Mommy.
Daddy.
Daddy!
Help!
Tomorrow's class is canceled.
I'm meeting the biology experts in Zurich tonight.
Fill out the online petition supporting the genetic modification of stem cells.
Mia, you collect the biometric data from the subjects.
Got it.
Jasper, you keep the lab at my place running.
Oh, and...
And please record the ATP levels every four hours.
Is the cell culture medium ready?
Yes, you just have to add the corresponding concentration.
And please go deeper with the sequencing
- than last time. - Yes.
- Key? - Yes.
- Is it fully charged? - Yes, I went to the supercharger.
Do you two need a little privacy?
Then get to work.
Bye-bye.
- Bye. - Bye.
You can take the plasters off in an hour.
Bye.
What are you doing?
I have to check this against a DNA sample for diseases.
- So, why don't you have clearance? - No idea.
- Aren't you responsible for clearance? - I am, but Lorenz...
No problem, I'll just call Lorenz and tell her there was a mix-up.
No, don't. We shouldn't disturb her while she's at the panel.
Thanks.
ARCHIVE
ADVANCED SEARCH BEN ENGELS
ADVANCED SEARCH: EMMA
Did you find what you were looking for?
Yes.
What does "off-site digital storage" mean?
We only store patient DNA here, not the corresponding patient files.
Because the university has been hacked before.
Oh, right.
So, where are the files?
Where Lorenz keeps everything that's important: at her home.
Thanks.
Did someone order coffee?
Hey.
Relax. I'm unarmed.
Done already?
Lorenz isn't here. You're my boss.
Is there anything I can do for you?
The equality commissioner would just love
how you're fighting against gender stereotypes.
Do you need to watch Lorenz's experiment all night? Or shall we do something?
I'll pick you up at eight.
A surprise. Now get out of here. Go!
It's super nice here.
Just you wait.
After you.
One of my friends organizes this.
Today is harvest festival.
- Is that...? - A hacked version.
No.
Hey, guys!
It's so awesome that you're all here!
Three, two, one...
This is so beautiful!
Whoa, this is mega Avatar style!
Who's that guy?
Double Felix.
What's he doing here?
With all that hype, he probably just wants to stay grounded
- and hang out with like-minded guys. - Should I know him?
Okay.
He has 570,000 followers.
They're just blue ticks. So what?
He's over-the-hill. It's my turn, I'm coming.
Not so often, though.
- Wait, what are you doing? - Networking.
Don't you have to go to Lorenz's place later?
Seriously? That's what you're thinking about right now?
What?
You've got something there.
You, too.
- My roommates. Double Felix. - Hey.
Hey.
Hemp with GFP. Cool.
I'd do it differently, or else you have to keep transferring the plants,
which is inefficient.
The cooler way to do it is to grow a plant directly from synthetic seeds,
because isolating the DNA of a cannabis plant is easy,
and so is synthesizing the gene for
the luminescent protein and injecting it into the seed. Done!
- CRISPR crack? - Part-time.
This cutie is the super crack.
If we go into business together, I could probably bring her in as an asset.
Smart and pretty.
"Sequencing..."
Let's go to Portofino.
They have the best ice cream. Three chocolate flavors:
Serious Chocolate, they have Double Chocolate Chunk
- and the one with bits in it. - I want stracciatella!
- Yeah, but that's only half chocolate. - What?
- It still counts. - But only half.
Oh, shit, didn't you promise Lorenz you'd do the experiments?
Oh, you're right.
But I bet she has ice cream at home.
But you can't come with me, so it's all mine.
Oh, but I want ice cream now!
Hey, sorry, but there's no way!
I hope she has chocolate.
- You'll live like this some day, too. - Yeah, right.
Sure. You're just like her!
- Okay, I'll get the ice cream. - Can I use the bathroom quickly?
Or I can just go behind the bushes.
We wouldn't want them to start glowing.
Imagine Lorenz comes home and her bushes are glowing.
"Oh, my God, my bush."
Okay, but quickly.
The bathroom is back there. I'll get the ice cream.
