Episode 1 story
The story picks up six months after Leo's death: Tobbe's inadvertent opening of the Eischer Code has released the incomplete code onto the internet, where it acts like a malware virus, infecting Hubots and causing serious malfunctions. Inger meets with a government official, who asserts that the Eischer Code does not exist, and Inger is forced to acquiesce to the government's sanitized version of the events surrounding Leo's imprisonment and death. On her way home, Inger witnesses the effect of the virus first- hand, when a Hubot violently malfunctions on a train. Flash starts a relationship with a human named Douglas, but it gets off to a rocky start when Douglas' ex-wife arrives. A pair of railway maintenance workers find Bea's inactive body in a railway tunnel, where she had fallen after being shot by the agent, but when they reactivate her, she brutally slays them both and escapes. Roger, now jobless, spots a "help wanted" ad for a new business. Silas is released from prison after serving time for the extortion attempt and reunites with Jonas. They return to Silas' workshop to find Odi still waiting for them. Bea visits Ove's home in search of the USB stick, but Ove's wife recognizes Bea, so she kills Ove's wife and son to avoid detection. Jonas introduces Silas to his new business, Hub Battle Land, a battle simulation game where humans compete against Hubots, and Silas puts Odi to work as the receptionist. Kevin becomes more involved with the Real Humans group, for whom Eva is also now working, and Kevin is attracted to one of the girls in the group. Jonas purchases a Hubot clone of himself, and sets up a computer lab in the basement of Hub Battle Land. He reveals to Silas that he has obtained the damaged Niska hard-drive, containing the incomplete version of the code, and has managed to retrieve some of the data, and he asks Silas for his help in reconstructing the Code. Mimi asks Tobbe to test her in case she is infected, and he finds she is clear of the virus, but when she returns to her room, Bea is waiting for her. Bea asks for the last part of the code, but Mimi lies and says she doesn't have it. Bea then makes Mimi repeat a series of phrases which apparently activate her "affirmative pursuit", overriding her initial resistance to Bea's declaration that Hubots are destined to rule the world. Directed by: Harald Hamrell. Story by: Lars Lundström.
12 total · 8 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coming to terms with one's own sexuality | major | Tobbe resolved to embrace his newfound transhuman sexuality. |
| contagious disease in society | major | A strange virus was spreading among the Hubots. While technically a computer virus, its spread and symptoms were reminiscent of a real virus. Hans purchased a special gizmo to test whether Mimi and Vera were infected. |
| coping with being disfigured | major | Jonas was sufficiently troubled by having burn scars all over his face and body that he planned to transfer some semblance of his consciousness into a Hubot body. |
| family affairs | major | Much of this installment is centered around the Engmann family. Hans was unemployed and having trouble finding a new job. He was notably unkempt, unenthusiastic in searching for a job, and eating between meals to Vera's disapproval. Hans confronted Tobbe over his messy room and smutty robot magazines. He also tried to parent Tobbe and guide him through the morays of facing his transhuman sexuality. |
| father and son | major | Hans tried to parent Tobbe. Roger had a brief quarrel with his stepson, Kevin. Douglas was taken by surprise when his ex-wife swung around to drop off their young son, Alberto, who he was scheduled to take care of that day. |
| romantic relationship | major | Things started getting serious between Florentine and her new love interest, Douglas. |
| sexual norms in society | major | Hans disapproved of Tobbe's smutty robot magazines. |
| unrequited love | major | Tobbe confessed to Mimi his love for her. Mimi responded by making it clear that she saw him as a brother, rather than a lover. The story concluded with Mimi making Tobbe's night by kissing him on the lips. What Tobbe did not know is that this she did to keep him from barging into the room behind her and get killed by Bea. |
| blood sports | minor | Jonas planned to open a venue, called "Hub Battle Land", where people could shoot Hubots to pieces for the deranged fun of it. The Hubots had been reprogrammed to show genuine terror at being shot to pieces and act as if they were in pain. |
| master and servant | minor | Vera had become the Engmann family maid in the wake of Lennart's death. Mimi had conspicuously moved out of that role, and was being treated as a member of the family. |