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Barbara tries and fails to destroy the robot
Unable to tolerate the machine becoming increasingly like her uncle, Barbara attempts to kill it but fails.
The advanced humanoid replacement process is explained
Dr. Raven explains that a human personality can be copied from memory and learning into an artificial humanoid body, allowing recently dead people to continue in synthetic form.
Advanced replicas unknowingly live as humans
The most advanced humanoids awake believing they are human. Their human personalities are periodically suppressed while the artificial bodies report back to the robot temple.
Cragis and Maxine discover they are humanoid replicas
Kenneth Cragis and Maxine learn that the bodies and identities they believed were human are actually advanced artificial replicas carrying the personalities of deceased people.
The family orders a cybernetic grandmother
Facsimile Ltd. provides a custom robotic caregiver designed around the family's chosen grandmotherly appearance and personality.
Grandma is struck by a van
The human-looking robot pushes Anne out of the vehicle's path and takes the impact herself.
The robot gets back up after the impact
After the collision Grandma recovers, demonstrating the durable mechanical construction beneath her ordinary human appearance.
New Life offers youthful artificial bodies
The Holts are shown replacement bodies into which their personalities can be transferred.
John is transferred into a young replacement body
John undergoes the procedure and awakens in a younger artificial body while retaining his identity and memories.
The transformation is reversed
John chooses the return clause and has his consciousness restored to his original elderly body.
A robotic maid survives a fall without injury
After Jana pushes a maid down the stairs, the servant rises unharmed, making her mechanical nature unmistakable.
Jana discovers that she is a robot
The missing childhood photographs and her parents' reaction lead Jana to realise her memories were created and that she too is artificial.
Jana is reprogrammed as Nelda
Unable to live with the discovery, Jana has her identity erased by Dr. Loren and is later seen functioning as the replacement maid.
A physical examination reveals Casey is not human
After an on-field incident, the medical exam exposes the fact that Casey has no human heart and is actually a robot.
Dr. Stillman installs an artificial heart
To satisfy the league's requirement, Casey is modified with an artificial heart.
The new heart changes Casey's behaviour
The modification produces human-like empathy and causes Casey to stop pitching aggressively because he no longer wants to hurt opposing players' careers.
Alicia is introduced as a human-looking robot
Corry opens Allenby's gift and discovers Alicia, a female robot built with a human appearance and personality.
Alicia is shot in the face and her circuitry is exposed
Allenby shoots Alicia when Corry refuses to leave her behind. Her damaged face reveals wires and circuits as her voice repeatedly calls Corry's name.
Jeremy's brain is installed in the robot body
William and Henry transplant Jeremy's revived brain into the artificial body and bring the new cyborg into operation.
Jeremy loses control of the mechanical body
The cyborg's behaviour becomes increasingly unstable as Jeremy's personality deteriorates inside the artificial body.
The Colossus attacks the United Nations
The out-of-control robotic body rampages through the United Nations building.
Billy shuts down and destroys the Colossus
Jeremy regains enough control to tell his son how to switch off and destroy the artificial body.
Professor Belman presents Olga
Belman explains that he has created a female robot named Olga and wants to determine whether the machine can pass convincingly as a human woman in public.
Penelope impersonates the robot
Penelope pretends to be Olga and mimics the robot's programmed responses, demonstrating how closely the real woman and the artificial duplicate resemble one another.
The real Olga arrives
The genuine robot eventually joins the group, creating confusion between Penelope and the artificial woman she has been impersonating.
Rotwang reveals the Maschinenmensch
Rotwang unveils the metallic humanoid machine that he has created, establishing the artificial body before it receives Maria's appearance.
The machine is transformed into Maria's double
With Maria restrained inside the laboratory, Rotwang transfers her appearance to the machine. The metallic robot becomes a human-looking duplicate capable of impersonating Maria.
False Maria incites the workers
The human-looking robot impersonates Maria and deliberately manipulates the workers into revolt, carrying out the role for which Rotwang and Fredersen are using her.
The false Maria burns and the robot is exposed
The workers seize the false Maria and burn her. As the human-looking exterior is destroyed, the metallic Maschinenmensch is revealed beneath the disguise.