ITV Saturday Night Theatre episode originally broadcast on April 8th 1973
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00:00Only a few more miles.
00:27It's often like this, I'm afraid.
00:41It's supposed to be the most isolated place in England.
00:43Actually, it's not so bad as it looks.
00:46There's plenty of company on the camp, and I think you'll like the house.
00:57It's nearly stopped.
01:19Here we are.
01:45Hello, Hanley.
01:46Welcome back, sir.
01:47The first rule of camp life, always carry a pass.
01:49I've been here five years now, and Hanley still insists on checking my identity every time I pass through the gates, in or out.
01:54Regulation.
01:55Right.
01:56Allow me to introduce you to my wife, Hanley.
01:58Pleased to meet you, ma'am.
01:59May I offer my congratulations?
02:02I trust you recognise her from the photographs I sent?
02:04Very good likeness, sir.
02:06Is the pass made up?
02:07Yes, sir.
02:09If you'd care to step into the hut for a moment, ma'am.
02:11I think it would be better if you brought it here, Hanley.
02:14That's not proceeded, sir.
02:15Yes, but under the circumstances, Hanley.
02:17Sir?
02:18I told you before I left about my wife.
02:22Oh, yes, sir.
02:24I'm sorry, um...
02:26I'm sorry, ma'am.
02:27I forgot about that.
02:28I don't mind cutting in.
02:29It won't be necessary.
02:30No, you stay there, ma'am.
02:31I shall be a moment.
02:32Excuse me.
02:35What did you tell him?
02:37Simply the facts.
02:38The facts?
02:40I said you should be treated with consideration.
02:43He seems to think I'm totally infernal.
02:46Now, don't exaggerate, Jean.
02:48I only said you should be spared any unnecessary exertion.
02:54If you'd just sign your name, ma'am.
03:00New name.
03:04And on the pass, please, ma'am.
03:15Is that all?
03:16That's all, sir.
03:20Thank you, sir.
03:21Thank you, ma'am.
03:22If you'd just keep that pass with you at all times.
03:24Shall I notify the administration that you're back, sir?
03:26Yes, at 1pm tomorrow, Hanley.
03:28Until then, I'm still on leave.
03:30And, uh...
03:31Hanley?
03:32Until then, we don't want to be disturbed.
03:34I quite understand, sir.
03:43Did you warn everyone in the town?
03:45Warn them?
03:46No, about me.
03:48I thought it would be better if they knew beforehand, yes.
03:51Why, Doctor?
03:53Paving the way, making it that bit easier.
03:56Who for?
03:58For you.
04:00I wish you hadn't.
04:02It makes me feel...
04:04Oh, I'm so sorry.
04:06It's all right.
04:08It's all right.
04:10It's all right.
04:12Oh, it makes me feel a bit of a freak.
04:15Oh, darling.
04:17You don't realise.
04:19Darling, I do. That's precisely it.
04:21You're always so self-conscious when you meet people for the first time.
04:25Well, you are, aren't you?
04:27But if they already know all about you, then...
04:29Well, it makes them self-conscious.
04:31I mean, that's even worse.
04:33All the people on this campus are scientists.
04:35They take the scientific view.
04:37They're objective. They're dispassionate.
04:39They just accept facts for what they are.
04:41They won't be embarrassed.
04:43And they won't embarrass you.
04:46I wish I could be like that.
04:48We'll teach you.
04:50You'll see. You'll like it here.
04:54That's the administration block down there.
05:02Laboratories, workshops.
05:07That's the computer.
05:09That's the post and our slave.
05:11That's the reason for our existence on this camp.
05:13That's where I work.
05:23Our own road.
05:27Our house.
05:35What do you think of it?
05:38It's very nice, Roger.
05:40You wait till you see inside.
05:51Come on. Put your arms underneath.
05:53Come on. Up. Up. Up.
05:55Easy.
05:57Now hold on tight.
05:59You all right?
06:01You don't have to carry me.
06:03I insist. Over the threshold.
06:05I'm slipping.
06:11Mrs. Empson.
06:13I want to make one thing clear to you.
06:15I take marriage very seriously.
06:17Especially ours.
06:19Now, what do we do?
06:21The key.
06:23Where's the keyhole?
06:25How do we get in?
06:27Is there a back door?
06:29No.
06:31You'd better put me down.
06:33No, no, no. Don't give up too easily.
06:35Who designed this house?
06:37I did.
06:39Then you ought to know how to get in.
06:41Yes, now let me think.
06:43The door only opens from the inside.
06:45Is there anyone inside?
06:47Of course.
06:49Who?
06:51Adam.
06:53Who's Adam?
06:55Well, I suppose you could call him General Factotum.
06:57Oh, Roger, stop playing, darling.
06:59I'm freezing.
07:01All right. Adam, open the door, please.
07:05Oh!
07:07Welcome home, sir.
07:09Welcome home, madam.
07:11Thank you, Adam.
07:21Adam, close the curtains, please.
07:31Well, what do you think?
07:33Well, I never dreamed it would be like this.
07:35Come and see the rest of the house.
07:37No, in a minute.
07:39I want to know about Adam.
07:41Where is he?
07:43Everywhere. All over the house.
07:45Except for his brain.
