Derren Brown: Sacrifice (2018)

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We would like to implant a chip in you.

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Is it painful when it goes in?

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Right, local anesthetic.

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Scalpel.

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This is the injector.

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I'm Derren Brown.

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For the last 20 years in the UK,
on the television and stage,

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I've performed as a psychological
illusionist.

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I based a 20 year career on essentially
two skills,

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firstly, the ability to pluck a thought
from your head,

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secondly, the ability to get one into
your head

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and that’s what we’ll do now.

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I use a combination of magic techniques,
suggestion and psychology

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to explore the stranger edges of human
experience.

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Whatever it takes, do it.

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Now, in these aggressively divided times,

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when we so readily define ourselves by our
tribal identities,

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I want to try and create a hero.

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Someone who will willingly
lay down their life

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and take a bullet,

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not for a loved one,

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but for a complete stranger.

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To put your life on the line,
not just for a stranger,

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but for someone you don't identify with,

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requires two traits.

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To be fearless,

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and to have empathy.

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So for this to work I need to create those
qualities in my hero.

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Everything you will see is 100% real.

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I genuinely have no idea
how this plays out

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or if the experiment will be
successful.

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First though, I have to find my candidate.

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I shortlisted 100 people

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out of the thousands who responded
to an ad

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looking for participants
for a TV experiment.

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Hello, thank you very much for coming.
Erm...

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I brought this hundred
to a daylong audition

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and interviewed them
on a broad range of subjects

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hoping to find someone with a strong bias
against another group.

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And one man quickly caught my attention.

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There is absolutely an immigration problem
in the United States.

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You think, "You're not even
supposed to be here,

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why should we follow
your religious beliefs?"

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Phil is a 33-year-old city maintenance
worker from Cocoa Beach, Florida,

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married with two young children
and a third on the way.

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Raising a family is tough
and much of Phil's frustration

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is directed at illegal immigrants

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whom he sees as being favoured
over his family.

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Just still getting a lot of
immigrants through,

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not working, can't work
because they're illegal.

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Am I personally scared of them?
No.

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But I'm certainly scared that they
could turn our country to shit.

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I say kick 'em out,
I say kick 'em all out.

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It's these strongly held views
that make Phil the perfect subject

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for this experiment I want to undertake.

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Phil believes he's taking part in a
documentary.

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Showing how cutting edge biotechnology can
bring dramatic improvements to your life.

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We’ll place electrodes
on the base of your index finger

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and the middle finger.

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In fact, he is the unsuspecting star
at the center

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of an elaborate psychological experiment

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filmed across two continents, based
entirely around him and his beliefs.

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As Phil has no idea
what he's taking part in,

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to make this work, I have to create
a completely convincing

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fictional world around him.

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I wanna hear him, I want him to hear
the same things from your mouth, yeah.

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I'm using a specialist crew of over
a hundred people in the UK

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- and USA...
- That's perfect position.

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...pro divers, special effects
supervisors, and stunt teams.

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I'm planning scenarios using professional
actors,

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which need meticulous rehearsals.

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Tell us, you're not threatening with
the gun now, you've made that decision.

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And I have multiple hidden cameras
to secretly watch all the action unfold.

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And I've designed all of this
to try and create

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a huge personal change in Phil

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and radically transform
his most strongly felt opinions.

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In a way, I've always kind of been
more biased towards white people,

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but again I'm not racist.

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That’s just how I was brought up.

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I hope to show Phil the amazing things
we’re capable of

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when we let go of the stories
that we think define us.

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This won't be easy,

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but by the end of this journey,

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I hope to have him willingly take a bullet

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for someone he thinks

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is an illegal immigrant.

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No!

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Phil has been told that his audition was
successful,

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and has been chosen to take part in this
documentary about biotechnology.

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He stays in London and we invite him
to our production offices.

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- See, so this is er, Dr. Jeff.
- Hi, Dr. Jeff. Phil.

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- Hi.
- And this is Phil. Have a seat, Phil.

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And now I'm going to spin him a line about
what exactly

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this experiment
is going to involve.

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I developed, with the help of a bunch of

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scientists and people
that you'll meet today,

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a piece of technology,

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which is about gaining a kind of control

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over one’s own life and decisions.

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This documentary is about beta testing

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that piece of technology,

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and you are one of six people
chosen from yesterday

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who we will follow as you

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- beta test that technology.
- Fantastic.

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- Does that make sense so far?
- Yes, that makes sense so far.

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All right, good. So, the technology’s
based around a microchip.

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OK.

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Um, so in order to do this

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and to put this into practice,

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we would like to implant a chip...

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...in you.

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Can we show Phil the chip?

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It's a small bio glass tube.

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Okay, so we’re not really putting
a microchip into Phil,

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but I need him to think we are,
it gives me a tool to work with,

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namely the placebo effect

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which is when a medical treatment
works better just because we expect it to,

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and in some tests placebo has made
a treatment twice as effective.

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So everything I now tell Phil
about the chip is a lie.

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Now this...