Okay.
- Hey, don't touch anything! - Of course not!
Hey! You can look, but don't touch.
Clever, these little breathing lights. Really makes you fall for the computer.
You're jealous.
So, get your stuff done. Maybe Ole will build you a little lamp.
- Don't cause any trouble. - Never.
PASSWORD
It was worth a try.
Jasper?
- Okay, this is what I call home office. - You're not allowed to be here.
Relax.
I won't tell anyone.
Those are mine.
I modified them so that they can transmit diseases as efficiently as possible.
Man, you are psycho...
What? It's all in the name of research.
The little monsters look hungry.
And they have red eyes.
That's what you do with genetically modified life forms,
so you can identify them if they escape.
Aren't you worried about starting a pandemic?
They couldn't survive in the wild for longer than two minutes.
They need 98,6 degrees,
endless food, and willing sexual partners on every corner, just like in paradise.
And I'm their God.
Okay, God complex, you've got it.
- Until one bites you. - There's an antidote for every disease.
Here, and at home in my lab, too.
Malaria, dengue fever,
Coxsackievirus... nothing will happen to me.
And what else do you do here?
Sheep cloning?
Old school.
No.
We do gene vector research on heart stem cells, things like that.
Things you're not allowed to do at university
because of the bureaucracy and stuff.
Jasper?
You okay?
- What's up? - Nothing new.
- I just need a minute. - What is it?
It's fine.
- I'm going to lie down a minute, okay? - Do you feel dizzy?
Wait, wait.
Hey, what's the matter? Hey. Talk to me.
- Your pulse is at 180. - It always is.
What is?
What do you need?
Hey! Talk to me! What is it?
Shit!
I'll be right back.
Jasper?
One hundred and five degrees within two minutes.
Here, drink this.
You okay?
Shit. No reception in this crappy bunker.
Jasper, I'm going upstairs to call an ambulance.
No hospital.
What? No, you have to go to the hospital. This isn't good.
No!
Call Niklas.
Niklas?
He'll pick me up.
- Niklas? - What?
Jasper has a high fever, his blood pressure is sinking.
- I need to go to the hospital with him. - Wait. No way.
- Why not? - Where are you?
At Lorenz's.
- I'll come over. I'll need 10 minutes. - What?
I gave him 1200 milligrams of paracetamol.
Man, you've got to be more careful with this shit! Jasper!
What's wrong with him?
Come on, help me!
Can you tell me what's going on here?
- Where's the bathroom? - Upstairs.
This should reduce his fever.
- It usually helps. - What do you mean, "usually"?
- You gave him paracetamol, right? - Yes.
Then we can add some ibuprofen.
Niklas, what's going on here?
He needs to go to hospital!
- He can't! - Why not?
Why not?
He has Huntington's, okay?
They can't help him,
and if they find out he's helping himself, they'll close down the lab
and then he'll die.
Okay, here's water.
Open up.
Swallow.
There you go.
Jasper has been working on a gene therapy for years.
And Lorenz makes it possible?
Yeah, exactly. Your wonderful Lorenz.
"I'll help make your visions a reality."
She's not my Lorenz.
But it's nice that she's helping Jasper.
Nice?
She makes sure that Jasper has to work for her if he wants to get healthy.
She's the only one who can get him the required DNA building blocks.
If Jasper finds a cure, yes, sure, it's great.
But what about the next person with Huntington's?
Will he be able to afford a million euros for treatment?
Because that's what Lorenz would charge for it.
- What are you doing? - I'm calling her.
Lorenz? Are you crazy? She'll expel me if she finds out I'm here.
You're just like Lorenz.
Your career is more important than your friend's health.
It's disgusting.
- I don't trust her. - I don't care.
We can't catch up with the U.S. and China in the field of AI,
and synthetic biology is the next field where we'll lose our edge.
We can't allow ourselves out of...
Out of fear or ignorance...
EMERGENCY! PLEASE CALL!
Excuse me.
I truly believe that laws are direct results...
Jasper?
Who?
