IT Girl Eve

She locked me in the basement. She removed her hand!

You're going back to that cabin

and you're going over every inch of it with a fine-toothed comb.

I want every single page reconstructed.

She'll be well away by now - not in some forest.

Who said she was in a forest?

-You did.

-No...

..I didn't.

Katherine?

I just wanted to explain -

what I said about Mary being in a forest...

What about it?

It was, um, one of the Alpha Team. They told me.

I didn't know, until ...

-until then.

-Good.

I'm glad we cleared that up.

I promise, I have no idea where Mary Douglas is.

Wherever she is,

we'll find her soon.

She got careless.

Left us a trail of evidence that'll lead us straight to her.

Then we'll know exactly who she's been working with.

-'So I think there could be worth about £30.

-Really?

-Yeah, I think so.

'And what about these?

'Well, these are Royal Worcester, so that's quite good, isn't it?'

-Either of you seen Will?

-Nope.

Eve? Hello, Eve?

Earth to Eve, come in, Eve.

I think she's gone on standby -

has been since I got back from school.

What is that?

It would have been my entry for Xperiment Factor,

if my partner had bothered to turn up. I was disqualified.

Even with a solar-powered hacking device,

utilising analogue technology...

Activating standby mode...

Ow!

ADVERT VO: Was that an accident that wasn't your fault?

You could be entitled to compensation.

Eve, how much TV have you watched today?

7 hours, 23 minutes and 47 seconds.

-TV SWITCHES OFF

-Hey!

Isn't that part of her learning protocol?

OK - what have you learned today, Eve?

ADVERT VO: If we buy a three-piece suite now,

-we pay nothing until December next year!

-Abe?

-Isn't that your cue to hide?

-Nope.

Please welcome Viv Watson, father of two!

You - homework, now.

Already done it.

Presenting exhibit A - Maths homework.

Why is your handwriting so neat?

I'll take that as a compliment.

Impressive. What's brought all this on?

It's...

Lily. She inspires me.

How was Britain's Got Science, eh?

It's "Xperiment Factor" - and I was disqualified.

Partner didn't show up.

Who was your partner?

Did you see my dummy pass?

Mate, that dummy was so good it was a mannequin. It was epic!

-Where were you?

-Annihilating the opposition.

Well, I wasn't.

I was disqualified from Xperiment Factor -

because my partner didn't show up.

Oh, is that that thing you just said was X Factor for morons?

Shut up.

It was, eh?

You said that nobody in it could actually win,

because everyone in it was such a loser.

Well, I didn't mean you're a loser...

Well, it turns out I am, thanks to you.

Well, you could have asked someone else to be your partner.

It's not like I'm your only friend, is it?

PHONE RINGS

Good morning, Top Class Enterprises.

Meet me outside maths, before the second period - and bring the cash.

'Thanks, mate.'

PHONE RINGS

Top-class Enterprises?

Who's "Jenny Rowlings"?

I'm going to have to call you back.

I must have picked up her philosophy jotter instead of mine.

You don't do philosophy.

Does anyone really "do" philosophy, Lily?

I'll tell Mum.

All right, fine.

People at school pay me to do their homework.

You're doing other people's homework?

-You can barely do your own.

-I don't have to,

cos your geeky mathlete friends are doing it for me.

And I get 20% per jotter. Ker-ching!

You're corrupt.

-I'm helping people.

-To cheat!

Not everybody is a freak like you.

-Coming?

-I don't think so.

-I'm ill.

-Eh?

Who are you, and what have you done with my sister?

SHE COUGHS

I'd better go. Don't want to be late.

Oh!

He knows his way around

a self-saturating magnetic amplifier circuit,

and yet a simple water cooler can defeat him(!)

Er, what's going on in here?

I'm actually not allowed to say.

Oh, come on, Phil - you can tell me.

Katherine's orders - sorry.

'..Years later...and I think that's Italian.

'Shame that would need a real good cleaning-up job.

'Last but not least is this other one...'

What's happening?

Dave's just bought a two-bed house in Rhyl for £137,000.

Why aren't you at school?

