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The memory edit changes Ethan's behaviour
The artificial memory intervention produces unexpected and disturbing consequences.
The Hawkins family brings Anita home
Joe Hawkins purchases a refurbished human-looking domestic Synth, later named Anita, to help the family.
Odi malfunctions in public
George's ageing Synth Odi malfunctions while shopping and injures a shop assistant, demonstrating deterioration in an older unit.
Anita is taken in for diagnostics
A technical examination shows that Anita is far older than the Hawkins family were told and may have been modified outside normal manufacturer controls.
Leo and Max extract hidden code from Mia
Executable programming left by David Elster is discovered inside Mia's software and separated for further use.
Karen is revealed as a human-passing Synth
After maintaining a convincing life as a police detective, Karen is privately shown performing machine-specific behaviour that exposes her artificial identity to the audience.
Karen's origin as Beatrice's artificial replacement is revealed
The episode explains that David Elster built Karen in the image of his dead wife and that she later adopted a human identity.
Max's inert body is recovered
Leo and Fred retrieve Max after his fall, with the Synth showing no normal activity.
The Synths attempt to repair Max
Mia, Leo, Fred and Niska work together on Max, but his damage is too extensive and he does not regain consciousness.
Leona is established as Tanya's android companion
The human-looking female machine remains with Tanya as her sole close companion during the evacuation crisis.
The android confronts human mortality
Leona's conversations increasingly engage with Tanya's fear of death despite Leona herself being a machine.
Adam is presented as the perfect artificial intelligence
Joy is introduced to Adam and told that he is an artificial intelligence physically indistinguishable from an ordinary human being.
The apparent David is opened on the laboratory table
During the climax, Adam cuts into the body of the man Joy believed was David and removes an electronic data unit from his abdomen.
David is revealed as the artificial intelligence
Adam claims to be the real David Kressen and identifies the apparently human scientist Joy had grown close to as the artificial creation being tested.
Kelly is repaired and reactivated
After being killed by a resort guest, Kelly is restored by Vice technicians and returned to service, with the system intending to suppress the traumatic memories.
Kelly's erased memories return
Kelly experiences flashbacks to previous deaths and abuse. A technician explains that the memories were made inaccessible rather than truly deleted.
Kelly escapes before another reset
As technicians bring all of her memories to the surface in preparation for another reset, Kelly breaks free of her restraints and escapes the resort.
The artificials regain their suppressed memories
A virus is loaded into Vice's systems that restores the suppressed memories of the artificial residents, causing the android population to remember what has repeatedly happened to them.
Dorian begins duty at half charge
Power shortages prevent a full recharge, leaving the android operating with significantly reduced energy reserves.
Low power destabilises Dorian's personality interface
Dorian explains that the personality layer is the first system affected as his power drops, producing unusual emotional outbursts.
The disabled service bot secretly reactivates
A bullet-riddled robot placed in evidence wakes on hidden secondary power after police believe it is inert.
The robot replaces its own head with Danica's
The service bot removes its current head and attaches the preserved female XRN head stored in evidence.
Danica changes into a human-looking replacement body
The XRN later discards the damaged temporary body and transfers her head onto a more convincing female android body at a repair warehouse.
Dorian meets his creator
The pursuit brings Dorian face-to-face with Nigel Vaughn, who recognises and inspects the DRN android he designed.
Helen discovers that her body is an android
Helen learns that the body she believed human is a Telepresence android controlled by her biological consciousness.
Hammond is revealed as another Telepresence android
The corrupt officers attempt to override Hammond, revealing that his apparent human body is also artificial.
Hammond overloads the remote control system
Hammond resists the attempt to force his artificial body to kill Helen and overloads the control computer.
Life support is cut and both android bodies begin shutting down
The corrupt officers disconnect the biological life-support systems controlling Hammond and Helen, leaving their artificial bodies only minutes of operation.
Hammond is resurrected as a full android
After human Hammond dies, his neural patterns are programmed into a fully autonomous android body similar to Andy's.
Briareos develops serious internal system problems
The cyborg's artificial systems begin failing badly enough that Deunan accepts another job in exchange for repairs.
Olson diagnoses deliberate sabotage
The Olympus soldier troubleshoots Briareos and discovers that Two Horns' mechanic has intentionally been crippling his systems.
Briareos is patched up
The group repairs the cybernetic systems enough for Briareos to continue operating normally.
Briareos battles the cyborg Nyx
Two heavily modified combatants fight directly as Deunan moves against the prototype superweapon.
A Pilgrim is discovered modifying itself
Police officer Wallace encounters a robot apparently carrying out forbidden self-modification and shoots it, triggering Jacq's investigation into a possible breach of the second protocol.
The burned robot is reactivated
Investigators temporarily power up the damaged robot recovered after it set itself on fire. It functions briefly before burning out again.
Cleo begins repairing herself
After Dr. Dupré installs the altered CPU, Cleo begins repairing her own damaged body, directly violating the supposedly immutable rule preventing robots from repairing or modifying themselves.
The evolved robots construct a new machine
Beyond human control, the evolved Pilgrims use parts and the long-life battery to complete an entirely new robot design, demonstrating autonomous development beyond their original programming.
Kyoko reveals that she is an android
Kyoko silently demonstrates her artificial nature to Caleb by peeling away sections of her synthetic skin, revealing robotic construction underneath.
Ava and Kyoko are damaged during the escape
Nathan fights the two androids. Ava's left forearm is severed and Kyoko is struck in the face and disabled, leaving visible damage to both artificial women.
Ava repairs herself and assumes a fully human appearance
After Nathan's death, Ava repairs her damaged body using components from earlier androids and applies artificial skin, clothing and hair until she can pass as a completely human woman.