Okay.
What does it look like exactly?
Hold on a second.
Hello, it's Mia. Yeah, it's a long story.
Yes, I know what that is.
Yes.
What did she say?
We have to synthesize the antisense strand.
Okay.
Jasper went overboard with his gene vector.
Overdose?
Something like that.
The good news is, the RNA is single-strand.
So we have to create a kind of counterpart
that adheres to the synthetic RNA and neutralizes it.
You mean antidote.
I believe in you.
No, seriously.
Now I'm experimenting on humans, right.
Everyone does around here.
107,7 F
Shit!
- That doesn't look like it's supposed to. - I know it doesn't!
It's me, Mia.
I need your help.
To answer your question, yes, there is a difference between
CRISPR in humans and plants
because it's illegal to manipulate a human genome.
But if you're not talking about stem cells,
it is possible that a therapy could be authorized.
The problem is it takes time and Jasper is a friend and that's what this is about,
so theoretically I can build a correct sequence,
but it is illegal! Why are you dragging me into this?
- What did I do wrong? - Something always goes wrong.
Unless...
you're a pro.
I'd rather you did it,
in case something goes wrong, so that I'm not an accessory to murder.
Emma.
Grandma.
You're coming back with me, darling.
Far, far away from all this.
Hey. Do you think it's better to lay Jasper down here
or in the bedroom while we see if it's working?
Or are you tired after all the excitement, and do you want to lie down yourself?
Or both get in the bed?
Though the couch would maybe be better for Jasper
because if you're already lying down it's harder to get up again.
And even more so with a fever.
I'm dead tired. Can I go home?
Thank you, Chen-Lu.
I'd have been screwed without you.
Jasper, too.
One hundred and three point six.
What you said earlier...
I'm not like Lorenz.
Perhaps I come across that way.
But if you really got to know me,
my true self, you would see that you're wrong.
You're driven, like Lorenz. You lie. Use people.
So, don't give me that bullshit.
- You have no idea. - I have no idea?
It's quite the coincidence that you fall head over heels for Jasper
and before you know it, you're in Lorenz's inner circle,
don't you think?
Fuck you.
- No, thanks. - You're a fucking asshole.
- Fuck you. - Fuck yourself.
Did I miss something?
- Are you okay? - Yep, I'm fine. I'm fine.
I've got it under control.
My disease won't break out.
I won't get a personality disorder or dementia.
Thanks for coming.
Sure.
Lorenz.
Shit! This place is a mess. I'll go clean up in the library, okay?
The one time I'm not there...
That was close.
What are you doing in my house?
- I... - It's my fault.
- She had to go to the bathroom... - Please clean up the lab.
I'd like to speak to you in private.
I don't know what's going on between you and Jasper.
But he shouldn't have let you in.
What happened here today has to stay between us.
I know.
Without my little setup in the basement, Jasper would be dead.
This kind of medicine... isn't something for the university.
It has to stay here.
I won't tell anyone.
Did you have a chance to look at the data from the fertility study?
I wasn't sure if the SNP analysis is right, I'll work on it tonight.
I mailed it to you.
Strange. The Wi-Fi isn't working.
It all looks good.
You can continue on that basis.
- What's that on your arm? - Nothing.
- It's something fluorescent. - Oh, that's from a party.
If you've got time for that kind of thing...
Jasper?
I'll go down already.
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Do you need something?
We're waiting for Mia.
Mia!
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Can I go to the bathroom real quick?
Mia?
Shit!
Fuck!
Forgot my cell phone.
- Sorry. - I'll see you out.
Hey. Everything will be fine.
- Thanks again. - No worries.
- Thanks. - Give me your number.
I'll let you know how he is.
- What's this about? - You tell me.
- Don't you dare... - Hey, you can just say thanks.
Not so fast.
Niklas.
Next stop, Offenburg.
Exit to the right.
The next scheduled connections are...
ICE 2759 to Hamburg from platform eight.
What's that?
Did you catch them yourself?
No.
I made them.
Subtitle translation by Carina Chadwick