the thought of Marcus. as a kid watching movies with Douglas (i.e Marcus was In The Room while Douglas was goofing off) and seeing how over emotional everyone gets in acting and Marcus watches a character sob heavily and asks:
Marcus: Hey, dad? What is that lady doing?
Douglas: Uhh, crying. sheâs sad.
Marcus: You said you were sad all the time, why arenât you crying?
Douglas: (Whispering to himself) Iâm crying on the inside. (Louder) Um, anyways, people only cry if they... get really sad. Or whatever.
Douglas: Well, I mean, um, do you want to cry?
Marcus: If I could cry, would that help my missions?
Douglas: Probably? I mean, itâd take you some practice since you donât really... feel things.
Marcus: (Smiling) Okay, Iâll practice.
And whenever Marcus âpracticesâ Douglas can tell that they seem weirdly into it. Like âHaving-Feelingsâ into it. Douglas brushes it off, mostly. He just thinks that Marcusâs programming is exaggerating their actions and disregards it, ignoring Marcusâs clear love of the hobby.
Douglas slowly encourages Marcus to keep practicing, and Marcus starts performing shows for Douglas, who finds it hilarious and keeps on encouraging Marcus to continue, even when they should be focusing more on the mission of capturing Douglasâs kids, and at some point, Douglas starts to momentarily forget he didnât program Marcus with feelings, unaware that Marcus has always been feeling things, they just didnât understand it.