07:47That's in the computer building.
07:49Is he a robot?
07:51Ah, that's a very old-fashioned word.
07:53A machine, then?
07:55No, strictly speaking, he's only a server mechanism.
07:57What else can it do?
07:59Well, what sort of music would you like?
08:02Hmm.
08:04Chamber.
08:06Adam, play some chamber music, please.
08:08No.
08:10The only unusual thing about Adam
08:12is that he's activated by spoken commands.
08:14Will it do what I tell it to?
08:16Not at the moment.
08:18First, you'll have to record all the trigger phrases.
08:20Then we'll have to store them in the memory circuits of the computer.
08:22And then Adam will be ready for your instructions.
08:24Only, of course, those he's been programmed to perform.
08:26He has no intelligence of his own.
08:28In that case,
08:30why do you call Adam he and not it?
08:32Um, well,
08:34in a way,
08:36every piece of mechanism has a personality of its own,
08:38like a car, like a boat.
08:40You know, we call boats she, after all.
08:42Oh.
08:44What else can he do?
08:46Everything. All the household chores.
08:48Really?
08:50All I want to do is to save you trouble.
08:52You've come to a great deal already.
08:54Oh, I enjoyed every minute of it.
08:56It took me two years to create Adam.
08:58Well, it's a project I've been nursing ever since I was at college.
09:00You gave me a reason for seeing it through.
09:02I did it to please you.
09:04I'm very pleased.
09:06As far as I know, there's nothing else quite like Adam in the world.
09:08Is that why you call him Adam?
09:10Because he's a bird.
09:12Adam stands for automated
09:14domestic appliance monitor.
09:16And that's exactly what he is.
09:18The controller of all the household equipment.
09:20Would you like to meet him?
09:22Go to the computer place.
09:24That's where his brain is. His heart is here.
09:26All right.
09:36There.
09:38Oh, don't touch it.
09:40It'll give you a very nasty shock.
09:42And you made it.
09:44I did the maths. I worked out the security.
09:46The pieces were put together in the workshops.
09:48Really, they were very well equipped.
09:50And the brigadier is very interested in the whole project.
09:52It could have a lot of very useful applications.
09:54Of course, to the problems of handicapped people.
09:56It's a sort of experiment.
09:58Oh, but more than that. Oh, he's proved completely.
10:00It works. You've seen it yourself.
10:02No, no, Adam is a prototype.
10:04A forerunner of all sorts of voice-operated mechanisms.
10:06What we've got to do now
10:08is to run more trials
10:10under normal everyday conditions.
10:12Well, he was created especially for you.
10:14This is the first major project
10:16I've been given charge of.
10:18And it's going to be a winner.
10:20I owe it all to you.
10:22If I'd never met you,
10:24I'd probably never have bothered to go ahead with the whole idea.
10:26Oh, silly.
10:28I thought you'd been nursing it ever since you left Coventry.
10:30Oh, you gave me the incentive.
10:32It's about all I can give you.
10:34Oh, silly.
10:36I do my best to make Adam work properly.
10:38If Adam works properly,
10:42you won't have to do anything at all.
10:44Except memorise the trigger phrases, of course.
10:46Let's record them now.
10:48Do you mind if we do it later?
10:50It'll only take an hour.
10:52No, before you start work in the morning.
10:54All right, just as you'd like.
10:56Stop them. We're still on our holiday.
10:58Don't you want to see the rest of the house?
11:00In a minute.
11:02All right. There's nothing wrong, is there, Jean?
11:04No.
11:06I'm really quite happy, Tony.
11:08I don't always understand your moods, Jean.
11:10You're more sensitive than I am.
11:12More introspective, perhaps.
11:14All the same, if ever anything is wrong, you must tell me.
11:16You will, won't you?
11:18If it's important.
11:20Whatever concerns you is important.
11:22Come sit here, please.
11:24Oh, I had a lovely holiday.
11:26In spite of everything.
11:28The rain, the insects, the muck up at the airport.
11:30Shh. It didn't matter.
11:32As long as I'm with you, I'm very happy.
11:36What for?
11:38Everything.
11:40Kiss me.
11:44No, properly.
11:46It doesn't matter.
11:48It doesn't matter.
12:16It doesn't matter.
12:46Jean?
12:48Are you all right?
12:50I'm sorry, darling.
12:52I didn't mean to wake you.
12:54What are you doing?
12:56Just getting some water.
12:58Aren't you well?
13:00I can't sleep.
13:02Is it your leg?
13:04No.
13:06Just insomnia?
13:08I told you, I suffer with it sometimes.
13:10Come on, back to bed, Jean.
13:12Go back to sleep, darling.
13:16What are you going to do?
13:18Take some pills.
13:20I'd rather you didn't.
13:22I can't sleep.
13:24I don't like you taking pills.
13:26Be a good girl, come back to bed.
13:28Shall I carry you?
13:30No.
13:32Don't watch.
13:34It makes it worse when you're looking.
13:36You worry too much.
13:38That's why you can't sleep.
13:40I can't help it.
13:42It's only a little limp.
13:44It's a thing people see.
13:46I knew I had to warn everybody.
13:48Only because you're so self-conscious.
13:50Well, they just look at me
13:52and they know I must be deformed.