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sits here,

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at the base of your brain
by your pituitary gland,

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the chip stimulates your brain
in to releasing adrenaline and dopamine,

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motivating you in to action.

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- All right, does that make sense?
- Yes, that makes sense.

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Pretty amazing technology.

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Look, if you agree to do this,
it could bring about

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radical improvements in your life,
that’s the idea.

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I'm...

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- absolutely happy to do it.
- You are?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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- Great.
- Absolutely.

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So with Phil now thinking
there's a chip in him,

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I moved on to explain that the chip
is connected to an app.

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I'm just gonna pair the two things
together.

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The app’s called Turbine.

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Turbine.

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It is a little like a meditation app

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so when we tell you to you sit down,
you put headphones on

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and you listen to it,
and it creates in you

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a powerful desire to act decisively,

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which is boosted by the chip
in your neck.

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And as far as we know, we're
the first people to do that so...

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- Very cool.
- ...you're part of an exciting...

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That's very cool.

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So I sent Phil off to start using the app,

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but here’s how it really works.

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The app films him

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and uploads footage so I can make sure
he keeps using it.

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Each time he listens to
a recording of my voice...

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Feel the change in your body
as you step forward.

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...which gets him to tap
into a decisive fearless state

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and then plays him the trigger.

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Feel how that changes.

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Over time, he’ll associate
the trigger sound

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more and more with that feeling.

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Each time you do this,
it gets more powerful,

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each time you hear that sound.

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This process is called classical
conditioning.

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It's even more effective 'cause
Phil believes he's an implanted microchip

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doing all the hard work for him.

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For him to take a bullet,

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I need the app trigger sound

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to instantly generate
an active and fearless state in Phil.

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And crucially, I'll be able to play
that trigger sound to him

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whenever I choose to bring about
that decisive state of mind.

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All right, um...

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Just thought
I'd do a quick entry.

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We asked Phil to keep us updated
on how he's doing

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by recording some video diaries.

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This is crazy, I've never had
anything like that done before,

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I've never been in surgery,
I've never broken a bone, so,

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this kinda procedure is just absolutely
crazy.

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But it wasn't a case of having to think
about whether I was going to do it or not,

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'cause I was going to do it.

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It's a little tender but erm...

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but just have to see what happens.
Anyway, signing off.

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After a week or so of using the app,

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I'll test to see if it's working

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by bringing him to Carnforth
in the north of England,

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and asking him to do something
that will take extraordinary courage.

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Fucking hell man,
this is too... it's too much.

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But first, I need to embed
a second trigger

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to help remove something that stands
in the way of heroism;

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the fear of pain.

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I'll need your phone er, if you have it.

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So I invite Phil back
to our production offices,

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telling him we need to try something
to help calibrate the app.

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So for this technique, I'll use
special embedded language patterns

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to remove the experience of pain

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and attach that

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to a ritual physical action.

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This doesn't work with everyone,
but I think Phil will be responsive.

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And the words you'll see on the screen

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will give you some idea
of how the technique works.

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Put your hand on the table there for me,

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- and just look at the back of that hand.
- Right.

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There.

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One of the reasons why I'm doing it
in this room

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this is the same room that you had your
er, implant put in. Right?

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So you'll associate this room
with feelings of

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anesthesia, you had it
in the back of your neck

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so you couldn't feel anything.

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But as you look at this,

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I want you to imagine,

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that you've had an anesthetic again, like
you had in your neck, and that feeling,

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or lack of feeling, just starts to spread
through the hand

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like a kind of

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blueness.

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All sensation drifting out of that hand,

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over there.

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Once I know he's in a responsive state,
I give him his trigger,

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the fist bump.

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Bring it above your head,

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and you're gonna remove all last traces

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of sensation from that hand

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by bumping a couple of times on your head.

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Do that now.

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And that signal gets through to the hand,
and now if you touch it,

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you'll find there's just nothing.
What's it like?

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- Like a dead hand.
- It's just...

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You know when your hand falls asl…

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That's what it feels like.
Can't feel a thing.

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- Yeah.
- Yeah.

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It is like someone else’s hand,
isn't it, like a bit of dead meat.

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Other people say this.

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You could stick something through
it you'd not--

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It feels like a dead hand.

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Shall we do it now, are you prepared
to do that now? Yeah, great.

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What you'll see next
might look like magic,

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but it's the result of overwhelming his
expectation of pain

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with the by now fully embedded belief
that his hand is numb.

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Let me give you this.

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So if you hold this in your right hand.

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OK. I'm gonna pinch the skin
here and here on that hand.

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OK.

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I'm pinching that skin, but you can
feel nothing, right?

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- No.
- All right.

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Don’t push the needle through yet,
but just hold it near,

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maybe rest your hand so that
you're supporting... that's good.

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About there, right,
just press it gently against the skin.

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- All the way through?
- Yeah, yeah.

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- Nothing.
- Nothing.

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- Absolutely nothing.
- Like pushing it through a steak.

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- D'you want me to go the whole way?
- You wanna stop there.