I'm ill.

Vital signs within normal range.

I'm pretending, because I didn't want to go.

But you love to learn.

Isn't school an institute of learning?

Try telling everyone else that.

There are approximately seven billion people on the planet.

Not literally.

What I mean is...

The kids at school, they're not there to learn -

all they care about is popularity.

Then why don't you learn "popularity"?

It's not like that. You can't do it on your own.

You need to have friends.

You have friends...

-like Abe.

-Brother.

-Doesn't count.

-And Will.

Sometimes.

And me.

Show me what you've got.

There's not really anything to see. Well, not yet, anyway.

We're still uploading the pieces of Mary's documents,

but we've got the systems running as quickly as we can.

So, the computer does all the hard work.

How difficult can that be?

There are so many of them - and they are badly burnt.

It's a slow and frustrating process.

I'm not paying you for "slow and frustrating".

I'm paying you for results.

I need to be able to read these documents by the end of the day.

If anyone asks, you're new to sixth form.

You don't need to go to any lessons or anything,

just hang about and look cool.

Oh, and remember to tell people you're my best friend,

so I won't be Lily-no-mates.

No, you'll be Lily-one-mate.

Is school about how many friends you've got?

It should be about education, unless you're Kaz Jennings.

Who is Kaz Jennings? Has she got lots of friends?

Only because she's the school gossip queen.

Ooh! What is a gossip queen?

She knows everyone's secrets and how to use them.

So, knowing everyone's secrets makes you popular?

Sort of...

-'Hey, Lily?

-What was that?

-Running voice identification software.

-We've got to hide.

Voice identification complete.

Will Clarke verified - zero threat detected.

He'll just try talk us out of it. Quick, get in.

Night-vision activated.

Lil, you asleep?

RATTLE

LILY COUGHS

I just wanted to see if you were OK.

RATTLE

Why are you in the cupboard?

And why are you dressed like you're going to school?

Because I am.

I...am a sixth former.

You're not seriously taking her to school, are you?

-Yup.

-But you're ill.

I feel better. Come on, Eve. Come on.

For someone who is meant to be really clever,

this is a really stupid idea. What if Bevan catches her?

-He won't - he's at a conference.

-Why would you even want her to go?

Learning's one of her protocols - part of her survival.

Negative.

IN LILY'S VOICE: So I won't be Lily-no-mates.

Thanks a lot, Eve(!) I'm going to school, alone.

Brought you, um... Brought you some tea.

Thank you. Now, out.

Graham, can you run a backup of the system, please?

What are you backing up?

Hm?

Leave that!

If Katherine catches you...

Ooh - interesting article in here on quantum mechanics.

-Yeah, I've read it.

-Really?

And, um... What was your favourite bit?

Maybe we could meet up later...

..to discuss it...

I'd, er...better go.

Bye.

-'..For what I want...

-I think it's a nice deal...

-'Sold the ladies...

-Oh, excellent!

'It's not. So, first of all, that - where did this thing come from...?'

She looked like a clown.

GIRLS GIGGLE

Hello. I am Eve.

I'm a sixth form female student.

Who are you?

Er... Kaz.

Can I, like, help you?

-We have like a level...

-Lily!

(She's my best friend.)

What are you doing here?

Observing the parameters of human friendship, by being popular.

You need to go, now.

So, like, who are you?

I, like, sit beside you in chemistry.

She is Lily Watson, my best friend.

You talk, like, really funny.

-So do you.

-She's American.

That is so cool.

Do you want to, like, walk to class together?

Negative. I'm going with Lily.

I suppose you could stay for a bit, you know? See how it goes.

When can we make more friends?

Later. First, we got Spanish.

But you said I couldn't go to lessons.

I know, but this'll be OK.

Senor Rodriguez is on holiday,

so it'll just be some pushover supply teacher.

Activating Spanish mode. Quiero ir contigo, por favor?

Venga conmigo!

Progress?

Did I leave my... Oh, hi, Katherine. I was just...

Can't you read? It says "no entry".

I thought I left my phone...

Do I have to call security?