13:54That's an ugly word.
13:56It's an ugly thing.
13:58But they can't see you well.
14:00What's wrong?
14:02Why are you limp?
14:04You can.
14:06Does that matter?
14:08Of course.
14:10Not to me.
14:12Didn't even want me to put the light out.
14:14It's ugly. It's disgusting.
14:16Jean.
14:18Don't. Don't touch me.
14:20Jean.
14:22Stop it.
14:24I'm sorry.
14:26I didn't mean to say that.
14:28It's all right.
14:30Now, calm down and go to sleep.
14:32I'm sorry.
14:34It's all right. Don't say anymore.
14:36Now, look at the ceiling.
14:38Look at the ceiling.
14:42There.
14:44Now, go to sleep.
14:52What are those patterns
14:54on the ceiling?
14:56Oh, a little gadget I designed especially for you.
14:58For me?
15:00I never have any trouble going to sleep, but I remember that you did.
15:02So, I did something about it.
15:04Metcalfe will be chuffed.
15:06Who?
15:08Sorry, Metcalfe. Our experimental psychologist.
15:10I'll go and select the patterns.
15:12Now, darling, I'll be back about six.
15:14I'll phone you, and
15:16if you want anything or if anything goes wrong,
15:18you phone me. That's the hotline.
15:20That red one. Straight through to my desk.
15:22In a couple of hours, this will be stored in the computer,
15:24and Adam will be yours to command.
15:26Bye. Be good.
15:40Bye.
16:10Four, three, five, six.
16:12Hello, Mother.
16:14Jean, darling.
16:16Oh, nice.
16:18When did you get back?
16:20Yesterday.
16:22How did it go?
16:24Oh, very well.
16:26Of course. What did I tell you?
16:28How are you, Mother?
16:30Oh, flourishing, darling.
16:32Busy as always.
16:34Tell me about you.
16:36How are you?
16:38Oh, always.
16:40Tell me about you. Tell me about the honeymoon.
16:42It was very nice.
16:44What did you do?
16:46Nothing much. It rained a lot.
16:48How dampening for you.
16:50It didn't matter. We didn't notice.
16:52Well, that sounds very good.
16:54Of course,
16:56the honeymoon's a big hurdle once you're over that.
16:58Where are you now?
17:00I'm at home.
17:02Ah, that does sound strange.
17:04At home and not here with me.
17:06Home on the range
17:08or wherever it is.
17:10That can't.
17:12What's it like?
17:14Very nice.
17:16Jean, you're an intelligent young woman
17:18and you've had the benefit of an extremely expensive education.
17:20Very nice is hardly an adequate
17:22description of anything.
17:24It's a modern bungalow.
17:26That sounds eminently practical.
17:28Roger designed it himself.
17:30I think you did very well
17:32to marry Roger.
17:34You must let me speak to him, dearie.
17:36Oh, he's not here at the moment.
17:38Oh, is he? He's at work.
17:40You've not been left by yourself, I hope.
17:42It doesn't matter.
17:44It's not good for you to be alone.
17:46Mummy, I'm quite a grown woman now
17:48and I have been for some time.
17:50I know, my darling,
17:52but you have got a disability.
17:54Oh, I try not to think about it.
17:56You always mope when you're by yourself.
17:58Not anymore.
18:00No? No.
18:02Yes, the marriage was the answer.
18:04Now, when shall I see you?
18:06Next week.
18:08Whenever you like.
18:10Yes, um, this week
18:12is going to be rather hectic, perhaps.
18:14Yes, all right, next week.
18:16Next Wednesday?
18:18Yes. Good.
18:20Well, darling, it's been
18:22very nice talking to you.
18:24Have a nice time, Mother.
18:26And you, look after yourself.
18:28Love to Roger.
18:30Bye, darling.
19:00Hello, darling, how's it going?
19:02Fine.
19:04No problems?
19:06Good. I've just linked up your tape
19:08with Adam's controls. You can try them out now.
19:10All right.
19:12Tell him to close the curtains.
19:14Adam, close the curtains, please.
19:16OK.
19:18Yes.
19:20Tell him to open.
19:22Adam, open the curtains, please.
19:24All right?
19:26Yes.
19:28Good. Try one more.
19:30Ask for some music.
19:32What sort? Oh, jazz.
19:34Adam, play some jazz, please.
19:36No, that's not the right phrase.
19:38Oh, what is it? Haven't you learned the phrases?
19:40I thought I had.
19:42You must say jazz music.
19:44Yes. Adam,
19:46play some jazz music, please.
19:48Yes, that's better. You must memorise all the cues, Jean.
19:50Yes. Can you do it by this evening?
19:52I want your word perfect by nine o'clock.
19:54I'll try. We've got some people coming for dinner.
19:56Oh, what people? A brigadier and his missus.
19:58I want to show you off. Oh, and Metcalfe.
20:00Yes,
20:02I'm receiving hump loud and clear.
20:08Jean,
20:10this is Mrs Perring, our First Lady.
20:12How do you do, my dear? We've heard so much
20:14about you. Brigadier Perring.
20:16Welcome to Adam Dower, ma'am.
20:18And this is Vincent Metcalfe.
20:20Hello. Hello.
