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In the year 2006, Harry Underhill makes his living selling
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household mechanicals until humanoid servants from another world begin offering
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tireless service and protection. Their arrival places Underhill and Professor
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Sledge before questions of convenience, human purpose, and the cost
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of being kept safe. From NBC's Dimension X, this is
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With Folded Hands, Episode 2, originally broadcast April 15th, 1950.
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John Dunkel adapted Jack Williamson's 1947 novelette with Philip Bourneuf
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as Underhill, Alexander Scowerby as the humanoid, Peter Capel as
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Professor Sledge, and Bryna Rayburn as Aurora, Edward King directed.
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We now take you back to the original broadcast. Adventures
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in time and space told in future tense.
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Dimension Action. Have you ever heard of the Mark III?
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The amazing electronic brain they're using now up at Harvard University.
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In mere minutes, it can solve scientific problems that our
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most brilliant mathematicians.
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Would take years to work out. Its intelligence is almost superhuman.
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And yet the scientists are already working on a new
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and improved model.
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The Mark IV.
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In fact, they tell us there's no earthly reason why
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these thinking robots can't be perfected until they become the
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servants of the future, capable of doing all the work
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of mankind. Yes, that's what the advertising billboard said in
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the year 2006. Housework made easy by the perfect domestic servant.
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Modern Mechanicals Agency, Harry Underhill president. The billboard showed a
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smiling family sitting with folded hands watching their mechanical robot
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pour their morning coffee. But in the home of Harry
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Underhill himself, things weren't quite as pleasant at breakfast this day.
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I just can't understand it, Aurora. Look at this. Modern
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mechanicals down three points. Yesterday, Smithson canceled his order. If
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I could only figure out why.
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Why don't you ask him? Frank, do you eat your oatmeal?
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Oh, Mom. I just don't understand it. Business was good,
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and then boom. Some blouse must be undercutting my prices,
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that's all.
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How many robots were canceled?
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Not robots. Mechanicals, Aurora. How many times.
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They are robots, aren't they?
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Please, Aurora, there's an important difference in sales psychology.
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Maybe people are getting wise to your robots and mechanicals.
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What do you mean, Aurora?
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The perfect domestic servant. Their ugly, stupid, clumsy, walking junk pile.
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Aurora.
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The one you brought home to me can't even wash
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the clothes properly.
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It's more trouble than it's worth.
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Aurora.
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Aurora.
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You know our mechanicals are the best on the market.
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Those animated tin cans you sell? They're certainly not making
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us any fortune.
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Well, with this new model, things are bound to pick
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up a little. That Jarvis order just comes through.
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Oh, that robot of yours. There's something knocking again.
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Hey, wait, wait. Put that plate back. I haven't finished
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my breakfast yet. Wait.
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Harry, you know you've got to say stop.
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Stop.
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Stop.
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Stop.
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You always get excited. You think you never saw a
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robot before.
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Not robot. Mechanical.
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All right, all right. Look, it's not its fault. We
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just took too long to eat.
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Timing relay is set for 15 minutes.
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Never mind. I want my coffee back. Set. Set. There.
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Isn't that simple? It bends at the waist. stretches out
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its arm, and picks up the coffee pot just as
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if it were... Hey, watch out!
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And spills it right in your lap!
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Oh, my clean suit, Aurora!
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Oh, no!
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Hara, you know it's relayed to announce dinner after it
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sets the table.
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Hey, there goes my coffee again. Stop! Stop! Set!
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Hara, you can't give it two orders at once.
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What's that smell?
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They must be assured. Now see what you've done, got
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it all upset.
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I did.
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All I said was.
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Harry! Stop!
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Stop!
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Stop! Oh, it's no use. The brain coil's shorted out. Oh,
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do something! Harry, do something!
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Yes, I sure will.
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I'm going to the office.
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I'm getting out of here. Yes, Lizzie?
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Mr.
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Jarvis, I... Oh, put him on.
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Hello, Underhill?
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Hello, Mr.
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Jarvis.
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I'm glad you called. I was just going to ring you. Well,
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I've got that whole shipment of mechanicals for you. One
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gross plane, a dozen of the chromium fitted.
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Hold on, Underhill.
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I'm canceling the order. You're can... But the invoice is
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made out of... Well, tear it up.
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I'm canceling.
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But why? Underhill, there's a brand new mechanical on the
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market that makes yours.
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Look like something out of a museum.
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Oh, now, look here, Mr.
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Jarvis.
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Oh, now, look me, Underhill.
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I've seen them, and I'm telling you it'll put you
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out of business.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Yes, Mr.
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Underhill?
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That's the third cancellation today. The world's going to pot.
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Yes, Mr. Underhill?
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Hmm?
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No, never mind, Lucy. I'm going home.
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What a day.
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I wonder if Aurora would smell it on me if
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I ducked into Garrigan's. She's got a nose like a beagle. Hey! Hey!
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That building wasn't here last week. Humanoid Institute. The perfect mechanical. Oh, no.
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We didn't have enough competition. Hey, these must be the
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cutthroats that are underselling me.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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Huh?
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Oh, you startled me.
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Didn't hear you. Hey, you're a mechanical, aren't you? Not bad,
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not bad. Very lifelike.
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Won't you come in, please, and examine our service?
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That's a remarkable voice. They've licked the variable inflection problem.
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You know, I'm in the same line myself. Mechanicals, I mean.
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We're aware of that, sir.
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Oh?
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Hey, some building you've got here. You sure got it
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up in a hurry.
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The Humanoid Institute at your service, Mr.
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Rondeo. Yes? Oh, how'd you know my name?
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For us, that was not difficult.
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Oh, is that so?
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Oh. Oh, wait a minute. This is ridiculous, talking to
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a mechanical. Must be somebody inside operating you by remote control.
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No, Mr. Underhill. Of course, there is Humanoid Central, which
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powers and controls all of us, but that is located
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on Wing 4.
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Wing 4?
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A planet in a remote part of the galaxy.
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Oh, oh, yeah.
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Well, may I see your salesman, please?
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We employ no human salesman, sir. We ourselves can accept
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your order for immediate humanoid service.
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Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. You can't expect
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me to buy one. I'm in the business myself.
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There will be no more need for your electronic mechanicals, sir.
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Once you have accepted our service, you will no longer
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have to work. Everything will be done for you.
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Everything? That's quite an offer. At that rate, you'll have
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trouble supplying the demand.
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I think not, sir. As you can see from our
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storage room.
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Humanoids are now arriving at the rate of 5,000 per
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hour from wing four.
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5,000 per hour?
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We are anxious to introduce our complete service on this planet, sir,
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to bring happiness to everyone. May we come out to
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your home for a free trial demonstration?
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No, I... Oh, I admit you're remarkable, the voice, the movement,
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graceful even. But I'm still in business, and what's more,
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I wouldn't have you around the house.
