinces Sophie to let her mom put her to bed because that
would make her happy. And it does make Laura happy, until she finds out it was
Anita’s suggestion. The fact that a machine could be capable of such nuanced
thought process makes Laura suspect that Anita is an illegally modified
synth.
THE RUNAWAY SYNTHS
Leo is still recuperating from the beating he
took at Silas’s lair. He is also emotionally scarred after learning Mia might
not be “Mia” anymore. Their new plan is to lay low and monitor the internet in
case Mia’s code pops up.
Unfortunately, Niska didn’t get the memo on
“laying low” and she caused quite a stir after she committed the first ever
synth murder. However, the murder never gets out because HOBBS convinces the
Chief Superintendent to rule it as an “accident”, sex game gone wrong with an
illegally modified synth (AKA MOD). D.S. Peter Drummond doesn’t like police
corruption and he makes it known by engaging in some police brutality… against
a reporter [he kinda had it coming]. He gets suspended as a result.
Niska reunites with Leo and Max, but it is not
a happy family reunion. Leo wants to remain in hiding and avoid unnecessary
attention, Niska wants to be free and thinks that Leo has been keeping them
captive. He responds by saying that he practically is one of them [but no quite? I maintain my theories].
Niska doesn’t seem to value “life” that much, since it is “something that can
be manufactured”. She does promise to avoid hurting anyone again “unless they deserve
it”.
So Niska leaves alone, gets some blue contacts
and does what she thinks free women do: Goes to a bar, orders a fancy cocktail
and gets picked up by a cute guy. [Sidenote: Niska carries around a book The Ghost in the Machine, signed by
David with the inscription “First do no harm”]. Niska and cute guy GREG end up
in his apartment. Niska goes straight to the point and offers Greg sex
[probably to avoid answering questions], but he turns out to be a nice guy and
tells her that he would like to talk and get to know her first. Niska seems to
like the idea until she finds a couple of woman’s hairbands in the bathroom. So
she decides to kill Greg. Clearly Niska’s moral code still requires some fine
tuning. In any case, Niska realises that Greg is not a cheater, he has a
daughter, so she decides to spare his life and leaves.
DR. MILLICAN AND ODI THE SYNTH
In the meantime, GEORGE tricks
VERA-THE-NAZI-SYNTH and goes on a joy-ride with Odi. But it is not the
father/son roadtrip you may wish for. Odi is deteriorating and seriously
malfunctioning, so much that he causes a car accident. George is fine, but he
is forced to leave Odi alone in the woods. And Oh my God, am I the only one who
finds this storyline utterly heart-wrenching? I can’t cope with the sadness!
*
BACK AT THE HAWKINS’, Mattie decides to find out,
once and for all, what’s up with her family synth. She hacks Anita but doesn’t
quite understand what she finds. In the middle of the hack, Anita seems to show
a fatal error but it is in fact Mia emerging from underneath the programming.
She starts screaming, frightened: “I am her I am here, Help me”. Mattie freaks
out and unplugs her. Anita goes back to her robotic self.
But Mattie’s curiosity is piqued and she
decides to post Anita’s code on a hackers’ forum. This is immediately picked up
by Max and Leo… the storylines are coming together!
END OF
EPISODE
QUOTES"I can take better care of your children than you Laura. I don't forget, I don't get angry or depressed or intoxicated. I am faster, stronger and more observant. I do not feel fear. However - I cannot love them" - Anita
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