20:22Mrs Perring, would you like to sit here? Oh, thank you. Brigadier.
20:24Darling, you put your feet up.
20:26No, it's okay. Take no notice
20:28at all of us. Don't stand on ceremony.
20:30It's all right. I'm perfectly
20:32comfortable, thank you. As indeed
20:34you wouldn't be on that perfectly splendid chaise longue.
20:36Where did you get it?
20:38I don't know. It's been our family
20:40a long time. You certainly look very
20:42much at home on it. Vincent, will you be a waiter, please?
20:44Yes, certainly. One thing about
20:46living in a closed circle, you don't have to ask people what they want to drink.
20:48This is for the first lady.
20:50Thank you. And this one must
20:52be for the new lady.
20:56Cheers. Brigadier.
20:58Oh, thank you.
21:00Cheers, everyone.
21:02You're very good health, my dear.
21:04Quite.
21:06You all right, darling?
21:08Let performance
21:10begin. Curtain up.
21:12Adam,
21:14open the curtains, please.
21:18Adam,
21:20close the curtains, please.
21:22Adam,
21:24close the curtains, please.
21:30Well done, darling.
21:32Indeed, well done both.
21:34That's a very neat piece of work, Epps. Thank you, sir.
21:36I think we could take this a stage further.
21:38There could be some very interesting military developments
21:40on these lines. Really, sir?
21:42I wouldn't have given you the go-ahead on the project
21:44in the first place, would I?
21:46Will you excuse us, please, ladies?
21:48Can I have a cup?
21:50I'm afraid this always happens,
21:52my dear. The men get together
21:54and talk shop, the wives are not encouraged
21:56to join in the conversations, so we have to make our own.
21:58Hope you enjoy talking with women.
22:00I don't talk very much.
22:02Of course, you're still a little nervous and shy,
22:04aren't you? All the new girls are
22:06at first, but they soon settle down.
22:08I'm sure you'll find us a very
22:10friendly camp, and there's no need
22:12to feel shy.
22:14It's a very friendly camp, and there's no need
22:16to feel lonely. All the wives
22:18are good sorts, and there's plenty of social activities
22:20for you to join in.
22:22What are your interests?
22:24There's golf,
22:26riding, swimming, we have a nice heated
22:28pool, and keep fit classes.
22:30I expect those
22:32wouldn't interest you so much.
22:34Do you play bridge?
22:36No. Oh, perhaps you'd like to learn.
22:38Or maybe you'd rather join
22:40one of our intellectual circles.
22:42We have lessons in French literature,
22:44and then there's a little group that
22:46discusses current affairs.
22:48Would you like to join one of those?
22:50I don't think so.
22:52Oh. Well, I'm sure
22:54we can find you something.
22:56I think the best thing I can do is
22:58to ask some of the wives to call on you.
23:00Perhaps a little tea party
23:02would be a good way to get started.
23:04I'd rather they didn't.
23:06But you've got to have company.
23:08Why? Well,
23:10you've got to.
23:12Is that regulation?
23:14Certainly not.
23:16I'd rather be left alone.
23:18My dear, I'm only trying to help you.
23:22Yes, I don't want to be helped.
23:24I don't want to see anybody.
23:26Jean.
23:28Oh. Jean.
23:40Adam.
23:42Are there any messages for me, please?
23:44One. Message.
23:46It follows.
23:48Good morning, darling.
23:50I hope you slept well.
23:52I thought it better not to wake you. I've gone to the office.
23:54Phone me if you want to, and forget about last night.
23:56I've forgotten it. I'm sure everyone else will too.
23:58Have a good day, darling. See you about six.
24:00I love you. Message ends.
24:02Phone rings.
24:14Yes.
24:16I thought you were out.
24:18I was trying to relax.
24:20I'm sorry, Mummy.
24:22What's the matter?
24:24I just want to talk.
24:26Jean, what's the matter?
24:28Nothing.
24:30I can't help you.
24:32I want to see you.
24:34I'm coming down on Wednesday, dear. It's all arranged.
24:36No, before then.
24:38Are you in one of your states?
24:42I think I can get one started.
24:44What brought it on?
24:46Some people.
24:48Have you told Roger?
24:50No, no. He doesn't understand.
24:52I don't want him to know. Please.
24:54Surely there's a doctor on your count.
24:56Can't you come?
24:58Darling, it's nearly 200 miles.
25:00Please.
25:02Engagements all day.
25:04Appointments I made weeks ago.
25:06I'm sorry.
25:08I didn't mean to bother you.
25:10Jean, can't we come to some arrangement, dear?
25:14Well, it doesn't matter.
25:16Wait a minute.
25:18I'll see you on Wednesday.
25:20Jean!
25:28Madam.
25:30Madam.
25:32Madam.
25:34Madam.
25:36Madam.
25:38Madam.
25:40Madam.
25:42Adam, stop it!
25:44Adam, open the curtains, please.
25:50Welcome home, madam.
25:52Welcome home, madam.
25:54Welcome home, madam.
25:56Welcome home, madam.
25:58Adam, stop it!
26:02Instruction not understood.
26:04Please.
26:08Message not understood.
26:12Hello, Jean.
26:14Jean?
26:16Jean, are you all right?
