He casually asks her to date and despite agreeing, their evening goes awry when Lenina rejects his romantic advances and calls him a friend. Juxtaposing what happened with John, Bernard brings Lenina into his office and starts talking about the “Savage” method of dating. Happiness can only be achieved through death. That directive comes in the form of the “Suicide Move” as humankind is destined to find unhappiness no matter what and there’s no such thing as a utopia. Indra appears before her and gleefully tells Mustafa that she’s solved her own algorithm by adapting and changing directive. Continuing on, she finds an old laboratory and within, a picture of the original research team. Mustafa awakens in the tunnels after her ordeal last episode, sputtering and alive for now. With his heart broken, he eventually confronts her over the rules in New London and it clearly doesn’t sit well with him.

Unfortunately John experiences the other side of love when he finds Lenina in the woods having sex with someone else. In the midst of this chaos, John speaks to Bernard about love and how it feels. When it comes to savages however, the true savagery comes from Songster’s party which sees Alphas running around the forest chasing Betas. Of course, this emotion is love but it’s something obviously alien to New London

Given she’s an Emotional Engineer, she senses something new in John a rare emotion she’s not used to. While they do, Helm suddenly arrives and talks to John about how he’s been feeling. They arrive together but Bernard is taken away by the Songster to talk. With Gary’s encouragement, John eventually agrees to go but insists this is the last time and refuses to put the eye optic in. However, an invitation for him and John to visit the Arch-Songster may just be enough to change their fortunes. While John and Lenina ride a natural high, Bernard starts to descend, trying desperately to stave off bitter jealousy after taking numerous Soma pills. Given she’s unfamiliar with this term, she eventually kisses him back and says the same. Only, it goes deeper than casual sex and as she hands over his music player, he tells her he loves her. Episode 7 of Brave New World sees trouble brewing in paradise. John and Lenina continue to sleep with one another in private, hiding this from Bernard and the rest of New London.

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