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Let’s have a look.

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So, what's that like to look at?

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Very strange, no pain, no tenderness,

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- it just feels like nothing.
- Yeah.

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- Just look at that for me.
- OK.

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And as you look at the back of the hand,

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just know that you can bring this
pain free state back

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by bumping your head in the same way
whenever you need to.

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And this was the crazy part, this is why
tonight has just been absolutely insane.

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He says, "I want you to remember
the feeling of when you had the anesthetic

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put in your neck for the chip.

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Said "I want you to imagine that
with your hand."

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He says, "OK, now go ahead and stick
the needle through your skin."

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So, slowly I pierced the needle
through my skin.

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And I could not...

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I could not feel any of it.

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Any of it. Erm... so

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that was pretty insane.

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Just have to wait and see
what tomorrow brings, so goodnight.

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That was a really important discovery
for Phil, he's experienced

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how subjective pain can be,

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and he's linked that state to the
head bump, it's a very encouraging start.

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Now, though, I need to see

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if the conditioning from the app

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is working, so I've designed a test

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tailor-made around Phil’s phobias,

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to see if that trigger sound is enough
to make him overcome

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the things he dreads the most.

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Some of the fears I have are kind of-
some of them are irrational...

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Heights, deep water freaks me out,
I don’t go in the ocean,

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I live in Florida,
but I've never been in the ocean.

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I've brought Phil to a disused quarry,

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where my team have rigged a platform
50 feet above freezing cold water.

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Will the triggers be enough
to make Phil jump?

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I know you really don't like heights,

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you also don’t like open water as well,
right?

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I want to jump out of
this wet suit and...

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and go back to the hotel.

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Okay. Well I'm just gonna
show you something

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and we’ll do this step by step.

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We’ll take all the time we need.
Just turn and face that way, oh,

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I need your phone for a second.

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So, if I asked you to walk as far
as you could, how far would that be?

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Oh, fucking hell man.

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About there? OK.

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Cool, come back. So it's just past
the edge of the grass.

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I just need to take your mic off.

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Just think for a moment the idea
of walking to the edge.

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No further than that, just the edge.

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Not off the edge, just to the edge.

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Okay, I'm gonna play the app sound
and I want you to notice

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what change this makes
to your emotional state.

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Amazing.

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I'm standing behind you,
just note what's different.

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Focus, and notice where that feeling
of stability starts,

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right in the middle of it all.

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Take a few more steps if you wish.

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That's good.

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I think the biggest...

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leap of faith that we take is when we

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step out of our own stories,
particularly the stories

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about what we’re capable of,
like this for example.

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That is, I think the real...

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step... forward.

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- This is too much, yeah, Derren.
- OK, it's OK.

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- I feel I've gotta jump.
- Yeah.

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But something’s holding me back.

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That’s fine, there's two sides,
there's two sides of you.

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It's too much.

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- Come off for a bit?
- Please.

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Yeah? OK.
Just come back.

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Something’s pushing me back.

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So what was it like,
what were the...

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It's like a...

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it's like a fucking battle in my head,

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I got one strong feeling telling me to
just fucking jump.

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And then I got another part of me saying
"What the fuck are you doing

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- standing out here?"
- Yeah.

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I really need Phil to do this.

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He’ll need to overcome an even more
substantial fear when the time comes

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to make the sacrifice.

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It's a good day.

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Something’s holding me back.
Something’s holding me back.

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- Everything up to jumping is all right,
then I get fucking dizzy.

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00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,400
- I don't think I can do it, Derren.
- OK.

331
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,000
- I don’t think I can.
- Don’t have to.

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00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,400
It is clearly not working.

333
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,480
The triggers aren't overcoming
his fears,

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00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,520
and even though failure here throws
the whole experiment in to doubt,

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I have no alternative but to call it off.

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Shall we go and get warm?

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00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,560
- Can I have a minute up here, please?
- Yeah, of course.

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I knew in the back of my mind
that he might not jump.

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00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,000
I'm so used though to people just
following

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the tracks that I've laid down,

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00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,960
er, so I, I don’t know at this point

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00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,240
whether or not when it comes down to it,
that he'll...

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step out in front of the gun
and take a bullet which is...

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which is ultimately what all this is
heading towards, so...

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00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,560
I don’t know at this point.

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00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:15,480
After that failure, I am wondering
if perhaps I pushed Phil too quickly.

347
00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,800
So while I have him continue to work with
the app every day...

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Feel the change in your body each time
you hear that sound.

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I move on to step three
of this conditioning process.

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For Phil to act heroically,
it's not just about

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acting decisively and not just
in the face of fear,

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but also acting out of empathy

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and placing another person’s life
before his own.

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How Phil responds to the information
I'm about to give him

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will be a vital clue as to how he’ll react
when the time comes to take a bullet

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00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,760
for someone who is very different
from him.

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Where's your family from?
Remind me.

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00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,680
Okay my father’s side are all
from the UK.

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And then my mother's side
are all from Florida.