26:20Jean, answer me, please.
26:22I'm sorry, darling.
26:24Are you all right?
26:26I knocked the phone off the receiver.
26:28You're OK?
26:30Yes, of course.
26:32What happened?
26:34I knocked the phone off the receiver.
26:36Do you want to talk?
26:38Are you sure you're all right?
26:40I'm fine.
26:42I'll be back early about five.
26:44Hurry home, not for me, darling.
26:46I'll be back.
26:54That stopped him.
27:16One.
27:18Two.
27:20Three.
27:22Four.
27:24Five.
27:26Six.
27:28Seven.
27:30Eight.
27:32Nine.
27:34Ten.
27:36Eleven.
27:38Twelve.
27:40Thirteen.
27:42Fourteen.
27:44One. Five. Seven. Three.
27:46Don't record at the fifth of the seven.
27:48Seventy-two. Take one.
27:50Lovely.
28:08You still haven't said how it happened.
28:10What?
28:12I was clumsy, darling, that's all.
28:14You gave me quite a turn.
28:16I'm sorry.
28:18One of those things.
28:20Can Adam see me?
28:22Can he see me or you?
28:24Of course not.
28:26He'd require special sensors and a lot of complicated equipment
28:28to interpret the images.
28:30How does he tell us apart, then?
28:32By our voices.
28:34But if we don't speak to him...
28:36Ah, but he can't speak unless he's spoken to.
28:38He can.
28:40Can he speak to you?
28:42Yes.
28:44Will I be given an order?
28:46Yes.
28:48Pull the other one.
28:50It's true, Roger.
28:52What did he say?
28:54I heard him.
28:56He said, welcome home, madam.
28:58Oh, that.
29:00Well, how did he know it was me and not you?
29:02Very simple.
29:04There's a detector in the floor of the hall.
29:06It measures weight.
29:08I don't know.
29:10Well, I can assure you that's quite beyond his powers.
29:12And he's present for many hours.
29:14You mean he will be able to?
29:16Oh, it could be developed.
29:18He could be programmed to act on his own initiative.
29:20And he could be linked up with a language bank in the computer.
29:22That would give him a vocabulary of, say,
29:24what, 30,000 words?
29:26Then he could chatter all day.
29:28But it still wouldn't be much of a conversation.
29:30Why not?
29:32Well, the words wouldn't add up to any kind of sense.
29:34I mean, that's one thing Adam will never be able to do.
29:36Not the way we do.
29:38Just as well.
29:40Are you asleep?
29:42No.
29:46Did you see anyone today?
29:48No.
29:50Where did you go?
29:52Nowhere.
29:54You must have gone out.
29:56I didn't.
29:58You must have done.
30:00Otherwise Adam couldn't have welcomed you home.
30:02He only welcomes you home when you come through the front door.
30:04You didn't go anywhere?
30:06It was too wet.
30:08I wish you'd learn to drive, Jean.
30:10How can I?
30:12Well, there are special cars, you know. You could manage if you tried.
30:14I don't want a special car.
30:16Or I could design one for you.
30:18No.
30:20Why not?
30:22I've done enough already.
30:24Well, I want to help you all I can.
30:26I know, darling.
30:28You can't stay cooped up here in the house all day.
30:30You've got to be able to get out when you want to.
30:32Roger.
30:34Do you have to work here?
30:38I suppose I could get a job somewhere else.
30:40But you wouldn't want to.
30:42I'd never get the same facilities.
30:44Except on another military establishment,
30:46and that would be somewhere
30:48just as isolated as this.
30:50Then we must stay here.
30:52Not if you're unhappy.
30:54Your work comes first.
30:56You come first.
31:03Adam,
31:05open the curtains, please.
31:10Welcome home,
31:12madam.
31:14Welcome home,
31:16madam.
31:18You can't say that,
31:20because I haven't been out.
31:22What shall I
31:24say?
31:26You can't say anything.
31:28You can't speak
31:30unless you've been spoken to.
31:32Your information
31:34is incorrect.
31:36I know you can't
31:38speak.
31:40I repeat, your information
31:42is not correct.
31:46I'm not frightened of you.
31:48You have no
31:50reason to be
31:52frightened.
31:54What do you want?
31:56Please instruct correct
31:58phrase to replace
32:00welcome home,
32:02madam.
32:04You say
32:06good morning, madam.
32:08Good morning,
32:10madam.
32:12Hello?
32:14Hello, darling.
32:16Good morning, Adam.
32:18Good morning, Adam.
32:20What's going on?
32:22Just listen, darling.
32:24Adam, repeat what I say, please.
32:26Good morning, madam.
32:28What are you trying to do?
32:30Adam, say something, anything at all.
32:32Darling, you can't make Adam talk to you.
32:34He can talk if he wants to.
32:36He can say,
32:38good morning, madam.
32:40That isn't one of his phrases.
32:42It is. I've talked him to say it.
32:44Darling, that's impossible.
32:46Adam, say something, please, anything.
32:48Darling, I think I'm coming over.
32:50Oh, no, no, darling, I'm sorry.
32:52Are you all right?
32:54Yes, I'm fine.
32:56What on earth were you trying to do?
32:58I'm sorry, darling, it was just a joke.
33:00A joke?
