Almost Human

In 2048...

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It's an ambush!

John, damn it.

I've been hit! I'm down!

Pelham! On the west side!

Pelham's down. I need you

- to lead me in! - We don't know how many suspects are in there.

- Risking one life to save one life... - Shut up!

Lead me in! Move!

Hey, buddy. So this ain't good.

No, it's not. Could always be worse!

It just got worse.

They were ready for us, John.

How did Insyndicate know we were coming?

How did they know?

- MX! - How'd they know?

We're getting out of here. Give me a diagnostic!

Blood pressure's dropping,

celiac artery's blown apart.

There's nothing to do, sir.

We're getting out of here. He will

bleed to death before you get him out of here. Shut up!

Cover us! We're leaving! I cannot do that.

Others have a better statistical chance of surviving.

I need to protect them.

Are you staying with your partner?

You're damn right I am!

Hey! Come back here!

Come on.

Tell me what you remember.

This time...

I remember the radio call.

From Pelham.

Your partner.

Yeah. But not much more than that.

I still can't remember every detail.

I want to go again.

You made good progress tonight, John.

You were in a coma

for 17 months, yes?

Technically, we shouldn't be doing this procedure

until you've been fully conscious for one year.

Yeah.

Well, technically...

you're an unlicensed doctor from SubAsia

practicing black market medicine.

Well, yes, you can throw me in prison if you want,

but... I accepted you as a patient out of kindness.

You seemed like a desperate man when I met you.

And now?

Now... you seem like a desperate man.

John, I know you said

the people who ambushed you disappeared,

but, despite my best efforts,

you may not remember who they are.

Most people come to a Recollectionist...

they want to remember good things.

Why can't you let this go?

It's been two years.

You know...

they killed my team...

...my friends.

And without this treatment, I can't remember anything.

I remembered something else this time.

My ex-girlfriend.

Anna.

We were in my apartment.

Strange.

I'll, uh...

refine the triggering of that cluster next time.

Your nose is bleeding.

Detective.

You all right?

Yeah.

Where's your MX?

I'm off duty.

- Where's your human? - Talking to a witness.

Individuals came over the Wall an hour ago.

Drive safely.

Yeah, I will.

Message saved for 738 days.

Hi, honey.

So, I know you're probably still asleep, but,

John, the sun is setting

and it is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Look.

Your father would've

loved this place.

Oh, I can't wait to get back to you.

I know I have to wait a week, but...

what I really wish

is that you were here with me.

- Morning. - Morning.

- You coming in? - I know I said I was ready.

Just give me one more day.

No. I already gave you one more day.

And another and another.

It's time, John.

John?

I just got a report of a coordinated armed robbery

in South Kelvin.

Looks like it was Insyndicate.

Insyndicate?

Okay.

I'll come in.

Synthetic calibration incomplete.

Synthetic calibration incomplete.

Synthetic calibration incompl...

I can't access the system. Are you in?

- I'm in. - I'm not in. I'm out.

All my files are locked.

Sounds like Martinez is messing with you again.

We're supposed to be in a truce,

so, if that's true, I'm gonna kill him.

Well, there is one other possibility.

Did you forget your password again,

Detective Vogel?

Not bad for a guy who's been asleep for two years.

I wouldn't say that.

He looks weak, to me.

Richard,

I know this won't be easy don't be a prick.

This department's handled affairs just fine without him.

What's your problem with Kennex?

Don't ask to hear the story... you'll die of boredom.

And exposure to severe envy. Look,

there's nothing to envy in him.

Kennex oversaw that raid,

controlled all the intel and got his team ambushed.

Everyone, except the one man responsible... Kennex...

was killed. Should've been discharged.

Richard.

He won't last.

You just watch.

Kennex, John. Registration complete.

Thanks.

Detective Kennex,

I'm 785. I've been assigned to you.

I'm aware this is your first day back.

I only want to make your acclimation to active duty

as smooth as possible for you.

I'm here to attend to all your n...

I'm not driving with one of those things.

Human partner was good enough for my father.

It's good enough for me.

Since you were last here,

MX partners have become mandatory.

I'm not gonna fight you on some kind of regulation thing, okay?

- I'm not doing it. - Like hell you're not.

Have you read Tilden's profile of you?

And, by the way, he is a very capable psychiatrist.

"Kennex should return to service never."

- Never? Wow, that's... that's a long time. - "Kennex is suffering

"from depression, mental atrophy,

"trauma onset OCD, PTSD

and psychological rejection of his synthetic body parts."

Well, that last part is true.

Listen, you're the only person more desperate than I am

to find out how Insyndicate learned about the raid.

If we work together, we can do it.

This happened a few hours ago.

Robbery target was an armored truck, carrying bio research.

If this is an Insyndicate operation,

it might help us learn more about them.

What's the connection?

Parabolic pulse charge was used to stop the vehicle.

I haven't seen that since the ambush.

Well, sure looks like Insyndicate.

Inventory report? That's not in yet.

Whatever they wanted,

they killed four security guards to get it.

One of the thieves was shot.

He's being treated at County.

John?

Keep the Insyndicate connection between us, okay?

You think someone in the department's working with them?

You're the only guy I trust here.

Okay.

I'll check it out.

One more thing.

Go easy on your partner.

Come.

Truck belongs to a private lab run by Omni,

company specializing in DNA research.

According to the manager, they were transporting vials

of single-strand synthetic, programmable DNA.

Detective? Valerie Stahl.

John Kennex.

- Pleasure to meet you. - You, too. Okay.

So tell me what you got on programmable DNA.

Programmable DNA can be used to trigger the process

of tissue creation.

For example, to grow sets of organs in humans,

possibly for harvest.