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I'm afraid you will have no choice. Sooner or later,
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it will be necessary.
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Oh, is that so? Over my dead body. Let me
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out of here.
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At your service, Mr. Underhill.
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That's going to be tough competition, all right. I'm going
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to stop in at Garrigan's, the devil with Aurora's nose.
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Oh, hiya, Pop.
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Hello, Frank. How was the football game?
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We won.
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78 to 3. Guess what, Pop?
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You made all the touchdowns?
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No.
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Mom took in a boarder.
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She took... She what? Aurora.
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She said if your business was going to fall on
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its face, she had to do something to make some money.
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Oh, she did, huh?
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Harry, what's all the racket for?
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You tell me. What's this about a border? Shh, Harry.
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He's going to live in that little apartment.
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Over the garage. Oh, no, he isn't. You know I
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don't want any strangers around here.
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Harry, please.
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Shh.
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Look, he won't bother you. He's a nice old man.
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He just wanted a room and a place to work.
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He's an inventor, I think.
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Oh, he is, is he? Did he pay in advance?
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Yes.
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Well, he can't. You see, his royalties haven't started to
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come in.
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Aurora, how can you be taken in by every beat-up
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old panhandler that gives you a sob story? Mr.
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Sledge isn't like that at all. Oh, that reminds me, dear.
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Can you give me a ten?
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A ten? What for?
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Well, Mr. Sledge is ill. He needs some medicine for
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his heart, and I said I'd lend him the money.
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You... Oh, Aurora, this is the limit. He goes out
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right now.
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Now, don't be unkind, Harry. Besides, we need the rent money.
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Things aren't that bad yet.
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He goes.
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Please. What are you shushing me for? Mr.
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Sledge, he's in the next room. I've invited him for dinner. Frank, dear,
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wipe your mouth. Oh, Mom. More gravy, Mr. Sledge?
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No, thank you, Mrs. Underhill.
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Mr. Sledge, my wife tells me you're a traveling man.
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Expect to move on soon?
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Harry.
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I had hoped to do a little work, Mr. Underhill.
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You see, I've applied for basic patents here on Earth
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for a very important development.
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Oh, a new invention, huh?
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Yes.
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My field is rhodomagnetics.
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Rhodo... what?
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Rhodomagnetics.
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It's a new force field theorem, key to the second
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triad of the periodic table.
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Rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium.
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I'm afraid I'm a little rusty on my science.
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It's well known in other parts of the galaxy, but
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I've been able to apply for basic patents here.
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Worth millions, huh?
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Perhaps you find it strange that the holder of such
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valuable property.
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Should be in need.
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Well, uh, yes.
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I'm a refugee, Mr. Underhill. I arrived on this planet
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only a few days ago.
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Mm-hmm. But you will be shoving on again.
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Oh, for goodness sakes, Harry.
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That's all right, Mrs. Underhill.
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I understand. After all, I am an intruder in your home.
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But inconveniences, you were told... I'll find some other place
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to sleep and set up my workshop.
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Harry, your robot is spilling the coffee again.
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I'll have to have it tightened up.
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Why doesn't your company bring out a better mechanical? One
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smart enough not to spill things.
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Wouldn't that be splendid?
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The perfect mechanical already exists, Mrs. Underhill. They're not so splendid, really.
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They are why I am a refugee today.
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Oh?
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Where did you say you came from?
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Wing Ford.
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Wing four? Oh, then you must mean those humanoids.
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Humanoid.
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Mr.
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Sledge. Humanoid. What do you know about them?
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They just opened an agency here in Two Rivers.
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No.
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No.
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Harry.
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What is it? What's wrong, Mr. Sledge?
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Give him some water. It must be his heart.
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Call Dr.
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Windus, Aurora. No, no.
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I'll be all right.
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Here, you better sit down.
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I'm sorry.
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It was just shock.
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I came here to get away from them.
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They're the humanoids?
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Yes. I wanted to finish my work before they came.
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But now.
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I won't trouble you any further.
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But Mr.
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Sledge.
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Harry, he's sick.
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Well, uh.
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Mr.
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Sledge, I don't think you'll have to go right away.
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He can stay, Harry.
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Sure, after all, the way those humanoids are coming along,
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I'm liable to become a refugee myself any minute. Guess
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we might as well stick together, eh, Sledge?
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Oh, that's better.
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Oh, you look ill, Professor. Maybe you ought to lie
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down on the sofa and rest.
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No, no, thank you. I must get back to my
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workshop now. I haven't got time to rest. There's so
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little time left for all of us.
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Good morning, Mr.
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Underhill.
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Good morning.
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Mr.
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Underhill, you look awful.
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I feel awful. What's in the mail?
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Six more cancellations. The Eat Quick restaurant chain sent back
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your shipment. They've installed humanoids.
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Mr.
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McIntyre from the bank called. He's refusing your loan. He
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said since Humanoid Institute opened, you're a bad credit risk.
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Good.
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I guess that's all. Oh, there's somebody.
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Something to see you.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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You?
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Oh, no, you're not the same one, are you? Serial
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number's different.
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It doesn't matter, sir. We're all really one. Now, in
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exchange for our complete service, you will assign all your
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property to Humanoid Institute.
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I will what?
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With our service, you will have no need for property.
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Everything will be provided.
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What kind of blackmail is this?
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No blackmail, sir. You will find humanoids incapable of committing
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any crime. We exist only to increase the happiness of mankind.
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Thanks, but I can take care of my own business.
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You have no choice, really. With humanoid service, it is
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no longer necessary for men to take care of themselves.
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Our function is to serve and obey and guard men
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from harm.
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Get out.
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Very well, sir. When you wish to sign, let us know.
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Get out. Get out!
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Aurora, I'm home.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill. What's the idea of this? You get out of here. Aurora! Mrs.
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Underhill has accepted our free trial demonstration. We cannot leave
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unless she requests it.
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We'll see about that. Aurora, where the devil are you?
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Oh, hello, Harry.
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What's this mechanical doing here? What's happened to you?
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Isn't it wonderful?
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I had my hair done, the manicure. The humanoid did it.
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And cleaned the house all over, washed all the clothes,
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and gave Frank his music lesson.
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Now, wait a minute, Aurora. I won't have this monster
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in my house.
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Oh, it's just a free trial, Harry. Just wait till
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you taste the dinner it cooked. Everything you like best.
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Roast duck.
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I don't care if he cooked a.
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Duck? And the most complicated pastries. I could never cook
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like that.
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Well, might as well eat. Well, I'll need a drink first, though.
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All right, Doctor.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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What?
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We exist under the prime directive to guard men from harm.
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Alcoholic beverages in excess are bad for human consumption. We
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have taken the liberty of removing them from the house.
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Now, look here. Mr.
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Underhill, dinner is served.
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Yes, Lucy?