-Oh, no!

-Careful! Stop it!

Oh, idiot! Let me...

-Just get out!

-Sorry.

KATHERINE SIGHS

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Why do we need to learn Spanish anyway?

Spanish is already spoken by like, a gazillion people.

-Why does it need any more?

-I don't know.

-New senorita?

-That's Eve.

She's, like, so cool.

Eve? Like, Will's cousin, Eve?

-You're, like, related?

-I still don't see it.

Are you a complete idiot?

You're the one that took her to a football match.

-Yeah, and Chris nearly busted her.

-Chris this, Chris that.

Why don't you just go marry him?

Oh wait, now I remember...

-It's Eve you fancy.

-ALL: Oooh! LAUGHTER

I do not.

Will, like, fancies his cousin?

LAUGHTER JEERING

-Is that being a good friend, too?

-What's all this racket?

You?

You're Will Clarke's cousin.

-You locked me in the basement.

-No, that was all a mistake, sir.

She thought you was a burglar, remember?

It was a humorous misunderstanding.

SHE LAUGHS

I'm a sixth form female student.

Shouldn't you be at a conference today, Mr Bevan?

You could call him "Devon".

-What... What did you call me?

-Your name - Devon.

Does that make you "Devon Bevan", sir?

LAUGHTER

At school, you will address me as "Sir" or "Mr Bevan"

and nothing else!

-Devon? I used to go on holiday there, sir.

-Quiet!

Does the M5 run through you, sir?

Who said that?

Right, suit yourselves - lunchtime detention for the lot of you,

-especially you.

-But she isn't...

-Det-det-det... No excuses.

I want to see you and your cousin at one o'clock sharp,

or you're going to the Head.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

-You don't have to go.

-Yes, she does.

Bevan knows who she is and where she lives.

Dad's going to kill me when he hears about this.

See you in detention.

How did you even know his first name, anyway?

I hacked the school's online server and accessed his employee record.

-Why?

-Knowing secrets helps you make friends.

Not with teachers.

Nobody cares about them.

I obtained other data about Mr Bevan too.

No way!

Good news.

-Sorry?

-The tea - it didn't damage the system.

Everything still works perfectly.

Oh, good. That's really...

-good.

-Isn't it?

We're on target for a three-hour completion.

Soon, we'll know exactly what Mary Douglas has been up to.

I'm sure those documents will be very...

informative.

Yes...

I can almost taste Project Eternity.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Spanish class was really fun.

What class do we have now?

It's true - she is here.

This is so cool.

It was cool, until somebody decided to hack into the school server

and use her wireless capability to lend us all in detention.

-You've got detention?

-It's not funny.

It's the funniest thing I've ever heard!

Wait... Hypothetically,

does that mean you could hack in and change people's homework grades?

Hypothetically.

OK, no problem.

See you in a minute.

Katherine's coming for an update. We should do another backup.

-Nick, what?

-Er, last time, I promise.

I wanted to apologise, if I made things difficult with Katherine.

What is with you, today?

I think it was just a bit miffed

that Katherine trusted you with this, instead of me.

Silly, really.

Anyway, best get on.

What sort of time do you call this?

Current local time is 1.02pm, based on the global time standard...

Don't be smart with me, young lady.

Go on, take a seat at the front, where I can keep an eye on you.

Now...

I do not believe in wasting detention time on pointless tasks.

You are here to broaden your minds,

so I want you all to write an essay for me...

on your favourite...

unsolved mathematical problem.

You what..?

CLASS GROANS

-..Sir.

-Favourite unsolved maths problem.

The great questions which have puzzled

the most brilliant minds for years.

You might want to write about my own particular favourite,

the Kaufmann conjecture.

CLASS YAWNS

..or the 2,000 year struggle to prove the Cheng hypothesis.

CLASS GROANS

2,000 words - go.

-Got a job that needs doing.

-What kind of job?

Need a B- in computing.

Seriously? Leslie, that's ridiculous.

You're a D at best, mate.

I'll pay you double.

That's, like, ten quid.

-Can you do it?

-Yeah, I can do it.