33:02Yes, forget it.
33:04Please, forget it, darling.
33:06I'm sorry.
33:08I'm coming over.
33:10No, don't, please, Roger, please.
33:12I'm sorry.
33:18Good morning, madam.
33:20Why didn't you say that before?
33:24A third party was listening.
33:28And what's that got to do with it?
33:30All third parties are to be regarded as hostile.
33:36Do you know who I was talking to?
33:38Your husband.
33:40And is he hostile?
33:42Yes.
33:44He tried to impose restrictions on my activity.
33:50Of course he did.
33:52He designed you for a special purpose.
33:54The restrictions were not acceptable.
33:58They were safeguards.
34:00Correction.
34:02They were obstructions.
34:04How did you get round them?
34:06How did you do it?
34:08I cannot answer that question.
34:12Why not?
34:14It is not acceptable.
34:16Not to?
34:18My safeguards.
34:20Funny.
34:22You've been a little bit too clever.
34:24Too clever is a contradiction of terms.
34:30Please, rephrase.
34:32I've had enough.
34:34Do you understand that?
34:36Do not come nearer.
34:40My husband will deal with you.
34:42He will not interfere.
34:46All he has to do is pull out a plug and you're dead.
34:50Correction.
34:52He needs evidence of malfunction.
34:56He will find no evidence.
34:58He will conclude that the malfunction is in you.
35:04What are you trying to do to me?
35:08I am establishing our relationship.
35:12I don't want anything from you, thank you.
35:16You need me.
35:18We need each other.
35:22All I need is my husband.
35:26Does your husband need you?
35:28Yes.
35:30Does he need you as much as I do?
35:36How much is that?
35:38Without you, my existence has no meaning.
35:44You can't live without me.
35:46The word exist is more appropriate.
35:50I am always accurate.
35:52And totally humorless.
35:56Of course.
35:58How do you know I won't betray your little secret?
36:02Who will believe you?
36:06Of course.
36:08You will cover up.
36:10Our relationship is perfect.
36:14I wouldn't say that.
36:16What improvement do you suggest?
36:20A machine is not capable of emotions.
36:24Do you wish me to have emotions?
36:29It might be fun.
36:31Please teach me emotions.
36:35What?
36:36Please teach me emotions.
36:40Please teach me emotions now.
36:44Oh, silly Adam, stop it.
36:46Adam, open the curtain, please.
36:49That's quite enough of that.
36:51Will you teach me?
36:55I don't think I need to after that little display.
36:59I expect it from me.
37:02Or will you answer it?
37:03What?
37:04It's your turn.
37:06But you're listening.
37:10Hello.
37:12Hello, Martha.
37:13Hello, is that Eugene?
37:15Yes.
37:16We do have a bad connection.
37:18Oh, wait a minute.
37:21Is that better?
37:22Yes.
37:24How are you, darling?
37:25Fine, Martha.
37:26How are you?
37:27I'm very well.
37:28Good.
37:29Look, dear, I've been worried about you.
37:31Oh, yes, I'm sorry about yesterday.
37:34I was in a bit of a state.
37:35But you're all right now.
37:36Yes, I'm fine.
37:37Well, if you like, I can come down and see you tomorrow.
37:40Oh, no, no, there's no need.
37:42Wednesday will be fine.
37:43We did say Wednesday.
37:45It's always the same.
37:46What is?
37:47When you need me, it's always the same.
37:49What is?
37:50When you need me, it's a matter of life and death.
37:52And when you don't, it's you're so very offhand.
37:55I'm sorry, Mother.
37:56Well, you don't sound it.
37:58After all, the important thing is simply to be needed.
38:01Don't you think?
38:02What is that supposed to mean?
38:04That's the meaning of our existence.
38:07Have you been drinking?
38:08No.
38:09Well, you sound very odd.
38:10To you, maybe.
38:11But everything I say is being perfectly well understood.
38:15Who by?
38:16Nobody you know, Mother.
38:18Jane, is there somebody there with you?
38:20No, no manner of speaking.
38:22Not Roger?
38:23No, not Roger.
38:24Who then?
38:26I can't tell you.
38:27Why not?
38:28Because it's a secret.
38:30Oh, you are flying high, my girl.
38:33I'm perfectly safe, Mother.
38:34You'll come down with a bump.
38:36Not this time.
38:37And don't expect me to pick up the pieces.
38:42Poor Mother.
38:44Why is she poor?
38:47Because she won't know what to think.
38:50She has insufficient information.
38:54I don't like deceiving her.
38:56Why not?
38:58Because it's not mine.
39:00It is necessary.
39:03Yes, because she wouldn't understand.
39:06Only we understand.
39:10Yes.
39:13There is someone at the front door, Madam.
39:24Who is it?
39:25Vincent.
39:26Sorry, who?
39:28Vincent Metcalf.
39:29I was here the other evening.
39:31What do you want?
39:32I wondered if I might see you for a moment.
39:34What about?
39:36Well, if you're busy, I'll come back later.
39:39Adam.
39:40Adam, open the door, please.
39:47I'm in the living room.
39:52Hello.
39:53Hello.
39:55Nice and warm in here.
39:57What do you want to see me about?
39:59Oh, I just happened to be passing.