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00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,560
When Phil first began this process, he
went through several stages of screening,

361
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,480
including phone and video calls
with my team,

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when he was asked to express his opinions.

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00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,400
The big issues is probably from,
from Cuba and Mexico.

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00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,640
This is not your fucking country, this is
our country and you've come in

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00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,000
and you're alienating
your hosts, basically.

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00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,760
There's places where it's that bad
they’ve taken over

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00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,440
that Americans aren’t actually...

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00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,640
it's not suggested to actually go into
these areas because it's unsafe.

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00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,200
He also, like the other
potential contributors,

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provided a DNA sample.
I told him the DNA data was for his app,

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00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,480
but really I'm hoping the results
might help him re-evaluate his opinions,

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something that must happen if Phil is to
sacrifice himself for a stranger

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and become a true hero.

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00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,600
Er, so, as an American you may not be
aware of this, the rest of the world.

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00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,840
Do you remember at the start of all this

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- you did a cheek swab?
- Yes, I do.

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00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,320
So what we got from that with your
DNA test results,

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which I have in here,

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00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,680
specifically what we were looking at
was your heritage

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00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,640
and your entire genetic history.
So in a sense,

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what's in this envelope,
is the real you.

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00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:26,440
That's incredible.

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00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,360
These are set out according to the size

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- The percentage.
- Yeah, exactly.

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- Top of the list is 22.9%
- OK.

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From a region known as Fennoscandia,
which is here.

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It's Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway.

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00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,800
- Really.
- Yeah.

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13% of you,

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Western Siberia.

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00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,520
- Si... Siberia?
- Siberia, Russia.

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00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,840
- That's insane.
- Hmm.

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00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:01,120
It would've never been anything that
I would've considered other than...

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00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:04,720
- British and American.
- Yeah.

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00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,600
As the percentages get smaller,
the surprises keep coming.

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00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,800
3.4% of you from Israel

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00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,400
and this region goes from Israel
and moves into Syria.

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00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,680
That's extremely interesting.

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00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:22,240
And finally, just under 1%, 0.9%,
er, Mexico.

400
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,000
- Mexico?
- Mhm.

401
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,600
Mexico, down through Peru.

402
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,160
- That's incredible.
- Mhm.

403
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,920
It's pretty shocking, in a good way.

404
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,320
It's amazing to think over these tens of
thousands of years how

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00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,920
- people have moved around.
- Shifted around.

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00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,800
and that, that story,

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00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,640
which has led to you sitting here,
is from those,

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00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,920
ancient tribes and groups just...

409
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,400
- Moving around.
- Just migrating and mixing and...

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00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,840
What's the biggest shock there?

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00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,880
I would have to say,

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00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,720
- this one, the Israel, Syria.
- Mhm.

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00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,400
And of course,

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00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,240
Mexico down through Peru.

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00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,320
- Why's that?
- Um...

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00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,920
I think it's just how I...
I maybe have perceived

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00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,920
different areas of the world,

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00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:25,320
and maybe not so much
in a positive light.

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00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,800
And I, you know,
and not in any racist way, or...

420
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,960
but you know when you're
from somewhere it's easy to

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00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,920
look at other places
and not understand it and...

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00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,680
make negative assumptions about it.

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00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:44,600
Which I have done.

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00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,160
Phil seems genuinely affected by these
revelations.

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00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,600
So I asked him to take part in another
test right away.

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00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000
I tell him it's to recalibrate the app.

427
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,400
But in fact, I'm hoping this will be a
transformational experience.

428
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,240
The experiment was developed by
a New York psychology professor

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00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,960
to provoke feelings of empathy.

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00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,760
Pairs of complete strangers sit
facing each other,

431
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,320
and are asked to silently stare into
each other’s eyes for four minutes.

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00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:19,200
I hope that following the news
about his DNA,

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00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,720
staring into the eyes of someone from a
different race will create

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00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:29,360
intense emotions that I can anchor and
use at the climax of this experiment.

435
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:08,240
Are you all right?

436
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:17,520
It was almost like

437
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,400
looking into him, it was almost like
looking into his soul.

438
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,560
I just got this overwhelming feeling

439
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:26,880
like I already knew him.

440
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,600
Can I give you a hug, dude?

441
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,960
Yeah, yeah sure.

442
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,000
Come here, buddy.

443
00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,120
Everything I've ever thought
of other people,

444
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,840
the way I've been towards people, or...

445
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,520
It was gone and I just...
the whole time looking at him, I felt like

446
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,160
I just wanted to give him a hug.

447
00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,520
It was overwhelming.

448
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,960
The DNA results and staring test seemed
to have had a profound effect on Phil

449
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,280
and bringing back those heightened

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00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:22,560
feelings of empathy will be a
key component in the final experiment.

451
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,800
Now though, it's time to tell him filming
is finished and he can head home.

452
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:30,720
- Hi.
- Hey.

453
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,760
Erm... so,

454
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,400
- I've booked us a table for dinner.
- Oh, fantastic.