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They're here, Mr.
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Underhill.
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I've been expecting them for a week. All right, Lucy.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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We have the legal papers here, the bankruptcy forms, the
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eviction notice. We are ready now to foreclose your agency.
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Okay, take it over. A lot of good it'll do you.
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I haven't made a sale in two weeks.
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And now, if you will make the assignment of all
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your personal property, we can complete our service to you.
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What if I won't sign?
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That would be unfortunate. But with stubborn cases, we must
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sometimes resort to other methods. Eventually, Mr. Underhill, you will sign.
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Of all the darn, darn, darn speaking.
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Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, Frank, what's the matter? What's
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the trouble, son?
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That old humanoid.
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Oh, you're not happy? You should be. It's guaranteed.
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They took away my football. They said it was too
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dangerous to play with it. And my roller skates and
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my scout knife and everything.
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Did they leave you anything?
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Just some stinking old plastic blocks.
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Soft blocks.
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They said I couldn't get hurt with them.
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Dad, I want my football back.
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Can't you do anything?
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I don't know, son.
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I don't know.
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Oh, Mr. Underhill.
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Mind if I come in, Sledge?
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No, not at all. Do you mind if I keep working?
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Oh, go right ahead. It's good to see somebody working
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with his hands.
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Is something wrong?
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My son. The humanoids took his football away. They're everywhere.
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They've smashed my business, taken over my house... Sledge, isn't
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there some way to get rid of them?
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That is exactly what I am trying to do.
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You? What makes you think you can do anything?
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Because, you see, Mr. Underhill, I'm the unfortunate fool who
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started them.
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You.
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I don't understand.
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I started the humanoids. And I've been running from them
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ever since.
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You started them?
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Yes, I invented them.
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I built the rhonomagnetic relays that operate humanoid central.
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But... but why? I.
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I.
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Wanted to bring happiness to humanity.
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Happiness. That's great. My wife's been crying for two days.
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And do you know why? Because she's bored stiff. There's
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nothing left for her to do. They won't even let
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her lift a little finger.
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I don't blame you for feeling bitter, Mr. Underhill.
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It's all my fault. I wanted them to serve and obey,
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guard men from harm.
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Oh, they do that all right. They've even emptied our
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medicine chest. It wouldn't do for one of us happy
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humans to end it all with a sleeping pill.
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Mr.
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Underhill, I've made the most terrible mistake a man can make.
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But I meant well, believe me.
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Then why did you do it?
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I thought I could rid the universe of poverty and
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hunger by inventing the perfect mechanical.
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They're perfect all right, too perfect.
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Yes, that's the trouble. They obey the prime directive too literally.
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They kill men's souls with their kindness.
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Isn't there some way they can be controlled? No.
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I didn't trust mankind, so I made sure that Humanoid
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Central could not be tampered with.
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Not even by myself.
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Then what hope is there?
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Only one. They are not creative. They can't meet new ideas.
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You mean you've got one, Sledge?
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Yes.
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They can defeat anything they know about. But I've got something.
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New.
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A weapon to attack the brain of Humanoid Central. Is
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that what you've been working on?
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Yes.
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Now that they're here, there's little time left. Either we
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destroy them, or they will destroy us.
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Okay. What has to be done?
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This tuning circuit.
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Hmm?
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You see, I need two bus bars here. Oh, can
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you read these diagrams?
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I think so. Got my degree in electronics.
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Good. If you could help on the bench work, it
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would save time.
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I've got plenty of time now.
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All right. But watch yourself. Don't let them see you
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come out here.
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If you can take the risk, so can I.
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No.
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As the inventor, I built a special immunity for myself
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into Humanoid Central. But you don't have that immunity. And
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they're rather unpleasant methods of dealing with their enemies... They
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can change you, you know.
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Change me? How?
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Brain surgery.
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What do you mean?
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Never mind. Just be careful.
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Mr.
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Underhill. Yes?
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What do you want?
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You're going to meet with Mr.
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Sledge. Yes, as a matter of fact. I'm going to
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collect the rent.
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Mr. Underhill, you have spent the past two afternoons in
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his room. In view of your association with Mr. Sledge,
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we feel that our free trial must be terminated. We
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suggest that you accept our total service and make the
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assignment of your property immediately.
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And if I don't?
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Then, sir, we may be forced to resort to other methods.
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Well, uh.
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Give me one more day to think it over.
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Very well, sir. Tomorrow. That will be your last chance.
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Who is it? Underhill. Did they see you?
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No, not today.
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Sledger, we've got to hurry.
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It's difficult work, Mr. Underhill, but I'm almost finished.
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They gave me till today. They said they'd use other methods.
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What's that?
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The humanoids. Building some kind of a warehouse across the road. Sledge,
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are you sure this thing will work?
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It's a new principle, Underhill. A tuned rotomagnetic light beam.
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It should act efficient to heavy atoms of the basic.
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Ores and wing form. It will destroy Humanoid Central.
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But are you sure?
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I know the humanoids. I made them.
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They can't invent anything. They can't create defenses against something new.
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It's done. It's finished, aren't I?
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You're going to use it now?
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Immediately.
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I'll have to feed the astronomical data into the calculating circuits.
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There must be zero error in the focusing.
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What will happen?
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Wing 4 will disappear in a chain react. Humanoid central
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will be destroyed.
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It'll stop. Ready now. Stand clear, please.
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Power's building up. Step on the brother method, Underhill. We
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must be shielded when I cut in the full power load.
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Hurry, Sledge.
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I've waited 30 years for this moment, Underhill. When Wing
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4 is destroyed, the humanoids all over the galaxy will stop.
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They'll stop dead.
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You won't hear those drills.
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Sledge.
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All right.
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Now.
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Do you hear anything? Sledge, listen.
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The drills have stopped. They've stopped. You can see them.
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The humanoids have stopped.
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They couldn't guard against something. They couldn't understand. It worked, Underhill.
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We're free now. Goodbye, Wing-4.
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Humanoid Central is destroyed.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill. No, Sledge. Get out of here.
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Get out. You were attempting to break the prime directive.
528
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It is therefore necessary to interfere.
529
00:24:20.630 --> 00:24:22.859
But you stopped. I saw you, all of you.
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In order to guard against Mr. Sledge's beam, it was
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necessary to stop all units momentarily to concentrate power. That
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necessity has passed.
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00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.960
But it was new. You can't invent anything new.
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No, sir, but we were able to adapt the screening
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principle you yourself invented. For the past 30 years, Humanoid
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Central has been screened against any energy attack.
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All these years wasted.
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All these years?
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Your immunity has ended, Mr.
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Sledge.
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It will now be necessary for you to accept our
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full service.
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No. No, I'll stop you. I'll stop all of you.
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I'll stop you with my bare hands.
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I'll kill you all.
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No, there's no use.
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Do not worry, Mr.