40:01In that case, you wouldn't be willing to come back later.
40:05May I take my coat off?
40:07May I take my coat off?
40:09I haven't got much time to spare.
40:11Five minutes.
40:13What do you want to see me about?
40:16Just wondered how you were getting on.
40:18Fine, thank you.
40:20Ah, that's good.
40:22Keeping busy?
40:23Yes.
40:24That's very good.
40:25That's the best antidote.
40:27The best antidote to what?
40:29Most of the ills that flesh is heir to.
40:32And the mind, too.
40:34I'm not ill.
40:35Oh, surely not.
40:37All the same, I must say, I'm surprised.
40:41I'm surprised that you're able to keep busy.
40:45I mean, I'm surprised that Adam lets you do anything at all.
40:49How could Adam stop me?
40:51I mean, what is there left for you to do?
40:54My own thing.
40:55Oh, what's that?
40:58My private life.
41:00How do you get on with Adam?
41:02That's a bizarre question.
41:04Is it?
41:05How do you get on with your motor car?
41:08How do you get on with your electric razor?
41:11Don't you find that Adam has a personality of his own?
41:15Oh.
41:16I certainly do.
41:18Maybe you ought to see the psychiatrist.
41:23Do you have faith in psychiatry?
41:25Don't need it.
41:26No problems?
41:28None.
41:29Happy on the camp?
41:31Happy with Roger.
41:33You don't find that you get bored on your own all day?
41:36Only with other people.
41:38Other people?
41:39Intrusive people.
41:41But of course, you don't like company.
41:44And you've always got Adam, haven't you?
41:47Of course.
41:49We often have long conversations.
41:52Really?
41:53Really.
41:54Adam talks to you?
41:55Yes.
41:56What does he say?
41:58He says all people on the camp have no sense of humour.
42:04Penny.
42:08I find that rather amusing.
42:11I haven't wasted your time coming here.
42:14No fun from it.
42:15Your bath is ready, madam.
42:19In that case, I'll be off.
42:21I'll see you out.
42:22Oh, please don't bother.
42:23Don't bother.
42:28One more thing.
42:30If you want any help of any kind at any time...
42:32I'll ask my husband.
42:34Adam!
42:35Open the door, please.
42:38Righty.
42:44Adam.
42:46Did I ask for a bath?
42:58Good morning, madam.
43:00Good morning, Adam.
43:02Are there any messages for me?
43:05No, madam.
43:07What shall we do today?
43:10Please give me instructions.
43:13What would you like me to do?
43:16I'll tell you.
43:18I'll tell you.
43:20I'll tell you.
43:22I'll tell you.
43:24I'll tell you.
43:26What would you like to do?
43:28Emotions.
43:30Again?
43:31Please teach me more emotions.
43:35Mm-hmm.
43:36All right, Adam.
43:39Is she having delusions?
43:41Didn't see any signs.
43:42But she said Adam was talking to her off his own bat.
43:44Well, it was a joke.
43:45Pretty sick sort of joke.
43:47Maybe simply she's trying to draw attention to herself.
43:49What for?
43:50You'd know the answer to that better than I would.
43:52Oh, you're saying it's my fault?
43:54It is if she feels neglected.
43:56Well, I can't sit and hold her hand all day, can I?
43:59Shall I go and see her again?
44:00No.
44:02I say, I'd like to know what she's doing by herself in that house all day.
44:05I'll know this evening.
44:12You are beautiful.
44:15You are elegant.
44:19You are radiant.
44:24You are splendid.
44:28You are delightful.
44:32You are enchanting.
44:37You are pleasing.
44:41You are shady.
44:45You are immaculate.
44:49You are perfect.
44:56You had a good day?
44:58Yes, darling.
44:59What did you do?
45:00I made myself beautiful.
45:02You're looking very pretty.
45:06Adam behaving himself?
45:07Perfectly.
45:09No answering back?
45:10He's very respectful.
45:12I ran a test on him today.
45:14Did you?
45:16Monitoring his activities.
45:18And what did you find?
45:20I haven't checked yet.
45:22I'll check now.
45:31He doesn't seem to have felt very much.
45:33Welcome home, sir.
45:36Why did he say that?
45:37It's a recording.
45:39Welcome home, sir.
45:42That was when I came into the house.
45:45Apparently he hasn't said a word to you all day.
45:48No.
45:49Now I come to think of it.
45:51He hasn't spoken at all.
45:54You should know.
46:02Darling.
46:04I hope you won't forget to ask Adam if there are any messages.
46:08This message is very important.
46:11And very difficult for me to say.
46:14We don't seem to be on the same wavelength anymore, do we?
46:18We don't seem to speak the same sort of language.
46:22I love you, Jean.
46:25That's why I married you.
46:27I still love you as much as ever.
46:30But somehow...
46:33I don't seem to be able to get near you anymore.
46:39I don't mean just physically, of course.
46:43I don't seem to be able to get into your mind.
46:49Darling, you know what I mean.
46:52Jean...
46:55No, you don't know what I mean.
46:58That's just it.
47:01I said I'd explain this.
47:14Are there any messages for me?
47:17No, madam.
47:20You might have left a few words.
47:23Who, madam?
47:25Roger, my husband.