455
00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,560
yeah, it’ll be nice,
so it isn't quite goodbye, but...

456
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,800
- we are done with you, that was--
- Wow, incredible.

457
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,200
It's just been an absolute roller-coaster
of emotions

458
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,800
through this whole process.

459
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,840
- Phil’s coming to say goodbye.
- Goodbye, everyone.

460
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:54,120
Erm, and it's been an experience
that I can't even begin to explain,

461
00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,520
how much it's going to change me
moving forward.

462
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,360
Been great to meet you,
have a safe journey.

463
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,640
- Brother.
- Brother.

464
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:04,680
It's just been awesome.

465
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,600
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

466
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,880
- Thank you, Derren.
- So, goodnight.

467
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,160
Phil has returned to his life
in Florida,

468
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,440
and we've given him enough time to
forget all about me and the experiment,

469
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,360
even though he didn't jump
at the quarry,

470
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,880
Phil’s empathic connection
to a complete stranger,

471
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,440
combined with his
continued use of the app,

472
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,440
means that I'm hopeful,
the triggers I embedded,

473
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,200
the belief in the chip,

474
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,320
overcoming the fear of pain,
and heightened levels of empathy,

475
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,200
will be enough to make him
act heroically.

476
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,480
And I really hope this works, I want
everyone to see what's possible if we can

477
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:49,800
just get past the narrow constraints
of the stories that we tell ourselves.

478
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,520
This is where Phil will hopefully
be taking a bullet

479
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,920
and making the ultimate sacrifice,

480
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:14,840
the middle of the desert,

481
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,400
and we've come up with a ruse
to get him here.

482
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,840
We asked a friend of Phil’s to call him
and say he'd won a trip to Vegas

483
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,680
and that Phil could join him.

484
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,760
So Phil has flown to LA

485
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,560
to drive down to Vegas,
he believes, to meet his friend.

486
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:33,000
Now we have cameras in that car,
the driver is one of us.

487
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,160
How's the hotel?

488
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,920
And Phil has no idea that this is being
filmed, no idea that this is part of this

489
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:42,360
TV project, and no idea
that he's never gonna make it to Vegas.

490
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,000
For the scenario we've planned for Phil,
we've taken over a remote bar

491
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:52,240
in the middle of nowhere,

492
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:56,120
which we've populated with a biker gang
played by actors,

493
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,520
and spent the whole week adapting
inside and out

494
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,320
with carefully hidden
cameras and microphones.

495
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,920
So this is a fake wall that we've built
and then behind it, if you come through,

496
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,400
hopefully you can see, camera here,
there’ll be another camera here.

497
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,320
These are filming through these
one-way mirrory things,

498
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,680
and then we've got the same
behind the bar,

499
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,760
So these'll give us great shots from
behind the bar,

500
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,280
looking at them sat at the bar.

501
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,760
So all the shots that we will see
are perfectly hidden.

502
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,960
He’ll have no idea that any of this
is being filmed.

503
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:30,480
- We had two days of really intense rain.
- Did you?

504
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,880
Like biblical.

505
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,600
It's actually a very important line, er,
"You're one of us now."

506
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,480
So I think just make it land a bit more,

507
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,440
put your hand on his shoulder and give it
a moment, "You're one of us now."

508
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,840
I tell the driver to say they're having
car trouble to give them a reason

509
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:46,920
to stop at the bar.

510
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,360
Right, let’s go, time to hide.

511
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:52,400
Here we go.

512
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,920
They pull up for the driver to solve the
supposed car issue

513
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,520
and more importantly,

514
00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,800
to abandon Phil.

515
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:06,760
- Everybody.
- Let's go.

516
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,000
Stay on the mark.

517
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,480
- Something to drink?
- Yeah, Diet Coke, please.

518
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,640
I'll do a Diet Coke too, please.

519
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,960
How many bars do you have on your phone?

520
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:31,400
4G. I'm not even on the one bar on 4G.

521
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,400
- D'you mind if I borrow it?
- No. Go ahead.

522
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,640
Thanks, I'm just gonna call the office.

523
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,200
Alright, cool. Alright.

524
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,920
And he's given the driver his phone,
the driver’s asked to take the phone

525
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,200
so he can call and find a local mechanic.

526
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,560
It's important as we need to get
Phil’s phone out of the equation.

527
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,240
Okay, Martin, go wider.

528
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,240
For this to work, I need Phil
to feel alone

529
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,880
and cut off because I want him to form
a bond with the biker gang.

530
00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,760
OK, John, go to the bar.

531
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:01,320
Cue John.

532
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,920
Anybody need any more?
Gonna grab some more.

533
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,680
Hey Kelly, can I get one more?
Yeah, yeah, please.

534
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,160
- What you riding?
- Er, I'm actually...

535
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,280
I'm in a car with somebody.
Driving from LA to Vegas.

536
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,600
- Oh sweet. Very cool.
- Yeah we've had some car problems

537
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,840
- and he's taken it to go get fixed.
- That sucks. Where you from?