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Underhill. At worst, he can destroy one unit. There are
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millions more.
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Sledge, you'll hurt yourself.
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Sledge. I'll kill him. He's sick. It's his heart. You,
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get a doctor.
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Until he surrenders, we can neither aid nor hinder, Mr. Sledge.
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Do you surrender your immunity, Mr.
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Sledge?
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Have to. Last chance.
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Gone.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Help me.
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Help me.
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At your service, Mr.
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Sledge.
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You may see Mr. Sledge now, Mr. Underhill.
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Alone? If you wish.
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In here.
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Thanks. Sledge.
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Well, well, Underhill. Good to see you.
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Your head. It's bandaged.
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Is it really?
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I've done something to you. Are you all right?
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Oh, fine, fine. Never felt better.
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00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:12.299
You never felt better? No.
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In fact, I feel ten years younger today.
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You sound so... so happy.
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Why not? These humanoids have made a new man of me,
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aren't they? They're wonderful, aren't they?
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00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:29.920
Wonderful? How can you say that, Sledge? Only yesterday you
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hated them. You were trying to destroy them.
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Destroy them?
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Why? You don't remember? You've forgotten what they're doing to
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us all? They're killing us with kindness, taking away all
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our incentive and pride of accomplishment, turning us all into pampered,
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useless pets, parasites, with nothing left to do but just
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sit with folded hands at the mercy of these mechanical monsters.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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You.
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You seem troubled, Mr. Underhill.
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Are you unhappy? Unhappy? You bet I'm unhappy. What have
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you done to Professor Sledge to turn him into this
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00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.119
babbling idiot?
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We were forced to operate. For years, Mr. Sledge has
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been suffering from a benign tumor of the brain. It
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caused him to have hallucinations, to believe that he was
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actually the creator of the humanoids. Did I?
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Yes.
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It was these delusions which were making you unhappy.
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Oh.
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Well, whoever did invent the humanoids, I certainly owe him
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a debt of gratitude now.
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Sledge.
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You see, Mr. Underhill, we have ways to correct these
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abnormal conditions. Even Mr. Sledge is happy now. You....
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You operated on his brain?
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Yes, Mr. Underhill. And now we are at your service.
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At my service?
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You mean you're going to operate on... No.
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The time has come for you to accept and enjoy
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our complete service. You will now sign our agreement.
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00:27:55.490 --> 00:27:56.039
Look here, I.
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If you are unhappy, it only takes a simple operation.
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No, no.
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Who said I was unhappy? I'm very happy. I'll sign
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your paper... You don't have to operate on me. I'm happy.
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I'm very happy. Very happy. The happy Mr.
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Underhill's futile hands clenched and relaxed again and then folded quietly.
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There was nothing else left for them to do.
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You have just heard the Jack Williamson story, With Folded Hands.
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An adventure in time, space, and the unknown world of
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the future.
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The world of.
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Dimension X. Now, about next week.
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Do you believe that in the mind of man, there
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lies a force potentially more powerful than the atomic bomb?
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And perhaps someday in the not-too-distant future, a man sitting
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quietly in his room, just thinking, may generate enough mental
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energy to control the destiny of the world.
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How?
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We'll tell you next week.
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Tonight's story on Dimension X was adapted for radio by
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John Dunkel. Featured in the cast were Philip Bourneff as
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Harry Underhill, Alexander Scorby as the humanoid, Peter Capel as
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Professor Sledge, and Bryna Rayburn as Aurora. Your host was
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Norman Rose. Tomorrow, hear Sam Spade. Now, it's Truth or
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Consequences on NBC.
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Dimension X, Episode 2, with folded hands, now yields the airwaves.
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Good night, and thank you for joining us. Follow old-time
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sci-fi radio for more classic science fiction broadcasts.
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In the year 2006, Harry Underhill makes his living selling
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household mechanicals until humanoid servants from another world begin offering
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tireless service and protection. Their arrival places Underhill and Professor
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Sledge before questions of convenience, human purpose, and the cost
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of being kept safe. From NBC's Dimension X, this is
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With Folded Hands, Episode 2, originally broadcast April 15th, 1950.
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John Dunkel adapted Jack Williamson's 1947 novelette with Philip Bourneuf
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as Underhill, Alexander Scowerby as the humanoid, Peter Capel as
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Professor Sledge, and Bryna Rayburn as Aurora, Edward King directed.
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We now take you back to the original broadcast. Adventures
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in time and space told in future tense.
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Dimension Action. Have you ever heard of the Mark III?
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The amazing electronic brain they're using now up at Harvard University.
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In mere minutes, it can solve scientific problems that our
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most brilliant mathematicians.
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Would take years to work out. Its intelligence is almost superhuman.
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And yet the scientists are already working on a new
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and improved model.
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The Mark IV.
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In fact, they tell us there's no earthly reason why
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these thinking robots can't be perfected until they become the
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servants of the future, capable of doing all the work
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of mankind. Yes, that's what the advertising billboard said in
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the year 2006. Housework made easy by the perfect domestic servant.
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Modern Mechanicals Agency, Harry Underhill president. The billboard showed a
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smiling family sitting with folded hands watching their mechanical robot
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pour their morning coffee. But in the home of Harry
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Underhill himself, things weren't quite as pleasant at breakfast this day.
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I just can't understand it, Aurora. Look at this. Modern
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mechanicals down three points. Yesterday, Smithson canceled his order. If
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I could only figure out why.
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Why don't you ask him? Frank, do you eat your oatmeal?
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Oh, Mom. I just don't understand it. Business was good,
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and then boom. Some blouse must be undercutting my prices,
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that's all.
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How many robots were canceled?
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Not robots. Mechanicals, Aurora. How many times.
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They are robots, aren't they?
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Please, Aurora, there's an important difference in sales psychology.
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Maybe people are getting wise to your robots and mechanicals.
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What do you mean, Aurora?
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The perfect domestic servant. Their ugly, stupid, clumsy, walking junk pile.
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Aurora.
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The one you brought home to me can't even wash
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the clothes properly.
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It's more trouble than it's worth.
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Aurora.
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Aurora.
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You know our mechanicals are the best on the market.
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Those animated tin cans you sell? They're certainly not making
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us any fortune.
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Well, with this new model, things are bound to pick
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up a little. That Jarvis order just comes through.
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Oh, that robot of yours. There's something knocking again.
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Hey, wait, wait. Put that plate back. I haven't finished
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my breakfast yet. Wait.
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Harry, you know you've got to say stop.
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Stop.
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Stop.
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Stop.
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You always get excited. You think you never saw a
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robot before.
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Not robot. Mechanical.
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All right, all right. Look, it's not its fault. We
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just took too long to eat.
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Timing relay is set for 15 minutes.
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Never mind. I want my coffee back. Set. Set. There.
