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Original release / air date: 18 December 1998
Runtime: 45 minutes
Season: 4
Episode: 26
Country / region: Canada; United States
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: Showtime
Production company / studio: Atlantis Films
Artificial character(s): Mac 27
Performer(s): Nicholas Lea
ASFR type: Built
Character type: Android, Robot

Overview

A damaged Innobotics android called Mac 27 escapes the laboratory and kidnaps a woman, forcing her to repair his internal systems while the company hunts him.

ASFR Content

Mac is visibly damaged by gunfire and provides repair schematics for his own coolant tubes and internal systems. The hostage Cecilia appears to gain his trust, then secretly disables his motor-control functions and reveals herself as an Innobotics troubleshooter seeking a permanent 'built-in lobotomy' for self-aware machines. Mac has anticipated the trick, pretends to remain disabled, steals her credentials and returns to Innobotics to activate other Mac-class units.

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ASFR Scenes

Scene 1
Major

Mac 27 escapes with gunshot damage

The android kills its way out of Innobotics while sustaining serious internal damage that leaves coolant systems and other components in need of field repair.

Character(s): Mac 27
Scene 2
Key ASFR scene

Cecilia repairs Mac's exposed internal systems

Mac displays repair diagrams and directs Cecilia to patch damaged coolant tubes inside his torso with sealing tools.

Character(s): Mac 27
Scene 3
Key ASFR scene

Cecilia disables Mac's motor control

Under the pretext of completing another repair, Cecilia shuts down the android's motor functions and reveals her true role as an Innobotics troubleshooter.

Character(s): Mac 27
Scene 4
Key ASFR scene

Mac reveals that the shutdown was a deception

Mac later proves he was never truly immobilised, uses stolen credentials to re-enter Innobotics and activates the other Mac-series androids.

Character(s): Mac 27

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