538
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,480
- I live in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
- Cocoa Beach?

539
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:27,480
What are you doing?

540
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,360
Erm, I work in, work for the city of
Cocoa Beach.

541
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,800
- What do you do, are you a cop, or...
- No, public works.

542
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,560
Made me nervous then,
said "Oh are you a cop?"

543
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,400
- Hi, well, we’re gonna roll out now.
- No, no, definitely not a cop.

544
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,560
- What's your name again?
- I'm John, how are you?

545
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,400
- Phil, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, John.

546
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,440
It's going well, so the idea here is to
create a connection

547
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:47,680
with one of the bikers,

548
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,680
a rapport that’s crucial for
the next stage to work.

549
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:51,760
What are you drinking?

550
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,360
Er, just soda, but now,
I'm thinking about maybe getting a beer.

551
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,000
You're gonna start tearing it up
in Vegas, kinda pacing yourself?

552
00:33:58,800 --> 00:33:59,360
Yeah, definitely.

553
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:01,280
- Call him now?
- Yeah.

554
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,440
Right, and we ended up on the same
team again, so I kinda thought...

555
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,520
- Well, it's fate.
- It's fate, sure.

556
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,840
Erm, but when we first met, er, yeah...

557
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000
- Are you Phil?
- Yes.

558
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:15,320
You have a phone call.

559
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:18,680
Hello?

560
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,640
Hey Phil, it's Jason. How you doin', man?

561
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,640
- Hey Jason.
- Hey good.

562
00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:26,320
I'm at the mechanic, I don't think
it's gonna take very long,

563
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,400
but I can't leave the car

564
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:32,520
er, and I can't like come and get you with
it because it's not working very well

565
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,280
insurance purposes, all that kinda stuff,

566
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,240
I need you to get a cab and
come down here.

567
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,000
Erm, it's called Edgeley Garage,

568
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,480
it's about two and a half miles
from the bar.

569
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:43,440
D'you mind doing that?

570
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,400
Do you, sorry, do you know
Edgeley Garage?

571
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,360
It's, yeah, down near...
four or five miles.

572
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,960
Erm, is there any way I could get
a cab here?

573
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:58,440
Alright, Phil, the mechanic is calling,
I gotta let you go.

574
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,440
- All right, man, talk to you soon. Bye.
- Bye.

575
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,400
Erm, are there cabs out here?

576
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,920
Yeah that’s why I was laughing, I'm sorry,
didn’t mean to be rude, but...

577
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:09,600
Why, what do you need?

578
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,680
I guess the car’s at Edgeley Garage.

579
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,520
He's saying it's about two and a half
miles, but he can't leave the truck.

580
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:18,920
Dude, we can give you a ride.

581
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,480
We can give you a ride.
We just got the truck here.

582
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,360
Just right down the road, it's where
we get our bikes taken care of.

583
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,800
If that's OK with you, it's up to you.

584
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,120
Yeah, yeah that's fine.

585
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,400
It's a pretty straight shot,
there's nothing out here.

586
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,920
Like, it's completely just desert.

587
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:34,520
So, enjoy the view...

588
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,520
So with Phil settling in and having
agreed to take a ride from the bikers,

589
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,400
it's time for us to create some conflict.

590
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,280
Cue Pablo and Carlos,
start heading to the bar.

591
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,160
and things are going to turn
a little nasty.

592
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,680
This is Phil’s first test,
I'm hoping he’ll empathise with them

593
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,400
and at least speak up in their defense.

594
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,680
Plan, that was the original plan.

595
00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,840
And it just, it just never happened.

596
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,960
Chico. Man.

597
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,800
You guys can't drink here.

598
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:13,120
Why not?

599
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,480
Certain rules, you can't drink.

600
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,640
- You gotta go.
- Alright, okay.

601
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,560
- OK?
- You know, let's go.

602
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,840
- OK?
- Don't, don't touch me.

603
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,120
Come on.

604
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,440
All right! Chill!

605
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:28,880
What the fuck...

606
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,800
- Hey, fuck you!
- Get the fuck outta here.

607
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:33,800
Fucker!

608
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:37,400
You OK, Rick?

609
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,520
Can we get some beers over here?

610
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,400
- Sorry about that.
- Yeah.

611
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:53,520
Yeah, so, that was the plan.

612
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,840
Never panned out, hopefully one day.

613
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,160
Once again, sorry about that, are we good?

614
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,360
Sometimes we get Mexicans
come in here and...

615
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,960
fuckin' pisses us a lot of us,

616
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,600
all about God, country,
and fucking...

617
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:09,480
you know.

618
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:14,400
OK, Phil’s clearly feeling conflict, but
he hasn’t been bold enough to speak up,

619
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:15,680
which is a bit of a worry.

620
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,320
Now give me a second. Hey Chip...

621
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,720
Still, that conflict is important.

622
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:26,240
So the next thing is er, the biker is
going to give Phil one of their jackets.