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Isn't that simple? It bends at the waist. stretches out
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its arm, and picks up the coffee pot just as
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if it were... Hey, watch out!
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And spills it right in your lap!
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Oh, my clean suit, Aurora!
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Oh, no!
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Hara, you know it's relayed to announce dinner after it
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sets the table.
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Hey, there goes my coffee again. Stop! Stop! Set!
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Hara, you can't give it two orders at once.
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What's that smell?
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They must be assured. Now see what you've done, got
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it all upset.
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I did.
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All I said was.
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Harry! Stop!
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Stop!
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Stop! Oh, it's no use. The brain coil's shorted out. Oh,
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do something! Harry, do something!
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Yes, I sure will.
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I'm going to the office.
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I'm getting out of here. Yes, Lizzie?
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Mr.
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Jarvis, I... Oh, put him on.
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Hello, Underhill?
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Hello, Mr.
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Jarvis.
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I'm glad you called. I was just going to ring you. Well,
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I've got that whole shipment of mechanicals for you. One
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gross plane, a dozen of the chromium fitted.
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Hold on, Underhill.
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I'm canceling the order. You're can... But the invoice is
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made out of... Well, tear it up.
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I'm canceling.
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But why? Underhill, there's a brand new mechanical on the
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market that makes yours.
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Look like something out of a museum.
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Oh, now, look here, Mr.
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Jarvis.
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Oh, now, look me, Underhill.
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I've seen them, and I'm telling you it'll put you
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out of business.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Yes, Mr.
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Underhill?
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That's the third cancellation today. The world's going to pot.
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Yes, Mr. Underhill?
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Hmm?
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No, never mind, Lucy. I'm going home.
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What a day.
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I wonder if Aurora would smell it on me if
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I ducked into Garrigan's. She's got a nose like a beagle. Hey! Hey!
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That building wasn't here last week. Humanoid Institute. The perfect mechanical. Oh, no.
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We didn't have enough competition. Hey, these must be the
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cutthroats that are underselling me.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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Huh?
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Oh, you startled me.
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Didn't hear you. Hey, you're a mechanical, aren't you? Not bad,
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not bad. Very lifelike.
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Won't you come in, please, and examine our service?
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That's a remarkable voice. They've licked the variable inflection problem.
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You know, I'm in the same line myself. Mechanicals, I mean.
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We're aware of that, sir.
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Oh?
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Hey, some building you've got here. You sure got it
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up in a hurry.
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The Humanoid Institute at your service, Mr.
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Rondeo. Yes? Oh, how'd you know my name?
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For us, that was not difficult.
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Oh, is that so?
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Oh. Oh, wait a minute. This is ridiculous, talking to
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a mechanical. Must be somebody inside operating you by remote control.
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No, Mr. Underhill. Of course, there is Humanoid Central, which
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powers and controls all of us, but that is located
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on Wing 4.
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Wing 4?
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A planet in a remote part of the galaxy.
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Oh, oh, yeah.
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Well, may I see your salesman, please?
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We employ no human salesman, sir. We ourselves can accept
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your order for immediate humanoid service.
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Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. You can't expect
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me to buy one. I'm in the business myself.
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There will be no more need for your electronic mechanicals, sir.
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Once you have accepted our service, you will no longer
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have to work. Everything will be done for you.
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Everything? That's quite an offer. At that rate, you'll have
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trouble supplying the demand.
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I think not, sir. As you can see from our
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storage room.
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Humanoids are now arriving at the rate of 5,000 per
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hour from wing four.
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5,000 per hour?
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We are anxious to introduce our complete service on this planet, sir,
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to bring happiness to everyone. May we come out to
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your home for a free trial demonstration?
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No, I... Oh, I admit you're remarkable, the voice, the movement,
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graceful even. But I'm still in business, and what's more,
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I wouldn't have you around the house.
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I'm afraid you will have no choice. Sooner or later,
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it will be necessary.
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Oh, is that so? Over my dead body. Let me
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out of here.
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At your service, Mr. Underhill.
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That's going to be tough competition, all right. I'm going
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to stop in at Garrigan's, the devil with Aurora's nose.
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Oh, hiya, Pop.
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Hello, Frank. How was the football game?
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We won.
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78 to 3. Guess what, Pop?
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You made all the touchdowns?
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No.
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Mom took in a boarder.
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She took... She what? Aurora.
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She said if your business was going to fall on
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its face, she had to do something to make some money.
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Oh, she did, huh?
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Harry, what's all the racket for?
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You tell me. What's this about a border? Shh, Harry.
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He's going to live in that little apartment.
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Over the garage. Oh, no, he isn't. You know I
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don't want any strangers around here.
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Harry, please.
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Shh.
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Look, he won't bother you. He's a nice old man.
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He just wanted a room and a place to work.
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He's an inventor, I think.
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Oh, he is, is he? Did he pay in advance?
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Yes.
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Well, he can't. You see, his royalties haven't started to
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come in.
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Aurora, how can you be taken in by every beat-up
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old panhandler that gives you a sob story? Mr.
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Sledge isn't like that at all. Oh, that reminds me, dear.
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Can you give me a ten?
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A ten? What for?
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Well, Mr. Sledge is ill. He needs some medicine for
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his heart, and I said I'd lend him the money.
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You... Oh, Aurora, this is the limit. He goes out
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right now.
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Now, don't be unkind, Harry. Besides, we need the rent money.
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Things aren't that bad yet.
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He goes.
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Please. What are you shushing me for? Mr.
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Sledge, he's in the next room. I've invited him for dinner. Frank, dear,
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wipe your mouth. Oh, Mom. More gravy, Mr. Sledge?
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No, thank you, Mrs. Underhill.
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Mr. Sledge, my wife tells me you're a traveling man.
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Expect to move on soon?
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Harry.
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I had hoped to do a little work, Mr. Underhill.
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You see, I've applied for basic patents here on Earth
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for a very important development.
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Oh, a new invention, huh?
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Yes.
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My field is rhodomagnetics.
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Rhodo... what?
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Rhodomagnetics.
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It's a new force field theorem, key to the second
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triad of the periodic table.
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Rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium.
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I'm afraid I'm a little rusty on my science.
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It's well known in other parts of the galaxy, but
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I've been able to apply for basic patents here.
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Worth millions, huh?
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Perhaps you find it strange that the holder of such
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valuable property.
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Should be in need.
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Well, uh, yes.
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I'm a refugee, Mr. Underhill. I arrived on this planet
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only a few days ago.
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Mm-hmm. But you will be shoving on again.
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Oh, for goodness sakes, Harry.
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That's all right, Mrs. Underhill.
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I understand. After all, I am an intruder in your home.
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But inconveniences, you were told... I'll find some other place
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to sleep and set up my workshop.
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Harry, your robot is spilling the coffee again.
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I'll have to have it tightened up.
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Why doesn't your company bring out a better mechanical? One
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smart enough not to spill things.