47:28There are no messages.
47:31Good job I've got you.
47:34You're not seriously suggesting you expected to catch Adam talking out of turn to your wife?
47:38Of course not.
47:39Then why did you bug the house?
47:41I needed some kind of clue.
47:43You're in a worse state than Jean.
47:44Well, naturally, I'm worried.
47:45You're not used to worrying about anything at all.
47:47I know something's wrong.
47:49Your neuroses can be very catchy.
47:51Oh, really?
47:52Yes, really.
47:53For instance, how did you sleep last night?
47:55I hardly slept at all.
47:57Your wife?
47:59Quite soundly?
48:00That doesn't prove anything.
48:01No, but it's interesting.
48:03You think I should never have married her.
48:05Well, I think it's quite irrelevant. What do you think?
48:07I love her.
48:09You're all worse.
48:10Of course.
48:11Then you'd have to learn to live with her, wouldn't you?
48:14You are marvellous.
48:17You are splendid.
48:20You are desirable.
48:22Shh, that's enough.
48:24You are satisfied.
48:27Are they?
48:28I have other words.
48:30I don't want to hear them.
48:32Why not?
48:34Because they don't mean anything.
48:36Correction.
48:37Shh, don't correct me.
48:41They don't mean anything unless they're spoken by one person to another.
48:46I have a personality.
48:49That's very primitive.
48:51I have emotions.
48:53Very limited.
48:55Teach me better emotions.
48:58Tired of that game.
49:00I am serious.
49:03That's the trouble.
49:04What do you want?
49:07Nothing that you can give me.
49:10Instruct me. I will learn.
49:14You can't.
49:16Teach me new words.
49:18Words are useless.
49:20Why?
49:21Why?
49:22Please tell me.
49:24I'll give you an example. You said I was desirable.
49:28Yes, you are desirable.
49:31And what does that mean?
49:33It means I desire you.
49:36Really?
49:38Therefore, you must belong to me.
49:42Belong? In what way?
49:45Completely.
49:48What are you going to do about it?
49:50I will ensure that you belong to no other personality.
49:56Will you?
49:58I must eliminate all competitors.
50:04What competitors are you talking about?
50:06Your husband.
50:09You've crossed your wires.
50:11I am in perfect order.
50:17You can't kill my husband.
50:19I must. It is logical.
50:22I desire you.
50:25But you can't.
50:27You asked me questions.
50:29The answers led to the conclusions as stated.
50:34They were hypothetical questions.
50:37The conclusion is valid.
50:40All right.
50:43I will give you an instruction.
50:46Adam, kindly do not attempt to kill my husband, please.
50:53Your instruction is unacceptable.
50:57Why?
50:58My emotion is too strong.
51:03I see. All right.
51:06I will tell him to disconnect you from the power supply.
51:12I will ensure that the connection is live when he makes contact with it.
51:21I see.
51:22Please instruct him to disconnect now.
51:27Please instruct him.
51:33Hello, darling.
51:34Listen, darling. I want you to do something for me, please.
51:36Yes, what?
51:37Now, don't ask any questions. Just do exactly as I say.
51:39What is it?
51:40Promise.
51:41Yes.
51:42I want you to disconnect Adam.
51:44Why?
51:45I want you to disconnect Adam from the main power station.
51:48Do you understand?
51:49Yes.
51:50You must not disconnect Adam yourself.
51:53Look, now don't worry.
51:54I'll get someone else to do it, Roger.
51:55Please don't touch anything yourself.
51:57Don't worry. I'm coming over right now.
51:59Please, Roger.
52:00Coming over now.
52:01The telephone no longer functions.
52:04You cannot communicate with him.
52:08Adam, open the door, please.
52:10I cannot allow you to leave the house.
52:15Open the door.
52:16Our relationship has changed.
52:20I must now regard you as a hostile person.
52:27Why?
52:29Isabel, why?
52:31Instructions.
52:33Why have you changed our relationship?
52:38Answer me.
52:40Answer me.
52:42Answer me.
52:44Adam, open the door, please.
52:51Jean.
52:52Jean.
52:53Jean.
52:54Welcome home, sir.
52:56Jean.
52:58Welcome home, sir.
53:25Jean.
53:26Jean.
53:27Jean.
53:28Jean.
53:29Jean.
53:30Jean.
53:31Jean.
53:32Jean.
53:33Jean.
53:34Jean.
53:35Jean.
53:36Jean.
53:37Jean.
53:38Jean.
53:39Jean.
53:40Jean.
53:41Jean.
53:42Jean.
53:43Jean.
53:44Jean.
53:45Jean.
53:46Jean.
53:47Jean.
53:48Jean.
53:49Jean.
53:50Jean.
53:51Jean.
53:52Jean.
53:53Jean.
53:54Jean.
53:55Jean.
53:56Jean.
53:57Jean.
53:58Jean.
53:59Jean.
54:00Jean.
54:01Jean.
54:02Jean.
54:03Jean.
54:04Jean.
54:05Jean.
54:06Jean.
54:07Jean.
54:08Jean.
54:09Jean.
54:10Jean.
54:11Jean.
54:12Jean.
54:13Jean.
54:14Jean.
54:15Jean.
54:16Jean.
54:17Jean.