Spooner Talks to Sonny
From I, Robot
00:00 - 04:01
4m 1s

Detective Spooner tries to interrogate Sonny, a robot, to find out why he murdered his creator, Alfred Lanning. Spooner challenges Sonny's claims that robots can feel emotions and dreams; however, Sonny appears to convince him otherwise as the conversation progresses. Sonny then reveals that Lanning had asked him for a favor. As Lanning is someone he loves, Sonny felt obliged to do what was asked of him.

This clip contains profanity at the following moments: 02:29 - 02:30

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