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Clips from Pure Genius - Hero Worship (S01E01)

"there should be a greater concentration"
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"of respiratory cases in Ms. Guerrero's neighborhood."
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"That's the location of her new home."
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"Pulling up"
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"all reported respiratory cases in the county..."
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"I hate it when you're right."
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"How does that feel on your legs, Evan?"
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"This is so cool."
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"JIM: So that thing he's wearing"
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"is gonna tell you what's wrong with his legs?"
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"It's a robotic diagnostic exoskeleton."
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"Once we power it up, it'll support and guide"
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"Evan's legs, enabling him to walk."
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"While he does, it'll measure and analyze the biomechanics"
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"- in his legs. - It'll help us pinpoint"
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"Evan's problem, if it's in the muscle or the nerves."
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"BROCKETT: So, Angie will control everything remotely."
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"You just relax and let the robotic legs"
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"do the walking for you, okay?"
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"(mechanical whirring)"
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"(soft chuckling)"
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"- Wow. - (gasps)"
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"The stimulator is still powering up."
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"It's not online yet."
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"Then how is he walking?"
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"I don't know, but it's not me."
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"(laughter)"
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"James."
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"Is everything okay?"
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"(exhales)"
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"in Claudia Guerrero's neighborhood."
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"There was a microchip factory there until 1983."
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"Why is this one hitting you so hard?"
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"You didn't build that factory. You weren't even born yet."
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"- No. Douglas Prescott did. - I've heard of him."
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"Of course you have. He changed the world."
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"Isn't he supposed to be a recluse?"
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"I've been to every event for Silicon Valley royalty,"
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"and I've certainly never seen him. He's a legend."
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"Before there was Bill Gates or Steve Jobs,"
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"there was Douglas Prescott, one of the original pioneers"
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"When I was a kid, I wanted to be him."
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"We have an obligation to the public."
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"We need to notify the EPA."
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"I know we do. I know."
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"I just... I want to inform him first."
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"I want him to be part of the solution."
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"Otherwise the press are gonna twist the facts"
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"and tear him down. I-I..."
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"I don't want to be responsible for that, not to him."
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"He's my hero, W."
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"You talk to Prescott. In the meantime,"
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"Malik and I will bring in Ms. Guerrero's neighbors"
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"and screen them. We'll do full blood works."
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"Even check soil samples."
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"Okay. (exhales)"
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"- Thanks, W. - Hmm."
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"I always dreamt of meeting Douglas Prescott."
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"Just... mm, never like this."
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"I'm not following."
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"Mrs. Coleman, when Evan walked earlier,"
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"we hadn't yet turned on the stimulator."
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"No crutches, no support."
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"- He walked on his own. - STRAUSS: Perfectly."
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"There are no physiological problems with Evan's legs."
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"Okay, so, just say what you're saying."
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"We believe that Evan's paralysis is psychosomatic in origin."
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"Neurological symptoms can physically"
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"impact the body in very profound ways."
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"If it's all in his head, how do we fix it?"
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"It's usually accomplished through counseling."
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"- Behavior therapy has the best results. - (sighs)"
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"So, you want him to see a shrink."
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"That's your big pioneering approach?"
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"no way you can help our son."
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"We're not saying that. We just..."
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"need more time."
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"Of course they do."
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"Any ideas?"
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"Seems like conversion disorder."
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"the neural impulses in his legs."
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"Patients are incapable of overriding it,"
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"even when they're told there's nothing"
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"physically wrong with them."
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"with fully functional optic nerves."
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"So wouldn't that indicate that Evan's got"
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"some undiagnosed trauma in his past?"
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"Yeah, that's what worries me."
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"Usually it's sexual or physical abuse."
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"And until we identify what it is,"
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"we can't treat it, let alone get him walking again."
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"CLAUDIA: You guys really think you can pull this off?"
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"We don't want to overpromise."
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"We have a ways to go making this design work,"
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"but we are hopeful."
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"We are working very hard for you, Claudia."
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"Wow. I don't know what to say."
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"Thank you."
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"Is there someone that you'd like to be here"
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"with you for support?"
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"having family around if possible."
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"She's in Mexico. But she's got four kids."
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"She's a single mom, there's no way she could be here."
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"It's okay."
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"Don't worry. Really."
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"I'm fine on my own."
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"I understand."
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"- Uh, Dr. Wallace, are we all set? - Yes."
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"This is a pulmonary function test to monitor your VLS."
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"Just put your mouth on the tube"
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"and blow as hard as you can."
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"You're not gonna buy me dinner first?"
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"(coughing)"
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"Forced expiratory volume is down 12%."
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"Her lungs could be building up to a rupture."
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"I'll confirm with an MRI."
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"Mr. Bell, come in."
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"Call me James, if you want."
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"- All right. - Or not, if you don't."
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"- Okay. - Call me what you want."
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