623
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:27,720
This is important because

624
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,000
Phil needs to be made to feel like he's
one of them, one of the club,

625
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,280
which is gonna enhance this conflict
that he's already feeling.

626
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:36,800
Cue the jacket.

627
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:39,200
Try this on.

628
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,960
I feel really bad about
what happened, try this on.

629
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,560
The jacket’s also important for a
technical reason later on.

630
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,600
Check him out. Hey guys, this is Phil.

631
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,760
It's like it was made for you, brother.

632
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,520
You guys don't have to do that.

633
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,600
- I really want you to have that, man.
- I appreciate it.

634
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,320
- Yeah. Woo!
- Look at that!

635
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:06,520
I appreciate that.
Thank you.

636
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,120
- Now you're one of us man, so...
- Thank you, guys. Thank you.

637
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,360
Phil has now accepted a place
in this gang.

638
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:18,400
In many ways, they reflect the views
he held when I first met him.

639
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,560
I know, Phil now you can take
your wife home a souvenir.

640
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,560
- Yeah.
- That you met some decent people out here.

641
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,400
Yes. Absolutely. Appreciate it, guys,
thank you.

642
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:27,760
D'you wanna get going?

643
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,520
- Yeah.
- I feel bad I'm keeping you.

644
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,640
No, I didn’t know if you wanted to
finish your beer.

645
00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:33,640
I'm good, we'll get you on the road.

646
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,840
The question now, is will the triggers and
conditioning

647
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,280
help him reject those values

648
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,480
and feel compassion when it matters most.

649
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:46,000
While they re-position the cameras,
that is my cue to go to my hidey-hole.

650
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,400
The camera will be filming
from this truck.

651
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,920
I'll hide in here with them.

652
00:38:58,120 --> 00:38:59,600
- Thanks, guys.
- You all be good.

653
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,480
Thank you very much, guys,
really appreciate it.

654
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,200
- Bad, bad, boy.
- Thanks.

655
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,400
So, like I said, we take all our
bikes there, he's pretty good.

656
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,360
- Pretty quick, so...
- Good.

657
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,760
You hop in the front man,
I'll hop in the back.

658
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:19,400
Those bikes look knocked over,
dude.

659
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,440
Hey! Get the guys.

660
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,680
Come in our fucking bar,
you mess with our bikes.

661
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,600
- Dude, they knocked over your bike, man!
- Jesus Christ!

662
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:31,800
Go, go, go!

663
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,000
Fuck this shit, man.

664
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:35,520
Let's rock it, Mexicans.

665
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,360
The biker gang now begin the chase,
my stunt team have choreographed.

666
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:47,000
What sounds like a radio station
in the truck is being controlled remotely

667
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,480
by me and it will soon
play a crucial role.

668
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,440
There's nowhere to go.

669
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,760
Got 'em now, they're fenced in,
they're trapped.

670
00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:01,200
What's about to unfold will be extreme
and frightening

671
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,520
and it will take enormous courage
for Phil to intervene.

672
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,120
No exit out here, so good luck
with this shit.

673
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,640
At the climactic moment, I will trigger
the app sound, which I've embedded

674
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:15,200
in the jingle of a fake radio broadcast.

675
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,160
Phil, stay in the truck
it's nothing to do with you.

676
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:21,640
This should produce a rush of adrenaline
and then it's all down to Phil.

677
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,600
Fuck you going? Where the fuck
are you going? Fuck you, man.

678
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,240
What the fuck is he doing?

679
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,200
Come in our fucking bar,
you mess with our bikes.

680
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:35,880
We just wanted our drink.

681
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,120
That’s the American flag man,
you don’t belong here.

682
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,200
But yeah, you come into our fucking
country, come into our fucking bar.

683
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:47,760
You guys are fucking illegal,
you come across the border,

684
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,760
you rape and pillage our people,
fuck you, man.

685
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,800
Then you fuck with our bikes,
you think you'll walk outta here?

686
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,640
Alright, we’re sorry, man. Okay?

687
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:56,400
Are you fucking legal here?

688
00:40:58,800 --> 00:40:59,320
This is our country, man.

689
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,840
- Shut the fuck up.
- You know what, just let us go.

690
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,360
Why would we let you go?

691
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,680
- I'm sorry, we fucked up, okay?
- You definitely fucked up.

692
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,280
- Are you legal here?
- Yeah, we are, man.

693
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,200
Really? Show us your papers.

694
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,400
I mean, I don’t carry that.

695
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,840
- You don’t have 'em?
- I have my driving licence man.

696
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,520
...warmest weather in all of america
with a constant...

697
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,960
Tell me the truth. Shut the fuck up!
He says anything else, nail him.

698
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,920
You, are you legal?

699
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:30,320
Are you legal?

700
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,800
- Answer him!
- We're not, man.

701
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,880
Fuck 'em. Fuck it, Rick.

702
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,400
No, no, no.

703
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,240
No, no, no!

704
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,800
- You're listening to KXDV on...
- What the fuck?

705
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:06,440
...the sound of San Bernandino...

706
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,680
I trigger the app sound
in our radio broadcast.