I need it by end of play.

Mate, I'm not a machine...

..but luckily for you, we've got a new paperless system.

It'll be online by 3.30.

Boring has only one "R".

No talking.

(Lily?

(Eve, your eyes! What are you doing?)

Faking homework grades for Abe's friend Leslie.

Lily Watson.

Sorry, sir. Eve, stop it now.

I'm almost finished.

-You will be, if Bevan finds out you're a...

-Robot!

I knew it...

She's a robot.

Her eyes...

They were all lit up.

It was a reflection.

I saw them, just like I saw her take off her robot hand,

when she locked me in the basement.

Those were just stress induced hallucinations, sir - remember?

I'm not imagining this.

She... She...

It...is a robot!

-What's taking so long?

-It's not working.

-What?

-The system...

Everything's just gone off!

-I was in the middle of backing up...

-Turn it on and off again.

-I have...

..but we've lost everything.

-Go on, then. Take your hand off.

-It's against protocol.

Well, I saw it, show them.

Inappropriate conduct!

I'm going to go get the school nurse,

-cos you're clearly not yourself.

-You stay where you are, Will Clarke.

I do not need the school nurse.

I need a screwdriver, to show you that she's a robot.

-She's a what, sir?

-LAUGHTER

She's a machine, made of wire and metal and plastic.

She knew my name.

-How did you do that, eh? How did you do that?

-I activated...

I told her.

You?

I hacked into the school computers.

I broke into the school office

and used my dad's login details.

How do I know you're telling the truth?

Because...I know you weren't at a conference today.

You were getting your piles removed.

-LAUGHTER

-That... That is not funny.

I... I am in serious pain

and they moved my appointment to next week.

-What a massive cheek, sir(!)

-Two massive cheeks, more like.

Right, the next person to speak gets double detention!

You, Watson...

are not leaving this room until I get an explanation.

I was lonely.

I thought if I knew lots of gossip, people would want to be my friend.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

You're not going anywhere.

Better make yourself comfortable.

And don't think I've forgotten about your "pal".

You utter...imbecile!

Is everything OK?

We've lost everything on the system.

There was a virus on the drive.

Get out.

I said, get out!

Phil, wait...

"Project Eternity"...

Maybe it's broken.

All systems running normally.

PHONE RINGS

Ooh!

Good afternoon, Top Class Enterprises...

Leslie?

No!

No way!

OK.

Posture indicates disappointment.

They've taken the school records off-line

and Leslie has been suspended for cheating.

Poor Leslie.

"Poor Leslie"?

I'm the victim here - I'm a laughing stock.

No-one's going to do business with me again!

Hey.

What did Bevan say?

That external haemorrhoids aren't a laughing matter

and certainly much worse than a month of after-school detention.

Ouch.

Still, could have been worse.

Could've show me pictures of them(!)

Ugh...

I heard what you said -

about being lonely.

Was there anyone who didn't?

I'm sorry for ignoring you and...

It's OK.

I'm sorry for taking Eve to school...

It's fine.

..and for telling people you fancy your cousin.

At least we're both social lepers now.

Can I be a social leper, too?

Sure, welcome to the no-mates club.

Logical contradiction -

if the three of us are a club, we each have at least two mates.

Lily-two-mates?

I can live with that.

"Project Eternity...

"will create a race of immortals".

Project Eternity...

Eternal life...

PHONE RINGS

Yes?

No...

OK, Dad - we're here. What's the big emergency, now?

Dad?

What's wrong?

Eve, there's been an accident.

They found a car in the river

and it seems Mary was driving and, um...

Yes?

Eve...

What happened to my mother?

I'm so sorry.

Where is my mother?

Get Alpha team down there, to liaise with the police.

I want to see DNA evidence, dental records.

Keep me updated on all developments.

I won't believe it till I've got absolute proof.

I'm thinking of calling it "the spider bomb".

-What's happened to Eve?

-What have you done?

I haven't done anything.

It's so disappointing when a trusted employee betrays you.

Eve...

the robot next door.

Everyone in this city will know all about Eve.