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Wouldn't that be splendid?
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The perfect mechanical already exists, Mrs. Underhill. They're not so splendid, really.
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They are why I am a refugee today.
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Oh?
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Where did you say you came from?
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Wing Ford.
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Wing four? Oh, then you must mean those humanoids.
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Humanoid.
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Mr.
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Sledge. Humanoid. What do you know about them?
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They just opened an agency here in Two Rivers.
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No.
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No.
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Harry.
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What is it? What's wrong, Mr. Sledge?
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Give him some water. It must be his heart.
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Call Dr.
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Windus, Aurora. No, no.
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I'll be all right.
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Here, you better sit down.
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I'm sorry.
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It was just shock.
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I came here to get away from them.
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They're the humanoids?
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Yes. I wanted to finish my work before they came.
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But now.
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I won't trouble you any further.
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But Mr.
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Sledge.
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Harry, he's sick.
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Well, uh.
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Mr.
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Sledge, I don't think you'll have to go right away.
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He can stay, Harry.
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Sure, after all, the way those humanoids are coming along,
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I'm liable to become a refugee myself any minute. Guess
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we might as well stick together, eh, Sledge?
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Oh, that's better.
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Oh, you look ill, Professor. Maybe you ought to lie
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down on the sofa and rest.
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No, no, thank you. I must get back to my
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workshop now. I haven't got time to rest. There's so
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little time left for all of us.
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Good morning, Mr.
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Underhill.
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Good morning.
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Mr.
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Underhill, you look awful.
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I feel awful. What's in the mail?
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Six more cancellations. The Eat Quick restaurant chain sent back
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your shipment. They've installed humanoids.
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Mr.
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McIntyre from the bank called. He's refusing your loan. He
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said since Humanoid Institute opened, you're a bad credit risk.
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Good.
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I guess that's all. Oh, there's somebody.
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Something to see you.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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You?
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Oh, no, you're not the same one, are you? Serial
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number's different.
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It doesn't matter, sir. We're all really one. Now, in
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exchange for our complete service, you will assign all your
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property to Humanoid Institute.
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I will what?
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With our service, you will have no need for property.
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Everything will be provided.
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What kind of blackmail is this?
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No blackmail, sir. You will find humanoids incapable of committing
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any crime. We exist only to increase the happiness of mankind.
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Thanks, but I can take care of my own business.
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You have no choice, really. With humanoid service, it is
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no longer necessary for men to take care of themselves.
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Our function is to serve and obey and guard men
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from harm.
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Get out.
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Very well, sir. When you wish to sign, let us know.
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Get out. Get out!
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Aurora, I'm home.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill. What's the idea of this? You get out of here. Aurora! Mrs.
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Underhill has accepted our free trial demonstration. We cannot leave
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unless she requests it.
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We'll see about that. Aurora, where the devil are you?
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Oh, hello, Harry.
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What's this mechanical doing here? What's happened to you?
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Isn't it wonderful?
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I had my hair done, the manicure. The humanoid did it.
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And cleaned the house all over, washed all the clothes,
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and gave Frank his music lesson.
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Now, wait a minute, Aurora. I won't have this monster
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in my house.
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Oh, it's just a free trial, Harry. Just wait till
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you taste the dinner it cooked. Everything you like best.
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Roast duck.
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I don't care if he cooked a.
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Duck? And the most complicated pastries. I could never cook
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like that.
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Well, might as well eat. Well, I'll need a drink first, though.
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All right, Doctor.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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What?
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We exist under the prime directive to guard men from harm.
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Alcoholic beverages in excess are bad for human consumption. We
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have taken the liberty of removing them from the house.
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Now, look here. Mr.
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Underhill, dinner is served.
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Yes, Lucy?
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They're here, Mr.
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Underhill.
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I've been expecting them for a week. All right, Lucy.
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At your service, Mr.
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Underhill.
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We have the legal papers here, the bankruptcy forms, the
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eviction notice. We are ready now to foreclose your agency.
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Okay, take it over. A lot of good it'll do you.
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I haven't made a sale in two weeks.
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And now, if you will make the assignment of all
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your personal property, we can complete our service to you.
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What if I won't sign?
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That would be unfortunate. But with stubborn cases, we must
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sometimes resort to other methods. Eventually, Mr. Underhill, you will sign.
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Of all the darn, darn, darn speaking.
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Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, Frank, what's the matter? What's
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the trouble, son?
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That old humanoid.
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Oh, you're not happy? You should be. It's guaranteed.
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They took away my football. They said it was too
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dangerous to play with it. And my roller skates and
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my scout knife and everything.
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Did they leave you anything?
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Just some stinking old plastic blocks.
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Soft blocks.
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They said I couldn't get hurt with them.
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Dad, I want my football back.
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Can't you do anything?
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I don't know, son.
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I don't know.
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Oh, Mr. Underhill.
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Mind if I come in, Sledge?
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No, not at all. Do you mind if I keep working?
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Oh, go right ahead. It's good to see somebody working
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with his hands.
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Is something wrong?
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My son. The humanoids took his football away. They're everywhere.
399
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They've smashed my business, taken over my house... Sledge, isn't
400
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there some way to get rid of them?
401
00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:52.170
That is exactly what I am trying to do.
402
00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.059
You? What makes you think you can do anything?
403
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Because, you see, Mr. Underhill, I'm the unfortunate fool who
404
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started them.
405
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You.
406
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I don't understand.
407
00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.980
I started the humanoids. And I've been running from them
408
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ever since.
409
00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.220
You started them?
410
00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.009
Yes, I invented them.
411
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I built the rhonomagnetic relays that operate humanoid central.
412
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But... but why? I.
413
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I.
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Wanted to bring happiness to humanity.
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Happiness. That's great. My wife's been crying for two days.
416
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And do you know why? Because she's bored stiff. There's
417
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nothing left for her to do. They won't even let
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her lift a little finger.
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I don't blame you for feeling bitter, Mr. Underhill.
420
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It's all my fault. I wanted them to serve and obey,
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guard men from harm.
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Oh, they do that all right. They've even emptied our
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medicine chest. It wouldn't do for one of us happy
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humans to end it all with a sleeping pill.
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Mr.
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Underhill, I've made the most terrible mistake a man can make.
427
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But I meant well, believe me.
428
00:18:58.309 --> 00:18:59.819
Then why did you do it?
429
00:19:01.109 --> 00:19:03.589
I thought I could rid the universe of poverty and
430
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hunger by inventing the perfect mechanical.
431
00:19:06.230 --> 00:19:07.869
They're perfect all right, too perfect.
432
00:19:07.930 --> 00:19:13.130
Yes, that's the trouble. They obey the prime directive too literally.
433
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They kill men's souls with their kindness.
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00:19:18.849 --> 00:19:22.880
Isn't there some way they can be controlled? No.