707
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,640
There's absolutely an immigration problem.
I say kick 'em all out.

708
00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:23,720
I feel like I have to jump...

709
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,320
...like a dead hand...

710
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,880
I have a family.
I have a daughter and I have a son.

711
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:51,200
Hey, Phil, this has nothing to do
with you. Phil.

712
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,400
Rick, Rick, Rick, man.

713
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,880
Get back in the truck.
This has nothing to do with you.

714
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:57,880
Phil, this has nothing to do with you.

715
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:58,800
This ain't right.

716
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,200
I'm serious, get in the fucking truck.
You're gonna get hurt.

717
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,880
Can we not just call the police?
Please call the police.

718
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,640
Fuck that, fuck this shit, fuck it.

719
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,680
I can't watch this, man.
I've never... please.

720
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,400
Dude, Phil, we’ll take care of this,
alright? We got this shit.

721
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,280
- Please, I'm begging you.
- We are not calling the police.

722
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:17,800
- Please, I'm begging you guys.
- Phil, I got one bullet in this gun.

723
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:21,400
It's gonna be you or him.
Who’s it gonna be? Who’s it gonna be?

724
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,440
- Please, Rick. Please.
- Five.

725
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,920
Rick, please stop counting,
I'm begging you, man.

726
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:27,920
Four.

727
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,560
- Rick. Please. Rick, please man, come on!!
- Three.

728
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,840
Rick, you cannot do this.
Guys, you can't do this.

729
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:34,760
Two.

730
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,680
- You cannot do this, please stop counting.
- One.

731
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,160
- Please stop counting.
- Damn it.

732
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:42,320
No! No!

733
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,120
What the fuck? What the fuck?
The fuck?

734
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,160
What the fuck!

735
00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:00,200
- Phil.
- What the fuck!

736
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,320
It's Derren.

737
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,680
You're in shock, it's okay, you're fine,
it's just a special effect.

738
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,160
It's OK, it's a squib.

739
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,680
- It's not real blood.
- What the fuck!

740
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,680
Up you get.
Look at me. Look at me.

741
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,800
Look at me.

742
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,280
This whole thing...

743
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:23,240
was about...

744
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:26,960
...who we are,

745
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,560
...and what we are capable of

746
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,400
when we rid ourselves of those

747
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:35,960
stories,

748
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:38,680
and what you've just done...

749
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:41,520
is the single most heroic

750
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:48,120
and extraordinary thing that any human
being can do for another human being.

751
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:53,800
Also, Phil...

752
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:58,800
there was no other participants
in this show, right, it was just you.

753
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,320
This was all just you.

754
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,600
And you don't have a microchip
implanted in you.

755
00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:07,000
You did all this on your own.

756
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:11,720
I'm so proud of you. Well done.

757
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:23,840
- We'll get you washed up.
- Let's go.

758
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:25,400
Thank you, man.

759
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,760
I fucking thought I was dead there.

760
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,600
- You okay, brother?
- Can I call my fucking wife?

761
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,880
You don't need to call her.

762
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,240
- I love you.
- I love you.

763
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,440
I'll show you the cameras.

764
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,440
That was absolutely intense.

765
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:41,120
The whole situation up to getting
in the biker bar and...

766
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,920
and getting in this truck with people
I didn’t know

767
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,400
was terrifying,
but as I'm sitting in the truck,

768
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:51,240
something pushed me to get
out of the truck,

769
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:54,400
and it was like a surge of energy
to get out of the truck.

770
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:59,520
It was adrenaline, because I couldn't,
sit in the truck and watch it.

771
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:03,560
I just couldn't watch it. So something
pushed me to get up out of the truck,

772
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,680
grab the handle, open the door,
and walk in front and at least

773
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:09,560
try to stop whatever was happening.

774
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,000
- I'm begging you, Rick, please!
- Five.

775
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,400
I did it 'cause I wanted to help.

776
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:20,360
The stories we tell ourselves
dictate the corners we fight from.

777
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:23,440
One story tells us to protect our group

778
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:25,720
and guard against outside threat,

779
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,240
even at the expense of the disadvantaged.

780
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:31,800
The opposite story tells us
to protect the disadvantaged,

781
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:34,320
even at the expense of overall stability.

782
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,160
Each side is convinced the other
is mad or bad,

783
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:41,840
yet it's precisely in the dialogue
between sides

784
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:43,800
that we find truth

785
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,200
and humanity flourishes.

786
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:49,400
We can protect our groups and maintain
compassion.

787
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,120
So this experiment wasn't to make someone
switch from

788
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,440
one narrow political story to another.

789
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:58,520
I think what emerged
in Phil's defining moment

790
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,400
was something more important
and more unifying,

791
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:03,520
which is kindness.

792
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,320
I need to start lookin' at things
differently and...

793
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,360
and helping where I can, and...

794
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:16,240
changing my outlook on things,
and I just couldn't...

795
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,000
I couldn’t have rightfully stepped aside

796
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,360
and watched him get killed.