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Eve Edison - The science
fiction police series
MANN & MACHINE/NBC/1992 featured the exploits of Eve Edison, a beautiful
female android police detective with fantastic abilities
Officers Bobby
Mann and Eve Edison
Sgt. Eve Edison (Yancy Butler) worked for the Los Angeles police department in
the near future of the 21st century. Her human partner, homicide detective Bobby
Mann (David Andrews) monitored Eve, the department's latest gizmo in the war
against crime.
Eve was hard-wired with a neural net that allowed her to learn from experience
She began with the emotional maturity index of a seven-year-old. Eve's brain
downloads her experiences directly into a computer (the Advanced A.I. Work
Station Computer).
Her additional gadgetry included artificial sweat glands, four-inch plugs in her
ear canal (special adapters to access computers), laser beam equipped eyeballs
(that were removable), and the ability to speak 40 languages.
Detective Mann once said to Eve "You're the brains, I'm the muscle. To which she
replied "I'm the brains and the muscle."
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Excerpt for
Pilot Episode "Prototype" |
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Mann: |
How 'bout a
new partner. One that doesn't need a lube
job every six months. |
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Captain: |
I'm here to
make you happy. |
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Mann: |
You want to
make me happy? Find me somebody who
doesn't tell jokes, sing songs or try to
psychoanalyze me. |
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Captain: |
How 'bout
height, weight, hair color? |
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Mann: |
I'm wide open |
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Captain: |
We've got a
transfer in from the Bay area. |
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Mann: |
Come on, you
think for once you can get me somebody
who's got both feet on the ground. Hey, He
can be from the moon as long as he got a
temperature of 98.6 |
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Captain: |
That I can
deliver. |
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Mann: |
[Eve Edison
enters] Her? |
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Captain: |
Oh maybe you
don't want to work with a woman, neither.
Detective Bobby Mann. Sergeant Eve Edison,
your new partner. Eve had the highest
score in the history of the department's
Sergeant exam. |
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Eve: |
I'm a
retrieval expert |
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Mann: |
Terrific,
What's that? |
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Captain: |
Information
specialist. There isn't a mainframe in
this country Eve can't access |
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Eve: |
I'm looking
forward to learning undercover techniques |
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Mann: |
You don't
have any street experience? |
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Eve: |
Only on
simulators |
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Captain: |
I think
you'll find Eve to be an extremely quick
study. |
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