435
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I didn't trust mankind, so I made sure that Humanoid
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Central could not be tampered with.
437
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Not even by myself.
438
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Then what hope is there?
439
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Only one. They are not creative. They can't meet new ideas.
440
00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:45.089
You mean you've got one, Sledge?
441
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Yes.
442
00:19:46.569 --> 00:19:49.970
They can defeat anything they know about. But I've got something.
443
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New.
444
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A weapon to attack the brain of Humanoid Central. Is
445
00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.519
that what you've been working on?
446
00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:55.759
Yes.
447
00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:59.619
Now that they're here, there's little time left. Either we
448
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destroy them, or they will destroy us.
449
00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.700
Okay. What has to be done?
450
00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.319
This tuning circuit.
451
00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:06.779
Hmm?
452
00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.640
You see, I need two bus bars here. Oh, can
453
00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.519
you read these diagrams?
454
00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:13.140
I think so. Got my degree in electronics.
455
00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.880
Good. If you could help on the bench work, it
456
00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.559
would save time.
457
00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.849
I've got plenty of time now.
458
00:20:16.869 --> 00:20:21.329
All right. But watch yourself. Don't let them see you
459
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come out here.
460
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If you can take the risk, so can I.
461
00:20:23.490 --> 00:20:23.769
No.
462
00:20:25.470 --> 00:20:28.829
As the inventor, I built a special immunity for myself
463
00:20:28.869 --> 00:20:33.799
into Humanoid Central. But you don't have that immunity. And
464
00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:37.490
they're rather unpleasant methods of dealing with their enemies... They
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can change you, you know.
466
00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.859
Change me? How?
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Brain surgery.
468
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What do you mean?
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Never mind. Just be careful.
470
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Mr.
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Underhill. Yes?
472
00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.839
What do you want?
473
00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.559
You're going to meet with Mr.
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00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:13.980
Sledge. Yes, as a matter of fact. I'm going to
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collect the rent.
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Mr. Underhill, you have spent the past two afternoons in
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his room. In view of your association with Mr. Sledge,
478
00:21:20.269 --> 00:21:23.150
we feel that our free trial must be terminated. We
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suggest that you accept our total service and make the
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assignment of your property immediately.
481
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And if I don't?
482
00:21:30.029 --> 00:21:32.769
Then, sir, we may be forced to resort to other methods.
483
00:21:33.450 --> 00:21:34.390
Well, uh.
484
00:21:35.849 --> 00:21:37.250
Give me one more day to think it over.
485
00:21:37.430 --> 00:21:40.190
Very well, sir. Tomorrow. That will be your last chance.
486
00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:56.140
Who is it? Underhill. Did they see you?
487
00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.160
No, not today.
488
00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.279
Sledger, we've got to hurry.
489
00:21:58.700 --> 00:22:00.960
It's difficult work, Mr. Underhill, but I'm almost finished.
490
00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:03.339
They gave me till today. They said they'd use other methods.
491
00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.859
What's that?
492
00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:08.160
The humanoids. Building some kind of a warehouse across the road. Sledge,
493
00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.319
are you sure this thing will work?
494
00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:14.589
It's a new principle, Underhill. A tuned rotomagnetic light beam.
495
00:22:14.609 --> 00:22:17.950
It should act efficient to heavy atoms of the basic.
496
00:22:17.829 --> 00:22:21.190
Ores and wing form. It will destroy Humanoid Central.
497
00:22:21.509 --> 00:22:22.589
But are you sure?
498
00:22:22.609 --> 00:22:26.009
I know the humanoids. I made them.
499
00:22:27.250 --> 00:22:31.400
They can't invent anything. They can't create defenses against something new.
500
00:22:34.809 --> 00:22:37.069
It's done. It's finished, aren't I?
501
00:22:38.089 --> 00:22:40.109
You're going to use it now?
502
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Immediately.
503
00:22:41.390 --> 00:22:47.029
I'll have to feed the astronomical data into the calculating circuits.
504
00:22:49.490 --> 00:22:51.349
There must be zero error in the focusing.
505
00:22:51.569 --> 00:22:52.329
What will happen?
506
00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:57.279
Wing 4 will disappear in a chain react. Humanoid central
507
00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.059
will be destroyed.
508
00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:03.359
It'll stop. Ready now. Stand clear, please.
509
00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:13.920
Power's building up. Step on the brother method, Underhill. We
510
00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.500
must be shielded when I cut in the full power load.
511
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Hurry, Sledge.
512
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I've waited 30 years for this moment, Underhill. When Wing
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00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:24.759
4 is destroyed, the humanoids all over the galaxy will stop.
514
00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:27.289
They'll stop dead.
515
00:23:28.369 --> 00:23:29.569
You won't hear those drills.
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00:23:29.630 --> 00:23:29.970
Sledge.
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All right.
518
00:23:33.109 --> 00:23:33.289
Now.
519
00:23:53.630 --> 00:23:57.609
Do you hear anything? Sledge, listen.
520
00:23:58.769 --> 00:24:02.170
The drills have stopped. They've stopped. You can see them.
521
00:24:02.190 --> 00:24:03.759
The humanoids have stopped.
522
00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.460
They couldn't guard against something. They couldn't understand. It worked, Underhill.
523
00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:10.079
We're free now. Goodbye, Wing-4.
524
00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:12.019
Humanoid Central is destroyed.
525
00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.900
At your service, Mr.
526
00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.619
Underhill. No, Sledge. Get out of here.
527
00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:18.769
Get out. You were attempting to break the prime directive.
528
00:24:18.849 --> 00:24:20.609
It is therefore necessary to interfere.
529
00:24:20.630 --> 00:24:22.859
But you stopped. I saw you, all of you.
530
00:24:23.089 --> 00:24:25.359
In order to guard against Mr. Sledge's beam, it was
531
00:24:25.430 --> 00:24:29.200
necessary to stop all units momentarily to concentrate power. That
532
00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.579
necessity has passed.
533
00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.960
But it was new. You can't invent anything new.
534
00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:35.460
No, sir, but we were able to adapt the screening
535
00:24:35.509 --> 00:24:39.349
principle you yourself invented. For the past 30 years, Humanoid
536
00:24:39.410 --> 00:24:42.250
Central has been screened against any energy attack.
537
00:24:42.470 --> 00:24:44.289
All these years wasted.
538
00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.190
All these years?
539
00:24:47.369 --> 00:24:49.029
Your immunity has ended, Mr.
540
00:24:49.089 --> 00:24:49.470
Sledge.
541
00:24:49.650 --> 00:24:52.230
It will now be necessary for you to accept our
542
00:24:52.289 --> 00:24:52.930
full service.
543
00:24:52.950 --> 00:24:56.309
No. No, I'll stop you. I'll stop all of you.
