![]() LUH secretly substitutes pills in her possession for THX's medications, whereupon THX eventually suffers physical discomfort (vomiting) along with mental/emotional changes (confusion). ![]() At home, THX takes his drugs and watches holobroadcasts while engaging with a masturbatory device. Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents and be happy". A soothing voice greets THX, and OMM ends every confession with a parting salutation: "You are a true believer, blessings of the State, blessings of the masses. On the way home, he stops at a confession booth in a row of many, and mumbles prayers about "party" and "masses", under the portrait of "OMM 0000". At the beginning of the story, THX leaves the job while the loudspeakers urge the workers to "increase safety" - and congratulate them for only losing 195 workers in the last period - to the competing factory's 242. LUH has a male roommate, THX 1138, who works in a factory producing android police officers. At their jobs in central video control centers, SEN 5241 and LUH 3417 keep surveillance on the city. Instead of names, people have designations with three arbitrary letters (referred to as the "prefix") and four digits, shown on an identity badge worn at all times. ![]() Everyone is clad in identical uniforms and has shaven heads to emphasize equality, except the police androids (who wear black) and robed monks. Emotions, coitus, and the concept of family are taboo. In the 21st century, sexual intercourse and reproduction are prohibited, whereas use of mind-altering drugs is mandatory to enforce compliance among the citizens and to ensure their ability to conduct dangerous and demanding tasks. If THX 1138 is able to keep his activities from the authorities and the robocops, he will have to figure out what options are available to him. THX 1138 is given a glimpse into the other side through his computer matched and thus appointed female roommate, LUH 3417, and her surveillance colleague SEN 5241, LUH 3417's vision which may be something that THX 1138 may want to continue despite its illegality. And even when he begins to have strange feelings, he does what is obliged by going to the state run confessional, which further brainwashes through its reinforced mantra of happiness, loyalty and understanding. THX 1138 is a loyal subject, he who goes about his business as a skilled factory working building robocops. The physical environment is totally within a manufactured enclosure, what being outside of this unknown. The law of the state is policed by a force of robocops. How this is achieved is through a mandatory drug regimen, which also suppresses human desire, with sexual intercourse and human relationships banned. What is also the rule is that the populace follows the wants of the faceless state without question. It's sometime in the future in a state controlled society, where conformity and homogeneity are the rule.
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