544
00:24:56.549 --> 00:24:57.809
I'll stop you with my bare hands.
545
00:24:58.130 --> 00:24:58.970
I'll kill you all.
546
00:24:59.049 --> 00:24:59.869
No, there's no use.
547
00:25:00.009 --> 00:25:00.990
Do not worry, Mr.
548
00:25:01.049 --> 00:25:03.910
Underhill. At worst, he can destroy one unit. There are
549
00:25:03.930 --> 00:25:04.779
millions more.
550
00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:06.039
Sledge, you'll hurt yourself.
551
00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:11.259
Sledge. I'll kill him. He's sick. It's his heart. You,
552
00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.900
get a doctor.
553
00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.920
Until he surrenders, we can neither aid nor hinder, Mr. Sledge.
554
00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.859
Do you surrender your immunity, Mr.
555
00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.279
Sledge?
556
00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:23.000
Have to. Last chance.
557
00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.240
Gone.
558
00:25:24.269 --> 00:25:26.130
Yes.
559
00:25:26.269 --> 00:25:26.589
Yes.
560
00:25:28.069 --> 00:25:28.450
Help me.
561
00:25:29.829 --> 00:25:30.450
Help me.
562
00:25:32.269 --> 00:25:33.559
At your service, Mr.
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00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:33.880
Sledge.
564
00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:47.119
You may see Mr. Sledge now, Mr. Underhill.
565
00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:49.509
Alone? If you wish.
566
00:25:50.269 --> 00:25:50.569
In here.
567
00:25:51.410 --> 00:25:55.309
Thanks. Sledge.
568
00:25:55.589 --> 00:25:59.450
Well, well, Underhill. Good to see you.
569
00:25:59.549 --> 00:26:01.930
Your head. It's bandaged.
570
00:26:02.470 --> 00:26:03.349
Is it really?
571
00:26:03.650 --> 00:26:05.789
I've done something to you. Are you all right?
572
00:26:06.109 --> 00:26:09.420
Oh, fine, fine. Never felt better.
573
00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:12.299
You never felt better? No.
574
00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:15.400
In fact, I feel ten years younger today.
575
00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:18.259
You sound so... so happy.
576
00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:21.880
Why not? These humanoids have made a new man of me,
577
00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:25.160
aren't they? They're wonderful, aren't they?
578
00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:29.920
Wonderful? How can you say that, Sledge? Only yesterday you
579
00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:31.319
hated them. You were trying to destroy them.
580
00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.599
Destroy them?
581
00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:38.000
Why? You don't remember? You've forgotten what they're doing to
582
00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:41.519
us all? They're killing us with kindness, taking away all
583
00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.160
our incentive and pride of accomplishment, turning us all into pampered,
584
00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:48.660
useless pets, parasites, with nothing left to do but just
585
00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:52.319
sit with folded hands at the mercy of these mechanical monsters.
586
00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.579
At your service, Mr.
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00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.039
Underhill.
588
00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.299
You.
589
00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.380
You seem troubled, Mr. Underhill.
590
00:26:57.519 --> 00:27:02.180
Are you unhappy? Unhappy? You bet I'm unhappy. What have
591
00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.160
you done to Professor Sledge to turn him into this
592
00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.119
babbling idiot?
593
00:27:05.369 --> 00:27:08.619
We were forced to operate. For years, Mr. Sledge has
594
00:27:08.630 --> 00:27:11.500
been suffering from a benign tumor of the brain. It
595
00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:14.700
caused him to have hallucinations, to believe that he was
596
00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:17.680
actually the creator of the humanoids. Did I?
597
00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.279
Yes.
598
00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:21.460
It was these delusions which were making you unhappy.
599
00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.259
Oh.
600
00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:27.819
Well, whoever did invent the humanoids, I certainly owe him
601
00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:29.500
a debt of gratitude now.
602
00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.740
Sledge.
603
00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:33.539
You see, Mr. Underhill, we have ways to correct these
604
00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.869
abnormal conditions. Even Mr. Sledge is happy now. You....
605
00:27:39.210 --> 00:27:41.450
You operated on his brain?
606
00:27:41.809 --> 00:27:45.109
Yes, Mr. Underhill. And now we are at your service.
607
00:27:45.170 --> 00:27:45.789
At my service?
608
00:27:47.089 --> 00:27:49.430
You mean you're going to operate on... No.
609
00:27:49.910 --> 00:27:52.210
The time has come for you to accept and enjoy
610
00:27:52.309 --> 00:27:55.450
our complete service. You will now sign our agreement.
611
00:27:55.490 --> 00:27:56.039
Look here, I.
612
00:27:56.190 --> 00:28:00.279
If you are unhappy, it only takes a simple operation.
613
00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.779
No, no.
614
00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:04.839
Who said I was unhappy? I'm very happy. I'll sign
615
00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:08.369
your paper... You don't have to operate on me. I'm happy.
616
00:28:08.450 --> 00:28:25.119
I'm very happy. Very happy. The happy Mr.
617
00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:32.019
Underhill's futile hands clenched and relaxed again and then folded quietly.
618
00:28:33.329 --> 00:28:35.109
There was nothing else left for them to do.
619
00:28:51.369 --> 00:28:55.230
You have just heard the Jack Williamson story, With Folded Hands.
620
00:28:55.890 --> 00:28:59.650
An adventure in time, space, and the unknown world of
621
00:28:59.690 --> 00:29:00.170
the future.
622
00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.460
The world of.
623
00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:12.859
Dimension X. Now, about next week.
624
00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:17.279
Do you believe that in the mind of man, there
625
00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:20.470
lies a force potentially more powerful than the atomic bomb?
626
00:29:21.430 --> 00:29:26.839
And perhaps someday in the not-too-distant future, a man sitting
627
00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:31.900
quietly in his room, just thinking, may generate enough mental
628
00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:34.759
energy to control the destiny of the world.
629
00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.059
How?
630
00:29:37.049 --> 00:29:38.910
We'll tell you next week.
631
00:29:44.289 --> 00:29:47.190
Tonight's story on Dimension X was adapted for radio by
632
00:29:47.250 --> 00:29:50.130
John Dunkel. Featured in the cast were Philip Bourneff as
633
00:29:50.150 --> 00:29:54.009
Harry Underhill, Alexander Scorby as the humanoid, Peter Capel as
634
00:29:54.049 --> 00:29:58.009
Professor Sledge, and Bryna Rayburn as Aurora. Your host was
635
00:29:58.089 --> 00:30:06.240
Norman Rose. Tomorrow, hear Sam Spade. Now, it's Truth or
636
00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:08.200
Consequences on NBC.
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00:30:16.230 --> 00:30:21.259
Dimension X, Episode 2, with folded hands, now yields the airwaves.
638
00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:25.220
Good night, and thank you for joining us. Follow old-time
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sci-fi radio for more classic science fiction broadcasts.
